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I love travel overland and have gone with Dragoman in West Africa and Central Asia. While in South America, I take my third long overland trip from Quito to Guatemala passing through Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. This 47-day trip will end in Antigua, Guatemala on May 10. March 25 – 27: Ecuador
March 25 Tuesday: Quito (2850m)
Today marked the beginning of my 47-day trip and my 18th day in Ecuador. As the group briefing session would not take place till 6pm, I spent my time in the Museo del Banco Central in the morning and the Old Town in the afternoon.
The museum has a fabulous collection of pre-Colombian treasures with good illustrations. After a 2-hour visit, I have a slightly better understanding about the cultural developments in Ecuador i.e. the Las Vegas Period (10,000-4,000BC), Formative Period (4,000–300 BC), Regional Development Period (300 BC–700 AD), Integration Period (700-1460 AD), Inca Period (1460 – 1534 AD), Colonial Period and the modern time. I saw amazingly beautiful and impressive ceramic as well as gold and platinum pieces from different cultures namely Machalilla (1600-800BC), Chorrera (900-100BC), Cerro-narrio (2000BC-100 AD), Cotocollao (1500- 350BC), La Tolita (600 BC – 400 AD), Guangale (100BC-800AD), Jama-Coaque (350 BC-1533 AD), Bahia (500-650 AD), Manteño Huancavilca (500-1533AD), Milagro-Quevedo (400-1533AD) and Puruha (1250-1533AD).
I paid my first visit to the Old Town in the rain on March 9 before going to Galápagos. Today the weather was good when I got there around 12:30pm. It became cloudy when I was wandering around the narrow alley of La Ronda filled with art galleries, cafés and restaurants with a bohemia feel, Plaza San Domingo, Plaza San Francisco and Plaza de la Independencia.
I also visited the Museo Manuela Sáenz (lover and follower), La Compañía de Jesús (1605-1760) which is said to be the most beautiful baroque church covered in gold in South American, Iglesia de San Francisco (1534-1604) and Museo Francisano. It started to rain and I took refuge at Museo Camile Egas (1889-1962). It is a small museum but has a good collection of his paintings. My last stop of the day was the Basilica the largest church built in Gothic style in Ecuador that took over 100 years to complete. Here I met Sophie and Katherine, the two sweet young Danish students again. It is indeed a small world!
While I was in the Old Town, I was advised by locals at least five times not to take my camera out or avoid anyone who tried to be in my way. I also saw a heavy presence of police on every street. Does it mean Quito is not a safe place for tourists?
Travel is my living classroom. I visited the Museo Manuel Sáenz (1797-1856) as I am amazed by this woman, a revolutionary hero born in Quito and died in Paita, Peru. She married a wealthy English merchant in 1817 but left him in 1822 to spend her time by Simón Bolívar’s side as his collaborator and mistress till his death in 1930. I am not impressed by this museum. Though La Compañía de Jesús is lavish, elaborate and covered in gold, I prefer the classical and wooden architecture of Iglesia de San Francisco and the Basilica’s gothic and serene architecture with beautiful stain glass.
There is a lot to see in Quito. I missed the Cathedral as it was closed. I could not join a tour to the Palacio Gobierno as all the free tickets had gone. I did not have time to visit the Museo Fundación Guayasamin (1919-1999), Ecuador’s most famous contemporary artist and to see his masterpiece, Capilla del Hombre (Chapel of Man) and take a look of Quito from El Panecillo which has a huge statute of the Virgin of Quito or from the top of Cruz Loma (4100m).
At 6pm, I met Andy our leader and Ricky the deputy leader and 15 fellow travelers (five males and ten females) from six countries (Amy & Lachi, Yvonne and Gordon, AJ, Nam and Naomi from Australia), Denise, Jane and Michelle from Ireland, Freddie and Anika from Germany, Andreas from Switzerland, Marina from Holland and David from England). The oldest person on the truck is 65 while the youngest is 26. I am the fourth oldest person on the truck.
I was in a bad mood as something had happened to a close friend. I had a sleepless night.
March 26 Wednesday: Quito – Otavalo (200km; 5hrs)
I got up at 6am to work on the notes on Galápagos. This took my mind off unpleasant thoughts and I felt better. We were supposed to leave at 8:30am. But our truck ‘Gus’ was stuck in a lorry car park as the exit was blocked by another truck. Andy and Ricky had to wait for the driver. While I was waiting, I uploaded my travel notes on Galápagos. Finally Gus turned up at 10:30am and we gladly uploaded our stuff.
Gus was on the road at 10:45am. At midday, we arrived at the first stop of this journey namely the Mitad del Mundo (The Middle of the World) which is a tourist complex on the Equator. But the real Equator is close to the Museo Solar Inti Ňan. The only thing of interest here is the French pavilion which has a detailed account of the scientific mission which arrived in Ecuador in 1735 to ascertain the location of the Equator.
Gus was back on the road at 2pm. We arrived in Otavalo (2550m) at 4:30pm and had an hour of free time. I am delighted to see the indigenous women wearing their traditional costume made from intricately woven and decorated fabrics. They also cover their hair with black woolen scarf in an artistic way and wear heavy jewelry around their neck.
Otavalo is famous for its Saturday market which sells a wide range of handicrafts, clothing, weavings, ceramics etc. I am more interested in the daily life: I went to the food market instead. I saw roast pig heads in several eateries. I was tempted to try but gave up the idea. But I did taste another popular local dish with stewed pork which is delicious. The blouses with heavy embroidery are pretty. But I was shocked to learn that they cost $30-80 each!
Tonight, we stayed at the Rose Cottage run Mark from the UK and his Ecuadorian wife. There are eight cottages at the foothill of a volcano. I had a very mild chicken curry and a beer. I rained in the evening. I was tired but still had trouble in sleeping.
March 27 Thursday: Otavalo, Ecuador – Ipiales, Colombia (180km; 4hrs)
I got up at 6am. The air was fresh and the mountains were veiled in mist. I worked on my photos till breakfast at 7:30am. Mark offered to take the group to a waterfall nearby. At 8:30am, Freddie, AJ and I set off with Mark on a 6-km hike.
The path to the waterfall was muddy and slippery. Luckily I had my hiking boots and walking poles and managed to reach the waterfall without falling! It was a perfect day for hiking with sunshine and the right temperature. The waterfall though not spectacular is worth visiting. The scenery from the waterfall to the main road is beautiful with full views of five volcanoes, the Rose Cottage and fertile green valleys.
We arrived at the meeting point on the main road at 10:30am. I really enjoyed my morning exercise. Gus hit the road at 10:45am. We had our first picnic lunch in a gas station around 1pm and arrived at the border at 2:30pm. The border facilities are good with polite immigration officers. We were out of Ecuador before 3pm. I changed $20 for Colombian peso (COP) and got COP$39000.
Remarks on my 19-day stay in Ecuador
I cannot believe I have spent 19 days in Ecuador. As I have spent most of my time in Galápagos, I have not seen much of the mainland except the stretch from Quito to Otavalo.
In brief, I had a good time and a good impression of Ecuador. It is orderly with good roads and things work! The government has succeeded in taking many people out of the poverty line. I was told less than 20% of the population is now living in dire poverty. I find the people nice and helpful.
However, Ecuador is not a cheap destination especially for those going to Galápagos. The landscape and mountain scenery I have seen are impressive. I would like to learn more about its rich history and different cultures. Out of its four World Heritage Sites, I have yet to see Cuenca and Sangay National Park. I also hope to visit Yasuní National Park and the Avenue of the Volcanoes one day.


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ohok 1intrans. to plant seeds in holes made in the ground. Mun-ohok dah gahhilang ad uwanin bulan. They’re going to plant corn this month. muN‑/nuN‑. 1C General class. Sim: tanom; Sim: waghak. (sem. domains: 6.2.3 - Plant a field.) 2trans. to plant seeds in a particular place. Ohokan yu nan habal hi bigat. Plant the swidden-plot tomorrow. Nah-okan nan habal hi gahhilang. The swidden was planted with corn. ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an.
yap-ohok di kalim (id. of yap-o) idiom. an idiom meaning to take something lightly; implies that one should not take what is said seriously (lit. words are lightweight). [The English idiom ‘take with a grain of salt’ may be a good translation of this idiom.] Yap-ohok di kalim te makahhugut ka. I take your words lightly because you are a joker. (sem. domains: 126.96.36.199 - Saying, proverb.)
tanom trans. to plant. 1.1trans. to plant seeds, seedlings, plants. Itanom mu nan kaiw nah kad-an di alad. Plant the tree along the fence. i‑/iN‑. 3A Move and position object at site. Sim: ohok. (sem. domains: 6.2.3 - Plant a field.) 1.2trans. refers to the specific site of the planting action. Tanomam nan lutam hi kape. Plant your land with coffee. ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an. 1.3trans. refers to the activity of planting. Muntanom ka. You plant. (durative activity of planting) Muntanom hi bulhe hi ina. My mother will plant beans. muN‑/nuN‑.
paghok 1comm. a peg or stake used as a boundary marker, made of wood or stone dug into the ground. (sem. domains: 188.8.131.52 - Boundary.) 2trans. to place a peg or stake. Em ipaghok hituwe dih koltog taku. Go put this stake on our boundary. Paghokam nan koltog taku hi palayon. Place a marker on our boundary with palayon-wood. i‑/iN‑, ‑an/‑in‑ ‑an. 3A Move and position object at site. (sem. domains: 184.108.40.206 - Put in.) 3comm. a stake used to dig hole for planting seeds. Usalon da di paghok hin mun-ohok da. They use the stake when planting seeds.

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It happened again. First, days are passing by unhurriedly like a slow river and then - all of a sudden - an avalanche of emotions and events come over you; there must be some kind of a physical law about it…
Completely surprising evening yesterday in a company of John Buttrick. John performed at the Zurich's Jecklin Musikhaus - Mozart, Brahms, and Schubert - the atmosphere was intimate and magic. Then more magic happened when I found myself drinking wine in a company of this brilliant person and his friends. Inspiring music, inspiring people.
And inspiring movies. "Words and pictures" is the best film I have seen in months (even that it got poor critics), and no, not because it was Clive Owen who played a leading role of an English teacher with a serious alcohol problem. Although to be honest, Clive Owen can just lie on a sofa for an hour and a half I ll still watch :-). Juliette Binoche was brilliant too playing an artist suffering from a severe rheumatoid arthritis.
And books. I came across several good books lately. It has been ages since I read fiction in Russian, and for Christmas I got a novel by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, a successful Russian author and activist.
"A book can be an inspiration or a murder weapon. Ulitskaya is fascinated by these transformations, but even more so by the peculiar trajectories that create fate—the travels of a person, a picture, a book. If there is a strange journey to be traced, she cannot resist the retelling." ( The New Yorker)
I am reading her novel “Daniel Stein, Interpreter,” based on the life of Oswald Rufeisen, Holocaust survivor turned Carmelite monk. This book is a journey in time and space, the plot takes you from Belorussian woods, occupied by fascists in the 1940s, to Palestine in the 60es and America of the 80s. Each page is punctured with reflections on politics and religion, and destiny.
So this is what I wanted to share with you before the slow river of boredom takes over me again. Until the next tsunami.
The day was rainy yesterday, but just an hour before the sunset clouds cleared up and light was just perfect for a portrait photo session with Elena, who bravely run with me up the hill to Baden's castle ruins to catch that perfect moment. We were deliberately out of breath, but you wouldn't notice, would you? :-)
"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird
I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns."
A fascinating ability of Swiss people to create a festive mood "out of nothing". Bern, the capital of Switzerland (normally a quiet little town) had an unusual flair this morning as I approached the parliament building: streets were full of confetti and laughing people, drinking hot wine and biting into onion pies and onion sausages.
The Zibelemärit (Bernese German dialect; English: Onion market) was full on already, first stands open as early as 4 in the morning. It is every forth Monday of November that main city's main square dresses up in colorful onion tresses and onion wreaths for the annual onion fair.
"Historical research indicates that the Zibelemärit originated in the 1850s with marmettes, farmer's wives from around Murten, coming to Berne at around St. Martin's Day to sell their produce. However, a persistent local legend holds that the Zibelemärit is a much older festivity. According to this legend, the Bernese awarded the people from the nearby city of Fribourg the right to sell onions in the city in reward for their aid after a fire destroyed much of Berne in 1405."*
So I took a few photos of that beautiful Monday morning, soon this very square will become a cosy skating ring, with music and hot chocolate but let's enjoy the last autumn sparkles.
Finally I laid my hands on recent photos from the beautiful Orta lake where I have become an accidental wedding guest. It was my first Italian wedding and I loved it! And I love Italians for their laid-back attitude: no-one paid attention to a tourist crawling on the floor with a camera between the guests.
The ceremony in the church took forever and the invitees outside started to melt slowly and pass another round of refreshing sparkling wine. Worst of all - nobody was taking their pictures; the photographer was inside the cathedral, trapped with the bride and groom. So after a certain round of prosecco I became courageous enough to pull out my new (yey!) camera. Here is a few impressions of that special afternoon…
I am going for two week holidays… again! :-) Home, sweet home this time, September in Tajikistan is my favorite time of the year and it's my moms' birthday in a few days. But at the moment I am sitting in Moscow's Domodedovo airport - five hours of waiting ahead of me. No problem at all, since I have two nice reads in my handbag.
Ok, maybe it's not an ideal title for an airplane read, but somehow this book caught my attention at the airport bookshop. Here is the book's description: "Jonathan Tropper's funny, touching family story about a man named Silver who has begun to accept that his life isn't going to turn out as he expected.
So when he learns that his heart requires emergency, lifesaving surgery, Silver makes the radical decision to refuse the operation, choosing instead to use what little time he has left to repair the relationship with his daughter, become a better man, and live in the moment - even if that moment isn't destined to last very long".
The second read is something completely different. It is a poetry book by my friend Marina Zamorina, first samples have finally arrived and got my well deserved copy, since I did Marina's cover photo :-).
Marina has a gift of seeing poetry in everyday objects; she transports reader into her world - real at one moment, imaginary the next. "Un certain hiver" is a glimpse into a woman's soul, sometimes melancholic, other times ecstatic and always inexplicable…
Well, well, September is showing itself from the better side, the sun has finally come back from long vacation. Taking advantage of a good weather I asked my friend Marina to model for my "Summertime sadness" photo session. Armed with butterflies and paperer boats we met on the Lausanne promenade near the Olympic Museum. Here are some results of the two hour fun.
If you ever came to Zürich on a business trip you surely were taken to Kronenhalle - the best traditional restaurant in town at Bellevue square. Bought and restored by Gottleib and Hulda Zumsteg in 1925, this place has become a refuge for many European artists fleeing from spreading nazism in neighboring European countries.
Later, Zumsteg's son Gustave started to built the art collection in the restaurant. The famous silk trader, he came to know couturiers like Channel, Dior, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Givenchy and through them the doors where open to became friend with artists like Chagall, Miró, Giacomettis and many others. Since it was a meeting place for the local bourgeoisie, Kronenhalle has become a perfect showroom for international artists.
Each art work was acquired, inexpensively, Gustav managed to persuade Chagall to design the stained glass window on the outside wall, Picasso to donate several of his sketches, Giacometti to design the tables and lamps.
A couple of weeks ago I had a pleasure of contemplating this Chagal's sunset, sitting at the nearby table under the Miro's painting. But it is not only the art collection which attracts globe trotters from all over the world - Krone's finest menu will sweep you off the feet: traditional Swiss recipes are served from a trolley where they are kept warm, you'll be advised on the most suitable wine to go with your Zürich style veal and rösti, and I heard that their Robespierre filet makes quite a spectacle.
And just two steps away from Bellevue you'll find another restaurant\wine bar which will steal your attention and tell you a completely different story about the town's gastronomical institution. The story that I heard on Friday night from the owner of Weisse Rose goes that Hulda (supposedly the founder of Kronenhlle) was working at this very restaurant and Gottlieb Zumsteg came to Weisse Rose for his favorite soup and the two got married later.
While listening to intriguing stories that go back one century, I was observed by these two gentlemen, Peter and Ernst Weingartner, the regular guests at the Weisse Rose. They whispered to me later that I shouldn't listen to the owner's tales, as Jan Aerts is a "big lier".
This Dutchman who came to Switzerland in the sixties is a big art collector too. With his partner Juan Cardozo (a painter himself) they built up a serious collection of naïve and outsider art, a fraction of which is on display at their little yet legendary establishment, consisting of six wooden tables.
Aerts's collection includes several paintings of Hans Krusi, for example (at the photo below), who came by the Schweizerhof Hotel at Zürich's Bahnhofstrasse (where Aerts has landed a job as a trainee) to sell flowers for a cup of hot chocolate in return. After his death in 1995, Krusi is considered one of the biggest Swiss outsider artists, leaving behind near 4000 sketches, drawings, paintings and photographs.
So here is my weekend story. If you are in Zürich go to Bellevue square, to Weisse Rose restaurant and then after a good wine experience go to Kronenhalle for their heavenly chocolate mousse… Maybe these two neighbors are not that unlikely after all.
In the train from Lausanne to Zurich, my head is turningbetween the computer screen and beautiful vineyards, ornamenting the Leman lakeside, modest sunshine is reaching down through fluffy white clouds… In spite of terrible torrents and mid-October temperatures, this week spent in Lausanne was very special and saturated with small surprises and discoveries. And in spite the hours of work, I had time to enjoy the lake - observing swans, fishermen, and tourists. It was a kind of escape.
A great escape, maybe?.. if I can borrow the name of a nice resto I discovered these days.
Rue de la Madeleine 18
They serve tastiest burgers, the atmosphere is informal, the crowd is colorful and the location is perfect.
The great escape is located two steps away from the Rumine palace, where the biggest surprise was awaiting. Stepping in with some visitors to marvel at the palace's finest renaissance decor, we saw this poster:
For the first time in Switzerland, the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts in Lausanne is showing an outstanding collection of major works from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Around seventy paintings document the finest achievements of the Russian landscape school in the 19th century.
The sea, mountains, forests and skies of the vast Empire, the passage of the seasons from dawn to nightfall, peasant customs, and rural and urban buildings convey that new sensibility and that aspiration for renewal. The artists exhibited include Ivan Aivazovsky, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Mikhail Nesterov, Ilya Repin, Alexei Savrasov, and Vasily Vereshchagin.
Slightly changing our day's program we went in, and it was a true escape into the magic of Russian landscape. Beautifully painted showrooms varied from dark grey to bright pink, enhancing and accentuating each painting. You have time till 5th October to go and see the exposition, and I need to change trains soon.
Summer goes on…or at least they say so: it is pretty grey outside of my window :-), Swiss summer is rather capricious this year. However it is only a six-hour drive from Zürich to what seems an eternal sunshine… Italian and French riviera. What a temptation!.. and as we know it: the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it :-)
So here is a few impressions from a short recent trip from Sanremo to Nice.
As it happens, it was a last trip for my little old camera, which had been my best non-human friend in the past five years. R.I.P my little Canon and thank you for wonderful memories :-)
"Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say.
And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes.
It's always the unspoken word and what's happening behind
someone's eyes that makes it so rich".
Does it happen to you, that you have too much too say and you end up saying nothing at all eventually?.. So many things happened in the past two months… Corfu was unspeakably beautiful and rich, I have met wonderful and precious people, I have also lost someone special this summer.
Yes, yes, this unforgettable summer, a mixture of bitter and sweet, like the Aperol spritz at the seaside café in Sanremo some days ago…
Arillas beach, Corfu
What happens to all those unspoken words?.. Some become songs, thats for sure. Looking for a song on Youtube, I came across this beautiful piece by Skunk Anansie. My unspoken words turned into a Replay button tonight…
…I hope you get to meet your hero I hope she never lets you down I hope she never tears you heart out Or runs away without a sound I hope you get to choose your weapons And fire first without a cause I hope you get meet your hero I hope she's what you're waiting for
Ladies and Gentlemen, finally! I am leaving to Corfu, two and a half weeks of bliss (hopefully) and many, many pictures :-)
I am leaving tomorrow at dawn with my best friend and her Mini :-)... Yes, we are going by car, a much delayed teenage trip.. :-) And yes, we don't have a spare tire, but instead many beautiful summer dresses :-).
“Yes, you see, there’s no such thing as coincidence.
There are no accidents in life. Everything that happens
is the result of a calculated move that leads us to where we are.”
― J.M. Darhower, Sempre: Redemption
Some days ago I had to say Goodbye to one of my paintings, my dapple has found a beautiful home.
2014, acrylic on canvas
And then a funny thing happened - I got a new neighbor, a couple of neighbors to be precise, I would like to make friends with them, well, I already asked a permission to do their portraits, they agreed :-) Here is a first one...
Rainy, rainy days again... but we did have some sun last weekend, I took advantage of its' soft evening light to do some pictures. My exercise was to shoot against the sun, many people are horrified by it, but in fact it could bring some very nice effects. That is what I came up with:
Nicolas, an engineer from Wettingen, is enjoying his neighbor's freshly cut grass.
Marina, Zürich, relaxing in her garden after a long week.
Besides, Marina is a poet and we just did a shoot for her upcoming book, I am very excited about seeing my work on a book cover. :-)
Looking through my last years' pictures I found this old commode which I brightened up some time ago. Here is a "before" photo... the poor thing was given a rustic touch with random strokes and I had to come to rescue. :-)
My first impulse was to try something edgy and bright, something a la Delphine La Lorme, a painter and designer from Paris. Here is a couple of her chic and provocative pieces.
But at the end I chose a solution a bit less risqué and painted my commode bright blue (can't name a shade now since I mixed several pigments), adding miniature squarish silver knobs for a modern touch , et Voila!
"I fall in love with almost every person I photograph.
I want to get close. This is personal for me"
How was your day? I spent mine with my God son who just turned 3. And that's how I remember him on his first birthday, when he bursted into tears just before the candle ceremony :-) Time really flies and I realize I have to spend more time with people I love...
Apart from that, turning up a bit early for an appointment this morning I was sitting in a waiting room leafing Das Ideale Heim magazine where I came across a wonderful Swiss photographer Catherine Gailloud and her blog My Day With. Of course the evening passed looking at her work: splendid swiss landscapes and great architecture, lovely interiors and lively portraits... She even bothers to translate her interviews into English (with all my love to French language...:-) More of her work is on her website: www.cgailloud.com
In that very same waiting room I had a chance to discover another great person and photographer - Stephanie Sinclair, whose pictures are known to millions, especially lovers of National Geographic where she is a regular contributor. Cinclair is an American photographer and a human rights fighter.
You probably recognize this photo she took in Afghanistan.
Her photo series, “Child Brides,” examines “how children continue to be forced into marriage in more than 50 countries around the world.” The project was the result of eight years of work in Afghanistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, and Yemen. Here is the projects website tooyoungtowed.org.
So that was my day. Since we are talking photography here, may I brag a little? I just got my box of new flyers! Happy as Alex with his birthday cake today :-)

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This post was done in advance. I’m in Cairns and I will have been instagramming like mad (check here to see all of the photos), but I made sure I wrote up this cake recipe before I left. It is pretty divine. It’s full of spices and sweetness in just the right measures. It’s super moist too – it’s kind of like a really fragrant sticky date pudding.
I bought the blackberry jam when I was away in Mudgee recently. I still haven’t blogged about Mudgee yet, but I loved it.

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Originally uploaded around March 2010.
Defend carrier from submarines, planes, and naval attacks.
Earn achievements and high score!
A video of me playing to like level 26 can be found at:
Obviously I hope you don't just watch the whole thing, you can skip around or whatever. And note: Wasn't played in a browser, and must of been under settings of an existing name I previously tested with, so only a couple of achievements unlock during video.
* Submarine attack:
Left and Right arrow keys to move.
Space key to drop bomb.
* Aerial flight:
Up and Down arrow keys to increase/decrease ascent/descent angle.
Left and Right arrow keys to turn around (WHEN at MAX/MIN ascent/descent angle).
Space key to shoot.
'B' key to drop a bomb.
(Diving into the ocean will result in a crash/gameover).
Left and Right arrow keys to glide parachute left and right.
Down arrow key to increase descent for parachute.
(You can swim. Get back to the Aircraft Carrier for a new plane).
ESC key to exit flight training.
I originally programmed this in GameMaker.
I also made a version later using AppInventor.
The sequel to this game can be found here:
For reusable GUI Components, visit:

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DVC Mickey Disney Pin Set
Here is a look at a new DVC Mickey Disney pin set available at Disney Parks! This set features four vacation themed Mickey pins. Released in May 2018 and the retail price is $24.99.
These were spotted at Disney California Adventure, but will be available at Walt Disney World as well. This pin set is exclusive to Disney Vacation Club members. The set features:
- Mickey relaxing in a lounge chair
- Mickey dragging his suitcase
- Mickey with binoculars
- Mickey sitting on his suitcase
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How Stanley Kubrick Adapted ‘The Shining’ Into A Cinematic Masterpiece
One striking feature about the movie; The Shining, directed by Stanley Kubrick is the sheer number of iconic moment packed into the film. After the successful release of Barry Lyndon in 1975, Kubrick began researching the subject of his next film, hoping for a subject with a certain cinematic possibility. An executive at Warner Brothers had sent him the manuscript for The Shining, which after reading, Kubrick described as a compulsive read and with imaginative plot idea and structure.
To adapt the book for the scene, Kubrick enlisted the help of novelist Diane Johnson. They both discussed The Shining for over a month before writing a single word. Many of their discussions emanated from simple questions posed by Kubrick such as; Is the husband a nice man? Does his wife love him? What kind of clothes would she wear? This was how Kubrick knew his characters profoundly, before setting them in motion.
In the end, they each came out with a short outline of the plot for The Shining and then came together to compare and rearrange scenes and ultimately wrote a more comprehensive outline. After 11 weeks of working on the screenplay, Johnson left for the United States.
Stanley Kubrick’s first treatment was completed on June 20th, 1977. It was 36 pages longs and contained 61 scenes, and ends when Grady removes the bolt to the pantry doors releasing Jack. This is an important moment in the film as it is the first time a ghost is having an effect on the natural world as any other supernatural aspect before then could be assumed to be happening in the minds of the characters.
The guiding principle for Kubrick’s journey into the horror came from H.P. Lovecraft’s essay that states “In all things that are mysterious, never explain”. He believed that as long as whatever happens stimulates the audience’s imagination, their sense of anxiety and fear, and as long as it does not have any inner contradiction, it was just a matter of building on the imagination. He was keen on using the audience’s imagination against them, by introducing mystery in the suggestion of horror and allowing the audience to fill in the blanks with their own fears.
Another guiding principle for Kubrick was his belief that in fantasy things should have the appearance of being as realistic as possible, people should act in the mundane way they normally do, this contrast would then make the extraordinary more powerful. The opening scenes of the movie were presented as mundane as possible.
Although films usually use transparency to depict spirits, Kubrick subverts this and uses context. The inspiration was drawn from Freud’s essay; The Uncanny, and it was a way of depicting something unfamiliar and threatening inside something familiar. For example, something that looks like a human but it is actually not. The audience does not know what they are or what they are capable of, or whether they exist at all or just a disturbance in the character’s mind. The most terrifying actually is the combination of both.
Kubrick had to make a lot of changes in the book in order to bring it to the medium of film, particularly reinventing the parts where he thought the action was insufficient. It probably also involved cutting out the inner monologues and a lot of the dialogues and translate it into something more visual. Kubrick also cut out a lot of things from the film that he thought was not relevant to for the audience, an example is the psychological clues that explained why Jack is the way he is. The earlier treatments, however, stuck closer to the book.
One thing that is very fascinating is, all the notes written by Kubrick in the margins of the script and book revealed that new ideas were constantly being tested and the scripts were being simplified and refined.
The actual script for the film may be found to be unremarkable when read, the purpose of the draft was to get a sense of what the film would be; the writing was secondary to knowing exactly what was happening in the scene. Kubrick stated that if you knew what was happening in a scene the words easily follow.
Kubrick also allowed actors to collaborate on their characters and make suggestions, so the story is constantly getting better as it is being filmed. Kubrick allowed for flexibility, bringing in new ideas and cutting out uninteresting or unbalanced ones. Thereby rewriting the scenes during the rehearsals.
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Bill Gates has urged Apple to grant the U.S. government permission to have backdoor access to their iPhone devices, saying that he agrees with the FBI’s demand to Apple to unlock the phone of one of the San Bernardino perpetrators.
“This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case,” Gates told the Financial Times.
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Dietary lipids, especially specific fatty acids are important modulators of various physiological functions and significantly contribute to maintenance of intestinal epithelium homeostasis. Disturbance of this homeostasis substantially contribute to colon cancer development. We investigated and compared the response of human epithelial cell lines derived from fetal colon (FHC) and colon adenocarcinoma (HT-29) to i) docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, ii) sodium butyrate (NaBt), short chain fatty acid produced by microbial fermentation of fibre in the colon, and iii) their combination. We supposed mutual interaction of the signaling pathways triggered by these two fatty acids, which may significantly modulate the cell survival/ death.
Using fluorimetry, flow cytometry and western blotting methods we investigated various changes in cytokinetic and lipid metabolism parameters. Our results showed that NaBt alone or in combination with DHA can decrease proliferation (CyQUAN T, cell cycle analysis), induce differentiation (alkaline phosphatase activity), apoptosis (caspase-3 and PAR P cleavage) and also autophagy (LC3 cleavage) depending on cell line and time of treatment. These effects were associated with alteration in lipid droplet accumulation, reactive oxygen species production, mitochondrial membrane potential and with modulation of the expression or activity of some regulatory molecules connected with lipid metabolism such as fatty acid synthase, caveolin-1 and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR ) γ.
These results point out the important role of dietary lipids in colon epithelial cell behaviour. Supported by grants Nos. P301/11/1730 and 13–09766S of Czech Science Foundation.
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Everyone knows: wars are getting worse, more civilians are dying, and peacemaking achieves nothing, right? Wrong. Despite all the bad-news headlines, peacekeeping is working. Fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are smaller and more localized. But peace doesn’t just happen; it needs to be put into effect. Moreover, understanding the global decline in armed conflict is crucial as America shifts to an era of lower military budgets and operations. Preeminent scholar of international relations, Joshua Goldstein, definitively illustrates how decades of effort by humanitarian aid agencies, popular movements—and especially the United Nations—have made a measureable difference in reducing violence in our times. Goldstein shows how we can continue building on these inspiring achievements to keep winning the war on war. This updated and revised edition includes more information on a post-9-11 world, and is a perfect compendium for those wishing to learn more about the United States’ armed conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The development of the nuclear weapons technology started during the 1930s and 1940s. The first use of nuclear weapons was detonated over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Many experts claimed that the U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan are one of the major factors that stopped World War 2.
Nuclear weapons technology continues in its advancement
The devastating power dropped over Japan brought sheer terror to the world as it annihilated more than 200,000 people. After the world saw the devastating power of the nuclear weapons, there had been a concern on controlling the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It remained to be an important issue in the international community. Basically, despite the nuclear advancement of some countries, nuclear weapons only saw its use twice in the history of mankind.
On August 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped a uranium gun-type bomb called Little Boy on Hiroshima. At the time, American President Harry S. Truman called for Japan’s surrender. He warned Japan to expect a “ rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth.”
At the time of Hiroshima bombing, the city had industrial and military significance. Hiroshima served as a minor supply and logistics base for the Japanese military but it had large stockpiles of military supplies. Additionally, the city was a communications center. It is also a key port for shipping and an assembly area for troops. The city was a beehive of Japan’s war industry. It manufactured parts of planes, boats, bombs rifles and handguns.
Hiroshima residents wondered why the U.S. spared their city from constant firebombing. Somme speculated that the U.S. might be planning to use Hiroshima as an occupation headquarter. Others thought that their relatives in Hawaii and California petitioned the U.S. government to avoid bombing Hiroshima. Still, the inevitable came to pass, killing hundreds of thousands of lives.
Three days after the Hiroshima bombing, a plutonium implosion-type bomb called Fat Man dropped on Nagasaki. The city had been one of the largest seaports in Japan. It served great importance because of its industrial activity in producing ordinance, military equipment, ships and other war materials.
The primary target for the Fat Man was Kokura, while Nagasaki served as the secondary target. Fat Man was more powerful than Little Boy. Although the bomb was more powerful than the one from Hiroshima. However, the hillsides of Nagasaki confined the effect of the Fat Man. Hiroshima had a massive firestorm that killed more people while Fat Man did not manage to create a whirl of firestorms.
The blast from the bombs disintegrated some people. Roughly half of the deaths occurred on the first day. The first four months of the bombings saw large numbers of people dying from the effects of radiation sickness, burns, and other injuries. Most of the dead were civilians.
Countries with nuclear weapons
Currently, there are nine countries who have nuclear weapons in their arsenal. Under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, five countries are considered as ‘nuclear-weapon’ states. The five countries with nuclear weapons are United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, and France. The other four were Pakistan, India, North Korea and Israel. However, Israel did not admit that they are developing their nuclear weaponry. The international community knows that Israel has nuclear weapons though it remains undisclosed.


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Dusky beauty Chitrangada Singh was recently spotted launching a smartphone.
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Where Shadows Slumber Demo – a unique puzzle game in the creation of which used a rather unusual mechanics. To play you will be in the role of a hero traveling in an isometric world, on the way you will come across a lot of different obstacles, doors, destroyed bridges and other, as it is not difficult to guess your task to pass the level to the end. Each of the levels is made using fantastic and exotic landscapes. Now, a little about the gameplay itself, controlling the ray of a fanatic you will distribute the boundaries between light and shadow, thus affecting various mechanical objects and devices. Initially, the game came out on the platform of the iPad and the iPhone and only then on the devices for Android.


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Christmas how did it all start? Arguably the most important historical birth ever that continues to rock the world and affect people’s lives today.
Announced on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, filmed by Netflix? No!! But by an angel sent from God, backed by a heavenly choir to ordinary shepherds just doing their job on a Bethlehem hillside, watching over their flocks and at night too. What a shock they must have had.
Following God’s instructions off they went, found the stable, bowed down in awe and wonder to worship the baby born to be a heavenly King then………..went back to work with a new spring in their step understanding in part that God’s long awaited Messiah had come to rescue his people.
That rescue is still open today to all who wonder, welcome and bow to worship him as King of their hearts and lives and not only, as the shepherds thought, from their enemies outside but much more from the enemy we all have within, the sin that separates us from God.
The writer G K Chesterton wrote:
‘The world will not perish for lack of wonders but for lack of WONDER.’
Let’s join the shepherds and regain that sense of wonder at the coming of Jesus to be the Saviour of the world.
Covid 19 has spread it’s gloomy shadow over the whole earth in these last few months bringing sickness and death in every place. It is also causing economic collapse in countries, in industry and most worryingly in individual homes. Yet so many are working hard to stop it’s effects and it’s spread particularly those in health services and caring professions across the world!
Where is God may well be the cry of many troubled and fearful hearts?
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble” was the cry of the Psalmist. (Psalm 46:1)
“The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down”. (Psalm:145:14)
“The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth”. (Psalm:145:18)
In the silence of our empty streets particularly in ‘locked down’ towns and cities surely the right thing to do is “Be still, and know that He is God”. (Psalm 46:10)
But the best thing is to know with absolute confidence that the Lord Jesus His beloved Son is risen and with us always. He will save and welcome into his eternal Kingdom all who turn to him and trust in him.
‘….to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God‘. (John 1:12)
‘I’m on this lonely heartworn highway’ is the first line of a song I often sing when visiting people in our local soup kitchens. Many of the guests are always on the move but never seem to be getting anywhere or doing anything of much. In the Bible it says ‘Jesus went about doing good’ (Acts 10:38). If we’re honest a lot of the time we just ‘go about’! The key is that ‘God anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and with power….for God was with Him’. Peter tells how Jesus commanded the disciples to testify that God appointed him to be judge of the living and the dead and proclaim forgiveness of sins to everyone who believes in his name.
When that becomes our main aim in life we will no longer be just ‘going about’ but we’ll also be ‘going about doing good’. When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the believers at Pentecost they immediately began the good work of proclaiming and even ‘gossiping’ the Gospel. As believers today we have been given the same Spirit in order to do the same good work. Let’s be sure to make that our priority – ‘going about doing good’!

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Staying healthy can be challenging. RVHDC’s health education team provides free patient education and chronic disease management to all center patients. Our health educators provide one on one education and follow-up support on many health topics and conditions including
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What can I expect from the River Valley Health and Dental Center, Health Education Team?
RVHDC’s health education team provides comprehensive health education and support focused around you. Let RVHDC’s team help you set and reach your health goals. The team provides education about your care in language you can understand. RVHDC’s health educators will work with you to empower you to take action in managing and improving your health. Our educators are more than happy to meet with you face to face during office visits or scheduled education visits.
See below for more information on managing these important health topics.
Our educators can also connect patients to area organizations and programs for further support. The health education team at RVHDC provides self-management education and support to ensure patients can effectively manage their health.
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We are Pink Daisy Wedding Photographers. Started by wedding and lifestyle photographer Paige Birnie in 2014, Pink Daisy has now grown to have 10+ amazing wedding photographers based in and around London that shoot in different styles – vintage, classic, modern, documentary – so you can find the perfect photographer to suit your day.
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HELLO. We’re Rachel and Christopher, and we divide our time between London and Los Angeles.
We shot our first weddings in 2011, after years and years of music festivals. The two have lots in common: everyone’s having the best day ever; there are a million things happening at once; nothing runs on schedule; they usually end with wild dancing.
And like festivals, weddings and civil partnerships aren’t photo shoots: we like to get out of the way and let you cry/hug/dance without even noticing we’re taking your picture. We get to bear witness to everyone’s most emotional moments (and most glamorous hairdos) and create an authentic record of you and your favourite people at your very best.
Our super powers are a) being in two places at once and b) capturing moments without interrupting them.
So, a few weeks after your hangovers have worn off, we’ll present you with the full story of your big day so you can relive the best bits forever and ever. Magic.
Marianne Chua is an award-winning wedding photographer specialising in a relaxed and fun candid style for couples who love their friends, family, food and partaaayyy! She has a natural approach that is non-invasive for you and your guests, preferring to help you spend as much time as possible enjoying your own wedding, and less time posing for the camera!
The photos you receive will focus on the emotions and raw reality of the day- she specialises in going beyond a record of your memories to providing evidence of all the hilarity that your friends got up to when you were elsewhere. She especially enjoys capturing all the personal in-jokes and habits so that your wedding photos are more than just coverage of one event, they become treasured family photos showing the personalities of your loved ones.
She has been internationally recognised for her quirky and clever photography style, and is perfect for couples who love bright colours and being silly.
She lives in London, shoots for Secret Cinema and her current favourite junction is junction 16 between the M25 and the M40 because it makes her feel like a NASCAR driver.
Hi my name is Peter Chamberlain and I am a wedding photographer based in London. I also shoot a wide range of photography which has allowed me to travel worldwide and have shot weddings in South Africa, India as well as all over the UK.
I like to be considered as a documentary wedding photographer. It is a style that is also known as reportage or wedding photojournalism.
My approach simply means that I like to document the "real" story of your special day. I’m not interested in dragging you away from your friends and family in order to do a photoshoot with you. Its the little things and the pure love for each other that makes your day what it is and I believe in capturing it for you to cherish.
Feel free to check out my website and I will be happy to answer any question you may have. Thanks for taking the time to read this and lets chat soon.
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We are Annie and Christian Olliver, also known as Olliver Photography. We’ve been shooting reportage, documentary style weddings in London and the rest of the UK for 10 years.
Our style is very relaxed, informal and friendly. We will capture the narrative of your day, at a distance. No pushy, cheesy, posey shots. This allows us to achieve natural images, inspired by light and true moments.
We draw on many influences but we are mostly inspired by the couple themselves and what is important to them, as well as setting. At an urban location in London, we are inspired by the local architecture, vibrancy of the people around, and those details that make a place special. The brickwork, street art or a canal, perhaps. Further afield, at a chateaux wedding, we’re inspired by the rolling landscape, fields of sunflowers as far as the eye can see, the stone of the chateaux, sunlit lemon trees, and shafts of light hitting tile flooring. A sense of place helps to frame the whole experience of the day.
An obsession with little details, and an understanding of how natural light can lift a subject from something ordinary to something beautiful.


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It’s no wonder that Jolly Rancher is one of America’s favourite Candy! Available in a variety of mouth-watering fruity flavours and hard and soft textures – there’s plenty to choose from to keep your taste buds happy.
These original hard candy are bursting with awesome Cherry, Watermelon, Strawberry and Fruit Punch flavours – perfect for popping in your bag, car or desk drawer for that sweet treat anytime, anywhere!
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MOSCOW, May 13. /TASS/. Claims on the handover of Russia’s Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for economic aid, voiced in a report of the Slon publication, is nonsense and an example of primitive thinking, a high-ranking source in the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS Friday.
"All that is written there is utter nonsense. There’s nothing further from reality than that," the source said.
"Thinking that in our dialogue with Japan, the talk is about ‘sale’ or handover of the Kuril Islands in exchange for economic aid, and presenting it as a ‘new approach’ Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described is primitive," he said.
The source said this is a primitive idea of what serious powers speak about when discussing complicated issues.
"Primitive thinking and nonsense," the source said.
The problem of the southern Kuril Islands is the key obstacle to a complete normalization of the Russian-Japanese ties and the signing of a peace treaty. After the Second World War, all Kuril Islands were made part of the Soviet Union. But Japan does not agree that the islands of Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan and the Habomai island group belong to Russia. Tokyo calls the islands "Northern Territories".

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Spirited Hot Apple Cider
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- 1 orange
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 10 whole allspice
- 10 whole cloves
- 6 cups apple cider
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 1/2 cup applejack
- Additional cinnamon sticks (optional)
Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from orange. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add peel, sugar, 3 cinnamon sticks, allspice and cloves; stir 1 minute. Add cider; bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low; simmer 15 minutes. Mix in rum and applejack. Strain into mugs. Garnish with additional cinnamon sticks, if desired.
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Inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles for green UHF RFID tags
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Abstract. UHF RFID tags are nowadays widely and successfully implemented in many distinct applications, but unfortunately the traditional production process and incorrect disposal of such devices have a negative impact on the environment. In this work silver and gold nanoparticle inks were printed by a consumer inkjet printer on eco-friendly substrates like paper and PET in order to make the manufacturing process less harmful to the ecosystem. A dipole antenna with matchingdoi:10.5194/ars-17-119-2019 fatcat:txcmlbgprvenfb26osf5jztqo4


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The biggest hockey story on Wednesday night came in Pittsburgh, where Ottawa Senators’ defenceman Erik Karlsson suffered a nasty Achilles’ tendon injury and is probably gone for the season (unless the Senators make a deep playoff run, unlikely with Jason Spezza out too).
Karlsson was battling with Matt Cooke of the Penguins along the boards when Cooke’s skate blade came down on Karlsson’s leg.
The National Hockey League has decided not to discipline Cooke, believing there was no intent to injure.
However, Cooke does however have a negative history stemming from four hits that have resulted in suspensions, and another controversial hit on Marc Savard of the Boston Bruins, that could have resulted in one. The hit on Savard has basically ended his career because of the concussion factor.


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RideNow Powersports, which is believed to be the industry’s largest national dealership group, is opening its first dealership in Washington state, according to an online report.
RideNow Powersports is opening RideNow Powersports Tri-Cities, a multibrand metric store in Kennewick, Wash. The site also has a Harley-Davidson franchise, according to a Tri-City Herald report.
The location, which previously hosted a store that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, will have 30-35 employees during the fall and winter and ramp up to 40-45 in the spring, the online report said.
RideNow, according to its corporate website, has 23 dealerships in Nevada, Arizona, Texas, North Carolina and Florida and employs more than 600 people. The dealership group was started in 1983.

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The sweep of Benedict Nightingale’s “Great Moments in Theatre” covers not decades or centuries, but millennia. As if his pen were a time machine, he takes the reader back as far as ancient Greece’s Dionysus Festival of 458 BC to imagine what it was like to witness the performance of Aeschylus’ Oresteia. Then he tackles […]
How did this one slip by me last year? In October, the New York Times’ Ben Brantley released a beautiful-to-look-at and rewarding-to-read volume titled “Broadway Musicals” that deserves a spot on either your theater shelf or your coffee table.
Let’s start the year off with a book you probably didn’t know you needed. It is one of those books that jump off the shelf at you when you see it, but only if you read the sub-title.


GENEVA, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwired - Dec 1, 2016) - Silent Circle, a leader in secure mobile communications, today announced new features that advance the state-of-the-art in encryption-based, enterprise-class solutions to meet the evolving requirements of customers worldwide.
"Organizations are under siege," said Silent Circle Co-founder and Chairman Mike Janke. "Corporate espionage. State-sponsored attacks. Government surveillance. Ransomware. These are the unfortunate realities of our interconnected world that underscore the increasing criticality of end-to-end, encrypted communications. As a champion of security and privacy, we are once again raising the bar by introducing unmatched functionality in our flagship enterprise offering, Silent Manager."
Representing an industry-first, Silent Manager's new "Circle-in-Circle" capabilities enable customers to contain communication flow -- most notably voice -- on an enterprise-level. Circle-in-Circle extends Silent Manager by empowering organizations to more effectively secure and control communication access -- both throughout their organizations and with individual users or entire entities outside of their organizations. Notably, customers can connect their organizations to or disconnect them from the global network, or establish strict communications policies allowing contact only with trusted entities and individuals.
Deployed around the world, Silent Manager is a simple, secure, scalable web-based service that manages multiple users, groups, plans and policies across an enterprise. This latest version of Silent Manager also delivers policy management capabilities for compliance and regulatory requirements. Additionally, organizations can now set notifications for when changes are executed to their user base or trusted devices. Importantly, emphasizing ease of use in enterprise deployments, Silent Manager's advanced dashboard provides detailed visibility into employees' license consumption and alerts on expiring plans.
Enhancing the experience for iPhone iOS 10 users, Silent Circle also introduced several advances to its private, encrypted communication and secure file transfer app, Silent Phone. With Silent Phone iOS version 3.3's CallKit functionality, iPhone users can answer incoming calls as they would a native iOS call for a fully integrated contact and call history experience.
Additional Silent Phone features include:
- Email Recognition - Silent Phone recognizes email addresses in users' native contacts that are registered with the service.
- Passcode Lock - Silent Phone users can enable a passcode lock setting (or Touch ID on supported iOS devices). When engaged, Silent Phone can be locked so that messages and call history are safe from prying eyes. Further, users can leverage optional settings to disable and wipe Silent Phone of all conversation and provisioning data after 10 failed attempts.
- Advanced Search - Silent Phone's directory search capability allows users to easily connect with users within their organization and the global Silent Circle directory.
Silent Manager v3.1, Silent Phone Android v5.4 and Silent Phone iOS v3.3 will be available in December.
Silent Circle's products are deployed in hundreds of the most demanding network environments worldwide, including a number of leading Fortune 100 accounts and 30 international government organizations. Designed by the best minds in mobility, encryption, security and privacy, Silent Circle's fundamentally different technology sets the standard for enterprise privacy. Founded on the principle of transparency, Silent Circle fosters community input and review of its systems and services, and hosts a bug bounty program for reporting qualifying security vulnerabilities.
About Silent Circle
Silent Circle is a leader in enterprise privacy, delivered through a game-changing mobile ecosystem of software and services to build a fundamentally better mobile architecture. The company was co-founded by former Navy SEAL and security expert Mike Janke; Internet Hall of Famer Phil Zimmermann, developer of Silent Circle's ZRTP cryptography protocol and co-founder of PGP Corporation; and Jon Callas, creator of Apple's whole disk encryption software and also a PGP Corporation co-founder. Silent Circle is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Visit us at www.silentcircle.com.
All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.


The NFL may be getting a spring league in 2016, whatever that means - SBNation.com
It'd be like the NBA Summer League, kinda/sorta?
Justin Houston is right. The Chiefs do have the best pass rushing duo in the NFL, for now - SBNation.com
Justin Houston and Tamba Hali have accounted for 86.5 sacks in four seasons together with the Chiefs.
Who is building the next NFL dynasty? - SBNation.com
The Patriots aren't going to be on top forever. Danny Kelly takes a closer look at which teams are poised to usurp them for a decade of dominance.
Fans' Favorite All-Time Bucs, No. 8
Buccaneers.com polled fans on their favorite all-time player. Here's who finished No. 8.
Fans' Favorite All-Time Bucs, No. 7
Buccaneers.com polled fans on their favorite all-time player. Here's who finished No. 7.
Bucs Critical Camp Question 19: Who will Start At Sam Linebacker? | Pewter Report
Considering the Buccaneer's defense will often be lined up in the Tampa 2 formation, they'll typically replace the Sam linebacker with a nickel corner. However,
NFC South Q&A: Who is division's rising star? - NFC South - ESPN
Young receivers Mike Evans and Brandin Cooks are dynamic playmakers who should only get better.
Former Miami Dolphin Will Allen committed 23 felonies, faces decades in prison, feds say | Real Time
Former Miami Dolphins cornerback Will Allen committed 23 federal felonies and faces decades in prison, according to an indictment issued last week by the U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts.
Washington Redskins' Dashon Goldson: 'I want to show I can still play' - NFL Nation - ESPN
The hope for the Redskins, and all the coaches privately and publicly, is that safety Dashon Goldson gets his game back.


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Hi friends! I thought I would do a quick video dedicated to the amazing album Amy Winehouse: Lioness Hidden Treasures since the 4 year anniversary is coming up! I hope you will enjoy some reading whispers and a little treat of music with whispered lyrics at the end. Enjoy! Let me know if you'd like more of these videos or if they don't work for you (:
Song: Wake Up Alone
Vocals: Amy Winehouse
Written by : Amy Winehouse and Scott Duffy
Produced by: Mark Ronson
What is ASMR and why am I whispering? GREAT question. Check it out here: https://www.quora.com/What-is-ASMR-Does-everyone-experience-it
I am NOT a health professional. The use of this video for relaxation purposes is not necessarily suggested by any medical professional and is simply for the enjoyment and relaxation of its viewers.


A Game Theoretic Analysis of Selfish Content Replication on Graphs
2011 (English)In: 7th Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop (SNCNW), 2011, 2011Conference paper (Refereed)
Replication games are a model of the problem of content placement in computer and communication systems, when the participating nodes maketheir decisions such as to maximize their individualutilities. In this paper we consider replication gamesplayed over arbitrary social graphs; the social graphmodels limited interaction between the players due to,e.g., the network topology. We show that in replicationgames there is an equilibrium object placement forarbitrary social graphs. Nevertheless, if all nodes followa myopic strategy to update their object placementsthen they might cycle arbitrarily long before reachingan equilibrium if the social graph is non-complete. Wegive suﬃcient conditions under which such cycles do notexist, and propose an eﬃcient distributed algorithm toreach an equilibrium over a non-complete social graph.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Game theory, Selfish Replication
IdentifiersURN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-118447OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-118447DiVA: diva2:606206
7th Swedish National Computer Networking Workshop (SNCNW), 2011
QC 201302262013-02-262013-02-182013-02-26Bibliographically approved


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The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission was designed to study the formation and evolution of the Solar System by exploring one of the oldest and most primordial heavenly bodies – comets. The mission consisted of the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander. The probes were launched on 2 March 2004, travelled 6.4 billion kilometres in 10 years and, with the help of a few planet swing-bys, arrived at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on 6 August 2014.
DLR played a major role in the construction of the lander and operated the Lander Control Center (LCC), from where the difficult task of landing on the comet on 12 November 2014 – a feat never before accomplished – was designed and controlled. On 27 July 2016, after almost two years of cometary exploration, the communications unit on board the Rosetta orbiter (which it used to communicate with the Philae lander) was switched off. On 30 September 2016, the operational part of the mission came to an official end, with the orbiter's controlled descent.
Information about the Rosetta mission is also available on the following DLR channels:
Video Status report on Philae from Lander Control Center
YouTube Rosetta mission - Philae lander videos
DLR on Facebook
Information about the results of the mission can be found here.
Goodbye from Comet 67P
Thank you all for being a part of the journey! From #CometLandung to #GoodbyePhilae.
The 2017 Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement with Planetary Science has been awarded to the team behind the outstandingly successful exhibition, ‘Comets – The Rosetta Mission: Journey to the Origins of the Solar System’, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Ulrich Köhler, Barbara Stracke and Ekkehard Kührt, of the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, will accept the award on behalf of the exhibition’s curation team.
The special exhibition 'COMETS – The Rosetta mission: A journey to the origins of the Solar System' has been the main attraction at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin for the last six months. Conceived and prepared by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in cooperation with the world-famous Berlin museum and the Max Planck Society, the exhibition ended on 26 January 2017.
On 30 September 2016 at 13:19 CEST, the final signal from the Rosetta orbiter was received back on Earth. The ESA mission ended when the spacecraft touched down on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The international team of scientists had already said their farewells to the Philae lander back in February 2016, when its prolonged radio silence indicated that it would no longer report back to the team in the control centre at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR).


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Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find the ship once I get to South Lake Union Park?
When you arrive at South Lake Union Park, proceed to the Northeast corner of the park, or the Northwest corner of the MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry) building.
What is your current Alcohol Policy?
On Family Treasure Cruises and Adult Pirate Party Cruises, we offer beer, cider and sparkling seltzer for purchase.
Guests are ONLY allowed to provide their own alcohol for PRIVATE EVENTS. You must obtain a Banquet Permit from WSLCB in order to do so. It is a very simple process that takes 5-10 minutes to complete online at a cost of $11.
Should we tip the crew?
Our crew works for tips and they are greatly appreciated. Suggested gratuity: 15%.
Where do we park?
Parking can be found to the west of South Lake Union Park along Westlake Avenue North. There is also parking at Chandler’s Cove to the East of the park. Please allow ample time to park and walk to the ship. Emerald City Pirates makes no representations of the availability of parking.
Will I get wet?
Probably not, but there is a chance that some water from the water cannons will blow back on us.
Will I get sea sick?
Probably not. We sail the waters of the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Lake Union, which are well protected from wind and waves and are nearly always calm.
Can I bring a pet?
Yes, dogs under 25 lbs are allowed, as long as they are well behaved and are able to sit in the owner’s lap for the cruise.
Can I bring an infant?
Yes, all ages are welcome. Because of our limited capacity, every passenger must be paid for, however. Infants, aged 0-18 months, $10.
Are there age restrictions?
On Family Treasure Cruises and Private Charters, there are none. If you can be a pirate, or even a future pirate, you’re needed to help vanquish the dreaded pirates of Lake Union! Adult Pirate Party Cruises are always 21+.
What if it rains?
This is an outdoor activity and scheduled cruises take place rain or shine. We are Seattleites. If the forecast predicts rain, be prepared with the appropriate attire. Should you forget, we have rain ponchos available in the ship’s store. Even Seattleites have their limitations, however. In the case of extreme weather events such as gale force winds, the captain may deem conditions to be hazardous and a cruise may need to be canceled. In that case, we will notify you as soon as possible and passengers will be offered refunds or the opportunity to reschedule.
Are there snacks and drinks on board?
Yes, we have water, soft drinks, light snacks, beer and cider for sale in the ship’s store. Outside food and drinks are not allowed on our Adult Pirate Party Cruises or Family Treasure Cruises. Consider a Private Charter if you’d like to provide your own food and beverages.
How long are we on the water?
Scheduled times are boarding times. We have approximately 15 minutes of boarding activities, and we allow 10-15 minutes at the end of the cruise for passengers to disembark. 1.5-hour cruises include about an hour of sailing time, 2-hour cruises, 1.5 hours of sailing time and so on.
Do you have a Ship Store?
Yes, along with drinks and snacks, we offer a variety of pirate swag, such as hats, swords, bandanas and eye patches in our ship’s store.
Do I need reservations?
We do accept walk-ups, but booking online is highly recommended. Many cruises will sell out, so if you want to guarantee your place onboard, be sure to book in advance.
Is there a restroom on board?
Yes, we have a fully functioning head (that’s pirate talk for restroom).
What is the capacity of the ship?
The US Coast Guard has certified Queen Anne’s Revenge for no more than 47 passengers, excluding captain and crew. The Coast Guard has final say in this matter and no exceptions can be made. It’s the law.
Is there seating on board?
Yes. Queen Anne’s Revenge has plenty of bench seating. You are welcome to use it, but we encourage everyone to get up and join the fun.
Are there life jackets aboard the ship?
Absolutely. At Emerald City Pirates, safety will always be our first priority. The US Coast Guard requires that we carry enough lifejackets for every single passenger on board. The type of lifejackets we are required to carry is for emergency use only, however. They are not needed under normal circumstances. If you would feel more comfortable with your child wearing a floatation device, we encourage you to bring your own.
Do adults need to accompany children?
Yes. All scallywags ages 14 and under must have adult supervision. During the cruise, our pirates will keep them engaged and entertained. The old salts are welcome to retreat to the poop deck (yes, that’s a real term for the upstairs deck), but we need you there for backup! Each group of children must be accompanied by at least one adult.
What is Emerald City Pirates’ Cancellation Policy?
Cash refunds or credits will not be issued once you have booked your individual ticket(s) on a cruise. Please ensure that you are booking your correct desired date and time for sailing, as well as the correct number of tickets. Rebooking for Adult Pirate Party Cruises and Family Treasure Cruises are subject to a $10 fee. Should you need to cancel 72 hours or more prior to your scheduled sailing time, Emerald City Pirates will, at their sole discretion, attempt to re-book you on another cruise within 90 days of your original booking. No rebooking is offered within 72 hours of scheduled sailing time.
Private Charters have up to 30 days prior to sailing to receive a 50% refund of their deposit.

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Molecular phylogeny and evolution
Interested in addressing evolutionary questions, including; evolutionary trajectories, estimation of divergence time, genetic basis of adaptive traits, evolutionary transitions and niche separation, and biogeography using a combination of morphological and genomic data with the help of freshwater organisms.
Ecology and ecotoxicology
Chemoecology, Chemoecology, oxidative stress physiology, behavioral ecology and evolutionary ecology of the aquatic organisms to comprehend prey predator interaction and investigation of toxic effects and behavioral consequences of pollutants on the organisms within aquatic ecosystem.
Biological invasion and conservation
Risk assessment related to invasive species using different tools and series of ethological experiments. Implications of conservation genetics and conservation ecology for species based management of threatened taxa.


NAVY MEN'S GOLF: The Mids closed out action at the Legacy Intercollegiate played at The Legacy Club at Alaqua Lakes in Florida on Tuesday with a 54-hole mark of 894 (+30) to place fourth among the field of 14 teams in what was the Mids' spring opener. Navy finished five strokes out of third and seven strokes out of second, as Wofford took the team title with a 5-under par 859.
Navy was paced by sophomore Thomas Fricke, who jumped from 13th to sixth in the final standings after shooting par on the final day. He finished the tournament 2-over (74-72-72). Fricke came within an inch of making a hole-in-one on the 12th hole, a 186-yard par-3, of Tuesday's finale.
Meanwhile, freshman Griffin Peters just missed a top-10 finish with his 5-over par 221 (72-72-77). Peters entered the final day in sixth, but slid back after turning in a 5-over par 77 over the final 18 holes.
GALLAUDET SOFTBALL: The North Eastern Athletic Conferece announced sophomore Jordan Hogan (Glen Burnie) was chosen as the NEAC Softball Player of the Week. Making her Gallaudet debut, Hogan, who played at Anne Arundel Community College last season, went 4-for-7 at the plate with a double and a triple while driving in two runs and scoring three of her own to help the Bison sweep their season-opening doubleheader with University of Valley Forge.
SALISBURY TRACK & FIELD: The Sea Gulls sent junior Will Fountain (South River) to Christopher Newport University on Monday and Tuesday to represent the Sea Gulls in the CNU Pentathlon/Heptathlon. He finished second in the event with 4,167 points in the two-day event.
Fountain secured his spot during day two, as his three-best performances came during the second day of events. His top finish was first place in the pole vault with a height of 11' 5.75", and he set a personal best by finishing second in the 60-meter hurdles to start the day in 9.27 seconds. He also took second in the 1,000-meter run in 2:59.39.
During the first day of action, Fountain competed in all four of the events run, putting him in second place heading into day two of the seven-event competition.
HOOD BASEBALL: Jackson Slotterback (St. Mary's) pitched an inning of scoreles relief in Hood's 12-0 loss to Gettysburg.
NAVY BASEBALL: After taking two of three games from Air Force at 2016 Freedom Classic in Kinston, North Carolina, over the weekend, the Mids (5-1) will turn their attention to their season home opener versus Delaware State at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium on Wednesday. First pitch between the Mids and Hornets (0-8) is scheduled for 2 p.m.
MARYLAND BASEBALL: Freshman Nick Dunn notched four hits and an RBI, but the Terps fell to Delaware, 12-7.
NAVY FOOTBALL: Cincinnati's Ryan Leahy and Navy's E.K. Binns – a pair of all-conference offensive guards - have been chosen as the 2015 American Athletic Conference Football Scholar-Athletes of the Year. The selections were made by the conference's Academic Affairs Committee and are presented on the basis of academic credentials and athletic performance.
Binns was a key performer for Navy, which finished the 2015 season at 11-2 overall, 7-1 in the American Athletic Conference and at No. 18 in the final national polls, marking the first time since 1963 that the Midshipmen finished the season in the top 25. Binns started 12 games at offensive guard as part of an offense that finished second nationally in rushing (326.7 ypg) and ranked ninth nationally in fewest sacks allowed (1.08 per game).
Binns was chosen as an all-conference first team selection by The American's head coaches and he was named a second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America selection. He was one of 12 finalists for the Campbell Trophy, presented by the National Football Foundation to the top scholar-athlete in college football.
Binns, who has a 3.42 grade-point average majoring in economics, will serve as a naval flight officer upon his graduation from the Naval Academy.
NAVY WOMEN'S LACROSSE: The Mids (4-1) wrap up their two-game homestand on Wednesday when they host George Washington (0-2) at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Opening draw is set for 5 p.m.


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Photography News, Tips & Tutorials
During the last 4th of July revelry, photographer Nick Pacione made camp to stake out the customary fireworks show that comes with the celebration. The Dallas-based Pacione captured these breathtaking, out of this world shots made possible by using a macro lens. Entitled Explosions in the Sky, Pacione made use of a special rack focus technique that modifies focus during the exposure to create some magnificently abstract imagery that need reminding at times that they are fireworks going off in the July sky.
To this day, tales of the Titanic continue to captivate and enthrall people, despite the fact that we are many generations removed from that awful tragedy. The RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that famously sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on the fateful day of 15 April 1912. The luxury ship collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage, originating from Southampton, UK enroute to New York City, USA. It was one of the largest passenger liners of its time and was ironically considered by many to be unsinkable. Because of the disaster, the Titanic tale quickly became legend, fixating the public’s imagination and inspiring many popular books and movies. Since the discovery of its wreckage in 1985, interest in the ill-fated liner slightly dwindled. Now a century after its sinking, the Titanic remains an enduring and enigmatic subject.
Thomas Schmid is one such person that has been mesmerized by the tale of this fabled ship that was once pronounced unsinkable. Through his work, we are able to travel back in time to see images of the luxury liner, not as they were taken, but rendered in full color.
A diptych photograph is an image that uses two different or identical images side by side to form one single photo. The two images can be in contact with each other, or otherwise separated by a border or a frame. Two young photographers, Silvia Sala and Freddy Viera met each other through a Facebook group and now, they produce beautiful diptych photos together.
Do you have a background in astronomy? What made you decide to go into night sky photography and astrophotography?
Astronomy and Photography have been together for me from the beginning. Growing up, my parents would take us two kids outside on holidays and try and identify stars and constellations in the sky. Then as a teenager I got access to a couple of film SLRs at the same time as I was making the astronomy hobby my own. I used those film SLRs primarily at night from the start and the two interests have been one and the same for me ever since, just over twenty years ago.
Polish photographer Emerald Wake captures the radiance of evening light as she explores nature’s grasslands with her camera. Her macro photography is exceptional in the shots of the serene evening light as it casts radiance on nature. Awash in a warm, evocative glow, these images depict a melancholic side to nature. Wake’s wistful shots reflect her own personality, as she expresses what drives her art.


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What Makes Artists Tick
Posted by Literary Titan
Brushed Off follows a group of artists and detectives that try to find out who is killing artists before they strike one of their own. What was the inspiration for the setup to your story?
All of the wonderful books by Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald, Walter Mosely, Michael Connelly and many other great authors of murder mysteries. Plus my desire to provide readers with a expose of the contemporary art community; allow them to discover how it functions; reveal how gallery directors earn their commissions; bare why collectors are passionate about art; and most important, I wanted to help readers to realize what makes artists tick and how they survive while disclosing that the art world is not filled with just drug eccentric, sex crazed, weirdos.
How did the mystery develop for this story? Did you plan it before writing or did it develop organically?
I am definitely an organic writer. I do not plan anything before I begin writing. All I knew was I wanted to start with an artist working in his studio. Once I visualized him there I had him walk outside and look around … it turned out he was on the beach and it was after midnight. The story grew from there. Each day I write, I begin by reading, out loud, the pages I wrote the day before and that makes the next few pages just erupt out of me.
What was the hardest part about writing a mystery story; where you constantly have to give just enough to keep the mystery alive until the big reveal?
I seem to have an intuitive sense about the flow of a story, when to make it seamless, when to be dynamic. The most challenging aspect for me is to limit how much art talk I subject the reader to. This is the main reason why I selected to have the main character earn his living as a videographer for PBS. In that position, he translates the art jargon into everyday English. Part of the mystery for the reader is to determine how that process reveals clues as to who the killer is.
What is the next book that you are working on and when will it be available?
The sequel to Brushed Off is tentatively title Off Kilter and it is almost finished. It includes all the same main characters plus a vivacious young woman and several new meanies. It starts where Brushed Off ends and comes to just as the pandemic starts to spread. I would love to see the sequel out before the end of the year.
About Literary TitanThe Literary Titan is an organization of professional editors, writers, and professors that have a passion for the written word. We review fiction and non-fiction books in many different genres, as well as conduct author interviews, and recognize talented authors with our Literary Book Award. We are privileged to work with so many creative authors around the globe.
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