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Review: UNIEA U-Suit
A leather-like fitted case for your Mac portable. (October 30th, 2007)
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Product Manufacturer: UNIEA Corp.
Price: $69.95 US
The Good
- Fitted laptop case. Protects from scratches, dings, and dirt. Accessible ports. Adds style to your MacBook or MacBook Pro.
The Bad
- Site advertises leather cases, but they are leather-like. Adds bulk to the laptop.
UNIEA has a MacBook and 15.4-inch MacBook Pro protective cover that simply snaps on to your laptop. The cover offers full protection from dust, dirt, and stains as well as the occasional light bump.
Protective QualitiesThe U-Suit is a leather-like material that snaps on the external side of the display and underneath the base. It wraps around the exterior of your Mac with a cut out for the display latch, optical drive, and ports. Inside the outer covering is a layer of ABS plastic, which protects yours laptop from everyday bumps and knocks from the exterior of the display panel to the corners. While there's no real impact protection, it does give your portable Mac a new style and design that turns heads when they see the Apple logo encased in this cover.
UNIEA has done well with the precise measurements of this cover, because it exposes your Mac in the right places and protects your notebook where it counts. The combination of the cushioned exterior and the plastic also provides an element of heat absorption. I am able to use my Mac without it being uncomfortably warm on my lap.
Style and DesignI tested the black U-Suit for the 15.4-inch MacBook Pro and personally, I like the look and the protection it offers without compromising usability. I can work normally, without the cover getting in the way. Even though the material isn't real leather, it is a quality finish. Most people probably cannot even feel the difference. It is easy to remove, because you can just snap off the two shells.
The MacBook and MacBook case come in a marbled red, blue, white, and gray color, while the Napa case choices are white, red, black, and purple. I'm no fan of the purple version, and would rather see a nice chocolate brown model.
ConclusionUNIEA has created a range of cases that adds a stylish look to your Mac. It differentiates it from all the other silver laptops. The only other criticism I have is that the U-Suit, like any other cover, adds extra weight to your notebook as well as increases its overall dimensions by a noticeable margin. I like the protection it affords, the fit, and the style.
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Monkey Shoulder Blended Malt Caged Edition70cl / 40%
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Monkey Shoulder's easy-drinking blend of three single malts - Balvenie, Glenfiddich and Kininvie. Named after the injury distillery workers were prone to suffering as a result of turning the malt, this special edition is presented in a cage.
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The new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has been officially released amidst major controversy. It is an update on the previous 1994 classification of mental illnesses. The fifth edition of the Manual, intended as a guide to assist clinicians diagnose and treat mental disorders, has received much criticism from the medical community and public alike.
The World Health Organization (WHO) presented a final draft of a "Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020″ at the World Health Assembly which took place in Geneva from May 20-28, 2013. The draft plan, in consultation with Member States, follows the adopted resolution of May 2012 to consider a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level to address the global burden of mental disorders.
Marion Quigley, CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Sudbury/Manitoulin Branch, and Shana Calixte, Executive Director of NISA/Northern Initiative for Social Action, are being recognized as NE LHIN Healthy Change Champions for their work to create healthier, more inclusive and resilient communities in Sudbury and throughout the North East.
The Minding Our Bodies project has released an overview on the relationship of nature to physical and mental health. "The Nurture of Nature: Natural Settings and Their Mental Health Benefits" offers a brief review of recent research examining the impacts of natural environments specifically on mental health and well-being.
The government's social policy focus includes continued investment in health care, education, the environment and some modest gains in social assistance in their recently released 2013 Budget.
The Government of Ontario has asked the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) to explore how Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSP) can be made more accessible to people with disabilities. The work will examine how adults with developmental or other mental disabilities can participate in the program without completing an expensive competency assessment.
Research has found that homeless youth have high rates of mental health problems and substance use, but studies have never looked at how many have both of these issues together. Researchers interviewed 150 street-involved 16- to 21-year-olds in Toronto. The youth answered questions about their mental health and drug use, as well as questions about their experience with homelessness.
Many Canadians have been affected by addiction and mental illness. Findings from a recent report revealed that 80 per cent of those surveyed stated that they have either a friend or a family member who has experienced mental illness and/or addiction. This finding shows there is a wide sector of the population who understand, and can possibly even help, with care and recovery.
Victims in Nova Scotia will be better protected and cyberbullies will be held accountable for their actions, with Nova Scotia legislative changes, including a new Cyber-Safety Act introduced on April 25, 2013.
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Lynn Brewer, author of Confessions of an Enron Executive: A Whistleblower's Story, has become a globally known authority on what went wrong at Enron. Since 2002, she has given close to 200 speeches around the world. At $13,000 per appearance, she has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars for her company, The Integrity Institute. In her presentations, Brewer recounts the wrongs she witnessed at Enron — a company that grossly overstated its earnings and collapsed into bankruptcy six years ago — and exhorts her listeners to act ethically in all of their dealings.
In recognition of her bravery in speaking out as a whistle-blower, the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, is featuring Brewer in an exhibition devoted to freedom of speech.
A salute from the people who give out the Nobel Peace Prize is a heady achievement, but what makes Brewer's story truly remarkable is that she appears to have fabricated significant portions of her tale, starting with whether she was ever an Enron "executive" and extending to her claims of being a "whistle-blower."
Instead, a USA TODAY investigation, involving interviews with two dozen former colleagues, reveals Brewer to be an astute self-promoter who parlayed an undistinguished 32-month stint as an Enron employee into a lucrative career in the corporate ethics industry. She appears to have succeeded by modeling herself after another woman regarded as an Enron whistle-blower, Sherron Watkins.
Within the world of business ethics, Brewer is considered a star. She is a founding member of the Open Compliance and Ethics Group. She delivered the keynote address at a Sarbanes-Oxley conference hosted by the New York Stock Exchange in 2003 (there are video clips of it on her website, www.lynnbrewer.info). She has spoken in Great Britain, India, Venezuela, Italy, Canada, Malaysia and New Zealand, and given keynote addresses at dozens of other gatherings in the USA. She's also a regular speaker at universities, where she lectures students on the importance of ethics in business.
Brewer has even co-authored an article in Business Strategy Review with noted management guru Oren Harari showing how the leadership skills of Colin Powell could have been applied at Enron.
But to those who worked with her at Enron, when she was known as EddieLynn Morgan (she changed her name after getting married in 2000), her transformation from back-office researcher to international corporate governance heroine is astonishing.
"I don't think people will even believe this," says Ceci Twachtman, a former colleague, speaking of Brewer's transformation. "It reminds me of that movie with Leo DiCaprio with Pan Am," she adds, referring to Catch Me If You Can, a story about a high school dropout who passes himself off as an airline pilot.
"EddieLynn is a good nurse who is trying to claim she was a brain surgeon," says Tony Mends, a former vice president at Enron who was her boss for much of her tenure at the company.
The story of EddieLynn Morgan's career as an Enron "executive" and "whistle-blower" begins in March 1998, when the Houston energy giant hired her as a senior specialist. She had worked at Peterson Consulting and as a paralegal at Ralston Purina in St. Louis.


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The Implementation of Highlands' Garden VillageSubmitted by logannash on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 3:58pm
Description: In 1996 Chuck Perry and Jonathan Rose began development on the former Elitch Gardens Amusement Park ten minutes from downtown Denver. Today, Highlands' Park Village is a walkable, transit-linked, mixed-use, mixed- income village that ... read more »
Highlands Garden Vilage ExperienceSubmitted by logannash on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:15am
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Piloting Forward: LEED For Neighborhood Development*Submitted by Filmanowicz on Thu, 05/10/2007 - 3:18pm
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The Neighborhood: Models From the Edge to the CoreSubmitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 04/17/2007 - 4:26pm
Description: The neighborhood is central to the principles and practice of New Urbanism. This plenary explores a range of neighborhoods that have developed in the New York region. They cover the range of scales and densities from the edge to the cor... read more »
CNU IX ProgramSubmitted by Filmanowicz on Tue, 04/10/2007 - 12:03pm
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Human rights violations among sexual and gender minorities in Kathmandu, Nepal: a qualitative investigation
1 Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
2 Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
3 Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
4 Blue Diamond Society, Kathmandu, Nepal
BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012, 12:7 doi:10.1186/1472-698X-12-7Published: 16 May 2012
Nepal has experienced sporadic reports of human rights violations among sexual and gender minorities. Our objective was to identify a range of human rights that are enshrined in international law and/or are commonly reported by sexual and gender minority participants in Kathmandu, to be nonprotected or violated.
In September 2009 three focus group discussions were conducted by trained interviewers among a convenience sample of sexual and gender minority participants in Kathmandu Nepal. The modified Delphi technique was utilized to elicit and rank participant-generated definitions of human rights and their subsequent violations. Data was analyzed independently and cross checked by another investigator.
Participants (n = 29) reported experiencing a range of human rights violations at home, work, educational, health care settings and in public places. Lack of adequate legal protection, physical and mental abuse and torture were commonly reported. Access to adequate legal protection and improvements in the family and healthcare environment were ranked as the most important priority areas.
Sexual and gender minorities in Nepal experienced a range of human rights violations. Future efforts should enroll a larger and more systematic sample of participants to determine frequency, timing, and/or intensity of exposure to rights violations, and estimate the population-based impact of these rights violations on specific health outcomes


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CORPUS CHRISTI - From more than 500 applications from area students, the Corpus Christi Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plucked 64 deserving students from the Coastal Bend to receive Mano a Mano scholarships. Recipients will use the one-year scholarships to cover tuition at Del Mar College, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi or Texas A&M University-Kinsgville. The awards were presented at a luncheon at the Omni Bayfront Hotel July 31 with 450 in attendance, said event coordinator Marisol Vasquez. Representatives from Flint Hills Resources and Reliant Energy were on hand. Flint Hills donated funds for the scholarships that were handed out and Reliant Energy contributed $10,000 to the fund for 2008.
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It's Back!Back by popular demand, Propolis & Myrrh Gingermint Baking Soda toothpaste is a unique flavor experience you are sure to enjoy. You will experience the clean, fresh feeling of baking soda, the cooling sweetness of pure peppermint and the bright, exotic flavor of fresh ginger - each time you brush. Herbal extracts of propolis and myrrh promote a naturally clean, healthy-mouth feeling. We hope you love it!
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This is a very good toothpaste that leaves teeth feeling clean and fresh without having an overly intense flavor like some of the mint and clove toothpastes do. Tom's cinnamint is also good, but I like that this one doesn't foam up quite as much when brushing, so that you can use enough toothpaste to really get things clean without too much foam effect. I wish they also offered a fluoridated version, but since there our water supply here is fluoridated, it's not a requirement for me.
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I got this because I wanted to try something different and it's all natural. I wanted to like it but I can't help but feel like I'm brushing with incense? I don't mind it but will not purchase again.
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Angle the lace down slightly and keep gluing around the circle till you reach the center and have a full flower.
I cut my lace here, so I could leave room for a button.
- Then I glued the button in the center and applied stretchy elastic to the back. You could also add a clip or pin. There's so many different things you could do with these flowers. Attach them to a purse, put them on pillows… get creative!
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I am looking for a woman between 21 and 43 years. I am looking for someone to spend time with and get serious with, I am Sarcastic (Sometimes to Sarcastic) and have a Great sense of humor. I am very honest and speak my mind, so there are no games with me. I am not looking for a girl who puts that she has one occasional drink on her description... but then every picture she has a drink in her hand... be honest, its cool. I enjoy Going to watch Hockey games and hanging out with my friends and family. I am all about having a good time. I am very Career Orientated and have a passion for Success in whatever I do. I am very interested in peoples viewpoints on anything, I love debating issues and seeing different opinions then my own. I am looking for someone who has all of these things, well at least most of them. I am over the bar scene, and want to meet someone I can relax and have a great time with, spend time thinking about them when I'm not with them, and have fun planning a special night for us to enjoy together. I am true believer that Chivarly is not dead, and treat a woman with the respect they deserve. So Hear are some things that I like: My iPhone, My Dogs, Small talk with my friends at a dive bar, going to the swap meet with no plans to buy anything and leaving with some beef jerky, a weird picture and a new cell phone holder, finding a great parking spot in a crowded place, finding a five dollar bill or more in your pocket, The rain, Turning on the TV and one of your favorite movies just started, waking up 5 minutes before your alarm goes off, coors light, getting online with my buddies for a FIFA Tournament. The fact that I have to get to sleep before my dogs do, because they snore really loud and will keep me up all night unless I fall asleep first!! I LOVE golfing and try and get out at least once a week. I am a Free and Accepted Mason and enjoy every minute of it, I am passionate about this love to talk about who we are what we do. Things I will never understand: Why people always look at you when you sneeze, they have never heard a sneeze before? If someone tries some type of food and says "This tastes terrible" why is the next thing they tell you "You gotta try it"? Why the Government still issues pennies? Why people push the elevator button a thousand times... It doesn't get there any faster. why my TV asks me if I want to watch a show in HD instead of regular?? Why would I want to watch the show in regular definition... Just switch it to HD! Why do we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? How any guy could spend more then 20 bucks on a haircut? Here are somethings about me: I dont eat beans or rice (Long Story, I'll Tell You once I get to know you better). I usually have a witty comeback for everything. I am a HUGE Manchester United Fan. I sleep with the TV on. I have never seen E.T. or any of the Rocky movies. I prefer IHOP over Denny's I can go to anyone's house and figure out how to work there TV and entertainment system. I carry my wallet in my front pocket. I love any kind of olives. I am on a mission to find the worlds best pizza (I got close in my recent trip to New York).
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Once you said it I got wondering. Perhaps they use glue to fuse them to the fabric, so its part of the tailoring. Although if you were relieved of duty you had to remove it so I'm back to square one.
Glue or stitch a magnet to the inside of the uniform? So it is removable but involves a strong magnet so it won't fall off while wrestling with the enemy. Yet if you're fired you can take it off.
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NORMAN, OK - SEPTEMBER 27: NBA player, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder watches a game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Oklahoma Sooners at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on September 27, 2008 in Norman, Oklahoma. The Sooners defeated the Horned Frogs 35-10. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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So, I was wondering...
...why my 990 was idling like shit and the fuel mileage was in the toilet too.
The injector nozzles look clean but probably wouldn't be a bad idea to send them out for cleaning / balancing. Anyone know where I can have this done?
Fucking ethanol. Am I pissed? The light from pissed would take two years to reach me I'm so far from that.
Pro Flow has the tools and knowledge to clean your injectors right and they have serviced KTM injectors before.
I'm starting to get concerned about the effects of ethanol on my carbed bike as well.. and keep seeing mention of Sta-bil marine formula.. does this stuff actually do anything?
Anyone else been using a conditioner that works?
Here's how to deal with this:
1- I use 93 or 89 Octane "Top Tier" Fuels for they have great Fuel additvies like Techron from Chevron, etc. (more of a chance to little or no Ethanol.)
2- Periodically use SeaFoam or StarTron Fuel Additive (perhaps about 1x month or if Bike is left to sit for more than 2 weeks.
This should mitigate or eliminate your ethanol problems.
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My Carbs at 12k miles with Top Tier Gas & Periodic Gas Treatment/SeaFoam and NOT Cleaned.
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No shit !!! That would probably be better than what I've been getting.
you should have opted for the MAGNA... :rayof
related... I had a 01 Chevy Astro Van with the 4.3 V6 and the throttle body would look like that after about 10k miles. The butterfly valve would get hung up on the crap that built up and you'd have to stomp on the accelerator to brake it free which caused the vehicle to lunge from a stand still. So when I felt that occuring, I'd spray Gumout carb cleaner down the throttle body to clean out the varnish that collected there. Very similar to what you are seeing...
Sea foam is AWESOME, I have used it or several years now in bikes. Carbs are clean like the above pictured.
Never used it in one of my bikes, looked like the first picture the other day when I tore into it...
I am even more of a believer now!!
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It has always worked really for me in whatever vehicle, gas or diesel.
The map sensor hole on #1 was nearly completely covered, #2 about half. What a mess. I was having trouble balancing the the manifold air pressure in Tune ECU and looking at the throttle plates now that it is apart the #1 plate was having to be opened quite a bit more than #2 to even get it close. To balance I was seeing around 400 - 410 hPa. What kind of numbers are the rest of you getting that have adjusted this?
It'll be a while before I get it buttoned up again as I have to travel to Colorado for my job. I'll let you know how it turns out.
On another note. I did the canisterectomy / SAS a while back and now that I have easy access what is the collectives thought on either running the "S" hose or blocking at each intake runner? I have the S hose arrangement now.
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KTM North America invested in a sweet injector tester system. Your dealer can send in your injectors for cleaning/testing & provide you pricing (shipping, etc)
it has a fuel rail with back-lit clear precision-graduated columns that allow you to both observe the spray patterns and the exact amount sprayed over time (useful for matching on multi-cylinder bikes) and uses different parameters/pulse durations to see if any have a "weak" spot of operation.
It's a pretty neat piece of kit, we checked it out at KTM Tech class. It's pretty damn expensive
Back from Colorado for a few days then returning again tomorrow. I removed the MAP sensor orifices today and the photo below shows what they looked like. I've found yet another use for the .010 piece of guitar string some of us use for cleaning the clutch oil jet. I dont know exactly what size the hole is but it's little larger than that. They are currently sitting in a can of carb cleaner at the moment.
Thanks for the tips so far, I appreciate that. I have found someone to clean the injectors plus check the flow and pattern.
No one has yet chimed in on whether or not to plug the ports or run the "S" hose after doing the SAS/Canisterectomy. Anyone?
Back together and it's like having a new bike. I was able to balance the throttle bodies to within a few hPa and set the TPS. It now idles like it should and runs great. One thing I noticed immediately was that on balancing it was down to around 375 whereas before it was 400+. BTW, I removed the "S" hose and simply plugged the SAS ports. All good.
Before this, Nels at 2wheeldynoworks had been helping me sort through some fueling issues. He has been able to remove the off idle snatch and get rid of the hesitation at around 4,500 RPM. Thanks Nels!!! May have a little more to do as it seems lean on top after installing the CPR air filter.
I'm in love with this bike all over again.
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Gameshare.co have come to the rescue for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 gamers everywhere with an alternative to the now defunt Gamespy Masterserver previously used by Ubisoft. Combined with Gamedigger's new GRAW 2 launcher that bypasses the now defuct Gamespy servers and automatically launches GRAW 2 and connects to the Gameshare server, fans now how a simple alternative to Gamespy.
The launcher allows gamers to browse GRAW2 multiplayer servers - something thought impossible after the demise of Gamespy.
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Many thanks to Gameshare.co for this solution and to Struth for his work in bringing this launcher to the Ghost Recon community.
GRAW2 Gamespy Servers Back Online!
Well, not really, but this neat trick combined with the GameMaster service fools GRAW2 into thinking it is, meaning multiplayer GRAW2 is BACK!
The process involves changing your computers internet settings, but they've put up a neat video showing how easy it is.
We've opened a support thread here too, give it a go and let us know how you get on!
GRAW 2 PS3 Servers Closed
Ubisoft are shutting down the PS3 GRAW2 servers this month. Considering that it was over 2 years ago that the shut down rumours started, it's perhaps been a long time coming.
Exactly which parts of GRAW2 gameplay will cease to operate on PS3 this month is not clear, with Ubisoft stating that although co-op is unlikely, multiplayer matches may remain.
PC GRAW2 players suffered a similar fate last month when Gamespy shut their doors, however GRAW2 PC continues thanks to clients such as Hamachi and Gameranger. PC gamers can find guides on playing GRAW2 post Gamespy in our GRAW2 forums.
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Pauline is now managing director of Ubisoft Reflections, helping to create the exciting Watch Dogs title, coming soon. More here.
All New Buildings for GRAW 2
JohnTC02's latest custom mission for GRAW 2 has a treat for fans - all new buildings.
All new buildings (including sliding doors) is not the only new feature in Fort Strike though, as a new animation feature means that items such as laptops can be used as interactive objectives.
Download Fort Strike here now!
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Exciting times for GRAW2 gamers as JohnTC02 released his latest GRAW2 mission this week. "Eagle Claw" for GRAW2 contains two brand new features never before seen in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
Firstly, there are are custom sounds, easy to install by following the included instructions.
Secondly, and this is a big step for GRAW2 modding, there is a working elevator! That's right, the Ghost can now take the shortcut to the top! Read more about Eagle Claw here, and download here.
Outlaw Hunter Released
The latest custom mission from JohnTC02 for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 is Outlaw Hunter.
Containing over 3000 lines of code this mission comes with some great gameplay features. The mission is totally adaptive and will scale difficulty depending on whether you are playing alone, or on a co-op server. There are brand new custom buildings to investigate and never seen before animated doors and gates, so don't delay grab it now!
GRAW 2 Modding Innovation
GRAW 2 custom mssions are soon to be blessed with new features thanks to the ingenuity of GRAW 2 modders.
JohnTC02 and spik@ have pushed the GRAW2 engine to new heights with opening doors, gates and hangers. Not only that, the doors can be blasted off using C4! Also coming soon, working lifts! No more unrealistic ramps all over the map just to get to good sniping positions, working lifts are currently being developed!
You can view all of the above in action in this forum post, and expect to see them in missions released here over the coming weeks.
Doors in GRAW2
It's a day for Ghost Recon modding breakthroughs. Earlier we revealed First Person Weapon View for the original Ghost Recon, and now we present sliding doors in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2.
These animated opening doors come from JohnTC02 and Spik@ who have been working on producing new features for their custom GRAW2 buildings for some time. Expect to see these feature in JohnTC02's next mod, to be announced here soon!
Two New GRAW 2 Mods
Team players and single players looing for a new GRAW 2 challenge can rejoice this weekend with a new mod for each.
JohnTC02 has completed a new GRAW2 co-op mission complete with IEDs and new buildings, grab Operation Tracer and check out the interesting screenshots at our GRAW 2 Downloads.
For team players MexicoBob has released a new Team Death Match mission called Juarez which can also be download from the GRAW 2 Mods page.
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Operation Condor
JohnTC02 has released a new Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter mission complete with two brand new buildings and 5 mission objectives.
Download Operation Condor and other Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter mods here.
Operation Phoenix
Custom Buildings for GRAW 2
JohnTC02 has just expanded his GRAW 2 modding repertiore with another modding breakthrough - custom buildings. His latest mod, Operation Phoenix, features brand new buildings in addition to IED's in the form of explosive vehicles.
Check out the screenshots in this thread, and contact John by PM if you'd like to beta test this new mission.
GRAW2 Cartel Campaign
Due to the modding complexities of GRAW 2 there are only a few full blown custom campaigns available in our Ghost Recon downloads section. However, the mods that have been released have been downloaded thousands of times as GRAW 2 fans enjoy playing a whole new campaign and testing their solo skills against the AI.
Great news today then, as JohnTC02 releases a brand new GRAW 2 campaign featuring 8 new missions, new loading screens, custom briefings, mule drops and supply units.
Download The Cartel Campaign for GRAW 2 here, and visit the discussion on this new campaign in our forums.
GRAW 2 Match Statistics
New software by Jody means that GRAW 2 players can keep track of their scores
Read more about this is our GRAW 2 forums, or jump straight to the download page.
Tom1935 Interview
Tom1935 started a discussion about GRAW2 multiplayer in our fourms that is already over 10 pages long and has some excellent advice for anyone just getting to grips with multiplayer games in GRAW2.
We sat down with Tom and asked him what it was about GRAW2 that was drawing him in to multiplayer games, playing against kids probably up to 60 years younger than himself! Read our interview with Tom1935 here and catch up on his discussion in the GRAW2 forums.
Operation Terrorist
Booby trapped vans and linked explosions with custom embedded animation are all new features in this mission. Anyone requiring bomb disposal training might like to check with John first!
TAW Snipers
With TAW Snipers for GRAW 2 the mission takes place on top of the buildings and walkways - you have no access to the ground. Originally designed as a competition map TAW Snipers is a little bit different from other GRAW 2 mods you will have played. Make sure and read the mod information before playing.
GRAW 2 Co-op Tournament Begins!
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In our GRAW 2 Co-op Tournament 2 man teams will play 6 brand new custom missions created especially for this tournament by JohnTC02. Each mission is self scoring and thanks to some clever scripting this score will be presented to the teams at the end of each attempt.
The competition is being run in conjunction with Ubisoft, and you can sign up in the tournament discussion thread, and read more about the scoring on the Competition page. Over the next few days we'll be leaking some advance intel on the missions, but until then, SIGN UP.
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Operation Dualzone
Make sure and read the mission information before launching. Check it out and download here. Forum discussion here.
GRAW 2 Anti-tank Tactics
In his HD YouTube video, he completes Co-op Quarry alone, with no anti-tank rockets, only C4 explosives. It's a great movie, watch it and comment in our GRAW 2 forum.
GRAW 2 with Anti Aliasing!
Unfortunately this was not a true anti alias solution, and what was really only a smoothing effect did little to stop the jaggies that were for some reason, so very noticeable in GRAW 2, even at mid - high resolutions.
Over the years there have been various attempts to get GRAW 2 to run with true anti-aliasing, but nothing has worked - until today!
Thanks to information posted by Thales in our GRAW 2 forum, Nvidia owners can now achieve true anti-aliasing for GRAW 2 with only a few simple tweaks. The effect is awesome. GRAW 2 was always a good looking game but the jaggies spoiled it because they drew the eye so easily, now they are properly smoothed out, the game looks fantastic.
To adjust the required settings, download Nvidia Inspector and select the GRAW 2 profile. See our forums for more help and advice. Credits to jackfuste and GanjaStar for bringing us this fix!
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Plaza Corro Campíos
While two of the girls went shopping the other two and I sat in this plaza. The sun was shining, people of all ages were enjoying the weather and it was a wonderful spot to sit and enjoy Comillas.
These are the kind of moments I always relish.
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Capricho de Gaudi
On the same hill as the Palace of Sobrellano was build in 1883 the "Capricho" of the famous Catalan modernistic architect Gaudi. This big villa was built as wedding present for one of the girls of the wealthy marquis of Comillas.
The facades show an alternation of horizontal stripes of red bricks and friezes of ceramics. The extraordinary tower is of course also very representative of Gaudi's imagination.
The "Caprice" of a still young Gaudi was declared historical - artistic monument.
It is presently a "chick" and expensive restaurant.
Sur la même colline que la Palais de Sobrellano se dresse le "Capricho" du célèbre architecte moderniste catalan Gaudi. Cette grande villa fut construite comme cadeau de mariage (d'où le nom "petit caprice") pour l'une des filles du richissime marquis de Comillas.
Les plans sont d'un Gaudi encore jeune. Il y a une alternance horizontale de briques rouges et de frises en céramique, cheminées et tour extraordinaires. Des éléments de décor néo-mudejar.
C'est un monument déclaré artistico-historique qui est aujourd'hui un restaurant "chic" et cher.
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Palacio de Sobrellano
We caught the last tour of the day here. It was in Spanish, of course and only two in our group speak the language. However, we were both lost. I don't know if it was the fact that she was in a rush to get out and join her friends for a cerveza or if she's a speed addict but let's just say that we were all lost. Didn't matter. We still followed her from room to room and enjoyed the beauty of the place.
I wasn't able to get a good shot of the whole place because the sun was shining directly on it. Oh well...
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- Historical Travel
- Castles and Palaces
El Capricho
Our main mission in Comillas was to find El Capricho, designed by Gaudí. We had a map and followed signs and finally found it....only to discovered that it was closed on Mondays. And, of course, it was a Monday!
To add insult to injury, by the entrance it was practically completely covered by a hideous chain link fence intertwined with what looked like AstroTurf! (We actually saw a lot of these in Spain, to our horror.)
So we gave up and decided to go to Sobrellano palace and guess what? It's right next to El Capricho! Hence, the photos...
Unfortunately, we couldn't go into the building but sometimes you've gotta go with whatever you can get.
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- Architecture
- Photography
El Capricho of Gaudí
Only building designed by Gaudí in Cantabria, and one of the few out of Catalonia. It is an imaginative and beautiful building that was designed as the summer residence of a wealthy unmarried catalan aristocrat.
The building was abandoned for many years, until it was purchased it by a Japanese company that renovated it and turned it into a luxury restaurant. The food is not japanese though.
- Food and Dining
- Architecture
I guess the fishing was an important activity some years ago in Comillas. Today you can see some lonely fishermen talking about... the weader? Who knows!
The sight of the Bay of Viscay and the cliffs is nice.
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- Road Trip
- Backpacking
A little piece of art by the master of modernirsm, Antoni Gaudi. This instance of imagination was designed by Gaudi for Maximo Diaz de Quijano.
No more than 10 minutes walking from the city certer, just ask to the locals, follow the rest of the tourists or look at de indications hanging everywhere.
The building is a restaurant nowadays, but the entrance to the gardens and look that is free.
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- Road Trip
- Backpacking
Natural park of Oyambre
Between Comillas and San Vicente de la Barquera is the Ría de la Rabia and the beach and dunes of the natural park of Oyambre. A natural place of extraordinary beauty preserved from the urban development speculation.
- National/State Park
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas
This enormous neogothic palace on the hill with neomudejar (hispano-arab) decoration elements is a University of the Catholic Church, run for more than one century by the Jesus' Company. The foundation as an ecclesial seminar dates from 1890 by the Marquis de Comillas.
Presently the main faculty's are theology, canon law, human and social sciences, laws, industrial engineering; they are located in Madrid.
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El Panteon
This church of neogothic style which looks like a miniature cathedral was build by the second marquis of Comillas to be the pantheon of the family (1881).
The pantheon is located next to the palace.
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- Architecture
Palacio de Sobrellano
In 1888 Don Claudio López y López Marquis de Comillas inaugurated his Sobrellano's palace.
The building standing on a hill assembles different architectural trends from the Neo-Gothic, the Venetian palaces and Moresque decorations.
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El Caprichio del Gaudi
Although you cannot tour the inside, this has got to be one of th emost interesting buildings I have ever looked at.
And if you wander around, you'll find Gaudi himself studying his creation.
I am surprised that I could not find these tiles for sale in the tourist shops...
The ponticificial university
Designed by famous Catalan architects, among which Joan Martorell and Domènech i Montaner are the best known, this huge building is the landmark of Comillas.
The building hosts nowadays no university. It has been abandoned for years and the last time I visited Comillas it was undergoing renovation. I do not remember for what purpose the local authorities will use this beautiful building, but I think they intend to make a cultural centre.
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Palace of Sobrellano
The summer residence of the Marquis of Comillas is a Neo-Gothic palace, designed by the Catalan architect Joan Martorell.
There are guided tours of the palace and the chapel with very illustrative explanations about the history of the palace and the family of the marquis of Comillas.
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Church of Saint Christopher.
In the very heart of Comillas, the tower of the Church of Saint Christopher is the highest building in town.
The church, elegant and austere, was built between the XVII and XIX centuries in Barroque and Neo-classical styles.
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SOCIAL protection policies, sensitive to children's needs, can make a real difference in eradicating child labour, said the International Labour Organization on the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour.
According to ILO global estimates, 59 million children in Africa - more than one out of every five children aged 5-17 years - are labourers.
A staggering 28.8 million African children are engaged in hazardous labour, which puts them in immediate and very serious danger of irreversible harm and even risk of losing their lives.
"Social protection, along with universal compulsory, formal, quality education at least up to the minimum age for work, decent work for adults and youth of working age, effective law and strong social dialogue together provide the right response to child labour," said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder.
World Day Against Child Labour was commemorated on June 12, this year came a few days after the ILO released its World Social Protection Report 2014/15, which shows that many children do not realise their potential.
Minister for Labour and Employment, Ms Gaudensia Kabaka said during activities to mark World Day Against Child Labour in Tanga that, the day provides a spotlight on the rights for children to be protected from child labour and from other violations.
Government has already harmonised the 1996 children development policy and come up with a new one which declare that, child labour is not allowed and calls for its elimination.
"Government has made amendments on Children Development Policy of 1996 and come up with a new one that states child labour is not allowed especially with special emphasis on the Employment Relations Act of 2004 and Labour law of 2009 which prohibit child labour," she said.
ILO Senior Labour Officer, Mr Anthony Rutabanzibwa said at the commemoration that the day serves as a catalyst for the growing worldwide movement against child labour, reflected in the huge number of ratifications of ILO Convention No. 182 on the worst forms of child labour and ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for employment.
Mr Rutabanzibwa said that despite the progress being made globally, the 2016 target set by the international community for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour, as a priority within the global fight for the eradication of all child labour, will not be met.
"To reach that goal soon, we need to accelerate and intensify our efforts substantially. Accelerating the pace of progress requires addressing the root causes of child labour and social protection is a key part of the response," he said.
He said that by protecting children and their families, social protection helps to give all children an equal opportunity to fulfill their potential and live healthy, happy and productive lives.
Underinvestment in children jeopardises their rights and their future, including their right to be protected from child labour, the report said. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to have the highest incidence of child labour, even though there has been a decline there.
For the overall 5-17 years age group, child labourers number almost 77.7 million in Asia and the Pacific. For the same age group, there are 59.0 million child labourers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
In relative terms, however, the biggest concern remains the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Governments allocate an average 0.4 per cent of GDP to child and family benefits - ranging from 2.2 per cent in Western Europe to 0.2 per cent in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
The report builds on evidence presented in the 2013 ILO World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour.
According to this report, cash and in-kind child and family benefits, especially when combined with access to education and health services, can be decidedly effective in addressing child labour.
These cash transfer programmes for children and families have been implemented widely in Latin America, and also exist in other parts of the world. Examples include Brazil's Bolsa Família programme, the universal child benefit programme in Mongolia and the South African Child Support Grant.
Despite the recent extension of cash transfer programmes, in the case of Africa, the low proportion of expenditure on child and family benefits is particularly striking, considering the high proportion of children in the total population (children under 15 make up 42 per cent of Africa's population).
Underinvestment in the social protection needs of children is particularly critical in low-income countries, which is likely to have negative effects on the future productivity of these countries' workforce, and their future economic and social development prospects.
Several cash transfer programmes for children and families exist in Africa (e.g. in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and South Africa).
In many countries in Africa, behavioural conditions are nominally part of the design of cash transfer programmes, yet are not fully implemented and monitored in practice.
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than a quarter of childbearing women did not receive any antenatal care provided by skilled health personnel; the same is true for one in five women in North Africa.
However, health coverage that ensures access to health care does not only improve people's health, it also protects households from the risk of falling into poverty due to health costs.
Integrated development policies are crucial to foster synergies between the provision of cash transfers, access to health and other social services, and public investment.
A number of French-speaking African countries have implemented measures to ensure universal effective access to health care for children and young mothers.
Social protection is a crucial instrument in addressing all forms of poverty. Cash transfer schemes have successfully reduced poverty in Africa. For example, South Africa's non-contributory grants have reduced the poverty gap by more than one-third.
There is also a strong evidence of the positive impacts of social protection on hunger and nutrition.
The ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation, 2012 (No. 202) reflects the global consensus on nationally-defined basic social protection guarantees as a basic right for all.
It calls on the ILO's 185 member States to guarantee that all people have, at the very least, essential health care and basic income security throughout their lives.


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Easter in Scotland is a mostly laid-back event. The Scots do the traditional things commonly associated with Easter like attending mass and having a big meal, but they also add a bit of fun, particularly for the kids. Easter fun here is all about eggs. After they're boiled and painted in all kinds of colors and designs, they're taken to the park hills for rolling on Easter Sunday. While it may just sound like playtime for the kids, the event is very symbolic as it is carried out to represent the rolling away of stones on Jesus' tomb thereby assisting in His resurrection.
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information technology-driven transformation of strategy and operations similar to what is occurring across almost every segment of society. Information superiority, indispensable to dominance in the full range of military operations, is central to Joint Vision 2010,1 the conceptual template guiding Department of Defense (DOD)2 efforts to leverage technological opportunities and structure innovations by military personnel to achieve new levels of effectiveness in joint military operations. As this report discusses in detail, in realizing this vision for C4I the U.S. military faces a fundamental set of technical and management challenges.
The acronym C4I stands for "command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence" (see Box 1.1 for DOD definitions of each of these terms). Command and control is about decision making, the exercise of direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of a mission, and is supported by information technology (the computers and communications part of C4I). The United States is aggressively exploiting these technologies in order to achieve information superiority, with the objective of achieving better and faster decisions,3 and continually projecting, albeit with uncertainties, future desired states and directing actions to bring about those future states. (Box 1.2 describes some major C4I systems; Box 1.3 describes elements of the defense information infrastructure.)
One important capability that C4I systems provide commanders is situational awareness—information about the location and status of enemy and friendly forces. A necessary component of achieving superiority in decision making, it does not alone guarantee superior decision making. Commanders must take relevant knowledge and combine it with their
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. 1996. Joint Vision 2010, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C.
According to Department of Defense Directive 5100.1, promulgated September 25, 1987, the Department of Defense is composed of "the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments and the Military Services within those Departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the Joint Staff, the Unified and Specified Combatant Commands, the Defense Agencies and DOD Field Activities, and such other offices, agencies, activities and commands as may be established or designated by law, or by the President or the Secretary of Defense." This report adopts this convention, and the use of the term "DOD" without other qualification refers to all of the constituent elements described in this directive.
Such decisions can range from those at the theater level (e.g., deciding which forces should be deployed in what locations) to the tactical level (e.g., deciding which specific weapons should be allocated against which targets).


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How will California meet growing demands for water with a limited water supply? That is a central question posed in a new online tool that a nonprofit group created to encourage Californians to think about potential strategies for dealing with the state's big water woes.
The California Water Challenge, which was developed by the San Francisco-based nonprofit Next 10, allows people to weigh the costs and benefits of various policy options, such as increasing water rates, recycling more wastewater, and building seawater desalination plants.
Think shorter showers and unwashed cars is all it will take to crack California's record-breaking drought?
Think again.
California's water deficit could grow to 2 trillion gallons by 2030, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. That means coming up with innovative water-creating strategies to close the gap between California's dwindling water supplies and how much water Californians consume.
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If you've watched your neighbor "watering her sidewalk" or wrung your hands at the sight of agricultural runoff, now is your chance to allocate the state's water resources. A new online game lets California residents control the state's water — virtually, at least.
From desalination investment to mandatory water reductions, the California Water Challenge lets users choose a range of outcomes and see how others voted.
Price tags are attached to decisions, which have varying effects on energy consumption and the environment.
There's fresh evidence that California's pioneering clean car efforts are working -- and that consumers are firmly in the driver's seat, steering toward ever-cleaner vehicle options.
Even before the Environmental Protection Agency proposed the nation's first federal limits on carbon pollution from power plants last week, naysayers were claiming California's longstanding policies to cut emissions and improve energy efficiency don't work and have sent electric bills soaring. But Californians and anyone else taking a close look at the state's success know otherwise.


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A new fleet of model-airplane sized unmanned drones that can be launched from a slingshot on a moment's notice are among the first wave in the massive rollout of commercial robot planes currently underway into U.S. skies.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have become synonymous with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thanks to powerful spy planes and fighters with names like Raptor and Predator. The AggieAir Flying Circus are environmental crusaders instead, deployed to prevent water shortages and solve water resource challenges in Utah.
"[It's an] on-demand fleet of UAVs that could be put in the sky at a moment's notice," explained Mac McKee, director of the Utah Water Research Lab at Utah State University that created the Flying Circus.
Water is a key resource in the state, where approximately 85 percent is diverted toward irrigating agriculture -- meaning the rest of the economy relies on the remaining 15 percent. But satellite images weren't providing adequate aerial imagery to let the lab effectively study wetlands and agriculture.
The drones have made the water delivery system far more efficient by better anticipating demand, freeing up a huge volume for Utah's economy and citizens.
On February 3, the House of Representatives passed a bill that will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of drones permitted to fly in US airspace. As restrictions ease, UAVs have been the subject of considerable debate; the Wall Street Journal wrote Thursday that more than 50 universities and law-enforcement agencies have been granted approval to operate them, according to Freedom of Information Act requests by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
'[It's an] on-demand fleet of UAVs that could be put in the sky at a moment's notice.'
- Mac McKee, director of the Utah Water Research Lab
The AggieAir Flying Circus is one such group, a team of researchers, developers, navigators and UAV pilots at USU who obtaining authorization from the FAA to fly UAVs domestically. (The fleet does not fly in populated areas or near airports.)
Standard data collection services can be costly, and satellite imagery poses geographic and temporal issues; satellites aren't overhead every day and can't always provide the scale required.
The Flying Circus fleet inexpensively gathers high-resolution images over wide expanses to paint a picture that experts can use to address a wide range of natural and water resources problems.
The "flying egg cartons," as McKee describes them, have 72-inch wingspan, Styrofoam bodies and weigh a total of eight pounds. They operate on a combination of slingshot and battery and carry a payload of two cameras, two on board computers and GPS. Each camera takes approximately 400 images an hour yielding about 1200 images per flight.
Each UAV can reach 1,000 feet, last about an hour, and cover a total of about three to four square miles, producing photos that are "geo-referenced," or located on map coordinates.
WHO'S WATCHING? Over 50 universities and law enforcement organizations have sought permission to use drones, according to the Wall Street Journal. Here are just a few:
City of Houston Police Department
Cornell University
Department of Agriculture - US Forest Service
Eastern Gateway Community College
Georgia Tech Police Department, Office of Emergency Preparedness
Mesa County (Colo.) Sheriff's Office
Miami-Dade Police Department
Mississippi State University
Seattle Police Department
Texas State University
Washington State Department of Transportation
For a complete list, see the Wall Street Journal
Each of the half dozen aircraft in service has a name drawn from illustrious planes of the past such as "Raven," "Spitfire" and "Mustang," and each has its own unique color scheme painted so that the operator can confirm that the aircraft is right side up.
The UAVs are launched like a slingshot using a 100-foot bungee cord: The pilot ties the bungee to a stake in the ground, gets the proper tension and hooks the bungee to the aircraft before lofting it into the skies.
When the UAV detects it is at the right height and distance, the onboard computer arms the camera and the plane follows a pre-programmed flight path.
One computer flies it and another communicates with the camera. Together they identify both the location and orientation of the aircraft and coordinate this data with each image taken.
Flight begins smoothly but ends with a crash landing -- hardly a problem for the rugged and economical Styrofoam body.
While other UAVs designed for the homeland cost as much as $150,000 per aircraft, the AggieAir fleet are under $10,000 apiece. And more are on the way.
This summer the team will deploy three new platforms including a UAV with a rotary design that will allow vertical takeoff and landing.
"Titan" will be larger, with an 11-foot wingspan and a 20 to 25 pound mass when fully loaded. The researchers expect it to have about 80 minutes of endurance. "Minion" a smaller aircraft, will address a fresh, yet undetermined target.
The team has been experimenting with balsam, Styrofoam and even Kevlar in both the skid plate and the wing design.
Will we see fleets of weaponized drones in U.S. skies in the near future? It's unlikely, but as the Flying Circus clearly demonstrates, UAVs have enormous potential well beyond the defense space.
Ballet dancer turned defense specialist Allison Barrie has travelled around the world covering the military, terrorism, weapons advancements and life on the front line. You can reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow her on Twitter @Allison_Barrie.


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- This slide forms part of a much larger collection of images from the life and career of Hope Macpherson Black. They document her famous research trips to Macquarie Island as part of the first team of women permitted to research in the Antarctic. Other images document her earlier expeditions around Australia and her wedding in 1965, which under the Marriage Bar at the time required her to resign her position at the peak of her career. Finally a number of images capture her latter career as a science teacher.
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Delta tenant farmers sang 'Boll Weevil Blues' as they lived it
"The condition of the boll weevil was something like that of, say, landless sharecroppers." David Evans, University of Memphis music professor and blues expert
CLARKSDALE, Miss. -- When venerable bluesman Pinetop Perkins returns for his annual homecoming at the Hopson Plantation here, the old cotton gin reverberates with music and artists take the stage beneath a huge papier-maché replica of a boll weevil.
Campy and outsized, maybe, but the symbol is appropriate.
In many ways, the boll weevil helped shape the Mississippi Delta blues -- a seminal art form that influenced rock, country and other types of music.
Not only do a variety of songs pay homage to the insect, but the boll weevil infestation across the South drove tens of thousands of African-American sharecroppers into the Delta. The influx created both the market and the creative milieu for the development of the blues.
The reasons for the migration lie in peculiarities of the Delta's geography and the weevil's biology.
Each fall, before entering into dormancy, weevils find cover in leaf litter in forests. But in the Delta, forests usually flood each winter, greatly reducing the number of the insects that survive until spring.
"You don't have as many weevils coming out of hibernation in the Delta," said Jimmy Smith, research entomologist with Mississippi State University.
In addition, the luxuriantly fertile Delta soil meant crops could reach maturity sooner -- before weevil populations exploded -- and would be abundant enough to absorb damage from the insect.
That meant Delta plantations could remain lucrative -- and sharecroppers could earn a living -- at a time when the insect ruined cotton harvests virtually everywhere else.
By December 1909, the Greenville (Miss.) Times reported an exodus of African-American sharecroppers "leaving the boll weevil districts for the Delta." In fact, between 1900 and 1930, as most cotton-growing areas lost population, more than 170,000 people poured into six Delta counties.
"People moved into the Delta from all over the South," Smith said.
With so many people moving in, there was a ready audience for musicians.
"That's why blues developed in the Delta," said James Segrest, co-author of a biography of Chester Burnett, better known as the iconic artist Howlin' Wolf.
"There was enough money floating around that you could make money playing music."
Influential performers such as Tommy Johnson came to the region to "pick cotton by day, perform by night," said University of Memphis music professor and blues expert David Evans.
"There was something of a circuit in the Delta."
Howlin' Wolf, a legendary bluesman whose work influenced rock stars such as Eric Clapton, learned the blues from Charley Patton and other greats after coming to the Delta to be with his father, who had moved from the weevil-ravaged hill country to work on a plantation.
Bluesmen felt sufficiently influenced by the weevil to sing about it in the "Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues," the "Boll Weevil Song" and other tunes.
Bluesman George "Big George" Brock, 75, said artists sang about what concerned them. "That bug could put your family in bad shape," he said.
Boll weevils were a logical subject because the blues served as a means of communication among black sharecroppers, said Jim Giesen, assistant professor of history at Mississippi State. In areas not yet infested, the songs kept workers informed of news that landowners tried to keep from them.
"They (owners) don't want sharecroppers to hear about the boll weevil, but the evidence from the songs is they already know about it. In fact they know more about it than the landowners," Giesen said.
Evans points to another reason sharecroppers sang about the weevil, which moved around as much as they did.
"There seems to be kind of an identification with the bug. The condition of the boll weevil was something like that of, say, landless sharecroppers," he said.
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