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Hamas Leader Urges West to Back Palestinian Unity Deal
Khaled Meshaal says in interview that Palestinians need 'resistance in all forms, armed and public ones' and that recognizing Israel could only be addressed after an independent Palestinian state is set up.
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged the United States and the European Union on Sunday to support a reconciliation deal that ended a four-year rift with Fatah, saying the accord was the Palestinian people's choice.
Meshaal told Reuters in an interview that the issue of Palestinian recognition of Israel could only be addressed after an independent state was set up in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
"The international position, especially that of the Europeans and the Americans, is still unclear but we hope they respect our will and decision," Meshaal said.
"This is an internal Palestinian issue that no one should delay or place conditions on."
The Damascus-based Meshaal was in Cairo to attend a ceremony hosted by Egypt that formally ended four years of strife between the Islamist Hamas and its more secular rival Fatah, whose leader is Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israel has condemned the Egyptian-brokered accord because of the inclusion of Hamas, whose founding charter calls for Israel's destruction, and as a protest has blocked the transfer of e105 million in customs duties and other levies it collects on behalf of Abbas's Palestinian Authority.
The United States has voiced reservations, saying it was important that the Palestinians ensure implementation of the deal in a way that advances the prospects of peace. Israel has said the accord advances the agenda of terrorism, not peace.
The deal calls for forming an interim government to run the West Bank, where Fatah is based, and the Hamas-led Gaza Strip, and prepare for long-overdue parliamentary and presidential elections within a year.
The United States and the European Union have boycotted Hamas, predicating any ties on Hamas first recognizing Israel, renouncing violence and accepting interim peace deals signed by Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization with Israel.
"We are waiting for action from the Europeans and the Americans that would support our position and to not interfere," Meshaal said.
Palestinians regard U.S. and EU support as crucial for their independence cause due to their unparalleled geopolitical and financial clout. They provide a significant share of the Palestinian Authority's funding.
Meshaal said the international community must pressure Israel to recognize the Palestinians, not the other way around.
"Israel needs pressure. It is an occupier that would not get out by conviction or through dialogue," Meshaal said, adding that Egypt was only able to enter into peace talks with the Jewish state after the 1973 Middle East war.
"What is needed today ... is to have resistance in all forms, armed and public ones," he said adding that he intends to try to persuade Fatah to adopt his approach to force Israel to end its occupation. "Any occupier in the world never retreats voluntarily ... It only retreats under pressure and force."
Asked if Hamas was ready to recognize Israel as part of a permanent peace deal, Meshaal said the Palestinian people should have their own independent state first.
"First allow the Palestinian people to live on their lands freely ... to establish their independent state ... then ask the Palestinian people, its government and leaders about their position towards Israel," he said.
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Things to Do, Sept. 9-16
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'Beats, Rhymes and Life'
Cornell Cinema is premiering a new documentary by actor-turned-director Michael Rapaport, "Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest," one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in hip-hop, Sept. 10-12. The film is being shown in conjunction with Cornell Library's Hip-hop Collection.
Other documentary premieres this month include "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop," directed by Rodman Flender, Sept. 9, 14 and 16; and "Magic Trip," Sept. 23-24, 26 and 29, co-directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood. "Magic Trip" chronicles a landmark event of the psychedelic 1960s and is built around original footage of author Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters on their 1964 cross-country journey from California to the New York World's Fair in a painted school bus named "Furthur." Information: http://cinema.cornell.edu.
Remembering 9/11
President David Skorton will speak at an event Sept. 11, 8:30-9:30 a.m. in front of the Ithaca Central Fire Station on Green Street, in remembrance of firefighters and police officers who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001, and in appreciation of those who protect and serve today.
The commemoration, on the 10th anniversary of attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, is organized by the Ithaca Fire Department in collaboration with Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). Presidents Carl Haynes of TC3 and Tom Rochon of Ithaca College and a student from each of the three schools also have been invited to speak. Local fire and police personnel, elected officials, and friends and family members of 9/11 victims also will make brief remarks. In case of rain, the event will be held inside the fire station.
Skorton also will attend a campus Candlelight Vigil, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. on Ho Plaza, with music by the Glee Club and Chorus and Cornell Chimesmasters. Co-sponsors include Cornell United Religious Work, the undergraduate Student Assembly and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly.
Kim and Reggie Harris
Singing and storytelling duo Kim and Reggie Harris return to WVBR's "Bound for Glory" Sunday, Sept. 11, 8-11 p.m. in Anabel Taylor Hall Café. Admission is free to the show, broadcast live on WVBR 93.5 FM.
Airing since 1967, Bound For Glory is North America's longest-running live folk music broadcast. Upcoming shows will feature area bluegrass band The Diamondback Rattlers, Sept. 18; Christine Lavin and Don White, Sept. 25; and Aoife Clancy, Oct. 2. Information: 607-844-4535, firstname.lastname@example.com or http://wvbr.com/bfg.
Outdoor Chekhov
The Department of Theatre, Film and Dance will stage Anton Chekhov's final play, "The Cherry Orchard," at several outdoor locations on campus Sept. 15-25.
Audience members are invited to bring blankets to performances, which will take place Sept. 15-16 at 5:30 p.m. outside of Balch Hall; Sept. 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. in the Urn Garden next the Big Red Barn; Sept. 18 and 25 at 3 p.m. on the A.D. White House back lawn; and Sept. 22-23 at 5:30 p.m. on the Arts Quad by Olin Library. Admission is free.
The play, with elements of comedy and tragedy, is about an aristocratic Russian woman and her family returning to their estate before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. It is directed by associate professor of acting and directing Beth Milles, with student and professional actors and a translation by Paul Schmidt. The production will include performances by the Cornell Klezmer Ensemble. Special seating is available for those who need it. Information: Schwartz Center Box Office, 254-2787 or http://www.theatrefilmdance.cornell.edu.
Jon Stewart shows on sale
Comedian and host of "The Daily Show" Jon Stewart will return to campus to perform two shows during First-Year Parents' Weekend, Oct. 28 and 29 at 7 p.m. in Barton Hall.
Student tickets for both shows ($25 for reserved seating and $23 for general admission) go on sale to students Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 9 a.m. at http://CornellConcerts.com. First-year students and new transfers can buy up to six tickets; and all other students can buy up to four tickets -- only two tickets can be purchased at the student rate.
Tickets for non-students go on sale Sept. 14 at 9 a.m., priced at $38 reserved and $36 general admission, with a limit of four tickets per person.
How public gardens grow
Donald Rakow, director of Cornell Plantations and of the graduate program in public garden leadership, will talk about his latest book, "Public Garden Management," and the movement to establish new public gardens, Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. in 160 Mann Library. Rakow's talk, "Public Garden Management: Why We Need Public Gardens More than Ever," will be followed by a reception and book signing.
Rakow will describe the essential qualities of public gardens, the diversity of public gardens in North America and the ways that they contribute to the quality of our lives and to sustainability, conservation and biodiversity.
His book is a complete reference guide for establishing, managing and running sustainable, profitable public gardens. His co-author, Sharon Lee, is former deputy director of the American Public Gardens Association and editor of the journal Public Garden. Information: http://mannlib.cornell.edu.
Homecoming kickoff
Big Red football fans are invited to a special reception the night before Cornell's 2011 Homecoming Game, with Ed Marinaro '72 and head football coach Kent Austin, Friday, Sept. 16, 7:30-9 p.m. on Tanner Terrace, Friends Hall.
Marinaro will speak about his Cornell football career, and Austin will share his thoughts on Saturday's game against Bucknell University and his outlook for the upcoming season. The reception costs $10 per person. Advance registration is required. Information: 607-254-7147, email@example.com.
The Homecoming Game is Sept. 17 at 6 p.m. on Schoellkopf Field; admission is free. Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 16-18, has a host of events, from student and alumni tailgates to free activities at the Homecoming Fan Festival, Sept. 17, 2-6 p.m., in the Lynah Rink parking lot. Events schedule: http://www.alumni.cornell.edu/homecoming/activities.cfm.
Free jazz
Canadian jazz pianist and composer John Stetch will present an evening of free improvisation, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m. in Barnes Hall, in two 30-minute sets. The first set, "Seeds of Improvisation," will be short pieces based on brief pre-written suggestions (such as "D Major," "pointillist," "minor and dark," "East European," etc.). After a short intermission, he'll present "Spontaneous Improvisation." The concert is free and open to the public.
Stetch teaches at Cornell and Ithaca College. He has performed and recorded with jazz greats including Rufus Reid, Charlie Haden and Branford Marsalis; has 11 albums under his own name, five Canadian Juno Award nominations and has won the Montreal International Jazz Festival Prix du Jazz. One reviewer hailed Stetch as "one of the most brilliant and underrated jazz pianists working today. In a perfect world he would be more famous than Wynton Marsalis." His new album of 12 original trio compositions, "Fabled States," was released in August.
Learn guitar
A fall series of group folk guitar lessons begins Sept. 12 in the Willard Straight Hall International Lounge with instructor Phil Shapiro. With eight one-hour lessons Monday evenings, anyone can learn to play or gain tips and new techniques to improve their playing. Lessons are open to the public.
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HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. -- Suzann Pettersen appears to have put a major collapse behind her.
Ten weeks after she self-destructed down the stretch in Kraft Nabisco Championship, Pettersen birdied three of her last four holes Friday just in time to escape the heat, posting a 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead over Karrie Webb in the LPGA Championship.
"I forgot about that a long time ago," Pettersen said of her collapse in California, where she played her last four holes in 4 over to finish a shot behind Morgan Pressel. "I didn't look at it as a collapse. I looked at it as what I can do different, so I do stronger when I get to the next tournament and I'm in the same situation."
All that mattered at broiling Bulle Rock was finding some shade.
With temperatures in the 90s and no cloud cover, players who teed off in the afternoon carried umbrellas to shield the sun and guzzled water to keep hydrated. Pettersen teed off early and was at 8-under 136 before the course started to cook.
Michelle Wie also played in the morning. By the end of the day, the 17-year-old from Hawaii was lucky to still be in the tournament.
She bogeyed her last hole for a 74 that left her at 3-over 147, and it looked as though she would miss the cut by one shot. While she may not feel she owes anyone an apology, Wie probably owes thanks to Karen Davies.
Playing in the final group, Davies bogeyed the last hole to allow 14 other players -- Wie included -- to tie for 70th and make the cut.
Wie was 11 shots behind.
Stanford St. Jude Championship
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- John Daly's messy personal life overshadowed golf once again Friday, this time when he accused his wife of waking him up by attacking him with a steak knife.
Daly was the talk at the TPC Southwind on a day when thunderstorms forced a three-hour delay, and Adam Scott's 4-under 66 gave him a one-stroke clubhouse lead when darkness suspended play Friday night in the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
A total of 26 players were unable to complete the round. They will return Saturday morning to finish play, with the third round expected to start by midday with players going off both the first and 10th tees.
Daly, playing on a sponsor's exemption, was 4 over after following his opening 70 with a 74. The projected cut this morning was 4 or 5 over.
Scott topped the leaderboard at 7-under 133, a total he didn't think would stand up after a cold front stilled the gusty wind and softened the tricky greens on the 7,239-yard course.
Fellow Australian Andrew Buckle had a chance to pass Scott with what could be the best round here so far. He started the day at even and was 6 under with three holes left after seven birdies and a bogey.
Scott had a chance for his second straight 36-hole lead. The world's fourth-ranked player led by a stroke last week in the Memorial en route to a fifth-place tie.
Play was scheduled to resume at 8:30 a.m. today.
Principal Charity Classic
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Jay Haas got off to a good start in his bid for his third Champions Tour victory of the year, holing a 20-foot birdie putt on the final hole to take a one-stroke lead in the Principal Charity Classic.
Haas, who leads the money list and has eight top-10 finishes this year, shot a 6-under 65 in his first tournament round on the Glen Oaks Country Club course.
BA-CA Open
OBERWALTERSDORF, Austria -- Australia's Richard Green shot a 6-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead over Sweden's Martin Erlandsson in the BA-CA Open.
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The Art and Psyche Working Group is pleased to announce a conference on the creative collaboration between depth psychology and the arts in the context of the city. Plenaries, workshops and breakouts will feature painters, musicians, poets, actors, photographers, psychotherapists, analysts and expressive arts therapists. The Arts PATHS offer tours of the Nat. Museum of the American Indian, the Rubin Museum of Art, the Morgan Library, the Asia Society Museum, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its Watson Library, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Masonic Temple, the High Line. The Thursday night public program will include the poet Mark Doty on Walt Whitman, Donald Sosin on his score for the film "Manhatta", composer Jorge Martin, photographer Deborah O'Grady. and a Dream-Over at the Rubin Museum.
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Only two months into a new position as a consultant to the National Film Board of Canada, former film commissioner Tom Perlmutter has left the board's employ. His former deputy, Ravida Din, the woman he appointed as director-general of English-language production only a year ago, also left Wednesday, acting film commissioner Claude Joli-Coeur confirmed.
"Both of them are not any more employees of the NFB as of yesterday," Joli-Coeur said Thursday. Asked to explain their departures, he said: "We don't comment on our management of internal human resources."
Perlmutter, who had led the NFB into the digital age since he was appointed film commissioner in 2007, had already left that job in December to take up a one-year consulting contract – after he had promoted Din, an NFB producer with whom he allegedly has a romantic relationship.
At the time, Perlmutter, who had championed online and interactive content, explained that he was stepping aside because he wanted time to write books about the relationship between government and cultural institutions. However, his lateral move surprised many in the film community because he was in the midst of an ambitious scheme to make the NFB a global player in new media. Sources who know both parties say they are romantically involved and have speculated that Perlmutter stepped out of the lead role because the NFB's board of trustees felt he had a conflict of interest in Din's promotion. They added, however, that Din, a producer on such films as Pink Ribbons, Inc., was a credible candidate for the director-general post she was appointed to in February, 2013.
Neither Perlmutter nor Din could be immediately reached for comment Thursday but both have previously declined to discuss their personal lives with The Globe. Perlmutter has said the decision to take on the consulting role was his own and reflected his desire to step back from day-to-day management to reflect on larger issues.
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The slow descent into the underwater city of Rapture remains one of gaming's most epic introductions. And it's on that note that gamers wondered how BioShock 2 would top its predecessor.
The game takes place a few years after the events of the first title, with players stepping into the diving suit of the first Big Daddy to be successfully paired with a Little Sister, that is, if she dies or gets taken from you, you die. Unfortunately, the little girl just so happens to be the daughter of resident psychiatrist/cult leader Sofia Lamb.
The game constantly reminds you of the big brute you are, with the sound of water running over your metal diving suit and your heavy footsteps. One advantage of wearing the diving suit is that the game also has a few underwater levels, with only the occasional shark breaking up the almost-supernatural setting.
BioShock 2 retains the stunning, dark and dystopian setting of the original, with little details everywhere silently shedding light on Rapture's fall, from the eerie chalk writing on the wall to corpses of residents who were literally at the end of their tether.
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You can also adopt Little Sisters as well, seeing that you're now a Big Daddy yourself. If you're feeling particularly evil, you can harvest the girls for Rapture's most precious commodity, called ADAM ? a process that kills them but gives you more of the gene-altering substance.
There are also a decent amount of new weapons and plasmids to toy with, with the speargun and drill being the two big additions. Especially the latter, which will save your life quite often (and cost you a few lives when you realise you've run out of fuel).
And use the drill you will, especially when it comes to the scariest enemy in the game, the Big Sister. These female enemies combine lightning fast speed with the sheer brutality and strength of the Big Daddies to create an almost perfect adversary. These hellacious enemies are most often encountered after successfully saving or harvesting a Little Sister, with their ear-piercing, soul-shuddering screams being one of the most hair-raising sounds you'll ever hear in a video-game.
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hellfire582 4 years ago#161
I'd urge you to find more than a handful of biologists or zoologists who would agree with that statement. Population control is a non-scientific excuse hunters have been using for years to justify themselves, but it has no scientific backing. The animal populations we have today evolved fully capable of maintaining themselves at a sustainable level, and almost all scientists agree that external control by hunting is rarely, if ever, needed.
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I'm not disagreeing with that example in principle. But the UK shows us that even though things like that Tim/John example might happen when you outlaw guns, the number of murders you prevent will far outweigh the number you cause. It's kind of like saying doing CPR might actually end up killing a few people because you compress a person's chest too hard and damage their lungs. That's true in principle, but in actuality, CPR saves way more lives than it costs.
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I agree, and if that's all the majority of Americans are willing to do for now, I'm more than happy to take it. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress don't really care what most Americans want as long as the NRA will fund their next campaign.
But I do still think that in the long term, the way to maximally reduce our murder rate is to strongly curtail the ability to own any weapon that can kill as quickly, effectively, and easily as a gun. Obviously, we need to be more effective at fighting crime at the same time, but the UK gives us clear evidence that banning guns is a good solution.
LordPoncho 4 years ago#162
You're failing to sew the point. Such measures will drastically reduce income across several industries, as well as the government. The cost to place such a ban would be expensive in itself. The leading murder cause is something that a band of guns isn't going to stop. Fans won't disappear, and they certainly will find ways of attaining guns illegally.
It would he a heavy loss for the country in terms of money (something we simply can't afford right now), and it would bring very little good.
Then there's some of the other things that others have pointed out.
If you're so intent on saving a few lives, how about we ban alcohol and tobacco. Same idea applies, government makes too much money off it. Banning those would cause for mass tax hikes.
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hellfire582 posted...
TRC187 posted...
You're right, I must be lazy because I respect the individuals who wrote the constitution more than our modern day government. Silly of me to think that those individuals acted on morals and principle, rather money and power. Actually, they did have insight for what the United States would become, hence the necessity of such important and imperative documents. If you understood the fundamentals of the constitution, you'd understand that it was specifically designed and written so it COULD be referenced and looked to for decisions and answers.
And you're right again, mental illness didn't exist back then, video games and conservative thinking probably caused it. I hope banning AR15's, high-cap mags and expanding background checks cures it.
EDIT: Just to be clear though, I 100% support what puff said regarding a mandatory firearm training class, more stringent background checks and a way to track and maintain registraton with private firearm sales.
hellfire582 4 years ago#164
LordPoncho posted...
You're failing to sew the point. Such measures will drastically reduce income across several industries, as well as the government. The cost to place such a ban would be expensive in itself. The leading murder cause is something that a band of guns isn't going to stop. Fans won't disappear, and they certainly will find ways of attaining guns illegally.
The economic considerations you mentioned are really insignificant. The vast majority of investment in guns and their associated parts is distributed in military contracts, not personal sales. A gun ban would just force manufacturers to either switch to producing arms used by the police or military, or merge with other companies that already do that. Upstream manufacturers of materials would be relatively unaffected because of the enormous size of our military budget.
I don't really disagree with what you're saying about alcohol and tobacco, because you certainly could argue that they result in the deaths of innocent people because of 2nd hand smoke and drunk drivers. However, these things can be more reliably addressed than gun control by banning smoking in public areas and instituting a much harsher penalty for a DUI.
hellfire582 4 years ago#165
TRC187 posted...
hellfire582 posted...TRC187 posted...
I never said mental illness didn't exist back then, I said it wasn't described in the medical literature as it is today.
And you know how I know that the writers of the constitution didn't have insight into what the US would become? Simple - they were humans. Can you see into the future? If you can't, it's a pretty fair assumption that they couldn't either. Respecting the writer's of the constitution is one thing; idolizing them and throwing away your logic is another. A lot of the constitution is still relevant today, but some of it is not, and it's ridiculous to just be unwilling to change it because you think the founders were somehow superior to us.
hellfire582 posted...
Oh c'mon, it has nothing to do with seeing into the future, it has to do with experience and knowledge.
Heres a cheesy example. A good car salesman immediately knows who's down to buy or who's just looking.. How do they know? Its definitely not the ability to see the future, its the experience in the trade.. The founding fathers knew what typically happens to civilizations and the governments that govern them.
Imagine setting up a company and writing the company mission statement, ethics profile, management plan, HR policies, etc. Again, its not the ability to foresee the future, its the knowledge and foresight to build a successful, operational machine.
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TRC187 posted...
hellfire582 posted...
Sure, they had plenty of knowledge about civilizations and governments, but they didn't know anything about how technology was going to develop. They didn't know that we'd eventually have assault weapons and other guns that are far more potent than the ones of their time. That's why they had the foresight to allow amendments to the constitution. Even they realized that they can only write a document based on their contemporary perspective rather than an immutable decree.
For example, they didn't realize that slavery would become socially unacceptable, which is why they didn't really address it. But since the constitution can be amended, we were able to abolish slavery when people finally realized how wrong it is. The same can be said about guns. People wrote the second amendment from an 18th century perspective, and there's no reason we shouldn't consider reamending the constitution to change it to fit modern times.
cheese_game619 4 years ago#168
From: TRC187
Heres a cheesy example.
From: TRC187
A good car salesman immediately knows who's down to buy or who's just looking.. How do they know? Its definitely not the ability to see the future, its the experience in the trade.. The founding fathers knew what typically happens to civilizations and the governments that govern them.
what happens when no one goes to car lots any more because its all done over the internet
being unable or unwilling to reassess is a weakness
LordPoncho 4 years ago#169
cheese_game619 posted...
From: TRC187Heres a cheesy example.
Car sales here is far more commonly done on lots.
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cheese_game619 4 years ago#170
are you missing the point on purpose orrrr.... nah
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How much weight can glue add/save on a build
I constantly hear modelers talking about building light, and I was curious if anyone had actually evaluated how much weight glue added to a plane, and looked at ways of reducing that number... without having the plane fall apart.
I tend to build with CA, because I don't have a ton of time so faster drying is better, but it is brittle, and particularly at key joints I never want to skimp too much. However, the other night I weighed my glue when I started working, and after a few hours of work, and realized I had added a few grams to the plane.
What is the lightest glue option? Is there a way to use less CA?
Just thought it might be a subject of interest.
The weight of glues like CA, even most of the others, is probably still negligible compared to say the potential for reducing the weight of many of the other components of a plane.
Cutting holes on foam, using lighter balsa, reducing all the wires that we end up trying to stuff into a fuselage, smaller connectors, using smaller batteries, servos, motors, lighter props. Less add-on 'strengtheners', such as extra bits of carbon, tape, epoxy and glass cloth, fillers, paints, decals, etc etc etc.
When you consider all the other bits and pieces that could be reduced in weight, personally I think adhesive weight is such a small part of the overall weight of a plane as to be not even worth considering its actual weight.
But that wouldn't stop me being cautious with the amount used.
Glue can add significant weight. There are multiple factors that contribute to weight and to strength.
- Solivent based glues that evaporate tend to be lighter than glues that cure. Based on making a proper joint with the right amount of glue, old cellulose glues like Ambroid and Sigment are lighter, Superphatic and alaphatic glues like Titebond are next, CA is probably next and epoxies are the heaviest.
- The strongest joints use the least glue. Actually "the right amount of glue". Glue on the surface around a joint only adds weight, not strength - if glue squeezes out of the joint when you clamp it, wipe it off..
- You can add more strength to a joint per weight with a 1/64" plywood gusset than a glue fillet.
- If you have to use glue to fill a gap, recut the piece(s) - you'll get a stronger joint and lighter structure.
As to cutting holes in foam and balsa. Unless you're need to save every gram or you're dealing with really thick stock, you won't save all that much weight for the effort. But if you're that concerned with weight, you're probably flyin in-door microfilm and you'll be using a hypodermic to apply the glue (and staying away from CA).
Sheeted foam wings have a reputation for being heavy, but it's not because of the foam, usually it's because of the amount of glue (usually epoxy) that's used to bond the skins and edges to the foam. When you're sheeting a built-up wing, there's really only a few square inches of surface area that gets glue - even if you're sloppy, you just can't add that much weight - compare that to the hundreds of square inches of foam and you can see where glueing technique and glue selection can signifficantly affect the weight.
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Hot glue is only heavy if you put it on heavy. No heavier than epoxy. I use it on my smallest 1.5 oz foamys. Put the gun nose perpendicular to the surface to be glued and use a thin film. Don't know how many of those little indoor Cubs and Champs I've glued up to keep the guys flying. Works great if used discreetly.
That is about what I suspected: it can make a difference, but big picture there are easier ways to cut weight. That being said, if you can cut half an ounce off a park flyer through conservative glue use, that means you have more wiggle room for MORE POWER as well. Win/win.
I us a hypodermic to apply CA most of the time. It allows you to get right into the joint, and apply a very controlled amount of glue. I bought a case of 100 pet syringes off amazon for something like $15.
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I highly recommend this doomsday delight in my current column (http://dvdtalk.com/cineschlock/column/index.html). flixtime10-11-04, 03:28 PMHasn't this already been scheduled for a quick double-dip? If I recall correctly Regions 2 & 3 are right now getting a 2-disc set which will be later be released in the U.S. Same thing is going to happen with "I Robot" if memory serves me right. Actually last I checked - if you are region-free capable - you can pick up the Region 3 2-disc release for less than the price of the 1-disc "I Robot" that is coming to the U.S. I think it's pretty weak of the studio to release a 2-disc set in other regions and then hit those of us in the U.S. with 2 separate releases in a short period of time. The material for the 2-disc set is obviously ready but the studio is holding it back from U.S. consumers. People who frequent these boards - especially the highly informative International forum - might be aware of the situation but the general public is definitely not. I don't know about other regions, but the recently released "Man on Fire" was announced for a double-dip a week after its release here in the U.S. I think the new version comes early next year. I've severely curtailed my purchasing of Region 1 mass-market titles due in great part to the aforementioned practices. G. Noel Gross, please consider amending your review to indicate that another superior release of " The Day After Tomorrow" might soon be imminent. G. Noel Gross10-11-04, 03:38 PMOriginally posted by flixtime G. Noel Gross, please consider amending your review to indicate that another superior release of " The Day After Tomorrow" might soon be imminent. Superior? What good's a second disc of crapola? But I'll add a note. http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=387406 Brent L10-11-04, 04:09 PMIt's one of, if not the, best comedies of the year! tommy2810-11-04, 04:23 PMOriginally posted by BrentLumkin It's one of, if not the, best comedies of the year! i thought Eternal Sunshine was:confused: flixtime10-11-04, 04:54 PMOriginally posted by G. Noel Gross ...But I'll add a note. Awarded to G. Noel Gross in recognition of both his conspicuous gallantry and service to "flixtime's War Against Corporate Greed" October 11, 2004 http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/collections/cmdp/images/wm45-l.gif headrippa10-11-04, 06:19 PMThe R4 version has a few more extras on it too and is out now. MasterofDVD10-11-04, 09:01 PMI was wondering if I should go out and get this at midnight. I guess since I enjoy both ID4 and Twister that this might be just the mindless popcorn flick I thought it would be. :) Big Worms10-11-04, 09:34 PMThis was an awesome movie! I loved it! Some of the effects in it were amazing and it makes you wonder how they did. I say yes it is a very good blind buy! bigrederik10-12-04, 05:04 AMI couldn't sit through this one in the cinema. It was just so cheesey. I couldn't recommend it to anyone zak5210-12-04, 05:25 PMI just got finished watching this today. I would recommend renting it first. I'm glad I did. It's not a bad movie, just nothing worth owning IMO. MasterofDVD10-12-04, 05:44 PMIf you can get it for less than 19.00 and change and love some of the movies listed above. It was 15.00 at Wal-Mart when I made my weekly midnight movie run so I had no problems buying it. The effects are kinda weak in some parts but I still thought it was a fun ride. Adrenaline10-12-04, 08:51 PMI never thought I'd say this but The Core was much more entertaining then The Day After Tomorrow. The only redeeming factor in TDAT was the special effects, even then they were kind of boring. I really didn't care if anyone survived. Big Worms10-12-04, 09:36 PMThe cover has not been really covered, but it is pretty cool. It has a slip sleeve that has the theatrical poster image on it. It is one of those holographic image (not sure if this is correct discription). G. Noel Gross10-12-04, 09:38 PMOriginally posted by Big Worms It is one of those holographic image (not sure if this is correct discription). "Lenticular" Sondheim10-13-04, 12:09 AMIt was a lot of fun when I saw it at the theater, though I'm not sure I'd want to watch it again - so many brainless cliches carried over from every other disaster flick. The effects really are amazing though. It might lose something on the small screen. dvdphilic10-13-04, 01:59 AMBest Buy has put bonus disc on both "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Man on Fire". The bonus discs contain making-of futurettes. Do you guys think if the studio releases a better version, will the contents in those bonus discs be added to the special features? Thank you for answering my question. starving dvder10-13-04, 07:02 AMIf you like disaster flicks like I do, I would pick it up. If not, then pass. Big Worms10-13-04, 09:34 AMOriginally posted by dvdphilic Best Buy has put bonus disc on both "The Day After Tomorrow" and "Man on Fire". The bonus discs contain making-of futurettes. Do you guys think if the studio releases a better version, will the contents in those bonus discs be added to the special features? Thank you for answering my question. Probably not since this is some Best Buy exclusive. Grizzly10-13-04, 09:44 PMi got the local R2 2-disc set today and if you like the film and want to own it, i highly suggest waiting for the inevitable R1 2-disc release.. i haven't looked at the extras, but it's definitely a packed 2nd disc, including a 70-minute doc on the shooting of it.. there's probably 2½-3 hours at least of video material on the 2nd disc. GMLSKIS10-14-04, 01:21 AMI rented it yesterday and watched it today for the first time. Glad I didn't buy it. Great special effects and good DTS sound but silly subplots. I won't go in to detail but I kept thinking how silly. I could watch it again some day but wouldn't spent like $16 to own it. dmpre9910-14-04, 09:29 PMi say if you really into natural disaster flicks then yes. otherwise no Hendrik10-15-04, 01:53 PMQ: The Day After Tomorrow: SE good blind buy? A: No! (...in my book this rates as a "VSM', or: Very Silly Movie... but that's just me...) . . . :o . . . Iron_Giant10-15-04, 02:03 PMWatched the movie last night and enjoyed the first 4/5 of the movie, the ending was somewhat slow. Great rental, might buy when it comes out for $10 used. MonsterMan10-16-04, 08:30 PMI liked it, but I probably won't watch it again. Give it a rent first. jamesdmc10-18-04, 09:55 AMI aree with Iron_Giant: wait for Blockbutser to have a "2 for $20" or "all used DVDs 25% off" sale and then buy it. It's not worth more than 10 bucks to own in my opinion. kneijst110-18-04, 11:52 AMrent it. definitly a dumb, poor written Hollywood flick that is only semi- entertaining because of the special effects. chowchris1310-18-04, 03:43 PMIsn't there another special edition version of it coming out? JDF524410-18-04, 03:45 PM...a little dull for my tastes. You tend to not care too much about the characters. Big Worms10-18-04, 04:07 PMOriginally posted by chowchris13 Isn't there another special edition version of it coming out? I hope so, it's an outstanding movie, but I have not heard anything. G. Noel Gross10-18-04, 04:26 PMOriginally posted by Big Worms I hope so, it's an outstanding movie, but I have not heard anything. Hey, um, how 'bout reading this thread? Big Worms10-18-04, 04:34 PMOriginally posted by G. Noel Gross Hey, um, how 'bout reading this thread? I didn't see anything mentioned about another version coming out, except for the R2 version. G. Noel Gross10-18-04, 05:12 PMOriginally posted by Big Worms I didn't see anything mentioned about another version coming out, except for the R2 version. I doubt a second disc will yield any must-have goodies. Here's how Total DVD (http://www.totaldvd.net/cgi-bin/dvdreviews.php?reviewid=11194) describes it ... Disc Two holds the majority of the extra features and breaks them down into four areas, The Science of Tomorrow, Inside The Day after Tomorrow, Global Watch and City Freeze. Starting with The Science of Tomorrow we are presented with the documentary Force of Destiny which runs for 60 minutes. This feature is extremely well produced and covers the compelling stories and myths behind Global warming. Featuring interviews with many respected scientists, the film discusses what we need to do as a planet to change our polluting ways before it is too late. This also includes the politics behind many of the decisions that need to be made to save the planet. Next up is the Inside The Day After Tomorrow section which is split further into three sections, pre-production, production and post production. Starting with pre-production, there are short features on pre-visualisation techniques, storyboarding, production meetings and concept art galleries. The production option plays the 1 hour 9 minute documentary Filming The Day After Tomorrow which features extensive behind the scenes footage along with interviews from cast members, again this is well produced and a step above the usual press kit standards. The post production area features a look at scoring the film and a look at the mixing stage of the helicopter crash as well as an interactive sound mixing demo. The main feature in this section is on the visual effects shots and how they were achieved. Rounding of the disc are a interactive Global watch and City Freeze features which involve the user picking a city or country to see how global warming will effect that area in the future, as well as stating when real incidents have occurred in the past. chowchris1310-18-04, 06:24 PMSo not another version of this disc planned? I thought i heard this and man on fire will get re-releases further down the road Hendrik10-18-04, 06:49 PMOriginally posted by chowchris13 ...I thought i heard this and man on fire will get re-releases further down the road ...well, yes, of course, once blue-laser HD-DVD gets under way... . . . ;) . . . C_Fletch10-18-04, 09:39 PMI'd also put another vote in the rent it first box. Cool special effects but not worth the price. I'm waiting for a 3 for 25 deal and then I might pick it up. X10-20-04, 02:13 AMIf you really like disaster flicks.....skip it! I'm having a very hard time getting through it tonight. And I can't even say the video quality is good because it isn't. But it's really loud in some places. :up: And to think my local Blockbuster had 120 copies of this that were all checked out over the weekend... -ohbfrank- Richard Malloy10-20-04, 11:35 AMI've only seen one movie over the last year that was worse than this one... "Van Helsing". Both scrape the bottom of the barrel. I don't recommend blind-buys for anything, but I wouldn't even recommend a blind rental on this one. wolverine102810-20-04, 04:40 PMI liked the movie but I would rent it and wait for a 2 for $20 or 2 for $15 deal to buyt it. J-Dubya10-20-04, 06:55 PMno Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.2.0


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- "Thirty-one Republican senators voted against [Elena Kagan's] nomination as solicitor general. That could tempt Obama to ignore the minority's views when it comes to picking a Supreme Court justice." The editors of the LA Times reflect upon the Kagan confirmation progress, and remind Senate Republicans that "bipartisanship is a two-way street."
- "The overwhelming, bipartisan decision to reauthorize the [Voting Rights Act], which drew support from covered and noncovered jurisdictions alike, should be upheld by this Court under any standard." SCOTUSBlog reports that the current and former bipartisan leaders of the House Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties -- virtually all of whom were active in the 2006 reauthorization of the critical "pre-clearance" provision of the Voting Rights Act -- have filed an amicus brief in support of the United States in the current Supreme Court case Northwest Austin Municipal Utlity District No. 1 v. Holder. Yesterday, CAC also filed an amicus brief in support of the United States, arguing that the Framers sought to endow Congress with the power to uphold the Reconstruction Amendments' guarantees against racial discrimination in voting through "appropriate legislation" – such as the Voting Rights Act.
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The Language of Her Soul
Yasmin Levy is part of a quiet revolution, as she builds a following for her songs in Ladino despite all odds.
Yasmin Levy likens herself to a butterfly fluttering among flowers, pollinating them. The flowers are countries and people; the pollen, her songs in Ladino. "I disseminate these songs because they are the only thing that will survive from this language," she said. "Within less than a generation, it will totally disappear."
We are sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland just a few hours after her concert before a crowd of 500. Soon, she will board a plane and head to the next stop on an exhaustive world tour that began in January and runs through May.
Levy, 34, from Jerusalem, has led a quiet revolution over the last decade. In collaboration with a group of internationally renowned musicians (including one from Dubai), she has headlined shows at an astounding 80 concert halls a year while attracting a following for a dying 500-year-old culture. She has performed to sold-out halls in New York, London, Paris and Sydney. Levy has also sung for crowds in smaller towns across Spain, Germany, Holland, Finland, Sweden, Turkey and Greece. In May, she is scheduled to give four concerts in Israel.
"I took traditional songs, changed the rhythms and adaptations, added a few instruments and made them sound younger and more interesting," she said, while demonstrating how elements of jazz and flamenco fuse with Cuban beats to produce a pulsating Ladino number. "I understood that in order to reach a younger audience, I need to make these songs more accessible and evocative."
Nonetheless, she would never change the lyrics or the melodies: "I don't have the right to do such a thing," she said. "They're not my songs."
Antique language
Ladino, also known as Spaniolit or Judeo-Spanish, evolved from the language spoken by the Jews of Spain before the Expulsion in 1492. They were expelled with their memories, their songs and their language, 15th-century Spanish. The geographical and cultural distance from the mother country meant the language of Sephardi Jews and their offspring did not evolve with modern Spanish. An encounter with a Ladino speaker of the 21st century is thus a unique experience, akin to meeting a speaker of biblical Hebrew.
The exiled Jews assimilated into communities throughout the Ottoman Empire, and within one century Ladino became the most widely spoken language among Jews in the Mediterranean basin. Most of these Jewish communities, including those in Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Serbia and Bosnia, were destroyed during the Holocaust. Most of the survivors immigrated to Israel, where they were pressured to speak Hebrew. Thus Ladino was gradually forgotten.
Nonetheless, the language has undergone a revival in recent years. "There is a renaissance-like wave sweeping the world, because people fear losing something very important to them - their culture," says Ladino author Matilda Koen-Sarano, the Jerusalem writer who authored the first-ever Ladino-Hebrew/Hebrew-Ladino dictionary. She spent seven years on the 50,000-entry book.
"I was surprised to learn that there is a huge audience interested in the language, certainly bigger than I knew beforehand," Koen-Sarano said. This includes "students who study it in universities, singers, artists and people with nostalgia." Sarano is now at work on a cookbook of recipes from Ladino speakers.
The Ladino vocabulary contains hundreds of words that have since vanished from Spanish, as well as words from the languages of places where Ladino speakers settled, including Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, French and Italian. Until the 20th century, Ladino was written either in Hebrew letters, much like Yiddish, or in Rashi script. Now it is written with Latin letters.
When Sarano is asked to name a few Ladino words that have seeped into Hebrew, she unleashes a verbal barrage that includes pustema (pejorative term meaning "dumb girl"), kalavasa (slang term meaning "red-head"), palavra (slang term meaning "talk meant to attract attention"), demiculu (slang for unsuccessful or bad), soliko (alone, by oneself), kombina (slang for "shady business deal"), sponga (slang for "mopping") and borekas.
While Ladino has become the focus of a cultural and popular revival, there has also been renewed academic study.
"Ladino has no future as a spoken language, but rather as a language of research," said Prof. Tamar Alexander, who heads the Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Culture at Ben-Gurion University. Nobody knows precisely how many speakers of the language are still alive today. Most estimates place the figure at approximately 100,000, the majority of them in Israel.
Dozens of students study Ladino at Ben-Gurion as well as other universities in Israel every year.
"For now they are speaking Ladino with their grandfather and grandmother, but in the future they will not have anyone to speak with," said Alexander. "My son doesn't know how to pronounce one word in Ladino, except for my nickname for him, 'my eyes' [mi ojos]."
Nonetheless, she refuses to regard the language as extinct. "Ladino is part of Israeli and Jewish culture," she said. "Research, publishing, books, journals, symposia, and culture have seen an incredible boom in Ladino usage worldwide. More and more people are seeking a return to their roots. They are overcome with nostalgia and they pursue a knowledge of Ladino."
Alexander and her team of scholars are also working to preserve another language, Haketia, an amalgamation of Ladino, Hebrew and Arabic that is still spoken by Jews in northern Morocco. "This is truly an extinct language," she said. "It is breathing its final breaths, and our efforts in this field are geared toward rescuing it."
Professor Shmuel Refael, the director of Center for Ladino Studies at Bar-Ilan University, says it is still too early to eulogize Ladino.
"Some claim that because Ladino is not heard in the street, it is most certainly a dead language," he said. "But there is no scientific proof of that. Perhaps there are places where Ladino can be heard. Besides, who determines the minimal number of speakers a language must have in order to be considered 'alive' or 'dead'?"
Refael proposes that the language be judged by a different criterion. "Ladino usage may be on the downswing, but it still claims a central place in the national identity of Sephardi Jews and in their niche in the Israeli cultural puzzle," he said. "The territory of Ladino speakers is not defined and it was always fluid, but the language is a constant, strong element that helped them define their origin and ethnicity, a point of pride for them."
'From my mother's kitchen'
Yasmin Levy first heard the call of Ladino at home. Her father, Isaac Levy, who died when she was 1, was a composer and cantor who dedicated his life to compiling and cataloging Ladino songs. "I brought these songs from my mother's kitchen," she said. "These are not songs that are meant for the stage. Rather, they are to be kept in the heart, in one's soul."
"Women sang these songs in the kitchen about loved ones who left, while men would sing liturgical poems in synagogue," she said. "This was how the language was transmitted from one generation to the next, much like oral law."
Levy's family wanted her to pursue a profession and leave music as a hobby. She began studying reflexology, but realized her attraction to singing was much greater than anything else. Naturally, she began singing in the language of her childhood.
"I paid a heavy price," she said. "I got into trouble with the Ladino-speaking community in Israel, which accused me of violating the holy of holies and defacing their songs."
Very few people attended her first concerts. "One time I received a call from the Suzanne Dellal Center [in Tel Aviv], and they told me, 'There are only 30 people coming to a concert in a hall with a capacity of 180. Invite everyone you know so that it won't be an embarrassment.'" Before the show began, as Levy was wiping away tears in the restroom, she noticed an 80-year-old woman, one of the 30 attendees. "She combed her hair, splashed on perfume, and did everything just to look beautiful for my concert," Levy said. "So I decided I was going to pour out my soul for her."
That was eight years and four albums ago. Her latest work, "Sentir," was recently named one of the Times of London's 100 best albums of 2009.
Most of her songs are melancholy. "I can't sing about the sun and the flowers, because it's not who I am," she said. "I sing about sadness, love and desperation. That is how I express myself, who I am."
Following her Zurich concert, just before she collapses in bed, Levy summons the strength to sign albums for fans. "I don't know where these people come from," she said, clearly embarrassed by all the attention. "I don't get it." Her pile of CDs gets smaller and smaller, but the line of people refuses to end.
"If my father were to see this, he wouldn't believe it," she said. "He just would have laughed."
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A moss plant that spent around 1,600 years under Antarctic ice has been revived by scientists and is growing anew in a case of "unprecedented millennial-scale survival."
In a study published in the journal Current Biology, scientists claim that the moss, retrieved from permafrost in Antarctica, initially looked black and dead. However, after being thawed in an incubator and receiving distilled water, the plant began to green and grow new shoots after only three weeks.
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