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In Irontoes East tavern, the doors are split on either the north or south side of the hallway. This residence's floorplan is a two room apartment, version 1 (Qeynos). This is the same as a two room apartment, version 2 (Qeynos), except that the front door is on the east wall in the northeast corner.
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Scott was working as a personal trainer for over 10 years. He worked with many different types of people and it was then that he truly recognised why people find it so difficult to lose weight or reach their fitness/health related ambitions.
He noticed that most individuals are eating bland, basic foods for ease. When they reach their targets this makes them relapse so much quicker, it's a vicious cycle. He wanted to find a way to help them.
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CONRAD CAINE, the international agency for digital communications, has won Hochland Deutschland GmbH's tender for the Almette cream cheese product, making CONRAD CAINE the traditional Bavarian brand's new 'digital lead agency'. The Munich-based full-service agency is striving for comprehensive collaboration in the fields of online marketing and social media. Among other things, the Almette brand is to undergo a digital rebranding. The specific measures to achieve will be jointly developed. The Hochland group is a family business based in Heimenkirch in the Allgäu region of Germany. Since its establishment in 1927, the company has focused exclusively on the manufacture, processing and distribution of cheese. Almette, the Alpine cream cheese brand introduced by Hochland in 1985, stands for fresh, all-natural, light cream cheese enjoyment. Almette is one of the top five cream cheese brands in Germany and the market leader in the states of former East Germany.


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A Renkus-Heinz PNX102/LA line array delivers commentary loud enough to be heard over the ear-splitting sound of engines roaring at Europe's first drag racing track to be accredited by the American-based National Hot Rod Association (NHRA). Located in Tierp, Sweden, the long U-shaped arena is built on an old military airfield. The brainchild of Lief Andréasson, the derelict patch of perfectly level wasteland has been turned into one of the most modern drag racing arenas in the world featuring 2.51km (1.56 miles) of motorsport racetrack just 120 km (75 miles) north of Stockholm with the capacity for 20,000 spectators. "We've built one of the best race tracks in the world," said Tierp Arena co-director Lars Erik Lindberg, "The reason it's one of the best is simple: the track is concrete so it's really flat and stable; not so sensitive to weather or temperatures. Modeled on Formula 1 tracks, it now has one of Sweden's longest straights, plus open hairpins and very fast corners." With vehicles reaching speeds of up to 530 km/h (330mph), the commentary needs to be even louder, said Karl-Gustaf Kahlau, of Renkus-Heinz Sweden distributor Luthman SMTTS AB, "so the audience can hear what the commentator is saying above the noise of the cars. What they've done at Tierp Arena is to use line array modules that are powerful enough – but compact enough not to obscure sightlines. When the audience is watching a race, they obviously don't want a bulky sound system in the way." The PN102/LAX system was simulated in EASE which, using just two dual line array clusters, demonstrated a delivery of 105 dB at the farthest positions. "With our help, they decided on low profile PNX102/LA line array modules, 24 boxes in total, bolted in pairs to customized steel ground frames to make 12 independent freestanding clusters, that they could place along the length of the racetrack at ground level pointing upwards towards the audience. The installer, Mr Lennart Johansson, designed a semi modular, semi mobile transportation and multi-angle cabinet suspension system that was really well thought out and robust enough for our extreme weather conditions – up here it gets both pretty cold in winter and hot in summer; you have to be well prepared. The line array modules are powered by high efficiency Powersoft amplifiers, and a PreSonus StudioLive 16:0:2 digital console adds both live and recording capabilities to the system. www.renkus-heinz.com
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David Goeschel hit a 164-yard hole in one using a 5-iron on the 9th hole at Field Club in Omaha. The ace was reported on May 28, 2013. Witnesses: Dennis Goeschel, Al Benek, John Steichen, Connor Steichen.
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$ 9.99Palo Santo has been used for thousands of year by Shamans and Healers among the Inca population. This holy wood is a part of their ceremonies and healing rituals. It provides energetic protection, and removes bad energies. Palo Santo wood is harvested under government supervision by the natives of the Peruvian jungle. The incense sticks themselves may be lit and will burn for a few seconds to a minute, then extinguish themselves, filling a room with its wonderful fragrance.
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Jason Voorhees is the main character from the Friday the 13th series. He first appeared in Friday the 13th (1980) as the young son of camp cook-turned-killer Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman.
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He has been seen as a sympathetic character, whose motivation for killing has been cited as being driven by the immoral actions of his victims and his own rage over having drowned as a child. Jason Voorhees has been featured in various humor magazines, referenced in feature films, parodied in television shows, and was the inspiration for a horror punk band. Several toy lines have been released based on various versions of the character from the Friday the 13th films. Jason Voorhees's hockey mask is a widely recognized image in popular culture.
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Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter, art instructor, and television host. He was the creator and host of The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, and also aired in Canada, Latin America, and Europe. With a soft voice and a permed afro, Ross went from being a public-television personality in the 1980s and 1990s to being an Internet celebrity in the 21st century, popular with fans on YouTube and many other websites.
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You'll certainly want to ask them this. Steer clear of any company that is not insured in California, because that means that any incidental damage they may do on your property will be a real hassle to recover compensation for. It is never wise to work with uninsured tradesmen of any kind. Most states also require that someone have insurance in order to be issued a trade license. If they say they're licensed but not insured, they're being less than truthful.
This is important mostly for larger jobs. Clearly a two man operation is going to build a home much slower than a 15 man crew. This is also a good indication of the overall size of the Home Security company, if that's an area of concern for you. The reason you may want to ask about the fleet is that fleet size is a good indicator of the mobility of the company. Mobility may not sound important, but it's hard for the San Pablo contractors to get to job sites if they lack appropriate vehicles.
These first two questions should only relate to services or good purchased directly from the service provider. Many products carry their own warranties, like roofing shingles or siding. It's useful to know what these warranties cover as well as how long they last. The "warranty agent" question is important, because often warranty agents work with the manufacturer to get you repairs under warranty at a much lower price.
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We initially contacted three companies to request quotes. Great Canadian was the first to respond and set the bar that the others could not meet. Their price was competitive and what won the contract for them was service. The job started earlier than we expected (we had told them we would be out of town and would prefer them to do the work after we got back). That was not a problem. They initially had only one person working on the project and that person did not work out. The next day two guys showed up and worked for a few hours. We called Great Canadian since we understood the job would only take a couple of days and they were now on day 4 with the job only half done. The next day three guys showed up and worked until the job was done. I can understand the difficulty scheduling crews since there are apparently a lot of insurance claims for hail damage in the area. Anyway, they did a great job cleaning up and making sure none of the trees and bushes around the house were damaged. We were very satisfied with the overall project although it took an extra couple of days.
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Cool off this summer with these delicious and easy homemade iced tea recipes.
My love of tea runs extremely deep…deeper than coffee. Doesn't matter if it's hot, cold, in-between….tea is downright delicious. For some, they love it sweet for others they like it unsweetened.
I'm personally a BIG fan of unsweetened iced tea and if it is sweetened it has to be very light. Not a fan of sweet tea. Please don't send me hate mail!
I am sure most of your Southerners can't even fathom what I just said, but it's true.
Just to clarify that doesn't mean I am going to hold back on these delicious homemade iced tea recipes!
Iced tea from a coffee shop can be ridiculously priced. You are basically paying 4 dollars for flavored water. Making homemade iced tea is easy and cost-effective. Plus no weird additives or chemicals!
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Has any kid ever really understood how dark 101 Dalmatians really is in the grand scheme of Disney movies? When you really stop and think about the stakes in the average Disney animated feature, you start to realize just how low the stakes usually are. Rarely, is the princess's life in danger, and in fact most of the time, the worst fate set to befall the heroes is either a coma (Sleeping Beauty or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves), imprisonment in some powerless form (The Little Mermaid), exile from a kingdom now ruled by some horrible person (Aladdin, Mulan, or The Lion King), kidnapping (Oliver & Company or The Rescuers), or something even tamer. Death is rarely on the table, and when it is, like with Mufasa in The Lion King, it's because it's cribbing from Shakespeare. Credit that to these being movies targeted at children, but if you do that, then you're still left with having to answer how it is that, by comparison, the plot for 101 Dalmatians is about a vainglorious madwoman who wants to slaughter puppies for a coat.
That's not to put human lives and puppies live on an equal level, but if you can find another Disney animated movie where the villain's intent is to slaughter 99 characters who are of the same species as the film's primary protagonists and then wear them as clothing—or do worse--I'd like to hear it.
101 Dalmatians starts with two, as Dalmatians Catching Up - Slave 1 - Bitchslapped.co.ukpornmobilePongo (Rod Taylor) and Perdita (Cate Bauer) convince their respective human owners, Roger (Ben Wright) and Anita (Lisa Davis), that both of them having Dalmatians is the only requirement for a successful relationship. The two wed, and Pongo and Perdita get to work making puppies with great success. After Perdita gives birth to 15 puppies, the news reaches exactly the wrong person: wealthy socialite Cruella De Vil (Betty Lou Gerson), who offers but is refused the opportunity to buy all of the puppies. Cruella De Vil, however, is not so easily put off her ambitions, and as she's dead-set on the idea of turning those puppies into a spotted coat, she has two goons, Jasper (J. Pat O'Malley) and Horace (Frederick Worlock), kidnap Pongo and Perdita's litter along with, apparently, 84 other Dalmatian puppies. How exactly that many Dalmatian puppies happened to be simultaneously born in London and how that didn't make the news after the first 50 puppies were stolen is never really addressed, because, goddamn, that's a lot of Dalmatian puppies.
Upon realizing their children have been captured, Pongo and Perdita set off to find them, calling on the help from countless other dogs in London and the English countryside to aid them in their search.
It's kind of impressive that such a dark story managed not to traumatize the generations of children that have since grown up with it, but it's probably because the reality of the situation for those puppies gets drowned out by the bumbling antics of Horace and Jasper who make the plot to kill and skin 99 puppies seem less threatening by their incompetence. The cute nature of puppies also helps blind children to the fate that's awaiting the 99 mini-protagonists if Pongo and Perdita don't make it in time to save them. How can a child be expected to consider the brutality awaiting the puppy on the screen when the puppy on the screen is adorably barking at another dog on the TV in the movie? It's a very clever sleight of hand that dangles a really depressing scenario in front of children only to have it turn into puppy-infused entrancement with the flick of the wrist and a bunch of frames filled with puppies.
101 Dalmatians counterbalances the otherwise traumatic events of its plot with lots of talking dogs and the end result is a film that's remembered for its titular canines and not the uncharacteristically cruel fate that awaited them.
The animation style is also noticeably different from many of the other Disney animated features that came before and after. The animation seems somewhat cruder and more angular than many classic Disney movies, but at the same time it fits. The dirty look of the animation fits with early to mid-90s London, and it at the same time it's from a generation of Disney features that seemed to represent a transition or willingness to experiment in animation styles. Sleeping Beauty, which preceded 101 Dalmatians by two years, belongs to that same period of experimentation with its striking emphasis on bold colorization and creative artwork.
All that darkness aside, 101 Dalmatians remains one of the most popular classic Disney films among kids, and if you stop to think about its story, it helps to explain why Finding Nemo has the same status: they essentially have the same story told through animals (though Nemo only suffers incarceration, not being killed and skinned for a fishcoat for the dentist). A child or children get kidnapped; the concerned parent set out to find them; the parents enlist the help of other animals along the way. There must be something about parents coming to rescue their children that kids find comforting. Who would have guessed?
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The Diamond Edition of 101 Dalmatians includes the film on Blu-ray, DVD, and as a digital copy, along with new disc-based featurettes on dogs, a special "Disney View" mode for watching the movie, and a look at the film by a Disney Channel TV star. All other extras are ported from previous DVD releases.
"101 Dalmatians - Diamond Edition" is on sale February 10, 2015 and is rated G. Adventure, Animation. Directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman. Written by Bill Peet, Dodie Smith. Starring Rod Taylor, Frederick Worlock.


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The Australian 50 dollar note is an Australian banknote with a face value of fifty Australian dollars (A$50). It is currently a polymer banknote, featuring portraits of David Unaipon and Edith Cowan.
No fifty dollar note was released as part of the initial rollout of decimal currency in 1966, but inflation necessitated its introduction seven years later in 1973. The original fifty dollar note, designed by Gordon Andrews, has a scientific theme. On the front of the note is a portrait of Australian pathologist Sir Howard Florey and scenes of laboratory research. On the back is a portrait of Sir Ian Clunies Ross, veterinary scientist and first chairman of the CSIRO, along with scenes from the Australian environment.
On 4 October 1995 a new set of polymer notes were released, these were immediately nicknamed 'pineapples. Designed by Brian Sadgrove, the new fifty Australian dollar note features a portrait of Indigenous Australian author and inventor David Unaipon on the front, along with drawings from one of his inventions, and an extract from the original manuscript of his
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According to Reserve Bank statistics, at the end of June 2015 there was a net value of $30,414 million in Australian 50 dollar notes in circulation representing 46% of the cash value of all issued notes. Actual banknotes in circulation account for 45% of all denominations, or 608 million notes.
In 2014/15 around 33,292 counterfeit 50 Australian dollar banknotes, with a nominal value of $1,664,600, were detected in circulation.
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+ When the banknote is held to the light also, an image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen under other printing.
+ The words 'FIFTY DOLLARS' are microprinted and can be seen with the aid of a magnifying glass.
+ Slightly raised printing that can be felt with the fingers is used for the portraits and other major design elements.
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+ Under ultra-violet light, a patch showing the number '50' becomes visible on the back of the note.
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What causes allergies?
Summary: allergies happen when a natural protective mechanism of the mind-body system makes a mistake. Reprogramming that response permanently cures allergies, hay fever, and food sensitivities, usually in 1 to 4 sessions.
Mistakes of the immune system
An allergy is like a phobia of the immune system: it's a mistake. Your immune system mistakes a harmless substance such as dust or dog hair for a deadly danger, and mobilizes your body's defenses. Your body's defenses, not the allergen, make you sick. The same mechanism causes food sensitivities.
How does this happen? Your body and immune system have natural ways of protecting you. These work very effectively — sometimes a little too effectively.
Learning to protect you
In order to protect you, your body and immune system need ways to learn what's dangerous. That's where your mind comes in. Your mind is the natural "programmer" for your immune system.
When you eat a particular food or encounter some substance in the environment, and you feel bad afterward, automatic systems in your brain start the learning process. If you encounter that food or substance again, and then feel bad again, these automatic systems start associating the food or substance with feeling bad. You begin to develop a natural reaction against what seemed to "cause" the problem.
Know what's best
Our natural immune learning system is very effective. For instance, rats usually like sweetened water — but they soon stop drinking it if it contains a tasteless substance that depresses their immune system. Even though they like the taste, their automatic immune learning system protects them from harm.
Rats with overactive immune systems will keep drinking the immune-suppressing water. In fact, they'll drink it even if it makes them nauseated! Somehow their immune learning system figures out that the water is doing them good, even though it makes them feel sick.
Learning a mistake
Your brain learns to associate immune responses to anything that happens at about the same time your immune system activates. Your brain and immune system learn to respond automatically to what seems to cause the problem, even if there is no problem.
Researchers tested this by exposing rats to a minty smell at the same time they injected them with a substance that caused an immune reaction. After only three exposures, the smell alone was enough to cause the immune response. The rats learned to have an allergy reaction to a harmless smell.
The same process works with anything that depresses your immune system or causes an immune response. Stress, for instance: If you are under a lot of stress every time your visit Aunt Mary, and she has cats, your brain could learn to associate harmless cat hair with your stress and immune response. To this simple brain mechanism, the cat hair causes stress. Once it makes that mistake, it will try to protect you by activating your immune response every time you get around cat hair.
Reacting too much, too fast
Your immune system's main problem is recognizing what to react to. What is you, and what isn't you? What's harmless, what should be attacked? Ideally, the immune system ignores harmless substances. This saves energy, and you feel good. But if there is a problem, the earlier and faster your immune system responds, the better. It's a lot easier to kill 10 germs than 10 million germs!
With this "better safe than sorry" programming, the brain is prone to learn too easily, and the immune system to react too much. Allergic symptoms — for instance the runny nose, watering eyes, swelling and sneezing of hay fever — are caused by your immune system, not the allergen.
Even anaphylaxis — a severe allergic reaction that may become life-threatening — is caused by the body's reaction, not by the allergen. Even minute quantities of an allergen may trigger anaphylactic shock.
Reacting to nothing
In fact, people don't even need to be exposed to an allergen to have an allergic reaction. This was discovered in the late 19th century, when a woman with a rose allergy had a full-blown reaction in her doctor's office — to an artificial rose!
For most people, just seeing, smelling, or thinking about the allergen is enough to trigger an allergic reaction. Some people have severe allergic reactions when they merely smell or touch a food they're allergic to — without eating any of it!
That's because an allergen is simply a substance your immune system automatically over-reacts to. That could be nearly anything, and it could be something that's completely harmless, or even good for you! It doesn't have to be in the same form that caused the problem in the first place; it only has to seem similar enough to trigger a reaction.
Reacting to the wrong thing
Sometimes people react to a real toxin, such as formaldehyde, but the reaction gets generalized: they start reacting to other substances as well. Anything that smells as if it might contain formaldehyde activates an immune response.
If their automatic defense system mistakes that for proof the other substances really are dangerous, the reaction can generalize even further. A person whose immune response generalizes this way may end up reacting to any chemical smell, or all perfumes, or to a host of environmental factors. Some "chemically sensitive" people end up reacting to nearly everything. Having toxic reactions to ordinary substances in your environment is known as Environmental Illness (EI).
Some substances are toxic only at large amounts. However, after a person has gotten exposed to harmful doses several times, their immune learning system may react to harmless doses of the same substance as if they were harmful. Again, this is a useful response that simply went too far.
Finally, the body can react to itself as an enemy. This is the cause of autoimmune diseases. Like allergies, this is generally a learned response that can be unlearned.
Fix the mistake
Just as your mind learned to react to allergens, it can learn not to react! That's right, you can unlearn your allergic responses, quickly and permanently.
Because the mind is the "steering wheel" of the immune system, changing mental factors changes your immune response.
Immune system learning happens automatically and unconsciously. To "reprogram" your immune responses, you use your conscious mind to help your unconscious mind learn appropriate responses that do a better job of protecting you than allergies ever could.
I can guide you through these processes. For most simple allergies, you can expect to get complete relief in 1 to 4 sessions.
Autoimmune disorders, Environmental Illness, and similar systemic problems generally involve deep-seated identity issues. These aren't always amenable to complete cure (although they can be made easier to live with!), and may take 10 to 30 or more sessions to resolve.
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These are the cities in Tennessee where the cost of living is actually higher than the national average because, for the most part, Tennessee isn't all that expensive.
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Today marks the Lunar New Year! To celebrate the Year of the Horse, we're rerunning this horse-themed edition of Picturing…, originally posted in February 2013.
You don't have to be an accomplished equestrian to see that horses are magnificent creatures—majestic, fierce, gentle, wise, often all at once. They are a staple throughout art history in general, as well as in fantasy illustration. Putting this collection together, it was tough to know when to stop building; the amount of fantastic drawing and painting about horses seems limitless.
Above: Scandinavian folklore painter John Bauer. I have Charles Vess to thank for introducing me to Bauer's wonderful fantasy work—he is now an all-time favorite of mine (both Charlie and Bauer.)


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Dr. Silvano P. Colombano has what might appear to be some eccentric theories about alien life having visited Earth. Yet he isn't just some crackpot pseudoscientist; indeed, he actually works for NASA. And in a recent report, the researcher has suggested that extraterrestrial beings may have once been here on our planet.
Colombano is, of course, far from the only scientist to have pointed towards the existence of alien life. In fact, there is even an equation that was formulated to encourage discussion surrounding the search for such life. Known as the Drake equation, it's applied to approximate the number of potential alien civilizations in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
The Drake equation was thought up in the early 1960s by a U.S. astronomer named Frank Drake. The mathematical statement is not, however, intended to calculate the actual quantity of alien civilizations in the galaxy. Rather, it brings into focus other factors that should be considered within more stringent efforts to search for alien life.
The Drake equation has proven valuable in encouraging scientists to consider the prospect of extraterrestrial life. Its estimates regarding the number civilizations in the Milky Way vary widely, though, and they are also consistently challenged. Initially, Drake's equation indicated at anywhere between 1,000 and 100 million alien civilizations existing within the galaxy, and yet subsequent results have suggested that we could be alone.
The true value of the Drake equation doesn't, however, necessarily relate to the numbers that it throws up. Instead, it's argued that the statement is important thanks to its capacity to stimulate speculative thought within astronomy. It helps those within the field to break down one enormous question into smaller and more manageable lines of enquiry.
The search for the existence of aliens – dependent as it is on advanced technology – is a relatively recent human endeavor. It began in the middle of the 20th century and continues to this day, with efforts having taken the form of both direct and indirect searches.
Given its physical similarities and relatively close location to Earth, Mars has provided the focus of many of these searches. Indeed, over the past few decades, the Red Planet has been a major source of astronomical enthusiasm. Examples of missions to our nearest planetary neighbor have, for instance, included NASA's Viking program and the Mars Science Laboratory.
NASA launched the Mars Science Laboratory in November 2011. Then in August the following year, the mission placed the Curiosity rover on the surface of the planet. Naturally, too, there were a number of goals that the project hoped to achieve, including gaining a clearer understanding of Mars' ability to sustain life.
And amazingly, since the Curiosity rover has been ranging over Mars' surface, it has uncovered evidence that is suggestive of life having existed there. For one thing, it has collected samples of oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, carbon and phosphorus – all elements associated with organic activity. It has also found indications that molecules necessary for the beginnings of life were once present on the planet.
And while these molecules don't automatically prove that life has ever existed on Mars, they do at least suggest that it's a possibility. Similar molecules have been found in meteorites that have crashed into Earth as well. Indeed, after examining a meteorite in 2011, NASA proposed that certain ingredients of DNA can be created far beyond the reaches of Earth.
These discoveries and theories have, it's worth noting, been the result of direct searches for alien life. Yet indirect searches also take place – such as the various projects together known as the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). And one case of an indirect search is the scouring of the galaxy for potential attempts made by aliens to communicate.
There's no way yet of knowing, though, whether signals from aliens would actually be identified as such by humans. And even if SETI's efforts were successful, the time that it would have taken for transmissions to reach Earth would mean that those who sent them belong to a faraway past. Given such uncertainties, SETI projects have, then, sometimes been the subject of criticism from within the scientific community.
The majority of searches for aliens, both direct and indirect, have also thus far been rooted in a human understanding of life. The search has generally been focused, for instance, on planets with similarities to Earth. And yet there have been recent suggestions that this is perhaps too narrow an approach.
Given the wealth of developments within the fields of astronomy and astrobiology, NASA recently requested that the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) reevaluate its approach to exploring space. And following its own investigations, NASEM proposed that a change is indeed needed to increase the likelihood of discovering alien lifeforms. It therefore suggested that planets known to be unsuitable for supporting life as humans presently understand it should also be investigated.
This proposition is rooted in the notion that life might be found in environments unlike any present on Earth. And there are some cases in point quite close to home. Recent detections of, respectively, a lake under the surface of Mars and – potentially – seas beneath the surfaces of the moons of Saturn and Jupiter call for this idea to be further explored. Indeed, NASEM advises the use of astrobiology in an attempt to understand life beyond the parameters of how it forms on Earth.
"The more that we can integrate the astrobiology lens and astrobiology thinking from the beginning of missions, the more that we can capitalize on the fantastic discoveries that are going on with missions that are out there now," Barbara Sherwood Lollar, the chair of NASEM, told Astronomy in October 2018. "But by embedding the astrobiology thinking early in the process, we may be able to do even more."
Presently, missions searching for alien life tend to look out for what are known as biosignatures – that is, signs of life left by organisms. These might include certain types of molecules or gases, for instance. But NASEM is now suggesting that the presumption that alien lifeforms would leave biosignatures similar to those of Earth-dwelling organisms is unnecessarily restrictive.
NASEM proposes that should alien lifeforms actually exist, then they might well produce what it terms "agnostic" biosignatures. This description simply refers to biosignatures that may differ from those left by Earth's organisms. So to find alien life, this line of thinking suggests, one must look to zones that were previously considered uninhabitable.
"We need to make sure that our toolbox of biosignatures is universal enough that it encompasses both our ability to recognize life as we know it but also our ability to recognize life as we don't know it," Lollar explained. Taking this approach, NASEM advises, could raise the odds of someday discovering alien life.
Dr. Silvano P. Colombano is one individual considering the possibility of alien life from a new perspective. Colombano has spent the best part of his professional life at NASA and has written or contributed to some 80 scientific papers. He's therefore clearly a highly qualified scientist, and yet a recent paper of his concerning extraterrestrial life has caused quite a bit of a stir.
In the paper, entitled New Assumptions to Guide SETI Research, Colombano suggests that alien lifeforms could well be totally different to how we might envisage them. And by extension, this means that they may have been on Earth already – but we just wouldn't have known it. For example, if they weren't carbon-based – and were therefore unlike all organisms from Earth – then our ability to identify them would be hindered.
"I simply want to point out the fact that the intelligence we might find and that might choose to find us (if it hasn't already) might not at all be produced by carbon-based organisms like us," Colombano wrote in the paper. And given these alternative conditions for life, he continued, "The size of the [alien lifeform] might be that of an extremely tiny super-intelligent entity."
Colombano also proposes the notion that extraterrestrial technology could be beyond human comprehension. Thus, scientific presumptions regarding, say, interstellar journeys might turn out to be false. Presently, the general consensus surrounding interstellar travel is that it would be extremely difficult to achieve.
Yet the presumption that interstellar travel is very unlikely to ever occur is, Colombano suggests, rather limiting. Indeed, it has led some scientists to dismiss outright the notion that Earth might be visited by UFOs. But while UFO visits could be unlikely, Colombano believes that reports of such occurrences should not be ignored.
"In the very large amount of 'noise' in UFO reporting, there may be 'signals,' however small, that indicate some phenomena that cannot be explained or denied," Colombano wrote in his paper. "If we adopt a new set of assumptions about what forms of higher intelligence and technology we might find, some of those phenomena might fit specific hypotheses, and we could start some serious enquiry."
Colombano points towards discoveries from the recently retired Kepler spacecraft as providing encouragement for the quest to find alien life. Kepler launched in 2009 and was operational for almost a decade. Eventually, though, the observatory exhausted its fuel, and NASA announced the end to its mission in October 2018.
Kepler's mission was to examine one section of the Milky Way in a search for planets orbiting stars other than our Sun. It was hoped that this would provide a good approximation of how many stars in our galaxy may support Earth-like planets. And in its active years, Kepler identified more than half a million such stars and in excess of 2,500 planets.
Colombano, for his part, believes that Kepler's discoveries are promising – but that alternative expectations are still required in the search for alien technologies. "I feel we need to become more flexible in our assumptions," he wrote. "The reason is that, while it is still reasonable and conservative to assume that life is most likely to have originated in conditions similar to ours, the vast time differences in potential evolutions render the likelihood of 'matching' technologies very slim."
Colombano's suggestions are rooted in his long career at NASA. And while his claims might initially appear somewhat outlandish, this is a scientist who's an expert in his field. He certainly doesn't write flippantly on the subject of extraterrestrial life. Yet even so, his words are sure to bolster the ideas of ufologists and conspiracy theorists.
Ufology – that is, the reviewing of evidence regarding unidentified flying objects – dates as far back as the 1890s. During this time, you see, reports of "mystery airships" being sighted began to emerge across the United States. And some of the accounts about these so-called airships even claimed that they were crewed by Martians.
Later, during the Second World War, a number of pilots then claimed to have spotted what were dubbed "foo fighters." Typically described as bright, colorful bodies that would follow aircraft, foo fighters were oftentimes suspected to be enemy weapons. Yet while numerous sightings were recorded across the globe during the war, there has been no unified explanation for the phenomena.
Then, in 1947, an American pilot named Kenneth Arnold alleged that he had seen nine UFOs in the sky above him near Mount Rainier. Furthermore, the manner in which he described the UFOs led the media to come up with the term "flying saucer" – which of course remains in use to this day. Arnold's report is considered to be the first of the more contemporary widely known claims about UFO sightings.
In the wake of Arnold's claims, meanwhile, public interest in UFOs grew. The number of claimed sightings began to rise, too, and UFOs remained of increased interest during the Cold War. The phenomena didn't just draw the attention of the public and press, either. The U.S. military itself grew concerned that the Soviet Union was producing flying weapons and so took UFO reports seriously.
That said, U.S. government and military concern with UFOs started to wane in the early '50s. After years of research into the subject area, no solid conclusions had been reached. And as a result, it was decided that far fewer resources should be devoted to the area, and numerous programs were shut down.
In spite of the lack of official interest, however, some people continued to think that extraterrestrial UFOs were visiting Earth. And of course, such beliefs remain common to this day. Area 51, for example, still attracts attention and has become something of a magnet for ufologists.
Area 51 is a United States Air Force facility located in Nevada, just over 80 miles from Las Vegas. And while the precise function of the facility is not presently known, it is perhaps partly this sense of mystery that has inspired such fervent speculation from ufologists. Some conspiracists believe that a wrecked extraterrestrial aircraft is stored there and even that the base has hosted alien meetings.
In any case, Area 51 has long captured people's imaginations, with the base having maintained its allure for UFO fanatics to this day. The nearby town of Rachel has certainly taken advantage of the interest, becoming something of a tourist hotspot. And meanwhile, beyond Area 51, new UFO sightings continue to be reported across the globe.
Within the scientific community, UFO sightings are quite often brushed off into the category of pseudoscience. However, those who believe the reports will no doubt be heartened by Colombano's suggestion that not all of the sightings can be explained. One would assume, too, that ufologists are pleased by the scientist's seeming openness to the idea of intelligent extraterrestrial life in general.
As Colombano wrote in his report, "Considering… [the fact] that technological development in our civilization started only about 10,000 years ago and has seen the rise of scientific methodologies only in the past 500 years, we can surmise that we might have a real problem in predicting technological evolution even for the next thousand years, let alone 6 million times that amount! In light of these numbers, I think we need to re-visit even our most cherished assumptions."
Colombano wants his peers within the scientific community to approach the search for extraterrestrial life without prejudice. But this, he suggests, calls for people of science to shed existing preconceptions – which isn't necessarily an easy ask. And yet it may just be the key to discovering that we are not, in fact, alone in our galaxy.


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Suede reform!
Ah, the ongoing drama of Suede. The britpop legends were never the same after Bernard Butler left, in our humble opinion. After making a successful record with singer David McAlmont, and two not-so-successful solo albums, Butler finally made up with singer Brett Anderson a few years ago, and the two formed a new band, The Tears, to general indifference.
Well, alright, we admit it - the two aren't recording under the Suede name again yet. But they have been working on Suede music together. What is the meaning of this cunning riddle? Well, it's simple really. The two have been working together to remaster their hits for a new Best Of compilation.
Proof that, following the Blur reunion, the Britpop revival is well and truly under way, the two worked together to prepare the compo, which will be out later in November. 'It was a nice trip down memory lane,' Anderson told the NME.
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The ceremony at The Landmark Hotel, generously supported by UCLH Charity, was hosted by Camden councillor Frank Dobson, a former MP and Secretary of State for Health who described it as 'an honour' to be invited.
"I would like to express my gratitude for all the care and treatment people have received at this great hospital, that I have received personally , that my family and my constituents have received."
Hundreds of nominations were received and the finalists were shortlisted from a joint panel made up of patient governors, non-executive and executive directors. You can find out more about those colleagues who made the final shortlist here.
Chief nurse Flo Panel-Coates, who was one of the judges, said: "It was my first Celebrating Excellence Awards ceremony and it was wonderful to see such a mix of staff from so many different areas – non-clinical and clinical.
"The standard of nominations was very high – it's clear that UCLH is full of people who work very hard and strive to be the best they can be. It was really tough for the panel choosing the shortlist and the final winners.
"Thank you to everyone for taking the time to nominate colleagues and for those who helped make the evening such a success, in particular the Staff Experience Team for organising the event and UCLH Charity for funding it. It was so lovely – I am still smiling days later!"
Chief executive Sir Robert Naylor said he felt 'humbled' listening to the winners' achievements. "Thanks to everyone who makes UCLH such a fantastic organisation. I am proud of you and proud of ALL our staff."
Susie Lagrata, clinical nurse specialist at Queen Square, won the Top Quality Patient Care Award.
The list of winners were:
Values awards
Patient Nominated - Living the Values Award (clinical staff)
Patient Nominated - Living the Values Award (non-clinical staff)
Top Quality Patient Care
Chairman's Medal for Excellence in Education and Training
Junior Doctor Award
Contribution to World-class Research Award
Outstanding Corporate Contribution Award
Going the Extra Mile
Chief Nurse's Prize
Chief Executive's Leadership Award
Chairman's Achievement Award
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A growing number of wildlife are on Ontario's Endangered Species list. Their habitat is being degraded by industry and we're not leaving enough for them to survive.
The province has made changes to the Endangered Species Act that create further "efficiencies for business." This could give industry more ability to infringe on habitat, which is bad news for the more than 200 species that law serves to protect.
But there's good news. When government puts responsible limits in place, jobs can thrive alongside wildlife. Those limits can also ensure protection of livelihoods, nature and wildlife for generations.
Ontario is open for business, and that's good. We need a strong, sustainable economy to power us into the future. But it should be a future we can be proud of.
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Mark and his wife Dana have been married for 11 years and members at All Saints for four. They have two children, Will and Naomi. Mark is from Dallas, and moved to Austin about twenty years ago after college to work for a member of the Texas legislature, and grew to love the city. For the past ten years, Mark has been working in investment management for a Texas endowment. This is his third year of teaching children's Sunday School. Mark loves the opportunity God gives us to serve, encourage, and bless one another as we develop a closer relationship with Him.


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James (Jim) Clyde Watson passed away at the Hospice of Kitsap County Center in Bremerton, on Jan. 10, 2014, from complications of pneumonia and dementia.
Jim was born to Margaret (Peters) and William Watson on Aug. 3, 1942, in Morgantown, W.Va. After growing up in West Virginia and Virginia , Jim graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in chemistry, and from Michigan State University with a Ph.D. in chemistry. Jim had a long and successful career as a chemist and supervisory chemist working in industry and for the Federal Government. Jim setup the chemistry lab at Bangor Naval Center from 1979-1983.
Jim's hobbies included travelling, reading Civil War books, stamp collecting, genealogical research, and square dancing.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, Margaret and William Watson, and brother, W. Douglas Watson. Jim is survived by his wife of 47 years Sandra (Wollert) Watson; daughter Linda (Nick) Moore of Portland, Ore.; son David (Stacey) Watson of Pleasant Hill, Ca.; grandchildren Samantha and Luke Watson; sister-in-laws, a brother-in-law, nieces, and nephews.
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New Delhi: A controversial clip has surfaced showing former Border Security Force (BSF) trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose nomination was cancelled from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, saying that he could kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi if provided with Rs 50 crores.
It is reported to be a two-year-old video. Times Now does not vouch for the authenticity of the video.
Tej Bahadur has reportedly admitted that he is in the clip but alleged there is a conspiracy behind it. Meanwhile, the BJP has lashed out at Tej Bahadur.
While addressing a press conference, Bharatiya Janata Party MP GVL Narasimha Rao said that the party was stunned by the statements made by the SP candidate. "He was drafted by the SP from Varanasi and his candidature has been nullified for various reasons. We can see on TV how he is telling a group of people that he is willing to hatch a plot to assassinate PM Modi for Rs 50 crore."
"Parties like Congress rallied behind such anti-social forces rather than the government is a matter of concern. The fact that he was sought to be drafted as a candidate by SP, it really stuns us. We condemn it, we expect all agencies to take note of this threat."
Here are the excerpts of the shocking conversation Tej Bahadur Yadav can be seen as having with some friends, reportedly Delhi Police personnel:
Tej Bahadur Yadav: Give me money and I will kill Modi.
Friend: You are okay with killing Modi?
Tej Bahadur Yadav: Give me Rs 50 crores.
Friend: 50 crores? You won't get that much money in India at least. Pakistan can give you Rs 50 crores.
Tej Bahadur Yadav: No, I won't do such a thing. I am loyal to my country.
Friend: But Modi is the Prime Minister of India.
Tej Bahadur Yadav: No, I won't be disloyal to my country. Money does not matter.
Friend: Why I asked you this question...is because you just said that you can kill Modi for Rs 50 crores.
Tej Bahadur Yadav: No, but not at the cost of my loyalty towards my country. Only if I am getting the money from an Indian.
The Election Commission had on May 1 cancelled Tej Bahadur's nomination, who was set to contest on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
District Magistrate Surendra Singh had said that Tej Bahadur's nomination was cancelled as the ex-BSF trooper had failed to give a satisfactory response to the notice served.
Interestingly, the video has surfaced on the day Tej Bahadur filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court against the rejection of his nomination papers.
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Serving people has always been my passion in business. My real estate career gives me the opportunity to lead people successfully through a complicated and often overwhelming process to transition, not only into their next dream home or investment, but also into the next chapter of their lives. It is a huge responsibility – one that I take very seriously. And it's enormously gratifying to be your guide!
As a Colorado native and 27 year veteran in Boulder County real estate, I know the territory! From downtown Boulder to the surrounding cities, I can find the lifestyle you are seeking.
To make it happen draws upon my strengths as problem solver, strategist, consensus builder, strong negotiator and advocate for your interests & needs. For you, this means a well-informed home purchase or sale that is smooth and strategized for your situation, saving you time, money, effort and anxiety.
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Gardaí appeal to driver of vehicle involved in Longford hit and run fatality to come forward
The scene of the Longford hit and run fatality at Newtownforbes has been preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision investigators. Photo: Twitter Joe Mag Raollaigh @joemagraollaigh
Investigating Gardaí are appealing for witness and are particularly appealing to the driver of the vehicle involved in last night's Longford hit and run fatality to come forward.
At approximately 11.45pm a male pedestrian aged in his early 20s was struck by a passing vehicle while walking on the N4 at Deerpark near Newtownforbes.
He was treated at the scene by a Paramedic Team and removed by Ambulance to the Midlands Regional Hospital, Mullingar. The vehicle involved in the collision failed to stop and continued in the direction of Newtowforbes. The injured man was later pronounced dead in hospital.
The scene is preserved for examination by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators and local scenes of crime officers. Traffic diversions are in place and the road is expected to remain closed for the next number of hours.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Longford Garda Station 043-3350570 or the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111.
Also read: Longford Gardai appeal for witnesses after man dies in suspected hit and run on N4 near Newtownforbes
Gardai appeal to driver of vehicle in hit and run to come forward. Man in his 20s killed on N4 near Newtownforbes Co Longford. Road closed #rtenews pic.twitter.com/jpLWC47edE— Joe Mag Raollaigh (@joemagraollaigh) June 16, 2018
A man in his 20s has died after a hit and run at Deerpark near Newtown Forbes in Co. Longford last night. Gardai are appealing to the driver of the vehicle to come forward @3NewsIreland pic.twitter.com/sC30q9B5JX— Sharon Lynch (@sharonmlynch) June 16, 2018
#LONGFORD Section of N4 closed remains closed until further notice. More here: https://t.co/PSzIBsvOzE— AA Roadwatch (@aaroadwatch) June 16, 2018


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Brittney Griner cut but OK in knife attack in China
WNBA star Brittney Griner suffered a minor injury from a knife attack in China on Monday, her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday.
Colas said Griner was attacked and cut by a man with a knife while trying to board the team bus after practice on Monday. Griner, who's playing in her second season professionally in China and first with the Beijing Great Wall, did not need to go to the hospital and the cut did not require stitches.
"This was a seemingly random incident," Colas said. "There is no indication that this was a targeted attack on Brittney or her teammates."
Griner posted a video and statement on her Instagram account, and said that she was OK:
"First let me say I'm ok!!!! But last night me and 3 my teammates got chase and attack by a man with a big ass knife got a little scratch and my teammates walk away unharmed! He chase us into our bus and had us corned yelling at us then he finally left! Ugh lets just say I'm ready to get out this city we are visiting! Life can be took at any moment! Cherish every moment! AGAIN IM OK! Thank you to everyone that has been checking on me!"
According to Colas, the man was apprehended by Chinese authorities and a police report on the incident was filed.
Griner was the WNBA's defensive player of the year this past season and helped lead the Phoenix Mercury to a WNBA title. The 6-8 center from Baylor has been in the national spotlight for her athleticism on the court and her candid personality off it. She proposed to her girlfriend Glory Johnson this summer and told USA TODAY Sports in August, ""When you have your personal life in check, it makes everything else better."


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WASHINGTON – For decades, providing downtown parking was a top priority for urban planners. Huge parking garages for commuters' cars occupied prime real estate that otherwise might have been used for housing, stores or offices.
But ride-hailing services and autonomous cars are going to revolutionize parking in cities. By 2030, 15 percent of new cars sold will be autonomous, according to one estimate. One in 10 will be shared. And as it becomes easier for people to summon shared or autonomous cars, fewer people will want to own their own vehicle, meaning fewer cars overall.
The bottom line: Less space will be needed to store cars. Some cities are gearing up to take advantage of the shift.
"Urban parking lots are dead or dying, and how we use the curb is changing," said Rich Barone, vice president of transportation for the Regional Plan Association of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The RPA released a report in October urging cities to "get ready" for autonomous vehicles. It predicts that by 2045, 70 to 90 percent of all cars in major urban areas could be autonomous.
Parking in downtowns is going to "morph from being big massive surface lots and garages to much smaller areas configured for pickup and drop-off of autonomous vehicles," Barone said. "Cities will be more walkable, more people-friendly, and there will be more space for parks."
Joe Schwieterman, a professor of transportation at DePaul University in Chicago, agreed. "The whole view of the function of streets has had a metamorphosis," he said. "It's made us rethink the opportunity cost of plopping a parking garage in prime downtown property."
Curbside parking also will be redesigned. The National Association of City Transportation Officials suggested in a recent study that reuses could include bike parking, green spaces, and pickup and drop-off areas for driverless vehicles and ride-hailing services.
"We always thought of curbs as the place where parking meters are, but it's a different space now," said Faye DiMassimo, general manager of Renew Atlanta, a 20-year, $252 million infrastructure bond approved by voters in 2015. "Now we find sidewalks and trails, and technologies like ride-sharing and autonomous cars pulling up and dropping off people. The curbside has to be managed differently than in the past."
Roadways are getting updates too. In September, Atlanta unveiled its first "smart road" to install technology for traffic control and eventually driverless cars, and it tested a driverless transit shuttle.
As urban planners start to shift focus from making it easy to park a car downtown to making it harder, cities such as Buffalo, Miami and Seattle are reducing or dropping their minimum parking requirements for new developments. Instead, they are capping the amount of parking that developers may provide.
Arlington, Va., just approved reducing the number of parking spots it requires for housing developments based on how close they are to mass transit. One hope is that allowing developers to forgo parking lots will let them build more affordable housing.
"Affordable housing is a really big issue, and Arlington is a very expensive place to live," said Dennis Leach, Arlington County's director of transportation.