Take, for example, the story of the monarch butterfly. This is a beautiful orange and black insect whose wings fold into gently curved triangles when they alight. Native to the Americas, monarchs travel on an annual migration through Canada, the United States and Mexico, pausing along the way to gather in enormous flocks of tens of thousands of butterflies. They gather in such incredible numbers that trees appear to be draped in orange-and-black leaves,SRRL50F Main Specification manufacturers and exporters which upon closer examination resolve themselves into fluttering wings. This season, however, the great monarch migration to Mexico has become a shadow of its former self. Hundreds of thousands of butterflies used to descend on the cool mountains of central Mexico, but last year only 60,000 came.
This year only 3000 arrived, a week late. Environmental scientists are warning that the insects may be headed rapidly for extinction. What happened?Think of the monarch butterflies' population as the output of a machine process that has gone wrong. To understand that process, scientists have had to observe the butterflies and their environments for decades. It was only in the 1970s when Canadian entomologists Fred and Nora Urquhart discovered something incredible about these butterflies. Their migration spans 3 to 4 generations, with each new generation completing only part of the circuit between Canada and Mexico.
The butterflies who begin this incredible cross-continental migration in Canada will never make it back – only their great-grandchildren will.Along the migration route,buy Wheel loader SRRL50F-III from China each generation settles in a preferred egg-laying area full of milkweed, which is the only kind of plant their larvae can eat. In a sense, these animals are living out the scenario that so many science fiction writers have imagined in stories of generation ships. Each cohort goes on a journey from which they will never return home. But their offspring will eventually complete this dramatic quest.What anchors this epic flight is the environment. Specifically, the butterflies require milkweed, without which they cannot return to their ancestral homes because they can't reproduce.
2013年11月30日星期六
2013年11月26日星期二
Princess paraphernalia is even being carried
Disney is smart. In 2001, when they realized the gold mine or should I say, the royal treasury? inherent in their princesses, they started marketing the whole tribe, from the original Snow White on down. The result? Whereas the Disney Consumer Products division brought in $300 million in 2001, by 2012, that number had ballooned to $3 billion.Disney is known for saturating the market with princess items, and consequently, the Disney princess is ubiquitous. We're not just talking about dolls. I have a house full of Disney princesses. There are princesses stamped on everything: bed sheets, pillowcases, towels, underwear, socks, backpacks, Band-Aids, and crayons. There are princess costumes to wear, princess appliques waiting to be applied, and princess coloring books to fill in.
Princess paraphernalia is even being carried in places like Home Depot HD +0.72% … not traditionally a store that caters to little girls!As a marketing professional, I have to applaud the Disney princess marketing machine. Kudos: your product is everywhere, front and center in our line of sight. But as a mother, I do have some concerns … and they tie in directly to each of the points above:Snow White was young and helpless. Cinderella allowed herself to be victimized by a cruel stepfamily. Sleeping Beauty was essentially a non-entity in her own movie. All had to be rescued by handsome princes. Ariel, however, is the one I dislike the most. As Peggy Orenstein grumbles so aptly in "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," Ariel "gives up her voice to get a guy."
Not just her voice, I would add. It was her family, her identity, and her entire way of life, too.On the other hand, Tiana is a hard-working girl saving up toward her dream of opening a restaurant. Rapunzel is resourceful and adventurous. And with Merida, we finally get a princess story that doesn't revolve around love and marriage.Thank you, Disney, for giving us princesses who have evolved with the times. But I wish you wouldn't throw them all in a pot and dish them out as princess-stew. I wish you would market only the ones who are role model-worthy and leave the rest behind.
Princess paraphernalia is even being carried in places like Home Depot HD +0.72% … not traditionally a store that caters to little girls!As a marketing professional, I have to applaud the Disney princess marketing machine. Kudos: your product is everywhere, front and center in our line of sight. But as a mother, I do have some concerns … and they tie in directly to each of the points above:Snow White was young and helpless. Cinderella allowed herself to be victimized by a cruel stepfamily. Sleeping Beauty was essentially a non-entity in her own movie. All had to be rescued by handsome princes. Ariel, however, is the one I dislike the most. As Peggy Orenstein grumbles so aptly in "Cinderella Ate My Daughter," Ariel "gives up her voice to get a guy."
Not just her voice, I would add. It was her family, her identity, and her entire way of life, too.On the other hand, Tiana is a hard-working girl saving up toward her dream of opening a restaurant. Rapunzel is resourceful and adventurous. And with Merida, we finally get a princess story that doesn't revolve around love and marriage.Thank you, Disney, for giving us princesses who have evolved with the times. But I wish you wouldn't throw them all in a pot and dish them out as princess-stew. I wish you would market only the ones who are role model-worthy and leave the rest behind.
2013年11月22日星期五
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In addition to the thousands of "compliance breaches" that resulted in the tracking of suspects in violation of FISA court rulings, The Wall Street Journal reported in August that several NSA officers had used the surveillance apparatus to spy on love interests.Other misuses are more troubling. An August 5th report from Reuters alleged that a secretive Drug Enforcement Administration unit has been using NSA data to launch criminal investigations of US citizens for drug crimes, and that the DEA covered up its relationship with the NSA by training federal agents to retroactively recreate the investigative trail.There is currently no clear path to reform. All three branches of US government have, in some measure, enabled,buy Wheel loader :SRRL16F from China allowed, or justified the existence and continued use of unprecedented NSA programs that collect data on American citizens.
President Obama, who is the NSA's top brass as commander-in-chief of the US military, has shown no genuine interest in reforming the agency. In addition to broadly defending the bulk surveillance programs before the public, his NSA review panel — created in response to leaks from Edward Snowden —buy Wheel loader SRRL16F-II from China is filled with insiders who are unlikely to provoke change.Congress, which is responsible for oversight of the intelligence community, is currently divided on the issue of mass surveillance. It has arguably failed to fully meet its oversight role, neglecting to collect adequate information from the NSA about its activities, and opting not to hold intelligence officials accountable for blatantly lying to Congress and the public.
For instance Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Keith Alexander each, in separate Congressional hearings, testified that the NSA was not collecting data on US persons. In fact, is has been collecting data on billions of phone records and other information belonging to US citizens.Ironically, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Congressional body charged with overseeing the NSA and other intelligence groups, was established precisely to prevent domestic surveillance abuses.
President Obama, who is the NSA's top brass as commander-in-chief of the US military, has shown no genuine interest in reforming the agency. In addition to broadly defending the bulk surveillance programs before the public, his NSA review panel — created in response to leaks from Edward Snowden —buy Wheel loader SRRL16F-II from China is filled with insiders who are unlikely to provoke change.Congress, which is responsible for oversight of the intelligence community, is currently divided on the issue of mass surveillance. It has arguably failed to fully meet its oversight role, neglecting to collect adequate information from the NSA about its activities, and opting not to hold intelligence officials accountable for blatantly lying to Congress and the public.
For instance Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Keith Alexander each, in separate Congressional hearings, testified that the NSA was not collecting data on US persons. In fact, is has been collecting data on billions of phone records and other information belonging to US citizens.Ironically, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Congressional body charged with overseeing the NSA and other intelligence groups, was established precisely to prevent domestic surveillance abuses.
2013年11月20日星期三
Ozone machine responsible for six shark deaths at Ocean Park
In addition to the thousands of "compliance breaches" that resulted in the tracking of suspects in violation of FISA court rulings, The Wall Street Journal reported in August that several NSA officers had used the surveillance apparatus to spy on love interests.Other misuses are more troubling. An August 5th report from Reuters alleged that a secretive Drug Enforcement Administration unit has been using NSA data to launch criminal investigations of US citizens for drug crimes, and that the DEA covered up its relationship with the NSA by training federal agents to retroactively recreate the investigative trail.There is currently no clear path to reform. All three branches of US government have, in some measure, enabled, allowed, or justified the existence and continued use of unprecedented NSA programs that collect data on American citizens.
President Obama, who is the NSA's top brass as commander-in-chief of the US military, has shown no genuine interest in reforming the agency. In addition to broadly defending the bulk surveillance programs before the public, his NSA review panel — created in response to leaks from Edward Snowden — is filled with insiders who are unlikely to provoke change.Congress, which is responsible for oversight of the intelligence community, is currently divided on the issue of mass surveillance. It has arguably failed to fully meet its oversight role, neglecting to collect adequate information from the NSA about its activities, and opting not to hold intelligence officials accountable for blatantly lying to Congress and the public.
For instance Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Keith Alexander each, in separate Congressional hearings, testified that the NSA was not collecting data on US persons. In fact, is has been collecting data on billions of phone records and other information belonging to US citizens.Ironically, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Congressional body charged with overseeing the NSA and other intelligence groups, was established precisely to prevent domestic surveillance abuses.
President Obama, who is the NSA's top brass as commander-in-chief of the US military, has shown no genuine interest in reforming the agency. In addition to broadly defending the bulk surveillance programs before the public, his NSA review panel — created in response to leaks from Edward Snowden — is filled with insiders who are unlikely to provoke change.Congress, which is responsible for oversight of the intelligence community, is currently divided on the issue of mass surveillance. It has arguably failed to fully meet its oversight role, neglecting to collect adequate information from the NSA about its activities, and opting not to hold intelligence officials accountable for blatantly lying to Congress and the public.
For instance Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and NSA Director Keith Alexander each, in separate Congressional hearings, testified that the NSA was not collecting data on US persons. In fact, is has been collecting data on billions of phone records and other information belonging to US citizens.Ironically, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Congressional body charged with overseeing the NSA and other intelligence groups, was established precisely to prevent domestic surveillance abuses.
2013年11月14日星期四
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The intelligence community and some government officials argue that metadata isn't really content. But metadata can say a lot about a person, including who, when, and even where they talked to someone. That kind of information is particularly sensitive for people like journalists who have confidential informants, but it's also potentially quite damaging for the average person who may, for instance, have called an addiction hotline or sent a political donation over the phone.So how does the NSA collect this information? Broadly speaking, there are two approaches: "downstream" collection, which involves explicit, yet secret requests to technology companies for user data, and "upstream" collection, which is like a phone wiretap, pulling data directly from telecommunication cables.
The US government doesn't let companies give specifics about the amount of data they are forced to give up each year,buy Road Roller SRRR220 from China and upstream collection methods have remained closely guarded secrets. Still, thanks to this year's leaks, we know more than ever about how the NSA gets its hands on electronic data.One of the NSA's largest downstream efforts is the "Associational Tracking Program," a telephone surveillance dragnet which collects phone call metadata from companies including AT&T, MCI, Sprint, and Verizon. A 2006 report from USA Today suggested that the NSA's goal was to "create a database of every call ever made" within the United States.
In June, The Guardian published a secret court order which requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to hand the NSA information on all telephone calls made within the US and between the US and other countries: including the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of calls. Obviously, with such a comprehensive and indiscriminate dragnet, millions of phone records are routinely collected on citizens who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.The other notable downstream effort,buy Road Roller SRRR218 from China also revealed by The Guardian with help from Edward Snowden, is PRISM: a surveillance program that allows the government to store and search for content belonging to people who use services from Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and other companies.
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In June, The Guardian published a secret court order which requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to hand the NSA information on all telephone calls made within the US and between the US and other countries: including the numbers of both parties on a call, location data, call duration, unique identifiers, and the time and duration of calls. Obviously, with such a comprehensive and indiscriminate dragnet, millions of phone records are routinely collected on citizens who are not suspected of any wrongdoing.The other notable downstream effort,buy Road Roller SRRR218 from China also revealed by The Guardian with help from Edward Snowden, is PRISM: a surveillance program that allows the government to store and search for content belonging to people who use services from Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo, and other companies.
2013年11月12日星期二
It feels like someone has packed away the protective
One of nearly 200 self-catering properties restored by the Landmark Trust across the UK, Sackville House seems to perfectly embody Trust director Anna Keay's vision for the charity, of giving "new life to important historic buildings and pleasure and inspiration to those who visit them."The definition of 'historical buildings' is a wide-reaching one; everything from follies to towers and castles to temples can be booked by visitors, the funds from which then go towards further restorations. "There are almost 10,000 Grade I and II* buildings at risk in the UK, so we have our work cut out," adds Keay.Once over the threshold, we unwrap Sackville House like a present, pushing through doors and bounding from room to room. Fronting the pack was Belle, our two-year-old, who was captivated by this Tardis-like warren of bedrooms, bathrooms, winding staircases and interconnecting spaces.
It feels like someone has packed away the protective corded ropes and given us weekend access to a museum. Ground and first floors conquered, we clamber up to the enormous loft and look at the fragments of stained glass and accompanying sketches that are laid out on a workman's bench, a homage to Geoffrey Webb's artistry.Sackville House gazes out over a thoroughly modern scene. Traffic growls; a steady stream of afternoon drinkers head for the Rose and Crown opposite and curious shoppers occasionally peer in at us on their way to Broadleys, the upmarket clothes store two blocks down. At the property's rear, the time warp is reinstated.
The hum of 21st century life is all but lost to a garden that appears, like the house, to go on forever. It is a 630-foot-long finger of land that could be four or five individual plots bonded together. There are green lawns, a small apple orchard, even a wild nuttery…and it beggars belief that this centuries-old portland a piece of town land has evaded exploitation. When we finally reach the garden's end and nose through the fence, there is disappointment, for we're greeted by the pedestrian snapshot of a garage and large trampoline.So who chooses to stay at Sackville House? There are two log books compiled over 16 years that are stuffed to the gills with entries - including sketches, ditties and prints - that will tell you.
It feels like someone has packed away the protective corded ropes and given us weekend access to a museum. Ground and first floors conquered, we clamber up to the enormous loft and look at the fragments of stained glass and accompanying sketches that are laid out on a workman's bench, a homage to Geoffrey Webb's artistry.Sackville House gazes out over a thoroughly modern scene. Traffic growls; a steady stream of afternoon drinkers head for the Rose and Crown opposite and curious shoppers occasionally peer in at us on their way to Broadleys, the upmarket clothes store two blocks down. At the property's rear, the time warp is reinstated.
The hum of 21st century life is all but lost to a garden that appears, like the house, to go on forever. It is a 630-foot-long finger of land that could be four or five individual plots bonded together. There are green lawns, a small apple orchard, even a wild nuttery…and it beggars belief that this centuries-old portland a piece of town land has evaded exploitation. When we finally reach the garden's end and nose through the fence, there is disappointment, for we're greeted by the pedestrian snapshot of a garage and large trampoline.So who chooses to stay at Sackville House? There are two log books compiled over 16 years that are stuffed to the gills with entries - including sketches, ditties and prints - that will tell you.
2013年11月7日星期四
First Steam Machine prototype pictures released
It seems like the Machine is taking a number from its console competition, the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, with its VCR-esque body and black exterior.But then again, this is the first prototype and we're bound to see others before the 2014 launch, especially since the box is fully upgradable, allowing users to swap out any part they like, or build one from the ground up using the same components -Road Roller SRRR216 manufacturers and exporters just like a PC.We know 300 lucky beta testers will get their mitts on the mega console prototypes later this year, and Valve has said the Steam Machines will see a release in 2014, though specifics have been sparse.But it's likely we'll see many differently spec'd boxes at CES 2014 - considering the beta testers will receive a mix of machines with an assortment of parts ranging from an Nvidia Titan, GTX 780, GTX 760 or GTX 660 GPU and possibly an i3, i5-4770 or i7-4770 CPU.
The Seattle Times, which checked out Valve's Steam Machine, also tipped that a variety of Machines are probably due for a flashy Vegas unveiling.We'll also most likely see different "entertainment applications" for SteamOS alongside the Steam Controller all right before the developer-only Steam conference.Taschen scores another one for your art-book collection with Uta and Thilo von Debschitz's Fritz Kahn, a collection of the German-born doctor and artist's best works. Lang's illustrations, created around the time of the First World War, were aimed at helping his countrymen better understand the way biology worked by depicting the human body as a machine. Click through to preview a selection of images from the book.
The shots below were released as part of a Seattle Times article suggesting that a variety of Steam Machines and entertainment applications are likely to be unveiled in January at the Consumer Electronics Show.Steam Machines are due for commercial release next year and will come in different forms with different specs. While some will be constructed with high-end components to offer top end performance,Road Roller SRRR214 manufacturers and exporters others will prioritise low cost or a small form factor.Prototype Steam Machines being sent to users for beta testing have been confirmed as "high-end, high-performance" boxes built using off the shelf PC parts.
The Seattle Times, which checked out Valve's Steam Machine, also tipped that a variety of Machines are probably due for a flashy Vegas unveiling.We'll also most likely see different "entertainment applications" for SteamOS alongside the Steam Controller all right before the developer-only Steam conference.Taschen scores another one for your art-book collection with Uta and Thilo von Debschitz's Fritz Kahn, a collection of the German-born doctor and artist's best works. Lang's illustrations, created around the time of the First World War, were aimed at helping his countrymen better understand the way biology worked by depicting the human body as a machine. Click through to preview a selection of images from the book.
The shots below were released as part of a Seattle Times article suggesting that a variety of Steam Machines and entertainment applications are likely to be unveiled in January at the Consumer Electronics Show.Steam Machines are due for commercial release next year and will come in different forms with different specs. While some will be constructed with high-end components to offer top end performance,Road Roller SRRR214 manufacturers and exporters others will prioritise low cost or a small form factor.Prototype Steam Machines being sent to users for beta testing have been confirmed as "high-end, high-performance" boxes built using off the shelf PC parts.
2013年11月4日星期一
Pop Machine Suspect Has Record Of Similar Charges
Authorities say he is the main suspect in this crime and believe he could be connected to other similar vending machine break-ins in Minnehaha County. However, authorities say he may not be connected to a particular incident in which a surveillance camera caught the face of the suspect, who does not appear to Anderson. Right now, authorities estimate the damage for these crimes at about $20,000.Game developer Valve has long planned to change the world of PC gaming. It launched Steam, its digital distribution and digital rights management platform a decade ago, and since that time has seen this model copied by Electronic Arts and other game publishers.
With Steam, Valve was able to address the issue of piracy of PC software while also enhancing the multiplayer gaming experience. Now, the Bellevue, Washington-based video game company, is taking on the hardware console market with its new Steam Machine, which was officially unveiled on Monday.This builds on the SteamOS, which was announced in September, and hopes to bring their version of PC gaming to the living room. The Linux-based operating system was built from the ground up, and is designed to deliver games as well as movies and music to the new gaming-specific devices.
This would, of course, include the Steam Machine, which the company is now reportedly in the process of sending to beta testers. These machines are about the size of a full-size gaming rig, and feature the profile that should fit into most entertainment centers, reported the Verge. The steel and aluminum case measures about 12 inches wide by 2.9 inches tall, and is thus a bit larger than an Xbox 360 yet still smaller than most PCs. It features an Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan graphics card and a full desktop CPU, and gamers can get in on the action with the proprietary Steam Controller.
According to the Seattle Times, Valve isn't just looking to reinvent the PC gaming market with the Steam Machine; it's also looking to reinvent how gaming PCs are built. While it had originally worked with third-party design and prototyping vendors on the Steam Machine's design, the company opted to build the prototypes in-house.
With Steam, Valve was able to address the issue of piracy of PC software while also enhancing the multiplayer gaming experience. Now, the Bellevue, Washington-based video game company, is taking on the hardware console market with its new Steam Machine, which was officially unveiled on Monday.This builds on the SteamOS, which was announced in September, and hopes to bring their version of PC gaming to the living room. The Linux-based operating system was built from the ground up, and is designed to deliver games as well as movies and music to the new gaming-specific devices.
This would, of course, include the Steam Machine, which the company is now reportedly in the process of sending to beta testers. These machines are about the size of a full-size gaming rig, and feature the profile that should fit into most entertainment centers, reported the Verge. The steel and aluminum case measures about 12 inches wide by 2.9 inches tall, and is thus a bit larger than an Xbox 360 yet still smaller than most PCs. It features an Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan graphics card and a full desktop CPU, and gamers can get in on the action with the proprietary Steam Controller.
According to the Seattle Times, Valve isn't just looking to reinvent the PC gaming market with the Steam Machine; it's also looking to reinvent how gaming PCs are built. While it had originally worked with third-party design and prototyping vendors on the Steam Machine's design, the company opted to build the prototypes in-house.
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