In-flight calibration: a unique operation in the air
Every member state of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) is obliged to inspect and calibrate periodically their navigational aids and instrument landing systems to guarantee aviation safety under any weather conditions. These complex missions require qualified pilots trained to conduct many manoeuvres at low altitude within air traffic, and an aircraft equipped with a FIS system to ensure precise measurements and analyses by flight inspectors.
Embarked into the DA62, CARNAC XS, the smallest FIS system of Safran’s CARNAC family, enables to calibrate all types of beacons (VOR, ILS, VDF, Marker, DME, NDB, TACAN, etc.), to validate PBN/RNAV procedures and approaches as well as to measure coverage of V/UHF radios, secondary radars (A/C and S modes) and the ADS-B system.
About the Mission Setup
The extra compact FIS module is located in the mission equipment compartment of the DA62, right behind the operator seat, and is wired up to the mission power panel and the dedicated antenna connection panel. This modular design and the pre-installed antennas enable an easy configuration change from e.g. ISR to FIS in less than a day. The operator laptop, directly connected to the CARNAC XS, allows real time analyses of the measurements taken by the calibration bench and the pilot tablet allows a live monitoring of the flight relevant data. With additional radios and audio panels, the operator has all the capabilities to ensure safe communication on board and, at the same time, direct connection to the ground crew.
The expected delivery will be in the upcoming weeks to long term Diamond Aircraft Distributor and Special Mission Aircraft operator Asian Aerospace Services in Bangkok, Thailand. Once operational, the aircraft will be available for demonstration to future Diamond Aircraft MPP operators in South East Asia.
About the DA62 MPP
The DA62 MPP is the latest variant of Diamond Aircraft’s successful Special Mission Aircraft portfolio. The all-carbon-fibre, twin-engine aircraft is equipped with a state-of-the-art glass cockpit and a fully integrated autopilot. It is powered by two turbo charged jet-fuel engines which enable the aircraft to stay airborne for up to eight hours due to their superb fuel efficiency. The carbon fibre material provides for unlimited airframe life and is not subject to corrosion, even when operated in saline and humid environments. Together, fuel efficiency and the unlimited airframe life combine for extremely low direct operating costs, making the DA62 MPP the most cost-efficient Special Mission Aircraft in its class. To learn more about the DA62 MPP capabilities, please visit: www.diamondaircraft.com/en/special-mission/aircraft/da62-mpp/overview.
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Safran Electronics & Defense calls on more than 30 years of experience in automatic flight inspection. Designed in collaboration with flight inspectors, the CARNAC family enables to fit any aircraft size, to ensure all-weather highly accurate measurements and to save up to 1 hour of flight inspection time. CARNAC solutions are operated in 40+ countries worldwide. To find out more, please visit: www.safran-group.com/products-services/carnac-automatic-flight-inspection-systems.


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Universal has dropped the first full-length trailer for the action film sequel/prequel for the 2012 film Snow White and the Huntsman.
The fantastical world of Snow White and the Huntsman expands to reveal how the fates of The Huntsman Eric and Queen Ravenna are deeply and dangerously intertwined.
This time around Kristen Stewart will not be returning for the sequel to reprise her role as the character Snow White.
The sequel is directed by Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for the first film (Best Visual Effects).
The film is based on the characters from the German fairy tale “Snow White” compiled by the Brothers Grimm. The script is written by Frank Darabont, David Koepp, Craig Mazin and Evan Spiliotopoulos.
The official plot synopsis of the film is the following:
Long before the evil Queen Ravenna (Theron) was thought vanquished by Snow White’s blade, she watched silently as her sister, Freya (Blunt), suffered a heartbreaking betrayal and fled their kingdom. With Freya’s ability to freeze any enemy, the young ice queen has spent decades in a remote wintry palace raising a legion of deadly huntsmen—including Eric (Hemsworth) and warrior Sara (Chastain)—only to find that her prized two defied her one demand: Forever harden your hearts to love.
When Freya learns of her sister’s demise, she summons her remaining soldiers to bring the Magic Mirror home to the only sorceress left who can harness its power. But once she discovers Ravenna can be resurrected from its golden depths, the wicked sisters threaten this enchanted land with twice the darkest force it’s ever seen. Now, their amassing army shall prove undefeatable…unless the banished huntsmen who broke their queen’s cardinal rule can fight their way back to one another.
The first full trailer for The Huntsman: Winter’s War has been unveiled and it’s double trouble for Chris Hemsworth this time round.
The trailer gives confirmation that the character of Charlize Theron’s evil Queen Ravenna – vanquished with the help of Kristen Stewart’s Snow White in the first film -is being resurrected by her ice queen sister Freya, played by Emily Blunt.
A fun fact about the film, is that Chris Hemsworth who plays the lead in this film, is mostly famous for playing the Norse god Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and now Emily Blunts character is named Freya, which is the name of a Norse goddess.
The first film Snow White and the Huntsman was a reasonable success for Universal in 2012; it made just under $400 million worldwide against a reported budget of $170 million.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War opens in theaters April 22, 2016.
Below is the first official trailer

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- The US trade deficit grew in the month of August.
- President Donald Trump has made the reduction of the trade deficit one of the focuses of the trade war.
- The goods trade deficit with China, a key focus of Trump's, also hit a record high by one measure.
- Exports of soybeans, an important crop and one of China's targets in the trade war, nosedived in August.
President Donald Trump is losing the trade war, at least according to his favorite measuring stick.
Trump has repeatedly cited the US's ever-growing trade deficit with China, Mexico, and other nations as a primary reason for the trade war. And while many economists think the focus on trade deficits is misguided, Trump has made the reducing them one of the trade war's main goals.
Based on the latest trade numbers, the president's battle with China and other countries is not going so well.
The US Census Bureau reported Friday that the trade deficit increased to $53.2 billion in August for both goods and services, up from $50.0 billion in July. The goods trade deficit, which draws most of Trump's attention, also increased to $86.3 billion, a $3.8 billion increase from the month before.
The primary reason for the increase in the deficit was a collapse in exports, especially soybeans, which fell off by $1 billion, a 28% drop from the month prior. China, the largest buyer of US soybeans, imposed tariffs on the American crop and it appears the restrictions are taking a toll.
Turning to Trump's main trade war target — China — the news doesn't look much better for the president. The goods deficit with China jumped to an all-time one-month record of $38.6 billion from $36.8 billion in July without seasonal adjustments. Year-to-date, the goods deficit with China is $261 billion, 8.3% higher than the $240 billion through August of 2017.
Similarly to the overall deficit, the imbalance with China worsened due to a drop in exports to the country according to Dan Silver, an economist at JPMorgan.
"Details in the August report show that nominal goods exports to China dropped significantly during the month following the implementation of tariffs by both the US and China early in July," Silver said.
But China wasn't the only country to see its trade surplus with the US grow. The US goods-trade deficit with Mexico ticked up to $8.7 billion, a $2.3 billion increase from July, and the deficit with Japan increased to $5.8 billion, up $0.9 billion from last month.
Gregory Daco, the chief US economist at Oxford Economics, wrote in a note to clients that the trade deficit will likely continue to grow given recent trends.
"Looking ahead, cooler global momentum and the stronger dollar will continue to temper export growth while imports will stay well-supported by upbeat domestic demand, fiscal stimulus and the strong greenback," Daco said. "Tariffs and persistent trade policy uncertainty are the key risks to our outlook."

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Once I was a fish. At least I imagined I was. As a young girl, I spent hours lying on the docks around a bay of Lake Minnetonka, staring into the water to watch the sunnies and perch and minnows that swam below me. I might catch a glimpse of a bass lurking on the edges. Schools of baby bullheads swarmed in wiggling blobs that were ever elusive to a pair of human hands.
I saw how the fish darted into the shadows of the dock when alarmed, how they fluttered their side fins to stay in place and whipped their tail to move quickly. I wondered how they moved as a school without ever running into each other. I puzzled over how they could breathe through gills and wished I had some. I learned where they would hang out during the day depending on the weather. If I was fishing, I saw how those crafty small fry would nibble a worm clean off the hook while barely moving the bobber.
I remember the feel of sun-warmed wood planks as I lay there on a cool morning, feeling like a browning piece of toast. Those uniquely lake odors of aquatic plants, dead fish, and gasoline wafted over the water, mixing with the tang of creosote from the railroad tracks nearby. Just like I imagined the fish doing, I'd seek the sunlight in the mornings and rest in the shade in the afternoons. I ate squashed, waxed-paper-wrapped sandwiches for lunch, chased down by a slurp of water from the water fountain over at the beach.
When I swam, I tried to move my body like a fish. I'd flutter my arms out to the side and thrash my legs, but I could never attain the grace and fluidity of a fish. And I so desperately wanted gills. I loved swimming under the water and looking at things. It was annoying to have to go up to the surface to breathe. It was ages before I discovered masks and snorkels, but I still had to come up for air. When I read the Harry Potter books as an adult, I was hugely envious of gillyweed, which allowed that lucky wizard to get oxygen from the water like fish do.
One way to get closer to fish was to catch them. I cried when I injured them with hooks that went in too deep or lodged near their eye. I used to fish so often that I would dream about fishing. After a long day staring at a bobber for hours and hours, I would be dropping off to sleep when I would envision the bobber just starting to sink under the surface. I would jump to jerk the hook, waking myself abruptly.
I got really good at casting after losing many lures and practicing in the front yard with a metal washer tied to the line. Most of the lures ended up in tree branches, but I also caught boat ropes and awnings, sailboat stays, buoys, tons of aquatic plants, my brother's ear, my neighbor's shirt, and, of course, my own hair, body parts, and clothing. I once hooked both my hands on the treble hooks of a Hula Popper.
I used my father's old tackle box, complete with a rusted tangle of hooks and lures that took a long time to separate and sort. I would organize and reorganize them until I had the perfect place to fit everything I needed. Every time I got a new lure or package of hooks, I'd change everything around. What a colorful little arsenal to yank an unsuspecting fish out of its world.
I discovered what fish looked like on the inside when we cleaned them for the frying pan–once I got past the horror of cutting off their heads. I had to put a tissue over their faces so they wouldn't look at me as I knocked them on the head with a hammer to dispatch them. Once the head was off and out of sight, I saw them both as food and as a biological investigation. Each type of fish had a different shape, but many of the same organs that supposedly were much like our own. Those organs were encased in bones that were arced like wooden boat ribs, and it made sense to me in an aquatic sort of way. The bright red gills were a wonder, gold specks glittered in their eyes, the scales cast rainbows–but all grew dull and sad with death.
Some of the first lessons I learned about taking a life were with those fish I caught after a day's angling. I mourned those that died from a swallowed hook or were forgotten on stringers at the end of the dock, or the ones that turned stiff and gray in the laundry tub, where we hoped they would last until we felt like cleaning them.
The older I got, the harder it was to make the decision to take a fish's life. But if I didn't catch the fish, was it OK to eat one? I had to wrestle with a budding conscience and a new empathy for other living beings that were very different from myself. Now it is no trifling matter to go fishing. I spend other ways enjoying a day on the water, swimming, or in a kayak or a sailboat. When I do fish, it is mostly catch and release. I keep very few to eat. Because once I was almost a fish.


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AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat was a result of massive corruption and demanded that Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel resign and the assembly polls be held immediately.
Praying for those who lost their lives in the incident, Kejriwal said the assembly polls in Gujarat should be held immediately.
The century-old suspension bridge on the Machchhu river in Gujarat's Morbi city collapsed Sunday evening, killing 135 people.
"The Morbi bridge collapse was a result of massive corruption and I pray for the victims. I feel in a state where such a big number of people have died, the chief minister has no moral right to continue in the top post. The state government should resign in the wake of the incident and assembly elections be held immediately," he said at a press conference.
"It needs to be probed that why a watchmaking company which had no experience of bridge construction was allowed to work?" he added.
Morbi-based clock and e-bike maker Oreva group was given the contract by the Morbi Municipality to repair and operate the ill-fated hanging bridge for 15 years and charge tickets in the range of Rs 10 to Rs 15 for its use, according to the municipality documents assessed on Monday.
The firm had claimed on October 26 that it had roped in experts for the repair work, adding that the material used was built as per specifications by "specialised firms".
The Delhi chief minister also said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is struggling in Gujarat because the Aam Aadmi Party is there to challenge it in the upcoming state polls.
Kejriwal had also cancelled his roadshow in Haryana's Adampur on Monday for the upcoming bypolls in view of the bridge collapse in Gujarat.


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Since 2010, China has held a total of $1 trillion in US Treasuries. But in the past six months, the world’s second-largest economy has sold $100 billion worth of U.S. debt. This makes China the largest foreign creditor of the United States. Where are these sales coming from?
In May, China held $980.8 billion US debt paper, which is $23 billion less than the previous month and nearly $100 billion more than a year ago. The US Treasury Department announced this on Monday.
Japan is now America’s largest external creditor, having reduced its U.S. debt to $1.212 billion in May from $1.218 billion in April. The total value of foreign-owned US debt fell to $7.420 billion in May from $7.450 billion in April.
According to financial analysts, the sale makes it clear that the Chinese want to diversify their currency holdings.
In addition, the Federal Reserve’s series of rate hikes that began earlier this year have depressed U.S. bond prices, making them less attractive.
For example, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 75 basis points in June. Wall Street generally expects a similar increase for the upcoming meeting in July.
Why buy US debt?
Why did China buy so much US debt in the last 2 decades? A decades-long deficit in the US trade balance with China owes much to this.
The world’s largest economy spends more on imported goods and services than on its own exports. The situation is even more acute in the trade balance with China, the world economy’s largest exporter. The Chinese government receives US currency from Chinese companies as payment for their exports. The Chinese government uses those dollars to buy US bonds.
The Basics: When a foreign power buys such a government bond, it makes a loan to the U.S. government. The latter shall repay the amount after an agreed period. In addition, the lender earns interest on the advanced amount.
However, another reason why China still holds a large part of its portfolio in the world’s reserve currency is the oil trade. Most oil transactions around the world are settled Green backs. China is now the world’s largest importer of oil.
Now for the first time we notice that it is Russia, not Saudi Arabia. China’s leading oil supplier There is Russia, through Western sanctions against the belligerent nation Paying for his oil in dollars is of no use …
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The launch of Code Red - taking the global anti-surveillance movement to the next level.
In late 2014, a group of the world's most renowned privacy activists, whistleblowers, technologists and legal experts joined forces to work on the development of a global initiative to fight surveillance.
Led by privacy veteran Simon Davies and former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon, the project has developed into the Code Red initiative. Its aim is to create the next evolutionary step in the growing movement to curb excessive government power.
The project will build bridges between the technology, media, legal and policy worlds and will become a strategic hub for the many activists working in this arena. Code Red will also create a clearing house for information in the anti-surveillance movement and will support whistleblowers and sources.


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The Salar de Uyuni, or salt flat, will provide you with an unforgettable visual experience as well as an album of photographs friends will envy you for. However, the experience is not for those who love luxury, pampering or comfortable temperatures. Suffice to say that God did not design the huge and barren salar, located at 3,660 meters above sea level, with the tourist in mind, and that in the eons since creation humanity has done little to improve on the Creator’s work.
1st Option: La Paz/Uyuni/La Paz
2nd Option: La Paz/Uyuni/San Pedro de Atacama
The night before the tour we will take the semi cama bus at 9pm to Uyuni, arriving at 5 in the morning on the next day, for clients that don’t want to take the bus, there is the option to fly from La Paz to Uyuni.
1st Day: UYUNI SALT FLAT LAKE
At hrs. We left about 9:30 a.m. towards Pulacayo Uyuni to visit the train cemetery, then continue to Colchani a small town where is the exploitation and refining of salt. There we have our first lunch. After recharge energys
Then, we enter the salar, doing a walk through the piles of salt and watching the show from the extraction of salt blocks, salt eyes and traditional crafts.
Later, we visited the Inca Huasi Island (better known as Fish Island) with huge cactus and a perfect panoramic view of the place. Continue to Chuvica where we overnight in a basic hostel.
Day 2: UYUNI SALT FLAT LAKE
After breakfast, we will continue our trip, visiting the highland lakes, the Siloli desert, the Tree Stone and the Laguna Colorada. Overnight in a basic hostel.
Day 3: UYUNI SALT FLAT LAKE
This morning we begin at 05h30, we will go to the Geysers "Morning Sun", then we’ll continue to Termas de Polques(hot springs), then to the Laguna Verde, Laguna Blanca. There you will have the last breakfast of the tour.
After breakfast we have two alternatives
During and after December-March rainy season a thin mantle of salt may, like river ice, collapse to plunge people or vehicles who stray off of the main routes into a salty muck. Also, unguided groups have gotten lost on the almost featureless 10,000 sq. km. salt flats. Experienced guides follow established routes and navigate using the mountains on the horizon and constellations.
History The salar is part of the altiplano (high plain), the huge flat plain stretching between the east and west ranges of the Andes mountains. The altiplano has been made flat and smooth by the silt deposited by innumerable eons of water rushing off the mountainsides into the inter-range valley, which has no natural outlet except evaporation.
The water has carried in salts and other minerals, leaving the altiplano soil saline and some of its smaller lakes extremely saline. The same plate tectonics which have pushed up the Andes mountain range have also raised the altiplano to an altitude nearly equaling the summit of the Matterhorn. The human history of the Uyuni area began at least about 12,000 years ago, the age of the oldest human traces discovered in the region. The region is quite rich in archaeological remains and researchers have found many objects left by pre- and post-ceramic civilizations, including stone tools, pottery, buildings and at least one cemetery. Based upon rock paintings, some speculate that it was in this region where llamas and alpacas were first domesticated. One theory is that the two domesticated camelids are descendents of the wild vicuñas and guanacos. But the cold and arid region was never densely populated. Most likely its primary role was as a trading route between the Pacific coast and the tropical valleys on the Andes’ eastern flanks. Examples of the famous but misnamed
Both the Tiwanaku civilization, which collapsed mysteriously about 1,100 A.D. (and the ruins of whose capital can be visited near La Paz), and the more famous, but ephemeral Inca Empire, dominated the Uyuni region. Archeological remains from these civilizations.
As well as the colonial era, which began here with the first Spaniards’ arrival in 1538, have been discovered. Those particularly interested in archaeology may want to ask about visiting the Colchaca excavation site, located about two hours southeast of Uyuni near the town of the same name.The site has produced both colonial artifacts and objects from the period between the Tiwanaku and Inca empires.
A brief burst of riches During the colonial era, the altiplano experienced an economic boom based on mining which lasted until its sudden end with the disbanding of the Bolivian national mining company COMIBOL in 1985. (See section about Potosi.) Throughout much of Bolivia the indigenous peoples were subjected to a sort of serfdom which ended only in 1952. However, due to the Uyuni region’s harsh conditions, the Spaniards and later the Bolivians had little interest in the region, and the people remained free.
Most of the native residents of the Uyuni area are Quechua peoples, descendents of the Inca Empire. Quechua was the official language of the Inca Empire and the language is still widely spoken on the altiplano, as is the Aymara tongue, which preceded the Inca’s arrival. Traditionally, the Uyuni region’s economy consisted of raising llamas and alpacas. The region is so high and cold that only very limited agriculture is possible, but the hardy quinua real and barley are grown. Historically, families also possessed and worked plots of land at lower elevations and traded their livestock products to lowland peoples for tropical fruits and vegetables. In recent times, however, both of these traditional patterns have broken down.
Today, the harsh and barren area’s main economy is tourism, although livestock raising and small-scale mining of salt and sulphur also go on.
The Reserva Nacional de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa. (Avaroa, incidentally, is remembered for defending not the environment, but Bolivian territory. He is one ofthe few Bolivian heroes of the 1879 War of the Pacific, in which Bolivia lost its patch of seacoast and the port of Antofagasta to Chile. When Chilean soldiers demanded that Avaroa surrender, he yelled back ‘Your grandma should surrender, carajo!’ The Chileans overran him - and the rest of the Bolivians -anyway. Almost all of Bolivia’s wars have been equally disasterous.)
Eduardo Avaroa National Park is located 240 km south-west of Uyuni and is bordered by the Chilean and Argentinian frontiers. It covers 715 sq. kms and ranges in altitude from 4,278 meters up to 5,780 meters above sea level. It contains two major rivers, the Quetena and Silala, and two mountains, Torcopuri and Tocotacare. According to the National Protected Areas System, the average year-round temperature is only about 2.2 degrees Celsius and has an annual rainfall of about 65 mm, most of which falls in the summer, between December and April. The park was established in 1973 and expanded in 1981, principally to protect the area’s populations of flamingos, vicuñas and suris.
The park has about 250 residents, who, like other rural Bolivians, are migrating steadily to the tropical lowlands and cities.
Several of the bird species are considered to be in danger of extinction. Local pressures on the populations include hunting for their brightly-colored feathers and egg collection. Mass, unmanaged tourism may also disturb the flamingos, particularly
during their breeding season months Yet another threat to the area’s ecology is the use of huge quantities of yareta or queñua bushes as fuel for the drying ovens of the area’s borax mines. The andean fox (Pseudalopex culpaeus) is a natural predator of the flamingos.
Tours can be arranged in either La Paz or Uyuni itself. Tours arranged in La Paz usually include transportation arrangements to and from Uyuni and lodging in Uyuni, as well as tour arrangements in the area with a reputable company.
Be on your guard, because some Uyuni companies use old, unreliable vehicles prone to breakdowns and flat tires.
The town of Uyuni is eleven hours south of La Paz. Visitors may reach Uyuni either directly by bus, or bus and then train from Oruro which runs Mondays and Fridays.
Between December and March visiting is not recommended, as the salar is flooded by rainwater and the area rivers are very full and dangerous. This is the altiplano’s lowest elevation area, and so collects all the region’s water.
Uyuni can also be reached from Potosi, a seven hour trip. And from San Pedro de Atacamo, via a three or four hour trip with a tourism company.
Get ready for a wild visual experience in the salar, but expect a frigid one, too. So, along with your camera, sunglasses and sun block, be sure to pack a warm hat, gloves and sleeping bag. Remember that this is the coldest part of Bolivia, where nighttime temperatures can drop to 20 degrees celsius below freezing. It’s also a good idea to carry basic medicines, such as rehydration salts and eye drops, as there is a lot of dust.
Shortly after leaving Uyuni you will plunge into the salar, a spectacular expanse of shining white salt which appears to overflow the horizons and makes all adjectives understatements. Contrasted to the earth of salt is one of the bluest and most crystalline-pure skies you will ever see. Between the two is a range of quite-active volcanoes, some of them steadily puffing out smoke. Tours visit Colchani, where salt is mined and processed by hand and iodized. Because Bolivia has no seacoast, until the government required salt iodization goiter was endemic among many poor people. Soon after, your tour may visit two of Bolivia’s - and the world’s - most unique hotels. The Hotel Playa Blanca and the neighbouring Hotel de Sal are built almost entirely out of salt. The Playa Blanca’s strange mix of decor: cigarrete boxes, handicrafts and business cards, also sets it apart from most other tourist destinations. Built about ten years ago, the architect experimented with a variety of mixtures and chemicals before discovering that the mixture of salt and water below the salar’s hard surface provided a workable substance. The ----- is a mixture of salt and water from the salar. Today, the hotel owners don’t bother placing salt shakers on the dining tables. Guests need only take a pinch of the tables themselves.
Fish Island has no fish and much of the year, when the salar dries, is not even an island. But from the distance the island’s shape suggests a fish’s. Despite the island’s inhospitability, a unique fauna, including viscachas (long-tailed Andean rabbits), colibris (green hummingbirds which feed off of the giant cacti and which tire quickly in the thin air), as well as lizards and insects survive here. Huge cacti, reaching seven or eight meters in height, also grow on the island. Rain falls here only very rarely here, as in the rest of the salar, because the clouds tend to lose their water when crossing the surrounding mountains. The animal and plant life survives off of the humidity and and occasional showers, while the tiny human population trucks in water.
The first night you spend on the salar will be unforgettable – and not only because of the cold. The sunset’s wild and deep mix of colors glowing in the thin, unpolluted air is unmatchable, and the night sky which follows – glowing with southern constellations and slashed by shooting stars – provides a remarkable show.
The second day provides tours of striking lagoons, whose waters are colored deep shades of red, blue and even white. The most famous is Laguna Colorada, whose waters are made a deep red by the flagellate algae Dunaliella salina and a high ocher level. The lake receives its water from hot springs and runoff from wetlands. On an island of borax, rock and excrement in the middle of the lake, the birds have found a refuge protected from foxes and warmed year-round by thermal waters.
On the way to the Laguna Colorada you will cross the Siloli Desert, whose bizarre wind-carved rock formations sometimes appear to defy gravity. The most famous is the Stone Tree - Arbol de Piedra -really shaped more like a mushroom, which somehow manages to stay balanced upright atop its narrow ‘trunk.’ The ‘Rocks of Dali,’ so named because the wind-sculptured forms suggest the creations of the famous Spanish surrealist painter, are found in this and some other valleys.
The desert is surrounded by volcanoes which provide a dramatic spectacle. As the light plays on them, the ancient hardened lava flows sometimes resemble water flowing down their flanks. Very seldom in your life will you feel as tiny as you do standing in the midst of this immense landscape. From there, tours visit the a 4,850-meter elevation geyser basin. Towering over the basin is the Sol de Mañana steam geyser ¿?fumarol, which squirts 10 meters tall ??at a constant rate. Father on are thermal baths, where the more daring strip down in the cold air and take mineral baths.Tours visit the famous One of the final sights is also for many the most spectacular.
That is 4,260-meter altitude Laguna Verde (Green Lagoon), whose turquoise waters are coloured by various minerals, including cobalt. Laguna Verde, however, has been polluted by sulphur mine runoff. Behind the Laguna Verde is the dramatic and usually steaming 5960-meter tall Licancábur Volcano.
Physically fit and altitude tolerant visitors can scale, by vehicle and then by foot, part of this 5,600-meter mountain, to a site where local peoples made offerings to local gods. In indigenous religions, mountains played an important role.
Along the way, you’ll probably see herds of llamas and alpacas, domesticated camelids used for their meat and warm wool. You can distinguish llamas from alpacas by..... If you are lucky, you might also spot groups of vicuñas, slender and graceful wild relatives of the llamas and alpacas. The cashmere-like fineness and insulating property of vicuña fir makes the animals targets for poachers, who cut away the wool and leave the bodies to rot. Years ago, the vicuña was threatened by extinction. However, government protection in Bolivia and neighbouring nations has helped the animal recover so much that managed live-shearing programs are now being carried out. Nevertheless, poaching continues. Another prominent wild mammal native to the area are the puma Felis concolor and the pampas cat F. colocolo. There are also many waterfowl, particularly flamingos. The most common flamingos are the James (Phoenicoparrus jamesi), the Andean P. andinus and the Chilean Phoenicopterus chilensis. Two other native birds are the Puna rhea Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis and the Horned coot Fulica cornuta.
The major threat to the flamingos is the illegal collection of their eggs for eating.
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About one kilometre outside of the town of Uyuni tours visit the ‘train cemetery.’ The railroad did not arrive in Bolivia until about 1890, but it played an important role in the development of the mining industry. The train cemetery was actually a repair yard, and the dead trains are those machines which the mechanics decided were beyond all hope of treatment.
What to bring: Regional Attractions: X hours north of Uyuni is the colonial mining town of Potosi. Potosi has a magnificent and terrible history which contrasts dramatically with its presentcondition as the very poor capital of the poorest department in Bolivia, South America’s poorest nation. The Inca’s knew that Potosi’s Cerro Rico (Rich Hill) contained valuable ores, but because they considered the place holy, they never exploited it. The Spaniards had no such compunctions, however, and they brought in innumerable numbers of indigenous peoples as well as some African slaves to labor - and often die - in the mines and mint. Potosi became Spain’s crown jewel in South America, and for a while its population even exceeded that of London. The result of all these sufferings were many beautiful works of art and enough silver, the saying goes, to build a bridge from Potosi to Spain. Today, Potosi’s mines are worked by low-budget cooperatives run and owned by the miners themselves. Boys and men dig out a living in conditions which ruin both the environment and their own health. Tourists can visit the Spanish mint (Casa de la Moneda) and admire the city’s colonial architecture. Mine tours, memorable, but not necessarily pleasant, are also available. Observe how, ironically, the poverty becomes more grinding the closer that you get to the Cerro Rico. To the South visit San Pedro de Atacama, an oasis in what Guinness has labelled the world’s driest desert. ......If you go in ---- and are lucky enough to visit during a year of rare rains, you may get to see the spectacle of wildflowers blooming in the desert.
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This picture is of the front when it's totally closed. The flowers, ribbon and doilies are from my stash. The layered buttons are fairly new and I topped them with a gem.
This is the card with the front exposed so you can see Fluffles the cat. Isn't he cute? He's not too sure about his new friend, though. Of course, I would bet that the snail isn't too sure of him either.
This is a picture of the card partially open. I wasn't sure whether to post this picture or not, but if not, then you couldn't see the pretty detail on the other side of the petals that fold out. I basically just used the green paper for the last layer with the image of the girls and then on the outside of the petals. And then I used the burgundy paper for the inside of the petals and the final layer on the front of the card. Now you can see the card open. I used my nestibilities for the sentiment and then around the LOTV images. And I alternated dragonflies and butterflies on the petals, using both gems and pearls on them. The sentiment is one of these large sheet of sentiments you purchase, but I don't remember who they are by. I think I took as long deciding what I wanted to do with the card as I did putting everything together.
And here is a closeup of my image. I colored them with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol and I distressed the edges with a Colorbox ink.
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Delightful Sketches - buttons
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Moving Along With the Times - out with the old, in with the new (stash)
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - new to me
Sassy Studio Designs - anything new
Do You Stack Up - buttons
CES Challenges - animal
Alota Rubber Stamps - stamp, ribbon & bow
Allsorts Challenge - fancy folds
2 Sisters Challenge - girly
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Fish Creek Covered Bridge
Fish Creek Covered Bridge
Interior view of the kingpost truss
Architectural sketch of a kingpost truss in the bridge
Backstory and Context
Little information about the construction of Fish Creek Covered Bridge has survived to us today. On July 27, 1881 a committee was appointed by the Wetzel County Court to oversee a contract for a bridge to be built across Fish Creek. The bridge is believed to have been built in 1881, or shortly thereafter. Wetzel County was originally home to several covered bridges, but to date, only the Fish Creek Covered Bridge remains. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
The dimensions of the Fish Creek Covered Bridge are twelve foot ten inches wide and thirty-six feet in length. The bridge is constructed of wooden siding painted barn red. There is a galvanized metal roof that covers the entire structure. The kingpost style of truss features a vertical beam which meets the apex of the roof and supports the cross-beams from above. Along with Dents Run Covered Bridge, Fish Creek Covered Bridge is one of two covered bridges remaining in West Virginia that display the single kingpost truss design.
The Fish Creek Covered Bridge has been heavily modified and rebuilt since the late nineteenth century. Modern reinforcements were added prior to 1981. These modifications involved replacing the original wood stringers with metal ones in order to better support the deck. In 2001, the bridge was completely rebuilt by Lone Pine Construction for $218,409. The only materials conserved during this reconstruction were four timber braces. These braces, along with the stone abutments, are the only original components of the bridge that still exist. The Fish Creek Covered Bridge exists as a strange superposition of historical and modern. It possesses a historically faithful design and location, though the structure itself is essentially a twenty-first century bridge.
Fish Creek Covered Bridge, West Virginia Department of Transportation. Accessed August 17th 2020. https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/covered-bridges/Pages/FishCreekCoveredBridge.aspx.
Hanson, Todd A. Covered Bridges, The West Virginia Encyclopedia. May 28th 2019. Accessed August 17th 2020. https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1660.
KCI Technologies, Inc and Mead & Hunt, Inc. West Virginia Statewide Historic Bridge Survey: Final Survey Report, Highways Through History. April 1st 2015. Accessed August 17th 2020. https://www.highwaysthroughhistory.com/Content/bridges/WVSHBSFinalSurveyReport.pdf.
Kemp, E L. Fish Creek Covered Bridge, National Register of Historic Places. June 4th 1981. Accessed August 17th 2020. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/cdf2822a-9122-4b65-b52d-08b63f8bc0b7.
Schmidt, Jack, J. P., and Brian McKee. Hundred/Fish Creek Covered Bridge, Bridge Hunter. November 14th 2019. Accessed August 17th 2020. https://bridgehunter.com/wv/wetzel/wv-fork-fish-creek/.
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Oil prices fell in early trade on Thursday, with Brent futures struggling to defend $50.1 per barrel as fears over strike outages in Norway faded and as Nigeria`s production improved.

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- Off road parking
- Ground floor bedroom
- Open fire
- Garden / Patio
- Cot available
- Highchair available
- Pub/shop < 1 mile
- Washing machine
- Broadband / WiFi
Spanish Point 1.5 miles.
A fantastic, detached, coastal cottage, located equidistant from the beautiful seaside village of Spanish Point and the lively town of Miltown Malbay, famed for its traditional music and the world-famous Willie Clancy Festival, in County Clare.
Well appointed and modern, incorporating quality fixtures and fittings, this Spanish Point cottage represents a luxury Irish getaway for any group of family or friends.
The large, open plan living area in this Spanish Point cottage is perfect for entertaining, socialising or simply relaxing.
Kick back with a good book in one of the leather recliners in front of the warming solid fuel stove, perhaps while the evening's culinary delights simmer on the range-style cooker in the oak fitted kitchen.
Four spacious bedrooms, three with en-suites, offer comfortable sleeping accommodation, while the whirlpool bath in the main bathroom is ideal for reinvigorating weary limbs after a day experiencing the cliff walks available from the doorstep of this Spanish Point cottage.
Views of the crashing waves of the Atlantic can be enjoyed from this Spanish Point holiday cottage and from the expansive lawned gardens surrounding it, while the Blue Flag beach at White Strand is just a walk away.
With the spectacular Cliffs of Moher and the mystical landscape of The Burren just a short drive away, this wonderful Spanish Point cottage is sure to please.Read more
Four bedrooms: 1 x ground floor king-size double with en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x ground floor double with en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x king-size double with TV and en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x twin. Bathroom with whirlpool bath, separate shower, basin and WC. Open plan living area with oak fitted kitchen, dining area and sitting area (seats 5) with solid fuel stove. Second sitting room (seats 5). Utility.
- Oil central heating with solid fuel stove in sitting area, additional use of solar panels for hot water
- Electric range cooker, gas hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer in utility, dishwasher, 2 x TVs with Freeview, DVD, iPod dock, selection of books, DVD and games
- Oil and electricity included in rent April - Sept inclusive, €40 fuel supplement payable direct to owner Oct - March inclusive
- Starter pack for solid fuel stove inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Cot and highchair on request
- Off road parking for 6 cars
- Large lawned garden to side and rear of property with furniture and BBQ
- Sorry, no pets and no smoking
- Shop 11 mins walk, pub 1.5 miles.
About the location
SPANISH POINT, COUNTY CLARE
Miltown Malbay 1.5 miles; Ennis 20 miles.
The village of Spanish Point is situated on the west coast of County Clare in Ireland and takes its name from the Spanish who died there in 1588, when many ships of the Spanish Armada were wrecked during the stormy weather. Today the village consists of many holiday homes, two fine hotels, a lovely beach, which is popular for swimmers and surfers alike, and a nine-hole golf course, which is one of the oldest courses in Ireland and offers wonderful views of the rugged coastline. The small town of Miltown Malbay is 1.5 miles away, offering a selection of shops and pubs, while the seaside town of Lahinch is also close by, offering great surfing opportunities. Visit the Cliffs of Moher, north of Lahinch and also Doolin, which offer superb views of the North Atlantic and the Aran Islands in clear weather, or travel further afield to Clare's County town of Ennis, which boasts unusual shops, bars, restaurants and a lively Irish music scene.


The Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning Florida's Tampa Bay, is the world's longest bridge with a cable-stayed main span, with a length of 29,040 feet (exactly 5.5 miles or approximately 8.85 km). Construction of the current bridge began in 1982, and the completed bridge was dedicated on February 7, 1987. The new bridge cost $244 million to build, and was opened to traffic on April 20, 1987. In November 2005, an act of Florida Legislature officially named the current bridge the Bob Graham Sunshine Skyway Bridge, after the Governor of Florida who presided over its design and most of its construction.
The bridge is constructed of steel and concrete. Twenty-one steel cables clad in nine-inch steel tubes along the center line of the bridge support the structure. It was designed by the Figg & Muller Engineering Group, and built by the American Bridge Company.
The present bridge replaces a steel cantilever bridge. The original two-lane bridge was completed in 1954, with a similar structure built parallel to it in 1969 to make it a four-lane bridge and bring it to Interstate standards. The remaining approaches to the old cantilever bridge remain in use as Skyway Fishing Pier State Park.
Design: Continuous pre-stressed concrete cable-stayed bridge
Longest span: 365.8 meters (1200 feet)
Total length: 8851.392 meters (5.5 miles)
Width: 28.7 meters (94 feet)
Vertical clearance: 58.8 meters (193 feet)
Clearance below: 53.3 meters (175 feet)
The southbound span of the original bridge (the one built in 1969) was destroyed on May 9, 1980, when the freighter MV Summit Venture collided with a pier (support column) during a storm, sending over 1200 feet (366m) of the bridge plummeting into Tampa Bay. The collision caused six automobiles and a Greyhound bus to fall 150 feet (46 m), killing 35 people.
In 1990 the Florida Department of Transportation awarded the winning bid to the Hardaway Company to demolish all steel and concrete sections of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. The scope of the project required that all underwater piles and piers, and surface roadway, girders, and beams be dismantled.
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The Colorado Avalanche fell a little bit short of a playoff berth for the second straight season, but they made some nice tweaks to their lineup when they traded for Jamie McGinn and Steve Downie. Downie’s effectiveness was limited by what many believed were shoulder issues late in the season, however, and the Denver Post’s Adrian Dater reports that he underwent surgery for the issue.
Dater reports that Downie injured his shoulder during a March 3 game against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Here are some extra details regarding the procedure from Dater.
The Avs confirmed that Downie underwent shoulder surgery to repair a separation in the joint, but that he his doing well in his rehab. The exact timetable of his rehab remains unclear, but it’s expected he would be ready to return by the start of training camp.
Downie is one of many upcoming free agents for Colorado, so it’s no guarantee that he’ll be in Avalanche training camp once he recovers. Here’s a list of the Avs’ free agents, via CapGeek.
In other words, Downie’s shoulder might not be the only thing that feels a little different in Colorado next season. Who would you keep from that group?
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
They are for the birds!!!!!
When we moved into this house in the early 80's there was a sprawling raspberry patch and a large currant bush behind the tumbled down brooder house, The brooder house is gone,having spent time as a storage shed, a play house and a greenhouse before it was taken down and replaced with an herb garden. And the raspberries, which always held several birds nest,perfect for watching baby birds grow and fledge, have migrated themselves to another location.
Now there are blueberries, surrounded by mint and sage growing growing rampant in what was once an herb garden, where the brooder house used to be. These free ranging plants release their delicious fragrances when I brush against as I pick berries, refreshing in the very hot weather, and just plain nice any old time.
Over the years I have learned that currants are no ones favorite. Yhough when he was little my son did love to hide inside the currant bushes and eat green currants, he has since come to agree with me that currants are for the birds. The couple who once lived her for about 50 years had a small farm, with chickens and rabbits, they ever grew the corn for the chickens, kept the currant bush covered with old curtains, to keep the birds from picking them before they could.
I can look out of the kitchen window, one of the few windows we didn't replace, and see a bird swooping down for a treat and taking off. A sight that would have upset the former owners.
I wonder what they made from them, I have tried many ways to use this tangy berry: made then into jelly, straight and mixed with other berries and fruit, made wine and brandy from them dried them for use in breads and even made tea from them...but I must say, that the main reason that I still tend this ancient shrub is to provide a food source for the birds.
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Gilgamesh is an anomaly compared to the other class card heroic spirits in that he is separated from the class card and becomes half-incarnated it is due to his ego being stronger than that of other heroic spirits, allowing him to partially resist the normal way the class cards crush their wills and personalities. The epic of gilgamesh has been of interest to christians ever since its discovery in the mid-nineteenth century in the ruins of the great library at nineveh, with its account of a universal flood with significant parallels to the flood of noah's day 1, 2 the rest of the epic, which dates back to. Gilgamesh was a historical king of the sumerian city-state of uruk, a major hero in ancient mesopotamian mythology, and the protagonist of the epic of gilgamesh, an epic poem written in akkadian during the late second millennium bc he probably ruled sometime between 2800 and 2500 bc and was posthumously deified. Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic king of uruk in mesopotamia best known from the epic of gilgamesh (written c 2150 - 1400 bce) the great sumerian/babylonian poetic work which pre-dates homer’s writing by 1500 years and, therefore, stands as the oldest piece of epic world literature. Gilgamesh's face paint is based on traditional kabuki actors, for which benkei is a popular character to portray this is a disambiguation page : a list of articles associated with the same title if an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Gilgamesh was the fifth king of uruk he is the central character in the epic of gilgamesh, which is the most complete piece of ancient babylonian literature and mankind's oldest epic he is the first mythological superhero in history. Gilgamesh, the son of a man and a goddess, is king of the ancient sumerian city-state of uruk oh, and he's also the strongest and most handsome man in the world must be nice unfortunately, gilgamesh's assets have gone to his head, and he spends all his time wearing out the young men of the city. Powers gilgamesh possesses many of the conventional superhuman powers of the eternals, though some are vastly more developed than the majority of his race. The epic of gilgamesh is the earliest great work of literature that we know of, and was first written down by the sumerians around 2100 bc ancient sumer was the land that lay between the two.
This article is for the adult 5★ version of gilgamesh for 3★ young version see, kid gil for 4★ version, see gilgamesh (caster) gilgamesh was available for summoning during the. Gilgamesh synonyms, gilgamesh pronunciation, gilgamesh translation, english dictionary definition of gilgamesh n mythology the semidivine king of erech, a city of southern babylonia, and hero of an epic collection of mythic tales, one of which tells of a flood that. Directed by richard chandler with joshua davis, melantha blackthorne, joseph r gannascoli, emily coleman a military expedition in siberia gone wrong the existence of humanity is in peril as inanna, sumerian goddess of lust and war has summoned a giant meteor to destroy the planet, after being accidentally set free from her ancient prison. Gilgamesh is a set of gauntlets, greaves, mask, and back armor which appears in devil may cry 4it is obtained by dante from echidna's hell gate, which it was used to powerlike similar weapons appearing in previous games, gilgamesh focuses on slow but powerful attacks. The epic of gilgamesh: an outline gilgamesh (prof diane thompson) [no va community college] gilgamesh (prof mary ann andrade) [collins county cc] utnapishtim the faraway: some notes [encyclopedia mythica] some study questions relating to the gilgamesh epic return to the flit 150 handouts page.
The epic’s prelude offers a general introduction to gilgamesh, king of uruk, who was two-thirds god and one-third man he built magnificent ziggurats, or temple towers, surrounded his city with high walls, and laid out its orchards and fields he was physically beautiful, immensely strong, and. Gilgamesh thinpak collection (tatsuya madoka and kiyoko madoka) may 22, 2007 music gilgamesh, like many other anime, features a sequence of classical music as a prominent theme throughout the series in this case, the 'adagio' from beethoven's emperor concerto is a recurring piece and love unspoken from franz lehár's the merry widow. Capabilities gilgamesh is a geo-location device designed to conduct blos uav apg operations from mq-1/9 aircraft gilgamesh is controlled via the air handler/predator ku band data link and does. Epic of gilgamesh: epic of gilgamesh, ancient mesopotamian odyssey recorded in the akkadian language about gilgamesh, the king of the mesopotamian city-state uruk (erech) the fullest extant text of the gilgamesh epic is on 12 incomplete akkadian-language tablets found in the mid-19th century by the turkish. Gilgamesh gĭl gă’ mĕsh the name of a legendary king of the sumer city of erech, who was undoubtedly a historical figure who later became in epic and legend the hero par excellence he must have lived in southern mesopotamia about the end of the 4th or beginning of the 3rd millennium bc.
“the epic of gilgamesh” was one of the most beloved stories of mesopotamia according to the tale, gilgamesh is a handsome, athletic young king of uruk city his mother was the goddess ninsun and his father the priest-king lugalbanda, making gilgamesh semi-divine. The epic of gilgamesh 3 prologue gilgamesh king in uruk i will proclaim to the world the deeds of gilgamesh this was the man to whom all things were known this. Gilgamesh (ギルガメッシュ, girugamesshu), also known as gil, is the original main character from the tower of druaga series he is patterned after the gilgamesh of sumerian legend prince gilgamesh is the son of marduk, the king of babylim, and he lived in peace with his friend ki with the divine.
The best-known and most popular hero in the mythology of the ancient near east, gilgamesh was a sumerian king who wished to become immortal endowed with superhuman strength, courage, and power, he appeared in numerous legends and myths, including the epic of gilgamesh this epic, written more than 3,000 years ago, seems to be the earliest work of literature. Gilgamesh was the main character of the epic of gilgamesh, an akkadian poem based on several earlier sumerian stories, which described him as an exuberant demigod with superhuman strength, and credited him with building the walls of uruk. Start studying the epic of gilgamesh learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. For gilgameshit is morphing time his victory pose is an obvious allusion to his never-ending quest to find the legendary sword, excalibur he will later realize that it was a fake and he will proceed into throwing the sword to the ground and stomps it repeatedly.
- The story of gilgamesh, an ancient epic poem written on clay tablets in a cuneiform alphabet, is as fascinating and moving as it is crucial to our ability to fathom the time and the place in which it was written gardner's version restores the poetry of the text and the lyricism that is lost in the earlier, almost scientific renderings the principal theme of the poem is a familiar one: man's.
- The latest tweets from gilgamesh (@gilgameshgod666) market dog with teeth all advice is to be taken and should buy whatever i say without a second of dyor involved .
The epic of gilgamish contents start reading this is one of the first essentially complete academic translations of the epic of gilgamesh it includes all of the principal episodes of the epic: the wild man enkidu the battle with humbaba, the cedar forest demon the death of enkidu, the journey of gilgamesh to find the secret of eternal. This article is for 4★ gilgamesh, for 5★ version visit gilgamesh for the 3★ version, visit kid gil trivia he shares the exact hp values at minimum with gilgamesh and napoleon bonaparte, he received his first costume dress establishment on the servant summer festival 2018.

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My up-shot of the second day of World Blogging Forum 2009 – including a lot of personal opinion plus a couple of pics and videos.
Some photos I took during at the World Blogging Forum 2009 in Bucharest.
The main topics of day one were political activism, citizen journalism and civil society – the sessions were extremely intense and enthralling – here’s a short summary of the keynotes.
Ladies and Gentlement, the World Blogging Forum 2009 has just started!
Today I arrived at Bucharest for the World Blogging Forum 2009.
I’ve been invited to join the World Blogging Forum 2009 in Bucharest as a VIP guest – and I’m really looking forward to meeting incredible web geeks from 30 countries. Heading for Romania next week and of course I’ll report about the event, here’s a short preview of the guest list and the topics.
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The vlog-style drama series “Alternative Lifestyle” won the Streamy’s award for Best Show this year, beating out the standing winner from last year, “The Philip DeFranco Show”. The award is decided by popular vote, and the nominees took to Twitter to rally their troops. The winning show’s main cast members include Steven Suptic, Clayton “Cib” James, James Deangelis, and Autumn Farrell. The Streamy Awards have been called the Academy Awards for online content creators.
Sugar Pine 7 was established only six months ago by Suptic, a former host on since-cancelled news and entertainment channel SourceFed. After SourceFed and Sourcefed Nerd – each at one point owned by DeFranco – were cancelled, Suptic continued to vlog on his own YouTube channel, named after himself at the time. These vlogs became more and more exaggerated, involving a cast of characters based on extravagant versions of Suptic and his friends, until it became the Alternative Lifestyle series that has been taken on board by Rooster Teeth, and won the internet’s popular vote for Best Show on YouTube.
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Each episode is narrated by Suptic, whose voice often cuts over and comments on the events that happen throughout the vlogs. The form, in which Suptic reinforces the farcity of the narratives while also indulging them, challenges the limitations of the fourth wall in storytelling, and brings another level of intellect to the vlog format. A lot of the effect is down to the editing, which was taken up by Farrell a couple of months after the style was established.
Since its beginning, the show has featured special guests such as Jordan Maron (captainsparklez) and “Famous Actor” James Allen McCune (The Walking Dead, Blair Witch), as well as former SourceFed team members Steve Zaragoza, Reina Scully and Elliott Morgan, incorporating their roles into the world of Alternative Lifestyle. Sugar Pine 7 have also collaborated with other channels, including Cow Chop and Funhaus.
The vlogs vary from reality-based to heavily-scripted, over-the-top narratives, to the point where a fictional character, “Alfredo”, exists within the Alternative Lifestyle universe, but only ever works behind the camera and conveys himself only through dialogue with the other cast members.
The originality and creativity behind the show, its characters and its concepts has meant that Sugar Pine 7 have enjoyed a huge influx of success, less than a year into their company’s career. Suptic is an aspiring filmmaker, as are his co-workers, and this is evident in episodes such as “Akrasia”, the final instalment in Alternative Lifestyle Season One.
Sugar Pine 7 will release their first short film later this year, launching their vision closer to the realm of cinema.


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dDivine gay restaurant offers something different at the weekend in the form of a dinner drag shows
dDivine gay restaurant offers something different at the weekend in the form of a dinner drag shows, some of the best drag queens Barcelona has to offer perform here delighting dinner, on the menu you will find a mix of Spanish and Italian dishes to chose from, the restaurant is modern and relaxed making it a fun place to dine with friends.
Here are the hotels we recommend that have good reviews and keep you close to all the action
We recommend that you stay in the Eixample area where possible. Its close to everything – all the gay bars and clubs and the city’s main attractions.
Right in the heart of the gay district with rooftop pool, great service and a warm welcome every time.

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Now, set up the brand-new cabinet draws in the exact same area where the old pulls were. Using a screwdriver or Allen wrench, transform the screw through the opening and right into the hole of the new cabinet pull. If you like the look as well as fit of the 2.5 inch cabinet draws you have actually bought, you could tighten the screws and position the cupboard pull right into location.
And also, there's an opportunity that none can be the correct fit, as some closets have the tendency to have various dimensions nowadays. To ensure, opt for those pre-made ones. There are some which are fairly sophisticated looking. You just have to recognize where to look for them.
Cabinets-- you put stuff in them and also you draw stuff out of it when you have to utilize them. They are the best room savers and the very best as well as a lot of standard coordinator that can be used by anybody. Yet most of the time, individuals neglect their real value.


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I stumbled across this screen shot from our time in exile. Over the last year, God has proved that nothing – not pandemics, explosive elections, social unrest, or even a building project – can keep Him from accomplishing His purpose on this planet.
What an honor to be used of God in that way!


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University of Houston research professor, Dr. Brene Brown, made a powerful statement in one of her TED Talks. She said, "You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. They are mutually exclusive."
Anything great that has ever been attempted is a result of people choosing courage over comfort. In our self-gratifying minds, we may wish for a life of relative ease and comfort. But nothing of significance has ever been attempted or accomplished this way.
God told Joshua in Joshua 1:9 to "...Be strong and courageous..." The adventure that Joshua was about to embark on would take both strength and courage because it would be difficult. Joshua was going to feel like throwing in the towel, giving up, and just going home to a more comfortable life, one that did not involve so much risk. God gave Him this command because He knew that certain times would arise in Joshua's future where he would have to make a choice between courage and comfort.

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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Edge Higher; Verizon Profit Misses Expectations
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.14 percent to 20,433.68 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.33 percent to 5,882.63. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.15 percent to 2,341.72.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Thursday morning, the basic materials sector proved to be a source of strength for the market. Leading the sector was strength from Kaiser Aluminum Corp. (NASDAQ: KALU) and AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS).
In trading on Thursday, utilities shares fell by 0.63 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Westar Energy Inc (NYSE: WR), down 7 percent, and Companhia de Saneamento Basico (ADR) (NYSE: SBS), down 4 percent.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: MS) reported weaker-than-expected earnings for its first quarter.
Verizon posted adjusted earnings of $0.95 per share in the quarter on revenue of $29.8 billion; Analysts were expecting the company to earn $0.96 per share on revenue of $30.5 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: IMNP) shares shot up 66 percent to $4.05 after the company reported signing of letter of intent with Pint Pharma for license and commercialization of Ceplene in Latin America.
Shares of Select Comfort Corp. (NASDAQ: SCSS) got a boost, shooting up 21 percent to $31.23 after the company reported stronger-than-expected Q1 results.
Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ: DWCH) shares were also up, gaining 16 percent to $8.25 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
Equities Trading DOWN
NanoString Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: NSTG) shares dropped 8 percent to $17.48. NanoString Technologies is expected to release Q1 results on May 4. Morgan Stanley downgraded NanoString from Overweight to Equal-Weight.
Shares of MEDNAX Inc (NYSE: MD) were down around 8 percent to $61.38 after the company reported downbeat quarterly earnings.
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ: TCBI) was down, falling around 7 percent to $73.15 as the company posted weaker-than-expected Q1 results.
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.06 percent to $50.41 while gold traded down 0.30 percent to $1,279.60.
Silver traded down 0.70 percent Thursday to $18.035, while copper rose 0.45 percent to $2.5605.
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.05 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.18 percent, while Italy’s FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.19 percent. Meanwhile the German DAX rose 0.01 percent, and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.89 percent while U.K. shares rose 0.08 percent.
U.S. initial jobless claims increased 10,000 to 244,000 for the latest week. Economists were projecting new claims to total 242,000 in the week.
The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index dropped to 22.0, versus a prior reading of 32.8. Economists were expecting a reading of 25.
The index of leading economic indicators rose 0.4 percent for March, versus economists’ expectations for a 0.2 percent growth.
The Energy Information Administration’s weekly report on natural gas stocks is schedule for release at 10:30 a.m. ET.
Data on money supply for the recent week will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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Watermelon Star Cake
What You Need:
1 Seedless Watermelon
Reddi-wip: Real Cream Whipped Topping
8 oz. Organic Blueberries
8 oz. Organic Strawberries, halved
Domino Confectioners Sugar (optional, for garnish)
- Wash and dry watermelon and place it on its side on a cutting board. Using a sharp butcher’s knife, trim away both ends leaving a 3"-thick slice in the middle.
- Turn the slice flat side down. With the butcher knife, cut 5 inverted triangles around the circumference of the circle, connecting them at their edges to form a star shape. (See photo of finished dish) Set aside on paper towels for 5 minutes to drain.
- Arrange star on serving dish or cake stand. Spray whipped cream around the bottom edge, then arrange a line of blueberries over it.
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Automotive MEMS Sensor Market to reach Record High in 2010
Driven via the rapid recovery in automotive production and inventory rebuilding among sensor component suppliers, the sell for automotive microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensors will expand to record size in 2010, according to be able to research firm iSuppli, now an a part of IHS Corporation.
Marking an unique high point for the industry, shipments of automotive MEMS sensors will reach 662.3 million units in 2010, up a robust 32.1% from 501.2 million units in '09. The projected year-end levels - just like the replenishment of inventory pipelines that were depleted during the recession of 2009 - will exceed even the pre-crisis high point in 2007 of 640 million sensors, iSuppli data research indicates.
'The recovery in automotive MEMS shipments represents a pleasant turnaround from the depressed amounts of 2009 when shipments cratered and reached a nadir, and the years and months ahead will provide additional room for expansion,' noted by Richard Dixon, Senior Analyst, MEMS and sensors at iSuppli.
Nonetheless, growth will slow in 2011, with shipments anticipated to climb just 7.3% as the market normalizes following the exuberance in 2010. Production then will locate again in 2012, and growth rates end up north of 13% by 2014.
One significant engine of automotive MEMS growth is the use of sensors in passenger cars supporting mandated safety technologies such as electronic stability control (ESC) and tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS).
The Our nation and Europe have led the adoption of legislation on such safety systems and other countries like Australia and Canada have quickly followed suit. However, similar mandates are now being adopted in South korea and need in Japan, accelerating overall adoption rates worldwide. After which opportunity from both ESC and TPMS for automotive MEMS suppliers to Korea and japan will correspond to additional revenue of $120 million in those regions alone for that next graduate students.
China furthermore account to buy a large involving the automotive MEMS steps. Compared to U.S. or European vehicles, the electronics content of low- and mid-range vehicles in China is about 50% or less, but sensor penetration will steadily increase - first in power train application buy to to reduce carbon emissions that choke Chinese cities and as safety sensors for additional airbags & ESC systems.
Among the new applications providing suppliers greater production opportunities for automotive MEMS sensors, the most prominent include usage of gas sensors to control air quality in the cabin; infrared thermopiles to be able to temperature; microbolometers to aid night-vision systems and MEMS oscillators enhance rear-view camera.
iSuppli notes that some consumer-oriented MEMS sensor suppliers are making inroads in the automotive market, widening the pool of players participating in the position.
In particular STMicroelectronics - the leading MEMS supplier for consumer and mobile application and which much has targeted non-safety critical applications in automotive such as car alarms and navigation - has recently entered the airbag market with a better g accelerometer.


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A week-long promotion is offering up $20 tickets to a few upcoming Walmart AMP concerts.
Jam band extraordinaires Widespread Panic will be headlining the Walmart AMP in mid-July.
Big news for all you country/western fans planning on returning to Mulberry Mountain this summer. The event is sure to be a big party.
Looks like we’ll be getting a semi-charmed kind of summer.
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Slightly Stoopid, Chance Tha Rapper, Big Gigantic and Portugal. The Man were announced Wednesday to join the Wakarusa 2015 lineup.
George’s Majestic Lounge will host the Fayetteville portion of the tour on Feb. 6. The deadline for artists to apply to enter the competition is Jan. 16.
Thunder on the Mountain Country Music Festival is excited to announce round one of the lineup for the 2015 festival. The first round of artists includes Zac Brown Band, The Band Perry, Eli Young Band and Chris Cagle, among others. The festival will take place June 26-28, 2015 on Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, Arkansas. Along…
This Saturday, Split Lip Rayfield, one of the region’s bluegrass greats will be playing the George’s Majestic Lounge stage with homegrown “jamgrass” band Foley’s Van.
Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Music Festival is starting up on Mulberry Mountain Oct. 16-18.
With only six weeks to go before the ninth annual Harvest Music Festival, organizers just announced the daily music lineup schedule for the 2014 festival.


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Sri Aurobindo raises another interesting possibility in the opportunity for humans to actually become wholly conscious in the sleep-state: “It is even possible to become wholly conscious in sleep and follow throughout from beginning to end or over large stretches the stages of our dream-experience; it is found that then we are aware of ourselves passing from state after state of consciousness to a brief period of luminous and peaceful dreamless rest, which is the true restorer of the energies of the waking nature, and then returning by the same way to the waking consciousness. It is normal, as we thus pass from state to state, to let the previous experiences slip away from us; in the return only the more vivid or those nearest to the waking surface are remembered: but this can be remedied,–a greater retention is possible or the power can be developed of going back in memory from dream to dream, from state to state, till the whole is once more before us. A coherent knowledge of sleep-life, though difficult to achieve or to keep established, is possible.”
Western dream researchers, including psychoanalysts starting with Sigmund Freud, as well as modern day researchers such as C.G. Jung, have worked hard to develop techniques for bringing the dream-state into conscious awareness. Using regression, hypnosis, psycho-analysis, they have tried to take the subject inward to catch the thread and bring it to conscious recall.
Sri Aurobindo provides us an insight here that with the right focus and effort, each individual could develop the capacity of becoming conscious and extracting the essence of the dream experience through awareness and attention. The opportunities here for research and experimentation are obviously quite interesting and should be looked at by Western researchers as they extend their understanding of the inner psychology.
reference: Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine, Book 2, Part I, Chapter 5, The Cosmic Illusion; Mind, Dream and Hallucination, pg. 425


NAB Show NY: TVU To Showcase New HEVC/4K Encoder, Remote Production System
TVU Networks (Booth 725) will showcase its latest IP-based live video solutions at the upcoming NAB Show New York, including the company’s new MLink TE4500 H.265/HEVC and 4K encoding solution and TVU RPS (Remote Production System), as well as its two cloud-based workflow solutions, TVU Alert and TVU Command Center. TVU Networks will display its full range of transmission, management, production and distribution solutions at the show.
The MLink TE4500 H.265/HEVC and 4K encoding solution is a rack-mount encoder that transmits video using HEVC video compression and Inverse StatMux Plus advanced IP video technology. The MLink TE4500 delivers the same quality picture that’s currently available with TVU’s award-winning cellular IP-based live video transmitters but with more efficient compression, requiring less data transmission.
TVU RPS allows for the production of a live, synchronized multi-camera program in a remote location using mainly a broadcaster’s existing control room in their studio and a public Internet connection from the field. The TVU RPS transmitter encodes up to six synchronized SDI sources and transmits high-quality and low-latency IP video from the remote location to a studio-based receiver, and the receiver outputs six synchronized SDI outputs. By utilizing existing in-house production staff and equipment at the studio, a broadcaster no longer needs its own production crew in the field, saving significant cost in producing a remote, multi-camera live shot.
Both TVU Alert and TVU Command are cloud-based solutions that help broadcasters control get to air first with live video from the most important breaking stories. TVU Alert makes it quick and simple to send mission-critical alerts, such as breaking news, anywhere throughout a news organization to and from any TVU edge device. TVU Command Center allows central management and control of all the TVU transmitters, receivers, and services within a group from virtually anywhere.
TVU Grid will also be shown in the TVU Networks’ NAB Show New York booth. TVU Grid is an IP video distribution, routing and switching system that gives broadcasters the ability to seamlessly switch live IP video content and share live streams between remote locations. TVU Grid removes the walls from broadcast stations, empowering users to distribute or collect content with just the click of a button.
TVU Networks will also showcase its flagship TVU One live mobile IP newsgathering transmitter – a compact solution that delivers high-quality IP video transmission performance and features the company’s patented Inverse Statmux Plus (IS+) transmission algorithm to transmit dependable HD quality video with less than one second latency. It’s available with embedded modems and can transmit simultaneously over multiple mediums, including cellular, microwave, MIMO microwave mesh, Ka-band and Ku-band satellite, BGAN, WiFi, and Ethernet.
Other offerings in the company’s product line include the TVU Anywhere app, which turns an iPhone or Android device into a live video transmitter, and the TVU MLink live video uplink transmitter, which brings cellular 3G/4G LTE transmission capabilities to satellite and microwave vehicles, vans and trucks.


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Monday, 22 February 2010
Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010
That this bill be now read a second time.
I am not accustomed to praising the Rudd government, but let me take this opportunity to say that probably one of the finest moments of the Rudd government so far was that day in February 2008 when it moved the historic apology to Aboriginal people. It was gracious and it was overdue. In his speech making the apology, the Prime Minister said:
…unless the great symbolism of reconciliation is accompanied by an even greater substance, it is little more than a clanging gong.
That phrase should reverberate through this parliament. I hope the Prime Minister is conscious of that phrase as he listens or his staff listen to this parliament this evening because this bill is an opportunity to provide an even greater substance to the important symbolism of reconciliation. This bill is an opportunity to overturn the Queensland Wild Rivers Act at least in respect of the rivers of Cape York. That Queensland Wild Rivers Act amounts to a smash-and-grab raid on the land rights of the Aboriginal people of Cape York.
The Queensland Wild Rivers Act is the result of a deal between the green activists of Brisbane and the Beattie and the Bligh Labor governments of Queensland. I am in favour of environmental preservation and there is not the slightest suggestion that the Indigenous stewards of the land of Cape York were in any mood to damage the environment of Cape York, an environment which they have magnificently supervised for generations and generations. I suspect that the last thing that the green grassroots of Brisbane would want is to see the rights of Aboriginal people supposedly trumped by green votes in Brisbane, but that is the result of the deal that was done between the Bligh and Beattie Labor governments and the activists in Queensland. This is a shameful deal which this bill seeks to overturn. I do not believe anyone in his or her right mind wanted to see this deal done; nevertheless, it is what happened. I think it is incumbent on this parliament to do its best to overturn something which has had such serious consequences for the economic development of Cape York.
There are two great impediments to true reconciliation. The first is the absence of a decent education, particularly for Aboriginal people living in remote areas. The second, most relevant to tonight’s discussion, is the absence of economic opportunities for Aboriginal people living in remote areas. There are two great problems with the legislation which this bill seeks to overturn. The first problem is that there was not the slightest skerrick of consultation between the Aboriginal people of Cape York and the Queensland government before these wild rivers declarations were made. The second is that these declarations add a heavy burden of additional bureaucracy to any Aboriginal people seeking to turn their land from a spiritual into an economic asset. I think it is marvellous that Aboriginal people should have rights to land, but if those rights do not include the right to use their land for productive purposes it is not a real right; it is not the kind of right that the average Australian would take for granted. I do not expect the government to necessarily embrace my bill in its current form, but I do think something needs to be done about this issue and it will not be ignored in this parliament. (Time expired)
I represent a very large Indigenous community on Palm Island in my electorate. More than most in this place I know the tremendous disadvantage that is suffered by our Indigenous brothers and sisters. I know what the actions or the non-actions of government can do to these people. I am absolutely appalled by the Queensland wild rivers legislation, which takes away the opportunities that Indigenous Australians have on the Cape. I have always said there are three things which Indigenous Australia needs to embrace and those are the three Ls—respect for law and order and governance; leadership and the will to follow that leadership; and land ownership. On Palm Island, which operates as a Soviet style collective, nobody can own the land—nobody can have their own home or their own piece of Australia, they cannot borrow against their assets because they do not have assets, they cannot build a business and they cannot invest; therefore, employment does not flow and disadvantage continues. If this does not change, Palm Island will be the same in 100 years as it is today.
That is why I rise to support the Wild Rivers (Environmental Management) Bill 2010 of the Leader of the Opposition tonight. He seeks to have this parliament overturn one of the most unfair pieces of legislation that acts against the interests of Indigenous Australia. It is very important that Indigenous Australia has job opportunities. By closing up and locking up the country, as is proposed by the Bligh government, this is what occurs. I am deeply supportive of the opposition leader’s bill.

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