Top 5 Best Bali Beaches For New Surfers

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/hotelguide.comFOR the last eight decades, wave riders from around the world have been flocking to Balis beautiful beaches in hopes of catching the big one. With the peak surfing season running from May to September, there is no shortage of fantastic surf spots.

However, if youre stepping onto a board for the first time, the renown Balinese Pipeline at Padang Padang, or the challenging Racetracks at Uluwatu can be a tad intimidating. So before you try anything death defying, there are a number of surf spots perfect for those first time wave riders.

Kuta Beach

Its hard to believe the maze of alleyways that make up the islands backpacker mecca was once a sleepy little fishing town. A quick motorbike ride from the heart of Kuta lies Kuta Beach, a silty 3 kilometer stretch of sand that spans from Tuban to Seminyak Beach. This is the islands most popular beach, and is the ideal place to get in the water for the first time. With a plethora of surf board rental stands, plenty of instructors on hand, and some of the best sunset surfing sessions imaginable, Kuta Beach should be your first beginners surf stop.

Batu Bolong Beach

If youre looking for a spot thats a little less crowded, a 5km car ride will take you to the picturesque Batu Bolong Beach in Canggu Village, in the Kerobokan District. There are plenty of board rental vendors on site, and there are bargains to be made here, so never take the first offer. There are a number of restaurants perched above the beach, and the panoramic views are spectacular.

Dreamland

Any pro surfer worth their salt will tell you the best surfing in Bali is in the Bukit. But lucky for you novices, there are a few spots calm enough to get some wave action. Dreamland promises mellow breaks, and the mid-tide beach break offers up the opportunity to catch your first barrel. This beach is one of the busiest on the island, but if you arrive early enough, you can snag yourself some prime beach real estate, and spend your day frolicking in the waves.

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Astronomy Forecast – Asteroids, Fireballs, Big Bang Birthday, Big dipper, Gemini, Taurus, Orion – Video

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The Evening Read: Heavens above! Enjoy the wonders of the night sky at 'star party'

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Since Prof Brian Cox swapped the pop stardom of D:Ream for promoting the joys of stargazing to the nations TV viewers it seems we havent been able to get enough of staring at the night sky.

But here in Merseyside there have been keen star spotters since the Victorian days, when the Liverpool Astronomical Society was set up.

Its still going strong today, and this weekend well all have the chance to join them in their scouring of the heavens when they hold a star party as part of National Astronomy Week.

Held in Wirral Country Park, the free event will include talks, advice on telescopes and, most importantly, views of the night sky.

At the moment the sighting to get most excited about is the planet Jupiter, which is now at its clearest. Miss it this time around and youll have to wait another 11 years for a good look.

Jupiter is at its highest point in the sky for many years and it wont be this high again until 2025, says Gerard Gilligan, Liverpool Astronomical Societys honorary secretary.

Its a very dynamic planet, the biggest in the Solar System. It rotates once every 10 hours or so and its cloud systems are always changing. Its also got the big red spot, which is a tremendous storm, much bigger than the Earth, which has been raging for 600 years.

If you look carefully, with binoculars or a telescope, you can see Jupiters four bright moons (it has 63 in total), which rotate and cast shadows on the planets surface.

Whether you join the star party or watch from the comfort of your own back garden, its also worth looking out for Orion the constellation named after the hunter of Greek mythology who Zeus placed among the stars after he was killed by a giant scorpion.

It is most easily spotted by the three stars in a row that make up the hunters belt.

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Can a Computer Fall in Love if It Doesn't Have a Body?

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Much has been written about Spike Jonzes Her, the Oscar-nominated tale of love between man and operating system. Its an allegory about relationships in a digital age, a Rorschach test for technology. Its also premised on a particular vision of artificial intelligence as capable of experiencing love.

Poetic license aside, is that really possible?

Not anytime soon, though not for lack of processing speed or algorithmic finesse. What computers lack are bodies. The thoughts and feelings and emotions we call love are not abstract experiences; theyre intertwined with senses and hormones. An AI a computer hooked to video cameras, a microphone and a screen would not experience flesh-and-blood love.

You cant make a computer without a body feel love, said David Havas, director of the Laboratory for Language and Emotion at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Though trying to replicate it may produce wonderful gadgets, and potentially life-saving achievements, it can never achieve the same result.

In a sense, the body is the computational engine that makes emotion out of emotionless parts.

Havas isnt simply skeptical because modern AIs are unsophisticated. The opposite is true: AIs sort our mail, defeat our Jeopardy! champions and recommend medical treatments. From behind a screen, it can be difficult to distinguish chatbots from people.

Indeed, with some clever coding and a sufficiently nuanced grasp of human experience, it might be possible to build an AI that gives the appearance of loving. This wouldnt be easy: as philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett wrote in Why You Cant Make a Computer That Feels Pain, some states of being are simply too messy to code. When Siri says, I did have strong feelings for a cloud-based app once, shes probably faking it.

Hers Samantha is different, though. Shes not going through the motions or running predetermined subroutines. Her love wasnt programmed; it grows. She falls in love. She experiences infatuation and fascination, passion and care, a sense of giving and taking and sharing. The breadth and depth of her feelings evolve.

That capacity for growth is difficult to program, said cognitive scientist Benjamin Bergen of the University of California, San Diego. Many mid-20th century AI researchers thought it could be replicated in code alone, imagining human faculties as a mental software suite that would work the same in silicon as in a body. That paradigm underlies Hers essential premise, and it no longer holds.

Instead, researchers in the field of embodied cognition have found close links between body and thought. In experiments, this has been demonstrated in fairly simple ways the effects of postures and facial expression on emotion, how different textures influence perception but they suggest a basic principle.

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Danbury Aerospace Announces New Business Unit

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Danbury Aerospace says that their completed engine business has been spun off into a new and separate company. Titan Aircraft Engines based in San Antonio, TX. is presently moving into its own facility and staffing up quickly to meet current and expected demand.

Its time that we facilitate the recent demand we have seen in our completed engine business with adequate facilities and staffing to meet that demand, said Ty Stoller, President at Danbury Aerospace.

Over 1600 customers have already benefited from Danburys engine kit program launched several years ago through ECi, the distribution arm of Danbury Aerospace. In early 2013 ECi started offering to assemble and do run-in testing for their kit customers. This business has taken off with the recent agreements with Cub Crafters, Vertical Aviation and 5 other OEM manufactures. The real demand prompting this business decision is coming directly from the aircraft owner-builders themselves. It seems buying a complete engine solution directly from the actual manufacturer is appealing both from service and warrantee point of view.

As part of this strategic move, Danbury Aerospace has hired Kevin Eldredge to lead the new business to focus on customer service, branding of Titan, and expanding the product offering for the home-built and LSA marketplace. It is very exciting to join the Danbury Team and be given such a great opportunity to use my experience building businesses as well as serving the aircraft industry that I am so passionate about. I know that my love for flying and building so many of the aircraft Titan serves will quickly reveal itself in the engine and services we will offer , Eldredge said.

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Right Supraspinatus SVF Injection Shoulder | Stem Cell Therapy | Stem Cell Injection – Video

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Dr. Gerry Curatola Signs on as Advisory Board Member of Store-A-Tooth Dental Stem Cell Banking

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Littleton, MA , MA (PRWEB) February 27, 2014

Provia Labs Store-A-Tooth, a Stem Cell Bank specializing in dental stem cell preservation, announces the appointment of Dr. Gerry Curatola, dentist, author and humanitarian best known for his clinical contributions in cosmetic dentistry and wellness, to their Advisory Board.

Dr. Curatola co-founded CS Bioscience Inc., a dental biotech company, and currently serves as its Chairman of the Board. The company performs research and development of pioneering natural therapeutics that promote oral health. In addition, Dr. Curatola is the founder of Rejuvenation Dentistry, a wellness-focused global network of dental practices, and the co-inventor and co-developer of REVITIN Oral Therapy. Dr. Curatola has private dental practices in both Manhattan and East Hampton, New York.

Following a lifelong model of humanitarian service, Dr. Curatola traveled to Andhra Pradesh, India at the invitation of Dr. Krishna Ajjarapu, founder of an orphanage and school in the region, to help establish a dental and medical clinic which will serve thousands of impoverished in this community. Closer to home, Dr. Curatola helped to establish the Pediatric Dental Fund of the Hamptons, a dental charity founded by local pediatrician, Dr. Gail Schoenfeld, which provides free dental care to needy children on Long Islands East End.

We are extremely fortunate to have Dr. Curatola as part of our team, said Provia Labs CEO Howard Greenman. His passion for the integration of oral health with overall health and wellness is aligned perfectly with the value of banking stem cells from teeth that ultimately will be useful for a patients overall health. Greenman adds, Most importantly, Gerry is a great guy, has an infectious personality and is truly on a mission to improve patients health - globally.

Dr Curatola, best known as Dr. Gerry, is a Celebrity Dentist and has contributed to numerous TV and radio programs including The Dr. Oz Show, The Martha Stewart Show, ABC News, FOX News, NBC, CBS, and CNN. I am excited about being an advisor to a world-class team like the one at Provia Labs, says Dr. Curatola. The decision to store dental stem cells now is a very important consideration for parents and their children who would otherwise discard this tissue. The future use of these valuable cells, stored in a robust, youthful state, is made possible by Provia Labs. Every dentist should provide their patients with the information to make an informed decision about banking their childs stem cells.

About Provia Laboratories, LLC Provia Laboratories, LLC (http://www.provialabs.com) is a health services company specializing in high quality stem cell biobanking (the collection, transport, processing, and cryogenic storage of biological specimens). Its dental stem cell banking service, Store-A-ToothTM, gives parents the option to store stem cells today to protect their childrens health tomorrow. Store-A-Tooth preserves stem cells from baby and wisdom teeth that would otherwise be discarded, so parents can be prepared for advances in stem cell therapies that someday may help treat conditions such as type 1 diabetes, spinal cord injury, heart attack, stroke, and neurological disorders like Parkinsons and Alzheimers.

For more information about Store-A-Tooth dental stem cell banking, please call 1-877-867-5753 or visit us at http://www.store-a-tooth.com or Like Store-A-Tooth at http://www.facebook.com/storeatooth.

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