Today NASA is showing the real science behind the film “The Martian”. Not just the bits and pieces you’ll know already – space travel and all that – but the technology you might not have known exists. NASA has the technology to make MOST of what you’ll see in The Martian a reality. All they need is time and funding. And Matt Damon, of course. Can’t forget Matt Damon. And Ridley Scott. This all begins with “the Hab”, or The Habitat, the place where our hero Watney spends his days in the film.
As you’ll see in the first trailer (below), this film takes place on Mars. One crew member from a Mars mission is left for dead and must survive an alien landscape using the technology left behind by the mission that’d stayed on the planet for an undisclosed amount of time.
This habitat is similar to the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA). This place is located at NASA Johnson Space Center here on Earth, set up to prepare astronauts for missions aboard the International Space Station.
At the head of this article you’ll see the Hab in The Martian. Below you’ll see HERA.
In The Martian, Watney must learn to grow plants on Mars so that he might survive a period long enough to be rescued. As you’ll remember from earlier this month, astronauts aboard the ISS ate space-grown lettuce for the first time in history. See: Space Lettuce.
To get to Mars, the crew in The Martian aboard fictional Ares 3 mission ship Hermes use Ion Propulsion. This technology is real, electrically charging gasses like xenon to push ions out at about 200,000 miles per hour. While these ion thrusters wouldn’t do a lot on Earth, in space with little resistance and continuous acceleration, vessels are able to travel at tremendous speeds.
Above: NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Project’s 7-kilowatt ion thruster.
The Martian features a rover much like the rovers NASA has on Mars and have used on our own Moon in the past. You’ll also find Watney using a space suit much like NASA’s own Z-2 and Prototype eXploration Suit. Above you’ll see Matt Damon in his orange space suit, while below you’ll see the Z-2 prototype suit.
NASA also goes into some additional details on RTG – Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators and solar panels in their blog entry this week. The Martian will be released to theaters in the United States on the 2nd of October, 2015. Stay tuned for more information and trailers!


This has been a busy week for international recognition of privacy issues. On Wednesday, Ben Emmerson, a UN special rapporteur on counterterrorism, sent a 22-page report to the UN General Assembly detailing how mass surveillance is “corrosive of online privacy” and is undermining international law. Meanwhile, leaders of the world’s data protection authorities (DPAs) came together with some of privacy’s top voices to talk big-picture issues in the African nation of Mauritius.
Though I did not get a chance to go there (must be nice…), I have gone through this year’s declaration from the DPAs and three resolutions released from the 36th Annual International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. We hope to feature more insight from those who were at the event, but in the meantime, here’s a quick look at some of the takeaways.
The Internet of Things Is for Real, But There’s Work To Do
In recent years, the conferences’ declarations have emphasized the “appification of society” and profiling; this year focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), with the declaration noting that it “is here to stay.” Though benefits will be afforded—especially in the healthcare, transportation and energy sectors—the privacy implications of IoT are huge.
“Self-determination is an inalienable right for all human beings,” the declaration states. “Personal development should not be defined by what business and government know about you.”
The declaration thus makes seven conclusions, which I’ve here summarized:
1. IoT sensor data “is high in quantity, quality and sensitivity,” allowing for greater inferences and identifiability, and therefore, “such data should be regarded and treated as personal data.”
2. IoT value is not just in devices but in services as well.
3. “Transparency is key,” and businesses using IoT must have privacy policies that adequately explain how the data is being collected, used and shared. Notably, “Companies need a mind shift to ensure privacy policies are no longer primarily about protecting them from litigation.”
4. Processing starts at collection—and from that start, Privacy by Design and security by design are a must.
5. Security needs to be taken to a whole new level—“A simple firewall is no longer sufficient”—and one suggestion is to store data locally on the device. When not feasible, businesses should employ end-to-end encryption.
6. Ominously, the regulators are paying attention to IoT, and they won’t be afraid to work together internationally and across jurisdictions to mete out justice if necessary.
7. But, the declaration backs a multi-stakeholder dialogue to be constructive and raise awareness.
Accreditation Brings More Agencies Into the Fold
As the scope of international data protection increases, three new members have been considered and include the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Bremen, Germany, Ghana’s Data Protection Commissioner and the Commission of Personal Data Protection in Senegal.
Plus, the Executive Committee proposed that Bermuda’s Ministry of Education and Economic Development Department of E-Commerce, Japan’s Specific Personal Information Protection Commission, Mexico’s Transparency, Public Information Access and Personal Data Protection Institute, Singapore’s Infocomm Development Authority and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission all be granted observer status.
Big Data Is Key Challenge to Privacy Principles
Proposed by the Norwegian DPA, big data remained on the radar this year, and, according to the resolution, “can be perceived to challenge key privacy principles, in particular the principles of purpose limitation and data minimization.” And keeping in mind previous resolutions, caution is urged around profiling.
As such, this year’s commissioners call upon those who use big data to:
- respect purpose limitation;
- limit collection and retention;
- obtain “valid consent” from users;
- be transparent about what data is collected, how, for which purposes and whether it’s shared;
- provide users with access rights, rights to know sources of data and, where possible, tools to allow user control;
- provide access rights to decision-making criteria; i.e., algorithms;
- carry out privacy impact assessments, especially when using data in novel/unexpected ways;
- employ anonymization, but it should be done on case-by-case basis, and it’s not a silver bullet;
- in general, be careful with personal data, and
- be accountable with decision-making. Plus, profiles and algorithms need continuous reassessments and regular reviews, not to mention ethical considerations and proportionality.
Increased International Cooperation
As always, the annual conference called for increased collaboration among regulators across the globe.
More specifically, trans-border data flows are increasing and affect many users. These flows should be “accompanied by increased cross-border information sharing and enforcement cooperation” between data protection authorities. Additionally, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced the launch of the Common Thread Network, which "is aimed at facilitating the sharing of experiences, knowledge and expertise" with other Commonwealth stakeholders.
Of the DPAs' six resolutions, two stuck out to me:
1. to encourage all DPAs to participate in the Global Cross Border Enforcement Cooperation Arrangement so, for example, multiple DPAs could work together on a large-scale data breach;
2. to “support the development of a secure international platform which offers a ‘safe space’ for members of the international conference and their partners to share confidential information and to facilitate the initiation of coordinated enforcement action and complement other international enforcement coordination mechanisms, adding value to the international enforcement operational framework.”
Privacy in the Digital Age: Let’s Talk About Mass Surveillance
Finally, in the post-Snowden era, how can the world’s data protection authorities not mention bulk electronic surveillance? The international conference welcomed “with great interest the probing report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on ‘The right to privacy in the digital age’” and, among others but notably:
1. affirmed readiness to participate in multi-stakeholder dialogue proposed in Office of the High Commissioner’s Report to address modern communications technology privacy issues;
2. called on conference members to advocate for compliance of any electronic surveillance program with at least the general data protection and privacy principles laid down in the 2009 Madrid Standards, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention of the Council of Europe, and
3. looked to share best practices among DPAs on the oversight of mass electronic surveillance programs.
And next year, all roads lead to Amsterdam!
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The Gospel among Religions
By: David R. Brockman Ruben L. F. Habito
"Well-organized and informative, the book brings fresh insights on the discourse about the Christian theology of Religions. A helpful list of further readings is provided at each section. This book is a must read for students from undergraduate upwards in the field of religions and theology. It will be a valuable resource for theologians, practitioners and researchers in the area of mission and inter-religious dialogue." --John Arun Kumar, in Mission Studies
How can Christians relate to people of other religious traditions, or even nonbelievers whose lives truly embody the unconditional divine love given to all at creation? This question is urgent in the world of the twenty-first century, a world beset with many serious problems and marked by a wide variety of religious traditions that present differing claims.
This book explores how we as Christians relate to and engage religious ""Others"" in constructive ways as we carry out our tasks of mission and ministry to the world. The first part of this book includes texts, beginning with the New Testament and working through the early church Fathers to theologians of today, that indicate ways forward. The essays in the second part of The Gospel among Religions explore ways of living together in ministry that broaden and deepen our understanding of other traditions and help us to become more firmly rooted in our own lives as Christians living in a world of many traditions.
David R. Brockman currently teaches at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth. He has published scholarly articles on Christian theology, Buddhism, and interreligious dialogue and is the author of No Longer the Same: Religious Others and the Liberation of Christian Theology (forthcoming).
Ruben L. F. Habito is Professor of World Religions and Spirituality at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of several books, including Healing Breath, and Experiencing Buddhism: Ways of Wisdom and Compassion.
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This is the second year in a row where Star Wars has been the family Christmas Day movie, but I found last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens to be the better movie. Yes, I know it was a highlight reel of past movies for the most part, but I’m not a fan of the franchise and I really liked it. Rogue One: A Star Wars story fits into the series as Episode 3.5, where we finally see the mission that saw the plans for the Death Star stolen, and why exactly it was, in the end, pretty easy to destroy.
This entry into the franchise marks the first departure from the cinematic core story since the franchise was acquired by Disney (although the plot is almost a decade old), and while hardcore fans may have been quaking in their boots when The House of the Mouse took over, Disney have been true to their word about not Disney-fying the series. Rogue One was originally billed as a different kind of Star Wars movie, and it mostly is. Taking away the celebration of the glory days that was The Force Awakens, the garbage of episodes 1 -3, that most people would prefer to forget, and a mostly poor Return of the Jedi, Rogue One comes in pretty high in the 8 movies for me – then again, I’m not a fan of the series per se.
So, with that perspective, I can say that this movie succeeded mostly, but failed in key areas for me that are not related to it being a Star Wars movie. I appreciated the darker tone, and I also liked the conceit of making a movie about the story behind the series’ key plot point. As a long-time comic reader, the only retcons I’ve enjoyed were those where someone was savvy enough to look at an historical comic book event and see what might have caused it, without introducing contradictory elements. Rogue One does that well enough (though, since I’m not a hardcore fan, I don’t know if it intrudes on the widespread canon created by the novels, and other related media) that it wasn’t a stretch for me as an audience member to accept it. Wisely, the movie doesn’t rely on the ill-conceived “prequel trilogy” to tell its story, which is a good move – I don’t think there are many audience members (fans or not) out there who don’t know what Episode 4 was about.
So, Jimmy Smits aside, you get an all new cast of rebels to take on the Empire’s lethal jewel in the crown, led by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything, Inferno) as the reluctant but necessary new addition to the Rebel Alliance. Her Jyn Erso just happens to be the child of one of the Death Star’s lead developers (played by Dr. Strange‘s Mads Mikkelsen), and lack of a father figure in her developing teen years made her a tough-but-principled career petty criminal. This cliché is as deep as the characterization gets here, which is one level of failure for me. To expand on this, fans of the movie appreciate that this is more of a “war” movie than a “Star Wars” movie – and it is, but only to an extent. Where it fails as a war movie is in the characters, none of which are remarkable here. I liked Jyn, but only mostly because I find Felicity Jones nice to look at. She’s not written to be much of an inspiring leader, and because she’s surrounded by people who deserve that role more, it feels odd that she is the one who assumes that position. At least she isn’t written to be a Mary Sue character, like Rey from The Force Awakens. The rest of them are mostly uninteresting, I have to say. The characters and the structure they find themselves in, are my two biggest issues with the movie. Uninteresting characters are just flat out boring to watch and listen to, and I can’t say there was any stand out moment written for them, other than some small sketched in scenes. Blind Asian, good bowstaff fighter, strong Asian simply grunts in a tough manner, Hispanic dude … well, there’s even less of him to speak about. In fact, other than Jones’s level One Pay Grade role, the only character of any real note is the sarcastic, snarky robot K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk. The robot came off to me as more of a theater critic than C-3PO’s effeminate butler, but was the most enjoyable character in the movie for me. And to me, that’s a major issue. Sure, it isn’t like the Star Wars franchise hasn’t elevated robots to stars before (C-3PO, R2D2, BB8), but the other movies had the benefit of strong, engaging human characters around them. Rogue One just doesn’t do the business in that area, nor does it use them particularly well. One thing I did enjoy was Darth Vader’s appearances – though the planet where he resides seems squarely more Lord of the Rings than Star Wars.
When it comes to war movies that feature a team working together to achieve a goal, the best ones use the cast wisely as emotional high points. By this, I mean their deaths, of course. You build them up by making them relatable, then kill them off in order to further engage the audience at various moments along the way. In Rogue One, the cast are not used this sparingly so the movie suffers from a real lack of urgency, that single lives remain hugely important even amid the backdrop of war. It’s in this key point that Rogue One fails as a “war movie” – in addition to the fact that all battle scenes are really no different than any other Star Wars movie you’ve ever seen. X-Wing v TIE fighters, check. Stormtroopers and Rebels exchanging blaster fire, check. Gareth Edwards has come a ways since Monsters, but I didn’t find his Godzilla movie to be all that interesting – it seems to me that as a filmmaker, his pacing is off. Even while the digital effects team is going all out to create the eye candy of urgency, Edwards’s directorial style just seems lackadaisical, especially in scenes where there are no special effects to distract the eye.
One last thought about special effects – you’ve likely heard of the CGI-rendered Grand Moff Tarkin and (sorry if this a spoiler) Princess Leia – the former is more convincing than the latter, but both are distractingly obvious. I think photorealistic CGI humans are not yet with us, but I have to believe that a few more million (and a few more months lead time) in the budget would have produced better renders of both Cushing and Fisher, but these weren’t deal breakers for me, just highly noticeable.
My verdict here is that Rogue One, while a well-intentioned concept, and mostly well executed, is lacking in the emotional content that’s needed to really pull off this kind of movie. It’s different enough from the core franchise to lay hold to that claim, but I expect more than just enough.
© Andrew Hope, 2017
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Agree with you pretty strongly on this one. Especially the CGI bit, I think that’s going to be one of those awkward things that won’t age well at all. I do really like that they tried for something very different, even if it’s littered with fan-service, but the characters were quite a letdown. I thought the beginning was really choppy, but the final act gave me goosebumps and a stupid nerdy grin.
It is weird, though, that we are very likely heading into a time period where Star Wars movies aren’t going to be *as* giant of an event as they used to be. Naturally with the quantity and frequency that Disney is going to produce movies for the franchise, a little bit of that magic will be lost.
Yeah, I agree with you – the Star Wars movies are likely “magic” only to people old enough to have been enthralled by the original trilogy. For a generation raised on blockbusters Star Wars and its future episodes and spin offs probably feels like just another franchise. Personally, i was disappointed by the lack of character development. There wasn’t really anyone I actually liked, and no strong characters actually emerged from the story. That, plus the inevitable, “I already know they succeed” audience distance, made it hard for the movie to be more than just the sum of its parts.
Hey, I just visited your blog – I like your writing! Here’s a proposition for you: would you be interested in writing a point/counterpoint article about our top 5 horror movies viewed in 2016? Like I would write mine, you would write yours, and we’d both comment on each other’s list, then the combined article would be formatted for each of our blogs?
Hey, that would definitely be fun. But I’m pretty terrible with lists covering a specific time period. I always am paranoid that I’m forgetting certain movies, and later end up realizing that fear was true. However, if you have an idea for a list that maybe covers a specific genre (found footage, haunted houses, holiday horror, anthologies, etc etc) or a franchise/series overview, then I could definitely contribute. Let me know if you have any ideas.
I actually found it tough to come up with a top 5 for 2016 – I’ve watched a lot of horror movies this year, but only half a dozen or so were released in this year. Let me think of something else, since you seem game. 🙂
Hey, definitely. Throw some ideas my way and I’ll let you know if I have a sufficient knowledge pool to do a top 3 or 5 on the subject.
Happy New Year. I’m posting a few brief “top” lists, but just links to prior reviews. I’m still up for for a collaborative piece.

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To report strays or abused pets, contact:
Moore county no kill animal shelter. Cara began rescuing homeless animals in april 2003, and have placed countless animals in wonderful homes across the country. The mission of the moore county sheriff's office animal services is to promote an environment of responsible pet ownership through progressive animal welfare initiatives, community outreach and humane education in a culture of compassion, creativity, and integrity and to enforce county and state animal laws. We promote compassion and protection for all animals.
Moore humane society is a private, non profit organization incorporated in 1966. Founded in 1874, the morris animal refuge is america’s first animal shelter. The moore county sheriff's office animal services can house just over 50 dogs and almost 40 cats.
Aamc does not have a shelter and completely relies on foster homes. Find 6 animal shelters within 22.9 miles of humane society of moore county. Moore humane society is a private, nonprofit organization incorporated in 1966.
We try our very best to keep our available pets updated but with adoptions and frequent arrivals to our shelter, this will not always be a reflection of all the animals we have for adoption. Last week, austin upped the ante by raising its goal from saving 90 percent of the animals it takes in to saving 95 percent. A wide range of additional services may also be offered by the moore county animal shelter.
Dorchester county animal shelter finishes 2020 with high adoptions and fostering. The moore animal shelter is seeking interested citizens to join us as volunteers as individuals or they are welcome to join moore pawsabilities inc., which is a 501c3 non profit organization. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for no kill animal shelters locations in pinehurst, nc.
About animal advocates of moore county. We promote compassion and protection for all animals. To register your pet, bring a copy of their current rabies certificate to the moore animal shelter, 3900 s.
We receive no government support of any kind or funding from any organization. Animal advocates of moore county is committed to all aspects of animal welfare including spay/neuter, animal cruelty and animal rescue accompanied by community education and diligence toward humane legislation. Find 11 listings related to no kill animal shelters in pinehurst on yp.com.
We are not part of moore county government or animal control. Although we have one of the highest adoption rates in the state, we still are forced to euthanize adoptable animals when there isn't enough space to hold all of the community's homeless pets. A puppy at the moore county animal services shelter in carthage on april 26, 2018.
About moore county sheriff's office animal services. However, there may be occasional delays in updates. With dorchester paws also being a no kill shelter, clearing out kennels is a rare occurrence.
We are dedicated to finding permanent and loving families for the homeless dogs and cats of north carolina. Learn more about moore humane society in carthage, nc, and search the available pets they have up for adoption on petfinder. At carolina animal rescue and adoption (cara).
Animal services strives to make sure the animals featured on the web page are current; Moore humane society is a private, nonprofit rescue organization incorporated in 1966. Welcome to carolina animal rescue & adoption.
Moore county sheriff's office animal services added a new photo to the album: We are not part of moore county government or animal control. Moore county sheriff's office animal services will be closed on wednesday, november 11th.
The cost is $5.00 for each altered pet or $10.00 for each unaltered pet. Animal advocates of moore county is committed to all aspects of animal welfare including spay/neuter, animal cruelty and animal rescue accompanied by community education and diligence toward humane legislation. North carolina animal sanctuary, inc.
We are the founders of animal welfare in the sandhills. Shelter killing is the leading cause of death for healthy companion animals in the united states.

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School leaders were warned twice about a teacher from Chester who is now in jail for sexually assaulting pupils.
Charles Ellis, of Oakfield Drive, Upton, was sentenced to three years in prison last December after he was found guilty by a jury of molesting six children at a school in Wirral, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The conviction was for 10 assaults over a period of eight years involving girls aged eight to nine.
But now, the former Chester Zoo keeper, 61, has confessed to six further counts of indecent assault and five of sexual assault after four more victims came forward.
And it emerged that school leaders had spoken to Ellis twice about allegations of inappropriate behaviour but he was allowed to keep on working.
Liverpool Crown Court today heard the married man had been molesting pupils for around 15 years.
Judge Thomas Teague, QC, said Ellis targeted one victim in Liverpool "under the guise of helping her with her work".
He rubbed the child's legs and bottom and sometimes touched her bottom under clothing.
Ellis behaved in a similar way to a second girl in Liverpool, but didn't touch her under clothing.
He touched one girl at the Wirral school on her legs, lower back and bottom, again after she sought help.
Judge Teague said a second girl at the Wirral school "approached your desk because she was upset".
He said: "You managed to slip your hand inside the back of her top and rubbed her bare back."
On another occasion, this girl asked him to use a computer, but became upset when the teacher said she should be playing outside.
Judge Teague said Ellis rubbed her bare back then moved his hands around to touch her chest.
Charlotte Kenny, prosecuting, said Ellis worked at the Liverpool school in the late 1990s and 2000s, before moving to the Wirral school in 2002.
During his trial it emerged Ellis was twice warned by senior staff at the Wirral school after allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
But he was allowed to keep working as a form and German teacher and continued touching girls, until one went to the police.
When one victim complained to her mum, Ellis was spoken to by the headteacher, but no action was taken.
In 2016, a colleague saw him touching a girl in a way which made her uncomfortable and reported him to the deputy headmistress, but he was simply given training and warned not to be alone with a child.
The following April, she again saw him behaving in a similar way and reported him, but before action could be taken the victim had gone to the police. Ellis was then finally suspended by the school.
Ms Kenny told the trial Ellis was "motivated by sexual gratification" and "a man who appears not to be able to control himself".
He had abused one girl several times a week over two years and targeted two girls when they said they were unwell, claiming he was touching them to see where their pain was.
Last year, Fiona McNeill, defending, said Ellis always denied there was any sexual motivation in his behaviour.
She said: "He accepted on occasion placing a hand of comfort around a child but that was the only motivation.
"He accepts that even when he acted in that way it was unwise, particularly as he had been the subject of a number of warnings."
Ms McNeill said Ellis was "clearly a dedicated teacher" who "lost the career he loved".
The lawyer added he was the "centre of his wife's world" and she received treatment because of the psychological impact on her.
Today, Ms McNeill said her client's best mitigation was his guilty pleas.
She said: "He has avoided the need thankfully, mercifully, for the victims to go through the ordeal of giving evidence at trial.
"That was not the case initially on a previous occasion - it has to be reflected in the sentence today.
"It's not insignificant, particularly in this type of case."
Ms McNeill said Ellis - who had been set for release from prison next June - accepted he would spend longer in jail.
She said he found prison "unpleasant" and it had "taken its toll on his health", including him suffering from coronavirus.
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Ms McNeill said: "He describes effectively being locked up for 23 to 23-and-a-half hours on many days and when he did have Covid, he found the experience particularly, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say brutal, because he wasn't allowed to leave his cell."
The lawyer said Ellis' wife knew about his latest offences, adding: "She was clearly anticipating he would be back at home in mid June next year. That clearly will no longer be the case."
Judge Teague said Ellis breached the trust placed in him and caused his victims distress.
He said: "It's clear, as on the last occasion, that your offending has had what one of them actually describes as long lasting negative effects."
Judge Teague said he was required to consider what the sentence would have been if Ellis had been dealt with for all these offences last December and had to factor in the principle of totality and the fact Ellis pleaded guilty to these offences.
He said if he didn't take into account the existing sentence, it would produce "a wholly unjust and excessive total".
Judge Teague said if Ellis had been sentenced for all of these crimes last year, the total sentence would have been longer, because of the greater number of offences and victims, longer period of offending, and the fact these crimes were committed in two schools.
He handed him two years in prison, starting today, of which he will serve half - one year - in prison.
In effect, this will mean Ellis serves an extra six months in jail and is released next December.
He must sign on the Sex Offenders Register and obey a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.

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First snowstorm of the season could slam parts of Wisconsin
It’s not even Halloween so we shouldn’t be talking about snow, right? Wrong.
Several inches of snow could blanket parts of Minnesota, Upper Michigan, and Wisconsin late tonight into early this weekend. An Alberta Clipper will glide into the Midwest around a trough of low pressure ushering the first true accumulating snow chance.
Snowfall amounts could stake up in sections of northern Wisconsin where 3”-6” of snow could fall, while most will see 1”-3”. There are Winter Storm Watches in play for northern Minnesota, and some type weather alert will be issued for northern Wisconsin for this system. Near blizzard conditions are even possible as the winds will crank up in the northern Plains and Minnesota. Minneapolis-St Paul could wake up to fresh powder on Friday.
How will this storm impact southeastern Wisconsin? A dry slot will develop in our viewing area, which means we escape most of the madness. Our chance to see any wintry weather wouldn’t be until late Friday and Saturday. Light scattered rain showers or snow showers are possible once the low moves east early this weekend. Accumulation is not expected.
What is expected is the cold. Highs and lows will be the coldest of the season with daytime temps in the low to mid 40s, and overnight lows tumbling into the 20s and 30s.


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This was not a WTMC trip but I thought the notes might be generally helpful to other WTMC members. We researched this trip thoroughly as the first two days do not have any maintained tracks. It is some of the most remote tramping you can do in New Zealand, and, whilst not all that high, the Tin Range is “not to be underestimated” (as a local hunter put it). I will not give a full route description here, but for others wishing to do this route I refer you to Debbie’s excellent article in the 2016 WTMC Journal. That article pretty much contains all the detail on the route you will need. You should also read Megan, Tony, Kate and Illona’s article in the 2011 Journal which not only describes a traverse of the Tin Range but also a two-day bush bash from Gog and Magog across to Port Pegasus. During our trip research phase, Gareth read me the section on the bush bash from the later report to which I said “No…..just No”, and he didn’t push it any further.
Having settled on a Tin Range adventure without the Gog/Magog extension, we arranged a boat from Bluff to Port Pegasus. You need to link up with someone else going to the same place, because this is a 4.5hr trip and a sizable boat is required. A charter will cost around $3000. We were lucky because there was a large family group already going into a hunter’s hut down there, so we could share their ride for a good price. After they had loaded up their considerable gear (2 small boats, picnic tables, chairs, scrabble, kites, food, beer, guns, and grandma were all loaded on the big boat), we hopped on with our backpacks and departed at around 9.30am. It was calm. And you have no idea how glad I was about that. After depositing the family at their beachside hut, our skipper took us on a wee tourist trip to Belltopper falls before depositing us at the end of the Surveyor’s Track on the North Arm of Port Pegasus. We had done considerable research to find out which was the best way up: the Old Surveyor’s Track or the Old Tramway from Diprose Bay. Rumour has it that both are now good, but our intel suggested we should try the Surveyor’s Track. After exploring the remains of the old hotel site, we set off up the track at 3.30pm. It was a great track, much better than we expected, and better than a lot of maintained tracks. Someone has been maintaining it, but no one we spoke to knew who. We made good progress to the campspot at the dam and arrived by early evening. There were good views of Gog and Magog and Port Pegasus on the way. We were surprised to find a group of four who had just come along the Tin Range already camping at the dam. In light rain we pitched up.
The next day we awoke to strong winds. Climbing up onto the ridge, we realized just how windy it was. I can’t really describe how frustrating it was. It was energy sapping to battle against it. It was at the upper end of what you could walk in, and every time you lifted your foot you were blown off course such that you stumbled around like a drunk falling over the scrub. We were bitterly, bitterly disappointed because we had been anticipating this trip so much. With the low cloud there was not that much of a view. Gareth insisted on going to the very end of the ridge to get the ‘view’, so we spent an hour doing that, before heading along past the spot height, granite knob and then over the shoulder of Mt Allen. There were sections with a faint trail and a few cairns, and sections of nav through low scrub. We arrived at the Mt Allen tarn at around 2.30pm. There is a small camp spot there. It was a bit boggy, but relatively sheltered and fairly flat, so we called it a day and pitched up. Despite the shelter it was still extremely gusty and I was concerned our 17 year old Macpac Minaret would stand it. Gareth assured me that the tent was ‘living its dream’. What you should understand is that our Minaret was purchased in Covent Garden in London, and that is about as far as you can get from the top of the Tin Range in every possible way….. I’m not sure this Minaret ever realized it would one day get to live out its dreams in the New Zealand Wilderness. It was built for this, and was in its element.
Indeed, it was a very windy night and the Minaret was constantly buffeted, however we were amazed to get a surprisingly good night’s sleep. When we awoke it was much calmer. We left at around 9am, just as the cloud was clearing and we were treated to some wonderful views. There was a light trail to follow, but we lost it a couple of times and we were glad we had researched the exact location of the route. By 10.30am we were at the Kopeka River Campsite (Read Debbie’s Trip report or speak to one of us for exact location). From there the foot trail to Blaikies Hill was more distinct and marked with loose cairns and standing sticks. Spotting these markers was a bit of a skill, and you definitely needed to know where the trail was headed in order to spot it amoungst the scattered rocks and scrub of the mountain top. In general the broad tops were easy to walk along, with just the occasional section of waist high scrub. It was warm and sunny with just a light breeze: such delight! Such a contrast to yesterday! The views of the granite knobs of the Tin Range were great, but we could also see down to Doughboy Bay and then back to Gog and Magog. We had lunch on Blaikies Hill at around 1pm. From Table Hill we got a view of the Paterson Inlet, Mt Anglem and the Ruggedy Range. This area is breading ground to the Southern NZ Dotterel, a critically endangered bird. There were several around and DOC have a monitoring area here. From around 2.30pm we started to head down off Table Hill, finding a trail by the central of the trident of streams coming off the North of Table Hill. Again, this is not maintained, and it was fairly overgrown, but became easier as we descended. We reached the southern circuit track at 7.15pm. We suspected Rakeahua Hut would be busy so we found a campspot in the bush beside the track and this is where we saw in the New Year. There was great birdlife; loads of kakariki, bellbirds, tuis and fantails. Even some kiwi footprints in the mud, but we didn’t spy the elusive birds themselves.
From there we made a pretty standard trip around the Southern Circuit: We took one day to get to Doughboy Bay (7hrs), another to get to the old homestead at Mason Bay (6hrs), a third to walk to Freshwater and to go over the Thompson Ridge (8hrs), and a final day to walk from the North Arm of the Paterson Inlet to Oban (4hrs). It was busy on the Southern Circuit Track, so we continued to camp, usually away from the huts to maintain our feeling of peace and quiet. At Mason bay we saw a plane land on the beach, and camped outside the old woolshed, where we caught a glimpse of a kiwi at night. From Freshwater Inlet we crossed the knarly tack over the Thompson Ridge and found a beautiful camp spot in the bush just where the track meets the north arm of the Paterson Inlet (close to a mini peninsula). From that campspot it was just 1.5hrs to the North Arm great walk hut, and from there only 2.5hrs out to Oban (great walk track time = 5hrs!). We had two nights in an Oban bach at the end; to rest and recuperate and readjust to civilization (in addition to giving us time to enjoy the delightful fare offered at the South Sea Hotel).
Summary: The Tin Range is a great adventure for intrepid trampers who want to get off the beaten track. You need to research the route and have good gear. It can be extremely windy up there! There are no maintained tracks, and no official markers at all – you’re on your own with the route finding. If you have more time, and the boat logistics are too much for you, you could do a there-and-back-again to Port Pegasus from Rakearua Hut, which would take 4 days. Please be sensitive to the fact that the open tops of the Tin Range are one of the only breeding grounds to the Southern NZ dottrell and do not interfere with DOC’s work in the area.

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Microsoft has finally decided to do what instant messenger users have been crying out for - work with rival IM services from Yahoo and AOL. Its enterprise IM server, from the end of the year, will also work with its MSN consumer IM product.
Microsoft's Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005 will allow users to exchange instant messages with users on AOL's AIM, Yahoo Messenger and MSN Messenger. The link between LCS and the three IM networks will be provided through add-on modules that will be sold separately. Pricing for the connectivity modules is still being worked on and will be announced later this year.
"This has been the top request from our corporate customers. They have clearly told us that anything we could possibly do to make this happen would make them the happiest," said Taylor Collyer, Microsoft's senior director for LCS. "We'll try to make it an attractive proposition. We want to put this thing within reach," Collyer said.
Collyer claimed that, until now, this type of interoperability between LCS and the three consumer IM networks could be accomplished only by cobbling together bridges using third-party gateway products. Doing it that way is cumbersome and requires heavy lifting on the part of IT departments, he said. However, third-party universal IM clients such as Trillian from Cerulean Studios have been available since 2000.
According to Microsoft, the new connectivity modules will plug into LCS natively out of the box and enable the interoperability with little configuration required. Because the modules will be designed to work with LCS specifically, the links with the public IM networks will be more stable and secure than with third-party products, the company claimed.
Representatives from AOL and Yahoo indicated separately that the collaboration with Microsoft is a significant step for their respective IM services in the corporate market. "This will open up new opportunities for all of us," said Brian Curry, AOL's senior director of AIM network services.
"Through our relationship with Microsoft LCS, we are able to increase the distribution, usage and presence of Yahoo Messenger while providing our users with a secure, convenient and seamless experience," said Lisa Mann, senior director of Yahoo Messenger.
"The big winner here will be the enterprise customer," Collyer said. Meanwhile, the biggest losers are the makers of IM gateway software, such as IMlogic, FaceTime and Akonix, said Robert Mahowald, an IDC analyst. These vendors have enjoyed solid sales over the past three years, thanks to the lack of interoperability in the marketplace and to the quick adoption of IM in businesses.
As employees began to use consumer-oriented IM networks for work matters, IT departments scrambled to implement gateway software from these vendors to manage and control that IM use, establishing usage policies and security safeguards. Meanwhile, Yahoo, AOL and MSN have so far declined to make their public, consumer-oriented IM networks interoperable.
But if Microsoft is building links between its server IM product and the consumer IM networks, the gateway vendors could find their products becoming redundant, Mahowald said. "Their days will be numbered. It's uncertain what their role will be." IMlogic, FaceTime and Akonix will need to change the focus of their products to niches that Microsoft won't go into, he said.
Also significant is what Microsoft's decision may herald in the way of interoperability. While the three consumer IM networks still don't interoperate, Microsoft's action could be the first step that triggers further co-operation, Mahowald said. "It's a really big shift in the market."


At the end of the day Organizations don’t do anything, people in organizations do things. As humans, we attribute the aggregate actions of the people in an organization to the organization as a whole. Institutions shape how individuals interact, but individuals also shape everything about an institution through their actions.
When the aggregate action of individuals go against an institution’s perceived mission (Institutions have implicit, explicit, and perceived missions) people start to lose trust in that institution. If it goes on long enough this eroded trust weakens the institution’s ability to shape how individuals interact, which leads to more individuals going against the institution’s perceived mission, creating a feedback loop that rips the institution apart.
An institution can prevent the self-destructive feedback loop by making an example of the individual. If you publicly expunge the individual from the institution, it shows people outside the institution that the institution can police itself. However, modern institutions don’t seem to be expunging people who fail in their institutional role Nobody is resigning for failing to do their institutional role, but are expunging people who violate extra-institutional rules. These expunging may confuse the rules of the institutional game (All institutions are coupled to at least one game) and reduce trust both inside the institution and outside. (The more trust an institution has, the less it needs formal process)
Weirdly I think this harkens to Girardian scapegoating.
The reflection of individual actions on institutions is one reason why Institutions need to differentiate between individuals inside and outside the institution. If it’s unclear who’s in the institution, it’s unclear who reflects on it.


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A few months ago I was called to a criminal court to give evidence on forensic tracking. It was a fascinating case with a real twist in the tail. The Judge was excited by the evidence given by myself, and said for the first time, (apart from CCTV) he was able to see the movements of the accused, just from his tracks.
The case was succesfull, and in summing up the judge said that it had rested purely on the tracking evidence. For the first time in The UK, tracking in its purest form had been admissable as evidence.
Since then I have had several other cases where forensic tracking is being used.
The only way to be able to give evidence in tracking is to observe humans( & animals), and apply their real-time actions to action indicators. What this means , is to act out their actions. If they go left, you go left. If they go on walking sticks, you go walking sticks, and then look at their tracks, and compare them to It may seem a bit obsessional, but tracking is my proffession, and just like any other proffession, practice and more practice is how you learn and gain confidence.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced challenges to the social life and care of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), which could potentially worsen mental health problems. Despite an increasing body of literature on mental health in people with PD during the COVID-19 pandemic, insight into subgroup differences regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health remains limited. This lack of insight has so far precluded the deployment of targeted interventions.
In this study among people with PD, the researchers investigated subgroup differences in the association of COVID-19 stressors with mental health and explored whether hypothetical interventions on COVID-19 stressors could improve mental health and quality of life. This study was conducted as part of the PRIME-NL study, a prospective cohort study of people with parkinsonism and their caregivers, and included 844 people with PD who filled out the baseline questionnaire of the PRIME-NL study. The project was led by Lisanne Dommershuijsen and Sirwan Darweesh and involved a joint effort of researchers in the field of Parkinson’s disease, from the Centre of Expertise for Parkinson and Movement Disorders of the Radboudumc, and Epidemiology, from the department of Epidemiology of the Erasmus MC. The results were published in npj Parkinson’s disease on October 28th.
They have found an association between all eight studied COVID-19 related stressors and symptoms of depression and anxiety. The largest effect was found for the stressor tension or conflict at home. Associations were more pronounced in women, people with a higher education and people with more advanced PD. Furthermore, a hypothetical 50% reduction of COVID-19 stressors in people with more advanced PD resulted in clinically relevant improvements in depressive and anxiety symptoms and quality of life in this subgroup of patients.
Insights from this study will help to inform tailored care interventions to subgroups of people with PD that are most vulnerable to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health. An example of such an intervention is mindfulness, which has recently been identified as a way to reduce stress, anxiety and depression in people with PD. It is thus of interest to further study whether mindfulness training can help to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in people with PD.
Dommershuijsen, L.J., Van der Heide, A., Van den Berg, E.M. et al. Mental health in people with Parkinson’s disease during the COVID-19 pandemic: potential for targeted interventions?. npj Parkinsons Dis. 7, 95 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41531-021-00238-y


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Dec 14, 2020
The girls explore a sect of the fertility world they have yet to learn about through the podcast. In this episode they interview a sperm donor whose sperm was such a popular choice amongst people trying to conceive that he had to retire from donating. They speak with a woman who is currently pregnant with sperm from a donor. She and her husband decided to use a donor because IVF was their only option after he became paralyzed after an accident. The IDGI ladies chat with a lesbian woman who hopes to one day carry a child thanks to a sperm donor on she and her wife's behalf. The last interview is with a 20-something who found out that she and her twin sister were the result of a sperm donor, not their father, because of a 23 & Me test!

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A creative duo making comedy shorts in paris.
Seasons 1 and 2 shot on location in Paris and beyond. Poised between bumbling and brilliant Matt and Kiki risk everything to bring you a laugh. Your support keeps them going.
It only takes a minute!
(S1 E2) Kiki asks Matt how many things she can tell the accupuncturist is wrong before he thinks she's crazy and devises a plan to make up a whole new age mode of thinking.
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Many thanks to @MoussaFaki_M who took time to travel to Brussels for a farewell visit to his European counterparts a few weeks before the end of @JunckerEUommission '>@JunckerEUommission . Together we have strengthened the #AUEUartnership and we are confident our legacy will stay alive!
So, officials from EU member states were briefed yesterday by the European Commission in Brussels on the Alternative Arrangements Commission report. The Commission stressed this was not an official UK report and was not endorsed by the UK govt
Demonstrators against the UN Migration pact are targeting the European Commission building in Brussels. Water cannon and tear gas have been fired at protesters.
Hello from the European Commission in Brussels, where maybe they're making a point that we're on our own


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What is ArtNoy?
ArtNoy addresses the lack of liquidity in the World’s $45,000,000,000 annual art market by creating a platform on the blockchain, Html and Java technology for verification of ownership, pricing history and buying and selling art p2p.
ArtNoy uses the blockchain Html and Java technology to disrupt the art industry with a robust, peer-to-peer trading platform, eliminating counterfeit third-party price manipulation and bringing liquidity and transparency. This start up platform is perfectly poised to capture the fast growing and flourishing online art market.
At present, there is large scale counterfeit art and fraud in the art market. The ArtNoy platform solves this problem by making use of blockchain technology Html and Java to validate through external experts the artwork’s owner authenticity, as well as track the sales history of the artwork in a transparent manner.

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Brand New, Unread Copy in Perfect Condition. A+ Customer Service!. Buchnummer des Verkäufers
Inhaltsangabe: What happens in the dark between the screen and the audience that makes movies so exciting to so many? Jon Boorstin believes that every movie is really three movies running at once: the "voyeuristic" movie (the logic of the film), the "vicarious" movie (the emotional hold of the film), and the "visceral" movie (the primal thrill the film elicits). Here he examines these elements using his own experiences as well as those of well-known film makers - from Hitchcock to Spielberg - to demonstrate how the moviemaking process works. He shows how film makers use light, space and sound to create a world; tells what makes an actor a star; explains why he thinks "Citizen Kane" is a great film and what he feels is wrong with the ending of "Fatal Attraction". The book is illustrated with stills from films and line-drawings of film techniques.
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Combining practical Hollywood know-how, film theory, and straightforward writing, this highly readable work examines the making of such successful American films as Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now, and All the President's Men . Longtime producer and screenwriter Boorstin explores Hollywood production techniques, practices, and values in an attempt to define what makes a film "work" for viewers. Standard literary elements--characterizaiton, sense of place, and plot--are examined from a cinematic perspective, and a great deal of information is imparted about the arcane arts of film editing, lighting, and sound effects. This is a surprisingly refreshing book about a much-maligned, much-studied phenomenon: the traditional Hollywood film. Highly recommended.
- James B. Hemesath, Adams State Coll. Lib., Alamosa, Col.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins, 1990. Buchzustand: Good. 1st. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Buchnummer des Verkäufers GRP7563017
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Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins Publishers. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Good. This book has a light amount of wear to the pages, cover and binding. Buchnummer des Verkäufers G0060391138I3N00
Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins, 1990. Buchzustand: Good. 1st. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Buchnummer des Verkäufers GRP62773350
Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins. Buchzustand: Good. . Good dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Writing on dust jacket. Buchnummer des Verkäufers Q06H-00513
Buchbeschreibung Buchzustand: very good. 726 Gramm. Buchnummer des Verkäufers M00060391138-V
Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins, 1990. Buchzustand: Very Good. 1st Printing. VG condition book with dust jacket. DJ is clean, has fresh colours and has little wear to edges. Book has clean and bright contents. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 9999-9991125556
Buchbeschreibung HarperCollins. Hardcover. Buchzustand: Very Good. 0060391138 Very Good Condition. Five star seller - Buy with confidence!. Buchnummer des Verkäufers Z0060391138Z2
Buchbeschreibung Cornelia & Michael Bessie Books, NY, 1990. Hardcover. Buchzustand: VG Plus. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG Plus Dj. 1st. Very good plus or better book and jacket with no markings and very light wear. First Edition stated. also #1 in printing line. Publisher priced dust jacket flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 10" Tall. Buchnummer des Verkäufers 034540

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...and rock the HiDive Wednesday night. Imaad as usual rules the world of electric guitar. Pretty mind boggling-- dude knows his way around a Fender Jazzmaster for certain, though would like to have seen more SG action.
Led off the show with Seventh Sign from the new record, and littered the set with some songs from his KRS solo record and (i think) even an alaska! song.
Quite a bit of drinking going on myself, but really can't compare to Bassist Bob, one half of the Beast. Dude showed up at the ST domicile at ~2am and promptly booted on the floor of the library. The wood floor was over due for some Murphy's Oil Soap treatment anyways, I guess. Nice casual morning hanging out with Imaad and Adam, as the Ive ran rampant, before they disembarked for the wilds of Nebraska. (Bob slept until rousted as the van was warming up, and now fully takes over from DT as most drunk post-rockshow in my house ever)


Repligen Completes Metenova Acquisition
Repligen completes the acquisition of Metenova of Mölndal, Sweden. Metenova is a leading innovator and manufacturer of cutting-edge magnetic mixing technology for use in biopharmaceutical production. Metenova’s aseptic stainless steel ("repeat-use") and single-use mixing solutions enable gentle, homogenous mixing for critical applications including shear-sensitive proteins, ensuring optimal yields of highly concentrated, high-value end products. The acquisition is another step in building out the Repligen Fluid Management franchise and it complements and vertically integrates our systems, single-use bag and durable plastic vessels offerings with high performance mixing technology. With Metenova, we have a more complete fluid management solution for our biopharmaceutical manufacturing customers. Johan Westman, Chief Executive Officer at Metenova said, “We have made tremendous progress over the last ten years, building a market leading mixing portfolio. We are now at a stage in our development where we can benefit from more rapid expansion into the single-use market where many of our customers are scaling today. Repligen is the ideal partner for us to take this next step of growth and we look forward to working with our colleagues at Repligen to drive additional global demand for our single use mixing products, while continuing to advance innovative single-use solutions for the industry”. Welcome Metenova to Repligen!


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A clearly rattled Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan, shocked by the groundswell of support for the #SaveSabarimala campaign and the rising public disgust at the brutal crackdown by Kerala police against Ayyappa devotees at Nilakkal, came out with a series of tweets calling the protesting devotees as ‘RSS-backed attackers obstructing believers and spreading terror’.
Resorting to usual Communist rhetoric, he claimed ‘these attackers are motivated by casteist and feudal ideologies’.
The CM has refused to listen to pleas of countless devotees, mostly women, who have taken to the streets of Kerala in recent days, chanting ‘Swami Saranam Ayyappa’, asking the government to file a review petition in Supreme Court, or to hold off on implementing the SC verdict with such haste.
To the surprise of many, Pinarayi Vijayan decided to proceed with a 4-day state visit to UAE at such a troubled time in his state. The day that he left saw an allegedly unprovoked charge by Kerala Police on devotees protesting peacefully at Nilakkal, the base camp for the trek to the Sabarimala hill shrine.
Sabarimala is arguably the most important Hindu shrine in Kerala, and Sri Ayyappa devotees and temples are spread across the length and breadth of the country. People across caste and community lines, from poor to rich, hold Sabarimala sacred and approximately 20 million flock to it every year after undertaking the arduous 41-day vrata (pious observances).
It is mostly poor, devout Hindus who have taken to the streets and braved the police crackdown to uphold their timeless tradition at Sabarimala. And women have been at the forefront of the protests, just as women are central to Ayyappa devotional practises elsewhere (Sabarimala is the only Ayyappa temple where women in the 10-50 age group are restricted as Ayyappa there is in the form of a Naishtik Brahmachari i.e. lifelong celibate).
And despite the best efforts of majority Malayalam & national media to censor the peaceful protests by devotees and the brutal crackdown by Kerala police, in this day & age of social media the truth cannot be hidden for long –
While cynically playing the caste card to discredit the Sabarimala protests, CM Pinarayi Vijayan has followed the standard Communist template which is to destroy Hindu society by creating internal divisions. But his cynical ploy becomes all the more painful when one hears of simple Ayyappa devotees ending their lives or dying heartbroken seeing the state-sponsored attempt to decimate their tradition –
Cheeyeyi – Ardent devotee of Ayyappa, A Tribal mother couldn't witness the constant defilement attempts targeting her lord..Heart broken & succumbed to death pic.twitter.com/Ek9aD5j0M6
— HKupdate (@HKupdate) October 20, 2018
Now, after the CM first played the caste card, a Dalit Congress leader Manju, who has multiple pending criminal cases against her, is said to be preparing to barge her way into the #Sabarimala shrine.
But what is driving CPM Government’s actions in the whole Sabarimala issue is pure, unadulterated hate for Hindu Dharma. And again, it is social media only which brings out this stark, but hidden, truth –
@cpimspeak mouthpiece Deshabhimani’s subEditor Jisha urges her party workers to spit at holy shrine of #Sabarimala as she’s very frustrated after her comrades, Kavita Joshua, Rahana Fatima&Liby, escorted by @CMOKerala ‘s Police, were prevented by devotees from entering the temple pic.twitter.com/5LKN5a14ei
— Ex-Comrade ☭ (@excomradekerala) October 19, 2018
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Portable and easy to carry 1 l oxygen concentrator, intended for home use.
It is an ultra-silent device that can work continuously for 48 hours.
The modern technology includes high reverse display LCD screen and intelligent surveillance: failure and filter cleaning alarms, real-time oxygen concentration.
It can be controlled by an infrared remote system.
Compressor’s life is more than 50,000 hours.
Supplied with paper filter nasal cannula (2 m), humidifier bottle, remote control and multilingual manual: GB, IT, FR, ES.


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Spring Forward Solely
Run distance: 6.1 miles Bike: 1hr 20min Weather: partly cloudy
Today, I had a lecture on social capital theory. That theory always makes me a bit sad. When I think about my social capital I have never been able to cultivate those deep origin relationships. I really only have it with my Mom, and in the past I didn’t really have that. Things have really changed in the last 4 years regarding our relationship. More on that in the near future. It’s never to late to connect with other people. It’s a little more challenging during a pandemic, but I will keep trying.


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Beats by Dre has collaborated with fashion icon and DJ Kerwin Frost for a space-aged version of the Beats Studio3 Wireless Headphones aptly called the ‘Cosmophones.’ The hero film features musical legends Thundercat and Eddie Chacon.
The spot sees Thundercat standing in a field. The set is kaleidoscopic and slightly warped, and as he looks directly into a giant telescope viewers see him wave at a charismatic claymation-style moon. Gazing around the faraway galaxy, the bassist locks eyes with an animated Frost, who beckons him to check out the new Beats headphones that are floating among the stars.
As Thundercat tries on the ‘Cosmophones,’ the vocals of Eddie Chacon kick in and the Grammy-winning artist is transported to a different world. Throughout the short film, multiple creative techniques are used including claymation, animation and live-action segments, which gives the ad an immersive and unique feel.


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That’s the way it’s always been for me – perhaps a fitting quality for a journalist.
It was curiosity that led me to enquire about a Royal Navy ship called HMS Sikh that served during the 2nd World War.
That made me take time out from busy work days to travel to the British Library and National Archives to dig into it’s history.
The result of a year’s research, writing and reading is a new booklet I’m printing later this year.
HMS Sikh 1939-42 is a short research paper about the Destroyer and will be available for a modest fee on Amazon.co.uk
While the work I’ve put into this has been somewhat removed from my main research interests of the Great War period; I’ve learnt lots of new skills from the process.
My curiosity certainly got the better of me!
I’ll put a direct link to the sale page here when it’s ready.
So it’s 6 months since I last blogged, but lot’s has happened since then.
For one, we’ve launched an Arts Council Exhibition based on my “TURBANOLOGY” documentary from 2009. This exciting touring project has had lots of media and is wooing crowds with colourful Turban-art. You can find out more via:
FACEBOOK – www.facebook.com/turbanology.sikhs.unwrapped.exhibition
WEB – www.turbanology.info
TWITTER – TurbanologyTour
Secondly, the “S@W” project is continuing and I’ve been putting lots of research into a series of titles that’ll be self-published in the forthcoming few months.
While lots of work has been done by Anglo-Sikh related groups, there is still a general lack of good research productions. So our research into Sikhs/Indians during WW1 and 2 will be released – it’ll hopefully help those who want to delve into the subject matter as well as serious academics and historians.
We begin with a research book about HMS SIKH (1939-42) … more details soon…
The HMS SIKH was a Tribal Class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
It was the third ship to carry the SIKH name – the first being a small torpedo boat in 1892, and the second an S-Class destroyer from 1918 – 1926.
What was so special about this ship was that it was inspired by the Sikh – despite their being no Sikhs serving on it! A decision born from the Admiralty’s desire to name a Tribal class of warships after various martial races within the British Empire.
The crew compliment of 190 would not have included any Sikhs themselves. The ship had its home port in the UK and so personnel who served on board would have been British. The casualty pack from the sinking of the HMS Sikh in 1942 also shows that no Sikh ‘Singh’s served on board.
Images showing Sikhs in Naval uniform on ships purporting to be the HMS Sikh are therefore wrong – they’re more likely to be ships from the Royal Indian Navy which fell under the Admiralty’s auspices until 1945 and did have recruitement of Sikhs.
Besides this, the Sikh ethos would have been apparent to the crew – the ship moto was ‘Sicut Leonis’ or ‘be like lions’ which would have been engrained into the mindset of her crew. And her badge bore a gold lion representing a Sikh with a silver Sikh quoit behind it.
The Sikh had 8 Battle Honours, which included action against the infamous German battleship the Bismarck – it helped in the hunt for it in 1941.
Sadly, the Sikh sunk in 1942 at Tobruk.
The story of this ship will be told by Dot Hyphen Productions who will release a short film about it on www.sikhsatwar.info as well as a research publication in 2011.
We are currently finishing our research into the HMS Sikh 1939 – 42, if you have any memories of it or pictures please comment below.

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4 edition of Alzheimer"s Dementia found in the catalog.
November 9, 2007
by Carma Publishing
Written in English
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Reminiscence books and therapy have been used to help treat people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, resulting in a more balanced mindset by restoring a sense of self and identity. Author Judi Parkinson explores how reminiscence books may help people with Alzheimer’s. How Reminiscence Books Affect Alzheimer’s. We love to : Judi Parkinson. Author and fine artist, Kathryn Harrison, shares 12 books for children about Alzheimer's and dementia that she recommends to families on the journey through the disease. It is a well-known fact that a high percentage of the elderly experience mental degradation at some stage during the later years of 11 pins.
Alzheimer’s is one of the diseases people most want to avoid, and for good reason. There is no proven way to prevent it. But there’s a lot you can do to lower your chance of getting it. Alzheimer's disease, however, is the most well-known and common form of dementia but not everyone with dementia has Alzheimer's disease. With Jonathan Graff-Radford, M.D.
Books Written By People Living With Dementia BOOK TITLE AUTHOR YEAR Dementia from the Inside: A Doctor’s Personal Journey of Hope Jennifer Bute, MD Somebody I Used to Know Wendy Mitchell Coming Out of the Shadows: Why. Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a specific disease. Dementia is not. Learning about the two terms and the difference between them is important and can empower.
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Teen Pregnancy and Parenting
THE POWER OF VIOLENCE IN WAR AND PEACE POST COLD-WAR LESSONS FROM EL SALVADOR
Wynkoop genealogy in the United States of America
Managing Intermountain rangelands
India then and now.
Conserving biodiversity through traditional knowledge
From the Good Earth
Great steam trek
Elsie and Her Loved Ones
Facts at Your Fingertips 2002 Calendar
Americas top military careers
Humboldt County, California
Blackshirts: fascism in Britain
"Professor Sabat's international renown as an expert in the field stems from his advocacy of a humane approach to people with different types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. In this new book his views are presented with typical clarity.5/5(14).
1. The Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer’s Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss, 6th edition, by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V. Rabins.
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As well as Alzheimer's Society's publications we have a wide range of books to help people living with dementia and their carers. This is a non-scientific explanation to understand a) how memories are stored in the brain b) how these memories/feelings can be affected when dementia is in.
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Stirred by her personal experience with her mother’s dementia, Harrison created this book to support families and spread awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. To take it further, she founded Flipturn Publishing to publish the book, enabling her to make donations to the Alzheimer Society of Canada for every book sold.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring concentrates on the discovery, development, and validation of assays, instruments, and technologies with the potential to facilitate accurate detection of dementia in its various forms and stages.
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The gorgeous actress Priyanka Chopra recently graced on The Man Magazine Cover. In the cover actress looks very gorgeous ‘The Man’ for the month of September 2016. Priyanka is currently not doing any Bollywood movie and she is busy to establish is career in Hollywood.
The actress currently shooting for Quantico 2 to eventually playing the lead antagonist in ‘Baywatch’, has been staggering to say the lead. On the cover of ‘The Man’, the actress proudly flaunts her tattoo ‘Daddy’s lil girl’.
The actress was last seen in Jai Gangaajal and now she is busy shooting of his Hollywood debut movie Baywatch.


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By Alyssa Edmunds
In VTT’s PlastBug projects, microbes are being screened through a three-stage process. (Photo: VTT)Earlier this summer I mentioned in my blog post, Businesses And Meatless Mondays Tackle Greenhouse Gases, that I had been trying to cut back my plastic consumption. Saving the environment is very important to me, so I did not let the fact that I moved back to school impede my efforts. I bought all reusable dishes and a reusable K-cup for my Keurig. Often, I feel like my efforts to protect the environment are meaningless; one individual’s plastic-free lifestyle is ineffective in the grand scheme of things. That’s why it excites me so much when I see scientists working to effect change at a larger scale, like the scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
VTT is working to develop a mobile container unit called the PlastBug that will degrade plastic waste in the ocean and turn it into fuel or chemicals. The container would get most of the energy it needs from renewable energy sources, like solar or wind energy. Currently, researchers are looking for microbes that are able to degrade different types of plastic. The developers of this projects still have much work to do, but their goal is to use the PlastBug in the Baltic Sea by 2021. If all goes well, they can be commercially produced and used in various locations throughout the world in just a few years.
Alyssa Edmunds is Chemical Processing’s social media intern and a student at The Ohio State University. She is studying Actuarial Science. She is also lowering her carbon footprint one cup of coffee at a time.


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Baby Shower Recipes
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This classic quiche is full of rich flavor. Make sure you thoroughly caramelize your leeks and onions. This will impart a rich flavor to the quiche.
Store-bought cookies are layered with whipped mascarpone and lemon curd then topped with fresh raspberries. This Raspberry Lemon Icebox Cake is an easy no-bake dessert for summer entertaining!
These fabulous sandwiches feature pork shoulder that is slow-cooked in a scrumptious, sweet and tangy sauce to be served on sandwich buns.
A crispy fried potato pancake is the base for this versatile pizza that can be served for brunch, lunch or as a dinner starter.
Add a little bit of green to your next quesadilla! This recipe uses sauteed kale in addition to the traditional cheese filling. Try it at your next game day party!
Asparagus is at its best in the spring. Showcase this great spring vegetable in an easy and beautiful quiche.

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