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Genentech's (And Apple Board Member) Arthur Levinson Leaves Google Board — Genentech chairman Arthur D. Levinson is resigning from Google's Board of Directors, the Mountain View company announced earlier this morning. His departure comes shortly after Google Chairman and CEOEricSchmidt resigned …
Arthur Levinson Resigns from Google's Board of Directors — Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that Dr. Arthur Levinson has resigned as a member of the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. Levinson has been on the Google Board since April 2004.
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Ellison rips IBM, shows off Sun-Oracle benchmarks, offers $10M prize — On Sunday night Larry Ellison took the stage at his annual event, Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco, and came out swinging like a samurai warrior with a newly-sharpened sword. His main target: IBM.
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Windows Vista: A Review Recap — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't so sure about how folks are going to respond to Windows 7. As Mary-Jo Foley says in a ZDNet blog post, Ballmer told Bloomberg that "The test feedback (on Windows 7) has been good, but the test feedback on Vista was good.
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T-Mobile halts sales of Sidekick — Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has, at least temporarily, stopped selling all models of the Sidekick in the wake of a massive hardware failure that resulted in many customers losing their e-mail, contacts, and other data. — As of Sunday, all models …
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Why Email No Longer Rules... And what that means for the way we communicate — Services like Twitter, Facebook and Google Wave create a constant stream of interaction among users—for better or worse. — Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over.
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Europe:
Spotify competitor Deezer raises €6.5 million Series B round — [France] - Music search and discovery engine Deezer has raised €6.5 million in a second round of financing, bringing the total amount invested in the French upstart to approx. €12.2 million.
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Posterous Catches Friendfeed — Since it was acquired, I have basically abandoned Friendfeed. I love the service, but I am waiting to see how the team integrates it into Facebook. — Unsurprisingly, traffic to the Friendfeed site has plummeted since the acquisition in August.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Only 17 venture capital firms raise money in Q3 — fewest in 15 years — Venture capitalists are a breed in decline. — Just 17 venture capital firms raised new funds in the third quarter of 2009, the smallest number of number of firms in any quarter since the third quarter of 1994 …
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Glam steals Yahoo's head of display advertising, Josh Jacobs — Glam, the fast growing content and ad network for women, has hired away Josh Jacobs, a top advertising executive from Yahoo. — The move is significant because Jacobs was Yahoo's top executive for online display advertising.
Joe Fay / The Register:
'Amateur' IBM brings down Air New Zealand — Mainframe power failure strands thousands — The boss of Air New Zealand has launched an astonishing attack on IBM after a catastrophic system crash crippled the airline and left passengers stranded. — The massive IBM letdown …
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Sky Songs service 'will rival iTunes' — BSKYB will next week launch its digital music service, Sky Songs, in a move designed to challenge the domination of iTunes and Spotify in the music downloads business. — After lengthy delays, the satellite broadcaster has signed deals with music suppliers EMI …
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The $1.5 billion scramble for Vente Privee by Gilt, eBay and Amazon — [France] On stage at last year's Le Web an argument broke out between co-founder Loic Le Meur and TechCrunch's Michael Arrington over whether Europe was capable of producing a 'big win' Web company or whether Skype was, perhaps, just a one-hit wonder.
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Training to Climb an Everest of Digital Data — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — It is a rare criticism of elite American university students that they do not think big enough. But that is exactly the complaint from some of the largest technology companies and the federal government.
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LG Unveils Solar Powered E-Book Reader — If we were stuck on a desert island with only one book, this recently unveiled solar e-book would be at the top of our list! Designed by LG Display, the sleek reader features a wafer-fin photovoltaic cell that provides it with a steady stream of solar energy.
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Patrick Smith / paidContent:
Guardian Hiring Bloggers For Local News Network — There's now no doubt that Guardian News & Media is planning a local online news project. Despite parent company Guardian Media Group laying off almost 250 staff in its regional division this year, GNM is hiring for metropolitan "beatbloggers" …
Jason Notte / TheStreet.com:
Microsoft's Ad Blitz Targets Wrong Enemy — REDMOND, Wash. (TheStreet) — Within the last year, Microsoft(MSFT Quote) has been Jerry Seinfeld's pal, a PC, a party planner and a four-year-old girl. It has been a costly identity crisis. — It has also been a long 18 months of ad wars that's …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
100 years of Big Content fearing technology—in its own words — It's almost a truism in the tech world that copyright owners reflexively oppose new inventions that do (or might) disrupt existing business models. But how many techies actually know what rightsholders have said and written for the last hundred years on the subject?
Stuart Corner / iTWire:
Industry heavyweights demand fewer standards bodies — The CTOs of some of the word's leading IT&T vendors - including Cisco and Microsoft - and some of the largest telcos - including BT, NTT and Telstra - have joined forces in a bid to rationalise what they see as an excess of different …


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Etihad signs up for new A330s with AirbusEtihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has signed a deal with Airbus to purchase two more A330-200 passenger aircraft worth $418 million at current list prices. The UAE carrier has also converted seven of its previously More… |
PAL set to relaunch Gulf flightsPhilippine Airlines (PAL) is planning to re-introduce flights to Bahrain and other Gulf countries within the next two years, said the airline's president and chief operating officer Jaime Bautista. Talking to the Gulf Daily News, our sist More… |

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The Wyrm King (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles #3)
In the final installment of Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Nick and Laurie had thought they solved their giant problems when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come back to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way!
It turns out the giants control the population of Hydra, a dragon like creature that is creating sinkholes all over Florida. But with the mermaids refusing to return the giants to the shore, the nixie's still missing and the threat of a destroyed Florida drawing closer, the kids have to take matters in their own hands.
Will Nick and Laurie be able to stop the destruction they unwittingly caused? Can a new giant hunter help save the day? Can Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide help them out of this or are they on their own?
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Equaterra pulse survey shows weakening outsourcing growth in Europe
The growth in the demand for IT outsourcing in Europe has declined by 5% in the second quarter of this year compared with the first, the latest survey carried out by sourcing consultancy Equaterra has found.
The growth in the demand for IT outsourcing in Europe has declined by 5% in the second quarter of this year compared with the first, the latest survey carried out by sourcing consultancy Equaterra has found.
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Demand was up according to half the sourcing advisers surveyed globally, but only 40% compared with 45% in the previous three months in Europe said demand was up. More advisers now think the economic environment is slowing or making businesses rethink their outsourcing compared with the previous quarter.
The survey of Equaterra's global sourcing advisers takes into account demand for BPO, IT outsourcing, other third party-supplied IT services and other internal process improvements.
One of the most significant findings of the research is that 55% of advisers said the economic environment is slowing and pushing people to rethink outsourcing plans. This compared with 36% that said this in the previous quarter.
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Of course that doesn't give me the right to be rude or make unreasonable demands. I don't subscribe to the customer is always right theory to the extent that I think I can be a jackass with no repercussions. But if I'm stressed (and what girl isn't right before her wedding?) then your job is to ease my fears by coming up with a rock-solid plan, not lecture me on how I should have known it might rain.
It always kills me when waiters, bartenders or bouncers are rude, the latter being rude more often than not. They were hired to facilitate the pleasure of the experience, right? Part of the lecture I received today was that a wedding is all about love, so it shouldn't matter to me if it rains on my outdoor wedding. Yes, I'm well aware that a wedding is about love, but I could have saved a boatload of money and gotten married in a courthouse if the aesthetics of the event weren't a priority. Don't you pay your caterer to make it a beautiful, delicious day?
OK enough venting. Clearly I'm super irked by my recent exchange, but I think the rule is a valid one. Politeness and keeping your negative opinions to yourself are part of the service package. I'm sure my wedding will be lovely, and I have no doubt that Gloriosa will do good work, but I would have preferred soothing to lecturing.
Now if everyone could just put their positive thoughts towards sunshine on November 14, I'd much appreciate it! For all future reference I do not recommend outdoor weddings in Atlanta for people prone to stress...watching the ever changing weather forecast is killing me!


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Travel reviews by Mr & Mrs L from Wallingford, Oxfordshire
On this trip, I visited Namibia between 10-Sep-2008 and 26-Sep-2008 and I travelled with 1 other person.
The trip ran smoothly, all the bookings worked, the accommodation at the rest camps was of a higher standard than expected.
We would recommend this trip to other people.
However, don't let your credit card out of your sight as ours was cloned and money withdrawn. We are not sure where this happened but definitely not any of the places we stayed.
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We're pleased to say that this kind of credit card fraud is exceedingly rare amongst our travellers, and (we believe) fairly rare in Namibia. However, we're alarmed that it's happened at all on one of our trips!
We can't help but agree with this taveller: these days, when travelling anywhere in the world, it's increasingly prudent not to let any of your credit cards out of your sight if you can possibly avoid doing so.
I stayed at and have reviewed:
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Zebra River Lodge, Namibia 12-Sep-2008 review: A very relaxing place |
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Sossus Dune Lodge, Namibia 14-Sep-2008 review: Wonderful location |
Excellent |
Sam's Giardino, Namibia 16-Sep-2008 review: Pity about the dog |
Average |
Mowani Mountain Camp, Namibia 18-Sep-2008 review: elephant safari was great |
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Okaukuejo Camp, Namibia 20-Sep-2008 review: brilliant waterhole |
Excellent |
Halali Camp, Namibia 22-Sep-2008 review: A more relaxing rest camp |
Good |
Erongo Wilderness Lodge, Namibia 24-Sep-2008 review: Wonderful location |
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In 1902 Louisiana became the first to pass a statewide statute requiring mandatory segregation of streetcars, followed by Mississippi in 1904. That same year, Virginia authorized, but did not require, segregated streetcars in all of its cities, leaving it up to companies to decide whether or not they would segregate their services. On April 17, 1904, the Times Dispatch printed the article "Separate the Races" on page seventeen of its Sunday edition, in which the Virginia Passenger and Power Company outlined a new set of rules. The Company surely hoped its new policy to enforce racial segregation on its cars would go unnoticed by Richmond's populace. Instead, the company's new regulations led to a citywide boycott of its services, and ultimately to its financial ruin.
"This company has determined to avail itself of the authority given by a recent state law to separate white and colored passengers," read its statement in the Times Dispatch, "and to set apart and designate in each car certain portions of the car or certain seats for white passengers and certain other portions or certain seats for colored passengers. . .The conductors have the right to require passengers to change their seats as often as may be necessary for the comfort and convenience of the passengers and satisfactory separation of the races." White riders were to sit in the front of cars, while black riders were to sit in the back, but because there were no permanent partitions on the cars, conductors had the authority to assign seats as the ebb and flow of black and white riders shifted. This gave conductors the power to play a "bizarre game of musical chairs with passengers."[1] The company's new regulations also gave conductors the authority to arrest or forcibly remove anyone who did not comply with … read more »
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Television and copy advertisements for prescription drugs are a common sight these days. But the obsession with finding the latest and greatest cure-all is nothing new. At the turn of the twentieth century, before the discovery of antibiotics and other wonder drugs, consumers were desperate to find palliatives for problems ranging from the common cold to cancer. The search for the perfect panacea combined with the huge number of newspaper readers made newspapers the primary medium for shrewd concoction makers to hock their potions. The medicinal advertisements below are from the Alexandria Gazette, the Daily Times (Richmond, Va.) and the Free Lance (Fredericksburg, Va.) of 1899-1911 and represent companies which were successful thanks, in part, to convincing and pervasive newspaper advertising campaigns. All images are from Chronicling America, a digital repository of historic newspapers. Original and microfilm copies of these papers can also be found in the collections of the Library of Virginia.
Ely's Cream Balm, manufactured by the Ely brothers of Owego, NY, was a popular remedy for catarrh, "an Inflammation of the mucus membranes in one of the airways or cavities in the body." The Ely Brothers started producing Ely's Cream Balm, a compound similar to today's Vicks VapoRub, in Owego in the early 1860′s. They moved the company to New York City in the early 1890′s and it was later sold to Wyeth in the mid 1930′s. In this ad from January 1, 1910 in the Alexandria Gazette, an illustrated head appears with congestion-causing ailments written all over it. In bold, capital letters, the ominous words CATARRH and HEY FEVER appear at the top and bottom of the afflicted head. It calls itself a "reliable remedy" that "cleanses, soothes, heals and protects the diseased membrane resulting from Catarrh." In the days when quackery … read more »


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My rear shocks had came up very seldom for a while then one night while they were trying to come up I could here something soundin like its tearing up under the hood. Ever since my rear shocks wont budge, its low to da grond, is it a compressor or do my shocks need replacing?
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Between 10 and 15 per cent of the lowland wheat-growing area has been damaged by the orange blossom midge, a rare pest not seen in such numbers in the UK for probably half a century.
The reduction in wheat yields is estimated at between 2 and 5 per cent; on some farms it is up to 30 per cent. Agricultural scientists are at a loss to explain the outbreak. However, the warm, dry weather at the end of June, when the ears on the wheat begin to form was crucial, enabling the midges to lay eggs in the wheat kernels.
The midge, 2mm long, can lie in the soil in pupa form for up to 20 years. Warmer and wetter weather earlier in the season has been advanced as a reason why it has emerged in numbers not seen in some areas for up to a century.
The Ministry of Agriculture said it was 'just one of those things'. Alternative hypotheses link it with climate change caused by global warming and the increase in agricultural 'set aside', land taken out of production which may act as a source of pests and crop disease.
As the larva eats the wheat grain from the inside, it is not easily detectable. By the time it was spotted, in a swathe along the south and east coasts from Wiltshire to Yorkshire, it was too late for spraying.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Rag Doll Thank You Set
I have another project to share today using the new bow trio dies from Clear and Simple Stamps. This time I used both sizes of the bow dies along with one of CSS's signature Rag Dolls to create a thank you gift ensemble.
The card features Rag Doll Willa: Thank as my focal image. I colored Willa with Copic markers and layered her over a rosy pink dotted paper panel. A pretty pearl flourish accents the image on one side. One of the die cut mini bows is set at the other side of the image. The bow was made from CSS's Paint the Town Pink cardstock, stamped with one of the circle patterns from the Circles Plus set so it would coordinate with the circle pattern on the rose colored patterned paper.
To go with the card, I made a gift card holder with the Mini Tri-fold 2 die. I cut the tri-fold base from light pink cardstock and assembled it, then created a coordinating belly band as a closure. The band is made from a pair of layered cardstock strips and dressed up with a dotted bow die cut with one of the dies from the Bow Trio: Large die set. The pretty matching bow embellishments really tie the two different pieces of the ensemble together.
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Rag Doll Willa: Thank and Circles Plus stamp sets, Perfect Little Black Dress and A Blanc Check inks, I'm a Princess Pink, Paint the Town Pink, and A Blanc Check cardstock, Copic markers (R81, R83, R85, RV00, RV14, RV17, YR20, YR21, E000, E00, E11, E31, E33, E35), Mini Tri-fold 2, Bow Trio Mini and Bow Trio: Large dies (Clear and Simple Stamps); Basics Cardmaking 1 paper pad (Pebbles); circle dies (Spellbinders); self-adhesive pearl flourish (Want2Scrap); foam tape
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Amare Marbella Beach Hotel
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One night only
... beach and dirty area, we'll move on tomorrow to Marbella and back to the ACSI book.
We did find a new camping book, so we've got better choices now and a book on Seville and Andalusia which looks really informative.
Mark would like to mention that he cooked Spanish Chorizo sausage on the BBQ this evening and it was very nice. To be fair we've had some ...
Marbella and sunshine
... I am pleasantly surprised at Marbella, it is the ultimate "Costa del Sol designer tourist haven".
Sure enough, there is a massive sprawl of modern high rise accomadation and "designer" shops, but, the "old town" is surprisingly quaint and well preserved.
In the middle of it all, there is even the remains of a Moorish fort, reputedly built in the 10th century.
Time out with friends
... I thought. Although we had been told that this was nudist beach, I hadn't expected it to be a gay nudist beach . It puts a whole different meaning on fishing tackle. The are dunes at the back and John calls them meerkats as the heads pop up from the bushes. Instead of coffee I needed a beer when we got to the cafe. We had a BBQ for tea and, as Australians, we felt obliged to show how it is possible to cook things other than meat (like vegetables) on the BBQ. A 3 bottle ...
The Glamour Tour
... a playground for the rich and famous. I was hoping to bump into Sean Connery who has a house here but no luck. Tha Arabs certainly have a stronghold here and have pumped millions into the area. There is a mosque purpose built for them on the hill and a lot of money is coming from Qatar to boost the local port to allow ocean going liners to come into harbour.
Shops have been hit by the recession but the wealthy still come here. Most ...
Part 2: The Irishman bites the dust
... 8211; listening to the steady sound of the rain dripping from the red tile roof. Roll over and go back to sleep – waken at 8, dawn just breaking and the drip, drip sound of rain now accompanied by the cockadoodling of the rooster, the cooing of the pigeons and doves, and the tolling of the church bell in the distance. A breakfast of warm chocolate croissant and coffee, and we settled down to reading Vanity Fair and staying warm while we waited for the weather to break. ...


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While we're on the subject of how we treat people with mental illnesses here in the Greatest Country on Earth, it's important to remember that people with severe mental illness are also disproportionately likely to suffer from other chronic and acute diseases. In the chronic category these include co-morbid substance abuse disorders, obesity and diabetes (which are side effects of anti-psychotic and sedative medications), ill-effects of tobacco use, and HIV infection. On the acute side they include injuries from trauma and exposure.
I happen to know a lot about HIV so I'll just throw out a few factoids. A study of middle aged and older persons living with HIV in New York City and Wisconsin found that 27% had thought about suicide in the prior week. A study of HIV seropositive women found that 38% reported needing mental health services in the prior six months. A study comparing HIV+ and HIV- homosexual men found that HIV+ men had significantly higher levels of psychiatric symptomatology and depression. Psychiatric morbidity is associated with significantly poorer health related quality of life for people living with HIV. In addition, psychiatric morbidity is known generally to be associated with poor medication adherence, particularly in affective disorders. A study conducted by somebody well known to this writer, for the City of Boston in 1997, found that, among Latino men and Latina women living with HIV in Boston, a history of mental illness and reported psychiatric symptomatology was associated with an extraordinarily high rate of a history of homelessness.
So, along comes the Compassionately Conservative President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, which in 2003 noted the high prevalence of co-morbidity among people with mental illnesses and found that "While mental health and physical health are clearly connected, a chasm exists between the mental health care and general health care systems in financing and practice." The report goes on to promise a new era of integrated, coordinated care, in which people's behavioral health and medical providers work together.
Well, here it is 2006 and we don't actually have any proposal whatsoever to do anything about this. People's docs still aren't talking to their shrinks and social workers (if they're lucky enough to have the latter two), and the people have to go to three or four different places, where they often have three or four different case managers, and keep track of nine different medications while they are sleeping in a shelter. Oh, wait. There is a new initiative at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): they're trying to steer more funding to so-called faith based organizations. Maybe the folks can go down to the local church now and have their demons exorcised.
References: Kalichman SC, Heckman T, Kochman A, Sikkema K, Bergholte J. Depression and thoughts of suicide among middle-aged and older persons living with HIV-AIDS. Psychiatr Serv 2000;51(7):903-7.
Schuman P, Ohmit SE, Moore J, Schoenbaum E, Boland R, Rompalo A, Solomon L. Perceived need for and use of mental health services by women living with or at risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Am Med Womens Assoc 2001;56(1):4-8.
Dickey WC, Dew MA, Becker JT, Kingsley L. Combined effects of HIV-infection status and psychosocial vulnerability on mental health in homosexual men. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 1999;34(1):4-11.
Otto-Salaj LL, Heckman TG, Stevenson LY, Kelly JA. Patterns, predictors and gender differences in HIV risk among severely mentally ill men and women. Community Ment Helth J 1998;34(2):175-90.
Sullivan G, Koegel P, Kanouse DE, Cournos F, McKinnon K, Young AS, Bean D. HIV and people with serious mental illness: the public sector's role in reducing HIV risk and improving care. Psychiatr Serv 1999;50(5):648-52.
Sherbourne CD, hays RD, Fleishman JA, Vitiello B, Magruder KM, Bing EG, McCaffrey D, Burnam A, Longshore D, Eggan F, Bozzette SA, Shapiro MF. Impact of psychiatric conditions on health-related quality of life in persons with HIV infection. Am J Psychiatry 2000;157(2):248-54.
Mehta S, Moore RD, Graham NMH. Potential factors affecting adherence with HIV therapy. AIDS 1997;11:1665-1670.
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Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) is a new terrestrial fixed radio technology for broadband communication applicable that can be used to provide digital two-way voice, data, Internet, and video services or other digital services requiring high capacity traffic channels. LMDS is a point to multipoint wireless system operating at frequencies above 20 GHz, the most serious impairment at these frequencies is rain fading. In the system point of view a moving rain cell over the LMDS service area will not only attenuate the desired signal but also the interferer. Many techniques could be used to overcome rain fading. Applying Site Diversity as a possible solution to reduce the effect of rain is necessary, because a rain-cell degrades the system performance at a part of the service area but the rain can improve the carrier signal conditions elsewhere depending on the locations of the Base Station, Terminal Station and the rain-cell. The rain attenuation of different locations in Malaysia region in a given LMDS is calculated and the effects of a moving rain cell over an LMDS system are analyzed, different situations of interference according to the position of the rain-cell over the service area of LMDS are elaborated. The site diversity is implemented based on the ITU-R Recommendations to enhancement LMDS. The location dependent C/I in the LMDS service area under rainy conditions with and without site diversity technique is calculated and simulated. Different cell sizes of LMDS with and without site diversity are considered in this project for significant analyses and discussions. It is found that site diversity has high ability to improve the performance level of all LMDS service area specially under rainy conditions.
Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
Additional Information: | Thesis (Master of Engineering (Elcetrical - Electronics and Telecommunication))- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2007; Supervisor : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jafri Bin Din |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | broadband communication, diversity methods, radio propagation, rain |
Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
Divisions: | Electrical Engineering |
ID Code: | 4452 |
Deposited By: | Ms Zalinda Shuratman |
Deposited On: | 05 Nov 2007 03:51 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2012 08:58 |
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The shape was spotted on the weather bureau's radar map on Wednesday about 30 kilometres west of Rottnest.
After checking the satellite, the bureau's Neil Bennett ruled out the phenomenon being caused by cloud.
"There's no cloud, there's nothing to produce a rain echo, ... which we do see a lot, but not this particular shape," he said.
"They don't take on S shapes and things like that.
(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...
That is real weird, it isn't my fault, and I can only hazard a guess that checking local air currents, pressure, and particulate matter would give them any hints as to what they were seeing.
Well, Nessie went missing.
Big, big-big SNEK!!!
LOL Bet you just did a head count on the fambly.
Classic Chinese dragon!
What in the Sam Hill?
It's a sine!
Friggin' huge snek!
Maybe Titanoboa!
I saw that too. We need to hack the NSA servers and cross-reference all smart asses living in Serpentine. That will narrow things down.
I only checked to see if Bob T Boa was still here.
Everybody else is fairly "normal" sized.
Damn Chinese got their paws in everything.
I knew it. Automatic snek mommy reflecks. ;-)
Good 'un.
Oh. My. God.
After that 3 week wandering snekscapade, you betcha!
Could it be?
Yes ....... it's .....
From this angle it looks more like a "N"
Snakes on a plane?
Meet snake on a map!
A shifty and slithery bunch of *lay-abouts* I would guess.
Pinky was dangling from the exercise tree the other night and hubby came wandering through the room, saw him and shrieked "SNAAAAAKE!!!".
I almost laughed myself out of my chair.
That reminded of me him.
Sharknado!!!! B-)
Samuel L Jackson was not available for comment.
Oh, you would do this.
LOL. A little math humor.
Prone to hisssssssssy fits, no doubts.
There are more horrid videos of various game over sounds from the metal gear series.
All of them saying "snake? Snake?! Snaaaaake!"
Sure, that's bound to be true. But good for a game o' darts and a good story at the local pub don't you think? They'd be Ozzie smart asses after all.
Snake Plissken
On an Inclined Plane
The series was pretty good but didn't get any publicity; it was then cancelled...
I honestly do not know why.
Just that it is.
I feel like some horrible wizard spreading terrible knowledge onto an unprepared population of readers.
(Take that, lurkerdom!)
Kinda like freaky fertilizer?
Look on his face says, "I'm heading WHERE?!"
"Give me an 'S'"!
I think he looks zombified, myself.
[now there's a sequel I'd watch]
I just had an entire trailer for "Zombie Snake" run through my head.
Sadly, this phone is incapable of letting me type it out rationally.
"Go forth in the knowledge that there are horrid mind melty things out there! You are most welcome! Bwah-hah-hah-haaa!"
I had to save that pic, awesome.
I'd have to see a loop. Given the location I'd bet there was an imaging loop too. I see know reference to how long it was there and if it moved. Outside of those I'd say hardware issue.
Looks like a software glitch
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There is a weary inevitability about reports that the Sudanese government's Janjaweed militia has crossed the border into eastern Chad to attack refugees who had fled there from the fighting in Darfur. The detail is grimly familiar too: homes burned, an imam killed, a woman set alight, a man disembowelled. Armed groups from both Chad and Darfur regularly cross the border at will. Large numbers of people are on the move.
Darfur, where already 200,000 people have died and 2 million have been made homeless, is now seeing an influx of displaced people. Some 1,000 refugees have just arrived in Um Dukhun in West Darfur, fleeing increasing violence in Chad and in the Central African Republic. It is a strategy of desperation, for in Darfur the rebel groups have splintered and are fighting one another as well as the Sudanese army. There is no front line, only a cauldron of escalating violence and banditry with all parties persistently violating ceasefire provisions. More guns than ever are to be found in the refugee camps.
The region where the borders of Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic meet is dissolving into sporadic and bloody anarchy. Governments trade accusations that each is supporting the other's rebels. In the face of all that, more than 100 aid workers have left Darfur in the latest evacuation of relief workers from the lawless region.
What is to be done? The French have tried to intervene with attacks by Mirage F1 jets on anti-government rebels in the north-east of the Central African Republic. The aim, Paris says, is to stabilise a region which is in danger of "Somalisation". But reports from the ground say the operation has had a devastating impact on civilians.
Khartoum is callously disregarding the situation. Sudan persists in its opposition to the United Nations' plan to send 20,000 peacekeepers to Darfur. It insists that the most it will tolerate is a slight strengthening of the weak African Union force whose 7,000 ill-equipped soldiers have proved ineffectual in the province.
The international community must do two things. First it must continue to pour humanitarian aid into Darfur where the need is dire. The EU this week announced a further €17m in aid. That is good, though it will not stop the Sudanese authorities and rebel movements deliberately targeting relief operations. More is needed. The time has come for the 20,000 UN peacekeepers to be deployed - in eastern Chad. Their presence there will bring some stability to the area. And it will send a warning that the world is ready, on Sudan's doorstep, to cross the border if Khartoum allows the situation to deteriorate further.


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A sapling which was sown by Gen BC Joshi on 16th Oct 1993, is now a sprawling campus of 23 acres with pollution free healthy environment. It has turned into a healthy plant and is growing well in the beautiful valley of the Pithoragarh hills. General BC Joshi Army Public School has been established under the aegis of Army Head Quarters, Adjutant General's Branch, to cater to the needs of children of defence personnel including ex-service men, and to some extent to those of civilians and Non-Resident Indians. The School aims at providing quality education in an environment that ensembles the contemporary values of science and technology with our rich traditions, ideals and cultural heritage. It also ensures a judicious mix of academic competencies, physical fitness, discipline and social awareness. It prepares children for All India Secondary School Examinations and All India Senior Secondary School Examinations conducted by CBSE, New Delhi.
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Lot 137: An enamelled silver filigree figure of a peacock (3)
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An enamelled silver filigree figure of a peacock
the bird perched on one leg, its head raised in alert attitude, the plumage on the body and wings enamelled in shades of blue, and the long trailing filigree tail feathers with turquoise and blue enamel 'eyes', the crest with seed pearl tips, wood stand and glass dome
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they have been lies, check fact checker.org it spells out all the "lies". Cnn does a good job too but they get into the real details. Obama might be a politician but he is honest. He might tell half truths or parts of a story, but he doesnt completely make thing up out of the blue. McCain and Palin are nothing new, same old stuff, lies and rethoric. we need change, not McCain adding Palin to his ticket and now calling themsleves REAL CHANGE FOR AMERICA! give me a break. If it was Truly America First McCain you would have picked a qualified VP, not a female to try to grab female votes. its disgusting.
"Not a tax cut, STOP lying to people Obama, rebate check is what you are proposing.
And that is another form of welfare."
You do realize that the Bush Administration did the same thing, and McCain supported them in it? Remember that check you got earlier this year that you probably cashed at Walmart and used to buy Dale Earnhardt memorabilia and ammunition? That was "welfare". Thing is, Obama will do it by taxing windfall oil profits (something Palin has done in Alaska!), but Bush did it by going in more debt to the Chinese and calling it "economic stimulus".
I am so glad the ladies of the view asked McCain tough questions. Man! He was really having a hard time owning up to the lies and even denying some too. I hope CNN does a fact check on his statements on the view.
well done, Barbara, Whoopi, Sherrie, and Joy. I wish you had more time to ask him questions.
I bet that Sarah Palin will not be on the view now, because they will try to keep her away from answering real questions. This is a joke!
OK, you Hillary voters for McCain. You honestly cannot think that McCain is the better choice. Where is your pride? Hillary 2012 is slowly fading into the background. If you help elect McCain and his self absorbed VP choice, there will be no Hillary in the spotlight. The Barracuda has her sites on that job folks.
Truth and Honesty the Republicans haven't put them in their Language Book! OOPS, Palin try to have those books band in Alaska!
What about the Money sent to Palin in Alaska? That so call Thanks But No Thanks for the Bridge to Nowhere, but we will keep that money and Make a Road to Nowhere and pocket the rest!?
What is the real issues that Palins and her Neo Cons don't want the rest of America to know, since they want to break away from the USA?
The Republicans Spin Doctors, Bush and Cheney attacks and destroy lawyers are trying to hide?
Real Change from McCain and Palin, WOW Dumb and Dumber Speaks Again!
I can't believe half of this country is actually buying the republicans lies and smears. This is ridiculous...Obama, keep hitting back, be aggressive!
Oh and: Fox/Albuquerque NM, you don't really know a thing do you? Otherwise, you would'nt ignore that McCain/ Palin have documented lies!
Nobody tells more lies or half truths than Obama and his campaign. Does he think people are stupid????
DLH September 12th, 2008 4:44 pm ET
What's scary is that Obama said he's been in 54 of the 57 states and we can't set our thermostats on 72 degrees, drive SUVs, and eat as much as we want because the rest of the world isn't going to go for that.
Wow. This is the best you can do? This is what it all comes down to? Suddenly, the popularity of the Palin/McCain ticket, not to mention eight years of Bush is clear.
The Republicans realized long ago that a lie can get halfway around the world before the Truth gets his pants on. They are masters of the art , all of them; Colson, Segretti, Atwater, Rove.
And of course, they all follow the Grand Master, Josef Goebels. People are always more ready to believwe a big lie than a small one.
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Senator Obama is looking out for all Americans and not a select few (like the wealthy). My goodness when are we going to wake up. When Obama said no war; we went in and look at the disaster behind it. When Obama said no Holiday gas tax Repugs mocked him. My question is where is the holiday gas tax? Right , it was a gimmick for the fools that's falling for Palin. Obama said talk with our opposing foriegn leaders they scorned him; now they are talking with Putin. Obama said withdraw troops responsibly; Repugs said no. Now they are withdrawing 8000 troops. Obama said give a time line; Repugs said no; now they have given a time line. Obama said put more troops in Afganastan, Repugs said no. Now they are putting more troops in Afganastan. So, my second question is, who has the better judgement? Who is responding more like a true leader? Well let me help you out it's not McKiller or McFalin the liar.
Senator Obama is the Chief in Command!!!!! Mckiller is hanging on his pants for the next command so he can go out and fulfill the mission. A young man with great judgement and fresh ideas that will lead us to be a better nation.
The Bush administration has been lying to us for more than eight years, but the Bush lies pale next to the crap McCain is feeding us. I think McCain has great faith in the stupidity of the American people and that would be the only thing that could get him elected. Let us hope that the American people aren't as dumb as he thinks they are and that the American people will resent McCain's lies. Yes, I think, there is a reason John McCain can't define honor; he doesn't know what it is!
you are so right.
Okay Obaliar, some are fabricated... 90% are TRUE!!!
Where's the BEEF?
Check out CAUCUSFRAUD.COM
This very questionable creep is not fit to serve us in any capacity.
Paris, you should take a little time to check what Obama has for you as far as taxes are concerned. I am sure you do not belong to those who earn 5 million a year. He will surely help you more than you want to know.
His line today was well phrased: "George Bush won't be on the ticket in November, but his policies will."
I have come to the reality of understanding that America (as a whole) is still as racist as ever.
For McCain to allow and defend these lies is indicative of the fact that he knows it too! And, worst of all, he is using this racial divide for his own personal agenda.
Rove did it for Bush in 2000 and 2004... If the American people allow it the happen again, their fate will be unspeakable.
McCain ads are full of lies. I've never heard Obama say anything about rebate checks. You all need to check your facts. What I have heard him say is that people making under 250K a year will pay less taxes than those making over that amount. And maybe no one is posting because we are out working our second or third jobs to make ends meet, thanks to the Bush.
Mr. Obama, are your promises to hit back and hit back hard part of the previously promised change in out political culture? B/c it sounds like more of the same to the rest of us. Gosh, what an empty suit the chosen one turned out to be. Impeach Pelosi and Reid for forcing this hack down the DNC's throat.
Hillary 2012.
why don't they ask Obama about sending his lawyers to Alaska and contacting the state troopers union. The trooper tazered his 10 year old son and was seen drinking in the patrol car. He also has several other things on his record. Gov. Palin did call and complain about the trooper tasering his son. This is what anyone would do if they knew a child is being abused. The commishoner has already said he was not ask or told to fire the trooper. The fact is the trooper should have been fired. Ten year olds don't have a voice. That is a democratic legislator and its all about politics, with no reguard for the child.
Oh how the GOP only Wish they had Obama as their Candidate.
You will notice that overall those that support Obama are respectful and only want the very best for this country just like Obama himself. This is truly a decent and honest man and I agree with JayINNewHampshire, if people really look it's not how McCain and Paline say things it's what they say.
And I couldn't agree more, that the McCain/Palin ticket is a scary thought.
And because I am a vibe person, I have to play that element into this process and all I ever get when listening to McCain is BAD VIBES!
Mccain Doesnt Have Any Idea How To Fix Any Of The Problems This Country Is Facing And Thats Why He Just Wants To Continue The Same Failed Bush Policies!
Obama is a man of integerity. Don't get down in the gutter with McCain. The American people will not be fooled. Not this time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm still voting against Obama because he didn't ask Hillary to be his VP. Even Biden said she would have been a better pick!
I recently read a remark by someone who has known John McCain for a long time, speaking about the GOP nominee, "I know John McCain. John McCain is a friend of mine. And John McCain, you're no John McCain."
So where is the real John McCain? The John McCain who promised a campaign of integrity, the John McCain who would not lie, the John McCain who championed straight talk, the John McCain who would put honor before winning an election, the John McCain who would put country before politics?
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Ther'es a debugging option, -Djavassist-write-dir=target/javassist With that enable, Tapestry will write out the bytecode for any classes it creates or transforms. I then used the Jad decompiler to "view the source". Alternately, you can see the transformations for a particular component class by enabling debug logging for that class (i.e., in log4j properties). That shows you the Javassist code from which the bytecode is generated. Or you could trust in the force, it is strong in this one :-) On 3/2/07, 黄翔 <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > I think the code generated for components is really useful for debugging > and understanding. So , is there some way I can view the source code. > > -- > huang xiang > Guangzhou, China. > -- Howard M. Lewis Ship TWD Consulting, Inc. Independent J2EE / Open-Source Java Consultant Creator and PMC Chair, Apache Tapestry Creator, Apache HiveMind Professional Tapestry training, mentoring, support and project work. http://howardlewisship.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com | |
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Blues on the Beach
Summer on Pensacola Beach is wonderful! Every Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m., we are treated to a free concert on the beach. Tonight we rocked to the great sounds of the Darren J. Trio. (Loved your Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, guys!)
Rocker in training!
A Bud Light
"Hey, hon'! That dude'ess is takin' our picture!"
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A beautiful night and plenty of room.
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- campbell said...
Just by chance, I looked to see if you were back! YAY! Some of the shots were incredible and I have really missed seeing what you see.
Thanks, kiddo, you do GOOD!
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- PEA said...
I love outdoor concerts and what better way to be at one than on the beach! Great pictures and you can tell everyone was enjoying themselves!!
- Darren J. said...
Thanks for the mention on your blog. We really enjoyed ourselves last night and it's folks like you that make playing music all worth it. Take care and come see us out soon!
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Noah Baumbach Won't Direct The Emperor's Children
But at least Rachel McAdams joins up.
Noah Baumbach has been about to make the movie adaptation of Claire Messud's The Emperor's Children since 2007, and Keira Knightley and Richard Gere have been attached to the film since 2010. Still, the movie hasn't gotten much closer to actually being made, and with Baumbach going into production on his new film, While We're Young, the following should come as no surprise: Scott Cooper, the man who directed Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, will reportedly take over directing Emperor's. (Nothing prepares you to tell the story of three privileged, entangled Brown graduates in the months leading up to 9/11 like the country music circuit!) Additionally, Rachel McAdams and Emma Thompson have joined the cast. If Keira Knigtley is, in fact, still attached to the film, we assume she'll be playing the beautiful and cosmopolitan-despite-living-at-home Marina Thwaite, which leaves McAdams to play Danielle Minkoff, the less obviously gorgeous, more awkward friend who embarks on a love affair with Marina's father, Murray (the Richard Gere part). Just to repeat, the less obviously gorgeous, more awkward friend is being played by Rachel McAdams, so our fingers are half crossed that McAdams is actually onboard to play Marina, and some actually less gorgeous, more awkward — but still very compelling! — actress gets tapped to play Danielle. [Twitch]


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Its price is rather unsettling even though it had been planned and budgeted for in advance of the ravages of the economic recession which has seen budgets cut for education and health in the UK. Its £22.7m (over $US36m) cost has led its detractors to claim that it will be the most expensive (and only) publicly funded squashed rollercoaster in the UK. Yet it does have to be pointed out that 19.2 million pounds were funded by ArcelorMittal, the international steel and mining company.
Others, however, can't wait to set foot on its two observation deck and enjoy the promised spectacular panoramic views of London. Designed by London-based and hugely popular artist Anish Kapoor, his design of ruby red looping lattices of tubular steel was the winner of a contest for the major art venture to both welcome and celebrate the forthcoming games.
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010
An oddly-named protist species, Kamera lens.
When Linnaeus introduced his system of binomial nomenclature during the 1730s and 1740s, it revolutionised the naming and formal biological classification of species. Every so often, however, as even scientists are only human, there have been some truly memorable, unexpected deviations from the usual, eminently serious and supposedly strictly accurate, relevant Latin* names bestowed upon the myriad of life forms sharing our planet (*'Latin names' is itself a misnomer, as many are at least partially derived from Greek!). Here, then, in no particular order, are 20 of my all-time favourite - and totally genuine, scientifically accepted - generic, binomial, and trinomial novelties:
Raphus cucullatus - variously translated as 'hooded bustard', 'cuckoo with seams', or (politely!) 'cuckoo's rump', given to the dodo, but why?!!
Polypterus mokelembembe - I kid you not, in 2006, this newly-differentiated species of bichir (an archaic fish lineage currently boasting around 15 modern-day species) was named after cryptozoology's very own Congolese neo-dinosaur, the mokele-mbembe, emphasising the bichirs' own antiquarian affinities.
Agra sasquatch - staying with cryptozoological appellations: in 1982, entomologist Terry Erwin gave this noteworthy name to a new species of carabid (ground beetle) that had big feet; and, clearly a crypto-fan, in the same year he named another new carabid species Agra yeti. Nor can we forget, a year later, Erwin's naming of another new carabid, Agra vation, and yet another, Agra phobia. Honestly!
Draculoides bramstokeri - named in 1995, this is a species of cave-dwelling, light-avoiding schizomid (short-tailed whip scorpion) with fang-like pedipalps, and a positively vampirish proclivity for sucking the body fluids out of its victims, not of course that you'd ever have guessed at any of these characteristics from its binomial!
Dicrotendipes thanatogratus - one for Jon's musical tastes here, as this chironomid (non-biting midge)'s specific name directly and deliberately translates as 'Grateful Dead'. Nor should we forget Zappa, a genus of goby.
Harryhausenia - had I known that the CFZ were going to devote a multi-contributor blog to the amazing Ray Harryhausen a few days ago, I could have blogged about this recently-named genus of fossil sand crab (commemorating Ray's stupendous stop-motion giant crab in the film Mysterious Island), but better late than never! Happy 90th birthday, Ray!
Han solo - not from a galaxy far far away, but rather from a time far far distant, this Chinese species of agnostid trilobite was named in 2005 as a dare, but its Star Wars binomial is perfectly valid.
Godzillius - this monstrously-named genus houses the largest species of Bahamanian remipede - exceedingly small but taxonomically monumental crustaceans first made known to science as recently as the early 1980s.
Pimoa cthulhu - one for Richard Freeman and fellow Lovecraftian devotees, a new spider named in 1994 after the latter writer's sinister fictional deity.
Eeyorius - for lovers of more gentle, inoffensive characters, this genus of Australian fish was named in 1986 after A A Milne's melancholic donkey, because just like him these fishes enjoy living in damp, shadowy, secluded localities.
Phallus daemonicus - I'll leave you to guess what this fungus looks like!
Volva volva volva - ok, Linnaeus, we get the message! Named by the great man himself in 1758, he clearly wanted to emphasise which part of the female anatomy this subspecies of cowry resembles!
Csiromedusa medeopolis - described earlier this year, this new Tasmanian freshwater jellyfish has a generic name that commemorates CSIRO (Australia's eminent Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), and a specific name that translates as 'city of gonads'. Don't ask me - I only blog these things! (Apparently, its gonads resemble a series of skyscrapers.)
Crikey steveirwini - named after the late, great Steve Irwin in 2009, this new Aussie land snail's genus immortalises Steve's most famous catchphrase.
Heerz lukenatcha - had someone been watching too many Humphey Bogart films when they named this new braconid wasp in 1993?
Kamera lens - a snappy little name given to a protist in 1917.
La cucaracha and La paloma - two musically-inspired moths (pyralids, actually) named in 1966.
Vini vidivici - one for our more classically-educated readers! Named in 1987, this is - or was - the conquered lorikeet, a now-extinct parakeet from the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific.
Ytu brutus - And still with Caesar, this is a genuine species of water beetle from Brazil.
Mustela africana - the South American (yes, American) weasel, go figure!
And finally, a couple of truly wonderful zoological monickers that, tragically, have not survived the test of time, or taxonomy:
Montypythonoides riversleighensis - inspirationally christened in 1985 after the famous British TV comedy show, this giant fossil python from Australia has since been rechristened Morelia riversleighensis as it has been shown to be very closely related to various modern-day species belonging to this latter genus, but was this recognition of affinity really so vital as to warrant the loss of such a uniquely-iconic generic name as Montypythonoides ?
Similarly, the once enchantingly-named clam Abra cadabra has now been reclassified in the genus Theoria, but Theoria cadabra just doesn't have the same ring (magical or otherwise!) to it, does it? Shucks! I take it back - scientists don't have a sense of humour after all!
karl shuker,
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There are also two cool names of giant vampire bats, Desmodus draculae and Desmodus stocki.
There was also a huge australian meiolaniid turtle, Ninjemys oweni, which was named after the teenage mutant hero turtles. There was also a large prehistoric freshwater turtle which was named after the Godzilla opponent Gamera.Apart from my favourite Scrotum humanum for Megalosaurus, there is the Panthera tigris sudanensis (not valid, as it was described based on a photo only) and the Frenchman who managed to name a beetle after himself, stating that he named it after one little known folklorist from Bretagne who - by pure chance! - had the same surname.
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When Dale Yarger asked me to do the cover of the Oregon Horse in 1987, I decided to try something a little looser than scratchboard. Here I worked aggressively with markers to capture a sense of movement. I then borrowed an Art Chantry trick of degrading the image with a copier before doing a separate gouache color piece.
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