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3rd January 2004 - 2nd February 2005
It's already a month since our first diary entry this season; time has definitely flown by since then. January was a busy month, but it can be summed up quite easily: it was either action-packed doing aerial photography or GPS, or we were on standby, doing office-based planning and post-processing work. Since we require totally clear skies to do the aerial photography sorties we inevitably have a substantial amount of waiting to do here, since the Antarctic is not renowned for its perfect weather! Despite this, we have managed to complete many of our target areas. When the weather allows us to fly over these areas for a few hours we have to get out to do it immediately and get as much done as we can before the cloud comes across again. On the days we couldn't go out flying we were often able to get out to collect more GPS positions in the local area, often by boat out onto the small islands in Ryder Bay. It's not like a normal office job here - when you wake up you could end up doing any number of different things that day!
Above: MAGIC with Geoff the pilot. Click image to enlarge.
The month began fairly slowly as we had a week of cloudy weather in all of the areas we wanted to photograph. In the meantime, we began a detailed survey of Rothera Point. The accurate GPS positions will be used to compile a new detailed contour map of the base, using the technique called photogrammetry. We will create the new topographic map using a pair of overlapping aerial photographs taken this season. The photos are positioned on a coordinate system using the GPS positions, which are always obvious features on the ground so they can be easily seen in the photographs. We are then able to generate lots of new height positions to create a 3D model of the landscape from the images seen in stereo. This will be converted into a contour model for the new map. We use a highly accurate GPS so that error is kept to a minimum from the start of the project. For the Rothera survey, we set up the GPS base station on a known survey point and then carried out a 'Fast-Static' Differential GPS survey, which means you take a second GPS receiver with you and an accurate position can be recorded in only 10-15 minutes for each of the ground control positions. When the results are post-processed the baseline between the two receivers is used to calculate the position of the unknown point to centimetre-level accuracy.
Each morning we have a look at the most recent meteorological satellite pictures to see whether any of our aerial photography target areas are clear. Dan, the Rothera weather forecaster, tells us what chance we have to do any flying that day. Our first aerial photography mission since the New Year was on 8th January, when we were able to complete a task on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on Foyn Coast.
Some of the biologists at BAS are interested in visiting this area next year so we needed to take photographs so that they can plan their field season and work out the best area to land a plane, set up camp and collect samples. The area was only an hour away from Rothera in the Twin Otter so we had completed the tasks in only 4 hours. Each time we return from doing a survey we need to sort out the film and prepare for the next sortie. The film is very large (9 inches wide and 80m long!) and it must be inserted into the film magazine in the dark room. We usually use black and white film but occasionally we use colour film for low-level missions such as penguin census photography. It is too large to develop by hand so we bring back the exposed film for developing in the UK.
Another two areas that we were able to complete on 14th and 15th January were large sections of the coast both to the north and south of Rothera. During each MAGIC field season we do a number of tasks for the UK Hydrographic Office. They are interested in having aerial photographs of the bays and coastal areas that are difficult to reach by HMS Endurance. This is often in areas with spectacular scenery and this time was no exception. Flying above glaciers that cascade down steep valleys into the sea from the high plateau or searching for islands amongst the sea-ice is certainly a unique experience.
Above: Airphoto sortie for the Hydrographic Office. Click image to enlarge.
On the 21st January it was clear in another area, in eastern Palmer Land at around 72° South. Our task here was to do reconnaissance photography for a planned Geology trip there in a future field season. This season, the camera has been updated and is now linked to a GPS so that the position of each frame is recorded when it is exposed. It uses Post-Processed Kinematic Positioning, which means a base station is set up on the ground and the GPS in the aircraft logs data from the satellites at the same rate. An 'event' is recorded in the data file each time the camera shutter is released. For the areas close to Rothera it is possible to set the base station up on the survey cairn at Rothera. For areas further afield, such as eastern Palmer Land, we choose another suitable spot, in this case Fossil Bluff. When we arrived at the survey area we found that low cloud had moved in from across the Weddell Sea, preventing us from being able to complete the photography. We did what we could in the cloud-free areas but eventually headed back to Rothera. We will have to complete this on another day.
Above: GPS on cairn at Rothera. Click image to enlarge.
Further areas completed so far are Ryder Bay and the area close to Rothera. The photography taken here will be used to compile a new map of the travel area close to the base, which includes the ski area up on the glacier and the islands out in the bay.
In the days that we couldn't get out to do aerial photography we were often able to go to some of the islands in Ryder Bay to do a GPS survey. The new positions collected will be used in compiling the new map of the area. Most of these are pre-existing survey points so it involves searching for the small cairn or survey nail, using the survey station descriptions. We can record the positions to a much higher degree of accuracy using the dual-frequency GPS receiver, which we use in Fast-Static survey mode, with the base station set up on the Rothera survey cairn. While looking for points we had to keep a careful eye on the local wildlife, such as skuas and elephant seals!
Above: Looking for a survey point (top left); a GPS survey at Donnelly Island (top right); getting picked up by Stella (bottom left) and an elephant seal (bottom right). Click images to enlarge.
Further tasks on or around Rothera have included making measurements for positioning new field equipment for some of the scientists on base. A new antenna is being installed here as part of the global programme called DORIS, which, among other things will allow precise measurements on the earth's size and shape to be made. A further project is the installation of masts for meteorological measurements, as part of the SKiYMET Meteor Radar programme. Since the position of these is important we were able to help out using a theodolite and GPS to measure distances and angles to stake out precise locations for these instruments.
Also this month another MAGIC member, Paul Cooper, arrived to spend a month here at Rothera, on a separate project. Paul has developed a Geographical Information System (GIS) to manage field equipment that is left out in the field, initially in the area surrounding Rothera. It will enable an accurate record to be kept of the location and description of equipment (or other material) and the person responsible for its removal. This will also help BAS to meet requirements of the Antarctic Treaty, which states that the environment must be kept clean and nothing must be left behind here. Paul has been installing this system and training staff on base in using this software.
Towards the end of January the JCR made its call in to Rothera. The sea-ice to the south of Adelaide Island had cleared enough to enable a smooth passage, which was a relief after the first attempt in early December when she was forced to turn back. There were many happy people on base when she arrived carrying the cargo such as equipment, food and personal items and we had a busy couple of days helping to unload everything. It was great to see the crew again who have had a very busy time since we last saw them (see JCR web diary entries).
Above: JCR finally makes it to Rothera. Click image to enlarge.
So it has been an eventful month for MAGIC. We still have much left to do here: 3 areas of aerial photography must be completed and we have a number of GPS tasks remaining. We hope to finish these before we fly home on 8th March. You can read about how we get on in our next diary entry in early March.


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Maputo — The Mozambican government has threatened to take measures, up to and including the cancellation of their contract, against Portuguese companies that have proved incapable of rehabilitating a stretch of the country's main north-south highway in Nampula province, according to a report in Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The Portuguese companies Monte Adriano and the Casais group, won the tender to rehabilitate and widen the highway along a 75 kilometre stretch between Mecutuchi and the Lurio river, in the Nampula district of Erati. This project is financed by the US government's Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) to the tune of rather more than 40 million US dollars.
The road is supposed to be completed by June 2013 – but so far only 14 per cent of the work has been done, leading to fears that the Portuguese companies will miss the deadline.
Three months ago, the government noticed how slowly the work was going, and instructed the Portuguese firms to hire other building companies as sub-contractors.
On Friday, Planning and Development Minister Aiuba Cuereneia visited the road and found that the government's instructions had been ignored, and no sub-contractors had been hired. "We don't know why", he told reporters.
This time Cuereneia told the two companies to present the government with a plan of activities showing how they intend to complete the job by June. He promised that as from this Monday the government will control every day implementation of the timetable in this plan.
Furthermore the money from the MCA to buy necessary materials will now be paid directly to the suppliers. "This means that, if they need cement or stone, we will pay the supplier directly", said Cuereneia. The money would no longer pass through the hands of the two Portuguese companies.
If matters did not improve, the government could seize the guarantees given by the companies, and could cancel the contract.
The resident director of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), Steven Marman, said that a solution must be found because, under American law, "we cannot extend the previously agreed deadline, which is June next year".
Another part of the north-south highway in trouble is the stretch from the Ligonha River to Nampula city, entrusted to Italian and French companies, respectively CMC and Razel J.V., and also financed by the MCA. So far only 20 per cent of the job has been done, although the contract was signed in July 2011.
Cuereneia said that these two companies "have sent us a reformulated plan in which they promise to speed up their pace and finish the job".

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Right back Hunter Freeman, who started most of the season for the Dynamo, was picked by the Colorado Rapids today in the second stage of the re-entry draft.
Freeman was a key contributor for the Dynamo until Andre Hainault moved to right back in September.
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Vettel is currently one of F1's hottest properties, and looked set to win both the F1 2010 opener in Bahrain and the Australian Grand Prix last weekend, until mechanical gremlins intervened.
Although the German is under contract with Red Bull Racing – having inked a new deal at the end of August last year that will see him stay with the Milton Keynes-based outfit until at least the end of 2011, he added that the allure of racing for the Prancing Horse was something few drivers could resist.
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'Community': Q&A With Creator Dan Harmon (including when Joel McHale strips again)
I typed some questions to Dan Harmon, creator of NBC's Thursday comedy hit "Community" -- and mad Twitterer -- and he typed answers back. That's just what writers do. And typists (are there still typists?).
But anyway, here we go ...
Has the show turned out like you conceived at the beginning, or have elements emerged that you didn't expect?
Narratively speaking, almost nothing but unexpected elements have emerged, because I didn't want to know where we were going, and I'm finding out everything the audience finds out a few weeks ahead of them throughout the season.
I found out every character's religion. Britta lived in
Tonally, the show has turned out to occupy a larger area than I thought would be possible. We have consistently had episodes in which a fast-paced round of crisp dialogue can build to a broad, base gag that explodes into fragments of absurdity, finally coalescing as a nice pool of heartwarming goo.
I really thought, before doing this show, that you had to choose between farts, snark and sonnets, and yet I love them all, and my happiest surprise about this show is that I might not have to choose, and might not be alone.
How important have the off-screen elements - the minisodes and other videos, the Twitter accounts - become to increasing awareness of the show?
I wish the answer was "massively," but I have no idea. This is an easy position for me to have, because I currently have the luxury of having a network show, but I look at digital content as an opportunity to feed the TV fans, to drive traffic from the living room to the office the next day.
I know that's probably stupid, because, if you look at the "Abed's Community College Chronicles" episodes they let us do, obviously those have zero promotional value, they're not going to get anybody that doesn't watch the show to tune into the show. But I don't care, because, as a fan of the show, I find it so amazing, the idea that one of the characters is a filmmaker whose films you can watch online, some of which are a show he makes, that, because he's IN THE SHOW, share plot elements with the real show, but, because he's a weird guy, are written differently and go different places.
Going back to your first question, my "expectation" was that by now, there'd have been 15 episodes of that show-within-a-show online, and at least three instances in the real show in which we're reminded it exists. What happened? We made two of them, and they don't make people watch the TV show, so, they sit there like monuments to the danger of listening to me. Wait, no, they're monuments to the danger of ignoring me, aren't they?
Well, how about monuments to the danger of doing the "look, it's strangers playing our favorite characters" bit before they're anybody's favorite characters?
Which characters are most clearly defined in your mind, and which ones are still evolving?
Although, biographically, I know very little about her, I think I might know Britta the best in terms of knowing what she would do in a given situation. In her inception, she was an amalgam of a few ex-girlfriends. She's an archetype that's been a social fixture in my life, the intimidatingly quiet and eclectic girl that, as she becomes less quiet, reveals that being eclectic is another way of saying over-filtered to the point of self-imposed blandness and crippling insecurity.
We all pooped our pants in kindergarten, and we take different escape routes from that memory, but I feel like I've met -- and loved -- and regretted loving -- but was thankful to have loved -- so many women that took similar routes to Britta's, that she'll always be the most familiar, therefore most abused, and therefore most pitied, therefore all the more familiar, to me.
Among the guest stars - Anthony Michael Hall (on the right below, with star Joel McHale), Owen Wilson, Jack Black, etc. - who might come back, and are there still guest stars on your wish list?
I would love to revisit AMH's character, because I still lose sleep about the fact that we broke a "Community" commandment with that character, as we have with a few of our archer villains: thou shalt write up to the character. In other words, what thing, however small, does the character share with the writer? We have to revisit Anthony Michael Hall's character, and I need to prove he was secretly human that Christmas.
As for Jack and Owen, they can come back anytime they want, but come on, it's "Community."
When will Joel McHale strip next?
My God, the poor guy, he's become Christina Applegate on "Married with Children." I will answer that question sincerely out of gratitude to our female and gay audience: Joel's shirt and pants will be off again in a few weeks.
I'm sorry I can't give you an airdate; you'll just have to suffer, weekly, through my thought-provoking stories, on the edge of your seat, wondering if this is the moment, but I can tell you it happens again.
I'm guessing it's the third-from-last episode this season. The shirt and pants come off. At least the shirt, I know that.
Early in the episode, he removes his sweater like a male bimbo, revealing a tightly stretched wife-beater T-shirt straining against his heaving, rock-hard pecs. Later in that episode...that wife-beater's out of there. Discarded.
So, make sure when you're watching it with your husband that you laugh extra hard at some joke in the episode, that way you'll have a fake answer for "why are we saving this?"


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Olympia Theatre (Dublin)
|Olympia Theatre
Front entrance in August 2009
|Former names
|Star of Erin Music Hall (1879 - 1881)
Dan Lowrey's Music Hall(1881 - 1889)
Dan Lowrey's Palace of Varieties(1889 - 1897
Empire Palace Theatre (1897 - ?)
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|The Olympia
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The Olympia Theatre is a concert hall and theatre venue in Dublin, Ireland, located in Dame Street.
Opened as 'The Star of Erin' music hall in 1879 and was then renamed Dan Lowerys Music Hall in 1881. It was finally given the name of The Olympia Theatre in 1923. It ran successfully for many years up to November 1974 when it was forced to close following major structural damage (during a break in rehearsals for a production of West Side Story parts of the proscenium arch and the ceiling above collapsed). The possibility of demolishing the building was considered by the local Council and the owners, however a restoration fund was begun and City Councillors eventually placed a preservation order on the theatre.
The theatre was restored and redecorated, allowing it to reopen on 14 March 1977.[1] In November 2004, a truck reversing on Dame Street crashed into the front of the Olympia damaging the building.[2] A cast-iron and glass canopy from the 1890s, by the Saracen Foundry in Glasgow, was demolished during the accident but has since been restored.
Performance history[edit]
The venue hosts both domestic and international acts, including Adele, Elvis Costello, Moving Hearts, Aslan, The Script, Kaiser Chiefs, Billy Connolly and Chris Cornell amongst others. R.E.M. recorded their album Live at the Olympia at the venue. Erasure played here two consecutive sold-out shows during their Total Pop Tour in June 2011 recording footage used for the videoclip of their single When I Start To (Break It All Down). The band played again at the Olympia for two others consecutive sold-out shows in 2014 for their The Violet Flame Tour: during these shows they recorded footage used later for the Sacred video.Tom Waits recorded his live version of The Piano Has Been Drinking here, released in 1981 on the Bounced Checks compilation. Tori Amos played her first European gig in the Olympia. In September 2015, Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest winner Måns Zelmerlöw will kick off a 17-date European tour at the venue.
Pantomime history[edit]
The Olympia along with Dublin's Gaiety Theatre and The Helix Theatre presents an annual Christmas pantomimes. Its most recent productions have been Aladdin, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Robin Hood and last year's revival of Cinderella which starred Jedward as the Fairy Godbrothers. This year the Olympia pantomime features Jedward once again in Jedward and the Beanstalk.
In addition, the film An Awfully Big Adventure shot many of its scenes at the theatre.
See also[edit]
- ^ "Theatres, Halls and Related Articles for Dublin, Ireland". Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Olympia canopy to be restored after crash". The Irish Times. 18 November 2004. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
- Anthony, Barry (2010). The King's Jester. London: I. B. Taurus & Co. ISBN 978-1-84885-430-7.
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- Official Website
- Guide to the Olympia venue on Ticketmaster
- Reviews of various concerts in the Olympia Theatre, Dublin
- History of Dublin's Theatres and Music Halls
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'Sunny days for solar power', (2 July) gave me a strong feeling of deja vu. I happen to be reading A Golden Thread, 2500 years of Solar Architecture by Ken Butti and John Perlin. They quote Frank Shuman, who wrote in about 1908 that throughout most of the tropical regions sun power will prove very profitable. David Mill's claims for the year 2000, which you quote, are almost identical.
Butti and Perlin discuss Mouchot, who developed the solar dish in the 1870s and Ericson, who developed the parabolic trough in 1884. Most of the technical and engineering problems you discuss were resolved in the early years of this century.
For example, there is only a problem of having temperatures high enough for superheated steam (Ericson was aiming for 1000 F to make solar power commercially viable), if inappropriate engineering solutions, like using conventional steam engines, are used. The early solar ...
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(SportsNetwork.com) - As a driver, team owner and track owner, Tony Stewart is in the midst of a very busy week with his obligations at Eldora Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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"It felt great," he said. "It wasn't a World of Outlaw race or a big paying race by any means, but there were some good cars there that we had to race to win, and we got a little bit of luck. Actually, we were probably going to run second, but a guy late in the race got pushed off the track by a lap car, so we got a little bit of luck there. But it just felt good to get in one, period, and just run again.
"This [past] weekend the Outlaw series was in Pennsylvania, so that's probably the toughest place in the country to try to go back. It's probably the toughest race to go to, period. Pennsylvania has tough weekly shows, let alone with the World of Outlaw there, so I didn't feel like that was probably the best place to try to go back for the first time."
Stewart, now 43 years old, plans to run in more sprint car races in 2014 but not as many as he originally hoped. Last year, he had planned on competing in more than 100 events (NASCAR, sprint car, etc.) during the season.
"I've got some more [sprint car races] on my schedule," he said. "Not as many as I was originally wanting to run, but I think I've kind of worked with Zippy [Greg Zipadelli, director of competition for Stewart-Haas Racing] and sat down with our management and just trying to pick some places that we knew might not be quite as high risk as others because of speed and everything. So we tried to pick some tracks that we thought might be a little slower. And there are some races on there that I really have my heart set on running, but I've tried to be smart about where we're going."
Heading into the Brickyard 400, one of the most prestigious races on the Sprint Cup schedule, Stewart sits 19th in the point standings. He has yet to win this season. There are seven races remaining before the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins, and five spots remain in the 16-driver "NASCAR Chase Grid."
Stewart has 48 career wins, but the three-time Sprint Cup champion has not been to victory lane since June 2013 at Dover (42 races ago). He would love nothing more than to end his long winless drought at his home track in Indy.
"I hope it would be the perfect place -- if you can't win the Daytona 500, this is the perfect second to get your first win for the year," Stewart said. "We were one of the teams that did the Goodyear test a couple weeks ago, and we felt like our car was pretty quick. I was pretty excited about that. It's just a matter of going back and trying to keep that speed in the car."
Since getting back into a race car for the first time in February at Daytona International Speedway following his leg injury, Stewart has been dealing with some pain and continues with physical therapy. Stewart has said that he doesn't feel any discomfort when he's in the car.
"I still deal with pain every day, but that is something that's not even going to probably go away by the end of the year," he said. "The reality of it is there might be a point where it will never totally go away, but it doesn't keep me from doing what I love to do. I don't feel pain in the race car. I haven't from Daytona on through even this past weekend."
Stewart's teammates, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch, are virtually guaranteed of making the Chase. Harvick (currently ranked 13th in points) has two wins this season, and Busch (25th in points) has one victory. SHR driver Danica Patrick is presently 27th in the standings.
Stewart feels confident he'll qualify for the Chase. Eleven drivers have won a race during the regular season, and Stewart hopes he'll be the 12th this weekend at Indy.
Should he not win during the 26-race regular season, then Stewart would need to be in a points position to make the Chase. Right now, five drivers -- Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon, Greg Biffle, Kasey Kahne and Brian Vickers -- stand in front of Stewart for the 16th and final spot on the Chase grid. Larson holds the 16th position. Dillon is next in line, followed by Biffle, Kahne, Vickers and Stewart.
"Mindset-wise, there is nothing that is different other than we just need to -- as much as the emphasis is on wins and not points racing, we're kind of in a position where we're close to being in that part of it as well where we could get in on points, but a win would solve that," Stewart said. "It's kind of a double-edged sword right now."
Stewart's best finish this season is fourth, which came in March at Bristol. He has finished in the top-10 just twice in the last seven races.


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The free snow scene that comes with Carrara, do I have the right to use a part of it in one of my drawings that will be in a book ? Should I put a credit saying that the background is part of a creation of Howie Farkes?
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Johnny Depp's 'Pirates' will sail 'On Stranger Tides'
Disney announced the title for the fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" at its D23 expo: Capt. Jack Sparrow's next adventure will be "On Stranger Tides."
So what do we know? "On Stranger Tides" is the title of a 1987 book by Tim Powers, one of our favorite authors. The story, though, seems a bit pedestrian for an accomplished scoundrel like Jack Sparrow: A young puppeteer named Jack Shandy is pressed into service as a pirate and must eventually take on Blackbeard to save his lady love.
Of course, the book also includes voodoo and the Fountain of Youth, the second of which had already been rumored to be Sparrow's goal in a potential fourth "Pirates" chapter.
Powers' publicist wouldn't comment other than to refer us back to Disney, so we're cautiously optimistic. Beyond that, all we know is that Johnny Depp is on board -- he attended the title's announcement, apparently "sailing in" on a pirate ship -- and that Rob Marshall is in talks to direct.
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Marcus Dubose is still playing with pain, but you wouldn't have known it Saturday.
The junior guard sliced and diced his way to a game-high 27 points to lead East Tennessee State to an 81-71 victory over Troy.
Dubose, who broke a rib in the team's first exhibition three weeks ago, scored seven of his points in the first three minutes. The Bucs led 9-0 and were never slowed for long in a game with playground pace.
It was 48-36 at the half, and Dubose had 21.
"The rib is still sore, but the team needs me to play, so I play hard," he said. "I felt like I was in rhythm."
The junior-college transfer came to ETSU with a reputation as a big scorer after averaging over 23 points a game last season at Mendocino Community College in California. He had 30 in that first exhibition but had been fairly quiet since.
Dubose ended up taking 26 shots against the Trojans and making 12, including three from long range.
"He's been limited a lot," said ETSU coach Murry Bartow. "He has the fractured rib and has not been able to practice at full speed. It hurts when he plays, but he can score, and he does it efficiently.
"We need him to score. That's why we recruited him."
The Bucs are now 2-1 as they head into a six-game road swing beginning Tuesday night at North Carolina Charlotte. They'll see the Trojans (1-2) again in Alabama on Nov. 29.
They likely won't see many other teams this season with Troy's personality. The Trojans of the Sun Belt Conference had put up 60 3-pointers in their first two games, and they launched 33 against the Bucs, making 11.
"We knew they have a high-octane offense and can score in bunches," said ETSU forward Tommy Hubbard, who finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds. "We're a really good defensive team, and I think we did a good job holding them in check."
The final score didn't reflect the lopsided nature of the contest. The Bucs led 75-50 with eight minutes left before the Trojans frantically shot their way back into it.
A three-point play by Nic Combs made it 77-64 with 5:19 left. The Bucs snuffed out the rally with baskets by Adam Sollazzo and Lukas Poderis and were able to get by despite the Trojans finishing on a 10-0 run.
Sollazzo, the senior point guard, flourished in the open court and dished out 11 assists, one off his career high. Jarvis Jones hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for the Bucs, while Isiah Brown had 11.
ETSU shot 55 percent from the floor in the first half and finished at 48 percent. It had a little more trouble at the foul line, making 5 of 12.
Troy was led by R.J. Scott's 15 points; he made four 3-pointers. Combs, with 10 points, was the only other Trojan to score in double figures.
The visitors shot 36 percent from the field and surely missed starting point guard Will Weathers, who sat out with an injury.
"I thought we defended really hard, with a lot of pressure," said Bartow. "Troy is an explosive team, and it didn't help them that Weathers was out. He's an all-league point guard."
For the third straight game, the Bucs got off to a quick start.
They led by eight early at Virginia Tech but couldn't hold it, falling 64-53 in the season opener. Against Appalachian State, an 81-68 victory, they bolted to a 23-4 lead. The Mountaineers battled back to get as close as seven down the stretch.
"It's important to get into the game quick, get the energy going and kind of deflate the opponent," said Bartow. "I am concerned about the second halves."
The coach now turns his attention to life on the road, starting with the game at Charlotte. Also included in the stretch are rematches against Troy and App State, Atlantic Sun Conference games at Stetson and Florida Gulf Coast, and a trip to Tennessee Tech.
"We don't look at any of them as games we can't win," said Bartow, "but they'll all be tough to win. Anytime you go on the road, it's tough to win."
The Bucs won't play again at home until Milligan College visits on Dec. 19.


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Lo Feo de Este Mundo II (The Ugliness of this World)
- Portfolio/Series: From the portfolio titled: "Homage to Quevedo"
- Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican, born 1934
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dates: 1969
- Dimensions: Sheet (image): 22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (56.5 x 76.5 cm) (show scale)
- Markings: Two blindstamps lower left. One (CP) for Collectors Press the other possibly for the artist.
- Signature: Signed lower right in graphite: "Cuevas".
- Collections:Contemporary Art
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- Credit Line: A. Augustus Healy Fund and Bristol-Myers Fund
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- Caption: Jose Luis Cuevas (Mexican, born 1934). Lo Feo de Este Mundo II (The Ugliness of this World), 1969. Lithograph, Sheet (image): 22 1/4 x 30 1/8 in. (56.5 x 76.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund and Bristol-Myers Fund, 69.89.6. © artist or artist's estate
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ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women's swimming and diving team, which won the 2014 national championship, had the most honorees on the Scholar All-America Team announced this week by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.
The Lady Bulldogs registered 11 Scholar All-Americans and added two more to the Honorable Mention list. On the men's side, the Bulldogs had five Scholar All-Americans (tied for second-most in the country) and two Honorable Mentions.
Recognized for the Lady Bulldogs, who had a team GPA of 3.37, were Hali Flickinger, Lauren Harrington, Maddie Locus, Jordan Mattern, Shannon O'Malley, Courtney Peters, Laura Ryan, Chantal Van Landeghem, Shannon Vreeland, Annie Zhu and Rachel Zilinskas. Olivia Boggs and Anna Neumeister made the Honorable Mention list.
For the Bulldogs, who notched a team GPA of 3.09 and finished fifth at the NCAA Championship, Taylor Dale, Nicolas Fink, Andrew Gemmell, Jared Markham and Ty Stewart were chosen as Scholar All-Americans and Derek Onken and Christian Riess were picked as Honorable Mentions.
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Ions and Ionization - How it works
Atoms have no electric charge, because they maintain an equal number of protons (positively charged subatomic particles) and electrons, subatomic particles with a negative charge. In certain situations, however, the atom may lose or gain one or more electrons and acquire a net charge, becoming an ion.
Aluminum, for instance, has an atomic number of 13, which tells us that an aluminum atom will have 13 protons. Given the fact that every proton has a positive charge, and that most atoms tend to be neutral in charge, this means that there are usually 13 electrons, with a negative charge, present in an atom of aluminum. Yet like all metals, aluminum is capable of forming an ion by losing electrons—in this case, three.
Initially, the aluminum atom had a charge of +13 + (−13) = 0; in other words, its charge was neutral due to the equal numbers of protons and electrons. When it becomes an ion, it loses 3 electrons, leaving behind only 10. Now the charge is +13 + (−10) = +3. Thus the remaining aluminum ion is said to have a net positive charge of 3, represented as +3 or 3+. Chemists differ as to whether they represent the plus sign (or the minus sign, in the case of a negatively charged ion) before or after the number. Because both systems of notation are used, these will be applied interchangeably throughout the course of this essay.
When a neutral atom loses one or more electrons, the result is a positively charged ion, or cation (pronounced KAT-ie-un). Cations are usually represented by a superscript number and plus sign: Al +3 or Al 3+ , for instance, represents the aluminum cation described above. A cation is named after the element of which it is an ion: thus the ion we have described is either called the aluminum ion, or the aluminum cation.
When a neutrally charged atom gains electrons, acquiring a negative charge as a result, this type of ion is known as an anion (AN-ie-un). Anions can be represented symbolically in much the same way as cations: Cl − , for
The anion described here is never called a chlorine anion; rather, anions have a special nomenclature. If the anion represents, as was the case here, a single element, it is named by adding the suffix -ide to the name of the original element name: chloride. Such is the case, for instance, with a deadly mixture of carbon and nitrogen (CN − ), better known as cyanide.
Most often the-ide suffix is used, but in the case of most anions involving more than one element (polyatomic anions), as well as with oxyanions (anions containing oxygen), the rules can get fairly complicated. The general principles for naming anions are as follows:
- -ide: A single element with a negative charge. Note, however, that both hydroxide (OH − ) and cyanide (CN − ) also receive the-ide suffix, even though they involve more than one element.
- -ate: An oxyanion with the normal number of oxygen atoms, a number that depends on the nature of the compound. Examples include oxalate (C 2 O 4 −2 ) or chlorate (ClO 3 − ).
- -ite: An oxyanion containing 1 less oxygen than normal. Examples include chlorite (ClO 2 − ).
- hypo____ite: An oxyanion with 2 less oxygens than normal, but with the normal charge. An example is hypochlorite, or ClO − .
- per____ate: An oxyanion with 1 more oxygen than normal, but with the normal charge. Perchlorate, or ClO 4 − , is an example.
- thio-: An anion in which sulfur has replaced an oxygen. Thus, SO 4 −2 is called sulfate, whereas S 2 O 3 −2 is called thiosulfate.
As one might expect, given the many differences among families of elements on the periodic table, different elements form ions in different ways. Yet precisely because many of these can be grouped into families, primarily according to the column or group they occupy on the periodic table, it is possible to predict the ways in which they will form ions. The table below provides a few rules of thumb. (All group numbers refer to the North American version of the periodic table;
- Alkali metals (Group 1) form 1+ cations. For example, the ion of lithium (Li) is always Li + .
- Alkaline earth metals (Group 2) form 2+ cations. Thus, beryllium (Be), for instance, forms a Be 2+ ion.
- Most Group 3 metals (aluminum, gallium, and indium) form 3+ cations. The cation of aluminum, thus, is designated as Al 3+ .
- Group 6 nonmetals and metalloids (oxygen, sulfur, selenium, and tellurium) form 2− anions. Oxygen, in its normal ionized state, is shown as O 2− .
- Halogens (Group 7) form 1− anions. Fluorine's anion would therefore be designated as Fl − .
The metals always form positive ions, or cations; indeed, one of the defining characteristics of a metal is that it tends to lose electrons. However, the many elements of the transition metals family form cations with a variety of different charges; for this reason, there is no easy way to classify the ways in which these elements form cations.
Likewise, it should be evident from the above table that nonmetals, such as oxygen or fluorine, gain electrons to form anions. This, too, is a defining characteristic of this broad grouping of elements. The reasons why these elements—both metals and nonmetals—behave as they do are complex, involving the numbers of valence electrons (the electrons involved in chemical bonding) for each group on the periodic table, as well as the octet rule of chemical bonding, whereby elements typically bond so that each atom has eight valence electrons.


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Please help with my latest pic.
Since my last thread I have tried working on anatomy and pose and I feel this one is a bit better (not perfect but better than I was)- but I would really be appreciative about further help with improving my work.
I have a feeling that the shaddows are very wrong on this but I have been looking at it for hours and hours and cannot see it clearly anymore. I was attempting to keep it looking rich and heavy.
I would also like some advice on building up the composition - originally there was to be a chair on the right hand side of the picture but it looked too large and wrong for the rest of the composition. I am looking for some suggestions on what I could place there that would help balance it out but also keep with the theme. This character is based on the Conan worlds so is not meant to be completely acurate in terms of ethnicity.
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her right arm seems very long and her shoulder mislocated. it also seems cut off by the hair falling around it. her facial features seem to high on her face, and her right breast points out too much. your main light source[s] arent clearly defined.. it makes your painting unclear.
i suggest not adding a chair on the right side, it will clutter the image. - JAG
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the figure looks like it is leaning against the column with the left hand, yet the hand does not look like it is pressing against the column.
her left breast looks flat compared to the right breast because the hair is falling straight down and not going with the roundness of the breast.


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A plan to build the largest convention center in the nation was the centerpiece of Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State speech. Since then, the plan has met with mixed reviews, and the governor admits he has more selling to do. Karen DeWitt reports.
Cuomo first introduced his plan to build the country's largest convention center at the site of the Aqueduct Raceway in Queens during his State of the State message. One day before, he had quietly signed a deal with Genting, the international gambling conglomerate, to privately finance the $4 billion dollar project. Genting, based in Malaysia, already operates gambling at the race track in the form of video lottery terminals, slot like machines that are an extension of the state's lottery contests. It's currently the only legal way for slot type machines to exist in New York.
The governor, in his speech, said the deal was all about creating jobs, and increasing the state's prestige. The state has just the 12th largest convention center.
"We'll go from number twelve to number one because that's where we deserve to be," said Cuomo.
Since then, the governor has had to defend the deal, over criticism that it was conceived in secret, that convention centers these days lose more money than they earn, and misunderstandings about who would pay for the project.
A Siena College poll found that most voters, by a wide margin, were against the idea of the new convention center. Siena's Steve Greenberg, says only 38% are in favor of the project, 57% are opposed.
Cuomo admits that the proposal needs to be better explained, and that many New Yorkers mistakenly believe that taxpayers have to foot the bill for the project.
"When you say, 'should the state build a convention center?', the answer is no," said Cuomo. "Because it sounds like a big expensive government boondoggle."
But Cuomo says, that is not the case with the Aqueduct project.
"This is a highly successful private sector company that does this all around the globe exquisitely well," said Cuomo. "That's a different question."
The governor made that point again, in his budget address.
"It's $4 billion dollars of economic activity to the state, with virtually zero as an investment from the state," Cuomo said.
Genting issued a statement saying that the company is "confident" that once New Yorkers understand that the project will be financed "without a dime of taxpayer money", and would create tens of thousands of jobs, the support will be "robust".
The poll did not explain the financing arrangement for the convention center in its question, and Siena's Greenberg says those details will be included in the next poll. But he says the survey response also shows that the governor has some more work to do.
"He's got a selling job to do to convince voters that what he's proposing is the right thing," says Greenberg, who notes that Cuomo has already taken to the road to present his budget to more regions of the state.
"Let's see what impact it has," Greenberg said.
The Queens convention center plan would also allow the state to use the site of the much smaller Jacob Javits convention center on the West side of Manhattan for other development purposes, and the sale of the valuable state owned parcel to private developers could bring the state billions of dollars in revenues.
At the same time that he proposes the convention center project, Cuomo is also seeking to amend the state's constitution to fully legalize gambling in New York. The governor says he has not promised Genting any special deals to operate a full blown casino, should the constitutional amendment be approved, and he says the convention center plans will go forward on a separate track.


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Routledge – 2015 – 224 pages
Throughout the 1990s an ambitious global process of policy making was associated with the work of UN agencies which believed that global co-ordination and connection was key to dealing with a range of pressing challenges. Gender inequality in education and poverty reduction featured prominently in these concerns and in attendant policy. As 2010 approached and commentators could look back at ten years of the MDG process, a large number of studies were published assessing the successes or difficulties with this framework. However few looked at how it had been interpreted in particular national and sub-national contexts or how staff in different organisations operating at a global level viewed this approach.
This book contributes to filling the gap in the empirical literature. Drawing on case-study research that examined initiatives which engaged with global aspirations to advance gender equality in and through schooling in contexts of poverty in Kenya and South Africa, it looks at how global frameworks on gender, education and poverty are interpreted in local settings and the politics of implementation. It thus sets discussion of the form of global agreements in a particular context, which allows for an appraisal of how they have been understood by the people who implement them. In using an innovative approach to comparative cross country research it illuminates how ideas and actions connect and disconnect around particular meanings of poverty, education and gender in large systems and different settings. Its conclusions will allow assessments of the approach to the post-2015 agenda to be made taking account of how policy and practice relating to global social justice are negotiated, sometimes negated, the forms in which they are affirmed and the actions that might help enhance them.
This book will be valuable for students , researchers, academics, senior teachers, senior government and inter-government officials and senior staff in NGOs working in the field of education and international development, gender, poverty reduction, and social development. It should be of particular interest to students and academics studying and researching in education, economics, international relations, social policy, African area studies, Development Studies, Women's Studies.
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 Global frameworks and national contexts: Kenya and South Africa
Chapter 3 – Elusive connections: Intersection, mainstreaming and local negotiation
Chapter 4 – The challenge of comparative case studies as a research method
Chapter 5 – Negotiating meanings of gender: how and why does it generally come to mean girls
Chapter 6 The policy led and the practice led approach to 'doing gender' in education and poverty reduction
Chapter 7 – Blaming the poor for limited achievements on gender equality
Chapter 8 – Gender, poverty and education: Limited institutionalisation, fragile interactions
Chapter 9 – The MDGs as a kind of glue for fragmented gender policy
Elaine Unterhalter is Professor of Education and International Development at the Institute of Education, London, UKJenni Karlsson is Professor of Education, leadership, Management and Policy at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Amy North works in the Faculty of Policy and Society at the Institute of Education, London, UK
Name: Gender, Education and Poverty: The politics of policy implementation (Hardback) – Routledge
Description: By Elaine Unterhalter, Jenni Karlsson, Amy North. Throughout the 1990s an ambitious global process of policy making was associated with the work of UN agencies which believed that global co-ordination and connection was key to dealing with a range of pressing challenges. Gender inequality in education...
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Heritage Museum displays antique cameras and photographic works
The camera is an integral part of photography. Camera stands for different values in the hands of different people. For collectors, the camera itself is a piece of art with considerable historical value; for photographers it is a working tool.
An exhibition,"Cameras Inside-out", to be held from tomorrow (February 4) until September 3 at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, gives visitors a glimpse of the technological progression in camera making by showcasing more than 130 cameras of different eras collected by Mr David Chan. Along with the cameras on display are about 130 photographic works from the 1950s to the present by a group of Hong Kong photographers, enabling visitors to explore the photographic art.
The exhibition was opened today (February 3) by the Assistant Director (Heritage and Museums) of Leisure and Cultural Services (LCSD), Dr Louis Ng Chi-wah, Mr David Chan and LCSD Museum Advisers Dr Leung Pui-kam, Dr Leo KK Wong and Mr Joseph Fung Hon-kee.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Ng said that the Heritage Museum had always adhered to its mission and aim of collecting, researching and promoting the art of photography since its establishment. To broaden the vision of audiences, the museum will organise a"Hong Kong Photography Series"to systematically present the art of photography.
"Serving as a prelude to the'Hong Kong Photography Series', the'Cameras Inside-out'exhibition is privileged to showcase more than 100 antique cameras borrowed from Mr David Chan. Special thanks are due to Mr Chan and the veteran photographers in the selection of photographs for the exhibition.
"However, the exhibition would not be complete without the participation of the five contemporary artists, whose photographic installations are compliments to the tradition photographs of our older generation photographers," Dr Ng said.
The exhibition was divided into two parts. The first part showcases about 130 cameras collected by Mr Chan, ranging from the conventional to the digital camera and camera phone. Some of them were manufactured 100 years ago. The show also looks at the development of the photographic art in Hong Kong in a display of about 100 works by a group of veteran local photographers, including Kan Hing-fook, Chan Fou-li, Leo KK Wong and Ngan Chun-tung.
To present the diversity of modern photography, the second part of the exhibition features 30 works of five contemporary artists - Almond Chu Tak-wah, So Hing-keung, Bobby Sham Ka-ho, Lam Wai-kit and Chow Chun-fai.
In the portrait works of Almond Chu, the camera possesses two aspects, reflecting the subject matter as well as the photographer. In fact, the subject of the photograph serves as the interpretation of self-projection. The works of So Hing-keung represent a path to individual existence and a distinct identity that he seeks. He deliberately projects his illusions onto real, tangible matter in an attempt to search for another spatial-temporal existence.
In addition, Bobby Sham aims to express his affection for Hong Kong. Although his photographs show abundant scenes of parades, his works effectively reflect loneliness and detachment. Both Lam Wai-kit and Chow Chun-fai apply a kind of intermodulation to produce ambivalent works. The former is adept at portraying genuine and fictitious self-identities, while the latter skilfully depicts pictorial traits by means of role play.
Today, photography is closely related to modern civilisation. Advanced technologies continue to push forward the development of cameras, adding new dimensions to our lifestyles. The principle behind the construction of the camera lens resembles that of human visual perception. However, with scientific and technological advancement, it is now possible to have wide-angle, long focus or microscopic observation, all of which exceed our visual experience. The exhibition encourages audiences to appreciate the world with their senses, to discover the true essence of the existence beyond the reach of human eyes and the most exquisite lens.
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