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On the evening of May 25, 1955, an F5 tornado touched the ground near the Kansas-Oklahoma state line. As it proceeded northward, it took a northeast twist that put it on a direct collision course with the small Kansas town of Udall.
Udall had been under a tornado watch that evening, but as residents watched the 10 o'clock news they were informed that the danger was past. They did not know that a bureaucratic problem delayed the announcement of a tornado warning until 10:08 PM—after they had switched off their television sets and started to prepare for bed.
A roar of wind roused the town minutes later, but it was already too late. People fled from their houses to take refuge in underground storm shelters only to find themselves in the path of the tornado. The violent funnel plowed through town, killing 80 people and injuring over 200, half of the town's population. The Udall tornado set a record for the deadliest tornado in Kansas, and the 25th deadliest in the United States.
Tornado Locations
Little wonder that the tornado was long the most feared of weather phenomena. Even to this day, there are many details about tornadoes and their causes that scientists do not understand.
Tornadoes are not unique to the United States. They occur regularly in Great Britain, Bangladesh, parts of southern Russia, the border between Argentina and Brazil, northeastern Mexico, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. America does seem to have the distinction of producing the most tornadoes, however. A tornado can occur in any state, but Tornado Alley in the center of the country is notorious for tornado activity.
How a Tornado Forms
Most tornadoes are associated with supercells, powerful rotating thunderstorms. Not all supercells produce tornadoes—many are characterized by frequent lightning, damaging winds, large hail, and flash floods. To spawn a tornado, a supercell must have both instability and large-scale rotation to work with.
Before a tornado can form, there must be a strong vertical wind shear within the storm, producing a rotating cylinder of air. When the conditions are right for tornado creation, this cylinder rotates at increasing speeds and stretches out. At the moment that one end of the cylinder touches the ground, it becomes a tornado.
The behavior of a tornado tends to be extremely irregular. It may bulldoze across the countryside for hours, or it may promptly withdraw into the clouds without causing the slightest damage. It can climb mountains, descend into valleys, or persist in a straightforward course across level terrain. It may whip an unstable structure into shrapnel while leaving a sturdier building next door almost unscathed. It can drive splinters through iron and sweep checks and letters into other states.
After a tornado has passed, the damage it has left behind can be used to form a subjective estimate of its strength. The F-scale, invented by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita in the early 1970s and improved in 2007, is used in this process. F0 is the low end of the scale, with little damage and gusts of 65 to 85 mph. F5, characterized by total destruction and gusts over 200 mph, is the high end.
Tornado Safety
Fortunately, there are safety precautions that you can take when severe weather hits:
- Pay attention to forecasts, watches, and warnings. There are many ways to keep track of current conditions, including the Internet, smartphone apps, weather radio, and local radio and television stations.
- If a tornado watch is issued, stay close to shelter and make sure that your family and friends are aware of the potential threat.
- If a tornado warning is issued, take shelter immediately.
- Take shelter on the lowest level of a house or building. If you have no basement, choose an interior room. Stay out from under heavy furniture and appliances on the floor above. If you can, protect yourself underneath a workbench or mattress.
- If you are in a car, drive at right angles to a tornado if possible. If you don't have time to escape, pull over, get out of the car, and run for a sturdy building (preferably) or lie flat in a low spot away from the road. Never try to take shelter under a bridge.
Tornado Facts
- Most tornadoes in America occur between April and June.
- The earliest date on which a tornado has occurred in any year is January 1. The record was set in 2011 when a tornado touched down in Attala County, Mississippi only two minutes into the new year.
- Most tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere rotate counterclockwise, but there have been exceptions. A small minority rotate clockwise.
- The biggest known tornado touched down near El Reno, Oklahoma, on May 31, 2013. It had multiple vortexes, enabling it to cover over 2 ½ miles at its widest.
- Oklahoma City has been hit by more tornadoes than any other United States city, with 160 tornadoes recorded between 1890 and 2015.
- Almost 60 people on average are killed by tornadoes annually.
- The deadliest and costliest tornado in modern times hit Joplin, Missouri, on May 2, 2011. It caused 158 deaths and about $2.8 billion in damage.
- The deadliest tornado year in modern history was 2011, with 550 people killed across 15 states.
- The first documented successful tornado forecast by meteorologists was on March 25, 1948, by Air Force Captain (later Colonel) Robert Miller and Major Ernest Fawbush.
- Until 1950, use of the word tornado in forecasting was prohibited or strongly discouraged to avoid panic.
Further Research
Udall Tornado 1955
Brief description of the worst tornado in Kansas history.
Remembering The Udall, Kan., Tornado of 1955
Background from NOAA.
Pictures from the Udall Tornado
From NOAA.
Twister Dashboard
Statistics and locations of tornadoes from Smithsonian Magazine.
Basic facts for kids at WeatherWizKids.com.
Tornado Basics
Facts from NOAA.
How Tornadoes Form
Simple explanation at National Geographic for Kids.
Tornado FAQs
Extensive guide on tornadoes at NOAA.
Types of Tornadoes
The difference between supercell and non-supercell tornadoes from NOAA.
Enhanced F Scale for Tornado Damage
Extensive description of the enhanced Fujita tornado scale.
What to do to stay safe from the Department of Homeland Security.
How Do Tornadoes Form
TED-Ed video. (You may want to install an ad blocker before viewing.)
Tornado Simulator
Experiment with tornado speed and size to determine EF-scale value.
Tornado in a Jar
Experiment to observe how tornadoes form.
Same idea as above but more complicated from the Exploratorium.
Tornado Maker
Or purchase a cyclone creator if you are not the crafty type.
Write the Conclusion: When a Tornado is Coming
Simple printable from K12Reader.com where students read basic facts and write a conclusion. Good for wrapping up.
Tornado Book
Free 40-page comic book from the South Dakota Office of Emergency Management.
Tornado Alert by Franklyn M. Branley
Part of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, perfect introduction for younger students including the science behind tornadoes and tornado safety, all from a favorite author!
Tornadoes! by Gail Gibbons
From another favorite author, this one goes into more historical detail, and covers how tornadoes form and the Fujita scale.
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
Beautifully illustrated title on our recommended reading list with a tornado element. Read our full review with suggested activities.
Kansas: In the Heart of Tornado Alley by Dr. Jay M. Price
Finally, for more mature readers interested in the Udall tornado and others like it in Kansas, this photo narrative by a Wichita State University professor and his students describes the effects of the destruction and the rebirth in the rebuilding with the intention to "show the varied ways in which the tornado has shaped the lives of Kansans."
Unit Studies & Lesson Plans
Tornado Safety Activity Book
16-page download for younger students with coloring pages.
Owlie Skywarn Weather Book
Another activity book from FEMA, NOAA, and others.
Great lesson plan from the University of Colorado that explores the Fujita scale and tornado-proof buildings.
Tornado Alley
K–12 Educator's Guide loaded with scientific information, safety information, experiments, and recommended resources.
Notebooking Pages & Printables
Understanding the Energy of Tornadoes
Infographic that can be printed and folded into notebook.
Tornado Guide
Another great printable infographic.
Tornado Activity in the United States
Map of tornado alley from the USDA.
Family Communication Plan
Preparedness printable from FEMA.
Tornado Safety Checklist
From the Red Cross.
Adjectives Describing a Tornado
Printable shape page at EnchantedLearning.com.
Tornado: Shape Poem
Or create a tornado poem to wrap up (also at EnchantedLearning.com).


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UCD Smurfit School now 29th in Financial Times European Business Schools Rankings
The UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School has moved up seven places in the Financial Times European Business Schools Rankings. It is now ranked at 29th in Europe in the FT ranking, up from 36th last year.
It is the only Irish Business School ranked among the elite graduate business schools in the Financial Times ranking.
The upward move in the ranking for the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School shows its progress towards achieving its stated aim of becoming a Top 50 Global Business School.
"In October of this year, UCD College of Business launched an ambitious strategy to become a Top 50 Global Business School within five years," said Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Dean, UCD College of Business.
"Today's improved ranking shows we continue to improve our standing in prestigious, independent and respected rankings which signals continued progress towards this goal."
"Notwithstanding, an overall improvement in rankings our focus on delivering a first-class education experience for our students through further investment and innovation remains a key focus as we continue to redefine how business is taught and learned to inspire the next generation of business leaders," he added.
This ranking is made up of a composite of the following FT rankings: Full Time MBA Ranking; Executive MBA Ranking; Master in Management (MiM) Ranking; and Executive Education Open and Customised Ranking.
Today's acknowledgement by the Financial Times is the latest external independent validation the School has obtained this year. In September, the School's full-time MSc in International Management (MiM) was ranked 22nd in the world in the 2016 Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking.
UCD College of Business remains the only business school in Ireland (and one of less than 75 worldwide) to hold the accreditation from the three leading international accrediting bodies: EQUIS (Europe); AACSB (US); and AMBA (UK).

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When someone mentions tough knives, my thoughts usually stray to full-tang fixed blades with some heft to them.
No one expects a folder to compare to a heavy-duty fixed blade. But with their newer lock designs, the Benchmade and Cold Steel folders are brawnier than most. We tested these two folders to see how tough they really are.
Folding knives were made for years with no lock at all. While this is technically correct, I like to prepare for a worst-case scenario. For folding knives, this means that they should be able to handle things above and beyond the call of duty without having to worry about lock failure.
How much can a modern lock take in an emergency, when some catastrophe makes it necessary to abuse a knife in some way? That was my question, and one that two manufacturers helped to answer.
Cold Steel and Benchmade knives both sent samples of several knives. The purpose was not to simply break a knife, but to put it through tests that simulate heavier use than any sane person would put on a knife. This abuse goes beyond what we would expect of any knife in normal usage.
Testing Method
We set a benchmark and each knife put through the same test. This method assured that any failure would not be the result of fatigue or heavy wear. The criteria for passing? How my fingers would have fared had I been holding the knife.
It's easy to test a lock by loading the blade's spine, but this doesn't take into account any shock or spring in the system. That is why a lock that seems good can fail during a spine whack. Because we were testing for worst-case scenarios, we simulated the mother of all spine whacks.
I developed a test using a lever with just over 50 pounds on the end, falling 9 inches to drive the knife's spine into a ½-inch steel rod. The result is more than 70 ft-lbs of force on the blade at a point about 3 inches from the pivot.
The second test gently loaded each blade with 175 pounds. Each blade was marked at a point 3 inches from the pivot. The way, the locks would take a similar load, despite differences in blade length. This test required leverage, or jumping up and down on the handle. Consider the weight of two almost-full 90-pound sacks of cement hanging from the blade, and you get the idea.
All testing was done on the machine illustrated here. Notice that the knife was not exactly vertical, but tilted about 5 degrees, which adds some side loading to the lock.
Two things that are important for readers to understand. First, neither manufacturer knew exactly how their knives were going to be tested. They stuck their neck out in sending these, not knowing how the tests would turn out. Second, both of these tests are absolutely abuse, and represent much more stress than any user could put on the blade in any conceivable situation, barring stupidity. Onto the knives!
Read about the results of this folding knives test in a related post.
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studded second season of Cinemax's FEMME FATALES to the home entertainment marketplace (arriving on DVD July 16), the talented creators and beautiful women behind the hit program that Entertainment Weekly hails as "a badass chick anthology series" and The Huffington Post calls "pulpy fun visit come to San Diego Comic-Con.
Creators MARK A. ALTMAN (DOA: Dead or Alive, Free Enterprise, Castle) and STEVE KRIOZERE ("NCIS", "V.I.P.", Necessary Roughness) discuss the fan-favorite anthology series which features stories about powerful, sexy and dangerous women inspired by and styled in the tradition of pulp, film noir and graphic novels. Also in attendance will be composer JOE KRAEMER (Jack Reacher) and FEMME FATALES stars including NIKKI GRIFFIN (Family Business, The Fast & The Furious III, The Dukes of Hazard), KRISTEN DELUCA (Hell Hath No Furies), JEN ROA (Big Bad Wolf), MADISON DYLAN (Girls Gone Dead, Visions, Extracurricular Activities).
Want to get even further behind-the-scenes of FEMME FATALES? Then you won't want to miss Femme Fatales Revealed: Looks Still Kill, as the stars and creators celebrate the DVD release with some special giveaways, including season one DVDs and soundtrack albums. On stage, meet your favorite guest stars including Dean Haglund ("The X-Files"), Reggie Hayes ("Girlfriends") and stunning femmes fatales along with series creators Mark A. Altman and Steve Kriozere who will make a very special announcement. All attendees will also get an exclusive Femme Fatales poster.


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Well today I thought I would reminisce as something jogged my memory into Television programs that Me and My Brother Mick watched as kids back in England in the 70's.
Some of these you will know, some you may not ( Especially if you are not from Great Britain ). None the less, it may give you a small insight as to what we watched as a kid, We didnt get a color TV until the 70's after we moved from North London to the East Coast in Bury St Edmunds.
British TV only had 3 TV channels back then, BBC1 BBC2 and ITV, I liked ITV as they had adverts and today I wanted to share a few things we watched.
I loved this as a kid but thought the name of the Camel was stupid, but used to shout Shazzan when the kids put the ring together.
Another cartoon that was on tv on saturdays or on Summer Holidays was the Arabian Knights. But They were part of a crazy show we watched called The Banana Splits.
Here is the full Saturday Morning she we watched.
Another Cartoon we watched was marine Boy, he took Oxygen Pills so he could breath under water, but they banned it later as kids were taking Asprin and jumping in swimming pools almost drowning, thinking they could breathe underwater.
Another cartoon we watched was Herge's adventures of tin-tin. Hated the dog though.
Sometimes late on a Saturday we might get a sneak watch of George of the Jungle.
We used to watch the Double Deckers too.
I loved all the cool Puppet animatronic and Joe 90 was great, stick him in a sphere, give him radiation, Glasses and a brief Case and he is all set.
Stingray was Epic.
Then there was of course The Thunderbirds. 5-4-3-2-1, Thunderbirds are GO!!!
But the best for me was Captain Scarlet, whats a great opening sequence, a special agent getting shot and Killed, right at the start.
And then the closing sequence, Captain Scarlet drowning in quicksand or tied up and dropped in the sea, how cool was that to see as a kid?
I used to have nightmares about this one below.
And then getting pierced to death in this, oh my as a kid I was "What the hell"
Lastly, they even blew him up and he fell off a building.


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By Mark Chappelle Coston
If you're looking for a soundtrack for your new year's resolutions, take a listen to Grammy-winner Dorinda Clark Cole's latest release In The Face of Change. The 6-track EP was quietly released on September 21, 2009 through Harvestime Ministries. The project came about through Dorinda's association with Verizon Wireless as a judge on their famous How Sweet The Sound Choir Competition.
I was a little worried that this independent venture was an indication that Dorinda had split with the label that launched her solo career, GospoCentric Records. However, a rep from Zomba Gospel Group confirms Dr. Cole is still on the label's roster.
For this set, the Clark Sister known as the "jazzy one" takes a few refreshing departures. Breaking from her usual choice of traditional gospel as a musical backdrop, Dorinda wraps her voice around some energetic, inspirational, adult contemporary fare. Though the songs specifically have the mainstream in mind, they keep the gospel at heart.
The brightest star on the set is the pop-leaning, radio friendly "Change," written by Dorinda's son J. Cole. The hopeful tone of the song itself would lend itself well to being the musical centerpiece of a pro-Obama commercial, while the bombastic marching band drums make you want to get on a treadmill and keep your latest resolution.
Before you look at the tracklisting and make the obvious comparison, "This Is It" has absolutely nothing to do with Michael Jackson! It does indulge Dorinda's self-professed love of dance with its bouncy electro-disco beat though. (And you have to like the reference to The Clark Sisters hit "Livin'" that Dorinda slides in for us toward the end.)
The novel war cry "B.A.M.M." is weighted on one side with electric guitar and on the other with church-soaked organ lines. For those who can't wait to figure out what the acronym stands for, allow me to spoil it: Believers Authorized, Mastering Mortality.
Although In The Face of Change is slanted toward uptempo numbers, it's not without it's share of ballads. Turning our attention to global plights such as homelessness and ecological crisis, "One World One Love" admonishes us to take responsibility and put our faith in action. "Unshakeable" opens with an intro fit for a classic jam by the likes of Anita Baker or Frankie Beverly & Maze before it settles into an easy midtempo groove. And as always, the Clark Sisters are faithful to honor their mother Dr. Mattie Moss Clark. Dorinda pays tribute to Dr. Mattie in the poignant "Thank You For Prayin'."
Dorinda talks about In The Face of Change in depth in a radio interview with C. Ivan Johnson of KING Talk radio. Check out the three-part feature on YouTube:
- Dorinda Clark Cole on KING Radio: Part 1
- Dorinda Clark Cole on KING Radio: Part 2
- Dorinda Clark Cole on KING Radio: Part 3
For more info on Dorinda Clark Cole and Harvestime Ministries, visit www.dorindaclarkcole.net or myspace.com/officiallydorindaclarkcole. You can also find more information on The Clark Sisters at www.theclarkspace.com as well as rare video clips on the fan-driven YouTube channel youtube.com/theclarksisterstv.
In The Face of Change can be purchased online at iTunes, Amazon, and other digital retailers as well as at Verizon Wireless stores.
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There's probably a point where a prank turns into something a bit too scary.
The jokesters at PrankvsPrank went all out with their latest effort, dressing up hordes of helpers like real 'Walking Dead' stylezombies and letting them loose on the local population.
Their make-up and special effects were so good a lot of people looked like they genuinely feared for their lives, including a few small children.
It's quite impressive how realistic it was, and it is funny, but we almost feel sorry for the poor people who must've thought they were in the midst of a '28 Days Later' style apocalypse.


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My children like to play Minecraft and they often like to play with their friends and cousins who are remote. To do so in the past I would set up my laptop at the house, set up port forwarding on the router, etc. This would often not work as the router would not accept the changes, my laptop firewall was on etc. Instead I decided to shift all this to the cloud. In this particular example I will be using Google Cloud Engine since it allows you to have persistent disks. To minimize costs I will automate creation and destruction of minecraft server(s) using Hashicorp's Terraform.
All the terraform template and files can be found in this specific Github Repo
You will need to sign up for a Google Cloud account. You may also optionally buy a domain name from a registrar so that you don't need to enter IP addresses in your minecraft client. If you do so rename dns.tf.disabled to dns.tf and change this section
variable "domain_name" { description = "Domain Name" default = "change_to_the_domain_name_you_bought.xyz" }
As described in the README what this set of templates will do is create a persistent disk where you will store your gameplay and spin up a minecraft server just for that time being. When you want to play you will need to type
make create
and when you are done playing you will type
make destroy
Cost of this should be minimal. In the TF template I'm setting a persistent disk of size of 10 GB (change that in main.tf if you need to). That will cost you approximately $0.40 per month. On top of it you'd be paying for g1.small instance cost which is about $0.02 per hour. You can certainly opt for a faster instance by adjusting the instance size in main.tf file. Also if you are using DNS there will be DNS query costs but those should be minimal.
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I went to Hobby Lobby today and realized how close we are to seeing this...
It just made me want to pee in my pants I was so excited!!!! Ok, well maybe just squeal really loud! But anyway, I did get a couple of awesome things there.
I thought this was a super cute little jack-o-lantern to put a candle in and sit on my bar. I also lost my fine china salt and pepper shakers in the fire (tears), so instead of paying big bucks to replace them, I'm going to get cute little seasonal ones instead, so I got some pumpkins! I also found these adorable spreaders for fall.
I've been looking for something for our hallway or foyer. Not sure where I'll put this yet, but how perfect is this? An "L" and part of our wedding verse!!!!
I found this espresso frame for our engagement picture that hangs in our bedroom (yes, my hair was SUPER dark here. That's my natural, no gray yet, hair! Hmmmm, I wasn't married yet, maybe that is why I have so many gray hairs now????)
Then I went by and visited with my Nana. She was always the most phenomenal cook you'll ever meet until she was diagnosed with dementia. Now all of her cookbooks just sit on a shelf (not that she ever used any of them!). So, on my way out the door I asked her if I could have 2005-2008 (2009 isn't available yet) of the Southern Living Annual cookbooks!!!! I've been looking for them on ebay for awhile because I wanted all the one's since we've been married. I am so happy that she let me have them! I hope to get the rest of the collection (as in everyone of them since 1979!) one day. My dream is to have an entire bookshelf FULL of cookbooks, just like she has! (I need to add a bookshelf in the kitchen to my wishlist for my next house!)
It is a BEAUTIFUL day here! It is only 80 degrees and sunny! Michael and I have tickets to the Southern Brewer's Festival downtown tonight and hopefully he will be able to come home a little early so we can get there soon!!!! I had planned to wear a cute skirt and tank top, but now I'm thinking more like jeans! Wow! Fall is in the air!!! (too bad we all know that it's not here to stay :-( ) Then tomorrow morning we have our follow up ultrasound with OB Dr. Smith at 10:30ish. He is supposed to call in the morning to verify the time. I'll update as soon as we get home from there. Please pray that we have either ovulated already (which TMI, I think I have) or that there is at least ONE healthy follicle!
PS: I updated my recipe blog! I added my crock pot teriyake chicken and salsa recipes!


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Ever want to show someone how to do something on a computer or add voice to
your powerpoints? Then Camtasia Studio 6 from Techsmith is the program
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First you load the program:
Also when you install, make certain you select the add-in for PowerPoint.
This way you can record your voice into a PowerPoint show. This can be
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more features and adjustments than just adding voice to PowerPoint from
After you load the program, I would suggest you go to the Techsmith website
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Lots of Videos on how to use Camtasia:
They are on: Camtasia Studio 6 Overview, How to Record,
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The first thing I did was to watch the Camtasia Studio 6 Overview video.
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headset with microphone (about $25). This enabled me to create a quick demo /review of the
product that I put on our website (after
spending a few minutes to look up how to generate a flash file) and I was
also able to to generate a file to upload to Youtube (shown below).
Now I did make a few mistakes about loosing the focus off to the right,
but for a first try it was pretty good.
Below I will detail how to create
a flash file to be able to upload it to a website with controls.
Creating a Flash file for a Website:
Go to Produce, then select
Custom Production Settings:
Then hit Next:
Select Flash Output, then hit Next. You can
select many different templates - I just used Express Show the first time.
Then hit Next. On this screen, select
Options to add author and copyright information (always suggested to add
this information). If you want to generate a webpage, select the Embed Video
into HTML. You can also hit the PREVIEW button at the bottom to see what all
this looks like. Luckily I only did a short video, so the preview did not
take long.
On the next screen, you name the file and location and it also shows you all
the file names it will create, which is nice, since you need the names of
the files to figure out which ones to upload to your website:
These files will be
created upon production:
Hit Finish and it renders
your flash file, ready for your website.
I found Camtasia
Studio 6 easy to learn and use. It has many features that I have not yet
used but I know I will use the adding voice to PowerPoint and recording
more videos to put on our website or upload to Youtube.
I woud recommend
practice and learn this program using a SHORT video to learn all of the
great functions of Camtasia Studio 6.
Camtasia Studio 6 will run on Windows 7 (that is where I used it). The
cost for Camtasia Studio 6 is $299. You might want to check around-
sometimes you can get it bundled with Snag-it (screen capture and sharing)
for a price close to the price of Camtasia Studio. You can also purchase
Camtasia for a MAC ($99-$149).
For the price I think this is an awesome
program and much cheaper than the Adobe Captive for $799, and from what I
have gathered from my friends who have used both, Camtasia is easier to
use. I love the easy video tutorials (did I mention FREE) from Techsmith
that really get to the meat of using the product without spending lots of
hunting, googleing to figure out how to do things. I highly recommend
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Atlantipedia.com is a website(a) also dedicated to the study of Atlantis and founded by Stelios Pavlou. It was active until mid-2011 at which point it became dormant, and so it remained until around September, 2013, when material was again added to the site. There is extensive content, which is divided into a number of sections: Plato's description, Atlantis theories, Theorists, Flood myths and Bibliography. The site is now closed.
*(a) https://web.archive.org/web/20170610214719/https://www.atlantipedia.com:80/doku.php*
Pavlou, Stelios Grant
Stelios (Stel) Grant Pavlou (1970- ) is a British writer of Cypriot extraction, who developed a website (a) devoted to Atlantis and other lost cities, as well as a section on comparative mythology. The site is well presented but unfortunately, it has not been updated since April 2011 until it was resuscitated in late 2013, but due to family illness had to go offline again. In late 2015, he announced that he will be resuming his posting soon. However, this did not come to pass and he finally closed down his website, which was a distinct loss to students of Atlantology.
Pavlou has also written an interesting, if somewhat convoluted, paper(a) on Manetho's Egyptian King List compared with Conventional Egyptian Chronology and is its relevance to the dating of Atlantis. This forensic study led him to conclude that Plato's 9,000 years were, in reality, only 3,942 years, placing the time of Atlantis somewhere in or around 4532 BC.
Although Pavlou has closed his Atlantipedia.com website, his interest in Atlantis has not diminished. He along with geologist Jess Phoenix was due to appear in a new documentary series about Atlantis, with Morgan Freeman as executive producer, in June 2021(c), which promised 'new evidence'. Various ancient sites will be investigated, including Pavlou's yet-to-be-revealed location, as well as his somewhat controversial dating claims. However, shortly before the broadcast date, the series was unexpectedly delayed until late July. Jason Colavito informs us(d) that "Discovery pulled all references to the program from its website, and Freeman's Revelations Entertainment does not list the show among its projects.." Speculation has also suggested that the cancellation may be a consequence of the recent merger of Discovery and Warner Bros!
Colavito has revealed that Hunting Atlantis had been cancelled because it "generated controversy online after critics (Colavito included) pointed out that the Atlantis myth has long been used in support of colonialist, imperialist, and racist narrative, including the Spanish conquest of the Americas, the Anglo-American expansionist colonialism the Age of Empires, and Nazi searchers for the Aryan homeland" and "But the optics of glorifying a narrative long used to support white supremacy also didn't look great the same week that competing channels were honoring the victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre."(e)
Thorwald C. Franke quickly pointed out how historically incorrect Colavito's comments are. Plato has not been used as a support for racism, but, not mentioned by Colavito, is the fact that the Bible has given more succour to racism than any other document. Does Colavito call for the closing of churches?
Am I now to be labelled racist because I write or broadcast matters relating to Atlantis? I'm surprised that Discovery allowed themselves to be bullied by Colavito & Co and ignored the provisions of their nation's First Constitutional Amendment.
Anyway, after all this excitement Episode 1 was aired in the US on July 21st 2021. Jason Colavito, a prominent atlantiphobe, produced his review(f) within a day. He begins by trying to undermine the credibility of the presenters during which he states that Pavlou 'operates Atlantipedia,' which is factually incorrect. Pavlou did run the excellent Atlantipedia.com website some years ago and has no connection with this site Atlantipedia.ie. He proceeds to attack the entire story of Atlantis during which he claims that Plato wrote that the Atlanteans "came forth out of the Atlantic Ocean". This is also wrong, as it is a flawed translation by Jowett. The original text says 'Atlantic Sea'. The word 'ocean', which had a specific meaning for the Greeks was never used by Plato concerning Atlantis.
To be clear, I do not agree with Pavlou's location or date for Atlantis and I have not seen the first episode, its production value would appear to have been below par according to Colavito's concluding paragraph below –
"Hunting Atlantis is one of the worst, most incoherent, poorly written, and badly produced pseudohistory documentaries in its genre. Alan Landsburg of In Search Of… would roll in his grave to see the travesty of a show that doesn't stop long enough even to tell the audience what the hell it's talking about. It's TV made by people who only know of TV from YouTube reaction videos and TikTok reviews."
Pavlou places the destruction of Atlantis at the beginning of the 5th millennium BC and most surprising, in an article by Candida Moss, he has declared himself to be 'agnostic' regarding Atlantis(g). Moss reports how archaeologist Dr Flint Dibble undertook a study of Pavlou's paper used as background for Hunting Atlantis and not unexpectedly debunked it. There appears to have been an explosion of comments on social media, some with apparent racist undertones.
Thorwald C Franke commenting on Dibble's Twitter critique has accused him of wanting to have Atlantis "to be closely linked to racism"(h).>After all six episodes were broadcast in Germany Franke posted a fairly positive review of the series in his Newsletter No. 189(i).<
Pavlou is the author of Decipher, a bestselling speculative novel[316] centred on the tale of Atlantis and is also well-known as a screenwriter (e.g. 51st State).
Pavlou now lives with his family in Colorado, USA.
(a) https://atlantipedia.com/ [Not to be confused with this site] (offline Jan. 2017)
(b) https://www.researchgate.net/project/Extrapolating-from-Manethos-King-List-to-Address-the-Critias-108e-Problem
(c) New Discovery Series Sheds Light on Search for Atlantis With New Evidence – The Pappas Post
(d) https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/discoverys-atlantis-series-sinks-plus-lue-elizondo-joins-pricey-ufo-conference
(e) Discovery's "Atlantis" Series Sinks; Plus: Lue Elizondo Joins Pricey UFO Conference – JASON COLAVITO
(g) Atlantis, Which No Serious Historian Thinks Existed, Is Making People Insane on Twitter (thedailybeast.com)
(h) https://www.atlantis-scout.de/atlantis_newsl_archive.htm (See Newsletter 182)


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If you still need a little "umph" to get you in the Christmas spirit, I guarantee this mini-movie from Skit Guys Studio will do the trick. The video chronicles the sensational history of the Christian faith and the arrival of God's promise - our long expected Jesus! Just stunning!
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The Anderson & Bert Cade Fulton Foundation, also known as the Fulton Arts Foundation has the primary goal of developing and supporting the performing arts aspirations of adults who are 40 years of age and older.
The Fulton Arts Foundation is currently accepting applications from college students and post-graduate students for internships. This internship provides students with hands-on knowledge of producing plays for the stage.
We are seeking administrative interns to assist with a long list of administrative duties including, but not limited to scheduling, attending production meetings, helping to organize and catalogue our supporters' information as well as cataloguing promotional material, organizing, tagging and storing props and costumes and logging donations and expenses.
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IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) Using IMAP, you read email on the mail server; email is not downloaded to your local device, it remains on the mail server.POP3 (Post Office Protocol) Using POP3, you download and save email onto your local device (computer, tablet or phone).
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Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer is an assistant professor of anthropology and African American studies at Purdue University. She received her PhD in cultural anthropology from Princeton University, is a graduate from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and completed the Islamic Studies diploma program of the Institute at Abu Nour University in Damascus. In this episode, we discuss her new work, Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States (NYU Press 2016). Dr. Abdul Khabeer's work is an ethnography on Islam and hip hop that examines how intersecting ideas of Muslimness and Blackness challenge and reproduce the meanings of race in the US.
Dr. Su'ad Abdul Khabeer's website.
The book: Muslim Cool: Race, Religion and Hip Hop in the United States.


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Dogs and Cats Hairstyle Grooming Kit. This Dogs Hair Trimmer Kit comes with 4 different size head. Easy to change for different needs.
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After a lot of hunting around and umming and arring about it, I found a boat up in Yorkshire called Sirius.
Sirius is being sold by the boatbuilder Alan Pease, his website can be found at Alan Pease Boats.
Monday, September 13, 2004
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Seaside Heights Mayor Bill Akers tells WNBC-TV in New York (http://bit.ly/XCW35T) that officials have not made a decision on whether to tear down the coaster. But the mayor says he's working with the Coast Guard to see if the coaster is stable enough to leave it alone, because he believes it would make "a great tourist attraction."
Meanwhile, efforts to rebuild the storm-ravaged town are continuing.
Demolition crews have removed the resort's damaged boardwalk. And Akers says construction on a new boardwalk should begin in January and be ready by Memorial Day.


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Melbourne Victory 1 Adelaide United 1
Roy Hay
Melbourne Vicotry and Adelaide United renewed their long running rivalry for the Muscat-Kosmina Cup in addition to the A-League points.
Jim Magilton put out his first Melbourne Victory side against Adelaide United on Friday night. It was on the usual lines, apart from Jean Carlos Solorzano, Diogo Ferreira and Petar Franjic all of whom started on the bench.
Adelaide United was also a settled side.
Melbourne Victory went off like a house on fire, scoring after only six minutes and having several chance to bury Adelaide United in the first fifteen, but as happened against Melbourne Heart recently, the visitors got back into the game and equalised early in the second half.
Thereafter Victory gradually ran out of legs and ideas and United could have taken all three points in the closing stages, with Victory resorting to long hopeful balls to its front runners.
Overall though it was a good quality game and both coaches praised their teams for their character and effort, while John Kosmina also mentioned the discipline his squad showed.
After 6 minutes Harry Kewell beat two men out on the left and fired the ball low across goal where Archie Thompson and Antony Golec slid in and the ball flew past Eugene Galekovic.
Thompson appeared to get the decisive touch and celebrated accordingly.
A minute previously Thompson had got clear and only a finger-tip by Galekovic and the post kept the ball out.
Cameron Watson crossed for Sergio van Dijk to beat Covic with a header but the ball went over the bar.
Harry Kewell put Danny Allsopp clear but the big man drove his shot into the side netting.
It was a high quality game with lots of good passing movments on both sides and several openings none of which were taken.
Neither side made changes in personnel at half-time but Adelaide survived an early Victory break when Harry Kewell crossed and Alsopp's diving header went just wide of the post.
In 53 minutes a corner from Dario Vidosic was driven against the Victory bar by Nigel Boogard and Sergio van Dijk knocked the rebound back in to bring United level.
Jean Carlos Solorzano came on for Allsopp in 64 minutes and looked full of running.
Kewell skinned Dario Vidosic in the 69th minute and then hit the post with a rocket which beat Galekovic.
Solorzano rounded Nigel Boogaard and put a tempting ball across the goal but Thompson just could not reach it.
Thereafter Victory seemed to run out of ideas with too many players lacking movement on and off the ball.
Adelaide played out the game more strongly in the last fifteen minutes and van Dijk, Bruce Djite and Nigel Boogaard all had chances to win the game.
Match details
Friday 13 January 2012
Melbourne Victory 1 (Archie Thompson 6') Adelaide United 1 (Sergio van Dijk 53')
Venue: AAMI Park
Local kick-off: 8:00pm
Referee: Jarred Gillett
Assistant referees: Luke Brennan and George Lakrindis
Fourth official: Lucien Laverdure
Attendance: 20,959
Melbourne Victory
21. Ante Covic, 2. Matthew Foschini, 3. Fabio, 6. Leigh Broxham, 8. Grant Brebner (4. Petar Franjic 87'), 10. Archie Thompson, 12. Rodrigo Vargas, 16.Carlos Hernandez (13. Diogo Ferreira 71'), 18. Danny Allsopp (9. Jean Carlos Solorzano 64'), 22. Harry Kewell, 23. Adrian Leijer
Unused substitutes: 20. Lawrence Thomas
Yellow cards: Grant Brebner 44', Fabio 82'
Red cards: nil
Adelaide United
1.Eugene Galekovic, 2.Osama Malik, 3.Nigel Boogaard, 5.Daniel Mullen, 7.Zenon Caravella, 9.Sergio van Dijk, 10.Dario Vidosic, 11.Bruce Djite, 12.Antony Golec, 14.Cameron Watson, 18.Fabian Barbiero (15.Jacob Melling 75'),
Unused substitutes: 20.Mark Birighitti, 21.Francisco Usucar, 17.Iain Ramsay.
Yellow cards: Nigel Boogaard 66'
Red cards: Nil


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And, unlike how it is understood, they are not that difficult to prepare.
I have perfected a vegetarian pizza previously. Today I bring to you my recipe of a sausage pizza that is absolutely healthy, delicious and wholesome.
- 400gms pizza dough
- 2 ripe red tomatoes chopped
- 5-6 garlic cloves grated
- 6-7 sausages (I used chicken)
- 7-8 fresh basil leaves
- 1 onion sliced
- 1 capsicum chopped
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup corn kernels boiled
- 1/4 cup Tomato Ketchup
- 2 tbsp. oregano
- 2 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp black pepper powder
- 2 tsp red chilly flakes
- 2 cheese cubes (optional)
- salt to taste
Roll out the pizza dough and place it in a greased pizza pan and make several pricks with a fork.
Blind bake it in an oven for 10-15 minutes at 160 degrees Celsius.
Prepare a pizza sauce by sautéing chopped tomatoes and garlic in some vegetable oil.
You can also use olive oil.
You can also use olive oil.
Add salt to soften the tomatoes.
Add tomato ketchup, sugar, black pepper powder, dried oregano and chopped basil leaves.
Bring out the pizza dough from the oven and spread the tomato sauce generously leaving an inch from the sides.
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Alves-Pereira et al. Vibroacoustic Disease, Response of Biological Tissue to Low Frequency Noise
Mariana Alves-Pereira, Joao Joanaz de Melo, Maria Cristina Marques, Nuno A.A. Castelo Branco
11th International Meeting on Low Frequency Noise & Vibration and Its Control, Maastricht The Netherlands, 30 Augus to 1 September 20o4
BACKGROUND: Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is a systemic pathology caused by excessive exposure to low frequency noise (LFN). Until 1987, it was thought that the pathological effects of excessive LFN exposure were limited to the realm of cognitive and neurological disturbances. After the autopsy findings in a deceased VAD patient, it became clear that LFN impinges on the entire body, particularly the cardio-respiratory systems. In 1992, rodents were exposed to LFN, and the respiratory tract was studied through scanning and transmission electron microscopy. Pericardial, tracheal and lung fragments, removed with informed consent from VAD patients, have also been studied with light and electron microscopy. This report summarizes what is known to date on the tissue and cellular response to LFN exposure.
- TUBULIN-BASED STRUCTURES: Cilia are tubulin-based and exist in normal pericardia as well as in the respiratory tract. In VAD patients, pericardial cilia cease to exist, while tracheal and bronchial cilia are distributed in abnormal arrangements. In LFN-exposed rodents, respiratory tract cilia appear sheared, clipped or shaggy.
- ACTIN-BASED STRUCTURES: Cochlear cilia are actin-based structures, as are brush-cell microvilli that protrude into the respiratory tract airway. In LFN-exposed rodents, both structures appear fused. Actin filaments are also a fundamental element of the cellular cytoskeleton. In VAD patients' pericardia, cytoskeletal deformations may be a consequence of LFN-induced changes of the actin filaments.
- BIOTENSEGRITY HYPOTHESIS: One of the most consistent findings in almost all human and rodent tissue fragments is the abnormal proliferation of collagen and elastin. It is hypothesized that the principles of biotensegrity structures may contribute to the explanation of tissue and cellular responses to LFN exposure.
For the past 24 years, the effects of low frequency noise (LFN) (<500 Hz, including infrasound) exposure have been the object of intense scientific inquiry. Vibroacoustic disease (VAD) is a whole-body pathology caused by excessive exposure to LFN, either due to occupational sources or environmental sources. The response of biological tissue to LFN has drawn great interest, particularly given the significant structural, or morphological, changes of the exposed organs, tissues and cells.
In 1987, an autopsy was performed on a deceased VAD patient, as specifically bequeathed by the patient in his will. Until then, it was thought that LFN-induced pathology was restricted to the realm of neuropathophysiology. Autopsy findings disclosed, among several other extraordinary features, widespread thickening of blood vessel walls, and abnormally thickened cardiac structures, namely valves and pericardium. Fibrosis (collagen proliferation) was also identified in the lungs.
In 1992, Wistar rats began to be used as animal models for VAD. Rodents were exposed to LFN, and fragments of different sections of the respiratory tract were studied with electron microscopy. In 1996, the first pericardial fragments were taken from fully informed VAD patients who were undergoing cardiac surgery (for other reasons). Since then, 12 VAD patients have provided pericardial fragments for our study. Similarly, several other VAD patients have provided fragments of respiratory tract tissue (epithelia) through biopsy (conducted for other reasons). All these tissue samples were examined with electron microscopy.
The goal of this report is to contribute to the characterisation of the biomechanical response of tissue to the presence of excessive LFN, drawing upon the data collected from the microscopy studies. …
LFN induces tissue reorganization and neo-formation. One of the underlying purposes may be the need to maintain structural integrity in a viscoelastic environment undergoing LFN-induced vibratory propagation.
Actin-based structures seem to have a tendency to fuse. Indeed, microvilli fusion (as seen in the brush cell) will alter the kinetic properties of the structure. Cochlear cilia, for example, are supposed to vibrate freely against the upper tectorial membrane, when an acoustical pressure wave is transduced along the basal membrane. This movement is what relays the acoustical signal to the brain. However, in LFN-exposed rats, cilia are fused together, as well as with the upper tectorial membrane. Hence, when the basal membrane attempts to transduce the acoustical signal, instead of freely vibrating, cochlear cilia, now a non-vibrating structure, will be pulled. If something similar occurs in the cochlear cilia of LFN-exposed humans, then perhaps discomfort might be felt. Discomfort that may be closely associated with the concept of annoyance.
The destruction of ciliary fields is dramatic, and might be related to its structural specificities. The cilium is anchored to the cellular cortex through an actin-based network located within the cytoskeleton directly under the plasma membrane. Given the response of other actin-based structures, namely brush cell microvilli as well as cochlear stereocilia, it is not unreasonable to hypothesize that perhaps the actin filaments that compose the cytoskeleton might also be reacting to LFN exposure. Corroborating this notion are transmission electron microscopy images showing intact internal ciliary structures. Yet, strands of apparently sheared cilia appear lying horizontally on the epithelial surface, and ciliary fields are depleted.
The response of the pericardium to LFN certainly appears to be an adaptation response. This does not exclude the loss of functional capabilities, for example, not a single cilium was found in mesothelial cells. Despite the dramatic alterations of the pericardia, heart function is normal and no diastolic dysfunction exists in VAD patients. It would seem that this newly formed loose tissue layer, rich in vessels and adipose tissue, with numerous elastic components, plays a very important role, possibly of a pneumatic and logistic nature, in maintaining normal function of the heart in these patients.
The ruptured cellular membranes seen in the pericardial mesothelial layer are very unusual. Cellular debris is seen in all layers of the pericardium. This sort of cellular death is not related to the normal, programmed, or apoptotic, cellular death. In VAD patients' pericardia, cellular death seems to be associated with mechanical processes and stresses. The fact that the cellular debris is being spewed into the pericardial sac may be a contributing factor to the development of auto-immune diseases in VAD patients.
It would seem that in the presence of LFN, living tissue responds by reinforcing its structural integrity. This is strongly suggested by the thickening observed in blood vessel walls, as well as in alveoli walls.
In conclusion, while biochemical and molecular signalling play fundamental roles in tissue re-organization, given the nature of the mechanical insult perpetrated by LFN, mechanically-induced signalling must also be greatly implicated.
Mariana Alves-Pereira João Joanaz de Melo New University of Lisbon, DCEA-FCT, Caparica (mariana.pereira/oninet.pt) Maria Cristina Marques Dept. Physiology, School of Pharmacology, University of Lisbon, Portugal Nuno A. A. Castelo Branco Center for Human Performance, Alverca, Portugal (n.cbranco/netcabo.pt)