Who approved the "Fun Facts" over at E! News? The network apologizes for its insensitive Michael J. Fox graphic at the Golden Globes.
On Sunday night throughout E! News' Golden Globes pre-show, the network aired "Fun Facts" about celebrities and the award show. However, one particular note was deemed pretty insensitive by viewers watching from home.
A graphic across the bottom of the screen read, "Fun Fact: Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1991." While that might be a fact, it certainly isn't fun.
It's important to note that the graphic was only shown during the online live stream coverage of the red carpet. It was not televised, but it was shown once he appeared at the big media event.
Fans on social media called out E! News about its information on the 52-year-old actor.
Fox was at the awards show as a nominee for his freshman sitcom, The Michael J. Fox Show. He was nominated for Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy, but was beaten by surprise winner Andy Samberg for Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
The former Family Ties star has become an advocate for research and fundraising for Parkinson's Disease since his diagnosis. His disease is also a small part of the storyline for his NBC show.


A place that serves salads, soups & curries, ice creams, coffee, smoothies and juices, only deserves a name: "Mischbar" (Mixbar for the non-german speakers).
The claim from Mischbar "We bring you fresh local food" took the design studio formed by Marcos Aretio & Udo Kloos to their concept: an indoor market, full of sunshades, hanging bulbs, trolleys and high tables, where fresh local ingredients are transformed into salads, smoothies or curries.
The counter of this special "market" is built in 3 different materials and textures, depending the food that you get; striped white Corian (which looks like tiles) for ice-creams, oak wood for the soups & curries and concrete for the salads area. Cold, warm and fresh materials respectively. As a small detail, a tray dispenser was built inside the counter.
The bench is a non-stop 7 meters long oak bench supported on only 2 "V" metal pieces located in the center. The back of the bench was used to house a representation of the city of Nuremberg, a piece created by artist Martin Tibabuzo with rubber stamps made out of his own illustrations. Tibabuzo also illustrated the menu board, the columns and the tray-trolley.
Probably the biggest challenge was to create the soups & curries menu. Mischbar has a menu of 90 different soups and curries, but only 6 are daily served. The menu had to be easily interchangeable and visible. The solution was given by creating 30 wooden triangular pieces (like Toblerone bars), engraving with laser one dish on each side.
The coat hanger was designed making a wink to ice-cream lovers, using metal scoops to create the hooks.


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The Sudanese poet Bushra al-Fadil is on the shortlist for "The Story of the Girl whose Birds Flew Away," translated by Max Shmookler with support from Najlaa Osman Eltom. The story was published in The Book of Khartoum – A City in Short Fiction edited by Raph Cormack & Max Shmookler (Comma Press, UK. 2016). Bushra has published four collections of short stories in Arabic. His most recent collection Above a City's Sky was published in 2012, the same year Bushra won the Altayeb Salih Short Story Award. Bushra holds a PhD in Russian language and literature. This conversation took place via email between Gaamangwe in a green bedroom in the cold, sweetspot of Gaborone, Botswana and Bushra al-Fadil in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Here, they discuss his story's dreamlike narration, the application of literary and scientific criticism to writing, his political activism, bridging the communication gap among African countries, and what it means to be shortlisted for a story written in 1979.
Gaamangwe
So first, congratulations on being shortlisted for the Caine Prize award! How are you feeling about being part of the shortlist for the biggest award in Africa?
Bushra al-Fadil
Thank you. Let me first congratulate you for the perfect, nice name of your magazine: Africa in Dialogue. Only in dialogue can human beings understand each other (referring to the thoughts of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin). As for being shortlisted for a short story award, of course I'm pleased, although my short story was written in 1979 but translated and published in English only on 2016. The fact that this award is the biggest in Africa is new to me. Why don't many African countries, ministries of culture and unions of writers organize awards of recognition in the various fields of literature and arts? Wake up, Africa.
Thank you so much. I agree with Mikhail Bakhtin. I hope that Africans living here in Africa and the Diaspora can be more in dialogue with each other, and hopefully we can move to a new frontier of understanding.
I didn't know your short story is 38 years old! It is so beautiful and transcendental. Are you able to transport yourself to when you wrote it? Or perhaps now when you read it, what comes to you as its writer?
It was the second short story I ever wrote. I write in Arabic. We have more than one hundred languages in Sudan besides Arabic, and this is stonewalling thought, wisdom, creativity and all the heritage of the peoples of our beloved continent. I and many Sudanese poets and authors are looking forward to better communication with our colleagues in other African countries. This will be due to a new political democratic environment. When I wrote this story, young women in my country were facing brutality, violence and harassment of all kinds. Now this did not stop but as I wrote five short story collections, two novels and a collection of poetry during this long period my concerns have now moved to other issues away from social life, such as the existence of human beings, mortality and other issues. For example, I have a novel published in Turkey in Arabic (The title is The Locust Symphony in English) in which all characters are locusts.
Wow. That's interesting. Your story reads like a meditation, like a dream sequence. Of course your story is not a straightforward kind of story but what of human existence were you meditating and exploring here?
Well, I'm not much of a critic of my works but at that time I was concerned with inserting poetic images instead of punctuation in between the narrative sequence. The literal translation of that story was "The Story of the Girl Whose Sparrows Flew Away." I agree with you, it reads like a meditation, like a dream sequence. My latest short stories are about animals that can, while reading some narratives, think about humans, and at the same time enjoy and find out more about animals. For me all the findings of the universe can be characters in my short stories. I have a short story published in a book in the US, about two stones as large as whales and bright as a moon, coming out of the blue, above a Sudanese village.
That is incredible.Your story says to us, Writing is dreaming. There is no right way to dream. All dreams are valid. What has influenced this incredible poetic imagination? And what do these short stories reflect about the findings of the universe?
I think the theory of literary criticism should be parallel with the theory of everything in the studies of the new physics. Reality can't show up that easily. We as human beings cannot understand our existence while we are walking with one-sided minds on rails like trains. We have to look for all our problems in our poor countries with the eyes of a bird from above rather than creeping below like worms. We suffer in my country from military regimes and civil war. Our country was split during the last decade into two; instead of considering that we are all citizens of equal rights, they use religion and tribal conflicts to leave the whole country as an arch pile of islands. We can't leave other nations to think on this dilemma while they are manufacturing for us all the machines we use to hurt each other. We have brains too. Besides all these problems there are the questions of who are we and where we come from.
I completely agree. We cannot separate one thing from the other. Everything is interconnected. And all those questions are so important. But Bushra, how do you understand and articulate your Sudan and the state of affairs using the theory of everything?
I have been a member of a leftist political party now for more than twenty years. I'm trying to convince politically active men and women, especially young people, to work together with minimum agenda to oust the military government and to form a conference with finite hot issues: Stop civil war, improve health and quality education, etc. There is a sort of membrane in each political party. People who are inside these organizations look at their fellow members as if they are citizens who are less than them. From there comes all the corruption and the egoism. If we come together we can make it for our continent too. We have to move from the simplest to the complex.
What is the simplest thing? And how do we triumph over the ego? It seems to be a basis of all of our destructions, and our obsession with power.
The simplest is a word of four sounds in Arabic {ma'an} معاً : meaning, Together. The complicated is to find and create a network that functions in synergy. There are bright examples in our history and the history of mankind. We have to look to our problems from above with the eye of a thinking, fair, active-for-24-hours-a-day bird.
I believe all of our tiny acts across the world will move us, slowly but surely to that simplest word. Thank you for joining me. I wish you all the best with the Caine Prize and your writings.
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Turning trash into electric wheelchairs, this self-taught Kenyan is solving disability issues
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Lincoln Wamae is turning trash into electric wheelchairs Kenyan.Pic Credit: BBC
Lincoln Wamae is a self-taught Kenyan innovator, who is solving mobility issues with recycled materials. He builds electric trikes for disabled Kenyans.
He told the BBC that he started building electric chairs using scrap metal after an accident left him injured. For him, it all started out as a hobby and later turned into a passion.
Wamae, 30, spent three years perfecting his electric wheel chair design using batteries from old laptops and materials he got from junkyards.
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Unlike many seasoned African entrepreneurs, Lincoln had no training of any sort. "The secret is just trying," he told the public broadcaster.
Wamae's passion has transformed into a business. He made tricycles until he saw a need to help alleviate the struggles of persons with disability. It was then that he thought of converting his tricycle into an electric wheelchair.
He built his first electric wheelchair in December 2018 and has since built more. When provided with all the materials he needs, Wamae says it will take him a day to build a wheelchair.
Wamae does not only make custom electric chairs using scrap materials he collects from junkyards; he is also saving the environment.
"My wheelchairs are powered by lithium-ion batteries. I source them from old laptop batteries. In the process I am saving the environment because I'm using e-waste," he revealed.
The self-taught innovator hopes to mass-produce his designs in future and sell them all over Africa.
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LinkedIn, but out of your network?
The other week you may have been graced with a brief email thanking you for making up the three million Australians subscribed to LinkedIn.
The archetypal message was complete with a photo of happy LinkedIn users and a personal signature from the Australian managing director. You probably would have also skimmed it for 20 seconds before hitting delete. Beyond the simplistic efforts to keep in touch with LinkedIn members, the self-proclaimed milestone may be worth noting.


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Q: Using "an eight" wrong or right? Vowels must start with 'a' so how we can say with eight 'an eight'? Even eight is plural. For example, set of eight elements or objects?

A: Eight is a number. Numbers are normally used as determiners like a/an/the/some/any. When you use a number as a determiner, it is always singular and will not take a determiner (it is itself a determiner).

I have some books
  I have eight books

A number can also work as a noun

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*when it specifies how many elements are in a set

*to describe the rank of something like a playing card or a banknote

*for digits

a six - when a cricketer hits the ball over the boundary
  a ten of spades - a playing card
  an eight - a boat with eight oarsmen and a coxswain

When eight is used as a noun, it can take a determiner (a/the/an/some) and it can be plural.

My new phone number ends with a six and three eights
  Five eights are forty
  I thought that three sixes was pretty good, but he had four eights! poker
  The May bumps start this week-end: it's very impressive seeing several eights on the river at once!

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Audubon Pennsylvania is in the forefront of the effort in the US, having established the first IBA program in this country in 1996. Today Audubon Pennsylvania continues its leadership on the American IBA program, spearheading the development of strategic initiatives to build community support for, and stewardship of, these critical bird habitat sites in our state. The work now being done in Pennsylvania will serve as a model for the other 49 states.
KCT is working with Audubon Pennsylvania in formulating the implementation strategy that will carry forward Audubons vision of promoting proactive habitat conservation by fostering community involvement. KCT is assisting Audubon PA in creating a program that involves Site Identification and Recognition, Conservation Design and Opportunity Analysis, and support and implementation. The Implementation Strategy is also building involvement of key partners, establishing statewide and local advisory committees as well as more broadly engaging local residents and community leaders. The successes and lessons learned in the pilot IBA areas this year will provide the benchmark for statewide and national implementation efforts.


Ingrown toenails—shoes that are too tight are one of the leading causes of ingrown toenails and at the rate that kids grow, sometimes their shoes get tight much sooner than we parents would expect. Carefully examine the edges of the big toenails to be sure that the corners of the nails are not curving down and growing into the skin. Trim nails straight across and avoid cutting them too short to help prevent ingrown nails.
Fungal toenails—changes in color or thickness of the toenails or peeling or crumbling of the nails may indicate a fungal nail infection. Unless your child has recently stubbed a toe or dropped a heavy object on it, all changes in nail color should be reported to the podiatrist. Washing feet daily and not allowing your child to share footwear or go barefoot in damp public places, such as community pools and gym locker rooms can greatly reduce the chance of contracting a fungal infection.
Blisters—blisters can be sign that your child has outgrown his or her shoes. If this is not the case, then it may be an indication that undue pressure is being put on one particular area of the foot and this is something the podiatrist would need to check.
Swelling, bruising or cuts—any of these can be an indication of injury. Common symptoms of sprains are bruising and swelling. Swelling can also indicate an inflammation or irritation to a nerve, ligament or tendon. Check to see if the area is tender or painful and ask your child about recent activities to determine if an injury may have occurred.
It's also a good idea to be tuned into your child's behavior with regard to the feet. If you notice that your child suddenly doesn't want to participate in activities normally enjoyed or he or she appears abnormally clumsy, it may be an indicator that something is causing them discomfort in the feet and ankles. Our podiatrists, Dr. Christopher J. Mullin, Dr. Jessica A. Addeo and Dr. Rajan Patel are experienced in treating young patients. Most podiatric conditions are best treated in their early stages, so if you suspect something is wrong with your child's feet, don't put it off. Make an appointment at our Aberdeen office at your soonest convenience by calling: 732-566-2841.


Different groups of people have their own traditional celebrations. In the warm season, there comes a day when the roads are littered with people lying on the streets.
This is the Cannon Fodder Festival. It is held to celebrate all the adventurers who are sent around the realm on various missions and crusades.
It's very hard to get anything done with everybody just lying around, so Das Law has recognized this as a Lawful Lazyday.
You could call this a relaxing celebration, but just lying around doing nothing for the whole day is actually pretty exhausting. It feels nice at first, but at some point you get this sudden urge to get up and do something. Your mind wanders and you come up with lots of things, and then you'll want to go and write them down before you forget!
Also not everyone partakes in the celebration. There will be some people running about, so expect to get a boot to the face once or twice before the day is over.
This was a pretty straight-forward comic to draw. Since I have seen the Cannon Fodder Festival so many times already, I have a very good insight on what it looks like: lots of people lying on the ground. Most lie on their backs, some on their bellies, one or two maybe on their side.
I myself have not taken part in the celebrities for years now. The first two times I attended, I did it "the proper way" on the street, until I realised I could just as well crash on my comfy bed. And soon, I spent the day doing everything else but lying around.


Carwyn, a Welsh speaker and farmer's son from Carmarthen, attended Cardiff University obtaining a degree in Accounting in June 2002. In 2003 he commenced his accountancy training with a local firm in their audit and corporate department and qualified as a member of the ACCA in 2006.Carwyn joined Ashmole & Co. in July 2007, where he was able to make use of his agricultural knowledge to assist their client base. He also deals with small owner managed businesses and Audits of Charities and Companies.
Carwyn lives in Carmarthen, and in his spare time enjoys playing cricket for Bronwydd, going to watch the Ospreys and helping out on the family farm whenever possible.


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1 c slivered almonds = 4-1/2 oz.
ALMONDS: To take skins off almonds easily, toss into boiling water and leave one min or so and they will slip right out.
CONVENTIONAL OVEN: Place 1 layer deep on cookie sheet and cook at 350° for 12-15 min OR at 250 for 30 min, stirring once.
Place nuts in bowl. Dibble oleo or oil over nuts. Stir well.
Place nuts on baking sheet. Don't overlap.
When done, let stand on brown paper or paper towels for 10 minutes to finish cooking, and drain grease off nuts.
Place nuts in pie plate. Crowd, but do not overlap.
Sprinkle with salt and seasonings.
Cook, uncovered, on HIGH for 3-4 min, stirring once.
Repeat til all nuts are roasted. When done, let stand on brown paper or paper towels for 10 minutes to finish cooking, and drain grease off nutz.
NOTE: Nuts will continue to cook after removing from micro.
For Slivered Almonds, cook on HI in Micro for 3 min or less.
For Thin Sliced Almonds, cook on Hi in Micro for 1 min.
If some turn tan or brown on edge, remove and stir well.
Mix together sugar and almonds in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly for 10 minutes or until golden. They will carmelize all at once. Spread nut mixture in an even layer on lightly greased wax paper or pan. Cool 20 min. Put paper towel on top of nuts and break into pieces, with mallet if necessary.


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The role of neuroscience in educational practice - particularly for children and young people with SEND - has been controversial, but one laboratory's research shows great promise.
There have been many unsubstantiated claims at events regarding 'breakthroughs' in neuroscience, including one example at an event that didn't include any neuroscientists speaking!
Recent efforts have debunked several, previously 'robust' theories such as Gardner's 'multiple intelligences'. Only last weekend did scientists recommend that teachers ditch the 'neuromyth' of learning styles, with more recent attention to its value for money.
However, neuroscience is not entirely without merit. A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (DCN) Research Laboratory's launch event at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).
I had previously worked with one of the laboratory's co-directors on related projects, and we often discussed the development of neuroscience in relation to education (particularly SEND) and autism.
What does the DCN Lab do?
The DCN Lab works to form partnerships between researchers and schools, the aim being to understand how the brains of children and adolescents develop.
It is currently looking to collaborate with schools in the north-west, across the UK and further afield, with a view to having a positive impact on learners and young people.
The inaugural event began with introductions from Professor Linden Ball, Dean of the School of Psychology, and Dr Georgia Chronaki and Dr Pamela Qualter, the Lab's co-directors. These were followed by presentations and discussions, led by the DCN Lab's researchers, on various aspects of children's learning and mental health.
After each session, there was plenty of time for questions and discussions with teachers, parents and carers.
The aim of the DCN Lab is to improve our understanding of the relations between cognitive, social and affective aspects of typical and atypical development.
It works to translate basic research into educational and clinical practice, thereby improving the quality of life for children and families.
Although there is too much to cover in a single post, some of the research presented on the day is worth highlighting.
I have previously written about emotional regulation, and was fortunate enough to expand on some of my ideas with colleagues during the event.
One session that really captured my attention was that by Dr Reyhan Furman, on 'how our hands help us learn language'.
Gestures often accompany our speech; we often point, or give iconic or more spontaneous signals. There gestures can transcend different cultures or times, and very much are considered a part of our language.
The slides from the session will give more detail, but there was a lot to reflect on: while 90 per cent of speakers will use gestures, listeners very rarely gesture.
In another session, Dr Charlotte Field reflected on the use of social cues by children with autism and development disorders to learn words for new objects.
12 months Follows gaze and pointing. First words appear.
18 months - two years 18 months – two years Learning words for objects that speakers are looking at or pointing towards.
Three to four years Uses gaze to interpret someone's needs and wants.
Nine years and above More advanced understanding, such as reading someone's emotions from eye region.
It is worth delving further into Charlotte's research, but it's clear that children with autism can have difficulty with language acquisition and social situations, and the greater light we can shed on this the better. So watch this space!
work with other local organisations and charities.
So, plenty of promise for a field that has been the subject of lively debate in recent years. I urge you to explore the materials further, in anticipation of future research.
For more information, you can contact Georgia Chronaki and Pamela Qualter through the DCN Lab's page.
Be sure to mention that you heard it here first!


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The Composer is a benchmark that investigates how user interface agents can be used to compose simple songs.
I don't know of any similar interface and therefore cannot give any reference. There are however many products for composing and score notation available on the market. Such products often provide intelligent features like automatic rhythms and harmonic support and there are many products using software agents, e.g. the grammar and spelling correction in Microsoft Word.
The primary focus of this benchmark is the cooperation of a user with an interface agent and between interface agents, which happens (quasi-)parallel to the user's input. It will also need some basic 2D drawing features to draw the score, simple text-editing operations to add edit the score (insert a note, delete a note, overwrite a note, select a couple of notes) and some simple way of audio output.
The main screen shows a representation of a musical score. The user can add notes with different length as well as pauses to the score. Agents complete and change the composer's idea to bring in an element of unpredictability and support. Editing is done similar to text edition: cursor keys are used to move the caret and other keys to insert a note at the caret or delete a note under the caret.
use cursor and other keys to enter notes and pauses. This needs a caret that can be moved between notes and between tracks.
Add a new note, delete a note, select a note, mark a note as unchangeable.
It must be clear, when agents make changes: added and changed things must be communicated to the user, e.g. flashing, bolding, inverting, and so on. Agents can leave changes visible for a certain amount of time so that the user can see what has changed recently or they can just signal the changes.
The user must also be able to mark a selected note in the arpeggio track as fixed (use bold, shades of gray etc. to display this). While the user selects a note, the agents are not allowed to change anything that affects that note or the appearance of that note.
Notes and pauses can have the following lengths: 1, 1/2 , 1/4, 1/8 plus the dotted notes/pauses 1+1/2, 1/2+1/4, 1/4+1/8.
Notes are always standing single; no connecting beams are possible.
No other notation capabilities are needed.
Two tracks only: a melody track and an arpeggio track.
The melody track contains only one voice, so no notes are played in parallel for that track. The arpeggio track can have several notes in parallel, but from an editing point of view they are treated as a unit.
if notes are in parallel, they have the same length.
the resulting music doesn't need to sound great!
The user only edits the melody track.
The user can mark things on the arpeggio track as fix, so the system does not change this, if several notes are notated as parallel, then they are treated as a unit.
One agent derives the harmony and chords, a second agent applies arpeggio patterns to that chords. An easy way to apply chords and arpeggio patterns is to define a small amount of them and select according to some simple cues found in the melody track, supported by a random number.
Agents only make changes on the arpeggio track.
Agent work as parallel as possible to the user, they do not need to wait on users response. So the agent might wake up at specific intervals and rethink the result on the lines.
any way will do, just make it audible.


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next up is the zinger: the name says it all ladies and gentlemen - this will catch you with a zing of heat - spicy breaded chicken cutlet, lettuce, tomato, hot jalapeños & pepperoni, and finished with our homemade special sauce.
last but definitely not least, one of our most ordered zornwiches, the haystack! appropriately named because you will find a little bit of everything in this one - we start with a southern fried chicken cutlet and top it with mozzarella sticks, onion rings and finish it with a blend of our cheddar cheese creamy bbq sauce.
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I am a J.S.D. Candidate at the Yale Law School, an Assistant Professor at Charles University, Faculty of Law in Prague and a Visiting Fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence.
My research interest includes constitutional and democratic theory, European Union law, comparative constitutional law, European Union decision-making processes, and judicialization of governance. I have also been involved in European private law projects ranging from torts to antitrust matters.
In my dissertation, I examined the way interactions among constitutional courts in the European Union shaped the content of the common European constitution and how such practices gain normativity as well as democratic legitimacy. Special attention was paid to the impact of the Eastern Enlargement of the EU and the role of new Member States' courts in the common enterprise.


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Earthquake in India - Guest - 08-11-2009
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recent.../us2009kdb2.php
Magnitude 7.6 - ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/dyfi/e...2/us/index.html
TSUNAMI ALERT: India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh...
A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit off the Andaman Islands in eastern India, triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean, the US Geological Survey reported Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A massive magnitude 7.6 quake struck in the Indian Ocean off India's Andaman Islands, triggering a tsunami watch for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.
The USGS said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.7, was 20.6 miles deep and was centered 160 miles north of Port Blair in the Andaman Islands.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami watch for the region

India is sleeping, this will test so called sirens and alert system.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/pager/...kdb2/index.html
MMI City Population
IV Bamboo Flat 7k
IV Port Blair 112k
IV Pathein 237k
IV Mawlamyinegyunn 39k
IV Bogale 68k
IV Wakema 42k
IV Pyapon 65k
IV Kyaiklat 52k
III Maubin 51k
III Twante 46k
Table of MMI estimates and populations for settlements falling within the map boundaries. The settlement name, location, and population are obtained from the freely-available GeoNames geographical database.
 Due to the magnitude of this earthquake, there is the risk of a tsunami in the Bay of Bengal. Initial tide gauge readings do suggest a tsunami was generated by this earthquake. If you live in a coastal area PLEASE head inland or to higher ground.
Earthquake in India - Naresh - 08-11-2009
Tsunami alert after huge quake off India
AFP 11 August 2009, 03:07am IST
NEW DELHI: A huge 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Andaman Islands between India and Myanmar on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake hit around 263 kilometres (163 miles) north of Port Blair, the main town in the Andamans, and was around 33 kilometres (20.2 miles) deep, said a USGS statement.
The epicenter was also around 364 kilometres (226 miles) southwest of the Irriwaddy Delta region of Myanmar which was devastated by a huge cyclone in May last year that left over 138,000 people dead.
The USGS said a tsunami watch had been issued for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh.
India's Andaman Islands were hit by the 2004 Asian tsunami which was triggered by an earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra and sent giant waves crashing into countries around the Indian Ocean.
The 2004 tsunami killed more than 220,000 people, most of them in the northern Indonesian province of Aceh. Thousands of people were also killed in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and India.
There was no immediate response from the authorities in India or Myanmar to the latest quake and tsunami alert.
The quake appeared to be only around 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the main land mass of the Andaman Islands.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are some of India' most eastern pieces of territory. Over 350,000 people live in the territory flanked by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, and it comprises some 572 islands.
The Andaman Sea area witnesses frequent earthquakes caused by the meeting of the Indian plate with the Burmese microplate along an area known as the Andaman trench.
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Fears of a tsunami did not materialise and a tsunami watch that was initially issued for Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Thailand was cancelled
Revised PTWC info: Tsunami watch for the Bay of Bengal has been cancelled.
This earthquake was felt widely in south Asia including in southern Myanmar. Tremors were distinctly felt at Dhaka in Bangladesh, at Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad, Rourkela, Vishakhapatnam and other places in India as well as in Bhutan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. If you felt either of these earthquake.
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Earthquake in India - Bodhi - 08-11-2009
It did not wake me
Yeah, it did not wake me up as well. But my wife felt it and reported to me. Then read it in the news.
Magnitude 5.9 -
Friday, September 04, 2009 at 02:21:07 AM at epicenter
95 km (60 miles) ESE of Imphal, Manipur, India
QUOTEStrong earthquake rocks India's northeast, Bhutan
IANS | Guwahati/Kolkata/Thimpu
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Assam, other north-eastern States of India, West Bengal and neighbouring Bhutan on Monday afternoon causing damage to various properties in both the countries.
The tremors were felt at 2.26 pm. No casualties were reported.
The epicentre was plotted in Munggar in Bhutan. Munggar, about 500 km from Thimpu, is located along the India-Bhutan border, 125 km northwest of Guwahati.
Preliminary reports say cracks developed in apartments and concrete structures in Guwahati.
This is the fifth and the highest intensity earthquake to have rocked the northeast since Aug 13, according to the Regional Seismological Centre of Shillong.
The tremors were also felt in parts of West Bengal, including State capital Kolkata.
"We've received reports of mild tremors from different parts of the State. Our seismological cell is looking into the matter now," said an official of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata.
According to preliminary reports, the earthquake was felt in south Bengal districts, Malda and some parts of Darjeeling.
Munggar District Magistrate Sherab Tenzin said: "There have been no immediate reports of any loss of life or injuries but a number of houses, schools and other structures have been damaged. All these structures are made of mud and stones with tin roofs."
He said police and other rescue teams have been sent to the region to assess the damage.
6.1
Monday, September 21, 2009 at 08:53:05 UTC
Monday, September 21, 2009 at 02:53:05 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
27.351°N, 91.425°E
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
135 km (85 miles) NNW of Gauhati, Assam, India
180 km (110 miles) E of THIMPHU, Bhutan
610 km (380 miles) NNE of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India
1410 km (870 miles) E of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
43.6 km (27.1 miles)
UTTARANCHAL, INDIA
115 km (70 miles) ENE of Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal, India
180 km (115 miles) E of Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India
190 km (115 miles) NNW of Haldwani, Uttaranchal, India
305 km (190 miles) NE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
5.2 Gauhati, Assam, India
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 17:00:38 UTC
Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:00:38 PM at epicenter
125 km (75 miles) NNW of Gauhati, Assam, India
2009 November 02 21:35:47 UTC
Monday, November 02, 2009 at 21:35:47 UTC
Tuesday, November 03, 2009 at 03:35:47 AM at epicenter
ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
265 km (165 miles) N of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
350 km (220 miles) SSW of Pathein (Bassein), Myanmar
800 km (495 miles) W of BANGKOK, Thailand
2295 km (1430 miles) SE of NEW DELHI, Delhi, India
Magnitude 6.0 - NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 02:48:45 UTC
8.090°N, 91.881°E
10.8 km (6.7 miles) (poorly constrained)
NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
165 km (100 miles) W of Misha, Nicobar Islands, India
405 km (250 miles) SSW of Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India
1125 km (700 miles) WSW of BANGKOK, Thailand
Magnitude 4.6 - ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 11:09:39 PM at epicenter
ARUNACHAL PRADESH, INDIA
97 km (60 miles) NW (312°) from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India
202 km (125 miles) NE (34°) from Gauhati, Assam, India
203 km (126 miles) W (277°) from Dibrugahr, Assam, India
309 km (192 miles) E (86°) from THIMPHU, Bhutan


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Helicopter crashes on roof of NYC skyscraper; pilot killed
New York City Police and Fire Department personnel secure the scene in front of a building in midtown Manhattan where a helicopter crash landed, Monday, June 10, 2019. The Fire Department says the helicopter crash-landed on the top of the tower, which isn't far from Rockefeller Center and Times Square. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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NEW YORK (AP) — A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9/11, though it appeared to be an accident.
The crash near Times Square and Trump Tower shook the 750-foot (229-meter) AXA Equitable building, sparked a fire and forced office workers to flee on elevators and down stairs, witnesses and officials said.
The pilot was believed to be the only one aboard, and there were no other reports of injuries, authorities said.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash, or why the Agusta A109E was flying in a driving downpour with low cloud cover and in the tightly controlled airspace of midtown Manhattan. A flight restriction in effect since President Donald Trump took office bans aircraft from flying below 3,000 feet (914 meters) within a 1-mile (1.6 km) radius of Trump Tower, which is less than a half-mile (0.8 kilometers) from the crash site.
The helicopter went down about 11 minutes after taking off from a heliport along the East River, a little more than a mile (1.6 km) away. Police Commissioner James O'Neill said it may have been returning to its home airport in Linden, New Jersey.
The 19-year-old helicopter was linked to a real estate company founded by Italian-born investor Daniele Bodini, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. The company referred an inquiry to a lawyer. A message was left with the attorney seeking comment.
Pedro Rodriguez, a pastry line cook at Le Bernardin, a well-known restaurant in the building, said workers got an announcement telling everyone to exit, and he later heard from people around him that there was a fire on the roof.
The evacuation was not chaotic, Rodriguez said, but he was rattled because he immediately thought of the Sept. 11 attacks.
"It's scary when something like this happens," he said.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m., when clouds obscured the roof of the building. Rescue vehicles swarmed to the scene a few blocks from Rockefeller Center.
"If you're a New Yorker, you have a level of PTSD, right, from 9/11. And I remember that morning all too well. So as soon as you hear an aircraft hit a building, I think my mind goes where every New Yorker's mind goes," Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters.
Videos posted by onlookers showed emergency vehicles in the street, but no obvious damage to the skyscraper. The fire department later tweeted a photo of the helicopter's wreckage that showed piles of burned debris on the roof.
Working for a bank on the building's seventh floor, Kendall Sawyer felt a shake — "jarring enough to notice," but workers weren't sure what it was, she said.
Then came an announcement that the situation was being looked into, and a few minutes later, an instruction to evacuate, without explanation, she said.
"It was a little bit crazy, a little bit scary" as workers walked down the stairs, she said.
A block south, lawyer Lance Koonce heard a loud sound he thought could be a low-flying helicopter. From his 21st-story window, he looked up and saw smoke.
"I couldn't tell if the smoke preceded the helicopter coming over, or if it was from the helicopter crashing into the building," he said.
Trump tweeted from Washington that he had been briefed on the crash. Cuomo's office said the president and governor had spoken.
The National Transportation Safety Board was sending an investigator.
The city currently allows helicopters to take off and land from three heliports, one each on the East and West sides and in downtown Manhattan. All of the facilities border rivers.
It was once more common for helicopters to take off from private Manhattan rooftops, the most famous of which was on the tower then known as the Pan Am building. In 1977, four people waiting on the roof were killed when a helicopter toppled over and a rotor blade broke off and hit them. A fifth person, a pedestrian, was killed by falling debris.
That spurred a push to close down private helipads.
Still, the city has seen a string of helicopter accidents since. The most recent was just last month, when a chopper crash landed in the Hudson River near a busy Manhattan heliport. The pilot escaped mostly unscathed.
Five people died when a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the East River last year. Three people died in another crash into the same river in 2011. Back in 2009, a sightseeing helicopter collided with a small plane and killed nine people not far from the scene of Monday's mishap.
In 2006, New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle's single-engine plane slammed into the 20th floor of a building on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing Lidle and his flight instructor. It was not clear which one was piloting the plane.
The National Transportation Safety Board concluded the pilot misjudged a narrow U-turn before veering into the building.
Monday's crash prompted some New York lawmakers, including Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Nydia Velazquez, to propose banning certain "non-essential" helicopter flights over Manhattan. And it brought a reflection from Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a fellow Democrat who said he formerly worked in the building.
"Today's crash hits home," he said.
Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak, Deepti Hajela, Tom McElroy, Kiley Armstrong and Jennifer Peltz in New York and Michael Balsamo in Washington contributed to this report.
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AI for Earth
A researcher in India is using AI to solve monkey business with Microsoft's AI for Earth grant
November 27, 2019 by Abhishek Baxi
A Delhi researcher is taking an innovative approach to address the problems that occur when people live side by side with monkeys.
Microsoft doubles its carbon fee as part of effort to cut emissions by 75% by 2030
April 16, 2019 by Jonny Caldwell
Microsoft and National Geographic award $1.2M in AI for Earth Innovation grants
December 11, 2018 by Jonny Caldwell
Microsoft and National Geographic have selected eleven changemakers to receive more than $1.2 million in grants to help their projects, which apply AI to help people understand the world and protect it.
Earth Lens, the latest Microsoft Garage Project aims to improve aerial imagery with AI
October 23, 2018 by Laurent Giret
Following the launch of Microsoft's AI for Earth Program to help solve the world's biggest environmental problems, the company has recently tasked a team of Garage Interns to improve aerial imagery with AI.
Build 2018: Microsoft announces AI for Accessibility program to help people with disabilities
May 7, 2018 by Abhishek Baxi
Microsoft has announced AI for Accessibility program aimed to harness the power of artificial intelligence to amplify human capabilities for people around the world with disabilities.
Microsoft partners with USC on green approach to AI
January 9, 2018 by Arif Bacchus
Microsoft today announced an expansion of their AI for Earth initiative by partnering with the University of Southern California Center for Artificial Intelligence in Society.
The company that cares: How Microsoft helped make the world a better place in 2017
April 13, 2021 December 28, 2017 by Arif Bacchus
It's been a rough year for humanity, but Microsoft has been there to help make the world a better place, every step of the way. Here's a look at some of the ways how Microsoft helped make the world a better place in 2017.
Microsoft announces new $50 million investment in its AI for Earth program
December 11, 2017 by Laurent Giret
Microsoft President Brad Smith used the ongoing One Climate Summit in Paris to announce the new investment, highlighting the "transformative potential" of artificial intelligence in the near future.
Microsoft wants to save the planet with AI for Earth grants, EU Oceans Award
October 6, 2017 by Dave W. Shanahan
Microsoft is using Azure to monitor the Earth's oceans and how ocean acidity can impact oyster harvests globally.
GIS mapping giant Esri partners with Microsoft on Azure, AI technologies
July 13, 2017 by Michael Cottuli
Microsoft has partnered up with Esri, a company that's made its name on GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping, to create a "newly aligned grant process."


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Posts About "Jeremy Morin"
Sharks Stanley Cup Run Benefits Maple Leafs
May 26th, 2016 On Wednesday night, it was all good news for the San Jose Sharks as they punched their ticket to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in franchise history. But with that, came good news for the Toronto Maple Leafs. I know what you're thinking and no, I'm not crazy. Those who were paying attention back in February when the...
James Reimer Traded to San Jose
February 27th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs have shipped out goaltender James Reimer, the team announced Saturday afternoon. He'll be joining the San Jose Sharks as a part of a trade that involves four players and a pick. The full deal sees Reimer and 24-year-old forward Jeremy Morin heading to San Jose in exchange for Alex Stalock, Ben Smith and a...
Leafs Should Start Making Moves Now
January 8th, 2016 Well, after half a season of very much movement, it seems we got paid back for it all in one night with two pretty big trades in one evening. We got Ryan Johansen heading to Nashville for Seth Jones. We got Vinny Lecavalier and Luke Schenn heading to Los Angeles for Jordan Weal and a pick. Even Mike Richards signed in Washington. What...
Leafs Prospects Who Could Play Later This Season
January 6th, 2016 As we get closer and closer to the NHL Trade Deadline, we can expect the Toronto Maple Leafs to trade several or at least a few of their players. Whether or not they are set to become unrestricted free agents or not, you can bet that the Leafs will be trying to acquire as many draft picks or prospects as possible. That will of course...
Maple Leafs News: Reimer, Trades and the World Juniors
January 4th, 2016 The Toronto Maple Leafs recently rang in 2016 by defeating the always tough St. Louis Blues by a score of 4-1. It was a good game for many of the players, including Jonathan Bernier, who was nothing short of spectacular as he made save after save. It was a good start for the Buds, who have made some interesting news over the last few...
Hockey Headlines: John Scott, All-Star; Jonathan Drouin Trade?
January 4th, 2016 A collection of all the latest news from around the world of hockey: There has been a trade between the Maple Leafs and Blackhawks. The people have spoken. John Scott is an All-Star. . His former teammates aren't sold on the idea. (My two cents: Based on the overall quality of the game, players not wanting to go and the...
Chicago Acquires Richard Panik From Leafs for Jeremy Morin
January 3rd, 2016 The Chicago Blackhawks and Toronto Maple Leafs have exchanged a pair of 24-year-old wingers who may be in need of a change of scenery. To Chicago goes Richard Panik. In exchange LW Jeremy Morin heads to Toronto. Panik, a 2nd round draft pick of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2009, played 76 games for the Leafs last year, scoring 11 goals...
Blue Jackets Acquire Brandon Saad In 7-Player Deal
June 30th, 2015 Guess there are no guarantees in hockey. After Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman came out and said that Brandon Saad would stay on the Blackhawks for a long time, Bowman shipped Saad, along with Michael Paliotta and Alex Broadhurst, to the Blue Jackets. In return, the Blackhawks receive Artem Anisimov, Jeremy Morin, Marko Dano, Corey Tropp,...


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Enjoy the beauty that is North West New South Wales
Moree Shire
Moree Aquatic Centre
Boomi Pools
Mungindi Pools
Walgett Shire
Burren Junction
Narrabri Region
Pilliga Bore
Brewarrina Shire
Goodooga Bore Baths
Brewarrina Shire Council
The Shire of Brewarrina, a rural and remote community located in the outback region of New South Wales on the banks of the Barwon/Darling River. The shire covers an area of 19,000 square km's and borders the state line of Queensland and is surrounded by the local governments of Walgett, Warren, Bogan and Bourke.
The shire includes the towns and villages of Brewarrina, Goodooga, Weilmoringle, Angledool and Gongolgon. Brewarrina has great historical significance to the Aboriginal people of the region, as the town was one of the great inter-tribal meeting places of eastern Australia. The fisheries are elaborate man made stone constructions in the riverbed designed to trap fish. The Brewarrina Fish Traps are a National Heritage listed site and of spiritual significance to Aboriginal people.
The Shire boasts many other attractions like the Old Barwon Bridge, Culgoa National Park, Narran Lakes, Cobb & Co trails, Four Mile Skiing Reserve, Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Visitor Information & Exhibition Centre, Darling River Run, Ochre Bed Pits and the State Heritage Aboriginal Mission just to mention a few.
Many significant events also occur in the Shire including the Brewarrina Races, Barwon River Rodeo, Agricultural Field Day, NAIDOC celebrations, Weilmoringle Cancer Council Tennis Day, Goodooga Wool Day, Bre Big Fish competition and the Bald Archy Art Prize Exhibition.
Brewarrina Shire Council acknowledges and pays its respects to the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, and to Elders past, present and future.
Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum
The Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum stands at a site which has been of great importance to Aboriginal people in the North west New South Wales for tens of thousands of years.
The Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum is a no holds barred, Indigenous account of Australia's history from the beginning of time right through to today. It depicts an inspiring story. Indigenous Outback legends are shared via a blend of storytelling, guided tours, audio visual technology and personal recollection. The story through time is fraught with emotion – expect deep sadness, anger, wonder and laughter as well as a real sense of the persistent dignity and survival of Indigenous Australians.
The Cultural Museum and fish traps are a place of cultural and spiritual significance to local Aboriginals who identify as members of the Ngemba, Ualarai, Murrawarri, Gamilaroi, Baranbinja, Koama, Weliwan, Kula, Baarkkinji people from the Brewarrina region.
Above all else expect to find hope for an Australian culture and indeed a world culture of true and mutual respect, sharing stories that many thought long since forgotten. These are true stories, important stories. These stories belong to all Australians.
For Tour times please contact Brewarrina Aboriginal Cultural Museum by phone: (02) 6839 2421
Visit their website: https://brewarrinafishtraps.com.au/
Visit the Cultural Museum Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brewarrinaacm/
Read reviews on TripAdvisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attraction_Review-g528930-d12031105-Reviews-Brewarrina_Aboriginal_Cultural_Museum-Brewarrina_New_South_Wales.html#REVIEWS
Brewarrina Visitor Information and Exhibition Centre
The Brewarrina Visitor Information and Exhibition Centre is located in Bathurst Street, in the old Brewarrina Bowling Club Building.
Our friendly staff care on hand 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm Saturday, Sunday and Public holiday to help answer all your questions.'
The centre stocks a large range of maps and brochures to help you plan your outback adventure, along with a range of souvenirs, art and timber work form local artists and creators, home and giftware and much more to remember your trip.
Check out the latest information on the Centre Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/brewarrinavic/
Call 02 6830 5152 and have a chat their friendly staff today!
Visitor Information & Exhibition Centre
Aboriginal Cultural Museum
The Great Artesian Drive project is collaboration between the Shire Council's of Narrabri, Walgett, Brewarrina and Moree Plains. You can find information on these unique destinations of North West NSW by visiting the websites below:
The Kamilaroi Highway
Walgett Shire Council
Visit Narrabri
The Newell Highway
Destination NSW
Moree Tourism
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