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23 Mar
Fighting climate change with AI
With data provided from weather stations around the world, measuring wind speed, air pressure, temperature, and many other data points, AI can then identify patterns and give a holistic view of how our planet is changing.
06 Mar
World's stinkiest fruit could charge a laptop in seconds
Researchers from the University of Sydney used the notoriously odorous durian to create energy stores that can store electricity, and subsequently be used for rapid charging.
17 Feb
Qlik launches challenge to fight climate change with data
"We are thrilled to do our part in enabling the next generation to create real solutions to climate issues through data."
28 Jan
Smart building market boosted by climate change concerns
New sustainability regulations will create growth opportunities for the market which is projected to reach US$109.48 billion by 2026.
27 Jan
Swiss lead charge on data centre efficiency certification
HPE, academia and industry have launched a data centre efficiency label to decarbonise data centres and significantly reduce their energy consumption.
21 Jan
Microsoft's 'moonshot' goals to be carbon negative by 2030
The company also aims to remove all carbon it has directly or indirectly emitted into the environment by 2050.
25 Sep
Christchurch hosts two events to inspire social entrepreneurship in NZ
This month Christchurch has hosted two key events designed to encourage social entrepreneurship and innovation within New Zealand, with a particular focus on climate change and sustainability.
14 Aug
Kiwi startup making waves in electric transport
"We're helping organisations address one the biggest challenge of our time climate change by giving them a practical way to reduce their own carbon footprint."
06 Aug
Saildrone completes first unmanned trip around Antarctica
196 days of travel and more than 22,000 kilometres in conditions such as freezing temperatures, 15-metre waves, 130 km/h winds, and even collisions with icebergs.
30 Jul
Kiwis warming up to electric vehicles, cost remains barrier
"With climate change top of mind for many people, a range of new models on the market and rising fuel costs, we think more Kiwis will make the switch in the near future."
25 Apr
Wellington to support startups tackling climate change
The Zero Carbon Challenge is a programme bringing together business, social enterprise, and local government to promote the low carbon economy.
19 Apr
Farmers looking for data to help change bad habits
It is no secret that agriculture is a massive cause of environmental issues in NZ. Farmers say they are willing to change, if they get the right data.
27 Mar
Aussie tech company aims to nix shipping emissions globally
Calix claims its exhaust scrubbing technology can go as far as making the global shipping industry carbon negative.
07 Mar
Microsoft pushes India towards climate change goals with new solar energy deal
"Investing in local solar energy to help power our new Bangalore office building is good for Microsoft, good for India and good for the environment."
31 Jan
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25 Jan
New report shines a light on the reality of sustainability in NZ
The research names the nation's most sustainable brands with Ecostore, Fairtrade and Tesla topping the list.
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James Shaw, electric cars & the winners of the 2017 Sustainable Business Awards
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10 Oct
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'The Fosters' Star Maia Mitchell Previews Callie & Brandon's Future
Maia prepares HollywoodLife.com for the drama ahead, beginning with tonight's winter premiere!
The Fosters returns for the second half of its first season Jan. 13, picking up right where last summer's game-changing finale left off, with Callie on the run. HollywoodLife.com recently spoke with star Maia Mitchell about Callie's future with the Fosters — and, more specifically, her future with Brandon (David Lambert).
'The Fosters' Winter Premiere: Maia Mitchell Talks Callie & Brandon's Reunion
"It's complicated, to say the least," Maia told us. "Callie and Brandon really do love each other, but it's not that simple. There are so many other things to consider for them. It's not going to be easy."
Maia also told us not to expect too much resolution right away.
"The first few episodes back are so much about the family trying to get Callie back," she explained. "Before she ran off, they wanted to adopt her, but after the kiss, she kind of freaked out. … And, of course, Brandon will play a huge part in finding her."
That said, Callie will eventually make it back to the family — come on, the show isn't called The Fosters… And Callie In The Desert — and they'll have to struggle to find a middle ground.
"Like I said, Callie and Brandon are in love, and that's not going to change just because she goes home," Maia explained. "You can't control who you have feelings for, and in Callie's case, it just happens to her possible foster brother."
Teri Polo & Sherri Saum Talk Pregnancy On 'The Fosters'
We also caught up with Teri Polo and Sherri Saum to find out what the adults will be up to when The Fosters returns.
"You're going to notice a deepening of the relationships," Teri told us. "We really take it to another level. We're more comfortable with each other and the stories are richer."
As for whether or not the writers plan to factor Sherri's real-life pregnancy into the show?
"I might be hiding behind plants, we'll see," Sherri laughed.
— Andy Swift, reporting by Emily Longeretta
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After Gerecke had been selected to give Nazi war criminals spiritual counsel he decided to hold church services for them and to personally counsel those who were willing.
In all, Gerecke worked with thirteen of the defendants.
Gerecke was "in charge" to determine if the men were truly repentant for their crimes and whether or not he would allow them to return to their Lutheran faith. Once Gerecke determined that that they were repentant he allowed them to partake of the Lord's Supper as a sign of their repentance.
Gerecke's attitude is reflected in what he believed about the former SS Lieutenant Colonel who served as his chapel organist. Gerecke believed that by the end of the trial he had brought the man back to faith and he noted "The simple Gospel of the Cross had changed his heart."
Whatever else we might conclude about the possibility of redemption for Nazi war criminals it is clear that Pastor Gerecke believed it possible and the organist would have been Gercke's Exhibit A.
Here is sampling of what happened with some of the defendants Gerecke ministered too.
–Karl Donitz-head of the German Navy after Raeder, received 10 years in prison.
Donitz believed Gerecke could help him after Gerecke told him they would simply deal with the Word of God in relation to the hearts of men rather than a political debate. In other words Gerecke stuck to the gospel and that opened the door for him to speak with Donitz. Donitz responded with repentance according to Gerecke.
–Hans Fritzsche headed the news division of the ministry of propaganda under Joseph Goebbels. Fritzsche was acquitted.
Gerecke believed Fritzsche to be repentant. Most of the defendants believed they all would receive the death penalty from the vindictive allies. However, the allies (the western ones anyway) wanted justice to be served above all else and if there was not enough evidence to convict Fritzsche then an acquittal was appropriate.
I think that given the attitudes of the time it must have been a hard decision for the judges to make and it would have been easier to convict Fritsche and give him a light sentence like the one Donitz received.
–Herman Goering was the highest ranking Nazi to be tried. Goring was head of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) and was Hitler's designated successor almost to the end when he fell out of favor. Goring's sentence was death by hanging but he committed suicide the night before the execution. Gerecke was one of the first to get into Goring's cell the night he killed himself.
Gerecke never believed Goring repentant and refused him communion. In the book Goring comes across as extremely personable especially to Gerecke whom he loved to chat with.
Gerecke suspected Goring of game playing perhaps hoping for an acquittal or light sentence. Goring also comes across as delusional in the book. He is shocked that he is not treated with the respect he thought he was due.
Gerecke also ministered to the defendants families if they let him), Gerecke ministered to Mrs. Goring and their young daughter. Gerecke took the example of Jesus seriously as he would minister to any sinner who wished him too.
–Alfred Jodl was the General who was Chief of Operations for the German Wehrmacht. In his capacity as Chief of Operations he was the second highest ranking general after Keitel and Hitler's closet military advisor. Jodl's reputation was that of a sycophant and a yes man never standing up to Hitler's often ludicrous military decisions.
His sentence was death by hanging.
Jodl had pled "not guilty" and said, "For what I have done or had to do, I have a pure conscience before God, before history and my people." His not guilty plea speaks of his lack of repentance and a sense of false assurance.
Jodl would have used the "I was only following orders" defense offered by many of the Nazis.
— Ernst Kaltenbrunner was a high-ranking SS officer who had responsibility for the death camps.
Kaltenbrunner was an unrepentant psychopath and had no use for Gerecke. There is a whole chapter in the book detailing his crimes and frankly it is as appalling as a visit to Auschwitz-Buchenwald.
Kaltenbrunner was a Nazi to the nth degree apparently without any conscience what-so-ever. In my opinion he received justice in this life (death by hanging) and would receive justice in the life to come for his lack of repentance.
–Wilhelm Keitel was head of the German Army and like Jodl a chief military advisor to Hitler and like Jodl considered to be a yes man by many other generals in the Wehrmacht.
Keitel was a bit of surprise at Nuremberg. At first he refused to admit any guilt like Jodl but at the end made no excuse for what he was responsible. Gerecke believed him to be repentant and Keitel faced the gallows with some dignity and military bearing.
–Konstantin von Neurath was minister of foreign affairs for Hitler. He received fifteen years in prison for his crimes.
Von Neurath was initially unresponsive to Gerecke but Neurath's family thanked Gerecke for helping him "get right with God." Neurath was one of the five Catholics so it is apparent that both Gerecke and O'Connor ministered to him at some point during the trial.
–Erich Raeder was head of the German Navy prior to Donitz. He received life imprisonment for his role as Hitler's naval advisor up until 1943.
Raeder was skeptical about certain Christian tenets and Gerecke at first considered him an intellectual skeptic regarding Christianity but later believed Raeder was more suspicious of the American Army than he was of Christianity.
Raeder became an ardent Bible reader and one of Gerecke's best students. Gerecke believed Raeder returned to the Lutheran faith.
Although Raeder received a life sentence he was released from prison in 1955 due to poor health.
–Joachim von Ribbentrop was another minister of foreign affairs. His sentence was death by hanging.
Von Ribbentrop was unrepentant at the start of Gerecke's ministry. His wife was even more adamant in her opposition to Christianity. Both were ardent Nazis.
Later after reading the Bible and the Lutheran Catechism von Ribbentrop became penitent and right before the end of the trial he asked to take communion which he did indicating that Gerecke believed him to be repentant.
–Alfred Rosenberg was a racial theory ideologist and minister of the eastern occupied territories. As the minister for the eastern conquered territories he was responsible for the death of perhaps millions. His sentence was death by hanging.
Rosenberg told Gerecke he had no use for his childhood faith but added he believed in God, but not Christ.
This was a reflection of Gottglaubige or "believers in God." Certain Nazis didn't want to be Christians but also wanted to distinguish themselves from atheists.
Although this appears to be an odd attitude it does reflect the attitude of many within our own culture. They want to believe in "God" as they chose to define him but want nothing to do with the Christ of the Bible even though they may call themselves "Christian."
–Fritz Sauckel was the planner of the Nazi slave labor program which killed hundreds of thousands. His was the Reich's Labor Minister and his sentence was death by hanging.
Saukel initially pled "not guilty" and said, "I declare myself in the sense of the Indictment, before God and the world and particularly before my people, not guilty." Saukel was considered an "old guard hard line Nazi."
Sauckel became the first to work seriously with Gerecke. He saw himself as a person who did no wrong against God or man even though he was responsible for the slave labor that killed many.
Sauckel seemed eager to repent but Gerecke saw through it telling him, "you don't want to go through the motions, you want to let the motions of God's Holy Spirit go through you."
According to Gerecke Sauckel did eventually repent crying out so loud that every guard on his floor heard him say "Gott sei mor gnadig, ein Sunder," God, be merciful to me a sinner. Sauckel then helped with other men including Speer, Fritzsche and Schirach all of whom Gerecke believed returned to faith.
–Dr. Hjalmar Schacht was a banker and industrialist. He was acquitted.
He objected to being tried with the likes of Goering and Kaltenbrunner and because of that association believed he was unfit for communion. He told Gerecke that once he was declared a free man he would take his wife back to church and partake of the Lord's Supper.
Gerecke did not render an opinion as to Schacht's repentance. What is interesting to me is Schlacht's sense of self-righteousness in being associated with "worse" sinners like Goring and Kaltenbrunner.
Schlacht played the game that many of us play by comparing ourselves to other sinners rather than comparing ourselves to the sinless Son of God.
Gerecke was asked later if the men who he thought repented did so simply because they would meet their deaths on the end of the rope.
Gerecke replied, "My only answer is that I have been a preacher for a long time and decided that [finding God] is the only way a good many folks find themselves."
In other words, only God knows for sure the inner workings of man's heart.
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7 ESV)
In the next installment I will work through many of the relevant Scriptures.
For further reading…
From Hitler's Wolves to Christ's Lambs, an article from the Gospel Coalition on Gerecke and Nuremberg.


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OWoN: No point in telling these guys they are heroes. With limbs missing or damaged, it's small recompense for Cabal wars to line others pockets. And these are the lucky ones. What of the dead, or walking waiting in Asia. None of these people need or deserve to be dying for Cabal Lying! No more unjust Wars for Zionist or Oil Baron Whores! When will you see a Bush or Clinton on the front line? Draft dodgers to a man. Save the kids, no more wars!
Every Friday at the Pentagon
It really breaks your heart to know that we didn't know this goes on every Friday, well at least I didn't know. Instead, I guess the media feels it's more important to report on Hollywood stars as heroes. I hope this article gives you a sense of pride for what our men and women are doing for us, every day, as they serve in the armed forces here and abroad.
Mornings at the Pentagon
By Joseph L. Galloway
McClatchy Newspapers
Over the last 12 months, 1,042 soldiers, Marines, sailors and Air Force personnel have given their lives in the terrible duty that is war. Thousands more have come home on stretchers, horribly wounded and facing months or years in military hospitals. This week, I'm turning my space over to a good friend and former roommate, Army Lt. Col. Robert Bateman, who recently completed a yearlong tour of duty and is now back at the Pentagon. Here's Lt. Col. Bateman's account of a little-known ceremony that fills the halls of the Army corridor of the Pentagon with cheers, applause and many tears every Friday morning. It first appeared on May 17 on the Weblog of media critic and pundit Eric Altermanat the Media Matters for America Website.
It is 110 yards from the "E" ring to the "A" ring of the Pentagon. This section of the Pentagon is newly renovated; the floors shine, the hallway is broad, and the lighting is bright. At this instant the entire length of the corridor is packed with officers, a few sergeants and some civilians, all crammed tightly three and four deep against the walls. There are thousands here.
This hallway, more than any other, is the `Army' hallway. The G3 offices line one side, G2 the other, G8 is around the corner. All Army. Moderate conversations flow in a low buzz. Friends who may not have seen each other for a few weeks, or a few years, spot each other, cross the way and renew.
Everyone shifts to ensure an open path remains down the center. The air conditioning system was not designed for this press of bodies in this area.
The temperature is rising already. Nobody cares. "10:36 hours: The clapping starts at the E-Ring. That is the outermost of the five rings of the Pentagon and it is closest to the entrance to the building. This clapping is low, sustained, hearty. It is applause with a deep emotion behind it as it moves forward in a wave down the length of the hallway.
A steady rolling wave of sound it is, moving at the pace of the soldier in the wheelchair who marks the forward edge with his presence. He is the first. He is missing the greater part of one leg, and some of his wounds are still suppurating. By his age I expect that he is a private, or perhaps a private first class.
Captains, majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels meet his gaze and nod as they applaud, soldier to soldier. Three years ago when I described one of these events, those lining the hallways were somewhat different. The applause a little wilder, perhaps in private guilt for not having shared in the burden ... Yet.
Now almost everyone lining the hallway is, like the man in the wheelchair, also a combat veteran. This steadies the applause, but I think deepens the sentiment. We have all been there now. The soldier's chair is pushed by, I believe, a full colonel.
Behind him, and stretching the length from Rings E to A, come more of his peers, each private, corporal, or sergeant assisted as need be by a field grade officer.
11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt, and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. My hands hurt. Please! Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after soldier has come down this hallway - 20, 25, 30.. Fifty-three legs come with them, and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid hearts.
They pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet for a private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by the generals. Some are wheeled along. Some insist upon getting out of their chairs, to march as best they can with their chin held up, down this hallway, through this most unique audience. Some are catching handshakes and smiling like a politician at a Fourth of July parade. More than a couple of them seem amazed and are smiling shyly.
There are families with them as well: the 18-year-old war-bride pushing her 19-year-old husband's wheelchair and not quite understanding why her husband is so affected by this, the boy she grew up with, now a man, who had never shed a tear is crying; the older immigrant Latino parents who have, perhaps more than their wounded mid-20s son, an appreciation for the emotion given on their son's behalf. No man in that hallway, walking or clapping, is ashamed by the silent tears on more than a few cheeks. An Airborne Ranger wipes his eyes only to better see. A couple of the officers in this crowd have themselves been a part of this parade in the past.
These are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our brothers, and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.
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Iraqi Kurds Stockpiled Captured Islamic State Explosives
The Peshmerga could have been preparing for another war
WIB front September 4, 2017 Paul Iddon
In August 2017, two explosions rocked Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Bomb attacks in the Kurdish capital are a rarity. In both these instances officials in the region assured the city's residents that the explosions resulted from unstable weaponry the Kurdish Peshmerga had captured from Islamic State and stored in the city.
The latest such explosion occurred on the grounds of Erbil International Airport on Aug. 27. A series of explosions and a large fire initially alarmed locals. There were no casualties. However, questions arose regarding the arms caches since this marked the second explosion in less than a month.
The first such explosion occurred on Aug. 5 inside the city, lightly wounding three Zervani Peshmerga guards. The Zervani are a militarized police force in the region which stated that the fire — caused by a malfunctioning electricity generator — "led to the explosion of some recovered mortar shells stored in the depot."
With two explosions in a such a short space of time Kurdish authorities decided not to run the risk of a third one.
Following the Aug. 27 explosion the Zervani released a second statement revealing that unstable weaponry captured from Islamic State were the cause of the explosions. "The cause of the fire [on Aug. 27] is because the ISIS weapons are not made according to international standards and scientific methods," the Zervani stated.
The Peshmerga declared that they will destroy these captured weapons to prevent future accidents. As the Zervani noted, Islamic State weaponry is highly unstable, particularly the terror group's improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, which vary drastically in their mechanisms and components — making them far more difficult to disable than conventional land mines built to factory standards.
One IED can look and function very differently from another. The procedures to disable one can inadvertently detonate the next.
However, the Peshmerga's statement that it will now destroy these weapons is interesting, as it implies that the Kurdish soldiers contemplated keeping them — perhaps in case they needed to use them in the future. Iraqi Kurdistan is not permitted to independently import weapons since it remains legally part of Iraq, and arms imported to the region have to first go through the central government in Baghdad.
This firewall is a source of frustration for officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government, who argue that an independent Kurdistan would have a stronger military and would have been able to more quickly defeat the Islamic State threat when it initially emerged three years ago.
Given this obstacle, the Kurds have always sought to capture weapons and equipment whenever they can. Their armored forces, for example, are all from pre-2003 Iraqi Army arsenals and consist of vintage T-55 and T-62 tanks seized in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion 14 years ago.
During the war with Islamic State, Peshmerga officials often quipped that the most reliable way for them to acquire high-quality military hardware was to capture former Iraqi Army equipment that Islamic State seized following the group's infamous takeover of Mosul in June 2014.
Furthermore, Iraqi Kurdistan has no known industrial base to assemble even small arms. The mortars referred to the Aug. 5 explosion were likely seized from Islamic State militants in one of the Peshmerga's battles against the militants in Nineveh province. Islamic State managed to assemble weapons manufacturing facilities in Mosul when it controlled the city, using Turkish-made materials it smuggled in, and successfully produced military-grade mortars and rockets on an industrial scale.
Above — a Peshmerga T-55 tank. U.S. Army photo. At top — Islamic State IEDs. Photo via Conflict Armament Research
The fact that the Kurds had to scavenge from the arsenals of their enemies doesn't mean they lacked military assistance of any kind. The United States has provided millions of dollars in aid to assist the Peshmerga against Islamic State — including weapons shipments and training.
European powers have assisted in these efforts, providing Kurdish soldiers with Milan anti-tank missiles to defend against armored vehicle-borne improvised explosives devices, which Islamic State deployed in mass shock attacks on entrenched Kurdish troops.
The United States even helped pay the Peshmerga's salaries, which Kurdish soldiers had gone for months without as a result of the dire economic crisis which has afflicted the region since the war against Islamic State began three years ago. However, that $22 million of aid is set to finish in September 2017 as Iraqi Kurdistan pushes ahead with its plans to hold an independence referendum scheduled for Sept. 25.
The Kurds are anxiously awaiting delivery of another arms package the Pentagon promised last April. This package, valued at just under $300 million, will fully equip two Peshmerga infantry brigades and two artillery battalions. It remains unclear when these arms will actually arrive in the region.
Nevertheless, even if Iraqi Kurdistan becomes a full-fledged independent state in a few years, its present shortage of hard cash, and large debt, may well render it incapable of revamping and reorganizing its Peshmerga forces into a more well-equipped and conventional military.
This partially explains why the Kurds are eager to receive all the military aid and training the Americans and Europeans can offer while they still constitute an effective force against Islamic State.
It also explains why the Peshmerga sat on a stockpile of captured Islamic State weaponry until the two August explosions. If this region, which has faced numerous invasions and terrorist threats in recent decades, comes under attack again in the near future, Iraqi Kurds will need every weapon they can get their hands on.


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- "I'll call the ADA. But you take that tone with me again, I don't care if you're blind, I'll kick the shit out of you."
- ―Christian Blake to Matt Murdock
Detective Christian Blake was a corrupt detective who worked for the New York City Police Department. Stationed in the 15th Precinct Police Station, he secretly worked for Wilson Fisk, but was later assassinated by Carl Hoffman in an attempt to publicly discredit Daredevil.
Corrupt Detective
Working for Wilson Fisk
- "That's what I pay them for, isn't it?"
- ―Wilson Fisk
Christian Blake rose to the rank of Detective in the New York City Police Department and Carl Hoffman was his frequent partner on investigation cases.[1] While working at the 15th Precinct Police Station, he and Hoffman became paid by Wilson Fisk.[2]
Fisher Investigation
Blake and Carl Hoffman were put in charge of a murder case in which Karen Page had been found after seemingly murdering Daniel Fisher in her apartment. Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson were assigned to represent her as the Nelson and Murdock law firm. Page was released from prison when Clyde Farnum attempted to murder her in her prison cell. Blake and Hoffman were left with no choice but to allow Nelson and Murdock to take her from the prison; although Blake threatened to beat up Murdock if he continued talking down to him. It was later proven that Page was innocent.[1]
Killing Piotr
A few days later, Piotr was being interviewed by Blake and Carl Hoffman after he was arrested, trying to kill the man in the mask. Blake and Hoffman told Piotr that he was going to be in prison for life because they had discovered the body of a shot blind man in a nearby taxi cab. Blake told him that he needed to reveal some detailed information to avoid persecution. Piotr revealed that he worked for Wilson Fisk; upon hearing this, Blake and Hoffman debated on who was going to take the hit. Hoffman was chosen and Blake struck him in the face. Hoffman watched as Blake then killed Piotr, while he called on his police radio that Piotr tried to take his gun.[3]
Cell Phone
James Wesley sent Blake a text with the locations of the warehouses owned by the Russians that would be exploded, in order for Blake and his unit to arrive shortly afterwards and kill any survivors.[2] Blake was confronted by the masked man for the death of Piotr; as the masked man began to break his arm, Blake alerted him that the Russians believed he was responsible for the death of Anatoly Ranskahov. The masked man then knocked Blake out, stole his cellphone and later used it to try to find Vladimir Ranskahov.[3]
War with the Russian Mafia
- "You find anyone alive, shoot 'em in the head."
- ―Christian Blake
Blake and Carl Hoffman inspected one of the four buildings destroyed by Wilson Fisk in the Bombing of Hell's Kitchen, in an attempt to take down the Russian Mafia. He found Ivan critically injured but alive; Blake asked him where Vladimir Ranskahov would go, since Ranskahov was not killed in the destruction. The thug knew nothing, even after Blake tortured him. Blake then shot him in the head and ordered all other police officers there to shoot in the head all Russian survivors.
Blake later responded to Officer Sullivan's distress call when he was attacked by the man in the mask in a warehouse. Blake ordered his men to surround the warehouse where the man, Ranskahov, and Sullivan were holed up. They were approached by Ben Urich who had arrived to investigate the story; he asked Blake and Carl Hoffman for a statement but they gave him nothing but sarcasm. When Urich asked if it was true that the masked man had taken the young officer hostage, Blake demanded to know where he got his information from; however, Urich did not betray any of his sources.
When the television film crews arrived, Blake mocked Urich by telling him that his breed of journalism no longer mattered in the world of television. Urich remained confident and claimed he still had a lot of good stories in him and Blake and Hoffman would likely end up in one of them soon. Blake called for a S.W.A.T. team to stand ready outside the building to execute Sullivan and the masked man, only to be questioned by Urich, who noted that there made been no hostage negotiations. While Blake tried to push Urich out of the area, he was shot in the shoulder by a sniper under Fisk's orders.[2]
Betrayed and Murdered
- "I need you to listen to me, we may not have much time. Whatever your partner just injected you with has already reached your heart, you're going to be dead soon. But you can make the man responsible for this pay for what he has done. Tell me everything you know about Wilson Fisk"
- ―The man in the mask to Christian Blake
Blake fell into a coma after his shooting and eventually woke up in the hospital a few days later. Fearing he would be assassinated, Blake was put under armed guard while he stayed at the hospital. Carl Hoffman came to visit him, but in reality he had been sent by Wilson Fisk to assassinate him to ensure Blake did not reveal Fisk's part in his shooting. Hoffman injected Blake with poison but was attacked by the masked man moments afterwards. As Blake felt the effects of the poison quickly killing him, he revealed to the masked man Fisk's plans and vital information to bring down his organization before dying.[4]
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- Expert Marksman: Blake was highly skilled in the use of his sidearm, using it to quickly kill Piotr. He was also able to shoot Ivan in the head.
- SIG-Sauer P226: The SIG-Sauer P226 is one of the standard weapons of the New York City Police Department, and Blake carried it as his service weapon. He used it to kill Piotr during an interrogation for revealing Wilson Fisk's name, tried to grab it when the man in the mask attacked him outside the 15th Precinct Police Station, and used it again to kill any Russians that survived the Bombing of Hell's Kitchen.
- New York City Police Department
- Carl Hoffman - Friend, Partner and Strategic Killer
- Brett Mahoney - Colleague
- Wilson Fisk
- James Wesley †
- Leland Owlsley †
- Nelson and Murdock
- Russian Mafia
- Vladimir Ranskahov †
- Piotr † - Victim
- Ivan † - Victim
- Daredevil
- Ben Urich †
|Appearances for Christian Blake
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ESPN Locks Up Multiyear Rights Deal for Sugar Bowl
ESPN has reached a 12-year agreement with the NCAA's Southeastern and Big 12 Conferences for the Sugar Bowl (previously referred to as the Champions Bowl), giving the sports giant media rights to two of the bowl games expected to be a part of the forthcoming college football playoff system.
ESPN agreed to a deal to keep the Rose Bowl back in June.
According to reports, ESPN is closing in on securing rights to the entire college football playoff system, which will begin with the 2014-15 season. The worldwide leader's deals with both bowl games begin January 2015.
Rights include television, ESPN Radio, ESPN Mobile TV and on smartphones, tablets, online and on Xbox LIVE, via WatchESPN. Additionally, ESPN will distribute the Sugar Bowl on ESPN 3D and around the world via ESPN International.
Like the Rose Bowl, ESPN will have the rights to the Sugar Bowl each year no matter what is determined to be the exact postseason bowl rotation as part of the format that is still being formulated. As of now, the playoff system is expected o feature six bowl games. The Sugar Bowl is expected to be one of the bowls that will rotate as a host for a national semifinal game.
The game will take place annually on Jan. 1 from the Mercedes-Benz Superdown in New Orleans, and will feature the winners of the SEC and Big 12 Conferences. The SEC has taken part in the traditionalSugar Bowl since its inception. If the SEC or Big 12 champion advances to the national semifinals, each conference would then provide another team for the Sugar Bowl.
"Given the history of excellence by teams in the SEC and Big 12, we recognized the value in securing long-term rights to the Sugar Bowl," said John Skipper, ESPN president and cochair, Disney Media Networks, in announcing the pact. "The matchup will provide college football fans with a memorable way to start the New Year on ESPN's many platforms."


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Renee Graziano is beautiful, that much is obvious. But we're pretty sure we've never seen the Mob Wives star look as smoking hot and sexy as she is in this photo. Renee writes "I aim I shoot & trust me I NEVER MISS!!!" While the caption is apt, we would add that she also has a knack from grabbing life by the balls.
The photo appears to be a promo shot for her Mob Candy jewelry line, but to be honest, the jewelry plays second fiddle in this photo.
[Photo: Instagram]


text: MATHEMATICS CourseCode: 1183Degree: Bachelor's in Business StatisticsFaculty of Social and Legal Sciences of ElcheYear: Year 1 of Bachelor's in Business StatisticsSemester: FallType: CoreLanguage: SpanishECTS credits: 6Lecture: 3Laboratory: 3Hours: 150Directed: 60Shared: 30Autonomous: 60Subject matter: MathematicsModule: MathematicsDegree website Department: Statistics, Mathematics and InformaticsArea: APPLIED MATHEMATICSCourse instructors are responsible for the course content descriptions in English.DescriptionContinuous and step functions: graphic representation and continuity. Analysis of elementary functions. Derivation of elementary functions, maximums, minimums, and inflection points. Primitives of a function. Definite and indefinite integral of elementary functions or combinations thereof.FacultyNameCoordinatorLectureLaboratoryHERRANZ CUADRADO, MARIA VICTORIA■■■SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, JOSE RAFAEL■Professional interestThis course begins the study of the basic tools of mathematics for students to perform with ease in their future studies. The aim, therefore, that this matter, and in particular this course, serve to support the rest of the materials of the Degree.Competencies and learning outcomesGeneral competenciesCapacity to identify, interpret, formulate, and resolve basic problems within the field of social and legal sciences.Capacity for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling systems and processes within a framework that guarantees respect for the values, rights and basic principles of the legal system, business competitiveness, protection and conservation of the environment, and sustainable development in the corresponding field.Ability to implement efficient tools for troubleshooting within the field of social and legal sciences.Ability to communicate in formal, graphic, and symbolic styles, as well as with oral and written forms of expression.Ability to work with multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.Disposition for methodologies and efficient self-learning skills to adapt to and update new knowledge and scientific advances, as well as to changing needs in order to adopt an aptitude for innovation and creativity in the profession.Specific competenciesAbility to develop the mathematical tools necessary for resolving problems that arise in the statistical analysis of data.Skills for analytically and computationally resolving mathematical problems that arise in the statistical analysis of data.Ability to correctly and rationally use software in the analysis of data for decision making.Ability to think and reason quantitatively.Capacity for abstraction.Acquire the basic training for conducting research activities.Objectives (Learning outcomes)01Acquire and use mathematical language fluently, both orally and in writing, and rigorous formalization and structuring of a real problem in the form of mathematical problem.02Ability to apply knowledge, methods and algorithms to situations and problems in the area of economic enterprise.03Correctly handle the literature and information sources available to strengthen and expand knowledge and increase torque capacity to pose and solve mathematical so many problems that may arise and relate to the subject.04Use various technological tools (such as computer software) that facilitate solving math problems and understand the limitations of such tools.05Knowledge and skill in handling major real functions of real variable linear, quadratic, polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic. Being able to use them as a tool to solve a large variety of problems.06Calculate domains and limits of functions of one and several variables. Understand and interpret the concept of continuity of functions of one or several variables.07Correctly interpret graphic representations of functions and their level curves.08Understand the concept of derivative of a function and its economic interpretation.09Calculate derivatives of functions of several variables, both first order and higher orders. Use them to solve optimization problems.010To know how to compose functions and derive composite functions by chain rule.011Recognize homogeneous functions and calculate the degree of homogeneity.012Master and internalize integration as the reverse process of differentiation. Know how to calculate actual primitive functions through the application of different methods of integration. Apply the concept of definite integral to determine areas.013Know the theory of matrices and determinants, matrix operations and dominate the calculation of determinants. Apply the matrix calculus to the discussion and resolution of systems of linear equations. Get the inverse of a matrix.014Internalize the concept of vectorial subspace, as well as to know how to obtain the parametric and implicit equations and a basis of the subspace.ContentsLecture topicsTeaching unitsU1Continuity of functions of one and several variablesU2Differentiation of real functions of one and several variablesU3Function optimizationU4IntegrationU5Matrices.U6Systems of linear equationsU7Vector SpacesAssociation between objectives and unitsObjective/UnitU1U2U3U4U5U6U7010203040506070809010011012013014ScheduleWeekTeaching unitsDirected hoursShared hoursAutonomous hoursTotal hours142282422834251144241054261264241074241084241094241010426121142410124239134241014424101542410Course contentsBasic bibliographyAlejandre Chavero, Manuel J. Cañavate Bernal, Roberto J. / Herraz Cuadrado, María Victoria. "999 Problemas de análisis matemático". Elche Universidad Miguel Hernández 1999. Larson, Roland E. Hostetler, Robert P. "Cálculo y geometría analítica". Madrid, [etc.] McGraw-Hill D.L. 1994. Marsden, Jerrold Eldon. Tromba, Anthony J. "Cálculo vectorial". México Addison Wesley Longman 1998. Burgos, Juan de (Burgos Román). "Cálculo infinitesimal (Teoría y problemas)". Madrid Alhambra 1984. Caballero Fernández, Rafael E. "Matemáticas aplicadas a la economía y a la empresa 434 ejercicios resueltos y comentados". Madrid Pirámide D.L.2000. Strang, Gilbert. López Mateos, Manuel / Meza, Margarita de. "Álgebra lineal y sus aplicaciones". Argentina [etc.] Addison-Wesley Iberoamericana cop. 1986. García López, Alfonsa. "Cálculo I Teoría y problemas de análisis matemático en una variable". Madrid CLAGSA D.L. 1998. García López, Alfonsa. "Cálculo II Teoría y problemas de funciones de varias variables". [Madrid] Clagsa [1996]. Complementary bibliographyBurgos, Juan de (Burgos Román). "Cálculo infinitesimal de una variable". Madrid McGraw-Hill, Interamericana de España 19941997. Burgos, Juan de (Burgos Román). "Cálculo infinitesimal de varias variables". Madrid[etc.] McGraw-Hill D.L. 1995. Tébar Flores, E. "Problemas de álgebra lineal". Madrid [etc.] Tebar Flores D.L. 1977. Bru, Rafael. "Problemas de álgebra lineal". Valencia Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Servicio de Publicaciones [1998]. Alejandre Chavero, Manuel J. Soler i Escriváa, Xaro / Toledo Melero, Fco. Javier. "Problemas de matemáticas asistidos con DERIVE 5 Análisis matemático". Elx Universidad Miguel Hernández 2002. Alejandre Chavero, Manuel J. Soler i Escriváa, Xaro / Toledo Melero, Fco. Javier. "Problemas de matemáticas asistidos con DERIVE 5 Álgebra lineal". Elx Universidad Miguel Hernández 2002. Amigó García, José María. "Fundamentos de Matemáticas". Elche Universidad Mihuel Hernández D.l. 2000. LinksVarious issues for strengthening the mathematical basis required for this course.Exercises on basic math skills.Exercises on background needed to study the subject.SoftwareDERIVE 6Methodology and gradingMethodologyLecture: Pass on knowledge and activate cognitive processes in students, encouraging their participation.Problem-based learning: Develop active learning strategies through problem solving that promote thinking, experimentation, and decision making in the student.Solving exercises and problems: Exercise, test, and apply previous knowledge through routine repetition.GradingIn February the student will be able to choose between a system of continuous evaluation system or a final evaluation system.Continuous evaluation system:The final grade will be obtained as follows:FINAL MARK = 0.85xE + 0.1xP + 0.05xT, whereE = final exam mark (0-10)P = computer exam mark (0-10)T = The assistance at the problems workshops and / or participation in the class , seminars, tutorials, etc. punctuation for tutorials (0-10). The number of participations and the quality of them will be valued fundamentally.It will be necessary to have passed E with a mark of at least 4 points out of 10 and, in addition, to obtain a FINAL MARK equal to or greater than 5 points (out of 10).DESCRIPTION AND QUALIFICATION OF EXAMINATIONS:The exams will be based on the resolution of problems and issues related to the contents of the subject. The score of each exam will be about 10 points. The subject consists of three blocks of differentiated content, so the final exam will consist of three parts, one for each block, with different weights. Each block of contents is composed of the following didactic units:1. BLOCK 1: Didactic Units 1 and 2. (30% of the E mark).2. BLOCK 2: Didactic units 3 and 4. (40% of the E mark).3. BLOCK 3: Didactic Units 5, 6 and 7. (30% of the E mark).Therefore, the rating corresponding to E is calculated as follows:E = 0.3 x Exam Mark Block 1 + 0.4 x Exam Mark Block 2+ 0.3 x Exam Mark Block 3The examination of each block will be done during the course once the corresponding contents have been taught. It is essential to obtain a mark of at least 4 points out of 10 in each of the blocks. Those who have not obtained a mark equal to or greater than 4 in each of the blocks, can perform a single examination (in which the three blocks will be evaluated) on the day set for the ordinary February exam.DESCRIPTION AND QUALIFICATION OF PRACTICES:There will be an exam in the last practice session, in the computer classroom. It will consist in the resolution of problems through the DERIVE program.Final evaluation system:The final gmark will be obtained as follows: FINAL NOTE = 0.85xE + 0.1xP + 0.05T, whereE = final mark of a single exam (0-10), which will be held on the day set for the ordinary February session.P = qualification of the exam of computer practices (0-10), which will be carried out after the development exam, on the day set for the ordinary call of February.T = punctuation for tutorials, participation and attendance to class, workshops and to the activities that are programmed (0-10).To pass the subject, it is necessary to have a FINAL MARK equal to or greater than 5 (out of 10).For the September and December exams, the mark is obtained by FINAL MARK = 0.9xE + 0.1xP, where E is the qualification obtained in the examination carried out in the corresponding call and P corresponds to the qualification of the exam of practices.Correction criteriaEach problem or issue of both the development exams and the corresponding to practices, will be scored according to the quality of its approach and numerical resolution.Adenda a la guía docente (excepcional por COVID-19)Consecuencia de la situación de excepcionalidad provocada por el COVID-19, y ante la necesidad de adaptación del sistema universitario español a la no presencialidad, el desarrollo de la actividad docente correspondiente al segundo cuatrimestre del curso 2019/2020 estará sujeto a los siguientes cambios en la guía docente que se concretan como adenda a la previamente aprobada para la asignatura.Esta breve adenda cumple una doble función:Primero.- Concreta en cada asignatura los criterios generales aprobados para toda la Universidad respecto a la adaptación de la docencia al formato no presencial para este segundo cuatrimestre: cambios introducidos en la metodología docente y el sistema de evaluación aplicables en este periodo de excepción ( de acuerdo con las Reflexiones del Ministerio de Universidades, de 4 de abril de 2020, sobre criterios generales para la adaptación del sistema universitario español ante la pandemia del Covid-19, durante el curso 2019-2020, así como el Acuerdo de REACU de 3 de abril de 2020, ante la situación de excepción provocada por el COVID-19)Segundo.- Hace público y oficializa el cambio de procedimiento evaluador y los criterios que lo condicionan, garantizándose el procedimiento de seguimiento de las titulaciones por los sistemas internos de garantía de la calidad y por las Agencias Evaluadoras app_Android | app_iOS | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | | LinkedIn | Instagram | Pinterest +34 96 665 8500 | Contact us:info(arroba)umh.es Miguel Hernández University 2020


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Additional Programs
M.O.P.S. is a unique opportunitiy for Mothers Of PreschoolerS to meet for fellowship, spiritual growth, and learning.
M.O.P.S. meet each second and fourth Monday from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. during the school year.
Toes of Grace
Toes of Grace began with a vision to offer dance classes that would glorify the Lord and emphasize excellent dance education. Dancing is fun at ToGDS! We offer weekly classes in the Family Ministry Center in a variety of styles, including ballet, tap, jazz and hip-hop!
Moms Next
MOMSnext is a ministry for moms who have children in elementary through high school. It offers a balance of Biblical teaching, practical information, guest speakers, breakout sessions, prayer time, creative/social activities, service opportunities, and plenty of fun! Come be a part of something special, as we work together to build strong faith, families, and communities.
Leader: Jennifer Goggin and Jennifer Jones
Starts: Mon., 9/19 at 9:30-11:30 AM
Length: on-going, 3rd Monday monthly through May
Room: Weekley 2209
Cost: $35


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The Foreigner
Quan (Jackie Chan) is a London businessman whose long-buried past erupts when his teenage daughter dies in an act of politically motivated terrorism. His search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official. Directed by Martin Campbell.
Paddington 2
Settled in with the Brown family, Paddington the bear (Ben Whishaw) is now a popular member of the community. One day, he spots an antique book as a gift for his aunt's birthday. When a thief steals the book, Paddington embarks on an epic quest to unmask the culprit before Aunt Lucy's big celebration. Directed by Paul King.
Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead
Set in the 18th century Joseon dynasty, Detective K (Kim Myung-min) and his partner (Oh Dal-soo) are once again called upon to solve a series of murders. Along the way, he teams up with a beautiful woman (Kim Ji-won) with amnesia and together they discover vampire bite marks on all the bodies. Directed by Kim Sok-yun.
Insidious: The Last Key
Brilliant parapsychologist Elise Rainier (Lin Shaye) receives a disturbing phone call from a man who claims that his house is haunted. Accompanied by her two investigative partners, Rainier travels to Five Keys to confront and destroy the demon that she accidentally set free years earlier. Directed by Adam Robitel.
Suk-hun (Ryu Seung-ryong) inadvertently acquires supernatural power. He tries to save his daughter Roo-mi (Shim Eun-kyung) after she gets involved in an unexpected accident, but runs into trouble in the process. Directed by Yeon Sang-ho.


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(Album) Nintama Rantaro the Musical - Ninja Academy Cultural Festival (Ninjutsu Gakuen Gakuen Sai): Special Songs
Regular price ¥2,300
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Release Date:01/13/17
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
- Reddy, T Agami
- Arizona State University
- Bryan, Harvey
- 1 Al-Hassawi, Omar Dhia Sadulah
- 1 Chalfoun, Nader
- 1 Public
- Sustainability
- Architectural engineering
- Passive and Hybrid Downdraft Cooling Towers
- 1 Architecture
- 1 Multi-stage Downdraft Cooling Tower
- 1 Passive Cooling
- 1 Passive Downdraft Evaporative Cooling Tower
- 1 Passive Downdraught Cooling
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- 1 Single Stage Downdraft Cooling Tower
- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
Passive cooling techniques, specifically passive downdraft cooling (PDC), have proven to be a solution that can address issues associated with air conditioning (AC). Globally, over 100 buildings have integrated PDC in its different forms, most of which use direct evaporative cooling. Even though all surveyed buildings were energy efficient and cost-effective and most surveyed buildings were thermally comfortable, application of PDC remains limited. This study aims to advance performance of the single stage passive downdraft evaporative cooling tower (PDECT), and expand its applicability beyond the hot dry conditions where it is typically used, by designing and testing a multi-stage passive …
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- Al-Hassawi, Omar Dhia Sadulah, Bryan, Harvey, Reddy, T Agami, et al.
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Niko D. Schroeder's compositions span a wide array of genres, from contemporary classical to punk rock. Regardless of venue and medium, collaboration and the communal aspects of music are central to his work. His projects often incorporate co-composition, multimedia, and direct response to the work of others.
His collaborative spirit also informs his work as a bandleader and performer. He has toured with rock, jazz, and contemporary classical ensembles in many capacities, and he regularly performs with his polka outfit, the Bierkeller Boys Oompah Band. As manager of several chamber ensembles and as the sound engineer for the Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, he has facilitated the premieres of dozens of new works. Cherished past projects include several ensembles dedicated to co-composition, like indie-pop band The Lake Effects and folk/classical quintet Waiting for Niko. His music has also been performed by the Donald Sinta Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, invoke string quartet, GVSU New Music Ensemble, and members of Fifth House Ensemble.
Niko is a graduate assistant with the New Music Initiative at the University of Missouri, Columbia, where he serves as both educator and sound engineer. He was the recipient of the 2019 Sinquefield Prize, the university's highest honor for a composer. Niko holds a Bachelor of Arts from Grand Valley State University, where he was named the 2015/16 and 16/17 Composer of the Year, won the 2017 Concerto Competition, and was awarded the Glenn A. Niemeyer Award—the highest distinction for student contributions to the university. He is a co-owner of the Green Bay Packers.


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There were, once, Buddhas in Bamiyan, known to locals as Salsal and Shamama, standing in the shadow of the Hindu Kush. In 2001, only two years after he had promised to protect them, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar forced townspeople to drill charges of dynamite into the statues, the largest of which was 180 feet tall — then, the world's tallest standing Buddha. With the help of anti-tank mines and rockets, the statues that had stood since the sixth century were reduced instantly to rubble. Every soul in Bamiyan wishes it did not happen.
The stark man-made niches into which the Buddhas were hewn are the face of the province, now empty, but in no way robbed of their history. Long before the founding of Islam and its arrival in the region, Bamiyan was a stop along the Silk Road at the heart of a thriving Buddhist empire.
Two short millennia later in the 1960's and 70's, it was a popular resting place on the Hippie Trail — the overland route to Kathmandu — where thousands of wayfaring flower children could smoke local weed and hash at the feet of male Salsal, "light shines through the universe," or female Shamama, "Queen Mother".
There are far fewer tourists now, though the name still rings familiar to many Western travelers. From what I was told by my hosts, owners of the new Rah-e Abrisham tour agency based out of Bamiyan, I was the first since April. But all this is changing.
In the spring, Bamiyan played host to the "First Afghan Ski Challenge," coordinated by the Swiss and Afghan members of the new Bamiyan Ski Club. Gear donated from Italy waits for March 2012, stacked neatly on shelves in an underground shed by the Rah-e-Abrisham lodge.
Organizer Christoph Zürcher hopes the event will expand beyond this year's ten Afghan participants to include dozens of local and foreign skiers, novices and experts alike. Registration is already open, and the $800 fee, which Afghan nationals do not need to pay, comes with an event parka and T-shirt — perhaps Afghanistan's first original, branded merchandise.
The town's name comes from the Sanskrit, varmayana, "colored". Assorted shades of green fields are tended by farmers; far away in the distance are the brown and gold sandstone cliffs, marked by nooks in the shape of a Russian matryoshka doll, the memory of their giant former tenants.
Across the valley floor rises the Koh-e-Baba mountain range, always black and capped with white snow at 16,000 feet high — one peak known as Koh-e-Allah, "Mountain of God", has snow drifts that spell out "Allah" in Persian script and never-melting ice. When it isn't dark gray, the sky is bright blue and rarely hot: it is fifteen degrees cooler than Kabul in the Bamiyan bazaar, 8,200 feet above sea level.
When the Taliban demolished the Buddhas, they unwittingly uncovered a series of 50 hidden caves and temples carved into the rock behind them. A dozen of these are decorated with oil paintings from as far back as the fifth century, many hundreds of years before Europeans began doing the same. In their crusade to eradicate idolatry, the Taliban helped discover the oldest oil paintings in the world.
A narrow staircase shoots up and over each massive recess, and on every landing there is something small. These caves and domed temples are mostly no wider than fifteen feet, but no two are the same: carvers had little allegiance to any particular architectural style, and the result reflects a kind of worldwide Buddhist aesthetic.
On these walls, Silk Road merchants may have painted proof of their passage with poppy seed and walnut oils. The colors are faded and much has been lost to time, but designs are still visible: a swath of red and orange, a geometric pattern around the cornice, the side of a face.
The Taliban government was ousted eight months after the statues were shattered; they now have no control in Bamiyan. The work of Swiss, Japanese and UNESCO reconstruction efforts is clearly visible in wooden sheds housing millions of stone fragments, all carefully numbered and labeled. One researcher in Munich is confident he knows how to put one back together.
Fifteen minutes due west by taxi is Dara-e Azhdahar, "Dragon Valley", a land which is home to a different legend — this one indestructible. Past a small town pinched between sharp cliffs that look like petrified theater curtains, the road turns to face a massive stone hill.
This is a once great dragon defeated by Ali, the fourth Islamic Caliph, and the defining patriarch of Shia Islam. A fissure wide enough to fall into snakes along the spine and marks the strip of flesh cut to save a young girl from sacrifice. The dragon weeps to this day: a gurgling opening at the end of the crevice noisily spits clear, salty water in paroxysmal spurts.
Another fifty miles pass by beautifully through barren, sandy bluffs and lush farmland with sheep out to pasture, all with ice-capped mountains in the near distance. Paying very close attention to faded signs along the dust and mud road, ignoring them, and then relying on his instinct, our driver takes a turn to the right.
Immediately, an enormous lake appeared a thousand feet below. This is the driveway to Band-e Amir, Afghanistan's first and only national park, home to six sapphire-blue lakes magically sprung from the alpine desert. Entry costs fifty afghanis (one dollar).
Towering cliffs form the walls of each lake, stunningly reddish brown and gray, changing colors with the sunlight; each is separated from the next by a natural dam of white, calcareous travertine and spills over its edges like an infinity pool. The overflow cascades down the calcium-rich rock in sparkling waterfalls toward the next lake. These dams are the park's namesake — Band-e Amir, named for Ali, is "King's Dam".
On the approach, we had seen Band-e Haibat, "Grandiose Dam." The others are Gholaman (slaves), Qambar (Ali's personal slave), Zulfiqar (Ali's sword), Pudina (wild mint) and Panir (cheese).
The view further along the entrance is enough to make your eyes explode — a second lake actively sloshes into the desert, accented with bright white rock and thick verdure that follow no natural pattern, all flanked by mountains that spoil whatever surprises await us on Mars (a satellite photo of Band-e Amir looks eerily like the Red Planet). In the winter, all of this is spectacular snow and ice.
Across the water is a shrine venerating Ali, and offering shelter when the afternoon gale whips dust and rain across the water on the heels of Afghanistan's 2:00 p.m. black clouds. This passes quickly, and picnicking families return to the flotilla of colorful paddle boats and kayaks that are the park's one tourist amenity — apart from this, it's all nature.
Restaurants in the area offer bread and thick local butter that tastes almost like cheese, with black or green tea and jars of blood-red jam. After a long morning of relaxing, nothing tops a spot of tea sipped reclining on pillows on the floor. In the nearby town of Yakawlang, we picked up lunch: tender chunks of lamb on the bone, wrapped in a container of fresh Afghan bread, and packed with salt and spices to sprinkle on liberally by the lake.
From the end of the road at the foot of Band-e Haibat, a short trail hugs the cliff face and drops down to the water, ice cold year-round. But this Afghan weekend getaway wouldn't be perfect without a swim, and so, in its perfection, the park offers shallow, warmer crystal clear pools with sandy white bottoms.
The pools are each like their own secluded beach, surrounded by geometric rock formations, trickling streams, and near mosquito-less greenery. Mind the fish if you go for a dip, but don't worry — all they'll do is nibble.


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UK: The manufacturers of Jaguar Land Rover are investing $25 million with San Francisco, California-based cab services company, Lyft, to expand business and develop technologies for self-driving cars.
The investment was made through Jaguar Land Rover's mobility services business InMotion Ventures that focuses on autonomous cars and other technology. As part of the deal, the company has agreed to supply a fleet of its vehicles including Jaguar and Land Rover cars.
The collaboration will provide a "real-world platform helping us develop our connected and autonomous services," InMotion Managing Director Sebastian Peck said.
InMotion had earlier invested in SPLT, a Detroit-based digital carpool business. SPLT works with Lyft to provide non-emergency medical transport.
Lyft had announced earlier this month that it was forming a research partnership with self-driving startup nuTonomy. The companies plan to look at how passengers book and route a self-driving car and how they interact with it. Lyft has also partnered with General Motors to research autonomous ride-hailing.


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I love gaming and I love space Simulators, I also hope to be able to experience space travel before I kick the bucket, but I have wondered, who and where would be the best place to live to get a better chance of this happening.
From the first satellites fired into orbit to man's first triumphant step on the moon, the idea of space travel has sparked imaginations across the globe for decades.
Now, the very same launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre that once saw Apollo 11 soar for the moon recently launched a rocket to truly signal the next generation of space travel – Space X. Whereas once there were a handful of nations competing to reach the stars, now there are countless global companies all fighting for a slice of the sky pie.
The rest of us can still only dream of one day experiencing space travel too, but who exactly will take us there?
In a brand new interactive piece, Space: A Private Frontier, explore the latest launch technology for the biggest players in the global space race and how the organisations came to be, along with how much it costs to send up one of their rockets!
The companies compared include:
- Space X
- Virgin Galactic
- Blue Origin
- Roscomos
- ArianeSpace
- StratoLaunch
- United Launch Alliance
From Space X's iconic Falcon 9 rocket that led to a Tesla drifting through space, to United Launch Alliance's aptly-named Vulcan rocket – the race to space is getting faster every time, but hasn't been without its drawbacks.
Estimates for the full launches of each rocket can vary depending on what technical issues have been hit – which is why the predictions on the piece are based on the very latest launch dates that the companies or government agencies have provided – and of course, for some of the – footage of them being launched!
To get an educational overview of what the biggest players in the space industry are up to, and how far they are from their plans of space domination – look no further.


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When Stephanie told us she had cancer…
Since 2009 Stephanie has been a staple at Tea by Two. She loves providing the tea experience to both new and seasoned tea enthusiasts.
When Stephanie told us she had cancer we were of course surprised and sad.
She worked regularly through her first year of treatment and never revealed all that she was battling. She seemed as cheerful and energetic as ever.
As she moves into this next phase of treatment, she has had to reduce her hours. Friends of Stephanie have set up a Go Fund Me page to help defray some of the costs of her continued treatment.
Give if you can and most of all pray for our dear friend.
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From the first whistle of a boiling kettle to the last drop in a china teacup, afternoon tea is a charming, relaxing and delightful experience. Our dream was to create a special place for friends and family to celebrate, support, or just "catch up" with each other. As you enjoy one of our 80 varieties of fine loose teas, we hope you will discover the pleasant ritual of taking tea.


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