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Talking the lingo in Rio: Chatting with your new Spanish speaking friends about goalball
This article is a series of language learning posts by ParaSport News. The goal is to provide sport fans some very basic sport and Paralympic vocabulary so you can talk with the world about disability sport at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio.
Spanish is spoken 470 million native speakers world wide. As an official or default language in 20 different countries, you are almost certain to run across people who speak it. The language is almost completely phonetic and easier for English speakers to learn than Portuguese. If you speak it slowly, most Portuguese speakers will be able to understand you. Spoken in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Venezuela, United States, Puerto Rico, Andorra, Belize, Gibraltar, Philippines, United States, and Western Sahara, some of these countries also have deep Paralympic traditions and knowing it will help you keep up with a lot of medalists. Spain is 8th all time on the Paralympic medal table. Mexico is 24th. Argentina is 29th.
General disability words:
- parálisis cerebral – Cerebral palsy
- sordo – Deaf
- discapacidades – Disabilities
- pies – Feet
- manos – Hands
- Síndrome de Rett – Rett Syndrome
- silla de ruedas – Wheelchair
Sport specific words:
- clase – class
- deporte paralímpico – Paralympic sport
- deportistas de alto rendimiento – High performance athlete
- Paralímpica – Paralympic (feminine)
Goalball specific words:
- Pelota – Ball
- Goalball – Goalball
- Árbitro – Referee
- jugador – player
- campana – bell
- partido – game
- minutos – minutes
- equipo – team
- pista – court
- equipo rival – opposing team
- antifaces – masks


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How to Deal with Your Spouse's Debt
Latrice Knighton is an award-winning divorce attorney, life coach, and speaker. She solves problems using her experience and legal knowledge to offer practical advice.
We all want to live debt-free.
In order to live debt-free we have to make tough choices surrounding our budget and our lifestyle.
You and your spouse are more likely to stay on budget and maintain comfortable lifestyle if both of you are able to have open communication about money. You need to talk about the ways you plan on spending your money as well as the ways you plan on savingi it.
Unfortunately, we are not taught about how to have conversations surrounding money with our significant other. And, sometimes a spouse may be uncertain as to how work together on coming up with a budget for spending and saving. So, you make money choices individually. One choice may be that once spouse starts accumulating debt without the knowledge of the other spouse.
That's when we have to ask ourselves a really important question: how do we fix the debt problem and what can be done now? The answer may not be obvious.
But knowing what the next steps are important in regards to your financial future.
If you've been surprised to learn about your spouse's debt and don't know what to do, this episode is for you.
In this episode, you'll get three must-ask and must-answer questions to help you decide what to do after you discover your spouse has accumulated debt.
What's more, these same three questions are crucial to ask before you file for divorce or legal separation from your significant other. Write them down now and save your future self untold amounts of time, money and heartache.
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Welcome to the Outdoor LED Lighting newsletter for February 2011. View past issues.This month's newsletter features several articles including one describing a methodology for evaluating lighting-design criteria and cost issues, which provides lighting professionals with a pathway to make the best outdoor lighting choices.Send your news, press releases, application stories and product information to our editorial team or post the details directly to our website using our online form. Subscribe now and make sure you don't miss future issues of our Outdoor LED Lighting newsletter. Contact us for advertising information.
Application Stories
Philips installs LED lights along 7-km length of highway
Philips has supplied 293 LED luminaires for a busy stretch of highway near Amsterdam. Meanwhile, Philips Lighting UK argues that switching-off street lights is a false economy, and modern technology such as LEDs and control systems offer a better option.
Topeka retrofits lights, Roseville tests LEDs
Topeka, Kansas retrofits existing fixtures with LEDs, while Roseville, CA recruits volunteer SSL street-light evaluators, and new projects come to California, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Neo-Neon LED fixtures used in tunnel illumination project in Brazil
In August of 2010, Neo-Neon LED Lighting International Ltd (Neo-Neon) won a bid, amidst a field of world-class competitors, for a prominent tunnel-illumination project in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Kazan, Russia reduces energy consumption thanks to Ledel's efficient street lighting with Osram LEDs
The Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, is tackling street lighting in an effort to reduce energy consumption and has initiated a pilot project in its capital Kazan with the help of Ledel company.
More Application Stories
MHA Lighting wins contract to light up Manchester Airport carparks with LEDs
Okemos Public Schools select Cooper Lighting LED product to update parking lot
Hubbell Lighting supplies LEED certified garage at University of Nebraska
Application requirements dictate best choice for outdoor-lighting technology
A methodology for evaluating lighting-design criteria and cost issues provides lighting professionals with a pathway to make the best outdoor lighting choices, explains Ronald Gelten.
LightSavers LED street-lighting pilot project yields encouraging results
A pilot SSL street-light project in Caledon, Canada tested LED luminaires from three manufacturers. Maury Wright describes the generally positive results for illuminance, uniformity, and lumen depreciation after a full year since deployment.
Wireless networks enable city-wide control of LED street-light installations
Municipalities can add a wireless system to LED street-light deployments and implement remote power-monitoring and control functions including dimming, says Maury Wright.
Europe seeks proposals for pilot projects on solid-state lighting
European Union funding of up to EUR 10 million will support 2 or 3 large-scale pilot projects to demonstrate the benefits of solid-state lighting.
LRC tests LED-based, off-grid lighting for Lighting Africa program
Tests carried out by the Lighting Research Center will support the development of emerging markets for affordable off-grid lighting products in Africa and beyond.
Market for LED luminaires exceeded USD3.8 billion in 2010
With a compound annual growth rate of 22%, the LED luminaire market will reach USD8.3 billion in 2014, according to Strategies Unlimited.
Luminaires specification finalized by Energy Star
The final specification of the Energy Star Luminaires specification, which becomes effective in October, has now been released.
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DOE report estimates energy savings for LED lighting
Carmanah and ADB win contract for solar aviation lights in Middle East
LED Roadway Lighting Ltd launches SAT-S fixture
LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. has introduced a new, smaller form-factor LED street and area lighting fixture.
Visionaire Lighting announces its newest LED luminaire: The Premier
This low-profile post-top luminaire is offered in 42- or 84-LED configurations, with a color temperature of 4,000K. The company says it provides up to 50% energy savings over traditional HID light sources.
Ambergreat Electronics unveils latest generation of LED tunnel/canopy lights
The latest generation of LED tunnel/canopy lighting from Ambergreat uses high-brightness Cree LEDs in combination with improved lens design and thermal dissipation.
Philips launches LED outdoor luminaires to enhance the urban environment
Philips has launched a range of LED outdoor luminaires designed to both enhance the urban environment and to address the needs of its residents.
Strategies in Light Europe 2011 issues Call for Papers
Strategies in Light Europe 2011, which takes place in October in Milan, is now accepting abstracts through 18 March.
Strategies in Light China announces conference program
The first Strategies in Light event to be held in the Greater China region is entitled "East Meets West: Expanding the Global Market for LEDs and SSL."
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Endless Space Gold Edition
Disharmony brings a brand new experience to Endless Space players. A new faction with a unique play style, "The Harmony", will make its appearance. Battles will be even more intense with the addition of fighters and bombers, battle formations, a new targeting system, a redesigned weapon system and enhanced invasion mechanics. The AI opponents will be significantly more unpredictable with the implementation of the new 'Adaptive Multi-Agent System'. Prepare your empire for epic space battles!
This galaxy is ancient, and its first intelligent life was the civilization we call the Endless. Long before our eyes gazed upon the stars they flew between them, though all that remains of this people is what we call Dust. A substance found scattered or in forgotten temples, it once gave powers to admirals and galactic governors. The galaxy will belong to the faction that can take control of the Dust and uncover its secrets
The Gold Edition includes Endless Space along with the Disharmony DLC. Additionally we have included
extras from the Emperor Edition and all other DLCs which were available.
Title:Endless Space Gold Edition – Prophet
Genre: Indie, Strategy
Developer: AMPLITUDE Studios
Publisher: AMPLITUDE Studios
OS:Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor:Core 2 Duo Processor or Equivalent
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:256 MB DX9 Compliant
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
Sound:DirectX 9 Compatible Audio
OS:Windows XP SP3 / Vista / 7
Processor:Core i5/i7 or equivalent
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:512 MB DX9 Compliant with PS 3.0 support
Hard Drive:2 GB HD space
Sound:DirectX 9 Compatible Audio
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3- Copy the cracked content from PROPHET dir
The game version is v1.1.58.
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Brintnell, Wilfred Leigh
Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (August 27, 1895 – January 22, 1971) was a pioneering Canadian aviator.
Born in Belleville, Brintnell joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in Canada in 1917. A pilot, Brintnell instructed until his discharge in 1919, for the RFC at Fort Worth, Texas; the Royal Air Force at Camp Borden, Ontario; and the RAF in Upavon, England. Thereafter, he served as a commercial pilot with various operations.
In 1927, he took employment with Western Canada Airways, quickly rising to the position of manager. He was involved in several historic events between 1928 and 1931, including piloting the first multi-engined return flight Winnipeg, Manitoba to Vancouver, British Columbia; the first flight around Great Bear Lake; and the first over-the-mountains flight from Aklavik, Northwest Territories to Dawson City, Yukon Territory. He also flew an historic 9,000 mile trip from Winnipeg across the Northwest Territories to Alaska.
He left Canadian Airways Limited, the successor company of Western Canada Airways, soon after being appointed assistant general manager in 1931 so that he could form the Mackenzie Air Service Limited in Edmonton, Alberta. He sold the company to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in 1940, but stayed on to help expand that business into Canadian Pacific Airlines.
During World War II, he became a manager at Aircraft Repair Limited, overseeing the effort to maintain Canadian military aircraft, for which service he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) Civil in 1946. After the war, he first managed Northwest Industries Limited at Edmonton before, in 1952, operating aerial photographic business Arctic Air Lines.
He died in Edmonton, Alberta, and was inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Volume 3, Issue 13–May 10, 2017
Almost Time to Say Goodbye
We're almost at the end of the semester, and most of you are busy taking your final exams. I wish you the best of luck with them, and hope you get nothing but "A's".
As to those of you who are graduating, I look forward to seeing you at Graduation this Saturday, and to shaking your hand as you come across the stage. If there's a little tear in my eye, it's because I'll miss seeing you next year, so be sure to come back and pay us a visit.
For those who aren't graduating, I'll see you in the Fall if not sooner. Something you may want to think about is taking some summer courses—we offer a nice variety online. The new Excelsior Scholarships require students to have successfully completed 30 credits toward their degrees in all previous years. If you're a couple of credits short for this past year, taking some summer courses might help you become eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship. There are a lot of rules for the scholarship, so you can check out whether you may be eligible at www.canton.edu/Excelsior.
Spotlight on Athletics
This has been a very good year for athletics at SUNY Canton. We've also just heard that four of our players have won SUNY Chancellor's Awards for their athletic and academic success. The four players are:
- Romario Fletcher (Criminal Investigation, Basketball), is the first SUNY Canton basketball player to be named a First Team ECAC All-Star, and was named the ACAA Tournament Most Valuable Player, as well as an Association of Division III Independents Player of the Year. Romario led the Roos in rebounds (344) and was second in points (416).
- Noelle Niemiec (Sports Management, Ice Hockey), led the Colonial Hockey Conference in defensive scoring (16 points overall, 7 in league), and was named CHC First Team All-Conference.
- Peyton Robinson (Criminal Investigation and Homeland Security, Volleyball), led the Roos with 1,059 assists and 224 digs. She already has passed the 2,000 career assists and 500 career dig plateaus, in only her second year. Peyton was named the Association of Division III Independents Setter of the Year, and to the First Team All-Independent team.
- Joey Vocino (Applied Psychology, Ice Hockey) finished 4th on the Roos in scoring and led the team with seven power-play goals. He was named to the USCAA All-Academic Team as well.
Men's Basketball
This semester also had several of our teams making the playoffs. Our Men's Basketball team did very well, winning the ACAA conference title, and winning the first game (which we hosted) in the ECAC championships. As everyone on campus knows, our guys are not only excellent with the hoops, but are also great student-athletes and just great people. In addition to Romario Fletcher's accomplishments (above), Sam Annorh was named a Second Team ECAC All-Star, and led the Roos averaging 21.6 points and 4.9 assists per game, including a career high 37 points in one game. Sam's career stats at SUNY Canton include 1760 points, 438 assists, and 333 rebounds. Adrian Williams was third in scoring with 382 points, and Rashad Richardson was fourth at 210. Walt Jeter was second in rebounds with 251.
I hosted a small thank-you dinner for the team on Monday at the Alumni House. It was originally supposed to be a barbeque, but the weather didn't cooperate, so we moved it indoors. During the event, within a five-minute time period it changed from rain to a slushy rain to snow to cloudy to sunny! I guess the old story is true—if you don't like the weather in the North Country, just wait a minute.
Women's Ice Hockey
Women's Ice Hockey had their most successful season in their five-year history, finishing with 14 wins during the regular season, and winning their first playoff game ever, against Becker College 2-1. Lots of our players won awards: In addition to Noelle Niemiec's accomplishments (see above), Brooke Susac won three CHC Goalie of the Week, two Rookie of the Week, one Hero Sports Player of the Week, and named to the conference's All-Rookie team; Tess Adams won CHC Player of the week three times, was twice recognized nationally on the D3hockey.com Team of the Week, and was named CHC First Team All-Conference. Others winning weekly awards were Jessica Pele and Sydney Jordan. Sydney was also named to the conference's All-Rookie Team.
The team (which is more like a family) was also excellent off the ice, with one of SUNY Canton's top two team GPA's, and winning multiple Academic All-American nods. They're all great student-athletes and great people as well. On Tuesday, I hosted a thank-you dinner for them at the Alumni House. While the weather was a bit better than on Monday, it was still a bit cold and threatening, so we moved it indoors again.
This just in! SUNY Canton's Softball Team has extended its record-breaking season. They have just earned their first-ever bid (four seed) to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Tournament, which will be held in Akron, Ohio starting May 15th. They had a 22-15 season, breaking the school record for wins at the ACAA championship, where they came in second. Stephanie Miller, Lizzie Limonite, and Jordan Podkladek were named to the All-Tournament team. Courtney Hyland and Jordan Podkladek were also just named USCAA Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively.
Looks like I'll have the pleasure of hosting one more thank-you dinner when they get back from the national tournament!
Last Time's Trivia Contest
Last time's Trivia Challenge dealt with the letter "U". Our fastest responder was Rebecca Harvey, who wins a $10 gift card spendable anywhere on campus. Just come up to my office on the 6th floor of MacArthur Hall to get your prize, Rebecca. Others getting all four right include Amanda Wilkinson, Randi Conway, and Shawn Savard. Here are the correct answers:
- You can rent a truck from them to carry your stuff, but you have to load it yourself. U-Haul.
- You can access online courses through this SUNY Canton portal. U-Can-Web.
- In the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, this grew up to be a swan. The Ugly Duckling.
- When everyone votes the same way. Unanimous.
This Time's Trivia Challenge
The Trivia Challenge is on summer vacation, but it will be back next year!


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Welcome to the Eastside Astronomical Society blog page. This blog is used to share information found on the internet about astronomy, space travel, science, and other interesting items that may fit in.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Filters, levels, masking, and mental saturation.
So far, I'm on the right track with my processing, but really need more work with using some of the Photoshop, levels, curves, layers, and definitely masking!
I just spent about $360 on a couple of filters for my Canon 350D camera - CLS filter for light polution, a H-alpha filter, and a book. Probably buy more stuff before the weekend is out.
Kind of fun meeting with a bunch of other astro-geeks. We all sit at tables, introduce ourselves, then pass around our netbooks and iPods sharing our "family" pictures of our backyard galaxies and objects. My little family of galaxies photos were kind of the "special needs" kid compared with some of the others that were shared (at least I think so!). There are people from all over the country, including someone from Australia and France. Always nice to meet others that share the same interest of staying out late at night, fooling around with expensive optics and computer gear while cursing into the darkness out of frustration. I did mention this is a rewarding hobby while being the most aggravating and frustrating activity around?
Friday, October 23, 2009
Coolest quilt I've seen in a long time.
I saw this site that sells some pretty good looking quilts that would attract the astronomer crowd. I think if this guy was a vendor at some of the summer star parties, he would do quite well. We do need more vendors up at Table Mountain Star Party, the bad economy has made equipment shopping pretty sad the last few years up there.
Here is a nice sample of the M64 galaxy in a quilt. Forget the Snuggie, I'll curl up under a galaxy while watching a good meteor shower!
The pads are full of old and new.
I was just thinking something else about this new rocket. It sure won't sound as good as the shuttle. One SRB rocket vs. the shuttle's 2 SRBs, and 3 SSMEs all firing at the same time. To quote Alan Bean when seeing Alan Shepard fly:
"He's gone higher than I've ever gone, and faster than I've ever gone, and most importantly, he's made more noise doing it."NOISE! Will the Aries be the rocket equivalent of a Honda rice-burner with a fart can? I've seen a shuttle launch from 6 miles away and the noise that thing makes is almost worth witnessing it in person. Here is the best sounding video I've seen with a launch (this is the STS-117 launch that I was at).
I guess I should quit nit-picking The Stick.....sorry - Aries - before I even see it fly. I'm starting to sound like I'm talking about Star Trek XI!
NASA for your pocket.
Also has photos, videos, news, and of course "Twitters" if you are really into that stuff. I draw the line at Twittering personally. Just too much information I don't need to be more of a twit than I already am normally!
Best of all, it's free too. Or I guess we already paid with our taxes - what little NASA does get from the budget.
Always good to see NASA working on stirring up more public interest in this. Good job!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
The "Stick" is on the pad (or in the bottle?)
"The Stick" as it's been nicknamed by some, is about 30 feet short of the height of the Saturn V, but it just looks like a very tall bottle rocket. Sure, can't judge a ship by it's looks (look at the Apollo LM!), but this one does still have it's problems. The problem with the vibration is one that was fixed by adding counterweights to absorb vibration. Adding weight to a rocket does that make any sense?
Download the Press Kit below, there is a lot of good information about the flight, and plenty of diagrams for you visual types - like myself.
Anyway, it's test flight is top priority in a few days, so we'll see if the stick flies when the fuse is lit!
Shields up!
We have 6 countries (I guess Soviet Union is a former country) attacking Mars - Soviet Union, United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and soon China. The US is still the leader at getting through the shields and all the way to the surface!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Today's Martian meteorite....
Opportunity pretty much took a peek at this one, took a few photos, and has continued on it's quest. Maybe meteorites lying around on the surface are kind of a common thing on Mars but it really freaks me out that they have been sitting there just like this for over 3 BILLION years!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Click the link for the size image, lots of small detail in the image. Then you can zoom in on the town at the opposite side of the island with Google Earth for a view.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
The elusive LCROSS impact plume.
The Centaur also created a crater that is approximately 92 feet wide. Hard to see it since it's in the dark corner of the crater, but the dark corner was the target anyway to hopefully find evidence of water. No results released yet, but NASA is very pleased with the results so far. The public? - I think they expected too much out of this.
Just give them time to sort out the data, I'm sure water will be found!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Just another one of those things I never see.
Most of the time I'll miss it. There was one about a year ago that was really bright, and I was outside in the observatory staring at the screen focusing the scope. Another time I heard those nearby saying "oooh!", but I was looking at my feet or something.
Anyway, how often does a nice fireball happen when you have a camera - and can use it quickly enough to get shots like this? Robert Mikaelyan was lucky and had a camera ready and got these shots. I think he is a professional photographer from the look of his photo site, so he was probably all set with his camera and could use it quickly.
Tattoo or Mars?
No, this isn't a tattoo, but kind of looks like it. It's sand dunes on Mars with dark tracks left by dust devils as the moved around on the surface. Strange stuff, but this almost looks like some kind of modern art. This would look good on a wall - Mars not the tattoo.
Monday, October 12, 2009
LCROSS public reaction - video
Space highway?
Seriously though, this is a great poster and you can stare at this for a while!
Just kind of fun - Saturn V cross section.
I found this on what appears to be a French web site with some old (and newer) scans of Apollo posters.
Remember this old poster from National Geographic?
Friday, October 9, 2009
LCROSS: NASA - success! Public - dud!
Good job NASA!
It will be a while before the data is processed, but I'm confident good information will be recovered.
I was pleased with the coverage, but it seems that the general public was expecting a fireworks show such as the destruction of Alderaan, which didn't happen. The news media hyped this up quite a bit probably raising the public's expectations to the point they expected to see a Space:1999 blast or a Bruce Willis comet bashing type of event. Even pasting in some "Star Trek" shakey camera with lens flares couldn't raise NASA's ratings on this one (don't get me started on that!). Wasn't it at least kind of cool to ride along in the front of a spacecraft on a doomed flight into the moon? We haven't had a ride like that since the old Ranger days. I guess the Deep Impact comet bashing was better since it had a big explosion of comet stuff.
The mission has been a huge success, and in the coming weeks the data could very well prove the existence of water - and confirm the data from the Indian Chandrayaan spacecraft that detected water recently.
The mission was executed for "a scientific purpose, not to put on a fireworks display for the public," said space consultant Alan Stern, a former NASA associate administrator for science.Just reading the reports of two local news sources alone, really irriated me when I get down to the bottom of the article and read the comments people left about the mission. The stupidity of people shocked and really annoyed me when it appears that about 70% of the comments were those disappointed at the lack of a good fireworks show!
Anyway, read the following articles and post a comment on what you think.
Obama's backyard star party.
Although, it looked kind of staged - at least his first look through the scope - they had him take a peek at a double star in bright stage lights through an 8 inch Celestron - after telling him what eyepiece to look through.
We did have Charles Simonyi at our meeting once, but we are still working on getting Obama to come to our summer star party.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Apollo 14 S-IVB found on moon.
It ended up that the moon vibrated for several hours after the 14,000kg booster hit the moon. In comparison, this spacecraft was 7 time heavier than the Centaur which will hit the moon tomorrow. (Click image for full view)
I was just thinking, wouldn't an old wreck like this make a great destination for the Lunar X-Prize spacecaft? Just think of the pile of junk lying the with a big nozzle flattened at one end. Don't mess with the landing sites though, those are historical sites and shouldn't be tampered with.
LCROSS impact soon.....
NASA just put out a good photo showing what to expect when the LCROSS booster hits the moon. It's a tiny splash, but I'll give it a shot with the 12" Meade and the new webcam.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Testing new camera and seeking Cebeus crater.
I had to remove/reinstall the software a few times since it would work fine for a while, then Windows decided to forget about the camera and just ignore it. I then had to remove and re-install the driver software to get it to wake up again. Really annoying.
I'll have to test it out few more times this week to learn how to use it for the LCROSS moon smacking early Friday!
The arrow in the image I took is pretty much where the impact will happen. The moon should be directly south about 60 degrees up, so it's above the thick atmospheric gunk, and out of the neighbor's bushes.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
New webacam for planetary/lunar/spacecraft imaging.
Camera was $40 and the adapter for the scope was another $18. I've been tempted by the Orion Starshoot III, but think this would probably do close enough for a fraction of the cost. Below is an example of some planetary imaging with a cheap webcam. (click for full size)
Galactic roadkill.
Friday, October 2, 2009
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This story is almost all dialogue. I leave it up to the reader to decide on all the other details themselves.
Tom McBrian, a wealthy businessman, sits by his olympic-size swimming pool. He sips at his club soda. His butler stands
ten feet away. He is careful not to stand in Mr. McBrian's sun. "James!" yells Mr. McBrian. "I need
more ice." "Yes, sir," James goes in the house while Mrs. McBrian comes out. "Oh, Tom,
there you are. I've been looking for you everywhere. I think the house has been robbed." "Oh, I don't
think so. Why, do you think we've been robbed?" "I'm almost sure of it. I've been looking and looking
and I can't find my pearls anywhere." "That doesn't mean we've been robbed." "Well then,
how would you explain it? I ahve been looking for them for over two days now and I can't find them anywhere." "When
did you have them last?" "The night we went tot he Donovan's party. I wore them with my black velvet dress,
you know--the one with the puffy sleeves." Mr. McBrian nods that he remembers. James comes back outside
with an ice bucket. "Oh James," calls Mrs. McBrian, "have you seen anyone robbing the house lately?"
"No, madame, I haven't." "James!" cries Mr. McBrian, "these are the old ice cubes
from a few nights ago. I want new ones." "Sir," James protests, "the maid informed me that she
did put new ice cubes in the ice bucket." "Well, she is lying. I recognize that ice cube right there.
My God, it's the same one from the night we went to the Donovan's party." James, realizing he has lost, goes back into
the house. "...Do you remember, dear?" Mr. McBrian says to his wife, "We came home and had a few nightcaps?"
"I'm afraid I don't remember much." Mrs. McBrian laughs, "I was a little intoxicated by the time
we were home. Oh, I swear, I will never do that again. But back to the subject of my pearls, do you suppose someone took
them?" "Perhaps." "You don't think Hilary took them, do you? You know, she was admiring
my pearls at the party. In fact, she said she would give anything to have some like mine." "Well, that's
not the same as saying she was going to steal them, dear." "It was close enough. She eyed my pearls like
a wolf eyes sheep, or, something to that effect." "I think you're imagining things." "Oh,
I don't think I am. I think she took them." "No, she didn't." "Yes, she did."
"No, she didn't." "Yes, she did." "No, she didn't." "Yes,
she did." "No, she didn't. No, she didn't because you were wearing them on the way home." "How
do you know that?" "They kept getting caught on the seatbelt buckle, remember?" "I...vaguely
remember that. Are you sure it was that night?" "Yes, because you were wearing your black velvet, puffy-sleeved
dress." "Yes." Mrs. McBrian looks away thoughtfully. "I guess that means we've been robbed."
"You could have just misplaced them." "No, I think we've been robbed." "If
we were robbed, why didn't the robbers take our VCR, or TV, or our stereo, or the thousands of other things we own, hmmm?"
"Well, that's just it dear, all those are so heavy and bulky. Pearls are so much more...portable."
"Then is any of your other jewelry missing?" "No, just my pearls." "You must
have misplaced them." James comes out of the house with the ice bucket again. Mr. McBrian sees him out of the
corner of his eye. "Oh, good, there you are. I thought I was going to have to go in and get you." Mr.
McBrian takes a few ice cubes and puts them in his glass. "Madame, I think you should know something."
James says unemotionally. "Oh, please James, I am very depressed. Don't talk to me right now." "But,
madame..." "James, I think these ice cubes taste funny." Mr. McBrian interrupts. "I
don't think so, sir." James says defensively. "I do. Maybe the ones closer to the bottom of the bucket
are better." Mr. McBrian answers. Mr. McBrian throws the contents of his glass onto the grass. He refills his
glass with club soda and puts two new ice cubes in it. Mr. McBrian drinks it. "Ah, that's better." Mr.
McBrian says gleefully. "Madame, if I may speak, are you, by chance, missing any jewelry?" "Why,
yes I am. I'm missing my pearls." "I have found them madame." "Really? Where were
they?" "I found them in the ice bucket. They must have fallen in. I don't think you would have put them
there." "They must've fallen in the night we came home from the party. I can't remember anything. You
found them in the ice bucket?" she asks. "Yes." Mrs. McBrian looks over at the ice bucket
by her husband. She walks over to it and starts to dig through it. "Dear," her husband complains, I was
going to use those ice cubes for my drinks. Tom, Im looking for my pearls. Madame, James interrupts, the
pearls are no longer in the ice bucket. Well, where are they then? James pulls a long strand of pearls out
of his coat pocket. Oh, my pearls! Thank you, James. Tom, you must make sure Im more careful with my pearls from
now on. Yes, dear. Good job, James. Thank you, sir. Well, now that that crisis is over, Tom, I
must talk to you about the charity dinner. What about it? You do know it is going to be...oh no! Mrs. McBrian
raises her hand, My ring--its gone. Oh, Tom, weve been robbed.


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REMICS was participanting at 15th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering March 1-4, 2011 in Carl Von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Germany (http://userpages.uni-koblenz.de/~ist/mdsm/2011/index.php)
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When the story of 2013 as a movie year is written, it will surely include the fact that the once-rare advance-night showings become all-but required. And yet again this weekend we have at least one movie that had enough anticipation among its fan-base to justify early sneak-peaks. The Morgan Spurlock-directed concert documentary One Direction: This Is Us earned a decent $2.7 million from Thursday night showings. The film began screening for the general public at 7:00pm, with Sony realizing that the core young female audience couldn't be up too late on a school night, and continued pretty consistently up until the usual midnight screenings. Fun fact: Apparently 98% of online ticket purchases were from females, with 2% for dads, boyfriends, young gay males, and male film critics.
Barring various variables (frenzied anticipation, heavily-marketed sequels, etc.), most films these days do over/under 5% of their weekend business in advance-night showings. If we go by the standard multiplier, then One Direction: This Is Us does about $54 million for the weekend, which would be genuinely astonishing, as the biggest-grossing concert documentary ever is Justin Beiber: Never Say Never which earned $73 million domestic total. For comparison, Michael Jackson: This Is It earned $72m while Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds earned $65m on fewer than 700 screens. So yeah, let's presume some serious front-loading is at work here. But how much front-loading is the big question, and frankly at this point it's guess work. Let's presume for a moment that 10% of the weekend audience saw the One Direction documentary last night, which would give the film a still impressive $27 million for the weekend.
For the record, the top Labor Day Fri-Mon debut weekend is Rob Zombie's Halloween remake back in 2007 with $30 million, after which it falls all the way down to the $21 million debut of The Possession last year and the $20 million debut of The Transporter 2 back in 2005. Even a Hunger Games-eqsue front-loaded weekend of 13% gives the film $20 million for the weekend, which still gives it more than the $19 million total domestic gross of Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience and within a hair of the $25 million total for Katy Perry: Part of Me. As you can see, and as we'll discuss more over the weekend, the relatively recent concert documentary sub-genre is a feast or famine situation. You either rise to the top like Justin Beiber or crash to earth like the cast of Glee ($11.8 million total for Glee: The 3D Concert Movie).
Fun fact: The $30 million opening weekend for Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds still holds the record for a per-screen average for a wide or semi-wide release, earning $45,561 per-screen on 683 3D screens back in February 2008. At the time, the release almost counted as charity, as Disney was giving parents who couldn't snag or couldn't afford Miley Cyrus concert tickets a way to give their kids a comparable experience. But Disney basically jump-started a new sub-genre in the process. In the meantime, kudos to Morgan Spurlock, who will likely out-gross all of his previous documentaries combined ($12.5 million, with $11 million coming from Super Size Me) either today or very early tomorrow.


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During the first segment of our 1 hour 42 minute program, Dr. Matloff spent a significant amount of time talking about consciousness in the universe and responding to my opening question asking if stars were conscious. This was a great discussion, most informative, quite new and different for The Space Show, and comprehensive. He mentioned leaders in the field and their work, things like Parenago's Discontinuity, the ESA Gaia space observatory, Olaf Stapledon and his classic science fiction book "Star Maker," and much more.
We started taking listener email questions later in the first segment. Jerry from Boston asked about the philosophical impact of consciousness and our guest brought up the work of Rupert Sheldrake. This led to a call from Kim in Mexico just before the first segment ended. Also near the end of the first segment, our guest talked about Dark Matter which has yet to be found after decades of research and searching for it. Many other topics were discussed during the first segment. Our guest referenced lots of researchers focusing on star and universe consciousness so really, listen carefully, check out his sources on the net for more information and think about the connecting of the dots with the science to myths and cultures have similar things to say but not coming from the scientific perspective. Greg and I also had fun talking about some of the fringe and far out ideas, many of which I mentioned I was familiar with from earlier New Age activities. Not only was this discussion scientific and interesting, as you will hear, it was really enjoyable.
In the second segment, as a result of my reading the Celestis promo spot about DNA, we started talking about DNA communicating with star and universe consciousness. Dr. Matloff had much to say on this topic so don't miss it. I think you will be as surprised by what he said as I was when I heard his comments.
We talked more about interstellar flight and Starshot. One of the things he pointed out was the need to slow the craft down if you actually wanted to get to the distant planet, say Proxima B. He said we had no way to slow down a wafer spacecraft or any spacecraft from 20% the speed of light. This was a great interstellar discussion. A real reality check plus a good understanding of future challenges. Don't miss it.
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Doug sent in a note asking about sailbeam and solar sails. Helen sent in a note asking if New Physics were needed for interstellar flight or if our existing physics would enable it. Dr. Matloff said that if he was making a cautious bet, he would bet on getting new physics from the zero point field. We discussed the zero point field for several minutes so don't miss this mini-conversation. Before the segment ended, BJohn asked Greg if he ever thought a charged photon would be found.
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nothing exciting to report today, just listed this sketchbook, called 'pieces' in the shop. that's it. my whole day has been pretty dull. arthur's been a pain in the bum and has taken to saying "no, i'm not." to everything with a really stubborn note in his voice, which is driving me bonkers. oh yeah, and biting his brother hard enough to break the skin. so yeah, fun times.
but...there is light at the end of the annoying toddler tunnel...tomorrow is thursday, and the day my lovely mum takes over all childcare responsibilities. yay!


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Anecdotal evidence suggests that intermediaries are ubiquitous in corrupt activities; however, empirical evidence on their role as facilitators of corrupt transactions is scarce. This paper asks whether intermediaries facilitate corruption by reducing the moral or psychological costs of possible bribers and bribees. We designed bribery lab experiment that simulates petty corruption transactions between private citizens and public officials. The experimental data confirm that intermediaries lower the moral costs of citizens and officials and, thus, increase corruption. Our results have implications with respect to possible anti-corruption policies targeting the legitimacy of the use of intermediaries for the provision of government services.Source.
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If corruption is a type of business, there should be intermediaries, right?
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Name: Elena Kulikova
Age: Just turned 30.
City: Currently in Oakland CA / San Francisco CA
So, Elena, what's your story?
I was born in Alma-ata, the land where all apples originate. My family moved around a lot in what was then the USSR. I experienced a variety of cultures and saw so many beautiful landscapes! I moved to California at age 10 and that was life changing! From 10 to 18 I grew up in a beautiful lush valley in Marin, always taking my time to walk home the longest way possible with my friends after school through creeks and hills on what we called "adventures." I feel that Nature has always been my greatest inspiration.
At what age did you an interest for photography?
I took a Darkroom class in high school in California (when I was 17), and loved it. I never imagined becoming a photographer though. I think I was always an artist at heart, but with my parents' goals for me I set out to study biology. In British Columbia while in college a boyfriend gave me a Holga. It was my first camera at 18. I discovered double exposures by accident when I forgot to wind the film forward and fell in love with the dreamy quality of two realities mixed into one.
I moved to LA and took up some acting for fun. One day on a set, I had the courage to ask a beautiful actress sitting next to me if I could photograph her. This was my first planned portrait session, and I was excited to try some double exposure techniques. Once I got the film back, I was in love and knew I wanted to create more. The photos I took that day still make me very happy when I see them, they don't speak to my current style anymore but I love them because I grew from those photographs.
How would you describe your style?
I photograph a wide variety of images, from fashion to commercial advertisements and clean portraits for musicians. I love when others come to me and ask me to do "the Elena thing." I think it's funny that others use my name to describe my style, and I think I even come to a lack of words when others who haven't seen my work ask me to describe it. I think it's dreamy, surreal, colorful, psychedelic, and sometimes hypnotic. I love the quote 'There is another world, but it is in this one.' by W B Yeats. With my photography I strive to show the beauty in front of me and hint at other depths our eyes cannot see.
What inspires you?
So much!!! Nature is my biggest inspiration! And all that is in nature, amazing creatures, strange and beautiful plants, landscapes, the majestic sea and mountains, metamorphic rocks and crystals of all kinds, the clouds and weather patterns. I'm also incredibly inspired by people. I love the positive aspects of humanity, the art we create, the love we share. I often search the world wide web and books for quotes or poetry that inspire me to visualize something new. I'm inspired by the human form, the face, and eyes.
Why photography?
I was never planning on it, I just happened to fall in love with photography through modeling. Now I love creating photographs, and lately I've been loving getting physical with my photographs, printing them out and cutting them up, animating them. I've also really fallen in love with motion films, started shooting and editing music videos in the last year and love it! My goal is to create beautiful visuals, through photography and films, translating moods and concepts into a unified vision. For a recent gallery exhibit I grew crystals on portraits and create crystal flower gardens. I think I'd really love to experiment further with this form of multi-media, growing more sculptural crystal photographs.
What do you like about your work?
I love all the people I meet and places I go because of my work, that I'm always learning, that it allows me to be creative and that others love it.
What is your dream project?
When I was younger and I first heard Bjork and Ratatat my dream project was to photograph them, and also photograph for my favorite magazine Dazed & Confused. Now, my dream project would be to work with other talented artists or ad agencies on something challenging and conceptual. At the moment I'm also working on an exciting and unique photo art book where you can smell the images! I hope the body of work will be done this year and I can't wait to share it with the world! I love to invest my time on projects where I can grow and contribute or collaborate with others.
What is your favorite or most inspirational place?
It's hard to pick one, but I think it would be Waimanalo beach, really beautiful and tranquil in Oahu. I also love Waimea Beach & Gardens on the North Shore of Oahu. I used to live there and it was one of my favorite places! I also love hiking the Kalalau trail on Kauai.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
When I was 15 I wanted to be a Virologist, I was fascinated by viruses! When I was in my 20s, an Art Director. It's a beautiful journey, I'm happy what I've grown up to be and that I'm still growing!
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?
I currently live in Oakland, and I love living in California. The coastline is so beautiful, and there are other treasures like Yosemite, Pfeiffer Beach with purple sand, Napa Valley and all the delicious wine, Lake Tahoe, Joshua Tree, Monterey Bay, Baths at Esalen, and I think California has some really forward-thinking exceptional people (as do other parts of the world of course, I just have to say I love the people I'm surrounded by in the Bay Area especially!). I previously lived in Amsterdam and Hawaii, and I would love to live there again anytime. I've traveled a lot through Europe but I'd still like to discover other parts of the world such as the Scottish Highlands, Salar de Uyuni Bolivia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bali, Pamukkale Turkey, Iceland, Antelope Canyon USA, to name a few.
What makes you happy?
Enjoying life with friends, swimming in the ocean, creating art, eating watermelon or fresh mangosteen, drinking Orin Swift wine, picking up developed film from the photo lab, looking at new-found things under a microscope, gardening, Burning Man, and sitting by the window seat when flying.


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Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in obedience to him. Psalm 128:1
Fear and obedience are two things that many people do not see associated with blessings. Yet the psalmist says that the one who fears and the one who is obedient is blessed.
Fear is often associated with being scared, not respect. There are many people in the world who fear God, because they fear that He will not accept them because of their past sins. Christians often fall into this same type of fear of God. They fear God no longer loves them because they fell back into some sin again. The weight of judgement against them weighs heavily on their minds.
This is not the fear the psalmist was talking about. Fear, here, is the respect and reverence for God. It is allowing God to be God and absolutely ruler over one's life.
Obedience is seen as something that one must do, not a privilege to do. Throughout the world, many people obey the laws, only because they have to. The rules are obeyed only out of fear of getting caught. This also is often seen in the church. The heart is not in the obedience.
When a believer realizes what Jesus has done for him and how much God loves him, he will want to obey God. It will be a choice, not a requirement.
When you obey God out of fear, you are constantly on the outlook for when God is going to strike you. In that way, there is no real peace or loving relationship with God.
The blessings in fearing and obeying God is found in the relationship that is built up through the obedience. The level of trust in God is built up as you fear and obey Him. Knowing that there is peace between you and God rises when you know you are living for God with the right mindset.
Having that right relationship with God removes fear of judgement or reprimand. You will know the grace and mercy God has for you. In the midst of trouble in this life, you will still have God's peace and love in your life. What better blessing can there be than that?
I pray today that you will know God's love for you; that you will know God's mercy for you; that you will have the proper fear and respect for God; that God will strengthen you in your obedience to Him; and that you will know all the blessings God has for you.


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Neill Blomkamp has adopted a rather puzzling strategy to follow up his breakthrough film District 9: make a very similar film, except dumber. District 9 wasn't the towering masterwork many held it up to be, and it abandoned its most potent satire in the second half for an entertaining but lesser shoot-em-up approach, but it was never less than involving. The same can't be said for Elysium, which augments District 9's weaknesses while botching everything the earlier film did well.
2154: Earth is overpopulated and left in rubble. The lower class citizens have been left behind in poor conditions under a brutal robot police state. The rich have moved to a space station called Elysium, where they have Med-Pods with the ability to heal nearly any ailment.
Max Da Costa (Matt Damon) is an ex-convict working as a factory worker on Earth. An accident exposes him to radiation, and he's informed that he has only days to live. Max turns to an old smuggler friend (Wagner Moura), who agrees to help him get to Elysium if he first helps him steal corporate information from Carlyle (William Fichtner), who's currently helping Elysium Secretary Jessica Delacourt (Jodie Foster) with a code that will make her president of Elysium. But Max and Spider soon find that Carlyle's information could potentially save the lives of Earth's people, and Delacourt is forced to turn to the vicious mercenary Kruger (Sharlto Copley) for help.
If nothing else, Elysium proves that Blomkamp still has a gift for creating textured, lived-in environments. Earth is appropriately grungy and ruined, the factory Max works is a futuristic nightmare, and Elysium looks like a mix between a garden and technological paradise. But it's problematic when the first positive is the film's production design, and Blomkamp doesn't even fully utilize the world he's created- very little of the film is actually set on Elysium. Why create a new sci-fi location if you're not going to use it?
Blomkamp is talented enough that the film isn't totally without memorable moments- one scene between a sarcastic Damon and a robot parole officer captures the bureaucratic satire of District 9, and Damon's radiation poisoning is a fairly thrilling moment. But these are far and few between in what's otherwise a poorly thought out (if detailed) world and story that gives none of its characters anything to do except run to the next shootout or fistfight, each of which play like a vividly realized but increasingly monotonous videogame.
Damon has proved adept at playing both working-class figures (Good Will Hunting) and action heroes (The Bourne Trilogy), but aside from a few early comic scenes, he isn't given much to do other than look stern and shoot at things. What's worse, nearly everything in his arc feels like a perfunctory decision to keep the film moving forward to the next action scene, whether it involves his paper-thin relationship with Alice Braga (complete with maudlin childhood flashbacks), a barely-there friendship with a wasted Diego Luna, or a change in motive that feels completely arbitrary.
Still, he's better than most of the villains and character parts on display, which range from a perfectly cast but underutilized Fichtner to Copley's thinly-conceived psychopath to Moura's irritating, far too twitchy smuggler. And lord only knows what Foster is doing here- she seems ideal to play a cold, calculating authority figure, but her turn here is largely sunk by a far too mannered accent of indeterminate origin (French? South African? Weird made-up Elysium accent?).
As with District 9, Elysium's allegory is blunt, but it's not nearly as effective. Blomkamp has taken a mix of modern day news items (immigration, health care, and the 99% vs. 1%) and thrown them together into an overarching comment on class. Great idea, but there's no payoff. Why make most of the underprivileged Latinos if you're going to make the hero a white guy (other than box office)? Why suggest parallels between the US/Mexico border and the Earth/Elysium disconnect if you're not going to explore it? Is the film really more effective if it makes the antagonists either raving lunatics or Ayn Rand reborn?
The worst thing about Elysium is that it manages to be obvious, oversimplified and somehow still ill conceived. Say what you will about the painful earnestness of Avatar, at least the allegory made sense. It's embarrassing to see that Blomkamp has set up nearly every aspect of Elysium solely for the purpose of making a point about the modern world, regardless of whether the plot made sense (see spoiler territory addendum below), and that he didn't even manage to make it well.
-If anyone has an answer they think might explain some of the things I've labeled as egregious logical errors, feel free to tell me in the comments, though label it as spoilers because I don't want to be a dick to the people who want to see it. I'd really like to not feel like a crank tearing apart every tiny aspect of a movie just because it didn't work for him. That said...
-Ok: so there is nothing about this film's allegory that makes any sense whatsoever. It's common in sci-fi to take everything a step further in order to make a point about modern technology, but there's a vast difference between preventative health care for all and a magical healing pod that isn't shown to use up any resources (it may very well, but that's not really stated). Modern social justice is based off of the idea of lessening the gap between the haves and the have-nots, giving the latter a fighting chance. It is not based on literally making it an equal playing field, not because it shouldn't be, but because most people recognize that this is impossible. Making your device a cure all pretty much turns any attempts at incisive statement into naïve wish fulfillment, if not outright pandering.
It also basically lets us assume that the people on Elysium are just fucking everyone over out of sheer evilness, which no. Reasons behind it (greed, need for higher status) might be inexcusable, but they need to be tangible for it to work in the film. If you don't actually address them then you're essentially making sure your villain is a female Snidely Whiplash. I've looked around for something I like that might be comparable and came up with Minority Report, but that uses its technology as a way of complicating our view of the world rather than simplifying it. Plus, y'know, villain has actual motivation other than blackness of the soul.
-What is Foster's plan, exactly? She's instating herself as president by using the info in Fichtner's head, but the actual details of how that would work are never explained, and since they never come to fruition it just feels like marking time in retrospect. The best thing I can come up with is that Elysium seems so run by technology that if she can reprogram it to suit her needs, there's no going back, but that's really stretching.
-Why does she want to be president, anyway? Control, yeah, but the president seems pretty ineffectual without her to the point where I question how much that threat of removing her is even a possibility. She is pretty definitively the one in charge, practically the Dick Cheney to his Bush. What is to be gained, here? The whole thing just feels like a really contrived way to get Damon up to Elysium.
-And what the fuck is with the mention of her wanting to protect a family that we never meet? It feels like a weak grasp at giving her motivation that's totally extraneous because it isn't developed.
-So, Fichtner agrees to help Foster become president by reprogramming the space station. And he seems terrified of her. Can I stress that until Damon downloads the information inside his head, he is the only one who has the information that could make anyone- Foster, or, y'know, say, himself- the president of Elysium. He has the keys to the fucking kingdom and the choice to literally rule the world, and he doesn't because…?
-The big one: so, Damon and Moura's plan makes zero sense. They hit a button to make everyone on Earth citizens so they have the right to health care. Never mind that this is reducing a complex (if essential) battle against bureaucratic agencies and special interests to a literal push of a button. Even within its own world it makes no sense. We're asked to assume that those medical pods have been there the whole time, even though there's no reason for them to exist in massive back catalog, and that the people of Elysium aren't sending them because fuck you, that's why. And even if we're to assume that: there are billions of people on earth. If it's overpopulated now, what does "overpopulated" mean in a run-down 2154 version of Earth? There is no way they have enough pods to serve everyone.
My comparison was that it would be like making everyone bajillion dollar shareholders on Wall Street- either the resources run out or they're just not sent out because it's ludicrous to think that the system would approve this. I went though Letterboxd and found that Mike D'Angelo of Las Vegas Weekly had a similar example, stated much more eloquently than mine here. The automated robot army might now be defenders of all, but asking us to accept that there's literally no way that the bad guys can't get back in and that the system is ready-made to serve everyone if you flip a switch is asking the audience to do far more work than the movie. Some have suggested that it's meant to be open-ended, but Blomkamp plays it as a pretty unambiguously triumphant note.
-I'd argue that most of my questions here show how little Blomkamp has thought out most of the plot elements and how the allegory doesn't bear scrutiny. But even if all of this seems like bloodless nit picking, I'd probably be willing to go with it at least somewhat if I found it the least bit involving. But Blomkamp has labored to set up a bad allegory with clumsy plotting and then throw much of it to the wayside for a lot of shooting and punching and a character arc that's more motivated by where the plot needs him to be than anything else. I don't hate this movie, but it's easily the most frustrating thing I've seen all year because it constantly feels like it could be great. Basically, this thing is a mess, and I worry that Blomkamp, who's clearly talented, might repeat himself by attacking a movie allegory first, action scenes second, story and character last again.
EDIT: I've considered this in relation to District 9, and clearly lack of empathy is a recurring theme in Blomkamp's work. But he explores that fairly thoroughly in D9 even as he abandons much of the headier aspects of the film in the second half. With Elysium, it's possibly present in Foster/Fichtner/the very conception of Copley, and Damon's turnaround near the end is an example of a survival-motivated man finding something larger than himself. But it's still problematic, as it's surface-level stuff with the villains and handled in a ham-handed fashion with Damon, who's ostensibly supposed to be sacrificed for humanity but is mostly doing it for his old girlfriend and her kid, who's used in the most cloying fashion possible.
EDIT: I've considered this in relation to District 9, and clearly lack of empathy is a recurring theme in Blomkamp's work. But he explores that fairly thoroughly in D9 even as he abandons much of the headier aspects of the film in the second half. With Elysium, it's possibly present in Foster/Fichtner/the very conception of Copley, and Damon's turnaround near the end is an example of a survival-motivated man finding something larger than himself. But it's still problematic, as it's surface-level stuff with the villains and handled in a ham-handed fashion with Damon, who's ostensibly supposed to be sacrificed for humanity but is mostly doing it for his old girlfriend and her kid, who's used in the most cloying fashion possible.
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Oregon based company Reser's Fine Foods, Inc have recently issued a food recall. Reser's Fine Foods, who manufactures and distributes fresh and frozen prepared foods, sent a press release announcing a possible health risk for certain refrigerated salads.
The recall was issued due to a notification received from one of their suppliers who provides the ingredients used in the salads. It was stated in a press release that Listeria monocytogenes could be present in the products. It seems like the problem lies in a batch of onions used in the manufacturing process of the salads may carry the Listeria bacteria. The bacteria can cause serious problems in young children, elderly people, and pregnant woman.
A total of nineteen different products are affected by this recall and they are both retail products and foodservice products, which are used for commercial use. Some of the affected salads include:
Note that the above list is just the type of salad affected, you still need to check for the UPC code, its size, and expiration date. For that, you should visit FDA's website for a complete list together with images of the products.
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This is not the first time Reser's Fine Foods is recalling food due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. In December of 2015 a potato salad was recalled. Another incident was in 2013, where lots of products had to be recalled.


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Technology Cost Justification
Cost Justification of Investing in New ERP Technology
A mid-sized manufacturer utilizing legacy AS400 was feeling pressure to invest in new ERP technology to meet both the internal needs of the company and the demands of their customers. They wanted to make sure that the investment could be cost justified. The key was to determine the ROI of new technology so that management could make an objective decision.
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The business has an objective ROI measurement based on three key metrics. The ability to reduce head count, the opportunity to grow sales, and the change quotient all contributed to the cost justification being positive for this particular company. The results of this study clearly indicated that new technology could be justified and as importantly, could have a significant improvement factor across all functional areas. This enabled the company to get funding for the new technology and provided clear direction regarding process improvements for the organization.