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Date Night: Abistro
Abistro on DeKalb. The name itself is an argument, a dare. Not "a bistro," but "abistro," a one-word assertion of authority, a place that might upend commonly held notions of bistro-itude. This Fort Greene restaurant specializes in Franco-African cuisine, but its dishes, like the name, tease you with contradictions.
To begin, a cold ginger juice ($5). The wedge of lime looks mundane enough, but the smack and burn of the root's liquid is a singular sensation. Shards of grated ginger furthered the spicy tang. We could almost see the cartoon ka-pows! and boings! in the air around us, squiggles of smoke rising up from our scalps.
Next up, Senegalese fried chicken ($22), a chicken breast that had been peppered, then broiled. Too busy eating, we didn't miss the crackle of skin found on more traditional takes. The Senegalese salsa—cabbage and pineapple—added acid, as did the Dijonnaise sauce, mouth-puckering in a good way. The braised collard greens beneath turned a cabbage hater into a convert. "My mouth feels alive," one of us yelped.
The "fried" we expected in the Senegalese fried chicken arrived in the curry Vietnamese catfish ($17). (This dish traces its origins to a part of the French empire far removed from Africa.) What came out was a light and flaky rectangle, the curry flavors literally baked into, rather than slathered on, a firm but not brittle crust. It worked, arrogantly, unexpectedly, as when Alanis channels Fergie to sing about her humps or Jonathan Coulton takes on "Baby Got Back."
Sides warrant discussion. Along with the catfish came a great glop of mashed grits flecked with green onions. The grits had been plumped and textured. And the fried chicken had stiff competition from its pineapple scented jasmine rice cake in the "most delectable" contest being waged on that plate. "Pineapple scented" lends this pretty little puck a pretentiousness it doesn't deserve, for it was a great addition to a great entree, a dessertlike cake in which the rice took on a gelatinous, almost apple-like crispness. We were especially glad for this dollop of sweetness, as Abistro was out of its famed spicy bread pudding ($10).
Loyalists to the original location, a closet on Carlton Avenue, might scoff at this younger sibling's minimalist polish, even as they appreciate the latter's full bar. The pleasantly sparse dining room has a handful of accents: a blue-green wall, a statue of a breastfeeding woman, a high-top table made of polished driftwood. Instead, its atmosphere derives from its diners. Laughter ricochets off the hard surfaces. A man in a bright yellow t-shirt greets most of the tables. And, suddenly, Abistro becomes a bistro. With its unique take on familiar food and ambiance, Abistro on DeKalb is best for: a vivacious date.
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NASA / JPL / Univ. of Arizona
A lava flow in Mars' Elysium Planitia region takes on the appearance of an elephant in this picture from the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, captured on March 19 and released April 4.
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured an elephant on Mars — well, actually, it's an elephant-shaped lava flow in Elysium Planitia on Mars.
The picture provides one more Martian example of the phenomenon known as "pareidolia," in which our eyes and brain can be coaxed to see familiar patterns in unfamiliar settings. Pareidolia is the best explanation for the Face on Mars, the Mermaid on Mars ... and even the Happy Face on Mars.
The Elephant Face on Mars also provides a glimpse of the geological changes that shaped the Red Planet over the course of billions of years.
"Flood lavas cover extensive areas, and were once thought to be emplaced extremely rapidly, like a flood of water," University of Arizona planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, the principal investigator for the orbiter's HiRISE camera, wrote in an image advisory issued on Wednesday.
"Most lava floods on Earth are emplaced over years to decades, and this is probably true for much of the lava on Mars as well," McEwen said. "An elephant can walk away from the slowly advancing flow front. However, there is also evidence for much more rapidly flowing lava on Mars, a true flood of lava. In this instance, maybe this elephant couldn't run away fast enough."
This picture served as today's "Where in the Cosmos" puzzle on the Cosmic Log Facebook page, and it took about an hour for Odies Neel to come up with the full story behind the image. Odies will be getting a pair of 3-D glasses in the mail as a reward — as will Seth Deitch and Jonce Matilovski, who came close to the mark.
Over the past six years, HiRISE (which stands for the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) has sent back more than 22,000 images of the Martian surface, including 2,444 3-D anaglyph images that should give those red-blue glasses a good workout. Check out the HiRISE website and NASA's Mars exploration portal page for all the pictures.
There's still more to look forward to on the final frontier: Next Thursday, the big event will be Yuri's Night, a space celebration that commemorates the 51st anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's history-making orbital flight as well as the 31st anniversary of the first space shuttle flight.
The marketing director for Yuri's Night, Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto, discussed the past, present and future of spaceflight with me on the "Virtually Speaking Science" talk show, which airs on BlogTalkRadio and in the Second Life virtual world. Give a listen to the hourlong podcast, which you can get via BlogTalkRadio or iTunes — and check out Veronica's screengrab of our avatars sitting together in the Second Life auditorium:
Courtesy of Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto
AlanJBoyle Resident and Lunnna Capalini (Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto's avatar) sit together in the Second Life virtual world during the "Virtually Speaking Science" talk show.
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter or adding Cosmic Log's Google+ page to your circle. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for other worlds.

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- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:03
When will those China Flights be bookable?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:16
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:17
they are still not?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:17
You wish. President of HNA was in Serbia last week with Vucic.Delete
Btw Qatar starts flights to Sarajevo in a month and tickets are not on sale yet. But that does not seem to be an issue for you.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:47
Well if you dont seen the difference between the two, well then....Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:49
No I don't.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:50
Me neither.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:10
Qatar has free capacity caused by the isolation in the Middle East. They are desperately looking at deploying their aircraft and crew. They just scheduled the SJJ flight and will be putting them up for sale shortly. In the case of Hainan they know the frequencies the aircraft everything. Obviously for a long time already- BUT they still are not selling it? Why? Bacause they want to fly empty- or they never really intend to commence services. President of HNA was in BEG because of the airport, noth the route.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:13
President of HNA was attending Vucic's inauguration. HNA tourism is already selling tours to Serbia and people will be put on this flight. Online sales are not their priority. This service is prinarily for Chinese.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:13
Still not bookable? China is probably waiting for the keys to BEG airport before they commit to these flightsDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:14
I think there are more chances of QR flying empty to SJJ than Hainan flying empty to BEG.Delete
What we read in your comment is the exact same we saw when JFK was announced.
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:20
Sorry didnt know JU put up their flights for sale also 7 weeks before the first flight.:(Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:30
Not sure when the flights went for sale for JU flights to JFK. Still a JU loss maker route. Hopefully they will turn it aroundDelete
- JATBEGMEL17 July 2017 at 10:38
I think initially QR will go light to SJJ because of the last minute loading into the system. What you are forgeting is that Gulf tourists have drastically increased to BiH the past year or 2. Add on the Bosnian diaspora in Australia, Bosnians travelling abroad as well as other tourists visiting the region and I think the flights will do well. A320 isnt too large of an aircraft.Delete
As for Hainan, I think the larger pax numbers will come with direct flights. Interesting enough, the planned flights dont seem to connect well to the JU regional network nor does it seem there will be any codeshare with JU.
- JATBEGMEL17 July 2017 at 10:41
JU started to sell tickets to JFK mid February 2016 during the Tourism Fair in Belgrade.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:53
Yes, those Saudi and Emirati tourists will surely benefit from this QR routeDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:58
@JATBEGMEL, yes they started in February, with the remark: "We are selling this ticket but we haven't received the flight permission from US yet". That was hilarious!Delete
- JATBEGMEL17 July 2017 at 11:40
Not Emirati or Saudi, but Kuwaiti and Omani. The blockade will have to end sooner or later.
I dont think its funny but sad, really. Interesting enough Pakistan fits the criterea for US flights and Serbia initially didnt. In the end JU sold tickets for 5 months and had approval in time for its launch, which isnt bad. JU stated prior to customers purchasing tickets that the flights are pending government approval so people werent mislead in anyway, purchasing tickets knowing it was possible the flights could be rejected by the DOT. I think JU has been amazing compared to the so called airlines attempting TATL rotations from the Balkan region ie Sky Greece, Swift Air, Skanderberg Air...
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:47
JU sold ticket and promoted them well in advance- Hainan is not doing any of it....Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 16:03
How come they are not on sale. I just tried to book a flight and the system have allowed me.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 16:45
I don't see why people are so concerned. Hainan just today put 3 routes on sale and their launch date is exactly 10 days from today!Delete
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 02:38
@AnonymousJuly 17, 2017 at 11:47 AMDelete
That is cause, HNA has no intention of flying to Belgrade, it was a political game by both sides. Soon it'll be evident HNA when to delay Belgrade launch. If this was Qatar or Emirates, they'd market the launch of flights 4-5 months ahead, and do proper marketing. Qatar now has surplus of aircraft and they're sending their spare aircraft everywhere....
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 07:41
You are right, thanks for opening up our eyes as far as Hainan goes. What would have we done without your visionary insight.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:08
The initiative taken by the Serbian government is quite good but lacks some strategy. What's the point of inking so many agreements without applying actions? I think they could've focuses on China then Canada and not a bit of everything.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:14
Agree but I'm glad that the government has a proactive approach to aviation. I hope we see some new routes.Delete
- Nemjee17 July 2017 at 09:21
Revising the agreements is important in case some third player (non flag carrier) decides to launch flights. Israel is a great example of that where EL AL lost its monopoly thus allowing airlines such as Arkia and Israir to launch flights.Delete
We don't live in Communism anymore. It's not the government that needs to 'apply some action.'Their job is to create a good business environment within which companies can operate efficiently.
Nema to veze sa komunizmom, americka vlada je do guse u avio saobracaju i finansijski i pravno.Delete
- Nemjee17 July 2017 at 09:35
Она је у тој ситуацији због лобиста али нико у DOT-у не одлучује где ће Јунајтед или Делта летети.Delete
Посао бирократа је да олакшају пословање њиховим авио-компанијама, не да им сугеришу како да раде свој посао.
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:08
In my opinion only Canada, Iran and Morocco could work. Everything else is a bit of a stretch.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:14
You don't think that Morroco is a stretch?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:16
Charters or seasonal can work. Lots of tourists going there during the summer. 2 yrs ago Air Serbia was thinking about this route and this is from an inside source.Delete
I would also add Chicago to the list of potential destinations. There are many Serbs in Wisconsin and Ohio that could use this flight.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:23
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:31
Yes. At least Royal Air Maroc is interestedDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:09
It's a shame Air Serbia has no plans to grow its TATL networkReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:11
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:23
They could fly 3 pw to JFK and 3 pw to Chicago.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:55
And lose even more money than they do now?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:57
And you have proof they are losing money?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:01
They would not have made a complete strategy change if they were not.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 23:47
They were already making money and changed strategy to make even more money.Delete
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 07:30
Unfortunately that's not true, they introduced cost cutting measures because they needed extra cashDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:13
Finally they are talking about Chicago and Toronto. Nothing more is needed.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:17
They have been considering it for some time. That's why they are renegotiating the ASA with Canada, just like they did with the US before Air Serbia announced flights.Delete
So again no plans to deploy that JU A330 anywhere else other than JFK this winter?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:24
JFK ove zime ide na 4 nedeljna leta.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:26
Samo na mesec dana.Delete
Uskoro se unose letovi u sistem, cak ce u toku decembra i janurara ici na 5, jedino februar ostaje na 3Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:42
Wow nice. Super :)Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:19
If Etihad had a more hands on approach they could get one of their widebodies to land in BEG on its way to Toronto or Chicago.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:26
Etihad has too many issues now to do that. But I agree.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:27
Mislim da JU mnogo gubi nemajuci let za CAI, taj let bi radio isto kao BEY i punio ostale letove. Imali su ga u planu, ali su nazalost odustali od strategije za transfernim putnicima tako da ga ne ocekujem u skorijoj buducnosti!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:29
Not launching Cairo and making a real go of Kiev was a mistake.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:02
Why was making a go of Kiev a mistake?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:10
I meant not making a real go of Kiev was a mistake. They gave up far to soon.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 15:40
True dat. Kiev has real potential for once daily flights. To bad AS can not realize that.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 17:02
If Kiev has so much potential, why doesn't Ukraine International Airlines launch the route ? They have many more aircraft than does JU....Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 17:21
Good question, I have no idea what their strategy is. I just remember that AS had pretty solid loads.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 18:26
Loads are one thing... yields and flying profitably are another thing altogether. It is obvious that AS are taking the knife to their network and business and are sharpening their blade significantlyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 20:50
I think AS could have made it work. First by establishing a presence in Kiev (Ukraine). Then slowly increasing fares. It would work especially with the new hybrid pricing and service.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:27
If Koreans get the airport we probably will see some charters from Seoul.ReplyDeleteReplies
They won't get the airport.Delete
I hope some of this materializes.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:34
They should get a Canadian leisure airline to fly seasonal from YYZ since Air Serbia has absolutely no plans to grow in the future.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:40
There is talk that Rouge is interested.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:43
Hope so.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:43
Two weekly Rouge would be ideal, especially if we factor in the connections they could offer, not only in Canada but in the US as well.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:46
According to new stats number of Canadian visitors increase 30% to Serbia this year, which is not bad.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:49
Tourist arrivals are booming this year, especially since INI started operating regularly.Delete
- AirCEO17 July 2017 at 10:15
Seasonal AC Rouge 2pw sounds right but Air Serbia codeshare could be a challenge. On Rouge flights to Europe most codeshares are with JV partners except with Aegean to ATH and they are StarAlliance. For feed inside Europe it is all StarAlliance parners except Air Lingus LHR-DUB, and that one looks more as a backup for mainline. Air Serbia best bets for feed could be from Montenegro or SKP depending on timing.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:33
I don't think AC Rouge would care much about JU or its network. They would be after p2p and their own connections through Canada.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:09
They use Rouge WAW flight to connect to couple of LOT flights to other cities in Poland. Or perhaps they don't want full plane out of BEG to avoid fuel stops like this one from BUD:Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:37
Nice to see Serbia taking the initiative.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:47
Less talk, more action.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:48
They have done ok. Lots of new flights and destinations from BEG this year.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 09:56
Well it's the first Serbian government which has made tourism growth as one of their strategic goals.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:02
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:07
I was surprised yesterday on JU flight to Split how many Asians were on board. Pozdravi sa letovanja iz Splita :)ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:15
Don't say that. People here believe no one transfers via Belgrade.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 19:14
I flew BEG-SPU last Monday. At least 35-40 passengers from AUS and NZ.Delete
Take care, I just returned and now hear there are wildfires approaching the city itself!Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:29
I look forward to seeing the next new destination.ReplyDelete
- AirCEO17 July 2017 at 10:32
If Air Serbia decides to stick with long haul in the long run, they might consider ordering a Boeing. Yes, Boeing 797. It could be ideal aircraft for many potential long haul destinations from Belgrade. It will be available after 2025. Boeing already talked to 57 airlines about it. I am willing to bet at least one of those 57 airlines are from ExYu region.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:32
More excited by the fact that Hainan will get fifth freedom rights between BEG and Prague :DReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:32
Canada, China, Israel & Morocco are likely to succeed. BEG can still remain a Balkan hub but no need for further expansion.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:39
I think it's safe to assume that Israel has succeeded alreadyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 10:50
Israel has been a real success story. You go into Usce Shopping Center during the day, you can only hear Hebrew.Delete
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 02:53
Ušće. Usce does not mean anything.Delete
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 07:43
You are wrong. If he wanted to write it in a foreign language like English, French of German then Ušće would be wrong. Actually it would be as correct as writing Ушће.Delete
Those foreign languages don't have letter such as š or ć. ;)
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 13:43
In any language when referring to that shopping center, and writing in Serbian Roman (Latin) you are to use the proper spelling, which is ušće.Delete
Any other spelling is disrespectful.
Bez pronalazenja novih prevoznika i otvaranja novih trzista, otvaranja jos dva regionalna Srpska aerodroma nemoze se mnogo povecati promet. Er Srbija je ogranicena za saobracaj do sest hiljada kilometara. Izuzev jedinog A332. Ipak jedna lasta ne cini prolece. Potrebno je dozvoliti nisko budzetnim kompanijama na dugolinijskim destinacijama da bi se privukli turisti povecao saobracaj za poboljsanje profita aerodroma. Naravno, novi prevoznici nebih konkurisali Er Srbiji na njenim linijama.Postoji podpisan novi sporazum o vazdusnom saobracaju izmedu Australije i Srbije. Jos od prije par godina. Ali do sada nema ponude da se leti...ReplyDelete
Qantas - ova cerka kompanija JetStar, prema informacijama iz vazduhoplovnih krugova trebao bi da leti do Evropskih gradova. Naprimer Atine, Rima... Dobro bi bilo i do Beograda. To nebih ugrozavalo profit Ar Srbiji. Etihadu, Emiratima i Kataru bih. Ali bi dobro bilo zbog aerodroma na Surcinu. Verujem da vlada radi na ovome, ali nisam siguran dali to radi efektivno i dinamicno. Moralo bi. Sve u svemu, sadasnji i buduci putnici i turisti ce zaobilaziti drzave i oblasti ukoliko nisu vrlo blizu destinacije. Za razliku od proslosti o kojoj nas narod najvise prica o onome sto je proslo...!. Na kraju krajeva, koncesionar koji dobije koncesiju, dovesce visestruko putnika i aviona na Nikolu Teslu. Bez uvevcanog broja prevoznika putnika i karga nema ni profita... Ako mira bude na Balkanu, bice i velikog uvecanja avio saobracaja
Pozdrav iz Kings Park - a NSW Australia.Replies
You talk sense, sir! Too often I have a feeling that people from ex Yugoslavia still don't understand what free market means. Some don't even want it...they like the nanny state and usually expect everything to be done by the state and politicians.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:01
Good news for the flying public and Serbian tourism.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:24
Big but expected news out of the UAE this morning:ReplyDelete
EK will codeshare on many FZ services, and almost all scheduled flights to ex-YU operated by FZ will also bear an EK flight number.Replies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:29
That's great, EK will finally start selling direct flights to Belgrade in stead of connections via VIE.Delete
Flydubai loads were already fantastic as is, this will further consolidate their BEG operations.
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:38
Polako postaju EK express...Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:54
Ako, mislim da im je ovo dobitna kombinacija posebno jer su fz troskovi znatno nizi. Verujem da su zbog ovog I povecali beogradDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:27
I'm really hoping for Toronto flights. I think it has potential.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 11:37
Out of all the long haul routes, it has the most potential.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 17:05
It only has potential as a seasonal route. For JU, JFK is the best option as a year round route... no doubt, thats why they fly itDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 17:26
Toronto has big time potential. Lots of people from Balkans live there. Greater Toronto has some six million people, wider southern Ontario has plus 3-4 mil.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 18:28
So why aren't the many Canadian carriers beating a door down to fly the route if what you say is true ?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 19:31
Well one of their airlines successfully operated flights a few years ago before they went bankrupt. Another will eventually come back.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 20:46
Just a matter of time before AS, AC (Rouge) Air Transat, or another leisure airline starts YYZ-BEG.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 12:17
Ryanair in BEG would be the bomb. Any chance for that?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 12:27
Belgrade is too expensive for them.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:14
And it's not expensive for Wizz Air and Easy Jet?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 12:34
It will be interesting to see how BEG's route network develops when the new owners come. Free of politics.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:56
Hopefully they will work on attracting more European legacy airlinesDelete
@ Anonymous July 17, 2017 at 12:34 PMDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:15
If Air Serbia is not planning any other long haul routes then they really have to start thinking about next winter and how to utilise that A330.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:05
As you might have read, Air Serbia will increase New York to 4 weekly this winter and it will operate 5 weekly during Christmas-New Year. So there is no time to utilize the plane elsewhere.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:16
I never understood how tourists can be correctly counted in these regions considering the massive diaspora.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:18
I think we should connect BEG with Tbilisi,Baku,and maybe some cities in Russian FederationReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:27
Why on earth would you do that?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:56
Transfer potential. Just like Beirut,Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:58
Air Serbia could certainly fill up their plane to European connecting flights with competitive prices.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:32
I think having New York and Beijing is a good start. Maybe eventually add in a couple of year Toronto and possibly Chicago and that is more than respectable for a Balkan airport.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:37
How having Beijing? Where?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 13:40
It starts 15th September. You have trolled enough for today, like you trolled when New York was announced with same comments until it was put on sale.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:31
What airline could fly Chicago - Belgrade?Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:42
Maybe someone like National or like USA 3000 used to beDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:22
Chinese are everywhere this past few months in Belgrade, which is refreshing. Shows how much visas can have an impact on tourism.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 14:26
Politics too.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 15:01
True !!! I see them almost every day in groups, in restaurants, on Zemun qai, Ada Ciganlija, everywhere. Despite of that, Turks are more numerous turists. Everywhere u can hear turkish language.Delete
Is it true that around 40,000 Chinese expats live in Belgrade?Delete
- Anonymous18 July 2017 at 07:25
Maybe not 40 but I wouldn't be surprised if it's 10,000.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 16:01
Nothing really serious comes from this lady, this is all propaganda blablablaReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 16:27
New daily maximum at BEG, 21 297 on July 14th.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 16:45
i think it was reported on here, I might be wrong.Delete
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 18:02
What about Amman (5mil people city)? It was a jat destination for a long time and can also produce many connecting passengers. Jat had legal problem there and maybe it is still not solved.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous17 July 2017 at 20:42
Good idea. If BEY is successful so should AMM.Delete
Postovani gospodine Michael at 1:16 PM.ReplyDelete
Hvala vam sto se slazete sa mojim tekstom o razvoju avio saobracaja i aerodroma drzave Srbije. Razumno, zaista je razumno otvarati aerodrome, ulagati u avio infra strukturu i dozvoliti legacy, nisko budzetnim i sezonskim prevoziocima dolazak sa putnicima, turistima i kargo transportom na aerodrome Beograda i Nisa za sada, i sto prije i Kraljeva i Uzica...
Efektivnost analiza i odluka jesu osnov efikasnosti u razvoju avio saobracaja. I ne samo njega. Srbija je dosla do shvatanja da informatika i mreza avio saobracaja u zemlji su hleb danasnjice i sutrasnjice. To su dva segmenta komunikacija koji najefikasnije spajaju ljude, dopremaju robu. Stvaraju osnov i uslove veoma pristojnog zivota. To se svakog trenutka uveravam putujuci sirom sveta i svedoci bez prestanka u zadnjih pedeset godina. Mnogi to u srbiji znaju, ali ne shvataju. Zbog lokalnog iskustva, sporog, sporog prihvatanja. I jos sporijeg primenjivanja. Ljudi su mnogo staticni. Mnogo pripadaju proslosti. Ogledalo im je pozadi
Ali svetlost jeste ispred!. Iskustvo je majka znanja. A promena je uslovno receno uvecavanje hleba, koji svakom treba. I niko se ne zali sa vise hleba. Ostalo je ep prohujalih vremena, od kojih dobar deo ljudi u Otadzbini ostaje uz guslanje da "netreba i nemoze to u Srbiji"...
Iskreno nisam ni sam sa znanjem, ali svedocim putovanjima kja neprestaju evo vec ce pedeset godina. Na kraju kao i na pocetku, Srbija ulazi u fazu privrednog i saobracajnog preporoda.
Mnogima, pa i meni komercijalna avijacija i aerodromi su druga strana srca!.
Rodney Marinkovic i mlada krila Sidneja.
Kings Park NSW Australia
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Our second column of the year yields a recipe for Michelle in Long Beach, who was looking for an easy soup recipe that used nondairy creamer. We hope it works for her.
We also have a message for Karen in Valencia, who was looking for a recipe for the fish-and-chips that used to be served at the Farmers Market on Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. Author David Hamlin writes:
"I wrote Arcadia Publishing's history book 'Los Angeles's Original Farmers Market' with the Market's archivist, Brett Arena. When I saw the column, it piqued our curiosity so we began a search.
The name of the shop came to us easily. Actually, all of them did — first it was Old London Fish & Chips, then Old English Fish & Chips and finally Sawtelle Fish & Chips. The shop arrived at the Market in about 1940; family owned and operated, it remained at the Market until 1976 when it was sold. That's why the recipe isn't in our 2009 75th anniversary cookbook, by the way — it relied on the Market's contemporary chefs and their favorites.
Alas, we found no recipe from the shop in the Market's vast archive, almost certainly because that 'secret' would have belonged to the shop's owners, just as the recipe for the famous pancakes at Du-par's is locked in a safe there. The good news, however, is that Tusquellas Fish & Oyster Bar in Farmers Market makes a mighty good fish-and-chips combo, so Karen can still enjoy her favorite when she visits."
Thank you, David.
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Vegetable Soup
4 tablespoons butter
1 onion, coarsely chopped
1 (15-ounce) can peas and carrots, drained
1 (15-ounce) can sweet corn niblets, drained
1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
2 cups water
1 cup nondairy creamer
3 tablespoons vegetable soup mix (or salt to taste)
1. Melt butter in a soup pot. Add onion, and saute until translucent. Add rest of ingredients, stir and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat to a simmer, and simmer 15 minutes.
Serves 4.
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Mackie Spirit
I will never EVER turn down an opportunity to post pictures of Anthony Mackie. Even when I have nothing to say. And I don't have much to say here but it shouldn't matter.
This is Anthony Mackie. That should be enough.
Mackie announced the nominations today for the Spirit Awards with Kate Beckinsale. Mackie's independent film association is obvious. But her? I don't know that I see Kate Beckinsale and automatically think Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Whatever. Gave her a chance to show off that wicked body. It really is.
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The convergence of genetics, robotics, information and nano-technologies will improve human performance and capabilities like never before. What kind of society will this new phase of technological development bring about?
Business leaders in Oregon have made many of these technologies a priority for the state and see them as a way to grow Oregon's economy. In 2003 Oregon took a major step toward becoming a national leader in the development of "small tech" by establishing the Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI), of which Portland State University is a member.
Portland State University and Geneforum, a Portland-based non-profit that educates, engages, and consults the public on bioethical issues, have invited James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies at Trinity College and author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future to discuss the science, ethics and ramifications of improving humans through technology. James Hughes will speak on Monday, February 6, from 10 – 11:30 a.m. at Portland State's Smith Memorial Student Union, 1825 SW Broadway, Room 294.
"An integral part of Geneforum's mission is to encourage public dialogue and collect public values as these technologies develop rather than after they are already established," said Greg Fowler, adjunct professor of Biology at Portland State University and executive director of Geneforum. "This is a rare opportunity for Oregonians to share their values while these new technologies are still in the early stages."
Hughes will also meet with Portland State faculty and chairs of the Hatfield School and the Department of Engineering and Technology Management to stress how universities can guide the future direction and impact of new technologies through the creation of specialized interdisciplinary policy centers or institutes.
"Technological progress is happening much faster than most of the public and most public policy makers are aware," said Hughes. "Issues such as neo-eugenics, genetic enhancement, cloning, and gene doping in sports are now pressing and imminent concerns. Multidisciplinary groups dedicated to pulling together the economic, philosophical and democratic concerns that these emerging technologies raise are absolutely critical today."
The public forum is sponsored by Geneforum and the following Portland State University organizations: University Studies Capstone Course; Center for Public Participation, National Policy Consensus Center, Hatfield School of Government; Department of Engineering and Technology Management; and the Center for Academic Excellence.
For more information (press only): Greg Fowler, Geneforum executive director, 503-636-3627, or Andrew Fowler, 503-866-2464.
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Daily chlorine exposure wreaks havoc on star swimmer Michael Phelps's hair. "It feels dead at times," he admits to PEOPLE. But dealing with dry scalp issues isn't enough to make the Olympian go to extremes.
"I would never shave my hair, zero shot," he says. "If it falls out then it falls out. But I could never actually take a razor to my head and BIC it. I just couldn't imagine it. I couldn't see myself without hair."
Luckily he won't need to resort to shaving anytime soon: Phelps is the face (and, um, scalp) of the Head & Shoulders "Wash in Confidence" campaign, designed to boost self-esteem through healthy hair. "Head & Shoulders really helps re-moisturize my head, my hair and my scalp," the athlete says. "It feels good, it feels clean."
Phelps's face is on select bottles of Head & Shoulders now, a part of the campaign he calls "kind of weird, strange and cool. I never imagined I'd be on the front of a shampoo bottle." But he's happy to be a spokesman for the brand, especially going into the 2012 London summer Olympics.
"Over the last eight months to a year, this is probably the happiest I've been since Beijing," he admits. "I feel confident, I'm excited, I'm training, and I feel like I'm heading in the right direction to be able to accomplish my goals."
Though the swimmer confirms that these will be his final Olympic games — "I always told myself I would never swim past the age of 30," the 26-year-old explains — he's looking forward to accomplishing a lot out of the pool through his Michael Phelps Foundation.
"I'm helping kids live healthy and active lifestyles, and learning how to swim is something I think all kids need," he says. "It's fun for me to always be around kids, have them smiling and enjoying themselves, and teaching them that they can do anything they set their minds to."
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Raptorans Are a race of avians created by the shapers of Myralis to serve in the crop ring. The main feature that set them apart from the rest of the common races is the large, feathery wings that sprout from their backs and their talon-like feet. The raptorans are sexually dimorphic, a trait engineered by the shapers. Males are larger than the females, with more colorful plumage and powerful, ripping talons. They serve the crop ring as guardians and warriors. The females, in contrast, are smaller, with more dexterous talons and dull brown plumage. They are the labor, gathering the crops, separating them, and maintaining the balance of the crop circle.
Males: Male raptorans are competitive and vain, with an interest in intellectual pursuits, but these interests are all secondary to their duty as guardians. Raptoran males train for several hours each day, practicing their techniques and honing their skills. However, when not training or actively patrolling, most of their time is spent preening their plumage or engaging in sparring matches, or aerial tests of speed and skill, or debating philosophical points among one-another. Male raptorans prefer planning to rash action and, if the time is available, will discuss options with their compatriots before taking action. However, when combat is joined, male raptorans are ruthlessly efficient, striking hard and fast with overwhelming force.
Females: Female raptorans are soft-spoken and subtle, with a quiet grace. They are hard-working, showing almost as much zeal in their farming as the males do in their battle. Females fly or glide out into the rings each day, the younger ones 'hopping' from wall to wall with short bursts of flight. Those too young or too old for the work, along with females sitting on eggs or raising their children, remain in the aeries. There is very little time for rest, even for these females, as they all take part in raising the young ones and preparing food for the males and the returning females.
Physical Description:
Males: Male raptorans are larger than their female counterparts, usually standing between 5'8" and 6'4". Their bodes are extremely light and slender, weighing only slightly over 120 pounds. They have somewhat narrow faces, with fine, delicate features, and muscular but slim builds. Their forearms, thighs, and wings bear colorful feathers, ranging from snowy white to glossy black, with red, green, blue, and gold being the most common. When fully outstretched, their wings span 10 to 12 feet, although raptorans (when not flying) are more comfortable with them folded behind their backs. An interlocking series of ligaments allows raptorans to lock their wings in the outstretched position, enabling them to glide for long periods without tiring
Raptoran male hands are much like human hands, but they end in a thick, almost clawlike fingernail. Ratoran legs however, are quite different. Their knees can bend in either direction, bending forward for normal walking, or backward when in flight. Their legs below the knee are usually dark gray, with scale-like skin and ending in four-toed talons, with three forward claws and a toe claw that can fold against the side of the foot for normal walking or shift around to the back to perch and grasp. Each toe ends in a 3-inch razor-sharp talon, designed to tear flesh, which male raptorans can put to great use in battle.
Male raptorans do not grow facial hair or body hair, though they do grow proper hair on their heads. The hair usually comes in black, blonde, or red, and it's almost always worn long and tied up in a tight bun.
Females: Female raptorans are smaller than their males, standing between 5' and 5'8". Their bodies are extremely light and slender, weighing an average of just under 80 lbs. They have humanlike faces, though they do generally have longer noses than most humans. Their forearms, thighs, and wings are all covered with dull, brown feathers, with a few black feathers mixed in. Occasionally, a female will have pure white feathers, which is generally considered to be a sign. All-white females are admitted into the male training schools and treated as males. When fully outstretched, their wings span 10 to 12 feet, although raptorans (when not flying) are more comfortable with them folded behind their backs. An interlocking series of ligaments allows raptorans to lock their wings in the outstretched position, enabling them to glide for long periods without tiring.
Raptoran female hands are much like human hands, but they end in thick, almost clawlike fingernails. These claws are less pronounced on the females than the males. Ratoran legs however, are quite different. Their knees can bend in either direction, bending forward for normal walking, or backward when in flight. Their legs below the knee are usually yellow or gray, with scale-like skin and ending in four-toed talons, with three forward claws and a toe claw that can fold against the side of the foot for normal walking or shift around to the back to perch and grasp. Each toe ends in a short talon designed more for gripping then combat.
Female raptorans do not grow body hair, though they do grow proper hair on their heads. The hair usually comes in shades of brown and occasionally auburn, and is almost always worn long and tied up in a ponytail. In recent years, short hair has become more common among the females, though it is still not as common as the traditional ponytail. Female raptorans do not have breasts, and they lay eggs.
Relations: Male raptorans are generally the dominant ones in raptoran society, and are usually the only ones to encounter outsiders. Raptorans distrust most outsiders, and any outsider allowed into the crop ring is carefully watched by a small squad of males. Any outsider who attacks or damages the crops or the crop beasts immediately earns the ire of the raptorans as a whole. Gnomes are well-received, though they may still earn some wary eyes on their backs. Orcs and goliaths are generally disliked, since their army's march on Myralis crushed many crops underfoot. Elves are a routine annoyance in the east, though the males find a great deal of common ground with shifters, particularly the swiftwing shifters. Raptoran society itself is harshly divided. The males are the warriors and protectors, and the females are the workers. Females are forbidden from flying above the level of the outer and inner walls, except in emergencies. This rule is not malicious, it is simply to make it easier for the male patrols to keep an eye on the females. The males and females interact very little. The only exceptions to this are the three-month mating season in the spring, where males compete in skill, strength, and beauty for the attentions of the females, and the egg laying. Males remain with their mates until their children are old enough to leave the nest.
Alignment: Both male and female raptorans show a strong tendancy towards the lawful side, and a general tendancy towards good, though there are a number of chaotic and evil raptorans around.
Raptoran Lands: There are sixteen raptoran aeries positioned around the interior edge of the crop ring. Each has a slightly different culture than the others, but most retain the same general themes. Males live in the upper portion of the aeries, where they have their martial schools, training chambers, roosts, and lounges. The females live below. There are also a number of smaller, mini-aeries along the outer rim, where male colonies spend season-long terms guarding the outer walls.
Language: Raptorans speak a musical tongue named Tuilvilanuue. Ultimately descended from halfling, the language has many musically complex words that can span several bars, but the grammar is relatively simple, using tempo to convey much of the meaning. The raptor an tongue is all but impossible for most humanoids, with only talented halflings able to master the musical inflections. Raptoran text uses a hybrid of elven shorthand and halfling annotation to get the point across. Most raptor an writing is usued practically. Males often write poetry, but prefer memorization to writing it down.
Names: Raptoran names are three-part, with a personal name, followed by both their parent's personal names. The order of the parent's names depends on the gender. Females will put the mother's name first, while males put the father's first. Most will introduce themselves with their first two names, though using all three is proper for formal introductions.
Adventurers: Raptoran males are most likely to become adventurers, striking out from the aerie to see the world and hone their skills. They often bring the raptoran fighting styles with them as swordsages or other martial adepts. Females are less likely to leave, though some grow curious about the world beyond the walls, usually sneaking out or being banished for shirking their duties. Most of them become rogues, though the most common class among female raptorans is cleric.
These traits are in addition to normal raptoran traits, except where noted.
- +2 Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, -2 constitution. Raptorans have good reflexes and a developed sense of self, but their hollow bones make them somewhat fragile.
- Raptoran base land speed is 20 feet. Their talons are useful for grasping, but make them somewhat slower on foot.
- Medium: As Medium creatures, raptorans have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size
- Wing-Aided Movement: Raptorans can use their wings to help with movement even if they can't fly yet. The extra lift from her wings gives a raptoran a +10 racial bonus on Jump checks.
- Gliding (Ex): A raptoran can use their wings to glide, negating damage from a fall of any height and allowing 20 feet of forward travel for every 5 feet of descent. Raptorans glide at a speed of 40 feet (average maneuverability). Even if a raptoran's maneuverability improves, they can't hover while gliding. A raptoran can't glide while carrying a medium or heavy load.
If a raptoran becomes unconscious or helpless while in midair, their wings naturally unfurl and powerful ligaments stiffen the wings. The raptoran descends in a tight corkscrew and takes only 1d6 points of falling damage, no matter what the actual distance of the fall.
- Flight (Ex): When a raptoran reaches 5 Hit Dice, they becomes able to fly at a speed of 40 feet (average maneuverability). A raptoran can't fly while carrying a medium or heavy load or while fatigued or exhausted.
Raptorans can safely fly for a number of rounds equal to their Constitution modifier (minimum 1 round). They can exert themselves to fly for up to twice as long, but then they're fatigued at the end of the flight. Raptorans are likewise fatigued after spending a total of more than 10 minutes per day flying. Because raptorans can glide before, after, and between rounds of actual flight, they can remain aloft for extended periods (even if they can only use flight for 1 round at a time without becoming fatigued).
When they reach 10 Hit Dice, raptorans have enough stamina and prowess to fly for longer periods. They can fly at a speed of 40 feet (average maneuverability), and flying requires no more exertion than walking or running.
A raptoran with flight can make a dive attack. A dive attack works like a charge, but the raptoran must move a minimum of 30 feet and descend at least 10 feet. A raptor an can make a dive attack only when wielding a piercing weapon; if the attack hits, it deals double damage.
A raptoran with flight can use the run action while flying, provided she flies in a straight line.
- Low-Light Vision: A raptoran can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight, torchlight, and similar conditions of poor illumination. A raptoran retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions.
- +2 racial bonus on Climb and Spot checks. Raptorans have strong grips with both hands and feet, and their eyes are unusually keen.
- Automatic Languages: Common and Tuilvilanuue. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Orc,
and Sylvan.
- Talons: Male raptorans have a primary talon attack that deals 1d6 points of damage. He takes a -4 penalty to this attack if he is standing on the ground. The raptoran may make a DC 10 jump check as a swift action to negate this penalty.
- Weapon Proficiency: A raptoran is considered proficient with the footbow, scimitar, falcion, and spear.
- Favored Class: Swordsage. A multiclass raptoran's swordsage class does not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty.
- Unerring direction: A raptoran female always knows which direction is north even when they are underground or otherwise unable to see the sky or other visual cues. In addition, a female raptoran always knows her current position in relation to other places she has been. This ability only functions on the material plane.
- Camouflage: A raptoran female gains a +4 bonus to hide checks because of their dull plumage. In overgrown areas, this bonus increases to +10.
- Favored Class: Cleric. A multiclass raptoran's cleric class does not count when determining whether she takes an experience point penalty.


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|Study of Ancient Runes
|Class information
|Required textbooks
Ancient Runes Made Easy;
The Study of Ancient Runes (commonly shortened to Ancient Runes) is an elective course at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, that can be taken by students third year and above. It was taught by Professor Bathsheda Babbling during the 1990s at least[1], and is the study of runic scriptures, or Runology. Ancient Runes is a mostly theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts of magic.
Class materialsEdit
Words learned in this classEdit
Only two words and their English translations are known. Hermione mixed these two words up on her Study of Ancient Runes O.W.L. exam.
- Demiguise: the creature's invisibility abilities represents "0".
- Unicorn: the creature's single horn represents "1".
- Graphorn: the creature's dual horns represent "2".
- Runespoor: the triple-headed creature represents "3".
- Fwooper: the creature comprised of four different colours in feathers represents "4".
- Quintaped: the five legs of the creature represents "5".
- Salamander: the maximum hours of the creature's ability to survive out of fire represents "6".
- Unknown: due to the magically powerful number still being shrouded in mysteries, the unknown symbol represents "7".
- Acromantula: the eight-eyed creature represents "8".
- Hydra: the nine-headed creature represents "9".
Required readingEdit
- Advanced Rune Translation
- Ancient Runes Made Easy
- Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms
- Rune Dictionary
- Spellman's Syllabary
Known O.W.L.sEdit
Behind the Scenes Edit
- Throughout the entire Harry Potter books and film adaptions, not a single Ancient Runes class was seen taking place.
- In reality, the words mentioned by Hermione in the Order of the Phoenix are Proto-Germanic runes. Ehwaz literally means "horse", while eihwaz literally means "yew-tree."
- A variety of Elder Futhark runes are depicted on Lucius's Azkaban placard in the film. The easily identified ones are: Othila, which means "estate, heritage, possession" and corresponds to the Latin letter "o"; Fehu (albeit rotated slightly), meaning "one of the Æsir (gods)" and corresponds to the Latin letter "a"; Uruz, meaning "wild ox" or "water" and corresponds to the Latin letter "u"; and Mannaz, meaning "man" and corresponds to the Latin letter "m". [3] This (along with the presence of the aforementioned two other Elder Futhark runes in the novel) suggests that the Elder Futhark runic alphabet at least (if not others too) is very much in use in the wizarding world and most likely learnt in Study of Ancient Runes, albeit with some additions from wizardkind, such as the numbers.
- In Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4, one of the items is a rune book.
- Luna and Xenophilius Lovegood may have both taken this subject as the latter published some runic texts in an issue of his magazine (the Quibbler) whilst the former explained the information contained in those runic texts.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ According to a note on J. K. Rowling's site, Bathsheda Babbling is the current Ancient Runes teacher
- ↑ According to his father, Bartemius Crouch Sr., he obtained twelve O.W.L.s
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_futhark#Rune_names
|Schools: Beauxbatons Academy of Magic · Brazilian Wizarding School · Durmstrang Institute · Charm School · Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ·
Salem Witches' Institute · Mahoutokoro · Wizarding Academy of Dramatic Arts
|Examinations: First year exams · Second year exams · Third year exams · Fourth year exams · Ordinary Wizarding Level · Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test
|Core classes: Astronomy · Charms · Defence Against the Dark Arts · Herbology · History of Magic · Potions · Transfiguration
|Elective classes: Alchemy · Arithmancy · Care of Magical Creatures · Divination · Muggle Studies · Study of Ancient Runes
|Extra-curricular classes: Apparition · Advanced Arithmancy Studies · Ancient Studies · Art · Earth magic · Flying · Frog Choir · Ghoul Studies · Hogwarts orchestra · Magical Theory · Muggle Art · Muggle Music · Music · Xylomancy
|Professor: Bathsheda Babbling
|Textbooks: Advanced Rune Translation · Ancient Runes Made Easy · Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms · Rune Dictionary · Spellman's Syllabary
|Known Runes: Acromantula · Demiguise · Ehwaz · Eihwaz · Fwooper · Graphorn · Hydra · Quintaped · Runespoor · Salamander · Unicorn · Unknown
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I just restored as a new iPhone with iOS 4.3.2 and found I was missing a bunch of Settings, including the top level Personal Hotspot, Notifications, and VPN tabs. I use these a lot so needless to say it was disconcerting. After a bit of deduction, I was able to get them back. Follow on after the break to find out how…
Notifications controls which apps can send push notifications. Since I hadn't enabled any push apps, I installed a Twitter client, it popped up the allow push dialog, I accepted, and the push panel appeared in settings. One down.
VPN and Personal Hotspot are enabled by the carrier file which is downloaded and updated separately (so iPhones can work on different carriers, with the features those carriers choose to allow). In addition to being top level, they're also typically available under General, Network Settings. The problem was I didn't have Network Settings either. A reboot fixed that.
Once Network appeared I went in and my iPhone began to detect the carrier file and settings, and then Hotspot enabled and appeared. Toggling VPN on in Network also forced it to appear top level.
And then everything was back to normal.
I hope.
Have you ever lost options in Settings? If so, let me know what if anything got them back for you!


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Docs Competition - Win O'Reilly Gear
If you missed out on the writing
To enter, have a look at the content so far, with an outline of sections which
The best three entries, judged on completeness and clarity of explanation,
If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail [email protected].
Just to make sure we know what's a competition entry, make sure you mention the competition in your message to kde-doc-english!
By Philip Rodrigues at Mon, 2004/09/20 - 5:00am
Sections available for writing
To save you looking through the whole user guide, here's a list of sections which are available to work on:
== Part I: The Desktop ==
Advanced Window Management
== Part II: KDE Components ==
Removable Disks
== Part III: KDE and the Internet ==
Konqueror -> Intro to the browser
By Philip Rodrigues at Tue, 2004/09/21 - 5:00am
Entry Limitations?
I didn't look too closely, but: How many pages can we send in? Am I allowed to write thirty and enter them all?
By jameth at Wed, 2004/09/22 - 5:00am
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There is no restriction. The more you send in, the better your chances!
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Does it *have* to be plain-text or can we send DocBook V3.1 or 4.2?
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winter driving
winter driving
No one has gone through a full winter with a Model S yet, so there are no first hand owner accounts. However, the battery has thermal management and there is a history of the Roadsters working fine in the winter.
In addition to the heat exchanger to maintain battery temperature, there are also "doors" in front of the radiator that open and close automatically to help maintain battery temperature.
Plug it in every night as recommended and there should be no problems.
Check the papers in Norway for Roadster owners' stories. That country is leading (so far) in Model S orders in EU, I think, so there should be lots of Arctic experience soon.
A nice collection of related threads you may be interested to read. Cannot replace the first-hand experience, though:
I live in New England and am curious about the winter road handling characteristics of the S. I've seen the vids of the Norwegian performance on flat ground, but we have hills here in New England, and I need to get up and down them. Are there any S owners out there who have had experience on snowy/icy roads, who are careful drivers, and who can give me some feedback? I've got years of winter driving experience in AWD, FWD and RWD. What's the S like? Can it climb a hill on winter roads? Does it track well through 6 inches of snow?, And since I've never had an EV, what do you do when you'd want to downshift in an ICE car?
Drove up mod steep hill in 1" snow here in n.j. This week. Car performed admirably, but not as good as my previous BMW 335xi.
just drove my new models from boulder to Steamboat Springs Colorado over two mountain passes in snow packed and icy roads. Had the stock all season tires. Car performed surprisingly well. Our house is on Buffalo pass above Steamboat and the car made it to there just fine even with about 4 inches of unplowed snow on the road. I have I great picture of it with in the snow but do not know where to post it on this site
I drove mine in SWPA last week with the 21" wheels which are much less than ideal for winter driving. That being said, it went pretty well in 6-8" of new snow. I was impressed. I will eventually buy winter wheels for the car. In Appalachia, you simply need all season or winter tires.
Thanks sbern, jonathan and one2. This is the beginning of the feedback I need. We've had problems with test drive availability here in Massachusetts, though they tell us it's being addressed. I'm in line for my "configure" notification soon, but I don't want to commit to the car until I've been able to drive it.
I'll be giving up a Lexus LS 460, which I've been driving for 5 years without trouble, though it can be quirky in snow, so I'm trying to get a comparison with the S from people who know winter driving.
Thanks again. Anyone else with winter experiences?
Norway? flat? where? It's basically a chain of mountains protecting Sweden from the North Atlantic's bad moods.
@jonathanfsawyer, in order to post pictures, you can use free image sharing sites like instagram or picasa and add the link here.
@sdawson4, we had the same issue with not having test drives in the Natick store. So, we took a test drive at the Westchester NY store.
~ Prash.
Here is my cold weather test drive results from today, 1/1/13:
Outside temp 7 - 11 deg F.
Accessories in use were: XM radio (moderately loud), driver seat heater at #1 level, and Climate Control set to 67 deg F, auto fan, but with 'Range Mode = On' (which limits how hard the heater/fan tries to work - see notes on software v 4.1). Overall, it was a very chilly cabin.
Drove 86.2 miles (43.1 out, 43.1 back), at steady 65 mph (cruise control), on gently rolling hills, with no net elevation gain.
'Rated Range' at start 250 miles (with warm recently charged battery).
'Rated Range' at end 129 miles. When I shut down, I got a messages saying the battery is cold, and recommended charging.
So: used 121 'Rated Miles' to go 86.2 miles (achieved 71% of rating).
The 30 mile average projected range remaining at end was 102 miles projected. So, real miles plus realistic projected range was 188.2 miles, compared to 250 'Rated', or 75% of rated miles.
Average energy use was 411 Wh/mi, with total energy use of 35.4 kWh.
I was a bit disappointed, but then again it was 7 deg out! I would have thought that the batteries would stay plenty warm, as I used them to cruise at 65mph, but apparently they got colder as the trip went on.
Next, I will try the same trip at 55 mph cruise control (tomorrow - should be about the same temp).
BTW, this was SE Minnesota on dry roads with Dunlop snow tires on 19" aftermarket wheel, inflated to 45psi.
Snow tires increase drag, whether on snow or pavement. That's what they're for! Winter driving can be safe, or efficient. Not both.
Here is my cold weather test drive comparison for 55mph compared to 65 mph (described yesterday, above):
Outside temp 15 deg F. in SE Minnesota (compared to 7-10 deg F yesterday)
Same accessories: XM radio, driver seat heater at #1 level, and Climate Control set to 67 deg F, with 'Range Mode = On'
Slightly different drive, 53.9 miles total at constant 55mph (cruise control), compared to 86.2 miles at 65mph, very similar road. No stops.
'Rated Range' at start 270 miles (with warm recently charged battery).
'Rated Range' at end 203 miles.
So: used 67 'Rated Miles' to go 53.9 miles (achieved 80% of rating at 55mph, compared to 71% at 65mph).
The 30 mile average projected range remaining at end was 171 miles projected. So, real miles plus realistic projected range was 224.9 miles, compared to 270 'Rated', or 83% of rated miles at 55mph, compared to 75% at 65mph.
Average energy use was 368 Wh/mi at 55mph, compared to 411 Wh/mi at 65mph.
Very definitely improved Wh/mi and range, likely related mostly to 55mph rather than 65mph (and possibly slightly higher outside temp).
On the Tesla Motors Club board there are various threads discussing winter driving. Some Model S owners have had problems with over-efficient traction control in snow and other issues.
About an 11% improvement.
I'm west of Boston (near the Natick store), and took delivery pf a Silver S on 12-12. My experience with range is similar to Docdac's above - but my Prius has about the same performance ratio in cold/warm conditions (about 80% of the milage).
I was out of town for the only major storm, so no experience with truly poor conditions yet - but i'll keep the S in the garage for those types of condtions - and use my ICE cars on the ice.
Glad to hear of Jonathan's experience at Steamboat - i'm there once a year and have driven from Denver - far worse than 89 up to Stowe.
Ice patches can be a problem with the acceleration - so need to be careful in those conditions.
I think with the suit resolve you can arrange for a test drive at the natick store now - this car is a must relative to any ICE car - you'll never go back. Don't think about not buying it!
I took a trip from Phila to Springfield MA over the holidays (needed one 40 min charge at the Milford Supercharger to gain 164 miles), but unlike Jack M above, I did get caught in the 6-inch snow storm that blanketed Southern New England on the Saturday before New Years. I can honestly say that I had a lot of trouble getting the wheels to spin. Between the ABS and the traction control, there was no slipping & no sliding. Granted, snow-covered roads are less slippery than ice-covered, but the model S worked as well as any car I've had in snow. My driving speed was slow - only 20-30 on crowded city roads and not over 40 on snow-covered route 91 getting to my hotel in Hadley (the nearest Marriott with a J1772 charger). For safety, I raised the air suspension to high to help stay clear of the snow.
Another tidbit: it got down in the teens for two of the nights, and the outside of the car had ice and snow caked on it. I was afraid that the door handles would freeze shut and NOT open, but all door handles popped out every time, and there was ice around a couple of the doors.
I presume you have the 19 inch tires is that correct?
@drp, yes, I had the 19-inch tires, and a non-performance 85kWh car.
Yes, more robust handle motors were chosen in preference to heaters for penentrating ice coatings. Up to 8mm (1/3"), apparently.
Travelling to Lake Tahoe, how do you deal with "Chains Required" laws?
you put on chains
+1 @tork LOL
Here's the link to chains in the Tesla store:


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ATLANTA >> Angel McCoughtry rediscovered her shooting touch with 25 points Tuesday, helping the Atlanta Dream snap a four-game losing streak with an 89-80 win over the Connecticut Sun.
Atlanta (16-9) remains in first place in the Eastern Conference, 3 1-2 games ahead of Washington. McCoughtry shot 10-for-16 from the field and Tiffany Hayes added a career-tying 23 points in a matinee game in Philips Arena.
Kelsey Bone led Connecticut with 18 points and 13 rebounds, rookie Alyssa Thomas added 17 points and Chiney Ogwumike had 16, but the Sun (10-17) lost their fourth straight game.
Atlanta won its first game under assistant coach Karleen Thompson. The Dream lost three straight after head coach Michael Cooper took a medical leave of absence July 21 after being diagnosed with tongue cancer. He had surgery last week.
McCoughtry shot just 34.7 percent in the previous four games. She said the team's skid wasn't related to Cooper's absence, but a failure of players taking care of business.
"We're professionals and no matter who we have on the bench, we still know how to play the game and sometimes coach ourselves," McCoughtry said. "Sometimes, coach Cooper mostly sits on the sidelines and lets us figure it out anyway."
McCoughtry added seven rebounds and four steals, and forward Sancho Lyttle had 14 boards to help Atlanta outrebound Connecticut 41-32. Atlanta was outrebounded in every game during the losing streak.
"We haven't quite figured out how to impose our will," said Sun coach Anne Donovan. "Hayes is the one that really got away from us today, and their experience in the post is tough for our post players."
Atlanta led 44-41 at halftime and pushed it to 73-63 on Hayes' layup with 7:21 left. The Sun countered with eight straight points.
After Katie Douglas scored on a runner to pull Connecticut within 73-71, Thompson called timeout with 4:41 to go. The Dream scored six points out of the timeout and weren't threatened again.
Cooper had surgery on July 24, and team spokesman Brad Gust said Tuesday the timeline for his return remained at two weeks. Atlanta improved to 11-3 at home.
"It was a much-needed win for us, a good team win, with everything that is going on with Coach Cooper," Thompson said. "We wanted to get more points in the paint and attack the basket. They did well with that, our guards attacking from the perimeter and we controlled the boards."


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The term 'eugenics' was coined by British scientist Francis Galton in 1883. He claimed his ideas could perfect the human race by getting rid of 'undesirables' and increasing its 'desirables'. Galton's ideas were partly based on the theories of his cousin, Charles Darwin. Darwin demonstrated that evolution changed species, and this could be artificially manipulated. For example, animal breeders could produce animals with particular characteristics.
Galton extended this argument to people, which proved popular. In eugenics many human attributes are determined by inheritance instead of social or political conditions. He argued people were poor, criminal or unhealthy because of their inheritance rather than their upbringing or environment.
Eugenicists aimed to increase positive attributes through controlled breeding. Prominent social reformers agreed with Galton about restricting the reproduction of the 'unfit'. These included the poor, those with disabilities and the unhealthy. Testing of intelligence, or IQ, was important. Birth control activists, such as Margaret Sanger and Marie Stopes, also based their work on eugenics.
Eugenics remained strong through the 1920s and 1930s. Sterilisation of severely disabled people occurred across Europe and the Americas. Eugenics reached extremes under the Nazis in Germany, where sterilisation progressed to euthanasia. Those with severe disabilities were the first targets in the Nazis' search for 'racial purity'.
After the Second World War, widespread revulsion against the Nazis saw eugenics largely discredited. However, some disability advocates argue that aspects of science, such as genetic engineering and prenatal screening, still make assumptions about the value of different lives.
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BibliographyDJ Kevles, In The Name of Eugenics: genetics and the uses of human hereditary (Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1995)
V F Nourse, In Reckless Hands: Skinner v. Oklahoma and the Near-Triumph of American Eugenics (New York: W. W. Norton, 2008)
P A Lombardo, Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008)
P M Mazumdar, The eugenics movement: an international perspective (London; New York: Routledge: Athena Press, 2007)R Clifford Engs, The eugenics movement: an encyclopedia (Connecticut; London: Greenwood Press, 2005)
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Today I am a Guest Designer on a Scrapbooking page kit website called A Page 4 All Seasons. The website is apage4allseasons.com and from there you click on blog. They sell the most adorable page kits so make sure to check them out. And check me out as well.
The layouts above are ones I put together using one of their kits. The first one is of Katelyn's adventures at the Princess Festival this past summer. The next layout is a story that I have been wanting to tell about my sweet Maddie girl. I hope that the picture is big enough that you can read the journaling. Try clicking on the picture to make it bigger.
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The employers are very busy as they may receive hundreds of resumes and resumes each day from different candidates. So, think carefully before you send your resume and resume to an employer is a good way to win over other candidates.
Do not expect to win the employer when your resume and resume are common without any particularity. So, do not waste time sending imperfect resume and resume to different employers because your chance of getting to the next round is not significant at all.


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Enacting Taverna workflows via a web browser
The Taverna Web Interface Generator is a web application that allows a user to run arbitrary Taverna workflows through a web page. The bioinformatician finds the required Taverna workflow in the myExperiment repository and makes a note of that workflow's identifier. Appending that identifier to our web application's URL constucts the URL that can be shared with the end user. The latter visits the URL and is presented with that workflow's web form interface, where he can configure and execute it. Behind the scenes, the web application acquires the workflow details from myExperiment and constructs the appropriate user interface using templates. The user interface acts as an intermediary between the user and the Taverna server (using the REST API).
The generator takes advantage of all available information in myExperiment to create an easy to understand interface for the user. For example, the workflow's description is displayed together with tooltips for inputs' descriptions as well as examples inputs. The users will have all the information they need, i.e. they need not be familiar with the workflow. Of course, that means that the generated interface is only as good as the available information that the workflow submitter provided. If information is missing in the repository it will also be missing from the interface. A link of the original workflow submission from myExperiment is provided if further information is required.
This web application won the Application Showcase Award at NBIC 2012. The prize was awarded for ''providing a real service that many people have been waiting for''. Its general high quality was appreciated and that we prioritized usefulness and stability over novelty.
- Taverna: a tool for building and running workflows of services. Duncan Hull, Katy Wolstencroft, Robert Stevens, Carole Goble, Mathew R. Pocock, Peter Li, Tom Oinn. Nucleic acids research, Vol. 34, Web Server issue, pp. W729-W732, 2006
- http://www.taverna.org.uk/documentation/taverna-2-x/server
- myExperiment: a repository and social network for the sharing of bioinformatics workflows. Nucleic acids research, Vol. 38 (suppl 2): W677-W682, 2010.
- http://www.myexperiment.org
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The web application is implemented in Ruby, so a Ruby development environment needs to be available. Native packages of libxml, libopenssl and zlib may be required. Please use your favorite package manager to install them (an apt-get example is given). Note that some of the following native packages might already be installed in your system. For Debian-based systems, use this command:
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Needs to be updated for ruby version 1.9
To install the taverna web interface generator you only need the following command:
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Soon we will provide an executable to make running the webapp easier and without sudo priviledges.
Then go to your web browser and try, for example, the workflow with myExperiment id 74 by providing the following url:
Or, if you do not want to use the default taverna server do:
Or, if you do not want the newest version of workflow 74:
- Mark Thompson -- m (dot) thompson (at) lumc (dot) nl (current maintainer and contact person)
- Reinout van Schouwen -- r (dot) m (dot) van_schouwen (at) lumc.nl ( current developer )
- Kostas Karasavvas -- kostas (dot) karasavvas (at) nbic (dot) nl
- Marco Roos -- m (dot) roos1 (at) uva (dot) nl
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Dynaudio Sapphire loudspeaker
Dynaudio celebrated its 25th anniversary with the Special Twenty-Five stand-mounted speaker, briefly written about by John Marks in "The Fifth Element" in the March 2003 issue, with a comprehensive Follow-Up by me in June 2005. The Twenty-Five combined Dynaudio's famed Esotar2 1.1" fabric-dome tweeter with an 8" plastic-cone woofer in a ported enclosure that endowed the speaker with surprisingly extended, powerful low frequencies. Wes Phillips offered his impressions of the Special Twenty-Five in May 2006, advising that, as good as the Dynaudio is, it's tricky to set up. "They need a little boundary-love to perk up their midbass," he wrote, "though too much will kill the speakers' impressive bass extension." The Special Twenty-Five was clearly one of WP's favorite smaller speakers.
One of my own favorite speakers in the past six years has also been a Dynaudio, the floorstanding Confidence C4, which uses two Esotar2 tweeters. I enthusiastically reviewed the C4 in March 2003, so when Dynaudio previewed its 30th-anniversary model, the Sapphire, at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, I decided that the Stereophile reviewer to write about it would be me.
Which, given the demands of my day jobediting this magazineinevitably delayed the publication of the review. But, as they say, if something's worth having, it's worth waiting for. When I heard the Sapphires at the 2008 Festival Son & Image in Montreal, I reminded Dynaudio North America's Mike Manousselis that I was finally ready to take delivery.
An intriguing-looking floorstander, the Sapphire stands a little more than 4' tall, and its faceted enclosure gets slightly wider toward the top. The front of the cabinet is beautifully finished with a high-gloss varnish; the rectangular section at the rear is painted matte back. The drive-unit array features the Esotar2 tweeter at the top of the front baffle, mounted above first a 5.25" midrange unit, then two 8" woofers.
Each of the three lower-frequency units is constructed on a diecast aluminum chassis profiled to present minimal acoustic obstruction to the cone's backwave. They feature cones formed from a plastic that has been reinforced and damped with magnesium silicate, aka talc, which Dynaudio calls Magnesium Silicate Polymer (MSP). The woofers have large, 3"-diameter aluminum voice-coils wound on light Kapton formers and powerful motors using twin neodymium magnets. The reflex bass alignment is achieved with a flared port 3.5" in diameter on the cabinet rear above the terminal panel. Foam plugs are supplied to block the ports if the owner finds the bass excessive. The midrange unit also has an MSP cone, an aluminum voice-coil, and a neodymium magnet, and is acoustically loaded by its own subenclosure.
As is usual with Dynaudio designsbut unusual for speakers with flat front bafflesthe Sapphire's crossover has first-order slopes. The crossover frequencies are specified as 450Hz and 2.2kHz. Electrical connection is via a single pair of shrouded binding posts mounted at the base of the cabinet's rear panel, and the internal wiring is of large gauge.
The cabinet is extensively braced and lined with thick, high-density foam. Although all drive-units are rabbeted into the veneered baffle, their chassis actually stand a bit proud rather than being flush. The bulky grille comprises black cloth stretched over a wooden frame, this routed to accommodate the woofer chassis; a ½"-thick felt blanket with a rectangular hole surrounds the tweeter dome.
The Sapphire costs $16,500/pairnot unreasonable, considering its engineering excellence and superb finish and appearance. Production is limited to 1000 pairs worldwide, of which 700 pairs had been sold by summer 2008.
Michael Manousselis visited in early June to help me unpack the Sapphires from their shipping crates and set them up in my listening room. Using tracks from Accentuations, Dynaudio's naturally recorded CD of works for steel- and nylon-strung acoustic guitars (Dynaudio 27000 68004, available from Music Direct), Mike adjusted the speakers' positions until the transition from midbass to low bass was seamless, then experimented with toe-in, after which he fixed the carpet-piercing spikes to the speakers' bases and declared himself satisfied. The Sapphires' grilles had been dispensed with, and the speakers were not quite toed-in to the listening position.
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As NASA designs new spacecraft for its science missions and begins designs for the next generation of human spaceflight vehicles, it also works to revolutionize Earth's airspace with safer, more efficient air vehicles. Throughout its research and development activities, NASA employs the best design tools available.
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A dilemma, however, is that the programs are not designed to communicate with each other. NASA, therefore, entered into multiple research partnerships with an industry leader to develop a program that could serve as a framework for various design inputs, allowing designers to save time while optimizing designs. The resulting toolset met both NASA and industry needs by enabling greater use of physics-based simulation models earlier in the design process. It ties together existing tools and simulates one complex system.
Phoenix Integration Inc., based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, is a leader in the design process optimization software market. Even though it is a small business, the company has had a big impact on the aerospace engineering community. Client users include nearly all of the top aerospace companies such as Boeing, ATK, Airbus, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon, as well as nonaerospace clients such as Kawasaki, Samsung, General Electric, and Ford. The company's software is also being used at NASA and other government agencies.
Despite its many industry and government partnerships, the company is quick to note that one of the most important has been with the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Through SBIRs, Phoenix Integration modified and advanced its PHX ModelCenter software, a graphical environment for process integration and design automation. ModelCenter provides a framework for integrating multiple design elements into one useable platform, speeding design time and increasing the number of design options. As a robust design and analysis framework, PHX ModelCenter can be used in the early stages of next-generation vehicle design.
The original NASA SBIR contract work involved development of a Multi-Disciplinary Multi-Fidelity Design Environment. Conducted through NASA's Langley Research Center, the project built upon SBIR work that Phoenix Integration had completed with the U.S. Navy in 1997. The results were enhancements to PHX ModelCenter that, in combination with existing tools such as PHX CAD-Fusion, resulted in a robust design and analysis framework.
The technologies created were incorporated into the company's commercial software, increasing the capabilities of its PHX ModelCenter program. In January 2009, a new geometry rendering capability was incorporated into ModelCenter 8.0. A year later, additional technology was added to ModelCenter 9.0 to allow engineers to more easily integrate high-fidelity simulation tools into the ModelCenter environment and to create a multidisciplinary, multi-fidelity system model.
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