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6 Movie Characters You Didn't Know Died Horrible Deaths
#3. Night at the Museum 2 -- Amelia Earhart Turned into Dust
If you've only been exposed to the Night at the Museum movies through the trailers, you probably assume that the museum's exhibits (dinosaurs, pharaohs, Robin Williams) come to life at night because fuck it, it's a fucking family movie and nothing has to make sense. However, the films actually give a perfectly logical explanation for these shenanigans: Within the museum resides the magical Tablet of Ahkmenrah, which come sunset grants life to everything from statues to bobble-head dolls.
They spend most of the movie, using their height, to try to prove the theory of Sacajawea not wearing underwear.
The only catch is that any exhibits that are left outside the museum walls after sunrise will turn into dust. In the second movie, the tablet winds up in the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., where one of the exhibits is Amelia Earhart's plane.
Pictured: Someone trying to convince the audience that they're a person, not just a living statute ... and Amy Adams.
Earhart comes to life and teams up with security guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) to take on an undead Egyptian prince in an epic battle. Afterward, Larry realizes that there is one hour until sunrise and asks Earhart for a ride back to New York City in her plane. Amelia drops Larry off in New York, they have a touching farewell scene, and mere minutes after Larry and his friends run into the museum, the sun is up and the exhibits are frozen again. They made it just in the nick of time!
Hold on a Second ...
Except for Amelia Earhart, that is. She's dead. Larry doomed her to a fiery plane crash all over again.
The last time we see Amelia, she's getting back on her plane and heading to D.C. For the record, this is what she was piloting:
"It was death or a threesome with Robin Williams and Ben Stiller. I chose well."
So let's break it down: The distance between Washington, D.C., and New York is 204 miles. Amelia Earhart's airplane, the Lockheed Vega 5B, had a top speed of 185 mph. Even under ideal flight conditions, that doesn't look good. But none of that matters, because we saw the sun come up two minutes after she left -- best case scenario, both Earhart and her plane turned into dust and they disappeared into thin air (literally, this time). Worst case, the thing landed on someone's head.
#2. The Dark Knight -- The Joker Burned Mr. Lau Alive
Mr. Lau is the guy in The Dark Knight who was in charge of the mob's banking and whose catchphrase was "I'm good at calculations" (clearly he was meant to be a gritty reboot of silly Bat-villain the Calculator). When Lau escapes to China with all the mob's money, Batman just swoops in there and kidnaps him, CIA style, because 9/11 and stuff.
"Wow, he completely misunderstood when I asked about Chinese takeout."
The last time we see Lau, he's still in jail, and we are forced to assume that he either was deported or did his time and then went back to being a super rich criminal or whatever, because billions of dollars of embezzled money aren't so important when Batman has a more flamboyantly costumed fish to fry.
Hold on a Second ...
Except that, as observant viewers already know, that isn't really the last time we see Lau -- remember the scene where the Joker burns a huge pile of money?
He saves money by making his own face paint from hobo blood and old pigeon droppings.
And remember who we saw sitting on top of said pile moments earlier, bound and gagged?
"Wanna know how I got these paper cuts?"
And remember the part where the Joker kindly lets Lau out of the pile before pouring gasoline everywhere? No, you don't, because that didn't happen. Yeah, that guy is toast.
The movie doesn't show Lau writhing in pain as he burns alive or even acknowledge the fact that he's still there, but as this video points out, it makes perfect sense for him to die this way. Earlier, Lau had told the cops that the only reason he was still alive was "because of the money" -- however, once the Joker comes into town with his "Let's just blow shit up" attitude, money is no longer so important to the next generation of Gotham City criminals. They have no use for someone like Lau; it's all question mark costumes and facial deformities from now on.
So, you know the Russian mobster who watches broken-heartedly as the Joker burns down millions of dollars? Turns out he wasn't weeping for the money. He was just really close with Lau.
"Goodnight, sweet prince ..."
#1. Alien: Resurrection -- Ripley Kills the World
Despite being pretty dumb, Alien: Resurrection ends on a fairly poignant note for fans of the series: At the very end, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), who has been trying to get to Earth since literally the first scene of the very first movie, finally comes home. Not only that, but she also stops the aliens from reaching the planet, thereby preventing a catastrophic infestation.
"If you think this movie is dumb, wait until you see what happens if Aliens get to Earth and fight Predators."
In the movie, Ripley finds herself aboard the USM Auriga, which of course ends up riddled with those pesky xenomorphs. The Auriga is programmed to land back on Earth, but Ripley and friends decide that they can't let that happen, so they reprogram the ship to crash on the planet instead while they leave in another vessel, killing the aliens in the explosion ...
Thus solving the problem forever.
Hold on a Second ...
... along with almost everyone else on Earth, apparently. Ripley saved the planet from the aliens, but not from the huge freaking explosion she caused on its surface.
And before you bring it up, no, Earth is not abandoned in this universe. It's a dystopian future, but all the drama in the film comes from the fact that the aliens can't reach the planet alive because that would be disastrous. But you know what would be even more disastrous? Worldwide extinction.
Or at least something close to it. Seriously, check out the size of that explosion. You can tell from that clip that the continent they're blowing up is Africa, meaning that the explosion is roughly 4,600 miles wide. For comparison, the crater from the asteroid that may have killed the dinosaurs is about 112 miles wide. We have no idea how to fairly compare an exploding spaceship to a meteor impact, but it's pretty safe to assume that that kind of devastation isn't something a planet can just shrug off, ecologically speaking.
But even if we're overstating the planet-wide consequences of the largest explosion mankind has ever seen, in the absolute best case scenario, this crash still makes Ripley responsible for more human deaths than all the aliens in all the other movies combined.
"You know, we probably could have done that sun thing like those Battlestar guys."
"... Shit."
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Jody Williams and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (1997)
Working with six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Jody Williams established the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) in 1992. Williams served as founding coordinator of the group, which seeks to ban the use and deployment of antipersonnel landmines and to destroy existing ones. Williams and ICBL realized one of their main goals in Oslo, Norway in September 1997, when 89 nations signed an international treaty banning international landmines. Williams and ICBL were awarded the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts.
Fun Fact: Before her work with ICBL, Williams oversaw humanitarian relief projects in Central America.
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More than a few Americans, especially those on the Religious Right, no doubt were shocked at the overwhelming public outcry (above) against a legislative proposal in Arizona that was widely seen as anti-gay and eventually was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Even I, a long-time supporter of gay rights, was surprised at the breadth of the uprising against the bill at issue.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Senior Briana Gwaltney and sophomore Samantha Slade were named to the 2013 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team, while freshman Jessica Plemmons earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Rookie Team. Additionally, junior Chelsea Ingersoll was selected to the Atlantic 10 Softball Academic All-Conference Team, announced on Tuesday afternoon in voting conducted among the league's head coaches.
"We are very proud to have these four players represent our program with their All Conference selections," Head Coach Aimee DeVos said. "It is a great reflection of their hardwork and effort they put forth this season."
Gwaltney, an outfielder from Anaheim Hills, California, has been an A10 All-Conference team honoree since her freshman season. This season, Gwaltney batted .320 and led the 49ers in runs batted in with 36. She also led the team in runs (32), was second on the team in home runs (seven) and third in hits (48). Five of her homers in 2013 came against A10 opponents. Gwaltney enjoyed an 11-game hitting streak, the longest on the team and broke the Charlotte career RBI record this season with a total of 141.
Slade, an infielder from Apex, N.C., earned her first A10 All-Conference team award after a solid season for Charlotte. She produced a batting average of .324 but hit .380 in conference play. She was second on the team in runs (31) and third in RBIs (29). Slade recorded 44 hits that included eight doubles, a pair of triples and home runs. Slade tallied eight stolen bases that ranked second on the team.
Plemmons, an outfielder from Lexington, N.C., dazzled in her freshman campaign. The rookie was third on the team in batting (.350) and led Charlotte in doubles (14) which ranked third in the league. Plemmons led Charlotte in the A10 with a batting average of .404. She recorded 49 hits, three home runs, and a pair of triples. She finished with 31 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .543. She led Charlotte with ten multiple RBI games and ranks in the top ten in batting, hits, runs, RBIs, and doubles in the Charlotte freshman records.
Ingersoll, a catcher and Charlotte native, made the Atlantic 10 Softball Academic All-Conference Team. Ingersoll, a Psychology and Pre-Biology major yields a 3.61 grade point average. She was recently named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Softball First Team. Ingersoll represented District 3 which includes North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. On the field, Ingersoll is second on the team in batting (.353). She led Charlotte in home runs (10) and is tied for second on the team in RBIs (31). Her batting average is ranked 10th in the A10. She has appeared every game for Charlotte this season and has a team-leading .455 on-base percentage.


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IARW names 2013 Top 25 Largest Public Refrigerated Warehouses
The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW) has released its annual IARW Global Top 25 List of the public refrigerated warehouses (PRWs) with the greatest capacity of warehouse space in the world. Accompanying the Global Top 25 is the IARW North American Top 25 List.
The Global Top 25 currently operates 3.33 billion cubic feet (94.26 million cubic meters), which is a 5.71% increase from 2012. The North American Top 25 currently operates 2.72 billion cubic feet (77.13 million cubic meters) – a 5.84% increase from 2012. Corey Rosenbusch, vice president at the Global Cold Chain Alliance and president of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses, said in a recent interview the numbers are positive news.
"I feel that the industry is incredibly strong, and we're very happy to see it continue to grow in terms of capacity and well as revenue and profitability," said Rosenbusch. "Growth is not creating an excess capacity in the market, it's growing to meet demand. New space is coming onto the market outpacing private refrigerated warehouse growth."
Rosenbusch said North American capacity was at 79.19% during the second half of 2012, down from 84.73% in the first half of 2012, but up from 77.9% during the same period in 2011. In summarizing activity in listed companies, Rosenbusch also noted a large amount of industry consolidation. For instance, U.S.-based Lineage Logistics manages almost 290 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space in the United States, ranking in second place on both the North American and global lists. Lineage represents a combination of companies such as Castle & Cooke, Richmond Cold Storage, and Terminal Freezers, which which were ranked in Modern Materials Handling Magazine's 2010 Top 20 North American Refrigerated Warehouses at 6th place, 13th place, and 20th place, respectively.
"The other thing that's notable is the diversity of the North American list," Rosenbusch said. "You find a nationwide footprint in a company like United States Cold Storage [5th place], a Pacific Northwest footprint for Columbia Colstor [11th place], to Burris Logistics, a fifth-generation family-operated business. It tells the story of the diversity and breadth of space occupied by some of our member companies."
The combined space of IARW total membership, including the Global Top 25 and North American Top 25 members, accounts for 4.29 billion cubic feet (121.49 million cubic meters), which is a 6.45% increase in membership space since the list was last released in May 2012.
IARW has members in 65 countries around the world. The Global Top 25 list includes PRW companies with facilities in Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Poland, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States, and Vietnam.


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I would be interested to see it, but I can not move etc. Mac.
Little planet makes it interesting to have a look.
Hmm, with Safari on the Mac you should get the html5 version (works fine with me).
Anyway here is the direct link to the Flash version
Sorry for the inconvenience
Thx Karel,
well done. How did your stitch work ? A lot of extra work? And length of pole might be interesting too.
Thanks for the compliment, Heinz.
The pole is 3m long which gave me an overhang of appr. 2.5 m
There was quite some extra work after the stitching because there were stitching errors as the shots were handheld.
The 'nadir' patch was easier than I thought it would be though.
I shot the pano from the right side of the window (standing next to my friend) and the 'nadir' shot from the left side.
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Awesome view! I have yet to try it on mine. Thanks for sharing.
Any chance on some images of the set up and just how you did it/ Looks great to me.
I will put some images of the setup up next weekend, Bill. Stay tuned.
Here is how I did it:
I had this telescopic garden pole in my shed, which I used.
At the bottom I attached the RD8 rotator and a mini tripod with some plumbing stuff (sorry Nick, not as elegant as you would do it... )
At the top the Ultimate R1
I took my Olympus E-P1 with Zuiko 8mm fullframe FishEye, because I figured my E-5 body would be too heavy for this contraption,
I took one shot 'up' and 6 x 60º shots around with a 15º down tilt which gave me this 'nadir' (can we still call it a nadir this way?),
Note: this is the cube face from the file straight out the patching software, you can see the stitching errors due to the fact that I took the shots hand held.
Because my nadir adapter for the R1 has not arrived yet (it will probably next week) I pointed the R1 down and secured it with a rubber band like this:
And took the patch shot from the other side of the window, which gave me this:
And with a skew transfer it fitted nicely on the 'nadir' cube face and I could mask the parts I needed to patch the hole.
So really nothing spectacular, but it took some careful thinking how it could be done best.
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skew transfer = skew transform (stupid autocorrection....)
thx for giving us some more informations about your workflow.
Am I right: Benro mini tripod fixed to RD8 Rotator fixed to gardena pole, spilt R1 ( without rotator ) added to pole adapter plate on top?
You use this whole construction horizontally by holding the benro tripod and rotator in your hand and place the pole on to the metal frame in the window.
Then taking all shots around by using the RD8 rotator from one click stop to another, bring it back in to change R1 to the nadir shot position fixing it with the rubber, taking the nadir shot by moving the construction placed on the metal frame from one side of the window to the opposite site.
So another NL-Tinkerer on NN Forum. Thx for sharing the workflow.
Kind regards,
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That locking adapter sounds great, Nick! Do you want to break some more news about this?
Almost correct, Heinz.
It is a Velbon mini maxi tripod, and in the shot sequence you forgot the 'Zenith' shot. The one opposite to the nadir I showed. So it was 8 shots all together.
very nice, thank you for the follow up.


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Crown Prince chairs Cabinet session
February 21, 2011
Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz chaired the Cabinet session held at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today. At the outset, he recounted the telephone calls the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz made last week to Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, stressing that Saudi Arabia will support Jordan in all matters involving its interests, security and welfare. The Crown Prince also described the message he recently sent to Qatari Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani.
The Cabinet listened to reports on regional and international developments, paying particular attention to the outcome of the 31st Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at its special session held in Manama. During the meeting, the GCC delegates offered their full support to Bahrain, noting that the security and stability of that country is essential. For its part, the Cabinet stressed that the Kingdom stands in all its capabilities behind Bahrain and its people.
On a separate topic, the Cabinet expressed the Kingdom's regret over the veto used by the United States at the United Nations against an Arab resolution that would have condemned Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories, warning that this step encourages Israeli authorities to continue the policy of settlement-building and violating international resolutions.
Turning to domestic affairs, the Cabinet reviewed a number of scientific and cultural activities carried out by various ministries within the Kingdom. Specifically, the ministers lauded the organizing of an international exhibition and forum for general education in Riyadh by the Ministry of Education.
Addressing its weekly agenda, the Cabinet authorized the Interior Minister to sign a draft agreement with Syria in the field of prisoner transfers; approved the final accounts of the King Fahd National Library for fiscal year 1430-1431 H.; approved the Charter of the International Energy Forum (IEF) and authorized the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources to sign it during the IEF ministerial meeting set to be held in Riyadh on 2/23/11; and approved the final accounts of the Saudi Development Fund for fiscal year 1428/1429 H.
The Cabinet also approved the appointments of Prince Abdulaziz bin Badar bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud as Director General of the General Administration of Public Sources at the General Intelligence Presidency (15th rank); Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sadhan as Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Interior (14th rank); Adel bin Abdurrahman Bakhsh as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Qurashi as Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (14th rank); Ibrahim bin Mohammed Al-Huzimi as Director General of Follow-up at the Ministry of Education (14th rank); and Nourah bint Abdulaziz Al-Asheikh as Director General of Female Social Supervision at the Ministry of Social Affairs (14th rank).


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Anu Arora is a Principal SDET(very senior level) with the Engineering Excellence team. As a part of the Software Test Engineering Excellence team, she is chartered with helping everyone in the testing discipline at Microsoft get better through training and consulting. With a passion for quality, Anu is a huge advocate for the testing discipline and has spent her entire nine-year career at Microsoft in testing. During her journey, which started as an SDET to a test lead to a test manager and then back to being an individual contributor (IC), she learnt a few lessons along the way and she shares them in this interview on WM_IN.
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3 Jun 2010 1:16 PM #1
Difference b/w Ext.data.JsonStore and Ext.data.Store
I came across this article which explains the difference b/w Ext.data.JsonStore and Ext.data.Store, which I understand
As I am new to using ExtJS, what are the differences b/w them when it comes to
a) favored way of retrieving JSON
b) better coding standards
c) any performance improvement of using one over the other
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4 Jun 2010 10:02 AM #3
To think of it another way: "Store" is the ancestor object; "JsonStore" et al are descendants from that. All of these descendants implement the functionality of a "Store" but they do so in specific ways ... depending one exactly how your client and your server need to talk to one another.
Going one optional step deeper in my explanation ... It so happens that, since most of the actual differences have to do with reading, writing, or encoding of data, many of the differences are implemented by specific "Reader," "Writer," and "Proxy" helper objects. The convenient, "canned" descendants of a Store deal with the task of instantiating and attaching the appropriate helpers to themselves, all behind-the-scenes from you.
For what it's worth, very early on in developing apps around here, I devised a "company-specific Store object." It's precisely tuned to how we do things around here right now, but in all of the code that we are building around here, it's completely generic. The idea is that, when someone comes up with a blazingly new way of implementing the server-side, perhaps we'll only have to change one JavaScript file.
4 Jun 2010 10:07 AM #4
Check out the source. You will see what Evan is talking 'bout.https://moduscreate.com/wp-content/t...es/favicon.png
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, a hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, said it's time for all involved parties to cut through the political rhetoric and have an honest discussion about the future of our nation - from gun ownership rights and responsibilities to the way violence is portrayed in the media.
Manchin, D-W.Va., said "everything should be on the table" following Friday's killing of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Conn. This includes not only possible assault gun restrictions but also mental health issues and a frank discussion on our nation's moral compass.
"I'm not afraid to say, 'Let's talk about that,'" Manchin said during a conference call Monday. "I'm not afraid of the political ramifications.
"We need to move beyond dialogue - we need to take a sensible, reasonable approach to the issue of mass violence," he said. "I ask all of my colleagues to sit down with a seriousness of purpose to address the causes of these tragic crimes, including mental health treatment, military-style assault weapons and high capacity magazines, and our culture, which seems to glorify violence more than ever in our video games and movies. ... We have to re-evaluate who we are as a society. This needs to have an adult conversation about the society we have become and the direction we are going."
He called for the NRA to be part of the discussions.
"This conversation needs to include those of us who strongly support the Second Amendment of our Constitution, because we, too, are proud parents who want all our children to have a safe place to learn and play. All this can be discussed while still protecting our Second Amendment rights," he said.
Manchin received some criticism Monday for his 2010 political commercial in which he shot a copy of the Cap and Trade bill.
"As a gun guy, I operate my guns in a safe, responsible way, as do most West Virginians. But with that said, I will defend the rights of gun owners as long as I live. I feel so strongly about that. Mostly, I believe there is a responsible, sensible way we should be conducting ourselves, and there should be an open discussion with all sides at the table."
Congress banned assault weapons in 1994, but that ban expired in 2004.
The ban has never been renewed, and Manchin said he has his staff researching why it has not been reconsidered.
He doesn't know yet if he would support reinstating the ban, but he added he won't let public opinion and potential political ramifications sway his decision.
Every child should have a safe place, and it's not always their home but has to be their school, he continued.
"Now that's not even safe," Manchin said. "Don't you think we should sit down and talk about it?"
President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to use "whatever power this office holds" to safeguard the nation's children, raising the prospect he will pursue policy changes to stem gun violence.
Manchin is the most prominent gun rights advocate to speak publicly following the shootings.


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R. W. Apple Jr.
The New York Times
R. W. Apple Jr. 1934-2006
R. W. Apple Jr., who in more than 40 years as a correspondent and editor at The New York Times wrote about war and revolution, politics and government, food and drink, and the revenge of living well from more than 100 countries, died Oct. 4, 2006 in Washington. He was 71.
The cause was complications of thoracic cancer.
With his Dickensian byline, Churchillian brio and Falstaffian appetites, Mr. Apple, who was known as Johnny, was a singular presence at The Times almost from the moment he joined the metropolitan staff in 1963. He remained a colorful figure as new generations of journalists around him grew more pallid, and his encyclopedic knowledge, grace of expression - and above all his expense account - were the envy of his competitors, imitators and peers.
A Farewell to Johnny Apple
After 40 years of brilliant reporting for the New York Times, R.W. Apple Jr. passed away. This video provides a look back on his career. (Producer: Gabriel Johnson)
An Epicurean Pilgrimage: Meals Worth the Price of a Plane Ticket
The global gourmet's top 10 restaurants abroad that would be worth boarding a plane to visit.
October 22, 2006, Sunday
The Global Gourmet
Based on a half-century of seeking out the best food in the world, a longtime New York Times correspondent recommends 10 restaurants, from Mumbai to Buenos Aires, that are worth getting on a plane for.
October 5, 2006, Thursday
Singapore: A Repressed City-State? Not in Its Kitchens
A food-loving island nation attracts inventive chefs.
October 1, 2006, Sunday
Austrian Wines Have a Voice, and It's Excited
By writing about it, talking about it, selling it and proselytizing for it in every way he can, Terry Theise has established himself as the most knowledgeable and articulate champion of Austrian wine.
July 19, 2006, Wednesday
Back From France, Winning the Heart of Texas
Who in his right mind would expect to find a fairly formal French restaurant — jackets for the gentlemen, please — on a drab downtown corner in easy-living San Antonio?
June 28, 2006, Wednesday
Making Texas Cows Proud
With clean, vibrant flavors and a rich, luxuriant consistency, the Lone Star State's Blue Bell ice cream hooks you from the first spoonful.
May 31, 2006, Wednesday
A Scion of Spice Cheers Each Morsel of Good News
No other city has a more devoted tub-thumper than Paul McIlhenny, who was eager to emphasize the good news in New Orleans, eight months after Katrina struck.
May 10, 2006, Wednesday
A Cajun Place Goes for the Hearts of the Creole Crowd
At one of the least propitious moments in the history of New Orleans gastronomy, Donald Link has set out to change all that with a new warehouse district restaurant called Cochon.
May 10, 2006, Wednesday
Much Ado About Mutton, but Not in These Parts
Most Americans have never tasted mutton. But we and our Anglo-Saxon cousins are in the minority.
March 29, 2006, Wednesday
A Southern Star Rises in the Lowcountry
Charleston, S.C., has long been a place for eating well; these days it is a gastronomic boom town.
March 15, 2006, Wednesday
Memories of R.W. Apple
Remembrances of R.W. Apple
The Global Gourmet
Before going into the hospital several weeks ago, R. W. Apple, Jr. filed this article for The New York Times: A list of 10 restaurants abroad that would be worth boarding a plane to visit.
The Best of Apple
New Yorker Profile of R. W. Apple Jr.
New Yorker Profile of R. W. Apple Jr.
Newshound (Sept. 29, 2003)
Some of R. W. Apple Jr.'s articles for The New York Times, as selected by his colleagues. Vietnam: The Signs of Stalemate (Aug. 7, 1967) (PDF) - His Choice as His Most Important Article
Legacy of Reagan's Presidency Now Begins the Test of Time (June 11, 2004) - Last Page One Story
Page One Stories
Nation Plunges Into Fight With Enemy Hard to Identify (Sept. 12, 2001)
Counting the Vote: News Analysis: A Mantle of Legitimacy (Nov. 27, 2000)
Senators Hear First Plea by House to Remove Clinton (Jan. 15, 1999)
House, in a Partisan 258-176 Vote, Approves a Broad, Open-Ended Impeachment Inquiry (Oct. 9, 1998)
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It was estimated that the heat inside the core of the Sun inside around 15 000 000 °C - this value is extremely enormous. How did scientists estimate this value?
The composition can be determined by taking spectra. Additionally, the mass can be determined through dynamics. If you combine these two, under the assumption that the star is in a state of hydrostatic equilibrium (which means that the outward thermal pressure of the star due to fusion of hydrogen into helium is in balance with the inward tug of gravity), you can make statements about what the temperature and density must be in the core. You need high densities and high temperatures in order to fuse hydrogen into helium.
Remember what's happening: Temperatures are hot enough for hydrogen in the core to be completely ionized, meaning that in order to fuse these protons into helium nuclei, you need to overcome the electromagnetic repulsion as two protons come close (like charges repel). Below is a diagram of the process of one particular type of fusion (Proton-proton chain reaction).
The other fusion reaction which occurs at the cores of stars is called the carbon-nitrogen-oxygen (CNO) cycle, and is the dominant source of energy for stars more massive than about 1.3 solar masses. Below shows this process.
Hydrodynamic models of the Sun allow one method of estimating its internal properties. To do this, the Mass, radius, surface temperature, and total luminosity (radiative energy emitted)/s of the Sun must be known (determined observationally). Making several assumptions, e.g., that the Sun behaves as a fluid and that local thermodynamic equilibrium applies, the stellar equations of state can be used. Numerical methods are applied to these equations to determine the internal properties of the Sun, such as its central temperature.
A great example for how to work this problem your self can be found in the undergraduate text, 'An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics' by Carroll and Ostlie (Section 10.5). The FORTRAN code to run your own stellar model is included in Appendix H.
A comprehensive review paper on how stars of different masses evolve internally (e.g., with respect to T, P, etc.) that is worth reading is: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967ARA%26A...5..571I
A very interesting historical overview of the development of the Standard Solar Model: http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0209080
This (admittedly dry) paper gives you a good idea of how well the 'standard' solar models estimate the internal properties of the Sun using helioseismology and neutrino measurements to help tie down their boundary conditions: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997PhRvL..78..171B The answer is that they match incredibly well (>0.2% error)
These were the least technical (but still academically published) references I could find.
Here is a comprehensive page on the state-of-the-art in solar modelling and measuring the internal Sun using Helioseismology: http://www.sns.ias.edu/~jnb/Papers/Preprints/solarmodels.html (highly technical)
In general: you make models of the sun, and then you see which one agrees with all observations, and check which temperature this model predicts for the core.
A very simple model that gives a good approximation: fusion happens within a small volume in the core, and a part of the released energy is transported to the surface afterwards until it can escape as light. We know how much light the sun emits, and you can calculate the necessary temperature and density gradients inside that is required to transport this power and to keep the sun stable. Work from the surface inwards and you get an estimate for the core temperature.
Another nice approach is the fusion rate - this is known from the total power as well, and it can be compared to the fusion rate the sun would have at different temperatures.


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As a user I'd like to find the amount of posts that I've edited.
Is it possible? Could it be a suggestion for improvement?
For the number of edits, go to the Users tab, click on the right-hand side on the "Editors" tab, select a time period, and editors are sorted by the number of edits they made in that period.
To see the total count of edits you made, select the "all" time period, and search for your name. Here's a screenshot of me searching for my own name:
In other words: status-completed by time machine.
It's in your profile: http://stackoverflow.com/users/970721/thecatontheflat?tab=activity&sort=revisions


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2008 was the last large scale fashion show of Hungary's most international haute couture designer, Kati Zoob.
Since then, her glamorous grand designs have not dressed the catwalks.
She was one of the young designers that broke into the fashion world 20 years ago.
Hungary woke up to the glamorous side of capitalism with the fall of the Berlin wall and large fashion shows by elite designers became trendy social events among rich Hungarians.
But the 2008 financial crisis put an end to the country's fashion industry boom.
Traditional "high society" events have almost disappeared.
And even for those who have managed to survive the stock market stumbles and the reiterating recessions, there are fewer opportunities to wear their expensive designer clothes.
Hungary's successful fashion designers have had to adapt to the new reality.
Kati Zoob, who built up her fame mostly through her grand annual fashion shows in the Telecom building, was among the first to recognise the changing times.
"I don't think that haute couture is that important anymore. It's less significant today, and not only in Hungary. Designers of the big haute couture houses in France and in Italy share my thoughts. There are only a handful of customers for haute couture dresses," Zoob says.
Now, she says, is all about quality pret-a-porter and her business is expanding thanks to more sales in Vienna in Austria than in Hungary.
"I don't want to be a curiosity, I want to be a market player. I forced myself to change. It's not a survival tactic. I want my designs to be available to a wider public. I don't want to be a dictator anymore. I want my artistic thoughts to be closer to realism," she explains.
In 2008 she held her last big show - showing off the highlights of her career over the past decade - and after that she chose to remain silent.
While enjoying a break from designing haute couture, Zoob established Attitude, a new brand which gives her the freedom to produce high-quality clothes but at a fraction of the price of her prominent haute couture collections.
"I really hope that this silence made sense. But this doesn't mean that in the meantime we did not sell anything, the brand is alive, but with much less hype than years before," she adds.
Others, like Barbara Leber, have plunged into a different strand of the industry.
Leber was known in Hungarian fashion circles for her classy wedding dresses and outfits for high society events.
At the last Hungarian Opera Ball, two years ago, some 80 dresses were Leber designs.
After her business grew too big and unmanageable, she suffered from the loss of direct contact with her customers.
When the crisis began, she was forced to close her store and decided to change her core business.
She now focuses only on a tiny fragment of high fashion - designing, almost exclusively, high quality swimwear.
"Designing swimwear is one of the results of the crisis. Things stabilised around me. My mood and my life are normal now, realising my old dreams. I was happy with the crisis, it gave me the opportunity to breathe" Leber says.
Her designs use Swarovski crystals or freshwater shells for a luxurious effect... Almost like a tribute to her past in haute couture.
"Certainly I can't fully change myself. I'm a high-fashion designer who was never involved in street-wear or in classical pret-�-porter, so I design unique swimming dresses," Leber points out.
Less drastic business tactics are being applied by the Manier brand.
Aniko Nemeth and her business partner, Gabor Horvath, kept the Manier store opened in downtown Budapest as well as retaining its business model, but, in a cost-cutting measure, the owners no longer organise large-scale fashion shows.
"People's quality of life here has changed and the middle class is shrinking. Although many are open to quality products, they can't afford to buy expensive fashion items. Nowadays 80 to 90 percent of our customers are foreigners in our boutique" Nemeth says.
The fashion house still organises smaller events in their own premises.
"Most of our profits are not from Hungarian consumers anymore. The problem is that in the past every year we spent a significant amount of money on organising one or two big fashion shows. But we realised that profits were bigger for those who do not spend on these costly shows, " adds Horvath.
They hold their annual shows in their own store where they can still seat 100 to 150 selected guests while keeping costs low.
The compromise is saving money while keeping the glamour of the catwalk alive.


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Grilled Mushrooms with Croutons, Cherry Tomatoes, and Feta
Categories: Entertaining, On the Grill, Quick to fix
Type: Side Dishes
Type: Side Dishes
Whip up a batch of this dish for your next get-together or gathering.
Prep Time: 15M
Cooking Time: 30M
Serves: Serves 4
- 1lb 2oz (500g) small to medium cremini mushrooms
- grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 2/3 cup olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 loaf ciabatta
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 anchovies in oil, drained and chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 1 tsp finely chopped rosemary leaves
- 9oz (250g) cherry tomatoes, halved
- 31/2oz (100g) feta cheese, crumbled
- flat-leaf parsley leaves, to garnish
- extra virgin olive oil, to drizzle
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- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C), and heat the barbecue or charcoal grill until hot. Trim the stems off the mushrooms, and discard. Put the mushrooms, lemon zest and juice, and half of the olive oil in a bowl, and stir to combine. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Grill the mushrooms on both sides over high heat for 10-15 minutes. Set aside.
- To make the croutons, tear the bread into bite-size pieces and put on a baking tray. Toss with the garlic, anchovies, thyme, rosemary, remaining olive oil, and lots of black pepper. Spread out over the tray, and bake for about 15 minutes until the bread is golden and crisp on the outside.
- To serve, mix together the mushrooms and broken bread in a bowl, and divide among 4 serving plates. Arrange the tomatoes over and around the bread and mushrooms. Top with the feta, garnish with the parsley leaves, and drizzle over a little extra virgin olive oil. Serve with grilled fish or lamb.
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10 Creepy Plants That Shouldn't Exist
#5. Porcupine Tomato
The porcupine tomato is one of the crops you'll find growing in Pinhead's vegetable patch after he retires from abstract horror and turns to horticulture. It hails from Madagascar, the island nation that brought us the Hellbeast lemur and Dracula ants, earning it the Cracked.com nickname "Little Australia."
Quick, take a picture of the word "pain." Good job.
Aside from being sharp and poisonous, the porcupine tomato is a potentially invasive species, since it is difficult to kill, even in drought. Among the features you don't want in a poisonous dagger monster, "hard to kill" has to be way up there.
Did we mention that it spreads quickly, and can reach 8 feet tall by 8 feet wide in a relatively short amount of time? What we're saying is that you should be careful stepping out your front door in the morning, because you never know when a toxic, razor-filled hedge may have sprung up in the middle of the night.
#4. Cedar-Apple Rust Fungus
What looks like a piece of rotting fruit giving birth to either a family of worms or a single, tentatcled horror? If you said "cedar-apple rust fungus," then ... well, you probably just read the title of this entry, we guess.
CARF is a fungal infection that attacks, you guessed it, cedar and apple trees. It produces globular fungal balls anywhere from a 1/4 inch to 2 inches in diameter and inflates "spore horns" when the weather gets wet, transforming it into the Koosh ball from hell. Or, if you prefer, gummi Cthulhu.
Or what happens when slugs mate with mac and cheese.
#3. Buddha's Hand
We don't know what kind of Buddha they were thinking of whose hand looks like a writhing ball of giant maggots. It looks more like what Brian Lumley envisions when his wife asks him to pick up a bushel of grapefruit.
Buddha's hand is a citrus fruit popular in China and Japan for its strong fragrance. It fails as a fruit since it's pretty much all zest and no pulp, but it has other uses, such as being a feature in Stephen King's fruit basket centerpiece.
#2. Chinese Fleeceflower
The Chinese use this plant in their traditional medicine for kidney health, strong bones and hair restoration, and as a mild laxative, and it's ... Hey, wait a second ...
OK, weird, it's a root that looks like a little dude. But that's a rare, onetime fluke, right? It's not like that's what this species typically looks like or anything.
OK, now nature is just straight fucking with us. According to traditional Chinese herbalists, these little dirt trolls are a cure-all for everything from high cholesterol to vaginal discharge ...
They also ... um ...
We here at ... uh ...
We don't know. We just don't know.
#1. Various Dick-Shaped Plants
This will make us feel better.
First off, we have the above Peter Popper Red Hot Peppers, and yes, that is a link to Amazon, where you can pick your own peck of pecker peppers.
Then we have the below mushroom, which is actually related to the Cthulhu mushrooms further up the list. It's a common stinkhorn, though its proper name is Phallus impudicus, literally, immodest wang.
Next is the penis cactus, a variation on a Bolivian cactus that breeders have encouraged. That's right, someone actually discovered a mutant variety of cactus that looked like dick and worked to encourage it. Makes that hunt for the boob-shaped watermelon you've been on since you were 15 seem almost noble, doesn't it?
We'll just leave the rest of these here:
Stay classy, nature.
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1970 Chevy Nova - Super NovaWritten by on February 1, 2009 Contributors: Robert McGaffin Inside This State-Of-The-Art '70 Nova Beats The Heart Of A 614hp LS-Powered Beast-And You Can Win It, Too!
It all started when Bret Voelkel, president of Air Ride Technologies, came to Goodguys with the idea of the Street Challenge autocross. The idea: practice what you preach, and wring what you bring. Goodguys was initially hesitant to pursue this idea, so in 2008, Bret offered to set up, fund, and run the first Street Challenge event in Nashville. If Goodguys didn't like the outcome, Bret would never hassle them about it again. If they liked it, Air Ride would continue to run the events on a regular, official basis. Needless to say, the response was overwhelming.
The Street Challenge autocross was a tremendous success, and as a result, Goodguys asked Air Ride to build a top-notch giveaway car. Who better to build it, they reasoned, than the company who established Goodguys' performance persona? The giveaway car needed to have a pedigree, and it needed to be tested tough-not at all like giveaway cars of past years. Last year's '70 Chevelle giveaway car-also built by Air Ride-was just the start of this new philosophy. That first Chevelle racked up over 9,000 miles from driving to shows all over the country, and running autocross and open-track events. The current '70 Nova giveaway car-dubbed Super Nova-raises this bar substantially.
Rewind to seven years ago, when Bret opened the doors of Precision Coachworks, a custom car shop that employs some of the best paint and body guys in the country. Precision is entirely responsible for building and maintaining the large fleet of vehicles in the Air Ride stable, and as with the Chevelle, Precision Coachworks built this '70 Nova. Ty Hauer, fleet manager, gets to accompany the Super Nova to shows, where anyone can sign a waiver and get a ride in the giveaway car: "It's so great to see the younger crowd take such interest in muscle cars. For a while, I was afraid the hobby would die off with our generation. Letting people experience the Chevelle and the Super Nova has put those fears at bay."
There's no doubt the Nova is a crowd pleaser, and it didn't just happen by accident. The concept of the car was to have something that takes advantage of off-the-shelf parts, that's fun to drive, and that's comfortable at the same time. This meant it would need to change roles between long-haul cruiser and autocross monster without too much trouble.
One of Air Ride's new products, the TigerCage, was put into Super Nova. Before now, there's been a lack of a truly bolt-in aftermarket cage for muscle cars. We've seen cage kits that bolt to the car, but they require some sort of cutting and welding to fit the tubes together. This is where the TigerCage fills the void. It's a completely bolt-together, bolt-in kit. Each piece is hand-welded, requiring only basic hand tools and a drill to install. The Super Nova displays the kit in its brushed stainless steel finish. The cage could easily be painted before installation, but the brushed stainless flows with the black and brushed theme of the interior. Between those brushed bars reside all the necessities of modern Pro Touring cars. Leather seats, crisp and clear Auto Meter gauges, Air Ride's suspension controller, and Vintage Air's air-conditioning controller keep the car's inhabitants comfortable. It's one thing to have an extreme performance street car, but another to have one you could drive cross-country in.
The engine is as much a jewel as every other part in the car. World Products assembled the 427ci LS motor especially for the giveaway car. Named appropriately, the Warhawk isn't just your average LS-series motor. Instead of using the GM factory fuel injection, World employed a tried and true 4150-series carburetor built by AED Fuel Systems. It wasn't all back to the old school, though; they stuck with the distributorless ignition system and upgraded it with MSD coil packs. With help from top-shelf internals, this 427 LS peaks at 614 horsepower, giving the Bowler-built 4L65E automatic transmission a full plate of torque to cope with-and it all works admirably.
Air Ride's ShockWave air suspension gives the car the tuning flexibility of an adjustable coilover system, without the need for a jack, or special tools to adjust it. Just determine the pressure you need to give the car the handling and ride height you like, and save it as a preset. There are three presets in the LevelPRO system, so you can have one for the track or autocross, one for aggressive street driving, and one for a comfortable cruise mode. Air suspension has come a long way, but there still are skeptics, so Air Ride's task is to get doubters to understand what's possible-another reason to build bitchin', hard-charging cars like Super Nova. Air Ride didn't think the factory front clip could take the abuse the Super Nova would get, so they replaced it with a fabricated front clip by Chassisworks, complete with their tubular control arms, and rack-and-pinion steering.
With the performance aspect nailed down, the real challenge was in the style department, and Precision Coachworks got the go-ahead to let the creative juices flow. Helping them with the original high-octane concept was Air Ride's graphic designer, Scott Payton, who also penned Air Ride's Velocity '67 Camaro. Much attention went to aesthetics, and drawing the big crowd. The design incorporates modern car touches like simple graphics, shaved driprails, and flush-mounted glass.
Precision Coachworks has no problem spending extreme manpower on any part of the car where it's needed. The custom air vents, modeled after the original vents below the fender emblem, are a great example. Over 20 hours were dedicated to each one of these pieces. Likewise, the flush-mounted glass looks like it belongs there-many onlookers don't even notice it, it's integrated that well. Bumper-recessed fog lights, ghost graphics, a flush firewall, blacked-out door posts and trim, custom decklid spoiler-the list goes on.
After the car was completed, it was on its way to visit its fans across America. Like it's A-body predecessor, the Chevelle, the Super Nova will trek its way from show to show, performing as a showcase for Air Ride's suspension, and getting more and more people involved in the car show scene. The Super Nova is a win-win for Goodguys and their participants, as well as the folks at Air Ride and Precision Coachworks. And if you decide to come out to see it, or even sign up to take a ride in it, maybe you can win it, too! Hey, you never know.
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According to my sources 饣 means "food" or "eat". Since when do people eat jewelry?
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I never thought about it this way. Have always accepted that it had the 'food' radical just because. Interesting insight. – deutschZuid Mar 13 '13 at 21:11
While you suggest the latter might be more plausible, a phonetic analysis suggests that the phonetic is more likely to be 食 rather than 飤. It's hard to tell because Mandarin no longer has 入聲 tones, but both 食 and 飾 were originally 入聲 words that ended in -k (cf. sik6 and sik1, respectively in Modern Cantonese), and 飤 was a 去聲 word that did not (cf. zi6 in Cantonese). This does not necessarily mean that 布 is the signific though; as the answer by user2584 seems to indicate, both 人 and 巾 contribute to the signific in a pictographic manner. – Claw Aug 13 '13 at 7:57
Any reference to back your opinion? – congliu Sep 8 '13 at 13:03
According to zdic.net, 饰 is formed of 巾, 人, and 食 (饣). 食 (饣) is the sound component, while the other portion suggests the meaning.
The dictionary explains the character's components this way: 形声。从巾,从人,食声。人佩巾有装饰作用。 So, it's a 'pictophonetic' character which signifies a person wearing or adorned with a cloth, thus having the effect of decoration.
If you're interested in this kind of composition theory, you can look up more on the various ways characters were composed. 形声 being one of the ways.
Zdic.net is great for this kind of thing. When you look up a character or word you can click 详细解释 for more in-depth info. Yellowbridge is also decent for this kind of question.
Let me connect the dots for @EdenHarder (but comment box is too narrow...)
夫飾者 形聲字也 據典[1]之二五七二頁 然竊以為會意也 參此及此 殷商有祭祀者 食諸神袛以祭牲 飾牛牲以布匹 苟無食 何以有飾 飾者 从巾 从人 食聲 讀若式 一曰襐飾 賞隻切 據典[2] 恭候有疑
Signific or phonetic, imagine in an ancestor worship or toward a deity in ancient times (e.g. Shang), people present with food, covered with cloth; or people wearing cloth present it, such that 飾 follows巾 and 人, pronounced as 食, similar to the pronunciation of 式, also known as 襐飾 (xiang4 shi4); its consonant same as 賞, vowel same as 隻.
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[1] 漢韓大字典,民衆書林,2013年1月10日 第3版 第6刷 發行,ISBN 978-89-387-0148-0. Chinese-Korean Dictionary, Minjungseorim Co., January 10 2013 3rd edition 6th print.
[2] 說文解字 大徐本,許慎
Ministry of Education, Taiwan, tells us that 飾乃刷洗清潔之意 通「拭」如 周禮.地官.封人:「凡祭祀 飾其牛牲」參見此處
饰 was first and ritual related to worship with cattle and other food in ancient China. For example,《周礼·地官·封人》:"凡祭祀,饰其牛牲。" So, 饰 has the 饣radical.


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I feel a bit silly for asking what I'm sure is a rather basic question, but I've been learning Python and I'm having difficulty understanding what exactly the "g" and "G" string formats actually do.
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Floating point format. Uses lowercase exponential format if exponent is less than -4 or not less than precision, decimal format otherwise.
I'm sure this is supposed to make sense, but I'm just not getting it. Can someone provide a clearer explanation for this format, and possibly provide some examples of when and how it should be used, vs. just using "e" or "f".


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I walked into work Wednesday and was greeted by blood on the carpet.
This was where, hours earlier, a man scuffled with coworkers, eventually pulling a knife and cutting two people. Our news director has a bump on the head, our chief engineer is sporting a black eye. They still had blood on their clothes. A walk to the front desk meant crunching over the shards of glass from the front door that littered the lobby and stretched halfway down the hall to the newsroom.
By late afternoon, all this evidence was gone. But memories remained fresh. For those of us who weren't physically in the building, it was jarring to watch the surveillance video for the first time.
I feel reasonably safe in my workplace. I still do. After all, this sort of thing has never happened. I think we realize that, since our job is so public, there is an inherent risk. I remember the first time I interviewed at the station where I had my first job, the news director commented on recent newsroom renovations and how he'd had them remove the wall of windows that exposed the reporters desks to the busy street and sidewalk outside. "People sometimes get angry with us," he told me.
We have security measures. The front entrance is locked. For those who've wondered why they need to call someone to let them in when they're arriving for their 4 pm News appearance, Wednesday was the case in point. In recent years, the parking lot lighting has been improved and we have more security cameras inside and outside. Those of us who leave and arrive when it's dark are alert for any strange vehicles that might be loitering. In fact, we've called police several times when something isn't quite right. Our staff has gone over emergency plans and procedures - we even had Topeka Police give a presentation.
By and large, we trust the people who visit our building. You might have seen that Mr. Miles was actually allowed into the lobby when he first arrived. But we, like everyone, must be wary. I imagine our guard will be a bit higher in the weeks ahead. I imagine we'll all review just what we would do and where we would go should an emergency situation arise.
Have you done the same? Does your company have an emergency plan? Are you aware of all the entrances/exits to your building? What is the safe room?
I have often said that if a person wants to find a victim, they will find a victim. Our job is to do whatever possible to lessen the chance we and those around us will become victims. It's not about being scared, it's about being aware.


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For example have coloured boxes with the text in them, a header at the top with Welcome to FMWiki or something? And then have links to different sections up there or whatever?
If you have a look at Wikipedia's home page, you will see a bit about what I mean.
Just throwing out some ideas for if not now for trying to improve the layout when we feel we need to.
EDIT: Just saw snootyjim's post. Panels was the word I wanted instead of boxes.


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More specifically, how do you physically prepare the superposition of two beams of polarized light?
Suppose beam A and beam B, the two input beams, each have unknown polarizations.
Beam C, the output beam, must be the superposition of beams A and B.
How do you do it?
You can create an overlap of two beams with a half silvered mirror at 45%.
You can also creat a localized overlap by crossing the beams with a small angle.
In both cases you get a mixture, not a superposition.
How do you get the superposition?
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I have been an ecstatic NN user ever since I started shooting pano's and it has always been a pleasure using the fanotecs line of products.
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On 11-29-12 the Bristol VA Police Department was contacted by school officials of Virginia Middle School in reference to a student who had written a list of students he wanted to "get" if he was diagnosed with "cancer or a life threatening illness." School officials had located the list after a search of the student's locker. The student denied any intent to harm anyone and discussed the list in the context of "dark humor."
The student was suspended from school. The student's guardian took the student to Highlands Community Services at Woodridge for a mental health evaluation.
The parents of the students whose names were on the list were contacted by the school. "We never thought there was any imminent danger. We investigated quickly and took action," said Superintendent Mark Lineburg.
After consulting with the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office it was determined that no crime had been committed and the matter will be handled by the school system and the child's guardian.