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Angelica was tired. She struggled up the hill towards her terraced house, where she could settle into her old armchair with a nice cup of tea and a digestive biscuit. She dug her key out of the pocket of her anorak, and opened the front door, sighing as she slipped out of her shoes and went in, stopping on her way to the kettle to turn the TV on. She put one tea bag in her unwashed mug, flicked the switch on the kettle, which was already almost full of water, as she'd only used a mugful since filling it this morning, then made her way to her small room and flopped into the saggy chair.
She sighed as she realised that the channel-changer was still on top of the TV, and the programme was just a boring current affairs thing. She'd have to get up again. Oh well, she'd have to in any case, to pour the water onto the teabag.
"I'll just sit for a bit." She said to herself. She always talked to herself when she was alone. So she talked to herself a great deal, as she was almost always alone. She lived alone, and had done since her mother died, thirty two years ago. She worked alone, travelling from office to office doing her various cleaning jobs. She did have the opportunity to talk to people, as everyone else does, she just chose not to. She could easily strike up conversations with her fellows in the bus queue, or with her fellow passengers. She could, if she felt inclined, exchange the odd word with the soon to be homeward-bound occupants of the offices she cleaned, but she did not feel inclined. The truth is, she hardly noticed their presence. Sometimes she was so oblivious to their presence that she spoke to herself as she went around, with the vacuum cleaner or the duster, or the bin liners.
She heard the click of the kettle switch and pushed herself up, and trudged into the kitchen, made her tea, and picked up the packet of biscuits.
Then she stopped. And looked at the packet.
"Eh?" she said. She looked more closely at the nearly empty packet, because she could have sworn that it was almost full last night. In fact she was certain of it, because she had only bought it yesterday, at the convenience store next to her bus stop, on the way home, and she certainly hadn't eaten any more than two.
Angelica was ruled by her habits and routines. She only ever had one, or rarely, two biscuits with her homecoming cuppa. Any more than this and she would spoil her dinner. So the number of biscuits missing from this packet was unexpected…and alarming.
She stood where she was, looking at the packet and trying to remember if there might be a reason for this sudden and unexplained deficit.
"P'raps I didn't buy a new packet yesterday." She said. "P'raps I just thought I did." She shook her head. "Yeah, that must be it. Cracking up, I am." And she carried on again and walked into her room.
And then she froze. She dropped the mug, which went crashing to the floor, sending scalding hot tea up in a small fountain over her calves and feet. The television was off. She gasped, only partly due to the pain of the hot liquid which was already cooling as it soaked into her thick tights. There was a woman sitting in her chair, reading a book.
She stood, just looking. Her hands had crept up to her mouth. One was still holding the biscuits, and was tightly clenched. A thought crossed her mind, that she needed to sit down or else she would collapse, but she couldn't sit down because the reason she needed to sit was occupying the only chair in the room. A nervous half-giggle squeezed though her clenched teeth but didn't quite make it past her tightly clamped lips.
She wasn't alone, so she did not say what she was thinking, which was. "I'll go in the kitchen and when I come back there'll be nobody here. I'm just tired, that's all." She backed, slowly and silently to the kitchen door, never taking her eyes off the person in the chair, who had not even looked up from her book. She hadn't even flinched when Angelica dropped the mug of tea. That was strange.
She closed the kitchen door behind her, as quietly as possible. Now alone again, she felt it was safe to talk again.
"It's a ghost. But I don't believe in ghosts, do I? Hang on though, ghosts don't eat biscuits, do they? What if it's a burglar? But it hasn't taken anything. Except nearly a whole packet of biscuits. Maybe I should call the police. But I'd have to walk past it to get to the phone, wouldn't I? " She stopped talking, and stood looking around the kitchen, for a possible weapon, or something to defend herself.
"I'm just being silly," she said. "I'll go back in and it'll be gone
She shook her head again, then steeled herself to open the door. She peeped, ever so slowly, round the door jamb, and saw, with a huge sigh of relief, that the chair was empty.
She stepped further into the room and looked around. Nobody. No-one there at all. Then she looked down at the packet of biscuits still in her tightly clenched fist. It was still nearly empty. So that was still a mystery.
"I tell you, Ange, you're cracking up in your old age, girl." She muttered. She untwisted the top of the packet and worked a biscuit free.
It was halfway to her mouth when she heard footsteps on the stairs.


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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Humpty Dumpty started to beg
When the king`s horsmen stomped on his leg
The King`s renewed senses said oh what a hassle``
Forget the dumb Egg, Defend the damned Castle!
There are various theories as to what Humpty Dumpty was. One suggests Humpty Dumpty was old English slang for a careless, awkward person who would hurt themselves given any situtation others would not. Another suggests that Humpty Dumpty was a massive Cannon perched atop Edingburg Castle. The two may both be correct. Or Neither.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-2659?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=58987#action_58987 ] Eugene Rodos commented on AMQ-2659: ----------------------------------- The use case is that when the JMS client calls createConnection on the connection factory handle, an XA tx may have been started or may not have been. The RA has no way of knowing this. Therefore, we configure the RA to always use XAConnectionFactory. This way, if a tx was started, the XA capabilities of the connection will be used, and if not, they won't, but it should work in either case. Without this change, I get an Exception when trying to use the AMQXAConnFactory/AMQXAConn when a tx has not been started. I've had to make this change to make our RA work with AMQ. Other JMS engines (such as JBoss) don't have this restriction. Nor do the JMS and JCA specify anywhere that if XA objects are used, a tx MUST be started. > JMSException incorrectly thrown when using XAConnection/XASession outside a transaction > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: AMQ-2659 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/activemq/browse/AMQ-2659 > Project: ActiveMQ > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 5.3.0 > Reporter: Eugene Rodos > > Currently, if one attempts to use an XAConnection (implemented by ActiveMQXAConnection) and consequently an XASession (implemented by ActiveMQXASession) outside a transaction, a JMSException is thrown. However, nowhere in the JMS Spec does it say that if an XAConnection/XASession is used, it _*must*_ be enlisted in a transaction. It is perfectly legal to _*not*_ start a transaction but still use the XA objects. > I propose that the following 2 methods in ActiveMQXASession be changed as follows to resolve this bug: > {noformat} > public boolean getTransacted() throws JMSException { > return getTransactionContext().isInXATransaction(); > } > /** > * This is called before transacted work is done by the session. > * XA transactions are controlled outside of the session so > * nothing has to be done here. The only reason for this method > * to be here is to override the parent. > */ > protected void doStartTransaction() { > } > {noformat} > \\ > The current version of these methods is as follows (for reference): > {noformat} > public boolean getTransacted() throws JMSException { > return true; > } > /** > * This is called before transacted work is done by > * the session. XA Work can only be done when this > * XA resource is associated with an Xid. > * > * @throws JMSException not associated with an Xid > */ > protected void doStartTransaction() throws JMSException { > if (!getTransactionContext().isInXATransaction()) { > throw new JMSException("Session's XAResource has not been enlisted in a distributed transaction."); > } > } > {noformat} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Thursday evening
Lyra flopped down on her dorm room couch, exhausted. She hated Thursdays, really hated them. She had just suffered through three grueling classes and dance practice. All she wanted to do was sleep. But she knew she couldn't. She knew that eventually, Mason would call or text her to come over. And she wanted him to, despite how tired she really was.
Caroline came home before his call though, something she normally didn't do. "Hey love," she said with a smile. "I skipped my regular study session and brought you some Starbucks."
"Oh my goodness, I love you." Lyra said happily.
"You too, girlie. Ha-ha, how was your day?" Caroline took a seat on the coffee table in front of Lyra, who sat up from her spread out position on the couch.
"Same old, same old. Thursdays are the worst. How was yours?"
"Good, but I've still got a night class later." She slipped off her sandals and started taking her straight shoulder-length blonde hair out of its intricate braid. Lyra watched her longingly. Her curly hair was the perfect length but she could never do all the fancy, twisted braids Caroline knew how to do easily. Caroline laughed at her expression, "Want me to do your hair?"
"Yes please." Lyra sat on the floor in front of Caroline, who quickly starting parting and braiding her hair in silence. Lyra's eyes closed and she smiled, she loved when people played with her hair. And although Caroline was 21, only a year older than her, she sometimes felt that Caroline babied her. But in a good way. She was always checking up on her and doing nice things without being asked. Lyra wasn't that good of a friend but she tried to be, knowing Caroline would always be there for her as a lifelong friend.
"Got a call from your boy toy yet?" Caroline asked smartly, breaking Lyra out of her train of thought.
"No," she answered reluctantly.
"Yeah well, we both know you will eventually." She laughed lightly for a moment but then turned serious. "Are you bringing him here?"
"Probably not, but why?"
"No reason. It's just, after my class, I was planning to have friends over to study some."
"Of course, of course. You skip one study session and plan another." Lyra shook her head, messing up the piece Caroline was working on. "This weekend we're going out. For some fun. You study too much."
"You sleep at his place too much." Caroline replied without hesitation.
Lyra was quiet for a second and then laughed. "Oh, that was low." She took a sip of her Starbucks though, not taking Caroline's words to heart.
"Yeah, sorry. But I meant it. Eventually you should meet my friends from my night class because some of them are dancers and others are in the drama program. I think you'd like them."
"Oh sounds nice. I probably would like them." Lyra was quiet again, but the silence was broken by her phone buzzing.
"But you'll run to him of course." Caroline said, not sadly, just in a way of stating the truth. "Just hold on, I'm almost done. You don't want to text back eagerly anyway." She chuckled, trying to lighten the mood but Lyra didn't answer her. Two more quiet minutes passed and Caroline burst. "I'm sorry, okay? I just don't want you to get hurt."
"He won't hurt me," Lyra whispered, but even she knew that was a lie.
"Okay, I'm done." She handed the braid to Lyra, who smiled thanks. At first glance, it was a normal twisted braid but looking closely there were two smaller braids wrapped elegantly around the larger one.
"You're really good at this. Thanks." Lyra held onto it, twisting it through her fingers. Then slowly, she moved toward her dance bag, pulling out her phone. Caroline took her own coffee and disappeared into her separate room, giving Lyra some privacy.


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Discussion in 'Fiesta ST Photos and Media' started by BRGT350, Aug 26, 2013.
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Nice Thanks for the arm rest update I c u still no like it LOL Thanks BRGT350 for the time
Thanks for the video, and great pictures. I test drove a Focus ST last month, and found the armrest to be positioned... "interestingly."
We'll see how I make do with the Fiesta's.
I wish there was an easter egg like if you run out of over boost timer the screen flashes "danger to manifold".
My aplogies everyone for the poor video quality. I recorded it in 1080 using the GoPro Hero3 and uploaded it to YouTube from the camera, only to find the quality is crap. I tried about a dozen times last night to get the 1080 version to upload, and I got nothing but errors. I will try again and see if I can get a better copy out there for everyone.
RodMoe, I think I will hate armrests for the rest of my life. Perhaps in another life the armrests did horrible things to me and I can't forgive them. They haunt me in the night with their odd positioning and attack my elbows when I forget about them. I fear what they hoard inside their closed compartments. I will forever live with a burning hate for center armrests.
Wash, I don't think it is possible to run out of Overboost. You only have a few seconds in between shifts, so that would mean you need 20 seconds of WOT in 6th gear to run out of it. That would require an insane amount of straight track. A salt flat, banked oval (even then I doubt it), or maybe the straight at Road America. Actually, I would bet by the time you shift into 6th at Road America, you would be out of straight and getting into T1. I really don't see anyone running 20 seconds WOT in 6th gear in the car. However, speaking of easter eggs, I think there is one on the dash. If the lighting is just right, I can make out what looks to be a snowflake light. Just like a proper European car, it has a light to warn you that it is too cold for summer tires. I loved that light in the 2009 EU Fiesta I had a few years ago. It would change colors depending on temp.
Funny Stuff BRGT350 and funny you should mention R.A. we were just there Aug 17 and took the Honda Fit out on the track for lunchbox touring. what a hoot and yeah coming out of corning 14 and up that long straight wow I did not realize how much uphill it is and it didn't seem all that long even in the Fit. Oh and Beware I think clowns invented your arm rest.... Oh and I do like and agree with your comment on the MFT screen about a boost gauge ..
Yeah, I understand that it will be hard to run out of over boost, that is what would make it an easter egg.
RodMoe, yeah you really need to climb uphill at Road America, but you get to go back down from 3-5 I am pretty sure clowns and monsters live in the center armrest. Elbow eating monsters.
Wash, it could exist, but nobody has found it yet.
You mention coming changes to the my ford touch system. Can you go into that some more? Is it a hardware or software change? Any idea what the FiST will ship with? I'd hate to buy the car only to have a better MFT come out in the second year.
Regarding the touch screen display. From certain angles it appears high mounted on the dash. When sitting in the car did you find it that way at all ?
brian, it is a software update. The Focus ST and I am sure the Escape (they share stuff) have the update out for them. I think the Fiesta ST will ship with whatever was the latest version at the time of build. The dealer may update it upon delivery. I don't know if there is an update out for the Fiesta ST since there are none delivered to customers. I remember my 2011 Fiesta needed a Sync update right away since it was early production and an update came out after it was produced. The updates can be done at the dealer or at home.
Mikeygti, yes, from low angles the touch screen look very tall. Once in the car, it doesn't really look much higher than the 2011-13 Sync cars. I will do a similiar video from inside my 2011 Fiesta to help show the differences. The promotional pictures always showed the interior from a low angle, which made the screen look taller than it really is. If it is raining tonight and I can't go outside to play, I will make the video of my 2011 Fiesta interior for comparison.
I think I might want to selectively back-date some of the parts to black out the interior.
Could you list the stuff that changed from black to silver and if the old black parts are inferior in any way?
I'm thinking about the door lock handles and AC vent bezels.
Test drove the FOST a couple of months ago and even though the ride at low speeds wasn't overly harsh, It did feel a bit like a corn kernel just before the aluminum top rises on Jiffy Pop. How does the FIST ride at low speeds in less that perfect pavement? Can you compare it to the FOST?
Interesting about the arm rest. I drove a Focus ST this weekend and found the interference with the arm rest very annoying. How does the Fiesta's compare with the Focus? I was thinking with the Focus that it might be possible to make it better by removing most or all of the padding and have an upholsterer recover it; do you think that could work on the Fiesta? I don't have problems like that on my Evo, but there's no height adjustment on my seat. I had the Focus seat all the way down, so I'm sure that made it worse.
Here is the review in 1080 HD. I have another one coming from inside my 2011 Fiesta so you can see some of the differences better.
There are 3 different center consoles for the Focus and I have only driven a Focus ST2 and ST3. I did not like the arm rest or cup holder position in either. I think it was the ST2 that is slightly better and has a better handbrake location. With my short arms, there just isn't a good way to place a center armrest that will work for me. I have the seat very low to lower the CG, which puts the armrest even higher.
Wash, as you will see in the next video, the silver is different between the 2011-13 cars and the new ST. There is more black on the ST than my 2011 and the silver on the ST is more of brighter silver instead of matte silver. The next video will help. I am just having trouble getting YouTube to accept it for some reason.
I's compare the old to silver paint and the new to kind of a "satin nickel" look. Much improved, IMO.
Wash, I was thinking the same thing as soon as he pointed out that out in the video. All-black interior would look pretty sweet.
It's sad to hear the mirror isn't self dimming. Why did they make that change? Can it be switched for one that does self dim?
So when will we see this totally revamped MFT screens ? have you seen it or is it still a big secret ? would be nice if they allowed like my OBD2 reader and my phone to put a app on the screen to monitor engine stuff .. For now I am thinking it will be a cheap way to have a boost gauge without a lot of wiring just set up my Phone or extra leftover Iphone to us the OBD2 feed and show info .. just thinking aloud here and much nicer quality this time.. Glad you quit clowning around here !!!
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Capannelle Racecourse
Capannelle Racecourse, also known as Ippodromo Capannelle, is a horse racing venue in Rome, Italy. The course was first constructed in 1881, and it was rebuilt in 1926.
It is presently the venue of three Group 1 flat races – the Premio Presidente della Repubblica, the Premio Lydia Tesio and the Premio Roma. The track also stages the most valuable flat race in Italy, the Derby Italiano, which was downgraded to Group 2 status in 2009.
- capannelleippodromo.it – "L'Ippodromo" (Italian language).
- capannelleippodromo.it – "La Storia" (Italian language).
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- racingandsports.com.au – "Italian Derby Downgraded".
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Laurie Anderson
Duration: 75 min
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Release: Oct 21, 2015
IMDb: 6.8
In her poetic film collage essay, Laurie Anderson is more beautifully and thoughtfully herself than ever.
She has had a long career, but was most well-known in the 80's as an experimental performance artist, composer, and musician who especially explored the mix of spoken word and music. Those who know her albums such as "Big Science" and "Home of the Brave" will appreciate the return of the fragmented rhythm and quizzical tone of Anderson's speech, opening with voice-over sentences such as "This is my dream body ? the one I use to walk around in my dreams."
Despite the film's seemingly stream-of-conscious, no-plot, hodge- podge approach, Anderson has meaningful ideas to express, and she's woven together an elegant and smartly structured tone-and-picture poem. The movie combines her personal stories and musings with quotations from renowned philosophers, ink drawings on paper, printed words, animation, scratchy old 8mm home-movie clips, new footage of landscapes, surveillance camera footage with time codes, graphic images such as computer icons, and her ingenious use of music. As always, Anderson excels at language, and here she combines various types of on-screen text with her own lyrical voice-over. I often leave a movie wanting to run home and download the soundtrack, but in this case I am yearning for a transcript. These are words worthy of reading and contemplating. "Try to learn how to feel sad without being sad," is just one of the many sentences that could use more time to resonate than one viewing allows.
But one of the surprises of this project may be Anderson's sophisticated and inventive cinematography. As the film explores a variety of deaths ? the death of Anderson's dog, the death of her mother, the death of her husband (Lou Reed), and the mass deaths of 9/11 in New York, it seems the movie is often shedding its own tears. Many sequences are shot through a pane of glass that is dripping with water, like life itself is crying. And then she turns footage of an ocean upside down, with the foreground still raining, so the sea that has become the sky is weeping too. In front of everything, Anderson seems to be saying, is a gentle, pervasive sadness.
And yet, the movie is not even remotely maudlin. It discusses 9/11 in way that actually adds fresh insight, which seems impossible after so many anniversaries full of remembrance ceremonies, and so many other films that have also integrated that tragic event.
Perhaps the strongest moment in Anderson's film is when she takes her dog outdoors in a big field and enjoys watching her run and play in tall grass and aromatic dirt, as dogs do. And the camera pans up to the bright blue sky; it is such a beautiful day. And then we see pretty white trails in the sky, moving in circles. Anderson tells us they are birds. And then she sees that they are hawks. And she describes the look in the eyes of her dog, Lolabelle, as the dog peers up and realizes that she? is prey. The dog understands that these birds have come for the purpose of killing her. And Anderson bemoans the new reality that now the dog must not only be aware of the ground and the grass and the other earthbound creatures, but also that huge, untouchable expanse of sky. The sky is now a danger. And the dog will never view the sky the same again. Cut to footage of 9/11 as Anderson compares her dog's feeling to hers, and ours, when we suddenly understood that "something was wrong with the air"; the sky brought danger and those flying planes were there for the purpose of killing us. And "it would be that way from now on."
Anderson goes on to talk about the strangeness of living in a post- 9/11 surveillance state, where we are always being recorded. But she does not take the obvious path of complaining about the social injustice. Instead, she takes a clever twist and points out that all your actions are now data. And that data is always being collected, but it will not be watched until after you commit a crime. Then your story is pieced together, in reverse ? footage of where you went and what you did, being viewed backwards from the most recent moment. And then she throws in a quote from Kierkegaard: "Life can only be understood backward but must be lived forward."
And intermixed with philosophy, Anderson keeps her wry sense of humor. At one point, she talks about a dream in which she gives birth to her dog. She illustrates the tale with bizarre comic drawings, and then she tells us that the dog looks up at her and says, "Thank you so much for having me," as if it has just been invited to a tea party. Ha. Later she talks about her own childhood memory of a trauma and reveals how our minds naturally clean up memories, leaving out certain details, and in that way you are holding onto a story and every time you tell the story, you forget it more. Cut to the computer icon of Missing File. The associations keep piling up, and they do indeed add up. It uses a complex and intellectual style, very astutely, to access emotional and intimate realities that are difficult to reach through overt methods. This film does tell a story, in its own subtly layered way.
It is sometimes a meditation on how to go on living despite despair ? "the purpose of death is the release of love," but it is also clearly Laurie Anderson's own personal tale. This is a tender memoir. It's Anderson's love story, about her dog, her mother, her husband, and her city. In the most uncommon and evocative way, this film has heart.


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11 Important Life Lessons We Learned From TLC Songs
At the height of their success, T-Boz, Chili, and Left Eye were best known for making music with a message. Revisit all their sage advice in CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story, only on VH1.
1. The only person who can make you happy is you.
"Unpretty" (FanMail)
2. Keep your feet on the ground and your head on your shoulders.
"Waterfalls" (CrazySexyCool)
3. If the grass is greener, go get some green.
"Switch" (CrazySexyCool)
4. Keep your friends close and your enemies far as hell away.
"Case of the Fake People" (CrazySexyCool)
5. Baseball caps are infinitely hotter on women, are you crazy?
"Hat 2 Da Back" (Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip)
6. Friends who aren't friends when times are hard were never actually friends.
"What About Your Friends" (Ooooooohhh… On the TLC Tip)
7. If lies didn't hurt people, there wouldn't be a separate category for "little white lies."
"Dear Lie" (FanMail)
8. Never underestimate the power of word of mouth.
"Girl Talk" (3D)
9. Sometimes it's OK to ask for what you want.
"Let's Do It Again" (CrazySexyCool)
10. Like, really ask for what you want.
"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" (Ooooooohhh… On The TLC Tip)
11. No scrubs.
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hey guys if you're like me your lookin for examples well heres one Gulf Coast this is some of the states that it concludes of: mississippi, alabama, louisiana, and florida. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk • contribs) 23:42, 12 September 2006
Lengths of coastline[edit]
Many pages describe how long the coast or border of a particular state or nation is. In light of the work done by Mandelbrot in his paper How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension and the work done by Lewis Fry Richardson, I'm a little confused because it seems to me that stating a country's coast or border as being x kilometres means nothing unless it is specified how these things are measured and what scale of measurement is used. How is the standard the measurement done? For example, what does it mean when the CIA World Factbook states that certain country's coastline is a particular length? 188.8.131.52 05:30, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
I would imagine that the CIA World Factbook would measure the coastlines (by satelite or whatever) in the standard units of measurements like kilometers or miles, having not noticed what units the figures are in I would presume that it is in the most common form of units D. BULL 12:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
There are many factors to be considered: is it measured at high water mark; do we measure up an estuary to the extent of the tide; are islands included; etc. Unless a person has a specialist need, maybe these things don't matter provided it is consistent for all countries. Then we have useful comparative information. In fact, there are standard techniques to estimate the distance - can someone explain them for us? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 08:10, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Hello friends. I got into this subject working on geography articles, which all state the "coastline" of political and geographic units. Now I have found out about Richardson. This information is very important and belongs in this article. If you look up "coastline" this is where you arrive. So, I am going to do a section and place it toward the end. No, I cannot tell you how the sources, including the CIA (and all countries) measure their coastlines. I doubt if there really are any precise universal techniques and I doubt if anyone serious is going to divulge this information to us. I would guess it has to do with analysis of aerial photography. But, we should say something about Richardson's discoveries; otherwise, one might think there is an absolute coastline out there waiting to be found. Don't no one delete the section please. You will have the option of moving or modifying it, but this information belongs in this article.Dave (talk) 10:55, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
types of coasts[edit]
In the types of coasts section i think theres an error. it says an emerging coastline is where theres relative sea level drop, and says its a result of isostatic rebound, and local subsidence.... these are not the same thing are they? isn't local subsidence the cause of a submerging coast? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedec (talk • contribs) 12:13, 23 March 2007
Why on earth is there a link to Archipelago associated with Arch, which is etymologically distinct, morphologically unrelated, and in no way connected to cliff erosion? Tsunomaru 12:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
- Because somebody wasn't paying attention when they reformatted the list from its earlier incarnation. Joe D (t) 20:36, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
Merge from shore[edit]
Shore/shoreline/coast/coastline - all the same thing! 188.8.131.52 (talk) 05:37, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I believe shore and coast are different. I am studying the Coast at the moment. The shore is the edge of the see whereas the coast is more than just that including Spits, Bays, Headlands etc. MikkyGay (talk) 15:09, 07 June 2008 (GMT)
To define or not to define[edit]
I notice that the landforms section consists mainly of lists of articles. I would rather have used the main or details templates but one list has an extensive structure that would not be suitable for those templates. Nor can I say that I disagree with the lists. They probably will get longer as coastal geology and geography are big subjects. I notice however that in cliff erosion definitions are filled in and the mixture looks terrible. We either should or should not. I say we should take out the definitions, as they only repeat or should repeat the definitions in the articles, and just leave the list. Unless I hear some objections to the contrary I am going to do that before I leave this article, and I will be leaving it after I finish with the coastline statistic. Meanwhile, I hate to be doing professional-quality work on articles that say, look Dick look, see Jane run. So I am trying to upgrade the quality. One more point. Some intrepid and ambitious soul created dozens of stubs based on this article. Well, thank you for getting the stubs out there, but we need articles and not stubs and we have to get beyond the grade-school level of encyclopedia on this. How about some volunteers.Dave (talk) 17:28, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Removal of class="references-small"[edit]
I removed all of <div class="references-small">, which was not used in correct way, in [1], while the wikify template attached intends these but it may be related with them. ayucat (talk) 22:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Coastline problem[edit]
In revisiting this problem I noticed the text has been corrupted. No one is seeking to measure an infinite coast. If you seek to measure it, you assume it is NOT infinite! Consequently the section acquired a couple tags, naturally, as it now is confusing. I will fix that. Let me say this. Thank you for your concern to make sure WP articles are accurate. I would suggest that, unless you know the topic, or can find out, and are willing to do the lookups, don't alter the text. Thank you.Branigan 15:25, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
All right, this is a much different situation. As I looked for a ref I discovered "Coastal Zone Management" with stated author Parmal Sharma, published in 2009. Guess what? I found our entire original section written by me in 2008 lifted word for word. Moreover, Parimal has copyrighted this book as though it were his. Additionally, someone - possibly him - has requested a reference on my wording! If I give his book as a reference it looks as though I stole his text! Moreover, since I had no copyright and neither does WP, he can insist the passage be taken out. That is in effect a transfer of authorship and ownership from us to him! I wrote it but he is now the author. I gave it up the moment I pressed "save" but he now takes it for his own from WP. This is absurd. I'm not going to rewrite my stuff because he copyrighted it. WP warns us against this eventuality but up until now I have not seen much of it. I did notice Google started doing this. but they attributed the text to WP. Sharma's not attributing, he's taking, and as far as I can see, getting away with it. That may not be all right with me. I'm taking out the request for a citation. The meaning is clear, it needs no citation. Also, there was a request to clarify "Infinity." This is a bogus request, everyone knows what infinity is. I'm not playing along with Sharma's appropriation. In fact I think I have reached my limit of toleration here. I have been a WP editor, and I enjoyed that to a large degree, but I think this is further than I am willing to go. I don't know if there is an answer to this problem. Let me think, but meanwhile, the point of diminishing returns has definitely been reached. No hard feelings. The experiment was probably worth a try.Branigan 16:15, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
New NEWS today, for future editing[edit]
The new disaster film, 'San Andreas', has put the major Californian fault in the spotlight.
Headline-1: It's not just San Andreas: Scientists reveal the hidden hazards that could trigger huge quakes and tsunamis off Californian coast
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3103187/It-s-not-just-San-Andreas-Scientists-reveal-hidden-hazards-trigger-huge-quakes-tsunamis-Californian-coast.html
QUOTE: "The new disaster film, 'San Andreas', has put the major Californian fault in the spotlight. But a new study has found it isn't just the San Andreas fault we should be worried about; a very real threat of earthquakes and tsunamis lurks offshore Southern California. Researchers say that several long faults could cause magnitude 8.0 quakes and tsunamis within 90 miles (145km) of the coast." -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 11:25, 30 May 2015 (UTC) -- PS: FYI for future editing.
- Study looked at structure of two large seafloor faults in the Borderland
- They found the Santa Cruz-Catalina Ridge Fault has been lifted upward
- It is also slipping sideways like the plates along the San Andreas Fault
- Could cause 8.0 quakes and tsunamis within 90 miles (145km) of coast


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The mortgage interest deduction for big houses and second homes.
Thanks to this tax break, the 5 million households in America making more than $200,000 a year get a lot more housing aid than the 20 million households living on less than $20,000. Deductions for mortgage interest incentivize people already capable of buying big homes to buy even bigger ones. This tax break applies as well to second homes (you only get one second home though!). Note: In the eyes of the Congressional Budget Office — the official word on this in Washington — the mortgage interest deduction is equivalent to the government offering you money, not you keeping your own money.


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New Delhi, The Union Government in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court has said that the National Investigation Agency is on the right track in its probe into the Malegaon blasts.
The centre has said that there is no truth that the NIA is going slow in the case while also stating that there was never any pressure on the public prosecutor.
The centre filed a detailed reply in the Supreme Court after it was served notices on the last date of hearing. The Supreme Court is hearing a petition seeking a directive to speed up the Malegaon probe and also ensure a free and fair trial.
Not going slow:
The Union Government was asked to file its responses on these allegations made in the petition. The government told the Supreme Court today that there was no truth in the allegation that the NIA was going slow in the case.
Further the Attorney General submitting on behalf of the Government of India also said that the allegation about pressurizing the prosecutor is also wrong.
The AG further submitted that there was no pressure on the Prosecutor Rohini Salian to go slow in the case. She had made these allegations in an interview recently in which she said she was being pressurized to go slow in the Malegaon case.
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The petition filed by activist and social worker, Harsh Mander had sought for a fair trial into the Malegaon blasts case. He had also challenged the removal of the prosecutor and termed the move as illegal and arbitrary in nature.
The petition was filed before the Supreme Court after Rohini Salian had told a newspaper that she was being pressurized to go slow in the case. She had accused the NIA of pressurizing her to go soft on the blast accused. The NIA however denied the charge terming it as baseless.
In the petition it was stated that the interference by the state in a judicial process is a violation of fundamental right to free and transparent trial. The duty of the state is to protect its citizens from terror irrespective of where it originates from, the petition also stated.
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Nice views from castle hill, easy walk up with lots of interpretive information to browse. A really fascinating story of Sitka of old and Russian Alaska. Thank god for Mr...
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and for some plaques that explain some of the history, especially of the early Russian times before the alaska purchase
Small, reasonably priced museum. Docents very knowledgeable and friendly. Interesting photos also of the tsunami.
Nice views from castle hill, easy walk up with lots of interpretive information to browse. A really fascinating story of Sitka of old and Russian Alaska. Thank god for Mr. Seward!
Even though the actual castle burnt down years ago it is still a great place to get your Alaskan history on the purchase of Alaskan territory
Walked up to view point. Some excellent views informative signs telling you all about history of it. Lovely place to be on a sunny day.(we were lucky) it was
An easy walk for all levels of fitness. . . Castle Hill is worth a visit if you are a history buff or if looking for a vantage point for a beautiful vista.
The site was established by Tlingit natives and was first occupied by Russia in 1804 and sold to the US in 1867 for $7 200 000.
Plenty of informative displays that detail the history of how this place came to be. A great lookout point and we also saw hummingbirds here. There is a ramp or stairs access, could do with some displays of what islands you are looking at, etc. Otherwise a short walk from centre of town.
No buildings remain of the many that have graced this lookout point over the centuries. There is a nice set of displays that tell the story of the site. And a few cannons remain. A nice little workout, if you take the stairs (for older travelers).
Known mainly as Castle Hill, this site was established by Tlingit natives. Occupied by Russia in 1804, Alaska was was transferred to the United States on this site in 1867. It offers a wonderful view of the water and downtown Sitka.
It is a national historic landmark that is a short walk from the port of Sitka.
There's not much to see, but there are great views of the bay and city. Plaques around the site explain the history of the area and the hill. I would recommend this as a starting point for a day exploring Sitka.
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Amy Moore, 38, was revived after she was put into a deep freeze to stop her brain suffering damage when her heart stopped. The mother-of-two from North Carolina was wrapped in an ice-cold blanket and injected with freezing fluids to bring her body temperature down to 93F (33C) far below the normal 98.6F (37C).
Mrs Moore had no pulse for 20 minutes before doctors attempted the procedure. Her brain was put into a dormant state to allow surgeons to get her damaged heart pumping again. She spent 48 hours on ice before doctors decided her heart was strong enough to work normally and slowly thawed her out.
Mrs Moore has suffered some memory loss as a result of the heart attack, but although she was effectively dead for 20 minutes, she has suffered no brain damage and is expected to make a full recovery. Her husband Jacob said: "She was in really bad shape. It was very scary."
British doctors used a similar ice treatment to save the life of 16-week-old Finley Burton, who was born with a hole in his heart, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne this year.
The infant was kept in a "cooling bag" for four days after he suffered potentially fatal problems following surgery, and was able to go home 12 weeks later. Therapeutic hypothermia treatment is becoming increasingly prevalent in America.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered ambulances to take cardiac arrest patients to hospitals with cooling centres. The concept goes back to the Greek physician Hippocrates who advocated packing wounded soldiers in snow and ice.
Researchers observed how children who fell into icy ponds could survive even if underwater for up to an hour. People who lose circulation in normal temperatures have a very low chance of surviving after just 10 minutes.
Dr Michael Sayre, from the American Heart Association, said: "It is hypothesised that cooling in the setting of cardiac arrest gives the brain time to rest and heal."
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InhaltsverzeichnisPreface to the first edition; to the second edition; to the third edition; 1. Things; 2. Stranger things; 3. Space; 4. Time; 5. Motion; 6. Energy; 7. Freedom; 8. Mass; 9. Chance; 10. Boojums; 11. Mystery; Appendices. Index.
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"It's funny, don't you think?" I thought she was talking about the movie. I barely turned my head as I mumbled my answer. "Mel?" Her foot nudged mine, insistent, and I turned to look at her. She looked calm sitting there on her couch, her head reclined on the arm and her feet tucked up next to mine. As calm as Anna could ever look.
"I said already." I wanted to listen to the movie, to the vital monologue that would explain everything, but she shoved me with her foot again and pressed pause.
"You're not listening to me."
The thing is, I always listened to her. She was hard to ignore.
"Okay, fine. Sorry."
"It's funny, right?" She asked again, and this time I tilted my head at her. She wasn't talking about the movie.
"What is?"
There was that wicked look again. That wild and unrestricted look, like she was seeing and thinking of something infinitely out of reach.
"The way you never thought about it." She sat up, shuffling backward until she was leaning her back against the arm rest, and looked back at me with a steadiness that often startled me. She was so discordant - it didn't make sense that this wild-looking child could be as patient as Mother Theresa, or as steady as the rotation of the Earth on its axis. But she was. And it made her horribly irresistible.
"The tree?"
She nodded.
"Anna, please, can we not talk about it?" Because it had, of late, been haunting me far more frequently. I was losing sleep to it. I was losing my mind to it. But she didn't seem to be able to stop thinking about it, and I think more than anything, if we were to have compared our losses, hers was the greater.
Because she was losing time to it.
"Oh, come on. It's just a tree." I knew she was right. Of course she was right. But fear is irrational.
"Come visit it with me."
No. Hell no. Not in a million years, and not with you.
But her words just hung in the air, and I couldn't stop staring at her. It was intriguing, the idea. I was terrified; I was fascinated. And how could I not? After weeks of thinking about it, how could I not visit it at least once? So I said yes, grudgingly, and she swung off the couch in a perfect arch and disappeared out the front door. I followed more slowly. More careful to where she waited, practically vibrating with excitement, in the front garden.
"Go get your backpack. Some water and snacks. We can do a picnic."
What a tame thing - it softened the fear just a little bit. Picnics were harmless things, Sunday-afternoon types of things. I could do that.
By the time we reached the edge of town, I was afraid again. Terrified. Every step closer felt heavier, and I was fighting my own limbs just to keep up. And we did pause, there at the end of the town, my toes hanging out over where the gravel dipped away into grass, hers a little farther out than mine. She looked up with the kind of familiar adoration of someone who'd done this a thousand times before. I looked up with childlike trepidation. This new and unspoken of thing, looming closer than it had ever been even in my thoughts and nightmares.
But we didn't linger for long there, and soon we were marching up the hill, and then we were breaching its peak, and then we were there.
It was there.
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"K" is for Kids Bathroom Makeover
12 comments:
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
it's gorgeous!!!! beautiful job, jaime!
- January 9, 2015 at 4:05 PM
- Gretchen said...
Whoa, what a big difference! I love, love, love the cedar plank against the white--so pretty!
- January 9, 2015 at 5:49 PM
- Korrie@RedHenHome said...
So amazing! What a great fresh look.
- January 9, 2015 at 10:57 PM
- Charlotte Smith said...
I love it!! SO original and clean and lovely! I'm DYING to do a plank wall and this cedar is such an interesting take! Did you use any adhesive, or just nails with the planks? Isn't it amazing how new and clean the tub and sink and toilet look now!! Well done!
- January 10, 2015 at 2:27 PM
- hammerlikeagirl said...
Awesome! I love that you went right over the wallpaper, how fun is that. It looks so clean and airy with the white against the cedar. I'm wondering what the floor is? It's so light colored (for now), is it an east coast wood (asks the west coast girl)? Really nice job and a very good point about using cedar outside of closets - why hide it?!
- January 10, 2015 at 2:49 PM
- Nora said...
Gorgeous!!! I pinned this for future reference!!! I want to this to our bathroom! Thank you for sharing!!!
- January 10, 2015 at 7:40 PM
- Mindy said...
It's beautiful! The sconce shade swap was genius.
- January 10, 2015 at 10:57 PM
- Amy Baesler said...
Oh Wow that cedar is so gorgeous. Awesome job, as always :-)
- January 13, 2015 at 12:29 AM
- Kim @ NewlyWoodwards said...
The cedar walls are stunning. Wow. Such a great contrast with the white trim.
And since I still don't have a toilet paper roll holder, that is happening. I love your pipe version.
- January 13, 2015 at 8:41 AM
- Karen Sue said...
nice look! I'm starting to collect ideas to re-do our kid bathroom...good stuff here. and I HATE that no one can put toilet paper on the holder but me! That is one of my FAVORITE features!!
- January 19, 2015 at 2:32 PM
- Kammy Wielenga said...
Wow! So nice and clean looking! Would love for you to join the Trash 2 Treasure link party on Kammy's Korner.
- February 2, 2015 at 10:58 PM
- Amanda Fettig said...
This turned out SO gorgeous!! I LOVE the cedar, it looks so pretty against all the white and the sunlight. And I bet it smells so yummy. :) Pinned!
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His pressurised helmet connected to the Grasp, a Navy salvage tug, by a communications and oxygen-supply umbilical, Chief Petty Officer Oelhafen and his diving partner, Petty Officer Douglas Irish, descend gently to the ocean floor. Suddenly from the inky silence, piles of wreckage come into view, illuminated by their hand-held torches and the lights of a remote submersible already in the area. Jagged metal shapes rise from the sand. Swaying eerily in the deep- water currents are yards of bare wiring ripped from the jet.
The men know that their 90-minute dive will be hazardous. They must take care not to slice or tangle the umbilicals. Their orders, meanwhile, remain the same as on previous days: priority number one is to locate the bodies of passengers still missing. But then, almost immediately, the lights of the submersible settle on two bright orange boxes. The writing on their sides leaves no doubt as to the magnitude of the find: "Flight Data Recorder".
The first breakthrough of the investigation into the crash had finally arrived. "We've seen pictures of what they look like," Oelhafen later related. "We've been briefed on what to do." The two boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and the data recorder - they are orange in spite of their "black box" nickname - were raised and by 2am they were on board a Blackhawk helicopter on the first leg of their journey to Washington, DC, for analysis in the laboratories of the National Transportation Safety Board.
The tapes were found to be intact. What they revealed further compelled investigators to believe that TWA 800 had been destroyed by some kind of criminal explosion. The voices tape yielded 11-and-a-half minutes of routine cockpit conversation from the moment of take-off from JFK International and then they went dead. Just before the silence, however, there was a "brief fraction-of-a- second sound" that was strikingly similar to noises heard on the recorders aboard two planes downed by terrorist bombs in 1985 and 1988 respectively: an Air India flight off Ireland and PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie. The very brevity of the noise will have been interpreted as further support of the bomb or missile theory but it is virtually impossible, even with the sophisticated computers available to the investigators, to determine whether the noise was a bomb. University researchers have attempted to analyse the sound spectrum of a bomb explosion to see whether it can be identified from cockpit voice recordings but so far without much luck.
Since the night of the crash, the FBI has been hunting locally on New York's Long Island and around the world for intelligence pointing to some terrorist conspiracy. Possible theories range from a bomb planted on board in a suicide or insurance-fraud stunt, to what now looks increasingly likely, a terrorist assault executed by a surface-to-air missile fired either from land or sea.
The less likely scenario - a massive mechanical failure on the aircraft - cannot be ruled out, however, until some actual physical evidence of an external attack is found. Such failures have never yet caused an instantaneous loss of electrical power and destruction of the plane. Typically, a structural break-up causes tremendous noise as the metal tears away from the structure. Such a sequence normally lasts several seconds at least, and would probably be recorded on the cockpit voice recorder. The flight data recorder, monitoring the movements of key control surfaces, and other data such as speed and heading, would be likely to show some unusual movements before the break- up.
The noise may be circumstantial evidence of a bomb or missile, but proof will come only from detailed examination of the wreckage, precious little of which has yet been recovered from the sea-bed. This was the case with the Lockerbie bomb. Confirmation that the brief noise recorded on the cockpit voice recorder was a bomb came only with evidence from the wreckage itself.
THE SEARCH, then, for such positive evidence continues this weekend at several locations. Investigators are still anxious for clues from the remainder of the plane's wreckage, more than 90 per cent of which remains under water. A new focus was provided by the discovery on Friday of two engines. They could prove critical in proving or disproving the missile theory.
Speculation about a missile began with the number of eye witnesses who reported seeing something streaking towards the airliner before it exploded. Additionally, still pictures from air traffic radars seemed to show an unexplained blip in the vicinity of the plane at the same instant. The blip was initially explained away as electronic interference but military officials remain haunted by the possibility that one or more shoulder- launch Stinger missiles which were smuggled to rebels in Afghanistan by the CIA in the 1980s may have fallen into the hands of a terrorist group hostile to the US.
Anxious to quash the missile talk (one version that refuses to go away suggests a US Air Guard plane in the area at the time might have accidentally downed the TWA jet), the Pentagon has emphasised that the aircraft was at an altitude of over 13,000ft when it met catastrophe, putting it at the very edge of the effective range of a Stinger. "The Army's Missile Command did some computer modelling, crunched all the data and determined it was not outside the realm of possibility, but it's also not likely," one officer told reporters. But reports yesterday suggested that a missile attack was now being favoured.
Lifting the engines to the surface for inspection is vital because Stinger missiles are heat-seeking; if one was indeed fired at the airliner it would almost certainly have struck at the rear of one of the engines as they roared to achieve cruising altitude. If an engine is found to bear evidence of a missile hit, then stage one of the investigation - what happened? - will be closed. Stage two will be the hunt for the perpetrators.
Pivotal also, meanwhile, is inspection both of the wreckage and of passengers' bodies by forensic scientists in search of residue that may have been left by an explosion. The leader of the forensic team is Tom Thurman, the chief of the FBI's explosives unit and a legend in the aviation accident community. It was Mr Thurman who made the breaks in determining that it was a bomb that downed PanAm 103 and who linked it to Libya. So far, no residue has been found and, as each day passes, the risk increases that any such evidence will be washed away by the ocean.
But if forensic tests fail to provide evidence of residue, there are still other trails of physical evidence that can be followed.
Divers have been making video tapes of the wreckage as it lies on the ocean floor so that the investigators can view the tapes, or watch the live relay from the remotely controlled submarines, to get their first look at the wreckage. Still more important will be analysis of the manner in which the parts of the plane broke apart. Investigators may be able to state with certainty that the damage has been caused, not by the impact of the plane on the water, but by an explosion.
Information emerging yesterday gleaned from debris position and radar scanner records points to an explosion that ripped out a portion of the right side of the aircraft and then ruptured the fuel tanks before triggering the fireball that sent it into the ocean nearly half a minute later.
Such evidence from debris, showing, for instance, whether parts of the skin were blown inwards or outwards, may also point to the nature of the blast. In the case of PanAm 103, the bomb hypothesis was reinforced by the discovery of damage to the tail caused not by the crash itself but by other parts of the plane blown out by the detonation. Even individual rivets can be examined to determine the direction in which they popped out and what kind of pressures were applied to them.
Using complex computer modelling calculating the terminal velocity of each piece of wreckage, the wind-speeds at the time, and the point in the air at which it began its free fall, it is possible to work out which pieces of the aircraft separated from the main structure first. This method is complicated by the fact that the wreckage struck the water, but there are computer models for sea currents too and, eventually, the investigators will be able to work out which bits came off the aircraft and when.
The sequence in which the plane broke up can tell investigators where to concentrate their examination of the wreckage. Attention is likely to be focused initially on the pieces that broke away first. As the jumbo's remains are assembled in a hangar the engineers' detective work on each recovered item continually narrows the focus. Explosions, fires, bombs and in-flight break-ups of planes all have characteristic signatures. An aviation-fuel vapour explosion will leave residues on the surfaces, and the forces that such explosions can exert have been quantified. High explosive detonates at a vastly greater rate than a fuel explosion, between 1,000 and 8,000 metres per second, much faster even than the high-speed debris of a disintegrating jet engine.
Under the microscope a bomb-damaged piece of aluminium or titanium, for example, will betray the velocity of the explosion and show hot-gas erosion, where the surface of the metal is seared by the extreme heat. Under an electron microscope there are a wide variety of features, such as pitting, curling, or fusing of the metal that are characteristic only of bombs. There will also be chemical residues of the explosive and its detonator. If a missile was involved, the investigators will find inward-pointing jagged edges on the remains of the part of the plane nearest the detonation or where the missile struck.
Still more arcane is the work that can be done inside the cockpit once it is located. If some kind of mechanical cataclysm did occur, all sorts of clues could present themselves. Investigators can, for example, examine the filaments in the bulbs of individual warning lights. If any were alight at the moment of the tragedy, the filaments will have been elongated slightly and will remain frozen in that state today.
THE bodies of the victims can reveal crucial evidence. One of the indecencies of such tragedies is that, for the purposes of a crash investigation, human remains are as much forensic evidence as the other items of wreckage. The victims may, for instance, display signs of eardrum damage or overpressure on the lungs which will point to particular types of explosion.
In 1967, for example, a British Comet airliner plunged into the Mediterranean, leaving only a few bodies and seat cushions on the surface, with the main wreckage too deep to recover. The then chief investigating officer of the UK's Accident Investigation Branch, Eric Newton, asked the pathologists to X-ray the bodies. Tiny fragments of metal were found in some of them which could only have entered the bodies at a velocity far higher than any impact force, or from the force of a fuel explosion. Similar fragments were found in the seat cushions.
This provided not just evidence, but positive proof that a bomb had exploded on the plane. Newton and his team positioned rods and wires along the trajectory on which the objects had entered the bodies and the cushions and were able to work out where the bomb must have been placed. Since then, the X-raying of bodies or body-fragments has become standard procedure in cases where bombs are suspected.
There are other characteristics of bomb explosions, among them the feature that first alerted investigators to the likelihood of a bomb having downed PanAm 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. A piece of the cargo container in which the bomb had been planted was embedded with parts of the radio-cassette player. The force required to embed the material in the cargo container wall was clearly far in excess of that which could be produced by anything other than a bomb explosion. Similarly, if a bomb is responsible for the TWA flight 800 catastrophe, it may well have embedded parts of its trigger mechanism in the aircraft wreckage.
AT THE National Transportation Safety Board's nondescript headquarters in Washington, DC, the examination of the various "black box" tapes goes on, with additional expertise being provided by British experts who took part in the PanAm inquiry. Repeated analysis of that final "sound" may eventually determine its source. The team will be able to compare how the sound was transmitted first through the air to the cockpit's microphones and second through the aircraft's skin. Because sound will have travelled faster via the skin, it should be possible to determine the distance of the blast from the cockpit.
And finally, back at the site of the crash nine miles off the southern shore of Long Island, Petty Officer Oelhafen and scores of his fellow Navy divers will continue probing the ghostly wreckage, and their search for the nearly 100 bodies that remain missing. To us it is still a mystery, but the suspicion that passengers and crew may have been fully aware of what was happening can only increase the horror of the task. "Nothing compares to this," remarked one diver, Andy Gliganick. "And I hope nothing in my life ever will compare to this."
The vital clues: what the investigators are looking for
Three scenarios are still being considered. Each new finding narrows the possibilities
Mechanical failure
n Probably the only cause of a such a rapid explosion would be a catastrophic engine failure: the investigators will determine whether the engines were running at the time of the explosion or when they fell into the sea
n In a structural break-up the noise of metal tearing would probably be recorded on the cockpit voice recorder. The flight data recorder would show unusual movements
n Evidence from the cockpit, including examination of the filaments of bulbs, could determine whether warning lights of failing systems had been activated
n The investigators will be comparing the sound heard on the cockpit voice recorder with previous known incidents caused by bombs
n A bomb would leave residue from accelerants on wreckage but some of this may have been washed off by the sea or sand on the sea bed
n Fragments of the bomb (or parts of the plane near to the explosion) would have penetrated deep into parts of the wreckage and into the bodies of the passengers
n Aircraft skin would have been blown outwards by detonation of a bomb from within the aircraft
n A missile would probably be heat-seeking: it would almost certainly have severely damaged a rear part of one of the engines. The missile could be triggered outside the aircraft by proximity to its target, in which case the wreckage would show damage from the outside
n The aircraft's altitude (13,000ft) puts it just within range of a ground-to-air missile
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Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heartby Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata's voice has made numerous appearances since her solo debut in 2004: on albums by Ray LaMontagne and Rhett Miller, on TV sitcoms, on Ryan Adams & the Cardinals' acclaimed Cold Roses, and on a pair of Yamagata's own EPs. Despite such a flurry of activity, however, the songwriter found herself dropped from the RCA roster after Happenstance's release, a move that prolonged the finishing of her second studio LP. Arriving in 2008 on the Warner Bros. label, Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart literally splits Yamagata's musical personality into two parts -- the first disc, Elephants, pitches its tent closer to the Happenstance camp with lushly textured ballads, while Teeth Sinking Into Heart plays up the singer's debt to rock artists like PJ Harvey. The latter CD is the biggest surprise here, as it displays a swaggering confidence that wasn't as evident on Yamagata's previous releases. She raises her voice in volume and pitch, affecting a measured snarl during songs like "Sidedish Friend" and "Faster." The potent set ends with "Don't," a weary ballad that recalls Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and flaunts an expletive-filled refrain. While the song's lyrics are aligned with the rest of Teeth Sinking Into Heart, its sound still emphasizes Yamagata's strength as a master of slow-moving, wounded love songs. Elephant furthers that bittersweet style with ten songs (one of them hidden), effectively doubling the size of Teeth. The disc features a gorgeous cameo by Ray LaMontagne, whose Southern croon does a slow dance with Yamagata on the aptly named "Duet." Like LaMontagne's most intimate material, Elephant moves in quiet circles, mining Yamagata's heartbroken past for melodic effect while dressing up her songs in layers of strings, woodwinds, and acoustic instruments. This is where her voice truly shines -- even when it seemingly hides from the spotlight, reducing itself to a cracked whisper while delivering Yamagata's lyrics. Fittingly, she matches such strong songcraft with equally strong content. "So for those of you falling in love," she advises during the first disc's title track, "keep it kind, keep it good, keep it right. Throw yourself in the midst of danger, but keep one eye open at night." Spoken like a true veteran of solitude and heartbreak, and performed like one of the strongest songwriters to emerge during the early 21st century.
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- Release Date:
- 10/07/2008
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Album Credits
Performance CreditsRachael Yamagata Primary Artist,Acoustic Guitar,Harmonica,Piano,Glockenspiel,Vocals
Kevin Salem Acoustic Guitar,Dobro,Electric Guitar,Harmonium,Tack Piano
Peck Allmond Flute
Robert Carlisle French Horn
Jennifer Condos Bass,Bass Guitar
Marilyn Coyne Oboe
Davey Faragher Bass,Bass Guitar
Mark Goldenberg Electric Guitar
Ray LaMontagne Acoustic Guitar,Vocals,Guest Appearance
Lorenza Ponce Violin
Tracy Sands Cello
John Alagia Acoustic Guitar,Bass
Jay Bellerose Drums
Christopher Cardona Viola
Jane Scarpantoni Cello
Matthew Cullen Gong
Antoine Silverman Violin,Concert Master
Oliver Kraus Violin,Cello
Sean O'Keefe Drums
Dan Carlisle Bass
Kimberly Salistean Violin
Peter Donovan Double Bass
Mike Mogis Organ,Acoustic Guitar,Percussion,Electric Guitar,Keyboards,Moog Synthesizer,Wurlitzer
Maria Taylor Background Vocals,Guest Appearance
James Valentine Electric Guitar,Guest Appearance
Than Luu Percussion,Conga,Drums
Cameron McGill Piano,Electric Guitar
Jason Boesel Drums
Daniel Clarke fender rhodes
Catherine Popper Upright Bass
Michael Chavez Electric Guitar
Mike Bloom Dobro,Electric Guitar
Donna Carnes Violin
Joshua Grange Electric Guitar
Cynthia Ricker Viola
Nate Cambell Marimbas
Becky Doe Violin,Soloist
Chris Giraldi Drums
Owen Kotler Clarinet
Nebraska Quartet String Quartet
Nebraska String Quartet String Quartet
Donna Carnes Violin
Cynthia Ricker Viola
Jon O'Reilly Drums
Becky Doe Violin
Owen Kotler Clarinet
Chris Giraldi Drums
Technical CreditsMark McKenna Engineer
Brian Scheuble Engineer
John Alagia Producer,Audio Production
Matthew Cullen Engineer
Jon Altschiller Engineer,Audio Production
Oliver Kraus Arranger,String Arrangements
Sean O'Keefe Engineer,Drum Engineering,Piano Engineer
Paul Durham Composer
Mike Mogis Producer,Audio Production
Nate Walcott Arranger,Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements,Woodwind Arrangement
Rachael Yamagata Arranger,Composer
NY Strings String Section
Chris Harden Engineer
Brian Cockburn Smith Engineer,Guitar Engineer,Instrument Technician
Becky Doe String Arrangements
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No. There's a lot more to be said about the 2004 Red Sox than that list of high payed players, especially when Nomar only played 38 games for the Red Sox that year before being traded to the Cubs. And that Nixon only played 48 regular season games, meanwhile a player like Bellhorn was a big contributer and getting payed $490,000. You're simplifying their approach that year to just "spending money", which categorically isn't true. You've decided to define Moneyball as just the exploitation of market inefficiencies, that's cool. I tend to think the book and that term describe something bigger than that, but if you want to define it like that cool.
The problem lies with how Burke was using the term. It appears, given the context of the other quotes, that he was using it as a stand-in for Sabremetrics. And even if you personally discount the 2004 Red Sox as merely a big spending team, you can't ignore how Sabremetrics has influenced every MLB franchise since Beane popularized it. That's the point. Teams do win using that approach, and it's used so much now that the market inefficiencies Beane explotited in the early years are gone because everyone else has realized how valuable those players are. Burke wasn't using Moneyball to describe exploiting market inefficiencies, he was using it to describe Sabremetrics... and clearly he is wrong.
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