Cold weather and icy roads do not deter everyone from running and exercising outside, as it should not. Utilizing safe outdoor practices and wearing proper clothing will keep you running all year round. As with all activities when you are exercising in the cold, you want to ensure that most importantly you are wearing the appropriate clothing. While staying warm when exercising is important, it is also key not to bundle up too much. One common mistake novices to cold weather workouts do is dress too warm. Exercise warms the body and causes you to sweat. If you are sweating in cold weather, you will lose a significant amount of heat, thus making you feel chilled. If you dress in layers then you are able to remove layers as soon as you start to sweat and put them back on as needed.
Start with a thin layer of synthetic material that will draw (or "wick") sweat away from your body first. Then, add a layer of fleece or wool for insulation. And lastly, top this warm layer with a waterproof, breathable outer layer that will break the wind. Always avoid cotton, as cotton is not good at wicking sweat away from the body and will feel cold and wet up against your skin. Everyone has different needs regarding the amount of insulation worn for all outdoor activities. You will need to try out different combinations of layering with each activity until you get the right combination that works for you.
With your body covered, you don't want to forget about your head, neck, hands, and feet. When it is cold outside your blood flow becomes concentrated to your body's core and to the larger muscle groups in the extremities that are being used. This leaves your hands, ears, face and feet vulnerable to frostbite. You want to make sure that you wear thin moisture-wicking gloves under a pair of thicker wool mittens or gloves. Keep your face covered with a scarf or mask to shield it from the cold and wind. Depending on how cold it is, you may choose a hat (that includes coverage over your ears) or a headband by itself to keep your ears shielded from the elements. You may also need to wear thicker than normal socks or layers of socks to keep your feet and toes warm.
Now you have all of your cold weather gear on and you are ready to go, right? Well not exactly. There are some other key items to keep in mind to ensure that you stay safe while exercising out in the cold. Before heading out, check the forecast for the time frame that you plan on being outside. Temperature, wind, moisture (snow or rain), along with the length of time that you will be outside, are all key considerations in planning a safe cold-weather workout. If there is a Polar Vortex headed our direction, it would definitely be a good idea to avoid exercising outside that day. Individuals with asthma, Raynaud's Disease, and heart conditions should remain cautious and consult with a doctor before attempting an outdoor exercise routine in the winter.
Knowing the signs of frostbite and hypothermia are important to know so that you can deal with it should a problem arise. Frostbite occurs when skin and underlying tissues freeze. Some warning signs include discoloration, numbness or loss of feeling in a body part or even a stinging/prickling sensation. The most common areas affected are the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin. If you are sensing that you may be getting frostbite, you want to get out of the cold as quickly as possible and start to slowly warm the affected areas. You do not want to rub your the affected area of your skin as that may cause damage. If you continue to experience numbness after attempts to warm your skin you may need to seek medical attention.
Hypothermia is when your body temperature drops below 95° F. Some signs are shivering, goose bumps, confusion, numbness, lack of coordination, sluggishness, difficulty speaking, mental confusion, stumbling, muscle stiffness, slurred speech, trouble seeing and loss of consciousness. If you experience any of these symptoms, you should seek emergency medical help and if possible, move to a warm, dry place and attempt to warm yourself with extra clothes and blankets.
With the daylight hours being shorter, you are more likely to be running in the dark. Be sure to wear reflective, fluorescent gear and use a headlamp so you can see where you are going. Make sure you engage in a warm-up routine prior to avoid injury. You do not want to be out in the cold with stiff, cold muscles. Make sure you run in an area that allows you to keep some stable footing (i.e. not an icy path). If the roads are icy and snowy and this is your only place to run, make sure that you are wearing shoes with good traction. It is more important that you avoid slipping and falling when running, therefore you may have to sacrifice speed for greater stability with your footing.
These tips can help you enjoy your winter running routine with greater safety, but as always pay attention to how your body feels. Our bodies react differently in varying climates and altitudes. You may need to adjust the intensity or duration of your workout. And always make sure to let someone know when you leave and when you expect to return in case something does happen while you are out. Another option to improve safety and increase your fun quotient is to take a buddy with you.
If you would like information from our clinic regarding our customized sports performance packages that we offer or if you need to be evaluated following a winter sports injury you recently sustained, please call us at (630) 230-9565 or email us at info@dptsport.com. DPT Sport is the premier physical therapy and wellness clinic in the Burr Ridge/Hinsdale area, offering evidence-based physical therapy and post-surgical rehabilitation as well as a multitude of customized wellness and injury prevention programs.


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Pro-life community opens Howard County homes for unwed pregnant mothers
John O'Donnell
Local News, Ministry, News, Respect Life, Women
Archbishop William E. Lori blesses a bedroom in one of the two houses that will serve Mary's Home, a new Howard County refuge for unwed pregnant mothers and their children. (Courtesy Larry Bowers)
Pregnant, homeless and sleeping in her boyfriend's car after his mother evicted them, 18-year-old Raquel and her baby, due in January, faced a bleak and terrifying future a few months ago.
Thanks to the generosity of Howard County homebuilder Michael Pfau and his wife, Mary Therese, Raquel is one of the first three residents of Mary's Home in Maryland, a new Howard County refuge for unwed pregnant mothers and their children.
Trinity Homes, Pfau's company, built and donated two upscale four-bedroom suburban houses that are Mary's Home in Maryland, the couple's latest contribution during their long commitment to the pro-life cause.
Archbishop William E. Lori cuts a ribbon during the Oct. 11 dedication of two homes made possible by Mary's Home, a new Howard County refuge for unwed pregnant mothers and their children. (Courtesy John O'Donnell)
Archbishop William E. Lori blessed the Howard County homes Oct. 11.
"We ask God's help to be with us in the beautiful work of affirming life," Archbishop Lori said before blessing each house, room-by-room, with holy water.
In a brief prayer service prior to the blessing, Monsignor Joseph L. Luca, pastor of St. Louis in Clarksville, where the Pfaus are parishioners, read from the Book of Deuteronomy: "I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, obeying his voice, and holding fast to him."
Raquel and two other women, each expecting their first child, are the first residents of this haven. Their future is brighter because they can live here for up to two years – as long as they commit to and follow a program designed to prepare them for work and independent living. Pregnant women with children are also accepted.
The residents are expected to pursue education – newly arrived Raquel is hoping to do online training – and to be employed or do volunteer service.
"Each mother must receive counseling, parenting, pursue daily living skills, and be willing to work towards independence and self-reliance," according to the Mary's Home website.
Howard County homebuilder Michael Pfau, left, and his wife, Mary Therese, are shown with Monsignor Joseph L. Luca, their pastor at St. Louis in Clarksville. Pfau's company built and donated two four-bedroom houses in Howard County for Mary's Home, a refuge for unwed pregnant mothers and their children. (Courtesy John O'Donnell)
"They come in voluntarily," Kimberley Roche, director of the new home, told the Review. "They have to be motivated to make changes and motivated to care for themselves and their pre-born child.
"We are registered as a group home and can take a woman with one or two small children. We have two master bedrooms that can accommodate a mom and a toddler."
For the Pfaus, the opening of the homes is the culmination of years of pro-life work that began when, as parents of young children, they took into their home pregnant, homeless women, part of a 35-year commitment to the Columbia Pregnancy Center.
The Pfaus' fourth child was two weeks old when a pregnant girl moved into their home, Mary Therese Pfau told the Review.
"The girls who came to us had a certain brokenness," said Pfau, noting that often, "they got ditched by a guy and needed a place to come. They needed love. They were tough."
She added, "They got to see healthy parenting – something different from what they grew up with."
"Each girl brought a different gift to our family," she said of the years-long commitment. "We always gave them 'family' jobs. One did the laundry."
She recalled a girl who was told she could not watch soap operas. The girl then wanted to take the television into her room and was denied permission. The girl's response: "This is the craziest family I have ever seen."
Monsignor Luca said of the Pfaus's work, "This is putting pro-life into action in a very proactive, effective and inspiring way."
John B. O'Donnell is a resident of Catonsville and a parishioner of St. Agnes in Catonsville where he is a lector and extraordinary minister of holy Communion and serves as the parish liaison with a partner parish in Haiti.
John also serves patients at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore as an extraordinary minister of holy Communion. He is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph High School in Irvington and worked at The Baltimore Sun as a reporter. editorial writer and editor for more than 40 years. He is a contributor to the Catholic Review.
President Trump issues new guidance on prayer in public schools January 17, 2020
Pope speaks to U.S. bishops about pro-life issues, transgender ideology January 16, 2020
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using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Nez.PhysicsShapes;

namespace Nez
{
	public class BoxCollider : Collider
	{
		public float width
		{
			get { return ((Box)shape).width; }
			set { setWidth( value ); }
		}

		public float height
		{
			get { return ((Box)shape).height; }
			set { setHeight( value ); }
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// zero param constructor requires that a RenderableComponent be on the entity so that the collider can size itself when the
		/// entity is added to the scene.
		/// </summary>
		public BoxCollider()
		{
			// we stick a 1x1 box in here as a placeholder until the next frame when the Collider is added to the Entity and can get more
			// accurate auto-sizing data
			shape = new Box( 1, 1 );
			_colliderRequiresAutoSizing = true;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// creates a BoxCollider and uses the x/y components as the localOffset
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="x">The x coordinate.</param>
		/// <param name="y">The y coordinate.</param>
		/// <param name="width">Width.</param>
		/// <param name="height">Height.</param>
		public BoxCollider( float x, float y, float width, float height )
		{
			_localOffset = new Vector2( x + width / 2, y + height / 2 );
			shape = new Box( width, height );
		}

		public BoxCollider( float width, float height ) : this( -width / 2, -height / 2, width, height )
		{}

		/// <summary>
		/// creates a BoxCollider and uses the x/y components of the Rect as the localOffset
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="rect">Rect.</param>
		public BoxCollider( Rectangle rect ) : this( rect.X, rect.Y, rect.Width, rect.Height )
		{}

		#region Fluent setters

		/// <summary>
		/// sets the size of the BoxCollider
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>The size.</returns>
		/// <param name="width">Width.</param>
		/// <param name="height">Height.</param>
		public BoxCollider setSize( float width, float height )
		{
			_colliderRequiresAutoSizing = false;
			var box = shape as Box;
			if( width != box.width || height != box.height )
			{
				// update the box, dirty our bounds and if we need to update our bounds in the Physics system
				box.updateBox( width, height );
				_isPositionDirty = true;
				if( entity != null && _isParentEntityAddedToScene )
					Physics.updateCollider( this );
			}

			return this;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// sets the width of the BoxCollider
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>The width.</returns>
		/// <param name="width">Width.</param>
		public BoxCollider setWidth( float width )
		{
			_colliderRequiresAutoSizing = false;
			var box = shape as Box;
			if( width != box.width )
			{
				// update the box, dirty our bounds and if we need to update our bounds in the Physics system
				box.updateBox( width, box.height );
				_isPositionDirty = true;
				if( entity != null && _isParentEntityAddedToScene )
					Physics.updateCollider( this );
			}

			return this;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// sets the height of the BoxCollider
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns>The height.</returns>
		/// <param name="height">Height.</param>
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		{
			_colliderRequiresAutoSizing = false;
			var box = shape as Box;
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				// update the box, dirty our bounds and if we need to update our bounds in the Physics system
				box.updateBox( box.width, height );
				_isPositionDirty = true;
				if( entity != null && _isParentEntityAddedToScene )
					Physics.updateCollider( this );
			}

			return this;
		}

		#endregion

		public override void debugRender( Graphics graphics )
		{
			var poly = shape as Polygon;
			graphics.batcher.drawHollowRect( bounds, Debug.Colors.colliderBounds, Debug.Size.lineSizeMultiplier );
			graphics.batcher.drawPolygon( shape.position, poly.points, Debug.Colors.colliderEdge, true, Debug.Size.lineSizeMultiplier );
			graphics.batcher.drawPixel( entity.transform.position, Debug.Colors.colliderPosition, 4 * Debug.Size.lineSizeMultiplier );
			graphics.batcher.drawPixel( entity.transform.position + shape.center, Debug.Colors.colliderCenter, 2 * Debug.Size.lineSizeMultiplier );
		}

		public override string ToString()
		{
			return string.Format( "[BoxCollider: bounds: {0}", bounds );
		}

	}
}

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Lecture 2: Branch and Bound.
Lecture 6: Cutting Plane Methods.
Lecture 8: Branch and Cut.
Lecture 9: Branch and Price.
R. Gomory (1958), Outline of an Algorithm for Integer Solutions to Linear Programs. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Monthly 24, 275-278.
Z. Gu, G.L. Nemhauser, and M.W.P. Savelsbergh (2000). Sequence Independent Lifting . Journal of Combinatorial Optimization 4, 109-129.
T. Berthold (2006), Primal Heuristics for Mixed Integer Programs.
Course Text: Integer and Combinatorial Optimization, G.L. Nemhauser and L.A. Wolsey, Wiley (1988).


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La  Batalla de Villaviciosa  va tenir lloc el 10 de desembre de 1710 durant la Guerra de Successió Espanyola, un dia després de la Batalla de Brihuega.

Preludi

Després d'haver d'abandonar Madrid per la impossibilitat de defensar-la amb èxit el 9 de novembre, les tropes lleials a l'arxiduc Carles van iniciar una retirada ordenada i en dues columnes –per tal d'aprofitar millor els recursos del terreny– cap a Catalunya. Les tropes eren assetjades ocasionalment per guerrillers a favor de Felip V d'Espanya. L'exèrcit franco-espanyol, present en el centre d'Espanya, capitanejat per Lluís Josep de Borbó-Vendôme, va iniciar una persecució agressiva a curta distància per tal d'assegurar-se que les tropes austracistes abandonaven Castella, i afavorint-se de les circumstàncies per tal de derrotar de forma definitiva les forces aliades presents a la península Ibèrica. Aviat va abastar la rereguarda, el grup britànic d'entre 4.000 i 5.000 homes, al comandament de James Stanhope, Primer Comte Stanhope, degut a l'error que va cometre de desviar-se, passant el Tajuña per dormir amb les seves tropes a Brihuega. Un segon error va ser confiar-se i no posar vigilància al pont que menava a Brihuega. Això va propiciar que Vendôme fos informat i afanyés la seva cavalleria (11.000 soldats de cavalleria) i infanteria (16.000 homes) a la dita localitat. A trenc d'alba del 7 de desembre de 1710 la cavalleria borbònica va encerclar la localitat i va ocupar el pont, aïllant les tropes britàniques de Stanhope. El 8 de desembre de 1710 es van enfrontar les dues forces a Brihuega, començant amb el bombardeig de la vila, i després l'assalt de la infanteria borbònica davant els britànics que es defensaven casa per casa fins a la rendició el dia 9. Els britànics, àmpliament superats en nombre, van ser completament derrotats, i els supervivents fets presoners, després d'oposar ferotge resistència.

Batalla
El militar austríac Guido von Starhemberg, que portava 14.000 homes i que havia acampat a Cifuentes, es va assabentar tard de la posició de Stanhope gràcies a un oficial que va poder escapar abans de l'encerclament borbònic, provocant que els austriacistes giressin cua i ajudessin, així, els britànics. Arribant el dia 10 a Villaviciosa, prop de Brihuega i no sentir cap indici de batalla, Starhemberg va entendre que la resistència havia finalitzat, però els borbònics comandats per Vendôme els esperaven en formació de batalla amb uns 20.000 soldats. Es va lliurar una batalla brutal, en un terreny difícil, i ambdós bàndols van quedar malparats. La batalla la van guanyar els borbònics, però el fet que no poguessin perseguir Starhemberg, que es va retirar cap a Saragossa, va permetre que tots dos bàndols la consideressin com una victòria pròpia.

Resultat
Malgrat l'empat tècnic, la batalla va suposar un èxit per Lluís Josep de Borbó-Vendôme, ja que l'exèrcit de l'Arxiduc, encara que va aconseguir continuar la seva retirada de forma ordenada, es va veure debilitat i va ser perseguit pels irregulars i la cavalleria franco-espanyola. Quan van arribar a Barcelona el 6 de gener de 1711, havia quedat reduït a uns 6.000 o 7.000 homes, i la ciutat era pràcticament l'únic enclavament espanyol que reconeixia l'autoritat de l'Arxiduc Carles.

Però la victòria no només va significar una victòria des del punt de vista borbònic, sinó que partir d'aquest moment la guerra a Castella va patir un gir definitiu a favor de Felip V, al que el militar francès contribuí de forma meritòria, essent rebut a Madrid amb aclamacions de «Visca Vendôme el nostre alliberador!».

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Actes Commemoratius III Centenari Batalla Brihuega - Villaviciosa (vídeo en castellà)
 Desplegament en la batalla d'ambós exèrcits (PDF en castellà)

Batalles de França a la Guerra de Successió Espanyola
Villaviciosa
Batalles de Portugal
Batalles de les Províncies Unides
Província de Guadalajara
Història de Castella - la Manxa
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Traveling exhibit brings replica of ancient burial cloth to Bedford
BECKY NAUGHTON-WRIGHT
The Reporter Times
BEDFORDThe cloth that millions of people believe wrapped the body of Jesus Christ after he was removed from the cross and buried in a tomb has been shrouded in mystery since its legendary removal from Jerusalem in A.D. 70.While the original linen is protected by bullet proof glass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy, a life-sized replica of the Holy Shroud of Turin has been traveling the Midwest in the United States since 1996.The exhibit is making its first appearance in Bedford, and will be available for public viewing in St. Vincent de Paul School's Shamrock Center today from 2:30-6 p.m., Saturday from 4-8:30 p.m. and on Palm Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m."This is our first request for the display," said Father Rick Eldred of Bedford's St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. "We are very excited to have the display here with this being the beginning of Palm Sunday and Holy Week. It is very well-timed for this season of Easter."I made the contact but then asked our local (Knights of Columbus) to be involved," Eldred continued. "They have been very supportive ... and pretty much have taken on the direction and presentation of the display."We will also have a relic of the True Cross," Eldred said of an additional item provided by a private collector. "This is believed to be the cross that Jesus died upon and which was found by St. Helena, mother of Constantine, emperor of Rome." Documents from the Vatican accompany the reliquary, acknowledging its authenticity.In addition to the exhibit, the community is invited to the Bedford North Lawrence Ministerial Association's annual Lenten breakfast Saturday morning from 8-9 a.m. in the Shamrock Center. There is no charge, however a free-will offering will be accepted."The Knights of Columbus Father Solanus Casey Council No. 11276 of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Fort Wayne has sponsored the Shroud of Turin replica traveling display after it hosted a similar display from a group out of California in 1995," According to information provided by Liz Fiato, a representative the exhibit from Indianapolis. "The Father Solanus K. of C. decided that it would benefit the people of the Midwest to have access to a replica of one of the greatest miracles left by our Lord."The Father Solanus K. of C. retains no money from this exhibit," added Fiato. "Their sole purpose is to share this mystery with the world.""This will be my first experience with the display," said Eldred. "However, I am very excited to view it. I have been to the Holy Land, and this also helps to tell the story of Jesus and connect to our faith."
The exhibit
What: A 5-foot by 16-foot transparency replica of the Shroud of Turin — the cloth believed to have been wrapped around the body of Jesus Christ at his burial.Also included is scientific information and replications of the nails that pierced Christ's hands and feet, and a 6-foot wooden cross that displays a print of the "Crucified Christ."When: Today from 2:30-6 p.m.; Saturday from 4-8:30 p.m.; and Palm Sunday from9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Where: St. Vincent de Paul Church's Shamrock Center March 29 through April 1, Palm Sunday.Cost: No charge, but all donations are accepted.
Contact St. Vincent de Paul church at 275-6539 for more information about the exhibit and Lenten breakfast.To learn more about the Shroud of Turin, visit www.theholyshroud.net.


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Most cardio exercise machines are now supplied with built in Personal Viewing Screens offering the user a choice of TV channels, Radio, Video and even MP3 player connection.
Majenta Audio Visual can design and install a complete distribution system from the aerial or dish through to each individual screen. We also set up the screens with the channels of your choice and list them in a logical order for your members to choose.
For fitness suites which require a more general audio visual system we can provide wall or ceiling mounted LCD or plasma screens showing TV channels, combined with a wireless audio system.
The Audeon and Cardio Theater systems offer a simple to use unit attached to individual machines where the user plugs in their headphones and can listen to up to sixteen channels of audio – TV, Radio, MP3, CD, the choice is yours.
We can also provide tailor-made systems for individual or multiple sites.


"Blankman's debut is beautifully written, full of suspense and intrigue...Readers will certainly enjoy this haunting and captivating work."
"There is much to like here: the realistic changing of Gretchen's ingrained beliefs, the icy fright of her psychotic Nazi brother, side roles for everyone from Rudolf Hess to Eva Braun, and Blankman's exhaustive research. If it feels incomplete, that's because (thankfully) more is coming."
and pleasant, the people simple and straight forward. Except for one.
she lives with a kindly English family, posing as an ordinary German immigrant, and is preparing to graduate from high school. Her love, Daniel Cohen, is a reporter in town. For the first time in her life, Gretchen is content.
But then, Daniel gets a telegram that sends him back to Germany, and Gretchen's world turns upside down. When she receives word that Daniel is wanted for murder, she has to face the danger she thought she'd escaped—and return to her homeland.
saving Daniel will mean consorting with her former friends, the Nazi elite. And as they work to clear Daniel's name, Gretchen and Daniel discover a deadly conspiracy stretching from the slums of Berlin to the Reichstag itself. Can they dig up the explosive truth and get out in time—or will Hitler discover them first?
Acclaimed author Anne Blankman returns to the dangerous world of 1930s Germany in this thrilling sequel to Prisoner of Night and Fog.
"Will leave the reader breathless with each unpredictable plot twist. Highly recommended."
"Blankman once again expertly crafts a powerful story full of mystery, intrigue, romance, and edge-of-your-seat terror and suspense. The well-researched plotlines are fascinating, while the multi-dimensional cast of characters drive the story... A captivating historical fiction title."
"Blankman's sequel to Prisoner of Night and Fog (2014) furthers her budding reputation as one able to seamlessly incorporate impressive amounts of research into a rich, surprising narrative... [T]he book's meld of romance, action, and thriller is utterly convincing... The mystery... twists effectively, ramping up to a real-life historical conspiracy. Bold and brave."
"Fascinating... Suspenseful and clever, intertwining historical truth with action-packed shootouts."


You can now synchronize your WBS and schedule with the popular P6 product from Oracle. The 4castplus LiveLink with P6 allows you to synchronize your P6 projects over and over again with 4castplus. This ensures that your cost management data remains in-step with the schedule, and vice versa. You can use the desktop P6 or the enterprise EPPM version to integrate the systems together. You can even customize the sync to exclude schedule-only activities & milestones that you don't want to appear in 4castplus. You can also align the cost codes from P6 through the Activity ID. Click on the image to the right to get a glimpse as to where to sync.
Update to Discount & Surcharges: Users now have the option to recognize revenue and costs related to Discounts & Surcharges either when the Timesheet entry is created or when the project billing is created.
You can now pick a Flex Code in your detail estimates. If you have a Flex Code defined in your project's CBS, you'll be able to pick the appropriate code in your detail estimates. Any flex codes that are part of the CBS will automatically appear in the detail estimating grid – you can tab into the cell and use the keyboard, or up/down arrows to pick the desired code. Click on the screenshot to the right for an example.
Thanks to Duane at DEME Group for helping us with this feature.
This release introduces the concept of "Controlled Documents" that can be added to your document repository. A Controlled document is one that you can apply document controls against such as: workflows, revisions and explicit permissions. In the Configuration Area, document Classes can now be tagged as "Controlled" – and along with that, can have a list of Document "Owners" by role defined. See the screenshot to the right.
The Documents area now has a global document upload module that allows you to mass-upload documents into the repository. It also has convenient tools for Committing controlled documents into the repository.
In 4castplus, you can now assign a Document Controller role. The Document Controller has special privileges with Controlled documents. Additionally, all roles can now be given an Assignment Scope. The Assignment Scope allows you to assign roles to people in your organization globally, by Business Dimension, and by Project.
To enable document controllers and Owners to quickly identify documents that need to be attended to, there is now a new Dashboard that displays the critical path for document management. Click on the screenshot to the right.
Administrators can configure multiple document Workflows that define the stages of Contribution, Review and Approval that a document can pass through. When a document gets Committed or Revised, the owner or controller can enter that document through one of these assigned workflows.
The two screenshots to the right show first where document workflows are configured; and then second what it looks like when an Owner or Controller launches a workflow.
Controlled Documents can now be "Revised". Not to be confused with a document "Version" – which is also controlled by 4castplus – the "Revision" is a document controls tool for incrementing the publicly available document revision. Each revision can be put through a formalized document Workflow for multi-stage contribution, review and approval.
Click on the screenshot to the right.
You can now select project Custom Properties and Site Details to be included as Header information in custom reports. This adds tremendous reporting flexibility since you can configure any customized attributes specific to your business and include those attributes in your reporting templates.
Revision to the JT Approvals module to allow the Approving PM to be able to edit all fields in the Jobsite Timesheet that have been entered and Submitted by the Site Foreman, without having to reject the Timesheet. This removes bottlenecks by reducing the number of rejected timesheets.
By popular demand, this feature enhancement to the PO Receiving and Field Receiving modules now has greater flexibility for how items are received. Prior to this release, receiving was performed by Quantity only. This is ideal for receiving itemized shipments of, for example, materials. However, often costs are incurred by a lump sum amount rather than by quantity. This release allows you to enter lump sum amounts in incremental incurred costs. You'll now see two open cells in the receiving item to give you the choice of quantity or amount to enter.
The labor resources area of configuration can get to be a very long list filled with inactive or terminated resources – so we've added a sticky Show/Hide Inactive button that will allow you to hide any terminated or inactive resources. Sticky means that it'll stay that way until you change it again.
On the Jobsite Timesheet, we're continuously improving the usability to ensure Site Personnel can enter daily information as efficiently as possible. Amongst other improvements, you can now use Tab and Up/Down arrows in Progress area to enter progress quantities.


At Grampian Hospital Radio and Radio Rainbow, we are always on the lookout for more volunteers to help keep our service going.
There is more to hospital radio then presenting shows, and members are expected to get involved in all aspects of the organisation.
We pride ourselves in the personal service that we provide to patients.
Request collectors provide the "public face" of both GHR and Radio Rainbow, speaking to patients and finding out what music they would like to hear.
They also help to raise awareness of our service around the wards, and can sometimes be the only visitor the patient has that day.
Every weekday, GHR broadcasts a five minute news bulletin.
Members research and prepare the news themselves, before reading it out on air.
As no technical knowledge is required, this is an ideal way for new members to become familiar with using a microphone.
There is more to presenting then playing a couple of records.
All shows must be researched and prepared for. This may involve finding out background information for specialist shows or looking out requests.
Before being allowed to present shows on their own, members receive studio training so they are competent in using the studio equipment.
Without fundraising, we would not exist.
All members, new and old, are expected to assist with fundraising.
You can find out further information about our fundraising activities on our fundraising page.
Between GHR and Radio Rainbow, we have a collection of over 70,000 songs, allowing us to play a range of music that our patients like to hear.
Our music is stored on CD, vinyl and computer, and with a large collection, the library needs to be maintained.
Members can assist with looking after the library.
Our technical team ensure that our studio equipment is always in working order, so that we can provide the best service possible to our patients.
From helping to fix or install equipment to ensuring that our studios are always tidy, members are always welcome to assist with technical activities.
Members initially join us for a 3-month probationary period, which allows new members to familiarise themselves with the various aspects of our organisation.
If you are interested in applying for membership, then contact us, and we'll arrange for you to receive a tour of our studios and give you further information.


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Virat Kohli Confuses Fans With A Cryptic Post On Instagram
By: Unnati MadanMon, 9 Jan 20231673206461325
Indian batting maestro Virat Kohli is currently enjoying his time away from the game. He is on a break ever since the conclusion of the Bangladesh series. Having given the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka a miss, the batting superstar is all set to return to the Indian set-up for the ODI series against the islanders. However, ahead of the start of the 3-match ODI series, the right-handed batter shared a couple of cryptic posts via his official Instagram account and left his fans bewildered.
Yes, on Sunday, Kohli left everyone confused after he shared a cryptic post on his Instagram story. Virat took to his social media and shared a quote from late Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan on the downsides of having fame. The quote read:
"Wanting fame is a disease and one day I will want to be free from this disease, from this desire. Where fame doesn't matter. Where just experiencing life and being okay is enough,"
In another post, he shared a video featuring Hollywood actor Tom Hanks in a couple of stories. "I wish I had known 'this too shal pass'. You feel bad right now? You feel pissed off? You feel angry? This too shall pass. You feel great. You feel like, you know all the answers. You feel like everybody finally gets you," Tom Hanks could be heard saying in the video shared by Kohli.
Check out the screenshot of both Instagram stories:
Well, the Indian movie industry marked Irrfan's birth anniversary on Saturday (January 7). Irrfan Khan, who is hailed as one of India's most accomplished film stars, passed away in April 2020 after a long battle with illness. However, Virat Kohli has been sharing plenty of such posts on social media over the last few days. While the reason behind his Insta stories isn't known but his choice of posts and quotes on the social media platform has definitely left everyone confused.
On the cricketing front, Kohli is expected to join the team soon as the preparations for the ODI series against Sri Lanka are all set to kickstart. The ODI series will kickstart on January 10 in Guwahati, and the next two matches will then take place in Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram on January 12 and 15.


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sE Electronics Launches New Mics, SPACE Acoustic Isolator and Pro DSLR Microphone
Hollin Jones on May 24, 2014 in News 0 comments
Late last week, just outside London, UK, a crack team from AskAudio Mag attended a big event at the HQ of pro mic company, sE Electronics. Find out what new studio gear is coming your way this year.
sE isn't much more than a decade old as a company but has firmly established itself as making great quality microphones at affordable prices and gained many fans around the world. We travelled to the company's UK headquarters near London to find out what they have been working on. It turns out there's quite a lot, including some new stuff that may surprise you…
Inside sE Electronics, UK.
Studio mics
These are sE's bread and butter of course and there were a range of new models unveiled at the event. In no particular order: the X1 D is a new kick drum and condenser mic, and indeed sE's first dedicated instrument mic in the X1 series. With a custom-designed, titanium-sputtered capsule it's designed to deal with high sound pressure sources. It's expected to retail at £199 GBP ex VAT.
The sE X1 D.
http://www.seelectronics.com/se-x1-d-mic
The X1 R is a ribbon mic that's ideal for live instrument recordings like guitar amps, overhead drums, brass, woodwind or voiceover recording. At an SRP of just £119 ex VAT it looks like a great way to get ribbon technology at an affordable price. Also new is the X1 T, a tube mic that builds on the technology of the X1 and adds analogue tube technology that brings extra sparkle making it ideal for vocals and acoustic guitars. It will cost £229 ex VAT.
The sE X1 R.
http://www.seelectronics.com/se-x1-t-tube-mic
http://www.seelectronics.com/se-x1r-ribbon-mic
Also new is the X1 USB, adding a USB connection to the successful X1 and operating at up to 24-bit, 192kHz resolution. With a direct connection to your Mac or PC you can now record directly in and take advantage of zero latency monitoring thanks to the mic's onboard headphone mini jack and volume mix control. It will retail for £199 ex VAT. Unfortunately it does not support iOS at this time.
The sE X1 USB.
http://www.seelectronics.com/se-x1-usb-mic
Next up is the sE5, a small diaphragm condenser mic designed for recording drums, percussion, pianos or stringed instruments. With a fixed cardioid polar pattern, it comes with a custom shock mount and is available as a pair for an SRP of £199 or £399 for the pair.
The sE 5 pair.
The sE 5 shock.
http://www.seelectronics.com/se5-mic
Last but not least is Magneto, an affordable high performance vocal condenser mic designed for a range of recording applications. At just £79 ex VAT it's well worth a look for anyone after quality recording on a budget. In conjunction with these studio mics, sE has also released a compatible isolation pack comprising a new shock mount with a quick release mechanism and integrated pop filter for £39.
sE Magneto.
The new sE isolation pack.
http://www.seelectronics.com/se-magneto
http://www.seelectronics.com/isolation-pack
DSLR mics
sE has also dived headlong into the world of DSLR camera microphones for the first time with its new Laser microphone, a lightweight pencil shotgun mic that sits atop your camera or can be boom mounted. As DSLRs become increasingly capable of professional quality video performance, it's true that sound is still a distant second in terms of on-camera hardware, with internal microphones never really capable of delivering the kind of audio performance you want. There are larger camera mics on the market, but being designed for shoulder-carried video cameras these are usually not suitable for DSLR usage due to their size and weight.
The Laser is very lightweight and compact and won't upset the balance of a DSLR. It comes with a carrying bag, a foam windshield which is essential for outdoor use and an audio connector cable. sE has said they will also offer a more robust wind shield for exterior use, and Laser will be available at the end of June with a price tag of just £99.99 inc VAT, which is pretty attractive for anyone shooting on DSLRs. sE claims low self-noise performance and there's a dim switch onboard.
sE Laser.
There was a second new video mic introduced at the event, this one particularly flexible. The Promic has a base unit featuring an integral shotgun mic, this has a larger body but is still relatively lightweight and has interchangeable head options. These have different names, and the first is Moon Ray, whereby you clip in a spherical figure of 8 mic to the top of the body creating an all-in-one M/S microphone.
X Ray swaps the head unit with an X/Y mic array which can be used instead of the shotgun element, though both cannot be used at the same time. sE reasonably points out that since the base is a two channel device, you wouldn't want to record both at once.
The new sE Promic.
Finally there's the Gamma Ray option, using an AB pair for stereo recording and again this is an either / or with the onboard mono shotgun mic. The availability date of these mics has not been finalized but they are expected to retail for around £250 for the base unit plus one add-on mic and there will be accessories including windshields and a boom pole for more flexible use.
One unexpected announcement was of sE's new 3 year "zero downtime" warranty package which applies to all their current products. The deal is that if your sE product breaks due to a fault (and not an accident) you can take it back to a dealer and get a replacement on the spot, with no need to wait for it to be sent away.
The final demo was of SPACE, the new portable acoustic control environment. Following on from sE's acclaimed Reflexion Filter Pro, SPACE is a significant upgrade that introduces new technologies to help you create a clean and isolated recording space wherever you happen to be. It does this using several techniques. It has a larger surface area and thicker layers of multiple types of acoustic material. Deeper air gaps provide better isolation and better diffusion helps to randomize primary reflections.
sE SPACE.
There's improved hardware too, with seven vertical pillars and new hardware to clamp the device to any mic stand or drum hardware. It's fully adjustable and lockable vertically, horizontally and has a tilt function for instrument miking. Shipping in June 2014, it is expected to retail for £299 ex VAT.
Inside the sE SPACE.
Stay tuned to AskAudioMag.com for reviews of all the new sE products as soon as we get them!
Visit sE Electronics for more info.
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Gomateshwar Bahubali is the Jains' Lord of Love. His 57 feet monolithic stone statue—presumably the biggest in the world—was sculpted at around AD 981 at Shravanabelagola, in Karnataka. The place is hidden between two low hills, named Chandragiri and Vindhyagiri, and it certainly is a place of Jain pilgrimage now for 2500 years. Chandragupta Maurya is reported to have spent his last days here as a penniless ascetic after denouncing the then biggest kingdom on earth. Bahubali is placed on the summit of the hill Vindyagiri, and can be seen from anywhere in a radius of 10 miles. All the hills and associated terrains are dotted in Shravanabelagola with forbidden monasteries, and the place retains an air of sacred mystery. Once every 12 years Jains from all over the world assemble at Shravanabelagola. The entire place gets barricaded and thousands and thousands of pilgrims climb the hill and then climb the makeshift stairs to reach above the head of Bahubali. All day long urns full of coconut water and turmeric solution and rose petals and even leaf of gold are showered on Bahubali. The fiasco is known as Mahamastakabhisheka. It's a cleansing of the soul, really, than a ritualistic bath of the Lord of Love.


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Reducing patient fears after dry AMD diagnosis
Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor)Jun 29 2019
A new study from City, University of London suggests that effective communication from eye health professionals may help reduce patient fears after they are diagnosed with the 'dry' form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Dry AMD is a currently incurable, progressive disease of the macular, the central part of the retina through which we see the world directly in front of us.
AMD is responsible for 50% of severe sight impairment registrations in England and Wales, and there are currently an estimated 1.5 m people in the UK with sight loss caused by some form of macular disease, with dry AMD the most common form.
The number of people with AMD is set to rise as the world's population both increases and ages; 196 million people worldwide are predicted to be affected by 2020 and 288 million by 2040.
Whilst the progressive sight loss from dry AMD does not generally lead to complete blindness, it can make recognizing faces and everyday activities like reading, watching television, and driving difficult. Symptoms may begin as a blurring or distortion of the central vision, and lead to a complete blind spot (scotoma) of the central vision.
The onset of dry AMD may not be accompanied by symptoms, and may be diagnosed as part of a routine eye check by an optometrist or other health professional.
The new study involved 27 participants at various stages of dry AMD progression, who received an eye examination and then took part in a semi-structured interview to gauge the impact their diagnosis and symptoms had on their lives in the short and longer term. A 'framework' analysis was used to capture key themes, and issues from participants to inform recommendations.
These patients reported a range of responses, including how they reacted to being diagnosed with dry AMD as an incurable condition.
One patient reported:
At the end of the day he just said you've got dry macular degeneration, end of story and that's how he put it; end of story. So I said to him, what do you mean end of story? He said well that's it, there's nothing we can do, there's no cure for it so there's nothing we can recommend you do, which is quite a big shock."
With another commenting:
I don't hold out a lot of hope, although I do have a little spark that maybe something can be done eventually about it."
Other recommendations made by the study include standardizing the rehabilitation pathways across the eye care sector, which could include referral to an Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) to discuss information about dry AMD, and to refer patients to other relevant support services.
David Crabb, Professor of Statistics and Vision Research at City, University of London, who led the research team, said:
What I learned from the research is that there are many people diagnosed with dry AMD who perceive the impact of the condition on their daily life as considerable, whilst their measurable visual function remains reasonable. Many fear going blind, and suffer a great deal of anxiety, particularly with the current lack of a treatment for the condition.
Much of this distress might be allayed through more supportive conversations with their eye health professionals, and receiving timely information about the disease and outcomes, and referral to any further necessary support."
Crabb, D.P. et al. (2019) 'You've got dry macular degeneration, end of story': a qualitative study into the experience of living with non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Eye. doi.org/10.1038/s41433-019-0445-8.
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Those of you glued to the television or the internet two weeks ago to see if Miss Colombia would be crowned Miss Universe for the second time in the country's history were probably greatly disappointed. Sadly, she did not even make it to the top ten, but Colombians are proud, nonetheless. Who caught my eye, however, was not the lovely Natalia Navarro, but Miss Philippines. Actually, it wasn't Miss Philippines herself so much as the politics behind why she went from being the shoo-in for the crown to finishing fourth.
One thing was clear: the judges were not happy with her answer. It was not that there was a right answer, but hers was just not the breed of answer they sought. I wasn't a judge, so I can't be certain, but I am willing to guess her response did not sit well with the judges—and, I imagine, with many viewers, as well – because she probably lied. If she didn't lie, then she was most likely delusional about her life since it is difficult to believe a human being, regardless of how beautiful, can go through "22 years of existence" without ever making a big mistake. She would have been better off answering the question honestly, which does not mean she would have had to bare her soul to, well, the universe.
Baldwin's question was built around the sophisticated assumption that humans are not perfect. I will give her the benefit of the doubt and suggest that maybe, just maybe, she believed she had made little mistakes along the way, but nothing major. The excuse I offer her with this proposition, however, does not change the fact she made a mistake in the judges' eyes with her answer. In short, she lost the hearts and minds of her royal subjects. And that, my friends, cannot be regained with a sparkling smile.
It is not just beauty queens who have this to fear, and a crown and public to lose. Miss Philippines is not alone in failing to be truthful about her imperfections. No one wants to admit to mistakes, even though we all know we have made them. The beauty pageant is not too dissimilar from the political stage in this regard. You'd be hard-pressed to find many Colombian politicians willing to tell you the errors of their ways with any sincerity, if at all. That is, unless it served some instrumental purpose to a selfish end. In a country where blame and responsibility are passed around more often than the pepper shaker during a family reunion dinner, admitting one's flaws can go a long way. Doing so is an opportunity for reconciliation.
For instance, George W. Bush, during his final moments as president, had the opportunity to quell many fires of resentment, if only he had honestly answered the same question Miss Philippines was asked. Instead, his response was, "Hmmm, I wish you would have given me this as a written question ahead of time." Bush blew his chance. Not only did he imply he could not think of anything at that moment, but that if he had more time to think about it he may had come up with a reply more suitable for public consumption, more politically correct. Regardless of his intentions or the truth, his answer was interpreted by the world to mean he made no mistakes during his two terms in office as president of the United States. On top of the political and economic blunders and botched attempts of the U.S. military as it tried to, allegedly, safeguard the world from terrorism and spread the U.S. brand of democracy and freedom, this seemingly meaningless response had more weight than he, or anybody, may have imagined. It was not a good way to leave office.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe had the same opportunity as Miss Philippines and Mr. Bush. In fact, he did not even need a judge or a reporter to ask him about his mistakes, but addressed the issue when he went on public television during his final days to say goodbye to the nation and reminisce about his eight years in office. For this, I congratulate Señor Uribe. Nevertheless, Uribe too blew his opportunity for reconciliation, and alienated listeners, like myself, even more.
Uribe gave the nation an apology, asked Colombians to forgive him for, as he put it, "Those errors that were committed, and also for those things that could not be done." And that was all. Newspaper headlines were littered with "Uribe's apology," and so forth. However, asking for forgiveness and apologizing for errors seem almost meaningless without any context or further information.
I am surprised that to this date, a good month since the apology was provided, there has not been much advanced for further clarification from pundits, reporters, and the public at large. As it stands, the apology remains anemic—"Gravy without the meat," as philosopher Nick Smith would say. It has sunk to the bottom of Laguna de Guatavita to be lost among the priceless artifacts of El Dorado. With this essay—or letter to Señor Uribe, if you will—I hope to begin, metaphorically speaking, to drain the cloudy water of the lake that keeps the golden meaning of Uribe's apology hidden from the public.
It is difficult to argue against the claim that Colombia became highly polarized during the reign of Señor Uribe. Everyone was either an Uribista or a terrorist sympathizer. Others, like Sergio Fajardo, tried to remove themselves from such rhetoric, being neither for or against the leader. The indigenous Minga had a similar neutrality stance. Or, as the residents of Algeciras recently demonstrated with their protest signs during an armed transport blockage by the FARC, when the residents claimed, "We want to work, this is not a demonstration against or in favor of anyone." Sadly, people were afraid to voice their political opinions for fear they may become another false positive, another victim kidnapped by the guerrilla, or a target of human cleansing by neo-paramilitary groups. Nonetheless, the polarization and hatred were the elephant in the room, and most wanted the elephant to stomp on the opposition.
Colombia has become—possibly more so than before, which is saying a lot—a country of people who harbor a lot of anger and resentment. To calm those kinds of fires will take more than just military force, which is what Uribe's Democratic Security and Defense Policy mostly offered. There are certain areas of the armed conflict—or struggle, "lucha," as Señor Uribe likes to label it—that violence or the threat of violence cannot help. I believe Uribe understood this when he so generously offered his apology.
A lot of anger could be reduced by a simple recognition of wrongdoing by not only the government, but also the guerrillas and the paramilitaries. Colombia has many victims who look for more than just monetary reparation. Many want their injuries to be documented and blame to be distributed among the parties responsible for their suffering and losses.
An apology is an essential means to begin the process of justice, reparation, and the corroboration of truth. Other heads of state were aware of the importance of apologies in soothing the aching hearts of the public. The Canadian prime minister did it in 2008 when he apologized for his country forcing First Nations children into residential schools; British Prime Minister David Cameron recently apologized for Bloody Sunday; and Japan's prime minister last month apologized for his country's colonial rule of Korea for 35 years. Though there are limitations to collective apologies, these acts had social meaning that opened the door for peace. The First Nations, for example, accepted Harper's apology, and family members of the victims of Bloody Sunday rejoiced knowing the names of their lost relatives were cleared of wrongdoing.
As philosopher Nick Smith—the world's leading expert on the matter and a dear friend and mentor of mine—wrote, apologies have a social function. They present an opportunity to honor the meaning and values of a people. Apologies provide a tool for moral reconciliation because, as he claimed, they have both inherent and instrumental value. They act as "loose constellations of interrelated meanings," and by understanding what meanings are violated we can more effectively progress in resolving conflicts. Military force alone cannot repair such moral injuries. This was why Uribe's apology was so important, but, simultaneously, so anemic.
For Uribe's apology to sit well with me—one of the 50 million Colombians Uribe addressed, and others like me—at least some basic criteria need to be met. For starters, Señor Uribe would have to fully answer the questions posited by Smith. And, as judge Baldwin asked Miss Philippines, what would he do to make things right?
Answers to all these inquiries could provide different forms of social meaning, which Uribe has failed to offer. Uribe apologized. Uribed asked for forgiveness. It is difficult to forgive an individual when he has not delivered a real apology. It is almost equally difficult to forgive someone who cannot explicitly explain the mistakes, the regret, the guilt, and the factors that led to the apology. Was Uribe really apologizing, or just expressing sympathy? Or was he just upset that some of his mistakes were found out? If Uribe sincerely wants to be forgiven, he must unpack his apology. Let's start there.
Señor Uribe, for the good of the nation, I beg of you to answer the questions. Unlike Bush, you are getting them written, ahead of time. I hope you answer them sincerely, truthfully, and publicly in a robust manner. Señor Uribe, what exactly were "those errors that were committed"? And who, specifically, committed the errors? Señor Uribe, what exactly where "those things that could not be done"? As Smith puts it, "Rather than leaving [the apologizer and the recipients] reconciled because of the words spoken, I prefer to understand them as beginning a process of reconciliation." Señor Uribe, the opportunity is not lost.
As one citizen among many, I call upon you all to demand an answer from the former president. If you truly care about the unification and pacification of Colombia and wish to calm the fires of resentment, hatred, vengeance, and anger of this great country, you, the public will demand this, and you, Señor Uribe, will respond.
As of now, Uribe's apology is still dying on the vine.


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Bad Science in Prometheus
Posted on June 7, 2012 in Blog, Movie Review // 40 Comments
By: Myles Power Edited by: Hannah
In my opinion, Prometheus (Ridley Scott's highly anticipated prequel to Alien) was one of the most disappointing movies I have seen since the Phantom Menace. Now, I know what you are all thinking: "Myles, let's not say anything we can't take back", but it's true. Only once before have I had my hopes lifted so high, only to have them come crashing down at warp speed by a film that failed to deliver. Only once before have I ran into the cinema giggling like a school girl, only to come out hardened by yet another betrayal from Hollywood.
Before I get into why this film is so bad, I feel I have to talk about the positives. Visually, the film is stunning (unlike the badly ageing Phantom Menace), the cinematography is flawless, and the first 30 minutes were very immersive. Soon after however, the plot holes, lack of explanations and lapses in common sense and logic from the characters begin to compound on the movie and 45 minutes in, it was broken. I still have no clue why the android would poison the scientist! I still have no clue why face-melting acid turned the ginger into a monster! I don't know why they did not cast a old man to play Peter Weyland and what his caricature hoped to achieve by meeting one of the aliens. As well as nothing making any sense, it was not scary in the slightest. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I found myself bursting with laughter at the death of Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron), which she could easily have prevented by walking two metres to her left.
Sat there in the cinema I could not believe I was bored watching a movie that I had been waiting for, for over four months. When I got home I wanted to vent my rage on the internet by writing a review, but I knew that every critic and reviewer around the world was foaming at the mouth with anger after watching this movie. So I thought I would do what I do best, and discuss some of the unforgivable scientific mistakes this movie made.
DNA does not look like that!
The first scene in the movie – a pale humanoid alien drinks a dark liquid in front of a spaceship taking off. His body then disintegrates, before falling into a waterfall, and you see what appears to be a short double stranded DNA duplex floating off.
Now, I work with DNA and if there is one thing that really winds me up, it's when TV shows and movies show the cartoon version of DNA instead of the actual structure. Usually the camera will zoom in, showing everything else relatively accurately and then BANG! you have a stick and ball double helix. DNA consist of three components: a nitrogen heterocyclic base; a pentose sugar; and a phosphate residue. Not sticks and balls. This is the equivalent for me of watching a episode of House (who, in the past, have also shown the cartoon helix) in which they are performing open heart surgery on a patient, only instead of having a human heart, the patient has a cartoon love heart. I know some people reading will be saying to themselves, "It's not human DNA, it's a form of alien DNA" and you'd be wrong. The film clearly suggests that the pale aliens seeded human life on Earth and that they are a 'DNA match' to humans. This was clearly meant to be regular old deoxyribonucleic acid you are seeing here.
Carbon Dating
Whilst exploring the alien building, the crew see what I presume are holograms of the former alien crew. They see one of the aliens being decapitated as he is trying to run through a air lock. They then somehow open the airlock and find that unlike the rest of the body, the head has been well-preserved.
They decide to carbon date the head and discover that the alien had been dead for over 2000 years. Carbon dating is a radiometric dating method that can be used to estimate the age of organic remains. Scientists know that plants take up a small amount of the naturally occuring radioisotope carbon-14 from the Earth's atmosphere, to synthesise organic compounds via photosynthesis. The quantity of carbon-14 in a plant roughly matches the levels of this isotope in the atmosphere. When the plant is eaten by other organisms, the carbon-14 is passed on and starts to decay at a fixed exponential rate. By knowing the rate of decay, and comparing the remaining carbon-14 in a organic sample to that expected from the atmosphere, scientists can estimate the age of the organic remains. If you don't know the atmospheric levels of carbon-14 on the alien's planet, then you can't carbon date him. Heck, you don't even know if they have plants on his world, or at this point in the movie if he even contains any carbon.
Creation Science and "DNA match"
Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) takes the decapitated alien's head to Prometheus medical bay to run tests. She removes the alien's helmet and reveals it as being from the same humanoid species that we saw seeding life on earth in the past. She then for some unknown reason makes the head explode and takes a DNA sample.
The computer tells Elizabeth that there is a 'DNA match' between the aliens and humans. It should be mentioned at this point that both archaeologists, Elizabeth and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) call the aliens "engineers", as they believe that they engineered mankind. I know 'DNA match' is open to interpretation, but I think it's obvious that the movie is now saying that these engineers created man in their image. And how does this movie try and explain away every piece of evidence for evolution?
Elizabeth Shaw: We call them engineers.
Fifield: Engineers? You mind telling us what they engineered?
Elizabeth Shaw: They engineered us.
Fifield: Bullshit.
Millburn: OK so do you have anything to back that up? I mean look, how do you discount three centuries of Darwinism? How do you know?
Elizabeth Shaw: I don't but it's what I choose to believe.
And that's the last we hear about it. I find it hard to believe that on a ship full of scientists, medics and robots, no one had any follow-up questions or could see any problems with their theory. I am also curious to know exactly what is meant by "three centuries of Darwinism". To my knowledge there is no such thing as Darwinism, just as there is no such thing as Einsteinism, Newtonism, Watson and Crick-ism, etc.
In closing, watching this movie was a waste of time and £10. The lack of cohesive storyline, combined with the lazy writing and a sprinkling of bacon bits of bad science on top, makes this almost unwatchable.
Myles Power
10 Comments on Bad Science in Prometheus
thultner10 // June 12, 2012 at 2:13 pm // Reply
I liked Prometheus for one reason and one reason only: I got to see it for free, early and as part of a double feature with Alien. That being said, I was still annoyed by a couple of issues with the film (like most of the movie where they weren't running in terror) but still managed to have a good time.
I agree with most of everything Mr. Power had to say above, but Prometheus was still the best Alien-related movie to come out in a couple of decades.
Just have faith that this mOvie was perfect and don't question it or the aliens will come to kill you!! Then you will see it really is perfect!
stephen // June 12, 2012 at 8:56 pm // Reply
Not since inception have i been so t'eed off with a movie that thinks it is cleverer than it realky is. However i rewatched inception and i do enjoy it despite the simple but overly stated premise. However prometheus bugs me more than any other film i have seen as it looks great, uses its budget well to get a great line up but… Then it throws ideas at the screen like lost did, going from intrigue to utter nonsense, has some of the most glaring errors on film to insult the aidience and have the characters act even dumber than a bunch of college graduates near a crazed serial killer. ii guess prometheus just veers from sf to fantasy with magic carbon dating, cartoon escapes from spaceships and aliens that chase our heroine just because the plot says so rather than say flying off to invade earth in one of the other spaceships that jyst hsppen to be lying around but noone could be bothered to look at for the whole movie! Argh! dumb dumb dumb. So ill watch it again but its enjoyable hokum. Ridley and the writers need to try hsrder.
Robert // July 16, 2012 at 1:43 pm // Reply
Why does the android poison Holloway? It is very clear that the android has an hidden agenda which remains hidden in the movie.
The only explanation in my opinion can be that the financer of this trillion dollar operation: Wayland, who can only live for a few days is looking for a cure for himself. There is not much time, so the android does a quick win or lose experiment which seems to fail. Also the movies watched and knowledge databases viewed by the android during the years of traveling may have played a role in this.
The Carbon test made me thinking as well but why should this not be possible? The planet's atmosphere and planet itself is scanned before they use the dating method so the current concentration may be known. They could have measured the half-life of Carbon14 as well? So why couldn't the equipment not have been calibrated /adapted before used the first time?
Furthermore, in my opinion Science Fiction should be something that is at least theoretically possible. For example extrapolated Science of what is currently possible. But if you take Science Fiction literally then you can take it as Fictional Science, so Science that is not theoretically possible at all and is totally fiction.
I like the movie because of the visualization of an Engineer (God) that plants the seeds for life. All Life as we know it has or comes from DNA (or maybe also RNA). Special effects are great, and it was fun because I first did not know it was a sort of prequel to the much older movie "Alien" but during the movie I came to that insight because of the multiple similarities with it.
Anteesha // July 29, 2012 at 11:24 pm // Reply
The android poisons Holloway, and this scene is such a non sequitur, because it was pilfered from a defunct script for a different movie (Alejandro Jodorowski's Dune). Basically, in the original script, the hero has been castrated in a ritual bullfight (sic), and therefore conceives a son by a creepistani method – a drop of his blood (in Promethus the goo) travels through the woman's body till it reaches ovary… no octopuses involved, though. An earlier version of the script once did the rounds, but everyone thought cannot be the script, because if it were, then Ridley would have beaten them to death with it. Unfortunately, it was spot-on – from the excessively humanoid-looking evil Space Imhoteps with dead eyes, to a scene where the Space Imhotep…ooops, Engineer… notices Shaw and puts it into some kind of horrifying machine; it is this machine that impregnates her with Alien baby. Keeping this scene would have meant an NC-17 rating, so they tossed in that David-poisons-Holloway bit, even though it makes no logical sense whatsoever..
George // December 11, 2012 at 7:51 pm // Reply
To be fair, it was a good film. First of all it's science-fiction. The emphasis being on the … 'fiction' part of the genre. And I also appreciate that having scientific flaws can be somewhat irritating, but pointing out that it's a bad film because it doesn't answer questions is not right imo – plot holes are not the same as unanswered questions.
Kawser // December 25, 2012 at 7:15 pm // Reply
What's a galactic system ?
Anonymous // January 9, 2013 at 1:58 pm // Reply
also 3% carbon di-oxide along with 20% oxygen and the rest nitrogeon in the atmosphere wont kill you at all,
ashkuigp // January 30, 2014 at 9:50 am // Reply
Dude! Thank you! Im not alone on this planet! People been laughing at me for pointing out the DNA looks stupid and the fact that there is no good way(shown in the movie) to reconstruct it back in order if it separated in bases and not in the strands…
Ridley could make some crazy cool virus machinery mRNA process that would look super creepy, super scientific and alien as hell and he totally missed this opportunity.
bubbabooey // July 18, 2014 at 10:26 am // Reply
David Lindelof is the fucking moron scriptwriter who sabotaged this movie. He also collaborated on the shitty script for last year's shitty Star Trek movie. I'm going to make certain that I keep track of every project this idiot works on. I must ensure that I never again have to endure the malignant cloud of incoherent idiocy that surrounds everything this ignorant cretin touches. Fuck you David Lindelof, you illiterate, talent-less, mediocre hack.


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Happy 34th birthday, Duchess Kate! See the highlights of her amazing year
Jan. 9, 2016, 2:37 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Elizabeth Murray
Happy birthday to the duchess!
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge turns 34 Saturday, and in honor of the royal occasion, we decided to take a look back at the highlights of a busy, and landmark-filled year. See some of the highlights!
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge depart the Lindo Wing with Princess Charlotte at St Mary's Hospital on May 2, 2015 in London, England.Mike Marsland / WireImage
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and their children Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge pose for a photo after the christening of Princess Charlotte of Cambridge.Mario Testino / Art Partner via Getty Images
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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, shows Princess Charlotte of Cambridge with her cuddly toy dog, taken by the Duchess at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, eastern England.AFP - Getty Images
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Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, ascends a climbing wall as she visits the Towers Residential Outdoor Education Centre in Capel Curig, Wales.Reuters
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