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It will be held 2016 Taiwan International Boat Show from March 10th to 13th in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
We had a booth last time, first time for me to have a booth in boat show, and we were the only one Japanese company to be there.
Again, this time we'll have a booth with our BOAT!! (much better than before and improved).
I had a chance to be on the mega yacht and found many amazing items.
It's very useful and some interesting ideas from it.
Thank you very much for the opportunity!!
The rubber gasket for window shield is torn by years.
It's quite hard to find the correct one, however we'll find the right one whatever it takes.
Finally I found the exact one for the shield!!
I have been on the boat for seatrial and photoshoot.
We've got really great photo and you can see it on March!!
This is initial design of brand new RiSE Marine's N-260 design.
N-280 series is about to launch for several test before the show.
It's getting in a shape!!


I discovered Lamb's Quarters were edible last year. I have seen them as weeds in my gardens throughout the years. They are delicious, with a spinach-like flavor. I liked them so much last year that I bought seeds for this year so I'd have more. I didn't end up needing to plant them. I have a ton growing all over my back garden plot this year.
They typically grow in open spots in cultivated gardens. They were brought over to the U.S. by European settlers many years ago and have naturalized – they are supposed to be found throughout the country now. They are related to spinach. They were very popular throughout Europe, and then in the 1600s Spinach was introduced from Asia; People started growing spinach instead. My guess is that they found the spinach a lot less labor intensive. I like them but they do take awhile to get ready – I pull the leaves off the stems, rinse very well, and then steam them so they wilt, like you'd do with spinach.
Lamb's Quarters waiting for cleaning.
While picking the leaves I tend to be selective, because bugs also like to eat them. I don't want to eat bugs. That adds to the time-intensiveness of cleaning. They cook down a lot, so if you harvest, pick double what you think you'll need.
* As a caution, please always be 100% sure of what you are picking when eating wild plants. I first confirmed with several websites and pictures before eating these, just to make sure I was picking actual Lamb's Quarters – better to be extra safe. I don't believe there are any dangerous look-a-likes for these, but I may be wrong, depending on what part of the country or world you are in.


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Malti-poos are adorable dogs with a toy-like appearance and are a cross between the Maltese and miniature or toy poodle breeds. They are generally very small in size, growing to less than a foot tall at the shoulder. Their weight depends heavily on the poodle parent's size, but some Malti-poos can be as small as 5 pounds. These dogs have a fluffy coat that doesn't shed, but they do require regular grooming. Coat color runs the full range, from pure white or black to tan and white or tricolor versions.
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Q: Google Map is not Rendering SVG paths I have develop a program which takes coordinates of a elephant path and render it in Google maps and animate an elephant icon moving along the path. Since the Google takes SVG paths to render image i have create an elephant using inkscape and exported the Data. But the image is not showing in google maps. Please help.
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Richard Proenneke: Alone In The Wilderness
This is the amazing story of Dick Proenneke living alone in the Alaska wilderness.
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Dick filmed his adventures so he could show his relatives in the lower 48 states what life was like in Alaska, building his cabin, hunting for food and exploring the area.
Bob Swerer has taken the best footage from Dick's films and he has created 3 videos about Dick, "Alone in the Wilderness", "Alaska, Silence and Solitude" and "The Frozen North".
Watch Part I of the Documentary below. The second part is further down.
Alone In the Wilderness Part I
Full Name: Richard "Dick" Louis Proenneke
Born: May 4, 1916 (1916-05-04) Primrose, Harrison Township, Lee County, Iowa
Occupation: Heavy equipment operator, carpenter, mechanic
Awards: 1999 National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA)
Died: April 20, 2003, Hemet, California, United States
Residence: Twin Lakes, Alaska, United States
Alone in the Wilderness is just one story of Dick Proenneke. There a others which you'll discover below.
He found a place, built a cabin, and stayed to become part of the country.
"To live in a pristine land unchanged by man… to roam a wilderness through which few other humans have passed… to choose an idyllic site, cut trees and build a log cabin… to be a self-sufficient craftsman, making what is needed from materials available… to be not at odds with the world, but content with one's own thoughts and company… Thousands have had such dreams, but Dick Proenneke lived them." – Sam Keith
This video "Alone in the Wilderness" is a simple account of the day-to-day explorations and activities he carried out alone, and the constant chain of nature's events that kept him company.
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Richard's Family
Richard's father, William Christian Proenneke, served in WWI and afterwards became a well driller. His mother, Laura (nee Bonn) was a homemaker. They were married in late 1909, or early 1910. Richard was the third child of six children. Robert, Helen, Lorene, Richard (Dick), Florence, and Raymond (Jake).
Richard's Life
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Richard joined the US navy enlisting as a carpenter. After a two year posting at Pearl Harbor, he was transferred to San Francisco where he awaited a second posting onboard a new ship. Dick contracted rheumatic fever and spent six months recovering at the Norco Naval Hospital. He fell sick after hiking a mountain near San Francisco. As a result, he was medically discharged from the military in 1945. This was the beginning of Richard's journey to a life of healing and strengthening his body.
Soon after leaving the military Proenneke attended a diesel mechanic school. He easily adapted to his new trade and excelled. Richard became and skilled mechanic but longed for something else. He moved closer to his passion when he next moved to Oregon and began work on a sheep ranch. In 1950 he moved to Shuyak Island, Alaska.
There he worked as a heavy equipment operator and repairman for the Naval Air Station at Kodiak. While in Alaska, Richard also worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service at King Salmon on the Alaska Peninsula as a salmon fisherman/diesel mechanic. During this time he squirrelled his earnings and saved for his retirement.
On May 21, 1968, Richard reached his new place of retirement at Twin Lakes. Prior to his arrival, he arranged to use an existing cabin on the upper lake. Spike Carrithers, a retired Navy captain, owned the cabin. The cabin was close to the site where Dick would soon build his own cabin.
Because of Richards carpentry background, the cabin he built is noted for it's remarkable craftsmanship. Most of which can be seen in the documentary Alone In The Wilderness.
All the materials he used (rocks, trees, gravel) to build the cabin, the furnishings and the fireplace/flue were obtained there at his build site. Metal containers were used for food storage—one-gallon cans made into a basin and buried below the frost line to keep fruits and perishables cold for prolonged periods in the cool earth and still accessible during the winter months. Leon Reid "Babe" Alsworth, bush pilot, missionary and friend to Richard would return periodically to bring food and orders that Proenneke placed through him to Sears.
Proenneke spent sixteen months building his cabin before he returned "home" to visit family and secure more supplies. The following spring he returned to his cabin and remained there for the next thirty years. From time to time Richard would return to the lower 48 to visit friend and family. He created a film record of his solitary lifestyle and cabin which would later be re-cut and made into the documentary Alone in the Wilderness.
Alone In The Wilderness: Original Documentary DVD by Bob Swerer
It has aired on PBS numerous times and with a score of 9/10 from the aggregation of nearly 2000 votes at the Internet Movie Database, the documentary is one of the highest rated of all time.
In 2011 a sequel was produced after it was discovered that Proenneke had shot enough footage for at least two more documentaries. Alone in the Wilderness II premiered on December 2, 2011. A premiere date for Part 3 has yet to be announced.
Alone In The Wilderness Part 2 (DVD)
In 2007 Proenneke's cabin was included in the National Register of Historic Places.
Death and legacy
In 1999, Proenneke returned to civilization at age 82 and lived the remainder of his life with his brother Raymond "Jake" Proenneke in Hemet, California. He passed away of a stroke on April 20, 2003, at the age of 86. He left his cabin to the National Park Service, and it remains a popular visitor attraction in the remote Twin Lakes region of Lake Clark National Park.
Richard's journals become a book
Sam Keith became a close friend of Richard's over the course of many hunting and fishing trip. He suggested to Richard that the journals he kept might make for the basis for a good book. Proenneke agreed to let Sam make whatever changes he thought would help transition his journals into a book. In 1973, Keith published the book One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey, based on Proenneke's journals and photography.
After years in print it was re-issued in a new format in 1999, winning that year's National Outdoor Book Award (NOBA).
A hardcover "commemorative edition", celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the publication of One Man's Wilderness, was published by Alaska Northwest Books in 2013.
One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith
In 2003, some of the copyrighted text from the book and some of Proenneke's film were used with permission in Alone in the Wilderness, which began appearing on U.S. Public Television. The documentary centers around Proenneke building a cabin from the surrounding natural resources and includes film footage, narration of wildlife, weather, and the natural scenery that Richard recorded while he goes about his daily routine.
In 2005, the National Park Service and the Alaska Natural History Association published More Readings From One Man's Wilderness, another volume of Proenneke's journal entries. The book, edited by John Branson, a longtime Lake Clark National Park employee and friend of Proenneke, covers the years when the park was established. Dick had a very close relationship with the Park Service, assisting them in filming sensitive areas and notifying them if poachers were in the area.
As with More Readings From One Man's Wilderness, the volume is edited by John Branson.
More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980 by John Branson
The Early Years: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke
This collection of journals covers Proennekes' first years at Twin Lakes, including the construction of his cabin and his food cache. The journal entries overlap those in Sam Keith's edited collection of some of Proenneke's journals One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey. But unlike that book—in which Keith frequently modified Proenneke's writing style—The Early Years presents Proenneke's journals with minimal or no modification.
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robineggblue82 December 28, 2016 at 5:33 pm - Reply
This reminded me of the old Daniel Boone tv series for some reason.
Judith January 10, 2018 at 10:56 am - Reply
What a remarkable man! I would loved to have sat and talked with him.
Robin Thompson September 11, 2019 at 1:37 am - Reply
I've watched "Alone in the Wilderness" on PBS time and time again. I never tire of it because I learn something new every time I watch it! What a remarkable man and fascinating story.
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The Labor theory of value (LTV) was first conceived by Adam Smith, the founder of modern capitalism, before it was built upon by other economists. Using LTV, economists tried to provide an explanation for why commodities are exchanged for specific market prices. The labor theory of value claims that the basis of a commodity is measurable through the average number of (labor) hours needed for its production. The labor theory of value was developed in the 18th century, David Ricardo and Karl Marx also advocated the theory but it has gradually wane in terms of relevance in the present century. According to this theory, two different commodities can be sold for the same price if the same number of labor hours went into their production.
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History of the Labor Theory Of Value
A lot of thought and work went into the development of the labor theory of value by both Smith and Ricardo who also have production companies at that time. The theory attempts to explain why goods are traded at certain values, which is in relation to the number of hours that are devoted into producing the goods. While developing this theory, the production of two commodities (beaver and deer) were sampled. With this, Smith explained that the more labor goes into the production of a commodity, the costlier the commodity would become. Hence, labor-time is an important factor in the value at which commodities will be traded. For Smith, Labor-time is an underlying principle of LTV, Ricardo on the other hand, attempted to explain the rules governing how relative prices are set for commodities. For example, if 20 labor-hours is required to produce one beaver and 10 labor-hours to produce one deer, that means two deer equal one beaver. However, while calculating the cost of production, it is crucial to know that indirect costs also matters and not just direct costs. So, a beaver might require longer labor-time because the time spent on setting a trap and catching the beaver are included. For example: If 1hr is valued at $11, the production cost for beaver will be; 12hrs (trap), 8hrs (hunt and catch) which gives a total of 20hrs. Hence, the labor-time for producing beaver is valued at $220 unlike deer that is valued at $9 per hour, so 10hrs of labor-time will realize $90. Since it is more profitable to produce beaver there will be an influx of people into beaver production to create an equilibrium.
Labor Theory and Marxism
The labor theory of value is regarded as a major pillar of traditional Marxian economics, this is because it is interwoven with almost all aspects of Marxian analysis. Karl Marx was also attributed the labor theory of value because of his contributions in its development. According to Marx, all his and services share one thing in common which is human labor. Marx however places value in socially necessary labor and not just any labor. This was however a critique of the belief of free-market economists. Marx suggested that workers be paid less than the real value of their labor, this is called the exploitation theory of capitalism.
The Subjectivist Theory Takes Over
There are a number of problems associated with the labor theory of value, these problems were resolved by the subjective theory of value. The subjective theory of value is one that maintains that value is relative and based on evaluations which can vary from one individual to another. Hence, value is not absolute, it is based on how different individuals perceive it, this means an individual can decide to value his good higher than another individual's despite that the same labor-time went into their production. William Stanley Jevons, Leon Walras and Carl Menger are economists who discovered and introduced the subjective theory of value in the 1870s. While the labor theory maintains that input costs (labor-time) determined final prices, subjectivist theory holds that the market price of produced goods determines the value of inputs.
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In Virginia, reckless driving can be charged to numerous types of dangerous driving. Reckless driving could refer to driving at an excessive speed, passing other vehicles in a dangerous manner, racing, or driving with some alcohol in your system (even if it is an insufficient amount for a DUI citation).
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CAN A POLICE OFFICER ARREST ME FOR RECKLESS DRIVING?
Yes, an officer may arrest you for reckless driving, although it is not required. In most cases, as long as you're compliant with the officer's requests, you likely won't be arrested for reckless driving. The lawyers at Jurach & Quitiquit suggest that even if you disagree with the officer being polite can help your case when it comes time to go to court.
HOW WILL RECKLESS DRIVING in VIRGINIA AFFECT MY DRIVING RECORD?
Reckless driving will be reported to the Virginia DMV if you are a resident of the Commonwealth and will be added to your permanent driving record. If you are from out of state it depends on whether or not your state is part of the drivers license compact. You can get a copy of your driving record here. If you are a resident of Virginia we have compiled a list of points and the length of time those points will stay on your record. You can access that list here.
HOW MUCH IS THE FINE FOR RECKLESS DRIVING IN VIRGINIA?
The law allows Reckless Driving in Virginia to carry up to a $2,500.00 fine. It is rare for the court to impose the entire amount available. The actual amount will depend on the court, the circumstances of your ticket, your driving history and whether you are able to get the charges reduced.
Remember that court costs are often added to the total fine, so you could be looking at a total cost of over $2500.00.
DOES RECKLESS DRIVING IN VIRGINIA CARRY JAIL TIME?
Reckless driving in Virginia could result in jail. Although no jail time is required, a judge may sentence you to up to 12 months in jail. It is rare to be sentenced to 12 months in jail for this kind of traffic ticket, but a judge may require a moderate amount of jail, depending on the circumstances. Usually, only excessive speeds or bad driving histories result in jail time.
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Steve Porteous: A few words by Kenny Hudson.
I have the privilege to speak for a couple of minutes about one of my best friends. This year started very badly with the passing of a legend and it is only fitting that it ends with his induction to the Rebels Hall of Fame.
Thanks to Twerg and Paraic for helping me gather some of the memories.
Steve Porteous (his stage name) as everyone in Ireland knew him commanded respect whether you were a teammate or an opponent. Having Steve in the middle of the line provided a really solid base for the defense and there are a lot of O-Linemen out there who must have hated playing against him including our own in training, I know we always looked forward to the games to give our bodies a rest. He had amazing speed over short distances for such a big man, immensely strong and when he hit you, you stayed hit! Playing behind him made me look good because all I had to do was step over the bodies strewn left and right. Apart from his presence on the pitch, the thing we all remember about Steve was he was always smiling. Even if he was annoyed and grumpy, he'd still flash that big smile and he always lifted the players around him. His attitude really rubbed off on others and we were better players and happier people because of him. He's also probably the only 20 stone man to be called "Little Steve" which happened after Steve Wilson joined.
Brian Dennehy and Paraic Reddington were having a beer at the Racecourse Inn Baldoyle and they saw this man mountain sitting at the bar. Quote "He had a neck like a pack of hotdogs and we were sure he would make a good football player". The world's most underrated statement by Paraic. We were eventually introduced and he came down to play for the Dublin Tigers.. He would then play with the Rebels. He won a shamrock bowl with the Tigers in 1999, then all the Rebels ones from 2001 until he retired. He also went to Charleroi with just 9 of us and 3 of the most respected Dragons. Most importantly, he scored a (in his own words) 90 yard TD fumble recovery which he's immensely proud of (in reality, it was a 3 yard return and he had to be carried the last 2 yards, but let's give the man his glory!).
Off the pitch he was the funniest man I have ever met. He spent a weekend in a caravan in Wexford once. He brought a big TV with him so he could watch movies there. Anyway, the TV was too big for the caravan doorway so Steve had to pass it in the large back window of the caravan. The sight of a huge black man passing a TV IN a window must have been a real puzzle for the locals.Paraic and a couple of others went skiing with Steve in Arinsal in Andorra and it quickly became apparent that Steve was not made for the snow. He couldn't get the concept of gravity and how it would affect him. On the very first day and the very first lesson he stepped into his skis while pointing up the mountain. He promptly started sliding backways down the mountain. He had no idea how to stop so he bent forward and grabbed his feet – thereby travelling down the mountain with his arse in the air at an ever increasing speed. He wiped out a class of beginner kids who have no doubt been in counselling ever since. He gave up skiing at that moment and that evening we came down from a day on the slopes to find him in the local bar, topless, having just won a "Dance like your Dad" competition.
On the pitch the laughter never stopped either, and when he tormented opposing players telling them which gap he was coming through and then watching QBs frantically calling changes to the play to try and get away from him, all we could do was laugh pick them up off the ground and guide them back to their own huddle, it was enough to put them right off their game. Steve loved the game and could not leave it, he became a coach and then would sneak his gear with him (totally against doctors orders)
When I was to coach with Steve at Trinity I was made up, I was on a coaching course as he took charge of the team, That was the last time I spoke with him as he went home that evening full of the joys of the world, He was back in football. Steve will be remembered as one of the true forces in the American Football family and everyone has a storey to tell about how he affected the lives of all he came in contact with, literally and otherwise. He had the ability to make you feel like the most important person in the world and he was and still is loved by everyone who has ever met him. I promised him that we would sit back on our deck chairs overlooking our boys (who are the same age) playing ball while we have a beer. I know he is preparing the decking, chilling the beer and getting someone ELSE to mark the pitch, and when the time is right we are all invited to join in and play ball with my friend my brother my captain.


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Temple grad lands spot at Billboard Awards
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Temple University's biggest graduation ever
Temple graduates its largest, most diverse class ever
Temple graduates show off their style at Commencement with unique footwear
Community service a driving passion for North Philadelphia native
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Bianca Augustine grew up watching students from Temple walk around her North Philadelphia neighborhood, so she knew this was where she wanted to be. While here, she worked part-time in the Office of Community Relations and served an internship with the office of State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas. Now she's ready to move on to a job in patient services at Nazareth Hospital.
A bittersweet day: Temple Made graduates say goodbye
Commencement is always a bittersweet time for Temple University's extended family. We're filled with pride in our graduates' accomplishments, and yet we're sad to see another cohort of Temple students say goodbye. The Temple Made profile series has introduced us to many unforgettable students. In this video, May graduates explain what the Temple experience meant to them.
Real-world ready: Temple experiences prepare grads for career success
As the "Temple Made" billboard on Broad Street proudly asserts: Temple students are "Real World Raised." They've cut their teeth on coursework that emphasizes experiential learning. They've completed academic programs with live-fire professional capstone experiences.
Solving community problems is planning grad's passion
Community and regional planning master's degree candidate Lindsey Graham has a passion for solving community problems, particularly in the area of transportation. A semi-finalist for the prestigious national Presidential Management Fellows program, she has plans to work in federal government and someday head a major planning organization.
NASA robotics program is summer destination for Temple engineering grads
Engineering graduates Vadim Linevich and Andrew Powell have been accepted into the prestigious NASA Robotics Academy and will spend 10 weeks this summer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
"A different dream": Student Commencement speaker has long, bumpy journey
Joseph B. Stoney was a 23-year-old out of Northeast Philadelphia when he started his Temple journey almost a decade ago. After overcoming a series of obstacles that would have defeated many students, he will become the first person in his family to earn a college degree. The mechanical engineering major has been chosen to be the student speaker at Temple's 126th Commencement Exercises.
'No limit on learning': Class's oldest grad realizes 25-year goal
At 73, Marie Meyer will complete a 25-year journey when she graduates from Temple cum laude with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She decided to enroll at Temple in 1988 after the passing of her eldest son Herbert Meyer, who had been a Temple student. "He never had the chance to graduate, so I decided to do it for him," she said.
Boston bombings are a defining moment for podiatry grad
Jared Malan was one of 10 members of the Temple School of Podiatric Medicine's Sports Medicine Club volunteering at the finish line of the Boston Marathon last month when twin bombs detonated a short distance away.
From high school dropout to Harvard-bound
Born and raised in South Korea, Jae Hyeon Lee came to America in 2007 as, essentially, a high-school dropout.
Career success is a slam dunk for motivated STHM grad
Years of pushing himself to gain real-world experience through a series of internships — including a recent position with the Brooklyn Nets — gave Colt Dorsey an edge on the competition and secured his break into the business of sports marketing. In June, the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management graduate will start a business development ticket sales position with the Miami Dolphins.
Army officer shores up planning skills at Temple Ambler
In the midst of an active and decorated military career, Terrence Harrington successfully earned a master's degree from Temple's Department of Community and Regional Planning. "I think my military training has helped greatly in the program and vice versa," he said.
Department of Energy fellowship propels physics grad
Motivated by a compelling need to make a difference in alternative energy, Eric Hunter pursued a bachelor's degree in physics at Temple. Along the way, he became involved in dark matter research in the lab of Physics Professor C. J. Martoff, which led to a U.S. Department of Energy fellowship at Italy's Gran Sasso National Laboratory, one of the world's leading dark matter detection facilities.
Hands-on community service drives med school grad
Crystal Brown's commitment to community service began as a child, when she would attend community health fairs in the Watts section of Los Angeles with her mother, who worked in health care.
Immersion program is a window to the world for Spanish major
Spanish major Rachel Aistrop believes that enrolling in Temple's Latin American Studies Semester — a total immersion, interdisciplinary program in Spanish language and culture — was the best decision she could have made. Not only did she make lifelong friends, she also clarified her goals for her future.
TSG president fosters his passion for politics, Temple
David Lopez's passion for politics began in high school, working for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. While attending Temple, he interned in Washington, D.C., three times in addition to serving as an Owl Ambassador and as president of Temple Student Government during his senior year.
Ferrer finds pathway to success beyond North Philadelphia
North Philadelphia native Pedro Ferrer never considered Temple a possibility for his future after high school. But the sociology major has found that transferring to Temple after receiving an associates degree was the right decision. Accepted to law school, he is already making plans to give back to the community that helped shape him.
Temple track and field's Jenni Abercrumbie: 'Tell me I can't and I'll show you I can'
Jennifer Abercrumbie, a member of Temple's track and field team, is a living example of the folly of stereotyping student-athletes as "dumb jocks." The off-the-field accomplishments of this theoretical linguistics major in the College of Health Professions and Social Work had graduate schools and employers competing for her.
Physical Therapy graduates leave behind gift for future students
Members of the 2013 graduating class in Temple's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program have donated $1,500 to provide financial aid for future students. The idea for the gift began in late 2011 when class officers learned that some who are accepted into the program are unable to enroll due to financial reasons.
With intense focus, SMC grad set sights on career as a game show host
As a child with Asperger's Syndrome, Brian Schwartz became fixated on game shows. From Bob Barker to Wink Martindale, he learned everything there was to know about this exciting television niche. Now 30, Schwartz is graduating with a degree in media studies and production and stakes claim to being Temple University Television's first game show host.
Debt free and with a job waiting, DC native is set to succeed
Years of planning and hard work have enabled Fabien Navidi-Kasmai to graduate from college debt-free at only 20 years old. The media studies and production major recalls how he would work straight through entire weekends at his job delivering pizza. After graduation, he will move to Virginia to start work as project manager for Blastech Associates.
Temple Made: Julian Terrell Otis
In the Commencement week edition of the "Temple Made" student profile series, meet the Boyer College of Music and Dance student chosen to sing at this week's 126th Commencement Exercises. When you hear Julian sing, you may be surprised to learn that he came to Temple with a dream of becoming a physician-scientist.


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Pastor Kenneth Hutcherson, in front, with, from left: Wade Kusak of Sacramento, Calif.; Vadim Privedenyuk of Springfield, Mass.; and Alexey Ledyaev of Riga, Latvia.
On a recent Sunday morning, at a strip mall in Kent, a few hundred people gathered to worship, rocking out to a band playing contemporary worship songs and cheering on the fiery pastor -- all in Russian.
This might seem an unlikely place for Ken Hutcherson -- Redmond's Antioch Bible Church senior pastor, who is known for outspoken views against homosexuality -- to look for allies in his effort to overturn a state law banning discrimination against gays and lesbians.
But then Pastor Andrey Shapovalov asked the children to come forward. Bless them, he said. "Pray that none of them become homosexuals or lesbians or have abortions or live a life of crime."
At Transformation Center Church, a nondenominational, evangelical Slavic church, the theology is "very biblically conservative," Shapovalov says. "We are on the same page" as Hutcherson.
The unusual alliance began last spring, after a debate on gay rights between Hutcherson and King County Executive Ron Sims. A local man saw it and approached Hutcherson to arrange a meeting with his uncle, an evangelical pastor in Latvia who heads a network of churches in 14 countries, including the U.S.
The nephew "said he didn't know who I was or how important I was," Hutcherson says.
The relationship with the Latvian pastor, who is visiting Hutcherson this week, has led to pro-traditional-family, anti-gay-marriage conferences in Bellevue and Sacramento, Calif. And it resulted in a recent trip to Latvia, where Hutcherson says he met with top evangelical government officials to talk about stopping "the homosexual movement saying they're a minority and that they need their equal rights."
Hutcherson now hopes the alliance will result in signatures for an initiative he filed last week seeking to repeal a state law, passed a year ago, that adds sexual orientation to a state law banning discrimination based on race, gender, religion and other categories.
"We've got a lot of churches to reach," said Hutcherson, who must gather at least 224,800 valid signatures by July 6 to put the initiative on the fall ballot.
"We want to get the Slavic churches, the Russian-speaking churches, the Korean churches, Philippine, Chinese, white, cross-cultural. ... If we're going to win this fight on protecting traditional marriage, we're going to need all churches to work together."
It's too soon to say whether Hutcherson's actions will yield the results he wants.
About two-thirds of the estimated 300 people who attend Transformation Center Church are U.S. citizens -- and thus eligible to sign the initiative petition. And although Transformation's involvement may signal the beginning of political action on gay issues by conservative evangelicals from the former Soviet republics, it's unclear where other such local churches stand.
Other questions include whether Hutcherson can mobilize other evangelical churches at a time when the public debate is centering mainly around domestic partnerships and gay marriage.
Even if his initiative makes it onto the ballot, Hutcherson's opponents doubt voters will take away a legal protection.
"I just don't believe the people of this state are going to support discrimination," said state Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, who championed the gay-rights bill.
That isn't stopping Hutcherson, who says an earlier effort to repeal the bill failed in part because "we waited too late to get the churches together."
All of which has local gay-rights activist Bill Dubay musing: "I don't know why he cares so much that people have legal protections. ... It seems to me he needs a lot of attention, and this gets it for him."
Hutcherson, who had a brief National Football League career as a linebacker with the Seahawks, Dallas Cowboys and San Diego Chargers, acknowledges "I have a tremendous ego."
"That's why I played pro football," he said. "I'm taking that same ego and energy that benefited me in football and now putting it in for the glory of God to do his will and his work."
In that regard, his ambitions are bigger than ever. He talks of organizing an international summit: "I am building a force around the world."
Back at Transformation Center Church, a guest speaker talked about "divine penicillin."
"I consider myself more American than those who were born in this country who are destroying it," said Wade Kusak, host of a Russian-language radio show in Sacramento and publisher of newspapers there and in Seattle.
It's no coincidence, he said, that states with growing evangelical Slavic communities are the most liberal, full of people "trying to destroy our families."
That's why God "made an injection" of Slavic evangelicals. "In those places where the disease is progressing, God made a divine penicillin."
Shapovalov said Kusak has spoken to his congregants on how to conduct themselves at political demonstrations.
In Kusak's home base of Sacramento, which has the nation's largest conservative evangelical Slavic community, church members have picketed gay-pride events and packed legislative meetings, often far outnumbering other protesters, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The emigration began in the late 1980s, when then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev allowed victims of religious persecution -- among them Baptists, Pentecostals and Jews -- to leave the country, said Susan Hardwick, a University of Oregon geography professor specializing in Russian and Ukrainian immigrant communities.
Many went to Sacramento -- home of a Christian radio show that had been broadcast in the Soviet Union -- or settled in the Pacific Northwest. They established churches, which sponsored more families.
Western Washington has at least 60,000 immigrants from former Soviet republics, said Charles Richter, a University of Washington graduate student studying Russian religion and immigrants. Roughly one-third are evangelical, one-third are Orthodox and the rest are of other or no faiths.
Shapovalov estimated that the Puget Sound area has about 30 to 40 evangelical Slavic churches. They haven't really worked together, he said, but he hopes he and Hutcherson can mobilize them.
Shapovalov, 32, a father of two, came to the United States from Ukraine in 1991 because he wanted to live in a "very Christian nation."
Now, he said, he sees signs of erosion everywhere.
"When we used to live in Russia, there is no drugs," and homosexuality was hidden, he said. But in the community here, some youths started drinking and a few engaged in homosexual behavior.
Church member Aleksandr Zadniprovskiy, 25, a Port Orchard auto-shop owner, said he wants his children to grow up the way he did. "I'm for doing things right. There's a right way to do it and a wrong way."
It's unclear where other local evangelical Russian-speaking churches stand. Pastors at some of them could not be reached for comment.
Also uncertain is the extent to which the larger evangelical community will mobilize for the initiative.
Gary Randall, president of Faith and Freedom Network, a lobbying group for the state's conservative Christian community, said he would be happy to work with Hutcherson, although he said he doesn't know if people are still fired up about the issue.
Pastor Alec Rowlands, president of Sound the Alarm, a group for conservative Washington pastors, said his group's focus this year will be on re-energizing pastors. "That's not to say we won't engage in political things," he said. "But we've honestly not committed to any particular initiatives or campaigns."
That doesn't diminish Hutcherson's zeal. He said he was meeting this week with the visiting Latvian pastor, Shapovalov and possibly representatives of other local evangelical Russian-speaking churches.
"We better wake up," he said. "This is a war."


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Proper hose selection is critical to realize a safe hydraulic system. The first step in having a safe hydraulic system is selecting the proper components that meet the needs of each individual system. Compromises in hose selection may create situations of danger, as well as affect the performance and durability of the system. The choice may work for the short run, but may not be a good long-term decision. This guide uses the STAMPED process. STAMPED is an acronym and stands for the 7 major information areas required to provide a quality hose assembly. In this post, we will focus on the S for Size.
Hose O.D. (Outside Diameter) can be a critical factor when hose routing clamps are used or hoses are routed through bulkheads. Check manufacturers' individual hose specification tables for O.D.'s.
The inside diameter of the hose must be adequate to keep pressure loss to a minimum and avoid damage to the hose due to heat generation or excessive turbulence. Note: for existing assemblies, to determine the replacement hose I.D., read the lay line printing on the side of the original hose. If the original hose lay line is painted over or worn off, the original hose must be cut and inside diameter measured for size.
The flow rate of the system in conjunction with the inside diameter of the hose will dictate the fluid velocity through the hose. Please consult your hose supplier for specific recommended velocity ranges. Please note that suction line recommendations are different than pressure lines.
The correct inside diameter should be determined for the hose required for the application. If the flow rate of the system allows two options for a suitable inside diameter, it is recommended that the larger be selected if pressure allows. High fluid velocities can contribute excessive noise and heat to hydraulic systems and can reduce efficiency.
The above is an excerpt from NAHAD's Hose Safety Institute HANDBOOK, which provides performance standards for hose assembly specification, design, handling and management.
For a general overview on STAMPED, check out this post: What does STAMPED stand for?


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Apple to Enable End-to-End Encryption of iCloud Backups
Announcement Comes After Apple Reportedly Delayed the Backups at the FBI's Request David Perera (@daveperera) • December 7, 2022
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Apple will allow iPhone users to encrypt iPhone backups stored in its customer cloud, the company said in an announcement it touted as a boon for security but which governments may decry as an escalation in long-running tensions over law enforcement access to data in mobile devices.
The Cupertino, California-based company said Wednesday that by the end of this year most U.S. users will have the ability to enable end-to-end encryption of iPhone backups, notes and photos housed in Apple's iCloud. The feature is set to roll out globally in early 2023.
Apple, which positions itself as the rare Silicon Valley company that is protective of users' privacy, took pains to frame its announcement in the context of cloud computing data breaches. "Experts say the total number of data breaches more than tripled between 2013 and 2021, exposing 1.1 billion personal records across the globe in 2021 alone," the company wrote. Not included in the new encryption options will be iCloud mail, contacts and calendar events "because of the need to interoperate with the global email, contacts, and calendar systems," the company said.
End-to-end encryption ensures data integrity even in the event of a data breach, Apple stressed.
Reuters reported in January 2020 that the company had held back from offering full end-to-end encryption to iCloud backup after the FBI complained about the impact to investigations (see: Report: Apple Scuttled Encryption Plans for iCloud Backups).
Law enforcement uses the phrase "going dark" to describe what it says are encryption-created obstacles to obtaining data. Privacy advocates and technologists say the concern is misplaced, especially given the vast quantities of unencrypted metadata revealing information such as individuals' locations and contacts created by digital devices. Their retort to law enforcement has been that we live in a "golden age of surveillance."
The U.S. government for decades has alternated between pressuring industry to give it backdoor access to encrypted communications and an often begrudging acceptance of encryption's benefits. The Trump administration ramped up pressure, enlisting the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand in 2020 to urge tech companies into ensuring that "encryption is applied in a way that wholly precludes any legal access to content."
Similar efforts haven't taken place during the Biden administration, which instead in May issued a national security memorandum calling for the development of quantum-resistant cryptography.
The Department of Justice and the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Apple's announcement.
Today's product announcement also includes mention of strengthening multifactor authentication controls for accessing Apple accounts through support for a hardware security key. Users will also be able to add contact verification for iMessage chats. The verification feature will alert users should a threat actor such as a state-sponsored hacker breach iMessage servers to surveill messages, Apple said.
This year, Apple has layered on defenses to combat advanced spyware apps that infect its devices, announcing in July an "extreme, optional protection" feature that lets users limit the functionality of their device (see: Apple Lockdown Mode Aims to Prevent State-Sponsored Spyware).
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Home » Clearspeed Announces $27 Million Series C Funding
Clearspeed Announces $27 Million Series C Funding
Clearspeed, the leading provider of voice analytics technology to assess security and fraud risk, today announced a $27 million Series C financing, bringing the company's total funds raised to $50 million. The funding round was led by investors Ian McKinnon, founder of Sandia Holdings, LLC ("Sandia"), and Thomas O'Malley Jr., founder of PilotRock Investments, LLC ("PRI"), and supported by King Philanthropies ("King"), the philanthropic endeavour of Robert and Dorothy King. The Series C funding will support rapid commercial expansion and delivery of a world-class customer experience and continue to drive an innovative technology roadmap to serve the security and financial services markets.
"We are absolutely delighted with the support from our investors who see the impact Clearspeed's customers are realizing through faster, easier, and radically more accurate risk assessment," said Alex Martin, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Clearspeed. "With this funding, we will meet the rising demand for our innovative technology and expand our product suite. Bringing Clearspeed's voice analytics to more businesses empowers them to make faster decisions with confidence and deliver an incredible customer experience, while streamlining costs and reducing fraud."
The company, founded in 2016, is a leading provider of voice analytics technology to assess risk that quickly yielded exceptionally high levels of assessment precision and accuracy, and pioneered a new method of delivering risk identification and straight-through processing at scale.
"Clearspeed was established to address the lengthy and complex screening processes that people face, enabling fast-tracking with a simple but highly accurate risk assessment capability that clears low-risk transactions quickly and alerts when additional review is needed," said Jeff Williams, Clearspeed's new Board Advisor and investor. "This funding will enable Clearspeed to better meet expansive market demands of more enterprise-wide, accurate risk assessment that drives up customer satisfaction and dramatically reduces costs."
"We are reshaping how organizations approach security and fraud risk, changing the focus from finding the 'bad actor' to clearing the vast majority of 'good actors,'" continued Martin. "We uniquely enhance existing security and fraud processes, helping our customers get to trust, faster. We are excited to be accelerating our growth with this funding as we look to make Clearspeed the risk assessment technology of choice in the security and financial services markets."
Thomas O'Malley Jr. of PilotRock and Ian McKinnon of Sandia have been appointed to Clearspeed's Board of Directors, effective upon closing of the investment. Jeff Williams, Operating Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, will also be joining as an investor and Board Advisor.
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Life in China: A Picture a Day 2016, Feb 2 -Some things in China really aren't that different from home. This was a musician I saw performing today, and I thought that he could have been doing the same thing in the USA and fit right in. He sounded pretty good, but I'm not sure what he was singing about since it was in Chinese (Ok…maybe a little different than the USA!). He was next to a bus stop near our shopping plaza, an area that probably gets the largest amount of people here. Guitar case open to collect money, probably trying to raise some extra cash for Spring Festival, so I threw the six 1yuan notes I had in.


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One person killed, two injured after bear rampages through campground near Yellowstone
One person was killed and two injured when at least one bear rampaged through a campground near Yellowstone National Park early Wednesday morning.
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are investigating the attacks, believed to have occurred about 2 a.m., at Soda Butte Campground in the Gallatin National Forest which left one man dead, a woman suffering severe lacerations from bites on her arms, and another man bitten on his calf. The identities and ages of the victims have not been released.
Officials are still trying to sort out how many bears were involved, and what may have caused the attack.
"The campsites are being combed for evidence," said Fish, Wildlife & Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim. "We're not certain if it was one bear or more than one, and we haven't determined if it was a grizzly or black bear. We've extracted DNA samples from evidence found on site. This will help us identify the bear or bears involved, once captured."
"This is not typical bear behavior. It's odd. It's not normal," Aasheim continued.
Tents were ripped or damaged during the attacks, yet no food was found in any of the victims' tents. "Everyone appeared to have followed all food storage regulations," Aasheim said. Many campgrounds in bear country, including Soda Butte, have "bear boxes," metal storage containers for food storage away from tents.
The Soda Butte Campground as well as nearby Chief Joseph and Colter campgrounds, also in the Gallatin National Forest, have been closed.
Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials, in cooperation with Gallatin National Forest, the National Park Service and the Park County Sheriff's Office, have been at the site collecting forensic evidence of the attacks. A number of traps also have been set in anticipation of the return of a bear. Any bear caught and tied to the attack by DNA or other evidence will be killed.
Officials from the agencies will hold a community meeting at the Cooke City Chamber of Commerce Thursday at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the incident.
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Photo: A Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks employee patrols the area where a man was killed by a bear in the Soda Butte campground early Wednesday. Officials set five culvert traps in the campground, in anticipation of the return of a bear. Credit: David Grubbs / Billings Gazette
Grizzly bear and cubs captured after fatal campground attack near Yellowstone
Bears confirmed as those involved in fatal campground rampage near Yellowstone; female adult euthanized, cubs to be sent to zoo


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Q: Bootstrap Slider: cannot call methods on slider prior to initialization I use the following bootstrap slider on my current project:
https://github.com/seiyria/bootstrap-slider
However, I get the following error, which I cannot explain:
bootstrap-slider.min.js?ver=4.9.1:4 cannot call methods on slider prior to initialization; attempted to call 'getValue'
I have several sliders there, I'll just give you an example with one.
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jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
    $sliders = $('.apd-slider');

    $("#AmazonPriceInteger").slider({
        id: "AmazonPriceInteger",
        min: 0,
        max: 5000,
        range: true,
        value: [0, 5000],
    });

    //The console doesn't trigger, when I change the sliders...

    $selects.add($sliders).add($checkboxes).change(function () {
        console.log("This doesn't even trigger");
        var hiddenItems = getHiddenItems();
        console.log(hiddenItems);
        updateVisibility(hiddenItems);
    });
}

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    0<input id="AmazonPriceInteger" type="text" class="span2 apd-slider" data-slider-handle="custom"/>5000

The funny thing is, this seemed to work all the time. I didn't change any of the code and then all of a sudden, it stopped working.
I had this problem before though and I thought I fixed it, which you can read here:
jQuery Slider: cannot call methods on slider prior to initialization
This is the link to the project: http://www.maehroboter-guru.de/maehroboter-liste/
It's in German though. If you click on it, you just have to click on "Filter Einstellungen" to see the sliders.


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The Journey of 'Failure: A Lov…
The Journey of 'Failure: A Love Story' from a Softball Field to the Douglas
A Conversation with Director Michael Matthews
The cast of the Coeurage Theatre production of "Failure: A Love Story" at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Photo by Craig Schwartz.
by Center Theatre Group
Failure: A Love Story was handed to director Michael Matthews by playwright Philip Dawkins, a friend of Matthews from his days working in Chicago theatre in the early 2000s. It was only fitting that the play should find its first home in Los Angeles at Coeurage Theatre, a company full of transplanted Chicagoans. Now, Failure is playing April 14–23, 2017 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, as the first of three shows in our inaugural Block Party, which remounts recent work from intimate theatres around Los Angeles. A whimsical, exuberant study of life and death, Failure returns to the stage at just the right time.
"Failure interweaves poetry and prose and a little bit of music. For a director, it's like a playground because you can take it and make it your own," said Matthews.
The show's journey to the Douglas, however, had unconventional beginnings.
"When we first did Failure, we did it at this tiny little theatre in the middle of a park, next to a softball field. During tech, someone got hit by a softball. We were very fortunate and very lucky to have a fantastic audience that found us and came to see the show. It's so exciting for us, and I think L.A. theatre as well, that we are able to take this tiny little show that no one knew too much about, and expose it on a bigger level. We couldn't be happier," said Matthews.
While an incredibly limited budget and less than optimal rehearsal space can debilitate the development of a show, Matthews and his team turned obstacles into strengths.
The play itself is a big party. It's a celebration of love and death and life and loss.
"When we did this production a year and a half ago, we were in a tiny classroom with some carpet and folding chairs, just grabbing whatever we could to make it happen. One thing would become an oar and then it would become a banister," said Matthews. "I had no idea if [Block Party] was going to be a go or not. This was our tiny little show that we did on maybe 10 cents, dental floss, and a prayer. But we knew it was so beautiful and there was something about it that moved people."
Though the show is pure joyful entertainment, it cloaks complex themes within its exuberance.
"The play itself is a big party. It's a celebration of love and death and life and loss. It's all interwoven together—how we celebrate our life, which makes death a little less scary as well, because you are crossing over into another celebration," said Matthews. "A lot of us, my friends and myself, have been through a lot of loss and a lot of grief, so for us Failure was very special. It was healing for a lot of us, for myself especially. Being able to share this experience and what it was on another platform brings a lot of joy to a lot of people," he said.
The catharsis Matthews has experienced through directing Failure has informed the way he hopes audiences feel after the show.
"I want audiences to feel that letting go is OK, and to celebrate the life that you have and the death that will come. I know that sounds morose and out there, but that's really what the play is about. It's coming in feeling one way and coming out with a bit of a different perspective on how precious and beautiful life is. With where we are right now in the world, and with our political climate, the show provides a bit of a respite and a sanctuary. It lets you feel things that you really want to feel right now without having to worry too much about other things for a good hour and 40 minutes. And it provides closure as well."
Block Party 2017
Taking Time to Grow
Coming Together at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
Getting to know Kristina Wong
Finding Hope in Horror and Hauntings with Danny Robins
A Haunted History: Ghastly Ghosts of Center Theatre Group's Past
Block Party 2016/17
Onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre Apr 14 – May 21, 2017.


Saw this and thought how good it looked. Excavator mounted core drill run off breaker circuit with self contained water supply.
I was in Winchester the other day and was pleased to see new bollards had appeared at all the entrances to the pedestrian market to stop jihadists ramming pedestrians. It had been done nice enough, but not perfect. It looked like each hole had a square, disc cut into the pavement then they must have excavated enough to get bollard in then back filled and topped off with tarmac which didn't look that great. This thing would do a much nicer job and I would have thought much quicker and quieter. Mounted on something like a 1CX you could carry all the bollards, resin etc in the front and this on the rear and get through a huge number each day.
He has everything! His is a home made version, so it does it pretty good job by the looks of it, but it still involves a labourer manually operating it which the Driller one has overcome.


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Ибн Сахл (полное имя Абу Саад аль-Алах ибн Сахл  ; c. 940—1000) был персидским математиком и физиком Золотого века ислама, связанным с судом Буидов в Багдаде. Ничто в его имени не позволяет определить страну его происхождения.

Известно, что он написал трактат по оптике около 984 года. Текст этого трактата был реконструирован Рошди Рашедом по двум рукописям (отредактированным в 1993 г.): Damascus, al-Ẓāhirīya MS 4871, 3 fols., и Tehran, Millī MS 867, 51 fols. Тегеранская рукопись намного длиннее, но она сильно повреждена, а рукопись Damascus имеет название Fī al-'āla al-muḥriqa «О зажигательных инструментах», Tehran имеет заголовок, добавленный в более позднем издании Kitāb al-harrāqāt «Книга зажигательных линз».

Ибн Сахл — первый известный мусульманский учёный, изучавший оптику Птолемея, и как важный предшественник Книги оптики Ибн аль-Хайсама (Альхазен), написанной тридцатью годами позже. Ибн Сахл исследовал оптические свойства изогнутых зеркал и линз и предполагается первооткрывателем закона преломления (закона Снеллиуса). Ибн Сахл использует этот закон для получения формы линз, которые фокусируют свет без геометрических аберраций, известных как анакластические линзы. В остальных частях трактата Ибн Сахл описал также параболические зеркала, эллипсоидальные зеркала, двояковыпуклые линзы и методы рисования гиперболических дуг.

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Литература
 Rashed, R. «A pioneer in anaclastics: Ibn Sahl on burning mirrors and lenses», Isis 81, pp. 464—491, 1990.
 Rashed, R., Géométrie et dioptrique au Xe siècle: Ibn Sahl, al-Quhi et Ibn al-Haytham. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1993

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This will only be relevant to the archaeologists, I guess, but it has occurred to me to ask - what would you like to see in the Catalhoyuk archive reports? What information would either be useful or satisfy your curiosity?
In a wider sense, what can we (as IT geeks in the cultural heritage sector) learn from each other? What are we too scared to ask in case it's a stupid question, or because it seems too obscure? What don't we share because we assume that everyone else knows it already?


If you read my previous post, you will know that my family, parents and I are on vacation in Maine. Whenever I come to Maine, the event I look forward to the most is the lobster dinner we make for ourselves. There is literally nothing in the world of seafood, to me, that comes close to the awesomeness of fresh steamed lobster straight from the lobster fisherman.
Growing up, when we would come here, the family that owned the cottage where we would stay, also were lobster fisherman. You could go in the morning, say what you wanted, and pick it up in the evening.
These days, that lobster fisherman is an elderly man and no longer fishes, but we found Stonington Lobster Co-op to be a great alternative. It is as fresh as fresh can be, you go into the office, get a bag or two, walk down to the dock, pick out your lobsters, go back to the office and pay! Also, fun fact–lobstermen in Stonington, ME have caught the most lobster out of anywhere in the United States for the past seven years!
The lobsterman asked us size and if we wanted soft or hard shell lobsters. Well, we had no idea this was a thing, so we had to ask the difference. Soft shell lobsters are lobsters that just shed their shells, they are generally smaller and as the lobsterman said, "they taste better and are cheaper". Hard shell lobsters are still tasty, have more meat and are more expensive. My dad is not one to stray too far from the norm when it comes to lobster, so we got five hard shell lobsters and one soft shell lobster, "just to try".
Growing up we would pick mussels right from the rocks and steam those babies right then and there. This time we are staying on a lake, so no collecting mussels for us. Not to worry, the lady in the co-op recommended a place to get mussels, as well as clams. My dad loves clams and wanted some of them as well. A huge feast was in our future.
We headed down to the recommended Coldwater Seafood and bought two pounds of mussels, a pound of clams, and a new discovery–smoked mussels! My mom and I went into the store while the boys all stayed in the car and she saw a tray of samples. It was their speciality smoked mussels. Our favorite from the samples was the barbacue smoked. I know this sounds like a crazy combo, but it was so delicious, especially on crackers!
When we got home we immediately started making our decadent, seafood spread. The only thing was, after not being here for many years, we forgot what to do! New England Open House Cookbook to the rescue! This booked helped us greatly with prep and cooking times and we were soon able to sit down to our bountiful dinner.
1. Softshell lobsters-sweeter flavor. My dad still prefers the hardshell ones for it's stronger "lobstery" taste. I would say I liked the tail better in the tail of the softshell, but the claws better of the hardshell.
2. Steaming lobster takes 17-18 minutes in a large pot with an inch salty water. Turn lobsters halfway if the pot isn't big enough for one layer of lobster.
3. Mussels may be open when you get them–this is normal, but you have to try to get them to close. To do this, rinse them in cold water. If that doesn't make them close, tap them against each other under cold water. Whatever ones don't close after that–toss.
4. Clams-if they are not steamers, need to be closed, unless they are steamers and in that case it is safe if they are open.
5. Steamers are full of sand. To try to get them to release the sand, you can soak them in water and vinegar for about a half hour.
6. Mussels and clams are steamed for about 6-8 minutes.
7. My dad only likes "plain" steamed seafood when it is fresh. My mom and I steamed the mussels in wine like the cookbook suggested, but he was not a fan. I thought it was great!
8. Use Kate's Homemade Butter for dipping.
9. Although my dad (and everyone else) loves them, I'm still not a fan of clams, but I always give them a try.
10. Eating fresh seafood is a lot of work–but totally worth it!