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BOSTON —In the aftermath of September 11, 2001 a clear story began to emerge: Hijackers took control of planes. Those planes were flown into The Pentagon and World Trade Center towers. The towers collapsed. Thousands of people died. But of course, that isn't the whole story. The facts alone can never tell the whole story. In the decade since September 11, 2001, a body of literature has emerged, as writers of both fiction and non-fiction have attempted to process, understand and express what happened on that tragic day. Here is author and regular Emily Rooney Show contributor Steve Almond's take on that body of literature.
Falling Man by Don DeLillo
"DeLillo had been writing about terrorism for years before 9/11. In fact, a decade before the attacks, he wrote a book called Mao II, which envisions an age in which the novelist's power to 'alter the inner life of the culture' has been hijacked by terrorists whose 'major work involves midair explosions and crumbled buildings.' This is one of the few (maybe the only) book that's about actual survivors of the attacks."
The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright
"This great book clearly explains who Al-Qaeda is and what led them to the actions they took on 9/11.
Firehouse by David Halberstam
The Last Days of Muhammad Atta by Martin Amis
"This great book clearly explains who Al-Qaeda is and what led them to the actions they took on 9/11.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
"This best-known 9/11 novel will soon be a motion picture. It has been a divisive work, with its fair share of supporters and critics alike. While the book contains some beautiful writing, I count myself among those in the latter camp."
Firehouse by David Halberstam
"Halberstam specialized in small human stories. This book is about the Engine 40, Ladder 35 firehouse, an Upper West Side company that sent 13 men to the World Trade Center, and lost all but one of them. He uses the intimate memories of survivors to bring the story alive."
The Last Days of Muhammad Atta by Martin Amis
"Only attempt to get inside the head of the terrorists themselves."
Other Works
9/11 Commission Report
In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman
The Good Life by Jay McInerney
Saturday by Ian McEwan
The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
The Submission by Amy Waldman
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If you cannot own a cat due to household restrictions, consider volunteering for a local shelter or animal rescue group. You'll meet new friends who share your fondness for felines, and you'll spend quality time with kitties.
How do you know if your relationship with your cat has crossed over into an unhealthy obsession? If caring for your cat has heavily interfered with everyday aspects of your life, you may be obsessed, according to Debra Rothschild, clinical psychologist and addictions expert.
Putting off work deadlines or social plans to spend time with your cat is a red flag. A good indication of a problem is if you find yourself prioritizing your cat over potential human interactions. "The unconditional love of a cat is something to cherish, but it shouldn't replace a real relationship with other people, whether it is friendship or romantic," says Rothschild.
It is also important to assess any behavior that is making your life unmanageable, such as spending too much money on cat products when you can't afford necessities for yourself. "The number of cats in your home does not necessarily indicate a problem," says Rothschild. "If you have a large home, then you have the space for more cats. Alternatively, if you live in a small apartment with 10 cats and this inhibits company from visiting, then you need to reevaluate your situation."
If you are concerned that you may be spending too much time with your cat, there are ways to change your behavior. "It is important to know that your cats will be alright without you, as they are independent creatures," says Rothschild. "You should try to spend time with other people. Think of activities you enjoy, and pursue those interests."
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The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University invites readers to a free lecture on Sunday, Oct. 21, beginning at 2 p.m. Dr. Robert M. Giannetti will present a reading and interpretation of Alexander Wilson's poem, "The Foresters," which describes a journey, by foot, from the lower Niagara River to Niagara Falls in the autumn of 1804.
Giannetti is an author and antiquarian bookseller, Niagara University adjunct professor and guest curator of "The Picturesque and War: Visual and Literary Aspects of 19th Century Niagara Tourism."
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Trends in Arizona Housing
November 27, 2013
The housing market, for many parts of Arizona, has been in a recovery for 2 years. Here are 2 important trends to be aware of when thinking of buying or selling real estate today.
A Shortage of Properties for Sale
Buyer demand has increased at a faster pace than new properties coming on the market for sale. This has resulted in a "seller's market" at many price points, and in many areas. In a seller's market, buyers can face increased competition from other interested buyers, and may even encounter multiple bid situations.
Here are the current market conditions for Tucson and Phoenix areas.
Increases in Sales Prices
With a reduced amount of supply (inventory available to buyers) and a higher rate of demand, (home sales) it is totally understandable that prices are on the rise. A rise in home values does help to stabilize the market and in some cases help homeowners get back to a positive equity position in their property.
Here are the trends in median prices for Tucson and Phoenix during the housing recovery. If current market conditions continue, we can expect sales prices to continue to climb.
Market conditions can vary by local area and by price point, so make sure you contact me so I can help you understand what is happening in your neighborhood.
These statistics are based on information obtained from the TARMLS and ARMLS on 11/05/2013. Information is believed to be reliable, but not guaranteed
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Sheffield United host Bury without Jordan Slew after the 18-year-old striker completed a move to Blackburn on transfer deadline day.
The Blades will also be without Daniel Bogdanovic who moved to Blackpool and are unable to confirm whether loan bids for Kyle Hutton and John Fleck were successful.
Stephen Quinn will, however, be available to face the Shakers after Blades boss Danny Wilson fended off late interest in his popular winger.
Fellow Irishman David McAllister impressed in United's 2-1 Johnstone's Paint Trophy win at Burton on Tuesday, scoring the equaliser before Erik Tonne's late winner, and could retain his place in midfield.
But Wilson will be without midfield trio Nick Montgomery, Lee Williamson and Kevin McDonald as he seeks to extend the club`s unbeaten start to the league season.
Montgomery and McDonald are nursing ankle injuries while a thigh injury is keeping Williamson out of action.
Bury boss Richie Barker is set to hand debuts to a trio of new signings.
Midfielder Giles Coke has joined on an initial two-month loan deal from Sheffield Wednesday and the void left by the departure of Ryan Lowe has been filled by the arrival of Northampton striker Shaun Harrad on a three-year deal.
Barker has also signed rookie Leicester midfielder Shane Byrne on a month`s loan, and all three new-boys are in line to feature at Bramall Lane.
Midfielder Damien Mozika followed Lowe out of Gigg Lane when he joined Scunthorpe this week.
Defender Mark Hughes, midfielder Steven Schumacher and striker Mark Cullen all remain sidelined through injury but the Shakers have no suspension concerns.
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Holzwarth was also a student production assistant at HuskerVision from 2004 to 2006, before entering a full-time roll.
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I had dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes (eatcherheartout, Rachael Ray). OMG! The fish was absolutely delicious! I've made chicken piccata before, but using a mild fish was a wonderful twist.
For dessert, I'm making Blood Orange Sorbet. It should be ready in about five minutes. I can't wait!
NOTE: I tasted the Blood Orange Sorbet, and it is exquisite! My secret ingredient is Kettle One Citroen Vodka. It'll set better by tomorrow and I'll have to post the photo. What a beautiful color!
Back to the fish (still thinking of the sorbet, though)--
I didn't measure when I made this dish, so these are approximate:
4 Tilapia filets, dredged in seasoned flour (kosher salt & fresh ground pepper)
2 Tbsp Olive Oil and 2 Tbsp. Unsalted Butter
white wine (I used sauvignon blanc)
chicken stock (still using my homemade stock)
2 tsp capers
juice from 1/2 fresh lemon with a little reserved (for the roasted asparagus)
- Heat olive oil & butter until it's just beginning to brown
- Add tilapia and cook for approximately 3 minutes; gently turn over
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- Remove and cover with foil
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- Add some chicken stock (about 1/4 cupP
- Add the lemon juice and capers and reduce
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My next-door neighbour Dot always keeps me well supplied with delightful home-made grainy brown rolls.
As supper at home on Sundays is almost always a snack meal, we love to eat them warmed, halved and buttered, then spread with this yummy egg topping.
This recipe is from Delia's Complete How to Cook. Serves 2
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Grill the bacon until crispy. Reserve two rashers for garnish, then chop the other four into small pieces.
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Now take a large fork and mash like mad until the eggs are thoroughly blended with the rest of the ingredients.
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Toaster ovens are a great alternative to regular ovens. They cost less to operate and won't heat up your kitchen as much. You can cook or bake most anything in it that you would in a regular oven, but in smaller portions. Using a toaster is still your cheapest option for toast and bagels, but you can bake, broil, roast or reheat foods such as sandwiches, appetizers, mini pizzas, fish, beef, poultry, desserts, etc., in a toaster oven, too. They work well during holidays if your regular oven is full. Visit your local library and look for toaster oven cookbooks, or search online to find hundreds of recipes. If you find a used toaster oven without a manual, make a call to the manufacturer. Checking online for your toaster oven's make and model might bring up a copy of the manual, too.
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Cast iron for frying: I know people love stainless steel, but I've never had good luck with it when using it for frying. Maybe it's because I'm used to cast iron, which in my opinion is the best bang for the cooking buck. It can be used for baking as well as frying, and its low-stick coating is completely renewable and gets better with age. I love stainless steel for other cookware, but not for frying.
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Cutting down on holiday waste: I've been using reusable gift boxes for going on 20 years now. I discovered that men would rather give a gift unwrapped than deal with paper and tape. Gift boxes and bags were my solution. Christmas morning cleanup is so easy -- just put the boxes back in the tub of gift-wrapping stuff.
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Chocolate-dipped fortune cookies: My kids have lists as long as their arms of people they would like to give gifts to, so I needed to come up with something cheap and cute for them to give out. I contacted one of our local Chinese restaurants to purchase a box of fortune cookies and discovered I could get 175 cookies for $11! With various sprinkles purchased at the Dollar Tree and dipping chocolate and wrapping bags (100 for $1.99) from a local discount party store, I'm looking at 100 great gifts for around $0.40 each. I am currently printing out tags that say "I am Fortune-ate to have you in my life." And for anybody who did the math, I actually have 75 individually wrapped cookies to set out for my mom's 60th birthday party, too. Thought I would share this in case anyone is still looking for cheap ideas.
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|Nick Gibbs is UK correspondent for Automotive News Europe.
Ford Motor Co.'s new three-cylinder gasoline engine is proving a hit with European buyers of the Focus compact car.
Ford says a quarter of all Focus sales across Europe are for the model with the downsized engine.
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The engine is economical on fuel too. The 125-hp unit uses 5 liters per 100km (47 U.S. mpg; 56 UK mpg) and has CO2 emissions of 114g/km of CO2, falling to 4.8 l/100 km and CO2 emissions of 109g/km for the 100hp version.
That's a 25 percent improvement on the naturally aspirated 1.6-liter gasoline it replaces.
A diesel with equivalent power has better fuel economy at 4.20L/100km but costs 800 pounds ($1,240) more in the UK.
Ford says the gasoline engine has lower running costs than the diesel for people who drive fewer than 13,000kms a year.
Currently half of European new-car buyers choose a diesel. Ford thinks that will change, but only slowly. "It's taken customers 20 years to move into diesel, so the move back to petrol will take some time," Ford UK product manager Andrew Paton said. "Once the rationale comes through you will see a significant shift out of diesel."
One thing may prevent a mass shift is real world economy. I drove sensibly over 17 km (10 miles) of fast four-lane highway, as well as along suburban roads, but I could only achieve 7.61 l/100km according to the trip computer.
This is a problem for all cars, but small gasoline turbocharged engines seem particularly badly affected.
For taxation, that won't matter. With many countries in Europe adopting CO2 based registration and ownership tax, the 1.0-liter will be cost effective.
The engine will also be offered in Europe with the B-Max and C-Max minivans, as well as the Fiesta subcompact hatchback. By 2015, Ford of Europe forecasts annual sales of 300,000 for vehicles with the one-liter Ecoboost.
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UNION — With its Victorian Christmas celebration and popular holiday programming now concluded, Liberty Hall Museum looks to 2013 and invites the community to celebrate the New Year in historic fashion. While the Museum will be closed to the general public throughout the winter season (January-March), visitors can still enjoy a variety of scheduled seasonal activities and special events at the Museum during that time.
Liberty Hall will also be available for reserved group tours and private events; those interested in making arrangements may call 1-908-527-0400 for more information. Public tours will resume April 2, , allowing all guests the opportunity to take in the museum's collection of artifacts in the historic Victorian mansion of New Jersey's first elected governor, William Livingston.
On Saturday, Jan. 19, Liberty Hall Museum will host a Downton Abbey New Year's Brunch. Timed to coincide with the beginning of the much-anticipated third season of the smash hit Downton Abbey, visitors can celebrate this momentous occasion by stepping back in time and experiencing a New Year's brunch at Liberty Hall, where they will dine like the Crawley family themselves. A buffet brunch will be served from noon – 3 p.m., and include party favors and a champagne toast. Admission is $60 per couple, and reservations are required.
From now until Aug. 24, those Downton Abbey fans interested in a more immersive experience may attend Liberty Hall Museum's fascinating ongoing exhibit, Ring for Service: The Role of Servants in a Country House. In the 1900s, the Kean family lived in a world where their every whim was met by the simple ringing of the servant's bell. With the museum masterfully reinterpreted to highlight the places where servants worked, slept and spent their leisure time, tours of the museum now offer an entertaining and enlightening peek behind the scenes, enabling visitors to follow in the footsteps of a servant moving through a typical day in his or her life. The wine cellar has been reopened for this exhibit, as well as two servants' rooms in the attic. This exhibit marks the first time any portion of the attic has been open to the public.
Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University chronicles more than 240 years of American history. The museum also houses extensive collections of furniture, ceramics, textiles, toys and tools owned by seven generations of the Livingston and Kean families. The Firehouse Museum, built in 2004, houses three antique fire engines, including a rare 1911 American LaFrance Metropolitan Steam Engine.
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text: LB Bryson Allen-Williams of Ellenwood, GA made an unofficial visit to Tennessee Saturday. He has been favoring USC for months and he said that position has not changed. "It was a good trip and I do like UT, but I'm still a strong South Carolina lean," Allen-Williams wrote on his Twitter page Sunday. "I'm not making any decision until I feel comfortable," he continued, "but there are about 6 or 7 schools I can see myself playing at on Saturdays." Allen-Williams has had USC in front ahead of Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, Auburn, Arkansas, Wisconsin and NC State in that order. Florida State and Clemson are two others pushing to get into his top group. Allen-Williams plans to be at USC's junior day this Saturday.


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A few recently published papers indicate that the long-running attempt to unite quantum mechanics and relativity might be finally seeing some compelling progress. A long-cherished tenet of physics, the Lorentz Invariance, is the first casualty.
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This sounds interesting indeed, and even reasonable.
Remember the EPR paradox, where an experiment showed that entangled particles violate Bell's inequality? One way to understand that from a pedestrian viewpoint would be to have the particles talk to each other faster than the speed of light.
To prevent time paradoxes from communicating faster than light, one could have a preferred reference frame from which all faster-than-light communication appears to go forwards in time. That would mean ditching Lorentz invariance for the exotic processes that allow faster-than-light communication.
So it almost seems reasonable that dropping Lorentz invariance is the key to reconciling quantum mechanics with relativity.
Can you illustrate the idea of time not "being the same in every direction"? I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that.
Also, any elaboration on why 4 dimensions can be reduced to 2 at small scales would be good.
what's the time operator?
no, this is still preserved. The breaking of Lorentz symmetry is local.
from paper:
Breaking Lorentz invariance on large scales is going to be hugely problematic. IE, now you have to recreate SR and GR.
Time is only one dimension, so it has only two directions: forward (later), and backward (earlier). The theory predicts that moving forward in time is different from moving backward.
I think the 4 dimensional space would be 3 dimensional space along-side time and the variable outcomes that could take place. Laypersons usually think of "dimensions" as being occupied by 1 variable ... EG: length, width, height. But what we know as reality is the merging of various variables which can have different dimensions to them. So, we have our 3d space merging with 1d time to create a 4d reality. Time is constant, but 3d space can do different things as time goes on.
EG: two cars driving down the road. One car might turn. They could continue driving on. They could collide. There's different outcomes, even though time is constantly moving forward in all situations regardless of outcome.
I guess you can reduce that down to 2 dimensions when you reduce it down to just one assumed outcome, and fix it along time. It could be akin to geometry/algebra, where if you look at a very miniscule distance on a curve it will look like a straight line, and thus you can simply things on such a small scale and use line formulas to do modelling for curves in some cases.
And, yes, before you say it, I'm totally shooting in the dark here.
This is interesting because I was reading in Scientific American a few months ago that some researchers may have fixed one of the big problems with loop quantum gravity -- that computer simulations generally show the universe collapsing on itself -- by assuming causality. In other words, by assuming time does not commute.
Previously, causality had not been a basic assumption of the theory. It had been hoped that causality would be an emergent property of the universe, not a basic component of the underlying system.
The SciAm site seems to be down or I'd look it up. It's possible that these articles are the formal write-ups of the same work, which at the time of publication in SciAm were still at the "we've run a few successful computer simulations and are working on our formal paper" stage.
I apologize if this is a double post...
Meh, I suggested this possibility about two years ago:
Search for divisionbyzero. ;-)
This seems totally reasonable to me. I'm not sure it's true. I haven't had a chance to dig into it yet. And I'm not an expert anyhow. I'd like to see what comes out of these papers.
I suspect the "2D at small scales" result is more complicated than Tundro Walker's supposition. It has more to do with the universe being fractal and how adjacent points in fractal space can/can't interact with each other.
To me a fractal universe would make sense if for no other reason than fractal spaces are similarly non-intuitive as quantum mechanics.
I'm not aware of time ever going backward in reality. Sure, gravity or superfast travel can slow down time, practically to a standstill near a black hole or close to light-speed. But flowing backward is sci-fi, I'm pretty sure*.
Also, I assumed laserboy was talking about time flowing at different speeds depending which spatial axis you were traveling on.
* (yeah, there's the whole argument that if you rearrange all the atoms and fields of a closed system to a previous state, you've effectively reversed time, but thermodynamics kills that possibility on any significant scale)
Thanks Chuckstar, guess I need to learn about fractals. Tundro, thanks for trying, the 'derivative' idea helped a little.
Our perception is that time flows only forward. It's long been a philosophical question whether time does actually flow forward, especially since general relativity does not seem to require it. It would be very interesting for someone to show that the universe only works if time flows forward.
hang on, aren't a bunch of quantum sleight-of-hand descriptions of interactions *dependant* on time being just the same forwards and backwards?
I can vaguely recall some Feynman diagrams with particles moving backwards in time.
Maybe I'm overgeneralizing but doesn't the scientific method fall apart if the Lorentz invariance, well, varies? Or is this something that, like quantum mechanics, only manifests itself over extreme (not human perceptible) scales?
Bell's inequalities are easily soluble if you truly believe in the symmetry of physical laws with respect to time. We believe correlations based on past events are problematic but largely refuse to believe in correlations based on future events. Allowing for correlations based on future events, however, defuses all the bizarre metaphysics QM has spawned.
There's no need to sacrifice Lorentz invariance, and given how cleanly time symmetry solves the tension between QM and relativity, we should explore that direction more seriously.
Hardly the originator of the idea, Huw Price has given a rather non-technical exposition of this idea in his "Time's Arrow & Archimedes Point..." I've yet to see any serious refutations of his ideas, based on either philosophy or physics. I'd be really interested in such a refutation actually, as I want to write a paper pitting him against his opposition. But his opposition doesn't really seem to exist.
It's too convenient. Like moving the goalpost or something. You will probably find that 'presently' invisible wormholes need to be included to get a complete theory of gravity.
He's talking about time and space being different and separate. They can't affect one another that way in this context.
That was just a mathematical simplification, I don't think Feynman really believed that positrons were just electrons living backwards like subatomic Merlins.
If time were just a single dimension, would it actually be able to move forward and backward? Doesn't the suggestion of its ability to move in 'directions' denote multiple 'dimensions'. If it were a single dimension, it would be a point, unmovable, static, the same from all perspectives. No? If time is movable, doesn't it need multiple dimensions to support its 'movability'?
A single dimension is a line, not a point. A point is zero dimensions, a line is one, a square is two, a cube is three.
Given state of the Universe A, apply quantum probabilities to produce the next state state A'. Time is the expression of probability. It can indeed flow backwards (like undoing your move on a chess board) - that is the probability that the reverse outcome would come true. However time, while a linear dimension, is not universally coordinated. It permeates all of space. Not all outcomes will be reversed - in fact very few will. This creates the monotonically increasing illusion of space time. If your local region of space (element of a set of all outcomes in space-time) moves backwards, the other regions (elements of the set) may not. So if your set goes [0,0] -> [1,1] -> [0,1] i.e. your first element is undone, but you have a wholly unique universe. Then consider feedback effects of that pesky 1 sitting around affecting your chances of going back to 1. In this way all the possible solution sets of quantum probabilities creates an illusion of time as moving forward. It is because the universe is to large (in solution set space) that it can never effectively reverse.
I also like how this theory would help to explain relativistic effects.
Someone help me with this:
What if a wormhole parallels an energy wave. When time proceeds normally this parallel wormhole exists in a closed loop.
If you stop time this wormhole opens...
I thought you were being all deep and philosophical, but you're just pointing out a typo.
Don't forget that you can contact Ars with corrections or typos. The correction will surely be made sooner, and it won't clutter up the comments.
Gotta be honest here, I've never had great luck with that.
So when we talk about violating Lorentz locally, what scale is locally? On the quantum scale, wouldn't indeterminence necessarily make Lorentz not apply?
Anyone here able to speculate on how these ideas fit into the many-worlds interpretation?
I checked Petr Hořava's web page at Berkley Center For Theoretical Physics:
It states his research interests are in "String theory and M-theory, with applications in quantum gravity, particle physics, condensed matter, astrophysics, cosmology, quantum geometry, ... "
I wonder if this idea is at all related to String or M-theory? From what I read in this blog, it appears not.
Personally, I find it quite encouraging that String Theory is *not* the "Only-Game-In-Town" after all. Even more encouraging that a String Theorist has not constrained his thinking to the String philosophy; an idea that may be "elegant" in principle, if not at all in practice, and may one day rise to the level of actually being wrong.
With his, along with the independent work of Daniela Klammer and Harold Steinacker, a new "elegance" appears to be emerging. A possible explanation as to why time seems to 'flow' in only one direction and may resolve Grandfather Paradoxes and the like. More importantly, the idea of being on the threshold of a working model of how something, (The Universe), can emerge from nothing at all, (Vacuum Fluctuations), is exciting.
How cool is that?
I've always followed unification theories with an interested eye, but after reading this article I began to think: what if this was it? What if this was the answer, and we now have a Grand Unified Theory of Everything? Would it really make any difference to anyone but physicists?
What are the practical applications of GUT?
Also, where can I get a wallpaper-sized version of that pic?
Every physics related discovery helps us, we just don't know how until an electrical, mechanical, or chemical engineer happens to study GUT.
Another thing as obvious as the anthropic principle?


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Last Updated on Wednesday, 12 May 2010 18:52 Written by Deb Egenberger Wednesday, 12 May 2010 18:50
Brady competes at D-10 district meet May 12.
ARNOLD—Ugly wind on an already chilly spring day makes for rough track and field conditions.
Cold gusts recorded up to 51 mph by the National Weather Service affect performances a lot, said Brady coach Rich Britten.
"The weather can play with you mentally too," he said. "It makes it a little difficult to concentrate."
That's part of the reason Britten thinks the Eagles didn't have their best day at the Dave Blevins Memorial Invite hosted by Stapleton at Arnold on Friday.
"Don't get me wrong, we had some good performances," Britten said. "But overall, we weren't up there where we have been."
Another factor in how the Eagles stacked up came from some Class C opponents.
"St. Pat's has a lot of quality kids," Britten said, "and so do Sutherland and Hershey."
The Brady boys finished third, just eight team points behind runner-up Sutherland.
St. Pat's swept the team titles taking first in both the boys and the girls. Brady girls came in sixth.
Eagle senior Corbin Blede was the only Brady competitor to bring home a gold medal. He won the shot with a toss of 50 feet even.
Britten said now that the D-10 district meet is all that's left before state, weather is no longer a concern.
"We're not going to discuss the weather at all," Britten said of the wet and cold forecast for the district meet in Sutherland Wednesday (today). "The kids have to show up mentally and be prepared to compete hard regardless of what it's doing outside. Now's the time to put up or shut up."
It will take strong performances to get Brady athletes to state, Britten said.
"We've got a shot in several events, it just depends on who shows up," the coach said.
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not climaxingHey Doc,
My girlfriend and I have a great sex life and have been together (and sexually active) for over a year and a half. The sex is great, but I have one issue: She gives amazing oral sex, better than I've ever had before, yet I can't come when she does it. I often come close, but I either "lose momentum" or just can't for some reason. I haven't had this problem with any other partners I've been with. I'm assuming this is all in my head, but why can't I climax when she gives me oral sex?
JG from Worcester, MA
I think you're right that this is all in your head. It sounds like the Madonna/whore complex, where a guy psychologically separates sex with women into pure and good (Madonna) or downright dirty (whore).
Oral sex itself can be a very intimate act, but ejaculation during oral can have a porno feel to it. I wonder if deep down inside it's difficult to imagine yourself coming, your girlfriend swallowing your man juice or you ejaculating on her face. It's possible your mind is becoming an obstacle to ejaculation because you care about her, respect her and have feelings for her.
I'd ask her how she feels about you coming during oral sex and where you both would like the ejaculate to go. You can also manually finish yourself off when she has you close to ejaculation. She can provide added stimulation when you're stroking yourself by playing with your testes, perineum or anus. Try bridging manual and oral. While you're stroking, when you feel like you're going to explode, have her finish you off orally. With practice and comfort, you'll hopefully be able to gradually let go of the manual part during oral. Women love seeing men ejaculate just like we love seeing women orgasm. Watch the eyes, though; semen and eyeballs don't mix so well.
lasting longer in bedDear Dr. Chaves,
First, I want to thank you for all of the support that will lead us to become Better Men. I'm 26 years old and my sex life is just amazing. I've read many articles about how to last longer in bed and how to use the stop-and-start method, and how to spread the energy all over your body when you feel so close. However, I found it impossible -- especially after 20 minutes of intercourse and when my partner tells me to go faster.
Last time we had sex, my girlfriend had nine orgasms in a row in just 20 minutes. Thankfully, she was so happy; however, for me, it was not enough. Thus, I want your advice on how to last at least for an hour.
BK, from Chicago
A bunch of guys are scratching their heads thinking 20 minutes isn't enough -- WTF? How do you know it wasn't enough for her? Did she tell you or is this an assumption?
It's good to hear that you're using the techniques out there (start-and-stop) and showing other guys that it does work if you give it a chance. Honestly, 20 minutes is a long time, but if you're looking for more, my best advice is to go the tantric route and learn the art of multiple orgasms. You can teach yourself to separate orgasm from ejaculation so that you can remain erect while you orgasm and then choose when you want to ejaculate. It's a matter of training, discipline and practice. Some people love this ability, others not so much.
I learned this technique a few years back, but eventually I went back to the old double whammy (orgasm/ejaculation simultaneously). If you'd like to acquire this skill, read The Multi-Orgasmic Man by Taoist Master Mantak Chia and follow its teachings and techniques. It's a great guide to learning male multiple orgasms. You'll turn that 20 minutes into an hour in no time.
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The members of the Dover Symphony Orchestra won't have to wait until Jan. 1 to begin New Year's Day.
The members of the Dover Symphony Orchestra won't have to wait until Jan. 1 to begin New Year's Day, since they'll pop the champagne this Saturday when they start their new concert season.
DSO will open its 2013-14 season – its 46th year – with a performance at Calvary Assembly of God in a show titled "Invitation to the Dance," featuring classical pieces from the 18th Century to modern day.
Dover Symphony conductor Don Buxton spoke with the Dover Post about the new season, the theme of Saturday's concert, and more.
Q What does it mean to you to enter into your 25th season with DSO?
A I never thought I'd be with them so very long. But I've found all the performers and patrons to be real charming, and that's kept me coming back. I love the Dover area and I love my musicians.
Q What are some new things you all will be doing for the 2013-14 season?
A I think one of the big things we're doing is trying to partner with art organizations in the region, one of them being Dover Downs and another being the Festival of Trees for our holiday concert at Dover Downs on Dec. 1. Local artists will be using the lobby at Dover Downs for an opportunity to show their artwork. This is really part of our new outreach program and collaborative program where we want to work with art organizations and artisans. Artists will also show off their work at our opening concert, and we hope to continue this at our performances. Another new thing is we've also moved our performances from 8 p.m. to 7 p.m., because some people are really hesitant to come out late on Saturday nights. On Saturday night some people just don't like to drive, so we said, "let's make it easier on them to come to our concerts." We're trying every effort to listen to our patrons.
Q What can you tell us about the selections you'll perform on Saturday?
A We're doing Pyotr Ilyich Tchainkovsky's "Marche Slave," Enrique Granados' two Spanish pieces dances: "Oriental" and "Rondolla," Serge Prokofieff's "March" and Camille Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre." Our theme of the evening is "Invitation to the Dance." We're actually starting the program with Carl Maria von Weber's "Invitation to the Dance." He was an early 19th century composer. The one thing I think is great about DSO is we always strive to go out of our way to program pieces that our audiences are familiar with, while also performing pieces that they may not know so they'll walk away with something new they've learned and loved.
Q What are some familiar melodies the audience might recognize?
A We'll be playing Marvin Hamlisch's music from "A Chorus Line," which was a Broadway smash. Some of the songs will include "What I Did for Love" and "I Really Need This Job." The premise of "A Chorus Line" revolved around people auditioning for a dance job.
Q Explain how you've ensured that DSO's 2013-14 season will surpass the previous one?
A The first thing is audience building so we can let people know they have a really great orchestra, and it's their orchestra that's [right here] in Dover. There are a lot of people that don't know it exists and that it's existed for a long as it has. I think that's a big reason for us to get the word out.
Q What are some plans you all have in mind to expand your audience?
A In general, we're looking at promotional strategies such as radio spots, PSAs and, of course, advertising in the Dover Post, and articles.
WHAT Dover Symphony Orchestra opening concert for 2013-14 season
WHEN 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19
WHERE Calvary Assembly of God, 1141 E. Lebanon Road, Dover
COST $20 adults; $15 military, students and seniors (65 or older); free for children under 16 with a paying adult
INFO doversymphony.org or call 270-1903


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|Vicugna vicugna (Molina, 1782)
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|Two subspecies have been described: Vicugna vicugna vicugna and V. vicugna mensalis.
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|Least Concern ver 3.1
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|Lichtenstein, G., Baldi, R., Villalba, L., Hoces, D., Baigún, R. & Laker, J.
|Baldi, R.& Wheeler, J. (South American Camelid Red List Authority)
This species is considered to be Least Concern due to an estimated large populations, wide range and occurrence in a number of protected areas. According to the former (1996) classification, Vicuñas were Low Risk/conservation dependent. Under the current criteria, this classification does not hold any more and they should be classified as Least Concern due to the overall population size. It is important to note that conservation programmes and tight control at local, national and international levels are key for the conservation of the species. Given the degree of poaching, the development of captive management schemes, economic interests for hybridizing Vicuñas and Alpacas, uncertainties about the impact of climate change on the already poor vicuna habitat, and the deterioration of grasslands due to overgrazing by domestic livestock, unless conservation actions are in place, the species might decline its numbers again.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|Vicuñas occur in an area of approximately 250,000 km² in the Puna and Altoandina biogeographic provinces of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. Ecuador has a population of 2,683 individuals resulting from a donation from Peru, Chile and Bolivia. The Vicuña is found in a range that extends from 9°30'S in the Ancash Department of Peru to 29°30'S in Region III of Chile.
In the case of Argentina, Vicuñas are found in the provinces of Jujuy, Catamarca, Salta, La Rioja and San Juan (with relictual populations in the province of Tucumán). In Peru they are found in the departments of Ancash, Huanuco, Cerro de Pasco, Junin, Lima, Huancavelica, Ayacucho, Ica, Apurimac Arequipa, Cusco, Puno, Moquegua and Tacna, in Ecuador they occur at the Reserva de Produccion de Fauna Chimborazo.
In Bolivia, Vicuña populations occur in 5 out of 9 Bolivian departments: La Paz, Cochabamba, Oruro, Potosí and Tarija.
Two subspecies are present in Chile and Bolivia, the northern Vicugna vicugna mensalis, and the southern Vicugna vicugna vicugna. Argentina holds only Vicugna vicugna vicugna, and Peru Vicugna vicugna mensalis.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Chile; Peru
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|According to the National Census (2008), Vicunas in Argentina inhabit an area of 123,001 km². The provinces with the highest vicuna populations are Jujuy and Catamarca, and La Rioja the province with the lowest population. Thirty four percent of the areas of distribution of Vicuñas occur in 10 protected areas that have different degrees of implementation. The total population size of Vicuñas was estimated as 127,072 using the lowest estimate with the line transect method, in those strata where sampling was considered representative (53,578 km²). In comparison with previous data, Vicuña population was stable in La Rioja and San Juan, and increased in Salta, Catamarca and Jujuy. There was evidence of poaching in the five of these provinces (Dirección de Fauna Silvestre, Secretaria de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable de la Nacion, 2008).
In Bolivia, the largest concentration is found in the northern section, specifically in the 'Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba' (formerly Ulla Ulla National Wildlife Reserve) (10,350 animals, according to the 2006 census). In the most southern section of its distribution, Vicuña populations are isolated and dispersed in small groups. According to the Bolivian governmental report there are 17,845 Vicuñas under protected areas (2006 report to the Vicuña Convention, Quito). Morphological observations give reason to believe that both Vicuña subspecies are present in the country, corresponding to the northern and southern subspecies referred to by Hofmann et al. (1983). Species density in the northern populations in semi-humid high-Andes habitats, is relatively high (0.065 vic/ha); while it is average to low in the semi-humid Puna (0.006 vic/ha) (DNCB 1996).
Ninety-five percent of the Vicuñas in Chile are concentrated in the I Region (Tarapacá) in the Comunas of General Lagos and Parinacota. There are three protected areas: Parque Nacional Lauca, Reserva Nacional Las Vicuñas, and Monumento Nacional Salar de Surire.
Peru has the largest Vicuña population in the entire Andean region, with over half of the total population of the species. Although its conservation has faced difficulties, surveys carried out by the Consejo Nacional de Camélidos Sudamericanos (CONACS) over 70,000 km² in the years 1994, 1997 and 2000 indicate that the population has been growing to almost 120,000 individuals. Pampa Galeras National Reserve has the largest concentration in Peru, with a population size estimated in 1965 to be between 5,000 and 10,000 individuals. Currently the population is Pampa Galeras surpasses 65,000 animals.
Total Population Size
Population Size: 347,273 individuals (see below for census numbers). However, it is difficult to assess the confidence of the estimate as data from different countries were obtained using different methodology. As a general rule, it is recommended to use the distance sampling method, either for ground or aerial surveys, as it is based on more realistic assumptions than the fixed-width strip transect methods which tend to underestimate population numbers (Buckland et al. 2001). However, where numbers are too low, as in relict populations, total counts or less systematics methods can be appropriate. Also, extrapolation of local densities to larger areas must be careful and made according to sampling effort. Accurate estimates of local densities are not sufficient at the time to estimate abundance for larger areas unless the sampling effort is properly disseminated throughout the region.
Country: Vicuña population
Argentina: 127,072 or 72,678
Bolivia: 62,869
Chile: 16,942
Ecuador: 2,683
Peru: 188,327
(Source http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/gecs/)
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Vicuña distribution is restricted to the Puna and Altoandina biogeographical provinces at altitudes of 3,200 to 4,800 m asl. Its habitat consists mainly of six different vegetation types: halophytic, tundra marsh (called vegas in Chile and Argentina, bofedales in Bolivia and puquios in Peru, a marshy area associated with ground water, lagoons or streams), grassy steppes, prairies, shrub steppes, and rolling shrub steppes (tolares) supporting cacti (Pujalte and Reca, 1985).
Preference for marshy areas was also reported by Glade (1987), Lucherini (1996) and Villalba (2000). While Vicuña territories include wetlands, they are often located near hillsides. It has been reported that Vicuña use steep slopes as a means of escaping from some predators, and that they use dry areas on "moderate slopes, well downhill from ridge tops" as places to spend the night. Additionally the bases of slopes are often good places for grazing because the soil there is deeper and moister than soils up on the slope (Koford 1957).
Vicuñas spend the night and early morning on the slopes. Later in the morning, they descend to the vegas/puquios where they graze extensively, before returningto the slopes late in the afternoon (Glade 1987; Renaudeau d'Arc et al. 2000). Vicuñas are usually found within two kilometers of water (Koford 1957).
|Movement patterns:
|Full Migrant
|Use and Trade:
|An important percentage of the fibre results from the capture of individuals, shearing the fibre and releasing them again in the wild (wild management).
|Major Threat(s):
Vicuña poaching is problematic in all four countries. The difficulty of controlling is related to the vast extent of the Puna, its topography and the existence of long international borders. Limited human, economic and technical resources make control ineffective. Several laws and decrees within the countries establish protected areas for the species; prohibit hunting, commercialization and transportation or manufacturing of parts or products from hunted animals. But judges and law-enforcement officials are not always aware of the legislation concerning protection of biodiversity, resulting in differing interpretations and applications of the law, and unduly light punishments. Many of the protected areas are "paper parks".
Most of the countries lack National Management plans. This is a threat to effective Vicuña conservation; without standardized and verifiable criteria for conservation and management of the Vicuña, multiple management plans for implementation may be approved without any reference to minimum sustainability criteria for conservation. There are no specific laws concerning animal welfare relevant to the management of Vicuña. This too may pose a threat to long-term sustainability.
Measures to reduce or discourage poaching are clearly essential. One is the application of tight controls not only in the producer countries but also in the importing countries. A related measure is transparency in the provision of information concerning the legal market for Vicuña fibre, e.g. prices at auction, buyers, and producers (Mc Neill, Lichtenstein and Renaudeau d'Arc in press). Corruption and lack of human and economic resources make it very difficult to control exports, and vicuña fibre and products are smuggled in large quantities to Europe or Asia. It is also possible that illegal fibre is smuggled between Andean countries (e.g. from Argentina to Bolivia) as a first step to being illegally exported to international markets. The fibres of different species of camelids are relatively similar (to the non-specialist), so that personnel with special training and even laboratory equipment is required to identify fibre to species level.
Management of Vicuñas in captivity proved to be quite negative towards Vicuña conservation in the wild (Lichtenstein et al. 2002, Lichtenstein 2006). Use and conservation-oriented management of wild populations is desirable if based on sound scientific information.
Local people in the altiplano consider Vicuñas to be competitors of domestic livestock, do not tolerance their presence and may be a highly significant factor influencing vicuña distribution (Cueto et al. 1985, Lichtenstein and Renaudeau d'Arc 2004). In addition, habitat-loss caused by over-grazing by domestic livestock and human activities such as mining, and subsequent pollution of rivers and sources of water are further threats to the species (Laker et al. 2006). The incidence of mange/scabies in vicuñas should be evaluated, particularly in those regions where livestock (native and exotic) has important presence.
Climate change will probably have a detrimental impact in the fragile ecosystem where Vicuñas occur since they are in the limits of habitable environments. Assessment of the effects of climate change on Vicuñas is a priority.
A new potential threat, both in the Andes and worldwide, is the breeding of pacovicuña (an Alpaca/Vicuña hybrid) for commercial purposes (Lichtenstein, Hoces and Wheeler presentations to the Vicuña Convention: http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/sgs/gecs/).
|Conservation Actions:
Four decades ago, the Vicuña was one of the most threatened species in South America. Due to the over-hunting only a few thousand individuals existed. The implementation of the Vicuña Convention was fundamental in the recovery of the species. In 1987, during the Sixth CITES Conference of the Parties, Peru obtained for the first time, along with other countries, the authorization to internationally trade fabrics made from vicuña wool from live sheared animals,
This species is listed on CITES Appendix I, except for the populations listed on Appendix II. Currently various Vicuña populations are included in the Appendix II of CITES. These are found in Argentina (the populations of the Provinces of Jujuy and Catamarca and the semi-captive populations of the Provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca, La Rioja and San Juan), the whole population in Bolivia, in Chile (the population of the Primera Región), and the whole population in Peru. Appendix II allows, under strict regulations between exporting and importing countries, the trade in wool and derived products. All other populations are included in Appendix I.
The Vicuña Convention was implemented in each country in accordance with its own National Legislation. The ownership status of the Vicuña varies somewhat; as a wild species, it is the property of the State in Peru and Bolivia, and res nullius (without owner) in Chile and Argentina. Although all the conservation aspects of the Vicuña Convention are embodied in National Laws and Decrees in all four countries, this is not always the case as regards granting benefits to local people.
In Argentina, there are six Vicuña conservation areas in the northwest, most are managed by the provincial government. The Ley Nacional de Fauna 22,421 provides a legal framework at the federal level, there are also provincial laws both for wildlife in general and specific for vicuna.
Since 1980, Vicuñas have been reported in 38 areas along the Bolivian high plateau. These areas have been nominated Vicuña Protection Areas (VPA) and have been grouped into nine Conservation and Management Units; within these, there are four protected areas but with different levels of implementation; the vicuña population in Bolivia remains insecure due to the lack of continuity of conservation actions undertaken a few years ago.
The Vicuña population in Chile has shown some recovery, which greatly reduces the risk of extinction that was very high until a few years ago. There are two geographical forms, but their precise identification still requires deeper scientific analysis. At present, the Chilean Forest Service (Corporación Nacional Forestal, CONAF) carries out annual census work in approximately 1.5 million hectares, maintains personnel in six guard stations, supports several research projects, and runs a long-term environmental education program through various communication media. There are four conservation areas inhabited by Vicuña in Chile. Two more have been proposed and others are currently being studied. In addition, a management zone has been established in private lands in which periodic censuses have been carried out during the last few years.
In Peru the Vicuña is protected, at national level, in all the operational areas of the Ministry of Agriculture's Special Project for Rational Utilization of the Vicuña. This Special Project contains six subprojects: Huaraz, Huancayo, Pampa Galeras, Cusco, Arequipa, and Puno which includes Huascaran National Park, Pampa Galeras National Reserve, and Salinas y Aguada Blanca National Reserve. These three conservation areas are incorporated in the National System of Natural Protected Areas of Peru (SINANPE). Local communities participate on the entire process of management and conservation of the populations and use of the sheared wool. The responsible authority is the CONACS (National Council on South American Camelids) and the local communities.
|Lichtenstein, G., Baldi, R., Villalba, L., Hoces, D., Baigún, R. & Laker, J. 2008. Vicugna vicugna. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T22956A9402796. . Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
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