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We have a lot of geotagged photos
Almost ninety million, as I write this, and the numbers keep growing especially as nearly every new smart
phone released to market has not only a camera but also the ability to capture location information with it.
For every geotagged photo we store up to six Where On Earth (WOE) IDs. These are unique numeric identifiers that correspond to the hierarchy of places where a photo was taken: the neighbourhood, the town, the county, and so on up to the continent. This process is usually referred to as reverse-geocoding.
Over time this got us wondering: If we plotted all the geotagged photos associated with a particular WOE ID, would we have enough data to generate a mostly accurate contour of that place? Not a perfect representation, perhaps, but something more fine-grained than a bounding box. It turns out we can.
So, starting today there are 150,000 (and counting) WOE IDs with proper (-ish) shape data, available via the Flickr API. What kind of shapes, you ask?
States and cities:
Even neighbourhoods:
Each one of those illustrations represents the boundaries of a particular place whose outline was generated using nothing but the latitudes and longitudes of the geotagged photos associated with that location's WOE ID. No GIS information was harmed in the creation of these shapes.
How cool is that?!
How does it work?
The short version is: Scary and complicated maths. The longer version is: We are generating alpha shapes using the set of unique latitudes and longitudes associated with a WOE ID. The long version, to quote Tran Kai Frank Da and Mariette Yvinec, is:
"Imagine a huge mass of ice-cream making up the space … and containing the points as
hardchocolate pieces. Using one of those sphere-formed ice-cream spoons we carve out all parts of the ice-cream block we can reach without bumping into chocolate pieces, thereby even carving out holes in the inside (eg. parts not reachable by simply moving the spoon from the outside). We will eventually end up with a (not necessarily convex) object bounded by caps, arcs and points. If we now straighten allroundfaces to triangles and line segments, we have an intuitive description of what is called the alpha shape…"
(There are also some useful illustrations of what that all means on Francois Belair's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Alpha Shapes But Were Afraid to Ask website.)
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This is the important part: Many, if not most, of these shapes will look a little weird. Possibly even "wrong". This is both okay and to be expected for a few reasons, at least.
Sometimes we just don't have enough geotagged photos in a spot to make it is possible to create a shapefile. Even if we do have enough points to create a shape there aren't enough to create a shape that you'd recognize as the place where you live. We chose to publish those shapes anyway because it shows both what we know and don't about a place and to encourage users to help us fix mistakes.
If the shape of the neighbourhood is incomplete or looks weird why not consider organizing a photowalk around its edges and when you get home add them to the map. The next time we generate a new shapefile for that neighbourhood it should look more like the place you recognize!
We did a bad job reverse geocoding photos for a particular spot and they've ended up associated with the wrong place. We've learned quite a lot about how to do a better job of it in the last two years but there is a limit to how much human awareness and subtlety we can codify. Sometimes, the data we have to try and work out what's going on is just bad or out of date.
Ultimately, that's why we added the tools to help users correct their geotagged photos so that we can adjust things to their understanding of the world and begin to map facts on the ground rather than from on high.
We are not very sophisticated yet in how we assign the size of the alpha variable when we generate shapes. As far as we can tell no one else has done this sort of thing so like reverse-geocoding we are learning as we go. For example, with the exception of continents and countries we boil all other places down to a single contiguous shape. We do this by slowly cranking up the size of the ice cream scoop which in turn can lead to a loss of fidelity.
Does the
of Florida, or of Italy, include the waters that lie between the mainland and the surrounding islands? It's not usually the way we imagine the territory that a place occupies but I think it probably does. On the other hand, including the ocean between California and Hawaii aspart of
the United States would be kind of dumb.
Are any of these the correct decisions? We're not sure yet.
A concrete example to illustrate the point. Here are two versions of the island of Montreal, each generated from the same set of coordinates. The version on the left used an alpha number (an ice cream spoon) large enough to ensure that only a single shape was created compared with the version on the right that allowed for two shapes.
What's going on, then? All those photos taken in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu (20 minutes south of Montreal) were added to the map back when we first added geotagging to the site and the information about the province of Quebec was not as detailed as what we have now. Ultimately, we decided to include the version on the left because as Matt Jones recently said:
"The long here that Flickr represents back to me is becoming only more fascinating and precious as geolocation starts to help me understand how I identify and relate to place. The fact that Flickr's mapping is now starting to relate location to me the best it can in human place terms is fascinating – they do a great job, but where it falls down it falls down gracefully, inviting corrections and perhaps starting conversation."
As with any visualization of aggregate data there are likely to be areas of contention. One of the reasons we're excited to make this stuff available is that much of it simply isn't available anywhere else and the users and the developer community who make up Flickr have a gift for building magic on top of the API so we're doubly-excited to see what people do with it.
That said please remember that this it is an aggregate view of things and should be treated more like the the zeitgeist of a place and not as capital-C confirmed facts on the ground or our taking sides in any conflicts (real, imagined or otherwise) between friends and neighbours.
These are not maps you should use to guide your spaceship back to Earth but they're probably good enough to explore the possibilities.
Meanwhile, back in the nuts-and-bolts department: The actual alpha shapes are generated by a program called Clustr, written for us by the fantabulous Schuyler Erle.
Clustr is a command-line application written in C++ that takes as its arguments the path to a file containing a list of points (the hard chocolate pieces) and an alpha parameter (the ice cream spoon) and generates a shapefile describing the contour (the alpha shape) of that list. Anecdotally, we've seen Clustr plow through a file with four million unique coordinates (representing the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii) in under three minutes on some pretty modest hardware.
The shapedata for a WOE ID is available via the Flickr API using the flickr.places.getInfo method.
Not all places have shape data yet so the root <place> element contains a has_shapedata
attribute for checking at a glance. Otherwise you can test for the presence of a <shapedata> element. It will look like this:
<place place_id="4hLQygSaBJ92" woeid="3534" latitude="45.512" longitude="-73.554" place_url="/Canada/Quebec/Montreal" place_type="locality" name="Montreal, Quebec, Canada" has_shapedata="1"> <!-- all the usual places hierarchy elements --> <shapedata created="1223513357" alpha="0.012359619140625" count_points="34778" count_edges="52"> <polylines> <polyline> 45.427627563477,-73.589645385742 45.428966522217,-73.587898254395, etc... </polyline> </polylines> </shapedata> </place>
Sometime next week, we will also include links to a real live ESRI shapefile, the well-known and mostly-loved lingua franca of the GIS community, for each WOE ID. They were supposed to be included with this release but because of a last minute glitch they need to be prettied up a little first. We think that the inclusion of the polylines will be enough to keep people busy until then. Shapefiles will be included, in the API, as a link to a compressed file you can download separately. For example:
Update: The first round of (ESRI) shapefiles have been reprocessed and are now available via the API. Shapefiles are included as a link to a compressed file you can download separately. For example:
<urls> <shapefile> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/9999/shapefiles/3534_20081020_S33KR3TSHAPE.tar.gz </shapefile> </urls>
Our plan is to generate new renderings on a relatively constant basis, something like every month or two, though we haven't firmed up any of those details yet. We'll post about them here or on the API mailing list as things are worked out.
But wait, there's more!
Along with the shape data the source code for Clustr is available in the Flickr Code repository and through our trac install, distributed under the GPL (version 2).
Clustr has two major dependencies not included with the source that you will need to install yourself in order to use. They are the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library (CGAL) and the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL). Both are relatively straightforward to install on Linux and BSD flavoured operating systems; Windows and OS X are still a bit of a chore.
You probably won't be able to download Clustr and simply plug it in to your awesome web-application today but I am hopeful that in time the community will develop higher level language (Perl, Python, Ruby, you name it…) bindings to make it easier and faster to write tools that build on the work we've done so far.
photo by Julian Bleecker
By the way, there is a still a known-known bug in Clustr rendering interior rings
(the donut holes where there are no geotagged photos) in shapefiles. Specifically, they holes are rendered as actual polyline records. You can see an example of the problem in the screenshot of the shapefile for North America, above. We hope to have a proper patch in place by the time we make the ESRI files available next week. As it is since the problem only manifests itself for countries and continents it seemed like a reasonable thing for a version 0.1 release.
Update: Clustr 0.2, with a fix for errant interior rings, has been checked in to the code.flickr.com SVN repository.
Finally, these are early days and this is very much a developer's release so we look forward to your feedback and also hope you will be understanding as we learn our way around the gotchas and quirks that will no doubt pop up.
In other geostuffs
In other geostuffs, we have enabled Open Street Maps tiles for two more cities: Baghdad and Kabul and George has written a fantastic post highlighting some of the photos we've found in both cities so go and have a look.
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Chaat foods are definitely my favourites, needless to say i can survive for many days with chaat foods, i never said 'no' whenever i get a chance to eat or cook chaat foods at home.Its really a hard task to get store bought chaat foods in Paris, hope a day someone will open a chaat food shop here.Today am running my second week of blogging marathon, with summer special as theme. Obviously for me summer means mangoes and icecreams.For the first day of summer special,am sharing this quick, very easy,mouthwatering and definitely a tongue tickling chaat with sweet and sour mango cubes.I bet that if you make this mango chaat you wont just stop with a single plate.Sending this post to Ahlan Ramadan-The Healthy Way. Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#41.
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1/2tsp Chaat masala
1/2tsp Sugar
1/4tsp Chilly powder
1/4cup Sev/Ompodi
Chopped coriander leaves
Mix the chaat masala,sugar,chilly powder together and keep aside.
In a bowl,toss the mango cubes, chopped coriander leaves, already prepared spice powder together.
While serving, arrange the spiced mangoes, top it with sev.
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The list of individual drugs that cause kidney damage is so long that it's hard to decide on the top ten. So I've chosen to list them by type of drug: antibiotic, analgesic, etc.
1. Antibiotics, including ciprofloxacin, methicillin, vancomycin, sulfonamides.
2. Analgesics, including acetominophen and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID): aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and others available only by prescription.
3. COX-2 inhibitors, including celecoxib (brand name Celebrex). Two drugs in this class have been withdrawn from the market because of cardiovascular toxicity: rofecoxib (brand name Vioxx), and valdecoxib (brand name Bextra). These drugs are a special class of NSAID that were developed to be safer for the stomach, but have the same risk as other NSAIDs for kidney damage.
4. Heartburn drugs of the proton pump inhibitor class, including omeprazole (brand name Prilosec), lansoprazole (brand name Prevacid), pantoprazole (brand name Protonix), rabeprazol (brand names Rabecid, Aciphex), esomeprazole (brand names Nexium, Esotrex). See Ref. 4.
5. Antiviral drugs, including acyclovir (brand name Zovirax) used to treat herpes infection, and indinavir and tenofovir, both used to treat HIV.
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Arabian Artifacts May Rewrite 'Out of Africa' Theory
Newfound stone artifacts suggest humankind left Africa traveling through the Arabian Peninsula instead of hugging its coasts, as long thought, researchers say.
Modern humans first arose about 200,000 years ago in Africa. When and how our lineage then dispersed has long proven controversial, but geneticists have suggested this exodus started between 40,000 and 70,000 years ago. The currently accepted theory is that the exodus from Africa traced Arabia's shores, rather than passing through its now-arid interior.
However, stone artifacts at least 100,000 years old from the Arabian Desert, revealed in January 2011, hinted that modern humans might have begun our march across the globe earlier than once suspected.
Now, more-than-100 newly discovered sites in the Sultanate of Oman apparently confirm that modern humans left Africa through Arabia long before genetic evidence suggests. Oddly, these sites are located far inland, away from the coasts.
"After a decade of searching in southern Arabia for some clue that might help us understand early human expansion, at long last we've found the smoking gun of their exit from Africa," said lead researcher Jeffrey Rose, a paleolithic archaeologist at the University of Birmingham in England. "What makes this so exciting is that the answer is a scenario almost never considered."
Arabian artifacts
The international team of archaeologists and geologists made their discovery in the Dhofar Mountains of southern Oman, nestled in the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula.
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"The coastal expansion hypothesis looks reasonable on paper, but there is simply no archaeological evidence to back it up," said researcher Anthony Marks of Southern Methodist University, referring to the fact that an exodus by the coast, where one has access to resources such as seafood, might make more sense than tramping across the desert..
On the last day of the research team's 2010 field season, the scientists went to the final place on their list, a site on a hot, windy, dry plateau near a river channel that was strewn with stone artifacts. Such artifacts are common in Arabia, but until now the ones seen were usually relatively young in age. Upon closer examination, Rose recalled asking, "Oh my God, these are Nubians — what the heck are these doing here?"
The 100-to-200 artifacts they found there were of a style dubbed Nubian Middle Stone Age, well-known throughout the Nile Valley, where they date back about 74,000-to-128,000 years. Scientists think ancient craftsmen would have shaped the artifacts by striking flakes off flint, leading to distinctive triangular pieces. This is the first time such artifacts have been found outside of Africa.
Subsequent field work turned up dozens of sites with similar artifacts. Using a technique known as optically stimulated luminescence dating, which measures the minute amount of light long-buried objects can emit, to see how long they have been interred, the researchers estimate the artifacts are about 106,000 years old, exactly what one might expect from Nubian Middle Stone Age artifacts and far earlier than conventional dates for the exodus from Africa.
"It's all just incredibly exciting," Rose said.
Arabian spring?
Finding so much evidence of life in what is now a relatively barren desert supports the importance of field work, according to the researchers.
"Here we have an example of the disconnect between theoretical models versus real evidence on the ground," Marks said.
However, when these artifacts were made, instead of being desolate, Arabia was very wet, with copious rain falling across the peninsula, transforming its barren deserts to fertile, sprawling grasslands with lots of animals to hunt, the researchers explained.
"For a while, South Arabia became a verdant paradise rich in resources — large game, plentiful fresh water, and high-quality flint with which to make stone tools," Rose said.
Instead of hugging the coast, early modern humans might therefore have spread from Africa into Arabia along river networks that would've acted like today's highways, researchers suggested. There would have been plenty of large game present, such as gazelles, antelopes and ibexes, which would have been appealing to early modern humans used to hunting on the savannas of Africa.
"The genetic signature that we've seen so far of an exodus 70,000 years ago might not be out of Africa, but out of Arabia," Rose told LiveScience.
So far the researchers have not discovered the remains of humans or any other animals at the site. Could these tools have been made by now-extinct human lineages such as Neanderthals that left Africa before modern humans did? Not likely, Rose said, as all the Nubian Middle Stone Age tools seen in Africa are associated with our ancestors. [Photos: Our Closest Human Ancestor]
It remains a mystery as to how early modern humans from Africa crossed the Red Sea, since they did not appear to enter the Arabian Peninsula from the north, through the Sinai Peninsula, Rose explained. "Back then, there was no land bridge in the south of Arabia, but the sea level might not have been that low," he said. Archaeologists will have to continue combing the deserts of southern Arabia for more of what the researchers called a "trail of stone breadcrumbs."
The scientists detailed their findings online Nov. 30 in the journal PLoS ONE.
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It's usually the big, sprawling storms that attract the attention of meteorologists, but occasionally tiny storms can make news as well. The most recent example is a suspected mini-typhoon that drifted across the western Pacific Ocean in mid-July 2013. The storm system emerged on July 16 and dissipated by July 19 without making landfall or causing any significant damage.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured the top image of the storm on July 17, 2013. It had the spiral shape of a tropical cyclone, but the cloud field was less than 100 kilometers (60 miles) across. For comparison, Super Typhoon Jelawat, the most intense storm of the 2012 season, had a cloud field that stretched nearly 1,000 kilometers (600 miles). Jelawat's eye alone—with a diameter of 64 kilometers (40 miles)—was two-thirds the size of the entire July 2013 storm. The bright streak cutting through the 2013 image is caused by sunglint, a mirror-like reflection of sunlight off of a water surface.
Despite their small size, mini-cyclones are driven by the same forces that drive larger storms. Both small and large cyclonic storms are simply organized convection feeding off warm water in areas with low wind shear. According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, the low-pressure areas for these mini-typhoons must span less than two degrees of latitude (about 140 miles) and have sustained winds of 65 knots (74 miles per hour). The 2013 storm in the Pacific certainly meets the first criteria, but it is unlikely that the storm achieved typhoon-force winds. It's also unlikely that the system had a "warm core," which all true tropical cyclones have.
"The consensus of the tropical cyclone experts I've consulted is that that this feature did not actually meet the criteria of a true tropical cyclone," said Scott Bachmeier, a research meteorologist at the University of Wisconsin. While the storm did spawn intermittent bursts of deep convection and long-lived cyclonic circulation, it did not appear to derive its energy from the warm waters of the ocean.
While this storm did not cause damage, other mini storms certainly have. In 1974, the miniature cyclone Tracy hit Darwin, Australia, killing 71 people and destroying more than 70 percent of the city's buildings. According to the National Hurricane Center, tropical cyclone Marco unseated Tracy as the smallest tropical cyclone on record in 2008. Marco had gale force winds that extended just 19 kilometers (12 miles). Typhoon Tip, with gale force winds extending 1,000 kilometers (675 miles) is the largest tropical cyclone on record.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Adam Voiland, with information from Rob Gutro and Joe Witte.


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Congress commissioned the Environmental Protection Agency to study hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," after complaints that the process pollutes water.
The EPA is slated to make public initial results of the study by the end of next year.
Natural gas plays a key role in our nation's clean energy future and the process known as hydraulic fracturing is one way of accessing that vital resource.
Fracturing is used by gas producers to stimulate wells and recover natural gas from sources such as coalbeds and shale gas formations. Fracturing is also used for other applications including oil recovery.
The study will investigate reported instances of drinking water contamination in three to five sites across the country where fracking has occurred. Hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" is a process that results in the creation of fractures in rocks.
The most important industrial use is in stimulating oil and gas wells, where hydraulic fracturing has been used for over 60 years in more than one million wells.
The fracturing is done from a wellbore drilled into reservoir rock formations to increase the rate and ultimate recovery of oil and natural gas.
Hydraulic fractures may be natural or man-made and are extended by internal fluid pressure which opens the fracture and causes it to extend through the rock. Natural hydraulic fractures include volcanic dikes, sills and fracturing by ice as in frost weathering. Man-made fluid-driven fractures are formed at depth in a borehole and extend into targeted formations.
The overall purpose of the study is to understand the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water resources. The scope of the proposed research includes the full lifespan of water in hydraulic fracturing, from acquisition of the water, through the mixing of chemicals and actual fracturing, to the post-fracturing stage, including the management of flowback and produced water and its ultimate treatment and disposal.
Environmental activist groups say that hydraulic fracturing has a significant environmental impact, with arguments centered around the extent to which fracturing fluid used far below the earth's surface and will pollute fresh water zones, will contaminate surface or near-surface water supplies, impact rock shelf causing seismic events or lead to surface subsidence. However, there may other causes such as well casing failure and not fracking itself.
Several U.S. cities have begun to take action on fracking. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York have preemptively banned the process.


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But due to recent work, as of ABCL trunk r13538 we've restored this capability, once again making ABCL capable of bootstrapping an SBCL build. This may prove handy for individuals who wish to port SBCL to new platforms where there is a JVM available.
When we mentioned this on #lisp, we were asked how long it takes ABCL to build SBCL vs. SBCL building itself.
ABCL building SBCL
//build started: Thu Aug 25 15:12:30 CEST 2011
//build finished: Thu Aug 25 16:49:30 CEST 2011
real 96m59.819s
user 37m35.702s
sys 32m44.641s
SBCL building SBCL
//build started: Thu Aug 25 16:51:34 CEST 2011
//build finished: Thu Aug 25 17:07:47 CEST 2011
real 16m12.855s
user 4m40.804s
sys 3m28.145s
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Founded in 1984 by famous makeup artist, Maurice Stein, Cinema Secrets is a cosmetic and beauty tool line that delivers quality and innovation. Cinema Secrets offers a versatile cosmetic line together with amazing makeup tools for the makeup industry and makeup junkies everywhere. One of the best brush cleaners on the market today is the one from cinema secrets, it is known for its rich blue color and vanilla scent. Top professionals rely on the quick-drying formula to clean, sanitize, and leave tools with a pleasant smell. The large powder puff is used for setting powder, the stainless steel spatula is key for keeping your makeup supply sanitary and fresh. The stainless steel palette is great for anyone to get in the habit of applying makeup and skin care with ease. The stainless steel palette also will help to keep your makeup supply more sanitary. Every bridal makeup artist knows the power of the super sealer from Cinema Secrets, it is essential in keeping any flawless face perfect on your special day, on set or off, or just at the office!


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A Gamma-Ray Burst can release more energy in 10 seconds than the Sun will in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime!
A pair of galaxies has grabbed the attention of astronomers when they were literally thrown into the spotlight. The galaxies were lit up by one of the brightest explosions in the Universe: a 'Gamma-Ray Burst'.
Astronomers think that the explosions of massive young stars power these bursts of light. This particular Gamma-Ray Burst is special, as it was produced in one of the two galaxies and shone through the other one as well! Because astronomers cannot take a photo of such a burst, an artist has created this wonderful picture instead.
These galaxies are so far away that it has taken this light about 12 billion years to reach us. This means that we are seeing these galaxies as they were 12 billion years ago, when the Universe was still young. (The Universe is 13.7 billion years old.)
Despite being so far away, astronomers can find out a lot of information about these galaxies. By studying the light after it has passed through the galaxies, for example, astronomers can work out what types of atoms they contain, such as oxygen and copper. This is because each type of atom leaves a specific 'fingerprint' encoded in the light.
Astronomers were surprised to find so many different types of atoms inside this pair of galaxies, from a time when the Universe was still young. This is because some atoms take a long time to form, over the lifetimes of many stars. (To learn more about how atoms are created in the Universe, click here.) These galaxies must have been forming new stars incredibly quickly in order to produce all of these different types of atoms in such a short amount of time!
A Gamma-Ray Burst can release more energy in 10 seconds than the Sun will in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime!


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Coauthored by: Ahia Dye from 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i
If you ever find yourself on Hawai'i, aka The Big Island, make your way to Hilo and the beautiful and engaging 'Imiloa Astronomy Center.
'Imiloa is the premier learning center to explore the culture and science of Mauna Kea, whose peak houses the world's most extensive array of telescopes. NISE Net was very excited when they decided to take on NanoDays. With the combination of their dedicated staff and NISE Net's NanoDays Kits, it is now a place where NanoKits deepen one's connection to Hawai'i.
If you do nano outreach, you've probably experienced the following: the NanoDays Kit provides the science served up on a platter, but sometimes it's just really difficult to get visitors to connect with the content. Presenting nano without any context is difficult. We may unintentionally localize nano science, or any science content, to convey an idea by connecting it to a local phenomena. 'Imiloa is taking it a step further by presenting STEM content through Hawaiian cultural connections and common local experiences. They are creating an array of nano activities with these underlying principles: community-relevancy and fun. They call the series of activities "HI-Nano."
The name for the NanoKits came about serendipitously. At the launch of the first modified kit, "Moani Ke Ala," Hawaiian for 'wind-borne fragrances' (a lesson that uses Scented Balloons), staff took patrons to a famous grove of Lauhala, or Pandanus trees in the natural setting of the center. Upon entering the Lauhala grove, they could immediately smell the tree's intoxicatingly beautiful Hinano flower. In Hawai'i, perfuming and adorning one's natural features with the scents from flowers and lei are often used to accentuate beauty. In this way, scent is a very important aspect of the local culture and the Scented Balloons activity allowed them to connect the nano science with this custom. Hilo is also the hula capitol of the world, and a hula is a story. Flowers and scents are specially selected to convey certain aspects of that particular story. In a stroke of inspiration, staff adopted a hyphenated version of the flower's name to convey the idea of nano in Hawai'i "HI-Nano: Hawaii's Tiniest Technology."
Beyond connecting the Scented Balloons activity to scent and hula, they use the "Exploring Forces: Static Electricity" demo from the 2012 NanoDays Kit to explain the phenomena of thunder snow at the top of Mauna Kea. As the air moves up Mauna Kea, the static forces create dramatic lighting storms, and when a storm like this happens, you'll see snow atop the mountain the next morning. The visual connection between the white styrofoam balls and the snow provides a foundation for further inquiry for the kids along with introducing concepts like static electricity.
As a superhydrophobic demonstration, 'Imiloa uses the Taro plant. In Hawaiian culture, Taro is considered an elder in human genealogy, and is an important staple of Hawa'iian culture and cooking. Like the leafs of the Lotus plant and nasturtium, Taro leaf is superhydrophobic, and being able to discuss and demonstrate this phenomena using the tools of the nano kits takes the learner one step further in their scientific explorations. For their educational programs, they leverage the kid's natural curiosity and their keen observations of local natural phenomena. Staff have the kids find the hydrophobic plants in their beautiful Hawaiian garden that features endemic, indigenous, and Polynesian-introduced plants.
These three activities are only the beginning of what 'Imiloa has planned for making the NanoDays Kit into the HI-Nano Kit. They're doing a fantastic job of taking the natural curiosity of all the children in Hawai'i, using the foundation of traditional Hawaiian knowledge that's been around for generations, and making nano relevant and fun for their community. The popularity of HI-Nano will continue to grow as 'Imiloa has already seen a significant uptick in school reservations and intersession programs enrollment! We at NISE can't wait to see more!
To find out more about 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawai'i, please visit www.imiloahawaii.org/, or contact Frank Kusiak of Lawrence Hall of Science, and the Southwest Regional Hub Leader.


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Missing Homer
Mileage: 21.1
August mileage: 301.3
Temperature upon departure: 54
Another day, another ride, another road silt shower.
The air is saturated with rain so light it doesnt fall, and mist so thick it doesnt settle. Low-lying clouds roll down the mountainside like ragged curtains, ripped into powder-puff patches by the tree tops. Riding out Douglas Island on a day like today is like looking through a windshield with the defrost turned off - squinting at a ghost world masked in featureless gray. But in that otherworldly way, its beautiful.
Water spalshing up from the road hits my face, so I look forward until the mist stings my eyes. I close them for several seconds, open to check for road hazards and close my eyes again. The darkness feels oddly liberating, like diving underwater to suddenly find yourself breathless but weightless. I open my eyes for little gulps of light, but I savor the thrill of riding stretches of this remote road blind.
So it hits me as a little surprise when I round a bend and realize that Ive emerged from the cloud cover. A slate of gray water stretches beyond the channel. And in the distance, actual distance, I see snow-covered peaks. I feel like Im looking at the Kenai mountains across Kachemak Bay, the same sight that greeted me every morning for nearly a year. Theres a moment of blind confusion, and then the creeping realization that I am a long, long way from my comfort zone.
That was the first time that homesickness really hit me since I left Homer three weeks ago. That little bend along a waterlogged road was so eerily familiar that it reminded me how unknown everything is, how far Ive really wandered, and how I'm really not going back. There's a time to embrace new adventure, and there's a time to mourn the world left behind. They're both rewarding in their own way.
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- AnonymousAugust 24, 2006 at 12:22 PM
If it was 54 during the daylight, how cold was it at night? Over here in Austin it is 103 in the day and 89 at night. The a/c unit runs nonstop all day being set at 80. $254 electric bill for july...
Hope you can get an apartment. Your roughing it in a tent in the rain is really beyond me...
I know what homesickness feels like... we moved to NC for 18 months and one day hiking up to the top of a mountain over there (I forget which one), we had the thought: Why are we here??? The next monday I submitted my letter of resignation and I was on my way back to Texas. We call it our GREAT ESCAPE (happened during the Thanksgiving week of 95).
I received a fortune cookie with the saying: "He who has not tasted the bitter does not understand the sweet.".
Hang in there,
AMG from Texas


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IBM and Nirvanix announced an agreement Wednesday that will incorporate the smaller firm's cloud storage technology into Big Blue's SmartCloud Enterprise offering.
"Under the terms of the agreement … IBM (NYSE: IBM) will include cloud storage technology from Nirvanix designed to enable customers to upload a file of any size from anywhere in the world and access it anywhere — as opposed to forcing customers to upload the same file multiple times in multiple geographic regions and imposing strict file size limitations," a joint statement by the two companies said.
The idea is to give customers continuous access to data at multiple, redundant locations for the best possible performance as well as overall business continuity.
The storage service's expansion is part of a comprehensive update to IBM's SmartCloud cloud services platform that Big Blue announced Wednesday.
IBM's SmartCloud storage service is designed to handle large amounts of unstructured data, including documents, spreadsheets, emails, presentations, and text messages. It will also store and retrieve information blobs that encapsulate data, metadata, and index in the same object, the companies' statement said.
"With the integration of Nirvanix cloud storage technology, IBM's SmartCloud Enterprise storage services will provide customers with a solution designed to support millions of users, billions of objects and exabytes of data to complement IBM's existing security-rich, virtual server environments in the cloud," it continued.
In addition, each node in the storage service understands what data is stored on nearby nodes, functioning as a massive, cross-connected grid, IBM said.
IBM claims that its SmartCloud storage services are particularly well-suited for deployments like medical and healthcare data that need to be retained for regulatory compliance, for media and entertainment data that need to be shared across multiple sites for content production and collaboration, and for infrequently accessed and unstructured financial data stored in differing formats.
Stuart J. Johnston is a contributing editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals. Follow him on Twitter @stuartj1000.
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According to their exhibitor entry on the Computer Trade Show site, they will be launching "a new range Acorns, which will be cutting edge, ultra-reliable and feature rich", powered by AMD and Intel processors.
At the moment, their website doesn't give much away, but discussion on our forums and in csa.misc are suggesting that this isn't the Acorn that we know and love, given that Acorn is still a registered trademark of Element-14 (now owned by Broadcom).
The Icon Bar's hero, Paul Vigay, has said on usenet that he has contacted Companies House to report fraudulent use of the Acorn name, and is asking people to do the same, giving details in his post.
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High molecular weight hyaluronan from oral supplements does reach skin and joint tissues, supporting a role for the compound in such products, says a new study. "This report presents the first evidence for uptake and distribution to connective tissues of orally administered, high-molecular weight HA (hyaluronan)," wrote the researchers in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
The international team of researchers report that, despite widespread use of the ingredient in dietary supplements, no report in the literature previously existed confirming that oral HA intake leads to absorption or uptake.
HA is similar to the synovial fluid that surrounds your joints and acts as a lubricant and shock absorber. It is typically injected into the joints but has become popular as a nutraceutical competing with the likes of chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine as non-pharmaceutical or surgical means to deal with joint discomfort. HA is also increasingly being used as a cosmeceutical ingredient with some reports that it may deliver skin benefits.
The new study used Fenchem Biotek's HyaMax HA ingredient. The Chinese company claims to hold 40% of the U.S. HA market, with the overall market reportedly growing at 15%.
Study details
The researchers, led by Alexander Schauss from the American Institute for Biosocial and Medical Research in Washington, in collaboration with scientists from Hungary's Fodor Jozsef National Center of Health, FenChem Biotek, and Salt Lake City-based Schiff Nutrition Group, used radioactively-labelled HA and fed a single dose to rats and beagles. Radioactive technetium was used to label the HA, while radioactive technetium pertechnetate was used as the control.
Ingestion of the HA by the rats showed that 87-96% of the radioactivity was recovered, with the majority in the faeces. All of the tissues studied did show incorporation the radioactive HA. Incorporation was observed 15 minutes after ingestion, and persisted for 48 hours, added the researchers. Moreover, after 24 hours, skin, bone and joint tissues all showed an incorporation of the radioactive HA. However, no radioactivity was detected in the skin, bone and joint tissues of the animals when radioactive technetium pertechnetate was used.
"HA is known to have an affinity for connective tissues, and these tissues exhibited accumulation of radioactivity throughout the study period from [radioactively-labelled HA], but not after [radioactive technetium pertechnetate]," wrote the researchers. "Overall, the findings suggest that a small amount of orally administered HA was absorbed into systemic circulation and taken up by connective tissues."
Take-home message
"These findings support reports of biological actions seen after oral administration of high-molecular-weight HA in animal and human studies," wrote the researchers. "Thus, a rationale for inclusion of HA in dietary supplement products designed for joint and skin health exists," they concluded.
Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, published online ahead of print, ASAP Article, doi: "Absorption, Uptake and Tissue Affinity of High-Molecular-Weight Hyaluronan after Oral Administration in Rats and Dogs." Authors: L. Balogh, A. Polyak, D. Mathe, R. Kiraly, J. Thuroczy, M. Terez, G. Janoki, Y. Ting, L.R. Bucci, and A.G. Schaus.
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Oracle Database/SQL
Retrieving Data Using the SQL SELECT Statement
editList the capabilities of SQL SELECT statements
editSelection, projection, join
Execute a basic SELECT statement
edit- Select All Columns:
Select * from table_name;
- Select Specific Columns:
Select column1, column2 from tables_name;
- Use Column Heading Defaults
- Use Arithmetic Operators:
Select 12 salary+100 from emp --sell value is 2. Result: 12 * cell's value + 100 --i.e. 12 * 2 + 100= 124
- Understand Operator Precedence
- Learn the DESCRIBE command to display the table structure
Type- DESCRIBE table_name; *NOTE: Your Oracle user and/or schema must have permissions/privaliages or be within the schema to describe the table. You can use the data_dictionary views to get the table info.
Restricting and Sorting Data
editLimit the rows that are retrieved by a query
edit- Write queries that contain a WHERE clause to limit the output retrieved
- List the comparison operators and logical operators that are used in a WHERE clause
- Describe the rules of precedence for comparison and logical operators
- Use character string literals in the WHERE clause
Sort the rows that are retrieved by a query
edit- Write queries that contain an ORDER BY clause sort the output of a SELECT statement
- Sort output in descending and ascending order
Use ampersand substitution to restrict and sort output at runtime
editthe ampersand operator is used to take the input at runtime( ex:-&employeename) and if ampersand is used twice i.e && then it will take the input of single ampersand operator and is used to provide data to the query at runtime.
Using Single-Row Functions to Customize Output
editDescribe various types of functions available in SQL
edit- Describe the differences between single row and multiple row functions
Use character, number, and date functions in SELECT statements
edit- Manipulate strings with character function in the SELECT and WHERE clauses
- Manipulate numbers with the ROUND, TRUNC and MOD functions
- Perform arithmetic with date data
- Manipulate dates with the date functions
Using Conversion Functions and Conditional Expressions
editDescribe various types of conversion functions that are available in SQL
editImplicit data type conversion
Implicit conversion occurs when Oracle attempts to convert the values, that do not match the defined parameters of functions, into the required data types.
Explicit data type conversion Explicit conversion occurs when a function like TO_CHAR is invoked to change the data type of a value.
Use the TO_CHAR, TO_NUMBER, and TO_DATE conversion functions
edit- Nest multiple functions
- Apply the NVL, NULLIF, and COALESCE functions to data
Apply conditional expressions in a SELECT statement
edit- Use conditional IF THEN ELSE logic in a SELECT statement
Reporting Aggregated Data Using the Group Functions
editIdentify the available Group Functions
editDescribe the use of group functions
editGroup data by using the GROUP BY clause
editInclude or exclude grouped rows by using the HAVING clause
editDisplaying Data from Multiple Tables
editWrite SELECT statements to access data from more than one table using equijoins and nonequijoins
editJoin a table to itself by using a self-join
editView data that generally does not meet a join condition by using outer joins
edit- Join a table by using a self join
Generate a Cartesian product of all rows from two or more tables
editUsing Subqueries to Solve Queries
editDefine subqueries
editDescribe the types of problems that the subqueries can solve
editList the types of subqueries
editWrite single-row and multiple-row subqueries
editUsing the Set Operators
editDescribe set operators
editUse a set operator to combine multiple queries into a single query
editControl the order of rows returned
editManipulating Data
editDescribe each data manipulation language (DML) statement
editInsert rows into a table
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Inserting data in database is done through "insert" command in oracle.
INSERT INTO [table name][column1,column2,.....] values(value1,value2,....);
insert into employee values(1,'Rahul','Manager');
By the above query the employee table gets populated by empid:-1 , empname:-'Rahul' and empdesignation:-'Manager'.
Delete rows from a table
editDELETE client1 WHERE ID = 2;
Update rows in a table
editTo update rows in a table, write:
update [table name] set [column name] = [your value];
It will update all the rows present in the table by the given value in the selected field.
We can also add queries to this command to make a real use for example,
update [table name] set [column name] = [value] where [column name]>=[value];
You can add your query after the where clause according to your need.
UPDATE client1 SET address = 'the middle of nowhere' WHERE id = 1;
Using a set operator to combine multiple queries into a single query
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Controlling the order of rows returned
editDefining subqueries
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Describing the types of problems that the subqueries can solve
editListing the types of subqueries
editWriting single-row and multiple-row subqueries
editControlling transactions
edit- Save and discard changes with the COMMIT and ROLLBACK statements
- Explain read consistency
Using DDL Statements to Create and Manage Tables
editCategorize the main database objects
editReview the table structure
editList the data types that are available for columns
editCreate a simple table
edit"Create table" command is used to create table in database.
create table employee(empid number,empname varchar2(20),empdesignation(varchar2(20)));
The above Query will create a table named employee with which contain columns empid
, empname
, empdesignation
followed by their datatypes.
Describe how schema objects work
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Creating Other Schema Objects
editCreate simple and complex views
editRetrieve data from views
editCreate, maintain, and use sequences
editCreate and maintain indexes
editCreate private and public synonyms
editControlling User Access
editDifferentiate system privileges from object privileges
editGrant privileges on tables
editView privileges in the data dictionary
editGrant roles
editDistinguish between privileges and roles
editManaging Objects with Data Dictionary Views
editExplain the data dictionary
editFind table information
editReport on column information
editView constraint information
editFind view information
editVerify sequence information
editUnderstand synonyms
editAdd comments
editManipulating Large Data Sets
editManipulate data using sub-queries
editDescribe the features of multi-table inserts
editUse the different types of multi-table inserts
editMerge rows in a table
editTrack the changes to data over a period of time
editManaging Data in Different Time Zones
editUse data types similar to DATE that store fractional seconds and track time zones
editUse data types that store the difference between two date-time values
editPractice using the multiple data-time functions for globalize applications
editRetrieving Data Using Sub-queries
editWrite a multiple-column sub-query
editUse scalar sub-queries in SQL
editSELECT * FROM TAB
Solve problems with correlated sub-queries
editUpdate and delete rows using correlated sub-queries
editUse the EXISTS and NOT EXISTS operators
editUse the WITH clause
editWrite a multiple-column sub-query
editUse scalar sub-queries in SQL
editSolve problems with correlated sub-queries
editUpdate and delete rows using correlated sub-queries
editUse the EXISTS and NOT EXISTS operators
editUse the WITH clause
editHierarchical Query
editHierarchical Query allows you the transverse through a self-reference table and display the Hierarchical structure. eg. the employee table contain the manager id the employee.
list out the whole hierarchical structure of the employees
SELECT LPAD(' ', 4*(level-1))||last_name "Last Name", salary, department_id
FROM hr.employees
CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id
START WITH manager_id is null
ORDER SIBLINGS BY last_name;
list out all the employees under manager 'Kochhar'
SELECT LPAD(' ', 4*(level-1))||last_name "Last Name",
FROM hr.employees
CONNECT BY PRIOR employee_id = manager_id
START WITH last_name = 'Kochhar'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY last_name;
list out all the manager that 'Lorentz' report to
SELECT LPAD(' ', 4*(level-1))||last_name "Last Name", salary, department_id,
SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(last_name, '/') "Path", CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF
FROM hr.employees
CONNECT BY employee_id = PRIOR manager_id
START WITH last_name = 'Lorentz'
ORDER SIBLINGS BY last_name;
- pseudocolumn LEVEL -> root = 1, next level=2,3,4,5...etc
- SYS_CONNECT_BY_PATH(col, '/') shows the full path, 2nd parameter is seperator (9i)
- CONNECT_BY_ROOT(col) return the value of the root node in the current hierarchy (10g)
- pseudocolumn CONNECT_BY_ISLEAF return 1 if the return value is at the last node on the Hierarchy (ie. leaf) (10g)
- order SIBLINGS by re-order the sequence of the output and preserve the hierarchical relationship (10g)
- connect by NOCYCLE prior child = parent
- NOCYCLE means stop tranverse the hierarchy at the level when the child reference back to the root. (10g)
- pseudocolumn CONNECT_BY_ISCYCLE evaluate to "1" if the current row references a parent. (10g)
Regular Expression Support
editList the benefits of using regular expressions
editUse regular expressions to search for, match, and replace strings
editClass | Expression | Description |
Anchoring Character | ^ | Start of a line |
-$ | End of a line | |
Quantifier Character | * | Match 0 or more times |
+ | Match 1 or more times | |
? | Match 0 or 1 time | |
{m} | Match exactly m times | |
{m,} | Match at least m times | |
{m, n} | Match at least m times but no more than n times | |
\n | Cause the previous expression to be repeated n times | |
Alternative and Grouping | Separates alternates, often used with grouping operator () | |
( ) | Groups subexpression into a unit for alternations, for quantifiers, or for backreferencing (see "Backreferences" section) | |
[char] | Indicates a character list; most metacharacters inside a character list are understood as literals, with the exception of character classes, and the ^ and - metacharacters | |
Posix Character | [:alnum:] | Alphanumeric characters |
[:alpha:] | Alphabetic characters | |
[:blank:] | Blank Space Characters | |
[:cntrl:] | Control characters (nonprinting) | |
[:digit:] | Numeric digits | |
[:graph:] | Any [:punct:], [:upper:], [:lower:], and [:digit:] chars | |
[:lower:] | Lowercase alphabetic characters | |
[:print:] | Printable characters | |
[:punct:] | Punctuation characters | |
[:space:] | Space characters (nonprinting), such as carriage return, newline, vertical tab, and form feed | |
[:upper:] | Uppercase alphabetic characters | |
[:xdigit:] | Hexidecimal characters | |
Equivalence class | = = | An equivalence classes embedded in brackets that matches a base letter and all of its accented versions. eg, equivalence class '[=a=]' matches ä and â. |
Match Option | c | Case sensitive matching |
i | Case insensitive matching | |
m | Treat source string as multi-line activating Anchor chars | |
n | Allow the period (.) to match any newline character |


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The cryptocurrency market has reacted today as Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has come under pressure from the government of Japan for operating without a license, according to a report. However Binance founder Zhao Changpeng dismissed the news as "irresponsible journalism".
Cryptocurrency Market Reacts With Japan vs Binance Story
A Nikkei report has provoked a storm in the cryptocurrency market this Thursday. It alleges that the Financial Services Agency, Japan's financial watchdog, is about to order the exchange to freeze its operations within the jurisdiction while its license is pending official approval.
Zhao Changpeng, founder of Binance, has expressed disappointment with Nikkei as he dismissed the news report.
"Nikkei showed irresponsible journalism. We are in constructive dialogs with Japan FSA, and have not received any mandates. It does not make sense for JFSA to tell a newspaper before telling us, while we have an active dialog going on with them."
Whether it is FUD or not, is still unknown. Twitter user Henno van Rensburg claims it is not: "I spoke to people in the know and they've asked Binance to take down the Japanese translation to discourage Japanese to use their platform."
The cryptocurrency market jittered in response to the news on fears that increased regulatory scrutiny will curb demand for digital assets in one of its largest markets. Bitcoin was trading over $9,000 before the news report, the tumble led to daily low of $8,706. BTC is down by just under 4% at the time of writing as is priced at $8,740.
The wide majority of the top 100 cryptocurrencies and tokens on the Coinmarketcap.com list are also down on what appears to be account of the news report. Total market capitalization has fallen by just under 5% on the day to $335 billion however this had started before the story broke.
Since the Mt. Gox scandal in 2014, the Japan government and the FSA increased efforts to prevent fraud and hacks in the cryptocurrency world. The amendment to an existing law, which came into effect in April 2017, requires exchanges to have a license to operate.
The regulator has issued licenses to 16 cryptocurrency exchanges and allowed 16 others to operate while awaiting a decision on their applications. Following the Coincheck hack, the FSA has already suspended two exchanges from doing business and fined others, including Coincheck, which was one of the exchanges being allowed to operate without a license.
Since the Coincheck hack in January 2018, Japan's FSA has issued seven "punishment notices" to unlicensed Japanese exchanges. The full implications of this development remain to be seen at the time of writing as this could just be a small correction from the three days of market recovery, things happen fast in crypto land.


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Rebirth from the Ashes
In her past life, Shen Xi always longed for love and validation from her parents, members of the wealthy Su family. Unfortunately, the attention that she yearned for was stolen by the family's fake heiress – her elder sister, Su Ruowan.
As a result of Su Ruowan's evil plans, Shen Xi was crippled, disfigured and eventually died of leukemia. However, in a surprising turn of events, Shen Xi was reborn. Returned to the time when she was a seventeen-year-old teenager, she'll set things right and get her revenge against the Su family.


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LOS ANGELES—Simba and Mufasa reigned supreme this weekend as Disney's "The Lion King" dominated box office charts. Director Jon Favreau's remake of the animated classic collected a massive $185 million from 4,756 North American theaters during its first three days of release.
In yet another win for Disney, the movie landed the best domestic launch for a PG film and set a new record for the month of July. That figure represents the second-best domestic debut of the year behind Disney and Marvel's "Avengers: Endgame" ($357 million). The Buena Vista company now holds five of the top six biggest movies of 2018 so far.
Overseas, "The Lion King" felt the love with $269 million for a global start of $433 million. The film launched in China last weekend and has since earned $98 million, boosting the worldwide haul to $531 million.
"We have a lot to celebrate," Cathleen Taff, Disney's president of global distribution, said on a Sunday morning call. "'The Lion King' has such a resonance in pop culture that you see all different types of people coming out. People wanted to be part of this."
The state-of-the-art technology used to bring the Pride Lands and its inhabitants to life drew a polarizing response from reviewers, but the newest version of Disney's crown jewel proved to be critic-proof, and the prospect of hearing Donald Glover's Simba and Beyonce's Nala harmonize to Disney classics was irresistible. Moviegoers flocked en masse to see Simba's grand return to the big screen, and to much enthusiasm. "The Lion King" holds an A CinemaScore.
Audiences also shelled out to see the hyper-realistic movie in the best quality possible. Imax theaters accounted for $25 million of tickets sold, while 36 percent of global ticket sales came from 3D screens.
"The Lion King" provided a much-needed jolt to the domestic box office. Heading into the weekend, box office receipts were pacing over 9 percent behind last year. Now, theatrical earnings are down just over 7 percent, according to Comscore.
"The Lion King" is already one of the most recognizable stories across the world, but the remake benefitted from an equally buzzy voice cast including Glover as Simba, Beyonce as Nala, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, and Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen as Timon and Pumbaa. James Earl Jones reprised his role as Mufasa from the original movie. The updated version also includes a new song from Beyonce.
Disney has re-imagined five of its classics to mostly consistent success. Outside of "The Lion King," 2017's "Beauty and the Beast" had the strongest start with $174 million, followed by 2010's "Alice in Wonderland" launched with $116 million. In 2016, Favreau's "The Jungle Book" earned a strong $103 million in its inaugural weekend. In May, Guy Richie's "Aladdin" debuted with $91.5 million and is approaching the $1 billion mark globally. However, Tim Burton's "Dumbo" stumbled with $45 million earlier this year.
In a banner weekend for Disney, the studio is now home to the highest-grossing movie in history. "Avengers: Endgame" crossed $2.7892 billion at the global box office, officially dethroning the 10-year record of James Cameron's "Avatar."
Since other Hollywood studios refrained from releasing a movie against "The Lion King," a number of holdovers filled out domestic box office charts. In a distant second place, Sony's "Spider-Man: Far From Home" collected $21 million during its third weekend in theaters, lifting domestic ticket sales to $319 million. The web-slinging superhero adventure has generated $569 million at the international box office.
Disney and Pixar's "Toy Story 4" landed in third with $14 million. In five weeks, the animated movie has generated $375 million in North America and $859 million globally, making it the seventh Pixar film to surpass the $800 million mark.
At No. 4, Paramount's alligator thriller "Crawl" generated $6 million for a domestic tally of $23 million. Rounding out the top five is Universal's musical rom-com "Yesterday," which pocketed $5.1 million during its fourth weekend of release. The movie has grossed $57.5 million to date.
Among specialty releases, Sony Pictures Classics opened its documentary "David Crosby: Remember My Name" in four locations, where it earned $41,050.
Meanwhile, A24 expanded Lulu Wang's "The Farewell" to 35 locations in its second weekend, generating a promising $1.17 million. The comedic drama starring Awkwafina debuts nationwide on Aug. 2.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Neon's documentary "Apollo 11" returned to theaters, making $75,000 from 107 venues. With $9 million in North America, it's now the highest grossing non-fiction film of 2019. Neon owns the three biggest docs of the year so far with "Amazing Grace" ($4.5 million) and "The Biggest Little Farm" ($4 million).
"It's remarkable to see 'Apollo 11' cross $9 million to become the highest grossing doc of 2019 and on the 50th anniversary of the moon landing," Elissa Federoff, Neon's head of theatrical distribution said in a statement. "A true testament to an extraordinary piece of cinema and one of the best reviewed films of the year."
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Contra Costa Times
Published Saturday, December 4, 1999
"IN AMERICA, WE have a two-party system," a Republican congressional staffer is supposed to have told a visiting group of Russian legislators some years ago.
"There is the stupid party. And there is the evil party. I am proud to be a member of the stupid party."
He added: "Periodically, the two parties get together and do something that is both stupid and evil. This is called—bipartisanship."
Our current mass immigration policy is a classic example of this fatal Washington bipartisanship. It is a stupid policy because there is absolutely no reason for it—in particular, Americans as a whole are no better off economically because of mass immigration.
It is an evil policy because it second-guesses the American people, who have shown through smaller families that they want to stabilize population size.
Unfortunately, our current immigration policy is consuming the environment with urban sprawl, hurting the poor and minorities with intensified wage competition, and ultimately threatening the American nation itself—what Abraham Lincoln called "the last, best hope of earth"—with cultural and linguistic fragmentation.
And, of course, the current mass immigration policy is bipartisan. Both major party leaderships have tacitly agreed to keep the subject out of politics. No single figure is more responsible for this than Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., chairman of the Senate's Immigration Subcommittee.
Abraham was a key figure in sabotaging the most recent chance of reform, the Smith-Simpson immigration bill, in 1996.
Ironically, this was a truly bipartisan measure, proposed by Republicans but based on the work of the Jordan Commission, headed by the former black liberal Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. She recommended almost halving immigration, in part because of its impact on the poor.
The economic stupidity of current mass immigration policy is illustrated by a brilliant new book, "Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy" (Princeton University Press).
The author, Professor George Borjas of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, is widely regarded as the leading American immigration economist. And he is an immigrant, arriving here penniless from Castro's Cuba in 1962, when he was 12 years old.
Borjas has every reason to favor immigration. He writes movingly about his own early experiences, and compassionately about the immigrant waves that have followed him.
But, as a scholar, he recognizes what he calls "accumulating evidence" that immigration has costs as well as benefits. "My thinking on this issue has changed substantially over the years," he admits.
Professor Borjas' devastating findings:
The current wave of mass immigration is not benefiting Americans overall. "All of the available estimates suggest the annual net gain is astoundingly small," writes Professor Borjas, "... less than 0.1 percent of the Gross Domestic Product." Roughly: less than $10 billion in a $7 trillion economy.
Note carefully what Professor Borjas is saying here. Sure, those immigrants who work do raise overall GDP. But the bulk of that increase goes to the immigrants themselves, in the form of wages. The benefit to native-born Americans, after everything is taken into account, is infinitesimally small.
Current mass immigration is not benefiting Americans overall—but it is transforming their country. For nothing.
Least-skilled Americans are being hurt. Borjas estimates that almost half of the increased wage gap between high school dropouts and high school graduates can be attributed to immigration.
Again, note carefully what Professor Borjas is saying. Mass immigration is not making Americans richer overall. But it is, in effect, redistributing income between Americans. Specifically, because immigrants tend to be unskilled, they compete with American unskilled workers and have forced their wages down.
Of course, profits for employers of unskilled workers have correspondingly gone up. But the employers' gain, according to Professor Borjas' calculations, does not cancel out the workers' loss.
And it's not just unskilled American workers. Any group of workers could be displaced. It's already happened in the computer software industry. Employers prefer to import cheap young immigrant programmers rather than retrain and pay older American programmers.
Current mass immigration is hurting key states badly. Because immigrants tend to be unskilled, and because we now have a costly social safety net, immigrants cost taxpayers money in the half-dozen states where they concentrate.
A lot of money. For example, immigration has raised the taxes of native households in California by a stunning $1,200 a year. Overall, this fiscal loss easily cancels out any small benefit immigration brings to native-born Americans.
Not only are Americans seeing their country transformed, they are actually paying for the privilege.
Oh, in case you're wondering: The amazing fact is that Borjas' views are the consensus in his profession—see the National Research Council's 1997 report "The New Americans."
Evil? Or stupid? Either way, immigration policy is broke. And it needs fixing. Now.


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I realize I posted soba noodles only a few weeks ago, but I'm back with more. This time, they're stir fried in a sweet, tangy orange-ginger soy sauce with some crunchy snow peas and edamame.
While that one was best served cold, this one is best piping hot. And aside from the tedious task of cleaning the snow peas, this comes together rather quickly.
ginger citrus soba & snow peas
- 4 ounces soba noodles (100% buckwheat soba if gluten free. If not I prefer this kind.)
- 1 cup snow peas (trim & peel the string off the side)
- 1 cup edamame (frozen is ok, thaw before using)
- ¼ cup chopped scallions
- olive oil, for the pan
- extra orange & lime wedges to squeeze in at the end
- a few teaspoons of sesame seeds, for garnish
- juice from approximately ½ of an orange (about ¼ cup)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon tamari (or soy sauce)
- ½ teaspoon sriracha (more if you like it spicier)
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- Whisk sauce ingredients together.
- Cook noodles in boiling salted water for 8-10 minutes.
- While the noodles are cooking, heat a large skillet with just a bit of olive oil. Once the pan is hot, (the first snow pea should sizzle when it hits), add snow peas and a pinch of salt, stir fry for few minutes, until tender and they get a slight char on both sides. Remove from the pan and set aside. Turn off the heat and let the pan cool down for a few minutes.
- While the (same) pan is off but still a little hot, (stand back, it might smoke a little) and pour in the sauce. Let it bubble just a little bit. Stir continuously as it thickens, about 2-3 minutes. (turn the heat back on to low if the pan has cooled too much). The sauce should reduce and become slightly syrup-ey. Don't let it burn or reduce too much.
- Add the noodles, snow peas and edamame to the pan. Stir to mix everything together with the sauce. Add a good squeeze of lime, and cook a few minutes more. Taste & adjust. If necessary, add more soy sauce, another squeeze of orange or lime, perhaps more sriracha if you want more heat. Top with a drizzle of toasted sesame oil, scallions & sesame seeds.
Use 100% buckwheat soba if gluten free. If not I prefer this kind.


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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The World of Henry Orient
Each of the apartments in our building on Embassy Row were time capsules for the lives their inhabitants had left behind in the places they called Home. Without access to anything of the moment, the event of a newcomer was a glimpse into the future. My family was the Camelot edition of the 1963 Holiday Season.
My parents were young and stylish with important people to meet and places to go. A babysitter for the evening was found in Ground Floor, Apartment 1A; an English War Bride having lived in our building since the Atomic Age with her GI husband and teenaged son.
Dr. Denton footsteps outside their apartment door, sing song greetings from the most astonishing looking woman I had ever seen. Hair in pink curlers, eyes framed in black, pink chiffon swirling with every step she took. A cigarette in one hand that never seemed to reach her lips, a tiny white poodle tucked under her arm. "Won't you come in and have a look at the tree!"
I will never forget the evening my brother and I spent side by side entranced by the sight of a silver Christmas tree that whirred as it turned from pink to blue to green.Time had stood still in a most delightful way in Apartment 1A.
A trip to the Antique Mall found a few Atomic Age items coming home with me. The Napco Christmas girl is a planter standing about seven inches tall. It is marked with the year I was born, 1958. What a lucky find!
32 comments:
- Tammy's in Love said...
The beautiful Christmas Napco is so YOU! Beautiful find, loved the story, may a silver tinsel tree and rotating colored disk find their way to you in your Atomic Age holiday!
- December 6, 2012 at 10:13 PM
- Unknown said...
I had an "Aunt" Bea, she really wasn't my aunt but a dear friend of my mothers. I haven't thought of her in years, she had a tinsel tree too. She was always so sweet to me & I thought she was so modern & amazing. She would sit me in her lap & we would watch the colors change. Thank you Elizabeth for jogging a sweet memory in my mind with your story. Night!
- December 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- ImagiMeri said...
My grandparents, of all people, had a tinsel tree full of bubble lights and the requisite color wheel underneath. I thought it was magical.
Meri - December 6, 2012 at 10:38 PM
- Perfectly Printed said...
My family had a tinsel tree for years!! My dad had blue flood lights that he purchased just for the tree!! It was very cool!! Love your story!
chris - December 6, 2012 at 11:13 PM
- NanaDiana said...
Love all your "stuff". I smiled at the part about you and your brother gazing at the tinsel tree. What a fun memory- xo Diana
- December 6, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Erica of Golden Egg Vintage said...
I love your new girlie girl planter, and I love reading about your memories from childhood even more! My very first tinsel tree is up and in the process of being decorated! Very Atomic Age!
Erica :) - December 6, 2012 at 11:38 PM
- RetroSandie said...
That was a nice trip back in time-a neat story and darling pix to go with it!! That WAS a good find-your little Napco girl. Hard to find pretty little vintage figurines in good condition. I'm glad you found her!!!
Hugs, Sandie - December 7, 2012 at 1:37 AM
- Musings from Kim K. said...
I always love your reflective stories. Your figurine is just darling. I'm glad she was waiting for the perfect home.
- December 7, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- vivian said...
oh you have the best memories! I cant remember anything!
happy weekend dear friend!
xoxo - December 7, 2012 at 7:23 AM
- DearHelenHartman said...
How have I NOT found and followed your blog before now??? Have corrected that instantly. SO identify with your memories. I thought my folks were like the model for Rob and Laura Petrie. We lived in Japan in that time frame and so we have TONS of Japanese Christmas kitsch, it just says Holidays to me, thanks!
- December 7, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- My Vintage Mending said...
She is beautiful. You know how much I love a sweet silver tree...enjoy your little girl. Smiles..Renee
- December 7, 2012 at 8:10 AM
- LBP said...
Your stories carry me right along with you with your memories! Great buys from the antique store!
Linda - December 7, 2012 at 8:15 AM
- craftyles said...
Love the Napco and to find it from your birth year? It was meant to be. Isn't it funny how everyone had cigarettes all the time, back then? Glad that has changed!
- December 7, 2012 at 8:34 AM
- ~Lavender Dreamer~ said...
A beautiful walk down memory lane with wonderful Christmas characters to enjoy! I love your vintage Santa and sleigh...and all of your pretties. I mentioned you on my blog this morning! Sweet hugs!
- December 7, 2012 at 8:56 AM
- the vanilla squirrel said...
...such gorgeous retro decorations and a lovely story...i remember my nana's tree changed colour like that too...i thought it was magicx
- December 7, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Sally Annie Magundy said...
Elizabeth! I love your childhood references, they always stir sleeping memories for me - I saw The World of Henry Orient with my mom as a child when it came out. I'll have to see if I can rent it.
Love all your holiday decor and merriness!
Sally xo - December 7, 2012 at 9:47 AM
- Cindy said...
I love those vintage decorations!
- December 7, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Cindy said...
I love those vintage decorations!
- December 7, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- ~Damita's Pretty Wrap~ said...
She's so pretty! A silver tinsel tree is just pure lovely :) Wishing you a wonderful weekend full of Christmas joy! :) xo Holly
- December 7, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Ina said...
What a lucky find indeed! ;p Hair curlers...I remember sleeping in those! ;p
- December 7, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Linda said...
I can picture it all now!
My son has the aluminum Christmas tree that his grandmother put up every year from the 50's until her death in 2001. It is a treasure! - December 7, 2012 at 6:37 PM
- vintage grey said...
What a beautiful Napco Christmas girl!! I just adore tinsel trees, and hope to find one soon!! Have a lovely weekend! xo Heather
- December 7, 2012 at 9:56 PM
- Denise said...
Memories are told so well by you and I can relate to each one.Do you think it's because We must be close to the same age? Please keep up telling us your wonderful stories.I just got My new camera.My next post you will see your gift to Me :) ox Denise
- December 8, 2012 at 1:05 PM
- Shirley Hatfield said...
I know I'm probably silly, but I love those cheap soft plastic Santas in their sleighs. One day at the thrift store Grand Opening they put out tons of vintage tacky Christmas. I could not believe there was so much at one time. I greedily filled my cart with all the goodies...there were several different Santa/sleighs. Also Santa and snowmen in various activities. They graced my outdoor window wreaths for years!
- December 8, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- Lauren @ My Wonderfully Made said...
OH -- I too was transported back in time by your story! Our neighbor Mary had the silver tree with color wheel. She was not able to have children so she collected life size dolls and dressed them all for Christmas. A bit creepy now that I think about it but as a kid, her home was like a little girl's paradise!
- December 8, 2012 at 9:49 PM
- donna said...
Your decorations are so cute. I just love all your vintageyness.
donna - December 9, 2012 at 11:21 AM
- Laura said...
Thank you for taking me down memory lane, it makes me warm inside! That little putz house reminds me of one of the many that my dad had under the tree in his winter village.
Happy holidays,
Laura and Michele - December 9, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Safari said...
Just wanted to thank you for your blog. I have been following you for some time now and never tire of your posts, crafts, and pictures of your beautiful home. I have gleaned many ideas that I have used in my home and find your honesty in sharing your life so refreshing. You are a blessing to so many people. Thank you for you.
- December 12, 2012 at 6:47 AM
- Safari said...
Just wanted to thank you for your blog. I have been following you for some time now and never tire of your posts, crafts, and pictures of your beautiful home. I have gleaned many ideas that I have used in my home and find your honesty in sharing your life so refreshing. You are a blessing to so many people. Thank you for you.
- December 12, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- Leslie G said...
Elizabeth, I'm so happy to have found your blog! You are such a soft and creative soul. Thank you so much for sharing so much beauty.
- December 12, 2012 at 10:54 AM
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Moving to a new home may be one of the most stressful life events you'll ever have to tackle. But in the chaos of cardboard boxes, packing tape and moving trucks, you might not realize how stressed your pets feel, too. Read on for ways to make the transition as safe and easy as possible for your furry friends.
Choosing a New Neighborhood, House or Apartment
Before you pick out your dream home, make sure your pet will love it just as much as you do. It's a good idea to walk around the neighborhood to determine whether the area seems safe for your pets. Be on the lookout for neighborhood dogs that seem aggressive or are left unattended.
When it comes to square footage needs, cats and dogs differ:
- For your feline friends, ensure your potential new space allows for plenty of room to build vertically—it's easy to create a lot of vertical space with shelving, such as kitty blocks on top of furniture.
- Consider your dog's needs on a case-by-case basis. Older dogs, puppies and dogs with house training issues will need to go outside often, which might be difficult in an apartment building with lots of stairs or a house without a yard.
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Cats aren't big fans of change. You can help your cats (and skittish dogs) adjust to the moving process by bringing in moving boxes early, and by keeping your furry friends in a familiar room you plan to pack up last. On moving day, keep your pets in a quiet room with the door shut, or at a friend's house. This will ensure that your cat or dog won't get scared and try to make a quick getaway while the movers load up the truck. During the moving process, try to keep your pet's routine as normal as possible.
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Many pets haven't spent much time in crates or cars. In the weeks or months leading up to the big trip:
- Prepare your pets by gradually acclimating them to their crates. First, place their food inside an open crate, and eventually have them eat their meals in the crate with the door shut.
- Try carrying your pets around the house in the crate or taking a short drive.
- You can help your pets develop a positive association with the crate by providing treats and playtime at the conclusion of crate time.
Taking these steps will make moving day a lot more comfortable for you and your furry friends.
Pet-Proofing Your New Home
It is a good idea to pet-proof your new home. Tuck away electrical cords, plug up nooks where your pet could get stuck, make sure that all windows have secure screens, remove any poisonous houseplants and confirm that no pest-control poison traps have been left anywhere in the house.
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When you arrive at your new home at the end of your long journey, it will be tempting to set your dog or cat loose in the house to explore. However, a new and unfamiliar space can be overwhelming to your pets.
- Start by allowing them to adjust to one room—their "home base"—which should include their favorite toys, treats, water and food bowls and litter box for cats.
- When they seem comfortable, gradually introduce them to other rooms in the house, while keeping some doors shut.
- You can relocate your cat's litter box from the "home base" room to a more permanent location by moving it slowly over time. Try moving the litter box one foot forward each day.
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CLARKSVILLE, Ind. — A newborn infant was surrendered Sunday in a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Clarksville, Indiana.
The baby box was donated by the Knights of Columbus and was unveiled and blessed on Oct. 16, 2020, according to a news release from Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
"Yesterday morning at 7:05 a.m. this box paid for itself," said Monica Kelsey, founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes.
"A healthy, beautiful baby girl was surrendered here yesterday morning by a very brave and selfless parent who chose this box for this child," Kelsey said at a press conference Monday morning. "This child is a wanted child that will be adopted within 30-45 days. We actually have a waiting list for Safe Haven babies in the state of Indiana."
Early Sunday morning, firefighters were alerted to a child being placed into the baby box outside the fire station.
"All I can say is wow. Yesterday was one of the most amazing days of my career as a firefighter here," Clarksville Fire Department Chief Brandon Skaggs said. "Six months ago we blessed this box and yesterday it delivered a blessing."
The little girl safely recovered from the box was found wrapped in a towel with her placenta and umbilical cord still attached, according to Linda Znachko, founder of He Knows Your Name ministries.
"This mother I'm sure was scared and we want to tell her we love her, we're proud of her we respect her for her decision of life," Znachko said.
"The baby was beautiful, it was a very emotional experience for the firefighters," Skaggs said. "We get to experience a lot of end of life and yesterday we got to experience the beginning of life."
There have been a total of 55 baby boxes placed throughout Indiana since 2016.
"That baby now has forever love from the firefighters that served yesterday and when she is ready to, she is welcome to have a home here at the Clarksville Fire Department," Skaggs said.
Infants surrendered under Indiana's Safe Haven Law are placed in the custody of the state's Department of Child Services after they are released from the hospital. The process then begins to find an adoptive family within 30-45 days.
This story was originally published by Katie Cox at WRTV.


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