Dallas Laser Dentistry uses the advanced technology of the KaVo DIAGNOdent to easily, safely, and accurately identify caries (tooth decay) in their patients. DIAGNOdent is a laser cavity detection system that dentists Dr. Mary Swift and Dr. Terrel Myers use during every dental examination along with digital X-rays to determine and track the level of tooth decay in their patients. Unlike traditional dental X-rays and a visual examination and probing by the dentist to estimate dental decay, the DIAGNOdent is a reliable and accurate tool that Dallas Laser Dentistry uses to keep their patients teeth healthy.
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The KaVO DIAGNOdent is used during every patient's dental examination and cleaning, which should be performed every 6 months. Dallas Laser Dentistry uses DIAGNOdent laser cavity detection along with digital X-rays to catch tooth decay and other problems in their early stages for easier treatment.
KaVo DIAGNOdent uses a laser fluoresce light at a specific wavelength to accurately detect teeth carries (tooth decay and cavities). As the DIAGNOdent is passed over the patient's professionally cleaned teeth, healthy teeth will show little to no fluorescent light, while a cary will reflect an amount of light that reflects the degree of the decay. There is also a digital display and audio signal that lets the dentist know when the DIAGNOdent is passed over an area with any degree of decay. With the DIAGNOdent, Dr. Swift and Dr. Myers can keep track of any increase in dental caries and preventative measures, like a fluoride treatment, can be used to prevent further decay and the need for a filling.
Unlike traditional X-rays, DIAGNOdent does not require any safety equipment, including protective eyewear. When operated by a trained technician, like Dr. Swift and Dr. Myers, DIAGNOdent does not pose a safety risk to the patient or technician.
In studies, the DIAGNOdent correctly diagnosed dental carries over 90% of the time. In comparison, the second most accurate diagnosis method is a traditional X-ray at 67% accuracy and a visual inspection at 57%.
Without DIAGNOdent, dentists cannot always tell from an examination of the outside of the tooth whether there is further damage. If a tooth looked suspicious, dentists would open up the tooth during surgery to discover what, if any damage, was in the tooth and how it should be treated. DIAGNOdent penetrates about 2 mm into each tooth for easier and more accurate diagnosis without surgery.
DIAGNOdent uses a scale from 0 – 30 to help the dentist determine the level of tooth decay. 0 – 14 indicates a healthy tooth, 15 – 20 suggests a weakening tooth that could use preventative measures, 21 – 30 means there is a dental cary that needs to be repaired, and anything over 30 may require restorative dental techniques.


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Texas Performing Arts to present Latin Grammy Award winner Mariza live in concert
October 16, 2013 By Austin Vida Staff
Texas Performing Arts welcomes Latin Grammy Award-winning singer Mariza to Bass Concert Hall on Nov. 4. Promo photo by Isabel Pinto.
Monday, Nov. 4, Texas Performing Arts welcomes Latin Grammy Award-winning singer Mariza to Bass Concert Hall. Mariza is recognized the world over as the queen of fado – the rich and emotionally textured musical tradition from Portugal. She will be performing live with her quartet, composed of Portuguese guitarist Jose Manuel Neto, guitarist Pedro Joia, Vicky Marques on drums and her bassist, Yami. The concert is presented in partnership with Austin PBS affiliate, KLRU.
Born in Lourenço Marques – present-day Maputo – the capital of the former Portuguese colony of Mozambique, Mariza released her first album Fado em Mim (Fado in Me) in 2001. She is credited as being the first fado singer to guest on Late Night with David Letterman and has performed headlining concerts at both London's Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House.
Mariza is currently working on a new CD, scheduled for release in the United States in 2014, which will include her European radio hits, concert favorites, some of her duets that have never appeared on her own CDs — such as her collaboration with Sting for the Olympic Games in Greece, with Afro-Spanish singer Buika, and with Cuban pianist Chucho Valdés — and two new songs.
Bass Concert Hall is located at 2350 East Campus Dr. A map of the campus is available here. Tickets ($38 – $48 / Limited $10 student tickets / discounted tickets available for UT faculty & staff, seniors and Military) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Ticket Office and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO.
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Eno - Another Green World - Review
If I had a cat, I'd name him Brian Eno. We'd have the most nonsensical adventures, perhaps involving catamarans and talking geese. He'd help me pick up women and I'd feed him kibble. Dog kibble, because if there's one thing I know about Brian Eno, it's that you've got to give the unexpected if you expect to get the unexpected. Furthermore, not only does one have to expect the unexpected, but one also must come to expect the expected because once you've got your guard down, what with all the expecting of the unexpected, Brian Eno will give you the expected, which is to say, the unexpected. It's really not so difficult to follow. Just go out today, tomorrow if you're feeling a little rushed, and buy Another Green World. You might hate it; I'm sure someone hates this album. But what will it hurt to try, huh? It's not like sixteen dollars is all that an outrageous price, all things considered. And even if you do hate it, you can return it and buy some hirsute-fetish porn or whatever tickles your fancy.
Right about now, it might be helpful to explain why you would want to buy Another Green World. What, the attractive detail of Tom Phillip's After Raphael on the cover isn't enticing enough for you? Pah! I spit at your ducks.
Another Green World is often regarded as Eno's masterpiece and I would say that it might as well be. If not his greatest album, then surely it's his most remarkable, an intricate blend of pop and experimental texture. One might also call it a transitory album, because it is the collection that bridges the gap between concept and execution. Another Green World is half instrumental, half lyrical pop, a preposterous little beast that stands upright, yet is not ready to walk into the great ambient beyond. And because of that, it falls somewhere between ambience and accessibility. The album consists of experiments Eno had been threatening to conduct since he started messing with tapes.
So he stopped threatening. The instrumentals on the album aspire to become exactly what each title suggests; "Sombre Reptiles" sounds of primordial beasts lounging in the arid desert sun, tongues flicking in lazy rhythms. The aches of an ancient vessel groan out from the bowels on the succinctly titled, "The Big Ship." Some extraterrestrial forest glows in dim evening light to the tune of "In Dark Trees," a moody number where the inhabitants of said forest prowl and stalk about in their own nocturnal glee. On Another Green World, Eno takes song craft to a literal meaning, forging music as a sculptor might mold clay into iconic representation. The result is other worldly for certain, built on serenity, harmony and calm.
About the only exception to that calm is the album opener, "Sky Saw," which as you might guess, sounds like the filament being torn in two. John Cale lends his viola to help with the sky molestation and also guests on "Golden Hours," a gurgling 'conventional' song. Eno calls on another familiar friend, Robert Fripp, for some frantic guitar solos on the same track. Fripp's shining moment, however, comes on the wonderful "St. Elmo's Fire," where he explodes into schizophrenic shredding over the clicky percussion. Even in among Eno's greatest songs, "St. Elmo's Fire" is a standout.
I'll Come Running proves to be the most conventional of all the songs and a love song to boot. Eno declares, "I'll come running to tie your shoes," as proof of his devotion. Paul Rudolph's fuzzy bass lines accent the jangling piano-plus-castanet onslaught, and Fripp adds some slightly more restrained licks this time around. The final song with vocals is "Everything Merges With the Night," a collection of bass, guitar and piano set to disintegrate. It's the perfect lead-in to the final track, "Spirits Drifting," the swirling instrumental that might as well be the signpost saying, "This way to Discreet Music, Music for Films and Music for Airports."
Oh! I forgot to tell you why I would name my cat Brian Eno. For starters, Brian is a good name for any household pet. I'm sure Seth MacFarlane would agree. I think it works especially well with dogs and fish, but it'll do in a pinch for cats. Furthermore, cats, like Brian Eno, always land on their feet. Whether he's producing, singing, doing ambient, playing pinochle, making pop songs or creating three second start-up sounds for computer operating systems, Brian Eno always comes out smelling like roses. Don't forget that. Lastly, I was stuck and I couldn't think of any other way to start this review. Bye!
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Over the course of this past semester, one of my graphic artist buddies and I had a how-to-draw comic strip running in The Battalion, our student-run university newspaper. He and I would alternate on a weekly basis making little strips that followed a theme for the week (my strip was called "Octopie and his was called "Squidz"). You guys can check out both our strips in the AV Center section of thebatt.com.
I thought I'd compile and share my comic here on dA 'cause it's got some useful tidbits that some of you may find handy. So here's the first week of my strip, "Babe-drawing bascis." I'll post the rest later on.
Oooh This will surely help the novice I am to practice at struture for faces. I shall expand outside of stick figure drawings soon!
Great tutorial, it is simple enough or my brain, yay.
Very good tutorial, thank you. You managed to make the ugliest part of the face look beautiful (nose).
Sweet! This'll help a lot!
Thanks, learning step by step.
Thank you for such great tutorials!
Ha! Eat that, semester of Computer Graphics 1! I just learned more here than I ever did in that class.
Hax! I can't manage to go from the 3rd to the 4th panels... Haha. Good tutorial.
LOL!!!! I LOVE THE DONUT HAIR!!!! thanks for the tutorials, they always help!!!
I know you posted this a while ago but excellent!
OMG!! why does everyone make me feelike an amateur?! jeez! good stuff!
thank the lord for these kind of things!
finally something i can understand easily!
From an Aggie exiled to Arkansas... good work.
No need to say enithing else then great!!!
Ah dude, I been waiting for some tutorials for you for the longest now. This really helps!
Damn. I have a BA in Fine art and you STILL managed to teach me a few things between this and the other tutorial. Thanks! And I was so sure I knew everything about everything. LOL.


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Shanghai Police – Die wüsteste Truppe der Welt (Originaltitel: , internationaler Titel: ) ist eine Action-Komödie aus Hongkong von und mit Sammo Hung aus dem Jahr 1986.

Handlung
Fong-Tin Ching ist ein Ganove, der in einer kleinen Stadt ein Bordell eröffnen will. Um Kunden zu bekommen, sorgt er dafür, dass der Shanghai Express, ein Zug, an dieser Stadt nicht weiterfahren kann, sodass alle Passagiere in der Stadt bleiben müssen. In dem Zug sind allerdings auch drei japanische Diebe, die ein chinesisches Kulturgut gestohlen haben und andere Banditen, die versuchen diesen Schatz an sich zu bringen. Es befindet sich dort auch noch ein Kopfgeldjäger, der Fong-Tin fangen will, ein Feuerwehrmann, der zum Polizeichef ernannt und von einer Frau namens Chi an der Nase herumgeführt wird. Eine zum Stehlen neigende Bande von Ex-Polizisten und noch viele andere reisende Passagiere sorgen zudem für Aufregung.

Kritik
Das Lexikon des internationalen Films urteilte, der Film sei eine "[s]tellenweise rasant inszenierte Klamotte" und die Synchronisation sei "dümmlich […]"

Fassungen

Es existieren weltweit mindestens sechs verschiedene Schnittfassungen des Films, die unterschiedlich lang sind und vom verwendeten Bildmaterial voneinander abweichen.

Weblinks

 Shanghai Police – Die wüsteste Truppe der Welt  in der Hong Kong Movie Database (chinesisch, englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1986
Hongkong-Film
Filmkomödie
Actionfilm
Martial-Arts-Film
Schienenverkehr im Film

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Kim Kardashian's skeleton's may find their way out of the closet.
A former nanny of the Kardashian's claims that Kim always wanted to be a "princess" and was just like Marcia Brady of The Brady Bunch.
Pam Behan, who claims to have "raised" the famous family for five years during the early '90s, says the reality star was always the center of attention … and egotistical.
"Just like when Jan always said 'Marcia Marcia Marcia', it was always 'Kim Kim Kim' in the house," said Behan.
"There's a quality about Kim, a princess quality. I don't mean this in a bad way but she has always thought of herself as a princess and wanted to be a princess and carries herself like a princess – I think that's why she stood out," she continued.
And what about her two sisters?


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Updated 24 November, 2013 - 02:52 aprilholloway
6,400-year-old human remains found in hidden cave in Spain
Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona in Spain have uncovered a rare Neolithic death ritual containing the remains of four individuals which are incredibly well preserved, and the funerary rites were the first of their kind seen in the region.
The remains include those of an adult, an adolescent, and two children aged 3 to 6 years, which have been dated to 6,400 years old. Unusually, the four individuals had been placed in a tight foetal position and then bound together with rope and wrapped in a shroud. Manual Edo, director of the excavations, believes they were placed in this position because "that is how you arrive on Earth and how you leave."
Along with the human remains, researchers found an ovoid glass container with two handles and some fragments of the bones of two goats and one calf. Under the remains of the man, close to his elbow, they found a polished bone pendant. The remains of a bonfire were also found in the cave, which may have been lit as part of the funeral rites.
"The funerary rites here are different to those (seen) elsewhere," said Edo. He added that the rites are the first of their kind to be seen on the Iberian Peninsula.
The findings occurred in the Can Sadurni cave in Begues, near the city of Barcelona. Back in 1999, excavations in the cave had also revealed the earliest evidence of fermented beer in Europe, which may have been included as part of the death ritual.
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Erlitou: China's First Great City and Beginning of the Xia Dynasty?
The Erlitou culture dates to the early Bronze Age and existed in the Yellow River valley region of ancient China. The culture was named after a village site that was discovered in the central Chinese...
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24 December, 2021 - 17:59 Sahir
'World's Oldest Family Tree' Revealed in Neolithic Tomb in England
Genome sequencing of 35 individuals from the best-preserved Neolithic tomb in B Tomb in England ritain has revealed that 27 of the individuals were the children of 4 women – and just one man! This...
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4 December, 2021 - 21:57 Ashley
5,000-Year-Old Palace Marks Birth of Chinese Civilization
Archaeologists have been excavating at the Nanzuo heritage site in Qingyang, on China's Loess Plateau, in Gansu province. Dating back 4,600 to 5,200 years, according to China Daily , the Nanzuo site...
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The Enigmatic Devil's Arrows: The Tallest Standing Stones in Britain
In the heart of Yorkshire in northern England, near the town of Aldborough, lie three huge pillars of stone known as the Devil's Arrows. Originally four, these are the tallest collection of standing...
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Stonehenge Plaques Hold Secret Cultural Data, Says New Study
Four Neolithic "chalk plaques" were discovered near Stonehenge between 1968–2017. A new study has shown that the ancient illustrations on the Stonehenge plaques are much more than just abstract...
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Three Thousand Years Ago Human Brain Size Decreased, Says Study
Through the process of greater efficiency, the human brain size began to shrink about 3,000 years ago and this is a huge new revelation in human evolution. The latest research study conclusions...
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EquityNet Featured in Free Enterprise
Below is an article by Free Enterprise entitled "Founded 5 Years Before Kickstarter, Arkansas-Based EquityNet Remains a Crowdfunding Powerhouse"
Founded 5 Years Before Kickstarter, Arkansas-Based EquityNet Remains a Crowdfunding Powerhouse
By: Free Enterprise, Free Enterprise
If you think that all chemical engineers work in nondescript laboratories where they toil away on experiment after experiment, then you have obviously never met Judd Hollas.
Hollas, who earned a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the University of Tulsa, is an entrepreneur who started the web-based crowdfunding platform EquityNet. Making the leap away from science and toward business wasn't exactly something Hollas ever planned. Indeed, the Arkansas-based innovator says it largely resulted from circumstances far beyond his control.
"I got caught up in the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, which is what drew me into finance," says Hollas, whose work experience includes a stint at Phillips Petroleum. "What really propelled me into crowdfunding was that I got involved with this startup that was going to provide insurance on venture capital investments. It was a crazy idea—I mean who can calculate risk reliably for that?"
After the company he was working for at the time failed, Hollas was left without a job in a shrinking economy. Reluctant to return to his former role in supply chain automation, Hollas channeled his mental and creative faculties into starting his own business. It was during this extended brainstorming session, Hollas says, that he recognized there was value in the research he had conducted at his firm.
"I was sitting there with some tools that I had been building and that's when I had an epiphany," Hollas recalls. "I realized that if you combined an e-marketplace with the kind of technology I'd been working on, you could have a super scalable and efficient platform with hundreds of thousands of members that would work so well that it wouldn't be crushed under its own weight."


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Yearly Current Affairs of 2013
6 years ago in Yearly Current Affairs of 2013
Who becomes first captain to win all ICC trophies
[A] Andrew Strauss
[B] MS Dhoni
[C] Alastair Cook
[D] MICHAEL Clarke
Nazia Sayed - 3 years ago
Nazia Sayed from Mumbai, India is saying MS Dhoni is correct answer
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Sayed badruzama from Mumbai, India is saying MS Dhoni is correct answer
........first biomass project starts generation of power recently.
[A] Punjab
[B] Gujraat
[C] Haryana
[D] Goa
Which veteran artist were conferred Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 by Delhi Government ?
[A] Zohra Sehgal and Amjad Ali Khan
[B] Ebrahim Alkazi and Habib Tanvir
[C] Abdul Rashid Khan and Anjolie Ela Menon
[D] M.S Subbulakshmi and Ebrahim Alkazi
Which of the following is true? (A) World Environment Day ('WED') is celebrated every year on 5 June. (B) The theme for this year's World Environment Day celebrations is Think,Eat,Save. (C) Think,Eat,Save is an anti-food waste and food loss campaign that encourages you to reduce your food print.
[A] Only A and C
[B] Only A and B
[C] Only B and C
[D] All of These
Which day is International Literacy Day as declared by UNESCO?
[A] Sep 10
[B] Sep 20
[C] Sep 8
[D] None of these
Who was appointed as the new High Commissioner of Singapore to India?
[A] Lim Thuan Kuan
[B] General Surin Pitsuwan
[C] Dr Tony Tan
[D] Kevin Rudd


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Q: NotImplementedError: X is not picklable Using Python 3.x, I am trying to iterate over a dictionary of datasets (NetCDF4 datasets). They are just files...
I want to examine each dataset on a separate process:
def DoProcessWork(datasetId, dataset):
    parameter = dataset.variables["so2"]
    print(parameter[0,0,0,0])

if __name__ == '__main__':
    mp.set_start_method('spawn')
    processes = []
    for key, dataset in datasets.items():
        p = mp.Process(target=DoProcessWork, args=(key, dataset,))
        p.start()
        processes.append(p)

When I run my program, I get some message about 'pickable'
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\multiprocessing\process.py", line 105, in start
    self._popen = self._Popen(self)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\multiprocessing\context.py", line 223, in _Popen
    return _default_context.get_context().Process._Popen(process_obj)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\multiprocessing\context.py", line 322, in _Popen
    return Popen(process_obj)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\multiprocessing\popen_spawn_win32.py", line 65, in __init__
    reduction.dump(process_obj, to_child)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python36-32\lib\multiprocessing\reduction.py", line 60, in dump
    ForkingPickler(file, protocol).dump(obj)
  File "netCDF4\_netCDF4.pyx", line 1992, in netCDF4._netCDF4.Dataset.__reduce__ (netCDF4\_netCDF4.c:16805)
NotImplementedError: Dataset is not picklable

What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this?
Could it be that opening the file is done on another process, and so I am getting an error because I am trying to pass data loaded on 1 process to another process?

A: The multiprocessing needs to serialize (pickle) the inputs to pass them to the new proccess which will run the DoProcessWork. In your case the dataset object is a problem, see the list of what can be pickled.
A possible workaround for you would be using multiprocessing with another function which reads the dataset and calls DoProcessWork on it.

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yesterday I have finally got my WL-700g and I have some questions (i have waited about a month). The router is a little bit buggy but nice.
I have less linux knowledge, but maybe somebody can help me.
1) how can I erase the hd (160gb) in the WL-700g? In the Disk-Management (Configuration Tool) I cann't choose the hd to erase (error= no disk selected for erasing).
2) Is it possible to make 2 partitions on the hd? If yes, with which program/commands?
I would be happy if I get an answer.


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Insider Guide to 2018 Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion
Shop a curated market filled with local artisans at the 5th annual Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion this weekend at the Pearland Town Center. The FREE 2-day event takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Here's a quick list of the Frequently Asked Questions about this year's Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion.
Is there an admission fee?
No, the event is Free and open to the public.
What are the hours?
Enjoy the event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Where is the Pearland Town Center Event Pavilion?
The Pearland Town Center is located at 11200 Broadway St. near the intersection of Highway 288 and Broadway/FM 518 on the west side of Highway 288.
The Event Pavilion is set at the heart of the retail center in an island just past the intersection of Town Center Boulevard and Market Street.
What's the best way to get to the Pearland Town Center?
Coming from Houston, travel south on Highway 288 and exit FM 518. Turn right at the lighton FM 518/Broadway. Continue on Broadway to the second light – Town Center Drive and turn left. Continue straight on Town Center Drive to the first stop sign, turn left or right to begin looking for parking near Macy's or Dillards.
Additional access points are also available off Broadway Street/FM 518, which include Kirby Drive and Business Center Drive.
Where is parking?
Parking is available in any of the open, retail parking spaces at the Pearland Town Center.
Are pets allowed to attend the event?
The event is outdoors at the Pearland Town Center; four-legged friends are welcome on a leash.
Are public restrooms available?
Yes, public restrooms are within walking distance of the Pavilion near H&M.
Is there an ATM in the area?
Yes, guests can use the ATM located in the Pavilion area located directly behind PopBar.
Will there be music at the event?
Yes, this year Kroger sponsors the live music stage featuring singer/songwriters performing original music. See the complete line-up here: www.visitpearland.com/artshow2018
What types of artists are featured?
A collection of 40+ artists from Pearland and the Houston surrounding area feature items in several categories, all items are handcrafted.
What food options are there?
The Food Truck Court will feature Pearland's Nacho Nachos, Space City Spuds and JAX Burgers. BAKFISH Brewing Company will be on-site selling handcrafted beers along with a selection of wines to accompany menu items from the food trucks.
Where can I find a schedule of activities?
You can find a complete list of activities at: www.visitpearland.com/artshow2018
What time are the pop-up paint studio classes?
FREE, paint by instruction classes for kids/adults are set for 10:30 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | 1:30 p.m. | 3:00 p.m.* revised for Sunday. Spots are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis on the day of the event.
Will the event take place if it's raining?
Yes, Pearland Art & Crafts on the Pavilion will take place rain or shine. Follow us on Facebook for updates at www.facebook.com/visitpearland
Plan to come out and enjoy an amazing event in Pearland this weekend!
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There was today a temptation to despise the winning motive, but he did not think there was any danger of Yorkshire going in for the losing motive.
Iranians despise the MKO for acting as a spying outfit for Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq War.
Fundamentalist religions do have the right to despise and deplore homosexuality, or pork, or whatever.
Iran's reigning mullahs may "despise" the MEK as rivals for power, but Americans should also despise the group for crimes it has committed against our countrymen.
He grew to reject and despise nuclear weapons, and with scientist Albert Einstein and philosopher Bertrand Russell signed a manifesto condemning their proliferation.
Dear Editor, - One of the objectives of the terrorists' bombing campaign, according to the 'New Face' of Estee Lauder Cosmetics (Blair) is to divide the nation and destroy away of life they so despise.
Though in life Bernita Brown's Aunt Babe seemed to despise her, Bernita comes to realize her aunt's treatment of her was a reflection of her own self-hatred.
Courses such as macroeconomics, international trade, business law, and policy and regulation that undergraduates typically despise (no, despise is not too strong a word) become the ones that agrimarketers can't get enough of.
Pete Doherty of the Libertines said: "I don't think you have to be a particularly developed human being intellectually or spiritually to despise racism.
Writers have every reason to fear and despise religion -- which perennially fears and despises them -- but there was a peculiar passivity, indeed a paralysis of imagination, in this group's willingness to leave the defining process entirely to the hard-liners (and, by implication, to the earnest and incurably sloganeering efforts of the liberal soft-liners).
Chapter 3 analyzes the strategy of memoir prefaces, which indicate the desired reading public (family, or the great, or future historians), stress simple and unadorned style (most Memorialists are old soldiers who despise letters), and imply the curious paradox that subjectivity of viewpoint in some way guarantees objectivity of narrative (106).
The more you intimidate, the more you despise the hands that feed you.


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Musician, producer and photographer Brett Goldsmith recently talked with me from Melbourne, Australia, about his new work with Olivia Newton-John, Hotel Sessions. The record is an extended play (EP) collection of previously unreleased demo tracks that he made with his famous aunt between 2002 and 2011 at various Melbourne hotels (read my review here.) Goldsmith, […]
Interview: Brett Goldsmith on 'Hotel Sessions' by Olivia Newton-John
by Scott Holleran | May 5, 2014
Musician, producer and photographer Brett Goldsmith recently talked with me from Melbourne, Australia, about his new work with Olivia Newton-John, Hotel Sessions. The record is an extended play (EP) collection of previously unreleased demo tracks that he made with his famous aunt between 2002 and 2011 at various Melbourne hotels (read my review here.)
Goldsmith, 52, is the son of Olivia Newton-John's late sister, Rona Newton-John, to whom Hotel Sessions is dedicated. Hotel Sessions is available at the Flamingo Las Vegas, where ONJ is an artist in residence for her premiere residency program, Summer Nights, as CD and digital download on her Web site and soon for downloading on iTunes. This is an edited transcript.
Scott Holleran: What would Rona Newton-John, to whom Hotel Sessions is dedicated, think of the record?
Brett Goldsmith: I think she would like it. My mother was a fan of Olivia's. She was a big fan of Olivia's voice. Being a fashion model and hanging out with rock stars, my mom Rona was a super cool kind of chick. I think she would especially like [the song I co-wrote with Olivia Newton-John] "End in Peace". I would send my records for her reaction and she would criticize them in terms of my songwriting and my voice, which she told me she thought was getting better. A couple of lyrics were written while she was alive. I think she would like certain parts of Hotel Sessions. She would be the first to say what she didn't like.
Scott Holleran: Do you consider this record a tribute to your mother?
Brett Goldsmith: I do now, yeah. It was almost like this record was never going to come out. The inspiration [for release] was Olivia cancelling her [impending] Las Vegas show after Rona's death. Then, we said let's make this happen and put this in some sort of cohesive order. We figured Rona would like that we were working together. Some of the songs mean a lot to us. Hotel Sessions was originally for me to put my production sound on Olivia's voice. That's how it was originally conceived.
Scott Holleran: How did Hotel Sessions evolve into an extended play record?
Brett Goldsmith: I had made an album in 2002 called Drive Time, which I'd made in a room on my own featuring songs I had written [that were] recorded by eight different vocalists—all Australian—and I was thinking it would be great if [my aunt] Olivia sang "Best of My Love". She sang it and then went back to L.A. to [her manager and the record's executive producer] Mark Hartley—or I sent her a mix—and she wanted to re-record the vocal and do another performance, so I went [to L.A] and did the vocal. While we were there, we wrote "End in Peace" in Malibu. After that, I think Mark Hartley turned to me and said how would you feel about taking a few of these songs and turning it into an Olivia record? I didn't have to think about that for very long. So, Mark was very instrumental. I had pretty much let it go, storing these songs for whatever reason. I thought one day it might come to fruition. When Rona passed [due to brain cancer on May 24, 2013, in Los Angeles], I don't think Olivia wanted to sing for while. So Mark was instrumental in pulling this together. Her publicist Michael Caprio and his partner, Randy Slovacek, also helped put Hotel Sessions on track. Randy in particular with his input and enthusiasm was a champion for making it happen. I shot the cover, we added dance remixes from David Hornos as DayBeat, because he had a good groove about him, and Mark went along with all that. It was very organic.
Scott Holleran: When was your cover photo taken?
Brett Goldsmith: After Mom died. It wasn't planned. Unless I'm shooting [photographs for] a fashion story—that's all premeditated—it's improvisational. Olivia had asked me to find an image for the cover. I was actually at a soccer match—and I'm not that into soccer—and I saw this flock of seagulls. My iPhone was actually on the HDR setting—which means it takes two or three images in one hit and you get a flock of seagulls—and I happened to get that shot. So, I didn't lay the images together. The double image was some weird anomaly. The phone was in portrait [not landscape mode] and [the image was] super grainy. And the city shots [on the back and inside the compact disc packaging] were taken during the same soccer match when the iPhone was pointing at Melbourne. I remember [looking out and] thinking that the city [Olivia's hometown] would be a great shot. When I sent the images to Olivia, she loved them. There was no manipulation of the image, though. It just looked so haunting.
Scott Holleran: How was working as a producer for Olivia Newton-John?
Brett Goldsmith: Like most artists, Olivia knows exactly what she wants. She left me alone – she respects me as a photographer and as a musician – to work. The same goes with production. In fact, there wasn't a moment when she questioned my grooves, arrangement or production. We're talking about a singer with absolutely perfect pitch. I think I know what she wants, I know where the vibrato works and I know she has an incredible ear. When you're cutting vocals with Olivia Newton-John, you'd better be on your best behavior. She's a serious singer.
Scott Holleran: Are there any unreleased songs not included on the CD?
Brett Goldsmith: I did record one other song written for Olivia—but I got another engineer to come into the hotel and unfortunately he distorted the vocal. It sits in my computer. There were meant to be more songs.
Scott Holleran: Do you have plans for another ONJ collaboration?
Brett Goldsmith: Olivia's the artist, I'm the producer and it's her call. If she rings me up, of course I would jump at the chance. I would actually like to do a kind of modern country record or something in that type of genre.
Scott Holleran: You're also a singer and your own music album includes the original version of "Ordinary Life". Why no duet with Olivia on Hotel Sessions?
Brett Goldsmith: I never thought about that. I mean, Olivia sings duets with [singers such as] Tony Bennett. Every time we recorded in one of the hotels, I would literally go pull it apart. I would bring a Macintosh, a pre-amplifier, microphone, microphone stand and headphone and engineer and record her vocal in a hotel. I would hear the room as it is and record one song at a time. Because her time was so limited and frankly I was not sure if she was recording these songs as a favor – I could only do a couple of songs in Melbourne at different hotels while she was in town for the hospital in order to raise money, so it wasn't a priority. I had these songs sitting on my hard drive and, as formats would change, [keeping up with upgrading technology] was crazy. In fact, I just found some video footage [of the hotel recording sessions]. I had happened to record some footage of Olivia and I'm there coaxing her through the vocals—she didn't like her vocal—she wanted to record it more like the way I had done it. I knew I could get a beautifully tuned, unedited performance and maybe some harmonies. I think I managed to do that under tough circumstances.
Scott Holleran: On your version of "Ordinary Life", you sing a different lyric than Olivia sings on Hotel Sessions. Why change the lyric?
Brett Goldsmith: I wrote that song reflectively talking about myself. When we got to sit down, she changed a lot of lyrics—we did it together just before we tracked the vocal, to change perspective [to reflect] her age and feeling. When I get up and sing, I sing whatever comes out. It starts with a melody. I never really think about it once I have the first verse. Olivia wanted to change a few things.
Scott Holleran: Had you recorded with Olivia before Hotel Sessions?
Brett Goldsmith: I did the world leg of her Physical tour and I've been in the studio with her, though not with musicians, bands and producers. We recorded "End in Peace" at a home studio in L.A. Olivia bought my first guitar for me and encouraged me to become a musician. She'd told me: 'you're a great songwriter'. I wish I had been in the studio during her country records in the 1970s. I've never really thought about this until you asked.
Scott Holleran: Is it possible that Olivia will perform the Hotel Sessions songs during her show in Las Vegas?
Brett Goldsmith: I really hope so. I would love that. If she put them in a set, that would be awesome. There's no going back years later and fixing this or that. I'm glad it's been released as demos, other than "Ordinary Life".
Scott Holleran: Let's talk about the impetus for each song on Hotel Sessions. What made way for "Ordinary Life"?
Brett Goldsmith: The whole point of the lyric is feeling pretty ordinary. The flipside is feeling pretty extraordinary. We all have ordinary types of days. The idea is that you can get through them, no matter how mundane [things seem]—you have an extraordinary story. We tend to feel ordinary based on fear of the unknown—I've had those days and all have been scary and worked out just fine. You remake yourself. Making records of my own is another reinvention. Now, I'm a photographer. But I was not until after I was 40 years old. Every one can remake oneself.
Scott Holleran: What is the impetus for "Best of My Love"?
Brett Goldsmith: It's a love song, really, with a bit of heartbreak. It's a story about people who give their all and get nothing back. I had that Emotions record [an entirely different song, "Best of My Love" on their Rejoice album] and it reminds me of [producer and musician] Nile Rodgers. So, I wondered if I could sing that title and lyric. I had to sing that [other] song in order to find Olivia to sing [mine]. I'm not a big fan of my own vocals—but she kicked it.
Scott Holleran: What is the impetus for "End in Peace"?
Brett Goldsmith: I watched 9/11 happen. It was overwhelming. I'm Australian—not American—and everyone was so sad about what happened. That's all I had. When I went to L.A. to re-record the vocal for "Best of My Love", we wrote "End in Peace". I didn't want to tell Olivia [what moved me to write the tune] because I am not an American. It was not really my place to say something but 9/11 was the impetus. I gave it to Olivia. Within an hour, I was sitting around the pool, playing verse chords and that's when she wrote it. It happened quickly and I didn't preempt her writing with my meaning. I've never even told her that. I didn't think it was appropriate.
Scott Holleran: What is the impetus for "Bow River"?
Brett Goldsmith: The song is written by Ian Moss [of the Australian band Cold Chisel] and I came up with the idea to completely change the groove. I slowed it down. I recorded the whole music track in a particular key, then I rang up Olivia and she ended up nailing the vocal. It was originally done by Cold Chisel. Their song was literally in double time. Who knows what they think of it.
Scott Holleran: What is the impetus for the cover of Mr. Mister's "Broken Wings"?
Brett Goldsmith: I wish I had more originals but I just had an idea to produce a version of that song even though I wasn't a huge fan of the original. I must have picked up my guitar and I think it was in A minor with no singer in mind. I got a groove and I thought this record was really cool. So I flew it over without the vocal. They liked it and it ended up being on there because that's all I had. The five you have on the record is the five I had.
Scott Holleran: How did David Hornos, as mixer DayBeat, become involved for the dance remixes?
Brett Goldsmith: Unbeknownst to me he had been recording and remixing Olivia's songs. He had actually sent them but I didn't know it [because his messages were unopened]. There had been some other dance remixes [of Olivia's songs] I'd heard. Most of them including mine were awful. Then David's [messages] turned up and I was quite embarrassed and said what have you got. He'd done a remix of "Broken Wings" and he mixed his beats and added piano. I gave him the vocal and he got it back in two weeks. Then I also sent him the vocals for "Best of My Love". He did a great job.
Scott Holleran: Your parents, nightclub entrepreneur Brian Goldsmith and Rona Newton-John, divorced when you were three years old and your dad owned music clubs and bars in Australia. Did having access to your father's businesses influence you?
Brett Goldsmith: Yes—in everything. You couldn't find a 14-year-old collecting every vinyl record [like I did]. My dad having the hippest clubs when I was 14 or 15 years old, I was playing my record collection—from Kool and the Gang to orchestral music—and my music to an audience and seeing them out on the dance floor. It was amazing. Between the experience of his nightclubs and his encouragement for me to become a musician and letting me be who I am was really encouraging. I went to a stuck-up private school—it was sort of Ivy league and people became lawyers and doctors—and my dad was great. Between Olivia and him, I felt very encouraged [to pursue a career in the arts]. That and I'm really good at reading manuals.
Scott Holleran: Some people might not realize that growing up privileged with an aunt who's Olivia Newton-John might not always be so fabulous—
Brett Goldsmith: —That's true. My sister Tottie and I had a band called the Chantoozies—we were a kind of cheesy Bananarama type band—and we had a couple of hits in Australia. We toured for years. I got to write those songs and it was my dad who paid for our first video. So, there's no doubt that our upbringing was privileged and, yes, there is a lot of pressure to live up to expectations. I can certainly see how difficult it is. Privilege and money can be the kiss of death. And there are people out there that just up and go about their lives without much money. So, it's a personal drive that everyone needs to have—you have to eat well and get sleep—and if you wind up in the wrong place, know that there are people who want to help.
Scott Holleran: We're coming up on Mother's Day in the U.S. What to you is your mother Rona's legacy?
Brett Goldsmith: She was the coolest. She is known by people who didn't know her as being beautiful—and my mother was beautiful—but within and behind that beauty was a great fashionista and reader and writer and movie watcher who had talents of her own. Some of them were fulfilled and some were unfulfilled, just like all of us. Her legacy is that she was witty, sarcastic, brutal, funny and cool—she didn't brag—and she lived a life and married interesting men, met presidents and traveled with Olivia and was a super cool chick. She had style and she loved my photography—she was a model and I started as a fashion photographer—and she was a fan of mine. And I am a fan of hers.
About Scott Holleran
Scott Holleran is a writer and journalist. His articles have been published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal. Visit his Web site at www.scottholleran.com.
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The 29th Infantry Division (29th ID), also known as the "Blue and Gray Division", is an infantry division of the United States Army based in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It is currently a formation of the U.S. Army National Guard and contains units from Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia.
Formed in 1917, the division deployed to France as a part of the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. Called up for service again in World War II, the division's 116th Regiment, attached to the First Infantry Division, was in the first wave of troops ashore during Operation Overlord, the landings in Normandy, France. It supported a special Ranger unit tasked with clearing strong points at Omaha Beach. The rest of the 29th ID came ashore later then advanced to Saint-Lô, and eventually through France and into Germany itself.
Following the end of World War II, the division saw frequent reorganizations and deactivations. Although the 29th did not see combat through most of the next 50 years, it participated in numerous training exercises throughout the world. It eventually saw deployments to Bosnia (SFOR10) and Kosovo (KFOR) as command elements, and units of the division continue to deploy to locations such as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and to the War in Afghanistan as a part of the Global War on Terrorism's Operation Enduring Freedom, and also to the Iraq War, as a part of its Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn.
In 2016, two separate elements of the 29th deployed overseas. In July more than 80 soldiers deployed in support of anti-ISIL operations (dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve by the U.S. government). In October, more than 450 29th soldiers deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
As the ships were traveling to the beach, the heavy seas, combined with the chaos of the fighting caused most of the landing force to be thrown off-course and most of the 116th Infantry missed its landing spots.:95 Most of the regiment's tank support, launched from too far off-shore, foundered and sank in the channel. The soldiers of the 116th Infantry were the first to hit the beach at 0630, coming under heavy fire from German fortifications. Company A of the 1st Battalion, 116th Infantry, from the Virginia National Guard in Bedford, Virginia was annihilated by overwhelming fire as it landed on the 116th's westernmost section of the beach, along with half of Company C of the 2nd Ranger Battalion which was landing to the west of the 116th.:98 The catastrophic losses suffered by this small Virginia community led to it being selected for the site of the National D-Day Memorial. The 1st Infantry Division's forces ran into similar fortifications on the eastern half of the beach, suffering massive casualties coming ashore. By 0830, the landings were called off for lack of space on the beach, as the Americans on Omaha Beach were unable to overcome German fortifications guarding the beach exits. Lieutenant General Omar Nelson Bradley, commanding the American First Army, considered evacuating the survivors and landing the rest of the divisions elsewhere.:29:100 However, by noon, elements of the American forces had been able to organize and advance off the beach, and the landings resumed.:103 By nightfall, the division headquarters landed on the beach with about 60 percent of the division's total strength, and began organizing the push inland. On 7 June, a second wave of 20,000 reinforcements from both the 1st and 29th Divisions was sent ashore. By the end of D-Day, 2,400 men from the two divisions had become casualties on Omaha Beach.:106–7 Added to casualties at other beaches and air-drops made the total casualties for the Normandy landings 6,500 Americans and 3,000 British and Canadians, lighter numbers than expected.
Memorial of the 29th Infantry Division's embarkation for D-Day in Trebah, United Kingdom.
A 2005 oil painting depicting soldiers from the 2-124th participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
29th Infantry Division soldiers conduct a large-scale exercise at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo in May 2009.
29th Infantry Division sergeant in Afghanistan as part of the International Security Assistance Force, 2011.
In March 2004, the 3rd Battalion 116th Infantry of 500+ soldiers was mobilized for 579 days in support of Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan. Following 4 month train up, the battalion deployed to Bagram Air Base Afghanistan where the unit split into two operational elements. One element was stationed at Bagram where they were responsible for near base security and the theater-north Quick Reaction Force. They executed 5, 10, and 20 kilometer ring patrols to increase force security and stayed ready to react at a moments notice to deploy anywhere in Afghanistan to react to "troops in contact" that requested support. The other element moved south with the Bn Commander to control and shape operations in the Wardak and Ghazni provinces. It was here that the 116th would take its first casualties by enemy contact since World War II. SGT Bobby Beasley and SSG Craig Cherry were killed in an IED attack on a patrol in southern Ghazni near Gilan. Within the first three months, the unit would deploy nearly every soldier around Bagram, and throughout the Wardak and Ghazni provinces during the first Afghan elections in which President Hamid Karzai was elected. The unit would redeploy back to the United States in July 2005 highly decorated for its efforts during their mission following hundreds of successful combat patrols and engagements.
After a three-month pre-deployment train-up at Mississippi's Camp Shelby, the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in September 2007, as part of the Iraq War's Operation Iraqi Freedom, returning home in May 2008.
On 19 December 2016 the 29th Infantry Division assumed command of U.S. Army Central's intermediate division headquarters, Task Force Spartan, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. This deployment includes 450 Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina Army National Guard soldiers and is the first time the 29th Infantry Division has been a part of Third Army since 1944, during WWII.
More than 80 members of the 29th deployed to Jordan in August 2016 where they assumed command of the military's joint operations center there to support Operation Inherent Resolve. Soldiers of the 29th led engagements and joint training with the Jordan Armed Forces and allied countries before returning in July 2017.
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The 29th Infantry Division has been featured numerous times in popular media, particularly for its role on D-Day. The division's actions on Omaha Beach are featured prominently in the 1962 film The Longest Day, as well as in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan. Soldiers of the division are featured in other films and television with smaller roles, such as in the 2005 film War of the Worlds.
The 29th Infantry Division is also featured in numerous video games related to World War II. The division's advance through Normandy and Europe is featured in the games Close Combat, Company of Heroes and Call of Duty 3, in which the player assumes the role of a soldier of the division.
A number of soldiers serving with the 29th Infantry Division have gone on to achieve notability for various reasons. Among them are highly decorated soldier Joseph A. Farinholt, soccer player James Ford, United States federal judge Alfred D. Barksdale, and historian Lawrence C. Wroth, generals Milton Reckord, Norman Cota, Charles D. W. Canham, and Donald Wilson. Major Thomas D. Howie who commanded 3d Battalion, 116th Infantry during the battle of St. Lo became immortalized as "The Major of St. Lo" for the honors rendered to him after being killed in action.
U.S. soldiers who received the Medal of Honor during service with the 29th Infantry Division include Henry Costin, Earle Davis Gregory, and Patrick Regan  from World War I and Frank D. Peregory and Sherwood H. Hallman. from World War II.
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A DDPmini48D was used at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday night in Bilbao, Spain. United Broadcast Facilities was the Outside Broadcasting partner with 14 trucks, 15 Edit Suites and 22 UHD Cameras!
Read the complete article on the SVG Europe website.
With the new V5 OS, DDPs can be clustered together so that when one system fails, all the data is still available. This technology enables clients and applications to continue their operations without interruption.
All clustered DDPs are able to act as a substitute for the one that failed, ensuring important data is still available. As data replication is carried on in the background, everything remains transparent for the client.
DDP V5 OS allows multiple DDPs on the same network to stream (and I/O) data in parallel controlled by one master DDP, which holds the metadata. The master DDP tells all desktops connected to the network where to write, or read the data to and from.
We are pleased to announce that DDP now fully supports collaborative editing on Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve! Contact us for more details.
This mandatory update better handles crashed or disconnected desktop in case high volume of metadata is send.
It can be installed on V4 DDPs only, however if you're on v4 earlier than 4.00.014a you should contact us first.
When using a DDP volume as a Framestore (/mnt/StorageMedia) for Autodesk Flame, the DL_DISABLE_DIRECT_IO flag is required. This flag is functional in Flame 2018.1 but has been broken in Flame 2018.2. As such, DDP/Flame users should not update to Flame 2018.2. However, Flame users can still use a DDP volume to Read and Write file sequences as soft import in 2018 update 2.
This error has been reported to and confirmed by Autodesk. The DirectIO flag will be fixed in an upcoming flame release.
Arnhem, April 12, 2017: At NAB 2017, the Dutch manufacturer Ardis Technologies will present the new software version of its DDP Ethernet SAN shared storage solutions. With DDP's heterogeneous scale out cluster, DDP nodes can be "Here, There and Elsewhere" across different geographic locations and within one namespace. Desktop clients have parallel data access to the cluster DDP nodes. With DDP's Instant Replication feature, a cluster of two DDPs can be used as a real-time Mirror whereby clients write their data simultaneously to both DDPs.
File based SSD caching and load balancing is now expanded so it can be used across multiple nodes within a DDP cluster. Storage (HDDs, SSDs, and DDP Expansion Chassis as well as Standalone DDPs and DDP Head units) can be added or removed on the fly in the back-end without changing the front-end. The shared file system is independent from the locations where the media is stored; in this way media can be moved around (copied, transferred or consolidated), without changes in the directory/folder structure and is transparent to operators.
Individual DDP cluster nodes can be distributed over the network across separate physical and geographic locations while remaining within the DDP cluster. If necessary, a single DDP server can be removed from a cluster, used as a standalone device elsewhere, and after finishing the job rejoin the cluster with all new media being available immediately. Both capacity and bandwidth scales linearly when equally equipped DDPs are added.
DDP Dynamic Drive Pool by Ardis Technologies will exhibit at NAB 2017 in Las Vegas, Booth SL4705.
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There Could Be Hundreds of Interstellar Asteroids Lurking in Our Solar System
These asteroids will stick around for a long time, so scientists can take their time learning everything about them.
A year ago, astronomers spotted something no one had ever seen before: an object visiting our solar system from somewhere else in the galaxy. The object, dubbed 'Oumuamua, is long since gone, heading rapidly out of our solar system just as quickly as it came. But now that we know interstellar asteroids exist, scientists have been on the hunt for more. And according to a new study by Harvard researchers, there may be plenty to find.
The new study, published on the ArXiv and awaiting peer review, claims the discovery of an additional four interstellar asteroids, with the possibility of discovering hundreds more in the future.
First, the astronomers wanted to determine what an interstellar asteroid in our solar system would even look like. They developed a simulation of what would happen if a rogue asteroid happened to drift too close to our solar system. They found that the sun and Jupiter have a complex interaction that tends to trap interstellar asteroids in the solar system. The natural next step was to try and find some of those asteroids in real life.
To discover these cosmic interlopers, the Harvard researchers turned to a database of asteroids, comets, and other small solar system objects maintained by the International Astronomical Union. They combed that database for any objects with similar orbits as the ones produced by their simulation. With that filter, they successfully found four possible candidates.
These four candidates—2018 TL6, 2017 SV13, 2011 SP25, and 2017 RR2—might be the first discovered permanent immigrants to our solar system. 'Oumuamua was just a temporary guest, gone almost as soon as it got here. But these four will stick around for billions of years, giving us a chance to study and explore them in detail.
What's more, these four might be the first of hundreds of similar asteroids discovered over the next few years. The researchers suggest that the upcoming Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, due to start operations in 2022, will be able to spot much smaller asteroids, dramatically increasing our knowledge of both native and interstellar objects in our solar system.
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DEVELOPING: Boy finds parents shot dead after dad texts older son, asks him to take care of younger brother
*This is a developing story and will be updated as additional information becomes available.*
Two Texas boys are left without parents after their father apparently shot his wife before turning a gun on himself.
ABC 13 reports that a 16-year-old heard gunshots in his home on Wednesday in Harris County, according to police. He walked downstairs and found his mother and father in the kitchen with gunshot wounds. He called 911 and waited outside.
When first responders arrived, they pronounced the couple dead at the scene. Authorities haven't yet released their identities.
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Sheriff Ed Gonzalez indicated that it appeared that the husband shot his wife before turning the gun on himself.
"Everything so far from the initial investigation that we've made so far is consistent with an apparent murder-suicide."
The husband also sent a text message to his oldest son prior to the shooting. He asked him to take care of his younger brother.
"The father may have sent a message prior to the shooting to the son, basically advising him to take care of your brother. Something, just a general message like that. That's when everything went down," Gonzalez added.
KHOU 11 reports that authorities said the couple had been marital issues for "quite some time." A neighbor, however, said he never noticed any problems and the couple typically kept to themselves.
The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences is in the process of completing a medical investigation. The investigation is ongoing.
If you are in a domestic abuse situation, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at thehotline.org or call 800.799.SAFE (7233).
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Please use the board below to post your review and comments about The Hunger Games.
After the Hunger Games had been no1 in the U.S for 4 weeks I just had to see it & I'm glad I did as it is excellent - never read the book so don't care about the adaption so just looking at the movie it was epic with loads of drama action & suspense .
The film makers not only captured the heart and soul of the book to please its millions of fans.They also made a movie that is entertaining enough to satisfy those not familiar with the books.Jennifer Lawrence carries the film and was perfect in her role as Katniss.Supporting cast were all amazing as well!The best book to film adaptation since the Lord Of The Rings trilogy.I loved every minute of this movie and will see it again before it leaves theaters.Well worth the price of admission!!!


My adventuring this week in EQ2 has been a little slow because of some RL issues affecting everyone in the group. You could definitely classify it as guild drama if we were in a guild right now, but its more or less just the final throws of a kind gesture gone bad.
Despite this rather large distraction to the group, we did manage to get together last night and finish all three of our Armor Quests.
I first saw the Beserker Armor set the other night in Fallen Gate on another tank and after a quick /inspect, I found out about the quest line. Its a good looking set of armor and I've seen some models similar to it around the city in different colors, so it must not change much between classes. The Inquisitor in our group finished the set last night as well, but I have yet to see it as she likes to wear a dress over everything. She does look damn good though.
During the fourth part of the quest, we stumbled upon an outpost on the northeastern edge of Nektulos. Turns out we needed a NPC there for the update before heading back to Freeport. What was interesting, was that there was a small cellar door next to her labeled Lair of the Necromancer. Turns out the place is a small instance for level 24 and above and has a quick boss battle at the end of the tunnels. One guess on what it was.
We were a bit overpowered for the entire instance, but the boss battle was interesting enough to keep us on out toes. He dropped a pair of slippers that nobody could use but hopefully I will be able to transmute as soon as I get that skill high enough.
I'm going to try out this new slide show system that WordPress recommends thats called Rock You. Its kind of nice that it links to my gmail account, but because its all flash based I can't save what I created to my PC. Meh, its free and has a lot available to customize the images. I would recommend it so far.
How does EQ2's transmute system work? What could you change the slippers into? Do the stats transfer completely?
You basically refine the item down to a special component, this is used in conjunction with crafting to add enhancements to specific pieces of armor,items, or weapons. I haven't had the chance to delve into it as much as I have wanted, but I think will have the time this weekend to do so. You may just see a post coming about this as I know a lot of new players are interested in it.
Looking good brack :). The zerker armor does look wicked.
Liking the armour look you have going there my friend! The slideshow thing works great btw and looks fantastic!
Lair of the Necromancer huh…all I can say is thanks for reminding me!! I did that small zone with one of my first toons and had forgotten about it ever since. I loved it when I did it with my Necro. Think I need to scour my alts for a level suitable to head on in again.
Sorry I missed you at the weekend though mate. Hopefully we will catch up soon.
Yeah, its not a huge instance and could probably take just about 20 minutes, but it was a nice find and I really like the amount of easter eggs that this game seems to have.


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Q: What does 'I am feeling greatly humbled to think you are my future partner, darling' mean? What does humbled mean in the following sentence?

'I am feeling greatly humbled to think you are my future partner, darling'

humbled means :cause (someone) to feel less important or proud.
So does the person who said that want to say that he or she is feeling less important because of her or his future partner ?
Am I wrong ?


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We do not need to search too far to find a roadmap for a global New Deal for Nature and People.
By not viewing environmental issues as human rights issues, gross human rights abuses can occur while weakening humanity's ability to combat climate change.
If the global community is to make progress on linking the health of nature with the health of people and the collective future of humankind, then environmental issues like climate change must be framed within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Fortunately, we do not need to search too far to find a roadmap for our globe's New Deal.
For generations, local communities across the world have been sustainably managing their forests and natural resource reserves in a manner that maintains their livelihoods, promotes biodiversity, and minimizes the destruction of the natural world. In essence, these communities epitomize the intrinsic link found in the aforementioned New Deal for Nature and People.
Alistair Monument of WWF's Global Forest Practice implicitly noted this connection in his recent commentary for Mongabay: "[I]t is possible to safeguard our forests while meeting the needs of human society," he wrote, calling for us to scale up the examples provided in his thought-provoking piece.
But how will we accomplish such a task? And when? Time is running short to turn this New Deal into an actionable plan.
One of the most prominent ways to answer these questions happened on Dec. 10, 2018, when the global community celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. If we are to find the intrinsic connection between nature, people, and the future, then we must begin viewing environmental issues as being inevitably linked to human rights issues. For example, the global community must acknowledge that many human rights issues will be exacerbated by climate change, and thus climate change should be addressed within a human rights framework.
Community members of the Shwe Yoma Community Forest Enterprise collect rattan from their community forests for processing and sale. Photo Credit: Thang Deih Tuang, RECOFTC 2018.
To do this, we should look towards the principles of community forestry as an established framework, and multi-stakeholder forums as the mechanisms to implement this framework.
Community forestry also encompasses these universal rights while pursuing ecological stability. Community forestry provides a framework that acknowledges the rights of local communities to manage the forest they have held customary rights to (right to life and work), while creating livelihoods (right to adequate standard of living), and sustainability (ecological stability) in tandem.
Take, for example, the communities of Gwa Township, Rakhine, Myanmar. For a while, the local communities were unable to benefit from their land due to a lack of tenure rights. But in 2017 the paradigm shifted when 18 villages in the township received tenure to almost 5,000 hectares (or 12,355 acres) of forest.
With clear and strong legal rights, these communities were then able to invest in their forest with life-transforming impacts. Members of the community established the Shwe Yoma Community Forest Enterprise to process rattan found in the forests of Gwa. The financial impact was astonishing. The semi-processed rattan provided an income of nearly 24 million kyat — or roughly $15,000 — while maintaining the integrity of the forest.
In the case of Gwa Township, approaching an environmental issue through the lens of human rights allowed for the fulfillment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights while also providing positive long-term consequences for the environment and humanity's future.
Approaching environmental issues as human rights issues has allowed local communities in Bokeo Province, Lao PDR to secure tenure rights to their forests, increase revenue from their teak production, and sustainable manage their forests. Photo Credit: Rattep Autra, RECOFTC 2018.
In contrast to fortress conservation, indigenous and local communities have repeatedly established systems of natural resource management that preserves their livelihoods, culture, and environment. For instance, as journalist Sonali Prasad reported for Mongabay, the Dongria Kondhs in eastern India have reached into their history to find ways to combat malnutrition and climate distress. Similar narratives have arisen in Uganda and Zimbabwe in regards to animal conservation: traditional practices and beliefs are playing a prominent role in protecting mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) in the former and pangolins (Smutsia temminckii) in the latter.
We have a ways to go, but the timing is right. The same RRI report showed that, although "forest area recognized for communities has grown nearly 40 percent since 2002," this still only equates to a total of 15 percent of forests globally.
Similarly, the October Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report, as well as WWF's Living Planet Report, should provoke an urgent response to Lambertini's plea for a New Deal for Nature and People. With an existential threat looming for nature and people alike, a New Deal is indeed needed and needed now.
If the global community is to make progress on linking the health of nature with the health of people and the collective future of humankind, then environmental issues like climate change must be framed within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Community forestry and the 70th Anniversary of the aforementioned Declaration provide us with an ample opportunity to pursue this route and pave a roadmap for the New Deal for Nature and People by 2020.
By addressing environmental issues within a human rights paradigm, the global community can help promote the realization of Universal Declaration of Human Rights and preserve pristine landscapes. Bokeo, Province, Lao PDR. Photo Credit: Rattep Autra, RECOFTC 2018.
Dr. David Ganz is the Executive Director of The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) with over 25 years of experience in natural resource management.
Jeffrey Williamson is a Princeton in Asia Fellow working for The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) as a Communications Associate.