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The 200 Best Maps of 2013
For centuries New Year's Eve has been known as a time of quite reflection. A time when people around the world spend a quiet abstemious night in perusing over old maps.
This year, for your night of quiet study, you are spoilt for choice, as 2013 proved to be an epic year in the world of interactive mapping. Not only did we see some epic maps this year, we also saw the world of neo-geography move firmly onto the center stage of the online zeitgeist. Which means that this year you have a great choice of 'Maps of the Year' posts from across the internet.
Here are just a few of my favorite lists of Maps of the Year that I have come across in the last couple of weeks:
Gizmodo -You Are Here: The 13 Best Maps of 2013
Wired - The Most Amazing, Beautiful and Viral Maps of the Year
The Atlantic Cities - Our Favorite Maps of 2013
Cartonerd - Favourite Maps from 2013
If that wasn't enough to whet your mapping appetite you should also check out Google Maps Mania's bumper edition of the 200 Best Maps of 2013.
If you are planning on breaking with tradition, and are about to head out for an evening on the tiles, may I suggest that you bookmark this post and come back tomorrow.
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Mapping the Odyssey
Over the centuries there have been numerous attempts to map the fictional locations in Homer's Odyssey to real-world locations. It is no surprise then that some modern readers have decided to use the tools of modern interactive internet maps to attempt to map Odysseus' journey in Homer's epic tale.
While the locations used in such map depictions are purely a matter of conjecture the maps themselves are interesting attempts to use modern technologies to present this epic story in a new way.
Odysseus' Journey is an ESRI map of Homer's Odyssey. The map locates Odysseus' journey in locations on the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. On the otherhand this MapTales map of The Odyssey places the locations around the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas.
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Labels: bookmaps
Map Your State Senator
The Senate Address Geo-coding Engine (SAGE) is a Google Maps based application and API that is designed to provide voters with easy access to information about New York State districts and representatives.
Enter an address into the District Lookup and you can view the state district that the address falls within and discover the State Senator for the district. The senator who represents the district is displayed in the map sidebar. Beneath the listed senator you can view the state senators for the surrounding districts.
Map Your Representatives is a handy application that helps you find out who your political representatives are, from local councilor up to the President himself, simply by clicking on a Google Map.
Enter your zip-code or address into the search bar and a pin will be dropped on your location. The page will then automatically scroll down to reveal all your local political representatives.
The map itself includes an attractive mask that creates a circular map. If you pan the map around the map marker remains in the center of the map and not on your searched for location. Simply click on the 'Update Location' button and the political representatives for the new location will be displayed on the map.
Labels: elections, New York, USA
The Happy New Year Twitter Map
This New Year's Eve you can watch the world celebrate for 24 hours, from Australia to Hawaii, on the #happynewyear tweetmap.
The #happynewyear tweetmap is a Google Map displaying Twitter messages around the world containing the hashtag 'happynewyear'. You don't even have to wait until New Year's Eve to visit the map as people around the world are already wishing each other a happy new year.
The map uses a neat marker clustering solution that shows the number of Twitter messages at different locations. You can zoom in on the map to view the individual markers. You can also view all the posted Tweets as a heat map to see where in the world Twitter users are posting the most 'happy new year' messages.
The site also includes a number of continually updating statistics on the number of #happynewyear Tweets sent around the world and the number of those Tweets that are geo-tagged.
Labels: Twitter
The Bike Routes of San Francisco
Cyclodeo has arrived in San Francisco. Cyclodeo is a really useful application that enables cyclists to preview a route on a Google Map and on video before undertaking the journey by bike.
This means Cyclodeo's mapped videos of cycle routes are now available in New York, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Eindhoven and San Francisco. The new San Francisco coverage includes 92 routes representing close to 150 km of the city's roads.
Here are some direct links to a few of the best new videos of San Francisco cycle routes:
Point Lobos Avenue
Laguna St (starting a 02:35)
Labels: Bike Routes, San Francisco
Where's this Street View from?
GeoGuessr has to be one of the most popular and shared Google Maps based applications of 2013. Map Tag is a new Street View game that pretty much follows the same format.
In the game you are shown a Street View image of a random location around the world and you have to guess the correct location by clicking on a Google Map. You are then awarded points based on how near you were to the actual location.
Map Tag has a very neat and simple function to create your own Map Tag game using your own favorite Street View images. To create a quick game you just need to click on the location, drop pegman onto the map and find your Street View. You are then given a link to your game that you can share with family and friends.
Labels: games, Street View
Historical Maps in the Digital Age
Charles O. Paullin and John K. Wright's Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States was first published in 1932. The Atlas contained nearly 700 maps covering a vast range of social, economic and political aspects of life in the Untied States.
Most map fans will probably be familiar with at least some of the maps featured in this comprehensive Atlas of life in America. For example Paullin and Wright's maps of rates of travel, which show how long it took to travel from New York to other locations throughout America at various points in its history, are reproduced to this day.
The University of Richmond's Digital Scholarship Lab has now released an awesome online interactive showcase of the nearly 700 maps in the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States. All of the maps have been made interactive and overlaid on the modern map of the United States (using Leaflet). Not only can you view all the maps using the zooming and panning tolls familiar to online map platforms but the University of Richmond has added a number of interactive features that update these historical maps for the digital age.
So, for example, the rates of travel maps can be queried by location. Mouse-over any of the rates of travel maps and you can view the distance from New York at that location and the estimated historical travel time. Or check out the historical maps of election results. Not only can you view each of the maps overlaid on the Leaflet interface but you can animate through the whole series of election results maps from 1789 to 1927.
Labels: history maps, USA
Thingful is a rare example of an interactive map made from Nokia map tiles. The map itself shows the location of thousands of internet connected devices around the world, including energy monitors, weather stations, pollution sensors, geiger counters and shipping containers.
You can search the map for connected devices by location and filter the results shown on the map by category. If you select a marker on the map you can click through to read more about the selected device and to view the device's live feed.
A Google Map of Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
The Digitized Medieval Manuscripts Map is a Google Map showing the location of libraries around the world in possession of digitized medieval manuscripts.
Every marker on the map represents a library. Clicking on the marker opens an information window with the institution's name and a link to the digitized manuscripts available. If you select the 'about' link above the map you can also view a heat map of the libraries and the original data.
Labels: history maps
Where America's Uninsured Live
The New York Times has released a Google Maps based visualization of the insured and uninsured in America. The Mapping Uninsured Americans uses census data released on December 17th to show where the uninsured live.
Users can mouse-over any county on the map to view the percentage of the population without insurance and the percentages with public and private insurance. If you zoom in on the map you can view the data for each census tract.
A number of quick links beneath the map provide the user with the option to instantly zoom to a number of major US cities.
Labels: economy, USA
The Prettiest Map of the Year
Mapping the Sea is a gorgeous interactive map of the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides.
The map was created by artist Stephen Hurrel and social ecologist Ruth Brennan. For the map local school pupils interviewed local fishermen and older inhabitants of the island. The map explores the rich cultural knowledge of the islanders, particularly in relation to the seas around the island.
The map features a number of interactive markers that allow you to explore photos of Barra and audio-clips that allow you to listen to the tales of the islanders directly from the map.
Labels: Sound Maps, UK
Liberté, Fraternité & Non Égalité
This French Revenue map shows the geographical distribution of high and low earners in France based on the country's tax returns.
The map appears to show a concentration of higher earners in the north-east, whilst lower earners seem more concentrated in the south-west. Zooming in on Paris the map also effectively visualizes the concentration of low earners in the Saint-Denis northern suburb.
The data for the map comes from 2010 tax returns.
Labels: economy, France
We've featured a lot of Carto DB Torque powered maps in the last month. This animated map of the geography of 400,000 hours of TV news is among the most interesting.
The Internet Archive geo-coded 400,000 hours of U.S. television news and mapped the locations mentioned in each report. The Animated Geography of TV News map animates through the locations mentioned in the news providing a great visualization of the countries and areas that receive the most attention and the areas which are neglected by American news (sorry Africa).
I love the slide control in the maps featured in this Urban Institute interactive. Washington DC - Our Changing City is a report on the population changes happening in Washington DC.
The interactive report includes a series of maps comparing population and demographic changes in the American capital between 2000 and 2010. Each map includes a slide control that allows the user to swipe across the map to compare the differences in dot maps from the year 2000 and 2010.
I've seen this type of slide control used before to compare before and after photographs. For example, I used a similar control to compare aerial imagery from before and after the 2011 tornado in Tuscaloosa. However this is the first time I've seen a slide control used to compare two different map layers.
Johannes Gutenberg's invention of mechanical movable type printing in the 15th century was probably the most important discovery in the modern age. Gutenberg's invention arguably kick-started the Renaissance and undoubtedly led to the spread of learning among the general population in Europe.
The Atlas of Early Printing is a Google Map charting the spread of printing, from Gutenberg's first movable type printer in 1452 in Mainz to the rest of Europe by the end of the 15th century. The map includes a timeline that allows you to visualize the rise of printing presses throughout Europe over the course of the 15th century.
If you are bored at school don't just sit there mindlessly staring into space, get your phone out and share your boredom with the rest of the world.
The Real Time #Bored in School Map is a real-time map showing Tweets by schoolkids who are bored in class. Since the map went live on the 16th December there has been over 43,000 bored Tweets. That is a lot of bored students.
As well as the map of live Tweets the app keeps a running total of the number of 'bored' messages and a live line chart of the number of Tweets made over the last hour.
Labels: Sunday Best
How the World Celebrates Christmas
Google's countdown to their live Santa Tracker today features a neat map that provides information on Christmas traditions around the world.
Click on one of the marked countries on the map and you can learn all about how the people celebrate Christmas. For example, have you heard of the Christmas Cat in Iceland who eats you if you are not equipped for the cold Christmas weather.
Reddit user rappzula has also created a couple of Christmas themed maps. Who Brings Gift to Europe? shows you the name of Santa Claus (or equivalent) in each European country. Did you know that children in Finland get their presents from the Yule Goat?
Where Does Christmas Come From? is a map of translations and the etymology of the word 'Christmas' in different European countries. For example 'Christmas, or Christ's Mass, comes from the Dutch 'Kersmisse'.
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Mapping Global Urbanization
One of the biggest social changes around the world in the last two hundred years has been the continued shift in populations from rural areas to towns and cities. The global rise in urbanization is an ongoing process and is predicted to continue in the 21st Century.
The UNICEF Urban Population Map is a fascinating visualization of the rise of urbanization around the world since 1950. It also visualizes the continued predicted rise until 2050. Countries are represented on the graphic by circles, which are scaled in proportion to the size of the urban population. The color of the circles reflect the percentage of the population living in urban areas.
As you play the animation the circles grow and change in color as urban populations increase around the world over time and the color of the circles change as the percentages of countries' populations living in towns and cities grow.
Public Rest Rooms on your Route
The Australian Government's Department of Social Services as part of the National Continence Program has released the National Public Toilet Map. The map provides information on over 16,000 public toilets with information about accessibility, opening hours and facilities, such as showers & baby change.
The National Toilet Map uses the Google Maps API to allow Australians to search for nearby public toilets by location and by the facilities offered. The National Public Toilet Map also allows users to plan a driving trip with available public toilets displayed along the route.
Labels: Australia
Explore the Golden Gate National Park
The Golden Gate National Park Conservancy website has relaunched with some great looking new Google Maps of the park and the park's trails.
The 'Big Map' includes data from a number of sources, including the Parks Conservancy, the Presidio Trust, San Francisco State University and the California Protected Areas Database. The map shows points on interest throughout the park, such as restrooms, cafes, overlook viewpoints and visitor centers. The icons for the overlooks even point in the direction of the view available.
As well as the 'Big Map' the Golden Gates National Park Conservancy website features smaller maps throughout and a new Trails page. The trails page allows hikers to search for trails by level of difficulty and view detailed maps of the trails, which include synchronized elevation charts.
The Top Five History Maps of 2013
Tacky's Rebellion, was an uprising of black African slaves that occurred in Jamaica in May, June and July 1760. The Jamaican Slave Revolt Map tells the story of the revolt, and its brutal suppression by the British Army.
Using contemporary accounts the map animates through the important events and locations in the rebellion and subsequent suppression. A number of eighteenth-century maps were used to create the terrain map and the places map, which form the base maps for the narration.
The Jamaican Slave Revolt map was created by Vincent Brown, Professor of History and African and African-American Studies at Harvard University. Brown says that "the map suggests an argument about the strategies of the rebels and the tactics of counterinsurgency, about the importance of the landscape to the course of the uprising".
One of the best history maps I saw this year is this ESRI map displaying the Decisive Moments in the Battle of Gettysburg. The map shows troop movements and the development of the battle during July 1 – 3, 1863.
The map tiles are based on an 1874 map of the area and also present-day digital data. The troop positions are determined from historical maps. The map also includes an interactive time-line that allows the user to view the development of the battle over the whole three days.
This year saw the 70th anniversary of the World War II Dambuster raids. On 16–17 May 1943 an attack on German dams, carried out by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", used a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis.
To commemorate the anniversary the BBC put together an interactive map that retraces the mission. The interactive uses a hand-drawn map from the official June 1943 British Air Ministry report on the Dambusters raid. The map shows the routes taken by the planes, the location of the planes that crashed and the location of the German dams.
The Vilnius Ghetto was a Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. During the two years of its existence, starvation, disease, street executions, maltreatment and deportations to concentration camps and extermination camps reduced the population of the ghetto from an estimated 40,000 to zero.
Exploring the Vilnius Ghetto: A Digital Monument is a Leaflet powered map that shows over two hundred points of historical significance, pulled from memoirs, archives, original Ghetto documents and artifacts, and oral and historical accounts. Users can explore the map on their own, using filters to find places and events of interest; or they can follow built-in stories.
What did teenagers do before cell phones, video games and the internet? I know - they made maps.
At least that what Frances Alsop Henshaw was doing in the 1820's. Henshaw's 'Book of Penmanship Executed at the Middlebury Female Academy' contains a number of hand-drawn maps of nineteenth century America.
Neatline.org has used its map timeline tool to create an interactive presentation of Henshaw's beautiful hand-drawn maps. 'Inventing the Map': Frances Henshaw's Book of Penmanship uses the Google Maps API to overlay Henshaw's nineteenth century maps on today's map of America.
The accompanying text for each map places Henshaw's map exercises into the context of her education and the particular influence of educational reformer Emma Willard.
Mapping Britain's Bad Drivers
The UK's Road Justice and Cyclists' Defence Fund have teamed up to provide a Google Map showing where the country's car drivers have the highest levels of driver penalty points. Where is Road Traffic Enforcement Working? shades postcode areas based on the percentage of drivers who have received penalty points on their licences in the area.
Glasgow, Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Liverpool are the areas where car drivers have accumulated the most points. Of course this doesn't necessarily mean that these areas have the worst drivers in the UK. The high percentage of drivers with penalty points in these postcodes could instead be the result of the local police enforcing road traffic laws more rigorously than elsewhere in the country.
Labels: crimemaps, UK
What Australians Think
During this year's Australian General Election the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched the Vote Compass application to poll Australian voters on a number of questions about Australian life and the policies of the Australian political parties.
They received more than 1.4 million responses on a wide range of questions and have now released a Google Maps based visualization of Australians' answers on a wide range of socio-political questions. The ABC What Voters Think application uses Google Maps to present the results of the poll on a state-by-state basis.
The application allows users to select from the questions asked in the poll and to view a heat map of the answers given by states and mainland territory.
The Too Cool for School Map
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The 10 Funniest Maps of the Year
Ah, December. The month of the year when every blog around the world begins publishing its annual reviews of the year in a desperate attempt to boost traffic. Google Maps Mania is of course no different and at this time of the year I normally list my favorite maps of the year.
This year I've decided to break down the maps into a number of categories, so my Christmas listicles this year will be the listicles that just keep giving. To start off here are the 10 Funniest Maps of the Year.
For this category I've selected the maps that have given me the most fun. If you disagree with my choice don't be afraid to use the comments to tell me where I've gone wrong.
1. The Vaguely Rude Map
From Fucking in Austria to the Bald Knob in Arkansas the world is full of some surprisingly rude place names. The Vaguely Rude Map is a faithful compendium and atlas of rude place names around the world.
2. The Autocomplete Map
The USA and Saudi Arabia are evil, the UK is finished and of course Greece is the word. If you want to know what the English speaking world thinks of your country just use Google or Yahoo and autocomplete will do its best to tell you. The Autocomplete Map is a Google Map of sometimes funny and sometimes insulting Google autocomplete suggestions for countries, states and cities around the world.
3. Yarr, Pirate Maps
Ahoy mateys, Yarr, Pirate Maps is one damned clever map. Yarr, Pirate Maps is a Google Map but it uses a few clever tricks to create a distinct pirate themed design, complete with animated waves, birds and pirate ships.
4. NukeMap3D
Alex Wellerstein's NukeMap has proved to be a very popular Google Maps mashup. The application allows users to view the likely effect of different sized nuclear explosions on any location in the world, using Google Maps.
Much of its popularity comes from the fun of blowing places up on a map. I mean what could be more fun than that? Blowing things up in 3d - that's what. Alex Wellerstein's new app, NukeMap3D lets you do just that.
5. Superfreedraw
Superfreedraw uses Leaflet to provide a blank map, on which anyone is free to draw a big penis or write 'Yo Momma'.
Some of the user contributions might not be very clever but this is a very clever use of Leaflet. I also like the fact that Superfreedraw publish the map tile data once a month. I'm not sure why anyone would want these user contributed drawings as a map tile set but it is a nice touch.
6. Graffit Map
Why draw on a map though when you can draw on Street View? Graffit Map is a fun Street View application that allows you to add graffiti to Google's panoramic imagery.
The app allows you to select any location where Street View is available and draw directly on top of the Street View image. Users can select the brush size and color of their spray can and then start adding their tags to the world.
7. Can You Spot the Northampton Clown?
This year UsvsTh3m created a number of fun Street View games. One game was designed to scare the living bejesus out of unfortunate Coulrophobia sufferers. Can You Spot the Northampton Clown? requires you to take to the streets of an English town on Google Maps Street View and track down a clown who is terrorizing the local inhabitants.
8. Map of the Dead
Just in case the zombie apocalypse starts tonight you might want to bookmark the Map of the Dead.
Just enter your address into Map the Dead and you are presented with a handy map displaying the zombie danger zones around your home. The map also displays nearby places that are likely to have resources to help you survive once the zombies begin to take control.
It is highly likely that the internet will not survive the rise of the dead so you are advised to print out your personalized Map of the Dead and store it in a secure location.
9. Weird British Road Names
The Vaguely Rude Places map obviously titillated more than a few people around the world. However not everyone has such a puerile sense of humour. Therefore if you are irritated by 'Sandy Balls' you might prefer instead to visit the Weird British Road Names map.
Weird British Road Names is a collection of some of the strangest monikers to be given to UK streets and roads. Some of them are truly strange, some are rude, whilst others are simply wonderful. After all who wouldn't want to live in a road called the Land of Green Ginger.
10. Metropho.rs
Metropho.rs is a map of the world where each country has been renamed based on metaphors used in Twitter - where one country has been described as being like another country or geographical location.
For example, according to Collin Jo, "Africa is the Cleveland, Ohio of the entire planet". Therefore on Metropho.rs Africa has been renamed Cleveland. You can click on the map labels to read the original Twitter country comparison.
Mapping European Data Privacy
After this year's revelations about the NSA's surveillance of European citizens' phone calls and e-mail and its bugging of European leaders, you would have thought that the Europeans would be pretty keen on firming up their data privacy laws. Well if you though that you would have been wrong.
According to LobbyPlag most European countries don't support new data privacy laws. The European Union is currently negotiating new data privacy laws which will replace all existing national laws on data privacy. LobbyPlag is mapping and tracking support and opposition to the new data privacy proposals across the EU.
The map shows in red those countries that are against more data privacy and in green those in favour. Users can click on each of the countries to discover which of their MEP's are most against more data privacy and which are most in favour.
Labels: News Maps
The United States of Lego
Well, well, well, here's the second LEGO related post of the day. Anyone would think Christmas was on the way.
The United States of Lego is an ESRI map with, you guessed it, some awesome LEGO map tiles. And there's more. Not only is this map of the USA made entirely from LEGO's colored bricks each state on the map features its very own LEGO diorama.
If you like the dioramas you can even purchase a print from Jeff Fiesen's Brick Fantastic website.
Labels: USA
The CERN Super Collider Scavenger Hunt
This year Google Maps released Street View imagery of the Hadron Collider at CERN. In anticipation of the arrival of Google Maps CERN hid LEGO® figurines around the centre.
You can now enter CERN's Scavenger Hunt. If you can find three of the figurines by searching around CERN on Street View you'll be entered to win a gift of your choice from the CERN Gift Guide. Unfortunately a Super Collider isn't one of the prizes but there are a number of goodies on offer that you just might win.
Hat-tip: Google Street View World
Labels: competition, Street View
The Geography of TV News
I have seen a lot of Carto DB Torque powered maps in the last month. This animated map of the geography of 400,000 hours of TV news is among the most interesting.
Labels: TVMaps
When Should We Meet?
Over the years we've seen a few Google Maps that help friends or business collegues find the best place to meet based on a number of different locations. Mezzoman is a good example of this kind of map. Give Mezzoman up to four different starting points and it will work out the midway point between the locations and a number of recommended venues for your meeting.
These days however meetings take place more and more often by teleconference. What these type of meetings need is help with planning the time of the meeting, especially if the participants are dispersed across different time-zones.
World Meeting Time is a handy Google Map that can help you work out what the time is around the world for each participant in a planned meeting. All you have to do is drop pins on the map to set the location of everyone in your planned meeting.
If you then set the first participant's reference time the times for all the other participants are automatically displayed. Adjust the time of the meeting and all the times are automatically updated to show what the time will be for everyone in the planned meeting.
Have you sent your Street View Christmas cards yet?
Send a Christmas Street View Message is an oldie but a goodie. This very clever Google Maps application helps you create and send a personal holiday greeting from your own choice of Street View.
Once you select a Street View location and add your own personal message this app creates a stylized Street View scene, with animated snow and your greeting. The app pans and zooms around your chosen Street View accompanied by some nice soothing Christmas related music.
Once you are happy with your personal Christmas Street View scene you can send the URL link to your friends. This app uses WebGL, so you will need to use a compliant web browser.
This year the Snowman is also visiting your street on Street View. Chocolate company Thorntons, have created a magical online Christmas Card featuring Raymond Briggs' cute Snowman character (and Google Maps).
The Thorntons Facebook Christmas Message application allows you to send an animated Christmas message to a friend in which the Snowman flies over their house (using Google Maps satellite imagery) and even walks down their street (using Street View).
Beyoncé - Beyond the Map
I most have been the only person on the planet to have missed the news that Beyoncé has released a new album. At least I appear to be by this animated map of all the people around the world busy Tweeting about the singer.
The Beyoncé Twitter map uses CartoDB's Torque library to animate through nearly a whole day's worth of Tweets. Time really liked the map but not everyone liked the map or Time's coverage of it. Here's one particularly thoughtful critique of the map.
Labels: music, Twitter
Have you sent your Street View Christmas cards yet...
Mapping Air Pollution Around the World
The Google Zeitgeist Globe
Where Students Can Study Abroad
Slide the Map to Compare
The Global Conflict Map
Mapping the Spread of Printing
Fly Me to the Moon - Part Two
The Chicago Snow Plow Map
The Camper's Map of New Zealand
Book a Chauffeur on Google Maps
The Worldwide Wind Map
The Miami Street Art Map
A Snapshot of London Life
Geographical Center of Gravity
Mapping the United States Military Footprint
The Map of Worldwide Wars and Struggles
Historical Photos and Street View
Flu Vaccination Locations on Google Maps
An Ode to Street View
Create Your Own Street View Tour
Mapping Social Networks
Labels in the Map Border
New York Crime on Google Maps
The Meaning of Town Names
The Christmas Themed Maps of the Week
Mapping US Medical Prices
Find Something Fun to do with Google Maps
The 50 Most Violent Cities in the World
Salem Building Ages Mapped
Archaeology on Google Maps
The Annual Google Santa Tracker
The Finding Jesus Map
The Plastic Fan Detector
Map Your Political Representatives
Walking in the Air on Google Maps
The Advent Map Calendar
Mapping the History of Global Slavery
Near Real-Time Satellite Images of Earth


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Can I draw a graph whose vertices have two kind of labels?
I want to draw a graph.
Each vertex connects to another information.
Then 1,2 --> Dog and 3,4 --> Cat.
I want to get a plotting graph which shows the second information Dog and Cat.
Unfortunately, there is no way to define non-injective labeling for vertices of Sage graphs as there is a confusion between the vertices themselves and possible labels on them, see the documentation.
How can I generate a graph from an .mtx file?


Lodging will be provided for all families and military mentors at Manidokan Camp and Retreat Center in Knoxville from Saturday through Tuesday, and TAPS will cover the cost of lodging.
You will need to cover the cost of your transportation to and from Knoxville. The closest airport is the Dulles International Airport (IAD).


Add Cast Lighting Fixtures to the image - check out how to add effects!
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Oct. 3, 2018 - PRLog -- Landscape Design Imaging Software, Inc. has added Cast Lighting fixtures to the Landscape Lighting Software program as well as the GreenScapes Landscape Design program. Our programs help outdoor contractors and home builders show clients their landscape designs ideas with photo realistic imaging. Cast Lighting products can now be utilized through downloadinginto the program.
Cast Corporate Headquarters is located in Hawthorne, New Jersey with distributors throughout the United States and Internationally. Cast Lighting builds solid bronze fixtures, which blends beautifully with any outdoor design. They are also used commercially and residential. Their fixtures include deck, path, wash, directional, tree and well lights.
The fixtures themselves are accessed through the imaging portion of the programs. In the Landscape Lighting Software program the background image is uploaded and the Cast Lighting fixtures are placed where they would we installed, making this a very easy way to show clients.
The Lighting Effects program allows you to show the potential client how the light from the Cast Lighting fixture will be projected at night. You can also adjust the shades of darkness showing early evening to way into the night.
The programs are exclusively designed for landscapers, outdoor lighting contractors and other professionals who want to show the spaces illuminated. The end result is a design that gives the homeowner or business owner a clear idea of what they are paying for, turning a potential client into a customer.


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Alexandria man in serious condition after car chase, crash
Charges to be filed against driver clocked at 119 mph
mgregory@thetowntalk.com, (318) 792-1807
Rapides Parish Sheriff's deputies tried to stop a weaving Dodge Charger near McNary Wednesday, but the driver sped off and started a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed into a house near Martin Park Elementary School in Alexandria.
The driver, 19-year-old Darius Delquan Mitchell, of Alexandria, was seriously injured in the crash. He remains in a local hospital, according to the sheriff office's release.
The 2013 Charger he was driving had been reported stolen earlier Wednesday in Missouri City, Texas, which is just southwest of Houston.
The chase began when the deputies tried to stop Mitchell, who was driving slowly northbound on U.S. Highway 165 and was weaving between the center and fog lines. But Mitchell accelerated when the patrol unit's emergency lights were turned on, and he "began running other vehicles off the roadway, including passing 18-wheelers on the shoulder of the roadway in the grass at over a 100 mph," reads the release.
The chase headed toward Woodworth, and deputies stopped the pursuit because of the Caroline Dormon Junior High School zone north of the town. They did notify both the Woodworth and Alexandria police departments about the Charger as they continued to follow Mitchell "at a safe distance," according to the release.
As Mitchell entered Woodworth, a Woodworth officer clocked him at 119 mph, reads the release. The officer tried to stop Mitchell north of the junior high school, but he didn't stop. Woodworth continued the pursuit until it reached the Horseshoe and Masonic drives intersection, where Alexandria officers took over.
An Alexandria officer radioed to the sheriff's office that Mitchell had hit another vehicle, but had turned onto Horseshoe and had headed toward the Martin Park neighborhood. Deputies and a canine unit searched for the other vehicle, but couldn't find it, according to the release.
The sheriff's office then was told by Alexandria that the Charger had hit a house on Lisa Street. When deputies arrived, they found Mitchell being treated by emergency medical personnel from both the Alexandria Fire Department and Acadian Ambulance.
"Witnesses told deputies the vehicle was traveling south on Mansour Drive and failed to stop at the stop sign at Lisa Street, crossing Lisa Street and then driving into the residence," reads the release.
The house is within sight of Martin Park Elementary School.
Mitchell remains hospitalized, and deputies are seeking arrest warrants charging him with reckless operation, aggravated flight from an officer, not ever having a driver's license and possession of a stolen vehicle.
In addition, Mitchell also was wanted on three outstanding warrants for contempt of court. As of Thursday afternoon, it was unclear what agency had issued those warrants.
Mitchell also may be facing charges from Texas, reads the release.
"This was a very dangerous situation that could have ended with several motorists, deputies and police officers injured," said Rapides Sheriff William Earl Hilton. "Vehicle pursuits are some of the most dangerous incidents police officers can get into and, most of the time, it is for a minor traffic violation. I would like to commend our deputies for their actions and the Woodworth and Alexandria Police Departments for their assistance in this incident."

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TV: New Shows Feature Sexually Explicit Content
By Joshua Alston On 5/30/08 at 1:50 PM EDT
Two's company, three's a crowd and four—well, four is downright neighborly. So it goes in the sultry '70s world of Tom and Trina Decker, one of the free-spirited couples who inhabit "Swingtown," a new drama series premiering this week. In the pilot, the Deckers invite the newest arrivals, Bruce and Susan Miller, to their backyard Bicentennial blowout. The couples all kiss tenderly as showers of sparks fill the night sky. Later, after the other revelers have gone home, Bruce and Susan relax on the Deckers' couch, while Bruce gives Susan a foot massage. "Why don't the four of us go someplace a little quieter?" Trina says. That's when the Millers find out that the Deckers' welcome wagon is hitched to their king-size headboard.
If you're feeling scandalized by that scene, you probably haven't watched much television lately. TV sex has become more frequent—and much more graphic—in the past year, thanks to a spate of new programs unafraid to show, in startling detail, what goes on behind its characters' closed doors. In Showtime's "Californication," David Duchovny plays Hank Moody, a debauched writer who constantly hops into bed with psychotic women, one of whom happens to be a teenager. The hyperexplicit soap opera "Tell Me You Love Me" even allows for anatomical correctness in some of its sex scenes, thanks to the miracle of prosthetics. Meanwhile, in development is "Hung," a new comedy about a man who learns how to use his unusually large endowment to become a superhero of sorts, one that would make Superman regret using his X-ray vision.
All these shows, however, come courtesy of HBO or Showtime, the pay-cable networks. If "Swingtown" were premiering there—or even on the randy basic-cable FX—the Decker-Miller merger would be marked by celebrity skin and artfully choreographed writhing. Instead, "Swingtown" is premiering on fusty CBS, so despite the lengthy sequence at a drug-fueled, partner-swapping Fourth of July bacchanal, the only real fireworks we see are the ones with fuses on them.
A frank exploration of the sexual and social liberation of the 1970s, "Swingtown" was originally meant for HBO, which ultimately passed on the show because, according to the show's creators, the channel's schedule was already chock-a-block with intimacy-laden shows, including the Mormon polygamy-themed "Big Love." But CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler intervened and wooed creator Mike Kelley and director Alan Poul to bring it to network television. Naturally, this meant that the show had to be bowdlerized, and as a result, "Swingtown" is coy, perhaps even frustrating. But it's also, at least according to Kelley and Poul, better. "When we sat down to rewrite the script, it was actually less difficult, less painful and more rewarding than we'd anticipated," says Poul. "We came out with something stronger." Kelley adds: "It just allowed us to be freer to explore the characters without having to make as much happen in the bedroom. It's about the relationships that develop outside of the sexual moments. It's refreshing, frankly."
For Poul and Kelley to argue that the absence of sex creates for a better show is so counterintuitive, it is to television what the Atkins diet is to nutrition. But it's hard not to think they could be on to something. Consider the trajectories of some of HBO's flagship series: "Six Feet Under" migrated to Bravo, "The Wire" to BET, "The Sopranos" to A&E. All have been bleeped, blurred and snipped at to repurpose them for basic-cable syndication. When "The Sopranos" debuted on A&E last year, the first episode drew 4.4 million viewers, a sizable audience that apparently thought they could still feel a part of Tony Soprano's world without seeing what he sees at the Bada Bing. Granted, those were great shows in which sex was just part of the milieu. But what about a show that has sex at its core, such as "Sex and the City"? A big reason "Sex" has remained in the public consciousness—and won new fans who didn't catch it on HBO—is its sanitized, syndicated episodes on TBS. "Sex" certainly shows lots of carnal activity, but it was also a show about relationships and the enduring friendships of four single women. The characters and stories did not suffer for not having the license to actually show the slapping and tickling. It's difficult to make the case that copious sex makes for a better story if it can all be edited out with little impact on the narrative.
So why is there so much sex on television? Duh. Viewers like the prurient thrill of watching characters having private moments. Particularly when those private moments are as taboo as those on a show like "Secret Diary of a Call Girl," a British drama that Showtime has imported for premiere later this month. "The first thing you should know about me is that I'm a whore," says Belle (Billie Piper), whose secret diary we're peeping into. What follows is a how-to manual on how a lady becomes a tramp. One tip: find out what the client wants as quickly as possible, like, for example, the fact that the john likes his dirty talk with a farming motif. Even for the most high-minded television viewer, such a sales pitch may be hard to resist.
But the reason these shows are appealing isn't just because they are explicit. Explicit television and quality television have become conflated in the public consciousness, largely because of HBO's success. In its golden age, HBO continually pushed the boundaries. This is because pay-cable networks are beholden only to subscribers, not controversy-shy advertisers. The accolades followed, and with them came the illusion that the shows were good because they were more "authentic." In a "MADtv" spoof of "Sex and the City," the cast tweaked the network's famed tagline: "It's not TV, it's porn with Emmys." Graphic sex is not a necessity of good storytelling, but rather a job perk, not unlike, say, flextime or Free Massage Wednesdays. It's a carrot the cable networks use to attract creative talent, people who have visions and don't want them compromised. That is, until the lucrative syndication deal comes along.
As ever, though, a good story comes first. After all, if people want explicit sex without pesky dialogue and character development, isn't that what pornography is for? Not to mention the many shows—"The Office," "Lost" and "30 Rock," to name a few—that succeed creatively despite showing less skin than a Lands' End catalog. For Kelley and Poul, this means a trial by fire. There's a risk that "Swingtown" will find itself in an awkward middling place, too tame for some viewers, too suggestive for others. But the sex is just window dressing. If the story isn't up to snuff, regardless of the exotic couplings, triplings and quadruplings, the audience will know that even though they aren't seeing the nudity, the emperor has no clothes.
TV: New Shows Feature Sexually Explicit Content | Culture


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Q: Calculating total working hours based on shifts I would like to calculate how many hours each employee has worked for a certain time period, based on information from this table:
       start              employee_id

2014-08-10 18:10:00             5
2014-08-10 13:30:00             7
2014-08-10 09:00:00             7
2014-08-09 23:55:00             4
2014-08-09 16:23:00             12
2014-08-09 03:59:00             9
2014-08-08 20:05:00             7
2014-08-08 13:00:00             8

Each employee replaces another employee and that's where his work is done, so there are no empty slots.
The desired format of the result would be the following:
employee_id         total_minutes_worked

I'm trying to think of the best way to achieve this, so any help will be appreciated!

A: You can get the total time as:
select employee_id, sum(stop - start)
from (
    select start, lead(start) over (order by start) as stop, employee_id
    from t
) as x
group by employee_id;

It remains to format the time, but I assume this it not what puzzles you

A: you should use 'GroupBy' clause to first create a group of the same employee id
than you should calculate the time by checking the start time of work and end time of work in each slot.
(NOTE - you should maintain the start time and end time both of the employee in each slot of there shift)

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In the fall of 1964, Amherst College students could have tuned in to WAMF, the college's student run radio station (now WAMH), and heard the above lecture by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "The Summer of Our Discontent." This was a rebroadcast of the first in a series of 15 lectures on race in the United States given at The New School for Social Research in the spring of 1964, as the American Race Crisis Lecture Series. King's speech, given on February 6 to a full hall, addressed the history and underlying causes of the ongoing civil rights struggles, particularly the eventful summer of 1963, and emphasized the value of nonviolent tactics.
The speech was rebroadcast on WAMF's Lecture Hall program on December 8th, 1964. The Lecture Hall was a weekly program of pre-recorded lectures, some given at Amherst College and some obtained through arrangements with other institutions. This recording is one of 46 open reel audio tapes transferred to Archives and Special Collection by WAMH in 1989. The tapes contain a wide variety of material that was recorded for broadcast between the 1950s and 1970s. In the course of reprocessing the WAMH/WAMF Records in the fall of 2015, we realized that this recording was previously unknown and likely unique. Our colleagues at The New School Archives found a recording of the question and answer session from this lecture a few years ago, but they do not appear to have a recording of the speech itself.
We are pleased to share this recording here in the spirit of advancing scholarship on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the history of the civil rights movement.
The New School Digital Collections: Question and Answer Session with Martin Luther King, Jr.
For a more complete history of the Amherst College recording, see our blog, The Consecrated Eminence.


Today's recipe is something I quickly made yesterday because I had no intention of hanging out in the kitchen for too long — it was HOT! The temps are passing the 30s here in the Netherlands, and as much as I love warm weather, I am not a fan of cooking elaborate meals in the heat (with the exception of a roast chicken once in a while, but how elaborate is that?).
It was late in the afternoon, and I had no idea what to serve for dinner, so I made a quick dash to my local supermarket. When I spotted two thick, beautifu smoked salmon fillets, I immediately knew what I would make — salmon tartare! A light, refreshing dish with tons of flavor! With a salad, some bread and a cold soup (I'll be posting the recipe here tomorrow), it was the perfect dinner to end a steamy summer day! PS: I used ring molds to serve the tartare, but you can also serve it with toast or little boats made from Belgian endive. Enjoy!
In a medium bowl, whisk the lemon juice, olive oil and salt and pepper to make a vinaigrette. Stir in the chopped chives, cucumber and salmon. Mix well and refrigerate for at least an hour. When ready to serve, use a ring mold to form the individual tartares. Top each one with a little crème fraîche and garnish with lemon, a scattering of microgreens and a good grinding of pepper.


1. PIERCE THE CRAYFISH WITH A KNIFE THROUGH THE HEAD.
2. REMOVE THE HEAD AND DE-VEIN.
3. COOK THE CRAYFISH (WITH SHELL) IN THE RONER FOR 4 MINUTES AT 58°C.
5. MARINATE WITH OLIVE OIL AND LIME JUICE AND GRATED LIME RIND.
1. REMOVE THE FAT AND THE BONES FROM THE SMOKED EEL.
2. CHOP A LONG SLICE.
3. HEAT IN A 120-DEGREE OVEN.
4. COAT LIGHTLY WITH DASHI.
1. BRING THE SPARE RIBS IN A PAN WITH 2 LITRES SALT WATER TO A BOIL.
2. SKIM THE FROTH OFF THE BOUILLON. TURN THE HEAT BACK ON AND ADD THE THE BREAKFAST BACON.
3. SIMMER UNTIL THE SPARE RIBS ARE DONE.
4. REMOVE THE MEAT FROM THE PAN AND LET COOL.
5. REMOVE THE BONES AND EXCESS FAT FROM THE MEAT.
6. DICE THE CELERY ROOT, ONION, LEEK AND CARROT INTO SMALL CUBES.
7. CHOP THE LEAVES OF THE CELERY ROOT VERY FINELY.
8. AFTER THE MEAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PAN, ADD THE SPLIT PEAS TO THE BOUILLON AND BRING ONCE GAIN TO THE BOIL.
9. COOK ON LOW HEAT FOR AROUND HALF AN HOUR.
10. THEN ADD THE CHOPPED VEGETABLES EXCEPT FOR THE CELERY LEAVES.
11. COOK THE VEGETABLES IN THE SOUP UNTIL DONE.
12. ADD THE MEAT AND CELERY LEAVE.
13. SEASON THE PEA SOUP TO TASTE WITH SALT AND PEPPER.
1. CHOP INTO SMALL CUBES AND WARM SLIGHTLY.
1. BLANCH THE KALE AND IMMEDIATELY COOL IN ICE WATER.
2. BLEND THE KALE AND CHINESE CABBAGE JUICE IN THE THERMAL BLENDER UNTIL SMOOTH.
3. SEASON TO TASTE WITH SALT AND CAYENNE PEPPER, THICKEN WITH XANTANA.
1. HEAT THE PEPPERCORNS AND MACE, THEN ADD THE ROOT VEGETABLE BOUILLON AND MILK; LET IT STEEP.
2. SEASON TO TASTE WITH FRESH PEPPER, SALT AND BUTTER.
1. BLEND THE YOGHURT, OIL, EGG WHITES, SOUR SALT AND HORSERADISH IN THE THERMAL BLENDER AT 37 DEGREES.
2. HEAT THE MILK AND ADD THE AGAR, STIRRING CONSTANTLY, AND COOK THOROUGHLY.
3. POUR THE MILK INTO THE THERMAL BLENDER AND POUR THE MIXTURE INTO A LONG BAKING PAN.
4. AFTER IT HAS SET, BLEND IN THE THERMAL BLENDER UNTIL SMOOTH.


Employees and patrons of the Dia:Beacon were able to return inside after more than a half-hour.
A fire in the Dia Art Foundation's Beacon museum on Saturday led to the damage of a painting worth more than $1 million, according to Fire Chief Gary Van Voorhis.
There were no injuries as a result of the fire, he said, and employees and patrons of the Dia:Beacon were able to return inside after more than a half-hour. Firefighters were dispatched to the museum on Beekman Street a little before 6 p.m. on Saturday and cleared the scene after about an hour and 15 minutes.
Hannah Gompertz, director of communications and marketing for the Dia Art Foundation, said in a statement "the fire appears to have been caused by an electrical element attached to a work of art by Mary Corse that overheated.
"The building was immediately evacuated and no one was injured," she said. "We are further investigating the matter."
Van Voorhis said the fire started in a wall near the middle of the first floor and it was determined to be electrical in nature.
Corse is a "pioneer of light-based art," according to the Dia Art Foundation Website, imbuing her work with light in several ways including "the use of electric light, ceramic tiles, and glass microspheres."
When firefighters arrived on the scene, Van Voorhis said all those who had been inside the building were already safely outside. Additionally, people had already knocked down the fire using fire extinguishers, he said.
The fire led to structural damage of the museum's wall, he said, as well as damage to one painting. He said the owner of the museum told him the artwork was worth more than $1 million.
More than 20 firefighters worked on ventilating the building before they cleared the scene.
The Beacon Fire Department was assisted by fire companies from the Village of Fishkill and Castle Point.
Glenham and Rondout fire companies were on standby, as well as the Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Mobile Life.
The collection at the Dia:Beacon includes art from the 1960s to the present, according to the foundation website. The foundation was founded in 1974 and has another museum in New York City in Chelsea.


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British Airways, BP collaborate to source sustainable aviation fuel during COP26 summit
British Airways partnered with Airbus to paint one of its most modern, fuel-efficient A320neos in its new sustainability program colors. (Photo: British Airways)
British Airways is collaborating with BP to source sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its flights between London, Glasgow and Edinburgh during the COP26 climate change summit being held in Glasgow in November. The airline also announced that its customers can purchase SAF to reduce their carbon footprint through its nonprofit organization Pure Leapfrog.
"The collaboration with BP forms part of British Airways' long-term commitment to the development and use of sustainable aviation fuel," the company stated. "The airline's parent company, International Airlines Group, is investing $400 million over the next 20 years into the development of SAF, with British Airways forming partnerships with a number of technology and fuel companies to develop SAF plants and purchase the fuel, including with Velocys in the U.K. and LanzaJet in the U.S. British Airways, as part of an IAG commitment, recently stated it would power 10 percent of its fuel needs with SAF by 2030."
Sean Doyle, British Airways CEO and chairman, said, "Thanks to our new collaboration with BP, we're able to source enough sustainable aviation fuel with respect to all our flights between London, Glasgow and Edinburgh during COP26, substantially reducing the emissions associated with taking our customers to and from COP26 … This commitment for COP26 is in addition to the mandatory carbon trading we already operate in the U.K. and our own further voluntary carbon offsetting of our U.K. domestic flights."
Martin Thomsen, CEO of BP's aviation division, said the two companies have a longstanding relationship and will continue to work together on SAF supply initiatives on an ongoing basis.
The airline also launched its new sustainability program, BA Better World.
sustainable aviation fuel


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All I Want é o terceiro álbum de estúdio do cantor country Tim McGraw, lançado em 1995. O álbum vendeu cerca de 2 milhões de cópias.

Faixas
 "All I Want Is a Life" (Stan Munsey, Tony Mullins, Don Pfrimmer) - 3:31
 "She Never Lets It Go to Her Heart" (Chris Waters, Tom Shapiro) - 3:02
 "Can't Be Really Gone" (Gary Burr) - 3:20
 "Maybe We Should Just Sleep on It" (Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips) - 3:55
 "I Didn't Ask and She Didn't Say" (Van Stephenson, Reese Wilson, Tony Martin) - 4:02
 "Renegade" (Jeff Stevens, Steve Bogard) - 2:59
 "I Like It, I Love It" (Mark Hall, Jeb Stuart Anderson, Steve Dukes) - 3:24
 "The Great Divide" (Brett Beavers) - 3:15
 "You Got the Wrong Man" (Joe Barnhill, Wayne Perry) - 3:18
 "Don't Mention Memphis" (Bill LaBounty, Rand Bishop) - 3:00
 "When She Wakes Up (And Finds Me Gone)" (Tommy Barnes) - 5:13
 "That's Just Me" (Deryl Dodd) - 3:13

Paradas

Álbum

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Singles

Álbuns de 1995
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A Face to Face workshop will be held on the final day of the AGL All Member Meeting 10 February 2017.
Primary focus of this face to face meeting of the System Architecture Team and Expert Groups.
Please list your name if you plan to attend.


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Q: Help needed regarding homogenous equations in algebra. I have just started with algebra and I see here something about homogenous equations but I am just not able to figure it out. I read this answer here,
Homogenous equation in linear algebra?
But still, I couldn't figure it out, what it really means. Here is a photograph of what my book says. If possible please explain it to me! Also i read on google, there is something like non- homogenous equation too. Please explain to me that also.

Thanks a lot!

A: A monomial in several variables has a degree, the sum of all the individual degrees. For example all of the following are degree $3$.
$$x^3,y^3,x^2y,xyz.$$
A polynomial is homogeneous if it is a sum of monomials all of the same degree.
The book is saying that if $P(x,y,z)$ is homogenous then say if degree $k$, then
$$P(ax,ay,az)=a^kP(x,y,z)$$
So multiplying the variables by a constant $a$ does not change an equation $P(x,y,z)=0$.


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Category Archives: Conflict
Conflict: Wouldn't you shoot a dog if it attacked your child?
Today I want to talk about conflict, the most important element in story, the one that reels more readers in than any other writing tool.
Conflict is the reason we always hear stories about cops and black men, Kardashian gender confusion, and small parties of people who stomp on the American Flag in protest of restricted rights and status for illegals. It is also the reason we don't hear nearly as much about the atrocities and genocides being committed by Boko Haram and ISIS as we should.
Before I had a proper understanding of conflict, I always just assumed it was good vs. evil. That's somewhat correct, but it's not going to get you anywhere as a writer.
At the heart of any good conflict is debate. The issues that make the news most frequently are the issues that divide Americans into two camps opposing in viewpoints but equal in passion. That's why the cop stories are always on the news – Are these criminals being unjustly treated due to the color of their skin, or are these cops being wrongly persecuted for simply doing a difficult job?
That's why the title of this post immediately stirs controversy – well how big is the dog? How old is the child? Did it attack your favorite kid or the one you tell friends was adopted?
The search and desire for an answer prompts you to read on. Our brains are wired to 'figure things out'. That's why we're always preoccupied by the problems in our lives, and constantly infatuated with cunts and dickheads undeserving of our attention. That's why we fall for the bullshit emotional games and can't help but play them again.
It's also why, in my opinion, ISIS doesn't get as much negative media coverage as it deserves – they are animals who deserve to be slaughtered. There is nothing to debate, they are evil.
So how do we successfully implement conflict into story?
Let me start by stating the obvious – stay away from black and white. In other words, make your evil characters evil, but never have them say things like –
"Being good is for sissies. Come to my side. Money. Girls. Guns. Come on. You know you want to be bad. Light me up an addictive cigarette and pour me a drink of alcohol while I laugh smugly and smile like I'm better than you. Then lets go get skull tattoos… on our necks."
And you also never want your protagonists to respond with anything like this:
"Stay away from me, Mr. Darkside. I don't smoke and I never will. And I believe girls is a derogatory term for women. That's why I call them 'angels'."
The focus here may seem as though it is on character, but it's really not. Learn to thread conflict through every storytelling element, theme included. Remember, questions intrigue us. Questions are problems we need to solve, questions keep us reading. Always.
Author of "A New Kingdom"
Conflict, Writing
Conflict: Damien Vs. Ronnie McDee – Round 2
CONFLICT: DAMIEN VS. RONNIE MCDEE ROUND 2
Greetings everyone. Let's pick back up where we left off yesterday. If you weren't here, we talked about the importance the role of conflict has in maintaining the interest of your readers. If you'd didn't read the previous lesson, you'd be wise to go back and take a look, that way you'll be sure not to miss anything.
Yesterday we wrote three versions of the same scene. In the first, Damien casually left his office building and greeted his wife outside. In the second, we added a ticking clock, which in this instance was (literally enough) a time-bomb. In the third scene we added Ronnie McDee, a sinister clown who was meant to be Damien's ultimate antagonist, but wound up making everyone feel dumber for ever considering any of my advice by behaving like a cartoon goofball (and I don't know that there is any higher insult to a full grown man then to consider his comedic fodder goofy).
So we'll add conflict to what we already have, and observe how the scene improves.
level 1 – an objective (get to his wife)
level 2 – a ticking clock (time bomb)
level 3 – a nemesis (Ronnie McDee)
Level 4 – Let's get a real nemesis. Someone we're actually afraid of. So where do we find an antagonist worth fearing? It's not about we. It's about Damien. What's his greatest fear? What are his short comings in life? Ah, you see what I'm getting at?
Adding an internal conflict to this scene. From here on out, Damien is no longer the blank faced cubicle worker, he's about to become a someone. Let's cut the shit and get to the scene already.
Damien watched the circular lights flash as he descended floor after floor in the elevator shaft. He knew the bomb was going to go off in a matter of minutes. He knew his wife would die if he didn't get to her in time. And he knew the only person he ever prayed to be struck dead was waiting for him at the bottom floor. There was a battle ahead, no doubt. But Damien was having trouble focusing on what lay ahead of him. He was to busy trying to suppress what was supposed to be behind.
The memory felt like it had been branded to his brain.
This wouldn't be the first time Damien found himself face-to-face with Onaldo. And both encounters involved a woman of his dreams. Only the last time, Damien lost her.
He remembered her light hair, her dark eyes, and the way she kissed his cheek. Every day since her death, Damien felt the burden of his failure. His wife always told him he'd never moved on – and in fact, Damien never did. She was not the type of girl you forgot about.
The elevator reached the bottom floor and the shiny silver doors rolled open. Standing twenty feet away from him was Ronaldo, wearing his typical yellow jumpsuit and red suspenders.
"Good afternoon, sir. Can I interest you in a McBlurry today?" Ronaldo raised a frag grenade in his right hand. "Or perhaps a big and tasty?" He unzipped his orange pants, whipped out his white-and-red member, then began helicoptering it around in a circle by the swing of his hips.
"You're a sick fuck," said Damien.
He stepped out of the elevator and clenched both fist so tight his knuckles cracked. He did his best to hide his nervousness, but couldn't hide his subtle gulp from Ronaldo. The clown caught everything.
"Ah! Now I remember. What was it I served you a few years back?"
"She got a happy meal, didn't she?"
Damien shook his head as his breath fumed through his nostrils. He heard something beep – no doubt the timebomb, somewhere nearby but hidden.
He winced his eyes closed. The memory was resurfacing. The most painful moments of his life. Her name was Lela.
"What was her name again?"
"You say it I'll cut out your fucking tongue."
Ronaldo began tapping his chin with his finger. His eyes rolled up toward the cieling. His painted lips raised in the corners, smiling that sick smirk he always got before he killed someone.
"Ah yes, I remember. It was for your daughter, LELA!"
Sorry, but I'm going to have to leave you there, due to time constraints. I'll try to pick back up here tomorrow, and go into detail about whatever I feel may be of benefit to you. For now, notice all the questions raised throughout the scene. They mostly have to deal with Damien's fear of returning to his past. (Why is he afraid? What happened between him and Onaldo? Who was this girl? Also, where is the timebomb, and will it blow before Damien gets past the clown?)
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Conflict: Lesson 1 – Damien vs. Ronnie
Conflict is the most important element of storytelling. Failure to incorporate it guarantees that your works will flop. It is a subject worth going over again and again. There are more than a few types of conflict, but the common link of all forms is that they create adversity. Conflict worsens the predicament your protagonist is in, and she must grow stronger if she is to overcome it. Let's start with an easy scene with no conflict, and watch how the scene improves as we amp up the adversity.
Damien left the office building at five o'clock, because that's when he got off work. Once outside, he kissed his wife on the cheek, just as he had a thousand times before.
Level 2 – Let's add a ticking clock.
Somebody had left a time-bomb on the bottom floor. Nobody knew where it was, but word spread like wildfire – 5 O'clock it was gonna blow. Damien hurried out of the building, where his wife was already waiting for him.
"Damien, what's-"
"I love you babe," said Damien. He gave her a fat kiss on the cheek, and was thankful to be alive.
Level 3 – add a human antagonist (the antagonist can be a force of any kind, it doesn't always have to be a bad guy with a mustache)
The elevator doors split open, and Damien found himself face-to-face with his greatest fear – Ronny McDee.
"Good to see you again, Damien. I noticed your wife was waiting for you outside. It's too bad, she seemed so sweet."
He didn't have time for this – the bomb was set to go off at five. That gave him about three minutes to get past this lunatic clown.
"Shouldn't you be flipping patties somewhere," Damien said back to him. It wasn't until then that the words sunk in – Ronny McDee had seen his wife outside. Had he done something to her?
"Hahaha!" Began Ronnie. "I moved on from that long ago."
"To killing innocent civilians?"
"No, fries mostly."
"Cut the shit," said Damien. "What happened to my wife? If you did something to her I swear I'll-"
"Relax!" said Ronnie. "I would never harm your wife. Gentleman's agreement."
"Oh. Well… I appreciate that."
"It's nothing. Now we should really get going and work out our differences elsewhere. I'd hate to still be here when my bomb goes off."
"Good point," said Damien. He jogged out the office building alongside Ronny, then found his wife waiting for him there.
"Hey, how are you?"
"I'm good. The chicken's in the oven already so we should really get going."
"Oh, alright," said Damien, before turning to Ronny. "How bout I come by your place tomorrow and we settle this?"
"Sure, that'd be fine. Just look for the palace with the golden arches."
I know that the last scene got a bit wacky, but that was partly because I wanted to illustrate a point. Do you notice how the moment Ronny and Damien began speaking on friendly terms it took dedication to keep on reading? When you diffuse conflict in the middle of a scene, you require your readers to continue on out of kindness, rather than desire. We all want to see conflict resolved – but once it is, the story, or an individual scene within the story, is over. That is what happens after the climax – the conflict is resolved. But up until then, you must maintain conflict at all times, and the best writers are able to effectively increase conflict heading into the climax, something known as 'rising tension'.
Notice also how corny this scene is? You feel like you've seen/read it a hundred times, don't you?
But you still felt compelled to keep reading it.
Don't be so hard on authors who are commercially successful. If you want to be a best selling author, you're going to have to accept the fact that constant arguments, time-bombs, evil villains, and dames in distress are all useful ingredients worth including in any story, no matter how much of a literary 'genius' you've already discovered yourself to be. Don't ever become formulaic, that's not what I'm saying – just pay more attention to best selling works, and figure out why they're best sellers. Don't fall in line with those who praise works of literature that will never appeal to a mass-market audience, unless you've decided that artistic expression is more important to you than big-time sales. Neither approach is wrong, but you should seriously think about the path you'd like to take, and write accordingly. Don't complain about the failure of the masses to recognize true brilliance. It has more to do with them not caring, anyway – the masses flock to stories that entertain them, and that's never going to change.
Let's return to this scene later. If you have any suggestions to increase the conflict, feel free to include them in the comment section below. It's always good practice to find new and exciting ways to amp up the tension in any given scene. If you want to steal this scene and make it your own, feel free to do so. I don't care.


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The address focuses on "mixed-status" families in the Rio Grande Valley. Mixed cachet families are those in which accouchement who are U.S. citizens acquire at atomic one ancestor or guardian who is in the United States illegally.
Uncertainty about abeyant interactions with law administration can account concrete and brainy bloom problems for both accouchement and adults, the abstraction found, in accession to authoritative it beneath acceptable that mixed-status families will seek important medical care.
To aggregate abstracts for the study, Human Impact Partners and La Unión del Pueblo Entero, an clearing advancement accumulation in the Valley, surveyed 212 families afflicted by the U.S. clearing arrangement and conducted a alternation of focus groups about the after-effects of the altar cities law, bigger accepted as SB 4.
Researchers begin that, amid the families surveyed in which at atomic one ancestor was undocumented, 29 percent of accouchement accomplished astringent stress. Nineteen percent, about four times the civic average, of all families accommodating in the abstraction appear accouchement experiencing affection of PTSD, while 40 percent of undocumented parents surveyed said their accouchement acquire attempted to abstain academy back SB 4 became law in September.
Researchers begin that 1,800 U.S. aborigine accouchement in the Rio Grande Valley had a ancestor abandoned by clearing admiral in the 2017 budgetary year.
"Unfortunately, bounded badge enabled abounding of these affected ancestors separations through their cooperation with federal clearing authorities … SB 4 has now formalized and broadcast this accord to every burghal and canton in the accompaniment of Texas," La Unión del Pueblo Entero architect Tania Chavéz said.
Samuel Peña, a physician's assistant, told advisers in an account that accouchement in mixed-status families absence out on specialized healthcare because their parents achievement to abstain a abeyant alternation with law administration at a bound checkpoint.
Texas Republicans argued for and anesthetized SB 4 because they said it was an capital apparatus to action abomination committed by undocumented immigrants and ensure the administration of federal clearing law. The state's above cities, including Dallas, acquire sued the accompaniment over the bill, claiming that the law undermines bounded ascendancy and creates a altitude of abhorrence for Latino residents.
As the action over the law plays out in court, the authors of the abstraction acclaim that municipalities that argue SB 4 accent assets against bounded law administration issues, rather than immigration, access the use of "cite-and-release" during cartage stops and acquire another forms of identification — like borough IDs — for those contrarily undocumented drivers who get pulled over.


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AAP set to contest Gujarat polls, Arvind Kejriwal to sound poll bugle in July
Kejriwal plans to formally launch campaign for the 182-seat assembly polls after paying his obeisance at the Somnath temple in Saurashtra.
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is looking to spread its wings over Gujarat, as well placed party sources have confirmed to ANI that the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has decided to contest the upcoming assembly elections in the BJP-ruled state to be held in December 2017.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is the AAP's national convener, would embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on July 8-9, where he would formally launched his party's campaign for the 182-seat assembly polls after paying his obeisance at the Somnath temple in Saurashtra, said sources.
During the two-day visit, Kejriwal is slated to meet his party cadres and leaders.
He will be accompanied by AAP state convener Kanubhai Kansariya, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and a confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the AAP, which has already started expanding its base in the state, has appointed Delhi MLA Gulab Singh as central in-charge of the Gujarat Affairs in view of the assembly polls.
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Rodgers throws TD, rushes for score in 1st start as Packers beat Vikings
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Dancing to avoid pass-rush pressure on third-and-goal, the leader of the Pack zinged an off-balance rocket through airtight coverage to his fullback for a touchdown.
It was the kind of throw No. 4 had made time after time.
Turns out No. 12 can do it, too.
And Aaron Rodgers added a few things Brett Favre rarely did in his final few years in Green Bay on Monday night, scrambling for first downs and plunging into the end zone on a quarterback sneak to clinch a 24-19 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.
Given all the drama of Favre's unretirement saga at the beginning of training camp, Rodgers was relieved to get his first regular-season start out of the way. Still, he seemed to be enjoying life as the starter.
"Tonight, knowing I was going to get the first snap was pretty special," Rodgers said. "And running out of the tunnel to the electric atmosphere that we had, it was a pretty special night."
And what about that "Lambeau Leap" he performed after scoring on the QB sneak in the fourth quarter?
"I've been dreaming about that for four years, to be honest," Rodgers said.
Rodgers -- who spent most of the past three seasons backing up Favre after the Packers drafted him in the first round in 2005 -- passed his first real test Monday, going 18-of-22 for 178 yards with passing and rushing touchdowns.
He got help from punt returner Will Blackmon, safety Atari Bigby and running back Ryan Grant to claim the Packers' fifth straight victory in a bitter division rivalry -- one that became even more intense when the Packers accused the Vikings of tampering with the then-retired Favre in the offseason, a charge that was dismissed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell but hardly forgotten by either side.
"I'm happy we won, and that he played well," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "That's what's important. I don't really get caught up in all the other things. And it's important for him not to, too."
Rodgers didn't put on the feast-or-famine show that became Favre's trademark.
But he was effective. And, at times, pretty darn entertaining.
Most important, he walked off the field a winner for a team and fan base that had been cheering the same starting quarterback since 1992 and watched in disbelief as an ugly divorce between Favre and the Packers played out in camp.
Now Favre is playing for the New York Jets and Rodgers seems to have won over the fans -- at least for this week. The Vikings' own quarterback questions, however, remain unanswered.
Tarvaris Jackson, who hadn't played since after injuring his knee in an Aug. 16 preseason game against Baltimore, was 2-of-7 for 16 yards in a rough first half.
He seemed to find his rhythm in the second half, directing two fourth-quarter scoring drives. But he was intercepted by Bigby to end the Vikings' hopes of a comeback.
"It was just too wide open for me not to complete that pass, point-blank," said Jackson, who finished 16-of-35 for 178 yards with a touchdown and an interception. "I just knew we were going to win."
And it wasn't much of a debut for new Vikings defensive end Jared Allen, who didn't sack Rodgers or even register a tackle.
"This is one of like the least productive games I've ever had in my life," Allen said. "And I'm not going to let that happen again."
Now the Vikings will have to wait until Nov. 9 for another shot at beating the Packers.
"I'm sick of losing to them," said running back Adrian Peterson, who rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown. "Any team, but especially Green Bay."
Allen thought the Vikings missed an opportunity after getting to Rodgers and the Packers early.
"We were shutting him down," Allen said. "And then they hit a couple of big plays and they got a momentum swing."
Rodgers shrugged off a shaky, penalty-filled start to heave a 56-yard pass to Greg Jennings on the first play of the Packers' third possession to set up first-and-goal.
The Packers stalled on the goal line, but Rodgers found fullback Korey Hall for a touchdown on third-and-goal to give the Packers a 7-3 lead in the second quarter.
Later, with the Packers leading 10-6 in the third quarter, Blackmon's 76-yard punt return extended the Packers' lead to 11 going into the fourth quarter.
But Jackson answered with a 23-yard touchdown pass to Sidney Rice on fourth-and-1. A 2-point conversion attempt failed, and the Packers led by five.
Grant then broke free for a 57-yard run and came up just shy of the goal line. Rodgers was stuffed on his first attempt at a quarterback sneak but plunged into the end zone on the second try.
Jackson then led the Vikings on an 11-play drive that ended with a 3-yard touchdown run by Peterson, cutting the Packers' lead to 24-19 with 2:39 remaining.
An onside kick attempt bounced out of bounds but the Vikings forced the Packers to punt, giving the ball back to Minnesota at its own 31 with 1:51 remaining. With the Vikings driving near midfield with under a minute remaining, Bigby stepped in front of Jackson's pass for an interception to put the game away.
Jackson blamed himself, but Vikings coach Brad Childress said there was plenty of blame to go around.
"We put ourselves in a position to come back up the field and win, and unfortunately the only turnover of the game ended it," Childress said. "I think it's all about for us developing consistency. We really lost this thing as a team."
Rice's touchdown catch with 14:12 left in the fourth quarter ended a long offensive scoring drought for the Vikings at Lambeau Field. Their last offensive touchdown came with 46 seconds remaining in the third quarter of the teams' 2005 meeting -- a span of more than 12 quarters. ... Green Bay's five-game winning streak is the longest in the Packers-Vikings series since the Packers won five straight in the 1983-85 seasons. ... Minnesota's Cedric Griffin blocked a 33-yard field goal attempt to end the first half.
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Tight end Kyle Rudolph expressed displeasure with his role in the Vikings' offense over the past two seasons on a podcast. He also said he would not agree to a reduced salary for 2021.
Denver Broncos ask court to verify right of first refusal is void
The parent companies of the Broncos are asking a Denver County District Court judge to rule the former owner's estate no longer has the right of first refusal to any potential sale of the $3.5 billion franchise.
Why Trevor Lawrence is the surefire No. 1 pick
Mel Kiper Jr. likens Clemson's Trevor Lawrence to other generational QB prospects, saying there's no doubt he'll be the top pick.
Sources: Teams start to reach out to Detroit Lions about potential Matthew Stafford trade
Teams have begun to reach out to the Detroit Lions to inquire about trading for quarterback Matthew Stafford, sources tell ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Former Alabama football teammates DeVonta Smith, Tua Tagovailoa have discussed possible reunion with Miami Dolphins
DeVonta Smith has talked with former Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa about the idea of getting to "run it back again" as teammates with the Miami Dolphins, Smith said at Senior Bowl practice.
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We have had an amazingly mild winter so far and it looks like spring is just around the corner. There are so many delicious ingredients on their way. Can't wait!
To tide us food-lovers over, Easter brunch is a usually a huge family affair with plenty of food to go around. At SaskMade we are helping to spread the inspiration... and get those tummies rumbling.
We are having an Easter brunch tasting in the store on March 19th from 11-3pm. Sample Ukrainian staples like perogies and sausage, try a salad that'll knock your socks off and finish off with a cheesecake like no other. All made from local ingredients. Stop by and bring your appetite.


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