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Marked for life: discernment ministry in light of Ezekiel 9:1-11
- Based upon Peter's prediction, does the worldliness that is invading the church bother us? (James 4:4)
- Does it concern us when we see churches being manipulated by the mechanics of church growth, when the end of growth justifies any means to achieve it? (2 Corinthians 2:17)
- Does it bother our souls to see the goal of growth eclipsing Gospel, to see methods employed usurping the Message preached? (Romans 1:16)
- Does it grieve us to observe the church believing God's truth less while enjoying "worship celebrations" more? (Matthew 15:8-9)
- Does the rampant immorality amongst professing evangelicals cause us to sigh? (1 Corinthians 5:2)
- Were you bothered a few years ago when one evangelical leader, who led a movement in his state to preserve the institution of traditional marriage, was cornered into admitting that he solicited sex from a male prostitute? (Jeremiah 23:14)
- Do false teachers with their strange and unbiblical teachings annoy you? (Revelation 2:2)
- Given our media age, does the development of the personality cults around evangelical leaders and speakers, where appearance and a schmoozing style trump substance, concern us? (1 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Peter 2:3; Jude 16)
- Are some of us even unaware that there are such critters as false teachers who stupefy their followers with their heretical teachings? (Romans 16:17)
- Does it upset us to see the Christian faith being publicly maligned for reason of the immoral behavior and unbiblical teachings prevalent amongst professing evangelicals? (2 Peter 2:2)
- In short, are we discerners? (Hebrews 5:14)
For any Christians concerned to discern, they may be comforted to know they're taking the narrow Way. A spirit of discernment is symptomatic of true faith. The Lord's sheep care, yes, even "sigh and groan" when they see fellow evangelicals lapsing into worldliness and ungodliness. Goats however, are unmoved (Matthew 25:31-46). Yet the caring can be comforted to know that their discernment evidences their solidarity with the One who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Being concerned to discern marks them out-- "X" -- as true believers (See 1 John 2:18-24.). Yet the overriding emotion of discernment ought to be that of grief. Yes, there may be a time for anger. God gets angry. He was with Ezekiel's generation, so much so that after He had told the angel in white to mark the believing remnant, the Lord instructed the other six angels, "Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house." (Ezekiel 9:5b-6). Yet we must remember that, "the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God" (James 1:20).
[1] Charles Lee Feinberg, The Prophecy of Ezekiel (Chicago: Moody Press, 1969) 55.
[2] The mark was the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet, a taw (i.e., the Hebrew "T"). Early Christian commentators noted that often the last letter was written as an "X" that could substitute for a person's signature. See John B. Taylor, Ezekiel (Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1969)103.The marking of the faithful finds precedent at the time of Israel's exodus from Egypt when at the first Passover the Lord instructed the Israelites to "take some of the blood and put it on the two door posts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it," after which He explained: "And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt" (Exodus 12:7, 13).
[3] Ibid. 102.
[4] David Aikman, "Attack Dogs of Christendom," Christianity Today, August, 2007, 52. Aikman writes: "By all means criticize fellow Christians if necessary, but do so with grace." Real discerners do it with a sigh and a groan.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Duke Energy officials assured South Carolina regulators that the utility's two coal ash ponds in the state are safe, in part because they are designed differently from a pond in North Carolina that dumped millions of gallons of contaminated water into a river.
But an environmental lawyer told the Public Service Commission on Monday that there are plenty of other ways the primitive structures can fail and send millions of gallons of ash-polluted water into nearby streams and rivers or allow contamination to seep into groundwater.
Southern Environmental Law Center attorney Frank Holleman urged Duke Energy to join South Carolina's other two utilities which have agreed to close the ponds and move the ash to safer storage in the next decade.
Regulators can review Duke Energy's electric rates and operations in South Carolina, but there doesn't appear to be much they could do about the utility's plans for its coal ash ponds. Duke asked for the hearing so it could keep the commission informed. The law center asked for a chance to respond to give its version.
Duke Energy has only two coal ash ponds in South Carolina. One is in Anderson County at a power plant is set to convert to natural gas within year. The second is at an already closed power plant in Darlington County where the pond has dried up, said Mike Ruhe, director of environmental affairs in South Carolina for the Charlotte, N.C., utility.
Neither pond has storm water pipes running under them and they will be thoroughly checked to make sure they are safe, according to the utility. A break in a storm water pipe caused the massive leak into the Dan River near Eden. N.C., last month. The toxic sludge containing arsenic, selenium, lead and other contaminants coated 70 miles of the river.
"We have looked at all the drawings to verify that there are no pipes or anything like that like we had at Dan River," Ruhe said. "We are looking to close both of those ponds as soon as possible."
But Holleman said that assurance is hollow. He said coal ash ponds are unlined pits built decades ago that could fail in any number of ways. He said the pond in Anderson County has a storm water pipe at the base of its dam that could cause all sorts of problems.
"That's just one failure. Before that happened, they weren't talking about storm pipes under ponds," Holleman said. "Who knows what other problems there might be."
South Carolina has 22 coal ash ponds across the state, but the other two major utilities — South Carolina Electric & Gas and Santee Cooper — have entered agreements with the Southern Environmental Law Center to get all the ash out of those ponds in the next decade to avoid lawsuits. Holleman hopes his group doesn't have to sue Duke Energy, but said the option is available — at least for now.
And South Carolina isn't immune to problems upstream. A half-dozen North Carolina coal ash ponds are in the by major rivers in the southern part of that state that flow into South Carolina., Holleman said.
Environmentalists want Duke Energy to do the same thing the other South Carolina utilities are doing — move the coal ash into lined landfills to protect groundwater and away from rivers.
"At least do with this ash what you and I are required to do with our kitchen waste," Holleman said. "No municipality could store routine municipal waste in an unlined pit filled with water next to a major waterway."

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DokuWiki sites are constantly changing due to the contributions of the website patrons. When topics get too big, change in scope, or become obsolete, it becomes necessary to rename or delete the namespaces from DokuWiki. This article will go through the steps in renaming and deleting namespaces form DokuWiki.
Renaming a namespace in DokuWiki
- Login into your cPanel.
- Go to the File Manager, select your DokuWiki install directory and click Go.
Navigate to the following location in your DokuWiki site.
Find the folder for the namespace you want to rename similar to the snapshot to the right.
Select the folder and click rename in the File manager at the top.
Name the folder to a different name and hit enter. (In this case we renamed the folder to "new_namespace")
Click your sitemap link at the top right of your DokuWiki site. Now you will see the namespace renamed in your sitemap.
Deleting namespaces in DokuWiki
- Log into DokuWiki.
- Click sitemap at the top right.
Find the namespace you want to remove. (In this case the "html5" namespace is being removed.)
Select the page in the namespace. (In this case "html_5_videos".)
Click the pencil to the right that says "Edit this page".
Delete all the text from the page.
Click Save.
Now visit the sitemap link at the top right. The namespace will be gone from the sitemap.
Note! For the namespace to disappear completely, if there are multiple pages in one namespace, each page in the namespace will need to have its content deleted. Once all pages have no content in the namespace, the namespace will no longer appear in the sitemap.
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Are you ready for some football? It's that time of year again when the pigskins come out of hiding, the team flags are dusted off and placed in flagpoles and on garage doors and America is getting ready to start celebrating its favorite pastime…tailgating.
Step-by-Step Checklist on How to Throw the Ultimate Tailgating Party
Whether your favorite football team plays college ball or if you prefer the pros, after a couple of seasons, chances are you're not going to remember any one particular game. However, a properly executed ultimate tailgating party will be talked about for years. To help you prepare for the tailgating party of the year, we've put together a list of the top must-have ultimate tailgating ideas.
Ultimate Tailgating Party Checklist
- Blankets
- Water
- Portable TV (For Pre-Game of Course)
- Horseshoes, Frisbee, Football (Any of your Favorite Tailgating Games)
- Fold-Out Chairs
- Towels (For when spills happen, and yes, they WILL happen)
- Large Trash Bags
- Trash Bag Ties
- Portable Grill
- Propane Canister
- Grilling Utensils
- Umbrellas
- Bottle Openers
- Napkins
- Paper Plates & Eating Utensils (No plastic drinking containers, if they need to use a glass, they should go to another party)
- Cooler and Ice (Lots & Lots of Ice)
- Canopy
- Fold-Out Table for Food
- Portable Seats
- Coffee Pot
- Portable Heater (or Fan if you live in Southern California)
Now that you have a basic tailgating party checklist down, it's time to plan the menu. When it comes to tailgating recipes, you'll want to stick to finger foods and foods that are easy to eat and share. Choose foods like chicken, sandwiches, sausages, hot dogs, burgers and side dishes like chips, corn-on-the-cob, and veggies (again for our Southern California fans). If you feel like your tailgaters can handle it, you can add some side dishes that require a fork and plate like baked beans, potato salad, macaroni salad, deviled eggs or even a hearty garden salad. Don't forget the condiments and if you're doing a sausage, you have to remember the peppers and onions. Pack up your big cooler and lay an instant ice pack on top. The instant ice pack is a perfect cooler accessory because it will keep your food cold without leaking and leaves more room in the cooler for the important stuff – like the food.
I don't think we need to even cover the drinks in preparing for your ultimate tailgating party – everyone has a favorite and I trust you have this section already memorized. But, as a backup, you might want to pack some extra water, sports drinks and even some coffee.
Tailgating Ideas – Setting Up
After you've found your place to park, it's time to set up your area for your tailgating party. Open up your table or your tailgate, whichever place you're using to serve your fellow tailgaters, and inflate your inflatable serving bar. Once the inflatable serving bar is ready to go, just add some ice and fill it up with any food or drinks that need to stay chilled. After all, you'll want to save the big coolers for the overstock of drinks that you have packed.
Tailgating Ideas – Warming Up
If your ultimate tailgating party has landed toward the end of the season, in the heart of winter, you might want to add some Heated Seat Cushions to your make your tailgating guests more comfortable. The rechargeable portable seat warmer quickly warms your seat up to a balmy 140-degrees, which will keep your fellow tailgater's "seats" warm in even the coldest of weather. Now, if your guests are chilly because it's close to the end of the season and their team is not going to the playoffs…yet again…the portable seat warmer may not help warm their spirit.
Tailgating Ideas – Grilling & Serving
It's inevitable that your guests are going to want their steaks cooked at different temperatures and being the ideal host of the ultimate tailgating party, you'll want to accommodate their requests as easily as possible. Just pop in a Meat Temperature Marker and you'll know instantly the wellness of each steak – so everyone is happy and you can keep on cooking.
If you've found yourself in that all-too-familiar scenario where some food is already done and ready for consumption before your other tasty treats are ready to be served, no worries! You can cover your ultimate tailgating party food with a food tent so pests won't treat themselves to your meals. The food tent is available in a couple of sizes and is big enough for multiple dishes.
Serve up your ultimate tailgating feast on a large Personalized BBQ Platter made from hearty glazed stoneware that's hearty enough to hold a large amount of your gourmet meats. You can personalize this tailgating party food tray with whatever creative saying you want to present to your guests while they're tasting your grilled masterpieces.
Tailgating Ideas – Cleaning Up
Usually when it's time to throw out your trash, you have to either pack it up and put it in the back of truck to take home or you have to waste time walking to the other side of the parking lot to dispose of your garbage. But the long walk is now over – simply pop open a Bag Buddy® Bag Holder, fold the plastic garbage bag around the top frame and you have an instant and conveniently placed trash can right where you need it.
When you've finished grilling and your ultimate tailgating party is in full swing, it's time to put the grill away and get ready to head off to the big game. Cover up your grill and support your favorite collegiate team by putting a College Grill Cover over it. Adapting to fit most large cart-style grills, the College Grill Cover is a real team player, helping to guard your grill from rain, snow, ice, and hot sun.
Now that your ultimate tailgating party has come to an end, it's time to paint your face (if you're so inclined), gather up your tickets and all other ancillary items that are necessary for you to show you're the ultimate fan and go enjoy yourself at the game. You can be happy knowing that next week, you get to do it all over again.


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The innards of an asteroid have been measured for the first time.
Scientists using a European Southern Observatory telescope have made precise measurements of Asteroid Itokawa's density. They discovered that different parts of the asteroid have different densities, giving the scientists clues about the asteroid's formation in the solar system. The researchers explain the strangely shaped asteroid Itokawa in a new video.
Itokawa is a stony composite asteroid. The peanut-shaped space rock is about 1,755 feet (535 meters) long on its longest side and takes about 556 days to orbit the sun. Scientists measured the density by studying images of Itokawa taken by the New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, as well as by other telescopes, from 2001 to 2013. Stephen Lowry, a researcher at the University of Kent, and his team measured how the brightness of the space rock varies during its rotation, ESO officials said. [See more photos of asteroid Itokawa]
"This is the first time we have ever been able to determine what it is like inside an asteroid," Lowry said in a statement. "We can see that Itokawa has a highly varied structure — this finding is a significant step forward in our understanding of rocky bodies in the solar system."
By looking at the change in Itokawa's brightness over time, the researchers tracked how the asteroid's spin period changed over time. By understanding that information plus its shape, the astronomers could also map the asteroid's interior density, ESO officials said.
Lowry and his colleagues found that sunlight was actually affecting the way the asteroid spins. Thanks to some very precise measurements, the team found that Itokawa's rotation period changes by 0.045 seconds per year, ESO officials said. While this may seem like a miniscule amount, it's something that can only happen if the two halves of the peanut-shaped space rock have different densities.
Until now, scientists had estimated asteroid interior properties through overall density measurements, ESO officials said. Now that they know the internal structure of an asteroid can vary, scientists can try to work backward to see how the space rock formed. Scientists now think it's possible that two parts of a double asteroid crashed together and merged to create Itokawa, ESO officials said, although no one is sure exactly how it formed.
"Finding that asteroids don't have homogeneous interiors has far-reaching implications, particularly for models of binary asteroid formation," Lowry said in a statement. "It could also help with work on reducing the danger of asteroid collisions with Earth, or with plans for future trips to these rocky bodies."
Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft collected tiny dust grains from Itokawa in 2005 during a 1.25 billion-mile (2 billion kilometers) mission that took seven years to complete. The probe returned to Earth with the space rock samples in 2010. The unmanned Hayabusa arrived at Itokawa when the asteroid was about 180 million miles (290 million km) from Earth.
Scientists in Japan are also considering a follow-up to the Hayabusa mission called Hayabusa 2. The new probe would launch to and sample 1999 JU3, a carbonaceous asteroid.
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I have found a couple of great things to share with you though, so I hope this makes up for my absence! The first is a great free e-zine that is perfect for the Holidays. Last week on my Christmas blog I shared a link to The Holiday Guide, a great free e-zine put together by Emily Henderson, known for her time on Design Star.
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|Winter 2011
Finally, I just wanted to let you know that this year, over at my Christmas blog starting December 1st, I will be posting a 12 Day series that will explore Christmas Traditions from around the world and how we can incorporate these traditions into our Holiday planning, cooking and decorating.
On the last day I will be holding a festive linky party and you are all invited to join in with my
I've even made a special button for the party and I would be so honoured if you would take one and help me spread the word!
Well, I'd better go and help Big Al rehearse for a big Christmas event at his school. His choir will be leading the Nine Lessons and Carols evening at his school next week and he has to learn a few carols that he isn't overly familiar with. I will leave you with one of my favourites as a #TuesdayTune.
I particularly love this version of the 16th century carol, The Coventry Carol. The "Coventry Carol" was performed in Coventry in England as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The play depicts the Christmas story from the Gospel of Matthew and refers to when Herod orders all male infants under the age of two in Bethlehem to be killed. The lyrics from The Coventry Carol represent a mother's lament for her doomed child. This version is performed by Sting and was performed live at Durham Cathedral in 2009. I hope you enjoy this version too!


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Yamaha's Yard Built projects have led the way in the revival of the custom motorcycle world. Developing relationships with the rock stars of bike building, the project has delivered an incredible line up of unique and breath-taking one-off Yard Builts based on the Yamaha Sport Heritage line. Legendary builders from across the globe have brought their skills and expertise to show how easy it is to customize Yamaha's intuitive and adaptable retro-style bikes. The project has given inspiration and set new trends in the motorcycle world, making it a reality for everyone to make their Yamaha their own.
Back to the Dirt
2019 sees the Yamaha custom world explore new 70s and 80s rally-inspired creations in Back to the Dirt. Yamaha challenged the best motorcycle builders to customise the XSR700, with emphasis on changes that harness and enhance the stock bike's off-road performance while retaining its character and demonstrating the ease of modifying it. 2019 has been the year of Yamaha XT and off-road-inspired projects which have laid the foundation for the excitingange of Back to the Dirt bikes.
XSR700 "Alan" by Lamb Engineering
Lamb Engineering began in 1988, when founder Larry Houghton originally intended to build a model steam engine in his father's garage. Larry's engineering talents, passion and vision went far beyond the steam engine however, and since then has gone on to build some of the world's most celebrated and technically accomplished custom motorbikes. For Back to the Dirt Lamb Engineering undertook an intense build process with the stock Yamaha XSR700, crafting a number of exquisite custom parts to transform the bike into an eye-catching retro tribute to Yamaha dirt bikes of the 1970s.
Lamb Engineering's efforts stunned the crowds at The Reunion in Monza, Italy, where it was displayed together with the other eight competing customisers in Back to the Dirt. Facing stiff competition from some of Europe's best builders, the Lamb Engineering 'Alan' XSR700 was vying to be the winner of Yamaha's Yard Built best build prize, judged by an internal Yamaha jury. Awed by the extent and quantity of work done by Lamb to customise the XSR700, the jury gave the bike top prize and declared it the winner among the nine Back to the Dirt entries.
While a host of visual and mechanical changes were made all around the XSR700, its flexible and highly adaptable lightweight steel 'backbone' frame was unchanged in the customising process by Lamb, who made use of many original mounting points to bolt on new parts while retaining the soul of the stock bike without any cuts or welds. To adapt it for aggressive off-road use however, the bike's geometry was significantly changed. The hand-crafted swing arm is one of the most noticeable modifications, supported by top of the line twin Ohlins shock absorbers. The stock front suspension was swapped out for IT enduro forks held by custom made triple clams designed and machined by Lamb, giving the bike increased travel and usability on rough terrain.
At the heart of the XSR700 Alan is the 689cc 2-cylinder engine of the stock bike, also changed very little by Lamb. A new chain and rear sprocket manage the driveability of the engine going through the traditionally-styled spoked wheels. The wheels were given new knobbly tyres to tackle the dirt, and in a truly retro tribute to the motocross bikes of old the brakes were replaced with Yamaha IT hubs with drum brakes to replicate the feel of piloting a classic Yamaha, re-skinned inside a modern machine.
The exhaust system, designed and manufactured by Lamb, was repositioned to exit under the seat and split into loud twin pipes that amplify the rawness of the engine's notes and remind the rider of the cutting-edge modern technology within. The hand-built subframe is another significant modification, carrying a new seat with extra padding and a white painted, hand-shaped aluminium tail unit housing the rear light. Most fittingly for a Yamaha tribute bike is the handmade tank, painted in classic Yamaha yellow with the iconic black and white speed block motif, which extends into the seat to give extra capacity.
Other additions to the XSR700 'Alan by Lamb Engineering include:
- Front fork adjustable wheel spindle clamps
- Handlebar-mounted twin spotlights
- Welded skid plate housing many of the electrical components
- Machined aluminium footrest hangers and swingarm supports
- Radiator side protection
- Traditional filler cap
- White painted hand-shaped aluminium front fender
- Removeable handlebar end mirrors
- Custom made retractable indicators
Lamb Engineering's XSR700 Alan showcases both the quality and quantity of customisations that Back to the Dirt has inspired in motorbike builders. While visibly very different to the standard XSR700, the Lamb Engineering Alan makes the most of the wide range of customising opportunities that the bike presents. Their bike retains the features that make the XSR700 such an enjoyable ride, while introducing new perspectives of bike setup and a number of custom parts to create a highly retro and technically brilliant interpretation of a modern Yamaha favourite.


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The Sendoff
Traditional meal before a young women is about to get married - Tanzania - Africa
Setup Shop
Locals setting up there shop for a wedding celebration - Tanzania - Africa
Partners I
Cormorant fishing in Guilin China
Partners II
Cormorant fisherman - Guilin, China
Up in Smoke
Guilin Elder smokes his pipe. He was 97 years old
Lantern of Life
Cormorant fisherman lights his lantern. Guilin - China
Balinese Pirates
A festival that occurs every 10 years was happening as we were on the way to the beach - Bali, Indonesia
Sulfur Miner II
A sulfur miner from Kawah Ijen stops for a photo. They often carry 150lbs up some of the most rugged conditions.
Sulfur Miner I
Sulfur miner stops for a photo after carrying about 125 lbs of sulfur up a steep crater
Ijen Living
This sulfur miner was very kind. He lives down at the base of the activity, and had just woken up when we arrived.
Wrinkled Wisdom
An elder walking near the lake in Pokhara, Nepal
A very humble Sadhu in the pashupatinath temple. Kathmandu - Nepal
Khumbu Boy
Khumbu Boy putting out the morning incense deep in the Solu Khumbu, Nepal
Light of Mind
Women selling butter lamps at the Monkey Temple in Kathmandu Nepal
Meditation Longing
Sadhu in the pashupatinath temple. Kathmandu - Nepal
Sherpa Living
Sherpas cooking in Thamo Nepal.
Yogies smoking at the Pashupatinath temple. Kathmandu - Nepal


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Fruit of the poisonous tree
Fruit of the poisonous tree is a legal theory in the United States that makes illegally obtained evidence, as well as subsequent evidence legally obtained if discovered solely as a result of the illegally obtained evidence, inadmissible in a court of law. This theory is a rational for applying the exclusionary rule to a certain piece of evidence. Several counter theories exist, such as the doctrine of attenuation. In the United States, defendants may make a motion to suppress such evidence, which means that the defendant is asking the trial judge to rule particular evidence inadmissible during trial.
For example, if a murder suspect was taken in for questioning but not read his Miranda rights, and subsequently confesses to the murder and provides authorities with the location of a victim's body (and the authorities obtain a search warrant and recover the body), neither the confession nor the body can be used against the suspect in criminal proceedings, unless the police can show that a) it was inevitable that the body would have been discovered anyways, b) that an independent source, such as a witness, had informed them of where the body was, c) the connection between the illegally obtained evidence and the subsequently discovered evidence was so weakened or stretched as to remove the "taint" of illegality, or d) the government's conduct was in "good faith."
The fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is related to the exclusionary rule, which finds its origins in Weeks v. United States 232 U.S. 383 (1914), a case argued before the Supreme Court on December 2–3, 1913 which interprets the Bill of Rights. In Weeks v. United States, Justice William R. Day overturned Weeks's conviction because the evidence used against him at trial was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and ruled that the illegally obtained evidence could not be used against Weeks. The "traditionally" leading case on the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine is Silverthorne Lumber Co. v United States.
The exclusionary rule came about as a remedy for violations of suspects constitutional rights. However, some argue that it is ridiculous that a criminal go free "because the constable blundered." [1] While other remedies are conceivable, such as holding both the constable and the suspect accountable for their own actions and violations, in the United States, the exclusionary rule remains judicial precedent.
See also
- Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383 (1914) Created Exclusionary rule at federal level
- Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643 (1961) Applied exclusionary rule to states
- ''Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents''
- ↑ See People v. Defore , 242 N. Y. 13, 21, 150 N. E. 585, 587 (1926), Cardozo J.


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A new law legalizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts is challenging communities north of Boston to write new zoning identifying areas where shops distributing the substance may — or may not — open after the new law takes effect on Jan. 1.
Proposals vary widely, from bans in Reading, Wakefield, and potentially Melrose, to zoning amendments proposed in Malden, Salem, and Woburn, and to restricting medical marijuana dispensaries to Route 1 in Peabody.
"It's what we did with adult zoning," said Ward 5 Councilor David Gamache, whose Peabody district includes Route 1. "It would be in an area where there are no children, churches, or schools. I would not want to see it downtown or near the [Northshore] mall."
Melrose Mayor Robert J. Dolan said a ban is the way to ensure the shops would not have a negative impact on the Victorian City.
"Melrose has very few business districts," Dolan said. "And all of them are located within 100 yards or so of a school, a church, a day care center, a playground. I feel strongly that [dispensaries] are not an appropriate use in that area."
A proposal introduced Tuesday to the Woburn City Council would require medical marijuana treatment centers no closer than 1,000 feet from a residential neighborhood, school, church, or where "large numbers of minors regularly congregate." A center must be at least 2,000 feet from a public park, playground, nursery school, or day care center, the proposal states.
Jennifer Manley, a spokeswoman for the Committee for Compassionate Medicine, which proposed the Nov. 6 ballot question, did not respond to an e-mail request for comment.
The law calls for the state Department of Public Health to allow up to 35 marijuana dispensaries to open across the state. At least one facility, but no more than five, would be located in each of the state's 14 counties. Marijuana could be grown, stored, and sold from the dispensaries.
Patients with debilitating conditions, such as cancer or multiple sclerosis, would have to show a written certification from a doctor to obtain up to a 60-day supply, the law states.
In a statement, Dr. Lauren Smith, interim commissioner for the state Department of Public Health, said her office is working to develop a policy to regulate medical marijuana in the state.
"The department will work closely with health care and public safety officials to develop smart and balanced policies and procedures over the coming months. We will work carefully, learn from other states' experiences, and put a system in place that is right for Massachusetts," the statement read.
Some local public health directors are eager for clear guidance.
"It remains to be seen what the DPH is going to do," said Chris Webb, public health director in Malden. "If past practice is any indication . . . they'll probably put together some model regulations for cities and towns to follow."
"We're assuming we'll get some direction from DPH," said Brian LeGrasse, public health director in Methuen. "We're trying to be proactive. We're looking into what local regulations we should have."
City councils in Lawrence, Methuen, and Revere have yet to take up the question, according to city clerks in those communities. Lawrence was one of only two Massachusetts communities, along with the town of Mendon, where residents voted against legalizing medical marijuana. The measure lost by 51 percent to 49 percent in each community, according to election results.
The Lowell City Council has yet to propose any zoning, but it did adopt a motion stating that the city's state representatives and senators be involved in any final drafting, said City Clerk Michael Geary.
"I think they wanted to make sure our delegation is involved, in case there is some tweaking of the bill" in the Legislature, Geary said.
In Malden, Webb is drafting language to amend the city's zoning code to allow dispensaries in areas zoned for medical use. A joint public hearing of the Planning Board and City Council will be held in December, he said.
"It basically puts them in the same zoning as medical services," Webb said. "It's on the edges of our industrial zone."
In Salem, the City Council is looking to amend zoning that allows medical clinics in a business or industrial zone by special permit to include medical marijuana shops. "We're proposing a clarification of our existing zoning," said City Planner Lynn Duncan.
Melrose, Reading, and Wakefield, which share a public health director, started working on language to ban marijuana facilities even before the Nov. 6 election. ""We planned for this," Dolan said. "We feel strongly it doesn't belong in any of the communities."
While voters voted overwhelmingly to approve medical marijuana in the Nov. 6 election, there is a fear that a dispensary located in a community could undercut local antidrug efforts.
"All three communities have active substance abuse prevention coalitions," said Ruth Clay, director of public health for the three communities. "In Melrose, we have 11 years, and over $1 million in grant money, to work with our youth. We don't feel that having one of these [dispensaries] in our community really fits in with our vision."
At the Nov. 15 Wakefield Town Meeting, Police Chief Richard Smith urged residents to support the ban. He cited data showing a spike in crime and illicit drug use in other states where medical marijuana is legal.
"My concern for us as a community is to protect our property values, and more importantly, to protect our children," Smith said.
Some parents agreed.
"If children see medical marijuana dispensaries on a street corner, their perception of risk will go down," said Catherine Bingham, a mother of two. "They will not see [marijuana use] as risky behavior."
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My mom painted this young lady falling off the roof, inspired by a recent conversation with her friends.
During their high school and college days, in the forties and fifties, Mom said they felt oh so sophisticated confiding in one another: "I fell off the roof."
Meaning: "It's that time of the month."
We wondered where this expression came from.
I had no luck googling, so I checked with Harry Finley at MUM, the Museum of Menstruation.
Harry doesn't know either, but he remembers a visitor to the museum in 1994 who was writing a book on expressions. The writer thought "falling off the roof" came from the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Perhaps, but when I reported this back to Mom, she commented that the girls in Baltimore and the girls she met at Duke certainly knew it too.
Harry's MUM site boasts an incredible online archive of materials related to menstruation.
A pamphlet titled "As One Girl to Another," is dated 1943.
Produced by Kotex, the page below refers to the "crazy nicknames" girls have for their periods.
Yep, one of those crazy nicknames is "falling off the roof."
But I still have no idea where the expression came from.
Any ideas?
My mom, Nancy Kiehne, paints in acrylics and watercolor. To see more of her work, check out her Tumblr site.
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Evacuation order lifted after SC truck fire
NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina community is sighing with relief after a truck carrying a dangerous explosive caught fire and prompted evacuations.
An evacuation order was lifted for the Chappells section of Newberry County after a tanker truck carrying granulated ammonium nitrate caught fire on Monday. Residents within one mile of the intersection were told they should leave.
Officials say S.C. Highway 39 and Rose Bud Lane remains blocked as crews work to clean up the spilled ammonium nitrate. That's the same substance that caused a massive blast at a Texas fertilizer plant last month that killed 15 people and used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 that killed nearly 170 people.


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Surly Straggler - Brand New - Disc Brake - SRAM Brifter (Integrated Brake-Shifter)
Surly Straggler - Brand New - Disc Brake - SRAM Brifter (Integrated Brake-Shifter)
The classic Cross-Check updated with disc brakes and more modern integrated shifting. Shown with optional Blackburn frame bag.
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So what is this Straggler anyway? The easy answer is to say that we added disc brakes to a Cross-Check and this is close to accurate. People have asked us to make a disc version of our highly versatile Cross-Check for a long time now and almost everything about the two are very similar. Straggler is slightly different, though.
The most obvious difference of course is that the Straggler has disc caliper mounts instead of rim brake studs. It'll accept rotors up to 160mm. The rear dropouts are unique, too. They're a partially closed horizontal design that accommodates singlespeed or geared drivetrains. They feature stop screws that thread in from the rear to further secure the wheel and to position the rear wheel for optimal shifting, plus a forward-mounted stop screw on the drive side to keep the wheel from slipping forward under the force of your gargantuan legs. The rear dropouts are spaced 135mm instead of 132.5mm like the Cross-Check simply because there are far more options for disc hubs in this spacing.
Straggler shares all of the Cross-Check's braze-ons for fenders, racks and bottle cages. The Straggler's geometry is slightly different, with angles and tube lengths very close but not identical to the Cross-Check, but like the Cross-Check it's ready to take you just about anywhere. It's a day tripper and a weekender. It's a 'rough road' road bike. It's a cyclocross bike with no pretense about racing. It's a utilitarian townie. It's a light-duty touring bike. It's an all-weather commuter. And when you get tired of one set up, you can swap parts around and turn it into something else. We think that's pretty neat.


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Print version ISSN 0378-4738
Water SA vol.34 n.1 Pretoria Jan. 2008
Cyclodextrin polyurethanes polymerised with carbon nanotubes for the removal of organic pollutants in water
KL Salipira; BB Mamba; RW Krause; TJ Malefetse; SH Durbach
University of Johannesburg, Department of Chemical Technology, PO Box 17011, Doornfontein 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa
Organic compounds are some of the major pollutants of water worldwide. They can be toxic or carcinogenic even at low concentrations. The non-reactivity of these species makes it difficult to remove them from water, particularly when present at concentration levels of nanograms per litre (ng·ℓ-1) or lower. Reasonably inexpensive yet effective methods for the removal of these organic pollutants to below ppb levels are therefore required.
Insoluble cyclodextrin polyurethanes have demonstrated the ability to remove organic species from water at concentration levels of nanograms per litre. Carbon nanotubes have also been reported to efficiently adsorb some organic molecules such as dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo-furans. However, these nanotubes are currently too expensive to be used on their own in water treatment.
An investigation into the use of cross-linked cyclodextrin polyurethanes copolymerised with functionalised multiwalled carbon nanotubes as adsorbents for organic pollutants has yielded very useful results which may have an impact in future water treatment applications.
Keywords: multiwalled carbon nanotubes, cyclodextrins, polymer composites, adsorption, trichloroethylene, endocrine disruptors
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Before the Internet age, small business startups had little opportunity to showcase their products right alongside major national brands. Online marketplaces have leveled the playing field for small businesses, effectively helping them leap geographic boundaries and sell their products in markets that would never have been possible.
Whether you are selling your products on Amazon, eBay, or directly from your website, it is critical for you to efficiently manage your product setup and ensure you can be easily discovered by consumers. Many of the same best practices that lead to in-store success can be applied to e-commerce, with a special focus on providing consumers with a well-rounded view of your product prior to purchase.
Here are three steps you should take to help ready your products for e-commerce sale.
Step 1: Make your product searchable
A Universal Product Code (UPC), also called a Global Trade Item Number (GTIN), is used by major retailers and small businesses alike to identify and track product inventories. This unique string of numbers is visible within the barcodes of products we buy and consume every day at retail stores.
Many small business owners don't know that the identification number encoded in a barcode has online relevance too. They not only help you streamline operations by connecting the digital listing with the physical product, they increase a product's visibility in consumer search results.
Online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay recognize that these numbers benefit both their buyers and sellers so they have outlined specific preferences for using UPCs in product listings, and some online retailers will even hide listings that do not contain these product identifiers.
To address these specifications, you should ensure that the identification numbers assigned to your products are authentic and include a GS1 Company Prefix, which will provide proof that your brand is linked with your product. Licensing a Company Prefix from the not-for-profit standards organization, GS1 US, allows you to create product identification numbers (UPCs/GTINs) and barcodes (for scanning in-store) for each of your products. If your company has product variations, such as various flavors or colors, you will need to have separate identification numbers (and barcodes) for each item.
Step 2: Help consumers "picture" it
Every seller hopes to avoid negative reviews or product returns. Think about your own experiences as a shopper—you will likely scroll past a product listed with only one dark image and gravitate toward the one with numerous photos at different angles highlighting the product's key features. Clear imagery is a necessity in today's competitive online marketplace and more pictures can lead to higher sales conversions. A recent Nielsen study found that the majority of mobile shoppers (62 percent) rated the ability to see product pictures as the most important factor in their shopping decisions. Professional photos of your product taken at different angles are critical to confirm that your product meets your target audience's expectations.
Step 3: Present all relevant data for consumers
You might only get one chance to connect with a consumer—help them find your product and make a purchase by compiling and sharing all relevant details. Packing your listing with helpful and complete information about the product's unique characteristics (for example, highlighting that a sweater is hypoallergenic and machine washable) can be a great point of differentiation and help sell your product versus the competition. Not sure how you can accomplish this on a tight budget? There are helpful content providers who are skilled in the art of managing product content and creating accompanying imagery for small businesses without breaking the bank.
Ultimately, retail has evolved in exciting ways to benefit smaller startups with great products just looking for the right audience to breakthrough. While the process of launching products can seem complex at first, applying these best practices can help propel your company forward for future growth and success.
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BMW ORACLE Racing advanced to the final of the Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai, the fitting finale for America's Cup Class monohulls, with a sterling performance in today's semifinal round.
Led by skipper James Spithill, the American team, which won the 33rd America's Cup in February, defeated the German/French All4One crew 2-0 to advance to the final where it will meet Emirates Team New Zealand, also a 2-0 winner in the semifinal round.
The winning formula for today was as it's been throughout the regatta that began 13 days ago. Tactician John Kostecki and strategist Murray Jones called the windshifts with aplomb and trimmers Dirk de Ridder (mainsail), Ross Halcrow (headsails) and Joey Newton (spinnakers) kept the boat moving fast. Not to mention, the sailhandling at the turning marks was flawless.
"It's nice to have the option to put the boat where you want and the guys take care of the rest," said Spithill. "We've got the option to go toe-to-toe or, if JK and Murray see a shift, we can speed to that. The guys have been spot on throughout the regatta."
Spithill has been spot on too, especially in the pre-start sequence. Once again, he gave his crew the ability to call free races by winning the starts.
In the first pre-start, Spithill got a penalty on All4One for jibing too close. That penalty came in handy during the second upwind leg when All4One closed to within one length as the two crews combined for 25 tacks in a furious duel.
"We set the penalty up in the dial-up," Spithill said. "We got control and forced him into a tight situation and he went for it. Turns out we didn't need it, but it was nice to have that penalty in the back pocket."
In the second race the two crews came off the line at opposite ends, but BMW ORACLE Racing was at speed at the pin end while All4One was tacking to starboard at the committee boat, making the French/German team slow off the line.
After entering onto the racecourse, BMW ORACLE Racing quickly tacked to port to get to the right and take advantage of the downspeed All4One and a right-hand windshift.
"The second start changed quite a bit during the pre-start," Spithill said. "Initially there was a pin bias and we were going to take it, but then the wind went way right. We came off the line and JK called a tack right away. I think the fact we tacked so quickly put them under pressure."
Tomorrow's final against Team New Zealand pits Spithill against old rival Dean Barker. The two raced the Louis Vuitton Cup final during the 32nd America's Cup in 2007. It's a showdown Spithill is looking forward to.
"I'm convinced we haven't seen our best yet, so I'm looking forward to tomorrow," Spithill said.
|Uphill/downhill: BMW ORACLE Racing and All4One bisect Team New Zealand and Mascalzone Latino
|Bowman Piet van Nieuwenhuyzen is dwarfed by the ACC headsails
|The Race 1 start: BMW ORACLE Racing to windward
|The Race 2 start: Taking a stern to get to the right
|BMW ORACLE Racing was in control on the runs
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Over the last year, I've been doing a lot of research on how organizations will need to evolve to meet the demands of the 21st century. The central premise of this work is that new technologies, most of which have appeared only within the last decade, greatly amplify our abilities to interact simultaneously with large numbers of people. The frontier of human productive capacity today is the power of extended collaboration — the ability to work together beyond the scope of small groups.
But doing this successfully turns out to rub up against a number of assumptions that are deeply embedded in the ways most organizations still operate today — assumptions that are no longer valid, but are so deeply buried that we fail to question whether or not it makes sense to do things the same way.
Here's one assumption many organizations live by: If you can see your employees working, they're productive. If you pay them more, they'll work harder.
Working in a world of extended collaboration asks individuals to contribute through a different and, in many ways, more complex set of activities. Workers must deal with rich content that flows through infinite links. Individuals must make intelligent, well-informed decisions about what to share with whom (and what not to) with less guidance from the hierarchy to simplify the patterns of interaction. And they must dig deep within themselves to form innovative ideas and put their best thinking forward.
To a large extent, the conduct of these activities is not something managers can prescribe or even monitor. Unlike process-based work, in which the goal is to perform synchronized tasks consistently and reliably, extended collaboration occurs asynchronously and is often aimed at discovering or developing something new. Rather than requiring everyone to be in the same place at the same time, extended collaboration can occur virtually. In process-based work, quality can be assured through in-process inspection and performance judged on conformity to process specifications, while the quality of collaborative work can typically be assessed only by the results achieved.
Perhaps most significantly, extended collaboration requires high levels of discretionary effort. People have to choose to do it and have to want to do it well. Leaders can create a context in which that is likely to happen, but collaboration cannot be mandated. It requires high levels of employee engagement.
When employees are engaged, they are excited and enthusiastic about what they're doing and enjoy pondering current challenges. They invite others in and are emotionally contagious. Engaged employees identify proudly with the organization and their work. These are the conditions that drive individuals' desires to collaborate in business.
My research has clearly shown that high levels of engagement, and the associated discretionary effort, occur when our work experiences reflect a clear set of values that we share. For many today, meaning is the new money. It's what people are looking for at work. Clear company values, translated into the day-to-day work experience, are one of the strongest drivers of an engaged workforce, one primed for successful collaboration.
As the old assumption that managers can "oversee" the quality of people's work and pay more to motivate more falls away, the role of leadership shifts from adopting and enforcing best practices to crafting unique experiences that reinforce the organization's values. It becomes less important to be all things to all people and more important to attract and retain people who value what you have to offer. Rather than offering a little of everything, companies must shift to excelling in specific areas that align with their unique values.
By strengthening meaning and increasing engagement, firms can connect with and motivate employees whenever and wherever they work. Does your organization still rely on physical presence for oversight and money for motivation? What changes do you see ahead?


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Link – Online Live Darshan from Govind Devji Temple in Jaipur (click on link)
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I'm starting now and need to increase the range of tools to make a quality website, then in addition to the Adobe programs, another set of tools we use to make our sites?
Don't Use Frontpage!
The only tools that are absolutely required for web development are a good text editor, browsers and an image editor.
Dreamweaver is still the best wysiwyg editor if that's what you're looking for, but all professional developers write their own code by hand.
You don't need others. As said, you need a program that can edit and upload code—all of which Dreamweaver does. It's also handy to have an image editor, like Photoshop, which you also presumably have.
That's it, really. The rest is basically learning a range of coding languages, like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP etc.
People who use front page should be burned at the stake like witches in the medieval ages. Though I have *some sympathy for those who are not selling services but not very much. If your using frontpage as a "professional" developer you should be put down. In all seriousness don't use frontpage – ever. If I said what I was going to say next in regards to recommending a wysiwg editor I would need to put myself down. So I will just leave that implied by the markbrown4's comments.
Microsoft acknowledged that Frontpage was long dead way back in 2007. Unless you are developing for IE5 and earlier you should avoid using it.
I wouldn't recommend Frontpage to anyone. I also wouldn't recommend Dreamweaver to anyone either. Far more often than not, it generates way bloated and invalid HTML and the thing you are mostly likely to learn from Dreamweaver is how to not build a website.
The bear minimum you need is a text editor (not MS Word though), or better yet a really good IDE like Netbeans and one of the better free image editing applications or something like [URL="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html"]Photoshop Elements.
If you're going to use server side code (like PHP for example) you'll also need a local web server like XAMPP (free)
You can use Dreamweaver to make your website with good tools.It provides built in code to create the website.
I am weaning myself off of FrontPage and have been doing some research into life-after-FP possibilities for HTML editing. I've spent a good chunk of the afternoon reading about NoteTab Pro which has been steadily gaining awards for its HTML editing program. I've been worried about moving into anything other than a WYSIWYG program, but I have been convinced that such visually comfortable programs sacrifice clean source code in the process. NoteTab is supposed to have a quick-view function associated with F8, if memory serves, that gives you the view of the page you are creating in the browser view of your choice. I am impressed enough with what I have heard and read that I just downloaded the very reasonably priced program and will begin trying it out tomorrow. Let me know if there is anyone out there - other recovering FrontPage users - that would be interested in reading what I think after I've used NotePad for a while.
Hi SusanOhara. Welcome to the forums.
I don't really see the point of such tools, when you can view your page in browsers anyway. I tend to have a lot of browsers open while developing, and I just keep testing the results in each browser.
When I first moved away from WYSIWYG designing, I was amazed at how simple is was to code a page, and you have the security of the browser views to make sure you're on the right track.
I agree. You would never be able to tell if the preview was displaying correctly as the page will appear in XYZ browser or is following slightly different rules - the end result being a web page that may only display correctly in the preview.
If you're using Frontpage and are considering Adobe for coding then I think your definition of quality will differ from mine…
Photoshop is a given, as it's basically the industry standard. However, I know of no developers that ever use Adobe products for anything other than design. If you want to write HTML and CSS then get a good text editor like Notepad++ or Komodo Edit.
Notepad++ is all I've ever wanted in an editor. Personally, I have wysiwig editors as they create all sorts of nonsense around templates. "Proper" coding is the only way to do it right imho.
Although I have Photoshop, 90% of my graphics work is done in Irfanview and Paint, which are free just like Notepad++.
I use Dreamweaver, its the only best software for this purpose and also suits me too.
im using alsoo front-page its nice but 90% Webmaster use Dreamweaver
Why? It has been dead for about 10 years now and the most recent browser it actually works properly with is IE6 which is also now dead. Even Microsoft acknowledged its death in 2007 when they announced Expression Web was its replacement (which has now also been declared to be obsolete as Microsoft have moved on to yet another web editor as a replacement for Expression Web).


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Your cat or dog looks to be in some discomfort and is constantly scratching or biting their fur. Is it a skin infection or could it be fleas feeding? But what do fleas look like? Before you take your pet to the vet there are a couple of ways to check if you have fleas in the home.
Human fleas are now uncommon in Ireland. They find it hard to compete against the vacuum cleaner and insecticides.
If you are still concerned about fleas, you can look for these signs:
Can you see fleas crawling on your pet's coat? They are normally reddy-brown and about 2mm long.
Check the hind-quarters of your dog or the head and neck of your cat. These are the areas that are targeted and where you might see signs of flea activity.
Carefully look at your pet's skin for fine black droppings. This is 'flea dirt' or adult flea faeces and looks like ground black pepper. A good way to spot it is to use a flea comb over a sheet of white paper, which makes it easier to see the small black specks.
Another sign of a problem is flea dirt on pet bedding, carpets or rugs.
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South Africa has the world's highest number of people infected with HIV, with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) the leading causes of death. Nearly one-third of new HIV infections occur in 15–24 year olds, with girls up to eight times more likely to be infected. Patients with drug-resistant TB need earlier diagnosis and their household contacts screened for TB. Additionally, the burden of non-communicable diseases (third leading cause of death after HIV and TB) is increasingly impacting an already stretched health system.
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Some bright spots exist in South Africa's health picture: life expectancy has increased, maternal mortality has decreased, and spending for public health has increased over the past 20 years. South Africa has made a deliberate effort to improve data quality and accessibility and has improved access to medicines through the Central Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution Programme. The availability of reliable routinely collected and adequately disaggregated information about health programs is important to address these health issues.
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Audio-Animatronics (also known as simply Animatronics, and sometimes shortened to AAs) is the registered trademark for a form of robotics animation created by Walt Disney Imagineering for shows and attractions at Disney theme parks, and subsequently expanded on and used by other companies. The robots move and make noise (generally a recorded speech or song), but are usually fixed to whatever supports them.[1] They can sit and stand but usually cannot walk. An Audio-Animatronic is different from an android-type robot in that it uses prerecorded movements and sounds, rather than responding to external stimuli. In 2009, Disney debuted an interactive version of the technology called Autonomatronics, and in 2018, announced aerial stunt figures called Stuntronics.
Audio-Animatronics were originally a creation of Walt Disney employee Lee Adams, who worked as an electrician at the Burbank studio and was one of Disney's original Imagineers. Walt Disney got a mechanical toy bird in New Orleans, and he decided to improve the device that moved it. An early robotic figure was the Dancing Man, created by Roger Broggie and Wathel Rogers, and modeled after a tap dancing routine by actor Buddy Ebsen.[2]
The term "Audio-Animatronics" was first used commercially by Disney in 1961, was filed as a trademark in 1964, and was registered in 1967.
The Audio-Animatronic show The Enchanted Tiki Room opened in 1963 at Disneyland. It is a room full of tropical creatures with eye and facial actions synchronized to a musical score entirely by electromechanical means. The Audio-Animatronic cast of the musical revue uses tones recorded on tape to vibrate a metal reed that closes a circuit to trigger a relay, which sends a pulse of electricity to a mechanism that causes a pneumatic valve to move part of the figure.
The movements of the attraction's birds, flowers, and tiki idols are triggered by sound. Figures' movements have a neutral "natural resting position" that the limb or part returns to when there is no electric pulse present. Other than this, the animation is a digital system, with only on/off moves, such as an open or closed eye.
Other early Audio-Animatronics were at the 1964 New York World's Fair. They were used in the Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln exhibit at the State of Illinois Pavilion, Pepsi/UNICEF's "it's a small world" exhibit, General Electric's Carousel of Progress, and Ford Motor Company's "Magic Skyway."
An Audio-Animatronic robin sang a duet with Julie Andrews in the 1964 film Mary Poppins.
Pneumatic actuators are powerful enough to move heavier objects like simulated limbs, while hydraulics are used more for large figures. On/off type movement would cause an arm to be lifted (for example) either up over an animatron's head or down next to its body, but with no halting or change of speed in between. To create more realistic movement in large figures, an analog system was used. This gave the figures' body parts a full range of fluid motion, rather than only two positions.
To permit a high degree of freedom, the control cylinders resemble typical miniature pneumatic or hydraulic cylinders, but mount the back of the cylinder on a ball joint and threaded rod. This ball joint permits the cylinders to float freely inside the frame, such as when the wrist joint rotates and flexes.
The oil-filled cylinders occasionally drip or leak, so it is sometimes necessary to do makeup touch-up work, or to strip the clothing off a figure due to leaking fluids inside. The Enchanted Tiki Room remains a pneumatic theatrical set, primarily due to the leakage concerns, as the Audio-Animatronic figures are above the audience's heads.
Because each individual cylinder requires its own control channel, the original Audio-Animatronic figures were relatively simple in design, to reduce the number of channels required. For example, the first human designs (referred to internally by Disney as series A-1) included all four fingers of the hand as one actuator. It could wave its hand but it could not grasp or point at something. With modern digital computers controlling the device, the number of channels is virtually unlimited, allowing more complex, realistic motion. The current versions (series A-100) now have individual actuators for each finger. Disney also introduced a brand new figure that is used in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge and is referred to as the A1000.
Compliance is a new technology that allows faster, more realistic movements without sacrificing control. In the older figures, a fast limb movement would cause the entire figure to shake in an unnatural way. The Imagineers thus had to program slower movements, sacrificing speed in order to gain control. This was frustrating for the animators, who, in many cases, wanted faster movements. Compliance improves this situation by allowing limbs to continue past the points where they are programmed to stop; they then return quickly to the "intended" position, much as real organic body parts do. The various elements also slow to a stop at their various positions, instead of using the immediate stops that caused the unwanted shaking. This absorbs shock, much like the shock absorbers on a car or the natural shock absorption in a living body.
The skin of an Audio-Animatronic is made from silicone rubber. Because the neck is so much narrower than the rest of the skull, the skull skin cover has a zipper up the back to permit easy removal. The facial appearance is painted onto the rubber, and standard cosmetic makeup is also used. Over time, the flexing causes the paint to loosen and fall off, so occasional makeup work and repainting are required.
Generally as the rubber skin flexes, the stress causes it to dry and begin to crack. Figures that do not have a high degree of motion flexibility, such as the older A-1 series for President Lincoln, may only need to have their skin replaced every ten years. The most recent A-100 series human AAs, like the figure for President Barack Obama, also include flexion actuators that move the cheeks and eyebrows to permit more realistic expressions; however, the skin wears out more quickly and needs replacement at least every five years.
The wig on each human AA is made from natural human hair for the highest degree of realism, although using real hair creates its own problems, since the changing humidity and constant rapid motions of the moving AA carriage hardware throughout the day cause the hair to slowly lose its styling, requiring touch-ups before each day's showing.
Autonomatronics is a registered trademark for a more advanced Audio-Animatronic technology, also created by Walt Disney Imagineers.
The original Audio-Animatrons used hydraulics to operate robotic figures to present a pre-programmed show. This more sophisticated technology can include cameras and other sensors feeding signals to a high-speed computer which processes the information and makes choices about what to say and do. In September 2009, Disney debuted "Otto", the first interactive figure that can hear, see and sense actions in the room.[3] Otto can hold conversations and react to the audience.[4]
In December 2009, Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln returned to Disneyland using the new Autonomatronics technology.[5]
In June 2018, it was revealed that Disney Imagineering had created autonomous, self-correcting aerial stunt robots called stuntronics.[6] This new extension of animatronics utilizes onboard sensors for precision control of advanced robotics to create animatronic human stunt doubles that can perform advanced aerial movements, such as flips and twists.[7]
The technology of the AAs at Disney's theme parks around the world vary in their sophistication. They range from the blinking and mouth movements at Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room to full body movement, from the mouth to the tip of the fingers at Stitch's Great Escape! at the Magic Kingdom.
Current technologies have paved the way for more elaborate AA figures, such as President Donald Trump in The Hall of Presidents, "Ursula head" inside the Mermaid Lagoon Theater at Tokyo DisneySea, the Indiana Jones figures inside the Indiana Jones attractions at both Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, the "swordfighting" pirates inside Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland Park (Paris), the "lava/rock monster" inside Journey to the Center of the Earth at Tokyo DisneySea, the "Na'vi Shaman of Songs" inside the Na'vi River Journey, the dinosaurs inside DINOSAUR, the "Yeti" inside Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom (though the latter has been non-functional since 2008, using a strobe light to simulate movement of the still figure[8][9]), or the Roz figure inside Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! at Disney California Adventure.
The Roz figure is able to "interact" with guests with help from an unseen ride operator who chooses pre-recorded messages for Roz to "speak", thereby seeming to "react" to individual guests' unique appearances and clothing. Mr. Potato Head outside of the Toy Story Mania! attractions at the Disney California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios parks does the same.
One of the newest figures comes with changes to the classic Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland and the Magic Kingdom, both now featuring characters from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. The Jack Sparrow figure is based on the actor that portrays him, Johnny Depp, and features his voice and facial mold. So far, the newest and most advanced Audio-Animatronic figure is Abraham Lincoln at The Disneyland Story: Featuring Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland. Lincoln can move his lips to form words, can make dramatic movements, and can portray emotions to match the words he is saying.
The Audio-Animatronic anglerfish inside The Seas with Nemo & Friends in Epcot uses a robotic arm that is connected to a puppet to control realistic swimming movements of the animatronic to make the effect that the anglerfish is actually swimming. Robotic arms have also appeared in other attractions such as The Sum of All Thrills in the Innoventions area of Epcot.
The Audio-Animatronic Indiana Jones figures inside Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Crystal Skull at Tokyo DisneySea resemble actor Harrison Ford, unlike the original figures found at the Disneyland version, Temple of the Forbidden Eye. In 2010, some of the Audio-Animatronic figures at the Disneyland version were replaced with more technically advanced figures that also look more like Ford.
The Audio-Animatronics formerly featured in the Great Movie Ride used the likeness of the actors that portrayed the characters. Audio-Animatronics found in Seven Dwarfs Mine Train at Magic Kingdom use projections for their faces to make the dwarfs' mouths move and their eyes blink. The projected face technology is also used in Frozen Ever After at Epcot. These Audio-Animatronics were succeeded by the figures in use in the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge lands at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios in 2019, such as Hondo Ohnaka in the Millennium Falcon – Smugglers Run attraction. These new figures, known as A-1000 Animatronics, have a fully functional face, featuring a full range of motion in the eyes and mouth.[10]
In popular culture[edit]
- Less-sophisticated forms of audio-animatronics also gained popularity in the 1980s through use at family entertainment centers such as ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's. At ShowBiz, ''The Rock-afire Explosion'' band was made by Aaron Fechter and Creative Engineering, who also made other animatronic characters and arcade redemption games. They are also used in film and television special effects.
- Several passengers and the crew of a Pioneer Zephyr are represented in a display of this historic train at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. Neatly dressed in the proper style of first class passengers of their era, one remarks upon the casual dress of the visitors.
- The George Washington Masonic National Memorial features an animatronic George Washington.
- John Wardley is often said to have brought animatronics to the United Kingdom, utilizing a concept called Ramped Movement, which allowed for smoother movements of the figures. John appeared on Tomorrow's World in the 1970s showing a guitar playing animatronic programmed to music. His first project was the creation of the animated show "50 Glorious Years" for Tussaud's "Royalty and Empire Exhibition" at Windsor.
- Scissor Sisters member Ana Matronic named herself after animatronics, as a homage to her love of The Bionic Woman.
- The Pennsylvania Lottery uses an animatronic groundhog named Gus (who refers to himself as the "second-most-famous groundhog in Pennsylvania", after Punxsutawney Phil) as the mascot for television commercials for their instant scratch-off games.[11]
- The 2015 Disney film Tomorrowland uses the Audio-Animatronics word as a term for their sophisticated android characters.
- A dissociative animatronic Lincoln is one of the malfunctioning robots at the robot asylum in the Futurama episode "Insane in the Mainframe".
The Hall of Presidents circa 2011 at the Magic Kingdom
The Hall of Presidents from 2001 to 2008
Abominable Snowman at the Matterhorn Bobsleds in 2007, before the 2015 refurbishment
The Muppet Mobile Lab at the Pixar Studios, featuring two Muppets, Honeydew and Beaker. Pete Docter, Pixar's chief creative officer, can be seen above the vehicle's headlights.
Lucky the Dinosaur in Disney's Animal Kingdom in 2005.
See also[edit]
- ^ Strodder, Chris (2017). The Disneyland Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Santa Monica Press. pp. 63–65. ISBN 978-1595800909.
- ^ "DizTech Vol. 5 - Real-Life Canvas: Animating with Animatronics".
- ^ Hoque, M. Ehsan. "Disney's First autonomous Audio-Animatronics". MIT Media Lab. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Smith, Thomas (28 September 2009). "Disney Autonomatronics Figure Can Sense If You're Happy". Disney Parks Blog. Disney Parks.
- ^ Niles, Robert (17 December 2009). "Disneyland's Mr. Lincoln debuts Disney's next generation of animatronic storytelling". Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Panzarino, Matthew (June 28, 2018). "Disney Imagineering has created autonomous robot stunt doubles". TechCrunch.com. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Stuntronics". Disney Research. 2018. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Expedition Everest effects status watch". Forums. WDWMagic.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ Garcia, Jason (31 July 2010). "Disney fans dismayed with 'Disco Yeti'". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "Hondo Animatronic Revealed for Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney Parks". Laughingplace.com. February 28, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Lottery's 'Gus the Groundhog'". character-shop.com. The Character Shop, Inc. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
External links[edit]
- DizTech: The Disney Technology Blog at DizFanatic.com
- How Animatronics Work at HowStuffWorks.com
- Masters of Puppets: Rock-afire Explosion Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine


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