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Oscar Pistorius is a world class Olympic sprinter. He's also a double, below-the-knee amputee. What allows him to compete is a grit that most of us can only imagine, along with a pair of Össur's Flex-Foot Cheetah legs, J-shaped carbon fiber prostheses that fill in for feet and calves.
By now, you've surely heard of Össur legs and Pistorius's watershed Olympics qualification. But what you may not know is a design problem that had to be solved first. Whereas every sprinter competes on spikes, Össur legs are smooth carbon fiber bands. So how do you affix spikes? By hand. Roughing up the surface, strong fixatives, and lots of brute force.
Even for a famous athlete of Pistorius's resources, his spikes were a logistical nightmare that took two hours to replace. His trainers were worried about the ongoing impact of the Össur legs on his knees. And, because the spike work was totally manual, there was a lot of inconsistency on the fit of the tread (and thereby, the traction Pistorius could expect, especially during wet races).
Luckily, Pistorius is sponsored by Nike, and one of the perks of a Nike sponsorship is access to the first wave of technologically superior equipment. Tiger Woods can use prototype Nike drivers—clubs that hit farther and more controlled than others—because the top athletes in their fields get the really good stuff. For Pistorius, that meant Nike designer Tobie Hatfield chased the athlete down around the globe to create a newer, better Cheetah spike called the Nike Spike Pad.
"We were certainly able to take the learnings of spikes on shoes for 22 years, but obviously the difference is that we're affixing it to a more immovable object, the carbon fiber blade," Hatfield tells Co.Design. "It doesn't articulate like a human foot does, so it was really really important for me to understand where he hit, his initial contact on the blade. Because it's so stiff and rigid, we had to be very exact."
So in Össur's Iceland lab, Hatfield, along with Pistorius's prosthetist, made Pistorius sprint again and again using Spike Pad prototypes on a pressure-sensitive treadmill—while also filming his foot strike at 500 fps. With Pistorius obviously unable to feel his feet to comment on the fit, they could only use Pistorius's form as feedback, meaning these measurements were especially critical.
"We did that over three hours. He was pretty tired by the end," laughs Hatfield. "I think the treadmill was fixed close to 20 mph. He's a sprinter, not a marathon runner."
In February, Hatfield visited Pistorius again—this time at his home in South Africa—carrying all sorts of Phylon (Nike's branded EVA) to lessen the loads on Pistorius's knees. Hatfield wanted the most shock absorption possible, but didn't want Pistorius to lose launch power to a spongy pile of foam. So the resulting Spike Pad itself was fully realized then. It's formed of a midsole—two machine-molded pieces of foam with two different densities (softer is in the back where the Pistorius lands during his stride and harder density is in the front where Pistorius begins his stride)—along with a carbon fiber Spike Plate that attaches to the bottom. But to affix it quickly for testing, Hatfield went super low tech.
"We decided to use just contact cement. We thought, anyway, that was going to be very temporary," Hatfield explains. "I was wondering how many runs he was going to get in before starting to peel off. We found out that, it actually not only stayed on a few practices, he kept using it for months."
As a further bonus, contact cement had another advantage over more industrial affixatives. With just a bit of heat—a mere hairdryer—the Spike Pad can be peeled from the Cheetah foot. This cut down spike replacement times from two hours to roughly fifteen minutes per leg. And Nike's consistent production process brought much-needed predictability to Pistorius's feet.
"Before they were shaving foams, doing all kinds of different things to get to the right thicknesses and hardnesses," Hatfield explains. "It was arduous, took a long time and was never truly the same."
Now, every time Pistorius launches from the starting line, it's with an inherent confidence that his foot will always land in the same way. But the best part of the story is one easily lost in all of the tech.
"I think the cool thing about this is, it's different than what Nike is even used to, where we make something special for our elite athletes, then we let them use it for a while before spreading it around," Hatfield explains. "Oscar didn't want any of that. He wanted to make sure his fellow competitors had this available to them. So we're starting with some Nike athletes that we know—one of Oscar's arch rivals—Jerome Singleton."
Singleton was the 2011 100m gold medalist, consistently placing as one of the top double amputee sprinters in the world. And in a few weeks, he'll be competing against Pistorius in the Paralympic Games—on decidedly equal footing.


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Rachel Dolezal's 'Imitation of Life'
Dolezal's efforts to educate others on racial inequality appear to be sincere, and she needn't imitate anyone. She's a talented artist and has shown her ability as a leader. She is enough just as she is. Dolezal needs to know going forward that she can pursue the same work and fight the same injustices from an authentic place. And she should.


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I'm a 31 year old weather enthusiast from Central Ohio. Certified SKYWARN storm spotter.
By: Buckey2745, 8:20 PM GMT on September 25, 2013
It's early in the season, but we're seeing our first hint in the GFS of snow for the season. In an unusually early arctic blast, the GFS forecasts... gasp... lake effect snow? The kind of wrap around we see with mid season storms:
Early guesses say the snow stays to our east here in the Columbus area, as the fetch would most likely run from a Cleveland to Pittsburgh line. But still, there's a little excitement at the potential of one of the earliest snows in Columbus' history.
On top of that the GFS calls for a reinforcing shot of cold air about a week later, for what would probably officially usher in colder weather on a permanent basis.
I'll update in the coming days with what the models are doing.
UPDATE: September 26
The latest runs take the lake effect snow out of play, but it's still way too early to rule anything out. Considering we may hit 80 this Saturday, it would be an incredible 7 day swing to see snow the following weekend, but stranger things have happened.
I asked the NWS in Wilmington this morning to confirm our earliest snowfall here in Columbus:
@ericijosephson Earliest measurable #snow at #CMH was 10/19/1989 (0.4"). Average first measurable snow is Nov 20th. Period used: 1931-2012— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) September 26, 2013
Updated: 1:39 PM GMT on September 26, 2013
By: Buckey2745, 3:39 PM GMT on September 13, 2013
September and October are the heart of meteorological Fall here in Central Ohio, a time when weather can be on either extreme: summer or winter. If you remember last year we had our first trace of snow at the end of October with Hurricane Sandy. But we also had two days in the early part of September with temps in 90's.
September is transition, and that's being felt big time here in Central Ohio today.
Our forecasted high of 63° is almost 30 degrees
cooler than Tuesdays high of 92.5°. Is it possible we have seen our last 90° day of the year?
In fact I am going on record of saying we have seen our last 85° day of the year, too.
What we should expect:
Yesterday a cold front passed through the area bringing us our first significant rainfall in a couple weeks. That cold front has ushered in much cooler weather, and the high pressure settling in over the northern plains is keeping us in a northerly flow, so cool temps will be the rule, not the exception, for the next few days.
We'll see this happen a few more times over the next month or two, with temps dropping a little lower each time. In between, ridging will begin to build back in a little slower with a gradual warm up before the next front.
In a pattern like this severe weather is very possible. A couple of severe storms popped up on Wednesday out ahead of this cool air mass, and it could continue to happen until our area cools down enough.
One such scenario could play out near the end of the month with a decent warm up forecasted and a mid-continent low, more reminiscent of an early spring storm, driving toward the Ohio Valley:
Until then, lets enjoy this nice shot of Fall while we can.
UPDATE: September 14th
Last night's low temp of 42.2° was the coldest we have been since May 26th when the low reached 39.9°!
Updated: 12:43 PM GMT on September 14, 2013
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20 spots for a beer and a bite in metro-Phoenix
For beer drinkers, it doesn't get any better than a brewski and a bucket of wings — or a burger, or a taco, or a cheese platter or a slab of chocolate cake. OK, just about anything can be washed down with beer. But here are 20 destinations that highlight the brew and offer great food pairings to go with your cold one.
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Avian metapneumovirus subtypes circulating in Brazilian vaccinated and nonvaccinated chicken and turkey farms
Chacon J.L.,University of Sao Paulo |
Mizuma M.,University of Sao Paulo |
Vejarano M.P.,University of Sao Paulo |
Toquin D.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
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Avian Diseases | Year: 2011
Avian metapneumovirus (AMPV) causes turkey rhinotracheitis and is associated with swollen head syndrome in chickens, which is usually accompanied by secondary infections that increase mortality. AMPVs circulating in Brazilian vaccinated and nonvaccinated commercial chicken and turkey farms were detected using a universal reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR assay that can detect the four recognized subtypes of AMPV. The AMPV status of 228 farms with respiratory and reproductive disturbances was investigated. AMPV was detected in broiler, hen, breeder, and turkey farms from six different geographic regions of Brazil. The detected viruses were subtyped using a nested RT-PCR assay and sequence analysis of the G gene. Only subtypes A and B were detected in both vaccinated and nonvaccinated farms. AMPV-A and AMPV-B were detected in 15 and 23 farms, respectively, while both subtypes were simultaneously found in one hen farm. Both vaccine and field viruses were detected in nonvaccinated farms. In five cases, the detected subtype was different than the vaccine subtype. Field subtype B virus was detected mainly during the final years of the survey period. These viruses showed high molecular similarity (more than 96% nucleotide similarity) among themselves and formed a unique phylogenetic group, suggesting that they may have originated from a common strain. These results demonstrate the cocirculation of subtypes A and B in Brazilian commercial farms. © 2011 American Association of Avian Pathologists. Source
High-resolution melt PCR analysis for rapid identification of Chlamydia abortus live vaccine strain 1B among C. abortus strains and field isolates
Vorimore F.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
Cavanna N.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
Vicari N.,National Reference Laboratory for Animal Chlamydioses |
Magnino S.,National Reference Laboratory for Animal Chlamydioses |
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Journal of Microbiological Methods | Year: 2012
We describe a novel high-resolution melt assay that clearly differentiates Chlamydia abortus live vaccine strain 1B from field C. abortus strains and field wild-type isolates based on previously described single nucleotide polymorphisms. This modern genotyping technique is inexpensive, easy to use, and less time-consuming than PCR-RFLP. © 2012 Elsevier B.V.. Source
Carpentier B.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
Lagendijk E.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
Chassaing D.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
Rosset P.,French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety Anses |
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Food Control | Year: 2012
Our aim was to determine factors that have an impact on the bacterial load of inner surfaces of food refrigeration equipment to develop recommendations that should be made to consumers. We investigated 23 domestic refrigerators (DRs) and, for comparison, six serve-over counters (SOCs). Several zones were studied for aerobic mesophilic counts (AMC) presumptive Bacillus cereus and coagulase-positive staphylococci. In addition, for each DR sample, we collected data on the condition of the sampled surface and refrigeration practices. In DRs, there was no correlation between AMC and temperature, relative humidity, pH or cleaning frequency. AMC counts in SOCs, which are cleaned and disinfected weekly, were similar to the figures from the less frequently cleaned DRs, but B. cereus and coagulase-positive Staphylococus were less frequently found in SOCs. In DRs, the highest AMC counts were reached when both condensation and food traces were visible, i.e. when growth conditions were met, resulting in a mean of 10 4 CFU/cm 2 against of mean of 32 CFU/cm 2 on clean surfaces and dry surfaces with food traces. Consequently, two recommendations for consumers are (1) to avoid condensation and (2) to clean up food spills as soon as possible. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. Source


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With just two rounds left to play, Toulon host leaders Toulouse while Racing Metro and Stade Français face off in the Paris derby.
There are just two rounds of the regular season left to play as Toulon host leaders Toulouse while Racing Metro and Stade Français face off in the Paris derby.
There will be much more than pride at stake in the capital with the local rivals separated by just two points in the race for the final play-off berth.
The most important clashes of the weekend could be at the other end of the table however as Bordeaux-Begles and Brive go head-to-head, with the loser facing the possibility of dropping into the relegation zone.
Bayonne face a must-win clash at home to Agen while Perpignan will look to secure their survival against already-relegated Lyon.
Biarritz need just a few more points to be sure of safety but they shouldn't bank on getting any in the weekend's opening fixture in Montpellier on Friday.
Elsewhere, Castres are still chasing a home play-off but are faced with tough task against a Clermont side hunting the top spot in the standings.
Friday, May 4
Montpellier v Biarritz
Saturday, May 5
Toulon v Toulouse
Bayonne v Agen
Brive v Bordeaux-Bègles
Castres v Clermont
Perpignan v Lyon
Racing Métro v Stade Français
1. Toulouse 82
2. Clermont 82
3. Toulon 65
4. Montpellier 62
5. Castres 61
6. Racing Metro 59
7. Stade Francais 57
8. Agen 48
9. Biarritz 47
10. Perpignan 45
11. Bordeaux-Begles 45
12. Brive 42
13. Bayonne 42
14. Lyon 31
Montpellier HR v Biarritz Olympique
Stade Yves Du Manoir, Montpellier
Biarritz could take a giant step closer to survival on Friday but the smart money will be on fourth-placed Montpellier moving towards a home play-off instead.
Indeed, Montpol have had a very strong second half of the season but will need a big result this weekend if they are to book a home quarter-final as they must travel to Toulouse next week.
The visitors – who have lost on their last three visits to the Herault – will be without hugely influential captain Imanol Harinordoquy, who missed last week's Challenge Cup victory over Brive and is again ruled out with a knee injury.
A sign that Biarritz might be keeping their powder dry for the Challenge Cup final and their final round fixture against Stade Français is the sight of Dimitri Yachvili amongst the replacements. Yann Lesgourgues will wear the number nine jersey.
Montpellier have been boosted by the return of Georgian charger Mamuka Gorgodze.
Montpellier: Amorosino, Nagusa, Doumayrou, Fernandez, Bustos Moyano, Trinh-Duc, J.Tomas, Gorgodze, Tulou, Ouedraogo (c), Privat, Hancke, Jgenti, Creevy, Figallo.
Replacements: Van Vuuren, Leleimalefaga, De Marco, Martin, Escande, Combezou, P.Bosch, Bustos
Biarritz: Bosch, Ngwenya, C Gimenez, D Traille (capt), B Baby; J Peyrelongue, Y Lesgourgues; F Barcella, B August, F Gomez Kodela, J Thion, P Taele, T Gray, W Lauret, R Lakafia
Replacements:A Heguy, Y Watremez, E Lund, B Guyot, D Yachvili, J-P Barraque, S Burotu, E van Staden
Previous result Montpellier won 30-23 in Biarritz
Prediction: Biarritz will still be feeling the effects of their ill-tempered ACC semi-final with Brive. The fresher hosts look a safe bet. Montpellier by ten points.
Kick-off: 20.45 (18.45 GMT)
Referee: Sébastien Cloute
RC Toulon v Stade Toulousain
Stade Felix Mayol, Toulon
Toulouse have held the championship lead for 15 rounds but a dip in their late season form has seen the defending champs lose five of their last eight games in all competitions, allowing Clermont to draw level at the top of the standings.
Despite already being qualified for the semi-finals, there is no doubt that Toulouse will want to take momentum into the knockout stages and Guy Novès has vowed to line up a competitive team this weekend.
For Toulon, there is far more to play for as victory should be enough to ensure a home play-off. Bernard Laporte's team are still on track for a Challenge Cup-Top 14 double despite failing to convince in their recent outings.
Indeed, RCT will have to improve on their poor discipline that allowed Castres to make a comeback in their last home clash and snatch a draw which left Toulon winless in their last three Top 14 games.
Luke McAlister is a doubtful starter for Toulouse, who welcomed back Rupeni Caucaunibuca, Romain Millo-Chluski and Gurthro Steenkamp to training this week. Wing Timoci Matanavou is in Fiji for personal reasons.
Toulon will be without centre Mathieu Bastareaud, who has a hand injury.
Previous result: Toulouse won 33-12 at home
Prediction: Toulouse have lost on their last three visits to Stade Mayol. Toulon by five points.
Kick-off: 14.15 (13.15 GMT)
Referee: Laurent Cardona
Aviron Bayonnais v SU Agen
Stade Jean Dauger, Bayonne
The equation is simple for Bayonne: they must win. With an away game to Castres – who are near unbeatable at home – next week, a loss for the Basques on Saturday will mean relegation is on the cards.
Bayonne might even need a bonus point to climb ahead of Brive and out of the relegation zone. L'Aviron bounced back from the hiding received in Perpignan to record back-to-back wins over Biarritz and Lyon to keep their hopes alive, so they will fancy their chances.
Bayonne centre Lionel Mazars said his team were under no illusion about how hard their outing against Agen will be.
"We'll play at home against a team that, mathematically, still haven't ensured that they'll stay up, even if they're in a very good position to do it," said Mazar.
"Even if Agen have less pressure than us, they'll not gift us anything."
Agen have not had ideal preparation after coaches Christian Lanta and Christophe Deylaud – who will move to Bayonne next season – were axed midweek.
Agen have not won in Bayonne since 2006 and have tasted victory just once in their last five games.
Previous result: Agen won 37-18 at home
Prediction: Agen won't have the same motivation as their hosts. Bayonne by seven points.
Kick-off: 14.15 (13.15 GMT)
Referee: Cédric Marchat
CA Brive Corrèze v Union Bordeaux-Bègles
This is true eight-point encounter between two direct rivals in the relegation squabble.
Brive will know this is their last chance to save themselves as a road trip to Clermont on the last day will be considered a mission impossible. Les Corréziens were dominated by Biarritz in the Challenge Cup last week but will take heart from their first-half performance in Toulouse a fortnight ago when they led at the interval.
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|Dry white wine
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Cider vinegar
|3 Tablespoon
|1 Teaspoon
|Ground pepper
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|4 Large, peeled
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3. Add the chopped hard-cooked eggs and the mayonnaise to the potatoes and toss to coat. Just before serving, add the vegetables, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and the herbs, if using. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.
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Calories 699 Calories from Fat 341
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 38 g58.3%
Saturated Fat 4.6 g23.1%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 240.9 mg80.3%
Sodium 798.1 mg33.3%
Total Carbohydrates 73 g24.3%
Dietary Fiber 10.2 g40.9%
Sugars 5 g
Protein 15 g30.4%
Vitamin A 19.6% Vitamin C 148.2%
Calcium 10.8% Iron 26.4%
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Ross, It is not clear what is thought to be inappropriate. The lists are definitely hosted at OO.o using particular mailing-list software (SYMPA) and a variety of interfaces, including a very nice one for casual users that allows one-stop shopping and list management for anyone having registered an ID with OO.o. It is not clear that the means of adding messages to posts is within our power, and it might not be great on those many lists that are used by people for whom English is not understood easily, if at all. A better way is to make contact with the remaining active users of those lists using the lists themselves and exploring how migration be dealt with, including the prospect of shutting down the list altogether and going elsewhere (ooo-dev is an unlikely prospect but for a small subset of the lists) or (unlikely) migration of SYMPA such that the lists are preserved in operation but re-subscription might be required in the manner it was accomplished for the Bugzilla. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Ross Gardler [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Monday, October 17, 2011 03:49 To: email@example.com Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] [ooo-users] Speaking of ooo-users On 17 October 2011 10:58, Ross Gardler <email@example.com> wrote: > On 17 October 2011 10:28, TJ Frazier <email@example.com> wrote: >> On 10/17/2011 03:35, Ross Gardler wrote: > > ... > >>> I'd suggest adding a footer to all these mailing list mails that states >>> the >>> project is now at Apache and the list will be closed down in the future >>> and >>> moved to an Apache.org address. >>> >>> There should also be regular mails to the lists saying the same and >>> inviting >>> list participants to join email@example.com to discuss their >>> needs. >>> >>> As lists are created here you can change these headers and mails to >>> warnings >>> about switch off with subscription instructions for the lists here. >>> >>> Ross >>> >> In general, setting a ML footer is fairly easy to do, for an owner under >> SYMPA. >> >> I have a small problem w/r/t the @documentation lists, because we at AOOo >> have made no provision for documentation at all. > > Hopefully we can get some active members of the existing documentation > lists over here to tell us what they need and how they would like to > operate within the AOOo poject. Then we will have provision ;-) > > This goes for all areas that were covered but are not currently > covered. The discussion starts here on the dev list and, if necessary, > we create infrastructure specific to any given activity. It has been pointed out to me (offlist) that it might be inappropriate to do this. I would therefore like to clarify something. My suggestion to actively recruit from other communities was made with the assumption that the infrastructure these groups are using is part of the old OO.o infrastructure (i.e. their lists are firstname.lastname@example.com) and therefore will be going away soon. If this assumption is incorrect then it would probably be somewhat disrespectful of that community (and others) to actively recruit in this way. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
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Michael James Dupont
March 17, 1942 — November 30, 2011
Michael James Dupont, a lifelong resident of Bayou Vista, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, in Lafayette.
Michael enjoyed spending time outdoors, taking his sons hunting and fishing, while instilling the same hard working values that he demonstrated in his own life. Michael worked for Oceaneering for many years as well as heading up the disaster response teams for them that would respond to natural disasters around the country. He was known by many for having a big heart and helping others in need. To Michael, his friends were as much family as was his own family. Michael will be sorely missed but never forgotten.
Michael is survived by his wife, Terry Dupont of Bayou Vista; three sons, James Dupont, Travis Dupont of Bayou Vista and Simon Dupont and his wife Mandy of Bayou Vista; one daughter, Michaela Dupont of Bayou Vista; one grandson, Cooper of Bayou Vista; one brother, Allen Dupont of Bayou Vista; one sister, Pat Dupont Becnel and husband Robert of Mandeville; and three nephews, Daniel, Mark and Eric Becnel of Mandeville.
Michael was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Meriam Dupont; one sister, Josette Dupont; and his grandparents, Robert and Florence LeBeouf, and Adolf and Regina Dupont.
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Caliphruria tenera (Amazon lily)
Dried specimen of Caliphruria tenera collected in Colombia in 1844.
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Caliphruria tenera Bak.
Amazon lily (although the common name 'Amazon lily' is applied to all species in the genera Caliphruria and Eucharis, neither of which actually belong to the lily family (Liliaceae)).
Critically Endangered (CR) and considered Possibly Extinct according to IUCN Red List criteria.
Understorey of primary rainforest, in highly fertile soils.
None known, but the related C. subedentata is cultivated as an ornamental.
None known.
About this species
The genus Caliphruria contains four species of small, bulbous, perennial herbs with white funnel shaped flowers. One species (C. korsakoffii) is native to Peru, and the other three (C. tenera, C. hartwegiana and C. subedentata) are restricted to Colombia. C. tenera possesses the smallest flowers of the Colombian species. It is readily distinguished by its lack of leaves at the time of flowering and the long teeth of the androecium (male sexual organs) which greatly exceed the six short, free filaments. C. tenera is known from only two pressed and dried specimens collected over 150 years ago. The first specimen was collected in 1844 by the French explorer Justin Goudot (with no collection number), and the second in 1853 by the Colombian botanist José Triana (collection number 1289). No further specimens are known, and C. tenera is now considered to be extinct. All members of the genera Caliphruria and Eucharis are known by the common name 'Amazon lily'.
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This cozy Red Hook restaurant and wine bar makes a crackling thin flatbread, rippled and charred, topped with soft sliced peaches, crisp strips of bacon, and a touch of stinky fontina. It's a wonderful way to start the day when you're craving sweetness, but need something more satisfying and complex than a stack of syrup-drizzled pancakes. It's also a fine, savory snack to have beside you in the evening, while you sip some wine in the breezy garden. A bit pricy, but great for sharing (see how it's made here).
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Slashing through jungles searching for lost cities may be a thing of the past, now that a team from the University of Houston has developed a way to peer through even dense foliage to find signs of hidden ruins. The team used a laser-based light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system to find ruins blanketed by the forest in eastern Honduras. In 1526, conquistador Hernán Cortés heard tales of a white city, la Ciudad Blanca, hidden in the forests of Honduras. Explorers have searched the forest, called La Mosquitia, for centuries in vain. The LIDAR system may have found what generations of treasure-seekers overlooked. The system used more than four billion laser pulses to map La Mosquitia, the largest wilderness area in Central America. The image shows what looks like a central courtyard surrounded by structures. No one has ventured into the area yet to confirm the observations. And if this really is the legendary city, no one knows anything about the mysterious structure except that it exists. So it looks like the days of Indiana Jones are not yet over; there is still a job for machete-wielding adventurers to go out and find lost cities. And throughout history archeologists, explorers and thieves have trudged through the wilderness endeavoring to do just that.
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Copán On the other side of Honduras from the recently discovered ruins, the Mayans built Copán, a city that some call the Athens of Mesoamerica because of its exquisitely carved sculptures. After 2000 years of occupation, the political structure of the city collapsed in the 800's A.D., possibly due to overpopulation and environmental collapse. Pollen samples show that farms around Copán had crept up the steep surrounding hillsides. This not only reduced the amount of wood for buildings and cooking fires, it also left the denuded slopes open to erosion and landslides. The area was never completely abandoned, but many of the finely carved statues fell and were buried in sediments from the nearby river. Some of the statues now now bear scars from where plows scraped against them as locals continued to work the land. Other carved stones from the region were re-purposed as building materials in the dwellings of the local farmers. The former beauty of the city was largely forgotten after the Spanish conquest. A few explorers sent back tales of the intricate artwork during the 19th century, including writer and diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and illustrator Frederick Catherwood. Their book "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán" helped to popularize the ruins and turn it into an international tourist destination. While exploring the region, Stephens reportedly bought all of the ruins of Copán for $50, though he never capitalized on his investment.
Aerial view of Troy archaeological site in Tu
Troy Copán suffered a slow slide into oblivion, but other lost cities died violent deaths. The blind poet Homer told of Troy, the great city-state laid low when Menelaus, king of Mycenean Sparta, went looking for revenge. Menelaus led a coalition of Greeks against Paris, the Trojan prince who kidnapped Helen, Menelaus' fantastically beautiful wife. By the end of Homer's tale, Greeks hidden in a wooden horse had sacked Troy, and Helen was on a ship bound for Greece. The ancient tales of Homer were thought to be nothing more than legends until until 1865 when English archaeologist Frank Calvert followed ancient clues to Hisarlik, Turkey. He dug a few trenches and uncovered artifacts that convinced him he was on the trail of Homer's heroes. Calvert's initial discoveries were soon overshadowed when he teamed up with the impetuous German amateur archeologist, Heinrich Schliemann. Schliemann gouged through the artifacts and sediments of later settlements with a speed and lack of care that left modern archeologists aghast. He even tried to recapture the beauty of Helen by dressing his own young wife in gold and jewels discovered at the site. But for all his recklessness Schliemann found enough evidence to convince the world that Troy had been found. More recent geological studies and archeological excavations have confirmed that the site may well have been the ancient battlefield where Achilles was brought to heel, Odysseus lost his way, and Hector found that chariots can be a real drag.
A reconstruction of the palace of Minos in Kn
Knossos Homer wasn't the only Greek with stories of lost cities. In 360 B.C., Plato wrote about Atlantis. The philosopher wrote that, although Atlantis had conquered many lands, it was brought to ruin in a single day and night. No one has ever proven if Atlantis ever existed or to which ancient civilization it referred. One of the top contenders is the Minoan civilization on Crete, which was destroyed in a single cataclysmic day. The Minoans, named for their king Minos, held sway over trade in the Mediterranean during the Bronze Age. But in the second millennium B.C. a volcano on the nearby island of Santorini unleashed one of the largest eruption in human history. Earthquakes and tidal waves leveled the Minoan capital of Knossos and deluged the island's farmland. The Minoans never recovered but their memory persisted in the region. The Romans remembered the island as the home of Minos and minted coins on the island depicting the Minotaur, the mythological bull-headed man who stalked Theseus in Minos' labyrinth. By modern times, the civilization itself had been lost in the labyrinth of time until Arthur Evans, an English journalist and scholar, appeared on the scene in the early 1900's . Before he could start digging, Evans had to help bring about peace between Crete's Muslim and Christian populations as the island struggled for independence from the Ottoman Empire. Evans used his power as a journalist to decry the massacres each side perpetrated and to influence the British Empire to step in and enforce order. Once the bloodshed had ended, Evans' workers uncovered an elaborate network of workrooms, living quarters, storerooms, and administrative centers. The sprawling complex was adorned with brightly colored frescoes. The British School at Athens offers a virtual tour of the site.
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Remains of a bakery in Pompeii, Italy (Polyka
Pompeii Volcanoes destroyed more than one city in the ancient Mediterranean. In 79 A.D., the Roman historian Pliny the Younger observed and recorded the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius as it engulfed Pompeii. He watched his uncle Pliny the Elder sail with the Roman navy across the Bay of Naples in a doomed rescue attempt from which the Elder would never return. The city, along with many of its inhabitants, was entombed in ash for more than a thousand years. In Pompeii, it wasn't just the lava that was hot. Graffiti found near the town's center from around the time of the eruption labeled the city as "Sodom and Gomorrah," referring to the cities of sin destroyed in the Old Testament of the Bible. The city's sexual proclivities were such that after its rediscovery many of the city's wall frescoes were censored or hidden away from the prudish eyes of the public. In 1599, after the accidental discovery of Pompeii during a construction project, architect Domenico Fontana may have reburied or used plaster to cover wall frescoes that were too hot for the Renaissance, including depictions of the god Priapus with his giant engorged phallus. In 1819, the king of Naples had the erotic art of Pompeii locked away and only allowed adults to view the images. It wasn't until the year 2000 that the works were re-opened for public viewing.
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Machu Picchu The ancient world of Homer and Plato has passed into memory, along with many of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. In 2007, a new set of wonders was inaugurated by means of a global vote. One of those wonders was Machu Picchu. The ruined site high in the mountains of Peru was built by the Incas in the mid-1400's, but was largely forgotten after disease and civil war left the Incan Empire vulnerable to Spanish invaders. American historian Hiram Bingham is generally credited with alerting the outside world to Machu Picchu's existence after an 11-year old boy led him to the site on July 24, 1911. When he arrived, there were indigenous people living amongst the ruins, so it can't be said that he discovered the site. It may be that he wasn't even the first foreigner to walk amongst the perfectly cut, jigsaw-like blocks of stone that make up parts of the "Old Peak," the Quechua translation of Machu Picchu. Bingham may have been beaten by a German businessman, Augusto Berns, who seems to have been looting the site in 1867. Berns had set up a sawmill at the base of the mountain below Machu Picchu and used it as a base to pilfer artifacts to sell in Europe. An old map led historical detectives on the trail to uncover the robber of Machu Picchu. No one knows exactly what or how much Berns made off with.
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The central area of Ciudad Perdida (Wandering
Ciudad Perdida Augusto Berns at Machu Picchu was one of the many thieves who have sought to line their pockets by pilfering from the past. In the mountains near Santa Marta, Colombia, La Ciudad Perdida, Spanish for the lost city, lives up to its name. The city once housed up to 8,000 people and was the center of the Tairona civilization. It was mostly abandoned around the time of the Spanish conquest. The descendants of the Tairona kept quiet about the city to outsiders, although they continued to visit it themselves. The indigenous people's secret was safe until tomb raiders found the city in 1972 and began selling the Tairona's gold treasures and ceramics on the black market. The city was lost to the outside world again in 2003 when eight foreign tourists were kidnapped by the Marxist guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army. The guerrillas demanded investigations into human rights abuses by the government. By 2005 the area had been pacified and tourists were allowed back in.
Norse long house recreation at L'Anse aux Mea
L'anse aux Meadows Anthropologists, conquistadors and grave robbers weren't the first Europeans to explore the Western Hemisphere by a long shot. The Greenland Saga and Saga of Eric the Red tell of Norse voyages to the west which found bountiful lands of timber, called Markland, and grapes, named Vinland, in approximately 1000 A.D. In the sagas, Leif Eriksson reported building a large house in one of these western lands he and his men explored. Thorfinn Karlsefni was the first Norseman to make a real effort to colonize Vinland. He led 60 men and five women to found a colony, but returned to Greenland after three hard years of rough weather and mutual hostilities with the native peoples. While in Vinland, he was the father of Snorri Thorfinnsson, the first European born in what would become the Americas. The story of the Norse in the Western Hemisphere was relegated to the dustbin of mythology by many historians until a discovery on the northern tip of Newfoundland proved the Norse had beaten Columbus by 500 years. Helge Ingstad, a Norwegian, found evidence of at least nine buildings left by his fellow Scandinavians 1000 years before.
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In 1996, a ranger flying a helicopter over Death Valley, Calif., spotted a minivan in a wash near Anvil Canyon. That was ominous for several reasons: There was no road leading up to the spot, and the area wasn't passable without a four-wheel vehicle.
After investigating the vehicle, park rangers determined that four German tourists — a man, a woman, and their two sons, ages 4 and 11 — had last rented the minivan. But there was no trace of the family itself.
Their remains were not found for about 15 years, until Tom Mahood, a physicist-turned-adventurer, retraced their steps. As he recounts on his website, a series of reasonable mistakes, such as misreading the steepness of a canyon descent and being led astray by culturally confusing map landmarks, likely led to the decisions that ended in them separating, then dying in the scorching desert heat.
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The story reveals how easy it is for people to become hopelessly lost in the wilderness. Humans get lost in part because we don't pay attention and have lost ancient ways of reading the environment to navigate. But humans' way-finding abilities are also less precise than the abilities of other animals.
While innate navigational ability differs, "just about everyone can get better," said Daniel Montello, a geographer and psychologist at the University of California Santa Barbara.
Ancient tools
Historically, not getting lost was a matter of life or death. One wrong turn could lead to a hyena's den or a nasty death from thirst. As a result, all indigenous cultures navigate in part by tracking the sun or the stars' positions in the sky relative to the fixed star Polaris, said Tristan Gooley, author of "The Natural Navigator" (The Experiment, 2012) and owner of naturalnavigator.com.
Those cues "are as good if not better than a compass in many situations," Gooley told LiveScience.
For instance, Polynesian seafarers track direction using ocean swells, the natural rise and fall of the water caused when a huge storm generates waves deep at sea. Because swells can linger for days, they can reliably be used to fine-tune direction, Gooley said. The Polynesians can track up to eight swells at a time, he said. [The 9 Craziest Ocean Voyages]
Both land and sea bear traces of long- and short-term directional cues. For instance, grass may wave in the direction of the winds on a given day, but a tree may lean toward the direction the winds blow over long periods of time, Gooley said.
Use it or lose it
Human mental-mapping stems in part from a brain region called the hippocampus, and studies suggest it can be strengthened with practice. For instance, one study found cab drivers in London have bigger and thicker hippocampi than the average person, said Colin Ellard, a psychologist at the University of Waterloo in Canada and author of the book "You Are Here" (Doubleday, 2009).
But the sense of direction may also wither with disuse. Small studies have found that using a GPS for just a few hours seems to impair people's navigational skills in the short term, Montello said. Many people get lost because they simply aren't paying attention, he added.
Animal sense
It's also true that the human sense of direction is simply less precise than that of many animals. For instance, migratory birds can use internal magnetic compasses or sonar maps to create incredibly detailed mental maps. And many animals' sense of direction is instinctual and is genetically hard-wired.
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In addition, humans have faulty internal senses of direction. For instance, several studies have found that people walk in circles when blindfolded or disoriented (for instance, in an unfamiliar, heavily forested area), Ellard said. African desert ants, by contrast, can march in a straight line for miles. [Album: Stunning Photos of the World's Ants]
"They have this prodigious ability to keep track of where they are with respect to their initial starting point," Ellard told LiveScience. "They have a very accurate internal odometer."
But while animals' sense of direction is more precise, we have a much more flexible way-finding ability, Montello said. For instance, migrating animals travel thousands of miles but usually go to specific, pre-determined locations. But humans use landmarks, directional cues, a sense of how far they've traveled, as well as myriad other cues to go vastly more places, often with no prior knowledge.
"We travel much wider and farther than a lot of other animals," Montello said.
Tricks of the trade
A few simple techniques can help avoid getting lost.
"A common way that people get lost, is the environment looks different in a different direction," Montello said.
So when forging ahead on a long trek, it's helpful to look back and take a mental photograph to visualize the area from multiple orientations, Montello said.
Paying attention to visual landmarks and using dead reckoning — tracking of their speed and orientation, are also useful, he said.
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sebb wrote: > The readme files under: > > http://www.apache.org/dist/commons/logging/ > > say: > > "Note: the larger size of the new downloads is due to improvement > documentation shipping with this new release. Those who have very > limited band width may wish to download the raw jars instead." > > However, the raw jars are not present, so perhaps the Note: should be > removed from the 3 README.html files? The raw jars are available in the Central repository. An alternative is to add a link to: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/commons-logging/ Are this type of README files stored only on the web server, or are they under version control somewhere? -- Dennis Lundberg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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