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How do bifocal contact lenses work? Specifically, how is the reading part of the lens held in the correct position?
• There are at least three kinds of bifocal contact lens: "translating", concentric and aspheric. The question relates mainly to the translating type, because these are the only ones that have to be positioned correctly all the time. A translating bifocal lens is in two halves, with the part that corrects for short-sightedness at the top and that for long-sightedness at the bottom, pretty much the same design as for bifocal glasses.
Such lenses are relatively small, covering only the centre part of the eye, and they are made of a more rigid material than the more usual soft lenses.
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What Bible Passage should Obama Choose?
Barack Obama's inauguration feels like a wedding to me, where everything from the ministers to the flowers will be scrutinized. And yes, even the Bible passage Obama turns to for the "I do solemnly swear..." part will be picked apart.
But for historical context, The Wall Street Journal has an excellent interactive graphic with pictures, the Bible, and the text used for several presidents' inaugurations. Here's a few of them (I pulled the KJV versions):
George W. Bush: "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." - Isaiah 40:31
Bill Clinton: "And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in." - Isaiah 58:12
Ronald Reagan: "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." - II Chronicles 7:14
Jimmy Carter: "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" - Micah 6:8
Abraham Lincoln: "Judge not, that ye be not judged." - Matthew 7:1
George Washington: "Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon." - Genesis 49:13
USA Today's Cathy Lynn Grossman suggests that Obama should pick Deuteronomy 16:20: "That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
What do you think? Which passage should Obama choose?
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Academic Advising and Course Selection
Academic Advising
The goal of the academic advising program at Middlebury is to ensure that effective academic advising is available - and is taken advantage of by all students. Effective advising can be the result of a close relationship between students and their official faculty advisers, or of a combination of official advising and informal advising from a variety of mentors who share their expertise because of their interest in students' success at Middlebury. There are many intentional redundancies in our system: faculty members, deans and other student affairs professionals, Residential Life staff members, and peer advisers all provide academic advising. We hope both the formal and informal advising systems work on behalf of our students and add up to a supportive environment – that is to say, good advising.
All first year students are advised by the instructor in their first-year seminar, a course selected the summer before their enrollment. The majority of professors in those classes, which have a maximum of fifteen students, are faculty with several years of experience at Middlebury, and many are senior faculty. This arrangement, in place now for well over a decade, ensures frequency of contact between adviser and advisee and has served Middlebury students well--a vast improvement over any previous approach.
Here are some frequently asked questions about advising and course selection.
Here is the current First Year Registration Booklet. This is an excellent resource, featuring everything you need to know about course selection and the curriculum, and listing courses that departments and programs recommend for first Year Students.
Here is a video on schedule planning with the online scheduler and course catalog.
And here are some important links:
Searchable Course Catalog & Schedule Planner
Registration and Course Selection
At the end of their campus orientation, all new students complete the registration process, choosing their courses selections online, via bannerweb. Here are instructions for doing so:
Declaring the Major
When students declare their major, they also select an adviser from the faculty in that major (or majors - nearly half of all Middlebury students have combined majors of some kind). For some students in their second or third semesters at Middlebury, selecting a major adviser is more difficult than selecting the major itself; those students are encouraged to work with the department or program chair, until they have further experience in that major and find a faculty member best suited to their interests and needs. Students may select their major at any time after the first semester; they are required to declare their major no later than the end of their third semester. After the first semester of a student's experience at Middlebury, when the first-year seminar ends, the relationship between adviser and advisee subsides in frequency of contact. The challenge, then, to adviser and advisee, is to maintain the momentum of the first semester. Those students who are "undeclared" but whose first-year adviser is on leave – or otherwise unavailable to advise, are assigned to their Commons Dean, who provides transitional advising.
Student Initiative
Advising tends to be most productive early and late: first year students receive special attention; seniors often do intensely collaborative work with faculty in their majors. Good, active advising often depends on the initiative students take to maintain a relationship with faculty mentors. Faculty members at Middlebury are teachers and take seriously their advising responsibilities: they are available. They will not intrude, however, and will respect students' desire for independence. Advising relationships emerge from faculty members' academic expertise and a shared interest in students' work. The adviser/advisee relationship often develops into a relationship that lasts well after a student leaves Middlebury.


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The power of London
Barry Cowan looks at a strong ATP World Tour Finals line-up and where the title will be won and lost.
Last Updated: 18/11/11 8:37am
The field is complete, the draw is mouth-watering and the start of this season's eagerly-awaited climax in London is nearly here.
After victories in Basel and Paris, defending champion Roger Federer has his swagger back in time for the ATP World Tour Finals but we'll only know just how good his chances are once everyone has had two or three games to prove their form and fitness.
Federer has not been as dominant in 2011 in years past - five years ago he would have been nailed on to win the Championships - but that's not to say he is a worse player. If anything, he has improved a little but World No 1 Novak Djokovic has raised the bar high enough to create doubt in his mind.
The Swiss still has titles in him - that much is clear - but he has lost some close matches after being found wanting at the key moments.
We all remember the incredible tennis he and Djokovic played in the US Open semi-finals but it was Federer who lost for a second successive year despite earning a couple of match points.
Don't forget he beat Kei Nishikori, in Switzerland, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, in France, to lift those titles not Rafael Nadal or Djokovic, which should strike a note of caution with fans.
It will be fascinating to see in the coming days whether he is able to play his best tennis on the biggest points.
Federer has been drawn in Group B along with Nadal, who he beat in last year's final.
Since then the Spaniard has admitted that his confidence has been knocked by losing some big matches against the World number one and that - as things stand - he doesn't feel he can beat Djokovic.
Nadal arrives in London after a few weeks off and I'm sure is relieved to start against Mardy Fish than Tsonga - not because Fish is an easy touch, but because the American has had his own injury concerns of late.
For similar reasons, I'm sure Andy Murray would have preferred to play Djokovic first up because, as outstanding a year as the Serb has had, doubts persist about his shoulder problem.
The injury is a massive issue and I think he has been struggling for long periods with it. Think back, for example, to the final in New York when he was struggling in the third set and had to call the trainer.
Djokovic can't afford to become frustrated about his fitness, otherwise he runs the risk of getting caught cold; hopefully the break he's had since pulling out of the Paris Masters will do him some good and he'll at least get the chance to round off an outstanding season in style.
Murray - who has come on leaps and bounds over the last 12 months - has the chance to put his Paris Masters quarter-final defeat to Tomas Berdych behind him in the best possible way when he takes on David Ferrer on Monday.
These days Murray is far more comfortable playing aggressive tennis - the final set against Nadal in the Japan Open Final, when he lost just four points, was probably the best set of tennis I've seen him play.
The challenge, as Berdych found out in France, is to play like that throughout the tournament. After seeing off Murray, the Czech looked physically and mentally jaded when he came up against Federer.
That's not unusual after a long, bruising match towards the end of any tournament; coming back and reproducing it the day after is a tough ask.
Berdych and Tsonga represent the biggest threat to the top four players in the world - on their day they are a match for anyone.
But to win in London they will have to beat two of the top seeds - possibly three in a row - and I think that might be a step too far for them, both mentally and physically.
For that reason alone I can't see the winner coming out of the bottom four seeds.
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GamesBeat Similarities between Injustice: Gods Among Us and the Justice League cartoon May 13, 2013 12:00 PM Chris Hoadley 0 Gaming is in its golden age, and big and small players alike are maneuvering like kings and queens in A Game of Thrones. Register now for our GamesBeat 2015 event, Oct. 12-Oct.13, where we'll explore strategies in the new world of gaming. This story contains spoilers for Injustice: Gods Among Us Professional wrestling has an unwritten law called the "Seven Year Rule," where a company can reuse a successful gimmick or storyline once the original viewers have grown up and a new generation of fans unaware of past history sits at ringside. The narrative of Injustice: Gods Among Us, the fighting game based on DC Comics' line of superheroes, decided to wait a decade before returning to a successful plot from the past. A lot of players and reviewers caught that the plot of Injustice mirrors that of the classic Justice League episode "A Better World," a two part arc where the dream team faced a more totalitarian version of themselves called the Justice Lords, who enforced peace by restricting liberty. Many characters from the series are playable in Injustice, and even voice actors like Kevin Conroy (Batman), George Newbern (Superman), and Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman) reprise their original roles. Of course, it's impossible to tell stories that are 100 percent different from anything else — the cartoon version itself based the idea on old comic book "multiverse" tales about The Crime Syndicate of America — and solid execution can still make it fun to go through. But just how closely do the cartoon and game follow each other? Gallery: GalleryAbove: The Cartoon: Both stories begin with Superman confronting a villain following an offscreen disaster, and only later do we learn it's an alternate reality. After his archnemesis, Lex Luthor, becomes president of the United States, he hatches a scheme that brings the country to the brink of war. When Superman stops the mad genius, Luthor mocks him by saying he'll get out of jail easily and that the Man of Steel's refusal to kill only exists because he likes playing the hero. Realizing that he has a point, Superman finishes Luthor off for good with his heat vision.

The Game: The Joker hatches a scheme that ends with a mind-controlled Superman killing Lois Lane and their unborn son, which also causes an nuclear explosion that destroys Metropolis. When Superman faces him, The Joker taunts his ideals and boasts about how he'll spend time in Arkham Asylum plotting an even bigger massacre. Our hero snaps and murders the clown with his heat vision.Image Credit: Warner Brothers


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Effort to Repeal Fire Sprinkler Mandate in Pennsylvania Advances
April 24th, 2011 by Residential Fire Sprinklers .com
By JENNIFER MILLER
A state Senate committee approved legislation Wednesday morning that would reverse a mandate requiring new single-family and duplex homes to be equipped with residential sprinkler systems.The bill will now move to the full Senate.
In 2010, Pennsylvania added the provision to the Pennsylvania Construction Code, which went into effect Jan. 1. The measure was adopted after the International Code Council recommended in 2009 that states and municipalities require sprinkler systems in homes. The code has been widely supported by fire officials.
Now several Chester County lawmakers support efforts to repeal the mandate.
Home builders have argued the rule is unfair to consumers, and lawmakers have argued the measure has worsened an already struggling housing market.
At the same time, fire officials maintain the mandate is in the best interest of public safety.
Earlier this year, state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Lycoming County, introduced House Bill 377, which would repeal the mandate. Two Chester County lawmakers co-sponsored the bill: state Reps. Steven Barrar, R-160th of Upper Chichester, and John Lawrence, R-13th of Franklin.
The House approved the bill March 7 with a vote of 154-39.
The Senate's labor and industry committee approved the legislation Wednesday. Committee Chairman Sen. John Gordner, a Republican from northeastern Pennsylvania, said Tuesday he supports the bill.
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Northridge, Ca. – Fresh off two wins last Thursday to extend their winning streak to nine games, the seventh-ranked Cal State Northridge women's water polo team hosts Hartwick College and Concordia (Irvine) in non-league games on Sunday afternoon at Matador Pool.
The school record for consecutive wins is ten, set during the 2010 season. The current nine game winning streak started on February 23 with a 9-7 victory over UC San Diego at the UC Irvine Invitational.
The Matadors face Hartwick at Noon followed by a 6:00 pm contest against Concordia.
At 2:45 pm, Hartwick will play Concordia.
Ten CSUN players are currently the team leaders in double-digit scoring. Marisa Young has a team-leading 43 goals followed by Lindsy Duncan (37), and Jenny Jamison and Kelcie Ferreira with 33 each.
Kiernan Davis has 132 saves in 21 games this year for an average of 7.37 saves per game.
Matador Memo …
Cal State Northridge is putting a dent in the school record book … Lindsy Duncan has scored 199 goals in four seasons, second-best in school history and 23 goals behind the school record holder Allison Brookes (222, 2005-08) … Marisa Young and Jenny Jamison each have scored 158 and 154 career goals, sixth and seventh, respectively, in school history … Duncan has a school record 507 career field goal attempts … Duncan has 171 career assists, third-best in school history and only 13 short of the school record held by Lynzy Klein (184, 2004-06) … Duncan and Kelcie Ferreira are battling for the school record in career field blocks … Duncan has a career 83 field blocks followed by Ferreira with 81 … Kiernan Davis' 518 career saves are third-best in Matador history … Jillian Stapf (2007-10) has a career-best 1,305 saves … CSUN is averaging 12.59 goals per game, currently the best mark in school history … CSUN is averaging 10.86 assists per game, also currently the best mark in Matador history … A schedule reminder … The Big West Conference opener between CSUN and Long Beach State at Matador Pool on April 4 has been changed to a 3:00 pm start time.


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A good multi-tool makes life easier by packaging your most frequently used essential tools into one streamlined, easy-to-carry device. A bad one is overly bulky, with unnecessary bells and whistles that serve no purpose but to make the multi-tool too clunky to use.
Multi-tools come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, with a mind-boggling array of options to choose from. Some are amazing feats of engineering, while others are just plain bad ideas. Here's a peek at some of the more… interesting… multi-tools we've spotted lately; we'll let you decide which category they fall in.
The Eatensil.
The Eatensil was made with the takeout eater in mind. Featuring a knife, spoon, fork, pizza cutter, bottle opener, chopsticks and wooden fork for eating fish and chips (a British thing, apparently), this multi-tool lets you ditch the plastic ware and carry around everything you need for eating takeout – no matter where you choose to dine. Although we can't imagine hunkering over Chinese takeout with this monstrosity, it might have some saving graces at the campsite.
Coral Tools.
These decorative multi-tools clearly weren't meant to be carried in the pocket. Rather, they're intended as a clever way of hiding your tools in plain sight in your home or hip studio apartment. Disguised as unusual works of art, these multi-tools contain a corkscrew, Phillips and flathead screwdrivers and a nail steadier.
Space Invaders Multi-tool.
With only a Phillips and flathead screwdriver to its name, this keychain multi-tool may not accomplish much besides identify you as an 8-bit gamer. Shaped as one of the aliens from the classic arcade game Space Invaders, it's one of the oldest and most commonly recognized video game icons to date.
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Get the GAME OF THE YEAR award-winning puzzler! Help Swampy by guiding water to his broken shower. Each level is a challenging physics-based puzzle with amazing life-like mechanics. Cut through dirt to guide fresh water, dirty water, toxic water, steam, and ooze through increasingly challenging scenarios! Every drop counts! • Original Stories & Characters – Play through 4 unique stories featuring Swampy, Allie, Cranky and Mystery Duck. That's over 500 amazing puzzles! • Innovative Mechanic – See water in various forms and use your creativity to solve the puzzles – totally stimulating! • Collectibles, Challenges, and Bonus Levels – Collect special items uniquely designed for each character and complete cool challenges to unlock bonus levels! "Tri-Duck" each level for ultimate bragging rights! SWAMPY'S STORY Swampy the Alligator lives in the sewers under the city. He's a little different from the other alligators – he's curious, friendly, and loves taking a nice long shower after a hard day at work. But there's trouble with the pipes and Swampy needs your help getting water to his shower! ALLIE'S STORY Allie is the sewer's most creative alligator. Her quirky spirit and artistic talents made her a star. Now, the gators have crafted a one-of-a-kind steam-powered musical instrument, and can't wait to hear her play it! Help Allie get the steam she needs and enjoy her take on classic Disney tunes. CRANKY'S STORY Cranky, a real gator's gator, has a big appetite and will eat anything, from tires to old fish bones. But he refuses to eat his greens! Use the dirty purple water to clear the algae on Cranky's plate so he can gobble up his "food". MYSTERY DUCK Catch this fancy teleporting Mystery Duck in this special chapter and hint hint - timing is everything! Some stories may require a small additional price but try the FREE levels today! New level packs and various bug fixes
19/03/2015This game is one of the good games it will make your brain work and freesh well done disney
14/10/2014Cool game
2/08/2014Crashes after 2 levels
29/06/2014Great game, keeps me entertained every time
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The Truth Within Cartoons Thank you, Northern Express, for printing the current cartoons by both Jen Sorensen and Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling!
Faith and Politics: A Recipe for Disaster Government, religion, and ultra conservative politics is an alliance that if it stays the present course will be the demise of our great republic.
Come Together There is a time-honored war strategy known as "divide and conquer," and never has it been more effective than now. The enemy is using it against us through television, internet and other social media. I opened a Facebook account a couple of years back to gain more entries in local contests. Since then I had fallen under its spell; I rushed into judgment on several social issues based on information found on those pages
Quiet The Phones! This weekend we attended two beautiful Christmas musical events and the enjoyment of both were significantly diminished by self-absorbed boors holding their stupid iPhones high overhead to capture extremely crucial and highly needed photos. We too own iPhones, but during a public concert we possess the decency and manners to leave them turned off and/or at home. Today's performance, the annual Messiah Sing at Traverse City's Central Methodist Church, was a new low: we watched as Mr. Self-Absorbed not only took several photos but then afterwards immediately posted them to his Facebook page. We were dumbfounded.
A Torturous Defense In defense of the C.I.A.'s use of torture in a mostly fruitless search for vital information, some suggest that the dire situation facing us after 9-11, justified the use of torture even at the expense of the potential loss of much of our nation's moral authority.


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Video: Bonnaroo Week – Ed Helms' Bluegrass Situation
Ed Helms will host a Bluegrass Superjam on Sunday afternoon at Bonnaroo
DelFest 2013: Del McCoury Band, Trey Anastasio Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Yonder Mountain String Band
DelFest organizers have put together an impressive lineup for this year's event
Review: 5th Annual DelFest
Carly Shields on DelFest, the bluegrass-heavy kick off to the summer festival season.
HT Interview: Del McCoury and Ben Jaffe, Ambassadors of American Music
When The Del McCoury Band teamed up with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to record the album American Legacies, the merging of the two bands represented more then just a ...
Pullin' 'Tubes: American Legacies
Two legends of distinctively American styles of music hooked up for the first time a few years back, when the Del McCoury Band was invited down to New Orleans to record a couple of tracks ...
Tour Dates: Frampton Comes Alive Again
After leaving Humble Pie in 1971 for a solo career, Peter Frampton found only marginal success on his own until the release of his 1976 seminal double-live album Frampton Comes Alive. The iconic record, which ...
ACL: Where The Streets Are Paved With Vomit
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Subject: [sf-lug] World of Goo ported to Linux
This is good news, because it is a really popular game that could help
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christian.einfeldt writes "Lovers of both games and Free Open Source
Software will be pleased to see that the popular World of Goo has been
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Vatican official says Archbishop Romero's sainthood cause 'unblocked'
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family and the official promoter of the sainthood cause of the late Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, said the process to beatify and eventually canonize the slain Salvadoran archbishop has been unblocked.
Archbishop Paglia, who has been the postulator of Archbishop Romero's cause for years, made the announcement in a homily April 20, just a few hours after meeting with Pope Francis.
The Italian archbishop, who was preaching at a Mass in the Italian city Molfetta to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of the diocese's Bishop Antonio Bello -- widely known by the diminutive Don Tonino -- said, "Today, the anniversary of the death of Don Tonino, the cause for the beatification of Archbishop Romero was unblocked."
The archbishop gave no more details, and his office said April 22 that no more would be said until there is something "concrete" to report.
In his homily, Archbishop Paglia said, "Martyrs help us live, help us understand there is more joy in giving than in receiving. This is why we need to preserve their memories."
He added that he hoped Archbishop Romero and Bishop Bello -- known for his care of the poor and his commitment to peace -- could be beatified together "because Jesus always sent the apostles out two by two."
Bishop Bello died in 1993; the Vatican approved the opening of his sainthood cause in 2007.
Archbishop Romero was shot March 24, 1980, as he celebrated Mass. The Congregation for Saints' Causes authorized the opening of his cause in 1993. Often the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is asked to review the writings of sainthood candidates to ensure they are free of doctrinal error; many people working for Archbishop Romero's cause described the review as "blocked" in the congregation from 2000 to 2005.
One of those supporters is Roberto Morozzo della Rocca, a professor of contemporary history in Rome, and author of "Primero Dios: Vita di Oscar A. Romero" ("God First: The Life of Oscar A. Romero."
He said Archbishop Romero's "enemies claimed there were theological errors" in his writings and sermons. "This took years of work to clear up," della Rocca told
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The next step in the process is a formal papal declaration that Archbishop Romero died a martyr -- that he was killed because of his faith. Opponents of his cause have claimed his assassination was politically motivated. The papal decree would follow a recommendation from the cardinals who are members of the Congregation for Saints' Causes; they vote on decrees after reviews by separate panels of theologians and historians.
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Judd-161 1854 Cent Pattern, PR64 Brown1854 P1C One Cent, Judd-161 Original, Pollock-187, R.4, PR64 Brown NGC. The design resembles the Mature Head large cent with no stars, and the reverse wreath and diameter are each smaller. Struck in bronze with a plain edge. Originals and restrikes are mentioned of the Judd-161, but nothing is published regarding how to tell the difference. We suspect it has to do with the pimply evidence of die rust, as seen on this coin, which is absent on the other Judd-161 in this sale. The surfaces have deep, uniform chocolate-brown color except for the slightest streaks of red on the reverse, but a magnifier will be required to discern them. The piece is nice for the grade, with no mentionable problems. (PCGS# 11663)
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"Supernatural" fans already got an amazing treat when The CW released a hilarious promo featuring Sam and Dean touting the series' move to Tuesday nights this fall -- with a fist bump, no less. And now the network has gone and done it again with another amazing, fun promo, this time featuring Castiel and Crowley.
Yeah, you read that right. Watching these two fan favorite characters banter back and forth in their deadpan, honest, and angelic vs. sarcastic, gleeful, and demonic signature styles is almost too much to bear (we've already replayed this video more times than we'd care to admit).
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Rough Sketches Turned into Real FurnitureJuxtapoz // Thursday, December 12, 2013
For his senior thesis exhibition at Tokyo University of the Arts, student Daigo Fukawa created this collection of "rough sketch products," a very clever set of furniture that, well, look like scribbles of...furniture! At first glance they look like digital renderings but they are actual, probably fairly uncomfortable, chairs, tables, and couches.
"Where We Find," Andrew Pommier @ Diginner Gallery, TokyoJuxtapoz // Wednesday, December 11, 2013
RVCA Japan presents a solo art exhibtion of RVCA ANP (Artists Network Program) artist Andrew Pommier. His first solo show in Japan, "Where We Find" opened on Wednesday, December 11th and will continue through December 13th at Diginner Gallery in Tokyo.
Entrance Yourself With RRRRRRRRolling GIFSJuxtapoz // Monday, December 09, 2013
A mysterious group of super awesome friends in Japan have once again come up with some intoxicating animated gifs. Photographed during their regular routines, these beautifully unhectic gifs hypnotize.
The Light Art of Tokihiro Sato (Correction)Juxtapoz // Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Tokihiro Sato is one of Japan's best known artists working in photography. Trained as a sculptor, he has been using photography since the late 1980s to express his ideas about light and space. In an ongoing series that he describes as "breath graphs" or "photo respiration," tiny points of light or illuminated lines record his movements through space.
The Work of Japan's 非 (hi)Juxtapoz // Monday, November 25, 2013
The work of Japanese artist 非 (hi) are rendered digitally, leaving dreamy, ill looking young men, clad in an explosion of pastel geometric fireworks, bruises and pattern work. Mesmerizing...
Drawings by Ataru SatoJuxtapoz // Thursday, October 24, 2013
We love these incredibly intricate drawings by Japanese artist Ataru Sato. Heavily influenced by the work of the legendary Keiichi Taanami, he studied at Kyoto University of Art and Design where Taanami teaches, often seeking out his advice. Ataru is represented by Gallery Koyanagi in Tokyo.
Masakatsu Sashie "Coacervate" @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery, NYCJuxtapoz // Tuesday, October 22, 2013
While in NYC this weekend, we were introduced to Japanese artist Masakatsu Sashie, as he was in town for his debut solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Coacervate. Showcasing a series of paintings that depict a world in the not so distant future, the show is based around the them of coacervate—from Latin "to assemble together or cluster"...
Rockin' Jelly Bean x Big John for Naked & Famous DenimJuxtapoz // Saturday, October 12, 2013
Rockin Jelly Bean is a classic Japanese artist in the world of salaciousness that we have covered in the magazine over the years, most recently the Pushead-curated Halloween issue of 2009. The artist has recently teamed up with Canadian jean makers Naked & Famous and Japan's oldest denim maker Big John on a special collaboration that features Bean's work on the leather patch and labeling. A little dirty picture or two should fit nicely on your butt.
Yayoi Kusama's "The Obliteration Room"Juxtapoz // Thursday, October 10, 2013
We have seen some fantastic exhibitions from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in the past. Last December's was no exception. As part of her "Look Now, See Forever" Yayoi built and painted a domestic environment white and invited children to cover the entire thing in colorful dot stickers. By the time two weeks had passed, there was very little white left!
The Teshima Art Museum by Ryue NishizawaJuxtapoz // Monday, October 07, 2013
The Teshima Art Museum designed by Tokyo-based architect Ryue Nishizawa and Japanese artist Rei Naito opened in 2010 for the Setouchi International Art Festival that was held in the Takamatsu Port area of Japan. The open gallery space features 25cm thick concrete shell with two elliptical openings that are open to elements.


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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has turned around her potential political fortunes in Iowa, according to a presidential preference poll released this morning.
The former first lady who is being encouraged to make another White House run in 2016 leads Gov. Chris Christie 48 to 35 in a hypothetical matchup, according to a Quinnipiac University Poll of 1,411 registered voters in Iowa. That reverses the New Jersey governor's 48 to 45 percent lead in a December Quinnipiac poll.
Clinton's turnaround may not be her own doing, however.
"Who said, 'All politics is local?'" said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac poll. "Secretary Clinton is benefitting from the fallout after a traffic jam a thousand miles away.
"When Quinnipiac University surveyed Iowans last December, Christie was the lead reindeer," Brown said. "But after the coverage of the George Washington Bridge lane closures, his nose is not so bright. Like the other GOP hopefuls, he now trails Clinton by double digits."
She has a 49 to 39 percent lead over Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, 51 to 35 percent over U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and 51 to 37 percent over former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida.
Clinton doesn't seem to be hurt by President Barack Obama's low approval rating, Quinnipiac found. Obama gets a negative 39 to 57 percent approval rating in Iowa, compared to a negative 38 to 59 percent December.
"Politics is a team sport and the head of the blue team, President Barack Obama, isn't doing well in the eyes of Iowans," Brown said. "But that doesn't seem to be hurting teammate Hillary Clinton who swamps potential 2016 Republican competitors among the same electorate."
"So much -- at least for now -- for the conventional wisdom that as the president's popularity goes, so goes Democratic hopes for 2016," Brown added.
Clinton appears to have benefited by a shift among independent voters shift from 44 to 35 percent for Christie in December to 46 to 32 percent for her today. Clinton has leads of 12 to 22 percentage points among independent voters in the other matchups.
By a 55 to 38 percent margin, Iowans say Clinton would make a good president, the only listed candidate to get a positive score.
Christie's numbers flip-flopped from 46 to 30 percent of Iowans saying he would make a good president in December to 41 to 36 percent saying he would not.
The poll, conducted March 5-10 by live interviewers call land lines and cell phones, has a margin of error of +/- 2.6 percentage points.
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Unions are facing a make-or-break moment in their campaign to drive Wisconsin's Republican governor from office.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Unions are facing a make-or-break moment in their campaign to drive Wisconsin's Republican governor from office....
I have good news to report in Wisconsin.
The recall election for Republican governor Scott Walker will take place on June 7. Polls show Walker Leads Barrett 52%-45%.
Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker leads Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by 7 percentage points in the state's June 5 recall election.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker thinks he and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are "kindred spirits," with their recent histories of being Republicans who have come out on top in fairly blue states. They've both "taken on unions," as they like to say, and they both have reformed public pensions. But Walker did make sure to say that his pension reforms were a little more significant than Christie's.
Activists in Wisconsin have hit upon a method that coud conceivably lead to the end of the deadlock there. Several Republican State Senators are eligible for recall, and progressives in the state are going to go for it:
Congratulations to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker who became the first governor in US history to win a recall vote.
The New York Times reports Walker Survives Wisconsin Recall Vote
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker said today that his victory in yesterday's recall election sets the stage for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to be competitive in his state.
Wisconsin voters let Republican Governor Scott Walker continue serving, enabling him to finish his term's remaining two-and-a-half years and lead a state that has been at political war with itself.
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Centennial Middle School in Pasco County is getting a solar array system that will provide energy for the school. The solar array being installed by Tampa Electric and the Florida Solar Energy Center will provide educational opportunities for the students as well.
Cherie Jacobs, corporate spokesperson for Tampa Electric, says Centennial is the first school in Pasco County to receive a solar array.
âTampa Electric has a new program where we will invest $1.5 million each year for 5 years to help our customers install renewable technologies. The solar array at Centennial Middle School is the first system to be installed under our new program and we will do one school a year for 5 years.â
John Soler, Energy Coordinator with the District School Board of Pasco County says there is a solar energy curriculum that students will be taught.
âThere is a curriculum component associated with this that the Florida Solar Energy Center put together. Theyâll be sharing that information with the school district and we of course will share it with the science teachers and the science teachers will share it with their students.â
According to Jacobs from Tampa Electric, all the students at Centennial Middle School will have the opportunity to learn about energy efficiency and solar power.
âCentennial Middle School in the Dade City area has about 650 students and they were selected to participate in this program. The students will be able to look at the energy that the solar array is producing, that will be available online, and they can use that in the classroom. It will help them not only gain a basic understanding of how solar arrayâs work, but it will also improve their skills in math and science. It will help them understand the importance of renewable energy and energy efficiency.â
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opinionBy Gloria Umeukeje
Over the years, African continent has suffered from poverty, disease and unprecedented backwardness. It has been impoverished and remains the poorest continent despite being one of the most richly endowed with natural and human resources in the regions of the world. In global scheme, Africa has been marginalised by the developed world. The consequence of these has been continuous dependence on the developed world for aid and credit facilities which has left African States in perpetual debt.
A more disturbing dimension is the effect of this underdevelopment, hunger and disease. A greater percentage of Africans live below poverty line while majority do not have access to drinking water, health facilities, basic education and other basic infrastructure.
In the face of this stark reality, came the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) which is a vision, strategic policy framework for the socio-economic development of Africa.
NEPAD is a pledge by African Leaders, based on common vision and a firm and shared conviction, that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty and to place their countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development and, at the same time, to participate actively in the world economy and body politic.
As a programme, NEPAD is driven by the determination of Africans to extricate themselves and the continent from the malaise of underdevelopment and exclusion in a globalising world. It is both a programme of reformation in governance, and of building capacity for the continent. NEPAD stands to reverse this ugly trend of poverty, disease and under development by changing the existing relationship of the continent's/developed world through abandoning the old system of dependence on and solicitation of aid and rather look inwards. Simply put, African leaders through NEPAD, decided to wage war on poverty, disease and underdevelopment by harnessing their abundant resources, human skills, capital and technology. The strategy is to mobilise these resources and put them in the best use for the people of Africa.
NEPAD as a programme, represents the resolve and collective will of Africans that take this stand, Africans still believe in global partnership based on shared responsibility and mutual interest and thus, invites the developed world to partner with them to step up positive/meaningful partnership with Africa for real development. This invitation is indeed a call for new relationship between Africa and the developed world, a relationship that is based on partnership.
As the vision of NEPAD is to eradicate poverty and put African Countries both individually and collectively on the path of sustainable growth and development, it therefore means that NEPAD is to serve as a framework for forging a new partnership between Africa and the International Community based on mutual respect. It also offers a common platform upon which domestic and regional poverty reduction strategies shall be focused and mainstreamed and serve as an African strategy for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century. NEPAD is also to impose peer pressure on member States for good governance, democracy and observance of fundamental human rights; and offer a common platform to curtail corruption, undemocratic governance, economic mismanagement and promote conflict resolution.
The major priority areas of NEPAD are therefore to operationalise the African Peer Review mechanism; Facilitate and support implementation of the short-term regional infrastructure programmes in the areas of Transport, Energy, ICT, Water and sanitation as well as implementation of agricultural development programmes to ensure food security in all sub-regions; Facilitate the preparation of a coordinated African position on policy issues including global market Access, debt relief and Monitor, evaluate and intervenes, as appropriate, to ensure the achievement of the millennium Development Goals, especially, in the areas of health and education.
In effect, NEPAD became a Technical Agency charged with the overarching responsibility of planning, coordinating and implementing projects and programmes to fast track development and economic growth initiative across the continent with a cascading effect at the regional, national and sub-national levels.
Since the establishing of NEPAD Nigeria office in 2003, the agency has grappled with the challenge of domesticating its programmes at the Federal, State and Local Government levels. High point of this challenge has been the difficulty in getting different segments of the Nigerian society to understand the concept and programme of NEPAD.
A more disturbing challenge that has slowed down the operations of NEPAD Nigeria is lack of an enabling law; as a legal entity, it would be easy for NEPAD Nigeria to enter into effective partnership with local and foreign agencies. Today, NEPAD Nigeria operates a full civil service structure. The implication of this is the constant deployment and redeployment of officers with the pool system. This has stalled continuity in office and slowed down the domestication process.
It is however hoped that with the enabling law in place, NEPAD Nigeria will be in the position to transform into a commission. The status of a commission will confer on NEPAD the advantage of hiring and controlling its officers, thereby putting an end to the exodus of officers with its attendant problem of discontinuity and instability. NEPAD Nigeria will also be able to draw funding from the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, there would be an increase funding to carry out its functions and programmes and Build effective partnership with local and foreign institutions. It will better monitor and evaluate the implementation of NEPAD's programmes in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure compliance with NEPAD goals. Status of a commission will Promote bilateral and multilateral cooperation at regional and continental levels, Propel development at federal, state and local levels to meet the vision 20:2020 through effective domestication of its programmes.
From all indications, attainment of status of a Commission would place NEPAD Nigeria on a better pedestal to carry out its mandate. Relevant organs of Government, especially the National assembly should support NEPAD Nigeria to achieve this. NEPAD Nigeria needs all legal backing and financial muscle as a continental body to function effectively to realize the transformation agenda of the present administration and development in general.


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"Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works" Off Press
| Pyongyang, January 18 (KCNA) -- The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House brought out Vol. 100 of "Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works", a library of the Juche idea which systematically and comprehensively deals with his works in a chronological order.
All 100 volumes of the complete collection have thus been published.
The last volume contains Vol. 6 of President Kim Il Sung's reminiscences "With the Century."
It comprehensively deals with the exploits the President performed by strengthening the Korean People's Revolutionary Army as the revolutionary forces of Juche and consolidating the unity and cohesion of the revolutionary ranks and the mass basis of the armed struggle and with the experience gained in the struggle and his personality as a great man in the period from March 1937 to November.
The book contains "Chapter 16 Crossing and Recrossing the River Amnok" telling the story that the President made an expedition to Fusong for advancing into the homeland and expanded and strengthened organizations of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland in different parts of the homeland.
The book also relates a story about the high spirit displayed by the guards of the command in defending the leader unto death and the struggle waged by anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters to perform the revolutionary duties given by the commander without fail.
Its "Chapter 17 Korea Is Alive" deals with the President's recollection of the fact that he, leading the main force of the KPRA, marched into the homeland and victoriously waged the Battle of Pochonbo. The book relates the story that the President formed a juvenile company and led its members with fatherly loving care.
Its "Chapter 18 in the Flames of the Sino-Japanese War" recounts a story that he energetically led the struggle for all-people resistance preparation to cope with the new situation.
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More than just another fighter training center, at a time when one seems to be springing up on every other corner, the Glendale Fighting Club has transcended that status and become a hub of activity and a touchstone of significance in the fighting scene, both near and far.
The modest yet sparklingly clean and well-outfitted corner shop situated among rows of car dealerships on Brand Blvd. serves as the base of operations for two longtime friends, Edmond Tarverdyan and George Bastrmajyan, who together comprise one of the fastest rising grass-roots enterprises in training, management and promotions in the current landscape of combat sports.
"I really don't have to go after fighters, people just come to us now," says Bastrmajyan, who co-founded Lights Out Promotions with Tarverdyan in 2004. "Everything's coming together. Right now, the sky is the limit."
For GFC proprietor Tarverdyan, a highly respected and sought-after trainer in boxing and striking technique with a client list that includes established, as well as, up-and-coming names in boxing and mixed martial arts, and his partner Bastrmajyan, who manages and coordinates promotions for much of the same talent, success didn't come overnight.
At the ripe old age of 29, Tarverdyan has been studying martial arts since he was 7 and has been training others for more than half of his life. He's also basking in retirement from a professional Muay Thai kickboxing career that netted him a slew of world title belts.
His journey began in his hometown of Kirovakan, Armenia, where he first began to study karate and boxing with his brother Raymond and his uncle Zhorzik.
"In Armenia, martial arts was so popular because of Bruce Lee," Tarverdyan says. "Everybody either did karate or anything like that."
By 8, Tarverdyan had arrived in Glendale with his family and by his teenage years was working with renowned amateur trainer Ken Harutyunyan.
"Any stand-up fighting, we did pretty much everything," Tarverdyan said. "When I was 16, I wanted to get more serious, into something where there was a professional league and there was nothing except Muay Thai.
"The good thing about our gyms is that we always had the martial arts programs and boxing, as well, so we always did both. No ground fighting because UFC back then wasn't that big and we never thought it would be that big."
While Tarverdyan claims to never have seen the explosion of MMA coming, his expertise honed in various fighting styles from boxing to karate to sanshou to tae kwon do and Muay Thai over a fighting career that traversed the globe laid the groundwork for the interdisciplinary proficiency that makes him such a valuable trainer in boxing and MMA today.
In 1998, Harutyunyan passed on to Tarverdyan the day-to-day operations of his gym on the corner of Maple Street and Glendale Avenue and Tarverdyan's teaching career began to flourish alongside his career as a competitor.
"I had to change everything around under my brother's name because I [couldn't] own a business legally when I was 16." says Tarverdyan, a former World Boxing Council Muay Thai champion. "It was cool. I started working with the kids and training myself, competing. All of a sudden, I got like 40-50 kids within a month and I had to do more classes."
Bastrmajyan's life became interwoven with martial arts in the wake of the murder of his best friend when he was 17.
"I honestly didn't know what to do, I was confused," Bastrmajyan, 31, says. "I was with my friend all the time."
Looking to fill the void in his life, Bastrmajyan got into Muay Thai with the help and training of a friend and began to notice Tarverdyan's name and picture in fight posters and publications.
When he eventually needed a new place to train in 1999, he sought out Tarverdyan at his gym on Maple, which had since expanded to include the neighboring space.
"Actually it was called Ed's Karate," Bastrmajyan says. "The sign was so small, he couldn't fit anything else on there."
The two hit it off and formed a tight relationship, with Tarverdyan guiding Bastrmajyan through his own career from local smoker shows to his pro debut, and Bastrmajyan becoming a right-hand man in the gym's operations.
Not long after, Bastrmajyan spent a month in Thailand studying Muay Thai at its point of origin. He brought back some established fighters to work with Tarverdyan and so started the duo's handling of pro fighters as a team.


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Siberia spared because explosion took place at very high altitude
Yekaterina Melikhova, a high school student whose nose was bloody and whose upper lip was covered with a bandage, said she was in her geography class when a bright light flashed outside.
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Russian television ran video of athletes at a city sports arena who were showered by shards of glass from huge windows. Some of them were still bleeding.
Other videos showed a long shard of glass slamming into the floor close to a factory worker and massive doors blown away by the shock wave.
Meteors typically cause sizable sonic booms when they enter the atmosphere because they are traveling so much faster than the speed of sound. Injuries on the scale reported Friday, however, are extraordinarily rare.
The many broken windows exposed residents to the bitter cold as temperatures in the city were expected to plummet to minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. The regional governor put out a call for any workers who knew how to repair windows.
The dramatic event prompted an array of reactions from prominent Russians.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, speaking at an economic forum in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, said the meteor could be a symbol for the forum, showing that "not only the economy is vulnerable, but the whole planet."
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a nationalist leader noted for his vehement statements, blamed the Americans.
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NASA said the Russian fireball was the largest reported since 1908, when a meteor hit Tunguska, Siberia, and flattened an estimated 80 million trees. Chelyabinsk is about 3,000 miles west of Tunguska. The Tunguska blast, attributed to a comet or asteroid fragment, is generally estimated to have been about 10 megatons.


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Snowstorms Throughout History
Categories: Winter
Through the years, winter has brought its fair share of snow, ice, and hail, however these are some of the most significant snowstorms throughout history.
The Great Snow of 1717
This snow storm consisted of several storms that dropped more than five feet of snow on the New England and New York Colonies between late February and early March. After the last storm had passed in early March, many homes were buried past the first floor and single-story homes were left completely covered. Snowdrifts piled up over the third story of some buildings, shutting roads down for weeks.
These storms were especially brutal to livestock and agriculture. Many animals were killed, and trees were damaged by grazers who were left vulnerable due to the piled up snow. As much as 95 percent of all deer in New England were estimated to have died because of these storms.
The Great Blizzard of 1888 and The Children's Blizzard
In March of 1888, three days of heavy snow fell in the entire northeastern United States. On the fourth day, when the snow stopped and the sun started to shine, some states were left with snowdrifts as high as 50 feet. Everything was shut down for more than a week.
Houses burned due to snow-locked fire trucks and hundreds of people died from the cold. Even after spring appeared to be making its appearance, floods created by the snowmelt created havoc. The best thing to come from this storm was the creation of the first underground subway system in Boston.
The Children's Blizzard blasted the American Plains on January 12, 1888. It had its greatest impact on children in portions of Nebraska and South Dakota, causing a high proportion of children to be numbered among the storm's victims. Winds accompanying the storm whipped snow into the air, limiting visibility to near zero which made even the shortest journey difficult at best. But the real killer in this storm was the frigid air advancing behind the low pressure system.
The Great Blizzard of 1899
This blizzard began small in Florida, dumping a few flakes on Tampa in February of that year. Soon blizzard-like conditions were seen all along the west coast Florida. Moving north, the storm brought plummeting temperatures and more snow. Cape May, N.J. saw an astounding 34 inches of snow.
This storm is also known for bringing temperatures to low-29 degrees in Miami and damaging crops in Cuba.
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a storm blew through in November and caused more than 250 deaths. Known as "The Big Blow" and "Freshwater Fury," four days of storms destroyed and stranded 19 ships, and caused the modern equivalent of several hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
The storm raged for more than 16 hours with winds as high as 90 mph. When it ended, citizens were left to dig out from beneath six-foot snowdrifts. Shipping companies began to design more stable ships and towns along the Great Lakes looked for ways to protect or bury utility cables to protect them from severe weather in the future.
Armistice Day Blizzard
In early November 1940, the day started out unseasonably warm but as night fell, conditions deteriorated. In the Midwestern U.S., winds reached 80 mph, and snowfall totals up to 27 inches were recorded. At least 145 deaths were attributed to the storm, with half of them being duck hunters who were caught outdoors during the storm. Twenty-foot snowdrifts made it impossible to seek shelter.
The U.S. Weather Bureau was criticized for not having predicted the storm and changes were made so that Chicago would be in full operation 24 hours a day and the Minneapolis-Saint Paul offices were upgraded to be able to issue forecasts as well.
Iran Blizzard
The world's worst blizzard in terms of death occurred in Iran of February of 1972 with estimated 4,000 – 5,000 deaths during a storm that lasted a week. Although little information was recorded about this blizzard, contemporary reports said that whole communities were wiped out with the city of Ardakan there were no survivors in the cities of Kakkan and Kumar. In the northwest, near the border of Turkey, the village of Sheklab and its 100 inhabitants were buried by up to eight meters of snow.
Great Blizzard of 1978
A two-day blizzard hit the New England and New York metropolitan areas in February of 1978. In many places, the snow fell for a solid 33 hours. Billions of dollars worth of damages and hundreds of deaths were left in the end. In Massachusetts, thousands of ill-informed workers were stranded in their offices for days afterwards, and some others were trapped in cars along the side of the road.
The storm happened to occur during a new moon, which created a stronger tide, further exacerbating the damages to seaside communities. Homes, streets, and businesses were washed away by giant waves.
Storm of the Century 1978
Known as the '93 Superstorm, the United States saw two days of hurricane winds, tornadoes, and a blizzard that ravaged the east coast. Massive accumulations of snow even appeared in Florida. Buildings were destroyed, tornadoes raged, and lightning strikes caused more than $10 billion in damage. This storm will most likely be remembered as the Big One.
Quebec Ice Storm 1998
For six days in January, freezing rain fell in Ontario,Quebec, and New Brunswick. Whereas most freezing rain lasts for a few hours, this storm saw more than 80 hours of freezing rain, nearly double the annual average. Trees and hydro wires fell and utility poles and transmission towers came down causing massive power outages, some lasting as long as a month. To date, it is the most expensive natural disaster in Canada.
Lhunze County 2008
Tibet is already known for bitterly cold weather in the winter, as it is home to some of the world's tallest mountains, including Mount Everest. Still the snow storm that hit this county in October of 2008 was a shock to many citizens.
Chinese officials reported up to 59 inches of snow depth as some villages saw continuous snow for 36 hours. Only seven deaths were reported, however many buildings collapsed from the amount of snow. Rescue crews fought to clear roads and bring food and aid to those trapped by the storm. The unforgiving storm had detrimental economic effects as local farmers were forced to sell or slaughter large parts of their livestock.