A new HBO series from Jonathan Nolan (writer of The Dark Knight and Interstellar) based on Michael Crichton’s classic sci-fi film about a wild-west theme park inhabited by lifelike humanoids. With an all-star cast led by Anthony Hopkins.
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Westworld (Teaser)
Watch The Coast Guard Make The Biggest Narco Submarine Coke Bust Ever
On July 18th, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton intercepted a narco sub about 200 miles south of Mexico. On board the homemade semi-submersible were 16,000 pounds of cocaine worth almost a quarter of a billion dollars. Yes, billion, with a B. The Coast Guard pulled 12,000 pounds out of the turquoise-colored sub before it sank to the seafloor
Over the last decade and a half, submarines have been increasingly popular for drug running. They range widely in capability and complexity, from semi-submersible vehicles with very low radar signatures, to fully submersible ones. They are largely built under the jungle canopy, away from the prying eyes of aerial and satellite surveillance, and are then launched on the coastline after being stuffed with drugs and sent north.
The sub caught on the 18th was classed as a “Blue Semi-Submersible” which has been a cartel favorite for years. It runs right below the waterline, with just its exhaust, air stack and tiny wheel house sticking out up from the waterline.
According to the NyTimes.com, these subs can cost well over $1M to build and are equipped with a valve in their hull that can be actuated so that the ship can be quickly flooded. This way, if the mission is compromised, the sub and its contents can be sunk while the crew bobs in the water waiting to be plucked out by the Coast Guard.
The USCG has steadily increased its technological capabilities and the deadliness of its armament when it comes to intercepting drug running in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, even working with military surveillance aircraft and nuclear fast attack submarines to hunt for targets. It’s a move that has been met with great support by some and great disdain by others who oppose what can seem to be an ever failing drug war. http://ift.tt/1OZP25f…
Regardless of which side you stand on, the July 18th bust is remarkable in that it is said to be the Coast Guard’s largest bust of its kind. A quarter of a billion dollar loss is a large one, even for the cartels.
Contact the author at Tyler@jalopnik.com.
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Watch The Coast Guard Make The Biggest Narco Submarine Coke Bust Ever
Cops filmed behaving badly say pot shop’s camera illegally recorded raid
Destructive cops caught playing darts, perhaps eating marijuana edibles.
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Cops filmed behaving badly say pot shop’s camera illegally recorded raid
How to make bread like they did 2,000 years ago
Way, way back in 79 AD, a baker put a loaf of bread into his oven and then Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the city. The oven was found and opened in 1930 during excavations and the recipe has been recreated by chef Giorgio Locatelli. He uses buckwheat flour, which was more readily available then, and re-creates the quirks of the bread.
Still looks delicious after all these years!
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Daily Deals: Apple TV, Sony Headphones, Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR
Welcome to Daily Deals, the post where the staff of MacNN searches online retailers for offers, bundles, sales, and discounts on hardware, software, games, and gadgets for you, the discerning reader. Yesterday’s still-active deals are joined by a new batch, including an Apple TV for $50, Sony Bluetooth headphones for $100, and a Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR for $280….
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Daily Deals: Apple TV, Sony Headphones, Canon EOS Rebel T5 DSLR
NSSF: How to Zero in 2 Shots
While I would never zero a rifle without shooting a group, those with a supremely accurate system or low ammo budget would be keen to watch the NSSF video on zeroing your rifle in two shots. The key is to hold the rifle at the point of aim and to then move the cross hairs […]
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Recalibrate Your Career Path with This Simple LinkedIn Exercise
If you feel like you’re headed in the wrong direction with your current career path, this tracing exercise can help show you what moves you might want to consider making.
LinkedIn is great for networking and looking for new opportunities, but it can also show you how other successful people got to where they are now. Clark Valberg, the cofounder and CEO of InVision, suggests you use LinkedIn to perform a simple exercise that can help you find direction and get motivated. Here’s how it breaks down:
- Pick five people on LinkedIn that are doing what you want to do.
- Go to their LinkedIn pages and trace their career path backwards to help you see what kind of work you should consider doing now.
- Apply to “lookalike” jobs that match your experience level.
If you like, you can also email the five people you chose and let them know how they helped you. You might strike a chord and get a mentor out of the situation. If you’re feeling lost or stuck, see what successful people did to get where they are. You may not get a new job out of it right away, but you’ll have a better understanding of where you should set your compass. Check out the link below to learn more.
Tech CEO Says This Incredibly Simple Exercise Can Help You Rethink Your Career | Business Insider
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Recalibrate Your Career Path with This Simple LinkedIn Exercise
All Signs Indicate a New Monster El Niño Is Coming
Ocean conditions in the Pacific Ocean are increasingly suggestive of a potent El Niño event later this year. While that might seem like good news to the water-starved regions of the United States, the resulting torrential rains could be exceptionally hazardous.
Back in March of this year, scientists declared that El Niño conditions had emerged in the Pacific Ocean. Initially, it was thought that the event was too weak and too late to be of any significance, but conditions have changed over the past several months. According to NASA and other agencies, surface waters are getting warmer in the central and eastern Pacific, while conditions to the west are getting drier and cooler. What’s more, these conditions bear a striking resemblance to the substantial El Niño event of 1997-98.
“We have not seen a signal like this in the tropical Pacific since 1997,” noted NASA JPL climate scientist Bill Patzert at NASA’s Earth Observatory. “It’s no sure bet that we will have a strong El Niño, but the signal is getting stronger. What happens in August through October should make or break this event.”
New NASA images taken by the OSTM/Jason-2 satellite show averaged sea surface height anomalies since March 2015. Red indicates regions where oceans have risen above sea level—a sign of warming ocean water. Sea-surface heights have shifted about 50 cm across the Pacific, a strong indication of El Niño’s strength. To add insult to injury, 2015 is poised to be the hottest year on record.
Above is a comparison of sea surface height in the Pacific as measured at the end of July in 1997 and 2015. NASA explains:
The left-side measurements come from the TOPEX/Poseidon mission, while the right side is from Jason 2. Comparing the two years, 1997 seems slightly less intense. But trade winds collapsed and the eastern Pacific warmed dramatically from August through November 1997, setting the stage for a turbulent winter that brought flooding rains and landslides across the West Coast of North and South America.
Indeed, and as noted by Patzert, some people in the American west are touting El Niño as “the great wet hope,” but he warns that the ensuing rains could produce the same “mayhem” experienced in 1997. This archived article from National Geographic should give you a good idea of what we might expect—everything from torrential rains and flooding through to the spread of diseases and social unrest.
Traditionally, El Niño reaches it peak between December and April, so there’s still time for conditions to change. Factors that could influence its growth include the “warm blob” in the Pacific and shifts in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation.
Contact the author at george@io9.com and @dvorsky. Top image: Storms eroding the California coast during the 1997-98 El Niño. Credit: The Earth Institute at Columbia University. All other images by NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Jason-2 data provided by Akiko Kayashi and Bill Patzert, NASA/JPL Ocean Surface Topography Team
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All Signs Indicate a New Monster El Niño Is Coming
Hands On: Griffin Premium Braided Lightning Cable
We’re the first to admit that we are not easy on cables. It’s not unheard of them to end up in the bottom of our laptop bag, bunched up and crushed together. We also might have a slight problem with being able to put our iPhones and iPads down long enough for them to charge fully, which often leads to the ends becoming crimped, which eventually leads to wire breakage, which eventually leads to the death of a poor, defenseless cable. Sound familiar? That’s why Griffin decided to make their Premium Braided Lightning Cable, to give us serial cable-breakers something that can live up to the abuse….
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Hands On: Griffin Premium Braided Lightning Cable
All These Jaw-Dropping Airplane Images Were Taken By This Flying Photog
Tyson Rininger’s name is synonymous with incredible aviation imagery. For over 20 years his work has been seen on the cover of magazines, the pages of aerospace books and above the dates on showcase calendars. His affair with aviation doesn’t stop at the viewfinder, loving all things air show related, Tyson was even a wing walker with the American Barnstormers.
He began his aviation photography career as a teenager, specifically at the 1989 NAS Point Mugu Air show, and spent the next decade and a half building his portfolio and working alongside some of the best photographers in the business.
According to Tyson, after so many years and so many millions of shutter clicks, this is where his aviation photography passion manifests itself today:
“My passion is to showcase and document history by creating an image that conveys an emotion or nostalgia. Some of my favorite photoshoots center around historical events such as the 25th Anniversary of the F-117 in service, Warbirds with appropriate backgrounds and properly attired crew along with formations with like-units and paint schemes. I also enjoy bringing the casual viewer into the amazing world of aviation through the use of clouds and recognizable scenery.
When it comes to history, I have had the honor of capturing an image that would become the icon of the 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation and became the first and only civilian photographer to provide the USN Blue Angels with their annual lithograph. I’ve also had the amazing privilege of flying alongside aircraft from all eras including futuristic unmanned fighters to fresh WWII era restorations.
I’ve had a lot of fun with various challenges over the years in an attempt to make photography exciting. For more than 10 years, I’ve been creating unique nighttime shots using a basic, but very effective lighting technique. My Reminisce project was to take existing color images from 1950’s aircraft and older, and make them Black & White using traditional methods through digital technology. In other words, I didn’t take the simple path of clicking a color desaturate button, but rather I made use of dodging and burning tools as well as various contrast filters in Photoshop to create that perfect B&W image. After nearly two years of image conversions, the Reminisce Book was born.
My latest creation has been the Grunge Series of canvas prints as an effort to provide customers with an aviation-themed image minus the specificity of a photograph.
Rininger, who lives in Monterey, California, continues to ply his trade around the globe in support of major publications and the aircraft industry. Air & Space Smithsonian, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Combat Aircraft, PrivateAir, PilotMag are just some of the usual places you can see his images showcased, along with various ads and promotional materials.
When he’s not snapping pictures of the world’s most amazing flying machines, he is taking shots of the planet’s most amazing underwater creatures as a contract photographer for the world famous Monterrey Bay Aquarium.
Make sure to check out Tyson’s site here where you can find more awesome images and behind the scenes commentary on how he captured some of these crazy aviation images. Also make sure to like his Facebook page, your eyes will thank you!
Tyson has provided us with just a little taste of some of his greatest aerospace images to enjoy:
Contact the author at Tyler@jalopnik.com.
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All These Jaw-Dropping Airplane Images Were Taken By This Flying Photog