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2000 AD #606 (24 Dec. 1988):
"Zenith, Phase II: Epilogue: Rumours of War"
by Grant Morrison, Steve Yeowell
2000 AD #606
Title: "Zenith, Phase II: Epilogue: Rumours of War"
Feature: Zenith
Medium: comic
Cover date: 24 Dec. 1988
Written by: Grant Morrison
Art by: Steve Yeowell
2 characters in this story:
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This publication is also known as: 2000 AD Prog 606.
The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. An alternative form of this story's title is: "Rumours of War". Webpage for 2000 AD #606 (24 Dec. 1988) created 14 October 2012. Last modified 26 December 2013.
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Lessons from learning through lockdown
16 Nov 2020 - Dr Fiona Aldridge, Director of policy and research at the Learning and Work Institute
Fiona Aldridge explains how L&D professionals can capitalise on the uptick in training seen during the coronavirus pandemic
With England amid a second lockdown and millions working from home or furloughed, there is very much a sense that we have been here before. There are tough times ahead and this time the weather is colder, the days are shorter, and many are still reeling from the financial and psychological challenges of the first lockdown. But we're better prepared too and our experience of lockdown earlier in the year surely has lots to teach us about how we make the best of the next few weeks and months.
Recent research from employment and skills think tank the Learning and Work Institute shows that, during the first lockdown, two in five adults (42 per cent) – an estimated 22 million people across the UK – embraced this opportunity to engage in some form of learning or training, with most of this taking place completely (60 per cent) or partially (30 per cent) online.
While many lockdown learners said they were learning for work-related reasons, others were learning for their own personal development, or to pursue an interest or hobby. Around one in 10 said the reduced time and work pressures of lockdown meant that they were now able to commit to learning, when this had previously not been possible. But lockdown learning had its challenges too. One in five found that previously planned learning had to be postponed or cancelled. Others struggled to balance their learning with work pressures, childcare or home schooling, or access to technology.
This raised interest in learning during lockdown is great news. Our annual Adult participation in learning survey repeatedly shows that the best way to create lifelong learners is to focus on getting people started in the first place – often by learning something that particularly interests them or helps them to achieve their work or wider life goals. We were encouraged to see nearly two-thirds of those who tried online learning during lockdown say that they were very likely to continue with online learning in the future; and one in five lockdown learners said their experience had made them more likely to take up work-related training.
The challenge, however, is in ensuring that opportunities are available to – and taken up by – those who most need to upskill or retrain. Our research highlighted stark inequalities in who engaged with learning during lockdown, with younger adults, full-time workers, those in higher socioeconomic grades and with a greater level of education all more likely to be learning. Among full-time employees, those who continued to work during lockdown were more likely to learn than those who were furloughed.
While these patterns of participation are not entirely unexpected, they are of serious concern given the unequal impact of the pandemic on the labour market, where workers with fewer qualifications and those in lower-skilled or lower-paid roles are more likely to lose their jobs. Despite facing a greater need to upskill and retrain to find work in the post-Covid economy, these workers are least likely to be accessing learning opportunities to support this.
So what are the takeaway messages for L&D professionals? First, there is substantial appetite among your staff to learn new things and develop new skills, especially when they have the time and see the need to do so. Second, make the most of this time to support furloughed workers to develop new skills – skills they can put to use in your business when they return. Third, target your support and opportunities towards those who are least likely to take these up for themselves, but stand to benefit most if they do.
We know that learning and training can bring significant benefits to businesses – improving productivity and quality, raising morale and increasing staff retention. We should not miss this opportunity to build on people's experience of learning in lockdown, and to reskill and upskill the workforce.
Find out more about our research into learning through lockdown.
Dr Fiona Aldridge is director of policy and research at the Learning and Work Institute
This article was originally published on People Management. View original article here.
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WATCH | Trio win chemistry Nobel for lithium-ion battery
Three researchers won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries, paving the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society.
Israel reaches reconciliation deal with Turkey
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Jerusalem - Israel has reached a reconciliation deal with Turkey to end a bitter six-year rift between the Mideast powers, an official said on Sunday.
Relations between the former close allies imploded in 2010 following an Israeli naval raid that killed nine Turkish activists, including a dual American citizen, who were on a ship trying to breach Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Following the incident, Turkey withdrew its ambassador to Israel and greatly scaled back military and economy ties. But relations were never broken completely.
Turkey's move toward rapprochement with Israel comes amid its deepening isolation in the region following a breakdown of ties with Russia and Egypt as well as the turmoil in neighbouring Syria.
Gaza agreement
The Israeli official confirmed the details of the agreement on Sunday. He spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal announcement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on an official visit to Rome, is expected to announce details on Monday, and the two sides plan to sign the agreement on Tuesday. Turkey's new prime minister, Binali Yildirim, was also scheduled to make an announcement in Ankara.
The Israeli official said the impending deal would include $20 million in Israeli compensation for families of those killed in the raid, an end to all Turkish claims against Israeli military personnel and the state of Israel over the raid, and the mutual restoration of ambassadors.
A senior Turkish official said that under the agreement, Turkey would deliver "humanitarian aid and other non-military products" to Gaza and engage in infrastructure investments, including the construction of residential buildings and the completion of a 200-bed hospital.
Turkey would also be involved in projects addressing energy and water shortages in Gaza, the official said, adding that "the amount of electricity and drinking water to Gaza residents will increase and new power plants will be constructed."
Continued support for Palestine
The official, who cannot be named because he was not authorised to speak publicly on the deal, said the agreement did not make any reference to Turkey's ties to Hamas, saying "Turkey will continue supporting the Palestinian state and the people of Palestine." The militant Islamic group Hamas controls Gaza.
The Israeli official said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to a separate document instructing all relevant Turkish agencies to help resolve the issue of Israel's missing citizens, apparently referring to the remains of two Israeli soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war which are believed to be held by Hamas.
An Israeli of Ethiopian descent and a Bedouin from Israel's Arab minority are also believed to be held in Gaza.
Families of the soldiers had urged the government to hold off on any reconciliation deal until their plight is addressed. Relatives of one of the soldiers, Staff Sgt. Oron Shaul, set up a protest tent outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem.
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I've been using and coding with bluetooth for quite some time using Java, C++, and J2ME. Java's support for bluetooth is fairly decent although for the JDK you need to use an SDK from a 3rd party – I've used bluecove.org for this. In the past I've used bluetooth for connecting serial devices to exchange data payloads in an XML or ASCII text bump. Today I'm going to see if I can get my droid tablet to pair with my laptop and send something – maybe a picture.
The next step is to make sure that you have the latest and greatest installed. Using the ADK Manager from either inside Eclipse or from the start menu I've added all the latest updates to my current SDKs and also added the new 4.0.3 SDK for tablets. You should be able to right-click the project and click Run As and pick off Android Application.
If that choice is missing then you need to add a run configuration from the same menu – I described this in my earlier post so I won't again here….onto the code! You should run your program just to make sure that all the stuff is working properly – it does take quite some time to startup the tablet OS emulator. It could be that this program just takes a while to load.I found that I had to change my run configuration launch to "manual" in order to select between launching the app as a tablet vs. a phone.
This project is one class file that loads up related sets of widgets. If you look at the code there are a couple of click handlers that pass variables to control what sets of widgets are on screen. The widgets don't really do anything, but you get to see the basic set for your apps. Moving on the Contact Manager example is a good example to look at because it interacts with the base OS data structures for accounts and contacts. The contact manager's main class extends Activity, implements the OnAccountsUpdateListener interface., and initializes the app and gui in the onCreate function. The program contains several utility classes for data handling and synch with the base OS contact/account management machinery. To see the GUI layout look in the reslayout folder and double-click one of the xml files. The Pixel Perfect interface should open up automatically. If it does not switch manually to the perspective – or right click the XML file and use open with to open the editor you want. Pixel Perfect is the GUI layout tool for the ADK. Compared to other GUI layout tools it is a bit odd to work with. Why? There is no visible set of "properties" to manipulate.
Pixel Perfect combines with a few other tools later in the development cycle to help optimize your GUI. These are available through the HierarchyViewer tool – a pretty cool tool that helps you inspect and tune all your screens during run time testing.
This was about Bluetooth right?
Ah yeah – that's right – well let's take a peek at some bluetooth and compare it a bit to J2ME and J2SE in my next post. I want to spend a bit more time messing with the Perfect Pixel stuff.
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In this award-winning short film, he contemplates the true meaning of adventure.
In the spring of 2013, Canadian adventurer Bruce Kirkby crossed the Georgia Straight on an inflatable standup paddleboard (SUP).
"Last summer I paddled SUP from Vancouver to Victoria — a journey of 150 kilometres and 5 days — and convinced young filmaker Kalum Ko to take a week off highschool and tag along.
The resulting film, which blends my spoken-word narration with KK's gorgeous visual, evolved from my belief that it wasn't the specific SUP journey that mattered so much as the though process that lead me to attempt the big crossing.
Ultimately, we explore what adventure is, and why it still matters today. "
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DividendMax»News»Article:Arrow Global increases its 2018 interin dividend by 25%
Arrow Global increases its 2018 interin dividend by 25%
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The underlying LTM ROE is 33.5%, up from 32.8% at H1 2017, and well above our target of mid-20s underlying ROE.
Basic EPS is 4.9p compared to 2.1p in H1 2017, with the increase largely due to the growth in income. Underlying basic EPS has increased 10.0% to 16.3p (HY 2017: 14.8p).
The Group will pay a 4.0p interim dividend, an increase of 25% from the H1 2017 interim dividend of 3.2p. This is in line with the Group's policy to pay 50% of the previous year's final dividend.
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IG Group announce an interim dividend of 12.96p per share 21 January 2020 11:24
An interim dividend of 12.96 pence per share, calculated as 30% of the FY19 full year dividend of 43.2 pence per share, will be paid on 27 February 2020 to those members on the register at the close of business on 31 January 2020.
Winkworth declare an increased dividend 2.1p 15 January 2020 17:07
Winkworth ended the year with a strong net cash position and the directors are have announced that the Company will pay an increased dividend of 2.1p (2018: 1.9p) per share for the fourth quarter of 2019, bringing total dividend payments declared for the year to 7.8p (2018: 7.45p).
Gateley (Holdings) announces a proposed interim dividend up 11.5% to 2.9p per share 14 January 2020 09:05
The Gately (Holdings) Board proposes an interim dividend of 2.9p (H1 19: 2.6p) per share that will be paid on 31 March 2020 to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 21 February 2020. The shares will go ex-dividend on 20 February 2020. This ensures shareholders' dividend growth is in line with PAT growth of 12.0% (H1 19: 18.0%).
Shoe Zone propose maintained final dividend of 8.0p per share 08 January 2020 13:39
The Shoe Zone Board is proposing to maintain the final dividend of 8.0p (2018: 8.0p) per share, giving a total ordinary dividend for the year of 11.5p (2018: 11.5p) per share, despite the fall in underlying earnings in the year. They believe that this demonstrates confidence in the future growth of the business while rewarding shareholders for their ongoing support. This results in a pay-out ratio above historical guidelines of 60% of earnings.
European Assets Trust annnounces total dividends declared for 2020 will be £0.0702 per share, representing an increase of 17.2 per cent from the 2019 dividend of £0.0599. 07 January 2020 09:10
The Board European Assets Trust board has confirmed that the Company's stated distribution policy of declaring, barring unforeseen circumstances, an annual dividend equivalent to six per cent of the net asset value per share at the end of the preceding year will be continued in 2020.
Safestore announces a 7.6% increase in the final dividend to 12.0 pence 07 January 2020 09:18
Reflecting the Safestore's strong trading performance, the Board is recommending a 7.6% increase in the final dividend to 12.0 pence per share (FY2018: 11.15 pence per share) resulting in an increase of 7.7% in the total dividend to 17.5 pence per share for the year (FY2018: 16.25 pence per share).
Caledonia Mining Corporation announces 9.1 per cent increase from the previous quarterly dividend of 6.875 cents 03 January 2020 14:05
Caledonia's strategy to maximise shareholder value includes a quarterly dividend policy which the Board of Directors adopted in 2014. The Board will consider future increases in the dividend as appropriate in line with its prudent approach to risk management.
Naked Wines have announced a special dividend of 5.2p per share 17 December 2019 09:20
Naked Wines announced in the FY19 results on 13 June 2019, that the final dividend was suspended, to be replaced with a special dividend equal to the final FY18 payment of 5.2p per share contingent on completion of the Majestic sale.
Chemring Group plc recommends a final dividend of 2.4p per ordinary share, giving a total dividend of 3.6p per ordinary share 16 December 2019 19:23
The Chemring Group Board is recommending a final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 October 2019 of 2.4p (2018: 2.2p) per ordinary share. With the interim dividend of 1.2p per share (2018: 1.1p), this results in a total dividend of 3.6p (2018: 3.3p) per share.
Hollywood Bowl plc announces an ordinary dividend of 7.3p per share and a special dividend of 4.5p per share 13 December 2019 09:30
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I hope to put up a simplified version of the research shortly for those of you who don't want the jargon, stats talk and such.
But as always, please message me if you want to know more.
....and moving swiftly on. I am now up to my neck in applying for ethical clearance for the next step which has to do with injecting green dye into the arm and seeing how reflexology affects the movement of fluid up the arm to the armpit. Exciting times!
A lot has happened since my last blog post. The paper was submitted to a journal which rejected it because the study wasn't a randomised controlled trial (even though it is a feasibility study designed to test whether there is enough data to conduct a randomised controlled trial!). On the plus side they did say they would be interested if we did an RCT in the future.
So we submitted it to another journal, where it underwent peer review. We got some comments back which asked for some minor changes, and some more detail. We had chosen to restrict the data to the quantitative thinking that adding the qualitative data might make the paper too long, but the reviewers are very keen to have that too, so I have spent the past three weeks adding in the qualitative sections and tweaking the main paper. I'm pleased to say that it is ready for resubmission now so I hope to have a publication date soon.
The other news is that I went along to a meeting of national clinical lymphoedema specialists where I presented the results of our study.
I went along to a scanning session to check it out. It was a fascinating process whereby the patient is injected with a dye between the webbing of toes or fingers and the progress of this luminous dye is tracked via a hand held scanner. The pathways are then identified so that a decision can be made about their suitability for surgery. Unfortunately for this patient group, only 1 in 5 is suitable for micro-surgery which is where we come in. There is a possibility that the four in five who are rejected might be able to come and have Reflexology Lymphatic Drainage and maybe get some good results. We can't know this until we try, so I am currently getting funding together to run a feasibility project, after which….who knows.
It may be possible to create new pathways for the lymph via the RLD process ( which is what we guess might be happening already), if this is so, then the necessity for surgery might be removed altogether. Secondly we may be able to create an environment within the arm or leg which allows someone to be more suitable for surgery.
Currently wrestling with the usual mountain of forms and ethical processes to make it happen.
Enjoyed a lovely afternoon tea with Sally Kay and Barbara Scott, where (through mouthfuls of deliciousness) we talked about our current research and future projects. All of us have books in the pipeline, Barbara's is likely to reach the shelves first - watch out for it. Sally is travelling globally next year, with Australia and the US on the cards. There are various conferences coming up too, each with a different focus, some we really wanted to go to, and others were the subject of some debate. We also talked about the importance of recharging our batteries, a common problem in our field is therapist burn out. But the discussion we had about collaborative work in the future was particularly interesting. The lymphatic drainage research paper will hopefully spark further developments in the lymphoedema area, to include larger groups and a randomised controlled trial. Barbara's work with pre-conception is most interesting and we talked about some possible collaborative work there too. Seren Reproflexology (Barbara's organisation) is already collecting some intriguing data about how reflexology seems to correct progesterone imbalance in women trying to conceive. Lots of reflexologists have experienced successful conception in this group of clients, but Barbara is actually measuring the progesterone levels changing. Further measurement and a solid research design makes this a very interesting possibility for future research.
Interesting new research from Iran shows reflexology being tested in a high dependency unit. Patients who had undergone open heart surgery and were placed on mechanical ventilation were able to be weaned off the ventilator significantly sooner after reflexology than those who had usual care , or just foot holding.
This is a great example of a randomised controlled trial, where there are three groups with the same condition being measured in the same way. The physiological parameters (blood pressure, heart rate etc) were not significantly different between the three groups however. The group where patients had foot holding demonstrates that placebo effects were not responsible for the changes, and appears to support the notion that reflexology over heart and lung foot reflex areas had a more beneficial effect. The results suggest that pain relief and relief of anxiety allowed the patients to reduce their reliance on ventilation sooner.
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Q: What are the default permissions on the Debian /etc/passwd file? What are the default permissions for /etc/passwd on Debian distributions?
A: It should have read permission allowed for all users (many utilities, like ls(1) use it to map user IDs to usernames), but write access only for the superuser.
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I met Ann and Kay back in January in San Diego (we won't mention how before that, I was the last person to know about their super famous blog.) At any rate, I've loved their book ever since I cracked it open on the plane-ride home in January, (especially the dishcloths!) and I was looking forward to seeing them on their book tour–they're in DC tonight at one of the best bookstores in town–Politics and Prose. I, however, am in Seattle, after spending the day on the plane with a helpful six-year-old and a not quite as helpful sixteen-month-old. I did, somehow manage to do some mindless knitting and try out my new stash of camouflage yarn. This is our gracious host, Hans, modeling the result.
Thread yarn through remaining stitches and draw together. Fasten off. Sew up side seam. Weave in ends.
The hat will look very small. Never fear. It stretches. A lot. Let me know if you try this out!
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Update 6/03/2013: The exhibit is gone, but you can check out our photos below!
On July 21st we visited the Pacific Science Center in Seattle to see the exhibit, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs. This is the last time the King Tutankhamun exhibit will be in North America, so you better go check it out before January 6, 2013 when the exhibit is over. This is an amazing, once in a lifetime exhibit!
This exhibit is great for children, perhaps best for school age children and teenagers. My 11-year-old step son loved it. He is into Percy Jackson novels by Rick Riordan, so he loves Greek mythology. This was right up his alley.
It was amazing coming face to face with pharaohs, or at least with their statues and golden masks. The exhibit includes over 100 artifacts from King Tut's tomb and other tombs. It includes a 10-foot tall statue of the boy king, King Tutankhamun, his canopic coffinette, which housed his stomach, and much more! Completely breath taking and worth every penny. If you are in the area, go see this exhibit!
Admittance to the exhibit also includes admittance to the Pacific Science Center general exhibits. After spending time at the King Tut exhibit, we were too tired to look at the rest of the exhibits. We promised my step son we would check out the rest of the Pacific Science Center next summer. If you have never been to the Pacific Science Center, make sure you do! It is a wonderful place to take children of all ages. I'm an engineer and very into science. I remember going to the Pacific Science Center all the time as a child. It is such a hands on experience that children LOVE.
The IMAX theater at the pacific science center was also playing a mummies documentary. We didn't purchase tickets to the movie. We also didn't purchase the audio commentary, which is narrated by Harrison Ford. If you purchased either the movie tickets or the audio commentary, let us know what you think in the comments section below. We tried to read every single plaque, but it became exhausting by the end of the exhibit. There is a gift shop at the end of the exhibit. We purchased the stuffed animal, CleoCATra, for my step-son. We also got him a hieroglyph puzzle set and some post cards for our collection.
King Tut Exhibit at the Pacific Science Center official website - learn about the exhibit, costs, buy tickets and plan out your visit.
Exhibition Content - pictures and descriptions of the treasures available for viewing.
Free Curriculum Guide for teachers - you can also schedule field trips for your students.
Pacific Science Center official website - find out what else is on exhibit.
Tropical Butterfly House - this is a great exhibit for small children. I took my godson to this exhibit when it was at the zoo and he was 3 or 4 years old. He loved all the butterflies.
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This week, we continue our play through of Systems Malfunction: a scifi game currently on Kickstarter from End Transmission Games. It's gone from bad to worse as the Dirtbags are facing a giant Hunter Killer wvern creature before they can fly out! Enjoy the conclusion to our short campaign!
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In the meantime, let us know if you been enjoying the show! Is there a game that you'd like to see us play? Contact us! Our email is [email protected]. You can find the dirtbags on twitter @DirtbagsPodcast or you can follow me personally @ChrisTheProf. If you're on facebook, give us a like at Facebook.com/obsessivecomicsdisorder.
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There are so many ways for us to express our love to our loved ones, either through romantic gestures or passionate words. However, there are conditions where it is impossible for us to physically show our love and our only way is by using words; like for example, couples who are in a long distance relationship convey their feelings through words. Sometimes, feelings are so passionate and intense that putting together the right and perfect words and arranging the precise phrases seem to be an impossible thing to do and left you empty handed. We know how frustrating it is not to be able to express your feelings that is why we are sharing our list of quotes that will surely express what you are feeling towards your special someone.
Our list of another word for love will definitely captivate his heart even more.
It is right to fight for someone whom we loved the most, but make sure that the one you're fighting for is deserving and worthy.
You should not be afraid of a girl who shouts and screams at you like there is no tomorrow, be afraid of a girl as silent and as quiet as a night.
I had enough of this messy loop. Loving. Hurting. Moving on. Repeat. What I only wanted the most is this. Loving. Understanding. Settle down.
Putting a smile on someone's face is useless if you ended up breaking a heart into pieces.
You made my tears roll down on my cheeks in endless motion not because of a heart breaking reason but because of an absolutely warm reason.
I am so proud to be your girl for you are one of those one in a million men in this world. I feel so blessed that you came into my life.
Your coming in my life created a ripple of great things that significantly change my life for the better.
You chose to be with me. I chose to be with you. Pokemon Go came out and everybody went crazy over it but I will remain and still choose you.
You change my life like how nature changes it seasons; gradually and magical at the same time.
I am starting to over think things because you did not sent me any messages for the entire day, I am about to cry my heart out then you called and everything including me became normal again.
I became an affectionate person because of your devoted intervention.
Real love don't need lots of words, sometimes a simple stare, wink, smile is more than enough.
I am the North Pole while you are the South Pole. No matter how different we are from one another we both hold our worlds together.
You always apologize to me even if you knew that it was my mistake and for that I am truly grateful because you are eager to set your pride aside just to make me happy.
The utmost and priceless gift a man can give to his woman is his undivided and exclusive attention.
Women find men irresistible if they know how to give appreciation in little and simplest things which women do for them.
You taught me how to kiss with my eyes closed and to love with my heart open.
Nothing can ever tear and break us apart. Death himself won't chase us. Together, we will chase death instead.
Until my very last breath, you always be the only one whom I loved the most.
You, sitting right next to me is more than enough for me, believe me.
I have something very important to tell you, and that is I love you.
I do not have any plans of letting you go especially now that I finally have you in my arms. I will keep it that way no matter what happen.
For me the hardest thing to do is to convince myself to stop thinking about you.
Sometimes, we love a person so passionately despite not knowing the reason why.
I know someday, both f us will die. I want to die first because I can't imagine how to live the rest of my life without you by my side.
I feel like I am the luckiest person alive in the universe whenever I am with you.
Thank you for loving me most especially during the toughest time that I could not even love myself.
You are the cup coffee to my dish of cake. Both taste differently but both complements each other.
Before the time that we became as one, I was just surviving day to day. Now, I am living the life of my dreams.
I dreamt about you last night, it was such a very good dream and I don't want to wake up anymore. But morning came and I did wake up, only to find you sleeping right next to me. I smiled and uttered to myself, Finally, the reality is better than my dreams and it is a good thing that I woke up.
You are the only one who lifted me up to the highest level and believed in me even during the moment s that I am in doubt with my very own self.
Before you were included in the story of my life, I seriously do not give a damn and do not care. As soon as you appeared, you inspired and taught me how good it is to care. Right now without a doubt I can say that it is you who made me an extra caring and thoughtful person.
You are like an alphabet song; simple, naive and outmoded yet I am still grateful that I fell in love with you.
The only reason why I made it to wake up each day is because I am always dying to see the smile on your angelic face.
I do not want to go to jail but I want to be imprisoned. I want to be imprisoned in your loving and caring arms.
I won't get tired of one thing, that one thing is gazing affectionately to your soulful eyes.
My brain said, Stop thinking about him and finish your work but my stubborn heart persists.
I don't care if the world will come to an end as long as I get to spend the last second of my life with you wrapped inside your arms.
The only thing I am most certain of is that my love that I feel for you will chase you wherever you go.
I feel so vulnerable without you around; you are the sole reason why I feel safe in this world full of terrors and harm.
My friend asked me What is the brand of the glue that bonds both of you together? I laughed and answered her Why do you ask that? She said, Because you are so inseparable.
Nothing else makes me happier than witnessing the smile I drew on your face.
How did you manage to make me feel this way? Safe and sound but at the same moment carefree.
I am a hundred percent sure that I don't have any heart disease, but why my heart does skip a beat whenever you come across my thoughts.
You are the heat that melted the frost in my heart.
The day I spent the night with you, I slept with a terribly broken heart then I woke up with my heart stitched back together again.
I love the feeling of being your radiant queen; I hope you feel the same towards me.
I would like to thank you for teaching me how to love myself above anyone else.
I fell from the stairs, I broke my ankle. I fell in love with you, I thought I will break something too but you put my heart back together instead.
You are the fire that makes my candle shines bright.
You are the cotton that makes me feel lighter each day.
I am not fond of soul mate and other stuffs about love. The day you arrived in my life complicates and changed my perception towards love.
You are the blood that runs in my veins, without you I will be lifeless and breathless.
Growing old without you is like a tree growing in the desert alone.
He said, Will you please count the stars for me? I replied I can't its immeasurable. He answered back, My love for you is like the stars for the same reason why you can't count them all.
Both of us are like wolves; fierce, fearless and aggressive but like them we are forever committed to each other.
I am not afraid of anything; I am not even frightened to die. But I worry about one thing, when I die, no one will love you as much as I do right now.
Are you my guardian angel? Because you are always there for me in times I needed help the most.
I must admit, I misjudged you. I thought you will only take me for granted but you never did.
If there is a need for you to know how much I love you, a whole year won't be enough for me to finish, I can go on as long as I have air in my lungs.
If I will be reborn in this universe of ours, I will find you as soon as I can so I will have a longer time to spend with you.
Nothing in this world can change how I feel about you, nothing will ever will.
You are the pork to my beans.
Thank you for not making me regret the day that I married you.
You are the extra to everything that I have. Extra happy. Extra loved. Extra satisfied. Extra blessed.
I want you to give up. I know you are already tired and exhausted. I know you had enough. Please. Please stop already. Please stop running in my mind.
You taught me how to be selfless, how to extend my patience, how to understand completely and the most important of all you taught me how to open my heart again and believe to second chances.
I will never replace you with anything in this world; even if they will give me a million dollars I still won't. I'd rather remain poor as long as we are both happily together.
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Man Utd teen star Ethan Laird joins MK Dons on loan in bid for playing time at League One club
Simon Mail
9th January 2021, 3:13 pm
Updated: 9th January 2021, 3:44 pm
MANCHESTER UNITED teenager Ethan Laird has joined MK Dons on loan for the rest of the season.
The talented defender will bid to secure regular football with the League One club.
Manchester United youngster Ethan Laird has moved to MK Dons on loan
The 19-year-old full-back has played two games for United which were both in the Europa League last season.
England Under-19 defender Laird was promoted to first-team training last summer after a number of injuries at Old Trafford.
Laird was rewarded with a new contract last year which runs until 2023, with the option of extending the deal by another season.
The academy graduate has been with United since the age of 10 and is highly rated by the Red Devils.
Laird will gain valuable experience playing for MK Dons for the remainder of this season.
The pacy defender told the MK Dons website: "I need to work my way into the team and get to know the lads, but I want to make as much of an impact as I can while I'm here.
"That's something I'll always hold myself too – how can I affect my team-mates and the club in a positive way.
"This is the perfect place for me to continue developing, with the way the team play.
"They are aggressive, they like to get in behind and they leave it all out on the pitch and that's my idea of football."
Laird started on the bench for MK Dons' FA Cup third round tie at Premier League side Burnley this afternoon.
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MK Dons manager Russell Martin said: "Ethan is someone with real quality and we're really pleased to be able to bring him in. He's chosen to come here over a number of options, which is brilliant for us.
"He's very explosive but with lots of quality on the ball and he can play in a couple of positions in defence or further forward, which gives us some more versatility."
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Der Flughafen Wang'an () ist ein kleiner Flughafen in der Republik China (Taiwan). Er liegt auf der gleichnamigen Insel Wang'an, die zu den Penghu-Inseln (Pescadoren) gehört.
Geschichte
Mit dem Flughafenbau wurde im Januar 1977 begonnen und er wurde Ende desselben Jahres fertiggestellt. Ursprünglich befand sich der Flughafen unter der Regie des Landkreises Penghu. Am 11. Mai 1991 übernahm die Taiwanische Zivilflughafenbehörde (TAA) das Management und der Flughafen wurde als Hilfsflughafen für den wesentlich größeren Flughafen auf der Nachbarinsel Magong reorganisiert. Im Juni 1994 ging ein neues Abfertigungsgebäude in Betrieb und die alte Asphalt-Start- und Landebahn wurde 1996 durch eine Bahn aus Beton ersetzt. Der Flugbetrieb war deswegen vom 10. März bis 17. Dezember 1996 unterbrochen.
Flugverbindungen
Die einzige Flugverbindung, die von Wang'an aus besteht, wird durch Daily Air bedient und geht zum Flughafen Kaohsiung. Die Zahl der Passagiere war in den letzten 20 Jahren kontinuierlich rückläufig. Im Jahr 2016 wurden lediglich 1268 Passagiere auf 142 Flügen transportiert. Der wesentliche Grund ist wohl, dass vom viel größeren Flughafen Magong auf der Nachbarinsel wesentlich bessere und häufigere Verbindungen bestehen. Da der Betrieb des Flughafens wie bei allen kleinen Regionalflughäfen in Taiwan erheblich durch die Taiwanische Luftfahrtbehörde subventioniert werden muss, erscheint ungewiss, wie lange der Flugbetrieb auf Wang'an noch weiter aufrechterhalten wird.
Siehe auch
Liste der Flughäfen in der Republik China
Weblinks
www.mkport.gov.tw/Wangan, Webseite des Flughafens (chinesisch/englisch)
Einzelnachweise
Wang'an
Wang'an
Landkreis Penghu
Erbaut in den 1970er Jahren
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In the context of SimLeague Basketball, normalization refers to adjusting player shooting percentages (2 point and 3 point) by comparing the player's percentage to the league average for that season.
In the SimEngine, the actual process is a bit more complicated. When a player takes a shot, we compare the shooter's percentage to the league average for his season. We also take the shooting percentage allowed (related to defensive rating) for each defender and compare that to the league average for that defender's season, with more weight placed on the defender guarding the shooter.
In effect, a player who shot poorly in a season where the league average was also low may shoot better when playing against players from seasons with higher shooting percentages, and vice versa. It is important to note that the player's actual shooting percentage, as opposed to his normalized shooting percentage, still accounts for more than half of the end result. This is reflected in the # numbers.
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Flying squadron's first female commander has 'skills, poise and guts'
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Lt. Col. Brenda Cartier became the first female to command an Air Force Special Operations Command flying squadron Feb. 20 when she took command of the 4th Special Operations Squadron Ghostriders.
Cartier's ascension comes 16 years after the Air Force first allowed women to fly combat missions and four and a half years after Lt. Col. Martha McSally became the first female to command an Air Force combat flying squadron.
Despite the time lapse, the AC-130U Spooky II fire control officer said AFSOC is "right on time" for having a female command a flying squadron and is pleased "the gender issue is becoming less and less highlighted."
Cartier said she was one of many female junior officers to cross-train into combat aircraft after the Air Force lifted the ban in 1993 and expects to see more Air Force women taking command positions soon.
"To get to this point it takes a long time," she said. "AFSOC is careful about developing its leadership and this is a culmination of that."
Cartier graduated from undergraduate navigation training the same year women started flying combat missions, but missed the cut by a couple of months. She navigated E-3 AWACS her first four years, which included deployments to Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
She transferred to AC-130Us in 1997 and has since logged over 4,000 flying hours aboard the gunship. Cartier has deployed four times to Iraq and Afghanistan and flew aboard one of the first AC-130Us to cross the Iraq border, providing cover fire for special operations teams during the invasion.
However, a mission that stands out for Cartier is one when she never fired a shot. She was the fire control officer on one of two AC-130Us that flew over the special operations team that rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, the soldier captured by Iraq forces in 2003.
"Fire control officers like to shoot — but that night we didn't have to shoot because the operation went so well and I was pretty happy about it," Cartier said.
Cartier assumed command from her boss, Lt. Col. Jim Rodriquez, during a ceremony in Commando Hangar at Hurlburt Field, Fla. She had served as the squadron's operations officer since 2007, which is the same year AFSOC named the Ghostriders the command's top flying squadron.
In June, the Air Force awarded three 4th SOS airmen Distinguished Flying Crosses for a September 2007 mission in Iraq during which the Spooky II crew protected a Navy SEAL team from an insurgent attack.
"There is no doubt Brenda Cartier is the perfect officer to lead the 4th SOS into the future," Col Dennis Pannell, 1st Special Operations Group commander, said during the ceremony. "She has the skill, poise and guts to take this squadron to the next level.
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James McNeill Whistler collection, 1863-1906
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The collection measures 0.2 linear feet and provides scattered documentation of the career of American-born British-based painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) through 39 items from Whistler to various recipients, including 25 letters, 9 telegraphs, 3 invitations, one thank you card and a postcard. The collection also contains 4 letters from others, 7 catalogs of Whistler exhibitions, a note from the back of Whistler's painting <em>The Beach at Selsey Bill</em>, and a 1906 copy of <em>Wilde v. Whistler: being an acromonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler</em>, a pamphlet containing letters originally published in London newspapers between 1885 and 1890.
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The Archives holds several collections relating to James McNeill Whistler including the Katherine Prince collection relating to James McNeill Whistler, 1835- 1892; Edward Guthrie Kennedy papers concerning James McNeill Whistler in the New York Public Library, 1850-1902 and Selected papers concerning James McNeill Whistler in the New York Public Library, 1830-1950 (available on microfilm only, reel N25; originals reside at the New York Public Library); and James McNeill Whistler collection in the University of Glasgow, Special Collections, circa 1830-1963 (available on microfilm only, reels 4600-4611 and 4683-4699; originals reside in the Glasgow University Library, Dept. of Special Collections).
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London-based painter and etcher, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and lived in St. Petersburg and London as a child before returning to the United States on the death of his father in 1849. After a failed attempt at a military career at West Point from 1851-1853, he worked as a draftsman for the Coast Survey from 1854-1855 where he received technical instruction in etching. Whistler then left for Paris and remained an expatriot for the rest of his life, living alternately in Paris and London. He studied briefly in Paris at the Ecole Impériale, but was influenced more heavily by his own studies of the great masters and his contemporaries, including Henri Fantin-Latour, Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Courbet, and Edouard Manet.
The collection was compiled from a series of accessions donated between 1959 and 2003. Most of the items in the collection were given to the Archives of American Art by Charles Feinberg in 1959. The pamphlet Wilde v. Whistler was donated by Mrs. Lois Field in 1964 and an invitation to Dr. and Mrs. Burnett was donated by Martha Fleischman in 2003.
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Q: Check Rows in a game of tic tac toe that is four layers, four wide by four tall public boolean checkWin() {
if(states[0][0][0] == 1 && states[0][0][1] == 1 && states[0][0][2] ==1 && states[0][0][3] ==1) { // Checks 0th layer, 0th row
return true;
}
else if (states[0][1][0] == 1 && states[0][1][1] == 1 && states[0][1][2] ==1 && states[0][1][3] ==1) { // Checks 0th layer, 1st row
return true;
}
else if (states[0][2][0] == 1 && states[0][2][1] == 1 && states[0][2][2] ==1 && states[0][2][3] ==1) { // Checks 0th layer, 2nd row
return true;
}
else if (states[0][3][0] == 1 && states[0][3][1] == 1 && states[0][3][2] ==1 && states[0][3][3] ==1) { // Checks 0th layer, 3rd row
return true;
}
}
This code is hard coded to check the 0 th layer, and the 4 rows on that layer. I could hard code the rest but of course that would be very time consuming and bad code. When I try and make a loop it stops after three clicks
public boolean checkWin() {
for (int i=0; i<=3; i++) {
if(states[0][0][i] == 1){ // Checks 0th layer, all rows
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
This is how I tried to make the loop, but it doesn't work.
A: This game is a nice example of how a data driven approach can simplify our code. Consider:
*
*there are 64 cells, that can be empty or contain a token; the number of tokens depends on the number of players. This can be represented as a one dimensional array of 64 elements.
*the cells are in 76 rows. This can be represented as a array of 76 rows of 4, each cell containing a subscript for an element in the first array. (In C or C++ you could also store pointers, in Java you can store references).
To check for a winning row, you can then just iterate through the 76 rows, and check if every cell in a row of the first array has the value you assigned to one player or the other.
A: Your current code checks only for rows in the third dimension. You should check the other dimensions as well:
for(int i = 0;i < 4;i++) {
for(int j = 0;j < 4;j++) {
if(
(states[i][j][0] == 1 && states[i][j][1] == 1 && states[i][j][2] == 1 && states[i][j][3] == 1) ||
(states[i][0][j] == 1 && states[i][1][j] == 1 && states[i][2][j] == 1 && states[i][3][j] == 1) ||
(states[0][i][j] == 1 && states[1][i][j] == 1 && states[2][i][j] == 1 && states[3][i][j] == 1)) {
return true;
}
}
}
You could make it more abstract than this by looping also over the last dimension, but that'd require boolean variables or break/continue statements so I think this is about as clear as the code is going to get.
A: You need to rewrite you loop like so:
public boolean checkWin() {
for (int layer=0; layer<=3; layer++) {
for (int row=0; row<=3; row++) {
if(states[layer][row][0] == 1){
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
This logic checks only for row based wins. Note however that in a TicTacToe, you also need to check for Column based win and diagonal win.
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Prevention of gun and knife crime tutorial launched in Greater Manchester
Partners from across Greater Manchester have worked together to create a free tutorial for young people about gun and knife crime. The tutorial, designed to help prevent young people being persuaded into criminal, individual or group activity involving use of a violent weapon, covers a number of topics including the social pressures and challenges facing young people, the legislation around gun and knife crime, and the support that is available.
Carrying a knife or any weapon is never a good idea. Some people carry a knife because they think 'everyone else is' but that's not the case – 99 per cent of young people in the UK don't carry a knife. Some young people think if you carry a knife then it will provide protection. But statistics show that if you carry a knife or weapon then you are more likely to end up being hurt.
Led by Bolton College and supported by Greater Manchester Police, AOC, 84 Youth, StreetGames and the Violence Reduction Unit, the online tutorial will be rolled out to the Greater Manchester Colleges to support the prevention of gun and knife activity amongst young people.
The two-hour tutorial can be accessed online independently or ran as a classroom-based session.
Rebecca Bromley-Woods, Education Lead, Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit said: "This free online tutorial has been co-designed to inform young people of the consequences of carrying a weapon, inspiring alternative positive action. When used alongside a well-planned Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) curriculum it promotes discussion and develops knowledge and understanding of concepts such as risk, identity and power related to relationships and decision making within peer groups."
Inspector Paul Nolan, Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit said: "Greater Manchester Police welcomed the opportunity to be involved in this initiative. Violent crime has no place in our communities, and often, young people are not aware of the possible consequences, and risks involved, so it is great to see free educational material for students to access.
"The tutorial will inform young people of the consequences of gun and knife crime and is a great example of how multiple agencies are working together as part of the on-going preventative work being carried out to make Greater Manchester a safer place for young people."
The tutorial includes a number of video resources on a variety of topics, including the impact of violence on people of all ages, the power of sport, the importance of legislation and how local organisations are dealing with the causes of youth violence.
Davina Polding Excellence and Innovation Manager at Bolton College said: "The college has become even better informed of the work being done across Greater Manchester to prevent violent crime amongst young people. The learning resources are fantastic and could be used either in a classroom setting, or with learners completing the online tutorial in their own time, then having a class session to follow up and discuss their learning and assessment."
To access the tutorial, please follow this link: Prevention of Gun and Knife Crime (boltoncc.ac.uk)
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Over thirty-four years ago LaVerne's Travel began when a group of LaVerne and the Starlites (LaVerne's polka & country music band) suggested that she arrange a bus trip to her performance in Daytona Beach, Florida for a Polka Festival. The band went on to perform in Europe and Hawaii , as well as on many Caribbean Cruises.
LaVerne and her husband, George, began arranging and escorting trips together, building what is now LaVerne's Travel Agency. Over the years they developed many destination favorites through their faithful travelers, such as annual trips to Branson, New England, Alaska , and the popular "Mystery Trip". The mystery trip made headlines when, in 1999, the secret destination was Kansas City , Missouri . It was there that an author discovered the mystery tour travelers and an article was written and published in the May, 1999 Daily Word , see below.
LaVerne's Travel still remains a family-operated business even though her husband passed away in 2001. In 2005 Kim moved back to Little Falls to join the travel agency. Kim brings a new energy and personality to the family business, while the tours maintain the same quality and excellence that our travelers have come to appreciate. It has been and continues to be our pleasure to offer fully escorted, carefully arranged trips where you, our valued traveler, can sit back and relax and enjoy a carefree vacation while allowing us to create long lasting memories and many smiles.
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Africa's weather stations need 'major effort'
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[NAIROBI] Africa's weather monitoring system is deteriorating and needs major improvements to meet the challenges of climate change, according to the secretary general of the World Meteorological Organisation, Michel Jarraud.
"Overall it is estimated that Africa needs 200 automatic weather stations, a major effort to rescue historical data and improved training and capacity building on climate and weather reporting," he said.
Jarraud made his comments at a press conference held ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference that opened in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday (6 November).
He added that Africa needs to adapt to climate change by making better links between climate research and policymaking.
His warnings are based on a report released in September that underlines Africa's vulnerability to climate change using data from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
Its findings are likely to be a key focus of the Nairobi meeting.
Africa will be the continent most affected by climate change yet it is the least ready to respond to it, says the report.
Despite covering a fifth of the world's total land area, Africa has the worse climate observation system of all continents, and one that is in a deteriorating state.
About one in four weather stations in east and southern Africa that are part of the international data-sharing network called the Global Climate Observing System are not working, and most of the remaining stations are not functioning properly.
Meanwhile, the density of the continent's weather stations is of one per 26,000 square kilometres, eight times lower than the WMO's minimum recommended level.
UNEP's executive director Achim Steiner urged the international community to assist developing countries — particularly those in Africa — to adapt to the impacts of global warming.
The world should offer well-targeted assistance to those countries "facing increasing impacts such as extreme droughts and floods and threats to infrastructure from phenomena like rising sea levels," he said.
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For the most part, we'd coucil against using a firearm when facing a Slasher; they're often ineffective and lead to a false sense of security. However, if you are going to use a firearm, be sure to learn how before pulling the trigger. A self-inflicted gunshot wound never helped anyone escape a Slasher.
I dunno about you, but if I were a Slasher (or just a run-of-the-mill creeper), that certificate alone would be enough to send me stalking in the opposite direction.
Brinke Stevens is the star of hundreds of horror films, including several Slashers, the latest of which is Axeman at Cutter's Creek. Be sure to see Ms Stevens in the excellent documentary, Screaming in High Heels, now available on DVD.
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What are the Challenges of Storyboarding!
Animation Storyboarding
In an exclusive interview with Creative Gaga, storyboard artist Sachin Tiwari has given tips and shared his insights about creating a storyboard.
CG. What was your inspiration to choose the field of animation as your career?
Sachin. Growing up watching animated series like He-man, Barba-papa and many others. Seeing the characters perform various actions like talk, laugh move and dance always fascinated me. I wondered how it all works. Loving to draw, I would copy those characters in my sketchbook or even on any surface where I could draw, and eventually it took-up as a profession by undergoing a formal training from a reputed animation production house. This marked the start of my professional journey as an Animation artist.
CG. What is a storyboard and what is it's importance in a project? What are the different fields where story boards are essential?
Sachin. Storyboard is a shot by shot sequence of any written script represented visually using graphics or illustrations. It explains how the video will unfold shot by shot or look like on screen just like a comic book. It is very important for a video/visual-based project to have a proper storyboard of the script being produced.
In our everyday lives, sometime we have to draw a rough sketch to explain our point of view to make it easy to understand. Similarly storybord is like a road-map to visualise something which otherwise is not easily understood only through written words of the script.
Visuals make people understand the whole thing better. Thus, a storyboard undoubtedly plays a significant role in video production when a director needs to make the production staff understand his vision and show how exactly the product is going to be mapped out.
These days many industries, apart from the animation sector, such as advertisement, live-action films, business explainers, television production etc., use storyboarding for their productions. The art of storyboarding is a powerful tool to help communicate ideas, and when used properly it helps to avoid common mistakes like a broken storyline, mis-matched dialogue and playback timing issues and keeps the whole team aware of what is to be done.
CG. As stories are integral part of storyboarding. But how critical are the characters of the story?
Sachin. Our sense of curiosity engages us to see what will happen next. Stories capture attention and we are hardwired to respond to that. An artist while drawing the storyboard, aims at creating visuals that convey the right message and the storyline and are relatable too, by the people. For this, a character is must to imbue the emotions. A story/plot is always designed or said to give a message, but without a character or protagonist, it is not possible to create any storyboard.
CG. What are the different kinds of projects that you take up and how do you decide upon the concept of creating a storyline for your projects?
Sachin. Majority of the projects I work on are story-driven cartoon film productions which are either episodic or full-length films. To start a project, one needs to understand about a few things like references, layout, framing, layering and lastly finishing. Although boarding is a team-based activity and anyone can contribute, but in today's scenario storyboarding artists have to create and complete a storyboard, more or less, individually and have it approved by the directors.
CG. What are the different mediums that you use for creating story-boards?
Sachin. I personally don't find myself dependent on any particular medium to create a storyboard. Choosing the medium should be result oriented, whether you use pencil paper, or any kind of computer-based software. In general, I use a paper and a pencil to create rough basic thumbnails. They're pretty much scribbled for my reference. When satisfied with my scribbled drawings, I start creating them digitally with Adobe Flash. After translating the thumbnails into fine drawings, I then add the sound to set the storyline and timings for the final output.
CG. Time frames are an essential requirement for any creative project. How does time framing make a difference to the final outcome? And how do you balance?
Sachin. Yes, time frames are always there, and I try to adhere to them as much as possible but not at the cost of compromising the quality of work. I pass on the final work to the client only after being satisfied with the desired quality. I don't prefer taking up projects with unrealistic time frames or where it is difficult to provide satisfactory results.
CG. What are the important factors to be kept in mind while storyboarding for a project?
Sachin. I work as a freelance boarding artist. Freelance means that you don't always have work but the upside of working freelance is that no two projects are the same. There is ample variety and it is exciting to work on animation projects of different styles.
But still there are some important factors or a checklist, which remain same for every project and should be kept in mind, like:
+ Have I read the whole script?
+ Do I know the storyline?
+ How am I going to execute the scene?
+ Do I know the essence of the scene?
+ Do I have the proper material such as character sheets, prop sheets, backgrounds, audio etc.?
+ Do I have proper references?
+ Is my scene in-sync with the style of the animation required and flow of the episode?
+ Are characters matching with the layouts' perspective?
+ Do I know where to minimize my efforts without affecting the quality?
+ Am I doing something to make the simple scenes better?
+ Am I planning according to the time deadline?
When celebrations are all around for the new year, everyone is curious about what this new year will bring. So, the rounds of looking back to the past year and trying to predict the new one starts. We started the same exploration through this issue by reaching various experts for their take on the trends for their respective fields. So, go ahead.
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Tips to Create Successful Story-boarding!
Story-boarding is not just creating beautiful pieces of art. Instead it is presenting ideas and content in a strategical & comprehensible style. Saumin Patel tells us more.
An illustrator at heart, Saumin started out professionally by joining an animation studio creating online cards. Eventually realizing his plus points, he decided to manage the backstage of animation, which is designing and illustrating for the animated projects, also known as story-boarding.
What is story-boarding?
As the name suggests, it is a story told through multiple frames in a visual manner, defining an entire process in detail. Used for animated films or even shooting a scene in a movie, story-boards help the director in streamlining his vision and allow the team to align themselves with this vision to achieve the desired result.
Story-boards are not just pretty pictures, they are the shots which supposed to evoke certain emotions and enhance the story, conveying an overall mood but could be subjective to each individuals' interpretation.
Every element used in here becomes a character, be it fire, wind, trees, water or rocks, thus becoming a definitive source of information about what the scene is going to be like. In short, it is a manifestation of the creators' thoughts through tangible elements.
Story-boarding puts forth the anticipated difficulties and helps in deriving solutions for the scene's smooth-sailing.
The beauty of a story is that it can be expressed by different directors in their own unique style. So as a storyboard artist, it is essential to convey the essence of the director's idea and vision in a clear-cut manner through these frames.
Story-boarding for advertisements is a bit different from that of films. Advertising is all about presenting to the client, hence the story-board needs to be completely finished and aesthetically appealing. Whereas for a film, it is about clear communication of ideas from the director to the entire team, showcasing the flow of the sequence to build the expressions and the mood. Beauty and aesthetics take a bit of a backseat in this case.
An Artist's Individual Style
Saumin's style is mostly comic, giving a lot of details about layouts and backgrounds, thus making it simple and easy for the entire team to execute the shoot. For him, the excitement is more about brainstorming and presenting ideas and options to the directors rather than drawing the boards out. His style and work culture helped him carve a niche for himself in this sector and got him working for some of the reputed names in the film industry like Ashutosh Gowariker and Sriram Raghavan to name a few.
A big fan of director Sriram Raghavan, Saumin along with his friend created an original graphic novel for the promotion of Agent Vinod, published by Westland Publications Ltd.
For Raghavan's Andhadhun, Saumin has worked on a few key sequences, creating boards in his own style to function as inspirations and concepts for the sequences. He has also created promo images for the Bollywood blockbuster Stree and has had the opportunity to storyboard a song and the climax sequence for Vikas Bahl's Super 30.
There is learning at every stage.
Before story-boarding, it is necessary to study and understand films, television shows, comics, performing arts or any other subject that needs to explore. Reading fiction and non-fiction adds up to the knowledge base of an artist, thus helping him in expressing his work better.
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"I really don't think I remember much of my childhood except a horrible war. And when the war sort of ended, but it wasn't ended yet, the Germans were still there and they had let us open some churches. My brother Mikhail, Michael, was still alive at that time, and that's when he was baptized in the church, when it opened."
"Oh, it was a beautiful, big church. I saw angels singing on top of the church, but when I was telling someone that I saw angels, they said I probably just heard people singing."
Tears well up as a girlish smile emerges and Lubachka unearths some joy from the recesses of a brutal early childhood. Lubachka is affectionate for Luba, which is short for Lubov, which means love. Luba is my mother. Named for a Holy Martyr, who at age 9, was tied to a wheel and beaten with rods until her body was covered with bloody welts. She and her older sisters, Faith and Hope, survived being burned over an iron grating, then thrown into a red-hot oven, and finally into a cauldron with boiling tar.
Did Lubachka see angels?
Maybe it was the hunger or the dehydration causing hallucinations.
Maybe it's something none of us can explain and some of us want to believe. The word angel is derived from the Greek word angelos and the Latin word angelus, both meaning messenger. We all hear messages.
I hear voices, though they're far from divine. I hear voices when I'm asleep. I hear voices when I'm paring down a few thousand words of analysis, emotion, and research into a thousand never-quite perfect words, in an hour before I race out the door to school for pickup, halted suddenly by the slow flow of leisure parents who have been lingering outside the building for hours, complaining that they won't be able to head "down east" until Thursday this week.
I hear voices when the subway stops between stations for a sick passenger in another car and swim team practice is about to let out and I have to get the puppy and walk her over to the rec center to meet my son.
I've heard a voice, just a few times, that told me if I meander into rush hour traffic while an 18-wheeler and a MTA bus blow through a red light, that nobody would suspect suicide when I'm flattened into the pavement.
Sometimes I'm floating or cutting through gentle waves in the Caribbean Sea, or pushed up against a throng in a nostalgic trance on the floor at a show, and the voices stop. They always pick up again when I can't sort out which anxiety is keeping me awake and there's few precious hours before daylight.
Maybe it's my Dyadya Misha, my Uncle Mike, telling me it's OK. Maybe he's trying to break through my stubbornness and ego to remind me that I have to be more forgiving of my mom, not because she sees angels or hears voices, but because we all hear voices.
Maybe I should listen. We invoke Saint Michael for protection from invasion by enemies and from civil war, and for the defeat of adversaries on the battlefield. He conquers all spiritual enemies. Over all the Nine Ranks of the Heavenly Powers, the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means "who is like unto God"), the faithful servitor of God, as Chief Commander.
At least little Michael, Mishinka, lived long enough to be baptized. In the Orthodox faith, babies are baptized about three months after birth. Mishinka was immersed in sanctified water a little later, as there was no escape from holding places in camps to do it secretly. Lubachka's two younger brothers died in infancy, unbaptized.
Did angels appear when Mishinka's frail body was tossed into a mass grave?
Most of Lubachka's loved ones were dumped into unmarked pits, some with limbs mangled and dismembered, genitals violated and mutilated, but essentially in tact to resemble the remains of a human form. Others with brains blown out by the stock of a rifle, to save bullets. Hitler explicitly ordered a surge in ammunition production in early 1940, for fear of the shell crisis that's widely blamed for toppling the Kaiser's armies in the autumn of 1914.
The most traumatic memory isn't the moment of Mishinka's death, it's a moment of regret.
Lubachka's memory impetuously blinks back on, like a light bulb dangling from a frayed wire, to retrieve another visceral early childhood experience, one she'd likely repressed.
"I do remember something which I'm very upset about. My little brother Michael became sick because there was this one room where we lived with four or five families because we all lost our houses and everything. But it was not where I was born in Vitebsk Oblast near the Russian border. It was somewhere farther away, closer to what is now the Polish border. My mother was in quarantine because she had typhoid fever, and my little brother Michael was still breast-fed at that time, and she wasn't with us and the two of us were left there, and this one woman in another room had a cat, and it was a cold, a very, very cold autumn day."
"It was very cold outside. And, of course, he wasn't dressed, he only had a shirt, like some kind of an undershirt. The woman with the cat came and threw him outside, and I wasn't able to pick him up or anything because I was too small. And then that's when he got very sick. For what seemed like a long time, he was very sick, and there was another girl that was my age that lived in that room, and we were playing cards, and my little brother would cry, and I would get very angry at him because he was disturbing me. To this day, it tortures me that I was angry at him. That I did that."
"The woman with the cat, she was Polish, and her daughter had affairs with the German soldiers, so they had everything. We didn't have anything."
Everything, in this instance, means enough clothing to cover a full body or enough food to keep children alive.
The cause of Michael's death remains unknown, but the timing spurs a rush of atrocious memories. In the mind of a child, Mishinka was ill for a long time, but his feeble breath lingered and his weak heart ticked only a little longer than that of his twin Ivan and their youngest sibling Pyotor.
"When my little brother Michael died, that's when my grandmother, my father's mother, and his sister were very brutally killed."
Michael died in "either October or November. I don't know. I don't know what year it was. Maybe 1944, probably 44. And the thing is, we were living at that time where the German soldiers were, but my grandmother, my father's mother, and his sister that were killed, they were killed in a place the Partisans watched in the daytime, and the Germans would be there at night. The Partisans were there, or the Germans, I don't remember. But anyway, somehow, I do sort of remember going to the graveyard, and they were all, as far as I know, all killed and just buried in one, unmarked grave. But the graveyard was where we lived before the war started."
Lubachka can't recollect how or why they'd returned to the border of Smolensk.
"My aunt, at that time, was in school in Russia where they had to learn German. The German soldiers took her and another 16-year old, and they were asking who is living in this house, and they had a list of people and they were told to burn down their houses."
"She was 16, so of course, she's going to say whose house it was. She was lucky because her father was also a Partisan, and of course he wasn't there at that time, but he was in their party. And my father was against the Bolsheviks and everything else, and he was in a German zone. And so when the Partisans came after them, they told him whose house it was."
"They came to get my aunt, they wanted just her. My grandmother, she ran after her daughter. And then they took them a few miles away from there, but they had to cross some kind of a river, and they were going to be interrogated there by the Partisans, where their headquarters were. But what happened, it became close to nighttime, and they had to get out of that region because I guess that's when the Germans were coming or something, so the Partisans said that we know what's going to happen with them. They didn't want to waste the bullets."
"So they used the other part of the rifle, the wooden part, and they beat their heads open. That's how they were killed, and when my father saw that, it really affected his mental state for the rest of his life. And so then we had to just, I guess, put them in ground, and we had to leave there because the fighting between the Germans and Russians was about to start."
"And then when we got back to the place where we lived, and the second day, or I don't know, maybe it was the same day, I don't really remember. I was outside. And I saw my brother who was all in white, that's not the way he was buried. I guess I don't know what he was buried in, that I don't remember, but I saw him outside and to me he had represented an angel."
Some two decades before my mother told me this story, I was standing over the open casket of her father, my degushka, my grandfather, at a monastery in rural Herkimer County, New York, a home for decades to the Shastokovich family for two generations.
Maybe I hallucinated. I'm certain there was an apparition in the form of a body outlined in bright light. There wasn't enough sunshine pouring in through the stained glass windows of the cavernous church to explain what I saw.
I was tired. I had barely slept for days. I rarely sleep enough. Those voices keep me awake.
And when the time of our demise shall approach, and of our liberation from this body of clay, leave us not, O Archangel of God, without defense against the spirits of evil under heaven, who surround us to close off the ascent on high for human souls; so that, guarded by thee, without stumbling we may attain unto those glorious habitations of Paradise, where there is neither sadness nor sighing, but life without end.
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Pebble Beach. St. Andrews. Shinnecock. Olympic Club. Pinehurst. Merion. Royal Troon. The list goes on.
Dr. Patrick Dooley figures he's played 20 of the top 40 golf courses in the world, the memories of each eliciting his inimitable, wry Irish grin.
The courses he treasures most, however, are the ones he's shared with students over a St. Bonaventure career that's touched six decades. He taught his final course at SBU this past fall, and is teaching this spring at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore before officially retiring in August.
Dooley wasn't afraid to use any means necessary to break through a student's malaise.
Owen Maxwell, '09, was a senior walk-on on the men's basketball team and had grown accustomed to doing just barely enough to get by in class.
"You had clearly grown tired of me ... and you let me have it — like really let me have it," Maxwell wrote in a letter to Dooley in 2012. "You went on and on about my failed potential and the pitfalls of trying to coast through life on my charm and wit alone. It was a solid four-minute tirade in front of everyone and it embarrassed the hell out of me.
Upon graduation, Maxwell spent three years interviewing Hells Angels in the Boston area and wrote a contemporary adaptation of "The Sea Wolf" titled "Stone's Thunder," which won the StoryPros International Screenplay Competition in 2012.
That's just one example of the impact Dooley has made in class. The most memorable, for him, happened in 2008, when Dooley shared a student's insightful essay about the "The Kite Runner" with the agent of the bestselling book's author, Khaled Hosseini.
Dooley never expected a reply and was "blown away" when Hosseini took the time to write back to Adam Mutch, a senior in that fall section of Literature and Art.
A native of Fargo, N.D., Dooley finished his Ph.D. at Notre Dame in 1969 and entertained five or six teaching offers before narrowing his choice to Xavier and St. Bonaventure.
"I wanted to get a little farther east (than Cincinnati) so I chose here for a couple of years," Dooley said.
Drawn by the appeal of Frs. Angelus Gambatese and Stephen Brown, philosophy department faculty members, and Dean Boyd Litzinger, who "I liked a lot and talked a really big game," Dooley loaded up his '62 Chevy with "everything he owned" and a bonus check of $500 from SBU for having completed his doctorate to make the 450-mile trek from South Bend to St. Bonaventure in the summer of 1969.
"And here I am, 46 years later," said Dooley, whose wife of 46 years, Nora, now teaches as an adjunct at St. Bonaventure after earning her Ph.D. at UB seven years ago.
Dooley stayed for two reasons: because the university was committed to teaching and because Dr. Litzinger encouraged him to write.
Dooley achieved another goal in 2007, becoming one of St. Bonaventure's first two Traditional Fulbright Fellows. He taught students at NTU in Singapore the relationship between American literature and philosophy during the spring of 2008. He returned to NTU for six weeks in fall 2010 as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.
Tracing the philosophical themes woven through the writings of American literary icons — from Stephen Crane and Willa Cather to Jack London and Mark Twain — has been Dooley's passion for 30 years. It's the basis for almost all of his scholarly work, including his most recent book, "A Community of Inquiry: Conversations Between Classical American Philosophy and American Literature" (Kent State UP, 2008).
In 2006, Dooley gave the William James Society lecture at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division meeting in Washington, D.C.
Dooley was more than a professor during his tenure at Bonaventure, from being thrust into the role as department chair in just his second year — a position he held for 11 years split over two terms — to later chairing the Faculty Senate, from 1977 to 1981 and, most notably, from 1992 to 1994.
The plaque honoring him among the Plassmann Hall gallery of 40-year Arts & Sciences faculty members makes special note of his service during that difficult time, when the university was dealing with financial exigency and upheaval in the president's office.
"Dr. Dooley managed the Senate as a genuine 'faculty' body in every real sense of the term — representative of and accountable to faculty, primarily — and he dealt skillfully and fairly with the inevitable contentions of that approach in a turbulent time in the university's history," the plaque says.
Eventually, though, the worrying took its toll.
The classroom was always Dooley's comfort zone.
Dr. Stacy Kastner, SBU classes of '06 and '08, wrote a letter to Dooley while working on her Ph.D. at Bowling Green.
"I have learned so much, and the most difficult thing of all for me to grasp was that it would largely all mean nothing in the worlds that I wanted to enter if I lacked confidence. You are the professor that gave me confidence and rigorously fanned the flames to keep the fire alive," wrote Kastner, now an assistant professor of English at Mississippi State.
His classroom career complete, Dooley still has a few academic pursuits, most notably finishing books on the philosophical themes of Cather and John Steinbeck. Traveling across the country to see his four children and soon-to-be-six grandchildren, summer camping in U.S. national parks and, of course, golfing will fill the rest of his days.
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Pharrell to perform joint headline set with The Roots.
Questlove performs at The Roots Picnic in 2013.
2017 has some bright spots and one of them is definitely the 10th Annual Roots Picnic at Philly's Festival Pier.
The all-day outdoor music festival was founded by legendary hip-hop band The Roots back in 2007, and has featured some of music's biggest names over the years.
"Ten years ago this started as a concept, an idea, a conversation between me, Tariq (Black Thought), Ahmir (Questlove) and Rich (Nichols)," says Shawn Gee, the Roots' longtime manager and partner at Maverick Management, in a release. "It's amazing that it has grown into such a valued piece of the cultural landscape of our hometown of Philadelphia."
Tickets are now on sale at ticketmaster.com.
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S. S. Humanitas vignettes from a report by Milford Lady, Part II: Beware the bull!
Today's story continues seagoing cowboy Milford lady's account of his stormy trip to Italy in December 1947. Unfortunately, I have no pictures from this trip.
10:00 [P.M.] – Dec. 13
This is the 10th day at sea, and there hasn't been one day that we haven't been taking seas over the sides. It seems the heifers are always wet. Last night she was shipping so much water that several of our stalls were filled with water. The cattle were standing ankle-deep in water, and very dirty, so today we took forks and shovels and cleaned out the wet stalls, and rebedded them. . . .
We are getting excellent cooperation from the Italian crew, much better I am sure than if we were sailing on an American Union ship. They helped us build the new stalls. Today while cleaning the stalls, we tossed the manure into the alley-ways, and they tossed it over the side. The morning following the storm they were all on deck helping us free the cattle. They are continually shifting the canvas trying to keep our feed dry. . . .
Today in order to make room for [the] latest fresh heifer, we decided to move a large Holstein bull from aft to forward with the other bull who is tied between the winches under a canvas. After the crash the other night we decided to untie all the animals. Consequently, the bull was untied. Joe and I got into the stall to get a rope around his neck, but he didn't like the idea, and proceeded to jump over the boards dividing the stalls, landing on two heifers. The heifers moved away letting him drop head first down in the stall with his hind parts in his original stall, draped over the dividing boards. We put the rope around his neck while he was helpless, then took a couple of turns around a post to hold him. Then [we] went around and heaved his hind parts over. He got up charging this way and that, until I thought he would pull the stalls over. After he had settled a little, by popular vote of looks, I was elected to lead him forward. There was always plenty of slack in the rope, and we really moved, so it is a matter of opinion whether I led him or he chased me. Anyway, he is now tied forward. I am going to keep my distance when I feed him tomorrow.
9:00 [P.M.] Dec. 17
Today the 6 cowboys, the skipper, and the passengers all went forward, took 5 heifers, one bull and 6 calves out of their stalls, and took a number of pictures. I took charge of the bull. We kissed and made up after our little difficulty the other day, and are now good friends.
Next post: Reflections on war and peace
Posted in Heifer Project, Seagoing Cowboys | Tagged bulls, Italy, Milford Lady, S.S. Humanitas, seagoing cowboy | 2 Replies
Special post: Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Heifer International's first shipment to Europe
Posted on May 14, 2020 by Peggy Reiff Miller
May 14, 1945, is a special day in Heifer International history. It marks a dream finally realized.
The Heifer Project, Dan West's dream of sending cows to Europe to help starving war victims, came to life in April 1942. The Church of the Brethren Northern Indiana District Men's Work organization adopted West's idea and named a committee to get it going. The idea caught on, and by January 1943 it became a national program of the Brethren Service Committee. However – and this is a BIG however – with World War II raging, shipping live cargo across the Atlantic was simply out of the question. And not for the lack of trying on the part of the Heifer Project Committee to get heifers to Belgium and Spain. In 1944, with plenty of heifers ready to go, the committee sent a small pilot shipment instead to Puerto Rico.
Concurrently, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was in the planning stages of how they would operate when hostilities ceased. Despite West's attempts to get UNRRA to agree to ship Heifer Project animals, UNRRA did not intend to ship live cargo. But when the Near East Foundation requested bulls for Greece to help the country's devastated dairy industry rebuild, UNRRA approached the Heifer Project for assistance with a pilot project of their own. Brethren Pennsylvania diary farmer and Guernsey breeder Benjamin Bushong was drafted to obtain the bulls for the Heifer Project and see them to the ship. May 14, 1945, just six days after V-E day in Europe, six purebred bulls sailed for Greece. Bushong became Executive Secretary of the Heifer Project later that year and often joked that the first "heifers" to Europe were "six bulls."
Brown Swiss bulls donated by the Heifer Project after arrival in Greece, May 1945. Credit: UNRRA photo.
Read the story of that first European livestock shipment for both UNRRA and the Heifer Project in two parts here and here.
Congratulations Heifer International on another live-saving milestone!
Posted in Brethren Service, Dan West, Heifer International, Heifer Project, UNRRA | Tagged Benjamin Bushong, bulls, Church of the Brethren, Dan West, Greece, Heifer International, Heifer Project, Near East Foundation | 2 Replies
Dr. Martin M. Kaplan: Heifer International's second seagoing cowboy delivers bulls to Greece, Part II
Posted on April 12, 2019 by Peggy Reiff Miller
Today, we resume the adventures of seagoing cowboy and veterinarian Dr. Martin M. Kaplan as he oversees the transport of six pedigreed Brown Swiss bulls to Greece aboard the Swedish M/S Boolongena, meaning "kangaroo" in Australian dialect.
"Molly's John of Lee Hill," renamed Parnassus by the Greeks, being led to the consecration service in Greece for the six bulls donated by the Heifer Project, August 1945. UNRRA Photograph.
The ship departed St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, on schedule May 14, 1945. The next morning, Kaplan was introduced to the "experienced assistant who could understand English" which he had been assured he would have. "He was a good soul, about 55 years old," Kaplan says, "whose extensive livestock experience was gained on a farm for a short time when he was a child." Kaplan soon came to realize that "hi" was the extent of the man's English. "We misunderstood each other beautifully with the immediate consequence that he fed the bulls twice as much concentrated feed as I had indicated. The lately arrived package of drugs [for the bulls] proved its value."
After ideal weather the first few days, Kaplan says, "we entered a period of pitching and rolling during which 'the kangaroo' lived up to her name, until we reached Gibraltar." Orders for a change in the ship's Greek destination from Piraeus to Patras necessitated a six-day stay in Gibralter. The new route ran through an area where the magnetic mines laid by the Nazis had not yet been cleared, so the ship had to be demagnitized.
While in Gibralter, a "near-catastrophe" occurred, Kaplan says. "Duke, the oldest and strongest bull sporting two nose rings, indicating previous trouble, became restless. Duke broke the chain which partially confined him." Then Duke made a "mighty heave backwards." He tore the rings out of his nose spraying Kaplan with blood as he was trying to fix the chain. They now had "a pain maddened bull loose in what was too obviously an inadequate enclosure for an animal in his state." Kaplan slowly retreated and advised those watching to "get out on deck and up on the hatch if the bull made a break."
"There was little we could do until he had quieted down," Kaplan says. So they went to dinner. Kaplan went to bed that night and dreamed of being chased by the bull.
Kaplan reconstrained the bull, then, by giving him "a Mickey Finn in his drinking water," 40 times the strength needed to incapacitate a sailor, "which made him merely buckle slightly at the knees," Kaplan says. But it gave Kaplan the time he needed to insert new nose rings and replace the collar with a much sturdier rope, "strong enough to lash a ship to a dock," he says.
After a tense passage through the mined area, the ship docked in Patras, only to discover the message of the change in port had not reached the people who were to prepare the dock for unloading. A flying stall was constructed on the spot, and the bulls were offloaded and trucked to Athens and the experimental farm waiting for them. "Athens swelled visibly with pride as we entered with the bulls," Kaplan says. "My contribution to the swelling was a not inconsiderable sigh of relief. May their seed flouish."
Consecration of the six bulls begins with centuries old prayers at the Superior School of Agriculture in Athens, the first of many breeding centers to be established, August 26, 1945. UNRRA photograph.
And flourish their seed did. Heifer Project sent another six bulls to Greece in February 1948, and UNRRA sent a few more. "Since the program started … over 16,000 calves have been born and more are coming every day," states John Halpin, Artificial Insemination Program Director in Greece, in an August 1949 article in The Brown Swiss Bulletin. "These calves sired by outstanding selected sires will have a tremendous influence on the future dairy industry of Greece."
Mr. F. I. Elliott of the Near East Foundation examines through the microscope the sperm taken from the first bull, after which farmers gather around to have their first glimpse of microscopic life. UNRRA photograph.
The Joannis Golemis family receives the first calf, a bull, born through the artificial insemination program in Greece from the sperm of "Orangeville Bell Boy", renamed Imittos. UNRRA photograph.
Next post: Heifer Project's second shipment to Puerto Rico and two seagoing cowboys at odds.
Posted in Heifer Project, Seagoing Cowboys, UNRRA | Tagged Athens, Brown Swiss Bulletin, bulls, F. I. Elliott, Greece, Heifer International, Heifer Project, Joannis Golemis, John Halpin, M/S Boolongena, Martin M. Kaplan, Molly's John of Lee Hill, Near East Foundation, Orangeville Bell Boy, Patras, seagoing cowboy, Superior School of Agriculture, UNRRA | 4 Replies
Dr. Martin M. Kaplan: Heifer International's second seagoing cowboy delivers bulls to Greece, Part I
Posted on March 22, 2019 by Peggy Reiff Miller
It was an eventful crossing of the Atlantic for seagoing cowboy and veterinarian Dr. Martin M. Kaplan. His "unusual mission" started the day World War II ended in Europe in May 1945.
With his veterinary degree and master's degree in public health, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) hired Dr. Kaplan to accompany six pedigreed bulls to Greece. The bulls were a gift of the Heifer Project to service an insemination program of the Near East Foundation. Greece had lost 40% of its cattle during the war. The insemination program would help the Greek dairy industry recover.
After a long train ride from UNRRA headquarters in Washington, D.C., Kaplan arrived in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, the morning of Thursday, May 10, to meet his ship. However, when UNRRA contracted the Swedish vessel M/S Boolongena, the war was still on. "The neutral Swedes did not want to break rules by having a paying passenger on one of their freighters going into a war zone," Kaplan says. So with his master's in public health, UNRRA was able to sign Kaplan on as the ship's doctor.
M/S Boolongena, 1952. Source: City of Vancouver Archives. Photographer: Walter Edwin Frost.
Kaplan soon met "the six crosses I would bear" and the man who had purchased them for the Brethren Service Committee, Benjamin Bushong. Bushong was to have tended the bulls until sailing, but an urgent development with the 50 heifers being gathered for Heifer Project's next shipment to Puerto Rico pulled him away.
In Kaplan's entertaining report to UNRRA, he says, "[The bulls] were in an isolated railroad car, 1½ miles away from the ship. All the feed and water were gone, ½ bale of hay remained, 2 bulls were completely unbroken, and darkness was approaching….After throwing this lapful at me, Bushong bid me a cheery good-bye, and assured me that I would have little trouble."
Kaplan had the railroad car moved closer to the ship and procured feed and hay after which he endured "rain and snow for three days, a growing compost pile that assumed formidable proportions by the fourth day in the middle of the car, [and] six suspicious bulls."
The Heifer Project's six Brown Swiss pedigreed bulls after arrival in Greece, May 1945. Photo credit: UNRRA Photograph.
In the meantime, stalls were built under the forecastle deck, the location at the front of the ship that normally housed sailors' living quarters. This meant having to get the bulls through a 2½-feet-wide doorway, "but it was the best location available," Kaplan says.
Departure was set for Monday, May 14. At 6:00 a.m., two hours before loading time, Kaplan says, "I fed the animals heavily to dull the edge of their tempers for the forthcoming excitement (my drugs hadn't as yet arrived). There was little difficulty in moving the animals individually from the railroad car directly into a horse-box, thence by means of a crane onto the deck. The delicate procedure was to lead them through a narrow doorway, up a 20 feet long wooden ramp, over obstacles reminiscent of a steeple chase, into their individual stalls." This task fell to Kaplan when the longshoremen, normally the only ones allowed to touch the cargo during loading, "formally invited" Kaplan "to lead the bulls to their stalls. . . . I led four of them and was chased by two," Kaplan says, "but they all ended up in their respective places with a net result of one slightly squashed finger."
[to be continued in April 12 post]
Posted in Brethren Service, Heifer International, Heifer Project, Seagoing Cowboys, UNRRA | Tagged artificial insemination, Benjamin Bushong, Brethren Service Committee, bulls, Canada, Dr. Martin M. Kaplan, Greece, Heifer International, Heifer Project, M/S Boolongena, Near East Foundation, New Brunswick, seagoing cowboy, St. John, UNRRA, Walter Edwin Frost | Leave a reply
70th Anniversary of the Ceremony of the Bulls
UNRRA made its last livestock shipment from the U.S. in April 1947, delivering another load of heifers to China on the S. S. Lindenwood Victory. On its way home later that month, the Lindenwood was the only ship to be sighted by the three Heifer Project seagoing cowboys of the S. S. Alfred DuPont on their way to Japan – a symbolic passing of the torch from UNRRA to the Heifer Project. The Alfred DuPont carried the precious cargo of 25 purebred Holstein bulls, a gift from the Heifer Project to help Japan rebuild its dairy industry after World War II. This first shipment of the Heifer Project after UNRRA's disbanding was also a deliberate symbol of peace and goodwill to a country with which the U. S. had been fighting only months earlier.
Norman Hostetler at the Stanislaus District Fairgrounds in CA with one of the bulls he selected. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
The job of selecting the bulls fell to Norman Hostetler, a young Brethren man trained in animal husbandry who had been a cowboy supervisor for UNRRA on two trips to Poland and worked in the cowboy office in Newport News, Virginia. "Not a single farmer approached for the purchase of these bulls was averse to sending cattle to Japan," Hostetler said. After an exhausting round of visits to breeders in California, Hostetler and two fellow seagoing cowboys boarded the Alfred DuPont along with their charges at Pier 90 in San Francisco.
"Our voyage of 21 days was extremely rough," notes Hostetler. "Waves were washing over the decks frequently and on several occasions the cattle stalls were damaged somewhat. It was remarkable to me that the bulls came through it all in excellent condition." The rigors of the trip were to be rewarded, however.
Bulls in the barge that took them to shore in Yokohama, Japan. Photo: Norman Hostetler.
"We three kings of Orient are, and I'm not fooling!" notes cowboy Martin Strate in a letter to the Heifer Project Committee. "Since our arrival May 9, things have been happening! The bulls were unloaded and taken by barge to the Quarantine station by noon of the first day. The press was present en-masse."
"There were at least fifteen photographers there including the Japanese as well as the Army and the Associated Press," says Hostetler. The trip had been approved and arranged through SCAP, the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers which controlled Japan after World War II, and transportation was provided by the U. S. War Department. "Army officials told us that our shipment was the most important one to have entered Japan since the war, insofar as the Japanese are concerned," Hostetler says. "Then when they learn that the animals are a gift of the Christians of America, they are overwhelmed. They can scarcely imagine a gift of 25 bulls, the value of one being about 30,000 yen."
The Ceremony of the Bulls, Yokahama, Japan, May 19, 1947. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
On May 19, 1947, seventy years ago this month, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry staged an official reception for the bulls. "The presentation ceremony was held in the grounds of the quarantine station, with about 100-150 people there," notes cowboy Charles Frantz. "The sun danced royally on the red-and-white striped banners. There were half a dozen photographers present, and the occasion and hospitality really outdid itself for us Occidentals. Tea, beer, soda water, peanuts, fruit, meat, and flowers followed the ceremony."
A Japanese official formally presents his appreciation to the Heifer Project. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
Norman Hostetler addressed the gathering on behalf of the Heifer Project, as did Lt. Col. J. H. Boulware on behalf of SCAP. Several Japanese dignitaries gave speeches of thanks for the bulls, which were to be distributed to livestock experimental stations and breeding farms throughout the country. And the seagoing cowboys were presented with gifts. Hostetler recalls receiving a bolt of silk from which his future wife made her wedding dress. "We'll never forget the occasion," says Frantz.
Nor would many of the Japanese of the day. The cowboys were able to travel to 16 of the livestock stations to which the bulls were taken and treated royally at all but one. Strate reports that at a meeting in Tokyo, "We were most graciously thanked by a gentleman well over eighty years of age. He stood erect and said something like, 'I stand because I am over eighty years old. In my eighty years, I have never before witnessed such genuine Christian generosity. This gift to the Japanese people will long be remembered because it is the first of its kind and that it came soon after the war."
L. to R., Martin Strate, Charles Frantz, and Norman Hostetler receive thanks and gifts from Japanese officials. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
One of the speeches.
Copies of all speeches were presented to the cowboys to deliver to the Heifer Project. Photo: Peggy Reiff Miller, courtesy of Heifer International.
Hostetler, Strate, and Frantz inspected the bulls at the agricultural stations to which they were taken. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
The seagoing cowboys were treated to Japanese hospitality and culture on their tour. Photo courtesy of Norman Hostetler.
Posted in Heifer Project, Seagoing Cowboys | Tagged bulls, Charles Frantz, Heifer Project, Japan, Lt. Col. J. H. Boulware, Martin Strate, Norman Hostetler, S. S. Alfred DuPont, S. S. Lindenwood Victory, SCAP | 5 Replies
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The University of Pittsburgh's campus extends across a wide area of Oakland, and as a result, many of the university's buildings are some distance from one another. This is where the university's eleven shuttle routes play the part of expediting transit for students from one end of campus to another. The goal of this project is to analyze these nine main routes to maximize efficiency in the form of shuttle placement, scheduling, and route management. The goal of this project is also to determine how best to value the weight of maintaining this system and maximizing it when, despite having tangible costs, the value of the system's benefit is not easily determined numerically.
There is a lot of work to be done if the Pitt Shuttle system is to see marked improvement. It is not so easy to change a shuttle route in practice, as there are other factors beyond the numeric that bind the system, such as passenger preference. Still, what's ultimately better for the system is better for the passenger, and there are other ways of improving the system through the use of simulation that are not as jarring as changing routes. Simply redistributing kinds of busses, changing capacity, using better scheduling, and other aspects can be tested in simulation first and applied if they show promise.
In moving forward with this, there is one thing that would greatly help the efforts of simulation, and that is a more accurate tracking system for passengers to board shuttles. As it is, passengers need their Pitt ID, but they need only show it. Scanning or swiping the card would allow for greater accuracy in future simulations.
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Durant child collecting blankets to keep families warm this winter
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By Brittany Harlow
For the second year in a row, a local child is working with area businesses to keep kids warm through the long cold winter months.
9-year-old Emma Burkhart tells us she came up with the idea for the "Keep Kids Warm Blanket Drive" after she received two of the same blanket last year.
Since then she has collected hundreds of blankets for needy children.
"I just love seeing them so happy about getting the blanket," Burkhart said.
"We didn't know if we would get 20 blankets, or 50, or 100," Burkhart's mother, Melisa said. "We really didn't know what would happen so it was really excited when it took off. We have a great community."
They ended up with more than 200 blankets their first year.
"That day she woke up and just was crying because she was so excited that she realized, it was happy tears, that so many kids had blankets that morning for Christmas."
Jimmy's Egg opened in Durant last month. They're just one of the places accepting blankets for the drive.
"When you're part of the community you just want to give back to take care of people that take care of you," manager Mark Reedy said.
Rib Crib is giving out free chips and salsa to everyone who donates a blanket at their Westside Drive location.
"I'm really excited about collecting them all," Emma Burkhart said.
Burkhart has collected 270 blankets so far this year. The goal is 350.
All donations will go to the children of Families Feeding Families, Adopt-a-Block Program, & Student Assistance Program. Blankets will be collected up until December 15th.
Drop-Off Locations:
Brown's Funeral Service at 4900 W. US Hwy 70
Mix 96.1 at 2803 W. University Blvd
Mackey Home Furnishings at 320 W. Main
The Old Ice House Salon & Day Spa at 215 N. 3rd Street
Axis Dance Co at 202 S. 2nd
Durant Intermediate School at 1314 Waco St
Jimmy's Egg at 2501 W Main St
Smart Mouth Family Dental at 1220 N Washington Ave
KSEO/KLBC/99.7 The Buzz at 1418 N 1st St
Rib Crib at 311 Westside Drive
Oklahoma Highway Safety Office holds distracted driver enforcement event
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Q: why accessing my hostname doesn't work like by IP? I'm new in microsoft server administration, please forgive me in advance
I have a Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 instance with IIS enabled.
I create a website on it with a custom name and a Application under it
everything works great when I access the website in the VM or from my Windows 10 Host PC
What I can't understand is, why is it only accessible by IP "http://ip/myapplication" ? why am I not able to access it by the VM hostname?
After searching on web I came across that I need a DNS server.
I confess that the concept of DNS is hard to understand for me (sorry) but even harder to get is: why the hell do I need a whole new server address this issue?
please help, be nice with a beginner
A: DNS is a distributed lookup database dedicated to a name hierarchy we know as domain names. The top level is the root. It has no name, so a lone dot is used. At that level is com and net. These make for the next level which has millions of names and is where yours would be. You need to get your name put there. This process is a shared system (details we do not need to learn) called domain registration. You need to visit one of the hundreds of domain registration agents and register your name.
A: Although a local DNS server will solve your problem, there's a simpler way: edit your hosts file. You can do this manually with any text editor, or you can use a tool such as Hostman to do it for you (don't forget to run it as administrator).
Your hosts file keeps track of hostname IP address pairs connected to your system. Having a local DNS server does this automatically for you, but yes, it's much more complicated to set-up and maintain (although it's relatively straightforward with Windows Server). DNS registration is only necessary if you want your machines to be accessible by hostname or domain name over the Internet. You can still, however, access a single machine by domain name on your local network from the Internet without running a local DNS server (by using port-forwarding, domain registration still required).
Here's a great tutorial that explains how to edit your hosts file in more detail.
A: Your computer is most likely set to use a DNS server of your router / modem and that most likely points to a public ISP such as Comcast, 75.75.75.75 or Google, 8.8.8.8, when you try to resolve http://hostname/myapplication with your web browser your DNS client is performing a lookup because it does not know about that hostname. (although you can probably resolve the IP using ARP)
You can manually edit your host file as specified, or setup a DNS server to resolve that primary zone.
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Origin: Cassano d'Adda | Milan | ITA
Genre: Alt Folk
Songwriter, musician and teacher, Tia Airoldi, born and raised in Milan countryside, has always been tremendously fascinated by classic and contemporary American songwriting ( from J.Cash to Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Conor Oberst and Robin Pecknold) but not forgetting others international epic guys such as John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Nick Cave, Damon Albarn, Devendra Banhart and Lou Reed firsts of all. He models and creates his sound with a warm-tender, folky-powerfull voice, designing ballads and heart-beating rhythms with acoustic or electric guitar and often other stuff. He plays in Italy and abroad opening-act for several national and international artists such as SPANDAU BALLET, JOSH T. PEARSON, BEN OTTEWELL of GOMEZ, DEPEDRO of CALEXICO, VALERIE JUNE, TEHO TEARDO, MURDER BY DEATH, MATT ELLIOTT, ROSOLINA MAR and LARKIN GRIMM, BETOSCHI, THE FIRE, JUAN MORDECAI, BOLOGNA VIOLENTA, GIORGIO CANALI, DIAFRAMMA, PUNKREAS, STATUTO. He has toured Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium and England – in some remarkable venues as BRUSSELS SUMMER FESTIVAL and the REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL in Hamburg plus the MI AMI festival in Milan. He's currently expanding his knowledge and lifetime experience as a music therapy professional. Tia has the ambition to make music near the heart, to stay with heart wide open.
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At work, particularly in an office, negotiation is a feature of daily life. Managers negotiate with staff over holidays, time off and the distribution of work. Sales people negotiate with clients and business partners over contracts.
But negotiation can give rise to problems. Many people who negotiate want things to go their own way. As a result, they negotiate forcefully. The other parties at such negotiations end up feeling as though they are losers.
This type of forceful negotiation can upset clients and business partners. They may sever ties with someone who refuses to see their point of view.
Aggressive negotiation adopted by a manager against staff can also backfire. The manager may win the day but staff feel bullied and resentful.
Those who use win-win negotiation take a different approach. Its basis is the premise that everyone should come out of a negotiation feeling happy with the result.
At the end of win-win negotiation, both parties believe they have achieved something. This sense of achievement fosters and maintains good relations between managers, staff and clients.
Win-win negotiation requires all parties to have good listening skills. People must respect what everyone is saying and pay attention.
When someone raises a problem during a negotiation, for example, no one should ignore it. All those present should face up to the problem and try to resolve it.
This doesn't mean that win-win negotiation should exclude attempts at persuasion. Without persuasion, a group may never reach a satisfactory end to a discussion.
A reasonable attitude, however, must temper any efforts to persuade others of a point of view or course of action. A win-win negotiator must be willing to listen and to persuade in a fair-minded way.
What do I want to come out of the negotiation? The answer to this must be honest and clear.
What does the other party want? It may not be possible to know exactly what the answer is at this stage. But it's useful to make an educated guess.
What does the other party realistically hope to gain from the negotiation? The answer to this may have to rely on experience of other negotiations. But by working out what the other party will settle for, a win-win negotiator can prepare a satisfactory conclusion before the negotiations have begun.
What trade-offs may have to take place to reach a satisfactory conclusion? Win-win negotiation is about compromise. A good negotiator works out in advance what he or she can concede.
Will any compromises work? Compromises are all very well but they don't always resolve the problem that lies behind the negotiation. A compromise must be effective.
Does everyone at the negotiation table have the power to make any proposed solution work? If there's any doubt about this, it may be wise to ask those who can enact any decisions to attend the negotiation.
With such preparation, win-win negotiating becomes achievable. All parties can leave a negotiation table knowing they have reached a positive outcome.
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The Model 2 Horizontal Spill Containers provide a building outside wall termination point for fuel oil storage tank fill lines that contains any oil spilled when disconnecting the delivery fitting.
The Preferred Horizontal Spill Container is flush-mounted into an exterior wall of the building over the main storage tank fill pipe. Used in conjunction with a high liquid level switch, the spill container contains an explosion-proof horn that alerts the driver when the tank is 90% full. An optional tank level display indicates the oil volume in gallons. The integral enclosure contains at least 5 gallons of spilled fuel. A free-standing version is also available.
The Preferred Utilities Part Number 190126 is a Junction Box used to interface either the Model 2 or Model 3 Spill Container with a single normally closed "float style" high level switch (HLS or PLS-1.) The 190126 provides the following sequence: Should an Overfill condition occur ("float style" switch contact opens) the 190126 will energize the Remote Overfill Alarm cabinet horn and light. The Overfill alarm may be silenced at the remote alarm panel by depressing the Alarm Silence Push-button (ASPB). If the alarm silence is not depressed, the Overfill Alarm bell will automatically silence after 90 seconds, but the light will stay illuminated until the oil level drops below the high level setting. Once the level of oil drops below the overfill setting the 190126 will de-energize the Remote Overfill Alarm Light.
Construction: The Model 2 Horizontal Spill Container is a NEMA 4 rated moisture proof enclosure. The box material is continuously seam welded stainless steel (or Carbon steel). The door is fully gasketed, utilizing a three point latch and locking handle. The interior is prime coated and painted with a durable white enamel to aid in visual product leak inspection. Total leak containment is 5 U.S. gallons. The Model 2 Spill Container is available in flush mounting, surface mounting and free standing arrangements. Flush mounted units are equipped with a 2" x 2" x ¼" mounting flange to facilitate installation. Surface mounted units are provided with mounted tabs in lieu of the flange and free standing units are provided with two (2) 2" NPT couplings welded to the cabinet bottom to be mounted on pipe stands (pipe stands not included with unit).
The Model 2 Spill Container is often mounted in direct sun light. Fuel oil vapors can be generated from the sun heating the spill container. All components mounted inside the container are explosion proof rated to be suitable for this environment.
Options: The Model 2 Horizontal Spill Container may be ordered with Overfill Alarm Station features. The spill container interfaces with the Preferred TG-EL-D3 Tank Gauge to include a high level alarm that alerts the filling operator that the tank is filled to its predetermined capacity. When an overfill alarm occurs, the alarm bell (or horn) sounds and the alarm light flashes. The bell is automatically silenced in 90 seconds or instantly silenced when the operator selects the "Alarm Silence" pushbutton. The alarm automatically resets when liquid level goes below the overfill alarm setpoint.
A Model FA-S Fil-A-Larm sign is mounted on the interior of the door to alert fuel transfer personnel of the presence of the Fil-A-Larm System.
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Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice regularly ranks among book-lovers and romantics alike as one of their favourite works of literature. Those who have been charmed by Elizabeth Bennet's romantic mishaps and hasty judgements have long been on the search for similar works of fiction. As arguably Austen's most notable work, finding books like Pride and Prejudice isn't too difficult a task.
Austen was influenced and has influenced many a writer and there are numerous works in publication out there that explore similar themes and time periods. Often lauded as one of the pinnacle works of feminist literature, there are numerous other books like Pride and Prejudice penned by female authors who spearheaded the idea women could be novelists, and good ones at that.
So, whether you like the romance or the history of Pride and Prejudice, here are 10 books that are sure to charm you much in the same way.
Though author Charlotte Brontë cited Pride and Prejudice as disappointing and "a carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers; but … no open country, no fresh air…" there is very little dispute that her most famous novel was influenced, even slightly by Austen's titular work.
Originally published in 1847 under the male pseudonym Currer Bell, Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre is often considered one of the first works of feminist literature and is a pinnacle example of the bildungsroman genre. The novel follows, unsurprisingly, the orphaned Jane Eyre as she moves from an abusive household to a bleak school for orphaned girls until finally becoming a governess for a wealthy child at an estate called Thornfield Hall.
While in her governess role, Jane develops a love interest in the master of Thornfield Hall, Mr Rochester. There are significant developments in Jane Eyre that make it an engrossing read and will keep you captivated to the very end. Groundbreaking for its time, Jane Eyre deals with such themes as marriage for love, the class system, and mental illness in the Victorian era and is an excellent option if you're on the hunt for books like Pride and Prejudice.
Though Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel To the Lighthouse was published more that 100 years after Pride and Prejudice, it still bears some similarities to the latter novel and is a great read if you're looking for books like it.
The book, written in Woolf's unique stream of consciousness style that was commonly found in novels from the 1920s, mostly follows the Ramsay family at their summer home on Scotland's Isle of Skye through multiple years.
As is famous with Woolf's works and in many modernist novels of the time, it isn't a plot-driven narrative, however, it does deal with similar themes to Pride and Prejudice when it comes to the rhetoric on marriage, class, and societal roles.
Daphne du Maurier's 1938 Gothic novel Rebeccais an excellent choice if you're on the hunt for books like Pride and Prejudice.
This mysterious novel is told from the point of view of the unnamed titular character, the second Mrs de Winter, as she reflects on past events at her husbands lavish yet emotionally haunted Cornish estate of Manderley.
Throughout the novel, the narrator grapples with being the replacement for the deceased Rebecca, Mr de Winter's first wife. As the housekeeper Mrs Danvers, treats the narrator with disdain and she is ignored by her new husband, she begins to doubt her sanity and validity compared to the seemingly perfect idea of Rebecca.
The novel is creepy and haunting and explores life in upper class England much like Pride and Prejudice. Famously turned into an Academy Award winning feature film by iconic director Alfred Hitchcock in 1940 and consistently is compared to works by the Brontë sisters, there is no doubt the Rebeccais a wonderful read.
When looking for books like Pride and Prejudice, you can't go wrong with picking a work from a Brontë sister and Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights is an excellent choice.
Originally published under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell, Wuthering Heights was Emily Brontë's first and only novel. It follows Mr Lockwood at first as he rents Thrushcross Grange in the remote moors of Yorkshire and his relationship with his mysterious landlord, Heathcliff, owner of the farmhouse, Wuthering Heights.
The novel then follows the story of Heathcliff throughout his life from his early childhood to how he came to where he was. It also follows his relationship with his adoptive sister, Catherine.
The novel, often classified and a Gothic tragedy, deals with such themes as is similar for novels of their time, such as class, birth, and love.
If you liked Pride and Prejudice because of its insight into upper class life and societal norms, then Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth is another great reading option for you.
Though it is set in turn-of-the-20th century New York City rather than England, Wharton's 1905 novel deals with much similar themes to Pride and Prejudice. The novel follows socialite Lily Bart who, though she was born into wealth and a high social standing, has found herself and her family impoverished.
The books follows themes like keeping up with societal norms, the effects of class, and a woman's right to build her own life at a time when that was a very radical idea. Because of these themes, it is a great option if you're on the look out for books like Pride and Prejudice.
If you like Pride and Prejudice because if its insight into the cultural and societal norms and customs in England during the 1810s, then George Eliot's Middlemarch might be a good title to add to your reading list as well.
Published in 1871, the novel spans the years of 1829-1832 and is set in the fictitious town in England's Midlands called Middlemarch. The novel, whose full title is Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life, is considered to be one of Eliot's (the male pen name for Mary Anne Evans) best works.
Though the story is fictional, Middlemarch is considered to be a historical novel and is one of the best insights into, surprisingly, English provincial life in the 1830s. It is an excellent window into the class systems of England during that time and the role that women played in that society.
When looking for books like Pride and Prejudice, you can't go wrong with picking up another of Jane Austen's novels, and Emma is a great choice!
Published in 1816, the novel follows Emma Woodhouse, a young women living in British high society who fancies herself a bit of a matchmaker, though has little thought of marrying herself.
As the novel progresses, Emma makes matches for her friends, makes mistakes, and misconstrues loving feelings toward a few of the characters. It is similar to Pride and Prejudice as it follows many of the same themes of love, marriage, and not realising what is there right in front of you.
If you want a novel like Pride and Prejudice but would like something a bit more serious and not as frivolous as the Austen book, then Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is an excellent option.
Though all of the works by the Brontë sisters are considered to be monumental feminist literature, Wildfell Hall is often accredited as being the very first blatantly feminist novel.
Originally published in 1848 under the pen name Acton Bell, Wildfell Hall follows the story of Helen Graham as she takes up residence in the estate Wildfell Hall after running away from her abusive and alcoholic husband.
At the time of its publication, it was considered too graphic of a novel to receive much critical acclaim, even from the author's own sister, Charlotte Brontë. The themes like alcoholism, domestic violence, the role of women in a male-driven society, and gender relations were though to be too blatantly laid out in the novel.
However, Wildfell Hall is an excellent depiction of class and society at the time and is certainly an enlightening read if you're interested in a more realistic look into gender relations in Victorian England.
If you are looking for books like Pride and Prejudice because you liked the strong female lead as she navigates love and life, then Louisa May Allcott's 1868 coming of age novel Little Women is a great option for you.
This novel follows the story of the March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy — as they learn, grow, and deal with love and loss in the state of Massachusetts during and in the aftermath of the American Civil War.
The novel deals with feminist themes much like the other books on this list and, again, is a great insight into upper and middle class American lifestyle in the late nineteenth century.
Though the most recent of the novels in this list of books like Pride and Prejudice was published in 1927, the last novel we're going to talk about is Helen Fielding's 1996 novel, Bridget Jones's Diary.
Perhaps more famous for it's 2001 film adaptation starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant, Bridget Jones's Diary is essentially a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice, set in the backdrop of mid 1990s London.
Though Pride and Prejudice is sometimes lauded as a feminist novel, Bridget Jones's Diary had received the opposite criticism in modern society and there are certainly some aspects of the book that have not aged well, especially in regards to the normalisation of workplace sexual harassment.
However, if you are after a fun and romantic read with a flawed and relatable titular character, Bridget Jones's Diary is a wonderful choice for you.
There are numerous books like Pride and Prejudice that are very much worth reading, whether you like the Jane Austen for its romance or societal critique.
Have you read any great books like Pride and Prejudice that didn't make the list? Let us know in the comments!
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Interfaith Week at the Mayor's Parlour
By Chronicle Staff Share
Mayor John Gonçalves celebrated Interfaith Week by inviting members of the different religions in Gibraltar to attend a meeting held at the Mayor's Parlour.
A number of issues were discussed during the meeting and the Mayor would like to see this continue throughout the year.
"It was agreed by all religions involved that in Gibraltar we all have respect for one another and our religions, and this should continue," the Mayor's Office said in a statement.
"It was also agreed that we should ensure the younger generations also learn to respect one another."
Any religious denominations who were unable to attend this year's meeting and would like to be included for next year should contact the Office of the Mayor for further information.
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…I am an artist. Not only that, but an artist with a forty hour a week job who by the way, hates deadlines. I absolutely LOVE publishing horoscopes , columns and small stories for various other electronic 'zines and I would like to nurture those other sites and publishers as much as possible. I also LOVE photography, of which I have not been able to embrace the way I want to as a art media recently due to "Deadlines". To be blunt, a zine is a work of love, and electronic media is the wave of the future to meet more people with the wave of a mouse as well as the flourish of the pen. Also due to postage hell and printing costs, one hates being broke at the end of the day. Not only that, but I hated pouring out my best works for all the magazines I ever published, and smiling, letting other people get the credit for my own ideas.
Sometimes, it takes a big step back from the watercolor on the wall to see the full effect of the brushstrokes.
Let me tell you a little bit about me. No… Not the "I'm a goth, take me out of the light" me. No… Not the "I'm not a vampire, but I've played one on T.V…." NO. Just Me truly.
I am a costumer. I am a Ren.Faire Re-enactor. I am a real publisher that publishes REAL books. I am a fiber artist and above everything else, I am a writer.
I have had FOUR books unfinished hanging over my tired laptop in my office because of "Deadlines". This is what I hear ALL THE TIME from the unpaying masses: "When is the next issue coming out?!?" "Why couldn't you have done the zine THIS way???" A constant barrage from some people I have never heard from in my life and made this effort a lot less fun. I am currently in the finishing third edit job on a fabric arts book for a museum. The first out of a ten book series.
Plus I am in the beginning of the first edit of my nearly complete novel.
Not to mention my own horoscope booklet series and CD.
Needless to say, with all these other projects, The Blynde Eye was always the last on my list to get my full attention. EXCEPT when I was working with it online. The internet is like a release in a mental note sort of way. There I can scan, blog, rant, sell stuff to my little heart's content.
When I was at the Renegade Craft Faire in Chicago this September, I realized I wanted to get more into selling my physical art. And I spoke to a lot of women artists there. I learned a lot.
I can reach a bigger audience online, more so that I ever could with paper.
…Plus I am not killing SO many trees. Especially when my heart is not in the project.
As much as I love other people (sometimes in more ways than one…), they do not control MY life. On that note, I'd like to add that my father died this last year. Ironically two days after father's day. No. I didn't speak with him for at least 5 years. No, I'm not looking for drama either.
It's a liberating feeling actually. We had a strained relationship.
This is MY life, remember?
That's why I giggle and guffaw when I see a new generation of angst laden gothie wannabes. I hear the term 'Vampire', and I laugh. Such antiquated terms for such a crumbling society. Gothic/Fey/ Strigoi/ Vampire/whatevah.
Whatever your spin of 'alternative' life is, remember we are 'family' we should respect and love one another as such.
So, in conclusion, The Blynde Eye (I) is strictly online from now on. I encourage you all to get out there in the world and be seen, be known, write, publish, sling paint. Why? Because guess what?
Do as you want, just don't hurt anyone in the process.
Wear Jello on your head if that's your goofy thing. Whatever.
Please visit our website often, we are always doing something. Who knows what.
On a final note, I would like to tip the hat to the city of New Orleans. The home for which I met three great ladies, who made me part of a great legend---Totally by accident. They know who they are.
I have wonderful friends there and wish them well.
The same for my California Kumpania, love to you all in these rainy times.
Remember, if you believe in something strong enough, it WILL exist. No matter if it's vampires, werewolves, or even origami bunnies! All you have to do is believe.
I have to go now, the internet is screaming my name, books to edit, costumes to make, belly dancing to learn, gypsy tales to tell, scarves to knit, drop spindles to paint….you know the drill.
THE BLYNDE EYE (i) is the wayward home of our publishing house of HEDGEHOG PRESS. HEDGEHOG PRESS is a bookseller/Bookbinders/Publisher/Distributor of self made literature IN HOUSE. HEDGEHOG PRESS (HGP) : personally have browsed websites and found some interesting places/companies with similar names like Hedgehog Press...A punk rock band...A artists gallery...a commune...and a SKA band...We are the BOOKBINDER/BOOKPUBLISH/DISTRO.
You should go check them out. If you are looking for those other sites.GOOD LUCK.
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Download the DTCA Submission
Submission on Direct to Consumer Advertising
C52: Please provide any comments on the advertising requirements and enforcement tools.
DTCA of psychotropic prescription medicines continues to be a contentious issue:
Impact of Advertising:
The pharmaceutical industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year for a return on profit margins and invest heavily in DTCA because they know consumers exert huge and effective pressure on prescribers. When prescribers feel pressured to support the patient's choice, this may limit full disclosure about the best treatment options available e.g. a cheaper generic version of the advertiser's product, or alternatives such as 'prescribing' a talking therapy approach. The risk to the patient is that they will be given medicines they don't need at that time.
Pharmaceutical advertisers' interest is in promoting health worries or risks amongst the population, yet reluctant, for commercial reasons, to confront any misconceptions about their products yet promote presumptions about their products based on uncritical biases in the claims they make in their adverts.
Commercially-driven advertisements employ the architecture of marketing strategies that carefully crafts the message to sell their products. This strategy can perpetuate false or misleading information in an advertisement, such as misrepresentation or misunderstandings about the origin and cause of mental distress/illness (i.e. depression is a chemical imbalance in the brain that can be corrected with drugs).
Recently in New Zealand, a second-generation anti-psychotic medication in injectable form was advertised in the mainstream media e.g. television, non-medical journals and magazines, and at bus stops. The advertisements did not depict any additional or alternative therapy. These advertisements include on-screen endorsements by healthcare professionals. The life-size posters at bus stops made emotional depictions in their caption 'When you have schizophrenia, people may nag you to take your pills and that can lead to conflict'. Risks and side effects required readers to go to a website of the pharmaceutical company.
Impact on the patient:
As consumers we enjoy free-expression, choice and rely on openness about products available. However pharmaceutical products are different from food or clothing. Proper or improper use of pharmaceuticals can lead to harm and the safety of the patient therefore relies upon the strong relationship between patient and prescriber.
With persuasion by adverts, people may seek access to the medication from other unreliable and risky sources e.g. order on the internet. Drugs acquired through alternate means raises concerns about whether the medication is what it is purported to be or a dangerous substitute; whether it is appropriate for the consumer even if it is as advertised (as there is no prescription involved); the dangers of injecting it incorrectly; the risk of overdose; polypharmacy; and where and how the person disposes their used needles. This increases a service user's risk of harm exponentially.
Impact on the therapeutic relationship:
Traditionally, health practitioners' decisions about treatment were accepted by patients without question or discussion. The rise of the knowledgeable consumer-citizen and a democratisation of how information about medicines is available has resulted in patient's expectations that they will be informed of uncertainties about products marketed in the media and what the alternatives may be. Further, both and/or prescriber and patient may believe that they will have to rely on psychotropic medication long-term (often in long acting injectable form). Also, individuals can become dependent on the medications as the only treatment alternative, have difficulty reducing or stopping the medication or are too daunted or defeated by the idea, usually due to the side effects themselves.
The risks associated with DTCA (as above) are amplified when dealing with vulnerable populations, for example people with serious psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and concerns for the overprescribing of this medication for Māori and Pacifica.
Such direct marketing further relies on the health practitioner/prescribers to give a full account of all side effects etc. particularly psychotropics, whose side effects are toxic and known to reduce life expectancy. Therefore, in practice some prescribers are reluctant give a full disclosure of the risks and therefore informed consent is limited. However, when positive results have been the emphasis of the advertising it provides conflicting views that have the potential to rupture the therapeutic alliance between the patient and health practitioner in the face of the promises of good health outcomes by the commercial drug companies.
In summary, pharmaceutical advertising is strictly for profit: The argument for DTCA pharmaceutical advertising is that it provides helpful and empowering information to consumers, but the intent of any advertiser is to sell something, not to charitably educate their audience. For accurate, unbiased information on medication, consumers and physicians can turn to peer-reviewed literature and international clinical guidelines. If New Zealand is unable to repeal DTCA, we have made some suggestions to make it a fairer and safer process in section C53.
Bonaccorso, S., Sturchio, J., For and against: Direct consumer advertising is medicalizing normal human experience, BMJ, 2002; 324:910
Changing Minds. Direct to consumer advertising consultation: Nga Hau E Wha position statement. [Cited 2014 Feb 27]. Available from: [email protected]
Meehan, C. & Hamer, H. P. (unpublished paper) The Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Anti-Psychotic Medication in New Zealand
Gilbody, S., Wilson, P., Watt, I., Benefits and harms of direct to consumer advertising: A systematic review, Quality, Safety and Healthcare, 2005; 14: 246-25
HealthWatch, UK. https://www.healthwatch-uk.org/publications/background-briefings/13-direct-to-consumer-advertising-of-prescription-medicines.html
World Health Organisation [internet] Direct-to-consumer advertising under fire; c.2008 [cited 2018 Aug 30]. Available at: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/8/09-040809/en/.
Ventola, C. L. Direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising: therapeutic or toxic? Pharm Ther, 2011; 36(10), 669.
Every-Palmer, S. Duggal, R. & Menkes, D. Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Medication in New Zealand, N Z Medical Journal, 2003; 127(1401): 102-110
Burton, B., Drug industry to fight New Zealand's move to ban direct to consumer advertising, BMJ, 2004; 328: 1036.5
Menkes, D. [internet] Ad campaign for drug 'will push up costs'; [cited 2015 Aug 30] Available from: URL: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/136258/ad-campaign-for-drug-'will-push-up-costs
Toop L, Richards D, Dowell T, Tilyard M, Fraser T, Aaroll B. Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs in New Zealand: For Health or for Profit. Report to the Minister of Health supporting the case for a ban on DTCA. University of Otago: Christchurch, 2003. https://www.otago.ac.nz/search/?q=Direct-to-Consumer+Advertising+of+Prescription+Drugs+in+New+Zealand&btnG= [cited 2015 Aug 30]
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MedSafe. [internet]. Clozapine: Fatal 'constipation' more common than fatal agranulocytosis. [cited 2015 Aug 30]. Available from: http://www.medsafe.govt.nz/profs/puarticles/clozgi.htm
De Hert, M., Detraux, J., van Winkel, R., Yu, W., & Correll, C. U. Metabolic and cardiovascular adverse effects associated with antipsychotic drugs. Nat Rev Endocrinol, 2011; 8(2), 114-126.
Wheeler, A., Humberstone, V. & Robinson, E. Ethnic comparisons of antipsychotic use in schizophrenia. Aust N Z J Psychiatry, 2008; 42 (10), 863-73.
Frances, A. Scandalous Off Label Use of Antipsychotics: Another Warning For DSM-5. [cited 2015 Aug 30]. Available from: http://chooseempowerment.com/docs/EI-Book-Club-DSM-Critique.pdf
The New Zealand Medical Journal 2014 – Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medication in New Zealand – https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal/read-the-journal/all-issues/2010-2019/2014/vol-127-no-1401/6278
Consumer NZ – 12 April 2019 "Time to ban drug ads – Medicine ads increase risk of drug misuse" – https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/time-to-ban-drug-ads/take-action
Hood, Karen Michele, "Patients as Consumers: The Influence of DTCA and "Becoming Little Doctors.". " PhD diss., University ofTennessee, 2009. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/38 (New Zealand Contect P.19)
Hoek, J., & Gendall, P. (2002). Direct-to-Consumer Advertising down Under: An Alternative Perspective and Regulatory Framework. Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 21(2), 202–212. https://doi.org/10.1509/jppm.21.2.202.17586
Allan, T. "Advertising Psychiatric Drugs on TV" Mad in Aotearoa https://madinaotearoa.nz/2017/03/22/advertising-psychiatric-drugs-on-tv-taimi-allan/
The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Position Statement. Prohibition of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medications https://oldgp16.rnzcgp.org.nz/assets/New-website/Advocacy/Position-Statements/2017.03-DTCAPositionStatement.pdf
C53 Do you have a view on whether direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines should continue to be permitted? What are the reasons for your view?
"The power and sophistication of the pharmaceutical industry cannot be underestimated. Those who seek to counter it in the public interest need more than commitment and energy… In the absence of strong advocacy in the public interest, the pharmaceutical industry will continue to set the tone of public debate." (Rt Hon Helen Clark, Minister of Health 1989 -1990)
The above warning about DTCA and Big Pharma is ever present – DTCA of prescription-only medication is permitted only in the United States and New Zealand. In 2008 the European Parliament opposed DTCA, in accordance with the 'precautionary principle' with most countries citing public safety as their rationale for banning the practice. The UK had previously prepared contingencies for the adoption of DTCA; we believe that New Zealand can take some lessons and recommendations from the UK rationale and build in the following safeguards for DTCA of selected items, specifically psychotropic medication:
That New Zealand develop a non-partisan organisation that has no vested interest for or against DTCA of prescription medicines. This agency will have a neutral interest in promoting the honesty, reliability and transparency of claims that drug manufacturers make to people who are "ill… or who may be persuaded they are ill".
If we do not ban DTCA in New Zealand, then we can expect that the pharmaceutical companies will increase their opportunity to market their products even more aggressively and create more costly advertising that is persuasive and emotive. If so, a non-partisan agency can provide balanced information to allow patients and prescribers to make reasonable judgments and health decisions about the products advertised
That all advertisements are vetted before distribution to the population such as the quality of the description of the product; that it includes an honest disclosure of adverse effects; provides information about the relative efficacy of the product and consideration of, and price evaluations for, alternative cost of generic products
Adverts need to be explanatory rather than purely slogans, and linked to the NZ Clinical Guidelines/NICE guidelines (UK) to promote unbiased information on the prescribing of pharmaceutical products for both patients and prescribers
In summary, this submission supports the following recommendations by Toop, et al. (2003) Report to the Minister of Health supporting the case for a ban on DTCA –
There is convincing evidence, supported by public and professional opinion, to justify a ban of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription-only medicines in New Zealand.
There is an urgent need for increased provision of comprehensive and readily accessible independent consumer information.
Recommendations That the New Zealand government introduce regulations and /or legislation to prohibit the advertising of prescription medicines directly to the public, through print and broadcast media or any other means.
That the Government establishes an independent medicine and health information service free of commercial interests
For more information or media enquiries, please contact:
Dr Helen P Hamer, RN, PhD, FNZCMHN
Independent Nurse Consultant
Director: Helen Hamer & Associates Ltd.
www.helenhamer.co.nz
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Anguinidae is a family of nematode.
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Nematode families
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Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport is an airport serving the town of Santa Ana del Yacuma in the Beni Department of Bolivia. The runway is just south of the town.
The Santa Ana non-directional beacon (Ident: ANA) is located on the field.
Airlines and destinations
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Transport in Bolivia
List of airports in Bolivia
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OpenStreetMap - Santa Ana
OurAirports - Santa Ana
SkyVector - Santa Ana Airport
Fallingrain - Santa Ana del Yacuma Airport
Airports in Beni Department
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Soft drink consumption is associated with fatty liver disease independent of metabolic syndrome.
Frequent intake of soft drinks might be a risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
This study assessed how habitual drinking of soft drinks affects the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Researchers studied the soft drink intake levels of 60 NAFLD patients and 30 healthy subjects for 6 months and compared the NAFLD odds ratios of the participants in the study.
The team of investigators observed a higher incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among regular consumers of large quantities of soft drinks. According to this study, the positive relationship between generous intake of soft drinks and elevated risk of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is independent of metabolic syndrome. The findings of this study lend further support to the theory that habitual consumption of soft drinks may be responsible for the increasing incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in the general population.
Abid A, Taha O, Nseir W, Farah R, Grosovski M, Assy N.
Liver Unit, Ziv Medical Center, Safed, Israel.
Soft drink intake and progression of radiographic knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative.
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes.
Sugar-sweetened beverages and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in African American women.
Soft drink and juice consumption and risk of physician-diagnosed incident type 2 diabetes: the Singapore Chinese Health Study.
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Nearly 90 percent of newsroom employees at Wirecutter, a product review and recommendation site published by the New York Times Company, announced this week that they are seeking to join NewsGuild of New York/TNG-CWA Local 31003.
In a mission statement, Wirecutter staff cited a desire to improve benefits, editorial independence, pay equity, diversity, and job security through collective bargaining.
Forty-one warehouse workers and "door knockers" at Aclara, a contractor for the utility company ConEd that installs Smart Meters on homes that can read meters electronically, have joined CWA Local 1109. These new members will join the existing contract of the Aclara installation techs that organized a union with CWA last year.
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New Astrotheology Calendar Radio Show!
On Tuesday, December 1, 2009, from 9:00-10:30 PM EST/6:00-7:30 PM PST, Acharya will appear on Thunder's "Truth or Fiction" Blogtalk Radio show. Thunder and Acharya will be discussing her "2010 Astrotheology Calendar." The program will include the great chat room and call in, so come on in!
Excellent! I'm looking forward to the radio show about the Astrotheology Calendar!
It is my sincere hope that I will be available to enjoy this presentation.
Fascinating discussion with Thunder's "Truth or Fiction" Blogtalk Radio show. It's just amazing to hear Acharya S speak on these issues.
The discussion of the calendar begins at around 30 minutes into the radio show, btw.
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[09:52] - Flight CVA6431 is ready to depart KSFO with a final destination of CYVR.
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Many people believe that becoming an entrepreneur is the best way to generate wealth and get on the path to financial freedom. But the reality of running a business is often very different from the picture portrayed in magazines. If it were easy to become a millionaire and retire at 40 by founding a company, then everybody would be doing it.
The truth is that running a dental practice involves a lot of sleepless nights and worry about money. Dental business owners have to be concerned with how to motivate their team to excel, how to attract new customers, and how to manage money problems, like cash flow and paying taxes.
Did you know that the main reason for dental practice owners taking out loans is because they need to pay a large tax bill?
For many owners of dental practices, the reality is very different from the dream. If you want to earn money, you have to be at your surgery working to make sure that you continue to get paid. The idea of generating a passive income almost seems laughable because you know that your entire operation hinges on you being able to continue to provide services to patients.
Many dental practitioners get stuck in a rut. They believe that there is no way off the treadmill and that they are chained to their practices forever – or at least until they can retire in twenty or thirty years. But it doesn't have to be like this. The moment you start treating your practice as a business, that's when you can finally begin extracting value from it without having to work all day long. Your income shouldn't depend on how many hours you spend in the office but should instead be generated by the people around you. As the owner, you should eventually be able to sit back and wait for the money to roll in.
Dental business coaching is all about teaching dental professionals like you that there is a difference between building income and building wealth. Building income is about charging clients more money or working longer hours – things that aren't sustainable over time. Building wealth, on the other hand, is about creating a business that can support you, even when you're not there. Great dental practices build brands and serve the local community. They don't rely on a single person to be there all the time dealing with patients, creating marketing material, and cleaning the premises. All of that gets done by other people, and the practice still makes a healthy profit. Wealth, therefore, is the ability to receive an income without having to do any work yourself. It's something that takes time to achieve, but with the help of a specialist dental business consultant, you can make it happen.
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Getting the process right can be a challenge, and there are no set rules for making it work. But there are thousands of dentists up and down the country who no longer have to spend hours in their practices to secure their income: their businesses do that for them.
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Once a business is humming along self-sufficiently and making money at the same time, that's the point at which you can kick back and finally start enjoying the fruits of your labour. When you're no longer wedded to the office, you can branch out and make new investments, finding productive ways to use your time, all thanks to business coaching.
Is it time you asked the experts how to turn your dental practice into a wealth-generating business opportunity?
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There's also one holdout — Zen Magnets announced yesterday that it isn't going to cooperate with the CPSC, as it's never marketed the toys to kids or heard about injuries. It started a site to help out Buckyballs at http://www.savemagnets.com to urge the agency to reconsider the "unfair ban" on the magnets.
Meanwhile, Maxfield & Oberton are going full steam ahead with a "Save Our Balls" campaign for Buckyball aficionados to get together and celebrate their love of the toys and protest the CPSC. Oh yeah, and please pretty please, it wants you to keep buying the balls. So far over 30,000 people have watched the video on the site and online sales seem to be keeping up, said Craig Zucker, co-founder of the company.
Once the publicity is gone however, sales could plummet. Zucker is now turning to influential policy makers and placing ads in D.C. papers.
The CPSC is all, "Na na na na na, we're not listening!" It maintains that because the balls can attach to each other when ingested, they can tear through vital organs that get in the way of their magnetic path.
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Top Stories : Trudeau touts controversial pipeline project in speech to supporters in B.C.
Trudeau touts controversial pipeline project in speech to supporters in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the benefits of a liquefied natural gas project that s at the centre of an impasse with First Nations in a speech to supporters in Kamloops, B.C., on Wednesday.
In a campaign-style speech at the Liberal fundraiser, Trudeau did not address the arrests but heralded the massive project as one of his government s key achievements over the past year.
"We moved forward on the LNG Canada project, which is the largest private sector investment in Canada s history, $40 billion, which is going to produce Canadian LNG that will supplant coal in Asia as a power source and do much for the environment," he said.
The pipeline company says it has signed agreements with all First Nations along the route but demonstrators say Wet suwet en house chiefs, who are hereditary rather than elected, have not given their consent.
Later Wednesday, Trudeau told Radio NL that "we re going to have to do a better job" of dealing with First Nations rights and title.
"There s still work to be done right across the country in terms of having the opportunity for Indigenous communities to strengthen their governance models," he said.
"The federal government is not the one who should be deciding who speaks for which Indigenous community. Our responsibility is to support communities as they develop models that make sense. That s what we re in the middle of right now."
He told supporters at the fundraiser that he expected to hear "strong voices" at the town hall with very clear ideas about what his government should be doing.
"The challenge we have to have as Canadians is to be open to listening to people, to understand their concerns and their fears, and to work together to try and allay them," he said.
"We will always have in this country perspectives that vary widely."
Protesters wearing yellow vests carried signs that read "Carbon Tax Cash Grab" and "Trudeau for Treason" while taking part in a chant opposing a United Nations pact on migration signed by Canada. Conservative critics argue it threatens Canada s sovereignty.
"I go to sweat lodges with some of those people so I really know them intimately, and I do support their cause. I do support their right to their land. I don t support the aggressive way they were forced out of their position," said LaRiviere, who travelled from Prince George.
On the other side of the hotel parking lot, a group of Indigenous protesters opposed to the pipeline sang, drummed and held a banner reading "PM Trudeau: Canada needs climate action now."
Janice Billy said she supports the Wet suwet en because her First Nation, the Secwepemc, are also losing control of their lands.
"The people ... had no reason to be arrested. They are peaceful people. They were there protecting the land and water," she said.
Trudeau s visit to Kamloops marks the start of an outreach tour that will expand across the country.
"There are lots of opportunities for us to work together, on infrastructure, on supporting our young people. The federal government really believes in partnership with our cities."
RCMP planning to enforce court injunction over anti-LNG pipeline protest in B.C.
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El castillo de Visiedo es un castillo-refugio que data del siglo XIV situado en la localidad turolense de Visiedo (España). Se trata de una propiedad particular que se usa como establo.
Se trata de un recinto cuadrado de unos 35 metros de lado situado en llano en ruina progresiva, con torres cuadradas en las esquinas, al que se han adosado edificaciones. De las cuatro torres, una está casi destruida, dos en mal estado y solo queda una en buen estado, de 5 metros de lado y cuatro cuerpos con saeteras. Tiene la puerta de entrada en el lado este. Los muros, de más de un metro de grosor, están hechos de mampostería y tapial, y cuentan con saeteras, aunque no se conservan las almenas. Fue construido en 1357 para refugiar a la población a causa de la Guerra de los Dos Pedros tras un saqueo sufrido por la población. El coste de su construcción es probable que lo asumiera la comunidad de Aldeas de Teruel. Los castellanos lo tomaron en 1363, y es probable que fuese abandonado posteriormente.
Fue declarada Bien de Interés Cultural del Patrimonio Cultural Aragonés, según la disposición adicional segunda de la Ley 3/1999, de 10 de marzo. La publicación del listado de bienes fue realizada el 22 de mayo de 2006.
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COOPERSVILLE — Gull Lake Marine plans to open a new retail location in Coopersville on May 14.
The retailer of boats and boating accessories will operate from a new 17-acre facility, which has been in construction for a year. The new store is located at 15704 48th Ave. in Coopersville.
Richland-based Gull Lake Marine plans to hire 35 employees over the next year to support the expected increase in business volume from the new location.
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package net.iyuyue.ushare;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import cn.jpush.android.api.JPushInterface;
public class MyReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final String TAG = "MyReceiver";
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Bundle bundle = intent.getExtras();
// Log.d(TAG, "onReceive - " + intent.getAction() + ", extras: " + printBundle(bundle));
if (JPushInterface.ACTION_REGISTRATION_ID.equals(intent.getAction())) {
String regId = bundle.getString(JPushInterface.EXTRA_REGISTRATION_ID);
Log.d(TAG, "接收Registration Id : " + regId);
//send the Registration Id to your server...
// }else if (JPushInterface.ACTION_UNREGISTER.equals(intent.getAction())){
// String regId = bundle.getString(JPushInterface.EXTRA_REGISTRATION_ID);
// Log.d(TAG, "接收UnRegistration Id : " + regId);
// //send the UnRegistration Id to your server...
// } else if (JPushInterface.ACTION_MESSAGE_RECEIVED.equals(intent.getAction())) {
// Log.d(TAG, "接收到推送下来的自定义消息: " + bundle.getString(JPushInterface.EXTRA_MESSAGE));
//
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// Log.d(TAG, "接收到推送下来的通知的ID: " + notifactionId);
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context.startActivity(i);
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "Unhandled intent - " + intent.getAction());
}
}
// 打印所有的 intent extra 数据
private static String printBundle(Bundle bundle) {
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (String key : bundle.keySet()) {
if (key.equals(JPushInterface.EXTRA_NOTIFICATION_ID)) {
sb.append("nkey:" + key + ", value:" + bundle.getInt(key));
} else {
sb.append("nkey:" + key + ", value:" + bundle.getString(key));
}
}
return sb.toString();
}
}
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\section{Introduction}
Hot Jupiter phase curve observations have led to a wealth of data on energy transport in highly-irradiated planets \citep{Parmentier2018a}. This information has spurred the development of theories to describe the resulting trends. The most influential hypothesis has been that the irradiation level is the primary factor controlling energy transport, with hotter planets having shorter radiative timescales and thus less heat redistribution \citep[e.g.,][]{Showman2002,Rauscher2010,Heng2011,Cowan2011}. Lower heat redistribution would lead to increasingly larger phase curve amplitudes and smaller offsets. These trends with irradiation temperature are robust predictions that are born out in models with varying levels of sophistication \citep[e.g.,][]{Komacek2016}.
Recent phase curve observations, however, have shown deviation from these trends, which suggests that the radiative timescale may not be the only important factor controlling heat redistribution on hot Jupiters \citep[e.g.,][]{Zhang2018,Keating2019,Arcangeli2019}. In particular, ultra-hot Jupiters with temperatures $\gtrsim2000$~K should have additional important physics because they are hot enough that H$_{2}$ dissociates into hydrogen atoms on their daysides and recombines near the terminator \citep{Bell2018,Komacek2018,Parmentier2018b}. This process is predicted to distribute significant energy in a manner similar to latent cooling from water evaporation, with heat deposited in the regions where H recombines into H$_{2}$ \citep{Bell2018}. Such heat redistribution should lead to smaller phase curve amplitudes \citep{Bell2018,Komacek2018}. H$_{2}$ dissociation also provides a source of hydrogen atoms for the production of H$^{-}$, which is an important opacity source for ultra-hot Jupiters \citep{Arcangeli2018}.
In order to test predictions for energy transport in ultra-hot Jupiters, we present a phase curve of the transiting planet \object{KELT-9b} observed with the \textit{Spitzer Space Telescope} at 4.5~$\mu$m. KELT-9b is the hottest known planet, with a dayside temperature of $\sim4500$~K \citep{Gaudi2017}. This ultra-hot planet has been shown previously to contain neutral and ionized metals \citep{Hoeijmakers2018,Hoeijmakers2019}, and it is predicted to be heavily influenced by H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination \citep{Bell2018,Komacek2018,Kitzmann2018,Lothringer:2018aa}.
It is also predicted to be too hot for clouds to form, even on the nightside, which simplifies potential interpretations of its phase curve \citep{Kitzmann2018}. We describe our observations and data reduction process in Section~\ref{sec:obs}. We compare our observations to a set of general circulation models (GCMs) in Section~\ref{sec:gcm} and energy balance models in Section~\ref{sec:ebm}. We discuss our results in Section~\ref{sec:discuss}.
\section{Observations and Data Reduction}
\label{sec:obs}
We observed a single phase curve of KELT-9b with the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC) at 4.5~$\mu$m on October 22-24, 2018 as part of a Cycle 14 large program (program ID: 14059). We used the subarray mode with 0.4-second frame times. Before beginning science observations, we performed a standard 30-minute pre-observation using the PCRS peak-up to mitigate spacecraft drift. Science observations were divided into two contiguous astronomical observation requests (AORs), which lasted for 22.3 and 18.6~hr, respectively. The two AORs had significant overlap in pointing, as shown in Figure \ref{fig:pointing}, and this observation had the most stable pointing overall of the nine phase curves observed to date in program~14059. A total of 371,392 frames were observed. We chose not to analyze the 30-minute pre-observation because it fell on a region of the detector that has little overlap with the two science AORs.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{aorplot.png}
\caption{Contour plots showing the pointing in each of the two AORs. AOR 1 is in solid contours and AOR 2 is in dashed contours. The two pointings overlap significantly, allowing construction of an accurate pixel sensitivity map spanning the entire observation period.}
\label{fig:pointing}
\end{figure}
We reduced the data using the Photometry for Orbits, Eclipses, and Transits (POET) pipeline \citep{Campo2011,Stevenson2012,Cubillos2013}. We tested a range of fixed and variable aperture sizes \citep{Lanotte2014} and found the smallest scatter was achieved with a fixed circular aperture with a radius of 2.5 pixels. We binned sets of 4 images together for the data reduction because we found that this is the smallest bin size that produces a strong constraint on the Point Response Function Full Width at Half-Maximum (PRF FWHM). We modeled position-dependent systematics using Bilinearly Interpolated Subpixel Sensitivity (BLISS) mapping with a step size of 0.006 pixels \citep{Stevenson2012}. The BLISS map is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:BLISS}.
We also decorrelated against the PRF FWHM, as this has been recently shown to improve the fit quality \citep{Mendonca2018}. We tested models with linear, quadratic, and cubic dependences on the PRF FWHM in both the x and y directions, as well as a model without this dependency, and found that a linear model in both directions provides the preferred solution as determined by the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC)\footnote{The usefulness of the BIC is limited in this case because BLISS mapping involves several free parameters that are not counted, but the $\Delta$BIC can still be used to differentiate between models with different numbers of parameters.
}. Additionally, we modeled a long-term linear trend over the entire phase curve. We tested a quadratic long-term trend and found that the linear trend is favored, with a $\Delta$BIC$=8$. Figure \ref{fig:decorr} shows the trends over time of the parameters we decorrelate against.
We modeled the phase-dependent emission of KELT-9b using a two-term sinusoid of the form
\begin{equation}
F_{p}=A_{1}\cos\left[\frac{2\pi(t-t_{1})}{p}\right]+A_{2}\cos\left[\frac{4\pi(t-t_{2})}{p}\right],
\label{eq:twocos}
\end{equation}
where $t$ is time, $p=1.4811$\,d is the orbital period, and $A_{1}$, $A_{2}$, $t_{1}$, and $t_{2}$ are free parameters. The second sinusoid allows a fit to an asymmetric phase curve and has been used to model several other phase curves \citep[e.g.,][]{Knutson2012,Stevenson2017}. We tested models using one or three sinusoids, but found a model with two sinusoids is preferred with a $\Delta$BIC$=8$ compared to a one-term model and a $\Delta$BIC$=21$ compared to a three-term model. This test gives us additional confidence in our analysis because third-order harmonics should not exist on a static map \citep{Cowan2017} We additionally tested for the presence of ellipsoidal variations by fixing the offset $t_{2}$
to a time chosen such that the sinusoid has maxima at quadrature and minima at transit and eclipse \citep{Shporer2017}. We found no evidence for ellipsoidal variations above the noise level of the observations, and so
left $t_{2}$ as a free parameter in the final fit. We fit the transit and eclipses using the model of \citet{Mandel2002}, and used a linear model of stellar limb darkening during the transit.
\citet{Wong2019} found an additional periodicity in \textit{TESS} phase curves of KELT-9b with a period of $\approx7.6$~hr and semi-amplitude of 117\,ppm, which they attribute to stellar pulsations. We confirm the presence of this periodicity through a periodogram analysis of the residuals to our fit. We therefore include a model for this periodicity in our analysis using the equation
\begin{equation}
F_{*}=1+\alpha \sin \left[\frac{2\pi(t-T_{0})}{\Pi}\right]+\beta \cos \left[\frac{2\pi(t-T_{0})}{\Pi}\right],
\end{equation}
where $T_{0}$ is the transit midpoint and $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\Pi$ are free parameters. We find that including these pulsations has an almost negligible influence on our fitted phase curve parameters, which is not surprising because the planet's thermal emission at these infrared wavelengths is more than ten times larger than the stellar pulsation signal. Nevertheless, we retrieve a period and amplitude for the signal consistent with that of \citet{Wong2019}, and including it in our model removes some of the correlated noise present in the raw phase curve.
We estimated the parameters using a Differential Evolution Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) fit \citep{terBraak2008} with uniform priors for all parameters. Figure~\ref{fig:pairs} shows a pairs plot from the MCMC fit and
Table~\ref{tab:params} lists the values of all fitted parameters. The data exhibit time-correlated noise, so we followed the red noise correction procedure of \citet{Diamond2014} and included this effect in our uncertainty estimates using the wavelet analysis described by \citet{Carter2009}. We initially fit for the $\gamma$ parameter described in \citet{Carter2009}, and then in the final MCMC fixed it to the best-fit value of $\gamma=0.58$.
The detrended phase curve is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:phase}. The RMS of the residuals when binning the data into 180 points ($\approx15$~min/bin) is 118\,ppm, and the photon noise is 60\,ppm. Table~\ref{tab:params} lists several parameters derived from the phase curve, including the dayside and nightside brightness temperatures ($4566^{+140}_{-136}$
\,K and $2556^{+101}_{-97}$
\,K, respectively), which were derived using PHOENIX models for the star \citep{Husser2013}. The error on our derived temperatures incorporates the relatively large error on the stellar effective temperature of KELT-9 \citep[$T_{\rm eff}=10170 \pm 450$~K,][]{Gaudi2017}. The dayside temperature we observe at 4.5~$\mu$m is consistent with the temperature of $4600\pm150$~K observed in the \textit{z}' band \citep{Gaudi2017}, which is expected from some 1D models of KELT-9b's atmosphere given the measurement uncertainties \citep{malik19}. We also derived a day-night temperature contrast of \begin{equation}
A_{T}=\frac{T_\mathrm{day} - T_\mathrm{night}}{T_\mathrm{day}} = 0.440^{+0.017}_{-0.016},
\end{equation}
an amplitude of
\begin{equation}
A=\frac{F_{max}-F_{min}}{F_{max}}=0.609 \pm 0.020,
\end{equation}
and a phase offset of $18.7^{+2.1}_{-2.3}\degr$.
To ensure the robustness of our results, we tested analyzing the two AORs separately and analyzing a phase curve with the bump in the data at $\mathrm{BJD}_{\mathrm{TDB}} \approx 2458415.8$~d masked out, and in all cases derived phase offsets and amplitudes that were consistent to within $1\sigma$. These data were also analyzed independently by T.~Beatty and D.~Keating to test for dependence on the data reduction method. The resulting amplitudes and phase offsets agreed within $1.5\sigma$.
A combined analysis of these data with a \textit{Spitzer} 3.6~$\mu$m phase curve of KELT-9b will be presented in a future paper (T.~Beatty et al. in prep.).
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{fig2.png}
\caption{Phase curve of KELT-9b (black points) and best-fit model (blue line). The dashed vertical line shows the break between the two AORs. The lower panel shows residuals to the model fit. The data were binned into sets of 4 frames for the analysis, but for clarity the data here and in the other figures are shown binned into 180 bins of 2037 frames each ($\approx15$~min/bin). The RMS of the residuals at this binning is 118\,ppm, and the photon noise is 60\,ppm.}
\label{fig:phase}
\end{figure}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{5.4 cm} c}
\hline \hline
\textbf{Fitted Parameters} & \textbf{Value} \\
\hline
Transit Midpoint [BJD$_{\text{TDB}}$] & $2458415.36261(16)$ \\
$R_{p}/R_{s}$ & $0.08004(41)$ \\
Linear Limb Darkening, $u_{1}$ & $0.203(23)$ \\
Eclipse 1 Midpoint [BJD$_{\text{TDB}}$] & $2458414.62237(32)$ \\
Eclipse 2 Midpoint [BJD$_{\text{TDB}}$] & $2458416.10367(37)$ \\
Eclipse Duration, $T_{14}$ [days] & $0.16255(47)$ \\
Eclipse Depth, $D$ [\%] & $0.3131(62)$ \\
$A_{1}$ [ppm] & $975(32)$ \\
$t_{1}$ [BJD$_{\text{TDB}}$] & $2458414.5544(90)$ \\
$A_{2}$ [ppm] & $89(22)$ \\
$t_{2}$ [BJD$_{\text{TDB}}$] & $2458414.555(33)$ \\
$\alpha$ [ppm] & $0(7)$ \\
$\beta$ [ppm] & $-140(20)$ \\
$\Pi$ [hr] & $7.56(0.13)$ \\
Linear Ramp, $v$ [ppm/day] & $157(36)$ \\
Linear Fit to x PRF FWHM, $PRF_{x}$ & $-0.1143(43)$ \\
Linear Fit to y PRF FWHM, $PRF_{y}$ & $0.0451(51)$ \\
\hline \hline
\textbf{Derived Parameters} & \textbf{Value} \\
\hline
Phase Curve Amplitude, $A$ & $0.609 \pm 0.020$\\
Phase Offset [$\degr$] & $18.7^{+2.1}_{-2.3}$\\
Dayside Brightness Temperature, $T_{day}$ [K] & $4566^{+140}_{-136}$ \\
Hottest Hemisphere Brightness Temperature [K] & $4636^{+145}_{-138}$ \\
Nightside Brightness Temperature, $T_{night}$ [K] & $2556^{+101}_{-97}$ \\
Day-Night Temperature Contrast, $A_{T}$ & $0.440^{+0.017}_{-0.016}$ \\
\hline \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Best-fit values and errors on all free parameters in the final fit and physical parameters derived from the fit. Numbers in parentheses give $1\sigma$ uncertainties on the least significant digits. Errors on derived temperatures incorporate the error in the stellar temperatures.}
\label{tab:params}
\end{table}
\section{Comparison to General Circulation Models}
\label{sec:gcm}
We used the GCM of \cite{Tan2019} to compare the phase curve to numerical predictions. This GCM includes the effects of cooling due to dissociation of molecular hydrogen and heating from recombination of atomic hydrogen, along with changes in the specific heat and specific gas constant due to H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination. The dynamical core of the MITgcm solves the primitive equations of motion on a cubed-sphere grid \citep{Adcroft:2004}. We used a double-grey approximation, with one visible and one infrared band in the radiative transfer calculation \citep{Komacek:2017}, the opacity of which depends on pressure alone\footnote{The thermal opacity profile is $\log_{10}\kappa_{\rm{th}} = 0.0498(\log_{10}p)^2 - 0.1329\log_{10}p - 2.9457$ and the visible opacity profile is $\log_{10} \kappa_{\rm{v}} = 0.0478(\log_{10}p)^2 - 0.1366\log_{10}p - 3.2095$, with opacity in units of $\rm{m^2kg^{-1}}$ and pressure is in units of Pa.}. This opacity profile is the same as used in \cite{Tan2019}. We use this simplified opacity profile for our idealized model because relevant opacities have not been calculated exactly at the temperature of KELT-9b \citep{Freedman2014} and our GCM setup is unable to fully capture dayside-to-nightside opacity differences.
We used 192 grid points in longitude and 96 in latitude, with 50 vertical levels evenly spaced in log-pressure from 1 mbar to 100 bars. We chose a model top of 1 mbar because the pressure-dependent double-grey opacity scheme used in the GCM does not apply at low pressures \citep{Rauscher_2012}. We fix the stellar $T_{\rm eff}$, $a/R_*$, and $R_p/R_*$ to the values from \citet{Gaudi2017}.
We performed multiple GCM experiments with varying frictional drag to crudely represent magnetic effects \citep{Perna_2010_1,Rauscher_2013,Rogers:2014} and/or large-scale turbulence \citep{Youdin_2010,Fromang:2016}. We used a Rayleigh drag that is linear in wind speed, $f_\mathrm{drag} = -{\bf u}/\tau_\mathrm{drag}$, where ${\bf u}$ is velocity and $\tau_\mathrm{drag}$ is the frictional drag timescale. We considered a broad range of frictional drag timescales $\tau_\mathrm{drag} = 10^3, 10^5, 10^7 \ \mathrm{s}$, to represent the unknown dipolar magnetic field strength \citep{Yadav:2017} and/or length-scale of instabilities \citep{Koll2018}. Frictional drag begins to strongly affect the circulation for $\tau_\mathrm{drag} \lesssim 10^5 \ \mathrm{s}$ \citep{Komacek:2017}, while $\tau_\mathrm{drag} = 10^7 \ \mathrm{s}$ represents very weak drag. For each assumed drag timescale, we ran GCM experiments both including and not including the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation, resulting in six separate GCM experiments. Our simulations with weak drag have an eastward equatorial jet, while our simulations with strong drag have day-to-night flow at photospheric levels. We compare the simulated phase curves to the observations in Figure~\ref{fig:phasegcm}.
\begin{figure*}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{fig3.png}
\caption{Phase-folded phase curve of KELT-9b (black data points). The transit at phases of 0 and 1 is omitted to better show the phase variation. Green, purple, and gold lines show GCMs with drag timescales of $10^{3}$, $10^{5}$, and $10^{7}$ seconds, respectively (Section~\ref{sec:gcm}). Solid and dashed lines indicate GCMs with and without the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation and recombination, respectively. The red line shows the EBM including the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation and recombination (Section~\ref{sec:ebm}).}
\label{fig:phasegcm}
\end{figure*}
We compare our observations to the models using the derived amplitude listed in Table~\ref{tab:params}. The observed low amplitude $A=0.609 \pm 0.020$
indicates significant heat redistribution from the hot dayside. Overall, we find that simulations including the impact of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination and with relatively weak drag provide a better match to the phase curve amplitude, while those without H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination and/or with strong drag predict too-large amplitudes and too-cold nightsides.
Recent work has suggested that, in many cases, differences in opacity on the day- and nightsides of hot Jupiters may lead to different pressures being probed through the phase curve in the 4.5~$\mu$m bandpass \citep{Dobbs2017}. This can complicate an otherwise straightforward determination of the amount of heat transport in the atmosphere, because the observed day-night temperature contrast may be partially due to the changing photospheric pressure. To determine the impact this could have on our measurements, we modeled the dayside and nightside emission using the 1D radiative transfer code HELIOS \citep{malik19}. We used dayside and nightside temperature-pressure (T-P) profiles from the GCM run with $\tau_{\text{drag}}=10^{7}$ and including the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination. Figure~\ref{fig:matejmods} shows the
contribution functions for the \textit{Spitzer} bandpass using these T-P profiles. We found that the 4.5~$\mu$m photosphere was at a pressure of $\approx 10$~mbar on both the dayside and the nightside. Since the dayside and nightside 4.5~$\mu$m photospheres are at approximately the same pressure, the temperature difference we observe is primarily due to horizontal heat transport.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{matejtp.png}
\caption{
Temperature-pressure profiles from the GCM run with $\tau_{\text{drag}}=10^{7}$ and including the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation. The dayside and nightside averaged profiles are shown in red and black, respectively. Dashed lines show contribution functions for the center of the \textit{Spitzer} 4.5~$\mu$m bandpass from 1D modeling using HELIOS \citep{malik19}. The photosphere is at $\sim10$~mbar on both the day- and nightsides.
}
\label{fig:matejmods}
\end{figure}
We also observe a large phase offset of $18.7^{+2.1}_{-2.3}\degr$
. While the GCM experiments including H$_{2}$ dissociation and recombination are able to explain the small amplitude of the phase curve, none of the simulations predict the large offset we observe. The simulations predict an offset of no more than $5\degr$, which is inconsistent with our observations at $>5\sigma$ confidence.
\section{Comparison to Energy Balance Models}\label{sec:ebm}
As a second test of the impact of H$_{2}$ dissociation and recombination on the phase curve of KELT-9b, we compare our findings to the open source \texttt{Bell\textunderscore EBM}\footnote{\url{https://github.com/taylorbell57/Bell_EBM}} energy balance model \citep[EBM,][]{Bell2018}. We use this analytic model in addition to the GCM because it allows us to perform a fit to the data and retrieve parameters that can be compared for models with and without H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination. The EBM was fit to the
phase curve using the MCMC package \texttt{emcee} \citep{ForemanMackey2015}. In order to allow convergence in a reasonable time frame, we fixed the 4.5~$\mu$m reference pressure to $P_{0}=0.1$~bar and fixed the stellar $T_{\rm eff}$, $a/R_*$, and $R_p/R_*$ to the values from \citet{Gaudi2017}. We use $P_{0}=0.1$~bar because it is the approximate depth at which heat is deposited and re-radiated and because longer convergence times at lower pressures mean that it is unfeasible to run even a simplified EBM fit at lower pressures. We fit for the wind speed in the planet's rotating reference frame ($v_{wind}$) and the planet's Bond albedo ($A_{B}$).
To convert the planet's temperature map into a light curve, we used a 4.5~$\mu$m stellar brightness temperature of 8287~K found using a PHOENIX stellar model with $T_{\rm eff}=10200$~K \citep{Husser2013}.
Our initial fits showed that the EBM was generally able to recover the phase offset and amplitude of the phase curve, but the fitted phase curve was too sharply peaked which resulted in an overall poor fit. To improve the fit, we considered another model including a deep redistribution term that redistributes some fraction of the absorbed stellar flux uniformly around the planet. This term mimics the deeper layers (below $\sim$10 bars) of GCMs which are nearly longitudinally isothermal as the radiative timescale increases rapidly with depth \citep[e.g.,][]{Showman2009, Rauscher_2012}. This parameter allowed the EBM to fit the data well with a reduced chi-squared of 1.4 for a model with $\approx21$~\% of the absorbed flux redistributed uniformly. The best-fit EBM is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:phasegcm}.
The model including the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination gives a $v_{\rm wind}$ of 6.1~km\,s$^{-1}$, which is on the same order of magnitude as expected for typical ultra-hot Jupiters and is similar to the $\approx 5$~km wind speed in our GCM \citep{Koll2018}
. Meanwhile, neglecting the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination requires an unphysically high wind speed of 67~km\,s$^{-1}$ to explain the observed heat redistribution, which is further evidence of the impact of H$_{2}$ chemistry on the planet's circulation. The model also gives an albedo of $0.195 \pm 0.010$, which is similar to derived Bond albedos for other ultra-hot Jupiters \citep{Schwartz2017,Zhang2018,Kreidberg2018}.
\section{Discussion}
\label{sec:discuss}
The most striking result from the KELT-9b phase curve is the small amplitude, which shows the influence of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination on this planet. Recent work accounting for H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination has demonstrated that the cooling and heating from these processes can transport significant heat, leading to reduced phase curve amplitudes on the hottest ultra-hot Jupiters \citep{Bell2018,Komacek2018}. When H$_{2}$ dissociation is not taken into account, hotter planets are expected to have less heat transport because of their shorter radiative timescales \citep[e.g.,][]{Showman2002,Cowan2011}.
Assuming a solar composition gas and using our model photospheric pressure of $P\approx 10$~mbar, we estimate that
KELT-9b has an extremely short radiative timescale of $\tau_{rad} \approx 30$~s \citep{Showman2002}. With that short radiative timescale, and ignoring the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination and frictional drag, the theory of \cite{Komacek2016} and \cite{Zhang:2016} predicts a normalized dayside-to-nightside temperature contrast of $0.999$, much greater than the observed value of $0.440^{+0.017}_{-0.016}$
. Note that including the effects of frictional drag would only act to increase the dayside-to-nightside temperature contrast \citep{Komacek:2017}.
This result extends the interpretation of the phase curves of WASP-33b and WASP-103b, two ultra-hot Jupiters which were previously shown to have warm nightsides \citep{Zhang2018,Kreidberg2018}. These two planets, which both have dayside brightness temperatures around 3000~K, were hypothesized to be impacted by H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination \citep{Bell2018,Komacek2018}. The extreme irradiation of KELT-9b enhances the impact of H$_{2}$ dissociation on the phase curve and provides stronger evidence for this process on ultra-hot Jupiters.
The reduced phase curve amplitude is well fit by both GCMs and the analytic EBM when the effects of H$_{2}$ dissociation/recombination are included. We find that relatively weak $\tau_\mathrm{drag} \ge 10^5 \ \mathrm{s}$ is required to match the nightside flux, but strong drag better explains the hot dayside. Additionally, none of the GCMs reproduce the large offset we observe. The large offset could be due to MHD effects that are not currently accounted for in the GCM used in this work. Future work investigating how magnetic effects influence both the phase curve offset and amplitude \citep[e.g.,][]{Rogers:2014,rogers17,Hindle:2019aa} could shed light on the remaining discrepancies between the Spitzer observations and GCMs.
\acknowledgements
This work is based on observations made with the \textit{Spitzer Space Telescope}, which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. Support for this work was provided by NASA through an award issued by JPL/Caltech. M. Mansfield acknowledges funding from a NASA FINESST grant. T.D.K. and I.W. acknowledge funding from the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy sponsored by the Heising-Simons Foundation. X.T. acknowledges support from the European community through the ERC advanced grant EXOCONDENSE (PI: R.T. Pierrehumbert). J.M.D. acknowledges that the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement no. 679633; Exo-Atmos). J.M.D acknowledges support by the Amsterdam Academic Alliance (AAA) Program. This work was completed with resources provided by the University of Chicago Research Computing Center. Part of the research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Jeff Garza, Horn
Jeff Garza is principal horn of the Oregon Symphony and the Britt Festival Orchestra. He has previously held principal positions with the San Antonio Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Utah Festival Opera and Festival Mozaic Orchestra. Jeff has served as guest principal horn in dozens of orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, New Zealand Symphony, Malaysian Philharmonic and Melbourne Symphony. He has performed, toured and recorded extensively with the San Francisco Symphony and was an acting member of the orchestra during the 2016-17 season.
Jeff has been invited to perform at festivals and chamber music series throughout the United States including Chamber Music Northwest, Menlo School Summer Brass Institute, Chamber Music International, Concordia Chamber Players, Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, Cactus Pear Music Festival, 45th Parallel, Chatter ABQ and the Texas Music Festival. Jeff was formerly the Artistic Director of Olmos Ensemble, a chamber music group based in San Antonio, Texas. He has been a featured performer at national and regional horn workshops throughout the United States and has performed concertos by Mozart, Strauss, Schumann, Telemann and Forster with the San Antonio Symphony, the Britt Festival Orchestra, and the Festival Mozaic Orchestra. Jeff's recording of Mark Abel's The Long March for Delos Records was released in October 2022 to critical acclaim.
Jeff earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and is an alumnus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts where he was awarded an Emerson Scholarship and the Young Artist Certificate, Interlochen Arts Academy's highest artistic honor. He has held fellowship positions with the New World Symphony, Tanglewood Music Center, National Repertory Orchestra, and the Jerusalem International Symphony Orchestra.
Jeff is Instructor of Horn at Oregon State University and the University of Portland. He has previously held faculty positions at Brevard Music Center, St. Mary's University, San Antonio College and Trinity University. Jeff has conducted masterclasses and clinics at music schools across the United States including University of Oregon, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, University of California-Berkeley, San Jose State University, University of Houston and Texas State University.
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Big Tech CEOs to defend their companies before U.S. Congress by listing competitors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chief executives of four of the world's largest tech companies, Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.O), plan to argue in a congressional hearing on antitrust on Wednesday that they face intense competition from each other and from other rivals.
FILE PHOTO: Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott
The testimony from Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai and Apple's Tim Cook, which was released Tuesday, portrays four chief executives who are looking over their shoulders at competitors who could render them obsolete.
Pichai argued that search – which Google dominates by most metrics – was broader than just typing a query into Google, and said he remained concerned about being relevant as people turn to Twitter, Pinterest or other websites for information.
"We know Google's continued success is not guaranteed. Google operates in highly competitive and dynamic global markets, in which prices are free or falling, and products are constantly improving," Pichai said in the prepared remarks.
The four will testify reut.rs/2DhrEFT to a panel of lawmakers investigating how their business practices and data gathering have hurt smaller rivals as they seek to retain their dominance, or expand.
In his remarks, Bezos said Amazon occupies a small share of the overall retail market and competes with retailers like Walmart (WMT.N), which is twice its size. He also said the coronavirus pandemic boosted e-commerce businesses across the spectrum and not just Amazon.
Bezos also lays out how small sellers have succeeded on Amazon's third-party marketplace, a practice that has come under scrutiny from lawmakers.
In his prepared testimony, Zuckerberg argued that Facebook competes against other companies appearing at the hearing and against others globally.
Zuckerberg will also defend Facebook's acquisitions by saying the social media platform helped companies like WhatsApp and Instagram grow. Both are owned by Facebook.
He will also remind lawmakers of the competitive threat U.S. tech companies face from China, saying that China is building its "own version of the internet focused on very different ideas, and they are exporting their vision to other countries."
Zuckerberg also renewed Facebook's call for government regulation. He has previously called for more laws in areas where the company has been criticized – such as harmful content in social media, election integrity and privacy.
Apple's Tim Cook will tell the committee the company "does not have a dominant market share in any market where we do business. That is not just true for iPhone, it is true for any product category."
He will argue the company's "commissions are comparable to or lower than commissions charged by the majority of our competitors. And they are vastly lower than the 50 to 70 percent that software developers paid to distribute their work before we launched the App Store."
Reporting by David Shepardson, Nandita Bose and Diane Bartz in Washington and Stephen Nellis in San Francisco; Editing by Richard Pullin and Leslie Adler
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Superstar Salman Khan will be performing at the forthcoming BIG Star Entertainment Awards 2015 awards ceremony here later this month.
The 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' actor will mark his fourth consecutive performance at the awards gala, which is presented by 92.7 BIG FM and Star Plus.
Sources have confirmed that his performance has been finalised.
In keeping with his four-year-long tradition at the awards gala, Salman will enthrall audiences with a dance performance of some of his hit numbers from 2015.
Some of his latest chart-toppers include "Selfie le le re" from his own production 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan', 'Main hoon hero tera' also from his own production 'Hero', and the title track from 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo'.
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Tunic Tops for Women
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There is a huge variety of tunic tops available for women, and they are sold in almost every high street and boutique clothes shop. In recent years, tunics come in many different shapes and fabrics ranging from cotton and linen tunics for warmer weather, tunic dresses for women to wear on night's out, floral patterned tunic tops, and much more. Our generation of shoppers seems to have fallen in love with tunics in the UK, and they are now one of the most popular style of women's tops.
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'UK must look to Japan for lead on nuclear power' – Ritchie
SDLP South Down MP Margaret Ritchie has said that the UK would do well to look to Japan to see that a nuclear-free future is not only possible, it is advisable. Ms Ritchie, who leads on energy issues for the SDLP at Westminster, was speaking after Japan started work on shutting down their last nuclear reactor just over a year after the meltdown at Fukushima. Speaking to Newry Times, she said, "Japan secured 30% of its power from the nuclear sector, but it feels confident that they can meet their energy needs without it, even though it has been an integral part of their grid for over 40 years. The UK, which only takes about 26% of its power from nuclear sources, can easily implement the same plan for itself without first having had to live through the literal and figurative fallout of a major disaster." Ritchie added, "I hope there will be a safe and sustainable approach to energy and I will continue to work hard in Westminster to ensure a nuclear-free future for the UK for the first time since 1956."
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Two of the greatest major leaguers to ever come out of this province, Ryan Dempster and Justin Morneau, squared off for the first time in a big-league regular season game Sunday.
The fact that Chicago Cubs ace Dempster is a National Leaguer and Minnesota Twins masher Morneau suits up for the rival American League circuit is, of course, the main reason why it's taken this long for a duel. Thanks to interleague, though, their teams do have a series once every three years.
Dempster, 35, who made his debut in the bigs in 1998, had faced the Twins twice previously, and Morneau, 31, who played his first game in the majors in 2003, had played eight games versus the Cubs prior to Sunday.
On Sunday, Dempster got Morneau to ground to shortstop for a fielder's choice, strike out swinging and ground out to second. Dempster was replaced by James Russell to start the ninth and Morneau singled to right off him.
For what it's worth, Morneau is 1-for-6 all-time, with a home run, off Jeff Francis and 2-for-13 versus Rich Harden. Jason Bay is 2-for-16 against Dempster while Larry Walker was 5-for-14 with two homers.
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For Our Consideration
We need a Jewish action hero now more than ever
Adam Kovac
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Screenshot: Inglourious Basterds
My favorite scene in Independence Day is probably the stupidest. Late in the film, as the aliens make their final push against humanity, Judd Hirsch's character huddles deep inside a bunker. He's wearing a kippah and holding a siddur. He asks James Rebhorn's cowardly defense secretary to join him in prayer. "I'm not Jewish," Rebhorn says. "Nobody's perfect," Hirsch responds.
It's a dumb gag—totally inconsequential to the plot. As dialogue goes, it's certainly no "We will not go quietly into the good night." It's definitely no "Welcome to Earth." It's not even "Hello, boys… I'm back." And yet, when I saw it as a gawky, pubescent growing up in a heavily Jewish enclave of Montreal, that throwaway joke meant a lot to me for what it said. Not about Hirsch's character—who was essentially every New York Jew stereotype smooshed into one—but about his son, zooming above the planet in an alien spaceship with Will Smith, the future of humanity resting on his shoulders. Jeff Goldblum was pretty much the only world-saving, tuchus-kicking Jewish action hero I had. In that character—his semitic features, nervous stuttering, general neurosis, and overall Goldbluminess—I saw myself in a way I never did in Die Hard or Rambo or Lethal Weapon.
While the dearth of Jewish action heroes was too bad for me, a kid growing up in the era when anti-Semites still hid in shame instead of marching in their best khakis and tiki torches, in the age when "alt-right" dipshits like Richard Spencer can become household names, it's downright tragic. If ever we needed a modern-day, pop culture Maccabi—a take-no-shit, guns blazing, martial arts-knowing, kosher ass-kicker who can inspire confidence in young Jews—it's right now.
Throughout cinema, there have been ample portrayals of traditional Jewish heroes. Charlton Heston's Moses comes to mind, as does his Ben-Hur. Meanwhile, pretty much every story from the Old Testament has been adapted: Samson and Delilah, the story of Ruth, King David (whose Richard Gere-starring version, with its copious nudity, was well-appreciated by all the students in my Hebrew high school's Tanach class). These are tales with heroes and action, yes, and those swords-and-sandals epics did tend to have battles and chariot races. But they weren't exactly action heroes; these are biblical protagonists, more godly than godlike in their powers. And they weren't truly ours either: The proliferation of the Abrahamic religions means they belonged almost as much to Christians and Muslims as they did the Jews.
Meanwhile, movies have certainly never had a shortage of Jewish representation. Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner introduced Yiddish slang into the American lexicon while making some of the most impactful comedies of the 20th century. Woody Allen is a cretin, but he did reinvent the dramedy, while his "neurotic intellectual" archetype laid the groundwork for how middle- and upper-class, postwar American Jews saw themselves. Through films like Yentl and Funny Girl, Barbra Streisand taught gentiles the concept of chutzpah. Seemingly every aspect of Jewish life and culture has been mined, from the shtetl of Fiddler On The Roof to the suburban hell of the Coen brothers' A Simple Man, but the movies have never given us a serious, overtly Jewish action hero.
That's not to say there aren't Jewish movie characters who kick a little ass. It's just that when they do, people tend to find it hilarious. For example: Adam Sandler's You Don't Mess With The Zohan and Adam Goldberg's The Hebrew Hammer—two deeply weird comedies that seem to have been made solely for audiences familiar with Israeli and Orthodox cultures. While Zohan's only real connection to Judaism is its running jokes about hummus, Israeli electronics stores, and the opportunity for Sandler to play with a funny accent for 90 minutes, The Hebrew Hammer offers up the closest thing to a full-on Jewish action film we've yet gotten. Goldberg plays a private eye (or "circumcised dick") who dresses like a resident of Borough Park by way of Shaft while carrying some heavy weaponry and even heavier mother issues. But again, it goes for the laugh rather than the thrill: It all climaxes in a battle between the Hammer and an evil Santa that ends when the former deploys "Jewish Guilt." (Nevertheless, I'm wishing good mazel to Goldberg in his effort to crowdfund a sequel.)
Complicating things, whenever movie Jews do fight seriously, it tends to lack the moral unambiguity that marks the best action flicks. "In any movie with Jews, we're the ones getting killed. Munich flips it on its ear. We're capping motherfuckers," Seth Rogen says in Knocked Up, his fellow tribe members Jonah Hill and Jay Baruchel joining him in celebrating Steven Spielberg's 2005 historical drama. As they point out, the film—about the assassins assigned to take out those behind the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics—is not only good, but it also portrays Jews as so sexy and dangerous that even these three schmucks could get laid because of it. And they're right: Munich is a tense thriller, and both Eric Bana and Daniel Craig make killing terrorists look awfully hot. Neither of them are true action heroes, though. The film spends much of its time focusing on the horrific cycle of violence they're perpetuating, as well as the psychological and spiritual toll it takes. These are considerations that, for example, Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't undertake while stalking the Predator.
Then, of course, there are the Holocaust movies. From the Auschwitz revolt of The Grey Zone to the doomed battle of the Warsaw Ghetto in Uprising to the war of attrition conducted by Jewish partisans in Defiance, there have been plenty of stories about the most traumatic event in Judaic history with violence—righteous violence—at the heart of them. Their leads are heroic, and the action they undertake is often thrilling, if understandably harrowing. But they definitely aren't John Wick. They're ordinary, often doomed people fighting not to save the day, but usually just to die with dignity. Even the most inspiring, hopeful film about the Shoah will always ultimately be about pain and suffering—and that has too often become the prism through which Jews see themselves. In this current political climate, where hate crimes are on the rise and political leadership talks about the "very fine people" taking part in the resurgence of racist fascism, we need a new narrative. We need movies about tough Jews taking control.
There is precedent for this, in the case of a similarly marginalized people. In the years when the Black Power movement was fighting against oppression, blaxploitation films gave black Americans a new way to define themselves within a culture that had continued to neglect them. These people needed stories that reflected their reality, and heroes they could see themselves in. And thus Shaft, Super Fly, and Coffy arrived to establish their own rules in a society that shunned and ignored them. They became icons because they captured an idea relevant to the black American experience: You're on your own, so you have to take care of your own. I'm not suggesting the Jewish American experience, even as anti-Semitism has persisted, has been comparable in trauma. But the underbelly of hate that fuels them both hasn't gone away. The Jewish people have long ignored it, even joked about it—but these days, that's no longer an option. Not when you have a president retweeting the vilest anti-Semitic edgelords the internet has to offer, and even welcoming them into the White House. Not when he's emboldened weekend SS warriors to chant, "Jews will not replace us," in the streets.
In an informal social media poll of my Jewish friends on the most badass Jew in movie history, there was near universal consensus: Inglourious Basterds' The Bear Jew. An American World War II soldier who sports an impressive physique and an even more impressive baseball bat, Donny Donowitz (Eli Roth) singlehandedly rewrites the narrative of the Jewish experience during the Holocaust. When we were at our most powerless, he was powerful. He wasn't scared of Nazis; he brought the fury and the vengeance of his entire people down upon them. We didn't even mind that Quentin Tarantino's historical revisionism bordered a tad on the offensive; watching The Bear Jew empty his machine gun into Hitler's face was the ultimate fulfillment of fantasy.
It's a story that cinema has thus far failed to replicate, though this year's Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus came close, finally confirming the oft-rumored Jewish heritage of its protagonist, B.J. Blazkowicz, and thereby making the game into a deeply personal tale of righteous retribution. I want more of that feeling. I want my kids to have more stories that teach them about their own badass history, and that you don't fuck with the Jews. And I want them to have a movie character that makes them feel that kind of strength, the way Jeff Goldblum (by proxy of Judd Hirsch) once did for me. These are scary times for us, with scary people holding scary beliefs having access to the highest offices in the world. We need tough, Torah-toting heroes more than ever.
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This Affiliate Membership Agreement is between Brigitewear International, a California, U.S.A. company ("Brigitewear") and You ("You" or "Your"). If You have registered for or on behalf of an entity, you are deemed to have accepted this Agreement on behalf of that entity.
This "Agreement" refers to, individually and collectively depending upon the context, this Affiliate Membership Agreement and any and all Network Policies and Guidelines as in effect from time to time.
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An "engagement" means any type of agreement or arrangement between a Network Merchant and any Network Affiliate that can be performed on or in relation to the Internet, including affiliate marketing, performance-based linking, insertion order, or any other type of agreement or arrangement.
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A "tracked activity" means any type of preagreed or predefined activity or result that is sought by a Merchant in relation to a qualifying link.? The kinds of tracked activities that a Merchant may seek to promote through such arrangements may include, by way of example, impressions, click-throughs, the sale of products or services, the downloading of software, files or other items, the completion of an application, registration or other form, the opening of an account, membership enrollment, or any other kind of action, transaction or activity that can be tracked and reported upon.
"Site" means, as the context requires, either (a) one or more Web pages, database, computer files, emails, scripts, software or other application, or other destination, together with supporting files and programming, that are on, provided, or accessible through the Web or works on or in relation to the Web, or (b) a person owning or operating any such Site, or (c) both.? A person that owns or operates a Site may have offline businesses which would not preclude it from being a Site for the purposes of this Agreement.
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4.2 Valid Referrals Only. You will place or use qualified links of a Network Merchant only with the intention of delivering valid sales, leads, applications, accounts, clicks or other specified compensable tracked activities for the benefit of such Network Merchant. You may not, nor knowingly permit any person to, activate a qualifying link or inflate the amount of any sought-after or resulting tracked activities through any method or technology that does not actually deliver an end user to the destination Site associated with such qualifying link.
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4.5 Distribution of Qualifying Links. If You currently distribute, or plan to distribute, qualifying links on, to or through Sites other than those owned or operated by You and registered with Brigitewear, You may do so (or continue to do so) until September 30, 2005 (or such later date as Brigitewear may designate). After such date, You will be required to obtain Brigitewear's approval to continue to do so. Such approval may be conditioned upon Your agreement to additional terms and conditions and additional disclosures in respect of Your distribution and/or use of such qualifying links.
4.6 No Modification. etc. of Qualifying Links. You will not modify, circumvent, impair, disable or otherwise interfere with any tracking codes and/or other technology and/or methodology required or made available by Brigitewear and/or the Network Merchant to be used in connection with such qualifying link so that it may be properly tracked by Brigitewear.
4.7 Termination of qualifying links. Brigitewear or the relevant Network Merchant may terminate any qualifying links associated with any affiliate marketing programs of, and/or other Brigitewear-tracked engagements with which You have entered into with such Network Merchant. You must remove any qualifying links after any termination of the corresponding engagements, including due to termination or expiration of a relevant Network Merchant's participation. If qualifying links are not so removed, Brigitewear may redirect such links as it determines in its sole discretion, with or without compensation to You.
4.8 Discontinuing Use of Qualifying Links. You may at any time discontinue use of qualifying links by removing such qualifying links from Your Site, with or without notice to Brigitewear or, subject to the terms of Your engagement with the relevant Network Merchant, such Network Merchant, provided, however, that You remain subject to such engagement and this Agreement until you separately terminate such engagement or Agreement.
4.9 Brigitewear as Neutral Host. Participation in any Brigitewear Network is not an endorsement by Brigitewear of any Network Merchant or Network Affiliate. Brigitewear operates the Brigitewear Networks and/or provides the Brigitewear Offerings as a neutral host, and Brigitewear does not regularly or proactively monitor, regulate or police the usage thereof by any of its participants. Brigitewear is not responsible or liable for the acts, omissions, agreements or promises of or by any Network Merchant, Network Affiliate or other Site using Brigitewear offerings to enter into any arrangement or otherwise work with any other person or entity.
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6.1 Obligations. Your obligations under this Section will survive any termination by You or Brigitewear of Your participation in any Brigitewear Networks for a period of one (1) year after such termination.
6.2 No Poaching. You may not use any Brigitewear Offerings in connection with aggregating, soliciting or recruiting other Sites or other persons to form or join an affiliate marketing, advertising or similar network.
6.3 No Sublicense, etc. You may not sublicense, rent, lease, sell, resell, outsource or service bureau any Brigitewear Offerings, and any attempt to do so shall be null and void.
6.4 No Reverse Engineering. You will not make unauthorized modifications, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, attempt to derive source code of any Brigitewear Offerings.
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6.6 No Spam. You may not use any qualifying links in any electronic message unless (a) You have received the express written authorization of Brigitewear to use email or other electronic messages to promote it or its qualifying link and (b) any and all such electronic messages comply in all respects with this Agreement, Brigitewear's terms and conditions, and any and all applicable laws, including the requirements of the Can Spam Act of 2003 (Public Law No. 108-187). Further, no electronic message initiated or sent by You or on Your behalf may identify Brigitewear, except as expressly authorized by Brigitewear, as a sender or sponsor of such electronic message.
6.7 No Interference. You may not, through downloadable or other technology, replace, intercept, redirect, block, alter or otherwise interfere with the full functioning and intended actions of any qualifying link that has been placed or distributed by another Network Affiliate including any action that would in any way prevent the behavior or result that would occur or would have occurred had an end user activated such qualifying link without Your interference.
6.8 No Infringing Uses. You may not use any name, trademark, service mark, domain name or other Intellectual Property Rights of any third party in connection with Your use of any qualifying links, any Brigitewear Network or any other Brigitewear Offerings, in any way or for any purpose that infringes or violates any Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of such third party, whether for the purpose of increasing the levels of tracked activities attributable to Your qualifying links or for any other purpose.
6.9 Fraud, Abuse, etc. You will not, and will not knowingly permit other persons to, engage in any fraudulent, abusive or illegal activity in connection with Your participation on any Brigitewear Network or in connection with any Network Merchant's affiliate marketing program or engagement.
(a) Participate in any Brigitewear Network for which You have registered as a Network Affiliate.
(b) Access the areas of the relevant Network Affiliate Account Area necessary for Your participation in such Brigitewear Network as a Network Affiliate.
(c) Solely for Your use in connection with Your participation in such Brigitewear Network, download any reports made available to You by Brigitewear.
(d) Use any software code or other Content that is provided by Brigitewear Solely for the purpose of creating and maintaining qualifying links in accordance with this Agreement and Your engagements, for such purpose, and no other purpose, but only in the form so provided. All other use of any Brigitewear Network, Network Affiliate Account Area, any reports made available to You by Brigitewear and such software code or Content, including modification, publication, transmission, transfer or sale of, reproduction, creation of derivative works, distribution, performance, display, incorporation into another Site or mirroring is prohibited.
7.2 Use of the Brigitewear Name. This Agreement does not grant to You any license or right to use Brigitewear's name or any of its logos or trade or service names or marks, except to the extent required to be used in connection with an URL. Any press release or other public announcement by You regarding this Agreement or any Brigitewear Network or that mentions Brigitewear shall require the prior written approval of Brigitewear. You agree that You shall not disparage Brigitewear or any of the Brigitewear Networks or any other participants thereof.
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8.1 Use of Your Content. Other than as provided below, in order to participate in the Brigitewear Network, You are not required to provide Brigitewear with any Content or other materials. Should You do so, by way of uploading, delivering or otherwise making available to Brigitewear any Content and/or other materials (including any Intellectual Property Rights therein and thereto), You agree to grant, and hereby grant, to Brigitewear a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable, perpetual license to use and store the same including in relation to conducting its business or performing any services in relation to any Brigitewear Network. This Section will survive any termination.
8.2 Use of Your Name. Brigitewear shall have the right to refer to You by Your name in connection with any Brigitewear Network and/or the performance or provision of any Brigitewear Offerings, including in communications sent to actual or prospective participants of the Brigitewear Networks in which You participate.
8.3 Disclosure of Business Relationship. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent Brigitewear from making any public or private statements about Your business relationship with Brigitewear and/or any Network Merchant and/or Your participation in any Brigitewear Network.
8.4 Use of Your Logo. Except as expressly provided above, Brigitewear shall not use any of Your logos and/or other trademarks without Your prior written approval. Any and all uses of Your logos and/or other trademarks shall be in accordance with Your specified usage guidelines.
(d) The performance by You of this Agreement and the participation by You in any Brigitewear Network and any relevant Network Merchant.s engagement does not and shall not conflict with or violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, agreement or instrument applicable to You or (ii) if You are an entity, any provision of Your certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents.
10.1 Confidential Information. You acknowledge that in connection with Your participation on a Brigitewear Network and/or in one or more Network Merchants. engagements, You will be provided with confidential and proprietary data and information from time to time through reports as well as other Brigitewear Offerings to You through Your Network Affiliate Account Area or otherwise. Such confidential and proprietary data and information may be owned variously by Brigitewear and/or its or their suppliers or contractors. You will retain ownership of any data and information that You independently collect through Your Sites without the use of Brigitewear Offerings, provided that any data and information that may be provided by You to Brigitewear shall be deemed to be covered by the licenses granted to Brigitewear under this Agreement.
10.2 Duty of Care. You will keep all reports, data and other confidential information provided to You through the Network Affiliate Account Area or otherwise strictly confidential. Without Brigitewear's prior written consent, You will not disclose any such confidential information to any third party or use any such confidential information other than solely as and to the extent required for you to perform under this Agreement and/or Your engagements with any Network Merchants.
10.3 Need to Know Basis. You may disclose any such confidential information only to Your employees, officers and directors who need to know such information in order to perform their respective duties; provided that each such person has a legal or contractual obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information.
10.4 Legally Required Disclosures. If You receive any document request, interrogatory, subpoena or other legal process (.Request.) that would, by its terms, require the disclosure of any Confidential Information protected by this Agreement, then promptly upon receipt thereof, and prior to making any response thereto, You will notify Brigitewear in writing of Your receipt of such Request, and shall provide a copy thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, Brigitewear may seek to intervene in the matter in which the Request was issued to seek protection of the confidentiality provided for by this Section. Absent written agreement signed by Brigitewear, You may not make such disclosure absent an order or directive from the tribunal from which a Request was issued. Brigitewear will be entitled to seek and obtain injunctive relief preventing any breach of Your obligations under this Section, without the need to show irreparable harm, and without the need to post a bond or undertaking.
11.1 Payment. Payment will be made on the 15th of each calendar month for earned compensation on completed sales the previous month, if the amount of earned compensation is equal to or greater than $25.00. If the amount is less than $25.00, that amount will continue to carryforward for subsequent months until it equals a minimum of $25.00. Should the amount not total $25.00 or more after 12 months from the first amount, the remaining balance will be sent upon Your written request.
11.2 Payment Terms. The fact that a compensation amount is reported for any tracked activity does not necessarily mean that a payment is due to You, since payment is subject to order cancellation, returned merchandise, receipt of pending credit card authorizations and/or chargebacks and minimums for earned compensation before payment is made.
11.3 Tax. You agree that You are solely responsible for any and all tax obligations, if any, due to all taxing authorities arising from or in connection with Your participation in any Brigitewear Offerings, Brigitewear Network or any Network Merchant engagement.
12.1 You and Your affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants, agents and representatives, and the conduct of Your business, Your performance under any engagements with any Network Merchant, and Your use of any Brigitewear Network and/or Brigitewear Offerings shall comply at all times with all applicable federal, state, provincial and foreign laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, orders, judgments and decrees.
13.1 EACH Brigitewear NETWORK AND ANY Brigitewear OFFERINGS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS, WHERE IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE."
13.2 EACH OF Brigitewear AND Brigitewear RELATED PARTIES hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, including any warranty as to accuracy, merchantability, completeness, currentness, SECURITY, non-infringement, title, or fitness for a particular purpose of ANY Brigitewear Network or any Brigitewear OFFERINGS or that YOUR use of the same will be uninterrupted or error-free, or can or will be willing to enter into any engagement with YOU.
14.1 If You reasonably determine that any Brigitewear Offering does not materially meet Brigitewear's obligations under this Agreement, then You must notify Brigitewear in writing within ten (10) days of receiving any such allegedly nonconforming services. Your failure to so notify Brigitewear on a timely basis shall mean that You accept such services, and Brigitewear shall thereafter have no liability whatsoever with respect to such services. If upon receipt of any notice under this Section, Brigitewear may, at its sole discretion, reperform the service in question or otherwise provide You with any substitution or replacement services in lieu thereof. Any reperformance or provision of substitute or replacement services shall in no event be construed as an admission that the original service was nonconforming or otherwise improper, and Your acceptance of the same constitutes Your sole remedy and in such case constitutes Brigitewear's maximum liability for any such alleged breach of this Agreement.
14.2 If, notwithstanding the above, liability is imposed on Brigitewear or Brigitewear related parties, then YOU agree that the total liability of Brigitewear and Brigitewear RELATED PARTIES, and its and their officers, directors, employees, agents, subcontractors and representatives, to YOU will not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00). You recognize and acknowledge that this limitation of damages is fair and reasonable, in light of the fact that Brigitewear is providing this service to you at no charge to you.
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\section{Introduction}
The Galactic microquasar SS433 is famous for its continual ejection of
plasma collimated in two oppositely-directed jets launched at speeds
that average over time to one quarter of the speed of light. The
system is a binary with a period of 13.08 days
\citep{Cramptonetal1980} that eclipses at both oppositions
\citep[e.g.][]{Goranskiietal98}. There is evidence that He II 4486
\AA\ emission has been observed from the base of the jets
\citep{Crampton1981,Fabrika1990} and C II lines orbiting with the
compact object have been detected (Gies et al 2002). The accretion
disc is not always revealed by optical observations \citep[although
see][]{falamo1987,Perez2010} but the signature of the accretion disc,
namely a widely-separated pair of emission lines, appears to be
prominent in the near infra-red \citep{Perez2009}. The system is
rather massive with the compact object and disc having a mass of
$\sim$16\,M$_\odot$ and the companion star having $\sim$24\,M$_\odot$.
See \cite{BBS2008}; \cite{Fabrika2004} for a historic review.
In August 2004 a campaign of nightly observations of SS433 was
initiated with the NTT 3.5-m telescope on La Silla,
Chile\footnote{Based on observations collected at the European
Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere,
Chile (Program ID: 273.C-5050)}. The observations continued until
early November. There were few gaps in the coverage and this sequence
of nightly observations reveal very rich behaviour in this
microquasar. The results obtained on the relativistic jets
\citep{BBS2007} and on the properties of the stationary emission lines
during the first half of the series of observations \citep{BBS2008}
have already been published. This paper is concerned with the
observations during the second half of the series, when SS433 was
switching from a quiescent state to a period of activity culminating
in a major flare.
\subsection{On the physical interpretation of the two types of flare}
A number of authors \citep[for example, ][]{Seaquist1982,Fabrika2004}
have suggested that SS433 exhibits two types of radio flare: (1) those
where the flux density at all frequencies rises and maintains a
constant, although fairly flat spectrum ($S_{\nu} \propto \nu^{-0.2}$)
and (2) those where a peak is seen at frequencies of several GHz which
then gradually moves to lower frequencies over a timescale of a few
days. Time-resolved radio studies \citep{Feidler1987,Bonsig1986} have
revealed clusters of flares separated by periods of quiescent
emission, without any indication of significant stable periodicity
(see discussion in Sec\,\ref{sec:clustering}).
In observations of the Galactic microquasar Cygnus X-3,
a major flaring event in September 2001 was resolved into two distinct
peaks in intensity, separated by a couple of days. The first of these
{\it (a type-1 flare)} has a fairly flat spectrum and, by
milli-arcsecond resolution observations with the Very Long Baseline
Array (VLBA), is seen to correspond to emission from the nucleus
(i.e.\ core) of this microquasar. The second peak {\it (a type-2
flare)} is likely to correspond to the appearance of jet ejecta,
specifically their brightening as the bolides expand and transition
from being optically thick to optically thin and subsequent fading as
expansion of the bolides continues \citep{jcamj2004}. Similarly,
\citet{Vermeulen1993radiospectra}, in their combined radio and optical
study of SS433 in 1987, found two types of flare: one with a peak flux
that is similar over the entire observed range of radio wavelengths
coinciding with a brightening of the core component of the system
\citep{Vermeulen1993vlbi} and the second type of flare where a
lower peak flux density at high frequency evolves into a higher peak
flux at low frequency and in which the same campaign of Very
Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) imaging revealed that the
flaring takes place some distance away from the nucleus.
Separate flaring of the radio emission from the nucleus (perhaps
arising from a disc wind \citep[e.g.\,][]{KZ2007}) and from intense
jet ejecta we believe correspond to there being two distinct modes of
energy and angular momentum output at work, as explored by
\citet{Nipoti2005}. We remark that \citet{BBS2008} found a
persistent fast wind to be rooted in SS433's accretion disc and that
\citet{Perez2009} found from infra-red spectroscopy that this wind
is the dominant mode of mass-loss in this object.
We emphasize that not all radio emission in microquasars should be
interpreted as arising from jets, and that radio emission due to disc
winds should be considered especially when there are different
spectral characteristics that could be clues to alternative origins
\citep[c.f.\ ][]{Fender2004}. A model for nuclear emission in
radio-quiet quasars arising from optically-thin bremsstrahlung from
(scale-free) accretion disc winds has been presented by
\citet{KZ2007}.
\section{Data}
Our nightly spectra were taken from Julian Date 2453000 +245.5 to
+321.5, after which SS433 was not observable from La Silla. Up to
Day\,+274.5 only one observation was missed and during this period
SS433 was quiescent \citep{BBS2007,BBS2008}. Between Days\,+274.5 and
+287.5 there were only two observations (+281.5, +282.5) and there was
a gap of two nights after +291.5. After Day\,+310.5 there is only one
observation, Day\,+321.5. All spectra were taken with the ESO 3.6-m
New Technology Telescope with the EMMI instrument \citep{dekker1986},
using grating 6 and a 0.5-arcsec slit. The resolution was 2.2\,\AA\ at
6000\,\AA\ and the wavelength range was 5800 to 8700\,\AA.
IRAF was used for the basic data reduction including overscan
subtraction, flat-fielding, and wavelength calibration. No flux
calibration was performed. Instead, the spectra have been normalised
for the continuum using the program SPLOT written and kindly
provided by Jochen Liske. The ``moving'' H$\alpha$ jet lines were
individually fitted with gaussians for all spectra and subtracted to
obtain a clean data set of ``stationary'' H$\alpha$ lines.
Fig\,\ref{fig:residuals} indicates the high signal-to-noise of the
gaussians we fitted to the stationary H$\alpha$ complexes.
We do not refer in this paper to the flux of the spectra because
we do not have absolute flux calibration for these data (although
the instrumental setup and exposure time were identical for each
observation, and the weather conditions were fairly similar). We
instead use the term intensity to mean the ``area'' of an emission
line in the spectrum, which is calculated as the height of the
fitted gaussian multiplied by its FWHM; for our normalised spectra
this value is the same as the equivalent width of the line.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8.0cm]{examplefits.eps}
\caption{Examples of our observed spectra of the ``stationary'' H$\alpha$
feature shown in green from (a) Day +295 and (c) Day +265 with the
five and three gaussians with which these emission features were
respectively fitted. The superpositions of the gaussians fitted
for each spectrum are plotted in purple; the difference between
the green and purple curves --- the residuals to the fits --- are
shown in panels (b) and (d) respectively. }
\label{fig:residuals}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=7.6cm]{paper5fig1_postref.eps}
\caption{Wavelengths of the centroids of the gaussian-fitted
components of the sequence of Balmer H$\alpha$ spectra. Julian
date increases vertically. The heights of the lines reflect the
widths of the gaussian fits, on a logarithmic scale. The
signature of the circumbinary disc is clear in the grey lines
before Day\,+287; a fuller picture of this is in \citet{BBS2008}.
After Day\,+287 the accretion disc is revealed; the lines
attributed to the red and blue shifted regions are appropriately
colour coded. The black lines are broad and associated with the
wind from the disc; the mean redshift of these lines jumps about
150\,km\,s$^{-1}$ to the red between Days +291 and +294 and then
almost back again, and the same behaviour is seen on Days +301
and +303. The colours are fitted algorithmically, to avoid
subjective inference, such that the broad (i.e.\ wind) line in
each spectrum is coloured black, then the outermost lines are
coloured red and blue and all remaining lines are grey. The top
panel demonstrates clear changes between example spectra from
Days\,+300 and +306. }
\label{fig:ideagram}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{waterfallbothpaper5.eps}
\caption{This figure shows portions of successive optical spectra
we obtained that illustrate the enhanced nature of the jets'
emission lines at Day +294, followed by their seeming
disappearance a few days later, and their subsequent reappearance
coinciding with orbital phase $\phi \sim$1, almost one full
orbital period after the intensified jet emission commenced. The
coloured vertical lines show the predicted positions of the jet
lines if they obeyed the standard kinematic model assuming the
nodding parameters found by Vermeulen (1989)
with the angle of the precession cone axis to our line-of-sight
being 78\,deg, with the cone semi-angle being 18\,deg (green),
19\,deg (orange) and 20\,deg (purple). The precession phase
$\psi$ is also indicated, following convention A ({\tt
www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk/$\sim$kmb/ss433/}).}
\label{fig:linesdisappear}
\end{figure}
In Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram} we show the wavelengths of the centres of
the components fitted to the stationary H$\alpha$ complex. The data
displayed start at Day\,+260.5 and until Day\,+287.5 most spectra
are fitted with a single broad line attributed to the wind \citep[on
the basis of our analysis in][]{BBS2008} (thus, lines with FWHM
greater than 10\,\AA\ are shown in black) and a pair of lines
showing negligible change in redshift as a function of time
(shown in grey) inferred to be the inner rim of the circumbinary
disc (Blundell, Bowler \& Schmidtobreick 2008, see fig.\,1). A
striking change occurs at or around Day\,+288.5 when the H$\alpha$
complex is broadened by the addition of components at comparatively
extreme excursions in velocity. These spectra usually comprised
a single broad line (FWHM 10 to 20 \AA) and two or four lines which
are narrow (FWHMs of a few \AA\ only). The same behaviour is
seen for the He\,I lines at 6678\,\AA\ and 7065\,\AA\
\citep{linda2006}. After Day\,+296 the He~I lines and the hydrogen
Paschen series develop pronounced P\,Cygni features and an O~I line at
7772\,\AA\ exhibits absorption to the blue cutting deep into the
continuum. The O~I line at 8446\,\AA\ does not show any such
features. The behaviour of these lines will be described in a
forthcoming paper.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{paper5fig2.eps}
\caption{
{\it (Panel a:)} The velocity with which the
widely-spaced lines (interpreted as accretion disc lines) orbit
the compact object, constructed by taking half their
difference in redshift. The accretion disc became clearly visible about Day\,+288,
although there may be intermittent glimpses earlier. The
speed with which the H$\alpha$ emitting region orbits the compact
object appears to increase from about 500 to 700\,km\,s$^{-1}$
over about 20 days.
Also shown is the best-fit straight line for all
points between Days\,+288 and +311; this line has a gradient of
$12 \pm 3$\,km\,s$^{-1}$day$^{-1}$ while the gradient of the line
fitted if the two extreme speed points are excluded is $9 \pm 2$\,km\,s$^{-1}$day$^{-1}$.
{\it (Panel b:)} The mean line-of-sight velocity of the two extreme
components of H$\alpha$. Although the data are barely adequate
for the purpose, they may echo a 13-day oscillation; the form of
this pattern is considered further in Fig\,\ref{fig:eccentric}.
{\it (Panel c:)} The line-of-sight velocity of the centre of the
wind. After Day\,+291 the wind speed doubles (see
Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}b) and the mean recessional speed of
the wind has shifted to the red. The variation of
line-of-sight velocity is suggestive of an oscillation whose
amplitude is consistent with previously reported values
\citep[e.g.\ ][]{Crampton1981,Fabrika1990}. For all
of the above panels, the orbital phases 0.25 and 0.75 are indicated
as dashed and dotted lines respectively. }
\label{fig:disc}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\section{The appearance of SS433's accretion disc in the optical}
\label{sec:optical}
The data shown in Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram} on the extreme blue and red
features of SS433's stationary H$\alpha$ complex are simply explained
as being radiated from a ring or disc orbiting the compact object
itself, with a speed in excess of 500\,km s$^{-1}$, consistent with
the picture seen in infra-red spectroscopy \citep{Perez2009};
\citet{Bowler2010} has published a subset of our data showing the
behaviour presented here. If the H$\alpha$-emitting region of the
accretion disc is perpendicular to the jet axis, then the disc is
close to edge-on to Earth during these observations.
Fig.\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear} shows the timing of ``cross-over'' of
the jet lines: the epoch when the jets are launched in the plane of
the sky. This figure shows that variations in {\it the separation of the
red and blue jet lines} differs from the prediction of the kinematic
model. This is a manifestation of the phenomena analysed and
published in \citet{BB2005} and in \citet{BBS2007}: angular
variations in the cone angle of rms $\sim3$ degrees have been
exhibited by this system since its discovery. For example,
increasing separation of the jet lines \citep[][eqn\,3]{BB2005}
indicates a typical instance of the cone angle increasing.
The rotational velocity of the radiating material in the accretion
disc is found by taking by half the difference of the redshifts of the
two components while the line-of-sight velocity of the centre of the
disc is given by the mean of their redshifts, shown in
Fig\,\ref{fig:disc}a and Fig\,\ref{fig:disc}b respectively as a
function of time. The line-of-sight velocities of the disc
material emitting H$\alpha$ are modulated by the orbital velocity of
the compact object about the binary centre of mass, which has been
reported to be $\sim$175\,km\,s$^{-1}$ to $\sim$200\,km\,s$^{-1}$
\citep{Crampton1981,Fabrika1990}. Given this explanation it is
entirely possible that the extreme blue features observed on
Days\,+273 and 274 are earlier glimpses of the blue rim of the
accretion disc. The rotational velocity as derived from the
separation of the H$\alpha$ disc lines (Fig.\,\ref{fig:disc}a) is
about 500 km s$^{-1}$ when this structure is first revealed and
reaches as much as 700\,km s$^{-1}$ at the end of the sequence of
observations. Given the precession phase (see
Fig\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear}), the disc is believed to be close to
edge-on at the epoch of these observations and so no significant
fraction of this rotation-speed change can be attributed to
changes in the disc orientation.
The centroid of the pair of widely-separated lines which are so marked
in both H$\alpha$ (Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram}) and in He I 7065\,\AA\
reach a (local) maximum in wavelength at Day\,+289.5, a couple of days
before orbital phase 0.75. The pair reach their most extreme blue
position more than half an orbital period later (but then remain at
approximately the same wavelength for a few days). After Day\,+301.5
the pair of widely-separated lines returns towards the red. These two
lines, swinging together in phase, are separated by over
1000\,km\,s$^{-1}$. During the period after Day\,+287 the jets were
close to the plane of the sky, making an angle to the line of sight of
$80^{\circ}$ initially, then $85^{\circ}$ by Day\,+294; see
\citet{BBS2007} and Fig.\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear}.
In a multiplet of lines emerging from a windy and smoggy system there
is bound to be some uncertainty about the proper assignment of lines
to the opposite sides of the disc, but we have strictly taken the
extreme blue and extreme red components of the H$\alpha$ complex after
Day\,+287.5 and paired them. It is clear from both
Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram} and Fig.\,\ref{fig:disc}b that the simple
explanation advanced above, while representing very well the data over
the first half of the orbital cycle, has inadequacies after
Day\,+298. The lines attributed to the edges of the disc do not return
toward the red along a sinusoidal curve but rather hang in the blue
for several days before snapping back rather abruptly around
Day\,+303.5. It is also clear that the pattern becomes rather noisy
after Day\,+300. These irregularities cannot be attributed to
measurement error (as is evident from Fig\,\ref{fig:residuals})
and are unlikely to be due to inadequate modelling of the line
profiles. We explore possible explanations for the behaviour
after Day\,+298 in Section\,\ref{sec:lurch}.
\subsection{A further signature of SS433's binary orbit's eccentricity}
\label{sec:eccentricity}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{paper5fig2eccentric.eps}
\caption{This figure shows the line-of-sight velocities observed
when the accretion disc was revealed in the build-up to the flare
on a white background, and after the flare when the jet
speed ceases to be high on a grey background. The orbital
phases of the maximum and minimum line-of-sight velocities are a
function of the eccentricity of the orbit and the red dot-dash
line indicates the predicted line-of-sight velocity if the
eccentricity were zero (i.e.\ circular orbit) while the blue
solid line indicates the predicted line-of-sight velocity if the
eccentricity is 0.55. During the flare when there seems to be a
good view of the disc the latter is a better description than the
former. Both lines are plotted for the semi-major axis of the
orbit being oriented along our line-of-sight. }
\label{fig:eccentric}
\end{figure}
If the orbit of the black hole and accretion disc about the companion
star were circular then the line-of-sight speed of the disc would be
greatest at orbital phase 0.75 (when the compact object is on a
receding path) and least at orbital phase 0.25 (when the compact
object is on an approaching trajectory). Inspection of
Fig.\,\ref{fig:disc}b shows that the greatest line-of-sight speed of
the disc after it first appears is observed at closer to orbital phase
0.65 while the least line-of-sight speed following this is less clear,
but it is plausibly consistent with orbital phase 0.45. If correctly
identified, then this is a clear signature that the black hole and
disc are in an elliptical, not a circular, orbit around the companion
star with periastron being at orbital phase 0.5.
Fig.\,\ref{fig:eccentric} shows the predicted line-of-sight velocities
for this system if the eccentricity $e = 0.55$. Photometric
monitoring of this binary system in no way precludes the orbit being
significantly eccentric but the occurrence of the eclipses at orbital
phases 0 and 0.5 (i.e.\ equally spaced) requires the
semi-major axis to be aligned close to the line of sight. There are
three other independent indications that the binary orbit of SS433 is
eccentric: (i) the peak jet speed of SS433 varies sinusoidally with
orbital period \citep{BB2005} suggesting that something about the
orbit breaks circular symmetry; (ii) \citet{Perez2009} find that the
constraints on the size of the companion star require the semi-minor
axis to be smaller than the semi-major axis; (iii) the precession of
the radio ruff of SS433 having a periodicity of as short as $\sim 42$
orbital periods requires significant eccentricity in the binary orbit
\citep{Doolin2009}.
Fig.\,\ref{fig:disc}c displays the variation of the line-of-sight
velocity of the centre of the broad Gaussian representing the wind in
the system, established as coming off the accretion disc prior to
Day\,+274.5 \citep{BBS2008}. This centre oscillates in line-of-sight
velocity in a similar way to the lines from the periphery of the disc,
but suffered a displacement in the mean towards the red between
Day\,+291 and +294 and again between Day\,+303 and +305. This
displacement amounts to approximately 150\,km\,s$^{-1}$; less than one
tenth of the width of the wind lines after Day\,+294.
Thus although Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram} and Fig.\,\ref{fig:disc}
display data that are somewhat erratic, these data are sufficient to
establish that the high speed components of the stationary Balmer
H$\alpha$ lines which appear after Day\,+287.5 are contributed by a
ring, or tight spiral, within the accretion disc of SS433. The
enhanced wind which appears at the onset of the flare is rooted in
the accretion disc, just as in more placid times
\citep[][Sec.\,2.1]{BBS2008}.
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{waterfallbothpaper5_lines_all.eps}
\caption{The spectrum from Day +294 is shown with two
different intensity scales to illustrate the moving jet lines in
H$\alpha$ and in certain helium lines. The upper panel has solid
green and gold lines (same parameters as in
Fig.\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear}) redshifted and blueshifted
appropriate for rest-frame H$\alpha$; the lower panel shows the
same coloured lines as dashed for He 5876, dotted for He 6678 and
dot-dashed for He 7065. Note that the more redshifted line
in each pair of ``moving lines'', whether helium or hydrogen, is
redshifted further than the simple kinematic model predicts; this
increase in mean redshift is a manifestation of the increased jet
speed at this time. }
\label{fig:helium}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\subsection{The disruption of the circumbinary disc}
In the days that follow the flare, after accounting for a broad
component of the H$\alpha$ complex as wind and the high velocity
components as the manifestation of the accretion disc, in most cases
there are one or two lines unaccounted for. It seems likely that some
of these are the continuation of the signature of the circumbinary
disc (albeit at different wavelengths from what is observed prior to
Day\,+294) having possibly undergone some disruption during the flare
outburst. We assume that given the inherent stability of precessing
circumbinary orbits \citep[][and 2011]{Doolin2009}, this structure
will regroup and form a more cogent signature as it has presumably
done following major flares in the past.
\section{The sequence of events in this flare history}
\label{sec:sequence}
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{gantt_montage.eps}
\caption{{\it Upper panel:} schematic illustration of the various
phenomena involved in the flaring episode. Yellow columns indicate
where the companion star eclipses the compact object and inner part
of its accretion disc; blue and white alternating columns indicate
when the black hole and disc are moving towards Earth; pink and
white alternating columns indicate when the black hole and disc are
moving away from Earth. The numbers at the top of the columns are
Julian Day numbers minus 2453000. {\it Lower panel:} illustrations
of the relative locations of the accretion disc, the accretion disc
wind, the companion star and the jet radius throughout the period of
observation, for the orbital and precessional phases appropriate to
the dates illustrated. The illustrated diameters of the jets act as
a simple visual aid to remind the reader that the faster jet speed
observed on Day\,+294 likely comes from a smaller launch radius,
consistent with the increasing rotation speed of the accretion disc
observed during these obervations.}
\label{fig:timesequence}
\end{center}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{paper5_newfig3.eps}
\caption{The time sequence of various phenomena involved in the
flaring episode. (a) The separation between the extreme red and
blue components; the disc becomes visible about Day\,+288. (b)
The wind speed, as measured by the FWHM of the broadest
Gaussian. This projected speed is close to the plane of the disc
and it increases rapidly around Day\,+291 from approximately
500\,km\,s$^{-1}$ to $> 1000$\,km s$^{-1}$. (c) The height of
the wind lines, i.e.\ the height of the broadest component of the
stationary H$\alpha$ complex. There appears to be a significant
drop in the intensity of H$\alpha$ radiation from the wind after
the jet speed picked up and before the radio flare developed,
i.e.\ around Day\,+294. (d) The intensity of the jet lines,
after the line-free continuum has been fitted and subtracted off.
(e) The speed of the jets, which are abnormally high from
Day\,+294 onwards. The jets disappear temporarily between
Days\,+302 to 305. (f) The radio flux density at 2.15\,GHz from
RATAN. The radio flare peaks at Day\,+298 and again at
Day\,+302.5. The faint grey lines indicate orbital phases 0 and
0.5, with day 294 having orbital phase 0. }
\label{fig:flaresequence}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
Fig.\,\ref{fig:timesequence} is a schematic illustration of the events
that collectively comprise the flare phenomenon.
Fig.\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear} shows that the moving H$\alpha$ lines
from the jet ejecta appear strongly on Day\,+294; these continue to be
ejected up to Day\,+297, then largely disappear but appear again on
Day\,+307. This figure shows that the disappearance is total between
Days\,+302 and 305. The optical jet lines reappear, rather more
strongly, on Day\,+307 and +308, before disappearing again. It is also
the case that the jet line intensities are falling between Day\,287 up
to Day\,+291 (Fig\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}d) but on Day\,+294 achieve
their greatest values since observations commenced on Day\,+245. In
fact, the moving He\,I lines reflect this behaviour too: we observe
the same shifts from helium lines with rest wavelengths 5876, 6678 and
7065 (Fig.\,\ref{fig:helium}). These helium lines appear on Day +294
as shown in this figure but are somewhat faded on Day +295; they
appear with the same shifts as H$\alpha$ on Day +307 and again on Day
+308 when they appear somewhat stronger.
(Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}d shows that there is a small peak in
jet line intensity around Day\,+268 but this is due to primary eclipse
occurring at this time; this is the extent to which it is likely that
the jet line intensity enhancement we observe on Day\,+294 is due to
primary eclipse.) The equivalent widths on Day\,+294 are
significantly greater than those observed during primary eclipses
before Day\,+287. This episode is similar to that observed by
\citet{kopylov1985}, where the jet equivalent widths flared from
invisibility and then collapsed again. The episode of jet flaring
they observed coincided with a photometrically-determined optical
flare and also coincided with a primary eclipse; we return to the
phasing of flares in Sec\,\ref{sec:clustering}.
In Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence} we display the variation with time of
quantities likely to cast light on the nature of this flaring
episode. The separation of the extreme components of H$\alpha$
suddenly increases at Day\,+288 when the accretion disc is unveiled
(see Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}a). The speed of the wind from the
disc starts rising about 3 days later and has doubled by Day\,+294
(Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}b) five days after the disc was
revealed. The speed of the jets \citep{BBS2007} drops at about the
time the disc was revealed but by Day\,+294 has risen to a rather high
value, $\beta$ $\sim$ 0.28, as shown in
Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}e. The flux at 4.8\,GHz measured by the
RATAN-600 telescope \citep{trushkin2007} increased rapidly about 10
days after the disc became visible, i.e.\ about 5 days after the
enhanced wind and jet speeds, as depicted in
Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}f. There is a local maximum in radio
flux at Day\,+299 and a larger flare between Day\,+300 and +302; it is
possible that these two flares could correspond to a type-1 flare
(corresponding to optically-thin bremsstrahlung radio emission from
the wind) and type-2 flare (synchrotron radio emission from expanding
jet bolides) respectively but there is insufficient spectral
information to constrain this with any certainty. After Day\,+302 the
radio intensity falls, although there is increased radio emission
around Day\,+310. We note that on Day +294, there are hints of a
``precursor dip" or ``quench'' in radio intensity prior to a steep
increase in intensity at the onset of a major flare, similar to the
behaviour reported by \citet{Vermeulen1993radiospectra} for the 1987
flares. The quench phase may relate to high opacity at radio
wavelengths of the jet bolides that appear so intensely at optical
wavelengths shown in Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}d. Such precursor
dips or quenches are also observed in the microquasar Cygnus X-3
\citep[e.g.\,][]{trushkin2007}. In Fig.\,\ref{fig:flaresequence}c,
the intensity of H$\alpha$ radiated from the wind has a minimum just
after Day\,+294. We do not have absolute photometry with these data
but since the instrument setup was kept the same and the weather
conditions were similar, we are confident that the intensities of the
lines during these days can be meaningfully compared with each other
and thus that this dip is a real effect.
\section{More general conclusions about flares, including those observed by others}
A priori we should expect that a flare, in the sense of enhanced
intensity observed at a particular waveband such as the radio, might
be attributable to wind or to jets and not necessarily just due to jet
ejection. We have shown in Sec\,\ref{sec:sequence} that in a major
flare, mass-loss via both wind and jets appear to play together.
Collectively, the panels in Fig\,\ref{fig:flaresequence} seem to
imply that type-1 and type-2 flares, if as we surmise correspond to
(1) enhanced mass-loss from the wind and (2) enhanced mass-loss from
the jets respectively, are a characteristic sequence that comprise
this flare phenomenon. We now consider whether the phenomena we
have observed are consistent with the characteristics of major flares
observed by others.
\subsection{Generality of wind behaviour during a flare}
\citet{Dopita1981} report that an optical outburst in SS433 is
correlated with the broadening of the stationary lines and the
appearance of P-Cygni profiles. This is consistent with our reporting
in Sec.\,\ref{sec:optical} of the dramatic broadening of the
stationary line because of (i) the hike in wind speed and intensity
and (ii) the appearance of the widely-spaced accretion disc
lines.
\subsection{Is the disappearance of jet lines following a major flare a general characteristic of flares?}
\citet{Vermeulen1993} report a substantial reduction in the intensity
of the jet lines just as we depict in Fig.\,\ref{fig:linesdisappear}
(symmetrically in both the east and west jets as simultaneously as it
is possible to discern given the time sampling available with
existing optical spectroscopy), within one day of an optical flare
as observed with V-band photometery by \citet{Aslanov1993}.
Similarly, \citet{Margon1984} report that particularly strong jet
lines (compared with Margon et al's $> 400$\,nights of
observations) were followed by the disappearance of jet lines
(seemingly a ubiquitous flare characteristic) with the moving lines
returning the following month. It is remarkable that the SS433 system
appears to return to the average behaviour predicted by the kinematic
model \citep{Margon1984} after a cessation from the usual jet
launch following major flare activity.
\subsection{Are flares associated with elevated jet speeds?}
Although there is a tremendous archive of radio data from the Green
Bank Interferometer (GBI) spanning the time from Julian Days 2445463 to
2445509, the overlap of these data with the densely sampled
spectroscopic archive recorded by Eikenberry and Collins, as used by
\citet{BB2005} to construct a historical record of jet launch speeds,
is unfortunately rather sparse. However, the following may be
discerned from these two sets of archival data: whenever the measured
jet-speed exceeds $0.29c$, this coincides with, or is within a day or two
of, a radio flare; there are no exceptions to this in the data
currently available. For example, on Julian Day 2444437 the jet speed
reached 0.32$c$ and there is a clear flare recorded by the GBI where the
flux density at 2.3 GHz exceeded 1.5\,Jy (over a factor of two in
excess of the quiescent flux density at this frequency).
\citet{Margon1984} report extreme intensity variability (at least
equivalent width variability, which can be tricky to understand since
the continuum is varying) in the jet lines of SS\,433 as it undergoes
a flare in the early 1980s. Figure\,\ref{fig:margon} shows (in the
lower panel) the speed increases at this epoch, derived using the
technique presented by \citet[][eqn\,2]{BB2005}, and (in the upper
panel) radio flux densities at 2\,GHz and 8\,GHz from the GBI. This
figure shows the increase of the jet speeds shortly precedes a radio
flare observed at both 2\,GHz and 8\,GHz and also, as reported by
Margon et al, the temporary disappearance of the jet lines. It is
curious that following this major flare, there are subsequent radio
flares at very similar orbital phases to the first, as observed in the
data we present in this paper, as briefly considered in
Sec\,\ref{sec:clustering}.
\subsection{Clustering, timing and phasing of flares}
\label{sec:clustering}
\citet{Feidler1987} found the time between clusters of flare peaks is
$25 \pm 10$ days while the time between adjacent clusters is $150 \pm
50$ days. They suggested that ``the clustering of flares observed in
the radio lightcurve suggests that the reservoir of material ejected
from the binary system is quasi-periodically loaded and dumped. The
loading and dumping timescales correspond to the quiescent period
between each cluster and the time between flare events in a cluster,
respectively." It is not clear how to reconcile our observations of
the major flare we observed on Day\,+294 followed by its successor one
orbital period later, although we note that Fig.\,\ref{fig:margon}
seems to depict another instance of flares repeating one orbital period apart.
We note that the episode of jet flaring reported by
\citet{kopylov1985} coincided with a primary eclipse just the same
phasing as for the flare we present in this paper.
\citet{FabrikaIrsmam2003} suggest a dependence of flaring with certain
orbital phase and precession phase combinations based on a
conglomeration of radio and optical flares. We remark that radio and
optical flares in SS433 are not going to be co-temporal because of
expansion and opacity effects, as exemplified by the sequence
represented in Fig.\,\ref{fig:timesequence}. We also point out that
radio flaring may be due to wind as well as jets (and we note the
profile of the radio curve we show in Fig.\,\ref{fig:timesequence}f is
consistent with two peaks, resembling the case of Cygnus X-3
\citep{jcamj2011} where there is a very secure identification of a
first peak with wind ejection and a second peak with jet ejection
because of contemporaneous images made with VLBI techniques).
However, assuming flare stages are reported with accurate
time-stamping and a dependence of these on orbital phase is discerned,
we remark that this would be circumstantial evidence that there is
ellipticity in the binary orbit of SS433, supporting our discussion in
Sec\,\ref{sec:eccentricity}.
\citet{Chakrabarti2005} present a study of the variability of SS433's
emission at radio, infra-red and optical wavelengths and report that
there is typically a delay of two days between infra-red and radio
variability. It seems plausible that this delay arises as type-2
flare peaks move from high radio frequency to low radio frequency as
bolides expand and thus transition from being optically thick at a
given frequency to optically thin. We suggest that this time delay
relates to the time-of-flight in traversing the distance between the
nucleus of SS433 and the radio-brightening zone discussed by
\citet{Vermeulen1987} and \citet{Paragi1999}.
It is unfortunate that there are no VLBA observations of SS433
during the flare sequence that we witnessed. However, the diagnostic
power of spectroscopic observations is exemplified throughout the
flare episode and we have been able to reconstruct the sequence of
events summarized in Figure\,\ref{fig:timesequence}.
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{paper5_margon.eps}
\caption{Upper panel: radio flux density from the GBI, with red
points corresponding to 2 \,GHz and blue points to 8\,GHz. Lower
panel: jet speeds inferred from the redshifts reported by
\citet{Margon1984} using the technique of \citet[][eqn\,2]{BB2005}. The
vertical blue lines correspond to orbital phase 0. }
\label{fig:margon}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
\section{(How) are X-rays associated with flares in SS433?}
There are famous examples of a detailed correspondence of dramatic
X-ray lightcurve variation associated with jet flaring in some
microquasars, e.g.\ GRS\,1915+105 \citep{Mirabel1998}. In SS433, the
relation between flares and X-rays is much less clear. Examination of
the RXTE ASM archival
database\footnote{http://xte.mit.edu/asmlc/ASM.html} for data observed
during our optical monitoring described in Sec\,\ref{sec:optical}
reveals that there is no hint of any increase in X-ray luminosity
during the flare we describe in this paper. This lack of making any
identification of X-ray acknowledgement of the flaring activity may be
because at this epoch the jet axis is fairly close to the plane of the
sky and hence the innermost regions obscured: \citet{Nandi2005} in
fact suggest that the X-rays associated with SS433 arise from the very
inner base of the jets. They report double normal flux rates from
RXTE when high jet speeds ($> 0.3c$) occur, possibly at epochs when
the jet axis is not aligned with the plane of the sky. However, we
emphasize that this conclusion is contingent on Nandi et al correctly
identifying the blueshifted FeXXVI and redshifted FeXXV lines.
\section{The nature of the accretion disc during the flare}
\label{sec:lurch}
The blue accretion disc line is seen to move significantly bluewards
in Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram} in contrast with the more subtle bluewards
movement by the red accretion disc line over the same timerange.
One possibility is that for several days after Day\,+298 obscuring
material is progressively unveiling faster regions on the blue side of
the accretion disc while tending to cover faster regions on the red
side. Another possibility might be interference by a massive stellar
wind outflow from the companion. Extreme velocity components of
H$\alpha$ are observed intermittently in data other than ours
\citep{falamo1987,Dopita1981,kopylov1985} and the extreme excursions
on Day\,+305 (Fig.\,\ref{fig:ideagram}) are certainly real (and might
represent a brief view of regions of the disc further in).
Material from the companion star is feeding the accretion disc and may
fall towards the disc from the L1 point. Before the
material reaches the disc, it is possible that it is moving faster
than the orbital speed and may have to slow down via a shock thus
forming a hotspot. If there is a trail of material approaching the
(outer) edge of the disc and glowing -- like a Katherine wheel -- then
close to phase 0 this trail could be pointing away from Earth and
could give light from a long stream or flow of material moving away
from Earth, thus influencing the wavelength at which the material in
the disc rotating away from us would be observed.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{disc_area.eps}
\caption{{\it Upper panel:} the difference in area (i.e.\
intensity) for the accretion disc's red and blue emission lines
arising from H$\alpha$ emission indicating there is no orbital
phase dependence of this quantity, in contrast to the situation
observed in the near-IR for the Brackett-$\gamma$ lines by
\citet{Perez2009}. {\it Lower panel:} after Day + 294, the
normalised difference in area appears to be independent of
orbital phase, i.e.\ the difference in the intensities of the
red and blue jet lines divided by their combined intensity. }
\label{fig:discarea}
\end{figure}
There is no evidence of the sinusoidal variation in the difference of
the areas of the Balmer H$\alpha$ accretion disc lines, in comparison
with the clear sinusoid seen for the areas of the
Brackett-$\gamma$ lines \citep{Perez2009}. Fig.\,\ref{fig:discarea}
shows (upper panel) the complete lack of any sinusoidal dependence
while the lower panel reveals a rather steady normalised difference
in line areas (the difference in the intensities of the red and blue
jet lines divided by their combined intensities) which indicates no
dependence on orbital phase at all, during the interval the accretion
disc is revealed by optical spectroscopy. This implies that
the stellar radius is rather smaller after the flare was instigated
(since it has no attenatuating role like that observed in the
near-IR by \citet{Perez2009}) and so may indicate that a considerable
wind was blown off the star prior to the build-up of the flare
itself.
\section{Conclusions}
This sequence of observations has, for the first time in the optical,
very clearly identified the accretion disc of SS433, although it seems
likely that \citet{falamo1987} had a glimpse in observations made in
June 1979. Subsequently, both \citet{Dopita1981} and
\citet{kopylov1985} made separate observations of the same
flare episode in July 1980. More recently \citet{Perez2010} have
presented evidence for the accretion disc lines viewed in the optical
through the attenuating disc wind while \citet{Perez2009} presented
infra-red spectroscopy of the of the accretion disc. The centres of
both the accretion disc and the wind during the flare episode are
orbiting at speeds consistent with 175\,km\,s$^{-1}$ --
200\,km\,s$^{-1}$, in agreement with the He\,II and C\,II measures of
the orbital speed of the compact object about the centre of mass of
the system \citep{Crampton1981,Fabrika1990}. We suggest the flare was
initiated by a disturbance of the outer regions of the accretion disc,
perhaps a massive ejection from the companion which fed the accretion
disc. After some delay the disc responded with a doubling of wind
speed, initially reduced jet speed then dominated by a period of higher
than usual launch speeds and finally a complex radio flare.
Collectively, the panels in Fig\,\ref{fig:flaresequence} seem to
imply that type-1 and type-2 flares, if corresponding to (1)
enhanced mass-loss from the wind and (2) enhanced mass-loss from the
jets respectively, are a characteristic sequence that comprise the
flare phenomenon.
\section*{Acknowledgements}
The new observations reported in this paper were made possible by the
grant of Director's Discretionary Time on the 3.5-m New Technology
Telescope. We thank Jochen Liske for his excellent line-fitting
software, SPLOT. We acknowledge the quick-look X-ray monitoring
provided by the ASM/RXTE team. It is a pleasure to thank Stephen
Blundell, Stephen Justham, Michael Bowler, Sebastian Perez and Samuel
Doolin for encouragement and discussions. KMB is very grateful to the
Royal Society for a University Research Fellowship. ST thanks the
Russian Foundation for Basic Research for support, grant
N\,08-02-00504-a. We warmly thank the referee for careful comments
on the manuscript.
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Q: Reduce whitespace in corrplot in R I have a 1 row 2 column plot which I need to insert into a report. When I insert the plot I notice there's a large white area around both correlation plots. Is there an argument in the corrplot function to reduce this? I've read here about using knitr hook functions to crop pdfs but that a bridge too far for my coding capabilities. I've messed around with the par() arguments such as omi and mai but when I export the image to TIFF I still get a huge white space area.
My code so far looks as follows, please note this is hacked together from various sources and dputs to both correlation matrices can be found here and here:
col <- colorRampPalette(c("#BB4444", "#EE9988", "#FFFFFF", "#77AADD", "#4477AA"))
par(mfrow=c(1,2),omi=c(0,0,0,0),mai=c(0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1))
corrplot(LX0088U21A1_24hrCor, method = "color", col = col(200),
type = "upper", order = "original", number.cex = 0.85,
addCoef.col = "black", # Add coefficient of correlation
tl.col = "black", tl.srt = 90,
number.digits = 1,
# Text label color and rotation
# hide correlation coefficient on the principal diagonal
diag = FALSE,
#title = "Intraday Correlation LX0088U21A1",
mar=c(0,0,1,0))
legend(0.5,5,ncol = 1, cex = 1.5,legend = "(a)", box.lwd = 0, box.col = "white")
corrplot(LX0088U09A3_24hrCor, method = "color", col = col(200),
type = "upper", order = "original", number.cex = 0.75,
addCoef.col = "black", # Add coefficient of correlation
tl.col = "black", tl.srt = 90,
number.digits = 1,
# Text label color and rotation
# hide correlation coefficient on the principal diagonal
diag = FALSE,
#title = "Intraday Correlation LX0088U09A3",
mar=c(0,0,1,0))
legend(0.5,5,ncol = 1, cex = 1.5,legend = "(b)", box.lwd = 0, box.col = "white")
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Pretty courtyard patio in front of this Surrey Crest model. Crown molding in great room & study and tile flooring throughout entire house. Eat-in island kitchen with granite counters, solar tube. Trey ceiling, dual vanity & walk-in tiled shower in master. Sliding barn door from kitchen to laundry which has extra cabinets & shelving. Storage racks in garage. Large corner cul-de-sac yard with extended covered patio-and fenced to boot.Home has been pre-assessed and all findings have been corrected.
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I was surprised at the impact - Aalto Executive MBA studies - Vol 1
Pekka Haataja, Country Director, Elisa Videra says that he has been able to change a lot of things in the way he works.
Survey by Paula Salovaara, Journalist, Aalto EMBA: Did the Executive MBA change something in your life? This question went to the Aalto Executive MBA cohort 2013, and the answer was "oh yes it did!"
Pekka Haataja, Country Director, Elisa Videra says that he has been able to change a lot of things in the way he works, and even in his personal life, due to the insights he gained during the Self Development process, as well as in many other modules which he first considered to be "soft".
Ongoing development
Pekka Haataja, Country Director for Elisa Videra, based in London, looks back at the busy time spent studying in the Aalto Executive MBA program. He did not expect the impact to be found where it was. He says that he has been able to change a lot of things in the way he works, and even in his personal life, due to the insights he gained during the Self Development process, as well as in many other modules which he first considered to be "soft".
He did not quite know what to expect when starting the program, maybe a more traditional kind of injection of knowledge about business. "Before the program I thought that maybe I would learn the secret recipe for doing business, but of course I didn't. Instead I learned a lot about strategy and how to present my ideas to others."
Almost a year after graduation, he still works with a list of five personal entities to develop."
Almost a year after graduation, he still works with a list of five personal entities to develop. He wrote the list during the program, and decided to write some words weekly about how he was doing. The weekly routine has not happened quite as planned, but he says that the issues on the list are constantly on his radar, and being worked on.
Family, EMBA and work
Pekka Haataja had a lot going on at the same time; he has a family with small children, a changing work environment, organizational changes, and on top of this the EMBA program. Coping with all this was not easy but doable, says Pekka Haataja. At one point during the program he had a hard time with everything piling up and fell seriously ill, but got to his feet again and worked on. "I have learned to master my calendar, which is critical for my occupational efficiency, and personal well-being," he says.
I have learned to master my calendar, which is critical for my occupational efficiency, and personal well-being."
Gone are the days when he would spend the whole evening looking at his computer, skip lunch and still feel like he didn't get enough done. Now he sets a time for doing paperwork during the day, reduces the number of meetings and has a clear sense of better efficiency at work. At home he concentrates on family matters and hobbies. "People have all these funny habits. During the EMBA I learned to spot my habits, and also gained some tools to change them. Very concrete changes can be made, and it is easier than one would imagine," he says.
He says his employer, and especially his previous CEO, strongly supported the idea of him studying for an EMBA degree. He is now doing a different job, in London instead of Helsinki, still working for the same company and happy with the new situation. He says the EMBA degree was not the main reason for the new position, but the new knowledge he gained while studying helps him every day at work.
"I already knew how to count before the EMBA," says Pekka Haataja. The financial modules were quite generic, he thinks, but after these modules he can now have more relevant discussions with the CFO and knows what can be expected from the finance department.
He encountered new, exciting and useful knowledge unexpectedly in the Power and Influence module during Aalto EE International week. The module, taught by Rich Cox, gave Pekka Haataja tools to use in his everyday work. Much of his job is about presenting ideas and projects, and influencing listeners with his message. These skills were practiced in endless rehearsals in the Power and Influence module.
He believes this kind of competence and technique should be taught in many modules in the EMBA program: "How well you get your message over, and how well you present your work will have an impact on the bottom line of a company," says Pekka Haataja. He thinks it is crucial for executives to learn how to communicate, how to make their speeches and slide shows matter – and ultimately how to be successful.
Wishing for more
He says he tries to stick to the decisions and promises he made and tries to keep up the new habits, but admits that, as so often with any new knowledge, after a while you fail to use it and fall in to your old ways of doing things, even when you know there is a better way.
He wishes there was a refresher course, or several, a kind of maintenance program. It would be healthy to go back and take a look at what those who graduated have been able to implement, or remember, from the EMBA program. "Maybe Aalto EE could offer a short program for graduates, with a focus on updating our skills," he says, "people take their cars regularly to be serviced, why not their knowledge and management toolkit?"
When asked if it had been a wise decision to enrol in the EMBA when so many other changes were happening in his life, He doesn't hesitate: "Absolutely! I would still choose the same way, even knowing how hard the pressure can get."
Read more about the Aalto Executive MBA program.
Currently reading: Aalto Leaders' Insight: I was surprised at the impact - Aalto Executive MBA studies - Vol 1
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Anne Harriotte Lee
F, b. 6 March 1794, d. 10 September 1863
She married John Harper Lloyd. Anne was born on 6 March 1794. Anne died on 10 September 1863 at age 69.
John Harper Lloyd b. 16 Nov 1775, d. 22 Jul 1854
Rebecca Lloyd+ b. 7 Jun 1824, d. 17 Jul 1862
Thomas Shepherd
Father Capt. Thomas Shepherd b. 1705, d. 1776
Mother Elizabeth VanMetre b. 1715, d. 1792
Last Edited 7 Dec 1997
He married Susannah Hulse. Thomas was born in 1743. His body was interred in 1793 at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, at Shepherd Burial Ground. Thomas died in 1793.
Susannah Hulse d. 17 Nov 1839
Elizabeth Shepherd+ b. 1790, d. 11 Oct 1804
Susannah Hulse
F, d. 17 November 1839
She married Thomas Shepherd. Susannah was born. Her body was interred in November 1839 at Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, at Shepherd Burial Ground. Susannah died on 17 November 1839.
Thomas Shepherd b. 1743, d. 1793
Ruben Mitchell
Ruben died. Ruben was born at Mitchells Garden, Cambridge, Dorchester County, Maryland. He married Ruth Lee.
Ruth Lee
Nathaniel Mitchell+
She married Ruben Mitchell. Ruth died. Ruth was born.
Collier Harrison
Collier died. Collier was born at 'Farmer's Rest', Charles City/County, Virginia. He married Camilla Johnson.
Camilla Johnson
Nannie Braxton Harrison+ b. 6 Jan 1833, d. 23 Apr 1893
She married Collier Harrison. Camilla died. Camilla was born.
Abraham VanMetre
M, b. December 1751, d. 30 December 1834
Father Abraham VanMetre b. c 1721, d. c 1783
Mother Ruth Hedges
Last Edited 9 Oct 2000
He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Burns. Abraham was born at Frederick County, Virginia, in December 1751.1 Abraham died on 30 December 1834.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Burns b. 20 Oct 1753, d. 13 Jan 1831
Isaac VanMetre b. 1771
Ruth VanMetre b. 20 Mar 1772
Naomi VanMetre+ b. 29 Jan 1775
Joseph VanMetre b. 5 Dec 1778, d. Jan 1822
Josiah VanMetre b. 21 Aug 1781, d. 6 Apr 1872
Abraham VanMetre b. 1783, d. 1867
Ashahel VanMetre b. 26 Nov 1785, d. 1870
Abishua VanMetre+ b. 29 Aug 1788, d. 22 Oct 1872
Elizabeth VanMetre b. 25 Dec 1795, d. 28 Jul 1820
[S778] Source: David C. Burns, Louisville, CO. (e-mail address), via an e-mail dated 7 October 2000.
Elizabeth (Betsy) Burns
F, b. 20 October 1753, d. 13 January 1831
She married Abraham VanMetre. Elizabeth was born at Kearneysville, Berkeley County, Virginia, on 20 October 1753.1 Elizabeth died on 13 January 1831 at age 77.1
Abraham VanMetre b. Dec 1751, d. 30 Dec 1834
Robert VanMetre
M, b. circa 1811, d. 15 July 1879
Father Abishua VanMetre b. 29 Aug 1788, d. 22 Oct 1872
Mother Elizabeth (Betsy) Elliott Tabb b. 2 Dec 1789, d. c 1855
He married Matilda S. McClery. Robert was born at Virginia circa 1811.1 Robert died on 15 July 1879 at St. Louis, Missouri.1 He was buried after 15 July 1879 at Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis County, Missouri.1
Matilda S. McClery
Alice VanMetre
Mary VanMetre
Elizabeth VanMetre
Sheridan VanMetre
Eliza VanMetre
Darby VanMetre
Charles VanMetre
She married Robert VanMetre. Matilda died. Matilda was born.
Robert VanMetre b. c 1811, d. 15 Jul 1879
Abraham died. Abraham was born. He married Naomi Roberts.
Naomi Roberts
Father Samuel Roberts , Jr.
Mother Naomi VanMetre b. 29 Jan 1775
She married Abraham VanMetre. Naomi died. Naomi was born.
F, b. 1816, d. after 6 March 1871
Elizabeth was born in 1816. She married Joseph Roberts at Hardin County, Kentucky, on 21 May 1833. Elizabeth died after 6 March 1871.
Joseph Roberts
D. W. Roberts
Alfred Roberts
Elvira Roberts
Rorilla Roberts
Oregon Roberts
Isaac Roberts
Melvina Roberts b. 29 Sep 1837
Julia M. Roberts+ b. 17 Aug 1858, d. 5 Mar 1885
Joseph died. Joseph was born. He married Elizabeth VanMetre at Hardin County, Kentucky, on 21 May 1833.
Elizabeth VanMetre b. 1816, d. a 6 Mar 1871
Isaac VanMetre
M, b. 8 August 1819, d. 6 September 1894
Isaac & Mary VanMetre
He married Mary C. Abel. Isaac was born at Kentucky on 8 August 1819.1 Isaac died on 6 September 1894 at Lafayette County, Missouri, at age 75.1 He was buried after 6 September 1894 at Odessa Cemetery, Odessa, Lafayette County, Missouri.1
Mary C. Abel b. c 1823
Mary C. Abel
She married Isaac VanMetre. Mary died. Mary was born circa 1823.
Isaac VanMetre b. 8 Aug 1819, d. 6 Sep 1894
Frances N. VanMetre
F, b. 28 November 1828, d. 12 February 1904
Frances was born at Kentucky on 28 November 1828.1 She married John R. Avitt in 1847.1 Frances died on 12 February 1904 at Lafayette County, Missouri, at age 75.1 She was buried after 12 February 1904 at Higginsville City Cemetery, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri.1
John R. Avitt b. 1826, d. 1917
John R. Avitt
John was born in 1826.1 He married Frances N. VanMetre in 1847.1 John died in 1917.1
Frances N. VanMetre b. 28 Nov 1828, d. 12 Feb 1904
Abishua VanMetre
Abishua died. Abishua was born circa 1824.
William M. VanMetre
William died. He married (---?---) English. William was born circa 1814.
(---?---) English
She married William M. VanMetre. (---?---) died. (---?---) was born.
William M. VanMetre b. c 1814
Jacob VanMetre
Jacob died. Jacob was born.
John VanMetre
John died. John was born.
F, b. 31 December 1816, d. 12 February 1904
Mary was born at Virginia on 31 December 1816.1 She married Marcus Roush in 1836.1 Mary VanMetre was buried after 13 September 1891 at Union Cemetery, Mason County, West Virginia.1 Mary died on 12 February 1904 at Mason County, West Virginia, at age 87.1
Marcus Roush b. 1812, d. 1883
Ella Belle (Isabella) Stephenson1
M, b. 15 April 1859, d. 13 January 1941
Father Col. Charles Benjamin Stephenson
Mother Virginia Lelia Mitchell b. 20 Oct 1831, d. 27 May 1888
Ella was born at Tolono, Champaign County, Illinois, on 15 April 1859.1 Ella died on 13 January 1941 at Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, at age 81.1 He was buried after 13 January 1941 at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.1
Caroline Callie (South Carolina) Stephenson
M, b. December 1860
Caroline died. Caroline was born at South Carolina in December 1860.1
[S849] Source: E-mail from Barbara Wolfe Foran (e-mail address) dated 19 October 2001.
Edward Lee Stephenson
Edward died. Edward was born.
Charles Tabb Stephenson
M, b. August 1865
Charles died. Charles was born at Montana Territory in August 1865.
Elizabeth Mitchell Stephenson
F, b. 5 February 1868, d. 29 June 1928
She married Dr. Campbell Coldwell Fite. Elizabeth was born at Helena, Montana, on 5 February 1868. Elizabeth died on 29 June 1928 at age 60.
Dr. Campbell Coldwell Fite
Frank Evans Fite b. 18 Sep 1887
Jacob Northcote Fite b. 10 May 1892
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Project Whitecard Studios Inc. announced today the release of "Starlite: Astronaut Rescue – Developed in Collaboration with NASA" for PC, Mac and Linux.
In Starlite: Astronaut Rescue, players complete an imagined near-future Mars mission in which they must construct a habitat, craft tools and use advanced robots. With the help of a virtual crewmate, a single-player 20 minute mini-adventure soon turns into more than bargained for on the Red Planet.
The Starlite game series gives players a chance to experience the future of space exploration using real NASA inspired science and engineering. Players will find the authentic vision of the future to be an awesome experience.
Weekly Recap #253 Aug. 17th - Crossout, Blade & Soul, Otherland & More!
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Man's Search For Meaning by Dr. Viktor Frankl, is one of the top ten most influential books in the US. Written in 1946, Frankl writes about his experiences in Auschwitz concentration camp; and in part two of the book he discusses his theory of logotherapy, therapy of meaning. You might say his theories are life-friendly. They're not some psychoanalytic constructs reserved for the students of the psyche; they are applicable ways of living a deeply meaningful and responsible life.
I will highlight some of his key ideas by way of some quotes.
Unless we want to keep spinning our wheels, which many of us do because it's easier than working towards change, we must work on ourselves. How can we respond differently? Can we view it through a different lens or reframe it? Can we find any opportunity within the challenge?
This is a whole different paradigm in how we view our life. We all expect certain things from life; all the 'supposed to's'. This is a shift away from the 'me' and what we're entitled to, to the fact that we're here for something – to do, to give, to utilize ourselves in something more and beyond ourselves. This is a great construct to help us when life throws us a curve ball out of left field and an unexpected challenge hits us in the face. What does life expect from me here, in this situation? This is a framework from which to cope.
It is a by-product of living a meaningful life, true to our values and beliefs.
How we respond is up to us. It's a choice. Oftentimes our response is the only thing over which we have control. It is within our power to be reactionary or responsive. Not necessarily easy but once we accept it's up to us, then it's doable. The 'I can't help how I respond, you made me', keeps us victimized where we relinquish our power to the other.
Our resilience can help us cope and survive our adversity. We can transcend and live on despite our challenges.
Our attitude is not necessarily what we're born with. We can develop it and make it more positive to enhance our life journey. Again, choice is at play; it is our internal freedom.
These next two quotes are not Frankl's but he refers to them in his book/theories.
A sense of purpose can give us the ability to live on through our difficulties/losses/adversity. In its simplest version, we must have a reason to get out of bed in the morning. And going beyond this, we need that driving force to keep us going so we can bear and cope with our hardship.
Despite a tragic circumstance he carries on. His inner resources, resilience and spirit, carries him beyond his outward fate. A lesson in transcendence, in attitude, in response.
Which quote speaks to you? What's your take on any of these? One of Frankl's predominant themes here is Choice. How does choice play out for you in your life?
Been reading this for 35+ years. Timeless applications.
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Benjamin teaches time-based media at JCU. He will be discussing how to get high production values and how to create content that keeps students engaged and entertained while still being educational. He will touch on cloud-based video review and collaboration software, set designing, filming and editing.
Ross will discuss what went on behind the scenes to bring Beneath Hill 60 to the screen. The efforts of pulling resources together and raising funds within Townsville while complying with all environmental, health and safety requirements and the rights of the public. Not to forget providing interested parties, particularly schoolchildren, with knowledge of the film making process to promote the industry locally.
An informal session explaining how Screen Queensland works with local filmmakers. With an extensive and impressive career in the Australian and international film industry, Jo works in development and production, overseeing investment, co-producing fiction and factual screen stories for all platforms, and the development of projects and creative talent.
If you have a phone and an iPad you can pretty much make your own music videos, documentaries or short films. Ben will show you how easy it is to use the latest technology to start creating your own stories to show the world.
Dr Ian McLeod and Dr Mark Ziembicki, Cinematic Science and research scientists at JCU.
Following their recent Virtual Reality Hackathon held in Melbourne in August 2016, (the first of its kind in Australia), Dr Mark Ziembicki and Dr Ian McLeod present an inspiring workshop encompassing cutting edge technology and how to create inspiring science-based media content. One of the aims of the VRH is to explore the potential of using virtual reality to educate and inspire people about protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
Bjarne will give you an overview of the range of creative programs delivered at Townsville Creative Technologies College followed by a more specific look at using Pro Tools in recording and soundtrack production.
Patrick Buerger - Winner of the 2015 Bommie Award.
This workshop demonstrates the necessary steps to produce a high quality 360 video and covers basic equipment, best practices, stitching and content visualization on virtual reality headsets.
Arminelle is an actor and trainer at TheatreiNQ. She is also a grants and sponsorship officer and will be discussing what it's like to work in the arts industry, the pros and cons, how to get funding and sponsorship for new projects. This is invaluable information for anyone wanting to begin a career in the arts industry or wanting to develop their existing career.
A filmmaker, artist and musician, Celestial will discuss Sacred Science, how it was created to connect hundreds of seemingly separate subjects, philosophies and bodies of knowledge. In it he explores a mysterious world, breaking it apart, how it relates directly to manifestation and some of the key attributes to The Moneyless Journey.
Matt Whitton, Matt Whitton Multimedia.
Joint winner of the 2013 NQ Arts Awards, Matt is an accomplished composer, film maker and performer working on a wide variety of film projects from short film, documentaries to promotional and music videos. He also works extensively with children producing some unique and very entertaining children's stories.
AIMS SCI-COMM HOTSPOT - A great place for the whole family!
• Experience the pure excitement of the deep with a 360° video of the reef by award winner Patrick Buerger. WINNER OF THE 2015 BOMMIE AWARDS!
• Take a virtual tour of the RV Solander and the National Sea Simulator.
• Test drive the AIMS Data Dashboard.
• Enjoy the premiere screening of the family-friendly science theatre production Coralsville, that reveals the secrets of coral reefs. (Screening at: 11.30am, 12.30pm & 1.30pm).
With 50% of the profits going to help the AMCS in reef protection, you can "Have one for the Reef" and enjoy a great tasting beer at the same time! Tastings from 12pm-2pm and 5pm-7pm (Sat) in the forecourt. Photo courtesy of Heritage Exchange.
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Miss Go (), noto anche con il titolo internazionale Miss Conspirator, è un film del 2012 diretto da Park Chul-kwan.
Trama
Chun Soo-ro è una timida fumettista affetta da fobia sociale e attacchi di panico, che tuttavia si ritrova improvvisamente con la vita sconvolta: ricercata dalla polizia e accusata di omicidio, cerca di svelare la verità e allo stesso tempo di superare le proprie paure.
Distribuzione
In Corea del Sud la pellicola ha goduto di una distribuzione nazionale a cura della Next Entertainment World, a partire dal 21 giugno 2012.
Collegamenti esterni
Film commedia
Film d'azione
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Bringing the IFE Franchise & Entrepreneurs Expo to Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal for the first time was a game changer for a province keen to promote entrepreneurship and small business expansion. Hosted by Ithala Development Finance Corporation and in line with their economic growth and job creation mandate, the exhibition focused on the potential of entrepreneurship and offered local people the opportunity to find out more about owning their own businesses.
Whether you're in the market to buy a fast food franchise or are looking for a small home-based franchise opportunity, the upcoming International Franchise Expo (IFE 2019) hosted by Ithala is coming to Durban on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th MARCH 2019 at the Durban Exhibition Centre.
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I present two cases of sequential trade models of market microstructure with heterogeneous information partitions. First, the trader with information can infer the true value only under certain realizations. The main result is that the equilibrium outcomes look quite different from the literature, suggesting that the information assumptions may be a delicate issue to consider in these models. In the second example I adapt a non-partitional information approach from Geanakoplos (1989). When the informed investor does not observe this signal, she does not infer whether the value of the asset is low or high. Here positive spreads may not lead to trade.
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The ingredients in this shake will add zip to your sip and power to your workout. Yogurt can help prevent cramping during exercise. Plums deliver energy-boosting carbs plus Vitamin C to quell muscle soreness. Whey protein powder increases your chances of building more calorie-torching lean muscle because it contains the essential amino acid leucine, which is integral to muscle recovery, repair and growth. For best results drink this shake 45 minutes before an hour-long workout.
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In 2014 Plumbers and Pipefitters Apprenticeship Training of Arkansas (PPATA) celebrated 70 years of UA craft training. This unmatched heritage and experience are a major part of what make our training program an industry leader in Arkansas.
PPATA currently operates 3 full service training centers and 3 satellite campuses strategically located throughout the state of Arkansas. The program in its current form is the result of the merger of 3 UA training programs. On June 25, 2014 the Trustees of the Greater Little Rock Area JATC, South Arkansas JATC, and the Fort Smith JATC finalized the merger of these programs to formally create PPATA. Since that time the Trustees and Training Staff have gone to work to ensure the program meets the highest standards of quality training.
Besides traditional apprenticeship training PPATA also offers UA journeymen upgrade training, conducts all UA welder certification tests, and maintains the records of more than 1,600 individual certifications.
United Association training for journeyworkers includes the following as well as other specific training as industry requires it.
UA Journeyman Upgrade Training for journeyworkers includes Welding, Backflow Prevention Certification, Med-Gas Training and Certification, OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 Training and Certification, CFC Training and Licensing, Valve Repair, and other specific training as industry requires it.
The time frame between when a student turns in an application and when they become enrolled depends on the student's location in the state and the industry demands in any particular area. Some apprentices come into the program and are employed the first day. Others may have to wait several weeks for a job opening in their area.
PPATA usually has between 140 and 150 apprentices on average at any given time in the program.
The United Association apprenticeship is a structured mix of on-the-job training and related classroom instruction which requires a five year commitment to the program. The apprentices do receive scholarships for the entire five years, so the classes are at no monetary expense to the student.
Our graduates are placed in several catagories as they advance through their training and will typically be Pipefitters, Plumbers, HVACR Service Techs, or Welders upon completion of the program.
PPATA graduates are referred for work through the local union hiring hall. In Arkansas, we have worked at Arkansas Nuclear One, Children's Hospital, St Vincent Hospital, The Clinton Presidential Library, CB &I Fabrication, and many, many others.
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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Xml.Serialization;
namespace ADIF
{
[XmlRoot("ADX")]
public class ADIFData
{
[XmlElement("HEADER")]
public ADIFHeader Header;
[XmlArray("RECORDS")]
[XmlArrayItem("RECORD")]
public List<ADIFRecord> Records;
}
public class ADIFHeader
{
[XmlElement("ADIF_VER")]
public string ADIFVersion;
[XmlElement("CREATED_TIMESTAMP")]
public string CreatedTimestamp;
[XmlElement("PROGRAMID")]
public string ProgramID;
[XmlElement("PROGRAMVERSION")]
public string ProgramVersion;
[XmlElement("USERDEF")]
public List<ADIFUserDefinedFieldHeader> UserDefinedFields;
}
public class ADIFRecord
{
/// <summary>
/// The contacted station's complete mailing address: full name, street address, city, postal code, and country
/// </summary>
[XmlElement("ADDRESS")]
public string Address;
[XmlElement("ADDRESS_INTL")]
public string AddressInternational;
[XmlElement("AGE")]
public float Age;
[XmlElement("A_INDEX")]
public float AIndex;
[XmlElement("ANT_AZ")]
public float AntennaAzimuth;
[XmlElement("ANT_EL")]
public float AntennaElevation;
[XmlElement("ANT_PATH")]
public string AntennaPath;
[XmlElement("ARRL_SECT")]
public string ARRLSection;
[XmlElement("AWARD_SUBMITTED")]
public string AwardSubmitted; // CSV of SPONSOR_PROGRAM_AWARD where sponsor is validated
[XmlElement("AWARD_GRANTED")]
public string AwardGranted;
[XmlElement("BAND")]
public string Band;
[XmlElement("BAND_RX")]
public string BandReceived;
[XmlElement("CALL")]
public string Callsign;
[XmlElement("CHECK")]
public string Check;
[XmlElement("CLASS")]
public string Class;
[XmlElement("CLUBLOG_QSO_UPLOAD_DATE")]
public string ClubLogQSOUploadDate;
[XmlElement("CLUBLOG_QSO_UPLOAD_STATUS")]
public string ClubLogQSOUploadStatus;
[XmlElement("CNTY")]
public string County;
[XmlElement("COMMENT")]
public string Comment;
[XmlElement("COMMENT_INTL")]
public string CommentInternational;
[XmlElement("CONT")]
public string Continent;
[XmlElement("CONTACTED_OP")]
public string ContactedOperatorCallsign;
[XmlElement("CONTEST_ID")]
public string ContestID;
[XmlElement("COUNTRY")]
public string Country;
[XmlElement("COUNTRY_INTL")]
public string CountryInternational;
[XmlElement("CQZ")]
public string CQZone;
[XmlElement("CREDIT_SUBMITTED")]
public string CreditSubmitted; // CSV like IOTA,WAS:LOTW&CARD,DXCC:CARD
[XmlElement("CREDIT_GRANTED")]
public string CreditGranted; // same as above
[XmlElement("DISTANCE")]
public float Distance; // in KM
[XmlElement("DXCC")]
public int DXCC; // Country code
[XmlElement("EMAIL")]
public string EmailAddress;
[XmlElement("EQ_CALL")]
public string CallsignContactedOwner;
[XmlElement("EQSL_QSLRDATE")]
public string EQSLReceivedDate;
[XmlElement("EQSL_QSLSDATE")]
public string EQSLSentDate;
[XmlElement("EQSL_QSL_RCVD")]
public string EQSLReceivedStatus;
[XmlElement("EQSL_QSL_SENT")]
public string EQSLSentStatus; // todo validate me
[XmlElement("FISTS")]
public string FISTS_CW_Club;
[XmlElement("FISTS_CC")]
public string FISTS_CW_CenturyCertificate;
[XmlElement("FORCE_INIT")]
public bool? ForceInit; // ?
[XmlElement("FREQ")]
public float Frequency; // Mhz
[XmlElement("FREQ_RX")]
public float FrequencyReceived; // Mhz
[XmlElement("GRIDSQUARE")]
public string Gridsquare; // todo validate me
[XmlElement("HRDLOG_QSO_UPLOAD_DATE")]
public string HRDLogQSOUploadDate;
[XmlElement("HRDLOG_QSO_UPLOAD_STATUS")]
public string HRDLogQSOUploadStatus;
[XmlElement("IOTA")]
public string IOTADesignator;
[XmlElement("IOTA_ISLAND_ID")]
public string IOTAIslandID;
[XmlElement("ITUZ")]
public int ITUZone;
[XmlElement("K_INDEX")]
public int KIndex;
[XmlElement("LAT")]
public string Latitude; // XDDD MM.MMM
[XmlElement("LON")]
public string Longitude; // same above
[XmlElement("LOTW_QSLRDATE")]
public string LOTW_QSLReceivedDate;
[XmlElement("LOTW_QSLSDATE")]
public string LOTW_QSLSentDate;
[XmlElement("LOTW_QSL_RCVD")]
public string LOTW_QSLReceived;
[XmlElement("LOTW_QSL_SENT")]
public string LOTW_QSLSent;
[XmlElement("MAX_BURSTS")]
public float MaxBursts;
[XmlElement("MODE")]
public string Mode;
[XmlElement("MS_SHOWER")]
public string MeteorShowerName;
[XmlElement("MY_CITY")]
public string MyCity;
[XmlElement("MY_CITY_INTL")]
public string MyCityInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_CNTY")]
public string MyCounty;
[XmlElement("MY_COUNTRY")]
public string MyCountry;
[XmlElement("MY_COUNTRY_INTL")]
public string MyCountryInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_CQ_ZONE")]
public string MyCQZone;
[XmlElement("MY_DXCC")]
public string MyCountryCode;
[XmlElement("MY_FISTS")]
public string MyFISTS;
[XmlElement("MY_GRIDSQUARE")]
public string MyGridsquare;
[XmlElement("MY_IOTA")]
public string MyIOTADesignator;
[XmlElement("MY_IOTA_ISLAND_ID")]
public string MyIOTAIslandIdentifier;
[XmlElement("MY_ITU_ZONE")]
public int MyITUZone;
[XmlElement("MY_LAT")]
public string MyLatitude;
[XmlElement("MY_LON")]
public string MyLongitude;
[XmlElement("MY_NAME")]
public string MyName;
[XmlElement("MY_NAME_INTL")]
public string MyNameInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_POSTAL_CODE")]
public string MyPostalCode;
[XmlElement("MY_POSTAL_CODE_INTL")]
public string MyPostalCodeInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_RIG")]
public string MyRig;
[XmlElement("MY_RIG_INTL")]
public string MyRigInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_SIG")]
public string MySpecialInterest;
[XmlElement("MY_SIG_INTL")]
public string MySpecialInterestInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_SIG_INFO")]
public string MySpecialInterestInfo;
[XmlElement("MY_SIG_INFO_INTL")]
public string MySpecialInterestInfoInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_SOTA_REF")]
public string MySOTAReference; // eg W2/WE-003 or G/LD-003
[XmlElement("MY_STATE")]
public string MyState;
[XmlElement("MY_STREET")]
public string MyStreet;
[XmlElement("MY_STREET_INTL")]
public string MyStreetInternational;
[XmlElement("MY_USACA_COUNTIES")]
public string MyUSACACounties; // MA,Franklin:MA,Hampshire
[XmlElement("MY_VUCC_GRIDS")]
public string MyVUCCGrids; // EN98,FM08,EM97,FM07
[XmlElement("NAME")]
public string Name;
[XmlElement("NAME_INTL")]
public string NameInternational;
[XmlElement("NOTES")]
public string Notes;
[XmlElement("NOTES_INTL")]
public string NotesInternational;
[XmlElement("NR_BURSTS")]
public float MeteorScatterBursts;
[XmlElement("NR_PINGS")]
public float MeteorScatterPings;
[XmlElement("OPERATOR")]
public string OperatorCallsign;
[XmlElement("OWNER_CALLSIGN")]
public string OwnerCallsign;
[XmlElement("PFX")]
public string ContactedWPXPrefix;
[XmlElement("PRECEDENCE")]
public string Precedence;
[XmlElement("PROP_MODE")]
public string PropagationMode;
[XmlElement("PUBLIC_KEY")]
public string PublicEncryptionKey;
[XmlElement("QRZCOM_QSO_UPLOAD_DATE")]
public string QRZCOM_QSO_UploadDate;
[XmlElement("QRZCOM_QSO_UPLOAD_STATUS")]
public string QRZCOM_QSO_UploadStatus;
[XmlElement("QSLMSG")]
public string QSLCardMessage;
[XmlElement("QSLMSG_INTL")]
public string QSLCardMessageInternational;
[XmlElement("QSLRDATE")]
public string QSLReceivedDate;
[XmlElement("QSLSDATE")]
public string QSLSentDate;
[XmlElement("QSL_RCVD")]
public string QSLReceivedStatus;
[XmlElement("QSL_RCVD_VIA")]
public string QSLReceivedVia;
[XmlElement("QSL_SENT")]
public string QSLSentStatus;
[XmlElement("QSL_SENT_VIA")]
public string QSLSentVia;
[XmlElement("QSL_VIA")]
public string QSLVia;
[XmlElement("QSO_COMPLETE")]
public string QSOComplete;
[XmlElement("QSO_DATE")]
public string QSODate; // yyyymmdd
[XmlElement("QSO_DATE_OFF")]
public string QSODateOff;
[XmlElement("QSO_RANDOM")]
public bool? QSORandom;
[XmlElement("QTH")]
public string QTH;
[XmlElement("QTH_INTL")]
public string QTHInternational;
[XmlElement("RIG")]
public string Rig;
[XmlElement("RIG_INTL")]
public string RigInternational;
[XmlElement("RST_RCVD")]
public string RSTReceived;
[XmlElement("RST_SENT")]
public string RSTSent;
[XmlElement("RX_PWR")]
public float ContactedTransmitterPower; // Watts
[XmlElement("SAT_MODE")]
public string SatelliteMode;
[XmlElement("SAT_NAME")]
public string SatelliteName;
[XmlElement("SFI")]
public float SolarFlux;
[XmlElement("SIG")]
public string ContactedSpecialInterest;
[XmlElement("SIG_INTL")]
public string ContactedSpecialInterestInternational;
[XmlElement("SIG_INFO")]
public string ContactedSpecialInterestInfo;
[XmlElement("SIG_INFO_INTL")]
public string ContactedSpecialInterestInfoInternational;
[XmlElement("SKCC")]
public string ContactedSKCC;
[XmlElement("SOTA_REF")]
public string ContactedSOTAReference;
[XmlElement("SRX")]
public int QSOReceivedSerialNumber;
[XmlElement("SRX_STRING")]
public string QSOReceivedInformation;
[XmlElement("STATE")]
public string ContactedState;
[XmlElement("STATION_CALLSIGN")]
public string StationCallsign;
[XmlElement("STX")]
public int QSOTransmittedSerialNumber;
[XmlElement("STX_STRING")]
public string QSOTransmittedInformation;
[XmlElement("SUBMODE")]
public string Submode;
[XmlElement("SWL")]
public bool? SWL;
[XmlElement("TEN_TEN")]
public int TenTen;
[XmlElement("TIME_OFF")]
public string TimeOff; // HHMM or HHMMSS in UTC
[XmlElement("TIME_ON")]
public string TimeOn; // same
[XmlElement("TX_PWR")]
public float TransmitPower; // Watts
[XmlElement("USACA_COUNTIES")]
public string USACACounties; // MA,Franklin:MA,Hampshire
[XmlElement("VUCC_GRIDS")]
public string VUCCGrids;
[XmlElement("WEB")]
public string ContactedURL;
[XmlElement("USERDEF")]
public List<ADIFUserDefinedFieldRecord> UserDefinedFields;
[XmlElement("APP")]
public List<ADIFAppDefinedFieldRecord> AppDefinedFields;
public bool ShouldSerializeAge() { return Age != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeAIndex() { return AIndex != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeAntennaAzimuth() { return AntennaAzimuth != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeAntennaElevation() { return AntennaElevation != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeDistance() { return Distance != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeDXCC() { return DXCC != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeForceInit() { return ForceInit.HasValue; }
public bool ShouldSerializeFrequency() { return Frequency != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeFrequencyReceived() { return FrequencyReceived != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeITUZone() { return ITUZone != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeKIndex() { return KIndex != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeMaxBursts() { return MaxBursts != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeMyITUZone() { return MyITUZone != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeMeteorScatterBursts() { return MeteorScatterBursts != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeMeteorScatterPings() { return MeteorScatterPings != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeQSORandom() { return QSORandom.HasValue; }
public bool ShouldSerializeContactedTransmitterPower() { return ContactedTransmitterPower != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeSolarFlux() { return SolarFlux != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeQSOReceivedSerialNumber() { return QSOReceivedSerialNumber != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeQSOTransmittedSerialNumber() { return QSOTransmittedSerialNumber != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeSWL() { return SWL.HasValue; }
public bool ShouldSerializeTenTen() { return TenTen != 0; }
public bool ShouldSerializeTransmitPower() { return TransmitPower != 0; }
}
public class ADIFUserDefinedFieldHeader
{
[XmlAttribute("FIELDID")]
public int FieldID;
[XmlAttribute("TYPE")]
public string Type;
[XmlAttribute("ENUM")]
public string Enum;
[XmlAttribute("RANGE")]
public string Range;
[XmlText]
public string Value;
}
public class ADIFUserDefinedFieldRecord
{
[XmlAttribute("FIELDNAME")]
public string FieldName;
[XmlText]
public string Value;
public ADIFUserDefinedFieldRecord() { }
public ADIFUserDefinedFieldRecord(string Name, string Val)
{
FieldName = Name;
Value = Val;
}
}
public class ADIFAppDefinedFieldRecord
{
[XmlAttribute("PROGRAMID")]
public string ProgramID;
[XmlAttribute("FIELDNAME")]
public string FieldName;
[XmlAttribute("TYPE")]
public string DataType;
[XmlText]
public string Data;
public ADIFAppDefinedFieldRecord() { }
public ADIFAppDefinedFieldRecord(string progID, string fieldName, string dataType, string data)
{
ProgramID = progID;
FieldName = fieldName;
DataType = dataType;
Data = data;
}
}
public class ADIFElementAttribute : XmlElementAttribute
{
public ADIFElementAttribute(string elementName) : base(elementName)
{
}
}
}
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Hard work fuels high hopes for Rouse baseball team, UT pledge Dalton Porter
By Colby Gordon / American-Statesman Correspondent
Rouse junior Dalton Porter is all about hard work.
Porter's pure baseball talent is undeniable; he committed to play college baseball for Texas as a freshman in high school. However, an unrelenting work ethic has helped make him one of the best players in Central Texas as the UIL baseball season opens this weekend.
Whether it's spending hours in a batting cage or working on individual drills on the mound with his parents or a baseball instructor, Porter does whatever it takes to maximize his talent.
"I have this drive inside of me that I just can't accept average," said Porter, a left-hander who earned all-state honors as an outfielder last spring but could also pitch at Texas. "Every day for me is a new day to be successful, and that's what I like to live by. … I just have something inside of me that wants to (work as hard and much as possible). I enjoy playing baseball. I love the game and having the chance to do great things — that's what keeps me going every day."
A five-tool player, Porter can hit for power and average and has speed to steal bases and cover wide areas of the outfield. Last spring, he had more than 30 hits, runs and RBIs with a batting average north of .420. He also possesses the arm strength to gun down runners from the outfield.
Third-year Rouse coach Chad Krempin noted that the things Porter does outside of regular practice are what separates him from other players and allows him to excel in all facets of the game.
"He's talented, but he's meticulous and puts in time and work," Krempin said. "Any great player will be willing to work when others aren't."
Krempin pointed out that Porter goes to a gym for specific baseball development "and does things that other guys won't. It's not easy. It takes up a lot of his time, because he's a great student, too."
The Raiders, who will face Lake Travis and McNeil on Saturday at McNeil High School to begin their season, started to flourish with Krempin's arrival in 2017. They've made it to the Class 5A playoffs two years in a row, including claiming a share of the District 19-5A title and advancing to the Region II quarterfinals two years ago.
Having players such as Porter and senior pitcher Jared Southard, a fellow Texas pledge, doesn't hurt, but players pointed toward Krempin as a main reason the Raiders are now one of the area's noteworthy programs.
"He pushes you," Porter said. "He's tough on you at times, but he cares about you, and that's why I like playing for him so much. He doesn't let people get away with the easy stuff, and he'll call you out, too. He's honest, and that's good."
Rouse isn't deep on varsity experience this spring with only Porter, Southard and first baseman Lance Little — players who garnered all-district nods a year ago — as returning starters, but you can bet with Krempin and Porter leading the way, there will be another run at the playoffs.
"It's the best time of the year," Porter said. "I enjoy it, and I'm excited to play with my teammates. We've got some work to do, but when everything is said and done, we're going to be ready to play. We've got the best coach out there that's pushing us."
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God bless you! We pray that you are full of God's great love, joy, and peace!
Praise the Lord!! Wow! In June and July, I had the joy of traveling with my longtime friend Jason Rogers to carry the cross in "The Land of the Midnight Sun". God gave us the beautiful and awesome privilege of carrying the cross in Sweden, Norway, then in the Faeroe Islands, and finally, almost all the way to the North Pole – up into the Arctic Circle on Svalbard Island.
We began the cross walk in Stockholm, and then walked north. Though it was cloudy and cool, the people were warm and friendly. Many stopped to talk, and even pray. From Sweden, we traveled to Norway, where we carried the cross from just outside Bergen, on the west coast through the beautiful mountains on over toward Oslo. I have to say that the scenery was absolutely breathtaking! There were so many beautiful mountains, waterfalls, and rivers. It seemed that every turn in the road could have been a postcard! As always, though, it was the people who were the most amazing! Though we talked with many people, I'll never forget two gentlemen who stood in the cold rain for nearly two hours asking questions and wanting to know about Jesus! Though they asked me to get in their car, I told them I couldn't because I was so wet. So, they got out of their car to talk with me. It was so beautiful to see their hearts warm as the cold rain ran down our faces. Finally, they said they wanted to know God's love and we all knelt down in the mud on the side of that road as they gave their lives to Jesus!
From Norway, we traveled north to Svalbard Island (nearly to the North Pole!)! Can you believe you can even go north from Norway?! If you go much further north, you are soon going south! Though the plane arrived at three in the morning, I still had to wear sunglasses because the sun was still so bright! Svalbard is one of the northernmost inhabited places in the world. The capital, Longyearbyen is surrounded by majestic snow-capped mountains and reindeer graze freely even in the city. There is great danger here, though! Polar bears! We were told that a tourist had been killed near the place we were staying only a few weeks earlier. As we were waiting to pick up the cross at baggage claim we noticed that many people were picking up long, golf bag like items. When we asked what they were, they told us that they were high-powered rifles for protection against polar bears! One day as we carried the cross past a school with the children playing at recess, we noticed that all of the teachers carried rifles to protect the children! We had a wonderful walk there; I got talk with many people and was even interviewed for two newspaper articles!
From Svalbard, we traveled on to the Faeroe Islands! What an incredible time of carrying the cross! As we were going through customs I began talking with one of the customs officials. His other job "just happened" to be a pastor of a local church there! As I shared with him how and why I felt that God had called me to carry the cross around the world he got really excited! Within minutes he had arranged a vehicle and a place for us to sleep each night. Along the way, many cars would often bring food and drink out to me, then stop and talk and pray. In many of the villages people would often crowd around the cross and ask questions. We had the privilege of being interviewed by the two major newspapers and even interviewed by the radio and television stations. I'll never forget how one day a little girl came out with her mother and I had a chance to talk and pray with her. Later, this little girl had her mother drive out to the cross with some of her little friends. Still later, she came out with three carloads of friends with dinner, desserts, and something to drink!
There is a beautiful move of God in the Faeroe Islands. It was such a privilege to be there! The church there is experiencing a true awakening, and I was blessed and surprised at how God was sending out so many young people from the Faeroes to be missionaries around the world. The people of the Faeroe Islands were so full of love and encouragement, and so welcoming to the cross.
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Pusha T Enlists Kanye West & Rick Ross For New Album "Daytona"
May 27, 2018 Be first to comment Bmax
Listen To Pusha T's New Album Titled "Daytona".
While we expect great albums from Kanye West, Drake, Teyana Taylor, Jorja Smith, Nas & more, G.O.O.D music's finest Pusha T drops his album titled 'Daytona' on the 24th of this month.
Some days ago, Kanye tweeted about the album "Daytona is the first project out of Wyoming, i'm really proud of what we put together. We've spent a year and a half digging for samples and writing. I really appreciate the overwhelmingly positive response that we've been receiving."" he said.
Pusha T who had changed the album title from King Push to Daytona has also announced that it's the album of the year and the reason he changed the title was because the first title didn't represent the message of the album.
Stream & Enjoy Daytona below.
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