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So, P&G is still ignoring nearly 400,000 of us who've written to its CEO, Alan G. Lafley. And P&G is still claiming the company is "committed to the sustainable sourcing of palm oil".
But today, we did something it can't ignore: we took the message right to P&G's door. The company behind brands such as Head & Shoulders was today confronted with protests in five different countries, and fresh evidence that shows just how big the gap is between their spokespeople's words and the reality on the ground.
In Indonesia, 20 activists unfurled a giant banner from the top floor of P&G's national headquarters in Jakarta and activists took part in colourful street theatre to demand forest-friendly products. The managers refused to meet Greenpeace.
In the Philippines, "tigers" set up camp outside a P&G facility in the south of the capital, Manila. The protesting tigers installed tree stumps and tents to show how P&G can't guarantee it isn't wiping out their habitats and making them homeless.
In India, a red carpet "walk of shame" was rolled out in front of Wella's Studios in Delhi and tigers mingled with the public showing how P&G (which also makes Wella shampoos) is contributing to forest destruction.
In Belgium, Greenpeace activists reached out to hundreds of employees at the P&G Brussels Innovation Center (BIC) in Grimbergen. Again, the management refused to meet us.
And in Manchester in the UK, five activists were removed from the Cleaning Products Europe 2014 conference (yes, there is a conference for such things…) for quizzing P&G on their so-called "sustainability" credentials. The activists also presented 'The Golden Axe' award to P&G's head of sustainability, which, quite surprisingly, she accepted.
But how much longer will P&G rehash its tired old lines about being committed to "sustainability" – whatever that means to them?
The evidence is mounting up. Today, we released more fresh evidence documenting large-scale clearance of primary forest in a concession in Papua, Indonesia. The concession is controlled by Indonesia's industry conglomerate RGE Group, whose palm oil division includes Asian Agri. The group sells palm oil to Cargill, which is a known supplier to P&G.
Newly planted oil palm saplings amid the stumps from recent (2013) clearance of the forested area inside the PT RML oil palm concession, in the Papuan region of Roasom, Jayapura. 03/08/2014
Papua is considered the new frontier in Indonesia for palm oil – a vast island with largely intact forest and home to magnificent animals, like the bird of paradise. But unless companies like P&G enforce a No Deforestation policy, much of this is at risk. RGE Group has a destructive history – it also owns the pulp and paper company, APRIL, which is singlehandedly destroying more forest in Indonesia than any other. RGE's practices in high-risk regions, such as Riau in Sumatra, are linked to the illegal clearance of forests using fire, the sourcing of palm oil from illegal plantations in Tesso Nilo National Park and the destruction of Sumatran tiger habitat.
P&G has had its head in the sand for too long.
But you can be part of the change that pushes companies like P&G and help save Indonesia's last forests. If you haven't already, join the nearly 400,000 people who have already taken action here. And stay tuned for the next exciting development!
Areeba Hamid is a forest campaigner at Greenpeace International
(Unregistered) Sun Wu
Dear Mr. President,
today I write to you on behalf of DOCTOR Naidoo from Africa.
Mr. President, DOCTOR Naidoo from Africa is...
Dear Mr. President,
today I write to you on behalf of DOCTOR Naidoo from Africa.
Mr. President, DOCTOR Naidoo from Africa is the CEO of Greenpeace International, but of course you know...
Mr. President, DOCTOR Naidoo claims to have dedicated all his life fighting poverty, injustice...and recently, since 2009, pollution and all sorts of environmental crime...
Mr. President, who do I tell, in 2014 environmentalism is one of the few really big stages promising attention.
Mr. President, money-wise Greenpeace is said doing well after having one of three warships, the Rainbow Warrior 3, symbol of nostalgic value, on a fundraising tour for more than 2 years.
But Mr. President, the purpose of Greenpeace is not to collect donations on the stage of environmentalism, nope Mr. President, originally Greenpeace was meant to adress environmental injustice, like this DEFORESTATION HAPPENING IN INDONESIA powered by palmoil-customers oall over the wolrd, like P & G.
Dear Mr. President, I am sure you are still remembering DOCTOR Naidoo's invitation asking you to join him on an Arctic Cruise.
Mr. President, unfortunately DOCTOR Naidoo is facing a dilema...he is running out of ships!
Rainbow Warrior busy fund-raising, Arcitc Sunrise illegally kept hostage by someone we not really want to go to deep into...
Mr. President, could you please give back our ship so DOCTOR Naidoo can do his job?
Mr. President, I am sure DOCTOR Naidoo from South Afirca, an Anti-Apartheid-Activist right away from his childhood, like so many Naidoo's made a career by claiming having been an activist (abroad = exil :)...
...Mr. President, I am sure DOCTOR Naidoo anxiously waiting for you to join him on the Arcitc Sunrise will not forget your kindness of returning our property.
Mr. President...Mr. President...Mr. President...Mr. President...Mr. President...
...Mr. President, I am from Africa.
Asking Mr. President to return the AS on behalf of Greenpeace
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
PS: 25 years Exxon Valdez...lets ask a witness having bee only a few miles away: CAPTAIN Joel El Remanso Stewart, the CAPTAIN NOT EVEN LISCENSED TO SKIPPER THE ESPERANZA because the Esperanza is to big for his fisherman's certificate.
Yes, I know, all of you guys want to forget things of yesterday not suitable for today.
26 March, 2014 at 21:59
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Tell P & G to stop deforestation...we (and Joel El Remanso Stewart) need our Rainforest.
Sun Wu, Frits' friend
Tell P & G to stop deforestation...we (and Joel El Remanso Stewart) need our Rainforest.
Sun Wu, Frits' friend
PS: Transparency International is wordwide reknown for anti-corruption.
What do you guys think...should we officially contact them for a statement on 3 Greenpeace-ships visiting Costa Rica to stop deforestation?
PPS: aus dem Auge, aus dem Sinn...lets forget and continue buisness as usual
26 March, 2014 at 22:07
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I found an incredible video on deforestation...
The last Atlantis...
I found an incredible video on deforestation...
The last Atlantis...
Sun Wu
26 March, 2014 at 22:25
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A Neste-PalmOil sailor becomes a Warrior of the Rainbow...
I love it...
A Neste-PalmOil sailor becomes a Warrior of the Rainbow...
I love it...
Sun Wu, tears transforming
PS: what happened before the Neste-Oil sailor became a Warrior of the Rainbow and VIP-mate?
How are the management-structures at GPI? Who is taking the responsibility?
26 March, 2014 at 22:35
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Talking about deforestation...this wooden seat the VIP-mate from Finnland is sitting on...looks like a nice paint-job!
Who did the Refit?...
Talking about deforestation...this wooden seat the VIP-mate from Finnland is sitting on...looks like a nice paint-job!
Who did the Refit?
Sun Wu, a wooden boat-builder in a previous life (don't forget, I worked on my hinduism! :)
PS: there is a few really, really bad guys in Amsterdam...you guys would never guess what they do.
26 March, 2014 at 22:46
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(Unregistered) No from Bhutan
Hi P&G. Please "Produce GREEN because we BUY GREEN"
27 March, 2014 at 14:10
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I love it...
Sun Wu fighting deforestation
29 March, 2014 at 22:47
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(Unregistered) Chalie
Wow. Shoot at the big target not Cargill who is suppling P&G
30 March, 2014 at 16:49
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Hey Chalie,
isn't Cargill a GREEN pioneer?
Hey Chalie,
isn't Cargill a GREEN pioneer?
I thought they are the good guys using windpower...like my special friend Niels did...in the media for financing a fleet of 70 Heavy-Lift vessels worth approximately 3 Billion USD.
Who cares what those people do in REAL life...
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
30 March, 2014 at 23:15
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Assuming it is Cargill supplying P & G with dirty palm-oil...may I ask something?
Andrew, would it be ON-Topic to say your deforestat...
Assuming it is Cargill supplying P & G with dirty palm-oil...may I ask something?
Andrew, would it be ON-Topic to say your deforestation-campaign is directly linked to me baptizing the Rainbow Warrior III?
Sun Wu
PS: please help me out! Where is the Beluga SKYSAILS?
30 March, 2014 at 23:23
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Unilever is also contribuiting to destroy the rainforests for getting that palm oil for products like Dove soap and creams.
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MrAmsterdam wrote:My compliments to Michael Goodspeed. This is one sharply written essay.
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It has always been a mystery to me, why sometimes people don't fix their posts after posting.
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comingfrom wrote:.....a mystery to me, why sometimes people don't fix their posts after posting.
The explanation of episodes in the above linked post is woeful, and confusing, and made worse by the fact the links are not linked.
DonKress wrote:...Dave Talbott points out that in one video, projectiles are accelerating ahead of the bolide.
"The most fundamental problem in solar system research is still unsolved: how can the Sun with a surface temperature of only 5800 K heat up its atmosphere to more than a million K?
In fact, the solar atmosphere is so hot that not even the Sun's enormous gravity can contain it.
Part of it is continuously evaporating [sic] into interplanetary space: the SOLAR WIND...
Outside the heliosphere there is a forty-fold increase in plasma density. There is also a radical reduction in the detection of certain types of particles from the Sun, and a large increase in Galactic cosmic rays.
This animation combines two ways of displaying the Voyager Plasma Wave Science (PWS) observations of ***electron plasma oscillations which provide the basis for concluding that the spacecraft is now in interstellar space. The graphic is called a spectrogram that shows the amplitude of waves (in which reds are the most intense and blues the least intense) as a function of frequency (vertical axis) and time (horizontal axis). In many respects, this spectrogram is like a voice print which shows the evolution of the spectrum of sounds as a function of time. The sound track reproduces the amplitude and frequency of the plasma waves observed. The vertical white bar that moves across the spectrogram links the sound track to the graphic.
"The frequency range shown from about 1.75 kiloHertz to 3.5 kiloHertz is a portion of the actual frequency range detected by PWS and is well within the audio frequency range. Importantly, the frequency is directly related to the number of electrons per unit volume in the vicinity of Voyager and corresponds to about 1 electron per 10 cubic centimeters or a cube about 1 inch on a side. The time scale for this presentation represents 225 days or a bit more than 7 months, while it only takes about 12 seconds to play the audio file. Hence, the time compression is about 1.6 million to one. It should be noted that this compression was done in such a way as to not change the frequencies."
"In this animation, there are two events of interest. In the October-November 2012 time frame there is a tone near 2.1 kHz which gradually increases in frequency. Again, in the April-May 2013 time frame there is another event, somewhat more intense and at a higher frequency near 2.6 kHz. We conclude that these two events indicate an ongoing trend to higher frequencies. The second graphic frame which appears in the animation includes a dashed line showing this increase in frequency and suggests that the density of electrons is continually increasing over this time interval as Voyager moves outwards from the heliopause"
The flow of the interstellar medium (ISM) into the heliosphere has been measured by at least 11 different spacecraft as of 2013. By 2013, it was suspected that the direction of the flow had changed over time.
"The 3D heliosphere in terms of the 'ballerina model': On the basis of these early discoveries, a three dimensional model of the heliosphere and the stream-structured solar wind emerged.
It is most adequately visualized in terms of the ballerina model first proposed by H Alfven in 1977."
"In the outer heliosphere, the speed differences between fast and slow flows are wiped out, and the
heliospheric plasma expands at an ***average constant speed of 400 to 500 km per second.
A slowdown of the solar wind by action of the interstellar gas [sic] has not yet been noted.
"The spacecraft potential is floating relative to the ambient plasma potential (figure 1.1).
When a spacecraft potential is nonzero relative to that of the ambient plasma, the spacecraft is charged.
When the ambient electrons and ions are very energetic (Million electron Volts or higher), they can penetrate deep into dielectrics, which are nonconductors. This situation is called deep dielectric charging, or bulk charging. For a conducting material, an electron penetrating into it moves to the surface because of Coulomb repulsion. Therefore, for conductors, surface charging can occur, but deep conductor charging does not occur.
For dielectrics (insulators), both surface charging and deep dielectric charging can occur. Surface charging can occur in dielectrics if the incoming electrons are below about 70,000 electron Volts to 100,000 electron Volts in energy; deep dielectric charging can occur if they are of higher energy. There is no sharp demarcation line between the two charging regimes. In general, Million electron Volts electrons are responsible for deep dielectric charging, while electrons of energy in the 1000 electron Volts range are responsible for surface charging of dielectrics. The penetration depth depends on the electron energy and the material density.
If the incoming electrons or ions are of high energies (Million electron Volts or higher), they may be able to penetrate, pass through, or deposit inside materials. These high-energy electrons may stay inside nonconductors—i.e., dielectrics—for a long time. After a prolonged period of high-energy electron bombardment, the electrons inside may build up a high electric field. If the field is high enough, it may be sufficient to cause a local dielectric breakdown.
When a local breakdown occurs, ionization channels develop extremely rapidly inside the dielectric, allowing currents to flow, which in turn generate more ionization and heat.
As a result, internal instruments may be damaged. Fortunately, the densities of high-energy (Million electron Volts or higher) electrons and ions in space are low. Internal damage events are rare.
However, when they occur, they may, in extreme cases, cause the loss of spacecraft.
Interference with Scientific Measurements
Spacecraft charging may affect scientific measurements on spacecraft.
For example, when scientific measurements of space plasma properties such as the plasma density, mean energy, plasma distribution function, and electric fields are needed onboard, the measurements may be affected.
The effects on each of these measurements are explained here.
We first examine the basic mechanism of how a charged object disturbs the ambient plasma.
A charged spacecraft repels the plasma charges of the same sign and attracts those of the opposite sign ....
As a result, a plasma sheath is formed in which the density of the repelled species is lower than that of the attracted species. The plasma density inside the sheath is different from that outside. The plasma in a sheath is nonneutral.
"Very high energy (Million electron Volts or higher) and low flux electrons and ions are in the radiation belts.
Spacecraft normally avoid this region because the very high energy radiation (i.e., electrons and ions) may cause internal damage to electronic instruments onboard. The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite (CRRES) flew through this region and collected some interesting data before it suddenly ceased functioning.
In this region, spacecraft surface charging is not an important issue, but deep dielectric charging is.
Surface charging occurs, but not to very high levels. Deep dielectric charging is due to the very high energy electrons and ions. They can penetrate into and deposit inside nonconducting materials, or even pass through thin insulations.
If they enter the electrical wires, they can disturb the circuits, causing anomalies in the electronics, telemetry, and computers. Charge accumulation inside dielectrics may build up a very high electric field, which, if high enough, may lead to a sudden big discharge or dielectric breakdown, damaging instruments onboard.
Very high energy electrons and ions also exist in the geosynchronous region, but with much less intensity and lower fluxes. During the passage of solar coronal mass ejection clouds, very high energy electrons and ions appear in the geosynchronous region and, of course, in the radiation belts.
sketch1946 wrote:Hi DonKress,
just speculating here.. I'm very open to anybody's constructive criticism, I'm just learning about all this stuff....
Does this seem possible?
When a bolide starts a fiery track through the atmosphere, this trail is plasma, right, fire is a type of plasma?
so it seems perfectly possible under the right conditions for the trail of plasma to initiate a lightning strike, since the charged upper atmosphere is supposed to have an abundant supply of positively charged particles... and is charged to 400,000 V+ under normal conditions, according to Feynman...
... when this track gets closer to the surface of the earth, the negatively charged earth and the positively charged comet strike an arc... then bang... a discharge all the way to the ground just like lightning, it would be lightning the vortex in the middle electric-arcifies a huge burn on the ground....
In that video from Cheryubinsk, a mini version of this lightning strike to earth seems to be what happened? I wonder if there was any evidence of lightning on the ground?
In a much more energetic event like 'The Eye of the Sahara', .... it even has that trademark electric discharge crater right on the rim of one of the central rings....
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Opening Day starter Samardzija's focus on competing
Right-hander aims to reduce walks, set tone for Cubs' rotation in 2014
MESA, Ariz. -- Anthony Rizzo never saw Jeff Samardzija in a Notre Dame football game, but he's seen highlights of the All-American wide receiver. What Rizzo does know is his Cubs teammate has that football mentality.
"He brings that intensity to the table every time he's out there," Rizzo said of Samardzija. "That's what every great pitcher does, whether they do it quietly, calm or crazy, it doesn't matter as long as they go out there and compete."
Samardzija will make his second straight Opening Day start on Monday against the the Pirates. It's the second consecutive year the two teams have opened the season at PNC Park, and he will be the first pitcher ever to start back-to-back Opening Days there.
Last April 1, Samardzija gave up two hits over eight scoreless innings, striking out nine in a 3-1 Chicago win. He finished 8-13, but was one of four National League pitchers to reach 200 innings and 200 strikeouts. It was the first time Samardzija hit the 200 mark in those two categories.
When named the Cubs' Opening Day starter, the only question was which uniform would he wear. The right-hander's name has been mentioned in trade rumors since last season, and every time a pitcher was injured this spring, writers went to spellcheck to tap in Samardzija's name again. He just shrugs at the nagging questions. His goal? To pitch for the Cubs.
"I just want to compete, that's what I love to do," Samardzija said. "I love to compete. It doesn't matter what we're doing, it doesn't matter if we're in a parking lot or a big league field, I just love to compete and that's the bottom line."
There's that "competitor" theme again.
"He sets the tone for every pitcher," Rizzo said. "Jeff's our horse who we're going to rely on every time he's out there to go deep into the game. Hopefully, he throws a complete game. We need to score runs for him."
Samardzija got his first Opening Day assignment in his second season in the rotation. Ryan Dempster, who was the Cubs' Opening Day starter in 2011-12, had six seasons of at least 200 innings before he got the nod. Carlos Zambrano, who started six consecutive season openers from '05-10, had two 200-inning seasons under his belt.
Samardzija, 29, has been pressed into the role of veteran on a young Cubs staff.
"When we had Dempster, when we had [Matt] Garza, even when we had Scott Feldman, being able to put [Samardzija] in a position around some veterans was nice to have," Cubs pitching coach Chris Bosio said. "Now he is our veteran guy along with Edwin Jackson. Like it or not, that's the position he's in.
"I think he relishes that position," Bosio said. "I think that's what he wants. He wants to be that guy. I think Jeff is going to come into his own this year. He knows he's in for a battle as the No. 1 guy."
He'll have to be on top of his game, especially with a team that didn't provide much support last year. The Cubs were shut out in six of his 33 starts, and he gave up three or fewer runs in five of those six games, and two or fewer in three. He exited four starts with a lead that the Cubs would relinquish.
"Both he and Travis Wood are very aware of the situation we're in," Bosio said. "We're in a transition period with the ballclub, but they also know they have to pitch their [rear ends] off every day because everybody is going to come after them because Jeff is No. 1 and Travis is an All-Star."
If Samardzija was bothered by the lack of run support, he didn't show it.
"He gives up a couple runs, who cares?" Rizzo said of his teammate. "He's ready to get the next guy out. I don't pitch so I don't know how hard it is, but I think our whole staff does a good job when things get away from them -- they can get it back on track."
The goal this year is to repeat the 200/200 statistics, and reduce the number of walks in half. The right-hander impressed Bosio with his preparation this spring.
"Jeff, he's a creature of habit," Bosio said. "He's probably our most regimented starting pitcher as far as his conditioning, his shoulder program and how he goes about his business. We're talking about a guy who's been starting three years and what he accomplished last year is big. Being a young pitcher, trying to find himself on a team trying to find itself, it's not an easy thing to ask, especially for him to be a No. 1."
The other goal this season is to pitch more efficiently so Samardzija can go deeper in games. He ranked second on the Cubs with 19 quality starts, trailing Wood, who finished with 24.
"Every year, [Samardzija] gets better and better," Cubs catcher Welington Castillo said. "He is what he is -- he's going to go right after a hitter. I like his mentality now. He wants to be down in the strike zone and get quick outs. I think that's a good idea. He wants to go out and compete every day."


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Ghost net art: Work begins at Erub Erwer Meta
Our second day on Darnley Island saw the beginning stages of construction for Garom the rock cod.
The ladies started to sort through different coloured rope and net to see what would be best to use to make spots for Garom the rock cod. They estimated that 112 spots would be needed to cover the surface of the fish, and they had completed 14 by the end of the day.
The weather on our third and last day on Darnley started beautifully, but once again the rain didn't hold off for long. This unfortunately prevented much work from happening on the fish outside, so work continued inside on the circles for Garom.
Artist Jimmy Thaiday will be making the metal structure for the fish, which will be quite experimental as he has never worked with steel to make frames before. He was, however, confident that it will work. The logistics associated with transport also needed to be taken into account. Getting things off Darnley can be a challenge due to its remoteness. It was decided that the fish would be constructed in 3 or 4 sections, which would be put together once off the island.
The sun eventually came out, and Jimmy and Lynnette Griffiths drew the fish to scale on the pavers at the art centre. It will be quite large, measuring arounf 4 metres long. Some of the artists also placed the completed spots and some different coloured ghost net on the fish outline to show us how the final product may look. I can already picture it hanging in the Surviving Australia gallery at the museum.
All too quickly, our visit to Darnley was over. We had an amazing time. A huge thank you to everyone at the art centre for their hospitality and kindness. Debe Ari (good times).
The acquisition of the new ghost net works from Erub Erwer Meta was made possible by a grant from the Australian Museum Foundation and the bequest of Patricia M Porritt.


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Last week brought a list of names including Brady Corbet (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Dane DeHaan (Chronicle), Alden Ehrenreich (Beautiful Creatures) for the role of Harry Osborn in the sequel to Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man, but apparently the studio has decided to move in a different direction with the character and are now looking for a whole crop of other potential stars.
THR has gotten a new shortlist of actors going out for the coveted role in the upcoming superhero flick, and while the character type has changed, once again it seems that they are going for smaller names rather than A-listers (though some are about to see a career boom). The trade's new report says that Sam Claflin, of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire; Eddie Redmayne, from My Week With Marilyn and the forthcoming Les Miserables; Douglas Booth, who is currently playing a role in Darren Aronofsky's Noah; and Hatfields & McCoys' Boyd Holbrook will all be testing with the director and the studio to play Harry.
Played by James Franco in the Sam Raimi trilogy, Harry is typically portrayed as a long time friend of Peter Parker's, and also, unfortunately, the son of Norman Osborn, a.k.a. the villainous Green Goblin. While the previous report said that the portrayal in the new movie would be similar to the previous incarnation - dark and edgy" - the story has apparently been changed and they are "now seeking actors with characteristics that include athleticism and good looks."
Whoever ends up being cast will join Andrew Garfield (Spider-Man), Emma Stone (Gwen Stacey), Shailene Woodley (Mary Jane Watson) and possibly Jamie Foxx (Electro) in the sequel, which is being written by Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and will be released on May 2, 2014.


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There are two separate articles in this archive: "How do we know about Greek mathematics?" and How do we know about Greek mathematicians?. There is a common belief that the question posed in this article, about Greek mathematics rather than Greek mathematicians, is easy to answer. Perhaps all we need to do to answer it is to read the mathematical treatises which the Greek mathematicians wrote. We might think, very naively, that although some of the origainal texts have been lost there should be plenty left for us to be able to gain an excellent picture of Greek mathematics.
The truth, however, is not nearly so simple and we will illustrate the way that Greek mathematical texts have come down to us by looking first at perhaps the most famous example, namely Euclid's Elements. When we read Heath's The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements are we reading an English translation of the words which Euclid wrote in 300 BC? In order to answer this question we need to examine the way the Elements has reached us, and, more generally, how the writings of the ancient Greek mathematicians have been preserved.
Rather surprisingly, from the earlier era of Babylonian mathematics original texts survive. The Babylonians wrote on tablets of unbaked clay, using cuneiform writing. The symbols were pressed into soft clay tablets with the slanted edge of a stylus and so had a wedge-shaped appearance (and hence the name cuneiform). Many tablets from around 1700 BC survive and we can read the original texts. The Greeks, however, began to use papyrus rolls on which to write their works.
Papyrus comes from a grass-like plant grown in the Nile delta region in Egypt which had been used as a writing material as far back as 3000 BC. It was not used by the Greeks, however, until around 450 BC for earlier they had only an oral tradition of passing knowledge on through their students. As written records developed, they also used wooden writing boards and wax tablets for work which was not intended to be permanent. Sometimes writing from this period has survived on ostraca which are inscribed pottery fragments. One assumes that the first copy of the Elements would have been written on a papyrus roll, which, if it were typical of such rolls, would have been about 10 metres long. These rolls were rather fragile and easily torn, so they tended to become damaged if much used. Even if left untouched they rotted fairly quickly except under particularly dry climatic conditions such as exist in Egypt. The only way that such works could be preserved was by having new copies made fairly frequently and, since this was clearly a major undertaking, it would only be done for texts which were considered of major importance.
It is easy to see, therefore, why no complete Greek mathematics text older than Euclid's Elements has survived. The Elements was considered such a fine piece of work that it made the older mathematical texts obsolete, and nobody was going to continue to copy these older texts onto new rolls of papyrus just to preserve them for historical purposes. The Elements was continually copied, but there are two distinct problems which occur when works such as this are copied. Firstly they might have been copied by someone who had no technical knowledge of the material being copied. In this case many errors would be made in the copying process (although as we shall see below this can be used by historians to their advantage). On the other hand the copy might have been made by someone of considerable learning who knew of later developments in the topics being described and so might have added material which was not in the original text.
From 300 BC until the codex form of book was developed, the Elements must have been copied many times. The codex consisted of flat sheets of material, folded and stitched to produce something much more recognisable as a book. Early codices were made of papyrus but later developments replaced this by vellum. Codices began to appear around the 2nd century AD but they were not the main vehicle for works until the 4th century.
There were not only developments in the material on which the works were written but also in the script that was used in writing. On the original papyrus rolls the writing was all in capital letters with no spaces between the words. It required much material to write relatively little and it was also hard to read. Minuscule script, which developed around 800 AD, consisted of lower case letters and was much more compact and easy to read. A process of turning the old unspaced capital scripts into minuscule began and much of the mathematical writing which have survived have done so because they were copied into this new format.
We have now reached the oldest surviving complete copy of the Elements written in minuscule in 888 AD. Arethas, bishop of Caesarea Cappadociae (now in central Turkey), built up a library of religious and mathematical works and one of the eight works from this library to survive is the Elements copied by the scribe Stephanus for Arethas. The cost to Arethas was 14 gold pieces, about one fifth of what a scribe would expect to receive in a year. Let us call this manuscript of Euclid's Elements E888 to make reference to it easier. There are a number of points that we should now make:
ii) Although E888 is the oldest surviving complete text of the Elements there are older fragments (see for example [8] and [9]). Six particularly old fragments (dating from around 225 BC) of what may be parts of the text were found on Elephantine Island in 1906. Experts argue whether these were written by someone studying the Elements or examining a book which Euclid incorporated into the Elements.
iii) Some surviving texts which were written later than E888 nevertheless are based on an earlier version of the Elements than E888.
iv) The manuscript E888, as is typical of such manuscripts, contains annotations which were made on the earlier copy which the scribe Stephanus used and copied by him onto E888. It also contains annotations made by later readers.
v) Most of the manuscripts of the Elements which have survived are based on a version with commentary and additions, produced by Theon of Alexandria (with perhaps the help of his daughter Hypatia) in the 4th century AD. E888 is indeed based on Theon's work.
vi) The first versions of the Elements to appear in Europe in the Middle Ages were not translations of any of any of these Greek texts into Latin. At this time no Greek texts of the Elements were known and the only versions of the Elements were those which had been translated into Arabic.
vii) It is worth recording that reason often given that no earlier copies of texts survived is because the Arabs burnt the library in Alexandria in 642 AD. It appears, however, that there is no truth in the story that the Arabs burnt this library, see for example [1].
The relations between the different versions of a large number of Greek mathematical manuscripts was brilliantly worked out by the Danish scholar J L Heiberg towards the end of the 19th century. It would be impossible to do justice to the scholarly work that was involved in such a task, but we at least indicate the way that it is tackled. If we compare two manuscripts A and B say, and find that the errors present in A are also present in B but there are some errors in B which do not appear in A, then it is reasonable to deduce that B was copied from A or that it was copied from a copy of A. If we find that A and B have common errors but also each has distinct errors of its own, then it is likely that both A and B were copied from C. If no manuscript has survived which fits the role of C, then C can be reconstructed from A and B with some degree of certainty.
Using methods of this type Heiberg showed that all except one of the surviving manuscripts of the Elements derived from the edition by Theon of Alexandria. The one exception was based on an earlier version of the text than Theon's edition but this earlier version was itself later than the version on which Theon must have based his edition. Between 1883 and 1888, Heiberg published an edition of the Elements which was as close to the original as he was able to produce (see [5]). Heath's edition of 1908 ([4] is a later edition of this work) was based on Heiberg's edition and contains a description of the different manuscripts which have survived.
We have only given a brief indication of the way that the Elements have come down to us. We refer to [4] and [5] for a detailed description. Let us now turn to the works of perhaps the greatest of the Greek mathematicians, namely Archimedes.
William of Moerbeke (1215-1286) was archbishop of Corinth and a classical scholar whose Latin translations of Greek works played an important role in the transmission of Greek knowledge to medieval Europe. He had two Greek manuscripts of the works of Archimedes and he made his Latin translations from these manuscripts. The first of the two Greek manuscripts has not been seen since 1311 when presumably it was destroyed. The second manuscript survived longer and was certainly around until the 16th century after which it too vanished. In the years between the time when William of Moerbeke made his Latin translation and its disappearance this second manuscript was copied several times and some of these copies survive. Up until 1899 Heiberg had found no sources of Archimedes' works which were not based on the Latin translations by William of Moerbeke or on the copies of the second Greek manuscript which he used in his translation.
In 1899 an exceptionally important event occurred in our understanding of the works of Archimedes. An Archimedes palimpsest was listed in a catalogue of 890 works in the library of the Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre in Istanbul. In 1906 Heiberg was able to start examining the Archimedes palimpsest in Istanbul. What exactly was Heiberg examining? A palimpsest is a text which has been washed so that another text can be written on top. The underlying text, in this case works of Archimedes, is said to be "in palimpsest". The two main reasons to do this were either cost, it was cheaper to reuse an old parchment rather than purchase a new one, or often Greek texts were deliberately destroyed for it was considered by some Christians to be a holy act to destroy a pagan text and replace it by a Christian one.
The Archimedes palimpsest had been copied in the 10th century by a monk in a Greek Orthodox monastery Constantinople. Then in the 12th century the parchment had been washed and religious texts written on top. Originally the pages were about 30 cm by 20 cm but when they were reused the pages were folded in half to make a book 20 cm by 15 cm with 174 pages. Of course this involved writing the new texts at right angles to the Archimedes text and, since it was bound as a book, part of the Archimedes text was in the spine of the "new" 12th century book. To make Heiberg's task even harder, the pages of the Archimedes text had been used in an arbitrary order in making the new book. However, Heiberg had all the skills necessary to deal with these problems.
What did Heiberg find? The palimpsest contained four of Archimedes' works which were already known, but the versions on the palimpsest were independent of the two lost manuscripts used by William of Moerbeke in his Latin translations. This was an exciting find for scholars wanting to gain more insight into the original contents of Archimedes' work. Better still the palimpsest also contained a text of On floating bodies which up until that time was only known through Latin translations. Best of all however, was the fact that a work of Archimedes was found on the palimpsest for which no copy in any language was known prior to Heiberg studying the palimpsest. It was the extremely important Method of mechanical theorems which we describe in Archimedes' biography.
Heiberg published his reconstruction of the works of Archimedes found in the palimpsest while the palimpsest itself remained in the monastery in Istanbul. However before publication of Heiberg's new edition [6] of Archimedes' works incorporating these remarkable new discoveries was complete, the region was plunged into war along with the rest of Europe. During World War I, the allies planned to partition the Ottoman empire but Mustafa Kemal, later known as Atatürk, had different ideas. Atatürk faced local uprisings, official Ottoman forces opposed to him, and Greek armed forces. However, Turkey was declared a sovereign nation in January 1921 but, later that year, the Greek armies made major advances almost reaching Ankara. The survival of the library of the Metochion of the Holy Sepulchre in Istanbul could not be guaranteed amid the fighting, and head of the Greek Orthodox Church requested that the books from the library be sent to the National Library of Greece to ensure their safety. Of the 890 works in the library only 823 reached the National Library of Greece and the Archimedes palimpsest was not among them.
Exactly what happened to the Archimedes palimpsest is unclear. It was, it appears, in the hands of an unknown French collector from the 1920s although the palimpsest remained officially lost and most people assumed that it had been destroyed. The French collector may have sold it quite recently, but all we know for certain is that the palimpsest appeared at auction in Christie's in New York in 1998 sold on behalf of an anonymous seller. It was put on display with the spine broken open to reveal all the original text which had been in the spine when it had been examined by Heiberg. It was sold to an anonymous buyer for 2 million dollars on 29 October 1998 but the new owner has agreed to make it available for scholarly research.
Who owned the palimpsest during the years 1922 to 1998?
The palimpsest was seen to have a number of icons on it when displayed by Christie's in New York in 1998 but Heiberg had not mentioned any icons on the work. Were the icons added by one of its owners to try to increase its value?
The diagrams seen in the version of On floating bodies in the palimpsest are different from those in the translation by William of Moerbeke. More strangely they are different from those appearing in Heiberg version of On floating bodies in [6] which has the text from the palimpsest. Where did the diagrams as produced by Heiberg come from if not the palimpsest?
List of References (9 books/articles)
Additional Material in MacTutor
- The Archimedes palimpsest
Other Web sites
- Illinois USA (An exhibition of Vatican manuscripts)
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|Biographies Index
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A young farmer used RDP support to expand and diversify the range of products and services offered by her beekeeping holding.
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A young farmer used RDP support to expand and diversify the range of products and services offered by her beekeeping holding.
A project that aimed to mobilise society, build inter-generational cooperation and promote the region's culinary tradition as means to preserve its cultural heritage.
A unique example of a rural business which achieved economic profitability based on innovation and environmentally-friendly practices.
A Technical Assistance project about empowering local and regional actors to work more effectively with rural communities in order to revitalise these areas.
A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.
The knowledge generated in research and innovation projects is hard to access, thus it is vital to create networks for knowledge transfer between production and research.
The future-proof peat meadow polder 'Lange Weide', is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.
A dairy company used RDP support to build a new wing on its factory in order to increase its production capacity. This investment strengthened the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area.
project focusing on the protection and promotion of a breed of cattle specific to Western Macedonia, the Greek Red Kastoria-Kristalopigi cow.
Ensuring the preservation and restoration of species and habitats in Saxony, by offering free advice and relevant qualifications to land users.


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An ashen grey willow with pale leaved tendils obscuring it's gnarled trunk. Sitting in the mire of great swamps, rare even in it's natural environment. The Banshee Willow's bark is known to have magical properties. Travelers beware, these trees seem to attract ghosts and other unsavory undead.
A mighty Dragon that once spread it wings over the swamp moon of Dire
(From 1981)
Some field notes on Trolls, courtesy of T.H.I.S.
This frightening creature has some rather cruel methods to torture its prey
Megafauna mosquitoes
A haunting remnant of the infernal realm, caught and exiled to suffer for eternity in the swamps of the mortal plane. Now it toys with mortals; luring them from their paths into it's light. Once in the boundaries of it's aura, the FlickerWikk will feed.
A Remake of the Will'o'the'Wisp/Jack'o'Lantern
Found, normally, deep in the swamp, the Friar's Weed's poison is something to be watched for.
a.k.a. Mosquito Man, a.k.a. Stirgili, a.k.a. Mansquito.
A strange magical plant known for it's psychosis-inducing effects, commonly used in poisons, alchemy, rituals, and illicit drugs.
Includes: Appearance, Toxin Information, Harvesting and Uses, Signs, Plot-Hooks.
A big flock can suck a cow bloodless in a few minutes, yet your doctor shows up carrying one around a small birdcage in the tip of his staff. Maybe you're better off just learning to live with the kidney stones. . .
A blue green jewel, Beta Delphini II, home of the turtle like Chelonians. The world is old, and bears many scars, the craters from orbital bombardment and high power explosions, rings of dust and debris that were once starships, habitats, and fighter craft. But the world below remains tranquil, its wounds covered with blue seas and green forests.
Hailing from the giant swamp planet of Acadia, the Leech Lords rule with a mighty will. And slimy green tentacles.
In the dank,dense areas of the world where the vigorous and the decaying are intertwined and indivisable, lives the wise bagabond. But getting him to impart his knowledge is quite a chore.
A reclusive race, the Ragori live deep in the heart of the Purvis Swamp.
A higly misunderstood flora.
The muggers cornered the little goblin against the wall, when with a hissing noise he suddenly grew to double his size. Muscles bulged out from his body and they lokked at each other, then turned and ran. The Sproggan watched them go and grinned at the thought of how well he had fooled them, and when they were gone he deflated back to his normal size and went on his way.
You hear a loud electronic buzzing, almost as if a runaway lawn mower mated to a taser gun is rampaging through the slimy cattails and weeds towards you before a swarm of huge flies erupt from the low scrub in front of you, electricity dancing between their mandibles.
The Yang to Lutazum's Ying, the grand totem of the Maletanalu, the 5th tribe of the Hanaset.
The Broan, an enigmatic, amphibious species of unknown origin, that lives in the salt-water marshes to the east of Locastus.
Mark woke up and groaned. His breastplate felt heavy on him. When he looked at his arms and legs he began to cry. His wonderful muscles, earned through excersise, running, fights and several quests, were gone, leaving him with no more muscle power then a young girl. He had heard the tales of the Muscle Flies but had not throught they were true until it was too late. He could move, but it would take a very long time to get his muscles back into good condition again.
Inspired by Ria Hawk's winged mushroom picture:
The winged mushrooms (Lerreta Meia) are a species of giant insect indigenous to the leafy areas of Udnalor, Kingdom of the Gnomes. Outwardly they appear much the same as ordinary giant mushrooms, and they graze in the bulbous fungal glades. However, this is merely an elaborate camouflage: the insect beneath is a fungivore and prone to fly off when it encounters another creature. Sometimes gnome farmers mistake them for crop mushrooms. They're in for a surprise when they do.


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Rihanna and Chris Brown may have spent New Year's Eve together – and in bed – but the rekindled romance may not have survived the first week of 2013.
Over the course of three days, the "Diamonds" singer posted a bunch of inspirational quotes on Instagram, all alluding to relationship woes. On January 6, her first one read, "I'm not a princess, I don't need saving. I'm a queen, I got this s–t handled," over an image of a girl adjusting a crown on her head.
That seemed innocent enough, but the next day she added another one that seemed to really strike a chord with her. "There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it," began the quote. "Surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. Love the people who treat you right …" To that, Rihanna added the caption, "Bitch don't kill my vibe."
On January 8, she posted her most cryptic message of all. "I believe in second chances, I just don't think everyone deserves them." Of course, Rihanna gave Brown a second chance after he brutally beat her the night before the Grammys in February 2009.
The 24-year-old never mentions Brown by name, but coincidentally he has deleted the photo he posted of her in bed with him on New Year's Eve.
If Rihanna and Brown, 23, are off once again, it wouldn't be the first time she has used her Twitter page to comment on the status of their relationship. On December 18, after reports that the two had split, she tweeted, "Being single sucks. The only thing I get to do anymore is whatever the f–k I want to do."
So does this mean Rihanna can once again start doing whatever the bleep she wants?
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Beef Fajita Pie
- Yield: 4 servings
- Total: 22 min
- Prep: 2 min
- Cook: 20 min
1/2 pound stir-fry beef strips
1 pound frozen pepper stir-fry, thawed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons taco seasoning mix
1 (12-inch thin) pizza crust (recommended: Boboli)
1/2 cup lime-garlic salsa (recommended: Pace)
2 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
Sour cream, for serving
Refrigerated guacamole, for serving
Fresh cilantro, for garnish
- Set up grill for direct cooking over medium heat. Oil grate when ready to start cooking.
- In a bowl, combine beef strips, pepper stir-fry, oil and taco seasoning. Grill beef and pepper strips on hot oiled grill about 5 minutes total.
- Remove pizza crust from package and place on grill. Top with salsa, cheese, beef and pepper strips.
- Turn heat down to medium and cook pizza covered for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese has melted and starts to bubble.
- Serve hot garnished with sour cream, guacamole, and cilantro.
- INDOOR: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Combine and season beef and pepper strips as directed. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large frying pan. When oil is hot, saute beef and pepper strips for 5 minutes. Remove from pan; set aside. Remove pizza crusts from package and top with salsa and cheese. Top with beef and peppers and bake in preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and begun to bubble. Garnish as directed.


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Erin's Law Adopted, Connecticut to Implement Sexual Abuse Awareness Curriculum
On Wednesday, June 11, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed Erin's Law legislation that requires an age-appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness program for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The law in Conecticut will take effect July 1, and will begin a year-long window for the State Department of Education to develop a curriculum for use in all schools throughout the state.
Erin's Law is the work of advocate and author Erin Merryn, a victim of sexual abuse beginning at age six and lasting until she was 13. Merryn has become the public face of the often silent childhood sexual abuse epidemic.
In January 2010, she began the process of advocating for enactment of a law requiring sexual abuse education and awareness in her home state of Illinois. The measure was signed into law by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn in January 2013. Since then, Merryn has been on a crusade to see Erin's Law adopted in all 50 states across the country.
Currently 15 states, including Connecticut, have passed Erin's Law and it is being considered in another 22 states. (Infographic below from Merryn's website.)@CTMagKate I am thrilled CT did right by kids in giving them a voice. I was confident after my visit in March to the capital it would pass.
(Merryn visited the state in March to lobby for her bill and be honored by the group Jane Doe No More. See our story here.)
Governor Malloy's press secretary, Samaia M. Hernandez, relayed this message following the governor signing the bill on Wednesday, "As a parent and someone whose wife spent years as an advocate for survivors and victims of sexual and domestic violence, this is an issue that is very dear to Governor Malloy. The Governor was happy to join other states in supporting this bill, which aims to raise the awareness of sexual assault and abuse with an education prevention program for teachers with age-appropriate material for students."
In Connecticut, Erin's Law was championed by state Sen. Cathy Osten (D-Sprague). She calls the passage of the law, "a victory for children."
"I think this is an extremely important piece of legislation because it's not about sexual education, it's about sexual abuse prevention," she says. "It teaches children about safe secrets and not safe secrets, about safe touch and not safe touch… . By having this legislation, children know there are things they can say no to… . There are certain things that should never be kept [secret] by people."
Erin's Law was passed unanimously in the House of Representatives and the Senate during the 2014 legislative session, demonstrating recognition of the importance of this bill.
Osten says she was first made aware of Erin's Law last year when the bill just nearly missed the midnight deadline for the 2013 legislative session.
Through 21 years of working in the correctional justice system, Osten has had a long history of working with sexual abuse victims. She says she has, "seen the long term impacts of sexual abuse." As a citizen, she worked on Megan's Law, legislation requiring law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered sex offenders. Some variation of Megan's Law was adopted by every state and the District of Columbia by 1996. Osten sees Erin's Law as, "another piece of the puzzle."
The adoption of Erin's Law marks a crucial change in the way Connecticut thinks about and handles sexual assault prevention, a step those in the field have been working toward for years.
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services, Inc. (CONNSACS), a statewide coalition of individual sexual assault crisis programs aimed at ending sexual violence through victim assistance, community education and public policy advocacy, endorses the state's recent passage of Erin's Law—particularly for the strength this bill will give to work the organization and its subsidiaries are already doing to educate the public.
"The responsibility of preventing sexual abuse should never fall to children and the law recognizes that," says CONNSACS Director of Public Policy & Communication Jillian Gilchrest. "There needs to be education for parents and teachers as well."
"That work, providing age-appropriate sexual abuse education, that's part of our mission and always has been," says Barbara Spiegel, executive director of the Susan B. Anthony Project in Torrington, one of CONNSACS' programs. "[The law] gives strength and credibility [to what we're doing.]"
"It's tough. If we're with kids for a couple hours and the school climate and culture is not reinforcing the message, it's just one little hour of a long life," Spiegel says. "We just have to keep going at it."
The Susan B. Anthony Project has been providing age-appropriate lessons to children through the Torrington School District, surrounding districts and community programs for more than 30 years.
"The beauty of this being a law is if there's a school saying we don't want to do that, or we want to start at 7th grade, [they have to]," says Spiegel.
There will be an option for parents to opt their children out of the curriculum if they wish, but Osten says she doesn't imagine that will happen that often. Once it is "appropriately explained that this is not sexual education," she thinks most parents will see the benefit.
One in five girls and one in 14 boys in Connecticut are sexually abused, according to the most recent data from 2000, provided by Gilchrest.
She sees Erin's Law as one piece in a larger conversation about changing the culture. Other components of that shift include the conversations that are had at the policy level, engaging the media and changing the way we talk about these issues.
"We're talking about a big culture change," says Spiegel. "We compare ourselves to [Mother's Against Drunk Driving] or secondhand smoke. It's the messaging."
"This is setting us on a great trajectory," Gilchrest says of Erin's Law.
Once the law is enacted on July 1 the State Board of Education will have a year, until July 1, 2015 to develop a curriculum. They will then have until October 2015 to provide the program to all boards of education across the state.
"To provide people, children in particular, the ability to report [sexual abuse] and give them some sort of protection, that has always been my goal," says Osten.
For more information on Erin's Law, visit Erin Merryn's website.
For more information on CONNSACS, click here, or for more information on the Susan B. Anthony Project, click here.
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski snapped a 37-race winless streak Saturday night by chasing down Kasey Kahne in the closing laps at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The defending Sprint Cup Series champion, who failed to qualify for the Chase this year, grabbed his first win of the season and first since Sept. 30, 2012, at Dover, by passing Kahne with nine laps to go in his Penske Racing Ford.
Keselowski became the first non-Chase driver to win a Chase race since Kahne at Phoenix in 2011.
"I never give up. I didn't qualify well. But I kept working my way forward. I knew we had a good car," said Keselowski, who started 23rd.
The race changed dramatically with 27 laps remaining and Jimmie Johnson, who led 130 laps, seemingly on his way to an easy victory. But a debris caution sent the leaders to pit road and ended Johnson's march to a record seventh Charlotte win.
"There was a caution that shook things up," Johnson shrugged.
Hendrick teammates Kahne and Jeff Gordon took only two tires and raced off pit road first, while everyone else took four tires and lined up behind them. Johnson came out in third, and should have been in good shape on four fresh tires.
Instead, Johnson had a terrible re-start and fell back to seventh.
Kahne pulled away and championship leader Matt Kenseth jumped from fourth to second. Then Keselowski, sixth on the restart, picked his way through traffic and worked his way past second.
Keselowski was unsure all night if his car was as good as Kahne or Johnson. The four tires he got from crew chief Paul Wolfe gave him a chance to find out.
"I never got to really race them until the end ... when Paul made the call to take four tires and I saw we were that close to the front, I knew we could get them," Keselowski said.
His sights set on Kahne, who led a race-high 138 laps, Keselowski needed several attempts at the pass for the lead before he could make it stick.
"I love hard racing and there are a handful of guys who can't race hard and they freak out — he's not one of them," Keselowski said about Kahne. "He's an excellent driver. He ran me hard but ran me clean and that is great racing. He did a hell of a job and deserves a lot of credit for it."
Kahne finished second in a Chevrolet.
"Tonight was a good battle. He had four tires and I had two, and I did all I could, and he just got by me and cleared me," Kahne said.
Kenseth was third in a Toyota and maintained his lead in the standings. He goes to Talladega next week up four points over Johnson.
"I'm happy we finished third," said Kenseth, who was the lowest qualifying Chase driver at 20th. "I was so far behind because I qualified so poorly and needed all night to get back up there. Then at the very end they gave me a shot to win and I'm slightly disappointed that I didn't take advantage of that opportunity."
Johnson wound up fourth and said he had trouble when he tried to push teammate Kahne on the restart.
"Evidently I was too close to him and in his way, and my car washed up a little bit," Johnson said. "A couple of guys were able to get inside of me. I just lost track position at that point, which was unfortunate. Once I got rolling again I was fine, but I lost too much at that point."
Kyle Busch was fifth which should have been celebrated considering all he went through. He dropped as low as 35th when he had to make a second trip down pit road early in the race because of loose lug nuts, and he thought his engine was failing late in the race.
"It's acting like it's out of fuel, but I'm sure it's blowing up," he radioed.
Busch, who went from third in the standings to fifth last week at Kansas, is 37 points behind Kenseth.
"Fifth place sucks. They say you need top-fives to win a championship, but when you're getting beat by guys in front of you then we're just not good enough," Busch said. "I don't know what to do to be better. It's frustrating, but you know, should be happy with a fifth, but we're not."
Kevin Harvick was sixth and followed by Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, Denny Hamlin and Carl Edwards.
Kyle Larson made his Sprint Cup Series debut driving a Chip Ganassi Racing-prepared car. He was impressive early, driving from 21st inside the top-12, and he lingered there alongside Juan Pablo Montoya, the driver he'll replace next season for Ganassi.
Larson eventually dropped to 16th, where he stayed until his engine lost a cylinder and eventually failed, sending him to the garage with 87 laps remaining.
"I had a lot of fun tonight," said Larson, who finished 37th.Source: http://news.yahoo.com/caution-helps-keselowski-1st-win-031342965--spt.html
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Suit Seeks $30 Million in Compensatory and $90 Million in Punitive Damages from Goldman
Sachs Over Its Role in Developing and Marketing the Synthetic CDO "ABACUS"
New York, NY — January 6, 2011 — ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation (ACA), a monoline
bond insurance company now operating in run off, filed suit today against Goldman Sachs & Co.
(Goldman Sachs) for fraud and unjust enrichment in connection with a synthetic collateralized
debt obligation (CDO) called ABACUS 2007-AC1 (ABACUS), which Goldman Sachs
developed and sold on behalf of its hedge fund client Paulson & Co. Inc. (Paulson) in 2007.
ACA was misled by Goldman's fraudulent activities and is seeking $30 million in compensatory
and $90 million in punitive damages.
According to the complaint, filed in the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York, New York County, this fraud action arises from the egregious conduct of Goldman
Sachs in developing and marketing ABACUS based on a portfolio of investment securities
selected largely by its hedge fund client, Paulson. Goldman Sachs's scheme was to design
ABACUS to fail, so that Paulson could reap huge profits by shorting the portfolio and Goldman
Sachs could reap huge investment banking fees. Goldman Sachs fraudulently induced ACA to
take a long position in and provide guaranty insurance for ABACUS. Goldman Sachs did so by
deceiving ACA into believing that Paulson also was to be a long investor in ABACUS. In fact,
as Goldman Sachs knew, Paulson intended instead to take an enormous short position in
ABACUS, reaping nearly $1 billion when the portfolio failed.
As the complaint alleges: "ABACUS was worthless at the time Goldman Sachs marketed it to
ACA. Had Paulson's true role as a short investor selecting the portfolio been known, neither
ACA nor anyone else would have taken a long position in it. Because of Goldman Sachs's
deceit — which led ACA to reasonably believe that ABACUS was a valuable product selected by
the equity investor with identical objectives — ACA invested in what was in fact a worthless
product. Goldman Sachs engaged in this egregious misconduct notwithstanding that it expressly
acknowledged that its participation presented 'reputational risk' and after at least one other major
investment bank declined to participate for that very reason." Goldman Sachs has since settled
SEC civil charges arising out of this fraudulent conduct, agreeing to pay a $550 million fine.
ACA is represented by Marc E. Kasowitz of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP.
About ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
Founded in 1997, ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation is a monoline bond insurance company
licensed in 50 states and 5 territories and regulated by the Maryland Insurance Administration.
On August 8, 2008, the Company and counterparties to its structured finance products reached an
agreement on a restructuring plan for ACA. The plan, approved by the Maryland Insurance
Administration, provided for settlement of the structured finance obligations and protection for
ACA's municipal policyholders. ACA will operate as a runoff insurance company and focus on
actively monitoring its remaining insured municipal obligations. ACA's portfolio consists of
approximately 700 policies guarantying timely payment of principal and interest on more than $7
billion of generally high yield municipal bonds.
Elliot Sloane
Whit Clay
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How big is the viewer tent for "Dancing With the Stars" this record-breaking season? The female-heavy viewership has added one very noticeable alpha male -- Hugh Hefner
"I'm watching this season," Hefner confesses to PopcornBiz. "I'm applauding for Pamela Anderson who is doing a very good job."
Hefner admits he's even picking up the phone to vote for his friend who has graced the pages of his magazine.
He admits he's not a big fan of Kate Gosselin who is one big reason a new audience is tuning in this season. "I have no interest in this Kate Gosselin," he says.
With the Hef working the phones and encouraging members of his empire to do the same, it would seem that Anderson would have a nice boost, if you will, on every elimination Tuesday. But he's not expecting miracles.
"To be a realistic about it, she's up against a few couples that are really professionals," he says. "I think it's going to be a long shot (for her to win). I think she's looking beautiful. And she's doing a remarkable job. I love her."
Meanwhile Hefner at 84 was inspired by 80-year-old astronaut Buzz Aldrin. But not enough to go on the show himself. "I have no interest in doing that," he says flatly


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An email went out this past April to the winners of the American Photography 25 silver-anniversary competition, and I am happy to say that I received one of those emails. This was the first time that I submitted my work to AP. It all became official last week as the selected photographs were released in an online slide show. In all, 10,100 photographs were submitted, and the jury selected the 351 best images from 2008 to be published in the AP25 book. The book will be distributed world-wide in hard cover this November. My portrait of Annie Leibovitz is the picture that was selected from my submission. Annie Leibovitz also has work in AP25, including her controversial portrait of Miley Cyrus which appeared in Vanity Fair.
It is a major thrill to have my work selected for this, but what really blows my mind is the fact that many of the photographers I have been inspired by since I first picked up a camera also have work in AP25. Dan Winters, Peter Yang, Annie Leibovitz, Emily Shur (check out Emily's blog if you haven't already), and Martin Schoeller. I am very thankful for this opportunity.
Steve Wiecking just put up a nice post about AP and me on his Seattle Met blog (here).


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What Child is This Sheet Music. (SATB)
What Child is This Sheet Music. (SATB)
Author: W. Chatterton Dix Set to the Greensleeves melody
- Large print that is definitely easy to see
- Likewise Unlimited Copies.** Make as many copies as you need**
- Also Including practice music (MP3's) for every individual part = LEARN FASTER
Missing choir members too? Then limited time to practice? Also Long distances to travel? not to mention work or personal conflict?
Soprano Track. Alto Track. Tenor Track. Bass Track. And also a mixed track to practice to
** What Child is This Sheet Music is limited then to your family, group, or local congregation within the same building. With this in mind, each local congregation of any denomination or satellite location must purchase their own copy.


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Chef Lynn Crawford's Grilled Flatbread RecipeRecipe By: Lynn Crawford
Celebrity chef Lynn Crawford shares her recipe for Grilled Flatbread With Parsley Pesto, Tomatoes & Goat Cheese.
Chewy, smoky and piled with fresh bounty, this pizza rustica takes the edge off during cocktail hour. This recipe calls for fresh pizza dough, which is generally sold in 1 1⁄2-lb. bags — just divide the dough into three and freeze one of the portions for another use.
- 2 8-oz. portions pizza dough
- All-purpose flour, for rolling
- 2 cups flat-leaf parsley leaves, lightly packed
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 3⁄4 lb. mixed cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cups baby arugula
- 1⁄4 lb. goat cheese, crumbled
Directions Yield: Serves 6 to 8 as an appetizer
- Place pizza dough on lightly floured work surface. Cover with plastic wrap. Let rest until it comes to room temperature, 1 to 2 hours.
- On floured work surface, roll and lightly stretch each portion of dough to form 2 rectangular flatbreads roughly 5″ x 14″. Place on floured tray. Cover with plastic wrap. Rest 30 minutes.
- To make pesto, purée ingredients in food processor. Transfer to airtight container. Refrigerate up to 1 week.
- In medium bowl, mix tomatoes with oil. Season to taste.
- Preheat grill to medium-high. Oil grate. Carefully transfer flatbreads from tray to grill. Grill until lightly charred and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove from grill. Spread pesto over flatbreads and top with tomato mixture, arugula and goat cheese.


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Crash diets (where someone tries to quickly lose weight by cutting down on the amount of calories they eat) don't work for long-term weight loss, and most aren't healthy.
Crash diets (where someone tries to quickly lose weight by cutting down on the amount of calories they eat) don't work for long-term weight loss, and most aren't healthy.
It's best to lose weight gradually, in the following way:
By losing weight at a rate of 230g-0.9kg (0.5-2lb) a week, you're more likely to maintain a healthy weight long term. For the best results, you need to combine a healthy diet with regular physical activity. For more information, see How do I choose a healthy weight loss plan?
Many diets:
Diet plans like this are not recommended for weight loss and can make you feel unwell.
"Because they are nutritionally unbalanced, crash diets can lead to long-term poor health," says dietitian Ursula Arens.
Depending on the type of diet, it may:
Read the NHS Choices diet review for 2015.
When you decrease the amount you eat, your body uses up energy stored in the liver and muscles. However, most of this initial weight loss will be water and muscle.
Your body's response to dieting in this manner is to reduce the speed it burns off calories. This means you're actually slowing down your ability to lose weight.
People who crash diet by missing out food or greatly cutting down on their daily calories tend to put weight back on quicker than those who follow a healthy, long-term diet plan.
Most diets are not healthy, and crash dieting for a long time can be harmful. Some are so restrictive that you may not have the willpower to stick to them.
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Give yourself a festive boost
You will be working 20 hours per week on a fixed term basis until 25th January 2020, working a variety of shifts mainly on weekdays but to include some weekends.
The festive period is our favourite time of year at Argos. Join us, earn a little extra, and make sure it's our customers' favourite time of year too.
Our roles are varied and fast-paced. You could be serving on the tills, working on our collection counters, providing assistance on the shop floor or helping out in the stock room. It's fair to say there's never a dull moment, but what matters is that all our customers get what they want, when they want it. That means going above and beyond to help out and bringing some cheer along with you.
You'll work quickly and efficiently while using initiative and teamwork. What's more, you'll have some impressive tech to help you out. Oh, and seeing as you'll be part of the Sainsbury's group, you're entitled to an exciting range of benefits and discounts. You'll also get 22 days' holiday allowance pro rata and a company pension.
Depending on our available opportunities, you'll also have the chance to stay on after the season's over – perfect if you want to develop your skills in our Academy or simply find something longer term.
We're looking for helpful, holly-jolly and hard-working people who can learn quickly, with a smile on their face. You'll be dedicated to giving the best possible service to all our customers.
(Please note: This vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.)
We know that candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they can tick every box. We also know that sometimes your availability may not fit the exact schedule we're advertising, and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we are happy to be asked. So if you are excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet… why not apply and see how it goes?
Here at Sainsbury's Argos we're a proud equal opportunities employer that values diversity at every level of our business. Inclusion and Diversity are fundamental to our culture and values, fostering an innovative, collaborative and fast paced work environment that means we can build a better future for our colleagues and our customers. Everyone is welcome at Sainsbury's Argos. Want to find out more? Then visit our Diversity & Inclusion page on our Careers site – www.argos.careers/diversityandinclusion
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Map 1: Baltimore and Fort McHenry in 1814
(National Park Service)
Questions for Map 1
2. Find the Chesapeake Bay on Map 1. Next find the Patapsco River and Baltimore. How far is Baltimore from the Bay?
3. Baltimore was an important center for shipping. In what ways do you think the city's location might be good for merchants? How might it create problems?
4. Why do you think Fort McHenry was located where it is?
5. Find Lazaretto Battery. "Battery" is a term used for a group of big, long-range guns. Why do you think the Lazaretto Battery might have been located where it was?
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Technical Assessments
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Technical Assessments of Proposals
This page is intended to be a brief guide for staff at the National Gemini Offices (NGOs) when they are technically assessing proposals at the Phase 1 stage. Additional information is given on each instrument's page (in the "Observation Preparation" area); these are designed to assist the Investigator when writing their proposal. The proposal should contain enough information to allow the assessor to judge whether the amount of time requested, with the instrument configuration and observing constraints requested, will allow the scientific goals to be achieved.
- Target Coordinates
Is the RA, dec for each science target available this semester and also for the instrument this semester (see the accessibility information in the semester's Call for Proposals.
- Targets of Opportunity
Target of Opportunity proposals must be identified as such in the Phase 1 Tool (PIT) xml file, and also whether it is rapid or standard. If the schedule for triggers is known please note this, for optimum filling of the queue. All proposals for Rapid Target of Opportunity (RToO) followup must submit a separate proposal for Standard Target of Opportunity followup (SToO) in conditions better than SB/CC/IQ=Any, if such followup is planned. Upgrades to good conditions will not be approved for RToO programs, and the SToO proposal is required if such conditions are necessary for later followup. Starting in 2012B, time in ToO programs that is not triggered will be charged to the partner (not the program) at the 50% level. Therefore time allocations to ToO programs should not be overly optimistic.
- Instrument Configurations
Is the instrument configuration appropriate for the science? For example:
- Are the components (e.g. filter, grating) available?
- Does the grating and slit combination provide the appropriate resolution?
- Is the camera Field of View appropriate?
- Has the correct readout mode been chosen?
- Also, if this is an LGS observation then the Altair component must be selected in the PIT xml.
- Instrument Overheads
Are there additional overheads that need to be included? Such as:
- GMOS MOS pre-imaging;
- Separate skies for infrared observations;
- Readout overheads e.g. GMOS nod & shuffle, thermal IR short exposures; see the "ITC, Sensitivity and Overheads" section in each of the instrument pages;
- Non-standard calibrations, see the "Calibrations" section in each of the instrument pages.
- Guide Stars
Are appropriate guide stars available? This is especially important for AO work, for the small-field on-instrument WFS of the infrared instruments, and at high galactic latitudes or for example the Hubble Deep Field where guide stars will be scarce. Programs that use the P2 or P1 probe arms or the GMOS OI have a large field available and checking these guide stars at Phase 1 is not usually important. For more information, see the "Guiding Options" section in each of the instrument pages.
- Exposure Time and Signal to Noise
Are target flux levels given? If not, note this and that an assessment cannot be made. If fluxes are given, does the PI state that the exposure times have been confirmed using the Integration Time Calculator (ITC), for the selected observing conditions? If not, check the exposure times look sensible using the sensitivity tables given in the "ITC, Sensitivity and Overheads" section in each of the instrument pages.
- Observing Conditions
It is essential that the observing constraints are correct for achieving the science and for properly filling the queue.
- LGS and GeMS programs require IQ70 CC50 or better, and dark or grey skies if the guide stars are faint (some GSAOI+GeMS observations can be carried out in IQ85 with degraded performance);
- NGS-AO usually requires IQ70.
- Thermal infrared usually requires WV50/80 and SBany;
- optical observations usually require WVany and SB50/80.
- Timing Constraints, Non-Standard Observations
Please note in your assessment whether the observations are time-critical or have timing constraints. Also note if there is anything unusual about the planned observations, for example an infrequently used instrument mode, or unusual acquisition and guiding.
- Classical Programs
If this is a classical program that requires good observing conditions is there a backup program for poorer weather? If so is it feasible? If not please note that a backup plan is needed. If there is no backup program then the time will be used for queue observations if the conditions for the classical program are not met.


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2015 Automotive Technology Forum
June 12 - 12, 2015
Location: Turin, Italy
Venue: Museo dell'Automobile
Event website: www.2015automotivetechforum.com
Short description of event:
This event provides automotive executives, opinion leaders & suppliers the opportunity to learn about the latest technology advancements influencing areas from vehicle design to the connected customer.
Short description of SKF's part in the event:
SKF is sponsor of the Automotive Technology Forum "Driving Technology: Where Silicon Valley Meets Torino" that will be held on June, 12th at the National Car Museum of Turin (Italy). The event is organised by MSX International in cooperation with the City of Torino.


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Hackday 9 - REXX, Java and XML
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I've written about Hackday in the past. See My HackDay 6 Project - Mashing Up RMF , My HackDay 5 Project - z/OS System Logger Analysis and Hackday4 and Referer URLs (though I don't know why I didn't write about Hackday 7 or Hackday 8). So, this year I participated in Hackday 9 (last Friday). My entry follows on from this recent blog post: BPXWUNIX - z/OS' Best Kept Secret? . Graham Harris, in... [More]
XML, XSLT and DFSORT, Part One - Creating A Flat File With XSLT
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This is the second part of a (currently) three-part series on processing XML data with DFSORT, given a little help from standard XML processing tools. The first part - which you should read before reading on - is here . To recap, getting XML data into DFSORT is a two stage process: Flatten the XML data so that it consists of records with fields in sensible places. Process this flattened data with... [More]
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Here's another way to process a WLM Service Definition - once you've got it into XML format. XSLT (XML Stylesheet Transformations if you prefer) is another technology that's been around for a while. In simple terms you write another piece of XML (the stylesheet) that describes how to transform your original XML into something else. There's a lot of flexibility in this but the example in this post... [More]


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CONCERT ON THE ROCK 2! May 14th and 15th, 2005
Well, that is it. 2 days of great music and fun. But, be sure to check this site out for follow-up photos and info about other concerts and shows in northern Kyushu.
月曜日, 4月 11, 2005
日曜日, 4月 10, 2005
The Bands that made CotR2 Rock
• Nanbanjin 南蛮人
(豊後高田・中津・大田) www.nanbanjin.blogspot.com
• Dr.Funkenstein ドクター・ファンクエンスタイン
(福岡) www.drfunkinstein.net
• Dave Taylor and Lights Out
(福岡)デーヴ テーラー・アンド・ライツ・アウット
• Kiriwhaii キリワイ
• Baobabバオバブ
• Trouble Tribe Japan トラブル・トライブ・ジャパン
• Ryder ライダー
• The Routes ザ・ルーツ
• Mattarinまったりん
• DJ Shundai DJシュンダイ(CREOLE)
• DJ Mamoru DJマモル
• James HeneghanジェームズH.
• Nemoニモ
• Stuckスタック
• Umibozu ウミ棒ズ
• Type Zero タイプ・ゼロ
土曜日, 2月 26, 2005
水曜日, 2月 23, 2005
木曜日, 1月 27, 2005
月曜日, 1月 24, 2005
News and Info
What is Concert on the Rock2?
Concert on the Rock 2004 brought some of the best musicians from Kyushu together for a night of excellent music, dancing, and fun. The proceeds from the concert went to Sei Jou En Children's Center in neighboring Nakatsu City. Musicians and DJs came from all over Kyushu and played everything from dub to folk to funk to punk to psychodelic rock and bluegrass to country to straight up blues. In our second attempt to move the Rock with ROCK! Were planning on more of the same great music and entertainment spiced up by a few new friends we've met along the musical path.
When is Concert on the Rock2?
Saturday, May 14th. Start around 2:00pm. DJs begin at 11:00pm.
Sunday, May 15th. 12:00pm. to 5:00pm.
How Much is Concert on the Rock2?
Advance Tickets are:
Saturday Pass: 1500yen
Sunday Pass: 1000yen
Two Day Pass: 2000yen
Where is Concert on the Rock 2 ?
Sanko Village is in northern Oita prefecture and, along with it's neighbor Nakatsu City, is right on the Fukuoka/Oita Prefectural border.
How do I get to Concert on the Rock2?
From Western Kyushu: Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Okinawa, Taiwan, and The Philippines- take the Kyushu Expressway to Hita City. From there follow Rt. 212 North toward Nakatsu City and Sanko Village. Take a right on to the Rt. 10 Bi-Pass just past Aeon JUSCO. From there go toward Oita and Beppu and watch for signs for Hachimenzan (which will appear on your right) about 5-10 min. later. (right around 2 hours from Saga City, allow more time for Taiwan and The Philippines).
From Eastern Kyushu: Beppu, Oita, Saganoseki, Miyazaki City, and Miyakonojo- Take Rt.10 (or faster alternative) North toward Nakatsu and Sanko, be sure to follow the Bi-Pass Toward Kitakyushu City, just past Usa City. There will be signs for Hachimenzan (which will appear on your left) about 10-15 minutes later.
From Shikoku: Take a ferry to Beppu or Oita and follow the Eastern Kyushu instructions.
From Kitakyushu: Yukuhashi, Kokura, Moji- Take Rt. 10 Toward Nakatsu, Beppu, and Oita. Follow the Shiida By-Pass from Yukuhashi all the way to Sanko Village. You will see Aeon JUSCO on your right as you enter Sanko Village. Continue on and watch for signs for Hachimenzan (which will appear on your right) about 5-10 min. later.
From Shimonoseki and Hiroshima: Take the Expressway to Kitakyushu and follow the Kitakyushu instructions.
Nakatsu City is on the JR Nippo Honsen Train Line. There are buses and Taxis available to take you from Nakatsu Station to the Peace Park (Heiwa Koen) on Hachimenzan (Mt. Hachimen). It is a very short, but scenic walk from the Peace Park to the amphitheater above. We will post the times of buses as soon as they are confirmed.
Where can I sleep at Concert on the Rock 2 ?
On-site camping is available for those with tents or other camping aparatus. Also, reservations can be made to stay in the lodge above the amphitheater. A reservation will get you a place to store your belongings, futons, and a nice onsen-bath overlooking Nakatsu City (first come first serve basis). Prices to be posted later.
Contact Rich at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're interested. A number of JETs live in the Nakatsu, Sanko, and Usa area. Give one a call and beg for floor space. Finally, Business Hotels as well as Love Hotels (think of them as travelers' hotels) can be found for reasonable prices in and around Nakatsu City.
Questions? Want to play at Concert on the Rock? Tickets?
Send us a comment. We'll get back to you!!
This page will be updated regularly. So, please check and see what is new.


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Dinner Time
Busta Rhymes, Royce Da 5'9" Buy This Song
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Ayo, Royce Da 5'9" Why you wan' share your food with these niggas? We don't share food in the recession Bite these niggas like you bite the microphone Living legend inside of a Smith & Wesson sliding out Of the barrel, I'm fire, don't try me cause I am hot Police cars with they sirens come by when I'm rhyming Saying they got a call that somebody 'round here done fired shots Mac-11's in order, the flow is like water Each quote's a quarter of blow, the chorus is followed by the dot Goons, goblins and creatures and monsters are bouncing And beat ya and stomp ya and eat ya, don't get swallowed by the block I pay a shrink every week to basically tell me "Lay here and speak to me" just to say how psychotic I am not I'm too fly with the viral and physical copies Niggas sloppy, look up what you under, I'm what you tryna top I'm scared and compared to no man, I'm like the big hand on Big Ben I get in and I'm hitting my numbers 'round the clock I'm 'bout to give it back to my nigga Bus-a-Bus And have a seat, it's convenient I'm already copping a squat Nowadays when niggas walk around They start to look like hamburgers and frankfurters Ayo, Royce Da 5'9", feed on these mothafuckas, homie, come on Take him, gut him and take out his organs and smorgasbord him The more important he is I'm toe-tagging his beat Turn him to chicken chowder, dip him in some sniffing powder Season him with gasoline and throw his ass in the grease Mention my name in a record, I'mma come get you lyrically Individually I'mma take it back to the streets Cannibalistic mentality, rappers hating Decapitate him, rap 'bout what I naturally happen to be Flow is superb and you heard us forget it, two verses Two murders acquitted, personally it's a wrap, capiche? Fingers snapping and tapping they feet Clapping what happened the street, 'bout to happily bring it back to the D Niggas claiming harder that all of this time Niggas believe him until I see him and then slap him and see I ain't having it, havoc is average to me War's normal, only thing I'm having is having a feast Royce Da 5'9", you my dog and I'm your dog Being that I already sic'ed you on these mothafuckas It's your turn to sic me on they ass, let's go! Every time that I marry the rhyme and the beat I go hairy and grind in the street, then I'm fucking up everybody Mobilizing shit like we gorillas and peeling your skin Like we banana peelers, it's hazardous if you copy Don't you know that I'm one of the coldest courageous The boldest contagious, ain't no one can phase this thing that I do Well, you know since I report the latest that niggas can't f*ck with me Cause I'm the greatest, my shit is sick like the flu You see I'm animalistic, the cataclysmic events That'll happen whenever I grab the mic and talk Indeed them bag us specifically that I'm hickory dickory Dock of this rizzy, the diddy bop in my walk Now I'm the messenger to set the temperature nigga Whenever the heat will be needed to hot the block up, I'm saying I got the dillinger, Harry Kissinger with the ratchet The fact is I'm back with the clack and the click, see I ain't playing Why, oh why, oh why? Royce Da 5'9", please tell me why! Why the f*ck these niggas gon' let us get together and do this shit to 'em It's so fucking unfair, shit is so unfair!
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Healthy Oats, Healthier Benefits
Oats.., often considered as perfect breakfast are one of the healthiest diet you can have at any point of time. Though mornings are considered best time to have oats because of its ability to boost energy, and being high in fiber, it helps feel full throughout the day, so that you do not feel much urge to eat over and over again, unlike you may usually feel if you don't have a proper breakfast. Since…Read More