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I really appreciated having the chance to read "Near Disaster Over Nagasaki" [September]. Chuck Sweeney was never given the same "star" treatment as was given to Paul Tibbets. The story was extremely well researched, extremely well written and extremely informative.
One of the reasons I enjoyed the article was seeing the map showing mission routes. When I was an airline pilot, I flew routes to and from Tokyo to Saipan and Guam. I was able to take a short flight from Saipan to Tinian and saw what is left of North Field and the atom bomb pits. The weather along those routes was really variable.
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I am 58 years old. I know the publishing world is rapidly changing, but I think you folks are doing a great job keeping up. I just renewed my subscription for another year. I don't currently have a job, but I made a point of finding the money to keep the magazine coming to my mailbox.
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Corvallis, Ore.
I have for several years subscribed to Aviation History and always enjoyed the magazine. So it was with the usual expectation I opened the September issue, and to my horror discovered a layout change that makes it very annoying to read! Splitting up the pages in four narrow columns—sometimes with only three to four words in a line—is hard to read and makes for a very disturbing, unpleasant experience. Please bring back the old two-column per page layout!
Steen Hjuvler Nielsen
Lemvig, Denmark
I just wanted to say how pleased I am with the revamped format. Another aviation-related magazine I subscribe to also recently revamped their magazine, but it was not done correctly in my opinion. You guys hit the mark. Happy 25th anniversary as well!
On another note, I was interested in reading Walter Boyne's top 10 list of aviation movies on your website, but I can't locate it.
Tim Chaloner
Newton, N.J.
Thanks to you and all the other readers who wrote in to comment about Aviation History's new look. Sorry you were unable to locate Walt's article. Our website is also undergoing a full makeover, and it's currently a work in progress. But you can always use the search function to find articles using a few keywords from the title. –Ed.
The First Crusader
I was overtaken by nostalgia at seeing a photo of the first Vought XF8U-1 Crusader in September's "Briefing." In 1987, when I first went to work for South Seattle College, I found myself doing the inventory for the A&P aviation school. The dean of the division, Ted Rigoni, was otherwise occupied, so as the one other administrator who knew anything about aviation (I had just come off a two-year stint as a curator at Seattle's Museum of Flight), I was tagged for the job.
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Where had it come from? How? Why? I never did get the full story, save that some years back Rigoni had been instrumental in rescuing it from a reincarnation as pop cans and Cessnas. From then on, it sat inside a heated building, lavished with liberal amounts of TLC. I visited it often and had many conversations with Ted about one day fully restoring it.
Ted's gone now, but I think he'd have been delighted at what the Museum of Flight has done with the old girl since acquiring her in the mid-'90s. We often jokingly accused him of not actually running an aviation school at all, but instead curating a highly eclectic air museum. It was an accusation he never categorically denied.
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Forum Post: I bet most of y'all missed this horror story...
Posted 8 years ago on May 15, 2012, 10:07 a.m. EST by Spade2
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Posted 8 years ago on May 15, 2012, 10:07 a.m. EST by Spade2
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Another article in reference to the subject matter of this 'forum-post' :
quis custodiet ipsos custodes ? ...
The 'nola.com' link to a New Orleans 'Times-Picayune' story is shocking but well worth being aware of lest such a situation comes a calling to a municipality near you !!!
caveat ...
If you look at some of the data they have, it already is in some states. Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama also have high incarceration rates and not surprisingly have the same factors that lead to this: private prisons, widespread poverty, and poor education.
'S2' : Please see the following links. The first is a long but very interesting article from 'The Atlantic' from some time ago, which speaks directly to the subject matter of your 'forum-post' and comment and the second more recent item, speaks for itself :
"The Prison-Industrial Complex ; Correctional officials see danger in prison overcrowding. Others see opportunity. The nearly two million Americans behind bars—the majority of them nonviolent offenders—mean jobs for depressed regions and windfalls for profiteers." by Eric Schlosser : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19152.htm .
"Occupy A Private Prison : Shut Down Stewart Detention Center", by Robert Greenwald : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article29733.htm .
fiat lux ...
Ever lived in New Orleans - I did and don't want to go back. If there is a problem with people going to prison maybe the problem is not the prison but the people.
Do you really think the people of our society are "kind and gentle"? I don't think so.
I'm from there and the point of the article is that private prisons, widespread poverty, and a horrible education system leads to this problem, not the actual people of Louisiana.
I agree spade, high levels of inequality have also been shown to create these problems. Luisiana is one of the states that rank highest on the scale on inequality and USA leads the world in general. It's not just the poor that suffer but the whole society. It also creates a strong us vs. them mentality which, as in this example, helps people justify their horrible actions against other human beings. Also read a while back that California has about 300 people serving life for shoplifting under the three strikes and you are out program.


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BEIJING. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on Thursday donated books and educational materials to Pakistan,s Embassy College in Beijing.
The "Books Donation" ceremony, was attended by a delegation from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Ms. Hou Yanqi, Deputy Director General (Asia Division), held at Pakistan Embassy College Beijing(PECB).
Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador of Pakistan Masood Khalid said that in the fast paced world of today, "we have to ensure that our children get the right education, to equip them to become good citizens".
He stressed upon the need of inculcating strong reading habits in the children as there was no substitute to book reading to acquire knowledge.
The Ambassador thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the gift which testified to time tested friendship between China and Pakistan. He hoped that the school shall use the gift efficiently.
Ms. Hou Yanqi, in her address, termed the opportunity to be at PECB as very refreshing and rewarding.
She said that 2016 marks the 65th anniversary of Pak-China diplomatic relationship, and MOFA selected PECB as the first school to receive this gift as a manifestation of abiding Pak-China friendship which is the top priority of Chinese foreign policy.
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PECB Principal Ms. Shaqufta Ansari said that PECB was established in 1969 on the suggestion of the then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai to the then Pakistani President Ayub Khan. A presentation about school's achievements was shown to the audience.
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West Hazleton police took a Centre County man into custody minutes before midnight Friday after he struggled with officers, police say.
Officers said Alan D. Dorsey, 36, of Bellefonte pulled a utility knife from the fanny pack he was wearing during the encounter in which police also found a loaded gun and drugs in a vehicle.
A Sugarloaf Twp. women was also arrested.
Officers found Dorsey and the woman, Brooke E. Burke, 26, in the area of South Broad Street around 11:50 p.m. Friday while responding to a reported fight.
Dorsey refused officers' commands, wouldn't identify himself and was "immediately uncooperative," police said.
Growing increasingly agitated with the three borough officers who responded, Dorsey attempted to reach into an unzipped fanny pack he was wearing around his waist, according to officers.
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Magisterial District Judge James Haggerty, Kingston, set his bail at $100,000 and unable to immediately post it, he was taken to jail.
Burke, meanwhile was charged with felonies for prohibited possession of a firearm and firearms not to be carried without a license.
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West Hazleton Police Chief Brian Buglio said no injuries were immediately reported and borough officers received assistance from Hazleton police.
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Yet another student has been suspended for having something that represents a gun, but isn't actually anything like a real gun.
This time, Daniel McClaine, Jr., a freshman at Poston Butte High School in Tan Valley, Arizona, made the mistake of setting a picture of a gun as the desktop background on his school-issued computer.
The picture shows an AK-47 lying on a flag, reports KNXV-TV. The gun isn't his, McClaine assured the ABC affiliate in Phoenix. He found it on the Internet and liked it, partly because he is interested in serving in the military after graduation.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/02/high-school-freshman-suspended-for-having-a-picture-of-a-gun/#ixzz2K2hrPCyg


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I've already held forth here on my reservations regarding the idea of Jack Kirby playing a "lone hand" during his long and estimable career. Still, I threw myself into the debate once more on a listserve, starting with an observation that even if Stan Lee had given Kirby and Steve Ditko every credit that modern fans think that they merited, this credit would never have been noticed by the average person outside comics-fandom. Such outsiders would have continued to believe Stan Lee created everything because he was the most visible figure, just as filmgoers think of Alfred Hitchcock as the sole author of his films, even though he never wrote any of them.
My point is that the general public doesn't remember all the collaborators for
popular works; average audiences are doing good if they can remember one major
player attached to a given work. I'm not necessarily making a one-on-one
comparison between Lee and Hitchcock, though I think Lee did marshal talent in a
manner comparable to the way Hitchcock did-- an important factor in such
collaborative endeavors.
Maybe this comparison will sit better with you:
Lee and Frank Capra. To underscore the comparison, Capra wrote a very
self-serving autobio in which he basically claimed that he, the director, did it
all. Later a critic-- Joseph McBride?-- wrote a well-research refutation of
Capra's "I did it all" assertion. McBride demonstrated that all of Capra's
financial or critical successes stemmed from his collaborations with two key
writers-- two writers whom the general public will never know. Sound
And yet, saying that Capra and Lee didn't do it all isn't the
same as saying that they did nothing.
On Kirby and writing: well, they
are documented artist-writers, like Jack Cole, who did for comic books what
Foster and Caniff did for comic strips. (Raymond started out collaborating with
a writer for some years though; don't know how many.) But the problem with
Kirby is that his Golden Age work is so tied to the S&K partnership. I have
no problem with believing that Kirby plotted his stories, probably with little
or no advance notes before he started drawing. But-- DID HE DIALOGUE THEM?
Apparently neither he nor Simon kept records; we don't even know if Kirby got a
separate writer-payment in those days, the very thing which became the bone of
contention in the Marvel years. (Maybe if one of us was an IRS agent, we could
check Kirby's 1940s filings!) The Golden Age works, from SANDMAN to BOYS RANCH,
are all basically well written pulp entertainment, efficient but not
stylistically outstanding.
Then there's a fifteen-year period in which exigencies forced Kirby to
collaborate outside the S&K shop, where so many hands contributed. Kirby
works with Dave Wood, Stan Lee, and Larry Leiber, possibly rewriting a lot of
what he's given, and only rarely does he have a dialogue-credit, as in that one
issue of Nick Fury.
Then, toward the end of his first Marvel tenure, he
gets sole credit on a couple of features: one of which is passable (Ka-Zar), one
of which is ghastly (Inhumans). He goes to DC, and though some of his
dialogue-writing experiments with Shakespearean rythyms, a lot of his dialogue
is, in a word, goofy.
So again I ask the question--
If Kirby
was writing such competent dialogue back in the 1940s-- when he himself was in
his late twenties and early thirties-- HOW DID HE LOSE THAT
That one factor makes me doubt that Jack Kirby ever wrote a
line of dialogue in the 1940s and 1950s.
I'm not saying that I believe
it impossible; that Kirby was once capable of very efficient pulp dialogue, and
then just lost the knack.
But an alternate theory would be that Kirby
might have had a lot of help over rough spots in his shop days, so that he
wasn't fully prepared to write dialogue as a solo talent in the 1970s.
FOOTNOTE: Another member of the listserve provided specifics on Alex Raymond's writer-collaborators--
"Alex Raymond had Don Moore as his writer for most of FLASH GORDON and JUNGLE
JIM. Dashiell Hammett, Don Moore and Leslie Charteris were his writers for
SECRET AGENT X-9. Ward Green and Fred Dickinson were his writers for RIP KIRBY."
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In a sign of how the Senate is adjusting to a new set of procedural rules, senators will be summoned again Friday and over the weekend for a series of votes on lower-level nominees amid sustained Republican objections to the changes.
The process of approving several of President Obama's picks to serve on federal courts and agencies began early Thursday when the Senate confirmed Cornelia "Nina" Pillard to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is the second of three Obama nominees confirmed to the court, and legal scholars expect that the new judges will rebalance what is considered the nation's second-most-important federal court because it handles federal regulation cases.
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A Supreme Court scholar at Georgetown University, Pillard has argued dozens of cases before the Supreme Court and other federal courts. In a statement Thursday, Obama noted that Pillard defended the constitutionality of the Family and Medical Leave Act before the Supreme Court. "I'm confident she will be a diligent, thoughtful and judicious addition to the D.C. Circuit," he said.
Five senators did not vote on the Pillard nomination early Thursday.
Later in the day, senators confirmed one of Obama's picks to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and others to serve on federal district courts in Montana, New Hampshire and New York. Overnight and into Friday, senators will continue with procedural and confirmation votes on Deborah Lee James to serve as secretary of the Air Force, Heather Higginbottom to serve as the deputy secretary of state for management and Anne W. Patterson to serve as an assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs.
On Friday, the Senate will begin debating Johnson's nomination, with a vote expected Saturday afternoon, aides said.


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Columbia North Neighborhood meeting gives residents a voice
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COLUMBIA - Residents from Columbia's North Neighborhood met on Thursday night to talk about their community concerns with officials from the city.
Neighbors broke into groups to talk about and write down issues that were important to them. Organizers said the problems that residents wrote down will be used to create change in the neighborhood. Issues that community members brought up were police response time, safety, jobs, community centers and neighborhood associations.
Elisa Glick, a strategic partner with the City of Columbia, said a lot of the issues that residents talked about were things the city is already aware of. She said it was important to listen to residents' needs.
"What we're about is empowering the residents to make the changes that they think are most important and the things that will help them to build a better future," Glick said.
Nikki Mcgruder, another strategic partner with the City of Columbia, said the city can't create solutions without public feedback.
"I really hope the residents feel that their voices are what we really want to hear and their concerns are what we're really interested in learning about. Because this is not going to work without their feedback and them being candid in their responses and giving us the information that we need," Mcgruder said.
Columbia Police Department Community Outreach Unit Officer Scott Lenger said residents talked about crime that they already know about. He said hearing their concerns was important to him.
"That's who we work for so that's the kind of input we want, so we know what to do for them instead of trying to figure out what to do for them just by our own thoughts," Lenger said.
"We hear them. We see it. Sometimes we're stretched a little thin," he said. "What's important to them is important to us since we serve them."
Organizers said they want to turn the conversation on Thursday night into action. They said they will do this at the next North Neighborhood meeting on Feb. 7.
"Everything we do, we need to move the dialogue to action and that's where we're going next," Mcgruder said.


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St Kilda East - SKCC E, WB, D Grade Marshalling - St Kilda East:
Due to some no bicycling commitments around lunch time, I only had time for marshalling at SKCC. Still the combination of E, WB and D got me almost 90km which means it didn't feel like a wasted morning.
In fact, not only was it not wasted, it was my first placing in a while. A break got up the road in d-grade, so I popped myself on the back and let the two enthusiastic gents tow me around for half an hour. Given I didnt pull a single turn it felt rude to contest, but I still rolled over the line in third place and first marshal. Now, if only I somehow convince A graders to let me sit on them in a break, I might be in with a chance.
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I'm finally back with some posting, traveling and blogging is HARD, so, all those Travel bloggers out there: I respect you even more now.
I should start by writing about the WorkCamp we (me and my sister) did in Hanawa aka Hanawa City, it was a 2 weeks Work Camp where we were going to "Make Toros (Paper Lanterns) with children from the community", yup, that's the catch of the camp, I thought we would be working with the children for those 2 weeks and it turned out different….
We spend 2 days in Tokyo before leaving for the camp, and coming from Mexico City, it wasn't much of a change, except for the insane weather, Tokio was HOT but still a city and we were not ready for what was waiting for us in Hanawa.
We took a Shinkansen train from Tokyo -> Koriyama (in Fukushima) and then transfer to a Local train to Iwaki-Hanawa, the 1st train was 1 hour and then we had to wait almost 2 hours for the next train, the local train was a small train and it took for ever (or 3 hours), I'm glad we decided to travel light and leave most of our luggage in Tokyo, it was easier to go from one place to the next one.
|Weird pic at Koriyama Sta.
Of course, when we arrived at Iwaki-Hanawa, the Camp Leader was already waiting for us with some other Campers and an older man w/his 2 daughters, little did we know, he would be with us most of the camp taking pictures non-stop lol. After some other campers came, we took off towards our accommodation, Hanawa City Hall's GYM, yup, we were sleeping on a Gym, a not bigh enough gym were the 14 of us slept for the 15 days we were there, one side for girls and the other for boys, not quite fair since we were 8 girls and 6 boys and all the other girls had big suitcases and decided to make their own closets there, Ah!, I also should notate that there was no division between the Girls-Boys sides, by the end of the camp most of us girls were sleeping almost side to side, kind of uncomfortable when it's 30°C when you wake up at 6-7am, anyway, after leaving our stuff at the CampStation (the gym), we went to the Public swimming pool/showers, we had to walk 20 minutes to get there, not that a 20 minute walk is bad, but when you go to take a shower and walk those 20 minutes back, you get hot and sweaty again…. Oh, and did I mention there are no Western style toilets at the Camp Station?, there's only 1 at Hanawa's City Hall and it's ony available from 9 to 9, and yes, you guessed it right, this was my 1st time using an Japanese toilets (TMI?? Lol), all this freaked me out and I wanted to run away, I made up a Code-word and told my sister, if you want to leave this place FOR REAL, just let me know cuz I'm ready to go, I had only been there for an hour and I was already thinking about leaving, I just felt out of place, almost everyone spoke some Japanese except for me and my sister, and most of them were Crazy-in-love-with-Japan.
We were 14 Campers:
The Leader: Alex (aka Bebé) a Korean/Japanese with a weird sense of humor, but still fun at times.
Sub Leader: Go, a 22 y/o Japanese who has traveled Europe doing workcamps, he sings, dances, has an awesome hair and is just fun to be around, although he is also very quiet and loves reading.
The Japanese Girls:
--Yuki from Chiba, fun, always smiling but her lack of English skills and my lack of Japanese made it difficult for us to talk more.
--Risa (pronounce Lisa), a 16 y/o from Osaka, Highschool student, almost no English but hella fun to be with, scared the heck out of me when did an impression of Sadako (The girl from The Ring) on one of our first nights at the camp, taught me useful words in Japanese like Oshiri (butt), Opai (Boob) and is 1 of the 4 Tomodachi=Friends, also, her Spanish accent is very good.
--Mai aka Roberta Gato, 22 y/o from a town close to Osaka, 1/3 Japanese, 1/3 French and 1/3 Mexican (not really), she lived in France for a while and can Speak French, traveled to Spain and knew a couple phrases in Spanish but learned much more in the Camp and that's how she got her Spanish name, VERY good English skills, easy to talk to, fun to be around and enjoys rolling (lolling) on the Tatami (Japanese floor), she has an amazing confidence and for her, is always Beer/Drink o'clock!, of course she is also a member of the Tomodachi club.
The worldwide Campers:
Yin-Chia from Taiwan, quiet, likes taking pictures but knows how to have some fun J
Amulanga from Russia (Not exactly Russia, she always explained her roots but I forgot now, Sorry Amulia!!!)
Martina from The Netherlands, 18 (2nd youngest), senior student in High school, she seems very quiet but she is not ;) , does not like Cheese, Coffee, Caramel, Tofu, and a billion things more, my favorite question to her was "Do you think he is cute?" and she would always say YES.
Eric, 28 from Cataluña aka SPAIN (lol), spoke with his "Mexican" accent the whole camp (not really Mexican), always complaining about how Diana and I complained haha, my Tea-mate and a very nice guy to be with.
Federico from a small town in Italy, has the most Italian English accent ever and doesn't even know it :P, also enjoys drinking and drinking games.
Luca and Roman, small town in Italy and Ukraine respectively, didn't get to know them, both act like kids, didn't actually cared to spend more time with them… sorry.
Diana, from Mexico, kinda bleh… lol :D Love ya sis!!!
The Boss: Yusuke San
Shiori San: Lovely lady, always wiling to Eat and Drink, actually, we drank almost every day with her hehe.
As you can read, it was quite a good mix the one we had, little by little the idea of leaving the camp went away and ended up having a wonderful time.
On our 1st Welcome Party it was only the Campers, the Boss and Shiori San, I don't know how but our fridge was always full of drinks/beer, we bonded through alcohol (lol) and stories.
The next day it was Sunday so we had free time half of the day, we went to a Mud Festival and I got sunburned way too much L I suffered for a week from the pain, but it was there we met Mrs. Ottomo and her baby daughter, she's one of the nicest person I met in Hanawa, after lunch we watched a video of what we had to do, a brief explanation on the Toros and how we were going to work, there were 2 kind of working teams, 1- The Cooking Team (I was with Federico and Risa) and the Working Team (I was with Martina and Go), each working time gathered and we had to decide our design for the Toro, make a sketch and receive the approval of the design, my team was really quiet but we got our design, sketch and approv al in 10 minutes (Go team!!), after that we went to the pool to swim for a bit, take a shower and come back to rest and get ready for the real welcome party, this was organized by the people from Hanawa, they cooked lots and lots of Japanese food, brought enough drinks to last a week and there was a Taiko (Japanese drums/music) performance for us, they were nice enough to greet each one of us in our language, we ate, met the locals and drink for a bit, when the party came to an end (around 9—Camp rules, no much noise after 9 and no lights after 11), everyone started helping cleaning and 20 minutes later almost everyone was gone, but the rest of us decided to drink some more and continue the party.
|Mud Fest (Not my kind of event)
The next day we would start what would be our schedule for the rest of the camp:
7:30 Breakfast ~ cooked by that day's Cooking team
8:45 Leave Campstation and go to Workstation
|Go next to our Toro "Tori Tori"
Here is where Eric and I had to go to the City Hall and make cold tea for everyone to drink while working (this lasted the 2 weeks)
9:00 Start working
10:30 Cooking team had to go start making Lunch
12:00 Lunch (Lunch was usually over at 12:15 and then it was cleaning time)
1:00 Back to work
3:30 Cooking team had to take the bikes to go shower (at the public pool), go to super market and come back to cook dinner.
4:00 Finish work and take Shower or go swimming
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Activities or Free time
9:00 Drinking –almost everyday- lol
At some point we had Icecream, people was always very nice to us and would buy us icecream, at this point I didn't know our "work" was on the Town's newspaper lol… we were the talk of the town.
|Random pic because I didn't take enough pics lol
Every day was pretty much the same, cutting Bamboo (Like Panda bears, only not as fun or cute), making structure for our over 2meters Toros, pasting paper (with GRUE aka GLUE, I loved how they said GRUE), paint the paper, put on the lights, test, check it, put tires at the bottom to make it float on the river, cleaning, etc, etc, there was always something to do, even if they said "If you finish earlier you can have free time!!", that was a LIE and I believed that lie every single time, I'm not trying to brag or anything, but my team was the 1st to finish, when I learn how to do something I learn quite fast (except things that require rhythm or coordination), and each time I finished something before the schedule I was required to do something else, I can still hear the "Gisela, clean here, pick up the garbage, wash the shows, help with this, that, skrgnse}ñkngsñkea", I got tired of that because there was people who barely helped, after lunch we all had to clean the room where we ate and the kitchen but there was people who would only bring their plate to the Kitchen and run ASAP, pft, I wish I was so careless…(not really) but I did think the activities were kind unfair, yea, you finished earlier, you can have your free time and when everyone else is done we can re-arrange the work, right?
|TMI? lol
After the 1st week people started to get very comfortable and would take any free time to sleep, and what happens after a week when there are 8 girls using the same restrooms?, it's time to Clean!!! But if the Camp Leader doesn't say so, no one does it, it got to a point when I couldn't even brush my teeth inside L so, Martina, Diana and I decided to clean it after we told Mai about it and she simply said "Just open the door" lol… Oh bebe Mai! And then the Camp Leader wouldn't even tell us what soap were we allowed to use to clean it, so fu*k it, we used every product we found, a hose and cleaned it, of course, after we cleaned everyone was saying "Good, because it smelled" O_O FML.
Those little details are what make me not want to do another WorkCamp ever, at some point it stopped me from enjoying what we were doing, especially when after just a few days there I had a confrontation with a real a**hole, see, if you know me, you'll know I'm nice and barely every get REALLY upset, but this guy got to do it in less than a week and we got into a point where I had to put a stop and just let him know I didn't want to talk to him or even have anything to do with him, work is work and we can do it together but I didn't want to see him more than that, and that's how I LOST it in hanawa (lol), even my sister was shocked.
But not everything was bad, I'm done with my complaining and now we can go to the good stuff!
I can honestly say this was a Once in a lifetime experience, I loved it and I love the people I got to meet, this allowed me to see the real Japan and meet amazing Japanese people, I didn't know what we were doing there was so important but the people from the town were always sending us drinks, snacks, food or inviting us to do something with them, we were in the newspaper a few times and people would always say Hi to us on the street, one day we went into a store just to look around and one of the owners gave us a small stuffed kitten on a Keychain! <3 .
We took a Taiko lesson and I knew that was going to be a huge FAIL for me, I was going to be really embarrassed since my coordination is 0, I have no rhythm and I basically suck at any music activity, it took me 1 Taiko Professional and 20 minutes later to finally get it (lol), he kept looking at me like "WTF is wrong with you, just do what I do" haha, but in a nice way, we sweat our asses off, who knew Taiko was so exhausting? , anyway, Thank you to all the involved in this class!
|Us girls rocking the Yukata
On another night we got to try on Yukatas (Summer Kimono), it was…HOT, lol, not Paris Hilton kind of HOT but I can barely breath and I'm sweating kind of Hot, but it was fun, we all got dressed up and then learned a dance (I of course was unable to coordinate), we took pictures and just had a great time, thank you to the Yukata Sensei's for allowing us to use them, put them on and teach us the dance, it was really nice meeting you all!.
There was also a Karaoke night (OBVIOUSLY!!), at 1st I didn't want to go because I can't sing and I hate when people makes me sing, but when I found out the a**hole was staying, we decided to go (lol), we had to pay Y1,000 (about 10 USD), got 3 beers, snacks and all the singing you wanted, it took us (Diana-Mai and I) 3 minutes to get used to it and get crazy at the Karaoke, ended up singing everything that was playing, clapping, playing the tambourine and the Maracas haha, I love it when you go somewhere with no expectations and you end up having the time of your life, by the end up the night (and some drinks) we all ended up singing "We are the wooooooooorld" and hugging each other and that's when Eric got touched in ways he wasn't expecting hahaha.
I guess for now this is enough, we also did a Home Stay but that calls for its own post and another one of the Night we finally took the Toros into the liver (river)! And our Farewell Party!
Time to enjoy the last hour of my Shinkansen ride from Hiroshima-Tokyo!
-Gisela V.
P.s. I'm so excited to be back in Tokyo, is better to have 27°C everyday than the 34-37° we had in Kyoto an Osaka!!!!
P.s.2. For better Quality pics, you can check my sister's pictures here
P.s.3. I didn't say much about making Toros with the children because those Toros were pre-made, we only had to glue them and finish them aaaaand there were just 6 children, yup 6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! L I was really disappointed at this.
|They don't look amused
Work Camp Info online: We will mainly help and join the festival by making four big lanterns 'TORO' (2 x 2 meters) and hundreds of small lanterns together with local students.


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Roche Postdoctoral Fellow (RPF) in Ophthalmology/Immunology (from April 2020, for 2 years)
Switzerland, Basel-City, Basel
The position
As a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Ophthalmology Department, you will focus on exploratory research project on interrogating inflammatory networks in diseased retinas.
The Radboud University is Roche's academic partner for this Postdoctoral Fellowship. The partnership with Academia will provide further insights on the role of specific cytokines in retinal homeostasis and disease.
In this position you will:
- Work directly with a Roche Scientist to characterize the effects of activated candidate inflammatory pathways
- Present your findings internally on a regular basis, at scientific meetings, and for high impact publications
- Be part of an exciting community of Roche scientists, fellow postdocs, and PhD students and have access to world-class resources for exploratory research
- Get exposure to industry research, and build your network of industry and academic leaders in the field
This position is sponsored by the Roche Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.
The RPF Programme has the ambition to build and maintain the Scientific Leadership of the future and to provide leading Roche scientists with the opportunity to collaborate with talented postdoctoral researchers, and leading academic research groups, from around the world. One of the key aims is to advance basic science and technologies that will be published in top-rated, peer-reviewed scientific journals, if necessary preceded by priority patent applications.
The duration of RPF project is initially set for two years, with the possibility of extension for a third year. You will be based in Basel.
You are a biologist with a postgraduate scientific degree in the field of vision research and/or immunology.
You also have experience and expertise in the following:
· Animal handling (experience with ophthalmic models of disease is strongly preferred).
· Cell culture
· ELISA, proteomics, and data processing/interpretation.
· Scientific communication, and good English language competency.
You have very good interpersonal and communication skills, are able to build good working relationships, and are an outstanding teammate. Your experience and investigative attitude allow you to work independently, to design, perform, and interpret experiments, and to embark on new scientific methodologies.
You have been actively engaged in scientific research continuously since his/her PhD (MD
or MD/PhD) and ready to start an RPF postdoctoral activity no later than 5 years after PhD (MD or MD/PhD).
When does it start?
The start date of this fellowship is April 1, or on availability. Please clearly indicate your preferred starting date on your motivation letter.
All applications should include a CV, a motivation letter, publication list with your contributions highlighted, and, if available, your PhD.
Do you know what Roche stands for? Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
More information about the RPF Programme: https://www.roche.com/careers/workplaces/wp_research/the-roche-postdoctoral-fellowship-programme.htm
If you still have questions then please check our FAQs and videos on careers.roche.ch/faq.
Are you ready to apply? We want someone who thinks beyond the job offered - someone who knows that this position can be a unique springboard to many other opportunities at Roche.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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Today I'm showing you Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse Halloween Makeup Tutorial, which is a super easy tutorial because you do not have to make that make. If you want to make the mask, which will take longer, you can do it on a balloon and then you can take that mask on and off. This Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse tutorial is more for last minute people and the ones which lover to keep it on budget. I found that this was easy to do and quick fast to my surprise to be honest. One important thing is just make sure that you do not wrap the bandage on your head to strong or you will get a headache and you will feel sick or worse.
Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse tutorial
Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse Makeup Tutorial, then you will enjoy my Silent Hill red nurse (Lisa Garland) makeup tutorial. She was my first character from the Silent Hill series. I also did another tutorial, which you should check out. It's how to make the Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse costume, which is very easy. You can add any details and make it as tight as you like. I personally do not like it to tight so this is why I make it a bit loose. Some might want to add blood to the dress but I opted not to, I think that I would have worked on the dress for three days which was too long if I wanted to add blood which wouldn't stain my house. Read more about this costume in my DIY Silent Hill Nurse costume.


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Evil Angel is preparing to release the latest BAM Vision movie on DVD. Anal Freshmen 3 is the next installment in Mick Blue's popular anal-themed franchise that is all about young starlets getting fucked in the butt. Also, all the girls are dressed as schoolgirls to make things even more kinky.
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Luna Lovely also began her hardcore career earlier this year. Having only performed in about 15 XXX movies thus far, it's possible she's the member of the Anal Freshmen 3 cast that most of you are least familiar with. Nearly half of her work has been for Evil Angel and she's also performed a whole lot of anal scenes. Also, her tattoos are probably better than yours.
What do you think?
Anal Freshmen 3 is set to be released on DVD today from Evil Angel, features four hardcore anal B/G scenes and has a runtime of 4 hours 26 minutes.
What are your thoughts on what we've seen so far from Mick Blue's latest XXX project? Tell us all about it in the comments below or just pack your shit and get out of here. GET OFF MY LAWN, HIPPIE!


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As DPI vendors embrace virtualization, deploying virtualized functions on COTS hardware to perform Layer 5-7 packet inspection makes sense as applications require intelligence, database lookups or logic, which is well-suited for general purpose CPUs. However, performing layer 2-4 packet inspection and distribution requires raw speed, which is better suited for network processor technology.
FlowEngine provides reliable Layer 2-4 data plane processing, flow-based distribution and traffic steering at wire speed – all managed with open SDN control. Integrating FlowEngine with your offering results in a more efficient SDN-enabled virtualized DPI solution for communication service providers.
FlowEngine helps DPI and LI Solution Vendors solve the following challenges:
Challenge #1: Current DPI Solutions Can't Deliver Required Scale and Performance
Today's DPI protocol-based inspection doesn't have the data plane processing capacity to unscramble and decrypt thousands of packets/second. FlowEngine complements DPI and LI solutions, delivering high performance data plane processing and wirespeed flow classification, thereby increasing service throughput and leaving more capacity for VNF processing. Once a flow is classified, FlowEngine intelligently distributes the flow to the appropriate VNF where Layer 5-7 DPI and LI application processing can be performed more efficiently.
Challenge #2: DPI Functions are Becoming Virtualized and Specialized
As DPI applications move into the cloud and become more specialized, DPI and LI vendors are finding gaps in performance and scalability. We designed FlowEngine to operate in SDN and NFV infrastructures to deliver service-aware flow distribution and to redefine how services can be implemented to scale and achieve high levels of reliability.
Challenge #3: Disparate Solutions Bring Cost and Complexity to the Network
Traffic distribution to date has been achieved through a complex integration of discrete load balancers, edge routers and data center switches. FlowEngine replaces these components with a single system, reducing complexity, redundancy, and scalability issues while also decreasing CapEx and OpEx. FlowEngine combines essential feature capabilities with service-aware traffic steering functions and integrated SDN support. We provide the processing and programmability, allowing DPI and LI Solution Vendors to focus on specialized best-of-breed functions.
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Business Benefits
- A more economical and scalable approach to building a virtualized DPI solution
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- Delivers up to 1.2 Tbps of Layer 2-4 packet classification and load balancing throughput in a 3U appliance
- Intelligently steer individual data flows to the network resources required , improving overall utilization of the entire pool of NFV compute resources
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1) Can Radisys help me accelerate my time to market?
Yes. FlowEngine delivers high performance Layer 2-4 classification and forwarding of virtualized DPI functions in the correct sequence, enabling you to focus your resources on Layer 5-7 DPI processing logic. By partnering with Radisys, you can bring your solutions to market faster.
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We designed FlowEngine for multi-vendor SDN and NFV environments and easy integration. In an SDN architecture, SDN controllers update match/action tables in Radisys' FlowEngine elements using OpenFlow. These same SDN controllers orchestrate and turn up/down your virtualized DPI resources through MANO interfaces.
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Yes, by partnering with Radisys you can free up processing and resources to focus on product differentation through development of specialized functions and applications. FlowEngine also offloads complex Layer 2-4 processing from the COTS server farms, with SDN control flexibililty, thereby making the overall NFV deployment architecture more efficient.
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believe that we have only known these amazing kids and chaperones for 5 months or so. That blows my mind. These kids have become our family and the parents have become our biggest cheerleaders and we're so thankful…. so so thankful. Getting away for the weekend was absolutely amazing. Winter Retreat just happened to fall right after most kids had just finished a week of exams. It was great timing to get AWAY. Away from school, away from work, away from drama…. the list goes on. This past weekend was a chance for our youth group to just get away and be together. We took them to one of our favorite places… WATERMARKS. Watermarks is an amazing camp outside of Charlottesville
went by faster than any other day in my whole life…. I'm so serious! It literally FLEW by. I remember stopping and thinking "oh my gosh… this is my WEDDING DAY….this is really happening!" During the planning process I knew that I needed a wedding coordinator for the day of my wedding. I really should have had Anna help me with more but I was bridezilla when it came to my details!! However, having a wedding day coordinator is a MUST! I don't know what would have happened without Anna's help! …The band wouldn't have played on time, the bridesmaids would have been walking too early, the family would have been sitting in the wrong seats,


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How To Cure Acid Reflux with Water, Tea, and Herbs
More and more people who suffer from acid reflux are now looking for alternative natural ways for treating this particular stomach problem. Although there have been numerous scientific advances where other treatments are concerned, many people still do not prefer to use them. The reason why they choose to deal with acid reflux: treat with water, tea and herbs instead is because they feel that these are much safer for them to use.
A great many people prefer to use natural treatments, as they are not only far cheaper to purchase but feel far more comfortable when using them. In some cases, the person often feels as if they are not suffering from any kind of illness at all. Below we take a look at the kinds of things one should be considering when purchasing such treatments.
By taking certain factors into consideration when selecting which kinds of herbal teas one is going to be using, will ensure that you actually help to treat the symptoms. Also, it is important to remember that not all the herbal teas available today can actually help with treating the problem of acid reflux.
1. When choosing which prepared herbal tea it is you are going to be using you should read the labels of each one carefully. A large number of these contain high levels of caffeine in them, which can actually make your acid reflux much worse rather than improving it. So it is vital that you avoid purchasing any teas like this at all.
2. If you enjoy coffee and you think that drinking decaffeinated versions will help to improve your condition then think again. Unfortunately although they may be decaffeinated they do contain some levels of caffeine within them, which can exacerbate your situation.
3. If you can look for those teas that ideally will help to soothe the symptoms associated with your acid reflux. One particular type of tea you should be looking for is those that contain ginger as their main ingredient. However if you are finding it difficult to actually get hold of prepared ginger tea then you could try making your own instead. Just grate some fresh ginger add to a cup of boiling hot water and allow the water to become infused with it before drinking. It is best to drink this one just before your meal each evening.
Already above we have mentioned what one should be looking for when it comes to buying prepared herbal teas for using to treat acid reflux. However if you want to save yourself even more money then preparing your own is the perfect solution. But if you are going to do this then you need to know exactly what herbs you should be using. Therefore, speak with your doctor so you can find out what ones would be right for you. Even though they are natural some may actually cause side effects in a person, plus they may actually affect the other medication you are using to treat the condition as well.
The one thing you need to remember about acid reflux: treat with water, tea and herbs is that the ingredients are all completely natural. Also as long as you remember to use them prior to each meal they could well help to prevent the symptoms from occurring in the first place. This could then result in you having to rely far less on the other medications that you are taking to treat this particular stomach condition.


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EBC Day Seventeen: Pearl Harbor vs. Ms. Jones' X-Men
Neither team has trouble finding the hoop at the start of this one, with Pearl Harbor's "The Franchise" putting points on the board with as much ease as anyone, abusing his defender on the block for two layups and a trip to the stripe that keep his team in the game despite the X-Men's strong offensive play. When Ms. Jones lose their touch midway through the first half, Franchise and Corey "The Pre-Graduate" Fisher seize the opportunity to pull ahead, combining for three points and three assists as part of a run that leaves Pearl Harbor ahead 18-10.
"The Maniac" keeps the engine ticking over with his energetic play following an early timeout, hustling his way to a handful of boards and steals that make up for Pearl Harbor's current shooting woes. There's only so much he can do on his own, though, and the X-Men go on a 14-2 run to which their opponents respond too late to take back the lead. Following two brief game delays due to eggs being thrown onto the court from the roof of the Polo Grounds, the teams trade quick baskets right before the halftime buzzer that result in a 35-35 scoreline.
A light shower during the break refreshes both sides, and the second half sees an all-round improvement in the mid- and long-range shooting. "High Five" of Pearl Harbor helps his team briefly pull ahead by four, but the squads are just too evenly matched for it to grow into a significant lead, and by the fourteen-minute mark things are all tied up.
The heat takes over again, however, and for the next eight minutes the park is witness to the slowest hoops of the season. Coupled with the muggy weather and the fact that the sound system has been packed away, I find myself briefly nodding off during a timeout at the five-minute mark. Fortunately, legendary coach Mousey wakes me before I can miss anything, jokingly asking if I'm finding the game boring.
Thankfully, the game's final minutes give me reason to stay awake, with Ms. Jones scoring three uncontested buckets to build a five-point lead with less than a hundred ticks remaining. Teenage phenomenon Corey Fisher cuts it to three with a nifty fake and turnaround jumper with one minute on the clock, and when the X-Men come up fruitless on their next two attempts, it looks as if Pearl Harbor are in with a shot at forcing overtime.
Their hope is lessened, however, when they throw the ball into the stands on their next possession, although they quickly atone for the error by stealing the ensuing inbounds pass and drawing a quick foul. When Pete ices both charity shots and the X-Men brick the front end of a one-and-one, the stage is set for them to complete the comeback. Unfortunately, their final shot – a triple with four seconds to go – draws nothing but air, much to the displeasure of the fans. A hit and a miss from the stripe after a fast foul give Ms. Jones their final point of the game, making the end result 69-67 in their favour.
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Statistics have shown that Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is now, more than ever, driving up the demand for cosmetic plastic surgery. In 2011, close to 800,000 cosmetic procedures were performed on individuals between the ages of 18 and 30. Overall the number of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed in the U.S. has increased 87% in the last decade. In addition, approximately 2% of all cosmetic surgical procedures are now being performed on minors between the ages of 13 and 18.
Plastic surgery procedures can be done for all manner of reasons. Some individuals have medical reasons for needing such procedures, others seek out plastic surgery as a means to combat the signs of aging, and many are looking to enhance their physical features in order to increase their overall appearance and self-esteem. Whatever the reason, if you or a loved one is considering plastic surgery, we recommend you contact a Board-Certified, San Francisco plastic surgeon at our group as soon as possible. We will be able to answer any questions you may have, help you determine which procedures best suit your needs and help you achieve the results you desire. We offer all types of plastic surgery procedures including Liposuction, tummy tucks, breast augmentation or reduction, face lifts, eye lifts, nose reshaping and more. Our group has the ideal combination of medical experience, surgical skills, cutting edge services, sense for the aesthetics of the human body, and reliability you need. You do not have to settle for less.
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How high could compensation levels rise for North/South interconnector project?
A financial package for landowners affected by the North/South interconnector is currently being finalised, according to Eirgrid.
It is believed that approximately 400 landowners will be affected by the development of the Interconnector, if it goes ahead.
Despite the fact that the compensation package for landowners affected by the interconnector in still 'in play', previous agreements indicate that the compensation could reach or exceed €22,000/pylon.
In 1985, a Code of Practice was drawn up between the ESB and the IFA, a statement from Eirgrid read. This Code of Practice set out a framework for compensation payable to landowners for overhead transmission lines, it added.
It states: "These payments compensate landowners for the areas of ground that are no longer available for normal farming, due to the presence of structures that support transmission lines.
"Landowners are also compensated for any land damage or crop loss that may occur during the construction phase of a project. Compensation may be payable where transmission lines prevent a viable development on the same site – such as a house or farm building.
"Further agreements also provide compensation to landowners for the loss of tree-planting rights and forestry.
In 2009, a 'Flexibility of Access' payment for new overhead transmission lines was agreed, according to the statement.
This provides for payments of €11,000/double wood pole set and €22,000/pylon, in return for landowner co-operation with the construction programme.
"A fixed payment of €2,500 is also payable to landowners where the line crosses their land but who do not have a mast or poles on their land," the statement read.
The North/South interconnector project will see the addition of a new 400kV overhead line connecting the electricity grids of Ireland and Northern Ireland. EirGrid has explained that compensation rates vary from project to project and that each case is assessed on its own merits.
North/South interconnector
According to EirGrid, the North/South interconnector is a vital piece of grid infrastructure, which will strengthen the electricity grids both north and south of the border.
The line is set to run through counties Monaghan, Cavan and Meath in the Republic, and Armagh and Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
In December 2016, An Bord Pleanala granted planning approval for the southern element of the interconnector, Eirgrid said. A number of judicial reviews relating to An Bord Pleanala's decision are currently before the courts.
The planning enquiry concluded in Northern Ireland on February 27; a decision is expected before the end of the year, it added.
Overhead versus underground
Responding to a parliamentary question in the Dail recently, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten, said a proposal for an independent study on the project is currently being prepared.
"I have requested officials in my Department to prepare a proposal for an updated, independent study that will bring further clarity to the relative cost and technical merits of overhead and underground solutions for the North South interconnector.
"The section of the project in Ireland which received planning permission from An Bord Pleanala in December 2016 is currently the subject of judicial review proceedings. The planning process is still underway in Northern Ireland.
"Construction of the project is not planned to commence before 2018 and I intend that this report be completed and published before the end of this year," Minister Naughten said.
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The world is dangerous. People you love—you, yourself—could be snatched away, with or without warning. How do you cope, knowing this?
This is the human question that the pieces in this issue seek to address. They search out answers with courage and present them with open hands: hide, don't love, do love, laugh, run, forget, remember, seek out the living, find the truth, fall for art, go into nature, keep going, keep going.
Sweet is thrilled to present the winner and nine finalists from our inaugural poetry contest in this issue, alongside three gorgeous short essays and one fanmail. Our poetry editors went through hundreds of contest submissions and selected the ten finalist poems, from which the poet Chelsea Dingman selected the winner, "1943" by McKayla Conahan, and runner up, "Protection Rite for Most of the Girls" by Sarah Stockton.
In reading for this contest, and always in reading regular submissions for the magazine, we were overwhelmed and impressed by the diversity of poets, perspectives, and talent in front of us. We poets are, indeed, a healthy community, and Sweet is grateful to be part of that community.
Which is to say: please keep writing. Which is to say: the dangerous world needs your writing. Which is to say: thank you for trusting us with your writing.
Keep going.
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IEC Telecom to introduce a new solution that will connect customers at sea21 Февраль, 2018
Given that the yachting industry has proven to be one of the main pillars for the growth of Dubai's maritime sector, IEC Telecom, one of the leading global providers of managed network communication solutions, has made a significant investment in this area providing maritime users with reliable and advanced communications systems.
Together with their partner Thuraya, IEC Telecom will be exhibiting at Dubai International Boat Show where senior executives at IEC Telecom and Thuraya will present their latest satellite Internet solutions for vessel owners and operators across the Middle East.
Accessing the Internet on board has become a necessity rather than a luxury for owners, guests and crew members, however, Internet connectivity on board can be a challenge, with inconsistent coverage, expensive setup and heavy yearly commitment plans.
At the Show, the IEC Telecom team will present a new solution that will change the way how people use Internet onboard. The company will be exhibiting at Equipment Supplies and Services sector, stand E-142. Visit their stand to find out more details about the new solution and learn more how connectivity can provide a competitive edge across the sector, keeping yachts and boats owners connected across all seas between Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.


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How do you figure out that Toronto is the most "youthful city" in the world, but good ole New York is number three?
If you answered, "distribute a 10-question survey to 1600 15-29 year olds," then your methodology lines up with YouthfulCities, a global social venture. Their new survey pinpointed stuff that matters most to people under 30 and ranked 25 world cities by criteria including music and film, digital access, and food and nightlife.
New York topped the city list in civic participation, but slagged in education access. Toronto shined in areas like youth employment diversity, sport and public space. (Not to mention whimsical, kooky leadership.)
Pulling up the rear was Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Though their carbon emissions were the lowest per capita, to the chagrin of urban cyclists.)
We guess we owe our third place finish to the fact that "Dishwasher density per capita," and "living rooms that aren't kitchens" weren't categories. But is anything more "youthful" than being priced out of a life without roommates?
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Survivors and relatives of Pulse nightclub shooting victims gathered early Monday to mark the one-year anniversary of the Florida massacre.
Among the attendees were four mothers whose children were gunned down by Omar Mateen in the pre-dawn hours of June 12, 2016.
Watch: Dad Killed During Shooting at 6-Year-Old's Kindergarten Graduation Party
In the year since Americans awoke to learn of the deadliest mass shooting in the country's modern history, those mothers have formed a special bond based on shared heartache.
The women formed a support group in the wake of the shooting in the hope that their shared pain could one day lead to healing.
Mayra Alvear is one of those mothers. Her daughter, Amanda Alvear, was among the 49 people killed at the gay club on that fateful night. She was 25.
"Our kids are angels — they put us together," Alvear told CBS at a ceremony to honor the dead. "Something special. It's beautiful."
At the private vigil, attendees dressed as angels to honor the dead while others shared memories and lit candles.
Out of their unthinkable grief, Alvear says she and the other mothers have joined to come to grips with the tragedy, and add to the families that saw beloved members instantly taken away.
"We were strangers before, but we are family now, totally," Alvear said.
Along with the mothers early Monday were Pulse employees and patrons who survived Mateen's rampage.
Watch: Dad Dies Shielding Son From Gunman in Targeted Shooting That Killed 2 Children
Pulse owner Barbara Poma, who was not at the club during the shooting, offered a message of companionship to everyone who continues to hear the echoing voices of loved ones lost.
"What you have endured in the past year seems like something only you can understand," Poma said. "Except here tonight, you are surrounded by hundreds of others who are like you."
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