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Recent images from the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft reveal long rows of craterlike depressions lining the flanks of ancient Martian volcanoes in the planet's vast Tharsis region. Rather than being the result of impact events, these "pit chains" were likely caused by underground lava flows — and could be prime places to look for life.
Like similar features found on Earth, lava tubes on Mars are the result of rivers of magma that carved channels beneath the surface. When these channels empty out, a hollow tube is left. If the roof of a particularly large tube is near the surface, the roof can eventually collapse, creating a surface depression — or in some cases, opening up to the surface entirely.
Even though volcanism on Mars isn't currently active — the last eruptions probably took place at least a million years ago — the features left by volcanic activity are still very much present today and probably well-preserved beneath the Martian surface.
Shielded from harsh solar and cosmic radiation, the interior of such lava tubes could provide a safe haven for microbial life — especially if groundwater had found its way inside at some point.
Even though the surface of Mars can receive 250 times the radiation levels found on Earth, the layers of soil and rock surrounding the tubes can provide adequate protection for life, whether it be ancient Martian microbes or future explorers from Earth.
Of course, water and protection from radiation aren't the only factors necessary for life. There also needs to be some source of heat. Fortunately, the pit chains imaged by Mars Express happen to be within one of the most volcano-laden areas of the Red Planet, a region called the Arcadia quadrangle. Within this area exist some of the largest volcanoes on Mars — and the Tractus Catena pits are located right in the middle of them.
If there ever was a heat source beneath the surface of Mars, there's a good chance it would have been here.
And if our own planet is any measure of such things, where there's heat and water, there is often some form of life — however extreme the conditions may be.
"I'd like to see us land on a volcano," Tracy Gregg, a volcanologist with the University of Buffalo, told Universe Today back in 2004. "Right on the flanks. Often the best place to look for evidence of life on any planet is near volcanoes.
"That may sound counterintuitive, but think about Yellowstone National Park, which really is nothing but a huge volcano," Gregg elaborated. "Even when the weather in Wyoming is 20 below zero, all the geysers, which are fed by volcanic heat, are swarming with bacteria and all kinds of happy little things cruising around in the water. So, since we think that the necessary ingredients for life on Earth were water and heat, we are looking for the same things on Mars."
Space news from NBCNews.com
Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: "Astronaut Abby" is at the controls of a social-media machine that is launching the 15-year-old from Minnesota to Kazakhstan this month for the liftoff of the International Space Station's next crew.
- Buzz Aldrin's vision for journey to Mars
- Giant black hole may be cooking up meals
- Watch a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse online
- Teen's space mission fueled by social media
Could there still be geothermal activity beneath the Martian surface?
"I strongly suspect there are still molten (or at least mushy) magma bodies beneath the huge Tharsis volcanoes," Gregg said. (Read the full article here.)
On Earth, lava tubes, caves and underground spaces of all kinds harbor life, often specialized forms that are found no place else. Could this be (or have once been) the case on Mars as well? Only future exploration will tell. Until then, places like Tractus Catena will remain on scientists' short list of places to look.
Read more on the ESA website here.
Jason Major is a graphic designer living in Dallas, Texas. He writes about astronomy and space exploration here on Universe Today and also on his blog Lights In The Dark, Discovery News and National Geographic News.
This report originally appeared on Universe Today as an article titled "Could There Be Life in Them Thar Pits?"
Copyright © 2013 Universe Today. Republished with permission.


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Eagle eyed Zipper-watchers will recognise this from the mini-album the _Stereo and God_ from all the way back in November 2003 which, along with two others, has been re-recorded for the latest long-player The Heartlight Set. A bit cheeky you might think but the jury is veering in their favour as 1 is as lush and undeniably lovely as a summer single should be (and it is still summer, I checked).
As a real life couple, this love song could have been a little too saccharine if not for the fact that you never feel Vinny is directly addressing Tabitha Tindale, obviously aware that such Sonny-and-Cherisms would break the spell the song expertly casts. Add this to the fact that this new version brings the low-fi rhythm section punchily to the fore and you are left with a song that, despite having a male vocal, could nestle comfortably next to Driving on 9 on the Breeders' Last Splash. Praise doesn't come much higher than that.
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Muncie's City Council is holding a "SPECIAL HEARING" on their proposed rental property registration ordinance this coming Monday evening, December 19, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the Muncie City Hall auditorium!!!
ALL City of Muncie investment property owners and renters will be subject to this new ordinance whereas the City of Muncie will force properties to be registered and subject to inspection! (see the attached ordinance)
There is already ordinances, the Delaware County Building Commissioner and the Delaware County Health Department established to protect citizens from unhealthy conditions and substandard housing. This new legislation is nothing more than to create more bureaucracy, new revenues through additional fees and expand local government that already can't pay it's own way or enforce the existing ordinances already on the books.
Be there if you want to be heard!


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Agenda: December 18, 2012 Networks PEG Meeting
Networks Policy Expert Group
Date: December 18, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. *
Location:1900 SW 4th Avenue,Portland, Conference Room 4A
*Note change in meeting date, time and location
Introductions (1:00 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Review of Meeting Agenda, Reflections on November Equity Workshop, and Schedule for Upcoming Meetings (1:05 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Owens
Description: Review of meeting agendas and schedule for upcoming meetings:
- January 15: 1:00 – 3:30 pm –- Transit
- January 30: 3:00 – 5:30 pm –- Review of draft Plan Update document
Freight's Role in Meeting Economic Development Goals (1:15 p.m.)
Presenter: Steve Kountz, BPS
Description: Presentation on City's economic development goals, the role of freight in meeting those goals, and how current land use designations accommodate freight and respond to economic development goals.
Policy questions to be addressed include:
- What changes to the comprehensive plan are needed to respond to anticipated growth needs?
- How can the role of freight in meeting the City's economic development goals be enhanced?
- How can economic prosperity be accommodated within a green hierarchy?
Related Materials:
- To be provided.
Freight Network and Sustainable Freight Strategy (1:45 p.m.)
Presenter: Bob Hillier, PBOT
Description: Presentation the City's existing freight network, classifications, and Sustainable Freight Policy, to be followed by discussion on policy questions including:
- How can differing mobility needs within industrial areas best be accommodated?
- How can freight mobility best be accommodated outside of industrial areas?
- Does the City's approach to freight mobility achieve equity objectives?
- How is a Stainable Freight Strategy integrated with Civic Corridors and other Comprehensive Plan elements?
Related Materials:
- To be provided.
Briefing on New Apartments and Parking (2:45 p.m.)
Presenter: Matt Wickstrom, BPS
Description: Informational briefing on recent Bureau research and analyses on new apartments and parking, followed by a Question/Answer session.
Note: This is an informational session only and will not be a discussion of policy. A more thorough discussion will occur on December 20 (8:00-10:00 am) before the Neighborhood Centers PEG.
Related Materials:
Public Comment (3:15 p.m.)
Wrap Up (3:25 p.m.)
Presenter: Jim Owens, Facilitator
Description: Summary of actions, schedule and assignments
Adjourn (3:30 p.m.)
For more information, please contact either Courtney Duke, PBOT at 503-823-7265 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Jim Owens, Facilitator at 503-278-3452 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Japan Airlines (JAL) today announced revisions made to its route, flight frequency and fleet plans for the remaining of fiscal year 2012, the year ending March 31, 2013, highlighted by the launch of two new routes using the latest Boeing 787-8, and also the deployment of this revolutionary aircraft on existing routes to raise service levels and profitability.
On its international network, as was announced, the 787-8 will be used to inaugurate the world's first and only nonstop flight between San Diego (USA) and Asia with the service from Tokyo (Narita) commencing in December, and to start direct flights between Narita and Helsinki (Finland) in March 2013. More imminently, the 787-8 will be used for the additional daily service between Narita and Singapore slated to begin from October 28, 2012, increasing weekly flights to the city-state from 14 to 21. On the other hand, to meet the thriving demand for flights to and from New Delhi, JAL will increase flight frequency from 5 to 7 weekly round-trip flights along with upsizing the aircraft used on the Narita=New Delhi route to 777-200ERs. To more closely align supply with demand, adjustments are also made to the aircraft assignments for flights to and from China and Taiwan.
Domestically, flight frequencies on certain routes will be modified to match demand and the changes in travel patterns of customers influenced in part by the change in seasons. Additionally, current services between Tokyo (Haneda), as well as Osaka (Kansai) and Ishigaki will become nonstop both ways after the official opening of the New Ishigaki Airport.
The 787-8 is scheduled to be placed back in service on the route between Tokyo (Haneda) and Beijing from September 16, 2012, after a temporary switch to the current 767-300ER. Following that, 787-8s will be used for daily flights between Tokyo (Haneda and Narita), and Singapore after mid-October.


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Social Haven has complete support for Calendars, Events and RSVPs. Because of the ambiguity of the term "Event", (and the amount of features stuffed into it) we named it something unique: Occasions.
It doesn't matter if you are a private school, a private teacher, a sports club or a Members Only club -- you need a calendar. You need a way to communicate dates and locations for events, gatherings and parties. The very nature of your relationship is based on getting together.
"You know this. We know this. Everyone knows this."
We also know that it is not easy. (Unless you use Social Haven of course)
If you were to ask the next 2 strangers that walk by you what a calendar is used for, I am willing to bet that they would give you 2 different answers. In fact, when we were designing the Occasions feature in Social Haven, we came up with 4 different use cases.
And this is how we solved it: (deep breathe)
Simple Schedule
Informational in nature. You don't expect people to RSVP. They are likely interested in what's coming up, but will only rarely need to synchronize it with their calendar.
- Users are not allowed to RSVP to these types of occasions.
- Users CAN download them to their own calendar.
- Type: Schedule
- Options: None
Throw Back Thursday
Taco Tuesday
Pajama Friday
Weekly Company Meeting
Presentation or Gathering
You are orchestrating a gathering. You don't know exactly how many people are coming, but you need to have a good guess so you can plan accordingly. You expect people to RSVP before coming.
- In order to RSVP, the user must provide a count of how many people they represent.
- The creator of the occasion puts a limit to how many total attendees each RSVP can represent.
- Type: Event
- Options: Track Attendees
Ice Cream Social
PTA Meeting
Open House
Potluck or Work Session
You have an occasion where you expect people to bring items or be responsible for a particular job.
- When users RSVP they must select the items they will be responsible for.
- You can determine the min/max items per RSVP.
- Type: Event
- Options: Inventory
Holiday Luncheon
Weekend Volunteer Work
Official Event
You have a limited number of seats. The only way people can come is if they RSVP.
- First come first serve for RSVPs.
- Users must pick their type of reservation.
- Type: Event
- Options: RSVP Limit, Inventory
Coldplay Concert
Some Extra Details
- Occasions support "draft mode" publishing. This means you can pre-build them before they go live.
- All occasions can target specific groups or classes.
- You can create a single Schedule, have occasions for different classes in that Schedule, and only the people in that class can see it.
- All RSVPs can be exported to excel.
- You can have people fill out a form after they RSVP that they are attending.
- You can manage RSVPs from the admin console. (though you are required to ensure users are updated)
- Though supported, changing an event time and/or location is a dangerous operation.
- Users will not get a push notification of any changes.
- If they have downloaded the occasion to their calendar, they will get a badge notification and a red dot letting them know it has changed. [so they can re-download]
- All changes should be communicated to users manually, there are too many moving parts to rely 100% on the system.
One Take Away
We currently do NOT support any type of recurrence. After seeing all of the above functionality, you can imagine how complex life would be if each of those allowed for recurrence. Until we implement recurrence (and I'm not promising we will), you can copy any occasion with the click of a button and change anything you like on the new instance.
Most people use some free web platform that handles one of those use cases. When it doesn't fit the bill, they have one of their staff members fill in the gaps. E-mails, papers, lists, text messages - you name it.
Managing occasions with Social Haven is the simpler way.
Your members already have the app. No extra user names, no extra websites, no advertising. And as a user told us last week:
"This is just beautiful."


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Colombia – Give Peace a Chance
All we are saying, is give peace a chance.
These words from John Lennon's first solo single still ring true today, especially in Colombia. Lennon quipped the phrase during their bed-in (rather than than a sit-in) honeymoon in Montreal, Canada in 1969.
Certainly, this still rings true in Colombia. The Colombian population has grown tired of 50 plus years of conflict. Although, most of this occurs in the fringes of the country, it still is a wearisome process.
In late August in a poll by Invamer Gallup, 63.8% of the people polled indicated that they would vote for peace if it was put to a referendum, although in Medellin only 53.5% would do so. In the same poll, approximately 50% of the respondents said that they would turn out to vote, if the deal was put to a referendum.
Interestingly enough, not all of the population want peace. There are personal interest groups and others, including the former President Alvaro uribe who have resisted these efforts, at least in this form, to have peace.
The end of the 40th round of peace talks in August, showed a great deal of concrete dialogue and was marked by the lowest level of violence since 1974 according to CERAC, the Resource Centre for Conflict Analysis. http://blog.cerac.org.co/primer-reporte-de-monitoreo-mensual-de-las-medidas-de-desescalamiento-del-conflicto-armado-interno-en-colombia
These negotiations have been ongoing for three years. The two sides have reached tentative agreements on three points – land, political participation and illegal drugs. The thorniest issues remain – disarmament and transitional justice.
Of course other important matters linger. Many of the victims of this conflict have been women, indigenous and Afro-Colombian. Their voice is not well represented at these talks. After an agreement is reached what challenges will Colombia face ? Demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants is not an easy task. Is the military prepared to adjust to new missions ? How will they respond to the natural tendency for some ex-combatants to drift towards the military and criminal elements ? As the people move back on to the land, what about the risk of deforestation ?
The Colombian government is well aware of the controversy, conflict and challenges remaining. The future for Colombia is very bright. The elimination of this problem and an increased level of security – at least perceived by the rest of the world will be highly beneficial to Colombian tourism.
No matter what a foreigner might perceive from reading some the Western media, Colombia is very safe and only in the outlying areas, where a tourist should not be traveling, is there a security risk.
The Colombian tourism slogan from a few years ago, still applies true today. 'The only risk is not wanting to leave.'
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Caught With My Bytes UnzippedFebruary 12th, 2007
I'm working on an application that has some simple networking needs, among them fetching small bits of data off of a variety of user-configured web sites. Since the needs are so straight-forward I thought using NSURL and its "resourceDataUsingCache:" method would be the way to go. It so happens that this application already has a separate thread running when the data is needed, so the synchronous call is fine:
NSData* myWebData = [myURL resourceDataUsingCache:NO];
This works amazingly well and reliably returns the contents of the specified URL, exactly as you'd expect. Unless the server decided to zip encode the data! In this case, you'll get back data that for all intents and purposes looks completely wacked.
The problem stems from the fact that NSURL's data loading mechanism passes the following header to the server when requesting the URL:
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
But when the server complies and returns the data, NSURL shrugs and passes it straight back to the caller, without doing us the favor of unzipping it.
Becky Willrich acknowledged the bug in NSURL a few years ago, and suggested using a lower level API to work around the problem. She also identified an insidious aspect to the bug, which is that a server won't necessarily give you zipped data just because you offered to handle it. In fact, a server that is in the habit of giving zipped data may choose not to if there doesn't seem to be a benefit to doing so. In particular, if the cargo is so small that it would be more trouble to zip it than to just send it.
So why am I writing about this? Mainly to publish a simple workaround to the problem, using a slightly more complicated set of classes and parameter values, but ultimately being almost as simple as the original:
NSError* theError;
NSURLResponse* theResponse;
NSURLRequest* urlRequest =
[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:myURL
NSData* myWebData =
[NSURLConnection sendSynchronousRequest:urlRequest
Monitoring the situation with tcpdump from the command line, I see that the same zipped content is being requested and received, but evidently NSURLConnection is kind enough to perform the extra step of unzipping it for me. Whoo!
Note that the methods used require 10.2 with Safari 1.0 installed, or 10.2.7 or later.


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Peter Hegg, CCIM | Chairman of the Board | Hegg Companies, Inc.
Peter presently serves on the Advisory Council on Small Business and Labor, which assists the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. The council helps the Reserve Bank's Board of Directors by providing perspectives on economic information and reactions to policy positions. He also has served on several other boards and commissions. He is a former chairman and member of the South Dakota Real Estate Commission; a former regent at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.; former board member of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce; past chairman and board member of South Dakota Diversified Credit Services; past board member of the Days Inn Franchise Advisory Committee; past board member of Days Inns of America Inc.; and a past or present board member of other organizations and companies throughout the region and the United States.
He is also a 50 percent stockholder in three John Deere agricultural dealerships in northwest Iowa, and the owner of the Circle H Ranch hunting lodge in Gregory, S.D. He graduated from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and majors in speech and economics.
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Professor Chris Young of MML, with colleagues from UC San Diego and the Woodrow Wilson Center, explores performance-enhancing drugs in Cold War era sport.
A state-sponsored doping programme in Cold War era East Germany ensured victory on the athletic track: but at the cost of physical and psychological damage to athletes.
The Cold War was an era of superpower politics and intense competition between nations, which often spilled over into the world of sports.
A series of podcasts, presented by Vince Hunt of the Wilson Center Digital Archive, and directed by Professor Christopher Young (University of Cambridge), Professor Robert Edelman (UC San Diego) and Dr. Christian Ostermann (Woodrow Wilson Center, Cold War International History Project), examines the controversies and competitive politics that fuelled Cold War era sporting events.
The full series of podcasts can be heard on Soundcloud.
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MBA , CCO Promethera Biosciences Group (Belgium) & Managing Director of Promethera Biosciences LLC (USA)
Mark is a biotech leader with over 20 years' experience in the field and has a record of turning projects into successful products. He has held various senior level positions in several regenerative medicine companies such as Founder and President of ADMET Technologies - a cell based assay company, President of Vesta Therapeutics - a liver stem cell therapy company (acquired by Cytonet in 2009), and President & COO of Cytonet LLC (acquired by Promethera in 2016).
At Promethera, Mark is responsible for all US operations including Organ Procurement Organization management, cell manufacturing according to GMP, commercial manufacturing of Heparesc, managing relationships with KOL's and patient advocacy groups, as well as starting and managing multiple revenue programs. Mark is a board member of Donate Life North Carolina which has the objective to foster organ donation within the state of North Carolina.
Mark received his MBA from the London Business School, and a BS in the Physical Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park.


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NORFOLK, Va. — Prosecutors say charges have been dropped against Virginia woman who sent her daughter to school with a recording device after the 9-year-old said she was being bullied.
Sarah Sims told WAVY-TV in Portsmouth that she repeatedly reached out to administrators after her daughter complained about being bullied, but got no response. She put a digital recorder in her daughter's backpack in September to get proof. School officials found it and moved the girl to another classroom.
Norfolk police charged Sims with illegally intercepting oral communications, a felony; and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanour.
The Norfolk Commonwealth's Attorney's Office said Wednesday a judge granted its motion to dismiss charges.
Norfolk Public Schools said in a statement Wednesday that a thorough investigation is done for accusations of bullying.


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X-Men Destiny's third character
By: DragonKiss83 May 19, 2011 | 8 Comments
And now for the last character you can use.
His name is Grant Alexander.
He is a Georgia boy who has moved to California and is on the varsity football team when he realizes he's a mutant. As with the other characters you will be able to pick his base power and have it evolve as you play. But from what I've read the character selection is mostly about background and personality. You will have the option to basically have your character play however you want. So the the answer to almost all of your questions about how does the game play is it depends on how you play.
source http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/167325-exclusive-revealing-grant-in-x-men-destiny
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Bowser's Inside Story, love it or hate it?
By: grey walrus Jan 10, 2011 | 6 Comments
Been playing this DS game, and frankly I'm sick of it.
Alright. So I've been playing this game for a while, and don't get me wrong it's not a horrible game, but it is not at all what I was hoping for. I played both of the predecessors, and loved them, but I can't really stand this game. They said it's full of variety, but it's not. You spend most of the game playing as bowser. Which isn't bad at first, but after a while you get sick of him, and want to go back to the Mario and Luigi games you already know and love.
The graphics are good. The comedy is what I've come to expect from this line of games and it's great. I just get sick of playing as bowser, just to play as mario and luigi for a few minutes to help out the bowser play. I don't know. I have two boss battles left and I've lost almost all of my momentum. I'm pretty sick of the game.
Have you guys played this? Have you played the others? Did you like this one? Tell me why or why not.
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Opinion: Are RPGs Fit for Handheld Systems?
By: jalexbrown Oct 16, 2009 | 1 Comments
My opinion on RPGs on handheld systems.
So I've been playing Star Ocean: First Departure on the PSP. It's a good game - you can find my first impressions on here somewhere - but as I was playing it, I started thinking about RPGs on handhelds. Are RPGs really fit to be on handheld systems? I remember back when I was playing Pokemon on the Gameboy Color, It was great fun, and a huge part of the reason it was fun was because you could save anywhere, at any time, and pick the game up any time later and continue. Anyone who's an RPG gamer can probably relate to this frustration: Well, I stopped playing X for a couple of weeks, and now I have to start all over; I can't remember what was happening. It can be the most frustrating thing in the world, and the frustration increases tenfold on a system that you may only pick up twice a month.
RPGs are story-driven, and they require a high level of commitment in order to beat them. From my experience with people who play handhelds, they can't or won't give that sort of commitment to a handheld system. They want their DS or PSP for short spurts of fun while they're waiting for something else. If I look back to Pokemon, I remember being able to play that for a mere five minutes and turning it off; good times indeed. Then I look at First Departure, and I see a problem. I was in a dungeon, and I spent forty minutes in this one dungeon. The dungeon had exactly two save points throughout, and ironically both were placed near the tail end of the dungeon. Had I gotten halfway through the dungeon and then that something happened and I had to turn the PSP off, I would have been screwed. And if I was going to go a couple weeks before I turned my PSP back on, I'd be even more screwed.
This isn't a problem that plauges First Departure exclusively, either. I went a whopping two weeks without playing Crisis Core, and I suddenly realized it was time to start over. Needless to say, in my frustration I decided to play something else instead. I really, really wanted to play Crisis Core, but the idea of starting over was revolting at best.
I hope game designers can take a lesson from all of this. RPGs can be great on handheld systems so long as they're designed from the ground up as a handheld experience. Designers need to consider things such as distance between save points and lengths of time spend absent from the game. Once these two things are considered, maybe we'll end going full circle and getting a great handheld RPG that plays like Pokemon.
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Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift for the DS, better late than never.
By: dragonkiss83 Sep 24, 2012 | 3 Comments
I won the game back in June from here and have played enough for my review.
I've got to start by saying thanks again to Gouki.com for making me Jimmy of the Month back in June and hooking me up with another great game. This time around was even better. Not only did I get the copy of Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Grimoire of the Rift for this review, but I also have a copy of Dead or Alive 5 coming.
This review has taken me forever for a few reasons. The first is that I'm not that big of a fan of the Nintendo DS, so it's my son's system I played it on. If it was on a real system this would have been done a long time ago.
If you have ever played any of the Final Fantasy Tactics games you know that they are incredible. You can spend countless hours building a clan and doing all kinds of side quests. You have a few characters that have to join your team and and endless supply of others that you can recruit if you want.
The story is that you are a kid who ends up sucked into Ivalice through a magic book. Sounds pretty familiar. He crash lands in the middle of a battle so you are forced to join the clan to survive. You have to battle your way around to fill the magic book (grimoire) to find your way back home. You encounter some odd characters as you play and there is a ton of time put on they main story. And even after you finish it you can keep going. You actually have to if you want to collect all the unique characters, such as Vann and Penelo. And in the above picture you see the Seeq from Final Fantasy 12 I think and they are playable for the first time. The Gria are entirely new.
And if you have never played any of the Tactics games I should tell you it's a turn based RPG and you move across grids, think checkers. The stages you play in aren't exactly ground breaking but the are rendered pretty nicely. The music is also pretty standard and repetitive. There is no voice acting so be ready for a lot of reading, or skipping text if that's your thing. I've put in over 40 hours at this point and am still running around doing side quests so I'm not let down at all by the game.
And my son loved the bonus.
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Becoming aware of the value of water
Age group:
Students ages 8 and 9
February and March
Time required:
2 hours and 30 minutes
Area of learning:
- Environment and consumption
Financial and cooperative skills
- Understanding the effects of humans on the environment
- Using goods and services responsibly
- Prioritizing wants and needs
Students learn about the importance of wastewater treatment and uses of drinking water.
Task objectives
At the end of this task, students will learn that water must be treated for drinking¸ which entails costs.
- Time required:
30 minutes
- Lead a discussion with students about drinking water.
- Visit the following sites together:
- La magie de l'eau (in French only)
Teacher's notes
Questions to discuss with students:
- Is all the water in the world suitable for drinking?
- Is saltwater (97.5% of the Earths water) suitable for drinking?
- Is it safe to drink rain water?
- Is lake and river water ok?
- How do you get drinking water?
Task objectives
At the end of this task, students will understand that water is consumed for both basic and non-essential needs.
- Time required:
60 minutes
- Lead a brainstorm with students about the possible uses of water. Write ideas on large poster or on the board.
- Form teams of 4 students.
- Ask teams to make a list of the essential uses of water.
- Go over it as a group and ask the teams to share their ideas.
- Lead a discussion to get a class consensus about the essential uses of water.
Teacher's notes
- Some uses for water at home: baths, showers, laundry, washing, drinking and cooking, toilet (discuss dual flush toilets).
- Examples of non-essential uses: washing the car, filling he pool, watering the lawn, etc.


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Along with watery diarrhea, Cambodians are worried about cholera, with several outbreaks occurring this year.
Across Cambodia about 4,000 women work as beer promoters in hundreds of beer halls.
Diarrhea can be dangerous because it causes dehydration.
The most serious cases occurred in Ratanakkiri province, where 15 people died in just over two weeks in April.
Lawmakers and health officials from the UN are meeting Friday over the country's progress on maternal mortality and gender equality.
Authorities in Takeo province killed more than 20,000 ducks in February, resulting in losses of thousands of dollars.
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Learn how to use computer technology to make a positive difference in the world. As the role of computers in society continues to grow, the graduates of computer science schools are in a unique position to have a significant effect on our lives both in the workplace and at home. That's why we strive to make our Geneva College computer science major different from any other computer science degree in PA. In addition to teaching excellence in the technical skills you want from a computer science college, our faculty puts the significance of those skills in perspective according to biblical ethics, with the goal of producing servant-leaders who understand the responsibility that comes with the ability to affect God's people and His world to control technology that weaves through every aspect of contemporary life.
Choosing Geneva College will allow you to develop your God-given talents and abilities in an atmosphere where a Christian perspective on life is the norm. Integrating faith with preparation for a career is a vital part of the Geneva College experience – making our Computer Science program different from the standard computer science degree in PA.
And where many computer science colleges teach effective skills – from programming and mathematics to software engineering and computer networking classes – Geneva College teaches all that and more. Where we differ from typical computer science colleges in Pennsylvania, we provide a "Big Tent" approach that exposes you early to the multidimensional nature of computer science and the many opportunities for study in the field. Your foundational classes will cover areas including:
Your further studies might include:
We are also one of the few schools in the world – and the only institution in the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities – to offer a program in data science.
Our program also provides depth you won't get from a typical computer science degree in PA by pairing your computer science major with a minor or second major that helps you develop an understanding of the far-reaching, interdisciplinary effect of your skills.
As a computer science major, you'll complete 43-49 credits of core undergraduate courses in addition to your primary major curriculum. Your primary major must be combined with another major or minor course of study, such as:
Any other major or minor offered at Geneva (with the exception of basic computer and software courses designed for students from other majors).
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Today, I am welcoming Chassie Lee to share her perspective on speed reading on PhD Talk. Chassie is the Content Expert for eReflect – creator of 7 Speed Reading, which is currently being used by tens of thousands of happy customers in over 110 countries.
One of the most daunting aspects of studying for a PhD is the sheer amount of reading you've got to do. Even if you thought you had your reading load under control when you were working on your Masters, you might be overwhelmed now by the seemingly endless streams of information you need to navigate in order to fully research your topic, and keep up with any new developments in your field. So how can you speed through those mountains of manuscripts, both online and in print? Speed reading, that's how.
You might think that speed reading is just hype - that no one can flip through pages and get the relevant information they need without reading word by word and line by line. While it's true that some speed reading claims are exaggerated, many of the techniques that speed readers use not only let you read faster, they help you categorize and remember the facts and figures in the text you're reading. Below are just some of the ways that speed reading improves the way you handle your reading workload.
Speed reading saves you time by cutting out clutter.
To save time in the end, start by taking the time to categorize your reading material. When you learn the speed reading techniques of scanning and skimming you'll be able to quickly sort through documents and classify them into three categories:
• things you need to read now for pertinent and/or timely information
• things you need to read later for general research and fact-finding
• things that might have useful information but aren't immediately relevant
Once you've grouped the most important papers together, you'll have a much smaller pile in front of you. This simple visual will provide a subliminal reassurance that you don't have to be as stressed out about the quantity of documents, which will help you focus on the material you're reading. You'll find that when you have this relaxed focus, your concentration will improve, and you'll be able to get through the papers more quickly.
You can also de-clutter your online documents by learning how to use automatic news feeds. Setting up keywords that target your specific topic will bump those publications to the top of your online lists, and you won't have to waste time scrolling through articles that don't apply to your field of research.
Speed reading teaches you how to identify key information.
Another speed reading technique that helps you locate and remember the information you need is related to fixation expansion. Your eyes will be trained to take in larger groups of words at once, rather than reading one word at a time. These word groups are centered on key vocabulary words, rather than on "filler" words that your brain automatically processes. Once your eyes have stopped on the word cluster containing the targeted term(s), you can quickly make a note of the relevant information before continuing to read. By taking notes, you'll stimulate other areas of your brain linked to motor movements and memory processing, which will help ensure that you remember this information more easily in the future.
After taking the notes, be sure to make an archive of what you've read, and save that along with the written or online notes you've been taking. Use the same key vocabulary words you were focused on, and add tags or bookmarks to help you locate specific graphs, charts, statistics, or quotes when you need to reference that document in the future.
Speed reading helps you enjoy the process.
You're in a doctoral program because you're passionate about what you're doing, but the more your stress levels rise, the more there's a danger that your passion will turn from love to hate. When you've learned to use speed reading techniques to help you classify, comprehend, and catalog your documents, you'll have more time to focus on writing your dissertation, or on preparing for your oral and written exams. And you'll have more time to yourself - time you can use to relax, to take a quick weekend break with friends, or just to spend time at home with a glass of wine or a cup of tea and a good fiction book (that best-seller all your non-doctoral friends are talking about, for example).
Finally, for those of you who are reading this because you're thinking about going for a PhD, remember that speed reading can help you prepare for and score well on your entrance exams - and you'll use the same techniques to sail through your years of study and writing afterwards.


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The development process for a novel drug -- from the discovery of a drug candidate through the preclinical trial phase, on to clinical trial phases 1, 2 and 3 and finally commercialization -- normally requires 10 years and at least 1 trillion won ($858 million).
What innovative biotech startups do to sustain their businesses, therefore, is license drug candidates out to other firms for co-development in the early stages, in exchange for a fee and a cut of the royalties.
But while out-licensing deals get extensive media coverage, the in-licensing of foreign drug candidates is a vital part of the biotech business that merits more attention, Lee Sang-hoon, CEO of super-rookie biotech firm ABL Bio, told The Korea Herald.
"In-licensing and out-licensing deals are a core aspect of open innovation," Lee said. "Buying and selling technology at various stages of development allows biotech firms to focus on what they are good at, whether that's the early or late discovery of drug candidates, clinical trials, or applying for innovative drug approval and commercialization."
|Lee Sang-hoon, CEO of ABL Bio (Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)
ABL Bio, for example, specializes in research -- the identifying of potential drugs before they are developed and go through clinical trials. Lee likened biotech businesses to businesses that provide food, with different kinds of stores and restaurants occupying different positions along the chain.
"When people buy food, they sometimes get raw ingredients and cook at home. Or they can get a takeout meal that can be reheated and served, or they can straight up eat at a restaurant," Lee said.
ABL Bio, then, is like a grocery store that supplies raw ingredients, but at the same time also runs a line in buying ingredients in and selling ready-meals to reduce risk and cover lean times in its main business.
"A business model is ideal when in a form that allows a biotech's (strong points) and know-how to shine through," Lee said, "'No research, development only' might be the right course of action depending on a firm's needs."
ABL Bio's goals
ABL Bio's short-term goal for this year is to in-license a novel drug candidate and bring it to market. This is a strategy to fill in the two-year time gap between the anticipated clinical trial results for gastric cancer treatment candidate ABL 001 -- due in June -- and the other drugs in the ABL Bio pipeline that haven't yet reached the clinical trial phase.
By licensing in promising novel drug candidates from Chinese partner firm WuXi Biologics, and at the same time beginning the phase 1b clinical trial of ABL001 in the third quarter of this year, ABL Bio would enjoy a continued stream of business and innovation.
Lee said he wished to license in an immuno-oncology candidate, in line with ABL Bio's current focus on oncology and neurology.
|Lee Sang-hoon, CEO of ABL Bio (Lim Jeong-yeo/The Korea Herald)
ABL Bio currently has some 20 products in its pipeline, which it is co-researching and developing with partner firms. Each ABL Bio researcher takes on about three projects, and the order of priority for those projects is clearly defined. ABL Bio will hire at least 10 more personnel this year, he said. The recruitment is not limited to researchers, but will also include project managers who will oversee adherence to project time lines as well as budget financiers, so the scientists will have the freedom to focus entirely on research. Currently, 46 of ABL Bio's 55 employees are researchers.
In April, ABL Bio dispatched an employee to California's Silicon Valley -- advance preparation for a US launch someday. Mergers and acquisitions of firms with expertise in different areas of biotech are always a possibility, Lee said.
Apart from having founded a company whose estimated value has soared to 1.6 trillion won in just three years, Lee has a stellar background in biopharmaceutical research at top-class institutions. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Francisco, and was a scientist at Stanford Medical School. He worked for the US bio firm Chiron, and also spent time at AstraZeneca, Genetech and Exelixis.
After returning to Korea, Lee co-founded PharmAbcine and later went on to serve as head of the biotech division at Hanwha Chemical. When Hanwha decided to scrap the division, Lee founded ABL Bio.
Established in February 2016, the company -- whose name stands for "a better life" -- drew investors' attention and raised series A, B and C investments worth more than 90 billion won.
By the time ABL Bio became a listed company on the secondary bourse, Kosdaq, in December 2018, it was worth 602 billion won. It has since received funding worth another 90 billion won and has secured out-licensing deals and investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Lee. The company as of April 2019 held over 150 billion won in cash reserves and its estimated value was 1.6 trillion won. Market watchers predict that the bispecific antibody market will be worth 9.3 trillion won by 2023. At the time of this interview in mid-April, 1.94 percent of ABL Bio shares were owned by foreign shareholders -- a high figure compared with other biotech companies that have been in business longer.
ABL Bio's success on the bourse catapulted Lee to No. 1 on the Korea Economic Daily's 2018 list of the new stock-rich with some 225 billion won worth of stocks.
"Scientists usually are not associated with wealth, and I consider it an honor to have the opportunity to be included on the rich list," Lee said.
Believing all the company's workers must share in its profits, ABL Bio gives stock options to every employee according to his or her position.
"This is how we build a better life -- ABL -- for our employees," Lee said.
Not a single founding member has left ABL Bio.
Major ABL Bio pipeline products span a range of areas -- angiogenesis, antibody-drug conjugates, immuno-oncology and neurology.
ABL001, the focus of its most mature project, is a targeted anti-cancer drug candidate that was licensed out to Trigr Therapeutics for $595 million in 2018. Antibody-drug conjugate ABL201-20X, also a prospective cancer treatment, is being developed in collaboration with LegoChemBio. ABL Bio's multiple T cell engagers have been licensed out to Trigr Therapeutics, Dong-A ST and Yuhan Corporation and are being developed in collaboration with those companies. Dual immune cell-targeting BsAb is being developed in collaboration with I-Mab Biopharma.
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A couple Fridays ago I was lucky enough to attend a YA author event at Copperfield's Bookstore in Petaluma, CA. This was an amazing store! They are constantly having authors events! I'm so jealous that I don't live closer so that I could come in and visit this wonderful store and amazing booksellers more often! SHOUT out to the awesome ladies GRACE, PATTY and AMBER! You ladies ROCK! They even fed everyone pizza and fruit and lots of gummie bears!
This was my first time there and woe to me and everyone else it was a crazy hot day – I think close to 110 degrees, and even unluckier for all of us attending the event the power on that street and a few others was out. So of course no air conditioning! Oddly enough it wasn't too hot in the bookstore at all and there were skylights on one side (freaking AWESOME!) of the building so we weren't even in the dark! Power or no power, light or little light the party pressed on!!
From left to right, top: S.J. Kincaid, Melissa Buell, Daisy Whitney, bottom: Debra Driza, Tabitha the Pabkins, Shannon Messenger
A funny question that Daisy Whitney asked all of them to answer was – essentially not a question but a pitch. How would you describe your book as a Hollywood pitch? Here are there answers *as best as I could jot them down in my notebook before I remembered I could record instead…I know I'm an idiot!
Susanne Winnacker on Impostor:
X-Men meets The Silence of the Lambs
Marissa Meyer on Scarlet:
Star Wars meets The Brothers Grimm
Debra Driza on MILA 2.0:
Pinkalicious meets Where the Red Fern Grows, wait on second thought The Bourne Identity meets I-Robot
Daisy Whitney on When You Were Here:
Lost in Translation meets Where She Went
Shannon Messenger on Let the Sky Fall:
Twister meets The Last Airbender (with kissing!)
S.J. Kincaid on Insignia:
Starship Troopers the movie meets Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Melissa Buell on The Seventh Blessing:
The Princess Diaries meets A Knight's Tale
From left to right: Melissa Buell, S.J. Kincaid, Shannon Messenger, Daisy Whitney, Debra Driza (I think she was laughing or trying to bite the book I'm holding?), Marissa Meyer, Susanne Winnacker, and me in front – I was totally going to lay on the table but hey I didn't want to knock all the books over!
So I purchased a copy of pretty much all of these books, except ones I already owned haha. I also bought an extra copy of S.J. Kincaid's Insignia, and got it signed to give away here on My Shelf Confessions in a few weeks. I'm hoping to convince S.J. to so a guest post for us…of course I haven't asked yet. But I'll pester her later – she is the sweetest I love her!
Here is Susanne and I – she is an absolute dear! Her and the hubby flew all the way here to the States just to do a few events and have a vacation! I hope she's having an awesome one!
If you haven't already be sure you check out our guest posts:
My interview of Marissa Meyer!
A guest post from Susanne Winnacker!
Bonus – I recorded some marginally bad video that you can watch at the bottom – give me a break this was the first time I've tried this – I promise next time it will be better!
It was such a fun panel to sit in and listen on! Daisy Whitney had an awesome line up of questions that she would have each author answer. Here is about 27 minutes worth of footage. If you're the author and you're watching this video – I hope you don't mind the poor video quality!!
And Here is Part 2 some more!
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