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Lithium ion batteries and supercapacitors are both vital to the development of electric vehicles, but they often use liquid electrolytes that are flammable and can lead to explosions. Lithium ion battery and supercapacitor fires are not a daily occurrence, but they create a flood of news stories and spread concerns about the safety of electric cars when they do happen. In actuality, they are far less common than gasoline fires, which happen at the rate of 17 per hour in the United States according to Business Insider.
The potential for fire means they must have some sort of thermal management system, which adds weight and cost. Creating a solid-state battery or supercapacitor that eliminates the potential of fires and the need for cooling systems is the Holy Grail of battery researchers around the world.
Scientists at Drexel University in Philadelphia think they may have found a way to do precisely that, at least when it comes to supercapacitors. Their device looks something like a furry sponge infused with gelatin. A paper describing the breakthrough was recently published by professor Vibha Kalra, PhD and her team of researchers in the journal Applied Materials and Interfaces. It is entitled "Highly Durable, Self-Standing Solid-State Supercapacitor Based on an Ionic Liquid-Rich Ionogel and Porous Carbon Nanofiber Electrodes."
"To allow industrially relevant electrode thickness and loading, we have developed a cloth-like electrode composed of nanofibers that provides a well-defined three-dimensional open pore structure for easy infusion of the solid electrolyte precursor," Kalra says. "The open-pore electrode is also free of binding agents that act as insulators and diminish performance. We have completely eliminated the component that can catch fire in these devices and in doing so, we have also created an electrode that could enable energy storage devices to become lighter and better."
The key is a fiber-like electrode framework that the team created using a process called electrospinning. The process deposits a carbon precursor polymer solution in the form of a fibrous mat by extruding it through a rotating electric field — a process that, at the microscopic level, looks something like making cotton candy, according to Science Daily.
The ionogel is then absorbed in the carbon fiber mat to create a complete electrode-electrolyte network. Its excellent performance characteristics are also tied to this unique way of combining electrode and electrolyte solutions and allows them to make contact over a larger surface area. Science Daily makes the analogy to breakfast cereal. Corn flakes absorb milk more slowly than does shredded wheat because the latter has more surface area exposed to the milk.
Not only is the supercapacitor electrode free of flammable liquid, the compact design is also more durable, and its energy storage capacity and charge-discharge lifespan are better than similar devices in use today. It is also able to operate at temperatures as high as 300 degrees Celsius, which means it would make mobile devices much more durable and less likely to become a fire hazard due to abuse.
The new electrode material eliminates the need for most of the scaffolding materials needed for a conventional electrode. "State of the art electrodes are composed of fine powders that need to be blended with binding agents and made into a slurry, which is then applied into the device," says professor Kalra. "These binders add dead weight to the device, as they are not conductive materials, and they actually hinder its performance. Our electrodes are freestanding, thus eliminating the need for binders, whose processing can account for as much as 20% of the cost of manufacturing an electrode."
Moving forward, Kalra and her team will attempt to apply the lessons learned for improved supercapitor electrodes to battery technology. Then comes the hard work of transitioning the breakthrough out of the lab and into commercial applications. That process can take years and often fails. But the prospect of lighter, more powerful solid state batteries is exciting to think about.
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While traveling, its fun to enjoy a new setting especially when your hotel gym is limited with equipment. Enjoying an early morning city run is one of the best ways to keep active and maintain fitness on the go.
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Jenny from Travel Adventure Discover recently nominated me for a fun Q&A about my travels. Thank you Jenny for nominating me, I had great fun answering these questions! 🙂 Check out her blog and follow her adventures in Europe and elsewhere.
A: Age you went on your first international trip
I was 13 and a half when I went to Japan through my school on a home stay program for 10 days. Each and everything about Japan completely blew me away. In fact that'd be a huge understatement. I was only 13 and I came from a poor country like Nepal and went to a highly advanced and modern country like Japan, it was enthralling, exciting and dream-like. I talk about some culture shocks I faced in Japan here and about my wanderlust that started very young here.
B: Best (foreign) beer
I was walking on the charming streets of Bruges, Belgium a few years ago with my friend and it was a hot August day. We sat on an open bar and we had chilled Belgian beers that tasted heavenly. There was also a local beer from Bruges area that had herbal ingredients. The other one was good old Leffe. They were both so good! Since then I buy Belgian beers here whenever I come across one in the supermarket.
C: Cuisine (favorite)
Stir-fry noodles! In fact any kind of noodles. Noodles (instant and stir-fry both) are popular snacks in Nepal and I grew up loving them. I can't and will never deny a bowl of hot, spicy noodle soup no matter my appetite.
D: Destinations – favorite, least favorite, and why
This is very subjective – I will say my absolute favorite destination so far has been El Nido that is the entry point to Bacuit archipelago in the Philippines. It was perfect! Wild, tropical, blue crystal-clear waters and dreamy islands. I've fallen in love with many places I have visited (many of them in Europe) but it's hard to top the impressions that unbelievably beautiful El Nido has left on me.
Least favorite – these are not because of the places themselves as I do realize many people loved visiting them. I have a separate blog post about that here if you're interested. In short: Amsterdam, Athens, Morskie Oko but most them because of the weather, or circumstances.
E: Experience abroad that made you say "wow"
Scuba diving in the Philippines, hands down! 😀 .Read about that here.
That experience left me completely mesmerized and blown away to the point that I couldn't believe what happened that day! In fact I am doing an open water dive course here in Lodz and will get certified in a few weeks! 😉
F: Favourite mode of transportation
Car. It's comfortable, you can sleep on it and since I am a new driver, I love driving. The only thing to not like about traveling by car are traffic jams. 😛
Of course renting a car and driving around is not easy at all places, so I use other means such as scooters or just local public transportation.
G: Greatest feeling while travelling
Last year during our epic motorbike trip across south eastern Europe, we were riding down the mountains in Montenegro having arrived into the country from Bosnia & Herzegovina. It was quite surreal as there seemed to be almost no human settlements on the mountains. Just a restaurant or a gas station occasionally, but no towns or houses. It was just dark mountains (aka "Monte negro") all around you. As we were riding downhill, when we must have been about 1 hour away from Kotor, we came across this spectacular view of the Adriatic sea fully surrounded by flickering city lights. It was a magnificent sight and it was a view of the entire country!
H: Hottest place you've travelled to
Doha in Qatar, recently in June. I had one-day layover in Doha so I took the time to see the city. or so I thought. I had never experienced that kind of suffocating heat. Within minutes of being outside without AC, I felt extremely dehydrated and nauseated. A kind Nepali family that my aunt knew showed me around the city in their car, standing outside for even 10 minutes was just impossible. The temperature was close to 40 degrees.
I: Incredible photo you've taken and where
I think it's a photo I took of a huge salt lake in Iran from the plane window. I love looking outside often whenever I am on the window seat and I was stunned as we started flying above this massive, incredible pink body of water. I checked the in-flight map and it showed that we were still in Iranian airspace. It looked unreal, and as soon as I landed in Warsaw, I googled to find out that the lake is called Urmia, and its pinkish color is due to excessive algae and bacteria on the water.
J: Journey that took the longest
Budapest to Mostar (Bosnia & Herzegovina) on motorbike last year during our road trip. It took close to 11.5 hours! and sitting on the back of the motorcycle for that long, you can imagine how stiff I was. We only had stops for petrol, one snack stop and short bathroom breaks. As soon as we entered Bosnia & Herzegovina, I put all my mind into enjoying the exotic beauty of the country. As we descended down the majestic mountains to reach Mostar, the scenery just got more and more interesting. Bosnia & Herzegovina is a scenic country and quite different from most EU countries. After we reached the apartment however, my body just wanted to crash into a long sleep but of course we went out for dinner and a little bit of sightseeing! 😀
K: Keepsake from your travels
I usually don't buy anything big on my travels, just a few local items here and there if I like them. I've bought some colorful shorts from Sri Lanka, earrings in Mostar, cotton bag in Slovenia etc. But what I always buy without a miss are fridge magnets, I actually have a collection of fridge magnets. I don't have them from everywhere because I started collecting them only two years ago, my fridge looks like this at the moment:
L: Let-down sight, why and where
I think it was the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. I hadn't imagined the statue to be literally so little! It's nothing special; just a small mermaid statue at a seashore, yet there are hundreds of tourists flocking to see the statue every day. I loved the lovely seaside area however and it was very lively when I went. I think it was a let-down sight due to my own expectations.
M: Moment that you fell in love with travel
Probably my first snorkeling experience in Malta, I was so amazed to see the underwater world that I knew I wouldn't just stop there. Traveling to the (clear, blue) sea is very important to me and I usually take 2-3 trips a year to the crystal clear sea where I can enjoy snorkeling, swimming etc.
N: Nicest hotel you've stayed in
It wasn't a hotel actually. It was just an "adventurous" campsite near Port Barton in the Philippines. I wrote all about that here. It was a perfect stay right at the gorgeous, dream-like beach shared with just a dozen of other people who had their own tents. The stay included a comfy tent with a hard bed where you could actually stand inside, a nice patio with bamboo hammock and view of the incredibly spectacular sea and the beach at your doorstep. It was a perfect unplug from the daily life and I completely fell in love with the sea for the thousandth time!
O: Obsession – what are you obsessed with taking pictures of while travelling?
Landscapes! or cityscapes, depending on where I am. I love them. If there's a viewpoint that offers panoramic views of down below, I am not going to miss it.
P: Passport stamps – how many and where from?
Most of my travels have been within the Schengen zone in Europe. There are no border checks here so I have traveled around on the basis of my Polish(current) and Finnish (past) visas. I do have exit stamps from Lithuania, Netherlands, Germany etc. Besides that, Cyprus, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, India, Montenegro, Turkey, China, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Georgia, Qatar.
Q: Quirkiest attraction you've visited and where
I don't think I have any. Unusual might be Ripley's Believe it or Not museum that I visited in Copenhagen. I loved it!
R: Recommended sight, event or experience
I'd say my top recommended experience is island hopping in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines should you ever find yourself there. Without the island hopping tours, you will miss out on a lot as El Nido is just a small, noisy town. Island hopping tours will take you to the most beautiful tropical islands that you can think of 😉
S: Splurge – something you have no problem forking out for while travelling
Water activities e.g island hopping, scuba diving, water sports etc. I have no problems forking out money on such experiences.
T: Touristy thing you've done.
Climbing the Eiffel Tower with a camera in hand! It was December when we visited so there weren't that many people. But I think that is the most touristy thing that I've ever done. It was worth it however. 🙂 Some things are very touristy due to good reasons.
U: Unforgettable travel memory
Oh there are lots! Recently I did scuba diving with my younger sister while in Malaysia and I think it's the most unforgettable travel memory for both of us. She did very well and enjoyed it immensely! It was so special diving with my sister (who I don't get to see very often) and enjoying the underwater world. It was her first time, so that makes it even more memorable.
V: Visas – how many and where for?
Same as passport stamps. Student visa for Finland, working visa for Poland, visit visa for other countries like Turkey, China, Philippines, Japan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Georgia, Qatar.
W: Wine – best glass of wine while travelling and where
I am not big on wines. In fact I don't remember drinking wine all that often when traveling. I am more keen on beers. We had a very good, cheap bottle of wine at a beautiful beach in Malta, that must have been my best while traveling. Also, some Georgian red wine with friends while playing cards – Georgian wine is great and underrated.
X: Xcellent view
Balos lagoon in Crete, Greece! One of the best I've seen. So wild, so beautiful, so fascinating.
Y: Years spent travelling
I'd say 6 in total, but more seriously the last 3. I've never done long-term travel though. Since I was a student before and now have a full-time job, I travel for short duration to different places.
Z: Zealous sports fans and where?
I am not big on watching sports. An experience that stands out is probably Poland-Portugal football match during Euro Cup 2016 last year at a pub here. The excitement was real! I was used to seeing Nepali fans cheering for other teams since we don't have good national teams on any sport, but to see Polish fans cheering for their own countrymen was memorable. Poland actually did very well and reached until quarter-finals in a long, long time.
My nominees are:
The Traveling Diary of a Dippy-Dotty Girl
A couple from India who live in Northampton. I have recently discovered her blog and have enjoyed reading about her adventures (and excellent writing) around Europe and other places.
Solo adventurer from the UK. She has been backpacking in Asia for several months now and is heading to my home country, Nepal soon! Excited to read about her adventures and her answers to these interesting questions.
Blogger from Ireland, who just like me works full-time but travels around Europe whenever she can. I've enjoyed reading her blog posts about Ireland and other places around Europe.
A Canadian couple with a very international background who travel around the world. We have a shared love for beaches! I love reading about their adventures, more recently with their toddler, around the world.


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Finalists learn fate in Women's Under-19 draw
Wednesday 20 May 2015
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Debutant hosts Israel take on France, Sweden and Denmark while England and Norway meet again in Group B after the final tournament draw was made in Haifa.
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After knocking out last season's winners in qualifying, Denmark have been drawn against hosts Israel, Sweden and three-time winners France in the draw for this summer's UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Israel.
Final tournament draw
Group A: Israel, Sweden, France, Denmark
Group B: England, Germany, Spain, Norway
The hosts become the 26th team to grace these finals, but will not find things easy in Group A with former champions France and Sweden in the same section. They will also be up against a Danish side who accounted for holders the Netherlands in qualifying.
In Group B the tournament's most succesful side – four-time winners Germany – will meet England, Norway and last year's beaten finalists Spain. It means England will once again meet Norway, their opponents in a remarkable elite round draw that finished five days after it started and resulted in both teams advancing.
The open draw (no seeded teams) took place during half-time in the Israeli Cup final between Hapoel Beer Sheva FC and Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC at Haifa's Itztadion Sammy Ofer.
Finals format
The four teams in each group face each other in a round-robin format between 15 and 21 July, with the top two from each advancing to the semi-finals on 24 July. The final takes place three days later at Netanya Stadium, one of four venues along with Ramla Municipal Stadium, Rishon LeZion Haberfeld and Lod Municipal Stadium.


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Ill Nino - "Dead New World" (CD)
"Dead New World" track listing:
1. God Is for the Dead
2. The Art of War
3. Against the Wall
4. Mi Revolución
5. Bleed Like You
6. Serve the Grave
7. If You Were Me
8. Ritual
9. Killing You, Killing Me
10. How Could I Believe
11. Bullet With Butterfly Wings (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
12. Scarred
Reviewed by CorrosiveMind on December 17, 2010
Ill Nino is back and they're wearing their big-boy shoes with the release of "Dead New World." For a band that has already had great success, you'd expect something on the mellow or experimental side. However, from the very first track, "God Is For The Dead," you can tell they have something to prove. That something is that they're still relevant since their last effort "Enigma" was released in 2008. For those who aren't too familiar with Ill Nino, picture Latin music on methamphetamine. Metal and Latin music are infused perfectly on every album this band puts out.
There are a couple of tunes on "Dead New World" that I'd say rank as the heaviest the band has ever written. For instance, "God is For The Dead" starts with a blistering growl and down-tuned riffs. The second track from the album entitled "The Art of War" is a song that combines the best elements that make this band unique. It's heavy, has some killer riffs and the vocals put forth by Cristian Machado are just right. "Mi Revolucion" has melodic elements and pretty decent guitar playing, but it is also easily their heaviest track to date.
The rest of the album is really solid as well. Track's like "Bleed Like You," "If You Were Me," and "Ritual" could all have been on any of their previous albums. However, the majority of the tracks are heavier than this band has ever been. "Serve The Grave" is a catchy tune with some killer guitar work. The track even includes a pretty rare, yet awesome, guitar solo in the latter half of the song. "How Could I Believe" is the last track on the regular edition album and is the right fit for the end of an album. It's powerful, heavy and leaves you wanting more.
Thankfully, for those lucky enough to find it, there's a special edition version of this album. It includes two bonus tracks. One is a cover of the Smashing Pumpkin's hit "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" and the other is a track entitled "Scarred." The band has done covers before, including "Five Minutes Alone" by Pantera, and did a great job making it their own. This cover is no different. It keeps the integrity of the original intact, while simultaneously making it heavier and faster. They've also infused their Latin influences into the song as well. As for "Scarred," it could be substituted with any other track on the album and would fit just as well. It's one of the heavier tracks on the album and features a nice, mellow flamenco guitar-driven interlude toward the end.
Overall, this is Ill Nino's best album to date. It's heavier than anything they've ever recorded before. From beginning to end, your ears are subjected to seriously sludgy riffs, heavy breakdowns and powerful vocals. Most bands get softer with age or simply stick to the same formula in hopes that it'll sell a few more albums. The writing style stands apart from other efforts and is far more intricate than any previous efforts. The band has ventured from their normal path with this album and that's a good thing.
Highs: Very heavy, inspired lyrics and good songwriting.
Lows: Vocals seem over-edited at times. Not as many mellow/slow songs as previous efforts.
Bottom line: The best album Ill Nino has ever put out, which is also their heaviest.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
(freighter, hotel keeper)
BIOGRAPHYHenry Cornelius (Jr.) was born August 19, 1879 in Silver Reef.
Emma Bradshaw was born October 1, 1889 in Woodruff, Navajo County, Arizona.
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30 May 1918 we had another sweet baby come into our family and we named him Edward Harry Cornelius. Jennie Flanigan was working for me & dear Aunt Sarah Spendlove was still my nurse & always ready at every call. It was about this time that we had a little oil boom at Virgin and we was really loaded with work. Our house we turned it into a Hotel as near as we could. Had a lot of work done on it. Full of boarders & Henry was busy hauling the oilrigs & refinery and all machinery in from Lund so that was as close as the R. R came, and it had to be hauled in by Team and Wagon. I had two girls working for me at the time.Henry died September 7, 1951 in Hurricane and was buried September 10, 1951 in the Virgin City Cemetery.
Emma died September 30, 1971 in San Pedro, California, and was buried October 4, 1971 in the Virgin City Cemetery.
REFERENCESThe history of Henry Cornelius & Emma Bradshaw who's ancestors came from England, and their descendants who
settled in Virgin and other Utah locations, as well as in Arizona and Mexico
Washington County Library, St. George Branch Special Collections, Call Number (FH) M270 Cornelius
FamilySearch.org entry for Henry Cornelius Jr.
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The rejuvenated Jaguar brand is on the hunt for new buyers in the booming SUV sector and its compact E-Pace is squarely aimed at the compact segment within these mushrooming models, writes Robin Roberts. To meet as many wishes as possible, the E-Pace series is available in standard or R-Dynamic styles, each trimmed to S, SE or HSE specifications and the choice of three diesel and two … [Read more...]
Sunday drive: Jaguar E-Pace 180hp Diesel R-Dynamic S
Now you might logically think that the E-Pace is the new all-electric model in the Jaguar Pace family of SUVs, but it isn't – that's the just released I-Pace. Confusingly, there is also the F Pace launched in 2016 sitting between the E-Pace and I-Pace. Could E then stand for Elegant? In my eyes definitely not. It's a compact five door five seater sports SUV which carries the … [Read more...]
Jaguar raises the Pace in race for sales
The new E-Pace is the "cub" in the Jaguar pack designed and engineered for younger buyers and first timers to the brand. The emphasis of engineers and designers was style, comfort and a high degree of WiFi compatibility and connectivity, delivered with Jaguar's sporting flair and the assured ability of 4WD from its seven decades of Land Rover experience for the majority of … [Read more...]


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[New Release] petFood releases two original tracks by LA based Nikko Gibler on his "Space Limo" EP. A professional piano player hailing from Monterrey (Mexico), Nikko Gibler's name is very much on the rise. His recent productions on Culprit and Leftroom have been very well received and this EP will be no different.
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22. März 2017 ab 19:30 bis 23:00kostenlos
Am Mittwoch, den 22.03. haben wir den großartigen dänischen Singer-/Songwriter Echo Me zu Gast:
Jesper Braae Madsen is the danish musician behind Echo Me.
He grew up on the countryside surrounded by fields and forests and music became a haven for him. He wrote his first songs at the age of 10 using lyrics from his parents record collection including Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Creedence Clearwater Revival etc.
In 2011 the debut album "Echo Me" was created in collaboration with producer Noah Rosanes and with the involvement of numerous other musicians counting Søs Fenger and members from bands like Folkeklubben, Cody, Kites & Komets, Penny Police, Boho Dancer.
The single "Left from the fire" was aired on national radio, and the collaboration with Rosanes let to a triple EP project with Nelson Can and The Freudian Slip, which got quite a lot of media coverage.
Echo Me then gave up his apartment, packed his new album and equipment on a trolley and spent a year touring Germany, Netherlands, England, Belgium, France, Spain, Czech Republich and USA. Amongst a great deal of experiences his travels got him a recorddeal, a Balcony TV session on a rooftop in NewYork and a mugging in Barcelona.
After playing more than 100 concerts Echo Me settled down in Berlin and wrote the songs for his next album "Towards the Sunset". This record is about journeying out and leaving the loved one behind to chase a dream and an uncertain future. It's about having the courage to follow a dream and having faith that it will make sense.
The latest album was recorded in Esbjerg, Denmark, with producer Sebastian Wolff from the danish band "Kellermensch", and was released by the german label Popup-Records.
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To ensure crispy golden chicken, Grace Parisi soaks her chicken in buttermilk, then dredges it in a spiced-up flour mixture before frying.
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Buttermilk Soak
- 3 c. buttermilk
- 2 tbsp. kosher salt
- 1 tbsp. Freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 4 lb. medium chicken wings
Flour Dredge
- 2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- vegetable oil
- Step 1Make the buttermilk soak: In a large bowl, combine the buttermilk with the salt, black pepper, and cayenne. Add the chicken and stir to coat. Let stand at room temperature for 2 hours or refrigerate for 4 hours.
- Step 2Make the flour dredge: In a large, resealable plastic bag, mix the flour with the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, black pepper, and cayenne and shake to combine.
- Step 3Set a rack on a baking sheet. Working with one piece at a time, remove the chicken from the buttermilk soak, letting the excess drip back into the bowl. Dredge the chicken in the flour mixture, pressing so it adheres all over. Transfer the coated chicken to the rack and let stand for 30 minutes.
- Step 4In a deep skillet, heat 1 inch of oil to 350 degrees F. Set another rack over a baking sheet; line with paper towels. Fry the chicken in batches at 315 degrees F, turning once, until golden and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thickest part of each piece registers 160 degrees F, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer the chicken to the paper-lined rack and let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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In this lesson, a friend is discussing their most recent health report where it turns out he has elevated blood pressure. With a history of high blood pressure in the family, and knowing the health consequences of continued high blood pressure, they are understandably a little concerned. They discuss the various ways in which it could have happened, as well as possible ways to lower blood pressure.
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Matthew Cross outlines three ways to defeat killer asteroids to save Earth; Pound it, Push it, or Pull it.
In the novel ASTEROIDS – Bridge to Nowhere the characters attempt to use one of these methods to stop an Earth ending asteroid.
Read ASTEEROIDS to see how that works out for them!
If astronomers found a large asteroid headed towards Earth, could we defeat it before it smacked into our atmosphere, raining down fire and destruction?
Astronomers, physicists and engineers have been watching for "planet-killing" asteroids and other space bodies and making plans for decades. I just finished reading the Space column in my November/December issue of Popular Mechanics by Jennifer Leman, titled "Could a Cosmic Lasso Divert Extinction-Level Asteroids?"
It's a good read and I recommend you check it out. In the meantime, I was thinking of the 3 basic ways to defeat an asteroid, which can be found in discussions with scientists and also in Sci Fi film and literature: pound it, push it, or pull it.
1) Pound it
That's right, pound the asteroid with missiles, nukes, bombs, whatever! Throw everything we have at it. Blow it up! So simple and easy, a 5-year-old could figure it out.
That is possible, but a "blown up" giant asteroid can be as dangerous, sometimes more dangerous, than an intact one. Consider a Mack truck rushing towards you at 100 miles per hour. If it hits you, you're a pancake. But if I disassemble that Mack truck into its thousands of metal and plastic pieces, put them on a cart, and shove them at you at 100 miles per hour, the pieces are just as dangerous as the fully assembled Mack truck.
The point is that "blowing up" an asteroid does not change the overall mass of ice and rock. Unless the explosion threw most of that mass off its course with Earth, it would still be a devastating blow for life on Earth whether the asteroid was one solid piece, hundreds of one-ton pieces, or even a massive cloud of dust. In fact, sometimes pieces are worse.
Here's what Jennifer Leman says on this topic in her Popular Mechanics piece:
"It's risky to Hulk-smash an Earth-bound, extinction-level asteroid, though. 'In general, when we move an asteroid, we want to keep it in one piece,' says planetary astronomer . . . Andrew Rivkin, Ph.D., of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The rock could break apart and create a wave of several smaller 'city-killing' asteroids instead.' (This risk also applies to an Armageddon-style nuclear solution, we're told–there are no plans to test a space nuke at this time.)"
Dust is also a problem.
According to killerasteroids.org, "to lead to a global catastrophe, an asteroid or comet only has to be big enough to launch large amounts of dust into the atmosphere. That leads to the abrupt change in climate that wipes out species."
If an intact asteroid enters the atmosphere as one giant mass, hits the ground, and releases a giant cloud of dust, it's bad.…


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VEA's lobby effort was successful on four of five key issues in yesterday's Reconvened (AKA Veto Session).
Our only loss was on the Virtual School issue. The manner in which virtual schools are being funded in Virginia makes no sense, but sense did not prevail on this issue. Governor McDonnell offered a budget amendment striking the language we had worked to gain from the budget bill. The Governor's amendment prevailed in the House on a 94-6 vote and in the Senate on a 23-17 vote. Big money corporate lobbying prevailed, and the states will continue to spend far more on virtual school education than is warranted.
Governor McDonnell's amendment to allow your local school board to require that you pay the 5% VRS employee contribution was defeated in the House 38 to 60 (NAY was a "right" vote). The vote was as follows:
YEAS--Abbitt, Albo, Anderson, Athey, Barlow, Bell, Richard P., Brink, Carrico, Cleaveland, Cole, Comstock, Cox, M.K., Englin, Greason, Hugo, Ingram, Jones, Lingamfelter, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., Massie, May, Miller, J.H., Morgan, O'Bannon, Poindexter, Purkey, Putney, Robinson, Scott, E.T., Scott, J.M., Stolle, Tata, Villanueva, Ware, R.L., Wilt, Wright, Mr. Speaker--38.
NAYS--Abbott, Alexander, Armstrong, BaCote, Bell, Robert B., Bulova, Byron, Carr, Cline, Cosgrove, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Dance, Ebbin, Edmunds, Filler-Corn, Garrett, Gilbert, Habeeb, Herring, Hope, Howell, A.T., Iaquinto, James, Janis, Joannou, Johnson, Keam, Kilgore, Knight, Kory, Landes, LeMunyon, Loupassi, McClellan, McQuinn, Merricks, Miller, P.J., Morefield, Morrissey, Nutter, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Phillips, Plum, Pogge, Pollard, Rust, Sherwood, Shuler, Sickles, Spruill, Surovell, Torian, Toscano, Tyler, Ward, Ware, O., Watts--60.
NOT VOTING--Helsel, Lewis--2.
Governor McDonnell's amendment to create a defined contribution (401K) option passed the House and was killed in the Senate. Here are the votes (NAY is a "right" vote):
House Vote
YEAS--Abbitt, Albo, Anderson, Athey, Barlow, Bell, Richard P., Byron, Cleaveland, Cline, Cole, Comstock, Cosgrove, Cox, J.A., Dance, Edmunds, Garrett, Gilbert, Greason, Habeeb, Helsel, Howell, A.T., Iaquinto, Ingram, Janis, Joannou, Kilgore, Knight, Landes, LeMunyon, Lewis, Lingamfelter, Loupassi, Marshall, D.W., Marshall, R.G., Massie, May, Merricks, Morefield, Morgan, O'Bannon, Oder, Orrock, Peace, Pogge, Poindexter, Purkey, Putney, Robinson, Rust, Scott, E.T., Sherwood, Stolle, Tata, Villanueva, Ware, R.L., Wilt, Wright, Mr. Speaker--58.
NAYS--Abbott, Alexander, Armstrong, BaCote, Brink, Bulova, Carr, Carrico, Crockett-Stark, Ebbin, Englin, Filler-Corn, Herring, Hope, Hugo, James, Johnson, Keam, Kory, McClellan, McQuinn, Miller, J.H., Miller, P.J., Morrissey, Nutter, Phillips, Plum, Pollard, Scott, J.M., Shuler, Sickles, Spruill, Surovell, Torian, Toscano, Tyler, Ward, Ware, O., Watts--39.
NOT VOTING--Bell, Robert B., Cox, M.K., Jones--3.
Senate Vote
YEAS--Blevins, Martin, McDougle, McWaters, Newman, Obenshain, Ruff, Smith, Stanley, Stosch, Stuart, Vogel, Wagner, Watkins--14.
NAYS--Barker, Colgan, Deeds, Edwards, Hanger, Herring, Houck, Howell, Locke, Lucas, Marsden, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, J.C., Miller, Y.B., Norment, Northam, Petersen, Puckett, Puller, Quayle, Reynolds, Saslaw, Ticer, Wampler, Whipple--26.
In another attempt to weaken VRS by creating a defined contribution option, the Governor substituted a DC bill for Delegate Tata's HB1795. His substitute for HB1795 passed in the House and was killed in the Senate. I will not provide the votes, as they are virtually identical to the votes above.
Finally, the Governor was with us on the veto of SB966 – the "PE Bill." The Senate sustained the Governor's veto, killing the bill, on a 16-24 vote (NAY was a vote to kill the bill).
YEAS--Barker, Colgan, Deeds, Edwards, Herring, Locke, Marsh, McEachin, Miller, J.C., Miller, Y.B., Northam, Petersen, Puckett, Puller, Saslaw, Whipple--16.
NAYS--Blevins, Hanger, Houck, Howell, Lucas, Marsden, Martin, McDougle, McWaters, Newman, Norment, Obenshain, Quayle, Reynolds, Ruff, Smith, Stanley, Stosch, Stuart, Ticer, Vogel, Wagner, Wampler, Watkins--24.
We won on 4 of the 5 key votes because of the great job you do of communicating with your legislators. Thank you!!!!!!


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The mission of the company is to provide the best, high quality and performance yarns, using the combination of continuous research and the development of product, with a low environmental impact, and by carefully controlled use of recycled and eco-sustainable raw materials.
In line with the tradition developed in our textile heritage , the Company continuously innovates, thanks to targeted investments, (1) In order to innovate and keep updated the machines , (2) To improve – at the same time – the production and flexibility of its capacity and (3) To use modern technical apparatus, and trained personnel, to control and test, that the high quality is continuous and maintained, and to ensure the excellence of the final product.
Special care is devoted to the customer's needs, thanks to the exclusive services offered by the company, its management, and all the staff, such as product's traceability, quality controls, the study and development of new special yarns, faithful reproduction of customer's color, custom made packaging of the yarns, and a call off service on ordered material kept in stock.


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(Pocket-lint) - Flickr has reinvented itself. Gone are the days of thumbnails and white backgrounds, replaced instead with full bleed, full-resolution photos and a whopping 1 terabyte of free storage.
It is the most drastic redesign the photo sharing site has ever seen and it has been long overdue since Yahoo bought the website in 2006. So what's new?
Flickr previously existed in two forms: Flickr Pro and the non-paying conventional Flickr. Those who stumped up the £15 a year for Flickr Pro benefited from unlimited photo uploads and the ability to view in-depth statistics for their Photostream.
This has now all changed. Everyone who signs up for Flickr will be given 1 terabyte of free storage as well as the ability to upload video up to 1GB in size.
Flickr Pro users will continue to have an unlimited photo storage cap however, so if you plan on storing more than the roughly 537,730 photos which equates to a terabyte, then you're in luck.
Photostream and profile pages
This is where the biggest change lies in the new-look Flickr. Previously visiting someone's profile would grant you a long scrolling list of their images, all in low-resolution thumbnail form.
Now when you visit someone's Photostream, images are grouped together in a long list of thumbnails, all of which are shown in high resolution. They look fantastic on a Retina MacBook Pro.
The Photostream has become more like a Facebook profile page, so there is an image banner at the top with a picture of the photographer to the left. The number of images is listed as well as in sets and you can quickly skip to other parts of a Flickr user's profile from the toolbar at the top.
One of our favourite new tweaks is the ability to jump rapidly into a slideshow from a person's Photostream. Situated on the top right of the page, next to the share icon, is a slideshow button.
Hit this and the images and website will immediately open up in full screen and begin flowing through with various transition effects. It is a great way to quickly show off your own images or enjoy viewing your contacts'. Pictures also tend to load very quickly despite being of such a high resolution.
Home page
The new-look Flickr home page is designed to show you all the information and imagery from both you and your Flickr contacts. Any likes, comments or newly uploaded images will all appear here and can be rapidly scrolled through.
On the right things like groups are displayed and at the bottom of the page there are even some friend suggestions in the form of "people you may know". Clearly Flickr is working hard to make itself more social and the new home page makes this very apparent.
Viewing photos
Obviously at its core Flickr is all about viewing images. Previously clicking a picture would open it up in a slightly higher resolution, with comments and information listed below and the picture set on a white background.
Now when you click on an image they immediately open up in high resolution set against a black background. It looks much better and helps to show off images properly. The high resolution side of things is slightly worrying however as it does make it easier for people to store and use your pictures without permission.
At the bottom of images is a quick selection of links such as favourite, comment or share as well as the ability to add pictures to groups and send them full size. But none of the icons distracts you from the photo viewing, which is very important.
It isn't until you scroll down that this changes. Below images is where all information is now stored. A profile picture, comments and all the EXIF data from a photo can be found directly below it. This we like, as no distracting text is there initially to divert you from the photograph itself.
Contacts, Communities and Explore
The groups and sharing side of things is managed very much the same way as before, it just looks different. Pictures can still be sent to groups for approval and you can still add and manage friends in the same way.
The difference is in how the pages themselves appear. The group pool of images now follows a similar style to profile pages in that it has lots of smaller thumbnails for you to scroll through and select.
We don't like that Flickr has kept the same white background, text-heavy look of the group pages because it breaks the overall design of the new website. It takes multiple clicks to get through to a group photo pool and when you're there, the left-hand side of the webpage is still jammed full of distracting text.
As for the Explore page, one of the most popular parts of Flickr, this now consists of larger thumbnails which you can scroll through, rather than the previous clunky slideshow of the Flickr.
Clicking the contacts tab at the top of the page will open up the same look as the Explore tab, the difference being that the images here are all from your contacts.
For some, Flickr is little more than a means to create a web-based back-up of all their images. Thanks to the 1 terabyte of free space we imagine plenty more will be joining this club.
Previously uploads could be done directly from Lightroom or through the Flickr website via its rather unstable Java powered uploader. Now all you need to do is hit the Upload tab and then drag and drop photos or video straight on to the website. Very simple indeed.
Alternatively you can select an image via your computer's file browser, tag it and then send it straight to your Photostream. Of all the new elements on Flickr, the Uploads side of things really stands out.


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Hypermiling is all about getting increased mileage for each gallon of gasoline that you put into your vehicle. The extra miles that you manage to extract from your fuel by strategic driving of your car are the so-called 'hypermiles'. So, what are the steps you need to follow to become a hypermiler?
It turns out that gaining hypermiles is simple if you follow some basic techniques.
1. Know the exact mileage of your car. Your trip odometer can be employed to read the 'miles per gallon of gasoline or MPG' you get from your vehicle and this is a reflection of fuel efficiency. Once you start recording from your trip odometer and start calculating the MPG after each gas refill, you have taken the first step towards becoming a hypermiler.
2. Ensure that your car tires have been inflated to their recommended maximum levels. It has been shown that fully inflated tires will demand less energy to move the vehicle forward compared to under- inflated tires. Equally important is the maintenance of correct wheel balance and alignment as these influence car mileage.
3. Driving the car at its optimum speed is advisable. Each vehicle has its own optimum speed, at which it gives the maximum miles per gallon. Although this optimum speed varied from vehicle to vehicle, it ranges from 45 kilometers per hour to even 80 kilometers per hour. Thus, knowing the optimum speed of your car and trying to drive around that speed will help you become a hypermiler.
4. Judicious application of brakes. Unnecessary braking of your vehicle serves to convert gasoline into heat indirectly, and thus results in wastage of fuel. If you maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front while driving, you will need to brake less frequently. When you see the vehicle in front slowing down, you can 'cruise' along the road, dropping the accelerator and apply brakes only for a very short time and that too less frequently.
5. As far as possible drive the vehicle in its highest gear. This has special meaning to vehicles that permit manual gear transmission. There is solid evidence to show that the maximum efficiency of a vehicle is attained in high gear. Also, constant gear change causes fuel efficiency to drop drastically.
6. Accelerate gradually after stops, drive light-weigh vehicles and use low weight motor or engine oil for your vehicle.


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I feel compelled to post a heartfelt and personal tribute to a well known chef, distant mentor, and advocate for honesty and integrity in the world of food culture. Anthony Bourdain was an inspiration to me, like so many others.
Most certainly it is true that our industry asks a lot of us. We are required to sacrifice one of the most important attributes of life. Time. We sacrifice time with our family, many hours, months, weeks, and years giving much of ourselves to people we don't really know. We, as passion driven cooks, do so with woe-full abandon in the hopes to nurture the commonality of the need to eat. Many of us discover that what we are asked to do is set aside the "normalcy" of a 9-5 "job", consistent days off, birthdays, holidays, weekends, working late nights and not really having vacation time(especially during the much anticipated summer in our beautiful region). We deal with stress, unforeseen circumstances out of our control, staffing woes and fatigue. The industry has been plagued with lower than average wages for a career, making the reality of family stability, home ownership, and general sanity a bit more challenging than it should be. When I signed up for this ride 21 years ago, I was fortunate to have many inspired mentors share their knowledge, time and patience to help me on my path to becoming the cook I thought I wanted to be. My goals have changed many times, as have the places I have lived, as well as the people I worked with and for. The only thing that has never changed is my love of my craft, and the opportunity with these years of experience and mentorship to make people happy through my culinary skills. My hands are my greatest tool, seconded by my desire to do better, learn more, do more. It has been far from easy, and to be honest I have had some very rough learning experiences that shaped me into my current role of father, farmer, entrepreneur, and mentor myself. I needed to go through these tough times, and at the end of it, knowing that the next unforeseen challenge will be a bit easier than the last. I am so incredibly grateful for the successes and failures, but mostly for those people in my life who choose to stand beside me during my pursuit of what success means to me.
With this said, I wouldn't change a thing. My personal and professional evolution has been based upon learning from my mistakes the best I can, knowing that if time could go backwards, I may have chosen to deal with certain situations differently. I have learned most importantly that I need to go to sleep every night knowing that I did the best I could given the circumstances, and I am human-we are most certainly driven just as much by emotion than anything else. I try to do right by my family, my friends employees and clients, and inevitably when "bad days" happen, I consider them important to remind me how fantastic the great days really are(and they are plentiful). I can attest that this is not always easy, but there is so much in my life to appreciate. I try not to burden myself by competing, or comparing what I am striving to do with anyone, anything or anywhere else. I also try not to take for granted the opportunities that were presented to me in both life and career, and make the most of them.
Sadly, things can get overwhelming and overcome the best of us. Perhaps the loss of Anthony Bourdain is a testament that we just don't always see the inside, or recognize the pain that can manifest inside someone who we look up to, respect and admire, simply assuming they have the world in the palm of their hands. Justifiable reasoning is as individual as each and every one of us.
If you are reading this, my hope is that you will join me in recognizing how this iconic chef chose to live his life, rather than how it ended. Perhaps we can also appreciate that he set aside the "edited fluff" for honesty. He chose to share the "grit" of his experience in the kitchen and culinary industry, perhaps to raise awareness to those who may never see it themselves. I haven't battled many of the demons that shaped him, but I still have had my share as I believe we all do-no more significant, yet no less. I appreciate that he shared his story with honesty and integrity, while not feeling shame for the choices he made when he made them.
Strange to reflect on the life and death of an icon whom I have never met, and never will. With this said, his writing and presence helped shape my career and coerced me into looking a bit deeper into what my personal life and culinary career has inevitably become. He broadened the view of food culture worldwide, the people behind the food and the unbelievable diversity in what we all have in common. We need to eat, and perhaps we should be a bit more aware of where we eat, who we choose eat with and where our food is coming from-not to mention those who choose cook it for us. As one of those who built my life, business and career around this sentiment, his contribution is profound. Rest in peace Chef, and thank you for helping bring more recognition to all aspects in the culinary industry. In life and in death, his contributions will continue to inspire me in sharing my love of family and food culture to our guests on my terms. A sad day for many of us true cooks, but maybe we should ask each other "how we are doing" more often, and perhaps listen a little bit closer. My ear is always here to lend should you need it.


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Happy Halloween, everybody! Ever since I've outgrown the tradition of dressing up in a spooky costume and going doorbell-to-doorbell asking for candy, I've instead made a new tradition for myself where I marathon spooky video games; my favorite among them being Japanese horror games such as Zero, better known as Fatal Frame in the west, designed by Koei Tecmo (Tecmo before the merge).
Last year's (belated) Halloween post was about my fondness for survival horror games like Zero, expressing my wish for the newest installment of the series being localized after missing out on two games on a region locked console. To my excitement, it was due for localization this Halloween season! But unfortunately, the western publishers, Nintendo of America and Nintendo of Europe decided it would be a good idea to censor certain costumes in this M-rated game for adults, treating them like children who can't handle such content.
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Here's the background: In the original Japanese version, after beating the game a certain number of times and completing a certain number of conditions, you'll unlock two bikini costumes for two major female characters, the protagonist Kozukata Yuuri and the major supporting character Hinsasaki Miu. After seeing both of Yuuri's endings, you would unlock a sexy bikini outfit for her that you use as her outfit for subsequent playthroughs. For Miu, you unlock her gravure idol bikini costume (in the story, she's a gravure model and an up-and-coming actress) after seeing every ending except for one ending focused on the playable male character Ren Hojo. Jeez, that's a lot of work. But the sexy costumes are rewards for that effort.
Now, Nintendo's western branches decided to remove these costumes in favor of (you guessed it) Nintendo character cameo costumes. Specifically, Zero Suit Samus and Princess Zelda. Along with removing the bikini outfits, there's a flashback cutscene within the game where Miu was wearing her gravure bikini while modeling… in the localization, she's wearing her casual clothes instead. Totally makes sense.
Okay…look. I have no problems with the Samus or Zelda costumes, I think they look rather nice. I love Samus and Zelda. But why remove the bikini outfits as unlockables and in cutscenes? Why couldn't the Nintendo costumes be additions rather than replacement? With Nintendo being Nintendo (Xenoblade Chronicles X censorship, Bravely Default censorship, Zero: Deep Crimson Butterfly's removal of bikini costumes with no replacements, etc.), they clearly removed the bikini costumes because they thought they were inappropriate.
Which is fucking bullshit, because the game is rated M for Mature/PEGI 18, it's for adults. What on Earth is the point of an Adult age rating when showing attractive women in bikinis is blasphemous to display to the audience? Our you trying to protect our innocence now too?
The worse part is, the Nintendrones and the usual apologists seem to be throwing every flimsy argument in order to defend this decision.
Bikinis in a survival horror game is dumb anyway
Okay, but so is dressing up as Princess fucking Zelda.
Welcome to the world of bonus costumes. They don't have to make sense. If the developers wanted players to have the choice to be Mr. Bean on their thousandth playthrough of the game, then it should be the player's choice to do so.
Rated M for Manchild
Just because it's for adults means it shouldn't be censored!
Alright, so why was it censored?
Sexy outfits will corrupt the fragile adult mind?????
Cuff me, officer
The characters are underaged!
Does this look like a child to you? The protagonist of the game is 19-years old. Unless you want to argue that the female has to be at the age where they can give out gumjobs in order to be considered an adult…
I'll concede to the fact that Miu, on the other-hand, is 17. Where this localization is being marketed, 18 is indeed the most common age of consent. While American supermorals can definitely be argued against since it varies from place-to-place, I certainly don't want to get into any of that bullshit. However, it doesn't change the fact that other fictional niche games have gotten away with something like this (Senran Kagura is one, though Nintendo does its darn best to hide this shit – they took Senran Kagura off the best seller list after it automatically got up there for having a shitton of sales) and it also doesn't change the fact that they censored the "legal" character as well.
Plus if it was that bad, they could have easily bumped for Miu's age up one year. Barely a difference and she's a fictional character either way. Problem solved.
People are also forgetting that in Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Mio and Mayu were allowed to keep their bikini costumes in the localized version and they were 15-years old. Then they got an age bump to 17 in the Wii remake, where the Wii's bikini costumes got removed in the European version by Nintendo. Is it me, or do I smell inconsistent morals? So it's okay to showcase a 15-year old girl wearing a bikini in an M-rated game, but a 17-year old girl wearing a bikini isn't? Dokay.
"If it isn't racist, it doesn't matter"
It's a minor change that doesn't affect the gameplay!
On the contrary, it's unlockable post-game content that adds to replay value. That's usually the point of unlocking costumes to begin with, it's a fun, or in this case, sexy visual extra. You can totally argue that the Samus and Zelda costumes make up for it, but why can't we have both? On top of that, one is fanservice with a focus on the attractiveness of the character designs whereas one is cameo fanservice for another series. Completely different slice of experience.
I literally wouldn't care if they added a speedo costume or something for Ren. I would give
z ï½… ï½' ï½ shits. As long as they didn't mess with the content that was already there. The point is that the bikini costumes were originally an option, that they chose to remove most likely for prudish reasons, in an M rated game. Let them step on you now and eventually they're going to use your corpse as a doormat.
I mean, honestly, asserting that censorship is okay as long as it doesn't affect the gameplay is the logic that justifies bullshit like Americanization because Asia is evvvviiiiiil, or rewriting the plot/swapping the characters while keeping the core gameplay intact – because those honestly don't affect the gameplay either, right? These are GAMES, not movies, right?
Bottom Line
Whether it's Nintendo playing nanny to adults or a response to some of kind of "titillation" phobia in-play here, it's clear that ever since Zero switched to only Nintendo systems, the series has gotten such shit localization treatment. Either they don't come over (Zero: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse) or we get prudish changes (Spirit Camera, the European Project Zero 2: Wii Edition, Fatal Frame V: Maiden of the Black Water). The first three games on the PS2 and the original Xbox certainly weren't treated this way (Miku got an updated design on our end, which bled over to the Japanese releases of the first game on the Xbox, so whatever) – we got every single bonus costume that the Japanese players got. Including the bikinis, if they were there to begin with. It has to be correlated to Nintendo becoming the publisher for these games.
I mean, if it's not NoA/NoE's fault, then who's is it? The rating enforcers like the ESRB? Well fuck, if they think bikinis would constitute an AO rating then any dignity we have as adults is fucked. We can totally handle all the blood and gore in a horror game, but we're not mature enough to handle a cute girl in a bikini? Oh lord, the west in a nutshell. It's a terrible prospect either way. Whatever the case, it's not terribly surprising – nowadays there are many people who advocate this kind of backwards manchild bullshit, where even the slightest show of skin is icky and gross. If it's not Nintendo playing nanny to adults, then it has to be some war on perversion or some crap. I guarantee that a discussion about this topic will eventually degenerate into a moral panic on whether or not people who want this video game uncensored are perverts, just because some folks just get off of being an apologist and bashing on those who don't share their immature 5-year old complexes.
That's not the problem. When people buy games aimed at adults, they *should not* expect to be treated like children. Period. When you have a game with an age rating that's as high as it could possibly be, but somehow souls being forced to suffer through an infinite loop of reliving their gruesome deaths is A-OK but an attractive woman in a bikini is not, there is something inherently wrong with the path this generation's adults are taking. I'm not going to propagate that mindset. Snowball effect, anyone? It's already in motion and I don't want any part in it.
I really wanted to play Zero V. I haven't played a new Zero game in forever. But as of now… I don't feel like buying it anymore. Not right now. The worst part is, I can't even buy a used copy of the game because it's digital-only. That's right, I have to pay full price for a censored digital release if I ever want to play the game… and the game doesn't even fit the standard storage space for the Wii U. Not only that, I can't even purchase the Japanese version because the console is region-locked… just like the last two games. Nintendo, look. I love your original IPs. But you guys undeniably suck at times. Don't get me started on how their PR department added internet memes to the Fatal Frame V trailer. Are you serious?
For now, I'm instead playing the old Fatal Frame games for Halloween and having a spooky good time with my sis. I may have played these games already, but they're still good enough to make me momentarily forget how much of a disappointment this is. I'm just going to close it here and head off: I have the feeling that no matter how many points I've laid down on the table, someone's going to use the "get a life nerd" card on me like a overgrown high school jock who can't think of a better retort. 😛


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Ugarit (/ˌuːɡəˈriːt, ˌjuː-/; Ugaritic: , 'Ugart; Arabic: أوغاريت) the original name of what is now known as Ras Shamra, is an ancient Kingdom in the Levant. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, some 11 kilometres north of Latakia in Syria, near modern Burj al-Qasab.
Early work began on thesite in 1929 after the chance discovery of a tomb in the Bay of Minet el-Beida ("White Port"), located about ten kilometers north of the city of Latakia, and regular excavations were carried out on this site (1929-1935) and on the neighboring Ras Shamra from 1929-2009. The investigations soon uncovered the remains of two settlements of the late Bronze Age, the ancient Mahadu, on the site of Minet el-Beida, and the ancient Ugarit, on the site of Ras Shamra, the capital of a Levantine kingdom of the same name in the second millennium BC. From the first excavation campaigns, identification was verified because of the discovery of texts.
Among the tablets, there are texts written in a language and transcribed in writing, both of which were previously unknown and quickly deciphered. This was the local language Ugaritic (a Semitic language), transcribed using an alphabet written with cuneiform signs.
This capital of the kingdom is one of the cities of the Levant which includes urban planning most associated with the Late Bronze Age, and a reference site for the study of Bronze Age urban and palace civilization in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean.
However, field research has shown that occupation of the site of Ras Shamra dates back to Neolithic pre-ceramic times (middle of the eighth millennium BC.) and it continued until the end of The Late Bronze Age, with village facilities from Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods giving way, from the middle of the third millennium BC, to urban installation.
After the destruction of the city of Ugarit in the early twelfth century BC, the site of Ras Shamra then enjoyed only modest reoccupation from the middle of the first millennium, in the Iron Age and the Hellenistic and Roman times.
Source: The Syrian-French archaeological mission of Ras Shamra – Ugarit.


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