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It has been forty years since senior men at Papunya joined forces with Geoffrey Bardon to begin marketing paintings in acrylic, based on traditional designs and iconography, to art collectors, locals, and tourists passing through Alice Springs. Bardon's sponsorship of the new commercial scheme was not, of course, the start of an Aboriginal art industry. That had been underway for decades in locations stretching from Hermannsburg to Yirrkala. But the mythology of Aboriginal art production has always featured as an essential element the concept of continuity. If I had a nickel for every time the phrase "the world's oldest continuous artistic tradition" has been breathed, published, or transmitted across the internet, I could buy a lot of great Aboriginal art.
What makes 1971 a significant marker in the history of this mythos of continuity is the establishment of an Aboriginal owned collective dedicated to the production of works for a commercial market that achieved commercial success and recognition for its aesthetics as much as for its reproduction of cultural imagery and knowledge. The quick establishment of Papunya Tula Artists set a new model for the production of Indigenous art that opened new arenas of discussion, new opportunities for economic growth, and new horizons of intercultural engagement. The adoption of Western materials and marketing strategies combined with a powerful Indigenous aesthetic has not been seen before in quite the same way, either at Hermannsburg or at Yirrkala, or at places in between. Papunya Tula Artists proved to be a hardy desert blossom that has come to exemplify continuity of purpose and achievement amidst the shifting fortunes of Indigenous art production in the four decades since its inception.
The reasons for the emergence of Papunya Tula are many. Bardon, of course, has long been recognized as a tutelary spirit, in part through his own mythologizing publications and films. But the roots of its efflorescence go far deeper than Bardon's fortuitous arrival on the scene. The droughts of the 1950s, the testing of rocket-powered weapons across central and western Australia, and the increased accessibility of the western deserts brought new contact between European Australia and formerly isolated groups like the Pintupi. An expanding interest in the lot of the Indigenous, spurred by the social revolutions of the 1960s and the 1967 Referendum in particular, played its part. The equal wages award that collapsed Indigenous participation in the cattle industry left men with senior ritual status abandoned in government settlements. Even the arts industries themselves contributed: Albert Namatjira changed attitudes about the Aboriginal production of art among both whites and blacks, including in the latter case, some of the men who would spur the painting activity at Papunya. Bardon claimed that the misery of the Papunya settlement itself provoked an emotional eruption that found expression in the act of painting as a symbolic reunification with lost country. And the larrikin act of Kaapa Tjampitjinpa in putting forth one of his paintings for the Caltex Award in 1971 and the judges' audacious decision to share the prize with him was a minor revolution in its own right.
I am not going to rehearse the origin myths here; they are too well known to need repetition. What I do want to celebrate in the unusual continuity that is found in the story. Although Bardon was gone from Papunya in less than two years, the company prospered through its first decade–modestly, no doubt–as one after another in a series of dedicated and creative individuals worked to keep the young company's wares in the marketplace. Peter Fannin, Dick Kimber, Janet Wilson, John Kean, and Andrew Crocker successively kept the art commercially viable, and Crocker was perhaps the first to aggressively pursue the reconceptualization of the work as "fine art" worthy of the whitefella's apparatus of museum acquisitions and one-man shows. That first decade of persistence culminated in the establishment of Kintore, taking the Pintupi back to their homelands, with Kiwirrkura being set up two years later. After Crocker's untimely death came the incredible twenty-year tenure, with minor interruptions, of Daphne Williams, in company with Fay Bell and Janis Stanton. Since Daphne's final retirement, Paul Sweeney has managed the company's affairs and expansion for another ten years. A record of commitment this steady is unparalleled amongst Indigenous art centres.
But of far greater significance was the continuity of effort by the painters themselves. There is a famous and often reproduced photographs of Bardon standing outside the Papunya painting shed with a dozen of the artists who were among the thirty or so to incorporate Papunya Tula Artists. (See Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, AGSNW, 2001, p. 246 for the best reproduction and identification of the twelve men.) What astonished me when I saw that photograph in the catalog ten years ago was how many of those men were still actively painting for the company, or had been until just a few years earlier when several of them, including Mick Namarari Tjapaltjarri, Timmy Payungka Tjapangati, and Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi, passed away.
For the past decade, a growing recognition of the story–the mythos–of Papunya Tula and its place in the national imaginary has been flowering in all sorts of ways. The economic boom of the 1990s boosted the art market in general, and the clever machinations of Sotheby's in establishing a secondary market for Indigenous works and especially for the early boards of Papunya Tula Artists illuminated a narrative that was ripe for exploitation on the centenary of Federation and the happy coincidence of the arrival of the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. A thousand desert dots blossomed.
Ten years ago, then, a great wave of retrospective exhibitions and publications began to swell. The harbinger of this movement was Twenty-five years and beyond : Papunya Tula painting, the 1999 exhibition curated by Doreen Mellor and Vincent Megaw at the Flinders University Art Museum in Adelaide. The following year brought Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius at the Art Gallery of New South Wales; its catalog was a gorgeous and astonishing record of the company's achievement devoted in equal parts to documenting, as its subtitle proclaimed, both the genesis of the company and the genius of its practitioners in 150 pages of full color plates. The reproductions of the artworks were supplemented by an equally astonishing set of essays authored by Paul Sweeney, Hetti Perkins, Hannah Fink, Vivien Johnson, Geoffrey Bardon, Dick Kimber, John Kean, Daphne Williams, Fred Myers, Paul Carter, and Marcia Langton.
Since then, the celebration of the achievements of Papunya Tula Artists has steadily continued. Fred Myers published Painting Culture: the making of an Aboriginal high art (Duke University Press, 2002), which remains in my mind the single best history and analysis of the movement. Vivien Johnson's Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Art Gallery of South Australia, 2003) with a catalog that set the standard for artist's monographs in the field. Geoffrey and James Bardon's Papunya: a place made after the story (Miegunyah Press, 2004) is virtually a catalog raisonné of the early days of the company, a documentary counterpart to the more subjective memoirs Bardon published in 1979 and 1991.
The National Museum of Australia mounted Papunya Painting: out of the desert in 2007, with another fine catalog edited by Vivien Johnson. The same year, Johnson produced the long-awaited biographical reference work, Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists (IAD Press). Organized in a loosely chronological fashion, rather than in the more customary alphabetical ordering of such works, Johnson's book resurrects the reputations of many of the minor contributors to the Papunya Tula story and provides a historical perspective on the men and women of the company. To complete her trifecta, Johnson published Once Upon a Time in Papunya (University of New South Wales Press/New South Books) in 2010. Begun as an attempt to trace the stylistic evolution of the art produced in the first years of Papnuya Tula Artists, the book wades into Johnson's personal history of researching the early output of the company and the problems she encountered in attempting to scrutinize the content of many paintings whose significance and public status has once more come into dispute.
The collection of early Papunya paintings amassed by Americans John and Barbara Wilkerson debuted at Cornell University's Johnson Museum in 2009 and was published by Cornell University Press as Icons of the Western Desert: early Aboriginal paintings from Papunya. It was this exhibition that once more brought the controversial nature of some of the early boards, with their explicit detailing of sacred ceremonies and regalia, into a critical spotlight. Plans to tour the exhibition in Australia were scrapped; the most disputed paintings were removed from the body of the catalog, presented in a detached supplement to the American edition, and eliminated entirely from the Australian version. When company artists D. R. Nakamarra and Yukultji Napangati traveled to New York City for the opening of Icons at the Grey Gallery, a special gallery below the main space was dedicated to these "dangerous" paintings and kept them sequestered from the ladies' sight.
These monographic publications by no means exhaust the list of scholarship and promotion that have surrounded the activities of Papunya Tula Artists. A search for the term "Papunya Tula" in the Trove database of the National Library of Australia turns up 131 articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers, along with 99 books, a couple dozen resources in miscellaneous other formats, and 200 archived websites. During the market boom in the early years of this century, Papunya Tula increased the number of galleries it worked with interstate, and many of those galleries took to issuing small catalogs of their exhibitions. There is now a wealth of information and documentation available (not even taking into consideration the reproductions of work that have appeared in numerous auction catalogs in the last fifteen years) that I could not even have imagined when I examined the few books and pamphlets that graced the front room of the Papunya Tula shop on Todd Street during my first visit there nearly twenty years ago.
These were some of the thoughts that ran through my mind in the days while I was waiting for the catalog from Tjukurrtjanu, the National Gallery of Victoria's spectacular new anniversary show focused on the first year of the company's activities. The exhibition opened on September 30 and runs through February 12 of next year before traveling to the Musée du quai Branly in Paris for a run scheduled for October 9, 2012 to January 27, 2013. I am happy to report that the new publication is a delight in many ways and opens up new vistas for our understanding of the accomplishments and promise of the company and for our understanding of a seminal force in this great new modern art movement. I will return to Tjukurrtjanu soon with further reflections on this most amazing body of work.


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I also said that I would never swear in front of my kids. Well, you can't be perfect at all times, and sometimes you just swear. Am I proud of it? No…but I know there are a lot worse parents out there than me. Just watch the news—it is quite sad. I give myself a break if I hear them repeat something I said. Most of the time it makes me smile, because they usually use it the right context. My son is riding the bus this school year, so he is bound to hear it all sooner or later.
Once you become a parent, you do all the things you said you would never do. What are some things you do now as a parent that you swore you never would?

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Marine Capt. Charles Whitman, who represents a Marine charged with drug offenses, successfully argued that the arrests amounted to unlawful command influence.
Unlawful command influence, often called the "mortal enemy of military justice," occurs when a commander uses his position of authority to influence court proceedings. Commanders have authority over courts-martial and therefore are expected to remain impartial during the process.
"After that ruling, I think the government saw the writing on the wall and wanted to get this out of the court system," Whitman said in an interview Tuesday.
Whitman's client, a lance corporal originally charged with unspecified drug offenses, will be administratively processed out of the Marine Corps, Whitman said.
He added, it is up to the commanding officer to determine his client's discharge status, and he does not know what that will be.
Defense attorney Bethany Payton-O'Brien, a civilian who represents one of the Marines charged with human smuggling, said her client will be separated from the Marines but his charges were withdrawn and dismissed.
She said once the arrests were ruled unlawful, the government's case fell apart.
"Cases are promptly being disposed of in ways other than courts-martial," she said.
The Marines did not specify which four Marines are still being charged criminally. Two of them -- Lance Corporals Byron Darnell Law II and David Salazar-Quintero -- were arrested by Border Patrol agents on July 3, when agents allegedly saw them pick up and transport unauthorized immigrants in Dulzura.
The other Marines were arrested separately from those taken at the battalion formation, so it's unclear if they will be affected by the unlawful command influence ruling.
"In the military justice system, commanders are given an extreme amount of power and discretion to prosecute people," Whitman said. "(Cases) need to be handled with an extreme amount of care."
Citing the recent case of Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher -- who was acquitted of most charges but found guilty of posing with the corpse of an ISIS combatant -- Whitman said the outcome of these cases shows that, given a chance, the military justice system works.
"The military justice system is under a lot of scrutiny," Whitman said, "but it actually worked here -- the judge got it right. It's actually a positive for the Marine Corps in that it shows the system can be fair."
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The Biggest Constraint in Commerce is that Only a Small Number of Leaders BELIEVE in the "possible"…
November 29, 2018
Remember these business quotes?
"There will never be a bigger plane built." — A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin-engine plane that holds ten people.
"There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will." — Albert Einstein, 1932.
With over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market." — Business Week, August 2, 1968.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." — Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
Over my career, I've helped many an entrepreneur solidify and achieve his/her dreams, not because I am particularly smart, but for the following two reasons:
- Religiously applying strict business analysis disciplines in strategic planning and being harshly objective to the predictive outcomes. If the figures don't "add up" then no amount of determination and "positive thinking" will turn a lemon onto a diamond.
- Believing in the figures even if they seem far-fetched… Sometimes you just have to trust that "shooting for the stars might just land you on the moon"
Nowadays I spend as much of my time helping bigger businesses overcome their self-imposed, limiting perceptions as I do developing new perspectives… with many huge companies refusing to open their minds to their true capabilities.
Warren Buffet says this is the "ABC's of corporate cancer" … A for arrogance, B for Bureaucracy and C for Complacency… My take on it is the wrong people are making top-level governance decisions, which is why my Hierarchies of Marketing model is so important for growth focussed leaders.
Anyone wanting a copy of my book on the topic should connect with me on Linked In and request one. Now in its 2nd edition, some people even declare they experience an epiphany after reading it.
Same old, same old… now its Darrell Lea
July 11, 2012
Darrell Lea shouldn't have gone broke, and COULD be saved… but is would take an open-minded and clear-thinking CEO, fully supported by shareholders, to save it.
DL, like so many other medium and large companies, suffers the two most eroding factors in business decline: Operational focus (not strategic) and corporate arrogance (generated by leadership of senior executives).
DL needed, and could still be saved by, blue ocean strategies identifiable by the most rudimentary market research, a disciplined adoption of advanced product portfolio management, a re-alignment of customer experience management, and an investment in corporate marketing governance, but mostly by skilled and prudent leadership.
The TRUTH is businesses don't fail, management does. No difference here to Ansett, FAI, or any other noteworthy failure.


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Posted: November 04, 2019|Categories: Dive Trips , Equipment Guides , Spearfishing Guides|Tags: spearguns , spearfishing gear , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , freediving , fins , dive knife|
Interested in catching some Abalone in Melbourne?
Victoria is a great place for Abalone, Black lip and Green Lip abalone alike. However, before I talk about some of the equipment best suited to catch them I will note that there is strict regulations on Abalone in Victoria. Please see this link below to understand these regulations.
What gear is best?
Tools: To catch Abalone you must use a blunt instrument, if you cut them they will die. Legendary provides Abalone tools here and provides the Fisheries rulers in store for free.
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Posted: October 29, 2019||Tags: spearfishing gear , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , freediving , dive knife|
What makes a great dive knife?
This is a great question, and it really depends on what you're trying to use it for. However, experience has taught me that smaller blades are more useful in general. Now, i'm not talking about a tiny kill knife (such as the Torelli Mini), which is designed purely for dispatching fish humanely. I'm talking about a blade around 11cm long, such as the Torelli Classic knife. A spearfishing knife this size is suitable for: dispatching fish, cutting lines in emergencies, and burleying. If you go too large it becomes cumbersome and you're more likely to cut yourself, and it makes it harder to dispatch fish. If you go too small it makes it too hard to burley.
Dive knives should not be hunting knives or kitchen knives. There are two reasons for this: They can be insanely sharp and using a knife underwater while handling fish is far from perfectly knife safe (don't want to slice your hand open), and high quality stainless steel that can
Posted: May 24, 2019||Tags: wetsuits , sydney , spearguns , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , masks , freediving , fins|
Replacing your powerbands or spear shafts is actually a simple process, but it requires a bit of planning.
Spears / Shafts
For selecting your spear shaft the first thing you need to consider is the type of mechanism your speargun has. There are two common styles, one which latches onto a notch on the shaft and the other that presses down on a flat surface (often called the "euro" style mechanism). Old style seahornets, some styles of wood guns, and others home made guns can have the notched style spears. These are somewhat less common in Australia these days. Torelli, Rob Allen, and Cressi use the 'euro' style mechanism where the spear is held in place by pressure applied to the flat smooth surface. These are the main spears we sell and will suit most of these big brands.
To select the right spear / shaft length you want to choose a spear that is either 4
Posted: March 04, 2019|Categories: Dive Trips , Equipment Guides , Spearfishing Guides|Tags: wetsuits , sydney , spearguns , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , masks , freediving , fins|
Diving safely with the right equipment could save your life
Spearfishing is a great sport, but it comes with its own dangers. The best way to negate these dangers is to pick the right gear and safety equipment. Here i'll talk through some of the most basic and some gadgets to help keep you safe on the water.
Knives are the most simple and useful part of your equipment, but they also have a safety role. Knives are used to dispatch fish and burley, but they are also useful for cutting anything you may be entangled in.
Spearfishing floats are useful for holding your fish and other equipment high in the water and reducing drag. They are also extremely useful as buoyancy devices to rest on if tired. They are bright coloured and often reflective so to be seen from boats,
Posted: January 02, 2019||Tags: wetsuits , sydney , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , freediving|
A quality spearfishing wetsuit is the most important part of your spearfishing gear
Selecting your spearfishing wetsuit is more than picking a pretty camouflage and hitting the water. There are a variety of quality of neoprenes, cuts and builds on the market and they all matter for the type of diving you're doing and longevity of the wetsuit. For the sake of this article we will focus on Torelli wetsuits as they are one of the market leaders for freediving wetsuit quality.
What makes Torelli wetsuits good quality?
Neoprene: The Torelli wetsuits for starters are assembled from Yamamoto neoprene which is made in Japan. However, there are quite a few grades of Yamamoto so don't be tricked into purchasing a lower grade Yamamoto neoprene. The Torelli wetsuits are made in the grade 39 neoprene, which is the perfect mix of nitrogen and neoprene for softness, warmth and durability. If you are looking for a stronger suit
Posted: December 11, 2018||Tags: wetsuits , sydney , spearguns , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , masks , fins|
Flashers are one of the most useful tools to a spearfisherman or diver for attracting fish in open water.
Flashers, as the name suggests, flashes light around the water which attracts fish from far away. The fish can be mesmerised by the flashers spinning or flickering in the water allowing a great opportunity to capture them. There are different designs, some more complex than others. However, the simplest piece of reflective glass can be extremely effective at attractive fish e.g. the Torelli Flick Fish. All of the flashers provided at Legendary are tried and tested tools. You may wish to look on youtube for pelagic fish attracted by flashers to see how effective these really are. Flashers are an important part of your spearfishing gear if you're heading out to shoot most pelagic species!
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Floats are one of the most important safety features in your dive arsenal
Spearfishing Floats: The spearfishing float is attached to your spear gun via a float line. The float is then towed behind the diver indicating their position at all times. This is a very important safety consideration as it allows your buddy to keep track of you and to alerts boat traffic of your presents. A float also allows you to release the spear gun and come to the surface without fear of losing it in situations such as fighting a big fish or marking a lobster hole.
A spearfishing float should be brightly colored and have a diver down Alpha flag attached and be weighted so as to stay upright at all times.
Spearfishing floats are also useful for storing your fish and carrying spares such as a drink bottle, catch bag and safety gear.
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Float lines have more uses than just connecting to your float.
Float lines or tag lines are attached with quick release clips between the handle of your spear gun and spearfishing float. The float is then towed behind the diver indicating you position at all times. This is a very important safety consideration as it allows your buddy to keep track of you and to alerts boat traffic of your presents. A float line also allows you to release the spear gun and come to the surface without fear of losing it in situations such as fighting a big fish or marking a lobster hole. Float lines also allow you to thread your fish (through the mouth out of the gill) to float back to the float itself. This keeps the fish up high in the water and away from your body.
Float line floats must be buoyant to keep them of the bottom and away from kelp, rocks and coral. Simply budget polypropylene float lines such as the Crespo Float line
Posted: October 02, 2018||Tags: wetsuits , sydney , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , freediving , fins|
Selecting the right Dive Fins is incredibly important for your performance in the water and comfort diving.
Here is our breakdown of three major different diving types.
Snorkeling or Scuba Fins: Snorkeling and Scuba fins are a full foot pocket and flexible blade. If you are just starting out or are a holiday snorkeler a simple pair of plastic fins is all that is required. Long blades are less important for Scuba divers as they don't require the level of efficiency while using tanks. We recommend the CRESSI Agua fins and CRESSI Reaction Pro fins. The CRESPO Nautilus Fins a good choice for the more dedicated snorkeler.
Spearfishing Fins: Spear fishers spend a lot of time in the
Posted: October 02, 2018||Tags: sydney , spearfishing , queensland , melbourne , masks , freediving|
A snorkel is one of the most simple parts of your gear, yet selecting one at the shop can be overwhelming with the wide range of choice.
Here we break down the main differences between snorkels to help you pick the best one suitable.
What is a Snorkel? A snorkel is a breathing tube that allows you to swim or float face down in the water breathing comfortably as you observe the underwater environment. Often an underestimated piece of kit a good snorkel will make all the difference to your diving enjoyment. All the Snorkels that we stock at Legendary Skindiving Equipment have been carefully selected and tested to meet these standards.
J Snorkel: A simple J shaped snorkel is considered the best by many divers as they are streamlined, hold the least amount of residual air and are easy to clear.


text: UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced Jim Barber, 59, UPS Chief Operating Officer will retire at the end of December 2019. As UPS COO, Barber is responsible for the company's global small package, freight, supply chain and freight forwarding units and global engineering. Serving UPS for nearly 35 years, he joined the company as a delivery driver in 1985 and rose through positions of increasing responsibility. "We deeply appreciate Jim's many contributions to UPS," said David Abney, UPS Chairman and CEO. "He guided our International teams to strong growth and performance for successive years, even when market conditions were challenging. More recently he built a strong team and helped them implement plans for improved performance in our Domestic and Supply Chain segments, as shown in our operating results." Barber is credited for leading UPS's international growth in both mature and emerging Asian and European markets, while more recently prioritizing investments to capture opportunities in south-to-south trade in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa. Barber is also hailed for his service on the Board of UNICEF USA, demonstrating his passion for humanitarian aid and community development around the world. "UPS has such great growth opportunities, a fantastic management team, along with a solid strategy to go forward for even more success," said Barber. "I'm proud of the UPS team and honored to have been a part of some great steps forward in the evolution of the company abroad and here in the U.S." Before assuming responsibility for UPS's International business in 2013, he served as president of UPS Europe, helping oversee the second wave of international expansion for UPS. Drawing upon his experience in UPS's Mergers and Acquisitions Group, he oversaw several key acquisitions and integrations, including Pieffe Group, an Italy-based pharmaceutical logistics company, and Lynx Express, one of the U.K.'s independent parcel carriers. As part of UPS's growing focus on e-commerce, Jim led the acquisition of Kiala S.A., a company with a network of package collection points in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. Earlier in his career, Barber held diverse positions in finance and operations management located in the U.S., United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany. Barber also serves as a trustee of The UPS Foundation, and on the board of the Folks Center for International Business at the University of South Carolina. In 2018 Barber was awarded the British-American Business Corporate Citizenship Award in recognition of his exceptional commitment to corporate citizenship.


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Was 'Star Wars' Right? Can We Walk On Most Exoplanets?
It's 'Star Wars Day' (May the Fourth), and we're wondering whether the planets depicted in 'The Force Awakens' were actually that far from reality.
When you saw "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" for the fourth time in theaters, did you see any niggling issues with gravity? Or the fact that alien worlds had breathable atmospheres? The characters were conveniently zipping from planet to planet and walking on each surface with no apparent problem.
Is this actually true for most exoplanets we know of? After all, several of the planets in our solar system aren't that friendly for a stroll. Jupiter's pressure would crush you long before you reached the surface - if there is a "surface" buried beneath the gas layers. Venus-landing spacecraft had to be reinforced against the immense surface pressure from its thick clouds. The moon and Mars - past and future destinations for astronauts - are both possible for astronauts to walk on, however, though those gravitational fields would take some getting used to.
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A new paper in the journal Astrobiology (also available in preprint version on Arxiv) says the "Star Wars" problem is understandable because "filming is done on Earth, and an accurate representation of other gravity fields would be technically difficult and expensive." But is it representative of exoplanets generally? Led by the University of Valencia's Fernando Ballesteros, the authors say reality may actually be not too far off.
ANALYSIS: Is New Star Wars Movie (or Anything Else) So New?
The authors say more than 2,000 extrasolar worlds (both confirmed and plausible) have been found, at a rate of about three per week since 2011. That's mostly thanks to NASA's prolific Kepler space telescope. While Kepler finds planets by looking at the dip in light they produce when passing across a star, other telescopes measure the gravitational wobble these planets create in the star instead. That wobble gives an estimate of how massive the planet is.
The authors classify found exoplanets into three categories: 1) masses below Earth (like Mars), 2) a transition zone with super-Earths, Neptunes and some solar system planets, 3) gas giants with masses hundreds of times that of Earth. Surprisingly, that "transition zone" has several planet analogs in our own solar system with surface gravities similar to Earth: Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and Saturn. (Note again that the gravity of Venus is similar to Earth, but its atmosphere can quickly crush unprotected spacecraft.)
'The Force' Awakens in Star's 'Lightsaber' Jets
But it's still unclear what the precise relationship is between planetary masses and their diameters. "For a given mass one could expect a diversity of sizes depending on the planetary composition and atmospheric size," the authors write, "and we do not even know whether all that we call super-Earths have a solid surface."
The authors add that in theory, you could have a huge rocky planet with no natural atmosphere, but that is challenged by current planetary formation models. Generally it is believed that planets assembled with bits of rock and gas attracting each other over time.
"One could in principle propose a rocky planet as big and massive as one would wish, with no atmosphere at all, but no natural process produces it. The accretion process and the competition for materials during planetary formation impose severe constraints on feasible planets," the authors wrote.
ANALYSIS: The Animals Behind the Sounds of Star Wars
But the authors note that several super-Earths that are both rocky, and that have surface gravities similar to our own planet, have already been spotted by telescopes. So perhaps the "Star Wars" strolls are not too far-fetched, they said.
"If while viewing 'The Force Awakens" the reader sees Harrison Ford walking on Takodana as if he were strolling down Hollywood Boulevard, do not be too critical," they said at the end of the paper. "After all, this may not be so wrong."
Luke Skywalker watched the double sunset on his desert home world of Tatooine in this iconic scene from "Star Wars: A New Hope."
As part of Science Channel Weekend,
Discovery Channel will premiere "Telescope" on Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT
, a "dynamic journey behind the scenes of the next step in the evolution of telescopes: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope," directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn. This next-generation telescope will be 100 times more powerful than the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but Hubble, which has been observing the cosmos for quarter of a century, continues to dazzle us with stunning views of the universe.
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As we look forward to the revolutionary James Webb, let's take a look back over the past 12 months of discoveries made by the most famous space telescope of all time.
Hubble is famed for the deep views of the cosmos it is able to generate, seeing some of the earliest galaxies that formed billions of years ago. But with the help of a spacetime quirk, as predicted by Albert Einstein 100 years ago, Hubble is now using gravitational lensing as a means to superboost its vision even further. As part of the Frontier Fields project, this observation revealed hundreds of baby galaxies never before seen, from just 600 million years after the Big Bang.
Galaxies are certainly Hubble's "thing" and these last 12 months have been no different. Seen here is one such galaxy, but it can't be easily categorized; it's neither elliptical or spiral, it is "irregular." Though they don't seem to conform to specific formation rules, irregular galaxies are still beautiful, as this example shows.
Not to be left out on 2015's feverish buildup to "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" in December, Hubble released this very sci-fi view of a Herbig-Haro (HH) object -- basically a violent young star. This particular example seems to be channeling its own Star Wars spirit, producing a double-bladed lightsabre.
First observed in 2014, this ancient supernova has popped up three more times, in different locations in a galactic cluster. This quirk of spacetime -- gravitational lensing -- can cause beams of light to travel different paths around massive objects. Sometimes, as Hubble has shown, although they all originate from the same source, 4 points of light can appear as a cross (nicknamed an "Einstein Cross").
Not forgetting the objects in our own backyard, Hubble was commanded to spend 10 hours looking at the biggest planet in our solar system, revealing previously unseen detail in the gas giant's beautiful atmosphere. Watch Jupiter's Big Red Spot rage in one of the most stunning 2-frame animations of the year.
Ready for some hard core physics? Though Hubble can't technically "see" black holes themselves, it can certainly see their impact on local space. And in this case, the space telescope saw relativistic shocks in the flow of material blasting from a supermassive black hole 260 million light-years from Earth.
MORE: Hubble Witness to Relativistic Crash in a Black Hole Jet
In new images released by Hubble, some stunning detail in the nebulous aftermath of a supernova has been revealed. Shown here is the cooling plasma in the Veil Nebula, the remnant of a star that exploded 8,000 years ago.
In April 2015, Hubble officially turned 25 years old and to celebrate this view of the star-forming region in the cluster Westerlund 2 in the Gum 29 interstellar cloud nebula was released. In the observation is a 2 million year-old cluster of around 3,000 stars that are in the process of being born.
Like all good parties, there's going to be some damage. And this is certainly the case for the young bright stars inside the open cluster Trumpler 14 where a huge void is being blasted into a star-forming nebula by the baby stars it once nurtured.
You may remember Hubble's early observations of the "Pillars Of Creation" that featured giant columns of dust and gas, beaded with young stars in their stellar cocoons. Now Hubble has revisited the Pillars to reveal a new 3-D view showing us a lot more spatial detail in this famous photo.
MORE: Stunning 3-D View of Hubble's Famous 'Pillars of Creation'
Hubble has shown itself to be very adept at discovering planets orbiting other stars and the stellar disks they are birthed from. In these new observations of the young star Beta Pictoris' protoplanetary disk, a strange stirring was detected in the disk's dust -- revealing the presence of an otherwise invisible giant exoplanet.
Trapped in a vast, empty region of the universe this galaxy seems to be the loneliest galaxy in the universe. Voids are known to exist throughout the cosmos, flanked by a "web" of dark matter and galaxies, but they are not
empty. Often, as this elegant spiral galaxy shows, entire galaxies can become marooned and there is little idea as to whether they were born there, alone, or flung there billions of years after some massive gravitational upheaval.
Remember to tune into Discovery Channel's premiere of "Telescope" on Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT for more of the awe-inspiring history of astronomy and the building of NASA's next-generation space telescope.


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Why Addiction Has Taken Over Wall Street (and Where to Find Help)
It seems that Wall Street gets a bad rap when it comes to addiction and substance abuse. There have been many people saying it is long overdue to evaluate the challenges of people on Wall Street or who are in the financial sector in light of addiction. Investment banking and finance are high risk, highRead More


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Topics: Marfan Community, Diagnosis, Research, Living Successfully, Quality of Life
Isaiah Austin, who was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome in 2014, left the NBA draft to better care for himself and the effects of his condition. But yesterday, November 30, 2016, Isaiah announced that he was beginning to pursue his dream once again.
Topics: How the Body is Affected, Marfan Community, Diagnosis, Living Successfully, Quality of Life
About six months ago, I made the decision to "retire" from my career as a full time nanny at the ripe old age of 27. I didn't make that decision because it was time to move on, or because I was just so over being a nanny - quite the opposite in fact. I retired because my body could no longer keep up with the kids I cared for. I retired because Marfan syndrome wasn't going to let me do the work I loved any longer.
Topics: Marfan Community, Living Successfully, Quality of Life
Blake and I met in high school. When I went to his high school graduation, I met his mom and dad. I made a comment about how tall he was while his parents were so short. That's when I learned that his dad was there with his step-mom; Blake's own mother died when he was eight years old from complications of Marfan syndrome.
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Most people affected by Marfan syndrome experience a life-changing moment when they or a loved one is first diagnosed. My Marfan journey, however, has always seemed a part of my life with no clear beginning. My mother was the first person in our family to be diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. It had been my grandmother's just-by-chance reading of a newspaper article about the disorder that led to my mother's diagnosis at age 7. Fortunately, when I was a very young child, my doctors knew to look for the physical characteristics right away and, when I was about 3 years old, it was determined that I too had Marfan syndrome. When I started elementary school, of course there were little issues here and there, such as being taller and thinner than most kids, sitting out for certain activities during gym class, and taking annual trips to Johns Hopkins Hospital for checkups. For the most part, however, I thought of Marfan syndrome as no big deal. It was something I had, like hazel eyes and brown hair.
Topics: How the Body is Affected, Marfan Community, Diagnosis, Living Successfully, Quality of Life


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Frank C. Vandy, MD
Approach To Care
Dr. Vandy approaches vascular disease by managing the individual needs of each customer. With the use of diagnostic imaging and minimally invasive and surgical treatment options, he provides a tailored treatment plan for each customer. His goal is to improve quality of life, not only with clinical expertise and innovative technology, but with the passion he brings to his work.
Dr. Vandy's areas of clinical expertise include endovascular and surgical treatment of vascular disease and peripheral arterial disease, creation and maintenance of dialysis access, atherectomy, stenting, and bypass surgeries.
- Bachelor of Arts Degree – DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
- Medical Degree – Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
- Vascular Surgery Residency – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Integrated Vascular Surgery and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care and Vascular Surgery)
- Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Top Doctor Rising Star, 2017
- Dr. Vandy has written multiple peer reviewed journals and speaks at regional and national conferences.
- Society for Vascular Surgery
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society
Dr. Vandy lives in southwest Minneapolis with his wife and three children. He enjoys skiing and scuba diving.


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As the wedding day approaches (less than 4 months away!), my fiancé and I have found ourselves thinking of all the things we want to learn and do prior to becoming Mr. and Mrs. We've narrowed it down to 4 personal goals to prepare ourselves for the big day:
1. Get in shape. But first, a disclaimer: DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT crash diet! I've heard from dozens of women who chose to "diet" weeks before their big day. They juiced their way to the altar and some even cut back on meals. I am no health expert but one thing we can all agree on is that crash dieting is one of the worst ideas! Those who chose this route did in fact drop down to their desired weight on their wedding day, but a few months (if not weeks!) after, they regained all the weight they lost and more! Our plan is to get in shape by:
- Doing fun activities: I hate going to the gym alone. Plus, who wants to pay for a gym membership? My solution to exercise: just have fun! My fiancé and I recently got back into rollerblading, tennis, and basketball. We've been having a blast, AND getting in lots of cardio at the same time!
- Eating healthy: Motivate each other to have healthier eating habits. You will most likely eat with your future spouse on a daily basis, so begin developing healthier eating habits together.
- Drinking lots of water: Water is the healthiest drink on earth! Since before our engagement, we opted for water at restaurants instead of carbonated drinks. The best part about it is water has zero calories! I can honestly say my abs feel flatter since.
2. Take extra care of your skin, hair, and nails. I admit, this is an area I am currently working in! My face began to breakout days after my engagement probably due to minor stress here and there. So, I've developed a daily routine to clear my skin before our engagement photo session.
3. Learn how to cook your fiancé's favorite foods. This is the only tip I have yet to find in any wedding blog out there! Personally, I'm striving to be the best wife I can be, and like the old saying goes, "the way to a man's heart is through his stomach!" Why not learn to cook his favorite foods? I'm already starting to take lessons from both of our parents.
4. Always maintain a positive attitude! The harsh reality is that wedding planning can be stressful. Take the time to breathe and never take out your frustration on your fiancé. Instead, communicate your feelings to one another and try to find a solution to whatever is causing stress. We've learned to only speak words of love and words that will edify one another. Whenever we feel overwhelmed, we hold our composure and are very careful with our words. Remember to focus on the big picture: the beginning of forever with the one you love!


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Slider and Grip Bundle
Slider for dropper posts:
Saddle bag for mountain bikes with dropper posts, allowing your saddle to go completely down. There is no strap around the seat post on this bag, getting in the way, instead it has a larger strap and buckle around the centre of the bag.
Available in black, red, teal, orange or green, cordura and black, khaki and brown waxed cotton.
This tool bag is great for when you want to get out for a quick ride and don't want to take a rucksack, you can grab your water bottle and go.
Single compartment with a wide Velcro fastening on the flap. The webbing straps fit through the rails underneath the bike saddle and clips round the front of the bag with side release buckles and a slider for easy adjustment.
We recommend that you put the inner tube in first so it sits next to the seat post. Please ensure that your saddle bag straps are fitted through the saddle rails, wrapped round the bag and tightened as much as they can be so it doesn't move about when you are riding.
Big enough to hold up to a 29" inner tube, tyre levers and tools as well as any other small items you might need to carry with you.
14cm h x 13cm w x 5cm d
Grip phone case:
Wee Cog phone case for mountain biking with a clear plastic front that allows you to see any messages or missed calls on the lock screen. There's a pocket compartment under the flap that holds cards and cash. Made out of cordura, a strong and waterproof PU backed fabric that wipes down easily when it gets muddy.
The phone case can be made without the clear screen cover on request, just leave a message in the notes.
The case is designed with mountain biking in mind so will help to keep your phone dry from the elements and help prevent it from getting bashed about when out.
Available in black, pink, purple, green and orange.
iPhone 5/5c - 8cm x 14cm (phone size - 6cm x 12.5cm)
iPhone 6/6s - 8.5cm x 15cm (phone size - 7cm x 13.5cm)
iPhone 6+/6+s- 10cm x 17.5cm (phone size - 8cm x 16cm)
(Check the measurements of your Android phone to see which size case it will fit)
PLEASE NOTE: Although the cordura is waterproof it will not prevent your phone from getting damaged if it's fully submerged in water as there is a slight gap at the top of the case under the flap.
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Introduction: Simple But Very Accurate Nerf LASER ACOG Scope Attachment
This is the laser ACOG Scope I made for my nerf recon gun. I used the sight that comes with the gun but I took the top piece off and taped a scope onto it which was made using a toilet paper roll, plastic wrap, ruler, tape, and a permanent marker. I put the ACOG sight onto the gray part of the gun then took the laser, also comes with the gun, and put it on the bottom rail. When you point the laser at something, then line the cross-hairs of the scope up with the laser, it makes a very accurate sight. (It's alot more accurate than a regular scope because you have to tilt the gun up to line up the cross-hairs with the laseer.
THE PICTURES DON'T SHOW THE LASER VERY WELL BECAUSE OF THE FLASH SO PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SCOPE BETTER. HERE'S THE LINK FOR THE VIDEO. (I couldn't download it.)
PLEASE REMEMBER to vote for this if you like it, I'd really appreciate it.
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acogs are meant to magnify
no their to enhance seight
ACOG Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight, Are they?
"This, uh, ACOG sight, AKA 'Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight', is very functional. See the advanced sights!" *sharpie lines* "Notice it's combat capabilities!" *throws it at pet dog* "Optical Gunsight!" *sticks on an M1 Garand and attempts to shoot targets like a drunk guy* "And there we have it!"
I'm just messing with you, cool! I'll probably build that.
lol, but, well, just, LOL!
The only thing that i have with Recons and attachments is that it makes the gun so much harder to cock the gun, but anyways just some paint on the scope and it'll look better. anyways great job
I'll second that, attachments on the Recon top rail make priming quite difficult.
Kinder egg scopes better lol
XD thts hilariouse. but seems effective. how good is it?
really cool!
i might do this with pvc and clear plastic ''hint hint''
Awesome scope