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X-ray, electromagnetic radiation of extremely short wavelength and high frequency, with wavelengths ranging from about 10−8 to 10−12 metre and corresponding frequencies from about 1016 to 1020 hertz (Hz).
X-rays are commonly produced by accelerating (or decelerating) charged particles; examples include a beam of electrons striking a metal plate in an X-ray tube and a circulating beam of electrons in a synchrotron particle accelerator or storage ring. In addition, highly excited atoms can emit X-rays with discrete wavelengths characteristic of the energy level spacings in the atoms. The X-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum falls far outside the range of visible wavelengths. However, the passage of X-rays through materials, including biological tissue, can be recorded with photographic films and other detectors. The analysis of X-ray images of the body is an extremely valuable medical diagnostic tool.
X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation—when interacting with matter, they are energetic enough to cause neutral atoms to eject electrons. Through this ionization process the energy of the X-rays is deposited in the matter. When passing through living tissue, X-rays can cause harmful biochemical changes in genes, chromosomes, and other cell components. The biological effects of ionizing radiation, which are complex and highly dependent on the length and intensity of exposure, are still under active study (see radiation injury). X-ray radiation therapies take advantage of these effects to combat the growth of malignant tumours.
X-rays were discovered in 1895 by German physicist Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen while investigating the effects of electron beams (then called cathode rays) in electrical discharges through low-pressure gases. Röntgen uncovered a startling effect—namely, that a screen coated with a fluorescent material placed outside a discharge tube would glow even when it was shielded from the direct visible and ultraviolet light of the gaseous discharge. He deduced that an invisible radiation from the tube passed through the air and caused the screen to fluoresce. Röntgen was able to show that the radiation responsible for the fluorescence originated from the point where the electron beam struck the glass wall of the discharge tube. Opaque objects placed between the tube and the screen proved to be transparent to the new form of radiation; Röntgen dramatically demonstrated this by producing a photographic image of the bones of the human hand (see photograph). His discovery of so-called Röntgen rays was met with worldwide scientific and popular excitement, and, along with the discoveries of radioactivity (1896) and the electron (1897), it ushered in the study of the atomic world and the era of modern physics.
Fundamental characteristics
Wave nature
X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation; their basic physical properties are identical to those of the more familiar components of the electromagnetic spectrum—visible light, infrared radiation, and ultraviolet radiation. As with other forms of electromagnetic radiation, X-rays can be described as coupled waves of electric and magnetic fields traveling at the speed of light (about 300,000 km, or 186,000 miles, per second). Their characteristic wavelengths and frequencies can be demonstrated and measured through the interference effects that result from the overlap of two or more waves in space. X-rays also exhibit particle-like properties; they can be described as a flow of photons carrying discrete amounts of energy and momentum. This dual nature is a property of all forms of radiation and matter and is comprehensively described by the theory of quantum mechanics.
Though it was immediately suspected, following Röntgen's discovery, that X-rays were a form of electromagnetic radiation, this proved very difficult to establish. X-rays are distinguished by their very short wavelengths, typically 1,000 times shorter than the wavelengths of visible light. Because of this, and because of the practical difficulties of producing and detecting the new form of radiation, the nature of X-rays was only gradually unraveled in the early decades of the 20th century.
In 1906 the British physicist Charles Glover Barkla first demonstrated the wave nature of X-rays by showing that they can be "polarized" by scattering from a solid. Polarization refers to the orientation of the oscillations in a transverse wave; all electromagnetic waves are transverse oscillations of electric and magnetic fields. The very short wavelengths of X-rays, hinted at in early diffraction studies in which the rays were passed through narrow slits, was firmly established in 1912 by the pioneering work of the German physicist Max von Laue and his students Walter Friedrich and Paul Knipping. Laue suggested that the ordered arrangements of atoms in crystals could serve as natural three-dimensional diffraction gratings. Typical atomic spacings in crystals are approximately 1 angstrom (1 × 10−10 metre), ideal for producing diffraction effects in electromagnetic radiation of comparable wavelength. Friedrich and Knipping verified Laue's predictions by photographing diffraction patterns produced by the passage of X-rays through a crystal of zinc sulfide. These experiments demonstrated that X-rays have wavelengths of about 1 angstrom and confirmed that the atoms in crystals are arranged in regular structures.
In the following year, the British physicist William Lawrence Bragg devised a particularly simple model of the scattering of X-rays from the parallel layers of atoms in a crystal. The Bragg law shows how the angles at which X-rays are most efficiently diffracted from a crystal are related to the X-ray wavelength and the distance between the layers of atoms. Bragg's physicist father, William Henry Bragg, based his design of the first X-ray spectrometer on his son's analysis. The pair used their X-ray spectrometer in making seminal studies of both the distribution of wavelengths in X-ray beams and the crystal structures of many common solids—an achievement for which they shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1915.
Particle nature
In the early 1920s, experimental studies of the scattering of X-rays from solids played a key role in establishing the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. In 1905 German physicist Albert Einstein had proposed that electromagnetic radiation is granular, consisting of quanta (later called photons) each with an energy hf, where h is Planck's constant (about 6.6 × 10−34 joule∙second) and f is the frequency of the radiation. Einstein's hypothesis was strongly supported in subsequent studies of the photoelectric effect and by the successes of Danish physicist Niels Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom and its characteristic emission and absorption spectra (see Bohr atomic model). Further verification came in 1922 when American physicist Arthur Compton successfully treated the scattering of X-rays from the atoms in a solid as a set of collisions between X-ray photons and the loosely bound outer electrons of the atoms.
Adapting the relation between momentum and energy for a classical electromagnetic wave to an individual photon, Compton used conservation of energy and conservation of momentum arguments to derive an expression for the wavelength shift of scattered X-rays as a function of their scattering angle. In the so-called Compton effect, a colliding photon transfers some of its energy and momentum to an electron, which recoils. The scattered photon must thus have less energy and momentum than the incoming photon, resulting in scattered X-rays of slightly lower frequency and longer wavelength. Compton's careful measurements of this small effect, coupled with his successful theoretical treatment (independently derived by the Dutch scientist Peter Debye), provided convincing evidence for the existence of photons. The approximate wavelength range of the X-ray portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, 10−8 to 10−12 metre, corresponds to a range of photon energies from about 100 eV (electron volts) to 1 MeV (million electron volts).
The defining characteristics of X-rays—their ability to penetrate optically opaque materials, their wavelengths of atomic dimension, the high energy of individual X-ray photons—lead to a wide range of industrial, medical, and scientific applications. Specialized X-ray sources, detectors, and analysis techniques have been developed to address a range of questions from the study of the interactions of the simplest molecules to the structure of the human brain.
X-ray images of the body are an indispensable diagnostic tool in modern medicine. Medical imaging allows for the nonintrusive detection of dental cavities, bone fractures, foreign objects, and diseased conditions such as cancer (see photograph). Standard X-ray images easily differentiate between bone and soft tissue; additional contrast between different areas of soft tissue is afforded by the injection of a contrast medium—a liquid or gas that is comparatively opaque to X-rays, as shown in the photograph (see diagnostic imaging). In the 1970s a powerful new X-ray imaging technique, computed tomography (CT), was developed. Now in widespread use, CT scans produce detailed high-resolution cross-sectional images of internal organs and structures; they are far more sensitive to small density variations than conventional X-ray images.
As with other forms of ionizing radiation, X-rays cause biochemical changes in living cells. A high-energy X-ray photon deposits its energy by liberating electrons from atoms and molecules. These free electrons may themselves ionize additional neutral species. Through this process, reactive ions and free radicals are formed, leading to further chemical reactions. The resulting radiation-induced chemistry can break the molecular bonds needed for cell growth and can induce genetic damage (see radiation injury). While there are significant health risks associated with exposure to X-rays, radiation therapies exploit the above effects to treat cancerous tumours and blood disorders such as leukemia. X-rays (and higher-energy gamma rays) are directed at target tissues; the consequent molecular damage blocks the growth of the diseased cells. Nearby normal cells, also exposed to the ionizing X-rays, are typically more capable of repair. In a related application, in agricultural industries the irradiation of some foods with X-rays and gamma rays is used to inhibit selectively the growth of bacteria (see food preservation: Food irradiation).
X-rays are a powerful diagnostic tool for revealing the structure and composition of materials. The great utility of X-ray images derives from the differential absorption of X-rays by materials of different density, composition, and homogeneity. In a common application, X-rays are used for quick examination of the contents of airline baggage. In industry, X-ray images are used to detect flaws nondestructively in castings that are inaccessible to direct observation. X-ray microscopes are capable of magnifying X-ray absorption images so as to resolve features on scales as small as about 40 nanometres (nm; billionths of a metre), or roughly 400 atomic diameters. This resolution, about five times greater than that achieved by the best visible light microscopes, is possible because of the small diffraction effects associated with the very short wavelengths of X-rays. X-ray microscopes usually operate with "soft" X-rays (wavelengths in the 1- to 10-nm range) and rely on reflective optics (see spectroscopy: X-ray optics) or "zone plates" (see optics: Filtering) to achieve focusing. Because water is relatively transparent in the soft X-ray region, these microscopes are ideal for studying biological materials in an aqueous environment. Another sophisticated absorption technique, called EXAFS ("extended X-ray absorption fine structure"), is capable of identifying the short-range ordering of atoms and molecules in unstable samples of crystals and amorphous solids.
X-ray diffraction techniques (or "X-ray crystallography") allow for the determination of crystal structures in inorganic, organic, and biological materials. The detailed atomic structure of the double-helix polymer deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was famously revealed by James Watson and Francis Crick via the X-ray crystallography studies of Maurice Wilkins. X-ray fluorescence is a complementary method for the quantitative analysis of the composition of materials. In this technique, a sample is exposed to either an electron beam or a beam of primary X-rays; the resulting atomic excitations lead to X-ray emissions with wavelengths characteristic of the elements in the sample. The electron microprobe uses this process to identify the constituents of sample regions as small as a few micrometres (millionths of a metre). X-ray fluorescence and diffraction techniques are valuable methods for the nondestructive analysis of art objects. Brushstroke techniques and the arrangements of painted-over pigments in oil paintings, the presence of coatings and varnishes, and the compositions of glasses, porcelain, and enamels are revealed through X-ray analysis.
Many of the above techniques are enhanced by the exceptionally high X-ray intensities produced in modern synchrotron light facilities. Extremely bright, short X-ray pulses, tuned to selected wavelength regions, are used to probe chemical reactions on surfaces, the electronic structures of semiconductors and magnetic materials, and the structure and function of proteins and biological macromolecules. Another promising source of high-intensity X-rays is the X-ray laser. Coherent X-rays (a signature of lasing) at the longer-wavelength end of the spectral region have been produced in the laboratory. In 2009 lasing was achieved at the Linac Coherent Light Source facility in Menlo Park, Calif., at a wavelength of 0.15 nm, but construction of a practical device at such short wavelengths remained a difficult technological challenge.
Production and detection of X-rays
Production of X-rays
There are three common mechanisms for the production of X-rays: the acceleration of a charged particle, atomic transitions between discrete energy levels, and the radioactive decay of some atomic nuclei. Each mechanism leads to a characteristic spectrum of X-ray radiation.
In the theory of classical electromagnetism, accelerating electric charges emit electromagnetic waves. In the most common terrestrial source of X-rays, the X-ray tube, a beam of high-energy electrons impinges on a solid target. As the fast-moving electrons in the beam interact with the electrons and nuclei of the target atoms, they are repeatedly deflected and slowed. During this abrupt deceleration, the beam electrons emit bremsstrahlung (German: "braking radiation")—a continuous spectrum of electromagnetic radiation with a peak intensity in the X-ray region. Most of the energy radiated in an X-ray tube is contained in this continuous spectrum. Far more powerful (and far larger) sources of a continuum of X-rays are synchrotron particle accelerators and storage rings. In a synchrotron, charged particles (usually electrons or positrons) are accelerated to very high energies (typically billions of electron volts) and then confined to a closed orbit by strong magnets. When the charged particles are deflected by the magnetic fields (and hence accelerated via the change in their direction of motion), they emit so-called synchrotron radiation—a continuum whose intensity and frequency distribution are determined by the strength of the magnetic fields and the energy of the circulating particles. Specially designed synchrotron light sources are used worldwide for X-ray studies of materials.
In an X-ray tube, in addition to the continuous spectrum of radiation emitted by the decelerating electrons, there is also a spectrum of discrete X-ray emission lines that is characteristic of the target material. This "characteristic radiation" results from the excitation of the target atoms by collisions with the fast-moving electrons. Most commonly, a collision first causes a tightly bound inner-shell electron to be ejected from the atom; a loosely bound outer-shell electron then falls into the inner shell to fill the vacancy. In the process, a single photon is emitted by the atom with an energy equal to the difference between the inner-shell and outer-shell vacancy states. This energy difference usually corresponds to photon wavelengths in the X-ray region of the spectrum. Characteristic X-ray radiation can also be produced from a target material when it is exposed to a primary X-ray beam. In this case, the primary X-ray photons initiate the sequence of electron transitions that result in the emission of secondary X-ray photons.
In 1913 the English physicist Henry Moseley discovered a simple relationship between the wavelengths of the X-ray emission lines from a target and the atomic number of the target element—the wavelengths are inversely proportional to the square of the atomic number. Known as Moseley's law, this relationship proved to be a definitive tool in the determination of atomic numbers in the early days of atomic physics. X-ray fluoresence techniques, in which the wavelengths of characteristic X-rays are recorded following the excitation of a target, are now commonly used to identify the elemental constituents of materials.
X-ray emission is sometimes a by-product of a nuclear transformation. In the process of electron capture, an inner-shell atomic electron is captured by the atomic nucleus, initiating the transformation of a nuclear proton into a neutron and lowering the atomic number by one unit (see radioactivity: Types of radioactivity). The vacant inner-shell orbit is then quickly filled by an outer-shell electron, producing a characteristic X-ray photon. The relaxation of an excited nucleus to a lower-energy state also sometimes results in the emission of an X-ray photon. However, the photons emitted in most nuclear transitions of this type are of even higher energy than X-rays—they fall into the gamma-ray region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Many astronomical sources of X-rays have been discovered over the past 50 years; collectively they are a rich resource of information about the universe (see X-ray sources). X-rays are emitted by the Sun's hot corona (outer atmosphere) and by the coronas of other ordinary stars in the Milky Way Galaxy (see video). Many binary star systems emit copious X-rays; the strongest such sources produce, in the X-ray region alone, more than 1,000 times the entire energy output of the Sun. Supernova remnants are also strong sources of X-rays, which are sometimes associated with synchrotron radiation produced by high-energy charged particles circulating in intense magnetic fields and sometimes with atomic emissions from extremely hot gases (in the range of 10 million kelvins). Powerful extragalactic sources of X-rays, including active galaxies, quasars, and galactic clusters, are currently under intense scientific scrutiny; in some cases the exact mechanisms of X-ray production are still uncertain or unknown. As the Earth's atmosphere strongly absorbs X-rays, astronomical observations in the X-ray region must be made from orbiting satellites. The launch of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 1999 greatly advanced the observational capabilities of X-ray astronomy (see telescope: X-ray telescopes).
Detection of X-rays
Photographic film was used by Röntgen as one of the first X-ray detectors, and this simple technique remains in wide use in medical applications. The process of exposure is initiated by X-ray photons ionizing radiation-sensitive silver halide crystals in an emulsion on the film surface; the resulting photochemical change of the affected crystals darkens the exposed area (see radiation measurement: Photographic emulsions).
Photographic techniques, while much improved upon since the time of Röntgen and still extremely useful for qualitative applications, are not well-suited for more quantitative measurements of X-ray intensities and spectral content. A number of more effective detection methods have been developed. In a Geiger-Müller tube, or Geiger counter, incoming X-ray photons ionize atoms in a gas-filled volume. An applied high voltage induces further ionizations from collisions between liberated electrons and neutral atoms, creating an avalanche of charged particles and a large electrical pulse that is easily detected. More sophisticated detection schemes based on the ionization of gas atoms can discriminate between X-rays of different energies (see radiation measurement: Proportional counters). Other common detection schemes rely on the ability of X-rays to produce visible fluorescence in crystals (see scintillation counter) and charge separation in semiconductors (see radiation measurement: Semiconductor detectors).
Learn More in these related Britannica articles:
electromagnetic radiation: X-raysThe German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen discovered X-rays in 1895 by accident while studying cathode rays in a low-pressure gas discharge tube. (A few years later J.J. Thomson of England showed that cathode rays were electrons emitted from the negative electrode…
radiation: X rays and gamma raysWhen light of sufficiently high frequency (or energy equal to
hν), independent of its source, is absorbed in a molecular system, the excited molecular state so produced, or some excited state resultant from it, may either interact with other molecules…
nervous system disease: X rayDiseases affecting the skull (malformations, increased intracranial pressure, some metabolic diseases, tumours, and trauma) and spinal cord disorders can be diagnosed with conventional X rays, but X rays employing the injection of iodine-containing contrast media or air, often under a general anesthetic, into…
technology of photography: X-ray radiographyX rays (wavelengths between
and 1 100 that of visible light) are produced by high-voltage electron streams bombarding an electrode in a vacuum tube. For radiography the object to be recorded is placed between an X-ray tube and the film; the film registers… 1 100,000
radiation measurement: Interactions of gamma rays and X raysIonizing radiation also can take the form of electromagnetic rays. When emitted by excited atoms, they are given the name X rays and have quantum energies typically measured from 1 to 100 keV. When emitted by excited nuclei, they are called gamma rays,…
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The IEBlog explains that "the combination of consumer opt-in, an open platform for publishing of Tracking Protection Lists (TPLs), and the underlying technology mechanism for Tracking Protection offer new options and a good balance between empowering consumers and online industry needs. They further empower consumers and complement many of the other ideas under discussion."
The news comes on the heels of the FTC's recent report on consumer privacy, which proposes "a framework to balance the privacy interests of consumers with innovation that relies on consumer information to develop beneficial new products and services. The report also suggests implementation of a "Do Not Track" mechanism — likely a persistent setting on consumers' browsers — so consumers can choose whether to allow the collection of data regarding their online searching and browsing activities.
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But the wind will be taken out of the industry's sails if Congress fails to extend the federal wind-industry tax credit, which is worth up to $3 billion a year and is due to expire at the close of 2012. Many lawmakers, including eight of the nine-member congressional delegation from Colorado, support the extension. But they have not yet been able to push it through partisan logjams. Congress must find a way to pass the extension. Ryan Wiser, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory scientist who studies the renewable energy market, told the New York Times that without the extension the wind industry "falls off a cliff."
Opponents of the extension say the government shouldn't prop up a business that can't succeed on its own. They say the government shouldn't pick winners. In extending the tax, however, what the government would really be doing is investing in America's future. The tax credit is a necessary boost to a young industry that is struggling against the trials of transition from fossil fuels and unfair competition from China.
The worrisome fact is that the tax-credit extension has bipartisan support, particularly in Colorado, a hotspot for wind-energy development. How deflating to think that the extension might yet founder on petty squabbles in Congress. The stakes are too high for that to be allowed to happen.
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Written by: Ani Hajderaj | Photos by: Constance Chan
Festival season occurs typically in the summer where music fans can dance in comfortable clothing in the warm weather, however in Canada the party never stops. Montreal has been graced with their successful winter festival, Igloofest every year, but 2013 was time for Toronto to add to the winter festival line up. Brrrrr!
Organized by Live Nation, Electronic Nation, Destiny Events, Embrace and Balance Inc., Brrrrr! set out to give Toronto a taste of festival season a little earlier into the year with added layers and warm drinks.
Getting into the event was easy; there was no hassle getting your passes and tickets for entry. As you arrive to Echo Beach you see the stage and lights stand out in the skyline of Toronto as the music plays from the distance.
The security on festival grounds was confusing because they did not allow sealed water bottles inside the venue. However it was stated on the official Brrrrr! website that you could in fact bring in sealed water bottles.
The VIP areas included patio heaters and also private bars where patrons got their drinks from. There was a heated dome area with Corona beer kiosks that served beer. On the outskirts of the area bars offered drinks along with a cup of hot cider as chaser which was neat and added to the winter vibe of the festival. As the winter staple beverage, hot chocolate was also served to attendees.
The heated dome provided a lounge experience with couches, tables and promotional material. It didn't completely drown out the music but you could also have audible conversations with your friends inside. Crowd control in it was on point. Surprisingly it never got too busy so and getting around in it was easy.
The whole festival included two stages. On day 1 the stage near the entrance accommodated all the techno talent while the main stage had all the electro and progressive house DJs. Day 2 was flipped around.
Friday evening had a lot of house energy. Mord Fustang played familiar electro bangers that had the crowd going crazy while things were a little low key in the techno area. Without a doubt the headliner, Moby stole the show. The voice sample from "Natural Blues" pierced the crowd as he mashed it up with other beats; the crowd was bouncing throughout his entire set. The conclusion of his performance however left the crowd in shock. Moby took off his shirt and stood up on the DJ booth, several members of the audience followed suit.
The second evening felt much calmer than the previous. Techno took over the main stage; the bass had everyone moving, the attendees enjoyed themselves. The second stage had a lot more activity on the second day of the festival. Danny Avilla and Deniz Koyu played some of their progressive flavours for the crowd. By the time Dubfire got behind the booth, everyone flocked to the main stage, a wonderful closure to the event.
The only problem with Brrrrr! was that there wasn't much going on aside from the stages. Perhaps some more art displays would have added more to the experience. The fire pit was a great idea; more of those would have kept the crowd a little warmer. The ice sculpture at the entrance was a great touch, perhaps more of them with themes and a variance in shapes and sizes would have made a great addition to Brrrrr!
Overall Brrrrr! was a good experience and definitely something that makes Toronto a more vibrant city to the international electronic music world. Toronto loves to party; rain, shine, snow or wind and Brrrrr! proved this very well.
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Suffice it to say that we ate too much and had a great time! I hope you did, too!
Tomorrow is the "last hurrah" before we go back to a more moderate eating regime, shall we say! My friend Jenny and her granddaughter, and one of my granddaughters, are coming to stay overnight, and we will have soynog (with rum for the grown-ups) and various goodies with some other friends. I WILL photograph and blog about that in the next few days!
For Christmas Eve we had vegan Tourtiere (Quebec "Meat Pie"), of course (DH is from Quebec). Dessert was my "Grown-Up Nanaimo Bars" (this recipe will be in a new book coming out late in 2010):
For Christmas Breakfast, we had fried potatoes with smoked paprika, vegan cornbread, and vegan or non-vegan scramble (it was a mixed group) with DELICIOUS Field Roast Chipotle sausage, which even the omnis in our midst were crazy about! (It's like chorizo!)
For Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), which was our big meal, we had my homemade Seitan Ham:
with mashed potatoes and "Ham Gravy"; Brussels Sprout Slaw with Mustard Dressing and Maple-Candied Nuts; roasted sweet potato fries with smoked paprika; Tofu Pot Pie and Sage and Onion Stuffing (half wheat bread and half cornbread).
For dessert there was Panettone (Italian Sweet Bread), which my oldest daughter Bethany made; Butter Tarts and some chocolately bar cookies (which went superfast) that my middle daughter Sarah made, and vegan Trifle (this recipe will be in a new book coming out late in 2010) that I made using Soyatoo! Soy Whip/Topping Cream :
I think there was more, but I can't even remember!
We've been eating leftovers since then! We also had a big meal on Sunday with my sister Karin and her DH and daughter and a friend, and my son Tim and family, and my stepson Laurie and his girlfriend Meghan. It was a mix of leftover pot pie, stuffing and gravy, seitan "roast pork" with barbecue sauce, lots of salad and more roasted sweet potatoes and steamed potatoes topped with sauteed mushrooms and Daiya vegan cheese, more Trifle, chocolate, and melons. There were more people than I expected, so I had to make up a few dishes on the spot!
I'll check in after New Year's with some new recipes and photos. Have a great (and safe) New Year celebration (there's a Blue Moon that night-- did you know?)!!
Happy, happy!
8 comments:
- gerda said...
Your seitan ham looks magnificent!
I'd like to snitch a piece of that perfectly grilled pineapple too.
Happy 2010 to you and your family!
- Wed Dec 30, 08:26:00 PM PST
- Amber said...
The seitan ham does look delicious. Do you have a recipe for that?
- Thu Dec 31, 07:39:00 AM PST
- Janet said...
What an amazing feast!! The ham with grilled pineapple looks exceptionally marvelous.
- Thu Dec 31, 10:52:00 AM PST
- Spice Island Vegan said...
Hi Bryanna,
Happy New Year! We just came back from a 2-weeks driving trip to Missouri and back to visit Mitch's family for xmas. I made your Super Delicious Black Eyed Peas and veggie sausage soup and they loved it. We encountered snow, sleet, freezing rain, rain, etc. you name it on our way but we survived. We are home safely!
For New Year's Eve, on our way back, we visited Saguaro National Park at Tucson, Az and were in a 'moonrise' ranger program (blue moon rise) over the mountain in the Saguaro park. It was beautiful! I have never seen a moon rise on the desert and enjoyed it much.
- Mon Jan 04, 01:13:00 PM PST
- Rio said...
Those sausages look awesome. Are they available in Canada? I've never seen them.
- Wed Jan 06, 06:19:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Amber, the seitan ham recipes was from my old vegan Feast newsletter. I will eventually get that particular issue up for salr, and it will also be in my seitan e-book, if I ever have time to finish it!
- Wed Jan 06, 07:49:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Debbie, I'm glad you made it back home safely! I hate driving in those conditions-scary! Lucky you to see the "blue noon rise"-- Brian would love to see that part of the world!
- Wed Jan 06, 07:50:00 AM PST
- Bryanna Clark Grogan said...
Rio, they are only available in Canada, as far as I know, through the Karmavore Vegan Store in New Westminister, BC (near Vancouver). They sell the Field Roast "Celebration Roast" online:
but you have to shop in their store to get the FR sausages:
Because they haven't got Canadian packaging yet, if a store wants to carry their stuff, the store has to send a truck down to the factory in Seattle to pick the products up-- that's how it was explained to me. So it's not likely that they well be available in the East anytime soon, unfortunately.
- Wed Jan 06, 07:55:00 AM PST


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The Bible says that Jesus was crucified, Quran says that he was not crucified. There are controversies about Jesus, including one that he did not exist t all. Quran says he existed alright. What is the truth about him? Atheists who have Not been christians will want to know.
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Agreed! If people would spend as much time each day reading a textbook on math or science, or working at perfecting some type of skill as they do reading a bible, koran, etc., the U.S. would have the most educated populace in the Western world.
It's a shame people can't rule out the existence of a supernature* in their minds. Consequently, they believe these writings are dictated or transcribed by a supernatural being. The word of god.
This is where I get off the train. We already emphasize training people in math and science rather than guiding them to real education, i.e., the ability to study and comprehend philosophy, history, literature, ethics, religion, and rhetoric, to weigh intangibles and draw logical--but provisional--conclusions. Universities were once centers of learning; now they are centers for training. Instead of learning to think for themselves, instead of being developed as autodidacts who can--and want to--continue to learn, students are spoon fed facts and skills, then graded on how well they have memorized the requisite facts or skills. They have become the perfect prey of advertisers, politicians, preachers, and charlatans of every kind, sheep awaiting the rod and staff of the shepherd.
Since the Quran didn't come along until 600 years or so after Jesus' supposed life and death, it's doubtful that it would contain any new information about the crucifixion. Jewish writers, starting just a few hundred years after Jesus, began writing alternate stories of the life of Jesus, even going so far as to blame his birth on an illicit affair with a Roman centurion. Some Jewish writers have pointed out that many of the supposed Jewish customs, such as releasing violent prisoners at Passover, never existed. Thus it would have been unlikely that Pontius Pilate would have released any condemned prisoner to the mob of Jews in Jerusalem.
Your answer is informative. I knew about the accusation about the birth of Jesus by an illicit affair, but the Quran completely absolves Mary of any wrongdoing of the sort, but says that Jesus was not cricified. This raises questions in my mind. From your reply it appears that Jesus was crucified.
Yes. I was aware of this. When I said "new information about the crucifixion" I meant exculpatory evidence too.
Since Roman historical evidence shows they were crucifing humans as far back as 900BCE - it appears Jesus is one of hundreds of thousands. In fact, the description of Jesus and his execution lasted a few short hours. He got off easy and Christians wailing and weeping over his 'suffering' is lame.
Most took days to die. No one ever says a thing about a single one of these 'other' humans - it's always about Jesus. Christians love making a really big deal about just one man's death and never say a single word about all the rest.
This shows their true love, peace and compassion as far as I'm concerned.
It's pretty unlikely that the Sanhedrin would hold a trial during Passover, too.
The Qur'an is a mish-mash compiled over 23 years as Mohammed "received" new "revelations" from the "angel," i.e., as new problems arose or as he thought of new rules to add, he made up new divine revelations. One these revelations allows him, as the Prophet, to have 14 wives rather than the 4 to which all other men were limited. Jesus actually makes an appearance in the Qur'an, popping in just long enough to say that he himself was "by no means" divine or the son of God. It's really just one man's invention.
Mad, I hope you're not serious about this Bible/Koran stuff.
It reminds me of a line from my book, Mirror Reversal.
"Glad to help. But I'm not into philosophy that much. I like the line of the palaeontologist, G. Gaylord Simpson, that anything written about philosophy or religion before 1859 is essentially worthless. That's the year Darwin published The Origin of Species."
The Holy Scriptures were definitely written before 1859, so that means the worldview of the authors was distorted and perverted by mythological nonsense. In other words, they didn't have a clue.
I do not understand where did you got the idea about my being serious. The Quran takes trouble to clear Mary, mother of Jesus, to clear of any immoral behaviour with regards to birth of Jesus but claims that Jesus was not crucified. The religious faithfuls would certainly deny this Quranic claim, so I want know what atheists think about it. My name is Madhukar and that is how everybody addresses me.
I think what Richard is getting at is whether you actually believe the Quran is a source of truth or not. This is a site for atheists. There are plenty of places where believers and non-believers can hang out and discuss theology, but Atheist Nexus has always been a place for non-believers, by non-believers... only.
I hope you are not asking whether I am an atheist or not? ( I am joking!)
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If you see the following (or a similar) error when running OpenGL applications, this FAQ entry applies to you:
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root@user-desktop:~/glx# glxinfo
name of display: :0.0
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb773a767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_unlock+0x31) [0xb773a8b1]
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#3 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xb7d9322b]
#4 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xb7d9287a]
Locking assertion failure. Backtrace:
#0 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0 [0xb773a767]
#1 /usr/lib/libxcb-xlib.so.0(xcb_xlib_lock+0x2e) [0xb773a81e]
#2 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 [0xb78c5518]
#3 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6(XGetVisualInfo+0x26) [0xb78bc0a6]
#4 /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 [0xb7d92db1]
glxinfo: ../../src/xcb_lock.c:77: _XGetXCBBuffer: Assertion `((int) ((xcb_req) - (dpy->request)) >= 0)' failed.
OpenGL applications don't work.
On older versions of libxcb-xlib, the error message might be a little bit different and
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To see if your version of libxcb supports this workaround, try to run `glxinfo` or `glxgears`
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If that cures your problem, you might want to add the following line to /etc/profile or /etc/profile.local
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export LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK=1
If your version of libxcb-xlib is newer (f.ex. v1.1-1ubuntu1, which is the version installed on Ubuntu 8.04 by
default) the above mentionend workaround can't be applied onto your system.
The reason for this is, that the xcb library on your system doesn't really contain this workaround anymore (it
has been compiled with the NDEBUG flag set which disables this workaround).
Compiling the library on your own with proper compiler options enables the workaround again, but doesn't
get you further, because the last error message in the above shown output still persists.
Besides that, the xcb library is currently strongly rewritten to be more thread safe and that's the main cause
why your OpenGL applications don't work anymore.
To get things clear: This is _NOT_ a Bug in libxcb nor is it a bug in Ubuntu or any other modern distribution,
it's a bug in the calling application and in terms of the Matrox drivers, the OpenGL library (libGL.so.1) which
is only distributed in binary format and without sources is too old and therefore incompatible with the latest
libxcb changes.
As I'm currently having only limited access to my Parhelia box (via SSH), I can't say if the following solution
really works, but I get no error messages anymore when using this approach, so please tell me if it works
for you.
To get OpenGL support back on your system, you need to downgrade libx11-6 (the name of the package
might vary depending on your distribution).
For Ubuntu 8.0.4 (hardy), install the version from 7.10 (gutsy) by downloading the appropriate package from
the following location:
For OpenSuSE 10.3, install the version from 10.2 by downloading the appropriate package from
the following location:
For all Mandriva 2008.1 users:
Downgrade libx11_6-1.1.3-6mdv2008.1 to libx11_6-1.1.3-2mdv2008.0 from Mandriva 2008.0. The
older libX11 package can be found on one of the Mandriva mirrors, f.ex. here:
and you'll have OpenGL working again.
For all other distributions, check what package provides the library "/usr/lib/libX11.so.6" and downgrade to the
previous version.
After downloading, you can install this package manually with the help of dpkg (as root user or using sudo):
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# Ubuntu and maybe other Debian based systems
dpkg -i libx11-6_1.1.1-1ubuntu4_i386.deb
# OpenSUSE
rpm -U --nodeps --force xorg-x11-libX11-7.2-13.i586.rpm
# Mandriva 2008.1
rpm -U --force libx11_6-1.1.3-2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
Now try to rerun your OpenGL application, it should work now (you might need to restart the X server for
the changes to take effect).
Please note: With the next systemupdate, the newer version of libx11-6 will be installed again automatically.
To avoid this, you might want to set this package to "hold" so that it won't be updated automatically.
For Debian based systems (including Ubuntu), use the following instructions:
First, check the state of this package (it should show "install" by default):
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# dpkg --get-selections | grep libx11-6
libx11-6 install
Now set it to "hold" with the help of `dpkg`:
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echo "libx11-6 hold" | dpkg --set-selections
If you run the command to check the state again, it should now show "hold".
For rpm based distributions I don't know a general way to set the package to hold. If you know,
please tell me so I can add this information to this FAQ.
For OpenSuse, follow these instructions:
1. Open yast2
2. Go to "Software" -> "Software Management"
3. Search for the package "xorg-x11-libX11" and select it
4. Press "!" or go to "Actions" and select "Taboo Yes"
The status of this package should now show "-i-" which means that it won't be upgraded automatically.
Please note that this is only a temporary solution which might not work in the future anymore when
the "old" libX11 package is incompatible with future X Server versions.
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Even before its launch in Milan last year, the 2011 Ducati Diavel has been the talk of the motorcycle industry since its first spy photo was released. It amuses me that Ducati chose to name the Diavel (say: dee-ahh-vole) after the Bolognese word for the devil. The linguistic foreplay from Ducati is just asking for a response from motorcyclists who feel that Bologna company has over-stepped its prescribed branding boundaries, and sold its soul to the Devil of bottom-line thinking.
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Jessica Pribanic is a 28-year-old model who lives in Las Vegas. Jessica has been a swimsuit, fitness and fashion model for more than seven years.
She has been in several issues of Hooters magazine and was featured in the Hooters' calendar for six consecutive editions. While that's an accomplishment, we're pretty sure you could include the same 12 girls every year and just shuffle the months and no guy would ever notice. You might not even have to shuffle the months.
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text: This won't help with your Opteron systems as they probably have broadcom (tg3) NICs, but GAMMA has just released an update that supports Intel (e1000) gigabit cards: http://www.disi.unige.it/project/gamma/index.html They have an MPI implementation as well: http://www.disi.unige.it/project/gamma/mpigamma/index.html They claim vastly improved latency and incrementally improved bandwidth on gigabit hardware relative to TCP/IP. We are planning to test it with the new Xeon cluster we will be building next month. It will be interesting to see how it fairs with LINPACK and the MFIX CFD code. Anyone given GAMMA a try? Mike On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Joe Landman wrote: > First questions first: > > Why do you think you need a faster network, and what aspect of fast do > you think you need? Low latency? High bandwidth? > > Then... > > What codes are you running? Across how many CPUS? Have you done a > performance analysis on your system to observe "slow" runs in progress, > and are you convinced that the network is the issue? > > We have done lots of tuning bits for customers where the issues wound up > being something else than what they had thought. It is worth at least > looking into for your code/problems, and identifying the bottleneck (if > you haven't already done so). > > That said, all the below require an external "switch" fabric. All range > from $500-$2000 per HBA, and about $1000 or more per switch port. > Varies a bit. Performance is comparible in most cases, with IB seeming > to have a higher ceiling than the others. > > Joe > > Chris Sideroff wrote: > > >I'm sure posing this may raise more questions than answer but which > >high-speed interconnect would offer the best 'bang for the buck': > > > >1) myrinet > >2) quardics qsnet > >3) mellanox infiniband > > > >Currently, our 30 node dual Opteron (MSI K8D Master-FT boards) cluster > >uses Gig/E and are looking to upgrade to a faster network. > > > >As well, what are the components would one need for each setup? The > >reason I ask is for example the Myrinet switches accept different line > >cards and am not sure which one to use. Sorry if this a bit of a newbie > >question but I have no experience with any of this kind of hardware. I > >am reading the docs for each but thought your feedback would be good. > > > >Thanks > > > >Chris Sideroff > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > >To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > > >


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Just two days after Samsung announced its Galaxy S4 smartphone, Apple unleashed a new advertising campaign that highlights why people love their iPhones.
The "Why-iPhone" page on Apple's website introduces a subtle shift in Apple's advertising: focusing on people and not just the the features of its product.
Samsung has been scoring points for its "people-based" ads, notes MacRumors' Eric Slivka, who first spotted Apple's new Web campaign.
Even former Apple ad man Ken Segall, the guy behind Apple's break out "Think Different" campaign, says that Apple has lost its way with its ads. Apple needs to come up with a more inspiring message to counter Samsung's popular and funny ads, he believes.
Samsung's ads have done everything from mock Apple fans to showcase big names like director Tim Burton and actors Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd.
The new iPhone campaign may not do enough to put people front-and-center. It still mostly focuses on a list of features, mentioning people in subtle ways like this:
"iPhone feels substantial in your hand and perfect in your pocket."
Will such slight changes help Apple combat Samsung's onslaught? More than any other smartphone maker, Samsung has been killing it against Apple. According to BI Intelligence's global smartphone market estimates, Samsung shipped 212 million smartphones in 2012, compared to Apple's 136 million. In the fourth quarter, Samsung accounted for 31 percent of shipments globally, while Apple took a 23 percent share.


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Ann Gilbert, director of fitness for Shapes Total Fitness for Women, leads a team of more than 350 fitness professionals. She is a well-known presenter and has received the IHRSA/ACE Trainer of the Year award. For the past 10 years, Gilbert has served as a faculty board member for the Shapes Academy, an internal educational resource for continuing education. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Owners and fitness managers agree that people drive the success of the fitness business. Thus, most owners find that the benefits of developing an internal educational resource for personal trainers outweigh the challenges they face in implementing the program. The motives to start a club's internal training program include more effective recruiting, a balance in staff retention and the increase in expected revenue from an educated and confident training professional.
Here are steps to establishing an internal training program:
- Recruit More Than Just Students. Establish an accredited faculty by recruiting professionals from your local area to teach regularly throughout the year. The professionals will provide credits for the nationally certified trainer and creditability to the club's programming. Ask that the faculty members teach a block of fundamental courses throughout the yearly schedule. The fundamental courses will be the required training sessions. Fill in the training program's schedule with visits from national presenters and educators. The trainers will appreciate knowing what courses are scheduled throughout the year, will plan accordingly and will be empowered to attend more than just the required or fundamental sessions. Most club owners invest in the education of their training staff and waive a fee for the required or fundamental courses while charging a minimal fee for outside presenters.
- Set The Stage. When rewriting a policy and procedure that includes attendance at internal training sessions, set the stage by introducing the education options as opportunities for furthering one's training career. Spell out all the benefits of regular attendance, including new and innovative programming for clients, safer and more effective workouts for members and the opportunity to get any needed credits right at home. Communicate the options to your trainers monthly in your employee e-newsletter and advertise within the club to assure you are inviting all potential new hires to attend. Empower the professionals to attend more than just the required training sessions by offering wage adjustments or incentives.
- Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Training Team. Once you have found the accredited faculty, visualized the schedule and educated the training staff on the benefits of having the internal training available, assess the strengths and weaknesses of the present training team to assure success. Address the certification needs and who may want more credits or practical demonstrations on new equipment, industry trends, sales or customer service. Once the weaknesses are found, the fundamental course lineup can be designed.
- Recruit and Retain a More Creditable Training Staff. Recruiting trainers with a gym background is a challenge for owners and managers. Data shows many trainers come on board with little or no experience in the club setting. Most are in need of practical work and mentoring to grow into the self-confident, revenue producer that owners and management want. Club owners who offer a course about launching into the fitness business have a clear advantage in recruiting and staff retention. The experience should include internship and shadowing opportunities. Upon completion of a training internship, new trainers are given direction as to which courses in the internal training program are the most appropriate for career growth. This process of launching and mentoring clearly means more of a commitment to the club, more embracing of the mission by the training staff and a more confident trainer on the floor promoting the club's brand.
- Your Next Superstar Trainer Is Working Out in Your Club Today. The renewing member, the regular in the front row of the group fitness class or the client who continues to see great results is likely to be your next personal trainer and a perfect recruit for your internal training program. The recruit clearly understands the level of professionalism expected, embraces the club's programming and lives the mission of the facility. By opening the internal training program options to the public and membership base, owners and managers are assured of a constant stream of new professionals coming on board.
- Reap the Benefits of the Internal Training Program. Members ask for three things: more educated trainers, high standards of customer service and knowing that staff is willing to introduce the newest trends and innovative training options. Owners and managers with trainers who focus on these three needs are seeing the membership base spend more, talk more and stay longer.


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Communication is, indeed, a two-way street. We in IT will try to be clear and explain things users need to know. Is it too much to ask for them to keep us in the loop as well?
Not long ago, our company was hit with a major virus that completely disabled one of our accounting machines. It's the normal virus attempt where a seemingly innocent zip file is sent, someone opens it, they click to execute the program, and boom -- look out.
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While we were fortunate to isolate it and stop further infection, the data on the machine was unrecoverable. I spent the majority of two days locking down the network for certain executables, blocking zip attachments, and scanning to make sure we wouldn't get hit again.
Damage control -- and education
Since the machine was from accounting, I had to talk to several people, including the accounting boss, and let them know the how, what, when, where, and why of the incident.
I answered their questions, not necessarily in this order:
- Yes, we're covered in the future from this particular virus.
- No, I can't get the machine's data back.
- No, we don't have a recent backup of the machine.
- Yes, the employee should have put the data on the network to make sure it would be backed up.
And so on and so forth.
The accounting department deemed the incident catastrophic, but our department escaped blame due to the user's known lack of computer knowledge. Many people work from home, and we took the opportunity to refresh users on where to put data, to review security best practices, and to remind them to alert us immediately if anything seemed suspicious.
Flawed logic
A couple of days later, I was reminiscing with the accounting boss about the hoops I had just jumped through in dealing with this virus. He chuckled a little and said, "Yeah, I got another virus last night, but I cleared it."
Queue my blank stare: "Uh, what?"
"I saw something come up on my screen that didn't seem right. I couldn't clear it with our antivirus tool or Kaspersky, but I finally got it after trying a few things," he replied.
Surprised, I said, "At what point did you think maybe you should tell the IT manager about it?" (That's me, by the way.)
He said, "I didn't want to bother you."
My frustration came through when I replied, "Well, feel free to pop the machine onto the network because you think you've 'cleared' the virus. That's absolutely awesome."
No big deal, don't report it when you have a problem. Go ahead and do what you think is best. Maybe I'll start deciding what my budget should be and start buying whatever I want.
This accounting boss had participated in numerous talks two days previously when we had the first virus incident. You'd think he'd realize I'd very much want to be "bothered" with this news.
In the accounting boss's (lukewarm) defense, I wasn't alerted about the second virus because we use an inferior product mandated by our parent company, which has headquarters in another country. I've expressed my concern on multiple occasions about the lack of reliability about the antivirus product and have been ignored. But hey, it's cheap!
I wonder if my sarcasm got through. I can only hope it did. We ended the conversation having stressed to report if such an event occurred again and to keep the lines of communication open.
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From Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika), from सु (su, "good, well") + अस्ति (asti), a verbal abstract of the root of the verb "to be", स्वस्ति (svasti) thus meaning "well-being" — and the diminutive suffix क (ka); hence "little thing associated with well-being", corresponding roughly to "lucky charm". First attestation in English in 1871, a Sanskritism that replaced the Grecian term gammadion. From 1932 onwards it often referred specifically to the visually similar hooked cross (German Hakenkreuz) emblem popularized by the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
swastika (plural swastikas)
- A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, and adopted more recently (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of National Socialism and fascism.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'The Sending of Dana Da', In Black and White (Folio Society 2005), page 423-4:
- This was signed by Dana Da, who added pentacles and pentagrams, and a crux ansata, and half-a-dozen swastikas, and a Triple Tau to his name, just to show that he was all he laid claim to be.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Penguin 2010), page 270:
- It is clear from archaeological finds that they enjoyed wearing Christian crosses, though they might enliven these with such symbols as the Indian swastika which Buddhists had brought them.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, 'The Sending of Dana Da', In Black and White (Folio Society 2005), page 423-4:
- Black Spider
- (in heraldry): crooked cross, cross cramponned, cross cramponnée, cross cramponny
- cross gammadion, gammadion, gammation
- (chiefly in architecture and heraldry) fylfot
- hooked cross
- sauwastika, sauvastika
- sun wheel
- tetraskelion
- Thor's hammer (rare; more commonly refers to a T-shaped symbol)
- thunder cross
- twisted cross
a cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle
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Stuart Weitzman is no stranger to the "Kate Effect." Thanks to the Duchess of Cambridge, their classic Corkswoon Wedges have been selling like hotcakes for two straight years. And while getting your hands on these covetable shoes can seem harder than scoring spot in the royal family, Stuart Weitzman is giving you the opportunity to customize your very own pair with SWxYOU: CORKSWOON, a limited-edition program that launched today.
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New government figures released this week have shown a worrying rise in fly tipping across the south coast.
And the County Land and Business Association (CLA) said the trend is causing growing concern among landowners and farmers.
According to the CLA, in Sussex there were more than 13,000 fly-tipping incidents in 2014/15 compared to 11,000 the previous year.
The total number of fly-tipping incidents in England has risen by almost 50,000 to 900,000 in the past year and over the last two years by almost 200,000.
It is not only the scale of fly tipping which is worrying landowners – the figures also show the amount of large scale fly tipping (involving transit vans or tipper lorries) also increased, although single bag tipping went down.
Landowners are liable for any waste that is fly-tipped on their land and can be prosecuted if they do not clear it away and the costs when large-scale fly-tipping is involved can be significant.
Earlier this year, the Control of Waste (Dealing with Seized Property) Regulations 2015 came into force in England and Wales.
These changes broadened the range of offences for which a vehicle can be seized; removed the need for a warrant to be obtained before seizure; and set out the circumstances under which the enforcement authority may sell or destroy seized property.
According to the latest figures, during the last year, local authorities took action in around 515,000 cases, ranging from investigations and fixed penalty notices to seizure of vehicles.
Nationally, there were less than 2,000 prosecutions for fly-tipping in the past year.
CLA Director South East Robin Edwards said: "We have had reports from many of our members of large-scale fly-tipping taking place across our region, involving the dumping of large household items as well as endless bin bags of rubbish.
"The latest figures show that the cost to local authorities of fly-tipping was almost £50 million over the past year, but this excludes the considerable sums spent by landowners and farmers on clearing up waste left on their land.
"Fly-tipping is a major problem right across the south east and we will be continuing to call for offenders to be dealt with more robustly."
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Galerie m Bochum is featuring in its long gallery new pictures by Thomas Florschuetz (b. 1957 in Zwickau/Saxony). With these very recent photographs, the Berlin-based artist continues his exploration of modernist architecture, which began in 2001 with his images of Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion in Barcelona.
In his serial works devoted to various groups of motifs, whether his own body, everyday objects, flowers or fruits, airplanes or buildings, Florschuetz crafts compelling images whose tension-laden compositions operate as graphical configurations while at the same time exerting a visceral pull. Picture elements loom into view as volumetric bodies with diverse forms and material qualities. Florschuetz sometimes shows his subjects from only minimally divergent perspectives, making the overlapping and nesting of planes and spaces, the play of light and shadow across surfaces, the springboard for his distinctive image cosmos. Our view of the subject is fragmented, cropped, and yet Florschuetz creates from these excerpts balanced pictures whose fragments always serve the dictates of the composition.
The four works on display show the Museo de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro, built in 1954 by Affonso Eduardo Reidy, who, along with Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and Lina Bo Bardi, counts among Brazil's foremost modernist architects. The views of the building, zeroing in on selected details, for the most part prevent the viewer from taking in the structure as a whole. Instead, they convey a photographically concrete idea of what the depicted building might look like.
The plunging diagonal lines and the rough-looking surfaces and forms of the exposed concrete thus conjure abstract compositions that only look as though they are emancipating themselves from the underlying architecture. In Florschuetz's pictures, both the building's physical presence and the geometrical clarity of its lines remain keenly palpable.