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Spring is in the air, and now would be a great time to think about ways to contribute to the environment. One way to do so, if you have an outdoor swimming pool, is to consider a solar pool heating system. Not only will it save you money, it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The system is fairly simple to create. The pool provides the thermal storage, so there is no need to purchase anything for this particular aspect. And, the pump that is currently used to filter the water in the pool will also circulate the water through the solar collectors.
Pool Cover
A pool cover will drastically save on heating costs and cost, on average, around $120. Not only that, but this will also reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are harmful to our environment. David Boehmer states, "…all other pool heating methods…should only be used in conjunction with a pool cover. Not to do so would be like running your house air conditioner during August with the doors and windows open. The system will still work, but the operating cost will be as much as three times higher." Visit the United States Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy website to peruse estimates of how much it costs to heat a pool with and without a pool cover.
One of the reasons swimming pool covers are so effective is due to the loss of water incurred through evaporation. A pool cover alone can provide up to 50%-70% savings. There are various types of pool covers that you can consider in your purchasing decision. Bubble (or solar) covers are probably the least costly. Vinyl covers, however, are made of a thicker material and tend to have a longer life expectancy than bubble covers.
As stated, pool covers provide savings in your energy costs. However, they also have the following benefits:
* They conserve water by reducing the amount of make-up water needed by 30%-50%
* They reduce the pool's chemical consumption by 35%-60%
* They reduce cleaning time by keeping dirt and other debris out of the pool
Solar Swimming Pool Heaters
A solar pool heater can significantly reduce the costs you acquire through heating your pool. Not only are they similar in price with other heating options, but they also have extremely low annual operating costs. When compared in many climates, they actually come out on top as being the most cost effective. These types of swimming pool heaters generally last longer than their gas and heat pump counterparts. With proper maintenance, they can last anywhere from ten to twenty years. Here is what is usually included in solar swimming pool heaters:
* A solar collector – the device through which pool water is circulated to be heated by the sun
* A filter – removes debris before water is pumped through the collector
* A pump – circulates water through the filter and collector and back to the pool
* A flow control valve – automatic or manual device that diverts pool water through the solar collector
The material that solar pool collectors are made of varies, and the specific type you will need is dependent on what climate you live in.


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Maypole::Model::CDBI - Model class based on Class::DBI
This is a master model class which uses Class::DBI to do all the hard work of fetching rows and representing them as objects. It is a good model to copy if you're replacing it with other database abstraction modules.
It implements a base set of methods required for a Maypole Data Model.
It inherits accessor and helper methods from Maypole::Model::Base.
When specified as the application model, it will use Class::DBI::Loader to generate the model classes from the provided database. If you do not wish to use this functionality, use Maypole::Model::CDBI::Plain which will instead use Class::DBI classes provided.
Set the class you use to untaint and validate form data Note it must be of type CGI::Untaint::Maypole (takes $r arg) or CGI::Untaint
Adds model as superclass to model classes (if necessary)
Inherited from Maypole::Model::CDBI::Base
Action methods are methods that are accessed through web (or other public) interface.
If there is an object in $r->objects, then it should be edited with the parameters in $r->params; otherwise, a new object should be created with those parameters, and put back into $r->objects. The template should be changed to view, or edit if there were any errors. A hash of errors will be passed to the template.
Inherited from Maypole::Model::CDBI::Base.
This action deletes records
This action method searches for database records.
The list method fills $r->objects with all of the objects in the class. The results are paged using a pager.
This method is inherited from Maypole::Model::Base and calls setup_database,
which uses Class::DBI::Loader to create and load Class::DBI classes from
the given database schema.
The $opts argument is a hashref of options. The "options" key is a hashref of Database connection options . Other keys may be various Loader arguments or flags. It has this form: { # DB connection options options { AutoCommit => 1 , ... }, # Loader args relationships => 1, ... }
returns class for given table
Maypole, Maypole::Model::CDBI::Base.
Maypole is currently maintained by Aaron Trevena.
Simon Cozens, simon#cpan.org
Simon Flack maintained Maypole from 2.05 to 2.09
Sebastian Riedel, sri#oook.de maintained Maypole from 1.99_01 to 2.04
You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Maypole, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Maypole
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Maypole
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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text: Malware-infected scanners sold by a Chinese manufacturer led to the theft of sensitive financial and operational data from at least a half-dozen U.S. and European logistics and shipping companies.[Chinese cyberspies targeting U.S., European defense, space sectors]The malware was also found in software available for download on the manufacturer's Website, security vendor TrapX reported Thursday. The malicious app was the first stage of a three-stage attack dubbed Zombie Zero that compromised business software and sent data back to facilities linked to the Chinese military.Confidentiality agreements prevented the vendor from identifying the victims. TrapX also declined to name the manufacturer to avoid a possible lawsuit."We're only a startup and we don't have a war chest that could handle any type of legal situation," Carl Wright, general manager of North America for TrapX, said.The manufacturer was notified, but denied any wrongdoing, Wright said.The U.S. Department of Homeland Security declined comment, but experts warned that the incident demonstrates that companies can no longer afford to buy equipment without vetting the manufacturer.The scanners were used to capture the origin, destination, contents and other data from goods moving between ships, trucks and planes.The scanned data was then transmitted wirelessly to corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which manages financial data, tracks inventory, manages shipping and performs a host of other businesses processes.Once the scanner was connected to the network, the malware would first find a way through the firewall and then look for, and compromise, servers with the word "finance" in their host name. This was done until the malware infected the ERP server.Stage two of the attack involved the download of stand-by malware in the scanner that established a connection between the ERP server and a Chinese command-and-control botnet traced to the Lanxiang Vocational School located in Shandong Province, China.The school, located blocks away from the manufacturer, trains computer scientists for the Chinese military. In 2010, it was linked to cyberattacks, dubbed Operation Aurora, against dozens of organizations, including Google, Yahoo, Northrop Grumman, Morgan Stanley and Dow Chemical.Stage three of the attack involved installing additional malware from the botnet that established a more sophisticated connection with a second botnet that ended at an undetermined location in Beijing.The data siphoned from the systems provided the attackers with "complete situational awareness and visibility into the logistic\/shipping company's worldwide operations," the TrapX report said.TrapX confirmed that at least six companies had malware planted in their ERP systems."In every single case the malware compromised the ERP system," Wright said. "This was a very, very targeted attack."Since then, TrapX has found variants of the Zombie Zero malware in two manufacturers' industrial control systems, Wright said. No damage was done and he declined to discuss a possible motive or provide any other details."It's very early and we're just beginning our investigation," he said.The infected scanners demonstrate how companies holding valuable intellectual property and data can no longer assume the equipment they buy is safe, experts say. Manufacturers' supply chains stretch across countries, providing many opportunities for the insertion of malware-infected components.Because of a paucity of equipment made and assembled solely in the U.S., companies need to adopt a strategy of minimizing risk by vetting suppliers and knowing the security measures they take, Paul Rosenzweig, homeland security consultant and founder of Red Branch Consulting, said.In addition, purchased equipment should be randomly selected and then checked for infection, Rosenzweig said. Also, equipment from suppliers that have not been fully vetted should never go into critical systems.[DOJ throws down the gauntlet with cyber crime charges against Chinese military]While steps can be taken to reduce risk, there is no "silver bullet," Rosenzweig said."It's a risk management proposition that means there will be failures," he said. "It's not a risk elimination."In time, many manufacturers will likely have to produce documentation stating their products are safe."Private businesses will increasingly demand that hardware and software manufacturers obtain third-party certifications asserting the security of their products," Jacob Olcott, head of the cybersecurity practice at Good Harbor Consulting, said.


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It's official: With its latest animated film, Up, Pixar has continued the winning streak started back in 1995 with Toy Story, and now includes such insta-classics as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and WALL-E. You have to go back to Disney in the 1930s and '40s, when they lifted audiences out of the Great Depression with Snow White, Bambi, Pinocchio, and Dumbo, in quick succession, to get anything close. This is living history, right under our noses. Your grandkids will ask you about this. So what is Pixar doing right? And is there enough to go around? Filmmakers, please take note.
As Carl's sidekick tells him, "It may sound boring but it's the boring things I remember the most." Michael Bay: Please stay behind after class to write that out 100 times.
Give audiences a lift. All Pixar movies could be called Up, of course—they provide the most reliable high in Hollywood, right now—but in the case of Up, the uplift is literal. The image of a man's house hoisted into the sky with balloons came to director Pete Docter during the making of Monsters Inc. Doodling to soothe his frazzled nerves, he "drew this floating house, and it seemed very appealing and poetic and interesting. We started thinking, 'Who's in this house? Where is he going and where is he coming from?'" For sheer lyricism, that single shot is hard to beat—a one-man answer to the home-foreclosures crisis. Who would have thought that a cartoon would offer such an object lesson in the classical virtues of the empty frame and elegant long shot? At a time when most movies feel like cartoons, Up looks more like a movie than most movies.
Leave your spandex at home. Traditionally, filmmakers use CGI to bend the laws of physics and make supermen of us all. The hero of Up, on the other hand, is Carl Frederickson, a get-off-my-lawn cuss with Spencer Tracy hair and the voice of Ed Asner, whose most death-defying stunt is the trip to the mailbox and back each morning. The film's climactic fight is a delight—all cricked spines and slipped dentures—and a reminder of just how rooted in mundanity the Pixar boys are, how closely their creations follow the old Hitchcock formula: ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Toy Story belonged to worn-out Woody not brand-new Buzz Lightyear. Monsters Inc. was about creatures who couldn't rustle up a decent scream. Up, meanwhile, is an adventure movie for those who have long since left adventure slip from their grasp. As Carl's sidekick tells him, "It may sound boring but it's the boring things I remember the most." Michael Bay: Please stay behind after class to write that out 100 times.
Keep it simple. But don't be afraid of complexity—"simplexity" in Pixar-speak. One of deeper mysteries of their success is that a process so agonizing—five years to make a movie, as many as 40 separate revisions for each sequence—should result in films so sprightly: Up comes in at a trim 89 minutes. The first five in particular are a small masterpiece of compression: a quick montage of Carl's life, showing his first meeting with his wife, Ellie, their courtship, marriage, a miscarriage, old age, and finally death, all set to the plaintive waltz of Michael Giacchino's score. Grown men are reduced to whimpering wrecks within minutes. It is also entirely without dialogue, recalling the first 20 minutes of WALL-E, another silent poem to the lovelorn, and a welcome respite from the deafening fusillades of Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, and the sound of Tom Hanks reeling off plot exposition for two-and-a-half hours in Angels and Demon. Audiences are advised to follow Carl's example and turn off their hearing aids. Filmmakers are advised to go brush up on their Chaplin.
Know your film history. It took the filmmakers several years to figure out where to send Carl and his balloons—don't you just love that? Several years. It takes the writers of Bond and Bourne all of five minutes to jot down a wishlist of their latest destinations; the result are films that feel about as rooted as misplaced luggage. Up's makers chose Angel Falls, in Venezuela, the location of Arthur Conan Doyle 's The Lost World, where we meet up with famous explorer Charles F. Muntz; he is first introduced via a mock '30s-style black-and-white Movietone newsreel and turns out to bear passing resemblance to Kirk Douglas on a diet of earth worms. Pixar films may face forward into the future— Up will also play in IMAX theaters in 3-D —but their roots run deep into Hollywood's past. Whatever happened to movies set in Rio or Marrakesh or Casablanca? And how come it took an animated movie to satisfy the audience's thirst for the dusty glamour of a good old-fashioned location? Directors, get out of the house more often! There's a whole world out there!
Ignore your parents. Originally an independent company, Pixar is now owned by Disney, who is delighted to bill Up as "a Disney film." Do not be fooled. Yes, Carl gets three sidekicks—a pesky Boy Scout, a big bird, and a talking dog—but the dog talks, not via the cutesy miracle of anthropomorphism, but via a mechanism on his collar which gives voice to his doggy thoughts: " I am your friend, temporarily" and " I was hiding under you porch because I love you." There will be no merchandising spinoffs. Nor will there be a sequel—a courtesy extended every Pixar movie except Toy Story, thus lending each a gleam of singularity. Think of the studio as a breakaway banana republic within the larger Disney empire. Chairman John Lasseter appears to run it as if it were a branch of heaven on earth. After notes from executives nearly derailed Toy Story, he introduced a policy of "no mandatory notes" from executives; he also installed a pool, a football field, an in-house cinema, a sweets and cereal dispenser, even scooters for animators to whiz up and down the corridors, exchanging ideas in an atmosphere of mutual respect and complete creative freedom.
Ah. I knew there had to be a snag. It'll never catch on. Class dismissed.
Tom Shone was film critic of the London Sunday Times from 1994-1999. He is the author of two books, Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer (Free Press) and In The Rooms (Hutchinson), his first novel, to be published on July 7th 2009. He lives in New York.


text: Marc Cuadrado was born in Oran, Algeria, but his family moved back to France in 1963. Living at the Côte d'Azur, Marc Cuadrado was a caricaturist for the daily Nice Matin from 1983 to 1991. In France, he collaborated on the satirical monthly Barre à Mine. In 1995, he moved to Quebec, where he drew for the humorous magazine Safarir. There, he illustrated the series 'Y a de l'Abus', 'Norma' and 'Époques épiques'. Cuadrado has also drawn the government magazine Protégez-vous. Marc Cuadrado is also present in Spirou, with his comic 'Parker & Badger', and in Fluide Glacial as the scriptwriter of 'Je veux un Harley' (art by Frank Margerin since 2012).


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Region – Speyside – ABV – 58%
Today's whisky is the second Craigellachie in the Advent Calendar however this one is bottled at full cask strength by A.D. Rattray. The first one being a 12yo bottled at 46% by Weymss Malts.
A young sherry cask matured whisky (this at 6 years of age) is likely to excite the senses. Perhaps even wake you up – especially given the ABV of 58%. The youngest Craigellachie I've had was 8yo and that, too, was a single sherry cask from A.D. Rattray. It was a killer release.
Let's see what this one does.
On the nose — Peanut brittle masks the most unusual note of bile upon first sniff.
After a minute or so, that bile note goes far away and we are now presented with a series of very strong scents such as: leather wallets, grilled apricots, burnt popsicle sticks, cotton candy, hot vinyl seating in a 70's Chevy Nova, hot wax, and childhood memories.
In the mouth — VERY spirit forward here, almost new make-y. Sour pear, salted licorice, nectarine pit, dry hay on a humid summer day.
I would never have guessed 58% ABV. As youthful as the flavors are, this is a very easy whisky to hold in your mouth.
A few more notes before we get to the finish — green bar printer paper, printer ink cartridges, and more hot vinyl seating.
Finish — Medium in length, pears and nectarine pit hold out.
In sum — Surely a fun whisky but one that I think would have benefited from a few more years in the cask. The spirit character is great to experience here. However, more time in cask to develop would have been the best choice in my opinion. It's worth your time in a line up of various whiskies but nothing to just sit and relax with.


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Dr. Jerek Petrous, Dr. John Marx and the staff at Petrous Orthodontics provide their patients with the best orthodontic care near Clawson, MI. They work hard to ensure that every patient is provided with the appropriate, gentle, and affordable care they need and expect to solve any orthodontic problem.
Braces are made with three basic parts: a bracket, a bonding mechanism or band, and an archwire. These all work to help with improving the development of your teeth, bite and jaw. If you're experiencing a difference in the function of your braces, such as a loose brace or bracket, your braces may be broken and thus aren't delivering the effective treatment your teeth need. The team at Petrous Orthodontics near Clawson, MI are experts in informing and guiding patients on how to keep their braces in good working order and on track to deliver the best treatment outcome possible.
What can cause harm to my braces?
- Hard candies
- Ice cubes
- Gum, gummies, and other hard or sticky foods
- Injury to the face
There are several factors that can ultimately cause damage to your braces and prevent them from working as designed. The team at Petrous Orthodontics know that sticky substances such as gum or hard foods can cause damage to the brackets and/or the wires of your braces. When adjusting to a newly fitted set of braces, it's important to stay proactive and keep them safe, for instance, by eating softer foods at least initially. Stay aware of what foods you're eating and what activities you are participating in. Not only will this keep your braces safe, but it will ensure your continued oral health, as well.
Some signs that your braces need to be fixed.
- Loose or missing bracket
- Broken or loose wire
- Severe discomfort or pain in your teeth, mouth, and/or jaw
Ways to avoid discomfort while wearing braces.
- Create a diet of soft food diet (e.g., pasta, soups, mashed potatoes, yogurt, and other soft stuff).
- Rinse with warm salt water 2-to-3 times a day.
- Consult with your doctor and take an over-the-counter pain reliever as needed.
It's normal to feel discomfort in and around your mouth while wearing braces, especially if they've been newly fitted. This pain doesn't necessarily mean your braces are broken or ill-fitting. However, Dr. Petrous and Dr. Marx say that if you continue to experience pain in your teeth, mouth or jaw, call your orthodontist immediately.
Don't wait.
If you are an orthodontic patient and you think you're experiencing a problem with your braces, waiting for your next appointment with your orthodontist may do more harm than good in the progress of straightening your smile. Don't wait. Call Dr. Jerek Petrous, Dr. John Marx and the team at Petrous Orthodontics near Clawson, MI at: 248-588-2020.


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A recent Wall Street Journal report suggested that tough times have brought parents to a new low — leaving tots in dirty diapers to save money.
Well, maybe. The report noted a drop in diaper sales and an increase in use of diaper rash cream. It even quoted a doctor who was seeing more diaper rash cases. But the article also acknowledged that most of the drop in sales is due to a lower birthrate over the past couple years.
Still, the piece got me thinking that a lot of parents are paying more than necessary to keep baby booties dry. Here are some hints for reducing diaper expenses. (See also: 5 Places to Get Cheaper Diapers)
Estimates for savings over the three years most kids are in diapers are usually in the $1,000-$2,000 range. And there are certainly compelling environmental reasons to use cloth. However, these estimates assume you are spending 17-28 cents per diaper and changing them an average of eight times a day. Bargain shoppers will not save this much. Nor will lazy moms like me who change only five or six times a day and try to potty train at age two. I estimate that disposable diapers cost me only $5 a week, for about 130 weeks per child (two-and-a-half years). Even assuming that I spent more than $5 during those newborn months (a vague memory at this point), the total per-child cost of disposables was under $1,000 — capping my possible savings somewhere south of that.
If you decide to use cloth, consider shopping secondhand or asking for hand-me-downs. Freecycle groups are great for this. Don't be grossed out by the thought of used diapers — after all, diaper service clients use diapers previously worn by other children every day.
Members of the free Amazon Mom service get 30% off diapers and wipes when they order through the Subscribe & Save option. Add this to free shipping, frequent unannounced sales, and coupons you can load on the site, and Amazon has been my diaper store of choice for a year now. Tip — because prices fluctuate on Amazon, stock up when you see a great price.
Target, Babies 'R' Us, and drugstores such as Walgreens and CVS all issue store coupons for diapers and take manufacturer's coupons as well. You can pair one of each for every pack of diapers you buy. Target sometimes offers a $5 or $10 gift card for buying packs of diapers — if you come in with a manufacturer's coupon, a Target coupon, and get the gift card, you've often brought the price down to an acceptable level.
Some diaper sales sound like a good deal, but turn out not to be. You need to know your target price per diaper in your child's size in order to accurately price compare. Baby Cheapskate has a GREAT resource for figuring out how many diapers are in a mega or jumbo pack and what makes a good price for each size — the diaper stock-up price chart.
Store brands' quality have improved in recent years. While a newborn with a lot of "blowouts"* may need the highest-end diaper you can buy, older tots may be just fine in any old brand. I used Costco's Kirkland even on newborns with no problem, and now that my youngest is a toddler, I find Luvs, Walgreens, CVS, and Target diapers all just fine.
I have purchased opened packs of diapers at garage sales and found boxes with discontinued packaging on deep clearance discount at grocery and drugstores.
Times may be tough, but babies shouldn't be the ones to suffer. If you can't afford enough diapers to keep your baby dry and comfortable, apply to a program such as Huggies Every Little Bottom or apply for other assistance.
* If you're not a parent and don't know what a blowout is, don't ask.
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Flying Art Series
We're proud to bring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and stories to the world through our Flying Art Series.
On this page
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live and fly.
We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Warning: this webpage includes names and images of deceased people that may cause sadness or distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About the series
Since 1994, through the Flying Art Series we've commissioned and displayed five striking Indigenous Australian liveries across our fleet. Leading Indigenous Australian owned design agency, Balarinji, has developed all of the works in the series in collaboration with Aboriginal artists and their representatives.
The latest aircraft in our Flying Art Series, Qantas Dreamliner Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
From canvas to aircraft
This unique Qantas Dreamliner livery was inspired by 1991 artwork 'Yam Dreaming', painted by the late artist, Emily Kame Kngwarreye.
The painting captures the essence of the yam plant, an important symbol in Emily's Dreamtime story, and an important food source in her home region of Utopia, 230 kilometres north east of Alice Springs.
Yam Dreaming has been conceptualised by design studio, Balarinji, and for just the second time in our history, the iconic tail is included in the design, with our trademark red tail adapted to match the earthy red tones and white dotting technique of the original piece.
About the artist
A senior member of the Anmatyerre clan, ceremonial leader and a custodian of Dreaming sites in Alhalkere, Emily Kame Kngwarreye was introduced to art late in life through a government funded education program at Utopia, and in 1978 became a founding member of the Utopia Women's Batik Group. Emily began painting on canvas in 1988 and over the next eight years quickly garnered attention for her remarkable body of work that embodied her deep spiritual and cultural connections to her country and community.
In 2008, the National Museum of Australia curated an expansive exhibition of Emily's work, featuring over 120 pieces. Visit the National Museum of AustraliaOpens external site in a new window to learn more.
Mendoowoorrji was the fourth aircraft (B737-800) in the series, inspired by the work of late West Australian Aboriginal painter, Paddy Bedford. Mendoowoorrji is an interpretation of Bedford's 2005 painting Medicine Pocket, which captures the essence of Bedford's mother's country called Mendoowoorrji.
Paddy Bedford was born on Bedford Downs Station in Western Australia and worked as a stockman for much of his life before taking up painting in his 70s. He was a founder of the Warmun art movement and was credited for inspiring a generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists.
Mendoowoorrji was painted at Boeing's headquarters in Seattle and delivered to the Qantas fleet in 2013. The design took over 950 person-hours to complete over a five day period using 500 litres of paint. Balarinji, Boeing designers and painters worked with 140 nylon stencils to recreate the intricate designs.
Yananyi Dreaming was developed by Balarinji using motifs painted by Central Australian artist Rene Kulitja. Kulitja was inspired by the vibrant colours of the dramatic landscape surrounding Uluru.
Uluru has dominated the Australian Western Desert landscape for millions of years. The Anangu people have lived in the region for more than 40,000 years, maintaining their special sites and unique culture. Through song, dance and art, they tell their Tjukurrpa - Anangu Dreaming stories of land and journeys that hold their knowledge and their Law. Dances are passed on from generation to generation, teaching Anangu ways of life and histories.
'Yananyi' means going or travelling. In Yananyi Dreaming, radiating pathways lead to the symbol of Uluru, depicted both as a physical form surrounded by kurkara (desert oak trees) and as an abstract representation of concentric circles. Blue hills (tali) rise from the desert landscape and Mala (rufous hare-wallaby) tracks are imprinted on the sand. Lungkata (the blue tongue lizard) basks in the hot sun in this fragile and ancient place.
Rene Kulitja describes her artistic works for Yananyi Dreaming "This is my traditional place. I am a Pitjantjatjara woman. My pictures tell about the landscape, the animals and the plants of Uluru. We go hunting in the desert for tjala (honey ant) and lungkata (blue tongued lizard). I am a Traditional Owner at Uluru. My husband, my kids and I - we love this country."
Yananyi Dreaming was painted at Boeing's headquarters in Seattle using 484.5 litres of paint. It took over 2,000 person-hours across six days. Over 200 stencils were used to create the intricate designs.
Balarinji worked closely with the Mutjulu Council and Indigenous Australian intellectual property specialists to licence Kulitja's work.
Wunala Dreaming was inspired by the natural colours of Australia, from the bright reds of Central Australia, to the purple-blues of desert mountain ranges, and the lush greens of Kakadu.
John and Ros Moriarty, founders of Balarinji, explained the Wunala Dreaming story of John's Yanyuwa people from the Gulf of Carpentaria "in Dreamtime journeys, spirit ancestors in the form of kangaroos (Wunala) make tracks from camps to waterholes, leading the people to water and food. Today, as they have for centuries, Aboriginal people re-enact such journeys through song and dance 'corroborees'. These ensure the procreation of all living things in the continuing harmony of nature's seasons."
Wunala Dreaming was digitalised on computer and magnified 100 times to generate 2km of blotting paper. The 67 patterns, including 1,324 irregular dots were then traced onto the plane. The aircraft flew in our fleet from 2003 – 2011.
Nalanji Dreaming - Boeing 747-338
'Nalanji' is a Yanyuwa word meaning 'our place'. Nalanji Dreaming is a celebration of the balance and harmony of nature in Australia. The artwork Nalanji Dreaming reflects the lush colour palette of tropical Australia. The themes of the coast and reef were designed to complement the Red Centre and Northern Territory and motifs of Wunala Dreaming, launched the previous year.
Nalanji Dreaming was painted and unveiled in November 1995 to celebrate Qantas' 75th anniversary, and flew internationally from 1995 to 2005.
In many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the production and sale of art work is an important driver of economic development and empowerment. We promote the ethical purchasing of Indigenous Australian art through our supporter membership of the Indigenous Art CodeOpens external site in a new window.
The Flying Art Series is a flagship part of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).


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We dreamt of a WOW2 and now it is here. With a future-dripping user interface, 21 incredible filter types with the famous vowel mode. With distortions that cover your tracks with gas and put them on fire. Modulations that cause more trouble than your modular dark room. And finally that warm and juicy sound, that you were looking for.
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What can bring the excitement back to Perl?by zby (Vicar)
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I guess this is a good poll idea - but first we need to gather all the options.
Stats show that Perl is not dead and has still strong presence everywhere. But I am sure that everyone noticed that it has lost the place in public imagination. It does not inspire people (as Ruby with RoR or PHP with Drupald and Mediawiki do) any more.
So what do you think can bring back the excitement into Perl?
Here is a list of things (that are very exciting to me personally) but which in my opinion will not be exciting outside of Perl community:
Update: And what really makes the mentioned Drupal and RoR libraries exciting? With Drupal non-programmers can set up a quite complex community site on their own, without hiring expensive programmers. Paradoxically this creates also a big market for PHP programmers who later are hired to add new features to the already working community sites. With RoR it is the other way around - it let's a lonely programmer create a nice looking web application without hiring designers. This independence in both cases is quite a breakthrough and creates excitement and buzz.
The question why we need buzz for Perl I'll leave unanswered for now.
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First and most important, you need to create your Server Identity Account. The site account is required to register PK Endpoint Manager with PKWARE and is also used for acquiring licenses from the PK Protect Cloud.
After getting your site registered with PKWARE and the PK Protect Cloud, configuring access to the Active Directory domain controller is required. As covered in the (19.1) Windows Server: Installation and Setup Guide, the PK Protect Manager needs to be running in Internet Information Server (IIS) on a Windows Server machine joined to the domain you are using for your organization. If you have several domain controllers and/or need to provide authentication to access Active Directory Domain Services, you can configure PK Protect to use a specific domain controller or set or credentials.
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PEM has a two-approval-based system for processing some change requests (such as adding new admins, deleting admins and editing policies). This means as one system administrator makes changes, more than likely another system administrator will need to approve this action. This two-approval system helps prevent from a bad actor making changes without review or approval.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A cluster of thunderstorms stalled off the U.S. coast on Saturday is expected to make for a sloppy, rainy Memorial Day on beaches and in tourist towns from Florida to South Carolina.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for the entire Georgia coastline, as well as parts of Florida and South Carolina.
Beryl was technically still considered a "subtropical storm," but the system is expected to bring winds and rain to the area regardless of its official classification.
Tropical storm conditions — meaning maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) — could reach the coast as early as Saturday night. Some coastal flooding is forecast, as the rain could cause high tides.
On Saturday afternoon, Beryl had stalled off the U.S. coast and was centered about 230 miles (370 kilometers) east-southeast of Charleston, S.C. It was expected to start moving again later in the afternoon.
The southeastern coast is popular with tourists who visit to enjoy the beaches and wilderness areas.
"A three-day thunderstorm is what it's probably going to be," said Jay Wiggins, emergency management director for Glynn County, which is about 60 miles south of Savannah and includes Brunswick and St. Simons Island. "Unfortunately, it's going to ruin a lot of Memorial Day plans."
Wiggins said he expects some flooded roadways and scattered power outages, perhaps some minor flooding in waterfront homes, but otherwise little damage. However, he urged beachgoers to beware of dangerous rip currents.
On Tybee Island, home to Georgia's largest public beach east of Savannah, employees at Amy Gaster's home and condo rental business were making sure arriving guests were aware of the approaching storm. Gaster said her 180 rentals were sold out and nobody was canceling plans or asking to check out early.
"Mostly I think people are just curious," said Gaster, adding that guests were being urged to bring in patio furniture if the winds kick up and prepare to hunker down for movies and home cooking Monday. "We're just saying take advantage of today as your beach day and get it while you can."
On Cumberland Island, a federally protected wilderness area beloved by hikers and campers, superintendent Fred Boyles said he planned to wait until Sunday to decide if campers need to evacuate before the storm arrives. Boyles said he had about 100 campers planning to stay overnight Sunday, and the only way to leave Cumberland Island is by ferry.
While Georgia hasn't taken a direct hit from a major hurricane in 114 years, the last time a tropical storm made landfall here was in August 1988. Tropical Storm Chris hit near Savannah but did little damage as it pushed northward into South Carolina.
In South Carolina, Beaufort County Emergency Management deputy director David Zeoli (zee-oli) said that at midday Saturday word went out to first-responders along the coast near the Georgia line to pay attention to the storm's progress. Officials haven't been ordered to work on an otherwise lovely day for the beach, but have been told to stay near a phone, Zeoli said.
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Miss USA talks SCOTUS to win crown
The Supreme Court-watching pundit class has a new member: one who wears bikinis and sports stilettos on national television.
Erin Brady of Connecticut captured the Miss USA crown on Sunday after weighing in about a recent decision from the high court upholding the collection of DNA samples from people who are arrested for major crimes.
"Miss Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that criminal suspects can be subjected to a police DNA test after arrest," she was asked during the pageant. "Do you agree or disagree with this and why or why not?"
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Brady offered some tough talk in response.
"I would agree with this," the 25-year-old accountant said. "I think if somebody is being prosecuted and has committed a crime that's that severe, they should have a DNA test. I think there are so many crimes going on in this world, that if that is one step closer to figuring out who has done it, I think we should absolutely do so."


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Fired Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine has filed the initial paperwork in a defamation lawsuit against ESPN for reporting sex abuse claims against him.
A yearlong federal investigation that followed accusations that Fine abused team ball boys ended with no charges. Fine was Hall of Fame Coach Jim Boeheim's assistant for 35 seasons.
ESPN reported allegations of sexual abuse by two former ball boys on Nov. 17, 2011. Fine was fired soon after when a third man made similar claims.
Fine says he'll sue for defamation and seek undefined damages. He filed a "summons with notice" Nov. 15, 2012, in state Supreme Court in Onondaga County.
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While Twitter tends to get lumped in with other social-networking sites, a group of Korean researchers has analyzed how people use the service and found that it more closely resembles a traditional news media outlet.
In other words, think of Twitter not as a truncated Facebook, but as a speedy news site where anyone can be a reporter but the dispatches must be no more than 140 characters long.
Haewoon Kwak, one of the researchers, presented the work Friday at the WWW2010 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Kwak listed the ways that Twitter differs from other social-networking sites, and then described the mathematical analysis the researchers performed to show how people share information differently on Twitter than they do on other networking sites.
For the study, the research team gathered information on 41.7 million user profiles. They pulled 106 million tweets and followed 4,262 trending topics, identified through hash tags.
Unlike with most social-networking sites, a Twitter user does not need to get the permission of another user to follow that person's missives. With Twitter, anyone can follow anyone else (as long as that person makes his or her tweets public).
This approach, Kwak said, is closer to that of blogs, which can be subscribed to via an RSS feed. This led the team to wonder if Twitter was more of a news medium than a social-networking site.
The numbers backed up their idea. The team found that only 22 percent of "follows," where one person chooses to include another's tweets on their page, were reciprocal. This is far lower than the reciprocal rates of typical social media sites, such as Flickr (68 percent) and the popular Koran service Cyworld (77 percent).
And like other forms of media, including news outlets, Twitter has its stars. About 40 Twitter accounts have more than a million followers. The data indicates that amassing this level of popularity cannot be achieved simply by tweeting as much as possible. Rather, all the most popular Twitter accounts belong to celebrities, who are famous in channels other than Twitter.
The messages themselves more closely resemble those of a news dissemination medium as well. Of the tweets registered, more than 85 percent were news-related in some way.
The newsy aspect of Twitter is reflected in the question its users are now asked when posting tweets — "What's happening?" — as opposed to the earlier question, "What are you doing?" And many people use the service to search for up-to-the-second information about unfolding events, such as a football game or a natural disaster.
The researchers compared how often Twitter contained the first mention of a breaking news event to how often the CNN Headline News site got the scoop. While CNN broke the news first more than half the time, news appeared on Twitter before CNN a considerable number of times as well.
The question of whether Twitter is a social-networking service or a media outlet, albeit a new form of media, is a pertinent one, especially given Twitter's decision to start interspersing mini-advertisements in its search results.
On the April 15 edition of the Slate "Disrupters" business podcast (episode #4), Matthew Yeomans, a founder of the Web 2.0 consulting firm Social Media Influence, pointed out that people have different expectations with news media sites than they do with social media sites, especially in terms of privacy and level of acceptance of ads.
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We are a goal-driven and goal-oriented society; we've been taught to believe that only good things come to those who set goals. Every New Year, those who want a better future get out a pen and paper and set realistic and measurable goals.
While there is a time and place for some types of goals, there is also value in living a goal-less life. Perhaps you've participated the New Year "set and fail cycle" before — set a goal, don't reach your goal, and feel guilty. Promise to do better next year. For many people, goal setting leads to frustration, guilt, and feelings of inadequacy.
The solution? Exploring and clarifying your values instead of setting measurable goals. Not having goals is not the same as lacking direction. Goals come from our values, calling, or bent in life. We all consciously or subconsciously have a destination to which we are traveling.
Goal setting is our attempt to break those bigger vision items into smaller and more manageable sections and segments. (See also: Goal Setting: Defined and Deconstructed)
The problem is that we're not usually very good at setting goals that really focus the direction of our life. In 2011, I had the goal of writing a book. I did write that book (The Secret to a Successful Budget), but I also sacrificed a lot of valuable things along the way.
Goals give us such intense focus that it's quite possible that we put on blinders to the things that bring our lives true meaning and true joy. Life is so fluid and unpredictable that perhaps we're better off accepting events as they come rather than trying to control the outcome of a year.
What if, instead of setting goals, you simply acknowledged your values?
For example, in 2012, I determined that relationships were important to me. As a result, my focus was on maximizing the opportunities I had to spend with friends and family.
The result was that I took three months off and traveled with my wife and kids. I'd take days off work to go and visit friends who happened to be passing through town. Our family attempted to say "yes" whenever we had the opportunity to be with friends or family.
Life is so fluid, so transient, and so fleeting that goals can easily become obsolete or a distraction.
So, what do you value?
If you value fitness and health, then you'll be looking for opportunities to explore and improve your fitness level. Instead of staying, "I'm going to exercise for 30 minutes four mornings a week," you could just simply decide to exercise when given an opportunity. Sometimes that may be in the morning, and sometimes that will be in the afternoon. At times you might feel like an hour run and on other occasions you might rather do a 20 minute workout video.
If you truly value something, it will find expression in your activity — with or without goals.
I'm a person who seeks to conform my life with my faith. Thus, honoring God is one of my values. Sometimes I never know how that will express itself at any given time. However, there could easily be a knock at the door or a chance meeting that causes me to do something in light of my faith.
While goals narrow your view, values broaden them. Values allow you to ask if an unpredicted event conforms to your values. How would a person who values family respond in this situation? How would a person who values faith respond in this situation?
The answer depends on your temperament. In life, events often conflict with your goals. That could lead to frustration and disappointment. If you have a habit of failing at goals and the emotional results are negative, then try skipping goals entirely. This might not be a lifelong change, but an experiment in value-oriented living.
As an example, let's return to a discussion about fitness.
A goal says that you'll exercise for 30 minutes every morning at 7 a.m.
While you can value health and fitness, you can also decide that an unexpected activity should trump your workout schedule. As an example, when I'm traveling with family, I often don't exercise.
During family travels, you're likely out of your normal schedule. With two values (spending time with family and fitness), you may need to decide to do only one of the two. One of the problems with goals is that they can often conflict with each other, forcing you to do too much or causing you to feel guilty. However, value-based decisions recognize the fluidity of life and allow you to make an adjustment based on your circumstances.
Goals work in a rigid life context, but they provide less value when your life is full of change, transition, and pattern-less living.
Instead of setting new goals in 2013, try evaluating your values, and live a value-focused life instead of a goal-driven life.
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After a break for over a year of underground planning with the objective of redefining his brand and improving on his unique style of music, KAYSWITCH is back and ready to unplug the fire in him.
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1 – Looking for new yarns to buy is fun any time, but imagine being able to gaze out this window at the same time.
2 – One booth at the yarn fair (Pitti Filati) was built around theme of kilims. I like the faded earthy colors.
3 – Beautifully and neatly wound pre-dyed top awaits its fate.
4 – Modern day spinning machinery, I love the repetition.
5 – Multiple vats of top are set in motion.
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The highlight of my trip was the natural history museum. The special exhibit of crystals just may have had a great influence on NGvol7.


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EAC Vs CDex SecureMode
This test is aimed at knowing if these programs can guarantee a perfect audio extraction from an audio CD when it is possible, in other words, do they really warn the user as soon as any error occurs?
The test was run with Windows 98, Aspi layer 4.71, and a Memorex DVD-Maxx 1648 IDE drive, that supports C2 and have no cache according to both EAC and Feurio.
A CDR that was becoming barely readable was used. As the results seemed strange, a quick test was made with a scratched CD, and another CD with a hole in it, in order to ensure that CDex is working properly. Here are the results of these tests first, then the real test about secureness.
CDex was set in full paranoia, Feurio has C2 error detection enabled, EAC was in secure mode, accurate, no cache, C2.
CD with a hole in it
The drive makes strange noises at 82 % of track 2, the extraction slows down completely, no jitter error is detected, I cancel, afraid to damage the drive.
C2 error reported at 71% of track 2. I check ignore all. The drive makes noises at 87 %, the extraction completely slows down at 89%, I cancel.
Error detected at 71%, uncorrectable error at 73%, then endless error correction takes place. I cancel.
Scratched CD
This time, jitter errors (2) are reported. Extraction takes forever.
A C2 error is reported, then the extraction takes forever
Read error, takes forever.
Bad CDR
One of the tracks is bad enough to produce clicks, but not enough to stop the extraction.
"There were errors".
Reports 16 isolated suspicious positions, and 2 whole ranges of suspicious positions. Track quality 94.5 %
No C2: "there were errors", reports 16 isolated suspicious positions, and 5 whole ranges of suspicious positions. Track quality 96.7%
No C2 + cache: I canceled the extraction after 2 hours of error correction.
Reports 9,462 C2 errors!
Zero errors!
In order to check if there were really no errors in the CDex wav, and in order to get an idea of the sound quality, the track was extracted again with EAC and CDex, so that we have now 6 wav files : 2 from CDex, zero errors, 2 from EAC with C2, some errors, and 2 from EAC without C2, some errors.
If there are really zero errors in the CDex files, there should be no differences at all between them. Let's check with EAC's compare wav:
Notice the scrollbar at the right side of the window. There is obviously a problem with CDex here, all these errors went unnoticed through the full paranoia mode. It is active though, since two errors were reported with the scratched CD.
Using SoundForge, let us invert one of each pair of wavs, and mix-paste it over the other one, so that only differences remain. All remaining noise will be read errors, but the absence of noise won't mean no error, since the same error can have occured the same way in both wavs. Since the result can vary from nothing to twice the error (if the sample was misread with opposite errors), the result gives an idea of the average read errors.
This shows the entire track. The highest peak is -23.72 db. Some little clicks can be heard in quiet parts.
EAC with C2
The scaling is the same as in the previous picture. The highest peak is -21.85 db. It looks and sounds quite the same as CDex file.
EAC without C2
There seems to be a little more clicks, but the difference is small.
Also, the CDex file seems to have less clicks than EAC with C2 in the main part, but more isolated ones on the left. Therefore nothing can be concluded about the reading quality of the programs themselves, because the exact number of clicks varies from a reading to another. Here, we can say that the three results are quite the same, if we take into account the variations that can occur.
To be able to judge the reading quality, many more extractions would need to be made, in order to make statistics and to evaluate how stable the quality is for a given ripping mode, then to deduce if the differences between the files are due to the programs, or to random variations.
With the Memorex DVD-Maxx 1648 drive, CDex is of no use compared to EAC, it returns files full of errors and audible clicks claiming zero errors occured even in full paranoia mode.
Though the C2 error detection is currently very criticized, it is still, at least for this drive, infinitely more accurate (9462 times more accurate, according to Feurio ) than CDex full paranoia mode, and as accurate as the reading twice method in EAC, while much faster.
This conclusion stands for the Memorex DVD drive. As we don't know how the paranoia mode works, other drives should be tested the same way in order to confirm this result.


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Electronic CFC Reporting Form 1417; Local Applications
CFC Memorandum 2001-01
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CFC Campaign Results Report (Form 1417) Available Online
The Office of CFC Operations is proud to announce a new Online Form 1417 for reporting CFC 2000 campaign results. The electronic Form 1417 is simple, and the on-screen instructions will help ensure that your organization is able to report results quickly and accurately. Here's how it works:
Beginning Monday, January 29, 2001, PCFOs can come to CFC Operation's homepage (www.opm.gov/cfc) and register as a Form 1417 user. Even if you are not ready to report campaign results, it is important that you come online and register to use the new electronic reporting system. During the registration process, you will be asked to provide contact information, including a valid email address. When registration is complete, you will be emailed a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Please keep this number in a safe place because you will need it when you report campaign results.
Once you have registered and obtained a PIN, you will use your PIN, campaign number, and campaign name to log into the system. The online 1417 looks very much like the paper form you have used before and asks for much of the same information. You may want to prepare this data beforehand but, if you have to exit the program while entering results, your data will be saved and you can return later to finish. Once you have entered your information, you can generate a print-out so you know exactly what information has been entered.
In previous years, the deadline for submitting your campaign results has been set for March 15. In order to meet the early schedule of the regional meetings we ask that you submit your results electronically by Friday, March 2, 2001. If you are unable to meet this deadline, if you have any questions or need technical assistance, please call Lisa Barber at 202/606-2564. Please remember to check our web page at www.opm.gov/cfc for the Form 1417 Registration procedures. We are excited to beable to provide this new way of reporting and look forward to your feedback after you have tried the new system.
Local Applications
CFC applications for local organizations and federations can be downloaded from our website (in English and Spanish). LFCCs are strongly encouraged to use the model application forms provided by OPM. The suggested opening date for acceptance of local applications is March 15, 2001. All local application decisions must be completed by the LFCC no later than May 5, 2001.
Last year, all federation applications were amended to make application requirements uniform for all organizations and federations that participate in the CFC. For details on these revisions issued August 10, 2000 please refer to Memorandum 2000-5 which appears on the CFC website under the heading "CFC Memoranda and Miscellaneous Information".
CFC Regional Workshops: Dates and Budgeting for LFCC Participation
OPM is delighted to announce the 2001 OPM/CFC Regional Workshop The workshops bring together representatives of Local Federal Coordinating Committees (LFCC), Principal Combined Fund Organizations (PCFO) and CFC funded agencies to learn about the latest ways of making the campaign both responsive and successful. This year, workshops will be held in Jacksonville, FL (March 4-7), San Francisco, CA (March 11-14), and Chicago, IL (April 1-4).
This year, we are authorizing PCFOs to include in their 2001-2002 CFC budgetestimated travel expenses to support participation by the LFCC Chair or their designee at a regional meeting. Many LFCC members secure Federal agency sponsorship to attend the regional CFC workshops. In the event this is not feasible, PCFOs may cover these expenses for one member of the LFCC.
Take a moment now to select your preferred location and mark your calendar! Registration information will be available under separate cover within the next few days.
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The Fall of the Maya: 'They Did it to Themselves'
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October 6, 2009: For 1200 years, the Maya dominated Central America. At their peak around 900 A.D., Maya cities teemed with more than 2,000 people per square mile -- comparable to modern Los Angeles County. Even in rural areas the Maya numbered 200 to 400 people per square mile. But suddenly, all was quiet. And the profound silence testified to one of the greatest demographic disasters in human prehistory -- the demise of the once vibrant Maya society.
"They did it to themselves," says veteran archeologist Tom Sever.
Right Mayan ruins in Guatemala. Photo copyright Tom Sever.
"The Maya are often depicted as people who lived in complete harmony with their environment,' says PhD student Robert Griffin. "But like many other cultures before and after them, they ended up deforesting and destroying their landscape in efforts to eke out a living in hard times."
A major drought occurred about the time the Maya began to disappear. And at the time of their collapse, the Maya had cut down most of the trees across large swaths of the land to clear fields for growing corn to feed their burgeoning population. They also cut trees for firewood and for making building materials.
He and his team used computer simulations to reconstruct how the deforestation could have played a role in worsening the drought. They isolated the effects of deforestation using a pair of proven computer climate models: the PSU/NCAR mesoscale atmospheric circulation model, known as MM5, and the Community Climate System Model, or CCSM.
"We modeled the worst and best case scenarios: 100 percent deforestation in the Maya area and no deforestation," says Sever. "The results were eye opening. Loss of all the trees caused a 3-5 degree rise in temperature and a 20-30 percent decrease in rainfall."
The results are telling, but more research is needed to completely explain the mechanisms of Mayan decline. Archeological records reveal that while some Maya city-states did fall during drought periods, some survived and even thrived.
Above: Deep in the Guatemalan jungle, Sever and Griffin study a crumbled "stele," a stone pyramid used by the Maya to record information or display ornately carved art. Sever and Griffin found the stele and other ruins hidden for more than 1,000 years during an expedition that relied on NASA remote-sensing technologies to pinpoint sites of ancient settlements. (NASA/T. Sever)
"We believe that drought was realized differently in different areas," explains Griffin. "We propose that increases in temperature and decreases in rainfall brought on by localized deforestation caused serious enough problems to push some but not all city-states over the edge."
The Maya deforested through the use of slash-and-burn agriculture – a method still used in their old stomping grounds today, so the researchers understand how it works.
"We know that for every 1 to 3 years you farm a piece of land, you need to let it lay fallow for 15 years to recover. In that time, trees and vegetation can grow back there while you slash and burn another area to plant in."
But what if you don't let the land lay fallow long enough to replenish itself? And what if you clear more and more fields to meet growing demands for food?
Right: A deadly cycle of drought, warming and deforestation may have doomed the Maya. [
Not only did drought make it difficult to grow enough food, it also would have been harder for the Maya to store enough water to survive the dry season.
"The cities tried to keep an 18-month supply of water in their reservoirs," says Sever. "For example, in Tikal there was a system of reservoirs that held millions of gallons of water. Without sufficient rain, the reservoirs ran dry." Thirst and famine don't do much for keeping a populace happy. The rest, as the saying goes, is history.
"In some of the Maya city-states, mass graves have been found containing groups of skeletons with jade inlays in their teeth – something they reserved for Maya elites – perhaps in this case murdered aristocracy," he speculates.
No single factor brings a civilization to its knees, but the deforestation that helped bring on drought could easily have exacerbated other problems such as civil unrest, war, starvation and disease.
Many of these insights are a result of space-based imaging, notes Sever. "By interpreting infrared satellite data, we've located hundreds of old and abandoned cities not previously known to exist. The Maya used lime plaster as foundations to build their great cities filled with ornate temples, observatories, and pyramids. Over hundreds of years, the lime seeped into the soil. As a result, the vegetation around the ruins looks distinctive in infrared to this day."
"Space technology is revolutionizing archeology," he concludes. "We're using it to learn about the plight of ancients in order to avoid a similar fate today."
Author: Dauna Coulter | Editor: Dr. Tony Phillips | Credit: Science@NASA
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Space Archeology -- by Tom Sever: "Much of human history can be traced through the impacts of human actions upon the environment. The use of remote sensing technology offers the archeologist the opportunity to detect these impacts which are often invisible to the naked eye."
Mayan Mysteries -- article by NASA's Earth Observatory about research on the Maya and modern-day efforts to protect both the people and the wildlife in the area.
Contributors to this research: Archeologist Dr. Tom Sever of UAHuntsville in Huntsville, Alabama; archeologist Dr. William Saturno of Boston University, who is a NASA Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignee; Rob Griffin, a PhD student at Pennsylvania State University in College Park, Pa, and current Visiting Professional at the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville; Dr. Udaysankar Nair, a research scientist in UAHuntsville's Earth System Science Center; Daniel Irwin, SERVIR Project Director at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center; and paleoclimatologist Dr. Bob Oglesby of the University of Nebraska.


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After all those rumors and leaks, the Apple iPhone 7 is officially here. Apple is not really good at keeping secrets so we have already learned about some of the features. However, there are some interesting features that the rumor mill failed to get and we are going to learn all about those right here including the Apple iPhone 7 Cairo price and specs.
There is no change in screen size so we get the same 4.7-inch LED backlit IPS LCD display. There were rumors about Apple planning to switch to 2K resolution but users get the same 1334 x 750 pixels resolution in this one. However, this time its water and dust resistance like the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 as its IP67 certified. The antenna bands are now placed at the top end of each part at the back of the phone and it's not even visible in the black versions. There is no change in the shape of the phone but it's slightly lighter than the iPhone 6S. The camera bump is still there which might be annoying for some users. Users get stereo speakers for the first time in iPhone. If you are planning to wait for the iPhone 7 release date Egypt, those two new colors are called matte-finish Black and Jet Black. However, there won't be any Space Gray this time.
For those who are looking for a change megapixel-wise, they will be greeted with the same 12-megapixel rear camera. According to Apple, this 12-megapixel single lens rear camera comes with f/1.8 and offers better low light performance now thanks to the new image signal processor that comes built in with the new A10 Fusion chip. The flash is not the same either and is now a quad-LED flash. There is Optical Image Stabilization as well which was missing in the iPhone 6S and was only a feature of the iPhone 6S Plus. The front camera has been also improved and is now a 7-megapixel one with f/2.2 and supports capturing 1080p videos at 30fps.
A major feature that can be a deal breaker for a lot of people is the battery life. Apple has claimed that the new battery should give iPhone 7 users two more hours thanks to the new four-core designed A10 Fusion chip. As the rumors suggested earlier, there won't be any 3.5mm headphone jack in the phone. However, there will be a 3.5mm headphone adapter to take care of things if you are not interested to go all lightning port just yet. The built-in storage options has been changed to 32GB, 128GB and 256GB which means no 16GB built-in storage option. As the new iPhone is here, the price of the older iPhones including iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will slightly decrease which means you can check these phones out without waiting for the iPhone 7 release date Egypt.
The iPhone 7 will cost the same as its predecessor which means the starting price will be around 11500 EGP when it's here. If you are satisfied with the iPhone 7 Cairo price, you don't have to wait for too long as the iPhone 7 release date Egypt is expected sometimes after September 16, 2016.
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Apple products are not so popular when it comes to its price tag so let's take a look at the iPhone 7 Cairo price before we get to the details. Nothing has been officially confirmed by Apple about the upcoming iPhone yet, but it's safe to say that the smartphone is going to cost quite a lot. The starting price of the iPhone 7 is expected to be around 11500 EGP when it's here. Now let's see if it's worth waiting for the iPhone 7 release date Egypt. Do remember that none of these information has been officially announced yet so take them with a grain of salt.
While the screen size is expected to remain the same, it's the design of the upcoming iPhone that will change. We didn't see any major change in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S design-wise so it will be exciting to see what the new design looks like. Judging from Apple's history, it's highly unlikely that the company will change the screen size. To make the smartphone thinner, the upcoming iPhone may not feature a full 3.5mm headphone jack.
Apple has recently replaced their good old 8-megapixel camera with a 12-megapixel one and they intend to keep it that way for now. However, there will be definitely some tweaks and improvement to look forward to. The battery life of the iPhone 6S was quite disappointing which will be slightly improved as well. One of the major expected changes is the boost in processor. According to one of the latest reports, the iPhone 7 is expected to pack a hexa-core processor with 2GB of RAM. Other notable features are: 3D Touch, wireless charger, dual camera and Touch ID. There is also the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and LG V10 that you can check out.
If you are satisfied with the iPhone 7 Cairo price, you can expect to see the smartphone earlier before September, 2016.
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Sitamarhi District Bihar
Geography of Sitamarhi
Geography of Sitamarhi
Geographical Profile
Latitude -- 26 ° 49 '
Longitude -- 85 ° 05 '
Total Area -- 2185.17 sq. km
International Border -- 90 kms
Bordering Districts / Countries
North -- Nepal
South -- Muzaffarpur
East -- Darbhanga, Madhubani
West -- East Champaran, Sheohar
Bagmati, Lakhandei, Adhwara
Topographically the district forma the part of Bihar plains.It is almost completely levelled. The only diversities are the fluvial actions of the rivers. The district can be divided into four natural divisions.
a) Land lying between Bagmati and Lakhandei
The area is generally low lying and prone to floods. Paddy and wheat are the main crops in the area covering Runnisaidpur, Belsand, part of Bairgania and Dumra blocks.
b) North-West region
The area is very low and always affected by flood in river Bagmati. Parts of Bathnaha, Riga, Majorganj and Dumra blocks form part of this region.
c) Area lying between Adhwara Group and Lakhandei river –
There are many 'chaurs' in this area. This area covers Bathnaha, Sonbarsa, part of Parihar, part of Sursand, Bajpatti, Nanpur and part of Pupri blocks.
d) Area lying between Adhwara and Nepal –
This area is famous for mango orchards and bamboo grooves. The fertility of this area is high.This region covers Sursand, Pupri and Parihar blocks.
Rainfall normally ranges between 1100mm to 1300mm. The maximum temperature ranges between 32 ºC and 41 °C. Humidity becomes high in the rainy season due to its proximity to Himalayas. The district also gets the winter rain which improves the prospect of the Rabi cultivation.
The soil of the district can be classified as loam, sandy-loam, clay and clay-loam in different regions. In the Bagmati some alluvial soil is found which is very good for Rabi cultivation. The soil of the district is rich in mineral elements except zinc needed for good crops.
Culture of Sitamarhi
Folk Arts
1. The world famous Madhubani painting is a popular art in the blocks adjacent to the district of Madhubani.
2. Jat-Jatni is a famous folk dance and song of the district. It is like Jhoomaar.
3. Jhinjhari is another folk dance of the district in which ladies dance with pots on their heads.
4. The bangles made of lacs are skillfully designed and made here. The lac bangles of Sitamarhi are very famous and are exported to different parts of the state.
Cuisine of Sitamarhi
Places of interest in Sitamarhi
Tourist Places, Religious Places and it's Importance
Janaki Temple, Sitamarhi District
About 1.5 Kms. Off he railway station and the bus stand, this is the birth place of Sita. Janaki-Kund is adjacent south of the temple.
Janaki Temple, Punaura, Sitamarhi District
This is about 5 Kms. west of Sitamarhi. This place claims the honour of being the birth place of Sita.
Deokuli (or Dhekuli), Sitamarhi District
It is 19 Kms. west of Sitamarhi town. An ancient Shiva Temple is situated here. A big fair takes place every year on the eve Shivaratri. Legends have it that Draupadi, the wife of five Pandavas was born here. Now it lies in the Sheohar district, carved out of Sitamarhi in 1994.
Haleshwar Sthan, Sitamarhi District
This is 3 Kms. noth-west of Sitamarhi. As the myth goes, the king Videha had founded a temple of Lord shiva on the occasion of Putra Yeshti Yajna. His temple was named as th Haleshwarnath temple.
Panth-Pakar, Sitamarhi District
It is 8 Kms. north-east of Sitamarhi. It is said that after her marriage, sita was carried in a palanquin to Ayodhya by this route. An old Banyan tree is still standing here under which she is said to have rested for a while.
Bodhayan-Sar, Sitamarhi District
This is the sacred place where Maharishi Bodhaya had written number of epics. The great sanskrit Grammarian Panini was one of his disciples. The renowned saint Deoraha Baba has laid the foundation of a Bodhayan temple here some 37 years ago.
Baghi Math, Sitamarhi District
Some 7 Kms. north-west of Sitamarhi, in Baghi village, there is a big Hindu monastery which contain 108 rooms. This is a famous place for worship and performing Yajna.
Pupri, Sitamarhi District
There is a famous Baba Nageshwarnath (Lord Shiva) temple here. It is said that Lord Shiva has himself had appeared as Nageshwar nath Mahadeo.
Goraul Sharif, Sitamarhi District
It is situated some 26 Kms. from Sitamarhi town. This is a very sacred place for Muslims, after Biharsharif and Phulwarisharif in Bihar.
Shukeshwar Sthan, Sitamarhi District
It is situated 26 Kms. north-west of Sitamarhi. This was the worship place of Sukhadev Muni, the great saint. A big and ancient temple, dedicated to Shukeshwarnath (Lord Shiva) still exists here.
Sabhagachhi Sasaula, Sitamarhi District
It is 20 Kms. west of Sitamarhi. This is a sacred place where Maithil Brahmins gather every year and hold matrimonial negotiations on a large scale, which finally leads to the marriages. This is a symbol of the ancient culture of Mithila.


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