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It was predicted to be hot today so I decided not to go out hiking or biking. Instead we went out to breakfast at a new place at the airport. It was good. Kathy loves breakfast and I am always in too much of a hurry to take the time. So it was good to slow down.
After that I drove to Ventura to sit zazen on the Avenue. It was still cool and foggy so it was nice. On the way back I shopped for a container to put a high voltage transformer into and stopped at a Halloween store.
My garage project was to coat a small drum head with hydrophobic paint. This let me put some small drops of colored water onto the drum and drop a ball bearing onto it. the results were kind of fun.
I'm going to try paint next.
Cheers.
I predicted way back at this photo description, from mid-September 2014, that the layout here at O.B. Dodge's would likely be strange: flic.kr/p/p5t42r. Well, how about five one vehicle gas pump stations, where you pull in, fill up, done. Then, instead of pulling through, you MUST back out(!??), hoping all the while that no one has mistakenly gotten in "line" behind you! Maybe this is a European thing? I've never seen anything quite like it before! The property line is literally right at the edge of the gas pump stations, all situated behind the building itself no less. Might as well have put in some chicken order stations at these pumps as well after all! Looks like everyone was a little afraid to try out this strange new way of pumping gas at the moment I snapped the photo, but I did see some brave souls there a few seconds later!
Next week (subject to change): the final pictures from the Dodge's reconstruction series.
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Dodge's Chicken, 2014-15 built, Hwy. 305 at Goodman Rd., Olive Branch MS
PI: Parviz Moin, Stanford University
Fuel atomization in a complex high-shear swirling injector.
Image Credit: Cascade Tech. For further details, please refer to their paper titled "Simulation of Liquid Fuel Atomization by a Complex High-Shear Swirling Injector" by F. Ham, D. Kim, S. Bose, H. Le and M. Herrmann published in the Proc. ASME Turbo Expo 2014, GT2014-27220.
Scientific Discipline: Engineering
This research used resources of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory.
In a slim volume entitled L'Europe au XXe siècle, published in Paris in 1863, French author Henri Dron predicted the political future for the Old Continent in the coming century. Dron showed himself to be an amateur rather than an expert w/regards to geopolitics, by committing the original sin of futurology: assuming that the future will be more sensible and less chaotic than the present.
Dron's future is predictably idealistic. He foresees how the tangle of greater, smaller, older, newly formed and still forming European states of his day will coalesce into a neat collection of ten little empires, each about similar in size, all but one with their capital conveniently somewhere near the middle of the territory. The course of Dron's intra-European borders is noticeably more smooth and regular than the real borders were at that time - or would be afterward.
In Dron's futuristic Europe, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland would be extended to include Iceland, reorienting the UK's sea power towards the Northern Atlantic.
Spain and Portugal are reunited to form an All-Iberian empire. In Dron's time, Portugal was independent, but an Iberian Union between both countries did exist for a significant period, from 1580 to 1640.
Dron's own France, which in 1863 had the same borders as today, would benefit greatly from his rearrangement. Basically, France would expand to regain the ancient borders of Gaul, as they were described by Julius Caesar. The northern and northeastern border would be the Rhine, which would include Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Germany and the Netherlands in this French empire.
Germany, which in 1863 was still taking shape as a unified nation under the auspices of Prussia, would retain the West Bank of the Rhine, much of Austria, all of Bohemia (2) and the western part of present-day Poland, then Prussian territory.
A Scandinavian Union would consist mainly of Usual Suspects for such a federation: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland (only Iceland, now British would need to be included. And possibly Greenland, but let's not drift off). Both Denmark and Finland are larger than at present, the Danes not yet having lost its southern territories in the Second Schleswig War of 1864, and the borders of Finland, at that time still a Russian grand-duchy, generously extended to include the Kola Peninsula and all of Karelia up to the White Sea.
This bites a considerable chunk out of the Russian empire, but not as much as the Circassian empire does. Russia is reduced to the northern half of its European bit, which at that time does also include the Baltic states.
The Circassian state is doubtlessly Dron's greatest leap of the imagination. The Circassians were a people famed for the beauty of their women, and for the fierceness in battle of their men. The Russian push south towards the Caucasus caused an extended conflict that was raging at the time of Dron's proposal, and would eventually be decided by the defeat, and decimation or diaspora of the Circassians. To Dron, a Circassian victory might still have seemed possible; or else he was moved to territorial generosity as only compassion for the victims of a distant defeat can engender.
The latter option seems to be confirmed by the size of the Polish empire. Poland is absent from the 1863 map, its territory divided between the Prussians, Russians and Austrians. But in Dron's 20th century, Poland again stretches from sea to shining sea, as it did in its 17th-century heyday, from the Baltic all the way to the Crimea.
The Italian empire includes Corsica and what seems to be a bit more of the Riviera, the Savoy and the Adriatic than at present.
The real shocker - not least, one presumes, to Greeks themselves - is the extension of a Greek empire up the Balkan peninsula all the way to the gates of Vienna. Most of that area was still occupied by the Ottomans at Dron's time, but to assume that the vacuum left by their withdrawal would be filled by the fledgling Hellenic state then clinging to the Pelopponesos seems farfetched in the extreme.
Dron's choice of capitals is interesting where it deviates from our expectations: Toledo for the Iberian empire, Dresden for the German one and Novgorod for the Russian one. The French futurist is centralist to the degree that he seems to prefer constructing the Polish and Circassian capitals from scratch, just for location's sake.
Vienna, on the border between the German and Greek empires and rather central in Europe as a whole, is the Capital of Europe.
Lisbon, in spite of its eccentric position on the edge of the continent, seems to lay claim to some other elevated status - perhaps capital of the world?
I have very little information on this map, which apparently appeared in the August/September 2010 issue of Le Monde Diplomatique, under the title 'Le temps des utopies' ('The Era of Utopias'). This map was found on the French website Agora Vox, in an article which mentions that Dron's map (or maybe his entire pamphlet) was refused for publication twice, but fails to explain why.
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(1) The UK still included all of Ireland at the time of Dron's prediction.
(2) Not quite the same area as the present-day Czech Republic, but close.
Source: bigthink.com/ideas/25202
Around the world, materials scientists and engineers are trying different ways to predict fractures in ductile metals, but it’s not clear which approach is most accurate. To compare the different methods, Sandia researchers have presented three voluntary challenges to their colleagues: Given the same basic information about the shape, composition and loading of a metal part, could they predict how it would eventually fracture?
An overview of the third Sandia Fracture Challenge was recently published in a special issue of the International Journal of Fracture dedicated to results from the challenge. Now the friendly competition has shifted into a collaborative community of researchers refining their techniques for engineering reliable structures made from a variety of materials.
Learn more at bit.ly/32m1Ikm.
Photo by Randy Montoya
To what extent can media companies employ predictive analytics and other data driven approaches to improve content performance? This event, organized by NYC Media Lab and hosted by Bloomberg on February 25, fused short 5 minute presentations and discussion from startups, media companies and university researchers advancing the state of the art in a variety show intended to provoke discussion and debate on opportunities in this fast-moving field of interest.
Speakers included Brian Eoff, Lead Data Scientist, bitly; Ky Harlin, Director, Data Science, BuzzFeed; Mor Naaman, Associate Professor, Cornell Tech and Co-founder and Chief Scientist, Seen.co; Simon Smith, Senior Vice President, Platforms, News Corp; Joshua Schwartz, Lead Data Scientist, Chartbeat.com; and Lisa Strausfeld, Global Head of Data Visualization, Bloomberg LP.
Photos by Yang Jiang.
Learn more about NYC Media Lab at www.nycmedialab.org.
Visit to the Studebaker National Museum on April 25, 2012. This is a fantastic museum with a wonderful collection of classics.
Packard's last concept car was quite a flamboyant one. Designed by Richard Teague and built by Ghia
of Italy. I was desparate to get a dashboard shot, and had to settle on a shot through the passenger side glass. The driver's side window was open but was inaccessible from any position for a dashboard shot, darn it. 1956 Packard Predictor
Spaceweather.com predicted a quiet night - low solar activity, no aurora. The time was too early in the night (before 10) and in the year (just tonight, 18 Sep.). This is what I've got anyway.
I took a whole series of shots with Sony NEX-7 with the 16 mm Pancake. ISO between 1600 and 3200, f/2.8. 3"-5". The lens is terrible (halos and "tails" around stars), and the NEX-7 reveals much more noise at ISO 3200 as some reviews claim (the Fuji X100 is way better!), but nevertheless it could have come a lot worse. A colleague was struggling hard with his Nikon 700 to get shots as good as the NEX-7, which surprised me.
China's out-of-control space station carrying toxic chemicals is set to crash to Earth on Easter Sunday.
In an attempt to reassure the world, the Chinese government says it will 'promptly be in touch' if Tiangong-1 looks set to hit a nation.
But any warning may be too late, as China admits it still has no idea where parts of the space station will land.
The bus-sized space station, weighing 8.5-tons, is predicted to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 3pm BST (10am ET) on April 1, according to the latest estimates.
It could crash into a number of highly populated areas, including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
When the station does eventually enter the atmosphere, it may unleash a 'series of fireballs' that could be seen by the naked eye, scientists claim.
The bus-sized space station, weighing 8.5-tons, is predicted to reenter Earth's atmosphere at 3pm BST (10am ET) on April 1, according to the latest estimates. It could crash into a number of highly populated areas, including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul and Rome
The latest prediction comes from Aerospace engineering, who claims the time for re-entry could be anywhere within 16 hours either side of this.
Others have more conservative estimates. China's space agency stated that Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere some time between Saturday and Monday.
The European Space Agency has a smaller window between midday Saturday and early Sunday afternoon GMT time.
Speaking at a daily news briefing, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the government had been continually informing the U.N. space agency of the latest information about the Tiangong-1.
China had been responsible and transparent, Lu said.
WHICH CITIES LIE IN THE TIANGONG-1 'DANGER ZONE'?
Name of city
Country
Name of city
Country
Barcelona
Spain
Milwaukee
USA
Beijing
China
Monaco
Monaco
Bilbao
Spain
Naples
Italy
Boise
USA
New York
USA
Boston
USA
Nice
France
Boulder
USA
Philadelphia
USA
Buffalo
USA
Pittsburgh
USA
Cannes
France
Punta Arenas
Chile
Chicago
USA
Rochester
USA
Christchurch
New Zealand
Rome
Italy
Cleveland
USA
Salt Lake City
Spain
Concord
USA
San Sebastian
Spain
Des Moines
USA
Sapporo
Japan
Detroit
USA
Sioux Falls
USA
Florence
Italy
Sochi
Russia
Istanbul
Turkey
Stanley
Falkland Islands
Kushiro
Japan
Toronto
Canada
Madrid
Spain
Trelew
Argentina
Marseilles
France
Valladolid
Spain
'If there is a need, we will promptly be in touch with the relevant country,' he said.
'As to what I have heard, at present the chances of large fragments falling to the ground are not very great, the probability is extremely small.'
There is 'no need for people to worry', the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account.
Such falling spacecraft do 'not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth', it said.
At the Fraunhofer Institute, scientists can track Tiangong-1 using radar (pictured). Radar allows the institute to watch the station regardless of the weather, or if it is day or night
Due to its gentle descent, Tiangong-1 is now experiencing significant drag as it brushes against the planet's denser outer atmosphere and it is dropping out of orbit by about 2.5 miles a day.
During the uncontrolled re-entry, atmospheric drag will rip away solar arrays, antennas and other external components at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (60 miles), according to the Chinese space office.
The intensifying heat and friction will cause the main structure to burn or blow up, and it should disintegrate at an altitude of around 50 miles (80km), it said.
Most fragments will dissipate in the air and a small amount of debris will fall relatively slowly before landing, most likely in the ocean, which covers more than 70 percent of the Earth's surface.
Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, estimates that the Tiangong-1 is the 50th most massive uncontrolled re-entry of an object since 1957.
'Much bigger things have come down with no casualties,' McDowell told AFP.
'This thing is like a small plane crash,' he said, adding that the trail of debris will scatter pieces several hundred kilometres apart.
During the uncontrolled re-entry, atmospheric drag will rip away solar arrays, antennas and other external components at an altitude of around 100 kilometres (60 miles), according to the Chinese space office
This image of the Chinese Space Station was taken over a two second exposure and from the Virtual Telescope Project live feed. The space station was travelling at 18 degrees a second across the sky
At an altitude of around 40 miles (70km), debris will begin to turn into 'a series of fireballs', which is when people on the ground will 'see a spectacular show', he said.
The dramatic reentry will be unmissable, but keen astronomers are keeping their eyes peeled for Tiangong-1 throughout its final days.
Earlier this week, a live stream was set up by Virtual Telescope Project to capture Tiangong in one of its final passes across the sky.
At an altitude of around 40 miles (70km), debris will begin to turn into 'a series of fireballs'
It is visible to the naked eye and can be seen by people living in mid-latitude areas in both the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
Like many satellites and the ISS, Tiangong-1 looks like an unblinking white light gliding swiftly across the sky.
Predicting when and where the rogue station will reach the surface is extremely difficult as it orbits the Earth at around 18,000 mph (29,000km/h).
To track the satellite, experts are using some of the most advanced and powerful telescopes in the world.
At the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, scientists were recently able to capture images of the craft using radar imaging.
Commissioned by the ESA, Fraunhofer researchers are studying the speed of the satellite and its rotation.
The tracking and imaging radar system uses signals in the Ku-band (12 to 18 gigahertz) and I-band (100 – 150 megahertz) radio frequencies to follow Tiangong-1.
Radar allows the institute to watch the station regardless of the weather, or if it is day or night.
Fall of Chinese space station Tiangong-1 over time and potential landing spots and times. The odds of being struck by space debris at one in 1.2 trillion. That is roughly 10 million times less likely than getting hit by lightning
In a statement, Esa aid: 'The Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere where it will to a large extent burn up.
'It is possible that some debris will reach the Earth's surface.'
As stated by experts tracking the station at the European Space Agency (ESA), it has the highest chance of crashing along a narrow strip around latitudes of 43 degrees north and south.
This includes a number of highly populated cities including New York, Barcelona, Beijing, Chicago, Istanbul, Rome and Toronto.
There is a chance parts of the station containing hazardous hydrazine could plummet into these highly-populated area.
Hydrazine is a chemical which is included in rocket fuel that causes irritation of the eyes and throat, dizziness and can lead to the growth of cancerous tumours.
The chances of human injury are small, claims Stijn Lemmens, an ESA space debris expert based in Darmstadt, Germany.
'Over the past 60 years of space flight, we are nearing the mark of 6,000 uncontrolled reentries of large objects, mostly satellites and upper (rocket) stages,' he told AFP.
'Only one event actually produced a fragment which hit a person, and it did not result in injury.'
Mr Lemmens says the odds of being struck by space debris are at one in 1.2 trillion.
Scientists will only know the precise date Tiangong-1 will impact and exactly where debris will fall during the finals days of its decline. Pictured is a graph showing how the window of predicted impact dates (y-axis) has changed over time (x-axis)
That is roughly 10 million times less likely than getting hit by lightning.
Although nobody has ever died from being hit by space junk falling back to Earth, one Australian region did fine Nasa $400 for littering when its Skylab crashed around the town of Esperence in 1974.
'At no time will a precise time/location prediction from ESA be possible,' the agency's Space Debris Office, based in Darmstadt, Germany, said in a previous statement.
WHAT IS THE TIANGONG-1 SPACE STATION?
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres. It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurised volume
Tiangong-1 is China's first Space Station Module.
The vehicle was the nation's first step towards its ultimate goal of developing, building, and operating a large Space Station as a permanent human presence in Low Earth Orbit.
The module was launched on September 29, 2012.
Tiangong-1 features flight-proven components of Chinese Shenzhou Spacecraft as well as new technology.
The module consists of three sections: the aft service module, a transition section and the habitable orbital module.
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres.
It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurized volume.
The Tiangong-1 space station (artist's impression) is hurtling towards Earth carrying a 'highly toxic chemical'. The doomed 8.5-tonne craft is believed to contain dangerous hydrazine
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft, which is roughly the size of a bus, has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016
The doomed 8.5-tonne craft has been hurtling towards Earth since Chinese scientists lost control of it in 2016.
Although far smaller than some other satellites (the ISS is 450 tons (408,000 kg) for example) it is still the size of a school bus.
WHAT IS THE 'HIGHLY TOXIC' CHEMICAL ONBOARD CHINA'S TIANGONG-1 SPACE STATION?
A 'highly-toxic' corrosive chemical could land on Earth when parts of an out-of-control Chinese space station crash into our planet.
The chemical, called hydrazine, is used in rocket fuel and long-term exposure is believed to cause cancer in humans.
It is being carried aboard the Tiangong-1 space station which is hurtling towards Earth.
The warning over exposure to the chemical came from Aerospace Corp, a non-profit corporation based in El Segundo, California, which provides technical guidance and advice on all aspects of space missions.
Hydrazine is a colourless, oily liquid or sometimes white crystalline compound with a very highly reactive base.
A 'highly-toxic' corrosive chemical could be spread over the planet when a Chinese space station crashes to Earth, experts have warned. The substance, called hydrazine, is used in rocket fuel and is believed to cause cancer in humans (stock image)
It has a number of industrial, agricultural and military uses, including in rocket fuel.
Symptoms of short-term exposure to high levels of hydrazine include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, dizziness, headache, nausea, pulmonary edema, seizures, and coma, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Long-term exposure can also damage the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system in humans.
The liquid is corrosive and may produce dermatitis from skin contact in humans and animals.
Increased incidences of lung, nasal cavity, and liver tumours have been observed in rodents exposed to hydrazine.
The EPA has classified hydrazine as a Group B2, a probable human carcinogen.
The last time people set foot on the space station was in 2013.
After completing its final life phase, the space craft became unresponsive.
The descent is difficult to predict as the conditions in space are widely unknown and unpredictable.
The orbit pattern of Tiangong-1 is also making predictions more complex.
Explaining why, Dr Hugh Lewis, senior lecturer in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southampton, compared the geometrical processes at work to crossing the road.
The last time people set foot on the space station was in 2013. After completing its final life phase, the space craft became unresponsive
Tiangong-1 is China's first Space Station Module. The vehicle was the nation's first step towards its ultimate goal of developing, building, and operating a large Space Station and it is set to die a fiery death as it reenters the atmosphere
Speaking to MailOnline, he said: 'The spacecraft is travelling around a more or less circular orbit, which is tipped with respect to the equator at 43°.
'If you plot this path on a map of the Earth, it produces a sine wave pattern, with the slower curve of the wave in northern and southern latitudes and the faster straighter sections running from east to west.
'If you imagine the green low risk area on the map is the part of the road we're trying to walk across, the quickest way is to go at 90 degrees – straight across.
The descent of the space craft is difficult to predict as the conditions in space are widely unknown and unpredictable. The orbit pattern of Tiangong-1 is also making predictions more complex and leads to 'highly variable' predictions
'When the spacecraft crosses the equator, it's crossing the road at this point, and it does so really fast.
'When it goes across the red bands further north and south, it's crossing at a steeper angle - almost parallel to the road.
'It takes longer to cross at these latitudes, which is why it has a higher risk of coming down here.'
Predictions of Tiangong-1's most likely point of impact come from Aerospace, a US research organisation based in El Segundo, California, that advises government and private enterprise on space flight.
The vehicle is 10.4 metres long and has a main diameter of 3.35 metres. It has a liftoff mass of 8,506 kilograms and provides 15 cubic metres of pressurised volume
Tiangong-1 is experiencing drag as it brushes against the planet's denser outer atmosphere and it is dropping out of orbit by about 2.5 miles a day. When Tiangong-1, Chinese for Heavenly Place, reaches an altitude of about 43 miles above the surface, it will begin its re-entry
Estimates from Aerospace say the space station will enter the Earth's atmosphere on April 1, give or take a few days, and debris will fall no further north than 42.7° N latitude or south of 42.7° S latitude.
An interactive map from SatView allows you to track the space stations's descent in real-time.
There are two maps available; the largest one shows the past path and the predicted path as a series of dots, whilst the smaller inset map shows the space station's exact location above Earth at any given moment.
The Satview map shows several different satellites in orbit, including the Hubble telescope and the International Space Station.
Tracking website SatView allows users to follow the exact movements of a range of different satellites, the Chinese Tiangong-1 is one of them. It shows a predicted time of reentry to the atmosphere as well as information on where it has been and where it is going
The larger map which shows the dots revealing the satellite's route is produced by Satview.
The second map is powered by USstratcom (United States Strategic Command) and then overlaid on to Google Maps.
As more information is garnered as to when the reentry will take place, the site updates with the most likely landing spot for the space station.
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RULE #1 : Exercise boosts brain power.
The human brain evolved under conditions of almost constant motion. From this, one might predict that the optimal environment for processing information would include motion. That is exactly what one finds. Indeed, the best business meeting would have everyone walking at about 1.8 miles per hour.
Researchers studied two elderly populations that had led different lifestyles, one sedentary and one active. Cognitive scores were profoundly influenced. Exercise positively affected executive function, spatial tasks, reaction times and quantitative skills.
So researchers asked: If the sedentary populations become active, will their cognitive scores go up? Yes, it turns out, if the exercise is aerobic. In four months, executive functions vastly improve; longer, and memory scores improve as well.
Exercise improves cognition for two reasons:
– Exercise increases oxygen flow into the brain, which reduces brain-bound free radicals. One of the most interesting findings of the past few decades is that an increase in oxygen is always accompanied by an uptick in mental sharpness.
– Exercise acts directly on the molecular machinery of the brain itself. It increases neurons’ creation, survival, and resistance to damage and stress.
RULE #2 : The human brain evolved, too.
The brain is a survival organ. It is designed to solve problems related to surviving in an unstable outdoor environment and to do so in nearly constant motion (to keep you alive long enough to pass your genes on). We were not the strongest on the planet but we developed the strongest brains, the key to our survival.
The strongest brains survive, not the strongest bodies. Our ability to solve problems, learn from mistakes, and create alliances with other people helps us survive. We took over the world by learning to cooperate and forming teams with our neighbors.
Our ability to understand each other is our chief survival tool. Relationships helped us survive in the jungle and are critical to surviving at work and school today.
If someone does not feel safe with a teacher or boss, he or she may not perform as well. If a student feels misunderstood because the teacher cannot connect with the way the student learns, the student may become isolated.
There is no greater anti-brain environment than the classroom and cubicle.
RULE #3 : Every brain is wired differently.
What YOU do and learn in life physically changes what your brain looks like – it literally rewires it. We used to think there were just 7 categories of intelligence. But categories of intelligence may number more than 7 billion — roughly the population of the world.
No two people have the same brain, not even twins. Every student’s brain, every employee’s brain, every customer’s brain is wired differently.
You can either accede to it or ignore it. The current system of education ignores it by having grade structures based on age. Businesses such as Amazon are catching on to mass customization (the Amazon homepage and the products you see are tailored to your recent purchases).
Regions of the brain develop at different rates in different people. The brains of school children are just as unevenly developed as their bodies. Our school system ignores the fact that every brain is wired differently. We wrongly assume every brain is the same.
Most of us have a “Jennifer Aniston” neuron (a neuron lurking in your head that is stimulated only when Jennifer Aniston is in the room).
Theory of Mind : The ability to understand the interior motivations of someone else, and the ability to construct a predictable “theory of how their mind works” based on that knowledge. We try to see our entire world in terms of motivations, ascribing motivations to our pets and even to inanimate objects. The skill is useful for selecting a mate, navigating the day-to-day issues surrounding living together, for parenting. We have it like no other creature. It is as close to mind reading as we are likely to get.
People with advanced Theory of Mind skills possess the single most important ingredient for becoming effective communicators of information.
If someone does not feel safe with a teacher or boss, they may not be able to perform as well.
If a student feels misunderstood because the teacher cannot connect with the way the student learns, the student may become isolated.
RULE #4 : We don’t pay attention to boring things.
What we pay attention to is profoundly influenced by memory. Our previous experience predicts where we should pay attention. Culture matters too. Whether in school or in business, these differences can greatly effect how an audience perceives a given presentation.
We pay attention to things like emotions, threats and sex. Regardless of who you are, the brain pays a great deal of attention to these questions: Can I eat it? Will it eat me? Can I mate with it? Will it mate with me? Have I seen it before?
The brain is not capable of multi-tasking. We can talk and breathe, but when it comes to higher level tasks, we just can’t do it.
Driving while talking on a cell phone is like driving drunk. The brain is a sequential processor and large fractions of a second are consumed every time the brain switches tasks. This is why cell-phone talkers are a half-second slower to hit the brakes and get in more wrecks.
Workplaces and schools actually encourage this type of multi-tasking. Walk into any office and you’ll see people sending e-mail, answering their phones, Instant Messaging, and on MySpace — all at the same time. Research shows your error rate goes up 50% and it takes you twice as long to do things.
When you’re always online you’re always distracted. So the always online organization is the always unproductive organization.
If a teacher can’t hold a student’s interest, knowledge will not be richly encoded in the brain’s database.
Brains in wild animals are 15%-30% larger than tame, domestic counterparts. The cold, hard world forced the wild animals into constant learning mode. It is the same with humans. The more activity you do, the larger and more complex it can become.
The brain cannot multi-task. It is a myth. The brain focuses attention on concepts sequentially, one at a time. Switching takes time.
RULE #5 : Repeat to remember.
The human brain can only hold about seven pieces of information for less than 30 seconds! Which means, your brain can only handle a 7-digit phone number. If you want to extend the 30 seconds to a few minutes or even an hour or two, you will need to consistently re-expose yourself to the information. Memories are so volatile that you have to repeat to remember.
Improve your memory by elaborately encoding it during its initial moments. Many of us have trouble remembering names. If at a party you need help remembering Mary, it helps to repeat internally more information about her. “Mary is wearing a blue dress and my favorite color is blue.” It may seem counter-intuitive at first but study after study shows it improves your memory.
Brain Rules in the classroom. In partnership with the University of Washington and Seattle Pacific University, Medina tested this Brain Rule in real classrooms of 3rd graders. They were asked to repeat their multiplication tables in the afternoons. The classrooms in the study did significantly better than the classrooms that did not have the repetition. If brain scientists get together with teachers and do research, we may be able to eliminate need for homework since learning would take place at school, instead of the home.
The first few seconds of encoding new information is crucial in determining whether something that is initially perceived will be remembered.
The more elaborately we encode information at the moment of learning, the stronger the memory. When encoding is elaborate and deep, the memory that forms is much more robust than when encoding is partial and cursory.
The neural pathways initially used to process new information end up becoming the permanent pathways the brain reuses to store the information. (Like the college professor that made no sidewalks in the new campus. He waited to see where students would walk anyway, then later paved the paths.)
The more a learning focuses on the meaning of the processed information, the more elaborately the encoding is processed.
When you are trying to drive a piece of information into your brain’s memory, make sure you understand exactly what that information means. If you are trying to drive information into someone else’s brain, make sure they understand what it means.
Don’t try to memorize by rote and pray the meaning will reveal itself!
The more repetition cycles a memory experienced, the more likely it is to persist in your mind. The space between repetitions is the critical component for transforming temporary memories into more persistent forms.
Spaced learning is greatly superior to massed learning.
Deliberately re-expose yourself to information *more elaborately*, in fixed spaced intervals, to make retrieval the most vivid it can be.
Learning occurs best when new information is incorporated gradually into the memory store rather than jammed in all at once.
Physically, “student” neurons need to get the same information from the “teacher” neuron within 90 minutes, or its excitement will vanish. The cell will literally reset itself to zero and act as if nothing happened.
Information must be repeated after a period of time has elapsed. If the information is repeatedly pulsed in discretely timed intervals, the relationship between teacher and student neuron begins to change, so increasingly smaller and smaller inputs from the teacher are required to elicit increasingly stronger and stronger outputs from the student.
Forgetting allows us to prioritize events. Events irrelevant to our survival will take up wasteful cognitive space if we assign them the same priority as events critical to our survival. So we don’t.
In school, every 3rd or 4th day would be reserved for reviewing the facts delivered in the previous 3-4 days. Previous information would be presented in compressed fashion. Inspect notes, comparing with what the teacher was saying in the review. That would result in a greater elaboration of the information. A formalized exercise in error-checking.
RULE #6 : Remember to repeat.
It takes years to consolidate a memory. Not minutes, hours, or days but years. What you learn in first grade is not completely formed until your sophomore year in high school.
Medina’s dream school is one that repeats what was learned, not at home, but during the school day, 90-120 minutes after the initial learning occurred. Our schools are currently designed so that most real learning has to occur at home.
How do you remember better? Repeated exposure to information / in specifically timed intervals / provides the most powerful way to fix memory into the brain.
Forgetting allows us to prioritize events. But if you want to remember, remember to repeat.
RULE #7 : Sleep well, think well.
When we’re asleep, the brain is not resting at all. It is almost unbelievably active! It’s possible that the reason we need to sleep is so that we can learn.
Sleep must be important because we spend 1/3 of our lives doing it! Loss of sleep hurts attention, executive function, working memory, mood, quantitative skills, logical reasoning, and even motor dexterity.
We still don’t know how much we need! It changes with age, gender, pregnancy, puberty, and so much more.
Napping is normal. Ever feel tired in the afternoon? That’s because your brain really wants to take a nap. There’s a battle raging in your head between two armies. Each army is made of legions of brain cells and biochemicals –- one desperately trying to keep you awake, the other desperately trying to force you to sleep. Around 3 p.m., 12 hours after the midpoint of your sleep, all your brain wants to do is nap.
Taking a nap might make you more productive. In one study, a 26-minute nap improved NASA pilots’ performance by 34 percent.
Don’t schedule important meetings at 3 p.m. It just doesn’t make sense.
Students given a series of math problems that all had a shortcut that was not revealed to them. Only 20% found the shortcut if answers had to be given same-day. But if asked after sleep, 60% found the shortcut. No matter how many times the experiment is run, the sleep group consistently outperforms the non-sleep group about to 3 to 1.
RULE #8 : Stressed brains don’t learn the same way.
You brain is built to deal with stress that lasts about 30 seconds. The brain is not designed for long term stress when you feel like you have no control. The saber-toothed tiger ate you or you ran away but it was all over in less than a minute. If you have a bad boss, the saber-toothed tiger can be at your door for years, and you begin to deregulate. If you are in a bad marriage, the saber-toothed tiger can be in your bed for years, and the same thing occurs. You can actually watch the brain shrink.
Stress damages virtually every kind of cognition that exists. It damages memory and executive function. It can hurt your motor skills. When you are stressed out over a long period of time it disrupts your immune response. You get sicker more often. It disrupts your ability to sleep. You get depressed.
The emotional stability of the home is the single greatest predictor of academic success. If you want your kid to get into Harvard, go home and love your spouse.
You have one brain. The same brain you have at home is the same brain you have at work or school. The stress you are experiencing at home will affect your performance at work, and vice versa.
RULE #9 : Stimulate more of the senses.
Our senses work together so it is important to stimulate them! Your head crackles with the perceptions of the whole world, sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, energetic as a frat party.
Smell is unusually effective at evoking memory. If you’re tested on the details of a movie while the smell of popcorn is wafted into the air, you’ll remember 10-50% more.
Smell is really important to business. When you walk into Starbucks, the first thing you smell is coffee. They have done a number of things over the years to make sure that’s the case.
The learning link. Those in multi-sensory environments always do better than those in uni-sensory environments. They have more recall with better resolution that lasts longer, evident even 20 years later.
– students learn better from words and pictures than words alone
– students learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented simultaneously
– students learn better when corresponding words and pictures are presented near to each other rather than far from each on the page or screen
– students learn better when extraneous material is excluded rather than included
– students learn better from animation and narration than from animation and on-screen text
RULE #10 : Vision trumps all other senses.
We are incredible at remembering pictures. Hear a piece of information, and three days later you’ll remember 10% of it. Add a picture and you’ll remember 65%.
Pictures beat text as well, in part because reading is so inefficient for us. Our brain sees words as lots of tiny pictures, and we have to identify certain features in the letters to be able to read them. That takes time.
Why is vision such a big deal to us? Perhaps because it’s how we’ve always apprehended major threats, food supplies and reproductive opportunity.
Toss your PowerPoint presentations. It’s text-based (nearly 40 words per slide), with six hierarchical levels of chapters and subheads—all words. Professionals everywhere need to know about the incredible inefficiency of text-based information and the incredible effects of images. Burn your current PowerPoint presentations and make new ones.
RULE #11 : Male and female brains are different.
What’s different? Mental health professionals have known for years about sex-based differences in the type and severity of psychiatric disorders. Males are more severely afflicted by schizophrenia than females. By more than 2 to 1, women are more likely to get depressed than men, a figure that shows up just after puberty and remains stable for the next 50 years. Males exhibit more antisocial behavior. Females have more anxiety. Most alcoholics and drug addicts are male. Most anorexics are female.
Men and women handle acute stress differently. When researcher Larry Cahill showed them slasher films, men fired up the amygdale in their brain’s right hemisphere, which is responsible for the gist of an event. Their left was comparatively silent. Women lit up their left amygdale, the one responsible for details. Having a team that simultaneously understood the gist and details of a given stressful situation helped us conquer the world.
Men and women process certain emotions differently. Emotions are useful. They make the brain pay attention. These differences are a product of complex interactions between nature and nurture.
RULE #12 : We are powerful and natural explorers.
The desire to explore never leaves us despite the classrooms and cubicles we are stuffed into. Babies are the model of how we learn—not by passive reaction to the environment but by active testing through observation, hypothesis, experiment, and conclusion. Babies methodically do experiments on objects, for example, to see what they will do.
Google takes to heart the power of exploration. For 20 percent of their time, employees may go where their mind asks them to go. The proof is in the bottom line: fully 50 percent of new products, including Gmail and Google News, came from “20 percent time.”
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Scientists in the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) command room at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory actively monitor gases emitted from Kilauea, the youngest and southeastern most volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, in 2009. NARAC opened its doors in 1979 during the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown. Now, 30 years later, scientists are using advanced models to predict the impacts of atmospheric, biological, chemical and radiological releases.
I predict a photograph forthcoming concerning the "final days." I think it's also in the cards that I'll continue to take photographs of beautiful women. I can also foresee that this activity and the resulting photos will incense some dullards ("sensory misers") who flatter themselves when they say they are tolerant and liberal.
Water & Light at Sassi Mazar Balochistan May30, 2015
SUN SHINES IN THE NIGHT
Sassi punnu mausoleum got Solar Energy
Every year thousands of peoples from various parts of Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab gather at the shrine of Sassi and Punnu in Singher village to attend a 3 days carnival. Singher village is , 52 Kilometers away from Hub town. Singher means chain, as the village is surrounded by the chain of hills where it is believed that Sassi and Punnu were buried under a landslide.
Before the monsoon a carnival organizing committee receives donation from the Baloch tribal chiefs of Sindh and Balochistan to bear the expenditures of the event. Collected funds are mostly used for providing food, water and accommodation to all the devotees there. Sufi Faqirs (singers) from Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab travel to perform songs on the occasion to pay homage to Sassi Punnu, the popular tragic romance of Sindh and Balochistan. Besides folk songs, a traditional Sindhi game malakhro similar to Japanese wrestling sumo also attracts a large number of the people to come there.
Lands from mountains with old graves scattered in the area and rainy water ways are quite difficult to cross for the travellers. Despite this, devotees, males and females, travel long distance to visit the site the entire year. For the local people, camel is the only means of transport and people gather there during the occasion.
There is only one well, which is useful for the communities otherwise the entire area underground water level is unsafe for human consumption. In case the area receives monsoon rains the people use rainy water from ponds.
For the benefit of peoples living in surroundings as well as devotees who visit during carnival and over the year, Masood Lohar, country Manager UNDP, GEF small grant program decided to use solar energy for providing clean and safe water and lighting on the mausoleum.
On 30th May 2015, Shaan Technologies Private Limited installed a 3 HP Solar Powered pump on a 250 ft deep well that is located near the tomb. Operating on a 3 kilowatt solar panel bank this pump provide 30 Gallon water per minutes & eliminates requirement of diesel generator operated pump that organizing committee previously used to supply water during the festival.
Now solar pump serves as a continuous source of clean water without any additional cost. A water tank is provided to store pumped water. This tank helped as a 24 hours ready source of water for the local people.
In addition to that 2 solar powered floodlights were also installed in front yard of tomb. These 14 watt LED lights runs on a 35 watt solar panel that provide sufficient power to run LED lamps up to 12 hours. Dusk to Dawn photo sensors is also used in the system that automatically turns on the light just before the sunset and turns off at dawn. This project was financed by the UNDP GEF Small grant program. Lodhie foundation contributed 10% cost of the project under its poverty alleviation initiative.
Project Summary
Location: Sassi Punnu Moseleum, Singher Village, Near Hub Dam, Baluchistan
Coordinates: 25°18'41"N 66°53'21"E
Nearby cities: Karachi, Hub City, Sonmiani / Winder city
Initiated By: UNDP, GEF Small Grant Program in association of Lodhie Foundation
Implemented by: Shaan Technologies Private Limited Karachi
Implantation Date: 30Th May 2015
Equipment installed:
(1) One 3HP DC Submersible water pump with 3KW Solar panels and Pump Controller
(2) Two Solar Powered LED Floodlights
Beneficiaries: Up to 2500 people living in the Singher village and surroundings
Folktale of Sassi & Punnu
Sassi Punnu is a famous folktale of love told in the length and breadth of Sindh, Pakistan. The story is about a faithful wife who is ready to undergo all kinds of troubles that would come her way while seeking her beloved husband who was separated from her by the rivals
Sassi was the daughter of a Brahman Hindu Rajah from Rohri . Upon Sassui's birth, astrologers predicted that she was a curse for the royal family’s prestige. The Raja ordered that the child be put in a wooden box and thrown in the Sindhu, present day’s river Indus. However, she was saved by a washer-man belonging to Bhanbhor, near Gharo district, Thatta . The washer-man raised her as his own daughter.
When Sassui became a young girl, she was as beautiful as the fairies of heaven. Stories of her beauty reached Punhun a prince from Kech Makran Balochistan and he became desperate to meet Sassi. The handsome young Prince therefore travelled to Bhambore. He sent his clothes to Sassi's father (a washerman) so that he could catch a glimpse of Sassi. When he visited the washerman's house, they fell in love at first sight. Sassui's father was dispirited, hoping that Sassi would marry a washerman and no one else. He asked Punnhun to prove that he was worthy of Sassui by passing the test as a washerman. Punnhun agreed to prove his love. While washing, he tore all the clothes as, being a prince, he had never washed any clothes; he thus failed the agreement. But before he returned those clothes, he hid gold coins in the pockets of all the clothes, hoping this would keep the villagers quiet. The trick worked, and Sassui's father agreed to the marriage.
At last Punnu (Punhoon) married her. However, his father, Ari, the King of Ketch, did not like his son getting married to a low-caste girl, so he instructed his other sons to go to Bhanbhor and bring back Punnu at any cost. They visited Punnu as his guests and during the night they intoxicated him and his wife. Later, they put their brother on one of the camels and left. When Sassi woke up in the morning, she was shocked to find Punnu missing and all his brothers gone. She understood their trickery. She left Bhambhor immediately to Kech Makran on foot in search of him. The Kech Makran is located along the Makran Coastal Highway in Baluchistan, Pakistan.
After crossing Pab Mountain, she reached the Harho range. She could not proceed further when her path was blocked by the Phor River. So she started retracing her steps. Soon she was accosted by a beastly goatherd who intended to molest her. Sassi prayed to God for protection. Immediately the ground below her feet started caving in like quicksand and she disappeared within seconds. Seeing the miracle, the goatherd repented sincerely, and to make amends for his misconduct, he made a grave in the site and became its custodian.
Punnu found no peace of mind at Kech. He languished and soon became an invalid. Under the circumstances, his father allowed him to return to Bhambhor.
During his return journey, Punnu happened to pass by the site where Sassi had met her death. When the goatherd came to know his story, he told him as to what had happened to Sassi. Punnu was beside himself on hearing the horrible news.
He prayed to God to unite him with Sassi. Again the ground became quicksand and he soon disappeared into the bowels of the earth. So came to an end the tragic love story of Sassi and Punnu. The legendary grave still exists in this valley.
The famous Sufi saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai sings this historic tale in his sufi poetry “Shah jo Risalo” as an example of eternal love and union with Divine.
Sassi’s resting place is said to be about 45 miles away in the Pub range to the west of Karachi. A local man of some importance constructed a simple mausoleum in 1980 over the joint grave of Sassi and Punnu. It is often visited by tourists.
The runaway succes of the Planner Group furniture far over shadowed McCobb's attempts at other furniture lines until the introduction of the Predictor Group in late 1951. Predictor reprised the Shaker Influences of the Planner Group, this time in Hard Maple rather than Birch. This new more expensive group was a "hit" and was available through furniture retailers as well as being shown in the Directional showrooms. Predictor
Everytime I try to make sense and predict what batches of Matchbox will appear at ASDA I invariably get it wrong! LOL
We have been stuck on Batch G for literally six months and being so far behind I didn't expect to see anything new until 2018 yet only yesterday Batch K began to appear much to my relief. I have visited quite a few ASDA stores and that seems to be what is hitting all of them apart from ONE I visited today which most bizarrely had Batch H, that mythical batch which briefly appeared in a few Poundland stores some months back and which I sensibly thought would now be too old to appear at this retailer. It was a full 72 count case in short cards and finally meant I was able to find several of these 2017 recoloured VW Golf GTI models. Phew!
This casting may now be over a decade old but its been literally years since I last saw it and it still looks sensational and has hardly dated at all, an uber cool and current pale grey finish is fully complimented by vivid red rims and full on detailing. Where this stock has been hiding I don't know but I have been one extremely happy collector today :-)
Mint and boxed.
Kenworth Predictive Cruise Control is now in production for new Kenworth T680s and T880s specified with the PACCAR MX-13 engine. Available as a factory-installed option, the new Kenworth system combines cruise control with GPS to help deliver optimal fuel economy.*
*Individual fuel economy improvement will vary depending on use, road conditions and other factors.
Volumetric 3D GeoSEIS model of distribution of cooper mineralization which has been predicted on the basis of the most informative characteristics of multispectral Landsat7ETM + image.
Using 4D GeoSEIS software for multifactor volumetric (structural-geodynamic, geophysical, geochemical and mineralogical) modeling we offer:
Multifactor volumetric structural-geodynamic models “4D GeoSEISM” with exact ranging and forecasting of mineral deposits, low-amplitude tectonics, geophysical anomalies and geologic properties of deep structures, using volumetric interpretation methods of multispectral satellite images for cost-effective geological prospecting.
During 15 years the great number of volumetric structural-geodynamic, geological, geophysical models of ore deposits (Fe-Ti, Cu, Au, Hg, Ni-Cu-Co) and oil-gas deposits (Namibia, Kalimantan, Urals, Ukraine, Timor, Uzbekistan) are created.
Integration of the mineralogical and geochemical data, geophysical maps and multispectral satellite images (Hyperion, ASTER, LANDSAT-7ETM and others) in multifactor volumetric structural-geodynamic models.
4D GeoSEIS software for computer processing of the ASTER and Landsat7ETM images have been used to create the volumetric structural-geodynamic models of the NW Namibia & SE Angola territory to discriminate the high potential concentration of mineral resources based on limited field data in order to aid exploration for new copper and titaniferous magnetite mineralization. The strategy adopted to facilitate this predictive modeling is to develop understanding and testing of a “4D GeoSEIS Model” through research. They allowed calculating the potential resources of commercially important concentration of copper and titaniferous magnetite ores. Several points of Fe-Ti-Cu mineralization predicted by the 4D GeoSEISM had been confirmed by field observations.
Take your geospatial analysis to the next 3D-4D level with 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography!
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*Using 4D GeoSEIS Tomography transformation of various bands of the multispectral imagery of WV-2, the discriminating iron oxides, clay and hydrothermal minerals can be accurately volumetric mapped...
* The results of structural-geodynamic modeling proved possibility of satellite maps creation (Landsat7ETM, ASTER, World View-2…) of low-amplitude tectonics with spatial resolution 1-20-30m/pix for horizontal lines, and 20 cm of fold’s amplitude. The spatial resolution of satellite models and maps on a concrete area exceeded the spatial resolution of mining works plan on the scale 1:5000.
* 3D GeoSEIS Tomography is invaluable for identifying geodynamic zones that may be potential areas for rock bursts, 3D fracture patterns, their density (number of cracks per unit volume) and outline zones of high permeability, shear zones and faults...
Seeking business partners for 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography modeling and Monitoring…
Seeking business partners for developing 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography transformation of 2D-3D digital (multispectral, radar, geophysical, CT, MRI, Ultrasound) images and video...
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* Uniqueness of 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography technology is determined by algorithms that transforms digital images of physical fields into volumetric space-time models which reflects not only an volumetric structure, but also evolution of field`s structures.
* 6D GeoSEIS Tomography brings 3D scan visualization to a whole 6D volumetric animation level. Its 6D Space-time-based Technology extends the capabilities of volumetric modeling practices – allowing anyone, anywhere to see, explore and share (in real-time) 6D interactive views directly from traditional 3D Seismic, MRI, CT and ultrasound scans…
My Customers & Partners: Institute of Geological Sciences of NAS (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of NAS, Institute of Problems on Nature Management & Ecology of NAS, State Enterprise NIGRI (Mining-Ore Research Institute)...
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Shestopalov V.M., Bondarenko Ya.I., Zayonts I.O., Rudenko Yu.F., Bohuslavsky A.S. Complexation of Structural-Geodynamical and Hydrogeological Methods of Studying Areas to Reveal Geological Structural Perspectives for Deep Isolation of Radioactive Wastes. // Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geologic Disposal Sites // Berkeley, USA, 1998.
Kolotenko V.P. Bondarenko J.J. Spiritual and Moral aspects of Sustainable Development Theory // Man and City. Towards a Human and Sustainable Development // Napoli, Italy, 2000.
Bondarenko J.J., Risk analysis, synthesis and Spiritual Energy-Information Structure Modeling 'SEISM' to reveal environmental perspectives for isolation of radioactive and hazardous chemical wastes // ECO-INFORMA 2001 // Chicago, USA, 2001.
Bondarenko J. J., The Multifactor Predictive SEIS (GIS) Model of ecological, genetic and population health risk in connection with dangerous bio-geodynamical processes in geopathogenic hazard zones //ECO-INFORMA 2001// Chicago, USA, 2001.
Zayonts I.O., Bondarenko J.J., Slipchenko B., Lysychenko G.V., New approaches to the problem of geoecological risk for urbanized territories // ECO-INFORMA 2001 // Chicago, USA, 2001...
Visit to the Studebaker National Museum on April 25, 2012. This is a fantastic museum with a wonderful collection of classics.
Packard's last concept car was quite a flamboyant one. Designed by Richard Teague and built by Ghia of Italy. This was as far to the back as I could get on the driver's side (open window), so a shot of the dashboard wasn't possible 1956 Packard Predictor
All of my classic car photos can be found here: Car Collections
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Certificate of validation 3D GeoSEIS Technology for predicts Ni-Cu-Co deposit:
Using 4D GeoSEIS software for multifactor volumetric (structural-geodynamic, geophysical, geochemical and mineralogical) modeling we offer:
Multifactor volumetric structural-geodynamic models “4D GeoSEISM” with exact ranging and forecasting of mineral deposits, low-amplitude tectonics, geophysical anomalies and geologic properties of deep structures, using volumetric interpretation methods of multispectral satellite images for cost-effective geological prospecting.
During 22 years the great number of volumetric structural-geodynamic, geological, geophysical models of ore deposits (Fe-Ti, Cu, Au, Hg, Ni-Cu-Co) and oil-gas deposits (Namibia, Kalimantan, Urals, Ukraine, Timor, Uzbekistan) are created.
Integration of the mineralogical and geochemical data, geophysical maps and multispectral satellite images (Hyperion, ASTER, LANDSAT-7ETM and others) in multifactor volumetric structural-geodynamic models.
4D GeoSEIS software for computer processing of the ASTER and Landsat7ETM images have been used to create the volumetric structural-geodynamic models of the NW Namibia & SE Angola territory to discriminate the high potential concentration of mineral resources based on limited field data in order to aid exploration for new copper and titaniferous magnetite mineralization. The strategy adopted to facilitate this predictive modeling is to develop understanding and testing of a “4D GeoSEIS Model” through research. They allowed calculating the potential resources of commercially important concentration of copper and titaniferous magnetite ores. Several points of Fe-Ti-Cu mineralization predicted by the 4D GeoSEISM had been confirmed by field observations.
Take your geospatial analysis to the next 3D-4D level with 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography!
VALIDATION CERTIFICATE for “4D GeoSEIS Tomography” Method (English ver.) www.slideshare.net/JarosloveBondarenko/4-d-geoseissertifi....
*Using 4D GeoSEIS Tomography transformation of various bands of the multispectral imagery of WV-2, the discriminating iron oxides, clay and hydrothermal minerals can be accurately volumetric mapped...
* The results of structural-geodynamic modeling proved possibility of satellite maps creation (Landsat7ETM, ASTER, World View-2…) of low-amplitude tectonics with spatial resolution 1-20-30m/pix for horizontal lines, and 20 cm of fold’s amplitude. The spatial resolution of satellite models and maps on a concrete area exceeded the spatial resolution of mining works plan on the scale 1:5000.
* 3D GeoSEIS Tomography is invaluable for identifying geodynamic zones that may be potential areas for rock bursts, 3D fracture patterns, their density (number of cracks per unit volume) and outline zones of high permeability, shear zones and faults...
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* The integrated 3D-4D GeoSEIS Tomography Method is a unique tool of 3D-4D transformations and integration of DEM, airborne thermal & multispectral satellite images, airborne/ground gamma-ray spectrometry, geophysical, geological and geochemical data into multicomponent volumetric 3D-4DGeoSEIST GIS for an exact and cost-effective 4D modelling!
* The prime commercial focus is a consulting service to assist predictive discovery of mineral & oil-gas deposits through application of advanced multicomponent volumetric 4D GeoSEIS Tomography modeling of spectral brightness and geophysical fields to targeting problems. This emerging 4D GeoSEIS technology is starting to be utilized by exploration companies and has the potential to improve the probability of exploration success by reducing the time and cost involved in discovery.
Hard to describe...... a girl, covered in gold paint head to toe, with a crystal ball that seemed to have a life of its own ...as it rolled across her fingers, arm, shoulders, as if attached to an invisible rubber thread. Saw her moving through the crowds that were gathering for Buskerfest's Sunday evening closing. Didn't get a good shot of the girl herself. A brief sighting, too many people & she was gone.
...explored ...
NB: the golden girl has made contact *~* Her performance name is 'DawnDreams' and her skillful talent with the crystal ball is called 'contact juggling'.
the globe is acrylic, Pierre informs me.
Rainting is a word I coined describing a painterly effect, achieved by photographing the subject through glass that is being rained on, like a windshield or other. It achieves an oftentimes pretty or soft flowing effect, and sometimes other-worldly. It is usually creative, fun, and fluid, seldom harsh in my opinion. I have an album of them on Flickr.
A predicted tidal surge in the North Sea sparked severe flood warnings and evacuations on England's east coast in November 2007.
So serious was the threat that Prime Minister Gordon Brown held an emergency Cobra committee meeting and the Environment Agency warned of "extreme danger to life and property".
Norfolk Police visited 7,500 homes in Great Yarmouth to advise residents to leave the area. They were told to stay with family and friends outside the borough, or to move upstairs.
Environment Agency chief executive Baroness Young said some of the flood defences in Norfolk and Suffolk might not cope with the expected surge.
"I hope our defences can cope but this is a pretty severe weather event and some of them may not.
"And indeed on our current predictions some of them may be overtopped - even if they do stand up to the wave and wind activity."
In London the Thames Barrier was closed late on Thursday and tidal flood risk manager Andy Batchelor said it would contain the water.
"The high water here is at 1am and the tide will gradually build up... but be contained by the barrier and the walls that lead all the way out to the outer estuary - so London is safe," he said.
Speaking after the Cobra meeting, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn urged people in the affected areas to remain calm.
"We are doing all that we can but we are just going to have to wait and see what happens as the surge makes its way down," he said.
Norfolk Police, Norfolk County Council and Great Yarmouth Borough Council evacuated people from care homes and hospitals.
Leisure centres in Lowestoft and Leiston, as well as Beccles Public Hall, were being used as rest centres.
Meanwhile, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, sandbags were being prepared for homes and businesses.
Wind speeds exceeding 50mph (80km/h) were predicted, with the storm surge expected to peak at about 0430 GMT around Immingham, near Grimsby, and then at 0700 GMT on the East Anglian coast.
In a brief Commons statement on Thursday afternoon, Mr Benn said: "A tidal surge of up to 3m [10ft] is making its way down the North Sea which could coincide with peak high tides.
"There is a risk of flood defences being over-topped on the coast and in tidal rivers, especially in East Anglia, particularly the Norfolk Broads and the coast south of Great Yarmouth including Lowestoft, and areas south of this as far as the coast of Kent."
BBC weather forecaster Carol Kirkwood said "particularly high tides" were exacerbating the situation.
There are eight severe flood warnings, 10 flood warnings and 24 flood watches nationally, covering North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and the north Kent coast.
The severe warnings in place from Great Yarmouth down to Shingle Street, and on parts of the River Bure, River Yare and River Waveney, carry an Environment Agency alert stating: "Severe flooding is expected. There is extreme danger to life and property. Act now."
Large parts of Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent were left under water in 1953, and 307 people died, when high tides and a storm saw a tidal surge of 3.2m (10ft 6in).
The Environment Agency said it was "much better prepared now", but the Met Office added that it was predicting the highest tide since 1983 in Felixstowe, Suffolk.
INDEPENDENT OF PREDICTING THE “CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE” FATALITIES IN GREAT DETAIL AND BY EPICENTER I ALSO PREDICTED THE “CHCH EARTHQUAKE” FATALITIES IN GREAT DETAIL AND BY EPICENTER PUBLISHING EACH OF THESE QUOTES ELECTRONICALLY 22 DAYS BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 22, 2011 REPORTED DEATHS.
David Cameron on Twitter: "Proof... t.co/UZVXn6WcUw";
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I correctly predicted an earthquake in great detail and by epicenter forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron. Specifically publishing the quote "WHAT Chch EARTHQUAKE GOT YOUR TONGUE?" before the first ever Chch earthquake fatality. And the second ever Chch earthquake fatality. And the third ever Chch earthquake fatality. Etc. Etc. I published it right before the first 185. Historically it may have been published 22 days before the 2/22 on Tuesday that George Washington changed his birthday to 2/22 for exactly 222 years to the day of my birth. You are an inept moron who mathematically can't even count much less determine the sanity of anyone. Do you need proof? That I made UK Prime Minister David Cameron resign?
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The Third Day of the nine. Charlie Sheen’s birthday and mine. That one day Washington changed his birthday to 2 22 exactly 222 years to my birth. Jesus Christ. Christchurch.
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First Christchurch, New Zealand earthquake fatalities ever all 185 on February 22, 2011.
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“June 15, 1896”
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“March 11, 2011” The single costliest natural disaster ever world wide.
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2 x 2 and 2 + 2 anniversary that I registered rushlogo.com on Galileo’s birthday 2 weeks before the first pope in six centuries stepped down because I said so Jorge. Mario. With two week tunguska notice too.
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Exactly 22 days before the 2/22 Tuesday Jesus Chch that Washington changed his birthday to 2/22 for exactly 222 years to the day of my birth.
The Great "you have any friends in your basement where you touch yourself" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Biblical Prophet says: January 30, 2011" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Bitch tell where you are punk. Where are you dude? It wouldn’t happen to be New Zealand would it?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Chch Earthquake
The Great "my Social Security No. is Six Hundred and Sixty-Six" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Where are you punk" Chch Earthquake
The Great "bet it GOT SHOOK" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Dare me to do it again?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Biblical Prophet reply" Chch Earthquake
The Great "No shaking here, my tea cups are still on the bench" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Never had a quake where i live" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Try your best to shake me in your spare time" Chch Earthquake
The Great "CNNZ says" Chch Earthquake
The Great "I see the math in your madness" Chch Earthquake
The Great "your IQ is also divisible by 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Earthquake Machine No. 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Knob Hill Apparatus" Chch Earthquake
The Great "September 3, 1899" Chch 111 year anniversary Earthquake Chch earthquake
The Great "epicenter time" Chch Earthquake
The Great "year divisible by 3 times 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "month divisible by 3 times 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "day divisible by 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "hour divisible by 3" Chch Earthquake
The Great "for Christ’s sake" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Earthquake Milne Shide No. 333" Chch Earthquake
The Great "lasted 3 times 3 times 3 days" Chch Earthquake
The Great "This is from straight the USGS" Chch Earthquake
The Great "world-shaking disturbances" Chch Earthquake
The Great "constant palpitation of this part of the earth’s crust" Chch Earthquake
The Great "two world-shaking disturbances" Chch Earthquake
The Great "greatest uplift that had ever been recorded in the history of the world" Chch Earthquake
The Great “All repeated acts or operations I performed had to be divisible by three and if I missed I felt impelled to do it again, even if it took hours.” Chch Earthquake
The Great “If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 & 9; then you would have a key to the universe.” Chch Earthquake
The Great "Shide No. 333" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Three plus three is six, plus three is nine" Chch Earthquake
The Great "man-made seismic event" Chch Earthquake
The Great "U.S. Geological Survey 69" Chch Earthquake
The Great "by Tarr and Martin" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Watch Tesla make earthquakes" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Biblical Prophet says: January 30, 2011" "22 days before the 2/22 Tuesday that Washington changed his birthday to 2/22 for exactly 222 years to my birth" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Where are you at CNNZ?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "You know how you can tell if something is true?" Chch Earthquake
The Great “Intro. to Human Behavior” Chch Earthquake
The Great "STROKE OF MIDNIGHT DURING AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM" Chch Earthquake
The Great "NOT ONLY SCIENTIFICALLY AND MATHEMATICALLY, BUT SPIRITUALLY" Chch Earthquake
The Great "AND HE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE" Chch Earthquake
The Great "YOU SHOULD LISTEN" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Moar to come" Chch Earthquake
The Great "MikeC says" something other than Chch Earthquake Chch Earthquake
The Great “IT IS A WEAPON.” Chch Earthquake
The Great “WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU?” Chch Earthquake
The Great “WHY ARE YOU RUNNING AROUND TELLING EVERYBODY?” Chch Earthquake
The Great “DO YOU WANT ANOTHER HAITI?” Chch Earthquake
The Great "That is a fact" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Where are you at MikeC?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Claim your country pussy... it will shake" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Bret McKenzie" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Jemaine Clement" Chch Earthquake
The Great "your names are written in the book of life for comedic genius" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Tesla made earthquakes" Chch Earthquake
The Great "So it wasn’t you who sent the 5.9 that we had a couple of days ago?" Chch Earthquake
The Great" Aww…… Are you going to send some my way specifically?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Gosh – I feel theratened……..I am in New Zealand – it shakes every day" Chch Earthquake
The Great "I live 100m from a huge faultline, and work 200m from the same one" Chch Earthquake
The Great "If NZ doesn’t shake then something is wrong with the world!" Chch Earthquake
The Great "You know who shook you asshole" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Yeah… mother fuckers… I knew it! I pulled a hat trick!" Chch Earthquake
The Great "All three of you fucking lames shaking while your talking shit" Chch Earthquake
The Great "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Let the record reflect that all three of these New Zealand lames AviateNavigate, MikeC & CNNZ were actually rocked by a fucking earthquake after they dared me to rock them with a fucking earthquake" Chch Earthquake
The Great "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Chch Earthquake
The Great "SHUT YOUR BITCH MOUTH PUNK OR I’LL ROCK YOUR BITCH ASS AGAIN" Chch Earthquake
The Great "No shaking where i live" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Except perhaps that I didnt’ actually feel the last one ‘cos I was fast asleep at the time…..dang it!" Chch Earthquake
The Great "hey you’ll love this" Chch Earthquake
The Great "you think you ar responsible" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Your “predictions” are right up there with “it’s going to rain today” Chch Earthquake
The Great "Why don’t you tell us exactly where and when and how big the next one will be" Chch Earthquake
The Great "that’d be proof positive of your claims and you could be seen as the genius you obviously think you are" Chch Earthquake
The Great "We are talking about a 5.9 that took place right after I was challenged by you three New Zealand douchebags" Chch Earthquake
The Great "I rocked all three of your faggot asses at once" Chch Earthquake
The Great "BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" Chch Earthquake
The Great "You better have an ear" Chch Earthquake
The Great "you made a point of telling us to note the date and time of the post" Chch Earthquake
The Great "hardly “right after”" Chch Earthquake
The Great "no reports of damage" Chch Earthquake
The Great "no tea cups broke that we know of" Chch Earthquake
The Great "And I didnt’ feel it, so no, you didn’t shake me at all sorry dude" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Gisborne today" Chch Earthquake
The Great "couple of hundred miles from me sorry" Chch Earthquake
The Great "didnt’ feel them" Chch Earthquake
The Great "You are a bit of a failure as a prophet of doom, evangalist for Tesla, and general all-around bringer of armageddon" Chch Earthquake
The Great "so saith the lord your god" Chch Earthquake
The Great "So are you claiming responsibility for the earthquake" Chch Earthquake
Thw Great "Did you create it?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Otherwise I fail to see the point in you claiming that there was an earthquake" Chch Earthquake
The Great "demonstrates your mental state" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Tea Cups Broke" Chch Earthquake
The Great "So saith the lord your god" Chch Earthquake
The Great "deaf, dumb, blind piece of shit. Have a fucking ear… or hold on tight…" Chch Earthquake
The Great "still no reports of any broken teacups" Chch Earthquake
The Great "It didn’t shake three of us as it DID not shake me"
Chch Earthquake
The Great "I was no where nere the quake!" Chch Earthquake
The Great "I have never felt a quake in my life!" Chch Earthquake
The Great "It will beat the 5.9 divine" Chch Earthquake
The Great "So you are saying he next really big one will hurt?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "right up there with telling us that rain will get us wet" Chch Earthquake
The Great "stepping out of the realm of the bleedin’ obvious, and provide some specifics" Chch Earthquake
The Great "It will hurt you" Chch Earthquake
The Great "Hmm…still not very specific. Is that me personally, or “you” as in the “royal you” of all us faggot ass bitches in NZ? And is it physical hurt, financial, or emotional? Or perhaps a combination of all 3? Will it hurt anyone else? Or just the 3 of us who dare to call you fool?" Chch Earthquake
The Great "provide lat/long, epicenter time in NZDT, magnitude, depth. All this should be within your ‘power'" Chch Earthquake
The Great "I am but a messenger from god with his simple truth" Chch Earthquake
The Great "So saith the lord your god" Chch Earthquake
As predicted the powers that be are changing the law to suit!
22 April 2014:
Ministers want to change trespass law to boost #fracking bbc.in/1lypIVF they don't want "an overburden of red tape and regulation"!?
Andy Chyba - Speech
This campaign has dominated my life for the last 3 years and for long periods of that I wondered whether we had any chance of prevailing against the power and influence of the oil & gas lobby and their allies in Government, but I am here today to tell you that I am now totally convinced that we will prevail and prevent the devastation that this industry brings.
Why am I so confident? What has become clear in recent months is that this issue resonates with people, with voters, across the political spectrum in a way that issues like climate change have singularly failed to manage.
Despite the fact that climate change science is established and only challenged by the loony right-wing fringe; despite the fact that the arguments have been won and just about every world leader now acknowledges that we are well on course for catastrophic climate change, within the lifetimes of most people alive today; despite this no major country has found it politically possible to do anything like enough to avert the impending calamities.
We have been preaching about climate change for decades and instead of weeing in the wind, we look destined to be pissing in the coming gales for all we seem capable of achieving on this issue. The threat simply does not seem obvious, immediate or personal enough to influence people’s votes.
But fracking is different. It does, of course have a critical climate change dimension, but voters of all persuasions are beginning to realise what is at stake, especially when it pitches up in their back yards.
Witness the reaction in the Tory heartland around Balcombe. Fracking was fine when it was up in the desolate North, as the profits being made would boost their dividend payouts and pensions funds. But bring it to their doorstep and all of a sudden it is their water turning shades of green and black, it is their health being threatened, it is their leisure and tourism and agriculture being ruined, and perhaps most tellingly of all for fans of capitalism, it is the value of their prized capital assets, their property, that is being decimated and made unsellable.
This is why they have welcomed us with open arms when we visit the Balcombe camp and recognise the sacrifices being made by people like Frances Crack and Caroline Lucas in risking their liberty for the cause.
We don’t fight for these people though. As eco -socialists, we in the Green Party and Plaid Cymru have long recognised that any environmental threat tends to be a socialist issue. Who is it that disregards the environmental consequences beyond ensuring they have a big enough compensation kitties for when it goes tits up?
BP were able to establish a $20 billion compensation fund straight after the Deepwater Horizon disaster (a disaster they had insisted could never happen) and it barely caused them a moments inconvenience. Meanwhile thousands of fishermen have lost their livelihoods and way of life forever; the tourism and hospitality industries, and the poorly paid people within it, have taken massive hits, while those with lawyers and accountants milk the compensation pot.
You see, it always the little guys that are ultimately made to pay for the mistakes of the big guys. Sound familiar? Here in austerity Britain?
So, we have voters from the left and the right finding common ground in opposing fracking, and we even have Conservative AMs championing the precautionary principle if we are to believe Suzy Davies. What a pity they are in opposition, I bet she hopes we think.
Which leaves us to consider the middle ground of the political landscape. And for that we need look no further than over my shoulder. This is, of course, crediting Carwyn and his mates with not quite being the Red Tories we see in Westminster, but where has been the leadership the Welsh people deserve on this issue?
Many of us here today have written to Carwyn, he is after all my AM in Bridgend, and what do we get? We get him peddling the ultimate myth of the fracking apologist, regarding, and I quote his letter directly: “the role that gas will have as a key transitional fuel as we move to a low carbon energy system”.
This only ever had any traction if we were to burn gas instead of coal, but there is absolutely no evidence of this happening – coal production has continued apace in the USA and a drop in coal consumption, in the capitalist world, only means a drop in price and greater demand and consumption in other, poorer, parts of the world.
The latest research coming out of the London School of Economics tells us that we have to leave between 60 and 80% of current known reserves in the ground if we are to stand a chance of avoiding catastrophic climate change. Wake up Carwyn – the very last thing we need is to keep looking for ever more extreme forms of fossil fuels.
If we had proper leadership here in Wales, we could be at the very forefront of the worlds low carbon economies given the staggering potential for renewable energy we have here in Wales – not just wind and solar, but ground source heating and biogas potential that would allow us to heat our homes a lot cheaper and safer than using shale gas – and not forgetting the near criminal waste of the second highest tidal range in the entire world rushing past our doors as regular as clockwork, just over there!
The latest multi-technology proposals suggest a readily available 14GW is going to waste everyday in the Bristol Channel – the equivalent of 4 Wylfa sized nuclear power stations, at least 10 Gas-fired power stations, or put another way – more than enough to meet the average consumption level of the whole of Wales today.
So what do we need? We need Carwyn to get his backside off the fence, get out here and listen to the hard cold facts of the matter rather than keep looking for a lead from the red Tories in Westminster that only ever give us slightly tamer versions of whatever the blue Tories say, and for him to recognise that we are not going away until we get the environmental and social justice of a ban on fracking in Wales.
Let’s hear you Carwyn! Thank you!
A coalition calling for a cross party motion on Shale Gas extraction Fracking in Wales.
Tues 24 Sept 2013, Y Senedd Cardiff Bay.
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Water & Light at Sassi Mazar Balochistan May30, 2015
SUN SHINES IN THE NIGHT
Sassi punnu mausoleum got Solar Energy
Every year thousands of peoples from various parts of Sindh, Baluchistan and Punjab gather at the shrine of Sassi and Punnu in Singher village to attend a 3 days carnival. Singher village is , 52 Kilometers away from Hub town. Singher means chain, as the village is surrounded by the chain of hills where it is believed that Sassi and Punnu were buried under a landslide.
Before the monsoon a carnival organizing committee receives donation from the Baloch tribal chiefs of Sindh and Balochistan to bear the expenditures of the event. Collected funds are mostly used for providing food, water and accommodation to all the devotees there. Sufi Faqirs (singers) from Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab travel to perform songs on the occasion to pay homage to Sassi Punnu, the popular tragic romance of Sindh and Balochistan. Besides folk songs, a traditional Sindhi game malakhro similar to Japanese wrestling sumo also attracts a large number of the people to come there.
Lands from mountains with old graves scattered in the area and rainy water ways are quite difficult to cross for the travellers. Despite this, devotees, males and females, travel long distance to visit the site the entire year. For the local people, camel is the only means of transport and people gather there during the occasion.
There is only one well, which is useful for the communities otherwise the entire area underground water level is unsafe for human consumption. In case the area receives monsoon rains the people use rainy water from ponds.
For the benefit of peoples living in surroundings as well as devotees who visit during carnival and over the year, Masood Lohar, country Manager UNDP, GEF small grant program decided to use solar energy for providing clean and safe water and lighting on the mausoleum.
On 30th May 2015, Shaan Technologies Private Limited installed a 3 HP Solar Powered pump on a 250 ft deep well that is located near the tomb. Operating on a 3 kilowatt solar panel bank this pump provide 30 Gallon water per minutes & eliminates requirement of diesel generator operated pump that organizing committee previously used to supply water during the festival.
Now solar pump serves as a continuous source of clean water without any additional cost. A water tank is provided to store pumped water. This tank helped as a 24 hours ready source of water for the local people.
In addition to that 2 solar powered floodlights were also installed in front yard of tomb. These 14 watt LED lights runs on a 35 watt solar panel that provide sufficient power to run LED lamps up to 12 hours. Dusk to Dawn photo sensors is also used in the system that automatically turns on the light just before the sunset and turns off at dawn. This project was financed by the UNDP GEF Small grant program. Lodhie foundation contributed 10% cost of the project under its poverty alleviation initiative.
Project Summary
Location: Sassi Punnu Moseleum, Singher Village, Near Hub Dam, Baluchistan
Coordinates: 25°18'41"N 66°53'21"E
Nearby cities: Karachi, Hub City, Sonmiani / Winder city
Initiated By: UNDP, GEF Small Grant Program in association of Lodhie Foundation
Implemented by: Shaan Technologies Private Limited Karachi
Implantation Date: 30Th May 2015
Equipment installed:
(1) One 3HP DC Submersible water pump with 3KW Solar panels and Pump Controller
(2) Two Solar Powered LED Floodlights
Beneficiaries: Up to 2500 people living in the Singher village and surroundings
Folktale of Sassi & Punnu
Sassi Punnu is a famous folktale of love told in the length and breadth of Sindh, Pakistan. The story is about a faithful wife who is ready to undergo all kinds of troubles that would come her way while seeking her beloved husband who was separated from her by the rivals
Sassi was the daughter of a Brahman Hindu Rajah from Rohri . Upon Sassui's birth, astrologers predicted that she was a curse for the royal family’s prestige. The Raja ordered that the child be put in a wooden box and thrown in the Sindhu, present day’s river Indus. However, she was saved by a washer-man belonging to Bhanbhor, near Gharo district, Thatta . The washer-man raised her as his own daughter.
When Sassui became a young girl, she was as beautiful as the fairies of heaven. Stories of her beauty reached Punhun a prince from Kech Makran Balochistan and he became desperate to meet Sassi. The handsome young Prince therefore travelled to Bhambore. He sent his clothes to Sassi's father (a washerman) so that he could catch a glimpse of Sassi. When he visited the washerman's house, they fell in love at first sight. Sassui's father was dispirited, hoping that Sassi would marry a washerman and no one else. He asked Punnhun to prove that he was worthy of Sassui by passing the test as a washerman. Punnhun agreed to prove his love. While washing, he tore all the clothes as, being a prince, he had never washed any clothes; he thus failed the agreement. But before he returned those clothes, he hid gold coins in the pockets of all the clothes, hoping this would keep the villagers quiet. The trick worked, and Sassui's father agreed to the marriage.
At last Punnu (Punhoon) married her. However, his father, Ari, the King of Ketch, did not like his son getting married to a low-caste girl, so he instructed his other sons to go to Bhanbhor and bring back Punnu at any cost. They visited Punnu as his guests and during the night they intoxicated him and his wife. Later, they put their brother on one of the camels and left. When Sassi woke up in the morning, she was shocked to find Punnu missing and all his brothers gone. She understood their trickery. She left Bhambhor immediately to Kech Makran on foot in search of him. The Kech Makran is located along the Makran Coastal Highway in Baluchistan, Pakistan.
After crossing Pab Mountain, she reached the Harho range. She could not proceed further when her path was blocked by the Phor River. So she started retracing her steps. Soon she was accosted by a beastly goatherd who intended to molest her. Sassi prayed to God for protection. Immediately the ground below her feet started caving in like quicksand and she disappeared within seconds. Seeing the miracle, the goatherd repented sincerely, and to make amends for his misconduct, he made a grave in the site and became its custodian.
Punnu found no peace of mind at Kech. He languished and soon became an invalid. Under the circumstances, his father allowed him to return to Bhambhor.
During his return journey, Punnu happened to pass by the site where Sassi had met her death. When the goatherd came to know his story, he told him as to what had happened to Sassi. Punnu was beside himself on hearing the horrible news.
He prayed to God to unite him with Sassi. Again the ground became quicksand and he soon disappeared into the bowels of the earth. So came to an end the tragic love story of Sassi and Punnu. The legendary grave still exists in this valley.
The famous Sufi saint and poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai sings this historic tale in his sufi poetry “Shah jo Risalo” as an example of eternal love and union with Divine.
Sassi’s resting place is said to be about 45 miles away in the Pub range to the west of Karachi. A local man of some importance constructed a simple mausoleum in 1980 over the joint grave of Sassi and Punnu. It is often visited by tourists.
Predicting where this little beauty going to pop up is some challenge. Sitting and waiting seemed the best technique. Another beautiful bird on my to see list photographed :) Canon 650D 400mm f5.6
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