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Part II: Questions and answers from Infinite Love….
>What are your thoughts on the current school system? How would you improve it?
The current school system is in dire need of a [serious] makeover…My father would always say, “Why doesn’t the educational system teach children to recognize their innate greatness?” Our current system is not geared towards helping individuals achieve personal excellence in life; nor does it provide the essential knowledge students need to become healthy, happy, functional, caring, and loving people. Yes, it is true that education begins at home; it is the responsibility of the parents to educate and raise their children well–but the reality is that many parents are unable to do so. A good school system could make up where they (the parents) lack. Education needs to address the essential needs of an individual–on every level: physical, emotional, sexual, social, professional/vocational, intellectual, spiritual…Knowledge needs to be relevant and useful. We need to learn how to care for ourselves–in every way (body, mind, & spirit); how to have healthy relationships; how to be good parents; how to tap into our innate potential; how to be responsible stewards; and how to live a fulfilled life…
Wisdom needs to be injected into every area of our lives…Through wisdom we will find unity, forgiveness, compassion, joy, prosperity, solace, and love….
>Where does love come from?
Love is the essence of the true self; it is the intrinsic nature of the spirit soul….love has no beginning–and it has no end…love is causeless….love can be covered, obscured, blocked, or forgotten–but it is always there beneath it all..
Love emanates from the Divine [God]. It is the foundation of real happiness and everlasting joy…
We feel love coming from our hearts for this is where the spirit soul is “seated”…
>What is the most wonderful change you have made in your life that you feel could help others?
Twenty-five years ago when I re-discovered my loving relationship with God, my life changed–my agnostic and atheistic views changed. I was a BIG skeptic. I thought that if God (a Divine Loving Being) really does exist, then somehow I wanted proof. Well, “ask and ye shall receive”–and so it happened. I had a direct, personal experience with God (through meditation)–and so my whole life changed. As I started to reawaken to my true identity and to my connection to God, I felt compelled to live my life in a certain way–in a more godly way: with love, kindness, humility, tolerance, acceptance, patience, forgiveness, compassion, etc. If a belief in God fails to bring us to a more loving and unified place within ourselves and with the world around us, then (to me) it has no real value. For me a belief in God meant a whole life change. I wanted to live more in alignment with my authentic, loving [godly] nature. I wanted to live my life with purpose–in support of the spiritual upliftment of humanity. I wanted to feel closer to my Divine Mother/Father (who art in Heaven)–and so I spent twelve years (in an ashram) communing with God and getting “right” with my-self. This was a great life change–living a monastic lifestyle in an insular setting. Those twelve years helped to solidify my spiritual growth and brought me to a place where I can now live my life with greater awareness–with more acceptance and love. The more I deepen my relationship with God–the more peace, joy, solace, and love I experience in my life…
>How would you solve the world’s drugs problem?
I believe that we need to lessen our dependency on drugs–to have other tools to cope; to learn how to live without them (I know–tall order); to provide our children with what they need so they will be less inclined to fill the void with drugs; to live a lifestyle that supports health and well-being…Treat the cause–and yes, weaken the power of the drug lords…
>Is the love of money the root of all evil?
Separation [from the Divine] is the root of all evil…separate desires– choosing to live a selfish life without the regard of others causes evil… Money has no power, until we give it power. Money can be used for good or for evil–intentions matter. There may be people who love to make money and are gifted in this–and then they give their riches away to do good in the world (as in the case of Warren Buffet).
It is most essential (I believe) to have a sense of detachment–to not claim wealth as our own; for in reality, we own nothing (poverty is a reminder of this–and so is recommended in various spiritual disciplines). Whatever resources have been given to us (by Mother Earth) are meant to be used for the well-being of all. If we use money to uplift humanity and affect great change in the world–then there is no evil in loving money. We can love having the ability to help others; we can give money the power of love…
[Utility is the principle]
>Complete the Poem, by adding 3 lines (e.g verses). You must follow on from the last person. No more than 3 lines allowed please!
Here is a compilation of our crafty words:
Today we’ve come together on Facebook,
To create a poem at which you can look,
It’s from many authors, just like this book.
We all ponder on our writings, to say what needs be said;
Are we really typing the things in our head?
Maybe just conceptualizing our own delusions instead? 😉
Sharing our words of wisdom and love
With this wonderful group we are a part of
Finding inspiration from the Divine above
We are all trying to answer questions about this thing called life
Trying to figure out today and how to deal with strife
Hoping that tomorrow we can find love in it’s abundance and find it rife
Everyone is addicted to the same nicotene
Everyone is addicted to the same gasoline
Everyone is trying to get their hands on the same old green
What has helped me is to go beyond my mind,
To an experience that’s always left behind,
A love in my heart beyond thoughts defined!
I never knew there would be a better tomorrow
When you came into my life you opened a window
Beautiful souls you’ve taken away all my sorrow
Shining the light through mankind’s illusion,
Beyond the haze–beyond the confusion,
Unity and love are the finest solution…
But what is this solution “Unity” and “Love”?
Do they come from within? Do they come from above?
Or are they simply ideals we alone make meaning of?
Unity and love–the state of divine
Seemingly dissolved in the material mind
Seek deep within–and ye shall find….
Within and without, unite we must
World peace is the goal
World peace or bust
Love is the answer, love is the cure
For healing the sick
And caring for poor
Unconditional LOVE is a`MUST`
In this time of crime & money– lust
Feel it before you turn to dust!
Love is God’s mansion
With a room for everyone
Inspiring creation and infinite expansion
With one rule does it come,
the only thing that must be done,
to love one another as He loves US.
A simple rule, no fuss!
I know you and you know me
My love for you is pure and free
Allow ourselves to be
All that ever was
And all that’s forever free
>If you’re not shown love as a child, how does this affect your capacity to love others?
If we are not shown love as a child, (I believe) it can be difficult to love others. Love is within us all, but if we had not been given love–it may be a challenge to bring forth our inherent loving nature. To be able to love others, we need to have been loved ourselves–by someone, at some point in our lives; but then again love is so powerful that it can still come through. We are “wired” to love. Many of the problems we are facing in the world today are due to a serious deficiency of love…

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Your attitude will control your life. Attitudes are the secret power working twenty-four hours a day for good or bad. Your attitude is 100% of everything you do. It guides you, and makes decisions for you and is a reflection of your belief system.
It is also an indicator about how you feel about yourself. It can knock you down so low that you believe it’s what you deserve and where you belong, or, on the other hand, the way you feel about yourself can build self-confidence and a positive body image propelling you to a higher level of self-esteem. The choice is always yours. But how can you change your attitude to one of high self-esteem and a good body image regardless of your current weight?
Allow your self-image to be one of self-love and self-importance without being arrogant. Unlock your potential and create healthy, winning attitudes. Be who you truly want to be. Your personal mission is a statement of who you will be and what you will do to make it your reality.
Eat well. When you nourish your body, you nourish your mind, and what you feel on the inside, you’ll show on the outside. Food with little or no nourishment will steal your energy and not allow you to be your best while nourishing food will always make you feel and act stronger and in control.
Exercise often. Exercise will make you powerful both mentally and physically. It will improve your endurance and allow you to feel confident to handle stress in your life in a constructive manner.
Listen to unsolicited comments from others. There is a wealth of information in these comments. Keep a log of unsolicited ones and every time you hear a new one, write it down. A picture will begin to form. It may be a picture you want to change or a picture you want to embrace and own. It may even be a picture of which you are not aware. You’ll find some people make comments from their own insecurities or jealousy. Consider the source of the comments before you give them your attention.
Wear special-occasion clothes every day, and you’ll feel special. When you make yourself feel special, you are special and you treat yourself so. It only matters what you think! You decide what goes in your body and on it. The unsolicited comments and compliments may give you a general picture, but you control the paintbrush in your picture. You can continue to create new images throughout each cycle of your life.
Learning the attitude of acceptance will free you. Change what you can, accept what you can’t, and always realize the difference between the two.
Look in the mirror and see what is really there and not what you perceive. You may need the help of others to discern your reality.
To read more go to: Attitude Check - Huffington Post

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My first great coaching experiment has failed. After being dissatisfied by my running coach for many weeks now, I finally officially “fired” him today (by telling him I’m taking a break from running, not renewing my monthly payment to him, and wishing him the best).
I initially hired a coach to get private attention and a personalized plan, and to learn from someone who actually knows about running and physiology rather than me just winging it as I’ve been doing all these years, especially since I had two marathons within 3 weeks of each other. I also needed a boost of motivation – knowing that I’d have to report whether or not I did my runs and my strength training made me stick to my weekly plan even when I’d rather laze about on the couch.
Initially it was motivating, in the sense that in the beginning of the summer, I stuck to my running plan better than I would have on my own. But any personalized help or advice seemed absent. I repeatedly would report injury problems to him and ask for his advice (with detailed but not overwhelmingly long emails), and I’d get a grammatically incorrect, curt response to “ice and stretch.” He never seemed to answer direct questions like, “Should I keep running even if my knee hurts?” or “Can I cause increasing damage if I keep running if my knee hurts?” or “How much pain is normal, and how much is too much pain to run?”
Beyond the neglect, he then messed up my training schedule and taper. I had emailed him my marathon and race schedule (more than once – although why someone would need the exact same info emailed to them more than once, especially when their job is to coach you, is beyond me) but he still got the dates wrong, and haphazardly changed my running schedule at the last minute to accomodate. I always noticed the training schedule looked pasted together, like he was pulling it from somewhere else or just changing a number here and there as the weeks went by.
The final straw came last week, when he sent me my training schedule that included the NYC marathon. I was never scheduled to run NYC. I could not have been more clear about that. In fact, the crucial time between MDI and West Virginia is one of the main reasons I hired him to begin with – what should I do in the three weeks between marathons? I didn’t bother responding to correct his mistake, because at that point I wasn’t following his training schedule anyway, and because I thought it would give him a chance to correct it himself. But then today he emailed me one line “how was the NYC marathon?” I told him I was never scheduled to run NYC, that I’m running West Virginia in 6 days, and have a nice life. Ok, I was much nicer than that, but I didn’t need to be.
I’m not going to let this experience sour me on all coaching – I think there are great coaches out there, and I hope to someday find one. But for now, I’m going back to self-coaching.
Do you have experience using a coach? Do you have a coach you’d recommend? Share in the comments!

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- Original title
Las hijas de Abril
- Running time
- 103 min.
Ana Valeria Becerril,
José Ángel García,
Drama | Family Relationships
- Synopsis / Plot
- Valeria is a young 17 year-old girl who is seven months pregnant. She doesn't want Abril, her absent mother, to know anything about her pregnancy. One day Abril decides to help her, and we soon realize why she didn't want her to know about it.
: Cannes Film Festival: Jury Prize - Un Certain Regard (Official Section)
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Abnormalities in CD4+ T lymphocyte
subsets in patients with common variable immunodeficiency.
In addition to stimulating B lymphocytes, Th2 cells suppress the cytotoxic T lymphocyte
response, decreasing the robustness of cell-mediated immunity.
Induction of cytotoxic T lymphocyte
development from murine thymocytes by IL-1 and IL-6.
When a T lymphocyte
is activated by a parasite, it commits itself and becomes specific to this parasite, which will thereafter be the only activator of this sensitized lymphocyte.
Key words: allergy, asthma, dust mites, eosinophil, feed restriction; IgE, immune response, inflammation, lung, T lymphocyte
, tumor necrosis factor-[Alpha].
ENV-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte
responses in HIV seronegative health care workers occupationally exposed to HIV-contaminated body fluids.
The Universite Louis Pasteur researchers tested the response of newborn mice to each type of T lymphocyte
and to both together.
Long-lived cytotoxic T lymphocyte
memory in mucosal tissues after mucosal but not systemic immunization.
Washington, January 4 ( ANI ): In a new study, researchers claim to have succeeded for the first time in creating cancer-specific, immune system cells called killer T lymphocytes
, from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells).
Also see Evans 2002 (3): "Our findings provide the first evidence that depression may alter the function of killer lymphocytes in HIV-infected women and suggest that depression may decrease natural killer cell activity and lead to an increase in activated CD8 T lymphocytes
and viral load" (quote from the abstract).
There are, for example, reports demonstrating the feasibility of assessing CD38 expression levels on CD8 + T lymphocytes
through quantitative cytometric analyses (3-5).
The concentration of CD4 T lymphocytes
, the infection-fighting white cells that decline dramatically during the course of AIDS, went from an initial average of 140 cells per cubic millimeter of blood on a slide to a healthier value of 360 cells per cubic millimeter.

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My research is centered around environmental outcomes and sustainable transportation with an emphasis on the policy implications of individual decision-making and social processes. As a postdoctoral researcher I study emerging on-demand and shared transportation services. These Innovative new services have the potential to significantly alter transportation accessibility and travel patterns; and may reduce or induce greenhouse gas emissions. My doctoral research investigates the role of social networks and social influence in travel behavior. Social networks may be incorporated into programs aimed at increasing the use of sustainable transportation modes through processes such as information sharing, and the establishment of social norms. See the Social Networks and Travel Behavior project page for more details.
My work deals with environmental governance in the Andean region and applies a variety of methods to study policy change in areas such as mining, and water management. I am particularly interested in how social actors organize to seek for policy change and how change affects civil society organizations. My current research at UC Davis applies methods from social network analysis to study changes in water partnerships associated with new regulations of water manegement in Ecuador.
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy of the University of California, Davis. I lead the social media analysis portion of the Knowledge Networks Project under supervision of Professor Mark Lubell.
My research is motivated by the conflicting ecosystems of network and broadcast media and by the elapsed effects of online and onsite networks. I am trained in qualitative and quantitative methods and my work relies on R for statistical computing and visualization.
I am a post-doctoral fellow here at the Center for Environmental Policy and Behaviour. Our project which seeks to elucidate how social networks influence the diffusion and innovation of local-level hydraulic fracturing policy.
I’m a (recently graduated) PhD student in the Hydrologic Sciences Graduate Group, and I study water governance from a complex social-ecological systems perspective. My dissertation is being carried out in partnership with the Global Water Initiative in Central America, and focuses on two core governance challenges practitioners are facing: (1) managing conflicts among water-users and other stakeholders, and (2) improving coordination among governance actors working at multiple interacting geographic and institutional scales.
I'm a PhD candidate in the Ecology Graduate Group and an NSF IGERT Trainee. I'm interested in the role of collaborative institutions in promoting adaptive capacity in complex social-ecological systems. My main research project uses approaches from network science to evaluate patterns of interactions among organizations and institutions engaged in climate change adaptation policy-making in the Lake Victoria region.
I am a PhD candidate in Ecology, interested in using social network analysis to understand cooperation and inform decision making about natural resource governance. I am currently studying how an internationl development intervention caused the inter-organizational stakeholder network involved in the spiny lobster fishery in Honduras to change over time.
I'm a PhD candidate in the Graduate Group in Ecology and broadly interested in biodiversity conservation and rural smallholders in the tropics. My current research examines how land resources and protected areas are utilized at local and national scales in Tanzania, including three areas of study. First, I'm evaluating the presence and extent of human migration around protected areas across Tanzania and the effects of community conservation projects on these movements. Second, I work with Sukuma agropastoralists in western Tanzania to model individual and household decision-making regarding mobility, land use, and conservation. Third, I collaborate with Savannas Forever Tanzania to examine the impacts of community managed conservation areas on household food security. My approaches include spatial analyses of demographic patterns and mechanisms as well as models and methods of decision making from human behavioral ecology.
Michael is a PhD Candidate in the Ecology Graduate Group. He does computational social science to understand how people think about and solve sustainability challenges. He has an MS in Biology from West Virginia University and a BS in Chemistry from Fort Lewis College.
Please visit my personal website: www.michaellevy.name.
Cory is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science. Her research agenda centers on the political mechanisms and institutions that result in development and positive environmental outcomes in rural areas of developing countries. She is also interested in how politics, such as parties, interest groups, and clientelism, affect public goods allocation and the creation, implementation, enforcement of environmental policies and agendas at the local government level. Cory has a Masters in International Policy Studies from the Monterey Institute of International Studies. She has worked in a variety of African and Latin American countries and recently completed work at the World Bank, which focused on the use of information and communication technologies in agricultural development.

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What is nuclear physics class 12?
Nuclear physics is the branch of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions. Examples of nuclear interactions or nuclear reactions include radioactive decay, nuclear fusion and fission.
What is the nucleus in physics short notes?
Nucleus as a whole is a positively-charged entity, but its constituents, that is, protons (positively charged) and neutrons are neutral(no charge). The overall charge on the nucleus is due to only protons. An atom consists of electrons, protons and neutrons.
What is the structure of an atom and nuclei notes Class 12?
Structure of an Atom: The atom consists of a central nucleus and extranuclear electrons. The nucleus is positively charged and contains protons and neutrons. Protons carry a positive charge, whereas neutrons are neutral.
What is binding energy class 12 physics notes?
By definition, the binding energy is equal to the input energy. When the pieces are separated, they are in rest; the total rest mass is increased as the energy put into them increases when compared to their glued together state as the nucleus. That mass increase is thus Δm = BE/c2.
Who is the father of nuclear physics?
Ernest Rutherford, a British physicist probed atoms with alpha particles. He was known as the “father of nuclear physics”. He was awarded the Nobel prize for his contribution to the structure of the atom in 1908.
Is nuclear physics hard?
The science behind nuclear energy is incredibly complex and requires expert knowledge and training to safely extract power from the nuclei of atoms, usually from nuclear physicists .
What is the main function of nucleus?
Nucleus Function It contains the cell’s hereditary information and controls the cell’s growth and reproduction. The nucleus has been clearly explained as a membrane-bound structure that comprises the genetic material of a cell.
What is a nucleus PDF?
It is. the “CONTROL CENTER” of the cell. It was First cell organelle to be discovered It is membrane bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Main functions are – to maintain the integrity of genes – to control the activities of the cell by regulating gene expression . Page 5.
What is the main definition of nucleus?
A nucleus, as related to genomics, is the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes. An array of holes, or pores, in the nuclear membrane allows for the selective passage of certain molecules (such as proteins and nucleic acids) into and out of the nucleus.
What is the mean life class 12?
Ans : Mean life: It is the sum of the life span of a specific number of nuclei and divided by the number of nuclei. Let dN be the number of nuclei disintegrate in the time interval dt. For example, the mean life of a 14C nucleus with T1/2 = 5730 a is 8267 years.
How is the nucleus structure?
Irrespective of the exact shape and size of the nucleus, the nuclear structure can be generally divided into two distinct compartments: (i) The nuclear envelope, consisting of the inner and outer nuclear membrane, the nuclear pores, and the nuclear lamina, and (ii) the nuclear interior, comprised of chromatin, the …
What is the structure of the nucleus called?
The main structures making up the nucleus are the nuclear envelope, a double membrane that encloses the entire organelle and isolates its contents from the cellular cytoplasm; and the nuclear matrix, a network within the nucleus that adds mechanical support.
Which chapter is nuclear physics class 12?
NCERT Solutions for Class 12 Physics Chapter 13 Nuclei.
What is nuclear physics with example?
Nuclear physics is the study of the protons and neutrons at the centre of an atom and the interactions that hold them together in a space just a few femtometres (10-15 metres) across. Example nuclear reactions include radioactive decay, fission, the break-up of a nucleus, and fusion, the merging of nuclei.
Why is it called nuclear physics?
At the center of each atom is a tiny core called a nucleus that is surrounded by a cloud of electrons—electrically charged particles that move in the outer regions of the atom. Nuclear physics is the study of the properties of nuclei and their relationship to the fundamental constituents and laws of nature.
What is nuclear chemistry in class 12?
Nuclear chemistry is the study of the physical and chemical properties of elements which are influenced by changes in the structure of the atomic nucleus.


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As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death / I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left—the soulful, shrewd lines of “Gangsta’s Paradise” have been blasting out of speakers since 1995. With Coolio’s thought-provoking lyrics and L.V’s gospel-tinged wail on the chorus, this track is impossible to shake.
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Released in August of 1995 in conjunction with the Michele Pfeiffer-helmed film, Dangerous Minds, “Gangsta’s Paradise” not only transcended its original soundtrack placement but reached far and wide beyond the perceived limitations of hip hop during the era. The single clinched the No. 1 spot on the pop charts in 16 countries and became the No. 1 song on Billboard for the entire year, making it the first rap song to ever hold that distinction.
Since then, “Gangsta’s Paradise” has remained an eminent force in music to the tune of 3 million copies sold in the U.S. alone. As Coolio’s death was announced Wednesday night (Sept. 28), we’re paying homage to the iconic rapper by going through the meaning behind “Gansta’s Paradise” below.
The chorus of “Gansta’s Paradise” was taken from a Stevie Wonder track, “Pastime Paradise.” Larry Sanders, who goes by the stage name L.V. (Large Variety), started playing around with Wonder’s melody and sent a demo to the rapper who would eventually go on to record the track for Dangerous Minds.
The film follows an idealistic teacher, Pfeiffer, and her students in a troubled inner-city high school. Coolio wrote the verses to go along with the plotline of the film and the lack of control the kids have in their lives.
Meaning Behind the Lyrics
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left
‘Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long, that
Even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
There are few opening lines that are as memorable as “Gangsta’s Paradise.” Even if you aren’t familiar with the rest of the song, you likely are able to chant along to the co-opted Psalm Coolio starts the track with.
In line with the movie, Coolio then begins to describe a prototypical life amidst the lure of street gangs in the first verse—striving for violence and getting nothing back in return with the threat of death always hanging around.
Elsewhere, he brings out the sense of pessimism which is part and parcel of growing up in such a situation. In the second verse, he doubts if he will even be alive a year from now. With an air of sarcasm, L.V. sums up the deluded “paradise” Coolio paints in the chorus.
Fool, death ain’t nothin’ but a heartbeat away
I’m livin’ life do or die, what can I say?
I’m 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things is goin’ I don’t know
Been spendin’ most their lives livin’ in the gangsta’s paradise
The music video for “Gansta’s Paradise” saw Pfeiffer reprise her role from Dangerous Minds. Initially, Coolio wasn’t pleased with director Antoine Fuqua’s treatment and instead said he wanted “some low-riders” and was “trying to take it ‘hood.'” Luckily he went with Fuqua’s idea and ultimately won a Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 1996 and an enduring video in the annals of rap history.
“Michelle was kind of nervous because I don’t think that, up to that point, she’d ever been around that many black people in her life [laughs],” Coolio once said in an interview. “You know, my boys were ‘hood! But we had a good time. She came out and did her thing, and she killed it; it took her two takes to do her parts, and she was outta there.
“When I got the first edit back, I was like, ‘Wow, this could be big!’ But let me tell you something—I had no idea that it was gonna take on the kind of life that it took. I totally was still thinking, in my mind, that it was gonna be a ‘hood song. I was thinking to myself, ‘Man, with what’s going on in the video and what I’m saying, there’s no way white people are gonna get into this song. No way.’ But I was wrong.”
Though he may not have agreed with it when “Weird Al” Yankovic first came up with the idea, “Amish Paradise,” likely only helped the longevity of Coolio’s track.
Trading in Compton for the “mean streets” of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, “Weird Al” raps about harvesting grain and shunning “fancy things like electricity.” Diametrically opposed to Coolio’s paradise, the rapper was not a fan of the light-hearted parody at all when it was first released.
“I didn’t care, because Weird Al was doing everybody’s song like that. Coolio didn’t like it, though,” L.V. once said.
Yankovic added, “There was a lot of he said/she said going on at the time, and to this very day I don’t know exactly how the lines of communication got crossed. And I’m still truly sorry that it upset Coolio so much at the time.”
Years later, Coolio warmed up to the song and squashed his beef with the parodist, “I have to say, that was probably one of the least smart things I’ve done over the years. I should have never been upset about that; I should have embraced it like everybody else did. Michael Jackson never got mad at him; Prince never got mad at him. Who the fuck was I to take the position that I took? It was actually years later before I realized how stupid that was of me. But hey, you live and you learn. Me and Al, we’ve been good for a long time now.”
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Charlene Lovering Ellerbe, 84, of Fleming Island, passed away March 17, 2019 at the Lifecare at Wells Crossing facility where she was recovering from Cancer surgery. Charlene was born on October 29, 1934, in Tampa, FL to her departed parents, Joseph and Isabel Lovering.
Charlene grew up in Tampa with her loving parents, her departed older brother, Joseph “Joeboy” Lovering and her departed younger sister, Betty Lovering Post.
Charlene graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and attended the University of Tampa. Charlene met the love of her life, Samuel Herbert Ellerbe and was married August 24, 1957. For 56 years Charlene and Herbie built a wonderful life together, raising a family, and raising the spirits of everyone who had the pleasure to meet them.
Charlene was a very active member of Orange Park United Methodist Church, where she was involved in numerous committees, prayer circles and other charitable groups throughout the community. Charlene served as the Matriarch of the non-profit organization known as herbiesheroes.org, which honored her late husband by presenting an annual scholarship to a deserving graduating senior from Orange Park High School. Charlene was loved and adored by her family and her multitude of friends in Christ. She will be remembered by all whom had the fortune of meeting her and know her as a shining light for Christ and family.
Charlene is survived by her two sons, Blaine (Jo Ann) Ellerbe of Jacksonville, FL, and Mark (Yvette) Ellerbe of Houston, TX; grandchildren, Michael, Justin, Joshua, Jared, and great grand-daughter, Harper Ellerbe.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 29, 2019 at 12:00 noon at Orange Park United Methodist Church, 2051 Park Ave, Orange Park, FL 32073. A viewing will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., also at Orange Park United Methodist Church. The services will be followed by a reception.
Services are entrusted to Aaron and Burney Bivens Funeral Home.


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At the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020, many graduating high school students decided to hold off enrolling in college. A new report indicates many of them still haven’t done so.
While the rate of students enrolling in college immediately after graduating high school is increasing, that’s not the case for the Class of 2020, whose college-going plans were significantly thwarted by the pandemic, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Only 0.7% of high school graduates who didn’t go immediately to college in fall 2020 had their first fall enrollment in 2021, and even fewer (0.2%) in fall 2022.
“The 2020 graduates who did not go to college immediately during the first pandemic fall, for the most part, still remained unenrolled two years later,” the center says in its annual report on high school graduates’ postsecondary enrollment, persistence and completion outcomes.
While many of those students haven’t enrolled, those who did enroll in the following two years tended to favor community colleges more than other higher education institutions. In 2020, graduating seniors who immediately went to college enrolled largely at public four-year institutions (47.7%), the report says. But students who delayed enrollment mostly attended community college — 58.5% and 63.5% of those enrolling in fall 2021 and fall 2022, respectively (see below).

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I'm Chris Larsen, a software developer with a focus on web and IoT technologies.
My main stack for web development is Ruby on Rails, with VueJS on the front end. My IoT projects are mostly done with Crystal or C. The hardware for my IoT projects is usually Raspberry Pi, but I also work with other platforms.
On this site, you'll find information about current projects that I'm working on, and some of my professional work.
My Open Source Projects
Here's the open source projects that I've created:
A Crystal shard for scheduling tasks.
An encrypted credentials management system for Crystal, based on Rails/secrets
An extension for the popular Devise authentication library that prevents users from using a known common password.
A Crystal language wrapper for the Open Weather Map API.
Open Source Contributions
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The Crystal Programming language. A compiled, statically typed, object-oriented language. I've contributed to the language reference and API documentation.
Most of my work so far has been internal tools used by non-profits. As such, I can't link to it publicly. However, here's a publicly facing website that I created for an entertainment company that used to operate in Toronto.
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When Verizon won an auction to use the 700MHz band of the spectrum to deliver mobile broadband, it promised to adhere to a set of openness rules that included allowing customers to use applications and devices of their choosing. But Verizon is now blocking "tethering" apps that allow us to use our cell phones as a modem for our computers.
Wendy Davis at MediaPost offered more context:
Whether it's legal for a wireless carrier to cripple tethering services is unclear. Verizon agreed to follow open Internet principles as a condition of acquiring the spectrum that it uses for 4G wireless phones. One interpretation of that condition is that the company shouldn't attempt to restrict tethering on its 4G network -- though apparently it's still free to do so on the 3G network.
But aside from neutrality issues, Verizon's move clearly seems hard to justify from a pricing standpoint. Given that the company is already going to charge new users based on the amount of data they consume, there's no reason for it to also impose a surcharge for tethering.
Free Press will file a complaint today with the Federal Communications Commission against Verizon for violating the rules that govern the licenses for its LTE network. Licensees of the C Block of the upper 700 MHz block, over which Verizon runs its LTE network, may not “deny, limit, or restrict” the ability of their customers to use the applications or devices of the customers’ choosing.
Recent reports reveal that Verizon has been doing just that by asking Google to disable tethering applications in the Android Market. Tethering applications, which allow users to make their phones into mobile hot-spots, implicate the customers' ability to use both the applications and devices of their choice. Free Press argues that by preventing customers from downloading tethering applications from the Android Market, Verizon is restricting not only the applications available to them, but also limits use of tethered devices such as laptop...

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Last Friday night, hundreds of eager, friendly faces crowded into Orange County’s Yost Theater for a musical treat. For the first time almost a year, down tempo house sensation Late Night Alumni was slotted for a headlining set with support from local talent DJ Firefly and A Baum. In the last decade, Late Night Alumni have championed their own unique style of downtempo, ambient electronic music that incorporates equal parts electronic production and organic instrumentation. Originally a quartet with Ryan Raddon of Kaskade fame, Late Night Alumni currently tours as a duo – angelic vocalist Becky Jean Williams with John Hancock, a prolific producer, with Finn Bjarnson occasionally making it a trio.
DJ Firefly kick-started the evening with a proper punch and pizazz. A California transplant originally from Michigan, Firefly lit up the night with an eclectic mix of deep, tech and progressive house you couldn’t help but bounce around to. From 10pm to close, the mood was set at a magnificent high as the vibrations from the speakers matched the energy on the dance floor.
Up next, DJ ABaum took the decks, ebbing and flowing through bass heavy EDM bangers – leaving the crowd wistfully wondering how the night would segue into Late Night Alumni.
As Becky Jean Williams‘ ethereal vocals dazzled the audience, I found myself equally entranced by John Hancock’s expert skill with the multitudes of instruments on stage, including an electric piano, violin and a Thermin. After seeing Oliver Huntemann live on a ReacTable a few years back in Los Angeles, I’ve been prepared for almost any instrument to be brought out on stage, but the Thermin was novel – and I was impressed.
Live performances are the blue moons of EDM shows, with a set magnificently strung together with purpose, pride and passion. Throughout the night, Late Night Alumni found a way through their entire anthology of hits, mixing newer tunes from their 5th and latest studio album, Eclipse – released on Kaskade’s Arkade imprint, and of course some oldies but goodies like Empty Streets and 4AM.
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Fantastic days painting and a great effort by all involved. Everyone found it invaluable to have this practise session at the mural site to experiment with paint application and colours etc. The boys created some great spray painted pieces and Maddy really got stuck in and neglected the brush, preferring to apply the paint with her hands instead. It was really useful to see which paints and techniques worked and which weren't as successful.
Also had varying degrees of helpful feedback from the public who walked past, most of whom were really enthusiastic. It was a great boost to hear from those who liked what we were doing even in these early stages of practise painting.

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By Tapan Kumar Mondal
Tea is a vital non-alcoholic beverage plant of the realm. Cultivation of tea is essential because it earns profit for the tea starting to be countries in particular the constructing nations similar to India. even if traditional breeding is well-established and has contributed considerably for varietal development of this plant and different Camellia species with decorative worth, but purposes of biotechnology are required to interfere the various concerns the place traditional breeding is particular relatively for woody crops equivalent to tea. it's note-worthy to say that a few quantities of biotechnology works in different points of tea and its wild species have additionally been performed. within the current ebook, a cutting-edge on quite a few points of breeding and biotechnology has been complied in 8 chapters. they're: i) starting place and outlines of overall healthiness advantages in addition to morphological category as first bankruptcy, ii) Breeding and cytogenetics that include with numerous traditional ways of varietal development of tea in addition to their genetic assets, iii) Micropropagation which offers with in-depth learn of clonal propagation, iv) Somatic embryogenesis in addition to replacement options comparable to suspension tradition, cry-preservation and so on. v) Molecular breeding that bargains with program of varied DNA-based markers, linkage map etc., vi) Genetic transformation and linked elements, vii) rigidity body structure complied with numerous works performed in tea in addition to its wild relations on abiotic in addition to biotic pressure, and viii) practical genomics that describe a number of the works of molecular cloning and characterizations, differential gene expression, high-throughput sequencing, bioinformatics and so forth. Importantly, the writer has made specific tables in many of the chapters that come with the precis of the works particularly subject. In a nutshell, the booklet compiles the paintings already been performed, identifies the issues, analyzes the gaps on breeding and biotechnological works of tea in addition to its wild species and discusses the long run scope as end. each attempt has been made to incorporate all of the released works until eventually June 2013. The ebook can be an invaluable source for post-graduate, doctoral besides post-doctoral scholars engaged on tea in addition to different woody crops. this can even be necessary for the scientists operating within the parts of lifestyles sciences, genomics, biotechnology and molecular biology.
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For the first time, astronomers have combined the observational power of a ground-based survey with a space telescope to measure the distance to a stellar-mass object that was detected through a chance microlensing event.
Microlenses occur when a massive object, such as a dim star, brown dwarf (a failed star), planet or even a black hole - known collectively as "dark objects" - drifts in front of distant starlight. As predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity, when a free-floating (and otherwise hidden) planet drifts through our galaxy, its gravitational field will slightly warp spacetime.
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From Earth's vantage point, should the planet drift directly in front of a distant star, the starlight may bend around the planet, creating a lensing effect. Like a magnifying glass passing in front of a light bulb, the gravitational lens will brighten the starlight for a short time.
With all the billions of stars in our galaxy and the unknown millions or even billions of free-floating planets, brown dwarfs and dim stars, it is impossible to predict when or where these random events will occur - unless, of course, we have prior knowledge of a celestial object that may position itself between us and a star.
Because the detection of microlensing events is down to luck, astronomers have devised several ground-based survey networks that use wide-angle telescopes to continuously monitor large swathes of sky. When a microlensing event is detected, an automated notification system alerts the astronomical community so as much data as possible can be collected.
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This is awesome, but there's one thing that's lacking in microlens event analysis - there is little information about the distance from Earth to the lens, so huge uncertainties as to the object's location in the galaxy often remain.
But now, by combining the fast response of a ground-based microlens survey and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have come up with a novel technique for adding some precision to measuring the distance to dark lenses.
In a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, astronomer Jennifer Yee of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Mass., led a study into the detection and first ever distance measurement of a microlensing event called "OGLE-2014-BLG-0939."
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As the UK government is preparing to unveil the changes in the Gambling Act of 2005, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) continues to take regulatory actions to govern the gambling industry in the country. Following a series of inquiries on ‘win a house’ and ‘win a cash’ competitions, the authority issued an official notice on the types of regulations that fall under the Commission’s remit.
After it promised to take the needed actions to ensure the safety of consumers, the UKGC took regulatory actions against Genesis Global Limited. While the UKGC was reviewing the operations of the company, it was temporarily restricted from operating in the UK. Last week, the regulator issued a warning and imposed a fine on Genesis Global Limited due to social responsibility and money laundering failures.
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The UKGC decided to respond to a series of questions regarding ‘win a house’ and ‘win a cash prize’ competitions. While organizers of such competitions wish to conduct their operations as prize competitions or free draws, the regulatory body clarified the powers it can exercise. The Gambling Act 2005 simply provides legal definitions of lotteries, free draws, and prize competitions. That said, the same piece of legislation does not regulate free draws of prize competitions but rather provides the conditions under which such activities differentiate from lotteries.
Since the UKGC is not responsible for governing such competitions, the same rules that apply to lotteries and lottery organisers do not apply to companies that conduct prize competitions or free draws. This means that the UKGC cannot offer the same level of protection for such events and those participating in them.
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After the UKGC ensured that it will take all measures required to regulate the gambling business in the UK and protect customers, it issued a fine of £3.8 million to Genesis Global Limited. The company operates a total of 14 domains, including casinocruise.com, casinoplanet.com, and genesiscasino.com.
Following an investigation of the UKGC, the operator had its operations in the UK temporarily put on hold. In October 2020, the restrictions were lifted after Genesis proved that it has been working on offering better compliance with the guidelines of its license. Despite that, the UKGC continued to investigate the company’s operations and issued a fine following the results of the investigation. In addition to the financial penalty, Genesis received a licence condition that will require additional review.
Helen Venn, Executive Director of the UKGC, noted that this case should serve as an example for other gambling operators in the UK. She added that the Commission will make sure to properly regulate gambling businesses and will provide a safer environment for consumers.
The actions taken to regulate Genesis followed findings of social responsibility and money laundering failures. As far as social responsibility failings go, the UKGC discovered that the company failed to provide the proper interactions and restrictions on several customers who spend huge amounts in short periods of time.
Another case included a customer losing £197,000 over six months without going through a proper affordability check or being offered a relevant responsibility gambling interactions. The same day that the said customer asked to close her account due to personal reasons, she was allowed to open a new account and deposit £200 with another brand of the operator.
Money laundering failings include the company requiring a customer to provide proof of source of funds only after he had lost £209,000. Then the operator failed to properly assess the customer’s income or verify the information provided by the customer.
Another Genesis customer was able to spend more than £1,300,000 and suffer losses of £600,000 before being asked to provide a source of funds. After going through the process, it was established that the customer could not afford to spend that much. Another case of insufficient checks of a source of funds was also a part of Genesis’ money laundering failings. The said customer lost £107,000 over six months and was not asked to provide enough information to confirm their income.


Danga Bay Marina in Johor Bahru on the south coast of Malaysia, has purchased a Versi-Dredge 7012 HP dredger from IMS Dredge for use in the marina and surrounding estuary waters.
In a 2012 dredging project at Gloucester Docks and the nearby canal, almost 9,000 cubic metres of silt were removed from the mentioned area.
The dredger, with the aid of GPS guided software, is working through a grid pattern that will result in a full 12-foot deep entrance to the Cobourg harbour.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Los Angeles District, used an IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge® in a beneficial reuse project at Marina Del Rey, California, the largest man-made marina in the United States.
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Posted by: Chris Vannini on Thursday September 15, 2016
- Mark Stoops is jumping into the Kentucky defensive room more in hopes of turning things around.
He’s on his third offensive coordinator in as many years, but the defense has struggled, too. The Wildcats have allowed 44.5 points per game in two games against Southern Miss and Florida. They’ve yet to allow fewer than 27 ppg in a season under Stoops. Since a taking a 35-10 lead on USM, Kentucky has been outscored 79-7.
“The biggest surprise is how we can play like we did in the first half of game one and then since then, disappear. That is surprising. Did not see that coming,” Stoops said. “The way we started the game, everybody — as you talk about it for so long, you work during camp and you have your home opener, game one and you go out and really play very good football on all sides for a half, and then it turns on you. That’s surprising. I thought we would handle adversity better than we have. We’re a work in progress there and we’re constantly talking about it and it’s never going to change until we show that we can do it and we perform the way we can.”
- Alabama hasn’t beaten Ole Miss since Lane Kiffin arrived in Tuscaloosa. Has Ole Miss defensive line coach Chris Kiffin been the difference? Hugh Freeze downplayed it, but recognized the relationship of brothers helps.
“I doubt very seriously if they even communicate this week until we get there. In the offseason, I doubt they’re sharing a lot of things. I really don’t know,” Freeze said on the SEC coaches teleconference. "I don’t think they’re doing a lot of communicating.
“He’s obviously been around him a lot and we know what kind of offense Lane runs, he looks for mismatches, the motions, the shifts, the splits and all the things he does. Chris has a good knowledge of that, which is helpful.”
- One of Nick Saban’s biggest keys against Ole Miss? Preventing the big plays.
That included Ole Miss touchdowns of 66 and 73 yards last year
“The big thing that is very apparent to me in the last couple years is we’ve given up big plays that have made a big difference in the game,” he said. “Last year, we had three that were really, really big plays. (In 2014), in the second half, we had a couple that got them back in the game and turned the momentum of the game around. If there’s anything I see from the past, their ability to make big plays against us has had a huge impact on the outcome.”
- How many defensive backs does Texas defensive coordinator Vance Bedford plan to play against Cal?
“If they make the trip, they're all going to have to play,” he said. “I read an article about Texas Tech and Arizona State, they said their defensive backs ran a total of four miles in that game. The score was 68-55, I believe. You play these type of offenses, if you think you're going to go out there and play one set of defensive backs, you're in trouble, because in the fourth quarter they will have no legs to keep up with these guys.”
- The ACC is moving the football title game out of North Carolina due to the state’s bathroom law. Orlando is reportedly a possible favorite to get the game. As it relates to football, Swinney doesn’t care where it is.
“We just want to be in it. Wherever it’s at, hopefully we can be there,” he said. “Have it here at Clemson, we’ll be glad to host it. … I’m sure they’ll get a plan. For all the teams, you just want to be in the game. The other stuff, we don’t have control.”
- But in order for Clemson to get there, what’s wrong with the Tiger offense? Swinney says it’s simple.
“Yeah, we can't catch the ball. I mean, it's really that simple,” he said. “Looking for some kind of conspiracy theory or something. The bottom line is we're not catching the ball. We had eight drops Saturday for 172 yards. We didn't have eight drops until the fifth game of the year last year. Went back and looked at it. We had four drops in the Notre Dame game in a hurricane. We didn't have eight drops total until the fifth game of the year, but yet we had eight in one game. That doesn't count the four drops that we had in the Auburn game.
“We've had 12 drops in two games. That's a problem, because we've dropped touchdowns, we've dropped easy plays. We've done a lot of good, too. You can't ever really seem to get in a rhythm.”
The Tigers are No. 102 nationally in yards per play, they’re converting just 37.8 percent of third downs and have three touchdowns in eight red zone trips.
“I know everybody wants to look for some underlying theme. But I don't know how else to say it. I coached wideouts my whole life. I'm tough on those guys. I'm sorry, that affects everything involved. It affects the defense. It affects field position. It affected third down. It affects the psyche, energy, the quarterback, the left guard. It's as simple as that.”
- Arkansas has used more three-man fronts this season, in addition to their normal 4-man fronts, and Bret Bielema says it’s about adapting to the personnel.
Both Bielema and defensive coordinator Robb Smith both have three-man backgrounds in the past, but Bielema hasn’t used it for a while.
“Defensively, you want to get your best players on the field, and that’s when that odd front started to develop for us,” he said. “Really, figure out what they do best, and anything we can do to confuse the offensive play-caller is a positive thing.”
- UNLV has released a flythrough of their big football building plans. Take a look.


Two Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets and an EA-18G Growler landed at Pirkkala Air Base near Tampere, Finland on 18 February. The multirole fighters to begin flight trials as part of the country’s HX Challenge. The flight trials are a formal part of the procurement process and will demonstrate the capabilities of Boeing’s offering in the Finnish operating environment. The strong Boeing-Finland partnership started nearly 30 years ago when the first F/A-18s entered service with the Finnish Air Force. Boeing current offering â€“ a mix of Super Hornet Block IIIs and Growlers â€“ is the right choice for the Finnish Air Force and Finnish industry and will support a mutually beneficial partnership for decades to come.
In response to the HX Competition, Boeing is offering a combination of its F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets and EA-18G Growler platforms. The Block III configuration adds capability upgrades and includes a technology insertion plan that will keep it ahead of the future threat for the U.S. Navy and other air forces for decades to come. The aircraft is designed to accomplish its mission in the harshest of environments, and is capable of short takeoffs and landings making it a great fit for Finland’s remote operation requirements. It has low, documented lifecycle costs and is able to leverage up to 60% of existing infrastructure and support equipment currently in place for the F/A-18 Hornets.
The EA-18G Growler is based on the Super Hornet platform and shares over 90% of common components and systems. No aircraft goes into a sophisticated dense threat environment without Growler providing electronic attack protection. Boeing is also offering a robust sustainment and training program built on the existing capabilities and more than 20 years of services support for Finland’s F/A-18 Hornet to easily transition existing pilots and maintainers to the Super Hornet and Growler. The sustainment program can support isolated and roadside operations, and puts repairs in-country when possible.
Evaluation of the Super Hornet and Growler will conclude Feb. 26. In February 2019, the Department of Defense approved an offer for Boeing and the Navy to provide the EA-18G Growler fighter plane to Finland, in response to a 2018 request for bids to replace its F/A-18 C/D Hornet fleet. Finland is also considering Dassault’s Rafale, the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin’s F-35A and Saab’s Gripen E as its future fighter aircraft as part of the HX program.


The severe decline in sea ice around Antarctica has been making headlines for months. In February 2023, the peak of the summer thaw, sea ice was lower than ever across Antarctica. But even when it became colder again, the ice surface did not return to normal. On the contrary, the anomaly has now reached such proportions that statistically it only occurs once every million years under normal conditions.
But conditions in Antarctica are no longer normal. That’s the conclusion reached by Australian Antarctic researchers Ariane Buric and Edward W. Doddridge in a recent publication. Scientists also write in the specialized journal “Nature, Earth and Environment Communications”.The reduced sea ice cover indicates that Antarctica has transitioned to a fundamentally new state.
Antarctic sea ice has behaved unpredictably for a long time. Until about 2016, its area had actually increased somewhat, contrary to the warming trend – and climate model predictions. However, since then, ice surfaces have shown a radical downward trend. There are currently no satisfactory explanations for the increasing trend until 2016 or the significant decline since then.
Burish and Doddridge support one of the existing hypotheses in their work. Accordingly, the previously identified atmospheric influences become less important; Instead, warm ocean waters now determine the southern direction of sea ice. The amount of surface area covered by Antarctic sea ice each year has always fluctuated greatly and has so far depended mainly on the state of the atmosphere and the strength of the winds around Antarctica. Stronger westerly winds and higher pressure differences in mid-latitudes caused sea ice to expand. Weaker westerly winds, strong oscillations of the westerly wind belt to the north and south, and strong low pressure areas bringing warm air from the north caused the ice to retreat.
This no longer applies now. Last year and this year, the westerly winds around Antarctica were very strong. However, both years had record lows. A new factor identified by the two experts in their study may be responsible for this: unusually warm seawater at depths of about 100 metres. This trend toward warmer subsurface waters began around 2015, Burish and Doddridge said – A year before Antarctica’s sea ice began to decline significantly. This layer of water had previously been unusually cold for ten years, and sea ice had reached unusually large proportions.
Warmer sea water, in turn, is likely a direct result of global warming. Most of the additional heat from greenhouse gases has ended up in the oceans, and the consequences are slowly beginning to appear. Globally, sea surface temperatures are much higher than normal, and a recent study shows that ocean heatwaves, previously felt primarily at the surface, are more intense at great depths. The new state of Antarctic sea ice that the study posits is one in which climate change has become the determining factor in sea ice expansion. If this is true, this year’s sea ice minimum will not be the lowest point, but just the beginning.
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A formerly run-down Victorian terrace house has been renewed with design elements that evoke the spirit of Surry Hills.
Challenges were those typical of most terraces: narrow width, poor natural light, dampness and thermal issues. The architect sought not only to address these issues but to create a space that celebrates inner-city living.
Inspired by the Surry Hills café scene, the architect decided to place the kitchen at the end of the house, on the threshold of indoor and outdoor environments.
“The connection to an outdoor space, the light and warmth that it brings, is so crucial in these small inner-city terrace houses,” says architect Michael Cumming.
“The kitchen becomes a link to outdoor and indoor dining areas – it’s a more social response.”
Statement yellow adjustable awnings add to the café vibe. Usually for sun protection, in this case the awnings are used for privacy, angled to protect overlooking by apartment buildings to the rear.
The kitchen and dining room are linked in one continuous built in joinery, accentuated by an overhead feature lighting track.
There is a small courtyard midway in the depth of the plan, allowing natural light to permeate deep into the house.
“Natural light is introduced on two sides, and from above, it creates a sense of space larger than its physical dimensions,” says Cumming.
The heritage of the home has been respected by restoring the facade and front rooms true to the Victorian style. Fire places, Victorian skirtings and cornices, high ceilings and windows and doors have been kept true to the home’s heritage.
Beyond the front rooms, the structure was demolished and replaced with the contemporary addition.
Upstairs, three bedrooms and two bathrooms are linked by a stacked staircase, open in design to allow as much natural light into the home as possible.

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