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Sgt. First Class Richard Sanchez, one of the veterans injured in the Midland, Texas train crash that killed four describes how he saved his wife. The NTSB has pieced together a timeline for the crash, and found that the float carrying them started crossing the tracks after warning bells began to sound. NBC's Janet Shamlian reports.
A military veteran who was severely injured in a parade crash in Texas last week recalled chilling screams before an oncoming train plowed into the flatbed truck he was riding, killing four people and injuring others.
Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sanchez, who broke his back in the crash and could be paralyzed, spoke with Matt Lauer from his hospital bed on TODAY Monday about the moments before impact. He was on the second truck in the annual Show of Support parade for military veterans in Midland, Texas, that was hit by a Union Pacific freight train as it crossed the tracks.
"It all kind of happens at once, there's not really any delay in time, but I remember it all from the first time I heard somebody yelling 'train!' to the arm coming down on my wife and I, and then me pushing her and me getting thrown,'' Sanchez said. "It just all seems to go by extremely fast. My wife and I were kind of already almost past the train tracks, so we were already looking off to start waving to the next group of little kids, but one of the ladies behind us… yelled 'train!' And I just happened to look up and saw the crossing arms come down.''
In a timeline created by the National Transportation Safety Board from information in the train's black box along with video from the train and a sheriff's escort car, the warning bells and lights for the train crossing began going off 20 seconds before the impact. Thirteen seconds before the crash, the crossing gates started to come down after the first truckload of veterans crossed the tracks.
With 12 seconds before the crash, the second truck began to cross the tracks. The engineer sounded the train's horn and then slammed on the emergency brake five seconds before impact, but it was too late.
"I remember the guard coming down, I remember Richard yelling at me to jump, and I remember his hands on my back,'' Sanchez's wife, Heather, told Lauer. "The next thing I know I was on the ground, and I saw my husband laying in a ball. I thought he was dead. He wasn't moving, it didn't look like he was breathing, (and) there was blood everywhere. He was just crumpled up, so I just started screaming his name, and that's when he woke up.''
"I had my back broken down by the L5 (veterbra),'' Richard said. "I'm just kind of waiting to see if we can get the swelling down by the spinal cord so I can try to walk again.''
The veterans from the first truck that made it safely across the tracks quickly raced back to help those injured in the crash.
"For many of them, their training kicked in, and as soon as they jumped off that trailer they were able to help tie tourniquets and stop bleeding vessels,'' Dr. Sudip Bose, a military physician who treated those injured on the scene, told NBC News. "I couldn't have done it without their help.''
The NTSB has not publicly identified the driver and plans to interview him on Monday. He did submit a blood sample immediately after the accident. On Tuesday, the NTSB will have a re-enactment of the crash in order to better determine why it occurred.
Sanchez, who had just returned from a deployment in Afghanistan before the parade, plans to pursue legal action for his injuries. Sanchez's attorney, Bob Pottroff, spoke with Lauer alongside the Sanchezes.
"You start out by knowing that you don't hold anybody who was on that float responsible,'' Pottroff said. "This should never have happened, so you kind of look backwards. There's reasons why this happened.
"One of the reasons is obvious. The 20-second warning time is not a sufficient warning. You only have to go back to Fox River Grove in Illinois in 1995 to know what happens when you have a short warning time. In that instance, a busload of children were hit. The same warning time in this case, and that is not the way that system was designed. I know it was designed for a 30-second warning time. That information is what we hope to bring to light."
Read more:
Wounded vet dies saving wife on parade float in Texas train accident
Land I love: Why you're proud to be Americans
Lauren Scruggs: I felt like something was going to happen on night of accident


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What the heck happened to pm (private messaging)? I for one I'm all for it as well and it should be put back.
Basically, what I went I am at my wits end newbie is that I am at my wits end. At the same time I'm on other chats/forums/online networks/whatever else they called besides here. In which I'm not going to bore you with my intro and other work. In which I somehow end copying, pasting all of this every single time. Well, at least two other intro posts to threads concerning expanding, improving, beyond/whats everyone reading now. At the same time might do more depending on circumstances involve in each of them.
Still live with my parents and have an fraternal twin sister as well. Live in Metro New York on New Jersey side of it USA. Born with a Neurologically based speech impairment/apraxia-dysarthria. Suffering from depression/anxiety for awhile now. Still I'm not one, but have no to little income. Is supplemented by Social Security Disability. In which I'm glad for, but still wish I had other means as well, but in I still don't. At the same time still don't drive or intend to anytime in the future. Whom needs more of a life then what she has had so far. As opposed to what it has been for the most part of her life and etc. Yet to reach this stage of life and beyond. I'm of a student of life, clerical volunteer and currently looking for her next opportunity.
Thanx for creating and running all of this. Expect for the donations/memberships part of it because I for one can't afford it. Highly doubt I would donate or become of member of here if I was able to afford it. Both of these sentences applies to others as well. Have to say that these particular aspects are what I don't like about it because to me its putting down the drain. Plus, always had bad luck with sites and forums that I have donated/membership to because of how I post and etc. Would rather help in other way/s/capacity/ies.
I found to NFL (Natural Family Living) aka ethical blogging networking and/or etc whatever its called. To be better then mainstream family living aka unethical blogging and etc. In which I still high time for The International Code of Marketing Breast-Milk Substitutes (1981) to be looked at and re worked. In order to move toward. I for one have yet to found, etc more ethical blog network, and maybe join in due time.
What's your plans for more expanding, improving, etc site and forums in the future?
As for me would love to see more then what you have at the moment. Like more general on/off topic/s forums and sub forums that have yet to be covered on here.
At the same time heres some more of my interests and somewhat of my specialities are. Activism, advocacy, awareness, campaigning, charities, computers, learning, passionate, reading, researching, etc along those lines.
This includes having the homepage and etc being on here. As opposed to the way it is.
Jessica A Bruno (I am at my wits end)
What the heck happened to pm (private messaging)? I for one I'm all for it as well and it should be put back.
Jessica A Bruno (I am at my wits end)
Welcome to the discussion Jessica.... It is always good to have another perspective involved in any discussion. This is just my perspective on this Forum but i see it as a avenue to bounce around ideas and to apply many different vehicles of discussion which tend to focus on the ultimate reality of everything and the Human condition and perhaps trajectory. In that way it is somewhat a very special place that allows for more in depth discussion on the topics of God, Religion, Science, and Humanity.....etc......
By the very act of posting it now makes you a member.... so you have contributed and "Donated" with a different sort of Capital then mere money. Here we tend to perform transactions in words, ideas, and beliefs, to me that is what makes this place special. In case you didn't know there is also a Private Message function available.... by visiting someones member page you can send them a private message. I am not sure how much this is used in this community since it would appear that there most all discussions are held out in the Open and public sphere and not in Closed room and back door private dealings which makes sense in a way. If you want to get some ideas out there then you tend to want to make them public rather than private.
Anyhow just wanted to send you a welcome message and to let you know that you are already a member!!!!
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The latest entry in Bedtime in the Public Domain is from The Eagle's Shadow by James Branch Cabell, as read by Jon M. Wilson. Today sees the release of Chapter 24. The series can also be found on Stitcher, on iTunes, or in a direct RSS feed.
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Department of Primatology
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The main focus of my current work is on primates and particularly apes. My interest in primates and particularly apes is primarily due to their complex behavior and cognitive abilities. In addition, their study may reveal important insights into the evolution of humans. A particularly worrying issue is that many primates are currently very endangered through destruction of their habitat but also, e.g., poaching or the spread of infectious diseases. All my current and recent projects on primates are/were conducted in close collaboration with others, and, to be honest, I couldn't say what my main research topics are. In fact, I was/am involved in projects spanning everything from endocrinology, physiology and nutritional ecology, behaviour in general and cooperation in particular, ecology and conservation, to cognition and communication. My main contribution to all these projects is of methodological (and occasionally conceptual) nature. After several years of being at this institute I have to admit that I am now as fascinated about primates as I am about birds. Particularly their behavioural complexity, flexibility and cognitive capabilities are fascinating me.
Besides this my current research still focuses to a considerable extent on acoustic communication in birds. One of the main questions I am interested in and working about is the relation between an individual male's 'song complexity' (i.e., repertoire size) and its quality. This topic I investigate in two oscine species, namely the nightingale and the blackbird. Another project I am involved in deals with predator induced calling and other behaviours in a cooperatively breeding songbird, the Arabian babbler. Further projects aim in elucidating acoustic communication systems in pelagic seabirds and largely focus on parent-offspring communication, namely the strategies of the offspring to signal its nutritional need, as well as features used for species recognition. Besides these I am involved in a variety of other bird projects investigating, for instance, ranging patterns and feeding ecology of penguins and shags, song learning in zebra finches, and the breeding ecology of swifts. All these bird projects are conducted in close collaborations with other researchers.
Finally, I am interested in statistics. Today, the use of statistics is a core component of many research areas, and the validity of any conclusions drawn (and published) about data depends crucially on the validity of the statistical analyses they are based on. May daily work largely consists of helping others with their statistical analyses, but besides that I occasionally also conduct projects which are purely statistical. These involved the consequences of pseudo-replication when using Discriminant Function Analysis (and how they could be avoided) or the misuse of stepwise regression and model selection in the framework of a significance testing approach. Ongoing projects deal with the incorporation of autocorrelation in statistical models and the validity of significance tests in mixed models. Although I personally find statistics to be interesting and it being pleasant to deal with them, I don't believe that statistics are very important in themselves. Ultimately, statistics are just a tool (though a very important one), and I use them in the hope to contribute a little to make the best, the most and the most appropriate out of the available data. My 'true' interest is in 'understanding' life and particularly animals (including humans) and protecting nature. Thinking in statistical terms ('designs' and 'models', 'predictor' and 'response' variables, etc.) helps me thinking about life.


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Using HTTP logs to track the users who visit your site isn't always as useful as you think it's going to be. While metrics, like the total number of page hits and, within that, page hits over time or from a specific IP address, easily identify, they don't always tell how people are viewing your site or answer specific questions the marketing department may pose.
This article looks at how to track progress through a site using an Apache module and provides answers to some of the more complex marketing-led questions that may be posed.
Sometimes when monitoring site usage you want to ask more detailed questions than "how many users" or "how many hits." You may, for example, want to determine if users are visiting your new product pages because they saw an advertisement on the home page or because they've been sent a link directly to it. Also, with most companies using firewalls, Network Address Translation (NAT), and proxy servers, identifying individual users can be impossible. Actually "following" a user as he works through the site is difficult.
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Tracking Progress
Adding mod_usertrack to Your Apache Installation
Enabling Tracking
Choosing an Expiry Time
Configuring the Log
Analyzing the Results
Dynamic Solutions
The Performance Trade Off
If you look at a typical log, it's easy to determine general information, such as page hits, but it's difficult to determine what an individual user might have been doing. Although you can configure the logs to include an IP address, this is neither as unique nor as easy to use as it sounds. Many users access the Internet through a NAT or proxy solution, which means hundreds, even thousands of users are hidden behind a single IP address.
Even if you can identify a single user as using a single IP address, tracking what she does beyond simply viewing different pages is more difficult, especially if the site uses a combination of static and dynamic elements or is entirely dynamic.
One solution to this is mod_usertrack, which uses cookies to identify a user's visit and then records access to the site identified by this unique ID. When the user first visits the site, she is sent a cookie with a unique ID, which is kept (until a predetermined timeout is reached) so you can track an individual's usage on your site. It's not a complete solution, but it enables the identification of individual users, even if they appear to come from the same IP address.
Like other modules, mod_usertrack is configured through a series of directives. The first step however, is confirming mod_usertrack is in your Apache installation.


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Mir wrote more profusely than Ghalib and much of it, like Kabir and Insha, in simple words. There are a number of ghazals in the long behr, but the most memorable ones are in the short.His stress on feminine beauty (or, in other words, formalism) unlike in Ghalib, lead the late Ali Sardar Jafri to observe that Mir had one foot in modern and another in what in Urdu poetry is derisively called kanghi choti ki shayari.
Some of Mir's sheyrs are hauntingly simple and touching:
nazuki uske lab ki kya kahiye
pankhadi ik ghulaab ki si hai
yeh jo mohlat jise kahain hai hum
dekho to intzaar sa hai kuch
And my favourite ghazal (rendered memorably by Mehdi Hassan- and according to me the finest ghazal ever sung):
dekh to, dil ke jaan se uthta hai
ye dhuan sa kahan se uthta hai
gor diljale ki hai ye falak
shola ik subha yaan se uthta hai
khana e dil se zeenhara se na ja
koi aise makaan se uthta hai
yoon uthe aah us gali se hum
jaise koi jahan se uthta hai
Mir could cast aspersions at the mullah, but is rarely as caustic or as direct as, say, Ghalib or Iqbal could be.
mazhab se mere kya tujhe, tera dayar aur
main aur, yaar aur, mera kaarobaar aur
He employs a mesmerizingly mystic, almost surrealitic imagery in these couplets:
bikhre hai zulf, us rukh e aalam faroz par
varna, banaav hove na din aur raat ka
uske farog e husn se, jhamke hai sub main noor
sham- e- haram ho yaan ke diya Somnath ka
I took to Mir Taqi Mir after I had (I trust) picked some finer nuances of Urdu poetry- but I did not read Mir in the same manner in which I read Ghalib and Faiz, whom I devoured in states of frenzy, torment and tempestuousness.
Mir brought calmness.
He was Beethoven, not Mozart. Chekov, not Dostoevesky.
Ghalib's certificate of greatness that he gave to Mir may also have led me to Mir, though. My first copy of Diwan e Ghalib is dated 24 Nov 1991. That of Diwan e Mir is over a year later, 14 June 1993.
raikhte ke sirf tumhi nahin ho ustad Ghalib
suna hai agle zamane main koi Mir bhi tha
The dramatic shift in the times may also have played a part. The ferocity of hatred post Babri Masjid demolition lead one to Mir and Kabir. Nida Fazli started writing dohas at that time. Poetry sought to become a balm on the times, and we turned to Mir and Kabir.
The "Low Tradition" that Mir represented consisted, among others, of Kabir and Ibne Insha in contrast to the "High Tradition" represented by the Trinity of Mirza Ghalib, Allama Iqbal and Faiz Ahmed Faiz- that often chose a more Persianized and more philosophical idiom.
Here are a few random selections, that have been marked on my copy of the Diwan, whose pages are now turning brown on the sides, much as my own hair is turning gray on the edges.
haath daman main terey maarte jhunjla ke na hum
apne jaame main agar aaj gharebaan hota
mir bhi dair ke logon hi ki si kehney laga
kuch khuda lagti bhi kehta, jo musalmaan hota
khula nashe main, jo pagdi ka peych uski mir
samand e naaz ko ik aur taaziyana hua
dekhiyo panj e mishgaan ki tuk aatash dasti
har sahar khaak main milte hain dur-e-tar kitne
hum mast ho kar bhi dekha, aakhir koi maza nahin
hoshiyari ke barabar koi maza nahin
And finally, a self description. Note how bombastic, arrogant and loud (nevertheless lovable) Ghalib sounds when he declares:
hain aur bhi duniya main sukhanwar bahut achche
kehte hain ki ghalib ka hai andaaz i bayan aur
as compared to Mir who submits much more subtly, softly:
Mir dariya hai, sune sheyr zabaani uski
allah allah re tabiyat ki ravani uski


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Bringing citizen perspectives to bear on governmental policy may be motivated by either altruistic (concern for the welfare of others) or self-seeking interests. The means of seeking to influence government decisions may take the form of letter writing, appointments with people in congressional offices, testifying in congressional hearings, etc. Mennonites, as individuals and as denominational or agency representatives, have utilized all of these options in varying degrees.
Since 1525 Mennonites have appeared before high government officials to present their petitions. In the course of the four centuries delegations representing Mennonite bodies have traveled to such capitals as St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Moscow, Berlin, Jerusalem, Saigon, Asunción, Djakarta, Winnipeg, Ottawa, and Washington, to present their requests, traditionally in defense of conscience on issues of peace and war.
As early as 1775, Mennonites wrote a petition to the Pennsylvania Assembly regarding the bearing of arms. In 1916, the editor of the Gospel Herald (MC) wrote United States President Woodrow Wilson, requesting assistance for beleaguered Mennonites suffering in Russia. In 1917 the Eastern Amish Mennonite Church wrote President Woodrow Wilson petitioning him to exempt their members from military service. More than 20,000 Mennonites signed petitions sent to Washington in 1920 to forestall the renewal of conscription. Since 1940 Mennonites in America have testified periodically before congressional committees, especially on the matter of conscription which directly affected their families and faith perspective.
Only in more recent times have Mennonites established an ongoing presence near the seat of government. In 1968 the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Peace Section opened an office in Washington and in 1975, MCC Canada established an office in Ottawa. These offices serve as "listening posts" for constituents. Staff members monitor legislation and policy developments that affect the life and work of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches at home and abroad. Refugee concerns, world hunger, human rights, the environment (ecology), criminal justice and nuclear arms are among the issues added to conscription as legitimate areas of concern by the churches. Information is published for interested constituents, contacts with government are facilitated, and seminars are conducted.
The expanding global Mennonite presence in places of poverty, injustice, and warfare has increasingly resulted in requesting meetings with government officials to enable MCC and mission workers and interested church members to communicate observations and concerns that might helpfully enlighten governmental perspective and policy.
As education, travel, and communication media expand Mennonite awareness of the connection between governmental policy, the alleviation of human suffering, and threats to the planet's survival, so to the interest of church members in influencing those policy decisions has expanded. Some 6,000 Mennonites receive the Washington Memo of the MCC Washington office, and the "Ottawa Notebook" appeared regularly in the Mennonite Reporter in Canada. Both publications were designed to inform and equip readers for communication with appropriate people in government. Mennonites are of diverse perspectives on whether or not to influence government policy. "Lobbying" may be viewed in either a positive or negative light, depending on bow and for what purposes it is done.
Wittlinger, Carlton O. Quest for Piety and Obedience: the Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978: 367, 377.
Gospel Herald (20 July 1916): 301.
See also Keith Graber Miller's Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves : American Mennonites Engage Washington. Knoxville : U. of Tennessee Press, 1996.
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Mennonite Central Committee (search for Ottawa and Washington offices on MCC's search page)
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This documentary chronicles the creation, rise and evolution of Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam – a movement that challenged black Americans to reclaim their lost identity. As Americans, both black and white, sacrificed life and property to end segregation Elijah Muhammad preached a unique brand of separation with a do-for-self philosophy. While Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali exemplified the uncompromising stance that the Nation of Islam maintained, the movement headed for an abrupt change. Upon the death of Elijah, his son Wallace Muhammad became the new leader and ushered in a new thinking. Through honest dialogue with the original high-ranking members of the Nation of Islam we get an in-depth look at life after Elijah Muhammad. THE EVOLUTION OF THE NATION OF ISLAM takes the viewer on a remarkable journey chronicling how a once separatist movement evolved into a world community of universal humanity.
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Packers re-sign DT BJ Raji
Agrees to one-year deal
The Green Bay Packers re-signed run-stuffing defensive tackle B.J. Raji on Friday.
General manager Ted Thompson announced the deal Friday. Terms were not disclosed but multiple reports said it was a one-year deal worth $4 million.
The 27-year-old Raji was the ninth overall pick in the 2009 draft. He has played in 76 games with 63 starts and has 227 tackles, 10 ½ sacks and seven passes defensed during his five seasons with Green Bay.
After a Pro Bowl-worthy season in 2010, when he had 6.5 regular-season sacks, another sack in the playoffs and an interception return for a touchdown in the NFC Championship game victory at Chicago that sent the Packers to the Super Bowl Raji hasn't had a sack in 35 regular-season games. Last season, he was credited with 36 tackles, but no sacks, forced fumbles or deflected passes.
Last fall, Raji reportedly had a long-term contract offer from the Packers that would have paid him roughly $8 million per year. Now he has reportedly settled for a one-year deal for half that.
Raji essentially played on first and second downs last season and had the fewest snaps per game since his rookie year, missing two games with a sprained ankle.
"It comes with the territory, man," Raji said late in the year when asked if he was disappointed with his play. "You put up good numbers early in your career, and then when those things dwindle down it's like, 'What happened?' It's more to the game than sacks. Since I've been here, we've been top of the league in sacks and that's what's more important to me. Individual stuff will come. ... I'm older now and I understand that part of being a good teammate is understanding what is required of you."
Other unrestricted free agents to re-sign with the Packers include cornerback Sam Shields, outside linebacker/defensive end Mike Neal and tight end Andrew Quarless.


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What prompted this? Tim Macmahon of the Dallas Morning News asked Leach what he thought about the argument against his former Graham Harrell -- and many similar "spread" quarterbacks -- that it is troubling that they don't know how to take a snap from under center and drop back because they were in the shotgun so much. Macmahon reports:
"You bring up easily the most pitiful NFL cop-out of all!" [Leach] hollered. "And you can send that message to the whole NFL. Any coach who has ever said or uttered those words or considers that a concern, here's my message for them: How could you possibly look yourself in the mirror and consider yourself an NFL coach and not be able to teach a guy to run back three steps, five steps and seven steps? I can teach a child that!An issue? Maybe. I understand this with respect to lineman who have never been in a three-point stance, and there are related quarterback issues, but this reason (so often given) does not pass the smell test.
"Any coach in the NFL who can't do that ought to be fired!"


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Head of Alibaba video platform business ousted
HANGZHOU, China – In an abrupt move, Alibaba has removed the president of its video streaming business Youku.
In a securities filing on Tuesday, Alibaba named Luyuan Fan as president of Youku, replacing Weidong Yang while virtually accusing him of unethical or unlawful conduct.
Yang had been with Youku in various capacities for five-and-a-half years, having joined the group in March 2013. At the time of his removal on Tuesday, the platform had 500 million active users.
It is undertstood Yang has been arrested and is under police investigation in China for alleged acceptance of improper payments. Mr. Yang was arrested by police on Monday. Alibaba Group said it is cooperating fully with the investigation.
"In November, Mr. Fan had previously replaced Mr. Yang as rotating president of Alibaba Group's digital media and entertainment business, which includes Youku and other businesses," Alibaba said in its US Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.
"Alibaba Group is committed to the highest standards of business conduct in our relationships with each of our stakeholders, including our customers, business partners and shareholders."
"We require all employees to conduct our business in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations and in accordance with the Alibaba Group Code of Business Conduct. We do not tolerate any form of unethical or unlawful conduct," said the Alibaba SEC filing.


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New emerging field of high-energy atmospheric physics (HEAP) is enriched recently by …
The experimental physics division (EPD) at Yerevan Physics Institute (YerPhI) established in 1943 by Artem Alikhanian (one of the founders and first director of YerPhI) and recently named by Hamlet Vartapetian (Deputy Director of YerPhI in 1974-1993), traditionally is active in a range of experiments studying the fundamental constituents of matter by scattering of photons and electrons from proton and nuclear targets. Current research in high energy physics includes studies of p-p/A interactions using the LHC at CERN (ATLAS, CMS and ALICE experiments), studies of the structure of hadrons and electromagnetic interaction properties with high energy electrons and photons in close collaboration with researchers at Jefferson Lab (Halls A, B , C, D) and at DESY in Hamburg. EPD is involved in studies of very high energy gamma ray astrophysics in collaboration with researchers at HESS, CTA.
Research groups of EPD are active also in studies of fission and fragmentation of nuclei with real and virtual photon beams, low energy nuclear physics based on AANL's electron linear accelerator LUE-75 and proton beam of the Cyclone-18. Search of rare processes in underground laboratory of Avan salt mine is also carried out.
EPD groups are involved in methodic studies: plastic scintillators, substrates for nuclear targets, NaJ(Tl) detectors, neutron detectors, microstrip silicone detectors, RF phototube, low-pressure MWPC. Synthesis, research and application of new derivatives of chitosan are also studied.
Cosmic Ray Division physicists perform research in almost all areas of the Astroparticle physics. Amongst them are CR Origin and acceleration mechanisms, Solar-terrestrial connections; solar modulation of galactic CRs, Acceleration of protons on Sun, High Energy phenomena in Atmosphere, Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements (TGEs), Lightning physics, Monitoring of geophysical parameters, Scientific instrumentation, Multivariate data analysis.
Among the main achievements of recent years are the discovery of energetic protons (with energies greater than 20 GeV) accelerated in the vicinity of the Sun during Ground Level Enhancement (GLE) event N69; simultaneous fluxes of electrons, gamma rays and neutrons measured at mountain altitudes; proving the existence of the new high-energy phenomenon (TGEs) in the thunderstorm atmospheres; the "Cloud Extensive Showers - CESs". Also, a notable achievement is the registration of long-lasting radiation from the thunderclouds (up to several hours).
Development of the Aragats Space Environmental Center (ASEC), Armenian Geophysics Network in Armenia and Artsakh and founding of the worldwide network of new particle detectors named SEVAN (Space Environment Viewing and Analysis Network) were the key fulfillments of the recent years. Nodes of the SEVAN network are now operating in Armenia, India, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Besides these achievements introducing of new model of lightning initiation was a step forward for this field of researches.
CP&IT division is providing the activities in the following directions: The whole YerPhI related activities such as YerPhI Network support and developmentand ITC Services Support: Permanent (wired & wireless) routing and switching multiprotocol connectivity; Managed and guarantied bandwidth; Access to Armenian Scientific Research Computer Network & Armenian Grid; Domain Name Service (DNS); E-Mail services (SMTP, POP, IMAP), Webmail, Mailing Lists Basic Services; WWW(HTTP,HTTPS); Internet accessible Information and Database Systems; Secure Data Transmission (VPN, SSH, SFTP, SSL, S-tunnel); Remote Administration; Web Hosting; Server/Router installation and maintenance; Archive, Backup, Data Storage and data Preservation; Antivirus, Antispam, Antispyware support; Voice and Video Conferencing (Policom HDX 6000); SIP VoIP Telephone Service (Asterisk); WiFi And Eduroam (education roaming) world-wide Wifi roaming access service for international research and education community.; Video media server (Open Meetings); Document Server (Invenio CERN/IAEA)High-Performance Computing; Grid Clusters; Batch Clusters; Storage Servers; Users support; IT training for Yerphi Staff; Users Support & ConsultingThe important scientific sub-direction is the Physics Analysis based on experimental data obtained by different international collaborations (HERMES, OLYMPUS and soon Belle2)One more sub-direction of the CP&IT activities is related to the computational physics, namely to the random number generators development and statistical testing, as well to Monte Carlo method applications.
Isotopes Research and Production Department was created in 2010. The department activity is devoted mainly to creation and development of production of radioactive isotopes for medical purposes.
During the first years 99mTc and 123I photo-production technology development and trial production on LUE 50 linear electron accelerator of ANSL (Yerphi) had been done. Since 2013 99mTc full chain production technology development using enriched 100Mo target on IBA C18 cyclotron was started, including target preparation, target cooling system, extraction of 99mTc from irradiated material and expensive 100Mo target material recovery. Also researches of other medical isotopes (67Ga, 68Ga, 67Cu and 64Cu) production on IBA C18 cyclotron are started.
Applied physics group has the self-supporting activities, on a fully commercial basis, including modification of plastic insulation tubes on the high-intensity beam linear accelerator (up to 4 MeV) for the cable industry.X-Ray instrumentation group activity concentrated on the development of a 3D image X-ray digital registration system, including development of thin film scintillators YAG:Ce and GGG:Ce, development of large area image detectors with spatial resolution 50 mkm and development of X-ray digital imaging systems, also for investigation of radiation hardness of scintillyator depends on heavy metal concentration.
Center for Cosmology and Astrophysics is traditionally concentrated on nonlinear problems of cosmology, including advanced numerical methods for description of evolution of perturbed Hamiltonian systems, stability of gravitating systems, N-body chaos, non-random structures and universal compression in signals. Studies involve cosmic microwave background radiation, conformal cyclic cosmology, time arrow, modified gravity and dark sector. Applications include coding and mutations in genomic sequences (US patent received).
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When industrial designer Tom Dixon decided to make a chair that was lightweight, robust and 100 percent recyclable, he looked to aluminium and Hydro. The joint project started in late 2018, when Hydro's experts from recycling, surface treatment and extrusion design came together with Tom Dixon and his design team.
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"I think it's very important that different industries meet each other like this. By exchanging ideas and knowledge, we develop exciting things in ways we have not done before. Sustainability is a critical factor, which is one of the reasons I like designing with aluminium," says Tom Dixon, who is Creative Director of Tom Dixon Studio.
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Where am I from? Nowhere.
And that's where we who are true to ourselves retire, rocking on the porch, self satisfied with that formal feeling that comes after great pain, but never self actualized. Othered, we wave to each other and nod knowingly in our gated community, seeing way over there the shining city on the hill where belonging takes place. Out here on the perimeter, there are no stars. Here, we long but do not belong.


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Einstein + Rammstein = REnstein
This work is a kind of selfportret. Here one can find my passion for science, for painting and for music. Einstein is maybe the most popular nowadays scientific figure. And he played violin. There are two very important painters that used to play violin. The first one is Dominique Ingres, one of the main figurers of Neoclassicism. He played second violin in the "Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse". I painted his head flipped form his well-known "Self portrait at age 24" at the left bottom side of my work. The second one is Paul Klee, one of my favorite painters from art history and one of the most important abstract artists. And he also played violin. When he was 11 years old, he received an invitation to play as an extraordinary member of the Bern Music Association. He was also a theoretician. I painted him at 90 degrees counter clock rotation at the Einstein's right hand. I also drew the Leonardo's famous self-portrait on the Einstein's right hand, as he also was a very important theoretician. At the Einstein's right side I painted Brian May, the famous Queen guitarist. He is also an astrophysicist. I intentionally painted Einstein's body like "Le violoniste" that Marc Chagall painted in 1913. So, you see, this painting is about my mind's associations between history of science, art and music. I've got Rammstein connected with the whole thing because of similar sonority with Einstein. Here's why their "Du hast mich" became "Du haste = mic²h" on my canvas. I don't know why I also painted Grumpy cat in this work but I felt like it had to be there.
I don't know why I also painted Grumpy cat in this work but I felt like it had to be there.
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This work is a part of my latest exhibition " Modern heroes"
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That buzz from your morning cup of joe waning? How about a quick boost from caffeinated mints, gum, Perky Jerky or, from the makers of Cracker Jack, coffee-flavored Cracker Jack'd snacks?
It's not just coffee and tea and soda anymore. "There's a proliferation of foods; all kinds of things are now being caffeinated," says Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
In many cases, manufacturers are promoting their foods as pick-me-ups, but they're not labeling how much caffeine is included in the products. Currently, the Food and Drug Administration does not require it. And that's raising some questions about how much caffeine we're getting these days.
"I think at a minimum the FDA should require the amount of caffeine to be disclosed on product labels," says Jacobson. And some caffeine researchers seem to agree.
"Caffeine is a drug," explains Abraham Palmer of the University of Chicago. And partly because of genetic differences, "there's a lot of variation in the way people experience the effects of caffeine."
Palmer says he loved caffeine from the day he had his first cup of coffee at age 14. It gives him a lift and makes him feel more alert. But "there are others, such as my wife, who really hate caffeine, because it makes them feel jittery and anxious."
Given that some people are sensitive to even small shifts in caffeine consumption, Palmer says is would be helpful to consumers if manufacturers had to label amounts. "It's hard for me to see what the downside would be," says Palmer.
And Jennifer Temple of the University of Buffalo, who studies how adolescents respond to caffeine, says: "The more information you can give consumers and parents about the caffeine content in beverages and foods, the better. It allows them to make more informed decisions."
If you listen to my story, you'll hear about one of Temple's research studies that suggest teenage boys seem to be motivated to seek out caffeine after they're exposed to it for a short period. And other studies have shown that caffeine has a reinforcing effect on consumption. Meaning if someone drinks coffee and experiences a pleasant buzz, it reinforces a coffee habit.
This doesn't make caffeine dangerous, but it raises questions about how it's regulated.
"I think it's a real concern to add a mildly addictive stimulant drug to all kinds of things. And it's a special risk to kids," says Jacobson.
Jacobson raised a stink when Frito-Lay, maker of the iconic molasses-coated peanut and popcorn Cracker Jack candy with the prize inside, announced plans for its new line of snacks called Cracker Jack'd, some of which will contain coffee.
But Frito-Lay says it is not marketing these products to children. "All marketing for the products will be exclusively aimed at adult consumers," Alexia Allina of Frito-Lay told us in an email. "And the presence of coffee and the caffeine that comes with it is clearly called out on both the front and back of the package."
Owing to the varying caffeine content of coffee, Frito-Lay says the caffeine content in its snack may vary, too. But in general, it expects the snack to contain approximately 70 mg (equivalent to about two-thirds of a cup of coffee) of caffeine in each 2-ounce package.
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Need a late afternoon pick-me-up? Well, Frito-Lay has a new offering on the way. In the next few weeks, it plans to introduce caffeinated coffee-flavor Cracker Jack. It's part of a growing trend of adding caffeine to snack foods and bottled water. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on the potential downsides for tweens and teens.
ALLISON AUBREY, BYLINE: For most of us, there's nothing wrong with a little caffeine. Across the globe, it's consumed widely and usually safely. But researcher Abraham Palmer of the University of Chicago says people should realize it is a drug.
ABRAHAM PALMER: Yeah, absolutely. Caffeine is definitely a drug.
AUBREY: And it has the power to change our behavior temporarily by altering the physiology of our brains.
PALMER: And it keeps people awake. It tends to make people more talkative. And, in some people, it can cause both euphoria and also anxiety.
AUBREY: Well, one of those sound pretty good, I'll take euphoria. But anxiety, who needs it? Palmer says from person to person, there are big differences in how we respond.
PALMER: There are some of us that really enjoy caffeine, such as myself, and there are others, such as my wife, who really hate caffeine because it makes her feel jittery and anxious.
AUBREY: For lots of people, it's the amount of caffeine that's key. For those of us who've settled into a regular coffee habit, we know what we're getting. One cup may give us a boost, but more than that may leave us feeling a little jangly. So what happens when caffeine starts to turn up in foods and drinks that typically haven't contained it?
MICHAEL JACOBSON: There's a proliferation of foods from granola to maple syrup to marshmallows, all kinds of things are now being caffeinated.
AUBREY: That's Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. When I visited his office, he unpacked a whole box of caffeinated foods he's been collecting. Some are from big manufacturers like Kraft, others are niche products, for example, a caffeinated turkey jerky called Perky Jerky.
JACOBSON: It says it's a good source of protein for active lifestyles. Grab a jerk and go.
AUBREY: But I'm looking there at the nutrition facts label and nowhere do I see caffeine.
JACOBSON: Right. There's no indication as to how much caffeine is in the product.
AUBREY: It's not that manufacturers are trying to hide caffeine. In many cases, they're are promoting these foods as pick-me-ups. But Jacobson says, given that so many people are sensitive to small shifts in caffeine, the Food and Drug Administration should update its regulations. Currently, the amount of caffeine does not need to be listed on a label.
JACOBSON: I think at a minimum, the FDA should require the amount of caffeine to be disclosed on product labels.
AUBREY: Jacobson launched a high-profile complaint when Frito-Lay announced plans for their new coffee Cracker Jack snack. His view is that this is a slippery slope to escalating consumption.
JACOBSON: I think it's a real concern to add a mildly objective stimulant drug to all kinds of things and I think a special risk to kids.
AUBREY: Frito-Lay says it's not marketing the new Cracker Jacks to kids. In fact, none of the products we looked at seemed to be targeting kids. But it's clear from the flack over potential risks of energy drinks that some teens do seek out and get their hands on caffeinated products. The questions that Jacobson and others have about teens and caffeine are these: If they're introduced to caffeine, perhaps through the back door of caffeinated snacks or water, does it prime them to crave more and could that be dangerous?
Jennifer Temple of the University of Buffalo is studying how kids respond to caffeine.
JENNIFER TEMPLE: Kids are not just small adults and their brains are still developing. And so what does early caffeine would do to the developing brain?
AUBREY: In one experiment, she recruited teenagers to try a bunch of unusual flavored sodas, two kinds of them. Unbeknownst to them, one had caffeine, the other did not. They drank about four cups a day for one week. Temple wanted to know if these kids would develop stronger preferences for the secretly caffeinated drinks.
TEMPLE: It was a daily exposure to the caffeine, but it was only over the course of a week.
AUBREY: Now, at the end of the week, she brought the teens into a computer lab where they played a game to earn points to get the soda they preferred.
TEMPLE: It very quickly escalates to the point where they're working very, very hard to get the caffeinated soda.
AUBREY: The boys, in particular, worked twice as hard to get caffeine, explains Temple. But the non-caffeinated drinks, these did not motivate them at all. Now, the amount of caffeine they were getting was modest, about what you'd find in a regular cola. And at the end of the study, Temple debriefed the teens, asking them if they knew why they were motivated to work so hard for the drink.
TEMPLE: They couldn't necessarily describe why.
AUBREY: Some of the teenagers suspected that maybe caffeine was added. But what's surprising, Temple says is how quickly their preferences developed after just one week of exposure to the caffeine.
TEMPLE: If that can happen in that short a period of time, what's happening when these kids are consuming, you know, over the course of weeks and months and years?
AUBREY: Rarely do teens drink enough caffeine to do serious harm. But since consumption tends to go up once they start getting caffeine. It can, at the very least, set the stage for sweet problems or bouts of anxiety. The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the safety of energy drinks, which can contain high levels of caffeine compared to soda. But a spokesperson for the FDA says it's too soon to speculate about whether more or new regulations for caffeine are being considered.
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I can't wait to watch this movie.
42, directed by Brian Helgeland, will be released by Warner Bros. and will hit theaters on April 12, 2013.
Warner Bros. released a new poster today for the Jackie Robinson movie 42.
Looks fantastic, no?
Thursday, February 7, 2013
New Poster for the Jackie Robinson Movie '42'
Posted by Roberto Baly at 6:00 PM
Labels: 2013, 42, biopic, dodgers, jackie robinson, movie, poster, warner bros
2 comments:
- Ch1charo said...
I know Dodger Stadium is under construction, but wouldn't that have been great if they showed the movie at Dodger Stadium. They could of done a movie premier there. Imagine watching a Dodger legend in a place so dear to Dodger fans.
- February 8, 2013 at 7:22 AM
- Roberto Baly said...
Well the movie will be released until April. You never know! That's a great idea.
- February 8, 2013 at 7:49 AM
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Sennybridge 2004, United Kingdom (2004-09-06)
It is never easy to compare events and games around the world, but when you stumble upon the event of the year, you can't help but notice. Forget the game itself and look at the credentials of the organizers: Ex-SAS elites managing one of the most prestigious military tactics training school in the UK, backed by resources from the British military. When asked how such a spectacular event could be put together on restricted grounds with access to military hardware, the answer was obvious yet so true - "Its who you know". And for the 300+ people who attended the event, that translated into one dream weekend that is difficult to top.
Located in the middle of the UK, Sennybridge is home to a secret military training facility developed by the British government during the Balkan war. Constructed on the lush rolling meadows of Wales, the training facility is a well maintained Balkan village complete with a church and 28 buildings of various sizes. It is a complete village with houses, post offices, government offices, etc. There is a main street running through the village, with many small side streets and fenced off gardens and lawns that are attached to each house. The buildings themselves look homely enough from the outside and are finished in clean grey concrete on the inside. There are basements, underground tunnels, trap doors, secret windows, attics, and a countless selection of nooks and crannies to hide in. Outside on the street, remnants of old British tanks and APCs lie burnt yet mysteriously dignified - almost as if guarding this ghost-town. A fully furnished executive command center is located in the church tower - with large spotless glass windows that offers a complete view of what is going on within the entire village at any time. Networked loudspeakers are situated everywhere at all points in the village, used to broadcast instructions and background noise like tanks and explosions to increase the ambiance of war. Are you jealous yet? You don't have to be since you too can join the fun. Read on. (Place your mouse cursor over photos for more commentary)
About The Organizers
The Ex-SAS outfit that hosts the Sennybridge event annually is The Stirling Services Group. Renowned for their professionalism and ability to hold extremely authentic war scenarios, the Sennybridge game has been gaining international status with players flying in from all over the world to attend. The 320 players who attended were the lucky ones since registration was closed early to avoid over-crowding the event. Future events will be announced on the Stirling Services website so check for details and sign up early if you want to taste this for yourself. Stirling Services also provides specialized training classes for executives, gamers, and law enforcement agencies from around the world. They have trained units of the British law enforcement agency, members of the South Korean army, and many weekend warriors who want to have a go at storming a jet-plane in a terrorist response call! Stirling Services owns a large collection of buildings for training, and our tour revealed many office buildings riddled with bullet holes (yes, the real kind). Their programs are not cheap but definitely exclusive and not for the faint of heart. For example, they offer a survival program where students are sent into the woods with nothing more than a bottle of water, and are hunted down by military trained operatives over 3 days. Once captured, they undergo "torture" tests that test their limits. If that sounds like a bit too much for you, then how about their 6-day para-training program that lets you jump out of planes for insertion behind enemy lines?
Rest assured that you will get top-notch instruction. If in doubt, just review the footage of SAS operatives storming the terrorist-held Iranian embassy in London many years ago. You will see an SAS operative pasting explosives on a window on the second floor, and then rushing in immediately after the windows are blown out. That would be John McAleese, one of the instructors at Stirling Services. And you need not be intimidated by these wholly serious instructors - they are friendly and nice people who are eager to share their knowledge with you.
Enviable Hardware
Held over 2 days from August 20 - 22, the event was nothing short of incredible. RedWolf Airsoft sponsored and attended the game - and we must admit that it is the best that we have ever seen. Of course, it helps that the game was held in a military training facility. But the fact that enthusiasts like Curt and James drove their authentic Humvees and Ferrets to be part of the game made everything feel so much more real. Not to be outdone, Stirling Services arranged a fully functional APC to participate in the missions. Fully armored and seating 10, the APC runs on tracks that rumble and shake as it roars through the middle of the village. At any given moment, you can see John Mac's head sticking out from the top as he commands the huge vehicle through town with the same ease as many of us would drive a compact convertible! Curt's own Humvee is nothing to sneeze at either - it is a fully restored Humvee that is painted with hard-to-get US military paint (again, it's who you know). Originally starting life as part of a US Marines unit in the UK, Curt bought the soft-top Humvee and spent 3 years restoring it and converting it into a hard-top. The result is amazing and one cannot even tell that it is a decommissioned vehicle. A professional race-car driver himself, Curt pilots the Humvee through rivers and up hills courageously and sends most of us diving from the grab-handles. The Ferret is a very classy vehicle itself and owner James says it is a 1960's vehicle that he bought and restored completely. With a pop-hatch on top for a gunner and side-hatches for small-arms fire, the Ferret is fast and versatile - able to climb hills and plough through water with ease. It's throaty engine rumbles like a can of beans in your belly, allowing it to keep pace with the Humvee. Not bad at all for a 45 year old piece of machinery!
Variety Is The Name Of
The Game
The Korean war. Americans (or the Yanks) are battling it out with the North Koreans in a series of small battles to gain position in the long war. Each side has their own Generals and Commanders, all denoted by specially colored arm bands. With the benefit of a field with bunkers and trenches, coupled with the full village, the game was afforded a great amount of variety - offering jungle, field and city skirmishes. With the tunnels and trap-doors, guerilla tactics were also possible. The Americans wore white arm-bands and the Koreans wore yellow arm-bands, which worked fine during the day but could have worked better at night when it was hard to tell the difference.
Basically there were two main parts of play - the day game and the night game. The day game was held up in a rather large hill with long convoluted trenches, piles of sandbags, stone bunkers, etc. The Americans had the uphill position, while Koreans had to attach from underneath. Playing on the Korean side and working uphill, the words from "Sun Tze's Art of War" kept ringing in my head - "The higher ground will always be advantageous". I guess Sun Tze was right because the Americans creamed the Koreans. Sitting down at the re-spawn point at the bottom of the hill, an endless stream of 30-40 "Koreans" would steadily walk back. It was a massacre as the Americans lay fortified in their high bunkers and deep trenches looking down upon us. Frustrated at our inability to break through, I charged up the hill and came upon a small trench where an enemy lay. We exchanged full auto fire from a distance of 5 feet before he ducked into the trench. Thinking that he retreated to wind his magazine, I charged forward blasting away with my auto-winding magazine. But alas, I felt the BBs impact my face just as I saw a cloud of smoke emitting from the end of his M203 launcher. The adrenaline rush was so strong that I did not even hear it. I tripped forward and landed on my head, with the rest of me folding over and ending with my knees next to my ears. Needless to say, this was a painful experience but I have to give it to the guy - instead of a blind shootout, he used his brains and won. As fun as the day game was, though, everyone was already talking about the night-game - the "main event".
So as the skies darkened, the Koreans spread out and filed into the village buildings and fortified their positions in preparation for an onslaught by the Americans. The village itself is pitch-black with no lights during the battle, and given the cloudy skies, there was little hope for depending on moonlight for visibility. "Your eyes will adjust and you'll be able to see by the light of the fires", I was told. Fires? It turned out that the organizers set fire to all the derelict tanks and APCs around the village to add to the ambiance of war. In past events, they also broadcasted war sounds through the loudspeakers to make it all very real. "You know that first scene from Saving Private Ryan?", asked John and Sarah, a couple who were holding down the Korean house with me, "well its just like that and your heart is really thumping, and your adrenaline is rushing". "Maybe its no big deal for an SAS soldier to hear these loud sounds since they just tune it out. But for us regular people, that just gets you all worked up and it really does feel like the real thing". While the instructors did set most of the vehicles alight into huge blazing bonfires, they failed to play the background sounds this time due to technical reasons. (Thank you John and Sarah if you are reading this, for keeping the RedWolf team alive with those delicious chocolate bars!)
But even without the bonfires, many players were equipped with night vision goggles (NVGs). Many were also equipped with Tracers so shootouts almost became a laser show with green or orange bullet-hoses streaking with the chilly winter night. And as if that wasn't enough, almost everyone carried a flash-bang or some sort of grenade that lit up the night. According to the organizers, basic pyrotechnics were allowed. But the fact was that most people carried home-made grenades that shook the ground and stunned anyone within a 20 foot radius. One grenade even caused a tree to catch fire and the organizers had to quickly run over to stamp it out. The rules regarding grenades were simple - if one was thrown into the room that you occupied and no solid walls stood between yourself and the explosion, you were automatically out.
This turned out to be a key tactic as the American forces invaded the buildings one by one. Their approach always came with a full convoy comprising the Humvee, the Ferret, the APC, and several jeeps and trucks. The first approach landed them into the center of town which led to their immediate alienation - just like in Saving Private Ryan. Korean forces played lasers into the APC as the rear doors opened and shot everyone inside before they even left their seats. The second invasion was much more thought out and the convoy attacked the perimeter buildings first, slowly working their way through the entire village. Using massive spotlights, the Humvee and trucks lit up every hostile window like the sun, which (1) blinded us Koreans completely, and (2) gave them a clear view of any heads sticking into the line of fire. This technique kept us from shooting at all and before we knew it, enemy forces had already accumulated at our doorstep. Pinned down, all we could do was play our lasers and rifles into the stairwell to keep them at bay. But a couple of grenades later, we were all wiped out. Marshals stood on our floor to ensure we called our outs when these grenades went off.
Fighting until 1am, the objective was to take as many buildings as possible and have them counted so that we could continue along the same battle lines in the morning. To indicate wounded fighters, we were each given a glow-stick which would be taken out of our pockets after we were hit. Flashing a glow-stick meant that we could avoid being hit as we trudged back to the re-spawn point at the other end of the village.
Fighting continued in the morning and we continued to shoot it out in and out of the village, avoiding "drive-by" shootings by armored vehicles every now and then. Snipers turned out to be a valuable weapon given their 500fps limit, a good 150fps over the 350fps limit of AEGs. The Glock18C was also very popular as a room clearing tool - people would stick them around doorways and corners to shower people hiding under window sills.
The fighting was serious yet fun at the same time. Given the size of the site, it was difficult to rejoin your unit after you were re-spawned, so many players would join up with other units based on convenience. It was also a bit difficult to tell the enemy from friendlies given that we all wore woodland camouflage attire, which meant that we needed code words to tell who was who. But apart from all this, it was still a world of fun. The building invasions were lots of fun and felt like a scene taken from the US TV show "Cops". People were extremely friendly and while there were occasionally some heated tempers, everyone remembered it was just a game and made sure not to spoil the fun. Of course it also helped that there were so many marshals on site to control any outbreak (28 of them, 1 stationed in every house).
In support of the event, RedWolf Airsoft raffled off numerous T-shirts and caps, and gave away an RWC SR16 CQB AEG worth USD 600 to a lucky winner. We had a great time and look forward to going back again in the next year. For any of you interested in attending a game of such magnificent proportions, we encourage you to keep your eyes open for the next Sennybridge event and make your way out to the Queen's country. We promise you won't be disappointed.


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Immunofluorescence with transfected cells
Posted 18 March 2010 - 05:29 AM
I have a problem with detecting transfected cells using Immunofluorescence. I transfected the cells with pcDNA3.1(+)-myc vector, which contains my target gene. And I used the empty pcDNA3.1(+)-myc vector as control . Then I used Immunofluorescence to detect the expression of my target gene. When I do Immunofluorescence in control (in order to find a fluorescence intensities suitable for experimental group ) including first anti-myc antibody, there is a high background , I can not detected any fluorescence in experimental group .And when I omited the first anti-myc antibody the result is perfect. I think I should choose to omit the first anti-myc antibody in control group, because the cells of control group ( transfected with empty pcDNA3.1(+)-myc )also expressed the myc. Who can give me some suggestions !
Thanks a lot!
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Posted 18 March 2010 - 11:07 PM
Hi bobl,
If the cells that you are using express Myc and you need to detect the transfected Myc, then you definitely need the antibody control! This is so that you can determine the native level of expression, anything above that is probably from your transfection. It is important for any experiment that your controls are the correct one, for IF, antibody controls are very important - you should have both no primary Ab and no secondary Ab controls, the former of which is to determine the level of binding of the secondary only, and the latter to determine the native fluorescence of the tissue/cells.
Thanks very much! The problem is whether I use the cells transfected empty vector (pcDNA3.1-myc) as a negtive control to do the immunofluorescence following the step done in positive transfected cells. However, the empty vector also expresses the myc tag, if I use these cells as a negtive control, it maybe mask the positive signal in positive transfected cells (which express the myc-fusion protein).Yours Tao
Posted 12 December 2011 - 08:44 PM
hope you were able to troubleshoot the problem. I am having a similar problem in the sense that when I perform WB, my empty vector and my vector with the target gene all show a similar single band. Any suggestions are welcome. did you change your myc antibody?


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Seriously, this looks like something that will go down as one of the greatest military mistakes of the space age. It's like they handpicked the worst possible time to launch this attack. And I don't understand how they let this happen. Did they underestimate the strength of DD forces in the system? Aretha listens to Simmons, so how could he allow this to happen? I can only think they must have thought they could win and cut French out of the equation and grab all the glory for themselves? They knew exactly what was what, they knew French couldn't just exit the belts, they knew his plan in full detail. I can't see any excuse they have for this.
[...]We are still here, helping Arc Victoria out, because it is our duty as loyal Britons. But as long as we are here, we will conduct ourselves as we see fit and seek battle as we see fit. If Arc Victoria wishes to have Terconia and her riches, then let her, I say. Pegasus will be satisfied with victory and glory on the battlefield. Under our own banner.[...]
Did it take over 20mins to kill just 6 Dukes? Or were there more capships there? I hope the CRF have good ejector pod technology in their fighters. I suppose we'll be finding out how the capital ship battle goes next time. Maybe the CRF will fare better there if that's where their resources have been sunk into. I guess they'll also be able to deploy their bombers too unmolested by fighters. It sounds like the DD threw every fighter and bomber into the centre battle.
Could French have everyone jump out of the belts to an area of open space and then jump again to the battle? Or is that what he'll be doing anyway?
I'm really interested to see what effect, if he survives this, what happened to Fletcher's force will have on Simmons. They were his pride and joy, moulded by him over presumably many years. Mostly wiped out in about half an hour. They died magnificently, he could not have asked for more of them. But they're nearly all dead and he gave the order that sent them to their deaths. It's the kind of thing which could make a man have a mental breakdown, even if it might have been the correct thing to do.
Excellent work again. You called yourself a wordsmith. I don't think that was pretentious of you.
You keep going on about Yaoi, but uh, that's really not WoD's thing...
I get the impression of bridge crews having the tone of Vaygr Fleet Command from that bit on Yonsakuren command etiquette.
Thanks for that big post of answers Enioch. I had originally intended to sit down and go through it and talk about it here, and I didn't think it would take nearly this long for me to do so, but now that I'm here, I don't have as much to say as I thought I would.
I particularly liked the idea of a lack of understanding of the very nature of French's force, doctrine and limitations being a part of why this happened. Bad mistake by Pegasus, but even so makes them seem much less stupid for doing what they did. Does French have the same issue with Pegasus, or does he understand how Pegasus works?
Did you say Dyatlov arrived piecemeal? I thought he arrived as a fleet.
The CRF don't even have a dedicated bomber? Is that down to lack of funds or was the thinking they'd have the better fleet craft and destroy the enemy fleet craft ship to ship so they wouldn't need bombers?
Well, French isn't alone, I don't understand it either. They're not after the spoils of war. What good is glory by itself?
So what happens if the other force doesn't do what Pegasus wants them to do? Which is happening right now. Doesn't that make it all too easy to defeat them if their force isn't playing to the strengths of the CRF? Mobility is useless against a jump inhibitor.
That you've thought this through so well is increasing my anticipation and excitement for what's to come...
If Pegasus survive, and in good enough condition to continue the conflict in some way, I wonder if they even can. If the goal is glory, it seems impossible for them to achieve now. Dyatlov has practically put Aretha down on her knees, begging her rival to save her and her people, which if all goes well, he will be the one coming in to take all the glory and be much better equipped to take more glory in the future. Would they even stick around relegated to a supporting role?
I hope you can express this CRF view of Dyatlov appearing to be insane in the story.
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