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The SG-1/Atlantis/Universe canon refers to the Stargate universe depicted in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe and the universe that this wiki is dedicated to. This universe is based on the one depicted in the Stargate film, but there are some differences. However, it is clear that the events depicted in the film did occur in the SG-1/Atlantis/Universe universe and elements of the film are considered canon so long as they aren't directly contradicted by the series.
There are many novels, comics, role playing games and other works set in this universe, meaning they use the characters and elements of the Stargate universe as seen in the SG-1/Atlantis/Universe canon to create storylines. According to the GateWorld Omnipedia, even if there is a group who checks all the licensed media tie-ins to fit in the Stargate universe, they are considered as an "extended universe". Thus, Semantic Stargate Wiki DOES NOT recognize any games, novels, comics, RPGs, and other stuff as canon. Semantic Stargate Wiki considers them as a separate continuity. See SG:Jihad for more details.
"Canon" and "Non-Canon"
In science-fiction works, the term "canon" describes characters, events, and locales that are generated, recognized officially by the creators of the fictional universe, and shown to an audience in the context of a dramatized or written story. The term was originally a term used to differentiate heretical from accepted scripture in the Catholic Church.
A "non-canonical" story, in comparison, is not considered an official element of the storyline in a particular work of fiction, commonly a series of novels of a television program.
For fans of the work, identifying canonical stories, characters and the like can reduce the level of confusion in keeping track of storylines. Determining whether an officially-licensed work is canonical or not is often a point of debate for many fans of a show or story. Aside from that, the distinction is mainly important for the shows' writers who need to know what source material to use and can't be expected to know the details of dozens or possibly hundreds of novels.
The SF television show Babylon 5 is unique in that all published works are considered canonical by the series's creators. However, other shows such as Star Trek have many officially licensed stories (books and comics) that are considered non-canonical and whose story content is therefore sometimes contradicted by the aired episodes or theatrical films later. The Star Wars franchise generally attempts to unify its licensed novels and comics into the central movie storyline, but the movies are not bound by details established in the novels either; while they sometimes make references to novels or comics, they also contradict them in other places.
List of official Stargate products considered as canon in Semantic Stargate Wiki
The following are considered as canon in this wiki:
- Stargate, the movie which originated the franchise (except some details shown below),
- All Stargate SG-1 episodes, including deleted scenes and DVD commentaries,
- Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum, including deleted scenes and DVD commentaries,
- All Stargate Atlantis episodes, including deleted scenes and DVD commentaries,
- All Stargate Universe episodes, including deleted scenes and DVD commentaries,
- All Kino webisodes,
- Stargate Origins, despite the fact that no creator of the franchise was involved in the production.
All the rest, i.e. Stargate Infinity, all novels adapted from the movie or the series, the RPGs, comics, games, audio books, "official" magazines, etc. ARE NOT part of the canon and shall not be included in "canon" articles. This stuff must be part of separate articles with the {{Separate continuity}} tag to avoid confusion.
Complications within the series
Internal contradictions
There are some elements of the series that are considered to be inconsistencies and therefore not exactly canon. For example, in the scene from the SG-1 episode "Solitudes" where P4A-771 is being dialed from the SGC, archive footage of the dialing computer was reused, so the gate address depicted is actually that of Abydos. Since it would be impossible for Abydos and P4A-771 to have the same gate address, the address portrayed in the episode must be inaccurate, despite the fact "Solitudes" is part of the official SG-1/Atlantis/Universe canon. However these kinds of mistakes are generally considered excusable and understandable as they mostly serve to lower production costs.
Time travel
On more than one occasion, the SG-1's narrative has followed characters jumping backwards in time, effectively creating a new timeline in which history has been changed by their presence. Thus, there are technically six distinct timelines in which major portions of the series take place: one from Stargate to the beginning of "Moebius", Part 1, a second from "Moebius" to "The Last Man", third from "The Last Man" to "Time", and two within "Time", with the fifth from "Time" to "Twin Destinies", and the sixth during "Twin Destinies" and after. The focus of this wiki is the post-"Twin Destinies" timeline, as it's the setting of the series as of 2010 (see Help:Timeline); however, articles generally assume that this timeline is identical to the previous five, except where explicitly shown otherwise.
Similarly, Stargate: Continuum features a time-travel story that creates yet another 2 timelines, which brings the grand total of timelines to eight.
Alternate timelines created through time travel are distinct from the alternate realities accessible through a quantum mirror or similar technology, which exist simultaneously with one another in the same timeline.
Other Stargate universes
Stargate, the movie canon
This is the universe depicted in the 1994 science-fiction film Stargate. Bill McCay's Stargate novels and the Entity Comics are set in this universe, but the canon status of these materials for this timeline remains unclear.
The physical appearances of many characters, notably Jack O'Neill, Catherine Langford and Ferretti, are radically different in this universe, due to them being played by different actors. Other differences are listed below:
Stargate, the movie canon | SG-1/Atlantis/Universe canon |
"Jack O'Neil" | "Jack O'Neill" |
"Sha'uri" | "Sha're" |
"Feretti" | "Ferretti" |
"Sarah O'Neil" | "Sara O'Neill" |
"Tyler O'Neil" | "Charlie O'Neill" |
Two Guards attempted to return through the Stargate after it was buried. They were transported into the stone, instantly fossilizing them. | If a Stargate is buried, it will not be able to activate. Even if some sort of barrier is far enough from the event horizon, the matter heading through will not be able to reintegrate, essentially "splattering" against the barrier. |
The Stargate is stored inside Creek Mountain. | The Stargate is stored inside Cheyenne Mountain. |
Dr. Jackson says he does not know who built the pyramids, because they were far older then the Egyptian empire. | Dr. Jackson is called the laughing stock of the archaeological community for claiming during his lecture that aliens built the pyramids. |
The blast doors that obscure the gate are in front of the window in the briefing room. | The blast doors that obscure the gate are on the outside of the window in the briefing room. |
The briefing room is a couple floors above the control room. | The briefing room is directly above the control room. |
The ramp to the Stargate consists of several sections; two sets of stairs on either side of one end of the ramp give access to the ramp, which itself bridges a large hatch, a remnant of Creek Mountain's origins as a nuclear missile silo. | The Stargate is accessed by a simple ramp, and no missile silo hatch is evident. The ceiling retracts, allowing for the Stargate to be removed and replaced. |
The symbols are engraved into the gate. | The symbols protrude from the gate. |
The top chevron is aesthetically different from the others. | All of the chevrons are identical. |
None of the chevrons glow. | All of the chevrons glow. |
A spinning, funnel-shaped whirlwind ("the strudel") extends from the back of the gate after it's activated. | The back of an activated gate has a flat water-like surface like the front. A notable exception is the episode "A Matter of Time," where a similar formation was created when the gate was linked to a black hole. |
Abydos is "on the other side of the known universe" and is located in the Kaliem Galaxy. | Abydos is located in the Milky Way and is one of the closest planets in the gate network to Earth. Eight chevrons are needed to reach a gate in another galaxy. |
Ra's species is humanoid and it is not explained how he took over the body of an Egyptian boy. | Ra's race, the Goa'uld, are snake-like parasitic creatures. |
Ra's Royal Guards are made up of humans, raised and indoctrinated by Ra, each to pose as different gods from the Egyptian religious pantheon in order to effectively control the enslaved human population. | Goa'uld are guarded by Jaffa, which apparently do not exist in the movie's universe. |
-- | According to the series, Goa'uld motherships have shields that prevent ring transporters from working, making it seem rather foolish for Ra to keep the shields down when he would know the Jaffa he had sent down had been killed. Of course, this could be attributed to his Goa'uld arrogance. |
The symbols on Abydos's gate are completely different from those on Earth's. | All gates in the Milky Way use a standard set of symbols, except for the point of origin. |
Anubis and Horus are Ra's Guards with the mark of Ra visible on their arm. | Anubis is the most powerful Goa'uld System Lord and is also a half ascended being. Horus is another name for Heru'ur another System Lord. Jaffa bear the mark of their god on their foreheads instead of their arm. |
Infinity universe
This is the universe depicted in Stargate Infinity, which is based on the universes depicted in Stargate and Stargate SG-1. Infinity is not considered as canon and is thus a separate continuity.
Differences between the SG-1/Atlantis/Universe and the Infinity universe
- The unstable vortex does not annihilate whatever it comes into contact with.
- The Ancients are winged, telepathic creatures.
- The Stargates only have eight chevrons.
References and notes
This page uses content from Stargate Wikia. The original article was at Stargate canon . The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Semantic Stargate Wiki, the text of Stargate Wikia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). |


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By Jochen Voss, last updated 2014-10-12
Moon-buggy is a simple character graphics game where you drive some kind of car across the moon's surface. Unfortunately there are dangerous craters there. Fortunately your car can jump over them!
The game has some resemblance of the classic arcade game moon-patrol which was released in 1982. A clone of this game was relased for the Commodore C64 in 1983. The present, ASCII art version of moon-buggy was written many years later by Jochen Voss.
Moon-Buggy version 1.0, Copyright 2004 Jochen Voss <email@example.com> Moon-Buggy comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'w'. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type 'c' for details. MM MM OOOOO OOOOO NN N M M M M O O O O N N N M M M M O O O O N N N M M M O O O O N N N M M O O O O N N N M M OOOOO OOOOO N NN BBBBBB U U GGGGG GGGGG Y Y B B U U G G G G Y Y BBBBBB U U G G Y Y B B U U G GGG G GGG Y B B U U G G G G Y BBBBBB UUUUU GGGGG GGGGG YY ################################################################################ ################################################################################ y,RET:start game q:quit c:show copyright w:show warranty s:show scores r:redraw
You can still see the ruins of a crashed moon-buggy at the lower right.
rank score lvl date expires name
1 1000 1 2003-04-11 -- Thorin
2 990 1 2003-04-11 -- Kili
3 980 1 2003-04-11 -- Gloin
68 330 1 2004-11-01 13d Gloin
69 320 1 2004-11-01 11d Gloin
70 310 1 2004-11-01 10d Bofur
71 309 2 2004-12-27 64d Jochen Voss
72 300 1 2004-11-01 6d Bombur
73 290 1 2004-11-01 4d Bifur
your score: 309
your rank: 71
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y,RET:new game q,n:quit UP:up DOWN:down b:pg up NEXT:pg down s:reload r:redraw
level: 2 lives: 0 score: 309
The following versions of the program are available:
There is also an experimental, esound-based moon-buggy sound add-on:
The source code is also available on github.com/seehuhn/moon-buggy.
If you like my little game, you might consider buying me a present ;-)
Copyright © 2014, Jochen Voss. All content on this website (including text, pictures, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.

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Huntsman Noel Ryan and the Palm Beach Hounds return after a day of hunting. Photograph by Charles Hicks |
Just as polo kicks off in early January, another equestrian sport also charges into its formal season.
January 4 marks the opening hunting event for Palm Beach Hounds, a group of riders who participate in no-kill foxhunts. The club has access to more than 100,000 public and private acres to use as fixtures—hunting grounds—from Jupiter to Kissimmee.
The fun is all in the chase. On hunt days, riders meet early in the morning with a pack of hounds, who detect a scent such as a fox or coyote. Then it's follow the leader: Participants—led by a huntsman, who blows a horn for commands—follow the hounds on horseback until the trail ends, usually in a three-hour chase when the animal runs out of the boundaries. Sometimes the hounds don't pick up a scent, but the best hunting days are when the ground is moist from a high tide and a low breeze sweeps through the air, says Elizabeth Howard, secretary of Palm Beach Hounds.
Howard and her mare, Adorable Miss Amy, on a run after viewing a closing meet in March. Photograph by Lori Hemming |
Riders with master of foxhounds Robert Pelio (center). Photograph by Charles Hicks |
There is a certain etiquette involved, too. Foxhunting is a British tradition with military origins, which is why riders wear a bright red military coat and a stock tie (which can be used as a sling in an emergency). Behavioral riding expectations, similar to driving, are based on common sense and manners: Don't tailgate, don't cut off another rider and be polite. Most importantly, be quiet. The goal is to never interfere with the hound work.
"Fox hunting is for anyone who has a passion for animals and nature," Howard says. "It's for people who want to experience something different in riding and who have a love for the foxhound." (772-933-4868)
The Palm Beach Hounds enjoy a day of hunting. Photograph by Charles Hicks |


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As Americans begin the Memorial Day weekend, we remember those who have given their lives to defend the freedoms and way of life that we enjoy. The Heritage Foundation's James Carafano writes in The Sacramento Bee that as we honor them, we must also "do our utmost not to add to their ranks":
Cold gray monuments, brassy parades, majestic flyovers – they are all remembrances of those who died in the service of the nation. They are all part of our Memorial Day.
No day speaks more about American patriotism than the day we thank those who gave their lives in the fight for freedom. Yet, no ceremony, no solemnity can ever replace those we have lost . . .
So while on this day we honor sacrifice, we have a job the rest of the year as well: reminding our leaders in Washington to ensure that the troops who defend us have what they need to do the job – and come back to us. There is no better way to recognize the valor of those who serve, and demonstrate care and respect for their families, than to pay it forward – to properly arm our armed forces for the next fight.
Carafano writes that adequately funding defense is among America's greatest challenges, and it is one that must be addressed:
After 10 years, we have put a lot of wear and tear on the armed forces. The danger that our military preparedness could plummet has never been greater.
Today, America has the smallest Navy since before World War I, and the force is aging. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the popular movie "Top Gun." The ship featured in the film was the USS Enterprise. It is still at sea. In fact, it was commissioned in the 1960s, and is the second oldest ship in the U.S. fleet. Ships in the Navy's sister fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard, are even older . . .
America's Air Force has the oldest average fleet of planes and the fewest number of planes in its inventory at any time since World War II . . .
The Army and Marine Corps both have aging fleets of vehicles – and have just seen the plans to replace them pushed further down the road.
Annual spending to buy new equipment is already under-funded by about $50 billion a year. Still, there are calls to slash military spending.
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The Senate on Monday passed a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill that expands government subsidies for crop insurance, rice and peanuts while making small cuts to food stamps.
The bill passed on a bipartisan 66-27 vote. The legislation, which costs almost $100 billion annually, also would eliminate subsidies that are paid to farmers whether they farm or not. All told, it would save about $2.4 billion a year on the farm and nutrition programs, including across-the-board cuts that took effect earlier this year.
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., said the bill would support 16 million American jobs, save taxpayers billions and put into place "the most significant reforms to agriculture programs in decades."
But it would still generously subsidize corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, sugar and other major crops grown by U.S. farmers.
The legislation would also set policy for programs to protect environmentally sensitive land, international food aid and other projects to help rural communities. The Senate passed a similar farm bill last year.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Monday that his chamber will take up its version of the farm bill this month. Debate in the House is expected to be contentious and much more partisan than in the Senate, with disagreements among the GOP caucus over domestic food aid that makes up almost 80 percent of the bill's cost.
Last year, the House declined to take up the legislation during an election year amid conflict over how much should be cut from the food stamp program, which now serves one in seven Americans and cost almost $80 billion last year. That cost has more than doubled since 2008.
The bill approved by the House Agriculture Committee last month would make much larger cuts to food stamps than the Senate version, in a bid to gain support from those House conservatives who have opposed the measure. The Senate bill would cut the food stamp program, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by about $400 million a year, or half a percent. The House bill would cut the program by $2 billion a year, or a little more than 3 percent, and make it more difficult for some people to qualify.
In his statement Monday, Boehner signaled support for the House bill's level of food stamp cuts, saying they are changes that "both parties know are necessary." Other Republicans are expected to offer amendments to expand the cuts, setting up a potentially even more difficult resolution with the Senate version.
On the Senate floor, senators rejected amendments on food stamp cuts, preserving the $400 million annual decrease. The bill's farm-state supporters also fended off efforts to cut sugar, tobacco and other farm supports.
Senators looking to pare back subsidies did win one victory in the Senate, an amendment to reduce the government's share of crop insurance premiums for farmers with adjusted gross incomes of more than $750,000. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., said their amendment would affect about 20,000 farmers.
Stabenow argued the amendment would result in fewer people buying insurance and undercut a separate provision in the bill that would require farmers buying crop insurance to comply with certain environmental standards on their land.
Currently the government pays for an average 62 percent of crop insurance premiums and also subsidizes the companies that sell the insurance. The overall bill expands crop insurance for many crops and also creates a program to compensate farmers for smaller, or "shallow," revenue losses before the paid insurance kicks in.
The crop insurance expansion is likely to benefit Midwestern corn and soybean farmers, who use crop insurance more than other farmers. The bill would also boost subsidies for Southern rice and peanut farmers, lowering the threshold for those farms to receive government help.
The help for rice and peanuts was not in last year's bill but was added this year after the agriculture panel gained a new top Republican, Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran. Critics, including the former top Republican on the committee, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, said the new policy could guarantee that the rice and peanut farmers' profits are average or above average.
Critics said the bill would subsidize large corporate farms when farm country is in the middle of an economic boom. Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group that has long criticized farm subsidies, said the legislation would simply redirect subsidies and "needlessly cut nutrition and conservation programs designed to help the hungry and the environment."
Boehner criticized farm subsidies in the House bill, which are similar to those in the Senate bill, saying his "concerns about our country's farm programs are well known." Boehner, a former member of the agriculture panel, has voted against recent farm bills. But he acknowledged that the rest of the chamber might not agree with him.
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The Senate bill also would:
- Overhaul dairy policy by creating a new insurance program for dairy producers, eliminating other dairy subsidies and price supports. The new policy includes a market stabilization program that could dictate production cuts when oversupply drives down prices. The program faced little opposition in the Senate but a similar overhaul in the House bill is expected to face resistance in that chamber, where Boehner last year called the new stabilization program "Soviet-style." He reiterated those concerns in his statement Monday, saying he will support an amendment on the floor to challenge the proposed policy.
- Make modest changes to the way international food aid is delivered, a much scaled-back version of an overhaul proposed by President Barack Obama earlier this year. Senators adopted an amendment that would slightly boost dollars to buy locally-grown food close to needy areas abroad. Currently, most food aid is grown in the United States and shipped to developing countries, an approach the Obama administration says is inefficient but that has support among farm-state members in Congress.
- Consolidate programs to protect environmentally-sensitive land and reduce spending on those programs.
- Expand Agriculture Department efforts to prevent illegal trafficking of food stamp benefits.


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During the Dorylaion war in 1097, I. Izzeddin Kilicarslan encamped in Odunpazari which later resulted in establishment of a new settlement in Eskisehir. "Odunpazari Historical Urban Site" is located at the northern slope of a series of hills, forming the southern boundary of Eskisehir Plain. The average slope of terrain is up to %25. This feature differentiates Odunpazari from the rest of the city's flat terrain.
The nominated site is located within the boundaries of Odunpazari District, covering an area of 268.728 m² with 226.845 m² buffer zone.
Odunpazari has historical indications from the periods of Seljuk, Ottoman and Turkish Republic; such as Alaaddin Mosque (1271), Kursunlu Mosque Complex (1525), Haci Hasan Mosque (13th century) etc. Being one of the few religious centers of Anatolia, the Kursunlu Mosque Complex located at the centre of the site and built by Palace Architect Acem Ali has a basic characteristic of Ottoman architecture. The complex today includes Eskisehir Handicraft Center where almost extinct traditional handicrafts -such as hand writing, gilding, marbling, miniature and reed flute- are performed through master-apprentice system. The complex also includes the world's only Meerschaum Museum where the most beautiful examples of Turkish and foreign meerschaum artists are exhibited.
The konaks, historical residences that constitute very special examples of traditional civil architecture, express the family life and traditions of the time. Fountains are also other important urban elements that regulate and shape the traditional patterns of Turkish neighborhoods and social relationships.
"Odunpazari Historical Urban Site" is a significant example to cities established totally by the Turks within Anatolia. It's an urban workshop with the best preserved examples of traditional Turkish architecture and an open-air museum where the structure of the traditional Turkish neighborhood with its entire pattern is maintained.
Architectural style of Odunpazari houses, which is developed peculiar to the local geographical circumstances, also carries the characteristics of traditional Turkish housing architecture. Not only individual structures but also harmony of the houses with each other and with their surroundings is a remarkable aspect within the site. Alongside with the architectural characteristics of a certain period observed in Odunpazari, social and cultural values of the period are represented in the side. In addition, materials, techniques and workmanship used in Odunpazari houses are the components of a technology which is not used today.
Besides territorial, geographical and climatic variables, the area is an important example of how the texture of a city is formed with religious life and traditions. The urban texture of the "Odunpazari Historical Urban Site" developed around the "Kursunlu Mosque Complex" is an architectural landscape that has been home for Mevlevism for four centuries. With the mosque at the center, the hanikâh (inn of dervishes) at southeast, semahane (whirling –a kind of Mevlevi ritual- area) at south, the hospice and imaret at southwest, the soup kitchen at west, the caravanserai at northwest and Ottoman elementary-primary school at east, Kursunlu Mosque Complex has been one of the leading training complexes of its period.
What brings the Complex from an individual ensemble to spatial importance beyond being a mere educational complex is its success in shaping Odunpazari Area in line with the traditions and patterns of Mevlevism. Many tombs -not only those whose locations are known but also those survived through oral history and whose location are not known- are scattered around by taking the Complex in the center.
Meerschaum which is a rock form known and used for five thousands years according to the archaeological excavations is used mainly in knickknack and pipe manufacturing today. Almost all the beds of commercially workable meerschaum are located in Eskisehir region, while the masses also can be seen in France, Spain, Morocco, the USA, Moravya region of Check Republic and in certain islands of Greece. A lot of dedes (progenitor of Mevlevi's), omniscients, mentors, Mesnevihans, scholars, calligraphers and musicians were trained in Mevlevihane of Eskisehir. In addition, these Mevlevi crafters had given a lot of precious products of traditional crafts such as clock making, meerschaum, etc.
In the light of these issues, "Odunpazari Historical Urban Site" is a developing area which can be characterized and registered as a World Heritage due to its social, cultural, traditional and physical values.
Criterion (iii:) The area preserves intact products of the Seljuk and Ottoman religious architecture as well as invaluable examples of traditional Turkish house with interior and exterior spatial setups, material specialties, structural elements, internal design items and street textures compatible to nature.
Criterion (vi): Mevlevism, which is known to be the largest and the most famous Sufi religious orders and formed by needs and opportunities of the time, has lived for four centuries in the site. Traditional life patterns of Mevlevism have a significant effect on demographical and urban development on the city and region. Therefore, the site was formed with unique behavioral Mevlevism patterns. The hints of these patterns can be still seen and traditional way of life can be experienced at the Kursunlu Mosque Complex.
To deal with a branch of art differing among the regions is a part of Mevlevi tradition. In Odunpazari, Mevlevis practiced clock making and meerschaum craft and they donated their revenues to dergah. This traditional art is still performed in the workshops opened in the museum within the Kursunlu Mosque Complex by the master artisans living in Odunpazari. The only meerschaum museum of the world contributes to development of this traditional art skills and knowledge.
The attributes carrying the Outstanding Universal Value are mostly present within the site. It still exhibits the structure of traditional Turkish neighborhood with the people living in and with civil architectures in a good state of conservation. However, following the industrial developments in 1950s, the site was very much affected by migration to other parts of the city and also by inappropriate improvements within historical urban fabric; also little modifications have occurred to interior usages and segmentations of the houses.
Monuments, on the other hand, still keep their original functions and specialties. Kursunlu Mosque Complex, particularly, has still being used as a Mevlevihâne, religion and education lodge used by Mevlevi dervishes, since its foundation in 1525.
The area was registered as a "Historical and Urban Conservation Site" to be conserved by the decision of Superior Council of Immovable Antiquities and Monuments dated 1981 and then as "Urban Conservation Site" by the decision taken in 1986. The areas in which the traditional fabric is deteriorated or not reflecting the historical characteristics as much as the others were left outside the conservation boundary but defined within the buffer zone due to their harmony with the urban site.
The first implementation plan of Historical Odunpazari Area was produced in 1956. Because of not being an "urban conservation site" at that time, the plan had the characteristics of a tentative plan and decisions regarding the height of storey were taken in line with the road widths which caused a passive conservation in the site. The first conservation plan after the registration was prepared in 1988 and approved by Konya Council for Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage, while the later one was approved by Eskisehir Council for Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage in 1997. Revisions on "Odunpazari Historical Urban Site Conservation Plan" to meet various urban needs in accordance with today's protection principals were approved by the decision of Eskisehir Council for Conservation of Cultural and Natural Heritage dated 27.04.2011.
With outstanding examples of Seljuk and Ottoman monumental and civil architecture, "Odunpazari Historical Urban Site" has equivalent features with Safranbolu, which is still in UNESCO's World Heritage List of Turkey. Moreover, districts of Cumalikizik and Beypazari also share similar characteristics with Odunpazari which they still carry today. However, Odunpazari is very much associated with and shaped by Mevlevism and one cannot find elements of religious life in others as much as in Odunpazari. On the other side, Konya, which can be regarded as the capital for Mevlevism and the city hosting the tomb of Rumi, does not bear a testimony to Ottoman monumental and civil architecture to the extent observed in Odunpazari.


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I try to convert an old logo to a vector format using Inkscape. The logo was originally made using WordArt. The text is transformed to a trapezoid shape.
I tried to use "Modify Path -> Perspective" but it doesn't end up correctly because the transformation is perspective (i.e. the character widths are not equal).
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Double Fatality on Hwy 52 West
According to Trooper Mote, of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Devon Speight was driving a black 2005 Honda along with his passenger 23-year-old Kelsey Garner, westbound on Highway 52 when the automobile crossed the center line and entered the east bound lane of travel, where it was struck by a silver 1999 Toyota SUV driven by 40-year-old Eric Holland, of Westmoreland. "Speight and Garner were killed on impact," said Trooper Mote, "and they were pronounced dead at the scene by Medical Examiner Steve Jones. They were both from Hendersonville, although Speight was originally from Macon County."
Both vehicles came to final rest in the eastbound lane of travel on Highway 52 West.
"Weather conditions were a contributing factor in the crash," added Trooper Mote.
Deputy Chief David Cross, of the Lafayette Fire Department, stated they stabilized the SUV, popped the passenger's side door and brought Holland out. "We had to move the SUV in order to remove one of the deceased victims."
When contacted by phone on Monday afternoon, a Skyline Medical Center representative stated that Eric Holland is listed in good condition.
Trooper Mote was assisted at the scene by other troopers including CIRT Sgt. Ashley Mercer, who reconstructed the accident.
Responding to the scene were: Tennessee Highway Patrol, Macon County Sheriffs Office, Lafayette Fire Department, West Macon Rescue Squad, Medical Examiner Steve Jones, Macon County EMS, and the Macon County Chronicle.


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The Minuet Grand Ball
Martedi Grasso or Fat Tuesday – The Last Dance
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Gala Dinner & live entertainment.
The Minuet Grand Ball on Mardi Gras, the last night of Carnival, takes place in the "piano nobile" of Palazzo Ca' Pesaro Papafava,an authentic XVth century palace with an exclusive water entrance. Gothic windows overlook the alluring Misericordia canal. During the gala Shrove Tuesday dinner, only candlelight and classical music illuminate the ancient rooms, whisking guests back to a time of enchantment.
The elegant Minuet was the favorite dance of European aristocrats. The masters of dance introduce guests to the Minuet, Gavotte and Jigs, and offer instruction in the ballrooms of the ancient palace. Join hands and dance the open-chain farandole throughout the palazzo – a perfect way to end Carnival.
21.15 Welcome cocktail with gondoliers and traditional Venetian music
21.45 Seated candlelight gala dinner with Venetian cuisine, wine included
Chocolate fountain and traditional Carnival sweets
23.00 Minuet, Gavotte and Jig lessons by dance masters
24.00 At Midnight, live music and dancing with closed bar
Dress Code: costume and mask. Tuxedo or tail coat with night gown and masks accepted
Cost: 285 € per person.
After dinner: 125€ per person – from 11.00 p.m. to 2.00 a.m.
N.B. The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the event program.
Our Atelier will be happy to assist you with costumes, masks and accessories.
Palazzo Ca'Pesaro Papafava – Calle Rachetta 3764 – Cannaregio, Venice.
The Palace is a 5-minute walk from Ca D'Oro vaporetto stop, or can be reached by its water door entrance which faces the Church of the Misericordia, allowing guests to arrive by gondola or taxi boat.
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Enjoy a day of fun at our working dairy farm and ice cream stand. Together with our friends at Golf Country, located just steps away, we offer an old-fashioned experience that has become a tradition for generations. Even the cows seem to moo a little sweeter here in Middleton. If you can't make it to Middleton, visit us in Jordan's Furniture Reading or find our ice cream at your local independent ice cream stand.
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Dell chases Sparc shops with migration offer
You and everybody else, Michael
Server makers have been picking on the Sparc/Solaris base for so long that it seems normal. But with faith in Sun Microsystems being shaken after it rejected a takeover bid by rival IBM two weekends ago, and with Sun announcing its own "Nehalem EP" Xeon 5500 servers today, Dell decided that this was a particularly good time to announce services and financing to help Sparc customers make the jump to Dell iron using Linux - or Solaris, if they insist.
Both Hewlett-Packard and IBM have had active Sparc/Solaris migrations programs for many years - basically since the IT recession following the dot-com bust coincided with Sun's underpowered and overpriced UltraSparc-III processors and their related servers. And when Sun finally got decent UltraSparc-IV+ iron into the field in early 2006, Sun itself had its own Blue Away and HP Away marketing programs to try to move Power/AIX and Itanium/HP-UX server shops to move to the Sparc/Solaris combo.
In their most recent incarnations, both IBM and HP have deployed a slick application emulation technology called QuickTransit, created by Transitive, to port and run Sparc/Solaris applications on-the-fly to Linux. In July 2007, HP used QuickTransit as a means to run these Sparc/Solaris applications on its ProLiant x64-based rack and blade servers, which two months earlier Sun itself had backed as a means of helping Sparc shops migrate legacy Solaris applications to its Opteron-based x64 servers.
IBM started dabbling with QuickTransit as a means to move 32-bit Linux applications compiled for x86 machines to its Power servers running the Power variant of Linux, but put the kibosh on HP's and Sun's enthusiasm for QuickTransit when Big Blue acquired Transitive back in November.
Dell didn't bring up QuickTransit today and seems inclined to use other means to get Sun shops to dump their Sparc/Solaris iron and move to x64 boxes running Linux.
Dell's Unix-to-Linux migration services are not just aimed at Sun's gear, but Sun was singled out as the vendor that Dell was targeting most. Technically, the marketing program is known as RISC Migration Solutions, which you can read more about here. It outlines the typical price/performance analysis (ours beat theirs by X and costs Y percent less. . . . ) that all server makers cook up as part of their sales pitch.
But there are some nuts and bolts here, too. Dell has put together a bunch of detailed migration guides to help shops using Sun's UltraSparc-based V440 servers move to PowerEdge R900 machines running either Linux or Solaris. The V440 is a four-socket UltraSparc-IIIi server that was withdrawn years ago, while the R900 is Dell's four-socket rack server that supports Intel's six-core "Dunnington" Xeon 7400 series of chips.
Dell needs to put together a whole lot more such guides, including a wider range of UltraSparc-III and UltraSparc-IV machinery on the Sun side and its new Xeon 5500 servers on the PowerEdge side. Sun shops are not going to buy a Dunnington box when a Nehalem box costs less and has as much performance, as it does on many workloads, so this comparison is somewhat bogus. That said, the step-by-step migration guide is still useful.
Dell is also bringing to bear various Unix-to-Linux migration services, where Dell gives advice on what infrastructure customers need to buy and if customers want Dell to do the work, to actually figure out how to move applications and then do the job. To help prospects get a sense of what might be involved, Dell has created the Unix Migration ROI Calculator, which does TCO and ROI calculations on proposed migrations.
Dell has also looked at the operating expense side of migrations, and created a Power and Space Savings Calculator that shows the effects in terms of power, cooling, and space when customers consolidate applications running on old servers to new PowerEdge boxes.
The final bit of the deal is to give customers with good credit various financing terms to do the migration, helping them get the ROI without having to shell all the cash out for the migration up front.
Competitive replacements are an exception, not a rule, in the data center, but even a couple of hundred deals on midrange and high-end servers per year can account for billions of dollars in revenue over the life of a deal (say three to five years, including upgrades), and the cost for such marketing efforts is fairly small compared to the results.
Having said that, most transitions from one server platform to another happen by themselves, usually because of economic conditions or technical prejudices. You can grease the skids a little, but customers already have to be willing to make the move before you get your foot in the door. ®


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LAST FALL, I (Anne Marie) decided to take a break from the church I had been attending to check out a nearby Episcopal service with one of my housemates, Joshua. I had no idea at the time that this might turn into a permanent switch. My Baptist, Anabaptist, and evangelical roots don't quite explain what drew me to St. Stephen's Church that Sunday, but I remember the thought that kept going through my head: I need to take Communion.
For a number of reasons, I had been feeling apathetic toward Christian faith. I needed something official and visceral to cleanse me of the growing indifference I felt. The thought entered my mind: I need some bread and wine, because if my own prayers can't kindle the spirit of Jesus within me, then I'll get him in there by force. I hoped that partaking in the real-deal-flesh-and-blood would allow me to return to my own church in peace.
I can't say that the Episcopal service that day cured me of all my doubts and frustrations about Christianity, but I did find meaning in the liturgy, rituals, and traditions that continued to sustain me in my first year in a new city. As Joshua and I continued to attend St. Stephen's, we each reflected on what we, as young adults, are looking for in church and Christian community.
Church advertisements often focus on how to keep young people "engaged," and there are countless new books about why young people are leaving the church. Statistics show decreased church attendance among those in our generation, and while this may be cause for concern, I'm not too worried about it. I'm glad that churches and denominations are interested in engaging young people, but so often this well-meaning desire is rooted in fear and anxiety about the future of the church. Is Christianity becoming obsolete? Will the church die away?
News flash: Christianity isn't going anywhere. But churches and denominations may have to adapt—and not necessarily the way they're doing so now—if they are to survive.
As 20-somethings who've left the cocoons of family and college for our first forays into the "real world," we have two basic conclusions about what we are looking for in church communities.


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Covered Bridge Mirror
Here's a fall project with lots of bright color, a framed mirror with a countryside covered bridge.
DecoArt Products Required
Americana Acrylics
- DAO1 - Snow (Titanium) White
- DAO8 - Yellow Ochre
- DAO10 - Cadmium Yellow (transparent)
- DAO15 - Cadmium Red
- DAO43 - Salem Blue
- DAO58 - Antique White
- DAO61 - Sable Brown
- DAO82 - Evergreen (transparent)
- DAO84 - Midnite Green
- DAO86 - Uniform Blue
- DAO88 - Charcoal Grey
- DAO93 - Raw Sienna
- DAO95 - Neutral Grey
- DA155 - Soft Black
- DA165 - Napa Red
- DA167 - Payne's Grey
- DA171 - Driftwood
- DA172 - Black Plum
- DA180 - Asphaltum
- DA197 - Violet Haze
- DA239 - Warm White
Hot Shots
- DHS4 - Fiery Red
Brush 'N Blend Extender
- DAS1 - Brush 'n Blend Extender
DuraClear Varnishes
- DS60 - DuraClear Matte Varnish
Multi-Purpose Sealer
- DS17 - Multi-Purpose Sealer
Faux Glazing Medium
- DS18 - Faux Glazing Medium
- 2 round brush
- 10/0, 0, liner brush
- 2, 8, 10, 12, 20 flat brushes
- 3/4" oval wash brush
- 1/4" angle shader brush
- 1/8, 1/4" deerfoot brushes
- 2 fan brush
- 4, scumbler brush
- 1/4", 1/2" foliage brushes
- 1/4" Rake brush
- Extra fine grit sandpaper
- Tack cloth
- 1" basecoat brush
- Water container
- Disposable palette pad
- Paper towels
- Tracing paper
- Transfer paper
- Stylus
- 16" square frame with 6" X 12" mirror; JB Wood Products, Attleboro,MA; J.B. Wood
- Pattern 1
- Pattern 2
- Remove mirror from frame. Sand frame with extra fine sandpaper. Tack to remove all sanding dust. Seal frame with 1" basecoat brush and Multi-Purpose Sealer. When dry, paint entire frame with two coats of Antique White. Let dry completely.
- Trace design onto tracing paper. Transfer outlines of mountains, hill, background and foreground areas, and water.
- Background 1- All background areas are painted using Faux Glazing Medium and Antique White over section to be painted. Apply Faux Glazing Medium to small area, and then, while wet, add Antique White. While still wet, pick up color to be used and blend into wet glaze mix. Working with dirty brush, continue until all sections are painted in: Sky, Salem Blue; mountains on right, Payne's Grey; hill on left, Sable Brown; middle ground, Midnite Green; foreground, Raw Sienna.
- Apply Brush 'n Blend Extender over sky. Moisten 3/4" oval wash brush in extender and sideload into Salem Blue and brush across sky; add Uniform Blue to dirty brush and paint top and both sides. While still wet, pick up Warm White and fluff in clouds with short horizontal strokes. Add some Snow White to brush and fluff in some highlights toward tops of clouds. Add tint of Uniform Blue to bottom of some clouds. (Keep this light and airy.) Add more Brush 'n Blend to brush as needed to keep surface moist for blending.
- Background 2- Moisten mountains on right with Brush 'n Blend. Side load 20 flat brush with Violet Haze and highlight tops of mountains. Sideload Payne's Grey into dirty brush and add shadows at base of mountains.
- Hill on left is stippled with 1/4" foliage brush loaded with Sable Brown, Pumpkin, and then Yellow Ochre here and there for accent.
- Middle ground is lightly stippled with 1/2" foliage brush loaded with Midnite Green, Raw Sienna, Black Plum, and Cadmium Orange here and there for accent.
- Transfer covered bridge, evergreen trees, and tall birch trees.
- Trees- Paint birch tree trunks and branches with #2 round brush loaded with Antique White. Add dark patches on trunks and larger branches with Neutral Grey. Shade right sides of trunks and lower part of branches with 2 flat brush sideloaded with Raw Sienna. Tap in foliage with 1/4" foliage brush loaded with Cadmium Orange, then Pumpkin and touches of Cadmium Yellow; pick up some Yellow Ochre and tap in few lighter highlights. Before washing out brush, pick up some Hauser Light Green and lightly tap in some foliage around trunks of trees behind bridge.
- Evergreens are stippled with 1/4" foliage brush loaded with Midnite Green; pick up Evergreen and stipple lighter tones on left to middle. Add Hauser Light Green to brush and stipple highlights on left.
- Trees and bushes along back side of road are stippled in with splashes of Pumpkin, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Evergreen, and Hauser Light Green.
- Covered Bridge- Roof front is painted Cadmium Red. Create clapboards with Napa Red. Shade under eaves with 10 flat brush sideloaded with Napa Red. Scumble highlight with 4 scumbler brush sparsely loaded with Hot Shots Fiery Red. Roof is painted Neutral Grey. Create shingles with 1/4"rake brush loaded with thinned Antique White. Pull across roof in horizontal strokes.
- Load brush with thinned Charcoal Grey and pull vertical strokes. Shade right side with 20 flat brush loaded with Charcoal Grey; highlight left and top side with Antique White. Paint trim on roof front #2 round brush loaded with Warm White. Shade trim with 2 flat brush loaded with Soft Black. Shade small section of roof at back with 2 flat brush sideloaded with Soft Black.
- Bottom walls of bridge are painted Raw Sienna. Scumble some vertical strokes with 4 scumbler brush sparsely loaded with Pumpkin to create wood graining. Separate front from back with 10 flat brush loaded with Asphaltum. Add vertical lines with #0 liner brush loaded with Asphaltum to make vertical boards. Shade top, bottom, and right sides of walls with Asphaltum. Add few grain lines with #10/0 liner brush loaded with thinned Charcoal Grey.
- Cross beams on back of bridge are painted with #2 round brush triple-loaded with Raw Sienna, Neutral Grey, and Charcoal Grey. Front beams are painted Raw Sienna, Pumpkin, and Charcoal Grey. Shade front and back beams at crossing and top and bottom with 10 flat brush sideloaded with Soft Black.
- Basecoat road with wash of Neutral Grey. Shade along sides of road and where road disappears into bridge with 10 flat brush sideloaded with Charcoal Grey. Reinforce shading with Soft Black at bridge and along back side of road. Scumble in highlight with 4 scumbler brush sparsely loaded with Antique White.
- Rocks- Rock foundation under bridge is painted with #2 round brush randomly loaded with Charcoal Grey, Driftwood, and Antique White. Shade foundation with 8 flat brush sideloaded with Soft Black.
- Large rocks in and around water are Driftwood. Add shadows along bottom of rocks with 10 flat brush sideloaded with Charcoal Grey; reinforce with Soft Black. Add highlights with 4 scumbler brush sparsely loaded with Antique White. Pick up Warm White and brighten highlights.
- Water- Water is shaded along front and back shores and under bridge with 12 flat brush sideloaded with Payne's Grey. Add some ripples in water with Payne's Grey in dark areas; place highlights against shadows with 1:1 mixture of Uniform Blue and Salem Blue. Reinforce highlights with 1:1 mixture of Salem Blue and Warm White. Add some splashes over rocks and at shore with the chisel edge of 1/4" angular shader brush loaded with Warm White.
- Foreground grasses and foliage Grasses are tapped in with #2 white bristle fan brush, mixing colors wet into wet. Start on left of road with Raw Sienna, Cadmium Red, Pumpkin, and Hauser Light Green. Work small area at a time, moving from top to bottom. As you move toward right, pick up Evergreen and Midnite Green, tapping in a little Black Plum toward right bottom. Be sure to tap color under and around rocks with some grasses slightly over rocks here and there.
- Fence- Fence is painted with #2 round brush double-loaded with Antique White and Neutral Grey. Keep Antique White toward top of horizontal rails and to left of vertical posts. Shade rails where they come out from behind posts and on right side of posts with 1/4" angular shader sideloaded with Charcoal Grey.
- Foreground bushes- Stems and branches are painted with #10/0 script liner brush doubleloaded with Black Plum and Antique White. Sparsely tap in foliage with 1/4" foliage brush loaded with Black Plum, then Antique White. Pick up touch of Cadmium Orange, tapping here and there for interest.
- Finishing- Let dry completely. Apply generous, even coat of Faux Glazing Medium to set design. Let dry overnight. Apply multiple coats of DuraClear Matte Varnish and let dry. Replace mirror in frame.
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Jul 17, 2013
This is so pretty. I am not too good at painting but this is lovely so I may just try it. The instructions are so detailed, I might just make it. It will not be a total waste of money if I fail as I will still have the leftover paint for my grand daughter. :) I look forward to the challenge. annheineck - I love Oregon, beautiful scenery. I live in Canada.
Jul 16, 2013
This mirror is very cool... of course Oregon gets the difficult one though...hahaha!!
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Common Lisp the Language, 2nd Edition
An array is an object with components arranged according to a rectilinear coordinate system. In principle, an array in Common Lisp may have any number of dimensions, including zero. (A zero-dimensional array has exactly one element.) In practice, an implementation may limit the number of dimensions supported, but every Common Lisp implementation must support arrays of up to seven dimensions. Each dimension is a non-negative integer; if any dimension of an array is zero, the array has no elements.
An array may be a general array, meaning each element may be any Lisp object, or it may be a specialized array, meaning that each element must be of a given restricted type.
One-dimensional arrays are called vectors. General vectors may contain
any Lisp object. Vectors whose elements are restricted to type
string-char are called strings. Vectors whose elements are
restricted to type bit are called bit-vectors.
X3J13 voted in March 1989 (CHARACTER-PROPOSAL)
to eliminate the type string-char and to redefine the type
string to be the union of one or more specialized vector
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Sakar International Recalls Battery Chargers Due to Electrocution, Electric Shock Hazard
Sakar International Recalls Battery Chargers Due to Electrocution, Electric Shock Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Digital Concepts Compact Travel Charger
Units: About 48,000
Importer: Sakar International Inc. of Edison, N.J.
Hazard: The plastic holding the screws can break, causing the screws to come loose and the casing to separate. This can expose energized components, exposing users to electrocution or electric shock.
Incidents/Injuries: Sakar International has not received any reports of the charger falling apart, or of electrocution or electric shock. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The charger holds two AA or AAA batteries, is silver colored and has a sticker on the top which says Digital Concepts and Compact Travel Charger. This recall involves item numbers CH-1600S and CH-1600-RS which are identified with the date code MID#: 0801110. Both numbers can be found on the white label on the underside of the charger. Also on the underside are three screws and a retractable power plug.
Sold at: Cobra Digital, Lot-Less, Ocean State Jobbers and RadioShack from January 2011 through February 2012 for about $10.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled battery charger and contact Sakar International Inc. for a replacement product.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Sakar International Inc. toll free at (877) 397-8200 at any time or visit the firms website at www.sakar.com/recall


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Remember the Face on Mars?
Thirty-three years ago this week, in one of the first images sent back from Mars, people thought they detected the likeness of a human face rising from the dust of the red planet. The photo was captured by Viking 1, the first spacecraft to successfully travel to and land on Mars.
The image inspired tabloid headlines like "Monkey Face on Mars" and books like Richard Hoagland's The Monuments of Mars, in which Hoagland claimed, based on the photos, to have seen "an entire city laid out — on Mars! — with the precision of a Master Architect. I had indeed discovered some kind of artificially constructed Martian 'complex.'"
Once the public saw the "Face on Mars," as it came to be called, people became interested in the neighboring planet and possible life there. The trouble, says Smithsonian geologist John Grant of the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, is that people assumed it was a sign of advanced alien life.
"In fact, there was a little bit of a misconception about what kind of life scientists were trying to discover on Mars, which was relatively simple life versus complicated life forms that were carving big faces in rocks," Grant explains.
When scientists first viewed the image, they were confident it was an eroded rock formation, probably a mesa. High resolution photos taken in 1998 and 2001 have confirmed that the "Face on Mars" is a trick of the eye, seen when light hits the mesa at a certain angle. Different parts of the planet's surface are more resistant to erosion than others and don't erode as quickly, leaving some areas higher and others lower. This process forms a relief that then creates the shadow, making it look like a face at certain times.
Grant likes to compare it to the Old Man in the Mountain in New Hampshire (which fell down in 2003). "No one ever thought that the Old Man in the Mountain was something carved by people or aliens or anything else. Yet they could look at it and say: 'Oh yeah, I see how the sun is shining on that and shadows are cast and it looks like a man's head,'" he says.
"The same thing can happen on Mars and produce something that, just by sheer coincidence and the way erosion has occurred, creates something that looks like a face," Grant adds.
The spacecraft Viking 1, that captured the iconic image, was launched on Aug. 20, 1975, followed one month later by Viking 2. While orbiting Mars, a camera onboard Viking I began scanning potential landing sights, beaming the images back to Earth. In the early morning of July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 lander separated from the orbiter and successfully descended to the surface at about 10,000 miles per hour. Viking 2 followed on Sept. 3, 1976.
The two Viking spacecraft collected information about Martian atmosphere, meteorology and soil composition, and captured more than 50,000 images during their time in orbit and on the surface.
A test version of the Viking Lander now resides in the Milestones of Flight Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum.


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Each year, Az Business magazine hosts the Healthcare Leadership Awards to honor the women, men and institutions that bring excellence and innovation to Arizona's healthcare system. Here are the winners and finalists who were chosen by a panel of industry experts and were recognized at the 2014 Healthcare Leadership Awards on Thursday, April 10 at the Ritz Carlton in Phoenix. See photos from the event here or on our Facebook page.
Winner: Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
TGen has made great strides in the field if genomics medicine. TGen researchers work to help physicians prescribe drugs that are designed more intelligently, work more effectively and have fewer toxic side effects. They have received numerous grants to support research into brain cancer and brain injuries, advanced cancers, Parkinson's, rare childhood disorders, and more.
Barrow at PCH
Sonora Quest
Winner: Barbara Kavanagh, Arizona Myeloma Network
Kavanagh's mission is to change the lack of information and support resources for myeloma cancer by forming the Arizona Myeloma Network and the Living with Myeloma Conference, which has grown to 300 people. She also introduced the Pat and Bill Hite Cancer Caregivers Education and Support Program for caregivers to receive support and answers.
Catherine Ivy, Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation
Kathleen Goeppinger, Ph.D., Midwestern University
Winner: Robert L. Meyer, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Meyer is credited for the rapid and significant turnaround of Phoenix Children's Hospital from the edge of financial failure to a successful $588 million expansion that made the hospital into one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the country. PCH is ranked in U.S. News & World Report's Best Children's Hospitals.
Tim Bricker, Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert
Mary Lee DeCoster, Maricopa Integrated Health System
Tony Marinello, CEO of Mountain Vista, IASIS Healthcare
Ed Myers, St. Luke's Medical Center, IASIS Healthcare
Winner: Dr. John Chen, Maricopa Integrated Health System
Serving the community's most vulnerable residents, Chen has helped thousands of patients within the Maricopa Integrated Health System. He sees patients who are in urgent need of treatment because of their lack of dental insurance or location in third world countries. He promotes dental care and hygiene to help prevent serious diseases.
Dr. Randal Christensen, Crews 'n' Healthcare
Gerri Hether, Orchard Medical Consulting
Winner: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
Marking its 75th anniversary in Arizona, BCBSAZ is committed to improving the quality of life for all Arizonans. The company focuses on providing the best value in health insurance as well as outside programs targeted to children and their families to help reduce childhood obesity.
Health Net of Arizona
UnitedHealthcare of Arizona
Winner: Kristen Rosati, Polsinelli
As an attorney dedicated to the healthcare industry, especially to healthcare privacy, health information exchange and clinical research, Rosati has written 12 books, 30 articles and made 200 presentations on healthcare topics. She also helped establish two nonprofits in Arizona that support health information exchange and health information technology.
Richard Mallery, Snell and Wilmer
Martin L. Shultz, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Winner: Scottsdale Healthcare
As a nonprofit, Scottsdale Healthcare not only employs 6,500 staff members, but also is comprised of 1,400 volunteers who donate more than 155,000 hours of service each year. They are the largest employer in the City of Scottsdale and is known for its innovative medical technology, research and patient care.
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Cancer Treatment Centers of America
St. Joseph's Medical Center
St. Luke's Medical Center
Winner: Ventana
Ventana is driving personalized healthcare through the development of "companion diagnostics" to identify patients most likely to respond favorably to specific therapies. Ventana has worked is currently engaged in more that 150 collaborative projects to develop and commercialize companion diagnostics globally.
W.L. Gore and Associates
Winner: Banner Alzheimer's Institute
BAI has undergone a major prevention trial to evaluate a treatment in cognitively healthy older adults at the highest known genetic risk for developing Alzheimer's disease at older ages. The study is part of the Alzheimer's Prevention Initiative API, an international collaboration led by BAI to accelerate the evaluation of promising but unproven prevention therapies.
Banner MD Anderson
University of Arizona Cancer Center
Winner: Jimmy Chow, IASIS Healthcare
Chow improved the field of orthopedics by helping to design and teach a hybrid technique of a minimally invasive total hip replacement where the surgeon builds a new hip from inside the body. This surgery results in no post-operative limitations and many patients are discharged within 24 hours. Chow is one of 10 surgeons in the world to perform his surgery.
Karen Corallo Chaney, Magellan Health Services
David Notrica, Phoenix Children's Hospital
Winner: Venkatesh G. Ramaiah, Arizona Heart Hospital
Ramaiah, the medical director and director of vascular and endovascular research, successfully created the "un balloon," which is used to remodel thoracic endografts without the wind sock effect. This products was able to be marketed and sold.
David Jacofsky, CORE Institute
Glen Weiss, CTCA
Linda Hunt, Dignity Health
Hunt, who has served as the leader of Dignity Health in Arizona since 2012, has taken a leadership role to advance healthcare and the biosciences for the people of Arizona. She has worked diligently with legislators, business leaders, educators, scientists and community organizations in order to identify, formulate, and support policies that will give Arizonans better healthcare and raise the bar of knowledge.
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Illustrator is great for creating clean and precise illustrations, but some of the time you don't want clean and precise. There are many illustrations that call for a sketchy or hand-drawn feel. Creating these effects are relatively easy with Illustrator's Live Trace, Live Paint, Brushes and the ability to create you own brushes. Check out some of my sketchy illustrations on iStock for more inspiration.
This tutorial was created with Illustrator CS3.
Keyboard shortcuts are displayed in orange. ⌘ is displayed for the Command key (mac), with the Ctrl key being the Windows equivalent (not displayed).
Scan and Trace
The easiest way to achieve that sketchy-style is to actually sketch and scan an illustration. Illustrator's Live Trace and Live Paint work great for this technique.
Step 1 – Sketch
I usually start drawing with a pencil, but ink the illustration when I am done. Inking the illustration will bring out the contrast of your illustration, making it easier to get a good trace.
Step 2 – Scan
Scan the artwork as a 300 dpi grayscale image. The 300 dpi image quality will help to get all the fine details of the sketchy line when the illustration is traced.
Step 3 – Adjust Levels In Photoshop
In Photoshop, or any photo editing program, adjust the levels so the illustration has a high level of contrast.
Step 4 – Place Into Illustrator
Import the scan into your Illustrator document by going File > Place and find your scan on your computer.
Step 5 – Live Trace
When the scanned image is selected the Control Panel defaults to the Live Trace Options. Click the arrow beside the Live Trace Button and select Tracing Options. Or you can go Object > Live Trace > Tracing Options. Below are the options that I usually change when tracing scanned images.
- Mode: Black and White
- Path Fitting: 1px
- Minimum Area: 1px
- Corner Angle: 1
- Ignore White: Check this box
You might recognize these settings from some of my previous tutorials. Even though I use these setting most of the time, I like to change them up to get a different type of line quality. After I trace the image, expand the trace with the Expand button on the control panel.
Step 6 – Live Paint Option
Now comes the point when I start to fill in the sketch with color. One way to do this is to use the Live Paint feature of Illustrator CS3. With the expanded illustration selected, go Object > Live Paint > Make. You will see that the bounding box has changed slightly. Now, the anchor points on the bounding box have little sprites in them. Select the Live Paint Bucket (k) from the Tools Panel to fill in the Live Paint. When you move over the illustration with the Live Paint Bucket (k) you will see areas highlighted. When you click it will fill the area with the selected color. Use the arrow keys to cycle through your swatches.
Depending on you illustration, sometimes the Live Paint spills the outside of your illustration. You can fix this by changing the Live Paint Gap Options. Go Object > Live Paint > Gap Options to bring up the Gap Options dialog. In the dialog you can change Gap Detection to be larger or smaller depending on your illustration
When you have finished painting the illustration, go Object > Live Paint > Expand, to bring the illustration back to the normal editing mode.
Step 7 – Free-Hand Paint
The Live Paint feature is great, but you might not have CS3 or what a different effect. I like to use the Pencil Tool (n) and draw shapes that don't stay in illustration's outline, creating a different sketchy feel.
Below is a final image using these techniques.
Brushes Libraries
You can also add a sketchy style with Illustrator's Brush Libraries. There are numerous brushes available to create this effect.
Open up Illustrator's Brush Libraries by clicking on the bottom left pop-up menu in the Brushes Panel. When the menu pops up, explore some of the Artistic Sets of brushes. Simply select the object you want to apply the brush to and select a brush.
Create You Own Brushes
If you don't like any of Illustrator's brush sets, you can make your own from scanned brush strokes.
Step 1 – Make a Mark
First start out by making some marks on a paper with anything you like. Try using paint brushes, ink, crayons, markers, sponges, hand prints, stamps, or whatever you think will make an interesting mark.
Step 2 – Scan, Adjust, and Trace
Follow the previous steps for scanning, adjusting, and tracing the artwork.
Step 3 – Create Brush
Once the scan is traced, drag it into the brush panel. Select the New Art Brush option and in the Art Brush Options, change the Method to Tints. Now you can apply the brush to any object!
Optional Creation Method
If you don't have a scanner or don't want to deal with Photoshop, you can create a brush just in Illustrator with the Pencil Tool (n). First, double-click on the Pencil Tool (n) in the Tools Panel to bring up the Pencil Tool Options. Change the Fidelity to .5 to get some really gritty edges. Draw a brush shape, fill it with black, and follow the previous steps for creating a Art Brush. Another option would be to check out the options over on FreeVector.com.


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Fly Fishers International Awards Program has been developed to recognize those individuals, clubs and other organizations who have made outstanding contributions to FFI, our environment, fishery resources, angling literature and the fly tackle industry.
Each year at the Fly Fishing Expo, awards are given to various individuals and groups who exemplify the mission and values of FFI. We take these awards seriously, following clearly defined procedures and criteria. If you would like to nominate someone based on their contributions to our sport, please complete the Award Nominations Form. Deadline for nominations is April 1 of each year.
Click the links below to access information and form needed to nominate an individual or business. Questions may directed to Operations Manager, FFI Awards Adminstrator.
An award or awards, to an individual, group or organization that has made extraordinary contributions to the conservation of our fisheries resources. The criteria are as follows:
All nominations will be routed by the Awards Chair to the VP Conservation for evaluation of each nominee and the VP Conservation will make recommendations to the Awards Committee.
An award presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to fisheries and land ecology. The criteria is as follows:
A cash grant in the amount of $500.00 given annually to a deserving student in undergraduate or graduate biology or similar field who is specializing in fishery management, cold or warm waters, fresh water or salt. Application is to be made to the Awards Chair detailing academic background and overview of postgraduate work. Applications will be forwarded to VP Conservation for review and recommendations to the Awards Committee for final decision.
A club award for FFI clubs working on projects. Can be a current or future project as long as it is "fishery related conservation enhancement and preservation". The criteria are as follows:
The award is to be made based upon the recommendations of the VP Conservation provided to the Awards Committee who will make the final decision.
This award is made in memory of Dr. James A. Henshall for his many contributions to warm water fisheries. This award may be made to an individual, a club, a group or other organization for extraordinary achievements in conservation of warm water fisheries. This annual award is made to an individual or organization for an outstanding fishery management plan for a pond, stream, lake or reservoir that makes a significant contribution to the protection, restoration or enhancement of a warm water fishery.
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An affiliated club must initiate and participate in a warm water fisheries conservation project to be considered for this award. Application should be made to the Awards Chair who will forward them to the Warm Water Committee for their recommendation.
Please direct your questions to the Awards Chairman Herb Kettler.


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Dell Inc. Continues Its Commitment to Communities, People and the Environment Through 2020 Legacy of Good Report
AUSTIN, Texas, June 20, 2017 /3BL Media/ -- Dell Inc. reports the first 2020 Legacy of Good update that recognizes key CSR achievements for the combined company following Dell's merger with EMC¹. The plan outlines Dell's long-term commitment to society, team members and the environment. As a result of the merger, the company has a broader technology portfolio, more engaged team members and greater resources to address the world's most pressing challenges. The report summarizes the efforts of Fiscal Year 2017 (Feb. 1, 2016 – Jan. 31, 2017).
"Bringing together Dell and EMC in September 2016 gave us an opportunity to reflect on our progress and establish a core set of commitments that represent the best of both companies," said Trisa Thompson, Chief Responsibility Officer at Dell Inc. "We have a newfound energy as we think about the opportunity we have to put our combined portfolio, expertise and resources to good work. It's already encouraging tremendous innovation that will benefit our customers and our world."
The updated plan and goals reflect how Dell and EMC came together with a shared commitment to people and the planet. For example, the combined company has increased its investment in STEM education for underserved youth. To help cultivate an inclusive culture, Dell is extending its flexible work program to legacy EMC team members and offering more employee resource groups, connecting team members who share interests such as gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or background. And as a combined company, Dell achieved part of its American Business Act on Climate Pledge to plant 1 million trees to offset carbon emissions and restore natural habitats around the globe. Lastly, this year's report includes additional goals dedicated to driving transparency, accountability and continuous improvement throughout Dell's global supply chain.
The initial plan was developed during Dell's Fiscal Year 2014 (Feb. 1, 2013 – Jan. 31, 2014). Today's 2020 Legacy of Good update includes original goals, adjusted goals as well as new goals to reflect the opportunities, scale and expertise of our combined organization. Report highlights include:
- Dell has offered expertise and technology for 2.3 million underserved children directly and over 10 million people indirectly through strategic giving programs, reaching 59 percent of Dell's direct impact goal and 84 percent of the indirect goal.
- Since FY14, Dell employees provided over 3.3 million hours of community service in the areas in which they live and work. Dell's goal is to provide 5 million cumulative hours of service by 2020.
- Dell's partnership, funding and technology enables TGen to accelerate and improve treatment plans for cancer patients. By working with Dell, the increased computational and storage capacity has reduced the time it takes to sequence a genome from multiple weeks to just six hours, logging over 1 million computational hours per month.
- Dell offers 14 different employee resource groups (ERGs) to help instill an inclusive culture. As of December 2016, 23 percent of team members are engaged in employee resource groups. Pride, Dell's ERG for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender team members and allies, is one of the fastest-growing ERGs. Much of that growth came through new chapters in Asia and Latin America, locations where identifying as LGBT is not always widely accepted.
- Dell further expanded its flexible work programs to Dell EMC team members, encouraging eligible employees to work where, how and when it is most productive for them. Dell's goal is to increase global participation to 50 percent by 2020.
- Dell continued to be recognized as an Employer of Choice, garnering awards in over 20 countries. In November 2016, Dell launched its first employee survey as a combined company, with positive results: 82 percent of team members said they felt inspired, exceeding the goal of 75 percent.
- Dell exceeded the initial 2020 goal of using 50 million pounds of sustainable materials in its products and adjusted the goal to use 100 million pounds of recycled-content plastic and other sustainable materials.
- Dell began shipping the XPS 13 2-in-1 in packaging made from ocean-bound plastics and made a public commitment to increase annual usage 10x by 2025 as well as open source Dell's supply chain to encourage broad use of ocean plastics by other companies.
- Dell has recovered 1.8 billion pounds of electronics, 88 percent of the way toward its 2020 goal to recycle 2 billion pounds of used electronics by 2020.
Supply Chain
- Dell expanded transparency into supply chain operations through the release of the semiannual Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Progress Report, which describes supply chain performance on Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) audits and other initiatives.
- Dell also introduced new supply chain sub-goals focused on EICC audits, emissions reporting and water risk mitigation plans to help drive responsible actions amongst suppliers.
- Dell is committed to tracking suppliers' adherence to standards for working hours, human rights, health and safety, and environmental conditions and work together to resolve issues. In FY17, Dell expanded the weekly working hours monitoring program to include more than 190,000 workers across 121 supplier facilities in China and increased direct engagement with workers to help give workers a safe environment to speak up about issues.
Additional Resources
White paper of report alignment
Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Progress Report
Media Contacts:
Emily Laderman
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About Dell Inc.
Dell Inc., a part of Dell Technologies, provides customers of all sizes – including 98 percent of the Fortune 500 – with a broad, innovative portfolio from edge to core to cloud. Dell Inc. comprises Dell client as well as Dell EMC infrastructure offerings that enable organizations to modernize, automate and transform their data center while providing today's workforce and consumers what they need to securely connect, produce, and collaborate from anywhere at any time.