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For those that have read any of my previous DC related articles, you may be aware that I'm a bit of a Batman fan… So with that in mind, I hardly need to divulge the level of noise and gesticulation in my vicinity, when I was told I would be reviewing his first Rebirth issue. Batman: Rebirth #1 is the first in a new wave of Batman titles and, after reading it, I can see why the Batman titles remain one of the biggest sellers within the DC franchise.
WARNING: Possible spoilers ahead.
Possibly one of the main reasons for these sales is the consistent level of writing from Scott Snyder. Snyder, over the past few years, has brought a new and strong voice to the Batman, one that will resonate well, throughout the ages. So to have a new writer poised to take over this title, may leave a few readers a little dumbfounded.
This issue sees a calibration between Snyder and Tom King, as one voice takes his leave and a new one takes hold. For those that are a little apprehensive about this changing of the guard, be assured that this new writer is highly regarded within the industry, including by his predecessor, Snyder, himself.
So, with a new writer there comes the opportunity for new talent to take centre stage and one of the main draws of this issue is the focus on the character Duke Thomas. Since his antics in the New 52, opinion soon formed that he was would be the next Robin, due to his appearance as Robin in 'Zero Year' (in a possible future) as well as his involvement in 'We are Robin'. However, Snyder has frequently alluded to a new guise for this character that would, of course, make reference to some sort of feathery animal… In this issue the costume of choice is revealed as Duke follows up on Bruce's challenge, " I have an offer for you"… As to which one it is, well you'll have to march down to your local nerd depository and find out!
For those that think that the only incentive to buy this issue is to surmise Duke's new alias, think again. This issue is fast paced and full of the self-assured Batman that has been missing, from the more recent arcs in the New 52, and I mean that in more ways than one… Batman is back with new purpose, new allies and, what seems like, an old adversary, in the Calendar Man.
Julian Day, known as the Calendar Man makes an overdue return in this first issue, and seems a little removed from the character we have grown to know. He is probably most famous for his appearances in the Arkham Games, but most iconic in his advisory role in the pages of 'The Long Halloween' (as previously reviewed here; https://nerdgeist.com/2014/10/31/batman-the-long-halloween-a-review/ ). In the New 52 he is barely present, except for his appearance in the back pages as a reporter for 'Channel 52'. Calendar Man is best know for his penchant to commit heinous crimes on days of note, such as Christmas or Saint Patricks Day as well as being an expert manipulator and a formidable opponent in hand-to-hand combat. This incarnation is a whole new kettle of fish. His love of the seasons and combatant skills are still evident, but there is a different ability in these pages that leave the reader with more questions as to the effects of the 'Flashpoint' on those that sat out most of the New 52.
In regards to the artwork, Mikel Janin, has really proven himself from the go. Like King, he has some very large shoes to fill, as the ones he is stepping into are Greg Capullos's. However Janin has demonstrated already that he can deliver the goods with his own flair, as the drawings are just as confident and vibrant as the Batman within the narrative.
So yes, Snyder and Capullo have been a formidable collaboration over the years and have seen Batman through some of his toughest ordeals. However, after reading this issue I can rest easy that the Batman has been left in good hands. King's voice lends strength and assurance to this Batman and, in a perfect marriage, Janin's illustrations bring these qualities to life. In all, although Batman has seen some tough times, I am certain that this new collaboration are more than equipped to see him through whatever comes next.
Score: 8.5/10
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There are roughly over 400 species of fungi that can inhabit lawns. While the majority of them are harmless, approximately 100 of them can be damaging. Sadly, even the best-kept lawns are vulnerable to disease, which makes it even more perplexing and frustrating when we see one taking over. This is why understanding how to identify, prevent, and treat lawn diseases is valuable to homeowners.
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These days, it seems gender dysphoria (as it is still labeled in the DSM of psychiatry / psychology) is everywhere.
For the last 25 years, we in the western world have been subjected to one of the most comprehensive assaults on worldview in modern history, if not in all of human history. The brainwashing and inculcation was undertaken by a vast media campaign involving TV, internet, radio, ipods, magazines, advertisements, mainline news organizations, public schools, institutions of higher education, the porn industry, Hollywood stars and the movies they produce, and local judges and mayors all across this land. It began, initially, as a push to accept and/or celebrate a homosexual lifestyle, and the end result of that particular movement was the legalization of so-called Gay Marriage.
But Gay Marriage was never the end goal of that movement. We were warned, and now we see the prophets were right. The latest iteration is called the LGBTQ agenda (and this acrostic seems to get a new letter weekly). It is not enough to destroy the fabric of all stable and moral societies – marriage between a man and woman resulting in children raised well – the LGBTQ movement wants a total eradication of any gender or sex designations. In some nations of Europe and South America (Columbia) that are farther down this "progressive" line than we are in the US, people are now marrying multiple partners legally, and some are marrying their pets. Governments are using tax money to pay for sex change surgeries and dangerous hormone treatments to try and suppress the natural hormonal development in children and adolescents. This is our future, America, short of a revival of common sense and true compassion. True compassion never coddles or condones attitudes or behaviors that are destructive.
And now, the Church of England, which ceased to be a true church years ago when it gave up its belief in the absolute authority of the inerrant Bible as God's Word, is set to consider offering a special "re-christening" for those who have changed gender or who think themselves to be women when biologically they are men. The newly proposed liturgy would celebrate the new gender identity and as one communicant put it, allow him "to reintroduce himself to God with his new name and gender identity." Read more here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/church-of-england-official-transgenders-could-be-re-christened-after-sex-ch
This is church gone bad. This is ministry that hurts, not heals. The Church of England might as well start encouraging suicide and drug use and depression, since these thoughts and behaviors accompany those who suffer from gender dysphoria in far larger proportions than the general populace. Even a raving feminist Bernie Sanders supporter knows better than this! Camille Paglia recently rattled some cages with her remarks published in The Weekly Standard:
"The cold biological truth is that sex changes are impossible. Every single cell of the human body remains coded with one's birth gender for life . . . It is certainly ironic how liberals who posture as defenders of science when it comes to global warming flee all reference to biology when it comes to gender."
Well, I confess I genuinely appreciate an openly gay, politically liberal, highly intelligent woman like Professor Paglia (she teaches at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia) speaking such truth! She goes on in that same interview to condemn special rights and privileges for categories of eccentricity, even while upholding the right of everyone to be treated with respect and kindness.
It is a sad day when non-Christian people know better how to minister to and serve the broken and confused than the Church of England does. The truth is, we all have a tendency to use science to our own advantage. To advance our own preferences and ideals. This is just how sinners think, speak and live. Apart from the saving grace of God in Jesus Christ, we all sit on the thrones of our own lives and serve mostly ourselves. I remember not so long ago the homosexual community trying to use science to prove they really cannot be expected to behave sexually in any other way other than they do. We don't hear much along those lines anymore. They gave it up in favor of simply using personal anecdote to tug people's heartstrings. They told stories of mistreatment and discrimination that should indeed raise our ire. And as moral and legal restraints were gradually removed, sin ran its course and consciences got seared and we all felt like we knew someone who was gay. Next thing you know, polls now reveal even the majority of those calling themselves "evangelical" embrace gay marriage.
These same tactics are now being used to foist a fog of gender confusion on us and our children. Even Sesame Street recently tweeted a gay pride message using muppets the color of the infamous "rainbow." Our pre-schoolers are being sexualized and gender-neutralized! Christian parents be warned – the public school system is not your friend in this matter! Just as they inculcated children with the view of homosexuality and bi-sexuality being something normal that must be accepted and celebrated, so they will not stop until your kids also think they have every right to think of themselves in any gender category they so desire. Science be damned! We will do what we want and answer to nobody. One reason among many this pastor continues to strongly advocate for home-schooling!
But we, dear Church, must stand firm. With love and respect and kindness for all people. With God's truth on our lips. With a biblical worldview that says "Man is the special creation of God, made in His own image. He created them male and female as the crowning work of His creation. The gift of gender is thus part of the goodness of God's creation" (The Baptist Faith & Message 2000). We must love our children and our neighbors' children and our community enough to remind them that God's Law forbid men to dress as women (Deut 22:5). The very desire to do so reveals an internal, heart rebellion against God's good creational design. We must teach as Jesus taught:
"He who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason a man [singular masculine] shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife [singular feminine] and the two [not three or more] shall become one flesh'" (Matthew 19:4-5).
We, Church, must call all sin what it is – sin. We must say what all sin merits from God – physical and spiritual death (Ezek 18:1-4; Rom 6:23). We must point all sinners, all people, to the only One who can wash their hearts clean and make them a new person from the inside out – Jesus Christ (1 Cor 6:9-11). We must never be mean-spirited or unkind to anyone (Luke 6:30-36). But we must also never call evil good nor good evil, nor offer a bitter substitute for something sweet (Isa 5:20). Sinners sin. And sinners want to sin even more than they do and in ways which they may never even actually act upon (Matt 5:27-28). This comes as no shock to Christians who know the truth of human nature (Eph 2:1-3). But to celebrate sin (Eph 5:11) and "strengthen the hands of evildoers" (Jer 23:14) must be unthinkable for Christians.
The Church of England is flirting with this very thing! To offer and endorse a bitter pill (the devastating emotional, physical, mental and spiritual effects of gender dysphoria and hyper-sexuality) in the place of the sweet salvation and freedom from sin's bondage through faith in the Risen Lord Christ Jesus.
God help us. If the darkness among those calling themselves the Church is this dark, what hope have we to "walk as children of light?"


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The glacial pace of our senate has never served to protect the interest of US citizens: a minority can prevent passage of important legislation. Such was the case with the bill to abolish the poll tax, that languished for 3 decades while a minority of senators fought it. In 1939, the House of Representatives passed the measure 254–84. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy was criticized for proposing the 24th amendment as an end run to prevent further delays, but it took little more than a year for ratification by the required votes of 38 state legislatures.
The filibuster alone is good enough reason to dispense with the Senate completely. The US House abolished the practice in 1842, even before the term "filibuster" was coined, and quashed similar manuevers by 1890, yet the the Senate continues to cling to a practice that is unique to this country. They have even made it easier to accomplish by relaxing the rules in favor of those who wish to stage a filibuster – all that is needed is for the oponents of a popular measure is to post notice. They don't need to stay up all night and hold the floor like Mr. Smith in the Frank Capra film. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
"– the film premiered in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on October 17, 1939, sponsored by the National Press Club, an event to which 4000 guests were invited, including 45 senators – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was attacked by the Washington press, and politicians in the U.S. Congress, as anti-American and pro-Communist for its portrayal of corruption in the American government. While Capra claims in his autobiography that some senators walked out of the premiere, contemporary press accounts are unclear about whether this occurred or not, or whether senators yelled back at the screen during the film."
The Senate proved it could act in a timely manner by passing Senator Neely's Anti-Block Booking Bill, which eventually led to the breakup of the studio-owned theater chains in the late 1940s, clearly intended as relatiation.
The film was released just as the Senate was burying the first of many attempts to ban the Poll Tax. One hundred years after the House eliminated the practice that became known as the filibuster, Tom Connally again staged a successful effort to stymie the 1942 attempt to repeal the so-called "tax". Senator Connally is famous for having led a filibuster to block an anti-lynching bill in 1937:
"…on the third day of the filibuster, impish Bennett Clark brought into the chamber a placard on which were mounted pictures of the two blowtorch lynchings at Duck Hill, Miss, this year."
Connally later helped forge the doomed foreign policy that divided Korea in 1945 (yes, 1945 not 1950), thus insuring the perpetual war that continues today throughout in South Asia.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was banned in Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Soviet Russia and Falangist Spain.
Today, the US Senate continues to move in the wrong direction. The most notable filibusters have been staged for the benefit of landowning bigots and corporate oligarchs, like the filibuster in favor of preserving the Poll Tax – so descendants of slaves could continue to be disenfranchised in a country built with their sweat and blood. Yet senators move swiftly to insure trillions of dollars are spent on international warfare each year, thanks to the practice of allocating military expenditures through various government departments other than the DoD.
(for details, visit these links:
http://electromagnet.us/dogspot/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=200 )
A more robust version of our current health care legislation could have been in effect for several decades already but for the efforts of our highly paid and well coifed Senators. Yet we have spent more than a trillion dollars in Afghanistan alone, and the indirect costs are even more staggering. This has been made possible by the dinosaur that is the US Senate.
Eliminating their haircuts alone will save us millions of dollars each year. They have literally hijacked Democracy, numerous times, because Filibuster has, over the years, become their guiding principle. And what does it mean?
"The term "filibuster" was first used in 1851. It was derived from the Spanish filibustero, which translates as "pirate" or "freebooter." This term had evolved from the French word flibustier, which itself evolved from the Dutch vrijbuiter (freebooter). This term was applied at the time to American adventurers, mostly from Southern states, who sought to overthrow the governments of Central American states. Later the term was applied to the users of the filibuster, which was viewed as a tactic for pirating or hijacking debate." (wikipedia)
Those of us who still have hope for change won't find it in the US Senate. It is time to sweep them out of the way with the first of a series of new constitutional ammendments to restore and extend the rights of the common citizen.
David Roknich
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Virginia man pleads guilty to 8 counts in rape and murder of Muslim girl Nabra Hassanen (WJLA)
The Virginia man charged with raping and murdering Muslim girl Nabra Hassanen in 2017 pleaded guilty to eight counts in court Wednesday.
ABC7's Tim Barber reports 22-year-old Darwin Martinez Torres accepted a plea deal that involved the commonwealth of Virginia giving up its right to seek the death penalty against him. The defense for Martinez-Torres said he has a learning disability and a low IQ but is competent enough to accept the deal. [Read More]
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WikiLeaks launched a crowdfunding campaign Tuesday in an effort to sue The Guardian for a report about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Julian Assange holding secret discussions.
"WikiLeaks launches legal fund to sue the Guardian for publishing entirely fabricated story… which spread all over the world today," the organization tweeted. "It is time the Guardian paid a price for fabricating news." [Read More]
Firefighters spending own money to maintain aging trucks threatened with disciplinary action (The Washington Times)
Some D.C. firefighters have been using their own money to buy auto parts and perform minor repairs on their vehicles themselves at their stations to avoid lengthy delays and shoddy workmanship at the fire department's garage, five department sources have told The Washington Times.
The station repairs violate D.C. Fire and EMS Department policy, and the firefighters could face disciplinary action for their maintenance efforts. [Read More]
Obama Wants the Credit: 'Just Say Thank You, Please' (Washington Free Beacon)
A theme has begun to materialize in recent appearances by former President Barack Obama: he's not getting the credit he deserves for things like the strong economy or the U.S. energy boom.
Last December, Obama touted the streak of job production under his administration—although the economic recovery from the recession was slow overall—and then remarked tartly it was a "streak that still continues, by the way. Thanks, Obama." [Read More]
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June 22, 2010 – Vancouver shot from Waterfront Park in North Vancouver.
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Yes a blurry polaroid, I don't know if I will ever get the hang of shooting with the polaroid camera. I worked in Vancouver for the month of June and the office gave me this pretty flower as a thank you.
I went to Granville Island on the 18th of June with the Vancouver Photography Meetup Group and we shot at twilight.
I like how this photo turned out.with the reflection of the lights on the water. SOOC – no processing on it.
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Working on keeping your company running efficiently is the management equivalent of daily exercise. You know you ought to devote an hour to it every day, but it's hard to carve out the time to do it. You're too busy with this, that and the other thing, and besides, it'll take a lot of energy to do right, and how long will it be before you see the returns?
Perhaps a better question is how much longer will you be able to avoid embracing lean management? Labor costs are always a headache for landscape contractors, and it's bound to get worse. For a number of reasons, the H- 2B program has become a bureaucratic mess this past year, and millennials are hardly chomping at the bit to enter the landscape industry.
"Everybody talks about how hard it is to attract talent, and how nobody wants to go to horticulture or landscape school," says Todd Pugh. "I blame it on 95 percent of the owners." Pugh is the owner of Enviroscapes, a 200-employee landscape company in Louisville, Ohio. He has been an adherent of lean management for a long time.
"When you're lean, you can afford to hire top talent who, in turn help manage your business better," he says.
"When you're not lean, you don't have any money to hire talent, so you just keep throwing more horsepower at it."
Maybe you've never heard of lean management before. If you have, it was probably in the context of manufacturing. Lean is a management practice developed from studying the success of Toyota's manufacturing techniques during the 1990s. Much of lean's specialized terminology, like 'kaizen' and the '5 S-es,' are simply re-purposed Japanese words.
We'll talk about those terms a bit later, but at its core, lean management is all about eliminating waste. By thoughtfully and consistently 'leaning out' different areas of your company, you free up resources. You also foster a company mindset geared towards maximizing the value for the customer.
Most landscape companies that practice lean management trace their start back to a mower manufacturer, the Ariens Company in Brillion, Wisconsin. Dan Ariens, chairman of the board, says their story dates to the turn of the millennium, when they began implementing lean management as a way to reduce the inefficiencies they saw in their manufacturing process.
"We started to do our transformation around 2000, and got really good at it around 2004," he said. Then, in November of 2006, they partnered with JP Horizons, a green industry consulting firm, to run the Working Smarter Training Challenge, and introduce lean management techniques to landscape contractors.
Pugh was one of those contractors, and he says that lean management works just as well for service providers as for manufacturers. "I think the real limitation is your mind," he said. "I hear a lot of owners say, 'I don't think it's for me, I don't think it'll work for my business.' Well, they're right; because they said it won't work for their business, it won't."
Any significant change to your business starts with a commitment from the top. You're asking everyone, from the furthest back office employee to the newest addition to your crews, to participate in a major overhaul of how you run your business. Sooner or later everyone will be asked for their opinions, and they need to know you're taking this seriously; that lean management is here to stay, not gone tomorrow.
Otherwise, fear of change can set in. "It's natural for people to resist change," said Thomas Bolas, general manager of James Martin Associates in Vernon Hills, Illinois. "You have to communicate, give examples, and give people time to understand the benefits, both to them and to the company."
There's a high likelihood that some employees will lump 'leaned out' in with older corporate euphemisms such as 'down-sized,' 'right-sized,' 'let go,' 'laid off,' and 'destaffed.' Bolas made a point of allaying those fears right at the start. "We reassured people that our goal is not to eliminate people, our goal is to save time and expense where we can," he said.
Think about it this way: if you go through your company and find that a third of the time you spend is wasted, you don't have to fire a third of your workforce. Instead, you can change up your habits, and handle more clients with the same people. If employees can see that picture, they're much more likely to join in.
Of course, the best persuasion is to get employees involved. That participation starts with meetings to spur improvement, called kaizen events, or just kaizen. Kaizen is Japanese for improvement (literally, it means 'the act of making a flaw or defect better'), and in the context of lean management, a kaizen is a re-evaluation of a particular process.
That re-evaluation could take an hour, it could take a day, or even a full week for a major overhaul. The goal in every kaizen is the same—make the process function better by reducing wasted time or materials. So what makes it different than a meeting about work efficiency? Well, there are a few guidelines that help encourage a suitably thorough approach.
First of all, it's important to include people who are the closest to whatever you're looking at. "Typically, the lower you go into the company, the closer to the work, the better the idea," says Pugh. The guy who's pulling equipment out of a trailer everyday will likely have more experience with, and have given more thought to, a better way to organize his tools.
Secondly, it's a good idea to shake things up occasionally by bringing in a set of fresh eyes. Pugh has taken out office staff, mechanics and even customers on reviews of maintenance sites to get a new perspective on how to lean out the property. "If you take a bunch of mowing guys out there, they have all the reasons why you can't mow it any faster," he said. "Other people see it completely differently from the guys who do it every day."
The search for efficiencies often delves into the minutiae of how employees complete their tasks. Rather than having crews stop their mowers to pick up sticks and other debris as they go, it may be more efficient to have a crew member assigned to the task as soon as they reach the property. If that's the case, it may be you can gain even more time by giving that employee a bucket, to avoid multiple trips.
Think about how your crew lays out their trailers. If they have to step gingerly around and stretch to get what they need, they're taking extra time doing so. Worse, they risk breaking the equipment or injuring themselves if they lose their balance.
That's why lean management has a tool that's specific to workspace organization, the 5 S-es. These are: seiri – sort, seiton – set in order, seiso – shine, seiketsu – standardize, and shitsuke – sustain. Each step is designed to create a workspace that is clean, safe, clearly labeled, and organized for efficiency.
Pugh explained the concept to me using the example of organizing a closet. "You'd empty your closet, and get rid of all the stuff you don't need," he said. "On a scale of 1 to 10, if it's less than a 7, get rid of it. Then take a label maker, and label where everything goes, so that everything stays sorted."
Once everything has a place and the waste has been removed, you clean and shine all of your equipment, making sure it's well maintained. Then you standardize that layout and get everyone who uses that space acquainted with the new layout, so that your changes will stick.
When you get into the nitty-gritty of this process, it may seem like a lot of extra work is being done just for neatness' sake. There's no question that lean was originally designed for manufacturing, but that does not mean it does not hold lessons for our business.
Holding regular kaizens and teaching everyone the lean management tools also establishes a common mindset, one that methodically seeks and destroys waste. "With us, it's an ongoing process now," Bolas said. "So if anyone notices a step they think isn't adding value, they can point it out on the spot, and we're very willing to examine that step, and take it out if they're right."
Over the long haul and the large scale, it all adds up to serious savings. "I can walk into any company, including my own, and take probably 20 percent of waste out of the business," says Pugh, "because it's everywhere."
You might think that, after nearly a decade of continual improvement, lean managers run into a problem of diminishing returns. According to the contractors I talked to, though, nothing could be further from the truth, even after years of consistent practice. "You learn that lean management is an inch wide, but a mile deep," said Pugh. "No matter what you're looking at, it may look an inch wide, but the ability to make it better is a mile deep."
That brings us to the capstone of lean management, namely that there is no best, only better. As your business grows and matures, your processes will change. Changes in equipment, staff, customer base, and the economy as a whole, all serve to make 'better' a moving target, not a fixed point.
Keeping your eye trained on that prize will give your business a serious competitive advantage. The resources you're freeing up can be reinvested in your company, your community and your employees, providing steady growth, strong client ties and attracting top talent. If the economy dips again and times get tough, your business is already prepared to trim sails and weather the storm.
There's so much more to discuss when it comes to lean management, and being efficient with time and labor in general. We can all benefit from being mindful about how we run our operations. It's easy to get stuck in a routine, or buried under your workload, and go months or even years, without taking a good hard look at how things really get done.
When you can take a step back, get everybody together, and have an honest conversation about how things could be better, you may be surprised at how much of a difference it makes. It's not just you; everybody gets a little complacent sometimes. By communicating throughout our businesses, and building common ground, we can make our operations, and our industry, cleaner, safer, more efficient, and more effective. That's what lean management is all about.


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Top 10 Greatest Mentally Ill Superheroes. You don't have to be crazy to put on a shiny costume and battle evil - but it doesn't hurt. Here's our list of the ten most awesomely insane superheroes. Ever.
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The Most Badass Female Space Pilots Of All Time Some of the hottest hot-shot pilots in space opera are women. It's a longstanding tradition in science fiction to show women taking the controls of starships, space fighters and star-cruisers, and here are our favorite badass female cockpit jockeys.
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Kick-Ass Scenes That Are In Trailers, But Aren't In The Movies Check out this Star Trek TV spot — notice something that wasn't in the movie? That's right: around 0:15, there's baby Spock, complete with teeny Vulcan ears! Why do studios throw cool scenes into trailers, then cut them out of the final movies? Here's a list.
Sex Robots Who Kill: Is Anything Deadlier? As soon as we have convincing(ish) androids and gynoids, we'll create pleasure-droids. And soon after that, those sex-machines will use their super-powerful thigh muscles to try and kill us. Here are 15 examples of the sexy robot death that awaits you in the future.
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The moment you will have a great outdoor space, you will be able to attract everyone. But aside from making your area great, commercial landscaping also has a number different benefits. The moment that you will get the services of a commercial landscaping service, there are benefits that you can get and we will be talking about them in this article.
You will have an attractive looking area the moment that you will get a commercial landscape. It is the power of beauty that you should understand. It is easy for everyone that will appreciate an attractive open space. The moment that you have an attractive space, then it would be easy for you to attract new clients and keep old ones. The company that you have will be seen by other people as detail oriented and proactive the moment that you will have a beautiful outdoor. It is here that you will be deemed as someone that will care for the clients as well as care for the space that you have.
It is taking care of the environment when you have good landscape area. It is when you have a good looking landscape area that your clients will look at you as a company that care for the community's ecological health.
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There will be an increase in productivity the moment that you will have a commercial landscape. It si, when people are surrounded by natural elements, that people will increase their efficiency and effectivity. You will have healthier employees the moment that you will design landscape that has a peaceful setting. Being surrounded by trees and flowers, you will have happier employees.
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There will be an increase in market value the moment that you will have a commercial landscape. It is when you will hire a professional to do your landscape that the value of your space will also increase. The moment that there is a good landscape, maintenance will also be implemented. And when there is maintenance, your whole area will lo god which will the attract more people that will increase your revenue.
There will also be less crime the moment you will have a commercial landscape. There are fewer crimes that will happen if your area will have will placed plants and lighted areas. The moment that you will have a safe place, then there will be an increase in productivity since your employees will be comfortable working. A trusting community is what you will get the moment that you will have safe place.


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" Well done is better than well said. " — Benjamin Franklin
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There is this deep virus within organizations that we somehow have found difficult to cure… that virus is the "fear of conflict." The fear to confront or face people in difficult situations. This fear cripples us. It keeps many from being satisfied at work, at home. It keeps us from being honest and forthright.
Most people instinctively avoid conflict, but as Margaret Heffernan shows us, good disagreement is central to progress. She illustrates how the best partners aren't echo chambers — and how great research teams, relationships and businesses allow people to deeply disagree.


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Oracle should always be opening the files with O_DSYNC.
See http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=7037 There's a good point there about the Archiver -- ArchiveLog files should not be on Direct I/O filesystems.
This thread leads me to a question. Does the Unix syncer come into play when direct IO is used? I believe it does with most FS caching, which means that even synchronous writes can't really be guaranteed, doesn't it? At least that's what I was lead to believe...
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Can anyone send me the code to "call file from Server and Read content of file" using Java Script.
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Entire village in India relocates so Nature can move in.
Up until recently, the village of Ramdegi was a bustling farming community in central India's Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Today, the village's human population stands at exactly zero, though its streets and fields are now teeming with a different kind of life.
As part of an ongoing effort to reduce human conflict with wildlife, the Indian government has been encouraging communities living in and around nature reserves to relocate for the sake of peaceful coexistence — and last month, everyone in Ramdegi did just that. Around 200 families agreed to accept incentive packages to move beyond the reserve's borders, freeing the land to be reclaimed by the surrounding biodiversity.
It didn't take long before the village, now completely void of people, to be filled anew. A little over four weeks after the last human departed, Ramdegi is now home to herds of bisons, deer, antelope, and boars — grazing on the budding meadows that were once cropland and cattle farms.
Predators too, once reviled by villagers for killing their livestock, are returning to Ramdegi. According to the Times of India, even a tiger has been spotted prowling the grounds of the empty village, free from dangerous and often deadly conflicts with humans that have driven the species to 'endangered' status.
This is not the first time an entire village has moved out so nature could move in. Across India, nearly a hundred communities have already voluntarily relocated to widen tiger reserves, and dozens more are expected to follow suit in the years to come.
Human ingenuity may be unmatched in its ability to tame wild landscapes for our own ends — but as Earth's other inhabitants struggle in the resulting wake, human capacity for compassion in making room for nature just might prove to be the greatest quality of all. Source: Treehugger
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The earth's resources are limited.
As the human population continues to grow and technological advancements (eg. mass production, transportation) help make more material goods more readily available to people all over the world, we consume more and more natural resources. This rate of consumption is especially apparent in developed countries.
More and more trees are cut down to produce more and more paper for the growing number of offices worldwide. More oil, coal and other natural fuels are extracted from the earth to drive our factory machineries, our automobiles (including our airplanes) and our homes. However, the world's supplies of oil and coal will not last forever, and our use of these fuels is contributing to polluted air, acid rain and global warming.
In fact, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, humans are using more than 20% more natural resources than the Earth can produce. And between 1970 and 2000, the populations of land, freshwater and marine species have fallen by about 40%. At this rate, we would outstrip the earth's capacity to support life very soon.
With deforestation and fewer trees on earth, there are fewer plants to absorb excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, accelerating the impact of global warming. In turn, global warming worldwide have led to climate changes, and phenomenon such as serious flooding and drying up of originally forested land, leading to further loss of precious forests, and destruction of habitat for more plant and animal species.
Over-fishing have almost wiped out some fish populations in the waters, and reduced the number of fishes in the ocean significantly.
At this rate, the earth would not be able to sustain life (including ours) on this planet for long.
We need to evaluate what we really need, as opposed to what we want. Is the new car really what we need? If not, then don't buy it.We need to learn to consume only what we need, and be considerate in our consumption. In other words, remember that we are not the only ones that the earth has to provide for. Also consider buying eco-friendly products instead. The use of such environmentally friendly products helps you reduce your carbon footprints, and even allow you to contribute to a greener planet.


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Kim Severson and Winsome Adante Claim Second Victory inRolex Kentucky Three-Day Event CCI****
The winner in 2002, a broken leg prevented Severson from defending her title last year, but Three-Day Eventing fans were thrilled to see the 30-year-old Virginia native return to the winners circle. Severson of Keene, VA, took the early lead on Friday with a dressage performance that garnered a score of 37 penalty points from the international panel of judges. Throughout the next two phases, cross-country and stadium jumping, Severson and Winsome Adante were perfection personified, adding nothing to their opening score to claim their second Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event at the four-star level. Riding Over The Limit, Severson also won the three-star division of the event in 1999, the final year the CCI*** was held.
I feel more connected with Winsome Adante than I have in the past, he feels stronger and more together, said Severson who earned $60,000 US in prize money as well as a Rolex timepiece to add to her collection.
The three previous riders all posted clear rounds to put the pressure firmly on Seversons shoulders, but neither she nor the 11-year-old English thoroughbred gelding owned by Plain Dealing Farm, Inc., let it interfere with their game plan. Having contributed to the Team Gold Medal effort at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain, Severson is now hoping to be selected for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, but is cautious about her chances.
Weve been in this position before where it has looked good and we didnt get to go, so its way to soon to tell, commented Severson.
Phillip Dutton of Australia and Nova Top finished as the runner-ups and were awarded the Carimati Cup as the highest-placed foreign combination. Dutton was one of seven riders to complete course designer Michael Etherington-Smiths without penalty, a feat he repeated on Sunday over the stadium jumping test set by Richard Jeffery to finish on his dressage score of 43 penalty points.
Hes an interesting horse, reflected Dutton of the 13-year-old English thoroughbred gelding owned by Shannon Stinson. Someone asked me this morning if I ever thought I would get this far with him and Im not sure that I did. His dressage is getting a lot better, hes turned out to be a cross-country machine and in show jumping he just tries so hard.
Abigail Lufkin of Middleburg, VA, enjoyed a successful return to the sport following a four-year hiatus while she completed her graduate studies in California. Like Severson and Dutton, Lufkin also added nothing to her dressage score of 45.8 penalty points riding Kildonan Tug, an 11-year-old Australian thoroughbred gelding.
One of the things I like best about this sport is that you experience such a range of emotion, noted Lufkin, 33. You have the nerves and you have the adrenaline, and you also care how your friends are doing and feel for them if they have a bad day.
William Fox-Pitt finished fourth with a score of 47.4 riding Ballincolla, the same position as in 2002 when he made his Rolex Kentucky debut aboard Stunning although he did one better in 2003, finishing third aboard Moon Man. Rounding out the top five was Julie Richards of Douglas, GA, riding Lufkins former mount, Jacob Two Two.
Offering $190,000 in prize money, the CCI**** Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event was a qualifying competition for the 2004 Olympic Games as well as the seventh competition for the USET Foundation Pinnacle Cup.
In addition to the CCI**** division, this years Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event also hosted a Modified Four Star Three-Day Event that was, in part, patterned after the format to be used for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Open only to U.S. Citizens and Foreign Riders residing in North America who have already qualified for the Olympic Games under FEI rules, the Bayer Modified Four Star division marks the first time ever that horses and riders had the opportunity to run the shortened distance prescribed for Athens.
In a dramatic finish, overnight leader Nathalie Bouckaert was the final competitor out on course riding West Farthing. Coming to the very first fence on the stadium jumping course, the 11-year-old English thoroughbred gelding put on the brakes, resulting in four penalties for the refusal. Once underway, Bouckaert of Chatsworth, GA, picked up an additional eight jumping penalties as well as six time faults to drop down to seventh position with a three-day total score of 56.6.
Her misfortune was to Darren Chiacchias benefit as the Pan American Champion moved into top spot to secure victory riding Windfall II, an 11-year-old black Trakehner stallion. Despite having the final fence on course down to incur four penalties, Chiacchias winning score of 45.2 had him well in front and secures his place as one the United States top hopefuls for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
I think that Windfall has answered all of the questions, but it still up to the Selectors and until it is in print, anything can happen! noted Chiacchia of Springville, NY. Hes positioned himself well, and proven that he is a horse that you can count on in all three phases.
Once again, victory was just out of Duttons reach. One of four penalty-free stadium jumping performances catapulted the two-time Olympic Team Gold Medallist into second place with Hannigan, a 13-year-old Irish thoroughbred gelding, also formerly ridden by Lukfin.
Its good to move up the rankings when you can, but I was truly sorry for Nathalie, commented Dutton. Ive known both Hannigan and Nova Top for quite a while and when I get in the saddle, I know what they will do.
While Dutton continues to ride for his native Australia, he is based in West Grove, PA, and Australian Olympic Selectors were on hand to observe his performance. As for his hopes, Dutton commented, They play their cards close to their chest, but if luck is on our side, I hope to be in Athens.
Finishing in third position was John Williams of Middleburg, VA, and his handsome 12-year-old Canadian Sport Horse gelding, Carrick. Sitting sixth after dressage, Williams slowly but steadily found himself improving in the standings over the three days, helped by a clear cross-country performance. Williams and Carrick were instrumental in the Team Gold Medal victory at the 2002 World Equestrian Games in Jerez, Spain.
Two dropped rails in the final stadium jumping phase moved Amy Tryon of Redmond, WA, down to fourth position with her long-time partner My Beau, a 14-year-old Canadian thoroughbred gelding, while 2003 Pan American Championship Team Gold Medalist Stephen Bradley of Leesburg, VA, and the Russian thoroughbred, From, rounded out the top five with a final three-day score of 54 penalty points.
NBC-TV will present a 90-minute telecast of the 2004 Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, presented by Bayer, on Sunday, May 2, from 1:30-3:00 p.m. EDT. In addition, the Cross Country portion of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event will air on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) on Sunday, May 9 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. EDT and will re-air on Friday, May 14 from 12:00 noon-1:00 p.m. EDT. The Stadium Jumping portion of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event, which will include a Cross-Country recap, will air on OLN on Sunday, May 16 from 5:00 6:00 p.m. EDT and will re-air on Friday, May 21 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. EDT. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event also will be broadcast in Europe on CNBC Europe, which will air coverage on Sunday, May 2 at 10:00 pm (Central European Time).
The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is one of only four CCI**** events held in the world. The three other events are the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials and the Burghley Horse Trials in Great Britain and Adelaide in Australia. The Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event is also part of the Rolex Grand Slam of Eventing that awards $250,000 to any rider who can win Rolex Kentucky, Badminton and Burghley in succession.
In addition to the exciting equestrian action, the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event featured an international trade fair with more than 125 merchants, the United States Pony Clubs Prince Philip Cup and a variety of other fun family activities and entertaining attractions.
For full information on the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, presented by Bayer, please visit the official Rolex Kentucky website at www.rk3de.org.


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Fireworks 101
Nothing says, "Happy Independence Day!" like the crackle and bang of a pyrotechnics display. Dazzle your barbecue guests with this fireworks trivia
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- Fireworks first appeared around 1000 A.D., in Chinese religious ceremonies.
- Various metal salts are used to create the colored explosions. Barium makes green, copper makes blue, and aluminum is responsible for the sparkle.
- Smiley faces, words, and logos. Fireworks have expanded far beyond the classic palm tree. To make different shapes, a chemical mixture is glued to wax paper in the form that it will take when it explodes. Next, the paper is put inside a spherical shell made of cardboard or some other paper. Several are fired off at the same time to give the appearance of three dimensions, says John Steinberg, a vice president of the Pyrotechnics Guild International.
- The United States imported around $217 million worth of fireworks in 2007, with $207 million of that coming from China, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.


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I've been committed to myself to consistently write and post, yet since I haven't go anywhere new so I'm about to post some of my unpublished travel experience and this is one of them.
Couple of months ago I went to Makassar with my mom and dad, because why not?
My dad has a work to do there and it's been a while since my mom's last holiday so I asked her to join me. Back in the day at Makassar, we didn't have so much time to go somewhere far, so one of my dad's student recommend and drive us all to the magical village called rammang-rammang. It's only an hour away from the city which located in the north of Makassar, Maros district – South Sulawesi. Apparently, it was the same place as the place that I want to visit which known as Salenrang village. What a surprise!
Here in rammang-rammang, they have Maros Pangkep Karst (the mountain which surround the village) is claimed as the second largest karst mountain in the world after South China Karst in Yunnan. Yet, we have to take a boat to discover the village and once you get there you'll be amaze. It literally a place you have to visit if you go to Makassar, I guess.


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Meditating Your Way To A Less Stressful Day. We all experience stress on a daily basis, no one is immune and in fact there are even benefits to many forms of stress. As Spencer Rathus puts it in "Psychology: Concepts and Connections," "some stress is healthy and necessary to keep us alert and occupied." Learning how to live with and process stress will allow you to live a healthier happier life.How We Think About Stress Makes a Difference.
It turns out that our perception of our stress levels can really impact our health and wellbeing. It's not just the actual stress, it's how we think about it. Earlier this year, the Huffington Post reported on a study by Ohio University that described how stressing about our stress can increase inflammation (c-protein levels), making it harder for the body to properly heal. Basically, the more we dwell on negative or stressful events, that worse it is for us. Late last year, an American Journal of Cardiology study analyzed perceptions of stress effecting health and it's potential relationship to incident coronary heart disease. All the more reason to take control of your stress.Get Acquainted with Meditation.
One of the simplist ways to reduce your stress levels low is meditation. People often think that learning how to start meditating is some sort of mystical, difficult, herculean task, but it's really one of the easiest things a person can do. Even the most stressed-out type-A person can learn to quiet their mind and meditate in order to lower their stress. Simply put, meditation involves making yourself comfortable and clearing your mind. Of course, there are variants of this; certain religious meditation involves chanting, for example, and certain Zen practices involve holding certain poses. If you're just meditating for yourself, though, there's no need for any of that; you just need to learn to sit quietly and relax for a moment, and at it's basic level, that's all that meditation is.Anyone Can Do It.
I have a long on and off relationship with meditation. It's always been extremely valuable for me to clear my mind and allow mental space for me to process all that goes on in my life. it's just so easy to let other activities get in the way of blocking out the time to meditate. I've come to the conclusion that you don't need to expect mastery in your meditation, in fact, that is probably counter-productive. you don't event need to meditate for a long period of time to experience the benefits. Learning to keep your stress levels low is an important part of leading a healthy, happy life.Start With 5 Minutes a Day.
Having a daily five to ten minute meditation session is probably ideal for ideal for the average modern day individual. An arrangement like this isn't too much of a commitment, as five to ten minutes out of your day really isn't that much time at all. Additionally, this amount of time is more than enough for you to really get into the proper mindset and clear your headspace. It's advisable to try and find somewhere quiet, away from where you "do things". You should also try to either be alone or be around others who are meditating; perhaps you could turn meditating into some sort of group activity for friends and family. After all, being around other relaxed people tends to make you more relaxed as well. Once you find an area and time in which to meditate, simply stay still, relax, and attempt to clear your mind of all thoughts.Don't Try Too Hard.
Some people may take straight to meditation, but others may find the activity more difficult. Some people, for example, may find it difficult to actually empty their mind; they're so busy racing around during the day that they're unable to slow down and relax. If you are one of these people, it may be possible that you're trying too hard; it's important to just sit back and lose yourself in the moment. Listening to music, nature sounds, or even just white noise might be helpful as well. The brain can't process all that much at once, so using sounds as a sort of focal point to teach yourself to meditate can be very effective.
Meditation is an effective stress-reduction technique that can help lead anyone and everyone to a healthier, happier life. If you feel the need to reduce your stress levels, you are strongly encouraged to begin meditating your way to a less stressful day. Let me know what what works for you and any suggestions you have to reduce stress..


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With a simple editor and robust tools, Onbile is very easy to use for first-time site owners, yet it is just as useful for those experienced in mobile-website design. Also, this application provides a walkthrough to get your site off the ground. Onbile accommodates a wide range of skill levels and provides great-looking templates.
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The Verdict
Onbile is a great mobile builder for new and experienced users alike.
Onbile's responsive designs are based on HTML5. This programming language, combined with CSS3, allows you to add videos automatically without creating a specialized widget. These languages also give you the option to convert your desktop site to a mobile-friendly format with the only variation between the two being a minimal layout on smart devices.
This mobile-web builder provides 15 attractive templates that are prebuilt for salons, restaurants and portfolio pages. These can be customized to represent your particular brand. The quality of the templates far surpasses most others in the industry. After choosing a template, you can customize it based on color and industry type, and you can change fonts and layout.
We found that Onbile offers several ways to share your site and information with those who are searching for it. The social media tools allow you to add Facebook and Twitter buttons, among others, to your page so customers can share your business with one click. The mobile map instantly shows up when you fill out your business information, and it can be set up to show on your site. This can also help people find you on Google Maps, if you fill out the information correctly.
This mobile-site creator doesn't use its own reporting system. It is compatible with Google Analytics, which requires that you create an account with Google and input a code to your dashboard, but this is fairly common among site builders.
There are only a few video tutorials to show you how to manage your mobile site, but they pack in enough information to help you get started. Onbile largely relies on FAQs to answer the quick concerns you may have. Its email ticketing system is impressive and more advanced than those of many other services. It shows you a record of the questions you've asked and if any were answered. There is not an option for either phone or live chat support.
When you create a mobile site, you need tools that allow you to match your original URL and meet the needs of your audience. Typically, mobile sites rely on a landing page with a simple picture and buttons that lead you to a phone number. This designer provides links to contact forms, maps and profile pages, among others. Each page can be customized to include your own photo gallery or blog posts.
Onbile has simple features that help you attract and keep customers. For example, the RSS feed allows you to make a specific URL for subscribers. Even so, there are a few missing features, such as an icon gallery or the ability to add mobile coupons. These two features are offered by many other top mobile-website builders.
With the tools, you can embed videos, change your logo and add an image slider to any customized page. If you start with a package like the Professional plan, you can remove the Onbile branding and possibly add your own ads to start making money.
Onbile ranks so well because of its usability and number of quality templates. This attractive service can create a professional site. The design tools and marketing features provide almost everything you need to create and reach your online audience. We feel confident in the service that Onbile provides.
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Onbile is a great mobile builder for new and experienced users alike.


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Commitment - Every Woman Every Child
Cambodia will ensure that 95% of the poor are covered by health equity funds by 2015, and develop a new policy to ensure availability of emergency obstetric care at the district level.
Cambodia will improve reproductive health by increasing the proportion of deliveries assisted by a skilled birth attendant to 70%; increase the proportion of couples using modern contraception to 60%; and increase the number of health facilities offering safe abortion/post abortion services.
Cambodia will further seek to increase attendance at ante-natal clinics to 90% and attendance at post-natal clinics to 50%.
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Andrew J. West is a Bangkok-based writer and author of Thai Neotraditional Art (2015), Destiny to Imagination: Prateep Kochabua (2013) and an art fiction novel published in the Thai language in 2008, as well as many short stories that have appeared in Eastlit, Pure Slush, Honi Soit and Storie magazine (in Italian). He was a regular contributor to Bangkok Post as an art critic from 2003 to 2012. His first solo art exhibition, Three Worlds, of photo poetry was shown at the prestigious Bangkok Art and Culture Centre (BACC) in 2014. West was born in 1967 in Armidale, NSW, Australia, and studied writing and journalism at the Western Sydney University (WSU), graduating with an MA (Writing).
Are we staring down the barrel of the apocalypse?
With unstable leaders with odd haircuts who have their fingers on the nuclear buttons, ISIS terrorists who lust for the end of the world and environmental catastrophe looming, who could possibly save us from the apocalypse? The answer is Hanumān the flying monkey warrior and company, thats who
In his new novel, Time Beings I: Forward to the Past, Andrew J. West sets up a scenario where mythic characters from Hindu mythology try to turn the wheel of time away from the imminent apocalypse.
Hanumān the monkey general and Vibhīṣana the seer travel through time saving (or not!) the likes of Christopher Columbus and Ernest Shackleton (the Antarctic explorer) to keep humanity alive.
Andrew J. West is originally from Australia and one of the most fascinating incidents in this journey concerns a little-known incident in which Australian Aboriginals fought a pitched battle in open plain warfare against the invading British redcoats during the 1820s.
I wanted to shed a light into the past in a unique way which would allow young people and adults alike to learn and enjoy history, said the author. Ive been teaching and writing in Thailand for over a decade now so I wanted to take characters from their mythology and mix them into the history of other countries.
Forward to the Past is the first of a trilogy of adventures in which Hanumān and friends fight off the forces of apocalyptic destruction Stay tuned for Time Beings II: The Wrath of Kali and Time Beings III: Edge of Yesterday.
Andrew J. West is also well-known in the Thai art scene, particularly for his many art reviews for Bangkok Post and for authoring Thai Neotraditional Art (2015) and Destiny to Imagination: Prateep Kochabua (2013).
Can the world really be saved from nuclear annihilation? At the end of their first voyage, after having apparently delivered humanity from the end of the world, the original superheroes Hanuman the monkey general, Vibhisana the seer and Kalika the Goddess of Time came face to face with the hidden figure behind the end of the world: Kali the demoness.
In the second installment of the trilogy, Time Beings II: The Wrath of Kali, Andrew J. West takes the scenario established in Forward to the Pastwhere mythic characters from Hindu mythology try to turn the wheel of time away from imminent cataclysmto an all new level.
In a desperate attempt to undo the work of the demoness, our heroes must travel further forward into the past to confront historical mass murderers such as Genghis Khan as well as save (or maybe not ) such luminaries as Archimedes of Syracuse (the mathematician and inventor), the Trung sisters (the ancient Vietnamese heroines), Hypatia of Alexandria (the mathematician and philosopher), Jesus of Nazareth and many more.
Counterfactual history is actually an enjoyable way to explore and learn about factual history, said the author. And with central characters drawn from Hindu mythology, in which Ive developed a keen interest since moving from Australia to live in Thailand fifteen years ago, its also an unconventional but informative way to learn about other cultures as well as the history of other times and places.
The Wrath of Kali is the second of a trilogy of adventures in which Hanuman, Vibhisana and Kalika fight off demonic forces of apocalyptic destruction Stay tuned for Time Beings III: Edge of Yesterday.
Apart from this trilogy, Andrew J. West has written many articles for Bangkok Post and authored Thai Neotraditional Art (2015) and Destiny to Imagination: Prateep Kochabua (2013).
At the end of the second voyage humanity appeared doomed to extinction caused by a global superpox pandemic. Now, the worlds original superheroes confront Kali the demoness as she steers history toward the Cataclysm by taking possession of the most infamous mass murderers of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler of the Jewish genocide, Talaat Pasha of the Armenian genocide, Pol Pot of the Cambodian genocide, and King Leopold the Butcher of Congo, as well as other demagogues.
In the third and final installment of the trilogy, Time Beings III: Edge of Yesterday by Andrew J. West, our heroesHanuman the monkey general, Vibhisana the seer and Kalika the Goddess of Timetravel to the edge of yesterday in a desperate attempt to undo the work of the demoness and save humanity from self-inflicted extinction.
In this installment, the trilogy reaches its crescendo, said the author. In Forward to the Past and The Wrath of Kali readers encountered important persons from the Age of Discovery and ancient history. In this final voyage, readers experience twists given to modern events, many that have occurred in living memory.
Apart from this trilogy, Andrew J. West has written extensively for Bangkok Post as well as authoring The Money Tree (2018), Thai Neotraditional Art (2015, now in second printing) and Destiny to Imagination: Prateep Kochabua (2013).
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Behold, He Said
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Nothing Sacred
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The Arasmith Certainty Principle
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Professor Wilfried Sihn was born in Pforzheim, Germany, in 1955. From 1976 to 1982 he studied Business Engineering at the TH Karlsruhe. He earned his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart in 1992. In 1982 he started working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart, first as a Research Fellow, then as a Group Manager, Head of Department and Division Director, and from 2000 as Deputy Director.
In September 2004 he joined the Vienna University of Technology to work as Professor for Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Institute of Management Science. Since March 2009 he is head of this institute.
In May 2007 he earned a honorary doctorate (Dr.h.c.) of the University in Skopje/Macedonia.
Professor Sihn has been active in the field of applied Research and consulting services for more than 25 years now, taking part in more than 300 industrial projects. His areas of expertise include production management, corporate organization, enterprise logistics, factory planning, order management, life-cycle management, maintenance, modelling and simulation, and business process reengineering. In addition, he led projects in the fields of business structuring and business controlling. Although most of his projects took place in Germany, they also involved partners from the rest of Europe, Africa, China, Southeast Asia and the USA. Professor Sihn was instrumental in developing such concepts as the Fractal Company and Decentralized Equipment and Process Responsibility, which have been successfully implemented in a variety of areas such as the automotive sector, aerospace, electrical and electronics industry, shipbuilding, and public administration.
Professor Sihn is Vice-President of the "International Society of Agile Manufacturing" and International Editor of the journal "Agility and Global Competition", as well as Guest Editor of the "International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM)". He holds lectures on the above-mentioned topics at national and international conferences. His more than 200 publications also include several books, making him an active player in scientific and practice-related discussions.
He directs the Austrian Scientific Plattform for Logistics (WissLog) and is board and chair member of the Austrian Logistics Association (BVL). Furthermore he is member of multiple boards of directors and boards of administration as well as member of the European Academy for Industrial Management (AIM).
In February 2006, Professor Sihn was invited to become a member of the "International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)".
In November 2008 he was appointed Managing director of the newly found Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH and manages the Fraunhofer Project Center Production and Logistics Management in Vienna.
Since March 2009 he is Academic Director of the new transnational MBA Automotive Industry Program of the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
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For those of you who haven't already seen this, (it was posted online a couple days ago) here's a commission I did of Harry Cane (Rich Sommer) from the 'Mad Men' tv series.
From New York Comic Con, 2011. Pen & Ink on 9 x 12" bristol board.
--I've been a big fan of the show for some time, so when this fellow came by with a tv character themed sketchbook, giving me the choice to draw Harry, I was very much excited to put pencil to paper. Hope you all like!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
It's a Mad, Mad world.
Labels: Caricature, Commissions, Conventions
1 comment:
- Kevin Nowlan said...
Beautiful! You captured his essence! The expression is priceless.
- October 20, 2011 at 11:17 AM
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Three Hofstra Law students have been selected to participate in the New York City Bar's 2017 Diversity Fellowship Program.
First-year students Kristen A. Acosta, Hunter Blain and Kevin Hoyos will have the opportunity to spend their summer working at one of the participating law firms and corporate law departments.
"We are exceptionally proud of Kristen, Hunter and Kevin for earning a prestigious City Bar Diversity Fellowship," said Judge A. Gail Prudenti, interim dean. "I have every confidence they will be an asset to their employers and a credit to Hofstra Law."
The selection criteria for the fellowship were demanding. After completing a legal writing requirement, preparing a personal statement and being interviewed by a Hofstra Law screening committee, the students were then interviewed by a panel of attorneys and other school representatives, who reviewed the candidates' undergraduate and law school transcripts, resumes, personal statements and legal writing samples. The students were able to clear all of these hurdles and receive an assignment from one of the participating employers.
Founded in 1991, the Diversity Fellowship Program provides first-year law students from underrepresented populations the chance to spend a summer in one of New York's leading law firms and corporate/government law departments.
More than 600 diverse and talented first-year law students from 11 New York City-area law schools have been given a rare and valuable opportunity to jump-start their careers in the law by spending their 1L summer at one of the outstanding participating law firms and corporate law departments. Hofstra Law has had 74 Diversity Fellows since the program's inception.
Program alumni have achieved success at all levels of the professions, including as law firm partners, general counsels, assistant district attorneys, assistant attorneys general, entrepreneurs and executive directors.
About the Fellows
Kristen A. Acosta
Hometown: Whitestone, New York
Summer Placement: Bryan Cave LLP
"The New York City Bar Diversity Fellowship is the opportunity of a lifetime for a 1L. It is an honor to have been chosen for such a great opportunity, one which will allow me to not only represent my community in the corporate world but also help others in the future. I am ecstatic to gain experience in corporate law and to be working for such an amazing firm. I will be forever grateful to the Office of Career Services and the former fellows for all their help and to the New York City Bar for this opportunity."
Hunter Blain
Hometown: Odessa, Texas
Summer Placement: Viacom Inc.
"I am both excited and honored to be selected as a New York City Bar Diversity Fellow. I look forward to experiencing corporate entertainment law firsthand at Viacom. I want to thank the Office of Career Services, the prior fellows and my friends for their support and preparation throughout the process."
Kevin Hoyos
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Summer Placement: Brown Rudnick LLP
"The New York City Bar Diversity Fellowship is a unique opportunity to work as a 1L Summer Intern at the top firms across the country, from Fortune 100 firms to well-known banks and governmental agencies. I am beyond excited to be one of the few selected to take on this position. The help of the Office of Career Services staff and former fellows was invaluable to prepare for this rigorous and demanding process. I am beyond grateful to have firsthand experience in the practice of corporate law this summer, and it will be an experience that I will never forget."


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LaVision's FlowMaster Micro-PIV systems are designed to measure flow fields on microscopic scales using dedicated microscopic imaging components.
In Micro-PIV the light sheet applied in planar PIV applications is replaced by a volume illumination of the flow, and the depth of field is determined by the numerical aperture of the objective lens of the microscope. For flow seeding fluorescent particles are used to remove the strong background light from the nearby surfaces. The fluorescent light is red-shifted from the excitation light and separated using a filter cube.
LaVision's FlowMaster Micro-PIV systems support 2D-PIV, Stereo-PIV and Tomo-PIV measurements.


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April 27, 2015
Ingenious Escape is a point and click escape game in which some guys kidnapped you and are asking for reward from your parents. But you know that your parents can't get that money, so you need an ingenious way to escape. You listed the conversation of the kidnappers and found out that they will leave soon. So this will be the perfect moment to attempt an escape. You are not far away from the city, so there is a good chance that you will get rescued. So the kidnappers are gone, start exploring for clues, useful items, solve all the puzzles and escape from this house as soon as possible. Have fun!