GUELPH, Ontario – Earlier this year, hundreds of educators in the Upper Grand DSB signed up to take part in an innovative, online professional learning opportunity, TechQuest 1.0.
Due to the success of TechQuest 1.0, event organizers are running a second quest this year with TechQuest 2.0. This quest is expected to be bigger than any of the previous TechQuest challenges.
Tech Quest 2.0 is a series of tasks framed as challenges. These challenges have participants using the Google Tools necessary for effective and accessible technology integration. While the focus is on learning for all, the tasks also spotlight how these tools support learners whose needs are best met though assistive technology in the classroom.
Challenges are designed to encourage educators to use their current lesson ideas and activities. By doing so, they build their capacity to apply new learning and move toward everyday classroom use of accessible modern tools.
What makes TechQuest 2.0 different from previous versions of TechQuest are the challenges. This time, challenges will be harder and different from previous challenges.
Challenges are more interactive, creative and reflective when compared to previous quests. The goal of having challenges that are more reflective is to allow educators to dig deeper into the technology they are using in the classroom and reflect on how it can be better used by students and educators.
More than 200 UGDSB staff have signed up for the quest. The quest is designed to allow any staff member, teaching or support, to be successful when looking at the challenge. The advantages to participating in the quest for support staff include getting a firsthand look at how these technologies are used in the classroom and allows the behind the scene individuals to see their impact on student learning.
April 12 is the last day to sign up for TechQuest 2.0. To register for TechQuest 2.0, please visit the TechQuest 2.0 registration website.


Jeremy Scahill asks why former President George Bush deserves positive recognition for his contributions to the Iraq War.
During his Oval Office Address on Tuesday night, President Obama gave a nod to former President George W. Bush in saying that, "No one could doubt President Bush's support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security." But apparently that wasn't enough for the GOP, who are now complaining that Obama didn't praise Bush heartily enough. Jeremy Scahill joined Keith Olbermann on Countdown last night to talk about the GOP's reaction to Obama's speech.
Bush is one of the last people who deserve thanks for his war efforts in Iraq, Scahill says. "The blame should be shared across the board, but George Bush is number one responsible for this and deserves no thanks from anyone," he explains, "except people that can be described as enemies of this country and of security in the world."


Taggart said in a statement that he told Francois on Saturday night he is no longer a part of the program.
Francois was involved in a domestic dispute with his pregnant girlfriend in January 2018, but no arrests were made, nor charges filed in the incident. Tallahassee Police said Francois and the woman gave varying accounts of the incident to officers, who said they could not establish probable cause for charges.
According to an incident report, Francois called police and told them his ex-girlfriend "was in his home, breaking things and tearing up his room." The woman told police Francois broke down the bedroom door, picked her up, threw her onto the ground and cut her forearm. The state attorney also declined to file charges.


More info and booking campsite Am Blanksee?
Are you ready to take a break from your busy life? Enjoy nature on this holidaypark in Northern Germany. Located in a national park with many lakes. Holiday park Am Blanksee is located next to one of these lakes, and has its own beach, and lies between two protected national parcs in the region Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This is the perfect holiday location for nature lovers.
The surroundings invite visitors to explore the region by bike or on foot. Don't be surprised if you run into a wild deer or a rare otter!
Holiday park am Blankensee has a own sandy beach at Blanksee lake, with a sunbathing area. From the shore you can explore the lake by small boat, or just by swimming. The campsite has well maintained sanitary facilities, a baby changing room, and a laundry room with washing machines and dryers. The holiday park has a small shop for the daily groceries, and a playground. The owners are originally Dutch, but can tell you everything about the surroundings of Blanksee.
Take daytrips to one of the cities in the near vicinity like Schwering, Plau or Parchim. A bit further away is Berlin (2 hour drive), the capital of Germany and a beautifull city to spend an entire day in.
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Already a helluva show, this vivid, technicolor revival makes On The Town the sprightliest 71-year-old on the block.
Harking from the very dawn of Broadway's golden age, On The Town enjoys the blue chip pedigree of Leonard Bernstein's rapturous, pulsing score and the delectable book and lyrics of Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Created in the heyday of Broadway choreography from the likes of Jerome Robbins and Agnes de Mille, the most delightful rediscovery of the show is the extensive use of choreography as storytelling. Relative Broadway newcomer Joshua Bergasse captures Robbins' original style, providing absolutely stunning choreography as he returns a distinctly balletic vocabulary to the Broadway stage.
The featherlight triple boy meets girl concept of the plot allows the audience to just sit back and enjoy the show as three sailors spend a whirlwind 24 hours discovering the pleasures of New York City. Director John Rando keeps the energy sky high and the comedy broad.
With a nod to the highly respectful treatment of the score in the South Pacific revival Bernstein's music sounds wonderful as played a 28-piece orchestra, who are acknowledged and applauded in the same manner as an opera or ballet orchestra. Thankfully, the music has been preserved on a new two-disc cast recording.
The patriotic production features the stars and stripes as its showcloth, and begins with the audience standing to join in singing US anthem "Star-Spangled Banner." Beowulf Boritt's bold design is awash with vibrant Superman tones of red, yellow and royal blue. Further wit and colour are found in Jess Goldstein's delicious costumes. As well as a glossy tarkett on the floor, a rear full-size perspex screen provides extra reflection of the gorgeous dancing and costumes. Animated silhouette projections enhance the effect of the subway and wild taxi rides.
Heading a cast of true triple threats, leading man Tony Yazbeck gives a performance for the ages as Gabey. Handsome and muscular, Yazbeck's singing voice is as pure and charming as his dancing is effortlessly stunning. Best of all, he has an understated, modest style that belies his mammoth talent and makes his work all the more endearing. Jay Armstrong Johnson (Chip) and Clyde Alves (Ozzie) complete the trio of lively sailors, each singing and dancing in stellar style.
As Ivy, aka Miss Turnstiles July, Megan Fairchild is a lovely partner for Yazbeck, delivering sweet singing and wonderfully balletic dancing. As spontaneous good tie girl Claire de Lune, Elizabeth Stanley has the infectious character presence of a young Sherie Renee Scott. Curvaceous stunner Alysha Umphress wins a generous share of audience affection as bawdy taxi driver Hildy.
Sadly, inspired comedienne Jackie Hoffman is still sidelined with a foot injury. Allison Guinn, however, provides plenty of laughs standing in as Madame Dilly and the determined Little Old Lady. In a variety of supporting roles, Phillip Boykin determinedly channels 2015 Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart, even dressing like Aladdin's Genie at one point.
On The Town is as much a tourist attraction as any of the sights mentioned in its story. The classy music and choreography add significantly to the recommendation to catch this show.


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Habibo Group
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Producing for Madagascar
Habibo Group is determined to supply Madagascar and beyond with quality FMCG products at a fair price as the nation seeks to reduce reliance on imported goods
Writer: Marcus Kääpä | Project Manager: Donovan Smith
The Republic of Madagascar is commonly associated with tropical conditions, teeming groups of lemurs, and the iconic baobab trees that tower above forest floors. As well as harbouring a perfect climate to grow fruit, the nation is home to a wide variety of natural resources and valuable commodities (graphite, chromite, bauxite, coal, tar sands, fish, vanilla, and hydropower, to name a few).
But with a population of over 27.5 million as of 2020, Madagascar relies heavily on imports to provide its people with the produce, products, and resources the country needs.
The largest of these imports is petroleum oils that make up over 15 percent of total imports to Madagascar. Rice (six percent), vehicles (more than four percent), medicine (over two percent), and palm oil (around another two percent), are just some of the primary import produce that the nation is reliant upon.
These products are brought in from its major trading partners: Europe (mainly France and the Netherlands), Asia (China and India), the UAE, the USA, and of course South Africa (with a closer proximity than any other partner).
But the nation is seeking to gradually move away from this reliance on imports.
As it has many important and widely used resources to offer (an example being bauxite, used in aluminium production, or tar sands, used in the production of petroleum), Madagascar is aiming to further develop its exportation industry to access lucrative markets abroad.
And there is one company in particular that is trying to reduce the nation's reliance on imports.
The Habibo Group is a major player in Malagasy fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) production and distribution, and has more than 80 years of experience in the industry.
Since 1936, Habibo has been owned and operated by CEO Malik Karmaly's family, and has concentrated on the importation, exportation, and distribution of various consumer goods and food stuffs. In 2009 it added SOFIA, the distribution company under the banner of Habibo, to its business.
"The vision is to provide continuing quality goods with consistent and reasonable prices to the market. If the sales of certain products grow, the company will think of expanding into industry goods," Karmaly says.
Habibo Group is subdivided into four businesses. Habibo Compagnie produces spices, vegetable fibres, and beeswax (on top of fabric goods like mattresses) for distribution. Another branch, Habibo Mills, stands as the leading producer of pasta goods in the Indian Ocean, and as a franchisee of French brand Panzani, it is equipped with high-tech machines capable of meeting international standards for recipes and quality.
Habibo Dairy is the only local producer of UHT Tetra pack milk, a product that is franchised in Madagascar under the well-known French brand CANDIA. The factory provides different milks (additional flavoured options) and produces fruit juices for the brand LeFruit.
But the jewel in the company crown is Sofia, the aforementioned distribution company of the Group. Sofia's primary focus is the importation, sale, and exportation of produce all over the Indian Ocean.
"The Group's distribution network supplies more than 60 high-quality family brands at the best prices to consumers covering Madagascar's 22 regions and 33 countries across the world," Karmaly continues.
"This is why our company motto is: The best for you."
Collectively, Habibo employs 600 individuals and focusses on the food and beverage industry in line with over 50 international brands.
Challenges and opportunities
The events of 2020, paired with the nation's recent history, have been significant factors which have slowed Madagascar's growth.
COVID-19 has brought industries across the board, and indeed across the world, to a halt. The logistical adaptations required alone amid new safety and restriction practices have slowed companies in their tracks. For Karmaly, the pandemic significantly reduced business for the company.
"COVID-19 made planning difficult for the company and has considerably impacted our sales; they have not been following a steady trend. And on top of this all marketing activities were completely ceased. The effects of the virus meant that we could not directly address our customers," Karmaly explains.
With the pandemic still very present, the growth of Madagascan exports has been slower than desired.
"But fortunately, even during the worst of the virus, Habibo was able to maintain its activities, keep its workforce in employment, and hold onto the demand for its products in its operating regions," Karmaly says.
Another issue faced is that such an industry requires an environment of long-term stability in order to thrive, and several political crises that have occurred within Madagascar in the past decades have potentially limited this development.
An example of this was the 2009 Malagasy Crisis that lasted almost a year and saw a split of national control between the government and an aspiring faction vying for power. This crisis disrupted industry development across the board and threw into question whether Madagascar was (and still is) a nation reliable and stable enough to invest into its aspiring industry.
However, despite the pandemic and politically related challenges, Karmaly insists that the optimistic future plans of the company will be based on the needs of the market, the needs of the Malagasy people, and local pricing analysis. Madagascar export trade is expanding and reaching out for opportunities where they present themselves. Despite its past disruptions, the chance to develop and move forward in the exportation industry is a very viable and attainable goal.
"Investing in Madagascar is an exciting challenge despite all risks because the market is very responsive," Karmaly adds.
He ends on a positive note regarding the opportunities the company provides to the Malagasy people.
"We have expanded our reach in society, helping out the local communities at least once per week," the CEO says.
"As part of this outreach programme, the company decided to cover the tuition fees of the 20 best students coming from rural colleges for the next three years to take them up to their exams. This is aimed to increase youth integration for those who will end up potentially leading their own businesses and moving our country forward."
As for future plans among the highs and lows of the past year, Habibo Group aims to maintain its position as a leader in the FMCG sector through its existing practices of best quality, availability, and priced products.
The wider African market sits in the company's sights as a future industry to expand into, and all the while the firm seeks to maintain a healthy and attractive working environment for all stakeholders.

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Wohl offers a variety of tints and coatings, from a multi-layer anti-reflective coating to minimize glare, ultraviolet blockers to protect your eye health, as well as polarized sunglass lenses to offer the ultimate in comfort and vision while outdoors.
Purchasing eyeglasses should be looked upon as an investment, so let's think and talk about your lifestyle needs carefully when picking out lenses. Do you spend much time outdoors? Are you active in sports? Do you drive a lot? Are you on the computer a lot?
Scratch Resistant Coating — Generally a good idea for all lenses and comes with 95 percent of plastic lenses. With this lens coating, the lenses are treated front and back with a coating that creates a harder surface on the lens, resulting in more scratch resistant lenses and all around more durable glasses. Please remember, there is no such thing as scratch-proofing your lenses. A scratch-resistant coating is a cost-effective investment in your eyeglasses. Once lenses become scratched, they should be replaced.
Anti Reflective Coating — Also known as an anti-glare coating is often bundled with high-index and HD lenses. This AR Coating is a thin coating that helps eliminate the amount of light that reflects off the surface of your lenses. If you have trouble seeing properly when on a computer, driving, and at night, consider them. In the past, Anti-glare coatings were difficult to clean and they were smudge-prone; anti-smudge/anti-fog technology has solved that problem.
Ultraviolet Protection Coating — Anti-UVA/UVB lens coating is a good idea for everyone because the UV rays from the sun may boost your risk of cataracts. It is extremely important to protect yourself from the long-term damages of UV rays from sunlight.
UVA rays can penetrate all the way through to our retinas, which can result in long-term damage and the eventual development of conditions like cataracts (a clouding of the lens that reduces vision), macular degeneration (the deterioration of the central part of the retina that can cause a loss of central vision and lead to eventual blindness), or a thickening of the sclera (the white of the eye) which can then lump up and leave you in great discomfort.
UVB rays penetrate less deeply, are the more intense of the two. When it comes to our eyes, the cornea is the most affected by UVB rays, and exposure to UVB rays can lead to short-term damage such as the development of a condition known as snow-blindness, an inflammation of the cornea that is essentially a sunburn in your eye.
Photochromic Coating — Darkens in sunlight and shields you from UV rays. It's helpful if you'd rather not carry separate sunglasses. Many do not think this coating does not become as dark as they would like outside.
Why Use Color Tints — Different lens tint colors provide an array of different looks and cause your eyes to react differently to varying light making certain colors more suitable for certain activities and conditions.
Color tints can be for aesthetic reasons, but certain color tints can be applied to sunglasses (as well as regular eyeglasses) for aid in things such as night driving, dyslexia and even color blindness. For example, yellow or orange color tints filter blue light and are used in sports eyewear for cycling, hunting, shooting, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, indoor basketball, handball, racquetball, tennis.
Gradient Tints — Gradient tints are tints that are darker on the top half of the lens and then lighter on the bottom half. When looking through the top half, it's tinted just like regular sunglasses. However, when looking through the bottom half, the glasses are crystal clear like regular glasses. This tint is a great lens coating option if you spend a lot of time reading, writing and doing close-up activities outdoors.


It is important for international students to maintain F-1 Student Visa, while studying in the United States. The student needs to understand the purpose or reason for coming to the United States. If the Department of State issues you an F-1 Student Visa, which means that you are coming to the United States to study, the student should not take any action that detracts from that purpose. The following information display the process to maintain your status.
Possess a valid passport and unexpired I-20 at all times.
Maintain full-time student status with 2.0 GPA. Undergraduate students must enroll for 12 credits per semester; graduate students must enroll for eight credits per semester. International students at Metropolitan State must be registered for fall and spring semester. A student may choose to be enrolled for summer semester. Students under special circumstances who cannot take a full-time course load must contact the international student advisor at 651-793-1219.
Covered by adequate medical insurance. Metropolitan State's policy is that: "All international students and visiting scholars engaged in educational activities are required to purchase the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities international student accident and illness insurance plan, unless they can provide written verification that their government accepts full responsibility for any medical claims that might occur."
The only exception to this regulation is proof that the student is from a country that has national health insurance. A letter from the Embassy is required. Metropolitan State reserves the right to require all students from a particular country to purchase the university's student health plan, if, in Metropolitan State's sole discretion, that country or its Embassy is unable or unwilling to provide comparable, consistent, comprehensive and timely coverage and payment. See the complete policy.
On-Campus Employment. An international student on F-1 visa status is eligible to seek on-campus employment (20 hours/week) upon enrollment. The university has limited on-campus job opportunities. Permission to work off-campus is given by BCIS only for certain restricted reasons and only after nine months of full-time status.
Compliance with F-1 visa rules and regulations.
A completed Affidavit of Financial Support Form I-34 (original and notarized) with supporting documents must be submitted with admission application.
Download the Affidavit of Financial Support form from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office.
For transfer students, Metropolitan State requires additional information. Contact the international student advisor.
When arriving to the United States,the F-1 visa students must enter the United States no more than 30 days before your program of study begins. The international students should contact the international student service, when they arrive to the United States.
If you travel outside the US while you are in F-1 status, your I-20 must be signed on page 3 by the International Student Advisor. Your valid I-20 with an advisor's signature confirms that you are maintaining your F-1 status and are eligible to re-enter the US.
To return your home country over summer break.
But, before you pack your luggage, make sure you have a valid travel signature from an International student Advisor on page 3 of your I-20. You will not be able to re-enter the United States without the signature.
To get a travel signature, the international students need to make a request to meet international advisor at least two weeks before you plan to travel, and bring your I-20 to International Student Service.
Travel signatures are valid for one calendar year or until the completion of your program, whichever comes first.
F-1 visa Student may only work when authorized by the Metropolitan State University International Student Service, and U.S citizenship and immigration Services (USCIS). If you choose to work without authorization, you will be forced to leave the United States immediately, and you may not be able to re-enter the United States at a later date.
International students are eligible for curricular practical training (CPT) at either the undergraduate or the graduate level during the program of study. CPT employment must be an integral part of an established curriculum and the position must directly relate to your major area of study. International students are also eligible for optional practical training during or following the program study. OPT is a form of temporary employment that directly relates to your program of study.
For more information about employment and training options available for the international students, please visit the international student service and learn the information on the working in the United States page.
International students must take action to maintain legal status or depart the United States after completing your program of study.
Change your education level (e.g. bachelor degree to master degree).
Change your major, program or degree level.
Change your education level (for example, change from bachelor degree to master degree).


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That is exactly what we did on Friday! I taught a nuno felt tank top class and it was a blast.
Kelly and Lauren are measuring out the silk fabric for their shirts.
The laughs really started when we held up and they tried on the silk 'shirts'. We had to account for the shrinkage of the wool, but wrapping our heads around why they were THIS big was funny. I assured them it would be ok!
or maybe that was hardly working!
Next, it was time to lay out the fiber.
We were crammed into every corner of my shop. We were hoping to be outside and enjoy the sunshine, but it was too windy and it would have been disasterous…fiber everywhere!
I missed getting pictures of wetting down the projects, but it was probably because I was laughing at the comments flying around. My favorite of the day was 'who jacked my shower curtain?' said in total seriousness 🙂 We used sheer shower curtains to lay over the fiber and wet it down. This holds the fiber in place while it allows the water to soak through.
and other's were done by the rolling machines that a couple of ladies brought.
and Sharon with her's. Sharon was a real trooper…this was her first felting experience. She really jumped in the deep end with this project!
I didn't get pictures of the rest, but they were just as fabulous!
My mom and grandma made 3D felted birds, several people worked on needle felted wall hangings, and my soon to be sister-in-law, Patricia made a wet felted scarf. They all did a fabulous job!
Aimee and her daughter, Hailey, were instant felting pros.
Here is Patricia holding up her beautiful scarf.
Here's Hailey with her adorable needle felted cat.
My grandma's bird is going to hang in her window and warn all of the little birdies outside to not fly into the window.
Julie didn't finish hers, but she needle felted a background that had a watercolor feel to it.
She is going to needle felt the word 'Dream' on it. I can't wait to see the finished piece!
My mom with her darling bird.
I love the details and I never would have thought to outline the feathers with blue.
I'm not sure how she managed it, but my sister didn't get in any of the pictures. She worked on a wall hanging with a whimsical goat, sheep, and cow on it. I will have her send me a picture once she has finished it!
My first 'real' class is next Saturday and I am really excited about it.


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Dražen Katunarić, born in 1954 in Zagreb, studied Philosophy at Strasbourg University. He composed prose, poetry, and essays, is the editor of the literary journal Europski glasnik, and the Head of the publishing company "Litteris". His works have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Corsican, and Italian. He has received several awards, including the literary award "Naji Naaman" (Lebanon 2004) and the literary award of Steiermärkische Sparkasse (2009). He was named a Knight of Literature (Chevalier de la littérature et de l'art) by the French Ministry of Culture.


This 2" Tiny Kingdom Toy story Rex figure is in mint condition as it has never been removed from its box. A must for the Toy Story or Rex collector! Many others from the set are also available on our site.


According to a new report LAMEA Endodontic Consumables Market, published by KBV research, the LAMEA Endodontic Consumables Market would witness market growth of 6.5% CAGR during the forecast period (2018 – 2024).
The Brazil market would dominate the LAMEA Endodontic Consumables Market by Country by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 6.8 % during the forecast period. The Argentina market is expected to witness a CAGR of 6.7% during (2018 - 2024). Additionally, The UAE market is expected to witness a CAGR of 4.1% during (2018 - 2024).
The Dental Clinic market dominated the Saudi Arabia Endodontic Consumables Market by End User in 2017. The Hospital & Dental Academic Research Institutes market is expected to witness a CAGR of 6.1% during (2018 - 2024).


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For the second year, YouTube TV will be taking over the World Series with a partnership that is likely to ignite another heated debate among viewers, as it did in 2017. The live TV streaming service is once again the presenting sponsor of the "World Series presented by YouTube TV," which kicks off Tuesday night and will be blanketing the telecast with a number of in-game spots, traditional ads and in-stadium branding.
Last year's YouTube TV-World Series partnership was groundbreaking, but controversial: NBC Sports called the "presented by" arrangement the moment when "the advertising Rubicon was crossed," but YouTube TV said it resulted in big signup increases and brand awareness lifts. So the company doubled down on it in March, signing an expanded two-year deal with Major League Baseball under which it would "present" the World Series through 2019.


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'Teen Mom OG' Recap: Catelynn Lowell Vows to Quit Smoking Pot, Amber Portwood Reunites with Cellmate
By Mehera Bonner
Teen Mom OG takes Hawaii! Farrah Abraham invited her not-boyfriend Simon Saran on her family's beach holiday, and everything was perfect. By which we mean terrible. Meanwhile, Amber Portwood reunited with her cellmate, Maci Bookout moved into a swanky new pad and Catelynn Lowell left for mental-health rehab.
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Farrah Invites Simon to Hawaii, Promptly Rejects Him
Please educate yourself because Farrah spent this episode trolling the beaches of Hawaii and preaching the following #wisdom: "You know what I wonder? If the Earth is a circle, how does the water always stay? Gravity? But the water is a little bit more heavier than gravity." The fact that she hasn't been made an honorary professor somewhere is a crime.
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Anyway, Farrah's Hawaiian quest to discover gravity was totally ruined by — you guessed it — Simon, who flew out for a post-Eastergate makeup session. Unfortunately, the trip was a total bust because Simon and Farrah got into an argument about how "fake" each other is, and she ended up throwing his "day bag" out on the curb.
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By the way, if you're wondering whether or not Farrah's in love with Simon, she had this to say: "I don't think I need to be concerned of if I love someone right now. It's more or less repairing what was already started. And it's slowly getting there. But I'm, like, why isn't it there already?"
Good question, Farrah. It's a shame she and Simon can't make it work, especially when they have such invigorating conversations. In fact, just this episode, Farrah told her man, "I love when clouds touch mountains or whatever."
Amber Reunites with Her Cellmate
Surprise! Amber's boyfriend threw her an unexpected birthday party to celebrate the big 26, and get this: Not only did Leah show up thanks to Gary Shirley being a good sport, Amber's old cellmate made an appearance! Everyone, meet Nicole, Amber's top-bunk mate — and the only girl from their prison friend group to make it in the real world. "She knows all of my ups and downs, and she was my best friend," Amber told her loved ones. "And we're actually the only two out of our friends who have made it and haven't went back in."
Aww, so sweet! But in slightly less happy news, Amber told producers that she's struggling with depression. "We all have different problems on this show, but for some odd reason, I'm so depressed," she revealed. "I'm bipolar and manic depressive, I'm borderline personality. I'm diagnosed with every single one of those. I'm on my medications for it." (Note: Amber said she takes non-narcotics.)
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Maci Sizes Up
You know how Maci and her fiancé, Taylor McKinney, literally just bought a house? Yeah, well, now they're buying a new one. An unexpected pregnancy will do that to a couple! These two managed to find a brand new place pretty quickly, and moved in during this episode.
In other news, Taylor got a tattoo of their unborn baby's name (hi, Maverick!), which inspired a hilarious conversation about what would happen if he turned out to be a girl. Also, Maci dropped this bombshell: "Ryan was supposed to be a girl. Not f‑‑king surprising at all."
Catelynn Leaves for Mental Health Rehab
See ya, Catelynn! The new mom said bye to her family and went to Arizona to start a month of mental health treatment, and guys? Tyler Baltierra was bereft. This dude couldn't hold back tears while saying bye to his wife, but admitted that she needed help. "[She's] like a log just rolling through days," he explained to producers, going on to tell Cate, "You're not f‑‑ked up, honey. Things happen. As long as we don't mask it no more, and we fix it."
Speaking of fixing things, Cate told her therapist she planned to stop smoking pot. "I probably won't come home and smoke — actually, I should just start saying I won't come home and smoke ever again," she said. "I feel like I'm a crack addict or something that's gotta go to rehab."
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4/20/2020 11:01:00 PM Coronavirus: Jacksonville comes to a halt, Press Release Distribution Service In Jacksonville, Putnam County announces first COVID-19 case
After Jacksonville Beach reopened on its third day Sunday, police arrested a man suspected of homicide who traveled there from Pennsylvania.
Jacksonville Beach police posted a picture on their Twitter page; Mario Gatti is pictured in the American flag shorts.
Jacksonville Beach police say while officers were Jacksonville News patrolling the beach to make sure of social distancing, they arrested Gatti after they saw him lounging on the dunes.
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A be on the look out was issued to officers for Gatti, officers recognized him from the day before. Beach police say a warrant was issued for Gatti's arrest after he shot and killed 33-year-old Michael Coover Jr. in January.
The shooting happened at an apartment complex in Arnold, Pennsylvania.
Four months later, Gatti would be captured more than 800 miles away on Jacksonville Beach. Jacksonville Police said officers had told him to get off the beach at closing time. They went back to the same spot and captured him.
Action News Jax checked Gatti's criminal background and jail records show that he's been in and out of jail for crimes like possession of a firearm, possession with intent to manufacture or deliver, and drug crimes.
Most recently, Gatti was arrested in October of 2019 for possession of marijuana.
Police say Gatti is now being charged with criminal homicide, burglary and a firearms violation.
After his arrest, Gatti was taken to the Duval County jail.
Family members of the shooting victim told Action News Jax reporter Press Release Distribution Service In Jacksonville Jamarlo Phillips Coover was a great father to his kids and he will be missed.
Shirley Clegg, the victim's sister, said her family is finally getting some closure nearly four months after her brother was killed.
"My brother has some type of closure, my family has some type of closure, you know. This is something -- this is hard to go through with kids, and family, and everything," Clegg said by phone.
Gatti appeared in front of a judge Monday morning on charges of giving police false information and drug possession without prescription. He pleaded guilty to those charges and is now awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania.
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Big Bash: The Sydney Sixers have had a minor slip up heading into the WBBL finals, falling to the Melbourne Stars.
SYDNEY Sixers remain firm favourites to defend their WBBL crown despite ending their season on a sour note with a dead-rubber loss to Melbourne Stars.
The minor premiers suffered a rare batting collapse at the MCG, setting a target of just 93 that the Stars chased with five wickets and 20 balls to spare.
Alyssa Healy's quickfire 35 got the Sixers off to a strong start but fellow World Cup hero Ellyse Perry was unable to continue her incredible form, trapped lbw on six by Nicola Hancock.
The Sixers managed just 42 runs for their last eight wickets as legspinner Alana King snared 3-13 to claim player of the match honours.
Erin Osborne's unbeaten 34 steered the hosts to a comfortable victory, giving the Stars some cause for cheer after a disappointing seventh-placed finish.
While it wasn't the finish the Sixers would have liked, their firepower remains the envy of the competition heading into the finals.
Perry finished the regular season with a record 690 runs at 86.25, having become the first Big Bash player — male or female — to reach 2000 runs. The gun allrounder carried her bat five times, scored two hundreds and five fifties while also snaring nine wickets.
Wicketkeeper-batter Healy wasn't far behind, scoring 426 runs at 35.50, while South African duo Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk were among the leading wicket-takers.
The Sixers will face Melbourne Renegades in a semi-final clash at Sydney's Drummoyne Oval next Saturday.
Sydney Thunder play Brisbane Heat in the other semi as part of a double-header, with the winners to meet in the decider on Australia Day.
It will be the first time the WBBL will host stand-alone finals — no longer playing as curtain-raisers for men's BBL matches.


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History Discovered in Bottles: The Written and Unwritten Messages
Submitted by Teresa Wingfield on Thu, 08/09/2018 - 1:36pm
This article was originally featured in the July 1991 issue of The Medallion.
How did the daily lives of Austinites 100 years ago compare to those of people in other cities at the same time? Did all economic classes take similar medications, or were some medicines out of reach of the average wage earner? The answers to these and other similar questions may come from thousands of bottles that archeologists have uncovered at the site of Austin's new convention center, which is now under construction.
The bottles were discovered discarded in latrines and abandoned cisterns beneath the ground in five blocks of a former residential area downtown. A large number of these bottles once contained patent and proprietary medicines, revealing that, as in so many other urban areas in the 19th century, the traffic in patent medicines flourished in Austin.
People seeking quick relief from and cure of their ailments turned to ready-made solutions in the hundreds of patent medicines sold over the counter. Making claims to cure everything from rheumatism to epilepsy, these medicines contained mostly herb-flavored alcohol and opiates.
Finding the physical evidence of people's practices is like making direct contact with people of the past, according to archeologist David Brown of the archeological consulting firm Hicks and Company in Austin. "Basically, I'm interested in people, not in bottles. Ultimately, we'll build a model of the lifestyles of Austinites during this period—what they drank, ate, smoked, and so on," he said. The data will be available to historians and future researchers. Hicks and Company is conducting the archeological investigation of the convention center site.
Although many of the bottles have no labels, certain bottle shapes became associated with specific contents. Researchers now can determine ingredients in an old bottle by examining the overall size, shape of the lip, geometric shape, and the color of the glass. In some cases, they rely on words or features embossed on the surface. This might be the product's name, such as "Professor Paine's Medicine," or the contents, such as sarsaparilla, or some extraordinary claim of its properties, such as "makes the weak strong" or "liver and kidney cure."
Researchers may also match bottle shapes with newspaper and magazine advertisements that appeared during the period. For example, one bottle found at the convention center site is shaped very much like one in an advertisement for "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children Teething." The ad portrays an infant eagerly reaching for the bottle that his mother dangles above his grasp. Such ads are responsible for the widespread proliferation of patent medicines in this country.
In October 1905, however, Collier's magazine began a series of articles by Samuel Hopkins Adams that exposed the widespread fraud of patent medicines. The articles shocked Americans and altered the course of the drug and advertising industries. Americans learned that, while their favorite panaceas, or cure-alls, made them feel good temporarily because of their high alcohol or opiate contents, they were almost worthless as cures. Adams' articles exposed 264 manufacturers and individuals by name. In January 1907, the Pure Food and Drug Act was signed into law, and a number of medicines immediately were taken off the market.
Analysis of the convention center site artifacts is still in the preliminary stage. In the coming months Brown and his associates will be cataloging the bottles, as well as ceramic shards and other artifacts retrieved form the early residential site.
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Fandiño is gored and Abellán is carried out shoulder-high
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There was a bit of everything at the fourth day of the Sanfermin bullfights. Miguel Abellán got the lucky break of fighting the two best bulls from the Fuente Ymbro bull-ranch. With skill and expertise, the Madrid toreador managed to fight his bulls well enough to be awarded two ears and be carried out shoulder-high through the main gate of the bullring. The remaining bulls lacked 'bravura' and character and indeed, more than one failed to respond to the cape work.
Miguel Ángel Perera's work was received in silence, where he could show nothing of note with his two bulls. Iván Fandiño showed some guts after receiving a fierce tossing and some harassment from the bull while on the ground, but luckily, the bull did not manage to gore the bullfighter. He was splattered with blood but it was the blood of the bull and, after being taken off for a few moments to recover his strength, this toreador returned to the arena to finish off the bull. His work probably deserved the award of an ear, but, as he failed to kill the animal cleanly with his sword, he lost credibility and was left with only applause for all his efforts.
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Jewgienija Czasownikowa, ros. Евгения Часовникова (ur. 15 maja 1981 w Saratowie) – rosyjska szachistka, arcymistrzyni od 2009 roku.

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W latach 1992–2000 wielokrotnie reprezentowała Rosję na mistrzostwach świata i Europy juniorek w różnych kategoriach wiekowych, zdobywając dwa medale: złoty (Bratysława 1993 – MŚ do 12 lat) oraz brązowy (Tallinn 1997 – ME do 16 lat). W 2002 r. zwyciężyła (wspólnie z Tatianą Kononenko i Jekatieriną Ubijennych) w międzynarodowym turnieju w Sierpuchowie, zdobywając pierwszą normę na tytuł arcymistrzyni. W 2005 r. zajęła II  m. (za Walentiną Gołubienko) w memoriale Jelizawiety Bykowej we Włodzimierzu nad Klaźmą, natomiast podczas otwartego turnieju w Pardubicach wypełniła drugą arcymistrzowską normę. W 2007 r. podzieliła I m. w turnieju open w Albacete, natomiast w 2008 r. zwyciężyła (wspólnie z Jeleną Fatalibekową i Anastazją Bodnaruk) w finale mistrzostw Moskwy, ponownie podzieliła I m. w Albacete, a w Pardubicach wypełniła trzecią i ostatnią arcymistrzowską normę.

Najwyższy ranking w karierze osiągnęła 1 października 2008 r., z wynikiem 2338 punktów zajmowała wówczas 28. miejsce wśród rosyjskich szachistek.

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New Planet-Hunting Telescope To Join Search For Alien Earths In 2024
How could life arise in young solar systems? We're still not sure of the answer on Earth, even for something as basic as if water arose natively on our planet or was carried in from other locations. Seeking answers to life's beginnings will require eyes in the sky and on the ground looking for alien worlds like our own. And just yesterday, the European Space Agency announced it is going to add to that search.
The newly selected mission is called PLATO, for Planetary Transits and Oscillations. Like NASA's Kepler space telescope, PLATO will scan the sky in search of stars that have small, periodic dips in their brightness that happen when planets go across their parent star's face.
"The mission will address two key themes of Cosmic Vision: what are the conditions for planet formation and the emergence of life, and how does the solar system work," stated ESA, referring to its plan for space science missions that extends from 2015 to 2025.
An exoplanet seen from its moon (artist's impression). Via the IAU.
PLATO will operate far from Earth in a spot known as L2, a relatively stable Lagrange point about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 miles) away from Earth in the opposite direction from the sun. Sitting there for at least six years, the observatory (which is actually made up of 34 small telescopes and cameras) will examine up to a million stars across half of the sky.
A 2010 science proposal of the mission suggests that the satellite gather enough planetary transits to achieve three things:
Find "statistically significant" Earth-mass planets in the habitable regions of several kinds of main-sequence stars;
Figure out the radius and mass of the star and any planets with 1% accuracy, and estimate the age of exoplanet systems with 10% accuracy;
Better determine the parameters of different kinds of planets, ranging from brown dwarfs (failed stars) to gas giants to rocky planets, all the way down to those that are smaller than Earth.
Artist's impression of the deep blue planet HD 189733b, based on observations from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA.
Adding PLATO's observations to those telescopes on the ground that look at the radial velocity of planets, researchers will also be able to figure out each planet's mass and radius (which then leads to density calculations, showing if it is made of rock, gas, or something else).
"The mission will identify and study thousands of exoplanetary systems, with an emphasis on discovering and characterising Earth-sized planets and super-Earths in the habitable zone of their parent star – the distance from the star where liquid surface water could exist," ESA stated this week.
The telescope was selected from four competing proposals, which were EChO (the Exoplanet CHaracterisation Observatory), LOFT (the Large Observatory For x-ray Timing), MarcoPolo-R (to collect and return a sample from a near-Earth asteroid) and STE-Quest (Space-Time Explorer and QUantum Equivalence principle Space Test).
You can read more about PLATO at this website. It's expected to launch from Kourou, French Guiana on a Soyuz rocket in 2024, with a budget of 600 million Euros ($822 million). And here's more information on the Cosmic Vision and the two other M-class missions launching in future years, Euclid and Solar Orbiter.
Source: European Space Agency
CategoriesAstronomy, esa, Exoplanets, Extrasolar Planets Tagsplanetary transits and oscillations, plato
3 Replies to "New Planet-Hunting Telescope To Join Search For Alien Earths In 2024"
philw1776 says:
Great mission choice ESA! Maybe get a much less expensive ride to L2 on a reusable SpaceX launcher in 2024
SteveZodiac says:
We really need a means of getting to L2 so that these spacecraft can actually be serviced, if Hubble had not been serviced it would be a disaster.
Manu says:
If Hubble had not been serviceable, we'd likely have 1 or more 3 or 3.5 m class space telescopes by now 😉
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Lou Durocher is a relaxed pilot. He's been flying bush and float planes into the wilderness of Manitoba, Canada, for 28 years. The 53-year-old confidently eased our citrus orange 1952 de Havilland Beaver over pocket lakes at an altitude of 1,000 feet, the height at which he stated, "We could glide into a landing if the engine blew."
As we flew he told me that he had already piloted his way through one such instance: "The engine exploded, and the guests were all screaming, 'We're going to die!' It was so funny!"
Durocher flies for Elk Island Lake Lodge, situated on the 1,300-square-mile Gods Lake. (The lake was named without an apostrophe due to a probable cartographic error that's never been rectified.) Gods is studded with islands and coves which harbor record-breaking northern pike and lake trout, but my focus was different: to angle for trophy brook trout on the storied Gods River, the lake's outlet and home to some of the largest squaretails on the continent.
Manitoba is the western border of the native range of Salvelinus fontinalis. Not a member of the Salmo genus, Eastern brook trout are actually not trout at all, but part of the char family along with fish like Arctic char, Dolly Varden, and lake trout. Their genetic composition strayed from the other side of the salmonid tree—which comprises rainbow and brown trout—somewhere around 23 million years ago. As the various ice ages ebbed and flowed across North America, brookies settled into their current home waters, which stretch from Georgia north to the waters emptying into Hudson Bay, and west across the Great Lakes. According to Nick Karas, author of Brook Trout, "One could say that brook trout rode the melt northward and some rode it upward [into cooler water at higher altitudes]."
Brook trout are a fragile species with a preferred water temperature of 52 to 56 degrees F. They thrive best in water with a narrow pH range of 5 to 7.5, making them highly susceptible to alterations in water acidity, which is one reason why their existence is threatened by pollutants like acid rain, a foe they've faced since the Industrial Revolution. Gradual increases in the temperature of their native waters are equally deleterious to the survival of native brook trout, which is greatly exacerbated by the overharvest of streamside timber through much of their indigenous range.
Widespread timber harvesting began in earnest in the 1800s. Wood was cleared from the banks of many waterways, leading to increased solar warming of many watersheds. In addition, the removal of trees meant fewer large woody debris structures in the water, robbing trout of their deepest, cool holding pools and protection from predators. The massive timber harvest also led to increased siltation, and wider, shallower streambeds, which impaired the proliferation of the insects that are a crucial food source for brook trout. Without hyperbole, the harvest of Eastern forests forever altered the home waters of the native brookies.
In 2005 the Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture—a partnership of NGOs, state and federal organizations, and academic institutions—studied 1,600 watersheds "within the historic range of brook trout." Their data were alarming, revealing that "Intact stream populations of brook trout exist in only 5 percent of the watersheds assessed." Genetic pollution from hatchery fish and changes in habitat were major causes of the decline of native brook trout in these waters.
But in northern Manitoba you'd never know brookies are in trouble. On the Gods River and other nearby flows, brookies grow to absurd proportions. A 20-inch fish is common, and bigger fish stretching into the 6- to 8-pound range are always possible. The local record weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces. The river is remote, with no settlements along its 250-mile course to the Hudson Bay, where only two small outposts exist at the mouth.
We were fishing upstream, 55 miles from the outlet of Gods Lake. Sandhill cranes and common mergansers soared above the boreal forest. Bear tracks pocked up the mud on the water's edge. Moose sipped from feeder brooks.
From the lodge it would take many hours by boat just to reach Gods River, so we relied on Durocher to drop us into a broad stretch of the river. From there, our guides piloted two 16-foot aluminum boats with 20-hp outboards up and down the river, blazing through rock gardens and slick water before running up, and down, Class III whitewater. The tails of these whitewater pools are the primary holding spots for brookies.
Northern pike do make it into the river, but rule the calm water. Local lore is that the pike press the brookies into the fast water, and this indeed was where we caught most of them.
The first day on the river was slow, with only a few fish coming to the boat during a full day of angling—but each one was the largest brookie I'd ever caught. I was raised fishing the hills of western Maryland, where a 12-inch fish generated bragging rights. On Gods such a fish is merely a meal for a bigger brook trout or a pike.
Unlike many other rivers, the brookies on Gods don't head into the tributaries to spawn, or migrate seasonally to or from Gods Lake. The brook trout stay in the river their entire lives, feeding on an abundance of sculpin, baitfish, and insects. They attacked flies indiscriminately during my trip, so mouse patterns and large flies were just as productive, if not more so, than small patterns.
My second day on the river was sunny and calm. The mosquitoes were notified of our arrival and they readily harpooned any unprotected or untreated skin.
My guide for the day was Craig Burton, a confident, yet quiet 29-year-old native of Gods Narrows, a 30-minute boat ride west from the lodge. Burton has been working for the lodge's family since age 13, and his skills show. He navigated thrashing whitewater with ease, and readily found the deep holes with the biggest trout.
Craig Burton is a Jedi of a guide. He seeps with energy and excitement when you hook into a fish, and exudes more frustration than you do when you miss one. We hooked ten fish for every one landed, due in part to the barbless regulations on this swift wilderness river, but also due to my own inexperience with these incredibly powerful trout.
Even with a 10-pound-test tippet I snapped two separate fish off cleanly trying to set the hook. But by the end of day two, I had landed a total of five trophy fish, the plumpest one topping 6 pounds. Burton dashed our boat between pools with names like Shorty's and Boulder Lawn. These pools are steeped in history, their names transcending the generations of fortunate sportsmen who have been blessed to cast into their waters.
The Gods River is a regal waterway, literally breathtaking in its scale and grandeur. Ancient forest fires have stripped away portions of the forest, allowing new growth to creep up next to charred old growth. It's a place with little fishing pressure, and pristine habitat—a place where brook trout dreams come true.
One of my final casts into Gods River crossed the seam of a rapid an hour upriver from our landing point. With two strips of line my 6-weight bent and nearly folded under the pressure of a strike unlike anything else I've experienced in fresh water. Burton saw the strike, just under the surface, and let out a yawp. "That's a 27 incher! Biggest one I've seen in a year."
I cocked my wrist briskly, executing a tenuous hook-set and applied generous power trying to move the fish out of the heavy current. The fish's head shook, sending oscillations down my rod as it fought for its life. It didn't run, but rather steadily and firmly held its position in the quick water.
I held on patiently, and a minute later, as if rejected by some deity, my tippet snapped, pitching the line up into the air like a cracked whip. The fish was gone.
I collapsed backward onto the casting platform, grabbing my head in disbelief. As I stared at the sky I tracked it to the horizon where it met the shoreline. Trees towered over the river. A beaver dam guarded a granite point. A strainer filtered the river just downstream. Everywhere there was habitat. And likely fish nearby. Burton's words from that morning ran across my mind: "It's amazing," he said. "We're the only people on this entire river. It's just us and the fish."
Brian Irwin is a family physician, freelance writer, and outdoors photographer (brianirwinmedia.com). He lives in Madison, New Hampshire.


We experience art through multiple frames of reference. It is said that the typical visitor to a museum spends but eight seconds with each object on display. With the passage of time, our memory of a piece of art is therefore distorted. The warping of artist Paul Kay's image of Rembrandt's "Nightwatch" provokes reflection on experience and memory, especially as our digital world becomes more and more instantaneous.
juxtaposition of the fleeting and the unchanging in museum and gallery settings. Much of his work is digitally based, and he also employs analogue techniques including pinhole photography.


Service Design has now become a mature field for academic research that, in a constantly dynamic evolution, touches upon economy and society, private and public sectors, human and technological perspectives. ServDes.2018 invites design researchers to explore the most recent and exciting evolutions of this research area also beyond academic papers.
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The Great Barrier Reef, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1981, continues under death threat. The Great Barrier Reef extends into the Coral Sea in the South Pacific Ocean. Located off Australia's Queensland coast, the coral reef is on the eastern side of the continent. It is so large that astronauts can see it from space. The threat to the reef and its consequential destruction comes from outside sources.
The reef is the breeding ground for humpback whales and the endangered large green sea turtle and sea cow. Home to over 400 different types of corals, the Great Barrier Reef holds the largest collection of corals in the world. Corals are marine invertebrates. They are salt water creatures having no spinal column, similar to insects, lobsters, and clams. The corals and fish and other marine fauna all are able to survive because of their ability to thrive together in an ecosystem.
An ecosystem is a community. The community transfers energy among and between its members, allowing all species in it to survive. It includes all of the living organisms and the dead organic matter produced by them. In essence, it is a vast biological recycling center. The Great Barrier Reef is an aquatic ecosystem with all of its members interacting with each other in ways that are not always obvious.
The Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has been studying reefs. Its mission is to "achieve a better understanding of the science, both social and natural, that underpins the dynamic changes currently occurring in coral reefs worldwide." The change that is occurring to the Great Barrier Reef is because of bleaching. Research has determined that coral bleaching is occurring at an alarming rate.
Bleaching is exactly what it sounds like. As with washing clothes, bleaching strips away color and whitens its target. In the case of the reef, the death of Zooxanthellae bleaches away the color of the coral. These odd-sounding Zooxanthellae are algae. They live inside the coral and give it its distinctive colors. More importantly, they give the coral its energy. Using a simple analogy, terrestrial plants are green because of chlorophyll, which uses the sunlight to make energy for plant growth. Strip away the "color" and you strip away the energy source.
Zooxanthellae are very sensitive to thermal, or temperature, changes. As the temperature of the sea increases at a rate more that the algae can tolerate, they die. This is coral bleaching. The color goes away and all that remains is the transparency of the coral itself. Lack of color means lack of energy. A lack of the coral energy source results in the potential death of the coral. The death of the algae causes a death of the reef.
This bleaching is the biggest environmental disaster to have afflicted the continent, according to Dr. Justin Marshall, as reported by National Public Radio in the United States. Marshall is a veteran reef scientist at Queensland University in Australia. Estimates suggest that the reef is only seven percent untouched by bleaching. This translates into almost the totality of the reef becoming colorless. As with any living thing, the more it becomes impaired, the harder it is to recover or tolerate any other or further change.
Naturally occurring water warm spells do occur, but they do not account for such a massive threat to the Great Barrier Reef. Mass bleaching events in 1998, 2002 and 2016 have coincided with where the hottest water sits for the longest period. On a global level, as carbon emissions increase so does the warmth of the planet. As the planet warms, so do its oceans. On a more local level, effluent discharge into the sea can also be toxic to coral growth and reproduction. The death threat to the Great Barrier Reef will not just affect it, but the entire ecosystem of which it is a part.


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Darwinism
by Alfred Russell Wallace (9780766196148)
Alfred Russell Wallace
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1889. English naturalist, evolutionist, geographer, anthropologist, and social critic and theorist, who spent many years in the Malay Archipelago. On the basis of his observations of its flora and fauna he arrived at the theory of natural selection independent of Darwin; learning of their co-discovery led them to publish it in a joint paper. An American lecture tour became the inspiration for one of his major works, Darwinism, which consists largely of the topics he had lectured on, presented one chapter at a time. It remains one of his most frequently cited works. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Discussion in 'Olympus Cameras' started by Robert Watcher, May 11, 2010.
I have been having just a great time taking my miniscule E-PL1 everywhere with me. As expected, the HD Video function has ended up to be a primary fuction of that camera for me. I fully expect to be expanding my photography offerings into that area (not wedding video however) over the next amount of time - and have no quams using the E-PL1 for that purpose.
While I haven't even touched the surface of what I can do and what customized menu settings I will ultimately prefer - I have found a ways that I like to use the camera, as well figured out a strange annomoly related to using Video in Manual Expsoure Mode.
Firstly I have to show these 2 pictures that I shot late last night while sitting at my desk. I have much experience as to how effective the image stabilization is with my E-3 and E-510 cameras - but was curious about the abilites of the more compact IS built into the Digital Pen line of cameras.
I was shooting from a very stable position sitting on my armed chair and bracing myself for the downward shooting angle. The zoom lens was extended to the full 42mm (which should require about 1/80'th second without IS) and shot wide open f5.6 with a shutter speed of 1/8th to 1/10'th second at a 2000 ISO sensitivity.
The unstabilized image as expected showed multiple images from the camera movement - while the stabilized image was fairly sharp. The included 250 pixel by 250 pixel Inset, is showing at 100% view and is a very small piece of the overall image, but gives an idea of the IS effectiveness.
Yes there is a setting in the Movie Menu, that allows IS to be engaged. My first clue that the normal optical stabilization was NOT being used for video, was when I noitced that the Live View image on my LCD screen did not match that of what I saw when shooting still images. It was cropped in significantly. This was a sure sign that digital stabilization was being used just as happens in video editing software where software attempts to line up the different frames at the cost of some resolution, by working on a crop of th video. That isn't necessarily a bad thing - - - but I have ended up just turning IS off for much of my video shooting, particularly when shooting on a tripod. It is just a little unnerving framing my video to what I want and then having it shift when I push the red Movie button to begin recording.
WHILE ON THE SUBJECT OF VIDEO !
For some strange reason I presumed that the dedicated Video Setting on the top dial was an automated mode like the Scene settings are. I was almost positive that I had used that mode and the camera took over - - - and so just forgot about using it up until yesterday.
What I ended up using for my Video shooting, are the Aperture and Manual Exposure settings on the control dial. For the most part I have been using Aperture Priority and my common use of Minus Exposure Compensation to get the look that I want. It all appeared to be working as I expected.
However when I went out to shoot some dusk video where I wanted to use Full Manual Exposure to darken the video down to what I was seeing on my LCD screen, I was in for a very frustrating surprise when the image on the screen brightened up after engaging the red video button to begin shooting. It was obvious that even though I was shooting in Manual exposure mode, the Video Exposure was being overridden and Auto Exposure was kicking in.
I seriously began to wonder whether the E-PL1 could really provide full manual control in video mode.
Well I laid in my bed yesterday afternoon and for some reason changed the top dial to the Movie Camera symbol - and this time I became aware that it was in this mode that I had full control over my exposure settings. And it appears that it is in this Mode only. Going back to the Manual Exposure (M) setting on the dial, I found that there is no way to have anything other than Auto Expsoure when shooting video.
That was great - I had finally figured it out . . .
. . . HOWEVER everything was not so sweet with this new way of recording. I have been playing with several lenses that do not provide auto focus and in fact with many of the projects that I have begun working on, I am focusing the Olympus kit zoom lens Manually.
WELL - one of the most impressive focusing features of the E-PL1 for me, is the way that after setting MF Assist to ON in the Menu I am able to have a zoomed in image of what I am shooting - with just the slightest turn of the focus ring. It is an incredible way to find accurate focus, and is heavily used and depended upon in low light rooms where the AF struggles.
SO WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING - being that the MF Assist ON works with still images and does not provide that magnified view in Video mode - - - I have been focusing in stills mode and then when I know that the focus is correct, I can start shooting the video knowing that all is good.
MY BIG ISSUE NOW IS THAT when the video mode is set using the movie camera icon on the top dial so that I am able to shoot in full manual expsore settings, there is no way to zoom in to accurately focus. My nice easy solution to my difficulty in focusing on the screen, is now moot. And so I guess that I will just have to turn the dial over to the A or M or P or S mode to zoom in for Manual focus - and then spin the dial back to the movie mode. What a pain - but doable.
I know as a photographer that the idea of having both a shutter speed and a frame rate, has been a little confusing. To me they both are doing the same thing and I have had a hard time getting my head around the concept. And then the whole 24fps "film look" concept comes into play and messes with my mind - making me think that they have to be correlated. I quickly figured out that 30fps is the same as 1/30'th of a second and can understand that - - - but then that must mean that the rest of the frame is empty or black. And so what is filling that frame and why doesn't the video become really choppy from the parts of the frame without information on it? I was kind of relating the effect to flash sync and the way that if the flash is too fast for the shutter, we only end up with a partially lit area of the frame or none.
OF COURSE THAT COULD NOT BE THE CASE - and I think that yesterday I was able to come up with a rational that would make it easier for me (and maybe you) to figure out. I just came to the realization that they (shutter speed and video frame rate) are 2 different controls that have little to do with each other - unless the bottom end slowest shutter speed/frame rate of 1/30'th second/30fps is reached. I now picture each video frame as a still image and the shutter speed and aperture are controlling the exposure for that full frame just as it would when taking a still image - and then the camera moves to the next frame to expose the full frame properly - and on and on. HOW COULD IT BE SO EASY AS THAT - AND YET SO DIFFICULT FOR ME TO FIGURE OUT? I guess it's a little like my first years in photography where I was constantly getting the apertures backwards (you know what I'm talking about).
NOW A COOL THING HAPPENED BY ACCIDENT - because of my inability to shoot in Manual Mode (up until yesterday) even though sometimes I was presuming that I was - - - I inadvertantly ended up shooting much of my low light and extreme footage at the slowest 1/30'th second shutter speed. I wasn't really aware of what I was doing - but did notice that I loved the look of footage when viewed on my widescreen HD TV. It had a natural - shall I say "film look" to it - - - that soon became evident to me, was a result of the blurring that was happening when the subjects moved. It is a highly desirable look to me. I don't particularly like the clean, sharp and what I might describe as "stroboscopic" Video Look that is easy to acheive when shooting with video instead of film.
So when I went hunting around the web to find out what shutter speeds work best for a more natural look (now that I know the difference between shutter speed and frame rate) - I learned that the "standard frame rate" for video cameras that shoot at 30 fps, is 1/60'th second. This will provide an amply sharp image without introducing any stroboscopic effect. However that being the standard does not mean that it is the shutter speed that should be used for that film look we all aspire to with the larger sensor cameras. Indeed the best shutter speed to achieve that is the 1/30'th second that I acccidentally came across. It was also interesting to find out that 1/30'th second using a 30fps video camera is more desirable for that purpose than hunting around for a camera that shoots 24fps. It turns out that the only real advantage of shooting at 24fps is if the final output is conversion to film and so matches the films 24fps playing speed.
One feature that would have been nice - and one that is on video capable cameras like the Canon T2i - - - is the ability to monitor what is being recorded, by connecting the HDMI cable to a compatable TV for a high quality image. But it appears that HDMI in the E-PL1 is one way and so only allows for playback. At least the AV cable does work for video recording monitoring - but at a lower resolution on any TV set.
First and foremost is having the FN button set (in the Menu) so that a hit on that button provides me with instant Manual Focus, and a second hit takes me back to my preferred Auto Focus setting. This feature I believe is in the other Olympus E cameras - but not very useful as it is almost impossible to focus manually with them through the viewfinder.
I have found myself using MF far more than I ever would with my DSLR camera - as a result of the ease at which accurate focus can be attained by looking at the Live View image on the LCD screen. And also being that I shoot so much of what I do in extreme lighting conditions, this quick flick back and forth between focus modes is a cinch and instantaneous without having to even look at my camera.
I also have MF ASSIST turned to ON. While I can't maintain my image composition while focusing, the second that I have reached perfect focus and stopped turning the ring I am again able to refine the framing. This was a little unnerving at first, but now I don't even think about it.
I really like the ease of shooting in the different exposure modes and making the changes on the camera body. For Aperture Priority - which I use mostly - all it takes is a tap on the upper button of the 4 pad controller, to activate the AE and then tap either up or down to change the aperture setting. By tapping to the left and right, plus or minus expsoure compensation is set. IT IS THAT EASY. When in the Manual or Shutter Speed priority modes, it changes a little with up and down being the shutter speed and left and right being the aperture changes. Kind of can't figure out why they would not keep it consistent - but oh well!
The Art Filters are really cool and I like using them. While they function in video mode, the result will not be as expected. Slow video frame rates are used when shooting video with the Black and White Filter and a favorite of mine - the Diorama filter. It is virtually impossible (at least for me) to use the LCD screen or even view it in these modes as the image jumps from side to side and all over with a blur and a jerk. Best to just aim once and fire - better yet to only use the filters with Video when on a tripod. ALSO - a lot of shooting has to be done to get just a few seconds of video at the slow frame rates (I think it is around 5fps). BUT IT DOES WORK.
THE KIT LENS CAP is small and hard to take off and on with it not reaching the edges of the lens when retracted (generally the position that I was removing and replacing it for the longest time). Then I realized that it was very easy to remove and replace the lens cap when the lens was fully extended. Again just an adjustment in workflow that needs to be made, but once learned is automatic.
When using the built in flash, I press my finger on the arm of the flash in the same way that I do with my right hand when pressing the shutter button. Doing that tips back the flash head and allows for bounce light for a more appealing look.
Using my Olympus FL-50R in RC mode works just as well as I expect on my E-3 body - - - certainly a welcome feature for off camera TTL flash use.
OH - and the in-camera JPEG Edit feature is really easy to use and a great way to get pictures that may be underexposed a little or have red eye or that need cropped, aspect ratio changed, down sized for web use, black and white or sepia - - - processed. A new file containg the processed image, is quickly created without harming the original - - - and so could be passed on to someone right away WITH ALL OF THE FIXINS. I can't quite remember - but believe that this fuction works more smoothly than it did with my Nikon D40. Display the image > hit the START/OK button and then select JPEG EDIT and go to town. Rotate an image from in there - and even add a 30 second audio recording to the jpeg for notation.
Also it is pretty cool that I can make up a little slideshow with built-in Music to show people - that plays both the sills and videos at customizable settings. Add the HDMI cable and connect to a wide screen HD TV and the show carries on in stellar quality, with the music being transmitted by means of the HDMI.
With the E-P1 (not entirely sure about the e-pl) in movie mode, you get 2 modes, P and A. (well technically you get the "art" modes too but we won't talk about those). So technically no, it's not just "auto", it's missing manual, but it's not as bad as just "iAuto".
As for the frame rate v.s. shutter speed. It would be good to see some evidence that the frame rate changes the shutter speed. My guess is that it would have just been a fixes shutter speed regardless of the frame rate.
If you were allowed to set M or S, the shutter speed may conflict with the frame rate so for me it's understandable that they would only allow A and not M nor S modes.
Good stuff Rob, thanks for all the hard work.
If I led you to believe that I think that the frame rate changes the shutter speed - - - then that is not what I was intending. I stated "that they (shutter speed and video frame rate) are 2 different controls that have little to do with each other". The only time the frame rate would dictate the shutter speed is if it reached the lower bound of 1/30'th second which is the longest duration of one video frame at the E-PL1's 30fps frame rate. of course olympus won't allow for a slower shutter speed than 1/30'th second in video mode, so it doesn't matter. You may have just read my first rambling on as to what I initially thought. Sorry to confuse!
RELATED TO THE "in-camera JPEG Edit feature" I mentioned in a previous reply . . .
It was really cool to find out in another thread on this forum - that if you are a RAW shooter you can create a JPEG from your RAW file, right in camera (I wasn't aware because I don't shoot in RAW). That way there isn't always a need to save as both RAW and JPEG if you don't feel the need to. AS WELL, you have the option of applying any of the custom settings only available to JPEG images - such as White Balance, Black and White or any of the Art filters. That way there is no need to open the RAW files in Olympus software.
OR it could be that you don't use Olympus Software, but love the look of the Art Filters - now you can create that look in camera from a specific RAW file after the fact (so that the choice doesn't have to made when shooting both RAW and JPEG) - - - and then you will have access to the processed file in Lightroom, Photoshop or whatever image editing program you use. That is a really sweet solution as far as I am concerned.
THE PROCESS - after shooting your images with the RAW setting, you would need to click on the MENU button and go down to the right facing arrow (PLAY) icon which is the third one on the left side - then select "EDIT" and then "SEL. IMAGE". Find the RAW image that you want converted to a JPEG file and click the START/OK button on the cameras control pad. After a few seconds of processing, you will have both a RAW file and a processed JPEG file available in your camera. The method for applying say an ART FILTER to the processed file, is to make the camera settings as if you were going to shoot a JPEG image, and then go through the steps above. The new Jpeg file will have the filter applied. THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
I TRIED IT - and it is very convenient as I ended up with several images on my camera, produced from the same RAW file. I have a straight Jpeg conversion, a Black and White file (from setting black and white in the MENU), a Diorama Art Filter file, a tungsten white balance setting for a cold blue look, and a 16x9 and also 6x6 aspect ratio file. If I were shooting something in RAW and wanted to give a friend a JPEG copy - and one with a different look to it - - - I could do it in camera and transfer the file to their computer or email it to them or print it for them.
Some might view these features as unnessary amateur features, but I think that it makes my camera very versatile and helps eliminate my need to spend time in image editing programs just for every file. If I want to rip a web sized image off by email, in many cases it may be so much easier to just create the size I want in camera, transfer to my laptop and email it - - - than to have to find a program to resize that one image.
Also when I am traveling to other countries and keeping up on my journals, websites and forums - the same process would allow sticking the memory card in the slot at a kiosk and uploading it, without having to figure out what editing software is available on the computer (if any). GOOD STUFF OLYMPUS !
Very nice work and good hints. You can read it in the manual but reading it here makes it much easier and usefull.
Robert this is a very, very helpful and detailed review! I think your thread's title doesn't quite do it justice. I'm going to subscribe to this so I can find my way back quickly.
Thanks so much and you really should write a review, albeit a shorter version, for the Reviews section on the board - see that little Reviews tab up on the top right of the site? Click there and you'll see how it works.
I really appreciate your taking the time to write all this!


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