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"The Challenger Disaster," starring William Hurt as the contrarian physicist who helped a presidential commission discover the rubber O-ring failure that caused the January 1986 space shuttle explosion, is Science Channel's first experiment in dramatic filmmaking.
Produced by the BBC (which aired it earlier this year), the film is an appropriately somber and smoothly told account of the Washington politics and cross-agency obfuscation that nearly derailed the commission's investigation into the disaster, which claimed the lives of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
Drawing largely from the late physicist Richard Feynman's memoir (titled "What Do You Care What Other People Think?"), "The Challenger Disaster" readily admits in an opening disclaimer that there's been a light touch of spackle here and there in the interest of narrative flow.
Some scenes are imagined or condensed from what really happened, including, I am compelled to point out, a real departure from the Dorothy Hamill-like bowl-cut that astronaut Sally Ride (played by "Nurse Jackie's" Eve Best) was sporting at the time, when she served with Feynman on the commission.
As Feynman, it takes the workmanlike Hurt a little too long to shuffle through the slate of go-to moods and characters he's played already, but he eventually lands on a unique and compelling take on the man. Feynman was a popular professor and Nobel laureate whose work on the first nuclear bombs left him, we are told here, with a permanent ambivalence about classified secrets and the potential danger in haste.
As the commission first convenes, "The Challenger Disaster" portrays Feynman as a rogue who is willing to press a question past the point of Beltway protocols. Not wasting any time (because he and his doctor know he's dying from cancer and kidney failure), Feynman's soon off to Florida and Alabama in defiance of the commission's chair (Brian Dennehy as William P. Rogers), poking around labs and making rocket scientists uncomfortable.
Feynman forges an unlikely but beneficial friendship with a forthright Air Force major general on the commission (Bruce Greenwood as Donald E. Kutyna), which leads him to a line of inquiry about the solid rocket boosters.
Eventually we get to that moment some may still remember, when, before his colleagues and a curious nation, Feynman dunked a piece of rubber in a glass of ice water to show how poorly it would have performed on that frosty morning at Cape Canaveral.
Frostiness is also an issue for the film, which prefers technical mysteries over the emotions that followed the disaster. Still, I like the idea that Science Channel might make more movies like this. Some of the most compelling stories of conflict and resolution, after all, come down to basic chemistry and physics.
(two hours) airs Saturday at 9 p.m.
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A new documentary about Bali's legendary beach gigolos, Cowboys in Paradise, led to a crackdown on the sex trade and the arrests of 28 "tanned and muscular men" this week. Lonely, sunburned European women with vacation braids are totally devastated.
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Wiper Operation
Motor Blocking Protection
The wiper park signal is also used by the BCU for blocking protection of the front wiper motor. This feature protects the motor in the event of the wiper operation being obstructed. If the BCU does not receive the wiper park signal fora period of 16 seconds, when the wiper motor is active, the BCU removes the power supply to the motor. The motor is disabled fora period of 3 minutes or until the ignition is switched off and on again. Even after the 3
minute period has elapsed
, the BCU will not automatically switch the motor onto prevent the risk of injury. The wiper switch must be moved off and then onto reactivate the wiper motor. The blocking protection is active in all wiper switch positions and can only be reset by turning the ignition off.
Rear Wipers
The rear wiper has the following functionality:
Intermittent operation l
intermittent wipe period l
Continuous reverse wipe function.
Wiper Operation
The rear wiper is operated by the wiper column control switch. Pushing the switch forward to the first latching position switches on the rear wiper. Moving the switch forward again to the non-latching position operates the rear wash/wipe function.
the rear wiper is selected on
, the wiper is operated in an intermittent mode, performing one complete wipe cycle at regular intervals. When reverse gear is engaged the rear wiper control module receives a reverse signal from the LCM.
If the rear wiper is on
, the control module operates the rear wiper continuously. The continuous wipe will continue until, reverse gear is disengaged or the rear wiper is switched off.
When rear wash/wipe
is selected
, the control module powers the washer pump for as long as the switch is held. When the switch is released, the control module initiates five complete wipe cycles. The first three wipe cycles are each accompanied by a 0.5 second operation of the rear washer pump. The final two cycles are to clear the tail door window and do not have a washer pump operation. If
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Engine management system – td6
Engine management system – v8
Fuel delivery system – td6
Fuel delivery system – v8
Cooling system – v8
Manifolds and exhaust system – td6
Manifolds and exhaust system – v8
Transfer box41-1
Automatic transmission – gm 5l40-e
Drive and propeller shafts
Air conditioning
Wipers and washers
Body control unit
Driving aids86-10-1
Td 6 – external view
Technical features
Engine datathe technical data is detailed below.description
Connecting rod and piston
Piston lubrication jets
Integrated oil cooler and filter assembly
Oil pressure switch
Crankshaft and sump components
Camshaft timing components
Cylinder head components
Inlet port configuration
Cylinder head gasket
Inlet and exhaust valves
Hydraulic lash adjusters and roller finger rockers
Engine mounts
Hydraulic engine mount
Valueengine speed
V8 – external view
Left bank5 — 8right bank
Crankcase ventilation system
Torsional vibration damper
Hydraulic valve adjustment tappets
Ancillary components and belt drive
Belt drive1
Cylinder bank components
Oil distribution flanges
Camshaft position impulse wheels
Management system.
Engine control module (ecm)
Ecm harness connector c pin details
Controller area network (can)
Pin no.description
App sensor output graph
Maf sensor values
Air mass kg/h
Engine coolant temperature
Fuel rail pressure sensor
Fuel rail pressure control valve
Brake light switch
Crankshaft position (ckp) sensor
Camshaft position (cmp) sensor
Exhaust gas recirculation (egr) modulator
Glow plug relay
Injection control
Fuel rail pressure
Smoke limitation
Variable nozzle turbine (vnt)
Crankshaft and camshaft synchronisation
Electric fuel pump and fuel rail pressure control valve
Air conditioning (a/c)
Cooling strategy
Electronic automatic transmission (eat) ecu strategy
Immobilisation system
Cruise control component location
Control switches
Accelerate/decelerate (+/–) switches
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Electric throttle control valve
Ambient barometric pressure sensor
Engine coolant temperature (ect) sensor
Knock sensors
Mass air flow/air intake temperature (maf/iat) sensor
Ho2s principle of operation
Vehicle speed signal
A/c request signals
Ignition coils
Fuel rail and injectors
Fuel injector
Heated thermostat
Ho2s and maf/iat sensor
Testbook/t4 diagnostics
P code no.component/signal
Variable camshaft control components
System components
Vcc transmission
Oil distribution flanges:
Maximum retard position
Maximum advance position
Camshaft impulse wheel position tools
Vcc transmission retard position set up tools
Steering wheel switches
Cruise control operation
Evap system1
Secondary air injection
Secondary air injection system components
Secondary air injection (sai) pump relay
Vacuum vent valve
Advance delivery pump
Secondary pump
High pressure fuel pump cross section
Pressure control valve
Pressure relief valve
Fuel cooler1
Fuel delivery system component
Fuel railtank leakage detection (nas only)
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V8 cooling system – sheet 2 of 2
Intake assembly
Exhaust gas recirculation (egr)
Exhaust manifold component layout
Exhaust manifold
Transfer box component location
Mass damper (td6 models only)
Planetary gearset
Fork and rail assembly
Motor and gearbox assembly
Torsen® differential
Transfer box ecu
Transfer box harness connector c pin details
Controller area network (can) bus
Neutral selection
Cold climate operation
High range operation
Torsen® differential operation
Gm le automatic transmission –
Torque converter
Fluid flow1
Stator functions
Uni-directional roller clutch
Tcc control valve
Fluid pump1
Pressure regulator solenoid
Drive clutches
Clutch released
One way free wheel clutch
Powerflow schematic diagram
Gear range reference chart
Inhibitor switch
Inhibitor switch track
N (neutral) – no torque transmitted to drive wheels ld (drive)
Manual +/– steptronic switch
Shift interlock solenoid
High/low range selector switch
Selector lever position switch
Manual/sport switch
Instrument pack
Transmission status display
Eat ecu harness connector c pin details
Diagnostic socket
Operationdriving modes
Manual (steptronic) mode
Default (limp home) mode
Reverse lock-out mode
Transmission fault status
Engine speed and throttle monitoring
Fluid flowtypical torque converter shown1
Lock-up clutch mechanism
A = unlocked conditionb
Valve block and solenoid valves
Shift control solenoids
One way free wheel clutch – typical
Planetary gear train
Temperature sensor resistance values
Selector lever
Transmission p codes
Engine warm-up mode
Drive and propeller shafts – component
Front drive shafts
Rear propeller shaft
Shaft bearing assembly
Differentials – component location
Front differential
Rear differential
Rear differential – sectional view
Operationdifferential operation
Steering column
Column adjustment
Steering lock
Steering lock ecu harness connector
Ignition switch lock harness connector
Power assisted steering (pas) pump and reservoir
Td6 pas pump and reservoir
Operationhydraulic circuit operation
Steering in right turn position
Steering lock ecu operation
Unlocking of steering lock
Detection of locking request
Suspension component location
Front suspension
Front suspension components
Anti-roll bar and links
Suspension links
Rear suspension
Upper and lower wishbones
Toe control arms
Air supply unit
Height sensors
External pressure relief valve
External pressure relief valve location
Periodic wake-up mode
Air suspension ecu harness connectors
Air suspension ecu harness connector c pin details
Standard ride height
Off-road ride height
Motorway ride height
Access ride height
Compressor timeout
Rapid acceleration
Axle articulation
Fault detection
Brake master cylinder, servo and fluid reservoir
Pre-charge pump
Brake pressure sensor
Hdc switch1
Wheel speed sensors
Steering angle sensor
Brake fluid level warning switch
Instrument pack warning lamps
System status
Abs ecu harness connector
Dynamic stability control (dsc)
Electronic traction control (etc)
Corner braking control (cbc)
Electronic brake distribution (ebd)
Emergency brake assist (eba)
Hill descent control (hdc)
Hill descent control enable criteria
Off-road abs control module programming
Hand brake component location
System specifications
Front seat belts
Srs dcu harness connector
Side impact sensor
Seat occupancy sensor
Seat belt switches
Driver airbag
Passenger airbag deployment
Side airbag deployment
Front and rear impact firing strategy
Child protection safety lock
Door module harness connectors c lh and rh pin details
Mirror fold1
Tail doortail door construction
Tail door operation
Lower tail door switch location
Interior mirror
Interior mirror harness connector
Universal transmitter
Descriptionfront seats
Manual seatsmanual seat — adjustment
Contour seats
Seat control unit
Seat control unit sub-systems
Seat power relay
Seat forward/backward motor
Seat cushion front up/down motor
Seat cushion rear up down motor
Seat squab forward/backward motor
Manual adjustment of drive motors
Temperature control unit
Seat heater elements
Only be operated while the engine is running.
Sunroof layout
Manual operation
Anti-trap function
Convenience operation
Consumer shutdown
Refrigerant system component
Fbh system component location
Refrigerant system
Refrigerant system schematic
Compressor assembly
Condenser assembly
Evaporator and thermostatic expansion valve
Air inlet housing
Low line heater assembly
Blower output stage
Fascia face level vent
Rear passenger face level vent
Typical control flap motor
Distribution ducts
Air distribution
Rear blower output stage
Low line control panel
High line control panel
Atc ecu harness connector c pin details
Refrigerant pressure sensor
Evaporator temperature sensor
Heater matrix temperature sensor
Auxiliary coolant pump
Sectioned view of fbh fuel pump
Changeover valve
Fbh remote handset
Engine idle speed control
Engine cooling fan control
Temperature control
Heater coolant circuit - without fbh
Ram air flap positions
Distribution flaps
Blower control
Defrost programme (high line system only)
Maximum ac (high line system only)
Rest heating (high line system only)
Rear passenger face level air (high line system only)
Windscreen heater (where fitted)
Rear window heater
Washer jet heaters
Heater coolant circuit - with fbh
Additional heating
Cool down times
Wipers and washers control diagram
Wiper linkage
Wiper arms1
Washer reservoir and pumps
Heated windscreen washer jets
Rain sensor1
Rain sensor functionality
Headlamp wipers
Operationfront wipers
Normal (slow) speed
Reservoir level sensor
Intermittent adjustment
Diagnosticslhd model shown1
Charging and starting component
Td6 starter motor
Battery fitment table
Battery typev8 models
Passenger compartment fusebox
Passenger compartment fusebox relays
Electronic control unit
Light check module (lcm)
Exterior bulb type/rating table
Alarm indications
Redundant data storage
Headlamp assembly
Bi-xenon headlamps
Safety precautions
Bi-xenon / halogen beam comparison
Xenon headlamp construction
Crash signal activation
Front side and direction indicator lamp assembly
Front fog lamps
Side repeater lamps
Number plate lamps
Main beam/direction indicator column control switch
Trailer module harness connector c pin details
Light control switch illumination
Light control switch position
Automatic headlamp levelling (xenon headlamps only)
Instrument pack warning lamp illumination
Interior lighting component location
Front and rear interior lamps and map reading lamps
Door puddle lamps
Automatic operation
Crash signal operation
Bcu component location
Car/key memory
Load disconnection
Busbaud rate (kbit/s)
Locking and alarm component layout –
Locking and alarm systems
Side door latch
Upper tail door internal release switch
Lower tail door release switch
Rf remote handset
Rf receiver (where fitted)
Alarm system status indications
Alarm modealarm led
Alarm triggering limits
Immobilisation ecu harness connector
Tail door opening
Automatic locking
Repetition blocking
Lockout protection
Perimetric sensing
Windows component layout
Door module harness connectors c and c pin details
One-shot opening and closing
Convenience opening and closing
Mid audio system
Mid controls1
Mid harness connector c pin details
Multi-function display audio system
Mfd harness connector c pin details
Radio module harness connector c pin details
Cd autochanger harness connector c pin details
Amplifier harness connector c pin details
Dsp harness connector c pin details
Cassette operation
Mini disc operation
Mid function tests
Led function test
High line audio operation
Manual station selection
Traffic message channel
Regional stations
Cd autochanger operation
Television operation
Navigation system component location
New range rover navigation system
Navigation computer
Caution: if the unit is disconnected before the led goes out the computer could fail to complete its data
Navigation computer harness connector c pin details
Multi-function display
Multi-function display cassette slot
Entering a destination
Destination guide
Navigation system diagnostics
Ecu fault codes
Navigation / graphic element
Telephone system component location
Lamp statussystem status
Eject box harness connector c pin details
Tcu harness connector
Steering wheel switch pack
Voice recognition microphone
Voice operation of the navigation system
Ultrasonic sensors
I bus messages
Tpm reset switch
Tpm ecu harness connector c pin details
Wheel identification
Wheel confirmation
Pressure monitoring
Vandal monitoring
Instrument pack – front view
Analogue instruments
Warning lampillumination
Fuel level gauge
Liquid crystal display (lcd)
Coolant temperature
Ambient temperature sensor resistance/temperature values
Priority group p1
Priority group p3
Special messages sand s1
Message centre messages
Remaining distance display
Service interval indicator reset procedure
Gear position display
On-board computer
Computer controls – mid
Security code
On-board computer functions with column stalk switch
Mfd programming
Mid programming
Bus systemsingle/dual line
Instrument pack harness connectors
Test function no – instrument pack identification
Test numberfunction description
Test function no. 2 – system test
Test function no. 3 – service interval indicator data
Test function no. 5 – range consumption and range momentary value
Test function no. 6 – tank content values and display value
Test function no. 7 – momentary values for engine coolant temperature, engine speed and ambient
Test function no. 8 – momentary values for effective and displayed speed in km/h
Signalerror condition
Test function no. 11 – read units display
Test function no. 12 – average speed for arrival time calculation
Test function no. 14 – read self diagnostic error bytes
Test function no. 15 – display of input/output port status
Test function no. 16 – momentary value for engine oil temperature
Test function no. 17 – minute counter for radio controlled clock
Test function no. 20 – entry of correction factor for fuel consumption
Test function no. 21 – software reset
Operationwarning lamp activation
Warning lamp functionality
Supplementary restraint system (srs)
General brake warning / emergency brake assist warning
Engine oil pressure
Malfunction indicator lamp (mil) (check engine soon – nas)
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Digital SLR Photography For Dummies eLearning Course Access Code Card (6 Month Subscription)
Langue : Anglais
Auteur : HOLMES Mark
∗∗The purchase of this card includes an access code that is entered and fulfilled at the For Dummies eLearning Center. You will receive access to the course for six (6) months from date of access code entry. Details are inside the card. For Dummies eLearning Courses are the perfect way to get you up–to–speed on a new skill! With integrated audio and video instruction, including screencasts, illustrations, animations, and video, as well as course interactivity to immediately reinforce what you've learned, For Dummies is making learning easier. You'll learn to recognize and use all the controls on your dSLR camera and how to change lenses. Then you'll find out about key photographic principles: composition, exposure, focus, using flash, working with color, and getting great images. In each lesson, you'll find clear, expert instruction, interactive quizzes, hands–on activities, summaries, and a way to review topics so you can progress at your own pace. The course covers: • How a dSLR differs from a point–and–shoot camera • What the various controls do and how to use the built–in flash • Steps for viewing your pictures in the camera • How to set shutter speed, ISO, and aperture • All about color adjustment and white balance • Tips on avoiding red–eye • Details about various lenses and what they do • Advice on choosing an autofocus point • And much more!
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I have an algorithm that segments depth images using surface fitting. At the moment the algothim uses least squares polymonial fitting, but polynomials are not powerful enough to fit the shapes that are in these images. I replaced the explicit polynomial $z = f(x,y)$, with the implicit fitting problem $f(x,y,z) = 0$. Where $x$ and $y$ are the pixels location and $z$ is the value of the pixel and $f$ is a polynomial. A classic problem with many nice linear solutions. This did make the fitting much more powerful, but this left me with a problem I have been unable to solve for a while now. Once I had the least squares solution to the implicit poly, I had to solve for z, not easy at all, but I could search for the minimum (there are only 256 possible pixel values to search through after all). THE problem is that there was more than one solution for z! Where a pixel can only have one value. That is, once the implicit poly was solved for z there were several roots.
So my question is;
How do I formulate a least squares minimization problem for a single root? What contraints must I add?
This might not be completely clear so here is an example: You have a set of noisy data points $\{x,y\}$ that form a semi-circle about the origin in the positive y only. I want to fit $f(x,y) = 0$ to the data points, or to be pricise, a circle. $f == x^2 + y^2 + c = 0$.
The least squares minimization problem is a nice simple linear $\min_c \sum_{i=0}^n (x_i^2 + y_i^2 + c)^2$ but I am only interested minimizing the datapoints distance to the positive half of the circle. Solving for $y$ and taking the positive root gives us $y_i = \sqrt{-c-x_i^2}$. Giving us the acutal minimization problem as $\min_c \sum_{i=0}^n (y_i - \sqrt{-c-x_i^2})^2$ NOT a nice linear problem at all. These two minimisation problems will give differnt results since the negative half of the circle should not try to fit itself to any data points. How can i constrain the linear problem so that it is an equivelent to minimizing to a single root?
Or in general constrin $\min_{ijk} (\sum_{i,j,k}a_{ijk}x^iy^jz^k)^2$ to a minimization to a single root in $z$?
I hope this makes sence and sorry for the length but this has been annoying me for weeks.


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NEW ORLEANS -- The San Francisco 49ers played more than 21 quarters of playoff football without throwing an interception. Colin Kaepernick ended that streak in the second quarter of Super Bowl XLVII in an ugly sequence.
|The much-anticipated matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers has come. Take a look at the best images from Super Bowl XLVII.
Kaepernick sailed a pass to Randy Moss, and it was picked off by Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed, who was roaming on the play.
Reed had been in and out of Sunday's game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome with a knee injury, but he looked plenty healthy on the interception.
Following the play, Ravens cornerback Corey Graham and 49ers offensive tackle Joe Staley were penalized for getting into a fight that lasted well after the play.
Ravens cornerback Cary Williams had to be restrained and was lucky not to be penalized, too. It appeared Williams made contact with an official during the scrum, and a league source told NFL.com's Ian Rapoport that the incident will be reviewed after the game, as is the case with every possible infraction.
Super Bowl XLVII has been a little chippy thus far. And finally, Kaepernick has looked like a starting quarterback without a lot of game experience, bobbling a snap and nearly throwing an interception another time.
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the "The Battlelands Evolution Mod" (TBL_EVO) is running under Warzone 3.1.0 (Multiplayer-Mod)
This Mod is licensed "CC BY-SA 3.0 + GPL v2+"
The whole TBL_EVO Mod is divided into 4 Parts: Advanced Warfare MK1 to MK4
The Idea behind TBL_EVO was, to add to the existing technologies f.e. radioactivity to Missiles. So they cause intense or timelasting burn-damage. Also Upgrades for Vehicle, Cyborg and Structure Materials/Platings are included. Additional stronger Vehicle-Bodys are also included.
There is also included a Development-Test-Research called "X100 Development", which unlocks "X1 Fast Search" and "X1 Fast Credit" to speed up evolution testing of this Mod. In the final stage of this Mod, it this feature will be excluded.
Finally it contains a Long-Range Ballistic Missile Site and 2 kinds of Bastions with muli-waepons.
In the depth of the folders there lay ideas from me. Prototypes. Some have never made it onto the surface of this Mod.
Lang, lang time ago, I did start up with this Mod.
Now, I rediscovered it, got Warzone Stats Editor going, fixing and changing stuff.
I had to re-discover my own Mod
It only runns under Warzone 3.1, not 3.2.
This is an uncomplete List of the different Research Technologies:
Additional X100 Development
X1 Fast Search
X1 Fast Credit
Advanced Warfare MK1:
Light Body - Milan
Medium Body - Falcon
Mini-Rocket Develon
Mini-Rocket Develon Tower
Mini-Rocket Develon Bunker
Triptohon Rocket
Triptohon Rocket Bunker
Hellfire Rocket (AA)
Hellfire Rocket (AA) Site
Advanced Warfare MK2:
Heavy Body - Pantao
Eraser-Shield (AG) (Freezing Ground Units)
Eraser-Shield (AA) (Freezing Air Units)
Syringe Rocket (AA)
Syringe Rocket (AA) Emplacement
Repair Turret MK3
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What's Wrong, and How To Make It Right
The code correctly executes the subrange sorts in parallel. Unfortunately, what it doesn't do is encapsulate and localize the concurrency, because this version of the code doesn't guarantee that the subrange sorts will be complete before it returns to the caller. Why not? Because the code failed to join with the spawned work. As illustrated in Figure 1, subtasks can still be running while the caller may already be executing beyond its call to Quicksort. The execution is unstructured; that is, unlike normal structured function calls, the execution of subtasks does not nest properly inside the execution of the parent task that launched them, but is unbounded and nondeterministic.
The failure to join actually causes two related but distinct problems:
- Completion of side effects: The caller expects that when the function returns the data in the range is sorted.
- Synchronization: The caller expects Quicksort won't still be accessing the data in the range, which would race with the caller's subsequent uses of that same data.
Remember, to the caller this appears to be a synchronous method. The caller expects all side effects to be completed, and has no obvious way to wait for them to complete if they're not.
Fortunately, the fix is easy: Just make sure that each invocation of Quicksort not only spawns the subrange sorting in parallel, but also waits for the spawned work to complete. To illustrate the idea, the following corrected example will use a future type along the lines of futures available in Java and in C++0x, but any kind of task handle that can be waited for will do:
// Example 3: Parallelized quicksort, take 2 (fixed) void Quicksort( Iter first, Iter last ) { // If the range is small, synchronous sort is usually faster. if( distance( first, last ) < limit ) { OtherSort( first, last ); return; } // 1. Pick a pivot position somewhere in the middle. // Move all elements smaller than the pivot value to // the pivot's left, and all larger elements to its right. Iter pivot = Partition( first, last ); // 2. Recurse to sort the subranges. Run the first // asynchronously, while this thread continues with // the second. future fut = pool.run( [=]{ Quicksort( first, pivot ); } ); Quicksort( pivot, last ); // 3. Join to ensure we don't return until the work is complete. fut.wait(); }
As illustrated in Figure 2, just making parent tasks wait for their subtasks makes the execution nicely structured, bounded, and deterministic. We've implemented a barrier where everyone including the caller waits before proceeding, and thus returned the desired amount of synchronicity:
- Completion of side effects: We guarantee that when the function returns, it has done its full job and the range is sorted.
- Synchronization: After the function returns, some part of its work won't still be accessing the data, and so won't invisibly race with the caller's subsequent uses of the data.
Table 2 illustrates the differences between structured and unstructured lifetimes in the form of a little artsy photo sequence. In the following descriptions, notice how consistently we use synonyms for our four keywords: local, nested, bounded, and deterministic.
- Structured: As illustrated on the left side of Table 2, structured lifetimes are like Russian dolls. They nest cleanly, so that each doll fits entirely inside the next larger one. As the program is assembled and executed, each subgroup can be manipulated as a unit. When fully assembled, every individual part is nicely encapsulated and in a well-known place, easy to understand and reason about.
- Unstructured (initial intent): When we first buy into unstructured lifetimes, we think we're buying into the middle picture of raw pasta. We start out with a manageable handful of stiff little independent and parallel lifetimes that don't twist or cross very much. Life is good, at least in the initial PowerPoint design…
- Unstructured (in practice): Unfortunately, as the final picture shows, we end up with something quite different. Software under maintenance behaves a lot like pasta: Once it's cooked and combined with other ingredients, the unstructured threads don't stay easy to grasp and easy to separate, but rather get intertwined and easier to break. What we actually wind up with ends up being quite slippery -- in the worst case, "spaghetti code."
Just because some work is done concurrently under the covers, behind a synchronous API call, doesn't mean there isn't any sequential synchronization with the caller. When a synchronous function returns to the caller, even if it did internal work in parallel it must guarantee that as much work as is needed is fully complete, including all side effects and uses of data.
Where possible, prefer structured lifetimes: ones that are local, nested, bounded, and deterministic. This is true no matter what kind of lifetime we're considering, including object lifetimes, thread or task lifetimes, lock lifetimes, or any other kind. Prefer scoped locking, using RAII lock-owning objects (C++, C# via using) or scoped language features (C# lock, Java synchronized). Prefer scoped tasks, wherever possible, particularly for divide-and-conquer and similar strategies where structuredness is natural. Unstructured lifetimes can be perfectly appropriate, of course, but we should be sure we need them because they always incur at least some cost in each of code complexity, code clarity and maintainability, and run-time performance. Where possible, avoid slippery spaghetti code, which becomes all the worse a nightmare to build and maintain when the lifetime issues are amplified by concurrency.
Thanks to Scott Meyers for his valuable feedback on drafts of this article.
[1] E. Dijkstra. "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" (Communications of the ACM, 11(3), March 1968). Available online at search engines everywhere.
[2] Here is one example of why deterministic destruction/dispose matters for performance: In 2003, the microsoft.com website was using .NET code and suffering performance problems. The team's analysis found that too many mid-life objects were leaking into Generation 2 and this caused frequent full garbage collection cycles, which are expensive. In fact, the system was spending 70% of its execution time in garbage collection. The CLR performance team's suggestion? Change the code to dispose as many objects as possible before making server-to-server calls. The result? The system spent approximately 1% of its time in garbage collection after the fix.
[3] C# mistakenly called the finalizer the "destructor," which it is not, and this naming error has caused no end of confusion.
[4] E. Lee. "The Problem with Threads" (University of California at Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Technical Report, January 2006). http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2006/EECS-2006-1.pdf.
[5] The new parallel task runtimes (e.g., Microsoft's Parallel Patterns Library and Task Parallel Library, Intel's Threading Building Blocks) are heavily optimized for structured task lifetimes, and their interfaces encourage structured tasks with implicit joins by default. The resulting performance and determinism benefits are some of the biggest improvements they offer over older abstractions like thread pools and explicit threads. For example, knowing tasks are structured means that all their associated state can be allocated directly on the stack without any heap allocation. That isn't just a nice performance checkmark, but it's an important piece of a key optimization achievement, namely driving down the cost of unrealized concurrency -- the overhead of expressing work as a task (instead of a synchronous function call), in the case when the task is not actually executed on a different thread -- to almost nothing (meaning on the same order as the overhead of an ordinary function call).
[6] The key to avoiding deadlock is to acquire locks in a deterministic and globally recognized order. Although releasing locks in reverse order is not as important for avoiding deadlock, it is usually natural. The key thing for keeping lock lifetimes structured is to release any locks the function took at least by the end of the function, which makes code self-contained and easier to reason about. Even when using a technique like hand-over-hand locking where lock release is not in reverse order of lock acquisition, locking should still be scoped so that all locks a function took are released by the time the function returns. See also H. Sutter. "Use Lock Hierarchies to Avoid Deadlock" (Dr. Dobb's Journal, 33(1), January 2008). Available online at http://www.ddj.com/hpc-high-performance-computing/204801163.
[7] H. Sutter. "Effective Concurrency: Avoid Exposing Concurrency -- Hide It Inside Synchronous Methods" (Dr. Dobb's Digest, October 2009). Available online at http://www.ddj.com/go-parallel/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600388 .
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- The Yemeni community of South Shields, England is one of the UK's oldest Muslim populations
- In 1977, boxer Muhammad Ali visited and had his marriage blessed in the mosque
- Artist Tina Gharavi has created an exhibition documenting the stories of the community's elders
- She says she wants to capture the tales of this disappearing world
Film-maker and artist Tina Gharavi grew up idolizing Muhammad Ali, the trailblazing American boxing great who was a hero to her Iranian father and millions of others around the world.
"My dad had incredible love for him," she told CNN at the opening of her latest exhibition, "The Last of the Dictionary Men," currently on display in London's Mosaic Rooms gallery. "It was the first time I saw a very strong black person, who was so unapologetic and beautiful."
So when she moved to South Shields -- a coastal town with a maritime heritage in northeast England -- and heard that one of the 20th century's most celebrated athletes had had his marriage blessed in an Islamic ceremony at the local mosque, she found it hard to believe.
"I said 'What?' I'd lived in the north for eight years and never heard about it. I knew I had to find out more."
Ali, she learned, had visited South Shields in 1977 with his new wife, Veronica Porsche, and their baby daughter Hana, in response to an invitation to come to the area to raise money for the Boys Club, a British charitable organization.
The visit -- which drew thousands out lining the streets to watch his procession through the town -- reached its high point with a marriage blessing ceremony by the imam at the town's Al-Azhar Mosque.
Intrigued by the story, Gharavi spent two years making a film -- "The King of South Shields" -- about Ali's unlikely visit, which led to an enduring relationship with the town's longstanding Yemeni community, whose mosque had hosted the boxer and for whom the day had provided an important validation of their sometimes tenuous place in British society.
In the process of making the film, she realized that many of the elders of the South Shields Yemenis -- one of the UK's oldest Muslim and Arab communities -- were passing away, their rich stories vanishing with them.
"I was seeing something that was about to disappear and I thought this is so fascinating, I need to capture this," she said. "Now their world is almost gone."
She set about preserving some of that world with "The Last of the Dictionary Men," which features a series of interviews with 14 of the last surviving members of the first generation of South Shields' Yemenis, recounting their experiences as migrants to the U.K., and a series of large portraits of the men by Egyptian photographer Youssef Nabil.
The outsized portraits, said Gharavi, hand-colored in the style of old Egyptian movie posters, were intended to present the men "in a way that aggrandizes them," in contrast to the "social realist" depictions that had typically been used to portray their community.
"Whenever they were shown, they'd typically be in the mosque, everything would look very miserable and a bit dirty," she said. "I thought that's not who they are. They were funny, they would flirt with me and were full of life."
The name of the exhibition, she said, referred to lines written by the Yemeni poet Abdullah al-Baradduni, who wrote in 1995 that "our land is the dictionary of our people."
The story of South Shields' Yemeni community began in the 1890s, when seamen from the British ruled Aden Protectorate -- now part of modern day Yemen -- began working on British ships, eventually finding their way to port towns in Britain. The UK's first mosque was opened in Cardiff, Wales, by Yemenis who had come to Britain as seamen.
Gharavi said the Yemenis were recruited by the British as they made good sailors -- they didn't drink, and could handle the heat of the engine room furnaces well.
During the First World War, the British government began encouraging Yemeni men into the country to make up for a manpower shortage brought about by the conflict. By the war's end, the Yemeni population of the northern shipping town had risen to about 3,000, and as many as 800 had been killed on merchant navy supply ships at sea.
"They were working on ships that the German were very keen to bomb, so there's an extraordinary number of Yemeni men who died," said Gharavi.
But the new arrivals were not initially welcomed by the public at large. Discrimination meant they found it hard to find accommodation, with the seamen mostly forced to live in boarding houses -- the first of which opened in the town in 1909 -- largely isolated from the wider community.
After the war, the boarding houses suffered attacks intended to drive the Arabs from the town. Perceptions of unfair treatment in the workplace led to riots in 1919 and 1930, and eventually led to the council segregating the community by building an estate to house the Yemenis.
But by the 1940s, attitudes towards the community began to change, and Yemenis began marrying into the wider community. As part of her research, Gharavi commissioned a survey team to ask 100 people on South Shields' main street about their ancestry, and about one in four claimed some Yemeni heritage.
Today, many of those South Shields locals -- who speak with the distinctive northeastern accent known as Geordie -- are returning to Yemen to reconnect with the culture of their forefathers, said Gharavi. South Shields' Arab community is often held up as an example of an immigration success story.
"The Yemeni have been incredibly dutiful to this country," she said. "They've worked very hard for this country, and they love Britain very much because they know what they've gotten from here."
For his part, Saeed Mohamed Aklan Ghaleb, one of the men profiled in the exhibition, was nonplussed by the attention.
"When the people came to talk and take the picture, we didn't know this would happen," he said, bemused by the art crowd gathered at the exhibition's opening.
He arrived in South Shields as a seaman in 1967, and returns every two years. "It brings back memories," he said of the portraits, adding that he had a copy of his portrait hanging in his home.
Gharavi said that in her eyes the community's humility was the reason the community had integrated into Britain so successfully.
"They go into a community and they assimilate, they adopt the rule of where they live and that's the reason the Yemeni have sort of disappeared in a sense."
It was part of the reason she thought their story should be heard.
"There is that swing at the moment in Britain -- a concern that 'These guys are invading, this is problematic.' It's not problematic. These guys have been here since 1890 and it's going fine."


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NORTON, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's indoor track and field teams acquitted themselves well at the Wheaton Invitational at the Beard Field House Saturday.
The men finished second in a 10-team field, losing to host Wheaton by a single point, 119-118. The women finished fifth of 12 teams with 34 points, seven points behind fourth-place Brandeis and 13 points ahead of sixth-place Salem State. The host Lyons were first with 207 points.
The men took three of the top four spots in the mile, with junior Tim Whelan (Abington, MA/Abington HS) finishing first in 4:30.38, freshman Kevin Gilmore (Hanson, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) second in 4:33.42, and junior Derek Stevens (Swampscott, MA/Swampscott HS) fourth in 4:35.61. Whelan and Stevens ran in the unseeded heat, and Gilmore ran in the seeded heat. Stevens had to run the last 600 yards with one shoe after losing a shoe with three laps remaining. Graduate student Eric Holmes (Abington, MA/Abington HS) was first at 800 meters in 1:59.54, while junior Erik Gonzalez (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) was fourth in 2:02.47. Sophomore Kevin Markie (North Attleboro, MA/Nichols) won the triple jump with a leap of 42 feet, 1 ¼ inches, while senior Jimmy Knuuttila (Lunenburg, MA/Lunenburg HS) took the high jump at 5-6. In the 55 meter hurdles, sophomore Nick Deininger (North Attleboro, MA/North Attleboro HS) was second in 8.31 seconds, sophomore Marcus Williams (Worcester, MA/Doherty HS) was third in 8.38 and sophomore Jeff Beal (Townsend, MA/North Middlesex HS) fourth at 8.46. The distance medley relay team of Whelan, Gonzalez, Holmes and Gilmore came from behind to win in 11:07.76. Wheaton won the final event, the 4 x 400 meter relay, to clinch first place in the meet.
For the women, sophomore Jermai Harrison (Brockton, MA/Brockton HS) finished first in the shot put at 37 feet, 11 ¾ inches. Freshman Brittany Cole (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) was fourth at 34-11, and senior Hilary Baker (Middleborough, MA/Middleborough HS) was fifth at 33-10 ¼. Sophomore Linee Mello-Frost (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) was third in the 55 meter hurdles at 9.00 seconds, freshman Patience Noah (Framingham, MA/Keefe Tech) was fifth in the triple jump at 31-7 ½, and the 4 x 200 meter relay team of Mello-Frost, freshman Kristina Lundquist (Yarmouthport, MA/Dennis-Yarmouth HS), Noah and sophomore Briley Morrill (Whitman, MA/Whitman-Hanson HS) was third in 1:55.70.
"Our men came in with a goal of being able to compete for first place, and I was pleased that we were in a position where it came down to the last relay at the end of the meet," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Steve Gardiner. "I was pleased with our performance, and our enthusiasm. This is a step forward for us, and it's good to have the mind set that you are going into a meet with a chance to win. Our women are also progressing. We have some good individual performances every week,, but Wheaton is one of the best Division III teams in the country. Our women gave us a good effort, and I'm proud of them as well."
The Corsairs will return to action when they travel to Tufts next Saturday.


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HONOLULU, Hawai'i - A balanced offense with four players posting double figure kills totals helped lead the No. 14 UC Santa Barbara men's volleyball team to a 3-1 MPSF victory over No. 12 Hawai'i Thursday in front of 2,226 at the Stan Sheriff Center.
UCSB (5-11, 3-10 MPSF) got 23 kills from Jeff Menzel. He was followed by Scott Slaughter (19), Jake Rosener (18), and Trey Valbuena (15), who all recorded career-highs in kills. Setter Vince DeVany amassed a career-best 79 assists, while Menzel and Rosener completed double-doubles with 10 digs apiece. Libero Andy McGuire had a match-high 15 digs.
Hawai'i (3-11, 2-9 MPSF) also had four players in double figures for kills including Joshua Walker (30), Steven Grgas (15), Jarrod Lofy (12), and Sean Carney (10).
The Warriors led 15-11 midway through the first set and extended their lead to as much as 22-17 before a 6-1 Gaucho run tied the score at 23. After a UH timeout, the Warriors jumped ahead 26-23 with a pair of kills by Carney and a Gaucho hitting error. Walker ended it with his sixth kill. Grgas led UH with seven kills in the set.
In the second frame, the Gauchos jumped out to a 3-0 lead. The Warriors held a brief 6-5 lead before UCSB rebounded with a 6-2 run to take a three-point lead. UH eventually tied the score at 17 with consecutive aces by Rawson and Nejc Zemljak and regained the lead at 22-21 on back-to-back blocks. The Gauchos answered back with the help of Hawai'i service and hitting errors. The teams sided out until UCSB ended it with consecutive kills by Menzel.
UCSB led for a good part of set three. The Gauchos led 11-8 and maintained a three-point lead until the Warriors tied it at 23 with three straight UCSB errors. The teams traded side-outs the rest of the way. The Warriors served for the set six times while the Gauchos had six tries of their own, finally ending it on two straight blocks.
In the fourth set, no team had a lead greater than three until a controversial no-call went in UCSB's favor for a 25-21 lead. The Gauchos held on for a 30-26 win.
It was the fifth consecutive win over Hawai'i for Santa Barbara. It was also the Gauchos' first road victory of the season.
Santa Barbara closes out its longest road trip of the season as it matches up against Hawai'i again on Friday (10 p.m. PT).
The next home match will be a non-conference tilt against George Mason on Mar. 11 (7 p.m.). Tickets are available online at UCSBgauchos.com, by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (805) 893-UCSB, or by visiting the ticket office in the Intercollegiate Athletics building on campus.
**UCSB - a nationally recognized university in both academic and athletic excellence - is located on the central coast of California in a picturesque campus and community setting on the Pacific Ocean. Each year over 450 NCAA Division I Gaucho student-athletes compete for national championships, succeed in the classroom, and give back to the community.**
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2153 mirrors twist and turn at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Experimental Solar Thermal Power Plant in Jülich, directing sunlight onto a 22-square-metre receiver. TerraSAR-X, the German radar satellite operated by DLR, can also detect the mirrors as they follow the Sun – from more than 500 kilometres above Earth. The reflections of the radar signals make the tower and mirror array appear as bright spots of light.
Christmas Island is a 135-square-kilometre island in the Indian Ocean. In the image acquired with the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X radar satellite, one thing is clear – even today, tropical rainforest proliferates on the island and the coastal cliffs continue to make life difficult for mariners.
British researchers have used images acquired by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite to create a map showing changes in the Santorini archipelago. The cause of the deformation is the Santorini volcano located beneath the archipelago. In some places, the Kameni Islands inside the flooded caldera have risen by eight to 14 centimetres. The breadth of the caldera as a whole has increased by about 14 centimetres since early 2011. In the analysis of the radar data, the red and yellow shading shows the areas where the ground has risen the most. The main island of Thira is unaffected by the deformation, thus appearing blue.
The German Aerospace Center's (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X radar satellite orbits Earth at an altitude of 514 kilometres. It acquired this image of the Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA at 13:40 local time on 23 June 2009. The black represents areas of water, where radar signals transmitted by the satellite are reflected away by the smooth surface of the water. The city of Wendover is conspicuous in the upper half of this space radar image, with the orange colouring indicating a strong increase in the local variance of the return signal, due to direct or multiple reflections off the buildings and streets.
Between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney island of South Ronaldsay, the water flows at very high speed. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X radar satellites make it possible to identify and analyse these currents from space.
Using TerraSAR X data, Berlin Central Station was measured horizontally and vertically over the course of a year. In the warm season, the steel structure of the building expands; in winter, it contracts again. Based on the coloured dots, the maximum deformation in the course of one year can be seen to be in the millimetre range. The horizontal movement is visible in the left-hand image, and the vertical movement of the station structure is shown in the right-hand image.
Stefan Gernhardt, TU München.
Radar signals from the TerraSAR-X satellite can penetrate the upper layers of snow and ice that cover the Mackenzie River in Canada. The shades of colour enable DLR researchers to draw conclusions about the ice formations and various subsurfaces.
The tents and vehicles are clearly visible in this radar image. The artificial structures have been coloured to make them more easily visible; the actual radar image is black and white.
In this image of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle region, acquired by TerraSAR-X on 6 July 2011, a newly formed lava field is visible northwest of the prominent Puyehue crater. The light blue coloured area is the lava field that has formed to the west of the new crater.
TerraSAR-X provides a detailed view of the city from over 500 kilometres up. The airport can be seen to the west – the taxiways and runways reflect the radar signals away from the satellite, causing the asphalt surfaces to appear as black lines. There is dense housing where yellow is predominates. The construction of the Bosphorus bridges has been a primary driver for the growth of the city. The urbanisation snakes along the Bosphorus right down to the Black Sea. In the city itself, only a few areas remain undeveloped and are thus shown in green. This is the case on the headland where the Golden Horn, an inlet, extends into the European part. Having an exclusive panoramic view of the city and few neighbours, this is where the Topkapi Palace, the former residence and seat of government of the Sultans, is located. Even the ships that sail on the Sea of Marmara or the Bosphorus do not escape the 'radar eyes' of TerraSAR-X.
This TerraSAR-X image, acquired on 12 March 2011, shows that the port of the Japanese city of Sendai has been devastated by the tsunami. The magenta-coloured areas reveal the extent of damage in the form of boulders and debris deposits; the blue areas are flooded.
Dieses Bild zeigt die Auswirkungen des Tsunamis in einem Vorher-The effects of the tsunami are shown in a before and after comparison of the Japanese coast between 5 September 2010 (left) and the 12 March 2011 (right). Data: Rapid Eye.
DLR/Rapid Eye.
A small island obstructs the constant flow of the ice shelf on Queen Maud Land – it is the lighter area at the bottom left of the image. From September 2010 until it broke off, Iceberg A 62 was connected to the Fimbul Ice Shelf by a mere 800-metre-wide bridge. Two fissures in the ice from different sides of the bridge approached one another until the break occurred. The images transmitted by the radar satellite TerraSAR-X over a long period of time should enable researchers to achieve a better understanding of how icebergs calve. Until now, glaciologists have not been able to predict where and how much ice will break away each year.
The detailed picture of around 30 kilometres sent from the TerraSAR-X radar satellite shows the Antarctic Nimrod Glacier flowing around the Kon-Tiki Nunatak, a rock protruding through the ice sheet. It is even possible to pick out the fissures in the glacier's main body.
This TanDEM-X image shows Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flats in the world covering 10,000 square kilometres, located next to the volcanic region of the Atacama Desert. The blue to dark blue areas show the lowest lying parts of the salt flats. A trained eye can see the boundaries of rock deposits in the three-dimensional model. This information about landscape features helps us draw important conclusions about the origins and development of the area.
This image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite shows an area of the West African country of Gabon. The forest cover spans 210,000 square kilometres – 70 percent of the country's entire land area. The satellite image shows an uninhabited area around 60 kilometres south east of the capital, Libreville, in the vicinity of the Komo River delta. The flat surface of the river itself reflects the radar signals away from the satellite and appears as a dark area in the image. The forested area, on the other hand, has a rough texture when seen from space, which returns the radar signal to the TerraSAR-X at varying intensities. Such images enable scientists at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, to contribute to the United Nations' Global Forest Resources Assessment. This is the first time radar imaging from space has been used for this purpose.
The first bistatic radar image acquired by the twin satellites TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X shows the Italian volcano Mount Etna, on the east coast of Sicily. On the left of the image, below the flank of the volcano, the city of Catania can be seen as a collection of bright points. This image, acquired while the satellites were orbiting at a distance of only 350 metres from one another, is the world's first to be made using such a close satellite formation.
TerraSAR-X mapped the oil-polluted area in the Gulf of Mexico in a series of images acquired on 9 July 2010. The environmental catastrophe started on 20 April 2010 when an explosion sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and the shut-off valves on the wellhead could not be closed. The Artificial Barrier Island, an artificial island constructed by heaping dredged sand, situated to the east of the Chandeleur Islands, is easily recognisable in the TerraSAR-X imagery and it will soon be awash with spilled oil. "The imagery indicates that man-made constructions cannot offer much protection," reports Susanne Lehner, team leader of radar oceanography at the DLR Remote Sensing Technology Institute (Institut für Methodik der Fernerkundung; IMF).
In the centre of this TanDEM-X image, ice floes can be seen in the sea ice off the coast of October Revolution Island. They project about 3-10 metres above the sea ice. The smooth structure on the left is the rocky coat of the island. Two glacier tongues that flow into the sea can be seen at the top of the image, to the left and right of a large boulder.
The geoglyphs show up as dark grooves in the ground in the vicinity of the small town of Palpa – which can be seen as a set of lighter dots in the picture. They can be seen on the radar images as a dark cross. The desert surface in this area normally consists of loose, rough stony ground, but in some areas this stony cover, coated with a black 'desert lacquer', is missing. In such areas we can see the lighter, finer under-surface. The stone heaps can be seen as a low wall at the edges of the clearings. The picture also clearly shows the town of Llipata to the south, as well as the Pan Americana highway, running as a narrow black line through green fields and the reddish stony desert. The dry bed of the Rio Viscas, through which water flows for only four to six weeks a year, runs almost parallel to the highway.
At the centre of the image is Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, about 30 kilometres northwest of the city centre. Terminal One, to the north, was opened on 8 November 1959 and now serves mainly domestic flights. Terminal Two, in the south, was built for the Summer Olympic Games in 1980 by German companies following the design of the terminal at Hanover Airport. Today, it deals with international flights. The two runways are clearly visible. Because the flat concrete surfaces reflect the radar signals away from the satellite, the paved areas are shown as black lines. To the north of Moscow, there are major reservoirs such as the Pirogovskoye Reservoir and the Uchinskoye Reservoir.
Even the ups and downs of the waves in the Indian Ocean – coloured pale yellow on the image – are charted by TanDEM-X as it flies over at a speed of seven kilometres per second. The change in the waves at the entrance to the Diego Suarez Bay is clearly visible. The water in the bay itself, on the shore of which the provincial capital, Antsiranana, can be recognised, is very flat – in contrast to the undulating ocean – and reflects the radar signals from TanDEM-X more uniformly. The area of valleys to the south drains the volcanic cone of Ambre-Bobaomby into the Indian Ocean.
For the last four months, the German Aerospace Centre's (DLR) radar satellite, TerraSAR-X, has been imaging Mexico City from space. Amongst other things, the images show that even within this imaging period, the ground has sunk by as much as 10 centimetres in some places. Areas of the Mexican capital in which TerraSAR-X has recorded the greatest changes in ground level are coloured dark red. The green areas indicate those in which no change has been detected by the superposition of the radar images between 20 September 2009 and 30 January 2010. One of the reasons for this subsidence is the extraction of groundwater.To create this an image, the TerraSAR-X radar equipment was operated in a special 'wide-angle mode', the 'ScanSAR mode', in which a strip of land 100 kilometres wide can be depicted in one piece. As the radar is usually capable of 'illuminating' a significantly smaller area of land – about 30 kilometres across, a special trick has to be used in order to obtain a greater strip width. For this purpose, the radar beam is repeatedly swung from short to long range, so that, first of all, a small area measuring 25 x 3 kilometres is illuminated at close range. Then, more distant areas – offset by 25 kilometres – are illuminated, until four partial strips of the image have been scanned. The process is then repeated. Finally, a montage is produced from the individual scenes. The cost of the larger scene is a reduction in resolution from three metres to sixteen metres, but this causes no restrictions for numerous applications. Such a recording mode is made possible by the electronically steered phased-array antenna, which facilitates the rapid and inertia-free movement of the radar beam.The image of Mexico City was created by means of a refined scanning method known as Terrain Observation by Progressive Scans (TOPS) mode, which avoids the weakness of the classic ScanSAR – the varying illumination of individual surface patches. The result is an image without any variations in brightness.
This TerraSAR-X image shows a thunderstorm cell with unusually heavy rainfall off the Caribbean coast of Panama, visible across in the upper half of this image as a blurred area. The scene recorded here extends over an area of about 18 by 64 kilometres and was generated in dual-polarisation mode, a method that substantially increases the information content of an image. The colours are created by superimposing two separate images (red and green) of the same area taken simultaneously in this mode using two signals having different polarisation settings, together with a third image (blue) which is calculated from the difference between the original images. Now, the different reflection mechanisms become visible – the green colouration indicates a surface reflection, where the radar signal is being reflected straight back to the antenna. Red tones indicate a double reflection, and there is virtually no indication of this in the scene depicted here, since it occurs primarily in urban areas. Blue tones can be seen in the area of the thunderstorm cell, and are designated as 'volume scatter' because the signal is reflected back to the radar antenna by a multiplicity of individual raindrops and hailstones.
One of the applications of TerraSAR-X is mapping areas inundated by floods. Taken on 25 July 2007, the photo shows the towns of Gloucester (bottom) and Cheltenham (centre right) during the flood. Appearing quite dark, the areas flooded by the river Severn can be seen very clearly along the left side of the entire image. Even at this early point in time, the DLR Centre for Satellite-assisted Crisis Information (ZKI) at the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) in Oberpfaffenhofen used data transmitted by the TerraSAR-X satellite during the flood to develop maps to support relief forces on the spot.
DLR/Infoterra GmbH; date: July 25, 2007, 06:34 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (image reduced); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: HH.
On the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, lies the Larsen Ice Shelf – a sheet of ice which, floating on the sea and reaching far beyond the mainland, has made the headlines repeatedly in recent years because it keeps losing spectacular amounts of ice. The Larsen Ice Shelf consists of three parts that follow the east coast from north to south. It is thought that the ice shelves are disintegrating because temperatures in the region have been rising markedly in the last 50 years. As this removes a major obstacle to the movement of glaciers from the mainland to the open sea, scientists expect the flow rates of the mainland glaciers in the region to increase. TerraSAR-X permits more precise measuring of glacier flow rates, enabling scientists to forecast variations in the melt rates of the glaciers on the mainland and their impact on the environment with much greater precision.
DLR; date: June 26, 2007, 23:31 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: VV.
Located in the middle of the Swabian Jura, the Nördlinger Ries is a flat, almost circular structure measuring about 20 kilometres in diameter. Gradually filled in and flattened by erosion, the crater was caused by the impact of a meteorite about 15 million years ago. At its centre stands the town of Nördlingen, surrounded by fields which are cultivated, as documented by the structures that radiate away from the city. In the centre of Nördlingen, the photograph shows the completely preserved ring wall that surrounds the old town. The data provided by TerraSAR-X permits studying microstructures in detail as well as analysing surface formations and land use. In this extensively cultivated region, also of great geological interest, the radar data supplied by TerraSAR-X will be an important source of information for analysis as well as for improving agricultural utilisation.
DLR; date: July 1, 2007, 23:00 UTC; original resolution: 1 metre (reduced image); mode: high resolution spotlight mode; polarisation: HH.
In the Mato Grosso province in the Brazilian southwest, no more than 2.5 million people live in a territory almost three times as large as the Federal Republic of Germany. The north of the province is dominated by the fringes of the Amazon rainforest where logging has been particularly extensive in recent years.Because of their different reflection characteristics, clearings appear in the radar image as rectangular, relatively dark zones within the otherwise homogeneous surface of the forest. Covering large areas with optical cameras mounted in satellites is especially problematic in the tropics as this region is frequently concealed by dense cloud layers.Under these circumstances, the radar instrument on board TerraSAR-X can make the most of its ability to generate detailed images. The valleys of the rivers that run through the area show up on the radar image even under their cover of vegetation.
DLR; date: July 8, 2007, 21:53 UTC; original resolution: 16 metres (reduced image); mode: ScanSAR mode; polarisation: HH .
This is a combination of two TerraSAR-X StripMap images of an area to the northwest of Munich measuring 30 by 20 kilometres, taken on 26 June and 7 July 2007.You can see Fürstenfeldbruck airport at the top centre and the Ampermoos north of Lake Ammersee in the lower left-hand corner.Taken at an interval of 11 days, the radar images show the area in exactly the same geometry - from the same angle of view. The colours indicate the intensity of radar backscatter at the time the two photographs were taken (red: first image, green: second image, blue: sum of both images). Intensity mainly depends on the roughness and humidity of the reflecting surfaces. A typical example is the very dark appearance of the relatively smooth runways at the airport.Such images are highly effective in tracking land surface changes caused, for instance, by harvesting grain fields.
DLR; date: June 26 and July 7, 2007, at 5:26 UTC each time; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: VV and HH .
The colours in this TerraSAR-X radar image of the Kubitzer Bodden, north of Stralsund, tell us how strongly the radar beams emitted were scattered back by Earth's surface in each polarisation (red: HH, green: VV, blue: HH-VV). This permits the drawing of conclusions about various properties of the backscattering surfaces (e.g. roughness and humidity). Among other things, such information is used to identify different surfaces, such as forests, grain fields or sandbanks. Furthermore, the image yields valuable information about processes that go on above and on the water, such as roughness caused by wind. The stripes that are distinguishable in the Kubitzer Bodden are caused by so-called atmospheric boundary-layer rolls. Such image structures may serve to identify and derive high-resolution wind fields above the water. Aufnahmedatum: 7. Juli 2007, 5:24 UTC, Originalauflösung: 3 Meter (Bilddarstellung reduziert), Modus: Stripmap Mode, Polarisation: VV und HH
DLR; date: July 7, 2007, 5:24 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: VV and HH.
In the centre of the Atacama desert near South America's west coast lies the world's largest open-cast copper mine. The mine was founded by the Guggenheim Brothers at the beginning of the 20th century; it was nationalised in the early seventies.The dominant feature of the image is an oval structure- the largest-ever depression in the Earth's surface ever produced by human effort. On the bottom left margin of the pit lies the city of Chuquicamata, which is almost completely deserted because of the ever-expanding mining operations. Huge piles of mining debris appear as a monstrous fan shape (on the right). Depths vary between 600 and 1,000 metres.A high-resolution digital elevation model from new TerraSAR-X data will provide very accurate measurements of the exact depths.
DLR; date: July 1, 2007, 23:00 UTC; original resolution: 1 metre (reduced image); mode: High Resolution Spotlight Mode, polarisation: HH.
Mount Merapi on the island of Java (Indonesia) is known as one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes. The active volcano is situated north of the large conurbation of Yogyakarta, in the middle of a densely populated area.On the left of the image is Mount Merapi which is about 2900 metres high, next to Mount Merbabu on the right, which is assumed to be a dormant volcano.TerraSAR-X will, in the future, be able to detect even small movements of Earth's surface, thus assisting volcano analysis using interferometry measurements.
DLR; date: July 8, 2007, 10:51 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: HH.
The upper part of this TerraSAR-X image of Sydney shows Botany Bay, located south of the airport. In the lower right section is Bate Bay. The rough sea rolling towards the coastline from the Tasman Sea is clearly visible. In the open water the waves have a length of about 150 metres. They become shorter as they enter shallower waters, and finally break as they hit the coastline. The image also shows so-called diffraction effects, which indicate a change in wave pitch (seen at the lower centre of the image). This effect is also related to the change in water depth. Two-dimensional images of wave fields in such a high resolution are of great interest for a variety of coastline management and shipping applications.
DLR; date: July 9, 2007, 19:27 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: VV.
The pyramids of Giza are the only members of the Seven Wonders of the World that are still intact, while at the same time being the largest monument ever created. They are over 4500 years old, which makes them the best known and oldest man-made structures. The area shown is on the west bank of the Nile on the fringe of the Egyptian desert, about 20 kilometres from Cairo city centre. The metropolis has been sprawling out far into the desert, so that the pyramids are gradually becoming encircled by new residential developments. In the picture the three large pyramids can clearly be seen on the outskirts of the small town of Giza, with the Great Pyramid standing out as the most prominent one. The smaller pyramids come out equally well in the radar image. Structures in the desert sand can be seen to the south of the pyramids. The radar beam makes it possible to recognise structures below ground level under certain conditions, especially in arid areas with a loose type of soil. This opens up new archaeological options and constitutes yet another application of TerraSAR-X data.
DLR; date: July 2, 2007, 03:47 UTC; original resolution: 1 metre (reduced image); mode: High Resolution Spotlight Mode; polarisation: HH.
The Strait of Gibraltar, the gateway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, can be seen in the centre of the image. Numerous bright spots represent ships, documenting busy traffic in the Strait. Gibraltar is located in the north, Morocco on the opposite side in the south. Also on the Spanish side a peninsula extends into the Atlantic, a piece of mainland near the city of Tarifa, which represents the southernmost point of mainland Europe.TerraSAR-X data will be available in the near future for monitoring marine traffic as well as for spotting oil spills in the oceans. TerraSAR-X will also be able to determine the speed of ocean currents, thus assisting oceanographic research.
DLR; date: July 9, 2007, 06:29 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: HH.
TerraSAR-X can operate in a new mapping mode that enables it to detect moving objects and measure their speed. This capability is used to determine the speed of ocean currents but also to record the speed of ships or motor vehicles.This image shows the A1 highway (Autostrada del Sole). The section is located about 100 kilometres southeast of Rome.This radar imaging technique is based on the Doppler effect, so the vehicles appear 'offset' from the highway. The extent of the lateral deviation is a measure for a vehicle's speed. Using this new mode, TerraSAR-X will detect vehicles off the road, and determine their distance from the road. The red squares mark the vehicles, the coloured triangles indicate their current position, with the colour indicating their speed. These data will, in future, be used by transportation research teams who will integrate these extensive pictures of moving traffic into their traffic models along with locally obtained sensor data, to improve their capability to predict congestions and to manage the flow of traffic.This will be particularly useful in disaster management and mass events, in which current traffic models may fail. The identification of individual vehicles is not possible with this technology, but also unnecessary for traffic research.
The image shows a section of Las Vegas close to Boulder City. On the right is the high-resolution TerraSAR-X elevation model; for comparison, the elevation model on the left is based on data currently available worldwide, from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), to which DLR contributed. It dates back to the year 2000.With its radar technology, TerraSAR-X can measure the surface of Earth with extreme accuracy and provide data for ultra high resolution digital terrain models. However, this requires at least two satellite overflights to ensure that the satellite can image the terrain from two different angles. If either rain or wind alter the surface reflectance between two successive passes of the satellite, the quality of the resulting terrain model will be affected.Hence, for the time being, dry areas are the preferred areas for testing the imaging function and elevation derivation, given their low rate of surface change. This limitation will disappear in the future once the projected Tandem-X Mission is operational. This mission will involve an almost identical satellite that will be shot into a quasi-parallel orbit. The two satellites together will work as a tandem, both imaging the same area for an immediate derivation of digital elevation models with a very high spatial resolution.
DLR; date: July 7, 2007; original resolution: 1 metre (reduced image); mode: Spotlight Mode; polarisation: VV.
The ring structure shown in this image is located in Ouadane in Mauritania. It has a diameter of about 45 kilometres. Astronauts have been drawn to this structure ever since the beginning of spaceflight. Since it is easily identified from space it has served astronauts and cosmonauts on their orbital missions as an unmistakable landmark. The ring consists of limestones, dolomites and brecchias from the late Proterozoic to Ordovician eras (aged about 0.6 to 0.5 billion years) that were centrally uplifted and subsequently eroded. The question as to the structure's origin, which is widely thought to have been originally a meteorite crater, has yet to be answered. Analysis of the magnatites which prevail in the centre of the formation suggest that the structure is the expression of a cretaceous alkaline complex. Although the exposed layers have formed a shallow ridge which, in many parts, is no more than a few metres high, the structure can be excellently identified and mapped in a radar image thanks to its surface properties.
DLR; date: July 8, 2007, 18:53 UTC; original resolution: 16 metres (reduced image); mode: ScanSAR Mode; polarisation: VV.
The near-circular, conical peak of Mount Egmont on New Zealand's North Island presents itself in full glory. It is assumed that the volcano has had this shape only for the last 10,000 years, and the same goes for its 2518 metre height. Lava flows from earlier outbreaks have covered a major part of the surroundings, stretching across 25 kilometres towards the ocean, forming a ring-shaped plain.The Maori people call this mountain 'Taranaki', which means 'without vegetation'.Only a few thousand years ago, the lower plains were completely covered by dense rain forests. Today, the only forests left are those on the slopes of Taranaki in the Egmont National Park, which stands out from the surrounding intensively used farming and pasture land as if drawn with a compass.It has a number of snow fields but no glaciers on its peak. Often in the summer season, the peak is completely ice free, while in the winter, skiing is possible on Manganui's own ski-field.
DLR; date: July 15, 2007, 07:07 UTC; original resolution: 3 metres (reduced image); mode: StripMap mode; polarisation: VV.
To prepare this photograph, three images of TerraSAR-X were superimposed. The individual imgaes were obtained on 22, 24 and 27 October 2007. The areas photographed with time intervals appear in blue and green - in particular the areas affected by the tides of the Wadden Sea.
TerraSAR-x StripMap product, 30 x 55 kilometres, as an example of EEC projection. It shows the Upsala Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina.
This image of flooding in Mexico was obtained in November 2007.
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I still haven't got used to taking the keys out of the vehicle in town.
Half the time I leave it unlocked with the keys in it. Other times I lock it up with the keys inside.
I still haven't got used to taking the keys out of the vehicle in town.
Half the time I leave it unlocked with the keys in it. Other times I lock it up with the keys inside.
We had some idiot steal an empty carboard box that was sitting out the front of our house! We also had a guy who was riding a gopher try and break into our car...i was in our bedroom in the middle of the day in broad daylight heard this strange noise like someone trying to open our car door, i look outside and some f*ck head on a gopher it parked next to our car, he saw me and before i could get to the front door and unlock it (we deadbolt our door) to show the guy my nine iron he had taken off and desapeared...what a prick
Independent and i know it
F*kn bastards.
Im so sorry to hear Nlam.
Ive changed my way of doing the lawns now due to scum stealing our stuff.
I now take everything with me to the back of the client's house and mow, trim & blow. Then take it all out the front & do the same. But i leave the mower & what ever Im not using in the middle of the lawn im mowing. Just so i can keep a good eye on it all.
This is causing a little more time to do a job. I dont have the spare money to buy another mower straight away.
Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ
Ive seen a simliar thing not long ago.
I was unloading my gear and was walking through the clients lawn towards the gate when i noticed sum low life wondering around the street. He then walked past my ute & had a sneak peak inside.
I was thinking of the GPS stuck on the window.. I snuck up behind the ute without him noticing. The sum bag was standing in the middle of the road just staring into my ute.
I slammed my hand on the back of my ute and the sum bag jumped out of his skin. I held my mobile up to me ear saying. He's 5 feet 9. Male , approx 17-19 years old. Hes standing in Johnston Street now . You should have seen the look on the sum bag's face..... He bolted up the road losing a shoe whilst he was running.
Everything looks good with a haircut.... ɐuıɥɔ ɯoɹɟ pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sʇɐɥʇ
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Three of our local state representatives were at City Hall Tuesday in support of a bill to strengthen and simplify the voting process.
The bill, which was passed unanimously by the House, would establish early voting during presidential elections, provide resources to make the voting process more efficient, and offer an online portal to aid voter registration and verification.
Not many people were on hand to hear the three legislators, John Mahoney, Mary Keefe and Daniel Donahue, but that didn't seem to matter. They duly delivered their remarks as if a thousand people were in attendance.
"When other states are making it more difficult to vote, Massachusetts is making it easier," Rep. Mahoney said. "We are leading the nation and going on the right side of history."
These are not the empty words of a politician, as Lee Bona, who heads the local chapter of the League of Women Voters, noted.
"We come from a long history of people who have made noise throughout the centuries in righting wrongs and pushing for social justice."
Ms. Bona noted that the state's role in the suffrage movement is well documented, with the first and the second National Women's Rights Conventions being held in Worcester in 1850 and 1851.
"We are a working-class people and we stand up for ourselves and for each other. The truth is we have sort of been a bit lax over the past several years. We need to make more noise for social justice and for every citizen to have a voice in shaping who we are as a country."
While some might be critical of Massachusetts liberalism, of its economic philosophy, particularly in regard to taxes and fees, very few states have the track record the commonwealth has in promoting social justice and quality of life for its residents.
The bill on early voting had its opponents in the House, but in the end it was passed unanimously. We had a Republican governor when the state's precedent-setting health care law was passed. It passed because fairness and justice prevailed. This is something of which Massachusetts residents should be proud.
One need only look at Texas to understand that justice and fairness in the United States are governed not so much by the Constitution, but by where you reside.
In Texas, the federal government has joined two lawsuits challenging a redistricting plan and a voter ID law in the state, both of which the federal government said will adversely impact minority voters. The state is unmoved by the fed's involvement.
"It is perfectly constitutional for a Republican-controlled legislature to make partisan districting decisions, even if there are incidental effects on minority voters who support Democratic candidates," the state wrote in a legal brief supporting its redistricting plan.
In Texas, about 6 million residents are without health insurance, including 38 percent of its Latinos, the second-largest group in the state. In all, about 24 percent of Texas' residents are uninsured, compared to about 4 percent in Massachusetts.
Yet, the state has refused to expand its Medicaid coverage which, under Obamacare, would allow its working poor to get affordable health insurance. This refusal to expand its Medicaid coverage comes despite the federal government's commitment to pay between 90 and 100 percent of the expansion's cost.
As states such as Texas attempt to export their brand of social injustice to the rest of the country, it is comforting to have a state like Massachusetts that is just as willing to stand as a steady bulwark against such meanness.
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The International Energy Agency reported in June that renewable energy sources like solar and wind represent the fastest-growing source of energy power generation and will make up a quarter of the global power mix by 2018. The IEA projects that in 2016 renewable energy will overtake natural gas as a power source and will be twice that of nuclear, and second only to coal as a source of power. Use of renewable sources, the IEA said, is growing especially fast in China and other developing and emerging countries.
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Pakistan reiterates unflinching support to Kashmiris struggle
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MUZAFFARABAD - The president of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has reiterated that Pakistan would continue extending political, moral and diplomatic support to just cause of Kashmiris for their freedom from Indian oppression saying the only possible solution of the dispute is thorough peaceful talks. The president expressed his views while addressing the joint sitting of AJK Legislative Assembly and Council here in Muzaffarabad on Wednesday. "Kashmiris have rendered innumerable sacrifices for freedom; no one can suppress their voice and I have come here on the invitation of all political parties of the state", he added. The people of Pakistan cannot offload Kashmir from their un-erazable catalogue of history, he reassured.
President Zardari stated that the Pakistani nation and all political parties were united on Kashmir issue despite their differences. Addressing the Kashmiri nation he said, " you are a nation and nations can neither be defeated nor be deprived of freedom; your movement is absolutely indegineous and peaceful and it's the time when international community should take notice of the atrocities being carried out by Indian troops in Indian Occupied Kashmir against the Kashmiri people including innocent children and women".
While terming Afzal Guru's assassination a judicial murder Mr. Zardari observed that the whole world protested against his murder and it would strengthen the freedom movement of the people of Kashmir. Reaffirming his commitment on Kashmir issue, he said that Pakistan wanted result oriented, comprehensive and a meaningful negotiation with India on Kashmir saga as it has always put efforts to maintain good relations with its neighbors. The President of Pakistan said that Pakistan suffered badly due to terrorism and both the countries should not let terrorists and miscreants dictate their agenda. " we need to put joint efforts to fight against terrorism and should not let our lands to be used for terrorist activities", he added further.
Responding to the demands made by opposition leader in AJK Legislative Assembly Raja Farooq Haider, the president held that all his demands including amendments in Interim Consitution 1974, the utilization of resources and reconstruction of earthquake affected areas would be accepted and addressed properly. He said that to resolve the issues of AJK, there was a need of consensus in federation which would be achieved.
The Prime Minister AJ&K, addressing on this occasion, said that the visit of President Zardari promoted courage in both sides of Kashmir saying that no durable peace could be achieved in south Asia unless Kashmir dispute is resolved that laid pending for more than six decades. " The international community and the Security Council paid no attention to Kashmir; we are not against the trade or pleasant bilateral ties between two nuclear powers but we will never compromise on the fundamental right to self-determination as promised to the people of the state", he added.
The leader of opposition Raja Farooq Haider Khan lauded the way President Zardari's for successful completion of first democratically elected government with his efforts for smooth transition of power. He demanded that Gilgit Biltastan and Kashmir be made one unit. He also president Zardari to give state due water uses charges and royalty and give consideration to the fact that after 18th amendment in Pakistan, resources have been traferred to provinces but on contrary to it, resources of Kashmir have been reduced. The President assured the Kashmiri leadership that all their demands would be fulfilled. PID-AJK.