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"Llamas were also very important because these people had no other beasts of burden, they were a fundamental part of the economy," Mr. Prieto said, adding that the children were buried facing the sea, while the llamas faced the Andes Mountains to the east.

Excavation work at the burial site started in 2011, but news of the findings was first published on Thursday by National Geographic, which helped finance the investigation.

Mr. Prieto said that besides the bones, researchers also found footprints that have survived rain and erosion. The small footprints indicate the children were marched to their deaths from Chan Chan, an ancient city a mile away from Las Llamas, he said.

Mr. Verano said the children's skeletons contained lesions on their breastbones, which were probably made by a ceremonial knife. Dislocated rib cages suggest that whoever was performing the sacrifices may have been trying to extract the children's hearts.

Jeffrey Quilter, the director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, described it as a "remarkable discovery."

In an email, Mr. Quilter told The Associated Press that the site provides "concrete evidence" that large scale sacrifices of children occurred in ancient Peru.

"Reports of very large sacrifices are known from other parts of the world, but it is difficult to know if the numbers are exaggerated or not," Mr. Quilter wrote.

Mr. Quilter is heading a team of scientists who will analyze DNA samples from the children's remains to see if they were related and figure out which areas of the Chimu empire the sacrificed youth came from.

Several ancient cultures in the Americas practiced human sacrifices including the Mayans, the Aztecs and the Incas, who conquered the Chimu empire in the late 15th century. But the mass sacrifice of children is something that has rarely been documented.

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140 Skeletons Discovered at Site of Mass Child Sacrifice in Peru

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"Llamas were also very important because these people had no other beasts of burden, they were a fundamental part of the economy," Mr. Prieto said, adding that the children were buried facing the sea, while the llamas faced the Andes Mountains to the east.

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are animals ranges adapting because of global warming

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are animals ranges adapting because of global warming

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should nurses get paid more or the same amount as they are now

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Pay equity for nurses is "further down" the list, says Health Minister Dr David Clark.

On TVNZ1's Q+A this morning, Dr Clark said, "We won't be able to afford everything straight away", when asked by host Corin Dann if nurses would get pay equity this term.

"We won't be able to afford everything in our first Budget. We've got to do it step by step, and there is a backlog of underfunding."

"It's a serious issue, but it does need to be tackled."

He said a shift towards pay equity was in the previous negotiation offer that was rejected by nurses.

"There's no doubt their expectations are up. But now we've got a process in place, and we've got to approach that in good faith."

When pushed by Mr Dann why nurses shouldn't get pay equity, despite other health sectors such as mental health workers gaining pay equity, Dr Clark said, "They should be getting pay equity, but there is a process to work through to work out how we do that".

Mr Dann asked about the estimated cost from collective bargaining and pay equity for nurses over three years being $750 million.

"You don't have it, do you?" Mr Dann asked.

Dr Clark agreed the amount was a large sum, but said "of course we have the money".

"And that's why we did our sums very carefully when we were in opposition, and the promises that have been made in the coalition agreements and the confidence and supply agreements will be kept. We have accounted for them and we will deliver on them," Dr Clark said.

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Nurses 'should be getting pay equity', says Minister of Health, but it's 'further down'

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Pay equity for nurses is "further down" the list, says Health Minister Dr David Clark. On TVNZ1's Q+A this morning, Dr Clark said, "We won't be able to afford everything straight away", when asked by host Corin Dann if nurses would get pay equity this term.

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"Llamas were also very important because these people had no other beasts of burden, they were a fundamental part of the economy," Mr. Prieto said, adding that the children were buried facing the sea, while the llamas faced the Andes Mountains to the east.

Excavation work at the burial site started in 2011, but news of the findings was first published on Thursday by National Geographic, which helped finance the investigation.

Mr. Prieto said that besides the bones, researchers also found footprints that have survived rain and erosion. The small footprints indicate the children were marched to their deaths from Chan Chan, an ancient city a mile away from Las Llamas, he said.

Mr. Verano said the children's skeletons contained lesions on their breastbones, which were probably made by a ceremonial knife. Dislocated rib cages suggest that whoever was performing the sacrifices may have been trying to extract the children's hearts.

Jeffrey Quilter, the director of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University, described it as a "remarkable discovery."

In an email, Mr. Quilter told The Associated Press that the site provides "concrete evidence" that large scale sacrifices of children occurred in ancient Peru.

"Reports of very large sacrifices are known from other parts of the world, but it is difficult to know if the numbers are exaggerated or not," Mr. Quilter wrote.

Mr. Quilter is heading a team of scientists who will analyze DNA samples from the children's remains to see if they were related and figure out which areas of the Chimu empire the sacrificed youth came from.

Several ancient cultures in the Americas practiced human sacrifices including the Mayans, the Aztecs and the Incas, who conquered the Chimu empire in the late 15th century. But the mass sacrifice of children is something that has rarely been documented.

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140 Skeletons Discovered at Site of Mass Child Sacrifice in Peru

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"Llamas were also very important because these people had no other beasts of burden, they were a fundamental part of the economy," Mr. Prieto said, adding that the children were buried facing the sea, while the llamas faced the Andes Mountains to the east.

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animal habitat are getting bigger Thanks global warming    

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animal habitat are getting bigger Thanks global warming    

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imaging stepping out side and a bear siting on your lawn and it's winter poor USA

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In Utah, female black bears with young cubs typically emerge from their hibernation dens at the end of March. But when state biologists entered two dens in mid-February to count cubs, both were already empty.

A third den concealed an awake adult female bear "that almost attacked the biologists," says Tonya Keiffer of the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

The bears were likely roused by unseasonably warm temperatures and may have wandered out looking for food, says Dale Liechty, a state bear biologist.

The bears have had their work cut out for them this spring, since plants didn't start growing in much of Utah until weeks after the bears started stirring. ( See pictures of bears.)

Bear Behavior

It's unclear if climate change is responsible for this year's warmer weather in Utah, but state scientists are concerned about future impacts on bears and other wildlife if the warming continues.

Lone bears and females with yearlings typically emerge from hibernation first. That's usually in early March in Utah. Females with young cubs typically follow by the end of March. Both groups of bears emerged about a month early this year.

It's hard to tell if the early awakenings will have a long-term effect on the health of the region's bears, says Leslie McFarlane, Utah's mammals program coordinator. In addition to a wide range of plants, bears also eat insects, which are in short supply in the winter and early spring.

They can catch larger animals or find acorns, but overall the availability of food has been low, says McFarlane.

Bears carry fat reserves for lean times, but drawing on them too much can make them weaker and more susceptible to illness. And bears that have been out looking for food earlier are probably more likely to come into contact with people. ( Learn about efforts to save the world's largest bear.)

Counting Bears

Another people problem: the warming has disrupted scientists' ability to count and measure Utah's bears. Researchers typically enter bear dens in late February and early March, when the animals tend to be lethargic. They tranquilize the animals, count cubs, and take measurements such as weights and blood samples.

Utah's bears have made a steady recovery from a low point in the 1980s and 1990s, when there were an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 black bears in the state. Since then the number has increased to around 4,000 bears, with a recent annual growth rate of five to six percent.

But McFarlane is worried that a warming climate may stall that recovery. ( Learn about the 1,000-year drought predicted for the U.S. West.)

Follow Brian Clark Howard on Twitter and Google+.

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Warm Weather Drives Bears Out of Hibernation

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In Utah, female black bears with young cubs typically emerge from their hibernation dens at the end of March. But when state biologists entered two dens in mid-February to count cubs, both were already empty. A third den concealed an awake adult female bear "that almost attacked the biologists," says Tonya Keiffer of the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

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These poo powered cars are an efficient way to get rid of human waste. But how good are they on our environment!

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Human waste used to run Australia's first poo-powered car

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do we or do  we not need  new cop cars
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The boys and girls in blue will soon be driving around in cars in blue.

Sergeant Graeme Evans, of Dunedin road policing, said a fleet of 10 new blue patrol cars was being introduced throughout New Zealand.

One would begin operating in the Southern district towards the end of January.

The blue vehicles would be the latest addition to the police's coloured highway patrol vehicles.

Recent highway patrol vehicle colours have been maroon, orange and red, in addition to the traditional white.

Sgt Evans said the blue cars added a bit of variety to the fleet ``much the same way as the red and orange marked highway cars do''.

``The novelty factor will also hopefully drive conversations among people who see them out and about on the road and provide an additional prompt for people to be conscious about road safety,'' Sgt Evans said.
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Boys and girls in blue getting blue highway patrol cars too

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The boys and girls in blue will soon be driving around in cars in blue. Sergeant Graeme Evans, of Dunedin road policing, said a fleet of 10 new blue patrol cars was being introduced throughout New Zealand. One would begin operating in the Southern district towards the end of January.

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shops shoud not be open on anzac day as a sign of respect for our soldiers 

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shops shoud not be open on anzac day as a sign of respect for our soldiers 

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Watch Fair Go ANZAC day is all about remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. | TVNZ OnDemand

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But is this day of remembrance being tainted by commercialism?

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Should robots be stopped before it starts Declyn

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Should robots be stopped before it starts Declyn

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grey mouth needs to have some more kid friendly shops /parks trampoline world kinda stuff 

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grey mouth needs to have some more kid friendly shops /parks trampoline world kinda stuff 

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THE RED BACKS ARE NESTING IN RABBIT HOLES

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Tuesday, 9 May 2017 12:35pm

Venomous Australian redback spiders are increasingly "sinking their fangs" into New Zealand's Central Otago region and their invasion is being aided by the activities of another introduced pest - European rabbits - new University of Otago research has shown.

Otago scientists undertook a study near the town of Cromwell that found members of this invasive spider species are finding happy homes in old rabbit holes, in which they spin webs that catch scores of critically endangered Cromwell chafer beetles, and other native insects.

As part of a study for her master's degree, Ms Jackie Spencer investigated the spiders' habitat in the 81 hectare Cromwell Chafer Beetle Nature Reserve (CCBNR).

Ms Spencer and the Department of Zoology's Professor Phil Seddon and Associate Professor Yolanda Van Heezik and AgResearch's Dr Barbara Barratt found that old rabbit holes were providing a very effective shelter from Central Otago's hot dry summers and very cold winters for at least 455 redback spiders.

Redbacks first became established in the region in the 1980s, and likely arrived with goods such as steel products from Australia. In recent years they moved into the reserve.

Ms Spencer recorded and analysed prey caught in redback webs on the reserve over a four-month period and then studied what effect filling in rabbit holes had on spider populations. The reserve is surrounded by a rabbit-proof fence and none of the warrens are currently inhabited by rabbits.

The research team found that 99 per cent of redback spiders in the CCBNR had built their webs in old warrens. The reclusive Cromwell chafer beetle, which is listed internationally as a critically endangered species, was the second-most common prey found in these redback webs.

After removing fifteen female spiders from their burrows, and filling these and surrounding holes in and releasing the spiders, four months later the researchers found none living in the vicinity of the filled-in holes. Of the control group of 15 females who were not removed from their holes, 13 of them were still present after this time period.

Ms Spencer says the clear implication of the study is that conservation efforts to save the chafer beetle must focus on eliminating rabbit holes.

"These flightless nocturnal beetles are easy prey for redbacks - if we want to see this rare and enigmatic species survive we must get rid of these spider lairs."

The Department of Conservation has experimented with filling in all the burrows in the central area of the reserve, and the results so far have been promising, she says.

The Otago study findings were published earlier this year in the international journal Biological Invasions.

A list of Otago experts available for media comment is available elsewhere on this website.

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Tuesday, 9 May 2017 12:35pm Venomous Australian redback spiders are increasingly "sinking their fangs" into New Zealand's Central Otago region and their invasion is being aided by the activities of another introduced pest - European rabbits - new University of Otago research has shown.

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Hyperloops are a more efficient way of transport than aeroplanes, Yes/No

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Hyperloops are a more efficient way of transport than aeroplanes, Yes/No

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The Hyperloop is an extremely fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly way to travel, and there is a large probability that it will be the transport of the future. Plus, it is also faster than planes. But, Hyperloop pods will have to deal with regularly breaking the sound barrier (which could cause devastating turbulence). Which one is better?

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Greymouth needs more events like this.

We need to spend more money to save the petrels.

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do you think that the queen should stand down and do u reckon prince William or prince Charles will be a good leader 

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do you think that the queen should stand down and do u reckon prince William or prince Charles will be a good leader 

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caitlin

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the queen stepping down who should take the role prince Charles or prince phillip 

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the queen stepping down who should take the role prince Charles or prince phillip 

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Prince Charles to head Commonwealth when Queen's reign ends

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Following the Queen's public endorsement, Commonwealth leaders voted in support of the move.

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the kiwi a rare bird but can it survive Rat's and other things

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WaHiki ice cream

Ice cream from coconuts is better than ice cream from cows or is it? Which is healthier and bette from the enviroment

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Haman Shahpari, co-founder of niche "healthy" ice cream brand WaHiki Creamery, talks creating a unique product and selling into a crowded market.

What does your business do?

We're an Epsom-based ice cream company called WaHiki which means 'time out' in Maori that was established in October 2016. We did our first production of the first flavour in the December, which at the time nobody wanted to know us being a small company with one flavour of ice cream, but last year we released three more flavours which was Chocolate, Mango and Matcha - Japanese green tea - with banana. All our ice creams are dairy-free, gluten-free and vegan, and we are currently the only ice cream that has been certified by Coeliac New Zealand. Our products are also halal and are sold in around 150 stores.

What was the motivation for starting the business?

We found a gap in the market when we started the ice cream business because we saw there are people who can't eat ice cream for different reasons such as lactose intolerance, high-sugar quantities and gluten so we set out to make a premium ice cream that is suitable for everyone.

Our ice cream is made with coconut milk instead of cows milk which adds a coconut flavour but, from the feedback we've had, it is quite a subtle taste, not over-powering.

How big is your team?

It's just two people - me and Sergio Figueroa. We're three partners who own the business but just two of us run it.

What are you currently focused on?

We just launched a world's first ice cream flavour of Coconut Turmeric Latte, which is apart of our motto to stay away from all the me too flavours that everyone offers like the hokey pokeys and salted caramels and chocolate chips.

We want to move away from those flavours and make ice cream that is more holistic, artisan and wholesome. The Turmeric ice cream has Turmeric, ginger, cinnamon and black pepper, and it has less than 10 grams of sugar. For the small tubs $4.50 and the big ones are between $8 to $10.

What's your background?

I came to New Zealand in November 2003 and I'm originally Iranian. I've got a diverse background. I've worked for many big, multinational companies, mostly in packaging and chemicals. By trade, I'm a chemical engineer and marine biologist but I decided to take a leap and try something myself for myself.

What are your long term plans for Wahiki?

The long term plan for WaHiki is to become a global, household brand. When I wanted to establish the company, I Googled WaHiki to make sure that nobody else was using the name and Google turned around and said: 'Did you mean Waiheke Island', so for me that was a good enough reason to say if one day in the future somebody goes to Google to search Waiheke Island and it asks them 'Did you mean WaHiki Ice Cream' which means Wahiki Ice Cream has become bigger than Waiheke Island brand that means I've done my job well, and that's the ambition.

WaHiki is a dairy-free and gluten-free ice cream brand based in Epsom, Auckland. Photo / Supplied

Where did the inspiration to call the business Wahiki come from?

I'd been trying to find a name to give the business a Kiwiana feel and therefore with the name I wanted people to recognise that the product comes from New Zealand no matter what corner of the world it is in. One day I was looking at all of the words that people have given us in the feedback groups that we have run about what do you feel about ice cream when you eat it, and a couple of the words that came out of that were divine and time out.

Someone said they take time out to have an ice cream so I looked these words up in Maori and one that really stuck with me was the work WaHiki.

What's the biggest challenge you face operating in this market?

We're competing against big companies. Although veganism and healthy living and eating is a trend now, starting up as a small company with limited resources and competing with players who lots of time and resources, is quite a challenge. The only thing that is making us different is our want to do things better and filling those niche gaps in the market.

What advice do you give to others thinking of starting their own business?

If you're thinking of doing something, don't doubt your capabilities - just do it.

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Haman Shahpari, co-founder of niche "healthy" ice cream brand WaHiki Creamery, talks creating a unique product and selling into a crowded market. What does your business do? We're an Epsom-based ice cream company called WaHiki which means 'time out' in Maori that was established in October 2016.

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She's widely regarded as the answer to New Zealand's netball woes and clearly passionate about the Silver Ferns, but successful coach Noeline Taurua is waiting to see what the review into the team delivers.

A former Fern herself, Taurua found it tough watching New Zealand struggle at the recent Commonwealth Games, where they missed out on a medal.

Netball NZ expects to announce the results of a review into the team sometime in June.

Incumbent Ferns coach Janine Southby is under contract for next year, but may find it hard to retain the job after the team''s poor performance on the Gold Coast.

Taurua would be a popular and logical choice to be the next coach, given her outstanding record over the past decade.

She steered Magic and Sunshine Coast Lightning to trans-Tasman and Super Netball titles respectively, the latter in their first year of existence, and also did well in her one year with Southern Steel.

With Southby still the Ferns coach and herself contracted to the Lightning until the end of 2019, Taurua was understandably diplomatic in her choice of words.

But her passion for the Ferns was evident when asked if she would be interested if the position became available and approached to fill a vacancy.

"My heart is always with New Zealand," Taurua told AAP after the Lightning started their Super Netball title defence with a 54-51 away loss to the Giants.

"I don't know, I'm with Lightning at the moment until 2019 and I think if an approach is made (to coach New Zealand) then you take one step at s time and then decide what is right.

"It's not only myself that would be involved in any decision that would be made on my future, it's the club, it's our team.

"I think you've just got to take one stage at a time so (New Zealand are) very dear to me, but no use worrying about something thats not there."

Taurua said it would be interesting to see what the review produced.

"We have actually got some really good players in New Zealand and sometimes a good shakeup is always good," Taurua said.

"It makes an organisation or a team or a club really look at yourself."

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Gender inequality
Books vs phones
Jacinda Ardern vs Bil English
Nuclear power vs no nuclear power
Meeting with Kim Jong Un and is good vs not good.

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Friday's historic encounter between North and South Korea gave a world leader who has hitherto shunned the foreign media more camera time than ever before. Every mannerism, every lift of an eyebrow was studied and speculated upon.

For most of the day, Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in were followed around by television cameras and photographers as they picked their way through a series of intricately choreographed scenes in Panmunjom, the "peace village" in the DMZ that was the venue for their talks.

There was the moment when Kim stepped into the South, across the demarcation line that separates the two Koreas (and Moon briefly stepped over into the North). Then they held almost two hours of talks in the morning, planted a symbolic tree, and strolled alone in a wooded area of the DMZ where they spoke without officials for 30 minutes.

They embraced, held hands, and traded pleasantries. Kim even thanked the media for coming.

Finally, in the late afternoon, the substance: The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula, which commits the two countries to denuclearization and talks to bring a formal end to conflict between the two nations.

So can it really be possible that, after decades of mutual distrust that recently appeared to bring the two nations to the brink of war, a complete reversal is on the cards and that peace is a realistic prospect?

The big players who loom large over the Korean conflict appear deeply skeptical. Notwithstanding President Donald Trump's enthusiastic tweets ("Good things are happening, but only time will tell!") the White House statement was decidedly cool.

"On the occasion of Republic of Korea President Moon Jae-in's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, we wish the Korean people well," it said. "We are hopeful that talks will achieve progress toward a future of peace and prosperity for the entire Korean Peninsula."

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could barely conceal his doubts. "I strongly ... hope that North Korea will take concrete actions. I will keep close eyes on North Korea's actions from now," he said. In other words, I'll believe denuclearization when I see it.

Some longtime North Korea watchers harbor significant doubts that there could have been any real transformation of the man who just under a year ago spoke of intercontinental ballistic missiles that could reach the US mainland as a "gift package to the Yankees."

"How many pictures of him are there where he's at a nuclear facility at a missile test and he's smiling and happy?" asked Catherine Dill, a Senior Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

"Just because he seems like a jolly man doesn't mean that his intentions are pure, or that he's unable to launch a missile again," she told CNN. "A lot of the summit, even if the true intention of President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un was to work towards peace at some point, there's a lot of pageantry involved. So in some sense, he was acting."

Security and nonproliferation experts nevertheless welcomed Friday's historic meeting as a significant achievement for Moon and his policy of engagement with North Korea. But while some progress may occur, some see the chances of denuclearization, at least in the sense that the West would understand it, as slim.

"The prospects of North Korea dismantling its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals remain as dim as ever," said Miha Hribernik, a senior Asia analyst at global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.

"Once the cameras are switched off and the enthusiasm over Friday's summit declaration -- which promises a peaceful and nuclear-free Korean peninsula -- subsides, both sides will need to roll up their sleeves and get to work," Hribernik said. "We continue to maintain our long-standing view that North Korea under Kim Jong Un has no intention of unilaterally denuclearizing without the kind of security guarantees South Korea and the US cannot realistically provide."

Hribernik wrote that the North Korean "sudden charm offensive" was designed to "extract as many economic and security concessions as possible while sacrificing as little as it can in return."

The devil is certainly in the details, agrees Catherine Dill. "It's a very overused term but in this case it's absolutely true, if denuclearization is on the table -- which in fact I'm skeptical it is even though it's mentioned in the joint declaration -- that is a very complex process that requires agreement on the tiniest of details and I'm skeptical we'll get to that point anytime soon."

"I think we should keep in mind that there have been a number of agreements in the past that have never been successfully implemented," said David Maxwell, retired US Army Special Forces colonel and a fellow at the Institute of Korean American Studies.

"We should be hopeful and encouraged by the events in Panmunjom (inside the DMZ), but we also need to keep a clear-eyed view of the nature of the Kim family regime, and the history of its aggression, threats and provocations, stated claim to unify the peninsula under the North's control, and the documented human rights atrocities that are being committed against some 25 million Koreans living in the North," he said to CNN.

"Can a one-day event change the nature of the brutal Kim family regime that has existed for some seven decades? We should never forget the people living in severe oppression in the north while we admire the charm offensive conducted by Kim Jong Un," Maxwell said.

For any future meeting with US President Donald Trump, a major takeaway from Friday's events was in the ease with which Kim Jong Un comported himself. He joked about the state of North Korean streets, and apologized beforehand to President Moon that he would need to come by plane when he should come visit the capital because the roads were so bad.

That self-assurance speaks to a larger challenge for Trump and Moon, said Catherine Dill. "To me, Kim Jong Un's confidence is much more indicative of his own confidence as a de facto nuclear power, it's much more indicative of that to me than a sincere desire for peace," she told CNN.

"Every day I watch North Korean TV and I read the newspapers and media, but actually, the propaganda work of North Korea is saying quite different things to its citizens," Thae Yong-ho, North Korea former deputy ambassador to the UK told CNN.

"It's saying that the current, this kind of peaceful atmosphere around North Korea is the direct achievement and outcome of the completion of nuclear weapons development."

It's unlikely the US will do anything to help Kim resolve economic challenges at home before North Korea shows is actively dismantling its nuclear program and allows inspectors in to carry out tests and verifications.

President Trump evinced his own continued skepticism even after Friday's momentous events. "After a furious year of missile launches and nuclear testing, a historic meeting between North and South Korea is now taking place," he tweeted later Friday.

Around an hour later, he tweeted his thanks to China, and President Xi Jinping, for all the help he had given the US, "particularly at the border with North Korea. Without him it would have been a much longer, tougher process!"

China sent congratulations on the "successful summit," while reinforcing its desire to be included in future talks. "We hope and believe that the North and South Korean sides will be able to implement the consensus reached by their leaders and continue to push for reconciliation and cooperation," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang.

"We hope all relevant parties keep the momentum of dialogue, work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as well as the process of a political settlement on the peninsula issue," Kang said.

China's President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Pyongyang, possibly before Kim meets with Trump. As the likely dates for a Trump-Kim summit approach, the stakes for the meeting grow ever higher.

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Is the North and South Korean deal genuine, Yes/No

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Is the North and South Korean deal genuine, Yes/No

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The border between the two countries is ironically known as the Demilitarized Zone, or the DMZ, which is funny because it's pretty much only soldiers, barbed wire and landmines. Though the landmines have also had the benefit of allowing wildlife to thrive, so long as the animals are small and light enough that they don't trip landmines when they step on them.
Yeah, wasn't there going to be a nuclear war like, six months ago?
There was going to be, yes. Or at least, that was the fear in January when US President Donald Trump was ranting at the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Twitter that he "had a bigger button on his desk," referring to the one that fires the nukes. Which may or may not be strictly speaking true regarding the button, but is certainly true in terms of the capability and sentiment.
Is it possible that Trump's aggressive rudeness might have actually done some good?
What a world. Many analysts have noted that the aim of North Korea's nuclear programme isn't so that they can take over the world, or even conquer South Korea. It's about survival and deterrence. They've also got truckloads of conventional artillery pointed directly at South Korean capital Seoul, with the understanding they'll blast it off the face of the earth if hostilities start again. That's partly why previous North Korean statements sound so over the top - they need the rest of the world to know that if they go down, they're taking as many people with them as they can. And in Trump, the US have a president who outwardly doesn't seem to give a shit if lots of people die, which seriously weakens the North Korean position.

The really important player in all of this though is China. Behind the scenes, it is understood they've been keeping a lid on things, and for good reason. They're a rapidly rising world power, and a war on the Korean Peninsula would be disastrous. Potentially millions of North Koreans would have to flee over the border into China as refugees, they would lose a buffer state against American military bases in South Korea and Japan, and there would be every chance another Korean war could escalate again. None of that is in China's interests right now, who are currently building up soft power around the world through economic, infrastructural and diplomatic investments.
Is this like the fall of the Berlin Wall?
That overstating it. But it is a monumental, astonishing geopolitical development. You know when you're hitting bongs with some irritating idiot who reckons that if world leaders just smoked weed together and all listened to whatever music is playing at that very moment (probably bad reggae) then there wouldn't be any more war? The video below is pretty much that exact scenario taking place, possibly minus the weed. But man, we like, we can't rule it out man.

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Did this handshake herald peace at last for Korea?

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The border between the two countries is ironically known as the Demilitarized Zone, or the DMZ, which is funny because it's pretty much only soldiers, barbed wire and landmines. Though the landmines have also had the benefit of allowing wildlife to thrive, so long as the animals are small and light enough that they don't trip landmines when they step on them.

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Galaxy S9 Plus vs. iPhone X: It's another battle of the camera titans. Samsung and Apple are continually pushing the limits in phone photography, and with the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus, Samsung has stepped up its camera game.

The S9 and S9 Plus are the first Galaxy phones with a variable aperture. This means the cameras can adapt to different lighting conditions without losing sharpness. They can both also take super slow-motion video, while the S9 Plus gets a dual-camera setup similar to the one on the Note 8.

But do all these features translate into better photos and video, and can the Galaxy S9 Plus outperform the iPhone X?

I took a trip to the snowy mountains of Lake Tahoe, California to find out which camera is best.

General shots

In ideal light, and when using automatic settings, there's no doubt these two phones are at the top of their class in terms of mobile photography. You'll notice slight differences in color temperature and texture: The Galaxy S9 Plus tends to be a warmer, while the iPhone X has cooler hues. But neither overshadows the other, and the "best" in these conditions is likely subjective.

When recording video at 1080p at 60 frames per second, the differences are also subtle. The Galaxy S9 Plus tends to have more contrast saturation in the shot, which makes it look sharper -- and darker. Video on the iPhone X is brighter, making the shot look softer. Shadows are not as harsh, but there's not as much depth. I tended to favor the iPhone, whereas some of my coworkers preferred the S9. It also varies depending on the type of screen on which you're viewing the end product.

They both have optical image stabilization on both lenses and videos look smooth. The tracking shots even look good when I'm panting up a snowy mountain trail chasing my pup, Charlie. The iPhone X may have done a slightly better job at keeping the shot steady, but the Galaxy S9 Plus had smoother transitions through lighting changes. Both seemed to keep focus on Charlie for the entire clip.

And they can both record in up to 4K resolution at 60fps.

Aperture on the S9 Plus

Both the Galaxy S9 and the S9 Plus include a variable aperture on the main, wide-angle lens. This allows the lens to adjust to changes in light. The mechanism mimics what the pupil does in the human eye: It widens in the dark to let in more light while becoming more narrow in bright light.

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The Galaxy S9 only has two aperture options to choose from: f/1.5 (wide) and f/2.4 (narrow), compared to a DSLR which has a much greater range. Still, this a pretty big deal on a phone. This means the phone is constantly having to guess which aperture to use in each shot. It also needs to be more versatile in the type of lighting it can produce for the shot.

In this shot of the lake, the Galaxy S9 Plus looks softer, while the iPhone's shot has more contrast and texture.

But in this shot of my son in the snow, it's the S9 Plus on the left that has the higher contrast.

The iPhone's aperture is fixed at f/1.8, which means it's relying on image processing and shutter speed to adjust to different lighting conditions. Shots on the iPhone X also look great, but since it has fewer options to play with, you get a consistent look across all the photos.

Pro mode on Galaxy S9

The Galaxy S9 Plus also lets you take matters into your own hands with Pro mode, which you can access by swiping down next to the viewfinder. This allows you to select the aperture manually and adjust other settings like ISO, shutter speed and focus.

Both of the images above were shot with the Galaxy S9 Plus. The one on the left was shot with the aperture on f/1.5 and the one on the right was at f/2.4.

You can even select aperture for video when you're in Pro mode on the Galaxy S9 Plus. If you want more control over your video, you can adjust the settings before you hit record. You can't switch aperture while you're already shooting the video, but you can adjust ISO, color temperature and focus.

But when you're out and about, settings are the last thing you're going to want to mess with. At least they were for me. When you're hiking up a snow-capped mountain trail with a baby chasing a rambunctious dog, pointing and shooting is the way to go.

And that was one of the problems I had with the Super Slow-Mo feature on the S9 Plus. It's not exactly straightforward.

Slow-mo

The Galaxy S9 Plus has a new Super Slow-Motion mode that allows you to shoot video at 960fps at a 720P resolution. Compare that to the max 240fps frame rate of the iPhone X in full HD (1080p).

At 960 frames per second, slow-motion video is much more dramatic on the S9 Plus, but it doesn't shoot the entire clip at this frame rate and it's not as sharp as full HD.

Let me explain. In automatic mode, the phone creates a virtual space in the frame to detect movement. You can move the box and expand it to encompass a wider area of movement. But once you start recording, the phone decides what part of the video warrants the slower frame rate based on the action in the shot. Only about 3 to 5 seconds' worth turns up in slow-motion regardless of the length of the clip, in my experience.

And it didn't always get the best motion in slow-mo. At least not the one I would've chosen. You can also do this manually, but getting it right is even harder on your own, unless it's a repetitive motion like a waterfall or campfire. A snowball fight, or a puppy running through the snow -- forget about it. It would start the slow-mo too late or too early, and there's no adjusting it later. Plus it doesn't record audio. Instead it defaults to a generic theme song that didn't really match what I was seeing.

But when the Galaxy S9 Plus does get it right, the results are impressive, more so than the iPhone X's. Just watch our video to see for yourself.

Slow motion on the iPhone X is simple. Just point and shoot. That's it. And the whole clip can be in slow-mo if you want it to be, because the phone lets you edit the clip later and adjust when the slow-motion effect begins.

Like the iPhone, the S9 also has the option to shoot in 240 fps at 1080p. It also lets you adjust the clip later, but you'll have to dig it out of the camera settings to add it to the main interface. Super Slow-Mo is the default option on the Galaxy S9 Plus.

Portraits and zoom

But what about the second lens? Both phones have a second telephoto lens with similar specs (12 megapixels) for optical zoom at 2x magnification and blurred background effect on portraits.

At 2x magnification, both produce great results. But when I looked closely at the shots, I noticed the S9's was a bit sharper. You'll notice it mainly if you look at the dog in the shot above.

The iPhone X has Portrait mode and the S9 Plus has Live Focus with a similar setup to the Galaxy Note 8. Both are easy to access from the main interface on the camera, but neither is perfect at distinguishing between the background and the foreground for what to blur in the shot. Neither phone is yet at the level of a DSLR, but most portraits look good enough to post and even print on both phones.

Portraits on the iPhone seem to be cooler and more true to life, because it retains more detail in faces of people, babies and dogs (which is what I tried it on). The S9's shot appears to be more flattering because it makes faces brighter and evens out shadows and skin tones.

But sometimes the retouching on the S9 Plus can backfire. In the photo above, the S9 seems to have applied the same filter on my face as it did to my son's. On his face it evened out his skin tone and reduced redness, but the same effect on me made my skin turn yellowish.

Live Focus on the S9 Plus lets you adjust the blur as you're taking the shot to intensify or diminish the effect. I ended up using this feature a lot more than the Portrait lighting effects on the iPhone.

Front-facing camera

If you're a fan of selfies, both phones also have a blurred background effect on the front-facing cameras. The iPhone X has a 7-megapixel depth-sensing camera, which is slightly better at figuring out what to blur in the shot. The S9 Plus has a slightly sharper 8-megapixel sensor with a wider angle.

But both rely on software to create the portrait effect, so neither is as good as the rear camera. In other words, don't expect perfection.

For general selfies, though, I prefer the wider angle of the S9 Plus. For video on the front-facing camera, the opposite is true as the S9 gets a little too close for comfort with a more narrow field of view than the iPhone X.

Low-light shots

When the sun goes down, the S9 Plus really shines. The wider aperture allows it to let in more light without sacrificing detail and picture quality.

Both did well considering how dark it was on the lakefront, but in the shot above, there's clearly no competition. The shot on the S9 looks smooth and bright, while the iPhone's looks darker and grainier. And once you zoom in, it's even more obvious. While the S9 is still able to capture some detail of the trees and the smoke out in the distance, the iPhone shot looks like an impressionist painting.

The Galaxy also did a better job at evening out the lighting in the cabin shot above, while the cabin on the iPhone looks blown out.

And the same applies to video. But here the differences aren't as apparent as in still photography. Video on the Galaxy S9 looks slightly sharper and more saturated, while its still shot is slightly darker, more subdued and not quite as sharp.

Photographing subjects in bad lighting is tough on both phones, especially if there's movement. The S9 Plus still looks brighter in the glow of the campfire, but the pictures of my son came out blurry and the color temperature seems way too warm. I noticed the same thing when shooting video of this scene. Colors on the iPhone are more true to life, but the shot looks darker.

But when the subject is standing still, like this shot of Charlie the pup, the S9 has no problem. The colors may be more realistic on the iPhone, but there's a lot of noise in the shot and you can barely see the pup.

The Galaxy S9's shot is bright and smooth. And for food shots, it's impressive -- just look at the texture it was able to capture on the onion in this dimly lit restaurant.

The verdict

Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Colors on the iPhone seem slightly more accurate and portraits more true to life, but the S9 Plus is the clear winner in low-light photography and this time video is neck-and-neck.

The S9 Plus is great if you want to take your phone photography to the next level and you're willing to put in some work to get shots looking better. The iPhone X is more consistent and does most of the work for you, but you're limited in your shooting options. And as with most of these comparisons, it comes down to what you're looking for in a camera.

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