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In the new sci-fi film "Transcendence," Johnny Depp plays a scientist who survives a brush with death, though he is forced to upload his consciousness onto a computer to do so.
As a leading man, Depp has endured his own share of misfortunes in recent years — at the box office and with critics — and though he remains an international star, "Transcendence," opening Friday from Warner Bros., will test whether he can rise above a string of misfires.
In terms of genre, the film by cinematographer-turned-director Wally Pfister is something of a departure for 50-year-old Depp, being neither a true tent-pole film like the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies nor a smaller, quirky character piece like the movies that characterized the early part of his career ("Edward Scissorhands," "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas").
Initial reviews of "Transcendence" have been underwhelming: It currently has a woeful "24% fresh" rating on the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
The film could have a tough time at the box office as well. According to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys, "Transcendence" is expected to gross $20 million to $25 million domestically over its first weekend, a paltry amount for a film that cost $100 million to produce.
Prior to "Transcendence," Depp most recently appeared in "The Lone Ranger," a box-office bomb that cost more than $225 million to produce, made only $89 million domestically ($261 million worldwide) and resulted in a write-down for Disney.
The film was also savaged by movie critics, whom Depp subsequently blamed for the film's underperformance.
Depp's previous film, 2012's "Dark Shadows," also disappointed, taking in about $80 million domestically ($246 million worldwide) on a $150-million budget. It garnered poor reviews as well.
Other recent Depp films that fizzled at the box office include "The Rum Diary" (2011), "The Tourist" (2010) and "Public Enemies" (2009).
Depp's most recent hit was 2011's "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," the fourth installment of the franchise that initially propelled Depp from quirky dreamboat to full-fledged leading man.
"Stranger Tides" took in $241 million domestically and crossed the worldwide $1-billion mark. That said, the film was not well reviewed and left many moviegoers feeling that the series has worn out its welcome. (A fifth installment is nonetheless in the works.)
Outside the "Pirates" franchise, Depp hasn't had a real hit since 2010's "Alice in Wonderland," which grossed $334 million domestically and also cracked $1-billion worldwide.
Though Depp has struggled at the box office in recent years, films like "Stranger Tides" and "Alice" do demonstrate that he can be still be a huge draw, particularly overseas. Not coincidentally, "Transcendence" is also opening in China on Friday, and Depp recently traveled there to promote the movie to world's second-biggest film market.
At home, however, it will be tough for Depp to transcend his recent rut.


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RICHMOND, Va. – Thomas Wolfe wrote a novel, "You can't go home again." Former VCU soccer standout Andrew Dykstra is proving him wrong.
On Monday, Dykstra inked a contract to rejoin Major League Soccer, this time with the D.C. United, located not far from his hometown of Woodbridge, Va. He will join the team for preseason training immediately.
Most recently, Dykstra traveled through Europe, exploring professional opportunities in the United Kingdom. When offered a deal with the Major League Soccer team in DC, the Woodbridge, Va. native decided it was time to return home.
"It has taken some time working through negotiations and feeling out my options, but I feel like this was the best move for me," he said. "I was told before my Euro excursion that I was welcome back to DC if it did not work out the way I hoped."
After graduating from VCU in 2008, Dykstra spent two seasons with the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer and played the 2011 season with the Charleston Battery of the United Soccer League.
"It has taken three years now for the opportunity with the home team but it's finally here. The players are great, the coaches are great and the team looks good," he said.
Dykstra is joining a DC United team that finished the 2011 season with a 9-13-12 record and finished seventh in the Eastern Conference.
"After showing what I can bring to the table this preseason, I have been told that they are "lucky and happy to have me with the team," Dykstra said. "I'm happy where I'm at and really looking forward to the season ahead."
While at VCU, Dykstra was a four-year starter from 2005-08. He played in 73 matches and over 6500 minutes between the posts. He earned All-CAA honors twice and finished his illustrious career with 18 career shutouts.
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The American Alpine Club proudly presents yearly awards to those with outstanding achievements in conservation, climbing and mountaineering, mountain literature, and dedication to the Club.
- Honorary Members—Honorary Membership is the highest award the AAC has to offer. It is given to those individuals who have had a lasting and highly significant impact on the advancement of the climbing craft. The AAC is proud to recognize the following individuals: View Recipients
- The Robert Hicks Bates Award—Robert Hicks Bates, a renowned explorer, alpinist, Peace Corps director and educator, accomplished numerous first ascents in Alaska and was a member of the American expeditions to K2 in 1938 and 1953. His literary contributions describing the K2 expeditions and his life of adventure in the mountains inspired young American climbers. He served the American Alpine Club in many capacities: member of the editorial board of the American Alpine Journal, Board member, President and Honorary President. Above all, he devoted his life to promoting the education and development of American youth through his years as a teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy, service with the Peace Corps, and other endeavors. To recognize his many contributions to American mountaineering and education of our nation's youth, the American Alpine Club established the "Robert Hicks Bates Award" for outstanding accomplishment by a young climber. It is to recognize a young climber who in the judgment of the selection committee has demonstrated exceptional skill and character in the climbing or mountaineering arts and has outstanding promise for future accomplishment. View Recipients
- The David Brower Conservation Award—David R. Brower, an active alpinist and member of the famed 10th Mountain Division with over seventy first ascents from Shiprock to the Sierra Nevada, was a pioneer in the environmental movement in this country and abroad. He was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in conservation. Brower was the first Executive Director of the Sierra Club, founder of Friends of the Earth, and serves as Chairman of Earth Island Institute. His commitment to conservation contributed substantially to the establishment of sound global environmental practices. Brower was a lifetime member of the AAC and served as the organization's Vice President from 1956-58. The David R.Brower Award, created in 1991, is an annual award recognizing leadership and commitment to preserving mountain regions worldwide. The awardee, whose active personal role deserves public recognition, has made an important difference as a pathfinder, innovator and on the ground contributor who has motivated others to take action. View Recipients
- The Angelo Heilprin Citation—It was through the dedicated efforts of Angelo Heilprin that The American Alpine Club was founded. In May 1901, he and twelve others met in Philadelphia to draft the objects of the proposed association. In March 1902, the AAC was formally organized; Angelo Heilprin was elected the first Vice President of the Club. The Angelo Heilprin Citation was established by the American Alpine Club in 1976. It is awarded annually to that person who has, in the opinion of the citation committee, shown exemplary service to the club. It is specifically understood that service to the club itself can be differentiated from outstanding mountaineering accomplishment or service through the club to the climbing community. The purpose of this citation is to recognize those who have worked to maintain and strengthen the organization and thus further its ability to serve its fundamental purposes. The selection committee is appointed annually by the president and is charged with preparing an appropriate presentation at the Annual Dinner. View Recipients
- The David A. Sowles Memorial Award—David A. Sowles was killed at the age of 29 in a tragic accident during a lightening storm in the Alps on August 4, 1963. He was considered a mountaineer's mountaineer. He climbed with grace, style, and elegance matched only by the professional guides. He moved swiftly, always safely, and with the utmost consideration for the welfare of his companions. The David A. Sowles Memorial Award was established in 1981 by his climbing partner and good friend Andrew Kauffman. It is conferred from time to time on mountaineers who have distinguished themselves, with unselfish devotion at personal risk or sacrifice of a major objective, in going to the assistance of fellow climbers imperiled in the mountains. It is dedicated to the memory of David A. Sowles. View Recipients
- The Robert and Miriam Underhill Award—Robert L. M. and Miriam O'Brien Underhill are recognized as two of the great pioneers in American mountaineering. In their memory, The American Alpine Club has established the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding mountaineering achievement. It is to be given annually to a person who, in the opinion of the selection committee, has demonstrated the highest level of skill in the mountaineering arts and who, through the application of this skill, courage, and perseverance, has achieved outstanding success in the various fields of mountaineering endeavor. View Recipients
- The H. Adams Carter Literary Award—The Literary Award was established to recognize excellence in alpine literature by North American writers. Recipients of the award have contributed extensively and over many years to mountain literature. Recipients are not selected through a submission process. View Recipients
The President's Gold Medal—The President's Gold Medal is given very rarely for extraordinary accomplishments in the climbing world. Recipients are not selected through a submission process.
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Switch Control lets you control your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using a single switch or multiple switches. With switches, you can select, tap, drag, type, and even freehand draw. Just use a switch to select an item or location on the screen, then use the same (or a different) switch to choose an action.
Add a new switch
Before you add an external switch, you need to connect it to your device before it will show in the list of switches. You can use any of these options as a switch:
- External: Choose a Bluetooth switch or Made for iPhone switch.
- Screen: Tap the screen to use a switch or press and hold.
- Camera: Move your head to use the iPhone front-facing camera as a switch. You can use the camera as two switches: One when you move your head to the left, and the other when you move your head to the right.
Add a switch and choose its action:
- Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Switches.
- Tap Add New Switch and choose a source.
- Follow the onscreen steps to choose how you want the switch to work.
- Remember to turn on Switch Control, so you can use your new switch.
Turn Switch Control on or off
Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control and turn the setting on or off. You can also triple-click the Home button or the Side button on certain models at any time to exit Switch Control.
Use Switch Control
There are three ways to select items on the screen: Item scanning, point scanning, and manual selection. Item scanning is the default when you turn on Switch Control.
After you select an item, a menu appears that lets you choose an action.
Use item scanning
Item scanning highlights items or groups on the screen one at a time. Here's how to use item scanning:
- To select an item or a group, watch (or listen) as items are highlighted. While an item is highlighted, choose it with the switch that you set up as your Select Item switch. When you select a group, highlighting continues with the items in the group.
- To exit a group, use your switch when the dashed highlight around the group or item appears.
Use point scanning
Point scanning lets you select an item on the screen by pinpointing it with scanning crosshairs. To turn on point scanning:
- Use item scanning to select an item.
- Wait for the menu to appear.
- Select Point Mode. The wide vertical crosshairs appear when you close the menu.
To select an item with point scanning:
- Use your select switch to stop the wide vertical crosshairs. The fine vertical crosshair appears.
- Use your select switch again to stop the fine vertical crosshair. The fine scanning line will appear next.
- Repeat to stop and refine the vertical crosshairs.
To turn off point scanning:
- Use point scanning to select an item.
- Wait for the menu to appear.
- Select Item Mode.
Use manual scanning
If you use multiple switches, you can set up each switch to perform a specific action and customize how you select items. For example, instead of automatically scanning items, you can set up switches to move to the next or previous item on demand. If you just have one switch, keep using Auto Scanning.
To use manual scanning:
- Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control.
- Tap Scanning Style, then select Manual Scanning.
Choose an action after you select an item
After you select an item with your switch, the possible actions for that item appear in a new menu. Select the dots at the bottom of the menu to see more options.
Tap an item
You can tap an item three different ways:
- Choose Tap from the menu that appears when you select the item.
- Turn on Auto Tap at Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Tap Behavior > Auto Tap. After you turn on Auto Tap, you can select an item and wait for the Auto Tap interval to finish.
- Set up a switch to perform the tap gesture at Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control > Switches.
Use a gesture
Select the gesture or action from the menu that appears when you select the item. If you turned on Auto Tap, use your switch within the Auto Tap interval, then select the gesture. If more than one page of actions is available, select the dots at the bottom of the menu to go to another page.
Exit the control menu
Use your switch while all the icons in the menu are dimmed.
Scroll up or down
Select any item on the screen, then choose Scroll from the menu.
Press a button or flip a switch
Select any item, select the dots at the bottom of the menu, then select Device from the menu that appears. You can use the menu to mimic these actions:
- Click the Home button.
- Double-click the Home button for multitasking.
- Open Notification Center or Control Center.
- Press the Sleep/Wake button to lock the device.
- Rotate the device.
- Flip the Mute switch.
- Press the volume buttons.
- Hold down the Home button to open Siri.
- Triple-click the Home button.
- Shake the device.
- Press Home and Sleep/Wake buttons simultaneously to take a screenshot.
Change your settings and adjust how each switch works
To change your settings, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control. Then make your changes:
- Add switches and specify their function
- Choose, create, and edit recipes
- Choose a scanning style
- Adjust how rapidly items are scanned
- Turn off auto scanning (only if you've added a Move to Next Item switch)
- Set scanning to pause on the first item in a group
- Choose how many times to cycle through the screen before hiding Switch Control
- Choose a tap behavior and set the interval for performing a second switch action to show the control menu
- Choose whether Switch Control resumes scanning at an item you tap or from the beginning
- Set whether a movement action is repeated when you press and hold a switch, and how long to wait before repeating
- Add another action to a switch by pressing and holding the switch for a long duration
- Choose which items appear in menus and the order in which they appear
- Set whether and how long you need to hold a switch down before it's accepted as a switch action
- Have Switch Control ignore accidental repeated switch triggers
- Adjust the point scanning speed
- Turn on sound effects or have items read aloud as they are scanned
- Choose what to include in the Switch Control menu
- Set whether items should be grouped while item scanning
- Make the selection cursor larger or a different color
- Save custom gestures to the control menu (in Gestures > Saved)
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Choose Settings from the control menu to:
- Adjust scanning speed
- Change the location of the control menu
- Turn sound or speech accompaniment on or off
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More mockup art for Kerkerkruip
Here are mockups of two other Kerkerkruip characters. The overall arrangement is a minor variation on the mockups in the previous post. I have moved the character name–which is always set in the same font used to render the character itself–to the right column; this provides more space for the illustration. These mockups also incorporate the character's written description, which I've just pulled straight from the game.
First up, the chain golem. I'm not completely happy with how the illustration itself turned out–I need to figure something else out for the hair especially–but I do like the many different ways that chains and their entanglements are portrayed, from straightforward to pretty abstract.
And second, Miranda with her (Shaolin) monk's robe and nunchucks. I picture her as kind of a girlish Grace Jones, which I think comes through fairly well in the illustration. (The pose, of course, is classic Bruce Lee.) I decided not to try to make her look like a typical cartoon woman–think exaggerated secondary sexual characteristics–which may actually not have been the wisest choice. Finally, I'm not sure that the topknot adds anything, but I've had some feedback that it does, so there it is.
Update: Here's a second version of Miranda, with some tweaks to make her a bit slighter. She does look more "feminine" now, but I hope still a bit androgynous.


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From the Back Seat of my Car by Alìcia Rius
Photographer Alicia Rius is based in the Netherlands. Her series, From the Back Seat of My Car, is a testament to her vision of viewing abandoned objects as 'hidden treasures'. She writes: 'I did not plan this project. I never looked for these cars, and in fact, I think they found me. I wanted to immortalize their beauty and turn the tin in something romantic.'
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Greed is merely OK at the box office.
Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" sequel was the top stock on the big board Sunday although it fell short of blue-chip status with modest earnings of $19 million from movie theaters across the United States and Canada.
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" led a field that included two weak newcomers: the 3D "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" at No. 2 with $16.3 million, and the Disney romantic comedy "You Again" at No. 5 with $8.3 million.
Last weekend's champion, writer/director Ben Affleck's heist thriller "The Town," slipped to No. 3 with $16 million. The high school comedy "Easy A" was down two to No. 4 with $10.7 million, also in its second weekend.
Box office observers last week had predicted "Wall Street" and "Legend of the Guardians" would each earn more than $20 million, while "You Again" was forecast to hit $10 million. None of the films did well with critics.
But distributor 20th Century Fox said the tally for its "Wall Street" release was "a terrific number." Chris Aronson, the studio's senior vice president of domestic distribution, added that he had been hoping for a three-day figure in the high-teen millions.
The News Corp unit was confident the film would hold up over the coming weeks, because it played to an older crowd -- 65 percent was aged over 30 -- which generally does not rush out to see a movie on opening weekend.
The film also earned about $9.1 million internationally after opening in 41 foreign markets. Australia contributed $1.6 million, good enough for No. 2, Fox said.
Michael Douglas' character, financier Gordon Gekko, returns to the high-finance morality tale, 23 years after his proclamation that "greed ... is good" became a metaphor for the downside of the financial boom of the 1980s. Shia LeBeouf also stars. The film cost about $60 million to make.
The original "Wall Street" grossed about $87 million in current dollars, and won an Oscar for Douglas.
"Legend of the Guardians" was a riskier investment since the animated film cost $100 million to make before Australian subsidies brought the tab down to $80 million. Domestic distributor Warner Bros. pictures partnered on the project with Australian media firm Village Roadshow Ltd.
Warner Bros. had been hoping for an opening in the $18 million to $20 million range, said Dan Fellman, the president of domestic distribution at the Time Warner Inc unit.
But he was heartened by good exit polls, and an A-minus rating from audience-survey firm Cinemascore, indicating that word-of-mouth would sustain business in the coming weeks.
"If it had lousy exits and a B-minus, I wouldn't feel the same way," Fellman said. ("Wall Street" received a B-minus, and "You Again" a B-plus.)
The film, directed by Zack Snyder of "300" fame, was based on a children's book series revolving around a heroic young owl, and viewed as the first release in a movie franchise. The voice cast includes Helen Mirren, Anthony LaPaglia and Sam Neill.
"You Again," from Walt Disney Co's Touchstone Pictures label, came in at the lower end of the studio's modest forecasts, said domestic distribution president Chuck Viane. But he also hoped the film would find support in the next few weeks. Kristen Bell stars as a woman who learns that her brother's bride was her worst enemy in high school.
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Using a ruler and a compass how can construct a line through a point and tangent to a circle. What I don't want is to eyeball the line by trying to line-up the ruler over the circle. Best if I could construct the point of intersection first and then draw the line.
PS. I know how to do it mathematically, I just don't know the steps for geometry, given A, C and the circle to find D.
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I also remember hearing scores of public officials, news reporters, people and friends repeatedly saying, verbatim, "This is our generation's Pearl Harbor."
My first thought: I dearly hope not.
I immediately feared for the constitutional rights and personal safety of my Arab American and Muslim friends, their families, and their communities, stating publicly at several events that they must not face the same unwarranted persecution, hatred, and sanctioned racism that my community faced 70 years ago.
February 19 2012 is the 70th anniversary of another "Day of Infamy" that occurred when, under the banner of national security and patriotism – amply supported by war hysteria, racial prejudice, fear, and a failure of political leadership – President Franklin D. Roosevelt ignored due process and constitutional liberties and signed Executive Order 9066.
FDR's executive order set in motion the mass removal of everyone of Japanese descent – more than two-thirds of them U.S. citizens – from Western Washington, Western Oregon, all of California, and part of Arizona with a series of Civilian Exclusion Orders. While we were also at war with Germany and Italy, no mass exclusion orders were ever issued for German or Italian Americans.
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Room One: Entrance
The guardian is a permanent hurricane situated over a small, rocky island that is far from civilization. Approach by air and sea is too difficult by normal means. The storm energies have attracted numerous elementals to the region as well, and though most can be bypassed with caution, its likely at least one or two will be encountered and fought.
Room Two: Puzzle or Roleplay
The island has been swept clean so now it is bare, slippery rock. Winds threaten to carry away anything not secured to the ground. High up on one of the cliffs is a cave with flickering light streaming out. The first challenge is puzzling out how to reach the cave.
At the back of the cave is a large portal sealed by magic. A command word is required to open the valve, and the PCs should have enough clues found previously to figure it out. Perhaps it is the name of an item or NPC.
A castaway lives in the cave, though he is either out or cleverly hidden when the PCs arrive. He survives by climbing down a hidden, sheltered path that leads to a protected bay where he fishes and salvages what the currents wash up. He knows the command word but is insane from solitude and the continual violence of the storm. He craves to see the sun again - if the PCs can show him the sun hell reveal the password.
Room Three: Trick or Setback
Using the command word, a special ability, or quite a bit of destruction, the PCs bypass the portal and travel down a long set of stairs. Angry booming from wind and wave echoes through the tunnel.
If the PCs dont spot and flip a switch, the tunnel continues on until it opens up into a huge cavern full of bookshelves and dry, ancient tomes. Invaluable knowledge is stored here, as are a pair of immortal fire guardians.
The guardians are sentient and can be parleyed with. If they deem the PCs worthy, they provide knowledge of the switch back up in the stairwell, which opens an entrance to a second tunnel.
Their primary task is to protect the library from evil, and they will start torching the books if the PCs attack or if the guardians deem the action necessary.
Room Four: Big Battle
The secret passage leads down to a cave where a powerful elemental has been imprisoned. The elemental was tricked by the builders of the library and was told his realm was under attack. Over the course of weeks, the builders brought evidence that the elementals home had been destroyed. Already angry at being imprisoned, the elementals rage grew and grew as he came to believe that his home and kin were destroyed. As intended, the creatures rage was funneled and amplified until it fueled a small hurricane that surrounded the island.
The builders told the elemental his prison sentence was 1,000 years, which is true, and with that deadline and plans for revenge, his rage has not diminished over time.
The elemental is free to move about in his cave, and can communicate in broken common with the PCs if they try. Its not true that his realm was destroyed all those years ago, which can be confirmed by any of the elementals outside. If the PCs can convince the creature his realm is safe, or calm him down another way, the hurricane will disperse after a day.
Killing the elemental will be very tough. The hurricane also disperses a day after the creatures death.
Room Five: Reward or Twist
The object of the quest lies within a chest protected by the elemental at the centre of the cave. The builders lied and told the creature the last of his realms essence was trapped inside the chest, and opening the chest would release the essence, forever ensuring a new realm could not be built. This further fueled the creatures rage, the chest serving as a goading reminder, but the creature is unwilling to destroy the container as it plans to wait the 1,000 years and rebuild.
The chest can contain the object of the PCs quest, or it can contain a map and clues to the real location of the treasure, which happens to be deep inside an active volcano thousands of miles distant. It also contains a note to the elemental, in case it did break open the container, revealing the builders lies and rubbing the creatures nose in its own stupidity. This should reveal the twist of the backstory to the PCs if they opted to attack the creature and killed it. If the creature still lives it will demand to read the note, which will likely send it into a blind rage all over again, giving the PCs a bit of a dilemma.
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The five room format is simple yet allows for variety and permutation, thus its a powerful little GM tool. I feel a GM is always better off improving their dungeons by making them smaller because it gives them more planning time for clues, plot hooks, character involvement, twists, and so on.
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Fridtjof Nansen
If you can look at this picture and tell me that this isn't one of the sweetest photos of a dude with a 'stache that you've ever seen, then you obviously need to learn a little something about facial hair and being awesome. This picture alone makes the guy badass, even if you didn't know the story behind it. You will be pleased to learn, no doubt, that the man behind this vicious strip of solidified testosterone is sufficiently badass to pull off a soup strainer that epically righteous. It can be no other way.
Fridtjof Nansen was a tough-as-nails Norwegian psychopath with an impossible-to-spell first name and an unstoppable desire to constantly freeze his balls off and risk his life in the name of science and kickassery. Born in 1861 in a town near Oslo, as a teenager this super-brilliant, ultra-hardcore crazy person constantly went outside into the frostbite-inducing snow-covered wilderness Bear Grylls-style to test himself against the most volatile bullshit Mother Nature could furiously dump on him. Spending days and weeks at a time alone in the wild with just his faithful dog, a sharp knife, and his badass 'stache to keep him company, this guy quickly forged himself into a high-endurance asskicker. This dude was so ridiculously tough that that he could get out and cross-country ski fifty miles a day, every day, for pretty much as many days as he wanted. For those of us who have no idea what skiing two marathons back-to-back actually means, the 50km cross-country ski race (30 miles for those of you who continue to resist the global tyranny of the metric system) is the longest ski race the Olympics has ever offered. In the 1948 games, 20 world-class athletes busted ass and finished the race in times ranging from 4 to 5 hours, with seven more guys dropping out and not even being able to crawl their half-dead asses over the finish line. They haven't offered the race since, presumably because that bullshit constitutes something akin to "cruel and unusual punishment." For this guy it was half a day's ski in the woods.
In 1882, the 21 year-old Nansen went on a naval expedition to Greenland and instantly fell in love with the harsh, unyielding hellhole he discovered there. Greenland, contrary to what it's name might imply, is actually a freezing-ass wasteland of ice and pain and misery, but that's apparently the sort of thing that appeals to guys who enjoy spending their time fist-fighting wild animals in the uncharted mountainous regions of Norway. Nansen, who loved learning about zoology, ecology, and oceanography, used his time on the ship wisely – while lesser men were below decks doing wussy crap like huddling for warmth or losing their fingers to frostbite, Nansen was getting up-close-and-personal with polar bears, making observations and writing a damn book about how balls-out he was.
Returning to Norway so pumped up he wanted to barf, Nansen got his Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Oslo. When he wasn't working on a dissertation exploring the central nervous system of lower invertebrates, developing the groundwork for the field of science that would become neuron theory, or working at a research station with Armauer Hansen (the man who discovered the leprosy bacteria), Nansen took a study break to ski 300 miles over a usually-impenetrable mountain range so that he could participate in a ski jumping competition that was taking place on the other side of the country. I wasn't able to find the results of the competition, but knowing what we know about this guy it's probably safe to assume that he flew off the ramp, did a double backflip and landed on top of a volcano in Iceland.
One day Nansen got bored of being a super-genius ski-jumping wilderness expert, so he got a couple friends together and decided to be the first person to cross Greenland on skis. To this point, nobody had ever attempted an exploration of the interior of Greenland, and the closest anybody had come to reaching the North Pole was writing a letter to Santa Claus, but Nansen didn't give a crap about any of that shit. Nothing would stand in the way of him kicking one of Saint Nick's reindeer in the antlers. He landed a ship on the East coast of Greenland, unpacked his skis, and got ready to freeze his junk off. Figuring that retreat or surrender would be an indelible sign of weakness, Nansen took the head-searingly insane step of burning his boats after he landed, thereby removing the one possible avenue of escape from this uncharted wasteland nobody had ever successfully ventured across without dying. Victory or death, as they say. Nansen and five other men then spent the next two months cross-country skiing across the continent, battling through dangerous ice, exhaustion, elevations over 9,000 feet, and temperatures as low as fifty below. Incredibly, they made their way all the way from east to west, landing in the warmer sunny climes of Siberia before heading home to a victory parade, an artillery salute, and the status of a national hero. Fridtjof turned his experience into two best-selling books, both of which he also illustrated, because of course this guy was strong, smart, and also artistic. And women loved him, obviously.
For his next trick, Fridtjof Nansen decided he was going to become the first person to reach the North Pole. He developed a pretty ingenious tactic for doing so – he built the famous, ultra-hard wooden ship Fram, lodged it into the ice pack off the coast of Siberia in 1893, and let it drift in the ice while the tides of ocean carried him across the pole. This was a tactic that would be used by great explorers from Scott to Shackleton to traverse both Arctic and Antarctic climes, and this guy pioneered that shit.
Ah, good times.
Nansen and his crew drifted for 18 months, somehow surviving in the freezing-ass cold temperatures, but unfortunately the tides of the Arctic Sea decided not to cooperate with Nansen's plan, no matter how good it was or how intensely he tried to stare it down. Realizing that he was drifting too far from the pole and wouldn't cross it, Nansen obviously did the badass thing – he and one other guy jumped out of the drifting boat, jumped on a dog sled, and rushed 140 miles across open ice to get there.
Nansen didn't reach the pole – he was forced to turn back just a couple hundred miles away – but he had achieved the highest latitude ever reached at this point in history, which was definitely something to be proud of. Not convinced that he could find his still-drifting ship as it made its way through the polar ice, Nansen and his homedog instead headed south across Greenland. They spent a winter living in the inhospitable climate of the extreme North, building a hut out of stone and eating walrus blubber and polar bears he personally clubbed to death with his boner, and finally reached Norway by kayak the next summer. In addition to being awesome and also kicking ass, the six volumes of research material he published on his trip got him a post as a Professor of Oceanography at the University of Oslo and plenty of prestige in the legitimate scientific community. His ship, Fram, would go on to carry Roald Amundsen to the South Pole. To this day, it's still the wooden ship that has achieved the furthest North and furthest South latitudes, and this dude built it back in 1890 using ingenious mathematics-oriented ship-building techniques he devised himself.
When World War I broke out in 1914, Nansen had to halt his balls-out research/almost dying, which sucked. He was so pissed about it that he went out and won the Nobel Peace Prize so that he could get back to doing dangerous things. Seriously. He was Norway's representative in the League of Nations, the High Commissioner for Refugees, and he closely worked with governments and the Red Cross to provide humanitarian aid to people affected by the war. He negotiated a relaxation of the Allied blockade of Europe, allowing much-needed food to get through to starving people, and negotiated the repatriation and ethical treatment of displaced persons and refugees, developing techniques still used by the UN today. His most badass accomplishment to this end was the development of the "Nansen Passport", a document that allowed refugees to travel to countries that could help them. My guess is that he just put his picture on there and people were so awe-struck by the glorious stache that they did whatever he wanted.
After the war, Nansen continued being awesome to the world. He negotiated post-war prisoner-of-war exchanges and releases, and helped Turks, Greeks, and Armenians escape persecution from various sources after a bunch of terrible shit went on in their respective territories. When the Russian people were starving to death after a decade of war and revolution, Nansen rallied international support and got food and medical supplies for them. The Soviets distrusted the Western powers, and refused to deal with anyone except Nansen. He's credited with saving the lives of something like ten million people with his food policy in Russia. Not bad for a guy who was head-butting polar bears and building shelters in the wilderness of Greenland a few years earlier.
The adventurer, explorer, scientist, and humanitarian badass Fridtjof Nansen died in 1930 – just a couple years before he would have found a way to single-handedly end World War II with his facial hair.
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This is a homework problem for class credit and I would appreciate a hint.
Let $A$ be an infinite set and suppose $x, y$ and $z$ are points in $A$. Show that $A$ has the same cardinality as $A\setminus\{x,y,z\}$.
So far I am trying to solve this for the more general case, let $A$ be an infinite set and $B$ be a finite subset of $A$, show that $A$ has the same cardinality as $A\setminus B$. If $B$ is finite and $A$ is infinite, then $A\setminus B$ is infinite because if $A\setminus B$ were finite then $A = A\setminus B \cup B$, the union of two finite sets and hence $A$ would be finite. Using Cantor-Bernstein we know that if there is a one-to-one function from $A$ to $A\setminus B$ and a one-to-one function from $A\setminus B$ to $A$, then $A$ and $A\setminus B$ are equivalent. It is easy to define a function $f:A\setminus B \to A$ that is one-to-one, $f(x) = x$.
Now I need to define a function $g:A \to A\setminus B$ that is one-to-one. I have a feeling that this involves using the axiom of choice.
Is this the right strategy? Have I made any errors? And can anyone give me a hint on how to define a one to one function from $A$ to $A\setminus B$?


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Explore iPad Apps for the Science Classroom
The iPad is an ideal tool for investigation in the science classroom. Students can take iPads with them as they explore their environment and take scientific readings. iPads can be fitted with external sensors that can transmit data via a Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connection to an app on the iPad, which then analyzes that data.
Here's a small sampling of some of the iPad apps you can employ in your science classroom.
Science classroom and SPARKvue HD iPad app and PASCO probes
Integrate sensor-based data collection into the learning experience with the SPARKvue HD app for the iPad, which communicates with any of the 70 sensors from PASCO. The connection between the sensor and iPad is facilitated by PASCO's AirLink 2 Bluetooth interface, which enables you to connect a sensor; then it wirelessly sends data to the SPARKvue HD app on your iPad.
Measure a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon-dioxide level, and much more. Use sensors in experiments anything from weather to cellular respiration, from sound levels in an elementary school classroom to advanced optics in physics.
In addition, you can capture images with the iPad cameras and use SPARKvue HD's image analysis capabilities. Or collect and display live acceleration data with the iPad internal accelerometer.
Science classroom and AirMicroPad iPad app and ProScope Mobile
ProScope Mobile is a wireless hand-held digital microscope for iOS devices. ProScope sends live video and captured stills to multiple iOS devices simultaneously via Wi-Fi. Use ProScope in the field, classroom, or lab to zoom in on any object of interest and project it to a host of devices. ProScope lenses vary from 0–0X to 400X.
ProScope Mobile creates its own Wi-Fi network and can be used simultaneously with up to 253 iOS devices. ProScope Mobile works with the AirMicroPad app on the iPad.
Users can view live images, freeze them, and capture them. Imagine a classroom filled with iPads. Each student would simultaneously see what the teacher is showing with the ProScope Mobile. When the teacher taps the Capture button on the ProScope Mobile, that image is captured in the photo album of each student's iPad at the same time. Students can then study and mark up that image.
Other ways to use iPads in your science classroom
Your iPad comes equipped with perfect tools for investigating and recording phenomena:
Use the camera to snap events and video processes.
Record notes in any of the many note-taking apps.
If you're using any of the sensors or hardware listed earlier, they generally come with their own iPad apps to record, analyze, and present data in multiple representations.
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John Lefebvre | September 11, 2008
By John Lefebvre • Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 09:45
Here's a great 13 minute presentation by Harvard Psychologist, and author of the book Stumbling on Happiness, Dan Gilbert answering in his own way the question: Why haven't we rallied our collective power to solve global warning?
Well worth the watch and well worth sending out to your friends and family.
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you have 2 copies of the
you have 2 copies of the part 1 on this page. I saw the part 2 by going to youtube.
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Thanks for the 2 parts,very
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Fixed. We just really, really liked part 1 I guess:)
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Part 2 will not play
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It works fine with Leopard
It works fine with Leopard and Safari…
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Psychology eh? - okay -
Psychology eh? - okay - how bout this:
I am an apartment manager and as such I am often times called upon to fix toilets and snake gunk out of drain pipes.
That's basically no different than psychology so I'll put in my 2 bits here.
Dan here focuses on a concept that human brain development is just not far enough along to be concerned about climate change.(like we could do anything about it - HA!)
We jump out of the way of baseballs, but not slow moving thermometers.
I believe Dan is going down the wrong road. The reason we haven't "rallied our collective power" to solve global warming is not because we are a bunch of dummies but because we are all doing our own thing. It's not a recognition problem, It's a refusal to be rallied by the climate crusaders situation.
I also note that the term "our collective power" works well for persons with communistic tendencies, psychologically speaking
Perhaps that is what is really going on here.
yes, yes, yes … I'm just typing for the sake of it again.
Before Hype, psychology and
Before Hype, psychology and reason there was life on the farm. While still in the third grade the farm boy in me learned that when a fall or winter evening was cloudy, the overnight frost damage was likely to be less.
Now seventy years later, having learned about Pascal's bargain, I still now that the most effective greenhouse gas (vapor or clouds) is water. The methane loaded belches of my cattle and the methane offgassing from their waste decomposing is the next most effective gas. The dust particles from Pele' also work to hold in the re-radiation of heat to outer space. Where is C O two?
Well, if you are a tin miner from Tennesee, home schooled at night and working all day in the mine underground you may not have gotten the story right. Enforcement of Kyoto would not change global warming by more than a couple tenths of a degree C over the next twenty five years. It's getting warmer, yes, and it's not your fault. The strawberries on my farm will grow bigger, ripen earlier, and be sweeter because of more sugar content caused by the extra parts per million of carbon dioxide.
So why don't you spend your trillions of dollars on a worthwhile elimination of malaria, or hunger, or pverty?
Dan Gilbert on the psychology of global warming [video]
I knew… Denying of human cause of Global Warming is just about psychology. So those who know methods of psychological manipulation perfectly reaching their goals - many people now are denying Global Warming.
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hmmm... looks like I need to
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Obama has spoken before about the need for comprehensive reform – including both tighter enforcement and a path to citizenship for some illegal immigrants – but immigration has largely taken a backseat to other issues in the first two years of his presidency. He pushed in December to get the DREAM Act passed, which would have given a path to citizenship to some immigrants brought into the US as children, but the effort failed, deeply disappointing many.
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Transcript of Diary Extracts 1864 and 1866
Over the years I have received various bits and pieces of information from friends and "new" cousins I have found along the way. A few years ago, one of my "new" cousins kindly sent me details of some Diary Extracts written by Annie Humphreys in 1864 and John Hughes Cox in 1866. Annie and John are cousins to each other and are each the 3 x great grandson and 3 x great granddaughter of my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read. Annie and John marry each other in 1866.
Here is a Transcript of Annie's Diary Extracts in 1864 : Extracts from the Diary of Annie Humphreys – 1864
July 1864: Mr. Edward Clark called and I saw the dear little baby for the first time. Mr. Wm. Clarke and Mr. Shrimpton called. Aunt and Uncle Rose from Eythrope drank tea and supped with us. John tells me his Mother is very poorly.
July 24th: At Lane End. Mr. Butcher there and Mr. Robert Munger. John and I went a walk to Bitchendon. The scenery is truly picturesque.
July 25th: John and I went through Leighton Buzzard to Woburn where we left the horse and chaise and walked in the park and gardens. We to Brogborough to Mr. Checkleys.
July 26th: John and I had a nice ride to Bedford. James Checkley living at Brogborough now.
July 28th: Returned to Lane End. Mr. and Mrs. Cox were gone to a party at Cranwell. I can truly say the more I see of my friends at Lane End the more I like them.
July 30th: Mrs. Cox of Bitchendon has kindly invited me to make one of her party at Velvet Lawn. Poor Mrs. Little has met with a sad accident by setting fire to herself.
Oct. 17th: Today I suppose Miss Dodwell has changed her name into Mrs. Rose. I hope they will be happy and think in all probability they will. I believe them to be much attached to each other.
Feb. 1865: John Rose from Aylesbury preached. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke and John came. I think Mrs. Clarke such a very nice young lady. I really do not know where to look for her equal.
Jan.: Went to a "Dorcas" Meeting at Stockwell Lane, a great many ladies present. Worked until 8. Met Miss Carrie Clarke of Haddenham. Aunt from Pinner has persuaded Papa to have his likeness taken, so have been to Mr. Paynes, Aylesbury. Mr. W. Rose from Haddenham came.
And here is the Extract from John Hughes Cox's diary in 1866.
Extracts from the Diary of John Hughes Cox of Lane End – 1866
1866 11 Jan: The cattle plague is still very bad in this County. Report is 1000 a day attacked.
13 Jan: Frank Cox has gone to London.
16 Jan: Mr. Alfred Rose was at Thame. pretty well. Took tea with friends at Eythrope. John Rose very kindly came part of the way home.
18 Jan: Mr. Alfred Rose came to Lane End to tea. Mr. & Mrs. Rose of Cranwell came to tea. Mr. Alfred Rose showed us two medals he had presented him from the Society. One for …..(?) Medicine in General and one for analitical Chemistry.
12 Feb: This has been an eventful day to Sarah Ann Cox. John Rose has been from Eythrope. They are very happy.
17 Feb: My dear Annie has wished me many happy returns of my birthday. She has presented me with a pair of beautiful watch pockets of her own making. I was delighted with my present. Very carefully brought them home.
22 Feb: The cattle plague is raging fearfully. Mr. Cooper at the Decoy had his herd of 17 beasts killed by order of the inspectors. There are as many as 13,000 beasts taken with the desease weekly. We had a form of notice to fill up from the department of the Board of Trade to state how many animals we are in possession of.
1 Mar: A Prayer Meeting was held at Waddesdon Hill Chapel to pray for the deliverance of the cattle plague.
19 Mar: To Waddesdon Magistrates to get order to remove some sheep from there to Aylesbury. Train fare Third Class from Wycombe to Aylesbury 1/3½.
17 Apr: Drove father in gig to Risborough Station to take train to Taplow & from thence to Bray Mile to see Mr. C. Hill who had previously offered me his farm, so we went to look at it. Arrived Taplow quarter past 10 & hired a conveyance – price 3/-. We went a walk round the farm. I soon perceived that I had forgotten my carpet bag which had the lease in of the farm. I remembered I had left it in the railway carriage and it was sure to have been taken on to London. I went to Taplow & telegraphed to London & had an answer back to say it would come on the next train. When I received the message it was a relief to my mind indeed for what would have been done had it been lost I cannot tell. Waited until next train, but no bag. Went to Bray & had some dinner & returned to Taplow in search of it. It came down with its contents on the half past 3 train. The circumstance quite spoiled the day. Father walked from Bray to Maidenhead; a long walk for him. He considered the holding of 45 acres intricate & complicated & according to his advice refused to accept Mr. Hills terms.
20 Apr: Miss Shrimpton came to Lane End. I was measured for some shoes.
1 May: Thrashing corn with steam engine. Mrs. C. went to Bichendon and did not return. (Lydia). (NB: Lydia was John's eldest sister. At that time she was the widow of William Henry Cox of Beachendon. Frank Cox was his brother, a widower).
3 May: We have had great trouble since Monday respecting Lydia. A great Discount Bank has broken … there has been quite a panic in London.
12 May: After evening service Father went to Denham and from that time has made it his residence.
13 May: Sarah and Henry gone to reside at Denham farm. Sometimes I think true happiness not to be found in this world.
15 May: Lydia Maria Cox and Frank Cox – first sign.
16 May: Seem to be more reconciled to my lot and be content at Lane End.
17 May: Mrs. Cox has rode to Denham with Frank this afternoon. I have been alone.
24 May: This has been a day of great perplexity. Lydia has been very bad from some cause unmentionable. We have no servant and no charwoman. Have had to attend to household affairs and the outdoor work too. Miss Treadwell came this evening and consented to stay and see to the dairy for a while. Mr. & Mrs. Rose of Eythrope at Waldridge. My Annie and Mrs. Humphreys kindly recommended a servant girl. The time I had with my Annie was delightfully spent.
30 May: Have been sheep shearing. Rebecca Miller came and have hired her until Michaelmas for £3-10-0. Frank Cox here tonight.
9 Aug: Lydia has been very grim this week. I have been obliged to have my meals alone in consequence of her bad health.
12 Sept: The weather very showery. It is 5 weeks since started cutting corn.
10 Oct: Very important business at Aylesbury. A Wedding ring. Cost 14/6. To Mr. Meads for wedding suit
£5-5-0. My very dear Annie was at Mr. Pollard's choosing a wedding dress. Sister Sally with her. brother Henry was with me. Annie ordered wedding cake.
15 Oct: Annie & I went to Wycombe for the purpose of trying to obtain a licence to be married at Risborough Chapel but could not succeed.
16 Oct: Went to Mr. Parrott's Office Aylesbury for a Marriage Licence which obtained for £2-1-0. I did not bring it away as it is necessary to remain in the Marriage Book one clear day.
20 Oct: To Aylesbury. Met my Annie. We had a good many parcels to put in the trap, among them was something of much importance, the wedding cake.
23 Oct: To Waldridge to see my Annie for last time before being married.
24 Oct: Father has been to Lane End & brought Sally who is to stay the night and go to Waldridge in the morning with J. Rose & myself.
Thursday 25 Oct: A very eventful day indeed in our lives. Mr. Dyson of Haddenham performed the ceremony of marriage in his own chapel at Haddenham. We drove from Waldridge in 10 Flies to the Chapel. There were a good many present. Miss C. Clark among the spectators. Miss Checkley & Sister Sarah bridesmaids. Mr. G. Humphreys, Mr. J. Rose, Mr. & Mrs. Little went to the Chapel with us, 8 in number. Mr. Welford was very kind, his little son presented my dear wife with a bouquet of flowers out of his garden.
Friday 26 Oct: Left London for Brighton where a man directed us to some Apartments – we liked them. The address is 25 Centurion Road, near the terminus. The Landlady appears pleasant.
Written by Annie: After tea we walked to the seaside. It is the first time I have seen the sea. It is indeed a splendid sight. There were a large number of fashionable ladies and gentlemen both riding and walking near. Time appears to hang rather heavily when there is nothing to do. Should not care to lead an idle life and go about pleasure seeking. Truly there is no place like home.
29 Oct: We have had such a beautiful row in a small boat on the sea. We were gone an hour and 40 minutes. My dear wife did enjoy it exceedingly.
30 Oct: We went on the new Pier. It was built last Summer. Sea exceedingly rough.
31 Oct: We went for a walk to Shoreham Harbour, about 4 miles and were rather tired when we returned.
Memo: Railway fair to London 9/6; Private Hotel 13/6; Journey to Brighton 13/-; brush, comb & soap 5/9; fish 3d; meat 20d; coffee 8d; row on the water 3/6; bread, sausages 8d; candles 3½; Apartments 15/11; Pictures 53/-; Underground 6d; bus 4d.


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