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'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Star DAVE BAUTISTA Defends Ousted Director JAMES GUNN
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After news broke out earlier this week about the shocking firing of Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn, Dave Bautista took to social media to come to his defense.
The Fil-Am wrestler-turned-actor - who plays Drax in GOTG - called it a "cybernazi attack that succeeded" on his Twitter account.
What will you do when the #cybernazis attack you? Who will stand by you? Who will cowardly distance themselves from you? Who will punish you for horrible JOKES in the past instead of defending you for INSPIRING millions? MILLIONS!!! #Redemption #injustice @JamesGunn— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 22, 2018
What happened here is so much bigger then G3, @JamesGunn ,myself,@Disney etc. This was a #cybernazi attack that succeeded. Unless we start to unite together against this crap, whether people are offended are not! ...it's going to get much worse. And it can happen to anyone https://t.co/AMZEd0tfqb— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 22, 2018
Gunn was fired from the franchise after his controversial jokes from several years ago recently resurfaced online.
@HamillHimself please view the past extremely disturbing tweet's of @JamesGunn pic.twitter.com/0jL6h1Rrrm— Dj Ruehl (@djRUEHL) July 20, 2018
Fans, on the other hand, have started a movement on social media to have Gunn reinstated with the hashtag #RehireJamesGunn. An online petition was also created which has already received over 250,000 signatures.
Robert Downy Jr had one of the worst backgrounds out of all the actors in the MCU. He changed, became such a better person, and is accepted by all of us.— 神 (@navarrooooo13) July 21, 2018
James Gunn makes a couple disturbing tweets.. changes... becomes a better person... and loses his job? #RehireJamesGunn
The whole point of Guardians of the Galaxy is that it's about a group of people who have done awful things becoming better people and redeeming themselves. But when the director is apologetic over the mistakes he made Disney fires him. #RehireJamesGunn— Brian Brecker (@BrianBrecker) July 20, 2018
James Gunn made those tweets six years ago.— Sorin (@sorin255) July 21, 2018
He was dragged for it six years ago.
He apologized for the tweets six years ago.
We had all since moved on.
Then an admitted rapist digs them up again because Gunn is anti-Trump.
Disney is wrong here. #rehirejamesgunn
The embattled director broke his silence and aired his statement concerning the issue via Twitter.
1. Many people who have followed my career know when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo. As I have discussed publicly many times, as I've developed as a person, so has my work and my humor.— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 20, 2018
2. It's not to say I'm better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger. My days saying something just because it's shocking and trying to get a reaction are over.— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 20, 2018
3. In the past, I have apologized for humor of mine that hurt people. I truly felt sorry and meant every word of my apologies.— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 20, 2018
4. For the record, when I made these shocking jokes, I wasn't living them out. I know this is a weird statement to make, and seems obvious, but, still, here I am, saying it.— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 20, 2018
5. Anyway, that's the completely honest truth: I used to make a lot of offensive jokes. I don't anymore. I don't blame my past self for this, but I like myself more and feel like a more full human being and creator today. Love you to you all.— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 20, 2018
No word yet as to who will replace James Gunn in Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 which is set to start filming in early 2019. Meanwhile, Dave Bautista appears next in the action film Final Score.
Here's the World Premiere of the trailer of my new movie FINAL SCORE, which will be in theaters in the UK on Sept 7th and in theaters, VOD, Digital in the US on Sept 14th. Check it out!https://t.co/2zDM195Eco— Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) July 24, 2018
What's your take on the James Gunn controversy? Tell us in the comments!

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MONTREAL – Man's best friend can make for a smelly companion, that's why the Sud-Ouest borough is spearheading a campaign to get dog owners to clean up after their pets.
"We think it's really important that you pick up after your dog," said councillor Craig Sauvé.
"That's something a lot of citizens do complain about."
Sauvé and borough mayor Benoit Dorais are leading the local effort; Montreal kicked off its "Cleanliness is a matter of pride" campaign last year.
This year, they are targeting dog poop.
The city will distribute 2,500 pink bags as a reminder to residents to clean their dog's poop.
They're also ramping up their presence by sending inspectors to remind people to clean up.
"We also have a dog educator and she is a professional with dog owners," said Sauvé.
"[She is] trying to help them have better behaviour towards their dogs and get better results from their dogs too."
The initiative has a price tag.
"It's around $25,000 for the publicity, for the bags, for the specialist and also for the publicity on our trucks," said Dorais.
The city says each box of 60 bags costs $4, and 2,500 will be distributed to dog owners in the Sud-Ouest borough, in dog parks and city offices.
Geneviève Charette, a recent dog owner and a resident of Saint-Henri for the last 10 years, thinks the price tag is too high.
"It's a lot of money," said Charette.
"I didn't think it would be that much money just to take some poo. I think it's our responsibility, the owner, to take care of that."
The city insists it's money well spent.
"We're putting an investment, for sure," said Sauvé.
"It's not a huge investment, but it's an investment that is very significant. It's something that's never been done in Montreal before."
Residents Dominic Norman agrees.
"I think it can be a good idea, if it's done well," said Norman.
"Sometime you can forget to bring a bag or maybe your dog has to go twice in a row so it's useful. It's like having garbage bins in the parks."
How efficient the campaign is going to be remains to be seen.
The city agreed most dog owners are respectful, it's really just a few that are neglectful.
"It's about civic pride," said Sauvé.
"I think people in the neighbourhood, they're disturbed when they see dog droppings all over the streets. Sometimes it's one or two owners on the street that are less respectful of their neighbours."


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Principles of Security and Privacy
Gilles Barthe's research interests lie in the areas of programming languages and program verification, software and system security, cryptography, formal methods and logic. His goal is to develop foundations and tools for reasoning about security and privacy properties of algorithms and implementations. His recent work focuses on building relational verification methods for probabilistic programs and on their applications in cryptography and privacy. He is also interested in provably secure countermeasures against side-channel attacks. Read more
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Peter Druschel is the founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, where he leads the Distributed Systems research group. He is also an adjunct professor at Saarland University, Associate Director of the Center for IT-Security, Privacy, and Accountability, and a Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence on Multimodal Computing and Interaction. He has received an NSF CAREER Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, and the Mark Weiser Award. His research interests are in understanding, designing, and building computer systems. In the past, he has worked on operating systems, network services, peer-to-peer systems, and accountable distributed systems. Currently, he is interested in practical techniques to make distributed and mobile systems secure, accountable, and privacy-preserving. Read more
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Brillia Chofu Kokuryo
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- Residential
- Completion
- 2004
- Project name
- Brillia Chofu Kokuryo
- Location
- 8-8-1, Kokuryou-cho, Chofu-shi, Tokyo MAP
- Total floor area
- 32,533.57㎡
- Floor, Structure
- Project Team
- Design Architect/Jun Mitsui & Associates, Asanuma Corporation
- Photograph
- Studio Bauhaus
About the Project
This is a project that can be described as a prototype of a sprawling suburban apartment in the Tokyo city centre. There are approximately 300 dwellings made up largely of families in an environment abundant in nature that includes the Nogawa river. We developed this building to be in tune with the nature and the landscape. A gentle expression in the shape of an R has been given to the corners of the sprawling building, they look like wings that are spread out majestically. To create a large scale look, it has been designed like a village with multiple small buildings gathered to create a town. Both the colour tone and the warm colours of the materials used contrast well with the green surroundings making this a warm family residence. The outdoor area has a private garden that utilizes the Nogawa river. It is not filled with decorations but rather it has been kept simple like a peaceful Japanese landscape style garden making it stately garden. The round shaped shared common space has been kept open and light in order to integrate it with the garden. This has been designed for residents to enjoy and feel at home in.


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Jack was a grifter. A con man. A thief. And a beggar - all at the ripe old age of fifteen, though he could look and sound as young as twelve or as old as eighteen. It was a skill he'd learned from his dad; that is, when he had a dad. His had been arrested two years earlier, and was serving eight to ten up at the state pen for racketeering, leaving Jack alone to fend for himself. To that end, Jack was managing just fine. He came up with the rent for their small flat, went to school, and stayed out of trouble - well, stayed out of jail, juvenile court, and youth detention camps, anyway. Trouble, after all, paid the bills, and then some. Though he did, of course, never stop missing his dad. Not for a second.
He bribed the woman who lived next door to pretend to be his aunt, when he needed an adult to vouch for him, like at school and such; and his dad had stashed enough money away to keep him well fed for several years, at least. More often than not, however, Jack got by without even breaking a sweat, or dipping into his so-called trust fund.
And though he could pickpocket and shoplift like a pro, most of his money came from a scam his dad had taught him just before the cops carted him away. Luckily, the powers that be didn't know he had a kid, seeing as he'd never legally adopted Jack after his mother ran off with an accountant from Jersey. They'd never heard from her since that day.
"Good riddance," his dad would say, though Jack always detected a sad tremor to his voice each time he said it.
Anyway, the scam was easy enough to pull off, and afforded Jack a reasonable amount of security from getting caught. After all, he was more of a middleman. And though the big guys saw most of the big cash, they were also a hundred times more likely to get nabbed by the authorities. Besides, he earned way more than enough money in the few hours a week he needed to work in order to stay afloat - supplemented, of course, by occasional begging and shoplifting, though that was more out of fun than necessity.
The scam worked something like this: Jack would go door to door in upscale neighborhoods a good several miles away from his downscale one, so as to lessen the chance of running into anyone that could recognize him; which, in truth, would have been hard to do, what with the wigs and glasses and fancy clothes he wore when he was working. He always tried his best to appear exceedingly preppy, somewhat nerdy, and, most importantly, trustworthy. After all, it wasn't a piece of cake to convince somebody to fork over his or her social security number. Addresses and phone numbers and even birthdays were a snap, but social security numbers were hard as hell to come by - and, therefore, his bread and butter.
"Good afternoon, ma'am," he'd begin, with an earnest smile and slight bow. "Pardon for the intrusion today, but I'm collecting signatures for a petition for." And here's where Jack used his wily intuition. He had to size people up in two seconds flat in order to close the deal; otherwise they'd just slam the door in his face, or worse yet, threaten to call the cops on him. Some people were just jerks that way.
So if the woman who answered the door had several children in tow, he'd say, ".keeping convicted child molesters out of the neighborhood and your kids safe from harm." They'd usually grab the pen in two seconds flat. And if the woman was old or infirmed, he'd say, ".keeping insurance costs down so everyone can have adequate medical care." And, again, they'd usually sign in a heartbeat. And if a man answered the door, which was, to his profound relief, a rarity, as men were harder to scam than women, he'd say, ".keeping the so and so local Democrat out of office." Most rich, suburban, white males, he found, were staunch Republicans, and many of them would take the pen, albeit apprehensively, and they too would sign the phony petition after giving him a hesitant once-over.
Of course, more often than not they'd ask, "What do you need the social security number for?" To which he'd reply, "The city won't count the signatures if we don't have it." He'd smile, innocently, and they, however reluctantly, would sign. Again, the scam was an easy one - easy for Jack, that is.
Now, what Jack would do with all this information was sell it to his dad's old connections. And what they would do with it was some sort of credit card fraud. Jack never did get the entire story, figuring it was in his best interest if he didn't know all the illegalities. Ignorance, after all, was his bliss - or, at least, his protection. Besides, being the middleman was simple enough and, unless he rang the door of a cop, which, he found, never lived in the sort of neighborhoods he scammed in, safe enough. Safe, that is, until that fateful day.
She answered the door in a cute pair of bunny pajamas and matching bunny slippers, looking perhaps seven or eight years old. "Is your mommy or daddy home?" Jack inquired.
"Nuh uh," she replied. "Just me and the maid."
Jack had encountered his fair share of household servants before. They never signed his petitions. Most of them probably didn't have social security numbers, seeing as they rarely spoke any English and were probably illegal aliens anyway. At least this is what Jack's dad had always told him. So he prepared to thank her and walk to the next mansion down the street.
Just as he turned to go, she asked, "What you got in your hand? Are you selling cookies or something? You look a little old to be a Boy Scout."
Jack smiled despite himself. "No, it's a petition for a.a.playground in the park down the street." He knew it was a lost cause, but old habits died hard.
The girl grinned and said, "A playground, huh? Sounds cool. This street is so boring. Can I sign?"
"Sorry," Jack said, which he really was, seeing as no one was ever that eager. "Adults only."
"I can sign my dad's name then."
Jack perked up upon hearing that. "Do you know his birthday and social security number?" he asked.
"Yep. I used to need it to buy stuff on the Internet, until we moved and Daddy told me to knock it off."
"Smart girl."
She nodded and reached for his clipboard. Signing it, she said, "Make sure they put in some swings."
"Will do," he replied, feeling guilty for pulling a scam on a little girl - just barely guilty, naturally. The house was easiest the biggest on the block. Her daddy could afford whatever he was about to lose in the very near future. He waived to her as he walked down the long path towards the sidewalk.
A limo pulled up just as he made his way down the street. He turned and watched the owner get out. The guy was big, six five at least, and well over two hundred pounds of rock-solid muscle. Jack gulped as he watched the guy enter the little girl's house. This was one man he didn't want to be in the bad side of.
He walked fast and, when he rounded a corner, ran. He made it home without being spotted, and then looked at what the girl had written. "Sam Lockheed," he read aloud. "Why does that name sound so familiar?" He stashed the phony petition under the bed and fixed himself some dinner. He forgot all about the behemoth as he watched TV, did his homework, and went to bed.
He even forgot about the guy the next day when he was going door to door a few blocks away from where he left off the day before. The guy, unfortunately, didn't forget about Jack. The limo pulled up just as he headed to the next victim's house.
"Get in," The limo driver said as he rolled the darkened window down a few inches.
"Can't. Not allowed to get in cars with strangers," he replied, the blood rushing from his face.
"Words to live by, kid," the driver said, with a sneering grin. "Still, get in, or else." The rear door popped open. Jack had little choice but to obey. There was nowhere to run to, not that he could outrun a car anyway. So he got in.
The giant of a man he'd seen the day before was waiting for him in the back seat. He smiled at Jack and nodded. "Howdy," he said. His wide mouth was filled with gold-capped teeth. Jack inwardly trembled at the sight of him. "I hear you met my daughter yesterday."
"Yesterday?" Jack said, nervously. "I met a lot of people yesterday, sir."
The smile instantly disappeared from the guy's face. "Cut the crap, kid. There's no playground going in anywhere near this neighborhood. I called the mayor's office and checked it out. Where's the phony petition? And remember, before you answer this, never scam a scammer. Especially one that's bigger than you are." He cracked his knuckles and waited for Jack to respond.
"Oh yeah, cute kid, bunny jammies. I remember. But that petition is at home. I swear. Here, have a look." He handed the petition he had on him to the man, who quickly scanned the pages and didn't find his name on any of them. A lone bead of sweat ran down Jack's cheek, even though the limo was well air-conditioned.
"Did you turn it in to your contacts yet?" he asked with a growl.
"No sir. It's beneath my bed."
"Get it. Bring it back to my house tomorrow. Don't copy it or try anything stupid. Trust me, kid, you don't want to mess with me."
"Yeah," Jack said. "I figured that out already."
The guy laughed. "Smart kid. I like you. You remind me of myself at your age. You'll go far in this world - after you bring me back that petition." The door popped open again and Jack was pushed back onto the sidewalk. He watched as the limo sped away.
"Well, obviously, Sam Lockheed doesn't want anyone to find him, which that petition definitely would have guaranteed to happen," Jack said, aloud, to himself.
"No, he doesn't," came a gravely voice from behind him. Jack jumped and nearly fell over. "Sorry," said the man. "Didn't mean to startle you."
"Too late," Jack said, and stepped a few feet back. He looked the stranger up and down. He couldn't outrun the limo, but this guy wouldn't be a challenge at all. That's what Jack thought anyway, at least until the guy flipped open a badge and said, "FBI, young man, and don't even think about running."
"The thought never even crossed my mind," Jack said with a forced grin.
"Yeah right, kid. We followed you yesterday after you left this neighborhood. We know who you are and what you're up to. And, to be quite honest, we have bigger fish to fry."
"A fish named Sam Lockheed?"
"Bingo," the agent said. "So you help us and we forget we ever came across you."
Jack rubbed his hairless chin with his thumb and index finger. "Sam Lockheed doesn't seem like the kind of person I'd want to cross," he finally said.
"Speaking of crossing Sams, Uncle Sam ain't somebody you should cross either."
"So that puts you between a rock and a hard place," Jack said.
The agent coughed and squinted down at the boy. "No, son, that puts you between one."
Jack's grin widened. He took his clipboard, flipped one of the petitions over, and began to write. When he was finished, he handed the paper and his pen to the agent. "No, sir, I'm not between anything. You need me. If you turn me in to the authorities, okay, I go to juvenile court and get put on probation. Meantime, Sam Lockheed runs off somewhere else and you're back to square one. So sign the paper and I'll do whatever you want, within reason."
The agent read what Jack had written. He shook his head and chortled. Then he said, "Smart kid. I like you. You remind me of myself at your age. You'll go far in this world."
"So I've been told. Now sign the paper and we have a deal."Again the agent laughed, and then he did indeed sign Jack's paper. "Fine, kid. Here you go. You get what you want and we get what we want. Everybody's a winner here."
"Except Sam Lockheed," Jack said, pocketing the signed paper.
"Except him. Yeah." The agent handed Jack his pen back. "Now, all you gotta do is get this here listening device put somewhere out of sight in Sam's house. Can you do that? Cause we sure as hell can't. He doesn't know we're on to him - not yet, anyway."
"Yep. I'm going over there tomorrow. Should be a piece of cake."
"Good, you stash this and when we confirm that you've succeeded, that paper in your pocket is as good as gold." The man turned, and Jack watched him get in a black sedan that was parked a block away.
"Asshole," Jack said as he walked in the opposite direction. Still, he was happy with how this was all working out. When he got back home, he Googled Sam Lockheed, who, he was quick to discover, was wanted in several states for a whole long list of crimes and who was currently on the FBI's most wanted list. "I thought that name sounded familiar," he said to himself. "And I see why he wouldn't want his name on that petition. The cops must be watching to see if his social security number pops up anywhere. Guess he doesn't realize that they're already on to him. Isn't that interesting?" He smiled and tucked the petition that had been under the bed inside his backpack.
The next day, after school, he headed straight for Sam Lockheed's house. The bug was wrapped in cellophane and rested in a hidden pocket in his underwear. It crinkled when he moved; which, he imagined, sounded just awful to anyone listening on the other end. Again he smiled as he made his way up the path to the massive house.
The door cracked open. The limo driver stared down at Jack. "You bring it?" he asked.
"Yep," Jack responded. The door opened some more and the driver motioned him in.
Sam was waiting for him in the living room. "You got the petition?" he asked. Jack opened his backpack and showed it to him. "Hand it over," Sam commanded.
"I will. In a minute," Jack said as he watched Sam sneer and move in a few feet closer. "But I think I have something else even more valuable for you." Sam stopped dead in his tracks.
"Valuable? You mean something that'll cost me?"
"Well," Jack said, still smiling, though his heart was racing a few thousand beats per minute. "I'm a reasonable man. And I reckon this is worth, say, five grand. That is, if you think it's worth it, of course, sir."
"Kid, you got balls as big as boulders. I like that. What are you selling me today?"
"Just some information I think you'll want to have." Jack handed him the petition first, in good faith. Sam found his name on the page and ripped the sheet to shreds. Jack winced but otherwise stood his ground.
"Fine, kid, tell me first and if I think it's worth five grand, you got yourself a deal." Sam reached out with his giant paw of a hand, and Jack firmly shook it.
Again Jack smiled and said, "Go peak out your window, sir." Sam quickly walked to the window and parted the curtain a few centimeters. "See the black sedan parked on the next corner?" Jack asked. "I think it's the cops. They stopped me after I left here the other day and asked what I was doing here. I told them and they let me go, but first I peeked inside their car. Looked to me like a cop car."
"Shit," Sam yelped, and closed the curtains. He glowered at his limo driver. "I thought you said it was safe here?" he said, with gnashed teeth. "How'd they find us so quickly?"
The driver started to speak, but Jack interrupted him. "Um, sir, I'd rather not get involved in your business, so, seeing as the information I provided appears to be of value to you, I'd like the money in as small as dominations as possible."
Sam stopped and stared, and then, much to Jack's delight, broke out in a fit of laughter. "Kid, you're a riot. You should be working for me. Then again, it looks like we'll be changing our base of operations soon, so maybe not." Again he glared at the driver, and then he walked out of the room for a few minutes, returning with a thick envelope in his hands. "Here you go, kid. Five grand, plus another five grand. A bonus for you."
Jack, as nonchalantly as possible, took the envelope and placed it inside his backpack. "Um, if you don't mind sir, do you have a restroom I could use? I nearly pissed my pants a few minutes ago."
Again Sam broke out in laughter, and then pointed to a bathroom down the hall. Jack nodded and quickly headed for it. He'd been hoping for just what he found inside. Rich people, he'd heard, had phones in their johns. Sam Lockheed was no exception. Jack reached inside his underwear and withdrew the bug. He unwrapped it, wiped off any incriminating fingerprints, and whispered, "Don't forget our deal," into it, just before he unscrewed the phone cap and placed the device inside.
He flushed the toilet for good measure and then hightailed it back to the living room. Sam showed him to the door. "Well, kid, I'd like to say it's been a pleasure, but."
"Yeah, I understand." He then leaned up and, hedging his bets that the bug would somehow be found, whispered into Sam's ear. "By the way, I'd watch that driver of yours if I was you."
"Don't worry about it, kid. I'm on top of things."
"No sir, I'm not worried at all. Not one bit." And with that, he left the house and walked down the street in the opposite direction form where the sedan was sitting. Thank goodness, he never saw Sam Lockheed or the FBI again.
Though the agent was good to his word.
Jack had prepared the apartment as soon as he got home. The following Saturday, there was a knock on the door. Jack jumped and ran to open it. "Surprise!" he yelled - which, naturally, caused his father to duck and cover.
"What the hell?" his dad yelled, when he'd regained his composure and looked inside the apartment and spotted the welcome home signs festooned on the walls. "How did you know I was getting out? I didn't even know."
Jack grinned a big, toothy grin and hugged his dad before finally saying, "Well, dad, you know that saying, never scam a scammer, especially one that's bigger than you?"
"Not exactly," he replied, walking inside his apartment with his arm flung over his son's shoulder. "But I get the drift. Go on."
"Well, it's okay, I figure, if they're bigger, just so long as you're smarter."
His dad laughed, then leaned down and gave his son a big kiss on the cheek. "You know something, Jack, you're gonna go far in this world."
Jack echoed the laugh and shut the door behind them. "So I've been told, dad. So I've been told."
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Week One | Seas the day
I'd been looking for the perfect volunteering gig involving mental health experience for a while. So when I found Ocean Mind and realised I could combine helping out youth who were going through some difficulties in everyday life with surf mentoring, and providing motivation to master a new amazing life-long skill, I knew this was the perfect opportunity. Could it get any better?
I will admit I was a bit nervous about meeting my little surfer. What if he doesn't like me? Or worse, if he's turns out to be a better surfer than me?
I was picking him and his brother up, so our day started with a big drive to the beach meaning we could get well acquainted before arriving at Urquhart's Bluff. Luckily, Rachel (our legend coordinator) had done some detective work and provided me with some inside information on my passengers! Armed with knowledge from my nerdiest friend on the history of Lego, and having watched half a game of football in the past 6 months, we hit it off like a bunch of Collingwood followers.
We arrived to the sunniest day in months and the beach had put on a show. We all threw on our wetties and slapped on the SPF. We looked the part, could have been mistaken for rip curl pro's, now we just needed the skills. Of course first there was a team bonding game, involving M&Ms (necessary).
Go Ride a Wave sent our very own private surf pro to show us a thing or two. We all gathered for a lesson in the sand, learning how to paddle, how to get to our knees, how to get to our feet, and most importantly, how to shaka like the cool kids do.
Finally we were in the ice bath ocean, and our job was to pull the kids out on the board over the waves, give them a big push onto the perfect wave, and encourage them to have as much fun as possible. There were heaps of high fives, smiles, laughs, shocked and amazed mentors, and of course collisions.
My favourite moment was watching two brothers, who weren't super excited to get amongst the waves, ride side by side on the same wave, stand up together, and absolutely love it! I don't think you would have seen bigger smiles on their or my own dials.
I was extremely impressed with the surfers eagerness to keep trying after being battered by wave after wave. The waves were addictive. Even for us mentors, as we hitched a ride upon the back of our surfer's boards.
By this point it was getting a bit chilly, luckily the kids had expert mentors in the art of mummification to bury them in natures sand oven. The surfers were all pretty exhausted, but fuelled with well-earned muesli bars they found the energy to get changed and head of to tell their family about their new found talent. Meanwhile us mentors had a big debrief, shared all our exciting stories from the last couple of hours, and some energetic mentors got back on waves to make use of the amazing day Urquhart's had put on for us!
Week Two | A good dose of vitamin sea
This week started off with a human knot. If you've never experiences this, just imagine sweaty palms, your body being stretched and twisted like never before, and the most laughs you've had in the last week. We were on the Superman Escape. Kidding, I wish. We were still in Anglesea and essentially,it's a team bonding game
where communication is your only tactic to getting out of this tricky situation – like most things in life. I'll admit our Ocean Mind team had some room for improvement, but far out we did a good job for our first time round. Week 3 us, just needs to make week 2 us jealous of how well we did. Mission accepted. It was finally time to get our keen sweaty surfers onto the waves to show a bunch of parents and a few lucky teachers how far they've come in one week. As a Mentor, I'd say our job was to remind the surfers that paddling and 'chicken wings' are still as important as week 1. Because, if your surfer was as keen as mine, he was standing up on the board before the wave came. This didn't end so well in most cases. Belly flop city.
Watching all the other surfers 'up their game' this week was amazing! Some were paddling for their own waves, and the faces when they managed to catch a wave and get up on their feet all by themselves was priceless. My surfer even started pushing the board over some pretty big white wash like a pro. Awwwwkward when the mentor's not needed in week 2… fortunately he still wanted to be pulled around in the shallows like a seal on a sunlounge, and I had my place in the group again!
A quick sandcastle and we were done for another week. The car trip back was just embracing as I have no skill in the "dib cool car" game, where points are earned for being the first to yell "dib cool car [insert correct colour here]" when you see a super duper cool car. So we changed subject, and decided to create goals for next week:
- My surfer would paddle to catch his own wave
- We would find a car game that I had more than a 0.3% chance at winning
- Have more fun than we can handle
Week Three | High tides good vibes
Another day another beach. This time we found ourselves down at Bancoora Beach. This was THE week. The week we were going to get some serious skill up. The week we were going to master this whole surfing business… Pity the old day light savings fairy got the best of us, and we had a slight delay in surf equipment. But no worries! This gave us ample time to, once again, tackle the human knot. And guess what? We neeeeeeeearly got it!! By week three the surfers were communicating like an almost functional family, and we were off without a hitch. Until, the end, where there were lots of hitches. But hey next week we have this in the bag! And theeeeeen it was time for more games. It was great to mix it up and have time to chat to everyone and see how they were going with their surfers.
After getting up in each other's business in all our team bonding, we decided to spread out and explore the beach and rock pools, have some races, and get most of the kid's shoes and towels wet. Oops, sorry mum's and dad's.
The van turned up, boards were here, and we were off into the waves. Of course, we had another beach lesson. This time, learning the big kid technique to standing up on the board! With a new skill on hand, and a slightly bigger wave than last week, the kids knew this was going to be a good one!
Everyone had some great waves, they picked it up straight away, and even the new surfers that just joined were carving it up perfectly. Until, we maybe had what my surfer referred to as a 'near death experience'… out of nowhere we had the biggest wave we've ever tackled. We did see it coming, what we did not realise was the power she had behind her. We made a quick decision to ride it in/it was too powerful for my little arms to keep holding the board/there was no choice. He was off.
There was mention of my surfer's life flashing before his eyes. But you know what? He got straight back on the board and went back out there. That's my favourite thing about the ocean. The waves will get you when you least expect it, but with every wave you tackle, you get a little more confident and willing to fight back. And that's exactly what he did. Proud mentor here!
We had a few more waves, and he absolutely showed the ocean who's boss. I think we even had one successful wave were he achieved the goal of paddling to catch his own!
We then took a surf break, and headed up to the lookout to take it all in. Like any kid, we were done with that in 10.2 seconds and on to the next activity.
Back to the beach for a quick whole body sand wrap to get the body temperature back to normal, then back to the carpark to pack it all up.
Unfortunately, I'm not able to attend next week… so I may call a friend on this one, and you can get a different perspective on life at Ocean Mind!
Week Five | Making waves
Week Five and back to Anglesea for one last time. I had major FOMO from last week and it didn't help from the start when all the boys could talk about was how I had missed seeing them tandem surf for the first time. Yes, they both managed to stand up on the same board and not push each other off for a whole wave. I guess you can't have it all, but I was determined to see this one happen again.
We arrived in the car park, and after the kids had finished drooling over the Ferraris and Lamborghinis out for their Sunday mission, we managed to fit some good old surfing in.
But FIRST… We must play games! And this one was on trust.
They say trust to a relationship, is like a rope to the bungy jump. Slightly essential. Which was pretty relevant, as we were about to put our full trust in the team catching us before we fell and died got bruised bums.
This week plenty of VIPs had made their way out, and as usual the kids put on a show and it was so nice to see the faces of some very proud mums, dads, and teachers!
I noticed most mentors looking like lost puppies, as most of our surfers had paddling out down pat, catching a wave was a piece of cake, and now they were tandem surfing?? The grasshoppers had become the masters. What more is there to learn?
I guess we will find out next week!
Week Six | You can't stop the waves but you can learn how to surf
Get ready, this one's a tear jerker. The last week and the kids are off on their own in the surf world. Well, apart from the monthly surf club were us mentors eagerly await their arrival and hope they never forget their first fans. This week's surfing was all them, they were the experts now, and mentors were just cheering on wave after wave as they showed us all the tricks in the book. We had 180s, 360s, coffin surfers, meditating surfers, tandem surfers, if there was one more week they would be surfing on their heads.
You could tell their confidence had grown every week and they were so stoked to have mastered this new talent. Every second sentence out of my surfer's mouth included "let's go further" or "let's get a big wave", as he tackled some of the back waves and was thrilled he lived to tell the story. The trust between the mentors and surfers had also developed massively, and they knew that if they wanted to try something new we were there every step of the way. We had gone through a bit together by now, had some pretty scary waves, learned how to get out of a rip, and that the ocean isn't as scary as they might have thought. So I hope all our surfers had gained a bit of resilience and can think about how well they were able to cope with tricky situations in the ocean, and know they can tackle plenty of what life might throw at them. As well as know that there are a big bunch of mentors at surf club waiting to hear what's news and have heeeeeeeaps of fun with our fave little surfers again!
To celebrate these amazing achievements, we headed to Torquay, had a scrumptious BBQ, a skate, a chat with families, and handed out some certificates and photos of the kids on their best waves. The kids were able to give Ocean Mind some feedback on the program, how it had made them feel, and what they had gained from the experience. Then it time for our last snag and to head home ☹
I dropped the brothers off for the last time; the sad part was 50 metres down the road I "dibbed a cool car" (see week 2), and realised I had no one to compete against anymore and this was sad. I'll never forget my first mentees and our journey together. But I so can't wait for the next program and to help more kids get out and experience all the ocean can offer. I hope if you're reading this you've been inspired and jump straight on the bandwagon for a good time and an awesome way to improve the mental health of kids around Geelong and The Surf Coast!
I want to help break to the stigma of mental health so here is my story. My first experience with depression started when I was a teenager.
I had a fairly happy and healthy childhood apart from the severe bullying all throughout primary school. Not only were their girl germs and boy germs in primary school there was also Rachael germs. I can look back now and laugh at it all but for that scared little 7-year-old girl was told nobody wanted to go near her, it was confusing and heartbreaking.
All she wanted to do was fit in. All she wanted was some friends and to play games outside but instead, she hid in the art room. The only escape from the torment of the other school kids.
By the time I got to high school, I was broken. I would do anything to fit in. And that's when I started to become the bully. I hated myself for my actions but the fear of being unliked was too great.
I sank lower and lower and the self-hatred got stronger and stronger.
I didn't want to live. I was a horrible person and I couldn't change otherwise I would be a lonely person and that was worse. Alcohol and marijuana became my medication and that just made everything worse. I spiralled out of control, getting in trouble at school, at home and on the streets. I felt out of control. I knew I was on the wrong path but I didn't know how to get off. At one of my darkest points, I stood on a cliff willing myself to jump. I am so thankful I never did.
My parents could see my hurt but didn't know what to do. The organized a stay at a psychiatric unit where I was labelled with manic depression. This was my first contact with mental health services and for me it's wasn't the right place. It did start me in the right direction for seeking help though. I recognized the potential for feeling better. I started the long long journey of healing.
All through my life, I have experienced episodes of depression. When I was in my 20's I tried to deny those feelings, pretend to the world they weren't there. I had to be strong. I now know that to get help is to be strong, not weak. Let's band together and show our strength.


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The Bahamas must "embrace disruptive change" and not permit a minority to derail economic reforms that benefit the rest of society, a BISX-listed company's president argued yesterday.
Julian Brown, who is also Benchmark (Bahamas) chief executive, told Tribune Business that the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union's (BEWU) concerns over the increased penetration of solar energy was a prime example of resistance to technology-driven change that can improve living standards for the majority of Bahamians.
Rather than fight the inevitable, Mr Brown urged the BEWU and the Bahamas Power & Light (BPL) workers it represents to push their employer to develop its own solar unit and re-train staff so they can install the technology. Read more >>


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Eucalyptus Oil: Using eucalyptus oil for asthma December 16 2013
Asthma is a common condition of the bronchial passages in which they become swollen and
narrow, fill with mucous and cause great difficulty in a person's ability to adequately inhale.
As a result, a person gasps for breath, and the characteristic wheezing of asthma occurs
in an effort to push air through distressed airways. Common causes of asthma include
airborne allergens, air pollution, respiratory infections, stress, and even food. Symptoms
tend to be heightened by strenuous physical activity.
Eucalyptus oil acts as decongestant, and this makes it effective in minimizing symptoms
of asthma. Generally, the safest time for asthma treatment with eucalyptus oil (eucalyptus
radiata) is in between attacks, though some people do experience great relief when it is
used in an attack. Some asthmatics are sensitive to fragrance and find that it can trigger
symptoms, so caution should be used when any sensitivity is present. Many people find
eucalyptus to provide effective relief when used with appropriate discretion, based on
individual preferences.
Add 5-10 drops to a humidifier or steam vaporizer. Use this at all hours of the day to help
keep airways clear and calm.
Place 3-5 drops of eucalyptus oil in a pot of boiling water. Place a towel behind the head as a
"tent" and breathe in the steam. Take deeper breaths for more immediate results.
Add 5-10 drops to a hot shower and gently inhale the eucalyptus steam. This can be done
as a both a preventative measure to keep airways open and also to relieve a full-blown
asthmatic attack.
During high allergy season, dilute 5-7 drops in one tablespoon of carrier oil (such as almond
or jojoba) and massage into feet before bed. Cover with socks and repeat nightly. This
helps to increase blood circulation throughout the body and also to the lungs and bronchial
During an attack, rub 1-2 drops directly on the chest. You can also dilute 3-5 drops in one
tablespoon of carrier oil and rub this on the chest for more sensitive skin.
This information is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to prescribe,
treat, prevent, or diagnose any disease or condition. As always, before you begin any
sort of regimen using essential oils, please consult with your physician, naturopath, or
aromatherapist before doing so. The use of oils can be very empowering and effective
in the treatment of a variety of ailments. However, use your own discretion; the medical
community is there to help us when oils can't.


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The guest editors summarize the special section, Digital Soil Mapping, beginning with a look at the challenges that are pushing advances in soil mapping, and then introducing the contributors' efforts at improving current approaches.
The guest editors summarize the special section, Digital Soil Mapping, beginning with a look at the challenges that are pushing advances in soil mapping, and then introducing the contributors' efforts at improving current approaches.
Knowledge about soil properties and their variation in space and time is a key challenge for understanding processes in the vadose zone. As we consider more complex models, applied to larger geographical regions, the demand for information on key soil parameters and thus input variables becomes harder to meet. In particular, classical soil maps and soil sampling has limitations in resolution, and information might be subjective. In the face of the new challenges in the context of climate and global change and the increasing need of multidisciplinarity, a more sophisticated use of soil information beyond the "classical" soil information is needed. Predictive soil mapping (Scull et al., 2003) or digital soil function mapping (Ugbemuna and Reuter, 2013) are promising ways to enhance the information content of soil maps. The application of pedometrical approaches, e.g., digital soil mapping (DSM) as one focus of pedometrics, provides the potential to overcome these issues. Today, DSM is well established in soil science, providing tools for improving, advancing, and increasing a more objective collection and spatial analysis of soil data. A broad variety of tools helping to improve the quality of diagnoses, to refine their resolution by using correlations between soil properties, sensor data, and environmental covariates is available and intensively discussed in the soil science community (Adamchuk and Viscarra Rossel, 2010; McBratney et al., 2003; Behrens and Scholten, 2006). However, Carré et al. (2007) asked the DSM community to be much more aware of end-user requirements and coined the term digital soil assessment for the quantitative modeling of soil attributes for assessing soil threats and soil functions. In addition, Grunwald (2009) identified a need for more sophisticated technologies to measure soil properties. Finke (2012) indicated the potential of integration of sensors in making maps and providing model input. Concerning soil moisture, Vereecken et al. (2008) described the need to develop strategies that combine hydrogeophysical measurement techniques with remote sensing methods and, moreover, the development of novel upscaling methods for predicting effective moisture fluxes and disaggregation schemes.
All studies mentioned above point towards an added value when amalgamating interdisciplinary communication about making and using maps. In our understanding the integration of sensing technologies for mapping and monitoring of soil properties will benefit from process-oriented and model-based identification of the required parameters. For DSM approaches we favor not only the empirical analysis and transfer of parameters but also a more process-oriented approach, which is promising though challenging. Lin (2010) summarized the scientific requirement of iterative feedback loops between monitoring, modeling, and mapping as the "3M-approach." Seen in this way, the tight integration of monitoring, modeling, and digital soil mapping is a precondition to address the new challenges of science. Digital soil mapping can support the extrapolation of point-scale information to larger areas, can support the validation of model result, and can provide guidance for proper site selection and improvement of monitoring concepts. On the other hand, models provide tools to transfer soil information gained by DSM into functional information. In this respect, and by combining pedological expertise with modern soil mapping techniques, DSM could significantly support integrated, hydropedological studies (see Vadose Zone Journal Special Section: Frontiers of Hydropedology in Vadose Zone Research, with an introduction by Vogel et al., 2013).
Just recently, Minasny et al. (2013) stated that pedometrics research in the vadose zone comprises studies of the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil properties as a scientific challenge to increase our understanding of the processes at the Earth's surface. They summarized three main topics for pedometrics in the vadose zone: (i) characterization of variability and prediction of variation of soil; (ii) sampling, measurement, and inferences of soil properties and processes; and (iii) dynamic spatiotemporal modeling. They identified a demand to incorporate process based knowledge, which adds the pedological and physical significance to the statistical robustness of predictions.
Digital soil mapping is a way to bridge the gap in scales between ground-based soil monitoring activities, which are normally limited to the point or small scales and modeling activities that cover larger areas. As such, the next step would be to combine remotely sensed soil-related information with proximally sensed and traditionally measured soil property data at larger spatial scales. Mulder et al. (2011) concluded that future studies will therefore focus on the improved integration of proximal and remote sensing using scaling based approaches to make optimal use of all data sources available. Estimating vadose zone properties by remote sensing is one major focus in a recent Vadose Zone Journal special section (Mohanty, 2013). However, we cannot neglect that sensing results are often limited to qualitative information and geophysical sensing results are ambiguous. Therefore, reliable quantification of sensing information is still a major challenge.
In this special section "Digital Soil Mapping: Approaches to Integrate Sensing Techniques to the Prediction of Key Soil Properties," we present nine contributions on studies of proximal and remote sensing technologies applied for mapping and monitoring of the pedosphere and unsaturated vadose zone. The foci of these papers range across the integration of covariates measured by geophysical or remote sensing techniques for soil and soil function mapping as well as modeling, application of remote sensing techniques to overcome scaling issues, discussion about parameter transfer, and finally commercial aspects of digital maps based on sensing techniques.
Integration of Geophysical Sensor Data
Sauer et al. (2013) and Schirrmann et al. (2013) present studies on producing fast and high resolution digital soil maps using geophysical sensor data, and both identify limitations when transferring results from plot scale to larger areas.
Assessing soil water content on a slow-moving hillslope located in Austria is presented by Sauer et al. (2013). For this purpose, time lapse mapping of bulk electrical conductivity using a geophysical electromagnetic induction (EMI) system, which is operated at low induction numbers. In addition, acquisitions of soil samples for gravimetric water content analysis are performed. Sample analysis reveals that the upper material is a spatially highly variable mixture of predominately sandy, silty, clayey, and organic materials. Classical approaches of mapping soil moisture on the basis of stationary mapping of electrical conductivity variations are not successful, due to this heterogeneity. Also, the time-lapse approach does not allow ruling out some of the ambiguity inherent to the quantitative linkage of bulk electrical conductivity to soil water content, except in some places. The relationship between the mean electrical conductivity averaged over a full vegetation period and an already available ecological moisture map produced by vegetation analysis is closely related to the relationship observed between gravimetric soil water content and electrical conductivity observed on sample collection, except for highly organic soils. These relationships are fully commented and discussed.
Schirmann et al. (2013) used a mobile near infrared soil scanner (1100–2300 nm) to map the properties of the topsoil of three fields "on-the-go." The spectral measurements were related to results from conventional laboratory analysis of soil P, K, Mg, soil organic matter, N, and pH. Maps and semivariograms of the principal component scores computed from the spectral information showed consistent spatial patterns, but the strength of the correlation between field spectra and soil chemical parameters was not consistent for the three fields. This made it difficult to develop cross-field calibration models. To improve relationships between soil spectra and soil attributes dual-waveband indices (DWIs) were used. Even though DWIs showed better model results when estimating soil properties within a single field, they did not improve cross field model calibration.
Parameter Transfer
Special attention is given to aspects of parameter transfer in the work of Wunderlich et al. (2013). Soil properties such as clay and water content were mapped using geophysical field surveys. Adequate geophysical pedotransfer functions are proposed, even if their choice remains an ambiguous question. To investigate the applicability of such functions to typical central European soils, laboratory measurements (conductivity, permittivity, water content, temperature) were performed on different samples. Relationship between permittivity and water content is explained by empirical, volumetric mixing, and effective media models. The volumetric mixing and the effective media models can fit the trend of the data points for sandy, but not for clayey soils. To improve these approaches a modified Hanai-Brueggeman model was studied. It yielded satisfying fits with respect to both data trends and RMS errors (0.3–1.5%). Validation processes showed that the temperature effects on electrical conductivity can be reliably corrected using existing empirical relationships.
Digital Soil Function Mapping and Parameters for Modeling Purposes
Krüger et al. (2013) combined results of geophysical sensor data for extraction of high resolution soil depth information to enhance accuracy of biomass modeling. They demonstrate a procedure to obtain detailed soil depth information on a small spatial scale using electromagnetic induction and ground penetrating radar. The study took place at a field site with highly heterogeneous soil depths where the available traditional soil survey does not provide adequate resolution. The resulting high resolution spatial data improved soil function modeling and reduced uncertainties of biomass results. Plant biomass production and soil water availability for plant growth was predicted. The presented findings could support management decisions for precision farming and environmental monitoring. The insights of their study could also be useful for the consideration of fertilization and of yield stabilization through adapted irrigation.
Ugbaje and Reuter (2013) present an approach to apply DSM procedures to predict available water capacity of soils in Nigeria using pedotransfer functions (PTFs). For the DSM prediction of soil texture, bulk density, pH, and organic carbon content in total 35 environmental covariates as potential predictors of soil properties including terrain attributes, land cover imagery, average annual temperature, and precipitation, Normalized Differenced Vegetation Index and Land Surface Temperature band were derived from digital elevation models, satellite imagery, and climate surfaces. The estimated soil properties are then used to predict water retention characteristics by means of the tested PTFs. In general, the presented approach provides promising results and the presented digital soil functional mapping is a promising way to map soil functions in extensive areas with a limited availability of qualitative soil information. However, field measurements are a mandatory requirement to validate and optimize the further use of the proposed methods. This is of particular importance for any functional soil mapping of larger areas, where the input data sets are of different quality.
Remote Sensing Techniques to Overcome Scaling Issues
Upscaling from field observations to more regional areas is not easy when no DSM model can be established. Some solutions nevertheless exist in the use of remote sensing data, provided that they are physically related to field measurements, that is, field spectroscopy and hyperspectral images. In that condition, some processing algorithms (correlations, statistics, regression) can be used to extrapolate field data to the scale of remote sensing ones. Of course, the performances of these techniques have to be evaluated for example by comparing the results with ground truth. In this special section, Martelet et al. (2013) predicted soil parameters at a regional scale, Lausch et al. (2013) presented a study on a grassland at a flood plain, and Casa et al. (2013) estimated soil properties at arable land.
Martelet et al. (2013) investigated, at a regional scale, whether various chemical, textural, or mineralogical parameters of a regolith could be related and quantitatively modeled vs. airborne gamma-spectrometric variables U, K, and Th. They predicted regolith parameter maps derived from the regression models that display consistent patterns with known geology geological sources of the gamma emission. Two main textural and mineral assemblages corresponding to weathering products and leached detrital materials were found to be the main gamma emitters. They used multiple linear regressions to establish statistical models relating around 20 regolith parameters where about 50% of the modeled regolith parameters were found to be predictable with an acceptable error. Furthermore, they added very simplified three-class geological information in the modeling process, which improved the resulting models. As a result they predicted regolith parameter maps derived from the regression models that display consistent patterns with known geology and show fairly good residuals during independent validation. In the geological context of their study, the gamma emitters appeared to be mostly weathering products and leached materials.
The main hypothesis of Lausch et al. (2013) is that biochemical and biophysical plant characteristics in combination with geophysical observations can be used to identify soil heterogeneity and provide additional information for identifying functional heterogeneity. Therefore, different imaging hyperspectral index types, single band reflectance, and spectral indices are related to the geophysical soil parameters using regression models. For EMI the elevation was the most predictive variable and integrating spectral indices into the elevation based model led to only small improvement in the predictive power for EMI. An improvement could be made to explain the variance of gamma-ray measurement signals by combining elevation and spectral information
The main objective of Casa et al. (2013) was to compare different methods allowing the joint exploitation of hyperspectral satellite data (vegetation and bare soil image) and geoelectrical data for estimating soil properties at the field scale. Therefore, they used a multiple jack-knifing approach to compare hybrid methods, allowing the fusion of remote sensing and geophysical data sources. Regression-kriging, partial least square regression (PLSR), and a combination of PLSR with geostatistics through kriging of the PLSR residuals were applied. For an arable field site their results show that high spectral resolution remote sensing data are less informative than geoelectrical data. In particular, the poor results obtained when using the vegetation image clearly indicated the difficulty of using crop vigor to infer soil properties. Bare soil image data are more useful as covariates; however, the authors stated that their value seems inferior to the geophysical data accessing deeper soil layers since image data are influenced only by the very surface of the soil.
Economic Value of Maps for End-Users
Diafas et al. (2013) estimated the economic value of soil information generated by a host of new proximal and in situ geophysical methods for the assessment of the following soil properties: carbon content, water content, clay content, bulk density, and soil depth. Therefore, they designed and applied a choice experiment as a technique in valuing soil information. Spatial resolution and map interpretation were also included as attributes, in addition to the soil properties. The survey reveals potential end-users and for what purpose they would want to use the offered maps. The authors were able to estimate the end-users' willingness to pay for individual features of the maps. One result is a particularly strong preference for maps of high resolution and accuracy that offer map interpretation in addition to a number of soil properties.
In summary, the papers published in this special section provide an overview about recent developments in the field of DSM that depict possible directions for better integration of sensing technologies in the prediction of soil parameters. Findings show progress and potential for applying sensing techniques. Readers of this special issue will find many aspects towards a process oriented and model based identification of required parameters resulting in digital soil maps relevant for research of the vadose zone.


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Opponents are scoring0.94 points per possession on 42.7 percent shooting against Noah on the pick-and-roll,poor enough to place him 24th out of 27 bigs defending at least 200 pick-and-rolls this season. Hes also allowing opponents to score half the time on shots in the post. In 2013-14, the season he was namedDefensive Player of the Year, opponents scored just 40 percent of the time. Courtney Lee, another offseason acquisition, is athletic and big enough to defend multiple positions, but struggles in the pick and roll (0.93 points allowed per possession, 62nd out of 71 guards defending at least 100 possessions) and against spot-up shooters (54.2 effective field goal against) this season.Rose is even worse against spot-up shooters (60 eFG% against) androutinely gets beat out of the pick-and-roll. The really bad news? The Knicks are more efficient on defense when Rose, Noah and Lee are noton the court. It gets worse. New York also allows the second-mostsecond-chancepoints per game (14.6), trailing only the Brooklyn Nets (16.1). Giving a team one bite at the apple is bad, but giving them another and allowing them to score is worse. And perhaps, not surprisingly, the Knicks have kept opponents to an offensive rebound percentage of 23.5 percent in wins this season, 26.9 percent in losses.
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other Feature Request - Encryption of Entire Notebook and/or Notes
Greg2013 replied to mapjr's question in General Feature RequestsReally want the ability to encrypt entire notebooks. I use Evernote for work and personal so some personal doc notebooks should be encrypted on my work computer.
Worrying sync failure/note overwriting behaviour
Greg2013 replied to patnpm's question in Evernote for iOS RequestsThis is happening to me too on the latest iOS release. Support mentioned this is a known bug that they are going after. Really worrisome as I feel i might lose some data and not realize till it's too late.
Notebook encryption across devices
Greg2013 replied to Greg2013's question in General Feature RequestsI hear, just still cumbersome. I'm thinking I just use touch id to access the notebooks that are encrypted on my phone, and pin on computer. Less of an issue on the phone because I already have touch id protecting the entire evernote app.
Notebook encryption across devices
Greg2013 replied to Greg2013's question in General Feature RequestsThanks, yes, I do a similar thing with PDFs but these are live notes that i need to keep editing.
Notebook encryption across devices
Greg2013 posted an idea in General Feature RequestsI know this has been asked before, but I'd like to bring this up again. I've been a loyal premium Evernote user for many years. I love many many things about Evernote. Especially the seamless syncing of notes across all my macs, phones, iPads etc. I find it indispensable for work and productivity outside of work, and to that end, I always have my Evernote open on my screen at work, at home etc. I have a bunch of sensitive notes that need to be encrypted, I would hate for someone to see them at work or at home etc. To that end because Evernote does not offer notebook encryption, I've been forced to use OneNote which does for those sensitive notes. I hate having to go to different places for my notes. I have too many notes to encrypt them one by one. I don't like OneNote, but it does encryption well. I wish I didn't have to use OneNote ever. I've looked into 3rd party encryption options for Evernote and they are not as seamless and convenient as I expect Evernote to be. Please bring full notebook encryption to Evernote, unless you want your more loyal of customers touching a competing product
Password protected notes please!
Greg2013 replied to Greg2013's topic in Mac ArchivesThis is for specific text in notes but I'd like to protect the whole note. Also I don't see a way to unlock the note on mobile.
Password protected notes please!
Greg2013 posted a topic in Mac ArchivesI want to be able to protect individual notes with a password and Touch ID, not just my entire Evernote account. Is this on the roadmap? I hope it's not lost on you that onenote has this feature and apple notes recently added it as well as the ability to import evernote files. Please stay ahead of the curve, otherwise users will leave or not join in the first place.
mac Request: Zoom function for notes
Greg2013 replied to chobe's topic in Mac ArchivesPlease, we need this!!!!!!


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Take The Heat (anthology)
I've read Skye Warren's novella "The Magnolia Hotel" and have to say quite disappointed. It's barely 19 pages so there's nothing much to talk about.
Grace, a budding artist, goes to free her good-for-nothing big brother from the local gang and ends up finding a part of her past that she thought she had long buried. The first man she had ever loved, secretly, had to be the one to whom her brother owns a huge sum! Grace is then faced with a new (and tempting) challenge from Liam. She knows it's not right, yet she can't deny the pull between them no matter what. Question is, will she give in or walk away?
Honestly, this just read like an excerpt. I did think the story was pretty good (or was getting to the good part) when it ends abruptly. I'd really love to see this expanded to something longer. 3 stars.
FYI: Since I haven't read the other stories, the rating is based on "The Magnolia Hotel". I'll check out the other authors gradually. Rating may change after that!