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My kids can be wimps about rides at Disney. But I love the lights and magic, the feeling that you're defying gravity when really, it's an optical illusion not a stomach-popping drop.
That's why I love Space Mountain; as much as we giggle on The Gold Rush and Goofy's Barnstormer (which I've been told is the fastest roller coaster at Disney), the illusion of whirling around in space is priceless.
However, I have a new love: The Chevy Test Track at Epcot.
In fact, this ride starts out awesome: as you wait your turn you're wowed with a new concept car and a video, then you stop at a kiosk where you design your own concept car, putting elements like power and efficiency into balance. Then you hop into the ride's car and, well, see it all here. I don't want to spoil it for you.
After the ride you can check out all the current Chevrolet models, which are on display in a huge showroom. There are a vintage model or two, and green screens where you can be photographed with the test car you designed. Then, you can put your test car onto its own video track and race it against other riders.
Soarin' calls; this might be our other favorite ride!).When you visit the Chevy Test Track at Disney's Epcot theme park, be sure to plan enough time to see the cars on display after the ride, especially if you are traveling with young boys or boys who just still think they're kids. They'll want to stay all day (and yet,
Disclosure: We were Disney's guest during our visit to Orlando.

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Look Mom & Dad, it's sprouted flour!
I picked up a kilo of sprouted universal (all purpose; AP) wheat flour today! Wow! ...in a normal supermarket! I'm so excited! Why? As I get older, I eat less, I want more nutrition from my food ingredients, sprouted flour could be an option. Being curious, I'm investigating.
Let me back up a little. I live just outside of Linz, Austria. Our flour normally comes in kilo size paper bags and there are several brands to choose from. One popular brand is Fini's Feinstes (or Fini's Finest). I had noticed there was a "New" red label in the corner. I grabbed my w700 bread flour and some whole spelt flour and started rolling the packages over looking for something more than w480 which is AP. Proteins are listed and what is this new one? With Keimkraft..... keimkraft... sprouts! I grabbed a package and hurried home to investigate. Here is the site in English. I have never seen sprouted flour here before other than malt.
There are pictures of the sprouts at the site, 10 of them and they make up 10% of the flour. That was a little bit of a let down, I was hoping for 100% sprouted flour. Barley is not included which is the known "malt" grain.
So now I'm wondering...why only 10%? Enzyme action? Dan mentions 5% malt maximum..... (my brain gears are turning remembering malt sprouts have long tails). In my web searches I ran into interesting definitions, sprouts vs germination. The words are often used interchangeably but germination happens first and then the sprout appears and grows. What I'm trying to understand is .... as the sprout gets longer or older with time, do the enzymes get stronger and concentrated? Are freshly germinated seeds milder but still as nutritious as older sprouts? The sprouts are stopped at a particular stage, dried, and milled into flour. Which stage? (If I were to germinate my own and stop the process to dry them, when is the best time to catch the sprouts before they interfere with my dough?)
Will the flour behave itself when I make bread? Protein is 11.9 not bad...


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So this is hypocrisy at its best. A bunch of 1%'ers raising money for another 1%'er, while they are on strike as per their union in order to get the guy that supports the OWS protesters re-elected so he can raise the taxes on the very people that are playing in this game. Who is more stupid in this whole thing?
Chris Paul to Play in Obama's Star Studded Basketball Fundraiser
President Obama's fundraising arm, the Obama Victory Fund, has announced that they will be holding a celebrity basketball event on December 12th. Yay. Another chance to watch the players pretend to play a basketball game while really just taking turns on offense. Sick. Of. It.
Not so sick that I stopped reading. After all, this lockout has left me starved for any scrap of actual basketball news I can find, and it's not every day that the POTUS decides to get a game together. The details past the initial headline make it seem a bit superior to a number of the other exhibitions that have taken place. Maybe even watchable from an NBA fan's perspective.
Chris Paul is expected to be the only current New Orleans player on the roster, but he's far from the only star. All four of the top players from ESPN's NBA Rank will be in attendance, as will a number of executives from around the NBA, who gave permission for it's employees to fraternize with players during this event, which means we will be seeing Alonzo Mourning in action for the first time since 2007, along with Doc Rivers and Patrick Ewing.
Here's a list of players expected to attend-
Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire, Kevin Durant, Dwight Howard, Derek Fisher, Jamal Mashburn, Steve Smith, Jerry Stackhouse, Brandon Knight, Ray Allen, Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, Jamal Crawford, Baron Davis, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough, Juwan Howard, Antawn Jamison, Dahntay Jones, Kevin Love, Cheryl Miller, Reggie Miller, Dikembe Mutombo, Quentin Richardson, Tina Thompson, John Wall and Russell Westbrook.
As for Obama himself, it's not known whether or not he will lace it up.
No word on whether anyone will be bringing their defensive skills to the contest. Hopefully someone does. Otherwise those who paid between 100 and 5,000 dollars might be disappointed.
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Pardon my bias…but what do you think the stand is of these particular players is?
Pro or against the last management offer?
My guess is this is a large sampling of all against.
And as such, this player clique is exactly what is causing the continuation of the season killing.
Those that can get offers from Europe, those that can get invited to popular player parties or fundraisers…these are all the very same that stood loud and demanded the brotherhood song.
To hell with the poorer, more average player. I don't give a damn what they say about the reason for the stand…it is for the benefit of a few that this goes on.
NO WAY in hell will a lower wage earner in this game EVER get the salary loss from this season back.
Kevin Love? What? One white guy?
I just read on ESPN that they're going to have a game here in New Orleans on Dec. 4th. Has anyone else heard about this? If so, any specifics?


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HOUSING association officials have apologised to a disabled mum after builders bungled an upgrade of her home.
Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd secured Welsh Assembly funding to improve Tracy Ellis' home in Cae Fron, Denbigh, last year.
The mum-of-two was promised a dream kitchen and new bathroom when work started last September.
But Mandy said the dream quickly became a nightmare.
She said: "The builders left the house in a right state. There were snags even before the work was finished.
"In the kitchen the cupboard doors don't match up because the units aren't square.
"The fridge door doesn't close properly so that it freezes over and the plinths keep falling over if you mop the floor.
"But the bathroom is even worse. The walk-in shower doesn't have a plug hole. Instead it's got a pump to get rid of the water from the shower head. But it doesn't work fast enough and can't keep up with the flow of water, and floods the whole room.
"Whenever I have a shower I have to put the shower head in the basin.
"This morning some friends had to help me shower, which was degrading.
"The pedestal that holds the basin is only loosely secured to the wall. The toilet cistern is loose too. I am concerned that they may fall on my two young children. Evan is only four while Millie is five.
"I flagged up the snags to Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd and they said the work would be done as soon as possible but it hasn't. I'm at the end of my tether."
A Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd spokesman said: "We have been let down by the contractor who carried out the works and who has not returned to make good the defects.
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Tracy said she hopes repair work will start this week.
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Cymdeithas Tai Clwyd is a charitable housing association founded in 1974.
It provides homes for people who are in need, especially the elderly and young low income families.
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Here's the excerpt from Michelle's blog HERE explaining the challenge:
"For this photography challenge, I'd like you to seek out shadows and silhouettes in your environment. Feel free to create them. Objects positioned objects in front of different light sources can create stunning effects, or try colored transparent items. Or, even go au naturale and find shadows that nature has created for you. Either way, I cannot wait to see what you capture!"
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This is Anne Marie Bennett's SoulCollage card for her first chakra. I love this card because it looks so homey, yet mysterious and powerful as well. My card for my first chakra is a shark! Some companions are just more inviting than others.*
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*Of course I appreciate my shark companion. She keeps me rooted in fierce loyalty to what's important to me. See her over at Show Off!


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From: NSW STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2009
3.5 Noise
Noise pollution is the third-highest type of complaint call received by DECCW's Environment Line.
The number of noise incident calls to Environment Line decreased by 20% between 2004–05 and 2007–08, while calls requesting information about noise issues fell 24%. These calls represent only a subset of the total complaints about noise, as local councils and the police deal with most noise issues and, without centralised information collection, it is difficult to assess total noise impacts.
Noise pollution can be defined as unwanted noise that unreasonably intrudes on daily activities. In urban areas, noise pollution has many sources, most of which are associated with urban living: road, rail and air transport; industry; and neighbourhood and recreational activities. The level of annoyance or discomfort depends on the type, timing, duration and frequency of noise, or where the disturbance is unusual. Noise pollution can have negative impacts on the quality of life and health and is best addressed in planning and pollution control strategies. There is limited data on which to report performance indicators and insufficient baseline data to establish acceptable benchmarks for gauging whether noise levels are changing.
There is, however, increasing evidence that the presence of quiet areas, both within and outside homes, results in increased wellbeing and reduced annoyance and adverse health impacts. Access from homes to quiet green areas, such as parks and reserves, has been shown to reduce noise annoyance and stress-related psychological symptoms (Gidlof-Gunnarsson & Ohrstrom 2007). These findings reinforce the need for judicious planning of residential developments as the pressures of population growth and greater urban density increase our exposure to the various forms of unwanted noise.
Status and trends
Noise impacts on urban amenity
The impact of noise on human health has emerged as an increasingly significant issue that justifies considerable management effort. There is now sufficient evidence internationally that community noise may pose a public health risk, although further research is needed to more fully assess its impact (enHealth Council 2004).
Local councils, the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) and NSW Police all receive complaints regarding noise. In addition, complaints are not considered to be an accurate measure of the impact of noise and typically understate it. As a result, the data on complaints received by DECCW shown in Figure 3.24 is indicative only.
Calls to DECCW Environment Line
Environment Line received 1154 noise incident reports in 2007–08 or 17% of all incident calls. Seventy per cent of these incident reports were about activities that are regulated by DECCW. This is a decrease in the total number of noise-related incidents from 2004–05, when 1438 calls were received, but an increase in the overall share of incident calls, up from 15% in 2004–05. Of all 2004–05 noise incident reports, 73% were about noise from premises licensed by DECCW. In addition, DECCW dealt with 1063 noisy vehicle incidents in 2007–08 (compared with 1155 in 2004–05). Although motor vehicle noise complaints are received by Environment Line they are reported separately from other noise incident calls.
In 2007–08, Environment Line also received 4686 requests for information about noise issues, 8% of all information calls received (compared with 6193 and 16% in 2004–05).
Figure 3.24: Environment Line incident calls, 2007–08
Source: DECC 2008c
Figure 3.25 presents the type of noise complaints received by DECC in 2007–08. Noisy vehicles were the most reported complaint (48%), followed by noise from scheduled premises.
Figure 3.25: Noise complaints received by DECC in 2007–08
Source: DECC 2008c
Data has been collected since 2002 on the number of calls made to Environment Line, with the number of calls relating to noise complaints shown in Figure 3.26. These calls represent only a subset of the total complaints about noise, as most complaints are directed to councils, police and other agencies that are also responsible for dealing with noise issues in NSW.
Figure 3.26: Environment Line noise incident calls, 2002–03 to 2007–08
Source: DECC 2007b; DECC 2008c
From 2003–2004 to 2006–07 the number of noise incidents calls to Environment Line fell while the number of calls rose in 2007–08 to a level similar to that in 2005–06.
Calls to NSW Police
NSW Police record all calls received with their Computerised Incident Dispatch System (NSW PoliceCAD). These complaints were initially reported as noise complaints which may be the result of other activities, such as an alarm being set off as the result of a break-in (Table 3.5).
Table 3.5: Number of noise and alarm incidents recorded and attended, 2008
|Type of noise incident
|Recorded on PoliceCAD
|Noise complaint
|100,273 (~65%)
|Alarm (vehicle or building)
|55,087 (~35%)
Source: NSW Police data 2009
A number of pressures contribute to the problem of high noise levels, including:
- increasing population, particularly where it involves expanding urbanisation in former rural areas, and urban consolidation with incompatible adjacent land uses
- increasing volumes of road, rail and air traffic
- planning that results in noise-based land-use conflicts.
A survey in 2004 found that 46% of respondents considered road traffic noise to be a problem in their neighbourhood (DEC 2004a).
Further adding to noise in metropolitan areas of NSW is Sydney Airport, Australia's busiest accounting for 44% of the country's international aircraft movements. A record 31 million domestic and international passengers travelled through Sydney Airport in 2006–07, an increase of 6.4% (1.87 million people) on the previous year (DSRD 2008).
Preventing noise impacts
Table 3.6 shows the range of government agencies responsible for dealing with noise issues, with local councils and the NSW Police having the main role. Some councils have addressed noise issues in their local environmental plans and have development control plans that provide acceptable noise criteria. Councils can also implement noise control measures as part of their development approval for subdivisions and individual developments and may include specific conditions of consent or design options to address noise issues.
Table 3.6: Government agency responsibilities for noise issues in NSW
|Enforcement authority
|Type of noise or source
|Airservices Australia
|Aircraft (commercial and in flight)
|Aircraft on ground at private and council airports
|Barking dogs
|Backyard workshops, small factories and commercial premises
|Building and construction
|Garbage collection
|Public sporting and entertainment venues
|Local roads
|Councils, NSW Police
|Car or house alarms
|Motor vehicles on private property
|Noisy garden equipment or household appliances
|Noisy neighbours, parties or music on residential premises
|Large industrial complexes
|Major public infrastructure
|Concerts at major state venues (such as Sydney Cricket Ground, The Domain, Sydney Olympic Park)
|Rail noise
|DECCW, councils, NSW Police
|Motor vehicles in public places and car sound systems
|NSW Police, NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing
|Clubs, pubs and other licensed venues
|NSW Maritime
|Boats (recreational), jet skis, music on boats
|Ports Corporation
|Container and passenger ships
|Roads and Traffic Authority NSW
|Road traffic on freeways, tollways and expressways
The following NSW Government publications provide guidance to regulators and industry about land-use planning principles that can result in better residential environments and the avoidance of land-use conflicts:
- Environmental Criteria for Road Traffic Noise (EPA 1999)
- NSW Industrial Noise Policy (EPA 2000)
- Noise Guide for Local Government (DEC 2004b)
- Assessing Vibration: A technical guideline (DEC 2006)
- Interim Guideline for the Assessment of Noise from Rail Infrastructure Projects (DECC & DoP 2007)
- Development near Rail Corridors and Busy Roads – Interim Guideline (DoP 2008b)
- NSW Construction Noise Guidelines (Draft for Consultation) (DECC 2008g).
A number of brochures are available from DECCW for dealing with neighbourhood noise, barking dogs, noise from vehicles and intruder alarms, and how to seek noise abatement orders. These were updated in 2008 to take account of changes introduced in the Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008. Local councils, NSW Police and NSW Maritime officers have also been briefed on the new requirements. Some NSW councils have drafted local noise policies or guidelines which take into account local preferences and community expectations.
As noisy vehicles account for a significant proportion of noise complaints, DECCW works with the police and, in some cases, local councils to enforce regulations to prevent the use of defective noise control equipment on vehicles, and limit exhaust noise and noise from off-road vehicles, refrigeration trucks, horns and vehicle sound systems. This includes regular participation in NSW Police campaigns in areas where noisy vehicles are known to be an issue.
Noise Testing and Anti-tampering Inspection Scheme
In response to noisy vehicle incidents, DECCW launched its Noise Testing and Anti-tampering Inspection Scheme in September 2007. The aim of the scheme is to significantly reduce the number of noisy vehicles on NSW roads and strengthen compliance with regulations.
A network of approved inspection stations has been established across NSW under the scheme to provide a more accessible service to vehicle owners. Previously, a vehicle owner reported to have an excessively noisy vehicle had to have the vehicle tested at Lidcombe in Sydney. This limited DECCW's capacity to undertake noisy vehicle compliance activities outside Sydney and vehicle owners often had to wait several weeks to have their vehicles tested. Another five stations have now been set up at Campbelltown, Granville, East Roseville, Albion Park and Redhead.
Rail noise management
The NSW Government is developing a comprehensive approach to managing the environmental impacts of noise from the NSW rail system. Effective management of rail noise will require the combined input of rail infrastructure owners and developers, rail operators, train manufacturers, regulatory and planning authorities, and the community. The key parts of this approach include:
- release of the Interim Guideline for the Assessment of Noise from Rail Infrastructure Projects (DECC & DoP 2007)
- preparation of a noise management manual for rail developments and operations by rail agencies
- implementation of a rail noise abatement program by rail agencies
- development of environmental planning guidelines for new residential developments along rail lines by the Department of Planning in 2008 (DoP 2008b)
- development of rolling stock noise-emission standards by the Australasian Railways Association.
The Infrastructure Implementation Group (Office of the Coordinator General, within the Department of Premier and Cabinet) is overseeing this work and DECCW has participated in the development of all the components.
Planning provisions addressing noise
The Department of Planning uses key strategies to assess and approve planning applications, and these include:
- specific buffers between industrial and residential areas to limit noise affecting residents
- locating certain industries, due to their scale or nature, away from settlements to minimise the impacts of noise on communities
- locating proposed new urban areas that are close to existing airports to reduce exposure to noise.
Specific planning strategies are applied in particular regions. For example, the Central Coast Regional Strategy requires local councils to:
- incorporate provisions to control the off-site impacts of development, including pollution such as noise, in local development standards and policies
- implement key NSW Government initiatives and guidelines, including industrial noise policy, noise and vibration guidelines and environmental criteria for road traffic noise.
Legislative framework for noise control
The Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 and the Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008 provide the legal framework for managing unacceptable noise. No single government authority has the responsibility or capacity to manage all forms of noise pollution. Table 3.6 lists the enforcement authorities responsible for various types of noise in NSW.
The Liquor Act 2007 provides a framework for managing undue disturbance associated with the operation of licensed venues and the conduct of patrons, including from noise.
Future directions
Baseline data and agreed assessment models are needed to assist planners and compliance officers to deal effectively with noise problems. DECCW is liaising with authorities responsible for noise management to improve data on noise issues so that more targeted information will help shape policies and programs.
State and local governments need to coordinate strategies to ensure that land-use compatibility is considered in all future planning processes to prevent the generation of new noise sources that have an adverse impact on public health and amenity. Where development consent has been granted to locate residential areas and industry close to one another, careful siting of less sensitive land uses (such as commercial developments) next to major noise sources and the establishment of buffer zones can help minimise conflicts and retain amenity.
A major objective of the Metropolitan Strategy: City of Cities – A plan for Sydney's future (DoP 2005) is to minimise household exposure to unacceptable noise levels. Planning for new developments will aim to avoid noise-related land-use conflicts through initial planning, with appropriate separations for incompatible land uses. Urban renewal should be located and designed to minimise noise impacts on residents while recognising the benefits of concentrating housing around transport nodes or corridors. The planning of new release areas should consider existing adjoining land uses such as small farm holdings. Modelling of noise within metropolitan areas would assist this process. As required by the Metropolitan Strategy, the Department of Environment and Climate Change completed a pilot study in 2008 on the use of noise mapping as a planning tool to inform land-use layout, building design and construction methods in areas affected by noise from transport corridors.
A study of best-practice planning for noise and vehicle air emissions along land-based road and rail corridors has led to the development of guidelines to support the State Environmental Planning Policy (Infrastructure) 2007. The policy introduced goals for internal noise levels based on World Health Organization guidelines for residential and other sensitive developments alongside busy road and rail corridors to protect heath and amenity. The guidelines recognise that judicious land-use planning, architectural design, building orientation and good internal layout can achieve acceptable acoustic amenity in close proximity to busy transport corridors.
As construction noise accounts for about 8–10% of all noise information calls, DECCW has developed the Interim Construction Noise Guideline (DECC 2009c) with detailed suggestions on how to improve noise control on construction sites through the use of better work practices. The guideline also sets out ways to deal with the impacts of construction noise at residences and other sensitive land uses.
A new road noise policy is being developed that aims to reduce the impact of road traffic noise for the community, particularly in quiet rural areas where amenity impacts can be significant.
Questions in relation to the impact of road traffic noise on human health will be included in future surveys under the annual NSW Health Survey Program, an ongoing telephone survey of NSW residents used to monitor the self-reported health of the population.
There have been a large number of requests from the public seeking more controls on noisy equipment, such as leaf blowers and air conditioners. To reduce this kind of neighbourhood noise, DECCW is working with other authorities to develop a noise labelling scheme for Australia and New Zealand. This will label noisy household tools and equipment with labels similar to those used by the European Union to assist consumers in choosing relatively quiet models. DECCW has also worked with other authorities to develop a standard for the management of engine brake noise and achieve consistent implementation of Australian Design Rule 83/00 on vehicle noise.
Existing Government noise management strategies, such as the NSW Industrial Noise Policy (EPA 2000), need to be reviewed to ensure planning controls reflect best-practice mitigation and management measures for noise-generating land uses and activities.


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This school is not one you want to take a job at! They treat their native speaking teachers like prisoners, and at best like petulant children. They give you one contract before you arrive, but then present you with a second agreement after you arrive that includes all sorts of stipulations not included in the original agreement. For example, you are required to have the school cleaning lady clean your apartment and she also reports back EVERYTHING to the school director. A teacher this year was planning on leaving and the director found out because the cleaning lady told her that she had found packed boxes in the teachers apartment. (The teacher had purposely put the boxes in a hiding place to avoid this situation) If you call in sick you are forced to go to the doctor with the head teacher (the director's daughter) so you basically have no privacy in regard to your health. You also have to rely on the translation abilities of your mandatory doctor office escort, and this should not give you peace of mind that your medical concerns are being adequately conveyed. There is also no personal privacy observed in the work place. The director freely divulges personal information about employees to other employees. One teacher was having personal problems and the director told other members of the staff that the teacher was having mental problems and had been offered psychological assistance. In the case of any disagreement, Threats are commonly used as a way of controlling and manipulating employees. The school also advertises itself as being affiliated with Oxford Study Centre in Oxford, England. This is not the case as the affiliation was dropped a number of years ago. The entire native speaker teaching staff quits year after year after year. Beware! I would strongly recommend that teachers looking for work avoid this employer at all costs.
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"Guardians" collected $16.3 million in the first three days of the U.S. Labor Day weekend, outdrawing two new releases, researcher Rentrak said Sunday in a statement. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" remained in second place, generating $11.8 million.
"Summer 2014 was in the unenviable position of following what was the biggest revenue-generating summer of all time in 2013," Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst at Rentrak, said in a phone interview Sunday. "This made comparisons very tough."
"Guardians," No. 1 for three weekends since its Aug. 1 release, is the biggest summer film in the U.S. and put a positive cap on a mostly poor stretch for the industry. Sales have declined about 15 percent as of Tuesday, Aug. 26 from a year earlier, according to Rentrak, which estimates the summer total through Monday will be $4.05 billion, the least since $3.75 billion in 2006.
Two new films opened in wide release. "As Above/So Below," from Comcast's Universal Pictures, opened with sales of $8.3 million to rank fourth. The audience for the R- rated horror movie, in which explorers discover secrets in Paris's catacombs according to IMDB.com, was about 52 percent female and about 57 percent was younger than 25 years old, according to a Rentrak/Screen Engine's PostTrak survey.
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"There are some interestingly contrived moments of claustrophobia and surreal lunacy, but this cliched and slightly hand-me-down script neither scares nor amuses very satisfyingly," Peter Bradshaw wrote in The Guardian.
"The November Man," from Relativity Media, produced $7.7 million to place sixth. The spy thriller, which stars actor Pierce Brosnan, attracted an audience 83 percent of which was more than 25 years of age, a survey showed.
Brosnan stars as an ex-CIA operative who is brought back into action and pitted against a former pupil in a battle involving the Russian president-elect.
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Should the acquisition of a skill be a prerequisite for admission to the intelligentsia?
I've already decided that only atheists may be admitted to the modern intelligentsia. But should mastery of a skill be another criterion? If somebody's extremely smart, does that necessarily imply that they will master a skill? Which skills are suitable? Is it possible that somebody's really smart but really lazy and they never bother learning how to do anything?
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Yes, Chris, you said what I should have said all those hours ago. To waste time on such a discussion reflects badly on me and my moral code.
Well typically speaking the intelligentsia are 'educators to artisans'. Scientists certainly would qualify, as they work to educate us all. I would say anyone who helps to fight for progress should be included. It matters not what someone's IQ is, as long as they use what they have for the right goals. I say it should be more where your heart is (not physically), and how you use what you have, rather than what you know before joining. Excluding someone based on factors they cannot help is not a good plan, exclusion should be based on things they can help, like counterproductive goals. If you want to help and you want to learn, then we should encourage that in any way we can.
IQ and Education are not the same thing, someone can be brilliant and chose not to use it, on the other hand, like strength, if you do not use it, you tend to lose the ability to use it, but that can return with practice. Even an idiot can have a good idea, and we would be remiss if we ignore a good idea due to its source. As 'educators' (professional or otherwise), it behooves us to nurture any enlightenment, wherever it is found. The love of learning and desire for progress should be the main requirements.
But, that's my 2$ worth. (<-inflation)
Thanks for your input Dev.
Makes good sense to me.
You can say it a lot better than I can, Devian, thanks!
Thanks to you guys too. I am reminded of Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, who both had roughly the same IQ, both in the 120's or so, and then I look at what they did with that IQ. Neither are what one would call a genius (obviously), but they certainly did not use them in the same way, or live up to their potential in the same way, ne? They even both spent some time going to school in Hawaii (let the 'conspiracy nuts' mull that one over)...
They both have the same level of 'intelligence', but they chose to use it in a different way. One went to several schools before finally graduating with a bachelors in broadcasting, the other graduated 'magna cum laude' from Harvard. One is pushing to spread ignorance, and the other education (even if he wants certain people, AKA the NSA, to know a lot more than most...)... One might 'almost' qualify for this 'group', and the other most certainly would not, doing the opposite of the intelligentsia, the ignorantsia. (A word I just coined) XD
You think Barack Obama has an IQ only in the 120's? He seems obviously very smart to me - much smarter than that. He's very quick in his thinking when he's in public.
It's not what I think, this was published back in the election. You have to keep in mind, 120 IS pretty smart, that is the top 5-10%. 100 is average and most people fall in this area, I have a 146, and that puts me in the top 0.01%.
Wits are not IQ, some of the smartest people are not 'quick on their feet', as it were. But that was my point, see how much more he did with what he had, verses someone who started with the same learning ability, and chose not to use it. Look at how dumb she seems when she could have learned just as much, but chose to focus on dumb things. He chose to really use his brain, and keeps exercising it, he used it to get an education, she did not use hers much at all.
It's not what I think, this was published back in the election.
It was? Cite? I looked a bit online and found a bunch of statements that his IQ hasn't been published, some estimates of ~138-145 - which is more like what I would guess.
Honestly I do not recall, it was a comparison between the two, it's been more than 6 years, and I can not find any current source for it that is credible either (that one may not have been, but it fits what I see). (though I have seen people claiming from 88-160, both extremes being utterly ridicules, the average of that is 124, not that it is proof of anything). I remember the article only because I was mildly surprised to see hers that high.
Personally I would like to think that if his IQ really was in the 135-45+ range, he would have learned how to negotiate much sooner in the process and not have opened the negotiations with the middle ground bid for example, and did so in almost every case we have. In any negotiation you always ask for more than you want so you have have room to bargain, anyone will tell you that, he left no such room. Maybe if he would have started with what his party wanted for health care, and bargained his way to the republican AMA plan we got, the one that they offered us back in '93 (let them get there on their own terms, make them think they were winning, make them feel like it was them forcing it on him instead. Getting people to do what you want and make them think it is their idea, that is leadership, that is intelligence, that is a 'real man of genus'), we would not have states who are blocking healthcare to their people, and they would not still be fighting it. It isn't like the opposition did not state outright that they planned to stop every single thing he planned to do, only an idiot would expect them to take his first offer. It was really really dumb, and not a solitary event. Sure, no one expected how crazy they got, but how many times do you have to go through it before you learn? That is a measure of IQ. Making the same mistake over and over and expecting a different result is not just dumb, but crazy.
It was definitely not the act of a 'genus'. He is very very bright (like I said, even a low end guess of 120 flat is smarter than more than 90% of the world, and that is nothing to sneeze at, and I assume it is at least a bit higher than that), and very well educated, no question about it, but not a genus. Unless his goal was not to pass real reform, and give gifts to the people who are causing the problem. ...considering the way this constitutional law student continues to treat the 4th amendment, I suppose it is possible... It is hard to say. From what I see in his actions, 120-30 is far closer to the truth than 130's-140's. But maybe I have an odd perspective, not being a member of either party.
But it was just an example (and if my data was wrong, it may have been a bad one), but it still gets the point across. If 2 people had the same IQ (no matter who they are, even twins), and one studied, and the other did sports and pageants, one is going to seem a lot smarter, no matter what the real IQs are. What matters is not what you have, but how you use it. That is my point, not quibbling over details that are kind of moot.
I believe strongly in getting the facts correct, and if I was wrong, then I am sorry, but it should not detract from the point I was making.
People's estimates of Obama's IQ are surely related to their politics. It's really dismaying to see so much racism involved, too.
I'm not a fan of his health care plan btw.
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The California company announced this morning it would offer $500 million in new common stock
And, the company noted, CEO Elon Musk "intends to purchase $20 million of common stock in this offering at the public offering price."
Financial analysts have long suggested that Tesla needed more cash to fund its aggressive plans for expansion.
Chief among those are not only the production launch of its Model X all-electric luxury SUV, but also the construction and equipping of its lithium-ion cell "gigafactory" outside Reno, Nevada.
The total cost of the gigafactory could rise as high as $5 billion, though not all of that will be borne by Tesla.
Its longtime cell partner Panasonic will be a big part of the project, furnishing the cell fabrication machinery and operating that portion of the plant.
When fully built out, the Tesla gigafactory could become one of the largest structures on the planet.
Its output is targeted largely for the planned Tesla Model 3 third-generationelectric car, which the company says it will unveil next year.
With 200 miles of rated range, the Model 3 is ultimately intended to sell in volumes up to 500,000 cars a year, at a stated price of $35,000 before incentives.
But the cells from the gigafactory will also supply Tesla's nascent energy-storage battery business for homes and commercial sites.
Early response to that announcement was overwhelming, Musk said on a May earnings call, and the battery factory's early production may go to supplying that business even before the Model 3 is ready.
At the end of last year, Tesla had $1.905 billion in cash and equivalents; by June 30, that amount had fallen to $1.15 billion.
The company's "burn rate" was $1.12 billion over the first six months of this year, and it has said it does not want its cash reserves to fall below $1 billion.
Several incremental delays in the start of volume Model X production have pushed out the time at which that vehicle's sales could start to contribute noticeable income to Tesla.
Tesla says that more than 20,000 interested parties have put down deposits on the Model X.
Musk's comments on last week's financial-results call seem to indicate that while Tesla will likely deliver at least a handful of Model X vehicles before the end of September, volume production won't commence until December--and possibly later.
Challenges posted by the vehicle include its unique "falcon doors," the need for substantial towing ability, and getting an acceptable range rating from the EPA.
And, Musk added on last week's call, the rear seats have lately proven to be particularly challenging as well.
"I don't want to sort of name specific suppliers," he said, "but our biggest challenges are with the second row seat, which is, it's an amazing seat, like a sculptural work of art, but a very tricky thing to get right."
As for this morning's offering, the company said only that it intends to use the proceeds for a variety of purposes.
Overall, the cash will go toward accelerating its business growth in the U.S. and internationally, including more Tesla Stores, service centers, and Supercharger DC quick-charging sites, as well as expanding the Tesla Energy business.
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How does God provide direction to the common issues that we face?
We live in a world where we all have to deal with the realities of stress, failure, crises, loneliness and change.
In this six-session DVD study, renowned pastor and bestselling author Rick Warren takes you inside the Bible to discover answers to six of life's toughest questions. Drawing from the examples of different biblical characters who faced the same issues, Warren offers concise, practical insights you can understand and apply in order to move past everyday struggles and experience a life of purpose, peace and significance.
The six DVD session titles include: Session One: How Can I Cope with Stress? Session Two: How Can I Rebound from Failure? Session Three: How Can I Be Confident in a Crisis? Session Four: How Can I Live Above Average? Session Five:How Can I Overcome Loneliness? Session Six: How Can I Ever C hange?
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In this six-session small group Bible study (guide sold separately), Rick Warren helps you find the simple, straightforward answers in ancient Scripture that lead to purpose, peace and joy… starting today.
Drawing from the examples of bible characters who faced many of the same issues we face today stress, failure, crisis, loneliness, and change Warren offers concise, practical insights you can understand and apply in order to move past ordinary struggles to experience a life of extraordinary peace and significance.
Lifes difficult questions do have answers… answers from the Bible that can change your life.
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- How Can I Cope with Stress?
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- How Can I Be Confident in Christ?
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As founding pastor of Saddleback Church with his wife, Kay, Dr. Rick Warren leads a 30,000-member congregation in California with campuses in major cities around the world. As an author, his book The Purpose Driven Life has been called the bestselling non-fiction hardback in publishing history by Publishers Weekly, having sold more than 33 million copies. As a theologian, he has lectured at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, University of Judaism, and dozens of universities and seminaries. As a global strategist he advises world leaders and has spoken to the United Nations, US Congress, Davos Economic Forum, TED, Aspen Institute, and numerous parliaments. Rick has also founded the Global PEACE Plan, which Plants churches of reconciliation, Equips leaders, Assists the poor, Cares for the sick, and Educates the next generation in 196 countries. You can listen to Pastor Ricks Daily Hope, his daily 25-minute audio teaching, or sign up for his free daily devotionals at PastorRick.com.


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With a game against arch-rival Louisville coming up Saturday and the Metro Conference tournament next week, Kirk was afraid his fourth-ranked Tigers might not be in the right mood to play unheralded Detroit Thursday night.
His fears became reality in a 71-66 upset by the Titans at Detroit.
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Memphis State (23-3) wrapped up the Metro Conference regular-season title earlier in the week.
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From the early days, when security was the driving force behind biometric research, today's challenges go far beyond security.
Machine learning, Image understanding, Signal analysis, Neuroscience, Forensic science, Digital forensics and other disciplines, converged in a truly multidisciplinary effort to devise and build advanced systems to facilitate the interpretation of signals recorded from individuals acting in a given environment. This is what we simply call today "Biometrics".
For the last sixteen years, the International Summer School on Biometrics has been closely following the developments in science and technology to offer a cutting edge, intensive training course, always up to date with the current state-of-the-art.
What are the most up-to-date core biometric technologies developed in the field? What is the potential impact of biometrics in forensic investigation and crime prevention? How to detect impersonation attacks and disguise? What can we learn from human perception? What is a biometric recognition system?
This school follows the successful track of the International Summer Schools on Biometrics held since 2003. In this 16th edition, the courses will mainly focus on new and emerging issues:
The courses will provide a clear and in-depth picture on the state-of-the-art in biometric verification/identification technology, both under the theoretical and scientific point of view as well as in diverse application domains.
The lectures will be given by 18 outstanding experts in the field, from both academia and industry.
An advanced feature of this summer school will be some practical sessions to better understand, "hands on", the real potential of today's biometric technologies.
The school will be held in conjunction with the Int.l Conference on Biometrics (ICB 2019) http://www.icb2019.org
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The school is open to about 50 highly qualified, motivated and pre-selected participants. Phd students, post-docs, researchers, forensic examiners, police officers and professionals are encouraged to apply.
The expected school fees will be in the order of 1,500 euro for Phd students and 2,000 euro for others (subject to change). The fees will include full board accommodation, all courses and handling material.
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El Faro Hotel stands over the sea, in the middle of a natural bay that the Romans called Baia delle Ninfe because of its beauty. It is sheltered from the northwest wind thanks to Monte Timidone and from the northeast winds by Monte Doglia. It faces south-west and is exposed to the sun from morning to sunset.
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Alghero Fertilia Airport (Aho) 10 min. Olbia (SS 199) Cagliari (SS131) towards Sassari. From Sassari to Alghero Ss 291.
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West Virginia University, USA
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Google Inc., USA
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Univerity of Maryland, USA
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Cambridge University, UK
Farzin Deravi
University of Kent, UK
Andrzej Drygajlo
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
James Haxby
Dartmouth University , USA
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Michigan State University, USA
Joseph Kittler
University of Surrey, UK
Davide Maltoni
Università di Bologna, Italy
John Mason
Swansea University, UK
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Arma dei Carabinieri, Italy
Didier Meuwley
Nederlands Forensisch Instituut (NFI), Netherlands
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Responsible Technology, Italy
Mark Nixon
University of Southampton, UK
Alice O'Toole
University of Texas, USA
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Imperial College, UK
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Arun Ross
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CASIA-NLPR, China
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Università di Sassari, Italy
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New Zealand company Avanti have two big-wheeler suspension designs, and the 120mm Coppermine is the longest travel. We planned to test the Coppermine 29.1, but a small(ish) snafu meant we ended up with the slightly more expensive 29.2 instead. The frame is identical – the differences are in the spec.
Ride & handling: Hugely capable and massive fun on descents
With 130mm of travel up front, 120mm at the back, slack angles and a bit of a weight penalty on the lightest 29ers, the Coppermine has a distinctly burly character. It begs to be ridden hard, especially with the supplied tyre combination that pretty much demands you to stick the chunky Nevegal-shod front into turns and let the rest of the bike work itself out.
The Avanti shines on the sort of trail that would highlight any structural deficiencies, but the chassis stiffness is well up to the job – it's the Crossride wheels that start to deflect first. The back end is very active and a proper ground-hugger, letting you pile through harsh sections without fear. It's a pity the frame design limits how far you can drop the seatpost, and with such a gravity-oriented demeanour the Coppermine really feels the lack of a dropper post.
When heading up the hill, the attributes that make the Avanti such a hoot on descents work against you, at least to some degree. The back end needs a bit of CTD lever action to hold it up, and you need to work a bit to stay on line rather than wander up steep stuff. The near 31lb heft doesn't help either. It gets there, though, and the Coppermine doesn't pretend to be a racer so there's no point expecting it to climb like one.
There's a lot to like about the Coppermine, but it needs a certain mindset to get the best out of it. It's a weapon on the descents, but not as well rounded a performer as the best of the competition.
It definitely nails the myth that 29ers are just for mincing about, though, and we think there are a lot of riders willing to compromise elsewhere to get the descending performance and fun the Avanti delivers.
Frame & equipment: Could do with a dropper post
The Avanti has a fairly straightforward frame, with the usual curved top and down tubes and a classic four-bar back end. A short, squat – and hence stiff – rocker link drives a vertically-mounted Fox CTD shock, and an X12 thru-axle ties the rear together firmly.
One of the key differences between the Coppermine 2 and 1 is that the 2 has a 130mm Fox 34 fork, and its bigger stanchions noticably boost stiffness. The cheaper Coppermine 1 makes do with a good but shorter (120mm) and skinnier 32.
The rest of the spec is all pretty decent stuff, as you'd hope for the price. Mavic Crossrides are notionally an entry-level wheelset, but with reasonably broad rims and 24 flat, straight-pull spokes in each they're certainly distinctive. The SRAM transmission mixes X7 and X9 bits, and includes a clutched Type 2 rear mech to tame the chain clatter.
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2015 is the year when Burhan Wani, a local boy of South Kashmir's town Tral emerged as face of Kashmir's new militant generation. He is just 21 years old and had challenged the security apparatus of Jammu Kashmir. His pictures donning an assault rifle went viral of Facebook. Here is a timeline of his articles on U4UVoice depicting his journey from a local Tral boy to most wanted militant of the year:
1. Burhan Muzafar Wani spearheads the new militant generation of Kashmir
Posted on Jul 21, 2015
A new breed of militants that is mainly operating in Kashmir's southern districts, is being led by a young commander- Burhan Muzafar Wani- who had picked arms five years ago as a teenager.
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ALSO READ: FLASHBACK 2015 | Most Talked About Events of J&K
2. Poster boy of terrorism, Burhan Wani releases a video
Posted on Aug 26, 2015
A first of a kind startling video that has been released by the posterboy of Terrorism in Kashmir, Burhan Wani has come out in the open on social media where he is openly asking for support from the people in Kashmir.
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3. One more militant video goes viral, shocks all the security establishments
Posted on Sept 11, 2015
A video gone viral on the social media in which militants are shown checking identity cards of civilians has shocked all the security establishments in Jammu and Kashmir.
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4. Burhan Came out with a Poster Against Sumo Drivers
Posted on Sept 15, 2015
New Poster surfaced in Pulwama in which "Burhan" Appealed Sumo Drivers not to provide vehicles to army. The poster surfaced in Newa area of Pulwama district about 35 Kms from Srinagar.
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5. Is Burhan Wani's end near?
Posted on Oct 23, 2015
The recent big successes that the men of national security have tasted in hunting down prominent names, including the close associates of Burhan Wani on wednesday, shows that there may not be all that local support for these militants that was being touted earlier.
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6. Support for Burhan Wani – 'Breathtaking', Literally!
Posted on Oct 26, 2015
Though most comments on our post were personal attacks, as is common with a fan-following when their hero is written against, but a lot of repetitive comments talked about Burhans coming out of every home in Kashmir. That element is a matter of grave concern.
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7. Social Media turns a disaster for Burhan Wani
Posted on Oct 29, 2015
The tables turned and Burhan Wani's operations to proliferate using the Online world – Facebook, WhatsApp, turned inimical because the recent heavy damage to this HM group have effectively dented the Militancy poster boy's strategies in no time.
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8. The reality behind the Kashmir's new found love for terrorists
Posted on Nov 1, 2015
Though the killing of this militant has broken the back of militancy in the valley at present but the massive sendoff also shows the level of hatred developing in the heart of people living in the valley against India and of course the soft corner they have for these militants.
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