Map: This is how far those North Korean missiles can actually reach North Korea displayed what it said was the new KN-08 missile during a military parade in April 2012. (Pedro Ugarte/Getty) North Korea has redeployed some of its missiles to the country's eastern coast, a provocation and implicit warning that it just might carry through on some of its recent threats. How far can those missiles actually reach? We can't say for sure because we don't know what kind of missiles they are. First off, here's a map showing how far North Korea's various missile systems can reach. The Musudan, though tested, is not thought to be particularly accurate. What about the range of the KN-08? New ICBM models aren't like iPhones; you don't just take them out of the box and expect them to function properly. More on North Korea: Is Kim Jong Un being more restrained than we think? Why North Korea’s bomb-grade plutonium plant might be good news Video from inside North Korea's controversial Kaesong Industrial Complex, which it just closed
Gnossiennes (Satie) The Gnossiennes (French pronunciation: [gnosjεn]) are several piano compositions written by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form as well as the term was invented by Satie. Etymology[edit] Satie's coining of the word gnossienne was one of the rare occasions when a composer used a new term to indicate a new "type" of composition. Satie used many novel names for his compositions (vexations, croquis et agaceries and so on). It is possible that Satie might have drawn inspiration for the title of these compositions from a passage in John Dryden's 1697 translation of the Aeneid, in which it is thought the word first appeared:[citation needed] Let us the land which Heav'n appoints, explore; Appease the winds, and seek the Gnossian shore.[2] Characteristics[edit] Trois Gnossiennes[edit] Gnossiennes Nos. 4–7[edit] Lent.
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Researchers team up with architects to create bladeless wind electricity generator (Phys.org) —Faculty members at Delft University in the Netherlands have teamed up with architectural firm Mecanoo to develop a new way to generate electricity using wind energy. The result is the Electrostatic WInd-energy CONvertor, (EWICON)—a windmill with no moving mechanical parts. Its creators say that it makes no noise, won't break down or cast a shadow and it won't cause bird deaths—all problems associated with traditional wind turbines. Traditional wind turbines take advantage of moving air to convert kinetic energy into mechanical energy to create electricity. This new windmill uses a different process altogether. It looks rather like a giant tennis racket with an insulated base instead of a hand grip. Deriving electricity from wind has met with some resistance in some parts of the world—to be of real use, turbines must be very large, and whole farms of them constructed. Explore further: Going nuts?
Guest Blog: the power of Daydreaming | Carl Honoré This is a post from Del Shannon, a civil engineer who also writes books for children. His full bio is down below. Here he muses on the joys and benefits of daydreaming, for grown-ups and kids. Hope you enjoy it! My wife, when she’s not infuriated by the behavior, calmly points out to nearly everyone she meets that I disappear sometimes. Fascinating conversations about my wife’s sisters aside, I’ve been doing this – call it daydreaming, escaping, out-to-lunch, zoning out – all my life. Even amongst the frustrations this causes to those around me I’ve never tried to seriously rein in this little quirk about my personality. While it is tempting to offer up this behavior as irresponsible or even immature, recent research is pointing to the very tangible benefits of daydreaming and exploring your imagination. It turns out we all get distracted, but the authors found that those with the highest working memory capacity were those who let their mind wander and daydream the most.
Saul Bass Saul Bass (/sɔːl bæs/; May 8, 1920 – April 25, 1996) was an American graphic designer and Academy Award winning filmmaker, best known for his design of motion picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos. Bass designed some of the most iconic corporate logos in North America, including the Bell System logo in 1969, as well as AT&T's globe logo in 1983 after the breakup of the Bell System. He also designed Continental Airlines' 1968 jet stream logo and United Airlines' 1974 tulip logo, which became some of the most recognized airline industry logos of the era. §Early life[edit] §Film title sequences[edit] Bass became widely known in the film industry after creating the title sequence for Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955). Screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi said of Saul and Elaine Bass, "You write a book of 300 to 400 pages and then you boil it down to a script of maybe 100 to 150 pages. §Selected film title sequences[edit] §Logos and other designs[edit] §1950s[edit]
Ouya review: can an indie console take on Sony and Microsoft? Controller I don't really care what a console looks like — I'd like it to be small and beautiful, but as I type this there's a large and hideous Xbox 360 prominently displayed on my TV stand next to its equally large, equally hideous power brick. My hardware requirements are "work properly," and everything else is gravy. I do care about the controller, though, which is every bit as important to a console as the trackpad is to your laptop, or the steering wheel to your car — whether literally or figuratively, they drive the whole experience. It's also hard to build a good controller, so I'm inclined to give Ouya some credit — the console's Bluetooth controller isn't the best I've used, but it's not the worst either. Visually, it matches the console closely — it's mostly gray, with a black patch running up the middle and around the back. The analog sticks are the hardest part to get right, and Ouya nailed it — they're not too stiff or too loose, and flow perfectly with your finger.
Humanism is an impossible dream | Andrew Brown Reading to the end of a recent press release I discovered that the British Humanist Association proclaims that it is "the national charity representing and supporting the non-religious and campaigning for an end to religious privilege and discrimination based on religion or belief. It exists to support and represent people who seek to live good and responsible lives without religious or superstitious beliefs." I realised that though I know what this means clearly enough, it's actually an entirely impossible dream. The first point is that it is defined in a largely negative way. The humanism that the BHA stands for is quite clearly defined in opposition to Christendom. Christianity is not, of course, the only religion against which the BHA campaigns. But suppose this definition of religion is in fact quite wrong. This is a deeply unsatisfactory definition, but it's still better than any less vague alternative.
Nine Hours to Rama Nine Hours to Rama is 1963 CinemaScope DeLuxe Color British film, directed by Mark Robson, and based on a 1962 book by Stanley Wolpert of the same name. The film was written by Nelson Gidding and was filmed in England and parts of India. It stars Horst Buchholz, Diane Baker, Jose Ferrer, and Robert Morley. Synopsis[edit] The film is a fictional narrative set in the nine hours in the life of Nathuram Godse (Horst Buchholz) that lead up to his assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (J.S. Cast[edit] Awards[edit] BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (Colour) – Arthur Ibbetson (nominated) See also[edit] List of artistic depictions of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi References[edit] External links[edit] How Bad Is the Job Market For College Grads? Your Definitive Guide - Jordan Weissmann The problem isn't imaginary. A few days back, the (4) ... But by Less Than You ThinkThat said, while the underemployment problem is real, it's also often over-hyped. Roughly a year ago, the Associated Press caused a stir when it reported that 53.6 percent of recent college graduates were either jobless, or working in a position that didn't require their skills -- a factlet that even made its way into the Presidential campaign when Mitt Romney repeated it (or something close). The article was based off a not-yet-public analysis by Northeastern University economist Andrew Sum. If these numbers were accurate, they'd be a terrible indictment of the investment Americans have made in higher education. Thankfully, there's a strong argument that they're wrong -- or at least very misleading.
Charles Bukowski: Depression and Three Days in Bed Can Restore Your Creative Juices (NSFW) Pico Iyer once called Charles Bukowski the “laureate of American lowlife,” and that's because he wrote poems for and about ordinary Americans -- people who experienced poverty, the tedium and grind of work, and sometimes frayed relationships, bouts of alcoholism, drug addiction and the rest. Bukowski could write so eloquently about this because he came from this world. He grew up in a poor immigrant household with an abusive father, took to the bottle at an early age, worked at a Los Angeles post office for a decade plus, and had a long and tumultuous relationship with Jane Cooney Baker, a widow eleven years his senior, who drank to excess and died at 51, leaving Bukowski broken. And then there's the depression. To gain a more in-depth understanding of depression and its biological basis, we'd recommend watching this lecture by Stanford's Robert Sapolksy. Here's a transcript of what Bukowski has to say: I have periods where, you know, when I feel a little weak or depressed.