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belerencodex · 7 years ago

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Elves in the Crucible States

Once the Elves were mighty. In forgotten corners of Beleren statues and overgrown ruins speak of the wonders of a lost age. ALl that came to an end in a period called the Age of Silence. Even the mightiest clerics and wizards of the elvenkind have been unable to seek out the souls of those lost in this age. Much of the knowledge of the elves was lost in this cataclysm. Draconic histories tell us of the last citadels of the elves falling under the onslaught of the Orcs when Orcs Were Mighty. In the ages since, elves have struggled to forge a new legacy, but they do so without unity. Their ancient histories and oral traditions speak of a time when all elves spoke but one language and lived in palatial estates of tremendous arcane attunement. In the Crucible States there are four main types of elves who are identifiable culturally, each speaks their own language. Different permutations of a lost ancestral proto-Elven that scholars believe likely resembled Sylvan: the language of the Fey. The Elves of today are quarrelsome and often hyper-individualistic, many of their tales speak of the decadence and weakness of their ancestors as being their undoing.

A Place In the Sun: The greatest threat to the Elves in the past few millennia seems to come not from the Fiends, unseelie Archfey, or Dragons who have long sought the destruction of their race. Rather it seems the greatest threat to elves seems to come from the burgeoning, young Human Race. Already wars with Humans have turned into wars of survival. The Efreeti-blooded sorcerer king who founded Rijan and Kulvin did so by obliterating the Visnoi (Sand Elves). Conflict between elves and humans have been continual since the first human civilizations rose up under the guidance of their Draconic overlords. But the conflict is not so simple as a tale of good and evil. Terrible acts have been done both by Elves and Humans against one another. Great love has blossomed before though and time and again they have proven what unity between the two races is capable of.

Ash Elves

The Ascren Empire was built on the idea of creating a culturally homogeneous realm in the tumultuous and fractured lands of the Crucible States. Many resisted this process of assimilation but few as much determination as the elves. With their long lives and secluded settlements they were able to resist well. But when the Empire couldn’t win over or break the elves, they instead began kidnapping elven children from the meadows and groves where they were raised, burning these kindergartens behind them. These children were placed in boarding school or under the wardship of noble families of good standing and would grow to adulthood over the long centuries of Imperial rule. Can’t Go Home: The tutelage of Grey Elves was meant to alienate them from the ‘savage nature’ of their native cultures. They were raised to be civilized, the Ascrene called them Noble Elves, a term hated by the Belnoi and Seqnoi, who instead call them Motnoi (Ashen ones) or Ascanoi (Traitorous ones). As such they often clash with their elven kin, being thought of as haughty or prejudicial. As such many Motnoi either live in human metropoli or in remote solitude. They exist best either in mixed company or no company at all. A Stern Education: Elven wards were taken with the express aim of utilizing their natural abilities to the advantage of the Empire. They were trained as knights and wizards, serving as elite guards and master mages of the arcane universities that made Ascren powerful. Emperor August Prelatorian.

City Elves

The busy shipping lanes through Artan Bay bring with them many Aigadosi elves, mostly found in the coastal merchant cities but sometimes finding work as bards, court painters, and artisans, the city elves are renown among humans for their astonishing beauty and grace. Physically they mature at about the same rate as humans though they can live upwards of a thousand years. Few do though, city elves tend to be brash and drawn to adventure. A Proud People: The land of Aigados has endured for millennia as a shining republic of the City Elves. This long history and legacy of freedom and prosperity has given the City Elves or ‘Koinoi’ as they call themselves in their native tongue something of a haughty and prideful demeanor. This attitude extends even to their own cousins the swamp and pine elves, who they consider somewhat more primitive.

Art and Culture: The culture of the City Elves predates humanity, drawing their art and mythology from the lost High Elves of ancient times. Tales of great romances and epic adventures, centuries old have been immortalized in statues, paintings, plays, and poems by the Koinoi. They are deeply proud of their history of artistry and hold the Koinoi form as the highest standard of beauty, a beauty standard that has become imposed on some human cultures. While they respect the artistry of the dwarves and their craftsmanship they view most human attempts at art crude, quaint, or folksy.

Swamp Elves

In the wide swamplands that line the coast west of Feldri and in the marshy tributaries and mangrove forests that creep their way inland, lies the realm of the Belnoi or Swamp Elves. They generally live in familial clans led by the eldest female member, usually a druid. They, and their cousins the Seq’noi live in very similar cultural structures, their main differences are marked by religion and appearance. The Swamp Elves can be slightly startling looking to humans, their fingers are long with webbing that reaches the first knuckle, their skin mottled shades from silty tan to deep, muted greens. Their hair is thick and wild and some Belnoi go so far as to cultivate vines or mosses into growing in the tangles. Spirits of the Swamp: Many divine creatures lurk among the mangroves and lagoons of the Belnoi’s territory. Demonic toads, catfish blessed by water spirits, snakes that act as messengers of the angels, can all be found if one is looking with the right skillset. Many swamp elves seek out these creatures for veneration and so draw their power from the connection to these nature spirits rather from the Feywild as their cousins do. Some hommage is still paid to the Feywild but the relationship is more antagonistic, many of the swamp dwelling fey are deeply malevolent. Unconquerable: There was never a way for the Ascren Empire to formally declare war on the Belnoi, they drained swamps, cut back mangroves, and were met with armies of swamp-dwelling creatures. Time proved that the best strategy was simply to surround them and leave them be. Human colonies were built in the swampland under Ascrene rule and tax collectors were sent to the tribes that didn’t shoot on sight.

Pine Elves

The Seq’noi are close kin of the Belnoi, are masters of the wooded foothills of the mountain spines that run through the center of the Crucible States. They are less openly hostile in their dealings with humans than their cousins but tensions do still arise. In culture they are a lively people, fond of loud jangly music and wild dancing. Elven firewater and gin are highly prized, in Feldri there is even a famed elven distillery run by a powerful clan. In appearance Pine elves are often born with features of the creatures of the forest around them, skunk striped hair or skin brindled like the coat of a boar, though they are fond of cosmetic enhancement and using magic to tamper with their appearance. Advancing Wilds: The Seq’noi consider themselves something of an anti-civilization. Everywhere their forest touches they consider their realm. The depths of the forests are to them sacred places and they will wage war on lumberjacks, hunters, and any other who would do harm to the land or it’s creatures. With the fall of Ascren they have stood unopposed in their forward march, new growth spreads fast over the unclaimed and empty landscape. Kindred of the Fey: The Seq’noi are very traditionalist in their attachment to the Feywild. The homeland and progenitor of the elven races is the basis of the religious system of the Seq’noi and they align themselves closely with many of the archfey.

Half-Elves

To humans, elves are often considered beautiful, their grace and delicate features make them deeply desirable. On the flip side of this for many elves, humans hold a strange fascination, their ability for quick adaption as well as their mayfly lifespans give them what some elves consider a romantic quality. Especially with the Koinoi but also with the Seq’noi and Belnoi as well , this leads to crossbreeding with humans. Half-elves mature slightly slower than humans and live near twice as long, two traits that can cause them to feel out of place or awkward in their youth as their peers outgrow them and enter adulthood. Among the Koinoi half-elves usually can find place and fit in but often they can end up feeling distant from the long-lived Seq’noi and Belnoi. As such Half-Elves usually end up living in human societies. A Mixed Inheritance: Many different people have many different reactions to Half-Elves, among the Ascrene and the Koinoi they are a common sight and few would think much of it. In Cymrin they might be mistaken for nobility, but in the more unfriendly Belnoi communities they may be considered abominable half-breeds. The Orumic as well may be more hostile as their coastal settlements frequently skirmish with the Seq’noi. Ambassadors: Because of their cultural mobility between elves and humans, half-elves often end up being mediators between the two. In general once a town has a few half-elves their relations with the local elvish community begins to improve quickly.

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ezatluba · 5 years ago

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Could relatives of measles virus jump from animals to us?

By Jonathan BallUniversity of Nottingham

We've seen recent spikes in measles infections.

Some European countries, including the UK, lost their measles-free status and many developing countries, especially parts of Africa, Asia and Oceania are seeing frequent outbreaks.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is experiencing a protracted outbreak of over a quarter of a million cases and more than 5,000 deaths, mainly in children under-five.

And the reason for this measles upturn?

Declining uptake of measles vaccination. You need to immunise over 90% of a population to protect it from measles outbreaks. In DRC immunisation rates are less than 60%.

And there's a potential hidden danger of poor vaccine coverage.

Measles belongs to a group of highly related viruses called morbilliviruses, which can be found in various mammals, and these are adept at jumping from one host species to another.

The common ancestor of measles virus is thought to have been a virus circulating in cattle which, according to Louise Cosby, emeritus, honorary professor at the Wellcome Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, "probably jumped into humans when cattle were domesticated thousands of years ago".

"There are also historical records which suggest that canine distemper virus - or CDV - might have arisen from human measles in the Americas, following one or more human-to-dog spill-overs during extensive measles outbreaks in indigenous people, who were exposed to the virus for the first time when they came into contact with European explorers," she explained.

A cross-species spill-over is the transmission of a pathogen from one vertebrate species to another.

Deadly to dogs

As CDV has spread around the world, there are many examples of it hopping into other species including seals, cats and even monkeys - often with devastating effects.

In the 1980s, this virus wiped out the last wild population of black-footed ferrets and is even putting some endangered big cat species in peril.

To be able to flit from one species to another, a virus often has to adapt in order to use the new host cell machinery.

We call these potential host-blocks to virus infection the species barrier.

The first barrier a virus must overcome is cell attachment and entry. According to Dr Dalan Bailey, a virologist based at the Pirbright Institute, what makes morbilliviruses so adept at cross-species transmission is that the proteins it commandeers to do this are very similar across different mammalian species, so the species barrier is low.

And this could pose a potential future risk to human health

"We've definitely got evidence that non-human morbilliviruses can easily adapt to enter human cells, and we're confident that it can replicate in them too," Dr Bailey said.

It takes just two simple mutations in one of CDV's surface proteins to allow it to infect human cells.

A threat to humans

So, what's stopping animal morbilliviruses cropping up in humans?

"A major factor is likely to be pre-existing immunity, where natural infection or vaccination against measles provides a pool of antibodies, some of which cross-react and prevent infection by non-human morbilliviruses", explained Dr Bailey.

But, as vaccination rates fall, we will continue to see major outbreaks of measles, and this will give other morbilliviruses, like CDV, the chance to explore a new human host.

Currently, there is no evidence of human infection by CDV or any of its close non-human virus relatives, but we cannot discount the possibility, as Dr Katrina Lythgoe, from the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford explained.

"You might have a sub-population of individuals where there's been no recent measles outbreaks and low vaccination coverage, and therefore low measles immunity. And it's in these people where you might see possible localised outbreaks," she said.

"We know spill-overs can happen - measles was one after all - but whether we could get human-to-human chains of transmission is difficult to say."

Often a virus must mutate for successful cross-species transmission. And whilst declining vaccination rates might not provide enough scope for a non-human morbillivirus to adapt and outcompete measles, there is one scenario where emergence might just be possible - The World Health Organization'sWHO plans for measles eradication.

If we successfully eradicate measles through vaccination, there will be a temptation to stop immunisation, and herd immunity to measles - and therefore other morbilliviruses - will decline.

Prof Brian Willett, who studies morbilliviruses at the University of Glasgow agrees that it's this scenario, rather than falling vaccination rates, that could provide CDV with the opportunity to infect humans. But only if the conditions are right.

"Will it start in the UK? Well no, because most dogs are vaccinated and there's very little CDV. It would have to be in a country where dogs or other animals can develop CDV, for example in the US where there are outbreaks in raccoons, skunks and grey foxes which could spread into local dog populations," Prof Willett explained.

"A lot of things would have to fall into place. Removing measles immunity from the human population, an animal population that is shedding CDV and then the two coming together.

"So, if you remove measles immunity from a country where morbilliviruses such as CDV are endemic, then it's only a matter of time before you start to see evidence of humans being exposed. Whether the virus would then adapt to the new host remains to be seen", he said

Bovine clues

The researchers that I have spoken to are quick to highlight what happened in cattle when rinderpest vaccination stopped following its eradication.

"The net effect of rinderpest eradication was that there was no herd immunity to morbillivirus in cattle worldwide," said Dr Bailey.

"And what we are seeing now in the field is compelling evidence of infection by a morbillivirus called PPRV".

PPRV - or Peste des Petits Ruminants virus to give it its full name - circulates widely in relatively small animals such as sheep and goats.

The amount of infection that cattle are now experiencing is immense. "In Pakistan they're seeing seroprevalence of up to 17%, in Sudan they've seen 42% and I've spoken to people working in Tanzania and from the DRC and they're all seeing this high seropositivity," said Dr Bailey.

In sheep, goats and even antelope, PPRV can be devastating. So far there is no evidence that it causes any disease in cattle.

There's one obvious lesson from rinderpest eradication - that declining measles immunity will mean humans are susceptible to other morbilliviruses.

Of course, we can't predict which, or even if, a virus would emerge. But reported infections in monkeys makes CDV a prime candidate.

How it might behave if it does make the switch to humans is difficult to predict.

"Although measles infection can have devastating complications, this is rarer compared to CDV and some of the other morbilliviruses which normally produce severe disease in their natural hosts," said Prof Cosby.

"CDV is very virulent and normally will infect the brain in the later stages of the disease, whereas with measles this is a rare, but really dangerous event."

"This is not the only cause of death, as all morbilliviruses, including CDV, cause immune suppression in their host, which can lead to secondary bacterial infections, giving rise particularly to pneumonia and in some cases diarrhoea. So, CDV is a pretty nasty disease," she said.

Monkey deaths

Prof Cosby added: "Compared to measles, when you look at how CDV and the other morbilliviruses behave in the host, they're really devastating."

We can't tell what CDV would do to humans, but the fact that in some of the monkey outbreaks, many of the animals died should give us some cause for concern.

If we do ever reach the point of having a measles-free world, then we'll have to think very carefully about how best to stop its relatives hopping on board.

Some think that continued use of the measles vaccine might be sufficient to protect against a possible jump into humans by CDV, but Prof Cosby isn't as convinced:

"Although measles antibodies cross-react with CDV, they're not a perfect match; whilst measles vaccine helps to protect against CDV disease in non-human primates it does not totally stop virus being released from these animals.

"So, we may need to use a more CDV-specific vaccine to prevent any potential spread of CDV in the human population".

Of course, the most pressing consideration is not what might happen if we do eradicate measles, but how we can rise to the challenge of making this happen.

It will require better global access to the measles vaccine and many more people willing to take it.

Until then, measles will hang on to its deadly human morbillivirus billing.

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frozendoorgaming · 5 years ago

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Morning Mist #88

Announcements, Releases, Trailers

EA's reportedly working on a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic reboot

Doom Eternal is a not-so-breezy 20-hour adventure

Mooncharmer invites you to dance, limbs be damned

Kunai Drew Me In With Cute Faces, Kept Me With Solid Gameplay

Sneezing is how you get around in Hayfever

SpongeBob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated Release Date Revealed

Ballistic Craft is a bullet hell where you design the crazy weapons

Little Town Hero is bringing its big ideas to PS4 in April

Village Monsters has a charming Stardew Valley meets Undertale vibe

The tactics game based on The Dark Crystal comes out next month

Korean MMORPG Summoners War: Chronicle launches globally in 2020

Hearts of Iron 4: La Resistance will let you build a spy network next month

It'll be tough to resist Rune Factory 4 Special on February 25

Half-Life: Alyx will let you put buckets on headcrabs and the buckets will move around

Ninja Theory reveals a new game that aims to 'recreate the horrors of the mind'

Lost Words gets a new trailer at the New York Video Game Awards

Football and anime collide in Captain Tsubasa: Rise of New Champions

MLB The Show 20 Gameplay Trailer Slides In

Milestones, Industry

Google nab the right to stream Activision esports exclusively on YouTube

Nintendo patented a Nintendo Switch stylus attachment for your Joy-Con

Stardew Valley Hits 10 Million Sales Milestone

Frame Fatales, the all-women speedrunning event, returns in February

Halo and a Nancy Drew game were among the most popular Steam games in December

GDC survey reports that 54% of developers think game workers should unionise

GDC State of the Industry: Game devs shifting focus to next-gen consoles

Riot Games’ Legends of Runeterra writes a thank-you note to its community

Riot Games’ $10M settlement could climb to $400M due to California state agency filings

Tencent are attempting to gain full ownership of Funcom, developers of Conan Exiles

id Software crunched "most of last year" to hit delayed Doom Eternal date

Microsoft downplays customer support database error that exposed 250 million records

UK NHS director calls out lootboxes as ‘under the radar’ gambling

Former Splinter Cell creative director has reportedly returned to Ubisoft

Deals, Freeware

GOG's Lunar Sale is live

Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and more digital Ubisoft games reduced by up to 75%

Rat out some discounts with Steam's Lunar New Year Sale

All previous Half-Life games are now free on Steam in the run-up to Alyx's release

Rush Grotto is a cute, fast-paced, free dungeon crawler

The Bridge is free on Epic Games Store, Farming Simulator 19 up next

Explore the rooftops in free 3D platformer Myrtle Takes The City

Unending is the free sequel to excellent roguelike puzzler Ending

Zombie survival game Pandemic Express is now free to play

A Plague Tale, Gris and more coming to Game Pass for PC

Target is throwing in a journal with Animal Crossing: New Horizons

The best price for Temtem is at Green Man Gaming

Save $260 on the RTX 2080 Ti, the fastest graphics card you can buy

SteelSeries launches a $30 gaming mouse and a $50 water-resistant keyboard

This clever contraption makes the bezels on your multi-monitor setup disappear

Cyberpunk 2077 is Funko Pops' latest victim

You can now get a free Xbox One with a Virgin Media bundle

Information

Legends of Runeterra cards guide – all the cards in the beta

Legends of Runeterra best decks – how to import deck codes

Fallout 76's next free expansion actually looks like it'll bring life to its lifeless world

Disco Elysium Hardcore Mode is Here

Fire up Overcooked 2 for the Spring Festival update

Nioh 2 will have three DLC packs just like the first game

Star Citizen’s roadmap moves and removes various weapons, vehicles, and features

WoW Classic’s Alterac Valley is getting camping, premade, and honor changes

Catch up on World of Warcraft’s overall story arc in just one and a half minutes

Birds of Prey might be Fortnite's next big crossover event

Here's Haohmaru versus Mitsurugi in Soulcalibur 6

No, Runescape Muting is Not a Free Speech Violation

Psyonix ends Rocket League support for Mac and Linux

The new Apex Legends character is a big bro that punches people, not the edgy Revenant

Etc

Super Nintendo World Orlando Details Unveiled

Kojima wants to expand into anime, manga, movies and "smaller projects" as well as his next "big game"

A Witcher anime film is coming to Netflix

Toss A Coin To Your Witcher finally gets the Spotify and Apple Music release it deserves

deadmau5 And Dr. Kucho! Feature In Free Game Releasing This February

Cooly Skunk: how a lost Super NES game was miraculous recovered via satellite download

Taro Oono is turning Twitter gifs into delightful microgames

EVE Online player makes a 1 million PLEX bid for charity

Plague Inc isn't a “scientific model”, devs insist as coronavirus sparks sales

Blitzchung: No regrets for speaking up for Hong Kong despite Hearthstone suspension

Diablo or Bob Ross? Take Blizzard's quote quiz

Someone's designed a nifty Untitled Goose Game Lego set

Dad Builds his Daughter Controller for Breath of the Wild

#gaming news #video game deals #game trailers #morning mist

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thatsnotcanonpodcasts · 6 years ago

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Blade Runner 2019, Pokemon & Textile Recycling

Welcome back to another exciting episode from those wacky Nerds you all love. This week we have actually made an episode that actually happens to be both Nerdy and entertaining somehow. It may actually even be able to be described as illuminating and educational, but that is up for debate. Now the ever important first topic, we have found out that there is a new series of graphic novels (or comics if you are as ancient as Buck) set in the Blade Runner universe at the time of 2019. Which, for those individuals that have been living in a cave or under a rock; and somehow have never read the book or seen the fabulously stupendous movie is the year it is set in. Not our perfunctorily boring reality, as we don’t have replicants and space colonies, sad to say. Oh humanity, the 60’s and 70’s were looking so bright, then you got caught up with hippies and drugs and look at you now, still stuck on earth with moronic politicians that are utterly boring.

Next up we look at the new Pokémon game and discuss some of the various aspects, highlights and what we believe may be oversights as well. We wonder about the cross over into Super Smash Bros. Is Nintendo looking at a massive reveal next year at e3 with the launch of the Switch2, will we see all the various Pokémon from all evolutions of all games included in a monster pack? Will this be the start of a new trend in gaming? Will that stain come out of my favourite black shirt? Who knows, what we do know is that this is looking like a fun game to play so keep your eyes open and catch it while you can.

Buck brings us news about the excessive waste of clothing going to landfill and polluting the planet. That’s right, all you strange people out there wearing lycra and spandex. The micro fibres from synthetic clothing are bad, nasty and downright toxic. Shame on anyone wearing synthetics, don’t you know they harm the environment. We, unlike some people have scientific evidence supporting this statement, so listen in and see what we are talking about. If you want to learn more please refer to the link provided. If you wish to read the article please go to page 61, if you wish to remain ignorantly oblivious please go to page 666. Hope you like the flash back to the choose your own adventure books, if you grew up reading these you are lucky.

As normal we have the various shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and special events. We also talk about the games we are playing. As always please remember to take care of yourselves and look out for each other, stay safe and hydrated, got to catch them all…

EPISODE NOTES:

Blade Runner 2019 Comics - https://comicbook.com/comics/2019/06/17/blade-runner-2019-trailer/

Pokemon Sword and Shield - https://www.usgamer.net/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-interview

Textile Recycling - https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-06-15/textile-recycling-fashion-old-clothes-waste/11197904

Games current playing

Professor

– Crypt of the NecroDancer - https://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/Crypt_of_the_NecroDancer/

Buck

– Assassin’s Creed 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/33230/Assassins_Creed_2_Deluxe_Edition/

– Mortal Kombat 11 - https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/mortal-kombat-11-ps4/

Other topics discussed

Blade Runner Lore

- Tyrell Corporation - https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrell_Corporation

- Replicant - https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Replicant

- Rachel - https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Rachael

Westwood Studios (games company)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios

All the Pokémon present in Super Smash Bro. Ultimate

- https://allgamers.com/article/6811/all-pokemon-in-super-smash-bros-ultimate

Pokken Tournament (2015 videogame)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokkén_Tournament

Pokémon Stadium (2000 videogame)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Stadium

Pokémon Sword and Shield has a “Wild Area”

- https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/2019/06/05/pokemon-sword-and-shield-have-an-open-world-called-the-wild-area/

- https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/pokemon-sword-shield-wild-area-details-709721

War on Waste against fashion

- http://theconversation.com/for-a-true-war-on-waste-the-fashion-industry-must-spend-more-on-research-78673

Suncorp Ad with thrift shop theme song

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX-5FdXbyoY

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

3D printing clothing

- https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/soon-you-may-be-able-3d-print-clothing-your-own-ncna848646

Solar panel replacing tarmac

- https://theconversation.com/solar-panels-replaced-tarmac-on-a-road-here-are-the-results-103568

Solar bike path at the Netherlands

- https://cleantechnica.com/2017/03/12/dutch-solar-bike-path-solaroad-successful-expanding/

Sweden adopting recycling

- https://sweden.se/nature/the-swedish-recycling-revolution/

Sweden giving tax breaks for repairs

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/19/waste-not-want-not-sweden-tax-breaks-repairs

Shang Tsung (Mortal Kombat 11 character)

- https://mortalkombat.fandom.com/wiki/Shang_Tsung

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (American actor and voice of MK11 Shang Tsung)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary-Hiroyuki_Tagawa

Danny Baranowsky (electronic music composer for Crypt of the NecroDancer)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Baranowsky

Lego running 100 percent on renewable energy

- https://www.good.is/articles/lego-renewable-energy

Fleet of UFOs sighted

- https://www.space.com/ufo-sightings-us-pilots.html

The senators response to the recent UFO sighting

- https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/19/warner-classified-briefing-ufos-1544273

Cage the Elephant (American rock band)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cage_the_Elephant

President Xi Jinping compared to Winnie the Pooh

- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/china-bans-winnie-the-pooh-film-to-stop-comparisons-to-president-xi

Joe Cocker (English singer)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker

The Humour Experiment (That’s Not Canon Podcast)

- https://thatsnotcanon.com/thehumourexperimentpodcast

Shoutouts

24th Apr 2019 – Lego introduces Braille Bricks to help visually impaired kids. - https://people.com/parents/lego-introduces-braille-bricks/

14-15 Jun 1919 – British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight. They flew a modified First World War Vickers Vimy bomber from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Clifden,Connemara,County Galway, Ireland. The Secretary of State for Air, Winston Churchill, presented them with the Daily Mail prize of £10,000 for the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by aeroplane in "less than 72 consecutive hours". A small amount of mail was carried on the flight, making it the first transatlantic airmail flight. The two aviators were awarded the honour of Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) a week later by King George V at Windsor Castle. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_flight_of_Alcock_and_Brown

18 Jun 1981 - F 117 Nighthawk Maiden flight made its first flight at Groom Lake, Nevada, with “Skunk Works” test pilot Harold C. (“Hal”) Farley, Jr. at the controls. The super-secret airplane was made of materials that absorbed radar waves and built with the surfaces angled so that radar signals are deflected away from the source. - https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/18-june-1981/

Remembrances

17 Jun 2019 - Gloria Vanderbilt, was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family of New York and the mother of CNN television anchor Anderson Cooper. In the 1970s, Vanderbilt launched a line of fashions, perfumes, and household goods bearing her name. She was particularly noted as an early developer of designer blue jeans. In 1974, Paul McCartney released "Mrs. Vandebilt", a song inspired by and loosely based on the life of Gloria. She died of stomach cancer at 95 in New York City - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Vanderbilt

18 Jun 1673 - Jeanne Mance, was a French nurse and settler of New France. She arrived in New France two years after the Ursuline nuns came to Quebec. Among the founders of Montreal in 1642, she established its first hospital, the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, in 1645. She returned twice to France to seek financial support for the hospital. After providing most of the care directly for years, in 1657 she recruited three sisters of the Religieuses hospitalières de Saint-Joseph and continued to direct operations of the hospital. She died after a long illness at 66 in Montreal - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Mance

18 Jun 1928 - Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions and a key figure of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. He led the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1906 and the first expedition to the South Pole in 1911. He led the first expedition proven to have reached the North Pole in 1926. He disappeared while taking part in a rescue mission for the airship Italia at 55. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen

18 Jun 2018 – XXXTentacion, was an American rapper,singer and songwriter. A controversial figure within the hip hop industry, Onfroy has been regarded to have left behind "a huge musical footprint" due to his impact on his young fanbase and his popularity during his short career. His most notable appearance was his tattoos and his distinctive half-colored hair, which was inspired by the One Hundred and One Dalmatians antagonist Cruella de Vil. He was assassinated at 20 in Deerfield Beach, Florida - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XXXTentacion

Famous Birthdays

15 Jun 1953 - Xi Jinping, is a Chinese politician serving asgeneral secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC), President of the People's Republic of China (PRC), and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Often described as China's "paramount leader" since 2012, he officially received the title of "core leader" from the CPC in 2016. Considered the central figure of the fifth generation of leadership of the People's Republic, Xi has significantly centralised institutional power by taking on a wide range of leadership positions, including chairing the newly formed National Security Commission, as well as new steering committees on economic and social reforms, military restructuring and modernization, and the Internet. He was born in Beijing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping

18 Jun 1942 - Paul McCartney, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of popular music. McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. He has written, or co-written, 32 songs that have reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2009 he had 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an 18-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr all received appointment as Members of the Order of the British Empire in 1965 and, in 1997, McCartney was knighted for services to music. He has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights,seal hunting,land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. He has married three times and is the father of five children. McCartney is also one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$1.2 billion. He was born in Liverpool - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney

18 Jun 1973 - Julie Depardieu, is a French actress who has appeared in several successful films. She is the daughter of Gérard Depardieu and Élisabeth Depardieu and the sister of the late Guillaume Depardieu – all of whom have worked as film actors. She won two César Awards (Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Actress) for La petite Lili and won another (Best Supporting Actress) for Un secret in 2008. She was born in Paris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Depardieu

Events of interest

18 Jun 1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic). - https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1112.html

18 Jun 1940 - "This was their finest hour" was a speech delivered by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. It was given just over a month after he took over as Prime Minister at the head of an all-party coalition government. It was also made after France had sought an armistice on the evening of 16 June. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_was_their_finest_hour

18 Jun 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/sally-ride-first-american-woman-in-space

18 Jun 2009 – The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a NASA robotic spacecraft is launched. This was launched in conjunction with the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS), as the vanguard of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, LRO was the first United States mission to the Moon in over ten years. LRO and LCROSS were launched as part of the United States's Vision for Space Exploration program. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter

Intro

Artist – Goblins from Mars

Song Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)

Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJ

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cabbage-and-creatures · 29 days ago

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Feeling kinda icky from being out in the cold yesterday, so I'm having a rest day with Cabbage, Screwball (that's his name now), and a rabbit plush I got from a store whose name is Liam. Hopefully I don't get a cold two days before all my family comes over :(

#cabbage #creature posting #emotional support creature #wild republic #bunny plush #skunk plush

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plushieanimals · 3 years ago

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wild republic cuddlekins skunk 🦨

#toycore #kidcore #plush #toywave #plushies #stuffed animals #stuffies #plushcore #kiddiecore #plushiecore #safeplush #plushie #plushblr #skunk #skunk plush #mustelid #wild republic #cuddlekins #skunk plushie

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allbestnet · 8 years ago

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40 Recommended Books — Sam Altman

Samuel H. “Sam” Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, venture capitalist and blogger. He is the president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI. Wikipedia

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs

Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos, Leo Janos

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure) by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson, Ingrid Fiksdahl-King, Shlomo Angel

Plentiful Energy: The Story of the Integral Fast Reactor: The complex history of a simple reactor technology, with emphasis on its scientific bases for non-specialists by Charles E. Till, Yoon Il Chang

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Dover Thrift Editions) by Oscar Wilde

Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow by Robert B. Laughlin

Call Me by Your Name: A Novel by André Aciman

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes

Einstein — His Life And Universe by Walter Isaacson

Anna Karenina (A Penguin Classics Hardcover) by Leo Tolstoy, Coralie Bickford-Smith, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, John Bayley

Hacking Sales: The Playbook for Building a High Velocity Sales Machine by Max Altschuler

The Old Way: A Story of the First People by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

The Trial of Socrates by I.F. Stone

Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley

A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life by J. Craig Venter

Zero to One by Peter Thiel , Blake Masters

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics by Paul M. Bellan

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez by Richard Rodriguez

The Fall by Albert Camus, Justin O’Brien

Pandaemonium: The Coming of the Machine As Seen by Contemporary Observers, 1660–1886 by Humphrey Jennings, Mary-Lou Jennings, Charles Madge

Legend of Henry Ford by Keith Sward

The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards Behind the Supercomputer by Charles J. Murray

The Constitutional Convention: A Narrative History from the Notes of James Madison (Modern Library Classics) by James Madison

Molecular Biology of the Cell by Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy by Isaac Newton

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age by Michael A. Hiltzik

Republic (Hackett Classics) by Plato

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro

The Endurance: Shackleton’s Legendary Antarctic Expedition by Caroline Alexander

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership by Bill Walsh

Winning by Jack Welch

The ART OF WAR FOR LOVERS by Connell Cowan

Solution Selling: Creating Buyers in Difficult Selling Markets by Michael Bosworth

Hold ’em Poker: For Advanced Players by David Sklansky

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time by Jonathan Weiner

The Transit of Venus by Shirley Hazzard

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http://blog.shelfie.com

https://news.ycombinator.com

https://www.highlyreco.com/usr/sama

http://www.bookadvice.co/

#startups #Business #books

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