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Space Coast Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL). Image source: Wikipedia.
I received in e-mail today an unrequested "Space E-Newsletter" from Space Coast congressional representative Bill Posey.
It's not online anywhere I can find, and it's very lengthy, so I won't post the entire missive here. If you want the newsletter, e-mail me at email@example.com and I'll forward it to you.
But I will give you the highlights.
The letter begins:
These are exciting times for our District, for NASA and man's continued efforts to explore the cosmos with his instruments and his footsteps. This year alone, nine missions have been launched from our backyard at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral by United Launch Alliance and Space-X. Orion is now at KSC and is being prepared for it's fall 2014 launch.
There are some exciting space-related topics that I would like to share with you in this edition of my Space E-Newsletter, including my legislation to help keep America the leader in Space, an update on some new commercial space launch initiatives, the threat of a natural or man-made Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) and what I am doing about it, and finally, my thoughts on where NASA should set its sights and why.
EMPs?! Really?!
But this is the man who claims that China wants a military base on the Moon, so I guess for him EMPs are a natural extension of this fantasy.
Here's the entire text of his EMP section:
Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) Defense and the SHIELD Act
When a hurricane, a strong thunderstorm or a downed power line leaves us in the dark we are reminded of how important electricity is to our daily lives. Fortunately, no one has yet experienced a national power outage, or the devastation it would cause — not just the loss of lighting, but the loss of refrigeration, of air traffic control and of life-sustaining hospital equipment. However, our power grid could suffer just such a widespread failure if it were struck by a powerful Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP), either from a nuclear missile detonated high above our country by a rogue nation, or from a powerful, naturally occurring solar flare.
Just as the Earth has weather that we must contend with, the Sun has weather too, with activity that comes in the form of solar prominences and even storms. The most violent solar storm on record occurred in 1859 and completely shut down the modern communications of the day — the telegraph. Today, experts believe a solar storm of that magnitude could literally plunge large parts of Earth into darkness for an extended period of time.
To help protect our country from this, Congressman Posey has co-sponsored The SHIELD Act (the "Secure High-voltage Infrastructure for Electricity from Lethal Damage Act"), H.R. 2417, introduced by Congressman Trent Franks. The SHIELD Act is bipartisan legislation that encourages cooperation between industry and government in the development and implementation of standards and processes that are necessary to protect our electric grid from a major EMP event. The SHIELD Act also requires that standards be developed within six months of enactment, ensuring a faster timeline of protection. Another solar storm may be just around the corner. It is important to prepare now so that we can defend against potentially serious adverse effects.
Click here for more information about H.R. 2417. The bill was referred on June 21 to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power, and has gone nowhere. The bill actually has 24 co-sponsors, not just Posey. As for H.R. 2417 being "bipartisan legislation" as Posey claims, the bill's sponsor and 23 of the 24 co-sponsors are Republicans. The lone Democrat is Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY). An old "bipartisan" trick played by both sides.
Elsewhere in the newsletter ...
Posey states he has created a congressional staffer group called Space Advocates to discuss space policy. Just which staffers of which partisan stripe are included isn't mentioned.
Posey's Team Organizes Weekly Space Advocates Group
As Congressional schedules and legislative agendas are impacted by the latest headlines, attention to important NASA and space-related issues could be pushed to the back burner in congressional offices. Recognizing this challenge, Rep. Posey directed his Washington staff to organized a group on Capitol Hill unabashedly called "Space Advocates". Space Advocates currently involves about 70 Congressional staffers working on NASA and space-related issues for their Representatives. Space Advocates regularly meets to discuss timely space-related challenges, opportunities and legislation with the stated goal of educating staff and promoting U.S. space policy.
Meeting almost a dozen times so far this year, the Space Advocates have helped lead the discussion in a number of areas — in one instance, hosting panel discussions on NASA's proposed Asteroid Retrieval Mission — bringing in experts from around the country to educate the staffers who advise their Members of Congress. Leading U.S. space companies have also provided updates at Space Advocate meetings.
In an era of shrinking budgets and attention-grabbing headlines, NASA and the commercial space industry need help to insure their issues maintain the awareness on Capitol Hill that they deserve. Rep. Posey's team in Washington is working hard to make sure that happens through the work of the Space Advocates. Many of us recall that the space station only survived by one vote in the early 1990's. Space advocates makes sure that we are on offense to avoid close calls in the future.
To his credit, unlike many of his colleagues on the House Space Subcommittee Posey seems more open-minded to growing a private space sector here in the U.S.
The rapidly growing commercial space sector could well be the most historically significant development of the modern era, yet the ability of American companies to capture this market may be hampered if government regulations stand in their way. That is why Congressman Posey and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy recently introduced the Suborbital and Orbital Advancement and Regulatory Streamlining ("SOARS") Act, H.R 3038. Its purpose is to update the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) licensing process for commercial space launch companies and establish demonstration projects for the use of experimental aircraft in support of those launch activities.
Posey also details a recent meeting with Bigelow Aerospace representatives.
Rep. Posey Invites Company to Share Moon Base Plan
Rep. Posey introduced bipartisan legislation called "the REAL Space Act" (H.R. 1446) which puts NASA on a path to return to the Moon by 2022. A private company, Bigelow Aerospace, may partner with NASA to help make that happen.
Congressman Posey recently met with Bigelow Aerospace representatives to get a better understanding of the company's plans to establish a permanent base on the Moon within a decade.
A model of Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitat modules on the lunar surface. Image source: Bigelow Aerospace / NBCNews.com.
Bigelow Aerospace has been constructing outer space habitats since 1999. Two of their test modules have been in orbit since 2007.
Their long-range plan for a lunar base begins with the launch and assembly of a two-module, 90-foot-long space station in Earth orbit by 2018. Rockets will be attached to the structure in 2021 to move the station to an orbit around the Moon. At that point, a third Bigelow habitat will launch from Earth and then be remotely piloted down to the lunar surface by astronauts in the orbiting space station.
Once they confirm that it is performing as designed, four astronauts will descend from the orbiting space station to the lunar base where they will begin work.
Bigelow is also working with another firm to develop a 'Lunar Lander'. It will provide the means to easily move back and forth between their space station and the habitat on the Moon. The Bigelow Lunar Lander will leverage a simplified NASA design, flying astronauts from 60 miles above the Moon down to the surface.
Bigelow hopes to see four astronauts begin full-time occupancy of their lunar habitat by 2023. Their hope is to then work with NASA to develop the technologies and techniques needed for mankind's next 'giant leap' in manned space exploration — MARS!
The newsletter includes an essay by Posey supporting a NASA human spaceflight mission to Mars — but doesn't say how he'd pay for it, or explain how the crew would survive the potentially lethal doses of radiation during the probable three-year mission. Posey dismisses the Obama administration's Asteroid Initiative which would cost far less than a Mars program. He writes:
The asteroid plan is also riddled with unprecedented technical challenges which will be very expensive to solve.
And a Mars mission differs ... how?!
Nor does he tell us why humans should go when NASA robotic rovers such as Curiosity are exploring Mars just fine.
I'm pretty sure that Rep. Posey's staff reads this blog. (Hello.) Please tell your boss that any NASA human spaceflight program — Moon, asteroid or Mars — will be hideously expensive. In current dollars, the 1960s Apollo program cost $150 billion. I think we'd all agree that Congress won't spend that kind of money today, especially when we have robotic craft that will do it much more cheaply without risking human lives.
The NASA model of the 1960s, which perpetuates to this day, is very obsolete. NASA was meant to be an aerospace research and development agency. It changed when President Kennedy proposed the human lunar program.
That decision twisted NASA into a giant pork program that is politically and fiscally unsustainable. Elected officials in Congress for decades have babbled about resurrecting Apollo, but never put enough money behind it.
Only enough to protect the interests of their districts and states, and the interests of the aerospace companies that contribute to their re-election campaigns.
If not for the perceived Cold War threat from the Soviet Union, an American human spaceflight program never would have evolved as it did. It wasn't the logical way to do it.
I refer you to this 1961 article by General Electric CEO Ralph Cordiner, a prominent Republican of his time who realized the consequence of a bloated government space program. Mr. Cordiner has been cited by recently departed NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver — a prominent Democrat of her time.
So this shouldn't be a partisan issue. It should be a logical issue.
The logical way to proceed is for NASA to evolve capabilities that can be transferred to the private sector, which can do it far more effectively and cheaply, free of government porking.
A notional image of a SpaceX Dragon landing on Mars. Image source: io09.com.
The roles should be reversed from what they are now. Bob Bigelow and NASA Associate Administrator William Gerstenmaier suggested during a May teleconference that NASA's future role should be as a think-tank for the private sector. If Bigelow, SpaceX or some other NewSpacer needs a solution to a problem ... they can seek guidance from NASA.
That's why the commercial cargo program, and now commercial crew, have succeeded far beyond what was anticipated. NASA sets the milestones, offers advice, walks alongside the private company — but in the end, the company finds its own path to achieve the milestone.
You don't like the Asteroid Initiative? That's your perogative. But it exists only because Congress foisted the Space Launch System program upon NASA in 2010, after the failure of the Constellation program. NASA didn't ask for SLS. You made them do it.
But you didn't tell them what to do with it.
And you, the members of Congress, still haven't done so.
You can pass all the unfunded bills you want ordering NASA to study human lunar and Martian missions. They're a waste of money unless you the Congress put hundreds of billions of dollars behind it.
Which you won't.
So be honest with us, the taxpayers and your constituents, and admit that human deep-space missions in the current fiscal environment are unsustainable. Put the money into NewSpace where it belongs. Allow them to go to the Moon, to asteroids, and one day to Mars.
Humanity will get there a lot sooner once Congress gets out of the way.


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Sunday, July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July!
Happy 4th of July! My Mom got the kids cute flag shirts from Old Navy! Of course, she didn't get me one... which is ok, I dug up one from 1999! lol! I actually have a ton of flag shirts from Old Navy, I really don't need anymore! Today we went over to my brother's house for a delicious BBQ!
My brother Jeff BBQ'ed hamburgers and hot dogs. Yum!
We also had a little bit of wine from a winery called Chaumette Winery and Vineyards in St. Genevieve, Missouri. I love Missouri wineries :d
Isn't Autumn cute in the cushie chair eating her fruit? Nathan is cute, too, of course!
Of course, Tracy picked up some festive cupcakes from Whipt Creme! They were delicious, complete with flavored icing!
Autumn dived into her cupcake! Jeff wanted to hose her off, but I had some baby wipes on hand :)
Tracy and her sister Lori blew lots and lots of bubbles for the kids
Here they are chasing the bubbles
My Mom and brother with the kids
Jeff even got some 'mild' fireworks for Nathan and Autumn. They shot out confetti, Nathan is loving the fireworks this year.
Nathan covered in confetti
Poor Autumn, just not a fan of fireworks
I had to take a picture... Autumn has two moles! Poor thing, she is going to have moles like her Mommy! :(
Autumn = Road Runner and Climber
Jeff set up the Christmas train for Nathan, he loved it!
Tracy's new bird... unfortunately you can't see him in this photo! He is really sweet!


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Welcome to this informational course on an introduction to caring for you and your instrument. This information will help you in ways that will ensure you succeed in your playing. Keep on keeping on for your brave learning at becoming a musician. This course is very simple for new musicians. There is another course if you find this too simple. :-)
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Objective: Learn How to say Ukulele in Hawaiian and a short history on the ukulele.
Objective: Learn to expect positive experiences for including this instrument in your lifestyle. You can never be lonely or bored again, or it will widen your circle of friends.
Activity sheet
Put up some suggestions on the page on why Ukulele is good for you.
Keep this list written out so you can see it. Share here.
Learn to keep on keeping on.
Share here if you are entertained by playing music and why it doesn't bore you.
How does it affect your mood?
Do the challenges absorb you?
Are you a worried that you may not continue in playing this instrument? Let us know so we can be a team to encourage you and give you our positive results.
This lecture's objectives is to learn the parts of the ukulele and a pdf to download.
Objective: Resource for you to print out.
This pdf ensures you can talk about the parts of your ukulele with the appropriate labels
Objective: Decide on which ukulele to buy. Visit the music shop and try out some. Ask about good strings.
Objective: Learn how to hold your ukulele
As opposed to guitars which have straps for easier holding, the soprano and concert ukulele are small and don't need a shoulder strap.
Hold the ukulele high up on your body, around the chest area. The body of the ukulele should be cradled in your right arm, with your right hand extended for strumming/picking. Be careful not to hold it too tightly, or you will smother the tone.
If you are a lefty, swap the words right and left in this article, and you're all set to go.
Description: What do you remember on the ukulele
Open Strings.
This video shows you the Open Strings.
The Special C6 and Am7 - open strings
C6 and Am7 are the same chord and this is what the ukulele is tuned to on the piano and makes open string tuning. So no finger placement is required so far to practice strumming. The sounds are tuned to the GCEA sounds on the piano.
Left hand tuning is opposite to the Right Hand tuning. Turn the soprano ukulele over and tune as GCEA going down from your chin.
Remember string No. 1 is closest to your knee = A string on the left hand tuning and right hand tuning.
The outside strings are thin
The inside strings are thick and tune as shown. There isn't another type of ukulele that one can just turn over without changing the strings. Try it out if you need, or start as you mean to finish and play like a right handed player. Sitting opposite mirror image to a right hander to begin with can help.
There are plenty of left handers in string players. The notes on the ukulele songs are still the same.
Objective: Learn health and safety: These suggestions are vital to enable long term health of your hands and body while playing.
What ways are necessary to warm up pre playing the ukulele?
Objective: To learn
What are some techniques to care for your valuable instrument?
Objective: To learn care for the good strings you purchased. This is an investment in your future musical lifestyle.
Troubleshooting Tip:
If your ukulele is new or the strings are new,then strum it hard for the first week
to settle in the strings (this stretches them).
Keep tuning as you go so they get good exercise and limbers up.
Wipe the strings down with a paper towel as oils from our fingers transfer to the strings
What are the 4 tones that the ukulele is tuned to that we are using?
Objective: Strum for 4/4 music and Latin. DDU UDU. This is the first strum i was taught on the guitar and it has proven very useful for plenty of adaptions on the ukulele. When you strum this repeat the strum structure in your head so your brain nerves learn the pattern instinctively. Ukulele is all about letting your brain learn patterns to create the nerve pathways. Perhaps eat brain food while you are learning and take a multi vitamin.
Can you work out the strum used in this style?
I realise this is a child's ukulele playing but I thought you might enjoy the early finger picking and brush strum. The strings are numbered from the bottom close to your knee at number 1 up to number 4 closer to your chin.
Read the pdf attached.
Understand through fingers or the chart the circle of 5ths. The major chords used in songs
Leave some feedback. Move on to the next course where you learn to play. Ukulele Beginners 1 This is where you get stuck in and learn to strum and play in two keys and many chords.
This Taumarunui Ukulele page has good songs and information on a monthly basis.
This song uses two chords, C and G7. Try it out.
https://youtu.be/PMigXnXMhQ4 This is the UTUBE video by Harry Belafonte.
Play and sing Happy Birthday. Key of C - C, G7 and F.
Mercedes Benz is in the Chords of A and D.
Down in the valley is played in G and D7. This is the I and V7 in the chord charts.
Other chords you can use are
A and E7:
D and A7:
E and B7,
C and G7: or
F and C7
Try the song in different chords to fit your voice or group of singers.
Checklist for your learning objectives
This pdf is an index of names of musical terms.
My life has been full of learning in many areas.
I live in a small bi-cultural town in a 1960s home. I spent many years in a big city which became too busy for me.
My interests are studying other Udemy courses, lots of reading, crochet, ukulele, freelance writing, ballroom and line dancing. I am a parish secretary and a Charitable Trust secretary and on a Victim Support committee.
I have a BA majoring in English, accounting, Nutritional diploma in alternative medicine. I am now doing a Graduate Diploma in Journalism. Grad Diploma in alternative Clinical Nutrition. Primary Teaching training, Diploma in Management.
I ran my own home business for small business owners accounting for more than 10 years. I also ran a nutritional clinic prior to accounting. I had articles published in alternative health magazines
I play and teach ukulele for fun and laughter. Music warms the heart and makes friends.
I have grown children and four grandchildren.
I enjoy helping students with answers to their questions. I hope your enjoy my courses like I enjoy learning. Let me know what other courses you might like me to teach. Ukulele for Christians, children.
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DAFZA is considered one of the Middle East's most preferred business and commercial hubs, with logistics and freight companies – including industry leaders TNT, FedEx, and DHL – accounting for the fourth largest represented sector in the free zone. SDV's new facility will leverage DAFZA's advanced logistics infrastructure and services to consistently meet the stringent demands of customers in the aerospace, luxury, cosmetics and telecommunications industry.
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Dissident artist Ai Weiwei yesterday lashed out at Beijing tax authorities for hindering his efforts to appeal against his 15 million yuan (HK$18.36 million) tax bill, saying it was a ploy to force him to pay up and effectively admit tax evasion.
The Beijing tax bureau told Ai, co-designer of the iconic 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, that he needed to deposit 8.45 million yuan into a bank account as a financial guarantee before he could pursue an administrative review of its demand for 15 million yuan in back taxes and late-payment penalties.
Ai, 54, who was detained for 81 days without charge earlier this year, sees the hefty tax penalty as retaliation by the authorities for his relentless criticism of the Communist Party. But yesterday, two days before the payment was due, tax officials refused to accept the proof of the guarantee, saying he should instead pay the money directly into one of the tax bureau's accounts.
'Now they're saying we have to deposit it into the tax bureau's account [so] even during the appeal, they can just take it, which is not fair,' Ai said. 'That way they can tell the public: 'This guy has paid and the case is over ... that's all they want, they're so childish.'
Ai said it was just the authorities' backhanded way of coercing him into paying the bill and effectively admitting tax evasion - a charge he denies. For the sake of clearing his name, Ai said he would not give up his fight, but also said he could not afford to be optimistic.
'We can never win in court,' he said. '[Before], they told me that if the state said you've violated the tax law, you'd better admit to it because the state would never change its mind,' he said, referring to what he was told by officials at the beginning of his detention in April. They made clear that his treatment was the result of his criticism of the government, he said.
An official at the Beijing tax bureau refused to comment yesterday.
Ai, officially barred from giving media interviews after he was released on bail in June, said continued persecution from the government meant he had no choice but to speak out - even though he is often warned that he could be detained again.
'[They said] we can take you in and never let you out again, don't forget that,' Ai said. 'The threat is always there ... they make sure you understand that nothing can protect you.'
Ai's lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, said the tax authorities' refusal to accept Ai's financial guarantee, and demand payment of a deposit instead, was 'obviously hurting or restricting the taxpayer's right to pursue an administrative review'.
As of late Sunday, nearly 30,000 supporters had donated 8.69 million yuan to help Ai pay the hefty tax bill and fines. Ai has said he is treating the money as loans that he will pay back. The donations were his supporters' vote of defiance against government suppression, he said.
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The plot is very simple - you control a police car (it is always a pleasure to steer), which flies to the task, including the siren. However, the road to it is not inferior to anybody and your task is to maneuver in traffic and collect fuel that quickly comes to an end, as you inform the scale, which, in fact, is when your car will stop and have to start the stage again. In fact, the only thing that happens in the game. The scale shows how much fuel is left, the counter counts how many meters you have passed, the machine prevents ... although they are relatively tangle, the speed is not very high, little traffic, so that in fact the only problem - the amount of gasoline, which both typically lack. And just about that I wanted to talk to, because yes, the game is very boring if you look primitive, but it is very little weight and is suitable for the weakest devices, simple operation, easy gameplay and cute graphics definitely like children who do not always They want to enter into details of the plot and other aspects, which are abundant in other games. Besides, the game does not pull you for a long time, so give it a few minutes always succeed.
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Islamic State (ISIS) supporters and fighters depend on online communication to spread and distribute jihadi content, to recruit new members and potential operatives in the West, and to coordinate and organize activities, which may be of a terrorist nature. Online networks of jihadi supporters have proved to be resilient, switching platforms when necessary to avoid and thwart efforts to shut them down.
Although ISIS supporters have abandoned Facebook almost entirely in favor of other options such as Telegram, they appear to have recently returned to Facebook in significant numbers. Facebook offers supporters the ability to share content and communicate, while enjoying relative anonymity among its millions of users. While previous efforts seemed to have diminished jihadi presence on the social network, the individuals have adapted to the disruption and adopted practices to circumvent blocking efforts.
The following report will present a selection of suspicious accounts, which all have links to one another, through common "liked" pages or groups, or are members of the same Facebook friend network. They all have expressed signs of support for ISIS or shared jihadi content on their pages. Each user is likely to be in direct contact with, or able to make direct contact with, ISIS operatives in Syria and Iraq. Many of these individuals are believed to be on the French security services' list of potential national security threats (the "S files").
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - This column is rated R.
It's restricted to those unafraid of traveling behind the scenes at Walt Disney World.
I'll try not to spoil too many fantasies. But Rae L'Heureux, our guide on a backstage tour of the Magic Kingdom, shamed me into cautioning readers about the secrets she revealed.
"You wouldn't want to destroy any young child's dreams with what you write, would you?" she asked.
Well, no.
Not that I ingested any scandalous journalist-only tidbits. The five-hour tour, which meanders through back lots, a private tunnel, and more otherwise off-limits spaces, is available to any visitor age 16 or older.
But just to be certain I don't shock any wide-eyed Disney devotee, let me toss out a test:
Mickey Mouse is a girl.
L'Heureux, a Disney World cast member for 11 1/2 years, should know. "I was the man himself," she said.
But she continued (close your eyes, kids), "I can honestly say that I was also a hooker in the Magic Kingdom."
Come again? "Our parade floats are battery-powered, and they don't have enough oomph to get up the hill [from the float barn, which we toured] and into the parade route," L'Heureux explained. "You hook a towing device onto the floats to give them power. One of my responsibilities was to do the hooking."
Back to Mickey.
"You go to a character audition, and the first thing they do is measure your height," L'Heureux said. "You may be chipmunk height, mouse height or Goofy height. That determines what character you portray."
L'Heureux is chipmunk height, but close enough to don a Mickey costume in a pinch.
"If you are a girl at mouse height, you can be Mickey," she said. "If you're a boy at mouse height, you can be Minnie."
Weight, she said, is no longer a major issue except for Tinker Bell. "Tinker Bell flies, so there are safety concerns," L'Heureux explained. "She has to weigh between 95 pounds and 115 pounds."
Age isn't an obstacle, either: L'Heureux said that one Tinker Bell retired at 72.
Here's more inside perspective:
"Every time you see a character at Disney World, a backup is in close proximity," L'Heureux said. "Those costumes weigh about 40 pounds, and there is no air conditioning built in. The maximum time you are allowed to be in costume during summer is 20 minutes, except for parades. So after 20 minutes, a character goes behind the scenes, then reappears. But it's a different cast member."
Note the words "cast member." At Disney World, all 60,000 employees - from Mickey and Goofy to lighting technicians - are known as cast members.
One more anecdote about the world's most beloved mouse: Walt Disney's original name for the character was Mortimer. "But when he took the idea to his wife, Lillian, she said no," L'Heureux told us. "She suggested Mickey. Why? Because before Lillian met Walt, she dated a man named Mickey."
L'Heureux's tour, which costs $60 per person, plus park admission, provided other insights:
The names inscribed on windows along the Magic Kingdom's Main Street represent "our rolling credits," L'Heureux said. It's hardly a surprise to see windows dedicated to Walt and Roy Disney, but who is M.T. Lott? "Some windows are historical, others are hysterical," L'Heureux responded. "Disney World started with empty lots."
Look down as you walk and you'll see what appear to be repairs, or plugs, in the pavement. "But we know them as RFIDs, or radio frequency identification," L'Heureux said. "As parades approach, they send a message to start the music."
Almost every building, rock or other visible element is made of fiberglass and steel. There are no bricks in Cinderella's castle. And Disney artists use "forced perspective" - techniques that include designing three floors of windows for two floors of actual space - to make the castle and other buildings appear larger.
Attention to detail is remarkable. Trash bins are placed no more than 27 feet apart because a Disney test showed guests lost patience and discarded chewing-gum wrappers after walking that distance. Eyeglass prescriptions for statues of U.S. presidents in Liberty Square's Hall of Presidents are identical to those each chief executive used.
A 1.3-mile corridor beneath the park's surface facilitates movement of cast members and cargo. "We call it a tunnel, but that's not correct; it's at ground level," L'Heureux said. "Because it was built on swampland, the Magic Kingdom is 16 feet above the ground."
The tunnel includes an engineering control room, a costume center, and a hairdressing outlet with "Disney Grooming Guidelines" posted on walls. ("We have two kinds of wigs: synthetic wigs for humans, human wigs for synthetic people," L'Heureux said.)
There are no restaurants or shops in the corridor. "And contrary to rumor," L'Heureux said, "Walt Disney is not frozen here."
Disney World: Where to Start
The behind-the-scenes "Keys to the Kingdom" tour lasts about five hours. The cost is $60 plus park admission. A seven-hour "Backstage Magic" tour covers the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and MGM Studios. The cost is $199 per person, with park admission not required. Call 407-939-8687 for reservations. Call 407-824-4321 or access www.disneyworld.com for information.
Walt Disney World covers 40 square miles and includes four theme parks (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney-MGM Studios, Animal Kingdom), two water parks, two dining and entertainment complexes, six golf courses and two full-service spas.
Your first concession must be that you can't see and do it all during one vacation.
Even if you focus primarily on Epcot, be aware that you could easily spend a day meandering through the World Showcase, where expansive areas dedicated to 11 nations are connected by a 1.3-mile promenade surrounding a 40-acre lagoon. Epcot's Future World warrants another day to enjoy attractions that range from Mission Space (a spaceflight simulation ride) and Test Track (high-speed automobiles) to "living seas" exhibitions.
Hundreds of guidebooks and Web sites are dedicated to this central Florida landmark, but as a primary resource I suggest "The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World 2007" (Wiley & Sons, $18.99). Author Bob Sehlinger, with Len Testa, recommends touring plans for each park, and the book's 818 pages cover almost every practical concern. (Sehlinger also devotes space to Universal Orlando and SeaWorld Orlando.)
Valuable, too, is the just-released pocket-size "Zagat Walt Disney World Insider's Guide" (Zagat, $15.95), which uses travelers' input to rate attractions and restaurants.
A few tips based on my recent experience:
Determine your priorities and the amount of time you can spend before purchasing tickets: Disney World offers a dizzying array of admission options, starting with one-day, one-park tickets ($67 for ages 10 and older, $56 for ages 3-9) to weeklong deals that include entrance to all four parks plus lodging at one of Disney's 32 resorts (22 Disney-owned).
Park-hopper tickets provide the most flexibility, and the price gets cheaper as you add days; a four-day ticket with admission to all four parks is about $235 per person. Various "Magic Your Way" packages are detailed at www.disneyworld.com. For a thorough, independent analysis and price chart, consult "The Unofficial Guide."
Weigh lodging options. While budget motels in nearby Kissimmee tout cheaper rates, overnighting on site has significant advantages: Disney resort guests save money, time and hassles by using free monorails, shuttle boats and buses to and from parks; also, at least one park opens an hour early or stays open late for resort guests only.
If you stay on site, you'll likely pay $350 per night at the Grand Floridian Resort & Spa or $300 at the attractive BoardWalk Inn, but the Pop Century Resort rents rooms for less than $100 during low-occupancy periods.
Save on transportation costs. Guests at hotels owned and operated by Disney can utilize Disney's Magical Express for free bus transportation and luggage transfers between Orlando International Airport and their hotel. This is a money-saver, plus you bypass baggage claim; you're given stickers to place on your bags before leaving home. But participants are cautioned not to expect suitcases to arrive in their rooms for up to four hours. Some guests avoid this delay by choosing not to apply the stickers, then they retrieve their bags upon arrival and carry them to the Magical Express airport check-in counter in Terminal B.
Budget for meals. Disney World includes more than 100 restaurants. You'll spend top dollar at Jiko - The Cooking Place within the Animal Kingdom, Victoria & Albert's at the Grand Floridian, or Wolfgang Puck Cafe's second-floor restaurant in Downtown Disney, but you'll likely savor a fabulous meal. Or you could snack all day in parks and feast on pizza or burgers at night. Some packages include dining.
Consider FASTPASS. This free system allows guests to bypass long lines at the most popular attractions. It works this way: You put your theme-park ticket into a machine and receive a FASTPASS ticket designating a one-hour time window when you can return and enter with little or no wait. The downside is that it requires two trips to an attraction; if the line is short, forget FASTPASS.
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As part of its guides on various topics of mass appeal, Mail Today on August 5 launched a 150-page Pre-School Guide. Priced at Rs 50, the booklet covers over 100 pre-schools in Delhi and NCR, which would come in handy for young parents seeking a good school for their tiny tots. Mail Today had launched an Education Guide six weeks back, while a Wellness Guide is slated for launch in three weeks' time.
The Pre-School Guide is divided area-wise, profiling schools in North, South, East, West, and Central Delhi, besides Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad.
Suresh Balakrishana, COO, Mail Today, said, "These guides are a part of our line extension strategy. They provide detailed information that we cannot carry in the newspaper. Also, it is a good module for advertising revenue as it is focused on a specific audience."
The Pre-School Guide is targeted at upwardly mobile parents and is being promoted via print, radio and BTL activities. The advertising and marketing has been done by the in-house team of Mail Today.
The Guide is being distributed through newsstands, leading bookshops, hawkers in key market places (wearing Mail Today Pre-School Guide bibs) and at traffic signals. This apart, one can also book a copy through a dedicated SMS number and have it delivered at their doorsteps paying cash on delivery.
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Tomatoes or also known as Killer Tomatoes are Semi-godless Killing Machines but are still essential for the making of that all American Ketchup, which is why Stephen is still undecided as to what kind of position he should take on Tomatoes.
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Did Credit Suisse Wow Like its U.S. Peers?
All eyes were on Credit Suisse this morning as it opened the European bank reporting season for the second quarter. After a slew of results from U.S. banks that blew away expectations over the past two weeks, would Europe be joining the parade?
The bank certainly turned in upbeat results, showing that the Swiss banking giant – which admittedly operates under one of the strictest regulatory regimes in the world – was managing to steadily wring profits profits from a scaled-down investment bank, and weather the regulatory scrutiny of its private banking business.


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Ukraine: Ukrainians in Crimea suffer discrimination
Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Kiev Patriarchate Archbishop in Crimea urges world leaders and community to protect rights and freedom of Ukrainians of the Peninsula
Russia/Ukraine: Law on religion prepared for Crimea
Annexed Crimea plans to adopt law against "totalitarian sects" and "destructive cults"
Ukraine: Evidence of religious persecution in the occupied Donbas
A new report, "When God Becomes The Weapon", provides a detailed, unsettling first-hand account of religiously motivated persecution in rebel-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.
Lebanon's Sectarianism Recipe for Religious Freedom Disaster
IIRF Research and Analysis Report - 2/2015
Russia: State Duma adopts amendments to religion law
Another change in Russian law on freedom of conscience forebodes reregistration of charters of religious organizations
Ukraine/Crimea: Europe's 'unlikely Bible belt' officially disappears
There were 1,546 official religious groups in Crimea when citizens of that region voted overwhelmingly last year to leave Ukraine and join Russia.
Russia: Putin signs order amending freedom of conscience law
Russian religious organizations prohibited from turning into different legal entities
Ukraine: Russian forces destroy one of Donbas' largest Orthodox churches
One of the largest Orthodox churches in Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast was destroyed by heavy shelling by the Russian army and its proxy terrorist forces.
Ukraine: 14 Jehovah's Witnesses religious buildings seized in Eastern Regions of Ukraine
As of January 2015, armed groups have forcibly taken possession of 14 Kingdom Halls (houses of worship) belonging to Jehovah's Witnesses in Ukraine, informs their official pageand gives full list of b...
Ukraine: Ukrainian rebels seize Baptist house of worship
Baptist church building commandeered a second time in Luhansk Province
Ukraine: The war and the Orthodox churches in Ukraine
On January 28, a village parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate) in Ternopil province published a letter to the Ukrainian Church's primate, Metropolitan Onufr...
Russia: Russian Lutherans stigmatized as 'foreign agents'
Disturbing news from Russia seem to indicate that not only Russian human rights NGOs are increasingly stigmatized as 'foreign agents' but religious organizations will also be targeted as such.
Russia: Russian parliament to get legal crackdown on religious organizations
Russian parliament to get legal crackdown on religious organizations
Ukraine Crimea: Convent closed following nuns' enforced departure
Almost 18 years after it was founded, a small Catholic convent in Crimea's capital Simferopol was forced to close down in November 2014 when its three Franciscan nuns had to leave.
World: Hate campaigns target atheists, humanists and liberals as distinct minority
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I am looking for a function that can approximate parameters (mean and sigma) for the sum of 2 lognormal distributions. I know the mean and sigma of log(X) and log(Y). The question is how to estimate the mean and sigma of (Z) and its distribution if not lognormal (assuming Z = X + Y).
Has anyone seen work related to this question?
"Pete sherer" <email@example.com> wrote in message <firstname.lastname@example.com>...
> I am looking for a function that can approximate parameters (mean and sigma) for the sum of 2 lognormal distributions. I know the mean and sigma of log(X) and log(Y). The question is how to estimate the mean and sigma of (Z) and its distribution if not lognormal (assuming Z = X + Y).
Are you assuming X and Y are independent random variables? If so, the Wikipedia website at
has all the information you need to answer your question. Just add the two expressions for the means, E(X) and E(Y), given there. The standard deviation comes from
sigma^2 = E((Z-E(Z))^2) =
E((X-E(X))^2 + E((Y-E(Y))^2) = var(X) + var(Y)
and these are also given in the website.
(I assume that by your remark "and its distribution if not lognormal" you meant that Z would not be lognormal.)
Roger Stafford
"Pete sherer" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote in message <firstname.lastname@example.com>...
> Hi,
> I am looking for a function that can approximate parameters (mean and sigma) for the sum of 2 lognormal distributions. I know the mean and sigma of log(X) and log(Y). The question is how to estimate the mean and sigma of (Z) and its distribution if not lognormal (assuming Z = X + Y).
> Has anyone seen work related to this question?
We wrote a couple of papers on the topic some years
D'Errico & Zaino, "Statistical Tolerancing Using a Modification
of Taguchi's Method", Technometrics, Vol 30, no. 4
Here is a simple way to estimate the mean of the sum
of the two random variables.
% Start with three points on a Normal distribution.
% Compute the corresponding percentiles for the
% normal.
P = normcdf([-sqrt(3) 0 sqrt(3)])
0.041632 0.5 0.95837
% invert them through the lognormal. This acts
% as an effective transformation of variables.
X = logninv(P)
0.17692 1 5.6522
[X1,X2] = meshgrid(X);
% Compute an array of weights for the 9 points.
0.027778 0.11111 0.027778
0.11111 0.44444 0.11111
0.027778 0.11111 0.027778
% and compute the weighted mean
Ybar = sum(Y(:).*W(:))
% This will be a good estimate of the mean of
% the sum of the two lognormal deviates, and
% it took very little computation to generate.
Ybar =
% We can also compute a variance estimate.
Yvar = sum(((Y(:) - Ybar).^2).*W(:))
Yvar =
% Compare this to a Monte Carlo simulation.
x1 = lognrnd(0,1,1000000,1);
x2 = lognrnd(0,1,1000000,1);
ans =
ans =
As it turns out, the mean estimate was quite good,
but the variance estimate was not so good. This is
because the method used was an implicit numerical
integration. The mean is a lower order problem than
computing the variance. I'll redo the analysis for a
higher order method. (gaussquadrule is from my
sympoly toolbox.)
[nodes,weights] = gaussquadrule(7,'hermite');
nodes = nodes*sqrt(2);
weights = weights/sum(weights);
P = normcdf(nodes);
X = logninv(P);
[X1,X2] = meshgrid(X);
W = weights'*weights;
Ybar = sum(Y(:).*W(:))
Ybar =
Yvar = sum(((Y(:) - Ybar).^2).*W(:))
Yvar =
As you can see, the mean and variance are now
quite accurate as compared to the simulation.
Hi John and Roger,
Thank you so much for your help!! They are exactly what I am looking for.
Best and wish you guys a happy holidays.
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In cooperation with the embassies of EU member states, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds, the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Croatia marked Europe Day in Split on Tuesday, 8 May.
The Head of the EU Delegation to Croatia, Ambassador Paul Vandoren and Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Regional Development and EU Funds Branko Grčić met Split-Dalmatia County Prefect Ante Sanader and Deputy Mayors of Split Jure Šundov and Anđelka Visković. Talking about the social and economic situation in the region, Ambassador Vandoren pointed out that investments, foreign or domestic, are one of the most important tools for dealing with unemployment.
Ambassador Vandoren and Deputy Prime Minister Grčić also had a chance to talk to Split citizens. While students wanted to know whether Croatian citizens will have equal opportunities to study and find jobs in the EU as those of other EU member states, entrepreneurs and craftsmen were primarily interested in access to EU funds that will be available to Croatia after the accession. Reminding that there are only 14 months left to Croatia's accession to the EU, the ambassador said it was important to prepare projects, so that Croatia could draw as much money as possible from the funds available after the accession.
After the meeting with the citizens, the Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister held a lecture, "After Croatia's Ratification of the EU Accession Treaty: What is next?" Talking about shipbuilding during the lecture, Ambassador Vandoren pointed out that privatization of that industry is an important commitment Croatia had taken during the accession negotiations with the EU. He expressed his belief that a suitable privatization model will be found for '3. maj' and 'Brodotrogir' shipyards.
In the afternoon, the citizens had an opportunity to learn more about the European Union at the stands at Split's Prokurative. They could also taste dishes of the national cuisines of all the EU member states, including Croatia as a future member. Ambassador Vandoren and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Vesna Pusić pointed out that cuisine is a part of identity and culture of every country.
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Qt has always been available through a commercial license which allows the expansion of proprietary purposes without any restriction on licensing. In addition, Qt has been steadily made open through an increasing number of other free licenses. Currently, Qt is accessible under the General Public License (GNU); this provision makes it available for utilization for both free software and proprietary. Before the 1.45 version, the source code used for Qt was published under free Qt license. This was not really viewed as amenable with the free software description of the Free Software Foundation and neither by the Open Source principle as described by the Open Source Initiative. The reason behind this was that it did not allow the distribution of other modified versions.
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They were a large group of suburban males and females who ate from Majestic diners. According to the scientists, anybody who eats from those places would become mindless, aggressive drones, and hate anybody who is different. They only appear in one mission.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. Minnesota Federation Vice President Pat Corrigan was casting along the shoreline of White Bear Lake, one of the state's most popular bass fisheries, when he was summoned by a waterborne law enforcement official to stop fishing.
It seemed that Corrigan had unknowingly violated an invisible law plaguing bass anglers from New England to Minnesota. In Corrigan's case, he was informed by the Ramsey County Water Patrol officer that a lakeshore property owner wanted a local ordinance enforced that provides a 100-foot "exclusive use zone" around private shoreline property.
Fortunately, this story eventually had a happy ending as Federations elsewhere are fighting for access rights to public waters. The ordinance, now repealed, gave property owners the right to exclude the public from up to 300 feet of the waters adjoining their land.
According to Mary Sue Simmons, outgoing Chairperson of the White Bear Lake Conservation District (WBLCD), anglers were not allowed to fish anywhere near the shoreline or private docks without permission from the owner of the land. In an e-mail sent to Minnesota's Conservation Director, Vern Wagner, Simmons wrote, "This is dangerous as well as illegal. The sheriff was enforcing our ordinances as he is paid to do as our enforcement agent."
Although the officers declined to issue a citation to Corrigan, he eventually pursued the matter with the Minnesota Federation Board. At issue was whether a local unit of government had the authority to extend the "rights" of shoreline property owners 100 to 300 feet into an upscale metro-area lake.
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As word of the controversy spread, the local outdoors media also picked up the story, resulting in immediate outcries from anglers directed at the WBLCD. Lakeshore property owners illegally claiming exclusive use of adjacent waters is a common problem in Minnesota. Bass fishermen who ply shorelines and docks are frequent targets.
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This Radish chutney Recipe is easier to make, healthy, tastes great a perfect condiment for breakfast dishes or can be served as a dip for the appetizers.
Got little late from the bed? Virtually our head loaded with tons of question mark. The questions vary from rock to bottom. Some kitchen related queries can menu for the breakfast, the menu for the lunch box. Tensions related to framing the menu to that day can be made easier by deciding it earlier, before the day. Planning makes you tackle everything with the smiling face. Likewise, this Radish Chutney may sound unfamiliar, makes you postpone every time. But planning ahead, making this recipe is as easy as walking on the cake.
Mostly in South Indian homes, whatever may be the quantity, the entire radish would go straight away to sambar. I never saw my mom handles radish other than sambar. Though mullangi sambar tastes heaven, regular usage can lead to boredom.
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Radish Chutney Recipe / Mullangi Chutney
Prep time : 3 min,
Cooking time : 5 min,
Yeild : Serves 4
1 Radish/Mullangi
A small ball of Tamarind
2 tsp of Urad Dal
1 tsp Of Mustard
1 tsp of Cooking Oil
2 Red Chilies
A sprig of Curry Leaf
½ tsp of salt or as required
How to make Radish Chutney:
1. Wash and clean radish. Peel the skin with the peeler. Chop them into small sized cubes, which makes them easily gets cooked while sauteing. Assemble other ingredients on a plate. Remove husk or seed of the tamarind(If you are going with tamarind extract, no worrying of removing the seeds and the husks).
2. In a frying pan, add a tsp of cooking oil followed by urad dal, asafoetida, and red chilies.
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Large home in the desirable Fox Hollow subdivision. This home was built by a custom home builder in 1993 as his private residence. The large kitchen includes a center island and dining area. The main floor features formal dining room, den, and living room with wood burning fireplace and views of the private wooded lot. Upstairs there are four bedrooms and two baths. The large master suite has it's own bath and walk in closet. The walkout basement features 9 foot ceilings, large living area, bedroom, bath, and an office or bedroom with a separate entrance. This home has two separate 27'x27' garages. Total privacy with mature trees on the 1.2 acre lot. $3000 Flooring allowance. Call today to set up your showing, you will not be disappointed!
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The human voice is capable of speaking, singing, imitating, displaying emotions and provide information about us. Breaking a glass by singing is a well-known trick. But still - how does it work? How is it even possible? How can we sing without microphones, or talk in a large hall (and still be heard). We can sing along to popular melodies and create new ones. How should we use our voice, so that it wouldn't tire quickly when we speak or sing?
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Are You Going To Be Just A Radio? - Poem by Ahmed Maiwada
Are you going to be just a radio:
Loads of sound,
Loads of noise;
Loads of nothing at all,
Saddling my closet eye;
No crumbs for my outside eyes;
Saddled long with badworseandugly?
Can't you leap into a screen;
Show some teeth,
Show some tears,
Show some screensavable deeds?
O, can't you be a book;
Reveal the skeletons,
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You can be the rising sun;
Are you going to be just a ray?
Are you going to be just a radio?
Poet's Notes about The Poem
I woke up with the title line in my head. Three hours later this poem was born; about the only poem I wrote with real divine hands!
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This was the first time our group of 15 women have rented a whole house vs. condo units for our annual Girls-Getaway. We have all given this a unanimous thumbs-up after spending a wonderful 4 days here. The bedrooms, kitchen, bathrooms, deck and entertaining areas were spacious and comfortable. We went out for dinner one night, but otherwise did all of our cooking in the house. There are 2 refrigerators (1 also in the garage) and the kitchen was well-stocked with supplies; we also found many spices and some baking supplies available. There are 6 lawn chairs at the fire pit, so you may want to bring extras; deck seating space was adequate for all of us. The combination of woods and golf course was beautiful and a nice place to go for a walk. Plenty of activities in the area, but we enjoyed just spending time together in a peaceful setting. We felt we could have had a few more washcloths, dishtowels and toilet paper, but I still gave this a 5-star rating. There is a washing machine and dryer available though for keeping up on laundry needs. The caretaker, Jim, was very responsive to our questions and requests. A memorable time was had by all!
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