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I've experienced just about type of death in Ulduar. I'd die to Constrictor tentacles. Early on, I'd get rocked by Hodir's Flash Freeze. Sometimes I'd get unlucky with a Rocket Strike.
Today's post is designed to help you identify under what situations a healer is at fault and when it is simply out of their hands. Keep in mind there are several exceptions. In most cases, tanks are the one that will be bearing the brunt of these abilities. If they die, odds are good they weren't at full health. If it were any other player, well let's take a look shall we?
This is a really long post. I'd consider using it as a reference when trying to troubleshoot your raid to see if there really was anything that could have been done to keep players alive.
Flame Leviathan
Nothing much here. I don't send healers onboard the tank. I usually send up hybrid DPS who are able to heal in addition to DPS.
You died because of:
- Devouring Flame – Your fault. Should not have been standing in them. It's the blue stuff on the ground.
- Flame Breath – Your fault. Don't stand in front of Razor when this happens. Tanks are an exception.
- Fireball – Our fault. It's only 11000 damage or so. However, there are times when a player does get gibbed by these. I've been hit by this twice in a row in the span of a half second. I happened to have a shield up which saved me with a 15% health left.
You died because of:
- Scorch – Your fault. Why on earth would you stand on a big giant tower of fire?
- Flame Jets – Our fault. Players should be in the green when Flame Jets connect.
- Slag pot – Our fault. You can help even more though if you can. I cast Lesser Healing Wave on myself when I play my Elemental Shaman to help the heals out.
- Construct explosion – Your fault. Run the heck out before it gets detonated.
You died because of:
- Gravity Bomb – Neither. It's the job of the guy who got Gravity Bomb to get clear. If he's too close, he pulls you in and detonates. Bomb guy's fault.
- Light Bomb – Both. It's the Light bomb's duty to also get clear. But the raid will take 2 or 3 ticks of Light Bomb damage. Our job is to heal that up. Requires effort on both parts.
- Tympanic Tantrum – Our fault. We should be able to outheal the damage done by Tympanic Tantrum.
- Bomb bot – Your fault. Should not be within proximity of these things when they explode.
Iron Council
You died because of:
- Fusion Punch – Our fault. Unless none of the healers are dispellers. Then it's the dispeller's fault. That debuff has to come off quick.
- High Voltage – Our fault. Steelbreaker's aura. Everyone gets hit by it no matter what. It just has to be out healed.
- Rune of Death – Your fault. Shouldn't be standing in it.
- Chain Lightning – Both. It depends on how much damage you take. If you die to a chain lightning, check to see if you were properly spaced up. You can stay with 1 or maybe 2 other players nearby. That type of damage is survivable. If your health was too low for a period of time, then its our fault for not getting you back in the green quick enough.
- Lightning Whirl – Both. It should be interrupted. It's normal to see 1 or 2 ticks slip through. Most players should be able to survive that. If you didn't survive it, then chances are you weren't topped either.
- Overload – Your fault. When the little guy stops moving and starts doing his Kamehameha move, run out of the blast zone.
- Lightning Tendrils – Both. It's difficult to outrun this. Some players are going to get caught in them. At the same time, a concerted effort should be made by those not being focused to run away from it, not run towards it. Focused players are taking 3000 – 5000 damage per second. It's possible if its one or two players. It's a nightmare if it's five or so.
- Melee hit for 30000 – Not our fault. Ideally a cooldown will be popped. I know when I see Steelbreaker on the tank, I'll drop a Pain Suppression reflexively on the tank to buy some extra time to get him repositioned. Sometimes Murphy likes to come along and crap on your raid with a Rune of Powered up Fusion Punch. One word: Screwed.
You died because of:
- Shockwave – Our fault. No player should be that low when Shockwave connects. Otherwise they're dead.
- Stone Grip – Our fault. Gripped players just have to be kept alive until the arm takes enough damage.
- Focused Eyebeam – Your fault. On the one hand, your health should be high enough to eat a tick or two if necessary. On the other hand, if you have several seconds to run and kite the beam before you start registering damage.
You died because of:
- Seeping Feral Essence – Your fault. It's basically a void zone. Get out of it.
- Sonic Screech – Neither. Some players weren't stacking up when it went off. Obviously if you're at 5% health when it hits, you're probably going to die. Should be in the green as much as possible.
- Sentinel Blast – Our fault. It's healer duty to heal up the initial parts of the blast. The faster the interrupts, the less we have to worry about it.
You died because of:
- Biting Cold – Your fault. Keep jumping. Keep strafing. Keep dancing and moving.
- Flash Freeze – Your fault. Weren't fast enough getting into a snow drift.
- Icicles – Your fault. You can see the blue runes on the ground. You know where they're coming from.
- Frozen Blows – Our fault. There's nothing you can really do to avoid it. It's up to us healers to play triage on the whole raid.
You died because of:
- Charge Orb – Your fault. Should be standing near the center of the room to avoid this when in the arena.
- Smash – Your fault. Should not be standing in front of the Rune Giant in the gauntlet.
- Shockwave-like ability – Your fault. Dodge them.
- Rune Detonation – Your fault. You see the fire shield above the target, get clear of them.
- Chain Lightning – Both. Don't stand with more than 2 other people. There's only so much space in the room and you do have to dodge Lightnign Charges.
- Lightning Charge – Your fault. When you see the streams coming from the wall towards Thorim, break off quickly.
You died because of:
- Detonating Lashers – Our fault. Unless your raid manages to precisely kill all of them at the same time.
- Nature Bomb – Your fault. When you see these big green balls on the ground, that's your cue to move.
You died because of:
- Napalm Shell – Our fault. We have to be able to heal this through.
- Plasma Burst – Our fault. Tanks and healing cooldowns must be used so that they can live.
- Shock Blast – Your fault. We can't outheal 100000 damage all at once.
- Proximity Mine – Your fault. No comment.
- Heat Wave – Our fault. Shouldn't be a problem healing this up.
- Rapid Burst – Out fault. No good reason why we'd die to this either.
- Rocket Strike – Your fault. Stand out of the red stuff on the ground.
- Laser Barrage – Your fault. Nothing we can do about this either. Up to you to make a run for it.
- Bomb bot – Neither. These things do a lot of damage when they explode. By now, your raiders should be able to survive at least one of these with you at full health. Hopefully the rest of your raid can kill these before they become an issue.
General Vezax
You died because of:
- Shadow Crash – Your fault. Outrun these. We'll do what we can to heal up the player or two that gets hit by it.
- Searing Flames – Neither. Someone missed an interrupt. This should not be going off at all.
- Surge of Darkness – Neither. Depends on the strategy. With defensive cooldowns, it shouldn't be a problem.
- Mark of the Faceless – Neither. Again, this requires the efforts of both. The target has to run out fast. Those nearby need to be healed up quickly.
- Saronite Vapors – Your fault. Be very careful about staying in too late. As a Priest, I Prayer of Mending on stack 6, and Shield myself on 7 and escape with about half my health. Others may not be as lucky.
You died because of:
- Shadow Nova – Our fault. Unless your raid killed like 5 guardians at the same time.
- Death Ray – Your fault. These green beams start off harmless at first and don't move. When you see them, get clear. It amazes me how many players still stand there after it's been there for several seconds. Drop what you're doing and move.
- Crusher Tentacles – Your fault. Shouldn't be in melee range of these. They will kill with one blow.
- Brain Link – Technically our fault. But run towards each other quick!
- Squeeze – Our fault. We have to keep you alive long enough for the DPS to break you out.
- Sanity – Your fault. There is nothing we can do if your sanity reaches zero.
And there you have it! Use this list only as a rough guideline. There are always exceptions to everything. Look into the context of what happened before making a judgment. You don't always have to assign fault. But it is important to find out what happened so you can make sure it doesn't happen again. You'll notice that a lof of these deaths are easily preventable by healers. But there are some rare cases where there's just nothing we can do short of a psychic Guardian Spirit on a player.
Yes, you'll notice I didn't add any comments on Algalon. I haven't engaged him and it won't be for a while.


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While half dozen states are considering proposals to do away income or corporate taxes Minnesota's tax and spend Governor Mark Dayton is proposing to increase taxes significantly. No one is safe either as he has proposed tax increases on nearly every group of people imaginable including high income earners, low income earners, tourists, smokers, and businesses. The net result of these tax changes is $2.14 billion in tax increases in the 2014-15 biennium and $3.3 billion in the next biennium.
Peter Nelson, Director of Public Policy at the Center of the American Experiment argues that Governor Dayton's budget undermines both job growth and economic growth. In a MinnPost editorial, Nelson contends that the budget focuses completely on revenue, violates basic tax reform principles and ignores the role that pensions play in the state's budget problems.
New Millionaire Tax Hikes
Dayton has proposed a new top marginal tax rate for high-income-earners on several occasions. The proposals, designed to target a group Dayton says is not paying its fair share of taxes. Several states, including Hawaii, Maryland, and New York, have implemented taxes on high-income-earners in recent years.
In his 2011 general fund budget plan, Dayton proposed a new top marginal rate of 10.95 percent for those making more than $85,000 in annual income. The proposal, which failed to pass, included a temporary three-year surcharge of 3 percent on income over $500,000. Now, with the state facing a $1.1 billion budget deficit, Dayton is calling for significant tax reforms including a new high-income tax bracket.
Millionaire Taxes Often Backfire
The revenue-generating results of millionaire taxes have been mixed; many states that increased taxes on the upper brackets, including New York and New Jersey, have allowed their tax hikes to expire.
According to the Tax Foundation's State and Local Tax Burden Rankings, Minnesota had the seventh-highest tax burden among U.S. states and ranked in the top ten of highest individual income taxes. The report also found Minnesota's current rate for its highest tax bracket, 7.85 percent on individual income over $77,730 or $137,430 for couples, is already higher than most other top tax brackets in the country.
Personal and corporate income taxes are generally considered to be the most destructive tax because economic growth arises from production, innovation, and risk-taking, factors that are stunted when dollars are taken out of the hands of businesses and individuals through individual and corporate income taxes.
Heartland Institute Director of Government Relations John Nothdurft argued in a Heartland Institute Research & Commentary several reasons why millionaire taxes backfire.
- High taxes encourage the wealthy to move to lower-taxed states, bringing much of their income, capital, and tax revenues with them.
- High taxes discourage capital from flowing into a state, thereby reducing job-creation.
- High taxes make it more difficult to attract high-income people.
- Relying on a small number of taxpayers for a large portion of tax revenue can lead to larger budget deficits than with broader and flatter tax systems.
Pension Reform Must be a Part of Any Tax Proposal
Like many other states and municipalities across the country, Minnesota faces serious problems created by the high cost of traditional defined-benefit public pensions. Dayton's budget proposals do little to address these problems.
Solutions to these problems do exist. To protect taxpayers and pension beneficiaries in the short term, per-year pension payouts should be capped at a sensible level, the retirement age should be raised, double-dipping should be eliminated, and pension rate of return assumptions should be changed.
According to the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, since 2008 19 public pension plans have lowered the assumed rate of return below 8 percent. Minnesota, along with New York is among the states now considering doing so. Decreasing the expected rate of return, which is used to determine the present value of the funds, will increase the unfunded pension liabilities, making the problem more obvious than it already is.
Cigarette Taxes Are Regressive, Even Dayton Agrees
Particularly of note is Gov. Dayton's reversal on regressive taxes on cigarettes and expanding the sales tax base.
On the campaign trail in 2010, Gov. Dayton openly opposed these tax hikes. On the cigarette tax, he said, "You raise the price of a pack of cigarettes $1.50…that's money out of the pockets of working people and poorer people, and that means kids don't have as much to eat or don't have the same quality of food. Those are addictions, and I think you treat addictions as addictions and you don't penalize the people who are dealing with them economically."
On sales tax expansion, the governor argued that, "taxing all that and turning those service businesses as tax collectors for the state is really a hornet's nest…it's more of a regressive tax."

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Five ways that gay couples lose big on taxes
1. Shuffling down the tax rate. In many relationships, one spouse earns more than the other. Sometimes, the higher income could -for an individual--mean a much higher tax rate. But a married heterosexual married couple -by filing jointly-- can, in essence, shuffle off the higher tax rate on the larger income, says Eshghi, "because the Married Filing Jointly category allows for income splitting so the higher income doesn't get bumped up to the higher tax rate." Because gay married couples can't filed as Married Filing Jointly, she says, "they lose the benefit of being able to pay less taxes and, in fact, pay more than similarly situated opposite sex couples would pay."
2. Spousal IRA deduction. For married couples filing jointly, the tax code allows one spouse to contribute up to $5,000 to an Individual Retirement Account for the other spouse. There are limits, but it provides straight couples with yet another valuable deduction that gay married couples can't have.
3. Tax-free gifting. Anytime you gift something -cash or otherwise-- worth more than $12,000 to someone, you have to pay the IRS a tax on that. Unless you're married to that person and -because of DOMA--that person is of the opposite sex. In other words, one spouse can put the other spouse on the title of a house and there's no tax to be paid owed. But if a gay person tries to do the same for his or her same-sex spouse, then he or she must pay the "Gift Tax" on the value of half the house minus $12,000. (In tax year 2009, the exclusion goes up to $13,000.)
4. Tax-free health coverage. Employers often pay all or part of an employee's health insurance coverage, including family plans that cover a spouse and children. For tax purposes, the cost of this coverage is not considered to be part of the employee's income. But, if the federal government -as under DOMA--does not consider your spouse to be a spouse under federal law, then it looks at the health coverage for your same-sex spouse as if it is additional income provided by your employer. You pay taxes on that, where your straight colleague does not. One plaintiff couple in GLAD's lawsuit challenging DOMA estimates they pay about $1,200 per year more because of this disparity.
5. Tax-free estate transfer. When one spouse dies in a straight married couple, the surviving spouse often receives the full value of their estate and assets. And the surviving spouse pays no tax on that gain, which is often in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, or millions, if a house is involved. But if a spouse in a same-sex marriage dies and leaves all his or her estate and assets to his or her spouse, that surviving spouse has to pay taxes on the value above $1 million.
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When we quote someone, it's better to quote just the thing we want to discuss instead of the whole post or most of the post.
Instead of doing that, we may mark in the quote tag itself the post we are referring to when we are quoting.
If I want to discuss a small part of the post and a user wants the context of the quote, that user just needs to use the link in the quote example:
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I believe that, with this, we can have the source themselves in the quote itself and not only the one who wrote it.
Alter quote BBcode so that we can have a source for the quote itself in the themed quote markup.
Ofc someone could have:
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How to do it
Change the bbcode.php file e dependencies so that it parses the quote tag with the changes.
I've tested. By the definitions of PHPBB it's impossible to have clashes with this because usernames must not contain double quotes.
- Each theme can have it's own way to show from where the quote was made.
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- The user who sees the psot may check out the context from where the post came from
Seems like there aren't any, actually. Can someone find one?
Extension (if accepted and do after the above)
Also save the time of the post. We can also mark when was the other post made so that we can have something like:
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I may develop this myself. I just need to know if it is accepted or not.
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Issue created: http://tracker.phpbb.com/browse/PHPBB3-10620
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Since the world's first successful organ transplant in 1954—a kidney—the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month.
A Frenchman recently became the first person to receive a second face transplant after the first failed, and another made history by regrowing skin lost over 95 percent of his body, thanks to a graft from his twin brother.
Transplants are no longer limited to the vital organs: heart, liver, orlungs. Nowadays, people can get a new hand… or even a uterus.
But some organs remain off-limits. For now.
Brain swap
Topping the list, brain transplants are a long way off, for both technical and ethical reasons, experts say.
"The most challenging organ to transplant is anything related to the nervous system, as we do not have effective techniques for nerve growth/regeneration," explained transplant surgeon David Nasralla, of the University of Oxford.
"For this reason, eye and brain transplants are currently beyond the scope of modern medicine," he told AFP.
Nerves carry messages through the body in the form of electrochemical pulses flitting between the brain and spinal cord, muscles and other organs.
An Italian-Chinese surgical duo recently set the science world aflutter by announcing they planned to remove a person's head and attach it to a decapitated donor body in what would be the first such procedure.
There is a high likelihood, observers say, that the patient will die.
Many doubt it is possible to connect the nerve fibres of two spinal cords.
Above all else, the undertaking raises troubling moral questions, including a very basic one: What constitutes a person? A brain alone?
The patient, suggested a recent article in the journal Surgical Neurology International, will likely struggle with the concept of "human identity".
"Even memories of the role the former body played in the creation of the subject's identity would encounter possible conflict with a new donor-given body," wrote bio-ethicists Anto Cartolovni and Antonio Spagnolo.
"Similar issues were also seen in cases of face and hand transplants. This confusion to the person's psychological state could possibly lead to serious psychological problems, namely insanity and finally death."
Fancy a pig heart?
Given the dire shortage of donor organs, the use of animal hearts, lungs or livers to save human lives has long been a holy grail of medical science.
But organ rejection has stood stubbornly in the way of inter-species "xenotransplants".
"It was tried in the 50s and 60s, with kidneys from chimpanzees, for example. But organ failure set in immediately, within days. They could not break through the species barrier," said Olivier Bastien, of France's biomedicine agency.
This is changing as scientists learn to modify the genes that prompt the immune system to attack intruder germs, but also foreign tissue perceived as a threat.
Researchers' focus is to modify the genes of donor animals so their organs will resist the human immune response, while also preventing the transfer of animal diseases.
Animal welfare is an added concern.
"Up to what point should we undermine the animal's immune system", asks Bastien—potentially exposing it to disease and suffering so we can harvest its organs?
Are there limits?
Few organs remain technically non-transplantable. But two are excluded, for now, due to their raising of ethical eyebrows—the testes and ovaries.
"A testicle transplant would amount to assisted reproduction in disguise," said Bastien.
One question is this: If the recipient fathers children with his new sperm-producing testicles, whose offspring are they—his, or the donor's?
The same issue arises in the case of a head transplant onto a male body.
A paper last year in the Journal of Medical Ethics urged a rethink of risk-benefit ratio of non life-saving organ transplants.
"The greatest risk transplant recipients face comes from the powerful but noxious agents, immunosuppressives, which must be used to keep transplanted organs from being rejected," wrote Arthur Caplan and Duncan Purves.
A long list of possible side effects—including cancer—can be justified for a heart or lung transplant, they argued, but possibly less so for a new face, hand or penis.
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Facebook announced Thursday that it had deleted over 800 mostly U.S.-based pages and accounts that were posting politically oriented spam and engaging in "inauthentic behavior."
The social media giant declined a request from VOA News to name the 559 pages and 251 accounts. Nation in Distress, a pro-President Donald Trump page identified by The Washington Post as being among the banned, had over 3 million followers.
Facebook said that many of the pages and accounts had posted political clickbait across multiple fake accounts to drive users to their websites, where they were often targeted with ads.
"Many used the same techniques to make their content appear more popular on Facebook than it really was," Facebook said on its news blog. "Others were ad farms using Facebook to mislead people into thinking that they were forums for legitimate political debate."
Facebook said "the 'news' stories or opinions these accounts and pages share are often indistinguishable from legitimate political debate," noting the proximity of the 2018 midterm elections.
In the past, Facebook has purged dozens of pages spreading fake news originating from Iran and Russia, countries that have antagonistic relations with the U.S. The company says most of the pages and accounts banned this time were from the U.S.


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The move from IPv4 to IPv6 routing addresses the growing need for additional public IP addresses. Today, each new device on the Internet is assigned an IP address, and the number of available IPv4 addresses has nearly depleted.The European Commission encourages the rapid adaptation of IPv6 to keep Europe at the vanguard of Internet use. Support for IPv6 routing is important to securing the future of a network and is also essential to ensure the growth and development of tomorrow's Internet.
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One benefit of IPv6 is that it offers a new pool of IP addresses to ensure that there are enough available to facilitate this growing need and protect future investments. In addition to a vastly expanded address space, IPv6 offers a wide range of improvements, including:
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At D-Link, we provide end-to-end networking solutions for both business and consumer, including switching solutions and home routers that take full advantage of IPv6 benefits. Our IPv6 solutions address a number of scenarios that demand next generation IP, including:
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- Integrated telephony services like VoIP and presence-aware communication
- Expansion of home networking technologies (appliances, media systems)
- Increased installations of "always-on" home networking via DSL or cable


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What Changed the Vikings?
- Dr. Jerry Newcombe Truth in Action Ministries
- Published Feb 28, 2014
I saw an advertisement recently for a series on the History Channel on the Vikings. A viewer's guide blurb reads, "Chronicling the medieval adventures of a band of Norsemen."
"Adventures"? I guess that's one way to put it. They went around killing people, raping women, stealing, and destroying things.
For two centuries the Vikings were the scourge of Europe. But what changed them? Who changed them? It's really one of the great stories in human history. However, in our highly politically correct age of multiculturalism, the truth is often obscured.
Norway, my wife's native land—we were married there, in fact--was once dominated by Vikings. These days, Norway has a reputation as a country committed to peace. The Nobel Peace Prize, is given in Norway.
But it didn't used to be that way…as you can see, I'm sure, in this TV series on the Vikings.
Sometime in the 800s or so, Norwegian Vikings would plant their crops in the spring and then board ships they made to invade all over Europe. They would return with loot, just in time for harvest.
The Christians in the pillaged lands would pray, "God, save us from the Norsemen [Vikings]." Religious institutions (e.g., monasteries) in particular were a favorite target of the Vikings because they often housed treasures and were often poorly defended.
The Vikings pillaged, raped, and killed men, women, and even children. They would systematically put to the torch what was left.
Dr. Kennedy and I noted in the book, What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, "Their fighting men, berserkers, were so fierce in battle that our word berserk comes from them. What changed this horrible scourge of humanity? Jesus Christ did." (They used drug-inducing mushrooms in battle.)
But when one of their leaders, "St." Olaf (995-1030), claimed to become a follower of Jesus, things began to change. I put the "saint" in quotes because by Christian standards, he wasn't always too saintly.
He forced his people to worship Christ instead of their gods, like Odin (from whence we have the word Wednesday, i.e., "Odin's dag" in Norwegian) or Thor (Thursday). As Thomas Jefferson rightly said, "the holy author of our religion" doesn't force Himself on anyone. The gospel should never be imposed by force. But despite this rough start, Christianity began to take root.
Over time, the Vikings were changed. As Dr. Kennedy and I note, "…over time, many of the Scandinavians became true Christians, and so the Vikings stopped their terrible raids. Virtually every Norwegian, Dane, Swede, and even many British [because of the Viking raids] are descendants of these formerly fierce and warlike people."
The gospel had such an effect that by 1020 A.D., Norway passed laws, reflecting these new values. Norwegian historian Sverre Steen writes about that law that "old practices became illegal, such as blood sacrifice, black magic, the 'setting out' of infants, slavery and polygamy."
I recently preached a funeral for a Norwegian/American. The coffin of the deceased had an American flag on one part and a Norwegian flag on the other.
I noted to the assembled mourners how the Norwegian flag, and all the flags of the Scandinavian countries, are based on the cross of Jesus. Only the colors are different. The Danish flag (a white cross with a red background) is among the oldest national flags in the world.
Norway has sent out more Christian missionaries per capita than any other country until recent years. Norway is now one of the most humanitarian countries when it comes to helping the world's poor. In short, Norway--a formerly warlike, barbarian nation--now has a good reputation as a peace-loving country.
My wife Kirsti told me, "It was Christianity that changed the Vikings. No doubt about it. Before Christianity came, things like humility, kindness, gentleness were considered a female weakness, instead of as virtues." The Vikings are a trophy of the gospel of Jesus.
Dr. Jerry Newcombe is a TV producer and the cohost of Kennedy Classics. He has also written or co-written 24 books, including The Book that Made America (on the Bible) and (with Dr. Kennedy) What If Jesus Had Never Been Born? and (with Peter Lillback), George Washington's Sacred Fire. Jerry hosts gracenetradio.com Thursdays at noon (EST). www.truthinaction.org
Publication date: February 28, 2014


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While Airbnb started in San Francisco and is often associated with a cheap lodging alternatives in major cities, those in rural areas seem to benefit almost equally.
The median annual earning for rural hosts was $6,776 in comparison to the $6,674 median for urban hosts. As the balance of the global population has shifted to cities, so have government resources and business capital, causing a widening gap in economic opportunity between urban and rural areas.
Many rural communities around the world have had little investment by the hotel establishment. In the countryside of France, you can watch home sharing transform the traditional tourist season in real time.
Our campaigns to help promote the small villages make us really proud. Staying in rural area, you can holistically help benefit the rural communities our hosts call home and in which our guests increasingly feel they belong.


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Two months ago, we posted some very promising videos from a triad of gifted Retroites working to import Sonic Unleashed's stages into the PC version of Sonic Generations, because despite Sega's apparent new-found love for all things computer, Unleashed never got the chance to pop up. And those videos? They were nothing short of impressive work.
The trio–Dario FF, Twilightzoney, and Chimera–are happy to show you the fruits of their labor since then as Sonic zips around locales like Mazuri, Empire City, Shamar, and the original Spagonia to name a few. The team not only managed to get collisions working on the stages, they've been able to successfully import breakable objects and even the Global Illumination Ambiance lighting effects of the original stages so that they look like their original selves.
Oh, and a much-requested golden streak of light makes his in-stage presence felt as well.
Check out the gallery for more photos and the trailer below to watch their efforts in motion. Of course, from the looks of things, the team is only getting warmed up with Unleashed levels and have set their sights to other areas…


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Every Chicagoland home owner is interested in a way to save money and the way to do it may actually be buried in your walls. Insulation is an important part of every home and your insulation could be costing you hundreds if not thousands of dollars on your energy bills every year. Whether you are performing new renovations, building a new home or live in an older home installing or replacing old insulation is important.
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The Chicago metropolitan area experiences a wide temperature variance throughout the year. Because of this constant temperature fluctuation, homeowners need to be focused on finding insulation products that can help them keep cool in the summer while trapping in heat throughout the winter months. Modern insulation installation with the help of a qualified contractor like Chicago Insulation Pros will increase your home?s energy efficiency year round. Most insulation professionals provide services for new and older home upgrades including:
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According to the American Sleep Association (ASA), approximately 50-70 million Americans suffer from some type of sleep disorder. The ASA reports that insomnia is the most common specific sleep disorder, with short term issues reported by about 30% of adults and chronic insomnia by 10%. Getting enough sleep is critical to overall health and massage therapy is a great drug-free, effective, and safe option to treat a variety of physical issues that could be impacting sleep quality.
Specifically, insomnia is defined as the inability to fall or stay asleep. It is considered acute when it lasts for several days or chronic when it can last up to several months. Some people suffer from what is called primary insomnia which is defined as having no identifiable cause. Secondary insomnia is defined as related to a specific cause or condition.
If you suffer from insomnia or another sleep disorder, acupuncture can help relieve many of the underlying issues that could be causing the disruption to your sleep. Your acupuncturist will do a full health history to see what issues you might be dealing that are contributing to the sleep issues. And there are actually five acupuncture points that can help. These aren't the only points your acupuncturist might use, but they are the most common.
The first point, A Mian, translates to "sleep peacefully," and is a set of points that are actually referred to as "extra" points, which means they are not on any of the meridians. A Mian is primarily used to help achieve restful sleep.
The second point is Stomach 36 (ST36), also known as Zu San Li or Leg Three Mile and is a widely used point for rejuvenation, longevity, and vitality. This point is used to bring a balance of Qi back to the patient which is important in regulating blood flow which can also impact sleep.
The third point is Pericardium 6 (PC6), also known as Inner Pass or Nei Guan. It is utilized to treat irritability, insomnia, palpitations, and anxiety, in addition to other issues. You might be familiar with this point if you suffer from motion sickness as it is often used to decrease vomiting. Utilizing this point is said to quiet the heart and calm the spirit which could help you sleep!
The fourth point is Heart 7 (HT7), also known as "Spirit Gate" or Shen Men and it is specific to sleeping disorders like insomnia. It is also used to address irritability, dementia, sleep apnea, and palpitations, among other issues.
The fifth most common point used to treat insomnia is Yin Tang, another extra point not located on a meridian. It is also known as the "third eye" as it sits right in the middle of the eyebrows. This point is particularly effective for migraines and insomnia.
Acupuncture is a wonderful drug-free and effective option to treat insomnia and the underlying causes of various sleep disorders. Don't endure another sleepless night and groggy day. Call me today and make an appointment so you can get the rest you need tonight.


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China Cupboard Bears grew out of my love of Antique dolls and Costuming and was a natural extension of my background in Fashion Design. I am constantly amazed at how my skills from my variety of jobs have contributed to what I do. From my first job sewing clothes for dogs to my years as a Florist, stint in the Bridal Market ,three years as a Mascot Costume Designer and 30 plus years as a Mother of 4 which taught me Time Management!
Started in the late 1980's when my doll collection outgrew the house I started to do doll shows to weed out my collection and find new things. When I ran out of antique dolls to re-sell I started to make stuffed dolls and teddy bears. The bears started to sell and a business was born.
Who knew it would be so rewarding and take me all over the United States, Europe and Japan and find that so many people speak "BEAR"!. How rewarding to continue to be creative , my ultimate goal. What an extraordinary number of wonderful people I have met over the years, collectors, fellow artists and business folk.
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UPDATE: Check out the five best application launchers for the results of this Hive Five. There was a time in the not-so-distant past that launching a new application was a tedious, unpleasant task. Luckily, thanks to a handful of fast and powerful application launchers, our days of digging through the Windows Start menu or hunting for a needle among an enormous haystack of applications are over. If you aren't already using an application launcher to speed up your daily computing, it's about time you start. If you are dedicated to your app launcher, then we want to know about it. For this week's Hive Five, we're tackling the ever-popular and divisive topic of application launchers. Hit the jump for more details and to cast a vote for your favorite application launcher.
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The best time for performing Tahajjud prayer today is from to .
Islamic prayer times in Altona Meadows
Next prayer: Dhuhr in
Thursday, 25 July 2024
18 Muharram 1446
- Fajr
- Dawn
- Shuruk
- Sunrise
- Dhuhr
- Midday
- Asr
- Afternoon
- Maghrib
- Sunset
- Isha
- Night
Muslim World League, Hanafi
Namaz timetable in Altona Meadows for July 2024
The exact times of the mandatory daily prayers for Altona Meadows is based on the Hanafi madhab (change).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best time to perform Tahajjud prayer in Altona Meadows?
What time is the Witr prayer read?
After the Isha night prayer until Fajr in the morning. It is preferable to perform it in the last third of the night: - .
What are the times for Suhoor and Iftar in Altona Meadows?
During fasting, the beginning of Iftar coincides with the time of Maghrib, and Suhoor ends at the beginning of Fajr.
What is the Jummah prayer time in Altona Meadows?
The Jumu'ah prayer starts at the same time as the midday Dhuhr prayer.
Qibla direction for Altona Meadows
Determine the exact direction to the sacred Kaaba in Mecca (i.e., the Qibla) using the online map.
- Location
- Altona Meadows, Victoria, Australia
- Time Zone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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Parting is such sweet sorrow…
After three months of working, collaborating, and hustlin' hard, the Shopify Partner Studio residents have packed up their desks and said their goodbyes (sniff).
The second cohort to take up a working residence at Jeffrey Zeldman's New York City coworking space, this stellar cast of creative professionals came from various corners of the city, state, and even country.
The group had access to the studio, received workshops and resources from Shopify staff, attended Smashing Conf NYC, and met with some of Shopify's top and most prolific Experts.
But the biggest perk these five residents received was access to each other. These rising stars of the ecommerce world were already on their way to successful freelancing careers, but we like to think we gave them a competitive leg up, helping them reach bigger goals even faster.
Read on to catch a glimpse of each resident's journey with the Shopify Partner Studio, and check out where the Partner Studio might end up next!
Chanelle White
Age: 40
From: New Jersey
Portfolio: www.studiocrw.com
How do you spur inspiration? "Being outside and connecting with nature. I live in a great shore community, I love the beach and taking a walk to clear my head and get focused."
Her story: Chanelle White was in her late thirties and had already invested in a long career working communications and PR when she decided she needed a fresh start.
"I was doing the whole corporate thing and was burnt out with the hours and expectations. It was comfortable, you have the nine-to-five, and you know what you're doing. At the same time, I just wasn't fulfilled. I knew I wanted to work for myself independently, and web design became the answer."
She made the career change in 2015, and never looked back. Self taught, Chanelle invested in online courses, and discovered Shopify through a Kurt Elster Skillshare course.
Today, Chanelle supplements her freelancing with a side gig as a substitute teacher, but she's starting to see the fruits of her labor in the Partner Studio, and expects to be fully supporting herself through freelancing sooner than expected.
"I've learned that I have more control over my freelancing than I would have thought. In the past, I'd let clients dictate how I work with them, but after the Partner Studio I'm asserting myself more as an expert. I'm positioning myself as a strategist and I'm able to do that more confidently."
Longtime Shopify Expert Mark Perini (front) with residents during a visit and workshop session he held at the Shopify Partner Studio in NYC.
Mark Henderson
Age: 32
From: Massachusetts
Portfolio: experts.shopify.com/mrh-io
What do you like read? "Hacker News, Google News, and Reddit (but not the terrible subreddits). :p"
His story: When Shopify Expert Galen King came to visit the Partner Studio residents, Mark Henderson was surprised by how much the two had in common.
"We've made so many similar moves in our respective careers, it was kinda crazy."
After years working at some of Boston's biggest video game companies (think Harmonix and Bioshock), Mark decided to start his own business in 2014.
Based in a picturesque seaside town outside of Boston, Mark wanted more freedom, flexibility, and work-life balance.
"I missed my daughter's first steps while I was at work, and I was like, 'alright, we're done,'" he recalled. "My office is a three-minute walk away now, I don't have to commute in and out of the city, and I don't have to be away from my wife and kids for 12 hours a day."
Mark primarily worked remotely from his office in Massachusetts during his residency, making the trip to the studio for important events and special workshops. Despite the distance, he made big efforts to collaborate with his fellow residents via Slack, constantly sharing stories, ideas, and roadblocks. He even made connections with round one Partner Studio resident, Adham Foda.
"Him and I talk all the time, about projects, clients, and work. It's awesome."
Overall, the most valuable part of the experience for Mark was making friends with other designers and developers, and getting a behind-the-scenes peek at Shopify and the Partner Program.
"It was invaluable to my growth going forward," he explained. "I hope in the future I can even be someone like Mark Perini or Galen King, going and talking to the new Partner Studio members."
Prolific Shopify Expert Galen King (far right) visits the Partner Studio in NYC, with Mark Henderson and Daniela Otalvaro.
Daniela Otalvaro
Age: 29
From: Born in Columbia/grew up in Florida
Portfolio: www.dotalart.com
Who's your design hero? "My very first inspiration on all levels, both in design and fine art, had to be Picasso, specifically his cubism period. That to me was the leap from fine art to design, because of the angles. It inspired the first pieces of graphic design that I ever did."
Her story: A self-described Shopify newbie, Daniela Otalvaro studied fine arts and graphic design, which heavily influence her design sensibilities today.
The Florida-raised surfer worked as an in-house designer for years, doing freelance work on the side.
She finally made the switch to full-time freelancer last summer, when she realized she wanted a piece of the digital nomad lifestyle. Working remotely and travelling, while remaining financially sustainable if not outright successful, had become the goal.
"So far, freelancing full-time has been great, however financially there's definitely still a struggle, there are months with highs and months with lows. Luckily, right now I'm on a high and have a steady amount of work coming in."
When Daniela came to the studio, one of her main goals was to connect with as many other creative professionals possible, but specifically to hook up with the developer sect for possible client work collaboration.
"I absolutely can code and have created my own websites. I like doing it, but I'm not the best at it. I know there are a lot of people who are way faster and more efficient, and I honestly prefer design."
That's how her and Mark Henderson ended up collaborating together, with future plans to share client work. The pair is even working towards improving their svg and moving animation skills, and plan on launching something of a practice website that will eventually live as an example for potential clients.
"We saw a great Smashing Conference talk on working with svgs and we just instantly went into a brainstorming stage," she said.
Overall, Daniela says her time in the studio has helped her access a network of other Shopify-minded professionals, who she can collaborate with and bounce ideas off.
"Mark Perini and Galen King were great resources and had a lot of great information to talk about," she said. "Just knowing that they're in the city and that I can reach out to them, it's huge."
Partner Studio resident Daniela Otalvaro catching waves in Florida. Daniela says she's interested in the digital nomad lifestyle.
Chuong Nguyen-Thanh and Xavier Armand
Ages: Both 28
From: Chuong: born in Montreal, raised in NYC / Xavier: New York state
Portfolio: www.vaangroup.com
What food do you like to eat while working? Chuong: "I go through waves, but lately I've been eating a lot of cookies. When I go by my parents' house, if there are cookies laying around, whether my mom made them or bought them, I'll just snag a couple, throw them in a Ziploc and bring them to work. I'm kind of a cookie monster."
Xavier: "Justin's white chocolate peanut butter cups are definitely one of my favorites to enjoy while I'm working. It's a gourmet, organic take on the Reese's peanut butter cup."
Their story: These two New York City guys, the founding members of web agency Vaan Group, met in college while studying engineering. But in true hustler style, their first foray into ecommerce came up as a fly-by opportunity five years ago, with the rise of a popular new product: the e-cigarette.
"One of our friends discovered electronic cigarettes, and every time we had one out in New York, people were always asking us, 'where do we get one?'" Chuong explained. "We looked at each other and thought, 'maybe we can make something of this?'"
The duo found a company in New Jersey that was making the product and approached them.
"The company was thrilled two young kids from NYC were willing to hustle their product, and they knew less than we did about ecommerce and web design. So we assumed the role of expert pretty quickly and turned that site into a pretty successful one," Xavier said.
One successful site turned into a few more, and with some hires and hustle, they eventually became full-blown ecommerce professionals with some major clients now under their belt.
Having worked on Shopify stores, the pair applied to the Partner Studio hoping to get a better understanding of the ecosystem in order to further grow their business.
"I look back with a bit of regret at not having taken advantage of the relationship with Shopify way earlier, because there's been so many times where it would have been extremely helpful," Xavier said. "The Partner Studio was a way to jumpstart that process."
In an industry that can be competitive, Xavier and Chuong have come to appreciate the open and willing knowledge-sharing that's happened, both with other residents and with guests to the studio. But the biggest plus for their business has been the tangible results they've already experienced with their shiny new Shopify Expert status.
"Once we were accepted into the Experts program, the amount of inbound leads that were coming our way enforced how strong and important the ecosystem can be for a business like ours," Chuong said.
Chuong, Daniela, Shopify Partners Team Lead Natalie Taylor, and Xavier hang out and talk Shopify in NYC.
Where in the world will Shopify Partner Studio go next?
It's sad to say goodbye to our latest round of residents, but it won't be too long before we welcome the next batch. Be sure to stay tuned for upcoming announcements on the next instalment of the Shopify Partner Studio…who knows where it will land next? (Hint: it could be near you!)


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Instruments selected for Mars
ESA and NASA have selected the scientific instruments for their first joint Mars mission. Scheduled for 2016, it will study the chemical makeup of the martian atmosphere, including methane. Discovered in 2003, methane could point to life on the Red Planet.
NASA and ESA have embarked on a joint programme of martian exploration, an unprecedented new alliance for future ventures to Mars. The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is the first in a planned series of joint missions leading to the return of a sample from the surface of Mars. Scientists worldwide were invited to propose the spacecraft's instruments.
"To fully explore Mars, we want to marshal all the talents we can on Earth," says David Southwood, ESA Director for Science and Robotic Exploration. "Now NASA and ESA are combining forces for the joint ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission. Among its objectives is to characterise the planet's atmosphere, and in particular search for trace gases like methane.
"We got our first sniff of the gas with Mars Express in 2003; NASA has since clearly confirmed this. Mapping methane allows us to investigate further that most important of questions: is Mars a living planet, and if not, can or will it become so in the future?"
ESA and NASA have now selected five science instruments from the 19 proposals submitted in January 2010 in response to an Announcement of Opportunity for the first mission. They were judged to have the best scientific value and lowest risk, and will be developed by international teams of scientists and engineers on both sides of the Atlantic.
"Independently, NASA and ESA have made amazing discoveries up to this point," says Ed Weiler, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "Working together, we'll reduce duplication of effort, expand our capabilities and see results neither ever could have achieved alone."
In addition to the Trace Gas Orbiter, the 2016 mission will carry Europe's entry, descent and landing demonstration vehicle. The whole mission will be launched on a NASA rocket.
The next ExoMars mission, scheduled for 2018, consists of a European rover with a drill, an American rover capable of caching selected samples for potential future return to Earth and a NASA landing system, using a NASA launcher.
These activities are designed to serve as the foundation of a cooperative programme to increase science return and move the two agencies towards a joint Mars sample-return mission in the 2020s.
The selected science instruments are:
Mars Atmospheric Trace Molecule Occultation Spectrometer (MATMOS):
An infrared spectrometer to detect very low concentrations of molecular constituents of the atmosphere. Principal Investigator: Paul Wennberg, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA. Participating countries: US, CA.
High-resolution solar occultation and nadir spectrometer (SOIR/NOMAD):
An infrared spectrometer to detect trace constituents in the atmosphere and to map their location on the surface. Principal Investigator: Ann Vandaele, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Brussels, Belgium. Participating countries: BE, IT, ES, GB, US, CA.
ExoMars Climate Sounder (EMCS):
An infrared radiometer to provide daily global measurements of dust, water vapour and chemical species in the atmosphere to aid the analysis of the spectrometer data. Principal Investigator: John Schofield, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA. Participating countries: US, GB, FR.
High-resolution Stereo Color Imager (HiSCI):
A camera to provide 4-colour stereo imaging at 2 m resolution per pixel over an 8.5 km swathe. Principal Investigator: Alfred McEwen, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. Participating countries: US, CH, GB, IT, DE, FR.
Mars Atmospheric Global Imaging Experiment (MAGIE):
A wide-angle multi-spectral camera to provide global images in support of the other instruments. Principal Investigator: Bruce Cantor, Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, USA. Participating countries: US, BE, FR, RU.


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Why Isn't Mickey Mouse in the Public Domain?
Image from the Patent and Trademark Museum. Roger Richards/The Washington Times/Landov
From his humble beginnings as a steamboat stowaway to his current gig as the Magic Kingdom's most famous resident, Mickey Mouse has worked a lot of jobs. He even moonlights as the poster rodent for copyright protection.
In 1998, Mickey scampered to Capitol Hill when a bill proposing a 20-year extension of U.S. copyright limits was brought before the Senate. Under the planned revisions, corporations (for example: the Walt Disney Company) would retain exclusive rights to original characters and content for a period of 95 years. The previous limit, set in 1973, guaranteed rights for just 75 years. (The changes would also affect works created by individuals, protecting them for an additional 70 years following the death of their author, up from 50 years in 1973.)
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Opponents of the bill argued that such extensions would make it arbitrarily more difficult to legitimately procure older items that, according to previous laws, should long since have passed into the public domain. The new terms, it was said, threatened to tamper not only free speech, but cultural and scientific advancement as well.
Proponents argued that the extensions bolstered free thinking by encouraging people to create new works, rather than appropriate the works of others.
In any event, two more decades of exclusive rights meant potential billions to the Disney corporation, and Mickey wasn't afraid to break out his claws to guarantee they got them. In fact, the company's lobbying efforts were so extensive, the bill is often referred to as the "Mickey Mouse Protection Act."
Thanks in large part to Disney's efforts, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (named to posthumously honor Cher's former babe, the U.S. Congressman from California) was eventually signed into law.
Why the Big Push in 1998?
The mousetrap was about to snap shut on the Walt Disney Company.
Under the previous copyright timeline, Mickey Mouse (or, anyway, his earliest incarnation: a gloveless boating enthusiast from the 1928 cartoon Steamboat Willie) was set to enter the public domain in 2003. This meant that one of pop culture's most visible icons — according to the company, 98% of the world's children between the ages of 3 and 11 display some awareness of Mickey — was about to become freely available for anyone to use.
Interestingly, 1998 wasn't the first time Steamboat Willie came close to becoming Free Willie, only to have copyright laws extended at the last moment; it's happened on at least four occasions. The past two instances of copyright term extensions, in particular, have occurred just as Willie was about to sail into the public domain.
The irony of the situation is that the original Steamboat Willie cartoon was itself a direct parody of a 1928 live-action silent film titled Steamboat Bill, Jr., now freely available in the public domain.
In other words: Steamboat Bill is up for grabs, but the cartoon he inspired is off the table.
Providing a bizarre footnote to the copyright issue is a theory put forth by some scholars that suggests the earliest incarnations of Mickey's copyright laws are technically void, meaning that the original Mickey from Steamboat Willie could, in fact, already be part of the public domain. The notion, which Disney disputes, stems from an ambiguity in the opening credits of the 1928 Steamboat Willie film. While legal precedents suggest the claims of invalid copyright might, in fact, be legitimate, the only way to test the theory would be for someone to dare take on Disney's billion dollar legal shotgun – the financial equivalent of playing Russian roulette.
Disney and the Daycare Centers
Although the Walt Disney name is synonymous with wholesome family entertainment, Disney didn't become the world's largest media conglomerate by playing nice. In fact, the company has a history of mercilessly pursuing (and suing) anyone who uses their intellectual property without permission.
A famous example of Disney's cutthroat approach to brand control occurred in 1989, when the company threatened to sue the owners of three Florida daycare centers who had decorated their buildings' walls with unauthorized images of several trademarked Disney characters. The issue never made it to court, as the owners of the centers voluntarily painted new murals, featuring Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters, over the Disney designs. (Universal Studios swooped in to volunteer the use of Scooby-Doo and Fred Flintstone's likenesses after news of the Disney debacle spread.)
Of course, even without the copyright extensions, it would still be next to impossible for anyone outside of Disney to use Mickey without permission, since he, like all Disney creations, is trademarked. Unlike copyrights, which do have dates of expiration, company trademarks are valid for as long as the company uses those trademarked items commercially. As long as Disney keeps Mickey on their employment roster, no one else can touch him.


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The ice sheet in West Antarctica is melting faster than expected, causing oceanographers to find ways to improve predictions of future changes in ice sheet mass.
Oceanographers from the University of Gothenburg and the US have made new observations that could help better predict future changes in ice sheet mass. Reduction of the ice sheets in both Antarctica and Greenland will greatly impact water levels of oceans around the globe. With insufficient knowledge about large glaciers in West Antarctica, it is nearly impossible for researchers to predict changing water levels accurately.
"There is a clear reduction in the ice mass in West Antarctica, especially around the glaciers leading into the Amundsen Sea," says Lars Arneborg, researcher from the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Gothenburg.
Arneborg and his researchers studied ocean circulation in the Amundsen Sea and discovered that West Antarctica is sensitive because the ice rests on areas that sit below sea-level. Warm sea water can then penetrate beneath the ice and causes increased melting underneath the surface.
"It is therefore probably a change in the ocean circulation in the Amundsen Sea that has caused this increased melting," added Arneborg.
Until recently, researchers only used computer models to study the melting ice in Antarctica. But Arneborg and his team managed to install instruments into the Amundsen Sea, which allows them to measure the inward flow of warm sea water towards the glaciers.
"But there have been very few oceanographic measurements from the Amundsen Sea to confirm or contradict the results from the computer models. Nor has there been any winter data. Sea ice and icebergs have made it impossible to get there in the winter, and it isn't easy to have instruments in place all year round."
The team's current observations show that the warm sea water constantly flows toward the glaciers, contrasting previous computer models that suggested a seasonal cycle.
"This shows just how important observations are for investigating whether the models we use describe something that resembles reality. Warm ocean currents have caused much more melting than any model has predicted, both in West Antarctica and around Greenland," stated Arneborg.
The researcher say they need more time and a longer series of observations to improve models and achieve a better understanding of the ice melt. "Only then will we be able to say something about how the ice masses of the Antarctic and Greenland will change in the future," added Arneborg.
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Together with our partner of REXULT AG we were able to welcome over 50 interested people.
The event provided a comprehensive insight into the joint eGov solutions of PrivaSphere and REXULT, which enable media-free, legally compliant and efficient communication between GEVER systems such as Acta Nova and external third parties.
The explanatory video demonstrates the process briefly and concisely (in German):
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Smiling ice-cream silicone mold for soap making
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- width 80 mm x 45 mm ( 3.1 in x 1.8 in )
- height 20 mm ( 1.8 in )
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One of the positions President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly be looking to fill when he takes office will be a new NASA administrator.
According to Aviation Week & Space Technology, current NASA chief Jim Bridenstine said that he would step down from his position with the space agency even if Biden asked him to stay.
Bridenstine told the magazine that he based his decision on what's best for the space agency, not for "partisan reasons."
Bridenstine continued by saying that the next administrator needs to have a "close relationship with the president" and be "trusted by the administration," the magazine reported.
Bridenstine added in the article that he doesn't think he'd be the right person under a new administration.
According to NASA's website, the former Oklahoma congressman was appointed by President Donald Trump and took the NASA job in 2018.
Bridenstine said he hasn't thought about what his next career step will be, Aviation Weekly reported.