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Every week, Bazaar's booking team highlights one name to note, from the industry's best-known faces to girls who are just starting out. This week, we turn our attention to Londone Myers.
With a gamine look and a confident runway reputation, the US rising star has proved herself to be a versatile commodity, garnering impressive shows in every city. Making waves on the runway for brands including Chanel, Chloé, Marc Jacobs, Alexander Wang and Saint Laurent, Myers ranks among the most interesting new models on the scene — and her enviably cool personality makes her appealing both on and off the runway.
As skilled and at ease in front of the camera as she is on the catwalk, the 22-year-old has racked up an impressive portfolio of work with top photographers including Steven Meisel and Willy Vanderperre, landing campaigns from Prada to Gap.
"Londone, with her refined features, cropped hair and warm skin tone is absolutely the look of the moment – and whether we're admiring her quirky artworks (check out her amazing dolls) or scrolling through her cute Instagram, we love working with her," says Daniel Robson of Premier Model Management.
"She's the kind of new exciting model who gets casting directors, designers and photographers excited and it seems that the industry can't get enough – so I guess it's right what they say: when a man is tired of Londone, he's tired of life!"
We chat to Myers about crafting, working as an undertaker and robbing a bank.
How were you discovered?
"I was discovered by my mother agency while I was shopping in an art store in Paris."
If you weren't modelling, what career would you pursue and why?
"If I wasn't modelling, I imagine I would be working behind the scenes on some horror flick. Either that or a full-time undertaker."
What would you say has been the highlight of your career so far?
"My biggest highlight has been seeing myself in stores around Soho in New York."
How do you spend your free time?
"Whenever I'm off duty I'm usually crafting something, I like to sculpt and paint little dolls out of clay."
Do you have any travel tips for those visiting your hometown?
"If you visit my hometown, Lawrenceville, remember to appreciate the mall of Georgia. It's all we had to stay sane!"
What is your favourite form of exercise?
"My absolute favourite workout would be thinking about going to the gym. It's really mentally draining to even imagine myself on some strict regime."
What is your dream shoot?
"My dream shoot would be robbing a bank because everyone would think I was just shooting. I would love to shoot with Mario Sorrenti. He reminds me of Austin Powers and it gives me the excuse to use the accent."
Name your four essential items you wouldn't leave the house without
"Pants, boots, socks and a dry sense of humour."
If you had to wear only one designer, who would it be?
"If I had to wear one designer, I'd only wear Rodarte because it sounds fancy when you name what you're wearing."
What kind of advice would you give to new girls to the industry?
"My advice would be to learn to hold a conversation with people that isn't about how you're afraid to turn 22. It's a trait that many people lack. Also, stay in school."
Is there a model's career that you admire and why?
"I learned to not worship other models' careers. Stay in school and focus on what you're doing."
Let's talk about favourites. What about…
… music? "Anything that isn't on the radio right now, anything before 2002 is good."
… movies? "Birdman or Synecdoche, New York."
… books? "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
… food? "Anything that hasn't fallen on the floor beforehand."


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New NASA mission to probe celestial lighthouses
Sen—Spinning in space are incredibly dense stars that shoot out X-rays at a predictable rate, like a lighthouse. A new NASA mission proposes to examine the nature of these neutron stars - also known as 'pulsars' - as well as how accurately we can use these beacons as celestial guiding points for deep space missions.
Called NICER (Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer) the mission will use X-rays to look at emissions from these strange stars. The instrument will launch in 2017. It will be mounted on the International Space Station for observations from low Earth orbit.
Neutron stars are thought to form after the collapse of a massive star that is between 8 and 30 times the size of the sun, according to the University of Maryland's Coleman Miller, an astronomy researcher. After the supernova blows off most of its mass, what is left behind is a small core about the size of New York City, at 20 kilometres (12 miles) across.
In this small space, the protons and electrons that make up matter are "literally scrunched together", stated NASA. One sugar-cube-sized bit of neutron star has a mass of a billion tons, the equivalent of Mount Everest's weight, the agency added.
Zaven Arzoumanian of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, is deputy principal investigator for NICER. He told Sen: "Everything in our world is made of atoms consisting of protons and neutrons making up the nucleus plus electrons in orbit around it. But they are mainly empty space.
"If you squeezed some gold, uranium or lead so hard that you eliminated all the empty space, you'd have something just like a neutron star. We want to understand how stuff behaves at such incredibly high densities."
NICER is one of NASA's astrophysics explorer-class missions that aim to examine the universe at low cost. This will cap NICER's mission costs at just US$55 million (£39.2 million). Simulataneously with NICER's announcement, the agency also said it will fund the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite for US$200 million (£130.7 million).
The NICER instrument will include 56 small X-ray telescopes packed into a mini fridge-sized package. It will probably arrive at station in a Dragon cargo spacecraft manufactured and operated by SpaceX.
Once ready, the telescope array will examine X-rays that come from "hotspots" on the star's surface, as well as its magnetic field, NASA stated. Pulsars spin at a dizzying rate of anywhere from seconds to milliseconds. As they whip around in their rotation, the hotspots flash periodically within sight of Earth. X-ray brightness from the pulsar increases whn the hotspots comes within view, then dims as the hotspots turn away.
NICER will focus on the millisecond class of pulsars that spin as rapidly as 700 times a second. These pulsars have such a consistent rotation rate that they are considered accurate celestial clocks. In space, they could be used in a similar way to global positioning satellites that provide navigation data to the military and civilians, particularly in vehicles.
"To demonstrate the navigation technology's viability, the NICER ... payload will use its telescopes to detect X-ray photons within these powerful beams of light to estimate the arrival times of their pulses," NASA stated.
"With these measurements, the system will use specially developed algorithms to stitch together an on-board navigation solution."

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Filed under: Hurting, Marathoning, training | Tags: ice bath, marathon training
I have to give it up for my friend, who is training for his first marathon. After hearing about how sore he felt after a long run of 15 or so miles, I asked him whether he had discovered the ice bath yet, and the next week he tried it and became a believer.
Ah yes, the ice bath! I know, it sounds a bit scary at first, but there is truly nothing like it when you are training for a marathon — especially in end-of-summer heat — and getting in those 15-, 18- and 20-mile runs. How the muscles ache, the knees can complain, and just about anything that is a joint can creak and become irritated from all that running.
The ice bath is the perfect antidote to all that. It was first recommended to me when I trained for my first marathon. And while the idea of getting into a tub of ice cold water with a bag of ice in there is daunting in any other circumstance, when you are doing those long training runs you will discover how wonderful it is. The coolness just calms everything down, helps soothe the muscles and reduce the inflammation from all the motion on those joints. There's nothing like it – but I would say just about the only time when it's fitting is after the truly long runs. Because let's face it, those long training runs can be utterly grueling.
I'm not against just filling the tub halfway with cold water, and just dumping in a bag of ice. You don't have to submerge your entire body in there, in my opinion. Just get the legs and all the joints covered. Sit there for 10 or 15 minutes. Maybe with a hot cup of tea. Relax.
And make your recovery so much nicer.
Filed under: Running Routes, The City | Tags: Brooklyn running routes, Williamsburg Bridge
Hankering for a new "short route," the other day I tried running some place completely new. A few friends have told me about running along the perimeter of the Brooklyn Navy Yard property, sometimes just for a short run, sometimes on the way to the Williamsburg Bridge. The down side: running on concrete sidewalk for most of the length. The upside: an uninterrupted path for a pretty good stretch. Also, some pretty interesting views, from the old industrial (and in some cases decaying) Navy Yard to the East River and Manhattan skyline.
It's easy to get to the Navy Yard property. From any major bisecting avenue, head up to Flushing Avenue and you're on the south end of the property. It's also easy to know where you are — just stick to the perimeter of the property, which runs up against the river. I stayed on Flushing Avenue for a few blocks, veered left by the BQE entrance ramps, which got me to Kent Avenue heading toward Williamsburg. It's pretty gritty, with government property and working factories dotting the landscape. An old lumber yard sits near South 11th Street right on the water. Around there the gritty landscape gives way to signs of hipsterville — old buildings graffiti'ed with "Screw Rent" and other clever sayings, and glittering glass condominiums by the Williamsburg Bridge.
There's a nice new promenade sort of area on the river off South 9th Street behind one of the new condo developments, with benches, new trees, and an amazing view of the city and the bridge. It's open to the public, so take advantage of this sweet spot. (No water fountains though).
It never ceases to amaze me what an interesting place Brooklyn is. It's a great short hop around some cool spots, and a continuous uninterrupted path. Oh, but be sure to go during daylight. I wouldn't want to be wandering this route after dark.
Filed under: Running Routes, The City | Tags: Brooklyn park, Prospect Park
The NY Sun has a story on a push to make Prospect Park a completely car-free park. Transportation Alternatives, the bicycle advocacy group, says they have already successfully whittled away at the hours cars are allowed inside the park. The group is lobbying the Bloomberg administration for a three-month no-car experiment next summer in the park, and are trying to convince the mayor to make a car-free park part of his legacy.
It's a little confusing, more so since I've never driven in the park, but cars are allowed for two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening (hours on Prospect Park website here).
Quite frankly, I so rarely see cars (other than police vehicles) in the park when I'm running that it startles me when cars do come by. And if I'm in a car and in a hurry to get somewhere, I'd want to find a route that did not take me through a big, heavily used park, with all its pedestrians and activities going on.
NY Sun: Prospect Park Is Now Eyed For Ban On Cars
Prospect Park website:Hours
Filed under: Eating and Drinking, Hurting
A good rule to follow: One goes before the other — the order is important!
As we finish out the season of backyard barbecues and grill outs, there seems to be no shortage of opportunities for much consumption of both food and alcohol. Just about anyone who trains for marathons will likely say that one of the great things about training is the, uh, license to eat and drink as much as you want. (I'm not vouching for the wisdom behind that here — just relaying some popular opinion!) However, when you are NOT training for a marathon, and eating and drinking like you are anyway, it could get a little problematic.
The other day I made the inexplicable mistake of going for a six-mile run after drinking two beers. Like, a half hour after drinking two beers. Do not ask! I knew it was going to be painful, and it was. I was incredibly slow and felt sluggish and winded for the entire first two miles. Somewhere around mile three or four the feeling faded a little, and I felt amazing close to normal, if a little below normal. But on the way back, the slog set in again. And after my shower, I felt like I got beat up.
The next day I came across this Running Times article on the effects of alcohol on runners. It says (drum roll please): 1) Alcohol dehydrates you, 2) You run slower, and 3) You feel like you're working harder. Go figure.
The authors also commented on the hallowed tradition of running clubs or groups cooling down with a few at the local bar. A friend of mine has been trying to get me to go to a Hash House Harriers event. Unofficial slogan: "A drinking club with a running problem."
The important distinction to keep in mind is that they get the all important order correct: beer after running, not before.
What can I say. We're all prone to a little insanity every now and then.
Filed under: Contemplating, The City
The runner who was killed while out on a Sunday afternoon run two days ago was a 27-year-old guy named Jesse. He lived in an apartment over Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene. He played in the Nike Recess Federation (NRF), a competitive NYC basketball league that holds its playoffs at Madison Square Garden. He was an Ivy league grad from D.C. and was heading for L.A., an aspiring filmmaker. All according to relatives and friends, who have posted here, and other reports.
It is unbelievably sad and tragic for the community who lost someone who was so obviously and dearly loved. I live in the same neighborhood and run down the same street on my way to and from Prospect Park pretty much every week. Any one of us who runs in this city could have been in his shoes on any given day. It could just as easily be my family, dumbstruck and grieving, my friends talking about all the things I was passionate about, had enjoyed, and all the things I had aspired to do.
Witnesses at the scene say he was on the sidewalk waiting for his turn to cross the busy thoroughfare, a scenario any one of us has been in any number of times. It sends chills up my spine to think of how fragile life on this earth is, how we could leave it at any time.
I didn't know Jesse personally, but as my path crossed so close to the place where he died, doing the same thing he was doing, I feel obligated to update this space with info and am glad to have people share a little bit of this person's story. There are plans for another memorial here in Brooklyn, and a service with family in DC. If I receive any new info I will update it here out of respect for those who might be interested.
Filed under: The City
A runner was killed in that terrible accident I passed by yesterday at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue in Fort Greene, according to news reports. The most detailed I could find is from the NY Post police blotter dated 4 a.m. Aug. 4:
A jogger was fatally struck by a car that spun out of control after being hit by another vehicle in Fort Greene yesterday.
The accident occurred at about 3:30 p.m., when a Cadillac, whose driver was turning on to Vanderbilt Avenue from Atlantic Avenue, plowed into an Acura.
The Acura then spun around, striking the unidentified, 27-year-old jogger, who died at Brooklyn Hospital.
The Acura driver was in stable condition; the Caddy driver suffered minor injuries. Neither was charged.
I wish I knew more about what happened and who the person was.
On my evening run today I passed a pretty bad accident at a major intersection. Bad enough that the corner was cordoned off by yellow police tape and the street closed for two blocks on either side. As I passed the wreck you couldn't help but slow down (gawk?) — the entire driver's side of the car was sheared off. I hate imaging these accidents, how they happened, what must have happened to the people inside, and I never know quite what to do with the info once it's sunken in and sobered you for a spell.
At any rate, I've missed running. I've started getting myself back into shape, just focusing on regular runs as a form of conditioning. It's amazing how the body can fall out of conditioning, and incredibly satisfying to see how the body responds to regular discipline. A few weeks ago I went on a longer run than I had done in a while, about 7 miles or so, and felt good because of the conditioning I'd been doing. Sore and just a tad fatigued, I commented to a friend: "It was good — I feel like a runner again!"
Maybe it's the realization that the seasons will change. The sticky heat of summer will give way to the cool crispness of fall. Maybe it was that one season in Philly that forever fixed it in my mind, maybe it's just that the weather is so perfect for long runs, but for me fall will always feel like the season for long distance running. And I want to be ready.


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Pantone.com has reported the fashion color report for fall 2011. We see bright yet deep colors, and of course, lovin' the femme touche.
There are yellows, members of the rose, pink, and blues. Are you ready for fall?
While last season had a big emphasis on deep plums and purples, this color pallet has some warm tones…maybe for our chilly winter/fall season.
Tell us what you think! We love to hear your opinion…here on on our Facebook.
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This blog is about rock, jazz, blues and its chances to reach to World Music. It's about my personal experiences with music. It's about my life, in a way for everybody to enjoy new music and not to mess around with my private life. This is the continuation of my work for several other publications, without the interference of third-party editors.
CacaoRock was created with the purpose of not keeping track of what's trending now but what was trending before and elsewhere. For what's going on now we have lots of websites, TV, radio, magazines and newspapers.
It is my website. It's more about me than anything else because I am the recepient of all this fantastic music that goes around in record stores, garage sales and live venues and I want you to hear, discover, search and share as well.
I believe Rock And Roll as a way of life is pretty much dead now, and nowadays there's not too much of a movement, of real idols and frontmen who could express an open, free opinion about society. We left things to happen and didn't take action and we saw the consequences. In 1999 I never thought I would see and experience real dangers like global warming (which exists) and the economic collapse of the U.S. I never thought a president like Bush would be elected with the majority of the popular vote in 2004.
And they ask me why I keep living in the past! No, I'm not. Is that I don't care what the modern top chart artists have to say. If we step back and look at the single timeline of hits, we find out the real rock and roll star age died on a single day: when Kurt Cobain shoot himself. After that, no real, struggling musicians were able to express their opinions and sing about us. We saw a parade of mediocre artists, one worse than the previous one, claiming they were the best thing ever. There was a band called Oasis that claimed to be greater than the Beatles. Can you believe it?
CacaoRock tries to shine a light on those forgotten artists who really sang the blues, played their chops, and gave us that heart-pumping feeling with great songs.
What do you have to do? Enjoy, and learn a little bit of spanish. When I started this site I never thought I would reach a wider audience than the Spanish–Latin American one, but I guess English is our modern day Esperanto.
You will find a lot of articles about The Beatles, The Police, Pink Floyd, Pat Metheny and Steely Dan. It's ok, they're my favorite artists and if this site is about me, I'm gonna be talking about them as well.
And of course, don't forget my comics. Sometimes I look at them and I think they suck big time. I never took any art classes, and I'm colorblind. But then I realize these drawings are also what I have to express, what I can do, and I learn to fall in love with them again. Not only that, I wish I had time to re-work on them and give them higher qualities.
Concerts, my comics on the adventures of the Great Emilio Cacao and of course, lots of album reviews and music essays are posted here. It's about my continuing journey throught the sounds of the world. Welcome to CacaoRock, the last outpost of that kind of music you thought it was forgotten, but it wasn't. A splendid time is guaranteed for all. Excelsior. Así es como es.


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Interoperability is not just for IT
Healthcare has made some significant strides in the last decade, from the human genome project to precision medicine, public policy to improvements in patient care. And now more than ever, we all understand the contribution that technology plays for enabling these initiatives to take a flight and soar forward.
If medical science is a seed, technology is water for its germination. Adoption give its roots to hold ground.
I have been part of Health IT for nearly a decade. Although my work primarily focuses IT, it has definitely impacted my outlook on my health the health of my family. Witnessing our industry struggle with the basics of interoperability and clinical records management, it has become evident to me that we will lag on adoption of nascent technologies. Yet, I have hope for a healthier future for me my family – and the world at large. This hope is based on a dream, a dream planting the seeds of health and wellness earlier in life. I imagine every system that contributes to the growth and development of a child is synergized –at home, in daycare, doctor visits, the music class, soccer camp and onto school, individual therapies and the specialist visits. The system should include all caregivers the parents and relatives, nanny, kindergarten teacher, school, primary physician and the health specialist and soccer coach. Imagine seamless flow of information and communication to examine and understand growth spurts, behavior changes, strengths and weaknesses, the development of the right brain and the left, and to identify and monitor deficiencies and unknown conditions. And the resulting empowerment to make the best decisions. And the powerful ability to see future outcomes.
As a working mother of a four year old, one of my nagging fears is of something going wrong in the future and not being able to trace it and fix it as many of my busy days are a blur of activity.
There are days I don't ask my son, what he had for lunch and didn't adjust my dinner plan for him accordingly. I relied on the "Menu" paper sheet that I pick-up from his preschool. I was struggling to figure out why he was lost weight this past week. Was he stressed out? Was he overly-active? When I checked-in with this teacher, I learned there was a change in and he wasn't eating his normal amount. Weight loss can be easily predicted, but I know there are many factors that shape his wellbeing that are going unnoticed and maybe, just maybe I am missing out the chance of identifying issues and addressing them at the nascency – and course correcting or treating them as early as possible. Imagine the power of seamless information flow across all the people and factors that contribute to a child's growth, health and well-being. Imagine the power of that big data set for all children in the future.
There are so many similarities between this busy mom and our healthcare system – both crave information. Information that is precise and timely, predictive and actionable, healing and nurturing. And we are working towards the same goal healthy and nourished future.


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Mel Parnell, the left-handed pitcher who spent his entire 10-year career with the Boston Red Sox and faced some of the best hitters of the 1940s and early 1950s, has died. He was 89.
Parnell, a New Orleans native, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer, said his son, Dr. Mel Parnell Jr.
Mel Parnell was masterful at Fenway Park even though he pitched in front of the Green Monster, a home run hitter's dream at only 310 feet down the left field line. Parnell had a career record of 123-75, but he was 70-30 at Fenway.
He still holds the club record for left-handed pitchers in games started, innings and victories. He later was an analyst on Red Sox TV and radio broadcasts, including during Boston's 1967 AL pennant season.
"The Green Monster never bothered me," Parnell said in an April 2005 interview with The Associated Press. "It was the lack of foul room that bothered me. A foul ball would go into the stands, letting the batter stay alive. I always thought I could manage the Monster, I couldn't manage the lack of foul territory."
Parnell's best season was 1949, when he went 25-7, leading the American League in victories, ERA (2.77), complete games (27) and innings (295-1/3). He helped the Red Sox pennant run that year, which came down to the final two games of the season.
Boston lost both, 5-4 and 5-3, to the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium.
"It was a fierce rivalry," Parnell said. "We just couldn't get past them."
In later years, he disparaged the modern system that limited pitches and had starters, long relievers, short relievers and closers.
"You got guys that go five or six innings, and everyone thinks it's great," said Parnell, who pitched 113 complete games and had 20 shutouts, including a no-hitter in 1956. "In 1949, I started 35 games and completed 27 of them. In the minors, I pitched an 18-inning game and was thrown out at the plate in the 17th inning."
Parnell had a number of health problems. He had a stroke in 1984. A tumor was removed from his heart in 1999, and he was diagnosed with lymphoma.
"My biggest problem is my back," Parnell said in 2005. "That's an old pitcher's problem."
His house in New Orleans was a monument of memorabilia to the team, which remained an important part of his life long after his playing career ended, his son said.


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Since its foundation in 1869 Nature has consistently been the pre-eminent English-language science journal, and for a period of over fifty years, H. G. Wells was a central feature within its pages. In H. G. Wells in Nature, John S. Partington collects all of Wells's writings in Nature, all of the reviews of his works published by Nature, and all of the journal's reportage that featured him. In addition to this core material, however, Partington has included the many responses that these essays and reviews received, thereby offering the reader a uniquely contectualised history of Wells's reception in Nature.
From the first review Wells received in 1893 to his obituary notice in 1946, this volume presents a fascinating history of Wells's work and thought as filtered through the prism of Nature. During his long career no other journal featured Wells within its pages so consistently, and with contributions by such eminent thinkers as Richard Gregory, E. Ray Lankester, J. S. Haldane, Lancelot Hogben, F. S. Marvin, A. Carr-Saunders, J. B. S. Haldane, Karl Pearson and Hilaire Belloc, Nature can truly be said to have played a key role in moulding opinion about Wells's work and thought. http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=57110&vHR=1&vUR=2&vUUR=1&vLang=E
Table of Contents
- Abbreviations
- General Introduction and Acknowledgements
- Part 1: The Essays, Reviews and Letters by H. G. Wells
1.1 'Popularising Science'
1.2 'Science, in School and After School'
1.3 'Peculiarities of Psychical Research'
1.4 'The Sequence of Studies'
1.5 'Bio-optimism'
1.6 'The Discovery of the Future'
1.7 'Education and Research'
1.8 'Men of Letters and Science in Russia'
1.9 'Scientific Neglect of the Mas d'Azil'
1.10 'The Idea of a World Encyclopaedia'
1.11 'Biology for the Million'
1.12 'The Man of Science as Aristocrat'
1.13 'The Illusion of Personality'
- Part 2: Reviews of the Works of H. G. Wells
2.1 Text-book of Biology and Text-book of Zoology
2.2 The Time Machine
2.3 'Human Evolution, an Artificial Process'
2.4 The War of the Worlds
2.5 The First Men in the Moon
2.6 Anticipations, Mankind in the Making and The Food of the Gods
2.7 A Modern Utopia
2.8 In the Days of the Comet
2.9 The Future in America
2.10 What is Coming?
2.11 The Outline of History and Mr Belloc Objects to 'The Outline of History'
2.12 The Salvaging of Civilisation
2.13 A Short History of the World
2.14 Men Like Gods
2.15 The Story of a Great Schoolmaster
2.16 The World of William Clissold
2.17 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells
2.18 The Way the World is Going, The Open Conspiracy and What Are We To Do With Our Lives?
2.19 The Science of Life
2.20 The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
2.21 After Democracy
2.22 The Shape of Things to Come
2.23 Experiment in Autobiography
2.24 The New America: The New World
2.25 Things to Come
2.26 Man Who Could Work Miracles
2.27 Anatomy of Frustration
2.28 Star Begotten
2.29 The Camford Visitation
2.30 World Brain
2.31 The Fate of Homo Sapiens, The New World Order and The Outlook for Homo Sapiens
2.32 Babes in the Darkling Wood
2.33 The Conquest of Time
2.34 Phoenix
2.35 Reshaping Man's Heritage
2.36 '42 to '44
- Part 3: Other Mentions
3.1 'Science Teaching – an Ideal, and some Realities' (1894)
3.2 Richard Gregory, from 'National Aspects of Education' (1913)
3.3 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the British Science Guild (1917)
3.4 The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the British Science Guild (1922)
3.5 'The Duty and Service of Science in the New Era' (1922)
3.6 Wells as Labour Party Candidate (1922-23)
3.7 'Evolution and Intellectual Freedom' (1925)
3.8 Chair of Social Biology (1930)
3.9 Hyman Levy, 'Science in Literature' (1931)
3.10 'British-American Understanding' (1937)
3.11 'The Informative Content of Education' (1937)
3.12 Social Relations of Science (1938)
3.13 Brenda Tripp, 'Science and the Citizen: The Public Understanding of Science' (1943)
3.14 Fellowships of Imperial College, London (1943)
3.15 Doctorates of the University of London (1943)
3.16 'Thoughts on Reconstruction' (19 February 1944)
3.17 The Death of H. G. Wells (1946)
- Short Biographies
- Bibliography


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Apparently it's carb week! Don't be scared by that, or by the fact that this carb involves pumpkin 🙂
Pasta with Pumpkin Alfredo
1 Package Fresh Pasta
1/2 batch Guiltless Alfredo Sauce
(or 10oz prepared Alfredo)
1/2 T real butter
1/4 C Finely minced onion
1/2 C canned pumpkin (try more if you love pumpkin, this is really mild)
2 T Chicken broth (vegetarians substitute milk or veg. broth)
1T chopped fresh sage (1t dried leaves)
1/2 T fresh thyme (1/2 t dried leaves)
Follow instructions on pasta to cook. In a separate sauce pan melt butter on medium heat. When melted, add onion. Make sure your onion is really finely diced. Since you have a nice smooth sauce, you don't want big chunks of onion, you just want little bits.
Saute until soft. Since they're small it should only take a couple of minutes. Add chicken broth and herbs. (I used fresh herbs, but I'm sure dry is great too, just go for leaves as opposed to ground spices so not to muddy the color)
Use a spatula to deglaze the pan a bit and get any cooked bits of onion off the bottom. Add pumpkin and whisk to combine. Add alfredo sauce, stir to combine, and cook until heated through. Depending on the alfredo you use you may need to adjust salt and pepper. Mine didn't need anything added.
Serve on top of prepared pasta and top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of extra herbs. Pair it with a salad and breadsticks for a great vegetarian meal. YUM!
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And then there were two... Eugenie Bouchard and Petra Kvitova. What a final this promises to be, it is anyones for the taking. I for one am certainly looking forward to this match.
Eugenie Bouchard's rise to the top has been incredibly rapid, many tipped her to be a potential Grand Slam champion but at the start of the year not many would have predicted the Canadian to reach the semi-finals in Melbourne and Paris before reaching the Final in london. Genie will come into this match full of confidence having not dropped a set all tournament and in the process rising to number 7 in the world (the highest ranking ever achieved by a Canadian woman, she is also the first Canadian woman to reach a Grand Slam final). Bouchard has been tested in all of her matches in at least one set but the Candian's mental toughness and determination has seen her come out on top on each occasion. Bouchard is quickly turning into one of the best performers under pressure on the tour, her ability to close out matches is as good as anyone.
2011 Champion Petra Kvitova has been in stunning form all fortnight and will come into this match as the slight favourite. Kvitova has dropped just one set, which was in the third round against Venus Williams. In this match Petra came to within two points of defeat on several occasions but held on for confidence boosting win. Petra has served amazingly well all tournament, this was certainly the case in her semi-final victory over compatriot Lucie Safarova. Petra's superior serve was probably the biggest difference in the match. Petra's body language has been really strong and positive all tournament, she has looked so determined and so confident all week.
Petra defeated Genie in their only previous meeting which took place in Toronto last year. It was a comprehensive 6-3 6-2 victory for Petra who outplayed Genie for much of the match. Interestingly Petra effectively used the drop shot on numerous occasions in this match. Genie has improve significantly since this match and comes into this match with the belief that she can defeat anyone on any day.
This is a really tough match to predict but I feel Kvitova has the slight edge. Petra has done this all before whilst this is a totally new experience for the Canadian. I feel that Genie will have a lot more chances in her career whilst for Petra who knows. Petra has served so well all tournament and has kept her unforced error numbers impressively low whilst overpowering her opponents. I suspect Petra will be left standing with the Venus Rosewater Dish for the second time in her career.
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text: Ultimate Developer PC 2.0 - Part 2 - UPDATE and PODCAST on Building a WEI 7.9 and RFC for building a GOM (God's Own Machine) July 13, '10 Comments [76] Posted in Hardware | Podcast Sponsored By As a reminder, if you're just turning in, here's our glossary: WEI - Windows Experience Index. How fast is your machine? If you say "I've got a WEI 6.0" you've got a good machine, for example. RFC - Request for Comments. This is crowdsourcing. I want to know what YOU think we need to do to make a machine that is so fast that it'll max out at WEI 7.9 and be a GOM. GOM - God's Own Machine. If the Good Lord had a computer, it'd be a 7.9. We want to build that machine. There were lots of great comments in the original post. Here's some of my answers to those comments, as well as some on Twitter. The fun thing about doing hardware builds is that EVERYONE has an opinion. Also, since I'm a software guy (although I could totally rock a 486-SX build) your opinion, Dear Reader, is better than mine. I can only explain why I (and Pete, who is doing a similar build with me) made certain decisions. We hosted a great podcast last week with some actual members of the WEI team and asked their ideas on how we could create the Ultimate Developer PC. You can listen to Hanselminutes Podcast 220 on "Creating the Ultimate Developer Machine 2.0 - How can we get a 7.9 WEI Score for under $3k?" here. This I Believe - Hardware Edition There's some guiding principles for this build. We aren't trying to build the Ultimate PC. We don't have 20 grand or whatever the super PC is today. We aren't trying to build the Ultimate Gamer PC We don't want a divorce. We have a budget and we've been saving for 2 years, but give or take a few hundred dollars we can hide in tacos, we've got $3k. We do have some existing parts. I've already got good monitors, as you might as well. I've got a decent case, keyboard and mouse. These don't count. Maybe the case, but you get the idea. If we can stretch JUST a smidge and get a better piece of hardware for a few more bucks, or if we feel that if we DON'T get a certain level of hardware that we'll be sad, we'll go for it. Within reason. We aren't AnandTech and don't claim to be. We value multi-tasking as we do a lot of stuff a the same time. We think more cores is a good thing and you can't have enough memory. Sometimes folks who write hardware websites talk perf, but it's unclear what they are actually DOING with these PCs, other than using them to run benchmarks. We are doing these things: Communicating - Email, Twitter, Skype, Messenger, Communicator all running at the same time. Coding - Multiple instances of VS2010, HippoEdit, e, IIS7, etc. Virtual Machines - I usually have at least one VM doing, sometimes peaking at 2 or 3. Writing - Live Writer, Excel, Word Browsing - Chrome uses like 20-30 chrome.exe processes and thing slow down when Flash is involved. Media - Usually running Zune or iTunes in the background. 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They blue screened me ONE too many times years ago and I just can't do it. They're a filthy beast! Now, in fairness, read that paragraph again and swap ATI and NVidia. It works both ways. I like NVidia. You may think this is a gamer card, but it really came down to this. I want my Windows, and my (soon to be) hardware accelerated browsers to as well. UPDATE: David in the comments said that I contradicted myself with my religious rant. To the numbers. This card gets me 7.9. I like NVidia. It'll run two 30" monitors no problem. Two of them will run four. It's in my budget and it's the Top NVidia card that'll push the pixels I want. That's why I picked it. $610 Crucial RealSSD C300 CTFDDAC256MAG-1G1 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) This was a hard one. Folks were suggesting "get a small C: drive" and a large spinning-rust drive for data. I have 2 TB of storage on a Windows Home Server and lots of External Drives around, so let's just say D: drive space is a non-issue. 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Hi. I have searched for an answer, but come up with zero. I hope to get some help.
My dad has a 1954 Ford NAA. It has a loader and power steering, even though I understand that NAA did not come with PS. I think I have identified the loader as a Davis, and in the Colo Springs area I have seen craigslist entries of other tractors that look identical - w/ Davis loader, a hyd pump hanging out the front grill, hydraulic cylinders on the steering links.
Here's the analysis. His steering column locked up. We took the steering box out and apart and it looks like that box has not had grease or oil for decades. Shaft bearings are fried, "roller ball" assembly for the shaft's toothed block was frozen. The whole steering shaft assembly with bearings and races inside the box needs replacement. The gears look good. Box looks good.
Here's the configuration. His steering column appears to be made up of 2 or 3 shafts: a 9-10" shaft assembly inside the box with a coupler at it's top end. That mates to a shaft that goes into a hydraulic valving unit that has 4 hydraulic hoses. That valving unit is anchored to the steering box with 2 long bolts. Then there is a shaft above the valving unit that the steering wheel is connected to. Because it is in another state, I cannot confirm at this point if the assembly above the steering box is composed of 1 or 2 shaft pieces, but that's not a concern.
Here's the problem. In all of my research, including dealers and online, I cannot determine what the steering box is, and I definitely cannot find a steering box 'shaft assembly' that is only 9-10 inches long. It appears to match a S.67078, but that looks like a one piece long shaft.
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To James Madison from William C. C. Claiborne, 5 November 1802 (Abstract)
§ From William C. C. Claiborne
5 November 1802, "Near Natchez." Sends such information as he has been able to collect in reply to JM's inquiries of 26 July.1 In conformity with JM's request, land claimants of the descriptions mentioned were invited by public advertisement to file "the particular Authority and extent of their respective claims, and the chain of Title derived to the present claimants from the Original Title" before proper county officers and court clerks prior to 1 Nov.2 He had hoped that acquiescence with this invitation would have provided grounds for accurate estimates but has found the returns to be not so general as he had wished. A few claimants, who he believes have legitimate titles, failed to state them "either thro' inattention, or from an unaccommodating disposition." Some with weak claims probably avoided exhibiting them from an unwillingness to expose the weakness, believing reports "which some designing characters circulated with industry" that the call for titles was intended to work immediate injury. Having thus warned JM that the return of claims [not found] accompanying this letter is not complete, he will answer JM's queries in order.
The quantity of land to which Indian title has been relinquished cannot be correctly ascertained until the boundary between the U.S. and the Choctaw territories, which "will shortly be executed" under the direction of General Wilkinson, is completed,3 but conjectures that there may be on the Mississippi 2,500 square miles, or 1,600,000 acres, comprehending the counties of Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson, and Wilkinson, and on the Mobile there may be 4,600 square miles or almost 3,000,000 acres, composing all of Washington County. The "greater part" of the land on the Mississippi is fertile "and well adapted to cultivation," but almost 2,000,000 acres of Mobile land are pine barrens, "little of which is susceptible of culture." Is informed the balance is supposedly good land, most of which "may be cultivated to advantage." Encloses a small map of settled land adjoining the Mississippi (no. 1) [not found] and a map of land in Washington County to which the Indian claim is extinguished (no. 2) [not found]. Will class the claims recognized by the second article of the agreement with Georgia under three heads: (1) "Grants to persons, who were actual settlers, within the ceded Territory, on the 27: of October 1795, legally and fully executed, prior to that day by the former British Government of West Florida"; packet (A) [not found] contains these claims; (2) "Grants to persons who were actual settlers within the ceded Territory on the 27: of October 1795, legally and fully executed prior to that day, by the Government of Spain, (this species of Titles is numerous)"; packet (B) [not found] contains all of these that were filed; and (3) "Claims of persons who were settlers within the ceded Territory, on the 27: Oct: 1795, derived from actual surveys or settlements made under the law of Georgia, passed February 7: 1785, commonly called the Bourbon Act"; packet (C) [not found] contains these claims. Few of this class have been surveyed as it would have been unsafe to do so under the Spanish government, but the owners rely on settlements formed with verbal permission from the then existing government and the invitation held out by the state of Georgia in the Bourbon Act. "Among the titles recognised in the agreement of compromise with Georgia, there will arise a few which clash, (viz) lands claimed by different persons under British and Spanish titles who were both settlers in the Territory on the 27: of Oct: 1795." This is because the British proprietor either did not reside in the territory or, if present, did not comply with the conditions of his patent at the time of the Spanish regrant. Has tried to learn how grants were made under the British and Spanish governments. The British grants were occasionally conferred by the king himself "for some signal services rendered by an individual" but were usually issued by the governor of West Florida, in which case the applicant petitioned the governor and council. When the petition was granted, the governor gave an order called "the Warrant of Survey" to the surveyor general. After the survey was completed and returned to the secretary's office, the patent was issued. Because of delays in the office "and in some instances by reason of the Spanish Conquest of Florida," people who had obtained warrants and paid for surveys frequently never acquired complete patents. Encloses a copy of a British patent (no. 3).4 The manner of obtaining titles under the Spanish was similar to the second British method. The applicant petitioned the governor general of Louisiana or the governor at Natchez. If the petition was granted, a written order, called a warrant, was given to the surveyor general for survey, and it put the petitioner in possession of a certain quantity of designated land. On the return of the survey to the office of the secretary for the Louisiana province at New Orleans, a formal patent with the plat and certificate of survey prefixed was issued, signed by the governor general of the province. Here also, delays in the intermediate steps sometimes prevented people with warrants of survey who were in complete possession of the land from obtaining perfect patents. Encloses copies of a petition, warrant of survey, and Spanish patent (no. 4).5
Now proceeds to other claims not recognized in the compromise agreement about which JM requested information. Cannot find any claims to land now occupied by the purchasers or persons claiming under them grounded on the alleged grants from Georgia following the Bourbon Act. Encloses copies of a 1 Oct. 1799 letter from Boston on the subject of the Georgia sale from some self-styled "Agents for the proprietors of Georgia lands," addressed to "some respectable citizens in this Territory," and the reply (nos. 5 and 6) [not found]. No title derived under the French government prior to 1763 has been filed, and he has it "on good authority" that no claims on behalf of "Ancient French proprietors" ever appeared under British or Spanish administrations, frequent contests between the French and "the Natchez Aborigines" having caused the French to abandon their agricultural possessions in the region "long before the peace of 1763." No claims have been filed that were granted under British or Spanish rule prior to the treaty of 1795 but were unaccompanied by settlement in the ceded territory by the treaty date. "Nor is it probable there are many such of Spanish Origin. But it is a matter of great notoriety, that British claims of this species are numerous. By far the greater part of the valuable improvements and plantations in this Territory, is made upon lands heretofore granted by the ⟨Brit⟩ish Government of West Florida, but which were regranted by the Spanish Government." Notes that the Spanish allowed two or three years beyond the time granted in the treaty of 1783 for the British "to sell, convey or settle their lands" before they began regranting land which formerly belonged to British subjects. There are three types of claims made under the Spanish grants after the treaty of 1795: (1) those where patents were issued after the treaty on Spanish warrants of survey made before the treaty; (2) those where both the warrants and patents were subsequent to the treaty; and (3) those where both the warrants and patents were subsequent to the treaty but antedated to make them appear to be prior to the treaty. Understands that many patents of the first type were issued but few were filed. Warrants obtained from the Spanish government accompanied by an actual survey and settlement were recognized by Spanish custom as good titles even before the issuance of patents. Claimants in this situation "were of⟨ten⟩ not anxious about obtaining their Patents," which could be procured at any time as a matter of course, and the treaty caught many in possession of incomplete rights. Some obtained patents from the Spanish office, which remained open after the treaty. Others saw such patents as granting no additional security and "trusted entirely to the justice and liberality of the United States to make valid in law, what they considered a perfect equitable title." Only "four or five" of the second type of claim have been returned. "Some men in favor with the Spanish Officers and trusting to the temporary continuance of the Spanish Courts and Government acquiesced in by the people, and Commissioner Ellicot, and Lieutenant Pope, the only representatives of the United States then present, received titles for land, which were dated agreeable to the true time of receiving them. The number of these claims is uncertain, but said not to be numerous." Although no claims of the third kind have been filed, "no doubt is entertained here of their existence. They are reported to be of great extent, and are supposed to cover much valuable land near the settlements." Regarding claims founded on the third section of the Bourbon Act, many people who settled and improved vacant land after 1795 believe they will have preference when the land office is opened. Although the act was repealed by Georgia in February 1788, the repeal was probably "but partially known" because of poor communications between Georgia and the Mississippi territory and some people may have acted under the invitation given them in the act. It is impossible "to form accurate estimates" of the quantity of land covered by claims under article 2 of the compromise and under other claims, but the best information he can obtain indicates that there cannot be more than 400,000 acres on the Mississippi covered by claims falling under article 2 of the compromise. Can hazard no opinion of private claims on the Mobile until the Washington County returns are received. Understands that "besides a large Tract of Pine Barrens, there is some valuable lands" remaining to be disposed of by the U.S. In order to inform JM more fully of "the true state of land claims in this Territory," he has forwarded all received returns "carefully filed under their different classes" [not found]. Among them are some that cannot be included in any of the descriptions JM listed. "The titles for instance by Spanish Warrants of Survey & possession without Patents m⟨ay⟩ be viewed as of this kind." Notes that these titles are "esteemed here as very strong in an Equitable point of view." Is "well informed" they were considered legal under the Spanish government, "and by custom the proprietor was authorized to sell after three years occupancy." JM will observe that a great portion of the present population of the territory consists of "Citizens who have formed settlements on vacant lands." There are over 700 such heads of families in Jefferson, Adams, Wilkinson, and Claiborne Counties; their wives and children amount to upward of 2,000. "I do sincerely hope that these Citizens may be secured in their improvements, and that the government will sell out the Vacant land in this district upon moderate terms and in small tracts to actual settlers: If this policy be not observed, much distress will attend many of the settlers and the certain effect will be their leaving the Territory in disgust, to become subjects in a Country, where heretofore, the most flattering invitations have been offered to the poorer class of industrious Citizens, by bestowing, upon every applicant, without price, portions of the richest lands, proportioned to the extent of his family. The present farms of these settlers would probably fall into the hands of rich speculators, either in this District, or from the United States. Thus we may lose a considerable portion of our present population, and the further encrease of our numbers [be] retarded, by the best and most convenient spots being monopolized by me⟨n po⟩ssessing large tracts of unoccupied lands. The consequence would be that this most distant and infant settlement of the United States, at present insulated and defenceless, would be rendered more weak and defenceless, by the banishment of the poorer Class of White Citizens, and the introduction of a few wealthy characters, with a large encrease of negroes, a description of inhabitants, already formidable to our present population."
Adds in a note that he has not received a return of the claims filed in Washington County. Adds in a second note that claims filed by those who were actual settlers on 27 Oct. 1795 and have full and legally executed patents are for 52,754 acres under British grants and 190,406 acres under Spanish grants. Claims under Spanish patents dated after 27 Oct. 1795 by those who were settled then amount to 8,980 acres. Claims under British warrants without patents by those settled on 27 Oct. 1795 amount to 10,900 acres. Claims under Spanish warrants of survey and possession by those who were actual settlers on 27 Oct. 1795 are for 21,203 acres. These claims are in packet (D) [not found]. Notes that there are about 130 heads of families who were settled on vacant land on 27 Oct. 1795 and now claim a right of occupancy under the Bourbon Act and about 700 heads of families who settled on vacant land after 1795 "and made considerable improvements." Further adds that "should the contemplated changes in the masters of Louisiana take place,… our new neighbours, with a large extent of Vacant Country to settle, may also offer great encouragement to emigrants."
Letterbook copy (Ms-Ar: Claiborne Executive Journal). 12 pp. Printed in Rowland, Claiborne Letter Books description begins Dunbar Rowland, ed., Official Letter Books of W. C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1816 (6 vols.; Jackson, Miss., 1917). description ends , 1:211–21. Enclosures not found, but see nn. 4 and 5.
1. PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 3:425–27.
2. See Claiborne to JM, 12 Sept. 1802 (PJM-SS description begins Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 1986—). description ends , 3:572–73 and n., n. 2).
3. On 17 Oct. James Wilkinson had signed a convention with the Choctaw Indians agreeing to mark and establish the boundary line between the Choctaw Nation and the U.S. (ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington, 1832–61). description ends , Indian Affairs, 1:681–82).
4. A copy of the British patent Claiborne enclosed, granting 3,000 acres to Daniel Clark, is printed in ASP description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington, 1832–61). description ends , Public Lands, 1:137–38.
5. The petition of Charles Howard, the responses of Governors Gayoso and Carondelet, a certificate of survey for Ebenezer Dayton, and Carondelet's patent to Dayton are printed ibid., 1:138–39.


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JOHN PIRELLI LODGE ITALIAN-AMERICAN SCHOLARSHIPS at Wright State University and the University of Dayton
The partnerships the John Pirelli Lodge #1633 have developed with Wright State University and the University of Dayton are dedicated to help preserve and promote Italian culture in the region, and to provide financial assistance to students of Italian descent at these exceptional universities. Accordingly, we are pleased to announce that the applications for the 2018 John Pirelli Lodge Italian-American Scholarships are now available.
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Millions of tourists visit Ireland every year with very few crime complaints or issues. If you are planning a trip to Ireland, in the grand scheme of the world, you have selected a relatively safe place. No country is completely crime or worry-free, however, Ireland does not have a super high-risk rate for crime.
Just like any major cities, the capital cities, like Dublin of the Irish Republic or Belfast in the North, may have more danger spots.
Reputationally, you may have heard that there's bombs, riots, tanks, and guns, but Irish terrorism has declined significantly since the 1990s. As with any place, such as your hometown or a travel destination, be smart and be aware of your surroundings.
Emergency Numbers
In the event of an emergency, contact the local law enforcement authorities, the Gardai (Republic of Ireland) or the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland), both can be reached from any phone by dialing 112 or 999. There are a number of emergency phone numbers, or you can get in touch with the tourist support services offered by the embassies.
Crime in Ireland
Let's take a look at some general tips to help you avoid being a target or victim of crime.
Pickpockets and Bagsnatchers
The greatest danger to the unwary tourist, in Ireland and indeed worldwide, looms from opportunistic thieves, who use bustling crowds as a cover. The easiest crime for someone to pull is to pick your pockets or to simply snatch a bag and make a run for it. Take the usual precautions—wear your valuables close and as inaccessible as possible. If you are carrying a bag with a strap, wear the strap across your body, not loosely off your shoulder. If you place your bag on the table in a restaurant, a quick trick is to simply fasten the strap to a chair or your leg.
And, never leave your valuables like passports, money, and credit cards unattended, not even in the hotel or in the rental car.
Robbery or Sexual Assault
While rare, robbery still exists. To avoid being threatened with bodily harm in exchange for your valuables, the best precaution is to avoid lonely streets at night or early morning hours—even if it means you take a detour or a taxi ride. Do not be showy and flash diamond rings, a fat wallet or jewelry more than absolutely necessary.
In the event you are confronted with a possible assailant attempting to rob you, the best reaction is to comply with demands unless you can safely call the attention of law enforcement officials. Fighting back is not recommended. Your risk of being injured increases tremendously if you try to fight back. Stay cool, calm, and collected and do not offer any resistance. Weapons in robberies are usually fists, boots, or knives. Gun crime is relatively rare. Most shootings are gang-related or family disputes, not stranger danger.
To lessen your chances of rape or sexual assault, do not plan on getting drunk, taking drugs, hitchhiking, going to parties or places unaccompanied, or walking alone on dark and desolate streets. In the event, you are confronted or being followed, run towards people. Dial 112 for the police/emergency phone line.
Terrorist Activity
Since the late 1990s, the threat of terrorism by Republican or Loyalist paramilitaries has severely declined, though some Republican dissidents still want to undermine the peace process by violent means.
International terrorism has so far bypassed Ireland. The threat is not entirely gone since the Irish are part of the British troops who are fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. And, Irish airports are being used by the U.S. military.
Irish authorities are actively preventing terrorist actions with security measures in place. The authorities should be well prepared for any terrorist incidents in most parts of the Emerald Isle.
Homophobic, Religious, and Racist Hate Crime
Comparatively rare in rural areas and more a part of life in cities and towns, homophobic crimes, or "gay bashing," tends to happen sporadically, often in the vicinity of gay hangouts.
Religious hate crimes are uncommon these days, although sneaky vandalism directed against property is more likely than actual spontaneous physical attacks. In Ireland, anti-Semitism or stereotypes about Jews or Muslims may occur.
Racist hate crimes are mostly confined to larger urban areas and can be both spontaneous or planned. Most victims are non-Caucasian.
Car-Related Crime
"Smash and grab" attacks on tourist vehicles are a definite risk. Most of these are crimes of opportunity. The best prevention is simply not to leave any bags or valuables in plain sight—lock them in the trunk, even when only leaving the car for a few minutes. The same goes for camper vans or tents if you are camping—do not bring valuables.
Car theft and vandalism happen mostly when vehicles are parked in areas that are isolated. To prevent theft, use a supervised parking area and securely lock cars at all times.
Car-jacking rarely occurs. As a precaution, lock your car doors when driving in urban areas.
Credit Card Fraud or Scammers
Credit card fraud is on the rise in Ireland. It pays to keep your PIN safe and to keep the card within eyesight when paying. Beware of suspicious activity at or around ATMs, this might indicate credit card "skimming," or targeting by criminals.
There are definite cases of blatant overcharging for tours or souvenirs, which may qualify as a scam, but are actually not if the price is published ahead of time and you agree to the price.
Bigger scams targeting tourists are relatively rare. As always, the advice caveat emptor, meaning "Let the buyer beware" applies to all who think they are getting a good deal. If it's too good to be true, then it probably is.


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If you think of Switzerland the first thing that comes into your mind is the Alps but there are still a lot of top reasons to visit Switzerland and it would be a waste if you wouldn't even see any of it. It is a small country located in central Europe bordered by the five countries of Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Italy and Germany. Prepare yourself for Switzerland will take your breath away with its stunning tourist spots.
Berne, the capital of Switzerland is a small city that offers you a wide range of things to go to. The first thing to do is just walk around the city because everything is so close to each other that you may just as well stumble to one tourist spot to another. The city's old town is one of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, it gives you stunning medieval architectures, Renaissance Fountains, and beautiful Cathedral which definitely makes it to the top list of tourist spots. Also don't forget to visit the Bear Pits, the House of Parliament, Clock Tower, Bern Historical Museum and the Rose Garden which you shouldn't miss at all.
The Swiss Alps is one of the top reasons to visit in Switzerland. Aside from its breathtaking scenery you can also enjoy recreational activities, vacation homes, hotels, and sport centers. It attracts a lot of skiers and hikers due to its perfect location. As a tourist haven, it never fails to complete their visit in Switzerland without setting foot in this place.
This famous destination in Switzerland is found in Bernese Oberland. This the best place to view the spectacular scenery of the three white peaks of Jungfrau, Monch and Eiger. What's great about the place is that aside from its stunning view is the fresh air that comes from the green meadows and valleys. You get to enjoy the mountain breeze with no noise from the city or anything that you associate with a busy life. If you want to have a peaceful and relaxing vacation then a trip to this wonderland is a great choice.
Jet d' Eau is one of the top tourist attractions in Switzerland which is located in Geneva. This came to be when an engineer built a temporary outlet for the excess pressure that builds up at night. As of today the fountain is one of the top tourist destinations in Geneva. People who want to see them up close can visit the pier and just prepare to be sprinkled if not bathe in water.
The Rhine Falls is one of the top tourist attractions in Switzerland. It has a famous adventure park that lets families, kids and adults enjoy. Aside from viewing the breathtaking falls it also has the largest rope park in Switzerland with lots of obstacles to enjoy while having the view of the beautiful Rhine Falls.
True enough, people can't get enough of Switzerland whether if it's the chocolates, the Alps, or the other tourist spots. It is a nature lover's haven because it gives you the beauty of nature, the peacefulness and the adventure that you need. Apart from those places mentioned above you must also visit Zermatt, Grindelwald, Geneva, and Interlaken which should also be your top reasons to visit Switzerland.


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What are New Jersey Wage and Hour Laws?
What are New Jersey wage and hour laws, and how can employees and workers know that they are being treated fairly? In this video, an employment lawyer explains some basic points of wage and hour law, and discusses how non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime pay. Workers who are not paid in accordance with the law can bring past wage claims against a past employer.


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British Empire is MEP's cup of tea
July 2, 2015
Great Britain is very much MEP Dan Hannan's cup of tea – so much so that the Conservative Eurosceptic even owns a British Empire mug. Emblazoned proudly across the dishwasher and microwave safe vessel is the stirring motto, "The British Empire Runs on Tea". Indeed it does! Or should that be did? Heard in Europe… » read more
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|Magical Musical!
|This way please.
|Eric and Caroline
|From L-R: Me, Janice, Henry Lee, Caroline, Jolyn
|Shemah and her sweet kids
|Awesome active dancers
The stories were well played and acted out in the midst of awesome music and dance moves. We were treated to songs such as Saturday Night Fever, Don't Stop Me Now, Tonight, Good Morning Baltimore, We Will Rock You, Jai Ho and more! The songs were really catchy, and coupled with the dancing, the crowd really moved to the music.
|Dancers with really outgoing outfits moving to the music!
|More of the cast
|The crowd enjoying the musical
Magical Musicals Sunway Lagoon
10 June – 17 July 2011 at The Amphitheatre @ Sunway Lagoon
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About Isaac Tan
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Posed this question on the Midget tread, as it did not belong there here's a new tread.
Most of us know that in 1966 Nat Young rode his magic board "SAM", which set the bar.
In researching Keyo's "Virgin" Vee bottom, I came across these two photos of Sam.
1. Nat rode Keyo boards.
2. Looking closely at each photo, it looks as though the Gordon Woods is photo shopped.
Anyone know the truth???


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In this post I use ScriptCraft, Minecraft, and L-systems to create fun in-game fractals and discuss how you can too.
ScriptCraft is a Minecraft mod that allows you to run JavaScript inside the game using the Java Rhino library. Walter Higgins the creator of Scriptcraft modeled the library's API after the programming language Logo which is basically a Lisp with turtle graphics (more on that in a bit). Lucky for us having turtle graphics makes working with L-systems super easy since a turtle interpreter is a natural way to render L-systems.
L-systems were originally created by a Hungarian botanist named Aristid Lindenmayer who was interested in modeling plant growth. You can model arboreal growth, brush and shrubs, and also roots (by changing the modeling environment a bit to bring about different tropisms). You can do more than model trees though–there are tons of interesting fractals to make like Koch curves, Dragon curves, and Sierpinksi's Triangles.
Learning exactly how L-systems work requires a bit of knowledge about grammars–a topic which I slept through while in Computing Theory class. I've picked up some knowledge since then, but to keep this post short I'll avoid any grammar shenanigans and say an L-system is simply a series of commands that change over time due to a corresponding set of rules. So if you change the starting commands and/or the set of rules you will get different types of structures like this romantic torch-lit fractal which my turtle built just for you baby (by following the commands).
Putting It All Together
In order to start drawing L-systems in Minecraft, I installed ScriptCraft following the instructions on the ScriptCraft Github repo and then went searching for a JavaScript L-system library I could poach. I settled on John Snyder's L-system implementation which is BSD licensed and can be found on his blog. He also has a turtle implementation which would be a good candidate for wrapping around the ScriptCraft Drone (ScriptCraft's turtle).
Converting this L-system implementation to work in ScriptCraft was a breeze and you can see the code in the Github repo I created for this project. Follow the installation instructions there if you want to start creating L-system fractals in Minecraft….like this one:
Oh and make you sure experiment with lava and water for cool 2D fractals turned 3D:
Email me any cool fractals you make–especially if you have better texture packs and lighting mods installed than I. Also if you liked this, check out my post on Visualizing Sorting Algorithms.


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Articles by JCS
How to Avoid a Back Attack
JC Smith, MA, DC
Back pain is bigger than you might think and an issue you had best learn to prevent before it strikes you, too. More than 37% of American adults, equivalent to 92 million people, will complain daily of low back pain. In a year's time, 76% or 190 million will suffer with a back attack, and in a lifetime, over 85% will suffer. Approximately 20% of sufferers describe their pain as severe or disabling.[1]
Clearly, back pain is a silent epidemic that also costs our society an estimated $267.2 billion annually. Considering there are now over 200 treatments for low back pain alone, it is also easy to get confused. [2]
Truthfully, the current medical treatments have not worked well. We all know people who have had failed back surgery, became addicted to opioid narcotics, or underwent expensive, dangerous, and ineffective epidural steroid shots.
In fact, one notable orthopedic surgeon, Gordon Waddell, MD, and author of The Back Pain Revolution, admits to the abject failure of medical spine care.
Low back pain has been a 20th century health care disaster. Medical care certainly has not solved the everyday symptom of low back pain and even may be reinforcing and exacerbating the problem...It [back surgery] has been accused of leaving more tragic human wreckage in its wake than any other operation in history.[3]
Slipped Discs or Slipped Joints?
Let me give you advice from my 33 years of experience as a chiropractor to help you better understand the nature of a back attack and how best to treat it.
First of all, let's clear up one huge misconception: forget about the "disc theory." It was disproved in 1990 when researchers found disc abnormalities in people with no back pain; likewise, there are people with a lot of pain who have no disc problems at all.[4]
Medical researchers now consider abnormal discs to be "trivial, harmless, and irrelevant," to the point of mocking them as "incidentalomas" since MRI studies have shown many people without back pain have abnormal discs, too.[5] This is the first fact you need to understand if you are to manage your back pain properly—discs don't slip, but joints do.
In fact, research now shows there are 313 joints in and around the spinal column. When these spinal joints are compressed from prolong sitting or ripped apart by falls or accidents, your spine loses proper alignment and motion and this generates pain from many different sources.
A chiropractor may take x-rays primarily to analyze the structure of your spine. While other "incidentalomas" may be detected as well, the key is how the spine functions, not what the discs look like on an MRI.
In other words, spine treatment is not simply like pulling a thorn out of your paw. Instead, these are complex injuries that require different types of "hands-on" treatments. This explains why spinal manipulation, massage therapy, and spinal flexibility/strengthening exercises work so well.
So, forget about "slipped discs" for the moment. How well your spine functions and ultimately feels is an equation of the spinal alignment, joint flexibility, muscle strength, and ability to do normal daily activities such as sitting, lifting, bending, standing, and playing.
Actually, most spinal problems begin in youth when kids fall off bikes, roller skates, sports accidents like playing football, horseback falls, and even cheerleading. These often cause spinal misalignments that go unseen and uncorrected in their youth only to resurface years later when finally the "straw breaks the camel's back."
Principles of Spine Care
This paradigm shift in spine care is not a new revelation. As far back as 1994 the US Public Health Service did a two-year study on acute low back pain[6] in adults and shocked the medical world when it gave three "preferred treatments":
So, let me explain why manipulation helps so well by teaching you the three principles of spinal care.
First of all, the alignment of the spine is paramount. Obviously the more misalignments you have, the worse your problem. Just as a bent knee would be bad to walk on and to bear weight, so are misalignments in your spine.
However, unlike your leg that has just 3 bones connected by one knee joint, your spine has 24 vertebrae and 313 joints when you count all the spine, ribs, and pelvic joints. When you have falls, sports injuries, or just sit too long, these spinal joints lose motion, become misaligned or compressed. So a chiropractic exam will look for spinal structural and joint motion problems more than incidentalomas.
The second principle is strength. It's one thing for a chiropractor to adjust spinal joints, but if your muscles are weak or injured, like a weak knee, the adjustment will not hold in place for long. Spinal exercises are as important as brushing your teeth to prevent tooth decay.
The third principle of a healthy spine is flexibility. Obviously joints are designed to move. Even if you have a strong back, if your spinal joints are badly compressed, you will lose motion, develop stiffness, and as many Southerners say, "you'll feel all stove up."
For every patient, I always recommend preventative maintenance care that consists of periodic spinal adjustments along with daily spinal exercises. Just like you will always brush your teeth and periodically see a dentist, the same type of preventative care is important for your spine.
Let me be totally honest: there's a good chance you, like me, will have a few areas of your spine that are permanently injured from previous accidents, many sustained in childhood or car accidents or sports injuries. The key to learn is how to properly treat these spinal weaknesses with periodic adjustments and daily spine exercises. Actually, I see my chiropractor weekly and I can honestly say I do my back exercises daily or else I can't function or feel as good as I do.
JC Smith, MA, DC, is the author of a new book, The Medical War Against Chiropractors: the untold story from persecution to vindication.
[1] Scott Haldeman DC, MD, PhD, FRCP(C) and Simon Dagenais DC, PhD. A supermarket approach to the evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain. The Spine Journal, vol. 8, Issue 1, January-February 2008, Pages 1-7.
[2] The Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States Bone and Joint Decade, Copyright © 2008 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. ISBN 978-0-89203-533-5, pp. 21.
[3] Gordon Waddell and OB Allan, "A Historical Perspective On Low Back Pain And Disability, "Acta Orthop Scand 60 (suppl 234), 1989.
[4] SD Boden, DO Davis, TS Dina, NJ Patronas, SW Wiesel, "Abnormal Magnetic-Resonance Scans of the Lumbar Spine in Asymptomatic Subjects: A Prospective Investigation," J Bone Joint Surg Am. 72 (1990):403–408.
[5] Richard Deyo, MD, MPH and Donald Patrick, PhD, MSPH, Hope or Hype, The obsession with medical advances and the high costs of false promises. 2005 AMACOM books.
[6]Bigos et al. US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Clinical Practice Guideline, Number 14: Acute Low Back Problems in Adults AHCPR Publication No. 95-0642, (December 1994)


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Crab-Stuffed Salmon
This dish is inspired by a creation of my sister Nellie and her husband, Chris. According to Nellie, "as long as we've been together, whenever Chris wanted to make a nice meal for me, it was always crab-stuffed salmon. To this day, it is still a go-to recipe if we want to treat ourselves."
- 1/2 1/2 1/2 Lemon
- 16 oz 16 oz 16 oz Lump Crab Meat
- 3 cloves 3 cloves 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 3 Tbsp 3 Tbsp 3 Tbsp Parsley, minced
- 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp Black Pepper
- 24 oz 24 oz 24 oz Wild Caught Salmon Filet, 4, 6 oz filets
- 1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp Primal Palate Garlic & Herb Seasoning, (sub: 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 2 cloves garlic, minced)
- Preheat oven to bake at 400°F.
- In a small bowl, season crab meat with minced garlic, parsley, the juice of half of a lemon, salt, and pepper.
- Slice salmon filet lengthwise down the center to create a space for stuffing.
- Stuff salmon with seasoned crab meat, using about 1/4 cup of crab per salmon filet.
- On a broiling pan, bake salmon for 18 minutes at 400°F.
- Switch to broil, move rack to the top layer, and broil salmon at 500°F for an additional 5 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh parsley and lemon.
This recipe will make about 1–1.5 cups of extra crab mixture. We typically bake the extra crab in soufflé dishes and save it for a leftover treat the next day.
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text: Adam Yauch was an energetic, intelligent and humorous kid of 20 when I met him almost 30 years ago. Along with Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, his two band mates in the Beastie Boys, I caught him playing the Roxy on 18th Street in Manhattan. He did a laughably bad parody of rap and hip hop while wearing a doo rag and a sweatsuit. It was their first gig at the old headquarters for hip hop and their ridiculous attire made them look like they did part-time security at a Times Square porn shop. At the time, it did not appear that they would have much future as serious players in the hip hop world. It just goes to show you that greatness can come from inauspicious beginnings. History has proven that I could not have been any more wrong.


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Put simply, people who are like each other, like each other.
Overview of Unconscious Bias
Lately, the concept of unconscious bias or "hidden bias" has come into the forefront of the world of work because the dynamics of diversity are changing at a rapid rate.
- Being a successful global firm requires businesses to access talent around the world; unconscious bias prevents that happening
- Client demands are for more representative supplier staffing; some suppliers are losing business because their staff are too homogenous or have biased attitudes
- Clients themselves are ever more diverse; better client relationships require businesses to be more culturally competent
What is unconscious bias in the workplace?
The Definition of Unconscious Bias
Put simply, people who are like each other, like each other.
Unconscious biases are our unintentional people preferences, created and maintained by factors such as the way we have been socialised during our upbringing, our personal experiences as an adult and the impact of the media.
These biases are natural and we all have them, in fact they are essential to help us process the vast amounts of information we are exposed to every day. Social psychologists call this phenomenon "social categorisation"; the advantage of categorisation is that it saves us time and effort when processing information about others.
Our biases also affect how we see, hear, remember and think which can impact our behaviours positively or negatively (including our decisions on who to hire, trust, promote or support)
Raising awareness of personal biases enables leaders to become more conscious of bias-based assumptions, encouraging them to seek more information/ perspectives leading to:
- Better client relationships
- Higher self-perception
- Enhanced problem solving
- Improved logical reasoning
- More positive reaction in conflicts
By the end of this short introductory session, delegates will:
- Understand how our biases are created and maintained by our neurology and our socialisation
- Explore how bias can be triggered and controlled
- Develop ideas to counter bias in our people decisions at a company and personal level
- Be given the opportunity to take some personal bias assessment tests following the session*
*The tests used are implicitly ®. Each person can complete the tests at their own PC at a time that is convenient to them.


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No, the markings are not painted on. It actually looks like this.
His owner says Vinnie is "so friendly and the kids love him."
Matt of All Trades blog, like the title suggests, is by a Vermont author and offers offbeat musings on pop culture, media, journalism, humor, weirdness, stupid people, smart people, my life as a journalist, landscaper, photographer, married gay man, dog lover and weather geek and more. It's run by me, Matt Sutkoski, a native Vermonter living in St. Albans, Vt.
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