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Natua's Cabin, offers a cabin style accommodation located in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. It highlights their relaxing spa and convenience store. It is just a short walk from Puerto Princesa Airport and NCCC Mall.
A 24-hour front desk is available in Natua's Cabin that will assist guests with services such as laundry, luggage storage, currency exchange and car rentals. There is an ATM Cash Machine onsite available. A Tour desk is also available for any travel arrangements.
Guests can dine in Crossing Bridges Restaurant that serves both local and international dishes. Room service is available if a guest wants to dine in-room.
Each Room is fully air condition provided with essential Amenities such as TV with cable, closets, en-suite bathroom and hot/cold shower. Free toiletries are also available.
The hotel is just a short drive from the shopping district in Puerto Princesa City and golf course.
See the recent reviews for this hotel to know how they manage to give their guest a comfortable and happy stay in Puerto Princesa.
They also offer promos and discounts that will depend on the occasional and seasonal event. Each room are comfortable to stay provided with useful amenities that will help guests to have a wonderful vacation in Palawan.
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music. the poem. the music.
a green whisper at the edge of sound.
freshens a tongue-tingle of air.
as rain bleeds down every tree branch.
folds into the clouds to sleep.
Dina, love the painting! Just love it. Thanks for interpreting my poem so beautifully!
Thanks, Carol! I love the melodic energy in Jammin' on the 16, It works wonderfully with the painting.
"Jammin' on the 16" reads beautifully, Carol, and I really like how you write your way from observing the painting into the music. The paintings work so well with the words, both as inspiration and inspired. Love this collaboration!
What a great collaboration, you two! Dina, love the way your work both inspires and is inspired by. Carol, your word-play is wonderful. Particularly lines such as: "Words stack, staccato: the wrap" and the way you write yourself from observing Dina's painting to appreciating jazz.
Wow, what fun this must be for two talented artists!
Yes, it is a fun challenge. Thanks for visiting, Louise!
Carol; The poems are wonderful!!! Congratulations. Word and image work perfectly together!!!
Thank you so much. Glad you came to visit!
Yes, it was fun. Drop by anytime! Glad you could make it.


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Thu., Apr. 19, 2018
By Steve Barnes
Cheryll Forsatz
Ferrero, global confectionary giant, has brought on Cheryll Forsatz in the newly created role of VP, PR and corporate communications. Forsatz joins Ferrero from Ketchum, where she was a senior VP with responsibility for the agency's external communications. Before that, she served as director of communications for McDonald's New York Metro Region and was also a senior VP at MWW PR. At Ferrero, she will lead PR and corporate communications plans and strategies for its product portfolio (which includes Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, Tic Tac and Kinder Joy) as well as for the Ferrero corporate brand.
Tiffany Miller
R&J Strategic Communications has promoted Tiffany Miller to VP. Miller, who has been with R&J since 2006, is already a member of the firm's senior management committee. In her new post, she will oversee R&J's team of account service professionals, ensuring the consistency and quality of client service, and providing individual avenues of growth for each member of the team. Miller will also continue to lead R&J's business-to-business division, providing guidance for the agency's non-profit, real-estate, financial services and healthcare accounts.
Jason Altland
Gavin has hired Jason Altland as director of digital services. Altland comes to Gavin from The Bon-Ton Stores, where he was most recently omni-channel systems project manager, leading a project team that oversaw software development and design. Prior to Bon-Ton, Jason served in senior management roles at Comcast for a decade. In his new role, Altland will focus driving innovative digital solutions for Gavin's clients, with a focus on e-commerce and comprehensive digital strategies.
Ginger Silverman
Trilogy Financial has added Ginger Silverman, founder and president of Aha! Unlimited Consulting and vice president of marketing, brands and campaigns at Behr Paint, to its board of directors. Silverman has also led communications initiatives for companies including Prudential, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Homebase and Lindora Medical Weight Control. "Ginger's leadership, communications excellence and commitment to innovation aligns seamlessly with Trilogy's core values," said Jeff Motske, president and CEO of Trilogy Financial.
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CONLANG May 2005, Week 2
Semi-OT: Linguist battles to save 'lost' Eritrean language
Gregory Gadow <[log in to unmask]>
I found this article and thought it might be of interest to the liguists
in the group.
Linguist battles to save 'lost' Eritrean language
Tuesday May 10th, 2005 11:59.
ASMARA, May 10 (AFP) -- Nearly a decade after accidentally discovering a
previously unknown language on an Indian Ocean archipelago off the
Eritrean coast, a French linguist is fighting to save the unwritten,
untaught tongue.
"Dahaalik is part of humanity's heritage and must be preserved," said
Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, who with colleague Martine Vanhove, found
Dahlak island fishermen conversing in the unusual vernacular nine years
Puzzled by words and usage that did not correspond to the two main
languages of the region -- Afar and Arabic -- the pair at first thought it
was a dialect of Tigray, but later ascertained it was a distinct entity,
Although close to Arabic and Tigre, Dahaalik was determined to be a
language in itself due to its markedly different phonetics, morphology and
syntax, but had languished in obscurity on the isles off the port of
Massawa.
"Before 1996, no one had heard of Dahaalik," said Simeone-Senelle, a
Afro-Asiatic language specialist at the French National Centre for
Scientific Research (CNRS).
"We have to find out how it appeared," she said. "For the moment, we don't
know when it emerged."
Now spoken by only about 3 000 people on the three islands and not
currently taught in schools, Dahaalik, whose origins remain a mystery, is
in danger of dying out, she said.
The rest of the article (not printed due to copyright considerations) can
be read on-line at
http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=9484
Gregory Gadow


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Q: Flask Pagination : UnboundLocalError: local variable 'res' referenced before assignment error I'm working on the flask pagination, when i try to achieve it, i get the UnboundLocalError, if i try to remove all the variables, still the pagination doesn't work.
@app.route('/')
def index():
    cur = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
    return render_template('index.html')

@app.route("/fetchrecords",methods=["POST","GET"])
def fetchrecords():
    per_page = 10
    page = request.args.get(get_page_parameter(), type=int, default=1)
    offset = (page - 1) * per_page
    cur = mysql.connection.cursor(MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
    if request.method == 'POST':
         query = request.form['query']
         cur.execute("SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY pid")
         res = cur.fetchall()
         for i in res:
             total +=float(i['salary'])
         numrows = int(cur.rowcount)
         cur.execute("SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY pid DESC LIMIT %s, %s", (per_page, offset))
         res = cur.fetchall()
         if query == '':
             cur.execute("SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY pid")
             total = cur.fetchall()
             numrows = int(cur.rowcount)
             cur.execute("SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY pid DESC LIMIT %s, %s", (per_page, offset))
             res = cur.fetchall()
             pagination = Pagination(page=page, per_page=per_page, offset=offset, total=len(total))
        else:
              search_text = request.form['query']
              cur.execute("SELECT * from emp WHERE name LIKE '%{}%' OR title LIKE '%{}%' OR pid LIKE '%{}%' ORDER BY pid".format(search_text,search_text,search_text))
              res = cur.fetchall()
              for i in res:
                  total +=float(i['salary'])
              numrows = int(cur.rowcount)
              pagination = Pagination(page=page, per_page=per_page, offset=offset, total=len(total), record_name='res')
  elif request.method == 'GET':
        cur.execute("SELECT * FROM emp ORDER BY pid")
        total = cur.fetchall()
        per_page = 25
        page = request.args.get(get_page_parameter(), type=int, default=1)
        offset = (page - 1) * per_page
        pagination = Pagination(page=page, per_page=per_page,total=len(total),
              css_framework='bootstrap4')
        numrows = int(cur.rowcount)
        cur.execute("SELECT * FROM portal ORDER BY pid DESC LIMIT %s, %s", (per_page, offset))
        res = cur.fetchall()

  return jsonify({'htmlresponse': render_template('response.html', res=res, numrows=numrows, total=total,pagination=pagination)})

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Can anyone please help me, how to work with pagination and whats wrong I'm doing. This would be very helpful thanks in advance

A: It happens when the endpoint is invoked via an http get request.
The creation of the res variable is enclosed within this if:
if request.method == 'POST':

while this return here (which refers to the variable res) is outside the if
return jsonify({'htmlresponse': render_template('response.html', res=res, numrows=numrows, total=total,pagination=pagination)})

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Q: proof lim x-a f(x)= lim x-0 f(x+a) ( duplicate) i guess the proof here(Formal proof of $\lim_{x\to a}f(x) = \lim_{h\to 0} f(a+h)$) is something wrong, its too easy and i thought i couldnt change things like the one most voted

A: By the formal substitution $x\leftrightarrow a+h$,
$$\lim_{x\to a}f(x)=L\iff\forall\,\epsilon>0:\exists\,\delta>0:|x-a|<\epsilon\implies|f(x)-L|<\delta$$
is strictly equivalent to
$$\lim_{a+h\to a}f(a+h)=L\iff\forall\,\epsilon>0:\exists\,\delta>0:|a+h-a|<\epsilon\implies|f(a+h)-L|<\delta$$
or after simplification
$$\lim_{h\to 0}f(a+h)=L\iff\forall\,\epsilon>0:\exists\,\delta>0:|h|<\epsilon\implies|f(a+h)-L|<\delta.$$


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Q: Ubuntu caffe installation error: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcudnn I am trying to install caffe on my ubuntu 14.04 and I follow these instructions:  http://caffe.berkeleyvision.org/installation.html#compilation
In short: i get this error:   /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcudnn, when trying to compile using "make all" like it says on the instructions on the caffe website.
background:
While installing, I got to the part of compilation  and when I tried "make all" it gave me an error of: "cannot find cudnn.h file" - I solved it by downloading that file from nvidia website and copying it to /usr/local/cuda-8.0/include. Then I tried "make all" one more time and I got this recent error:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lcudnn
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [.build_release/lib/libcaffe.so.1.0.0] Error 1
Please help

A: Thanks everybody I managed to solve it:
the solution that worked for me was to use the libraries I downloaded and copy their content to my existing library of that same name:
1. download the cuDNN v6.0 library for linux (not ubuntu or anything else)
2. extract.
3. copy "cudnn.h" to /usr/local/cuda-8.0/include using terminal and sudo.
4. copy lib64's content(what you just downloaded) to /usr/local/cuda-8.0/lib64/ using terminal and sudo.
now try "make all -j8" and it should work :)


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(-) Strategic Logistics/sustainment
Management and Business in Defence
The shifting sands of war
Familiar concepts of energy, strategy and territory are undergoing a transformation in the new geopolitical frontline of virtual space where intellectual sovereignty is becoming critical. The fight is no longer chiefly over what lies under the sand, but what strategic power can be derived from the sand itself. Australia must reconsider what it means to supply the world with raw material.
Zac Rogers
How the Military Fights Climate Change
Military leaders have known for millennia that the time to prepare for a challenge is before it hits you, says scientist and retired US Navy officer David Titley. He takes us from the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria to the icy shores of Svalbard to show how the military approaches the threat of climate change, in a refreshingly practical, nonpartisan take on climate preparedness. "The ice doesn't care who's in the White House. It doesn't care which party controls your congress. It doesn't care which party controls your parliament," Titley says. "It just melts."
David Titley
The Australian Military and Logistics: When Preparedness Equals Survival
The material comprises a 2014 interview with Air Vice Marshall John Blackburn (Retired), in which he poses a number of questions relating to the resilience of Australia's Defence logistics capabilities. The questions and tacit solutions he proposes have become more relevant given recent instability in the South China Sea and the current shifts in US foreign policy.
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Few fine dining venues in Bali have distinguished themselves with such flair and inspiration as Ubud's award-winning Mozaic Restaurant run by Chef Chris Salans. Chris was born in the U.S., but moved to France with his parents at age two. As a small boy, he used to sit at the kitchen counter watching his mother cook traditional French dishes. Chris returned to the U.S. for college, then went back to France to train at such prestigious restaurants as the l'Oustau de Baumaniere, Bouley's Bakery and Louis Carton in Paris. Later in his career he worked as a chef at various David Bouley establishments in New York and at Thomas Keller's French "Bouchon" bistro in California's Napa Valley before discovering the secrets of Asian ingredients and opening the Mozaic in 2001. Ever since its acceptation as a member of the exclusive French culinary association Les Grandes Tables du Monde in 2004, the restaurant's French-Asian fare, served in a 60-seat garden pavilion, has become a showcase for Chris's du marche "market cooking" style, which takes prime in-season ingredients and incorporates them into a range of French dishes presented in high gastronomic style. Chris's new cookbook Mozaic: French Cuisine, Balinese Flavors was published by Editions Didier Millet in 2011.
The inspiration comes from the fresh produce arriving daily at Mozaic, my walks through the night markets, my trips through the wilderness of Bali or just from eating out at local eateries where Indonesian flavours are the most genuine.
Do you use any secret sauces or ingredients?
I have only one secret: my passion for the ingredients and for excellence in food creation and service. I haven't invented anything so there are no secrets. I think that each chef translates recipes or flavours the way he or she perceives them. I guess that many people like the way I portray the flavours.
Does Mozaic serve what would be considered "health food"?
What is your personal favourite on the menu?
I can't say I have a favourite. We change the menu daily depending on arrivals of fresh ingredients, so we have a long list of signature dishes. But I can definitely tell you, when it comes to Balinese tastes, my favourites are base gede, kecicang, kecombrang and belimbing buluh.
There is no longer any mystery as to where to find imported ingredients. Bali now has a number of outstanding imported food outlets. For local ingredients, please go to the market in your area! Rediscover why you are in Bali, meet the people, see what fresh ingredients they have but you have to get there very early in the morning to get the freshest pick!
I have been thinking about a book for a few years, but never had the time until I decided to finally sit down and work on it last year. There were so many factors to consider – which recipes and ingredients to include, writing down my recipes and making them easy to use at home, making sure the flow was interesting, choosing the right photos so that the dishes were represented properly. The book took over a year from initial planning until we went to press. It was all tough but in retrospect the whole exercise was very interesting.
What was the most enjoyable part of working on the project?
The satisfaction of having directed the team working on the book towards the goal I wanted to achieve. Every member – the writer, the photographer, the editor and the graphic artists – were key to making the book a success. Once I realized that the team achieved what I wanted, it was extremely satisfying and fulfilling.
Are there recipes in your cookbook that are not found in Mozaic's menu?
Since we don't have a fixed menu at the restaurant, you can say many of the recipes in the book are not found at Mozaic. They were at some point in time, and may reappear some day. It's a menu in constant evolution, so who knows!
In your mind, what is your cookbook's greatest value?
Helping readers discover beautiful new ingredients and giving them ideas on how to develop recipes for their enjoyment. Most cookbooks write about exiting traditional dishes, but I wanted to take the reader to another level. Instead of teaching the recipe for rendang, I prefer showing how to get that superb taste and include it in a dish which is western in allure, yet is reminiscent of rendang's deep spices and richness.
The dishes pictured in your book look very elegant and fancy. Are these recipes difficult to prepare in the home?
You'll see from the legend that some recipes are rated with one or two small forks. We chose that symbol to identify the recipe's degree of difficulty. The one fork should be no great difficulty if you read the method instructions carefully. For recipes that are rated as more difficult, basically I would say that either a good knowledge of cooking techniques or a few practices of the recipes might be needed. In the end Mozaic's cuisine is not simple to reproduce. If it were, then Mozaic would not be what it is today!


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UN chief urges member states to avoid escalation of situation in Syria
Sputnik – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in a statement called on the member states of the Security Council to come to an agreement on establishing a mechanism for holding accountable those who use chemical weapons.
"Any use of chemical weapons is abhorrent. The suffering it causes is horrendous. I have repeatedly expressed my deep disappointment that the Security Council failed to agree on a dedicated mechanism for effective accountability for the use of chemical weapons in Syria," Guterres said on Friday after the US, France, and the UK attacked the Syrian government. "I urge the Security Council to assume its responsibilities and fill this gap. I will continue to engage with Member States to help achieve this objective."
He also called on all countries of the Security Council to avoid any actions that could worsen the situation in Syria.
"I call on the members of the Security Council to unite and exercise that responsibility," Guterres said. "I urge all Member States to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate the situation and worsen the suffering of the Syrian people."
Guterres said that the Security Council's main responsibility is to keep international peace and security.
"I have been following closely the reports of air strikes in Syria conducted by the United States, France and the United Kingdom. There's an obligation, particularly when dealing with matters of peace and security, to act consistently with the Charter of the United Nations and with international law in general," Guterres said. "The UN Charter is very clear on these issues. The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security."
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Damascus residents gathering in city center to support army, Assad after attack
McCain supports strikes on Syria, urges new strategy for US in Syria


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DISCussion: New on DVD and Blu-ray (1.8.13)
By: Kieran Freemantle | Movie News | January 8, 2013
The new cinematic of Judge Dredd in the Karl Urban led movie pleased many fans of the comic book series and is our Recommendation of the Week.
- Frankenweenie (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Dredd (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Compliance (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Game Change (DVD and Blu-ray)
- The Assassins (2012) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- House at the End of the Street (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Stolen (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Hit and Run (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden (DVD and Blu-ray)
- The Inbetweeners Movie (DVD)
- Stalingrad (1993) (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) (Blu-ray)
- Cape Fear (1962) (Blu-ray)
- Driving Miss Daisy (1989) (Blu-ray)
- Grand Hotel (1932) (Blu-ray)
- Mrs Miniver (1932) (Blu-ray)
- The Jazz Singer (1927) (Blu-ray)
- The Last Samurai (2003) (Blu-ray)
Dredd (DVD and Blu-ray) *Recommendation of the Week*
Directed by Pete Travis
Written by Alex Garland (screenplay), John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerra (comic)
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris
In 1995 fans of 2000AD creation Judge Dredd decried the release of Sylvester Stallone movie of the same name as it was disloyal to the source material they love. Fans got their wish of a loyal adaptation from DNA Films, featuring the talents of Karl Urban (Star Trek, 2009) and Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) and written by Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go). But it was sadly a box-office disappointment and dents the hopes of R-rated sci-fi action movies returning to the big screen.
In the future most of the Earth is an uninhabitable wasteland and people live in Mega-Cities. In Mega-City One (spanning from Boston to Washington D.C.) crime, riots, unemployment and poverty are rampant and the only form of law and order comes from Judges. The best of them is Judge Dredd (Urban) and he is assigned to evaluate a new recruit with psychic powers, Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thrilby, Juno). But when they investigate a murder at the 200-story Pears Trees slum they end up trapped by drug lord Ma-Ma (Headey) and the pair have to battle for survivable.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 78% (very good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.3/10 (read our review)
DVD Special Features: N/A
Amazon Price: $14.99 (DVD), $19.99 (3D Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 4 stars, Video 4.5 stars, Audio 5 stars, Extras 3.5 stars, Replay 3.5 stars (out of 5). Highly Recommended.
There are a lot number of films coming out onto DVD and Blu-ray this week and major highlights are the stop-motion animated film Frankenweenie, indie thriller Compliance, political drama Game Change and British comedy The Inbetweeners Movie. There are also plenty of re-releases, including Oscar winners Driving Miss Daisy and Mrs Miniver, the 1962 thriller Cape Fear and the latest Blu-ray version of The Last Samurai.
Frankenweenie (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Tim Burton
Written by John August (screenplay), Tim Burton (short film)
Starring: Charlie Tahan, Frank Welker, Winona Ryder, Cather O'Hara, Martin Short
Based on Tim Burton 1984 short film, Frankenweenie is an animated movie and it is considered one of his best movies in recent years. Made as a homage to classic monster movies, particularly Frankenstein, tells the story of young boy, Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) whose pet dog gets run over. Victor sets out to bring his best friend back to life but he has to convict the town he has not created a monster.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes: 89% (excellent)
DVD Special Features: FRANKENWEENIE Touring Exhibit -- Explore The Artistry Of The Film's Puppets, Sets And Props In A Showcase That's Traveling The World
Additional Blu-ray Special Features: All New Original Short: "Captain Sparky vs The Flying Saucers"; "Miniatures In Motion: Bringing 'Frankenweenie' To Life"; "Frankenweenie" Touring Exhibit; "Frankenweenie" Original Live Action Short; Music Video: "Pet Sematary" performed by Plain White T's
Amazon Price: $17.99 (DVD), $22.99 (Blu-ray), $27.99 (3D Blu-ray)
Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A
Compliance (DVD and Blu-ray)
Written and directed by Craig Zobel
Starring: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy
Loosely based on a true story the psychological thriller Compliance was one of the biggest independent movies of 2012 as it looks how people are can act very questionable when ordered by someone claiming authority.
Sandra (Ann Dowd, Third Watch) is the manager of a fast food restaurant when she receives a call from a man claiming to be a police officer who received a complaint that one of her employees stolen from a customer. Sandra takes Becky (Dreama Walker, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) into the back office and the 'police officer' convinces Sandra to force the young woman through a humiliating ordeal.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 89% (excellent)
DVD Special Features: Closed Caption; Behind the Scenes; Interview with Director Craig Zobel; AXS TV: A Look at Compliance; Theatrical Trailer
Amazon Price: $14.99 (DVD), $19.99 (Blu-ray)
Game Change (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Jay Roach
Written by Danny Strong (screenplay), Mark Halperin, John Heilemann (book)
Starring: Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris, Sarah Paulson
From HBO Films is their TV movie, Game Change, made to coincide with a Sarah Palin presidential campaign that never happened. Julianne Moore plays the controversial politician as she rises from being Governor of Alaska to John McCain's (Ed Harris) last minute Vice Presidential nominee. The movie focuses on the selection, how Palin became a source of gaffs and ridicule and how the stress and toll of the campaign affected her.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 63% (good)
Player Affinity Score: 7.8/10
DVD Special Features: Creating The Candidate; The Phenomenon of the Book
Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 3.5 stars, Video 4 stars, Audio 4 stars, Extras 1.5 stars, Replay 3 stars (out of 5). Recommended.
The Assassins (2012) (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Zhao Linshan
Written by Wang Bin
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Liu Yifei, Hiroshi Tamaki
The Assassins is a Chinese historical action movie, starring Chow Yun-Fat as Cao Cao, a general who defeats many warlords to gain control of Northern China and become King of Wei. Cao Cao becomes Prime Minister of China, but his son and followers convince him to seize the throne for himself and become Emperor of China.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): N/A
DVD Special Features: Behind the Scenes; Trailer
House at the End of the Street (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Mark Tonderai
Written by David Loucka, Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Elisabeth Shue, Gil Bellows
Made before Jennifer Lawrence found fame in Winter's Bone and The Hunger Games, House at the End of the Street is the obligatory horror movie for actors to star in and now attempts to cash on the new found fame of their star. Lawrence stars as Elissa, as teenager who moves to a new home with her mother (Elisabeth Shue). But in a neighboring house was a grisly murder by a girl and Elissa befriends the only survivor, Ryan (Max Thieriot): but of course in horror tradition the past is still ready to haunt them.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 11% (awful)
Stolen (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Simon West
Written by David Guggenheim
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Danny Huston, Malin Åkerman, Josh Lucas, Sami Gayle
Nicolas Cage's career continues to nosedive to straight-to-DVD hell as he stars in Simon West's lesser movie of 2012 (the other being The Expendables 2). Cage stars as former thief Will Montgomery whose daughter is kidnapped and he has to get $10 Million in 12 hours to save her.
Player Affinity Score: N/A
DVD Special Features: Free Digital Copy of the film, Featurette, Cast & Crew Interviews, Behind the Scenes, English SDH & Spanish Subtitles, Previews
Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 2 stars, Video 3.5 stars, Audio 4 stars, Extras 3 stars, Replay 1.5 stars (out of 5). Skip It.
Hit and Run (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Written by Dax Shepard
Starring: Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper
Dax Shepard wrote, directed and starred in the comedy movie Hit and Run. Shepard stars Charlie Bronson, a former getaway driver who is now in the Witness Protection Program. But when his girlfriend (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars) gets a job opportunity of a lifetime in Los Angeles and he goes with her, despite the risk on his life.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes: 47% (average)
Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by John Stockwell
Written by Kendall Lampkin
Starring: Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Reodriguez
Zero Dark Thirty is not the only movie about the hunt of Osama bin Laden, National Geographic all made a TV movie the raid on his compound in Pakistan.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes: N/A
Amazon Price: $9.99 (DVD), $14.99 (Blu-ray)
The Inbetweeners Movie (DVD)
Directed by Ben Palmer
Written by Damon Beesley, Iain Morris
Starring: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas, Laura Haddock
The Inbetweeners is a very popular comedy in the UK and the movie adaptation was one of the most popular British movies of 2011, even beating Cowboys and Aliens in the British box-office. Set after the third series, the gang are about to go their separate ways and go to university, or in Neil's case be the local idiot who pushes shopping trollies for a living. Simon's (Joe Thomas) girlfriend Carli (Emily Head) breaks up with him and the gang spend one last summer together by going on vacation in Crete and meet a group of girls on the island. But they have to compete with Simon's obsessions over Carli, Jay's obnoxious behaviours and Carli's new boyfriend, James (Theo James).
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes): 54% (average)
Amazon Price: $19.99 (DVD)
Stalingrad (1993) (DVD and Blu-ray)
Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Written by Jürgen Büscher, Johannes Heide
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Dominique Horwitz, Jochen Nickel, Sebastian Rudolph, Dana Vávrová, Martin Benrath, Sylvester Groth
Stalingrad is a German war movie about one of the most brutal episodes of World War II, the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad focuses of a platoon of German soldier led by Lieutenant Hans von Witzland (Thomas Krestschmann, Downfall, King Kong, 2005) trying fight to survive the battle as the tide of the war turns against the Germans.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes: 71% (good)
DVD Special Features: Featurette: The Making of Stalingrad; Trailers
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Monte Hellman
Written by Rudy Wurlizter, Will Corry (screenplay), Will Corry (story)
Starring: James Taylor, Warren Oates, Laurie Bird, Dennis Wilson
From the Criterion Collection this week is the road movie Two-Lane Blacktop. Starring singer James Taylor and Warren Oates from The Beach Boys in their only acting roles, Two-Lane Blacktop is the story of a Driver (Taylor) and a mechanic (Oates) who travel across America to race and enter into a race to Washington D.C. where the winner gets the loser's car.
DVD Special Features: Restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Monte Hellman, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, supervised by Hellman and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio; Two audio commentaries: one by Hellman and filmmaker Allison Anders and one by screenwriter Rudolph Wurlitzer and author David N. Meyer; Interviews with Hellman, actor James Taylor, musician Kris Kristofferson, producer Michael Laughlin, and production manager Walter Coblenz; Screen test outtakes; Performance and Image, a look at the restoration of a '55 Chevy used in the movie and the film's locations today; Color Me Gone, photos and publicity from Two-Lane Blacktop; Trailer; PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones; appreciations by director Richard Linklater and musician Tom Waits; and a reprint of the 1970 Rolling Stone article "On Route 66, Filming Two-Lane Blacktop," by Michael Goodwin
Amazon Price: $26.99 (Blu-ray)
Cape Fear (1962) (Blu-ray)
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Written by James R. Webb (screenplay), John D. MacDonald (novel)
Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Martin Balsam, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin
Cape Fear is a classic thriller about lawyer Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck) who gets stalked by a man he help put his helped put in prison, Max Candy (Robert Mitchum). Armed with new knowledge of the law, Sam is powerless to stop Candy as he targets Sam's wife and teenage daughter.
Driving Miss Daisy (1989) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Written by Alfred Uhry
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle, Patti Lupone
Based on Alfred Uhry's off-Broadway play, Driving Miss Daisy is an Oscar winning movie, earning awards for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Driving Miss Daisy chronicles the friendship between an elderly Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan (Jsesica Tandy, The Birds) and her chauffeur, Hoke Colburn (Morgan Freeman) over a 25 year period in the Deep South.
Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes: 79% (very good)
Grand Hotel (1932) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Written by William A. Drake, Béla Balázs (screenplay), Vicki Baum (play)
Starring: Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone, Jean Hersholt
The 1932 movie Grand Hotel is set in one of the most expensive and exclusive hotels in Berlin and focuses on a number of the guests and their personal dramas.
Mrs Miniver (1942) (Blu-ray)
Directed by William Wyler
Written by George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis (screenplay), Jan Struther (novel)
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Henry Wilcoxon
The 1942 movie Mrs Miniver won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Director. This drama tells the story of a Middle Class English family try to continue with their lives as World War II starts and the Luftwaffe drop bombs on England.
The Jazz Singer (1927) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Alan Crosland
Written by Alfred A. Cohn (adaptation), Samson Raphaelson (play)
Starring: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland
The 1927 version of The Jazz Singer has important place in film history for being the first talkie film. The Jazz Singer is a musical movie about a Jewish man, Jakie Rabinowitz (Al Jolson), who defies his father and becomes a jazz singer.
The Last Samurai (2003) (Blu-ray)
Directed by Edward Zwick
Written by John Logan, Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz (screenplay), John Logan (story)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe
Last but not least is the epic movie The Last Samurai. Set in the 1870s Japan is on a course of modernization and industrialization and they are recruiting American military officers to train their new army. One of them is a guilt ridden, alcoholic Civil War veteran, Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise). But when his army enters into their first engagement, they are badly defeated and Algren gets captured. In the mountains Algren learns the ways of the samurai from clan leader Lord Katsumoto (Ken Watanabe, Letters From Iwo Jima) and becomes sympathetic to the samurai's cause.
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Shivi Ramoutar reveals how to tell if eggs have gone off
Shivi Ramoutar joined Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary in the This Morning studio to discuss what the tell-tale signs are that food has gone off and should be thrown out. The UK throws out more than 4.5 million tonnes of food waste each year, and in a bid to reduce this, several supermarkets have removed their use by or best before dates on products. When discussing how to know if an egg is still edible, the conversation turned to where eggs should be kept in the kitchen.
"Eggs, we have the float test," Shivi said. "This is quite clever and quite fun."
She had two large glasses of water in front of her and proceeded to drop a fresh egg into one glass.
The fresh egg sunk to the bottom of the glass.
In the second glass, she carefully dropped an egg past its use by date.
The old egg rose to the top of the glass and floated.
Shivi explained: "There are air pockets inside eggs, and as the egg goes off, it releases more water and the air pocket gets bigger, hence why they start to float in water."
Dermot commented: "I think they're [supermarkets] ridiculous with the use by dates.
"Eggs keep for far longer than the use by."
Shivi said: "If you have an egg going off, use it in a cooked dish, don't have it soft boiled, bake with it.
"Make cakes or use it in egg fried rice."
Dermot wanted to know the exact number of days an egg lasts beyond its use by date.
Shivi said: "It depends how you store it; in a fridge, it will last for longer, out of a fridge it won't last as long.
"I don't want to say a specific time because it varies."
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Alison remarked: "I've never put my eggs in the fridge," and Dermot said he hadn't either.
Shivi explained: "
"That makes it last for longer, but as a chef, I wouldn't put eggs in the fridge because they're porous, they absorb other smells."
Shivi also had some clever ways to use "sad" fruit and vegetables or food that wasn't completely perfect.
"If bread is not soft, it's stale," she said. "You can fresh it in the oven with a drop of water, blitz it for breadcrumbs, or use for croutons, or toast it."
Wrinkled vegetables she suggested using in cooked dishes – chillies, curries, stews.
Express.co.uk recently revealed how you can revive old vegetables with a simple hack.
Bananas that have black skins, if you aren't a fan of making banana bread, Shivi suggested peeling them and chopping them up, before placing them into the freezer to be added into smoothies at a later date.
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I have a user who has ACT 9 and upon startup receives an error "Failure to Open Connection to Database." The user currently has to restart her computer and immediately sign onto ACT before opening any other applications. Any help would be lovely.
If the database is local to their computer, it sounds like the 'SQL Server (Act7)' service is being stopped. You can check this from the Services screen (Start > Run > 'services.msc'). Start the service and then open the database.
If this is the situation, you will want to check your Automatic Updates (Windows Updates) to see if it is trying to apply any Microsoft SQL update. If it is, remove/hide that update.


My cousins live in Europe and we have not seen them in 3 years. It was such a delightful treat to get to see my family and have them visit us in Charleston. Christine has a son, Vianney, and a daughter, Manon. Cecile has a newborn baby girl, Emilie.
Manon was attacked by mosquitoes.
The last time I saw Manon she was a baby just like Emilie. Now she is running around like crazy and fearless at 3 years old.
You can find Manon's sweet shoes from any store that sells Oca Loca children's shoes. Or try Amazon.com here.
You can find Manon's cute little hair accessory and this dress at the French children's store, Sergent Major.


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Women Need Underdog Stories Too
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by Claire Harding
Who doesn't love a good underdog story? It seems we all have a certain proclivity towards loving the underdog; we love to cheer on the unexpected hero. Underdog movies are some of the top grossing movies of all time. It hasn't gone unnoticed, though, that almost all movies pre-2000's with an underdog protagonist feature male leads. This gender bias must change.
Take stories like Rudy, Rocky, and Jerry Maguire—probably three of the most beloved and acclaimed underdog tales of our time. One thing they all have in common is that the female role goes undetected. She plays the cheerleader or the gal who pushes the man to be his best, but does so on the sidelines and out of the spotlight. Adrian from Rocky worked in a pet shop while she supported Rocky, and then she was met with an untimely death. The relationship between Adrian and Rocky was full of love and support, but her role in his life was to be his cheerleader, and her own life was uneventful. The same can be said for Dorothy in Jerry Maguire. She spent her days waiting at home for Jerry. She would complain about him to her book club friends, and then let him back into her life after he gave her a cheesy line. Despite my love for these two classic movies, the way women are portrayed in them is less than impressive.
That being said, starting around 2000, the role for females in film seemed to begin to fit a different mold. We started to see films like Erin Brockovich, Little Miss Sunshine, and Pitch Perfect. In these films, women were able to fit a bigger and more important role than strictly "cheerleader." These women—and girls—overcame the truly impossible and created the best opportunities for themselves and their families.
Despite the wider representation of females in leading film roles, there is a part of the population being neglected. A black woman is rarely ever featured leading an underdog film. Black women in the United States are arguably the most repressed and neglected group of people, so to see this lack of representation being carried out even in the film industry is unfair, and it is something that needs to change. When they are represented in film, they are portrayed in a negative light. Most times when black women are featured in film they are over-sexualized, not in positions of power, or cheerleaders. The film industry must show that black women are more than these minor, degrading roles.
However, a step in the right direction is being made with the release of Hidden Figures. This film features three NASA mathematicians who battle against race and gender issues in order to succeed in their work. The leading women portray strong, perseverant, and intelligent underdogs. This film shows the importance of equal representation in underdog films in regard to gender and race.
Putting women of all sizes and races in powerful movie roles that feature them overcoming obstacles, facing the impossible and succeeding anyway is incredibly important. For women, everyday is a harrowing underdog tale. Film representation of strong, powerful, driven women will help society get to a place where gender equality is the norm, not the goal.
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This week in Chicago, the city council is passed a new ordinance that would require "Big-Box" retailers (90,000 sq ft, and 1 billion in gross sales) in Chicago to pay $10/hour with $3 in benefits by 2010, after that it increases with inflation. This law is targeting Wal-Mart, but will also apply to Target, Home Depot, and others. Before the ordinance passed Wal-Mart said it would not build stores in Chicago if it passed. Target claimed it would close store in the city.
Several people are calling this a living wage law. I don't believe it is, it is just an anti-Wal-Mart law. If you wanted to pass a living wage law, then make the minimum wage $10/hour for everyone. Not just "Box-Box" retailers. All you will do by passing this ordinance is making headlines, possibly get reelected, and discourage the building of 90,000 sq ft stores. If reports of Wal-Mart's penny pinching are to be believed, Wal-Mart would still build stores in Chicago, Wal-Mart would just hire fewer people to run the stores.
If this ordinance remains on the books, it will be interesting to see the economic impacts on the communities in and around Chicago.
You learn something new everyday; this weekend I learned several new things. One, do not treat a kayak like a canoe. Two, the Chicago River does stink, and clothes will stink after being washed in the river. Three, cell phones and the Chicago River do not mix. Four, kayaking is fun!
Discovery: A very large rocket for the 4th!
Yesterday on the 4th of July the Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral into orbit. Every time I watch a shuttle launch I am simply amazed. I watch the shuttle leave the launch pad and leave our atmosphere. I stair in awe at the representation of mankind's technological achievement. I get lost in the scale of the operation. The size of the building/vehicals/launchpads the complexity of the everything is simply incredible, and it all works. Granted there are accidents, things fail; with something this complex it will happen. Our hope is that the failure can be mitigated. If you listen to the mission controllers during launch, every step of the way they are calling out where the shuttle will abort to, if anything goes wrong. Unfortunately Columbia and Challenger's disasters occurred with no chance of saving the crew's. But we learned from their sacrifices and find solutions.
Our Space exploration was born out of a contest with the old Soviet Union. Now China has set a plan in place to go to Mars and we have picked up their gauntlet. I hope China nor us give up on this ambitious plan. Going to the moon was an unbelievable accomplishment, if either of country gets a man to mars, and returns him to earth, it is the next Everest.
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Banque Libano-Française is one of the leading banks in Lebanon established in 1967. While it has historically been a commercial bank, the Bank has diversified its activities and currently provides banking services in five principal areas: commercial banking, retail banking, investment banking, private banking and correspondent banking. Banque Libano-Française operates today in Lebanon through a network of 56 branches in addition to 158 ATMs. The international footprint of BLF Group includes since 2006 Banque SBA (a French bank established in Paris, with a subsidiary in Cyprus) and its financial company LF Finance Suisse SA (Geneva). The Bank has also widened its presence in the Middle East by establishing a subsidiary in Syria, Bank Al-Sharq SAS, in 2008, a Representative Office in Abu Dhabi in 2009 and a branch in Baghdad, Iraq in 2013. BLF growing international network includes as well a Representative Office in Lagos, Nigeria.


Trial lawyers' television ads are, as a genre, so over-the-top that you might think they're parody proof. If you watch late-night TV you know what I'm talking about: "Toxic drug warning!" "Legal Alert!" "Attention: You may be entitled to compensation!" The ads aren't artful, to say the least, but they are effective. If they weren't, trial lawyers would not be spending nearly a billion dollars a year, according to a study the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) released in October, to reach out to potential clients.
Sick of Lawsuits is a collaboration between the remaining chapters of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, or CALA. The press release announcing the group's campaign against trial lawyers' ads called Sick of Lawsuits "a legal watchdog group of more than 200,000 people." But Joanne Doroshow of the Center for Justice and Democracy, who co-authored an expose in 2000 on CALA's corporate backers, said that number seems vastly exaggerated. The once robust CALA effort – funded in the 1990s by tobacco companies and other corporate targets of personal injury suits – has dwindled to a handful of chapters, she said. (The GuideStar database on nonprofits lists CALA groups only in Texas, California, Maryland and West Virginia.) "They have tiny budgets and basically, barely exist," Doroshow said.


Reposing at his home on Sunday from 11am. Rosary on Sunday night at 8 pm. Removal on Monday evening at 6.30 pm to arrive in St Andrew's Church Bagenalstown for 7 pm. Requiem mass on Tuesday at 1 pm followed by burial in Ballinkillen cemetery. Family flowers only please donations if desired to Lorum / Balllinkillen community centre and the Injured Jockey Fund. House private from 5 pm on Monday evening.


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"I used to get some income from making and selling my embroidery, but there is no more work like that. I hope HAGAR can continue helping us with food and aid because I don't have any other option to feed my family."
Khadija's family is one of thousands HAGAR supported with food aid, cooking stoves and coal, as well as clothes and shoes during the harsh winter. Under the current regime, levels of poverty and destitution have risen significantly – approximately 90% of the Afghan population (~38.9 million people) are poor. Access to basic healthcare is also increasingly restricted or unavailable.
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Human Capital & Careers
A Call for Tougher SEC Action on Comp
Financial analysts at the CFA Institute's Centre for Financial Market Integrity, upset with corporate dodging of executive-pay reporting requiremen...
Roy HarrisJanuary 4, 2008
In its initial studies of the compensation-disclosure rules implemented by the Securities and Exchange Commission last year, the CFA Institute's Centre for Financial Market Integrity was one of many parties that had some tough questions. After analyzing how companies applied the new rules during the year, however, those questions have evolved into a call for SEC action.
In a year-end letter to John W. White, director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, two top officials of the association of more than 92,500 financial analysts and other professionals made 10 recommendations, reflecting the fact that they were "highly disappointed in the inconsistent and overly complex implementation of the rules exhibited by many companies."
First among the proposals: press the SEC's "efforts to direct companies to meet the intent of full, open, and honest communication of compensation practices." The CFA unit said that companies were using "endless and complex legal boiler-plate," and avoiding full disclosure "by inappropriate claims that compensation metrics are proprietary."
The new rules, said the letter, require companies to use plain language to show investors "the full picture of an issuer's executive compensation process." This mandate is being ignored by many companies, added Kurt Schacht, managing director of the Centre, and James C. Allen, director of its Capital Markets Policy Group.
Nearly one year after issuing the disclosure rules, the SEC acknowledged the lack of clarity in how companies have been describing the way in which they pay their executives. The commission has sent comment letters to at least 350 companies asking them to provide more-understandable disclosures.
Apparently the SEC's actions thus far are not enough for the CFA: the institute has asked the SEC "to further inform issuers about the responsibilities of their compensation committees to actively participate" in the review and preparation of the Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A). They urged the commission to call corporate committees to follow up with them.
A third proposal is to tighten the use of the Summary Compensation Table (SCT) for reporting the fair value of share-based awards, rather than using the GAAP compensation-expense method. "The CFA Institute Centre recognizes the reasons behind the commission's late changes to the SCT to have issuers report only the portion of share-based compensation that is recorded as an expense in the income statement," Schacht and Allen wrote. However, "the SCT continues to require inconsistent reporting in other areas of executive compensation." Requiring better reporting is the desire of investors who want to know the current value of what boards have promised to pay executives in future years, they wrote.
Other CFA Centre recommendations call for the SEC to press companies to describe any use of company assets worth more than $10,000 in compensation, regardless of whether the company or the individual executive pays for it through a perquisite purchase program, and a strict limit on allowing companies to use "competitive considerations" as a reason to not disclose their compensation strategy. The "formulas and metrics used to determine performance-based compensation should be disclosed," the letter said.
Other areas that need to be improved, according to Schacht and Allen, are the disclosure of how much compensation consultants earn and their level of independence, and the role played by a company's CEO in determining his or her own compensation. The CFA Centre sought three years of comparable information in the SCT for each named executive in the filings, along with "graphic comparisons of issuers' performance against their peers" and the disclosure of names of "specific competitors used by the company" to create benchmarks for determining executive compensation.
A spokeswoman for the Centre said the SEC hadn't yet responded to the letter.
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The forth day of the Festival includes discussions featuring H.R. McMaster, Jeffrey Goldberg, Elizabeth Alexander, Clint Smith, Priscilla Chan, and Linda Darling-Hammond.
The United States must rethink its approach to China, says a former national security advisor. Getting it right is crucial not just for America, but for the world. Two scholars contemplate how the nation's monuments and landmarks tell — and shape — our collective memory and shared future. A champion of the Whole Child approach to education, one that honors the humanity of each teacher and student, sheds light on how new technologies can accelerate students' learning.
H.R. McMaster Fouad and Michelle Ajami Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Bernard and Susan Liautaud Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute; Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Jeffrey Goldberg Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
Elizabeth Alexander President, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Clint Smith Staff Writer, The Atlantic; Author, How the Word Is Passed
Priscilla Chan Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Linda Darling-Hammond President and CEO, Learning Policy Institute
A New Approach to China
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The US approach to China, H. R. McMaster argues, has long been based on the faulty assumption that China will "play by the rules" once integrated into the international political and economic order. Instead, the United States must think empathetically to understand what China really wants — and then plan accordingly. Join McMaster and The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg as they explore a relationship critical to the future of the United States, and the world.
Remembering the Past, Imagining the Future: How the Legacy of Slavery Still Shapes Us
Martin Luther King Jr. said: "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." As Americans of all backgrounds continue to grapple with the legacy of slavery, its imprint on our lives remains indelible. This conversation brings together two scholars and poets contemplating how the nation's monuments and landmarks tell — and shape — not only our collective memory, but our shared future. What will it take to learn (and unlearn) from the past in pursuit of a better path forward?
The Path to Stronger Teacher-Student Connections
Priscilla Chan
Linda Darling-Hammond
Students and teachers have displayed remarkable courage in the face of overlapping traumas this past year. Building on that resilience and the new, innovative ways students and teachers stayed connected throughout the pandemic will be key as students return to school this fall. In this session, Dr. Priscilla Chan, co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), will join Linda Darling-Hammond, CEO of the Learning Policy Institute, to discuss the importance of a trauma-informed approach to the upcoming school year, as well as new technologies to accelerate students' learning by fostering the strong, supportive relationships they need to thrive.


Will the perfect parent reading this please raise your hand?
While we all want to be the best moms and dads possible, most of us freely admit to making mistakes in our parenting. For those times when we know we've blown it, how thankful we can be that God made young children so willing to forgive us when we come to them in love and ask for it!
A certain event at our house over the weekend caused me to consider some of the mistakes I've made in parenting. I have here a list of five, though I could certainly come up with more! I'm sharing these here in hopes that I'll recognize them more easily in the future and hopefully limit their recurrence!
1. Attempting to parent my children in my own strength without asking God for His help. I could probably avoid the other mistakes if I could remedy this one each day. Situations arise for which I have no answer, but if my first response is to ask God for His wisdom, I can be sure I'll head down the right path.
2. Assuming I know what happened in a particular situation before getting all the facts. This is the good old case of jumping to conclusions! This was closely related to our latest incident and I hope this has taught me to be slower to react, to give as much thought as needed to the problem, and gather as much information as possible.
3. Taking my frustrations over an unrelated difficulty out on my children. This usually means I'm being short-tempered with them and not responding properly to their needs. Because my mind is preoccupied with other things, I don't take time to deal with my children as lovingly and gently as I should.
4. Talking about my girls to other people in front of them. I believe this starts when they're infants; just innocent, casual conversation with other moms about our kids. However, as they get older and actually listen in, it can become something that makes our children uncomfortable. I was surprised when our older daughter had her feelings hurt because of things I was saying about her. They weren't negative or embarrassing, but she did not like me discussing her with other moms. I am striving to do better in this area.
5. Putting other tasks ahead of spending time with my girls. I need to take time whenever possible to be with them, even if that means putting off other chores. Key times for us are when they come home from school and bedtime; that's when they seem to have a lot to communicate and I don't want to miss that. I also want to take time just to do things they want to do, even if it's as simple as sitting on the couch and reading a book together.
So now you know some of the mistakes I've made (glad I don't have to share them all!) and areas in which I'm trying to get better. I hope by God's grace to continue to grow in this area of child rearing.
"Taking my frustrations over some other trial or difficulty out on my children." I have been guilty about this lately and really need to take a few deep breaths and step away when I'm feeling frustrated. Thanks for your honesty; this parenting isn't for sissies!
Thanks for stopping by my blog for UBP!
What an honest list, one I can relate to! Thanks for sharing and giving me something to think about!
I hear ya. I wonder about #4. I've always thought it was good to praise our kids in front of others. Would that embarass your daughter as well?
Praise usually works okay with her – well, at least as long as it's not overdone! Thanks for reading and commenting.
Wow #1 and #4 really hit home for me. Thanks so much for this post.
I can relate to y five mistakes. Thank you so much for your honesty. I think the start to change is recognizing our weaknesses, forgiving our selves and relying on God to help us do better the next time. Blessings to you! Thanks for stopping by God's Shining Stars!


Andy and I are thinking about a future training day on working with anxiety using a mixture of modalities. If you think you might be interested please email us to express your interest using the form below.
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We are really excited about our next new project here at TA Training Organisation. We are going to be offering a series of Supervision and Professional Development days over the next few months. The purpose of these new sessions is to offer professionals, both qualified and unqualified, the chance for transactional analysis supervision and continuing professional development.
This is a new venture for Andy and me and comes out of a few over coffee discussions, as we have been talking to colleagues, supervisees and trainees, researching and reflecting on else we might support qualified counsellors, therapist and trainees in the Yorkshire area with interesting transactional analysis training and development.
We will run an open agenda day where the topics for the day together are decided by the group at the beginning of each day. This could be a mixture of classic supervision of client work, professional development issues, teaching of theory, personal process time, preparation for CTA or Diploma examinations and ethical and professional practice questions. The list goes on!
Here's a typical example of what a day might comprise.
Case Supervision Andy Ethics Discussion Lin.
Case Supervision Andy Mock CTA Exam Lin.
Check out. Andy and Lin.
With a small group (less than eight people) either Andy or I will take the group with 8 people or more and we will both be present.We take a list of topics and requests at the beginning of the day and then develop the programme. Attendees are welcome to attend whichever session they wish.
These will be "drop in" groups, you can sign up for just one day or for the whole programme. Depending on the interest for the rest of this academic year we hope to run these sessions on an ongoing basis meeting once every two months for a day together.
We wanted to offer professionals not qualified in transactional analysis the opportunity of supervision and further development beyond the TA 101 and year one to support them in using transactional analysis in their practice with clients and to be supported in so doing and TA trainees will be able to count hours of supervision according to UKATA and EATA guidelines.
So, if you think this might be something you would like to experience the first session begins in the new year on Friday 5th February, click here to go to more information, if you'd like to find out more please Contact Us with any questions. Or click on the dates below to go directly to Eventbrite and online booking.
The ego state model is one of the models in transactional analysis I frequently draw on in working with my clients. It's also one of the models I share most directly with people I am working with as it is easily accessible and applied to self.
However, for me, this is not the most useful aspect of this piece of theory. I many ways I think Berne's theory of ego states – Parent Adult and Child suffers from being so readily accessible as people often stop with this first understanding that there are three parts to the personality a Parent, Adult and Child part and go no further into the wealth of theoretical understanding that can come from looking at the model in greater depth, in how Berne also used the model to look at the early stages of child development, how he integrated ideas from object relations, how transgenerational and cultural messages might be part of the ego state structure.
I make great use of these ideas, they help inform how I understand my client and also the direction I take with them in the work. One of the key tasks in transactional analysis psychotherapy is to help clients to identify when they are functioning from Child or Parent and to facilitate them in moving to Adult. Alongside this is the task of working with the content of ego state messages to help the person identify if these messages are useful in their life of if they need updating. We have a variety of approaches and methods of doing this and I'm looking forward to running a workshop on the Friday the 9th of October that will be looking at the model in greater depth and some of the techniques that can be used.
More information on the course can be found here.
You can book directly via our venue The Horsforth Centre.


In 2008, CAPP completed a series of consumer focus groups to test marketing language and strategies promoting coordinated care. In 2009, we sought to further understand consumer attitudes about the kind of care they can receive in a "coordinated care" multispecialty group or organized health care system.
With the support of the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, CAPP conducted another series of eight national focus groups to determine consumer understanding of the difference between fragmented care and coordinated care, assess consumer acceptance of coordinated care, and explore the willingness of consumers to make tradeoffs in a transition to coordinated care.
Resulting publication: The results of these focus groups were published in the January 2009 issue of The Permanente Journal as From Our Lips to Whose Ears? Consumer Reaction to Our Current Health Care Dialect and a subsequent marketing-focused article When We Speak, What Do They Hear? was published in the February 2009 issue of AMGA's Group Practice Journal.


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describe "Quizzes" do

  before(:each) do
    login
  end

  after(:each) do
    logout
  end

  it "allows user to create a new quiz" do
    quiz = FactoryGirl.create(:quiz)
    visit quizzes_path
    click_link "New Quiz"
    fill_in "Name", :with => quiz.name
    click_button "Create Quiz"
  end
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    quiz = Quiz.new(name: "Christmas Quiz")
    quiz.save
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    page.should have_content("New Christmas Quiz")
  end
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    quiz = Quiz.new(name: "Christmas Quiz")
    quiz.save
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Canon EF-S 18-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Originally posted 2010-10-18 on Optyczne.pl
Canon resisted the megazoom trend for quite a long time; its competitors' strategy has been quite different though. Nikon has offered its customers the 18-105 mm VR, the 18-135 mm models and two version of a 18-200 mm device. Sigma was even more generous because such lenses as the 18–125 mm, the 18–125 mm OS, the18–200 mm, the 18–200 mm OS and the 18–250 mm OS have been on and off its offer. Tamron hasn't been idle either, launching instruments with the following parameters: 18–200 mm, 18–250 mm and 18–270 mm VC.
The Canon's offer looks very modest in comparison. Not only the megazooms of that company were shown later than those of its rivals but also it has launched only two models so far: the EF-S 18–135 mm f/3.5–5.6 IS and the EF-S 18–200 mm f/3.5–5.6 IS USM. In this test we will take care of the former.
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Home Latest News NZ name Conway, Young in strong A squad against West Indies
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Devon Conway has been named in New Zealand's A squad to take on West Indies in the two warm-up games in Queenstown, to stake a claim for a Test spot. Fringe batsman Will Young, and Michael Rippon, the former Netherlands' all-rounder, who recently qualified to play for New Zealand have also been named in the 16-man squad.
New Zealand's No.5 Henry Nicholls also returns from a calf injury, which forced him to miss the opening three rounds of the Plunket Shield. Young would've made his Test debut against Bangladesh in March 2019 in place of an injured Kane Williamson at Hagley Oval, but the Christchurch mosque shooting forced the abandonment of the Test.
"It's an exciting time for Devon who's had to wait for his opportunity at this level after some outstanding form on the domestic scene," New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said of Conway, who started the Plunket Shield for Wellington with two half-centuries in six innings. Conway, 28 and born in South Africa, was cleared by the ICC earlier this year to play for New Zealand. He was awarded a central contract in May 2020 without playing an international game for New Zealand.
"It's great to get Henry back on the park after what I know has been a frustrating winter with his left calf injury… we're confident if he comes through both games unscathed he'll be ready for the first Test in Hamilton," Stead said. "It's been a year like no other and we're very fortunate to be preparing for such an action-packed summer. The complexities of the international schedule, along with the size of the touring squads and the length of time they will spend in the country has enabled us to build a very strong A programme.
"The flip-side of this is that pressure will be put on our player pool this season and we need to be smart with how we use our resources, therefore we'll likely add and subtract from this squad as we go along. Plenty of eyes will also be on the four Otago bowlers who have been rewarded for their strong performances so far this year and in recent seasons."
Canterbury skipper Cole McConchie will lead the A side with Dane Cleaver picked as the wicketkeeper. The A side will play two red-ball games against West Indies in Queenstown, who will also face Pakistan A in two four-day games in December.
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Tag: NASA
Mapping Ground Displacement from the California Earthquakes
This interferogram shows the ground displacement caused by last week's earthquakes in southern California. Produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it's based on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images from JAXA's ALOS-2 satellite taken both before (16 April 2018) and after (8 July 2019) the earthquakes. Each colour cycle represents 12 centimetres (4.8 inches) of ground displacement.
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 10 July 2019 Format ImageCategories GeologyTags California, earthquakes, JAXA, NASA, satellite
Lunar Cartography During the Age of Apollo
Writing for Crosscut, Tom Reese memorializes his father, who worked as a cartographer and engineer for NASA's Aeronautical Chart and Information Center during the Apollo program. Harlan Reese left behind a collection of maps, photos and charts in his garage which, Tom says, still contains "mesmerizing detail and mystery":
One box has odds and ends of early lunar photography, some of the prints overlain with Dad's hand-drawn compass points, landing site X's and handwritten notations. The images were made through large telescopes on Earth, by the Surveyors and Rangers and Lunar Orbiters and early Apollos flying around and over the most promising landing sites. You can also see those smudged fingerprints that likely belong to Dad, mixed with those of many others who used magnifiers and X-Acto knives to carefully slice apart select sections of crater fields. Some small globs of cracked glue remain where they dripped during the process of pasting together the cut pieces to form mosaics of the unexplored landscape.
Some small indentations probably show how the prints were positioned in viewing devices like the extremely precise optical comparator, which helped human eyes interpret the length of shadows inside craters for the first time. These results were coordinated with data about altitude and lunar daylight to provide the most precise terrain measurements possible. Careful airbrushing would smooth over and fill in terra incognita with educated guessing. Finally, this data would be transformed into the precisely printed maps and charts that would help lunar lander pilots to, among other things, second-guess in real time the navigation decisions made by computers of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Below, a Target of Opprtunity Flight Chart for the Apollo 11 mission:
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 22 May 2019 Format LinkCategories AstronomyTags Apollo 11, Apollo program, Moon, NASA, spaceflight
The Polar Vortex, Visualized
NASA Earth Observatory maps the bitterly cold temperatures resulting from cold air pushed southwards by an unstable polar vortex. The maps and animations are by Earth Observatory's lead cartographer, Joshua Stevens. On Twitter he posted a companion visualization showing what's happening on the other side of the planet, where a searing heat wave is blistering Australia.
Meanwhile on the other side of the planet 🌏, @NASA 🌡 data shows #Australia's daytime temperatures are soaring (≥40 °C) pic.twitter.com/hvBuEez4G6
— Joshua Stevens (@jscarto) January 31, 2019
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 31 January 2019 Format LinkCategories Weather and ClimateTags earth observatory, NASA, temperature
California Wildfire Roundup
San Francisco Chronicle (screenshot)
The San Francisco Chronicle's 2018 California Fire Tracker is an interactive map of ongoing and contained wildfires—notably, at this moment, the Camp and Woolsey fires. It includes fire perimeter and air quality data. (Note: it's glitchy on desktop Safari.)
Two Esri maps: a general wildfire map and a map of smoke from wildfires [Maps Mania]. Add to that a map of field damage reports in the area hit by the Camp Fire [Maps Mania].
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has produced a map of the damage from the Camp Fire based on satellite radar images. NASA Earth Observatory has maps and animations showing the impact of the Camp Fire on air quality and satellite images of the Woolsey Fire burn scar.
The New York Times has a map tracking air quality in California. Smoke from the fires has reached the east coast: an outcome predicted by atmospheric models (see above map).
This interactive map from NBC News that superimposes the Camp Fire on any location to help people outside California get a sense of how big these fires are. [Maps Mania]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 20 November 2018 Format LinkCategories Weather and ClimateTags air pollution, air quality, California, NASA, NOAA, satellite, satellite imagery, smoke, wildfires
Mapping the Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami
The New York Times (detail)
Last week a magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, triggering a tsunami that struck the city of Palu with far more force than expected. The New York Times has multiple maps and aerial images of the damaged areas; NASA Earth Observatory has before-and-after Landsat imagery.
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 3 October 2018 Format LinkCategories GeologyTags earthquakes, Indonesia, Landsat, NASA, New York Times, Palu, satellite imagery, tsunamis
Carbon Monoxide from the California Wildfires
Carbon monoxide released into the atmosphere by the California wildfires is drifting across North America in concentrations sufficient to turn up on the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite. A series of maps showing CO concentrations in the United States between 30 July and 7 August, using AIRS data, have been combined into the animation above.
Previously: Mapping the Northern California Wildfires.
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 17 August 2018 Format ImageCategories Weather and ClimateTags animation, atmosphere, carbon monoxide, NASA, USA, wildfires
The Changing Padma River
Landsat observations have charted the erosion of the banks of the ever-changing Padma River, a major distributary of the Ganges in Bangladesh. This is vividly shown in this animation produced by NASA Earth Observatory, which "shows 14 false-color images of the Padma river between 1988 and 2018 taken by the Landsat 5 and 8 satellites. All of the images include a combination of shortwave infrared, near infrared, and visible light to highlight differences between land and water." More on the erosion of the Padma River here.
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 17 August 2018 Format ImageCategories HydrologyTags Bangladesh, earth observatory, Landsat, NASA, Padma River, remote sensing, rivers, satellite imagery
Mapping the Northern California Wildfires
Washington Post (screenshot)
The Washington Post maps the largest of the wildfires burning in northern California: the Carr Fire threatening the city of Redding and surrounding communities. The Redding Record Searchlight has drone footage of the destruction wreaked by the Carr Fire in Shasta County. NASA has natural and false-colour imagery (Earth Observatory, Visible Earth) of the Carr Fire, as well as the Ranch and River Fires to the south, the so-called Mendocino Complex. See the Mercury News's fire map of the Mendocino Complex, whose two fires' combined acreage is now larger than the Carr Fire. Meanwhile, German astronaut Alexander Gerst observed the California wildfires from the International Space Station. [San Francisco Chronicle]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 4 August 2018 Format LinkCategories Weather and ClimateTags California, drone footage, NASA, satellite imagery, Washington Post, wildfires
Mapping Global Fresh Water Availability
NASA Earth Observatory: "The map above depicts changes in water storage on Earth—on the surface, underground, and locked in ice and snow—between 2002 and 2016. Shades of green represent areas where freshwater levels have increased, while browns depict areas where they have been depleted. Data were collected by the GRACE mission, which precisely measured the distance between twin spacecraft as they responded to changes in Earth's gravity field. In sensing the subtle movements of mass around the planet, the satellites could decipher monthly variations in terrestrial water storage." The GRACE observations form the basis of a study published this month in Nature on changes in global fresh water availability. More at the JPL's GRACE-FO project page. [Benjamin Hennig]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 25 May 2018 Format LinkCategories EnvironmentTags earth observatory, GRACE, groundwater, NASA, remote sensing, satellite, water supply
Mapping Global Sea Level Rise
NASA Earth Observatory:
Global sea level rise has been accelerating in recent decades, according to a new study based on 25 years of NASA and European satellite data. This acceleration has been driven mainly by increased ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica, and it has the potential to double the total sea level rise projected by 2100[. …]
The rate of sea level rise has risen from about 2.5 millimeters (0.1 inch) per year in the 1990s to about 3.4 millimeters (0.13 inches) per year today. These increases have been measured by satellite altimeters since 1992, including the TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, Jason-2, and Jason-3 missions, which have been jointly managed by NASA, France's Centre national d'etudes spatiales (CNES), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The maps on this page depict the changes in sea level observed by those satellites between 1992 and 2014.
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 21 February 2018 Format LinkCategories Oceans, Weather and ClimateTags climate change, earth observatory, global warming, NASA
Estimating Population
NASA's Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) has produced a population estimation service "for estimating population totals and related statistics within a user-defined region." Basically, it provides a population estimate for an area drawn on a map. Available as data via map and GIS clients, it's also accessible via a web app. I've noodled about with it; its population estimates are generally not insane. [Kottke]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 11 February 2018 Format LinkCategories Human Geography, Web MappingTags demographics, NASA, population
Cape Town's Disappearing Water Reservoirs
Cape Town is running out of drinking water, a crisis dramatically depicted by NASA Earth Observatory maps that show the depletion of the city's reservoirs. The animated gif above, for example, "shows how dramatically Theewaterskloof [Cape Town's largest reservoir] has been depleted between January 2014 and January 2018. The extent of the reservoir is shown with blue; non-water areas have been masked with gray in order to make it easier to distinguish how the reservoir has changed. Theewaterskloof was near full capacity in 2014. During the preceding year, the weather station at Cape Town airport tallied 682 millimeters (27 inches) of rain (515 mm is normal), making it one of the wettest years in decades. However, rains faltered in 2015, with just 325 mm falling. The next year, with 221 mm, was even worse. In 2017, the station recorded just 157 mm of rain."
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 30 January 2018 Format ImageCategories Weather and ClimateTags Cape Town, earth observatory, gif, Landsat, NASA, reservoirs, South Africa, water supply
NASA Earth Observatory map by Jesse Allen based on MODIS data
The deep freeze is unevenly distributed. NASA Earth Observatory published this temperature anomaly map based on data from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Terra satellite. A temperature anomaly map shows how much warmer or colder temperatures are versus the average—in this case, land surface temperatures from 26 December 2017 to 2 January 2018 are compared to the 2001-2010 average for the same period. While it's awfully cold in Canada, and the central and eastern United States, it's warmer than normal in the southwest. And if you look beyond the North American continent (which is something people should do more often), it's generally warmer worldwide, particularly in Europe and Asia:
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 5 January 2018 5 January 2018 Format LinkCategories Weather and ClimateTags MODIS, NASA, satellite
Hurricanes and Aerosols
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center produced this visualization, based on computer modelling and data from Earth observing satellites, tracking how hurricanes transport sea salt, dust, and smoke across the globe.
During the 2017 hurricane season, the storms are visible because of the sea salt that is captured by the storms. Strong winds at the surface lift the sea salt into the atmosphere and the particles are incorporated into the storm. Hurricane Irma is the first big storm that spawns off the coast of Africa. As the storm spins up, the Saharan dust is absorbed in cloud droplets and washed out of the storm as rain. This process happens with most of the storms, except for Hurricane Ophelia. Forming more northward than most storms, Ophelia traveled to the east picking up dust from the Sahara and smoke from large fires in Portugal. Retaining its tropical storm state farther northward than any system in the Atlantic, Ophelia carried the smoke and dust into Ireland and the UK.
Video at the link, or here's the YouTube version. [APOD/Kottke]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 27 December 2017 27 December 2017 Format LinkCategories Weather and ClimateTags aerosols, atmosphere, hurricanes, NASA, remote sensing, satellite
20 Years of Observing Our Living Planet
NASA: "Satellites measured land and ocean life from space as early as the 1970s. But it wasn't until the launch of the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) in 1997 that the space agency began what is now a continuous, global view of both land and ocean life. A new animation captures the entirety of this 20-year record, made possible by multiple satellites, compressing a decades-long view of life on Earth into a captivating few minutes." Here's a video about it:
Animations available for download here. Guardian coverage. [Benjamin Hennig]
Author Jonathan CrowePosted on 4 December 2017 4 December 2017 Format LinkCategories Environment, Weather and ClimateTags NASA, remote sensing, satellite


Spaniard is two victories away from becoming first foreign coach to win a World Cup.
Moscow — Two wins from becoming the first foreign coach to win a World Cup, Roberto Martinez always will be known as Frankie to his former boss.
Martinez had more hair then. Now balding, the Spaniard has led Belgium to a World Cup semifinal against France on Tuesday night, three days before his 45th birthday. All 20 previous World Cup-winning coaches were born in the nation they led to the title.
Belgium beat five-time champion Brazil, 2-1, in the quarterfinals when Martinez switched to a new formation – a 4-3-3 with star forward Romelu Lukaku on the right wing. If Belgium gets past the French, it would play England or Croatia on Sunday with the chance to win its first World Cup title.
"There's more feeling of trust in each other," midfielder Kevin De Bryune said.
Martinez is familiar in the U.S. from his work for ESPN as an analyst at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, the last two European Championships and the 2013 Confederations Cup. He insisted the network install a screen that showed the overhead tactical camera.
Martinez impressed colleagues with his focus, especially after the Seine flooded ESPN's set in Paris two years ago.
He speaks English and Spanish, looking casual at news conferences, sometimes with several days of stubble. His workrate is impressive. One hour after the 3-2 win over Japan in the round of 16, Martinez texted Kenwright that he already was planning tactics for Brazil. Martinez waits until three hours before kickoff to reveal his lineup to his players.
Kenwright praises Martinez for being "an extraordinarily good man" admired by club employees from top to bottom.
Martinez has been married for nine years to the former Beth Thompson – they met when he was playing in Scotland – and they have a 4 1/2-year-old daughter Luella. Coaching families always have to be prepared to move. Before the quarterfinal, Martinez was asked at a news conference whether he was interested in coaching Spain. He deflected.