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Command & control: Retired Baltimore Co. division chief goes public over command staffing after last week's critical injury.
Reisterstown VFC Firefighter Gene Kirchner (l) and Lutherville VFC Firefighter Mark Falkenhan.
Jonathan Hart is a retired division chief from the Baltimore County Fire Department in Maryland. The column below, reprinted with his permission, was published today by The Baltimore Sun. It addresses staffing issues for command officers in Baltimore County that Hart connects to the recent critical injury to Reisterstown VFC Firefighter Gene Kirchner and the January, 2011 death of Lutherville VFC Firefighter Mark Falkenhan (increasing command officer staffing was a NIOSH recommendation). Here's the column:
Over two years have passed since firefighter Mark Falkenhan was killed at an apartment fire on Dowling Circle in Towson. His death resulted, in part, from a collapse of the Incident Command System (ICS), when first-arriving units were faced with heavy fire and multiple rescues. ICS is a procedural policy for ensuring that command and control mechanisms are continually utilized during mitigation efforts at every incident. "Command" is assumed by the officer of the first-arriving unit and passed to the responding chief officer upon his or her arrival.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducts investigations of fires that result in firefighter deaths. Among the recommendations made by the NIOSH investigation of the Dowling Circle fire was the following: "Increase command officer staffing to ensure fire fighter safety during emergency operations."
Despite the clear findings of the NIOSH, very few operational changes have been implemented by the Baltimore County Fire Department to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future, and nothing has been done to improve command staffing.
In fact, Baltimore County has fewer on-duty command officers (per capita) than any other department in the metro area. Baltimore County has only three command officers on duty at any given time. Similar-sized jurisdictions (Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Baltimore City) typically have six to 10 command officers on duty. These departments understand how essential it is to provide adequate command and control on the fireground by enabling command officers to reach the incident scene quickly.
By virtue of the limited number of command officers in Baltimore County, each officer is responsible for a very large geographic area (battalion). Therefore, response times for command officers are excessive. It is not unusual for battalion chiefs to take 20 or even 25 minutes to respond to an incident. These chiefs arrive too late to command incidents during the critical early stages of the fire attack, which is typically when things go wrong — sometimes very wrong.
On Jan. 11, 2011, it took approximately 20 minutes for the initial battalion chief to arrive at the fire that claimed Mark Falkenhan's life. Upon arrival, that chief immediately made the determination that the building was not safe for interior firefighting operations; he ordered the evacuation of the building. Seconds later, Mark transmitted the "Mayday," signaling that he was trapped in a third floor apartment. What would have happened if the battalion chief had arrived one minute (or even 30 seconds) earlier that day?
This past Wednesday, firefighter Gene Kirchner, 25, of the Reisterstown Volunteer Fire Company was critically injured during a house fire with people trapped. Although the facts surrounding his injuries are yet to be determined, it seems highly likely that in this case too, his injuries resulted in part from the delayed response of a command officer. The command officer was responding from the Woodlawn/Catonsville area, as would normally be the case. A response from that location to Reisterstown takes about 15 minutes.
Excessive response time; fire involving trapped civilians; critical firefighter injuries. Coincidence?
I joined the Baltimore County Fire Department in 1987, when the department had six battalion chiefs on duty on each shift. Today, there are just three battalion chiefs on duty on each shift. Each chief oversees 16-20 stations. Each chief covers more than 200 square miles. Unlike other departments in the region that assign multiple chief officers on structure fires, Baltimore County dispatches just one. Baltimore County's fire and EMS personnel are at unacceptable risk of injury and death because there are too few command officers.
I retired as a division chief in February 2012. Throughout my tenure, I remained vehemently opposed to the reduction in command staff that occurred during the 1990s. There are a number of reasons I decided to retire, but my inability to convince the administration of the need to improve command staffing levels (especially in light of Mark's death) was certainly a factor. I didn't want to be the chief-in-charge of an incident at which we lost another firefighter whose death might have been prevented by enhancing command staffing.
Two months following my retirement, I met with County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. I wanted him to hear from me how dire this situation is. I told him I feared that if command staffing did not improve, another incident would claim the life of a firefighter in Baltimore County. To Gene, the Kirchner family, and to all my brothers and sisters in the Baltimore County Fire Service, I'm praying I was wrong.


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Metformin Treatment in Gestational Diabetes and Noninsulin Dependent Diabetes in Pregnancy in a Developing Country (migdm&t2dm)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01855763
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Verified May 2013 by Jahan Ara Ainuddin, Dow University of Health Sciences.
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|Drug: Metformin Drug: Insulin
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|Metformin in Gestational Diabetes and type2 Diabetes in Pregnancy in a Developing Country
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Experimental: metformin
group A1:Consists of patients with GDM who were given drug metformin as treatment group B1:Consists of patients with type 2 diabetes in pregnancy were given the drug metformin as treatment intervention with drug metformin is given for control of diabetes in esclation dose of 500mg /day upto 2.5 grams per day in two to three divided doses till delivery
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GroupA2:gestational diabetes on insulin treatment Group B2:type 2 diabetes on insulin treatment intervention:insulin treatment till delivery
Drug: Insulin
Other Name: humulin insulin
- Alive baby [ Time Frame: At birth, up to 28 days after birth ]it will include alive , neonatal death and still born
- Neonatal morbidity [ Time Frame: at birth upto 28 days after birth ]it will include birth weight, macrosomia,neonatal hypoglycemia,transient tachypnoea of newborn ,respiratory distress syndrome,neonatal intensive care admissions, prematurity,sepsis,neonatal jaundice,birth trauma.
- glycemic control [ Time Frame: day1 (study entry ) till devlivery ]
fasting and random blood glucose levels , at study entry ,mean levels throughout pregnancy and at 36/37 weeks of pregnancy.
HbA1 C Levels,at study entry and at 36/37 weeks of pregnancy
- weight gain in prenancy [ Time Frame: day 1 (study entry) till delivery ]total weight gain in pregnancy in kg
- Maternal hypertensive complications [ Time Frame: day 1(study entry ) till 1 week after delivery ]it will include pregnancy induced hypertension and preeclampsia.
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- Pregnancies in women with pre-pregnancy diagnosis of NIDDM (Type 2 DM) and pregnancy continued beyond the first trimester.
- Women with gestational diabetes mellitus who are at 20-34 weeks of gestation.
- Women who have glucose elevations consistent with undiagnosed diabetes in pregnancy.
- Women with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) at any gestational age of pregnancy and pregnancy continued beyond first trimester.
- Singleton pregnancy.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who have contraindication for metformin intake.
- A recognized fetal anomaly at 14-16 weeks ultrasound examination at the time of study entry.
- Ruptured membranes at time of study entry.
- Women with IDDM (Type 1 DM) entering pregnancy.
- Presence of any other medical disorder like essential hypertension, renal disease, hepatic disease, hypothyroidism, cardiac disease.
- Presence of diabetic complications.
- Patient already on Sulphonylureas.
- Multiple pregnancy.
Gestational diabetes controlled on diet alone.
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|jahanara ainuddin, MBBS, FCPS
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metformin in gdm & t 2 dm
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Keywords provided by Jahan Ara Ainuddin, Dow University of Health Sciences:
gestational diabetes
type 2 diabetes
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Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Diabetes, Gestational
Pregnancy in Diabetics
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
Insulin, Globin Zinc
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Mostly Debby's fault though cause she jumped to conclusions for someone, . Just Kidding Debby, you know I'm playing.
That's the cool thing about this forum that we can discuss things, without them getting out of hand and having locked threads all over the place.
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I must admit that even though I own property on the Moon I had never heard of the Purbach Cross, (sometimes called Werner X named after a nearby crater) until I read about it on page 45 of the April edition of Astronomy Magazine. I took one look at this strikingly elusive phenomena and said to myself, "I have got to get me one of those." Striking because it stands out from the rest of the Lunar landscape, like it doesn't belong, elusive because it only occurs during the Moon's 1st. quarter phase, (the first half Moon after the new Moon), and then only for a few hours, and on top of that, because the Moon's phases repeat every 29.53 days, you can't view this phenomena every month from the same location, you will be 12 hours early day 29, or 12 hours late day 30.
As I was reading this article I thought hey I've taken literally 100's of lunar images, maybe I've unwittingly, because that's how I usually do things, captured an image of the cross, after going through my collection of Lunar images, no luck. The article gave the exact date and time the cross would be available for viewing, April 12th. 8 pm EDT. So April 12th. comes around and I have clear skies, hopefully it will be our location's turn for the feature to show itself.
So I'm getting excited, go out to my POD, fire up the scope attach my Canon directly to said scope, point it at the Moon, push the shutter button, look at the camera's monitor, there it was,.................people, I had a moment, actually I'm having a moment right now thinking about the moment I had back then.
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The phenomena is created when Sunlight reflects off the higher crater walls of 3 back to back craters, Purbach, Blanchinus and LaCaille. If you would like your own personal X moment a list of the dates in Universal Time for the rest of the year when the Sun will be at the proper angle to create the X are below. You will need binoculars or a telescope to view the phenomena, look at the terminator just south of the Lunar equator.
May 12, 1530 UT; June 11, 0234 UT; July 10, 1255 UT; August 8, 2306 UT;
September 7, 0945 UT; October 6, 2126 UT; November 5, 1029 UT; December 5, 0050 UT.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released new Earthrise and Earthset videos taken by their Lunar satellite Kaguya, and they are nothing short of amazing. Also released are newly created topographic maps of the Moon, created with the data collected by the orbiter, 10 times more accurate then previous maps done of the Lunar surface, they also show locations of valuable minerals such as uranium, thorium and potassium. Below is a YouTube video of the New Earthrise/Earthset released by Jaxa.


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Even though it was partly the lure of playing for his boyhood hero Pep Guardiola which drew him back to FC Barcelona, and despite knowing Tito Vilanova's coaching style inside out having been tutored by him at the age of 14, it's clear that Cesc Fabregas is playing his very best football under a coach new to the Camp Nou tradition -- Tata Martino.
Denis Doyle/Getty ImagesCesc Fabregas has excelled at Barcelona this season. He says manager Tata Martino gives him confidence and makes him feel important to the team.
At the turn of La Liga's season the reigning champions still have to look behind them at every other team, have qualified for the Copa del Rey quarter final, and against Manchester City will provide the Champions League's most juicy tie on its resumption next month.
During all this, Fabregas has played throbbingly well. Eleven goals, thirteen goal assists, several different positions and, arguably, the same or more leadership than when he captained Arsenal.
At the launch of his new Puma evoPOWER Boot, Fabregas gave an exclusive interview to ESPN to explain what has fueled his rise and rise.
"In Tata Martino I've found a coach who is perhaps a little different from Tito and Pep and who loves to play a slightly different kind of football," Fabregas said.
"He likes my style of play and that helps me a lot, gives me confidence. Because it's a long time since I've started as many games, and also played for 90 minutes, as I've done in the last three months, I feel important to the team.
If you mention the word "change" around the Camp Nou, or even whisper "direct, 'English' style football" you'll be screamed down as a heretic.
All season there has been claim and counterclaim about whether Martino has taken a wrecking ball to the world-famous Barca football-credo or is just doing restoration work on football's Sistene Chapel.
Fabregas, as clear in his explanation as he is precise with his passing, easily puts things in context.
"Tata is a coach who wants debate, who is flexible and intelligent. You don't always get that in football," Fabregas said. "Rather than change, all he's asking is for us to restore some facets of what we had under Pep which, perhaps, have declined a little.
"His message is that there moments for everything in a game. Moments when you need to speed things up, a time when it's a bit crazy and you need to slow it down. The coach is asking us to have intelligence and a sense of timing in a match.
"At the beginning of the season we were winning a lot but the games were, perhaps, a little bit too crazy and end-to-end. That's what he's making us realize, to be smarter. To go fast when it's required, slow it down when that's the right choice."
Javier Soriano/AFP/Getty ImagesTata Martino is making Barca smarter, Cesc Fabregas says, by telling the club, "to go fast when it's required, slow it down when that's the right choice."
When talking to Fabregas, the city of Manchester naturally finds its place on the agenda. Regarding Manchester United's persistent pursuit of him last summer, Fabregas said, "The past is the past and my future is at FC Barcelona where I'm very, very happy."
But there are two teams in that city, and the other is set to play Barcelona in the Champions League. With Neymar now likely to be fit for the away leg and Kun Aguero back in action, Europe's two most prolific goalscoring teams are within touching distance.
Fabregas won't hear of it.
"Okay, we are excited by the tie but there are still seven matches before that and we are doing very well by simply going game by game right now," he said. "We don't have to focus on anything which is non-priority. Right now the priorities are to do very well in La Liga, to reach the final of the Copa del Rey, and when the time comes we'll speak about City.
"Obviously it's in our minds that this is a big game which will come around in a month, but we must be professional and what professional people do is go day by day."
Like Xavi, a football-aholic, Fabregas will do some private preparation for the match at the Etihad -- from his sofa.
"I think I watch every single Premier League game on the television because I'm passionate about that league. "I had an amazing time there with Arsenal, who I still love to watch, but I also love watching Manchester City and Manchester United, too."
But back to priorities. Retaining the title. The wider world is loving the fact that, this season, La Liga is a three way slugfest. Fabregas rates the extra test, from a resurgent Atletico Madrid, as stimulating only so far as they are just a means to ratchet up existing pressure levels.
"We at Barca don't look at it as 'stimulating' or more interesting that there's a new challenge," Fabregas said. "We are just going to have to win every game like we've been forced to do in past years. You know how it is at Barcelona -- you always, always have to win, play your best ... you have to deliver.
"If you don't do that here then it makes no difference whether there are two, three or even four teams pressurising you at the top, the fans simply won't like it. Here, you must always be at the peak of your game.
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Enjoy the Golden Hour of twilight and uncover the beauty of the night. Sydney Harbour comes alive after dark and provides a unique photographic canvass. We get you taking great photos and educate you along the way. An experienced photographer, supported with handout notes ensures you get the knowledge as well as the shot.Our classes are small so you get plenty of personal support.We will meet at a cafe at the Rocks before we start our walk around the Harbour.
Understand your light meter
Use of manual and long exposure photography
White Balance and Composition
We will educate you in how ISO, aperture and shutter speed blend together to give correct exposure and images that have deep,rich colour.
You will need a tripod, fully charged batteries in your camera and a pen. We will move amongst a number of key locations around The Rocks and Harbour foreshore area so you will do considerable walking.
This is an intensive photo workshop and essentially a practical shoot. Students need to be aware of the basics of Shutter, Aperture and ISO. A DSLR or mirrorless camera and a tripod are essential.


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I've read a few recent articles about why guys should roll with girls and vice versa, and would love to hear your input! I'm putting together a brief FAQ, and thoughts from a girl's perspective that would probably be appreciated by other BJJ practitioners. All answers will remain anonymous.
What burning questions did you ever want to ask your female/male teammates before you rolled with them without the awkwardness of another 7th grade pre-pubescent school dance?


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The Spaniard has not played competitively since his shock second-round loss to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June due to a partial tear of the patellar tendon in his left knee, but has recently returned to the practice court.
Speaking last week, the 11-time grand slam champion claimed that he was keeping his expectations in check ahead of his return, insisting that he expects to find his best form and fitness by April.
But writing on his Facebook page today, Nadal appeared to revise those expectations by claiming that he is dreaming of landing the Abu Dhabi crown for a third time.
"Can't wait to get back on court in Abu Dhabi at the end of the month," Nadal said.
"I won the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in 2010 and 2011 – would love to get my hands on the trophy again this year!"
Nadal's latest comments contrast with an interview he gave last week, when he struck a far more cautious tone.
"I will only come back when I am fit. I won't come back worrying about my knee," he told Spanish radio station Onda Cero.
"The results will not worry me in the first tournaments back.
"We are in the last stage of the recovery and I want to recover as soon as possible but I will not rush back and then have to stop again in six months or a year's time."


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Congress' Members-Only Gym Deemed Essential, So It Remains Open During Government Shutdown
from the out-of-touch dept
So in case you were wondering if the government shutdown was cutting into your Reps' treadmill time, rest assured that your taxpayer dollars are helping to keep them in shape.
A House aide confirmed to ThinkProgress that the House member's gym is open. The House gym features a swimming pool, basketball courts, paddleball courts, a sauna, a steam room and flat screen TVs. While towel service is unavailable, taxpayers remain on the hook for cleaning and maintenance, which has been performed daily throughout the shutdown. There are also costs associated with the power required to heat the pools and keep the lights on.
According to the aide, the decision to keep the gym open — even while other critical government services were shelved — came directly from Speaker Boehner's office. Meanwhile, the staff gym available to Congressional staff has been closed.


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This Puzzle is based on an Islamic interlace design and has just 18 pieces. The frame extends into the puzzle in several places (the isolated section at the bottom of the picture is an example). This begins the pattern, and engraving on the base continues the design to help in the solving process. This engraving doesn't give away the solution because each piece will fit in many places throughout the pattern. The cherry wood pieces hold each other in place, but there is a lot of space between them which reveals the contrasting base.
If this puzzle were made at about 18 cm across, then 8 puzzles could be fit per P3 size board. With a 4mm Italian Poplar base and 10mm American Cherry MDF pieces and frame, the cost of the wood would be about $5.14 per puzzle.


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Nov. 8, 2008
By Babson College Sports Information
BABSON PARK, Mass. – Christian Therkelsen scored the game-winning goal in the 61st minute as second-seeded MIT defeated sixth-seeded Wheaton College, 2-1, in the semifinal round of the 2008 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men's Soccer Tournament at Babson College's Hartwell Rogers on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory, the Engineers (16-2-2), ranked fifth in New England, advance to Sunday's championship game at 1:00 p.m., where they will face top-seeded Babson. Fans can follow the Cardinal and Gray's first championship appearance since 2005 via live stats and live video.
MIT opened the scoring just 2:19 into the contest, as Nitin Perumbeti chipped a ball over the defense that bounded toward an open net. Adam Talsma then charged in and headed the ball over the line for his second goal of the season. Wheaton would dominate the rest of the period, finishing the half with a 22-4 shot advantage, but keeper Tom Caldwell and the MIT defense helped keep the Lyons off the board. Caldwell made seven saves in the stanza, including a fantastic sliding denial of a point-blank shot by Eric Driscoll in the ninth minute, and David Nole added a key defensive play when he blocked a would-be goal by Driscoll inside the left post at 23:50. The Lyons also hit the cross bar during a flurry early in the period, as MIT survived the session with 1-0 lead.
Wheaton finally broke through early in the second half, as Driscoll hit a perfect cross to the far post from deep in the right corner. Yuri Moreira then one-timed a shot past Caldwell for his 12th goal of the season, knotting the score at 1-1.
Following two more Wheaton shot attempts, MIT finally regained the offensive momentum beginning with a breakaway attempt by Zachary Kabelac in the 60th minute. The rookie forward was denied by a great save from Wheaton keeper Cole Davidson, but the bid enabled the Engineers to set up deep in the Lyons' zone. After earning a corner kick, MIT regained the lead when Max Stein-Golenbock hit a short pass to Jason Zhu in the left corner. Zhu then hit a long cross beyond the far post, where Therkelsen took it out of the air and scored his 14th goal of the year from a tough angle near the end line at 60:45.
Wheaton's best chance in the final 30 minutes came with just 50 seconds left, when the Lyons earned a throw-in deep in the MIT zone. Jake Wagner fired a long toss into the box, but David Winrow's ensuing header glanced off the cross bar and was cleared away. That would prove to be the final bid for the Lyons, as MIT held on for the thrilling 2-1 victory.
Caldwell finished with seven saves in the victory for MIT, while Davidson turned away six shots for the Lyons. The Engineers held on for the win despite Wheaton's 36-15 advantage in shots and 9-3 edge in corner kicks.
Sunday's championship game will feature a rematch of last Saturday's regular season finale which saw Babson defeat MIT by a close margin of 2-1. In addition to the NEWMAC Championship, the winner will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.


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A graveside service was held at the Fairview City Cemetery Thursday, July 11, at 11 a.m. A celebration of her life was held Friday July 12, open house from 2-8 p.m., at the Clubhouse of the Garden Park Condos; Garden Park Dr, Orem. Her Bishop gave a prayer at 4 p.m.
She was born Jan. 29, 1940, in Fairview, Utah, to Marcell and Floyd Tucker. She grew up in Sunnyside, Utah. She was married to George "Babe" Russell and moved to Moab, Utah, where they raised their two children, Bryan and Kristie. They were married for 25 years.
Besides being a loving mother she was the secretary for Grand County High School. In 1983, she began working for Rural Water Association of Utah as office manager; this is where she continued her work until she retired in 2003.
She is survived by her ex-husband, George "Babe" Russell; her son, Bryan (Alicia) Russell; her daughter, Kristie Vincent; Daniel Vincent; five grandchildren, Ashley (Jesse) Dixon, BreAnn Russell, Tiffanie Vincent, Austin Vincent, and Kaycee Russell; four great-grandchildren, Hagen, Kolter, Brodee, and Cayle Dixon; as well her brother, Michael (Loretta) Tucker; and her three nieces Jodi, Lori, and Lisa.
She is preceded in death by her mother and father.
Her best talent in life was making friends everywhere she went. She will be greatly missed by all!
In lieu of flowers, donations in Linda's name to the National Liver Foundation would be appropriate.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at rasmussenmortuary.com.


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California map by GoogleMaps engine: map scale; scheme and satellite view; directions: streets and houses search - in most of cities, towns, and some villages of the World. If you can't find something, try satellite map of California, Yandex map of California, or from OSM project: California map.
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Asturias Cave Paradise: the legacy of prehistory.
Idol of Peña Tú
There are many ways to learn about prehistory, but we recommend one so real that you will be fascinated. Join us on a full tour of the sites, caves and museums with prehistoric art to be found in the east of Asturias, one of the most beautiful regions in Green Spain. Discover the mark of your ancestors in a fascinating area.
A visit to Asturias is like a real trip back in time. Looking into prehistory in this part of northern Spain means spectacular cave paintings and engravings. The visit we recommend here includes 13 destinations in eastern Asturias where there are many marks left behind by early man. Don't miss it.
You could start your journey in Ribadesella, home to Tito Bustillo Cave - you will love the cave's interior: it has artistic representations of the cave's inhabitants between 25000 and 10000 BC. Take a good look around because you will be seeing one of the most important and beautiful Palaeolithic sites in western Europe. Passing through a tunnel specially designed for visitors, you will observe paintings and engravings of deer, horses and female figures. Can you imagine seeing the marks left behind by groups of late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers?
Within the same cave network you can also visit Ardines Cave, which is more than 40 metres high. Get ready, though, because to enter you have to climb 300 steps. For the curious amongst you, next to Tito Bustillo Cave there is the Prehistory Teaching Room, where graphic information panels and archaeological exhibits will help you get a better idea of prehistory in Asturias. You can get more information at Ribadesella Tourist Office.
2 kilometres from Cangas de Onís is El Buxu Cave. Would you like to discover a prehistoric settlement designed for deer and ibex hunting? Then don't miss this cave, with its rare sculpture of a bird, carved into a tooth from one of the bears that lived in these caves. In Cangas de Onís (visit the local tourist office) you will also find the Santa Cruz dolmen, an priceless burial monument.
Continue your journey to Llanes, where you will also find a pleasant surprise. A 25 minute walk will take you to the Idol of Peña Tú, a Bronze Age painting. It is an amazing figure reaching more than a metre in height, that could represent a warrior. Furthermore, at its Teaching Room, staff will explain what prehistoric societies were like. Get more information at Llanes Tourist Office.
Do you love nature? Then you will love El Pindal Cave in Ribadedeva, located in a spectacular setting of cliffs rising above the Cantabrian Sea, with its San Emeterio Visitor Centre. A stunning landscape where you can visit this cave, which has drawings including one of a fish, unusual in the Palaeolithic period. Other recommended caves? La Loja Cave in Peñamellera Baja. Here you can go deep within the earth and then visit its Visitor Centre outside; and Llonin cave in Peñamellera Alta where there are more than 100 etchings.
Once you have discovered the wealth of prehistoric paintings to be found in eastern Asturias, we would recommend another vital visit: La Lluera Caves in San Juan de Priorio (Oviedo) now opening to the public for the first time. When you arrive you can admire the most complete exterior sanctuary for Palaeolithic art to be found in Europe. Don't miss any of the drawings of wild bulls, deer and horses. It's well worthwhile.
Practical information
To discover these places in eastern Asturias, we recommend comfortable clothing and footwear, suitable for wet and sometimes slippery terrain. There are well signed access points and guided tours available at most of these caves.
All this and much more will be within reach, as Asturias continues to extend its "Cave Paradise" programme to include other sites with a rich prehistoric heritage. These include the visitor centres for the Iron Age settlements in Asturias, Neanderthal, Ancient Forests, Cave Habitats, Glacial Fauna, the House of the Cave Painters and the Camp of the Prehistoric Fishermen.
All these, along with the cave sites currently open, offer an amazing way to discover the secrets of prehistory and a fascinating region. Not to be missed for any art lover. All that is left to say now: Enjoy!
More information at: http://tematico.asturias.es/cultura/yacimientos/yacimientos.html (website in Spanish only) / http://orienteastur.info (website in Spanish only)
If you liked this article, get more related information at: Cave art at Teverga: the most modern gallery of Prehistoric art
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Illinois PHYS 466, Lecture 5: Interatomic Potentials
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Interatomic Potentials
- Before we can start a simulation, we need the model!
- Interaction between atoms and molecules is determined by quantum mechanics
- But we don't know V(R)!
- The electronic-structure problem
- Born-Oppenheimer (1927) Approximation
- Semi-empirical potentials
- Atom-Atom potentials
- Atomic systems
- Lennard-Jones (2-body) potential
- LJ Force Computation
- Morse potential
- Various Other Empirical Potentials
- Fit for a Born potential
- Failure of pair potentials
- Metallic potentials
- Silicon potential
- Hydrocarbon potential
- Water potentials
- Problems with potentials
- Which approach to use?
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If I have one criticism of Best Motoring, it's that it tends to be very heavy on cars from its home country. Sure, I love seeing my favorite JDM cars get whipped around Tsukuba Circuit or wherever (usually Tsukuba Circuit, honestly) but it's fun to mix it up from time to time too.
And what a mix we have in this battle! It's a race between a Mini Cooper S, a Volkswagen GTI MKVI, a Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TFSI, a Fiat Grande Punto Abarth SS (I don't know what that is but I fucking want one), and a Honda S2000.
I won't tell you which one wins. Actually, I will. It's the Cooper S, the car I just bought, because I am the smartest human being alive. Eat shit, other cars.


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Dr. Bowen and Mr. Watterson were in attendance. Dr. Abdullah, Mr. Coggin, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Halverson, Ms. Kendrick, Dr. Taylor, Ms. Thompson, and Mr. Twomey participated by phone.
Ms. Crawford and Ms. Hicks notified Chair Thompson that they would not be able to attend the meeting.
Trustee Gonzalez informed the group that he might be unable to participate throughout the conference call due to illness.
Chair Thompson called the meeting to order expressing her appreciation for the Trustees' participation in the conference call and in the preceding committee meetings. Roll call was conducted and quorum was established. Chair Thompson requested a motion to approve the minutes. Trustee Douglas proffered the motion, it was seconded by Trustee Gonzalez and unanimously approved.
Chair Thompson announced that she would have to reorder the agenda items. Ms. Owen would present her report prior to the Finance and Audit Committee report. Additionally, Chair Thompson would delay her report until later in the meeting.
Dr. Kline stated that there were three items in his report. He gave credit to Karen Stone and Jim Collum for signing the agreement that spawned the first company based on a University patent. UNF licensed and received 2 million shares in a company called GeoAge, a start up company. The University has since applied for another patent on a mechanism used to densify messages on wire or fiberoptics. Trustee Gonzalez asked to see more information on GeoAge. Dr. Kline replied that he would be happy to provide more information to Trustee Gonzalez.
President Kline said that the University had received a request from United Faculty of Florida to schedule a pre-bargaining meeting. The University was in the process of identifying individuals to serve as a bargaining team for the administration. He also said than a closed session had been scheduled immediately following the July 17 Board meeting to discuss bargaining. This is in accordance with Florida statutes.
In closing, Dr. Kline said he would like to thank the Board for their support. He said he'd enjoyed working with the Trustees and getting to know them all and felt a great deal had been accomplished. Chair Thompson replied that the Trustees would like to reiterate their thanks to Dr. Kline.
Ms. Janet Owen reported that the legislature was in an extended session through Friday, June 27. It was proposed that the legislature would consider only medical malpractice legislation through the balance of the special session. Election reform legislation was passed as was legislation allowing alternatives to the FCAT. However, the State Board of Education met in Orlando on June 17 and voted to exclude exceptions to the FCAT such as those contemplated in the legislation currently before the Governor.
Ms. Owen said that the Governor had received the budget. Vetoes were due July 2 so she was monitoring UNF issues, but expected no problems.
At its June 17 meeting in Orlando, the State Board of Education passed a K-20 accountability work plan. The Council for Education Policy, Research, & Improvement (CEPRI), in accordance with directions in budget proviso, will study the feasibility of proposed 5-year funding contracts between the State of Florida and FSU, FIE, and UF. USF will, in all likelihood, be added to the study. Presentations will be made to the group at the July and August CEPRI meetings, with a draft report to be circulated in October for comments from other Florida universities. The final recommendations are due to the Governor, Speaker of the House, and Senate President on November 1.
During the special session, legislation was passed that established the Board of Governors and reconstituted the university boards of trustees in accordance with Constitutional Amendment #11. Additionally, authority was given to the university boards of trustees to establish an admissions deposit for up to $200, and presidential salaries were capped at $225,000, payable with public funds, though additional funds could be applied from private sources.
Ms. Owen reported that Tom Petway had resigned from the Board of Governors as had the faculty representative, Dr. Briggs. Peter Rummel will replace Mr. Petway and Trustee Bowen said that Howard Rob from FIU was designated to replace Dr. Briggs. Ms. Owen stated that Carol Roberts, currently the vice chair, had been proposed as the new chair of the Board of Governors.
Chair Thompson thanked Ms. Owen for her report.
Trustee Twomey related that the FAC had an extremely productive meeting. He thanked President Kline, Dean Serwatka, and Mr. Arjune for all of their work in providing materials to assist the group in focusing on the issues. He said that as all of the Trustees had been in attendance at either the FAC or a second meeting offered by the President's office to allow Trustees who had not been able to attend the committee meeting access to the information, he would keep his remarks brief.
Trustee Twomey indicated that the Legislature had provided an 8 ½% tuition hike with an additional 6.5% discretionary increase for out-of-state students and in-state graduate students. The State's proposals, however, were based on the assumption that all universities had raised tuition to the maximum allowable amount the previous year. UNF, in fact, had not. This meant that UNF would need to comply with the required 8.5% increase for out-of-state students as stated in the law, resulting in an increase of approximately $10,000 more than was originally planned. Dr. Kline recommended that the overage be used for financial aid. Trustee Twomey moved for approval of the tuition increase. No second was required.
Trustee Taylor commented on the motion, stating that he supported the proposal but felt that it was important to consider the out-of-state tuition level if the University hoped to attract top students from around the country. He said that current financial support for graduate students was rather low and thought the Board should look for ways to generate more support for graduate students in the future. Chair Thompson thanked him for his comment and said the issue would be a good one to examine in the fall with the strategic plan.
Trustee Douglas thanked President Kline, Dean Serwatka and Mr. Arjune for taking the time to bring trustees who had been unable to attend the FAC meeting up-to-date.
Chair Thompson called the motion to a vote and it passed unanimously.
Trustee Twomey remarked that the University and the Board had been forced into a situation where difficult choices had to be made in order to create a budget that would allow the University to succeed. He recommended approval of the 2003/2004 budget.
Trustee Taylor noted that that the new tuition figures under the Needs and Possible Funding Sources chart were the original figures and were not reflective of what had actually been passed by the Legislature. Dr. Kline affirmed his observation but said the budget would be passed according to the tuition set by the Legislature.
The Trustees voted to pass the budget.
Chair Thompson again thanked University staff and Trustees for all their hard work on the budget.
Trustee Twomey said he was pleased to recommend approval of the $1.5 million allocation to match Courtelis and Challenge Grants. The motion passed unanimously.
Trustee Gonzalez excused himself from the remainder of the conference call after verifying that quorum would not be affected by his departure.
Trustee Twomey pointed out that the word ratification was important as the University did not technically need approval from the FAC or the Board but Dr. Kline felt would be beneficial for the Board to ratify the decision. Trustee Twomey said the purchase would save the University a significant amount of money and would be a wise decision. Trustee Douglas agreed. Mr. Twomey motioned to approve the purchase. The Board unanimously approved the motion.
Mr. Twomey clarified that the proposed housing rate increases were actually for the following year, 2004/2005. It was necessary to establish rates early enough for the brochures to be prepared with the actual figures. The average increase was in the five percent range, which Vice President Gonzalez had assured the FAC was within an appropriate range for students housing. Trustee Twomey offered the motion for approval and it passed unanimously.
A parking rate increase of approximately 12% was recommended by the FAC. The increase received broad support from a committee of University faculty, staff, and students, as well as from the administration. The economy rate was brought down from $35 to $30 in an attempt to help keep the burden off of the people who had the most difficulty financially. The motion was unanimously approved by the Board.
Karen Stone spoke to the lease modification agreement, stating that it allowed for direct lease of University land from the State to the Board of Trustees as the Board how has authority to hold leases. Trustee Twomey proffered the motion for approval and it was approved unanimously.
Chair Thompson thanked everyone for being so well prepared for the conference call and for attending either the FAC meeting or the special informational session offered by the President's office. She also expressed appreciation for Dr. Kline, Dr. Serwatka, Trustee Twomey, and Mr. Arjune for coordinating the meetings.
President Kline asked that Dr. Gonzalez lead the discussion on this item. Dr. Gonzalez said that as most of the Trustees were present for the original discussion at the FAC meeting, he would keep his remarks brief. He spoke of the need for a student union and said that the University had decided to build a new union across from the arena where the portables are currently located rather than renovate the existing building. According to a survey conducted by former Trustee Hank Rogers and MGT of America, students would be able to tolerate a $5-6 increase in fees to fund the new union.
Vice President Crosby went over the rationale for building a new student union, stating that it would enable the University to be more competitive with other universities as the residential population grew and provide a venue for evening activities. Mr. Crosby said the union was a priority item and he hoped to move fairly quickly. He spoke of funding sources for the project, including CITF and student fees. Additionally, there is the potential for investments, possibly a bookstore, and food services. Funding requests will be presented at the July Board of Trustees meeting. A request for PECO funds to finance a student affairs office for that building will also be presented at the July meeting. The University is also looking at the utilization of general obligation bonds in this endeavor and the possibility of establishing a separate DSO for that purpose.
Dr. Kline added one item to the report, noting that construction of a new student union would free the space in Building 14 for academic use, classrooms, faculty offices, etc. Chair Thompson asked if the University had reached the cap for student fees. Dr. Kline responded that we had but said alternatives to the cap were being considered. Chair Thompson pointed out that both the student union and an application to NCAA Division I would require an increase in fees. She cautioned the Trustees and University staff about reaching too far before funding was available.
Trustee Abdullah asked about PECO funds, remarking that there was supposed to be a shortage over the next few years. Vice President Crosby verified her observation but said that if UNF used general obligation bonds, PECO would not be an issue for the next two years. Trustee Abdullah asked if the planning funds had been requested yet. Mr. Crosby answered that the funds would be requested at the July meeting. Chair Thompson added that the information was only presented to keep the Board apprised. No action would be taken at this time. She added that some consideration should be given to alternative methods of funding such as philanthropy. Trustee Douglas reiterated the importance of the union to students.
Chair Thompson said several issues would be addressed in her report, including a status report on transition issues, the schedule for BOT and committee meetings for the coming year, and the retreat. She said that although the goal had been to hold the retreat sooner rather than later, it had been decided that it would be more appropriate to wait until the new president could be included. In the meantime, a calendar would be issued for next year's BOT and committee meetings. The Board would meet every other month with conference calls if needed on the alternate months. Board and committee meetings were scheduled for the same days and times as the previous year.
Chair Thompson stated the capital campaign had been concluded successfully and she hoped to see 100% participation from both the Board of Trustees and the Foundation Board in future campaigns. Trustee Gonzalez had asked a question regarding grounds and facilities. Chair Thompson said that issue had been postponed and would be addressed by the FAC after the presidential transition.
Trustee Abdullah suggested incorporating a strategic conversation prior to Board meetings for both the Trustees and the President would be beneficial. Staff could prepare the President and Trustees for specific issues that required further information. Chair Thompson thanked her for the suggestion, indicating that she had discussed a similar need with Mr. Delaney and thought it an excellent idea.
Chair Thompson said that she had discussed his employment contract with Mr. Delaney. She thanked Ms. Stone for her research and for preparing the contract. Chair Thompson and Mr. Delaney had easily come to resolution on the contract., although it was not yet signed as Mr. Delaney was out of town. Mr. Delaney would officially begin his new duties on July 1 but would spend the first few weeks learning about the responsibilities of the position and getting settled. Chair Thompson said she believed Mr. Delaney would be in contact with Board members prior to July 1. Salary was agreed upon in the amount of $218,000, which, although it was at the low end of current presidential salaries did not seem inappropriate given the size of the institution and the new president's experience. Mr. Delaney would also receive an amount for an annuity or deferred compensation from the Foundation Board as well as a car and housing allowance.
Chair Thompson said that Dr. Kline had been very helpful in the transition. She had suggested to Mr. Delaney that he take advantage of Dr. Kline's offer of assistance as Dr. Kline had such strong commitment to and knowledge of the UNF. Mr. Delaney said that Dr. Kline was honorable and helpful and has accepted Dr. Kline's assistance. The Trustees applauded Dr. Kline. Dr. Kline said that he and Mr. Delaney had discussed how best to utilize his assistance and that he looked forward to helping however he could. In response to a question from Trustee Coggin, President Kline said he thought Mr. Delaney would have a decision soon regarding the position of provost. Dr. Kline agreed to serve in the position for a year but no longer if needed while a search was conducted. Otherwise he planned to go back into teaching and scholarship.
Chair Thompson said that as it would be a time consuming prospect bringing Mr. Delaney up to speed, Dr. Kline had agreed to stay and would be acting president until Mr. Delaney came on board. She said any issues should be referred to President Kline as had been done in the past. She requested that Board members continue route issues through the President's office. More information would be available by the July meeting if not sooner.
Trustee Coggin stated that he had attended the informational meeting at the President's office on Monday and remarked on how generous everyone had been with their time. He thanked President Kline for all he had done. He said Dr. Kline had performed impeccably and he couldn't envision anyone doing a more outstanding job. Chair Thompson said Trustee Coggin spoke for all of them.
Ms. Stone reported that Mr. Delaney's appointment would be ratified by the Board of Governors on Monday, June 23. She said she would send an email with the call-in information in case the Trustees wished to listen to the meeting.
Chair Thompson thanked everyone for their participation and preparation for the meeting. Discussion ensued regarding Trustees' attendance at the July Board meeting. Dr. Serwatka asked Trustees to notify the President's office if they would be unable to attend the meeting so he could get an idea of whether quorum could be met.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Max Irons Films 'Posh' with Freddie Fox
Max Irons films scenes for his upcoming film Posh alongside co-star Freddie Fox last week in Oxford, England.
The 27-year-old actor stars in the film about two first-year students at Oxford University who join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Max Irons
Posh, which is being directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education, One Day), is also set to star Douglas Booth and Sam Claflin. All of our favorite British guys in one movie!


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Gabriel Aubry & Nahla: Beech Street Pizzeria Pair!
Gabriel Aubry carries his adorable daughter Nahla while crossing the street on Monday (October 11) in Pacific Palisades, Calif.
The father-daughter duo, without the 2-year-old's mom, Halle Berry, dropped by Beech Street Pizzera for a bite.
Over the weekend, Gabriel and Halle got some paperwork done at their lawyer's office in Sherman Oaks.
Halle has also been spending time with her new beau Olivier Martinez. The two grabbed lunch in Malibu on Sunday and checked out an art gallery last week.
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CRYSTAL LAKE – D.J. Thomas initially thought his shot was drifting right and a scolding from the bench could be forthcoming.
Instead, the Crystal Lake Central senior forward's 3-pointer swished through for perhaps the biggest shot of the game and definitely the most important basket of his career.
Thomas' shot from the right corner gave Central a five-point lead with 2:14 remaining and gave the Tigers a little room to breathe against Huntley, which would just not go away.
Central then sealed the outcome with eight free throws in the final 1:26 for a 54-46 victory in a Fox Valley Conference crossover boys basketball game Friday at the Central Fieldhouse.
Thomas was rewarded on the crucial play for grabbing an offensive rebound. He passed to guard Jake Vanscoyoc, who flipped it back to Thomas in the right corner.
"I came down and their guy took Brad [Knoeppel] instead of me," Thomas said. "I saw Jake on the wing and then I filled the next slot [in the corner]. I was wide open so I shot, It was a fun one. We felt more comfortable playing after that."
Central (7-1) led the entire way, but Huntley (4-3) kept the score close with tough defense and hitting some key 3-pointers. Each one of the Red Raiders' starters nailed a 3.
"You're never going to put that team away," Tigers coach Rich Czeslawski said. "With or without Amanze [Egekeze], they still have gamers like [Jake] Wagner and [Bryce] Only hitting big shots. We talked at halftime about an offensive rebound making a difference and I give our kids credit for listening."
Egekeze, a 6-foot-7 junior and the area's highest-recruited player who has an offer from DePaul and interest from Illinois and Northwestern, will miss a few more weeks coming back from surgery to alleviate the patellar tendinitis in his right knee.
Huntley had cut the lead to 42-41 with 3:10 remaining on Wagner's 3 before Knoeppel hit a free throw. On the next possession, Thomas came up with the offensive rebound and his second 3 of the game.
"[Huntley] is a really good defensive team and they don't force up any stupid shots," Knoeppel said. "Free throws really helped us out a lot and we played good defense."
Guard Corban Murphy led Central with 15 points, Knoeppel scored six of his 14 in the fourth quarter and David Panicko added 13.
Wagner and Only each scored 13 points to lead the Raiders, and Only grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. Huntley's 20 turnovers was a sore spot for coach Marty Manning.
"We played hard, but we didn't play tough," Manning said. "We weren't strong with the basketball. We held them to the mid-40s before they shot all the free throws at the end. We just had some mental breakdowns and that comes to physical toughness and being strong with the ball."


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Can the discourse markers, thus, consequently, as a result come at the end of a sentence. I think they can in spoken English, but in writing is this okay?
I definitely wouldn't put 'thus' at the end of written or spoken sentences, though we have the old phrase 'and ever was thus', which can go at the end. 'Consequently' might be OK, but I don't think I would. They don't have to come right at the beginning; both can come after the subject.


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Orang Rimba are an indigenous people that live in the forest near Jambi, they are one of the many victims of massive deforestation in the region and conflicts it brings. Image: Ulet Ifansasti
The Orang Rimba are an indigenous people living in Jambi, Indonesia in a forested area that is under conflict. They believe that God manifests inside animals in the forest, one is God Mergo – "God Tiger" – whom they worship. They never used to have a permenant home, whenever they felt there was bad luck or a death occured they would move through the forest usually in groups of around 30 people. Their houses often came in the shape of "rumbia" – a kind of coconut tree, whose leaves they used as their roof. Since the Orang Rimba believe they are part of nature, part of the forest, sometimes they go so far as to sleep under the stars, unprotected. Despite living and depending on the forest this way, we haven't heard any stories of the Orang Rimba coming into conflict with animals like the Sumatran tiger, or hunting them for their fur.
We wanted to pay our respects to them, so Greenpeace Indonesia's "Tiger Eye Tour" decided to go to meet the Orang Rimba in the forests around Pemayungan Village, Jambi. We ended up circling the village for quite some time, finding that Sinar Mas Group had blocked some of the roads leading there. Sinar Mas Group is an Indonesian conglomerate engaged in clearing rainforests, its pulp and paper division is Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), and it owns rights to land around the village we were trying to reach. We had already been warned that visiting the Orang Rimba would be difficult by a village elder, since they had moved deeper into the forest to avoid the conflict that began in 2009 between villagers who want to keep the forest and the company, PT Lestari Asri Jaya (LAJ) owned by Sinar Mas Group, who wants to clear the forest to create a plantation.
We found ourselves blocked again when we started down the clay road called 'Koridor Street' - the one and only road leading into the forest where the Orang Rimba live. We were only ten minutes down the road when a patrol car came by and two guys dressed in black jumped out and grabbed the keys from our vehicles. They were security officers for another Sinar Mas Group owned company – PT Wira Karya Sakti. They had already heard about our "Tiger Eye Tour" and demanded to know what we were doing here.
We knew that the company they worked for did not own the area we were trying to visit – however the company employing these two security guards had built the road we were travelling on, and therefore controlled who came in and out. The road would not even be there without the company – the security guard told us. And therefore no one moved in or out without written permission. That included people who want to go hiking in 'Taman Nasional Bukit Tigapuluh' a nearby Sumatran Tiger conservation area and villagers who want to travel to their farm land that is included in the area of land claimed by the Sinar Mas Group. It also included people like us, who want to go and meet with the Orang Rimba.
A debate continued between our team and the security guards from Sinar Mas Group, during which the guards became quite agitated. A member of the special force of Indonesian police eventually joined us and our team leader told him that we were there peacefully and only wanted to visit the Orang Rimba as part of our "Tiger Eye Tour". He asked if the police officer could escort us in and out of the forest. But this was not acceptable to the security guards.
The keys to our vehicles were only returned to us on one condition – that we allow ourselves to be escorted back out of the area by the police officer. We realized then how right the village elder had been – it is very difficult to visit the Orang Rambi people of Jambi. They are isolated by the conflict over the forest that they call home.
(Unregistered) Curiosity
Thank you for this awesome report about the worst human behaviour I've come across in my entire life.
That APP is a bully I already knew ...
Thank you for this awesome report about the worst human behaviour I've come across in my entire life.
That APP is a bully I already knew from other reports about their appalling behaviour and disrespect for life but that they hire people with no ethics to make sure they can do what they want is beyond reason and disrespect.
I'm ashamed to be a human to witness a company bullying a group of native people into submission that is not good for the natives nor for the environment. Disgraceful to put it mildly.
Picking on a shy group of native people is beyond disgusting in my eyes. It also reminds me of the behaviour done to the native Americans in the 20th century by the government under the pretence it would be best for the native Americans!
Is humanity gone backwards or is it refusing to learn from past mistakes?
I'm shaking my head in disbelief that this kind of appalling bullying still is used to make a wrong into a right!
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I tried to find this place on Google Maps, but the detail is very poor so it is impossible to make out the kind of landuse, or any kind of structure, ...
I tried to find this place on Google Maps, but the detail is very poor so it is impossible to make out the kind of landuse, or any kind of structure, though areas or bare red soil are very common. Are these clearcut areas?
Some of the rivers have very obviously been "photoshopped" to an astonishing blue.
Searching east of Jambi I found "white rivers" and oddly discoloured meanders, and started to wonder if these images had been doctored to hide something. There are networks of roads in the satellite images but not on the maps, and no way to determine whether these are urban areas, farms or cleared forests.
Am I being paranoid in imagining that the developers are finding ways to edit the images before they are published by Google? I hear that this does occur for military and industrially sensitive areas.
Oil rich South Sudan is another area with similarly low resolution and lack of information.
10 October, 2011 at 16:32
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(Unregistered) Jarrah Hume-Cook
Sadly the same happens here, relative to public roads being gated and locked when logging contractors begin logging, and we the public, and therfore o...
Sadly the same happens here, relative to public roads being gated and locked when logging contractors begin logging, and we the public, and therfore owners (thiefs) of this land, are not permitted to enter these areas...
However, even more sadly, we have avenues to protest and the inteligence and representation of the Green Political Party and NGO proponents of thus to support our protest but we don't protest, we buy the spin doctoring all when the evidence is all encompassing,; and here these Orang Rimba have no representation at all...
However, the saddest point to this terrifying story is we are, by default, yes all Australians, clear-cut (every pun intended) proponents of displacing the Orang Rimba by the products we allow into our country, by our vote and our lack of action in supporting these displaced and unrepresented peoples...
We proxied a 'sorry' to the indigenous of our land, at what cost and when do we action sorrow for the Orang Rimba?
10 October, 2011 at 17:46
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I remembered one of my middle school teacher ever met those Orang Rimba (or Jambi people know them more as Suku Anak Dalam or Suku Kubu) long long tim...
I remembered one of my middle school teacher ever met those Orang Rimba (or Jambi people know them more as Suku Anak Dalam or Suku Kubu) long long time ago while I lived in Jambi province for quite a time. I don't remember much, but it would be good if this helps :)
Jambi has poor infrastructure; it's better at its capital city, Jambi City, but don't expect much at town or village. Even when traveling from one town to another, you'll see massive green along the way. So I think what skywatch see from google map is maybe it's right that the oddly blue river is photoshopped, because the image itself is in really bad quality or the river itself it's hardly distinguished from the land.
Orang Rimba has a very strict regulation about outsider, so it's best if you have a guide that often met them regularly. One of the rule that I remember is no camera or recording tools. They also have regulation about how you dress and such... just follow the instructions of the guide and you'll be fine. My teacher was part of a tour but I don't know where you can find any these days.
Like ancient times, they valued salt and tobacco. Salt maybe due to they live far from ocean (their habitat is around Bukit Barisan - Lining Hills, right?) As for tobacco, I'm not quite sure... history maybe? Indonesian ancient Kingdom people used them as part of rituals. There was even story about people coincidentally met them at road and they let the people passed by giving them salt and tobacco.
Together with Dayak tribe and Baduy people, these three made most known native people in Indonesia. At the east there is also Irian people, but it's less known (east Indonesia is quite underdeveloped and hard to reach by any means of transportation). They also lived as part of nature (especially Dayak and Irian people), so if we couldn't meet Orang Rimba, maybe another would be a good reference.
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Unfortunately tribal people in the jambi always cheated by employers who want to own their land, the government of Indonesia has always been quiet nev...
Unfortunately tribal people in the jambi always cheated by employers who want to own their land, the government of Indonesia has always been quiet never helps them, more government help entrepreneurs who want to control their land
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Making Your Kickstarter Even More Fun: Marian Call Turns Kickstarter Into European Adventure Quest
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That is, she created Marian Call's European Adventure Quest, in which she effectively "gamified" Kickstarter, such that the more she earned, the more levels would be "unlocked." The main idea was that she would tour Europe and record a live album, but the more she raised, the more places she would visit and the more cover songs she would do (she usually does originals, but people have requested covers, and she was worried about the licensing fees if she didn't raise money in support). She's even got some nice retro video game graphics to show her progress:
One of the things we get concerned about, at times, is that people get so focused on how others have been successful with things like Kickstarter that they stop being additionally creative on their own and merely copy others' projects. But Marian is showing how you can continue to be creative above and beyond the basics of Kickstarter, and do so in way that is fun and better connects you with fans (while also getting those fans to support you in a big way). It's always great to see these kinds of inspiring examples.