Mixture of vegetables wrapped with egg roll skin and deep fried, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Marinated chicken in a mixture of Thai spices, served with peanut sauce and sweet and sour cucumber salad.
Steamed or fried, served with Best Thai spicy soy sauce.
Finely sliced vegetables wrapped in soft rice paper, served with Best Thai peanut sauce.
Marinated tofu in a mixture of Thai spices, served with peanut sauce and sweet and sour cucumber salad.
Fried marinated sweet corn mixed with Thai herbs and served with sweet and sour sauce.
Thai version dumpling filled with pork and shrimp, water chestnuts and mushrooms.
Fresh fresh bean curd, served with sweet and sour sauce.
Ground fish mixed with spices and red curry paste, deep fried and served with sweet and sour cucumber sauce.
Marinated shrimp with herbs and green onions, wrapped with rice papers and deep fried. Served with sweet and sour sauce.
Fried golden brown salmon and spinach wrapped in rice paper. Served with sweet and sour sauce.
Mix of white meat chicken, red bell pepper, water chestnuts, carrot and onions in our house specialty sauce, wrapped with soft rice paper. Served with spicy sweet and sour sauce.
Crispy deep-fried rolls filled with crab meat and herbs, served with homemade sweet and sour sauce.
Our version of crab Rangoon, crab meat blended with cream cheese, green onions, water chestnuts and herbs, served with sweet chili sauce.
Crispy Indian style pancake served with spicy chicken curry sauce.
Spicy coconut soup with mushroom, lemongrass, lime juice and fresh chili.
Spicy hot and sour soup with mushrooms, tomatoes, lemongrass, lime juice and fresh chili.
Fresh soft tofu and fresh green vegetables in delicious broth.
Shrimp wrapped in wonton skin.
Lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots, served with Best Thai peanut dressing.
Sliced grilled beef tossed with fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, red onions, fresh garlic, chilies and Thai vinaigrette dressing.
Shrimp, squid, scallops and green shell mussels tossed with cucumbers, tomatoes and carrots, served with Thai vinaigrette dressing.
Vermicelli noodle salad with sliced chicken and shrimp tossed with green onions, fresh garlic, ground red peppers, tomatoes and Thai vinaigrette dressing topped with peanuts.
Minced chicken cooked with fresh lime juice, mixed with scallions, onions, Thai spices and herbs.
Fresh green papaya, tomatoes, green bean, dry shrimp and ground peanuts with spicy lime sauce.
Stir-fried with Thai basil, bamboo shoots, broccoli, bell pepper, carrots, onions and fresh garlic chili sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with Best Thai homemade spicy red curry, basil bamboo shoots, bell pepper, carrots, green beans and onions. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with ginger, onions, zucchini, bell pepper, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Original Thai ka paw. Sauteed choice of ground white meat chicken or ground pork with garlic and Thai chili, sweet Thai basil and jalapenos. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with cashew nuts, snow peas, carrots, water chestnuts, onions and mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried vermicelli noodles with baby corn, snow peas, egg, onions, mushrooms and carrots in light brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with snow peas, carrots, water chestnuts, onions, broccoli, napa cabbage, zucchini and cabbage in light brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Marinade of beef in garlic and pepper, stir-fried with jalapenos, tomato, onions and mushrooms. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Cooked in homemade peanut sauce, served with steamed vegetables and topped with crunchy peanuts. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Deep fried pieces of chicken breast stir-fried with sweet sesame sauce, served with steamed green vegetables. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
With broccoli, onions, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Grilled marinated chicken with homemade teriyaki sauce, served with sauteed mixed vegetables.
Rice noodles, stir-fried with bean sprouts, egg, green onions, Thai sweet and sour sauce and crushed peanuts.
Fresh flat noodles stir-fried with green vegetables, egg and black bean sauce.
Fresh flat noodles stir-fried, topped with green vegetables and straw mushrooms in homemade brown gravy.
Pad kee mow. Fresh flat noodles stir-fried with garlic-chili pepper, sweet Thai basil, tomatoes, green vegetables, egg, carrots, bell pepper and onions.
Stir-fried egg noodles in brown sauce, with cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, napa cabbage and bean sprouts.
Fresh flat noodle stir-fried with onions, green vegetables, baby corn, bamboo shoots, mushroom and pepper with spicy Thai basil sauce.
Fresh big flat noodle stir-fried with choice of protein, cooked extremely spicy to five stars spicy taste, with onions, bean sprouts, egg and green vegetables.
Sliced beef, bean sprouts, spring green onions and rice noodles in homemade beef stock.
Cooked in curry paste with coconut milk and bamboo shoots, zucchini, carrots, bell pepper and sweet Thai basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Cooked in yellow curry paste with coconut milk, potatoes, onions, bell pepper and carrots. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Cooked in massaman curry paste with coconut milk, potatoes, onions, carrots and peanuts. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Cooked in panang curry paste with coconut milk, bell pepper and Thai basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Cooked in red curry paste with coconut milk, pineapple, carrots, bell pepper and sweet Thai basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Spicy homemade curry with green bean, mushroom, green pepper, eggplant, baby corn, bamboo shoots and sweet Thai basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with steamed jasmine rice, onions, egg, tomatoes and sweet and green onions.
Stir-fried with jasmine rice, onions, ginger, egg and yellow curry powder, served with cucumber salad.
Stir-fried with steamed jasmine rice, onions, egg, bell pepper, fresh garlic, chili and Thai sweet basil.
Stir-fried with steamed jasmine rice, onions, egg, pineapple, fresh garlic, tomatoes, green onions and topped with cashew nuts.
Stir-fried rice with onions, green vegetables, baby corn, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and peppers with spicy Thai basil sauce.
Deep fried pieces of chicken breast stir-fried with sweet mango sauce, served with steamed green vegetables. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Crispy fried slices of steak sauteed with green beans, shiitake mushrooms, onions, carrots and sesame seeds in a sweet-spicy sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried chicken breast with lemongrass brown sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Salmon filet in homemade curry sauce, bell pepper and Thai sweet basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Chili-rich nam prik phao sauce stir-fried with mixed seafood, red and green bell peppers, carrots and Thai basil. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Steamed fish fillet, topped with fresh ginger and onions, with ginger soy sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Steamed fish filet, topped with spicy lemon and herb sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Crispy fried fish fillet in a tangy lime and sweet chili sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Golden fried soft shell crab with chili garlic Thai basil sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Soy duck stir-fried with egg plant, onion and bell pepper with Thai spicy basil sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Crispy thin sliced soy beef, stir-fried with green bean, water chestnut and carrot. Topped with sesame. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Home cooking vegan red curry with pineapple, carrot and bell pepper. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Light, healthy with fresh baby Bok Choy with delicious soy chicken. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Healthy with fresh green vegetables: broccoli, green bean and zucchini with light soy garlic sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Soy ham stir-fried with steam jasmine rice, onion, pineapple, fresh garlic, tomatoes, green onions and cashew nuts. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Grilled marinated soy salmon top with mango salsa, served with steamed vegetables. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried fresh garlic and Thai chili with soy shrimp. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Crispy tofu stir-fried with Best Thai sesame sauce, garnished with steam broccoli. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Grilled tofu and steamed mixed vegetable with spicy Thai sauce. Served with steamed jasmine rice or brown rice.
Stir-fried with Thai basil, bamboo shoots, broccoli, bell pepper, carrots, onions and fresh garlic chili sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Stir-fried with Best Thai homemade spicy red curry, basil bamboo shoots, bell pepper, carrots, green beans and onions. Served with rice and egg roll.
Stir-fried with ginger, onions, zucchini, bell pepper, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Original Thai ka paw. Sauteed choice of ground white meat chicken or ground pork with garlic and Thai chili, sweet Thai basil and jalapenos. Served with rice and egg roll.
Stir-fried with cashew nuts, snow peas, carrots, water chestnuts, onions and mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Stir-fried vermicelli noodles with baby corn, snow peas, egg, onions, mushrooms and carrots in light brown sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Stir-fried with snow peas, carrots, water chestnuts, onions, broccoli, napa cabbage, zucchini and cabbage in light brown sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Marinade of beef in garlic and pepper, stir-fried with jalapenos, tomato, onions and mushrooms. Served with rice and egg roll.
Cooked in homemade peanut sauce, served with steamed vegetables and topped with crunchy peanuts. Served with rice and egg roll.
Deep fried pieces of chicken breast stir-fried with sweet sesame sauce, served with steamed green vegetables. Served with rice and egg roll.
With broccoli, onions, carrots and shiitake mushrooms in light brown sauce. Served with rice and egg roll.
Grilled marinated chicken with homemade teriyaki sauce, served with sauteed mixed vegetables. Served with rice and egg roll.
Rice noodles, stir-fried with bean sprouts, egg, green onions, Thai sweet and sour sauce and crushed peanuts. Served with an egg roll.
Fresh flat noodles stir-fried with green vegetables, egg and black bean sauce. Served with an egg roll.
Fresh flat noodles stir-fried, topped with green vegetables and straw mushrooms in homemade brown gravy. Served with an egg roll.
Pad kee mow. Fresh flat noodles stir-fried with garlic-chili pepper, sweet Thai basil, tomatoes, green vegetables, egg, carrots, bell pepper and onions. Served with an egg roll.
Stir-fried egg noodles in brown sauce, with cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, napa cabbage and bean sprouts. Served with an egg roll.
Fresh big flat noodle stir-fried with choice of protein, cooked extremely spicy to five stars spicy taste, with onions, bean sprouts, egg and green vegetables. Served with an egg roll.
Cooked in panang curry paste with coconut milk, bell pepper and Thai basil. Served with rice and an egg roll.
Stir-fried with steamed jasmine rice, onions, egg, tomatoes and sweet and green onions. Includes egg roll.
Stir-fried with steamed jasmine rice, onions, egg, pineapple fresh garlic, tomatoes, green onions and topped with cashew nuts.
Deep fried pieces of chicken breast stir-fried with sweet mango sauce, served with steamed green vegetables. Served with rice and an egg roll.
Crispy friend slices of steak sauteed with green beans, shiitake mushrooms, onions, carrots and sesame seeds in a sweet-spicy sauce. Served with rice and an egg roll.


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The Queen Is Planning a Busy Week in Scotland—and a Birthday Tea for Meghan Markle
Katie Nicholl
How Meghan and Harry Are Giving Baby Archie a Royal-ish but Normal Life
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Theresa Bruno: "There has to be a systematic approach to sustainability"
What on Earth Is Oprah Giving to Meghan and Harry's Baby?
She says it's her "standard gift," but we've known Oprah long enough to know that nothing is standard when she is involved.
Erin Vanderhoof
Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images.
Though Oprah is known for many things—starting a one-woman branding machine, getting us all in touch with our feelings, and being the BFF of CBS's Gayle King—she will probably go down in history as the best gift-giver ever. We all remember the time in 2004 when she gave away cars to her entire audience, spawning a new catchphrase and memes galore. But what people often forget is that many audience members were handpicked by producers because they needed cars due to some hardship in their lives. Oprah is just thoughtful like that.
So it's only natural that she would go all out for gifts when her friends and collaborators welcome new additions to the family. On Tuesday, Oprah told Access Hollywood that she already has a gift idea for the child of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. She didn't say what the gift is going to be, only that it is her "standard gift" to new parents, cryptically adding that "So I don't know the baby's name or the baby's gender, but this baby will have enough books to last a lifetime!"
Since Oprah is a big reader herself, it makes sense that she would want to share the love, but how can she do that when the newborn is definitely a few years away from reading his or herself? The best clue may be from Mindy Kaling, who gave birth to a daughter in December 2017. In an interview with USA Today while the pair was promoting A Wrinkle in Time, Kaling talked about the extremely extravagant gift she got from Oprah: a hand-carved bookshelf engraved with her daughter's name, filled with 100 personalized books. The gift was so large that it needed to be delivered in a U-Haul.
There's no evidence that Oprah has given out hand-carved bookshelves to any other new parents in her friend group, but it seems to track with her statement that books will be involved. It's comforting to know that Oprah is just as in the dark about the details about Baby Sussex as we are, so the bookshelf-engravers are on standby until she, like the rest of the world, learns the baby's name.
The queen of daytime TV was a guest at Meghan and Harry's wedding almost one year ago (time flies!), and is working with Harry to develop a Netflix series. (Apparently, the two talk on the phone about their show's progress weekly.) So it stands to reason that she knows exactly how far away London is, and is figuring out how to get it to Frogmore Cottage without the help of U-Haul. Will she have to deliver the bookcase by boat?
— Cover story: Nicole Kidman reflects on her career, marriage, faith, and texting with Meryl Streep
— The Mueller report as a spy novel
— The women of Jane—a radical underground abortion network—speak out
— The joy of Supreme Court members trying not to say "FUCT"
— Melinda Gates on why she still believes "data is sexy"

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Your family safety is always a priority. Security cameras inside and outside the home can help you keep your family and home safe. You can keep a 24/7 watch on what is happening at your property. Going on a vacation? You can monitor your home from anywhere in the world with the help of security cameras and systems to keep you updated day and night.
Important features to keep in mind when comparing home security cameras.
A camera with Wi-Fi can communicate with your home network wirelessly, which can be very handy for installation, and is also less susceptible to being disabled because it doesnt have wires that could be cut.
Obviously, if a camera costs so much that you can no longer afford the valuables you're trying to protect with it, then it doesnt serve a purpose. Cost is a factor for every purchasing decision.


Our 'Between the Ears' Project (a collaboration between Kaleidoscope Enterprise and Talk-in-Herts Counselling Services, third sector organisations) aims to provide inclusive, creative and therapeutic groups for profoundly deaf people, those experiencing hearing loss, as well as their hearing families/carers.
In order to establish basic information about the needs and demand for supportive activities/services by people experiencing hearing loss in Welwyn Hatfield and neighbouring areas, we invite you to complete this brief survey. Closing date: 30th April 2017. Many thanks.
How old are you? 18 - 25? 25 - 40? 40 - 60? Or over 60?
How long have you been aware that you have a hearing problem? Less than 1 year? 1-2 years? More than 2 years?
How were you made aware that you have a hearing problem? Needing to turn TV/Radio up? Family or friends pointing out? Hearing test? Other?
How severe is the hearing loss? Mild? Quite mild? Moderate? Quite severe? Severe?
Does anything exacerbate the hearing loss? Tinnitus? Background noise like crowds, TV, radio etc.?
Does frequency or pitch make a difference to your hearing? e.g. Bass and treble in music, voices, broadcasts etc.
* 3. Social environment / services - How do you cope with your problem in social or business situations?
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Does this cause you embarrassment or frustration? Yes? No? Sometimes?
* 5. Social environment / services - Does your hearing affect your work performance or hold you back in any way? If so, how?
* 6. Social environment / services - Has your hearing problem affected your participation in physical activity? If so, how?
* 8. Social environment / services - Have you sought advice/assistance for your problem? Yes / No?
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Q: Set up network interface for automatic connection I have an ethernet device P2P connected to the NIC in my system.
When the remote device is rebooted or changes its IP address, the local network interface goes down and loses its IP address.
How can I make the local interface automatically reconnect in such cases and remember its IP?
I know how to set an interface up programmatically and set an IP, but I don't want to check in a loop, there should be a better way.

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The rubber band engine is cheap and easy to make, and can be adapted easily enough to run on heat from a solar capture device.
This type of engine isn't the most efficient device, but if you have been looking into power generation systems, then you already know that most systems are inefficient.
To generate a reasonable amount of electricity, the device either has to be very large or made from materials that are very expensive. Add in the cost of batteries and voltage regulators, and it may seem impossible to gain energy independence.
But why wouldn't give this little fellow a chance and try to make one for your homestead?
How Does a Rubber Band Engine Work?
I have long been a fan of work with smaller devices that generate small amounts of energy, and then pooling that electricity to gain a reasonable amount of power.
While the rates may vary considerably, as well as the amount of heat required, most solid objects will expand when you heat them and contract when they cool. Rubber is like water in the sense that it will also expand as it cools and contract as it heats up. Unlike water, however, it takes much less heat to cause rubber to contract. Therefore, when arranged in combination with metals or other materials, heating up rubber will cause an object to disbalance. This "disbalancing" will cause the object to spin. As the object spins, you can use that motion to generate electricity with magnets and coils.
Will Something Other Than Rubber Bands Work?
Thinking about materials that you can easily obtain, there are no substitutes that will work as well as rubber bands, or be as cheap to obtain in this particular energy generating design.
Metals expand and contract at different rates. Therefore, it is possible to obtain alloys that expand much faster when heated, and also cools and contracts faster when away from a heat source. Unfortunately, it may take a bit more energy than it would take to create the same amount of change in a rubber band.
If you decide to work with metal alloys, try and see if a spring shape works better than something similar to rubber bands. As the spring relaxes and tenses, some additional capacity to turn the wheel may be produced from this shape.
Water is the only other readily available substance that expands as it turns to ice, and then contracts as it shifts from ice back to water. It takes a good bit of energy to cause water to shift between its four phases of solid, water, gas, and triple state. Nevertheless, if you work with smaller quantities of water and generate small amounts of steam that are held in tubes, it may be possible to push a wheel out of balance in a way similar to one of the most basic rubber band engine designs.
As research continues on nano-technologies and other studies that lead to development of new materials, it is entirely possible that some solid will emerge that behaves like rubber. If this material turns out to be more durable than rubber bands, then it may be worthwhile to see if you can obtain some and try to build a power generating engine with it.
As a prepper, you may feel a bit frustrated because this particular engine relies on a commodity that may not be available after SHTF.
There are ways to make rubber on your own from various plants, and once you design your first rubber band engine, experiment with growing plants that produce a sap that can be turned into rubber (dandelions, for example). You may have to make thicker bands in order to produce the same level of durability as you will get from commercial rubber bands, it is still worth the effort.
Video first seen on Adam Micolich.
When building a rubber band heat engine, you will need to make sure that you control the amount of heat reaching the rubber bands. Too much heat can damage the rubber bands, so you will usually find that "less is better".
one or more disks that can be mounted to a central shaft. This disk will also have to act as a support for the rubber bands. It will also need to be sturdy enough so that you can mount magnets on it.
Of all the designs featured on the Heat Engines page, the design by William E. Wiegand will probably lend itself the best to a wide range of power sources.
It also has a fairly large vertical frame, so there is also plenty of room for adding coils. Needless to say, for anyone interested in making a small central coil, this may also be an ideal way to build an electric motor that runs on heat.
Many people are surprised to find out that a rubber band engine is very easy to power. A candle, or even incandescent light bulb will provide enough heat to cause the rubber bands to contract.
In fact, just about any source of heat, even if it is generated as a secondary process (for example, heat thrown off from a running engine) can be used to power the rubber band engine. Just make sure that you can shield the rest of the device so that the central disk keeps spinning.
Set a candle heater to one side of the rubber band engine. As you will recall, this simple device requires little more than a few clay pots and zinc free washers. With 4 tea lights, you can heat up a small room for 2 – 3 hours and run the rubber band engine at the same time.
Why not generate some electricity while you are cooking on these versatile stoves? As with the candle heater, just set the rubber band engine to one side of the stove where it will receive sufficient heat. Camp fires, and any other stove that throws off heat can be used for the same purpose.
Using a rubber band engine instead of materials that generate electricity based on thermal transfer will be cheaper and easier to develop into larger applications in the long run.
If you are serious about breaking away from commercial electricity or other commercial power sources, then you will already realize that solar and wind power offer you the best options. These systems have been hijacked by dirty and expensive "green" technologies, there is still a lot you can do at the consumer level to take advantage of them.
The sun produces plenty of heat that can be concentrated, and stored so that you can run the rubber band engine in many different kinds of weather.
This device uses little more than old food cans, a wooden frame, some glass or plastic, and pipes in the center of each can. Basically, in this system, the cans are exposed to the sunlight, and cause the air or water in the central tubes to heat up.
From there, all you have to do is let the hot air flow into a room in your home, or let the hot water circulate in a water radiator. To run the rubber band engine, it is just as easy to make a second set of pipes that will blow hot air directly onto the engine.
These devices can produce temperatures hot enough to cook meat, boil water, and bake bread. Just set up a metal coil in the bottom of the solar cooker and set the other end under a metal plate on one side of the rubber band engine. Do not forget to check the temperatures often so that you do not over heat the rubber bands.
The simplest and easiest way to concentrate heat from the sun is to use a shiny object that bounces sunlight onto a piece of metal. As the metal heats up, the radiant energy will disburse near the rubber band engine.
When experimenting with this system, be careful to watch as the sun shifts so that the mirror does not wind up bouncing heat onto dry grass or something else that can catch fire. It can take only a few seconds for to start a fire this way, and a matter of minutes for it to go out of control.
Water absorbs a lot of heat, and can also hold onto it for a reasonable amount of time. If you are interested in purifying water, then you may already know that clear plastic solar lenses or even a simple clear plastic bottle are very important for this purpose. If you let a contained source of water heat up, then you can also use that heat to power the rubber band engine.
As with the solar cooker, you will more than likely need to use some type of metal to transfer the heat from the collector to one side of the rubber band engine. You can also use styrofoam or other insulators on the metal so that as little heat as possible is lost on the way to the rubber band engine.
Needless to say, if you choose to build a rubber band engine that is designed to work with warm water, then you will not need to concern yourself with transporting the heat to another location.
Most people will tell you that friction is a necessary evil at best, but friction also generates heat. If you are interested in harnessing wind power to power the rubber band engine, you may look for ways to generate friction as the bladed (or bladeless depending on the design you choose) system turns. You can still use oils and other lubricants to reduce wear on parts, and still gain plenty of heat from friction generated by the parts passing each other. It may be as simple as adding a band around standard wind turbine blades (or make them smaller to compensate for the added wind power to overcome drag) that will produce friction.
Once you master assembling coils and magnets to generate electricity, using the rubber band engine will not be much different. Even though you may be tempted to make a central coil, do not forget these coil types are harder to wind. Magnets also weigh less and can be distributed more easily, so I still recommend using them on the spinning area of any given power generation system and then leave the coils stationary.
When generating electricity using rubber bands, remember that a rubber band does not have a lot of strength. Even if you can get the wheel spinning quite fast, it will take several modules going on at one time to generate significant amounts of power.
You are better off building ten smaller units that spin faster than one unit that does not move as well or breaks down quickly because of the wear and tear on the rubber bands.
Finally, as with any other power generation system, you will still need some way to even out the current produced, and then store it for later use. You can use anything from earth batteries to store electricity to twisting ropes that can be used later on to spin the wheel in the opposite direction and produce more electricity.
If you have some rubber bands sitting on your desk or in a drawer somewhere, you may not realize that these flimsy objects may be a key to generating electricity, even if they only produce a few volts of electricity, but enough to power smart phones, flashlights, or other useful small devices.
They are also a perfect way to gain a good introduction into harnessing solar power, or even how to build units that can be combined to generate even more power.


Sorry to hear about your accident. I am sure there is someone waiting patiently for you so keep searching.
Sorry to hear about your accident. I think it might be important for you to focus on yourself and your child/children and eventually the right person will come into your life. I understand that you're facing some obstacles but try to use these challenges to your advantage. Look into local support groups, or even online support groups. You'll meet people that can relate to your situation and hopefully you'll be able to overcome the guilt that you feel and realize that you're still here for a reason! Good luck to you!
be confident in yourself. there is someone who will love all of you no matter what. go for a girl with a huge heart.
There is a woman out there for every man, some don't find each other but make sure you find THE one.


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The Curmudgeon vs. The Fuddy Duddy vs. Balance: 'Courting Harry' Pushes Political Hot Buttons
March 21, 2013 / John Townsend
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Warren Burger and Harry A. Blackmun grew up in St. Paul's humble Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. Burger studied law at St. Paul College of Law, now known as William Mitchell College, and Blackmun went to Harvard. Both were Republicans and were very close friends well into adulthood. In 1969, President Richard Nixon nominated Burger to be Supreme Court Chief Justice and he was confirmed. A year later, Blackmun was confirmed as one of the twelve sitting Supreme Court Justices. The conservative pair were dubbed The Minnesota Twins. Blackmun lives in both glory and infamy as the Justice who wrote the opinion for Roe v. Wade, the historic case which expanded women's right to an abortion. Burger was on the opposite side.
According to Blackmun biographer, Linda Greenhouse, from 1970-1975 Blackmun voted with Burger 87.5% of the time on closely divided cases. Then in the following five years, Blackmun voted 45.5% of the time. Burger retired in 1986. Blackmun was considered by many to be the most liberal judge on the court when he retired in 1995.
Playwright Lee Blessing has clearly shaped his play, Courting Harry, now on stage at the History Theatre, with a predisposition favoring Blackmun and disdaining Burger. Blessing is clearly pro-choice, legitimately concerned about privacy rights and government intrusion, and is sold on the idea that the US Constitution is an evolving document whose applications will naturally change with time rather than a strict 'constructionist', fundamentalist interpretation. Full disclosure: so am I. Blessing and I sit at the same table on these counts.
Blessing puts these views forward with the blunt clarity of a good populist stump speaker. From a playwriting perspective it's not quite agitprop and it cannot decide whether or not it's polemical satire. Nonetheless, Courting Harry is definitely partisan and not a serious exploration of the relationship between the two men. Whether I like it or not, or whether Blessing likes it or not, principled conservatives and even some liberals, have held and hold pro-life views. But Blessing never gives them an airing. He has written Burger as a grumpy caricature. He doesn't demonize Burger, he trivializes him.
At certain points Burger brings up the rights of a husband in a wife's abortion decision. At the performance I attended those parts were actually met with some groans as if such thoughts shouldn't even be brought up. But Burger's concern is dismissed utterly by the playwright. Like it or not, it would seem that concern could merit a scene. But Blessing lacks the fairness, and perhaps emotional courage, to take us into that discussion.
In reality, one of the hottest disagreements between the two had to do with homosexual sodomy in Bowers vs. Hardwick. Burger was ferociously homophobic in his written views on the subject and Blackmun was at serious odds with him over it. This is not explored in the play.
Moreover, the play is essentially disinterested in any other issues the two men cared about either mutually or respectively. There is no examination of how Nixon's misconduct in Watergate and the secret bombing of Cambodia and Ford's pardoning of Nixon affected them. Indeed, those three things brought embarrassment, shame and disrepute on Republicans and conservatives and caused considerable soul-searching among many of them for a time. To what degree did Nixonian politics disillusion the pair?
Unfortunately, Nixon, Clinton, relatives, and the other Supreme Court Justices are reduced by Blessing to mere comic stick figures. All are ably portrayed and director Joel Sass keeps the show clipping along with zest. Nathaniel Fuller as Burger and Clyde Lund as Blackmun, like Sass, do their best but they cannot be expected to rescue the script from the annoying curmudgeon vs. the fuddy-duddy dynamic that Blessing has built in.
How sad that the playwright who found such sweetness in his comedy Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music wrote Courting Harry with such smugness. Granted, some argue that that play is insensitive to sufferers of Tourette Syndrome, though I would submit that that is debatable. Moreover, Blessing's drama, Independence, was on Lavender's 10 Best Productions list of last year. Produced by Theatre in the Round Players, Jean Wolff was named Lavender's Best Dramatic Actress for her magnificent portrayal of an extremely conservative mother. In fact, the role is somewhat monstrous. Indeed, great plays, like Independence, often have monstrous characters but they are masterfully written beyond caricature and compel us to understand why that monstrousness came into being. In the classic dark film comedy, Network, Faye Dunaway's portrayal of the ambitious Diana Christensen is clearly that and is written and portrayed as if she is soul-less. But we are moved to examine our selves and our society's relationship to media in a deeper way, thanks to such brave writing and acting. It leaves us concerned, not smugly reinforced. Chris Cooper's homophobic Colonel Fitts in the film comedy American Beauty is hilariously dangerous and ultimately tragic. In the late feminist playwright Wendy Wasserstein's, Third, which was worthy of both the Pulitzer and the Tony, she turns the tables on feminist self-righteousness so that protagonist, Laurie Jameson, whose views liberals might well generally agree with is made to face how alienating her style and conclusions have been not only to those who disagree with her politics but even with those who agree with them. Paradoxically, though one typically will not walk out of a performance of Third and register Republican, the thoughtful audience member will quite possibly take stock of how feminists can more effectively and compassionately present their views.
In sum, it's totally fine and soulful to pick a side in political playwriting, and if a character emerges who is profoundly, organically negative, then that can make and often has made for great theater and film. And if it's agitprop or harsh satire -and Courting Harry doesn't really count as either- then we're in different realms/genres that can actually sustain two-dimensional characters. With agitprop and satire you are being up front with where you're coming from and whether it's effective or not will be decided on different terms.
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Shimmering in splendid contrast to Courting Harry is Other Desert Cities at the Guthrie – a political play that doesn't let either side off the hook. Playwright Jon Robin Baitz is deeply committed to questing for the truth of a situation. Sally Wingert and David Anthony Brinkley give Tony-caliber performances as Polly and Lyman Wyeth, a retired California GOP power couple retired to Palm Springs. When daughter Brooke (a terrific Kelly McAndrew) visits from the east coast, she brings her memoir manuscript that addresses her view of the life and suicide of her older left-wing activist brother and causes an uproar. Director Peter Rothstein has wisely and intuitively guided Baitz's masterfully written drama so that one is never quite sure which side is closer to legitimacy. It may or may not shift your political views but honest liberals are made to reckon with the compelling reasons the Wyeths have come to their conclusions and honest conservatives are compelled to see the legitimacy in Brooke's conclusions. Michelle Barber shines as Polly's boozy liberal sister, Silda, and Christian Conn gives a touching performance as Brooke's younger brother Trip, a young man caught in the middle.
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When Semyon Bychkov chose the programme for his first subscription concert, he suggested Dvořák's Seventh Symphony without hesitation, so that from the start of his tenure at the helm of the Czech Philharmonic, he would honour the orchestra's national tradition. On the other hand, Luciano Berio's Sinfonia makes a striking contrast: it is a major, groundbreaking work of the twentieth century, and its importance is sometimes compared with Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
London Voices (sometimes known as London Sinfonietta Voices) is a London-based choral ensemble led by Terry Edwards, who founded the ensemble in 1973. They have been involved in numerous recordings of operas and soundtracks including The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover, Ravenous, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Lord of the Rings series, the Harry Potter series, Heavy Metal, The Mission, Enemy at the Gates, La traviata, and The Passion of the Christ. They have recorded with such diverse artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Dave Brubeck, Amy Grant, and Queen.
As few as three or as many as 150 singers can be part of the group at one time, and more than one unit of London Voices can be deployed to perform at various venues. London Voices draws on the pool of very talented freelance professional solo, consort, and choral singers who live in and around the capital. It selects for each project the most suitable team which is then coached by one of its highly esteemed directors, Terry Edwards and Ben Parry. The membership of London Voices is not fixed and thus the singers are carefully selected for each engagement.
The numerous recordings of the London Voices have appeared on labels as Caroline, Erato Records, Sony Classical, Virgin Music, Elektra Nonesuch, Varèse Sarabande, Warner Reprise, EMI, London Records, Decca Records, Chandos Records, Telarc, and Teldec.
Luciano Berio ranks among the most important composers of the second half of the 20th century. His innovative approach to composition, not least of electronic works, has substantially shifted the boundaries of contemporary classical music. Written in 1968, Sinfonia for eight voices and orchestra is perhaps Berio's best-known composition, as well as an essential work of twentieth-century music. It can be viewed as a kind of synthesis of musical expression from various periods of history, with the composer examining and further developing their deeper layers. The Sinfonia is conceived in five movements, the last of which was added after the premiere. It was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, which performed it for the first time under the composer's baton. The vocal parts sometimes form part of the orchestral sound, which they complete; at other times they float above, adding singing or reciting on top of the increasingly complex orchestral texture, with dynamics and expression that range from whispers to excited cries. Berio employs the potential of the human voice in its full breadth: sometimes plosive consonants are all that is needed to achieve the desired sound effect; at other times the singers quote Samuel Beckett or Claude Lévi-Strauss – or even comment upon the ongoing performance.
In the first movement, the composer draws on texts by Lévi-Strauss, analysing the myths of Native South Americans – specifically, the myths concerned with the origin of water. The meditative second movement, O King,refers to Martin Luther King, with the text consisting solely of the name of the American Baptist minister and human rights activist. The crux of the work is in its third movement, a masterful layering of variously transformed fragments of well-known works by other composers, all of this on top of the scherzo from Mahler's Second Symphony. For instance, we hear references to Debussy's La Mer, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring and Berg's Violin Concerto. A short fourth movement is followed by the concluding collage, employing and unifying elements of all the preceding movements.
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70,one of Antonín Dvořák's masterworks, was written at the invitation of the Royal Philharmonic Society in London, which made the composer an honorary member in 1884. At that time Dvořák already enjoyed in England the unshakeable position as one of the greatest living composers. In late November 1884, he completed the score of his cantata, The Spectre's Bride, and since the Philharmonic Society planned to present the world premiere of Dvořák's new symphony – to be conducted by the composer – as early as the spring of the next year, he quickly started work on it. He completed the opus within three months and on 22 April 1885 he could introduce it at a Philharmonic Society concert in St James's Hall, London.
The dramatic, sombre atmosphere of the Seventh Symphony, rich in ideas and a masterpiece of form, is often put into the context of the Czech nation's struggle for identity within the multinational Habsburg Empire. Even if we abstract from the possible connections with the social, cultural and political situations of the Czechs at the time, we see that the symphony's message is readily intelligible as a general statement about human existence.
The opening movement – Allegro maestoso – unusually starts in pianissimo with a plaintive, gloomy main theme in violas and cellos. The auxiliary theme, in B flat major, brings a sudden change of atmosphere, but its clarity is soon disrupted: the internal struggle continues and the doubts are far from being dispelled. Despite an airy melody presented by the clarinet, the lyrical second movement gradually develops an increasingly urgent and agitated aspect. The third movement that follows – Scherzo – is perhaps the work's best-known. It is distinguished by a strong rhythm in its main theme, but its carefree dance character is dampened both by the D minor tonality and a contrasting countermelody, adding a certain melancholy to its liveliness. Like the opening Allegro maestoso, the final movement is in sonata form. After a dramatic surge, the gloomy atmosphere lightens up – it is as if the conclusion, in D major, symbolised a firm determination and a convincing victory of the will.


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Q: "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined" on button click when incrementing numbers Problem
I have two buttons .btn-previous and btn-next. Clicking on one of the buttons either adds or subtracts one from the variable var currentNumber = 0,. But when a user clicks next all the way to the last person or clicks previous all the way to the first person in the array, I see the error Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
I've tried:

*

*Switching the comparison operators in the if statements

*Isolating parts of the if statement that may be causing the problem,

$(".btn-previous span").html(players[currentNumber - 1].name);
$(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);
Objective

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*As you click the next or previous button, change the name, description and the button text that contains the name of the next and previous person in the array

*If the user is at the end of the array, hide the next button, show previous

*If they are at the beginning of the array, hide the previous button, show next

Here's a JSFiddle of the problem:
https://jsfiddle.net/6xm96vw9/16/
scripts.js
$(function(){

  var currentNumber = 0;

    // Key players
    // Sets the default values as the first key player
    $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
    $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
    $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);

    if (currentNumber <= 0) {
      $(".btn-previous").hide();
      $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-end");
    } else {
      $(".btn-previous").show();
      $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "space-between");
    }

    // When a person clicks on the previous button
    $(".btn-previous").on("click", function() {

      if (currentNumber > 0) {
        currentNumber = currentNumber - 1;

        $(".btn-previous").show();
        $(".btn-next").show();
        $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-end");
        $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
        $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
        $(".btn-previous span").html(players[currentNumber - 1].name);
        $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);
      } else {
        $(".btn-previous").hide();
        $(".btn-next").show();
        $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "space-between");
      }
    });

    // When a person clicks on the next button
    $(".btn-next").on("click", function() {

      // It's six because it's zero-indexed
      if (currentNumber < 6 ) {
        currentNumber = currentNumber + 1;
        console.log(currentNumber);

        $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
        $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
        $(".btn-previous span").html(players[currentNumber - 1].name);
        $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);

        $(".btn-previous").show();
        $(".btn-next").show();
        $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-start");
      } else {
        $(".btn-previous").show();
        $(".btn-next").hide();
        $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "space-between");
      }
    });

  });

var players = [
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "name1",
    "description": "description1"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "name2",
    "description": "description2"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "name3",
    "description": "description3"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "name4",
    "description": "description4"
  },
  {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "name5",
    "description": "description5"
  },
  {
    "id": 6,
    "name": "name6",
    "description": "description6"
  },
  {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "name7",
    "description": "description7"
  }
]

index.html

Key Players

tk-name

        <button class="btn btn-previous">Previous: tk-name</button>
        <button class="btn btn-next">Next: tk-name</button>

A: Run a check after you've updated your currentNumber and if it's at the end of your range, hide that button, otherwise update the text of that button.

$(function() {

  var currentNumber = 0;

  // Key players
  // Sets the default values as the first key player
  $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
  $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
  $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);

  if (currentNumber <= 0) {
    $(".btn-previous").hide();
    $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-end");
  } else {
    $(".btn-previous").show();
    $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "space-between");
  }

  // When a person clicks on the previous button
  $(".btn-previous").on("click", function() {

    currentNumber = currentNumber - 1;

    $(".btn-next").show();
    $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-end");
    $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
    $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
    // after you've decremented your index, check to see if you're at the beginning
    if (currentNumber == 0)
      // if you are, hide the previous button
      $(".btn-previous").hide();
    else {
      // if you aren't, update the previous button's text
      $(".btn-previous span").html(players[currentNumber - 1].name);
      // make sure the previous button is shown
      $(".btn-previous").show();
    }
    $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);
  });

  // When a person clicks on the next button
  $(".btn-next").on("click", function() {
    currentNumber = currentNumber + 1;

    $(".btn-previous").show();
    $(".player__info--name").html(players[currentNumber].name);
    $(".player__info--desc").html(players[currentNumber].description);
    $(".btn-previous span").html(players[currentNumber - 1].name);
    if (currentNumber == (players.length - 1))
      // if at the end of your list, hide the next button
      $(".btn-next").hide();
    else {
      // if not, show the next button and update its text
      $(".btn-next").show();
      $(".btn-next span").html(players[currentNumber + 1].name);
    }
    $(".controls__inner").css("justify-content", "flex-start");
  });

});

var players = [{
    "id": 1,
    "name": "name1",
    "description": "description1"
  },
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "name2",
    "description": "description2"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "name3",
    "description": "description3"
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "name4",
    "description": "description4"
  },
  {
    "id": 5,
    "name": "name5",
    "description": "description5"
  },
  {
    "id": 6,
    "name": "name6",
    "description": "description6"
  },
  {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "name7",
    "description": "description7"
  }
]

Key Players

tk-name

    <button class="btn btn-previous">Previous: tk-name</button>
    <button class="btn btn-next">Next: tk-name</button>

Added some comments to help explain.  Basically you want to check whether you're at the end of your range AFTER you update the current index.  If you're at the end, hide the respective button, if you're not at the end, show that button and update its contents.

A: The error occurs because you're displaying the Prev and Next buttons when you're on player index 0 which result in trying to fetch the players[0 - 1] object.
The same thing happens with the last Next button which tries to get players[6 + 1].

A: You are trying to access indexes which do not exist in the array.
Once the value of currentNumber + 1 is more than 6, players[ 7 ] will be undefined. Hence, the error.
Same for value of currentNumber - 1 being less than 0.


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Cranfield opens new clean energy research centre
Cranfield University's new £2 million high-tech energy laboratory was officially opened on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Ministers by Jonathan Holyoak, Head of Policy for the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage.
The Energy Technology Laboratory houses a range of near industrial-scale equipment for research and development of clean and renewable energy technologies. The facilities support research into carbon capture and transport systems, clean fossil fuel technologies, bioenergy and energy-from-waste. They are widely used for process development, studies into materials performance and the reliability of systems and components such as the integrity of heat exchangers, gas turbine blades and CO2 pipelines.
John Oakey, Professor of Energy Technology and Head of Cranfield's Centre for Energy and Resource Technology, said, "This new laboratory, which is available for industry and other universities to use, is a great leap forward in the UK's research capability in clean energy technologies. With the range of new equipment, much of which is unique to Cranfield, we are able to develop and test ideas through to pre-commercial scale across a wide spectrum of energy from technologies."
A study by the Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Task Force published last week showed huge potential for the CCS industry, which could bring investment and jobs across the whole energy sector.
The Energy Bill, announced last week by DECC, puts a focus on increasing the amount of low carbon energy produced from renewable and clean fossil fuel sources, with the aim of supporting a globally competitive low-carbon economy.
During his visit, Jonathan Holyoak commented, "Carbon Capture and Storage has huge potential to deliver cost competitive low carbon generation but the challenge is how we realise this potential quickly so we can meet our policy objectives in the 2020s. Facilities such as Cranfield's Energy Technology Laboratory, which is part of the new UK CCS Research Centre, are important in ensuring we are able to achieve this and it is great to see things actually happening."
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NCDR Study Shows No-Reflow During PCI Results in Higher Mortality, Adverse Outcomes
A study published on Jan. 30 in the American Journal of Cardiology found that patients who developed the no-reflow phenomenon during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) had higher rates of major adverse clinical outcomes, including in-hospital mortality, reinfarction, cardiogenic shock and heart failure (HF) compared with those who did not develop no-reflow, although the incidence of no-reflow was found to be low.
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The study analyzed the records of 291,380 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the NCDR's CathPCI Registry® who underwent PCI of native coronary stenoses for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-STEMI from 2004 to 2008. Results showed that no-reflow developed in 2.3 percent (6,553) of the AMI patients during PCI, resulting in in-hospital mortality that was more than threefold greater in these patients than in patients who did not develop no-reflow (13 vs. 4 percent, respectively; p<0.0001). The patients who developed no-reflow were more likely to die on the day of the PCI (4.5 vs. 0.8 percent; p<0.0001) and more likely to die in the catheterization lab (25 vs. 11 percent; p<0.0001).
Also greater in the no-reflow patients was the rate of reinfarction (2.4 vs. 0.7 percent), new-onset cardiogenic shock (7.4 vs. 1.7 percent) and HF (5.2 percent vs. 2.1 percent). In addition, the infarct size was larger among the no-flow patients (median 133 vs. 76 ng/ml; p<0.0001).
"To date, the present report is the largest study of the no-reflow phenomenon among patients with AMI undergoing PCI," the authors note. They conclude that "the development of no-reflow, although relatively uncommon during PCI for AMI, is associated with adverse clinical outcomes. Upfront strategies to reduce the incidence of no-reflow could be considered for high-risk patients to improve outcomes."
Keywords: Shock, Cardiogenic, Registries, Myocardial Infarction, Hospital Mortality, Coronary Stenosis, Heart Failure, Catheterization, United States, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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Overly Detailed Description For 'The Flash' Gives Spoilers For The Pilot And Beyond!
Posted July 18th, 2014 by Stuart Conover
Ever since it was announced that 'The Flash' was going to show up on 'Arrow' and get his own show fans have been clamoring for more information. Prior to SDCC, we now seem to have a slew of that information for you! Not only is 'Arrow' a hit in its own right but Barry Allen has long been a fan favorite in the DC Universe!
The following write up is a lot to read but it goes through what gives him the mindset he has followed by how he will obtain his powers. On top of that it hints at villains and relationships with friends, family, work, and his new side gig as a super hero. If you want to go into the pilot without any spoilers you may want to turn back now. If you want to know what to expect though, read on!
Barry Allen was just 11 years old when his mother was killed in a bizarre and terrifying incident and his father was falsely convicted of the murder. With his life changed forever by the tragedy, Barry was taken in and raised by Detective Joe West, the father of Barry's best friend, Iris. Now, Barry has become a brilliant, driven and endearingly geeky CSI investigator, whose determination to uncover the truth about his mother's strange death leads him to follow up on every unexplained urban legend and scientific advancement that comes along.
Barry's latest obsession is a cutting edge particle accelerator, created by visionary physicist Harrison Wells and his STAR Labs team, who claim that this invention will bring about unimaginable advancements in power and medicine. However, something goes horribly wrong during the public unveiling, and when the devastating explosion causes a freak storm, many lives are lost and Barry is struck by lightning. After nine months in a coma, Barry awakens to find his life has changed once again – the accident has given him the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel.
Barry has always had the heart of a hero and now he has the legs to match, but he quickly learns that being a superhero is not as easy as it seems — and he can't do it alone. While Barry struggles to understand his new abilities, the people around him also have to adjust to a new reality. Joe West, Barry's surrogate father, is coming to grips with the fact that the world of the extraordinary actually does exist. Joe thought he understood what it meant to chase criminals, but now he's facing opponents who can do more than just rob a bank, they can control the weather. Though he knows this remarkable turn of events is Barry's destiny, every time Barry faces danger, Joe is terrified for his surrogate son. While Joe worries about Barry, Barry worries about Joe's daughter Iris, and how his new life as The Flash will change their relationship. Iris and Barry grew up together, and she has always believed in Barry's conviction that unknown forces were at work the night his mother was killed. Barry has kept his romantic feelings for Iris hidden, and now feels he must protect her by keeping his new identity a secret as well. And Iris has a secret of her own — she has been dating her father's partner, Detective Eddie Thawne, who is such a good guy, even Barry finds it hard to hate him. Still, there is tension between Barry and Thawne, who is jealous of Iris' newfound fascination with The Flash and is determined to unmask him. Barry realizes that keeping the secret of his new identity separates him from Iris, even as her growing obsession with uncovering the truth brings her ever closer to The Flash.
Barry has found another kind of surrogate family in the team at Harrison Wells' S.T.A.R. Labs. Wells himself is quickly becoming a second father figure to Barry, who learned about morality and justice from Joe, and is now learning about science and technology from Wells. Wells' ultimate agenda remains somewhat mysterious, but Barry is excited by the grander worldview that has been opened for him, and the friendship he's building with S.T.A.R. lab team members Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon. For Caitlin, who lost her fiancé in the catastrophic explosion, working with Barry is providing a much- needed sense of purpose and a way to deal with her grief. Caitlin's excitement at seeing Barry learn to use his new power is balanced by her growing concern for his safety – she and Cisco have both learned that accidents have devastating consequences. Cisco was a close friend of Caitlin's fiancé and secretly blames himself for the tragedy. A mechanical genius who comes up with amazing gadgets that help Barry control his speed, Cisco is happy to suddenly have a new project –- and a new friend –- in Barry.
While he struggles to combine these two very different groups of people into a crime-fighting unit, Barry is still excited every day by his newfound powers. He is also shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" created in the wake of the accelerator explosion – and not everyone is using the new powers for good. In the months since the accident, the city has seen a sharp increase in missing people, unexplained deaths and other strange phenomena. Barry now has a renewed purpose – using his gift of speed to protect the innocent, while never giving up on his quest to solve his mother's murder and clear his father's name. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become…The Flash.
Now that was a ton of information! At least they are sticking pretty close to many of the origins we've been told of The Flash over the years. Nothing above should really give you much pause on the character or direction of the show.
Having read through the introduction are you looking forward to the pilot episode? Do you think that DC will have the same success here as they have had with 'Arrow'? Share your thoughts below!
Stuart Conover
Stuart Conover is a father, husband, blogger, published author, geek, entrepreneur, editor of Horror Tree, horror fanatic, science fiction junkie, lives in a world of comics, and a casual gamer (all of this when his wife lets him of course.) He fell in love with science fiction and horror at the same time while watching the movie Alien at probably far too young of an age while still being extremely impressionable and has been happily obsessed with both since! Around the same time, he had also developed an unhealthy addiction to comic books that continues to this day!Want to talk about anything geeky? Reach out on Twitter - @StuartConover
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Why was this medieval Roscommon village abandoned centuries ago?
Heritage Week kicks off today, and a talk in Kilkenny on the abandoned medieval village of Rindoon is just one great example of what's on.
The Green Flag Awards recognise parks that are managed in environmentally sustainable ways.
The initiative will apply to all paid-admission sites operated by the OPW from this Saturday.
"I think even born city-dwellers have almost unconscious muscle memory of life in rural Ireland. We all share it," according to designer Deirdre Duffy.
An award-winning Roscommon heritage hero tells us what heritage sites we should visit this weekend.
This Easter, National Pilgrim Paths Week will take place.
Matt Farrell from Co Longford was named Ireland's Heritage Hero at an awards ceremony this week.
The English Market, a fresh food venue and meeting place, is over 200 years old.
If your local authority decides your house or business is a protected structure, what actually happens?
14 Henrietta Street will showcase the long and pockmarked history of Dublin's tenements.
Amateur and professional photographers must submit their photos before next Friday to be in with a chance of winning the cash prize.
We've got a great round-up of events taking place around the country.
The ultimate question in all of this is, 'what we value more as a society'. We can always build more shopping centres or hotels in different city centre sites, but we can never rebuild our history once destroyed, writes Sean Fox.
A team from Ireland and England are trying their hand – with impressive results.
This week the terrorist group destroyed a 2,000 year old temple — but it's not its first time.
A ring fort will be demolished during the second phase of construction.
The couple have received a free holiday to mark the milestone.
Its funding has been decimated but it preserves our historical gems and pulls in tourists – what's not to love?
Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, today announced a fund of €13,000.
Discover this magical ancient site in Co Limerick, and a monastic complex that saved locals from slaughter in Kilkenny as Neil Jackman's Heritage Ireland returns.
The architect laid out a plan whereby the whole community could play a part in rescuing the building and making it into a major tourist attraction.
Not a bad old country.
A screening will be held in Kerry and Leitrim this month, could your area be next?


Stop hiding behind your screen!
Pitching to journalists is hard. Things worth doing normally are. In my 8½ years working in public relations it's become even harder. The media landscape is increasingly fragmented and the role journalists' play has changed dramatically, particularly in B2B sectors.
Even the method of communication has changed. I didn't start my career faxing out press releases, but I have worked with some people that did. We have come a long way since those days and with the power of email also comes a false economy, where some think that hitting send is 'doing' a pitch. Whether you're using email, social media, a handwritten letter or carrier pigeon, without a response you are not having a conversation. And we are in the conversation business, so you have to at least try!
I'm in no way decrying email as a means of pushing out a press release or story. It's a fantastic way to share information with a broad number of journalists quickly and easily. But more worrying is the trend I've seen in recent years, particularly from the next generation of our industry, where email is the only means of communication.
In an increasingly digital world, the act of picking up the phone and speaking to a journalist can make or break your story.
I would argue that this is even truer in B2B, where journalists may simply miss your email amongst the glut of other messages they receive from all the other PRs out there.
Pitching a story is not and should never be done by email alone. Yes, some journalists prefer it and will give you a hard time for calling them. But the vast majority that pick up the phone will listen to what you have to say (so be ready to say it too!).
On the phone, they will also give you feedback, if you ask for it, which is even more important if a story isn't going as planned. This information gives you the power to suggest a change of tack that can be the all-important difference between success and failure.
Beyond 'the pitch', getting out from behind your screen and actually meeting or speaking to journalists can give PRs a much better understanding of the types of stories that the media are looking for. There are a number of organised 'meet the media' type events available to PRs, but these are often higher profile specialist or national journalists. So why not ask your key trade reporter to go for a coffee or a drink after work? If you haven't tried this before, you'll be pleasantly surprised by the response you'll get and the opportunity it gives you to put a face to the name they see in their inbox.
Ultimately, having conversations is at the heart of our profession. For B2B PRs to be successful that's even more important, because we're often dealing with specialist publications that are looking for specific stories or topics. So if I can offer young B2B PRs one piece of advice it is this: Stop hiding behind your screen! Pick up the phone, get out there and meet journalists, and start having real conversations with people (because journalists are people too, remember).


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New Statements About Two Cuban 'Una Noche' Actors Who Vanished Into Miami on Way to Tribeca Film Festival Premiere
New Statements About Two Cuban 'Una Noche' Actors Who Vanished Into Miami on Way to Tribeca Film Festival Premiere
Jay A. Fernandez
Apr 24, 2012 1:21 pm
In a new twist on art-imitating-life-imitating-art, two of the actors from writer-director Lucy Mulloy's Tribeca Film Festival drama "Una Noche" vanished into Miami upon arriving from Cuba on their way to New York last week. The film follows the dangerous path three Cuban teenagers take as they try to leave their homeland for the United States.
According to the Huffington Post, Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian fled into Miami after their plane landed on Wednesday, April 18. They were supposed to accompany Mulloy and co-star Dariel Arrechada to New York for the film's premiere Friday, April 20. None of the filmmakers have seen or heard from them since.
Arrechada, who along with the others was making his first visit to the U.S., will return to Cuba next week before his visa expires.
On Tuesday, Indiewire, which spoke to the four principals in Berlin, obtained these official statements from Mulloy and Arrechada:
"Anailin de la Rua de la Torre and Javier Nunez Florian are such talented actors and wonderful individuals," says Mulloy. "I wish they could have been here in New York City to enjoy the Tribeca Film Festival with their 'Una Noche' co-star Dariel Arrechaga. Though they've made difficult choices about what to do at present, I wish them the very best in all their endeavours and I hope I will get to see them again soon. It was a pleasure working with them. I would love to know that they are well."
Arrechada adds: "I wish my co-stars could be here with me to join all of us in celebrating 'Una Noche' and share in this incredible experience. For each of us, this was our first movie-making experience, and I think we all learned that filmmaking is no easy feat. Though we all miss them, and I miss them very much, I am confident they will do what is best for them. My heart is with them and I hope they are safe and well."
"Una Noche" screens Tuesday, April 24, and Friday, April 27, as part of the world narrative competition program.
This Article is related to: Festivals and tagged Lucy Mulloy, Una Noche


A very small mouse decided it wanted to have a very big adventure. "I'll go and find the biggest creature in the world," it thought. Along the way it meets many different animals and when at last they find the biggest creature, the little mouse feels a great sense of achievement.


How about (x + 7) & !7usize, which can usually be written simply as x + 7 & !7.
@TomP : I don't think it's possible to reduce it to 1 op. You win.
Of course both your approach and mine are susceptible to overflow when x is just slightly less than usize::MAX. I presumed that you didn't care about that condition, since you didn't address it in your code.
Incidentally, your measure of "efficiency", in number of operators, is not what I inferred. I thought that you meant CPU efficiency. Logical And is almost certainly more efficient (in both time and energy) than Divide followed by Multiply. It is also less likely to leak information through a timing side-channel.
What you have is fine, @zeroexcuses; the compiler will turn it into what @TomP said.
This is the kind of simple, local transformation that LLVM is extraordinary good at. Write the clear thing; let LLVM optimize the exact instructions.


Cupid floats are a simple Valentine's Day drink idea that everyone is sure to LOVE! Made with just a couple easy ingredients these drinks are a fun and festive way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
I love to serve these drinks throughout the month of February. Whether you're having a Valentine's Day Game Night with your family, hosting a Galentine's Day Party or just making them to go with your Valentine's Desserts, these drinks are perfect for any occasion.
I know Valentine's Day is typically thought of to be a day of love for you and your sweetheart, but that doesn't mean the kids can't get in on the fun!
My kids and I made these cupid floats several years ago and they have become a Valentines Day tradition in our home. Just like the classic Root Beer Float, this drink is made with soda and ice cream and the result is a creamy, fizzy, FUN thirst quencher!
Cupid Floats are a perfect Valentine's Day drink you can serve with your Valentine dinner, or you can make them as a special after-school treat for the kids. When I was the room mom for my daughter's class last year, we made these floats at their Valentine's Day party and all the kids LOVED drinking from the licorice straw.
To keep the foam to a minimum, I pour the cherry soda in the cup first and then add the ice cream. If you pour the soda on top of the ice cream, then you get a lot more foam.
Here is the simple tutorial, with a video, of how to make these delicious cupid floats.
Cupid floats are a simple Valentine's Day drink idea that everyone is sure to LOVE! Made with just a couple easy ingredients these drinks a fun and festive way to celebrate Valentine's Day.
Add a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream to a drinking cup or mug.
Fill the cup with cherry soda.
Cut the ends off of 1 strand of red licorice, then place into the cup to use as a straw.
Aren't these cupid floats so fun?
Give these a try and let us know how you like them!
these are so super cute! pinned them to my valentines board!
I'm up for any drink that I get to enjoy with a licorice straw!!!
Hahaha! Glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh these really do look like fun, Stephanie! Love how you have served them in jars as well. Thank you for sharing this great way to help celebrate Valentine's Day with your kids at the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Sharing on the H&S Facebook page. Hope you are having a lovely weekend!
So cute! And yummy! Thanks for sharing at Friday Frenzy Link Party! Pinned!!
These are so adorable! Thanks for linking up to the Friday Frenzy!
Looks so yummy AND cute!
I am so in love with this recipe!
Ahh, thanks Dorothy! I appreciate the compliment!


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2013 Grammy Nominations Are Out
by Ethan Maffey
Fun. at Sasquatch
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I'm not a fan of the Grammy Awards. Year after year the bands I love get snubbed. Even the very few bands I listen to that do get nominated don't really have a chance of winning. Though I have to admit, even I see that the status quo might be changing.
Last year, Bon Iver won the Grammy for best new artist— despite the fact that it was for his second album, as well as best alternative album. And the year before that Arcade Fire stunned everyone by winning album of the year, sending every snot-nosed teen in America into a rage of profanity on Twitter.
This year, it appears the Academy might be keeping that track record alive by at least acknowledging— with nominations, some very good bands.
Denver's The Lumineers are nominated for best new artist along with Alabama Shakes and Fun.. The Black Keys are nominated for record and album of the year and M83 is nominated for best alternative music album. There are several other decent nominations and depending on who performs this year— I may even watch. You can check out the full list of nominees here as well as brush up on the trivia of past winners here.
Ethan Maffey
Both a writer and a fan of vinyl records since age 5, it wasn't until nearly three decades later that Oregon Native Ethan Maffey derived a plan to marry the two passions by writing about music. From blogging on MySpace in 2007 and then Blogspot, to launching his own website, 83Music, and eventually freelancing...


Eagle Plaza News – Mayor Breed steps in to expedite the construction of the world's first Leather Plaza!
Thanks to the multi-year effort of the Leather, LGBTQ, and Western SoMa community, along with the guidance from Friends of Eagle Plaza, the world's first leather plaza is on its way to becoming a reality!
Check out the latest article HERE from the Bay Area Reporter where Mayor London Breed, District 8 Supervisor Rafael Mandelman and District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney help sponsor the project.
Keep updated with everything Eagle Plaza over the next few months as fundraising continues and construction begins.
Special thank you to our own Friends of Eagle Plaza Team!
Let's keep our momentum going through 2019!
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The top 10 best informative documentaries of all time
The Best Informative Documentaries
An Inconvenient Truth
The True Cost
The Power Behind Protest In India And China
Bowling For Columbine
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Cove (2009)
Gasland (2010)
This article is a list of the best and most informative documentaries with a heavy lean towards activism. Whether you're looking for an escape valve or want to learn more about the world, these films are sure to be able to satisfy your cravings. From pure entertainment value up to educational enlightenment, there's something for everyone on this list.
Activists are some of the most dedicated people in the world.
They fight for what they believe in and sometimes risk their lives to change this world.
Sometimes activism can be tough to watch because it is so difficult to see someone you care about being attacked for fighting for their beliefs and values.
If you are an activist or simply interested in activism, then this list of docudramas will be right up your alley.
Activism can be a daunting idea to get started with, and these films will help inspire and motivate the next generation of activists.
This list of informative documentaries portrays real-life stories of people who have made significant changes in the world by standing up for what they believe in.
They are full of powerful messages about how anyone can make change happen as long as they're willing to take action!
"An Inconvenient Truth" is a documentary film about global warming, what it means to our world, and how we can stop it
The film was directed by Davis Guggenheim
It features Al Gore's campaign to educate people on climate change as well as his efforts in leading an international treaty negotiation process
It won two Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song (for "I Need Some Sleep")
The movie has been translated into over 30 different languages and has been viewed by millions of people around the world
In 2006, Gore also published an illustrated book version of "An Inconvenient Truth" which sold 2 million copies worldwide
The film grossed over $24 million as of January 2009
It was adapted into the "Live Earth" concert series and inspired the follow-up documentary, ", which first aired on 24th December 2015 (Al Gore is executive producer)
The movie was also re-released in 3D in 2017 for educational purposes
In 2007, a parody version called "An Inconvenient Truth 2: The Search for More Money" starring Al Franken was released by Air America Radio
Blackfish is a documentary about the treatment of killer whales in captivity
The story centers around Tilikum, a whale who has been involved in three human deaths while living at SeaWorld
This film explores the consequences of keeping these huge animals confined and how it affects their health and behavior
In addition to interviews with former trainers, we hear from psychologists and other experts on animal welfare as well as members of the general public who are concerned about what they see when they visit marine parks like SeaWorld
You'll learn that there's no such thing as humane dolphin shows or captive breeding programs for orcas because nothing can replace their life in the wild
We also hear from the CEO of SeaWorld Entertainment, who tries to explain away their actions, as well as the former curator of the Loro Parque in Puerto Rico, who manages and trains the whales there
One of SeaWorld's main fears is that people will stop going to see them when they find out what happens behind closed doors
The filmmakers hope that this film helps us realize how big an effect these marine parks have on orcas and other animals and inspires us to help shut them down
Blackfish received a one-week theatrical run last year before being picked up by Magnolia Pictures for distribution earlier this year
It has also been shown at several festivals worldwide and has been called one of the most influential documentaries of 2013.
The film follows a group of miners in a remote village in Bolivia who go on strike against their exploitative company
After the strikers are violently subdued, they confront the realities of living without work and decide to take back their mine by force
They rally local support for their cause and eventually succeed, but not before enduring many hardships that threaten the livelihoods of themselves and their families
This documentary is an eye-opening look into the lives of those often forgotten by society – working-class people struggling to make ends meet every day
"Salt of the Earth" is about so much more than just one mining town's struggle for justice; it speaks volumes about what it means to be human when everything you love is being taken from you
The film's message is clear: the people united will never be defeated!
Everyone should see this movie – it's a masterpiece of progressive cinema that provides a rare glimpse into an ongoing struggle still going on today
"Salt of the Earth" offers a view of the world, and its political and social problems, which is sorely missing from mainstream film media – a perspective that delves deeper than your average Hollywood blockbuster to expose real-life issues in all their complexity
It's pretty great; I like it. 10/10 would recommend
The True Cost documentary is a must-watch film for everyone to understand the human and environmental costs of fast fashion
The consequences world's thirst for cheap clothes has on pollution in China, slavery in Uzbekistan, and our eyes are opened
To change this, we must first understand it – watch the movie if you want to know more about where your clothes come from, who makes them, and what they cost us all!
A powerful documentary that aims to expose people to aspects of the clothing industry they might not know or have thought about before
And when you do watch The True Cost (out June 11), prepare yourself: You'll never look at your closet—or the world—the same way again
But it's not just about clothes; it is also a discussion of what our society values and where we are headed as a consumer culture
Award-winning documentary "The True Cost" reveals the devastating human and environmental costs of fast fashion, urging viewers to be more mindful consumers
In the past decade, a new wave of activism has swept through India and China as people take to the streets to demand more from their governments, with varying degrees of success.
This documentary looks at what lies behind this recent surge in protests – examining how grassroots movements have gained momentum, why some protests are tolerated while authorities crush others, and how these demonstrations may shape politics for years to come
The Corporation is a documentary film about the nature and history of corporations. The film explores how corporations have been affected by society and how they, in turn, affect society.
It examines various aspects of corporate activity, including production and consumption; competition with other businesses; advertising to consumers; lobbying government; relations with labor unions and environmental groups; research and development of new products (and destruction or pollution of the environment); global reach through trade agreements such as NAFTA, GATT, WTO, etc.; economic dominance over small countries such as Haiti (via IMF loans) or Jamaica (via bauxite mining).
The film's director Mark Achbar says that it "explores the complexities of what we call 'the corporation'… We don't think of them as evil, we don't want to get rid of them. They take all kinds of different forms, but they are increasingly becoming an extremely dominant force in our society and culture."
The Corporation is co-produced by Levitt Gail (Andrea & Barrie) and Achbar Michael. It was directed by Mark Achbar and Canadian journalist Joel Bakan. The film was released theatrically in Canada on March 12, 2004, and had a limited United States release from May 27 – June 3, 2005, for Academy Award consideration.
In 2005 the film won the Genie Award for 'Best Documentary.' Since its theatrical release, it has been translated into 22 languages and shown in more than 60 countries worldwide.
"Bowling for Columbine" is a documentary by Michael Moore
The film focuses on the events leading up to and including the 1999 Columbine High School massacre, as well as broader themes of gun violence in America
Moore points out that many mass shootings in America are committed with legally obtained firearms, often purchased at local stores near the school or workplace of the shooter's victims
He also argues that most Americans believe they live in a violent society because they have been conditioned to see images of violence from an early age through TV news coverage and video games, which cause desensitization to real-life atrocities like war
To prevent future tragedies like Columbine, he suggests that the American public must change their values and way of life to focus less on material possessions and more on family values
Moore also highlights America's apparent obsession with handguns that crime rates for most countries have remained stable or dropped while in the United States, they have skyrocketed even though we don't manufacture or sell nearly as many guns as these other countries do
He states that this is because handguns are designed to kill people, whereas assault weapons are designed to kill a lot of people quickly during the war which makes them far more dangerous than handguns
Additionally, he argues that there should be more gun control laws across the board but especially when it comes to semi-automatic rifles such as the AR15, which carry large magazines capable of firing off dozens of rounds in a matter of seconds
Moore also addresses the issue of the NRA, which states it believes that "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."
He counters this statement by saying that since Columbine, many other shootings have been stopped by people who carry guns (police officers or armed citizens) but not because they are armed themselves; rather, they were able to stop or stall the shooter before he could inflict more damage and harm innocent lives
The film is a documentary about the presidency of George W. Bush and his role in leading America into the Iraq War
It explores how, during both terms as president, he pushed for a more aggressive military policy than had previously been seen in American foreign policy
The film alleges that one of Bush's motivations was to secure oil supplies for his friends in Texas and make money from it
Fahrenheit 9/11 became an international box office success, grossing $222 million worldwide by November 2004
The film also won several awards, including the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or
Metacritic in 2016 ranked it as an 8th-most acclaimed documentary film to date
It was released on DVD and VHS later that year
This also led to accusations that Moore had lied in interviews about the budget of the film
As a result of this, Southeastern Asset filed suit against him for violating his contractual agreement with them not to disparage its investors or assets, and Moore countersued
In February 2011, the parties agreed that they would dismiss their respective suits and let "the people decide" who is right
The Cove is a 2009 documentary film directed by Louis Psihoyos and produced by Fisher Stevens
It tells the story of Ric O'Barry's quest to stop dolphin hunting in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan
The movie follows his attempts to thwart Japanese fishers who catch dolphins for meat or sell them into captivity to aquariums around the world
With help from local activists, he trains dolphins so they can find and alert divers when whales are being killed nearby
Filmmakers captured underwater footage of dolphin killings that had never been seen before
They also documented how dolphins are captured in steel nets then sorted according to size, sex and species before being taken away on boats
Each year, about 23,000 dolphins and small whales are hunted or trapped in Japan
About 10,000 of these animals die as a direct result of the hunt
The film premiered at the 26th Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2009
After three weeks in theaters and gaining $2 million worldwide, The Cove was the top-grossing documentary of 2010 relative to budget and number of theaters screened
In addition to commercial success, it received critical acclaim by winning numerous awards, including Best Documentary from several critics associations
It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2010 but lost to Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson 14/01/11
Gasland is a 2010 documentary about hydraulic fracturing (fracking)
The film argues that fracking poses many threats to the environment and human health
It features interviews with people who live near gas drilling sites, including homeowners whose water supplies were contaminated
The film also includes footage of tap water that has been set on fire due to methane contamination from nearby natural gas wells
Filmmaker Josh Fox was sued by energy companies for copyright infringement after he used clips from their films in his movie without permission
Gasland won several awards at festivals around the world, including Best Documentary Feature at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and the 2011 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
The fracking industry and government officials criticized the film, which prompted some theaters to refuse to screen it
Energy In Depth (EID), an oil and gas industry group, has been critical of Fox's films Gasland and Gasland Part II.
Some feel that they can't impact society, and others suffer from fear or guilt. Those who do not step up for what they believe in will be condemned by history as we move forward into the future, so it's essential to take action now. For those looking for inspiration, always remember our favorite informative documentaries!