Castle Arch (1.0 miles – unmarked)
Castle Arch
SUMMARY: An average hike to a large unmarked arch. This description involves a stream crossing without a bridge (1 crossing in each direction.) There are better arches in the gorge, but Castle Arch is probably one of the larger arches after Natural Bridge and Sky Bridge, it is definitely one of the larger 10 arches in Red River gorge. My primary disappointment is Castle Arches' close proximity to nearby roads. It is essential to bring a compass and a good map and know how to use them.
RATING: Moderate Hike (about 1.0 miles) The distance is short on this hike, but the entire trail is unmarked. This hike uses unmarked trails and some people have trouble navigating the hike.
Castle Arch
 4. Take the 1st right onto KY-715 N. (5.4 miles)
 5. Park in unmarked parking area on right side (approximately 0.5 miles after Sky Bridge Recreation Area road,) and immediately after another parking area on the left side.
 1. From the pull off where you parked follow the unmarked trail on the same side of the road as it descends to the river. It begins on the right side of the parking area as you are looking at the river (0.1 miles)
 2. Find a place to cross the river ASAP and cross. There is no bridge and good water shoes make the crossing easier.
 3. After crossing the river immediately begin heading up the hill in a line perpendicular to the river. There are many unmarked trails, and following one of them will make the journey easier. (0.3 miles)
 4. At the top of the hill your goal is to come out below a rocky ridge line which means you are most likely below the ridge with Castle Arch. To get to Castle Arch, go around the ridge line to your left. (0.1 miles) There are atleast 2 ways around the ridge to your left. Eventually you will be on the back side of the arch in a little area below the arch and must walk up the last 100 feet or so to get underneath of the arch. Once underneath of Castle Arch you can pass through the arch and around to your right where you can scramble up on top of Castle Arch for better views.
 5. Return to parking area on the unmarked trails (0.5 miles)
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This file photo shows the crates of Mackinlay's Scotch whisky that were excavated from beneath British explorer Ernest Shackleton's hut in Antarctica.
Antarctica-bound explorers would be wise to bring a case or two of Scotch whisky to endure chilly nights. Ernest Shackleton was wise.
In fact, the Scotch he packed for the Nimrod's 1907 attempt to reach the South Pole was exceptional, according to distillers who sampled and re-created the drink.
Low on supplies and hungry, the expedition was forced to evacuate about 100 miles shy of its goal. When the crew departed Cape Royds, they left behind equipment and goods, including three cases of Mackinlay's "Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky" that was stashed in the ice beneath a hut.
And there it sat until the Antarctic Heritage Trust discovered it in 2006, nearly 100 years later.
In 2010, chemists and distillers with Whyte & MacLay, Ltd., which now owns Mackinlay's, got their hands on a few bottles and sampled a dram.
"The whisky had been in deep freeze ever since it was delivered to Antarctica," James Pryde, chief chemist at the distillery, recounted to me in an email. "We had no idea what we would find."
The hope was that given the cold storage coupled with a tight cork seal the whisky would be as good in 2010 as it was when it was blended more than a century earlier.
"This is what we found," Pryde said.
For aficionados of Scotch, that could be seen as backhanded compliment. Single malt whiskies from this period were generally regarded as "harsh and heavily peated," he noted - in other words, nothing to get excited about.
"Given we had no idea what we would find, it is not understatement that this dram turned out to be the 'nectar of the gods' — it was a revelation in its complexity, particularly the control of the peating level and the quality of the wood," Pryde said.
The storage under the hut while wrapped in straw and packed in wooden crates prevented the whisky from turning to ice and thus messing with the flavor profile. The preservation prompted an extensive analysis of the liquid.
"This as far as we know was the first analysis of a pristine whisky sample from the late 1800s and gave us real insight to what our forefathers were capable of when it came to whisky production," said Pryde.
The team determined the freezing point (-34.3 degrees C), alcoholic strength (47.19 percent), origin of the peat used in malting (Isle of Eday), and the nature of the wood casks used to mature it (American oak), for example.
The relatively high alcohol likely contributed to the lack of haze formation. "To have your whisky go cloudy would have been a PR disaster," noted Pryde.
The distillery had access to American oak casks used to transport sherry and wine and given its location near a port where this trade was particularly active, the distillery likely had the pick of the bunch.
All these aspects made for the exceptional blend for Shackleton and crew to sip, the team concludes in a paper detailing their analysis in the Journal of the Institute of Brewing.
Want to know just how good this whisky tasted? No problem, a re-creation is available for you to try.
To make it, Richard Pearson, master blender at Whyte & McKay Ltd., "used the best modern stocks of whisky that were at his disposal," noted Pryde. The blend was then subjected to the same scientific analysis as the original, confirming an almost identical match.
The lesson from the research project?
"I don't expect that any major changes will result from this work to the actual production of whisky," noted Pryde. But their findings do offer some sage advice for craft distillers of the future: master the art of blending.
"That is the most important thing that has been passed down from the 1900s."
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pardon, I meant to state assuming that the file system prevents large files, what's the optimum slice size? – Thufir Sep 16 '12 at 0:22
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How many Boston priests went to jail?
In 2002, criminal charges were brought against five Roman Catholic priests in the Boston, Massachusetts area (John Geoghan, John Hanlon, Paul Shanley, Robert V. Gale and Jesuit priest James Talbot) who were all convicted and sentenced to prison.
How many priests have been excommunicated?
The AP found that in all, roughly 110 clergy members moved or were suspected of moving out of the U.S. after allegations were made. At least five priests were excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church because of their refusal to stop participating in other religious activity.
How many priests have been convicted in Ireland?
List of accused clergy. In August 2018, a list was released revealing that of the over 1,300 Irish clergy who were accused, only 82 were convicted.
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Why was Martin Luther excommunicated?
In January 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Luther. Three months later, Luther was called to defend his beliefs before Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at the Diet of Worms, where he was famously defiant. For his refusal to recant his writings, the emperor declared him an outlaw and a heretic.
Was Castro excommunicated?
Fidel Castro is reported to have been excommunicated latae sententiae in 1962 for affiliating with the Communist Party of Cuba, preaching communism and supporting a communist government; the basis of the excommunication is supposed to have been the 1949 Decree against Communism of Pope Pius XII.
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THEORY OF ACES: A study of Germany's air combat record in WWI suggests that the infamous Red Baron was a skilled flier but probably had luck on his side in racking up his record 80 wins. Image: iStockPhoto
Was the Red Baron just lucky?
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was the most feared German flying ace of World War I. He racked up 80 official air combat victories—the biggest winning streak on either side—before being shot down on April 21, 1918, over northern France. We're inclined to interpret the Baron's record as proof that he was the best of the best. But a study published in the Journal of Mathematical Sociology claims that much of Richthofen's success could be chalked up to plain old luck. German records list 2,894 WWI fighter pilots, who together scored 6,759 victories (planes shot down) and only 810 defeats. Although the win ratio seems suspiciously high, electrical engineers Mikhail Simkin and Vwani Roychowdhury of the University of California, Los Angeles, contend they can still use the numbers to analyze the pilots' defeat rate—their total chances of being shot down after each flight. That rate started off high—25 percent for the first flight—but fell sharply; by the 10th flight it had leveled off below 5 percent, consistent with the weaker pilots getting picked off and the remaining aces having similar skills in the air. At that rate, the researchers conclude that the odds of one in 2,894 pilots racking up an 80-win streak are about 30 percent—not so remarkable after all.
Los Angeles tops list of nation's most polluted cities—again
Los Angeles still holds the crown for the smoggiest city, but Pittsburgh surprisingly took top honors in daily spikes in air pollution levels, according to the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report released this week. Meanwhile, some cities previously touted for cleaning up their act (among them: San Diego, Atlanta, Charlotte and the Baltimore–Washington, D.C. region) fell down on the job, scoring higher on the sullied air scale. "The air quality in several cities has improved, but in others, declines in pollution have stalled," ALA president and CEO Bernadette Toomey said. Cities in California dominate the list, including Fresno, Bakersfield and Visalia/Porterville. (Reuters)
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Ever feel like you could write the next great novel or paint a masterpiece, if only you had the right artistic inspiration—or, short of that, could get your hands on a bit of absinthe, the mysterious green alcoholic spirit rumored to have mind-altering qualities that "inspired" the impressionists in the late 1800s? Most European countries and the U.S., worried about its potential psychological effects, had banned absinthe by the early 1900s. But it was—and still is—legal and available in Spain, where Pablo Picasso reportedly was a fan. Now new research punches holes in the enigmatic drink's allure. It turns out that it never actually contained enough thujone (a compound derived from wormwood leaves) to conjure a psychedelic muse. Instead, German researchers report in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, people who drank it just got really drunk. The scientists, from the Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Laboratory of Karlsruhe, examined the contents of three still-corked pre-1915 bottles of absinthe manufactured in France and found that even if a person were to ingest an entire liter of the stuff, he or she still would not consume enough thujone to have a psychedelic experience. (FYI: It's no easy task to drink a cup, let alone an entire liter, of the incredibly bitter beverage.) The team did, however, find that it is 70 percent alcohol by volume (or 140 proof), which means that it contains 20 percent more alcohol than standard vodka and gin. (Newsweek)


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Now would like to share the awesome Astronomy issue from Jersey. Look at the stamps carefully you will notice that there is special effect on the stamps. The stamps are printed in four colour process offset lithography plus embossed simili silver. Really nice set.
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On 10th February 2009, Jersey Post issue a set of stamps to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first telescopic observatory. This set of stamps interprets PostEurop's theme for the Europa 2009 stamps issue - Astronomy - by featuring the satellites of Jupiter (which was just one of the galactic discoveries made by Galileo using a telescope) and various constellations which may be seen from Jersey at different times of the year. The stars within the constellations have been embossed and are highlighted in simili silver. The Europa logo will appear on two stamps only.
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Villa Rufinella, also called Villa Tuscolana, is a villa in Frascati, Italy. Villa Rufinella is the highest villa on the hill above the town of Frascati. It was built by Mons. Alessandro Ruffini, bishop of Melfi, in 1578, but many passing of property in the time changed different part of it: in 1773 the villa became property of the Apostolic Camera. The Architect Luigi Vanvitelli renovated the building giving it the present appearance under the property of Jesuit Order. In 1804 Pope Pius VII sold out the Villa to Lucien Bonaparte. In 1805 the latter started up the first excavation campaign held in the area property of the Villa and in the city of Tusculum, with the spirit of archeologist/antiquary, indeed he sent to Paris several boxes of archeological finds. In 1820 the Duchess of Chablais of House of Savoy bought the Villa. Queen Maria Christina of Naples and Sicily, wife of Charles Felix of Sardinia, lived here from 1824. In 1824 the poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli was guest in the villa and to remember the holiday he wrote a sonnet in Roman dialect, " La Rufinella". The Villa suffered heavy damage during World War II (_PHONE_). Since 1966 the Villa Rufinella is a Salesians property: they have restored the building and turned it in conference-hotel.
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Japan and the UAE share a unique relationship with each other. Japan recognised the UAE as an independent state in 1971 and opened its Embassy in the UAE in 1974 and on the other hand, UAE opened its embassy in Japan in 1973. Both nations share strong bilateral economic relations, dating back to 1961 when the first shipment of the crude oil was exported from Umm Al-Sharif offshore field in Abu Dhabi to Japan. Japan is known to be the world's fourth-largest importer of oil. In 2017, it was the second-largest export market, behind China, for Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar. The UAE became the top destination in the Middle East region for Japan's exports, valued at $7.18 billion in 2019, taking economic bilateral relations to a great level. However, on 19 July 2020, UAE spacecraft rocketed into blue skies from a Japanese launch centre at the start of a seven-month journey to Mars on the Arab's world's first interplanetary mission. This mission gave a boost to its strategic relations as well as space cooperation.
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The longstanding cordial relationship between the UAE and Japan has been honored for decades. In 2013, PM Shinzo Abe visited the UAE and both nations jointly announced the statement on the strengthening of the Comprehensive Partnership between Japan and the UAE towards stability and prosperity. The relations between both countries have mostly focused on the economy and trade ever since they established their diplomatic relations. Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited Japan as an official guest in February 2014 to follow up the Joint Statement issued during the Prime Minister's visit to the UAE in May 2013.
In 2016, the number of Japanese citizens living in the UAE totalled 4,000, while hundreds of Emirati citizens are in Japan for education and investment purposes.
In 2018, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Initiative (CSPI) was signed between the two countries when Abe visited the UAE. With the signing of the CSPI, the relationship between Japan and the UAE entered a new era of strategic partnership for the future and joint cooperation strategy between the institutions of the two countries. They also agreed to increase trade in areas which included renewable energy, advanced robots, artificial intelligence and health care. Ensuring cordial energy ties are critical under the CSPI. In 2018, Japan also acquired an oil concession in Abu Dhabi for the coming 40 years which proved that Japan is an important strategic energy partner in the UAE.
The leadership of the UAE has been keen on strengthening ties with Japan in areas like education, scientific research and industry. It aims to seek its ties with Japan to new levels as Japan possesses advanced technology which would serve the sustainable and comprehensive development goals in the UAE. Cooperation is very strong in the education field. The first Japanese school was inaugurated in the UAE in 2009 and began teaching the Arabic language, Islamic education and social studies to the students of the Emirates along with the Japanese curriculum. Furthermore, around 100 students from the Emirates are studying in Japanese universities for bachelors, masters and even PhD degrees.
In 2019, an attempt of initiating to teach Japanese as a second foreign language in some UAE high schools was discussed among both countries. Akihiko Nakajima, new Japanese ambassador to the UAE affirmed that 'both nations are currently giving importance to educational cooperation'. The friendly ties were further strengthened in recent times when Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al-Nahyen, Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Dr Sultan Ahmad Al-Jaber, Minister of State and Special Envoy to Japan, attended the enthronement ceremony of the Japanese Emperor Naruhito in 2019. They wished that Japan shall achieve a brighter and more prosperous future during the 'Reiwa Era'.
Japan and the UAE have been closely cooperating in space sciences. In October 2018, 'KhalifaSat' was launched into outer space from the Tanegashima Space Centre in Japan aboard an H-IIA rocket. In January 2020, Shinzo Abe made an official visit to the UAE and other Gulf countries to further bolster the strong ties which have been evolving on multiple fronts like trade, energy, technology, space and education. "UAE-Japan relations are historic and based on trust, cooperation, respect and mutual interests," Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed said. Abe and Sheikh Mohammad also witnessed the signing of an Energy Cooperation Agreement between supreme Petroleum Council, represented by Adnoc (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company), and Japan's agency for natural resources and energy.
The lift-off of the Mars orbiter named Amal or Hope probe on 19th July 2020, from a Japanese launch centre is to be followed soon by China and the United States. Amal blasted off from the Tanegashima space centre aboard a Mitsubishi heavy industries H-IIA rocket. This has given a major boost to space cooperation between Japan and the UAE. Amal is set to reach Mars by February 2021, which will mark the year the UAE celebrates 50 years since the country's formation. It points out that the launching of Amal was well planned in line with the celebration of 50 years of the country's formation. "The UAE is now a member of the club and we will learn more and we will engage more and we'll continue developing our space exploration program," UAE Space Agency chief Mohammed Al Ahbabi told a joint online news conference from Tanegashima. The Amal statecraft costs $200 million and it is about the size of a small car, carries three instruments to study the upper atmosphere and monitor climate change. Japan's services of such launches are known well for accuracy and on-time record. However, the providers are working to cut costs to be more competitive internationally. Japan also has its own Mars mission planned in 2024, where it aims to send spacecraft to the Martian moon Phobos to collect samples to bring back to Earth in 2029.
The objective of the UAE'S mission is to provide a comprehensive image of the weather dynamics and fundamentally, building a human settlement on Mars within the next 100 days. Omran Sharaf, the mission's project manager said, "What is unique about this mission is that for the first time the scientific community around the world will have a holistic view of the Martian atmosphere at different times of the day at different seasons. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has said that 'Hope Probe' exemplifies the distinctive strategic partnership between the UAE and Japan.
It is the first time that the UAE attempted to send a deep space mission, that of a mission to Mars. It clearly sends a strong message to the Arab youth that if the UAE is able to reach Mars in less than 50 years, then they certainly can do much more. Emiratis also believed that it represented a step forward for the Arab world and for scientists.
However, energy remains a key priority in the ongoing relations between the two countries which may contribute significantly to energy development and economic diversification in the UAE and Japan. Through space and strategic cooperation, the two countries are looking to expand and deepen the fields of cooperation. A successful mission to Mars will indeed be a major step for the oil-dependent economy seeking a great future in space. The launch of the hope probe demonstrates that effective space cooperation is a driving force for strengthening their bilateral ties. Hope is expected to begin transmitting information back to earth by September 2021.
Erdogan's Recent Visit to Russia: What Does It Mean for Regional Politics?
Erdogan's recent visit to Russia, which took place on September 4th, 2023, carries significant implications for regional politics and global geopolitics. This high-stakes meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin came after a pivotal moment in their diplomatic relations. The focus of the discussion revolved around Ukrainian grain exports and the revival of a crucial UN- and Türkiye-brokered agreement that had been suspended during the war with Russia. Beyond grain deals, the visit encompassed a broad spectrum of geopolitical interests, energy cooperation, arms deals, and humanitarian concerns. This article offers a comprehensive analysis of the visit and its far-reaching consequences.
In July 2022, Russia and Ukraine entered into separate agreements with Türkiye and the United Nations, creating a pathway for the export of much-needed Ukrainian grain, along with some Russian grain and fertilizer, through the Black Sea. The Initiative, in particular, permits the commercial export of food products and fertilizers (including ammonia) from three crucial Ukrainian ports located along the Black Sea – Odesa, Chornomorsk, and Yuzhny/Pivdennyi. This eagerly awaited agreement brings an end to a standoff during the wartime period, which posed a significant threat to global food security. The United Nations' initiative would facilitate the export of 22 million tons of grain and other agricultural commodities from Ukraine, a key global source of food production. These goods had been stranded in Black Sea ports due to Russia's military intervention. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed this development as " a beacon of hope" for the millions of individuals who have endured substantial increases in food prices.
The Abandoned Grain Deal's Purpose
The now-abandoned grain deal was originally conceived to address the global food crisis by allowing Ukraine to export grain from its ports while the conflict with Russia persisted. Both Russia and Ukraine are prominent players in global agricultural markets, especially in commodities such as wheat, barley, corn, rapeseed, rapeseed oil, sunflower seed, and sunflower oil.
The Urgent Quest for a Revived Grain Deal: Optimism for a Revived Deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan engaged in critical discussions regarding Ukrainian grain exports during their


Adopt, Don't Shop, on National Dog Rescue Day
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Rescuing a dog or any pet is entirely different than buying a dog from a pet store or a breeder. National Dog Rescue Day, which takes place annually on May 20th, exists in part to highlight this difference.
Most animal rights advocates (but not all) would suggest that potential pet owners adopt dogs rather than buying them — or, said in the catchiest, briefest way possible, "adopt, don't shop." Here are five reasons to follow this motto for National Dog Rescue Day:
Adopting doesn't support animal cruelty
As cute as the dogs at pet stores are, they often come from cruel backgrounds. Pet stores often buy the dogs they sell from puppy mills, which are known for abusive, unhealthy living situations. There, dogs are often forced to breed at the cost of proper hygiene, diet, and even space to roam around and enjoy themselves. Even the ways in which dogs are transported to pet stores from these sellers has led to dogs dying in transit. Buying from pet stores directly supports these practices.
Breeders drive animal overpopulation
Animal overpopulation is a serious issue. In fact, the abundance of spayed and neutered dogs is a direct result of overpopulation — measures this drastic are needed to keep dog populations (and cat populations) in check. Breeders, though unlikely to treat their dogs as cruelly as puppy mills do, contribute to overpopulation. By selling dogs of purebred pedigree, breeders distract potential pet owners from adopting from animal shelters, where nearly 6.5 million pets are newly housed each year. Nearly one-quarter of these pets are euthanized due to overcrowding.
Adopting is cheaper
It's rare for adoption to be free, but it's almost always cheaper than buying a dog from a breeder or a pet store. Adoption fees can be a couple hundred dollars depending on the shelter and where you live, but they cover a dog's first vaccinations, examinations, microchipping, spaying or neutering, and flea, tick, and worm preventatives (and sometimes even a short-term healthcare plan). In some cases, adopting a dog expected to live a shorter life or struggling with chronic illness may not require any payment.
Adopting is safer
In every state, both shelters and pet sellers are regulated to some extent. However, the strength of these regulations varies wildly by state. Thus, some would argue that buying a dog is potentially unsafe, both for the dog and the owner. Shelters, on the other hand, actively tend to dogs as the very basis of their work, making adoption safer.
Adopting is easier
Pets bought from a breeder or pet store may be brand new to a life spent around humans, in a person's home. They are thus far less likely to be housebroken, well behaved, and properly trained. Dogs in shelters, on the other hand, have frequently lived in one or more homes, meaning they're far more likely to be properly trained. This trend makes adopting, not shopping, especially vital for first-time dog owners.
If you plan to get a dog someday, will you adopt or shop? Why? If you have a dog, did you adopt it or buy it? Why? Sound off in the comments!
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Electrochemical testing using a potentiostat including Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy EIS is an excellent way to quantify the corrosion and to investigate details not visible otherwise. Electrochemical testing is very sensitive to surface events. It determines electrochemical characteristics of a system, measures corrosion rate of material and passivity / pitting behaviour. Electrochemical data is normally presented in the form of graphs which are easy to compare for the purpose of e.g. materials compatibility (galvanic corrosion prevention), corrosion resistance / rates in different environments, coatings performance.
Potentiostat Electrochemical Testing Applications
- Determining the porosity in coatings.
- Detemining the overportential for passivation.
- Determining the effectiveness of anticorrosion inhibitors and impact of water additives.
- Determining electrochemical compatability of materials to assess and prevent galvanic corrosion.
Basic Electrochemical Corrosion Tests
- Open Circuit Potential OCP reflects thermodynamic tendency of the material to participate in the electrochemical corrosion with the electrolyte.
- Tafel Plots to determine corrosion current and corrosion rate.
- Potentiodynamic Polarisation to assess passive and pitting behaviour as well as compare corrosion rates.
- Galvanic corrosion coupling to measure galvanic corrosion rates and potentials of dissimilar metals which can drive corrosion.
- Electrochemical Impedence Spectroscopy EIS study of the performance of protective anti-corrosion coatings.


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The Little Current Swing Bridge carries Highway 6 across a narrow channel separating Manitoulin Island from the much smaller Goat Island, forming the only land access. This bridge consists of two 70-foot deck plate girder approaches on the north end (Goat Island) and a single 60-foot deck plate girder approach on the south end (Manitoulin Island), with a 368-foot through swing bridge span.
The swing bridge sits 17.5 feet above the water, and provides a 160 foot opening on either side of the central pier for water passage.
Construction on the bridge foundations was commenced in 1912 by the Algoma Eastern Railway, and the bridge itself was constructed in 1913. Originally this was a railway-only bridge, the bridge stayed in the open position at all times except when a train needed to pass. Passenger traffic to the island was available only by ferry until 1946, when the bridge was improved to allow both rail and vehicle traffic. Train service to the island was subsequently truncated in the 1980s, with railway service ending at Turner on the Goat Island side, and the bridge now serves only vehicle traffic.
Currently, the bridge strongly favours highway traffic, staying in the closed (motor vehicles can pass) position at all times, except for the first fifteen minutes of each daylight hour during the summer, when it opens to permit boating traffic. At night and when the shipping channel is closed during the winter, the bridge stays in the closed position at all times. Originally powered by a gasoline engine, the mechanism was upgraded to electric motors in 2003. Due to the single vehicle lane, it is equipped with traffic signals, the only installation of such on Manitoulin Island.
This bridge, one of the only swing bridges in Canada, has been designated an Ontario Heritage site.
For more information regarding the operation of Little Current Swing Bridge, please contact the information line at _PHONE_.


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An increasing series of new studies show that moderate amounts of alcohol, such as beer and wine, may actually prove beneficial to your health. This has caused many people to wonder why getting drunk is so bad and why restaurants are forced to cut people off from drinking any more in their establishment.
For those who have been injured by a drunken person in Texoma, the answer is clear. However, some people still question the dram shop law that requires bartenders to stop serving when a person appears or acts intoxicated.
The Dangers of Intoxicated People and How They Hurt Others
When used in excess, alcohol can have a serious impact on the person drinking and on those around him. Here are two of the most common ways people are hurt by drunks in Texoma.
- Car Accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a person is killed in an alcohol-related crash every 45 minutes in the United States. Many of these people drive from a restaurant where they were served alcohol in excess, putting themselves and others on the road around them in jeopardy.
- Bar Fights. When a person drinks too much, he often takes on a different personality. This can cause him to have a looser tongue or lose his sense of reasonable judgment. When this happens, a bar fight can break out, causing you or someone around you to be seriously hurt.
When someone overindulges in alcohol, the effects are not always limited to his body alone. All too often, those around them pay the toll. For this reason, bartenders and servers are required to stop people from drinking excessively and becoming intoxicated in public.
You Have Options If a Texoma Drunk Person Hurts You
If you were seriously hurt in a car accident or bar fight by someone who was served too much alcohol, you have rights! Find out where the person drank, and then contact a Texoma dram shop attorney to start your case against the bartender who over-served him alcohol. These cases are complex and require a great deal of research, but they can be proven and won, so you are not left to pay the price for the mistakes someone made while drunk.


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Analysis of ethnoveterinary treatments for cattle (Bos indicus) diseases referred in Sanrimgyeongje including twelve volumes of literature from the 7th to the 18th century.
ABSTRACT This study aims at a comprehensive analysis of ethnoveterinary treatment in the cattle-raising section of Sanrimgyeongje which covers 12 different volumes of literature including 4 Korean and 8 Chinese literatures from the 7th to the 18th century, with a special attention to the treatments for cattle diseases.
The above mentioned literature was analyzed through several steps: translation of the Chinese text into Korean, identification of diseases, verification of medicinal materials and confirmation of scientific names.
As recorded in the thirteen references, this study shows that there are 143 medicinal materials which have been used as therapies for cattle diseases. Of these, 55 plant species belonging to 52 genera in 29 families had 100 modes of usages, while one species of fungus was used in one way. Likewise, 11 species of animals belonging to 11 genera in 10 families were utilized in 18 different methods. Lastly, 9 kinds of inorganic matters were used in 11 ways with another 4 kinds being useful in 14 different ways. Consequently, each of rinderpests, murrains, and hooves has been treated, respectively with 14, 10 and 3 types of medicinal decoctions made from 35, 18 and 15 kinds of medicinal materials.
This diversified usage of various medicinal materials is incomparable to the modern ethnoveterinary investigation which tends to focus strictly in plants. If additional studies were to be conducted on these treatments and all the medicinal materials used within them, various new treatments and medicines can be developed to supplement the pharmacopoeia of contemporary veterinary medicine.


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[SUB]URBAN STUDIO is a two-year creative arts project that will offer exciting new arts opportunities in Greater Dandenong.
Residents have an opportunity to participate in workshops and performances to explore the mediums dance, puppetry and spoken word.
[SUB]URBAN STUDIO is funded by the City of Greater Dandenong and Creative Victoria as part of the Creative Suburbs program.
"Through dance, puppetry and spoken word, the Greater Dandenong community will have opportunities to express themselves creatively while learning new skills" - City of Greater Dandenong's Arts and Cultural Officer, Greer Davis.
What is contemporary dance?
Contemporary dance is a style of expressive dance that combines elements of several dance genres including modern, jazz, lyrical and classical ballet.
Chunky Move is Victoria's premier contemporary dance company that has toured globally that everyone can dance to.
"Contemporary dance can be for everyone" - Chunky Move's Performer and Choreographer, Bec Reid.
For more information visit website _URL_.
What is puppetry?
Puppetry is a form of theatre/performance that involves the manipulation of puppets–inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer.
"Puppetry is poetic and suggestive and expresses ideas that people cannot always say" - Black Hole Theatre's Artistic Director, Nancy Black.
What is spoken word?
Spoken word is a style of entertainment involving performance-based poetry that primarily focuses on the aesthetics of word play and story-telling. It can often include collaboration and experimentation with other art forms such as music, theatre, rap and dance.
"Spoken word is an avenue of expression – a free form version of poetry – that enables the performer to be traditional (i.e. Shakespeare) or contemporary (i.e. hip hop) in style" - Spoken Word Artist, Abdul Hammoud.
Would you like to get involved?
Participate and get involved in a range of workshops, performances, exhibitions and events.
All dance, puppetry and spoken word workshops are free and open to all members of the community.
All classes will provide a safe, social and most importantly fun environment
Sign up to receive information regarding workshops, events and performances


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Shape-shifting material switches between forms in response to heat and light
If you ever wanted to stick a square peg in a round hole, it may soon be easier than you think. Researchers at the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder are working on a new material that responds to light and heat by shifting between complex, pre-programmed shapes. Not only will it allow you to cheat at peg board tests, but it also holds promise in many applications, including manufacturing, robotics, biomedical devices, and prosthetic muscles.
Developed by a team led by Christopher Bowman, a Distinguished Professor in CU Boulder's Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE), the new material is designed to overcome the limitation of other shape-shifting materials that change their form or texture. These have had a certain degree of success, but CU says they have been limited in terms of size or the extent that they could change or regain their original shape.
The new material overcomes this by using liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), which are slightly cross-linked liquid crystalline polymer networks that posses both the elasticity of an elastomer and the self-organization of the liquid crystal. They are also sensitive to heat and light, allowing the CU team to program the material at the macroscopic level.
This is achieved by incorporating a light-activated trigger into LCE networks. This trigger responds to specific wavelengths of light, causing the molecular structure to rearrange itself, Once the object changes shape, the trigger locks. When reactivated by a corresponding heat stimulus, the object reverts to its original form.
One simple example provided by the team is an origami swan that turns into a flat sheet when heated to 200° F (93° C). As it cools, it returns to its swan shape.
"The ability to form materials that can repeatedly oscillate back and forth between two independent shapes by exposing them to light will open up a wide range of new applications and approaches to areas such as additive manufacturing, robotics and biomaterials," says Bowman.
The findings were published in Science Advances, and the video below shows various versions of the new material shape-shifting.
Source: University of Colorado


Directives are special commands that do NOT use a semicolon.
!clear Clear input from a mistake. This erases the active memory back to the last prompt (>). However, it does not erase the display.
!credits Display the credits and copyright information.
!include Execute an external ISETLW file. Example: !include discrete.stl
!memory Display or increase ISETLW memory partition.!memory will show the current memory allotment.
Example:!memory 500000 will increase this to 500K.
!rational This is used to work with rational fractions instead of decimal representations. Setting!rational on will allow the calculation 5/4 + 3/8; to give the answer 13/8. Using!rational off to go back to decimal representation will cause 5/4 + 3/8; to give 1.625.
!setrandom This controls whether sets are displayed in order or randomly. The default is!setrandom on. In this situation, the elements of a set can appear in any order. Using!setrandom off will cause the command {1..9}; to produce {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}.


White Forest
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White Forest is a secluded rebel outpost in the outskirts of City 17. It is one of the new locations in Half-Life 2: Episode Two.
White Forest is a decommissioned Cold War-era Soviet missile silo that was acquired by Black Mesa late in its history, though no apparent signs of this can be seen. By the time of the game it has become an important rebel HQ. Much of the base lies underground; it features many essential facilities such as communication rooms, pump stations, a garage, a helicopter hangar, and a launch control center. Also included are two missile silos: the primary silo is in use for building the rocket instrumental in closing off the Citadel superportal, and the secondary silo is abandoned. An enormous double antenna tower stands above the primary silo, serving as a notable landmark for the base as a whole. Certain concrete bunkers on the surface, while not visited, can be assumed to contain personnel quarters, and an unseen staff room is mentioned. In the compound itself, while players will often find themselves in narrow corridors, navigation is fairly straightforward.
Materials typically consist of bare concrete bunker walls, dirty concrete floors and rusted metal for frames and beams. Some walls have a coat of white paint with a green stripe along the bottom. Outside, the concrete is rougher and often overgrown with moss or covered under a layer of dirt and grass.
The base is located in a hilly and densely forested area, making it more difficult to access. On its southern side there is a deep valley with a shallow river which leads to one of the entry points to the base. To the north lies another, more expansive valley with smaller buildings, such as a sawmill, and other landmarks including a watertower, a single-track railway supposedly leading into the base, and two logging cranes. Many of these only appear to be there for scenic or referential reasons. Additionally, both valleys are connected through the garage within the base.
Inside, in line with its original military purpose, White Forest consists of utilitarian spaces commonly filled with computer equipment for rocket launch and surveillance monitoring as well as fuel/water lines and storage shelves. However, some of the places are more lived-in, such as one of the control rooms being partially repurposed as lounge. Pipes and wiring are ubiquitous throughout the environment, as are blast doors separating most hallways, and floors are usually littered with sheets of cardboard and plywood. Despite the base's derelict status, there are no immediate signs of disuse in the more occupied areas, suggesting some amount of upkeep, though parts of debris can be seen in unreachable areas outside, and the abandoned secondary silo is crumbling. Lighting primarily consists of warm colors, with pale white and hazard red lights seen in the more technical areas. Some of the compound's Soviet legacy is still present in the form of Russian signage for the various facilities and the red star symbol.
The base is the current residence of Dr. Kleiner, Eli Vance and a new character, Dr. Magnusson, accompanied by a small garrison of rebel fighters, workers and technicians. Judith Mossman also stayed here at some point before her disappearance. The base is subject to multiple attacks. First, Combine Soldiers and Hunters invade the base by breaching through the secondary silo, and later Striders escorted by Hunters attempt to destroy the rocket silo from the outside. The player must fend off the Strider attack using a new weapon introduced in Episode Two, called the Magnusson Device.


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Clicking on the Visibility tab allows you to configure the lots view able per bidder. For example, un-checking the box for 'Visibility' next to a lot means that the selected bidder won't be able to see that lot.
There are two ways to configure the data:
- Online - Click on the 'edit' button next to your chosen bidder and modify the visibility for each lot.
- Offline - download an Excel version of this screen by clicking 'Download'. Make your changes in Excel, save the file, and then upload it using the 'Upload' button.
Changing Lot Visibility
Changing the lot visibility means that you want to show or hide a lot from a bidder. By default, all lots are visible to all bidders. To change the visibility:
- Online - Select the edit button next to the desired lot and then modify the lot visibility and adjustments (as shown below):.
- Offline - Use the word 'FALSE' in the 'Visibility' column to hide a lot ('TRUE' means that the lot is visible).
Apply Bonus/Malus (Adjustments)
Click on the Bonus/malus tab to apply adjustments to bid values per bidder. You can also use the '% Bonus/Malus' and 'Turnover Bonus/Malus' columns, both online and in Excel, to favor or penalize bids from certain bidders for specified lots:
- % Bonus/Malus: This is expressed as a fraction, such as 0.50 (50%). A positive value favors the bid by reducing it by that percent. A negative value, such as -0.50 (-50%), penalizes the bid by increasing it by that percent.
- Turnover Bonus/Malus: This is expressed as a currency value, such as 100.00. A positive value favors the bid by reducing it by that number. A negative value, such as -100.00, penalizes the bid by increasing it by that value.
On the bidder-side screens, the adjustments impact the feedback, which will be based on the adjusted bid. For example, if two bidders enter a bid of $100,000 but Bidder 2 has a malus of 20% (-.20) then, because of the adjusted bid of $120,000 (see Figures 1 and 2 below, both showing feedback for the same bid value - except that the bidder in Figure 2 has the malus applied):
- Bidder 2 won't see the winning icon (the default 'Low Cost Baseline' scenario will award to the other bidder instead).
- Bidder 2 will see a lot rank of 2 instead of a rank of 1.
- Bidder 2 will not meet a reserve price/feedback target of $100,000 with a bid of $100,000 (the reserve will be compared to the adjusted bid).
- The difference to next rank/first rank will appear as $16,666.67 (16.67%) since a bid of $83,333.33 is needed to equal the other bidder's bid of $100,000 ($83,333.33 * 1.20 = $100,000).
- The minimum bid decrement and maximum next bid feedback will be affected if the target value is based on the next ranked lot bid or first ranked lot bid.
As mentioned above, scenario allocations will also be impacted by any bidder adjustments for lots.


Polyglot Files: A Hacker's Best Friend
And how to hide executable PHP code in JPEG files.
Hello! Thanks for clicking on this blog post. Today, we're gonna talk about a topic that has always fascinated me in the cybersecurity world: polyglot files! We're going to take a look at what they are, how they confuse applications, how they are used in an attack scenario.
What are polyglots?
Polyglots, in a security context, are files that are a valid form of multiple different file types. For example, a GIFAR is both a GIF and a RAR file. There are also files out there that can be both GIF and JS, both PPT and JS, etc.
Polyglot files are often used to bypass protection based on file types. Many applications that allow users to upload files only allow uploads of certain types, such as JPEG, GIF, DOC, so as to prevent users from uploading potentially dangerous files like JS files, PHP files or Phar files.
One example of a polyglot file is a Phar-JPEG file. Phar files are used to carry out PHP object injection attacks.
This type of attack can lead to RCE. However, it requires the attacker to be able to upload a readable Phar file, and Phar files are not often allowed by file upload functionalities. So a Phar-JPEG file allows the malicious upload to look like a harmless JPEG file to bypass upload restrictions, but still retain the capabilities of a Phar file.
File format specifications
First, it is important to understand that different file types are simply chunks of bytes that follow a predefined structure.
Phar archive format
For example, let's look at the PHAR (PHp ARchive) format. For a Phar file to be valid, it needs to follow a certain structure: it contains a stub section, a manifest section and finally, a file content section.
 - Stub: the stub is a chunk of PHP code which is executed when the file is accessed in an executable context. At a minimum, the stub must contain __HALT_COMPILER(); at its conclusion. Otherwise, there are no restrictions on the contents of a Phar stub.
 - Manifest: this section contains metadata about the archive and its contents.
 - File contents: this section contains the actual files in the archive.
 - Signature (optional): for verifying archive integrity.
JPEG format
On the other hand, JPEGs are structured very differently. (The complete specifications of JPEG images are beyond the scope of this article, but you can read about it here.) But for the purposes of this article, keep in mind that:
 - A header of a JPEG image looks like this:
typedef struct _JFIFHeader
 BYTE SOI[2]; /* 00h Start of Image Marker */
 BYTE APP0[2]; /* 02h Application Use Marker */
 BYTE Length[2]; /* 04h Length of APP0 Field */
 BYTE Identifier[5]; /* 06h "JFIF" (zero terminated) Id */
 BYTE Version[2]; /* 07h JFIF Format Revision */
 BYTE Units; /* 09h Units used for Resolution */
 BYTE Xdensity[2]; /* 0Ah Horizontal Resolution */
 BYTE Ydensity[2]; /* 0Ch Vertical Resolution */
 BYTE XThumbnail; /* 0Eh Horizontal Pixel Count */
 BYTE YThumbnail; /* 0Fh Vertical Pixel Count */
 - JPEG files start with a "Start of Image (SOI)" marker which contains the bytes FF D8 .
 - The application marker APP0 contains the bytes FF E0 .
 - The length field is the size of the image.
 - The identifier field contains "JFIF" with a trailing NULL byte.
 - The version field specifies the JFIF specification version.
 - And finally, JPEG files end with an "End of Image (EOI)" marker, FF D9 .
So… How do polyglots work?
So, how exactly do polyglots fool the applications that process them? How does a Phar-JPEG appear as an image to an image processor and file upload security checker, yet still be able to be used as a Phar file?
To understand why polyglots are possible, we have to look at how applications detect file types.
How do applications determine file type?
An application can utilize several ways of checking the file type of a file: by looking at the file extension, by looking for specific magic bytes, and by validating certain file signatures.
 1. Extension based detection
The simplest way to detect a file's type is to look at its file extension, for example, puppies.jpeg is a JPEG file. However, this method of detection is not always reliable. Files can be renamed and files could come without an extension. So this method is often only one of many methods that applications use to validate file types.
 1. Magic bytes detection
For some file types, there are magic bytes at the start of the file that indicates that the file is of a certain format. Some forms of file type detection make use of this information. Some of these examples are:
 - JPEG files begin with FF D8 and end with FF D9 .
 - PDF files start with "%PDF" (hex 25 50 44 46).
 1. File signature validation
Still, some more sophisticated file validators will perform checks based on specific signatures of the file. For example, they might check if a JPEG file contains all the necessary header fields.
How polyglots become two file types
Polyglots become polyglots when they pass all the validity checks for more than one file type. To an application that is looking for image files, it bears all the signatures of an image file. To another application that is looking for different indicators, it becomes something else and checks all the boxes as well.
For a Phar-JPEG file, it has to pass all the JPEG validity checks when it is uploaded, then still be used as a PHP archive when the attacker calls it to start a PHP object injection attack.
Constructing a Phar-JPEG
A Phar-JPEG file is possible due to the flexibility in the Phar format's specifications. Specifically, there are no restrictions to the stub section of a Phar besides that it must end with __HALT_COMPILER();.
This means that the stub section of the Phar can be used to inject dummy data in order to disguise the file as a JPEG. Let's say we inject a valid JPEG image in the stub section of the Phar before __HALT_COMPILER();. Now the file looks something like this:
\xFF\xD8......................JPEG DATA.....................\xFF\xD8
__HALT_COMPILER();............PHAR DATA............................
To an image processor, the file is a JPEG image because it contains all the signatures of a valid JPEG file: a Start of Image marker, headers, and an End of Image marker. Most image processors will stop processing the file at this point and will not look beyond the JPEG.
But when used with a Phar stream wrapper phar://, the file seems like something entirely different: it looks like a file with a valid stub section, a valid manifest and some files in the contents section. Therefore, when operating on the file, PHP still performs an unserialize() operation on the Phar file's metadata. The attacker thus achieves RCE through a successful PHP object injection.
Isn't that super cool? :)


American English
Definition of drawing noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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 1. 1[countable] a picture made using a pencil or pen rather than paint a pencil/charcoal drawing a drawing by Paul Klee a drawing of a yacht a collection of children's drawings He did/made a drawing of the old farmhouse. Thesauruspicturepainting drawing portrait print sketchThese are all words for a scene, person, or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc.picture a scene, person, or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen, or paint:The children were drawing pictures of their pets.painting a picture that has been made using paint:a collection of paintings by Native American artistsdrawing a picture that has been made using a pencil or a pen, not paint:a pencil/charcoal drawingportrait a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders:Vermeer's "Portrait of the Artist in his Studio" a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself)print a picture that has been copied from a painting using photography:a Renoir printsketch a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details:I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.Patterns to draw a picture/portrait/sketch to paint a picture/portrait to make a painting/drawing/portrait/print/sketch to do a painting/drawing/portrait/sketch Topic CollocationsFine Artscreating art make a work of art/a drawing/a sketch/a sculpture/a statue/an engraving/an etching/a print do an oil painting/a self-portrait/a line drawing/a rough sketch create a work of art/an artwork/paintings and sculptures produce paintings/portraits/oil sketches/his most celebrated work/a series of prints paint a picture/a landscape/a portrait/a mural/in oils/in watercolors/on canvas draw a picture/a portrait/a cartoon/a sketch/a line/a figure/the human form/in charcoal/in ink sketch a preliminary drawing/a figure/a shape/an outline carve a figure/an image/a sculpture/an altarpiece/reliefs/a block of wood sculpt a (portrait) bust/a statue/an abstract figure etch a line/pattern/design/name into the glass mix colors/pigments/paints add/apply thin/thick layers of paint/color/pigment use oil pastels/charcoal/acrylic paint/a can of spray paint work in bronze/ceramics/stone/oils/pastels/watercolors/a wide variety of mediadescribing art paint/depict a female figure/a biblical scene/a pastoral landscape/a domestic interior have/express/depict/illustrate a traditional/mythological/historical/religious theme create an abstract composition/a richly textured surface/a distorted perspective paint dark/rich/flesh tones use broad brush strokes/loose brushwork/vibrant colors/a limited palette/simple geometric forms develop/adopt/paint in a stylized manner/an abstract styleshowing and selling art commission an altarpiece/a bronze bust of somebody/a portrait/a religious work/an artist to paint something frame a painting/a portrait/a piece/an artwork hang art/a picture/a painting/a piece/an artwork display/exhibit modern art/somebody's work/a collection/original artwork/ drawings/sculptures/a piece be displayed/hung in a gallery/museum install/place a sculpture in/at/on something erect/unveil/dedicate a bronze/marble statue hold/host/mount/open/curate/see an exhibition/exhibit be/go on exhibit feature/promote/showcase contemporary works/a conceptual artist collect African art/modern American paintings/Japanese prints restore/preserve great works of art/a fresco
 2. 2[uncountable] the art or skill of making pictures, plans, etc. using a pen or pencil I'm not very good at drawing. technical drawing
 3. 3 (also draw) [countable, usually singular] drawing (for something) the act of choosing something, for example the winner of a prize or the teams who play each other in a competition, usually by taking pieces of paper, etc. out of a container without being able to see what is written on them The drawing for the raffle takes place on Saturday.
 4. 4(also draw) [countable] a competition in which the winners are chosen in a drawing a prize drawing compare lottery
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The National Quantum & Dark Matter Road Trip is coming to a city or town near you. As a part of National Science Week, a team of scientists and science communicators will travel around Australia, delivering engaging presentations, hands-on activities, pub quizzes and more.
The nature of dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe, and Australia is a key player in the quest to figure it out. Dark matter accounts for 84% of all the matter in the Universe, but we don't yet know what it is. Quantum technologies are crucial in the hunt for dark matter, and they're already used in smart phones and cars, medical imaging, manufacturing and navigation. But today's technologies capture only a small fraction of the potential of quantum physics.
Our road-trippers are looking forward to spreading their knowledge and enthusiasm of quantum and dark matter. They hope to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers, and highlight the potential of quantum technologies and dark matter discovery for the future of our society.
We will be traveling around Victoria from 7 - 11 August, holding individual public events in different states and territories during National Science Week and travelling around Queensland from 21 - 25 August.
Beyond the visible Universe: the kingdom of the unknown and a place for vivid imagination - public lecture by Prof Celine Boehm We are very grateful to The University of Sydney for their support of this event. This is a free event but registration is required. This venue has an accessible building entrance and accessible lift. Arrive 6:30pm for tea/coffee; 7-8:15pm public lecture and Q&A


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Crossing the Valdichiana: Sinalunga, Torrita di Siena and Trequanda
Red brick villages, fortifications and towers in a mosaic-like landscape
Its colour is its distinctive trait: a red that fades from pink to russet and eventually amaranth in the final hours of sundown. This is due to the bricks that since the year 1000 were used to build the piazzas, the walls and the palazzi of the Valdichiana villages.
directions_car 19 km
Duration: 1 day
SinalungaCredit: TOB
From afar, Sinalunga and Torrita are often mistaken for each other, with their overlapping outlines and landscape. They both appear hidden among the dense vegetation and are tightly entwined upon faint hills. Farmed land surrounds them in the flat terrain, giving the whole landscape its characteristic giant mosaic imprint.
The local artisans draw upon the land's radiance and transform it into products of high artistic value: ranging from certified art reproductions to religious items, such as various types of rosaries in silver and precious stones.
A traditional component which remains strong is clay manufacturing: you can find it in ceramic relief cups with decorations inspired by the countryside and terracotta for outdoor use obtained with plaster casts (pots, lemon vases, flowerpots, amphoras).
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MLA in nonUS, UK Countries
I am looking at applying for masters in landscape architecture. From what I have seen online, most of the universities suggested are generally from the Western hemisphere. While the prospects are great, the move is not very pocketfriendly.
I was wondering if anyone has done their masters/ applied for masters in the East? If so, what is your experience?
PS, I am from India
Jul 14, 21 1:51 pm
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we have a western hemisphere?
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The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term[1][2] for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere. In geopolitical terms, the context in which the term is most often used, the Encyclopedia Britannica defines it as "North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20°W and 160°E are often considered its boundaries."[3] It may be used in a cultural or geopolitical sense as a synonym for the "New World". From Wikipedia.
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Located within the Achernar Sector, Cetus Major is the Cetus Sub-sector capital and the administrative centre of the region. Its primary habitable world is in the process of advancing from a Gamma-type civilised world to an Eta-type Hive world with the constant expansion of its largest city, "Hive" Sejanus. As a result of the thirst for raw materials for building and to improve the docking capacity for spacefaring vessels, the two airless moons are being heavily mined, militarised and undergoing geoplasty to become a pair of giant orbiting space docks.
Hive Sejanus
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Hive Sejanus might be small in comparison to the largest Imperial hives, but it still has a population of over 200,000,000. In the broadest terms, it contains five strata: the spires, the hive, the underhive and the sump. Local slang uses different terms for these strata. Examples include 'the points' for the spires, 'uptown' for the hive, and 'the contrail' for the underhive. Addresses are given in three dimensions, so 'west contrail' implies the western end of the underhive, after which a street number or name would be given. Navigation within the hive is achieved on ten-lane roads known as 'underways' or 'decaways'. Travel between the spires is done in the air, and a constant swarm of grav-yachts, freight lifters, trade barges, luxury clippers and dhows illuminate the city sky with their running lights.
Upper Hive
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The Obelisk
This monolithic basalt column is the Inquisition's headquarters in the Cetan sub. Its forbidding, oppressive exterior is at odds with the luxurious training and relaxation facilities within, although the holding cells and interrogation chambers in the uppermost levels are about as charming as one might expect. It was built in a bygone era when the Cetan sub had far more active Inquisitors, and as such most of its rooms lie empty.
See also: Category:Obelisk Staff
House Queln
Main article: House Queln
The House Queln mansion sits atop one of Sejanus' spires, with its own landing pad and gardens. One of the oldest and most powerful families on Cetus Major, and indeed in the sub-sector, they have interests across the Achernar Sector. They own multiple trading vessels and run several large manufactorums within the hive. After his arrest Bastian Queln told the Inquisition many secrets about his family.
District 23
This upper-hive area is still open to the sky, but isn't central enough to count as the spires. It includes the areas known as San Borya, Wessam Heights, and the Pillars.
 - San Borya: a biome roughly 500 metres in diameter; it is essentially a walled garden and gated community for well-to-do members of the upper middle class who can't quite afford the spiretop mansions of the nobility, and have thus pooled their resources to create a communal approximation. Private security at the gates is heavy, and the privacy of the residents taken very seriously.
 - Wessam Heights: a commercia district where various smaller banks, industries and shipping companies own public-facing offices, as well as the hab stacks, shops and chapels to support the lower-middle-class workers who support it. Among other places of worship in the area is the Shrine of San Marquand where Nadiya Zelenko came to pray while sleeping rough, and was spotted and reported by Brother Joras, who tends the shrine.
 - The Pillars: a series of four towering mid-price hab stacks built in a cheap, brutalist style. Pillar 4 was never completed, and was where Nadiya Zelenko lived rough prior to her apprehension. The pillars were built to be robust; it's thought that they will one day prop up the next layer of the hive in this part of Sejanus.
Mid Hive
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Arbites Precinct 5
This precinct have a particularly favourable view of the Obelisk's agents following the Assault On Precinct 5.
District 57
This mid-hive district was the site where Bastian Queln spread his heretical pamphlets proclaiming counter-religious beliefs regarding the Emperor's unimpeachable health. The heresy was reported by Magistratum Officer Ensom.
Evander Boulevard
Along with many others like it in District 57, this residential boulevard used to be open to the elements, although the sky has now been obscured by the next level of the city, creating a permanent night above the street lights; the only stars are the windows of the towering hab blocks. Most traffic occurs during shift rotations. Roving hawkers move their stands into the street in anticipation of feeding hungry commuters, and for an hour or so, they rake in credits before moving on in search of fresh business. Between these flurries of activity, however, the boulevard is relatively empty.
Lower Hive
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The Basilica of Saint Vesperia
The basilica is a grand old building, far down, near the lawless realm of the underhive. Eateries and shops selling devotional wares bearing Vesperia's sigil are sold in Penitent's Way and the Veiled Plaza. The plaza itself hasn't been fully veiled in centuries due to the expense of maintaining the fabric needed, but one can still see the cables above with scraps of rotting fabric still clinging to them, serving as perches for dirty white doves. The Order of the Purple Shroud is attached to the basilica.
Main article: Boxtown
Warehouse district adjacent to Rakansha Spaceport.
Main article: Pigtown
Also known as The Squeal or Meat City, this is the main slaughterhouse district of the hive.
Helas Dome
Main article: Helas Dome
A lower-hive area around a support column, a hub for local businesses and entertainment venues including Tenebrae.
Under Hive
The "Clanks"
This area of the underhive mainly features abandoned manufactorums that have been superseded by larger, newer versions closer to the hive's various docks. They are named after the noise they make - the electrical grid still sends power here, and occasionally the old machinery in the abandoned factories spontaneously judders into life as corroding circuits malfunction. One such manufactorum, a doll factory, was recently abandoned after the gang known as the Carrion Children were wiped out during an Inquisition operation led by Ashar Lear.
The Pillars
Main article: The Pillars
Also known as the Hive Roots or the Desolation, this is the very lowest level of the hive basements.
Cetus Major's second-largest city.
Other significant locations
Main article: Thadun. A mid-size agri-worker town in the foothills of the Holdran Mountains.
A small village on the opposite side of the planet to Hive Sejanus. It is an agri-community surrounded by citrus groves. The command crew of the Trojan, specifically Captain Janacek, have a tradition of taking a walk through the village whenever they return to the system as a way of "getting rock underfoot." The climate is warm and dry, as befits citrus trees. Its only mild claim to fame, other than being one of the oldest settlements on the planet (to the extent that it's pre-Imperial), is that Saint Theria once stayed in the village overnight during her proselytising work during the Compliance of Cetus Major. There is an inn named the Saint's Rest, that purports to have a lock of her hair sealed in glass above the mantle.
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I-Pop: International Journal of Indonesian Popular Culture and Communication, published by Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi Universitas Bakrie, is an interdisciplinary journal of popular culture and communication in (the context of) Indonesia, about Indonesia (or related to Indonesia), and the pop work created by or involves Indonesians. Published biannually, the I-Pop Journal follows a rigorous double-blind review process, in which reviewers and authors do not know each other, to ensure the objectivity of the assessment. I-Pop Journal has four typical rubrics:
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Proceedings of DFI-India 2017: 7th Conference on Deep Foundation Technologies for Infrastructure Development in India, (DFI)
Positive Cut-Off Wall in Indian Dam - A New Technique for Difficult Geology
Steni Stefani, Consulting Engineer and President and Sanjay Dave, Civil Engineer, Vice President & Sector Head
This paper describes an innovative method, used for the first time in India, for the construction of a 1.0 metre thick positive plastic concrete cut-off wall (CoW) at the upstream toe of the dam at the Kishanganga Hydro-Electric Project in Jammu & Kashmir- India. The extremely difficult bouldery geology with an overburden laden with very hard Panjal Volcanics (quartz, feldspar, muscovite and chlorite minerals) boulders of up to 0.8m to 1.8 metres in size with UCS of up to 265 MPa and the requirement of socketing the CoW into the underlying hard bedrock (UCS 265 MPa) for 1.50m made the choice for the excavation methodology critically difficult. After having evaluated several other existing methods – including hydromill trenchers – the Civil Contractor Hindustan Construction Company, in agreement with its Foundations Engineering Consultant (Ricerca e Sviluppo – Cantieri e Gestioni) opted for a two-stage construction method: firstly, preliminary full-depth drilling and "surgical" blasting with full-length inclinometer checking of borehole verticality to ensure the exact location of rock fracturing and fragmentation coincided with the required position and that it was vertical, notwithstanding efficient trenching into the bedrock of a nominal 1m by 1.5m section; and, secondly, excavation by using heavy duty mechanical rope grabs made locally and developed by the Consultant in collaboration with the Contractor. The details of the methodology and the salient construction data is presented and commented for the 33-metre deep CoW installed at a working platform elevation of 2364.50 m above sea level in a very remote area.
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How to Turn On Tablet Mode in Windows 10
Many laptop computers that you can buy today have touchscreen capabilities. The ability to interact with your computer in this manner can make certain tasks a little easier, and it's likely that you purchased your laptop specifically because of this feature.
But if it seems like your Windows 10 computer isn't optimized for a touchscreen, then you may not have the Tablet Mode setting turned on. Our tutorial below will show you a quick way to turn Tablet Mode on or off in Windows 10.

How to Enable or Disable Tablet Mode in Windows 10
The steps in this guide are going to change a setting on your Windows 10 computer so that tablet mode is either turned on or turned off. If you are turning on tablet mode then you need to have a monitor with touchscreen capabilities. This could be something like a Microsoft Surface Pro, a touchscreen laptop, or a touchscreen monitor. You can enable tablet mode on a computer that does not have touchscreen capabilities, but it won't do anything.
Step 1: Press the Windows key + A on your keyboard. This opens a location called the Action Center.

Step 2: Click the Tablet Mode button.
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This will immediately put your computer into Tablet Mode, which will make the elements on your screen easier to interact with by touching. This will also make all of your apps open in full screen mode by default.

You can also turn Tablet Mode on or off by completing the following steps:
 1. Click the Start button at the lower-left corner of the screen.
 2. Click the Settings button in the left column of the menu.
 3. Click the System option.
 4. Select Tablet mode in the left column.
 5. Click the button under Make Windows more touch-friendly when using your device as a tablet.
Note that there are several more options on that screen that let you customize your computer's behavior regarding Tablet Mode.

Is there a program on your computer that you don't need anymore and it's just taking up storage space? Find out how to uninstall a program in Windows 10 if you don't need that program anymore.
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Tesla Motors has launched a voluntary safety recall on two models of its Roadsters after discovering a single instance of a cable in one of the vehicles causing a short-circuit, smoke and possibly a fire behind the right front headlight.
The recall involves a 10-volt low-voltage auxiliary cable that could chafe against a panel and cause a short circuit.
The Palo Alto – based electric-car maker recalled the Roadster 2.0 and 2.5 models, a total of 439 vehicles. The earlier model 1.5, which doesn't have the cable, is unaffected by the recall, as these cars do not include the 12-volt auxiliary cable.
The 12-volt low-voltage auxiliary cable is part of a redundant backup system that provides power to items such as the headlamps, taillights, turn signals, hazard lights and airbags in the unlikely event the primary 12-volt power fails or drops below a minimum threshold value, the company said.
Located forward of the passenger side front wheel behind the headlamp, the cable is physically isolated from the main battery pack at the rear of the car.
Tesla has begun to notify Roadster owners of the defect. The company plans to dispatch its service teams to the homes or offices of owners to complete the needed repair.
That will involve checking the placement of the cable and then installing a protective sleeve over it to keep it from shorting, Tesla said.


Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas and the majority of the fat on this snack is unsaturated which is the healthy kind and this is one homemade chip that is loved by a lot of people and there are varieties of chips that can be used in making tortilla chips however vegans tend to wonder if they can eat this tasty snacks without guilt.
A vegan diet involves eating foods comprising of only plants and exclude all animal products including meat, dairy, and eggs, a vegan diet may help keep your heart healthy however there are accidentally vegan junk foods to make this diet plan easier.
Nutritional planning is vital whether you are vegan or not particularly when you are making dietary changes and healthy eating as a vegan will not only help you lose weight but reduce the risk of some certain cancers, lower risk of heart disease, and appears to lower blood sugar level and improve kidney function.
You should definitely not eat junk food every day, vegan or not however if you choose to eat junk food, we suggest picking from options that do not contain any animal products, and if you are wondering if tortilla chips are on the list of accidentally vegan food, here is what you should know.
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Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Yes, vegans can definitely stock up their pantry with tortilla chips, for the most part, these chips are made out of plant-based ingredients made from corn tortillas which are cut into triangles and then fried or baked. There are lots of brands making tortilla chips however you should read through the ingredients list to help you choose the right vegan tortilla chips.
Can vegans eat chips and salsa?
Yes, vegans can eat chips and salsa as long as the chips are fried in vegetable oil which is usually the oil used by most restaurants then it's vegan.
Are tortilla chips junk foods?
Yes, tortilla chips might be lower in fat and calories compared to some chips but they are still unhealthy because they are usually fried hence you should avoid eating way too many of them if you are trying to burn calories.
These chips may somehow be a better choice to potatoes chips though as it contains fewer calories and is more satisfying crunchy snacks to go for if you are looking to replace potato chips.
A tortilla chip is a snack you can enjoy any time of the day and the nutrients to derive from eating tortilla chips includes, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc however the frying process may damage some of these nutrients but they do have less saturated fat compared to potatoes chips and makes a delicious vegan snack to munch on.
Vegans wanting to improve their health and lose weight should stick to minimally processed foods and limit the intake of junk foods though there is no wrong time to eat chips, ensure you do not consume them regularly and when in doubt, read the label.
Read next: Is Pringles Vegan? Are Hot Fries Vegan?


Angular 6: 4 ways to fetch the value of input in the controller
Angular gives you various ways to fetch data from HTML input in the controller. So here we are going to discuss 4 different ways to do so.
Using event Binding (1-way)
We can use event binding with HTML input to get data in the controller. There are many events which one can use. Various events which help us to get data are:
 - (input) – triggered every time a user enters some data.
 - (key) – triggered every time a key is released after pressing. Similarly, we have (keydown) and (keypress)
 - (key.enter) – triggered every time a user press enter key. So, in this case, we will get the data only when a user types something and after that presses enter key.
 - (dbclick) – triggered every time user double clicks on the element.
Here is the list of HTML DOM events _URL_
Most of them work with angular.
Now let's see how to use these events. Firstly, bind a controller function with $event as a param to the input event.
<input type="text" class="form-control" (keyup.enter)="OnInput($event)" >
Now create the same method in your controller, in our case method name is OnInput
OnInput(event: any) {
this.serverName = event.target.value;
}
Now inside this function, we can get the value of the input from event.target.value and we can assign it to a variable. As we are assigning it to a variable serverName.
Passing Local Reference #id (1-way)
This method uses id and event to fetch input value. Firstly give #id to your input element, as shown below
<input type="text" class="form-control" #myInput >
Now use the angular event to pass the value of the input using its id to a method
<input type="text" class="form-control" #myInput (keydown.enter)="OnInput(myInput.value)">
In the above snippet, we are passing myInput.value as a param to OnInput i.e. we are sending the input value to our method.
Now create the method in the controller to received to value.
OnInput(value) {
 this.serverName = value;
}
Here we will receive the input value as the method argument and which we are assigning it to a variable which is serverName in our case.
Using Local Reference @ViewChild (2-way)
Let say we want to fetch the value of an input element in the controller. Firstly, give a reference id to the input element
<input type="text" class="form-control" #myInput >
Now we can use @viewChild in the controller to access the input element,
@ViewChild('myInput') myInput: ElementRef;
Now once we have linked the dom Input to our controller myInput variable, we can use it to fetch value or change value.
OnInput() {
// fetch value
let inputValue = this.someInput.nativeElement.value;
// set input value
this.someInput.nativeElement.value = 'This is new value';
}
Using ngModel (2-way)
ngModel gives you a 2 ways data binding, which means you can even get the value from HTML to controller and set value from controller to HTML. So in our case, we are going to only fetch value using ngModel HTML input to our controller. This is how you use the directive ngModel:
1. Provide ngModel directive in the HTML element
<input type="text" [(ngModel)]="myInput">
2. To make it work you need to import theFormsModule from the @angular/forms package.
import {FormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
imports: [
 BrowserModule,
 FormsModule
],
3. Now you can access it using variable myInput which we used in step 1 for ngModel.