In another universe, I am a millionaire.
Technically not a castle but still a stunning property, the Tower of Lethendy lies 14 miles north of the county town of Perth in an exceptionally private position surrounded by beautiful and enchanting Perthshire countryside, with the Grampian Mountains to the north providing a dramatic backdrop.
The estate extends in total to about 39 acres with two private drives, leading to the principal house, each protected by a gate lodge and lined by majestic Douglas firs and limes. The grounds are delightful, with formal gardens, both grass and hard tennis courts, a heated outdoor swimming pool, and magnificent mature specimen trees. The parkland is laid out as a golf course with six greens and eight tees making up 18 different holes. The original par 3 golf course has been enhanced by drainage works and modified by the addition of further tees and bunkers and the upgrading of the greens. The course is maintained by a full time green keeper.
For the country air and wonderful views, this would be a must-buy if the bank balance allowed it!
Not the sort of music studio where a band would go to record, but somewhere a composer could bring his ideas to life. Something like this amazing photo of Hans Zimmer's place. The money just drips out of this picture, but the end result would be music of a crystal clear quality. You couldn't help but be inspired by the stunning surroundings.
A Kilgour Suit, like Cary Grant's in North by Northwest. A grey and white glen check, tropical-weight three-piece suit made by Anthony Sinclair, worn by Sean Connery as James Bond in Goldfinger.
I'd be a dapper billionaire, in grey-suited smartness. Don't get me wrong, I'd lounge about in jeans too, but when it came to scrubbing up, I'd be looking mighty fine.
Price : Anything up to $50,000….
Designed by Martin Brundle and apparently selling for an undisclosed fee, this schoolboy dream would be mine if those billions were in my account. Read more about it here.
Yes, a lighthouse. I'd actually really like to be at the top of a lighthouse during a storm. I reckon it would be an amazing experience.
And where would you buy it from? Well, there's genuinely a website called lighthousesforsale.co.uk. If I'd been a bit quicker, then I could have bought this one for £275,000.
The Triton 3300/3 Mk II to be precise. It can take a pilot and two passengers to depths of 1,000 meters (3,300 feet) in perfect comfort and safety. It was a Triton 3300/3 that allowed man's first ever encounter with the giant squid underwater. Fancy.
At a little under $3,000,000, any potential owner is contractually obligated to fully and satisfactorily complete a training program prior to receiving delivery of their Triton. Delivery also takes 10 – 12 months. Certainly makes for a different seaside experience than a lilo.
This bath gel is incredible. It harnesses at power of horse chestnuts to fill the house with the smell of 'forest' whenever it's used. In bottles of 300ml and 750ml, or in a shower gel form, it's the best-smelling man bath product ever. Unfortunately, at around £11 a bottle, I'd need to wait til the riches flow in before this can be my normal bath gel!
If you fancy a small flutter, Lottoland is gateway to lots of rather impressive jackpots. Who knows? Maybe you could be playing scalextric in a lighthouse too!
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I also live in this world sometimes. How about my own Island in the Caribbean with a nice house. Travelling the world first class. That's my dream.
Great game! I second the lighthouse!
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This is one I did a few years ago before I started working mainly plein air and when I was only painting occasionally.
I drove up to Blea Tarn early one October morning specifically to get this shot on my old Mamiya twin lens reflex camera. The first time I tried the light was hopeless so I went back the following weekend and the conditions were perfect. There is often a very narrow window of opportunity to get a shot like this. Once the sun warms the air, a breeze develops, the water will ripple and the perfect reflection is lost. The photo became the basis for the painting.


Jump back in the vectorized cockpit for this far more difficult sequel to Atari's hit classic Asteroids. Hunt flying saucers, destroy Hydra-like space rocks, and try not to blow up!
You're probably familiar with foosball … Well, this is the hockey version of foosball! Command one of the teams under the clear dome to score points in this miniaturized hockey rink.
Work hard. Play harder! Blitz '99 marked one of the first (good) 3D football games. You know the drill: pick your team, hit the field, and win the Superbowl! Forget real-world rules, too. This game is all about stats and getting that pigskin where it's gotta go, without all the red tape.


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Referendum in Darfur: Closing chapter of the conflict or travesty of justice?
By: Kafia Omar
On 23 April, it was announced that almost 98% of voters in Darfur's referendum voted for maintaining the region as five states. The referendum – organised over three days in mid-April by the Sudanese authorities – allowed the people of Darfur to decide whether to keep the current arrangement of five states or to reunify the states into a single autonomous region.
The official reason for the government holding the vote was to comply with the Doha Document for Peace in Darfur (DDPD) agreement, signed in 2011. However, as a Sudanese human rights lawyer notes, the restoration of the security situation in Darfur and disarmament – also stipulated in the agreement – have not taken place: "What the people in Darfur want most is not a referendum but their being able to lead a decent and secure life in their villages of origin."
Reports this week suggest that most Darfuris have refused to recognise the results – which is not entirely unexpected given the lead-up to the referendum. Back in February, opposition groups called on the population to boycott the vote, and during the voting period itself, witnesses reported that many people stayed home and some did not even know the referendum was taking place. The international community also had its doubts – for instance the United States expressed deep concern that both insecurity and inadequate registration would "prohibit sufficient participation."
Was Darfur ready for a referendum?
The referendum, provided for under the terms of the DDPD, should have been held within a year of the signing of the document (i.e. prior to July 2012). Therefore the referendum was already several years late. Although there are a number of reasons for this, it seems clear that the decision to hold it now is no coincidence: Sudanese authorities have used the referendum as an opportunity to prove that, as reported by AFP, "the page on the Darfur crisis has now been turned." This is intended to improve their relations with the international community – and help them justify their position that it is now time for the African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) peacekeepers to "end its presence" in Darfur.
Yet all evidence from the ground contradicts the government's narrative. In January, the Sudanese government launched a series of attacks, including aerial bombardments, on Darfur's Jebel Marra; entire communities continue to be displaced, and there is still no real, sustainable return (as documented by IRRI in 2014). The UN in a recent report made reference to humanitarian organisations' estimates that nearly 140,000 people have been displaced, of which almost 85,000 the majority of whom are women and children, have been displaced into North Darfur. Earlier this year the UN's Security Council was unable to confirm the number of people displaced from West Darfur due to the government's refusal to grant unrestricted access. Sudan has placed restrictions on UNAMID and humanitarian organisations when it comes to providing assistance to those in need, further exacerbating the situation.
All of this raises fundamental questions about the entire process. For instance, how were the views of those internally displaced represented in the vote? According to a woman from South Darfur recently interviewed by the Guardian "[w]e are displaced and most of us have no identity papers. How can we be actively involved in this referendum?" There is also the question of whether a referendum held in an environment not conducive for people to freely express themselves can be considered legitimate. For example, on 12 April – the second day of the vote – Sudan's intelligence services detained two individuals in Khartoum and three in Darfur for protesting against the referendum.
Of course, none of this should surprise us. After all, turnout for last year's controversial elections were low with the government announcing that voter turnout was 46% (excluding one district in Darfur and seven in Southern Kordofan due to insecurity). However, African Union observers placed the figure even lower stating "only a third of Sudan's 13.3 million registered voters cast ballots in the general elections." This discrepancy alone should bring the figure announced by the government for this referendum under scrutiny.
The low turnout and the boycott of the referendum clearly demonstrate that most Darfuris either did not support the referendum or felt that this was not the right time for it. The ongoing lack of space for civil society and restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly also show Darfur was not ready.
Whether local concerns that the referendum could "provoke further clashes" remain to be seen. What is clear, however, is that the referendum is something of a smokescreen by the government to cover up the fact that Sudan has far more urgent issues to deal with – both in general and within the DDPD. It seems clear that the government has organised this vote in the hopes of convincing the international community that security has returned, that the problem in Darfur is "solved," and that things should return to "business as usual."
But the international community should not – in fact, cannot – fall for this ruse. Things might look like business as usual inasmuch as the Darfur crisis, (which, of course, is a symptom of a broader crises in governance across the country), has persisted for so long that it has become a kind of "new normal." However this "new normal" has to be seen for what it is. Not only is violence in Darfur increasing, the Sudanese government has been responsible for the mass displacement of over one million people in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states. In addition, security services are increasingly using excessive force and placing restrictions on the media and opposition parties, as IRRI and its partners have recently detailed in a submission to Sudan's Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.
The referendum, therefore, is simply another pageant – albeit one with sinister undertones – in a broader strategy for survival and control by the government. This is not the moment to get soft. The upcoming Universal Periodic Review presents an opportunity to refocus the conversation, to acknowledge Sudan's dismal human rights record, rather than allowing the rhetoric of normalisation to work. The international community needs to seize this opportunity to challenge the Sudanese authorities to end the violations and abuses it is committing, to uphold its international human rights obligations, and to grant displaced persons immediate access to humanitarian aid. Ultimately, human rights must be the priority.
Programmes: Causes of Displacement, Resolving Displacement
Regions: North and Horn of Africa, Sudan


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Meet the Teen Who Organized a Black Lives Matter Protest Attended By THOUSANDS of People
Shammara Lawrence
Teen's Prom Date Admits to Taking Part in Her Alleged Murder
Sarah Stern's two childhood friends allegedly wanted to make her death look like suicide.
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In December, when New Jersey authorities found 19-year-old Sarah Stern's empty car parked on a bridge, they feared she may have jumped to her death in the river below, the Associated Press reported. At the time, an 100-person search for her body included two of her childhood friends, Preston Taylor and Liam McAtasney. Yesterday, four months later, Preston confessed that he threw Sarah from the bridge after she was strangled.
According to AP, Preston told authorities that Liam allegedly strangled Sarah and stole $10,000 dollar she had inherited from her grandmother. Although Liam claims he is innocent, and his lawyer suggested to CBS New York that Sarah may have run away or committed suicide, Preston told a judge on Monday that he and Liam purposely left Sarah's car on a bridge to make it look like she had killed herself, and that he received $3,000 for his involvement.
"He's got closure. He made admissions," John Perrone, Preston's attorney, told reporters after the hearing, according to AP. "This was something he had to get off his chest. He had to atone for this."
Preston, who had been Sarah's date to a junior prom, pleaded guilty to charges including including robbery, conspiracy, disturbing or desecrating human remains, and hindering apprehension. He agreed to testify against Liam after prosecutors agreed to drop a felony murder charge, which Liam faces as he awaits trial. Preston will be sentenced on July 21 and faces up to 20 years in prison.
"I'm numb," Sarah's father, Michael, told the Asbury Park Press."It makes me sick. I was having a tough time in the courtroom, hearing that stuff out of the person that did it."
Michael said that he is creating a scholarship fund in honor of his only child, who participated in teen art festivals for mixed media pieces and attended YouTube conferences across the country.
"We try to keep her spirit alive," he said.
Sarah's body still hasn't been found.
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HomeNewsHere is How Trump Saved the NYC Veterans Day Parade in 1995
Here is How Trump Saved the NYC Veterans Day Parade in 1995
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Delano Scott)
President Trump has been a target for the media for years, with most stories showing how he is a corrupt businessman. Recently, a story emerged about how President Trump saved the New York City Veterans Day parade from certain failure.
According to The Daily Caller:
But while Trump will be making history Monday as he attends the parade, an offer the United Veterans War Council has made to every president since 1985, his involvement as a citizen with the annual Veterans Day event dates back to 1995 when he saved the event from dire financial straits.
Less than three months before the 1995 Veterans Day parade, in mid-August, organizers had just $1.21 in the event's bank account after receiving nothing from the 200 corporations, including military contractors, they had reached out to for financial support, The New York Times reported in 1995.
It was at that point then-businessman Trump stepped in and saved the event by contributing between $325,000 and $375,000, parade organizer Vincent McGowan told CNN in 2016.
Trump's contribution unleashed a windfall of donations to the parade's organizers. While the parade's budget was ultimately reduced from $2.9 million to $2.4 million, The NYT reported, the show was able to go on.
President Trump also donated $1 million in 1985 to fund the construction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza in NYC.
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President Trump is the best and greatest President our Nation has ever had, bar none.
Robert POWELL
all of our previous presidents were busy channeling money into their own accounts, TRUMP DONATES.. go figure……
How many STINKING DEMON RATS would do this!
Trump, Greatest President in US History!
Well…I have a funny feeling that the Dimms will fail, just as they failed in 2016. Be Certain to be at the Polls on Election Day…and Be First in Line to Vote. Then go to your State Source, to see if your Deceased Family Members have been voting. Ohhhh yeah, it happens.
Ron Brooks
This is the second article in a row that doesn't finish the story. How did he save it? You folks have some weird things going on with your publication. Not only are the articles extremely short, with nothing to explain the headline, but I also have to scroll past about 100 other links, one by one, to get to the comments section.
Richard Dillon
Trump has also not been influenced by the media hysteria on global warming. California has and is destroying their state. What are the facts? See "Scientific Facts and Climate Change, CO2 and Global Cooling" (Available at Amazon). Also consider Charles Law of thermodynamics: PV/T=PV/T where P=pressure, V=volume and T=absolute temperature (Kelvin scale). Then learn how CO2 intercepts infrared radiation in the thermosphere and spares our planet of excessive heat. Obama and the Paris accord are nonsense! UP to date slide show available!


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NAVY PRESERVATION RESOURCES » CATHODIC PROTECTION
Cathodic protection is a widely used and accepted form of corrosion prevention. The goal of cathodic protection is to reduce the deterioration of a metal exposed to an aqueous electrolyte by lessening the thermodynamic driving force for corrosion. A properly maintained cathodic protection system can effectively eliminate metal dissolution and provide a long-term solution to many corrosion problems. The two cathodic protection systems that are most important to the marine industry are (1) sacrificial anode and (2) Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP). Figure 1 is an excerpt from Naval Ships Technical Manual Chapter 633 and lists many of the advantages and disadvantages of these two methods for naval ships.
Figure 1: Adapted from Naval Ships Technical Manual: S9086-VF-STM-010/CH-633 p 13.
It is important to note that sacrificial anode and ICCP systems present an effective means of corrosion protection only when they are submerged in a conductive fluid medium. Anodes do not work in air due to its limited charge-carrying ability.
Sacrificial Anodes
This type of cathodic protection involves the coupling of an active metal to a structure for which corrosion protection is desired. In this system, the active metal corrodes preferentially and provides protection for the structure. In other words, one metal is sacrificed to protect the other.
Two dissimilar metals or alloys joined together in an electrolyte form what is called a galvanic couple or galvanic cell. Any metal or alloy, when submerged in a conductive electrolyte, has its own unique corrosion potential (open circuit potential). Figure 2 provides a listing of various alloys and their potentials in seawater. This chart, known as a galvanic series, provides meaning to the terms active and noble in reference to metals. The further down and to the left a metal appears in the series, the more active or prone to corrosion it is. The most noble, or corrosion resistant, metals appear at the top of the series.
Figure 2: Galvanic series of metals and alloys in seawater. Potential values are shown as ranges. Adapted from Naval Ships Technical Manual: S9086-VF-STM-010/CH-633 p 6 and D. Jones Principles and Prevention of Corrosion 2nd Ed. page 170.
When an electrical connection is established between two dissimilar metals in a conductive environment, electrons will flow from the more negative (active) surface to the more positive (noble) surface. The electrons that flow to the noble metal drive it to more negative potentials (cathodic polarization). This current flow and polarization correspond to an electron surplus that reduces the rate at which the noble metal corrodes. As an example, a zinc block welded to a steel hull forms a galvanic couple in seawater. As shown in Figure 2, zinc is more active than steel. The anodic reactions for steel and zinc in seawater are:
Fe ® Fe2+ + 2e– (1)
Zn ® Zn2+ + 2e– (2)
If an excess of electrons is provided to the steel surface where reaction (1) is taking place, a driving force for the reverse reaction will be present. As a result, the oxidation of metal will be slowed. The source of these electrons, in this case, is the corrosion of the zinc block, reaction (2), attached to the steel surface.
In summary, when a galvanic couple is immersed in an electrolyte, corrosion will take place on the surface of the more active metal. The more noble metal in the couple, acting as a cathode, will be protected from corrosion. In the presented case of zinc coupled with steel in seawater, zinc will corrode preferentially and provide protection to the steel.
Sacrificial anodes need be nothing more than a block of metal electrically connected to the surface to be protected. There are, however, a few electrochemical properties to consider when creating a successful sacrificial anode system. The corrosion potential of the anode must be active (negative) enough to drive current through the electrolyte. The resistance of the electrolyte and the separation between anode and protected structure play a role in the effectiveness of the system. The higher the resistance and separation between anode and structure, the more active the anode must be. Periodic replacement of sacrificial anodes is necessary due to continuous consumption by corrosion. The cost of replacing anodes, however, pales in comparison to the potential costs of corrosion damage.
Zinc anodes are often used in marine applications and are effective at reducing corrosion of steel structures in seawater. Zinc anodes, while effective, tend to be consumed rapidly. Aluminum anodes have been developed for longer service life than zinc in seawater. The corrosion rate of the aluminum-protected steel may be higher than the cases where zinc is used but for many applications is still acceptable.
Navy Applications
On the majority of U.S. Navy ships, the primary source of underwater hull corrosion protection is anti-corrosive coating systems. Impressed current cathodic protection systems serve as the primary back-up to the coating system. Sacrificial anodes are also installed on the underwater hull and in sea chests as a supplement to coating systems and ICCP systems.
The Navy also uses zinc sacrificial anodes or "zincs" in several other applications. Zincs are used inside ballast tanks, bilges, heat exchangers, collection, holding and transfer (CHT) tanks, and in various machinery.
Figure 3: Inside of ballast tank protected by zinc sacrificial anode.
Zinc anodes must conform to MIL-A-18001 and MIL-A-18001 Amendment 1. Aluminum anodes must conform to MIL-A-24779/QPL-24779.
Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Method
Another effective method of cathodic protection involves the direct application of current from an external power source to surfaces prone to corrosion rather than by using sacrificial anodes previously discussed.
The basic principle of the two methods is the same. In both cases, the vulnerable metal is supplied with a surplus of electrons. The excess electrons reduce the potential of the metal (cathodic polarization) and tend to drive the anodic corrosion reaction in reverse. This results in a reduced corrosion rate. The general form of the anodic reactions discussed above is:
M ® Mn+ + ne–
In the above equation, M represents the atomic symbol of some metal and n is the number of electrons involved in the reaction. Excess electrons supplied to the surface slow this reaction. Both sacrificial anode and impressed current cathodic protection techniques operate on the same basic principal; the source of current, however, differs. Impressed current systems use an external power supply (DC) such as a battery or rectifier to supply the current necessary to provide cathodic protection.
Most ICCP systems are designed to control the potential of the metal at a fixed value where anodic dissolution of the metal effectively does not occur. This is known as controlled-potential cathodic protection and is the method used most extensively for ship hulls and seawater applications. A controlled-potential system consists of the following basic components: a power supply, a transformer-rectifier (to convert the AC signal to DC), anodes, reference electrodes, and a dielectric shield. The dielectric shield prevents shorting of the anode current to the hull adjacent to the anode, allowing wider current distribution.
Figure 4: Diagram of basic ICCP system. Taken from Naval Ships Technical Manual: S9086-VF-STM-010/CH-633 p 18.
Unlike sacrificial anodes, impressed current anodes are designed to be resistant to corrosion. Desirable properties include low resistance to current flow, physical toughness, low rate of consumption, and low cost of production. Platinum is an ideal candidate for impressed current anodes because consumption is almost non-existent; however, it is cost-prohibitive. Using platinum-coated titanium rather than solid platinum for the anodes can reduce cost. The Navy specifies exclusive use of platinized niobium impressed current anodes for its ships.
The US Navy designs ICCP systems at the Naval Research Laboratory in Key West, FL. The methods used by the Navy ensure optimum anode to reference cell configuration and location to provide the best protection to the ship.
Dielectric Shield Coating Requirements
ICCP system anodes are surrounded by thick shielding material (often referred to as "capastic coating" or "capastic epoxy") consisting of a high-solids epoxy with high dielectric strength. As noted above, this shielding prevents shorting of the anode current to the hull near the anode and aids in wider current distribution to the hull. The dielectric shield includes an inner and outer shield and covers an area about 13 x 16 feet around a 4-foot anode or 13 x 20 feet around an 8-foot anode. The shield is topcoated with anti-corrosive and anti-fouling coatings. The shielding deteriorates over time and eventually requires replacement. Dielectric shield material is not covered by a military specification.
The Standard Specification for Ship Repair and Alteration Committee (SSRAC) is responsible for providing technically and contractually sound standards for the Navy's ship repair and alteration community. The NAVSEA Standard Item applicable to surface ship preservation is Standard Item 009-32, "Cleaning and Painting Requirements." It contains cleanliness, surface preparation, and coating application requirements, along with complete system application instructions for each product (number of coats, coating thickness per coat, etc.) approved for cathodic protection system preservation. All current NAVSEA Standard Items may be found here.
New construction ships are painted in accordance with the specific Ship Specification for that class of ship.
NAVSEA Point of Contact
Andrew Seelinger
Naval Sea Systems Command, SEA 05P23
1333 Isaac Hull Ave., SE
Email: andrew.seelinger@navy.mil
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R.A. Adey and S.M. Niku, "Computer Modeling of Corrosion Using the Boundary Element Method," Computer Modeling in Corrosion, American Society for Testing and Materials, Special Technical Publication (STP) 1154, R.S. Munn (ed.), 248-264 (1992).
V. G. DeGiorgi, E. Hogan, K.E. Lucas, and S. A. Wimmer, "Computational Modeling of Shipboard ICCP Systems," J. Corrosion Sci. and Eng. (http: www2.umist.ac.uk/corrosion/JCSE/), 4, Paper 3 (2003).
V.G. DeGiorgi, A. Kee, K.E. Lucas, and E.D. Thomas, "Examination of Modeling Assumptions for Impressed Current Cathodic Protection Systems," in Proceedings of the Corrosion '99 Research Topical Symposium, Cathodic Protection: Modeling and Experiment, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, 1-16 (1999).
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NSTM Chapter 633: Cathodic Protection
U.S. Navy Underwater Safety Handbook, Chapter 19 (Cathodic Protection Systems)


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Daughters of Fire by Barbara Erskine
Dr Viv Lloyd Rees is in danger of losing her job. A Celtic historian at Edinburgh University, she has a book about to be published about the forgotten queen of the north: Cartimandua, High Queen of the Brigantes. Professor Graham's problem with the book is the degree of detail which cannot be supported by the historical evidence. Her filling in the gaps with imaginative deduction - he feels - undermines not only her own scholarship, but also the reputation of the whole department. He is furious - to a degree which Viv cannot fathom. She will admit (if only to herself) that she is not sure where some of the more intuitive deductions originated, but will not admit - even to herself - that there is anything particularly odd or unworthy about them.
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Category: Women's Fiction
Summary: Cartimandua struggles to hold the Brigantes' lands safe and prosperous against the Romans, while dealing with the internal politics of her tribes and the personal struggles of a woman increasingly alone. Meanwhile, a connection is made between the Celtic High Queen and a historian in the modern day as characters from the past struggle to play out their purpose, and those in the modern day struggle to discover the truth but maintain their own sanity. Danger awaits everyone involved.
Pages: 480 Date: April 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
In another time, Cartimandua is a tomboyish child, hunting and riding with her brothers, certain of her destiny to be a queen.
The two lives are about to become even more entwined in a story that plays out in two centuries, whose boundaries become ever more blurred
In the present day, Viv struggles to maintain her dignity in the face of Professor Graham's increasingly irrational responses to the publicity surrounding her book. Her stresses mount as a related radio play brings her into conflict with a co-writer, who takes a growing interest in one of the more minor characters in Cartimandua's story.
As work on the radio play continues, Viv's connection to Cartimandua steps beyond intuition based on passionate involvement in research into a direct connection... a connection cemented by her handling of an ancient gold and enamelled brooch, a beautiful crane carrying an ancient evil curse.
The brooch has a direct link to the High Queen and is a museum piece. It happens to belong to Professor Hugh Graham. The handling of it draws him and others closer to the past. Rational 21st century beings all, they resist the feeling of its power touching them, and struggle to find other explanations...
In the first century A.D. Cartimandua grows into a world where women have power and rights greater than they will ever have again for about 2000 years, where they may be taught not just the healing arts, but the scrying of the druids, contact with the gods, languages, and writing, and politics. Where they can ride into battle as tattooed and wild as their menfolk. Where they can earn respect and command loyalty. Carta (as she is familiarly known) has all of this and more... and secures her destiny as High Queen... but these are turbulent times. The Romans invade and the tribes are pitted no longer just against each other, but against the overlords. Choices now begin to have wider implications... political choices and personal choices amount to the same thing if you are a High Queen.
And even a High Queen... one who rides painted at the head of her warriors still has to deal with the egos of men who find it hard to bend the knee to a woman, still has to contend with the biological and emotional realities of being a woman.
If books must have a theme, then Daughters of Fire has a few: there is the role of women and how much / how little that has changed over the centuries; the conflict between rationality and spirituality; notions of time and transmigration of the soul; and finally, the nature of history: how little we can truly know about how it was and how many assumptions there are in what we claim to know (the written record being that of those who left one, we are easily hoodwinked into their point of view).
If the reader pays attention and ponders the ideas, there is much grist to the intellectual mill and conversation for the book-club table...
... or you could just sit back and enjoy a wonderfully evocative "romance" of the Celtic wilds... barren moors and iron-age forts, where feasting continues until all are unconscious, when the men aren't away hunting or reiving or fighting the latest squabble with their neighbours. Set in a time of druids and close connection to the planet and the gods. Set in a culture not as primitive as the Romans would later have us believe, where there are skilled craftsmen working metals and enamels, weavers of fine woollens, artistry displayed in decoration of body and home.
Slipping between that time and our own Erskine gives us love stories, and stories of hatred and revenge. She gives us the high drama of battle in the time of the Celts, and the threatening suspense of controlled menace in the modern day. Above all she gives us a wonderful evocation of those wild places - as they were then and as they are now (which is not so very different).
The historical and geographical research upon which the novel is based must have been extensive. Her timings work, her deductions are believable, most importantly her detail "lives".
Her characters ancient and modern are alive and consistent with the lives and back-stories she has given them. Most importantly where the historical and the modern meet and cross-over, she avoids melodramatic shifts and allows a number of interpretations to be possible.
If parts of the progression of the story are predictable, that is only because they are inevitable in the context, and even so are perfectly executed to maintain the drama and the emotion.
As a 'historical romance' Daughters of Fire will not appeal to everyone, but I'm not prepared to down-rate it on that basis. I was engrossed from start to finish, and I'm still playing with and pondering some of the ideas and nuances and possibilities raised.
For those familiar with Erskine's earlier work - Daughters of Fire does use the formula that was so successful in Lady of Hay, the interplay of two lives across time, but has successfully developed it beyond that original concept to produce a more subtle cross-time connection, that works far better. Reactions to the earlier book were mixed, and many felt the historical part of that story the weaker of the two angles. In Daughters of Fire, the balance is redressed and in the final analysis there is only one story being told.
Take a step out of time, and enjoy.
My thanks to the publishers for sending this book.
If this is the type of book which you enjoy then you might also like Michelle Paver's Soul Eater or The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett.
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Catalyst Project: a center for political education and movement building | The stakes of this election.
The stakes of this election.
Last night after the primary results of Super Tuesday came in, I could feel myself trying to numb the fear I've been feeling for months–the fear that has been creeping into my dreams and flashing before me since Ferguson's response to Mike Brown's murder by police sparked the ready tinder of Black love and rebellion across the country.
I fear the backlash that is already here, and the backlash that is yet to come. In my nightmares, this backlash is acutely violent: Black leaders snatched in the night, beaten by police or vigilantes, locked up for decades. And it's already happening: the killing of Sandra Bland in a jail cell,the arrest of Kevin Moore who filmed Freddie Gray's death, the shooting of 5 activists at a Black Lives Matter protest in Minneapolis, three anti-racist protestors stabbed at a Klan rally this weekend in California, and the repression of protests against racist police violence across the country remind us how many Black Panthers and other Black, Puerto Rican, Indigenous, and Xican@ revolutionaries of the 60s and 70s were harassed, killed by cops and locked up for decades. Many remain in prison over 40 years later. Clearly, organizers are not the only targets of this racist backlash. Ongoing Black church and mosque burnings, and the murder of three Muslim students in North Carolina a year ago and three Sudanese-American Boys in Indiana last week are only the most visible aspects of increased terror that Black, migrant and/or Muslim people in the U.S. are facing.
This backlash has responded to the growing power of the movement for Black lives, the powerful migrant justice movement and other anti-racist movements that threaten the status quo of white supremacy in this country. It has also fed off decades of economic austerity policies which have unraveled the american dream–even for the white people it was supposed to serve–and created fertile ground for the Right to capitalize on fear and desperation.
The forces of naked racism and xenophobia are on the rise both in the U.S. and internationally, and Donald Trump is but a spokesperson. He is building on decades of racist right wing policy that employed dog-whistle racism. But his words and his popular candidacy also legitimize and embolden a right-wing white supremacist agenda that has been gaining steam since the 2008 economic downturn. In just the past few weeks we have talked to Braden Program alumni and other comrades in several places in the country where the growing boldness of neo-Nazi and Klan-like formations is a terrifyingly real threat.
social movements occurred in mass, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, it helped cause a national political shift from a civil rights and economic justice agenda into the policies of racist criminalization that grew the police and prison state and dismantled the social safety net.
Catalyst Project believes we are at this type of historical juncture again. There's plenty of evidence that, no matter who ends up winning the Republican nomination, this election is and will be a referendum on racism.
Many people choose to sit on the sidelines when it comes to electoral politics because of the contradictions involved. We believe lasting change happens through grassroots organizing not ballot boxes; no matter who gets elected they are the sitting commander of a war machine that imperils the rest of the world; a lot of the most marginalized people in the U.S. have no right to vote; voting always means choosing the lesser of two evils. Yet, for anti-racists, this is no time to let the contradictions immobilize us. We can't sit this one out and hope for the best.
For many millions of people around the country, their only active political engagement this year will be as voters in this election. And this election provides an opportunity to unite large numbers of people against a racist agenda by engaging them at a grassroots level. Whether or not Trump wins the general election, anything other than a crushing defeat for him will further legitimize the white supremacist politics he stands for, and pave the way for similar agendas to win even more ground at local and state levels across the country. And no matter who is on democratic ticket, only bold, consistent and growing grassroots pressure will create room for an agenda that actually creates progress toward racial justice and demilitarization.
Over the past months, courageous activists and organizations have given us examples of tactics that can highlight the naked racism and backlash of this election, and place anti-racist, Left demands on the public stage. There are many ways to engage in this election. Be creative about what feels right to you– you can push your comfort zone and still find something that works!
* Write letters to the editor of your local paper or call in to your local talk shows and name the racism you're seeing in the election and in the news coverage itself. Post on social media doing the same.
* Volunteer for or donate to campaigns for candidates or on city, county or state propositions. In one example of the importance of local elections, a powerful grassroots coalition just stopped a new jail from being built in San Francisco and their victory was aided by the voting in of a single new progressive candidate who was receptive to their pressure. Had his seat gone to a moderate, the jail plan may still be on track.
However you engage, see how you can get other people to engage with you. One of the great opportunities of electoral organizing is that it's where a lot of people get involved in organizing for the first time. I started this post talking about fear, and there is much to be afraid of. But we must keep in mind that white fear and the guns and policies that back it are what we are up against, and hope is a vital tool for overcoming it. There is tremendous opportunity in this moment, where white people are not just being galvanized by racist politicians, but also by the beautiful and ascendant social movements led by people of color. It's time for us to go boldly toward what we believe is necessary and possible. And to take as many people with us as we can.


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Author(s): Mirko Wegner, Ingo Helmich, Sergio Machado, Antonio E. Nardi, Oscar Arias-Carrion, Henning Budde. (Henning Budde) MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.
Anxiety and depression are the most frequently diagnosed psychological diseases showing a high co-morbidity. They have a severe impact on the lives of the persons concerned. Many meta-analytical studies suggested a positive anxiolytic and depression-reducing effect of exercise programs. The aim of the present article is to synthesize metaanalyses on the effects of exercise on anxiety and depression and to describe average effect sizes. For this purpose 37 meta-analyses were included reporting 50 effect sizes for anxiety scores of 42,264 participants and depression scores of 48,207 persons. The average documented anxiolytic effect of exercise in these reviews was small, 0.34. In contrast, the effect of exercise on depression was significantly higher and at a moderate level, 0.56. Data of randomized controlled trials suggest higher sizes for the effect of exercise on anxiety and depression leading to increases up to moderate and large effects, respectively. Additionally, exercise seems to be more beneficial for patients compared to participants within a non-clinical, normal range of psychological disease. Especially for the effect of exercise on anxiety, more high quality meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials are needed. Finally, possible neurobiological explanations are suggested for the positive effect of exercise on psychological disorders like anxiety and depression.
Keywords: Anxiety, depression, exercise, meta-analysis, mood, neurobiology.
Affiliation:(Henning Budde) MSH Medical School Hamburg, Am Kaiserkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.
Keywords:Anxiety, depression, exercise, meta-analysis, mood, neurobiology.
Abstract:Anxiety and depression are the most frequently diagnosed psychological diseases showing a high co-morbidity. They have a severe impact on the lives of the persons concerned. Many meta-analytical studies suggested a positive anxiolytic and depression-reducing effect of exercise programs. The aim of the present article is to synthesize metaanalyses on the effects of exercise on anxiety and depression and to describe average effect sizes. For this purpose 37 meta-analyses were included reporting 50 effect sizes for anxiety scores of 42,264 participants and depression scores of 48,207 persons. The average documented anxiolytic effect of exercise in these reviews was small, 0.34. In contrast, the effect of exercise on depression was significantly higher and at a moderate level, 0.56. Data of randomized controlled trials suggest higher sizes for the effect of exercise on anxiety and depression leading to increases up to moderate and large effects, respectively. Additionally, exercise seems to be more beneficial for patients compared to participants within a non-clinical, normal range of psychological disease. Especially for the effect of exercise on anxiety, more high quality meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials are needed. Finally, possible neurobiological explanations are suggested for the positive effect of exercise on psychological disorders like anxiety and depression.


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R.I.P Blake Edwards
Blake Edwards has died in southern California at the age of 88. Edwards died of complications from pneumonia on Wednesday at St John's Health Centre in Santa Monica, his publicist said.
His wife, the actress Julie Andrews, and other members of his family were at his side, Gene Schwam added.
Among the films Edwards directed were The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Victor/Victoria and 10. He never won an Academy Award for any of his films, but was given an honorary Oscar in 2004 for his "extraordinary body of work".
One of Hollywood's most successful specialists in comedy, Edwards was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1922 and started out as an actor. After appearing in about 30 films, he worked as a TV scriptwriter before becoming a director.
His first significant success came with the 1959 film Operation Petticoat, starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. He then charmed audiences with his adaptation of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, which gave Audrey Hepburn one of her most memorable roles.
In 1963, Edwards created one of film comedy's classic characters in The Pink Panther. After Peter Ustinov dropped out, Edwards persuaded Peter Sellers to play the accident-prone Inspector Clouseau.
His last major success came in 1982 with Victor/Victoria, a musical comedy that saw Julie Andrews play a woman who pretends to be a man masquerading as a woman.
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Obviously, things like motivation and speed are going to require more than one session of work. But with continued practice and reinforcement, I know this group has a successful agility future in store for them.
It was fun enjoying lovely weather learning new skills.
I hope everyone attending learned something new and helpful to use in their training sessions. In each of these workshops, we learned how to break down the process to a starting point with smaller incremental steps. Instead of rushing forward in training, it is important to provide the support your dog needs at the beginning. You will have greater success later if you can help your dog grasp the concept of speed, working away, and direction before you even start to worry about obstacle performance. The use of the clicker and rewards are invaluable for teaching and I was enlightened by possible applications that had never occurred to me.
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THE CHESTNUT HILL PRESERVE
Cross-posted from County Comments, Newsletter of the Civic League for NCC
By Vic Singer | A News Journal Aug 25 article erected a tombstone on the effort to force County or State government to buy the former Route 4 orphanage parcel -- "Chestnut Hill Preserve" -- for use as a public park. It was futile because standing law neither demands -- nor prohibits -- that outcome. The battle over the opposite situation -- what constitutes lawful and timely use of the parcel -- is about to begin.
The controlling law in New Castle County is the Unified Development Code, UDC, Chapter 40 of the County Code, enacted long ago by NCC Council. The "Intent" paragraph of UDC Article 1 and the "Purpose" paragraph of UDC Article 5 announce that the purpose of the UDC is to implement the County's Comprehensive Development Plan by establishing controls enabling development of parcels of land no worse than concurrently with the infrastructure needed to support the occupants of the parcels.
Section 40.01.015 "Intent" says: "This Chapter is intended to protect the interests of both current and future County residents and neighbors from the potential adverse impacts of land uses. At the same time, this Chapter is intended to respect landowners' rights to the beneficial use of their property. The regulations contained in this Chapter were designed to encourage greater flexibility and more development options while minimizing development impact on current property owners and the environment."
And Section 40.05.000 "Purpose" says: "This Article establishes the actual development capacity of individual sites based on current adequacy ("concurrency") of roads, water, sewers, and schools."
Section 40.05.000 continues as follows: "This Article requires an applicant for a rezoning, subdivision development plan or land development plan to conduct a carrying capacity analysis which regulates the maximum intensity of development based on actual infrastructure capacity. The carrying capacity analysis is designed to ensure that the public health, safety, welfare and quality of life of the citizens of this County are protected by preventing development from exceeding the existing carrying capacity of public facilities needed to sustain the proposed development."
Several varieties of infrastructure are listed in Section 40.05.000. Transportation system capacity is addressed as follows: "The County has numerous areas of congestion that may limit the development potential of a site. Each proposed development is allocated capacity based upon a traffic impact study for the proposed development. The allocation of this capacity sets a maximum development potential for each site." Later in the UDC, Section 40.11.210 establishes as the threshold of acceptability, the "D" Level of Service (LOS) in publicly sewered areas. It also provides that an intersection presently serving at the "E" LOS is acceptable if improvements already being constructed or covered by existing DelDOT contracts for construction will bring LOS to the "D" level.
The UDC's Section 40.11.000 states that "The purpose of this Article is to ensure that development occurs only where there are adequate transportation facilities in place, or programmed for construction. Transportation capacity is allocated to proposed land developments on a first come-first serve basis. The highway capacity shall be determined by a traffic impact study. No major land development or any rezoning shall be permitted if the proposed development exceeds the level of service standards set forth in this Article unless the traffic mitigation or the waiver provisions of this Article can be satisfied."
And the UDC's Division 40.11.100 requires that the applicant for a proposed development submit projected additional traffic on and off peak and describe existing conditions including LOS, to support determining whether a Traffic Impact Study, TIS, is needed. If 50 or fewer peak hour trips are to be added, a TIS isn't required. If more than 50 trips are projected, the applicant must submit a TIS covering a study area, area of influence, established in a Scoping Meeting under Section 40.11.122. The area of influence, under UDC Section 40.11.124, needn't extend beyond the third intersection in any direction from any access/egress feature of the proposed development unless the Land Use Department and/or DelDOT expand the scope at the scoping meeting.
For the Chestnut Hill Preserve TIS, DelDOT did indeed add six intersections to the TIS scope, to include the Route 4 intersections with Salem Church Road and Library Avenue. And a 9/9/2016 DelDOT letter (with copies to the LU Department) reminds the TIS author of that addition and acknowledges the author's and DelDOT's finding that both above-mentioned intersections would be well into the "E" LOS range, and that no remedial system improvements are contemplated. Yet DelDOT didn't object to the subject project proceeding. The obvious reason: the "D" LOS requirement is County law -- enacted by an elected legislative body. DelDOT's own requirement, perhaps less stringent, was given force by an appointed Secretary. Further, DelDOT has a lesser obligation to enforce County law than County staff has. So DelDOT has left enforcement of County law with the County's Land Use Department.
Upon a TIS finding of excessive traffic impact, the applicant has the option under UDC Section 40.11.150 to propose either a new plan or restrictions for the prior plan that would limit the impact to acceptable levels. Thereby, the proposed 265 dwelling unit project would be reduced to provide no more than 50 additional peak hour trips to the transportation system, perhaps 41 dwelling units (DU's).
Yet somehow, acting on the Land Use Department's recommendation, County Council approved recordation of the 265 DU subdivision plan. Responding to this author's prods starting 7/30/2017 on the basis for LU's recommendation, the Department requested a "legal review" regarding its execution of the UDC Article 11 requirements, and on 8/15/2017 advised that "the review concluded that the TIS is consistent with the requirements of the code." LU is concealing the rest of the results of the legal review. That's hard to explain unless the review advises the Department that it has no authority to disregard DelDOT's expansion of the TIS scope of the TIS because disregarding it amounts to a veto of law duly enacted over a decade ago by County Council. Not even the County Executive has such veto authority, and he's elected, not appointed.
It's appropriate for the Department to acknowledge its error in recommending recordation and to proceed according to standing law. LU can truthfully say that nobody bats 1000, and recognize that the story will sound much better if the folks who made the error tell about it. LU should get out in front on this -- by NOT issuing any building permits, just as UDC Section 40.11.000 demands when a valid TIS says the impact is excessive. Otherwise heads will probably roll.
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Glee Star Cory Monteith Is Dead
Glee star Cory Monteith has died at the age of 31. The actor, who shot to fame just four years ago as Finn Hudson on the Fox musical dramedy, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday, local police said. Authorities said Monteith's body was discovered in a room at the city's Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel Saturday morning. "When he missed his check-out time, staff went to the room at noon and found his body," according to a statement on the department's website, adding that "all indications are that there was no foul play."
Police said security camera footage shows that Monteith, a Canadian native, returned to his room "by himself in the early morning hours …[W]e believe he was alone when he died." Monteith didn't appear in the final two episodes of Glee last season, missing work in order to check into rehab for substance abuse in late March. Police did not reveal any cause of Monteith's death, saying an autopsy is scheduled for Monday.
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Bankruptcy is a final stage where a market subject exits the market due to its business failure. From a court's point of view, a bankruptcy law is actually the procedural and substantive law applied by the court while liquidating debtors. Courts pay great attention to the legislation and reform of bankruptcy laws. The Supreme People's Court of China participated actively in the formulation of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law and uses its practical experience to perfect the current bankruptcy system by adopting methods of judicial interpretation and case guidance.


Home » Knockloughrim Campus » Healthy Eating Week!
Healthy Eating week commenced on Monday 12th June 2017 and has been a major success due to a range of fun filled events and activities which have encouraged us all to eat more healthily, drink more water and become more active.
Primary and Year 8 planted baby tomatoes and rocket which was used to go on top of the pizza for Friday's Big Lunch. A big thank you to Miss Dain and Miss Curry who have made this week a great success.


With so many job opportunities, people will be keep changing from one job to another. This is obviously the right way to enhance one's career prospects. However, one should quit the previous job in the most dignified way by presenting the ex-employer with a well-written resignation letter. If you are not sure of how to write a professional sound letter, resignation letter samples can surely help you. These Sample Letters give you an idea of the segments that should be included.
As the name suggests, this sample letter comes in handy for a teacher who may be thinking of resigning from a job. The sample can give an idea of all the information that should be present in the letter.
You need to offer your previous employer a valid reason for quitting the job. In case, you are not sure how to do this, using this sample will surely simplify your task.
When you are thinking of resigning from your present job with a mere two week notice period, then this sample will give you an idea as to how to draft such a resignation letter. You can also see Formal Letter Formats.
This sample resignation letter comes in handy for a nurse who may be thinking of quitting her present job and moving to a new one. This gives her an idea as to how to draft a perfect resignation letter.
If you are thinking of submitting your resignation to your boss via email, then this sample letter is the perfect choice for you. It follows a format that is suitable for an email resignation. You may also see Letter of Recommendation Samples.
This is a standard format of a resignation letter and can be used by anyone irrespective of the nature of his or her job. It contains all the important segments that should be included in a resignation letter.
This resignation letter sample can be helpful in drafting a resignation letter if you are thinking of quitting your job to retire voluntarily from your work life.
What are the benefits of using Resignation Letter Samples?
These letters have been designed in such a way that you can easily make changes to them as per your needs and requirements. However, if you wish to use this just as they are, they would still work just as fine. You can also see Letter of Resignation Sample.
Need some help in drafting a resignation letter? Don't know where to seek help? Look no more. Just check out our varied collection of resignation letter examples. You are sure to find one that will be perfect for you. Easy to download and customize, you can write a perfect resignation letter in a jiffy. You may also see Letter of Resignation.


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Q: Latest version of Ajax Control toolkit loading 150 .axd files I have installed the latest version of Ajax Control Toolkit, it is loading 150 ScriptResource.axd files approx. which is taking long time to load which in turn is making my website very slow, please suggest how to overcome this issue?

A: The latest version of Ajax Control toolkit is loading all the scripts by default, you have to code manually so that you can load only the required scripts for the used controls on the page. For Achieving this functionality, you have to create AjaxControlToolkit.config to define the bundles which in turn can be used by the individual pages. Please follow the below links it explains all the functionality that is required by you:
http://stephenwalther.com/archive/2013/07/25/july-2013-release-of-the-ajax-control-toolkit
https://ajaxcontroltoolkit.codeplex.com/SourceControl/latest#SampleWebSites/AjaxControlToolkitSampleSite/AjaxControlToolkit.config

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Beakman's World: All About Electromagnets
Beakman explains what an electromagnet is and then creates a DIY electromagnet using a battery, magnet and wire.
National Geographic: Electromagnetism
Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. Learn about the relationship between electricity and magnetism, the different wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum, and how an invisible force protects our entire planet.
Science Max: Building an Electromagnet
Phil introduces the concept of electromagnets and explains the difference between them and regular magnets. He then demonstrates how to create a DIY electromagnet.
Beakman's World: The Wonder of Microwaves
Beakman explains how microwaves work by first explaining what electromagnetic energy is, that it travels in waves, and how to measure wavelength. He then using an animation clip to show how a microwave works to heat up water.
Beakman's World: History of Magnets
Beakman explains the history behind magnets and the difference between magnets and electromagnets. They then walk through making an electromagnet and demonstrate that the magnetic energy in the nail comes from the battery and isn't inherent in the nail. Beakman explains that the inherent energy separates electromagnets from regular magnets. Beakman then mentions some ways in which electromagnets are used in the world today.
Ocean's Eleven: The Pinch
The crew is trying to rob the Bellagio in Las Vegas, and Basher informs them that the only way to pull off the job is to use a "pinch." He describes the "pinch": an electromagnetic pulse that shuts down any power source within its blast radius. He describes the "pinch" as a nuclear bomb without the destruction to make it more concrete.
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coin sorter
This clip takes apart a coin sorter and explains how the inside of it works. It uses electromagnets, currents, and disturbances in magnetic fields to determine the amount of metal in the coin.
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Scott explains and demonstrates electromagnetism and electric force fields to Joyce.
The Big Bang Theory: Helium Prank
magnetic poles
Sheldon is invited to explain magnetic monopoles to the listeners of the NPR radio channel, and Barry Kripke takes this opportunity to pull a prank on him. Sheldon explains that ordinary magnets have two poles: a north and south. He mentions that cutting a magnet in half would not create a monopole; rather, it would create two smaller magnets, each with its own pole.
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Research programme Talent 25 is helping foster creativity in babies and families
Midlands Enterprise Universities > Homepage News > Research programme Talent 25 is helping foster creativity in babies and families
Liz Clark is the artist in residence for Talent 25, a unique research programme which aims to explore the effect that regular exposure to arts and creativity has on children's development. The joint project, between De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) and Arts Council England, will follow children for 25 years.
At the moment, the children are at the very beginning of their journey. All of them in sessions are aged one or under.
They attend the sessions every week for eight weeks, before going on to the next sessions, co-creating their own art work with different artists who range from painters to musicians.
Liz believes movement is the way most children first begin to communicate with the world around them.
"The most important thing to a baby is their parent or carer and their relationship with that person. Some of our biggest lightbulb moments come when the adults tune in to their babies and really discover what their babies are telling them.
"I'm trying to take the families on a journey to feeling confident about the arts as a positive, life-enhancing experience for their children. The best way I can do that is to give them a meaningful experience themselves, to feel that intrinsic joy and connection.
"One of the things that is brilliant about working with this age group is that they are already incredibly creative. Children are born exploring and discovering – this programme tap into this innate abilites to explore and discover."
Liz said she cannot wait until the Talent 25 creative sessions resume later this year, following the extended Leicester lockdown. Parents and carers have told researchers that taking part in Talent 25 has helped them cope while at home by thinking more creatively.
"Parents have told me that they look forward to the sessions. They have unhurried time with their children, and they have told me that it helps their mental wellbeing too."
You never know quite what to expect from a creative movement session with artist Liz. One week you could be surrounded by thousands of feathers, the next have be elbows-deep in messy clay and then immersed in shiny, glittering materials. As a specialist community dance practitioner, and one of the few who specialise in working with under 4s, it's her role to create environments and activities where babies, their parents or carers experience imaginative, creative play.
As Liz explains: "Play is a very complicated endeavour and much research has gone into understanding children's creative play. Exploring and being imaginative are children's primary means of learning. Babies communicate through sound and movement, so a lot of the activities we plan are to bring as many different sensory experiences as possible.
"We are creating a lot of artistic invitations that the babies respond to. I use my skills as an artist to see what they respond to and build on that."
Families with a baby aged one or under in September are invited to be part of the next cohort to take part in Talent 25. Those wishing to participate can log on to the website here.
Posted byRebecca Hardiman
Tags:Children's development, creativity, De Montfort University, DMU, Talent 25
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Looking for New York Islanders vs. Pittsburgh Penguins free hockey plays & Stanley Cup Playoff Odds? NHL betting sees the Islanders taking on the Penguins on Sunday April 14th at the PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh. Cappers Picks provides complimentary expert handicapping playoff picks on all NHL Hockey playoff games so stay tuned for more FREE daily NHL hockey predictions like this Penguins-Islanders matchup.
In the first two games of this series the Islanders were able to come away with the victory.
The New York Islanders are the higher seeded team and that allowed them to play the first two games of this series at home, even though many expected the Penguins to dominate the series.
So far though it looks like the Islanders are the better team, and they come into this game with a 2-0 series lead. In the last game they only gave up one goal and that led to an easy victory.
In this game on the road the defense is going to need to be strong again. If the defense is good they should at least compete for another big upset in this game.
On the other side of this matchup is the Pittsburgh Penguins who need to treat this like a must win game, because a loss here probably means the end of their season.
In the first two games they have looked lost and in five of the six periods the offense has really struggled and that needs to change in this game.
PIT are 27-10 in their last 37 Sun. games.
Look for the Islanders to come out with a victory in a low scoring game. They are a great value, especially at this price.


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Q: Is their any way to call ember-selectize action into controller? I am new to ember development. I have to call action on the ember-selectize,
but I am not getting where to write that action code?
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          content = studentNames
          optionValuePath = "content.id"
          optionLabelPath = "content.name"
          placeholder = "Select a name"
          select-item=(action 'displayStudentName')
       }}

//Can we write the method displayStudentName in controller?
Thanks!

A: For select-item you only have to pass in the name of the action as a string.
select-item='displayStudentName'


Those old enough to remember the three-day week of the 1970s will also perhaps remember the strikes and chaos so evident in the beleaguered car industry of the time. With weak management and over-powerful unions, the car manufacturers got into an appalling state, producing cars of astonishingly poor quality. It was not uncommon for cars to roll off the end of the production line without, for example, head-lights or other major parts. A majority of cars had to be fixed post-production in the QA process. This was, of course, massively inefficient and led ultimately to the collapse of the UK-owned car industry.
Over the subsequent 40 years the UK car industry has quietly rebuilt itself under foreign ownership. The strikes of the 1970s are long forgotten and James May's recent TV series inside the BMW Mini plant near Oxford showed a smart, productive environment focussed on operational excellence and efficiency.
So what has changed in those intervening 40 years? One of the major changes was the introduction of policies like "Kaizen". This is a policy developed post-war in Japan and is the practice of continuous improvement in an organisation. It involves every employee in the effort to find ways of improving the product or the processes used in production. The organisation is geared around the expectation that everyone from the cleaner to the CEO must be contributing ideas towards efficiencies, quality improvements, cleanliness and organisation. A key tenet of this policy is that there are no negative consequences for people making suggestions and it is common to pay bonuses for ideas that are taken up.
When you are developing a strategy like this it is worthwhile understanding the bigger picture of what you are trying to achieve compared to your competitors. Understanding your focus will help you to shape the strategy but it will also subsequently help to shape the marketing message that accompanies it. Kaizen is, of course, all to do with operational excellence – winning over the competition by getting super-efficient at making and delivering your product or service. If you are chasing operational excellence, then the product doesn't have to be particularly different or unique, but you win hands down because you are so good at making it well and delivering it to the customer quickly and efficiently.
Amazon is another shining example of this. It has reformed the way we shop by producing a sophisticated online sales tool and faster delivery than its competitors ever dreamt of. It is uncompromising in chasing operational excellence in every corner of what it does, and we respond to that by flocking there in our droves to buy everything you can possibly imagine.
Is operational excellence in your strategy? And if it is – are you uncompromising in your pursuit of it? And do you encourage everyone in your organisation to participate?
If you are interested in learning more about strategic themes like operational excellence, then you may be interested in our Strategic Thinking and Decision Making course.


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Q: Admob ads won't display because of missing permissions I am using Unity3d 4.5.5f1 and I followed this tutorial in order to add Admob ads into my android game.
http://youtu.be/kBRb9ba71qI
I then build my app and install it into my android phone and it says "Missing internet permission in AndroidManifest.xml." even though I have the permissions in there.
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I have the AndroidManifest.xml inside Assets/Plugins and this is how it looks like.
http://www.mediafire.com/view/vfvwcmyrngie0cu/androidmanifest.txt
I just can not seem to figure this out, any help will be appreciated.

A: Like LearnCocos2D said, you should try to clean your project. In Android Studio you can choose "Build > Clean Project", in Eclipse it should be something similar. I would have posted this as a comment, but I don't have the rep ;)

A: I figured it out, the problem was that I was putting the AndroidManifest.xml inside Assets/Plugins when it should be in Assets/Plugins/Android. I feel so dumb for wasting hours and hours trying to figure out such a simple mistake.


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/*
	Gazebo plugin loaded into an empty world to make it easy add in many distinguishable drone models

	The mavlink interface in sitl_gazebo listens for messages on a random port
	and sends messages to the given config port (default 14560). Likewise the PX4
	simulator module be default listens for messages on 14560
*/

#include <sdf/sdf.hh>
#include "gazebo/gazebo.hh"
#include "gazebo/common/Plugin.hh"
#include "gazebo/msgs/msgs.hh"
#include "gazebo/physics/physics.hh"
#include "gazebo/transport/transport.hh"

#include "spawn.pb.h"

#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <streambuf>
#include <sys/wait.h>

#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

typedef const boost::shared_ptr<const tansa::msgs::SpawnRequest> SpawnRequestPtr;
typedef const boost::shared_ptr<const gazebo::msgs::Pose> PosePtr;

namespace gazebo {
	class SwarmPlugin : public WorldPlugin {
	public:
		void Load(physics::WorldPtr _parent, sdf::ElementPtr _sdf) {

			node = transport::NodePtr(new transport::Node());
			world = _parent;

			node->Init(world->GetName());
			spawnSub = node->Subscribe("~/spawn", &SwarmPlugin::spawn_callback, this);

			requestPub = node->Advertise<gazebo::msgs::Request>("~/request");

		}

		void spawn_callback(SpawnRequestPtr &msg) {

			world->SetPaused(true);

			stop_sitl();

			// Figure out what to do with existing models in the world
			int nexist = 0;
			for(physics::ModelPtr m : world->GetModels()) {
				std::string name = m->GetName();
				if(strncmp(name.c_str(), "vehicle_", 8) == 0) {
					// TODO: This doesn't work
					// See issue: https://bitbucket.org/osrf/gazebo/issues/1629/removing-model-from-plugin-crashes-with
					//world->RemoveModel(models[i]);

					int num = atoi(name.c_str() + 8);
					if(num < msg->vehicles_size()) { // Reuse it
						const tansa::msgs::SpawnRequest_Vehicle &v = msg->vehicles(num);
						m->SetRelativePose(math::Pose(
							v.pos().x(),
							v.pos().y(),
							v.pos().z(),
							v.orient().x(),
							v.orient().y(),
							v.orient().z()
						));
						nexist++;
					}
					else { // Delete it
						msgs::Request *msg = gazebo::msgs::CreateRequest("entity_delete", name);
						requestPub->Publish(*msg, true);
					}
				}
			}

			std::ifstream t(msg->sdf_file());
			std::string str((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(t)), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());

			sdf::SDF file;
			file.SetFromString(str);

			sdf::ElementPtr root = file.Root();
			sdf::ElementPtr model = root->GetFirstElement();
			sdf::ElementPtr pose = model->AddElement("pose");

			// Finding a reference to the plugin which handles mavlink
			sdf::ElementPtr plugin = model->GetElement("plugin");
			while(plugin->GetAttribute("name")->GetAsString() != "mavlink_interface") {
				plugin = plugin->GetNextElement("plugin");
			}

			if(!plugin) {
				// Couldn't find it
			}

			sdf::ElementPtr port = plugin->GetElement("mavlink_udp_port");

			for(int i = nexist; i < msg->vehicles_size(); i++) {
				const tansa::msgs::SpawnRequest_Vehicle &v = msg->vehicles(i);

				model->GetAttribute("name")->Set("vehicle_" + std::to_string(i));

				std::string p = std::to_string(v.pos().x()) + " " +
								std::to_string(v.pos().y()) + " " +
								std::to_string(v.pos().z()) + " " +
								std::to_string(v.orient().x()) + " " +
								std::to_string(v.orient().y()) + " " +
								std::to_string(v.orient().z());

				pose->Set<std::string>(p);
				port->Set<int>(14561 + 10*i);
				world->InsertModelSDF(file);
			}

			world->SetPaused(false);

			start_sitl(msg->vehicles_size(), msg->rcs_file().c_str());
		}

		void stop_sitl() {
			if(sitl_process == 0)
				return;

			kill(sitl_process, SIGINT);
			waitpid(sitl_process, NULL, 0);
		}

		void start_sitl(int n, const char *rcs_file) {
			int p = fork();
			if(p == 0) { // Child
				char *const bash = (char *const) "/bin/bash";
				char *const script = (char *const) "scripts/start_many_instances.sh";
				char num[16];
				strcpy(num, std::to_string(n).c_str());

				char file[1024];
				strcpy(file, rcs_file);

				char *const argv[] = { bash, script, num, file, NULL};

				execv(bash, argv);

				exit(0);
				return;
			}

			sitl_process = p;
		}

	private:

		transport::NodePtr node;
		transport::SubscriberPtr spawnSub;
		transport::PublisherPtr requestPub;
		physics::WorldPtr world;

		transport::SubscriberPtr world_sub;

		int sitl_process = 0;

	};

	// Register this plugin with the simulator
	GZ_REGISTER_WORLD_PLUGIN(SwarmPlugin)
}


A song of death and salvation.
This is my favourite song out of Josh Garrels' latest album, Home. From the first I heard those melancholy lyrics, I thought it was a song of the Prodigal Son, on the way back to God, longing and hoping for salvation and renewal. The lyrics don't entirely match, but that was the strong, first impression.
But now, when I watched this new music video and actually read the words, it struck me that it's also a song about death and remembrance. A son returning home to visit the grave of a long passed father, saying a final goodbye again.
The beauty of Garrels' music is that there are different ways of interpreting his lyrics, and each reveals a different facet of God and faith in God. It's one, and it's also the other.
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Number of daily video views on Facebook grows to 4 billion
April 24, 2015 by Esther Koudijs
The number of video views on Facebook has grown to 4 billion per day. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed the numbers at the presentation of the quarterly numbers from the social networking site. The number of users active in the past month, rose to 1.44 billion.
Three quarters of video views on the social network comes from mobile users. In September last year, it was reported that Facebook still showed more than 1 billion videos every day to users; now there are 4 billion. The network counts a view if a user has seen at least three seconds of a video.
The quarterly report show that the number of daily active users, on average, increased to 936 million. That's 46 million more than in the previous quarter. By far the most daily active users use Facebook through a mobile device: nearly 800 million.
Revenues for the first quarter of 2015 was 3.5 billion dollars. Especially sales grew from mobile ads. The company made about $ 509 million quarterly profit.
Facebook introduced in 2013 autoplay videos in the timeline.
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