There used to be a time in Saudi Arabia, when women's careers were confined to schools, salons or hospitals the most. Even in this technology-driven Kingdom, ladies (specially the expats) rather felt backward with little or no choice in making career decisions. Or if there was a rare opportunity somewhere; a company/firm eager to utilize the service regardless of the gender, this job vacancy stayed in oblivion to the target candidates due to the lack of means of spreading awareness.
But gradually, thanks to online job search and social media popularity, internet has provided some flexibility and opened the digital world of endless opportunities to not just the dominant gender but also to females. Ladies can now apply their knowledge and skills into something productive, make some earnings and explore their career options further while being in the Kingdom.
Although, it is still challenging for ladies to get a full-time employment with a proper designation -given that there is still a strong preference given to male candidates and recruitment for Saudi nationals is the usual requirement – there is a great scope for them to work as a home-based professional or a freelancer!
Sites like Freelancer.com, elance.com, upwork.com, etc, have made it easier for the job seekers to merge with the clients and work on the desired task. Nationality or gender is no more a factor becoming an obstacle even while being in Saudi Arabia!
Generally speaking, this digitalization has made job hunting more convenient (in fact more effective). True, hard copies of your CVs are not yet obsolete as they are at some places still required but to give you an interview call, many recruiters just need to have a good look at your emailed CVs or the ones furnished on your social media sites like LinkedIn.com. Publishing and showcasing your portfolio and work samples on sites like Behance.com make a better impression of your overall work profile and play an important role in getting you hired.
All in all, if one makes use of internet smartly in job search and effectively expressing their skills set, regardless of the gender he/she can certainly land a job and get paid without having to leave their confines of home.


I have two time series and I want to find the lag that results in maximum correlation between the two time series. The basic problem we're considering is the description and modeling of the relationship between these two time series.
In signal processing, cross-correlation is a measure of similarity of two series as a function of the lag of one relative to the other. This is also known as a sliding dot product or sliding inner-product.
In the relationship between two time series (yt and xt), the series yt may be related to past lags of the x-series. The sample cross correlation function (CCF) is helpful for identifying lags of the x-variable that might be useful predictors of yt.
In R, the sample CCF is defined as the set of sample correlations between xt+h and yt for h = 0, ±1, ±2, ±3, and so on.
A negative value for h is a correlation between the x-variable at a time before t and the y-variable at time t. For instance, consider h = −2. The CCF value would give the correlation between xt-2 and yt.
Taking the mtcars dataset as an example, I need to split the data frame by "cyl" and sum by multiple columns, "wt" and "drat".
Next, I will need to merge the "wt" and "drat" sums to the first unique record by "cyl".


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Q: Adding 'type' attribute to a script tag loaded by a dll I have a menu control that is coming from a dll, I just need to reference it.  Its old so the script tag that is injected into the page has the 'language' attribute.  I looking for a way to add a 'type' attribute after the page has loaded.
I tried:
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but it doesn't work ... any suggestions, or is it even possible?

A: I'm affraid it's not possible to edit a script tag. Because it would mean that the script can be unloaded, which is impossible, because code can already be executed.
So what you could try, is to create a second script tag which has the correct attributes:
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.src = "url";
script.type = "text/javascript";
$("head").append(script);

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What do smartphones and the BMW i8 have in common? Glass. Scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass, that is. The i8 will be the first production car to use the chemically hardened material, which is more durable, lighter and provides more sound deadening than conventional laminated automotive glass. We thought it would be a natural replacement for windshields, but, according to Autoweek, BMW said it will be used for the rear window for sound deadening purposes. The Gorilla Glass will still be laminated, with two 0.7mm thick layers of it sandwiching an acoustic sheet, reports Autoevolution.
BMW reportedly claims the i8 will weigh less than 3,285 pounds, and to offset the heavy hybrid powertrain to reach that goal the automaker has implemented lightweight materials normally not found in mass-production automobiles. With a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) monocoque used for both the (relatively) pedestrian i3 and the upscale i8, it's not surprising BMW was also the first to jump onto Gorilla Glass, especially given the timing of a report that a high-end automaker would introduce it within the year.
Be sure to check out our First Drive review of the i8 to see if BMW's newest sports car is living up to the hype.
According to Edmunds, BMW will reveal its production i8 hybrid sports car at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month. The i8 is the second vehicle to come from the automaker's new "i" initiative, following the debut of the smaller i3 hatchback last month.
The BMW i8 makes its debut nearly four years after the original Vision EfficientDynamics concept bowed at the Frankfurt expo in 2009. The production car is expected to use a 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine that drives the rear wheels, coupled to an electric motor that drives the front wheels. Combined output is said to be something like 393 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque, based on our earlier reports. The i8 is also expected to be very light, with curb weight coming in somewhere around 3,125 pounds. Finally, the i8 is said to have a pure electric range of 20 miles, and should be able to hit 62 miles per hour in just under five seconds.
Other publications had the chance to ride along in the i8 (in prototype form) and came away impressed. We're hoping we'll feel the same when the car officially goes on sale sometime in early 2014. Stay tuned for more at the i8's official unveiling in just a few weeks.


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Drake announces new album, Views From The Six
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Drake is just 10 months removed from his third studio album, Nothing Was the Same, but already the rapper has settled on a name for its follow-up. According to Billboard, the rapper's new album will be titled Views From The Six.
As Complex points out, "The Six" is a reference to the 416 area code of Drake's hometown Toronto.
In his recent song "0 to 100", Drake hinted at a Spring 2015 release for his new album, though an exact date has yet to be confirmed. Already, he's been spotted working in the studio with Kanye West, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown, among others.
Below, revisit "0 to 100":
The news comes as Drake gears up to host this year's ESPY Awards, which takes place in Los Angeles on Wednesday. He'll also soon head out on a joint North American tour alongside Lil Wayne.
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Red Sox prospects daily: Yoan Moncada will debut Monday
The long-awaited professional debut of Boston's best prospect kicks off this week.
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Low-A Greenville: Yoan Moncada, 2B
The day you've been waiting for since he signed a record international free agent contract has arrived: Yoan Moncada will make his professional debut on Monday as part of the Low-A Greenville Drive. The 19-year-old Cuban has spent his 2015 in extended spring training, getting comfortable with the routine of playing baseball once again -- Moncada last played regularly during the 2013 season in Serie Nacional -- but now he'll get his first taste of full-season ball. How long will he be at Low-A? That likely depends on Moncada.
If he absolutely obliterates the competition, then High-A could be in his 2015 future, but then the Sox have to figure out what to do with their second baseman there, Wendell Rijo. Rijo isn't a prospect the caliber of Moncada, but he's also just 19 and promising, and needs the work in the field. There could always be something of a time share at the keystone, with the other at designated hitter the rest of the time, but it's unknown if the Sox want to bother putting Moncada through those kinds of experiences after they just kept him in extended spring training for so long for purposes of getting him comfortable.
Of course, Moncada would have to hit well enough to get promoted for this to be a concern, and since he hasn't even had an at-bat yet, we can wait on arguing about the merits of the when and where of his next promotion. It's believed he should be big-league ready within a couple of years, but that doesn't mean he'll mash right away, so let's just take things one step at a time. You know, while remaining giddy about the arrival of the prospect who is now the unquestioned best in the system with Blake Swihart in the majors,.
Triple-A Pawtucket: Garin Cecchini, 3B
Garin Cecchini's April was bad. His May has somehow been even worse. The third baseman, known for his patience and a discerning eye, doesn't seem to have either in 2015, as he's striking out 30 percent of the time and has drawn walks in just five of his 108 plate appearances. While 2014 was disappointing because Cecchini didn't hit for power in his first stint at Pawtucket, he at least managed to get on base and struck out at a rate no one would consider alarming.
Sandoval should continue as a switch-hitter
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With his horrible numbers against left-handed pitching, many are suggesting that Sandoval bats exclusively from the left side. Stop doing that.
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The Red Sox tried to trade Jackie Bradley Jr. for Charlie Furbush this spring. Obviously, it didn't take.
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He seems lost this time around, however. Cecchini has struck out looking 13 times already this season, after doing so just 22 times in 458 plate appearances for Pawtucket a year ago -- at this rate, he'll sit down with a bat on his shoulder twice as often as he did in 2014. Has his patience morphed into passivity while he struggles to get base hits? It's certainly possible, and it's not something that's going to change by waiting around for some of those strikes to become balls.
Cecchini might need to make a crucial adjustment and begin to display aggressiveness in his approach when it makes the most sense to, or else he's going to just keep falling behind pitchers who can catch him looking.
Double-A Portland: Simon Mercedes, RHP
The most curious thing about Simon Mercedes' season is the lack of strikeouts. Here is a pitcher who was moved exclusively to the pen in order to give him a better chance at success, and instead, his blazing fastball hasn't been enough, and his strikeout-to-walk ratio has entered unsettling territory. It's unlikely it's because of the move, and probably has more to do with the fact Mercedes is facing Double-A hitters instead of High-A ones this time around. Still, fewer than six strikeouts per nine from a pitcher who doesn't have wonderful control is alarming, even if he's managed to induce grounders more than half the time in his 22 innings. You need a whole lot of grounders to make up for 1.6 times as many strikeouts as walks.
If he can figure out how to make one of his secondaries a reliable offering, Mercedes could be something, though. The fastball is good, especially if it's going to force grounders even when it isn't getting swings and misses, but it needs a complement for Mercedes to take that next step in his development. He's still just 23, so he has time, but he's also been shuffled off to the pen already, which limits his chances to refine those alternative pitches.
High-A Salem: Manuel Margot, CF
Margot hit .324/.377/.515 in April, and managed to avoid striking out at all until April 29, in his 17th game of the year. Since that first strikeout game, Margot is batting just .125 without a single extra-base hit. While he's struck out seven times in that stretch, that's only 15 percent of the time, and he's still managing to draw walks at a decent clip. He just hasn't been hitting the ball with any kind of authority or even luck: his batting average on balls in play in this stretch is .147.
This is likely just a bit of a rut, especially since it doesn't seem as if Margot is either rushing his plate appearances or being too passive lately. Maybe he's just going through a stretch of swinging at the wrong pitches, and it's cratering his line. Remember, it's not Margot's first time at the level, which on the one hand suggests he's just having a rough time over a small stretch, but also this could mean pitchers are starting to figure him out a little. Development is all about adjustments, and Margot might need to make one to his approach soon.
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VoKnow, the RSS service that literally reads the news out to you, and which we gave an extremely strong score of 85% in our recent review, is coming to Android.
We loved the app, and thought it was a real step forward, but felt there were a few things missing, the main one being the ability to edit your playlist on the phone, as opposed to having to go to an external site.
Luckily, there is an update to the iPhone version in review with Apple that nails this very problem problem, along with other fixes.
The update is due for release, Apple depending, either this week or next, and the Android version is due for release mid April.
Hopefully the Android version will include all the fixes that the latest update for iOS includes.
We will let you know when the Android version is released, and you can download the iOS version from iTunes here.
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Postal Apocalypse
Book Purists, It's Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones
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Hello, folks! Remember how I thought I was going to turn in a mail column last week after working 10 days in a row, most of which were spent covering the San Diego Comic-Con? Oh, to be so young and naive again. Hopefully this week makes up for it by answering why Fantastic Four movies don't and can't work in the modern superhero movie era, if it's possible to worry about Jodie Whittaker's new Doctor Who without being a sexist, and more.
Final Round of the Game
Robert E.:
The last few weeks I've felt like the uncool kid who doesn't have anyone sitting by him for lunch, or the employee who got snubbed for after-hours drinks. The truly sad part is that this is an isolation of my own creation. Namely, I'm a big fan of the Game of Thrones books, but I'm passing on the TV show for now.
Hear me out — it's not that I'm a complete snob that pretentiously rails against the boob tube or such. I understand that it's a great series, and I'm eagerly looking forward to watching it one day. However, I began reading the books well over a decade ago. I fell in love with the complex world, massive cast and brutal politics, and I want to close the world the same way. Though the show is quality, it's different. Translating a book to a TV show inherently changes things due to budget, casting, writing, executive whims and just the nature of going from words to images. I want to be able to read the final books and close out that version of Westeros before embracing — and, I'm sure, enjoying — another version.
Am I a complete idiot for doing so? Of course there's the well-known frustration that comes with the great, bearded glacier writing his excellent work at a very slow pace. But on top of that, it's getting harder and harder to avoid things that are probably spoilers for the books. Thanks to headlines and article summaries I'll never know the true experience of discovering the secret behind Hodor's name on the page, and thanks to things like "Bran's a jerk now!" and "ooooh, this actor now has some free time!" I'm afraid I'll pretty much have absorbed the basic skeleton of the future books by pop culture osmosis.
Should I hold out or should I give up and try to juggle two Westeroses?
You're not an idiot for wanting to wait to watch the TV show before you finish the books, but trying to remain free of information from a storyline whose TV adaptation is one of the most popular, talked-about series in the world is a losing proposition.
If you're checking nerd news sites like io9, you are going to read headlines that discuss the show and will inevitably reveal details about the future of the series, especially as time goes on and major moments and plot points transform into "things that are essentially known by the bulk of the populace." But Game of Thrones is so popular and it's entered the zeitgeist so much that just about anyplace on the internet could let a Game of Thrones detail slip—a meme of Jon Snow fighting the Night King on one of Dany's dragons (theoretically) could show up in the comments thread of some cooking website.
The show is so popular that you almost totally have to bury your head in the sand to truly avoid all spoilers, and that's not close to feasible in this day and age, unless you were already thinking about moving to a small logging community with no cellphone service… and you refused to watch TV… and then ran away whenever you suspected one of your fellow lumberjacks might be approaching the topic. Actually, that's not feasible at all, and if you thought it was difficult to avoid spoilers now, the show has basically entered its final act. Everyone is going to be talking about what just happened on Game of Thrones, all the time. (Case in point: There are some Game of Thrones spoilers below.)
And then: The Winds of Winter isn't coming out until late 2018 or early 2019 at the very earliest (and let's not pretend that's set in stone), after the final season of Game of Thrones ends. Assuming GRRM can finish the series with only one more book, A Dream of Spring, (and doesn't split it into two more volumes, as I suspect he will), and then, if Martin burns through the pages of the final volume like a locomotive, that final book will be coming in 2021. At its most optimistically. Extremely optimistically.
So why choose the impossible task of trying to dodge spoilers for one of the most popular shows of the decade for four (or six, or eight, or etc.) more years? Spare yourself a lot of grief and watch the show. And remember, it's not like showrunners Weiss and Benioff have The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring in their hands and are straight-up filming them. They are ending the stories based on what they've done with the show so far, including the changes they've already made, with some help and clues from GRRM. Yes, the show will spoil (and has spoiled) a few key moments from the upcoming books for us, because narratively speaking the show has adapted the source material so faithfully that sometimes the stories of the book characters and the TV characters have to end the same way.
But George R.R. Martin isn't going to sit around and turn the last two books of A Song and Ice and Fire into a novelization of the final two seasons of Game of Thrones. He has his own end in mind, his own versions of the major scenes everyone's been looking for, and don't forget, he's still got more balls in the air than the show ever had. (Aegon, anyone?) All of those things are going to affect his story in ways the show never dreamed of.
The books will be different enough from the show that it will still be satisfying to read them, even after you've watched the final episode of the show. It's not dumb to keep waiting, but I think you're going to save yourself a lot of grief if you give in.
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To Who It May Concern
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This is a potentiality hand grenade in the room, so if you don't answer, I'll understand. Is it possible to have Incoming Doctor Fear without being a woman hater?
I've been watching Doctor Who for a very, very long time, and I have never taken to the incoming Doctor straight away. Colin was too smarmy, Sylvester was too goofy, all I remember of Paul was that I hated Alien 3, Christopher was too edgy, David was too Scottish, Matt was too young and had terrible hair, and Peter was too un-Doctorlike. All of those opinions I've turned around and enjoyed the hell out of. Yes, even Colin and Sylvester.
But suddenly if I show any inclination of "Geeze, I don't like the new Doctor", I'm instantly a misogynist. Is there a way to have Incoming Doctor Fear without looking sexist?
Let me answer your last question first: Is there a way to have Incoming
Doctor Fear without looking sexist? Yes. "I'm worried that Jodie Whittaker may not be right for the Doctor because [reason]; however, I have no problem with the idea for a female Doctor, and here are several female actors who I think would be better suited for the role than Whittaker."
See, simply saying you don't like the new Doctor doesn't make you a misogynist, but remember, this is the exact same thing that the misogynists who believe a fictional alien should never be played by a woman are saying, so the burden is on you to separate yourself from that crowd. Give a good, solid reason for why you're worried Whittaker will make a bad Doctor that has nothing to do with her gender—but make sure that you have other specific female actors in mind, and good reasons for preferring them over Whittaker. (Sadly, it's too common to hear "I'd like a woman for that [insert job], just not that woman." It's an excuse people give, sometimes unconsciously, when they would prefer no women have the job at all.)
But I have to ask: What is your fear about Jodie Whittaker?
Your reasons for disliking the other actors before they made their first appearance are all superficial: smarmy, goofy, bad hair, starred in Alien 3, etc. None of them are particularly good reasons to worry, which why I think you got over them all so quickly. And I'm having a hard time imagining what your concern about Whittaker is that doesn't have to do with her gender. Do you think she had bad hair? Does her performance in Broadchurch make you worry she's going to be overwrought in Doctor Who? Does she have a personality trait is un-Doctor-like?
Because the only notable trait about her hair is that it has a feminine cut. Her role in Broadchurch was as a mother whose son has been murdered, which obviously demands an emotional performance, but there's no reason to think Whittaker will play the Doctor in the same manner. As for personality traits, you have to be so, so careful here—there are a host of negative words people use almost solely to describe women's personalities: bossy, shrill, bitchy, ditzy, and many, many more. So if you think Whittaker's problem is one of those, then, honestly, that is sexist.
Perhaps the most important thing here, though, you ended up liking every single one of those Doctors anyway, as you yourself said. Maybe… don't worry about Jodie Whittaker's Doctor until you've had a chance to see her? Based on the empirical evidence, chances are you're going to like her. So why spend your time and energy making complaints that sound exactly like the complaints of all the many assholes out there whose masculinity is threatened by a woman suddenly getting a job men have held for 54 years, when by all evidence you're almost certainly going to end up loving her anyway?
Image: Marvel. Fantastic Four By John Byrne Omnibus cover art by John Byrne.
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A simple question: why do Fantastic Four movies suck?
Three film adaptations of the team have been released, and none of them were any good. There's also the 1994 Corman one, which was never intended to be any good. The comic was transformative for the industry when first released, and is consistently popular. The family dynamic combined with far-out super science makes for one of my favorite Marvel properties. The characters are interesting and well-defined, they've got some of the richest stories in Marvel's archives, and Doctor Doom is one of the greatest comic villains ever made. And yet, the movies are all steaming piles.
Why can't Hollywood give us a good Fantastic Four movie?
Because the story types that kids were perfectly fine with in the '60s and '70s cannot—or rather, will not—be replicated by the modern Hollywood movie industry.
The Fantastic Four comics are, at their heart, about a family. Even before Reed and Sue had Franklin in 1968 it was about a family, and their familial relationships were what made them stand out from all the other superheroes. Stories about families were a genre unto themselves in the '60s and '70—Lost in Space, The Waltons, Swiss Family Robinson—and parents and their kids would all watch them together. It was "all ages" entertainment, and I don't mean "all ages" as we know and use it today, where it means a comic or movie or show is safe for little kids to see and no one above the age of seven would have even the slightest interest in it; I mean "all ages" in that it entertains all ages at once.
But times and have changed and tastes have changed, and now the primary consumers of comics and comics-related media are teens and young adults, who do not want family entertainment. They don't want kid stuff, and they're sure as hell not interested in stories about two parents raising a toddler, even if they're making frequent trips to alternate dimensions.
Obviously, Hollywood only cares about superheroes in terms of movies, and specifically movies that can be targeted to those teens and young adults. Teens and adults like superheroes, but they don't want stories about families. But the Fantastic Four is about a family of superheroes. I imagine you see the paradox here?
Ignore the Roger Corman film, because it wasn't a film, it was a tax write-off. Fox assumed teens would be so excited for another superhero franchise that they could put the Fantastic Four onscreen more or less as-is, but that meant a movie with incredibly square heroes (in addition to its other problems). For F4nt4stic F44r, or however dumb way they titled it, Fox realized the FF as they were in the comics didn't work for the modern audiences they were trying to reach. So they turned the FF into late teens/early 20-somethings and tried to make sure they felt more like bros hanging out than a family… not realizing that at that point they were unrecognizable as the Fantastic Four. Paradox!
You can't put an accurate version of the Fantastic Four onscreen and expect to get the same crowds or box office as a Spider-Man: Homecoming, and you can't change the Fantastic Four to be more interesting to the modern superhero movie demographic without losing what makes the Fantastic Four special. Maybe someday someone will figure out the key, but it won't be within the next decade.
Before anyone comes at me screaming "The Invincibles!!!!" yeah, I know that was a very profitable Pixar movie enjoyed by young kids, adults, and even some teens. Logic dictates that Fox should just make something like that movie but with the Fantastic Four, but logic doesn't work like that in Hollywood. Let me give you the chain of decision-making: "We at Fox know superhero movies are hot; 2) they are hot because they appeal to this huge group of teens and early 20-somethings who love spending their income on these movies; 3) Fantastic Four is a superhero franchise; 4) a FF movie must appeal to the traditional superhero demographic to maximize profits; even if 4a) we have a great deal of proof suggesting that doesn't work in the slightest."
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Michael M.:
Postman,
Maybe in the time between my commenting on Rob's recap of S7E2 of Game of Thrones and when you read this in the future someone will have responded to my comment (sucks to be in the greys), but since in the future you know what happens, when does everyone find out Jon's relationship to Dany (or at least when do the two of them realize it). I think it will be in the S7 finale, but curious as to your thoughts.
Well, had you asked me before season seven began, I would have said that the finale episode this year would end with Jon's discovery of who his parents are, because it's such a massive revelation for every character (other than Bran). But now that the show is hurtling towards the finish line at what seems like top speed, and Jon has not only gotten a letter from Tyrion inviting him to Dragonstone, but has also already arrived there and is having conversations with Dany, he could be back at Winterfell as early as next episode! And Bran will be waiting there with knowledge of his true parentage, and there's no reason for Bran to wait to tell Jon unless there's some sort of mumbo-jumbo "It's not time for you to know yet!" Three-Eyed Raven nonsense. I mean, I can't imagine Bran needing to leave before Jon gets back. Where would he even go?
It's still such a major moment and game-changer (pun both intended and not intended) that I'd still bet that it'll be in episode six or seven, but I will not be shocked to lose my money if it happens in episodes four or five.
Image: DC. Green Lantern: Mosaic #2 art by Cully Hammer and Dan Panosian.
Too Easy Bein' Green
Keith M.:
Which heroes wouldn't be chosen for the Green Lantern Corps?
None. There are no heroes, no matter how terrible, that wouldn't have been accepted into the Green Lantern Corps at one point or another. Don't believe me? Well, here are some of the people the Green Lantern Corps have accepted as members:
A squirrel
Arisia, an underage girl who used her power ring to age herself up to barely legal status so she could have sex with Hal Jordan
Hal Jordan, a man who had sex with the aforementioned minor after she used her power ring to forcibly increase her physical age but not her emotional age
G'nort, an incompetent dog-man alien who literally got his ring through nepotism
A plant who carried her seed daughter around in a fanny pack
A smallpox virus
A man with the most transparently evil mustache in the galaxy
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In mid July I was off on an unpredictable journey. From Nuuk, Greenland, I crossed the Arctic Circle and found myself in another world, a place of polar bears, cracking glaciers and eternal daylight, where sunrise chased sunset with barely ten minutes to spare.
Since 2010, I've been lucky enough to be part of 5 Gyres Institute global study into the count and weight density of plastic pollution in the five subtropical oceanic gyres. Via Pangaea Explorations sailing vessel Sea Dragon, we've traversed tens of thousands of miles of ocean, trawling for plastics. In particular, it is the microplastics (less than 5mm) that show up in our nets and often we find thousands of pieces per sample. Even in places where there are meant to be none, like the equator, we still find hundreds. It's an eerie thing, to look out at the perfect blue sea and find plastic lurking under the waves...
So, the burning question was what would we find in the Arctic?! I was going to be travelling through some of the most pristine waters on this planet, heading into the Northwest Passage, a channel only recently opened due to changes in the Arctic pack ice. Would I find pollution even there? It was time to see just how far into the polar regions our plastic waste has travelled.
Whilst battling the extreme conditions of the far north, being chased by ice and storms, winds and rain, I ran nine trawls over 3000 miles. And guess what? Good news for the planet! Other than a few samples of plastic on beaches in Devon Island, and some microplastics in the trawls off the West coat of Greenland, the Northwest Passage was surprisingly plastic-free. What a joy to pull up my trawls and find - nothing!
The crossing of Baffin Bay was the opposite of any sea I'm used to. I know palm trees and tropical islands, but we were weaving our way through island-sized towers of ice. We couldn't even tell the icebergs from the white caps. After a week of battling sloppy seas, we entered Lancaster Sound and could finally say we had reached the High Arctic (drumroll please).
Despite being at anchor in Dundas Harbour for over two weeks, everyday was a new insight into life in the Arctic – polar bears roaming the shoreline, deserted Inuit settlements, walrus colonies and lots of bones. After coming across the graves of two young men, I also started to understand the turmoil caused by moving from a traditional culture to a modern society. And also what a difficult and unpredictable place the Arctic is.
After long weeks at sea, we needed to resupply our fuel. The ice was blocking our path in almost every direction, but the ice charts showed that a tiny little Inuit Settlement called Arctic Bay might be our best bet. So we set off aiming for Admirality Inlet. Sailing along, we noticed the sea temperature had dropped below zero and ice was starting to form all around us. The gaps in the ice became narrower, and the ice floes become more joined up.
Sailing through a sea that can't decide whether it wants to be ice or water
We found ourselves beset in the ice. We were not going anywhere for a while. On top of the fact we couldn't move, the mist had set in making visibility close to impossible. We were so close to the magnetic north that our compass wasn't working, so we just had no way of knowing which way was safe water. Over a period of a few hours we realised the ice floe was actually moving into the wind rather than with the wind – the complete opposite of what we expected. It seemed there was a strong current and just to make matters worse, we were being pushed straight towards land.
We were locked in that ice for 14 hours. When we finally freed ourselves, we were just 1/2 mile from land. Having started 12 miles away, it was a pretty close call! But we found a lead out to open ocean and retreated back to Dundas Harbour, which was starting to feel like home, to wait for some more melting to happen. I should probably move to Dundas Harbour considering I've spent more days there than in any other location this year! With so many boats waiting, we were even holding pancake mornings to share and discuss the latest ice chart, which arrived at 6pm everyday, after 24 hours of clock watching. It turned into a little ritual as it was the only thing to break up the day!
Then, completely lulled into a false sense of security, I found myself on the floor next to my bunk at 4am one morning. We had gusting 60 knots coming down from the glacier to our anchorage - hitting us on the nose and the beam. I'll never forget the moment I stepped on deck and saw our neighbouring yacht knocked down by a gust and lying on its side in the water.
After the longest 28 hours putting Aventura through her paces, we made it to the Arctic Bay and managed to stock up on fuel. But even though we were now all set to go - we weren't stuck in the ice, we weren't stuck in a storm, we still had to wait. And this wasn't normal for this time of year. But what was normal? Before 2007, you definitely wouldn't have guaranteed passage through the NWP. But then suddenly, from 2007-2013 it was possible to make a fairly easy transit. And then it became difficult again – had someone turned off the heat?
In fact, someone had turned up the heat! Usually the North West Passages are full of first year ice (ice that has been there for one winter), which in the past six years, melts readily in the summer. However this year, instead the passages were blocked with old multi-year ice that had melted, carved away, moved down from the Arctic ocean ice sheet, and then got stuck. So instead of waiting for first year ice to melt, we were waiting for ice blocks the size of mountains to melt. Oh the joys of the Arctic - guess we won't be home for Christmas then!
The scientists' analysis was that a big storm would be the only thing to shift this big ice. But with such different weather this year there were no storms predicted (of course!), so there was lots of debate as to whether the passage would even open for us.
The window to make the passage was quickly closing and, even if we made it through, it would mean facing stormy season on the other side. As a result, one by one each of the boats was making the decision to abandon their attempt and head home. After a humbling trip to Beechey Island where we took a moment to pay our respects to the resting place of several early Arctic explorers, Aventura decided to turn back as well. So I had to make a very quick decision. I defintely wasn't ready to leave. I had to reach the Franklin Strait, so I jumped ship! And managed to catch a ride on a sailing vessel called Drina with a bunch of strange Aussie blokes and close to no comms. Never a dull day…
First morning aboard, we were covered in snow – just to make me colder than I already was. Immediately we got up close and personal with the bird colony at Prince Leopoldo Island, which was incredible. Large numbers of thick-billed murres, northern fulmars and black–legged kittiwakes northern breed on the cliff ledges. With large numbers and immense diversity, this is a hot spot for bird conservation in the Canadian Arctic. There were millions and it was so loud you could hear them from miles off – a proper gathering that almost looked like birds stacked on the shelves of a supermarket!
Yet again, the ice did exactly the opposite of what we thought it was going to do. When we woke up one morning, our safe haven (think we needed to stop thinking anything would be safe!) was barricaded by ice. So what more could we do but go for a swim in an ice floe – especially after having not washed for months. I had all these visions of bombing into the pool, but after dipping in one toe I've honestly never been in so much pain in my life!
We managed to anchor to an ice floe that was deeper than us – I'd definitely never read any manual about how to anchor to a bloody ice floe! But as long as we stayed close to this floe we were safe from getting crushed into the shore. After two whole days in that anchorage, totally surrounded, the skipper started to worry that we would be locked in the ice for months. He had dreams - or nightmares - of his crew being air lifted off, and him having to make the decision to stay on his boat, his home, all winter. Tensions were running high and game plans were being thought out. But when we woke up in the morning, the panic was over – all the ice had miraculously gone (hurrah!). After everything that had happened so far and the scare of being stuck again, we started to retreat in the direction of home.
On August 28th, just as we had reached a safe anchorage, the ice chart came through with a beep. And on it we saw a sliver of space through the plug of ice we had been waiting to shift! This was it! The passage was open to the Franklin Strait! And we weren't there! So we turned around and raced our way back down Prince Regent Inlet.
The final hurdle was the Bellot Strait. There's a lot of sailor talk that you have to go at certain times, at certain speeds and at certain states in the tide, but on arrival at Bellot our skipper, Michael, decided we should just go for it! We dove in and were greeted by the custom 8 knot current, whirling waters, submerged rocks and roving icebergs. We decided to hug the shoreline to avoid the stronger currents and there was grounded ice there so easier to dodge – the roving ice in the middle couldn't touch us in the shallows.
After about six hours of navigating the Bellot Strait we hit another wall of ice. Thick, multi-year ice, guarded by two polar bears! We had been making such good progress, and this final barricade felt like a punch in the stomach. It hadn't crossed my mind, in this last rush towards the finish line, that we might not make it. There was now open water in sight, but a massive wall of ice stood in our way. And I suddenly realised we might have to turn around. This ice was deep and old, not the sort of stuff we could casually navigate through. So what did we do? Cook pancakes of course! And after that and a scramble up the mast, the tide turned, the pressure released and gaps had opened just enough to squeeze our way through.
As if by magic, the ice had gone. Franklin Strait was clear. After weeks of staring at this spot on the ice charts - as the area that was blocked and inaccessible for anyone to reach - it was extraordinary to come out and see a flat millpond of water, without a drop of ice. This just shows how quickly things can change. The Arctic is synonymous with unpredictability - you can be stuck one second and sailing the next. It's a truly extraordinary place with extraordinary conditions. And we had made it through!
An interview with Emily before she set off on her journey
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Hi every one, I made three different mounting brackets for the Sentinels so I could have them in a fairly secure fixed position not just lying around or swinging, hanging by their hole. One has a flat back for double sided tape, one fastens with a screw, and the last with a zip tie. If you are interested in any of them and know some one with a 3D printer they are published on the thingiverse site at www.thingiverse.com/thing:3363828. I tried getting in contact the XYO guys but apparently they were not interested so I published them under the Creative Commons non derivative non commercial license after waiting a week.
I dont know if most libraries in america has a 3d printer (i know newark, new jersey public library does). Maybe you could visit your local library?
Hi George, I think you misunderstood me. I have all ready made and refined the design as I am the one who designed the holders. I've printed out all I need for now and have posted the design files on Thingiverse under the Creative commons non derivative, non commercial status. Being the designer I can grant commercial status to whom ever wants to start making them for sale.
Thanks it took me a while to design them and gives one an appreciation and a little insight on how some of the different things are made.
Your mounting brackets look great. I'm wondering if you can design a case? Something that has your mounting bracket as a back and then a faceplate that snaps onto the front. Maybe with some sort of lip that makes the case waterproof so the sentinels can be mounted outside. I could then mount one in a high traffic area outside without having to worry about it getting wet.
Hi, I should be able to. Just have to get cracking and might have one designed yet this evening as I have thought about it but didn't have a real reason to, So far you and ReconCatLord are the only one that have really shown an interest. I thought that the XYO company would have been interested but they have never returned ANY of my emails.
It's too bad they have no interest but it presents a great opportunity for you. I guess they are happy making money on their new "black boxes" and working hard to get the system operational.
I look forward to seeing your new design. I wish I had the funding to get into the commercial sale side.
I wish I could too. LOL, Getting dies made knocks it out for me. I just blew all my mad money just buying stock and a mining kit. I even ask XYO if they would do a trade for a black box kit but no luck. Got a design on the 3D printer now for a cover for the screw one and will have to see how it works. Which type of holder would work best for you? Double sided tape one, Zip tie or the one held on by a drywall screw? I have one mounted under the front mirror in the Jeep with double sided tape and it works fine for me. You have to look fairly hard to even see it.
They fit a little loose but are held in pretty good by the retention lug, but take a good bit of force to remove them and that can be adjusted by filing down the retention lug until it is to your liking. I (cringe) have drooped one with one of my sentinels in it and it didn't pop out or luckily get any damage at all that I could see. (Back side) is around two millimeters thick on the one for using double sided tape on. The one for the screw is around three mm, Four mm the zip tie one. top straight sides are around two mm with the top bends being around one mm or so.
I think the screw on would be best. Two-sided tape could be affected by the weather, zip ties could be cut. I think the screw on would be the hardest for someone to walk away with.
The only thing they would have a hard time getting away with would be the base part with the screw and that wouldn't take much. They could pry it off fairly as it's just a few millimeters of plastic. More than likely they would just pull the cap, toss it and walk away with your sentinel. If it was made of metal it would be a Faraday cage and block any signal from your sentinel. About the only thing you could do is try to find a place without to much foot traffic and hide them someplace out of site and that's still no guarantee that they won't disappear on you. I'm printing some with lids now to see how they turn out but I know that i'll have to do some adjusting. I was thinking (K.I.S.S.), why not put them in plastic bags and then attach them? Could get the smallest parts bag you could find and even paint the bags to camouflage them a little. Just a thought.
You're right of course. If it can be seen, it can be taken. I guess I was excited by the prospect of a case. I'll think about a camouflage bag of some sort.
Thanks Coldcountryboy. I'll give it a try and let you know how it works out.
Thanks I would appreciate the feedback.
This is great! I was trying to figure out something like this to attach a watch strap to as well, this could easily. Have 2 slots added to the sides. Since I currently keep a sentinal loose in my pocket if not with my keys, no one can see it. But it would certainly be a conversation starter and thus an opening to tell someone about XYO.
I modified the zip tie file to take a 17 mm Velcro battery strap. I will get the file uploaded to Thingiverse in the next day or so.


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Ben Melson named CFO at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and other news makers
Ben Melson has been named CFO of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center based in Houston. He replaces Weldon Gage, who left MD Anderson last May.
Melson returns to the CFO role at MD Anderson after a 12-year absence. He left to become CFO at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. In the past year, Melson also has served as a member of MD Anderson's institutional audit committee and was on the audit committee of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.
James Robinson has been named president of Presence St. Joseph Hospital-Chicago. He replaces interim president Martin Judd. The hospital is part of Chicago-based Presence Health.
Robinson was most recently senior VP and CEO of Methodist South Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., part of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Previously, Robinson was CEO of the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He also served as CEO of Carl Vinson Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dublin, Ga., and chief of mental health and behavioral sciences at Salisbury (N.C.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Todd Corley has been named chief diversity and inclusion officer at OhioHealth, a newly created role at the Columbus-based system.
Corley, 48, is founder and chief strategist at the TAPO Institute, a consultancy focused on workforce engagement and inclusion. Previously, he was head of diversity and inclusion at retailer Abercrombie & Fitch and senior manager of diversity at Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide.
Dr. Jeff Bird has been named president of the East Central Region for Indiana University Health, which includes IU Health Ball Memorial and Blackford hospitals. He succeeds Mike Haley, who left to lead a behavioral health collaborative at Indianapolis-based IU Health.
Bird has served as COO and chief medical officer for Ball Memorial since 2009. He also held other leadership positions at the hospital, including associate director and VP.
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Ivie previously served as the hospital's executive director and VP of hospital operations from 1980 to 1992 before returning as president in 2012. He started his healthcare career as a licensed physical therapist at St. John's Hospital in Oxnard, Calif.
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Some 241 individuals, mostly women and children, from a remote village in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte evacuated anew after about 100 elements of the Special Forces of the 4th Infantry Division under a certain Col. Camba encamped in their community and harassed the locals.
On November 10 at around 2 pm, 47 Lumad Mamanwa families and 49 peasant families hiked 12 kilometers from Sitio Zapanta Valley to the barangay multipurpose hall in Brgy. Bangayan Proper, along the National Highway in Kitcharao. Fearing for their safety, the residents decided to evacuate because of the prolonged presence of the military in their community.
"The military operation is meant to silence the people's opposition against the exploitation of the region's natural resources, especially our mineral resources. The Aquino government's counterinsurgency campaign, the Oplan Bayanihan is also directed against those who oppose its programs that essentially favor the interests of the foreign big business," asserted Enriquez.
A bakwit, who requested anonymity for fear of reprisal, said that on November 4, they learned that two 6x6 truckloads of soldiers from the 4th ID's Special Forces were on their way to Zapanta Valley. The following day, residents saw 14 uniformed and fully-armed men fetching water from the community faucet in Ansili. The soldiers also went around the community asking for the whereabouts of the New People's Army (NPA) and a number of tribal chieftains. The soldiers encamped about 30 meters across the community and stayed for two days.
The soldiers in the Zapanta Valley occupied the Multipurpose Hall, the office of the Zapanta Farmers' Cooperative office (ZAPOREMCO), the Alternative Learning System (ALS) School and the houses of Emok Vivas, Pedro Pabre and Bobot Morado. There were about 100 fully-armed soldiers in the middle of the community. They also conducted "census".
Farmers postponed their farm chores for fear of meeting soldiers on their way who might accuse them of being rebels. In the past, there were cases of harassments, beatings and even killings of those who were suspected as NPA rebels. "Our daily work, our livelihood is very much affected by the military's presence in our communities, aside of course the trauma that we all experience," added Enriquez.
Dulphing Ogan of KALUMARAN, the Mindanao-wide alliance of Lumad, noted the rising number of cases of forced evacuation because of military operations in indigenous and peasant communities.
"Since the Aquino presidency, an estimated 1017 families with 5725 individuals have already been forcibly evacuated in the course of intense military operations carried out by the Philippine Army, most notably in the CARAGA, and Northern and Southern Mindanao regions. These have brought great distress especially to the lives of the Matigsalogs, Mamanwas, Dibabawons, Maguindanawons, and Manobos," the Blaan leader lamented.


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Vontobel fundraising appeal for schools in Iraq
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The city of Ramadi is destroyed. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is working to restore schools in Iraq. Vontobel is supporting this long-term project with an internal fundraising appeal.
School bells instead of air raid sirens
Ramadi is the capital of al-Albar province, and holds the sad distinction of being the most damaged city in Iraq. Restoring destroyed and damaged school buildings requires considerable financial resources and dedicated people on the ground.
The ICRC is working hard to contribute to the restoration of the educational infrastructure. Geoff Loane, educational advisor to the ICRC, emphasizes the importance of school attendance for children. "Kids want to leave the house in the morning and go to do something meaningful. Going to school gives them an identity, a future." Parents too want to ensure their kids have a bright future, and will otherwise seek to leave their homeland.
In support of a good cause: colorful mugs
Vontobel is conducting a range of activities in favor of the ICRC school project in Iraq.
Vontobel launches a colorful initiative: employees have the opportunity to buy a mug for 20 francs in one of the company's four corporate colors. These amounts go in full to the ICRC.
Many employees are additionally donating to the project separately, and Vontobel is matching their donations to the ICRC.
For every Christmas card sent out, Vontobel transfers a donation amount to the ICRC.
Protracted conflicts require new solutions from the ICRC
Restoring schools in Ramadi is an example of how fundamentally the ICRC has evolved in its mission. Many modern conflicts last extremely long, or end with a political solution that fails to bring lasting peace. Ramadi, for example, was in the crossfire of various warring parties for 13 years: from 2003 to 2016. Ramadi is located in a region that is still considered unstable
The ICRC needs to develop solutions to these new challenges. This is why, as ICRC President Peter Maurer explains, the humanitarian organization no longer exclusively deploys in acute crises. The focus has shifted to long-term initiatives like the project to restore Iraqi schools. It is important to address structural problems in cooperation with governments, NGOs, and businesses.
Vontobel is a member of the ICRC Corporate Support Group
Selected Swiss companies founded the ICRC Corporate Support Group in order to provide long-term support for the ICRC's new challenges. Vontobel has been a member since 2005. As part of this membership, we launched our internal ICRC fundraising initiative in 2015, and every year since then we have supported an ICRC donation project, selected together with the ICRC.
You can find more information about the ICRC Corporate Support Group here.
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What a year for Endicott priest: New vocation, new wife, new challenges
Thomas Picciano
Special to Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Nathaniel Choma has had a "whirlwind" year, beginning with marriage in April.
The Endicott Orthodox priest had first discussed marrying Nicole the summer before he entered the seminary.
"She wasn't daunted by being the wife of a priest," he said. "I told her right beforehand if you don't want to be in this life, don't waste my time and I won't waste yours. There's no point in getting to know each other and like each other if you don't like the church life."
Following a honeymoon in Ireland, they returned in time for Nathaniel to be ordained a deacon in May. And after some time off, he was ordained a priest in September. Then the couple moved to Endicott, where now-Rev. Nathaniel Choma became pastor of St. Mary's Orthodox Church.
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Choma feels his religious vocation was revealed at his baptism. He said the priest who baptized him related what happened during a speech at Choma's ordination.
"I was crying the whole time from the moment he dunked me," Choma said. "He walked me back through the door. I was as quiet as a mouse. He walked me around. He was pointing out icons to me.
"The way that the churching of a baby ends (for males) is he brought me behind the altar, because you may be a priest one day," he said.
The new priest greets a visitor to St. Mary's at door near the altar. A smell of incense drifts through the church.
"I love everything about how it's made how it smells, what it does to people and for people with bringing them into that kind of understanding of a sacred space," Choma said, adding that he learned how to make incense while in studying for the priesthood.
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Choma noted the Orthodox liturgy further contains a "tactile" feel, including the sound of a chant, and words of the service that people can follow along with in books.
An altar server while growing up, Choma's vocation is strong. But he noted a loss of interest among many young men in the "vocational life," as there's a shift toward secularism and away from following the faith. Combined with smaller parishes, that leads to questions for some, he said.
"If you have the desire, there's a fight there to say that I still want to be a priest, even though I know the difficulties," he said.
Endicott, Choma said, reminds him of Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up with many churches almost a "stone's throw away."
"It's an adventure every day. Getting to know more and more about the church that I'm helping to lead," he said.
One such "adventure" is the progress of baking nutrolls for the holidays. It's an effort so important that is has its own mention in "The Bells of St. Mary's" church bulletin. Choma said the nutrolls are the best he's tasted.
December is a busy month at St. Mary's. Choma is amazed by the preparation for the Christmas Tea for the women, served by the men.
Christmas is Jan. 7 on the Julian calendar. Poinsettias already decorate the sanctuary for that day. Choma looks forward to the Nativity vigil the night before.
"A silent, powerful way of breaking you into the season," he said. With candlelight and church hymn carols, he called it a "powerful thing."
Choma's goal for the New Year: bring the Orthodox Christian Fellowship to students at Binghamton University to share their faith with the local community.
For now, he's still taking time getting used to his new church.
"I'll still sit down and see the sun coming in through a different stained glass window in a new way," he said. "I find myself coming in here multiple times to see this beautiful place that I've been put in to stay connected to God. I tell people, joke with them, I'm coming in to say hi to the boss."
The Rev. Nathaniel Choma
Position: Pastor at St. Mary's Orthodox Christian Church in Endicott, American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese.
Residence: Endicott.
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Public Communication, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; bachelor of theology, Christ the Savior Seminary, Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
Age: 27.
Family: Wife, Nicole.
Hobbies: Stained glass work. Avid runner, including one half and one full marathon.
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Sables (titre original : ) est une nouvelle de Stephen King parue pour la première fois en 1984 dans le magazine Weird Tales, puis de nouveau publiée en 1985 dans le recueil de nouvelles Brume.

Résumé
Dans un lointain futur, vers l'an 10 000 après J.-C., Rand et Shapiro, deux astronautes rescapés du crash de leur vaisseau spatial se retrouvent seuls sur une planète entièrement constituée de sable. Rand est rapidement gagné par la folie et refuse de bouger de la dune où il se trouve.

Quelques jours plus tard, un vaisseau vient les secourir mais Rand refuse de quitter la dune. Un androïde est envoyé le chercher mais est victime d'un dysfonctionnement. Shapiro, soupçonnant que le sable de cette planète est anormal, presse le capitaine de faire décoller le vaisseau au plus vite. Le capitaine, désireux d'obtenir une récompense, insiste pour récupérer Rand et envoie un de ses hommes le neutraliser avec un pistolet à fléchettes tranquillisantes. Mais une main faite de sable intercepte la fléchette et, lorsque le capitaine donne enfin l'ordre de décoller, le sable essaie de retenir le vaisseau. Ce dernier arrive néanmoins à échapper au sable in extremis. Rand le regarde disparaître dans le ciel et commence à s'enfourner des poignées de sable dans la bouche.

Genèse
La nouvelle a été publiée initialement dans le numéro d'automne  du magazine Weird Tales. Elle est ensuite parue dans le recueil Brume

Références

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Nouvelle de science-fiction de Stephen King
Nouvelle américaine parue en 1984
Nouvelle d'horreur de Stephen King
Nouvelle se déroulant sur une planète fictive
1984 en science-fiction

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Video games' bad reputation may be unfair.
(CNN) -- Video games' bad reputation may be unfair. Teens who were regular gamers scored higher than average in math, reading and science on an international exam, a new study found.
On the other hand, teens who daily scanned their Facebook feeds or chatted with friends more than others tended to score 4% worse than average in math.
Based on these results, a little "research to uncover the different ways by which children learn from online games" might improve teaching methods, said Alberto Posso, author of the study and an associate professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Economics, Finance and Marketing.
The study, published recently in the International Journal of Communication, looked at the activities and test scores of 12,000 Australian teens. It's based on the 2012 results from the Program for International Student Assessment exams, which not only evaluate academic achievement and social environment for kids at age 15 but also look at their use of technology. How much time did kids spend on Instagram and how much time on "Grand Theft Auto"?
Posso discovered that students who spent higher than average time social networking each day had below-average performance on the tests, while students who spent more than the usual time gaming achieved at levels above the average. He also found that students who used the internet daily for homework tested higher in all three subjects on the exam. In particular, their math scores outranked those of students who did not go online to finish their assignments.
"The study doesn't surprise me," said Edward Castronova, a professor at Indiana University who was not involved in Posso's study. But he advised caution: Though there is a link between gaming and higher math and science scores, he explained, it doesn't mean playing games caused the higher scores.
It could just be that "kids who are sharp are looking for a challenge, and they don't find it on social media, and maybe they do find it on board games and video games," he said.
"We don't have enough game literacy," said Castronova, who recently developed a program at Indiana University for students to earn a bachelor's degree in game design. As he tells it, there are good games and bad games, and the same parents who insist that their children eat healthy food and watch educational TV might not know enough about video games and react in a knee-jerk way against all of them.
There's a whole category of "see and response" games -- ranging from "Pong" to "Bejeweled" -- in which the main action is a player reacting to something that appears onscreen. "I call those 'twitch games,' " Castronova said, adding that first-person shooters are basically the same.
A recent Spanish study of nearly 2,500 kids between the ages of 7 and 11 found that those who played video games for an hour a week had faster responses to visual stimulation.
Yet twitch games are light years removed from, say, the Europa Universalis series of video games, which present accurate simulations of Europe between the years of 1492 and 1821. Players take control of one of seven continental powers and expand their influence by making use of military, diplomatic and colonial resources. To play, Castronova explained, you have to understand political systems and strategies at a deep level, and that allows you to launch a series of colonies in Canada, for example, or create a new form of government.
Any of the games that "people call good" are pretty advanced either strategically or narratively, explained Castronova, and they offer players an interesting story and, more important, a series of interesting choices. Not every teen feels challenged by the real world; some gamers play to fill that void, he said.
Still, sympathetic parents worry: Are these games hurting my kid's grades?
Until now, that question has never been answered with definitive results. One 2007 study of 237 students from a middle school in the United States found a positive relationship between technology use and GPA averages, while a 2005 study of 101 students in three Ohio schools found no links between internet use and academic achievement. Past studies not only have been small but blur all technologies together.
Meanwhile, for Posso, finding answers about the effects of video games was necessary for one very important reason: While Australian adults use the internet about as much as American adults, Australian teens spend significantly more time online than teens from either the United States or Europe, his study says. Whatever its effects, online time could be hurting -- or helping -- Australian teens more than other teens.
Answers are never easy; Posso's conclusions were mixed.
"Should we advocate that parents stop their children accessing Facebook and online chatting and force them to play video games?" Posso asked.
Unwilling to go that far, he concluded that games "appear to equip students to apply and sharpen knowledge learned in school by requiring them to solve a series of puzzles before moving to the next game level." By encouraging players to strive, video games influence teens in a positive way.


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Helen and Joey Estate contains just a couple of rows of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, two blending varieties that have form in Bordeaux Fr. and Margaret River WA. What is lesser known is that the varieties also have form in the Yarra Valley for the production of long aging ultra-premium white wines, far removed from the Classic Dry White / SSB commercial styles of the west.
Wayward Child Ilion is our attempt at producing one of the best of these Yarra Valley wine blends. Unlike the red blend (Serendip), the white blend sees the varieties kept separately through fermentation and maturation. Ferments are wild; the Semillon component, citrus, lean and clean; the Sauvignon funky and nectar ripe.
If the palate was a moment in time imagine wearing a fresh linen suit in the sunshine grazing on a platter of juicy tropical fruit.
Throughout our vineyard we have scattered patches of Semillon, interplanted with Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. In earlier years, we have used the Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc to make a Late Harvest wine but in 2018 decided to try our hand at a dry table wine.
The Semillon and Sauvignon blanc were hand harvested on the same day and the grapes processed together. A small portion of Semillon was processed separately to achieve a pristine Semillon. The Semillon juice was settled prior to cool fermentation in stainless steel and then aged in old oak. The Sauvignon/Semillon blended portion was used to produce more funky style. The Sauvignon & Semillon grapes were crushed and given 4 hours of skin contact prior to pressing. This juice was fermented wild with full solids in 5-year old oak barriques. Pressings were fermented wild in old oak.
After maturation in the old oak, the wines were blended to produce our first ever Wayward Child Ilion and we can't be more delighted with the results. The Semillon expresses itself with lemon pith and white flower while the Sauvignon is more brash with tropical fruits and an earthy aroma. The acid is not for the faint hearted – this wine is the epitomy of dry.
We expect the 2018 Wayward Child Ilion to evolve over a 5-10 year period. What that evolution will bring is anyone's guess but please join us on our journey of discovery.


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Q: Change background of the ActionBarSherlock alone. Not the Tabs I used this code to change the Color of ActionBarSherlock:
    <style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar">

    <!-- set style for action bar (affects tab bar too) -->
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
    <!-- define text style for tabs -->
    <item name="actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText</item>
</style>

<style name="Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">

    <!-- define background for action bar (sets default for all parts of action bar - main, stacked, split) -->
    <item name="android:background">#blue</item>
    <item name="background">#blue</item>
    <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyleWhite</item>
    <item name="titleTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyleWhite</item>

    <!-- set background for the tab bar (stacked action bar) - it overrides the background property -->
    <item name="android:backgroundStacked">#grey</item>
    <item name="backgroundStacked">#grey</item>
</style>

<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar.TabText">
    <item name="android:textColor">#black</item>
</style>

<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TitleTextStyleWhite" parent="@android:style/TextAppearance.Holo.Widget.ActionBar.Title">
    <item name="android:textColor">#white</item>
</style>

as suggested by Jake Warton here:
Change ActionBarSherlock background color
But the thing is the ActionBar and Tabs both change to Blue color. I actually want to change The top actionBar background to Blue and Tabs background to White
how to do this?
Thank You

A: Use ActionbarStyleGenerator to change the color of what all you need. This is by far the simplest and most intuitive way.
How to:

*

*Use the UI to select color for different items.

*Once done click on download .zip

*ZIP would contain resource files under desired folders which you need to copy in your projects res/layout and res/drawableXXXX folders

A: There are two ways how you can change background of the tab bar:
1) If you are using tabs only in portrait orientation, you can set backgroundStacked (and android:backgroundStacked) item of (android:)actionBarStyle. It sets the background for stacked action bar (the tab bar).
Your theme has to contain:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar">
    <!-- set style for action bar (affects tab bar too) -->
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
</style>

The ActionBarStyle then has to be:
<style name="Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar">
    <!-- define background for action bar (sets default for all parts of action bar - main, stacked, split) -->
    <item name="android:background">#ff0000ff</item>
    <item name="background">#ff0000ff</item>

    <!--  set background for the tab bar (stacked action bar) - it overrides the background property -->
    <item name="android:backgroundStacked">#ffff</item>
    <item name="backgroundStacked">#ffff</item>
</style>

That's all you have to do. But this solution won't work in landscape. In landscape the tabs can be moved to the main action bar.
2) If you are using tabs in both portrait and landscape orientation, a different solution has to be used.
The theme has to contain:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.ForceOverflow">
    <!-- set style for action bar -->
    <item name="actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.ActionBar</item>

    <!-- set the tab bar style -->
    <item name="actionBarTabBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.TabBar</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabBarStyle">@style/Widget.MyTheme.TabBar</item>
</style>

And set background for the tab bar style:
<style name="Widget.MyTheme.TabBar" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar.TabBar">
    <item name="android:background">#ffff</item>
</style>

Note: If you try to combine both approaches, then the background from actionBarTabBarStyle will be placed over the background from backgroundStacked.
Note: These two approaches sets background for the whole tab bar, setting the background for a single tab in tab bar is different.
Tab text color
If you want to set text color for the tabs you have to define actionBarTabTextStyle.
The theme has to contain:
<style name="Theme.MyTheme" parent="Theme.Sherlock.Light.DarkActionBar">
    ...
    <!-- define text style for tabs -->
    <item name="actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText</item>
    <item name="android:actionBarTabTextStyle">@style/MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText</item>
</style>

The tab text style is then:
<style name="MyTheme.ActionBar.TabText" parent="Widget.Sherlock.ActionBar.TabText" >
    <item name="android:textColor">#FF000000</item>
</style>


I am able to support my clients with ease and provide A+ support at a reasonable cost.
* The agents tend to fail randomly due to updates but this can easily be rectified with the new "repair agent" feature.
I've used MSP Anywhere for quite a long time. It's a great product for internal and external helpdesk teams, with multiple ways to provide attended and unattended support to our customers, usually fast and very simple to use. But what I like more is the customization options it offers: a plethora of security permissions for managing technicians, branding, and some sleek functionality like average waiting time information until a support request is taken. The price is also good, much better than Logmein or screenconnect.
Price, customization, ease of usage.
Integration options can be difficult to setup if you are not a developer, but at least the documentation is good.
The products drag and drop functionality with transferring files is wonderful. The groups make it easy to find machines as well.
This software has more bad points than good. Seeing the screen is very difficult unless you change the resolution on the client screen. If you use the zoom functionality you have to scroll all over the screen. Each session opens in it's own window so if you are doing a large upgrade and need many open it make sit difficult to use. Some of the default settings such as to log the person off when you log out of a remote session make support harder.
Faster conection, live chat, file transfers in the background and bash shell access.
One of the things that really like about msp anywhere is how fast is the connetion of the remote access, and you can also record the session so you can used to win more clients by showing your work.
I don't have complaits about msp anywhere the only thing that I can say as cons is that the interface is really text-heavy and is not easy to used.
Solarwinds products have always been extremely useful especially with networking and Active Directory. They offer so many tools that can help with every day tasks to better streamline day-to-day activities that can become time consuming.
They can have the tendency to over advertise their products and try to push their paid products.
Quick and easy to setup a trial with nothing more than an email address. Sales contact is quick to respond but not over powering in their approach.
When ending a session the remote computer is locked and this can be annoying. Maybe there's a setting to stop this but its not obvious and should really be optional not default.
The connection quality and speed is fine, and the features that they offer are what I would consider standard remote support tools. Connection speeds are much improved from prior versions.
Compared to alternatives, this solution lacks in some more advanced features. It's possible they've been added in recent versions but I've stopped using this tool in favor of other options.


The other day I started trying to get a handle on all my unfinished projects and gave up. My solution was to just finish something. Anything.
So I finished my Huret's slip. Sorry the photo looks like a mug shot. With her kid body, it's hard to get her to stand straight in her stand, so I just photographed her lying down.
I love how the slip makes her skirt stand out.
I have a confession. I am really bad at measuring when I sew. When I made the BLUE-striped silk skirt, I made the waistband without measuring. I thought I remembered her waist size. Oops. It was way too big and I just pinned it to take pictures.
So when I was fitting the waistband of her slip, I stabbed myself on the pin holding her skirt on. There is a tiny spot of blood on the slip's waistband that I couldn't get out.
But I really needed to fix her skirt. First, I removed the waistband. Since it has piping, I had to unstitch the ends before I could cut off the excess and restitch it.
Making cartridge pleats narrower just required that I pull the ends of the gathering threads tighter to fit the smaller waistband.
I also noticed that the lining had come loose at the waist edge. The gauzy cotton I used for the lining had unravelled at the top and drooped away from the waistline.
I loosely gathered the lining and pushed it back up under the edge of the skirt fabric. Then I used long back stitches to hold it in place. The back stitches don't go through to the front of the skirt.
Here's the finished back of her nicely fitted waistband. I added a mother of pearl button and a handsewn button hole. Now I could move on to her undies.
I used a pattern from Louse Hedrick's lovely A French Fashion Doll's Wardrobe. She calls them "pantalets". A much daintier name than split drawers.
The book is a must have if you sew for French Fashion dolls and is available on Amazon (even though they fired me and I don't get a kickback if you buy from them). In it, she interprets patterns from La Poupee Modele for 18″ and 12″ fashion dolls.
Yesterday afternoon I finished one leg and just need to add the lace to the other one and sew on the waistband. I haven't decided yet if I will use a drawstring or buttoned waistband.
The sewing is pretty straight forward. The center seams are rolled and whipped, the leg seams are french seamed, the hem is rolled and whipped and the lace trim is whip stitched on. If you followed along with last spring's Beginning Hand Sewing for Dolls, these are techniques that you have already learned.
I wanted her underwear to be white, so I found a piece of old tatted cotton lace that wasn't too yellowed to trim her "pantalets".
On Monday, I also made a skirt for me. I really don't like machine sewing. It made me remember why I quit sewing for myself. But I already bought fabric for 2 more skirts so I'll have to buckle down and just do it.
Your own saliva will get that bit of blood out. It has to be yours as it's your enzymes that work on the stain. A useful bit of knowledge that I have used more than once!


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How to Care for Snapdragons
Written by M.H. Dyer; Updated December 09, 2018
1 Snapdragon Trimming
2 Cut Shasta Daisies
3 Grow Antirrhinum Majus Annual Snapdragons in Containers
4 When to Cut Back Asters
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) is an old-fashioned flower that decorates the garden with upright stems and spiky flowers from summer to autumn. Snapdragon comes in a rainbow of colors, from white and pale pastels to bright red, yellow and purple. The mature height of the plant is 1 to 3 feet, depending on the variety. A tender perennial, snapdragon is generally grown as an annual; however, it may survive winters with adequate protection in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 7 through 10.
Provide about 1 inch of water every week, or whenever the top 2 to 3 inches of soil feels dry. Use a garden hose or soaker hose to water the soil rather than watering from overhead, because wet foliage places the plant at risk of mildew, rot and other moisture-related problems.
Pinch the top 1/2 to 1 inch of the growing tips when young snapdragons are 2 to 4 inches tall. This forces the plant to branch out, creating a bushier plant.
Feed snapdragons every four to six weeks, using a general-purpose liquid fertilizer for blooming plants. Alternatively, work a slow-release fertilizer into the soil at planting time. Apply fertilizer in accordance with label specifications.
Mulch the soil around the plants to conserve moisture and suppress growth of weeds. Use 1 to 3 inches of organic mulch such as dry grass clippings, chopped bark or pine needles.
Remove snapdragon blooms as soon as they wilt to prolong the blooming season. This process, known as deadheading, prevents the plants from going to seed early. Remove the bloom and up to one-third of the stem.
Cut snapdragons down to 4 to 6 inches if the plants look spindly in midsummer, and then follow the pruning with an application of fertilizer. Tidier, healthier plants soon rebound and bloom until the end of the season.
Garden or soaker hose
General-purpose liquid or slow-release fertilizer
Organic mulch
Cornell University: Caring for Annuals
City University of New York Department of Geography: Caring for Annuals
M.H. Dyer began her writing career as a staff writer at a community newspaper and is now a full-time commercial writer. She writes about a variety of topics, with a focus on sustainable, pesticide- and herbicide-free gardening. She is an Oregon State University Master Gardener and Master Naturalist and holds a Master of Fine Arts in creative nonfiction writing.
Dyer, M.H.. "How to Care for Snapdragons." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/care-snapdragons-40900.html. 09 December 2018.
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Melissa Gifford - Independent Stampin' Up!® Demonstrator: The Brand New Holiday Catalogue is nearly here!
The Brand New Holiday Catalogue is nearly here!
In the few days I am expecting a few boxes of Holiday catalogues to arrive AND my pre-order of Christmas goodies. Whilst I (impatiently) wait I have been enjoying watching the sneak peek youtube videos that Stampin' Up have released.
New catalogues will automatically be sent to all my existing customers. If you don't currently have a demonstrator I would be more than happy to send you a copy of your own. Please EMAIL me your details and I will get one sent out to you ASAP.
Do you subscribe to the Stampin' Up! youtube channel? It is a fantastic resource all year round for instructions, hints, tips and ideas.
Here are some of my Holiday favourites so far! These items will be available to order from 1st September 2017. Grab a coffee, sit and relax whilst you get into the Holiday spirit!


The College is an Anglican Foundation. Faith is expressed formally through the weekly service held in the College's beautiful 1960s chapel. The Chapel has one of the finest modern baroque organs in Australia. The College is inclusive in its application procedures and welcomes members of all faith traditions. The wellbeing of the whole of the College and all its members is a microcosm of how religion can enliven a community in which people are at different stages of formal and informal commitment.
The Chaplain for the College is Revd Antony Weiss. Antony was ordained by the Archbishop of Sydney on 19 February 2018 and joined the College following over two decades as a boarding housemaster at Shore School. Antony was also formerly Head of Languages at the School, teaching predominately French and Latin.
Antony is also completing a Bachelor of Divinity at Moore Theological College and serves as a part-time curate at Christ Church St Laurence.
Most importantly, Antony is available to all members of the College community for pastoral care matters.
The Choir is made up of members from St Paul's and The Women's College and performs a traditional and modern repertoire to the highest standards. All enquiries should be made to the Director of Music, who is choirmaster.
The main College Service – a weekly Evensong with the Choir – is held at 7.45pm each Tuesday during Semester. Morning Prayer is held each Monday during semester at 8am.
Other significant Services include Orientation Week, Commencement, ANZAC Day, Academic Evensong, Valedictory Evensong and the annual Carol Service. Details of the 2018 Carol Service can be found here.
Parents and guests are always welcome.
David Drury, BMus, ARCO(chm) arrived at the College in 1992, having previously been the recipient of the Vasanta Scholarship for overseas study and in 1987 was the first Australian to win the Tournemire Prize for improvisation at the St Alban's International Organ Competition.
He has given recitals in Westminster Abbey, St Paul's and Westminster cathedrals in London, King's College, Cambridge, and Notre Dame and La Madeleine in Paris. David has also toured Canada and the United States as a recitalist, tutor, accompanist and choral director, and performed on US radio and television. He has made four solo compact disc recordings as well as four with choirs and orchestras. David's former posts include Organist of Christ Church St Laurence, Railway Square, and Director of Music at St James' Church in the City.


ENTEBBE – The Uganda Cubs on Sunday flew out of the country for Kenya where they will hold another camp in preparation for the upcoming CAF U17 AFCON finals.
This will be their second camp outside of Uganda after holding one in Turkey early last month.
The youngsters have been in residential training for eight days at FUFA Technical Centre, Njeru with the newly appointed head coach Paa Samuel Kwesi Fabin in charge.
The residential training in Njeru commenced on Saturday, March 23.
The Cubs have been at Njeru since the 23rd of March.
While in camp, a trial match was played between the Cubs and Bright Stars FC Junior team. The Cubs edged their opponents 2-1, with goals scored by Asaba Ivan and Idi Abdul Wahid and an own goal by Ssekimbegga Kevin.
The team departed for Kenya aboard Kenya Airways to Nairobi where they will spend 9 days (1-9) before heading to Tanzania on 10th April for the U17 AFCON finals.
The final tournament will kick off on 14th and end on 28th April 2019 in Tanzania.
Their first game will be against Angola before taking on the hosts, Tanzania on Match-Day two.
The mouthwatering clash against West African giants, Nigeria will be the last in the Group.


Highlights from partnerships demonstrating how OIC/ONC is a centre of excellence.
Ocean Networks Canada was very active at this fall's MTS/IEEE Oceans meeting held in sunny San Diego, California, from 23 to 26 September.
The annual OCEANS conference is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE/OES) and the Marine Technology Society (MTS). This international meeting is a major forum for scientists, engineers and those with an interest in the oceans to exchange their knowledge regarding the future of the world's oceans, and showcase the latest oceanographic technology.