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NASA's Cassini orbiter just beamed back its latest batch of images of Saturn and its various satellites. They are, as usual, gorgeous, but this stunning view of the planet — photographed from below the plane of its rings — really captured our attention. Our immediate reaction: what has become of the planet's rings?
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JUPITER, Fla. -- Marlins catcher Jeff Mathis is hopeful the breaks go his way this time around. Physically, they didn't really do so last season.
The 30-year-old sustained a broken right collarbone in the first Spring Training game of 2013, causing him to be out until mid-May. And while blocking a ball in the dirt in September, he fractured a bone in his right thumb.
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Dot Dot Dot will most likely be playing their brand new song, "Bring Me To Life" tonight at Double Door in Chicago. It's a well-crafted alt-rock tune that showcases the co-ed synth rock band's vocal chops. Fans can hear it on Dot Dot Dot's Facebook page.
It was no surprise when Van Go covered Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk" on their 2010 CD, The Long Last Call. Like Costello, the Chicago-based power pop band likes to set clever putdowns to energetic arrangements. Songs like "Your Three Minutes Are Up" and "Invisible Girls" can stick with you after a single listen. Van Go has a gig tomorrow night at Phyllis' Musical Inn on Division Street in Chicago. Crackpot is also on the bill.
David Bowie's first release in 10 years, The Next Day, is racking up sales as well as rave reviews, and now fans in the Los Angeles area can catch an acoustic tribute to the Thin White Duke. Several local acts will gather at Brennan's in Marina Del Ray on Tuesday, March 26th, and each will perform a 15-minute set. The event is free and scheduled to kick off at 8:00 PM. Brennan's throws an acoustic tribute for a different artist on the last Tuesday of each month; past shows have honored Elvis Costello and Tom Petty.
Black Forest Theatre Company is presenting the Sex, Drugs, R&R Show next Saturday at Curt's Cafe in Evanston. The Facebook event description promises, "Performers doing covers from any genre and era celebrating the good life and debauchery!" Some of the debauchers include Mr. Mo, The Rut, whitewolfsonicprincess, and The Telepaths. Songs being covered include "Sex, Drugs Rock & Roll" by Ian Dury and the Blockheads, "Louie, Louie" by The Kingsmen, "Let's Spend The Night Together" by The Rolling Stones, and "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters.
Record Store Day, the annual celebration of rare vinyl platters and the small businesses that sell them, is less than a month off. A comprehensive list of this year's titles can be found on the official website, and I'm already making plans to be standing outside Reckless Records at the crack of dawn on Saturday, April 20th. Most likely, wearing the Fruits de Mer guitar-emblazoned t-shirt I just bought from the UK all-vinyl label.
The treasures will include two 10" 45RPM records by British Invasion standouts, The Animals, with classics like "We've Got To Get Out Of This Place," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "House Of The Rising Sun" and "I'm Crying." Big Star's Nothing Can Hurt Me [Special Pressing] will be on two 12" colored vinyl records, with 20 previously unreleased versions of songs like "September Gurls." It's the soundtrack to an upcoming documentary.
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LOS ANGELES A bloody Western and the comedic tale of a trash-talking teddy bear lead nominees for the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.
MTV announced Tuesday that "Django Unchained" and "Ted" each have seven bids at the annual kudo-fest, set to air live on April 14 from the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, Calif.
"Silver Linings Playbook" earned six nominations and "The Dark Knight Rises" collected five. Other top nominees include "The Avengers," "Skyfall," "Pitch Perfect" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
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Petsch, Alfred P. C. (1887–1981)
Alfred P. C. Petsch, lawyer, legislator, civic worker, and philanthropist, was born on August 16, 1887, in Luckenbach, Texas, the son of Joe F. and Ida (Baag) Petsch. He attended Southwest Texas Normal School from 1903 to 1906. He grew up speaking German and had to learn English after arriving at the school. During his junior year he had typhoid fever. He attended the University of Texas in 1906–07 and in the fall semester of 1908, working his way through school by teaching. He attended law school at the University of Texas in 1910 and passed the bar exam that fall. He was licensed to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1934. Petsch opened his first law office in Fredericksburg on January 1, 1911. In March 1911 he was appointed Gillespie county attorney. He joined the Fredericksburg Progressive Business League and participated in the group's campaign to pass a school tax and, in 1913, to bring a railroad to Fredericksburg. From 1914 to 1918 he served on the Fredericksburg school board. He was one of the founders of the Fredericksburg Publishing Company, which was established in 1914–15 for the purpose of buying the Fredericksburg Standard. Petsch was named a director of the company in 1915 and became president in 1922, a post he held until 1980. For many years he contributed a weekly column to the paper, "We Believe."
Petsch was commissioned a second lieutenant on May 26, 1917. He served at Camp Funston (later Camp Bullis), at Camp Travis, and at Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois, where he was discharged on December 3, 1918, with the rank of major of infantry. In 1919 he received an appointment as major in the infantry reserve. He married Myra Slator on May 3, 1918, at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio. The couple became the parents of two children. In 1922 he participated in reorganizing the Gillespie County Fair Association. He was a charter member of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce and served as its president in 1923–24. As one of the organizers of the Fredericksburg National Bank in 1932, Petsch served on the board of directors from its founding until at least 1979 and as chairman of the board from 1969 to 1979. He also long served as the bank's attorney. In addition, he held a partnership in the Loan and Abstract Company and engaged in ranching.
In 1924 Petsch was elected as a Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives, succeeding Sam E. Johnson, Jr. He was reelected to six of the following seven legislatures and served from 1925 to 1939, with the exception of 1933–34. During the 1927–28 session, as chairman of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Petsch introduced a successful bill that eliminated the manslaughter charge from the criminal code. The measure had been recommended by the Special Legislative Committee of the Texas Bar Association and adopted by Governor Dan Moody as part of his legislative agenda. Petsch was also instrumental in the passage of another measure on Moody's agenda, a bill amending the libel law. The revision, which made it easier for newspapers to publish accounts of public meetings, was perceived as a reform promoting good government. Petsch was also a noted ally of Moody's in reorganizing the highway department. The new measures included an increase in the gasoline tax and the appointment of three new highway commissioners. As a member of the House Committee on Highways and Motor Traffic from 1925 through 1931, Petsch was also largely responsible for the routing of federal and state highways through Fredericksburg.
During World War II Petsch held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He served at Camp Bullis (1942–43), the Hereford Internment Camp (1943), and Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Hot Springs, Arkansas (1943–45). He helped to organize the Hill Country Memorial Hospital and served on its board of directors during planning and construction. He was also a leading force behind the development of the Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Naval Museum (now the Admiral Nimitz State Historical Park), and the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park. In addition, he helped to organize the Hill Country Bar Association; Hill Country Student Help, a nonprofit corporation that gave student loans; and the Community Chest.
In 1962 Petsch received the 4-H Club Outstanding Businessman award, and in 1968 both he and his wife received honorary lifetime memberships in the PTA. On September 28, 1969, Fredericksburg celebrated Alfred and Myra Petsch Day with a dinner at the fairgrounds and a special edition of the Fredericksburg Standard. Petsch was an Episcopalian and a member of the Eastern Star, Alfazar Temple of the Mystic Shrine, the Imperial Shrine, the Rotary Club, and the Masonic Lodge. He retired from his law practice in 1980 and died on November 28, 1981, in Fredericksburg. He was survived by his wife and two children and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.


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The java train rides again! One of the things that excites us about being at Holy Trinity on Sundays is that we're virtually next door to our favorite local coffee maker, Revolution Coffee Roasters. We've been using Revolution beans for years at Liberti Collingswood, but why keep playing away games? Let's take the hour to the coffee! Beginning at 10am each Sunday, Liberti folks can gather before church at Revolution (across Fern Ave. from Holy Trinity) for some coffee and conversation––and by special arrangement, if you tell a Rev employee that you're heading to Liberti, you can get a free, 8oz brewed coffee or $1 off any beverage. Caffeine means that you'll find Jim's sermons far more insightful, engaging, and funny.1


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OTTAWA — Canada is well on its way toward becoming a nation of immigrants — figuratively and literally.
While it's no secret that immigrants have helped build this country and Canada has long celebrated its rich multicultural history, 2011 census figures released Wednesday by Statistics Canada indicate two-thirds of overall population growth is being fuelled by newcomers.
Unlike the United States, where growth is still driven by natural increases in population — the difference between births and deaths — only one-third of Canada's growth is due to fertility.
It's a trend that's been going on for about a decade due to the rapid decrease in fertility that began in the late 1960s and 1970s and the increase in the number of deaths due to an aging population.
"As a result, the numbers of births and deaths have converged since the end of the Baby Boom in Canada, and migratory increase has taken on an increasingly important role in recent Canadian population growth," Statistics Canada's census report concluded.
Population projections suggest the trend will continue as boomers die off and that by 2031, immigration will account for more than 80 per cent of Canada's overall population growth.
"Without a sustained level of immigration or a substantial increase in fertility, Canada's population growth could, within 20 years, be close to zero," the report found.
With an immigration system that's placing a greater emphasis on temporary foreign workers and international students, combined with huge backlogs in applications for permanent residence and stricter citizenship requirements, it also raises questions about whether Canada may not just become a country of immigrants, but whether it may also become a country of non-Canadians.
While it's not clear exactly how many of the 33,476,688 people enumerated in the 2011 census are landed immigrants, refugees or people here on study or work permits, all are included in Canada's total population. All enjoy varying rights and privileges with respect to work, social programs such as health care and mobility, but none is eligible to vote in Canadian elections.
"Our immigration levels of 250,000 per year means that . . . we have a million new people in the country in less than five years," said Western (formerly the University of Western Ontario) sociology professor Rod Beaujot.
"The integration of this new population is a continuous challenge."
Nationally, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has identified immigration reform as a necessary prerequisite to building a stronger Canadian economy for the future. He has signalled the government will put a greater emphasis on accepting immigrants into Canada who have a particular skill that is needed in the workforce.
As new immigrants typically face disproportionately lower job participation, the hope is that newcomers will be able to hit the ground running and contribute more quickly to the country's coffers which are facing mounting pressures related to things such as rising pension and old age security costs.
Beaujot, however, said credentials, language deficiencies and mismatched skills that result in underemployment and unemployment remain serious barriers for newcomers, particularly in those early years.
Asked about the possibility of a Canada comprised of mostly non-Canadians, Rick Dykstra, the parliamentary secretary to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, said the government is looking at ways to expedite the citizenship process, but is also being careful to ensure those who take the leap are worthy.
"If you're going to be a Canadian citizen, you have to treat it with the type of honour and dignity and respect that it deserves," he said.
"We think you should really have to achieve a high level of understanding of this country in terms of its history, what it's all about, to accept the values that we practise in this country, the democracy that we have and obviously the ability to be able to speak one of the official languages at a capacity that enables them to be able to interact with other Canadians," he said.
Meanwhile, Harpreet Rehlan and his wife, Ravinder Kaur, are emblematic of another trend over the last five years that has seen higher rates of immigrant-fuelled population growth outside Central Canada, particularly in the West.
The Delhi couple left their families and boarded a plane with plans to start a better life in Canada little more than two weeks ago.
Unlike the 84 per cent of East Indians who've made Ontario and British Columbia their home, this young couple chose to settle in Regina.
"I heard Regina is a good place to live," said Rehlan, who learned about the Prairie capital from a friend who is there on a work visa.
While they both have master's degrees, they came to Canada under the federal skilled worker program — Rehlan as an automotive technician and Kaur, as a school librarian.
They've already found an apartment, a decent curry restaurant, and Kaur has enrolled in English classes at a local immigration centre.
Rehlan said they've had several job interviews and he's optimistic about their future.
It appears, for good reason.
Saskatchewan recently reported some of the highest job vacancy rates in all of Canada and, according to the latest census figures, newcomers are flocking there like never before.
Since 2006, Saskatchewan welcomed nearly three times as many immigrants as it did in the previous five years, while the number of immigrants who settled in Manitoba doubled, according to Statistics Canada.
Meanwhile, Ontario — which was hit harder by the economic downturn and has struggled with an ailing manufacturing sector — saw 96,000 fewer immigrants settle in the province during the most recent census period.
"Immigrants are moving, like Canadians are moving, West because Saskatchewan and Alberta have lower unemployment rates . . . and economies that are doing relative well," said Susan McDaniel, a University of Lethbridge, Alta., sociology professor and director of the Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy.
"People go where the jobs are. That's always been the case."
Growth in the oil and gas sector, the potash industry and high-tech fields are fuelling population spikes in places such as Saskatchewan, she said, adding Ontario, by contrast has seen "a huge hollowing out of the industrial base."
Prince Edward Island, another province that has embraced Citizenship and Immigration's provincial nominee program, which gives provinces and territories greater say over the selection of immigrants and has helped drive growth in smaller provinces, also has experienced a massive influx of newcomers with more than 8,100 settling there since 2006 compared to just 1,100 between 2001 and 2006.
But it's a trend that won't last, said Godfrey Baldacchino, a sociology professor and Canada Research Chair in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Much of the immigrant-fuelled Maritime population spike since 2006 — it occurred to a lesser extent in New Brunswick and in Nova Scotia — was due to abuse of the provincial nominee program, which is now under investigation in those provinces.
In a bid to attract wealthy immigrant investors, the provinces expedited the visa process and before long, allegations of bribery and corruption followed, along with scathing auditors general reports, lawsuits and police investigations.
Noting unemployment rates in P.E.I. are among the highest in the country, Baldacchino said there is already evidence that many of those immigrants who came through the program have since moved on to other parts of the country, in some cases, without ever even stepping foot in P.E.I.
"I think we've hit the maximum," he said. "The numbers will start going down."
University of Toronto demographer and economist David Foot said he can't understand why immigration remains so strong in Canada when unemployment is still so high. Given the large numbers of temporary foreign workers, he worries those who lose their jobs may not be leaving the country and that Canada may be creating an "illegal immigrant pool."
He also suggested Canadians need not fear population decline and that it may actually be good for both the economy and the environment.


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Sanhkara. Sankhara is mental constructions/mental formations. Dependant upon ignorance, Sankhara arises. Worldly beings are bound up with the continual cycle of ignorance and resulting sankhara.
We are human beings, social creatures deeply connected with one another in terms of perception and reactivity. This is the nature of the human condition. As such, sanhkara may arise in reaction to external circumstances such as the speech of another, even when the speech is not ill-intended. We may simply misunderstand or misinterpret. Similarly, Sankhara may arise by virtue of intentional wrongful speech from another, which we in ignorance take personally, or which by virtue of some other manifestation of ignorance results in affliction.
Nobody else is responsible for our personal mental constructions/mental formations. Nobody else controls our sankhara.
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(Related topic with reference.)"Having performed a verbal act, you should reflect on it... If, on reflection, you know that it led to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both; it was an unskillful verbal act with painful consequences, painful results, then you should confess it, reveal it, lay it open to the Teacher or to a knowledgeable companion in the holy life. Having confessed it... you should exercise restraint in the future. But if on reflection you know that it did not lead to affliction... it was a skillful verbal action with happy consequences, happy results, then you should stay mentally refreshed and joyful, training day and night in skillful mental qualities."
The Buddha teaches that verbal acts can lead to the affliction of others. Even though one cannot be responsible for another's sankhara, one nevertheless bears personal responsibility for speech which afflicts others. We have the capacity to harm others, through our actions, and through our words.
Source.The accusation has been made that the application of the terms kusala and akusala are oriented only towards an individualistic goal, making the motivation for abstention from violence a selfish one. But it can be argued that the distinction between altruism and egoism breaks down for anyone truly following the Noble Eightfold Path. There are also many textual references to the inherent importance of harmony, justice and compassion in society to balance those passages which seem to be solely individualistic. Harmony and justice are recognized as worthwhile in themselves as well as a prerequisite for the spiritual progress of society's members. Hence, in society, violence is to be eschewed because it brings pain to beings with similar feelings to oneself:
All tremble at violence,
Life is dear to all.
Comparing others with oneself
One should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
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On the level of personal analogy, men and women are to condemn violence. It is an analogy which demands metta (loving kindness) and karuna (compassion) of the human being. They call on a frame of mind which cannot remain insensitive to suffering in others or untouched by the agony produced by violence. Non-violence, therefore, arises through the urge to prevent anguish in others:
Comparing oneself with others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I" (yatha aham tatha ete yatha ete tatha aham), one should neither kill nor cause others to kill.
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The Buddha, however, did not credit all people with this level of awareness. He is recorded as saying that shame and fear of blame protect the world, and if there were not these forces, the world would come to confusion and promiscuity. Not all beings rally to the call for compassion on the grounds that others have like feelings to themselves or that harmony in society is necessary. Therefore, some texts invoke the concepts of heaven and hell, rewards and punishments, to control violence.
Through our speech, we can create a hostile environment.
Error. It is error to assert that in all instances, only others are to blame when one's speech is misunderstood. The definition and meaning of words are not black-and-white. Words and phrases, by their very nature, are prone to ambiguity and alternative plausible interpretations. For example, statutory interpretation and contract interpretation are areas of study, because even lawmakers and highly paid attorneys who take great pains to say exactly what they mean often say things in a manner which is ambiguous and open to alternative valid interpretations. This is the nature of language. Moreover, in a diverse society with people of various backgrounds, we may not be able to predict how our words are interpreted by another. To always blame the listener for misunderstanding, by virtue of his or her purported "lack of ability to comprehend" or purported "illiteracy," is a cop out and contrary to the approach which is Dhamma. Worse, it can be a way of blaming the victim, and it can justify bullying. Those who create a hostile environment by their words are themselves responsible for the words they speak.
How praiseworthy if one comes to the realization that one speaks unkindly or insensitively to others without shame or fear of blame. Such a realization can help one to make a change for the better, and to perform kamma in the future which does not so frequently afflict self and/or others. What an unfortunate, miserable circumstance if one's habit is to speak unkindly or insensitively to others without shame or fear of blame, and if one instead blames everyone else for the harmful effect of one's words.
When we blame others for their reactions to our harsh, insensitive, unkind words, we commit error and miss an opportunity to practice Dhamma by recognizing the truth about that which has arisen. We are not responsible for the other's sankhara. We are responsible for our kamma, and we experience the fruits of such kamma. Failure to recognize that one's volitional actions in the form of insensitive speech can cause harm to others is a failure to understand Dhamma and basic reality.
Being mindful of this, Dhamma guides us toward an acknowledgement that our Kamma may be skillful or unskillful, and may lead to the affliction of others or not lead to the affliction of others. Dhamma teaches one to take personal responsibility for one's volitional actions of speech, to reflect upon whether one's actions have led to self affliction, affliction of others, or both, and if we recognize that our actions/speech have led to such affliction, then to endeavor to act more skillfully in the future. Dhamma does not teach that one should deny personal responsibility and blame others, and compound the affliction by engaging in further insensitive speech.
Dismissing comments about "insensitive speech" as mere political correctness, or as an attempt to censor others or control others, or as mere "complaints," or as "meta discussion," or as being "holier than thou," is evasive and disrespectful, as well as harmful to oneself and others. The teachings on Right Speech call for us to recognize that the words we speak and write may lead to affliction of others, and to know our kamma. Insensitive speech is to be avoided, not commended and encouraged.
Source.I am aware of my wish to foster happiness and reduce suffering for myself and for others.
I am aware, too, of the imperfections that may hinder this wish.
Where my actions have caused suffering, may I be forgiven.
Where my actions conflict with those others would choose, may they understand.
I am grateful that the next in-breath marks a new beginning.


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If the goal of your game is to make your player feel like a badass, you can't really go wrong with good old-fashioned metal. Nothing beats it. Don't get me wrong, you can still screw it up, but If I had my way, there'd be far fewer sweeping orchestras and more Slayer in games. Because, honestly, it's freaking metal.
On Today's Kotaku Mix Tape, we're serving up a big old heaping dose of Metal. And we're doing it right here on the front page. No clicking through, just metal. From the thrashing F-Zero X soundtrack to the unspeakable blackness that is Henry Hatsworth In the Puzzling Adventure.
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Lightweight, wearable gadgets have changed our workout routines. Some of us consider it an integral part of every workout to monitor our heart rates, activity and calories burned in real time. Future devices may become even more enmeshed in our fitness routines.
Enter battery-free gadgets powered by body heat. If you run hard, bike for miles or work up a daily sweat, TEGwear technology will reward you with power.
Perpetua, a company that specializes in renewable energy solutions for wireless sensors, is marketing an insertable chip that converts body heat into electric energy.
The magic behind the chip is based on thermoelectric energy. TEGWear technology relies on two different temperatures — body heat and the coolness surrounding the device. It converts the difference between the two into usable energy.
The hardware can be easily integrated into lightweight, ultra-low power gadgets (it won't be able to power your cell phone) that exercise buffs are already using. Perpetua is looking for product development partners to develop battery-free medical, fitness and safety gear worn on the body, according to the company's marketing VP Jerry Wiant.
By 2014, fitness watches, strap-on sensors and on-body pedometers utilizing the technology will be available. The equipment is able to produce microwatts (one-millionth of a watt) or nearly a milliwatt (one thousandth of a watt) of power, which is enough to run ultra-low power devices such as a heart rate monitor.
"It can be compared to a coin cell battery," Wiant tells Mashable. "This technology will last, if not longer, than the electronics it's powering, up to 10 to 20 years."
Would you like to use devices that tap into your body's source? Tell us in the comments. Image courtesy of Flickr, Hckyso


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Almost three years ago, we started ZeroPush because we were frustrated by the complexity involved in sending push notifications to our apps. Our goal was to make developers' lives easier with simple and powerful tools. Thousands of you agreed, and have used our API to send hundreds of millions of notifications.
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Minutes after Brandon Tyler-Tharp was shot to death on Jefferson Avenue, the University of Cincinnati took action to protect the students and staff on campus.
Quickly, a voice alert sounded in all campus buildings.
"They get this warning about the dangers - last night particularly at Jefferson and University. To stay away from that area. If you're in a building that faces that area, to get away from the window," UC Police Chief Michael Cureton said.
That alert was followed by an e-mail alert with more information.
"My roommates told me that our dorm was on lockdown, so I couldn't come back for a while, so I stayed over with my friends on the other side of town," Emily Kester said.
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Kansas City police said they are no longer investigating after a set of eyes were found in a container at a Northland gas station.
Police said the eyeballs were not human; they likely were from a pig. And they added that no crime was committed.
Police said they were called to a Conoco service station at Northwest 112th Street and North Ambassador Drive late Wednesday by a worker who found a package on top of the trash bin.
"I noticed a box sitting on top of a trash can," said worker Latishia McClure. "All it was was a cardboard box that said, 'Keep refrigerated' on it and I opened it up, there's a cooler inside and inside that cooler was a little box."
Police said the package was a cardboard box with wrapping stating, "keep refrigerated." Inside was a medical cooler and inside it was a sealed package containing eyes.
"I just kinda backed up and was like, uh, maybe I should report this," McClure said.
Investigators said there is an eye bank located on North Ambassador Drive. Police said they contacted that eye bank, along with several others in the area, including regional hospitals without success.
Surveillance video showed that two men in a blue Toyota with Nebraska plates left the container.
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I said it before and I'll say it again; "someone will have to pay me to go back next year."
Sasquatch! is a young person's game and I'm getting too old to deal with the hoards of party folk blaring late-night dub-step.
My yearly pilgrimage to the Gorge (a.k.a. the shrub-steppes) now consists of taking photographs while enjoying a handful of musicians.
This year's lineup was not as spectacular as years prior but there were still some great acts that did not disappoint.
As for the photos, I managed to snag a couple good shots here and there despite not having a "media pass" for the third year in a row. This has got me thinking; I might be the best Sasquatch! photographer to never have proper media credentials.
But, I digress…
Let's take a look at some of the photographs from this year's photosafari.
Before you feast your eyes upon the Gorge's natural beauty, you must wade through the lawless wasteland that is the campgrounds.
A circular field of farmland transforms into a campground overnight in order to accommodate 30,000 concert goers.
Life in the grounds resembles a frat-house squatters camp. People spend their days drinking, playing games (flip cups, beer pong and "ladders"), listening to music and, if need be, looking for drugs.
During the Memorial Day long weekend, the temperature is always hovering around the mid-high 20s (C). Wind and rain can roll in at anytime making things unpredictable.
Just like the weather, the campground antics is also unpredictable. It is a goldmine for bizarre sights and oddities.
So many people are vying to expose their unique characteristics and be accepted in a temporary-anarchistic society. It's a fair assumption to say that the average person cannot handle the four day festival culture that breeds on the banks of the Columbia River in Central Washington.
The Gorge Amphitheatre is the most beautiful theatre I have ever had the privilege of seeing. Every year, I take the same shots but they still seem as fresh and beautiful as my first time at the Gorge. It's a shame that the Sasquatch! organizers try to impose lens limitations on DSLR's.
On the first day, I tried to bring my new GoPro camera into the concert. The bag-check security, that normally looks for booze, told me I could not bring the wide-angled recording device into the fairgrounds. As he was telling me this, a young man with a slack-jawed grin was holding a GoPro in his hands walking through the gates.
I pointed and said, "but that guy has the exact same video camera."
The guard said I would have to return to the campsite with the camera. I managed to talk my way out of a twenty-minute walk back to camp by promising that the small camera would never see the light of day. I kept my promise because I had other plans for my Nikon and 200-300mm lens.
People ask how I managed to get all my camera gear into the fairground and every time I'd tell them that I smuggled my lenses in a secret compartment in my backpack. Once I'm past the gates, I'll take off the 50mm lens from my camera and then fasten an appropriate lens for sniping sweet pics.
Photographing musicians/bands is cool but it often leaves me feeling hollow. Unless you are shooting a lively band hell-bent on doing sweet jumps and emitting sweet emotions with a visual display happening right behind them, every gig seems the same. Photographing bands then turns into an act of capturing superficial trophies. It's kind of creepy in a One Hour Photo type of way.
I've made it clear to some that I make this annual photosafari to document the freaks and their adventures at Sasquatch! And, I mean "freak" as in:
a. A drug user or addict: a speed freak.
b. An eccentric or nonconformist person, especially a member of a counterculture.
c. An enthusiast: rock music freaks.
1. An abnormally formed organism, especially a person or animal regarded as a curiosity or monstrosity.
I'm not going to lie. I'm pretty tired of writing this post. I'm probably just going to wrap it up with a couple more photos and say "see you next year." Hopefully I'll get some coin thrown my way next time around…


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Rapid economic growth has come with costs that traditionally rarely feature in national accounting. These range from atmospheric and water pollution to degraded fisheries and forests, all of which impact prosperity and human well-being. The theme of World Environment Day this year, "Forests: Nature at Your Service", emphasizes the multi-trillion dollar value of these and other ecosystems to society – especially the poor.
Despite growing global awareness of the dangers of environmental decline – including climate change, biodiversity loss and desertification – progress since the Earth Summit has been too slow. We will not build a just and equitable world unless we give equal weight to all three pillars of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental. To sustainably reduce poverty, guarantee food and nutrition security and provide decent employment for growing populations, we must make the most intelligent use of our natural capital.
India, the global host of World Environment Day in 2011, is among a growing number of countries working to address the pressures of ecological change. It is also helping to pioneer a better assessment of the economic value of nature-based services, with the assistance of the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Bank. India's Rural Employment Act and the country's encouragement of renewable energy are significant examples of how to scale up green growth and accelerate the transition to a green economy.No single day can transform development onto a sustainable path. But on the road to Rio +20, this year's World Environment Day can send a message that those with influence in government and the private sector can – and must – take the necessary steps that will fulfill the promise of the Earth Summit. The global public is watching, and expects nothing less.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Stepping Up
In two years, Tej Dhawan moved from anonymity to a recognized leader of the Central Iowa startup scene.
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Friday, August 30, 2013 7:00 AM
What is your guiding principle?
Tell the truth. Tell it early. Don't mince words because they just tend to confuse, rather than help.
What is your biggest challenge?
Staying healthy while doing the things that need to get done. Keeping weight and diabetes in check. I'm a Type 2 diabetic, so just managing my health. But luckily, I've got awesome trainers at the YMCA who have actually improved my health significantly in the last six months.
How do you manage your work-life balance.
The place I am in life right now, from fiscal planning and so on, life events take priority. Activities with kids and family are number one. Everything else falls two and later. I can work 70 or 80 hours if I want to, but being involved in my kids' events ... takes significant priority over anything else. Because ultimately, I could be gone tomorrow.
Jann Freed likes to tease her longtime friend Tej Dhawan about being mentioned in the media so often lately.
The public persona Dhawan has developed since co-founding StartupCity Des Moines, a technology company incubator, two years ago stands in contrast to his behind-the-scenes nature.
The thing is, before StartupCity opened, nobody really knew who he was. He spent most of his time working on his own business, Advanced Technology Group Inc. Heads down, so to speak. Dhawan acknowledges that "if you were to look for my name pre-July 2011, it will not be in any print media."
In October 2011, Dhawan and co-principal Christian Renaud opened StartupCity as a place to help entrepreneurs grow their budding tech companies. That got Dhawan's name in the newspaper, and opened the door for many more opportunities to be involved in the tech scene.
Today, Dhawan has become a recognized leader of Des Moines' emerging technology startup community, and a representative for Des Moines and Iowa on a regional and national level.
Dhawan's work includes helping run StartupCity and mentoring the entrepreneurs there. He and Renaud obtained loans from the state, city, county, and others, to fund the incubator for three years. During which time they are essentially volunteering their time to operate the organization.
Dhawan also helped launch StartupIowa, a statewide initiative aimed at providing visibility to Iowa entrepreneurs, and has been heavily involved in the Startup America Partnership. He has helped Gov. Terry Branstad's science, technology, engineering and mathematics council, the Technology Association of Iowa and Plains Angels, a group of tech investors in Greater Des Moines. A native of India, he's also been an active advocate for changing laws that limit the number of highly skilled immigrants allowed into the country. As part of those advocacy efforts, Dhawan, has had conversations with state and national politicians and spoken on the issue at the White House. He even runs his own startup, a web browser for children called Pikuzone.
"I think at this point, were he to detach, were he to move or something like that, there would be half a dozen vacuums that were created, not just one," Renaud said. "Because the guy is legitimate."
How did Dhawan go from being someone no one knew to someone everyone knows?
By being himself.
The quiet doer
"Technical people, by their very nature, tend to be quiet doers," Dhawan said. "They see a problem; they tend to be problem-solvers."
Dhawan has always been an entrepreneur and problem solver. Freed, who taught for 30 years at Dhawan's alma mater, Central College, first met Dhawan when he came to her class to talk about an environmental advocacy group he started on campus.
"Even as a student, he was always thinking about 'what can I start?'" Freed said.
He started his own company, Advanced Technology Group, which makes software that helps prisons manage inmates and inmate activities, and he helped run that company for 14 years. When he sold his share of Advanced Technologies in 2010, he saw another problem he wanted to solve. Startup companies in Des Moines needed help. He and others often refer to the startup community as an "ecosystem." That ecosystem didn't really exist in 2010.
Mike Colwell, executive director of the Business Innovation Zone, introduced Dhawan and Renaud, who had remarkably similar thoughts about what was needed to help startup companies succeed in Des Moines.
As Dhawan and Renaud prepared to open the incubator, Dhawan proved he was able to complete tasks very quickly, but still thoughtfully. Renaud, who has worked with his share of entrepreneurs, said he has seen that quality in very few people. Those qualities helped StartupCity open just days after its final funding was approved.
"I like to see things happen," said Dhawan.
Says Suku Radia, a friend and occasional mentor to Dhawan: "When he is working on any project, he really does his homework. There are people that get caught in the euphoria of things going right and take things for granted. I think he's cautious, he's optimistic and he's very realistic."
The leader
Leaders typically fall into two categories, Colwell said: those who are appointed, and those who are recognized. In the startup world, Dhawan is recognized.
Renaud didn't know Dhawan until Colwell introduced the two. And Colwell says nobody really knew who Dhawan was at that point. Dhawan had spent most of his career so heavily focused on his company that he hadn't made that many connections in the tech industry.
"StartupCity was what published my name and made it into a Des Moines name. It wasn't planned by any means," Dhawan said. Prior to that, being in the spotlight just wasn't his style, he said.
Those who know Dhawan say he's always had the leadership skills that have put him in the forefront now. Colwell sees it as a matter of Dhawan finding his comfort zone.
From Dhawan's perspective, "I think I'm still just doing the same things I do."
"There's no PR agency at StartupCity, right? So, we see a problem, and we're trying to solve a problem," he said. "What we've been lucky with is the community in Des Moines has just stepped up to support it."
It used to be a running joke that Renaud knew everyone in the startup scene and he would constantly ask Dhawan, "How the hell do you not know so-and-so?" They both made a concerted effort to get Dhawan more involved in the community.
Since then, "Tej has gained the respect of everyone he's met," Colwell said. "I really don't know anyone who doesn't respect the man."
Freed calls him a 'visionary," and says people naturally want to follow him because of his strong convictions and intellect.
"If I were lost on an island, I would do anything Tej said, because I believe in him," Freed said. "And I would also believe that he had my best interest at heart."
The voice
An advocate on immigration issues, Dhawan went to the White House last year as a representative of the Startup America Partnership to speak to other startup owners and policymakers. A political staffer coached Dhawan on what to say to the group, a message Dhawan said he wasn't fully comfortable sharing. Together, they were able to work on a message that pleased both.
"My conversations are largely unguarded conversations. They are generally my opinions and not filtered through any specific things," Dhawan said. "Sharing my opinion is natural."
His general nature is to thoughtfully come to his own conclusion. Renaud shares an anecdote: Most people read about a political bill in the newspaper. But Dhawan will read the entire bill.
Once Dhawan develops his conclusion, he won't change it just to tell someone what they want to hear, but he will thoughtfully consider opposing viewpoints.
Dhawan has more of a megaphone to share his thoughts now, but it hasn't really changed his methods, said Freed.
She recalls a controversial issue dealt with by Central College's board of trustees, of which Dhawan is a member. Dhawan was the lone voice on one side of the issue.
"I was pretty emotional about it. He was cool," Freed said. "He said, 'I spoke, I had a vote, I voiced my opinion, we took a vote, and it went the other way.' He moves on. No grudges."
He takes that same approach to mentoring entrepreneurs, Colwell said. Dhawan has an ability to give an honest opinion and challenge someone's ideas with respect.
"He doesn't try to anticipate what somebody wants to hear and then tell them that. He's not a politician," Colwell said. "He's more the business guy who will tell you the truth."
The newsmaker
It seems a bit opposite of Dhawan's demeanor that Freed compares him to late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs. Her comparison is drawn from the way that Dhawan is able to think about innovative solutions, seeing something before it's there – not so much from his personality.
It doesn't surprise Freed, though, that Dhawan has taken on a leadership role in the tech community.
"I just really respect his intellect, and I know he has high ethical standards," she said. "I think Tej is always trying to do the right thing."
"And it isn't for recognition," she adds.
Maybe not. But that probably won't stop Freed from giving him some recognition anyway.
"Every time I turn around, he's in the paper, and I'm teasing him," Freed said. "I go, 'Tej sighting! Tej sighting! More face time for Tej.' And it's all in good humor because that was not him."
But, she said, "we're lucky he stayed here, and we need more people like him."
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Drinking the Bottom Shelf: Bud Light Lime
Will Gordon drinks his way through the bottom shelf of the liquor store...so you don't have to.
I'm in remarkably poor health given that my three favorite foods are green and only one of them is an M&M. It's a good thing I have a soft life, because I am a poorly constructed unit. I wake up with lots of mysterious bruises (WebMD says leukemia, I prefer to assume I'm being beaten in my sleep) and I broke my toe or foot or something last week even though I barely even bashed it into the wall when I was barely even drunk, which is all the proof I need that broccoli's been ripping me off for years. But limes keep coming through (consistently scurvy-free, and I've been on a lot of mighty sketchy boat rides), so it's high time I reconsider my long-standing prejudice against lime-flavored beer.
Part of my lime-beer avoidance is that the iconically limed beer, Corona, comes across as more of a beer built around a marketing campaign than vice-versa. I don't like Corona because it sucks without the lime wedge and I don't like the idea of things floating around in my beer—that's largely because those things tend to be other people's cigarette butts and my own bad ideas, but the limes you get at bars are almost as bad. A lot of times you get a lame lime or an inattentive squeeze, so the juice is either nonexistent or sprayed all over the bar, and all you end up with is the disgusting lime rind floating around in your beer. And you know where that lime has been? Well, it's been on the hideous bar floor at least once, that's for sure, and I'm not 100 percent certain that 100 percent of dropped bar limes get washed 100 percent of the time.
But despite all that, I've been handed hundreds of Coronas in my day and I've yet to hand one back, and I can't deny enjoying it in the rare case that there's sufficient lime to counter Corona's base identity as skunky yellow beer that's spent way too much time in a clear glass bottle. I would never buy Corona of my own volition because it costs too much—most other overmarketed crap beers are at least cheap; Corona costs $2 per 6-pack more than Bud and doesn't taste an inch better—but my Corona and lime memories inspired me to throw together a little taste test to see if lime could be a cheap, easy, and vitamin-rich (eh, vitamin-solvent) way to deal with the upcoming summer's worth of cheap beer.
I've long maintained that if you think you like Corona with lime, you're in luck, because what you really like is simple cheap lager and lime. A few years ago Anheuser-Busch decided the same, which is why the biggest challenger to Corona's "-and lime" market dominance is now Bud Light Lime. I'm wary of anything premixed, but due diligence plus the chance to avoid dealing with limes of variable quality and dubious provenance made Bud Light Lime mandatory for this taste test. I matched it against Corona and lime, Bud Light and lime, PBR and lime, and Genesee Cream Ale and lime.
First things first: Bud Light Lime is strange and gross and I have no idea how they managed to mess it up so comprehensively. The label claims "100 percent natural lime flavor," which is not at all the same thing as "juice from a lime." It tastes like sugary breakfast cereal. I couldn't quite place which one, but there's some green "fruit" in the Fruity Pebbles logo, so let's go with that. At any rate, it's a little stale and a little grassy and very very fake. I feel naïve being surprised at this, but I just didn't imagine it would be so hard to get real lime flavor into a beer: with all the acid and alcohol and refrigeration and everything, I figured it would be easy enough to use (and preserve) real lime. I understand why they can't just shove real fruit inside Pop-Tarts, but why does beer have to be similarly debased?
As for the other matter under investigation—whether all beer tastes the same with lime added—I was wrong. It does not. It turns out that even if you use an extra-thick wedge of a high-quality, carefully squeezed lime, the given beer's essential character prevails. It's also hard to get the lime distributed throughout the whole beer, so the end product tastes different from sip to sip no matter how much you tip and swirl. So Corona and lime tastes much worse than PBR and lime and slightly better than Genesee and lime, with Bud Light and (actual) lime falling somewhere in the middle. But all of them are better than Bud Light Lime.
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By Juliet Fuisz, CNN
Many of us believed that the ban on ivory, more than two decades ago, had ended the illegal ivory trade and saved Africa's elephants.
But instead, the magnificent creatures are again in danger of extinction because of a resurgent soaring demand for ivory half a world away in China.
Twenty-five thousand elephants were killed in 2011 – poaching levels that had not been seen in more than ten years.
The U.S. government describes a new sort of ivory organized crime that spurs on these massacres by heavily armed militias. In many parts of the African continent, murder rates now exceed population growth, meaning that the African elephant could simply disappear altogether.
In the video above Christiane Amanpour previews a National Geographic documentary called "Battle for the Elephants," in which reporter Bryan Christy investigated how Asia's booming ivory industry is keeping African poachers in business.
Thank you so much for doing this story, Ms Amanpour! I live in South Africa and we are seeing animals slaughtered all over Africa, with so many of them targeted by China and other countries in the Far East.
Please would you keep pursuing this, and also take up the cause of Africa's rhinos? People listen to you, your voice can make a huge difference!
Thank you again.
Good story, heartbreaking topic. I would like my young daughter to live in a world where elephants still roam. Can you pass along the contact info of some organizations dedicated to preventing these slaughters ?
Some organizations for you to check into: http://www.iWorry.org; Amboseli Trust for Elephants; David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust; Environmental Investigation Agency (an NGO); ElephantVoices. As you heard in the interview, these organizations need the governments' help in this emergency. This all needs to be highlighted frequently in news reports like Ms. Amanpour's.
Thanks you. Nice story!
Makes me want to cry when I see pictures of slaughtered elephants. Terrible.
Canada's Investigative jornalism show "The Fifth Estate" did an excellent undercover piece in Africa and China i 2012. Here is a link to the page which also has excellent elephant issue links http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2012-2013/2012/11/theelephantintheroom.html
Thank you for sharing this Julie.
Thank you for covering this. I watched 'Battle for Elephants,' and it was just heartbreaking to see these magnificent animals being slaughtered for trinkets and even worse to see the indifference. I applaud the Chinese celebrities who are stepping up, such as Yao Ming, but we need more of them sooner. Elephants are so intelligent and empathetic – just read about how they came together to mourn the passing of the well-known conservationist, Lawrence Anthony.
Its good that finally the World can see what the slaughter is doing to our wildlife. at the same time the United States is not very far behind China in the import of game trophies from Africa. Paul Allen is one good example.
Why don`t the rest of the world put a demand on chinese teeth . sorry i hate these people for what they are doing to all of the animal world. It Has TO Stop..
Thank you, Ms. Amanpour for shining your light on this crucially significant story. The urgency of the elephant's plight, which is not only about elephants, but is also about ourselves as a species, cannot be minimized. Many Americans know what is taking place and why; social media are full of sites and "shares" and "tweets," but unlike even the most insignificant fact of a celebrity changing her hairstyle, our media has shown no interest in picking up the stories of the massacres and their connections to organized crime and armed terrorists. Thank you so much for being the first.
Thank you Ms. Amanpour and Mr. Christy for covering this story. I've been following these terrible elephant massacres for the past few years, with another large elephant massacre only 2 days ago in the Dzanga Bai World Heritage Site in the Central African Republic. It seems that no government is willing to do what it takes to stop the massacres. CITES signed the elephants' death warrants when it allowed the "one-time" sale of ivory that has fueled demand in the Far East. Instead of fixing a horrible mistake, the CITES delegates failed to address the issue of Chinese demand at their last meeting in March 2013 (apparently no one wants to risk offending this superpower). It's hard to sustain hope in the face of losing 35,000 elelphants a year (in Tanzania, approximately 70 elephants are poached every day) – all butchered for ivory trinkets. We are witnessing the genocide of a noble species, and soon it will be too late.
So what will happen to the Chinese Pouchers, they should just shoot these Bstard on site.
When I fly into Singapore and before we land we have to fill out an immigration form. At the bottom of the form it clearly state: "If you bring drugs into Singapore you will get the death penalty". Same should be for killing animals for their Ivory and the Rhino horns. Period.
I have to agree
People; please do something about this. Perhaps the elephants, rhinos and other charismatic larger animals of the world are not that 'important' to us but they are a warning.... we will not survive on this planet much long after they are extinct.
Thank her for the blog feature on Elephant Ivory
Could you also spotlight the situation at Dzanga-Sanga UNESCO World Heritage site where Forest Elephants are being massacred, conservation staff murdered, and property destroyed. The elephant slaughter is blood money that pays for terrorist activity
Thank you for drawing attention to the slaughter of elephants for ivory. This must stop now!!
Ms Amanpour. I was already your fan and now I am your fan x 10! Well done! The world needs to know whats happening to the elephants! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The horror in Africa for the elephants must stop! Keep denouncing, keep helping!
Ms Amanpour, i would like to thank you for doing a report interveiw on the forest elephants in central africa, iam just receiving the news that it is becoming a blood bath out there,. i had contacted cnn yesterday and i was replyed very soon after, i have just met you through the media and i think you are great because you care in what we beleive in, iam just a tad poal in the water,that is why iam asking you to please keep on it for us who care out there for these beautiful animals, thank you.
The quickest way to shut this down is to go after the carvers, No carvings = nothing to buy. The most permanent way to stop it is to stop the poachers. But their greed will always trump morality. Thus it is up to the citizens of China to say No to Ivory.
I am severely hearing impaired and wondered if you have a transcript of this interview of Bryan Christie. I am so glad that you are raising awareness of this terrible problem. It is, indeed, heartbreaking.
"Twenty-five thousand elephants were killed in 2011"... People, what`s going on here, I mean on the Earth?
Imagine Elephants becoming extinct in the wild due to this, so sad
watch this baby Elephant stand up, will cheer you up...
Ms Amanpour Thanks for disclosing this crime. What about the International Criminal Court? this is a crime against humanity. Unite to disclose this injustice elephants deserve to live, Why to buy ivory items? if when we die we take nothing, The Chinese should stop this slaughter of elephants imposing stringent laws against the use and commercialization of Ivory
It抯 laborious to search out educated folks on this subject, but you sound like you know what you抮e speaking about! Thanks
35,000 killed in 2012; extinction likely within the decade. There will be an International March for the Elephants in approximately 20cities around the world on October 4, 2013. Please join us! E-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com to find city near you or to become otherwise active to fight for the survival of this cherished creature. Thank you!
Thank you. Report this far and wide. Scream it from the rooftops. This MUST STOP!
The Chinese believe in the efficacy of Animal parts to their health
However there is SO MUCH misinformation about the theraputic affects of animal parts, that it will be decades, before they will take action and stop.
If people started killing the Chinese Pandas, they would soon take note. (NIMBY)
With regard to the Phillipino aspect of this crime, Pope Francis, should emulate his namesake's life, and order the stoppage to the making of ALL Religious objects, in Ivory.
Pure hypocrasy from the Religious Leader,.
I want to add my voice to this. I am absolutely horrified at the prospect of species vanishing for people's vanity.
I want the people of China to know that I will take them seriously when they take the natural world seriously and cease this demand, for that is what is driving it. Ivory and rhino horn trade must be banned outright, the "legal" method is not working, in fact it is having the reverse affect.
This horrible wildlife slaughter at the hands of the Chinese (especially rhinos, tigers, and elephants) who are supporting the poachers- must stop. To me it signifies that the Chinese are not modern at all, but still slaughtering animals in medieval fashion in a world where there are not many left. I am thoroughly disgusted at this primitive behavior. Hopefully some of the Chinese people are modern and farsighted enough to turn this disgusting trend around. I think I am going to stop buying Chinese products because of the Chinese slaughter of the animals of the world. Perhaps if they are not so wealthy they can not afford to fund African and Asian animal slaughter and extinction.
Thank you for covering this story. Please air it again and again.
To know the African Elephant will become extinct in my lifetime sickens me.
What can we do to educate the people in China and around the world who condone this – we must stop them!
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Maybe their beloved Panda should be on the poachers list. So they can watch the systematic slaughter of their own for no other purpose than a pelt. I don't know if this would stop them or even phase them. I know this sounds cruel but its the eye for an eye theory.
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A solar eclipse with the moon blocking the sun may look eerie on Earth, but scientists hope to achieve something similar using two free-flying satellites, with one always flying in its robotic partner's shadow.
The mission would create an artificial eclipse for the observing satellite and allow a year-round glimpse into the sun's inner corona, which is the super-hot plasma atmosphere wreathing the sun.
"The idea was to perform relative positioning between the two satellites and absolute positioning with respect to the sun," said Sebastien Vives of LAM, who led the European Space Agency (ESA) research group.
Simple coronagraphs typically use a circular disk inside a sensor to block out the direct glare from the sun so that scientists can study the fainter areas surrounding the sun's main body. Coronagraphs also help pick out the faint extraterrestrial planets orbiting brighter stars.
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The effort represented part of ESA's StarTiger initiative that brings together scientists and engineers, gives them state-of-the-art labs, and sets a deadline for a targeted breakthrough. Such early lab prototypes have allowed the researchers to continue planning for a future mission that has yet to be determined.
One of the biggest challenges would involve having the satellites to fly precisely together when traveling at several miles per second through space. Photosensors around the coronagraph can help track the shadow's positioning from the occulter, researchers said. The occulter satellite also has an LED light array that permits optical tracking of its target.
All that effort goes toward maintaining the sustained but precise shadow on the coronagraph.
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Europe's upcoming Proba 3 mission is expected to be first and foremost a demonstration of the ability for satellites to fly in formation. Even the coronagraph's images would reveal deviations in the tandem-flying satellites, and so help check that both spacecraft are flying correctly.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Goodyear reported a $58 million loss for the first quarter largely due to Venezuelan currency charges.
The loss was compounded by the extreme winter weather across the U.S. that hurt tire sales, the company said.
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