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Saturday, 30 July 2016
Impossible Planets: Some Exoplanets Shouldn't Exist, If Naturalistic Theories Were Right
Joel Kontinen
"Nature is smarter than our theories."
This is how Roman Rafikov, an astrophysicist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, commented on exoplanets that according to naturalistic planet formation theories are in the wrong place.
We can thank HR 8799b for this admission. It is a distant giant or a huge planet that orbits very far from its star.
Science has a longish article on how exoplanets don't fit in with traditional naturalistic thinking:
"When astronomers discovered the first exoplanet around a normal star 2 decades ago, there was joy—and bewilderment. The planet, 51 Pegasi b, was half as massive as Jupiter, but its 4-day orbit was impossibly close to the star, far smaller than the 88-day orbit of Mercury. Theorists who study planet formation could see no way for a planet that big to grow in such tight confines around a newborn star. It could have been a freak, but soon, more 'hot Jupiters' turned up in planet searches, and they were joined by other oddities: planets in elongated and highly tilted orbits, even planets orbiting their stars 'backward'—counter to the star's rotation."
And this is hardly the end of the matter. The article introduces distant giants:
"Ground-based telescopes … have found giant planets several times the mass of Jupiter, orbiting their star at more than twice the distance Neptune is from the sun—another region where theorists thought it was impossible to grow large planets. Other planetary systems looked nothing like our orderly solar system, challenging the well-worn theories that had been developed to explain it."
Astronomers used to believe that giant planets migrated to the orbits they now follow, but some are not convinced by this explanation.
Science publications often describe exoplanets as 'weird', 'anomalies' or even 'impossible.' Some are so weird that no theory can explain their formation.
Recently, astronomers found a planet with three suns.
The diversity we are beginning to see in exoplanets is staggering. It's a far cry from the one-size- fits-all model.
What is obvious is that Earth is a unique planet. Some astronomers are willing to admit that there's no place like home in the entire universe.
So, if nature looks smart, there most probably is a reason for it. I would suggest that the answer is not blowing in the wind, but should be sought in the Supreme Designer, who is the Father of all Ingenuity.
Clery, Daniel. 2016. Forbidden planets: Understanding alien worlds once thought impossible. Science (28 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:39
Tunnisteet: cosmic evolution, Earth, exoplanets
Thursday, 28 July 2016
Speaking Orangutan Is a Darwinian Illusion
Joel Kontinen
A captive orangutan has learnt to utter something that sounds a bit like hoo or huu, and this has inspired Darwinists to speculate about the evolution of language.
New Scientist gives us a summary of what occurred:
"An orangutan has shown an ability to emulate human speech for the first time — a feat that gets us closer to understanding how human speech first evolved from the communications of ancestral great apes."
This account is heavily biased towards Darwinism. The ape did not utter a single human word, but only a few sounds – or perhaps 'grunts' is a more befitting description.
Evolutionists were nonetheless impressed, as they tend to be when something like this happens:
" 'Rocky' the ginger ape has astonished experts by producing sounds similar to words in a 'conversational context'."
Then the storytelling attempts to reach the stratosphere:
" 'This opens up the potential for us to learn more about the vocal capacities of early hominids that lived before the split between the orangutan and human lineages to see how the vocal system evolved towards full-blown speech in humans,' says lead researcher Adriano Lameria, from the University of Durham, UK.
His team conducted a game in which the ape mimicked the pitch and tone of human sounds and made vowel-like calls."
The orangutan's calls are a far cry from language. Parrots and some other birds can do a lot better, yet evolutionists don't get carried away by their prowess.
When it comes to speech, apes and monkeys just don't have the necessary organs. No amount of wishful thinking can be of any help.
For Darwinists, the origin and evolution of language is an enigma. Some refer to it as Darwin's problem (but it's not his only one). It cannot be solved by storytelling.
However, they have tried a variety of approaches, for instance apes gesticulating with their arms, taming ourselves, gorilla song, ape laughter, and marmoset communication featuring listening.
But none of them are convincing. Apes differ too much from us.
Whereas some would say that the monkeys' loss of voice control kept them from evolving language, a more plausible view is that only humans are programmed to learn language.
And that sets us apart from all other creatures. Only humans were created in the image of God.
New Scientist staff and Press Association. 2016. Orangutan learns to mimic human conversation for the first time. (27 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 02:58
Tunnisteet: apes, Darwinism, evolution, just so stories, language evolution
Tuesday, 26 July 2016
Egyptian Statue Confirms the Bible Was Right About Hazor
Joel Kontinen
An Egyptian limestone statue measuring 45 X 40 centimetres sheds light on the time of Joshua. It was excavated at Tel-Hazor, north of the Sea of Galilee.
Tel-Hazor is the largest excavation site in Israel. Archaeologists have made many important discoveries at Hazor, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, during the past 30 years.
Earlier this year (2016) they found part of an Egyptian statue. Science Daily reports:
"Only the lower part of the statue survived, depicting the crouching feet of a male figure, seated on a square base on which a few lines in the Egyptian hieroglyphic script are inscribed.
This is not surprising considering the special status of the king of Hazor who was the most important king in Southern Canaan at the time. The extraordinary importance of Hazor in the 15th-13th centuries B.C.E. is indicated also by the Biblical reference to Hazor as 'the head of all those kingdoms' (Joshua 11:10)."
Secular researchers often use B.C.E. instead of B.C. to count the years before Christ's birth, but that does not change the fact that the statue hails from the time of Joshua:
"The population of Hazor in the second millennium BCE is estimated to have been about 20,000, making it the largest and most important city in the entire region. Its size and strategic location on the route connecting Egypt and Babylon made it 'the head of all those kingdoms' according to the biblical book of Joshua (Joshua 11:10). Hazor's conquest by the Israelites opened the way to the conquest and settlement of the Israelites in Canaan."
Archaeology is a friend of the Bible. It confirms biblical history, people, buildings, places and even catastrophes such as earthquakes.
Statues, coins, ossuaries (bone boxes) and seal impressions show names mentioned in the Bible.
This should not be a surprise for us. After all, the Bible describes the true history of mankind accurately and reliably.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2016. Historic find: A statue of an egyptian official at tel-hazor in israel. Science Daily (25 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 02:44
Tunnisteet: archaeology, Bible, Israel, Old Testament
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Evolutionists Acknowledge They're Proposing a Just So Story about Apoptosis
Joel Kontinen
What would evolution be without its just so stories?
It might probably sound a bit more boring. Stories make good headlines, even if their credibility might be questionable.
Recently, the journal Current Biology published a paper entitled Just So Stories about the Evolution of Apoptosis.
Apoptosis means programmed cell death. Without it, cells would keep on living past their due dates, causing cancer and other unpleasant diseases.
The paper's abstract says:
"Apoptosis is a form of active cell death engaged by developmental cues as well as many different cellular stresses in which the dying cell essentially 'packages' itself for removal. The process of apoptotic cell death, as defined at the molecular level, is unique to the Metazoa (animals)."
What it does not say is that like some molecular machines, apoptosis is irreducibly complex.
It could not have evolved through a stepwise Darwinian process. All parts had to be present at the start, or the mechanism would not work.
However, the paper attempts to explain why apoptosis can be seen in many different life forms:
"Yet active cell death exists in non-animal organisms, and in some cases molecules involved in such death show some sequence similarities to those involved in apoptosis, leading to extensive speculation regarding the evolution of apoptosis."
Their use of the word 'speculation' seems to be an honest definition of what they are trying to do:
"Here, we examine such speculation from the perspective of the functional properties of molecules of the mitochondrial apoptotic cell death pathway. We suggest scenarios for the evolution of one pathway of apoptosis, the mitochondrial pathway, and consider how they might be tested. We conclude with a 'Just So Story' of how the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis might have evolved during eukaryotic evolution."
'Just so story' might also be a befitting description of what they're trying to do. It is often used in an attempt to keep the Divine Foot outside, as professor Richard Lewontin famously suggested.
Controlled cell death is a very complicated process. In 2002 Sydney Brenner, H. Robert Horvitz and John E. Sulston were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for identifying genes that control apoptosis.
For more details, I would suggest you read Philip Bell's excellent article on apoptosis in the Journal of Creation.
It shows how such a process could not have evolved.
Bell, Philip. 2004. The non-evolution of apoptosis. Journal of Creation 18(1): 86–96.
Green, Douglas R. and Patrick Fitzgerald. 2016. Just So Stories about the Evolution of Apoptosis. Current Biology 26 (13): R620–R627 (11 July).
Friday, 22 July 2016
Is Dark Matter Dead? Two-Year Experiment Didn't Find A Whiff
Joel Kontinen
This summer has not been good for dark energy, one of the several unknown factors used to prop up the Big Bang. Some astronomers want to get rid of it.
And now it seems that dark matter is faring even worse. A two-year search for this elusive stuff found absolutely nothing.
Astronomers believe that this stuff should "be made up of particles that have some mass and interact weakly with other matter," as New Scientist puts it; hence the name weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.
But a fancy name does not mean that it really exists. In the standard model, i.e. the Big Bang, dark matter is needed to keep galaxies together, otherwise they might fly apart and the universe would be a mess.
Writing in New Scientist, Jacob Aron says: "What's unknown is how often these particles bounce off each other – their scattering cross section – and their mass. They should also occasionally bump into normal matter. These rare collisions are what experiments like the Large Underground Xenon detector (LUX) are designed to pick up, in order to determine WIMPs' properties."
But they didn't find "a single whiff".
Basically, the Big Bang model says that in the beginning there was a quantum fluctuation that occurred for no reason at all, and then the universe suddenly accelerated for no reason, breaking all cosmic speed limits during a brief epoch called inflation.
The BB model should have produced as much antimatter as there is matter and thus blown everything up.
Obviously, it didn't. Instead, we see a finely tuned universe in which early galaxies grew too fast for the Big Bang.
Everything in our cosmic neighbourhood points to Divine foresight.
God by His sovereign wisdom created a habitable place for us.
Aron, Jacob. 2016. Dark matter no-show puts favoured particles on death row. New Scientist (21 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:33
Tunnisteet: Big bang, dark matter, fine-tuning, standard model
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Did Noah's Flood Leave Rivers Beneath Greenland's Glaciers?
Joel Kontinen
Many geological discoveries suggest that our planet was once much warmer than it is now. We have read of Arctic dinosaur fossils, camel fossils in Canada, pollen from tropical trees in Antarctica
and a fossilised tropical forest in Norway, to name just a few examples.
We can probably add another interesting discovery to this list. An article posted on Live Science gives the gist:
"A network of ancient rivers lies frozen in time beneath one of Greenland's largest glaciers, new research reveals."
The article then mixes data and assumptions, featuring belief in millions of years:
"The subglacial river network, which threads through much of Greenland's landmass and looks, from above, like the tiny nerve fibers radiating from a brain cell, may have influenced the fast-moving Jakobshavn Isbrae glacier over the past few million years."
We shouldn't forget that that no one has actually dated the rivers and radiometric dating has serious defects.
It almost always is in conflict with dates obtained through the molecular clock approach.
Michael Cooper, a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of Bristol, UK, who with his colleagues wrote a paper on the rivers, thinks that the
"Shape of the valleys and canyons beneath the ice [suggest that they were] likely formed by rivers cutting the rock away over time, rather than by the glacier."
He points out that the valleys were V-shaped instead of being U-shaped. He proposes that they were formed before the ice age.
That might well have been during or just after the great Flood.
Huge aquifers in arid Northern Kenya, a semi-desert known for its Born Free books and TV series featuring the lioness Elsa and her cubs, might likewise be remnants of Noah's Flood.
Mountain gaps and massive fossil graveyards also speak of a universal watery catastrophe.
We can't be absolutely sure whether the hidden rivers are relics of Noah's Flood but that seems to be a valid interpretation. What we know is that they are a glimpse into a world that differs a lot from ours.
Ghose, Tia. 2016. Secret World of Primeval Rivers Lies Beneath Greenland Glacier. Live Science (5 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 02:38
Tunnisteet: ice age, millions of years, Noah's Flood
Monday, 18 July 2016
Thank Evolution for Bad Science
Joel Kontinen
The scientific community is facing a huge crisis.
Increasingly, researchers are publishing results that others can't replicate. Scientific misconduct is on the rise. Many papers have been retracted, as scientists were less than rigorous in their research.
Unfortunately, at least one good paper was also retracted for no other reason than its use of two non-Darwinian keywords.
Now two scientists are proposing an interesting reason for increasing scientific misconduct: evolutionary forces.
Writing in New Scientist, Simon Oxenham says:
"Paul Smaldino and Richard McElreath at the University of California Davis used an evolutionary theory-based computational model to analyse the problem of bad science. They found that 'the most powerful incentives in contemporary science actively encourage, reward and propagate poor research methods and abuse of statistical procedures'. In short, it's natural selection for shoddy science."
Well, if that is what evolution-believing researchers think, how can we trust anything they say?
While scientists are fond of using words like 'innovative', 'groundbreaking' and 'novel' in the abstracts of their papers, they tend to exaggerate the importance of their findings:
"Smaldino and McElreath found that their model pushed researchers to do less rigorous science, and publish more false positives. They suggest that their model shows that bad science can be explained as a result of the evolutionary selective pressures that are acting on scientists."
Putting it in slightly different words, it seems that scientific misconduct thrives in the Darwinian community.
For instance, evolutionary psychologist Marc Hauser, a champion of Darwinian morality, was accused of scientific misconduct.
So perhaps we should thank evolution for bad science.
Oxenham, Simon. 2016. Evolutionary forces are causing a boom in bad science. New Scientist (8 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 02:58
Tunnisteet: Darwinism, evolution, morals, science, scientific misconduct
Saturday, 16 July 2016
Weird Exoplanet With Three Suns Suggests Earth Is a Privileged Planet
Joel Kontinen
If you think that Earth is just an ordinary planet, or that our solar system is in no way special, you might want to think again.
While we keep on hearing of new exoplanet discoveries almost weekly, none of them resemble our just right blue planet.
Ours is a privileged world.
Astronomers have known for some years that many star systems are really weird. Hot Jupiters and Super Earths orbit systems that look anything but friendly.
Now it seems that some systems are really strange.
A report in Science says:
"Far-off solar systems keep getting weirder: Researchers have spotted a super-Jupiter orbiting a star in a three-sun system at a distance twice as far as Pluto is from our own sun. That makes the planet, dubbed HD 131399Ab … by far the widest ranging exoplanet in a multistar system, the scientists report online today in Science. Preliminary data suggest that the gas giant—about four times the mass of Jupiter—orbits the largest and brightest of the three stars (which has about 1.8 times the mass of our sun) once every 550 years or so. The other two suns in the system … smaller stars that orbit each other relatively tightly and quickly, lie somewhere between 45 billion and 60 billion kilometers away."
Obviously, researchers do not expect to find little green men in these worlds – or creatures of any colour, for that matter.
"The intricate dance of the planet and these stars … is taking place about 320 light-years from us. Measurements at near-infrared wavelengths suggest that HD 131399Ab's atmosphere contains water vapor and methane, and that the planet's cloud tops are about 850 K (577°C)."
This odd star system is a major problem for naturalistic scenarios:
"It's not exactly clear where this odd world formed, the team notes: It might have coalesced closer to the main star in the system and then migrated outward to its present locale, or it may have formed in orbit around the smaller pair of stars only to be ejected and then captured by the larger star."
'Exactly clear' is an understatement. Some exoplanets are so weird that they have practically killed off all naturalistic planet formation theories.
But Earth seems to be fine-tuned for life.
Perkins, Sid. 2016. Distant planet has three suns and a year more than 500 times longer than ours. Science (7 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:24
Tunnisteet: Earth, exoplanets, fine-tuning, habitable zone
Thursday, 14 July 2016
The Toucan's Beak: Intelligently Designed Thermoregulator
Joel Kontinen
The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) has an enormous beak, roughly one-third of its total length. Evolutionists have proposed at least two explanations for this:
Charles Darwin thought its size could be explained by sexual selection.
Latter-day evolutionists assumed that the bird ate fish because its beak looked like it did.
However, both guesses were as wrong as wrong could be. Many animals that look carnivorous actually eat vegetables or fruit.
Bagheera kiplingi is a spider that eats acacia leaves. Fruit bats drink nectar and eat tropical fruit. The giant panda mostly eats bamboo. Tiarajudens eccentricus, an extinct a dog-sized, sabre-toothed animal, ate plants.
And Moschus cupreus, a sabre-toothed mammal that still lives in Afghanistan, is not a predator.
A paper in Science suggests that the toucan's beak
"serves primarily as a thermoregulator. Infrared thermography techniques, which allow detailed observations with minimal disturbance to the birds, show that the birds alter blood flow to the bill according to ambient conditions, effectively using it as a radiator to 'dump heat'."
The abstract gives some details:
"The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), the largest member of the toucan family, possesses the largest beak relative to body size of all birds. This exaggerated feature has received various interpretations, from serving as a sexual ornament to being a refined adaptation for feeding. However, it is also a significant surface area for heat exchange. Here we show the remarkable capacity of the toco toucan to regulate heat distribution by modifying blood flow, using the bill as a transient thermal radiator. Our results indicate that the toucan's bill is, relative to its size, one of the largest thermal windows in the animal kingdom, rivaling elephants' ears in its ability to radiate body heat."
This suggests a major dilemma for Darwinians: How many toucans perished during a heat wave before evolution found a cure through increasing the size of their beaks?
Glenn J. Tattersall, Denis V. Andrade and Augusto S. Abe. 2009. Heat Exchange from the Toucan Bill Reveals a Controllable Vascular Thermal Radiator. Science 325: 5939, 468–470.
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 04:49
Tunnisteet: creation, Darwinian dilemma, evolution, intelligent design
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Ostriches' "50-Million-Year-Old" American Cousin Is a Darwinian Dilemma
Joel Kontinen
It seems that each new fossil discovery presents a fresh dilemma for Darwinian evolution. Two exceedingly well-preserved bird fossils found in an ancient lake-bed in Wyoming are no exceptions.
A paper published in the Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History describes a bird now known as Calciavis grandei.
At least the first part of the name is a misnomer. Calci means 'hard' or 'stone' and avis 'bird', but according to a report posted on Science Daily, the specimens are "completely intact with bones, feathers, and soft tissues."
The flightless birds are roughly the size of a chicken. They are assumed to be "50 million years" old and relatives of ostriches.
Ostriches are flightless African birds, but some of their cousins must have succeeded in getting over to America, or evolution had to find another solution to their close kinship with the Calciavis grandei.
Darwinians will now have to choose to believe in either rafting or convergent evolution.
1. The birds rafted from Africa, much like the old world monkeys had to do, as a wide ocean separated Africa and South America.
While continental drift might have brought the continents a bit closer, hundreds of kilometres still separated them. The birds would have been expert mariners.
Evolutionists also have to assume that tarsiers rafted from Asia to Africa and back again – several times, that old world monkeys rafted to South America and then either swam or rafted to Central America.
2. The birds evolved in both Africa and America. While Darwinists often invoke convergent evolution, it makes their case even less credible.
So, they're welcome to pick their favourite fable. In either case, it's anything but credible.
Virginia Tech. 2016. Ostrich relative lived in North America about 50 million years ago. Science Daily. (5 July).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:53
Tunnisteet: convergent evolution, evolution, living fossils, millions of years
Sunday, 10 July 2016
Too Heavy to Fly? Darwin-Defying Design in Huge Pterosaurs
Joel Kontinen
Some pterosaurs were as big as giraffes. With a wingspan of 10–11 metres (32–36 ft.), they seemed to be too large and too heavy to fly.
So, how did they do it?
A recent post in The Conversation suggests that in a way they resembled giant bats, with exquisitely designed features:
"Unlike birds with feathered wings, pterosaurs had a membrane that stretched from the end of an elongated fourth finger to their legs (more similar to a bat than a bird). This membrane had internal structures called actinofibrils to strengthen the wings, and provide structural support. They also had a unique bone in their wrist called the pteroid, which controlled the leading edge of the wing."
But it seems that like some extinct mosaic-like animals (such as Archaeopteryx and Tiktaalik) and some living mosaics (for instance, the duck-billed platypus and the spiny anteater), they also shared some features with another kind of living animal, viz. the bird:
"Pterosaurs also had a highly specialised respiratory system, similar to that of birds, with air sacs in addition to their lungs. This is a much more effective breathing system, which is important for providing the large amounts of energy needed for flight. Pterosaurs had air sacs in their necks and trunk, and larger creatures also had them in their wings. In many cases, the air sacs invade the bones and hollow them out, making their wing bones extremely thin-walled. This is referred to as skeletal pneumaticity and is another important element contributing to large pterosaurs' ability to fly."
The take away message from this post is that the pterosaurs were designed for flight.
Darwin-defying top-down design is very evident in these amazing creatures of yesteryear.
Martin-Silverstone, Elizabeth. 2016. Pterosaurs should have been too big to fly – so how did they manage it? The Conversation (30 June).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 06:11
Tunnisteet: creation, evolution, intelligent design, pterosaurs, top-down planning
Friday, 8 July 2016
Jumping Genes and "Alien DNA": The Octopus Is Clever and Weird
Joel Kontinen
When describing the octopus, journalists tend to run out of superlatives. A writer in Nature described it as an eight-legged marvel and another used the expressions octopus ballet and uncanny intelligence.
Few animals can match its intelligence.
And its genome is also full of surprises. When researchers sequenced its genome they found that the octopus has more protein-coding genes (33,000) than we do.
Popular science websites concocted intriguing headlines from the octopus genome. Some suggested that the octopus had alien DNA or at least weird DNA and that it was not of this world at all.
The genome abounds in transposons or transposable elements (TEs). Also known as jumping genes, they can move from one place to another within the genome.
Jumping genes move about in the part of the genome once dismissed as junk.
Now we know that it was a misnomer and it has important regulatory functions.
Octopuses are marvels in others ways as well. Some are able to live 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) below the surface.
And octopuses are living fossils that have hardly changed in "95 million years".
Science World Report. 2016. Octopuses Are Aliens With Weird DNA And Superpower Capabilities. (June 13).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:39
Tunnisteet: creation, evolution, intelligent design, jumping genes, living fossils, transposoms
Wednesday, 6 July 2016
Almost Like Eden: Lioness Herds Sheep Instead of Eating Them
A lioness in India. Image courtesy of Rupal Vaidya, Creative Commons (CC BY 2.0).
Joel Kontinen
On a farm in Russian Dagestan, a lioness runs after a flock of sheep.
But instead of having them for dinner, Mashka rounds them up. She herds them like a sheep dog and brings them home.
The lioness has been on the farm since she was a cub. The farmer says that she's very obedient.
She does eat meat, though, but only the beef that her owner gives her.
According to the Darwinian story, nature should be red in tooth and claw. However, at times it isn't.
Even more or less fierce felines can defy evolutionary expectations.
Recently, we heard of a cat on an Irish farm that adopted ducklings.
This reminds us of Eden, when bad things had not yet happened. Thorns did not grow, and death did not reign in the animal kingdom. Small creatures did not fear big ones or even humans.
Hybrid felines, such as a liger and savannah cat, suggest that Genesis is a more credible source on the cat kind than The Origin of Species.
BBC News. 2016. The lion herding sheep in Russia's Dagestan. (2 July). The BBC report includes a brief video.
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 02:45
Tunnisteet: Eden, Fall, Genesis, Origin of Species
Monday, 4 July 2016
Homo Naledi Might Be Too Young for Human Evolution
Joel Kontinen
While the entire idea of human evolution has always been more or less fuzzy, it has now turned out to be a total mess.
We can thank a new assumed date of 912,000 years BP (before present) for Homo Naledi for this devolution.
In 2015 Lee Berger and his colleagues published a paper on what they claimed to be a new human species. Their discovery consisted of 1,500 pieces of teeth and bones.
Lee Berger is also known for the discovery of the very controversial Australopithecus sediba that was once touted as a human ancestor but was later practically tossed aside.
The success of purported human ancestors tends to be very brief. Some, like nutcracker man and Taung child a.k.a. Australopithecus africanus, have fared a little longer.
Soon after Berger and colleagues published the discovery of H. naledi in the rather obscure journal eLife, some anthropologists voiced their scepticism of its inclusion in the human family tree. They even doubted that all the bones and pieces belonged to the same species.
This scepticism hasn't gone away. And the fossils were never dated.
Several studies have suggested that radiometric dating cannot be trusted, as it tends to give too old dates for fossils.
However, it seems that Darwinists can come up with a date for fossils without actually dating them. In their method, the evolutionary tail wags the Darwinian dog:
Mark Collard, a biological anthropologist at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, and his colleagues developed a computer model with which they could analyse skull, jaw and tooth features of assumed human ancestors.
The model suggests a date of 912,000 years BP for H. naledi, which would make it too young for a human ancestor, as the oldest specimens of the fully-human H. erectus are much older.
The Hobbit or H. floresiensis has likewise rocked the Darwinian paddleboat that is now drifting in the wrong direction.
Choi, Charles Q. 2016. Newfound Human Species Suggests Africa Was Evolutionary Melting Pot. Live Science (29 June).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:51
Tunnisteet: evolution, H. naledi, human evolution, millions of years, radiometric dating
Saturday, 2 July 2016
Car Evolution: Gross Misuse of the E-Word
Joel Kontinen
An article recently posted in the UCLA Newsroom suggests that we can use evolution to explain "the 'births' and 'deaths' of every American-made car and truck model from 1896 to 2014."
The researchers invoke the fossil record to make their case:
"Applying an evolutionary biology approach worked so well because the automotive industry's technological records are very similar to the paleontological fossil record," says Michael Alfaro, a UCLA professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
However, the thinking behind the two approaches is diametrically different. Whereas Darwinian evolution is supposed to have no ultimate goal or direction, with natural selection acting on random mutations to come upon a solution of sorts, each car make and model was designed by human engineers, who used their intelligence in the task.
One of the things that evolution does not do is designing.
With the passing of years, the cars looked different, as engineers found new ways of improving them, for instance.
Things change, but calling it evolution is a gross misuse of the E-word.
Evolution is without doubt one of the most misused of all words, due to its variety of meanings. And all too often Darwinists tend to muddy the waters and use different definitions of evolution in the same article.
Wolpert, Stuart. 2016. Technique from biology helps explain the evolution of the American car. UCLA Newsroom (24 June).
Lähettänyt bwanajoe klo 03:55
Tunnisteet: evolution, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection
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Eating brings our bodies into rhythm and defines our achievement potential.
"The brain thinks as the stomach digests," according to Arthur Schopenhauer.
How often the eating rhythm synchronizes our bodies is being researched by modern chronobiology.
Michael Hottiger, molecular biologist at the University of Zurich, stated in the January 2012 issue of "Bild der Wissenschaft", "A meal at the wrong time can displace the internal clock considerably."
He added, "A person who eats high-energy foods in the mornings and at lunchtime, then eats a little bit less in the evenings, and nothing at all in the late evening or at night, has optimally aligned his mealtimes with the [body's natural eating] rhythm."
Eating behavior is so important. Together with sufficient exercise and sleeping well, keeping a healthy eating rhythm defines our well-being.


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CHIF Completes Acquisition of Victoria Beverage
China Food and Beverage Co. (CHIF) (New York) has finalized its $21 million acquisition of Victoria Beverage Co. Victoria's chief asset is its subsidiary Anhui Haodun Beverage Co., of the People's Republic of China.
"In a Dec. 14, 1998 Forbes Magazine article, Hong Kong based beer industry consultants are quoted as stating that China's growing thirst for beer has been remarkable," said James Tilton, president of CHIF. "Since 1982 consumption has multiplied tenfold and China's share of world consumption has surged from 6% in 1990 to 14% in 1998. "Given this outlook, CHIF continues to review a number of potential acquisition candidates which could further increase its presence in China," added Tilton.
China Food and Beverage Co. is a U.S. holding company whose strategy is the acquisition of regional Chinese breweries that complement its existing business, distribution and product lines.


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The Washington-based developers over at Monolith Productions have been hard at work for their debut title for the 8th generation consoles. It wasn't another instalment in the F.E.A.R series, nor was it a new Condemned. It wasn't even a sequel to Gotham City Imposters (though they should absolutely do that!). Instead, they've continued on using the source material they used for Guardians of Middle Earth, and have decided to release an all new adventure in Tolkien's world. Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a spin-off of sorts; it's certainly grounded and carries the look and feel (and in some cases character lookalikes) of Peter Jackson's ongoing film series, but takes sources liberally enough to make them fit the story Monolith wanted to tell. This may be concerning to lore buffs of The Lord of the Rings, but if the Expanded Universe in Star Wars has taught us anything, it's that it doesn't have to be canonical to be a great instalment. The story is set between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
You play as Talion "" a ranger from Gondor, and he is responsible for protecting the Black Gate of Mordor. The plot moves quickly as they rush you through not only the sacrificial slaughtering of your wife and son, but also see your own death at the hands of someone called the Black Hand of Sauron. This was an attempt to summon the Elf Lord, Celebrimbor "" who fans may recognize as the Elven smith who forged the Rings of Power. However, instead of being summoned for the Black Hand, Celebrimbor ends up merging with Talion, giving him new life, and new purpose as he now has the powers of a Wraith. The true story will have you journey across the baron smoggy hills of Modor, to avenge your fallen loved ones.
The story is fairly well done, and uses familiar characters like Gollum to help drive parts of the overall plot. However the story itself is very formulaic, and basically has players reaching objectives, killing baddies, drawing out leaders, rinse and repeat. Where the game truly shines is in revolutionary gameplay mechanic "" Nemesis. As mentioned earlier, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is an open world game, unfortunately not set in all of Middle Earth. We are confined to just Mordor, but even then the size of it really is impressive. As you pursue your main enemies you are also left defeating waves of Orcs and Uruks. There are simple grunts, archers, heavies, berserkers, Captains, and Warchiefs at the very top. The Nemesis' function is to allow an ever-changing interaction between player and enemy NPC. Enemies that kill you will actually level up. And this is where the system shows its brilliance; enemies that do level may actually end up being strong enough to overtake their captain, or even Warchief. So this sparks a power struggle and a fight for the title, which could then swiftly turn the inner ecosystem of the horde. It's essentially a Butterfly Effect that ripples through your entire playthrough, and when you eventually obtain the powers of possession, you can potentially possess an Orc and watch him climb his way to the top of that faction. Not only that, but if you have left your mark on a target that ended up killing you, like if you burned them, the game will actually have them disfigured accordingly, and out for revenge. I've personally never seen this mechanic used this intelligently in a game before.
The core combat is essentially the product of the Batman Arkham series, Assassin's Creed, and a dash of Monster Hunter. Attacks are all done using Square, and you can perform timed counters with Triangle at the right moment. Ranged attacks with the Bow are naturally mapped to the triggers, and there is also an Eagle Vision that allows you to observe enemies, targeted captains, or an Elven tower that acts exactly the same as Assassin's Creed Viewpoints. By climbing these towers and interacting with the anvil and hammer at the top, you essentially hammer in a new portion of the map that was previously not shown. Monolith do take many liberties in how closely they borrow certain mechanics from, but to be fair, it's tough to make a competing mechanic next to the respective leaders; it's wiser to borrow and innovate.
Every kill or action you do warrants experience that used to improve your character. Weapons have skill trees in the form of runes; each rune is a spot for an upgrade you can acquire from fallen captains. Towards the end your weapons will have some deadly combinations. There are also player specific enhancements like improving health, or adding new combat possibilities.
The main campaign is fairly short, offering 20 missions that vary from completion time. It will take roughly 10 hours or less to breeze through it, but fortunately there are a slew of additional missions to ensure you're playing for a good while. There are "legend" quests that have you recreating famed legends that reward you with rare weapons, hunting missions that allow you to hone your predatory skills as a ranger and hunt for various creatures, rescue missions that have you freeing the human slaves from the Uruks, survival missions that have you foraging for certain plants, and finally there are side missions devoted to the hunting of larger and rarer beasts of Middle Earth. The content is varied enough to keep players engaged without feeling repetitious.
There is no form of online multiplayer or coop in the game, however there is a nifty Vendetta mechanic. Essentially if you are is killed by a Captain, the game sends that exact Orc to your friend's game as a Vendetta mission. If your friend is successful, said Orc will be weaker and have fewer soldiers as backup for your next encounter. It's a neat passive way at incorporating your friends into your single player experience, and to be honest, the absence of a multiplayer doesn't feel like much of a missed opportunity when there's already much to do in the single player campaign.
Shadow of Mordor might be one of the more visually impressive titles on these new systems. Characters are insanely detailed, up to the tiny pores on Orc skin. The map of Mordor is quite large, and has a wonderful lighting system that fades away as soon as you enter Wraith mode. The camera work is also very well done, giving action shots on counter attacks or brutal finishers. Seeing Talion summon Celebrimbor to extend the combat is fantastic and is vaguely reminiscent the way a Stand operates in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Final Thoughts
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor is a tremendous feat for the open world adventure genre. The Nemesis System will be the new standard in enemy interaction. Having control over how your enemies progress through their own contained ecosystem, and messing around with the ranking politics feels like it could be its own game, and it's just a terrific addition to this one. If you're starved for a title, in need of a good fantasy game, or are merely waiting for Assassin's Creed Unity, definitely check this title out.
|Beautiful visuals!
|The Nemesis System is ground-breaking in what it achieves.
|A plethora of side content that will increase longevity.
|The main campaign is fairly short.
|The combat system feels almost TOO borrowed at times.
|The main story's progression can be tedious at times.


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Welcome to the Blog. After Jesus and my family, amateur radio is important to me. In fact, it was a missionary ham that pointed me to Jesus. I hope you will enjoy this collection of amateur radio musings. Hope you find Jesus sprinkled around too. Views are not reflective of my employer.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
How @WaffleHouse compares to the Automatic Packet Reporting System #ARRL #hamradio @CraigatFEMA @FEMA
1 comment:
- KC5FM said...
From the APRS SIG:
"FEMA Technical Office would like to mine APRS data for better field data.
The main thing they want is a better way to SEE big pictures concepts
For a decade, FEMA uses the "Waffle house index" they get from Waffle house
to show in RED, YELLOW, GREEN, NORMAL coloring attributes on 1700 Waffle
houses throughout hurricane zone so they can see instantly, the big picture
of conditions.
See the FEMA Waffle index!
FEMA asked if APRS could do this...
FEMA thought that APRS only had a dozen symbols (They had been watching a
D700 display only), I pointed out that APRS has always had nearly 200
symbols each with up to 8 color attributes (only APRSdos displays the
colors I think)..., but even those 200 were expanded in 2008 or so to
nearly 3000 of which over 135 have been defined but most clients have not
painted them all in yet.
This was done through overlays so that they are all backwards compatible
on older systems as a base symbol with a letter overlay, but they can be
fully painted out to be a whole new symbol as clients wish.
See: http://aprs.org/symbols/symbols-new.txt
APRSdos had these color attributes on every symbol but this layer was not
implemented by most clients that just use ICONs. I believe some clients
have implemented it, but I have not kept up.
Hessu was working on a common updated data base.... (how's that going?)
I asked the FEMA to tell me their top priority symbols and I would see how
well they mapped to APRS symbols and get myself up to speed on where we are
with symbols..
So, I am open for you APRS gurus to fill me in on any progress on symbols
beyond what I have been tracking on http://aprs.org/symbols.html
Important people want to know...
bob, WB4aPR" http://bit.ly/2dh7aPu
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Supply Type: Cancelled shipment.
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Fabric: 92% polyester, 8% spandex. Piece weight about 50 grams.
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divine healing
Developments in science and technology over the last few decades has had a positive impact on health, with recovery and management of various sickness that plague the human race. However, as impelling as medicine and its impacts are, medicine has limitations and is incapable of curing all diseases. What do you do when you are faced with a health condition or a chronic disease that has no answer or cure?
David said in Psalms 121:1-2 "I will lift up my eyes to the hills from whence comes my help. My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth." David needed help to overcome his adversaries and he was aware that God was His source of strength.
Similarly, it's important that you refocus your mind from your situation, and rely on the creative power of Jesus Christ. Remember that you are His creature (Gen 1:26), created in His image. The Creator knows how to fix any flaw in His creation simply because He created it. Look at this Scripture in Jeremiah 32:27 – "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there anything too hard for me?" It really isn't hard for the Lord to restore you because He knows your name, (Isaiah 43:1), the configuration of every cell and organ (size, type, shape, function) in your body, (Psalm 139:13) and even the numbers of your hair strands doesn't elude Him! (Luke 12:7)
God has established His covenant with us through the blood of Jesus Christ that our sins will be forgiven and our sicknesses will be healed. Isaiah 53:4-5 "Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquity. Surely he bore our sorrows and by His stripes we are healed." He fulfilled this covenant by laying Himself down as the perfect sacrifice for our sins, our failures, and our sicknesses. Accept that your healing that has been paid for in full at the Cross.
God is committed to fulfilling His covenant of healing with us but we must reach out to him by faith. Hebrews 11:6 says but without faith it is impossible to please God… Faith is not limited to that which can be seen; it is a revelation and application of the Word of God.
First, acknowledge God as your Creator. Secondly, envision Him as the perfect sacrifice for your sins and sicknesses. Third, ask in faith for your healing and declare 'In Jesus' name, I'm healed!' You will be amazed to see the power of God at work in your life. Some of you will be healed instantly. For others, you may need to continually meditate on God's truth and speak healing scriptures over your life daily, so that your healing will be fully manifested.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever (Hebrews 13:8). He is not a respecter of persons (Acts 10:34); remember that God will honor your faith regardless of who you are. What he does for one individual, He can do for all. Call upon His name today; He will hear and respond to your heart's cry because He loves you. You can also send in your prayer needs and our intercessory team will believe God with you for the manifestation of your
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Protests continue in Algeria as ally of ousted president takes over as interim leader
TUNIS - Tens of thousands marched in cities across Algeria stating opposition to the nomination of Algerian Senate President Abdelkader Bensalah as interim head of state.
Bensalah, an associate of ousted Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was named interim president April 9, putting protesters seeking an immediate overhaul of the country's political system on a collision course with ruling elites trying to carry out a managed transition.
Marching in Algiers on April 9, protesters chanted: "laa amaan oula theeka fi bakayya Bouteflika" ("No confidence, no trust in the remnants of Bouteflika.")
State television showed Bensalah receiving a gracious welcome at the presidential palace from Bouteflika's former advisers and aides. However, notably missing was Said Bouteflika, the former president's powerful brother who is believed to have made major policy decisions behind the scenes.
With Abdelaziz Bouteflika out, protesters focused their ire on the government's political elites, dubbed the "Three Bs": Bensalah, Prime Minister Noureddine Bedoui and Constitutional Council President Tayeb Belaiz.
The three men are to oversee upcoming presidential elections, which, under the constitution, must take place within 90 days, which would set the vote for early July.
"Out with Bensalah, Belaiz and Bedoui!" shouted protesters April 9 in Algiers and other cities in Algeria.
In nominating Bensalah, parliament was following the lead of army Chief of Staff General Ahmed Gaid Salah, who urged the country's leaders to abide by the constitutional framework.
Gaid Salah, who had come out in support of the protest movement against Bouteflika after publicly defending the former president for years, did not directly comment on Bensalah's nomination.
However, the Defence Ministry said in a statement that the army would work to ensure "the Algerian people's legitimate right to enjoy total tranquillity for the present and the future."
Bensalah, 77, has maintained a low profile despite his long political career. Joining the National Liberation Army at 17, he later became a public servant. In the 1990s, he headed the National Transition Council after the army scrapped general elections in which Islamists had taken the lead.
Bedoui and Belaiz, also at the centre of protests, have strikingly different profiles.
Belaiz, 70, has been a close ally of Bouteflika since 1999, when the Bouteflika tasked him with reforming the judiciary system. Belaiz was later justice minister before serving as Bouteflika's top adviser. He was appointed head of the Constitutional Council in February to lend credibility to Bouteflika's candidacy fopr a fifth term as president.
Belaiz retained his position after Bouteflika's ouster and pushed for one of nephews, Hassane Rabehi, to serve as government spokesman and communication minister.
Bedoui, 59, was among the first to promote Bouteflika's bid for a fifth term in office, which triggered the crisis. He was charged with moving Bouteflika's candidacy forward even when the president was seeking medical care abroad. Algerian law requires a candidate to personally submit candidacy documentation to be eligible to run.
The controversy surrounding the Bouteflika allies' roles in politics underscores a major divide in Algeria. One camp wants quick, radical change that would purge the government of old regime figures and the other seeks a gradual transition within the constitutional framework that would ensure stability.
Gaid Salah, who exerts vast influence over the powerful military and has voiced consistent support for protesters, is viewed as the ultimate arbiter but some analysts doubt leading figures are serious about meeting protesters' demands.
Political writer Makhlouf Mehenni said that "Bensalah's nomination means a return to square one," a reference to Bouteflika's pledge to postpone elections that were rejected by protesters.
Samir Allam, a writer who has voiced support for protesters, said Bensalah's first address echoed Bouteflika's remarks about "free and fair elections."
"Algerians will not be convinced by what he (Bensalah) said because he has no credibility of his own," Allam added.
Protest leaders suggested selecting five independent figures to form a presidential council to lead the country for an interim period while the opposition builds a coalition capable of competing with the old political establishment.
Those leaders argue that if elections occur within 90 days as scheduled, they would be won by parties and associations with entrenched political and financial connections, effectively making them an extension of the old ruling establishment.
"The question is why has the army, which had given hope with its statements backing the change process, stopped midstream, leaving history to take a narrow path with the risks of heavy consequences to stability as it stands against the claims of rapid and broad change claimed by the popular protests," said el Watan newspaper columnist Omar Berbiche.
Lamine Ghanmi is a veteran Reuters journalist. He has covered North Africa for decades and is based in Tunis.
This article was originally published in The Arab Weekly.


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With all the buzz about the real estate market in the U.S. and how it's affecting real estate prices across, I decided to look into what US $1 Million will get you around the world and here's a sampling of what I found:
Price: $1.05 million
Beds/Bath: 6 beds/6 bath
Amenities: A million dollars will get you far in Atlanta. This two-story brick manse has six bedrooms, six bathrooms, three fireplaces and a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel appliances. The interior boasts 10-foot ceilings, and the master bathroom includes both a garden tub and whirlpool. Outside, the property rests on a third of an acre and has a three-car garage and a backyard deck.
Price: $1.1 million
Beds/Bath: 4 bed
Amenities: This 7,500-square-foot home on just over one-half acre features four bedrooms, including a master suite with a dressing room and a bathroom with a whirlpool tub. The garden boasts a large veranda, in-ground pool and covered barbeque area.
For more information, please contact Reynolds Propiedades Argentina Real Estate.
Price: $1.1 million
Beds/Bath: 4 bed
Amenities: Located in the historic Lakewood/Balmoral neighborhood of Chicago, this recently renovated townhome includes four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The large downstairs family room opens to a cedar deck and backyard with a gas barbeque hookup and a two-car garage. The kitchen has professional appliances and the entire first floor has been outfitted with radiant heat to offset those cold Windy City winters.
San Jose de Pinilla, Costa Rica
Price: $1 million
Beds/Bath: 3 bed/3bath
Amenities: This Spanish Colonial-inspired home sits on a half-acre within the Reserva de Golf beach community in the Guanacaste region of the country. It has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a solarium and spacious kitchen as well as maid's and guest rooms and an outdoor pool.
Price: $1 million
Beds/Bath: 4 bed/3.5bath
Amenities: This contemporary masterpiece boasts four bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, as well as a massive chef's kitchen and expansive, covered patio for outdoor entertaining. Health nuts will find much to keep them occupied in the gym room while the busy executive can hunker down in the home office.
Price: $1 million
Beds/Bath: 2 bed/1bath
Amenities: The dollar may be weak compared with the pound, but with a million of them, you can buy a two-bedroom, one-bathroom, second-floor apartment in this stately Victorian building in Belsize Village, a neighborhood filled with restaurants and shops just northwest of downtown London.
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Price: $1.07 million
Beds/Bath: 5 bed/3.5bath
Amenities: Built in 1891, this Queen Anne Victorian is a California historical cultural landmark dubbed the Ernest Wood House. Three stories, with wood-carved stairway railings, the 2,880-square-foot home has five bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, hardwood floors, a formal dining room and five fireplaces. Outside, a covered wrap-around porch looks out on the landscaped yards and gardens of this 13,000-square-foot lot, which includes a backyard gazebo.
Price: $1.05 million
Beds/Bath: 3 bed/3bath
Amenities: Though only 794 square feet, this midtown apartment has sweeping views of downtown Manhattan, the Hudson River and the Statue of Liberty through its floor-to-ceiling windows. The one-bedroom, one-bathroom space is in the Orion building, which has a health club, 60-foot lap pool, Jacuzzis, saunas, a screening room, onsite concierge service and free breakfast for residents.
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Price: $1 million
Beds/Bath: 3 bed/2bath
Amenities: Located in the 20th arrondissement of Nation, this three-level townhouse on a quiet lane features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living and dining rooms and a study, which faces a 260-square-foot private garden. There is also a wine cellar for oenophiles to store their Loire Valley bottles.
Price: $1 million
Beds/Bath: 2 bed/2bath
Amenities: Boasting beamed wooden ceilings, a living room, two bedrooms and two bathrooms, this restored apartment is on the third floor of the medieval building, pictured, in Via San Cosimato, which is close to the Piazza San Maria in Trastevere.
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Price: $1.15 million
Beds/Bath: 3 bed/2bath
Amenities: Designed to take advantage of its position on Sydney Harbor, this three-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment has expansive views from its north-facing balcony. Set in the Jacksons Landing waterfront, the apartment has a gourmet kitchen with marble floors and stainless steel appliances, two parking spaces, walk-in closets in all bedrooms and access to tennis courts, a pool, a gym and nearby harborside parks.
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Price: $1.2 million
Beds/Bath: 5 bed/5bath
Amenities: Not only does this immaculately kept penthouse offer stunning sea views and a spacious outdoor deck, but living areas are suitable for entertaining and five bedrooms.
Price: $1.1 million
Beds/Bath: 4 bed/3bath
Amenities: This 1,700-square-foot, four-bedroom home is located in the Megoro-Ku section of the city, which offers fine dining and shopping, as well as quiet residential areas. It has parking for two cars and a traditional Tatami, or meditation, room.
Price: $1.2 million
Beds/Bath: 2 bed/3bath
Amenities: A two-bedroom, three-bathroom condo is one of 45 custom-designed apartment in this elegant building that offers residents an indoor pool and fitness center, formal gardens, a billiards room and a library that can be used for entertaining.


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Going back to school means back to homework. Now is your chance to set up your teen for a productive study space.
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Since taking up his role in January 2011, Jagersbacher has overseen a period of major growth for the company in the Middle East, not to mention Africa and Indian Ocean which he is also responsible for. The Middle East, Egypt and Levant portfolio alone comprises 41 operating hotels and 39 in the confirmed pipeline. In the past year, five hotels have opened, including the company's debut in Qatar, Hilton Doha, as well as DoubleTree by Hilton, RAK; Hilton Jumeirah Hotel Apartment, Dubai; Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand, Lebanon; and Hilton Beirut Metropolitan Palace, Lebanon, the latter two marking an all-important partnership with Dubai's Habtoor Group, which is also developing a Waldorf Astoria on Palm Jumeirah — one of Hilton's most prestigious recent signings.
In total, Jagersbacher has signed 14 hotels in the wider Middle East over the past year, including two in Iraqi Kurdistan, two in Qatar and two in Morocco. Development is not likely to slow down either, with 13 hotels scheduled to open over the next 12 months, including Conrad Dubai, Hilton Al Hamra Resort & Spa, Waldorf Astoria RAK, DoubleTree by Hilton Bur Dubai and Hilton Riyadh King Saud University.
Beyond the Middle East, Jagersbacher is also responsible for 15 hotels in Africa and the Indian Ocean and 12 in the pipeline in those markets.
A Hilton veteran, Austrian national Jagersbacher joined Hilton Worldwide in 1974. His career has included vice president roles in London, Dubai and Brussels. He is also a founding member of the Hilton in the Community Foundation, which fund raises to support disadvantaged children.
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The Office of the State Attorney held a fundraiser and donation drive, A Cause for Paws, for the Lake City Humane Society and the Suwannee County Animal Shelter from June 20th to August 2nd. Drop boxes where located at each of our four offices as well as the Columbia and Suwannee County Courthouses. The community was very generous with donations including cat and dog food, pet beds, kennels, bedding, cleaning supplies and many other items.
A Krispy Kreme donut fundraiser was also held by employees of the State Attorney's office with the employee selling the most donuts winning a cup reading "Love is a Four Legged Word". The winner of the cup was Legal Assistant Robin Smithey, selling 114 dozen. That is 1,368 donuts!
Due to generous community support, Mr. Siegmeister was able to deliver $350 to each facility along with all of the donations shown. The Suwannee County Animal Shelter received an additional $50 private donation, and the Lake City Humane Society received a donation in the amount of $500 from attorney Tommy Demas who donated on behalf of A Cause for Paws. Many thanks to all who participated in supporting the animals of Columbia and Suwannee Counties.


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"Back then this area was close to empty—nothing [was here]," owner David Nguyen said. "We're the first Japanese restaurant in Highland Village."
In addition to Japanese cuisine, Sushi Fugu's menu crosses national borders, offering a blend of Asian fusion dishes with origins in Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. Customers can also take advantage of the full bar. Nguyen said it is best to pair sushi with sake, or rice wine.
Sushi, however, remains the most sought-after item, Nguyen said. The most popular types are the Ahi Tower with chopped tuna and the Mount Fuji Roll made of cream cheese, avocados, crabmeat, four kinds of sauce and shrimp tempura, which is a traditional style of Japanese cooking involving lightly battered and fried foods.
For picky eaters, the restaurant also serves other items more appealing to the Western palate, Nguyen said. The kitchen makes soups, dumplings, Thai fried rice, different chicken and beef dishes and bento boxes, which contain small portions of a variety of meats or vegetables served with rice.
"A lot of people, they don't like sushi—raw stuff—[but] they like Asian-fusion [foods] that are cooked," he said. "It's very healthy."
Nguyen said the restaurant faces increasing competition as the area develops further.
Nguyen hopes to stay in the community for the foreseeable future, claiming no plans for relocations or expansions to other places. Nguyen said he wants to focus on what he has now, taking care to consider all the feedback provided by diners, whether it is about menu items or decorations.
"People are very nice," he said. "We have a lot of good, loyal customers. … We just try to keep customers coming back and keep the quality of food consistent—and the service. It's very important to us."
Sushi Fugu
1601 Village Parkway, Ste.130, Highland Village
972-966-3848 | www.thesushifugu.com
Hours: Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun. noon-9 p.m.


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Friday, January 15, 2010
Canadian Poet P.K. Page Passes
Poet P.K. Page Passes
Canadian literary grande dame P.K. Page, long renowned for her poetry and other writing, died at the age of 93 at her home in Victoria.
Patricia Kathleen Page has amassed numerous awards and honours for her work both within Canada and abroad. In 1954, she received The Governor General's Award in Poetry, and The Lieut. Governor's Award for Literary Excellence in 2004. In 2000, her poem, "Planet Earth," was chosen by the United Nations for its reading series, Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry.
A companion of the Order of Canada, the British-born, Canadian-reared Patricia Kathleen Page was considered among Canada's most esteemed writers.
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Sibbald Corners Bouldering
routes from 2004 – 2017
Quick access bouldering from Calgary along a quiet stretch of road. From Hwy#1, go south for Sibbald Flats and go west into K-Country. Soon after passing the Powderface-Sibbald Road Junction, continue west on Hwy #68 as it weaves through a tight treed valley. The boulders on the Corners begin just west of Sibbald Meadows Pond Day-use, the majority being in a stretch of road just after the Texas gate cattle guard- if the road opens up to cutblocks and begins to start descending downhill, you have gone too far west. Bring a pad to all these spots. Some of these routes appeared in the zine Kananaskis Obscure back in 2004 but have been played around, cleaned, attempted, climbed etc for well over a decade.
A topo will be made and posted in Autumn…..
A – Siesta VB/0- just west of Sibbald Pond at a bend in the road is a small meadow. From the meadow, pass a tiny shelf, and back into woods 100m. Go over left overhang just right of crack and up. Center could be done. Fun, flat spot.V0 (no photo)
B – Crack68 V0- at the same meadow, walk west 50m to an obvious crack(now behind well grown spruce tree) above the ditch. SS in cutaway, up arete, left to crack, layback it to finishing mantel move. Off left. Fun entertainment.V0
C – D8 Cat Rocks- Park at 65km sign just west of the ice climb called Solstice where an old piece of road is a bit upslope. Walk up the hill to first rock(50m). SS off flake, dyno up. Second rock is10m behind: an improbable smooth face with cave. Hands on the smooth arete, up to good top rail and off. Third rock: go up 15m to flat wall behind tree. Only right arete done from SS, face undone. All of these rocks may be unclimbed after a storm blew some trees down in the mid-2000s?
D- Grandpa Face, V1 – white bulging boulder and one of the best lines on Sibbald Corners. Start on the right and traverse left out to the arete and mantle up. Found in the woods across from a clearing south of the road.Look for orange metal marker on tree and go from there.
E – Traverse Amazonia, V0- somewhere along the road find a bowed spruce and maybe flags, go into woods briefly. you should have to duck under a large fallen tree next to the rock. Traverse wall left to right using horizontal crack.
F – Upper Boulders, V0- Two dark looking boulders can be seen from the road about 50m east of Lil Fang. Find cairn and flags from the ditch below the rocks and hike up. Only lower stone has been climbed on. Climb near the arete and go up. Details are lost. May have more variations.
G – Lil Fang, VB- first line cleaned along here in 2004. Seconds from the road. Jam the crack to the top.
H – Roadside Route, V1- found on the other side of the ditch ,can be swampy early in the spring. Go up from a low start.
I – open overhang project. The largest boulder out here with a cool overhung west face(photo with boy and grandpa lounging), 50m from the road. Cleaned a bit.
J – Crud Buddies, VB/0- two boulders near each other. Found upslope from the open project overhang. The exact location of these Sibbald Corner boulders may be confusing or mixed-up as they have not been visited in many years but where mentioned in the 2005 Kananaskis Obscure zine.
K- Stormtrooper Slab, V2- another old scrubbed rock found also upslope and likely just east of Micronaut. Start on left of this white faced boulder with a smooth grey top which is traversed to the right.
L – Micronaut, VB- fun little boulder found further east on the upper slope.
M – Cornersweep Traverse, V0- location is somewhere upslope from the open project , maybe to the west. Ramp like boulder, start low on low end and traverse up to the higher end, bit mossy in spots.
N – The Bunnock, V0+ – another chunk of rock that has unsure directions over the years- somewhere on the slope. Explore.
O – Sibbald Crack, V3+ – if you drive too fast you will miss this cool chunk of rock split by a funky crack. Has been attempted many times since 2004 but finally ascended by Brendan Clark after the top-out got a good solid cleaning. Grade is up for debate. Give it a try, certainly the best boulder on Sibbald Corners. The arete on the right above the ground slab has not been attempted. (FA- B.Clark, May 2017)


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Job Openings for Pharmacists (25 posts) at ESIC Model Hospital | Salary upto Rs 92,300
The promulgation of Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948(ESI Act), by the Parliament was the first major legislation on social Security for workers in independent India. It was a time when the industry was still in a nascent stage and the country was heavily dependent on an assortment of imported goods from the developed or fast developing countries. The deployment of manpower in manufacturing processes was limited to a few select industries such as jute, textile, chemicals etc. The legislation on creation and development of a fool proof multi-dimensional Social Security system, when the country's economy was in a very fledgling state was obviously a remarkable gesture towards the socio economic amelioration of a workface though limited in number and geographic distribution. India, notwithstanding, thus, took the lead in providing organized social protection to the working class through statutory provisions.
Online Applications (through website of ESIC at (esicner.in / esic.nic.in) are invited for filling up the posts of Paramedical and Nursing Staff for ESIC Medical Education Institutions, Hospitals and Dispensaries in North East Region on regular basis by Direct Recruitment.
Pharmacist (Allopathic)
Post Code : 06
No of posts : 25 (UR-13, SC-04, ST-01, OBC-07)
Pay Matrix (as per 7th CPC) : Rs 29200-92300
Educational & Other qualification : Degree in pharmacy/ Senior Secondary with diploma in pharmacy from a recognised institution and qualified and registered as pharmacist under Pharmacy act , 1948.
Age : Not exceeding 32 Years (Relaxable up to 37 years in case of Govt. servant and employees of the ESIC).
(i) Candidates who have not acquired/will not acquire the educational qualification as on the closing date of receipt of application will not be eligible and need not apply.
(ii) Experience gained after completion of requisite educational qualification will only be considered.
(b) Age Relaxation Upper age limit is relaxable for candidates belonging to reserved categories i.e. SC/ST/OBC/PWD/Ex-Servicemen in accordance with the instructions of Govt. of India as under:
(i) 03 years for OBC
(ii) 05 years for SC/ST.
(iii) 10 years for PWD (additional 05 years in case of SC/ST & 03 years in case of OBC). However, the upper age limit under PWD category shall be as per instructions of Govt. of India.
(iv) Ex.SM-Length of Service in Armed forces + 3 years (additional relaxation for SC/ST/OBC).
(v) Relaxation in age for other categories shall be as per instructions of Govt of India and Recruitment Regulations of concerned post.
A candidate must be either:
(a) a citizen of India, or
(b) a subject of Nepal, or
(c) a subject of Bhutan, or
(d) a Tibetan refugee who came over to India, before the Ist January, 1962 with the intention of permanently settling in India, or (e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri Lanka, East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of Tanzania (Formerly Tanganyika and Zanzibar ), Zambia, Malawi, Zaire, Ethiopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India. Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been issued by the Government of India. A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be admitted to the Examination but the offer of appointment will be given only after the necessary eligibility certificate has been issued to him by the Government of India.
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