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Last night drove over to a desolate strip of the downtown loft district to check out the new steakhouse by the owner of Zip Fusion next door. The concept is of steaks in Korean bbq marinade. When I told my husband (who's Korean American) about it, he said, "Of course. What took them so long?"
Prices are pretty low for their basic steaks ($23), I think because they use tougher cuts that they soften up with the marinade. There's also filet mignon and prime ribeye for $29. I had the "rib steak" and my friend had the braised "imperial short ribs" ($23). Each entree comes with two sides. We also got their "Alba-cado" to start -- apparently a signature item at Zip Fusion.
The albacado reminded me of an article I read recently about how Chinese-American food (as in the mythically Hunanese General Tso's chicken) evolved. Apparently we Americans have quite a sweet tooth, and so a lot of savory dishes got sugared up for us. At the time I thought that was weird, because pizza isn't sweet... but then here comes this strange sculpture of sliced avocado in the form of an apple, drizzled in unagi sauce and topped with... a maraschino cherry. Inside is a pile of chopped seared albacore tuna. The tuna was mushy and textureless; the avocado was beautifully ripe, but its natural subtle flavor was buried by the sauce.
Our main dishes, though, were really good. I was a little perplexed since our server had asked how I wanted my steak cooked, and I had said rare. Not only was my steak not rare, it seemingly wasn't even cooked in a way that it could conceivably have been rare. This is not exactly criticism, as it was fork-tender and delicious. But something that is fork-tender has been cooked for a pretty long time. In other words, it's like your server at Langer's asking if you want your pastrami medium-rare or well-done. That's just not in the picture! Supposedly the steak is "fired," the menu says, which I imagine means grilled, but... well, I have no idea how it got the way it was, but it was good. Enough said.
My friend loved her short ribs, which I didn't try; I imagined they were like a version of kalbi jjim, or stewed kalbi, but it didn't have as much sauce as that usually does.
Sides were okay - green beans not overcooked, button mushrooms kind of stewed. Another friend who'd tried this place earlier (and steered me away from the kimchi burger) had called the kimchi mashed potatoes bland, but I found them distinctly sourish - not exactly an improvement on the standard. My friend really liked her onion rings, though.
They're still in soft opening mode (grand opening is March 1), so there was only wine and soju cocktails. The wines we got by the glass weren't very good, and/or didn't go with the food at all. But I doubt they're expecting many oenophiles... though they're clearly expecting a lot of some kind of people. The place is cavernous, with a good-sized bar and a few low tables for lounging action. The walls are dark red, the lighting moody.
Overall, I'd say there are definitely some pitfalls on the menu, but I'd certainly go back for some Korean-style steak frites. It was also nice to have somewhere to go for dinner downtown on a Monday, when most of the places in Little Tokyo are closed. e3rd is open every day.
Oh, and service was really good, friendly and accomodating. We had about five servers at various points in the evening. There was a mixup - they gave me mushrooms instead of green beans - and they quickly brought out the extra side. Also happily took my coupon (can't remember what publication I got it from! only valid through Feb 28 tho) for one free entree with purchase.


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ANAHEIM – Teemu Selanne indicated that next week could be when he makes it known whether he'll return to the Ducks for a 21st NHL season, the winger told the Register on Monday.
After going through a 90-minute practice session at Anaheim Ice, Selanne said he plans to meet again with Ducks general manager Bob Murray later this week. The two met last week at Honda Center, with both characterizing it as a good discussion.
Selanne also said that he wants to talk with Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau. It is his desire to see that all parties are in agreement over what his role should be in the coming season.
"By next week, I know what I'm going to do," Selanne said.
Retirement appears to be the final option he is considering at the moment. Selanne began his off-season workouts in Finland and has stepped it up with other locally based pro players since returning to Southern California last week.
"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't thinking about playing," he said. "But I haven't really made the final decision because I don't really have to yet.
"I met with Bob Murray last week. It was a good meeting. I'm going to see him again and go from there."
The Ducks will open training camp on Sept. 11. Murray has left $4.3 million available under the salary cap to fit Selanne in and the winger said Monday that he doesn't see any problem reaching a deal if he comes back.
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On 04/03/12, Scott Marlowe (scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote: > On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Rory Campbell-Lange > <rory(at)campbell-lange(dot)net> wrote: > > On 04/03/12, Scott Marlowe (scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote: ... [Description of system with 2 * 4 core Xeons, 8GB RAM, LSI card with 4*15K SCSI drives in R10. We are looking for a new server to partner with this one.] ... > > We do have complex transactions, but I haven't benchmarked the > > performance so I can't describe it. > > Yeah try to get a measurement of how many transactions per second > you're running at peak load, and if you're currently IO bound or CPU > bound. Our existing server rarely goes above 7% sustained IO according to SAR. Similarly, CPU at peak times is at 5-7% on the SAR average (across all 8 cores). I'm not clear on how to read the memory stats, but the average kbcommit value for this morning's work is 12420282 which (assuming it means about 12GB memory) is 4GB more than physical RAM. However the system never swaps, probably due to our rather parsimonious postgres memory settings. > > Few of the databases are at the many > > million row size at the moment, and we are moving to an agressive scheme > > of archiving old data, so we hope to keep things fast. > > The key here is that your whole db can fit into memory. 48G is > cutting it close if you're figuring on being at 40G in a year. I'd > spec it out with 96G to start. That way if you want to set work_mem > to 8 or 16M you can without worrying about running the machine out of > memory / scramming your OS file system cache with a few large queries > etc. Thanks for this excellent point. > > However I thought 15k disks were a pre-requisite for a fast database > > system, if one can afford them? > > The heads have to seek, settle and THEN you ahve to wait for the > platters to rotate under the head i.e. latency. > > > I assume if all else is equal the 1880 > > controller will run 20-40% faster with 15k disks in a write-heavy > > application. > > Also I would be grateful to learn if there is a good reason > > not to use 2.5" SATA disks. > > The 10k 2.5 seagate drives have combined seek and latency figures of > about 7ms, while the15k 2.5 seagate drives have a combined time of > about 5ms. Even the fastest 3.5" seagates average 6ms average seek > time, but with short stroking can get down to 4 or 5. > > Now all of this becomes moot if you compare them to SSDs, where the > seek settle time is measured in microseconds or lower. The fastest > spinning drive will look like a garbage truck next to the formula one > car that is the SSD. Until recently incompatabilites with RAID > controllers and firmware bugs kept most SSDs out of the hosting > center, or made the ones you could get horrifically expensive. The > newest generations of SSDs though seem to be working pretty well. From your comments it appears there are 3 options: 1. Card + BBU + SAS disks (10K/15K doesnt matter) + lots of RAM 2. Card + BBU + Raptors + lots of RAM 3. SSDs + lots of RAM Is this correct? If my databases are unlikely to be IO bound might it not be better to go for cheaper drive subsystems (i.e. option 2) + lots of RAM, or alternatively SSDs based on the fact that we don't require much storage space? I am unclear of what the options are on the highly-reliable SSD front, and how to RAID SSD systems. An ancillary point is that our systems are designed to have more rather than fewer databases so that we can scale easily horizontally. -- Rory Campbell-Lange rory(at)campbell-lange(dot)net Campbell-Lange Workshop www.campbell-lange.net 0207 6311 555 3 Tottenham Street London W1T 2AF Registered in England No. 04551928
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Europe's ambition to create a Single European Sky needs a central figure who can ensure compliance and break down barriers to improving air traffic management, writes Simon McNamara.
Simon McNamara is director-general of the European Regions Airline Association.
The air traffic management (ATM) in Europe is long overdue for reform and, despite considerable efforts by policymakers, progress towards real reform remains elusive.
ATM is essential to the aviation industry – the airline industry relies on ATM in the same way that the rail industry relies on track infrastructure and the haulage industry relies on roads. Lack of adequate infrastructure in the aviation industry results in flight delays, cancellations and unnecessary fuel burn – not good for passengers, airlines or the environment.
A desire for a more efficient and cost effective air traffic system in Europe is nothing new, but achieving it has been fraught with problems. Delivering new efficiencies has been an elusive goal for almost the last 20 years and, despite successive attempts to introduce reforms, it sometimes feels as if the end goal is still some distance away.
However, the building blocks are in place. ATM can be delivered more cheaply and more efficiently but there is considerable duplication across Europe. Each state replicates hardware and processes to control its own state airspace, despite the fact that European airspace should be a single seamless infrastructure.
So why is reform taking so long? There are many reasons why solutions, whether technology or the introduction of European performance targets, have either been watered down or rejected. These are often due to politics and a reluctance to consolidate what are still, in many cases, state-run entities that provide Europe's air traffic services. States are very reluctant to release their airspace sovereignty and unions are concerned about the impact of reform on employment – failing to understand that reform could have a positive, rather than negative, impact on the job market.
But there has been progress. SESAR, the Single European Sky ATM research programme, is coordinating both research and development for ATM with the intention of achieving harmonised technology solutions that will be of benefit to everyone. However, delivery of SESAR is reaching a critical time and it is essential that these benefits are seen. The European Commission has proposed and, following co-decision, introduced legislation on the Single European Sky that has allowed European performance targets to be set in the areas of cost effectiveness and capacity.
While states still seem reluctant to set ambitions targets that will drive real change these and other hurdles must be overcome. Perhaps what has been missing most from the project is a single leadership focus. The most successful ventures and projects have always been led by an individual or entity that has been driven by a simple sense of purpose to deliver. Someone who can rise above day-to-day conflicts, look beyond short-term politics and find solutions.
Maybe what the SES lacks is a chief executive officer. The project has no single leader – instead, we have a series of personalities, politicians and committees who are all, with the best of intentions, contributing to delivering a solution but who collectively lack a single sense of purpose and vision.
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[The following Italian Combat Rations pages and pictures can be found in their original form at the "Die Kampfzuteilung" web site, whose webmaster graciously allowed me to repost them here. I have reproduced the pictures and done a rough translation of the Japanese text into English. The translations are not exact but should get across the spirit of the original text.]
Italian Combat Rations:
1998 Module B Contents
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1998 Module B
Outside bag. At this time, the text is only in Italian.
Individual meal boxes
Inside are three boxes – one each for breakfast, lunch, and supper.
Breakfast ration
Sweet biscuits, 2 types of jam, cappuccino, tea,
sugar, and salt.
A small bottle of liquor, simple stove, fuel tablets,
match, toothbrush and toothpick, water purification tables, paper napkins, utensils, and an instruction sheet.
The small bottle of liquor and toothpicks
Lunch ration
Crackers, mixed fruit, pasta and beans, canned turkey, coffee and sugar, vitamins, candy, utensil set.
Dinner ration
Rice salad, beef slices, coffee and sugar,
energy bar, utensil set
There is a little less food in the supper ration than in the lunch ration.


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The Center for Design Study is devoted to the preservation and restoration of one of design's most significant artifacts, the Gastrotypographicalassemblage.The creative vision of the legendary CBS art director and designer, Lou Dorfsman, the Gastrotypographicalassemblage is the largest, modern typographic artifact in existence. For years, the Gastrotypographicalasemblage was a fixture within the CBS cafeteria, but after being unceremoniously removed by CBS during the 1990s, this icon remained in storage for years, the salvaged panels slowly deteriorating.
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Another case of stolen cattle in southwest Missouri shows the importance of identifying livestock ownership.
Among the steps to deter cattle theft and prove rightful ownership of cattle, branding is one of the most effective.
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This is more of a broad-stroke lecture. We take a look at some of the game engines and content creation software programs which are in use today by computer game developers, most pointedly indie developers. A short discussion of the relative strengths and weaknesses of each software package follows, including an explanation of key aspects such as licensing & publishing options, feature set and other pragmatic considerations.
As well as outlining the many wonderful features of the Stencyl toolset and engine, we draw contrasts between Stencyl 2.x and Stencyl 3.x (and beyond), highlighting the major changes and improvements which you have come into effect since the release of version 3. Among the most notable highlights is the introduction of a unified, cross-platform engine.
In part 2, we continue your discussion of what distinguishes Stencyl 3.x from it's predecessors, and how these feature changes and improvements benefit you directly, as a game developer.
Making games can be almost as fun and endogenously rewarding as playing them, perhaps even more so. But most of us want more than emotional or intellectual rewards from our game design endevours. We want to know how to make money from them. This lecture outlines the most common monetisation models employed in the games industry today, including a breakdown of the pros and cons of each approach.
Marketing is essential if everyone is going to find out about your new games. For the next two lectures, we'll take a look at the concept as a whole, and some of the methods which can be used.
Part two. Here we'll continue our discussion of game marketing techniques and how we can utilise them to get the word out to our target audience.
You can, of course, complete this course using the free version of Stencyl (called 'Starter'). However, if you plan on publishing your creations to Mobile or Desktop, you will need to consider the licensing options available, then decide which one suits you best.
In this lecture we'll take our time going over all the various elements and core features of the Stencyl tool. Take time to absorb the points made in the lesson. Get a feel for the layout of t he software by mimicking my examination of the tool in your own copy of Stenyl. Then proceed on to part 2.
Part 2. Going deeper into our study of the Stencyl environment, we take a look at core concepts such as the relationship between actor behaviours, actor types, scenes & scene behaviours. We also take a look under the hood at what is happening when we click blocks together in the visual programming system. Events, conditional logic and rudementary debugging techniques are also explored.
Part 3. Let's round up our examination of the Stencyl interface, along with it's various tools.
In this lecture, we take a look at the study of play in the broader context of human society and culture. Why do we play? What purpose does it serve? How common, how widespread is it? We'll examine such questions and more in this lesson.
In this lecture we'll take a look at the ludological definition of what constitutes a 'game'. In addition to that, we'll examine the core components of all games, and the main differences between the classical model of games, which is largely abstract, and the more modern emergence of digital games with their additional narrative and fictional elements.
This lesson explains clearly how to download, extract & utilise the game data folder which we'll be working with from this point forward as we begin work on our game project. Please find .Zip files attached to this lesson as downloadable, supplementary material.
It's almost time to start building our game! First, let's take this opportunity to analyse the game concept, including mechanical and thematic elements. We also discuss design requirements for this project, how they have informed the design process, and influenced the development of the game idea.
There has been a minor change to the Stencyl interface respecting the method we use to add backgrounds to our scenes, this video explains it in detail.
The next 3 lessons will be dedicated to all of the essential steps we must take in the early stages of our game project.
Setting up the Game Project Part 2. A continuation of the previous lesson.
Setting up the game project part 3. Let's keep that momentum with our preparatory steps.
Now we can finalish setting up our tilesets, sculpting levels, and performing various other necessary preparatory actions.
We'll begin adding more actors, some of which will be visual embelishments only, and others of which will have a mechanical function in the game.
More Actors: Simple & Complex Pt. 2. A continuation of the previous lesson.
Now we reach the point in our project where we must begin populating our level with actors to add function and aesthetic interest!
Let's start adding behaviours to our game. We'll begin by configuring the basic movement pattern for the air balloon as it trails ahead of us down the mountain.
In the last lesson, we used a predefined behaviour from the library, and configured it to achieving the basic movement pattern we wanted for the air balloon. But you will have noticed that it's very stiff. We need to loosen it up a bit by introducing localised movement/rotation. We are going to write our own custom behaviour to do this, using tweens, a boolean variable, a timed event, a custom event and some if statements.
Let's start programming some basic player interactivity! After all, it wouldn't be much of a game without that. Be prepare to go deep in these next few lessons, we're dealing with some advanced concepts and for some of you, the learning curve may feel a bit steep at first. But stick it out, and you will get there. Includes sections and creating and effectively utilising custom blocks & events.
The Player Handler part 2. In this lesson we'll elaborate on the code we've behaviours we've already begun for the avatar and player input.
Continuing with the programming of your conditional logic for user interactions, let's bring in the adaptive cursor and do preliminary implementation.
In these next 3 lessons we build the bulk of the state management code for the player avatar. It will involve extensive use of conditional logic (if statements), complex conditions and comparison blocks (greater than, less than, equal to, dual conditions), and coordinate based mathematical operations. Prepare to learn a lot here.
State management and movement controls part 2. Let's keep that momentum going, don't give up yet!
State management and movement controls part 3. Let's finalise this triad of lessons by polishing everything off and getting the movement controls functional.
Some bug squashing and iterative design. We'll be refining the rudimentary control system we've already put in place, moving toward the end goal of having a smooth, enjoyable and bug free player experience.
When using a game engine and tool-set to develop your games, a plane reality of life for you as a game developer is that occasional bugs will crop up from build to build. Usually, these get fixed very quickly by the develops, and all you need to do is download and install the latest build of the software. This is one of those occassions.
In creating the Cursor Handler behaviour, we will learn a very important skill -- that of sharing attribute references between actors and actor behaviours. Once you've learned this process, it will serve you very well in your game development career, as it a completely transferable Core OOP (Object Oriented Programming) concept.
Cursor Handler Pt. 2. A continuation of the previous lesson.
Some more debugging. This time, we need to figure out why conditional logic we've written to handle the cursor states isn't doing what it's supposed to. Prepare to do some sleuthing.
We've been experiencing some ostensibly arbitrary acceleration behaviours. This is a bug. Let's chase it down and find a way to eliminate it from our game project.
Now that the Player Handler is functioning as expected, it's time to expand out the core functionality, specifically in relation to how the player interacts with the objects around him. Lets further develop and refine obstacle interactions.
In this exercise, you must attempt to modify the Camera Follow prefab behaviour so that it keeps the player actor offset towards the top of the screen. Please attempt it yourself first, as you will benefit greatly from the problem solving experience. The solution is availble in the next lesson, when you're ready to progress.
This lesson demonstrates one method of solving the problem in the presented in the last lecture.
It's time to spend a little time properly configuring our collision groups so that they reinforce the intended game mechanics for our game project.
Now lets start reacting to collision events by performing certain necessary mechanical actions when they trigger.
Now that we have the functional element of collision more or less implemented, what about aesthetics. Let's start adding in some eye candy to enhance the holistic player experience.
Now, let's learn how we can use the same dust plume actor in a different context to create another aesthetic embellishment in the game.
In this exercise, you mean attempt to extend the logic we began building in the previous lesson, involving the dust plum from the back of the player avatar. Try to figure out a solution to the problem by yourself, and when you're ready, the solution is waiting in the next lesson.
The solution to the problem post in the last exercise. Reminder: please don't watch this lecture until you've at least attempted the exercise yourself first.
Another small bug to squash.
Collecting coins is a game mechanic as old as the hills (and the giant mushrooms & oversized pipes). Let's implement it in our game.
Let's add some GUI elements for score handling and player enjoyment.
In the last lesson, we took our first steps toward creating our first professional standard HUD Element. In this lesson, we'll improve on it through a little programmatic animation.
In this lesson, we'll start getting ready to upload our game APK to Google Play.
In this lesson, I'll show you the basic process of configuring and creating a keystore, or certificate, for your android game.
In this lesson, I'll show you how to build your APK file to then go and upload it to the Google Play store (requires a Stencyl Studio license).
In this lesson, I'll show you how to upload the APK file for your game to the Google Play store (requires a Stencyl Studio license).
In this bonus lesson, we'll see how you can create social links, or buttons, within your game, which will take players to your social pages of choice once clicked.
In this lesson, we'll take the initial steps necessary to implement ads in your mobile games - namely, signing up to admob, and copying the key codes over to Stencyl.
In this lesson, we'll learn exactly what blocks to use in order to display Admob ads in our Android games, and start earning money!
In this lesson, I'll show you an effective and easy way of creating in-app purchases for Android games on the Google Play store.
In this lesson, we'll learn how Stencyl handles the saving and loading of games between sessions, and how to do it ourselves using blocks and game attributes.
Richard Sneyd (1st Class B.A Hons.) is founder and CEO of CyberMyth Games, and administrator of CMG Academy, the no. 1 source of professional quality online training for digital art, development and design courses. In the performance of his duties within the company, he must wear many hats, including that of a programmer, designer, digital 2D & 3D artist, sound designer, scriptwriter, texture artist, leader, marketer and business man.
He is also a fully registered, qualified, and highly experienced lecturer. His speciality subjects include 3D Modelling & Animation, Computer Game Programming, 2D Image Processing, Game Design, Desktop Audio, Psychology, Consumer Behavior, Human Resources & Business Management.
Richard is enthusiastic about his work, with students and colleagues noting that he is a highly dedicated and accomplished teacher. All of his courses are characterized by a steady, incremental flow of information, and a lucid teaching style which is easy to understand and follow for all.


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braille. is so easy.

all you have to do is catch an alakazam and he will teach you because he is so smart at doing everything.

BAM! Braille.

many people say that you can't speak braille. well, they are wrong. I speak braille perfectly without and troubles thanks to my lvl 86 alakazam.

so don't believe it when people call you crazy for trying to speak braille.
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No... I dont even know how to READ braille.
On the chest if the barmaid in sale

Were listed the prices of ale

And on her behind

For the sake of the blind

Was the same information in Braile
Yeah. Sounds like english, unless you speak italian or french or something else. If so, then that's what it sounds like when spoken. Tehe
I am learning but I have mastered the art of chatting on line with sign language
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Hello everyone,
i just purchased a beretta PX4 storm .40. this is my first handgun and i had a quick question.
i just got done cleaning the gun and getting all of the factory oil off of it.
I was told that it is ok to use the copper brush to clean the inside of the barrel (the bore?).
Can you confirm or deny that it is ok? I looked at the barrel and it is very clean but i saw about 5 small, fine, hairline scratches. Did i just damage my barrel?
All i did was dip the copper brush into the Hoppes 9 solvent. and i pushed the brush from the backend to the front of the barrel. I didnt go back and forth. I did this about five times.
Congratulations on your new Beretta!
It'll be fine, as the brush is several orders of hardness softer than the barrel. I suspect that the brush is actually brass as opposed to copper, btw.
Copper build-up from firing can cause accuracy issues, so a good scrubbing to remove it using a metal brush and that Hoppes copper solvent is a recommended practice.
Now, we expect a range report and some pictures. nnnnnn-kay?
Most of those brushes are bronze. For pistols, a nylon brush should be adequate enough. The bronze bristle brushes shouldn't harm your barrel though. You may notice some scratches. I stay away from using the bronze brushes on any barrel/bore that is chrome lined....they are mainly for use on bare steel as far as I'm concerned. IF you see deposits of fouling in your barrel that actually warrant the use of an other than nylon brush for cleaning, then in my opinion, you're using the wrong cleaning agent or not doing correct maintenance.
ok cool. thank you both.
yeah i will definitely get some pics and let you know how the range went. im going today and tomorrow.
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The mission of MWCT is to preserve healthy ecosystems and biodiversity within the Maasai tribal lands of East Africa by promoting conservation and creating sustainable benefits for the community. The legendary wilderness of Africa's vast grassland ecosystems and the traditional culture of the Maasai people both face daunting challenges to survive and co-exist in a sustainable manner.
Population pressures, subdivision of land and over-development, climate change and drought (like the one which devastated Kenya in 2009), competition between livestock and wildlife…all represent serious threats to this wilderness and the Maasai way of life.
On November 1, 2009 acclaimed actor Edward Norton took to the streets of New York City with three Maasai Warriors from Kenya, leading a team of 30 runners in the New York City marathon. They ran to raise awareness and funding for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust (MWCT).
But this isn't just another story of a celebrity lending his name to a cause for one event, nor is it just another organization working in a general way on 'environmental issues' with colorful indigenous people on the brochure cover. The story of how Norton, a mad Italian conservationist and a traditional Maasai community came together out of common interests and forged a partnership is actually a window into the way that a new generation is carrying environmental conservation into the 21st Century — leaving behind the old notion that we can protect Nature by separating it from people in favor of an approach that acknowledges people's needs as a critical component of creating sustainable long-term solutions.
Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust was founded by Luca Belpietro and his wife Antonella Bonomi. A passionate, hilarious Italian, Luca is half Roberto Benigni and half Clint Eastwood. Son of a life-long hunter and a former hunter himself, he walked away from a successful career in finance to pursue his childhood dream: to live and work in the wilderness of East Africa that his father had introduced him to as a kid. With a degree in Economics and a focus on wildlife as a sustainable resource, he moved with his then girlfriend now wife Antonella into a tent in the Chyulu Hills, Hemingway's "Green Hills of Africa" and began to pursue his notion that the key to preserving the legendary ecosystems of Africa is making wilderness and wildlife an asset for the people who actually live among them. His challenge was that those people, the Maasai, were notoriously resistant to intrusion on their lands or meddling in their affairs. Maasailand is not some small, remote village. The Maasai of the Tsavo-Amboseli ecosystem are the owners and landlords of over 2.5 million acres of prime grasslands and forests in one of the most biodiverse regions of East Africa. Their land contains the key ecological components (water sources and migration corridors) for the entire region that includes some of Africa's most famous national parks. Luca was convinced that the Maasai face the same challenge as everybody else in the world, to live without destroying the land that supports their way of life, and he felt they understood this. He began by persuading leaders of the tribe that huge economic revenues from ecotourism were flowing all around them but passing them by for no good reason and that their home was one of the jewels of the African landscape.
Luca and Antonella launched their partnership with the Maasai of the Kuku community, who own 300,000 acres grasslands and hilltop cloud forest. They began by building together, literally by hand, an eco-tourism lodge called Campi ya Kanzi, sitting in the Chyulu foothills staring straight at Mount Kilimanjaro. Luca and Antonella operated the lodge, the Maasai retained ownership of the property, a share in the revenues and an agreement to have all employment come from the immediate community. This was a new approach in the 'luxury' safari market , one that most told Luca was "utterly mad" since he retained no control of the investment. Gesturing at the hills he says: "I told everyone 'Nothing will make me richer than living here with my family." He and his wife now have three children who all speak Italian, English, Swahili and Maa, the Maasai language.
Campi ya Kanzi was quickly celebrated as one of the top-rated ecotourism experiences in Africa, winning every major award for sustainability of operations, community partnership and highest luxury.
Then the Belpietros went to Phase 2. They imposed a $100 per person per night 'conservation surcharge' and with these revenues they founded the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a non-profit entity initiating conservation, education and health care programs throughout the Maasai community. Their ultimate vision: a sustainable conservation management strategy for the whole region. "I wanted to show that living with wilderness and wildlife can bring benefits far beyond the money from tourism. That the value the rest of the world sees in this place can become a way for this community to prosper." says Luca.
True partnership with the Maasai themselves is Luca's commitment and the key to his success. "This can't be about me, it must be grounded in a set of decisions the Maasai make about who they want to be and how they want to live moving forward. There's a new generation here that wants to stay true to their culture but knows they need to be wise and evolve in some ways to maintain their way of life. Those are the people I'm inspired by." That new generation is perfectly embodied by Samson Parashina. The son of a Maasai chief, he came to the Belpietros as a very young man and said "I'll be one of your guides." According to Luca, "I told him…'you can start at the bottom like anybody else and we'll see how you do." So Samson worked as a waiter, then a host, all the while studying for his Kenya professional guiding license. In very short order, he was one of only a few hundred people in Kenya with a Silver Level guide certificate, requiring comprehensive knowledge of all animals and plants in the ecosystem in Latin. He soon went from being a star safari guide to manager of the camp and, ultimately, President of MWCT. Parashina says "I heard that this man had very good ideas about preserving our land and I liked that he approached us as partners, not as someone who wanted to purchase our land and control it. That was very important to me. So while my father wanted me to become a teacher, I knew that doing something like this would have a much wider impact on our community. MWCT isn't just about building a school or stopping the killing of lions in one area…it's about demonstrating how to engage a traditional community in the thinking that's in our long-term best interests." Luca says: "He is one of the most impressive people I know. It became clear to me that he needed to be the leader of our effort."
Norton first came across MWCT several years ago when he traveled to Kenya to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. The son of one of the leading conservationists in America, he had spent a lifetime absorbing his father's work at the Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust (which he founded), creating the Nature Conservancy's China country program and founding the National Landscape Conservation Foundation. His interest in conservation issues and strategies runs deep, almost to the level of a second career, and he has been widely recognized for the substance of his involvement. He was awarded the Global Citizen Award by the Harvard Center for Environmental Health and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation's "Good Steward" Award at the Inaugural Gala in 2009. He recently testified on the issue of greening affordable housing models before the House Select Committee on Climate Change. In the summer of 2010 he was appointed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki Moon, as the UN's first Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
Norton was deeply impressed by the initial efforts of MWCT and the working partnership between the Belpietros and Parashina. "They were doing everything right…approaching conservation as an issue of addressing the needs of people in a sustainable way. They had totally moved beyond this old idea that used to be the underpinning of the environmental movement 'put a line around the best places and protect them from people'. Even where iconic animals like lions are concerned, there has long been an 'oppositional' approach to the needs of people vs the needs of the animals. Luca and Samson were some of the only people in the ecosystem that I heard saying 'These lions have been studied for 40 years but their populations are still crashing because nobody is focusing on the question of 'how do we make these lions more economically valuable to the Maasai alive than dead.' I think this is where 21st century conservation is heading strategically speaking and I wanted to work with people thinking this way."
He felt that he had something to contribute to their effort: the resources to scale up their vision and the experience to help engineer MWCT into a self-sustaining and fully professional organization. "They had a great model but not enough financial support and it was really just the two of them! It was almost comical that these few people were getting so much done but I realized pretty quickly that they needed a good Board to raise more money and to connect the effort with the capacity and expertise of the global environmental community so that they could stop operating so hand-to-mouth which is incredibly stressful."
In addition to spearheading a U.S. fundraising effort that has raised over a million dollars in the last two years, Norton engineered collaborations with Conservation International, Zoological Society of London, Wildlife Works, Google Earth and the company AECOM, which took on MWCT as a pro bono client and sponsored the marathon effort. He has also aggressively worked to recruit talented young conservation professionals to beef up the staff of the Trust.
Together, the four of them have made tremendous strides to make Belpietro's vision of an effective community based conservation effort into a reality, but Norton sees the marathon as the first major step in expanding the network of support and connecting with the global community. The Trust is banking on reaching a new high-watermark in fundraising through the marathon event.
"The marathon seemed like a more dynamic way to introduce people to MWCT and the idea of community based conservation and invite them to participate. And it was important to us to involve our Maasai partners more actively even in our efforts over here. Maasai are natural runners, running is literally a part of their culture and tradition as warriors, so it seemed very organic to have some of these new generation 'ecowarriors' come brave the NY streets for their community." Says Norton.
Asking Norton why he and other people should care about a community and an ecosystem that's so far from home…"Well, for one thing, this is the model of how it needs to happen all over the world, so if you're interested in the global struggle for sustainability, this is right on the front lines and very cutting edge. But also that landscape is literally where we all come from….those animals are the animals of our ancestral imagination. Imagine if you had to point at a picture of a lion and explain to your son or grandson why that animal no longer exists. It's going to happen if people don't make an effort to work on these issues."
On November 1st, 2009, the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust team of 30 runners, including Norton, Belpietro, Samson Parashina and two other senior Maasai guides, all completed the NY Marathon.
The team raised over $1.2 million to support their work.


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The owners of two defense contracting firms pleaded not guilty in federal court Thursday to charges that they bribed officials at Naval Air Station North Island in exchange for millions in government contracts.
The indictment follows one in March that charged seven people, including four Navy officials who worked at North Island, with similar bribery charges. The seven pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing Sept. 10.
In the indictment unsealed Thursday, Robert Ehnow, 46, of Coronado, and Joanne Loehr, 52, of La Jolla, were charged with conspiracy to commit bribery, money laundering and wire fraud. Each also faces six charges of bribery.
Ehnow owns L&N Industrial Tool and Supply, a defense contracting business in Poway that declared bankruptcy last year. Loehr is the owner and president of Centerline Industrial Inc., also a Poway defense contracting company.
The charges are the latest in the investigation into a bribery scheme at the base that investigators said went on for seven years.
The indictment alleges that Ehnow and Loehr plied Navy officials with more than $1 million in an array of benefits. Those included home remodeling services, cash, flat screen televisions and gift cards to stores.
The indictment said the scheme involved the defense contractors submitting bogus invoices to the U.S. Defense Department that claimed to be for legitimate services done under existing government contracts. But the invoices were really for the gifts, goods and bribes the contracts were handing out to the Navy officials, the indictment said.
In some cases, the bogus invoices contained a markup, prosecutors said. In return, the Navy officials steered millions of dollars in government business to the companies.
In all, L & N received more than $3 million in government business and Centerline $1 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
A third contractor, X&D in Carlsbad, was paid more than $2 million.
Loehr's defense lawyer, Mark Adams, declined to comment on the charges. Ehnow's lawyer could not be reached for comment.
The seven people who pleaded guilty in March included four Navy officials at the Fleet Readiness Center at North Island in the E-2/C-2 aircraft program. The other three were the sales manager for L&N, the sales manager for Centerline and the owner of X&D.


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All Mississippi Gubernatorial Candidates Are For Re-Defining a Fertilized Egg As a Person
When your choices are anti-choice or more-anti-choice, it gets harder to pick a leader for your state.
Mississippi anti-choice activists are waging a serious battle to have voters declare that a fertilized egg should have the same rights as a person does — a designation that could affect stem cell research, abortion, fertility treatments, lifesaving pregnancy interventions and even birth control.
But if reproductive health advocates are looking for any support on stopping the amendment from passing, they'd better not look to the state's gubernatorial candidates for help. Both candidates — from both parties — are supporting the amendment.
Via NECN.com:
Both candidates for Mississippi governor say they're voting for a "personhood" ballot initiative that declares life begins when a human egg is fertilized.
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Republican Phil Bryant is co-chairman of the "Yes on 26" campaign that's pushing for the proposed amendment to the state constitution. Democrat Johnny DuPree says he's voting for Initiative 26 because it matches his personal beliefs.
DuPree told The Associated Press in a separate interview this month that he believes "fertilization is the beginning of life."
"The reason I have to say that is because my wife and I were pregnant when we married," said DuPree, who's been married nearly 39 years. "We were teenagers. We married. Didn't abort. We married. My daughter who we didn't abort has a 4-year-old son. He is an in vitro baby. So, can you see why? Personhood … starts at fertilization. If we didn't feel that way, we wouldn't have had our baby. And if we felt that way, I wouldn't have my grandbaby."
DuPree said he has some concerns about how the personhood initiative — if approved — will affect birth control and in vitro fertilization, as well as how it will affect victims of rape and incest.
"But that's not what this is about. That's not the initiative. That's down the road," DuPree said.
Well, since the initiative could eventually make it impossible for in vitro fertilization to happen in the state, I would say that supporting the amendment actually would go against Dupree's "personal beliefs." But I suppose that's just me.


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When the starting gun was fired on Highland Avenue early this evening, more than 1,100 people took off through the streets of Glen Ridge for the Fitzgerald's 1928 Lager Run. The 5K race finished at Hurrell Field, where the post-race party served up hotdogs and lager. Race proceeds will go to the Glen Ridge Community Fund. Race director Dan Murphy said this was the biggest turnout so far with participation up 100 percent from last year.
Michael Dixon of Fanwood, NJ took first place, Hector Rivera of Clifton took second and Ben Clarke of Morristown took third. Catherine Smith of Wayne was first woman over the finish line.
Pulling in last in 1,129th place, with a time just under one hour, was 81-year-old Bill Welsh of Staten Island. God bless him.
Full results here.


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UCF's basketball recruiting is on fire. A week after landing talented transfer Tristan Spurlock to round out the 2010 class, Donnie Jones and staff have now received commitments from two of the best Class of 2011 prospects in Florida. The latest to join the program is Rod Days, a 6-foot-6 guard out of Sagemont High School in Broward County.
UCFSports.com caught up with Sagemont coach Adam Ross to talk about his star player's commitment.
"As soon as Coach Jones and his staff took over, I think Rod was one of the very first players they contacted here in the state," Ross said. "Coach Jones is very well thought of here in Florida with high school basketball coaches and basketball people. They started recruiting Rod and they have been extremely persistent in his recruitment. It paid off today with a big commitment from him."
Days was highly recruited with offers from Maryland, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Arizona State, Michigan, Richmond, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Alabama and Florida State. He had already visited several of those schools.
"I think the process moved pretty quickly with UCF considering they got the job in April," Ross said. "Some of the other schools had been recruiting Rod for a long time. He went up on an unofficial visit and we went to UCF's team camp. He loved the campus. He loved the other players on the team he got to meet and hang out with. The facilities are top notch. They offer forensic science as a major, which a lot of other universities don't. Not many basketball players want to do that.
"So UCF was a natural fit. Donnie and his staff did a great job recruiting him. They operate a first class program there. It's worked out for everybody. Rod is very happy. His family is happy. Now it's my job to do my best to help get him ready."
Days has played in the Sagemont program, which is a private school, since he was in the eighth grade.
"Rod is a great kid," Ross said. "He's developed and turned himself into a great player. He's always been very tall. When he first came in he was a back to the basket post player, but he's now really transitioned out to the wing. He's developing as a potential college two guard. That creates natural problems for people because he's very long, lanky and athletic."
Coach Ross says his athleticism sets Days apart from other players.
"He's a high-flying kid, so long and active, and that's what makes him different from some other kids out there," Ross said. "He's developing into a good jump shooter, but that's a work in progress. He's very active defensively and very, very athletic on the offensive end."
Standing in at 6-foot-6, Days could play a couple spots on the court.
"I was just talking to Donnie a few minutes ago about that and Donnie sees him as a guy who can play both wing positions, the two and the three," Ross said. "He has versatility, which gives Donnie a lot of options with him."
Not only is UCF getting a fantastic basketball player, Ross says they're adding a great person into the program as well.
"He's a very, very good basketball player and he's a great kid," Ross said. "He's one of those kids that every college program wants because he's high character. He's a good student. He's a kid that's going to come in, work hard and earn his stripes. He's a great kid who comes from a great family. In fact, they're having a celebration dinner tonight."
Days' commitment comes a day after the pledge of North Port (Fla.) power forward Kasey Wilson, who announced his decision on Sunday. Both players will officially sign in November's early period.


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Why The Sexism at Texas Boys State 2014 Is Not Okay
What do astronaut Neil Armstrong, President Bill Clinton, basketball star Michael Jordan, and singer Bon Jovi all have in common? When they were juniors in high school, they all attended a prestigious but little-known program called Boys State. That's just the beginning of the incredibly long list of famous Boys State alumni, and alumnae from its sister program, Girls State, are just as impressive.
In just a few days at the summer Boys State and Girls State program, high school students run for office, write legislation, draft court opinions, publish newspapers, and more. Usually this is a very fulfilling experience, but this year, at Texas' Boys State, one delegate's entire campaign speech was just the words "Cold beer and titties." Campaign photos featured swimsuit models with the political party's name, "Feds," on the model's breast. Another party's platform cruelly shamed teen mothers. Boys State creates and fosters incredible future world leaders, and it's terrifying to see such sexism being allowed by councilors and encouraged other attendees.
I am, in fact, a Girls State alumna, and my time at the California Girls State conference in 2011 shaped who I am today.
When I ran for the position of California governor, the other candidates and I took our race seriously, writing and rewriting our speeches to make sure we hit all of the key issues we wanted to address if elected. That doesn't mean we weren't also silly occasionally. One girl whose nickname was Par or Par-Par made golf jokes throughout her campaign; I personally told a funny anecdote or two (or five) while running; and there were definitely dance breaks both during our free time in the dorms and even during session occasionally. The conference is exhausting, and being funny is a great way to lighten the mood and have a good time.
Some people say Texas Boys' State was just young guys having a good time together, but a speech where a candidate stands up, goes to the podium, says "Cold beer and titties," and sits down, is not lighthearted fun that I'm talking about. If something similar happened my year at Girls State, a counselor or delegate would call out on stage how that is unacceptable. Because it is. "Titties" don't just exist in their own little vacuum, they're on women's bodies, like my own. When a man reduces a value of women to just being her breasts, that mentality leads to the objectification and violence against women we see and hear so often in our media.
It's the same problem with the campaign logo for the Boys State Federalist Party, or "Feds" for short this year. The Federalist Party chose an image of a swimsuit model from a magazine, wrote "Feds" on her breast, and decided this would be an excellent campaign photo to show other delegates. Sadly, if the Federalist Party was looking to capture boys' attention, sexualized images do a good job of that. That's what these boys are seeing at home when they turn on their TV or go online: companies trying to sell a product by using women's bodies as a canvas. But Boys State is meant to be a place for the state's best leaders to come together and create the best government and best selves that they can. Sexualizing women for the sake of campaign materials is just the opposite.
The sexism came from both political parties. The Nationalist Party included the following in their party platform: "In the case of teen pregnancies, three years of optional welfare can be provided as long as the person raises the child themselves and notifies their community that they are receiving welfare." My jaw dropped when I read that bullet point. Teen mothers face incredible societal stigma already, and the leaders of this political party want to publicly shame them by perhaps making them walk door-to-door or put a sign in front of their house, telling the neighborhood that, yes, they are a teen mother, and yes, they are on welfare. This is even more sexist if one remembers that there also would be a man who helped create the child, but the guys at Texas Boys' State didn't think those men were truly responsible for the pregnancy and didn't need to go around telling their neighbors they were a young fathers on welfare, unlike the young mother. If the Nationalist Party hoped to reduce the number of young mothers, their platform could have offered comprehensive sex education and contraception available in schools or more local Planned Parenthood funding. They could have supported young mothers by offering more flexible graduation options or on-campus childcare. But instead of strengthening the community by providing support for young pregnancies, the Nationalist Party chose sexism and targeted teen mothers. Not to mention their platform also outlaws all abortions except in the case of rape, so even if a teenager wanted to terminate a pregnancy, they would be forced to keep the child.
It's easy to see all of this as being an isolated incident. It's "just one camp" and "a few young boys" who didn't realize they were crossing a line. Except this kind of sexism at this year's Boys State in Texas reflects the sexism we have seen so often in grown-up politics recently. Just last week, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that buffer zones around Planned Parenthood clinics violate the constitution and that it is legal for Hobby Lobby to deny their employees birth control and other contraception, despite being medical benefits they are entitled to receive. How are these boys going to work around women politicians, or women in any career field, if they run for office in a few decades? Even in our day-to-day lives, this is the same sexism that fuels the sexualizing and policing of women's bodies we experience when we walk down the street and see billboards of nearly-naked models selling a product, but are simultaneously slut-shamed for wearing "too short of shorts" in public.
In fifty years, a boy at Texas' Boys State this year could be serving on the court, in Congress writing our nation's legislation, interviewing political candidates on television, or even just serving on your local school board. No matter where the boys from this year of Texas' Boys State go, they will have witnessed how there aren't always repercussions for sexism in politics. This isn't to blame the Boys State, American Legion, or Texas; this could've happened at any kind of conference in any state. But we need to be teaching our boys better. We need our young men who are councilors at these kinds of conferences to step in when that happens, our friends and other attendees to not be afraid to call out sexism publicly, and our future leaders to not say such statements in the first place.
The stakes are too high. When we justify this action by saying "boys will be boys," we need to remember these boys become men, and accepting their sexism now means we may be forced to accept it for life.
Originally posted on SPARK
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So this week has been an especially crazy one, I must say. On Monday, knowing that our final critic meeting was on the coming Wednesday, I asked my internship if I could leave a few hours early and tack those hours onto Friday instead. (I intern at Opening Ceremony, btw since for whatever reason I haven't mentioned that before? It's totally awesome, though, and I wish I could own absolutely everything in their SS10 collection!) I went to midtown, picked up some last minute supplies (organza in the burgundy colour of my top to use as trim and some thread for my orange leather). I went home and basically worked all night on finishing up what I could. On Tuesday I mostly spent my time working on Cotton Inc though I really didn't have much to show for it on Wednesday.
Wednesday was our critic critique and it was a little rough, I have to say. The following is a video of the beginning and end my my critique (there's a large middle section missing).
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So needless to say, I was not left feeling extremely excited after my review. There were a lot of things that Jean said that I thought were truly valid and insightful, but she also made some comments that I didn't entirely agree with. Now I know that this is not unusual and of course I did not expect for her to love everything, but I found it difficult to debate my point of view; firstly because I was running on very little sleep, but I also I thought it unnecessary because in the end, I truly am free to make my own decisions so I might as well not cause a fuss out of it.
Things to point out:
1. I do agree that something is wrong with the shapes. I personally think that the proportions work, with the high waisted pant and the cropped jacket and top (I'm fully aware that this look is not for everyone!) but perhaps the under top is missing something. Maybe that it's just that the cut isn't doing much for it? But I wonder if my chunky/statement necklace will fix that?
2. One frustrating portion of the critique was how Jean mentioned that the top seemed too short and that a longer under piece might have made more sense proportionally. In my initial design, this was longer but I was advised to shorten it. Ha… go figure.
3. I also was a little confused because I thought that making a statement or standing out was important because this garment was for a Fashion Show. I took this to heart and decided to use vinyl in my garment to play off of the lighting of the runway. Also, by my use of colour, which is my "thing" (I've always said that rainbow is my favourite colour!) and I honestly didn't think I was even doing anything outrageous in my colour story. Yes, unusual, but not CRAZY. When I had already determined my colour story and designs, amongst others I saw both Balenciaga and Marni Fall 2010 shows and I became pretty confident in my colour choices. I understand that not everyone will wear those colours together, but I am not designing for everyone.
4. Lastly, I certainly understand what she is saying about working for someone else. Not everyone will understand my vision, and not everything is going to sell, so sometimes I will need to conform or redesign. However, the way I see my career at FIT is that this is my chance to really explore who I am as a designer, because I'm not designing for any other mold. This is my time to get to the raw of who I am as an artist — I'll have plenty of time to follow molds for the rest of my life! No, I won't necessarily get into the show, but as my mom told me in an inspirational voice mail that I received while I was in my next class, how would I feel if I conformed to my critic's or professor's opinions, when I didn't agree with them, and I didn't get into the show anyhow? I'd be left without a garment my soul was in, and I wouldn't be in the show. And she's right! I'd rather not get into the show but at least know that what I created, was something I'm super proud of! Thanks, momma! Sidenote, I also take my parents opinions especially strongly as together they own a chain of clothing stores, where 50% of the merchandise is in-house designed and produced mostly locally (it's called, Plum, and it's just on the west coast of Canada) – so they too are informed critics!
Overall, the experience with Jean was extremely valuable. I'm sure I will come across many more "tough critics" in the future of my career, and this was a great trial run. Thankfully, Jean expressed that she was impressed with my conviction and articulation of my ideas which I think was a great compliment because it was important to me to portray the confidence that I had in my design.
Back to the garments… here's my current progress on Cotton Inc!
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I agree with most of what the critic said regarding color and proportion. The pointelle bodysuit is super cute, loving that.
thanks for your feedback, Erika! check back on Wednesday/Thursday to see the bodysuit finished!
i love the colour combo. it is so balenciaga!!! stay with your vison. fashion and style is oh so personal and one man's poison is another man's caviar
Great job~~ this is so inspirational. Love getting the iniside-look/ behind the scenes of fashion school. I think the body suit is the perfect solution! ALSO I completely agree with point 4. You are a student right now and it's your time to explore and find your voice.


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Carnival of space 79 is up at One Astronomers' Noise
This site contributed an article about buying the future that we want.
Centauri Dreams covers the concept of an inflatable beryllium sail to send a mission to the Oort comet cloud.
The concept goes back to Joerg Strobl, who first published it in a 1989 paper for the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. And it's a design that seems to scale well if properly deployed. The team studied two configurations, one a generation ship with inflated sail radius of 541.5 kilometers, a payload of 107 kg, and a separation between the sail faces of one kilometer. A second is a near-term extrasolar probe with sail radius of 937 meters, a 30 kg payload and a 1.8 meter separation. The numbers show how well the concept adjusts to different missions:
From the point of view of kinematics, mechanical stress, and thermal effects, the hollow-body solar photon sail scales well. Both configurations had a spacecraft areal mass density of 6.52 × 10−5 kg/m2, a peak internal gas pressure of 1.98 × 10−4 Pa, and a peak perihelion temperature of 1412 K. If fully inflated at the 0.05 AU perihelion of an initially parabolic solar orbit, both had a peak radiation-pressure acceleration of 36.4 m/s2 and exited the solar system at 0.00264c after an acceleration duration less than one day.
The new paper looks hard at the issues these designs face, including problems with the proposed 0.05 AU close pass by the Sun and the effects of solar radiation on sail materials and the hydrogen fill gas. The result is a modification of the near-term concept discussed above, with perihelion adjusted to 0.1 AU.
The tensile strength of beryllium degrades with temperature, the sail could burst from electrostatic pressure at the earlier 0.05 AU perihelion. Increasing the perihelion distance lowers the electrostatic pressure dramatically and makes the mission feasible.
There is a lot of coverage of the first directly imaged extrasolar planets.


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Radikal Guru returns to the trusted Moonshine Recordings to deliver his third album, which highlights his refreshing take on the beloved, dub sound of 2016. A selected few of the cuts involve exciting collaborations that are not to be missed.He exerts his speciality in various tempo ranges with the 'Dub Mentalist' LP. The result is just as exciting as his existing back catalogue.
The polish producer once again shows appreciation to both the dancefloor fans and the more meditating listeners. Fusing his compelling sound in dub, reggae and dubstep with timeless, old school samples makes every release a reminiscing journey. The amount of dread and energy will most definitely spark a riot across the globe.
Radikal Guru executes his mix-up of dub by incorporating a dose of happiness and psychedelics. The effects take over the mixes in wild fashion; delays spin off the tasty spring reverberation tails, delivering a comfortable setting. Live horns section, including the trumpet, saxophone and trombone joined the Radikal's llive melodica in the studio to complement each other in rhythm and sound.
The collaborations including Jay Spaker, Echo Ranks, Solo Banton, Violinbwoy and Earl 16 bless the righteous sound waves, as the bassweight, immersive vocals and tight arrangements speak for themselves. Whether it is the bass weight, vocal parts or simply the rhythms, you know exactly when Radikal Guru's music is being played on a true sound system.
The contribution of the polish dub genius, to the healing of the nations and to global dub culture trembles, as he immediately reveals why his 'Dub Mentalist' LP forms an important chapter in history of Moonshine Recordings material.


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