The thing that stood out for me was the melody of the song more than her voice initially. By the chorus, i could sense how strong and amazing her voice was, but it could never prepare me for what was to come. The song was but a third of her potential. That's when a video of her singing 'Halo' by Beyonce caught my eye.
Yup, i was in cloud 9 and on my way to 'Heaven', with a 'Halo' above my head. Her perfect english only serve to impress me more given that she was raised in the States. (Finally, a Korean singer with perfect english besides a few rare others like Tablo, my english-speaking side of me swoons at the thought) Well, the person who posted this video wasn't wrong with ending it with 'omg!!!' because that's what it is.
And who would have guessed that she had a youtube channel. Even then, pre-debut and all, we could already see (hear) the star in her.
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There's practically no girl her age in the kpop music industry currently that can beat her. Yup, i said it. I just love her voice and her energy on stage. Off-stage, she sometimes get a bit cute for me, but once she starts performing, she blows away any cringe-worthy moments she might have when she's not performing. Will you look at the girl perform 'Lonely Lover', she has so much expression and emotion written in her face and voice.
Ailee is definitely one rookie to look out for this year. Compared to any other girl bands that debuted this year so far (except SPICA), she is truly, the breathe of fresh air and talent that blows our minds out the window, and beautiful in her own way.
P.S: did i mention that the girl sure can rap?


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OLYMPIA — Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed the Native American Voting Rights Act, which allows the residential address portion of a voter registration form to be filled out with a nontraditional address.
The new law will "allow tribal members to help us form a more perfect union and make good decisions about our destiny," said Inslee at the Thursday ceremony.
The bill passed the Senate Feb. 6 with 34 in favor, 13 opposed and two excused. All 13 senators in opposition were Republicans; however, Minority Leader Mark Schoesler, R- Ritzville, and other Republicans voted in support.
The state House of Representatives passed an amended version of the bill with a 95-3 vote March 5. House members voting against were Reps. Bob McCaslin, R-Spokane Valley, Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, and Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley.
"This legislation provides us the opportunity to remove those barriers to be able to call to the Native Americans and tell them they matter," said Rep. Debra Lekanoff, D-Bow.
Lekanoff is the first Native American woman elected to the House. She previously worked for the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community.
"The excitement of an aunty going down to pick up her ballot with her little granddaughter and going to the kitchen table and filling it out and walking just another half a block and dropping it in a drop box, on the reservation, in the middle of our America is wonderful for me," Lekanoff said.
"We welcome everyone to participate in our electoral process," said Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen, in support of the bill.
The act also allows voters to list a building designated by the tribe in their precinct as their residential address, if need be.


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param(
    [string]$config = "Release",
    [string]$solution
)
Write-Host "Config: $config"

function Build-Version {
    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION)) {
        $v = "1.2.0"
    } else {
        $v = $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION
    }

    Write-Host "Build Version: $v"
    return $v
}

function Build-Path {
    if (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER)) {
        $p = $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
    } elseif (![string]::IsNullOrEmpty($solution)) {
        $p = $solution
    } else {
        $p = Get-Location
    }

    Write-Host "Build Folder: $p"
    Set-Location $p

    return $p
}

function Copy-Resources ($path, $config) {
    $project = "$path\Launchify"
    $output = "$path\Output"
    $target = "$output\$config"
    Copy-Item -Recurse -Force $project\Themes\* $target\Themes\
    Copy-Item -Recurse -Force $project\Images\* $target\Images\
    Copy-Item -Recurse -Force $path\Plugins\HelloWorldPython $target\Plugins\HelloWorldPython
    Copy-Item -Recurse -Force $path\JsonRPC $target\JsonRPC
    Copy-Item -Force $path\packages\squirrel*\tools\Squirrel.exe $output\Update.exe
}

function Delete-Unused ($path, $config) {
    $target = "$path\Output\$config"
    $included = Get-ChildItem $target -Filter "*.dll"
    foreach ($i in $included){
        Remove-Item -Path $target\Plugins -Include $i -Recurse
        Write-Host "Deleting duplicated $i"
    }
    Remove-Item -Path $target -Include "*.xml" -Recurse
}

function Validate-Directory ($output) {
    New-Item $output -ItemType Directory -Force
}

function Pack-Nuget ($path, $version, $output) {
    Write-Host "Begin build nuget library"

    $spec = "$path\Scripts\Launchify.plugin.nuspec"
    Write-Host "nuspec path: $spec"
    Write-Host "Output path: $output"

    Nuget pack $spec -Version $version -OutputDirectory $output

    Write-Host "End build nuget library"
}

function Zip-Release ($path, $version, $output) {
    Write-Host "Begin zip release"

    $input = "$path\Output\Release"
    Write-Host "Input path:  $input"
    $file = "$output\Launchify-$version.zip"
    Write-Host "Filename: $file"

    [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.IO.Compression.FileSystem")
    [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($input, $file)

    Write-Host "End zip release"
}

function Pack-Squirrel-Installer ($path, $version, $output) {
    # msbuild based installer generation is not working in appveyor, not sure why
    Write-Host "Begin pack squirrel installer"

    $spec = "$path\Scripts\Launchify.nuspec"
    Write-Host "nuspec path: $spec"
    $input = "$path\Output\Release"
    Write-Host "Input path:  $input"
    Nuget pack $spec -Version $version -Properties Configuration=Release -BasePath $input -OutputDirectory  $output

    $nupkg = "$output\Launchify.$version.nupkg"
    Write-Host "nupkg path: $nupkg"
    $icon = "$path\Launchify\Resources\app.ico"
    Write-Host "icon: $icon"
    # Squirrel.com: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/issues/369
    New-Alias Squirrel $path\packages\squirrel*\tools\Squirrel.exe -Force
    # why we need Write-Output: https://github.com/Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows/issues/489#issuecomment-156039327
    # directory of releaseDir in fucking squirrel can't be same as directory ($nupkg) in releasify
    $temp = "$output\Temp"

    Squirrel --releasify $nupkg --releaseDir $temp --setupIcon $icon --no-msi | Write-Output
    Move-Item $temp\* $output -Force
    Remove-Item $temp

    $file = "$output\Launchify-$version.exe"
    Write-Host "Filename: $file"

    Move-Item "$output\Setup.exe" $file -Force

    Write-Host "End pack squirrel installer"
}

function Main {
    $p = Build-Path
    $v = Build-Version
    Copy-Resources $p $config

    if ($config -eq "Release"){

        Delete-Unused $p $config
        $o = "$p\Output\Packages"
        Validate-Directory $o
        New-Alias Nuget $p\packages\NuGet.CommandLine.*\tools\NuGet.exe -Force
        Pack-Squirrel-Installer $p $v $o

        $isInCI = $env:APPVEYOR
        if ($isInCI) {
            Pack-Nuget $p $v $o
            Zip-Release $p $v $o
        }

        Write-Host "List output directory"
        Get-ChildItem $o
    }
}

Main

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      <ion-header>

HelloCash

      </ion-header>
    <ion-content>

          Somebody accepted to give you cash.

          <button ng-click="Finish()"
            class="button button-positive">
                Transfer money
          </button>

    </ion-content>
  </ion-pane>


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Business offers office, babysitter for working parents
Megan Pringle
WEBVTT IT IMPOSSIBLE TOGET THE JOB DONE.BUT AS 11-NEWS' MEGAN PRINGLEREPORTS, A MOTHER FOUND HERSELFIN THAT SITUATION AND CAME UPWITH THE CUBE.MEGAN WITH TOYS AND FREEDOM TO: PLAY, TWO-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN ISHAVING A GREAT TIME.HE GETS TO INTERACT AND HE GETSTO REALLY ETS TO DISCONNECTFROM EVERYTHING AROUND HIM ANDREALLY GET TO FOCUS ON BEINGINTERACTIVE WITH THE TOYS ANDIMAGINATIVE WITH THE TOYS,THINGS LIKE THAT.MEGAN SO WHILE TRISTAN PLAYS,: HIS MOM GETS WORK DONE,SOMETHING THAT JUST WASN'THAPPENING AT HOME.>> YOU'RE HOPING HE DOESN'T HAVEAN OUTBURST LIKE MOMMY.THAT'S HOW IT IS.MEGAN ANEKA WINSTEAD IS AN: ACCOUNTANT AND TAKING HER WORKAND HER SON, OUTSIDE THE HOMEHAS ALLOWED HER TO TAKE ON ABOUTTWICE AS MANY CLIENTTHAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND THE CUBE,.>> THE CUBE IS A SPACE WHEREPARENTS WORK AND CHILDREN PLAY.WE HAVE BABYSITTING SERVICES.MEGAN TAMMIRA LUCAS IS AN: ENTREPRENEUR WHO RECOGNIZEDTHE NEED AFTER HER DAUGHTER WASBORN.>> BECAUSE I WAS A MOM AND I WASGOING CRAZY.MEGAN SHE LAUGHS ABOUT IT NOW,: BUT WHEN SHE WAS JUST STARTINGOUT, IT WAS HARD.>> THE IPAD STARTED TO BE HERBABY-SITTER.MEGAN THE BABYSITTER AT THE CUBE: IS MISS LUCILLE, HERGRANDMOTHER.HER SISTER IS PART OF IT TOO,THEY LIKE THE IDEA OF A FAMILYBUSINESS.>> OUR ENVIRONMENT IS COZY SOPEOPLE COME IN AND FEELCOMFORTABLE SO IT'S LIKE AFAMILY SITUATION.MEGAN THE CUBE OPENED IN OCTOBER: AND QUICKLY EVOLVED.THEY DON'T JUST OFFER A PLACEFOR PARENTS TO WOR AND KIDS TOPLAY,THEY ALSO HAVE WORKSHOPNETWORKING EVENTS AND SPEAKERS.>> I LOVED THE FACT THAT I COULDBE IN A ROOM WITH OTHER LIKEMINDED PEOPLE, GET WORK DONE A
Balancing work and raising a family is challenging. Whether you have a big presentation, or you work from home, having your kids with you can sometimes make it impossible to get the job done. A local mother who found herself in that situation came up with a solution to that problem which she calls The Cube. With toys and freedom to play, 2-year-old Tristan is having a great time. "He gets to really disconnect from everything around him and really get to focus on being interactive with the toys and imaginative with the toys, things like that," working mother Aneka Winstead said. So while Tristan plays, Winstead gets work done; something that just wasn't happening at home. "You're hoping he doesn't have an outburst like mommy," Winstead said. "That's how it is." Winstead said being able to take her son outside the home has allowed her to take on about twice as many clients. That is the idea behind The Cube. "The Cube is a space where parents work and children play," Cube co-founder Tammira Lucas said. "It's a co-working space with babysitting services." Lucas is an entrepreneur who recognized the need for such a service after her daughter was born. "Because I was a mom and I was going crazy," Lucas said. Lucas laughs about it now, but when she was just starting out, it was hard. "The iPad started to be her babysitter," Lucas said. The babysitter at The Cube is Lucas' grandmother, Miss Lucille. Lucas' sister is part of the business, too. They said that they like the idea of a family business. "Our environment is cozy so people come in and feel comfortable so it's like a family situation," The Cube co-founder Takesha Jamison said. The Cube opened in October on the 6900 block of York Road in Towson and quickly evolved. They don't just offer a place for parents to work and children to play. They also have workshops, networking events and speakers. Those interested in The Cube can utilize a monthly membership or just a one-time use. For more information, tap here. Also on WBALTV.com:
TOWSON, Md. —
Balancing work and raising a family is challenging.
Whether you have a big presentation, or you work from home, having your kids with you can sometimes make it impossible to get the job done.
A local mother who found herself in that situation came up with a solution to that problem which she calls The Cube.
With toys and freedom to play, 2-year-old Tristan is having a great time.
"He gets to really disconnect from everything around him and really get to focus on being interactive with the toys and imaginative with the toys, things like that," working mother Aneka Winstead said.
So while Tristan plays, Winstead gets work done; something that just wasn't happening at home.
"You're hoping he doesn't have an outburst like mommy," Winstead said. "That's how it is."
Winstead said being able to take her son outside the home has allowed her to take on about twice as many clients.
That is the idea behind The Cube.
"The Cube is a space where parents work and children play," Cube co-founder Tammira Lucas said. "It's a co-working space with babysitting services."
Lucas is an entrepreneur who recognized the need for such a service after her daughter was born.
"Because I was a mom and I was going crazy," Lucas said.
Lucas laughs about it now, but when she was just starting out, it was hard.
"The iPad started to be her babysitter," Lucas said.
The babysitter at The Cube is Lucas' grandmother, Miss Lucille. Lucas' sister is part of the business, too. They said that they like the idea of a family business.
"Our environment is cozy so people come in and feel comfortable so it's like a family situation," The Cube co-founder Takesha Jamison said.
The Cube opened in October on the 6900 block of York Road in Towson and quickly evolved. They don't just offer a place for parents to work and children to play. They also have workshops, networking events and speakers.
Those interested in The Cube can utilize a monthly membership or just a one-time use. For more information, tap here.

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A poet, filmmaker, painter, and printmaker, Fahlström drew on a diverse range of sources, from Surrealism to magazine photographs and comic books. This work is one of the artist's variable collages, in which components could be rearranged by the viewer to create different compositions and suggest different narratives. Fahlström was deeply engaged with the politics and issues of his day, and the work contains references to contemporary figures from Mao Tse-tung to singer Sylvie Vartan and her brother, Eddie, a composer and band leader.


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Republican Forced to Retract Attack on Dems
The House passed a mammoth defense spending bill Monday evening, but only after a Republican congressman was forced to take back remarks accusing Democrats of "demonizing Christians."
The House passed a mammoth defense spending bill Monday evening, but only after a Republican congressman was forced to take back remarks accusing Democrats of "demonizing Christians."
The rhetorical warfare came as the House considered a proposal by Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., to put Congress on record against "coercive and abusive religious proselytizing" at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., criticized Obey and Steve Israel, D-N.Y., who offered a similar condemnation of academy officials earlier this year on another bill.
"Like a moth to a flame, Democrats can't help themselves when it comes to denigrating and demonizing Christians," Hostettler said.
Democrats leapt to their feet and demanded Hostettler be censured for his remarks. After a half-hour's worth of wrangling, Hostettler retracted his comments.
The imbroglio broke out as the House conducted an otherwise routine debate on a $409 billion spending bill to fund the Pentagon budget and provide an additional $45 billion for the war in Iraq.
The $45 billion would bring to $322 billion the amount provided for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other U.S. anti-terror efforts around the globe since 2001.
The bill passed by a 398-19 vote after Republicans rejected Obey's amendment by a mostly party-line vote of 210-198.
The House instead approved by voice vote a Republican plan requiring an Air Force report to Congress on the steps it was taking to promote religious tolerance.
At issue is how Congress should respond to allegations of proselytizing and favoritism for Christians at the Air Force Academy.
The Air Force is investigating numerous allegations of inappropriate actions by academy officials, including a professor who required cadets to pray before taking his test and a Protestant chaplain who warned anyone "not born again would burn in the fires of hell."
Obey said a senior chaplain at the academy was transferred to Japan after criticizing what she saw as proselytizing.
Republicans said they did not want to jump to conclusions before the investigation was complete.
"We don't prejudge that there is abusive proselytizing," said Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
"If you tell Christians they can't tell others about their faith, then they can't exercise their Christian religion," Hostettler said later. He said proselytizing involves a forced conversion to Christianity, something that did not occur at the academy.
Democrats criticized Hostettler's remarks, which began, "The long war on Christianity in America continues today on the floor of the United States House of Representatives."
Obey said Hostettler's "outburst … is perhaps the perfect example of why we need to pass the language in my amendment."
Hostettler, a Christian and social conservative, made headlines last year when he was caught carrying a loaded handgun in a carry-on bag in the Louisville, Ky., airport. He pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and received a 60-day sentence, which he will not have to serve unless he has other criminal troubles before August 2006.
The underlying bill contains $3.3 billion less than requested by the administration for the Pentagon and shifted those funds to tightly-funded domestic accounts, a move opposed by the administration.
In a statement, the White House budget office said it would strongly oppose any further shift from the Pentagon. That statement was aimed at the Senate, which is on track to move $7 billion from defense to domestic accounts.
It is commonly assumed that whatever money is shifted from defense accounts to domestic programs will be replenished when Congress takes up another emergency spending bill for the Iraq war next year.
Obey said that at current spending rates, the $45 billion provided for Iraq will only last for about six months after the start of the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.


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In certain circumstances the Child Support Assessment Act allows parents who are dissatisfied with decisions made by the Child Support Agency's change of assessment process to apply directly to a court to have that decision reviewed.
The parties to court proceedings under the Child Support Assessment Act are the payer and payee.
A parent can apply to review a Child Support Agency assessment if one or more of a specified range of special circumstances apply to them, their children or the other parent. These special circumstances are the same as the reasons for an application for a change of assessment (see above). Importantly however, the decisions made in such a (departure order) case are made by the court and not the Agency.
The Child Support Agency's assessment of child support continues to apply while the court deals with a parent's application. The Agency will continue to collect child support payable under the assessment. However, a parent can apply to the court for a stay order.


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I am with the bride all morning of the wedding, completing finishing touches and ensuring the bride and bridal party are relaxed and comfortable.


Live coverage of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-135 mission to the International Space Station.
PASADENA, Calif. — Observations from NASA's Voyager spacecraft, humanity's farthest deep space sentinels, suggest the edge of our solar system may not be smooth, but filled with a turbulent sea of magnetic bubbles.
While using a new computer model to analyze Voyager data, scientists found the sun's distant magnetic field is made up of bubbles approximately 100 million miles (160 million kilometers) wide. The bubbles are created when magnetic field lines reorganize. The new model suggests the field lines are broken up into self-contained structures disconnected from the solar magnetic field. The findings are described in the June 9 edition of the Astrophysical Journal.
When NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reaches the rim of a large crater it is approaching, its arrival will come with an inspiring reminder.
This crater, Endeavour, became the rover's long-term destination nearly three years ago. Opportunity has driven about 11 miles (18 kilometers) since climbing out of Victoria crater in August 2008, with Endeavour crater beckoning to the southeast. The rover has about 2 miles (about 3 kilometers) to go before reaching the rim of Endeavour.
Rover team members last week selected "Spirit Point" as the informal name for the site on the rim where Opportunity will arrive at Endeavour crater. The choice commemorates Opportunity's rover twin, Spirit, which has ended communication and finished its mission.
Endeavour offers the setting for plenty of productive work by Opportunity. The crater is 14 miles (22 kilometers) in diameter — more than 20 times wider than Victoria crater, which Opportunity examined for two years. Orbital observations indicate that the ridges along its western rim expose rock outcrops older than any Opportunity has seen so far. Spirit Point is at the southern tip of one of those ridges, "Cape York," on the western side of Endeavour.


This page collects specification issues as well as proposals for extensions DALI 1.0.
Section 2.3 "Examples: DALI-examples" proposes to use ivo://ivoa.net/std/DALI#examples as the default vocabulary URL. That is unfortunate as the actual terms in RDFa are generated through concatenation, such that the terms that would actually end up in the StandardsRegExt document (not that they're actually there) would look like "examplesname", "examplescapability", etc.
(1) We could keep the notion that we're using StandardsRegExt records to keep the examples vocabulary. In that case we would IMHO have a document separate from DALI's, which would mean we should write an erratum saying the vocab URL should be ivo://ivoa.net/std/DALI-examples#. This is (essentially) what's in the TAP Implementation Notes right now.
(2) After the (positive) datalink experience with RDF-enabled vocabularies and because there's no (known) code using this anyway so far, my personal take is that we shouldn't use StandardsRegExt for that in the first place. Vocab URIs, if they resolve at all, should resolve to something that RDF tools can do something with, and hence I'd say we should write an erratum saying the default vocab URI would be http://www.ivoa.net/rdf/examples (which is in parallel to what we have in datalink now).
There is already a section with specific rules for the format of data values for numbers and timestamps. I propose this be extended to include the basic geometric values we know we need in TAP, SIA, etc: point, circle, polygon, and interval (1D numeric interval). Having messed with this from every angle, the cleanest approach for these is to only encode values as an array of numbers as this most usable in the places we need to use such values: ADQL queries, parameter values, query results (eg VOTable value).
We do not have an STC-S standard, TAP-1.0 simply provides some non-normative recommended syntax, and we agreed as far back as the Hawaii interop that metadata (eg coordsys, epoch, etc) doesn't belong in the values. But we do need to provide values and I think this is the best approach below.
votable: datatype="double" arraysize="2" unit="deg" xtype="point"
votable: datatype="double" arraysize="3" unit="deg" xtype="circle"
votable: datatype="double" arraysize="*" unit="deg" xtype="polygon"
The arraysize="*" here is because in practice we have intervals with sub-intervals (start stop start stop ...) that we want to convey, corresponding to the energy or time bounds of observations. In the example above it could be 2, but in general output from our services could be some large even number of values.
The ADQL equivalent is just there to show what the same design principle looks like there and hopefully we can do this in ADQL_Next.


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Can You Take Pictures on a Plane?
None of the legal clauses can abide travelers from taking photos on the plane.
However, there are strict airline regulations against the use of a camera that could interfere with the crew's performance.
Consequently, you could find yourself standing at the gate instead of your seat as your plane takes off.
As the use of social media flares up, we find people around us taking snaps everywhere. It isn't any different at the airports.
Passengers should read the airline rules in the flight magazines to avoid consequences.
Can you take pictures on a plane? The airline perspective.
Are pilots allowed to take photos?
Other stakeholders' perspectives
What to do if there is a conflict with the crew regarding photography?
Can you take pictures from the plane window?
Many airlines have similar policies about the use of cameras during flights. In most cases, these policies are pretty vague.
For example, United declares that passengers cannot take videos of other customers on planes.
Instead, it allows videos of "personal events." The meaning of this phrase stays undefined.
A United passenger named Mathew Klint, who is a travel blogger, was recently all over the media. He took a single selfie. And still, he was escorted off a Newark to Istanbul flight on the United.
As per the Washington Post, JetBlue and American Airlines have an internal policy that allows them to stop passengers from taking photos or filming at their discretion. The paper states:
"American Airlines doesn't publish any prohibitions against taking photos of its aircraft. But late last year, it updated its internal policies to allow employees at the airport, including ticket counters, gates, cargo, baggage, and onboard, to stop passengers from taking pictures."
Lawyer Daniel Greenberg told the Washington Post that this is because airlines consider themselves as a private entity.
As soon as a passenger gets on board, they have stepped into a personal space.
The lawyer further continues that this decision is upon the carrier. People can look for better alternatives if they disagree.
In-flight electronic usage rules are pretty strict for pilots.
The European and American regulators mandate that commercial pilots cannot use their personal electronic items. This includes phones, tablets, cameras, and laptops.
However, we find numerous images on social media where pilots are seen flaunting their cockpit amid the air. Some even use GoPro cameras to capture the video of their flight.
British Airways is trailing the "BASmart" program. It is a program that grants a few pilots operational permission to record photos and take videos.
They should take these snaps during non-essential segments of the flight. Plus, they should consider all FAA, CAA, and other aviation guidelines.
Besides this, they must ensure that cameras are mounted and capture times. Clicking photos manually could be a challenging feat.
The increasing number of cases about airline crew misconduct has compelled people to raise questions about their photography rules.
Gary Leff, a travel blogger, has criticized the airlines over this issue.
He says that the Transportation Security Administration allows more photography at checkpoints than the airlines allow on the plane.
In this regard, the TSA has allowed photography at checkpoints if people don't take photos of monitors and screens.
Nonetheless, the experience of travel bloggers wasn't so friendly. TSA officers interrogate them if they are found taking casual photos with their companions.
Lawyers specializing in the First Amendment say that airlines cannot limit photography or video recording in the airport. But they have more autonomy on the plane and can restrain passengers from using cameras.
Joseph Larsen, a media law attorney in Houston, answers the most asked question – can you take pictures on the plane or not?
Speaking on behalf of the flight, Larsen says that airlines have a right to establish these rules. They have the freedom to let people off the plane if they continue filming.
However, there is no law against taking photos or videos on an airplane.
It is unlikely that someone will face legal jeopardy for taking pictures of a dispute with an airline employee or altercation on a plane.
Larsen further encourages people to go ahead and film if there is a matter of legitimate public interest going on the plane.
Remember, the airline crew won't have any issues detaining you from disobeying the laws.
They may become irrational and demand to search your phone. And unfortunately, they don't need a warrant to do so when you are 39 000 feet in the air with no legal aide by your side.
We recommend you give in and delete the pictures.
Also, consider writing to the airline authorities about this incident. Speak to them about the rude behavior of the crew members and clarify your motive for taking pictures.
Taking photos from the plane window should be done without flash. Turn off the reading light as it could cause a reflection from the window.
If you don't have a particular scenic image in mind, take photos early in the flight.
The issue of using cameras on planes has undergone a long debate.
Although there are no conclusions found, we suggest you avoid taking photos on the plane. Using a camera could cause a nuisance for other passengers and crew members alike.
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ex Gov. Adams Oshiomole compares Buhari and Jonathan's administrations......claims Jonathan wasn't competent to rule
The former governor of Edo State made the following revelations on former Pres. Jonathan's administration in an interview he granted recently......
''If you follow my commentary two, three years into his government, it was clear that even the most basic things were not properly done. The competence expected was not there. The level of fairness was not there. And even if you were to talk about the sentiment of servicing the geo-political zones, the South-South had nothing to boast of. "Even the road to Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, didn't show that a president came from that area. I have travelled across Nigeria, so we in the south cannot say this is our dividend. He himself agreed that he didn't do much for the South-South."
Actually, that was not the real question. The real question was: where did he do? "Also, I remember asking the Chief of Army Staff the day the president wanted to postpone the election (from February 14), I said, 'Two weeks ago, you said the Armed Forces was ready for the election, now, you are saying Boko Haram is controlling how many local governments. You PDP took over 774 local governments, now you have ceded territories to Boko Haram.' "So I was convinced and I arrived at a conclusion that Nigeria was in great danger if we didn't effect a change in the political leadership. That was how we parted ways. I remember he, Jonathan, called me about four days to the election over an advert I did. In the advert, I showed the pictures of the immigration recruitment they purported to have done in a stadium. "That was the height of incompetence – that the Federal Government would defraud the unemployed people, ask them to pay some fees to attract a federal job."
On the present administration of Pres. Buhari, Oshiomole had this to say......
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Q: While to check something in the database I want to check if I have an hour in the database but If I have more than hour in the database it outputs twice, if I have 3 three times...
In this specific case this gives me: 9 (in blue color) and then 9 (in red color)
$result = mysqli_query($con, 'SELECT * FROM consulta
                  WHERE professional=1
                  AND client=0');

while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {

if ($row['hora']=='09:00:00') { echo '
9
'; }
else { echo '
9
'; }

}

I have a MySql database with columns: id, professional and hour. I have stored 2 hours and this is what I get if I echo $row['hora'] 09:00:00 and 10:00:00
In this case the if should give me just 9 in blue because it is in the database. I do not understand why it happens. How can I solve this?
This is the structure of the MySql database:

A: Presumably you are building up a calendar or the like.
The query you are using is returning all rows (and you are looping over each row, regardless of the hour). If you want to check if specific hours exist you could build up an array of hours:
$result = mysqli_query($con, 'SELECT * FROM consulta
                  WHERE professional=1
                  AND client=0');
$hours = array();
while ($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)) {
    $hours[$row['hora']] = $row;
}

Now to check a specific hour we can do:
if (!empty($hours['09:00:00'])) {
    echo '
9
';
}else {
    echo '
9
';
}

Edit: Explanation
In the first loop we are building up an array. This will look like:
$hours = array(
    '08:00:00' => $dataForThisRow,
    '09:00:00' => $dataForThisRow
);

In the above '08:00:00' is called a key. Each key is a time that was found in the database.
To check if there is an entry in the database for our time we can check if there is a non empty key. Hence we use:
if(!empty($hours['09:00:00'])

This if will run if $hours has a key with the value '09:00:00'. If there is no key then the other part of the if will run.

A: Change your sql query like below:
    $query = "SELECT TIME_FORMAT(hora,'%H:%i:%S') FROM consulta
                  WHERE professional=1
                  AND client=0";

    $result = mysqli_query($con, $query);

A: You are comparing with this value: 09:00:00, but the database seems to have stored this other: 9:00:00

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Home News Mixed views among Fine Gael's elected representatives in Laois on Government formation
Mixed views among Fine Gael's elected representatives in Laois on Government formation
There are varied views among Fine Gael elected representatives in this area about the proposed Programme for Government that would see a coalition formed between their party, Fianna Fáil and the Greens.
Under the arrangement there would be a rotating Taoiseach (with Micheal Martin set to go first) and the senior ministerial positions would be shared with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil getting six each and the Greens three.
While Minister for Justice and long-serving Laois Fine Gael TD Charlie Flanagan has declared his support and has been been in favour of the arrangement since after the February election, and he followed up last week again, saying "stability is key".
However, not all of the party's elected councillors in Laois share his view.
LaoisToday canvassed the opinions of all seven Fine Gael councillors in Laois, whose vote will help decide if the party go into Government or not.
Conor Bergin, Mary Sweeney, Thomasina Connell and John King are supportive of going into Government while outgoing Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Willie Aird is of the view that Fine Gael should facilitate a minority Fianna Fáil administration.
Aisling Moran has said that while the proposed Government offers stability after the Coronavirus pandemic, she doesn't think that Fine Gael should be going in with Fianna Fáil when Micheal Martin is leader.
Tom Mulhall, meanwhile, feels that another election is the way to go, given that that last one did not produce a definite outcome and that so much has changed in the country since February.
Like the other two parties, Fine Gael will be asking all their members across the country to back the Programme for Government. They will vost by postal vote this week.
The party uses an electoral college system for votes of this nature that is weighted heavily in favour of the parliamentary party members, comprised of TDs, MEPs and Senators.
50% of the vote goes for the Fine Gael parliamentary party, 25% to the membership, 15% to their executive and 10% to the elected councillors.
We asked all Laois County Councillors for their views. Here is what they had to say.
Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council Willie Aird
Willie Aird
"I believe that a better option for Fine Gael would have been to support a minority led Fianna Fáil government rather than enter into coalition.
"This would have reflected the will of the electorate for Fine Gael to go into opposition and would also have provided the country with a more balanced opposition."
Conor Bergin
"I will be voting Yes to the coalition and in favour of the Programme for Government. It is a very ambitious programme I believe which will deliver for the country and County Laois, across a broad range of issues such as getting people back to work after COVID-19, health, housing and supporting our rural communities.
"For me, politics is about getting things done and you can only get things done by serving in Government.
"I can see no reason why Fianna Fail and Fine Gael could not work together in Government – we have worked well together on Laois County Council for the last six years. I think we have a responsibility to come together at the moment and form a Government that can last for five years."
Thomasina Connell
"Having reviewed the Programme for Government, I am in favour of it. I don't believe that now is the right time for an election.
"This Government's Programme will provide the stable, majority Government that is essential in rebuilding our economy post-Covid and I feel that the parties involved share a desire to work together for the benefit of the Irish people.
"Areas of immediate interest to me were Housing, Health and Broadband Laois. As Chairperson of Laois's Committee on Housing and Planning I welcome the expansion of the Help To Buy Scheme and Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan; both are excellent initiatives that help people buy their own home.
"Covid has highlighted now, more than ever, how essential Broadband is in our County. It has given many the opportunity to try Working From Home.
"Overall, I believe that the Programme for Government is in line with the values of Fine Gael, being progressive, with a strong focus on the economy and jobs and prioritising health and housing."
John King
"I am glad that a decision has been made to form a new government.
"Every party and groups were given ample time to wheel and deal but nobody was fully willing except for Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens.
"We now should have a more stable government with a working majority and not worrying about pleasing the opposition.
"We now will have two TDs from our county in power and that must be good for Laois.
"This new government has the experience to govern and I think they should be given every chance. It's impossible to please everybody but if we want to move on change has to be accepted."
Aisling Moran
"In my opinion Fine Gael should not go into government with Fianna Fáil, with Michael Martin as its party leader.
"We came third in the General Election, and if Fine Gael did not try to form a government, both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Fein would have happily sent the country back to the ballot boxes.
"I feel that Fine Gael are trying to form a stable government. This is a good idea – we need it to see us through this pandemic.
"I believe the proposed programme for government should last for the duration of the pandemic but we go back to the ballot boxes once we are at the other side.
Tom Mulhall
"In terms of going into Government with Fianna Fáil, I don't have any real issue with that.
"The two parties are similar enough in many ways. However, I do have a problem with the Greens and I know from listening to many local members on the ground in rural areas that they are of the same view.
"But a lot has changed since the General Election was held and the world and Ireland is a much different place.
"In the election it was essentially a draw with Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin all getting similar levels of support.
"If a football match is a draw, it goes to a replay, and I think this is similar. We should go back and have a General Election and go from there."
Mary Sweeney
"I fully support the formation of a coalition Government. Given the uncertainty of recent times, people require stability and I think the programme for government is ambitious yet achievable. It has to be.
"I think quality of life has to be at the centre of this and that can be achieved by promoting regional economic development for people who want to live and work in Laois and continuing to invest in a healthcare service that is accessible for all."
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Three astronauts are launched into space, but the spacecraft returns to earth with only one survivor named Victor Carroon, bringing with him something strange causing the guy to be real sick. He then begins mutating into a blood thirsty monster. Actors: Brian Donlevy , Brian Donlevy 9 February 1901, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Jack Warner , Jack Warner 24 October 1895, London, England, UK Margia Dean , Margia Dean 7 April 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA Thora Hird , Thora Hird 28 May 1911, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK Gordon Jackson , Gordon Jackson 19 December 1923, Glasgow, Scotland, UK David King-Wood , David King-Wood 12 September 1913, Tehran, Iran Harold Lang , Harold Lang 1923, London, England, UK Lionel Jeffries , Lionel Jeffries 10 June 1926, Forest Hill, London, England, UK Sam Kydd , Sam Kydd 15 February 1915, Belfast, Ireland [now Northern Ireland], UK Richard Wordsworth Richard Wordsworth 19 January 1915, Halesowen, Worcestershire, England, UK Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror Director: Val Guest Val Guest 11 December 1911, Maida Vale, London, England, UK Country: United Kingdom Release: 1955 IMDb: 6.7 Quality: Duration: 82 min
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An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(d)(1)(i) & (vi): PCT Practice
By Donald Zuhn --
On August 21, 2007, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published new rules concerning continuation and claims practice that will undoubtedly have a profound effect on the way patent attorneys and agents prosecute applications before the Patent Office. In view of the 128-page Federal Register notice regarding the new rules, the Patent Office's nearly two hour webcast on August 23, 2007 (and the webcast's accompanying 109-page presentation), and the Office's 45-page list of Frequently Asked Questions, Patent Docs believes it may be helpful to examine the rules piece-by-piece in an attempt to identify areas where patent attorneys and agents will need to modify their patent prosecution practice.
37 C.F.R. § 1.78(d)(1)(i) & (vi):
A Patent Docs reader recently asked whether a Demand filed with the International Preliminary Examining Authority, requesting an international preliminary examination, would constitute a member of an application family. In other words, the reader wanted to know whether the Demand would cut into the three-application limit imposed by the new rules - i.e., whether the Demand would, in effect, constitute the parent application in an application family, with the national stage application constituting the first continuation permitted under the new rules, and a continuation filed off the national stage application constituting the second, and final, continuation permitted under the new rules (absent a petition and showing).
This is an important question, since many biotech and pharma patent practitioners have probably begun considering the benefits of filing an international application instead of a U.S. nonprovisional application under the new rules. One significant benefit of such a strategy is the up to 18 months of additional time for plotting a prosecution strategy that an applicant can obtain by filing an international application and then waiting until the last possible moment to enter national stage in the U.S.
The short answer to the reader's question is that the Demand does not constitute a member of the application family under the new rules. And now for the long(er) answer.
In normal PCT practice, an applicant usually files a provisional or foreign application, files an international application claiming the benefit of the provisional, and then files a national stage application. Under such circumstances, Rule 78(d)(1)(i) applies, and an applicant is permitted to file two more continuations that claim the benefit of the national stage application.
In particular, Rule 78(d)(1)(i)(A) states that a continuation or continuation-in-part application can "claim[] the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) of no more than two-prior filed applications." Thus, the second continuation would claim the benefit of the first continuation and the national stage application (and the national stage application would be entitled to the benefit of its international filing date and prior filed provisional/foreign application under the PCT).
In addition, Rule 78(d)(1)(i)(B) states that any application whose benefit is claimed under 78(d)(1)(i)(A) can only be claimed by one other application. Thus, the national stage application would be claimed by the first continuation and second continuation. For the purposes of Rule 78(d)(1)(i), neither the national stage application nor the first and second continuations would be claiming the benefit of the international application. In other words, all of these applications get the benefit of the international filing date and the provisional/foreign filing date through the national stage application, and the national stage application is effectively the parent application in the application family.
The above situation can be illustrated like this:
provisional/foreign application ---> international application --> national stage application --> continuation 1 --> continuation 2
As an alternative to the above scenario, an applicant can decide to file a "bypass continuation" instead. Rule 78(d)(1)(iv) applies to bypass continuations. A bypass continuation is a U.S. application that claims the benefit of an international application where the Demand has not been made and the national filing fee has not been paid. This situation can be illustrated like this:
provisional/foreign application --> international application --> bypass continuation --> continuation 2 --> continuation 3
If Rule 78(d)(1)(iv) did not exist, Rule 78(d)(1)(i) would prohibit an applicant from filing continuation 3 above because it would have to claim the benefit of the international application, the bypass continuation, and continuation 2 (and thus would claim the benefit of three applications). In particular, continuation 3 would need to claim the benefit of the international application under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and 363.
In order to prevent applicants from trying to prosecute a bypass continuation and national stage application in parallel, Rule 78(d)(1)(iv)(A) forces an applicant to choose to prosecute the application family through the bypass continuation or the national stage application, and not do both (i.e., an applicant cannot file a national stage application without filing a Demand and paying the national filing fee, and an applicant cannot choose to go the (d)(1)(iv) route if the Demand has been filed and national filing fee has been paid).
In summary, a bypass continuation is U.S. application that claims the benefit of an international application under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120 and 363 and a national stage application is a U.S. application that claims the benefit of an international application under 35 U.S.C. § 365(c). Thus, each is a distinct type of application, and each gets the benefit of the international application - albeit in different ways.
In addition, the number of continuations an applicant can obtain (without filing a petition and showing) turns on whether the applicant files a Demand and pays the national filing fee. There are three scenarios:
1. If an applicant files a national stage application, the national stage application is the parent application in the application family, and the applicant can file two continuations under Rule 78(d)(1)(i).
2. If an applicant files a bypass continuation claiming the benefit of an international application on which no Demand was made and no national filing fee was paid, the international application is the parent application in the application family, and the applicant can file three continuations under Rule 78(d)(1)(iv): the bypass continuation being the first of the three continuations.
3. If an applicant files a bypass continuation claiming the benefit of an international application on which a Demand was made and the national filing fee was paid, the international application is the parent application in the application family, and the applicant can file two continuations under Rule 78(d)(1)(i). The two continuations would be the bypass continuation and the next continuation filed.
For additional articles in this series, please see:
"An Analysis of the New Rules: USPTO Releases ESD Guidelines," September 17, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.265: Examination Support Document," September 13, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: Revisions to First Action and Second Action Final Practice," September 11, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.78(d)(1) and 1.114: Streamlined Examination," September 10, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.117: Refund Due to Cancellation of Claims," September 10, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.142: Suggested Restriction Requirements," September 6, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.114: RCE Practice," September 5, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.75(b): 5/25 Limit on Claims," September 4, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(d)(1): Claims for Benefit of Prior-Filed Applications," September 3, 2007
"An Analysis of the New Rules: 37 C.F.R. § 1.78(f): Commonly Owned Applications and Patents," August 27, 2007
For additional information on this and other related topics, please see:
"Rules Challenger Amends Complaint and Withdraws PI Motion," September 11, 207
"Inventor Sues PTO to Prevent New Continuation Rules from Taking Effect," August 30, 2007
"Patent Office Provides Recorded Web-Based Discussion of New Rules," August 30, 2007
"New PTO Continuation Rules: Unfair to Biotech?" August 29, 2007
"Proposed Agenda for September 12, 2007 Biotechnology/ Chemical/Pharmaceutical Art Group Meeting," August 24, 2007
"The 'Word' on the New Continuation Rules (from the USPTO Webcast) - Part II," August 24, 2007
"The 'Word' on the New Continuation Rules (from the USPTO Webcast) - Part I," August 23, 2007
"New Continuation and Claims Rules Published," August 22, 2007
"More on M.P.E.P. § 710.06," August 20, 2007
"Patent Office to Hold Webcast on New Claim and Continuation Rules on August 23, 2007," August 20, 2007
"Patent Office Announces that New Continuation and Claims Rules Will Be Published . . . Tomorrow," August 20, 2007
"Procuring Patent Protection from the Present USPTO," August 15, 2007
"New Continuation and Claims Rules to Be Published in Late Summer," July 25, 2007
"They Just Don't Get It - 'Patent Reform' at the USPTO," April 11, 2007
"Patent Applicants Beware: The Rules Are Changing (Again)" Part 1 and Part 2, November 6, 2006
Changes to Rule 78(d)(1)(vi):
(d) Claims under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) for the benefit of a prior-filed nonprovisional or international application. A nonprovisional application (including an international application that has entered the national stage after compliance with 35 U.S.C. 371) may claim the benefit of one or more prior-filed copending nonprovisional applications or international applications designating the United States of America under the conditions set forth in 35 U.S.C. 120 and paragraph (d) of this section.
(1) A nonprovisional application that claims the benefit of one or more prior filed copending nonprovisional applications or international applications designating the United States of America must satisfy the conditions set forth in at least one of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section. The Office will refuse to enter, or will delete if present, any specific reference to a prior-filed application that is not permitted by at least one of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section. The Office's entry of, or failure to delete, a specific reference to a prior-filed application that is not permitted by at least one of paragraphs (d)(1)(i) through (d)(1)(vi) of this section does not constitute a waiver of the provisions of paragraph (d)(1) of this section.
(i)(A) The nonprovisional application is either a continuation application as defined in paragraph (a)(3) of this section or a continuation-in-part application as defined in paragraph (a)(4) of this section that claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) of no more than two prior-filed applications; and
(B) Any application whose benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) in such nonprovisional application has its benefit claimed in no more than one other nonprovisional application, not including any nonprovisional application that satisfies the conditions set forth in paragraph (d)(1)(ii), (d)(1)(iii) or (d)(1)(vi) of this section.
(iv)(A) The nonprovisional application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120 or 365(c) of a prior-filed international application designating the United States of America, and a Demand has not been filed and the basic national fee (§ 1.492(a)) has not been paid in the prior-filed international application and the prior-filed international application does not claim the benefit of any other nonprovisional application or international application designating the United States of America;
(B) The nonprovisional application is either a continuation application as defined in paragraph (a)(3) of this section or a continuation-in-part application as defined in paragraph (a)(4) of this section that claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) of no more than three prior-filed applications; and
(C) Any application whose benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c) in such nonprovisional application has its benefit claimed in no more than two other nonprovisional applications, not including any nonprovisional application that satisfies the conditions set forth in paragraph (d)(1)(ii), (d)(1)(iii) or (d)(1)(vi) of this section.
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Finally wising up
A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll may indicate that Americans are finally wising up about the government propaganda over the COVID 19 shot. Against the backdrop of the obvious ongoing government claims that the shot is safe and effective, The KFF December Monitor found that about four in ten (44%) say they do not think they need the updated booster and about a third (37%) say they do not think the benefit is worth it. About a third (36%) say they have been too busy or have not had the time to get it, while about one in four (23%) say they have not gotten the updated booster because they had bad side effects from a previous COVID-19 vaccine dose.
There is also a political divide. Republicans are more likely to refuse the shot than Democrats. KFF noted: "at least six in ten vaccinated Republicans or Republican leaning independents who have not yet gotten the updated booster say they haven't done so because they don't think they need it (64%) or do not think the benefit is worth it (61%)… Democrats are three times as likely as Republicans to report having already gotten the updated COVID-19 booster (38% vs. 12%). Notably, about three in ten Republicans say they will only get the updated booster if they are required to do so (12%) or say they will "definitely not" get the new COVID-19 booster dose (18%). A further 37% of Republicans are unvaccinated or only partially vaccinated and therefore not eligible for the new updated COVID-19 booster dose."
Meanwhile, an FDA study "Surveillance of COVID-19 vaccine safety among elderly persons aged 65 years and older" triggered an early warning threshold of risk for pulmonary embolism. Also showing up as risks, but not triggering an early warning system were acute myocardial infarction, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and immune thrombocytopenia. Despite these results, FDA discounted the risks, saying, "Because an early warning system does not prove that the vaccines cause these outcomes, more robust epidemiologic studies with adjustment for confounding, including age and nursing home residency, are underway to further evaluate these signals.FDA strongly believes the potential benefits of COVID-19 vaccination outweigh the potential risks of COVID-19 infection."
In other words, FDA is sticking to its political position even though the science raises red flags on blood clots and heart issues. Meanwhile, numerous studies are indicating the shots cause myocarditis, pericarditis, and blood clots that lead to strokes and death. Americans appear to be wising up, even though the government propaganda is steadfast. The divide between Democrats and Republicans extends to the amount of trust in following the government over discernment of the science. Proverbs 10:14 says, "Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction." To ignore the science after accusing others of ignoring the science, then continue to repeat the "safe and effective" mantra, will lead to destruction. It's time to wise up.
https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/poll-finding/kff-covid-19-vaccine-monitor-december-2022/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22014931
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Home Entertainment Film review: Niña Errante
Film review: Niña Errante
Mauro Rivera
The film might seek to portray women's experience, but it does so through a male lens. Photo: courtesy of Día Fragma
In his sixth feature-length film Niña Errante (Wandering Girl), Boyacá born director Rubén Mendoza attempts to understand and portray womanhood through the eyes of four sisters from different mothers who reunite after their father's death.
After the youngest – Ángela (played by Loren Paz Jara) – is orphaned, her three older sisters, Carolina (Carolina Ramírez), Gabriela (María Camila Mejía) and Paula (Lina Marcela Sánchez), decide that the best course of action is to deliver her to an aunt who lives on the other side of the country. And so they begin a long journey by land, during which Ángela will become aware of what it means to be a woman in Colombia.
Niña Errante joins an interesting trend of sisterhood-themed movies that includes titles such as Deniz Gamze Ergüven's Mustang (2015) and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Our Little Sister (2015).
These last two films explore ideas of sisterhood in different cultures and offer a timely antidote to a very masculine Western filmmaking tradition.
Unfortunately, and even though the film's approach is interesting at times, Niña Errante falls into the trap of exploring women's dynamics through a male perspective. Mendoza has repeated the fact that many women participated in the making of this film, both in front of and behind the camera. But that doesn't come through in the final product.
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The girl's awakening is reduced to a bodily experience while everything else about becoming a woman is blatantly ignored. There are some valuable aesthetic choices that allude to the psychological side of it, but don't go any further than good intentions. There's a lack of narrative development and some of this is a little too obvious.
Beyond its issues with representation, Niña Errante doesn't offer any new revelations to the coming-of-age genre, nor does it add anything new to the road-movie genre. It ultimately becomes a film trapped between its aspirations and the limitations of its director.
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Russia Meteor Blast Was Largest Detected by Nuclear Monitoring System
By Leonard David 19 February 2013
Seventeen infrasound stations in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's network detected the infrasonic waves from the meteor that broke-up over Russia's Ural mountains on Feb. 15, 2013.
(Image: © Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization)
A far-flung system of detectors that make up a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty network made its largest ever detection when a meteor exploded over Russia's Ural mountains last week.
The Vienna, Austria-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) runs the International Monitoring System made up of infrasound stations. Infrasound is low frequency sound with a range of less than 10 Hertz. Humans cannot hear the low frequency waves that were emitted by the meteor blast over Russia on Friday (Feb. 15), but they were recorded by the CTBTO's network of sensors as they travelled across continents.
When the space rock detonated, the blast was detected by 17 infrasound stations in the CTBTO's network that track atomic blasts across Earth. The furthest station to record the sub-audible sound was some 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) away in Antarctica.
Huge infrasound event
A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Infrasound station IS21, Marquesas Islands, France. (Image credit: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization)
Prior to the Russian meteor event, the largest infrasound event registered by 15 stations in the CTBTO's network was the October 2009 meteor explosion (called a bolide) over Sulawesi, Indonesia. [See video of the intense meteor explosion]
In a CTBTO statement discussing the Russian bolide, Pierrick Mialle, an acoustic scientist for the group said: "We saw straight away that the event would be huge, in the same order as the Sulawesi event from 2009. The observations are some of the largest that CTBTO's infrasound stations have detected."
The Russian meteor blast picked up by the detectors is not a single explosion, Mialle said. Rather, it is burning, traveling faster than the speed of sound. "That's how we distinguish it from mining blasts or volcanic eruptions," he said.
Mialle said that scientists around the world will be using the CTBTO's data to better gauge the object's breakup and discern more about the object's final altitude, energy released and how the meteor disintegrated.
Visual representation of the infrasound waves and computer attributes by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's (CTBTO) International Data Center, made from fireball data recorded by a CTBTO station in Kazakhstan. (Image credit: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization)
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This graphic depicts the sources of infrasound signals that can be detected by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's listening stations. (Image credit: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization)
There are currently 45 infrasound stations in the CTBTO's network that measure micropressure changes in the atmosphere generated by infrasonic waves. Infrasound is one of the technologies used in the CTBTO's network of sensors to monitor the globe for violations of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty that bans all nuclear explosions.
Infrasound has been used as part of the CTBTO's tools to detect atomic blasts since April 2001 when the first station came online in Germany. Data from the stations is sent in near real time to Vienna, Austria, for analysis at the CTBTO's headquarters. Both the raw and analyzed data are provided to all Member States of the CTBTO.
CTBTO Member States have spent $1 billion on setting up the CTBTO verification regime.
Just days before the meteor explosion over Russia, the CTBTO's seismic network detected a seismic event in North Korea. That event on Feb. 12 measured 4.9 in magnitude. Later that morning, North Korean officials announced that the country had conducted a nuclear test. The event was registered by 94 seismic stations and two infrasound stations in the CTBTO's network.
Leonard David has been reporting on the space industry for more than five decades. He is former director of research for the National Commission on Space and a past editor-in-chief of the National Space Society's Ad Astra and Space World magazines. He has written for SPACE.com since 1999.