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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 2:17 PM GMT on June 16, 2010
A low pressure system about 700 miles east of the Lesser Antilles Islands, Invest 92L, was near tropical depression status early this morning, but is currently weakening. Infrared satellite loops show the disturbance's heavy thunderstorm activity has decreased markedly in the past few hours, with the cloud top temperatures warming noticeably, indicating that 92L's thunderstorms are no longer pushing as high into the atmosphere. Water vapor satellite loops show that the storm is surrounded on all sides by dry air, though there is a region of moister air in front of it that 92L will encounter on Thursday. Wind shear as diagnosed by the University of Wisconsin is near 20 knots, though the SHIPS model is diagnosing the shear at a higher 25 - 30 knots. This high shear is pushing 92L's heavy thunderstorm activity to the east side of the center of circulation, and the center will probably become exposed to view late this morning. Had 92L been able to maintain the heavy thunderstorm activity it had early this morning for 12 or so hours, it could have been classified as a tropical depression. However, classification as a TD requires persistent heavy thunderstorm activity, typically interpreted to mean 12 hours of consistent heavy thunderstorm activity, and 92L did not meet that criterion.
Figure 1. Morning satellite image of Invest 92L. Image credit: NOAA.
The forecast for 92L: dissipation
Wind shear is the main story in the forecast for 92L, as a band of very high wind shear of 20 - 50 knots lies to the northwest of the storm. The current expected track of 92L carries it into this band of high wind shear, and the SHIPS model (based on the GFS model) is predicting that the shear will remain in the 25 - 30 knot range through Friday. Other models predict higher shear levels. It is likely that the high shear, combined with the dry air surrounding the storm, will destroy 92L by Friday. The National Hurricane Center is giving 92L a low (10% chance) of developing into a tropical depression by Friday morning, and this is a reasonable forecast. It is likely that 92L will bring heavy rain showers and wind gusts up to 35 mph on Friday to the Lesser Antilles Islands. I don't expect 92L to be organized enough to cause flooding problems to any of the islands in its path. None of our reliable global computer models develop 92L into a tropical depression. The rest of the tropical Atlantic is quiet, and none of the reliable computer models is calling for tropical cyclone development in the Atlantic over the next seven days.
Is the formation of 92L a harbinger of an active hurricane season?
According to the Hurricane FAQ, Goldenberg (2000) found that during the period 1944 - 1999, formation of a named storm in the tropical Atlantic south of 22°N and east of 77°W during June and July was a harbinger of at least an average season, and in many cases an above average season. The formation of a storm in this region during June or July is one factor the NOAA and Colorado State University seasonal hurricane forecast teams have used in the past as a predictor for an active season in their early August forecasts. Now, 92L didn't make it to named storm status, though it was pretty close to being a tropical depression. However, the near-formation of 92L into a tropical depression, is, in my mind, a clear harbinger that we can expect a severe hurricane season this year. It's very rare to have a development like 92L in that portion of the tropical Atlantic this early in the season. The lower than average wind shear and higher than average SSTs that helped 92L get organized are more likely than not to carry over into the main portion of hurricane season, giving us a much more active hurricane season than normal.
Figure 2. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image of the oil spill taken at 7:51 am EDT Tuesday June 15, 2010, by the Canadian Radarsat-1 satellite, operated by MDA GeospatialServices of Richmond, Canada. A large amount of oil was present on the Florida Panhandle coast near Pensacola, and was headed east towards Panama City. Image credit: Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. SAR images have a resolution of 8 - 50 meters, and can be taken through clouds and precipitation.
Oil spill wind and ocean current forecast
Light and variable winds less than 10 knots will blow in the northern Gulf of Mexico for the next five days, according to the latest marine forecast from NOAA. The winds will tend to have a westerly component for the most part, which will maintain a slow (1/4 mph) eastward-moving surface ocean current that will transport oil eastwards along the Florida Panhandle coast, according to the latest ocean current forecast from NOAA's HYCOM model. These winds and currents may be capable of transporting oil east past Panama City, Florida to Cape San Blas by Monday. Oil will continue to threaten the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi for the remainder of the week as well, according to the latest trajectory forecasts from NOAA and the State of Louisiana. The long range 8 - 16 day forecast from the GFS model indicates a typical summertime light wind regime, with winds mostly blowing out of the south or southeast. This wind regime will likely keep oil close to the coastal areas that have already seen oil impacts over the past two weeks.
NOAA has lauched a great new interactive mapping tool that allows one to overlay wind forecasts, ocean current forecasts, oil location, etc.
Oil spill resources
My post, What a hurricane would do the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
My post on the Southwest Florida "Forbidden Zone" where surface oil will rarely go
My post on what oil might do to a hurricane
NOAA has lauched a great new interactive mapping tool that allows one to overlay forecasts and oil location observations
Gulf Oil Blog from the UGA Department of Marine Sciences
Oil Spill Academic Task Force
University of South Florida Ocean Circulation Group oil spill forecasts
ROFFS Deepwater Horizon page
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from the University of Miami
I'll have an update on Thursday.
Jeff Masters
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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Smaller, Quicker, Secret, Robotic: Inside America's New Space Force
|4:19:32 PM, Thursday, April 05, 2012
"(www.wired.com)The past and future of America's space arsenal intersected, briefly, in the summer of 2011. For two weeks in July, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis roughly shared its Earth orbit with the Air Force's X-37B, a 29-foot-long, highly maneuverable robotic spacecraft that entered service in early 2010 and has been cloaked in secrecy ever since. The X-37 was around 80 miles higher than the Shuttle, so it's doubtful the four-person Atlantis crew, conducting the 135th and last Shuttle mission, ever saw the robotic craft. The X-37's small size — barely a quarter the length of Atlantis — made a sighting even less likely.
Equally striking was the difference in cost between Atlantis and its tiny robotic compatriot. Atlantis costmore than $10 billion to design and build and around $500 million to launch on that one mission. The Boeing-built X-37 mini-shuttle set the taxpayers back an estimated $1 billion for development and construction and just $180 million to send into space. (All cost figures in this story are in today's dollars.)
There are lots of things Atlantis could do that the X-37 cannot and vice versa, complicating any direct comparison. Both craft were designed to carry scientific and military payloads into orbit:Atlantis, with its school-bus-size cargo bay, emphasized carrying capacity; the X-37, optimized for endurance, has a bay the size of a pickup truck's bed. Still, it's almost unheard of for a major government technology to be cheaper than its immediate predecessor. Just ask the Air Force, with its $400 million F-22 fighters replacing F-15s that cost a quarter as much.
Moreover, the X-37B is meant to be launched into space on short notice, remain in orbit for a year or more and return only when its fuel tanks finally run dry. After a few weeks or months of reconditioning, the mini-shuttle is ready to return to space atop an Atlas rocket. With its fleet of two X-37s, the Air Force can keep at least one in orbit at all times.
Because they had to support their human crews, Atlantis and her sister Space Shuttles could spend at most two weeks in orbit before their water and air supplies began to run out. Between flights the manned orbiters needed nine months of expensive reconditioning by Rockwell, the main Shuttle contractor. It would have taken a fleet of 18 Space Shuttles to ensure one was in space at all times, but NASA built only five of the massive spacecraft for a total program cost of more than $200 billion.From huge, slow and expensive to tiny, speedy and cheaper, Atlantis' and the X-37's brief proximity last summer represented a passing-of-the-torch for the world's leading space power. The era of big space missions is fading. "Small" is the new watch-word for America's orbital force. But as the X-37 and a host of other new spacecraft demonstrate, small doesn't mean less capable..."
Pope Denounces Priests Who Question Catholic Teachings On Celibacy And Women Ordination
|4:08:42 PM, Thursday, April 05, 2012
"(www.huffingtonpost.com)VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church.
Benedict made the rare and explicit criticism from the altar of St. Peter's Basilica in his homily on Holy Thursday, when priests recall the promises they made when ordained.
In 2006, a group of Austrian priests launched the Pfarrer Initiative, or pastor initiative, a call to disobedience aimed at abolishing priestly celibacy and opening the clergy to women to relieve the shortages of priests.
Last June, the group's members essentially threatened a schism, saying the Vatican's refusal to hear their complaints left them no choice but to "follow our conscience and act independently."
They issued a revised call to disobedience in which they said parishes would celebrate Eucharistic services without priests, that they would let women preach, and they pledged to speak out publicly and frequently for female and married priests.
The group now claims more than 300 Austrian priests and deacons as well as supporters in other countries, and its influence has grown to such an extent that top Austrian bishops met with Vatican officials in January to discuss how to handle them, Italian news reports said.
So far, neither the Vatican nor the archbishop of Vienna, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, have imposed any canonical penalties on them…"
-- During a visit to Cuba, - "It is evident today that Marxist ideology as it had been conceived no longer responds to reality," Benedict continued.The Catholic Church should heed its own advice, because one would be hard pressed to find any of the Church's ideology that responds to reality!
First Evidence For Pre-Columbian Sources Of Maya Blue
|3:53:33 PM, Thursday, April 05, 2012
"Once again, science and anthropology have teamed up to solve questions concerning the fascinating, brilliantly hued pigment known as Maya Blue. Impervious to the effects of chemical or physical weathering, the pigment was applied to pottery, sculpture, and murals in Mesoamerica largely during the Classic and Postclassic periods (AD 250-1520), playing a central role in ancient Maya religious practice. This unusual blue paint was used to coat the victims of human sacrifice and the altars on which they were dispatched.
For some time, scientists have known that Maya Blue is formed through the chemical combination of indigo and the clay mineral palygorskite. Only now, however, have researchers established a link between contemporary indigenous knowledge and ancient sources of the mineral.
In a paper published online in the Journal of Archaeological Science on March 16, 2012, researchers from Wheaton College, The Field Museum of Natural History, the United States Geological Survey, California State University of Long Beach, and the Smithsonian Institution, demonstrated that the palygorskite component in some of the Maya Blue samples came from mines in two locations in Mexico's northern Yucatan Peninsula.
Research on sources for palygorskite has been ongoing since the late 1960's. Through a combination of ethnographic research and mineralogical analyses, Dean E. Arnold, Professor of Anthropology at Wheaton College, and now Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at The Field Museum, discovered that palygorskite was well known among indigenous potters of Ticul, Yucatán. These contemporary Maya used palygorskite as a key component of pottery and also prescribed the mineral for medicinal purposes. Indigenous knowledge further extends to sources of palygorskite: potters extracted the mineral from two mines in Yucatán – one in Sacalum and the other near the city of Ticul at a location called Yo' Sah Kab…"
25 Unbelievable Pictures Of The Tornadoes That Hit The Dallas/Fort Worth Area
|3:48:19 PM, Thursday, April 05, 2012
-- Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage on Monday. These pictures are pretty insane, especially the ones of the hail and semi-trucks. Fortunately, no one was killed.
Staten Island Pit Bull Takes Bullet To Save Owner, Justin Becker, During Break-In And Survives
|7:32:31 PM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"Kilo, the pit bull, has been hailed a super-pooch after he took a bullet to protect his owner and survived, New York Post reports.
Over the weekend, an armed intruder and would-be burglar -- posing as a FedEx delivery man -- attempted to push his way into Justin Becker's home in Staten Island, NY.
According to the Staten Island Advance, Becker lunged against the door to prevent the aggressor from getting any further, while his girlfriend, Nicole Percoco, 22, ran to the kitchen to get a knife.
That's when Becker's 12-year-old pooch, Kilo, leapt into action.
"I get the guy in between the door, and Kilo was trying to bite him to through the door," said Becker.
It was then that the gunman shot the dog in the head -- before making a quick escape.
Incredibly, the bullet ricocheted off Kilo's skull and exited through his neck, giving the dog a chance of survival.
But Becker's girlfriend, Nicole Percoco, was certain that Kilo was going to die.
"Hold him in your arms. Let him die in your arms," she told Becker.
Instead, Becker took the wounded dog to Staten Island's South Shore Animal Hospital.
"This is like, one in a million," Dr. Greg Panarello, the vet whose clinic operated on Kilo told Fox News. "He's very lucky."
The staff at the hospital was so impressed with Kilo -- who is now back home and recovering well -- that they adorned his bandage with an 'S' for 'superhero.'
"Kilo's amazing. This makes me realize how special he is," Percoco told the Staten Island Advance."
-- Yes, a positive Pit Bull story for once! Love these dogs.
Maquech Beetles Decorated and Used as Pieces of Living Jewelry
|4:43:01 PM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
-- Apparently as part of old Mayan tradition, folks in Mexico have been decorating Maquech beetles and clipping them to their clothes as living jewelry...
2013 SRT Viper Reborn as a 640-hp Detroit-Built Supercar
|4:11:54 PM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"The original Dodge Viper was the definition of irresistible force in a movable object -- a V-10 powered roadster that couldn't be beat in a straight line but punished those who couldn't master it around a curve. After a two-year hiatus driven by Chrysler's bankruptcy, the only V-10 American-built supercar has been reborn as the 2013 SRT Viper, and gifted with Ferrari-fighting levels of power and refinement. The fangs have grown sharper.
To a packed crowd at the New York Auto Show preview, SRT chief Ralph Gilles drove not just a production Viper on stage but a race version that will compete in the GT class of the American LeMans series. Gilles, wearing a "Detroit" t-shirt, made clear that the Viper wouldn't sell in huge numbers nor really matter to the company's finances. "The Viper shows we still have a soul here at Chrysler," Gilles says, adding that one colleague announced when the Viper plan's won approval that "today, we are a car company again."
While the company considered using pieces of the Fiat-Ferrari parts bin, Gilles and team chose instead to rework the internals of the previous Viper, which has soldiered on for several years as a track killer that was barely suitable for everyday driving. Engineers redesigned the frame to raise its stiffness and lightness, the restyled body uses mostly carbon-fiber panels, and the 8.4-liter V-10 was given a brace of updates that not only raised its power by 40 hp to 640 hp and 600 ft.-lbs. of torque, but made the power more usable. The combination of all such measures, Gilles says, creates a car that has a better power-to-weight ratio than a Lamborghini Aventador and the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. (Fuel economy ratings are to be determined, but if you have to ask...)
But it's inside where the Viper breaks with tradition most. Admitting that the previous Viper's interior was considered a "joke" by competitors, Gilles said the new one was designed to match them. The seats are built by the same supplier who sells them to Ferrari; the dash includes two video screens. And for a car whose owners reveled in the lack of electronic driving aids, the new Viper not only comes with cruise control and stability control, but a launch system to snap off consistent drag strip times. (The launch control can be shut off, so that owners can turn the massive 355-ration Pirelli P Zero tires to smoke upon demand.)
In one small change, the Viper will be sold as two models; the GTS as a loaded version and a regular Viper with different bodywork and fewer interior options. Chrysler didn't release prices for the Viper, but the ZR1 Corvette and the Nissan GT-R now run about $100,000.
The previous Viper still holds the record for the fastest lap around Nürburgring of any production sports car. Given Chrysler almost sold off the Viper in bankruptcy, it's a marvel the car exists again at all -- but the Chrysler SRT team seems ready to take any comers once again when the Viper emerges this fall, if for no other reason than to show the company's soul survived."
-- Do want! Always loved the Viper.
Earth Has Scores of Mini-Moons, Models Predict
|3:59:55 AM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"(Nat. Geo.) Our moon is not alone: Scores of unseen mini-moons are now in orbit around Earth, new computer models predict.
What's more, these tiny moons occasionally plummet through our planet's atmosphere, creating brilliant fireballs, the researchers say.
The findings are based on supercomputer simulations of ten million asteroids known to fly through the Earth-moon system. The models show that objects that circle the sun in orbits similar to Earth's are likely to be captured as mini-moons.
"We accurately tracked their motion—including the gravitational tugs from the sun and all the other planets and big asteroids in the solar system—and found that 18,000 of [these asteroids] were captured and briefly went into orbit around the Earth," said study co-author Robert Jedicke, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii.
"We estimate that there are one or two washing machine-size mini-moons and about a thousand larger than a softball [orbiting Earth] at any time," he said.
The captured moons would orbit Earth in twisted, convoluted paths. In fact, the simulations show that most mini-moons hang around for less than a year before they're either spit back out to orbit the sun or end up on a collision course with Earth, Jedicke said.
"The moon perturbs the orbit of about one in a thousand, so they hit the Earth—some of the meteors that you see at night are actually mini-moons falling to Earth."
Prehistoric Double Moons?
In addition to small space rocks, the models predict that once in awhile Earth captures something even larger.
The team's estimates show that every half century an object the size of a large dump truck—about 33 feet (10 meters) across—joins our roughly 2,100-mile-wide (3,400-kilometer-wide) moon.
And even larger objects—each the size of a football field, or about 328 feet (100 meters) across—can be captured by Earth's gravity every hundred thousand years.
At that size, Jedicke speculates, the extra moons might even be visible to the naked eye.
"A hundred thousand years is about the time frame that human beings have been doing things like leaving their handprints on cave walls, so maybe in that time frame somebody once actually looked into the sky and saw a mini-moon moving across the sky," he added.
Jedicke and his team are the first to make predictions about mini-moon sizes and distribution, and it appears their predictions are fairly accurate.
The only known mini-moon was a 9.8-foot-wide (3-meter-wide) asteroid dubbed 2006 RH120, which orbited Earth less than a year before resuming its previous life orbiting the sun.
"The size and orbital properties of 2006 RH120 are perfectly consistent with our models," Jedicke said. "Had we done our study ten years ago, we could have predicted that an object like 2006 RH120 would be detected soon."
Mini-Moons Still Hard to Spot
Even with the new simulations, the researchers caution that actually seeing more mini-moons will be challenging, because the objects are relatively small and thus faint.
In addition, the gravitational effects that draw in Earth's extra moons tend to set them whipping around the planet at high speeds, making them even harder to pinpoint.
"We are currently trying to figure out how to use astronomical surveys to spot them regularly," Jedicke said.
For instance, "the largest ones could be detectable by the advanced amateur astronomer with a 50-centimeter-diameter [20-inch-diameter] telescope," he said.
"But discovering new mini-moons will require an asteroid survey that covers much of the sky in a single night and detects objects that are very faint.""
Research on Stickleback Fish Shows How Adaptation to New Environments Involves Many Genes
|3:53:27 AM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"(physorg.com) A current controversy raging in evolutionary biology is whether adaptation to new environments is the result of many genes, each of relatively small effect, or just a few genes of large effect. A new study published in Molecular Ecologystrongly supports the first "many-small" hypothesis.
McGill University professor Andrew Hendry, from the Department of Biology and the Redpath Museum, and evolutionary geneticists at Basel University in Switzerland, studied how threespine stickleback fish adapted to lake and stream environments in British Columbia, Canada. The authors used cutting-edge genomic methods to test for genetic differences at thousands of positions ("loci") scattered across the stickleback genome. Very large genetic differences between lake and stream stickleback were discovered at more than a dozen of these loci, which is considerably more than expected under the alternative "few-large" hypothesis.
By examining four independently evolved lake-stream population pairs, the researchers were further able to show that increasing divergence between the populations involved genetic differences that were larger and present at more and more loci.
As these results were obtained using new high-resolution genetic methods, it is conceivable that previous perceptions of adaptation as being a genetically simple process are simply the result of a bias resulting from previous lower-resolution genomic methods.
"I suspect that as more and more studies use these methods, the tide of opinion will swerve strongly to the view that adaptation is a complex process that involves many genes spread across diverse places in the genome," says Prof. Hendry."
Dutch 'Flying Car' Takes to the Skies
|3:44:15 AM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"(physorg.com) Is it a flying car or a driving aircraft? Either way, the Personal Air and Land Vehicle, or PAL-V for short, has just proved it can handle the skies as well as the highway, both at up to 180 kilometres (112 miles) per hour, its Dutch developers said Tuesday.
The PAL-V is a gyrocopter that can fly as far as 500 kilometres (315 miles) at an altitude of up to 4,000 feet (1,200 metres).
When it lands, it tucks away its rotor-blades and turns into a road-legal three-wheeled vehicle with a range of 1,200 kilometres.
"In future, you will be able to drive from home to the airport, take off, land and then drive to your destination in one go," said Robert Dingemanse, chief executive of the company, also called PAL-V.
In development since 2008, the first commercial models of the arrow-shaped PAL-V are expected to go on sale in 2014 at 250,000-300,000 euros ($330,000-$400,000), Dingemanse told AFP.
"The successful maiden flight of the PAL-V protoype was conducted at a Dutch Air Force base last month," added the head of the company, based in Raamsdonksveer near the eastern city of Nijmegen.
"It will revolutionise the era of personal air travel," said Jacco Hoekstra, dean of the aerospace faculty at Delft Technical University, which with the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory cooperated on the project.
"Before, air travel was mainly based on public transport," Hoekstra said. "Now it will become a lot more personal -- you will simply be able to walk out your door, drive to a small airfield and fly away."
If the PAL-V sounds like the perfect getaway vehicle from a traffic jam, there is a hitch -- it requires 165 metres of runway to take off, 30 metres to land and can only be flown from airports.
For more than a century inventors have been trying to combine cars and planes, and several companies have joined the race to make the first commercially-produced "flying car."
US-based firm Terrafugia said Monday they had successfully tested their own street-legal plane called the the "Transition.""
-- Follow the link to see it in action.
Mammoth Carcass Found in Siberia
|3:17:14 AM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
"(BBC) The discovery of a well-preserved juvenile mammoth suggests that ancient humans "stole" mammoths from hunting lions, scientists say.
Bernard Buigues and Professor Alice Roberts were part of the team which unwrapped the frozen mammoth, known as Yuka, after its journey from the location where tusk hunters found it in northern Siberia.
Scientists have since completed an initial assessment of Yuka.
"Its foot pads and thick strawberry-blonde hair are exquisitely preserved," noted Professor Alice Roberts.
The mammoth was filmed as part of the BBC/Discovery co-production programme Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice, which will be broadcast in the UK on Wednesday 4 April at 21:00 BST on BBC Two, and in the US on the Discovery Channel at a later date."
-- Follow the link for video and close-ups!
Giant Tibetan Mastiff
|3:04:44 AM, Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Photo: Reuters/Stringer
-- Look at this dog. Just look at it.
Amazing Glow-in-the-Dark Jellyfish Art Sculptures
|6:28:49 PM, Tuesday, April 03, 2012
-- U.S. firm The Amazing Jellyfish (theamazingjellyfish.com) takes the bioluminescent bodies of creatures that have died of natural causes and encase them in resin, thus preserving not just their bodies, but also their incredible glow-in-the-dark properties. Do want! Beautiful!
Evidence of 'Earliest Fire Use'
|3:51:18 PM, Tuesday, April 03, 2012
"(BBC) Scientists say they have new evidence that our ancestors were using fire as early as a million years ago.
It takes the form of ash and bone fragments recovered from Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa.
The team tells the journal PNAS that the sediments suggest frequent, controlled fires were lit on the site.
The ability to use fire is regarded as a key step in human development because it gave us access to cooked foods and new technologies.
Stone tools found at Wonderwerk Cave indicate the ancestor in question may have been Homo erectus, a species whose existence has been documented as far back as 1.8 million years ago.
Establishing precisely when humans first acquired the ability to control fire has been very difficult.
There have been several claims that the skill was in existence even earlier than at Wonderwerk.
But they have all been challenged, with sceptics arguing the fire remains from open sites could have been the result of natural blazes ignited by lightning.
In contrast, the PNAS team, which consists of scientists based at US, Israeli, German and South African institutions, says statements about the Northern Cape cave are far more secure.
If correct, the Wonderwerk discovery would push the earliest indisputable controlled use of fire back by about 300,000 years.
In their paper, the researchers describe burnt remains of grasses, brushes, leaves and even bones in the cave's sediments some 30m back from the entrance.
This makes it far less likely that what they are viewing is material from wildfires that was simply blown into the cave by wind, they argue.
The depth of the sediments also suggests fires were lit on the same spot over and over again."
New Milky Way Photo Captures 1 Billion Stars
|4:27:45 AM, Tuesday, April 03, 2012
"(SPACE.com) More than a billion stars blaze bright in a new photo of our Milky Way galaxy snapped by an international team of astronomers.
The new picture, which was released today (March 28), combines infrared images of the Milky Way taken during sky surveys by two different instruments, the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii and the VISTA telescope in Chile. The photo is part of a 10-year project that is gathering mountains of data to help guide future research, scientists said.
"This incredible image gives us a new perspective of our galaxy, and illustrates the far-reaching discoveries we can make from large sky surveys," Nick Cross, of the University of Edinburgh, said in a statement. "Having data processed, archived and published by dedicated teams leaves other scientists free to concentrate on using the data, and is a very cost-effective way to do astronomy."
Cross will present the image Thursday (March 29) at the 2012 National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester, the United Kingdom."
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RG3 has WIDE open receivers cause of his threat to run. When you have the safeties playing in the box and the secondary playing zone with eyes on the quarterback there are HUGE holes in the defense. Imagine if Eli had that all game.
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RG3 has WIDE open receivers cause of his threat to run. When you have the safeties playing in the box and the secondary playing zone with eyes on the quarterback there are HUGE holes in the defense. Imagine if Eli had that all game.
my stats were to rebuke that falsehood. Griffin does not dink and dunk more than Eli .
and the fact that you must respect his run capability is an asset for him , not an excuse for completion %.
the kid beats Eli in almost every passing category there is.
are you taking into consideration that we have better receivers ? that Eli has 8 years more experience ?...
.its all relative.........so either use stats or don't.
but he can pass as good as Eli and run as good as Bradshaw.
so either way stats or no stats , the kid is pretty good.
now he could be a flash in the pan ..who knows....
i wouldn't put him in the hall yet....
but right now he is obviously harder to defend than Eli.
and when shown the proof you choose to ignore it...
i wasn't trying to anoint RG3 , i was just giving him credit for beating us...
you homers started comparing him to Eli ....its not my fault you don't have the numbers
to back up your false statements.
i am not putting him the Hall....i'm not even putting him top 5 right now.
i just put him ahead of your BFF. and trust me ,that is no where near idolatry.
this post applies to you too.
He's the flavor of the month, much the same way Cam Newton was last year. Having said that, I like the kid. He has great poise and leadership skills, qualities you can't really teach.
By being so effective with ball fakes, the LB's stay close to the line that much longer allowing his slot receivers to get behind the front seven and into the secondary. The result is the slants and in-cuts that he throws to don't have to be threaded into tight windows. I thought he was an accurate passer, but now I'm not so sure. We'll see how the league adjusts to him and how he counters that. I think he's going to be a pain in the arse for many years, provided he doesn't take too many hits along the way.
People really should calm down about RGIII. He is definitely a good QB that present a unique threat, but he definitely can be contained and stopped. He has a long way to go in the league to compare with Eli. Every QB has his style and I would personally take a pocket passer over a run oriented QB any day. If you want your QB to run a lot, be prepared for some injuries. Of course there are so many intangibles during a season and right now the Giants are in 1st place and still control their destiny.
I am hardcore Giants fan. What I saw in this kid at QB is that he is brilliant. However, he will not last if he keeps taking a pounding. He can pass with some of the best of them and he is just a kid. The pounding won't hold up and he will adjust I think. I like him but not the skins...lol.
I fail to understand how a guy who has a QB rating over 100 and only 4 ints in 12 games can't read defenses? Are y'all talking about pre snap? If he looks at his 1st read and he's open, why look at his 2nd option? Lol


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Machine Learning, etc: Log loss or hinge loss?Machine Learning, etc: Log loss or hinge loss?: "Hinge loss is less sensitive to exact probabilities. In particular, minimizer of hinge loss over probability densities will be a function that returns returns 1 over the region where true p(y=1|x) is greater than 0.5, and 0 otherwise. If we are fitting functions of the form above, then once hinge-loss minimizer attains the minimum, adding extra degrees of freedom will never increase approximation error.
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By Shuli Ren
While there are signs of stabilization this week, the temporary "cease fire" is fragile, because this year's emerging markets sell-off, unlike last summer's, was driven by concerns over economic fundamentals, warned Barclays.
Growth concerns, rather than the Federal Reserve, have driven this year's emerging markets sell-off. We have unpleasant growth data from U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, in January. China's January manufacturing PMI dropped from 51 to 50.5 and US. manufacturing ISM came in at 51.3, well below the consensus 56.
So what factors stabilized emerging markets this week? Barclays made a few suggestions. First and foremost, short covering and less negative growth data after the US ISM:
The US non-manufacturing ISM was better than expected (54.0; consensus: 53.7) and European manufacturing PMIs accelerated in January. The euro area PMI (54.0) was the strongest since May 2011, while the UK's (56.7) is close to its recent highs. Emerging EMEA manufacturing PMIs were also strong overall.
Moody's upgrade of Mexico may also have helped:
Moody's earlier-than-expected upgrade of Mexico's sovereign credit rating to A3 from Baa1
also provided support to EM assets this week.
But these factors are fragile.
Investor sentiments are extremely low. In the first five weeks of 2014, the total capital outflow from emerging markets equity funds already surpassed that of the entire 2013.
Dangerously, contagion and positioning have made this year's emerging markets currency sell-off different from last year's, making some of the trades appear "irrational". For example:
In EM, position liquidation has resulted in EM FX performance that is inconsistent with external vulnerabilities. In fact, most of our preferred EM currencies, where positioning was likely long at the beginning of the year, such as the PLN, MXN, MYR, KRW and RUB, are not top performers YTD. In contrast, some of the currencies with poor fundamentals and where positioning was likely already short, such as the THB and IDR, have outperformed.
Barclays recommends us to stay away from the Turkish lira and the South African rand despite recent corrections.
Year-to-date, the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) lost 7.6%, the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (VWO) lost 7.1%. The iShares China Large Cap ETF (FXI) lost 10.2%. The iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (TUR) lost 7.2%. The iShares MSCI South Africa ETF (EZA) lost 9.5%.


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Same deal with Mrs. Nick Lachey. Really, ladies, we can recognize you under all that latex.
Ironically, this Friends repeat was on the other night, where we see a "what could have been" universe where Monica is still fat. I was shocked by how many jokes they got away with--not really calling her names, but moreso mocking how crazy Chandler would have to be to want to sleep with her.
The meta rom-com America's Sweethearts tries to convince us that not only is Julia's character Kiki an unextraordinary wallflower, but also that she used to be fat. Hence the extra pounds you see in a flashback scene or two. To be honest, I wouldn't even qualify this as a fat suit; she resemble someone curvy but not someone dangerously overweight. Of course, on her skinny frame it was a shocking addition.
Rumor has it that the producers tested a larger suit, but it didn't go over well. No surprise, seeing as viewers responded negatively to Julia's fat suit and the message that John Cusack warmed up to her only after she'd shed the pounds.
Can you believe that it's been six years since Tyra donned the fat suit for a social experiment on her talk show Tyra? She spent a day doing normal things -- riding the bus, walking down the street, going on blind dates -- and reported that she felt humiliated in each situation.
"There's no excuse for rudeness. There's no excuse for ugliness. And there's no excuse for nastiness and that's what I experienced," she said.
Same deal with Mrs. Nick Lachey. Really, ladies, we can recognize you under all that latex.
We're really surprised that someone as chic and pulled-together as Gwyneth went for this role, but maybe she thought it would make her seem less uptight. Unfortunately, we don't remember anything about her performance, only that according to this movie a woman's inner beauty is still a size zero with perfect hair.
The Scary Movie of rom-coms tried to emulate Shallow Hal and failed just as badly... maybe even moreso because we expected more from Alyson and the Wayans brothers.
Most of the examples here are famous actresses/personalities who are already known for their good looks before they put on the fat suit. Then you have Amy Adams, who put on the fake pounds in one of her first roles on Smallville: She plays an overweight teen who starts dieting on vegetables grown in kryptonite-rich soil. Once the pounds start sliding off -- this photo shows her about halfway through the process -- she has to suck the fat out of people to keep getting slim.
I actually watched this Lifetime movie when it aired in 2007. The beautiful Big Bang Theory star played a teenager who decides to wear a fat suit and document her experiences for a college scholarship. (Meta!) See, she believes that her overweight family uses their size as an excuse to be lazy, but of course she comes to realize the opposite when she experiences some pretty ugly discrimination and depression.
The Makeup Gallery has a quote from Kaley that's really illuminating in its honesty:
"The first night I put [the fat suit] on, I called my mom from my hotel room sobbing and crying. Initially, it was difficult to see myself like that. It was emotional, it was hard and it was draining."
You have to wonder if ET got Melissa to pack on the fake pounds as a way to teach her lessons about inner beauty, or if (God help us) she's out to criticize other people's prejudices.


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United KingdomNeedingworth Road, Bluntisham, Huntingdon PE17 3RJ, EnglandQuarry Life Award 2014
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ASDOH Commencement
Required Pre-Commencement Orientation
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
A.T. Still University
Schedule of events.
Required ASDOH Ceremonies
Awards Brunch
Thursday, May 25, 2017
9:45 a.m. until 12:20 p.m.
Hilton Phoenix/ Mesa
For more information please contact Michele Fiore, Senior Administrative Assistant.
Founder's Ball
Thursday, May 25, 2017
6:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.
Hilton Phoenix/ Mesa
For additional information click here.
For more information please contact Lisa Valech, Executive Assistant to the Dean.
Military Recognition Dinner
Honoring Veteran and Active Military Graduates
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The Falls Event Center, Gilbert Arizona
Invitation only, for more information contact Student Life.
Friday, May 26, 2017
2:00 p.m.
Ikeda Theater, Mesa Arts Center
Cannot attend? Watch live: live.atsu.edu; the progam will begin broadcasting at the time listed above.
The following is a check-list to help ensure you will complete all requirements to participate in your ceremony:
1) Graduation RSVP
2) Gown and Tam/Tassel
3) Announcements
4) Guest Hooder (Optional)
5) Tickets
6) Photos
7) Diplomas
All students of A.T. Still University are required to RSVP to their commencement ceremony at least 30 days prior to their ceremony.
ASDOH RSVPs will be taken from the '2017 Graduate Name List' document created and distributed by the ASDOH Dean's Office. Note this online document can only be accessed by the graduate via the secure ATSU portal.
Graduates are responsible for purchasing their own gown and tassel [Masters]/ tam [Doctorate] for their commencement ceremony.
Oak Hall is the preferred vendor for ATSU commencement regalia; to order navigate to Oak Hall's online ordering system (available here). ATSU - Arizona does not have an on-campus bookstore or venue to purchase so please ensure you order from Oak Hall early to avoid additional shipping costs.
The Department of Student Affairs will purchase Master/Doctoral hoods for each graduate; these hoods will be provided during the Hooding Ceremony.
CB Announcements/ Balfour is the preferred vendor for ATSU commencement announcements. To order from CB Announcements/ Balfour, please complete the following steps:
- Navigate to CB Announcements/ Balfour online (available here).
- Select Your State: Arizona
- Select Your School: A.T. Still University
- Ceremony Month: May
- Press Continue.
Guest Hooder (Optional)
Each graduate will be hooded by a member of the faculty at the Dean's discretion. If a Graduate has an individual she/he wants to hood them they may request that option.
Individuals meeting the following criteria may apply to be a guest hooder during the commencement ceremony:
- Guest Hooder must hold a terminal degree [i.e.: DMD, DDS, DO, MD, Ph.D., Ed.D, Au.D., D.P.T., etc.) or equivalency of the degree being conferred.
Note: members of the A.T. Still University faculty do not qualify as a guest hooder; those requests will need to be directed to your Dean's Office.
Complete the online form (accessible here) to submit your request. Note: you must access the form via your portal log-in credentials.
Each graduate will be distributed fifteen (15) tickets for her/his ceremony. If this number is not sufficient for your needs we strongly encourage soliciting colleagues who will not be utilizing their allotment.
Tickets will be distributed only at commencement orientation.
Grad Images is the official photographer of ATSU commencement celebrations; please navigate to their web site for ordering instructions (available here).
Please note graduates will not be in the system until after the ceremony when she/he has been photographed
Diplomas will be ordered after all grades are received at the end of the academic semester/quarter. It will take approximately 6 to 8 weeks after your ceremony to receive your diploma.
To ensure proper delivery of your diploma contact the Office of the Registrar (available here) to make necessary updates. The Office of the Registrar also offers more details on your diploma online (here).


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|Doors Open
|Live Music
|Film Begins
|Reception in Courtyard
Roof and Courtyard
232 Third St. at 3rd Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11215
F/G to Carroll St. or R to Union
A cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.
Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady will be in attendance for a Q and A following the screening. After the Q and A there is a reception with complimentary beverages.
Detropia (Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady | USA | 90 min.)
Documentarians Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady have proven themselves masters of the vérité approach with the first-rate documentaries Jesus Camp and 12th and Delaware. Their latest topical effort, Detropia delivers a snapshot of Detroit's dire financial straits and struggling middle class. This screening is part of Rooftop Films and XO Projects' INDUSTRIANCE Series about the changing landscape in global industries and its impact on individuals.
The bulk of the movie is a collage of Detroit residents complaining about the city's downward economic spiral. As the auto industry flails, countless organizations dependent on their support fight to stay alive. Union workers bemoan cutbacks and proclaim they have nothing to lose. A local blogger waxes nostalgic about the city's faded dreams of building a 21st-century metropolis. Together they form a radiant collage of decay.
From the mournful opener until the closing montage, Detropia successfully generates a distinct sense of place. Ewing and Grady seem to cover every inch of the city, from the cavernous opera house to drab office interiors and graffiti-covered alleyways.
Detropia stabilizes its narrative with a fair share of empirical observations. For instance, the revelation that the Detroit Opera House relies on the three big automakers for 70% of its funding pairs with the use of its performances as part of the film's score. The music itself is a record of the city's dying state.
The most talkative subject, United Auto Workers Union chapter president George McGregor, predicts the downfall of the middle class not only in Detroit but around the country. However, polemics aside, the movie embraces a raw, urban beauty that sustains it through a somewhat aimless trajectory. Minutes go by before anyone says a word; instead, Detropia launches into a sprawling portrait of Detroit in light and dark, setting the stage for an elaborate tragedy that it confronts in every subsequent moment.
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Web Stories
'The Third World Novelist' is topic of scholar's talk, Oct. 3
Posted October 1, 2002; 10:14 a.m.
A talk entitled "You Who Read Me, Friend or Enemy: The Choices of the Third World Novelist" will open the 2002-03 Southeast Asia Lecture Series on Thursday, Oct. 3.
Benedict Anderson, the Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Anderson is widely known for his seminal work on the origins of nationalism, "Imagined Communities" (1983). His writings on nationalism have crossed disciplinary boundaries and have been read in fields as diverse as anthropology, literature, history, law and politics.
His early work examined revolution in Indonesia and was published as "Java in a Time of Revolution" (1972). His most recent work comprises several essays ranging broadly across Southeast Asian politics and has been published as "The Spectre of Comparisons" (1998). Anderson is the recipient of numerous honors including the 1998 Association for Asian Studies Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship on Asia.
This lecture is cosponsored by the Center of International Studies , the Program in East Asian Studies , the Council on Regional Studies, Foreign Policy in Focus and the Southeast Asia Society .
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601


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The video "Beyond FitzRandolph Gate" features 10 Princeton graduating seniors who made an impact on the world outside of campus before their undergraduate years came to a close at this year's Commencement ceremony. Among the students featured is Alexandria Brown (above), who tutored middle school students in Trenton, N.J., through Princeton Academic Curriculum Tutoring, which is part of a civic internship program by the University's Center for African American Studies.
Video still by Evelyn Tu
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Video feature: Commencement 2012: Beyond FitzRandolph Gate
Posted June 7, 2012; 12:00 p.m.
As they prepared to exit FitzRandolph Gate for the last time as Princeton undergraduates at this year's Commencement ceremony, members of the Class of 2012 reflected on how their experiences beyond campus were an integral part of their time at the University.
Play "Beyond FitzRandolph Gate" video.
In the video "Beyond FitzRandolph Gate," 10 students discuss a range of endeavors from study abroad to community service that shaped their undergraduate years at Princeton.
Full coverage of Commencement 2012 — including a story, photos and additional videos from Princeton's graduation events — is available online.


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The Labor Department said that non-farm payrolls added 216,000 jobs last month, inching above February's gain of 194,000. Manufacturing continued its five-month streak, adding 17,000 new jobs; retail added 18,000; the education and health care sectors added 45,000.
A rebound in tourism helped the leisure and hospitality industries add 37,000 new jobs.
The broad-based recovery created 78,000 new openings for professional and business services that include legal and accounting jobs.
The only sector showing continued losses was state and local government, where an ongoing budget squeeze forced jobs cuts that eliminated another 15,000 jobs.
The overall gains helped nudge the unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent from 8.9 percent in February. In just four months, the jobless rate has dropped by a full percentage point further indication, say economists, that the recent momentum in hiring should continue.
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By NEMS Daily Journal
STARKVILLE – The Mississippi State women's basketball team wraps non-conference play with two games in as many days at Humphrey Coliseum. The Bulldogs hosts Northwestern State at 7 p.m. today, then Troy in a 7 p.m. tip on Saturday.
"You have to play back-to-back days in the SEC Tournament. It's the way the schedule worked out for us, and it's what we have to do," coach Vic Schaefer said. "Back-to-back games will be a challenge for us after having four days off. We're still getting back into game shape, and a lot of kids will have to play."
The Bulldogs (6-5) are on a three-game win streak and play their first game since a 69-54 win over Jacksonville State on Dec. 20.
Mississippi State is 6-1 at home and has won five in a row at home Humphrey Coliseum.
Sophomore Shamia Robinson sparked the Bulldogs' win against Jacksonville State, compiling her first double-double with a career-best 17 points to go along with 10 rebounds.
Mississippi State has won both previous games against Northwestern State (4-5).
The Bulldogs hold a 10-2 edge against Troy (3-8) with all 10 victories coming in Starkville.


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It has been a quiet carnival for leading trainer which may change in the Cup.
Gai Waterhouse admits it was a case of "love at first sight" when she was introduced a few months ago to her newest Melbourne Cup prospect, Fiorente.
When she saw the horse for the second time at the Werribee quarantine centre, her fondness was undiminished.
"He's something else this horse, just look at him?" Waterhouse said, "and he can gallop as well."
Having put the foibles and idiosyncrasies of the Cox Plate barrier draw behind her, Waterhouse turned her attention to Tuesday and a race that she may well be looking to for redemption.
Waterhouse is planning to have two runners in the Melbourne Cup: Caulfield Cup failure Glencadam Gold and the newly-arrived Fiorente.
Both horses came to the stable from champion English trainer Sir Michael Stoute.
Even before Glencadam Gold's Caulfield disaster, Fiorente shaped as the horse on the up and Waterhouse confirmed that view. "He's such a promising horse and he's going in the right direction.
"His form in England is outstanding and you only have to take one look at him and you know he's a good type.
"It was love at first sight when I saw him. I looked at about 20 horses in France and England and he was the only one I wanted to buy."
Waterhouse didn't disclose what the owners had paid for Fiorente, except to say the "bidding war" started at A$700,000, which might seem extravagant for a horse who has won only two races and less than A$200,000.
But Fiorente fits perfectly into the "progressive" profile so sought by international buyers.
After winning a Newbury maiden at the second of his nine starts, Fiorente graduated to stakes class finishing second in a group two race at Royal Ascot in June last year.
That race was won by Nathaniel who this season has won the group one Eclipse Stakes and finished third to the wonder horse Frankel at Ascot last weekend.
Fiorente's only other win came in a group two race over 2400m at Newmarket in July, in which he beat Joshua Tree and Red Cadeaux, runnerup in last years's Melbourne Cup.
Joshua Tree has since won the Canadian International and the proven Cup guide, the Prix Kergorlay.
And with the Waterhouse polish now being applied he is bound to arrive at Flemington ready to run.
Ready to get on his back is New Zealand's James McDonald.
"He sounds a really exciting type of horse," said McDonald yesterday.
"His form is at the improving stage and he should be a good prospect. I'm excited to be on him in the Melbourne Cup."
Doubtless McDonald will have his first Melbourne Cup mount on his mind but of far more immediate concern is his ride aboard Victoria Derby favourite It's A Dundeel this Saturday.
Bookies are taking no chances keeping the son of High Chaparral rock solid at $2.60 after the barrier draw yesterday.
It's A Dundeel drew barrier 10 of 16 for the group one at Flemington, but that won't be a hindrance, according to bagmen.
"He gets back in the run, so the wide barrier won't be a problem and we expect him to be the second New Zealand galloper to win a big race in the space of a week," TAB's Adam Hamilton said.
The New Zealander has drawn directly inside Super Cool, who beat him in the Mitchelton Wines Vase last weekend.
Norman Robinson Stakes winner Hvasstan, has drawn alongside It's A Dundeel in barrier nine, while Sydney colt Honorius has gate two.


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Robinson Retrospective opens at National Gallery of Australia
The first major retrospective of the work of William Robinson opens at the National Gallery of Australia on 14 December 2001.
The Italians - three centuries of Italian art
The Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Brian Kennedy, is delighted to announce The Italians: Three Centuries of Italian Art, a most exciting exhibition of the very best of Italian art from distinguished museums, galleries and private collections.
Galleries announce joint purchase
The National Gallery of Australia and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery have jointly purchased John Glover's Mount Wellington and Hobart Town from Kangaroo Point 1831-33.
Academy of The Humanities annual dinner
Dr Brian Kennedy
National Gallery of Australia
12 November 2001
New Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art
The Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Brian Kennedy, has announced the appointment of Ms Brenda Croft as the new Senior Curator of Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander Art.
Address to the Canberra Business Council
Dr Brian Kennedy
Thursday 8 November 2001
Discussion of National Gallery of Australia enhancement
Interview with Dr Brian Kennedy
30 August 2001
Compere: Louise Maher
'Mr Winton's prose is irresistible' New York Times Book Review
Tim Winton was awarded the Australia Day Achievement Award for Literature in 1999. He was voted 'Australia's Favourite Author' by Dymocks Booksellers' customers nationwide, and also voted one of Australia's 'National Living Treasures' by the Australian public.
National Gallery of Australia 19th birthday celebrations
Lecture by Peter Carey
In the year of the Centenary of Federation, the National Gallery presents a unique celebration of Australian literature, music and art.
Author, Peter Carey, and composer, Peter Sculthorpe were special guests for the National Gallery of Australia's 19th Birthday celebrations.
Exclusive Canberra season
Opens Thursday 13 September 2001
Four shows only
'I hope for a happy exit and I hope to never come back' Frida Kahlo
Something happened that winter which no one wanted to talk about. Frida Kahlo lived with it for the rest of her life. Diego Rivera behaved as if nothing ever happened. And her sister never forgave herself. Because some things you just cannot forgive.
A bold new Australian play, Winter as Frida Kahlo, retells the story of this modern icon and opens its exclusive Canberra season at the National Gallery of Australia on Thursday 13 September 2001 for four shows only.
National Gallery of Australia receives major bequest
The National Gallery of Australia is delighted to announce that it is a beneficiary in perpetuity from the estate of Orde Poynton (1906-2001) AO, CMG, MA. MD, LLD (Hon). The Gallery's Department of International Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books will receive annual financial support drawn from funds of over $13,000,000.
Hester & friends
1 September - 28 October 2001
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Joy Hester made a highly personal and original contribution to Australian art. Her distinctive achievement is being recognised in an important exhibition Joy Hester and Friends at the National Gallery of Australia (1 September - 28 October 2001).
The Kuring-Vest bequest for the acquisition of Asian art at the National Gallery of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia announces the receipt of a bequest of nearly A$500,000 for the acquisition of Asian art. The largest cash donation in support of Asian art to the Gallery to this date, the bequest comes from the estate of two Sydney men, Peter Kuring and Gerald Vest, who died in the years 1986 and 1991 respectively.
fairer deal for visual artists and the crafts sector
Launch - Wednesday 8 August 2001
James O. Fairfax Theatre
National Gallery of Australia
9.00am - 5.00pm
Starving in the garret is no longer the model for the 21st century visual or craft artist - two new codes to be launched in Canberra should ensure a much better deal for the sector.
The Code of Practice for the Australian Visual Arts and Craft Sector and Valuing Art, Respecting Culture: Protocols for Working with the Australian Indigenous Visual Arts and Craft Sector will be launched during a day-long forum at the National Gallery of Australia.
mapping their world
National Gallery of Australia
28 July 4 November 2001
Children from rural communities in NSW and from around the world have 'joined brushes' to express their feelings about their local environment through art.
Kids mapping their world comprises 26 works of art from overseas and 14 from recent 'Planting and Painting Across Australia' workshops, in which Kids Earth Fund joined forces with Landcare groups and the NSW Landcare Foundation, supported by Neway Transport and Pavilion design, to plant 2,000 trees and create 800 works of art.
Kahlo, Diego Rivera and Mexican Modernism
The Jacques and Natasha Gelman collection
National Gallery of Australia
13 July - 28 October 2001
An outstanding selection of works by Frida Kahlo and Diegao Rivera forms the centrepiece of the Jacques and Natasha Gelman collection, regarded as the most significant private holding of 20th-century Mexican art. The National Gallery of Australia is proud to be the sole venue in Australia to show this important exhibition.
Australian women
Paintings and prints 1925-1945
National Gallery of Australia
13 July - 26 August 2001
Artists such as Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Grace Crowley, Dorrit Black and Ethel Spowers were the pioneers and promoters of modernism in Australia, exploring new ideas about what art could portray and introducing artistic developments such as Cubism. Their paintings and prints challenged other artists and certainly challenged Australian audiences.
Dangar at Moly-Sabata: Tradition and Innovation
National Gallery of Australia
13 July - 28 October 2001
This is the first exhibition of Anne Dangar's work in an Australian art museum. It shows the significant influence of the art and teachings of the French Cubist painter Albert Gleizes (1881-1953) on this expatriate Australian artist's ceramic work. The exhibition will also examine the introduction of modernist thought to Australian painting through Dangar's correspondence with the Sydney-based painter Grace Crowley.
Norman Palmer
The recovery of Nazi looted art
Lecture The recovery of Nazi looted
Date Wednesday 18 July 2001
Time 6.00pm
Venue James O. Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia
Admission Free
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer releases designs for enhancement of the Gallery building
Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, Managing Architects, for the National Gallery of Australia, have released their designs for the enhancement of the Gallery building.
The designs provide for new facilities for all of the main functions of the Gallery, including new gallery space, public education facilities and art storage and unpacking. The main part of the work is a new "front door" for the building, providing public facilities appropriate to a national institution.
International guest lectures: Professor Richard Wollheim, University of Berkeley, California at the National Gallery of Australia
According to Professor Richard Wollheim, philosopher of the arts, there is no way in which this can be judged. The notion of a piece of art 'working' relates to the aims of the artist. Professor Wollheim will discuss these issues in his two free public lectures at the National Gallery of Australia on Wednesday 27 June and Thursday 28 June.
Bank & The National Gallery of Australia
National Sculpture Prize & Exhibition
The National Gallery of Australia and Macquarie Bank are delighted to announce the 31 artists shortlisted for the inaugural National Sculpture Prize and Exhibition.
These artists include some of Australia's best-known and respected sculptors as well as many new talents. The Exhibition will be held at the National Gallery of Australia from 30 November 2001 to 10 March 2002 and will showcase the diversity and strength of contemporary sculpture in Australia.
Discussion of Lucian Freud's Painting newly acquired by the National Gallery of Australia, and the Role of the Director
Today interview with Dr Brian Kennedy
Radio National
1 June 2001
Compere: Michael Cathcart
National Gallery of Australia acquires After Cezanne
The National Gallery of Australia is pleased to announce that it has purchased the painting After Cezanne (2000) by Lucian Freud.
This magnificent and important work was acquired for the sum of US$3.75million or Australian $7.4million. "This represents a very successful negotiation on the original asking price of US$4.5million," Gallery Director Dr Brian Kennedy said today.
Claude Monet - Letters from Giverny
Date: Wednesday 18 April at 6:30pm & Thursday 19 April at 6:30pm
Venue: James O. Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes ACT
Tickets: $35 Non-Members; $25 Members/concessions with exhibition viewing $20/$15 for performance only. Tickets at door. Bookings +61 2 6240 6504
Special U27 Price: $20 includes exhibition and performance
TaikOz Japanese Drumming and Flute
Date: 6.00pm Wednesday 11 April
Venue: James O. Fairfax Theatre, National Gallery of Australia, Parkes Place, Parkes ACT
Tickets: $35 Non-Members; $25 NGA Members - includes exhibition entry
Contact: +61 2 6240 6504
Acquisition: Gallery acquires medieval triptych
27 February 2001
The National Gallery of Australia has acquired a major 16th century altarpiece Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints. Painted by artists of the renowned Cologne School of painting, the work dates from 1510-20 – the end of the great era of painters at Cologne. Details of the gallery's latest acquisition, which was purchased with funds from private benefactors, were announced today by the Director of the National Gallery, Dr Brian Kennedy.
Islands in the sun: Prints by indigenous artists of Australia and the Australasian region
17 February - 27 May 2001
Islands in the sun, the first major exhibition of contemporary prints by indigenous artists from Australia and the Australasian region, opens at the National Gallery of Australia tomorrow.
Monet & Japan
9 March-11 June 2001
Monet & Japan shows extraordinary parallels as well as more subtle influences: it includes a splendid array of the artists works including some of the best known of them; these are accompanied by woodblock prints, screens and scrolls that represent some of the central traditions of Japanese art. The exhibition shows how these traditions have interacted in Monets art.
Dr Brian Kennedy
Director, National Gallery of Australia
(The Art Newspaper, London, February 2001)
Drawn to Painting
Leon Kossoff prints and drawings after Nicolas Poussin
The Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Dr Brian Kennedy, is pleased to announce the forthcoming exhibition Drawn to Painting: Leon Kossoff prints and drawings after Nicolas Poussin (17 March 17 June 2001).
Head of Australian Art
The Council of the National Gallery of Australia has appointed Dr Anna Gray as the Gallery's new Head of Australian Art.
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It worked out very well, even finding a bike path which took us over The Mississippi on McKinley Bridge. This dropped us on a pretty busy road which delivered us safely out of the city. From there we turned east and after 20 miles we were once again surrounded by beautiful farmland
We had crossed the state line coming over the bridge and felt a sense of relief after a few days of unhappy cycling in Missouri. Illinois is our 8th state and the roads and people have both been on our side thus far.
When we arrived at Tomahawk Campground the owner rubbed it in by saying that we are only 36 miles from downtown St Louis. Our computers read 51 miles cycled but it was well worth putting in the extra to avoid any tense encounters. The shaded site is perfect for the night. Gerry and Carol have been friendly to the point of annoying the hell out of us. They have made us lemonade and promised us a ride on their golf cart later to check out the rest of the site. I am actually hoping they will not appear from their trailer again tonight and give us some peace! A few too many beers on their holiday have made them incredibly repetitive and fixated in helping us.
A very good ride today and it feels like twisting our way out of St Louis was a major hurdle cleared. We make it 1000 miles to New York, 20 days cycling ahead of us now.
Later on…no I was wrong. Jerry did come back and this time had the great idea that we should sleep in his caravan with him and his wife. I think it is a just a friendly offer but we quite strongly reassured him that we are fine in our tent. He is still here going on and on. Polly is currently trying to maintain her politeness but he is pushing it now.
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Choreographer Paul Taylor to participate in dialogue, April 29
Posted April 22, 2005; 01:44 p.m.
Celebrated choreographer Paul Taylor will participate in a conversation with dance historian Maura Keefe on Friday, April 29, as part of the University's Public Lectures Series.
The event will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers and himself on May 30, 1954, in Manhattan. In the decades since, Taylor has become a living legend and one of history's most celebrated artists. His two dance companies, the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Taylor 2, travel the globe, bringing his repertoire to theaters and venues of every size and description.
Taylor's choreography, once deemed experimental, avant-garde and even "painful" to sit through, has become the gold standard of modern dance. The dance company is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, in the Matthews Theatre of the McCarter Theatre Center.
Keefe, who also is a choreographer, is an assistant professor of dance at Ohio University and a scholar-in-residence at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Mass.
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Money. I hope people use it. Thanks again.
Money. I hope people use it. Thanks again.
I just posted two things on Ezboard
http://pub5.ezboard.com/fthegungancouncilfrm27 -I am under the name "Aura Casimira"
http://pub78.ezboard.com/bthenewgalaxy -Under the name "Aura Casimira"
The Gungan Council will probably wont mind us,but The Jedi Republic..they are like the TFNForums of Ezboard.
Treat your stepmother with respect Pantera, or you'll be sleeping in the streets!!
Hey Dryanta, you may want to get in touch with some of the smaller, but still well-known Star Wars fansites. They'd probably be much more cooperative about posting this as "front-page news" than the huge sites. And any exposure helps.
Good traders/sellers: pthfnder89, jjreason, bobafett07728, TK421, Lord Tenebrous, DahrJin, baby 01, Lman316, jonboy, swfreaker
very nice work,IJG.Your efforts are appreciated.And will help.I think BigB may be right.He told me it may take a while for this to really pick up.I'll wait if you will
I will pass on to you all a statement I recieved in a PM today.The author very nicley thought our "terms" were unrealistic.But he would think a little more on the subject.I wanted every one to know that.I don't want to feel as though I'm keeping anything from all who support this.
They may very well be unrealistic.But I think we also started with high expectations so IF Hasbro reacts to this their compromise terms maybe a big help.
No matter what,expecting something from these petitions is MORE realistic than complaining to each other,or trying a boycott.
I can't just sit around and watch this hobby die.And it is.Thrawn is right.It's dying on the pegs.Exclusives maybe a mute point before long.The retailers will drop the line if interest doesn't pick up.Exclusives,quality,and distribution have gotten every collector so down alot have given up.The hobby cannot survive the loss of too many more of us.
If all we could get out of this is listened to,Hasbro could save it,with our help.
So yes the terms are unrealistic,but it's something!!An attempt and action,instead of just lip service.
End of rant. give me names of sites and I will go!!
Bye to all.thanks for some good times.
I am going to agree with you,Dryanta.The Starwars line over in my area is DEAD.I spoke to the Toy Stocker,and she says they cant give the things away.
I wonder what would happen if we put our petition in the Starwars.com forums???
Treat your stepmother with respect Pantera, or you'll be sleeping in the streets!!
well I'll tell you later.I'm going over there.The line is dead here.Kmarts displays have been replaced with Barbie stuff and they are down to just a hand full of pegwarmers.Walmart,Target and TRU are swimming in the first 14.I really feel like we need to act to save the line.
Bye to all.thanks for some good times.
I feel like Hasbro's dirty ***** sometimes in the following respect:
It's like we're good enough until the pretty girl comes along, and then we are treated like filthy skanks.
They'll concede in non-movie years that we basically ARE the market for Star Wars. But as soon as a movie year rolls around, our presence is basically ignored because they figure they have a more lucrative market (the children) to tap - so they no longer need us (until another non-movie year rolls around).
Well, that is all well and fine, but the kids are losing interest faster than they planned, and they had better wake up and realize which side their bread is buttered on. Like the dirty *****s we are, we'd eventually take Hasbro back into our bed as many times as they pull this trick on us, but eventually, it is going to be beyond our control if they drive the line right into the ground with their practices and tendencies.
hey side swipe,I'm guessing you're going to support the petitions?
I just went to starwars.com I had to post my email,I guess you can't post files there.We'll see.I am dryanta every where except there.fxsts over there.
Yep,Hasbro bet the farm on the lids and they dodn't hve the interest numbers they once did.We are the market.
Bye to all.thanks for some good times.
Yes, I will certainly sign this petition. Hopefully it will affect some changes for the better.


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Oooh. I looked up pics of Guzzle and I can use him as a Brawl "Devastator -Mv1" knockoff. SOLD!
My Halloween partying pretty much lasted 7 days since I got my Wilfred costume. Darn good times acting like a dirty dog all over town.
But I wasn't coming home or staying out anywhere I could easily leave and go hunt toys down.
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Amnesty International USA condemned the restrictions on the transfer of Guantanamo detainees in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law yesterday by President Obama.
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Grover - Sad-eyed alien
creature with antennas sprouting from his head who lived in a
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HOUR/NBC/1956. The Orville character appeared on THE STAN FREBERG
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on space and your friend Ray Bradbury has done something,
and we want you to do some little pieces of varying
length." And I said, "Oh, great, great. So my wife and I
went out to North American Rockwell. And I stand there
with Orville, and the guy's there with cue cards, and I'm
changing the jokes up to the last minute, and we taped all
this stuff, which they recorded in the CBS truck. While
the astronauts were approaching the moon, we had just
finished. So my wife and I hurry to the television set
there, and they're deciding which one to put on first, and
they said, "Why don't you go back to your hotel?" So we're
at the hotel, and we've been up for, like, 30 hours,
propping our eyelids open, and we hear Cronkite say,
[imitates Cronkite] "Well, the astronauts are supposed to
take a nap for four hours, so we'll be bringing you
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Here is the premise. Assume a new line of Star Wars figures is being made. This could be now, or possibly in the distant future after the current line has died out, or perhaps you have travelled back in time to 1995 and could decide which figures should be made. In either case, which figures should be made? Imagine that they would be ultimate versions that would never need to be remade. This line will only include versions of characters seen in the six movies (either original or special edition versions), so no Clone Wars, Ewoks, Droids, Holiday Special, comics, books, video games or other expanded universe source (unless it also happens to be in the movies). The problem is that there will only be 144 figures, which means that there will be on average only 24 figures per movie.
I will not be asking for lists of 144 figures. Also, since some movies may have more characters worthy of being made into figures, I will not be asking for exactly 24 figures from each movie. Instead I will ask for 12 figures from each movie. Once we have completed that voting, I will then ask for 12 figures from the OT and 12 figures from the PT. At that point, we will have 96 of the 144 figures determined. I will then have 4 more rounds in which I will ask for 12 figures from any movie. We should imagine that the figures will be released in the order that we determine them here.
Also, since some figures appear in pretty much the same form in multiple movies, I will be doing the first round of voting one movie at a time, alternating between OT and PT. Since these are ultimate versions of the figures, you wouldn't need to vote for minor variations or movie-specific accessories or features. For example. If R2-D2 makes the list in the ANH poll, you won't need to vote for R2-D2 with sensor-scope from ESB, R2-D2 with launching lightsaber from ROTJ, or R2-D2 with rocket jets from the prequels. Whenever a figure makes the list we can decide on whether other versions of it are covered by that or not.
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|Looks good to me Joe. I tied mine basically using Ken A's formula for the larger flatwings. He uses a neck hackle 1st curving up to support the other hackles, which are all tied curving down. I have used stiffer synthetic material as support like a short bunch of ultra hair type stuff. Probably not as good as the neck hackle but... Tie the hackles in each a wee longer than the next with 2 stands of flashabou between each one extending a little past the hackle tips. Also, the width of the feather(s) will determine how it actually swims. A wider set of wings will give more 'lift'.
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Amgen Tour, Stage 6: Van Garderen Widens Lead
Tejay van Garderen of the BMC Racing Team won Friday's individual time trial at the Amgen Tour of California to increase his lead with two days of the race to go.
Received Extra Motivation
Van Garderen stomped up the final climb to beat Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Procycling Team) by 23 seconds and third-place finisher Rohan Dennis by 28 seconds in the 31.6-kilometer race against the clock. In the overall standings, van Garderen is 1:47 ahead of Michael Rogers (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) and 2:57 ahead of third-placed Cameron Meyer (Orica-GreenEDGE). "I didn't know how I was doing because my radio wasn't working – but it didn't matter because I was on the gas the whole way," van Garderen said. "There was really no place that you could hold back. It started straight away up a climb and then there was ripping headwind on that flat section, so you really had to dig deep there. Of course, the climb up to the finish was hard." Van Garderen, who cradled his month-old daughter, Rylan, in the podium ceremony, said he received inspiration from several family members who awaited him at the finish. "Having my wife and my new daughter and my mother-in-law here definitely gave me some extra motivation," he said. "It was incredible. I couldn't have asked for a better day."
Three In Top 10 On The Stage
Two of van Garderen's teammates, Marco Pinotti and Mathias Frank, placed fifth and ninth, respectively. Pinotti rode his BMC timemachine TM01 to the base of the three-kilometer finishing climb before switching to his BMC teammachine SLR01. In the overall standings, Frank is fourth, 24 seconds behind Meyer, with a mountain-top finish ahead for the penultimate stage. "We know it's a big stage tomorrow with the first climb coming directly at the start and then Mt. Diablo at the end," BMC Racing Team Directeur Sportif John Lelangue said of the 147.1-km race. "But we can be confident. We have a strong leader and we also have Mathias who is in the top five and still in contention for the podium. All the rest of the guys are really motivated, like they have been since the beginning, to help Tejay win his first tour. And surely here in California, for a U.S. team like us, it is a big pleasure for us to be in yellow before the last weekend."
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I got a Flambeau King Strut decoy at the close of last turkey season and used it for the first time last Monday morning. It looks great, especially with a real turkey fan plugged in the back of it. The only thing I didn't like about it was that a slight breeze would cause it to spin around away from the hen decoy I was using. Every time I see gobblers strutting for hens, they are giving the hen all the attention they can & NOT turning their back on them. I wondered if anybody else had this problem & how they fixed it?
I took 16 inches of 15 lb. test fishing line and tied it to just below where the beard goes. I have a 3 inch screw I will push into the ground to attach the other end of the line to help limit travel and act like an anchor for the strutter decoy. The decoy really gets added realism by moving slightly in a breeze. I hope this fix it works.


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Talk on 'Democracy, Discipline and the Politics of the Multitude' planned, April 23
Posted April 22, 2002; 12:17 a.m.
Dipesh Chakrabarty will give a talk entitled 'Democracy, Discipline and the Politics of the Multitude' at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 23, in McCosh 40.
Chakrabarty is a professor of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at University of Chicago. A reception in McCosh 20 will follow his talk.
The event is sponsored by the Department of English and the Council of the Humanities . For more information, contact Jennifer Houle at 258-4061.
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601