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It might only be February but Cameron Twynham is already preparing for the new motorsport season and a fresh challenge. Following a fantastic 2012 campaign that saw the Market Harborough ace finish fourth in Intersteps and sixth in the Formula Renault BARC Winter Series, Twynham will graduate to the Copa Class of the fiercely competitive European F3 Open with former champions Team West-Tec.
That challenge begins in earnest at former French Grand Prix venue Paul Ricard on February 16th when, just two days after his 17th birthday, Twynham will contest the F3 Open Winter Series. It will be his first competitive outing in the Toyota-powered Dallara F308 he is scheduled to drive throughout the year and should serve as ideal preparation for the season ahead.
Evaluating options for his 2013 campaign saw Twynham sample the Team West-Tec-run machine just before Christmas during a test in Valencia where the then-16-year-old immediately got to grips with the car's increased horsepower and aerodynamics. Indeed, he was a feature at the top of the timesheets across all three days.
The greater physical demands of a Formula 3 single-seater have seen Twynham similarly step-up his own exercise regime over the winter. Alongside personal trainer Ben Spiers of Inspired Personal Training, Twynham has worked hard to further build leg and arm definition, as well as the neck muscles required to cope with increased G-forces through the corners. Additional simulator work at iZone Driver Performance has also helped to learn the European circuits he will visit for the first time.
The progression to F3 has prompted Cameron and his team to recruit a number of respected industry professionals to help in all aspects of his career. Highly rated GT racer Ollie Millroy has come on-board as driver coach and mentor for the season, while a new commercial team that includes Head of Marketing Brian Sims and Commercial Manager Matthew Twynham has also been established.
Cameron Twynham: "It has been a very intense off-season with testing, simulation work, training, school and a new team of people around me, but I am incredibly happy to be making this move to Team West-Tec and the European F3 Open. Many people have suggested this is a year for learning but there is no doubt I am here to win races and demonstrate my full ability. Anyone following me on Twitter or Facebook will have seen just how hard I am pushing to be fully prepared for this season. This one-off Winter Series event will be a great test of how much all this training has improved me as a driver. I just can't wait to get back out in the car and show what I can do."


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Workers are tightening the last bolts on a sprawling booth city, engineers are busy swapping cables on prototype TVs, and somewhere on the Las Vegas strip, a gaggle of business execs are already doing something regrettable. It's time for the 2013 International CES.
For those unacquainted with the largest tradeshow in the Americas, it goes something like this: Three thousand consumer technology companies from across the globe spend millions of dollars to congregate in the Nevada desert and exhibit their latest creations under a haze of strobe lights, throbbing bass and free booze.
The ensuing madness is legendary, and for years, CES has stood as the Mecca of all things silicon, a Holy Land for anyone looking to get a glimpse at the future of tech.
Except Apple isn't here. Google lurks in private meeting rooms. Amazon barely makes a peep. And from all early indications, the hottest phones are being held back for next month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Does CES still have a purpose in 2013?
As more and more companies call their own shots by announcing products on their own schedule – or attending entirely different shows – the relevance of this multimillion dollar spectacle seems to come into question again every year.
My answer: CES absolutely still has a purpose. Despite the admonitions of company bean counters who watch the Amex charges pile up every year and jaded journalists suffering blisters and temporary hearing loss, this bizarre spectacle still needs to exist. CES is the underdog's chance to shine.
From companies that make awesome laptops (sans glowing fruit) to companies that make USB thumb drives with a mechanical dogs that hump your computer when you plug them in, this is where they come to get noticed. Discovered. Written about. Everyone shares the same 1.87 million square foot playing field.
Not every company has the funds to fly hundreds of gawkers to an elaborately choreographed launch in a private auditorium, and not every one should. Instead, they come to the most insanely competitive venue on the face of the earth with faith in their products, alcohol in their veins and silicone in their booth babes' boobs.
The products, it's worth noting, still manage to impress without a guy in a turtleneck reminding you how "magical" they are every 15 seconds. From TVs the size of your wall to autonomous robots, speakers that rattle your bones and preternaturally thin smartphones rivaled only by the models holding them, you'll find it all here.
CES is still the best glimpse at the tech you're going to own in 2014 and beyond. Which is why we're here, roaming 32 football fields' worth of DayGlo carpet to root out the best of the best from more than 3,000 exhibitors. Whether it's home theater, computers or phones you're interested in, we'll have boots on the ground covering it, live, all week.
So stay tuned, stay intrigued, and wish us luck staying sane. We're going in.
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Evidence Shows That "Buckwild" Star Shain Gandee May Have Died Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Something went very wrong on Shain's little excursion.
Buckwild Star Shain Gandee May Have Died From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
According to TMZ reports:
There is evidence that "Buckwild" star Shain Gandee may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning … sources close to the death investigation tell TMZ.
A rep for the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office in West Virginia tells us, the bodies of Shain, his uncle David Gandee, and a third unidentified person are still inside the truck where they were originally found. Authorities have been unable to remove the bodies from the scene because of the truck's location.
According to the rep, Shain's 1984 Bronco is stuck knee-deep in mud in the middle of nowhere … and the only way to reach it is via an all-terrain vehicle.
We're told there is no cell reception in the area, which is why Shain and the others couldn't be reached. We're also told the bodies were originally discovered today by a passing ATV rider.
TMZ has learned … the bodies of all 3 victims have been recovered from the scene and have been transferred to the local medical examiner's office where autopsies will be performed.
Officials have retrieved Shain's red Ford Bronco from the muddy pit where it was discovered … and judging by pictures of the car taken at the scene, it appears the vehicle was submerged past the window.
The photos seem to support the theory that the passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning because the deadly fumes from the car could not escape through the tailpipe, which was completely submerged in the mud.
How the hell did Shain's car get submerged to the window and he not try to get out?! We're going to have to hear the police report because something doesn't smell right.
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December 14th, 2016 | Alexis Forsyth
Today on the blog, we escape to Cheshire, to the captivating 17th century Hyde Bank Farm for Ali and Dave's glorious summer wedding.
We've seen all kinds of unique and curious wedding themes on Brides Up North, but this is the first time we've encountered Lego – and we love it!
From cute Lego-inspired cake toppers and snazzy cufflinks and socks to Christmas baubles (yes, you read that one right!) – this is a wedding brimming with originality.
With images by Steven Rooney.
ali says: We got engaged in Mykonos in Greece. Dave had secretly purchased the ring and asked my dad beforehand. He was almost caught out by airport security staff who decided to go through his bag twice! Unable to wait any longer, he proposed on the first night, at the hotel, under the air conditioning, boiling hot as we had got lost on the way back from dinner!
Our wedding took place on 25th June 2016. We chose this date as there were only three dates left for 2016 at our reception venue, Hyde Bank Farm, and as I am a massive Christmas lover, it was fairly significant being six months to/from Christmas.
We got married at Norbury Church in Hazel Grove. I have connections with Norbury having grown up going there, and my dad is a clergyman there too (although he didn't do the service!). We both wanted a church wedding so it fitted the bill perfectly.
We had a Lego theme. Our cake toppers were Lego figures and the groom, best man, groomsmen and father of the bride/groom all had different coloured Lego cufflinks with matching socks. We chose this theme as we're both big kids at heart.
As for the colour scheme, we picked mint with a hint of blush. We thought this combination was quite summery and mint is one of those colours that suits everyone. The bridesmaids looked gorgeous in their mint dresses.
I eventually went with an Enzoani strapless mermaid wedding dress after trying on quite a number of different dresses. I saw the dress online, spent a while tracking it down, tried it on – and that was it – job done! It was very flattering and easy to get around in. The dress ticked all the boxes and also gave me the option of wearing a lace topper so I had two looks on the day. It was from the Wedding Boutique in Knutsford, which has since rebranded to Felicity Cooper bridal. Shoes wise, I got a pair of Rachel Simpson Matilda shoes online – only two inches high, and so lovely and comfortable.
My grandma kindly offered me her veil to wear for the ceremony which was a really special touch. She and my grandad got married in 1948 so it was very old! Unfortunately though it didn't match my dress, so instead of wearing it, we draped it over the table that we signed the register on at the wedding to have it on show. I'm not sure how many people were aware of it but it was very special to us that it was there.
For hair and makeup, I booked Rebecca Anderton for my four bridesmaids and myself. She was so lovely and everything turned out great.
Dave wore a navy suit from Moss Bros with a mint coloured cravat, and paired the outfit with a pair of brown shoes from Next. The groomsmen also wore the same navy suit and mint coloured cravat from Moss Bros. They wore navy waistcoats whereas Dave donned an ivory waistcoat.
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An aim of using php for you may be processing html forms. its easy to access form variables in php. i wont write a sample html form code here. i suppose you already have an html form where each input has a name value. There are general 3 ways of accessing form variables in php. Lets suppose that you have an input field in your form named as input_var :
$input_var //short style
$_POST['input_var'] //middle style
$HTTP_POST_VARS['input_var'] //long style
the short style is valid only if the register_globals configuration is on. since php version 4.2.0 this configuration is off as default. this style is not recommended.
middle style is the recommended style that is valid since php version 4.1.0
long style was portable in the past but now requires the register_long_arrays configuration.
i always use the middle style. it is easy, not confusing and also portable. if you dont want to access your form variable like this everywhere needed in your code then you can just assign it to another variable (with the form name generally) and use it freely as you need.
$input_var = $_POST['input_var'];
// lets use our form variable for output
echo $input_var;


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The proliferation of automatic and instant cameras on the market makes it a simple matter for almost anyone to take quality photos and snapshots. Gone are the days when complicated gadgets were necessary for a photographer to achieve worthwhile results.
And yet there are other pictures we take -- vastly more important ones -- that are often disasters.These pictures are the mental impressions we gather of the world around us.
Why is our view of our environment so important? Because it has much to do with what we experience.When we take in uncritically a materialistic, matter- bordered view of reality, we tacitly adopt limitation as our fate, and accept without argument all that confirms that fate. On the other hand, learning to see with the depth of spiritual perception -- learning what reality trulym is and living it -- can re- order our lives completely.
A camera has no intelligence enabling it to be selective in what it photographs. Mankind, however, is endowed with spiritual discernment that enables all of us to sort out the good (or real) facts of existence from the evil (or unreal) appearances -- to take on the former and reject the latter.
Viewing materiality unquestioningly isn't the way to get the true concept of God and man. As the intelligent creation of all-loving divine Principle, we really aren't material at all, but spiritual. As we grasp the implications of this fact we can begin to express the harmony that is concomitant with Spirit, God.
Christian Science can help anyone see and live from a more spiritual and harmonious standpoint. To be sure, Christian Science doesn't advise ignoring evil; rather, it shows us how to use spiritual discernment, based on a conviction that God has absolute control over His creation, to see evil's powerlessness. This enables us to heal what needs healing.
When we do this, we are following in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, who presented the true idea of God, the Christ, to the world. Jesus saw the real relationship of God and man, and his understanding of the invincible harmony of God's creation resulted in the healing of every type of discord. Christian Science is perpetuating the teachings and practices of Jesus, proving their continued efficacy with convincing healings today.
I was once standing with a family member when she said she felt faint. As she went to lie down, she slumped to the floor, unconscious. I realized the vital need to focus on the truth of man as perpetually in God's loving care, ever conscious of his oneness with his creator. The false picture I had to deal with was a mistaken concept of man -- in a sense, a double exposure that would define God's child as a mortal, capable of being both sick and well. In fact, he is the eternal expression of God, divine Life.
I urged my relative to wake up to the fact that she was the manifestation, the image, of God. n1 As such, she couldn't be unconscious of the fact that she was in reality perfect, created by a perfect God. She responded immediately and in a short time was completely normal.
n1 See Genesis 1:26.
Mary Baker Eddy n2 writes, "The crude creations of mortal thought must finally give place to the glorious forms which we sometimes behold in the camera of divine Mind, when the mental picture is spiritual and eternal." n3
n2 Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science;
n3 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,m p. 264.
When our mental camera is focused on the "spiritual and eternal," we are seeing correctly. And as we understand more and more of reality, we can expect greater harmony in our lives. DAILY BIBLE VERSE See, I have set before thee this day life . . . Deuteronomy 30:15


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Currently we are looking for a Lead DevOps Developer (Azure) for our Hyderabad office to make the team even stronger.
- Strong automation skills
- Experience working in a software development environment
- Experience in the following tools:
- Bitbucket (or another code repository e.g. SVN, Fisheye etc.)
- TeamCity (or Jenkins)
- Octopus Deploy – administration and deployments to Azure environments
- ProGet
- Microsoft Azure – PaaS/DBaaS
- VMware ESXi 4/5/6.x
- Windows Server 2008/2012
- RHEL / CentOS
- Knowledge of:
- SQL Server 2008/2012/2014/2016
- Oracle 11g/12g
- SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Flexible attitude with respect to work assignments and new learning
- Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail
- Ability to work methodically in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment
- Show initiative and self-confidence, be adaptable and be able to cope with changing and evolving priorities
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of specific specialism in the field, and provide expert advice regarding application
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- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
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CEO Henrik Busch-Larsen to present the vision behind Unibio at Bio-Based Live
CEO Henrik Busch-Larsen will speak at the upcoming Bio-Based Live to address the world's growing need for animal protein and explain how turning methane into food rather than fuel can help limit protein scarcity in the future.
The Bio-Based Live takes place at the Amsterdam Science Park, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on 31 May – 1 June 2017.
Bio-Based Live aims to take bio-based innovations from lab to market through best practice sharing and making bio-based products a key part of a sustainable strategy. The event focuses on two key themes: Process Innovation & Technology and Sustainable Products. More than 50 expert speakers will share their experience and innovative ideas.
This is a great opportunity for you to meet Unibio's CEO and have a chat about future business opportunities. Henrik Busch-Larsen will attend Bio-Based Live on 31 May only.
If you wish to schedule an appointment with Henrik Busch-Larsen, do not hesitate to contact Gitte Madsen at email@example.com
We look forward to seeing you there.


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Ten feet wide by about 25 feet high, the narrow concrete-block wall stands in the center of a cavernous laboratory. Heavy steel cables run from the top of the wall to the floor. Its surface is peppered with small, silver sensors. Dozens of black wires run from them and are pig-tailed together on the concrete floor.
The brief countdown echoes through the lab: ''Five, four, three, two, one.'' Abruptly, the wall begins to shake. It snaps back and forth wildly. The heavy cables pop. The mortar between the blocks turns to dust, puffing into tiny white clouds. After 15 or 20 seconds, the shaking subsides. Cracked and battered but triumphant, the masonry structure remains standing.
It is a remarkable performance: The wall has just been shaken with forces roughly equal to what buildings in San Francisco experienced during the devastating 1906 earthquake, says Hugh D. McNiven. Dr. McNiven directs the Earthquake Engineering Research Center (EERC) operated by the University of California (UC) Berkeley, where this test took place.
An ordinary concrete-block wall would have been reduced to rubble. But this one has been strengthened with three inexpensive iron reinforcing rods. It is just such nuts-and-bolts details that determine whether a building stands or falls during a major earthquake - details that could prove crucial to a good portion of the US population.
According to the latest statistics, 15 percent of the nation's population has settled in areas where earthquake faults are most active. Another 20 percent reside in regions where seismic activity is moderate. A majority, 57 percent, live in locations of minor earthquake activity, but only 8 percent have chosen places where the seismic activity is negligible.
Furthermore, a disproportionate amount of building is going on in seismically active regions. About 35 percent of the roughly $230 billion being spent annually on construction is occurring in areas of high or moderate seismic activity.
Even people living in safe areas could be financially affected by a great earthquake elsewhere in the country. Four years ago the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) evaluated the consequences of four potential California earthquakes. It concluded that somewhere between 3,000 and 23,000 lives could be lost and property damage could range as high as $69 billion in a single incident.
Despite the uncertainty of these figures, there is general agreement that great earthquakes represent the largest potential for social disruption, short of war.
So much so that the National Security Council has ordered FEMA to reevaluate the potential of California quakes not just for direct damage but also for indirect economic loss to the rest of the United States economy due to disruption of the state's crucial financial and manufacturing capability.
Most Americans consign earthquake activity to California. But, according to seismologists, areas such as Seattle, Salt Lake City, St. Louis, Charleston, S.C., and Boston are also in seismically active zones.
Between 1811 and 1812, Missouri was shaken by three devastating quakes greater than magnitude 8 on the Richter scale. And nearly a century ago, Charleston, S.C., trembled with a destructive and still unexplained earthquake. These affected areas 10 times the size of the great California quakes, explains Dr. James Beavers of Martin Marietta Energy Systems Inc., who is organizing a conference on the subject.
New England is also subject to frequent, small temblors that so far are not well understood. In 1755, Boston was hit by an substantial quake that did considerable damage. According to Robert Whitman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a repeat of this quake would kill 50 to 100 people and do extensive damage, particularly to the older brick and masonry buildings in the city.
Earthquakes also occur frequently in many other countries. In the last 20 years, Yugoslavia has suffered earthquake-related economic losses that amount to 1.5 percent of its annual gross domestic product, reports Yugoslav scientist Jakim Petrovski. And Japan is spending an estimated $1.7 billion to prepare Tokyo for a large quake anticipated within the next 10 years.
Skyrocketing projections of the cost of potential earthquake damage, coupled with the growing sophistication of civil engineering, has led to increased efforts to engineer buildings, bridges, pipelines, and other structures to withstand even the severe earthquakes that infrequently occur.
As disciplines go, earthquake engineering is very young. It was begun in the 1950s. The first international conference on the subject was held in 1956. Two hundred people attended. The most recent gathering occurred late last month in San Francisco and attracted 1,600 experts from around the world.
Still, enough progress has been made so that the experts, in a recent report by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, maintain that implementing the engineering procedures that have been developed could reduce loss of life in California quakes by 90 percent and cut property damage by 25 percent or more.
This does not mean that all the outstanding questions about earthquake proofing structures have been answered. Considerable uncertainties remain.
Advances have been hindered by several factors. For one thing, major earthquakes are extremely rare and unpredictable. So real-world tests of current building practices come infrequently. And there is no substitute. Unlike automobiles, airplanes, or most other products, it is not feasible to build and test a prototype of an office building, freeway overpass, or similar structure.
So civil engineers have been forced to adopt a number of less straightforward methods, computer modeling coupled with tests on scale models and various parts of a building. The world of the earthquake engineer is one of massive machines that crumble concrete and twist steel beams to determine their breaking points.
The masonry wall test at EERC is an example. The wall was built on a device called a shaking table. Berkeley's table is typical of those that have been set up around the world. It is a 20 foot slab of concrete that weighs 20 tons and can hold up to a 20-ton structure. The slab is floated on a cushion of air and hydraulic pistons shake it horizontally and vertically. These are controlled by a computer, so the pattern of ground shaking can be varied to simulate different types of earthquakes.
Sitting next to the shaking table is a 1/5-scale model of a seven-story concrete building built and subjected to 68 shaking tests as part of an ambitious $12 million joint US-Japanese program, which is just ending. This is an engineering model, basically just the walls and floors built meticulously to scale. It is chipped in innumerable places and veined with cracks that have been carefully traced with different-colored felt pens. This is an exact duplicate of a full-size building constructed in a laboratory in Japan. The building was erected next to a wall designed to be extremely rigid. A series of massive hydraulic pistons were connected between the wall and the building. These were used to shake the wall, but in ultra-slow motion.
''It took us more than a week to run a 15-second earthquake,'' explains Robert Hanson of the University of Michigan, the cheerful bespectacled engineer acting as the US coordinator of the program.
Each time the pistons push the building a short distance, a battery of sensors record how the building responds. From this a computer calculates how far each portion of the building would move in the next fraction of a second in an actual quake and instructs the pistons to push the building into this position.
Perhaps the most significant result of this program is validation of the scale-model shaking-table tests.
It ''demonstrated that scale models work much better than I expected,'' Dr. Hanson says. When properly done, model tests accurately estimate the overall response of a building, although it will differ in some specific details. This is important because many civil engineers have questioned the validity of such tests.
One of the pioneers in the field, Vitelmo Bertero of UC Berkeley, sees another implication. Dr. Bertero says that ''it has clearly shown that reinforced concrete can be used successfully for earthquake resistance.''
There have been several cases where modern concrete structures have failed in moderate earthquakes. This has raised questions about concrete's use in high seismic zones. If several provisions in the earthquake code are tightened up, it will take care of this problem, the engineer says.
The Japanese and US engineers involved agree that these tests generally validate the adequacy of the engineering codes established in the two countries, although they may lead to some revisions.
''All of these things are basically confidence-building measures. All of us think the current codes are pretty good. But we need proof,'' says MIT's Whitman.
Basically, the engineering fraternity says it feels that the large buildings designed and built to the seismic codes in the last decade will ride through major earthquakes without collapsing. In the case of many modern skyscrapers, they calculate that the forces inflicted by large wind storms are actually greater than those expected from an earthquake.
In fact, emphasis in the research is moving from the structural to the nonstructural portion of the building.
''Now that buildings no longer collapse, we can see what happens to the architectural systems. We've discovered that the nonstructural damage to a building can add up to 75 percent of the building's replacement cost,'' explains Henry J. Lagorio, professor of architecture at UC Berkeley. This has sparked considerable research into upgrading the design of windows, utility piping, and partitions, among other things.
The cost of all this additional engineering is high. It can add anywhere from 3 to 30 percent to the cost of a new building. As a result, many new structures being built in earthquake zones in the Midwest and Eastern US are not being built to withstand ground shaking.
''Engineers know they need to consider earthquakes,'' Dr. Beavers explains. ''But many owners do not want to do it because of the additional cost. And in most parts of the country they are not obligated to have it done because it is not in the building code.''
While many buildings appear to be seismically underdesigned in the East, there is a feeling that structures in California tend to be overdesigned.
''Most people don't understand that seismic risk has two parts: what nature does and what the consequences are,'' explains Haresh C. Shah of Stanford University. ''In this part of the world we overdo. The earth really shakes, but we are very prepared. If you go back East ... the hazard may not be so large, but people have become very complacent. As a result, the risk there can be even larger than it is here.''
Much of the work going on now is designed to reduce to price tag for earthquake protection.
Dr. Bertero, for instance, says he believes that the tests in the cooperative US-Japan program will make it possible to construct earthquake-resistant buildings less expensively. In concrete buildings, for instance, he argues that the tests have proved that certain provisions, such as putting heavy beams under the floors right next to the walls, can be relaxed and that this will reduce the cost of construction significantly.
One innovative cost-cutting approach to earthquake protection has generated considerable expert interest lately. This is nothing less than mounting buildings on large rubber shock absorbers, a concept called base isolation.
''An analogy would be a spring and shock absorber system on a car,'' explains Ronald Mayes of Dynamic Isolation Systems, one of the concept's proponents.
Several dozen buildings, a number of bridges, and two French-designed nuclear power plants have been built using this concept in various parts of the world. Its first use in the United States will be a county courthouse in southern California, now under construction. So far, none of these structures has been subject to a major earthquake. But tests on shaking tables and computer modeling have convinced many engineers that it has considerable merit.
In essence, this involves putting a series of large shock absorbers between a 3-to 20-story building and its foundation. These absorbers are made of thin layers of natural rubber sandwiched between steel plates. This makes them very flexible in the horizontal direction and very rigid in the vertical direction. As Dr. Mayes explains, lateral ground shaking is the most destructive. So the rubber absorber allows the ground to move back and forth while cutting down the force transmitted to the building to 1/5 or 1/10 what it otherwise would be.
''Base isolation can lead to cost reductions of up to 30 percent in building design because the reduction in force exerted on the structure means that less expensive building methods can be used,'' Dr. Mayes says.
As good as it sounds, there is one major source of uncertainty that makes the experts view even promising new ideas like this with considerable caution. Actual recordings of how the ground shakes in major earthquakes remain extremely rare. Ordinary seismographs, which measure the intensity of earthquakes thousands of miles away, are too sensitive to capture the violent ground motions near a quake's epicenter. Special detectors are required.
According to Gerald Brady of the US Geological Survey (USGS), records from the 1971 San Fernando earthquake in California doubled the amount of data on ground shaking. And the Imperial Valley quake in 1979 was the first to be thoroughly instrumented and has given even more precious information.
But these were both moderate events. And as Bruce Bolt, head of the UC Berkeley seismology department, points out, the big question is how ground motions in the great earthquakes differ from those in smaller and more frequent tremors. For this reason, he argues that the country can't afford to improperly record any future major California quake.
Roger Borcherdt of the USGS agrees: ''If the instrumentation is in place for the next big earthquake, we could have data for a real breakthrough in our understanding of building failure.'' Such a program would run between $10 million and $20 million a year and is currently under discussion within the federal government.


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My dinner with george july 2004
My Dinner With George (the Dream Is Over) 8/4/04 Neebish Island Mi
In the last year I have become irrevocably middle aged. I know that numbers mean little yet this was a bigger year for change than 40 or 50 had been. This becoming was not the sort of change of life I was looking for. Somewhere in the midst of all that is life, my energy dropped and my confidence waned.
I realized, weakly, that way more of my life was behind me than in front of me, a gruesome Hallmark moment. Why write another song, when I've already written so many that no one will ever hear? The ghosts of millions float in the humid air of New Orleans, laughing at me, extending to me an early welcome to their club. Depression had been my normal state; this was new and different.
My response to this malaise was to seek help, not from a youth elixir or a psychiatrist, but from a young doctor who had just moved to town. After much gabbing about politics, she determined that my blood pressure was way up, in the range that a stroke was an immediate possibility. A regimen of exercise, vitamins, amino acids and flax oil started me back on the road to recovery. Seems like I've been on some sort of recovery binge since the 70's, learning much but always needing more time to recover from something new that I discovered was wrong with me. This time was simple; get healthy and change your habits or die. Four months later I am better but still not close to my goal for weight, blood pressure and general health.
I am currently on vacation in Neebish Island, MI, in a cabin on the St. Mary's River. The island adventure started with a memorial service for Bud Hall, also known as Shawn Hall's dad. Bud was a piano playing be-bopper whom once re-bopped and she- bopped em all over Northern Michigan. He passed in December 2003, was cremated and this memorial was to gather friends and family for one last oo-bop-she-bam. It was an odd crowd to celebrate the life of a be- bopper, but then Bud was both a Republican and a pothead musician type. Most of the folks at the memorial were outspoken Republicans, as we learned by eavesdropping on conversations at the reception after the service.
According to the service program, the organist was supposed to start with Horace Silver's "Song For My Father", at Bud's request and finish with Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage." For whatever reason, perhaps because Bud was not there to enforce his will, these songs were not played. I could have played them! The 76 people in attendance did sing the hymns in strong voices and the Pastor rocked the house with both scripture and a funny golf/ cremation story. Short remembrances from Bud's sons were moving and Bud's friends remembered him in happy times.
After the service, we drove to the nearby Neebish Island Community Center for a lunch buffet country church style prepared by the ladies of the Community Center. Many yummy casseroles were served, along with ham, turkey and Jell-O based salad molds along side a Food Network style salad featuring baby spinach, fresh Neebish Island raspberries and a raspberry vinaigrette. The fudge brownies seemed destined to leave at least one attendee in a diabetic coma, although a few folks seemed to be there already. Yes, at 55, I was one of the kids in the crowd.
Two days earlier, I left New Orleans too tired to care where I was going, as long as it was away from the studio and the humidity. One of my main lifelong problems has been doing too many things all the time and not sleeping enough until I become incapacitated and unable to do much of anything except music. Any lifer musician will tell you that every other aspect of life can be in utter ruin and you are still able to do good work in music. I was tired to the point of not being sure even if anything musical I'd been doing was up to snuff.
Our studio intern BJ gave us a lift to the airport. The ride seemed apocalyptic to me, unused to the AM rush hour and I squirmed all the way while Shawn and BJ chatted. The check-in and the flights were routine. Detroit has a passenger friendly airport with reasonable food. I ate too many Fig Newtons and washed them down with some Odwalla that gave me an awful bellyache. The Saginaw flight is up then down, took longer to get our luggage than it did to fly from Detroit. The rental car was fun to drive, a Mazda than seemed to have a lawnmower engine. The sights of the Michigan countryside made me happier. We had decided to stay in West Branch, in a hotel with a logging theme. The hotel offered many ways to purchase the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beer holder", on a T-shirt, on a board on a plaque or on a coffee mug. It seems that most of Michigan was logged in the 19th century and boards sent east to build places like Philadelphia. After an afternoon of shopping in an outlet mall, where I purchased a dozen books for the trip, we settled in to a night of reading and rest.
While Shawn slept, I read, hearing the long reverberations from the indoor swimming pool outside our room. I meditated, too, but all I
kept coming back to was why I have become a lousy companion, a crummy parent, a confused businessperson and a paralyzed artist. If I'm an artist at all anymore, or if I ever was, I really don't know anymore. I can sure whine like an artist, we know that much. Despite my steady resolve with my exercise and such, I was slipping. It had been a terrible July.
On July 5th, I had experienced one of those moments well documented in therapy and saint circles, the instant life changing realization. In a nanosecond, I was no longer sure what I was living for or why. That in itself does not sound like much more than a plot device on your average networks TV drama or the subject of hundreds of novels and poems. True, but real pain has a way of reducing complex emotional issues into lizard brain survival moments. In the time it took to ponder the homemade ice cream that had appeared before me, I was over, done, I wanted out. Escape! But to where?
No, I was not suicidal, this was just weariness coupled with a realization, valid or not, that nothing I've ever done mattered in the least (all Jimmy Stewart films aside). I might as well have stayed put in Howard County Indiana 50 years ago and taken over Star Roller Mills in Burlington and been a farmer in grain and livestock.
In short, I cracked up, just like that, like Humpty Dumpty. Lots of pieces and a month later I'm still looking for them. I know Humpty Dumpty was pushed by that makes no difference.
We were over at the Fischbach's for what was a great dinner with equally fine company. Before the dinner, I was so exhausted that I had little recourse but to hope that copious amounts of the small batch Pinot Noir that John often brings back from wine country would somehow revive me. Instead I descended further and ended up delivering a soliloquy on the base elements of what constituted the road to fascism (obsession with national security, protection of corporate power, suppression of labor movement, fraudulent elections, powerful nationalism, disdain for human rights, using enemies and scapegoats as unifying figures, worshiping the military with disporportionate funding, male dominated power structure, more homophobia and rigid gender roles, controlled mass media with hyena people e mailing talking points from the white house to you via Fox, etc, the reuniting of religion and state, cronyism and corruption accepted and perverse obsession with crime and punishment) and why the Bush administration had shown itself to be walking a straight line right down the same superhighway the national socialists had walked 70 years ago in Germany. Not exactly swell dinner talk, but I was tired of Bush Bashing Lite. I wanted things to get real instantly and if this group of left leaning artists and thinkers were not grasping what was going on in the world around them, well, dammit, it was my job to tell them. I jabbed Kerry, too, reflecting that if Bush were not so heinous there would not be more than a few dozen Americans who'd vote for Kerry either. Maybe the world would have been better off if Goldwater had been elected in '68. For some reason I have a misguided nostalgia for the days when a leftish thinkish person could actually have a dialogue with a conservative. Long before the neo-cons and the Christian right took over, not all conservatives were as vile as today's version. Today's Americans seem to want pablum in huge puddles, so they can dive right in while the Kerry/Bush machines tell them everything is gonna be alright. Telling the truth about our dire straits will result in losing the election, so instead of the deficit solutions and plans for Iraq and Afghanistan, we get a policy of Security stuffed fried baloney sandwiches that could bring Elvis back to life. Kill them terrorists!
Right here on Neebish Island, we can no longer ride our small boats the few hundred yards over to Canada without being filmed by the coast guard and subjected to eventual fines. The terrorists have won when we are forced to put men in uniform on duty to watch kids in canoes. Yes, the beer in Canada is stronger; perhaps because they spend so much less on their military that they can afford the extra proof.
After my dinner table monologue, (there was a lot going on and lucky for me not everyone was listening,) I gravitated to the TV corner. John had put on a DVD of the Concert For George. Anyone my age who grew up with the Beatles is an instant softy for anything that rekindles the musical power of 63-68 years not the nostalgia.
Here was a show put on at Royal Albert Hall with Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne leading a group of dozens. It was so well done. I watched in awe, seeing Ravi Shankar and Albert Lee and Jim Keltner and Dhani Harrison play the music of George Harrison. Songs I had not heard for years came to life. I played them in my head remembering chords and harmony parts. The music really stood the test of time. I was disturbed by Paul McCartney's appearance, something smarmy and condescending in his manner, but other wise the people involved were so right that it was eerie. I was in awe of the playing, the songs, the sound and the filming. Best thing of it's kind I had ever seen, right down to a Monty Python reunion and little known Liverpool ukulele songster Joe Brown finishing with "See You In My Dreams".
As I watched, I became more and more enthralled until that moment came upon me. A large group, lead by Billy Preston was doing "Isn't It A Pity". I remembered the album All Things Must Pass. Then came the instant change. What had I done with my life? I remembered sitting on my couch fall of 68 singing my songs with Jim Keltner sitting next to me slapping his thighs, rehearsing for a record deal recording date that was cancelled the day we went to the studio. What had I done with my life?
I watched Ringo singing "Photograph" and remembered him beating his wife in front of us a session in 1987. One chance to work with a Beatle and he assaults his wife then keeps working into the night. What had I done with my life? I kept watching, so thrilled with the DVD but lost. Eventually the party broke up and I walked out into the humid air. I asked Brad Edelman if his knees ever got better after his years with the Saints and he was upbeat and did a half-deep knee bend and laughed. I got in the car and drove home crying.
As I crack up, I go spinning across decades around and through cultures, in and out of obscure pop culture references. In case you wondered: years ago I tried the serotonin drugs didn't work, nor did any of the more modern versions I tried years more recently. The only thing that rouses me from my pitiful self-absorbed state is the idea of solitude, something I actually get about twice a year. Today I walked 6 miles with Shawn. I like Shawn but this was not solitude. It was exercise. Exercise, solitude, reading and working on a new piece or making a new recording of something that matters, that's what kept me from cracking before. Now I'm battered by kids who need much then need even more, a business that needs, a relationship that needs, an ex-wife that needs and needles and me dealing with all of it badly.
Finding something that really matters is a goal. My job is listening to music. Can you imagine all the music and sound that hits my ears in the course of a year? I can still hear well, auspiciously for someone who now qualifies for an AARP card, yet my ears seem tired now. I'm tired of the assault of every derivative band, every half-formed singer or young jazzer who seem to think they need to make a CD well before they have much to say. So why complain if it's my job to make CDs? Perhaps it's because I don't do this for money. I have to feel like one of the masons building a great chapel, in service. It gives one something good to do, something that makes a difference, or at least I used to think it did. There's nothing like having people all over the world listening to music you've made. It impacts your nervous system in such a wondrous way and is not directly connected to fame, which is typically a bad thing. Connection good /fame bad. Money and music go together like dog food and caviar.
To serve God, to serve the universe, now that's reason to get up each day. Make sounds for posterity. To shine up a bunch of ego driven music that lacks direction, skill, inspiration, taste and exists only for someone's twisted need for self glorification at the expense of all of us listeners – you tell me if you wouldn't be complaining under those circumstances.
So maybe I'll find something else to do. Some other way to serve God, which seems somehow, opposed to serving the current batch of humans. At least my blood pressure is below stroke level. In March I discovered the reason I'd felt so rotten all the time, the reason I felt that there was a vice grip around me that was eased only by lots of exercise or self medication. I had lost touch with myself. Maybe it was in response to all the responsibility that has landed upon my shores. My feelings of failure and guilt cycle randomly, stopping my thoughts and calling up perfect re-enactment of past shameful events and wretched behaviors that cause my body to jerk and my mouth to sound off with an involuntary wail. That's basically how I face each new day. Even here on the island I get up and worry, get up and wonder if I'll ever finish another CD, write another story or learn to be a good parent. That's it for now, from the slagheap of music history.


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"But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." 1 John 2:27
"Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be." Romans 8:7
"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings." Isaiah 51:7
"I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;" Isaiah 51:12
"Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth." Romans 8:33
The truth that all these verses point to (and it is carried out if you take them in context) is this: You do not need man for anything when you have the anointing – after Jesus baptises you with fire you will need no man to teach you anything. Therefore any religious organisation that seeks to teach you the way is false and is Babylon! All they can give you are idols!
Babylon is a tricksy beast; it lives off the carnal mind.
What is the defining feature of the carnal mind? Idolatry.
At work today I was imagining various ways I could convince a certain person that they were in Babylon, that I had the anointing and so on. In the midst of these vain day-dreams I realized that what was fuelling them was my desire for his approval.
I was seeking in my mind for his justification.
Even though I know he is wrong I was idolizing him!
Do you see how subtle and wicked the carnal mind is? Oh and do not forget vain. Even if I managed to convince… What then? What could I possibly do after hearing him say "You're right" that I couldn't do before?
God gives you everything and asks for nothing; Idols give you nothing but ask for everything.
Babylon's all about idolatry. That is Babylon's chief cornerstone.
In the past they used to use molten images and statues but now a lot of people have wised up to this. You tell average Joe Bloggs to bow before a lump of wood and he'll call you a twat.
So Babylon has wised up. It uses people instead and it calls these people pastors.
Now I'm not saying that the function of pastor (that is shepherd) is not active in the real Ekklesia. It is; but a good shepherd is one who quickly leads people to the Lamb. A good pastor is one who rapidly gives up his role. A good pastor is like a good sign-post; he becomes useless very quickly. He definitely doesn't hang around for years feeding off the flock!


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What is Pokemon Mystery File?
Time travel, aliens, UFOs, parallel universes, ancient ruins. There are urban legends and rumors that Pokemon are involved in some way with such things. Are they really just rumors? Specialists in the field have gathered to have full discussions on these fascinating mysteries!
Who's words to believe is up to you...
Ruin Maniac Sakuji
He loves the history involved in ruins, and studies ancient ruins and cave paintings from around the world. He believes that the secrets of these ancient ruins are tied Pokemon. He is especially interested in the Unown writings.
Occult Maniac Hitomi
She has had in interest in the mysteries of the world since she was a young girl, and now researches the occult daily. She especially loves Ghost-type Pokemon. She's a huge fan of PokeStar Studios' Invaders movie series.
Occult Skeptic Prof. Oonuki
He is a researcher that forwards that occult phenomenon can be explained rationally with science. He teaches physics in college, but because his handwriting is so sloppy his students often joke that it's "harder to read than Unown glyphs."
The Elgyem picture taken 50 years ago.
The existence of Elgyem was never confirmed until around 50 years ago. Because of this, it's rumored that they came from a UFO that crashed in the desert. This picture taken 50 years ago is rumored to be that of a freshly captured Elygem who came from the UFO. In actuality, this picture was later determined to be that of a husband and wife trainer couple taking a walk with their Elgyem. There is still much mystery surrounding Elgyem.
The key to solving the world's mysteries is held by Pokemon!
Approaching the four great mysteries of Pokemon!
Ancient ruins, time travel, rumors of extraterrestrials - there exist many strange things in this world that can't be explained by science alone. The idea that all of these are deeply connected to the Pokemon that we're familiar with is one commonly shouted on high. And so our staff is investigating these supernatural occurrences, especially those called the mysteries of the world, from all many different angles. And there what came to our attention, unsurprisingly, was the existence of Pokemon!
No matter angle you look from, the existence of Pokemon holds the key to the world's mysteries... Let's reveal the whole picture!
Facilitator - Ruin Maniac Sakuji
Commentator - Occult Maniac Hitomi
Commentator - Occult Skeptic Prof. Oonuki
How are Pokemon connected to the passage of time!?
Being able to travel across time may be one of humanity's biggest dreams. Rumors of time travelers have been a mainstay in occult circles. Will the mystery behind Pokemon and time be uncovered!?
Hitomi: Among Pokemon, there exist those with the power to control and cross time.
Prof. Oonuki: How stupid. If you're saying that Pokemon can travel across time, then show me a Pokemon that's come from the future.
The story of the Celebi and the trainer that crossed time.
Everyone here likely knows this story.
A lucky trainer who came into possession of a Celebi visited the shrine in the Johto region's Ilex Forest. The trainer's surroundings suddenly changed, and they found themselves standing in a place they've never been. In that moment the radio on the trainer's PokeGear started a broadcast from 3 years ago.
One of our staff who comes from the Johto region said that this story is widely known in Johto.
The Time Travel Pokemon Celebi
A Pokemon said to have traveled across time from the future. It is said to only appear in peaceful times, and that if ones sees a Celebi that means that one can look forward to a bright future. It's said that in the Johto region's Ilex Forest there were a Celebi and trainer that crossed time.
Sakuji: The Ilex Forest is a large forest near Azalea Town in Johto. There is believed to be a time traveling god that watches over the forest, and it is said that if one desecrates the shrine in the forest, that person will be spirited away.
Hitomi: Celebi has the power to cross time. This is even said in the Pokedex.
Oonuki: The number of trainers to meet Celebi is extremely low, so isn't this nothing more than hearsay? This person says they caught Ho-oh and Lugia, went to a shrine in the middle of the night, and other nonsense. It's suspect that anyone has even ever caught Celebi.
Hitomi: There are other Pokemon who control time. Such as Dialga.
The Temporal Pokemon Dialga
The legendary Pokemon said to control the flow of time. It's said that when Dialga was born, time began to move, and when its heart took its first beat, time began to flow. With full control of the flow of time, it can freely move between past and future.
Sakuji: Dialga is said to reside on Mt. Coronet in the Sinnoh region. It, together with the legendary Pokemon Palkia who controls space, are the gods talked about in the Sinnoh region's mythology.
Hitomi: Dialga can even use its time manipulation powers in its moves. Its move Roar of Time attacks the target with enough power to distort time. Would professor like to try taking that attack? You might end up in the past or future. Ufufufu...
Oonuki: ...I refuse!
Among Pokemon, there truly are those that can control time such as these. It could be said that with either of these two Pokemon than can manipulate time, for perhaps with some other Pokemon that can cross time, it wouldn't be fantasy for someone to travel across the ages...
There are a surprising number of Pokemon related to space!
Since long ago, people have wondered if there exists lifeforms similar to humans outside the lands we live in. There has yet to be discovered any evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial life or society. But could evidence of such things exist in the shadows of Pokemon right in front of use?
Hitomi: When the subject of Pokemon who live the closest to outer space come up, my thoughts go first to Rayquaza and Minior. Both live in the ozone layer between the land and space.
The Sky High Pokemon Rayquaza
A legendary Pokemon said to flown through the ozone layer for hundreds of millions of years, feeding off of meteorites that enter of atmosphere. It's said use the energy taken from the meteors and stored in its body to Mega Evolve. There exists legend in the Hoenn region of Rayquaza stopping the battle between Groudon and Kyogre.
The Meteor Pokemon Minior
A Pokemon born from mutated nanoparticles in the ozone layer. Originally living in the ozone layer, it falls to the surface after its shell grows heavy. It lives off of particles in the air, the contents of which determine the color of its body.
Oonuki: Even if both of these Pokemon live in the ozone layer, that doesn't mean they're in outer space.
Hitomi: There are other Pokemon with some connection to space, such as Clefairy. I once went the Kanto region a long while ago to see the Clefairy's dance on Mt. Moon. It was a very mystifying sight...
The Fairy Pokemon Clefairy
Since long ago, Clefairy have been observed to gather and dance on night when the moon is full, and that an unusual magnetic field surrounds the area when this occurs. Additionally, Clefairy evolve into Clefable through the use of a Moon Stone, and wild Clefairy have been found holding such stones. Because of this, many people believe that Clefairy have some connection to the moon.
Hitomi: Could the Moon Stones hold some sort of cosmic power in them?
Oonuki: But there's been no reports of sighting of Clefairy or Clefable on the moon. And it's still unclear if Moon Stones are truly stones fallen from the moon. To stop this occult talk from spreading, we need to analyze Clefairy's biology and the stones' makeup someday!
Hitomi: It seems you won't accept that there are any Pokemon in space... So then, how will you feel about Deoxys?
The DNA Pokemon Deoxys
A mythical Pokemon that mutated from a virus on a meteor from space. It has high intelligence and control over psychic powers. It's said that the crystal structure in its chest is its brain, and its been seen to shoot lasers from it. It can change between four specialized forms.
Hitomi: How's that? If even a virus can become a Pokemon, who knows what other Pokemon could be out there in the galaxy.
Oonuki: Even if there were Pokemon who live out in space, none would have the intelligence to start a civilization.
Hitomi: There is a Pokemon said to come from a crashed UFO.
The Cerebral Pokemon Elgyem
A Pokemon rumored to have come a UFO that crash landed in the desert 50 years ago. No one had even seen the Pokemon before then. It uses its psychic power to put pressure on the target's brain, causing a headache.
Hitomi: I have occult friends that swear they've seen a UFO crash out in the desert. There just might be Pokemon that can build UFOs.
Oonuki: That's ridiculous! Besides, there are many reports of people misidentifying Pokemon as UFOs.
The Magnet Area Pokemon Magnezone
A Pokemon evolved from Magneton due to a strange electromagnetic field. It emits magnetism from its three units. It flies through the skies broadcasting strange radio waves, and is said to receive unknown broadcasts back. There are many reports of people mistaking Magnezone for UFOs.
Sakuji: Certainly, if you look at a silhouette of Magnezone, it looks like a UFO... (Also, I want to introduce another phenomena that follows along this theme...)
Hitomi: Think of it the other way around, Magnezone might have some connection to UFOs. The possibilities that visitors from another world may have created Pokemon with a similar shape to their vehicles is not zero...
Oonuki: There's no aliens in the first place. If there are then show my some.
Sakuji: Eeeh... This become such a heated debate from the start. That's good, so I would like to introduce another topic. There's a story that someone met an alien in the Alola region's Haina desert.
The old man from space!?
There's an old man in the Haina desert who has used up everything. He's even forgotten who he is and how to return home. He's searching for a nostalgic Pokemon in the corner of his memories.
Sol... Luna... Is what he says he wants to meet. Have him meet a Solrock or Lunatone and he regains his memories. This old man says he received a cosmic pulse from Solrock and Lunatone 30 years ago, and entrusted that power to many other old men. Then, the old man said he can use power he received to return home to space, then disappeared into the sky.
Hitomi: My occult friend looked into this event, and afterwords, couldn't find this old man anywhere. He must have really returned to space... The Pokemon Solrock and Lunatone that he received whatever power from might have some connection to aliens.
The Meteorite Pokemon Solrock
A Pokemon said to have fallen from space. It absorbs energy from sunlight and rotates its body to unleash light and heat.
The Meteorite Pokemon Lunatone
Because this Pokemon was found in a meteor crash site 40 years ago, it's theorized that it comes from space, but this is yet unproven. Its energy levels seem to be affected by the phases of the moon, and it's at its most active during full moons.
Pokemon have been discovered in places no one though life could life, such as in magma and on the ocean floor. In regards to the mysteries of space, there are people such are Prof. Cozmo and the Mossdeep Space Center in Hoenn, and the researching at the Hokulani Observatory in Alola that work to uncover these mysteries. As research continues, the chance of finding yet undiscovered Pokemon in outer space is there.
Perhaps emissaries from space have already arrived...
File 3 - Parallel Worlds x Pokemon
A way to travel to parallel dimensions!? Finding the truth behind the Distortion World!
In the streets, there are things spoken of as if it's truth. "There is another dimension called the Distortion World." The Distortion World is said to be another world on the underside of this one. A strange dimensional space in which this world's logic doesn't apply. Time doesn't flow, and space is unfixed. And it's said that in this mysterious world, the legendary Pokemon Giratina resides.
The key to entering the Distortion World, the legendary Pokemon!
We caught word that there really exists a person who visited the Distortion World. Immediately we went to work and heard from a friend of a friend about this person who went to the Distortion World.
"I heard from a friend of a friend that some group of no-goods called Team something-or-other were trying to destroy this world and create a new one, and it was discovered by accident. You can go there from the Spear Pillar at the summit of Sinnoh's Mt. Coronet. Though, apparently you need the power of both legendary Pokemon Dialga and Palkia"
We quickly headed to the summit of Mt. Coronet in the Sinnoh region. At the summit were a large number of destroyed pillars, and markings that looks like a large creature had fought there. We tried many methods to call out to Dialga and Palkia, but we had no results. But as were leaving, one staff member yelled that they saw some black shadow by the alter. When we got closer to check we found nothing unusual, but perhaps this was the legendary Pokemon Giratina.
What is the ruler of the Distortion World, Giratina?
According to Sinnoh myth, Giratina was born at the same time as Dialga and Palkia. However, even when looking though ancient texts, no other information could be found, other than it was cast out of the world for its violence. After a tough journey, we found someone who, on conditions of anonymity, showed us a snapshot. This is the picture taken of someone said to have entered the Distortion World.
The staff member who spotted the shadow at the Spear Pillar said that this picture was similar to the shadow they saw. The person who gave us this snapshot said that Giratina quietly watches this world, dragging those that break the laws of the world into the Distortion World to feel its wrath.
We are still investigating the Distortion World and Giratina. Please stay tuned for future updates.
Pokemon who have connections to other worlds.
Upon investigating myths and texts on Pokemon, we have found other Pokemon said to have connections to other worlds.
Bronzong has long been revered as a god of harvest, but it's said that it opens holes into other worlds to summon rain. Additionally, Mega Gengar can hide itself away in another dimension, and attack from there. Hoopa uses the rings on its body to take things from far away and teleport, but is unmistakeably traveling through another dimension.
And there have been Pokemon made artificially for the purpose of working in other dimensions. It's said that Porigon-Z was upgraded with the intent of it performing work in other dimensions of space. However, this failed for unknown reasons, causing its erratic behavior.
This may have been a warning from those in other dimensions. That one mustn't step into these places...
Sakuji: And so, this theme is "other dimensions". Since long ago, stories of other worlds have been unending across the world. But with solid evidence of this Distortion World, we are one step closer to the truth.
Hitomi: Ufufu... The Distortion World, such a wonderful name... The laws of reality must even distort there...
Oonuki: Going into other dimensions is simply laughable. This friend of a friend's story has a 97.8% chance of being a huge lie.
Hitomi: ... What's the remaining 2.2%?
Oonuki: That they misheard.
Sakuji: So professor, I take it you believe other worlds don't exist?
Oonuki: Of course. There's no scientific evidence of such things!
Hitomi: Other worlds are close by, even if you don't realize...
Oonuki: What's that? Where's the proof of that that, proof!
Hitomi: Of course... Things in my room... Have just been sucked into another dimension before... I still can't find them...
Oonuki: That's just you not cleaning your room!
Sakuji: Well then! What about the picture of what appears to be Giratina? This has credibility to it.
Hitomi: That right... That foreboding shadow... I want to call it into my room...
Oonuki: Well that, that's certainly some type of trick. Photo editing software has gotten quite advanced. Yesterday, a picture of a UFO people were crying about turned out to be a doctored image of a Magnezone! Unforgivable!
Hitomi: Hmm, Magnezone... isn't cute... Now Gengar...
Oonuki: That has nothing do with it!
Hitomi: Ah, what should I do to call Giratina to me? Maybe if I try to distort the laws of this world it'll come. Then I better start now. I'll curse this world to disappear.
Oonuki: I, I don't believe in curses. I don't believe!
Hitomi: Oh? Then I'll make professor disappear first. Let's see, the curse for erasing people is...
Oonuki: Wait, there's a lecture I need to attend! I forgot about it! Excuse me!
Sakuji: Wa- Wait Proffesor! ... He's already gone.
Hitomi: Well then, I better start my preparations to call upon Giratina. Have a nice day!
Sakuji: ... (I suppose there's nothing I can do but pray she doesn't succeed)
However they do it, there are several Pokemon with the ability to access other worlds. At this time, there is no evidence of humans living in other worlds, but Pokemon such as Giratina already exists, and so talk of humans from parallel worlds might not be so farfetched.
Cultures more advanced then the present!? The mysteries behind ancient ruins!
Ancient ruins dot many regions. Theories float around based things found here and there that there existed a "super ancient civilization" with technology more advanced than our own today.
Ancient ruins are structures build in ancient times. The scale ranges from caves and towers to entire ancient cities, but something they all share in common are texts suggesting the existence of advanced technology, and the fact that they worshiped Pokemon as gods.
Remaining ruins across different regions.
Kanto (Sevii Islands)
Tanoby Ruins
Dotted Hole
Ruins of Alph
Sinjoh Ruins (in land outside Johto)
Sky Pillar
Sealed Chamber
Desert Ruins
Island Cave
Ancient Tomb
Solaceon Ruins
Celestic Town's ancient ruins
Spear Pillar
Abyssal Ruins
Geosenge Town's ancient ruins
Ruins of Conflict
Ruins of Life
Ruins of Abundance
Ruins of Hope
Investigating the ancient ruins sunk to the ocean's floor!
In order to uncover the mysteries behind the super ancient civilization, we decided to investigate the Abyssal Ruins in the Unova region. As the name implies, these ruins are deep on the ocean floor, and can only be reached by diving. As such, we got the help of a Pokemon trainer guide, and started filming. There we found shocking things!
Ancient writings. On the walls of the Abyssal Ruins were carved mysterious ancient glyphs. According to our guide, these are clues pointing to a hidden treasure. Using the method of deciphering them we received from our guide, we could read them thus.
We could read the writings, but the words remained confusing. Our guide only knew up this, and so we stopped our treasure hunt and continued investigation of the ruins. But the interior was complex, and strong currents would periodically push us back to the surface, slowing down the investigation considerably. Reaching the inner most area proved especially difficult. This may be the ancient people's devices to hide the existence of the super ancient civilization. We continued for several hours, but made no real progress in our investigation.
Afterwords, our guide showed us items found in the Abyssal Ruins. Among them were 3000 years old objects such as gold coins and pots, as well as plates with pictures carved into them. Their use remains unknown. These objects that modern technology can't analyze, these could truly be proof of the super ancient civilization. And where did they get their advanced technology? The idea that they got it from the future is perhaps not out of the question...
The key to proving the technology of the super ancient civilizations lies in their writing!
One day while in the midst of our investigation, we received a letter from an unknown source. The letter was a single sentence, "study the symbols." Trusting this mystery letter, we took a closer look at the writings in these ruins.
Other than the ancient writings found in the Abyssal Ruins, there are two main ancient writings that were used. One was made though different combinations of dots. These can be seen in the Dotted Hole in Kanto, and in the Sealed Chamber in Hoenn. It's said that deciphering these writing can lead one to special Pokemon.
The other ancient writing is known as the Unown glyphs. These can be found the Ruins of Alph in the Johto region, and are very similar to the Pokemon Unown.
There are 28 types of Unown, the same number as the glyphs. At this time, it's still yet unknown whether the glyphs came first, or if the symbols are based on the Unown. Additionally, because no eggs have been found, some researchers have theorized that Unown have some relation to Ultra Beasts. Perhaps by researching the Unown we can come closer to the truth behind the ancient ruins. Our challenge still continues.
Sakuji: And so, our theme now is ancient ruins. My specialty! Ask me anything ladies and gentlemen!
Hitomi: I've never seen you this lively...
Oonuki: I feel the same. But let me say this! There's no way ancient civilization was more advanced than modern day! Don't take scientific advancement so lightly.
Sakuji: No, let's me tell you something! The super ancient civilization did exist! There's plenty of evidence for it. Among researchers, there's even a theory that they got their technology from the future.
Hitomi: Woah, what a wonderful theory... I cast my vote for that...
Oonuki: That's putting the cart before the horse! Let's say that time travelers from the future did exist, why would they give this technology to primitive savages. Why wouldn't they give it to say, an intelligent modern man such as myself!
Hitomi: ... I think I can understand why...
Sakuji: I agree.
Oonuki: What does that mean!
Sakuji: Well, let's put the future talk aside. We have found unique writings in these ruins. Having writing-based communication could be said to be a sign of advanced society.
Oonuki: Is that so? You think those Seviper trail looking squiggles are proof of culture. Even my writing is better. *writes note*
Sakuji: ... This is terrible.
Hitomi: It's like the trail of a Zigzagoon... Or the prints of a Snorlax who suddenly awoke and ran to find food...
Oonuki: What's that mean!
Hitomi: What did you even write...?
Oonuki: No, you can read it. It says Unown. Unown!
Hitomi: ... You should apologize to the Unown...
Oonuki: What's that!
Sakuji: I'm in agreement with the occult maniac! You must apologize immediately! We should hurry to the Ruins of Alph right now!
Hitomi: Ufufu... Unown, how fun...
Oonuki: You two just want to go there! Let me go! Let gooooooooo!
The one to create to the ancient world and Pokemon, Arceus!?
We will now discuss the tale of a certain trainer's strange experience. They're said to have went to the Ruins of Alph with the mythical Pokemon Arcues.
Then suddenly, their vision went dark, and they seemingly teleported to another location. They were in the far away Sinjoh Ruins. In these ruins, said to be the fusion of Sinnoh and Johto culture, there was a holy stage built to worship Arcues, called the Mystri Stage. Legends say that when Arceus gets on the stage, time, space, and anti-matter mix and create a new world.
And so Arceus gives birth the god of time Dialga, the god of space Palkia, and the god of anti-matter Giratina.
The mysterious beings confirmed to be real in the Alola region, Ultra Beasts. Various theories are flying around as to what exactly they are. And now specialists of two opposing positions, occult and science, have a heated debate to find the truth!
Debate Start!
Sudden appearance! Here comes the Ultra Beasts!!
Sightings of Ultra Beasts have increases rapidly in the Alola region recently. They are said to be extremely dangerous creatures, doing things such as possessing people and swallowing buildings.
It is now understood that Ultra Beasts came from another world called Ultra Space, through the use of rifts in dimensions called Ultra Wormholes.
What is an Ultra Beast?
They are mysterious beings from another world known as Ultra Space. There are multiple species of Ultra Beasts, each with a codename among the international police.
What is Ultra Space?
The overall name of the other world where Ultra Beasts live. It's said that many Ultra Beasts live there, but details are unclear.
Terror! The Ultra Beast Project
Additionally, the Aether Foundation is known to have used the power of an unknown Pokemon to open Ultra Wormholes! We went to the artificial island where the Aether Foundation was studying Ultra Beasts, the Aether Paradise. And there we learned that this place where the Aether Foundation were performing top secret research was also the location of terrifying experimentation.
Oonuki: The Aether Foundation is an organization for protecting the injured Pokemon of the Alola region. They also perform various research.
Hitomi: There are rumors that unbeknown by the average employee, they've been performing dangerous research.
What are the Ultra Beasts?
We succeeded in contacting someone who was involved in the research of Ultra Beasts. And from him we learned the shocking truth!
Interview with Former Aether Foundation Employee A-san
"What I was involved with was the secret project of researching the Ultra Beasts that appeared out of the Ultra Wormholes. Many Aether Foundation employees are completely unaware of this research. In the project I took part in, I performed experiments to use to power of an unknown Pokemon to open Ultra Wormholes. During one experiment the Aether Foundation lab and Ultra Space connected, and Professor Mohn disappeared."
It seems that the Aether Foundation created an Ultra Wormhole themselves, and connected Ultra Space to the Alola region. And on further investigation, we found out that a trainer actually entered an Ultra Wormhole into Ultra Space and returned back to Alola!
The following is the moment an Ultra Wormhole opened up in the Aether Foundation, secretly captured on camera by a trainer that was there at the time.
Hitomi: It's said that Ultra Beasts came to our world through Ultra Wormholes.
Oonuki: I heard that it was discovered by Professor Mohn, but to see it's actually true! No, it must just be a hole caused by Z Power!
Sending a camera into the Ultra Beast's world!
Additionally, we have received pictures of Ultra Space, taken by the person said to have visited it. This location seems to have been filled with the Ultra Beast known as Nihilego.
This Nihilego uses neurotoxin to unleash people's hearts. There are records of possessed people going on a rampage. People possessed by Nihilego are also weakened by the poison to the point that they can no longer move by their own power.
Oonuki: Pokemon possessing people and sending them on rampages is just nonsense!! It must have just been people panicking because a strange Pokemon grabbed them.
Hitomi: There are other records of Pokemon and people joining together.
Strange! The human who fused with a Pokemon!?
The Pokemon maniac Bill, who lives in the Kanto region. Creator of the Pokemon transfer system, one day while testing his machine an accident caused him to fuse with a Pokemon.
Unable to activate the machine again, Bill was stuck in the form of a Pokemon. However he still possessed human speech, and received the aid of a passing trainer to return to his original form. Bill lived life as usual after this.
Some researchers now look at this incident when trying to find a cure for those people who have been possessed by Nihilego.
This look into the Ultra Space revealed no Ultra Beasts other than Nihilego. There may be other Ultra Spaces that contain other species of Ultra Beast. Ultra Space contains such shocking qualities. There is still much unclear, the research has only just begun...
Hitomi: There a still so many mysteries, but occult researchers will undoubtedly uncover the whole picture...
Oonuki: Again with this stupid stuff! The Aether Foundation opened the way to Ultra Space with the power of science. Science will reveal all!
Who's words to believe is up to you...
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This article explains how to install the Job Server as a Microsoft Windows Service, and manage the service.
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Before installing the Job Server as a service, change the path of the log file jobserver.log in the log4j.xml file. By default, the log file is saved to the C:\windows\system32 directory. To save the log file to another location, do the following:
Go to the Job Server_install_path directory and open the log4j.xml file.
Search for the following line:
<param name="File" value="jobserver.log" />
Change it to:
<param name="File" value="the absolute path of another directory/jobserver.log" />
Save the file.
If you have already installed the Job Server, an integrated jsl.ini file (or jsl_static64.ini for 64-bit systems) is available in the directory Job Server_install_dir/conf. Edit the file and adapt the following variables to your environment:
Open the file and search for the following line:
jrepath=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_14
Change it to:
Edit the end of the file and change C:\jobserver\ to your_Job Server_install_dir. If you installed Studio using the installer, change C:\jobserver\ to your_Job Server_install_dir/agent.
params = 6 param00 = -cp param01 = c:\jobserver;c:\jobserver\lib\jmxremote_optional.jar;c:\jobserver\lib\log4j-1.2.15.jar;c:\jobserver\lib\commons-io-1.3.2.jar;c:\jobserver\lib\jsl.jar param02 = -Djava.library.path=c:\jobserver\jsysmon-20061229\native\windows\ param03 = -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote param04 = -Dtalend_props=c:\jobserver\conf\TalendJobServer.properties param05 = org.talend.remote.jobserver.service.WindowsJobServer
Change it as follows:
params = 6 param00 = -cp param01 = your-Job Server_install_dir;your-Job Server_install_dir\lib\jmxremote_optional.jar;your-Job Server_install_dir\lib\log4j-1.2.15.jar;your-Job Server_install_dir\lib\commons-io-1.3.2.jar;your-Job Server_install_dir\lib\jsl.jar param02 = -Djava.library.path=your-Job Server_install_dir\jsysmon-20061229\native\windows\ param03 = -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote param04 = -Dtalend_props=your-Job Server_install_dir\conf\TalendJobServer.properties param05 = org.talend.remote.jobserver.service.WindowsJobServer
After modifying the jsl.ini (or jsl_static64.ini for 64-bit systems) file, run jsl.exe -debug (or jsl_static64.exe -debug) to start the service for testing purposes before installation:
Press CTRL+C to stop the Job Server.
After the Job Server starts, run the command jsl.exe -install (or jsl_static64.exe -install) to install the service.
As shown in the following figure, the service has been installed successfully as a Windows service.
Execute the command services.msc from a command prompt to start the services manager.
You will find a service called Talend JobServer in the list. Start the Job Server by starting the Talend Jobserver service in the Windows services manager.
To remove the service from the Windows services manager, execute the command jsl.exe -remove (or jsl_static64.exe -remove for 64-bit systems) from a command prompt.


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Tips for Writing CV
What is your Job Objective
Structure the content of your CV. around your job objectives
Your CV is your Marketing Tool
Market yourself through your CV. What are your features and benefits? What makes you unique? Make sure to convey this information in your CV
The CV is to obtain an interview, not a job
The purpose of your CV. is to generate enough interest in you to have an employer contact you for an interview
Bulleted Sentence
Use bullets with short sentences rather than lengthy paragraphs
Your Strengths
Put your strong points first where they are more appropriate to be read
Show what you know
Rather than going into depth in one area, use your CV. to highlight your breadth of knowledge. Use an interview to provide more detail
Construct your CV. to read easily
Leave white space. Use a font size no smaller than 10 point. Limit the length of your CV to 1-2 pages. Remember, CVs are reviewed quickly. Help the reader to scan your CV efficiently and effectively
Review your CV
It can be difficult for you to hit all your high points and clearly, Have someone review your CV. encourage them to ask questions. Their questions can help you to clarify your CV. based on this input
Submit your CV. to potential employers
Apply for jobs that seem to be just at your level
Tips for Interviews
Find out more about the company you are applying for
Know more about the position
Keep yourself updated of the latest trends in the industry you plan to pursue your career
Be punctual, attend on time
Dress appropriately for the interview as it indicates to the kind of personality you are
Relax and make yourself comfortable as much as possible
Be prepared
Ensure you carry all required material like resume, references, certificates etc
To provide evidence relating to your past experience and achievements. Try to relate it to what the current role you are applying for needs
Try to know more about common interview questions and prepare your answers
Be positive
Greet the interviewer/interviewers with a firm handshake. It conveys confidence and respect and do not sit unless you are asked to do so
Always be positive and project your willingness to work and learn new things
If you do not know the answer to a question, admit it; do not try to fudge an answer
Refrain from negative comments, especially about your previous employer
Listen well
Listen well to the questions and reply accordingly, if in doubt don't hesitate to ask.
Do not interrupt the interviewer before he finishes his question, wait for him to complete his sentence and then give your reply
Value adding
Be honest
Make sure responses relate to the job you are applying for
Thank the interviewer(s) for his/her/their time and for seeing you. While leaving the room, express your enthusiasm for the job
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Impossible targets -
The stark reality
(A pessimistic view)
Stella M. Turk MBE
Give up the urge to roam!
Enjoy staying at home!
Stand still and stare!
Never travel by air!
When possible try to bar
Journeying by motor car
And try to refrain
From using the train
And never vote
For a fast speedboat!
Use foot or pedal or sail
And you won't entail
Any gas, coal or oil
Whilst enjoying healthy toil
Cars and planes
Fast boats and trains
Will continue to increase
And we'll grow more obese
For we've invoked a natural curse
- Climate changing for the worse.
Stella M Turk MBE
It is easy for me to talk as I have a predilection to staying at home!
Nevertheless it seems wise to adopt The wartime motto 'Is your journey really necessary'.
March 2006
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Gordon, Beverly S.
(William L. Bauhan, 1986)
The author who along with her late husband taught for many years in the schools of Peterborough, N.H. has written a journal of that first year after her husband's sudden death. Because of physical disabilities due to multiple sclerosis, she depended on her husband for much more than love & comfort. Her diary tells how she dealt with everyday living, as well as coping with her grief, & provides a better understanding of the grieving process. Those who have recently lost loved ones will find inspiration & hope in this widow's journal.
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Damage to the apartment in the Candy Store Hotel at 1 N. Atlantic Blvd. was described as medium with no cost estimate available, Lt. Bill DePauw said. The cause, still under investigation, was described as suspicious.
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Someone once described the classic noir plot as a man gradually realizing that he's fucked. Well, He Ran All the Way's Nick Robey is way ahead on this game. The novel opens with him having a full-on expressionistic nightmare of him playing himself in craps--and losing.
Yes, Nick is filled with a sense of foreboding. He convinced the stick-up he's planning with his pal Al is doomed And it is. It winds up with a cop dead, Al in jail (singing the tune "Nick did it!") and Nick himself on the run.
As long as Nick is in motion, the novel has a pleasantly sweaty kinetic energy emphasized by Ross's staccato style. "He couldn't afford to make a mistake. He couldn't afford to take chances." Unfortunately, rather than careening about Chicago like the hottest pinball in town, things grind to a screeching halt out of The Desperate Hours.
Realizing "...he had no way of getting anywhere and he had no place to go," Nick picks up 19-yr. old Peg Dobbs at the beach and convinces her to take him home. Oddly enough, her pathologically post war nuclear family raise nary an eyebrow over their daughter bringing home an obviously agitated and armed lunatic. But even though they seem quite amenable to letting him hang around the house for a few days with the housing shortage and all, he panics, pulls his gun and takes the whole lot of them hostage.
The next 200 pages of the parents freaking, Peg sympathizing, and Junior smart-assing are pretty dull. You want to scream at Nick, "Move, man, move!!!!" There's even a Flitcraft sequence where for no real reason Mr. Dobbs tells Nick that a man's dreams shouldn't come true because when they do, "you feel a little more hollow inside."
This doesn't stop Nick from ultimately tossing the seven-out of his dreams. He gets a screwball idea for Peg to buy a car and drive him to the coast. She comes through with the car, but faced with his increasingly irrational behavior, she embraces him--and fatally stabs him in the back with a handy kitchen knife.
Ultimately, the novel is done in by by the lengthy hostage sequence. However, the prospect of having a screen presence like John Garfield ranting and raving and screaming at the elder Dobbs, smacking Junior, fondling Peg (a young Shelly Winters? Mmmm...) and sweating over the tastefully-furnished Dobbs home does have enormous cinematic potential.
We'll see if this potential is realized on January 26th when He Ran All the Way screens at the Castro.


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