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Takshashila Hosts Dr. Mukund Thattai

The Takshashila Institution hosted Dr. Mukund Thattai, Head of Academics from the National Centre of Biological Sciences, Bangalore at their offices on 28 February 2018. Dr. Thattai is a computational cell biologist and is interested in studying how cells are organised and function.

Dr. Thattai outlined the issues hampering the growth of science in India and spoke at length about the interaction of science and society. He stressed on the importance of widespread discourse to explain why science should be funded in India.

He emphasised the science may not always be leading to technology-driven solutions and scientists should also be judged by their effect on society. He stressed on the necessity to encourage curiosity-driven science in India with a focus on local questions instead of importing research questions validated abroad.

He also spoke about gamifying science in an effort to make it fun for students. He further stated that there was a dearth of science popularisers who could make science more accessible to the society at large.


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Peripheral Vascular Stents Market Key Players, Product and Production Information analysis and forecast to 2025

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Peripheral Vascular Stents market report is a helpful tool to understand the United States and regional market situations and to determine how the market will evolve. Complete Peripheral Vascular Stents market data will play a central role in planning your next move. The report is so erudite that it will help every company regardless their size. The report has been prepared by industry specialist having deep knowledge, experience, and awareness to help every company in Peripheral Vascular Stents industry to achieve their preferred market position. The report provides market analysis of past five years and forecast till 2025.

Peripheral Vascular Stents Product wise market segmentation: – Medical Stainless Steel, Nickel-titanium Alloy, Others

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Top manufacturers in Peripheral Vascular Stents market are analysed for their production market share, product details, capacity, price, cost, gross and revenue. Both, type wise and application wise numbers are provided for better understanding. Report considers Abbott Laboratories, B. Braun Melsungen, Boston Scientific, Intact Vascular, AMG as top manufacturers in Peripheral Vascular Stents market.

In geographical segmentation of Peripheral Vascular Stents market report, United States market is divided into The West, Southwest, The Middle Atlantic, New England, The South, The Midwest as key regions. They are analysed for production, consumption, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate.

Import, export, and consumption of different regions are also simplified with the help of different charts and tables to deeply reveal the market situations under the development trend section of the Peripheral Vascular Stents market report. Contact information of major distributors and major customers are also provided in the report. With a purpose to enlighten new entrants in Peripheral Vascular Stents market about the possibilities in this market, this report investigates new project feasibility and point outs Key success factors of market. A thorough SWOT analysis & investment analysis is provided in the report which forecasts imminent opportunities for players.

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Is Amazon Alexa laughing at you?

By Dan Wilson March 11, 2018 - 9:38 pm

The have been widespread reports that Amazon Alexa has been freaking users out by giving a creepy laugh at unexpected moments and even reading out the names of funeral homes. The cause of the problem hasn’t been revealed but Amazon has said it is working to resolve the problem.

We haven’t personally experienced the bug. Have you? If so, please do let us know what’s been occurring. This follows a problem last week where Amazon Alexa stopped working altogether and wouldn’t respond to voice commands at all and essentially lost her voice.

Amazon has said said on the record: “We’re aware of this and working to fix it.”

Amazon has also said it has several ways of dealing with the problem. One fix will involve disabling the phrase: “Alexa, laugh,” and they have also changed the command to “Alexa, can you laugh?” The company also says the latter phrase is “less likely to have false positives,” or in other words the Alexa software is likely to mistake common words and phrases that sound similar to the one that makes Alexa start laughing. “We are also changing Alexa’s response from simply laughter to ‘Sure, I can laugh,’ followed by laughter,” according to an Amazon spokesperson said.

They added: “In rare circumstances, Alexa can mistakenly hear the phrase ‘Alexa, laugh.’ We are changing that phrase to be ‘Alexa, can you laugh?’ which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance ‘Alexa, laugh.’”

It is is sometimes rather amusing how easily Amazon can be confused. Even, needless to say, just mentioning the word Alexa can get her going and seeking a command. Have you experienced and funny moments?

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Watch the Video Below, Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu is an upcoming Indian Tamil language adult comedy horror film written and directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja. The film is based on incidents happen in Thailand.

The film’s concept is partially inspired by the trailer of a concept film ‘Handjob Cabin’ available on YouTube. The film marks director Santhosh P Jayakumar’s second venture after last year’s adult-comedy Hara Hara Mahadevaki.

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Executive Board:

President: Sarah McMillan

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Past- President: Aimee Holt

Secretary: Lesli Crawford

Treasurer: Pam Haggard

Regional Representatives:

  • East - Rachel Fuqua & Jeannette Weyant
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TASP Regions as of July 2017

    • First Tennessee: Bristol City, Carter County, Cocke County, Elizabethton City, Greene County, Greeneville City, Hamblen County, Hancock County, Hawkins County, Johnson City, Johnson County, Kingsport City, Newport City, Rogersville City, Sullivan County, Unicoi County, Washington County
    • East Tennessee: Alcoa City, Anderson County, Blount County, Campbell County, Claiborne County, Clinton City, East Tennessee School for the Deaf, Grainger County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Maryville City, Monroe County, Morgan County, Oak Ridge, Oneida City, Roane County, Sevier County, Scott County, Sweetwater City, Union County

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States with Best Business Tax Climate Grow Fastest

March 5, 2007

This is a letter-to-the-editor I sent to the DesMoines Register in response to columnist Gary Maydew’s article To attract businesses, think beyond tax rates.

Gary Maydew may be an excellent accounting professor, but he needs to brush up on his statistics. He ran a simple correlation between the Tax Foundation’s ranking of business tax friendly states and the number of privately held firms by state as published by Forbes Magazine to ‘prove’ that taxes aren’t important to businesses (To attract businesses, think beyond tax rates– 3/2/07). The problem is that the list of privately held firms is an extremely small set of a portion of total businesses in a state. Some states in the Forbes list don’t even have one privately held firm. Mr. Maydew should’ve known better than to use that list to run a correlation. The State Business Tax Climate Index does not measure the friendliness just for large privately held firms– it measures it for all firms. There is no theoretical link between tax friendliness and large privately held firms in a state, so it is no surprise Mr. Maydew found a small correlation.

However, states with the most competitive tax climates will grow faster than states with uncompetitive climates. The Tax Foundation has found that states with the best business tax climates have much faster rates of growth than those states with poor climates. In addition, states with the lowest tax burdens have faster rates of growth than those states with higher burdens.

A Tax Foundation commentary about the correlation of good business tax climates and higher growth rates is available here, and the Forbes data Maydew used is available here.

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The TDR Explorer Guide to Universal Studios Japan

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Learn my best travel tips for a stress-free adventure to Osaka

Universal Studios Japan is one of the top attractions when visiting Osaka and the Kansai area. With a perfect balance between thrill-rides, family-friendly attractions, seasonal events, painfully cute merchandise, and delicious food, the park makes for an unforgettable experience. With the ever-changing variety of offerings, this makes Universal Studios Japan a must-visit for theme park enthusiasts and tourists alike.

For many Explorers, Universal Studios Japan is intimidating or perhaps even seems impossible to visit. It isn’t the 4th most visited theme park in the world for nothing. The crowds, the language barrier, transportation, hotel options, and tons more becomes overwhelming to think about. Without proper planning and research prior to your visit, you could miss out on aspects of the Park or end up going home feeling frustrated.

Over the years and many visits to this fantastic Park, I’ve gained extensive knowledge on how to experience the best of what Universal Studios Japan has to offer.

From the best times to visit, to which restaurants are delicious, how to beat the crowds, and how to experience the best attractions in one day (all while saving money), my guide gives you the confidence and tools to go from knowing zero about Universal Studios Japan to navigating the Park as if you’ve been visiting since it opened in 2001.

And, because chances are you’ll be visiting the cities of Osaka and Kyoto as well, I have dedicated chapters showcasing you the best of both cities.

TDR Explorer at Universal Studios Japan

My name is Chris — aka TDR Explorer — and I made the jump to live in Tokyo in 2013 and have made a point of visiting Universal Studios Japan as often as possible. I want you to have the best possible time while visiting Universal, that’s why I created this hefty resource.

This guide is meant for anyone who wants to maximize their time while at Universal Studios Japan and wanting to experience the cities of Osaka and Kyoto. Whether it’s your first trip or thirty-third, you’ll learn ways to use your time effectively.

What’s in this guide?

  • A detailed breakdown of Universal Studios Japan – A list of all the attractions, restaurants, and entertainment, including many tips and recommendations.
  • Best times to visit – A detailed breakdown of every month of the year, plus I’ll tell you the best times to visit to avoid crowds, the heat, the cold, and anything else I can think of.
  • Hotel recommendations – No matter your budget, I have recommendations for hotels ranging from the high-end to the budget no-frills accommodations and everything in between.
  • Custom Park map – Professionally crafted custom Park and a transportation map to help you visualize the layout.
  • Character greetings – A list of current character greetings and how you can meet your favourite character(s).
  • Merchandise explained – Where to buy all that cute merchandise you see on Instagram.
  • Osaka & Kyoto Tips – Dedicated chapters on both Osaka and Kyoto. Including what to do, where to stay, what to eat, and ideal itineraries.
  • Transportation – A thorough explanation of how to use transportation in Japan, how to get to Universal Studios Japan from the airport, getting around Osaka, and travelling to Kyoto.
  • Suggested budgets – If you’re traveling on a budget or embarking on a once-in-a-lifetime trip, I’ll give you a range of budgets so you know how much to save.
  • Multiple itineraries – Different itineraries depending on who’s in your party and how long you’re staying.
  • Food recommendations – I love to eat and I want your culinary experience to be memorable. This includes food at Universal Studios Japan, throughout Osaka, and in Kyoto.
  • Practical information – Tips and advice for both Japan, Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, and Kyoto, because things do go wrong sometimes.
  • Japanese phrases – Easy-to-learn phrases relevant to your time at Universal and throughout Japan. Learn how to ask for the front row!
  • Japan A to Z – An explanation of how everyday things work in Japan. Tips for everything from what adapters you need for your electronics to how to use a Japanese toilet.

Start Your Planning Now!

I’ve packed a wealth of knowledge into this guide, which will help you go from dreaming to planning to visiting. This downloadable PDF is simple to read on any of your devices, and you can even use it offline without an internet connection.

Should I get this edition or wait for the next?

The current edition was released on September 12, 2018.

We plan to have a new edition each year to give you the best and most up-to-date information. Similar to other travel guides, each edition is a separate purchase.

However, we’ll occasionally give free updates for the current edition to make corrections and minor updates (make sure to sign up on our mailing list at checkout to get these updates).

What’s the difference in the information in this guidebook compared to this website?

While our website and blog offer information on Universal Studios Japan, it doesn’t offer food recommendations for every restaurant, multi-day itineraries, suggested budgets, custom Park maps, and easy-to-digest and detailed explanations on important aspects of Universal.

The website also doesn’t have general information for travel to Japan that every traveler needs to know (visa, Japanese toilets, earthquakes, etc). There’s so much information in this guide that it wouldn’t fit in multiple blog posts.

As a bonus, this travel guide has chapters dedicated to the city of Osaka and Kyoto. These two chapters are full of my tips and recommendations from personal experience.

Are there photos in this guide?

I wanted to keep this guidebook as portable as possible while being jam-packed with information. For that reason, I decided not to include photos. This allows us to keep the file size down so you’re able to have it on any device without worrying about space (or even re-downloading it without using up your data). If you’re looking for photos, I post our best ones on Instagram.

However, I wanted to make sure you were able to find your way around as easy as possible, and that’s why you’ll find professionally created, custom maps to help you visualize the Park and to simplify transportation.

What makes you an expert on Universal Studios Japan?

I’ve been living in Japan for over four years and have visited Universal Studios Japan since 2003. I have numerous visits under my belt and love learning new ways to maximize my time at Universal. Anything I recommend in the guidebook are my personal favourites, and I stand by them.

Is this available in print?

At the moment, this guidebook is only available as a downloadable PDF.

Is this available to download from Amazon, Kindle Store, or any other platform?

At the moment, this guidebook is only available through our website. You can put this e-book on any device that is able to display pdf files. Here’s how to add it to iBooks on your device.

If I have questions, comments, or concerns, can I contact you?

Of course! The best way is through email: [email protected]

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Afternoon tea parties require a full bodied black tea which will stand up to both sweet and savory fare.  Tea Party Girl recommends Keemun by Fortnum & Mason.  British Bliss is 100% pure Keemun tea which pairs well with nearly every food.  You will love it with cheese, salmon or quiche as well as chocolate, brown sugar or lemon flavors.  What else can you do with it?  I am glad you asked.  Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea is a great base for a variety of creative recipes.  Here are my top 5.

Ice Tea

#1  Classic Iced TeaFortnum & Mason Keemun Tea makes fantastic classic iced tea.  If you haven’t read our past articleon sweet tea here is the link Big Ole’ Sweet Iced Tea  .

Easy Fridge Iced Tea:

3 TBS Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea in disposable tea sock  (see example here)

1 pitcher of cold water

Place the tea in the pitcher of water or the large mason jar.  Put it in the fridge for 8-12 hours.  Remove the tea sock and enjoy the excellent iced tea! You can serve iced tea with lemon or with fruit.  Keemun will hold up to it.  Tip:  If your iced tea gets cloudy simply add a few drops of boiling water.  The tea will clear right up!

Tea Smoothie

#2 Tea Smoothies – Tea Smoothies are the rage but few people talk about the need for a great tea at the base of the recipe.  A great smoothie requires a full bodied tea.  I suggest Keemun Tea.  Here are a couple easy to use recipes:

Banana Chocolate Tea Smoothie:

2 cups Fortnum & Mason Keemun iced tea

1 banana

1/2 cup whipping cream or half and half

1/3 cup chocolate syrup

2 cups ice

Blend it all together until smooth.  If needed add stevia or honey for sweetness.  Top with chocolate syrup swirls and a bit of whipped cream!  YUM.  Pairs great with a banana cream tart.

British Tropical Smoothie:

2 Cups Fortnum & Mason Keemun Iced Tea

1 Cup Greek Yogurt (Vanilla or Plain)

1 Stevia Packet (or Honey)

1 Cup Frozen Tropical Fruit Mix

Blend it all together until smooth!  YUM.  Top with a piece of pineapple.  Delicious!  Serve with a mango tart.

#3 Tea Cake- Did you know you can bake with Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea?  You can.

Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea Cakes

2 tsp Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea
¼ cup boiling water
⅓ cup milk
4 oz unsalted butter (at room temperature)
2 eggs
⅔ cup superfine sugar
1 ¼ cups self-raising flour
1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
1 ½ teaspoons orange marmalade
1 ½ teaspoons orange juice

Preheat oven to 375 and grease muffin tins or a cake pan.  I suggest using the Bakers spray that mixes flour and oil in a can.   Place the tea leaves  into a cup and add the boiling water.  Steep for about 3 minutes then stir in the milk and pour the liquid into a larger bowl.  Add the butter, eggs, sugar and flour to the tea mixture.  Mix on low until fully combined.  Once combined increase speed and beat the mix until it is pale and creamy.  Spoon the mix into the pan.   Bake 20 minutes for cupcakes and 25-30 for cake.  Watch it from 18 minutes on.  You want the cake to be done in the middle but not overdone!  Remove cake from the oven and let it cool.  Pop the cupcakes out or turn the cake onto a wire rack after about 5 minutes.

While you are waiting for the cake to cool mix the marmalade and sugar in a small bowl.  Add juice slowly just until you get a paste consistency.  Dip a teaspoon in hot water and spread the icing over the tops of the cooled cakes.  Let the cakes rest for 20 minutes before serving with a cup of Fortnum & Mason Keemun tea!

#4 Vanilla, Caramel and Raspberry –  Fortnum & Mason Keemun will stand up to flavorings hot or iced.  I suggest using Torani coffee flavoring as it comes in both sugar free and regular.  Torani is one of the highest quality flavors available dos not leave you with the “coffee syrup” after taste.

Here’s some great ones to try:

Pumpkin Pie

English Toffee

#5 Cocoa Fudge – Let’s make fudge using tea!  Yep, Fortnum & Mason Keemun is a great base for fudge as well.  To brew the tea for this recipe use about 1 1/2 Tablespoons of tea steeped for 3 minutes in only 1 cup of boiled water.  This should give you a strong liquid which will stand up to the cocoa fudge.

    First Step Ingredients:

3 Cups Granulated Sugar
3/4 Cup Milk
3/4 Cup Fortnum & Mason Keemun, brewed strong
3/4 Cup Cocoa, sifted
pinch salt.

    Second Step Ingredients:

1/4 Cup Butter, cubed (1/2 cube) – won’t work with margarine!
1 1/2 Tbsp Real Vanilla
1/2 Cup Walnuts or Sliced Almonds (if desired)
1/2 Cup Milk Chocolate Chips
1 Cup Mini Marshmallows

Prepare all the ingredients on your counter for quick and easy access when making the fudge.  Use a 9 by 9 glass pan and line it with parchment paper.
Place the ingredients for the first step into a large pan (2 gallon size) and beat them with a whisk till smooth. Cook on Medium heat until it reaches soft ball stage, 234°. Remove from heat and sit on the counter with a pad under it. Stir in immediately after taking off heat, the second step ingredients, one at a time, stirring each one till mixed thoroughly. Beat the mixture vigorously until it thickens. As soon as that starts to happen, immediately put mixture into your pan quickly. This recipe sets very fast and you could have a big ball of fudge on your hands. Smooth out fudge in your 9 X 9 pan and sprinkle with a few chopped walnuts. ENJOY after it cools…. with a cup of Fortnum & Mason Keemun Tea.

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[NEW ALBUM] Ximo Tebar “Con Alma & United” [Warner] Mainstream Progressive Jazz Standards [On Tour with Nathaniel Townsley, John Benítez…] DownBeat Jazz Magazine [June 2018]

A new twist in the career of Ximo Tebar, from “Son Mediterraneo” to Mainstream Progressive Jazz.

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A new twist in the career of Ximo Tebar, from Son Mediterraneo to Mainstream Progressive Jazz

Ximo Tébar’s new cd “Con Alma & United” [Warner 2018] takes us back to the American era of the progressive mainstream of the guitarist, but with the inclusion of a new ingredient: the addition of the gestures of the Son Mediterráneo, like hardly suggested flamenco cadences, powerfull grooves within a pure jazz and contemporary language… Read all cd notes by José Pruñonosa

Ximo Tébar is “Marca España” [Spanish Brand], a tasty fusion influenced by the classics, art of methodical virtuosity and daring jazzistic innovation. More than three decades ago, jazz guitarist, composer and producer Ximo Tebar began to promote his own projects fusing jazz with Mediterranean music. He has never stopped playing with jazz giants (Johnny Griffin, Benny Golson, Joey DeFrancesco, Idris Muhammad…). The great jazz organist Lou Bennett presented him in France as a “new guitar talent”, George Benson defined his style as a new voice of the guitar, Benny Golson said about him “He’s astounding”, and the prestigious French magazine Jazz Magazine highlighted him as «Un improvisateur de aute volée»…

By Ted Panken [DownBeat Magazine. June 2018]

For the past 15 years, New York has been virtuoso guitarist Ximo Tébar’s home away from home. The lifelong resident of Valencia, on Spain’s central Mediterranean coast, capped off his latest visit to the States performing with a stellar unit comprising pianist Jim Ridl, bassist John Benitez, drummer Donald Edwards and conguero Fernando García, playing repertoire culled from Tébar’s 2016 release, Soleo, and a forthcoming album titled Con Alma & United, both on Warner Music Spain… Read all review


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A truly practical TV remote mod

Yes, it’s funny, but it’s also a very good idea. Remote controls are among the worst-designed pieces of technology we have to deal with these days. They’re being replaced, somehow, but even more complicated controllers, but one of these days we’ll get it right.

Anyway, considering how hard it is for someone who grew up around these things to get anything done (that’s yours truly), I don’t hold it against my Grandma when she can’t figure out how to get back to the TV from the DVD player interface. There’s probably a way of doing this “mod” that’s a little more tasteful, but the idea is totally sound.

It’s nabbed from Designing Interactions, a new book from IDEO co-founder Bill Moggridge. You can bet he’s got a few more pieces of good advice in there as well — I’m sure he’d take it ill if you just thought he came up with remote mods.

I’ve totally had both those clickers, too. That’s kind of weird.

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Our Mini-Clip range includes sockets for USB charging, AV and data. This modular system is designed to the standard Euro Clip specification with 25mm and 50mm modules and allows you to build a panel to your own specification. Modules simply clip into the 50mm carrier / trim to complete the basic assembly.

Image: Mini-Clip with HDMI and Dual USB Modules. Brushed Metal Trim

• Flush Mounts into wide range of furnishings, millwork, casegoods, and partition walls.
• Range of modules for AV, CAT6 and USB Charging / Pass-Through.
• Standard Euro Modules.
• Choice of module and trim colours.
• High Power 2.4A USB module with Smart Charging.

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  • 25mm Dual USB
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The ten biggest vehicles of all time

As the world progresses, the need for bigger machines arises from giant pieces of mining equipment and flying cargo fortresses. Incredibly large moving platforms are transporting tons of equipment. We went out to find some of these legendary Giants and put together the ten biggest vehicles of all time.

The ten biggest vehicles of all time.

1. Bagger 293.

Bagger 293 biggest vehicle machine
Bagger 293

If you’ve never seen this massive earthmover before then, you would be amazed by its sheer size. The Bagger 293 is the most massive land vehicle in the world. It holds the Guinness world record. It is the latest in a series of large earth moving excavator. The German industrial company Tok Graf built it in 1995.It is a bucket-wheel excavator that stands a towering 310 feet tall and 722 feet long and weighs 14,000 200 tons. The bagger 293 digs for low-grade coal used in steam electric power plants. It has a massive 70-foot diameter wheel that spins its 181452-gallon bucket. Scooping up earth that it dumps onto a conveyor belt built into its boom arm. It can move 218 thousand eight hundred eighty tons of material per day.

2. NASA crawler-transporter.

NASA crawler-transporter biggest vehicle machine
NASA crawler transporter

This is the biggest crawler transporter in the world it’s amazing. It was designed over 50 years ago is still the most significant track vehicles ever made. The unique crawlers features include the large tracks or treads that propel the vehicle along. There are treads – per corner, with each thread containing 57 shoes. Each shoe is 7.5 feet long and 1.5 feet wide and weighs 2,100 pounds. The height of the crawler is 6 meters or 20 feet to 8 meters or 26 feet adjustable. The top deck is flat and square, about the size of a baseball infield. 27 meters or 90 feet, on a side to operator control cabs. One at each end of the chassis is used to control all crawler systems.

3. SPMT (Self-propelled modular transporters)

SPMT (Self-propelled modular transporters) biggest vehicle machine
SPMT (Self-propelled modular transporters)

Almost like the NASA transporter, but utilizing rubber tires and wheels. The SPMT or self-propelled modular transporters consists of different modules with four, five, six and eight axle lines load capacity, differs per version with a maximum up to 44 tons per axle line. Each module can be fitted with its engine control, steering system. The modules can be connected side-by-side and head to tail to form large platforms on wheels. SPMTs have the possibility of 360-degree steering of the wheels. This allows carousel inside way movements. The vert deck height can hydraulically be adjusted by approximately 60 centimeters. Enable vertical lifting or lowering of the load due to their variety of combinations. SPMTs can lift and move virtually every heavy load.

4. Caterpillar 797b.

Caterpillar 797b biggest vehicle machine
Caterpillar 797b

These large dump trucks have been in production since 1998 and our caterpillars largest and highest capacity dump trucks. Often called a haul truck. The engine in this beast has 3,400 horsepower and gets that from a 24 cylinder electronic unit injection quad single-stage turbocharged liquid after cooled four-stroke diesel engine. The cat 3 5 – 4 b HD engine is a tandem unit consisting of 2 12 cylinder engine blocks coupled to operate as a single engine. With a combined displacement of 6000 468 cubic inches. The 797 series haul trucks are equipped with a rear axle mounted computer-controlled 7-speed planetary transmission. With a separate lock-up torque converter. It has a massive 380 ton rated payload rating cost. This 5 million dollars each with the tires alone costing 42 thousand dollars each.

5. Belaz 75710

Belaz 75710 biggest vehicle machine
Belaz 75710

If you want to know what the most massive haul truck in the world. Take a look at the Bellaz 75710. This giant earthmoving machine that was built in 2013 has a conventional two axle setup. But the wheels are double to 4 wheels per axle. It needs 859 by a TR 63 inch tires. It is so big that it utilizes a four-wheel drive four-wheel hydraulic steering system. So that it can turn. It has not one, but two 16 cylinder four-stroke diesel engines. Each with 2300 horsepower. These are coupled to AC alternators and for AC traction motors in each axle. The 757 t10 can carry a 450 metric ton payload with the empty weight of this massive hauler at 360 tons.

6. Preload FLNG.

Preload FLNG biggest vehicle machine ship vessel
Preload FLNG

The prelude is the world’s second floating liquefied natural gas platform as well as the world’s biggest offshore facility ever constructed. This massive floating rig is sixteen hundred and one feet long and 243 feet wide. It was made with more than 260 thousand tons of steel and fully loaded will displace more than six hundred thousand tons. That is more than five times the displacement of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Samsung Heavy Industries built it at the Geoje shipyard in South Korea. The cost of the vessel was between ten point eight to twelve point six billion US dollars. The critical innovation will allow natural gas to be extracted from wells offshore which will be liquefied and chilled by the floating gas platform.

It will be able to produce at least 5.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas per annum.

7. Antonov AN-225 Mriya.

Antonov AN-225 Mriya biggest vehicle machine aeroplane
Antonov AN-225 Mriya

It’s hard to get an idea of just how big this airplane is without seeing it in person. But only one of its wings is the same width as an entire Airbus a320. It’s also double the length of the passenger jet. It was designed and building Ukraine which was part of the Soviet Union in the 1980s by the Antonov corporation. To carry Soviet space shuttles. Even after 27 years of first entering service, it’s still the most extended and most massive operational plane in the world.

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the space program. The operational loan an-225 was placed in storage. The18t turbofan engine puts out 50 1,600 pound-feet of thrust. It utilizes an increased capacity landing gear system with 32 tires and wheels. Some of which are steerable enabling the aircraft to turn around inside a 200-foot runway. It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1 million four hundred and ten thousand nine hundred fifty-eight pounds and can hold forty-six thousand cubic feet of cargo.Recently China has said it wants to develop a modern version of the plane. It will be interesting to see what they design.

8. Letourneau TC for 97 Overland Train

Letourneau TC for 97 Overland Train biggest vehicle machine train
Letourneau TC for 97 Overland Train

It is the world’s most extended off-road vehicle. It can move 100 tons of cargo over sand snow and other rough terrains. The TC 497 at 572 feet long had for 1,100 seventy horsepower solar gas turbine engines with a total of four thousand 680 horsepower. These engines spun generators providing electricity to 54 electric motors. One for each set of wheels. That’s a 50 four-wheel-drive vehicle. The Overland train was made up of DC Drive motors planetary systems and switch gearboxes. The US Army engaged RG Letourneau the inventor of five Overland trains of different sizes and for use in different terrains for 3.7 million dollars. In the 1950s to build the TC 497 Overland Train mark 2. The TC 497 was designed to travel overland in a variety of conditions Arctic desert sand as well as rough terrain.

9. Schwerer Gustav 800-millimeter rail cannon.

Schwerer Gustav 800-millimeter rail cannon biggest vehicle machine tank gun weapon cannon
Schwerer Gustav 800-millimeter rail cannon

In 1939 Adolf Hitler was trying to figure out how to penetrate the 930-mile defensive wall built by the French. The heavily fortified Maggie new line curb AG a leading German steelworks and armaments manufacturer was approached with a request to provide ballistic data of a 70 centimeter, 80 centimeters and a 100-centimeter caliber weapon. Named after the head of the croupe family. The Gustav gun weighed in at a massive 1344 tons. So massive that even though it was attached to a rail car. It still had to be disassembled before moving.

So as not to destroy the twin set of tracks as it passed over. Gustav eventually went to war at the siege of Sevastopol in July 1942. When fully assembled. It would be 141 feet long, 23 feet wide and the axis of the barrel, some 25 feet above the track. A unique four-track section had to be laid to put the gun into action. It used 4.7-ton high-explosive shells useful to a maximum range of 29 miles and also 7-ton concrete piercing shells at a range of 23 miles. Even though it was employed at the siege of Sevastopol in July team 42. Hitler simply went around the Magno line through Belgium.

10. The Terrax Bucyrus Rh 400 the Bucyrus Rh 400.

Terrax Bucyrus Rh 400 the Bucyrus Rh 400 biggest vehicle machine excavator CAT
Terrax Bucyrus Rh 400 the Bucyrus Rh 400

Caterpillar owns this is the world’s biggest hydraulic excavator. It was initially launched by Tareq’s in Germany in 1997. But Bucyrus acquired the mining equipment division of Terrax in 2010. Caterpillar bought Bucyrus in 2011. The Bucyrus Rh 400 weighs approximately 890 tons. The shovel can pick up 45 cubic meters of soil or rock in a single scoop with the bucket itself having a dig depth of seven and a half feet at ground level. The hydraulic excavator is powered by two 16 cylinders 4210 cubic inch diesel engines that have a maximum power output of 4,400 horsepower each the hydraulic system alone uses 2642 gallons of hydraulic fluid.

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I got an email from that I thought I’d share. Along with a 20% discount code “MYVALENTINE” (no minimum and up to $50 off – good through January 31st 2015 local time) They had some good ideas on making family photos books. Here are a few of their favorite ideas:

If you have an epic tale to tell, do it in a custom family history book. Do a little research (you don’t have to be a historian—just be curious) and share your family’s story.
Lucky enough to have a large family? See how you can make a family yearbook (just like a school’s yearbook) to get everyone into the picture.
Time flies, babies become toddlers, and before you know it they’re out of the nest. Simple photo books documenting their growth likewise become treasured reminders—use pre-designed templates or create your own layouts.
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JAKARTA An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people board, during a training exercise in the remote region of Papua, a search and rescue agency official said on Sunday.

The Hercules C130 plane had taken off from the city of Timika before crashing near its destination of Wamena at around 6.15 a.m. local time (2315 GMT), said Ivan Ahmad Riski Titus, operational director of Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency.The crash site on Lisuwa mountain had been found and the bodies of the victims were being brought back to Wamena, he said.

Air transport is commonly used in remote and mountainous Papua, Indonesia’s easternmost province, where land travel is often impossible.

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SAN JOSE, CA, June 14, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — Students may be ready to relax for the summer, but an enthusiastic group of Bay Area teachers are already working with the world’s top companies to get new skills and experiences they can bring to their classrooms.

On Saturday, teachers from across the Bay Area joined Ignited’s CEO, board members, and coaches to kick off their annual Summer Fellowship Program. Ignited (www.igniteducation.org), is a Bay Area-based nonprofit that for the last 34 years has been connecting teachers with top companies to transform STEM learning.

Teachers get unique opportunities to do hands-on work for eight weeks with technology leaders like Amazon, Genentech, Google, Lockheed Martin, Oculus, Stanford, and many more. They bring their experiences back to their classrooms and turn it into interesting new curriculum, experiments and ideas for their students.

“Companies are making smarter investments in STEM skills and Ignited’s Summer Fellowship Program is a big part of that,” said Ignited’s CEO, Shari Liss. “Teachers in the program reach thousands of Bay Area students every year. Over the last three decades, we’ve had an impact on more than 3 million students.”

The program is different because it builds better partnerships between companies, communities and classrooms. Students hear directly from their teachers what it’s like to work at well-known companies. They see how the skills they’re learning can be used in a wide range of industries, from consumer technology to pharma to aerospace.

“Kids need to understand STEM in the world outside the classroom and our partner companies are helping them do that,” said Liss. “Teachers in our fellowship program directly inspire students to choose STEM-based careers. This connection between teachers and professionals is how they do it and investing in these teachers helps us build a better future in the Bay Area and beyond.”

About Ignited: Ignited is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Silicon Valley focused on transforming STEM education. Our mission is to connect business leaders and scientists with teachers to transform the classroom experience, inspiring students to become the next generation of innovators. We were founded in 1985 by a consortium of technology companies and universities. Originally called Industry Initiatives for Science and Math Education (IISME), we’ve provided fellowships for educators in the SF Bay area and beyond for over three decades. Going forward as Ignited, we are expanding our programs to accomplish even more and change the future of education.

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• Today in politics: the New Hampshire presidential primary votes are in, and Trump—the winner on the Republican side—is showing no sign of going away quickly or quietly. On the bright side, the night wasn’t only aggravating balderdash—Bernie Sanders made history by becoming the first Jewish American, not to mention non-Christian candidate, to win a state in a presidential primary. That makes Clinton’s purported next move—attacking Sanders on Israel—even odder. Plus, it’s unlikely Sanders’s biggest, most enthusiastic demographic—millennials—would put much stock in those attacks. After all, as Baffler founding editor Thomas Frank told Radio Open Source, “[young people] are screwed, and they know it. And they’re reaching out to someone who promises to unscrew them.”

• Meanwhile, over at The Nation, Michelle Alexander—author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness—takes on Bill Clinton’s 1994 crime bill, the effect it’s had on black Americans, and why Bill’s policy wonk confidant, Hillary, doesn’t deserve black votes. Part of that crime bill, as Natasha Vargas-Cooper noted in Bad Behavior last week, included the myth of the superpredator, which still bedevils us today.

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Awesome – The word of our times

Conversation with a couple of friends-

Friend: Got a new phone! Check it out!

Me: Awesome!

Friend : Getting a promotion again! 🙂 Second one this year..

Me: That’s AWWESOME!

Friend ( different friend…one can’t have it all) :  Guess whom I met?? Gerard Butler!!!

Me : ( wide-eyed, struggling for expression, choking over half-formed words..and then..) That’s AWESOME!

Is it only me, or is everything good, fortunate or beautiful these days termed “awesome”? I don’t at all like the idea that my brain refuses to budge from its set grooves every time I need to find a word to describe..err..awesomeness. Hence, I think its evident that my reluctance to use any other word in its place is a result of the all-pervasiveness of this word in our milieu. I even have proof – watch a few episodes of ‘How I Met your Mother’, and you will know one of the ways in which this word has permeated into the collective consciousness. ‘Awesome’ is the equivalent of the 60’s ‘rad/groovy’, the 20’s ‘dashing’, the Victorian ‘fine’ and the, let me not tread these unfamiliar scholarly waters and destroy my credibility 🙂

Anyways, the point is that ‘awesome’ seems to win hands down each time I’m pitting it against other possibilities, in the brief second before mouthing the word. ‘Great’ is too generic, ‘nice’ too dispassionate.. ‘brilliant’ seems inappropriate to use about anything other than bulbs and white teeth.. ‘kickass’ has the word ‘ass’ in it..’mindblowing’ sounds like a word to be used only for special occasions, plus it has a vaguely destructive quality to it..’fantastic’ seems like too much..’fantabulous’ is way too pompous.. In short, not a word that simply means awesome, nothing more, nothing less!

Awesome is the definitive word of our times.. unless I’m making it all up 😀

11 thoughts on “Awesome – The word of our times

  1. Kickass has ass in it-lol 🙂 Which grade are u in vasu 🙂

    And ur next post can be bout Wassup 🙂 I have stopped responding when people say wassup 🙂

  2. i prefer to use the phrase ” thats breathtakingly brilliant” but then….most people realize the existence of the word sarcasm soon enough that there has been no documented evidence of anyone ever receiving a compliment from me 😐

  3. Also, there are words like Fun-taaastick.. Mind-Blasting.. etc etc.. Look into any of the Russel Peters’ “Awesome” episodes..

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BRAINTREE -- Steubenville East Youth Conference will be coming to the Archdiocese of Boston this summer.

The Archdiocese of Boston's Office for Lifelong Faith Formation and Parish Support's Faith Formation of Youth and Young Adult Ministry recently concluded informational meetings for parish leaders about the conference, which will be held at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, July 17-19, presented by Life Teen. In recent years, the conference had been held at the University of Rhode Island.

The Franciscan University of Steubenville offers 21 conferences each year, and this year four of those will be presented by Life Teen -- a ministry that originated in Arizona in the 1980s before moving on to reach young people at a parish level nationally and internationally. Life Teen will host Steubenville East, Steubenville West, Steubenville NYC, and Steubenville Atlanta this year.

The youth and young adult office of the Archdiocese of Boston has been preparing for Steubenville East by promoting it at parishes, and director of the office Father Matt Williams sent a letter to pastors in February.

The letter encouraged pastors to pray for the estimated 3,000 youth and young people to attend, send youth ministers or parish representatives to the informational meetings Feb. 23 and Feb. 26, and to reserve time during the conference to provide the Sacrament of Reconciliation for those who attend.

"I have personally attended over ten of these conferences throughout the years. The leaders of this conference are experts in youth evangelization and catechesis. They do a phenomenal job of creating an environment that enables teens and leaders to encounter Christ in a profound way, most especially in the celebration of the Sacraments," Father Williams said, in the letter.

The archdiocesan youth and young adult office said the conference provides professional lighting, music, and sound at the Masses during the gathering, as well as organizing speakers, and providing all accommodations including food.

Kathy Stebbins, the archdiocesan coordinator of youth ministry, said the event is "self-contained" for parishes and youth ministers interested in attending, providing an opportunity to interact with the young people they lead without having the distraction of coordinating logistics like lodging and food.

"Youth ministers can bring their group of kids, and they don't have to do anything except be with those kids. They don't have to worry about who's bringing the pizza, or what we're having for lunch, or -- it's all taken care of," she said.

Michael Drahos, a coordinator of faith formation for youth and young adults for the archdiocese, said the event helps build intentional discipleship for Christ.

He said the event builds in accompaniment by youth ministers for the young people, who attend, with no option for individual registration.

"You are there, if you're a leader in youth ministry in some capacity or another, you're there accompanying your teens. You're walking with them like Jesus with the disciples at Emmaus," he said.

He said national speakers also proclaim the Gospel -- this year to include national speaker Matt Fradd and author Katie Hartfiel -- in a deeply effective way.

"After that, they have all this small-group discussion time to really process that. The idea is that you go back into your parish and continue to do that with newly converted disciples," he said.

He said the conference can also provide a powerful kind of booster shot for those who are already intentional disciples.

"It's a great event for that. You've got the sacraments that focus on Jesus in the Eucharist, and Reconciliation in particular. A lot of vocations are born from this. They do a big vocations call, so that's a very powerful thing," Drahos said.

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People often eat and overeat when they are anxious. "I've always been this way, it's what I do." they say. "It's just who I am." But is it? What is that overwhelming and out of control feeling we call "anxiety" and how can mindfulness help us work with it?

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Self-Compassion-Based Eating Awareness Training

Jean Fain, LCSW, MSW

This introductory webinar is a preview of an exciting, sane and caring approach to a variety of eating issues, from mindless eating and yo-yo dieting to compulsive overeating and binge eating disorder. Informed by cutting-edge research on mindfulness and self-compassion, Self-Compassion-Based Eating Awareness Training teaches participants to stop overeating, heed their hunger and fullness signals and find real satisfaction in the quality, rather than quantity, of food.  1 MP4, 1 DOC and 2 PDFs - This is a webinar with powerpoint visuals.

Developing a Practice of Healthful Eating: How Mindful Eating Can Help

Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDE,

What is a mindful eating practice? If you have ever wondered how mindful eating works and what exactly it can do to help you discover healthier relationship with food, then join Megrette as she explores how to practice eating healthy - without restriction, deprivation and shame. Three hour webinar in two parts - 2 MP4s, 10 PDFs

From the Taste of Food to the Food of our Memories

 Join Caroline Baerten, RD (Belgium) as she explores the question: What is taste? The taste sensations we experience when we take a bite of food are dependent on the food (external input) as well as how we perceive the taste (our sensory experience). So the question becomes, how do we really taste food? Is it through the taste buds, the nose, the eyes, or … the memory? During the teleconference, we will look at the different layers of taste that gives us pleasure but may also keep us trapped.

Mindful Eating and Nutrition: Helping Clients Become 'Aware

Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDE,

 This recorded webinar training is for professionals to explore how mindful eating can teach basic nutrition, open clients up to new learning, improve the counseling session and increase client motivation. 90 minute webinar program - 1 MOV, 2 PDFs and 1 DOCX

Happy Food

Char Wilkins, MSW, LCSW

as she brings her wisdom to this teleconference titled "Happy Food." Just about everyone has had the experience of using food to alter their mood. We all have in common those moments when a comfort food calls us to smooth out the tough times or celebrate the events we feel good about. Mindless eating is bound to accompany these times, so how do we work with it?

Using Mindfulness to Calm Anxiety

Cheryl Wasserman, MA, LPC, participants will learn how anxiety can affect both you and your client in a session.  See how it can lead your client back into the same mindset, feelings and behaviors that have caused her maladaptive eating patterns in the past. Participants will learn about the brain's bias for negativity, the effect of this on behavior and how to counteract this pattern to create new behavior as a result of Self-Directed Neuroplasticity. This simple practice can create new patterns.

Exploring Mindful Eating

Megrette Fletcher MEd, RD, CDE

What is Mindful Eating? Come and participate in a guided mindful eating activity by The Center for Mindful Eating president and co-founder Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed, RD, CDE. During this 50 minute teleconference learn a few ways to slip into the present moment to explore your direct experience with food and eating.

Stress Eating: Can We Comfort Ourselves with Food

Jean Kristeller, PhD

"Stress eating" often gets identified as the primary type of out-of-control eating. But the connection is actually quite complex, and can arise for a number of reasons: to seek comfort from food; confusing anxiety with hunger; or blocking out distress, among others. This teleconference will explore these patterns and alternatives to managing stress, and managing eating in the face of stress.

Eating for Quality, Not Quantity: The Magic of our Sense of Taste

Jean Kristeller, PhD

Our taste buds provide us powerful feedback of how much we are enjoying our food. However, when we are eating mindlessly, often we engage the memory of these foods, rather than savoring our immediate experience. Mindfulness is powerful not only in helping individuals better discern their preferences for certain foods, but as a powerful component to decide when to stop eating. This program will review the basic physiological and psychological processes involved in taste awareness and satiety, and review ways to help individuals cultivate their “inner gourmet”.

Finding your Healthy Weight

Marsha Hudnall MS, RDN, CD

As large numbers of people continue to struggle with eating and weight, it is increasingly evident that the now 50+-year-old advice of "eat less, exercise more" does not help most people adopt and sustain the behaviors that support healthy weights. This teleconference reviews fundamental issues that challenge individuals in their ability to do this, and illuminates the role of mindful eating in helping clients move toward a more sustainable health-centered approach.

Food Fights, Fears, and Feelings: Helping Kids Eat Better With Mindful Eating

Megrette Fletcher

Can the practice of mindful eating transform dinner time and reduce food fights, fears and transform feelings about eating a balanced diet? Join Megrette Fletcher, M.Ed., RD, CDE, author of Discover Mindful Eating with Kids, as she explains the power of mindful eating, family meals, picky eating and more. The session will provide new ideas as participants are lead through two mindful eating activities.

Here Come the Holidays: 5 Steps to Mindfully Enjoying the Holidays without Weight Worries

Marsha Hudnall, MS, RDN, CD
For those who struggle with their weight, the holidays present a special challenge. How will I be able to stay away from all the goodies? This webinar presents a 5-step mindful eating plan for moving away from food fears and being able to participate fully in the many pleasures of this time of year. Especially designed for people who struggle with overeating and weight. Webinar recording with power point presentation.

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Military Intelligence

Tau examine a collection of Imperial documents

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One of a variety of documents obtained from the Gue’la military forces on Ky’coer (Media III).

To our Ethereal Leaders—The assimilation of the world of Ky’coer [known to the Imperium as Media III) is proceeding successfully.

Although the majority of the world’s planetary defense force (PDF) has been demobilized, those Gue’la deemed sufficiently indoctrinated into the Greater Good are being recruited into a new Gue’vesa [allied] cadre that will support our fire warrriors as our campaign in the Sculptor System continues.

As part of this work, the Earth Caste has been examining a number of Gue’la military documents, in hopes of obtaining some understanding of the tactical doctrine and protocols of Imperial forces.

What follows is an analysis of a number of documents, most of little military value but still potentially useful in improving our understanding of Gue’la culture and cognitive proccessing:

A Monogram on the Tattoos of His Most Divine Emperor’s Navy

Warhammer 40K blogThis document is fascinating in that it reveals an astonishing cultural phenomenon of the Gue’la: whether inspired by superstition or a perverse sense of aesthetic, it appears that Imperial naval personnel ritualistically engage in self-mutilation.

The specifics of this practice are unclear, but it appears to involve the injection of permanent colored dyes into an intermediate layer of the skin.

A study of the “tattoos” explained in the document no doubt will leave the Earth Caste with more questions than answers. For example: While there is some symbolic rationale for displaying the Imperial Aquila as a sign of loyalty to the Gue’la emperor, it is inexplicable why naval personal would want to display artwork of aquatic animals, primitive weapons, skeletons, and what appears to be tangled electronic cable.

The Earth Caste has made great strides in understanding the linguistic, cultural, and political nuances of the Gue’la. But it may be necessary to coordinate with our Gue’vesa [human allies] to draw any accurate conclusions about such primitive artwork.

There is obviously some symbolic significance to the aquatic animals represented. It may be a reference to an ancient time, when the term “navy” referred to vessels that traversed the oceans of the Gue’la home world. Why events of millennia ago still resonate with the Gue’la psyche is a mystery.

Less mysterious is the use of skeletal symbols. There is a culturally unhealthy fixation with symbols of death, perhaps reflecting the barbaric and fatalistic worship of their “God-Emperor,” who for reasons still not clear is viewed by many Gue’la as both alive and dead simultaneously.

The Imperial Infantryman’s Uplifting Primer

Warhammer 40K blogThis instructional booklet—ostensibly printed as an instructional aid for Imperial troops on the battlefield—is an astonishingly primitive display of propaganda and blatantly inaccurate. So much of the document is obviously implausible that disgruntled guardsmen deem it useful only as “toilet paper.”

While it is logical to extol the efficiency of the guardsmen’s equipment, some passages are ludicrous. For example, one passage on fighting in sub-zero temperatures recommends removing one’s gloves, firing one’s weapon, and then putting on one’s gloves to avoid frostbite. How a Gue’la soldier could engage in battle successfully with such advice is incomprehensible.

An addendum reveals the repressive and illogical religious beliefs of the Gue’la, as this section includes a variety of prayers and inspirational thoughts regarding the Gue’la emperor. Almost farcical is a section of “religious rituals” designed to placate  the “spirits” of various Gue’la machinery, as if technological devices are somehow linked to a universal machine spirit.

Medical Treatment Documents

Warhammer 40K blogThe Casualty Categorization Diagnosis Chart and Standard Primer Upon Casualty Categorization for Priority Treatment offer additional fascinating—and disturbing—glimpses into the medical and cultural thinking of the Gue’la.

For one, it appears that Gue’la military personnel do not recognize the existence of psychological trauma or acknowledge that such trauma can debilitate the common soldier on the battlefield.

Although our fire warriors are highly conditioned to withstand the horrors of war, it has always been accepted by the medical community that some individuals are psychologically vulnerable to the violence and incidents of death on the battlefield—and can be overwhelmed psychologically and left in a near-catatonic state.

Warhammer 40K blogThe response of the Gue’la appears to be based on ideology, not scientific research, and the Gue’la response to traumatized soldiers is barbaric: These victims in need of medical treatment are labeled as cowards and subject to severe physical punishment or even execution.

This irrational response is best illustrated by the following notation in the Standard Primer: “Any Imperial personnel considered to have inflicted injury upon his or herself to be excused from Active Duty, shall be flogged, flayed then executed.” [note highlighted word]

One reference to a medical condition is not fully clear: It is known that some Gue’la exhibit scientifically unexplainable mental capabilities, what our Gue’vesa refer to as “psychic powers.” These “psykers” are occasionally encountered on the battlefield and are clearly incorporated into the military hierarchy. Yet, at the same time, the Gue’la appear to fear, persecute, and even execute such individuals.

We have little understanding of this contradictory attitude toward these clearly mutated members of the Gue’la. So it is bewildering to find that these medical documents specifically call for extreme measures against those that are victimized by a “psychic attack.”

Example: In the Diagnosis Chart, it reads: “If casualty of psychic attack … administer Emperor’s Mercy.” [Reference to summary execution.]

While superficially—and perhaps sincerely—written as a guide to assist Gue’la warriors in their duties on the battlefield, the sheer amount of inaccurate information, blatant propaganda, and bad advice (clearly influenced by cultural and political biases) suggests that the Gue’la empire is strangling under the weight of a rigid bureaucracy, blind religious intolerance, and a degeneration in technological understanding.

This finding is consistent with the conclusions of Aun’el Mor’Tau, whose comprehensive study of the Gue’la determined that the Imperium is the remnant of a technologically advanced culture that has undergone significant periods of stagnation and decline over the millennia.

These details should be very useful in allowing our Earth Caste to continue their work of convincing surrounding Imperial worlds that their futures are better served by incorporation into the Tau Empire.

Analysis #: TY-847-j3n7
Submitted: 6 927 736.M41
Author: , Kais’la Bra’yz, Earth Caste
Office of Military Cognitive Reflection
Location: Ky’coer [Media III], Sculptor System

Artwork of medical documents courtesy of Light-Tricks, an artist whose work can be see at the

The Corvus Cluster is a Warhammer 40K blog documenting our adventures in the sci-fi universe of Games Workshop.

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Judge Expected To Extend L.A. Police Consent Decree

In the five years since Los Angeles’s Rampart Division police corruption scandal voided more than 100 criminal convictions, the Los Angeles Police Department has struggled to reform itself under a controversial court decree, says the Los Angeles Times. Officers face more rigorous training and supervision, confidential informants are monitored more closely, and use-of-force incidents are more thoroughly investigated.

Yet the department has fallen short in important areas. U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess is expected as early as May 15 to extend the five-year federal consent decree for at least two more years, a move that would embarrass city officials and LAPD brass and serve as a costly, continuing distraction. he city is already spending more than $10 million per year and dedicating 110 officers and civilians to the task of bringing the LAPD into compliance. Some city officials and civil rights leaders say they are baffled as to why the department has failed to comply across the board.

Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-consent20apr20,1,5111865.story?coll=la-headlines-california

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Stainless Steel Grapefruit Spoons by Endurance

Stainless Steel Endurance Grapefruit SpoonsAs a child receiving a half grapefruit for breakfast was met with great disdain. It could only be suffered if covered in sugar and my Mother had used a knife to segment it up for me. We did have the wonderfully dangerous serrated edged spoons that could be used to threaten my sister, so I had that going for me.

Now as an adult it seems strange that I enjoy grapefruit a great deal and the right cutlery does make a difference. These stainless steel grapefruit spoons from Endurance are made of 18/10 stainless steel that is riveted to the yellow acrylic handle. They are 6″ long by 1.25″ wide and have the serrated edge required to easily extra those grapefruit segments that make for a healthy breakfast.

 Stainless Steel Endurance Grapefruit Spoons

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