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Nominated for Communications team of the year at the European Excellence Awards PR
by H+K Norway | November 13, 2017
Digiplex, the leading data centre operator in the Nordics, is one of the finalists in the category Communications team of the year, one of three main categories at this year’s European Excellence Awards. Gambit H+K leads the company’s communications team from Oslo, and coordinates DigiPlex’ international activities. Gambit has worked with the company for several years, and we are pleased to have supported yet another customer in reaching their strategic goals. Gambit H+K is very proud that DigiPlex has been short-listed for this prestigious award. The announcement came shortly after DigiPlex was nominated for another esteemed marketing award: The Global Carrier Awards in the categories “Best Marketing Campaign” and “Best Marketing Team”.
– Innovation is at the core of DigiPlex’ company culture, and I am extremely proud that our marketing and communication efforts continues to be recognized in prestigious cross-industry awards. Building a strong Nordic brand is part of our growth strategy and the marketing and communications transformation, fuels both industry buzz and our sales pipeline, says Digiplex’ CMO, Fredrik Jansson.
Gambit H+K has helped DigiPlex with the establishment of a global PR-team, a unified communications strategy across media channels and markets, including native advertising, and assisted in the establishment of a platform for thought leadership.
– DigiPlex manages multiple data centres in the Nordics and the company has previously won several awards for their innovation and sustainability. This is the second time this year that DigiPlex is nominated for an award for their work with communication. The company has increased its reach in traditional and social media by over 1000 percent respectively. Both DigiPlex and Hill+Knowlton feel inspired when our work is recognised like this, says director and client lead, Roland Berg Lie at Hill+Knowlton Strategies.
Gambit Hill+Knowlton is also nominated in additional four categories for two Norad campaigns.
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Final Fantasy 15: How to fix bug Could not save game in Stadia
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We have made for you a Final Fantasy 15 guide where we will explain everything about how to correct the error The game could not be saved in Stadia.
How long does the error code appear? Couldn't save the game to Stadia in Final Fantasy 15?
A very important detail that we must emphasize to know how to correct fix bug not save the game in Stadia is the time in which they usually appear to spoil our adventure, because this usually is reflected around 15 or 20 hours of play, it is a quite annoying problem, which usually brings us several inconveniences, which considerably affects the game time that we have used in Google Stadia, on the other hand, we must bear in mind that this is a game that is compatible with devices equivalent to consoles and PC
What is the error code Could not save the game in Stadia in Final Fantasy 15?
To know how to correct the error the game could not be saved in Stadia it is important to keep in mind that we must know exactly what it is, because this is a problem that we are at a certain point in the game, which prevents us from accessing the game. session where we can reach the progress that we carry, although we can continue playing, the negative of this matter is that everything we do and move forward in the game simply will not be saved, pus we will remain stagnant even when we go beyond moving forward, it is good to highlight that Reddit already has knowledge about this problem, only that the answer he has given about it is not exactly the most pleasant.
What is true is that it is not yet known if Google worked together with Square Enix, because the stone is blocked by the road since Stadia refuses at all to solve this problem, since this code has obviously been confirmed of error by the developers of Final Fantasy 15, which indicates that in truth it is a global problem in relation to the games in Stadia, although they indicate that for the date they are still carrying out investigations, but they clarify that for the date they still do not guarantee any solution.
How to fix the error Could not save the game in Stadia in Final Fantasy 15?
A possible solution is indicated by Square through a letter indicating that it could work "free storage space by deleting saved photos", exactly in the game, for this it is necessary to keep the first two slots, storage, but perhaps it is not precisely the best, since a good number of players have made it very clear in Reddit that these solutions are honestly not at all favorable, since the problem still persists.
But obviously we are not going to wait until a miracle happens and our goal is to give some solution to the problem about how to fix bug could not save the game in Stadia, so we have closely followed all the comments that appear by Reddit and we have achieved a very interesting detail, and that is that a user, found a solution, because this user indicated that what he did was sleep in a trailer and once he woke up the error appeared at the time of saving it automatically , then he got into a car and drove to a nearby camp, there he camped and when he woke up again the error appeared again, but eye this user indicates that this happens when it is automatically saved, put, that when doing so manual way has worked for him, that is why we must put it into practice, since it could be the unofficial solution to our problem, which really makes us waste time and progress in a n game that is highly attractive as is Final Fantasy 15.
Normally for everyone it does not work the same, because knowing how to fix bug could not save the game in Stadia, it allows us to give another answer, since there are players who claim that this solution is effective, although on the other hand also a group indicates that doing this does not change the error at all, but we do not lose anything with trying, because on the one hand Google claims that those responsible for this error are simply the developers of the game, on the other hand Google does not offer reimbursement for the games that are are in Stadia and have been played for a period of more than 2 hours, which really is quite complex because it applies to virtually everyone who has suffered this problem, what is true is that the players are waiting for A permanent solution.
In summary, knowing how to fix bug could not save the game in Stadia in Final Fantasy 15, it does not have an official solution, because it only remains to try to apply the solutions that have been explained here and keep us in expectation of a permanent solution.
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As Donald Trump takes office as the forty-fifth president of the United States, this course explores presidential elections in historical perspective, via five case studies. It tells the story of key campaigns in US history, and by doing so it investigates how politics changed over time—and how understanding the past sheds light on the current campaign. From the arrival of "dirty politics" to the impact of the "digital revolution," the course looks at the historical background to some of the key phenomena that shaped the controversy-laden campaign of 2016. The five elections that we'll investigate are among the most significant in American political history. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson won the presidency in a contest that encouraged politicians to reform the electoral college, the system by which presidents are still chosen. The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 prompted the outbreak of the Civil War. It's an election that helps us to understand the development of political parties. In 1968, the Vietnam War was a dominant concern for Americans, and yet foreign policy played a secondary role in Richard Nixon's victory. Twelve years later, in 1980, Ronald Reagan won an election that initiated a new era of conservatism. Finally, we'll turn our attention to the election that took Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, to the White House in 2008. Many saw the Obama's success not only as revealing the impact of the digital revolution on campaign politics, but also as signaling a turn to progressivism. Image credits: Course logo - "Former President Truman holds a copy of the famous Chicago Daily Tribune paper declaring 'Dewey Defeats Truman'" Harry S. Truman Library & Museum (https://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=38592). Course banner - "US Flag Backlit" by Joshua Nathanson, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Flag_Backlit.jpg)....
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创建者 Thornzy
Wagwan, very enjoyable speaking to Obama himself. this better be worth at least 30 UCAS points and 2 freddos or i will be coming back and retracting my 5 star rating. big shoutout to the profs who educated me.
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创建者 JOHN Q
Great Review. I am active in politics and still found there were things I'd forgotten. Thanks for the fun and the review.
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Very informative and thorough
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I like the professor!
创建者 Joy S
This has some good history in it. But short for sure.
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创建者 Michael L
Very disappointed in this course. Light on content and heavy (especially in week 3) on political bias towards one political persuasion. Highly biased and controversial statements by those in videos are taken as fact without any attempt to question it. I expected a course to talk about elections and apply it to 2016. Instead what is here is a course that not so subtly seems to have an agenda. Not good for academic discourse. I believe this is my first negative review in my 3(?) or so years on Coursera.
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If Only Palestinians Wore Saffron Gowns
April 21, 2008 SZhouchina, cia, media, oppression, politics, tibet 1 Comment
Tibetan autonomy is like a jagged edge that pokes me when I get too complacent about my love for my native country. That not so fine line separating family tradition and culture from state authourity and government exists as a thin residual smear after a thorough thrashing of an education by the Communist state system. Thank Goodness I left after grade two. Nontheless, thanks to a couple of gray and old Jewish guys and free speech, I’ve come around.
How ever, unlike most, I’m not ready to join in with the demonstrations at this particular time. To be more precise, starting a few weeks ago.
Why? Well, it’s not because my past has come to haunt me, nor is it because of my politics. It’s because I feel like I’m getting jipped, like someone is brainwashing me and hoping I’d resort to some sort of hypocrisy. Let me explain.
It doesn’t have anything to do with the fact that the Tibetan riots were clearly CIA coordinated, nor does it have to do with the little batch of pogroms the monks issued to some innocent Chinese store owners. Let’s give the poor monks the benefit of the doubt for a change. 50+ years of oppression warrants a little anger, even though it means sacrificing a little Buddhist teaching.
But it has to do with the sheer hypocrisy of our western media and the pick and choose nature of all foreign policy. They thunder and cry about Tibet. In thousands of editorials and talk-shows they heap curses and invective on the evil China. It seems as if the Tibetans are the only people on earth whose right to independence is being denied by brutal force, that if only Beijing would take its dirty hands off the saffron-robed monks, everything would be alright in this, the best of all possible worlds.
There’s no longer a doubt in my mind that Tibetans are entitled to autonomy. But are the Kurds in Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey not entitled to the same thing? What about the Basques in Spain? The Corsicans in France? Its a bloody long list if you ask me. I’ve tried to answer this contradiction. I cannot.
To be honest, there is nobody like the Tibetans. They enjoy ideal conditions.
Fringed by the Himalayas, they are located in one of the most beautiful landscapes on earth. For centuries, just to get there was an adventure. Their unique religion arouses curiosity and sympathy. Its non-violence is very attractive and elastic enough to cover even the ugliest atrocities, like the recent pogrom. The exiled leader, the Dalai Lama, is a romantic figure, a media rock-star. The Chinese regime is hated by many – by capitalists because it is a Communist dictatorship, by Communists because it has become capitalist. It promotes a crass and ugly materialism, the very opposite of the spiritual Buddhist monks, who spend their time in prayer and meditation. (www.normanfinkelstein.com
Compared to this, the Chechnyans dont have much to offer. They are Muslim terrorist for all we care, baking their pittas with the blood of faithful Christians.
Putin can hit them as hard and as much as he wants.
This, cosmically and inevitably, leads us straight to a miserable and bloody little place called Palestine.
In the quest for world sympathy and media sympathy, the Palestinians are unlucky enough to have an oppressor who has already taken the crown for being the victim of the most heinous crime in western history. Plus, most Palestinians are suicide bombers who cant wait to screw virgins in heaven. Nobody gives a damn abut the Palestinian Christians. And anyone who denies any of this is either a Holocaust denier or an Anti-Semite.
The Dalai Lama arrived in Michigan recently and met with politicians discussing the outcry in Tibet. Even Canadian politicians went, with one conservative comparing the Chinese Leviathan to Hitler and such.
Let’s hope Richard Gere knows what he’s doing.
So this is where political correctness leads us: IsraelApWk ban??
April 20, 2008 SZhou Leave a comment
I don’t like to write when distracted, and there are a few distractions right now in my life.
Until I saw that over 100 University of Toronto faculty members placed a full page ad in the National Post to encourage the banning of Israeli Apartheid Week on campus.
The signers’ names, titles and departments were listed under a heading that stated: “We… oppose the hosting of the Israel Apartheid Week at our institution, and request that the administration stop this hateful and divisive event from returning to our university in future years.” (CJ News, 04/03/08)
One of the initiators is a Dr. Sergio Gristein, a biochem professor who said the reason for the ad was that talks with the administration were unproductive.
“Hateful”, “divisive”, “asymmetrical application of freedom of speech”, “attacking and villainizing the Jewish Community”. These are the accusations and the labels.
Given the facts and the documentary record, let’s break this down piece by piece.
1. Hateful
Hate is the wrong word to use. Its more like indignation. And if we are to include the word “hate”, those involved in IApW hate the Israeli application of apartheid (the SouAfr comparison is one made by both Ehud Omert and Ariel Sharon), and the apathy that the world shows. When one sees the open air prison that is Gaza and the numerous checkpoints, anger is more suitable as a description.
2. Divisive
Apartheid is Afrikaans for “separation”. What can separate more when an indigenous population is pushed to the brinks of survival. Of course, the comment is aimed at dividing the populations here. So, let us all look at the facts and decide as human beings, not Jews or Palestinians. There needs to be constant hatred and systematic separation for there to be divisiveness. IApW is not a good example of such a program. In fact, there are Jews and Rabbis who believe in Palestinian freedom.
3. Asymmetrical application of freedom of speech
This is a wax poetic. Probably not even said for anyone to understand. It doesnt deserve a response but one can only assume that somehow freedom of speech is abused in this case. Let me spell this out:
CRITICISM OF ISRAEL DOES NOT EQUAL ANTISEMITISM & HATE-SPEECH
Hate speech would be going after Jews of all nationalities with hateful language and anti-semitic epithets. The slogans being chanted don’t count. And if they do, then let them be punished.
4. Attacking and villainizing the Jewish Community
Goes back to the previous point. How convenient to lace Israel, its policies and its national existence with Jews everywhere regardless of individual beliefs, practices and opinions. No doubt, many a Jew would defend Israel to the death and excuse it from international law. But many would look to their conscience and make a serious moral choice. Basic moral principle would conclude if someone else commits a crime and is guilty, then it is also wrong when we do it. There can be no exceptions. Israel is acting like an exception. The Jewish community, and every Jew in it, can make their own judgments. No one says in IApW that Jews are evil; the tactics of Israeli treatment of Palestinians is evil. No one is attacking Jews; if “attacking” is the preferred term, then we activists attack the apathy and silence of the uneducated individual and the global community.
This is also one of the few times that I can say I am proud of the U of T administration:
Robert Steiner, a U of T spokesperson, said the administration has responded to each of the 125 faculty members with an e-mailed letter that outlines the university’s reasons for allowing events such as Israeli Apartheid Week to take place on campus. “The university believes that free speech is a fundamental role of any university in a free society. But allowing for free speech doesn’t mean that we turn a blind eye to whatever is being said,” Steiner said. (CJ News, 04/03/08)
McMasters University has banned the term “Israeli Apartheid” (with endorsement of the student union, mothereffers) and U of T faculty members are putting up ads on newspapers for the cessation of activism.
Who’s messing with freedom of speech here, really?
Ref: http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14362&Itemid=101
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Here, Observer writers pick out the three pivotal weeks that shaped a year of unforgettable and remarkable events. By the end of February, all was quiet save for global banks routinely updating queasy investors over the tens of billions of dollars they had lost by fuelling the madness we now know as the debt catastrophe.
At the start of the year, a global economic meltdown still seemed unimaginable to many. If by May that didn't stem a freefall in US consumer confidence, rising unemployment and plunging house prices, then he argued, perhaps we were in trouble.
But, during the first two months of the year, a lingering belief remained that perhaps the vicious economic hurricane might blow itself out before it hit the real world. That changed during the week beginning 9 March, seven days in which the real storm broke and swept away some of the biggest and most revered names in international finance.
It began on Sunday evening with an unbelievable personal fall from grace and ended with the most spectacular American banking collapse seen in decades. As the once proud defender of the people against the excesses of capitalism sank into the quicksand, financial storm clouds swiftly gathered overhead.
The following day, Blackstone Group, manager of the world's biggest buyout fund, revealed it had suffered a 90 per cent profit drop during its fourth quarter. Headed by New York society figure Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone perhaps more than any firm exemplified the gung-ho leverage mania.
Blackstone spent hundreds of billions of dollars on consumer and leisure firms as well as the betting on the latest investment craze: Now its strategy was unravelling, placing the businesses it bought in serious jeopardy. In Britain house-builder Bovis meekly warned that unless there was an urgent cut in interest rates, the property market would collapse.
It was a message the Bank of England failed to heed until much later. On Tuesday, there was blind panic on Wall Street. Few asked the question: A process that would bring Wall Street and the world's banking system to its knees had begun.
It meant that when Alistair Darling, in his first Budget, said the UK was well placed to withstand the effects of US turbulence, no one quite believed him. Darling's speech, in which he downgraded his growth forecasts, raised taxes and admitted the UK economy faced its biggest slowdown since Labour came to power, was effectively blown out of the water.
If there was hope that perhaps Thursday would bring a sense of calm, more news from America shattered that illusion. The most revered name in private equity, and for many an extension of American foreign policy, the Carlyle Group, admitted that one of its funds could not repay its debt.
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The most interesting documentaries of the last season, presented and awarded at the most at the world’s major film festivals, but also debuts and premieres.
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STORIES WE TELL, dir. Sarah Polley, Canada, 2012, 108 min
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A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers. Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by her own family. She playfully interviews and interrogates friends and relatives. Each of them relates their version of the family mythology, giving away only glimpses of her mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory.
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A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. The Act of Killing is about killers who have won, and the sort of society they have built. Unlike ageing Nazis or Rwandan génocidaires, Anwar and his friends have not been forced by history to admit they participated in crimes against humanity. Instead, they have written their own triumphant history, becoming role models for millions of young
paramilitaries. The Act of Killing is a journey into the memories and imaginations of the perpetrators, offering insight into the minds of mass killers. And The Act of Killing is a nightmarish vision of a frighteningly banal culture of impunity in which killers can joke about crimes against humanity on television chat shows, and celebrate moral disaster with the ease and grace of a soft shoe dance number.
TITO ON ICE dir. Helena Ahonen, Max Andersson, Germany, Sweden, 2013, 76 min
To promote their book “Bosnian flat dog”, Swedish comics artists Max Andersson and Lars Sjunnesson tour the countries of former Yugoslavia with a mummyfied Marshal Tito in a refrigerator. Watching border controls turn into improvised snapshot sessions, admiring mutant iron-curtain Disney toys, buying souvenir grenade shell handicrafts and discovering sniper art in blown-out apartments, they find that truth may indeed be stranger than fiction. Max Andersson’s feature film debut operates on multiple levels to achieve a rare synthesis of form and content. The combination of animated crumbling, fragmentary garbage characters and grainy black and white super 8 mixed with documentary MiniDV looks like nothing else but seems perfectly natural. A roller coaster ride through a parallel universe where all borders are disintegrating – at the same time tragic, poetic and hilariously funny.
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Police say a 6-year-old boy grabbed the wheel of their pickup after his dad passed out from low blood sugar and kept them from crashing until a North Platte police officer could bring the truck to a halt.
Tustin Mains was in the back seat with his 3-year-old brother when he noticed that his dad, Phillip Mains, slumped down on Sunday evening while they were driving home from a restaurant.
"I remember getting up to about the mall - that was about 6:45," Phillip Mains told The North Platte Telegraph. "The next thing I remember was waking up to the officer and paramedics, and it was 8:15."
Tustin hopped up from the back seat to his father's lap so he could steer and see out the windshield.
His dad's foot had slipped off the accelerator, but even at idle the Chevrolet Avalanche was going an estimated 10-15 mph.
Other drivers noticed the boy driving the truck. Some maneuvered their vehicles in front or behind the pickup and turned on their emergency blinkers.
Tustin remained at the wheel for several blocks, even turning around when he got into a neighborhood he didn't recognize.
He was then spotted by North Platte officer Roger Freeze.
Freeze maneuvered his car near enough that he could stop, get out and run up to the pickup. The driver's side window was down, so Freeze reached in, grabbed the gearshift and put it into park.
North Platte Police Chief Martin Gutschenritter praised his officer and young Tustin.
"I will be issuing him a departmental citation for his quick, professional action on this case. That is also a very special young man. He was able to take quick action when his dad was incapacitated, and we are very proud of him, too," Gutschenritter said.
Tustin's dad was grateful to Freeze as well.
"To chase down a moving vehicle and get it stopped the way he did took a lot of nerve, and if it weren't for him, things could have turned out much worse."
For a kindergartner, Tustin did a pretty good job of driving. The pickup sustained only a minor scrape when it brushed a piece of a bridge as Tustin turned to head back into town.
When he saw his dad "fall asleep," Tustin said, he got scared, then got another fright when officer Freeze appeared at the driver's window.
But when Freeze brought the pickup to an abrupt halt?
"I was just happy," Tustin said.
Young girl lives with messed up internal organs
A girl has survived being born with five spleens, a hole in her heart, a diseased and back to front liver, two left lungs and her stomach on the wrong side.
Bethany Jordan:
Strangely, when she exercises too much, her heart can be seen beating through her back.
Bethany Jordan, six, was born with many of her organs back to front but amazed doctors who had warned her parents, Lisa, 37, and Robert, 44, there was little chance she would survive birth.
Her problems mean that, while she looks a picture of health, she cannot stand up to some of the normal rigorous and strains of an average child.
Bethany, of Stourbridge, West Midlands, sufferers from Ivemark Syndrome, an extremely rare genetic disorder, characterized by a poorly-formed cardiovascular system and organs in the wrong place.
There are so few sufferers that very little is known about the condition or what could be its cause.
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by johnwbyrd
The moderators seem to not like buy/sell info in the main forum, so I'll temper this request with a bit of history.
I worked at 3DO for three years, from 1994 to 1997. Those were some heady times indeed. In particular, I taught a series of technical classes on site at 3DO -- it was called 3DO University. We ran courses on introductory and advanced 3DO programming, as well as classes on art and sound preparation for the 3DO platform.
I also had the great luck to be heavily exposed to all phases of the development of the M2 platform. Believe me when I say that the M2 was at least five years ahead of its time.
While the original Opera system used cels as their rendering component, cels were essentially sprites on steroids. A cel was a rectangular sprite that could be positioned arbitrarily on screen. You could morph a cel by changing the dx, dy and ddx components in the rendering list for each cel. This allowed the Opera system to produce a lot of cool 3D-ish effects; however, the texture mapping on the Opera system was not "mathematically correct" in the words of Adrian Sfarti. (I think the words were more like "matematacaly carract" when he said them.) Anyway, I think it was this property that caused games like Escape from Munger Manor (as we called it, after David Munger, a developer tech support dude) to make a certain small percentage of the population feel a little seasick after long play periods.
The M2 rendering engine -- all custom silicon -- had a rendering pipeline that would be immediately familiar to anyone doing modern 3-D graphics programming today. It understood bilinear filtering, and proper perspective-based texture mapping. It was an awesomely powerful system, and game developers at the time really didn't know what to make of it. Everyone kept asking me how to do sidescrollers with it. Recall that 3DO was still, at the time, the only game in town in terms of 3-D game systems... the Playstation was still a little ways off when M2 was being developed, and PS turned out to be nowhere near mathematically correct.
Now... if you know anyone who has a 3DO Blaster and might be willing to consider parting with it... please review my post in the Marketplace section.
by NikeX
Hello John. I want to greet you with
anim -h apew39.csf apew39_world
anim hello.bsf hello.utf
What a great surprise to have you here, in the heart of the 3DO-"movement". Although at the moment, the heart is pumping a little bit slow, but was in a state of tachycardia during the release of IMSA Racing.
The whole community is burning for sure, when it comes to M2 / 3DO development insights. We would like to know more, and you alreasy noticed the thread by MaxTheVool.
"Munger Manor" is one of the most favorite games by one of our forum members: http://3do.cdinteractive.co.uk/viewtopi ... 18&start=0
quote: 4612600 points.
I don't own a blaster, but here are people who might have an idea and could help out. Hope you stay!
by ewhac
Hey, John. Nice to see you.
Although we used the word "sprite" when speaking to developers coming from other platforms, I never thought of the cel engine as a "sprite" engine. "Sprite" in my mind implies something that gets directly addressed by the video DMA engine. Your mouse pointer is a sprite, since it's never actually drawn to the framebuffer, but lives in it's own private region of display memory, and the video DMA engine knows its position and when to start pushing out pixels from it rather than the framebuffer.
In Opera, video DMA only accessed the framebuffer, and the cel engine drew into it.
As for "mathematically correct," Opera was mathematically correct... for linear transforms. It didn't perform perspective correction, however. but that didn't stop us from trying to render 3D anyway :-). It turns out that, for small regions, the difference between a linear mapping and a perspective-correct mapping is minimal. So if you broke up the rendering into small enough pieces, it looked good enough. There is an argument to be made as to whether we broke things up enough in Monster Manor. (We wrote the bloody thing in six months; gimme a break!)
ewhac wrote: Although we used the word "sprite" when speaking to developers coming from other platforms, I never thought of the cel engine as a "sprite" engine. "Sprite" in my mind implies something that gets directly addressed by the video DMA engine. Your mouse pointer is a sprite, since it's never actually drawn to the framebuffer, but lives in it's own private region of display memory, and the video DMA engine knows its position and when to start pushing out pixels from it rather than the framebuffer.
I never called it a sprite engine back in the day either Cels were always rather their own animal. The most likely spiritual predecessor to cels was probably Sega's "super scalar" rendering engine, used in Out Run, Hang On and a few other arcade games from the late 80s. I never discovered tech information on SS but I always figured there was an Opera-style display list to frame buffer.
ewhac wrote: As for "mathematically correct," Opera was mathematically correct... for linear transforms. It didn't perform perspective correction, however. but that didn't stop us from trying to render 3D anyway . It turns out that, for small regions, the difference between a linear mapping and a perspective-correct mapping is minimal. So if you broke up the rendering into small enough pieces, it looked good enough. There is an argument to be made as to whether we broke things up enough in Monster Manor. (We wrote the bloody thing in six months; gimme a break!)
I suppose it was mathematically correct for linear transforms For 1992 technology it was an amazing essay. Very few people at this time were trying to do 3D, let alone perspective-correct textures.
You're right, Monster Manor should never have existed. And yeah, I seem to recall that you wrote most of the renderer. And Bob Vieira did the sound... So many people, at the time, were convinced that he wrote an interactive audio score, because he put in so many random sound elements... hey when you get closer to this door, the heartbeat sound gets louder! Well that was all random happenstance -- the audio was all just four minute loop tracks -- and people drew the connections in their own heads. Go Bob!
I miss you Leo. If you do hear about a 3DO Blaster, please let me know. It's not for my own collection. It is needed for an Honorable Purpose.
NikeX wrote: Hello John. I want to greet you with
LOL! I think Dan taught that class more than I did But I remember having to demonstrate those godawful command line tools in MPW. A lot of 3DO early developers had Apple roots, including Trip himself, and Windows was still something of a toy operating system. So all the development tools were tightly interlaced with MPW... i.e. "Make a Macintosh behave like a Unix console".
A lot of developers just tossed aside our wacky IFF based animation format and rolled their own. All the 3DO binary content formats were IFF based... probably a gift from our Electronic Arts roots. EA discovered IFF very early on and 3DO derived a lot of benefit from it.
by 3DOKid
Okay, assume for a second I squandered my Computer Science Degree on being a suited corporate lacky, and have forgot more than I learnt.
What does mathematically correct mean?
(For my benefit and the benefit of human history -- assuming this forum is backed-up.)
LOL! It means you're an arrogant rock-star hardware and system designer with SGI roots who has been hired into a group of arrogant ex-Amiga hackers in order to design a next generation game system
What Adrian meant was that the Opera system did not display textures with perspective correction. Tilt a checkerboard so that you see it from the side on. The squares nearest to your eye are larger, and the squares farthest away are smaller. Calculating the location of the squares in a computer would have you keeping track of the distance from the camera at the same time you're stepping across the checkerboard (this is where 1/z, u/z and y/z come from in modern texture mapping). Opera could approximate this math but couldn't do it exactly; however, M2 (before just about anyone else) could do this exactly.
by oldskool
Right on! Glad to see a few people that were involved back in the day have a discussion here on the forums. Whatever it's worth, I do want to thank you guys for what you've done.
I don't think people give the 3DO the credit that it's due. It basically set the standards for modern consoles as far as I see it. It was just a bit too much, too early. I've been gaming on the 3DO on and off since around it's release - and followed it and knew about it before it ever came out.
With the know-how that you guys have, why not whip up a nice little game for the 3DO?
If you are ever in Vegas let me know, we can party it up nerd style.
Sorry I don't know where a 3DO Blaster is available.
by acem77
Great info, love this type of chat.
mathematically correct-the lack of it leads to the textures warping and polygons spliting on the seems in early 3d games, right?
I thought the psx did this to save on cost and keep the frame rate up?
by Doskias
Omg Johnwbyrd keep talking about 3DO development and M2! You just made my year!
acem77 wrote: Great info, love this type of chat.
PS1 definitely didn't do this. PS2 did. Practically speaking, you typically use a hardware Z-buffer in order to implement perspective correction on textures.
I have toyed with some 3DO homebrew and have been very impressed with the cel engine. It's very powerful, but easy to work with.
This might be a long shot, but you wouldn't have access to any of the old training materials you used to teach the 3DO University classes, would you? I would LOVE to "learn from the pros," so to speak. In particular, I'm no 3D programmer, so the lack of 3D documentation/examples in the SDKs has been a bummer.
by JR
With a number of people on this board who know how Opera works internally, perhaps someone can answer a question that has eluded me for years...(!):
The documentation for the 3DO Opera hardware (including the FAQ) show that there are two "Graphics animation processors" connected to the DMA engine over a 32bit bus.
My question is:
What are these *two* processors?
Are they identical? Is one a CEL engine (or are both)? Is one the Projector and the other the VDLP? How do the two processors interact with each other?
To answer my own question, based on reading the 3DO patents, it would appear that the 3DO hardware comprised of two identical cel engines. These presumably both contain the Projector and Pixel Processor components and operate in parallel.
There is a third Video Processor that is performs the CLUT expansion of 16bit -> 24bit colour, as well as the interpolation between 320x240 -> 640x480 screen. It can also do CLUT modification on a per scanline basis.
All in all, a pretty powerful system and one that was almost certainly untapped. In many ways it appears to be a next generation Amiga; the cel engines are basically advanced blitters, while the video processor can do similar things to the Copper.
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Meet the Good Guys
Up against the Good Guys! Weak Force, Ankylo, the Anomalator, and Scratch, as I named them from Zircher’s illustration.
The game continues to be cursed by the interface. Please watch rather than listen, if you can, because I put in tons of visual material to help the understanding and the discussion.
We lost the last part, too; suffice to say that ARC was disoriented badly enough by Scratch’s Mind Control + Invisibility (see attached sheet) to be shootin’ up the street for no reason, and that Agent One was about out on his feet when he hit Weak Force with a glorious Presence Attack which stopped the fight. The session ended with a very interesting question which you can’t hear, but the three of us might address in the comments.
There is a whole lot of enthusiasm with the system, and I’m sad the moving video didn’t work this time. We were into it as maybe this still shows:
Here’s the Champions combat protocol so you can see what we’re doing.
A round has 12 segments, somewhat dubiously associated with a second of fictional time.
You start on segment 12, then go into 1-12, repeat.
At the end of segment 12, everyone gets a free Recovery, allowing some replenishment of Stun and Endurance. Otherwise a Recovery is a stated full action.
Your Speed determines which segments you go on, which in this context are called phases. Note that the “unoccupied” segments are still presumed to occur.
Within a phase, characters’ order of action is determined by Dexterity.
In our combat, ARC, Scratch, and the Anomalator have Speed 5, and the others all have Speed 4. If you list the phases they can act and put them in order of Dexterity, the sequence looks like this. You go left to right, and in a given segment, from top to bottom. Empty segments are ignored although certain actions or effects extend into them.
Interesting tactical bits for me: the same Dexterity for three of my villains, coupled with their tight association and teamwork, means I can do their order in that moment any way I like, e.g., Scratch could swoop down and pull Ankylo away from Agent One just after Weak Force was able to break Agent One’s grab on him. You could imagine their abilities working in a different order, e.g. Scratch could land on someone and slash them after they were knocked prone by one of Ankylo’s concussive blasts. It made the end of each of their phases into a customizable capitalize-on-it for whatever had happened until that point.
See the attached file for the breakdown of Scratch's concept and build.
Also, the Anomalator held his action for phases 3 and 8, permitting him to “let go” of it at the end of the segment just before his next phase, resulting in an effective “double-shot” for phases 5 and 10. He was targeting Agent One, who doesn’t go on those segments, so each time effectively became a double-shot in rapid succession. That’s why Agent One got all gobsmacked from Entangles, Intelligence Drains, and Flashes, none of which were powerful on their own.
Where I’m aiming here is to overcome a deadly feature of the sequencing in this game, which is notoriously lock-step, permitting overly-extensive action on one’s phase but imposing effective “freeze” on you in-between. There are no opportunity attacks or ways to speed yourself up through determination, or anything of that sort. It’s frustratingly non-dynamic, forcing, for example, a speedily-moving character to be mysteriously halted in between phases unless you do a lot of hasty figuring and hand-waving.
This conceptual hiccup is intrinsic to the system, so what you’re seeing me do here is to use every possible textual mitigating small-scale rules tactic to lessen its impact. The number and range of such rules are very small/narrow, but I built in every one of them – even more than showed up in our action in play.
I also used the little-appreciated rule that you can buy an attack with more than one power, e.g., it costs the same (40 points) to get 2d6 Flash + 2d6 Entangle as it would for 4d6 of either, and they go off simultaneously as a single attack containing two “internal” separate attack rolls. I did this a lot. Scratch’s disorienting post-claw attack was a doubled Mind Control + Invisibility, respectively attacking and activating simultaneously. Ankylo’s tail-cannon was a one-hex area blast, armor-piercing, plus 2d6 Endurance destruction. The latter only hit if the person was hit rather than the hex, but he’s got skill levels with it and uses tactics like Brace and Set.
I anticipated that doing stuff like this would be very effective against two characters who were nominally much stronger than any of the Good Guys, and damage roll for damage roll, together could easily take all four of them out, but whose players were accustomed to “wait for my go, it’s my go, tough it out until my next go” which is, frankly, the way the game’s default sequencing works. I may have been a little gleeful about the results, but anyone who plays superhero role-playing with me will discover that I am, often, rooting for the villains.
Scratch.pdf
Submitted by Ron Edwards on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 10:16
A couple of "why" questions.
Ron: Why make ARC roll for the VPP device that scanned police files for the common thread between the victims of the Good Guys? Why is that not just color? Or a gimmie/"Say Yes" moment? Was there some value in the potential failure?
Jay: Why did you choose to say there was "no common thread, they're all criminals" to Agent One?
Ron Edwards
Hey Mark, it's a rule - the
Hey Mark, it's a rule - the default Variable Power Pool is set up so that you can switch around the points to a new combination of powers using a skill roll, in a comabt situation. The skill is built into the power, i.e., you don't have to buy it for itself. Notice that I didn't require a roll for ARC to whip up the crime-analysis visual device, as he wasn't in combat, but when he tried to switch it out to "make" his gun, that was during a combat phase so he needed to roll.
If you want a VPP that can only be switched-up at your leisure, typically between sessions or significant time-lapse in play, then the Control Cost is cheaper. If you want a VPP that can be switched-up at will without a roll in combat, then the Control Cost is more expensive (much more expensive).
I do not subscribe to "say yes or roll the dice." If it's a rule in a given game, then OK, but as a play-principle I think it's kind of sucky and none of my games do it.
That's not the moment I am
That's not the moment I am asking about. I'm talking about after ARC created the crime-analysis device — when Jay rolled the Mind Scan dice to "find" the criminals. We spent a good chunk of time on that.
My question is: Why make him roll for the Mind Scan? Why not just give him the info?
And, yeah, I may be conflating various editions as well as techniques from other games, but as a GM I probably would have just told him the results, given he had ample time (we were not in combat yet), and there was nothing interesting about a failed outcome.
...but just because that was my instinct doesn't mean I would have preferred you do that. I'm just curious as to the thinking behind it.
I suppose not having the info revealed by ARC's device would have changed our approach. But I dunno.
There may be something basic
There may be something basic in my thinking at work. Specifically, that I never GM such that I say to myself, "what would be the best outcome," whether the result of a damage roll, or the information gained by doing something,or the setup for a relationship. When a given game hands that power to me as an option, I ignore it. When its rules dictate that I must do it, I hold my nose and more or less pretend I'm a human die. When I find myself doing it all of a sudden in some situation, I dope-slap myself and look around for the procedure I should be following.
First-generation Champions is, in my opinion, much better about when such rules are mandated, and why, than most games published in the following twenty years. Moments like "gee can I fly this helicopter as I happen to be a veteran helicopter pilot" simply don't occur when playing it as written. I typically trust when the rules say roll.
As I say, it's a basic thing. I understand that after umpty-ump times of sitting through nothing's-happening, roll-to-chew-gum, you-can't-do-that play, anything that blows through the crap and gets something established is good, and you might as well hand that decision to someone formally, so you know it'll get done. Whereas to me, I like springboarding from whatever happened, not in the sense of "you failed this roll but you find out anyway from the little bird," but more like, "what would ARC do if he couldn't get some sort of information from his device?"
The thing is, I suddenly realize, that there are two components here. One is the roll I asked for, which I confess I don't really see why it's an issue in this case, considering he got a solid result and I gave him completely non-deceptive, non-mistaken information. The other is what Jay decided ARC made of that information.
I'm trying to get into that best-outcomes frame of mind in order to address your question, and so the issue isn't asking for the roll, it's GMing what Jay decided to say. Let's see ... I guess, I could have said, "Gee, Jay, what's ARC's reasoning behind that conclusion, as only a fraction of the fifteen-plus people you looked at had any kind of criminal 'past,' and all minor at that. Is it something to do with the future world he comes from?" But that'd be because I might have played ARC differently and had some investment in Jay playing him my way, or was invested in how the combat was supposed to go and needed to nudge him the right way. I don't have any such investment.
I imagine the two of you are still feeling your way into the characters, especially since they have so few of the modern-life touchpoints that make most superheroes easy to play. Maybe Jay was rock-solid on exactly "how ARC would read that." Or, sometimes spitballing a little bit is a good way to play at that stage, not planning where it's going and not really analyzing exactly how backed-up the behavior is, conceptually, but willing to run with whatever happens as a character-establishing moment. Maybe something in-between. My point is that such things are none of my business and most especially, they are subject to no management on my part regarding either of these things: whether or not to use a rule, when the rule is, "when you Mind Scan, you roll these dice;" or whether or not to negotiate with a player about his or her character's stated opinion, when that player runs with the available information in an unexpected and perhaps baffling way.
One thing that really stood out for me from the session, directly related to these moments of play, is that Marcus simply evolved into play bit by bit, contributor by contributor, moment by moment. First, that you had a "documenter" along, leavened by the humor the concept had generated at the end of our prior mini-session. One of you asked about that, so yeah, along he came. Then, that he was a film student rather than a professional or anyone associated with the police; that was me, plus the "buck-toothed" kind of frizzy guy I was thinking of. Then, that Jay was really insistent about carting him along to whatever location he teleported to, even though from my end, I wasn't really thinking about that once he was there at all. Finally, that when ARC started in with his "they're all criminals" talk, which (i) was at least consistent with his reading of the 'scope thing, but (ii) I sure as hell didn't anticipate or set up for, I found myself role-playing him pretty earnestly based on him not being a police or otherwise establishment representative, and as I talked, not knowing what I was going to say next, his full appearance, the fact that he was black, and eventually, his name all sorta settled in on me in a muse-like fashion.
But none of that had anything to do with messaging to you guys about how to play, how to interpret results from a character motivation point of view, or "best outcomes." The guy was there to be played, is all I know, so I did. I've merely learned to trust when such sensations and creative input "come to me," who knows where they may go or why. I'm typically good with where the rules go and what a player may do that's outside my own notions.
Thanks for clarifying that, Ron.
We began the next session
We began the next session with a little conversation about this point, and I'm posting that clip with permission from Mark and Jay: Champs criminals question.
That little-appreciated rule
"I also used the little-appreciated rule that you can buy an attack with more than one power, e.g., it costs the same (40 points) to get 2d6 Flash + 2d6 Entangle as it would for 4d6 of either, and they go off simultaneously as a single attack containing two “internal” separate attack rolls."
Ron, can you tell me where this rule is in the text?
Yeah, it's page 24 in
Yeah, it's page 24 in Champions III. I even scanned it, knowing the topic might come up.
The presentation gets a little distracted by going on about the option as a multipower slot, but the precise description of the rule clearly shows it's an option for any attack, not just slotted that way. The terminology doesn't help a bit: "multiple powers" vs. "multipower."
Future cyber bunny ears! the Good Guys conclusion
Champions 3rd, session 3. In which our heroes put some thought into the situation and our players do the same into the system.
The big question: is or isn't Presence a monstrous dodge? Good design or bad? How does it work? (plus, spot the rules-bork your humble GM managed to introduce)
Possible rules-bork?
My guess is your allowing Jay to buy Skill Levels in his past-viewing device, as later int he episode you tell me that 3rd explicitly — or in wording, at least — does not allow Skills to be purchased in VPPs.
A little bit, for that idea.
A little bit, for that idea. I'd been misled by our previous use of Mind Scan, which does permit bonuses to the roll to be bought as part of the power. Telepathy doesn't have that but at the moment, I must have been thinking that Ego powers were all alike.
However, the real biggie for this session was unfortunately consequential: I mis-heard Jay describe his Variable Power Pool as "45 points," when he meant 30 points with a 15-point Control Cost. And even when he tried to clarify that a bit later, I was all wrapped up and didn't get it. So that means you should have received 30 points, i.e. 6d6, for the extra Presence. Not 9d6.
Which would certainly have changed the outcome to hitting Roach for a lower multiple of his Presence, probably 2x rather than 3x. That would certainly have mattered, e.g., your Presence hit on the Good Guys in the previous session only managed a 1x effect, so this would have been a real gain, but it wouldn't have been the utter takedown that the 9d6 roll made.
I can see that effect going one of two ways. 1. Roach could have called off (or rather, been compelled to call off) the Good Guys from their current actions, but then tried a number of untrusting, dangerous ways to try to get his badge; or 2. He could have wanted to call it off and come get his badge, but the Good Guys would have slipped their leash and wanted to carry out this "mission" anyway, so you'd have had to fight them at least a little. I like the second option as you might imagine.
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Where are the other Good Guys write ups?
I'd love to see how Scratch's team mates are designed.
They might be attached at one
They might be attached at one of these posts, but no matter, here they are. You can see that the overall concept, that there is just one real guy, and these are all projected constructs, isn't reflected or modeled in the points at all. Instead, each is written as if the "host" or target for the projection is the Secret Identity, hence the amnesia. Conceivably, in the future, Roach could project them onto four different people and the Secret ID would change, and the character would otherwise be the same. But all that is handled as "concept," kind of the over-arching special effect, rather than as Roach's power. I could do it that way if I wanted to though, with a crazy VPP probably, not flexible in application, in which a combo was a very fixed character design.
Wow - Sratch's EC has an
Wow - Sratch's EC has an Active:Real cost ratio of ~267%!!
H'm, not seeing the same
H'm, not seeing the same thing. I jump at the chance to Talk Ratio.
I think what got you to that value was figuring in the Elemental Control discount into the Active Cost.
Let's see, for Scratch, the unmodified Elemental Control itself is 28 points, and it's on a +1 Limitation that will apply to each slot too.
The Mind Control is 56 Active Points, but out of the gate, that's 28 points due to the discount. And that's what you use for the Active Cost in figuring the ratio, i.e., after discount. Its Limitations bring the 28 to 10 points.
The Invisibility is exactly the same excepts its local Limitations bring it to 9.
So, that's 28 + 28 + 28 for the Elemental Control's Active Cost = 84. The Real Cost after Limitations is 47. Dividing (and multipying by 100), that's 178.7.
All that said, I typically use ratio for the overall character, not for specific pieces (not as if it's hard to tell where the Limitations are comng from; it's really transparent). Scratch's Active Cost is 241, and his Real Cost is 204, so the total ratio is 118.1.
In retrospect, it would not have been off-concept to make all the Good Guys "only in hero ID" for just about everything, maybe a few points to reflect the unmodified host person, in which case they would have been substantially nastier in "foundational" points like Constitution and so on, and their ratios (I haven't calculated this, so estimating) way up into the 130s. I liked them better this way; part of my point was to have them be weaker than the heroes but very good at tactics.
As it happens, too, I am putting up my Ratio video into the Updates next!
By my lights the active cost
By my lights the active cost is 56 for the Mind Control and 56 for the Invisibility for a total o 112 active points What you paid was 14x3 or 42 real points this the 267% ratio.
Not that I care - the bad guys can be built anyway you like! But I would certainly have not allowed one of my players back in the day to pile that much on.
Maybe we should dial this
Maybe we should dial this back a little from competing explanations. I understand exactly what you’re describing, hunting down Active Cost wherever it may hide, and yes, each of Scratch’s powers in there are 56 Active Points.
But the metric that I’m recommending for practical use is only concerned with Limitations. So Power Frameworks, for my ratio purposes, get a pass. That’s why I’m calculating each power in Scratch’s Elemental Control at 28 points before Limitations – it’s after the Elemental Control’s subtracted discount, not before.
I completely agree with the underlying principle of what you're talking about, though. Elemental Control is a mathematical sore thumb in the whole Framework/Modifier system, based on flat subtraction whereas everything else is done with multiplication/division. Rather than try to correct for that, I found in practice it was best merely to accept it, treating each Framework as its own way to re-structure the point system with its own quirks, and concerning myself only with Limitations.
My original recording of the video at the Kickstarter included some discussion of that, but it turned into a detour where I was trying to explain a thing and an edge-case of a thing at the same time, and I edited it out. That’s where I put that little note about “I’ll talk about Power Frameworks in the comments,” which I haven’t done yet, and it's also why the resulting video is concerned only with Active Cost.
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1. The race
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In a race, the quicker runner can never overtake the slower, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead.
– Aristotle, Physics
Achilles and the tortoise agree to a race, where the tortoise is given a head start. Since Achilles is faster, he expects to overtake the tortoise soon. However the reasoning shown below “proves” that Achilles cannot even draw level with the tortoise, let alone overtake it!
“ Before he can draw level with the tortoise, Achilles must first reach the tortoise’s initial position. But in the time it takes him to do that, the tortoise will have advanced a little. (The tortoise is slow but not standing still.)
Achilles must then hurry on to the tortoise’s new position, but in that time the tortoise will have advanced still more.
Now Achilles must get to the tortoise’s latest position, but by then the tortoise will have edged on yet further.
There is obviously no end to this process and so Achilles can never draw level with the tortoise! Each time he gets to where the tortoise was, the tortoise is no longer there. Admittedly, Achilles may edge ever closer to the tortoise, but no matter how close he gets, he can’t quite catch up with the thing, let alone overtake it. „
This beguiling piece of reasoning comes from a famous philosopher named Zeno who lived around 450 B.C. in the ancient Greek settlement of Elea, now known as Velia in southern Italy. Very little is known about Zeno but he was famed for his paradoxes and was clearly very mischievous.
Achilles and the tortoise is indeed a classic case of a logical paradox, in which an “apparently plausible” line of reasoning leads directly to an absurd conclusion. In this particular case, we can be sure that the “apparently plausible” reasoning contains a flaw, because we know that Achilles can catch the tortoise. The question is only to pin down the flaw but this is easier said than done!
Let’s consider a simpler version of the paradox first, to see what we are up against. This one is also from Zeno. In this version, Achilles starts to walk towards a wall a short distance away but it can be “shown” that he can never reach the wall.
“ Before Achilles can reach the wall he must of course walk half the distance to the wall. But obviously at that point he has not yet reached the wall.
Indeed he is effectively in his original state of being some distance from the wall – a lesser distance no doubt but still some distance.
So we can simply repeat our observation. Before Achilles can reach the wall he must walk half the (remaining) distance to the wall. But having done that he still hasn’t reached the wall.
And now the dilemma resurfaces. There is still some distance to the wall and before Achilles can reach the wall he must walk half this distance, whereupon he still has not reached the wall.
As before, this process may be repeated ad infinitum. Apparently then, Achilles can edge ever closer to the wall but never quite reach it! „
The resemblance to the tortoise should be clear. The main difference is that the tortoise is a moving target whereas the wall is a stationary one. Again, something is clearly wrong with Zeno’s reasoning since we know that Achilles can reach the wall. But the challenge is to attain a clear grasp of where the reasoning goes wrong. Let’s consider the wall first and return to the tortoise later.
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Faculté des Droits
Département de droit privé
Doctorat droit privé
النظام القانوني للتأمين من المسؤولية المدنية
عرض/افتح
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بلدي, كريمة
بوعناقة, السعيد
واصفات البيانات
عرض سجل المادة الكامل
The legal insurance system represents the axis of liability that revolve around him all the topics discussed and analyzed in this Graduation memorandum, given that at present the insurance contracts are important than any other types insurance equalized, especially because of the intervention of the legislature in imposing them in many areas, and seeking to adopt regulations and laws dominated by protectionism to protect unaffected. We studied the general framework for insurance contracts, by its conceptualization while following its creation process until it becomes a stand-alone, explaining the difference between him and other systems like him as the obligation for the benefit of others and disclaimer, by showing its legal nature and its advantage over other insurance contracts that have given him unique special provisions, As we showed the field and scope of this type of contract, Both in terms of securable liability or errors covered by the warranty, and the damage that can be compensated through these contracts, not to mention the determination of the scope in terms of people. For this study we tried to give an image to the practical applications of these contracts through the images of liability insurance that take two faces: one is closely related to one of the other classes of insurance contract as a warranty is included in the contract that interferes with it, either as an independent contract exchange separate special deposit of the other branches of civil liability insurance. We showed these two sides by several examples chosen following two principles: first taking into account the liability insurance propagated by the legislator in Articles 163 to 178 of the law of 07/95. The second taking into account the contracts traded in the practical life. Also we find the evolution of relations between the insurer and the insured on the impact of the civil liability insurance policy, where we tried to deepen us in this asymmetrical relationship by showing the effort both legislative and judiciary to protect the weak in this contractual relationship party expected that the insurance contract is a contract of adhesion, at first when the legislature still want to maintain the balance between the contracting parties, which led to the insured in accordance with the essential requirements and awarded rights to the insurer to enable the realization of security outside the collusion and within equity, which was approved by the legal power and through its continuous efforts. extends given that the ultimate objective of the interventions of both the legislation, Fiqh and legal able to strengthen the center of the insured at the contractual relationship between him and the insurer or the protection of rights of the parties damaged, this right, linked to the rights of the insured, which is derived from the insurance contract, it was worthy we deepen in search of the first signs until his consecration as a special right to undamaged and no other, while switching between features of this law and judicial attempts to adapt it to traditional theories, and what emerged from recent theories, to come in final practice this operation through research in terms of continuing its direct action practice and demonstrate the impact of the impartiality of defenses arising after the accident, to be held insured against insurer to facilitate compensation of damage. Insurance, liability
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About – English
About – Dansk
Distorsions
Residuum – something remaining
Botaniske kompositioner
Public manifestation
CV – English version
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About artist Anne Maria Udsen
Art historican Lise Johanne Sinnbeck
Anne Maria Udsen’s diverse practice ranges from drawing and painting to graphic work and mixed media. A recurring element in her work is an exploration of the continuous cycle of life and death in nature and a fascination for the beauty in decay, which she treats with her own original techniques. This seems to flow like an undercurrent, and a scrutinising look at human behaviour is embedded in many of her works.
The fact that the human imprint on our environment is substantial and adverse is often addressed. In the series “Residuum – something remaining” the focus is on beetles, or rather the armor-like exoskeletons that protect their soft, vulnerable bodies and remain intact after the death and decomposition of the organism. Different types of beetles are depicted individually on the large, night-dark canvases, their shadows grounding them in an otherwise free-floating state. Despite the beautiful and delicate rendering of the insects and the dreamy calmness, their long shadows give each portrait an ominous and desolate character, and the low light source, perhaps indicating a setting sun, adds a sense of impending doom.
According to several scientific reviews, the rate of insect extinction is accelerating at an alarming speed; by depicting the empty remains, Udsen shines a harsh light on the vulnerability of not only insects, but entire ecosystems that fall victim to negative human impact. By taking a small, almost invisible part of nature and magnifying it to a scale where the only option is to experience it, Udsen venerates the inextricably interwoven web of life, which we are all part of.
The metallic surfaces of the paintings, sometimes muted, sometimes vibrant, catch the eye and pull the viewer closer. By employing her own distinctive technique mixing fragments of metallic sheets with oil paint, Udsen invites natural processes into her work. Her interest in transformation, decay and metamorphosis is not only seen in the motifs, but also in the material itself. The unpredictable reaction of the metal to the chemical treatments opens up the works to a synergy of control and accident in the emerging colours, textures and patterns, which she incorporates into her paintings. This liminal territory between figuration and abstraction seems to echo the irregularity and infinite complexity of nature and its myriad of forms.
Udsen’s work holds great beauty, but she often explores a more sinister and menacing vision of nature. In her photographic series “Distorsions”, an intense observation of dried agave leaves and the light falling on them heightens the viewer’s attention to the thorny and tenacious plant with teethlike ridges. The sharp shadows that fall on the surface below visually become part of the plant like multiple black leaves, changing its shape and pushing the image towards abstraction. The distinctive agave leaves are still recognisable, but the subtle shift in shape and the close-up views of the wrinkles of the dried, leather-like skin and their sharp thorns add an almost threatening feel to the pictures. In the series “Genesis”, Udsen works with botanical elements as well, as she explores the consequences of genetic engineering and the modification of nature. The thick, fleshy casings of horse chestnuts or the poisonous fruits of jimsonweed take on eerie forms, their spikes reaching out like fingers as they take shape only to morph into something else, recognisable, yet unfamiliar and unsettling. Through her work, she investigates how nature can be altered, held against the idea that nature has intrinsic value and beauty such that we may want to protect and preserve it, or at least leave it alone. Biotechnology has advanced rapidly, and today scientists can edit the genomes of plants, animals and humans; it is no longer a question of whether we can do it, instead, it is a question of whether we should.
Among other things, Udsen’s work prompts viewers to reflect on the fact that we are just one species among many that share this planet. The use of natural defence mechanisms as imagery – sharp spines, prickles, thick skin, hard and impenetrable shells – conveys an idea of a nature under pressure, its resilience and vulnerability. Her multilayered paintings articulate both isolation and connectedness while reflecting on the world from a more-than-human perspective.
© 2020 Anne Maria Udsen.
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We've adored this motor home for the past 8 years and now we're selling it to start our daughter's college funds! About 13,000 were built thru the mid-70's, and about 8000 of these campers are still on the road. This coach was made completely by GMC, from the chassis and the drive train to the fiberglass body and interior. We bought it with 82,400 miles from a retired gentleman who re-did everything short of a frame-off RV restoration. The updated interior is in perfect shape and has never been smoked in. It has 94807 miles on it now. Sleeps 5 comfortably. The Oldsmobile 455 engine powers the Toronado front-wheel drive train with a surprising amount of power. Easily climbs hills on the highway, usually without the 4-speed auto transmission shifting. The interior has been updated and just about EVERYTHING works as it should. The 4 KW Onan Generator runs great, but stopped producing electricity on a road trip last year. It probably needs new brushes or something simple like that, but I have not had the time to dive into it.-Clean title in hand.-6 brand new tires and professional wheel polish in May 2013. We always keep covers on the wheels/tires when parked.-7 aluminum Alcoa wheels (6 on the road, 1 spare).-New brake rotor and wheel bearing on front axle - passenger side.-HUGE full-length Zip-Dee patio awning on the passenger side, and we're including a matching uninstalled full-length "window" awning for the driver's side.-Full gas tanks (about 50 gallons).
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Gerry Koster Q&A
By Miriam on Thursday, January 15, 2015
Gerry Koster at the Melbourne Recital Center | image by Roger Mitchell
Gerry Koster’s voice is familiar to any jazz-loving Australian radio listener – and many internet listeners all over the world. He’s been broadcasting on ABC Classic FM as the presenter of Jazz Up Late since 2006, on ABC Jazz since its inception in 2009 and in community radio for many years before that! A familiar face at jazz festivals, concerts and teeny, tiny gigs, one thing is clear about Gerry: he really digs jazz.
We caught up with Gerry before his final Jazz Up Late on ABC Classic FM, to be broadcast on Friday 16 January at 10:30 pm, curious about where it all began.
AustralianJazz.net: Why jazz? How did you find it? What were your early experiences?
Gerry Koster: I came to jazz by chance really. I grew up in what was a small country town at the time, and in years at high school I had a few friends who had some really switched on older brothers. I was introduced to one’s extraordinary collection of Mississippi delta blues LPs, another was heavily into Rolling Stone magazine and another pointed me in the direction of an ABC Radio program called Chris Winter’s Room To Move.
This was a world well outside of the mainstream – particularly in rural Australia – and I was immediately fascinated with it (I was a nerd before the word evolved, back then – a bit of a dag). And it was Ralph Rickman’s Music To Midnight program which I discovered shortly after this which stirred my interest in jazz.
I became serious about the music after a chance encounter with an outback artist who’d moved to town. Between trips to the bush he ran a small studio next door to where I worked after leaving school. I knew when he was in when I heard music coming across the way. One day I wandered into his studio and said ‘You’re playing The Hot Fives!’
Startled, he responded, ‘What!? You KNOW this stuff?’ He was a jazz lover, played a little, and had a huge collection of jazz recordings and was relieved find someone in town he could relate to with this passion. I was somehow provided with a mentor… and here I am.
AJN: What part has radio played in your jazz life?
Gerry: Radio played a vital part in my appreciation of the music. Over the years I’ve taken in all the jazz programs on ABC Radio – and my local community radio – and both continue to fuel my passion for the music. I’ve learned much. And through becoming involved with community radio I engaged with many like-minded folk – one or two not unlike my original mentor – and with the music community itself.
It remains an immensely enriching experience – not just from a learning point of view – and I continue to listen… AM, FM and digital.
AJN: What have been the highlights of your time on Jazz Up Late?
Gerry: Among the major highlights have been the times when we’ve engaged directly with the scene and our audience at festivals and individual events, recording concerts and producing live broadcasts for the program. These have involved some of best musicians not only from Australia but from around the world.
A couple which quickly come to mind are the live broadcast of Scott Tinkler’s FOLK from the 2009 Wangaratta Jazz Festival, and a concert we recorded at Melbourne’s Bennetts Lane with the British duo of saxophonist Trevor Watts and pianist Veryan Weston…
We’ve also recently instigated live broadcasts on the net on ABC Jazz – the most memorable of these was perhaps the Charles Lloyd Trio at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival last year.
Another important highlight for me has been the commissioning of studio recordings for Jazz Up Late. These are essentially to gather new Australian material for broadcast, and recently there have been a number of very successful sessions involving new groups and projects. One of these commissions resulted in the release of Paul Grabowsky’s first solo recording, Solo.
And another that I was rather fortunate to have been able to arrange, with an extremely small window of opportunity, was the piano duo of Myra Melford from America and our own Alister Spence – their improvised duets were released on the CD Everything Here Is Possible…
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London Gatwick is the second largest and busiest airport in UK. The airport serves millions of passengers travelling to more than 100 destinations across the world. It is located in West Sussex and is 29 miles away from Central London. Managed by Network Rail, Kings Cross is one of the most important stations in Central London and provides connecting links to destinations far and wide.
Elucidated below are different ways of travelling between Kings Cross to Gatwick international airport on a busy day.
If you are looking for a quick transfer to Gatwick, then trains are the right option. It is however recommended to double check for maintenance works along this line especially during peak winter season. Thameslink trains as well as First Connect trains connect Gatwick to St. Pancras station which is only minutes away from Kings Cross. Alternatively passengers who are looking for a super fast transfer to Gatwick can avail a taxi to Victoria station and then board Gatwick Express which takes passengers to the airport in only 30 minutes.
National Express Coach is the cheapest way to travel from Kings Cross to Gatwick. Passengers must take the underground tube service to Victoria station, from where they can hail this coach service. Taxis are an alternative option to travel from Kings Cross to Victoria station. EasyBus services also run regularly between Gatwick and Victoria station.
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Sketches in Silence
My first work to be performed in the UK after arriving there to study, Sketches in Silence is an intensely quiet experiment in performance and the relationship between musicians’ gestures and sound. It consists of large amounts of silence (including silent gestures), white noise and very occasional flickers of pitched material. I later wrote more about this work and silence after finishing Wege & Waldstille in 2010.
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The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management
NY State Integrated Pest Management Program
Tag Archives: Stinging Insects
Keeping the Pests Out on a Budget: IPM workshops for safe playing fields
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin
Calling all school, parks, and sports turf managers and lawn care providers! You have two chances to join the Cornell Turf Team as we look at the latest information on providing safe playing surfaces on sports fields.
June 27, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Lakeview Elementary School, Mahopac, NY
Full program | Pre-registration required by June 20
Contact: Jennifer Stengle js95@cornell.edu
August 3, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Coxsackie-Athens High School, Coxsackie, N.Y.
Full program | Pre-registration required by July 28
Contact: Joellen Lampman jkz6@cornell.edu
Topics will include the basics (fertility, irrigation, mowing); advanced techniques (overseeding, seed selection, and turf repair); pest prevention, identification and management; and more.
Coffee and lunch are included. The workshop is free for schools and parks personnel. All other turf managers, please bring $25.
NYS DEC Pesticide Credits: 4.25 in Categories 3a, 3b, 10; STMA CEUs: .375
For more information and to register, visit http://turf.cals.cornell.edu/news/safe-playing-fields-ipm-workshops/.
This entry was posted in Camps, Child Care Centers, School Grounds, schools, training and tagged athletic fields, Best Management Practices, Child Safe Playing Fields Act, geese, Healthy Schools, IPM, lawn, NYSIPM, overseeding, school grounds, schools, Stinging Insects, ticks, turf, Weeds, workshop on June 1, 2017 by Joellen Lampman.
Online School IPM Resources to assist IPM Professionals with their Programs
Thank you to Janet Hurley, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, for her dedicated effort to progress school IPM and for allowing us to use her post.
In 2014, a number of collaborating institutions led by Dawn Gouge, University of Arizona and Janet Hurley , Texas A&M AgriLife Extension received two separate grants from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide online resources on integrated pest management (IPM) for school personnel. The Stop School Pests team used their grant to focus on education and training for personnel, while Hurley and collaborating scientists created a one-stop online “big box store” of IPM resources, including documents, training, pest ID pamphlets, state legislation and more.
The training website, Stop School Pests, resulted from a collaboration of 42 people from federal and state agencies, universities, school districts, tribes, advocacy organizations and industry. Together they proposed to build a resource that would increase IPM adoption in K-12 schools and reduce the risks from pests and repeated pesticide use.
Stop School Pests provides modifiable PowerPoint presentations for in-class teaching and self-guided online courses. Lessons are specific to different roles within a school, so that facility staff will have access to materials specific to them.
While some groups, such as facility managers and maintenance personnel, were eager to delve into the materials, others such as nurses and teachers initially did not think the subject matter pertained to them. However, several who participated in some of the in-class lessons said that they did not realize how much they did not know about pest management and were glad that they took the lessons.
“I have been a school nurse for 25 years, and I cannot believe I learned so much helpful information in just one hour,” said Mary Griffin, a nurse in Arizona, after attending a training session piloting the Stop School Pests School Nurse Module.
A softball coach said that she did not realize that spraying pesticides without a license was illegal in her state until she went through the training.
For personnel who need specific information or don’t know where to turn once a pest problem starts, the iSchoolPestManager website provides over 1,000 resources, including the educational materials from the Stop School Pests project.
The iSchoolPestManager site was built as a searchable online mine of school IPM resources from every state. Staff from Texas A&M AgriLife spent several months collecting materials; then volunteers from throughout the country, even one from Israel, painstakingly combed through them to eradicate duplicates, outdated materials or references to materials that no longer existed. The initial 1,315 resources were pared down to 1,045 entries. Staff at the Pesticide Information Center in Oregon helped design and build the website. The website currently has 1,065 documents to assist everyone with adopting, maintaining, and sustaining their IPM program.
Search for all sorts of documents by going to the show me everything tab.
The site is formatted for a standalone computer, with a separate link that will bring up special formatting for a smart phone or tablet. Resources are divided into four areas: geographically specific, professional trainings and other materials, insect-specific information, and groups of documents such as fact sheets, regulations, checklists and more.
Rather than duplicate information already provided at other websites, Hurley decided to link to them. For instance, self-paced instruction under “Training Modules” links to pages hosted by eXtension. Some of the PowerPoint presentations are located at Bugwood. Some of the educational links go to videos at university websites.
While the amount of information in iSchoolPestManager might seem overwhelming at first, users looking for specific information will be able to use the headings and sections to locate what they need more easily.
Stop School Pests Training Modules ready for immediate use! http://articles.extension.org/pages/73468/self-paced-learning-page-for-urban-ipm
Stop School Pests site (stopschoolpests.org) http://cals.arizona.edu/apmc/StopSchoolPests.html
iSchoolPestManager site: http://ischoolpestmanager.org
This entry was posted in All Things IPM and tagged ant, athletic fields, Bed bugs, Best Management Practices, cockroach, EPA, exclusion, IPM, lawn, lice, mammals, mice, pesticides, Resources, school grounds, schools, Stinging Insects, ticks, turf, Weeds, wildlife on November 29, 2016 by Joellen Lampman.
Pesticide Misapplications? The Costs Are High
A chemical smell wafting through an upstate middle-school classroom last fall ended up sending six students to the hospital. What happened?
A member of the custodial staff sprayed wasp killer by a fresh-air intake. Some of that spray ended up in a second floor classroom. Fourteen students and two staff members felt ill, according to a newspaper account; in fact, the school was evacuated for more than a half hour.
Need help identifying a pest and what to do about it? What’s Bugging You? has the information you need.
The school was fined $5,500 for violating three pesticide regulations. But incidents like this are preventable by practicing integrated pest management.
The NYS IPM Program offers resources such as this video about stinging insects and IPM strategies that reduce the risk of stings.
Many state regulations pertain to pesticide use in and around schools. You can find a synopsis here. But first and foremost — anyone who applies pesticides on school property must meet pesticide application certification requirements. (The same applies to child care centers, office buildings, or any other commercial or public property.) If the certified applicator is a school employee, then the school itself must be registered and appropriately insured.
Neither the school’s pesticide-application notification requirements nor the Child Safe Playing Fields Act were violated, since each provides exemptions for the use of small containers of aerosol products in an imminent threat from stinging and biting insects. Regardless, a certified pesticide applicator must apply them, and, if applied by a school staffer, the school must be registered.
School staffers can obtain and maintain commercial pesticide licenses after getting the right education credits and passing their exams. You can find information about pesticide certification on the Pesticide Safety Education Program website, including information about upcoming classes.
Organizations such as BOCES and CASDA often ask NYS IPMers to present at their conferences, such as this upcoming workshop on ticks and tick-borne diseases.
Consider: without the basic knowledge inherent in getting a license, how can you be sure that staff are aware of the laws that keep incidents such as this from occurring? Who will be qualified to choose a pest management contractor when the need to protect students from the threat of pests — whether increased risk of asthma from mice or cockroaches, rashes from poison ivy, or anaphylactic shock from a wasp sting — relies on an expert’s help? And how will school personnel know what steps they can take to not only deal with existing (and potentially costly) pest issues, but also prevent new ones from taking place?
Answer: Be sure your maintenance staff gets the education needed to stay up to date with the latest pest management information.
The New York State Integrated Pest Management Program has resources to help schools with their pest issues. Visit the NYS IPM Program’s school webpage. Learn about specific pests, including stinging insects. Sign up for our blog, The ABCs of School and Childcare Pest Management. Send staff to classes offered by our experts.
We are here to help address your pest management needs.
This entry was posted in All Things IPM, Building IPM, Child Care Centers, schools, training and tagged Best Management Practices, cockroach, IPM, law, laws, Neighbor Notification Law, NYSIPM, pesticide use, pesticides, Resources, schools, Stinging Insects on March 2, 2016 by Joellen Lampman.
Inspect for Wasps to Avoid the Sting
Yellowjackets, bald-faced hornets and paper wasps are stinging insects that nest on or near structures. While colony sizes start small, the population of stinging insects in nests grows over time and can result in hundreds to thousands of individuals in the case of yellowjackets. Whereas management of large nests requires the assistance of a professional, starter nests can be easily knocked down, repeatedly if necessary, to discourage future nesting. Here are some steps to inspecting for wasps to avoid the sting!
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1. Inspection: starting in early June, weekly walks around the perimeter of your property or facility can be used to identify the start of stinging insect nests. This might include paper wasps, which create an open-comb nest, or yellowjackets and bald-faced hornets that create nests wrapped in a papery envelope.
A pole can be use to probe difficult to see areas for nests
A super soaker with enough force can dislodge a nest.
2. Removal: early nests may only contain a few individuals. These can be knocked down with a pole or by spraying with a hose (or powerful water gun) from a safe distance. It is advised that you wear thick clothing, and conduct work at night using indirect light (do not shine a beam of light directly at the nest). Red filtered light will not be detected by wasps.
3. Extermination: Once nests are on the ground, stomp on them to kill any adults or larvae that are inside.
4. Repeat: if queens escape, they may return to rebuild the nest somewhere nearby. However, repeated removal of the nest will ultimately discourage wasps from nesting there.
Note: some yellowjacket species will nest in wall voids, and you will see wasps flying in and out of the space during your inspection. A vacuum can be used to reduce the number of wasps that nest in wall voids, as shown in this video.
This entry was posted in All Things IPM, Building IPM, Child Care Centers, schools and tagged bald-faced hornets, inspection, nest, paper wasps, removal, Stinging Insects, wasps, yellowjackets on July 1, 2015 by Matt Frye.
Ground Bees Come in Peace
A female ground bee in her burrow
One of the first springtime insects that observed in school yards are ground bees. These insects create ant-hill like mounds in areas of bare soil with a ¼” opening in the center (about the thickness of a pencil). On warm, sunny days there may be dozens to hundreds of bees flying low to the ground among the mounds. Despite a general and perhaps debilitating fear of bees – the truth is that this species is relatively harmless and may not require any management. Here’s why:
Ephemeral: ground-nesting bees are pollinators of early blooming flowers. Because their lifecycle is tied to the cycle of these plants, ground bees are only active for a short period of time in early spring.
Solitary: fear of bees arises from the idea
Two female ground bees hunker down in their burrows in response to movement.
that disturbing a nest will provoke an entire colony of stinging insects. However, as it true of carpenter bees, cicada killer wasps, and mud dauber wasps, ground bees are solitary with only a single female bee per mound.
Shy Gals: female bees make nests for the purpose of reproduction. After gathering nectar and pollen as food for their offspring, females will mate and lay eggs in the nest. While in the nest, females appear shy, and will retreat into the burrow if they see an approaching object.
Males Hover, but Can’t Sting: All those bees you see flying low to the ground en masse – are males! And male bees do not possess a stinger. Their low, hovering flight is part of their effort to pair up with a female. Indeed, male ground bees are quite docile. See how one school responds to this insect with curiosity and affection in this video.
Male ground bees cannot sting and are quite docile.
If you wish to discourage ground bees from taking up residence on your school grounds, an effective, safe and long-term solution is over-seeding with grass. By creating a dense lawn, bees will not be able to dig in the soil and will nest elsewhere. For information on creating a healthy lawn, see the Cornell Turfgrass Program.
Additional information about ground bees is available from the Cornell Department of Entomology.
This entry was posted in All Things IPM, School Grounds and tagged bees, ground bees, IPM, lawn, pollinators, school grounds, Stinging Insects, turf on May 21, 2015 by Matt Frye.
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Steve Jobs: The Legend Lives on …
Aug 30, 2011 | Posted by admin in Campus Corner 7 Comments »
”In most people’s vocabularies, design means veneer. It’s interior decorating. It’s the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.” Steve Jobs, CEO- Apple Inc.
For a generation that was completely awed initially by computers, later by the IT wave and the sweeping changes it brought worldwide; Steve Jobs was a nothing less than a Superstar .This was generation that really did not understand this new idiot box technology, was too scared to touch it; nothing could have persuaded many of them to learn to use it. They were quite happy with the good old ways of living, communicating, doing business. But then came this young man who devoted his life to creating some of the best computers human race was to see and also challenged conventions about personal computing. He created the new technology, transformed an industry and changed the way people all over the world think. The two Steves; Jobs and Wozniak, who sowed the apple seed by creating the Apple Macintosh computers in the 1970s, came up with a line of products that changed our lives forever and continued to send us on a higher plane of progress and excitement with their iPods, iPhones and iPads.
People the world over went into a shock as the news of Steve’s resignation spread like wildfire, because to them Steve was indestructible, he was infallible, he was not only an ace designer but a shrewd entrepreneur, a seasoned businessman who had taken the task of turning Apple around, he was all that and above all he was a visionary, he was their Steve! When he came back to Apple in 1996, the company seemed headed for oblivion and it became Steve’s mission to bring it back to glory from the near-death experience it underwent in the 1990s.
Everyone said that He came back because Apple had bought over NeXT, the computer workstation company he had started after being ousted by the Apple board in 1985. By acquiring NeXT, Apple got the operating system that became OS X, the software that underpinned everything Apple has made since. Steve not only let them have it but as its interim CEO at a salary of a single dollar a year ,picked up the gauntlet to fight competition and bring Apple back to its number one position in the market .Apple , under Jobs’ influence is probably the world’s best industrial design outfit, as it keeps on creating beautiful, functional and fantastic products, gets them to market in working order through the retail outlets, on time and to budget; and in the bargain creates millions of delighted and completely excited customers who adore the ground Steve Jobs walks on . He turned the company around without incurring a debt of a single dollar and today Apple sits atop a $78bn mountain: enough to buy other companies and still have surpluses left. But what is that one single fact the Steve brought in Apple to reincarnate it from near extinction? Is it his Design sense? Creativity? Innovation? Collaboration? He brought all this and above all it is the values that he brought in, as companies that are built around values that reach the top and endure longer. He was fanatical about design; the simple the better but it had to be “awesome’. He drove his design team up the wall with his relentless madness and they found him impossible to work with. He became known for his mercurial moods and demanding management style, he even changed the design of Apple’s retail shops to make them look more like clubs and hangout places for its customers and launched his products in events that earned him a reputation as IT industry’s greatest showman. Even as his health began to deteriorate he turned up at important product launches, where his loyal customers hung upon his every word, defended his every move. At his appearance at the launch of the iPad 2 earlier this year, he was greeted with a sustained standing ovation by his employees as well as customers.
That’s how this charismatic leader built Apple into the world’s most valuable company by rewriting the rules of not only computer but music, movie, animation, and mobile-phone businesses. Apple today is definitely an extension of Steve’s personality and vision. Today he has Apple’s shares worth about $2.1 billion, and is the single largest Disney shareholder, with stock of about $4.4 billion. Today even the Former Apple employees remember his iconic leadership style and how he changed the way other Silicon Valley companies think about innovation.
Timothy Cook, who takes over as Steve steps down, is mentored by Steve for the past fourteen years. And so are Philip Schiller, the marketing man And Jonathan Ive the design visionary who has really toiled along with Steve ever since he rejoined Apple. The announcement of Steve’s resignation as the CEO does mark an end of one of the most extraordinary careers in the business history of the world but Apple continues march forward on its path of creativity and innovation. And Steve will be there, as Chairman of the Board, as Apple employee number two, still grumbling, fighting , brainstorming And leading the company to greater heights of glory.
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7 Responses to “Steve Jobs: The Legend Lives on …”
Carrol Nefzger says:
Steve Jobs will be remembered for being the best CEO in the world.
Chauncey Whitelock says:
Steve Jobs will be missed by so many. He did a magical thing by making the world a better place.
Randall Ocus says:
What are we all going to do without Steve Jobs! I want a new iPhone!
Lauren Vavricka says:
RIP Steve Jobs.
Coy Tapaha says:
I will miss Steve Jobs. I feel like nothing new will come out great again from Apple without him.
RIP You will always remain in our Hearts Steve Jobs =(
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Liberal Critics Shuffle
-Rae stays in Foreign Affairs, while Findlay and Murray will get eased in with associate and vice chair portfolios.
-In the most interesting move of this shuffle, and one which will probably be overlooked by a lot of people, Gerard Kennedy is the new intergovernmental affairs critic from outside caucus, replacing Dominic LeBlanc (who also holds Justice). Given the recent squabbling between Flaherty and McGuinty, I doubt it’s coincidental that Dion has moved a high profile former McGuinty Cabinet Minister into this portfolio.
-With all that’s been going on in Quebec, it’s interesting to see Coderre shuffled out of Defense to Heritage, and Raymonde Folco dropped. (update: Folco was shuffled out last fall...silly internet is slow updating these things)
UPDATE: Here's the new Liberal seating chart, for people who care about that sort of thing. (hat tip Star)
And can anyone explain this to me?
A Dion spokeswoman said Mr. Coderre will continue dealing with military files in Quebec, in addition to fighting against the Conservative government's Bill C-10 as part of his new portfolio.
(update: Folco was shuffled out last fall...that pesky internet is slow updating these sorts of things)
Labels: Bob Rae, Denis Coderre, Gerard Kennedy, joyce murray, Martha Hall Findlay
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Going Postal
It seems some Liberals have been raising a stink about the Tories using the taxpayer funded mail-outs available to all MPs to blanket swing ridings with Conservative propaganda.
Now, yes, if the Conservatives are breaking the law by going over quota, they should be held to account. But if this is just a smart re-allocation of resources, then maybe instead of complaining the Liberals should be, you know, copying this…
posted by calgarygrit at 4:51 p.m. | 26 comments
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Labels: Please don't call it NAFTA-gate
posted by calgarygrit at 8:40 a.m. | 16 comments
As a new end of the week feature on this blog, I present the first edition of "fun Fridays". A pot pourri of off-topic odds and ends.
1. Signs the human race is too stupid to live, courtesy of James Bow.
2. I've really been digging the freakonomics blog of late. Some interesting posts include a study on a placebo price effect and an interesting spin on helping people quit smoking.
3. The final season of BSG starts April 4th.
4. Must be spring - the Leafs are out.
Labels: Battlestar Galactica, freakonomics, hockey, Off Topic
posted by calgarygrit at 8:10 a.m. | 7 comments
Fight! Fight! Fight!
It's gotten to the point where it's almost weird when John Tory is the one criticizing McGuinty and explaining how the Tories would run Ontario. I thought John had permanently deferred to Van Loan/Flaherty/Poilievre on that.
Yesterday it was Pierre Poilievre displaying his usual class in response to the following rather benign criticisms the small man of confederation leveled at Harper's immigration plan:
Then he was asked about the sweeping new federal immigration reforms and he replied that his own ancestors were unskilled workers - just like the parents of some Canadian Rhodes scholars.
"I wouldn't want to shut out folks who don't have a skill. I wouldn't be here," McGuinty told a news conference.
"We were part of the exodus from Ireland at the time of famine. We had no skills, we couldn't speak English, and we were dirt-poor.
"But we were looking for opportunity and we brought with us a solid work ethic."
So Poilievre responded showing the usual maturity he has become known for, first saying that immigration was a federal jurisdiction and then attacking provincial immigration policy (anyone else catch the fun contradiction there?):
"All Dalton McGuinty has ever done on immigration is run a sponsorship-style slush fund that cost him his citizenship minister," Mr. Poilievre said in an interview.
Now, assuming the Conservative position is that it's OK for Ottawa to offer economic advice to Ontario, one wonders why it's not alright for Ontario to offer immigration advice to Ottawa. After all, it's not like McGuinty turned the Ontario Liberal website into a giant attack ad on Harper.
The most popular game in Ottawa has become trying to guess Harper's motives which seem to make about as much sense as a typical Lost episode. Here's a few of the theories I've seen floating around - there are probably more:
1. They want to blame McGuinty for the impending economic slump
2. This will help CPC fundraising
3. Trying to hurt the "Liberal" brand in Ontario
4. Trying to damage a future McGuinty run for LPC leader
5. There are enough people who dislike McGuinty that this will get them votes
6. Flaherty wants to replace John Tory
7. This is to remind Ontarians that they like federal/provincial fighting
8. Deflect attention from Cadman/Mulroney
9. A chance to re-emphasize that they're the party of tax cuts without having to actually cut taxes
10. Portray Tories as being best for the economy
11. Beating up Stephane Dion isn't challenging enough anymore
12. Harper just likes picking fights with people
Labels: Dalton McGuinty, Pierre Polievre
Blame Ontario! It seems that everything's gone wrong, since Dalton came along!
If there was any doubt about Harper's motives in this spat with Ontario, they've certainly been answered over the last two days. There's nothing wrong with the federal Finance Minister giving advice to his provincial counterparts since you can't deny the Ontario and Canadian economies are interconnected. There's probably even a time and place for making this advice public.
But the day before the budget is released is not the time to do it. And this childish stunt on the Conservative website further shows that this is nothing more than Stephen Harper picking yet another fight.
As for the validity of Flaherty's argument?
But on Monday, Flaherty dismissed suggestions the province could not afford to cut spending arguing since he was finance minister of Ontario in a previous Conservative government, spending has increased 50 per cent.
"When the premier says he can't control spending, or he can't reduce spending I have a little trouble with that quite frankly given the skyrocketing spending over the past six years," Flaherty said.
Well, Paul Wells does a pretty good job breaking it down and showing that things have gotten a lot better in Ontario since Flaherty stopped making the decisions there. I'd also wager that there isn't a lot of nostalgia in Ontario for the good old Harris-Flaherty days, despite Jim's belief that there will be protests in the street in support of corporate tax cuts.
It's also somewhat baffling to me that the biggest spending finance minister in the history of Canada is the one urging Dwight Duncan to cut spending in favour of tax cuts.
In fairness, Flaherty may have a point that it's important to call out a finance minister who was irresponsible enough to let spending increase by 12% over two years and has budgeted for it to keep rising despite an impending economic slowdown. But, as the numbers show, Flaherty won't need to go very far to call that finance minister out. Here are the provincial and federal spending numbers (in Billions), using the last year before Flaherty came to Ottawa as the baseline:
.................ONT/CAN
2005-06: 85.3 / 209.0
So, two years into the Flaherty era, federal spending has increased by 12.1%, a far cry from the "skyrocketing" 12.5% spending increase in Ontario over that time. Adding this year's budget numbers gives Ontario a 12.8% increase compared to a frugal 14.6% increase in Ottawa. Projecting ahead to '09/'10 and Ontario's budget will have grown by 16.8% over the last four years, compared to 20.0% federally.
And, of course, we're taking Flaherty's numbers at face value which, given the creative accounting that went on during the Harris-Eaves years, may be a risky assumption.
Labels: the new productive era of bickering between the provincial and federal governments
Preliminary Thoughts on the Ontario Budget
I'm new to the Ontario political scene so I don't feel I'm qualified to offer up detailed analysis on today's budget. What I will do, is offer the following bit of advice to Dwight Duncan, in light of this:
Ontario Treasurer Dwight Duncan, who sported a new Ontario-made BlackBerry instead of the customary pair of new shoes Tuesday
Dude - you always buy new shoes. That's the budget tradition. It isn't Christmas where you get to buy whatever toy you want. If you wanted to draw attention to the high tech industry, then get your own Maxwell Smart shoe phone, but it has to be a shoe!
Labels: 2008 Ontario Budget
posted by calgarygrit at 7:23 p.m. | 4 comments
"If people knew I was healing the lepers, there would be no incentive to avoid leprosy"
One of Al Franken's best hits, put to video:
Hat Tip - Wingnuterer
Labels: Supply Side Jesus
Somebody misses his old job
Poilevre gets read to slam McGuinty tomorrow.
Flaherty continues his assault today:
TORONTO — Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty took the extraordinary step yesterday of denouncing Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty's management of the economy just hours before the unveiling of the provincial budget.
Mr. Flaherty did not say anything he hasn't already said in recent weeks about the need for the province to heed his calls to reduce business taxes. But the timing of his latest attack, on the eve of today's budget, raised eyebrows around the provincial legislature. A government source called it unprecedented.
The Finance Minister made a special trip to Toronto, where he made a dire prediction about the prospects for Canada's largest economy under the McGuinty government. Without tax cuts, he warned, Ontario is in jeopardy of becoming a “have-not” province for the first time in history.
Even if you want to give Flaherty the benefit of the doubt and assume he's genuinely concerned about the state of the economy, that doesn't explain him making these demands on Budget Day Eve, when the time for changes has long since passed. There is no way to interpret this as anything but political posturing.
Given that, one would assume there's some sort of master plan behind all of this because...well...people always assume there's a master plan behind everything Stephen Harper does. The only game plan I can see is that Harper thinks the economy is ready to tank and plans to scape-goat McGuinty. But even that doesn't fully explain the intensity of the fight Harperty has picked with Queen's Park.
Je Me Souviens?
If you want evidence of how quickly the media narrative can turn on you, look no further than Jack Layton. The man was praised far and wide for his historic Quebec breakthrough in Outremont last fall. It was only the second Quebec seat won in NDP history and was a sign that the party was on the road to great things.
But, that's so 2007. Bad showings in two low turnout meaningless Toronto by elections and suddenly the house that Jack built is beginning to crumble.
Labels: by elections, Jack Layton, NDP
For those who thought "yes we can" lacked substance...
I had some fun with the US Presidential race earlier this week. But on a serious note, everyone should take the time to listen to or read this speech by Barack Obama, broken down by Joe Klein here.
I started the youtube video on Tuesday night and ended up watching all forty minutes of it. What's remarkable about this speech isn't so much the delivery or even the impact it will have on the US Presidential race. What's remarkable is that it was an oh so rare moment when a politician took a minefield of an issue and, rather than run the standard damage control, plunged completely into it. For those who believe politics has become all about sound bytes, spin, and the avoidance of controversy at all cost, this will warm your heart. It was a brutally honest and direct speech that attacked a sensitive topic with the complexity it deserved.
Complexity is something that has completely disappeared from politics. Maybe because there are very few politicians who can actually deliver direct and candid analysis that can captivate an audience. And those who have tried have usually been laughed out of town.
Whether this helps him win the nomination, the presidency, or makes him a better president remains to be seen. But, for now, it's simply worth just watching and enjoying it for what it is. And the fact that 1.6 million people have watched this video on youtube already shows that this isn't a typical speech (or a typical candidacy for that mater).
Labels: a more perfect union, Barack Obama, race speech
Greg Weston - She's A Very Good Columnist
Via Macleans:
But it was also a riding where the Liberal candidate, Joan Beatty, was appointed by Dion over the wishes of the local riding association as part of his pledge to put more women in the Commons.
(In fairness, it has to be said that the alternative was David Orchard, a mischievous but masterful organizer last seen making no end of trouble for his former party, the late Progressive Conservatives.)
The last time Dion forced a woman candidate on a riding was in last September's byelections that cost the Liberals the Montreal seat of Outremont, long considered one of the safest Grit bastions in the country.
Call it zero for two for Stephane. Nice work.
No Wonder Harper's Trying To Sabotage Them...
It appears that Obama has tackled the race issue head on, which means we're back into the "first black President" versus "first female President" debate (or "bitch President", as SNL eloquently put it).
However, the proper debate would be "first non-fictional black President" versus "first non-fictional female President". Because, through the magic of Hollywood, Americans have lived through several black and female presidencies...many more engaging than some recent terms in office. While the common consensus is the United States are ready for a black or female President, a quick look at history should really make Americans reconsider:
President Tom Beck
During his Presidency, much of the Eastern United States was destroyed after a meteor hits the earth. Some historians argue that President Beck wasn’t responsible for the asteroid hitting the United States. Well, I’d like to remind them that the president from Armageddon, who was white, also faced an asteroid threat and defeated it.
President David Palmer
During his Presidency, the United States was a frequent terrorist target, with a nuclear bomb exploding on US soil and dangerous biologically engineered viruses being unleashed against US citizens. How bad was his term in office? Well, upon retirement he was forced to sell insurance! Even Nixon had a more respectable post-Presidency.
President Wayne Palmer
During the 11 hours that Americans experienced of his presidency, suicide bombings rampaged the United States and a nuclear bomb exploded in Los Angeles. Starting to see the pattern here? And how did he respond to this? Well, he didn’t. Instead he slipped into a coma and let Vice President Daniels, a white man, solve the problems he’d created.
I think the pattern is starting to become abundantly clear. If you want death and destruction, then by all means, vote Obama! But for all you Hillary fans out there, your gal’s predecessors don’t have a very strong record either:
President Mackenzie Allen
At least the people at ABC were smart enough to recognize that Americans would never elect a female President – she took office after the death of the President. And how successful was her Presidency? Well, it was cancelled after one year. Even Hoover lasted four.
President Helen Lasker
The President in Carl Sagan’s "Contact" - however in the movie version she was replaced with footage of Bill Clinton. A female President who, once elected, gets replaced by Bill Clinton? Gee, where have I heard that story before?
President Barbara Adams
From the 1986 film "Whoops Apocalypse". According to the best Presidential historian of them all, wikipedia: Succeeds to presidency upon death of the previous president. Her incompetence helps cause World War Three. 'nuff said.
President Leslie McCloud
Also found on wikipedia, the president in 1964’s very progressive "Kisses for My President". She was America’s first female President, who later resigns due to pregnancy. You know who wouldn’t resign due to pregnancy? A male president, that’s who.
(Although, if they let foreign born citizens run...)
President Lisa Simpson
After sinking the economy, what’s her solution? Raise taxes! And, hey, let’s blame the whole failure of her presidency on a man (in this case, her brother). How typical.
Tally it up, and I think it becomes obvious that America cannot afford either the abject failure a female Presidency would turn into, or the horrific disasters that would be to certain plague an African American’s term in the White House. While I’m not sure what the track record of really really old Presidents is, it can’t be nearly this bad. I hope that Americans will consider this, come November.
The One Take Home Message From Last Night
A once proud party lies in shambles. Serious soul searching is needed.
It's always hard to compare byelections to general elections due to low turn-out, different candidates, and altered voting tactics. The exception would be when the same candidate runs in both elections and the reasons to vote for him are identical in both instances. Luckily, in Vancouver Quadra this was (kind of) the case.
1988 Vancouver Quadra
John Turner (Rhinoceros Party): 760 votes, 1.4%
John Turner (NeoRhino Party): 110 votes, 0.4%
And, to think, 1988 John Turner had to deal with a split "John Turner" vote, due to the presence of (fringe?) candidate the Right Honourable John Napier Turner on the ballot.
Tough times to be a rhino...
Labels: John Turner, Rhinoceros Party
Tories are a Sham, Grits hope to Rock
(that was the best of the comments section...although a strong showing by the Greens will certainly prompt an edit)
8:00 pm: Eight o'clock and the polls are now clos...what's that? Apparently, there is a concern that thousands of Vancouver Quadrans will log onto the net to see if Martha did or did not win, and will alter their vote accordingly. So, we've got - staggered voting!
Which means no results until 10 eastern....grrr....
So, log back on then. For now, based on exit polls and complicated statistical demographic projections, the Calgary Grit decision desk is ready to project that Bob Rae has been elected in Toronto Centre.
10:05 pm: With 3% of the polls reporting in Toronto Centre, Rae is running away with 59%. In second place are...the Greens! I kind of saw this one coming - walking down the streets today after work, there the green supporters were out in force...you could see their colours everywhere. Martha's up comfortably in Willowdale, while the Conservatives are solidly in front in Saskatchewan.
10:22 pm: Tracking against 2006 numbers, there's been about a 7-10% shift from Liberal to Conservative vote in Saskatchewan. Rae is up 6% on Bill Graham's totals, with a huge drop in NDP vote (to the Greens?). Martha has also increased the previous Liberal total and, once again, the NDP are down.
10:30 pm: Quadra is starting to roll in. And John Turner has a vote! Woo-hoo! Also, I think it bears mentioning that the Saskatchewan riding is very big geographically and things could shift if the aboriginal polls are the late ones coming in...but you've got to figure it's a CPC pickup. Oh, and the Greens are still second in Toronto Centre.
10:34 pm: I'm watching Newsnet now. Tim Powers says Martha isn't going to reach the 55% the Liberals got there last time...well, the latest numbers have her at 59%, compared to the 52% Peterson got last time. But, most baffling is the fact that Scott Reid still gets invited out to these panel shows...I mean, seriously?
10:39 pm: John Turner is up to 3 votes now. btw, the neorhino party has a very complex, if somewhat confusing, website.
For those wondering about turn-out, it's hard to tell since the smaller polls report first. But, at first glance, the turn-out is going to be abysmally bad, which is to be expected in a byelection.
10:49 pm: Interesting races:
-Quadra is neck and neck between Liberals and Tories right now for first (Libs up by 20 votes).
-The Greens and NDP are neck and neck everywhere except Saskatchewan.
-The Rhinos are beating Hellyer's Action Party by a 3 to 1 margin (6 votes to 2) in Quadra.
-Martha and Bob are fairly close to each other right now (Martha up by 0.7%), for bragging rights.
11:34 pm: Saskatchewan is looking like a blow-out...Libs might be able to blame it on Orchard but it's still an undeniably bad result. Joyce Murray is starting to pull away in Quadra, but this one will still be a drop in support from the last election.
You hate to take messages out of byelections because they're fairly meaningless when you get down to it, but seeing the Toronto blow-outs coupled with the problems out West, it just shows why the Liberal Party needs to build itself up in Western Canada.
So all in all, assuming they hold Quadra, not a great night for the Liberals (or the NDP for that mater), but far from disastrous and certainly not as damaging as Outremont. They will get three very strong MPs into the House and the end result 3 out of 4 is what most people were predicting.
UPDATE: The Liberals take Quadra by 110 votes. Eek! This from one of the few Western ridings that they held through the 80s. Full results here.
Labels: Bob Rae, joyce murray, Martha Hall Findlay, Rob Clarke
posted by calgarygrit at 7:52 p.m. | 109 comments
Be Nice To Me...
...or I might go on strike!
On Friday, it got to be too much for Alegre, a diarist on the flagship liberal blog DailyKos, who frequently writes in support of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“I’ve put up with the abuse and anger because I’ve always believed in what our online community has tried to accomplish in this world,” Alegre wrote Friday evening. “No more.”
Objecting to the tone of attacks against Mrs. Clinton and her supporters on the blog, the diarist called for a “writers strike.”
“This is a strike - a walkout over unfair writing conditions at DailyKos. It does not mean that if conditions get better I won’t ‘work’’ at DailyKos again,” Alegre wrote, promising to come back only “if we ever get to the point where we’re engaging each other in discussion rather than facing off in shouting matches."
Labels: another writers strike, DailyKos
Byelection Monday
First of all, I'm somewhat disappointed in myself that I couldn't think up a witty St. Patrick's day themed post title related to tomorrow's byelections.
Regardless, after the Outremont disaster in the fall, people will be playing close attention to these four byelections. The common media consensus is that the Liberals will coast to easy wins in the two Toronto seats and in BC - but, at the same time, I've been hearing rumblings that the Liberals might be in trouble in both Quadra and Willowdale. Losing either of those would certainly be a body blow on par with Outremont - maybe even bigger if you consider the previous margins of victory and the strong candidates the Liberals are running. On the flip side, if they can go four for four and get Joan Beatty in, there will be a massive infusion of talent into the Liberal front benches of the House of Commons.
While the focus in the media is sure to be on the Liberals, it will also be interesting to see how the other parties fare. The Conservatives shot themselves in Toronto Centre with the Marc Warner fiasco, but Willowdale will be a good test to see if a potential GTA breakthrough is on the horizon. For the NDP and greens, they aren't in the hunt to win, but by focusing their volunteers on the byelection ridings, they'll be hoping to see a rise in popular vote.
So check back in here tomorrow night for the results.
Labels: by elections, Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, toronto centre, Vancouver Quadra, willowdale
posted by calgarygrit at 10:03 p.m. | 19 comments
For those knocking Alberta's voter turn-out...
...it could be worse.
TAMARAC, Fla. (AP) - Every vote counts. But what happens when there are no votes at all? That's the situation city officials in Tamarac are facing. No voters showed up Wednesday night to cast a ballot in an annexation referendum for an unincorporated Broward County community.
There are 68 registered voters in the 200-person Prospect Bend neighborhood. Tamarac officials have proposed annexing the neighborhood.
Backing Down...and Loving it!
Showing a complete lack of leadership, the official opposition backs down and lets the budget pass. Shameful. Disgraceful.
I guess we can start writing the Mario Dumont obits, eh?
So Sue Me
This is going to turn into a big headache for somebody. Truth be told, I can't figure out if will be bad news for Dion or Harper, though.
UPDATE: According to the National, Harper is asking for "2.5 million plus costs and GST".
Well, all I can say, is thank God for Jim Flaherty! That GST cut the Liberals abstained on might be saving them $25,000.
Paul Wells gives Judge Gomery and Joe Clark an epic smackdown - it's a must read.
Cabinet Shuffle
In most places, the first cabinet after an election is called a "new" Cabinet. In Alberta? It's called a cabinet shuffle. And, even as far as cabinet shuffles go, this one was minor with only two ministers changing portfolios. A few thoughts on the new PC cabinet:
1. By most standards, representing the two cities that make up two thirds of Alberta's population with under 40% of the cabinet spots, would be a slight. After only placing three Calgarians and one Edmontonian in his first Cabinet, this is likely enough to get Ed rave reviews.
2. Likewise, the seven women in this Cabinet is a massive jump from the two who made his first Cabinet. Of note, Iris Evans gets Finance.
3. The Cabinet has ballooned to 24, after Stelmach promised to cut its size during the leadership race. In addition, there are 10 parliamentary assistants (think Parliamentary Secretaries) and 5 cabinet committee chairs. So, in other words, if you're a Tory MLA who didn't get something today, you're in the minority.
4. Guy Boutlier is the only person dumped from Cabinet. Ouch.
5. Stelmach's most effective Minister, Dave Hancock, gets shuffled out of health, and into Education.
6. The "giant-killer killer", Alison Redford, winds up in Justice. Not bad for a rookie and it sure beats being a backbench MP in Ottawa, which she would have been had she beaten Rob Anders for the Calgary West nomination when she ran against him.
So, from the optics perspective, the only real knock Stelmach will get is from increasing the size of the Cabinet. Might be a good place to start the attacks if the ALP want to portray themselves as the fiscally conservative alternative in Alberta.
Labels: Cabinet Shuffle, Ed Stelmach, Guy Boutlier, Iris Evans
Democratic Peer Pressure
The people at freakonomics link to a detailed experiment on voter turn-out rates in the United States. In this case study, it was found that increased amounts of social pressure will increase voting rates. Here were the voter turn-out rates for the different groups:
Control: 29.7%
Civic Duty: 31.5% (sent a pamphlet telling them it was their civic duty to vote)
Hawthorne: 32.2% (got the same pamphlet and were told their turn-out rate was being studied)
Self: 34.5% (pamphlet included a list of who in their own household had voted last election and were told that a list of who voted this time would be sent to them after the election)
Neighbours: 37.8% (pamphlet included a list of who among their neighbours had voted last election and were told that a similar list would be distributed after the election)
So, we can see that the fear of others knowing they weren't voting increased voting turn out by 8.1%.
Now, I'm not sure public humiliation is necessarily the solution to voter apathy but in light of the 41% turn-out rate in Alberta, it certainly is interesting.
Labels: Voter apathy
Scandals Everywhere!
New York governor Eliot Spitzer is in hot water after spending $15,000 on prostitutes, in what Jon Stewart has dubbed ****gate:
The prostitute, identified only as "Kristen," worked for the Emperors Club. The group charged between $1,000 and $5,500 an hour and operated in New York; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; London, England; and Paris, France, according to court papers.
A thousand dollars an hour? Holy crap! I don't even think Julia Roberts charged that much in Pretty Woman.
Now, I generally find these sort of scandals more interesting when they involve gay Republicans but, as far as sex scandals go, this is a good one. It also, yet again, raises the question of why Canada doesn't really get any sex scandals - since the Munsinger Affair over 40 years ago, our scandals have generally involved things like charging chewing gum to an expense account.
But that's not to say we don't have scandals. The "please call it anything but NAFTAgate scandal" is now being investigated. This one probably won't turn into much of anything - I seriously doubt there was any intent from the PMO to destroy the Obama campaign. Worst case scenario is someone being a little too loose lipped and a scapegoat being fired (now, if that scape goat is Ian Brodie, then it becomes big).
The sleeper pick in March Scandal Madness right now is the Baird-O'Brien scandal (BO scandal?) which I will not comment on, because it seems everyone who comments on Tory scandals winds up getting sued.
And, that brings us to the big one - Cadscam. With shifting stories, and the Tories reluctant to flat out deny an offer was made, this one smells fishy. Greg Weston floats an interesting theory today but, regardless of the Tory explanation, there are two certainties they can't spin away:
1. Harper is on tape saying an offer was made.
2. Cadman's entire family are sticking to the "million dollar life insurance policy" story. And, considering his wife is running for the Tories, there is no logical explanation for her to be making this up.
I doubt anything will ever be proven so this won't knock him out, but those two facts above are going to leave Harper with a black eye on this one.
Labels: Chuck Cadman, John Baird, Scandals, Spitzer Swallows
posted by calgarygrit at 10:28 p.m. | 9 comments
I’ve been meaning to post something on this for some time now but got tied up in the Alberta election and the 20,000 ALLEGED “gates” that have hit the Harper government. I’ve been drifting towards one of the horses in the US Presidential race for a while and I made it “official” a few weeks ago by adding the supporter button on my facebook page. I don’t want to call it an endorsement because:
a) I reserve the right to flip flop faster than John Kerry on this one
b) I’m not voting in the race and not an American
c) I’m neither an expert who has followed this closely nor a vacuous celebrity
d) I’ll leave it to Ian Brodie to try and influence this race
All this is, is me saying who I’d vote for if I lived in the States (or Guam!).
I was a big Gore supporter from the start and, once he decided not to run, I’ve been bouncing around from candidate to candidate – from Edwards to Clinton to Richardson to Obama to Clinton to Obama to Clin...there may have even been a few hours when I was eagerly anticipating the Vilsackian era, although I was probably drunk at the time.
I’ve tried looking at the policies but, after eight years of George Bush, the Democrats are all looking pretty good and, par consequence, pretty similar. I think Hillary’s plan for universal health care would be a huge leap forward in the right direction. Richardson had the best resume. I admired John Edwards trying to make poverty an issue. And I think Obama is the best suited to end the war in Iraq.
But, at the end of the day, I’ll be honest – I’ve pretty much chucked policy to the wind. I’m not sure I particularly care which President would be best for Canada or even who would make the best President. So long as they don’t pronounce it nu-cu-lar, or go Alan Alda (Canadian Bacon Alan Alda that is – I’m down with West Wing Alan Alda as the President) on our ass, I’m cool.
Really, it came down to one thing. Looking at the world wide political stage – especially the Canadian political stage – there are so few politicians who can actually inspire. I mean, seriously, look at what we have right now coast-to-coast – it’s depressing. Even people who I like, from Dion to McGuinty, just aren’t capable of that. Back in Alberta, only 4 in 10 eligible voters bothered to cast their ballots because they were so disenchanted with their options. So the fact that Barack Obama has been able to inspire millions of people and engage them in the political process just says a lot about the man. Maybe he won’t change politics, but the mere fact that he could, to me, means it’s worth taking that chance.
Sequestered Policy
Interesting to see the federal government sit on this one until after the Alberta election, eh?
OTTAWA — Ottawa will unveil new climate-change regulations this week that would force new oil sands projects and coal-fired electricity plants to capture and store the bulk of their greenhouse gases rather than spew them into the air.
I'll be very curious to see the reaction out of Alberta, given Eddie's tough talk this campaign...
For those who missed the Loud Dobbs-Jack Layton love-in last week, here it is. The two have been brought together by their belief that NAFTA has led to manufacturing jobs going to China.
Labels: Jack Layton, Lou Dobbs, NAFTA
Praise for Dan McTeague: The first post in a one part series
I’m not sure how this made it through the house; I’d be very curious to hear if there’s a precedence for a money bill of this magnitude originating from an opposition MP’s private members bill becoming law. Either way, it’s off to the Senate now:
OTTAWA — The Harper government vowed Thursday to kill legislation introduced by a Liberal MP and quietly passed by the House of Commons that would allow parents to contribute up to $5,000 a year to their children's education and deduct it
from their income tax.
As a very politically astute friend of mine commented – it’s a sad state of affairs for the Liberals when Dan McTeague is the ideas guy in the party. At the same time, it doesn’t say much for Jim Flaherty that McTeague may have come up with something more attractive than anything found in his budget. Regardless, this isn’t a bad idea, assuming the money is there to pay for it (which is debatable).
It probably would make a bit more political sense to offer this in the context of an election campaign, when you could complement it with some support for students from low income families but, by itself, this is a pretty attractive policy for the middle income families that Harper has been targeting over the past few years. Because of that, it's going to cause a ton of headaches for both the Liberals and Conservatives. The Tories are going to have to oppose a popular policy they probably wish they’d thought up, while the Liberals will be on the hot seat if Harper finds a way to turn it into a confidence motion.
Labels: Dan McTeague, Private Member's Bill, RESP, Tax Shelters
From the Desk of the Unelected Senator
Michael Fortier explains to Canadians what Stéphane Dion is really thinking and spins it that Dion is “turning into an adviser to [PQ Leader Pauline] Marois”.
That’s a bit of a stretch, mainly because I don’t know why anyone would want strategic political advice from Mr. Dion…
There's a hole in my logic, dear Liza, dear Liza...
The current government does not deserve to be defeated.
Not only should they not be defeated, but past governments should not be defeated.
It's important to condemn parties for defeating past governments, no matter how unpopular those governments were.
After all, defeating those past governments gave us the current government...
...who does not deserve to be defeated.
I Am Officially Boycotting Posting On This Ian Brodie Scandal...
...until people stop calling it "NAFTA-gate".
Is it just me, or is there anything more annoying in politics than that need to "gate" suffix every scandal out there?
It's the day after the morning after and the parties must now reflect on the campaign that was and look ahead to 2012. I'd rather look ahead than look back but I would like to just say that, despite the constant "Stelmach defied polls and pundits", the polls were correct (with one exception). The undecideds just didn't vote and, despite a desire for change, people didn't vote for it. And because of that, there's a lot of soul searching going on right now in Alberta:
“They are just happy with the way life is, most of them.”
-Ed Stelmach, on low voter turn-out
Ed likes to go around saying "I'm a very humble guy" and I have no doubt he'll keep saying that. But if he starts buying into all the Emperor Ed and invincible talk, he could be in for a rude awakening. The fact is, Albertans did want change and were unhappy with him - the low turn-out does not mean that 8 in 10 Albertans endorsed him. Stelmach is going to have to treat Calgary and Edmonton better than he has in the past and he's going to need to develop a real plan for Alberta's future. He's got political capital coming out of the wazoo now - hopefully he does something productive with it. There's really not much else I can add because, when you've been in power for 37 years and have won 72 of 83 seats, you obviously know what you're doing and don't need much advice.
Alberta Liberals
"I don't feel like I let the party down."
-Kevin Taft
First of all, there's no use in making excuses. I said my fair share of nasty things about Alberta voters on Monday night but the fact is the voters are always right. When only 1 in 10 people vote for your party, that's a failure. If they couldn't do better against a man who is, let's be honest, the worst communicator to lead a major party in Canada over the last twenty years, then major changes are needed. Name change? Leader change? I'm sure those discussions will happen in time. But a fresh coat of paint isn't going to change anything. The Liberals are fighting a perception that "PC = Alberta = wealth" to the point where every attack on the PC government was portrayed as an attack on Alberta and the impression that the Liberals would bankrupt the province hung over the election:
People finally woke up and said, 'Hey, maybe this isn't such a bad province to live in,' " said veteran Calgary Conservative strategist Alan Hallman.
"Maybe once we look at these guys over here, they scare us." Hallman said, referring to opposition parties such as the Alberta Liberals and the Wildrose Alliance.
"Fear is a great motivator."
I think the only way to break out of this equation is to re brand as a fiscally conservative pro-business party. The ALP's case study in this should be another Albertan, Stephen Harper. Harper recognized that you can't move the mountain to you - you need to move to the mountain. So he moderated his party in an effort to win votes in Ontario and Quebec, while still keeping a few key Reform principles in place. And the Liberals need to do that in reverse now. Either that, or just accept their fate as a glorified version of the NDP. I fully intend to expand on these ideas in the coming weeks but I think Step 1 is just admitting there's a problem.
"It's the party's call. It's not like the Liberals or the Conservatives where people are really ambitious and try to displace leaders. It's often the person who draws the short straw that has to be the leader."
-Bill Mason
In all likelihood, Brian Mason is the happiest of the four opposition leaders just because seeing the Liberals lose 7 seats probably gave him more joy than the pain caused by his party losing 2. But the NDP have lost official party status and were the fifth place party in most Calgary ridings. The bright spot for them may be rising star Rachel Notley who will be taking over as party leader at some time before the next campaign. If she is as good as hyped (and I've never heard her speak so I can't comment on that), they should promote her as much as they can. Policy wise, I think they're on the right track so they probably don't need to do as much soul searching as the Grits or Alliance.
Wildrose Alliance
"The thing people don't understand is, I'm not a politician and I wasn't in love with the job."
-Paul Hinman
And the moral of the story is: don't wait until two weeks before the election to create a new party. The right wing in Alberta is a threat if they ever get their act together. They just can't seem to ever get their act together. The party is still divided and now they don't even have a seat in the ledge (pending recount).
This party is really going to sink or swim on the strength of their next leader (Link?). Despite having a seat, no one knew a thing about Paul Hinman until debate night. The next leader is going to have to get known and they're going to have to accomplish that from outside the legislature. That means being creative and it means stalking reporters to make sure they write about you and treat you with the credibility they give the NDP, rather than the credibility they give the Greens. Equally important is going to be the behind the scenes stuff the public never sees - growing the party, raking in the donations from corporate Calgary, and finding quality candidates to run in the next campaign.
It's a daunting task, but the potential payoff is huge, if done right. I think Alberta would be better off with a viable right wing opposition party so I hope they do it right.
Blog Post Title of the Week
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this blog post title while scanning Liblogs this morning:
Vindictive God Crushes Huckabee's Hopes
Without Prejudice
I've been too caught up in the Ed-Files election to pay much attention to the goings-on in Ottawa over the past few days but, boy, have there ever been goings on! Since the Liberals refuse to oppose him, Harper has gone looking for an opponent, first picking a fight with Dalton McGuinty and then turning his sights on...Barack Obama? Who's next? Nelson Mandela? Michael J. Fox? The Pope?
He's also suing Dion, Ignatieff, Goodale, and the entire Liberal Party over accusations they've made about his (ALLEGED) role in Cadscam. Given that he's handing out lawsuits like they were life insurance policies, I've decided to make a few pro-active appologies (note: I am not implying that Harper has ever had anything to do with giving out life insurance policies, merely that everyone is getting a lawsuit, just like everyone has life insurance). So, to Mr. Harper and his lawyers, I say the following:
1. Even thought the word "bribe" is used in this post, this was not in connection with Mr. Harper or any members of the Conservative Party. Clearly, they have done nothing wrong and anyone who suggests otherwise, be they man or audio tape, are wrong.
2. When I said "Stephen Harper" is practicing blatant patronage, I was mistaken. I'm sure he was appointing very qualified individuals who just happened to be Conservatives. And, after all, it's not like he appointed them to a politically sensitive job like, say, returning officer, so there was certainly no harm done.
3. Contrary to what I may have implied, yes, Jim Flaherty did end the long unproductive era of bickering between the federal and provincial governments.
4. Although I called Harper a hypocrite in this post, he clearly is not. His logic was consistent then, as it always is. Things which appear to be inconsistent only appear that way to those whose minds are not as developed as Mr. Harper's.
5. Although I have, over the years, been critical of Mr. Harper's taste in fashion, I must say that he looks absolute dashing in this picture.
Labels: Mr. I Can Take A Punch
Dear Alberta,
UPDATE: If 2004 was dubbed the Kleinfeld election because nothing happened, this one will have to go down as the X-Files (or Ed-Files, I guess) election because it's almost impossible to explain. Yes, the pundits will try to make sense of it in hindsight but I think they'll only look silly trying to do that because this one just defies any sort of conventional wisdom. Generally when popular leaders resign and are replaced by duds in long serving governments, things go poorly for them - even in Alberta. After the year he's had and the campaign he's run, it's hard to find any sort of rational explain as to why he's nipping on Klein's record highs.
I'd been expecting a strong PC majority but I can't even find any silver linings in this one. Too many good candidates got far worse fates than they deserved. And when only 4 in 10 Albertans bother to vote, it's hard to even give the "at least democracy is alive and well" spin.
Name change? New leader? I don't have the heart to get into those debates right now because this one is probably going to sting for a bit...and I don't even live in the province anymore.
Labels: The only person feeling worse today than Alberta Liberals is Jim Dinning
Alberta Votes 2008: The Ed-Files Election
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. OK, it was just the worst of times. Once the dust settled, Ed Stelmach had won a mind-boggling 72 seats, silencing his critics inside and outside the party. Here are the highlights of this blog's election coverage - a campaign which, despite the result, I really had a good time blogging about.
Alberta Votes Preview
Week 1 in Review
Returning Officer Scandal
Rotten Tories.ca
Debate Live Blogging
AYL ad campaign
Election Night Reaction
Labels: Alberta Election, Brian Mason, Ed Stelmach, Kevin Taft, Paul Hinman
Alberta Votes
It's sure to be a historic night in Alberta tonight, as the PCs gun for an 11th consecutive majority government. I'll be watching the results roll in at what is perhaps Toronto's first ever Alberta Election Night Party so there won't be any live blogging until later tonight or tomorrow morning. But feel free to post updates in the comments section.
If you're looking for something to read between "refreshes" of results sites on your computer tonight, here's a collection of recap posts I've had about the election so far.
And, finally, why I truly believe the Alberta Liberals deserve a chance to govern:
Labels: Alberta Election
Alberta Election Predictions
Now, I haven't set foot in Alberta once during this campaign and the polls all show a very volatile and difficult to predict electorate. So be prepared to laugh long and hard at these predictions come Tuesday.
I've linked to the polls in my week in review post - two out of three actually show the PCs gaining seats which would defy all forms of logic. Some Conservatives are privately predicting 65 seats - but my hunch is that those people are just Dinning organizers trying to raise expectations to make a leadership review vote more justifiable. Then again, some expert seat projections have the Tories in the 70s, challenging Klein's personal best.
Alberta Tory makes a series of 10 predictions here. One blogger does riding by riding picks here. ES makes no predictions but offers up a very detailed election primer.
Jason Markusoff profiles 10 ridings to watch and offers a free coffee to any readers predicting 9 of 10 correctly. The Sun's Kerry Diotte offers CDs for the closest picks. I offer nothing, but I still encourage readers to make their predictions in the comments section bellow.
And, as for my predictions:
WRA 1
Green 0 (despite the hype around Lacombe Ponoka)
In Calgary
I'm going to be optimistic and say the Alberta Liberals pick up 5 in cowtown: Buffalo, McCall, North Hill, Glenmore, and a surprise somewhere. The Alliance vote increases in the city (at least in ridings where they field candidates), but Craig Chandler finishes a disappointing (for him) third in Egmont. All four Liberal incumbents should be re-elected, although I do think Craig Cheffins is vulnerable.
Given all the three way races and polls showing the PCs flying high in the capital, Edmonton is a bit harder to predict. I've heard rumours that David Eggen is vulnerable but I'm going to keep it in the win column for the NDP in my predictions. I'm going to say the Liberals pick up Manning and Castle Downs but, in both cases, they aren't really pick-ups, since they won Manning under Dan Backs last election and they won Castle Downs before a judicial recount reversed the decision. Despite this, the polls lead me to believe the PCs will be knocking off a few Liberals in Edmonton. So I'm going to say Stelmach picks up two out of Ellerslie, Glenora, and Meadowlark. I also think there's an outside change the parties could flip St. Alberta and Spruce Grove-Sturgeon St. Albert.
I'll say the Liberals sweep Lethbridge, but I don't see a lot of other "rural" seats changing. The ALP have a shot in Red Deer and Medicine Hat if the Alliance surges, but I just don't see it happening. The big question, of course, is whether Paul Hinman will survive. For the sake of having a viable right wing opposition in the province I hope he does. Mr. Hinman has gotten solid reviews this campaign so I think he'll be back but I doubt he'll be joined by any fellow wild rosers, unless Link Byfield pulls off the upset in Whitecourt (which I wouldn't rule out given the strong Alliance show there last time).
So, there you have. The view from 2000 miles away. I fully expect that the distance will show and that these won't be anywhere near the mark.
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Stelmach's Environment Minister calls for a new NEP
Well, no, but that's how Ed Stelmach spins it whenever anyone else makes this suggestion:
First Iris Evans contradicts her boss on Edmonton region planning and now Stelmach's environment minister agrees with the oil companies and PC MLAs who say there needs to be a slowing of oil sands production. It's no wonder so many PC MLAs have been skipping their riding debates this campaign...
This Week in Alberta Politics - Week 1903 of Tory Reign
On Monday, Albertans head to the polls. I'll be out at my "Albertans in Toronto" election night party so there won't be any live blogging of the event, but I'll throw up an open thread before I head out for people to comment on the results as they come in. And - best of all - I may break my "never blog drunk" rule and post something Monday night when I get back. And, judging from the polls, there may be a few expletitives in that one so be sure to check in for that. Until then, tomorrow night will be my seat predictions and tonight is the final "week in review" of the campaign.
-It's a bird...it's a plane...no, it's Super Ed!
-The 37 years ad campaign, from the same people who brought you Rotten Tories.
-Enlightened Savage continues his riding profiles.
-Daveberta details a senior Tory cabmin completely contradicting her party's Edmonton region plan.
-Scott Dippel points to examples of a very disturbing pattern which includes a PC candidate threatening a newspaper editor for having the nerve to print a picture of Kevin Taft.
Ads, Ads, Ads!
-The ALP release their first ads of the campaign, with Kevin Taft talking about the need for change.
-The NDP have embarked on the largest ad campaign in their history, attacking Kevin Taft and Ed Stelmach for being in the pocket of big oil. Uh-huh. Not that I'm complaining - I figure a few soft Tories will see the ads and think "if big oil likes Kevin Taft, I'm guessing he's not planning to bring in a new NEP".
-The Alliance ads attack the Tories for being not in the pocket of big oil.
-The Albertans for Change also release their streeters ad.
Kowalski To Lead Public Stonings!
Can you imagine Stephen Harper ever letting one of his MPs send out a campaign pamphlet that says "While human beings can create laws, the laws of God must take precedence"? Well, that's exactly what Tory MP Ken Kowalski has done.
Welcome to Alberta
SoE shows us a Drumheller voter who likes her Liberal candidate and feels it's time for a change but will still vote Tory because she feels her riding would be punished for elecing an opposition MLA. All I'll say to her is that if Drumheller actually elected a Liberal MLA, you'd probably be looking at a 70 seat Liberal majority, so I think her concerns are a little moot.
Also employing a very unique voting strategy is Colby Cosh, who will be reluctantly voting for the PCs because...Ed Stelmach likes Alberta. As supposed to Cosh's ideological match Paul Hinman who, I guess, hates the place...
[And before I get 50 angry comments, yes, I'm aware there are people who vote Liberal in Ontario for the same reasons]
The Alberta Liberals have been ranked first in pretty much every report card that's come out. They've outgreened the Greens on the environment, and have also gotten top marks from health and education groups.
Next Week, Marc Lalonde Stumps For The Liberals
The NDP bring in Dave Barrett to campaign for them. Because Albertans love being told what to think by politicians from outside the province!
"After the election is over we want to make sure that every area has an equal opportunity to cast their ballots"
-Ed Stelmach responding to complaints that polling stations will not be set up on all native reservations in the province.
Catchier Than "It's Time"
Naomi Lakritz pens an ode to the Liberals entitled "Better Red Than Ed"
YouTube, I Tube, We All Tube For YouTube!
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business sits down for YouTube interviews with Stelmach, Taft, Hinman, and Read.
Stelmach has somewhat softened his ridiculous claim he has stuck by for three weeks that the Liberal environmental plan would cost the province 350,000 jobs. But he's still refusing to explain any of his numbers. Probably because it's a ridiculous figure he pulled out of thin air with no basis behind it.
Poll Watch
The polls all show that Albertans want change and aren't big fans of Ed Stelmach. The polls also show the Tories getting anything from a big majority to...an even bigger majority.
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Glossary of International Calling Terms
International calling terms are many and varied terms. As a result, the terminology used when talking about international calling, international phone numbers, and international telephone service can be very confusing.
While many international calling terms are used commonly worldwide, there are also many other terms that used only in certain regions or certain countries. As a result, it is easy to get confused about things.
We ourselves still get confused when we come across too many terms like IAC, STD, SDCA, and ISD in the same sentence.
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Access code - A dialing code that helps the phone company identify what kind of call is being initiated. There are two main types: international access codes and national access codes. These codes are used to initiate international and domestic long-distance calls, respectively.
Area code - A dialing code that designates a certain geographic region within a country, such as a city or state. Within each area code, local subscriber numbers are assigned to individual landline and mobile phones. Area codes may overlap each other - in other words, the same geographic region may have more than 1 applicable area. Area codes are also known as: STDs.
Calling card - A way to buy telephone services based on pre-paid purchasing of minutes. Pre-payment is made based on advertised per minutes rates plus varying additional charges such as connection fees and maintenance fees. aka phone card.
Cell phone - Same as mobile phone or cellular phone. Term is popular in some countries, but not as widely used worldwide as the terms 'mobile' or 'mobile phone'.
Cellular phone - Same as mobile phone. Becoming less popular over time. 'Cellular' refers to an underlying construct of mobile telephony which is that calls are managed based on physically defined topography of 'cells' determined by the placement of transmission/reception towers.
City code - Sometimes used as a synonym for area code - although city code can also refer to the code used for airports and other geopgraphic designations under the UN's UN/LOCODE system and/or the IATA airport coding system.
Country code - A dialing code used to designate the country you are calling to (the destination country). 1 - 3 digits long. Also known as ISD or international subscriber dialing code.
IDD - Acronym for international direct dialing code. A dialing code that signals you are dialing an international phone number. Same as international access code.
International access code - A dialing code that signals you are dialing an international phone number. Same as IDD or international direct dialing code. See also access code.
International direct dialing - Often abbreviated IDD. A dialing code that signals you are dialing an international phone number. Same as international access code.
International subscriber dialing - Abbreviated as ISD. Same as country code, but less widely used.
ISD - Acronym for international subscriber dialing. Same as country code, but less widely used.
Landline phone - Refers generally to telephone service delivered to specific physical location via a fixed telecommunications network (i.e., via a wired network). The opposite of mobile phone service which allows a phone to receive calls while moving from place to place.
LDCA - Used in India. Acronym for long distance charging area and which refers to large geographic calling areas. LDCAs are divided up into many short distance charging areas or SDCAs, each of which has a unique area code.
Local subscriber number - The specific phone number assigned to an individual landline or mobile phone. Such number refers generally to the part of a phone number after the area code. Varies in length between countries and even within countries.
Local virtual number - One of two main types of virtual number where the inbound caller dials to a local subscriber number. Such calls are generally free to the caller if the local number is within their area code or if the caller has flat-rate nationwide service (e.g., on many mobile plans). Any inbound calling charges are borne by the caller. The other type of virtual number is a toll-free virtual number.
Long distance charging area - Used in India. Often abbreviated as LDCA and which refers to large geographic calling areas. LDCAs are divided up into many short distance charging areas or SDCAs, each of which has a unique area code.
National access code - A dialing code that signals you are about to dial a domestic long distance phone call. See also access code.
Mobile phone - A kind of phone or phone service which allows a phone to receive calls while moving from place to place. Such phone service works by sending signals wirelessly through the air via transmitters and receivers attached to cell towers. aka cellular phone, cell phone, and wireless phone.
Phone card - Same as calling card.
SDCA - Used in India. Acronym for short distance charging area and which refers to smaller geographic calling areas. Each SDCA has a unique code that is basically equivalent to an area code. See also LDCA and long distance charging area.
Short distance charging area - Used in India. Often abbreviated as SDCA and which refers to smaller geographic calling areas. Each SDCA has a unique code that is basically equivalent to an area code. See also LDCA and long distance charging area.
SIP - SIP, an acronym for 'session internet protocol' is a specific type of technology used for managing telephone calls made over the internet. In other words, SIP is a specific type of VoIP internet telephony. Click here for more information on SIP
STD - Acronym for subscriber trunk dialing, a term used in India and elsewhere to mean area code.
Subscriber trunk dialing - Generally abbreviated as STD. A term used in India and elsewhere to mean area code.
Toll-free virtual number - One of two main types of virtual number where the inbound caller dials to a toll-free number from a wide long distance calling area (usually a country). Any inbound calling charges are borne by the virtual number subscriber, not the caller. The other type of virtual number is a local virtual number.
Virtual phone number - A phone number purposefully used to forward calls to another phone number. Usually used in conjunction with a VoIP internet calling service as a way to reduce costs to inbound callers. For instance, an Indian company might buy a virtual number in the United States and then forward incoming calls to an India location so it's customers don't have to incur international calling charges. There are two main types of virtual number: local virtual number and toll-free virtual number.
Voice over Internet Protocol - A technology for making telephone calls over the internet. See VoIP.
VoIP - VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol and refers to a relatively new technology that enables you to make telephone calls over the internet. Traditionally, phone calls have been carried over dedicated telephone switching networks - either fixed line wired networks using copper wires and fiber optics or over mobile networks using airwaves and cellular towers. With VoIP telephony, calls are routed over the same communications network that carries regular internet traffic for websites and such. Click here for more on VoIP internet telephony.
VoIP calling card - A kind of calling card that is specifically delivered using VoIP technology. However, since most calling card companies utilize VoIP to deliver calls (even if they don't advertise as such), this may not be a terribly meaningful descriptor.
VoIP phone - Generally used to describe a specialized type of phone that allows you to make VoIP internet calls. Certain models have dual function as a normal landline phone as well. In addition, many mobile smartphones can be configured to work with a VoIP service as well as normal mobile service.
Wireless phone - Another term for mobile phone.
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Biofuels and climate change: the facts
'Biofuels’ or ‘Agrofuels’ are fuels that are made from living plants (rather than the “fossilised” ones that make up oil and coal). The theory is that because these fuels absorb as much CO2 when they grow, as they emit when they are burnt, they are basically ‘carbon neutral’. Now, ‘biofuels’ made from waste materials like used chip fat are fine, but these could only ever supply a fraction of the demand if we use biofuels to replace any significant proportion of the transport fuel that now comes from fossil fuels. To do this requires growing crops for fuel (e.g. rapeseed, palm oil, soy, sugar cane or jatropha) on a massive scale (this is why we use the term “agrofuels”).
This increases the pressure on land and in places like Brazil, Uganda and Indonesia this increases the pressure on the rain forest and other surviving biodiverse ecosystems. Clearance for palm oil plantations is now the biggest driver behind deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia and the rate of deforestation in the Amazon Basin has been shown to correlate directly with the price of soya which is set to continue on an upward trend because of agrofuel policies. Even if agrofuels are produced from, say, “certifiably sustainable” rapeseed in Europe this can have knock-on effects – it means there is less rapeseed available to produce cooking oils and foodstuffs and this results in a massively increased demand for Indonesian palm oil to fill the gap.
It is often overlooked that deforestation, and land use change, is the cause of about one quarter of total global CO2 emissions. Not only that but some rainforest ecosystems, are thought to be in danger of complete collapse. The Amazon for instance has been ‘drying out’ in recent years and if the process continued vast fires could take hold and precipitate a change to a different ‘dry forest’ or savannah state. This would release vast quantities of CO2 in a ‘positive feedback’ event that could constitute a ’tipping point’ where climate change escalated completely out of control. Deforestation is the biggest driver in this process – combined of course with higher temperatures from global warming, itself exacerbated by deforestation.
Not only that but using crops for fuels means there are less available for food – the huge demand of rich countries for fuel to drive their cars around is put in direct competition with the need of people in poorer countries just to eat. Within five years half ofthe US maize harvest is expected to be burned in cars, further pushing up the global proce of what is a staple food for hundreds of millions of people. Different studies show that a high percentage, possibly as high as 75% of the food price rises up to 2008 were due to agrofuels. Jean Ziegler, the former 'UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food' has called this a "crime against humanity". For more on the emerging global food crisis see here.
There have also been a catalogue of human rights abuses associated with the expansion of agrofuels. In Argentina 200,000 rural families have already been displaced and Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Chair of the 'UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues' has warned that 60 million indigenous people could become "agrofuel refugees". There have been a growing number of reports of the evictions of rural families and dispacement of food production for jatropha ( grown for fuel), especially.
Finally new ‘full cycle’ studies suggest that many biofuels actually cause more emissions than fossil fuel. This is greenhouse gas emissions directly associated with their production, not the devastating indirect, or long-term, effects referred to above. A recent study by Paul Crutzen suggests that the production of biofuel from rapeseed causes 70% more greenhouse gas emissions than those that would be caused by fossil fuels. This is mainly the nitrous oxide emissions from the fertiliser used to intensively farm rapeseed - something still overlooked by the EU.
So with all this damning evidence why are they going ahead with a massive expansion of agrofuels? Well, in part at least, its because a new corporate alliance has evolved around the agrofuel boom - which includes oil companies, 'big business' and venture capitalists, car manufacturers and the biotech industry. (Car manufacturers back a "low carbon solution" that does not involve them in making drastic changes to their industry, while the biotech industry backs the genetic modification of crops to make them more suitable for biofuel production). This means there is a powerful self-interested lobby influencing all the decisions that are made.
The biggest loophole that this lobby exploits is so called "sustainability standards" which in practice are almost impossible to make effective. EU sustainability standards which will come into force in 2011 are deeply flawed to the point of being meaningless. Under EU rules, human rights abuses, pesticide poisoning and hunger cannot be used as reasons for ruling agrofuels 'unsustainable'. EU greenhouse gas calculations rely on false and creative accounting which contradicts scientific findings. And finally, companies can 'prove' compliance with standards simply by chosing and paying their own auditor - thats like using BAA's Environmental Impact Assessments as 'conclusive proof' that arirport expansion is good for the environment!
EU rules, however, do not prevent the UK government from meeting renewable energy targets without agrofuels but at the moment it shows no sign of doing this. The UK government continues to subsidise agrofuel power stations, oblige fuel suppliers to blend biofuels with all transport fuel and to suport the development of agrifuels for planes - thereby massively increasing the demand for agrofuels with all the destructive impacts we have described above.
For more information on the issues raised here see www.biofuelwatch.org.uk
See what Friends of the Earth has to say about biofuels here and read a report from Friends of the Earth Europe on agrofuels here.
Biofuels and transport
The European Union biofuels directive sets targets for all EU countries for biofuel usage of 2% by the end of 2005 and 5.75% by the end of 2010. To fulfil this, in the UK, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) requires transport fuel suppliers to ensure that a certain proportion road vehicle fuel is biofuel. The amount of biofuel that must be supplied increases annually until April 2013 when it will reach 5%.
Biofuels have also been promoted as a potential fuel for aeroplanes, further encouraging unsustainable growth in aviation and increasing demand for biofuels.
Briefing on aviation and biofuels (Biofuelwatch)
Biofuels for electricity - coming soon across the UK?
There is now a swelling stampede around the use biofuels for the purpose of generating heat and electricity in power stations .The use of biofuels as transport fuel has already drastically increased demand, but now this demand is set to rise yet higher as more and more applications are submiitted - and sometimes granted - for power stations using agrofuels.
In Germany and Italy, large amounts of electricity are being generated from burning vegetable oil already - and in nearly all cases palm oil is being used because this is the cheapest. It is the huge increase in demand for palm oil which is the biggest driver of deforestation in South East Asia, with huge consequences in terms of increased greenhouse gas emissions. There is every likelihood that this situation will be replicated in the UK : despite great quantities of greenwash that seek to project these new power stations as the cutting edge of environmental technology.Renewable energy generation in the UK is subsidised by Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs). These also apply to energy generated by biofuels - even palm oil.
Biofuelwatch has the latest information on planned biofuel power plants. See also the Friends of the Earth campaign against subsidising agrofuels here and their Biofuels: The Road to Nowhere campaign.
Biomass is the word usually used for solid rather than liquid sources of “bioenergy”. If used for power generation on a large scale, the impact is to increase the world market for timber, causing significant short-term release of carbon. Read more about biomass.
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Champagne Safari
A Jackson Leighter Associates Production (1952)
Released by Defense Films
Produced, Directed and Photographed by Jackson Leighter
Narration written by Larry Klingman
Jackson and Lola Leighter
Color, 60 mins. running time
Nowadays known as "The Lost Film of Rita Hayworth", Champagne Safari (also known as Safari So Good) came about when Prince Aly Khan invited Jackson and Lola Leighter along on he and Rita's extended trips through Africa to keep Rita company. They were old friends of Rita's, and Aly and Jackson got the idea of making a documentary film. Jackson brought his equipment and filmed their travels throughout Africa and the Far and Middle East. This is not a movie. They are like home movies, originally shot in color (though now available only in black and white due to film deterioration). You don't hear them speaking. Instead, there is narration as you see footage of Rita, Prince Aly Khan, The Leighter's and the natives of the places they visit. There are no glamorous costumes, there's Rita looking comfortable in jeans and a sweater, sightseeing, there's Rita joking around for the camera, and showing that she was just as beautiful off screen as she was on.
The Champagne Safari begins through Pompeii and continues in Athens, where they view the Acropolis. Next the travelers are off to Egypt to meet Prince Aly Khan. Nairobi is the next stop, where they meet Aly's people and see how the natives live. After that they visit various Ismaili communities where the Prince and Princess are paid homage everywhere they go. Later, the journey continues with the Leighter's going to Kenya. Aly and Rita are supposed to meet them there but by then their personal problems had escalated, and she stayed behind while Aly went to Kenya. The documentary ends with Rita and the Leighter's heading back to America. The marriage was over. Rita ended the more than three month long trip and headed back to Hollywood.
Unfortunately, Rita and Aly's marriage reached the end of the road during the making of Champagne Safari. Rita sailed back to America. Her ship docked in New York harbor on April 2, 1951. Even though the marriage had ended, the footage Leighter photographed was later made into a 60-minute color documentary film and given limited theatrical release. Given the advertising campaign of "The Second Honeymoon of the two most talked about lovers in the world!", it played for a time in a few theaters. It didn't do very well, but it's interesting footage of one of the century's most celebrated couples.
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Clay Aiken – A Fabulous SueReu Video!
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What were you doing in 1968? If you were around at that time, you probably heard one of the biggest pop music hits of the year. Written by Mike d’Abo and Tony Macaulay, the song was released by The Foundations.
Do you know what song I am talking about? Well, Clay Aiken sang it on American Idol and then blamed Ben Cohn for the “high” range of the song on his PBS Special….yes! It is Build Me Up Buttercup.
“Buttercup” reached the number 2 spot on the UK charts and the number 3 spot on the Billboard 100. It was on the Billboard chart for 11 weeks.
Younger music fans were probably introduced to Build Me Up Buttercup when it was included in the 1998 film, There’s Something About Mary. The actors of the film actually made a video of the song. All the main actors mimed the words in the character of their role in the movie.
For some reason The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim play “Buttercup” during the seventh-inning stretch. Of course, it is played after Take Me Out To The Ballgame. The crowd sings along and seems to enjoy the song.
On April 29, 2003, Clay Aiken sang Build Me Up Buttercup on American Idol. It was the Top 5 show and the first time each contestant sang two songs on the same night. Neil Sedaka was the celebrity judge for the evening.
Clay’s rendition of the song was a fan favorite so it was included on Clay’s PBS Special, titled Tried & True, Live! The talented Ben Cohn wrote the arrangement of the song that made Clay work the upper range of his voice. Clay received a standing ovation for the performance at the live concert.
The talented SueReu put together another fabulous video, combining many different Clay performances of “Buttercup”. Any time we get a SueReu video we know we are in for a treat. ENJOY!!
And lets hope we hear something (anything) about Clay and his new adventures!!
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Tags : American Idol, Ben Cohn, Billboard 100, Build Me Up Buttercup, Clay Aiken, Mike d'Abo, Neil Sedaka, PBS Special, The Foundations, Tony Macaulay, Tried & True Live
gaymarie1 says:
That sure was a lot of fun this early in the morning!! Thanks SueReu and of course thanks to you too musicfan!! I'll be bouncing out the door to work!! LOL!
kta says:
Thank you Sue got the wonderful video.
What a great way to wake up in the morning and hearing Clay singing "Build Me Up Buttercup! I even passed on to the American Idol version, too! Thanks to you, musicfan!
Many thanks to SueReu for her many wonderful videos of Clay. Just what we needed today on a very gray rainy morning.
Nonee says:
Really enjoyed SueReu's wonderful video this morning. Totally agree with everyone else, great way to start a very gloomy day.
Great song and video.
Thanks SueReu! Great job, as usual! That was Simon's favorite song! lol
pumpkin says:
a great song and video thanks sue rue
claynadian nl says:
Love this song, thanks Suerue and Musicfan for posting….x
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The Catholic Heritage of Cloyne, Cork and Ross
Walsh Ecclesiastical History Diocese of Cork
214 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF IRELAND
CHAPTER XXI SEE OF CORK Its founder St Barr or Finbarr is supposed to have been raised to the episcopacy about the beginning of the 7th century He was a native of Connaught of the sept Hy Bruin Ratha a district lying to the northeast of Galway and in the barony of Athenry As Lochan was the name of the family Finbarr was only his surname and it means white haired This eminent saint was educated under Mac Corb a disciple of St Gregory the Great Having travelled through Britain Gaul and Italy in quest of knowledge he returned to Ireland and erec ed a monastery and school near Loch eire at the south side of the river Lee on a site granted him by a chieftain named Odo Barr was a great favorite with St Aidan bishop of Ferns and is said to have been the companion of his journeys to Britain and thence to Rome It appears that on his return to Ireland he had been a bishop Of his successors in the see the list is very incomplete until the year 1152 when Gilla Aeda O Mugin bishop of Cork attended the synod of Kells Since that period the succession is complete St Finbarr died at Cloyne on the 25th of September about the year 622 and was interred in Cork having presided seventeen years The reputation of St Finbarr for sanctity and knowledge soon spread over Ireland and reached the Continent Multitudes of scholars native and foreign repaired to his establishment and in a few years it contained several hundred monks many of whom became professors in various schools both in Ireland and in foreign countries The celebrated Gar van from whom Dungarvan is supposed to have taken its name was a disciple of the saint and also the learned Nessan whose character as a professor of sacred literature attracted still greater numbers to the school of St Barr Cork thus became a populous and extensive city and subsequently was enlarged and improved by the Danes who settled there but to whom its origin is to be by no means ascribed St Finbarr the founder of the see in 606 died about 623 St If essan the disciple of St Barr probably not a bishop This Nessan is different from Nessan of Mungret who died in 552 Numbers of disciples from all parts flocked hither under St Nessan as to the habitation of wisdom and to the sanctuary of all Christian virtues according to the biographer of St Barr The festival of St Nessan is observed at Cork on the 17th of March and on the 1st of December The year of his death is unknown Russin son of Lappin comorban of St Barr and bishop of Cork died on the 7th of April 685 Selbac died in 773 Cathmogan died in 961 Columb MacCiarucain called comorban of St Barr died in 990 Cellach O Selbac who died on a pilgrimage in 1026 he is called bishop successor of Barr and chief of the wise men of Munster Neil O Mailduib died in 1027 Airtri Sairt died in 1028 Cathal died in 1034 Mugron O Mutan comorban of Barr and bishop of Cork was inhumanly murdered by robbers of Cork in 1057 Clerech O Selbac died in 1086 Mac Lothod O Hailgenen died in 1107 Patrick CSelbaic died in 1111 The see being vacant in 1140 St Malachy of Armagh nominated a foreigner and a man of sanctity and learning to the see with the approbation and applause of the clergy and people but the name is unknown however the following Bishop Gilla is supposed to have been the person whom St Malachy named Gilla Aeda O Mugin a native of Connaught and of the family of the monastery of Errew of Loughcon sat in the see of Cork in the year 1152 and assisted at the council of Kells He died in the year 1172 and was highly celebrated for his virtues by the Irish historians who call him the chief prelate for devotion wisdom and chastity in all Ireland Others of them say that he was sanctified by God and a man full of God's blessing This bishop is reckoned among the principal benefactors to the church of Cork The abbey of Augustin Canons of St Finbarr's Cave commonly called Gille Abbey took its name from this bishop and of which he had been abbot Gregory succeeded in 1172 He granted to the abbey of Thomas court near Dublin the church of St Nessan at Cork Gregory having presided about fourteen years died AD 1186 Reginald the time of whose consecration or death is unknown O Selbaic bishop of Cork died in 1205 Supposed to be identical with Reginald Geoffry White in the year 1215 was recommended to the archbishops of Dublin and Cashel by King Henry HI as a learned provident and honest man It does not appear whether he was consecrated or not Marian O Brien bishop of Cork in 1224 was translated to the see of Cashel in this year by provision of the Pope Gilbert archdeacon of Cork was consecrated in 1225 and died in 1238 Before his death this prelate with the consent of his chapter granted in fee farm to Michael de Drnelle one plow land part of the possessions of his see lying between Kilmahanock and the lands of Duf glay to hold of God and St Barr and of him and his successors at the rent of sixteen pence Lawrence who succeeded died in 1264 William a Cistercian monk of Jerpoint succeeded in 1266 and was confirmed by the Pope's legate It seems he sat but a very short time Reginald or Reynold treasurer of Cashel obtained the temporals of this see in August 1267 In the year 1270 Prince Edward then lord of Ireland by donation of his father granted to this prelate and to his successors for the relief and amendment of the state of the church of Cork the right of patronage and advowsons of the churches of the blessed Virgin of Nard and Kilmahanock and also of the chapel of St Peter at Cork But he reclaimed those advowsons to the crown when he afterwards ascended the throne Reginald died at Cork in December 1276 and was buried in the church of St Barr Robert MacDonagh a Cistercian monk of great learning succeeded in 1277 and also obtained the temporals The advowsons granted to his predecessors were recovered from this prelate as is already noted He died in March 1301 having sat twenty four years John MacCarwill dean of Cork was unanimously elected by the chapter in June 1302 obtained the royal assent and was confirmed by the archbishop of Cashel in July following He was translated to the see of Meath by Pope John XXH in 1321 and afterwards to Cashel in 1327 Philip of Slane was a Dominican friar appointed by the Pope and obtained the temporals in July 1321 Three years afterwards he was sent an embassador to the Pope by King Edward H and discharged his commission with such address that he was on his return called to the privy council of Ireland The Pope armed this prelate the archbishops of Dublin and Cashel with a commission to inform themselves of what things were wanting and expedient for the peace and tranquility of Ireland On his return to Ireland a council was called at which a large number of the nobility and gentry attended and at which it was resolved as necessary for the welfare and quiet of the realm 1st That the disturbers of the peace and invaders of the king's rights should be excommunicated by the archbishops and bishops by virtue of the apostolic authority 2d That the small and poor bishoprics not exceeding twenty forty or sixty pounds a year and which were governed by mere Irish should be united to the more eminent sees 3d That the Irish abbots and priors should be enjoined by apostolic authority to admit the English into a lay brotherhood in their monasteries in order to establish a brotherly love and concord between the two people When the council concluded its business Philip bishop of Cork was despatched to the king who forwarded those resolutions to the Pope to be by him sanctioned with the weight of his authority The Pope thought proper to annex the three cathedrals of Enach dune Achonry and Kilmacduach to the see of Tuam This affair was kept a secret from the king nor was it notified to the respective bishops and chapters The king Edward III afterwards complained in the year 1330 to the Pope when Malachy MacAeda archbishop of Tuam seized the bishopric of Enaghdune by virtue of this union The bishop of Cork now dead escaped the king's resentment The junction of Achonry and Kilmacduach was not attempted Philip bishop of Cork died in 1326 and before the end of that year John le Blond canon of Cork was elected to succeed He either sat a short time or was never consecrated Walter le Rede or Rufus canon of Cork was promoted by the Pope John XXII and obtained the temporals in October 1327 From his see of Cork he was translated by the same Pope to the archdiocese of Cashel AD 1330 John de Baliconingham rector of Ardwinhin in the diocese of Down was appointed to the see of Cork in the year 1330 though the Pope annulled his election to the see of Down a little before that time John died on the 29th of May 1347 having governed the see about seventeen years John Roche canon of the cathedral of Cork and a man descended of a noble family elected by the dean and chapter in 1347 was consecrated by Ralph Kelley archbishop of Cashel about the Christmas of that year He sat ten years and six months having died on the 4th of July 1358 Gerald de Barry a person descended of a noble and ancient family of the Barrys and dean of Cork was consecrated bishop of Cork in 1359 and sat upwards of thirty four years He died worn out with sickness in the 90th year of his age on the 4th of January 1393 and was buried in his own cathedral Roger Ellesmere a friar succeeded by provision of Pope Boniface IX and having sworn fealty to the king obtained the temporals in March 1396 He sat in this see ten years and died in 1406 Gerald succeeded in the year 1406 Nothing more known of him Patrick Ragged succeeded and was translated to the see of Ossory AD 1417 In the years 1415 and 1416 he attended the council of Constance and while there acquired a vast reputation for his learning and other endowments Miles Fitz John dean of Cork succeeded in 1418 consecrated in the same year and died in the year 1430 During his incumbency Adam Pay bishop of Cloyne strove to unite the see of Cork to that of Cloyne The parliament not deeming the affair within its cognizance the cause was referred to the court of Rome and those sees on the death of Miles were accordingly united by Pope Martin V Jordan succeeded to both sees in 1431 Jordan was chancellor of Limerick and was promoted by provision of Pope Martin V In 1465 attempts were made to deprive him of his see William Roche archdeacon of Cloyne by false suggestions to the Pope representing that the Bishop Jordan was so worn out with age and deprived of strength and sight and therefore unable to discharge the pastoral offices obtained his appointment as coadjutor of Cork and Cloyne and by virtue thereof seized all the rents and revenues of the see To give effect to the plot Gerald a clergyman of Cloyne and before then the domestic of the prelate Jordan caused some instruments to be forged in which it was set forth that the aged bishop constituted this Gerald and John O Hedian archdeacon of Cashel his proctors to make a resignation of his bishopric O Hedian employed the bishop elect of Ardagh who was then at Rome as his substitute to make this resignation into the hands of Pope Pius H On this being done the archdeacon of Cashel obtained a provision for him to the sees Bishop Jordan applied to the king and to the Pope the latter sent a commission to the archbishop of Cashel and to the bishops of Exeter and Limerick authorizing them to make a strict inquiry into the case of bishop Jordan and if found as Jordan represented to remove the coadjutor and also compel him to return an account of the revenues of the sees Bishop Jordan succeeded and was restored to his rights he afterwards continued quiet in the possession of his see during life The year of his death is unknown His incumbency continued over thirty years Gerald Fitz Richard who was so active in invading the rights of Bishop Jordan succeeded He appropriated the vicarages of Clonmolt Danigin Donilbane and Bally espillany to the abbey of de Choro Benedict Middleton and died in the year 1479 William Roche who by false suggestions was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Jordan succeeded in 1479 and resigned in the year 1490 Six years afterwards he procured a pardon from Henry VII for being implicated in the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck Thady MacCarthy called by some Mechar succeeded in 1490 by provision of Pope Innocent VHI Died in 1498 Gerald bishop of Cloyne and Cork resigned in 1499 John Fitz Edmond descended of the Geraldines succeeded by provision of the Pope on the 26th June 1499 The year of his death is not ascertained John Bennet or Ferret died in 1536 Lewis MacNamara a Franciscan friar was appointed to the sees of Cork and Cloyne by the Pope but did not obtain possession of the temporals as Henry VHI thrust a schismatic Dominick Tirrey into occupation which he held about twenty years Lewis died a few days after his appointment at Rome John Hoyedon canon of Elphin was appointed by a papal provision also in November 1540 Edmund Tanner was bishop of those sees in 1580 Was grievously persecuted in Elizabeth's reign William Therry bishop of those sees in 1620 Richard Barry bishop of those sees in 1646 was a doctor of sacred theology His name is appended to the sentence of excommunication which the nuncio Rinuccini issued in 1648 subscribed the resolutions of Jamestown and again signed the commission of the celebrated Nicholas French bishop of Ferns and of Sir James Preston to the Duke of Lorrain Norbert or Robert died in 1667 Peter Creagh succeeded and was translated to Dublin John Baptist Skynne succeeded in 1701 died in 1709 Denis MacCarthy succeeded Year of his death is not recorded Timothy MacCarthy bishop in 1730 The see of Cloyne is again reconstituted by Benedict XIV in the year 1748 Richard Walsh bishop of Cork appointed by the illustrious pontiff Benedict XIV Richard it seems was living when Thomas de Burgo bishop of Ossory published his Hibernia Dominicana Honorable James Butler afterwards Lord Dunboyne succeeded Was translated to Cashel In the year 1787 James Butler in order to gain possession of his family estate renounced his religion in the parish church of Clonmel Faith is a precious gift which does not depend on man's strength it is the boon of heaven more precious and more valuable than all the perishable goods of life to which man is so attached and as those things require care and economy and a faithful dispensation in their use and application lest they be wasted and consumed so it is with this holy gift In order to retain possession of it humility prayer and grateful acknowledgments to the Father of mercies who abundantly showers his graces and benedictions on his children are necessary The best and first of Christians have lost their faith He who stands should beware lest he fall Lord Dunboyne persevered in this wretched course until May 1800 when sickness reminded him of his defection from the Catholic church and of the imperative obligation of quickly returning to the fold which he deserted In that month the archbishop of Dublin Doctor Troy received two letters from Lord Dunboyne with which his physician Dr Purcell had been entrusted one of which Lord Dunboyne desired to be addressed to the Pope expressing contrition for the rash act he had committed and soliciting his reception into the bosom of the Catholic church The letter to Rome was accordingly forwarded by the archbishop of Dublin But his illness becoming too serious to admit of delay Dr Troy directed the Rev Dr Gahan for whom Lord Dunboyne entertained the highest esteem to proceed to the castle of Dunboyne and comply with the wishes of the dying prelate During this illness Lord Dunboyne bequeathed to the trustees of Maynooth college an estate which he possessed in the county of Meath worth 1000 per annum however this legacy was contested by Lady Dunboyne with whom in virtue of an act of parliament made specially for this occasion a compromise was effected and half of the original sum has in consequence become the permanent property of the college This annuity together with a sum of 700 which the parliament granted in the year 1813 through the influence of Vesey FitzGerald member for the county of Clare and chancellor of the Irish exchequer is applied to the maintenance of twenty students selected from the most distinguished members who have completed the usual course of studies in the college Their time is devoted to the study of ecclesiastical tical history canon law the Hebrew language and to the composition of dissertations on various theological subjects This important establishment since called the Dunboyne was placed under the superintendence of the Rev Charles MacNally now bishop of Clogher in the year 1828 and is at present ably and efficiently conducted by the Very Rev John O Hanlon DD During the trial of the suit which Lady Dunboyne instituted at Trim Dr Gahan who attended the dying prelate was one of those who underwent six painful examinations in the chancery office on previous occasions and was directed to answer various questions to which he could not conscientiously respond His refusal was declared by Lord Kilwarden who presided at the trial as a contempt of court and the venerable Gahan was sentenced to undergo a week's confinement in the prison of Trim To his sentence he submitted with fortitude and Christian resignation affirming and assuring his lordship that like Eleazar of old he would sooner lay his head on a block and forfeit his life than reveal the secrets which had been disclosed to him in the ministerial discharge of his duty He was soon after as he had acted from principle discharged by the decision of the court Francis Moylan was translated from Kerry in 1786 Died universally regretted in the year 1815 Florence MacCarthy coadjutor to Doctor Moylan in 1800 died in 1810 John Murphy consecrated in April 1815 accompanied Daniel Murray the archbishop of Dublin on his journey to Rome as the representatives of the Irish bishops when the vetoistical arrangements were in contemplation for the Irish church During an incumbency of thirty years Doctor Murphy accumulated the largest private library in Ireland He died in 1847 William Delany succeeded Was consecrated in August 1847 and now happily presides
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Posted - January 13 2020 01:26
The Titans are the first No. 6 seed to beat a No. 1 seed since the Jets shocked the Patriots in 2011.
The Titans made the Ravens' deep secondary a non-factor. They get their postseason underway Saturday night at M&T Bank Stadium with what promises to be a tough matchup against the Titans, led by bruising tailback Derrick Henry. "We kind of just lost". "And Buffalo played them well". They led the league in scoring offense, averaging 33.2 points per game.
Lamar Jackson has hung at least 30 DraftKings points on eight of the 15 opponents he's faced this season while failing to score fewer than 21 only once. Heck, the Ravens twice were penalized on punt returns without even getting their hands on the ball. He completed just 52 percent of his passes.
Henry picked up 116 of his rushing yards against Baltimore on three carries - a 27-yard run in the second quarter and runs of 66 and 23 yards in the third quarter.
Yup, that's a leader I'd want to have leading my team for many years to come.
"And that's why the Ravens have a dagger in my era of players because they took away the Super Bowl we felt like we should've gotten", Bishop said of a 24-10 loss to a Baltimore team that went on to win the Lombardi Trophy. "We just weren't that today, and that's the disappointing thing".
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While Tannehill gets a lot of the credit, the majority of the credit belongs to running back Derek Henry and what is probably the absolute best offensive line in the NFL.
Jackson ended up with 365 yards passing, but he was just 31 for 59.
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Liverpool League title would help Gerrard recover from Chelsea slip
If I can beat the first man, I know somebody's got a decent chance of getting on the other end of it so I always look for the middle to the back of the goal", Robertson ellaborated.
Wisconsin child dies from flu, Dept. of Health Services says
This chart from the New York State DOH shows the spike in flu cases on Staten Island, over the course of flu season so far. A Wisconsin child has died from the flu, according to the state Department of Health Services.
Frank Lampard "surprised" by links to Lyon striker Moussa Dembélé
The Chelsea boss has, however, sought to distance himself from a talented 23-year-old frontman. Sometimes if we are coming up against teams that are physical then Andreas has to stand up.
Tiger Woods announces when he'll return to the course in 2020
Tiger joins an already strong filed which includes the likes of Rory McIlroy , John Rahm, Justin Rose , and Phil Mickelson . Tiger Woods will kick off his 2020 PGA Tour season at Torrey Pines and can also be seen at the Genesis Invitational.
Blast At Mosque Near Balochistan's Quetta Kills 10
The Minister said Mosques & places of worship are sacred places and their sanctity must be respected by all. Governor Balochistan Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar also condemned the blast.
How Khloe Kardashian Is Supporting Rob in Blac Chyna Custody Battle
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The Dow Jones hits 29,000 for the 1st time in history
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which had slid overnight, was recently at 1.820%, compared with 1.825% Tuesday. The S&P index recorded 54 new 52-week highs and no new lows, while the Nasdaq recorded 70 new highs and nine new lows.
Putin Visits Damascus For Talks With Syrian President Assad
Libya was plunged into chaos after the toppling and killing of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. The official accused the GNA of "procrastination and reneging", adding that Sarraj had failed as a dialogue partner.
Bitcoin Rally Continues, Price Exceeds $ 8K
The analyst added, nevertheless, bitcoin is likely going to migrate towards its 2019 high close to $14,000, but won't maintain that level for long.
Nissan ex-chair appears for 1st time in public after escape
Earlier in the day, Tokyo prosecutors raided a Japanese lawyer's office that Ghosn had visited regularly before he fled. He stressed he does not believe he is above the law. "It is important for me to emphasize that I'm not above the law".
LG talks about 'real' 8K
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Calls for FA to cut ties with gambling companies
Dow crosses 29,000 for first time -- but only briefly
China: One dead from mysterious new virus, dozens sick
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey to host the 2021 Golden Globes
'Go Back Modi': West Bengal on Modi's two-day visit
Four dead as severe storm sweeps through southern US
Purchase of the pass that is not needed to get new creatures
Philippines loves Trump the most among 33 countries surveyed by Pew Research
Donald Trump reveals Soleimani's terrifying masterplan to attack US
Iconic Rush Drummer Neil Peart Dead At 67
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By Sam Huber • @hubersamj • 2 years ago
Feministing Reads: Kathleen Collins’s Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
When Kathleen Collins’s 1982 film Losing Ground was screened at New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center in 2015, it immediately became inconceivable to me that film history might have been written without it. The film, in which a painter (Bill Gunn) and philosophy professor (Seret Scott) retreat upstate to alternately tend and neglect their marriage and their work, is brainy, charming, and daringly conceived. Richard Brody of the New Yorker called the screening “a revelation” and the film “a nearly lost masterwork”; Collins, who died in 1988 at age 46, only made one other film, and Losing Ground never received a proper theatrical release during her lifetime.
We owed Collins’s daughter, Nina Lorez Collins, a tremendous debt for helping the film find its way back to audiences in 2015, and we owe her again now for her work arranging the publication of Collins’s previously unseen short stories in the new collection Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? These writings are no less revelatory than Losing Ground, proving Collins to have been an ambitious polymath with the capacity to become among the greatest artists of her generation. In her foreword to the volume, Elizabeth Alexander writes of Collins’s unforgettably sly and perceptive voice, “If I could have only one commentator reading me the human news, I would get everything I needed from this one.”
Though some of the collection’s pieces read more like sketches or preliminary notes toward more fully realized stories, each affords new angles of approach to a recurring handful of subjects and questions. Collins is preoccupied throughout with the legacy of the early-1960s civil rights activism in which she was a direct participant. The cultural crucible to which she consistently circles back is not the explosion of emancipatory projects at that decade’s end—free love, rock music, and so on—but rather the pitfalls and potentials of movement work in the years just preceding them.
Collins’s stories are less concerned with what this activism accomplished than with the new, imperfect social worlds that emerged around and among its actors. The title piece explores the earnest (and often naïve) optimism with which young activists attempted to build relationships across race, revealing how far short attraction and friendship can fall of substantive solidarity. In 1963—“the year of the human being”—a black activist, Cheryl, and her white community-organizer roommate each route their political aspirations through interracial romances. Self-consciously schematic and unsparingly ironic, Collins dissects the disappointments of this moment when “Idealism came back in style. People got along for a while. Inside the melting pot.” Both white and black characters expect the very fact of their desire for “togetherness” to be enough to dissolve race; both white and black characters are chastened by the tenacity of America’s racial imagination, “where you may rub your nose against the grainy sands of illusion and come up bleeding.”
An inexhaustibly impressive aspect of Collins’s intelligence is her rare eye for the relationship between cause and effect, part and whole: many of her stories thread past, present, and future through a single scene. In one such moment in the title story, a character is seen a few years later shouting “Black Power!” from a podium, disillusioned with the romance of integration. “What about the love of two ‘human beings,’” the author asks soon after, “who mate in spite of or because of or instead of or after the fact of?” Their relation may vary, but there’s no disarticulating love from the axes of difference that mark, qualify, or make it possible.
It follows from this particular quality of perceptiveness that Collins can be dazzlingly efficient in her descriptions. (Cheryl’s white roommate, for example, is “the kind of girl who was bred, not raised.”) It also follows that Collins is fascinated by the experience of becoming known by another, as well as the very human tendency to chafe against that knowledge. Again and again, Collins’s characters struggle to alternately preempt, supersede, and acquiesce to their lovers’ apprehension with their own self-knowledge. “I’m moody, damn it, and restless,” a husband admits in “Interiors,” insulating himself from critique by implying that his wife should have known this well enough to avoid falling into his mess: “I can’t apologize for loving you so little.”
If Collins’s characters flirt with archetype—restless husband, well-bred white girl—it’s because they share the author’s preoccupation with the difficulty of matching one’s own self-perception to the perceptions of others. Stereotypes, clichés, romances, and formulas can be both clarifying in their explanatory power and obstructive of more complete understanding, and Collins repeatedly stages the drama of divergent models refusing to sync up. The friction between her characters’ respective frames can drive them apart, sure, but it can also generate something new: in “How Does One Say,” a young woman’s efforts to fit the bland phrases of her flirtations with a French teacher into the still-foreign language is not constrictive but funny, even exciting.
Collins’s stories about the early ’60s are insistently retrospective. They are written in its wake, from the vantage of already knowing how things will have to end. But her approach isn’t cynical; she instead manages to blend clear-eyed analysis with the wistful recovery of an optimism whose time has come and gone. The volume’s more narrowly domestic stories throw into relief the fact that even its ostensibly political dramas are, at their core, intimate ones. For Collins’s characters, activism provides an occasion, a governing vocabulary, and sometimes just an excuse for flawed attempts at relation across various kinds of difference. Her book charts a singularly nuanced map of American racial politics in the period that formed Collins, tracing its borders and confirming its variety.
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love? is a resource that I can’t believe we’ve gone so long without. It’s a cause for celebration that we no longer have to.
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Harvey Weinstein Proves We Need To End Cash Bail
Black Mama’s Day Bailout Frees Black Mothers — and Fights Racist Bail System
Moving Forward: Wrapping Up A Roundtable On Asian American Feminism
By Tiffany Diane Tso
By Sejal Singh • @Sej_Singh • 1 year ago
Last week, Harvey Weinstein went to jail. After decades of using his wealth and power to cover up his systemic abuse of women, Weinstein faces charges of raping two women — just two out of the 85 women who’ve come forward to report being sexually harassed, assaulted, or raped by the powerful Hollywood producer.
Hours later, Harvey Weinstein posted $1 million in bail and strolled out of jail smiling. Harvey Weinstein, who preyed on women for decades, is walking free — while nearly half a million Americans are sitting in jail tonight because they can’t afford bail.
Perversely, Weinstein was ...
Last week, Harvey Weinstein went to jail. After decades of using his wealth and power to cover up his systemic abuse of women, Weinstein faces charges of raping two women — just two out of ...
Yesterday was the second year of the Black Mama’s Day Bailout: an incredible coordinated effort by Black organizers from the National Bail Out Collective to free incarcerated Black mothers and caregivers to celebrate Mother’s Day with their families and to call attention to the inhumane practice of money bail.
Southerners on New Ground (SONG) has spearheaded the #FreeBlackMamas movement — freeing 100 Black women from jail and drawing national attention to the movement to end money bail and pretrial detention that keeps poor Black people in (very profitable) cages simply because of an inability to pay. The practice has ...
Yesterday was the second year of the Black Mama’s Day Bailout: an incredible coordinated effort by Black organizers from the National Bail Out Collective to free incarcerated Black mothers and caregivers to celebrate Mother’s ...
By Tiffany Diane Tso • @tiffanydian • 1 year ago
Over dinner one night, a group of New York-based Asian organizers, activists and scholars gathered to discuss the questions: “Is Asian American Feminism necessary?” and “Am I part of Asian American Feminism?”
The questions come up often due, in part, to the myth of the “model minority,” the dominance of East Asian issues within the space, and the subsequent erasure of all other Asian Americans.
These have been key takeaways for the organizers of the “Asian American Feminism” event series, which launched last year following the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. Leaders from the New York City chapter of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s ...
1960s▪Activism▪black feminism▪Books▪civil rights movement▪feministing reads▪Interracial Love▪Kathleen Collins▪organizing▪Race▪racial justice
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Practice Makes Slightly Less Terrible (Open)
Manakete
"I am the Guardian of the Sanctuary."
Profession: Disguised Dragon
Affiliation: Arcadia
Guild: None
Affinity: Anima
Dragon Element: Earth
Profile: Locke
OoC Alias: Ryu
Practice Makes Slightly Less Terrible (Open) Jul 22, 2016 19:12:27 GMT -6
Post by Locke on Jul 22, 2016 19:12:27 GMT -6
The sands of Nabata were quiet and still. The moon and stars cast a cold, blue light upon the endless dunes and the darkened and silent settlement nearby. The humans were asleep, and those few who might be awake would not be bothering him.
The man with green hair raised his arms, lifting an oversized mace above his head. It was heavy for a human, likely unwieldy for most, save the strong Berserkers of the Western Isles, but for the thin, wiry man it posed no problem. He swung the weapon with ease, using the momentum of each swing to charge forward, turning and whirling like an improperly weighted dervish. The result of each swing was a faster rotation, until the green-haired man slammed it into the ground and was pulled over it by his own momentum, until his feet touched the sand and he wrenched his body upright, bringing the mace back over his head and into the ground at his feet with the wet sound of a heavy object slamming into sand.
Xerxes Locke’s eyes slowly rounded, their third lid disappeared, and the scaly sheen his limbs had taken on faded away. The Manakete breathed once, long and slow, and then lifted the mace once more. He needed to practice. He was still far too dependent on brute strength and powerful swings, and it unnerved him. A fast opponent would be able to dodge and poke away at him, forcing him either to entirely abandon his cover or retreat. Those were both unsatisfactory solutions.
Growling, he lifted the mace and then twirled it around his head, dropping it again and cursing in a language that seemed to be entirely made of rough, guttural growls, before picking it up and trying a more conservative flair. He couldn’t look impossibly strong. That would blow his cover. But how to use a large mace with delicate touch and finesse? It seemed impossible. The axe and the mace were intended for bludgeoning combat, for hard hits and full-body swings. He would need another weapon if he were to fight with grace and precision.
So decided, he focused on making each swing count, improving his control, and using less of his inhuman power. He lifted the mace, nodded to an invisible foe, and charged, leaping into the air and bringing himself down with the mace, like a hero would descend with sword extended upon an enemy.
Supports: Aeos C | Isis C
Journal: Locke's Trip Log
The best way to incorporate the mace into his fighting style, he decided, was to use it initially. To make use of his martial arts, he needed to be unencumbered, and so would need to abandon the Guardian Mace. That was not an issue, because of the weapon’s prohibitive weight for most humans. But in order to make use of it in his opening, he would need to close distance and then try to hit hard and fast. Causing the foe to take injuries from the mace’s sharp spikes, or forcing them to expend their energy ducking and dodging, would then allow him more free rein in a close-combat fight. That advantage was everything. However, it would be simpler altogether for him to simply eliminate them with the mace initially. His fighting style would be brutal and power-focused with the mace, and defensive and control-oriented with his limbs.
Locke focused his mind, aiming at an assailant rushing towards him, and then brought the mace upward and outward, blocking the strike, as he stepped to the right with his swing to give the block a solid foundation. He then wrenched his body left, swinging the mace in a horizontal slash, and allowed himself to continue the turn, then thrusting his right leg out in a high side kick. Returning to an upright, ready stance, he swung the mace upward, like a golf club, and then allowed it to fall as he pushed it forward like a spear. That would be easily dodged, so he pivoted, sidestepping a downward chop, and then retaliating with a quick grab and an armbar. That would take care of that invisible attacker.
Locke smiled, dusting himself off. He was starting to get more ideas.
There was a rustle behind him, and Locke turned to see a small dog standing behind him, looking with a mixture of what seemed to be confusion and condescension. Locke sighed. He looked at the dog, his eyes staring at the canine, who couldn't quite figure out what wasn't right about the man. He smelled funny. Like a big lizard.
"Run along home, boy. Nothing out here for you. Just an old dragon with an old mace. Nothing too fancy."
Quietly, the dog whined, staring at Locke. The manakete shook his head, slowly, but with an expression of definite finality. He knew what the dog was trying to figure out, but he could not oblige. Transforming was too much of a risk. So the manakete raised his club, swinging the mace up into a ready position, and then gave a grunt as he swung it, feeling the tug of the weapon as it swung through the air and the jolt as it buried itself in the sand.
The dog gave a single, unimpressed woof.
Glowering, the manakete raised his mace once more and then turned towards the dog. His eyes looked moody, like a grumpy old man who had been awoken from his slumber. With a slow smile, the dragon-disguised-as-a-man began to run, first slowly and then faster, charging across the sand like some sort of futile attack on enemy lines. If he were watching himself, he would call it idiotic. And perhaps it was.
But Locke was too busy running across the sands, glancing back every so often to look at the dog that was following him. It kept pace, and the manakete maintained his jog, not sprinting, but running, his feet pattering over the dunes as he ran through the night. Time passed almost without notice, and through it all, the little dog stayed beside him, never losing pace.
Practice Makes Slightly Less Terrible (Open) Aug 15, 2016 15:37:49 GMT -6
Post by Locke on Aug 15, 2016 15:37:49 GMT -6
The running ceased, and Locke turned to face the little dog, which still stood staring at him, panting, tongue hanging out of its mouth as it sized up the green-haired man. Locke smiled at the dog, dropped his mace, and turned around, surveying the scene and verifying that no wandering eyes were observing him. Satisfied with the remoteness of the location, he bent, drawing power into his body as he straightened up, extending his limbs and expanding his form in a burst of light that glowed golden. His very outline seemed to wobble, wavering and bending, and the human was gone, replaced by the form of the Earth Dragon who now crouched upon the sands.
The dog had initially backed up, its hair raised and teeth bared, but after the manakete revealed his true form, it calmed, approaching the transformed manakete carefully and sniffing. Yes, indeed, this made more sense. He smelled like a lizard, and that was because he was a lizard. Now it all was okay.
Locke gave a low, quiet growl, stretching his wings and giving them an experimental beat. Satisfied, he jumped, pushing the air under him and rising low into the sky, his wingbeats stirring the sand as he began to glide in wide circles. Opening his jaws, he unleashed a stream of breath, a concentrated blast of earthen energy that took the form of a stream of sand, sharpened rock particles, and draconic power. The Earth Dragon gave another, louder growl, and then a roar, which echoed through the night before falling away, absorbed by the sand and the wind.
There was a moment of silence, and then the sound of rushing wind as Locke dived down, the draconic form hitting the sand and burrowing beneath in a swift motion that left little more than some furrows and a valley on the desert surface. All was still, and then he erupted from the sand in a burst of earthen particles, taking once more to the air and swooping about like a playful gull. The dog barked, running about to follow the airborne dragon, and Locke came to an abrupt landing, curling into a ball of spines and hard scales and plummeting into the earth. Stretching out upon the sand, Locke gave a long yawn, and then lowered his head, beating his tail contentedly upon the Nabatan desert.
All was still as the little dog curled up next to the large Earth Dragon. The manakete rested, enjoying the freedom of his true form, and the dog enjoyed the safety and security that the oversized lizard provided. The two rested until near dawn, when Locke opened one Labradorite eye and slowly let his body collapse, the outline shrinking like a golden plant wilting under the sun, until he had reassumed his human form.
The Guardian of the Sanctuary picked up his mace and began to trudge back towards the town, his steps rhythmic and his mind wandering over new ways of using his mace. There had to be more efficient manners of fighting, that he was sure of. The question was simply how to employ those manners.
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Recent Livestock Issues: Lower Prices for Beef, Pork; and, Consumer Preferences
Categories: Agricultural Economy
Bloomberg writers Shruti Singh and Lydia Mulvany reported on Tuesday that, “Cattle ranchers who quickly expanded their herds after a prolonged Texas drought now have become their own worst enemies.
“The industry-wide buildup was the fastest Shelby Horn, a fourth-generation cattleman with a family ranch in Nebraska, had seen in at least 30 years. The result: An explosion of beef on the market and a 30 percent drop in wholesale prices from a record set in May 2015, when supplies were tight after the drought. And with many of the calves still a year or two from slaughter, the industry finds itself with no easy way to adjust.”
The Bloomberg writers explained that, “Beef production will rise 5.2 percent this year and climb a further 3.4 percent in 2017 to a five-year high, the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects. Output is increasing as the cattle, hog and chicken industries expand simultaneously, leaving the nation set for a year of record meat production and declining prices. Consecutive years of bumper grain harvests have also sparked expansion as feed costs fell.”
And yesterday, Bloomberg’s Simon Casey tweeted that, “Hogs hit 13-year low.”
Hogs hit 13-year low pic.twitter.com/RXwtoJtW7v
— Simon Casey (@sjcasey) October 5, 2016
Purdue University ag economist Chris Hurt pointed out earlier this week that, “Lower corn and soybean meal prices this fall will drop estimated costs of production to about $47 to $48 per live hundredweight. With hog prices in the higher $30s this fall and winter, estimated losses will be $25 to $30 per head.”
Meanwhile, with respect to consumer meat preferences, Wall Street Journal writer Jacob Bunge reported earlier this week that, “U.S. food regulators need to take further steps to curb antibiotics use in livestock to maintain the drugs’ ability to defend human health, according to an advocacy group.
“By early next year, animal drugmakers have agreed to abide by U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines to stop using antibiotics used in human medicine to help livestock and poultry gain weight faster. Some antibiotics had been used for that purpose on farms for decades, alongside treating and preventing disease.
“But researchers for the Pew Charitable Trusts said Tuesday in a review of livestock antibiotics that the new guidelines don’t go far enough. The Philadelphia-based group said regulators need to clamp down on how long some antibiotics can be used, and more closely scrutinize some uses that may not directly relate to keeping animals healthy. Pew is a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that researches consumer, environmental and health issues, including a focus on the impacts of large-scale food production.”
Mr. Bunge added that, “Regulators’ efforts to scale back antibiotics use on farms gained momentum as some of the biggest U.S. restaurant chains, including McDonald’s Corp. and Subway, over the past few years announced plans to buy meat produced with less antibiotics.”
Lastly, Kelsey Gee and Heather Haddon reported in today’s Wall Street Journal that, “In grocery store cases stuffed with exotic grass-fed and organic meats, new ‘single-origin‘ cuts are taking the local food craze to new heights.
“Retailers including Whole Foods Market Inc., FreshDirect, and Amazon.com Inc. are building farm-to-store meat operations that sate some consumers’ desires to trace their burger or bacon all the way back to an individual animal.”
Graph from today’s WSJ
The Journal writers explained that, “These efforts take aim at the industrial meat processors like Cargill Inc. and Tyson Foods Inc. that sit at the center of a hub-and-spoke system tying hundreds of thousands of farmers across the country with retailers and food distributors.”
Gee and Haddon added that, “Sales of conventional meat last year grew less than 3% in value, compared with a 12% uptick for meat labeled ‘natural’ and a 23% gain in sales of labeled ‘antibiotic free,’ according to market research firm Nielsen.”
Posted by Keith Good • October, 6, 2016 • 9:26 am
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Crafting any type of woodworking project in a shop without a good, solid workbench is a lot like trying to create a memorable meal in a kitchen with no countertop space. However, if you're like most woodworkers, you're probably much more interested in getting to work on your projects than you are in building your bench. If this describes your situation, this workbench is just what you've been looking for...because it's both simple to build and cheap!
We built this example in a single afternoon...for around $50! It features nearly 14 square feet of workspace, plus a storage shelf below for portable tools, materials, etc. Its dimensions were arrived at for the sake of working comfort and convenience, while allowing us to put it together quickly and affordably. Let's get started.
1: Preparation - buy your materials. For this bench, you'll need the stock mentioned above plus the hardware described in the List of Materials. We recommend that you sort through the 2 x 4 stack at your lumberyard to get straight, true stock that's as knot-free as possible. Also, avoid using Southern yellow pine, since it's hard, brittle and splits easily. Instead, use fir or hemlock.
If you're planning to do a lot of really heavy work...or are seeking a “classier” look, you could use oak, ash or hard maple instead of construction-grade 2 x 4's...although this approach will increase your costs substantially. We made our Sub-Top from particleboard, although MDF would be more durable - though more expensive.
Be sure to use TEMPERED hardboard for the Top Covering, as it's considerably more durable than non-tempered hardboard and can be easily replaced after a few years of hard use.
2: Cut the 2 x 4's to length. The cutout diagram included here shows you how to get the most out of your 2 x 4 stock. Begin by crosscutting all your pieces to length, according to the diagram. Start with the Legs (A), then cut the Rails (B). Next, cut out parts C, D & E. Don't cut the Sub-Top to size yet.
3: Assemble the Top Frame by nailing the Main Frame Members (C) to the Rails (B) with 16d common nails. Use yellow woodworker's glue at each joint before you nail it for maximum strength. Also, don't forget to use a square or triangle to be sure everything is straight and true as you put your components together. TIP: To prevent splitting, it's a good idea to drill 1/16" pilot holes for your 16d nails.
4: Mount the legs (A) to the top frame assembly. Start by clamping the Legs squarely into position. Again, check for squareness as you go. Next, drill two 1/4" diameter holes (positioned diagonally) through each Leg and into the Rails (B) or Main Frame Members (C). Use 1/4" carriage bolts with washers and nuts so you can disassemble the Bench if necessary for moving it...or re-tighten the Bench components from time-to-time, should it start to loosen. If you have no plans for disassembling or moving the Bench, reinforce all joints with yellow woodworker's glue.
5: Attach the Leg Rails (B) to the Legs (A), using the same technique as above - clamp, drill, glue (if desired) and bolt. Next, attach the Stretcher (D) to the back of the Legs with glue and 16d nails.
6: Cut out the Sub-Top (F) by first laying the Top Frame upside-down on the bottom of the partcleboard or MDF Sub-Top (F), then tracing around it. Be sure to use a carbide-tipped Saw Blade, as particleboard and MDF are both filled with glue and other materials that will quickly dull a conventional steel blade.
The long piece of scrap that you have left after cutting out the Sub-Top will be used for the Shelf (G). Mount the Sub-Top to the assembled Bench frame using yellow glue and 8d common nails.
7: Mount the Shelf. Measure the width of the Shelf stock and use this dimension to mark the location of the Shelf Support (E). Attach the Shelf Support with glue, lag screws and washers. Cut the Shelf to length and attach it to the Shelf Support and Rails with glue and 8d common nails.
8: Cut the Top Covering (H) out of your Tempered Hardboard and attach it to the Sub-Top using 4d common nails. IMPORTANT: Do NOT use glue...so you can remove and replace the Top Covering at a later date, if necessary.
Once attached, use a hand-held belt sander, router or rasp to make the edges of the Top Covering even with the Main Frame pieces (C) and Rails (B). While you're at it, round all exposed corners (and edges, if you like), to prevent bruising or similar injuries, should you bump into them while working.
You now have a workbench that will provide years of durable service. And, when you're ready for the next step up in benches, this one will become a handy second bench for added working convenience.
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“INTERNATIONAL SYNERGY MEETING ON THE SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF SALINE RESOURCES IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BASED ON BIOFUELS”
The inaugural ceremony of the “International synergy meeting on sustainable utilization of saline resources in support of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with special emphasis on renewable energy based on bio fuels” was held at the Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilisation (ISHU) at the University of Karachi here on Monday.
Vibeke Jensen, director of UNESCO Office, Islamabad, was the chief guest on the occasion. She deliberated on the longstanding commitment and role of the UNESCO over the last 30 years in halophyte research for a sustainable future. In particular, UNESCO action plans for mangrove reforestation are a testament to this claim. Growth of mangroves holds great potential in carbon sequestration and biomass production for bio energy production. She stressed the importance of interaction between industries and academia in working together for joint action. She supported research on developing floating mangrove cultures, which could help in mangrove restoration efforts globally as well as in coastal Pakistan.
VC Prof M Qaiser said that a vast acreage of agricultural land was salinised in Pakistan due to false irrigation practices. He said that Pakistan was among the top 15 countries hit hard by climate change, and signs of the devastation were already evident in the form of weather anomalies such as heat waves and erratic rainfall. He said that cultivation of halophytic plants on saline soils using salty water irrigation could be an effective way to mitigate the effects of global climate change. Many of these halophytes have tremendous potential to produce biomass for various usages such as bio fuel, fibre, fodder and medicine. He praised the consistent contribution of the Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilisation at the University of Karachi to saline agriculture and halophyte research.
He said the institute had published more than 200 research articles on this subject in internationally renowned journals, which were frequently cited as references.
During the inaugural session, Prof Dr Ajmal Khan, the founding director of the Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utilisation, University of Karachi, introduced the audience to the historical perspective of how ISHU came into being. He said it all started some 30 years ago when late Professor Dr Helmut Lieth from Germany formed a concerted action group of scientists to work on halophytes to turn deserts into green pastures and invited Prof Khan through Dr Benno and Dr Miguel Clusener Godt of UNESCO. This idea motivated Prof Khan to establish an institute for focused research to exploit the potential of halophytes as a source of fuel, fodder and medicine among others without the use of fresh water and prime agricultural lands.
Prof Dr Bilquees, director of ISHU, thanked the foreign and national delegates, faculty members and students for their participation in the event. She also thanked UNESCO for its continuous support and the Higher Education Commission, Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), Sindh Coastal Development Authority and other co-sponsors for their financial support.
Formal inauguration ceremony of the conference was followed by the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between ISHU and SECMC for developing model cash crop cultivation farms in Thar Desert.
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Graptemys.com
A website dedicated to the natural history, status and enjoyment of the North American map turtles (Genus Graptemys).
About Map Turtles
Recognized Species
Welcome to Graptemys.com
The purpose of this page is to provide information about the natural history, identification, conservation, legal status, and just overall interest in this group of Emydid turtles called the map turtles (Genus: Graptemys). This website contains a forum where all interested parties from turtle biologists to hobbyists can have open discussion about all aspects of Graptemys. This is a work in progress, so material will be posted slowly as it is finished. Thank you for your interest. Chris Lechowicz
Northern map turtle or common map turtle (G. geographica) Le Sueur, 1817
False map turtle (G. pseudogeographica)
False map turtle (G. p. pseudogeographica) Gray, 1831
Mississippi map turtle (G. p. kohnii) Baur, 1890
Ringed map turtle (G. oculifera) Baur, 1890.
Alabama map turtle (G. pulchra) Baur 1893.
Texas map turtle (G. versa) Stejneger, 1925
Barbour’s map turtle (G. barbouri) Carr & Marchand, 1942
Ouachita map turtle (G. ouachitensis) Cagle, 1953
Black-knobbed map turtle or sawback (G. nigrinoda) Cagle, 1954
Yellow-blotched map turtle or sawback (G. flavimaculata) Cagle, 1954
Cagle’s map turtle (G. caglei) Haynes & McKown, 1974 →
Escambia map turtle (G. ernsti) Lovich & McCoy, 1992
Pascagoula River map turtle (G. gibbonsi) Lovich & McCoy, 1992
Pearl River map turtle (G. pearlensis) Ennen et al., 2010
Sabine map turtle (G. sabinensis) Lindeman, 2013
→ = Species description nearly complete.
→ = Species description complete. CLICK to view
There are currently fourteen recognized species and two valid subspecies of map turtles. Graptemys (map turtles) are the most diverse Genus of turtles in the United States. They are primarily a riverine species that can exist sympatrically (with other Graptemys species) or allopatrically (as the sole Graptemys species) in a river drainage or drainages. Some species are endemic to a single river system or a few river systems, others are wide ranging species existing in many river systems. Most sympatric populations of map turtles consist of each species (females only) having different head types (megacephaly-wide, mesocephaly-medium, microcephaly- narrow) to alleviate competition of food resources.
We’re back! It’s been a long time coming.
Hi, I purchased the domain Graptemys.com in 2001 due to my interest and infatuation with the turtles in the Genus Graptemys. My passion for this group of turtles started in elementary school from studying my treasured herp books such as Conant’s The Peterson Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America (1975), Smith …
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Sanibel, FL 33957
The site is currently being built. For now, very basic information will be uploaded. If you have any ideas or suggestions of what you would want to see on the site, please let me know.
chris@graptemys.com
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Registration is now open for the last two Nathhan's qualifiers: in Washington, DC June 224 and Naperville, IL July 1 (date changed from June 30).
May 4, 2017 at 8:52 pm by ojrifkin · More posts about:2017 Nathan's Hot Dog Contest, Chicago, District of Columbia | Permalink * Comments
Molly Schuyler wins Wing Bowl 26 with record 501 wings 1:38 pm
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Who has the best claim to be the top eater in the UK currently?
"Beard Meats Food"
Emma Dalton
"Hungry Ronin"
Marc Pitt
Leah Shutkever
02/05: Kate Ovens cheesesteak video
02/04: Taco Bus El Jefe burrito contest to award $4000
02/03: Casting call for NYC competitive eater for TNT ad
02/02: Joe Menchetti wins Wamesit Wing Bowl
02/02: Molly Schuyler wins Wing Bowl 26 with record 501 wings
2018 Feb 5 Pyrmont, NSW, Australia
2018 Feb 5 Bondi, NSW, Australia
2018 Feb 6 St. Louis, MO
19th Annual Wing Eating Contest
2018 Feb 7 Queen Creek, AZ
First Annual Spaghetti Eating Contest
2018 Feb 9 South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
World Pizza Day: Pizza Eating Competition
2018 Feb 10 Scottsdale, AZ
Dirty Donut Eating Contest
2018 Feb 10 Long Beach, CA
Hot’s Hut Chocolate Pie Eating Contest
2018 Feb 10 Norfolk, VA
King Cake Eating Contest
2018 Feb 10 Baltimore, MD
2018 Feb 10 St. Louis, MO
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Coney Bowl
1st Jared Priddy
2018 Feb 4 Tysons Corner, VA
Super Bowl Wing Eating Contest
2018 Feb 3 Auburn, NY
The UNC pierogi eating contest - men
1st 35 Brian Hooper
The UNC pierogi eating contest - seniors
1st Steve Kymta
The UNC pierogi eating contest - women
1st Donna Wilmot
$20,750.00 Carmen Cincotti
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With its bold styling and improved overall quality, the radically redesigned Hyundai Sonata that debuted in 2009 shook up the midsize sedan segment. The car put perennial leaders Honda, Nissan, and Toyota on notice, and racked up some very solid sales. While the all-new 2015 Hyundai Sonata Sport isn't quite the same drastic shake-up as its predecessor was, its redesign adds refinement to the exterior and interior, as well as the ride and handling. It's a strong choice in the midsize sedan segment, though the Sonata still lags behind the competition when it comes to connected apps and engine performance.
The 2015 Hyundai Sonata comes in six separate trim levels. There's the base SE at $21,150, the Sport at $23,175 (which we tested), the Eco at $23,275, the Limited at $26,525, the Sport 2.0 T at $28,575, and the Limited 2.0 T at $33,525. Our Sport tester also had the $1,700 Premium and $1,750 Tech package options, $125 carpeted floor mats, and an $810 freight and handling charge, for a total sticker price of $27,560.
The Sport comes with a 185-horsepower, 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission. Standard features include 17-inch alloy wheels, side mirror turn signal indicators, a power driver's seat with lumbar support, heated front seats, automatic headlight control, an auto up/down driver side power window, Hyundai's Blue Link telematics system, a rearview camera, and an AM/FM/satellite/CD/MP3 audio system.
The Premium package adds blind spot detection and rear cross path alert, keyless entry and starting, hands-free smart trunk opening, chrome door handles with welcome lights, leather-bolstered sport seats, a leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift knob, dual-zone climate controls, and an auto up/down front passenger power window. The Tech package is only available when the Premium package is added, and includes a navigation system with an 8-inch display, three months of SiriusXM Travel Link, a premium seven-speaker audio system with subwoofer, HD Radio, electroluminescent gauges with a 4.2-inch LCD, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror with a compass.
How's the Tech?
The car's 8-inch touch screen is not only one of the largest in the midsize sedan segment, but its infotainment menus are logically laid out and easy to use. For further convenience, the system has a My Menu page that can be configured so that your most-used features are quickly accessible. The Sonata also has an extensive list of radio features, including a What's on My Presets preview mode, and the ability to record AM, FM, and Sirius broadcasts even if you're not tuned to a specific channel.
In addition to typical telematics features such as automatic crash notification and stolen vehicle assistance, the Blue Link telematics system offers a remote app that has smartwatch compatibility via Android Wear, and a Google search function that works with the navigation system. SiriusXM Travel Link features live weather, fuel, and traffic info. But both Sirius Travel Link and Blue Link require a subscription once a free trial period is over.
The Sonata falls short with in-dash apps, offering only Pandora Internet radio and SoundHound, the latter of which seems redundant, given that music metadata is typically displayed for onboard sources.
How Does it Perform?
The Sonata Sport's 185-horsepower, 2.4-liter 4-cylinder engine is acceptable—it gets the job done with decent fuel economy, but it isn't exactly fun to drive. Handling is equally neutral, but the Sonata does stand out in terms of ride quality, handling bumps and other road anomalies with confidence. Another plus: The interior is as quiet as some luxury cars.
Should I Buy It?
The previous-generation Sonata proved that Hyundai could take on longtime segment leaders like the Honda Accord, the Nissan Altima, and the Toyota Camry$30,779.00 at TrueCar. The updates to the 2015 Sonata only add to the car's appeal, and make it a very solid choice. But if you're looking for tech, the Toyota Camry offers more in-dash apps, and if you're focused on performance, the Mazda 6$33,395.00 at TrueCar has the edge. All three are good options, so you should choose the one that has the most appealing features to you.
Labels: Gary Rome Hyundai, Sonata, Sport
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by Andrew Pattle
Setting up on Saturday
As usual, we'd booked our stand at the Copdock Show in the name of the National Autocycle & Cyclemotor Club but, with all the political silliness that's going on in the NACC it seemed that it would be more diplomatic not to have that name on the stand. We'd already had some "Iceni CAM Magazine" banners printed but this is a club stand and IceniCAM isn't a club. What to do... revive the old name: East Anglian Cyclemotor Club - that's what.
With IceniCAM banners, EACC banners and an Ipswich Transport Museum display board, I imagine most visitors didn't really know who we were. On the other hand, it probably didn't matter much to them either, so that was all right.
We started setting up around midday on Saturday. I was first to arrive with Evans not long after. Then Nelmo with a trailer of autocycles and Danny with a vanload of machines. It wasn't long before we had two areas of the stand in place: the 'Feature Machines' area with four of the bikes that have been the subject of IceniCAM articles this year: Coventry Eagle, Clark Scamp, Aberdale & Alkro ByLight; and the 'Made in Suffolk' area with a Stella and a SIM. Both SIM and Stella had been given a weekend pass from Ipswich Transport Museum, which is why we had that ITM display board. A second Stella had been promised, but that wouldn't be arriving until Sunday.
Plan A was to put Neil's Fizzy up on a stand at the front - because a Fizzy always attracts visitors. Then Danny wheels in Andrew Nahum's Moto Guzzi. "The Guzzi's going up on the stand" says Danny. Years of experience of setting up the Copdock display have taught us that the best thing to do in these circumstances is to keep quiet and put the Guzzi up on the display stand.
OK, Plan B, Fizzy on the ground at the front. Malaguti Olympique next to the Moto Guzzi. We had a few more machines to scatter around: James autocycle, Carl's Power Pak, Danny's Bown 3K Special. Luke was bringing his multi-engined bike and Itom Tourist later that day. Wally's Honda SS50, Evans's Puch and Alan's BSA Winged Wheel were due to arrive on Sunday. Expected, but not confirmed, were Adrian Yallop's Stella and Brian Lilley's Cyclemaster. With spotlights and floodlights set up all over the stand and the computer displays in place we'd done as much as we could until more machines arrived.
We're starting to get good at this - there hadn't been very much standing about wondering what to do next, and there were only a few things we'd forgotten to bring. In fact, we were so well organised that we were able to help some of the other clubs. The Coasters Scooter Club made good use of our ladders and the Vincent Owner's Club borrowed one of our spare mains leads for the duration. We also supplied the Harley club with some paper for making notices.
Luke turned up at four-ish and, as well as the two bikes, he'd brought some of his power wheels: a Spartamet, a VAP and a Honda P50. Fortunately, the 6-inch nails we'd put in the wall last year were still there, so we just hung them up in the same places as before.
The Show on Sunday
Arriving early Sunday morning, there were already more bikes waiting to be put into position. Wally's SS50 was supposed to go next to Neil's Fizzy (which is an early 'SS' model). It soon became obvious that these two, plus the second Stella, would not fit in the space. Time for Plan C. Put the Fizzy head-to-head with the Malaguti, the SS50 next to the Fizzy, leave the Stella where it was, but move Luke's Itom next to the Moto Guzzi. That worked - and it gave us a 'Little Italy' of Itom, Guzzi and Malaguti in the front corner. Then John and Mike Daborn turned up with a New Hudson! After a short panic, we squeezed it in but, when the Cyclemaster and Winged Wheel turned up, we had to admit defeat. The only answer was to overflow into the corridor. The stretch of corridor down the side of the stand led to a set of double doors. We checked, and they were locked, so we wouldn't be blocking a fire exit - problem solved. All that remained to do was turn everything on, get the displays running and wait for visitors to arrive.
Then Ef turned up on his Tiger Cub, so we told him where he could put it.
After that, the crowds rolled up and there was a constant stream of visitors to our stand all day. Both old friends and new faces. There were always two or three animated conversations going on - nostalgic reminiscences, technical discussions... We sold a big pile of Iceni CAM Magazines, we were offered another SIM50 (which Paul Nelmes bought), the VMCC's Coventry-Eagle marque specialist came to congratulate us on the Last Flight of the Eagle article, we renewed friendships with the other clubs who were there, and we didn't win the club stand prize. Why not? It went to the SEVRA, the South East Vulcan Riders Association. I can't claim that "we woz robbed" and I can't tell you that their stand was really, really good either. The truth is that we were so busy that I never managed to see them.
Come 4 o'clock and it was time to think about packing up. This involves three trips in the big van: one to the Transport Museum and two to Danny's. Then there are various other cars and trailers to be loaded and driven away. An added complication was that Danny had a stall in the autojumble and that had to be packed away too. It's no exaggeration to say that the operation went like a well-oiled machine. The last of our vehicles rolled off the site at half past six. We really must be getting good at this.
This article appeared in the January 2008 Iceni CAM Magazine.
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By KN Web Desk on 13/02/2019 @ 1:53 PM
Since 2010, a creative storm got unleashed in Kashmir that witnessed new means of expressions and professions. While many young Kashmiris became rappers, bards, storytellers, entrepreneurs and restaurateurs, others tried to break the shackles of social and political barriers with different means of creative enterprise
By Mir Seeneen
At 16, when most of her pals are attending tuition and burning midnight oil for ‘do-or-die’ entrance examinations, Hanshika Kohli is busy serving the tastes. Akin to a well-meaning person, she believes in her own creative journey, without getting perturbed by the domino effect-driven career choices in Kashmir.
This cake designer from Srinagar isn’t only the youngest but also an ‘idol’ of sorts already. Her case is fitting for those who falter to take their talent seriously, and in the long run, end up being a part of the rat race.
Right from her childhood, Hanshika was assured that she would do something of her own one day. Much of that confidence came from her curious nature, motivating her as a child to make cakes when her cousins and playmates were still in toys and toffees.
“Quite early in life, I discovered my passion in kitchen,” Hanshika, a Class 11 student explains in a typical teen’s curiosity. “As I began making cakes, cupcakes, fudges and doughnuts, I knew that this is what I wanted to do in life.”
But more than anything else, bakery making for Hanshika is all about the happiness and sense of fulfilment. Following her heart has already made her a reckoning tastemaker in town despite still being a rookie in her field.
Her tasty and delightful confectioners are now creating their own market space at a time when a chain of entrepreneurs are being groomed in many fields in Kashmir. But Hanshika’s case simply defies the fanfare belief that achievers and role models fundamentally need an institutional grooming.
The self-trained pastry chef is also keeping alive the much-acclaimed heritage of Srinagar — the place where the delightful pastry-makers of yore would even enchant the Imperial British Residents in pre-1947 Kashmir.
Still too young to understand the legacy of her vocation, Hanshika wants to keep it simple while baking for a leading food outlet in Srinagar.
“Right now,” she says, flashing an eager smile of a youngster, “I’m only concerned about investing more creativity in my work, and make it more beautiful and presentable.” In the long run, she continues, in a thoughtful manner, “I would like to come up with my own brand.”
Post-2010, a creative storm got unleashed in Kashmir which witnessed new means of expressions and professions. While many became rappers, bards, storytellers, entrepreneurs and restaurateurs, others tried to break the shackles of social and political barriers with different means of creative enterprise, like the designer duo of Omaira Qayoom and Binish Bashir.
In 2015, these young girls from Srinagar introduced a venture under the brand name of Crafts World Kashmir. Their arrival coincided with the long and silent departure of artisans from their heritage art in the hub of Kashmiri handcraft community of downtown Srinagar.
Many were calling it quits due to meddlesome middlemen and market mess. This unseen demise of the needle art had almost threatened to crumble the old city’s centuries-old artisan emporium.
It was in this backdrop, the duo was announcing their brand arrival, which would shortly infuse a new confidence in the art. From the word go, they were driven by the motto of playing their part in salvaging the handicraft culture. Later, this sense would shape into the creative designs called Koerashi aka Crochet. And within a short span of three years, they succeeded in creating a space and acceptance in and outside the Kashmir Valley.
As college-goers, the duo had first bumped into each other in the spring of 2010. Later as they would together join Kashmir University for their Masters, they soon realised that they share the similar enthusiasm for the art.
“So we decided to come together and spread the word about our creations through social media,” says Binish, sounding chirpy while detailing her art journey. Much to their delight, the idea clicked.
And today, the duo sells a variety of products including crochet bags, crochet booties, crochet purses, crochet pouches, crochet bed sheets, crochet stoles, crochet curtains, handmade crochet Jewellery, wall hangings, etc.
For thinking beyond the ritualistic government jobs, regularly forcing hundreds of educated youth to organise protests at Srinagar’s Press Enclave under different banners and fronts, the duo’s decision to be self-starters has made them self-sufficient, besides employers, rather than employees.
Already, their success story has become an inspiration for those young girls who pick traditional crafts but seldom succeed due to unavailability of the right support system. “We don’t consider ourselves role models,” says Omaira, putting up a thoughtful face of a no-nonsense person. “But yes, we do believe that if we can do it, so can others.”
After establishing their brand, the duo is now mulling to restore the lost pride of old Srinagar city’s handicrafts. And for that, they’re planning to engage more and more artists, and create a chain of the traditional workforce.
It’s this collective goodwill, which is making Kashmir’s new age self-starters different from their predecessors. Much of this, many believe, comes from their primary schooling in the perpetual state of conflict in their homeland, where in the name of opportunities, not much is available. Most of them, however, are doing their bit to uplift the pervasive sense of hardship in the society, without playing to galleries.
While girls like Omaira and Binish are inspiring many in their backyard, others are creating their identities on the global level. When one such Kashmiri girl, Farah Pandith joined the ex-US President Barack Obama in his Oval office on 15 September 2009, many said that Kashmiris are smart enough to make it to the White House policy-making list.
However, there may not be any new Kashmiri entrant in Donald Trump’s White House currently, but there’re Kashmiris creating their own distinction on global level, like Anayat Rehman of Sopore. The young man recalls it a proverbial pastoral struggle, before coming to age as the sole Kashmiri in-flight chef, cooking some 30,000 feet above the sea level.
The ‘air-borne’ professional might not be usual entrepreneur of Kashmir, but his capability to serve the tastes at the highest level itself makes him a ‘departure from the crowd’ success story.
Before starting his half a decade stint with Atlantis, The Palm, the well-known chef pursued his Bachelors in Culinary Art and Catering Technology. His gig at The Emirates Salon Culinaire (ESC) saw him emerging ‘first among the equals’ and being awarded for his ‘exceptional’ work. But the chef carrying a boy-next-door image doesn’t think much of his feats. He believes Kashmiris are genetically-designed to create their mark of excellence on any level.
“I believe, most of us just need right push and platform to shine,” Anayat says, with considerate facial expressions. “But yes, the situation back home has also taught most of us to rise above the pitfalls and create our own space in any circumstances.”
Today, as parts of Kashmir, especially Srinagar, is witnessing a boom of eateries and cafes, the trained chefs like Anayat are playing their own unsung roles in creating a change in town where a common complaint till some years ago would be: “Aren’t there good places to eat in South Asia’s second oldest city?”
Many eateries and teashops including Indian Coffee House at Regal Chowk—crowded by yesteryears’ hippies, comrades and who’s who in town—were forced to shut after Kashmir erupted with armed uprising against the Indian rule in the late eighties.
After born and brought up in such a politically troubled period, many of these fresh-faced chefs had decided at certain points in their lives to go against the tide and become tastemakers. Anayat being a role model for many of these young chefs is playing it cool, without taking credit for a change around.
Currently working as an in-flight chef of Saudi Airlines, the Sopore lad might not be a usual success story for his ability to keep a low-profile, but in the place like Kashmir where hunt for heroes itself give rise to new industries and institutions, the likes of him do matter for daring to do different.
Such stories are now slowly helping evolve the society where otherwise parents and teachers would be obsessed to groom their wards and students as doctors and engineers only.
The society on the whole, Anayat reckons, should embrace the larger change sweeping around the world and encourage their young ones to dream beyond the usual classroom worldview. “At the end of the day,” he says, “what matters is that whether you run own race, or end up lost in the routine race.” This is to say, he explains, one should always do things differently and with a sense of difference.
The same mindset motivated Sama Beg to start her own clothing brand Koshur Wear, which she launched at a Kashmiri gathering in North America in 2017.
Since westernisation has deeply impacted her homeland’s way of dressing, the idea behind the brand was to fiercely sell and promote Kashmir.
Coming from southern Kashmir’s Anantnag (Islamabad) town, Sama has been promoting graphic designs and supporting social causes for long before coming up with her own clothing closet.
Her lifestyle brand offers a huge variety of contemporary clothing and accessories, including T-shirts, pin badges, hoodies, tote bags, bumper stickers, fridge magnets, etc. The USP of her brand is Kashmiri phrases and messages emblazoned on the outfits. This, she says, is her way to answer the western message which youth love to flaunt on their T-shirts and other outfits.
“Koshur Wear was an abstract idea,” she says, “which I successfully transformed into a reality.” With style, her tribe of young achievers is equally mindful of substance in their work. Many of them are currently making their name while exploring the true picture of their homeland.
Visual storytelling through a native sense drives many of Kashmir’s youngsters with a belief to counter the stereotypical treatment given to their place by many non-native filmmakers.
Ruman Hamdani, 26, is one such promising visual storyteller of Kashmir, gifted with a detailed subject sense. The young man’s brushes with cinematography started a couple of years back, when as an enthusiast, he would either capture his sudden homecomings and some fun moments at home.
“As it became a matter of routine,” Ruman says, with a glimmer in eyes, “I tried to learn the art and polish my skills.” To keep tab on his passion, he would make amateurish videos and upload them on social media. His instant fame as visual storyteller on the virtual media encouraged him to pursue his passion seriously.
In the long run, it would influence his life goals and career decisions as well. Those videos, interestingly, were coming at a time when he was studying to be an engineer in an institution outside Kashmir. As he eventually gave it up to entirely focus on his passion, today he’s successfully working for various creative photography projects and has been facilitated for his works.
One of the things setting him apart is a deep spiritual sense reflecting from his works. Inspirited by the works of Maulana Rumi, the young man tries to portray the mystic musings through his visual treatment. His fans and followers also admire his knack to portray the in-depth story of Kashmir’s postcard landscapes and heritage places.
Like Ruman, many other young Kashmiris today are using camera to create a space and tell a story of their homeland in an objective manner. The camera-wielding young girl from Srinagar known for performing some tough professional callings is one of them.
At 24, Sanna Irshad Matoo is already walking shoulder to shoulder with her male colleagues to cover the gunfight sites and other mundane affairs of her hometown Srinagar with utmost bravery. The serious-minded photojournalist did her Bachelors in Science before completing her Masters in Convergent Journalism from the Central University in Kashmir.
Given the dedication she showed towards her profession soon after coming out of the campus, it didn’t take her much time to get noticed. Today, her work speaks for her. For Sanna, photography is the means of expression to show the everyday reality of her homeland caught in throes of unabated conflict. Her photographs depicting pain and suffering in Kashmir are all over the internet. She also figured in many documentaries and reports.
But despite receiving the raging media attention for being one of the few women photojournalist of Kashmir today, Sanna is consciously brushing aside the limelight for discharging her professional duty with clear-mindedness and a sense of great responsibility.
Beyond the camera, however, many more young Kashmiris are slogging on daily basis to rise above the routine career options. Some of them are now even pursuing those vocations which their elders once dismissed as the penniless passion projects, with a grumbling refrain: “It won’t fetch you enough bucks to take care of your belly!”
At 29, Nadiya Mushtaq Mir, is a self-taught calligrapher and predominantly fond of scribbling the verses of the Holy Qur’an. In a place like Kashmir where Persian influence is still quite apparent in day-to-day life, calligraphy is one of the reminders of Kashmir’s lost connection with Persia, the present day Iran. Before barriers and borders would come in between the two regions after 1947, the famous Persian saint Mir Syed Ali Hamdani had long treaded the famous Silk Route along with his disciples (who were masters in crafts and skills) to spread Islam in Kashmir. Along with Islam, the saint-reformer had introduced many vocations in Kashmir. Among them was calligraphy. But with time and change, the vocation didn’t find many takers, until the young woman like Nadiya decided to take it up as a passion project.
Hailing from Kralpora in central Kashmir’s Budgam, Nadiya has done her Masters in Economics from Kashmiri University. Her work was exhibited in a calligraphy workshop KhushKha” in Srinagar in 2017.
Calligraphy is a form of worship for her, she says, as it used to be practised by the artists during the peak of Islamic civilisation. She scribbles beautiful scripts like Muhaqqaq, Jeli, Riqa, Early Kufic, Eastern Kufic, Diwani, Modern Kufic, Thuluth, Kufic, Naskh, Shikasta Nastaliq, Mosalsal and Sumbuli.
After establishing herself as a rare artist, she encourages Kashmiri youth to learn calligraphy as a mark of tribute to the historic Muslim artists. She wants to set up a calligraphy school in the Valley one day.
While Nadiya’s initiative is likely to inspire more youth towards calligraphy, there’re many others who aren’t ready to settle down with the regular life—which their predecessors lived by grabbing available options and opportunities around them. They seem to make a case for themselves at behest of their merit and conviction. It’s a similar case for a young Kashmiri sketch artist Aqeel Ahsan Wani.
Hailing from Kupwara’s Hatmulla village, Aqeel is an engineer by profession whose creative works are well known. Right from his childhood, he would outline his homeland and its myriad hues. He gradually picked up the threads of the art at home without undergoing through any formal training.
He mostly sketches portraits, besides drawing pictures modelled after live subjects and scenes. Recently, he bagged second position in International Sketching Competition held in Dubai.
In the field of fine arts, Aqeel is already a reckoning name. He has introduced several experimental projects, and in 2012 he became the first prize winner at a state level competition for making a “Golden Chair” for handicapped people. He suggested a model under the name of “Remote Hazard Signalling for Traffic at Blind Turns” and was selected for Masterpieces 2017, World’s first intercontinental Multi-Genre Festival. Aqeel was the lone competitor representing Jammu and Kashmir at the Fest, which included participants from across the world.
Aqeel’s contemporaries driven by the sense of service are equally toiling to leave their own mark in peoples’ lives. Nadiya Shafi is one among them.
As an Individual and Community correspondent, a social worker and a constant promoter of feminism, Nadiya is playing her role in mitigating the crisis, despite facing brickbats.
Associated with the Kashmir Unheard Project and Team Video Volunteers, the 29-your-old girl never shies to cover controversial subjects based on domestic abuse and hate crimes in the society.
As a spirited young woman, Nadiya decided to follow her own path when she started working with several NGOs soon after completing her Masters in Social Work. She was the first girl in her family to get a professional degree.
She fears that the social censure that she believes runs deep in the Kashmiri society, has “unfortunately given birth to discrimination between the two genders”. In past, Nadiya introduced two discussion clubs in Bandipora and Srinagar to talk about the society and the issues plaguing it.
She has also been documenting the impact of the Kashmir conflict, particularly on the children and women folk of the Valley, since 2014. For her work, she has been awarded the ‘most promising individual award’ by Martha Farrell Awards for Excellence in Women Empowerment.
At a time when Nadiya is doing her bit for the society, some in her peer group are now picking up the traditional musical instruments to play their fiddle. Rabab being one such Kashmiri traditional instrument has found its new performer in the form of 18-year-old Sufiyan Malik.
At the age of 4, Sufiyan, who comes from Srinagar, first started playing guitar and was gradually drawn to music. With age, he learnt playing Spanish Flamenco Guitar under the guidance of Kashif Mirani, a well-known Kashmiri musician in Delhi. In 2015, Sufiyan won Kashmir Got Talent show.
All those musical brushes groomed him for handling his family’s musical legacy. Sufiyan’s grandmother used to play Santoor, an Indo-Persian musical instrument which encouraged him to play Rabab — The Lion of Instruments, known as the national instrument of Afghanistan.
After considering the pros and cons of his ardour with his friends at DPS Srinagar, Sufiyan finally made a debut composition which he called ‘Firdaus’ and fused it with Pirates of Caribbean theme song.
With time, as he became a well-known young musician from Srinagar, he went on to perform in more than 20 concerts. Lately, Sufiyan performed in Los Angeles at the KGNA (Kashmiri Gathering at North America) event. His videos get a great response from people across the globe on social media.
After getting early shot to fame, the young musician, pursuing his graduation in Computer Sciences, wants to perform with a sense of service now. Among other things, he wants to keep the culture of Kashmir alive in the hearts of people through his music and albums.
—Mir Seeneen is a Srinagar-based writer. This piece appeared in December 2018 issue of Kashmir Narrator. For subscribing to hard copy of the magazine, contact: kashmirnarrator@gmail.com or call at 7298102560
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January 31, 2019 10:54 am Published by Kevin Foster
John Randolph Foundation awarded $464,500 in grants to 18 local community partners on January 17, 2019. This grant cycle brings our total grants to $18 million since our inception in 1995. Among the nonprofits honored at the ceremony were two first-time JRF grant recipients – Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Virginia and The Maddie Mann Foundation for Accessible Play, who will receive an additional $25,000 matching grant when they raise $25,000 by June 2019. (Scroll to the bottom of this post to see how you can donate to The Maddie Man Foundation.)
Mr. James Hatcher, CEO of American Red Cross Virginia Region, shares how they have helped people recover from natural disasters across the nation, in Virginia, and in the Tri-Cities area.
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John Randolph Foundation Fall 2018 Grant Cycle
City of Hopewell Fire and Rescue: $20,000 to enhance pre-hospital care for residents of Hopewell and surrounding communities through the purchase of a technologically advanced cardiac monitor and defibrillator
Colonial Heights Food Pantry: $25,000 to alleviate hunger for the food insecure and low income families in the extended Colonial Heights community
District 19 Community Services Board: $15,500 to provide emergency medications, peer-to-peer counseling and operational enhancements to benefit people with mental illness
FOLAR – Friends of the Lower Appomattox River: $50,000 for administrative and operational support for the creation of the Lower Appomattox River Heritage Trail
Gateway Homes: $25,000 for patients with mental illness to obtain psychosocial support, life skills, and vocational training for re-integration into our communities
Greater Richmond Fit4Kids: $55,000 to integrate health and wellness into Hopewell schools’ curriculum
Hopewell/Prince George Healthy Families: $30,000 to support at-risk prenatal mothers and parents with children 0-5 years in age
project:HOMES: $17,000 to build wheelchair ramps and ensure homes are safe and accessible for people in need
ALS Association: $5,000 to support people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in the Hopewell area
American Red Cross: $12,000 to support neighbors who have been displaced from their home due to fire with basic needs like shelter, food, and medicines
Crater Community Hospice: $5,000 to enhance quality of life for patients with terminal illness
Hopewell Recreation & Parks: $25,000 to support affordable, high-quality summer camp programs for children in the Hopewell area
The Maddie Mann Foundation for Accessible Play: $50,000 to build the only accessible, barrier-free play park in the Tri-Cities area for children with and without disabilities and their families
Big Brothers Big Sisters: $40,000 to match mentors with students at all Hopewell elementary schools
Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Virginia: $10,000 to train mentors for middle school and high school age boys in Prince George County to reduce drop-out rates, drug abuse, truancy, and other negative behaviors
Children’s Museum of Richmond: $10,000 to provide early enrichment programs for Hopewell students
Smart Beginnings Southeast: $40,000 to promote quality childcare and school-readiness for children in the Tri-Cities area
STORY – Southside Transformation Opportunities for Residents and Youth: $30,000 to mentor students in the Thomas Rolfe Community of Hopewell through the Math, Literacy, and Leadership program (ML2)
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Forums - Movies Discussion - Solo Headed To Become A Flop? Yep, It Flopped.
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How Much Will Solo Make WW?
Under $700M 56 60.87%
$700M-$800M 18 19.57%
$901M-$1B 3 3.26%
Over $1B 3 3.26%
WolfpackN64
WolfpackN64 on 03 June 2018
I hope the movie does good in the end. Solo was good, and especially as a long time Star Wars fan, it felt like Ron Howard accomdated us, which is appreciated.
NightDragon83
NightDragon83 on 03 June 2018
This is all Disney's making, part of Solo's terrible BO performance is 1) fan backlash from TLJ & how the franchise is being handled in general, and 2) rushing another "prequel" / origin story out with production issues. I bet if they waited till the holidays to release the film it would have done much better at the BO, but for some reason they insisted on releasing the movie right smack in the middle of a packed summer schedule and a mere 5 months after the last SW film.
On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.
Soundwave on 03 June 2018
NightDragon83 said:
It's still a dull movie made for Star Wars fanatics, the actual story and character there is not very interesting. I think it probably would've done better had it released this Christmas, but not *that* much better.
Star Wars works as a giant space opera with multiple characters when it's spaced out 2-3 years apart.
Star Wars doesn't work as a yearly franchise, it doesn't have enough appeal to non-nerds.
adidas198 on 03 June 2018
They should've released this movie in December. The Last Jedi was divisive and by then people would've at least given it a chance in a not so crowded time.
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Soundwave said:
Trunkin said:
Probably happened because the film looks kinda shit. I don't even have any plans to watch it when it comes to blu-ray.
The film is kinda shit. It's dull pandering that only a hardcore Star Wars nerd would enjoy, otherwise the story is flat and there's virtually zero character development for anyone.
Bollocks. I'm hardly a Star Wars fan, yet I thought the movie was enjoyable enough. There might not be character progression at all, but some of the guys they present are entertaining to watch, mainly Solo himself, Lando, Beckett and Revolutionary L3. Plenty of dialogues are very cliché and other situations are kind of embarrassingly hilarious, but hey, the whole package still works. You also have some ok action set pieces, but sometimes you can't tell what's exactly going on because the shots are weird, and others are cliché as well (Chewy getting almost smacked by the mountain and Solo rescuing him just at the right time, come on, guys...).
The film isn't great, but it does fall under the realm of 'alright' in my view. At least it didn't felt as super meh as The Force Awakens did.
Insidb
Insidb on 03 June 2018
Azuren said:
I think it's more than okay to make fun of a portion of the fanbase if said portion are bigoted idiots.
However, from the above Twitter thread he's still working for them and writing a Darth Vader comic, so you'd expect someone at Disney to slap his wrists for the drama.
Except there are a number of unbigoted reasons to strongly dislike how Star Wars has been handled of late.
Yeah, like a garbage screenplay and script AKA TLJ.
thismeintiel
thismeintiel on 03 June 2018
NightlyPoe said:
thismeintiel said:
And your folly is thinking that no one outside the US can agree with "our politics." There are people of all political bents across the world. Just accept it.
As for the kneeling, it must have had more of an impact than that if the NFL is now outright saying they will no longer allow it. The drop in audience and merch sales must have been enough that they feared what would happen if they continued to allow it to happen. The thing is the NFL is a BIG part of people's lives. Many weren't just going to drop it, even if it the disliked the kneeling. The fact that 10% just left is pretty shocking. And the NFL knew more would leave this year if they allowed it to continue.
But, hey, you can continue to think the SJWs make up the vast majority of the US/world if that helps. And ignore that even self-described Liberals are pissed that this stuff is being forced into SW.
1. Did I say no one outside the US can agree with our politics? No I did not. I said the politics of other countries are different. I not only accept that people across the world have different political bents, I stated as much. You're the one that seems to be having difficulty with the ramifications of that concept.
Namely, that cross-cultural reactions to an American controversy will naturally be more muted.
2. Are you under the impression that I'm minimizing the NFL's trouble with the kneeling controversy? I am not. A 10% drop in viewership is very bad. My point was that in this perfect storm of controversy the NFL lost roughly 1/6 the share of viewers that Solo did off of Rogue One. Which had the bigger controversy, the NFL or Star Wars? The answer if obvious, the NFL's headache. So if a bigger controversy resulted in a much smaller loss of audience, logic dictates that other factors played a greater role.
3. I've been a Republican all my life. I don't think SJWs make up the vast majority of anything except the most obnoxious groups in a few universities and have never said so. But I simultaneously don't believe the people complaining about SJWs and boycotting Star Wars make up the vast majority of anything either, a claim that you HAVE made. Most audience members would be just as confused by your complaints about the SJWs in Star Wars as they were about Darth Maul suddenly showing up in Solo.
Darc Requiem said:
Solo is on pace to make less than half of Rogue One. TLJ grosses 75% of their estimates. It was expected to make 1.8 billion. It made 1.33 billion. I'm not going to say that Solo's lack of success is entirely due fans boycotting the film. There are other factors like stiffer competition like Deadpool2 and Avenger Infinity War. However fan dissatisfaction and Lucasfilms response to are clear a major factor. Rogue One was a side story full of a bunch of characters no one every heard of. It made over a billion at the box office. Solo is a movie starring Han Solo, Chewie, and Lando. It's not even going to hit 500 million dollars.
Where did you pull that $1.8 billion figure from?
Anyway, yes, Solo is doing poorly. However, there's nothing to really base that it is more than a fraction of the reason for the performance. And the rolling out of the stars means nothing since it was a film even the biggest fans had doubts about from the moment it was announced. That early skepticism likely had a lot more to do with the current difficulties. Rogue One, on the other hand, had fairly positive buzz from the beginning.
1. SW is a WW brand. The SJW/SW controversy is not just restricted to the US. It is felt throughout the world, where, just so you know, they do have the internet, now. Of course, I do accept that there are those who don't feel like that. I mean, it's not like the film made $0, right?
2. Actually, I would say that the SW controversy is larger, namely due to how those in charge reacted. Like I said, the NFL is a huge part of some people's lives. It would be very hard to just give up on it over the kneeling thing. Of course, if the NFL's official stance for those who opposed the kneeling was that they were racist, incel bigots who only have a problem with it because the players are black, and they don't care about your money, you can guaran-damn-tee that the drop off would have been larger than just 10%. The NFL also realizes that if they allow it to continue, it will start making that 10% grow this coming season. Disney doesn't seem to be learning anything, yet, even after a much lower turnout for TLJ than they expected and an actual flop. I think it will take Ep 9 doing even less than TLJ before we see any action.
3. I never claimed that those who 100% agree with my beliefs make up the vast majority. I have just stated the fact that those that agree that pushing political agendas is screwing up SW makes up a far larger part of the group than many on here, and at Disney/Lucasfilm, want to accept. When you have people on the Left, who would probably disagree with 70%-80% of what us on the Right believe, yet we can all come together to say that SJWs are ruining SW, you have a very large group.
I doubt waiting would have helped. It probably would have just led to more backlash as the pansexual Lando and SJW bot got pushed even harder by those in charge. With more added name calling for those who disagreed.
The schedule had little to do with it, either. POTC:ATW did much better and it had just as much competition as Solo. It was Shrek 2's 2nd week, where it performed better than DP2's 2nd week. And Spider-Man 3's 4th week, where it performed just under IW's 4th week. It also had a better hold the following week, and it had the added competition of the newly released Knocked Up, where Solo has nothing big releasing this week. Coincidentally, next week Solo has to go up against the same competition that AWE did. An Ocean's 11 sequel. AWE was able to pull off $21.14M that weekend. Something tells me Solo is going to be more like $15M. Maybe lower.
The whole "SJW is ruining Star Wars" is blown completely out of proportion by a minute part of the fanbase. If you look for SJW messages in Solo, you're really grasping at straws.
WolfpackN64 said:
Well, I guess just let them keep pushing those messages, either in the films or on social media, and and we'll see if it recovers. I wouldn't hold my breathe for that, if I were you.
VGPolyglot
VGPolyglot on 03 June 2018
Recover from what? Being a multi-billion dollar franchise?
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Home » TECHNOLOGY » Doctors make patients familiarize with Apple’s Health Records feature
When Dr. Robert Harrington, cardiologist and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Stanford, sees patients, they frequently pass him stacks of printed medical records and spreadsheets, hand-drawn charts or their smartphone with notes and photos.
Occasionally, they’ll enter his office with grocery bags full of medications to walk him through the details of their care. “People hand you all sorts of things these days,” he says, “and more data is almost never bad, but when they show up with paper, how do you summate that?” He’s hired a skilled team to take on the Herculean task of pulling it all together. “It is a labor intensive, very tedious task.”
Starting today March 29, 2018), patients of NYU Langone Health, Stanford Medicine and nearly 40 other health systems representing hundreds of hospitals and clinics can view their medical records right from their iPhone. The updated Health Records section within the Health app helps consumers see medical information from various institutions organized into one view and receive notifications when their data is updated.
This information can help patients better understand their health history, have informed conversations with physicians and family members, and make future decisions. Health Records data is encrypted and protected with the user’s iPhone passcode.
As a self-proclaimed former inner-city kid, Boston Red Sox fan and “data guy,” Dr. Harrington says “any time you can put information in patients’ and doctors’ hands and allow there to be more informed decision making, that is the best of all.” In a world where patients have more technological access to data than ever, a platform like Health Records is, in his words, “an important maneuver for patient empowerment and the way the world needs to be.”
Years ago, a patient who had trouble breathing came into Dr. Paul Testa of NYU Langone’s emergency department and showed their Medical ID on their iPhone. The phone provided Dr. Testa with relevant information — like allergy details — to be able to support the patient’s care. “With that information, I could make inferences about who my patient was when they couldn’t tell me themselves,” he says. “Now, there’s a whole different world on our patients’ and my phone.”
As Chief Medical Information Officer at NYU Langone, Dr. Testa works to improve the digital experience for patients and colleagues that gives them more power and better care. Eight generations of his family have practiced as physicians and he is invested in improving the family trade through technology.
When it comes to patients coming into the ER, Dr. Testa says “there’s always some chaos that got you there” and he points to technology helping to facilitate more meaningful conversations. For example, he implemented a new service for ER doctors through Apple Watch’s push notifications.
Today, 35 doctors can request notifications for vital lab results so they see the results and respond quickly as well as be notified as their patients progress through the system from arrival to discharge. He believes Health Records “is an incredible first step to being able to have the patient take possession of their own information,” but more importantly, “it highlights where we’re going to end up.”
The new Health Records feature was previously available to patients who joined the Apple Beta Software Program. Today, patients from nearly 40 health institutions listed below can view their medical records simply by updating their iOS software on their iPhone.
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Kenya’s gastronomy vibrantly shows signs of various cultures and ethnicities. Up until the arrival of Portuguese, the Kenyans were mostly dependent on cattle for food. The Portuguese brought in maize, bananas, pineapples, chilies, peppers, sweet potatoes and cassava which all then became staple. The British brought in white potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes. The Indians then brought more vegetables and their style of cooking. In present day Kenya, the cuisine is varied and has adopted nuances of all the different cultures that have visited this beautiful land.
The staple food consists of Ugali which is a porridge made out of maize which is eaten with a stew or cooked meat or vegetables. The national dish of Kenya is Nyama Choma which means roasted or grilled meat, usually goat. The meat is grilled plain, sliced into bite sized pieces and served with mashed vegetables.
The present scenario of the Kenyan gastronomy is much more interesting than what it would have been a few decades ago. The capital city, Nairobi, houses cuisine ranging from Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Lebanese, Ethiopian, and Indian to name a few. Nairobi, being the seat for UNʼs headquarters for Africa, has a multi racial and multi cultural population. This has had an immense impact on especially Nairobi’s gastronomical map.
Nidhee Datta our person in Kenya names some of the must visit restaurants of Nairobi and its surrounding area’s. Nidhee as all our readers know will take us to the best and you can trust her choice ,eyes closed.
One of my personal favorites has been a restaurant called China Plate. Although they have a chain but my recommendation is the one on Chancery Road. It’s renowned for its Szechwan Chinese Cuisine and is extremely popular with the business community for their lunchtime menu and for its deep red but soft ambience. Their menu has a splendid variety for vegetarians; especially their cashews in chili garlic sauce are a hit with the vegetarians.
Zen Garden
which is a two and half acre
property housing three restaurants serving Chinese, Japanese and Thai
food.
Bamboo restaurant is a aesthetically adorned fine dining
experience serving Pan-Asian
cuisine. The Jade Coffee and Tea
House is an all day Cafe serving
breakfast and lunch. Situated in
the heart of Spring Valley, a suburb of Nairobi, it overlooks a lush Asian
garden and is an extremely popular
venue for wedding functions.
Zen Square is a set of four conference rooms designed for corporate functions. All the restaurants offer a beautiful variety for vegetarians, and health conscious patrons besides the usual meat and sea food.
Furusato is frequented not only by the growing Japanese population, but also by entire expat community to satisfy their cravings for sushi, sashimi and tepanyaki cuisine. Here the rice wine, sake flows like water and the sushi bar is enormous. Coupled with this is the stunning ambience makes dining a rich and satisfying experience. Japanese cuisine although is mainly marine based, but at Furusato, the vegetarians are enthralled by the vegetarian tepanyaki spread and thus is frequently visited by all range of foodies.
‘The” restaurant that is known as ʻ Africaʼs Greatest Eating Experienceʼ is situated in Nairobi or shall we say that Nairobi is synonymous with the name of this restaurant for most of the food writers or foodies in the world. It’s a paradise for the meat lovers. Every kind of meat imaginable from the national parks of Nairobi is served with lot of special sauces. As much as its sounds exciting, the meat being served on the plate is not hunted in the bush, but is specially bred in the breeding farms. Their menu consists of beef, ostrich, camel, gazelle, and behold crocodile! This hub for meat lovers is sure to be a destination for the foodies who would love to explore extreme cuisine!
On the coast of Kenya, Mombasa is one of the most famous coastlines in the world. With its pristine beaches and splendid multi star hotels, it has an extremely varied spread of watering holes. What Carnivore is to Nairobi, Tamarind is to Mombasa. Both are owned by the same family and thus the level of quality is similar although the cuisine is different.
Situated at the coast, Tamarind offers the best of sea food in whole of Kenya. For the seafood lovers, it serves fresh and succulent of lobsters, prawns, crabs and fish. Situated on the creek of Mombasa, the ambience is that of the native Arab architecture and the cuisine is a blend of French, Asian and African. This restaurant has earned worldwide fame and rave reviews from food columnists worldwide.
Mt. Kenya Safari Club.
About three hours drive from Nairobi, in the beautiful countryside of Nanyuki is tucked this mesmerising resort offering stunning views of Mt. Kenya from every room, it is for those who love colonial feel
and an extremely peaceful and serene surroundings. One can find one of the most delicious meals that are served in an aesthetically decorated ambience- be it Tusks,Zebar or the William Holden Dining . Serving upto 7 course meals, their menu is a culinary delight and has thus helped the hotel to have its mention in the World’s top 50 hotels.
Encompassing the racial and religious diversity, this land of the Masai has a lot to offer to every palate and taste. The beauty of this land is that on one hand Kenya has an ability to absorb the varied ethnicity that enters it and thus the presence of a variety of restaurants serving all types of cuisine and on the other hand, one finds on the street, a milieu of the fresh produce of the land in the form of ʻmadafuʼ (tender coconut), raw mangoes sprinkled with salt and chili powder, roasted corn and ʻmogoʼ (cassava), or simple plain boiled eggs with a bit of ʻkachumbariʼ salad made out of chopped onions, tomatoes and chilies. It’s a nation, which assimilates numerous cultures in the same way as milk would absorb sugar and thus making itself yummy
About Nidhee Datta
Nidhee Datta, a graduate in Bachelors of Home Science, has been actively involved with her school and college magazines. She is an ardent reader and has been in Africa for more than a decade. She has been a part of organisations that promote Indian music and dance and has a keen interest in sharing the rich heritage of her country with people at large.
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Survivor: David vs. Goliath Episode 4 Recap – Role Reversal
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We all like to see good gameplay. Survivor is one of the most intricate and fascinating games ever created, and seeing people expertly manoeuvre through it is rewarding. That said, questionable gameplay can make for truly riveting television. After tonight’s tribe swap seemed to hit the Davids with a one-two punch, by following up Bi’s quit for medical caution with a Malolo-esque unlucky draw putting them in the minority on all three of the new tribes, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that it would be a straightforward vote. Despite some of the dissension brewing among them, the Goliaths seemed like a mostly united front – and giving up those numbers seemed an impossibility.
Yet tonight was all about the role reversal, the topsy-turvy upsy-daisy turnabout. It saw players facing certain doom find an unexpected victory. It saw the underdog tribes beat out the physical favourites. And it culminated with one of the most unexpected and head-scratching flips in recent memory, thanks to one of the most unlikely candidates: Alec.
“GUNS A-BLAZING”
The newly christened orange Vuku tribe seemed stacked from the start – pound for pound, the most physical of the new tribes. It looked like they would have the advantage for any looming challenge, but even if they were to head to Tribal, the Goliath trio of Alec, Kara and Natalia seemed like they had a no-brainer decision. Particularly with Carl waiting in the wings to replace the eliminated castaway, retaining the Goliath numbers would be easy – and all they had to do was choose: Elizabeth or Davie? And that seemed like the direction the tribe was heading. Despite Davie’s efforts to show off his PT Cruiser and makes friends with the white guys, and Elizabeth’s attempts to bond with Kara over faith and horses, the Goliath trio seemed firm to the point where the former David pair began turning on each other out of self-preservation after Vuku’s Immunity loss.
And then, somehow, everything got turned upside down. Interestingly, Alec found himself in the swing vote position as both Elizabeth and Davie individually sought him out as a potential ally and number for making a big move. Elizabeth seemed uncertain of her read on Alec, but her pitch to him to play hard and lead the charge with a big move for his resume seemed to set the foundation. Thus, when Natalia’s need for control began grating on him, Alec saw the feasibility of another option, particularly once Davie stoked Alec’s concerns about trusting Natalia and then shared that Elizabeth had wanted to target her. In the moment of watching the episode, it seemed like a red herring – a distraction from an obvious David boot. In hindsight, I have to applaud Elizabeth and Davie for finding the right buttons to push to convince Alec to turn. Their conversations with Alec cascaded in a domino effect as he mulled on his decision until Tribal, and then turned the tide of the vote with a game of telephone. As he got up from his seat to whisper to Elizabeth, his change of heart seemed to catch her by surprise (suggesting that until that point, the vote was still leaning towards Davie or Elizabeth), and he managed to rally the three votes to send Natalia packing.
But… why? The Goliaths had a safe majority in Vuku – and it looked like Alec was in a pretty strong position in the Goliath numbers as part of the core six alliance. On paper, keeping the Goliath numbers advantage would be a beneficial tactic, and if he did flip, he’d be handing a majority to the Davids once Carl joined the tribe, as well as burning all of his former Goliath allies. Turning on Natalia might have been a power move at this Tribal, but it robs him of power moving forward as his vote becomes superfluous if Carl, Davie and Elizabeth are to stick together. There was a lot of talk of making big moves to impress the Jury, but the key to big moves is timing. A flashy move on Day 11 will be all but forgotten by Day 39 – if you can even make it that far. While Elizabeth was right to clarify that you don’t want to wait to make a key move until it’s too late, Alec wasn’t in any danger at this vote, so was it really a now or never decision to make his mark?
While I wouldn’t be surprised if Alec was channelling Millennials vs. Gen X’s Jay Starrett and the iconic Michaela blindside by making a strike against Natalia, I do think there was more to Alec’s choice to flip than just lighting the fireworks. Alec’s tie to the Goliath alliance was through Natalia, and that relationship seemed to be deteriorating quickly following the swap. His trust in Natalia appeared shaken by her dictating intensity heading into Vuku’s vote, but his conversations with Elizabeth and Davie seemed to offer him a platform as equals and co-conspirators. He’s in a risky position now, but I have to wager that he feels like he can trust at least one of Davie or Elizabeth more than he could trust in his old position in the Goliath hierarchy.
That said, I’m not convinced it was the right move for Alec at this juncture. The Davids now outnumber him, and he’s alienated Kara, having presumably blatantly lied to her through the whispers at Tribal (if her errant vote for Davie and her flabbergasted reaction to the result are any indication). It makes him an easy mark for a scorned Kara, a devilish Davie or a savvy Elizabeth, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see this decision to commit to the big move wave come back to dunk him. That said, Alec surprised me tonight, so I’m not going to rule out anything – and I’ll happily accept more of this kind of chaotic, impulsive gameplay!
Whereas Alec went from background Goliath to centre stage move-maker, Natalia underwent a very different reversal of fortune. Although she has been portrayed negatively on the show, between her one-sided feud with Natalie and tonight’s barrage of over-confidence and paranoia, Natalia seemed to be in an enviable position in the numbers. She appeared to be in a strong alliance on Goliath beach, and – unlike Dan – she was swapped to a new tribe with her close ally Kara as well as her supposed partner in Alec, not to mention having the numbers against the Davids. She was sure of her position, and with Davie and Elizabeth both seeming to throw each other under the bus, she had little reason to doubt it.
Yet Natalia had an intensity about her that proved her fatal flaw. When she was uncertain, she was frantic and paranoid, such as her panic over Kara having old-school human conversations with Elizabeth and fearing that she’d flip, her aggressive demands that Alec and Davie explicitly articulate their loyalty to the plan or her (completely warranted) unease at Alec’s whisper campaign. When she was certain, however, she read as cocky and inflexible as she shut down Alec about the target of the vote or boasted that she was happy to be at Tribal and proud to go home that night if she was going out swinging. The editors had a field day transitioning from the high of that statement to her shocked and flustered torch-snuffing moments later. In all, Natalia proved to be a bit of a one-note character, but there are worse ways to go out in Survivor than playing the role of a minor villainess defeated by a jaw-dropping blindside.
NOTE BI-HIND
…such as a quit brought about by an injury. It is disappointing to see players leave the game of their own volition, but I will always argue that the occasional quit can be good for the show as it evidences just how difficult Survivor can be. Do I want to see players quitting willy-nilly – of course not! But a quit is never a black mark against a season (Pearl Islands? Philippines? Cagayan?). Furthermore, it can’t be ignored that quits come in many different forms, and Bi’s decision to leave the game to protect her health was worthy of the respect shown by her castmates.
At the end of the day, Survivor is a game. It’s a brutal and challenging game, and there have been countless players who have pushed through pain and injury to fight for the title. But to hold every player to that is reckless, particularly when a player’s out-of-game livelihood could be compromised by damage sustained in-game. The Survivor medical team is only authorised to evacuate a player from the game if a situation is life-threatening or requires immediate treatment that cannot be performed on the island. And so cases like Bi – or historically, someone like Dana Lambert or a couple of early boots from this year’s Australian Survivor – fall in the grey area between medevacs and quits. Bi mentioned last week that this wasn’t the first time she had injured her MCL, and for her to continue to put herself at risk on the island would have been reckless – even more so because her profession relies on her physicality.
It is disappointing to lose Bi in this way, particularly as she seemed to be a player seeking to play a more aggressive game, especially after getting the wake-up call of a total blindside at her first Tribal. In an alternative universe, I could imagine Bi becoming a cut-throat and pivotal part of the season, but that’s just not how this story goes.
“VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND WEIRDOS”
The Vuku tribe certainly took centre stage in tonight’s episode, but the dynamics of Tiva were just as compelling – and not just because I could have watched odd couple Christian and John banter about job opportunities in the civic service of Slamtown for the entire 42 minutes. The new green-buffed tribe’s story tonight was a meditation on communication. John continued to reveal his unexpected vulnerabilities as he self-identified as awkward in small social situations relative to the inflated charisma of performance. In contrast to the muscly wrestler, the assurance of self in Christian allowed him to lean into his own inherent charm to connect with John and Dan as a way of overcoming the almost gerrymandered numerical disadvantage of the tribe division. If Alison were to have been given a confessional, I’m sure she too would have spoken on the topic of social communication, such was the theme on this tribe.
Yet the most satisfying arc lay with Gabby. I find myself drawn to her character in her anxiety surrounding the social politics and her simultaneous confidence in her ability to play the game when it counts, and tonight’s story was a perfect summation of it all. Landing in the numbers deficit, Gabby was already in a precarious position on her new tribe, but as she saw Christian making in-roads with the other men, she grew despondent. In a heartbreakingly honest confessional, she spoke of her envy of his natural charm in contrast to her self-doubt, and how it compounded her isolation on a tribe where she felt like she was excluded from the cool kids’ table. Fearing she would be the target should Tribal loom, she shared a tearful conversation with Christian who gave her what encouragement he could, speaking to their admirably symbiotic friendship. However, for all of her struggles to communicate with her new tribe, Gabby found herself in the clutch position at the blindfold Immunity Challenge. Singlehandedly, she guided Tiva to decisive victory not through strength or smarts but through calm and effective communication.
Meanwhile, the new Jabeni tribe had their own struggles with communication – and whereas Vuku and Tiva all demonstrated the powers of communication at work in changing a player’s path, Jabeni saw a more consistent trajectory. Last week, Natalie preached that she would be Goliath strong, but I had hoped that she would at least entertain working with the Davids when the time came, given her uneasy position with the Goliaths in power. However, a tribe swap saw no change in Natalie’s approach to the game, and she immediately fell back into the habit of directing the work at camp and aggravating her tribemates. Almost immediately, it seemed like Natalie began picking at the resolve of her fellow Goliaths Angelina and Mike – a fact that was immediately recognised by the outnumbered Nick and Lyrsa. As Nick and Mike forged a new alliance – and although I admire their enthusiasm for the name, I feel like “The Rock Stars” could do with some workshopping! – Natalie seemed to once again stand out as an obvious target. Her character has been drawn in a fairly one-dimensional light through four episodes, and although I am sure Natalie has had other facets to her game, the continuous trend of controlling and off-putting behaviour doesn’t bode well. After all, Alec turned on Natalia for less.
Last of the oddballs on tonight’s episode was Carl, abandoned on Exile until it came time to draw a new buff. Whereas communication played such a critical role throughout the rest of the episode, Carl’s story focused on his complete lack of connection to anyone else and the loneliness that comes with being totally severed from the world. But there was a silver lining for the truck driver, and it came in a blue-laced coconut. In a race against time, Carl was dispatched to the crashing surf of the ocean to find one coconut among many floating in the sea, but he emerged victorious with one of the most intriguing new twists in quite some time: the Idol Nullifier. Refining the rules first seen in last year’s Australian Survivor, Carl’s advantage allows him to play the Nullifier when he votes in order to target and negate an Idol that might be played on an opposing castaway. There is so much room for it to be misplayed, but it makes knowledge of Idols so much more impactful – timely, given we saw Davie keep the knowledge of his Idol secret even from his fellow underdog Elizabeth, while Mike immediately spilled the beans to Nick about Dan’s Idol. Carl seems like a pretty level-headed figure, and I can’t wait to see how he puts his new “slingshot” to good use.
It’s almost a cliché at this point to say that David vs. Goliath is delivering an altogether fantastic season, and I hope there is more in store. With the double elimination episode out of the way early in the season, I’ve got my fingers crossed that it will give us more time to explore this great cast of characters (including some more airtime for the under-edited castaways to this point, like Alison and Lyrsa) and the strong game they’re bringing to the table. So with the balance of the game shifted by a shocking turn of events this week, I can’t handle waiting another week to see how this all unfolds.
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The secret life of Bletchley Park : the WWII codebreaking centre and the men and women who worked there, Sinclair McKay, (ebook)
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Bletchley Park was where one of the war's most famous - and crucial - achievements was made: the cracking of Germany's "Enigma" code in which it's most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like Alan Turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology - indeed, the birth of modern computing. The military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war in North Africa. But, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction - from Robert Harris and Ian McEwan to Andrew Hodges' biography of Turing - what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? What was life like for them - an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? Sinclair McKay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at Bletchley Park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties - of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed Angus Wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) - of a youthful Roy Jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the hijinks at nearby accommodation hostels - and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's work
United States, Aurum Press, 2011
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Google aims Chromebox at video conferencing
Feb 7, 2014 — by Eric Brown — 1747 views
Google announced a “Chromebox for Meetings” system based on the Asus Chromebox mini-PC, and HP unveiled its first Chromebox, featuring a Core i7 CPU.
A few days after Asus announced the first Chromebox mini-PC to be introduced the original Samsung Chromebox, HP unveiled its own Chromebox model, which similarly runs on Google’s Linux-based Chrome OS. Meanwhile, Google announced “Chromebox for Meetings,” an enterprise video-conferencing system that initially will be built on the Asus Chromebox, but later this year be available with the HP Chromebox and an upcoming Dell Chromebox (see farther below).
Chromebox for Meetings
Google announced a $999 video-conferencing bundle called Chromebox for Meetings aimed at the enterprise market that leverages its Google+ Hangouts application. The initial model is built around the Asus Chromebox, but later this year, Google will introduce an HP Chromebox version, as well as a model based on an upcoming Chromebox from Dell. The Asus system will use the Core i7-based model that otherwise will be available only outside the U.S.
Other hardware elements include an HD camera, a combined speaker and microphone unit, and a remote control. No manufacturers were revealed for these peripherals.
The camera offers up to 1080p video, with the resolution automatically dropping down from 1920 x 1080 pixels when it detects lower bandwidth. The camera features a Carl Zeiss autofocus lens and automatic low-light correction. It does not appear to offer pan and tilt, or other advanced video-conferencing features, however.
The microphone/speaker unit integrates an omnidirectional mic with noise filter, a DSP for speech clarity, and wideband frequency response. Mute, call, and volume buttons are also available. The RF-based remote has a QWERTY keypad and a nano-sized USB adapter.
Chromebox for Meetings UI
The Chrome OS based software supports up to 15 other Chromebox for Meetings participants simultaneously, and can also include anyone with a Gmail account and a camera. A tool from Vidyo enables connections with traditional video-conferencing systems, and audio-only participants can plug in via UberConference.
Google touts the system for being easy to set up, with no “complex dial-in codes, passcodes or leader PINs.” The meeting software, based on Google+ Hangouts, includes a remote screen-sharing capability, and there’s also integration with other Google Apps, such as Google Calendar for scheduling.
CDW and SYNNEX are handling the sales and distribution channel, but you can order directly from Google. The solution has already been beta tested by companies including Eventbrite, Gilt, oDesk, and Woolworths, says Google. Later this year, sales will expand to Australia, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, and the U.K.
“Chromebox for meetings is simple to set up and maintain, and allows us to communicate more easily with our global offices via Google+ Hangouts, which we were already using,” stated Miguel Pino, Eventbrite IT manager.
The HP Chromebox will ship in the spring in the U.S., at an unstated price. Unlike the Asus model, it runs on an Intel Core i7 processor of the 4th Generation “Haswell” variety. The Asus system also offers the new, more power-efficient “Haswell” chips, but the initial $179 version uses the Intel Celeron, with a Core i3 version coming later this year. Asus does have a faster i7 based model, but aside from its role in the Google’s Chromebox for Meetings, it’s available only in markets outside the U.S.
HP Chromebox in multiple colors
Like the Asus mini-PC, the HP Chromebox offers four USB 3.0 ports, as well as dual display support via its DisplayPort and HDMI ports. At five inches (126mm) wide, it’s only slightly larger than the 4.9-inch Asus Chromebox, and is available with mounting for the back of a monitor, as well as a VESA mount for the wall. The HP Chromebox is also notable for offering more colors, which appear to be white, black, gray, and teal.
No more hardware details were provided, but HP said the computer will integrate Google Play and Google Drive apps. The system also includes Google’s web-based management and configuration tools, automatic software updates, built-in TPM security, and multi-layered virus protection, says HP.
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One response to “Google aims Chromebox at video conferencing”
Druenny says:
Feb. 9, 2014 at 2:08 pm
If it’s a google item, it’s junk. Google should leave open-source things alone. Buy into some microsoft stuff instead. Google has ruined it for debian (aka linux) users. With things like chrome os.
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Jesus hugging Trump
schlock
But Is It Blasphemy?
"Believe me!"
It's hard to know where to begin. I mean...ew. Just...ew.
But seriously, let's start with the provenance of this piece of...art. Two days ago it went up on a
Twitter feed attributed to Tiffany Trump, but most likely a fake. It was accompanied by this prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray in the Mighty name of Jesus, that you would give Donald J Trump wisdom and that you would protect him and fill him with Your Spirit and help him to withstand the fiery darts of the enemy.
Now, in and of itself, there's nothing remarkable about such a prayer. The language is consistent with evangelical prayers for politicians perceived to be friendly to conservative Christianity, up to and including a nod to the opposition that associates them with demonic forces. Associating it with this picture--which, I learned from a quick Google search, has been in circulation at least since January, long before the faux Tiffany Trump turned it into an Easter tweet; though I was unable to identify the artist who put the image together--gives the prayer a different spin, however.
Trump is depicted as weary, hurt, in need of comfort, which a scarily tall Jesus seems happy to provide. He's even wrapped the controversy-battered president in his halo, perhaps in preparation for taking him directly up to heaven, thus skipping over the messy business of growing older, getting sick, and dying that the rest of us are condemned to. And before you leap up in defense of Jesus rapturing such an undeserving excuse for a believer, look at it this way: the sooner Trump's gone, the sooner we can breathe easier that we won't be getting into a nuclear war with North Korea, Russia, and anyone else who irritates our mercurial leader. So rapture away, Jesus. Please.
But back to the image: if this picture really did first appear in January, there's something very prescient about it. In January, Trump was riding high, boasting of his huge" margin of victory, the enormous crowd who'd turned out for his inauguration, the stack of executive orders he was proudly signing without taking the time to read their contents, the long list of anti-secretaries he was nominating to the Cabinet, and all the good he could not wait to undo with the help of a unified Republican Congress. Trump and all his surrogates were fountains of deceitful braggadocio, blissfully ignoring--when they weren't condemning as "fake news"--every fact, however obvious, that was tendered in opposition to their lies. Are we really to believe that the President's ego was so fragile that even then, just days into the biggest, brassiest, most beautiful Presidency ever, he already needed a holy shoulder to cry on?
Maybe the unnamed artist was seeing the writing on the wall, the unavoidable signs of the times that pointed to Trump not so much Nebuchadnezzar--the Babylonian emperor who, chastened by the prophet Daniel's teachings, repented of his sins and retained his empire--as his son Belshazzar, whose corruption led to the conquest of Babylon by Persia. Indictments, even impeachment, are coming not just for Trump, but for many of his family members and cronies. The regime will come down and, worst of all possible outcomes, Donald Trump will be humiliated and branded a loser. He'll need a shoulder to cry on then, and with all his followers already locked up, where can he turn but Jesus? Who knows, maybe this chastening will finally get him to turn from his selfish, evil ways.
I hope that's what the artist had in mind. If so, it breathes just a touch of value into this gauche piece of religio-political schlock.
But all of that is erased by the prayer that was tacked onto it by Tweeter--who, as noted earlier, is almost certainly not Trump's neglected other daughter, Tiffany. This prayer delivers the unsubtle message that all the obstacles in the way of the regime's agenda have been placed their by ungodly Democrats, enemies who never tire of casting darts at the tender sensibilities of our poor sad President. Sad little boy. There, there. Take it to the Lord in prayer. He'll take that burden from you, ease your mind, soothe your soul, make all the bad people go away. What's more, he knows what it's like to be tortured and crucified for promoting God's agenda of enriching the rich and taking food, shelter, and health care away from the poor while simultaneously flooding the earth, sea, and sky with all the pollutants that have been kept bottled up until now by those nasty environmental laws. And don't even get me started on how much God hates immigrants.
Wait, what's that your whispering in his ear, Jesus? "I suffered and died for the exact opposite of everything you're doing." No, that can't be right. After all, he told us to believe him, told us again and again that he was doing the Lord's work, looking out for the little guy, protecting his followers from the evils of political correctness and all the dangers that come with welcoming people with brown skins within our borders.
"Oh, for Christ's sake," Jesus continues to whisper, loud enough this time that it leaps right off the canvas, "has any of you ever even opened my book?"
Because if you had "Tiffany Trump," you'd have seen plenty in there about caring for the poor, protecting the rights of the oppressed, welcoming the stranger, giving all your money to just causes, leaving all your earthly possessions behind to follow in the footsteps of the homeless messiah, and being ready to suffer and die for the salvation of others.
In all seriousness: I've been a frequent critic of Christianity in general, and the United Methodist Church in particular, since long before I began writing this blog. I have great issues with much that is considered Holy Scripture, as well as much that is dogma to even the most independent of churches. I don't come by these criticisms from a place of ignorance or of kneejerk rejectionism: I'm seminary-trained, ordained, and between seminary and my sometimes overlapping ministries of the pastorate and sacred music, I devoted almost thirty years of my life to church work. I've known thousands of Christians, most of them sincere, many of them people I admire and respect. I empathize with the many believers who are caught in the struggle between taking the Bible seriously and deciding how much of it to disagree with.
With all that said, I really have no patience for those Christians who've become so partisan they will slap a Jesus sticker on the most heretical of hucksters just because he'll advance a couple of their pet agenda items. No matter how rabidly you may believe in recriminalizing abortion, that cannot outweigh the thousands (perhaps even millions) of innocent men, women, children and, yes, babies who will die horribly if even a fraction of Trump's campaign promises become law--not to mention how many millions more are at risk from his latest reversal, his suddenly Hawkish approach to dropping missiles and bombs on Syria, Afghanistan, and possibly North Korea.
So yes, I'd like to think Jesus is right there in the Oval Office, wrapping Donald Trump in his arms, preparing to rapture him right up to heaven, not because he deserves it, but to save the rest of us--all seven and a half billion of us--from the wrath that will come if he ever stops shooting himself in the foot, and starts putting any of his plans into action.
And seriously, where would Trump be safer from the darts of mean old liberals like me? The White House? Trump Tower? Mar-a-Lago? Or altogether out of this world?
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Interviews & cover reveals
Release day blog tour with trailer for The Keepers by Anoosha Lalani #ya #paranormal
Release day celebration - blog tour for The Keepers by Anoosha Lalani. Please keep scrolling after checking this out, there's a cover reveal for STARS by Madison Louise with a giveaway below.
ABOUT THE KEEPERS:
Sixteen-year-old Isra Kalb has grown up starving in the slums of Islamabad. But hunger is only the beginning. When her father is mysteriously murdered and madness corrupts her mother's mind, she's left alone to fend for herself and her sister. Homeless and destitute, the only thing she has to remember her loving family by is a commonplace necklace--an amulet barely worth keeping.
Or so she thinks.
Swept into a web of lies, deceit and turmoil, Isra struggles to find a place for herself and Zaffirah, wondering if the strange creatures and visions she's seeing are indications of the madness that took her mother. But when Snatchers capture Zaffirah, Isra learns her amulet isn't so useless after all. Transported to Zarcane--the beastly garden where Adam and Eve were born--Isra comes face to face with her destiny. She's a Keeper, charged with protecting the borders of Zarcane and keeping the demon hordes lurking in the shadows from taking realms that are not their own. And she's not the only one; there's a second Keeper, a boy whose identity hasn't been revealed.
Now, in order to save her sister and fulfill her family's legacy as Keeper of the Amulet, she has to find the second Keeper and close the borders. Surrounded by betrayal, trapped between warring factions of angels, and desperate to save the only family she has left, Isra must decide:
Who can she trust when nothing is what it seems?
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ABOUT ANOOSHA LALANI:
Anoosha Lalani has always had an insatiable desire to escape reality. It was a childhood trait that never seemed to fade out. If Anoosha were to make one wish, it would be to have wings to journey off the face of this planet and into the worlds of her stories.
When she’s not writing, you may find Anoosha attending high school in Singapore. Having moved around so much, she has had the wonderful opportunity to be exposed to a vibrant range of cultures, which often seem to find their way into her stories. Anoosha was born in Pakistan, the setting of her most recent novel, The Keepers.
Connect with Anoosha on her website and twitter.
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Cover reveal & giveaway - STARS by @AuthorMadison Louise #fantasy #ya
It's the moment you've all been waiting for!
I'm visiting On Writing and Riding to reveal the cover of my upcoming YA standalone, STARS.
Summary first, as always:
After the death of the King, Myra knows what she has to do. His son, Torren, Myra’s past best friend, will take the throne. But first, he has to marry Princess Arora, and Myra. His Mistress. Things have been like this as long as Myra can remember, there was a Mistress before her, and so on. The Queen doesn’t have the children, the Mistresses do, and then they get stars. One for marrying, one for completing the marriage, and one for bearing an heir. Myra’s known her fate from the moment she was taken into the royal family after the rebellion years ago.
After they marry, things start to change. The way the royals live is different now, less old fashioned, more modern. Myra is excited for this change, maybe things will be different, maybe she will be able to keep her future child instead of having to give it over to Arora like she should. But after a trip to Arora’s family, Myra finds out something that will ruin her forever.
She tries to hide her fate from Torren, and from Arora. And with a new rebellion rising up at the same time, it’s easy to. But when a rebel by the name of Carter says she’s the key to helping restore the former royal family back to the throne, Myra is faced with an impossible choice.
Stay with Torren and die with him and the Senile when the rebels attack, or join the rebels, and fight for a future that she never thought she’d be apart of.
Will Myra choose love, or duty?
And here's the cover. Hope did such a great job!
Enter a giveaway to win a pre-order of STARS. Open INT'L!
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Cover reveal and excerpt of Dark Carnival anthology from The Pen and Muse
Ooh, this will get you in the mood for Halloween! Check out this awesome cover reveal and excerpt below. What do you think of the cover? And then keep scrolling for an author interview with Holly Schindler - great insight to her story concept and writing process!
The Dark Carnival
A Pen & Muse Anthology
October approaches. Autumn leaves are nearly falling. The Dark Carnival is calling, calling. Will you answer its call? Will you heed the beckon?
The doors are opening.
Will you leave with your life?
Blurb: In this anthology, several authors and illustrators explore the dark and hidden dangers that lie within a carnival that has come to town. But it is no ordinary carnival. It's The Dark Carnival.
And when The Dark Carnival comes to town, there's no promise that anyone can leave...alive.
Edited by: Jolene Haley, Kristen Jett, and Jessi Shakarian
Contributors include: Kat Daemon, Kristen Strassel, Julie Hutchings, C. Elizabeth Vescio, Mark Matthews, Brian W. Taylor, Kim Culpepper, Eli Constant, Mari Wells, J. Elizabeth Hill, Nicole R. Taylor, Ashly Nagrant, Kristin Hanson, Calyn Morgan, Tawney Bland, Roselle Kaes, Ken Mooney, Emily McKeon, Bobby Salomons, Ezekiel Conrad, Sheila Hall, Michelle Davis, Lucas Hargis, Vanessa Henderson, Ryan Bartlett, Debra Kristi, Jessi Esparza, T.A. Brock, Ruth Shedwick, Brian LeTendre, Amy Trueblood, Gregory Carrico, Jamie Corrigan, Kate Michael, Tyle Anne Snell, Alicia Audrey, Meghan Schuler, Jamie Adams, Wulf Francu Godgluck, J.C. Michael, Suzy G., Kristin Rivers, and Claire C. Riley.
*Final lineup subject to change
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And the Tunnel of Love loomed ahead of us.
I didn’t think they even made those things anymore. I hadn’t seen one at one of these fairs—well, my whole life. It was something you’d only see in a fifties movie, or some old black and white photo. And like anything classy, none of the loudmouth teenagers that frequented the fair were anywhere near it. The shadows around the Tunnel of Love were empty.
I wrapped my arms around her and headed towards the dark entryway.
The tunnel seemed even more like it was dropped out of another time as we got closer to it. Two giant cutout swans with chipping white paint formed a heart with their great necks, creating a doorway into the darkness where love was supposed to flourish. If not for the dark that invited one like me in, I would have seen the marred paint and carved in hearts with random initials on the pristine white of their feathers to be a bad sign, of something lost and something ruined.
I should have looked deeper.
- Love Consumes Us by Julie Hutchings
Giveaway & interview with Holly Schindler, author of FERAL #ya #thriller
Today we're celebrating the release of Feral, by Holly Schindler with an author interview.
The Lovely Bones meets Black Swan in this haunting psychological thriller with twists and turns that will make you question everything you think you know.
On to my interview questions! Holly's answers are very detailed and provide a lot of insight into her writing process and the inside story of Feral. Read through, there are buy links and a giveaway below, plus the trailer.
Where / how did you come up with the idea for your story? Did it suddenly pop into your head or were you brainstorming?
A middle school near my home has a couple of markers under some trees out front, honoring students who passed away while they were going to school there. I was walking my dog, staring at the markers, when I got the idea for a mystery that took place at a middle school. The first draft of FERAL was actually an MG mystery about a tween girl solving a cold case.
The revision process began to make the book increasingly darker, though. That’s when I realized the book needed to be bumped into the YA category.
Did you start with the main character, the world, or the overarching concept?
I started with the initial murder mystery. The circumstances regarding Serena’s death do remain the same in the final published version. But that’s one of the few similarities.
My original protagonist didn’t fit anymore, once the book was a YA. She really was thirteen. And I needed a seventeen-year-old. So I brainstormed a new main character—when I discovered Claire’s backstory, I knew the book needed to be a psychological thriller.
Like classic psychological thrillers, FERAL incorporates elements of other genres: mystery, horror, and paranormal, but the emphasis is on the “psychological” rather than thriller / action. The novel features a Hitchcockian pace and focus on character development (here, we’re exploring the inner workings of the main character, Claire Cain).
Essentially, every aspect of FERAL is used to explore Claire’s inner workings—that even includes the wintry Ozarks setting. The water metaphor is employed frequently in psychological thrillers to represent the subconscious, and in this instance is incorporated in the form of a brutal ice storm (that represents Claire’s “frozen” inner state). The attempt to untangle what is real from what is unreal (another frequently-used aspect of the psychological thriller) also begins to highlight the extent to which Claire was hurt in that Chicago alley. Even the explanation of the odd occurrences in the town of Peculiar offers an exploration into and portrait of Claire’s psyche.
Ultimately, FERAL is a book about recovering from violence—that’s not just a lengthy or hard process; it’s a terrifying process, too. The classic psychological thriller allowed me to explore that frightening process in detail.
So the overall process was: plotting out the murder mystery, then finding my main character, then using the world of the psychological thriller to further explore and develop the central theme.
Pantser or Plotter? Or in between?
Plotter when writing my first drafts (though I always suspect it will change, I have to know what my initial aim is, where I want to wind up, what point I want to make). When I revise, I’m a pantser. I let my book and my characters talk to me, tell me what they want to be, where they need to go. That often means I move my books into different age groups and genres. It often means I tackle different or additional themes than I had originally planned on. But that’s a big part of what makes revision the most exciting part of the process.
[Host comment] I think that's the combination I'm aiming for, and I love revisions too.
Are you a fan of writing contests?
Absolutely. I entered several as I was trying to snag my first book sale. I remember I was several years into the pursuit when I submitted to Delacorte’s First YA Novel contest. I didn’t win, but the book was returned with a note that said, “This has potential.” For some reason, I latched onto that, and focused the bulk of my energy on revising and submitting that book. It turned out to be my first published novel—A BLUE SO DARK, which released in ’10.
How did you find your agent? How many query letters did you send?
I got my agent through an old-school query letter, actually. That’s also how I sold my first two YAs, as well—I solidified those deals before I started working with my agent. I’m a BIG believer in the power of a good query.
As far as how many letters it took…I know my first published book was rejected over 80 times. But I had drafted and submitted many other books before that. If I was averaging close to 100 rejections per book, it had to have taken somewhere around a thousand rejections (to both agents and editors) to get my first yes.
And don’t think that revision stops once you get representation or sell a few books. It doesn’t. It took my agent a year and a half to sell my first MG (THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY) and a year to sell FERAL. I’ve been through it so many times, rejection has become the least of my concerns, believe it or not.
What’s the best marketing tool you’ve found so far?
The blogosphere. Skype. Twitter. Travel is expensive and isn’t necessarily effective. I thoroughly enjoy interacting with my readers and encourage them to get in touch. You can always reach me directly through the contact page on my website, or email me at hollyschindlerbooks (at) gmail (dot) com.
What do you like best about your MC?
She’s tough. Really tough. A true survivor.
What do you like best about your main antagonist?
That he / she is not easy to identify. Who IS Claire’s antagonist? Serena’s ghost? The spirits in the Peculiar cemetery? The feral cats who follow her? Or is it herself?
Anything else you like to share about your journey or launch, including links to giveaways or ways people can help spread the word?
You bet. Here’s the Rafflectopter form for a giveaway of a signed copy of FERAL, running from Sept. 27- Oct. 13:
FERAL jacket copy:
It’s too late for you. You’re dead. Those words continue to haunt Claire Cain months after she barely survived a brutal beating in Chicago. So when her father is offered a job in another state, Claire is hopeful that getting out will offer her a way to start anew.
But when she arrives in Peculiar, Missouri, Claire feels an overwhelming sense of danger, and her fears are confirmed when she discovers the body of a popular high school student in the icy woods behind the school, surrounded by the town’s feral cats. While everyone is quick to say it was an accident, Claire knows there’s more to it, and vows to learn the truth about what happened.
But the closer she gets to uncovering the mystery, the closer she also gets to realizing a frightening reality about herself and the damage she truly sustained in that Chicago alley….
Holly Schindler’s gripping story is filled with heart-stopping twists and turns that will keep readers guessing until the very last page.
Holly Schindler Bio:
Holly Schindler is the author of the critically acclaimed A BLUE SO DARK (Booklist starred review, ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year silver medal recipient, IPPY Awards gold medal recipient) as well as PLAYING HURT (both YAs).
Her debut MG, THE JUNCTION OF SUNSHINE AND LUCKY, also released in ’14, and became a favorite of teachers and librarians, who used the book as a read-aloud. Kirkus Reviews called THE JUNCTION “...a heartwarming and uplifting story...[that] shines...with vibrant themes of community, self-empowerment and artistic vision delivered with a satisfying verve.”
FERAL is Schindler’s third YA and first psychological thriller. Publishers Weekly gave FERAL a starred review, stating, “Opening with back-to-back scenes of exquisitely imagined yet very real horror, Schindler’s third YA novel hearkens to the uncompromising demands of her debut, A BLUE SO DARK…This time, the focus is on women’s voices and the consequences they suffer for speaking…This is a story about reclaiming and healing, a process that is scary, imperfect, and carries no guarantees.”
Schindler encourages readers to get in touch. Booksellers, teen librarians, and teachers can also contact her directly regarding Skype visits. She can be reached at hollyschindlerbooks (at) gmail (dot) com, and can also be found at hollyschindler.com, hollyschindler.blogspot.com, @holly_schindler, Facebook.com/HollySchindlerAuthor, and hollyschindler.tumblr.com.
FERAL Trailer:
Link: http://vimeo.com/90169956
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Cover reveal - Cross Me Off Your List by Nikki Godwin
Today is the cover reveal for Cross Me Off Your List (Saturn series #2) by Nikki Godwin. This cover reveal is organized by Lola's Blog Tours.
Cross Me Off Your List (Saturn series #2)
By Nikki Godwin
Age category: Young Adult
Spring break in Los Angeles with her BFFs has been Marisol's driving force to get through senior year. But when a falling out dents her plans, Marisol tucks the broken friendship into her back pocket with her cell phone and spring break bucket list.
Surf city Crescent Cove isn't exactly LA, but once she meets a tattooed brunette named Noah in the hotel elevator, Marisol really doesn't mind crossing off the items on her list without her friends - especially after Noah offers to help. Unaware that Noah fits the criteria for item #3 (meet a celebrity), Marisol is instantly thrown into the world of paparazzi, wild nights, and a spring break she'll never forget.
While her friends are making memories in LA, Marisol is making tabloid headlines. But after slipping a Spaceships Around Saturn secret to the media, Marisol has to fight hard to survive her fifteen minutes of fame and get back on Noah's good side before he crosses her off of his list for good.
You can find Cross Me Off Your List on Goodreads
Nikki Godwin is a YA/NA/LGBT author. She can't live without Mountain Dew, black eyeliner, and music by Hawthorne Heights. When not writing, she internet-stalks her favorite bands and keeps tabs on surf competitions. She adores pro surfer John John Florence and has made it her life goal to meet David Desrosiers of Simple Plan.
- Goodreads author page
Cover reveal - DeadGirl by B.C. Johnson #paranormal #romance
I'm so happy to present this cover reveal - this story sounds awesome! What do you think? And we have a double reveal today, so keep reading for Rebellion by J.A. Souders with a giveaway.
Curiosity Quills is excited to reveal the cover for urban-fantasy, paranormal-romance DeadGirl, by B.C. Johnson, which is scheduled for release November 6, 2014. The fantastic cover was designed by Andy Garcia. About DeadGirl: Dead is such a strong word … Lucy Day, 15 years old, is murdered on her very first date. Not one to take that kind of thing lying down, she awakens a day later with a seemingly human body and more than a little confusion. Lucy tries to return to her normal life, but the afterlife keeps getting in the way. Zack, her crush-maybe-boyfriend, isn’t exactly excited that she ditched him on their first date. Oh, and Abraham, Lucy’s personal Grim Reaper, begins hunting her, dead-set on righting the error that dropped her back into the spongy flesh of a living girl. Lucy must put her mangled life back together, escape re-death, and learn to control her burgeoning powers while staying one step ahead of Abraham. But when she learns the devastating price of coming back from the dead, Lucy is forced to make the hardest decision of her re-life — can she really sacrifice her loved ones to stay out of the grave? Add DeadGirl to your Goodreads 'to-be-read' list. -- About by B.C. Johnson: Born in Southern California, B.C. Johnson has been writing since he realized it was one of the few socially acceptable ways to tell people a bunch of stuff you just made up off the top of your head. He attended Savanna High School in Anaheim, and an undisclosed amount of college before deciding that weird odd jobs were a far greater career path. This lead him to such exciting professions as: aluminum recovery machinist, lighting designer, construction demo, sound mixer, receptionist, theater stage hand, wedding security, high school custodian, museum events manager, webmaster, IT guy, copywriter, and one memorable night as the bouncer at a nightclub. He is trying very hard to add “vampire hunter” and “spaceship captain” to that list. He currently lives in Garden Grove with his supernal wife Gina, his half-corgi, half-muppet dog Luna, and his new half-grayhound, half-living-tornado-of-destruction Kaylee. He also spends time with his two brothers, his parents, and his close friends, whose primary pursuit are usually healthy debates about movie minutiea. When he’s not working or writing, he’s been to known to pursue all conceivable geeky avenues of interest including but not limited to video games, the sort of TV shows/movies Benedict Cumberbatch might star in, graphic novels, podcasts, funny gifs, the whole thing. He’s also been known to apply his special brand of hyperbole and mania to pop-culture humor essays for various websites that can be found on his homepage, bc-johnson.com. B.C. also has a high school noir short story called “The Lancer” available on Kindle. Deadgirl is his first novel. Find by B.C. Johnson Online: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads
Cover Reveal - Rebellion by J.A. Souders #ya #fantasy
Today J.A. Souders and Rockstar Book Tours are revealing the cover for REBELLION, book 3 in the Elysium Chronicles releasing in June 9, 2015! Check out the gorgeous cover and enter to win the books!
On to the reveal!
Title: REBELLION
Author: J.A. Souders
Publisher: TOR Teen
Find it: Goodreads
For more information on the Elysium Chronicles, here are links to Renegade and Revelations.
About J.A. Souders
J.A. SOUDERS is the author of the Elysium Chronicles and lives in the land of sunshine and palm trees with her husband and two children where she spends her time writing about the monsters under the bed, day dreaming about living in an underwater colony, and failing miserably at playing video games.
Website/Blog/Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads/Pinterest
One winner will receive physical copies of RENEGADE AND REVELATIONS plus the eNovellas. And ASK AGAIN LATER by Liz Czukas. If you have J.A.s books already, she will do an amazon or book depository gift card of the same value. International.
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Cover reveal - Redemption by Randi Cooley Wilson #NA #paranormal #romance
Today, we have a cover reveal from YaReads (@yaReads) Blog Tour, Redemption, the third book in the Revelation series by Randi Cooley Wilson. Please comment on what you think below!
Redemption (The Revelation Series, #3) by Randi Cooley Wilson
To be Released: December 15, 2014
Genre: New Adult Paranormal Romance
A LOVE RETURNS.
A LOYALTY IS BROKEN.
AND WAR BEGINS.
For Eve Collins, darkness has descended after her love vanished into the night sky. A new protector has been appointed, one who challenges everything she’s believed to true.
In this third installment of The Revelation Series, Eve will become aware of dangers and worlds that exist only in her nightmares and bloodline secrets that will trigger a centuries old war.
You can escape anything, except your destiny.
Readers captivated by Revelation and Restraint will become enthralled with Redemption.
Pre-buy here!
Randi was born and raised in Massachusetts where she attended Bridgewater State University and graduated with a degree in Communication Studies. After graduation she moved to California where she lived happily bathed in sunshine and warm weather for fifteen years.
Randi and her husband recently moved back to Massachusetts with their daughter where she was encouraged to begin writing again.
Revelation is her first novel and The Revelations Series is her first New Adult Paranormal Romance book series.
“I’ve had a love affair with books, writing and storytelling since childhood. It has been a dream of mine to introduce this world and these characters to you. I hope I’ve done them justice.”
Randi loves to hear from readers, you can reach out to her via Twitter: R_CooleyWilson and/or Facebook: authorrandicooleywilson
Weekend Warrior Monday - house hunting
My husband and I are planning to move from Colorado to Oregon. Although we love our beautiful home near Canon City with fabulous year-round weather, we also like change, challenges, and projects.
On Wednesday, we got up at 3:45am to drive to Denver International Airport. We arrive an hour early, with plenty of time to get through security and to our flight. We were even sent to the fast lane through security - didn't have to remove shoes!
Then we find out my ticket name doesn't match my driver's license. Hubby used my middle name, which I go by. So back to ticketing, talking to one person then another and finally back to security. This time we have to go the long route which takes another 15 minutes. Then we miss the train to the concourse. When we finally get to the right concourse, we have five minutes to run through the entire length to the very last gate. The only reason they let us board is because a maintenance guy is on the plane fixing a seat so they haven't closed the door. On to Portland!
The flight from Portland to Bend is fun and beautiful. Then we meet our realtor and see the first house. It's a great property and the only one we expect to look at that we can easily afford, but because this is a new area to us, we plan to look at the rest of the possibles.
Day 2, the first house we look at is even better, and we find that the owner is willing to carry, so now we can afford this one too. We looked at a couple other properties that wouldn't work and decide to make an offer on this awesome property. We don't get back to the hotel until almost 11pm, but the offer is in.
For the trip home, we decide not to fly from Bend to Portland and then sit for a three hour layover when we can drive in three hours and see the gorgeous scenery. We also stopped at a seafood restaurant. More than we'd planned on spending, but it was near the airport and almost literally on the Columbia. Excellent food. A 2 hour flight, a 2.5 hour drive and back home to wait for an answer and start planning how much stuff we need to sell.
So clearly we have no patience! When I make up my mind, I want action now. How about you? Could you buy a second house without even listing your current house yet? Scary!
And even worse, now I'll have to decide who to root for, the Broncos or the Seahawks! Luckily I've always been a closet Seahawks fan since I was born in Olympia.
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Bend, Oregon, United States
I live in Oregon with my husband, cat, dog and four horses . I train and compete endurance horses, but I have awakened a long dormant desire to put the stories in my head onto paper (or appropriately arranged electrons).
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Revision as of 12:55, 27 June 2008 by Andrew (talk | contribs) (→Spelling Differences)
1 Cross Breeding
2 Dragonback Cannons
3 Related Species
4 Spelling Differences
Cross Breeding
Does anyone thing the series will last long enough for the British to do any serious cross breeding with Temeraire? If it were up to you, which species would you cross a Celestial with for the best results? While I think it's tempting to try a cross with the strongest of the other species, Regal Copper, Longwing, or Kazilik, from a practical point of view this would seem less than ideal, given the low number, and slow reproduction of Regal Coppers, and the dangers of poor mixing of structures and losing abilities in other offensively orientated dragons. I personally like the idea of crossing with the Bright Copper, the over large air sacs of the breed may cross well with the Celestial offensive armament, and if the cross worked I'd call it a Bright Wind. Andrew 02:35, 7 November 2007 (PST)
You're right about Regal Coppers, it would be unwise to cross such rare dragons with a smaller breed. The divine wind would compensate for the weight loss, but the probability that the dragon would be able to use this ability is almost zero. Same goes with Longwings - the British might end up with a dragon who could neither spit acid nor use the divine wind. I base this on the problems the Chinese (the best breeders in the world, etc.) have with breeding Celestials.
If I were in this situation I would cross Temeraire with a heavyweight like a Chequered Nettle in hopes that the new breed would inherit the size of a ChN and the flying abilities of a Celestial. A cross with an Anglewing would be interesting as well, if everything went according to the plan the Celestial Anglewing would be the best flyier in the world.
As for the cross with Felicita, I have high hopes for the dragonet precisely because no one thinks that's a good idea :) Who knows, we might end up with a little yellow Celestial.
Natli 04:15, 7 November 2007 (PST)
I like the idea of crossing with an Anglewing, perhaps this could become the Angelwing which is pretty much what I read over and over for ages. Andrew 04:19, 7 November 2007 (PST)
Another option is that the hatchling might end up with only the Imperial genes from Temeraire as his father was an Imperial (is that right, or do I need to read book 2 again?) Do we know if Celestial/Imperial crosses always produce Celestials? Still the flying ability (even without the Divine Wind) will be a boost to the British. A middleweight with good maneuverability is still a valuable dragon as the Anglewing has shown (I read it wrong too). As for a Kazilik/Celestial cross, I don't think Temeraire would agree to that. He seemed to be developing a hearty dislike of Iskierka in the last book. --Mooir 21:03, 7 November 2007 (PST)
Even beyond any potential dislike, I don't think the British could afford to waste one of Iskierka's eggs on a risky cross with Temeraire. The French might go for a Celestial/Fire Breather cross as suggested towards the end of Ivory, but with a single, female, fire breather the British have to concentrate on crosses with the best chance of keeping the fire breathing ability without extra complications. I don't think we "know" that Celestial Imperial crosses always produce Celestials, but it seems likely, every living Celestial is such a cross as all the Celestials are too closely related to allow Celestial/Celestial breeding. Andrew 02:14, 8 November 2007 (PST)
Dragonback Cannons
There's not really a good place I can find to start discussions like this on the main site, or any other site I frequent on the net (If you know of somewhere please let me know) so I think I'll start filling my talk page here as this sort of thing occurs to me. Anyway... Is anyone else surprised that there seems to be no mention at all of cannons on dragon back? I know that recoil issues would be a bigger factor than on a ship, the lack of obvious flat spots, and there would be dangers in storing so much powder aboard and so on, but the advantages to having a big gun in the air are so obvious, does anyone else think it is a missed opportunity? Andrew 02:43, 9 November 2007 (PST)
One thing I think is missing from Novik's world is other Draconic creatures. We've seen there is a large number of dragon species, and there's a definite relation to the Sea Serpents, such as the one that attacked the Allegiance, but we've not seen anything else. Dragons if they were around, would be a new Class (Order, Phylum? Biology isn't my strong point Look) of animals. You'd expect to see examples of the class in different niches around the environment. Just live we have mammals ranging from Rats to Whales; fish from Whitebait to Sharks and so on for the other major animal groups. Where is the Draconic Badger? Or at least the Turkey Dragon? Anyone have any thoughts? Andrew 09:08, 2 January 2008 (PST)
Spelling Differences
You're from Britain, right? Oh boy, is this gonna be fun! Especially when American English and Britain's English have so many differences in spelling!! Oh what joy!! --skie 05:42, 22 May 2008 (PDT)
Yep. I'm going to keep sticking those u's in every time I'm editing a page too. Though I probably wont edit anything to specifically add u's. And it's England's English. :)Andrew 05:06, 23 May 2008 (PDT)
Sorry 'bout that then, 'cause I first thought to call it "The Queen's English" but I wasn't sure if that was right either. --skie 05:34, 23 May 2008 (PDT)
The Queen's English is fine. I just always think British English makes it sound as if it's an imported or changed from a base language (not that it isn't a mish mash of various roots anyway...). It's not really, British or England's English, it's just English, and it's from here... Does that make any sense? Andrew 14:00, 25 May 2008 (PDT)
A bit, though both forms of English are spoken almost exactly the same, just the written spellings are different, which is what I find ironic. I can, however, say one plus, at least we are not using Shakespeare's English, or else few people would be able to easily understand this Wiki. skie 05:38, 27 May 2008 (PDT)
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Eddie Trunk Review of Rush's Denver Concert - Interview with Alex Lifeson and the Future of Rush Coming Soon
Update (07/23/2015): Eddie's podcast which includes the complete interview with Alex is now online.
Eddie Trunk, one of the most respected music professionals in the world of Rock Music, flew out to Denver for the Rush concert this past weekend where he spent some time with the band before the show, interviewed Alex Lifeson for a future podcast, and penned this fantastic review of his experience.
It’s important to note that like most fans of any band I certainly would not say I love every era of Rush. But I have massive respect for all of it and how they did things on their own terms and essentially built one of the biggest cult bands in music history. A cult that somehow FINALLY got the mainstream recognition in recent years with the Rolling Stone cover, HOF, etc. But if you are a true Rush fan these things are nice, but really we knew what everyone else is just discovering all along; Rush rules! And the reasons why they rule are many. Who else keeps the same band together 41 years? Who else makes music that fans embrace fully, played brilliantly, and never compromised for radio. What other trio can generate that much music, all real and extremely honest? Few bands have the connection to their fans like Rush. Why? Because they are three amazing musicians who are also real relatable people. Never putting themselves above the fans and never resorting to the trends of the business that make fans feel like they are being fleeced. Rush isn’t playing the Farewell Tour card. Why? Because its just not a Rush thing to do, and they don’t know what they are going to do next. And they are pretty much one of the most honest and transparent bands out there at their level.
Regarding his interview with Alex, Trunk had this to say:
I also interviewed Alex for about 20 minutes before the show. I think you guys will enjoy this and Alex does address the potential future of the band. This will premiere in my syndicated FM show this weekend (starting on Q104.3 NYC and WAAF Boston 11PM ET this Friday, both stations stream) and on all affiliates over the weekend. The complete audio will then be in my podcast posting 7/23, free to all as usual on Itunes or at www.podcastone.com.
You can read the entire review via this LINK.
We'll have more info on the podcast once it becomes available.
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Australia's Birthstain - the startling legacy of the convict era
A groundbreaking history of convicts in Australia which lays bare the distortions and myths that caused the nation to deny its own past.
Baby Birds of Tasmania - Kids Series
From Dave Watts, one of Australia's leading wildlife photographers, comes a spectacular collection of Tasmanian baby birds that will captivate children of all ages.
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Battle Scarred
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Tag: World Challenge
April 3, 2014 Doug Patterson
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadShaun, his co-host Mike, and his other co-host Mike (yeah, that joke never gets old) lead you through our first big open-wheel weekend with IndyCar and the Mazda Road to Indy in St. Petersburg, and Formula 1 in Malaysia. Mr. Shaw reviews the news in rally and previews WRC’s Rally Portugal and looks with excitement to his time this week down in LA with the GRC. OpenPaddock.net Podcast: Episode 225 – Tuesday, April 1st, 2014 Misc. Talk that Formula E could replace F1 in…
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SCCA – NBCSN Adds the Pirelli World Challenge to its Line-Up
February 5, 2014 Doug Patterson
NBC Sports Network is now the home of nearly every motor racing series we love! The newly arrived network which was the evolution of the old Versus network after NBC acquired ComCast has quickly established itself as the new home for motorsport. When Fox’s SPEED channel became Fox Sports 1 (or 2 or the Foxy Ocho…whatever) it ceased being a racing-centric channel, although many would argue that it already had when the old Speedvision died. NBCSN which already had the IndyCar Series acquired the rights to Formula 1, they aired…
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SCCA – World Challenge Participation Booms
January 3, 2014 Doug Patterson
Whitesell and I have been saying for a number of years now that the SCCA Pro Racing’s Pirelli World Challenge series is some of the best racing you’re ever going to see. It’s one of the things we look forward to the most when we go to Mid-Ohio. For a time, the World Challenge series suffered from small grid sizes and perinnial teams like Bimmerworld Racing moving from the SCCA’s World Challenge to Grand-Am’s Continental Tire SportsCar Championship. As the series retooled, redefined their classes, and took a close look…
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SCCA Pirelli World Challenge Guest Ride-Along
March 23, 2013 March 26, 2013 Mike Shaw
SCCA Pro Racing’s Pirelli World Challenge treated some writers and photographers to rides on Saint Petersburg’s temporary race track in two K-Pax Racing Volvo S-60s, driven by Randy Pobst and Alex Figge (above), Cadillac CTS-V.R race cars, and a few street-legal CTS-Vs. I was chauffeured by a SCCA World Challenge series racer for two laps on Saint Petersburg’s downtown streets and a runway of Albert Whitted Airport in a Cadillac CTS-V street car. Its acceleration was impressive (pressed me into the seat), but the braking for Turn 4 really wowed…
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OpenPaddock Podcast – Episode 165
November 21, 2012 Doug Patterson
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThis week on the OpenPaddock Podcast, we have a packed show and a full house! Mike, Doug, and Kevin are joined by our new Rally reporter Mike Shaw and friend of the show John Olsakovsky. We begin with analysis from Mike Shaw on Petter Solberg’s future in rally and the sad sorry state of M-Sport. Whitesell and Patterson get excited about the addition of GT3 cars in the SCCA Pirelli World Challenge, for our money, some of the absolute best sports car racing to…
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USF2000 and Pirelli World Challenge Are Solid with Green-Savoree
October 10, 2012 Doug Patterson
While I thoroughly enjoy the IZOD IndyCar Series and American Le Mans Series races at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, I must admit that my favourite parts of the weekend are the USF2000 and World Challenge races. The USF2000 races this year have seen a huge increase in participation level, with grid sizes routinely in the high 20s and sometimes in the 30s. The SCCA World Challenge has also seen a high level of participation in its three classes. The variety of machines, Championship, Formula Continental, and Formula Enterprise cars…
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ALMS and SCCA Photos from MidOhio
August 12, 2012 August 12, 2012 Doug Patterson
In addition to the IZOD IndyCar Series and the USF2000 National Championship, the American Le Mans Series and the SCCA Pro Racing Pirelli World Challenge were at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last weekend. As always, the Cadillac CTS-Vs in the PWC sounded absolutely amazing! Robertson Racing’s FordGT were missed this week, but the new SRT Viper made it’s debut. I must admit that although it looked cool, it’s sound and performance were underwhelming compared to the Corvettes. MidOhio was their first event, however, and given that, I can cut…
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The Mid-Ohio Weekend in Photos
August 10, 2011 Doug Patterson
One of the magnificent things about a road course event, and the ALMS/INDYCAR weekend at Mid-Ohio especially, is that there is NEVER a quiet moment on the track. There’s always something buzzing around the circuit. This year was no exception as we has the Cooper Tires Prototype Lites Championship, the SCCA Pro World Challenge, the American LeMans Series, the US F2000 National Championship, and the IZOD IndyCar Series taking to the circuit from 0800 to as late as 1900! That also means that is photog was one busy dude! I…
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IndyCar – I Love the Smell of Speculation in the Morning!
November 8, 2010 Doug Patterson
It smells like… PROGRESS! If you’re a fan of IndyCar, then you likely have already heard about Peter De Lorenzo’s article on his blog, The Autoextremist, where he claims that General Motors will make a return to the IZOD IndyCar Series in 2012 along with an increase in motorsports across the board. You also likely are already aware that SpeedTV’s Marshall Pruitt and the Indianapolis Star’s Curt Cavin are both claiming extreme skepticism of the announcement. So where does this leave us fans? It leaves us in a whirlwind of…
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TV – Weekend Racing Schedule for August 27, 28, and 29th
FORMULA 1 RETURNS! MOTOGP RETURNS! INDYCAR OVAL RACING RETURNS! Its a great weekend to be a racing fan with access to cable TV. At long last, the Formula 1 returns from holiday to compete at one of the most epic racing circuits on the planet: Spa-Francorchamps! Spa is always a good show, especially if the rains come as forecasted. The shorter MotoGP break is also over and the riders return to Indianapolis. Sadly, I will be watching on TV this year, rather than being at the track. I’m gutted about…
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Hillary & Jez's Wedding
Hillary and Jez had a small wedding at Cambridge Register Office, followed by a reception at the Arundel House Hotel. They asked me to photograph it on film, aind it has been rather a busy month, so very few of the photographs have made it online.
Clare May Ball 2004
The 2004 Clare May Ball took place on 14 June 2004. I was once again asked by Clare May Ball's committee to photograph the evening, so that the following year's committee would have good pictures to help publicise the ball and gain sponsorship.
JTQ at Clare May Ball 2004
JTQ played an excellent set at Clare May Ball 2004.
Keiretsu at Clare May Ball 2004
The excellent, and rather unusual, Keiretsu played at Clare May Ball 2004.
Abba Gold at Clare May Ball 2004
Abba Gold played at at an ungodly hour of the morning at Clare May Ball 2004.
25th AES International Conference
The Audio Engineering Society's 25th International Conference, Metadata for Audio, was held in London on 17-19 June 2004.
These photographs were taken for the Journal; Mark Yonge photographed the sessions that I chaired.
Teenie & Taro's Wedding
Teenie & Taro got married in June 2004 in the beautiful Pembroke Lodge on the hill in Richmond Park. At the last moment, Teenie's parents were unable to make it, so her brother stood in as "father of the bride". There was also a big thunderstorm during the afternoon, so most of the photographs are indoors.
Christine & Taro asked me to photograph their wedding on film, so only a small selection of the images is available online.
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Gaza farmers call on UN to sell produce in the West Bank | October 21, 2019
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Asset Stripping v Agent Motivated
It’s a new month for Blues, and the new season is almost upon us. We’ve had a turbulent few weeks, and BCFC need to ride out the storm just a while longer before the football can do the talking. Accusations levelled against the board of a “fire sale” coming into operation are looking fairer, and with more transfers probable I thought it was worth talking about that in some more detail.
For me, the acid test of Blues’ resolve in this transfer window lies with two players; if one or either go I think it will show just how hard Blues have it. I’m not referring to Scott Dann, or Cameron Jerome, or even Nikola Zigic; the players I’m talking about are Liam Ridgewell and Stephen Carr. I understand to many fans that they are not the “crown jewels” in the team, but from everything I’ve heard they are two players who the club do not want to sell. However, it would appear that their agent (they have the same one, SEM Group) has other ideas.
There’s been a lot in the press about a move for Liam Ridgewell to WBA from Blues; figures of between £1mil and £3mil have been mooted, and many sceptics believed Liam didn’t play in the friendly against Everton because of an impending move. The club (eventually) put out the news that Liam was nursing a slight injury, and thus wouldn’t be playing, but that did nothing to assuage the rumours of Liam’s exit.
I have to admit, I’m torn. I like Liam Ridgewell a lot – he’s a bit of a cult hero in some ways because of the way he’s gone from being a bit, well, dodgy at centre back to a rampaging goalscoring left-back. Well, maybe I’m being a bit generous there, but Liam was certainly not our weakest link last year. Thus I don’t want him to go particularly; however the idea of holding onto what might be a potentially disinterested player doesn’t appeal either. If Liam doesn’t want to play for us – and there have been messageboard rumours that he wants out NOW – then is he going to give his all for us?
Then there is our captain fantastic Stephen Carr. Now, I have to admit, I’ve not heard via the grapevine if Stevie wants to stay or go, but I’ve certainly heard that the stories doing the rounds on Sky and the like are courtesy of his agents. The board don’t want to sell Carr – which is understandable, bearing in mind his performances for us. As the ever knowledgeable @richardfbarker pointed out to me at Hereford, Carr was probably one of the five best right backs in the Premier League last year. Why would he want to drop a division with us when he could probably quite comfortably hold down a position in the top flight? This is a player who retired because he didn’t want to drop down the divisions – what will have changed now?
One thing that should be taken from this is that transfers of players isn’t always down to the board “asset stripping” the club. There are often a multitude of reasons that a player could be sold for, and financials are only one of them. This summer has been a tough one, and it’s not over yet. My one hope is that Chris Hughton can demonstrate to the players that there is a future for Blues – a future that isn’t quite as rocky as the one that the newspapers seem happy to tag us with.
Tags: Liam Ridgewell, Stephen Carr
6 Responses to “Asset Stripping v Agent Motivated”
My money would be on Ridgewell to be back in the Premier come 31st August, I’d say we need Carr as Captain (and only senior RB) more than Ridgewell.
The back four looked pretty solid on Saturday, Myhill looked a bit rusty in Goal but nothing a week on the training ground with Dave Watson won’t sort out (Positioning wall etc).
However with Spector coming in, it could see Carr moving to Stoke. I’d like to see the blues get a few young loan signings from Spurs, Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea etc
Losing Carr would be a massive blow. Personally I’m not altogether a Ridgewell fan. Don’t get me wrong – he’s a great left back. It’s just that sometimes he’s a bit of a liability IMHO. Sometimes his tackles are well into the cynical/dangerous category. Remember the time he went through an Arsenal player and took out the assistant referee at the corner flag in the same tackle? A colleague who’s a Gunners fan told me that player hasn’t played since. I just don’t like seeing that kind of play.
Wingman Blue says:
CH is quoted as saying Spehen Carr will not be going…..his departure would be the acid test of what is most important to the club. I feel sorry for CH. This blew up two days after he signed, and he’s now committed to seeing the job through even though the ship seems to be breaking up on the rocks. Hopefully I am just flapping for no reason. Time will tell.
philanza says:
Hughton quoted making it clear Carr or Ridgewell not being off loaded, just speculation probably pushed by agents.
kimberley blue says:
Just seen the ne official squad numbers.. am I being too optimistic that the 5 gaps will be filled by 5 new signings?
Mixed Zones and Mixed Messages | Often Partisan says:
[…] Ridgewell and Carr will be off before the end of the transfer window. I’ve spoken about it before, but I thought I’d touch on it […]
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You are here: HomeReviewsBatman: Dark Detective #1
Batman: Dark Detective #1
Words: Steve Englehart
Art: Marshall Rogers
Inks: Terry Austin
Colors: Chris Chuckry
Story Title: Some Enchanted Evening
Posted by Sam Moyerman on May 4, 2005
The famed Bat-team of Engleheart, Rogers, and Austin returns to Gotham City to tell a new Batman tale and it appears they’ll be pulling out all the stops.
The creative team for this book originally teamed up to tackle Batman in issues 471-476 of Detective Comics (a run now known as Strange Apparitions or Dark Detective I) to deliver what is considered a landmark and defining run in the Batman mythos. Following their famous predecessors of O’Neil and Adams, they kept the themes dark and exciting. Considered major influences of Batman: The Animated Series (and most of the stories in their six issues together were directly translated to the small screen), it could be argued that much of the modern Batman was defined by these creators; and they come back now, years later, to put together a semblance of a sequel.
Now, having said that, no one should be scared away if they’ve never read the original stories. Aside from seeing them in The Animated Series, Englehart does a very good job of recapping important scenes from the past in here. In this first issue, we catch up with Batman, years after the events of the original saga, as he attends a fundraiser for a gubernatorial candidate. Little does he know that the fiancé and campaign manager of said candidate is his former lady love, Silver St. Cloud. So here we get Bruce Wayne and Silver seeing each other for the first time in years, figuring out how to deal with old feelings. That is, until the Joker shows up. Because we know that an Englehart and Rogers Batman story is nothing without the Joker. And as the cover insinuates, he has one crazy plan up his sleeve.
Honestly, with this book, it feels like Steve Englehart never even left Batman. His writing is concise and his pacing is quick. The dialogue of Batman, Bruce Wayne, Silver and everyone else remains solid and true. He never bogs down the pages with too many words and keeps everything moving. For those who haven’t read the old run, he recaps two important scenes from them (in fact, they’re lifted directly from the old issues panel for panel) to keep everyone up to date. Even better, he gets that out of the way early and moves quickly into the bulk of the book. The book’s writing walks a fine line between nostalgic corniness and modern day styles, and does so with great success. But the real star of the book is Englehart’s Joker. Under his pen, the Joker truly became the maniacal psychopath we know him to be today and it is with that same personality that the Joker shows up here.
Similarly, it almost seems as if Marshall Rogers never left Gotham City either. His panel design is good, and he matches the pacing of the book spectacularly. His work is never overly detailed, and he sometimes even drops backgrounds completely from the panels, but every time he does so it just proves to highlight the characters there even more. He draws his characters with an almost cartoonist pen, yet they all still come off as believable. And his action scenes certainly do shine. One particular between the Batman and Joker is something that every artist should study, because somehow he manages to draw a fight scene on top of a moving elevator that is absolutely astounding. If there were one complaint about the artwork, it would be with the coloring. The older series was very darkly colored; this one seems a little brighter and a lot cleaner. Whereas the writing and artwork capture the nostalgic feel of the old run, the coloring feels a little empty.
This is a book that needs to be read by anyone who is or ever was a Batman fan. Even if you don’t read the regular series, this story does not seem to exist in present day continuity, so you won’t feel lost at all. And I will say, that despite the glowing nature of this review, perhaps the best part of the book was looking at the credits and seeing the following…
"Julie Schwartz – Editor Eternally Emeritus."
-Sam Moyerman
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North Kootenay Lake Community Services Society
NKLCSS Constitution and Bylaws
Employee/Board Section
Family Centres
Aboriginal Family and Community Christmas Party!
Basic First Aid Workshop with Ana Beresford
Guest Speaker: Talking to Children about Bodies, Sex and Identity
Meadow Creek SSPACT cancelled
Mother Goose Story Kits Program for parents of young children!
Play-Based Learning - A workshop for parents of young children
SSPACT cancelled Tuesday Jan 7
Talking with Children about Gender, Sexuality and Bodies - new date!
Youth Art & Culture (YAC)
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Edible Garden Tour 2019
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Kaslo's Food Charter
Submitted by nklcssadmin on Thu, 03/12/2015 - 10:46am
Kaslo's Food Charter is posted can be downloaded as a pdf here.
What is a food charter?
Food charters are statements of values, principles and priorities used to point community food policy in a positive direction.
Food charters are developed by bringing a diverse group of citizens together and enabling them to share their concerns and desires around food and agricultural issues in order to reach a shared vision of food security.
Food charters take the voices and visions of community members and put them to paper. The end result is a community-owned and locally focused action plan to build greater food security. Both the document itself and the process used to create it are important to opening the discussion on food security issues, and mobilizing our political will to advocate for change.
Why does Kaslo need a food charter?
It is difficult to summarize why Kaslo needs a food charter, the reasons are really quite infinite. One glimpse as to where and what are food system is based upon and most people would be horrified to understand that which is intended to equate healthy and nurturing is fueled by some very dangerous details. However, I will keep it simple. There are three main reasons why Kaslo needs a food charter and they are as follows:
One in five people in Kaslo live in poverty. People whom live in poverty have little to no access to food that is healthy, mostly accessing only processed food full of chemical additives and filler calories that deteriorate any ability to improve their lifestyles. Most significant in this group is children. Without proper nutrition at growing stages, learning, self-confidence, and achievement is significantly more difficult to attain. With any community members experiencing lack of proper fuel for functioning, the whole community suffers as unemployment rises and economic stability diminishes. Within several principles of the food charter, we are able to address the human right to food, no matter one's economic stability.
Most recent statistics from the 2007 “Cost of Eating in BC”:
Poverty is a reality for many British Columbians, despite a booming economy.
The province has the highest child poverty rate in the country.
More than 76,500 British Columbians used food banks in 2007; almost 28,000 of these were children.
For recipients of income assistance considered employable, shelter and support allowances have remained virtually the same since 2001, even though some individuals and families saw a $50 increase to both in 2007. This increase only returned some, for example the lone parent family, to the support rate of 2001. In 2002, the support allowance was reduced by $51 a month for this family.
Minimum wage has remained at $8 since 2001, while the costs of living have risen.
The most startling fact I have ever heard regarding our food system was when I was farming in the lower mainland. Living in one of the most agriculturally rich areas of BC and over the radio I hear; “If the borders were to be closed down for any reason, Vancouver has three days of fresh food available to its residents”. This was during a conversation regarding all the implications of the terror attacks on the US. I was stunned to learn that a) they were referring to what could feed Vancouver- what about the rest in the various suburbs and Fraser Valley? b) How can such an abundant valley hold so little food? And c) I'm a farmer and even I wouldn't have food!
What does this mean here in Kaslo? The vulnerabilities of the trucking and transportation system that feeds us are huge. If there were forest fires, avalanches, floods- all realities in today's climate change world, Kaslo is the end of the line in trucking terms and I am sure we would have less than the three days Vancouver has shelved. We would be lucky with two days.
The other more important and pressing issue that will affect the trucks that feed us is cheap oil. In the past month alone, we have seen the rise of bread costs by a dollar. This is not because of a producers want to raise prices, but because the global cost of grain has almost doubled in less than six months. Most recently, Justin Roller of The National research Council of Canada estimates we have 42 years left of cheap oil. Cheap oil fuels the food system from seed to plate. Seed to harvest uses 1/5 of all oil used in food production; the rest is used getting that meal to our shelves with an average of 3000 km traveled. As fuel goes up in price, so will our food.
The beauty in the reality we are painting here is that it presents some wonderful economic advantages to Kaslo and North Kootenay Lake residents. Building a local food system is full of benefits, there are no side effects! The most important benefit is that as the food system builds, so does our economy by creating more jobs that are sustainable keeping families here, healthier residents, local dollars staying within the region, a robust and protected environment all while creating a resilient community that will keep Kaslo strong.
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The charter is needed to bring the fragility of our fuel dependent food systems close to people's mind so we may create a food system dependent on our own hands.
It's to remember that not everyone in our area can afford to eat well, 1 in 5 families live in poverty
It's to note that obesity is a growing problem
It's to recognize that we are all responsible for other human beings and our leaders are mandated to be responsible
It's to recognize that food that is grown in an industrial chemical; way is deficient in nutrients
It's to re-enforce that we have options in developing our own food and that food systems and small food producers are good for the economy and the environment.
Food Policy across Canada
(January 2007)Municipal governments in Canada that currently have food charters include: Toronto, Sudbury, Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Kamloops, and Merritt. The Saskatoon Health Region recently adopted a Food Charter. Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, the Capital Regional District (Greater Victoria, BC,) the Province of Manitoba, and the Province of Saskatchewan are currently developing and exploring the adoption of food charters. As well, a proposal was recently presented to the House of Commons to adopt a Canadian Food Charter.
Most charters were brought forward through working groups that consisted of local food security networks, city councils, professionals in health and community citizens. How they are carried out varies on the community. Toronto and Vancouver have food policy councils that have been added to city councils. Others are food security groups that share the responsibility with councils.
Outside of Canada, Oakland California adopted a food policy that mandates by 2015 the growing within a fifty-mile radius of city center of 40 percent of the vegetables consumed in the city. The vast array of food policy and charters are coming up faster than the weeds in farmer fields because of the pressing issues are food systems are facing.
Jacques Diouf, head of the FAO, said in London early this month, “If you combine the increase of the oil prices and the increase of food prices then you have the elements of a very serious crisis. . . .” FAO statistics show that grain stocks have been declining for more than a decade and now stand at a mere 57 days, the lowest level in a quarter century, threatening what it calls “a very serious crisis.”
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Henry F. Diaz1, E.R. Wahl2 and D.S. Kaufman3
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1st PAGES North America-2k Workshop, Flagstaff, USA, 8–10 May 2011
The principal goal of the North America 2k (NAm2k) Working Group (WG) is to synthesize high-resolution, proxy-based climate reconstructions for North America for the past 2000 years. The motivation is to enhance our understanding of the patterns of natural variability of climate in North America and possible forcing mechanisms, and for comparison with high-resolution Earth System Models.
We assembled a group of climate and paleoclimate experts (see www.pages.unibe.ch/workinggroups/namerica2k for details of members) to provide an initial assessment of our capacity to carry out the task of producing a high-resolution reconstruction of key North American climate variables with at least a decadal resolution. The WG considered the following:
- Identification of the key paleoclimate time series available for analysis.
- Evaluation of available spatiotemporal reconstructions of the key regional climatic parameters (surface air temperature and precipitation) and reconstructions of large-scale circulation modes (e.g., AMO, PDO, ENSO).
- Validation of reconstructions through statistical methods and comparison with existing hemispheric- to global-scale multiproxy based reconstructions and climate model simulations.
The following are the major findings and action items from this workshop:
Figure 1: Central Mexico June Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) correlated across North America, 1950-2003 A) Reconstructed from tree rings, B) Observed. Figure from Stahle et al. (Climate Dynamics, in review), courtesy of Dave Stahle.
1) By far the most numerous climate proxy records for North America are tree-ring data (see e.g., Fig. 1), which are available at annual or better resolution over much of the continent. These records are sensitive to both temperature and precipitation variability. There is an extensive amount of peer-reviewed literature from more than 50 years of climatic reconstruction work that can be used for the NAm2k effort. The North America Drought Atlas (Cook et al. 2004) is currently the most extensive, high-temporal resolution paleoclimate record available for North America. It consists of gridded summer (JJA) Palmer Drought Severity Index values for the past 500–2000 years, with a trend towards longer records in western North America compared to eastern areas.
2) Other proxy records from lakes (e.g., isotopes, varves, chironomids, pollen, charcoal) are available for a number of sub-continental areas, and speleothem proxy records of precipitation are available for selected areas, such as the US Southwest. These records will generally reflect climate drivers for at least the last 2000 years, but with lower temporal resolution (generally) and with more limited spatial coverage than tree ring records. It was agreed that the temporal resolution of the proxy records needed for this activity would be on the order of at least 50 years, with minimum record lengths of 500 years.
3) A first step will be to develop an integrated inventory and archive of paleoclimate records for possible use in the NAm2k climate reconstruction. The goal is also to integrate the available data sets and reconstruction fields with those of the Arctic2k WG. A recommendation was made for the NOAA World Data Center for Paleoclimatology in Boulder, Colorado to become the central repository of data sets used in the NAm2k effort. The metadata could be mirrored with the PAGES 2k metadata archive on the PAGES website section for NAm2k.
4) A sub-working group composed of Scott Anderson, Henry Diaz, Darrell Kaufman, Brian Luckman, Dave Meko, Greg Pedersen, Dave Stahle, Valerie Trouet, Andre Viau and Gene Wahl will work toward the goal of assimilating (blending) the different input data sources and exploring mapping tools.
An analysis and synthesis workshop for the tree-ring chapter of the NAm2k Working Group is being organized, tentatively titled “North American Dendroclimatic Data: Compilation, Characterization, and Spatiotemporal Analysis” led by Valerie Trouet.
Cook, E.R., Woodhouse, C.A., Eakin, C.M., Meko, D.M. and Stahle, D.W., 2004: Long-term aridity changes in the western United States, Science 306: 1015-1018
Stahle, D.W., Burnette, D.J., Villanueva Diaz, J., Heim, R.R., Jr., Fye, F.K., Cerano Paredes, J., Acuna Soto, R. and Cleaveland, M.K., 2011: Pacific and Atlantic influences on Mesoamerican climate over the past millennium, Climate Dynamics 39(6): 1431–1446
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When will the world start running out of oil?
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By George Jahn, Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Austria: Fact: The world will someday start running out of oil. Up for debate: When—in months, years, decades?
Despite rapidly growing demand, crude will be plentiful for at least another generation, according to top producer Saudi Arabia, major oil companies and others in the oil industry. But some experts argue that OPEC’s reserves are overstated, recovery technologies have serious limitations and the day that demand starts to outpace supply may soon be upon us.
Most bearish is Princeton professor, geologist and oil maverick Kenneth S. Deffeyes, who uses a formula based on known reserves and production figures that predicted 1970 as the start of oil production decline in The United States. It actually occurred shortly afterward in 1971, and Deffeyes sees the same situation in global production occurring this year.
Deffeyes’ prediction is clearly controversial. Still, dozens of energy experts and academics are taking the “peak-oil” theory increasingly seriously.
The US Geological Survey has predicted that a peak in recoverable oil production won’t come until 2037, and Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi, in a speech this year in Washington to industry experts, declared that “technological innovation will allow us to find and extract more oil around the world” for the foreseeable future.
The Paris-based International Energy Agency predicts that present demand, at around 83 million barrels a day, will jump to 90 million barrels in five years. Projections from other groups are different—but all point to increasing consumption over the coming years fueled by growing energy hunger from China, India and other Asian economic powerhouses.
Believers in plentiful oil say there is nothing to worry about because the world’s proven reserves amount to 1,277 billion barrels and expected technological advances will soon open up supplies now impossible or unprofitable to exploit.
Wrong, say the critics.
Today’s “proven reserves” are computed on the basis of the rate of production in 2004—a rate that already has been exceeded this year. As the world’s hunger for oil grows and the pace of production increases, so will the rate of reserves depletion.
More worrisome is what they claim is inflated reporting by Saudi Arabia, Iran and most other OPEC members. The Saudis, Iranians and other OPEC nations deny padding their figures. But energy consultant Matthew Simmons says that except for Libya, Algeria and Nigeria, “all of the [OPEC] countries tripled their [reserve] data without any data” to support such increases in the 1980s.
Simmons argues Middle East proven reserves are very likely only a third of the approximately 700 billion barrels being claimed.
Simmons also dismisses claims that improvements in technology will extend the petroleum age by increasing oil recovery from reserves above the 40 percent now possible. He points to North Sea oil, saying production there peaked six years ago, despite all out oil-industry attempts to increase output by tapping unexploitable reserves through new means.
Of course, if demand sags, the petroleum era will last longer. So, when is oil going to peak?
Simmons suggests it could be sooner than later.
“The difference between peak oil happening and [oil] running out completely is the difference between me saying ‘I’m getting slightly hungry’ and ‘I’m starving to death.”
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Gilberto da Silva and Mohammed Saadon Al Kuwari visited Your Health First and Generation Amazing’s installation at Katara, which is in place as part of WISH’s Doha Healthcare Week.
Your Health First brought the Yalla Natural roadshow to the event, teaching children about the importance of healthy eating and exercise to their lives, while Generation Amazing installed a pop-up football pitch on which visiting children were able to play a game.
A lucky ten children also had the chance to play a game with Gilberto and Mohammed, with both men praising the work that Your Health First and Generation Amazing are doing in instilling a culture of health and exercise among young people.
Nesreen Al-Rifai, Chief Communications Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar, which developed Your Health First, praised the partnership with Generation Amazing, which has been such a resounding success.
She said: “Working together we have brought real benefits to the community, and particularly to our young people. I am sure that one of the legacies of the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be a fit and healthy population able to meet the challenges of Qatar National Vision 2030.”
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Jeff Briggs, K1ZM, is the author of DXing on the Edge- The Thrill of 160 meters and he operates an amazing DX station on Canada's Atlantic shore. Eric, 4Z1UG, and Jeff discuss 160 meters, DXing, building a super station and more on this episode of QSO Today.
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Paul Topolski, W1SEX, was just meters from ground zero working the communications center, when terrorists struck the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring hundreds of spectators and participants. Paul shares with Eric, 4Z1UG, this experience, his ham radio story, and how he continues to make a difference in...
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Beginning as a scanner listener, Gary Hoffman, KB0H, discovered amateur radio shares his love of it with his wife, Nancy, N0NJ. Gary is focused on emergency communications where he is the assistant emergency coordinator, operations for St. Louis County ARES. He writes about amateur radio and the human condition on his...
My guest today, Brian Clarke, VK2GCE, has been a ham since his childhood in New Zealand, went on to get advanced degrees, built a recording studio in London for Pink Floyd, and now resides in Australia. Brian is a collector of ex-military radios and is a promoter of amateur radio in his spare time. VK2GCE is my QSO...
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Fascists, Faux and Real
Peter Wales
Wikipedia is not always the most reliable of sources, but its definition of fascism is a reasonable starting point for discussion. A fascist is a follower of a political philosophy characterized by authoritarian views, desire for a strong central government, and no tolerance for opposing opinions. All forms of socialism, including Germany’s national socialism, are inherently fascist. They embody the two key identifying factors of fascism; strong central government and no tolerance for opposing views.
So what about the US president the media consistently denounce as a fascist, an idiot, and “literally Hitler”?
The Trump administration has removed red tape as fast as practically possible, repealing twenty-two regulations for every one enacted. This removes the brakes on private effort and enterprise, and shifts power away from government to the people. The opposite of fascism.
One of the first actions of the Trump administration was to reduce taxes. This gives more wealth and more freedom of choice to the people, while reducing the power of government. The opposite of fascism.
The Trump administration has partially reversed the onerous, limiting and expensive burden of Obamacare, restoring the right of individuals and businesses to buy whatever health insurance they want, or not to buy insurance at all. This reduces the power of government and bureaucrats and gives more power and choices to the people. The opposite of fascism.
He is insisting on rule of law, acting on resolutions passed by Congress, ie, the will of the people’s elected representatives, rather than simply ignoring the law, or directing law enforcement bodies not to enforce laws he does not like. The opposite of fascism.
One example is the decision of Congress, made while Bill Clinton was president, and ratified by Congress every few years since, that the US embassy to Israel should be in Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem. This decision by the people’s representatives was simply ignored by Clinton and subsequent presidents. But not by President Trump. The opposite of “literally Hitler.”
Trump is the only Western leader in sixty years to bring North Korea into direct discussions with South Korea and the West. With this he has brought the hope of peace and freedom for the first time to millions of North Koreans. South Korean leaders have expressed astonished gratitude and openly said they believe Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.
Reporters asked in mocking tones whether Trump was happy with the level of respect he had shown Kim Jong-Un and other North Korean leaders, and whether he regarded Kim Jong-Un as an equal. Trump replied that he would do whatever was necessary to secure peace. The opposite of fascism.
OK, but what about his racist Muslim travel ban?
Firstly, Islam is not a race. It is a religious and political ideology. Secondly, the seven countries affected by the ban were highlighted as severe security risks because of poor control of identity and travel, not by Trump, but by the Obama administration. Thirdly, 80% of Muslim countries and ninety percent of Muslims are unaffected, and fourthly, two of the countries, Venezuela and North Korea, are not Muslim. A nation’s leader has not only the right but the responsibility to work to ensure the security of his country and its people. That is not fascism.
OK, but what about tearing children away from their asylum-seeking families?
Rules requiring that children not be held in adult detention centres were established under President Bill Clinton in 1997. They have been enforced ever since, including during the eight years of the Obama administration.
Just as the media in Australia suddenly discovered a conscience about children in detention immediately after a government was elected which did not put children in detention and was doing its best to get them out and into the community, so the US media suddenly discovered a conscience about children being separated from their families as soon as a president was elected who was not convinced that this policy led to the best possible outcomes for the children concerned, for their families, or for the US.
By the time Time published its article denouncing Trump’s policy (it wasn’t his policy) and picturing him looking down sternly at a little girl in tears after being separated from her parents (she was never separated from her mother, they were housed together in a family unit in Texas) and by the time the shrieking hordes gathered in the street calling Trump a fascist for this heartless policy and demanding its repeal, he had already signed an executive order requiring that minor children arriving illegally in the US with their parents be housed with their parents for the duration of any necessary detention.
OK, but what about Melania visiting a detention centre wearing a jacket that said “I really don’t care. Do you?”
Let’s note, first of all, that the husbands of first ladies Clinton, Bush and Obama all placed children in detention separately from their parents. Not one of those ladies ever visited a centre where they were being held. Melania did. And she didn’t wear that jacket in, to, or anywhere near the detention centre. She wore it as she got on the plane in Washington as a message for the purveyors of exactly that kind of fake news.
Now let’s look at the self-titled “resistance.” Antifa wear masks to their violent riots, where they protest about laws they don’t like by beating passers-by, burning cars and breaking windows. That’s fascism.
Coddled university students stage sit-ins and violent protests to prevent speakers whose opinions they do not like from being heard. That’s fascism.
Democrat Maxine Waters said businesses should be forced to serve anyone who comes in the door anything they want, unless the customers are Republicans, in which case case they should be denounced and refused service. That’s fascism.
You don’t have to agree with all of President Trump’s policies. I am not convinced by his policies on trade. But I also know that a system where other governments, eg Canada’s, impose huge tariffs on US goods while expecting unfettered access to US markets, or, like the EU, provide huge subsidies to farmers and manufacturers while expecting the US to operate on a “level playing field,” is both unfair and unsustainable.
Disagreements about policies do not entitle me or anyone else to call Trump a fascist. He is simply not.
Peter Wales is a former Anglican clergyman who now runs an IT consultancy business on Kangaroo Island in South Australia
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Thank you Peter. Your article is well written, relevant, logical and factual. It needs a wider audience, as do so many of the articles in Quadrant.
johanna – 5th July 2018
The Australian MSM has been unrepentantly hostile to Trump from the get-go. Worst of all is the ABC, supposedly an impartial source of news. Its correspondent, Zoe Daniels, is almost hysterical in her denunciations of Trump, even to the point of citing her children as a news source. Never mind banning them from Nauru, the US should ban Zoe Daniels. This well paid, smug, unprofessional luvvie appears under the ABC banner of ‘Trump’s America’ – reinforcing the message that he is a Fascist leader who is in charge of everything.
Nobody in our supine government has ever called the ABC to account for its aggressive and unremitting attacks on the elected leader of our most important ally. Why does nobody in Senate Estimates present them with a list of their hostile stories (100%) and demand an explanation?
ianl – 6th July 2018
> “Why does nobody in Senate Estimates present them [the ABC] with a list of their hostile stories (100%) and demand an explanation?”
Because whoever does that will forever be the recipient of relentless destructive publicity. The MSM, and especially the lefty media, regard themselves as players, not observers. Freedom *for* the press, not *of* the press – an unstated truth.
Jody – 5th July 2018
I heartily agree with the intellectual who said liberals need to dissociate themselves from the ‘woke progressives’ who’ve infested the universities before the liberal brand is trashed irrevocably”.
The largest study ever done on the effects of diversity:
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/fragmented-future/
en passant – 7th July 2018
Fascism is of course as ‘socialist’ as Marxist-Communism, which is why the NSDAP (Nazis) were ‘National Socialists.
Both Fascists and Communists are totalitarian and have the same roots, so the strangeness of their hatred for each other would appear weird to any civilised, non-moronic, non-barbarian, but not to them …
The single major difference they believe is worth killing or dying for is that fascism is strongly state based and nationalistic, whereas communism believes in no borders, mass immigration and One World Government – you know, like the Green Reds …
AndrewC – 8th July 2018
You omitted intense nationalism as an identifying characteristic of fascism. Trump is clearly nationalistic. So your article is good, but not perfect
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Carlisle (@2.2) vs Forest Green (@3.25)
Carlisle will win
Carlisle vs Forest Green
Carlisle – Forest Green Match Prediction | 17-09-2019 14:45
They have failed to win 11 of their last 46 matches in English League 2.In their last match they won against Exeter. Carlisle is ranked on the 6th place in the standings with 71 points, 69 goals scored and 68 goals received in the last 46 leagueevents. Carlisle is in a good form before this event with Forest Green Rovers.The attacking skills of Carlisle are mild, they won 2games from the last 5 played.
The Cumbrians have seen off Newport County, Crewe Alexandra and Swindon Town in that run, with that final result being an impressive 4-0 win away from home. Despite suffering a difficult few weeks through the end of September and in to Ocotber, Carlisle United have the chance to leapfrog Forest Green Rovers if they can register a third consecutive League 2 victory. Despite losing manager Keith Curle at the end of last season, the expectations will have been for the side to challenge for a play-off place, and the early season evidence certainly suggests new boss John Sheridan is capable of delivering this.
But against a Carlisle team who are on prime form, a win will be certainly difficult to achieve. A win in this match may possibly take them to a playoff spot. His side are without a win in the last 4 competitive matches, of which 3 were defeats. Mark Coopers team has scored an impressive 26 goals and conceded a goal per game in the league.
The importance of three points from this contest for these two sides cannot be understated, and we expect that to produce quite a nervy affair. However, the morale boosting win for the hosts in midweek combined with their visitors poor form suggests to us that a home win looks the most likely result and represents the best opportunity for a decent return.
Forest Green Rovers gave their promotion hopes a major lift with a resounding 3-0 win at fellow play-off hopefuls Colchester on Tuesday and they will hope to gain an advantage over another one of their rivals for the top seven with another three points this Saturday. The hosts were not particularly fancied to win promotion this season but they have enjoyed a solid campaign and, thanks mainly to their form on the road, they have upset the odds time and time again to put themselves in a very positive position.
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The Cumbrians did go on an excellent spell of form through December and January but their form since that point can best be described as being inconsistent. Carlisle United suffered a setback when they were surprisingly beaten 3-1 at home by relegation-haunted Notts County in midweek. Since that point United have been disappointing in contests they were fully expected to win and, thanks to a 2-1 home win over Swindon, they come into this match having claimed just one win in their previous six outings.
With the halfway point of the season rapidly approaching, it seems like a good opportunity to take stock of how teams have started and where they need to improve for the remainder of the campaign. This weekend in League Two sees two sides who have built a pretty solid base to build from as Carlisle United welcome Forest Green Rovers to Brunton Park.
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It is a game which, on paper at least, appears to be too tight to call so staying away from the win-draw-win market would be advisable. Carlisle Uniteds recent improvement combined with the fact that Forest Green have gone off the boil suggests to us that this could be a close game which is settled by a single goal. Despite the fact that both teams have scored in all of Forest Greens away matches so far, we are banking on at least one of the sides failing to score as they have done in all four of the previous meetings between the sides.
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Harnessing power from the electric eels of the microbial world
Pulsating with electricity, microbes found at the 4850 Level could advance bioelectrochemical systems at SD Mines
Charles Michael Ray, SD Mines
SD Mines researchers dub microbes found at the 4850 Level "the electric eels of the microbial world."
Photos by Matthew Kapust
While sampling on the 4850 Level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility, researchers from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SD Mines) discovered extremophiles buzzing with electricity.
“We’re studying the electric eels of the microbial world,” said Navanietha Krishnaraj, research scientist at SD Mines.
Krishnaraj and her collogues are looking for ways to harness electricity generated by this unique set of microbes. Their research is part of a project focusing on maximizing the efficiency of what’s known as bioelectrochemical systems. By understanding the right combination of microbes and materials, it’s possible to harness clean energy for widespread use in various applications.
Microbes such as those found at Sanford Lab—ones that live in deep, extreme environments—have evolved unique properties that make them suitable for this specific goal.
Possible outcomes of this research include new ways to generate electricity and treat solid waste during NASA space missions, the ability for a wastewater treatment plant to help generate electricity while turning effluent into clean water, a new way to clean saline wastewater generated in oil drilling operations, and better ways to turn food waste like tomatoes and corn stover into electricity.
Tapping the source with graphene armor
Researchers face a challenge in building a system that efficiently harnesses electricity from that bacteria. Currently, a limited amount of electricity can be drawn from bioelectrochemical systems such as microbial fuel cells. The bacteria that generate electricity sometimes have conductive proteins on the surface of their cell walls and sometimes they can produce mediators that help in transferring the electricity they generate. But the microbes don’t react well with the wires, or electrodes, needed to transfer electricity. The electrodes are not efficient at pulling electricity out of the electroactive microorganisms.
But a research team at SD Mines in the Composite and Nanocomposite Advanced Manufacturing–Biomaterials Center (CNAM-Bio) has found a novel solution. They wrapped the microorganisms with sheets of graphene, an ultra-thin form of graphite (as used, for example, in pencils) with exceptional electronic properties. Researchers found that microbes wrapped with graphene showed an enhanced electron transfer rate for bioelectricity generation. This breakthrough could enable the development of more efficient bioelectrochemical systems.
“The use of wrapping strategy helps to harness the maximum number of electrons from the conductive membrane proteins in the surface of the microbes and transfer them to the electrodes,” says Krishnaraj, an author of a recently published article.
“This strategy will help to increase the electron transfer kinetics leading to improved performance of microbial fuel cells, microbial electrolysis, microbial desalination cells, microbial electrosynthesis, and electromethanogenesis,” said Rajesh Sani, associate professor in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department.
These findings are described in the article entitled, Rewiring the Microbe-Electrode Interfaces with Biologically Reduced Graphene Oxide for Improved Bioelectrocatalysis, recently published in the journal Bioresource Technology. This work was conducted by Navanietha Krishnaraj Rathinam, Sani, and David R. Salem from SD Mines, and Sheela Berchmans from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute. The research, presented by Krishnaraj, won first place in the student poster contest at the Western South Dakota Hydrology conference in 2018.
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation-Building Genome-to-Phenome Infrastructure for Regulating Methane in Deep and Extreme Environments (BuG ReMeDEE) initiative.
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By discovering how organisms survive in extreme conditions, researchers are working to build new fuel sources, develop new antibiotics and understand potential life on other planets
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Oplan August Moon still on EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 11/16/2009
Oplan August Moon still on
National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales was a natural choice for Gloria as a replacement for Gilberto Teodoro as defense secretary — but only if she has something up her sleeve prior to the elections next year...perhaps, even after poll day, should a failure of elections .... MORE
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What’s up, Norbert? FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 11/16/2009
While it is true that given only six more months in the Malacañang seat of power, and with presidential elections expected to bring in a brand new leadership, it is almost impossible for Gloria to attract new Cabinet members to fill in the posts vacated and to be vacated in a few weeks by her officials who will have to resign to run for an elective.... MORE
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Consumer expectations in 2010 ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 11/16/2009
Economists tell us that at this stage in the Philippine economy’s development consumption accounts for two thirds of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). That being the case, any attempt to forecast the economy’s performance in 2010 must of necessity be based on a reasonably accurate reading of consumer expectations for the 12-month period that will begin .... MORE
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Predictable moro-moro endings DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 11/16/2009
Moro-moro is a unique Filipino theater genre for the show battles between Moors and Christians. It also perfectly describes the show staged last week between Gloria Arroyo and Hillary Clinton. With them, a bevy of supporting cast provided the backdrop: From the kidnap and beheading of a high school principal in Sulu, allegedly by Abu Sayyaf bandits, giving the “evil” characters, the bad guys, another opportunity to strike fear; to the kidnap of an Irish Catholic priest by unknown elements, prompting certain quarters to ask the country to pray for the “good” old clergyman — all these have culminated with the GRP-deemed “good” MILF helping secure the priest’s release in time for Clinton’s tête-à-tête with Arroyo, with news headlines ending the show with “Clinton to gov’t on MILF talks: Strike while iron is hot.”
Last Friday, we depicted this series of MILF-related incidents as a coordinated set-up for Clinton’s visit. Her real message: More “ap-peace-ment” talks that will cede the ARMM and some more, plus the entire Sulu Sea, to the MILF’s BangsaMoro Juridical Entity (BJE), as stipulated in the junked Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD). All the headlines about Clinton wanting to discuss “Ondoy” or clean elections are simply crap. She came to demand from Gloria the signing of the MoA-AD before the latter’s term ends. This new marching order, despite the huge backlash against it from the people and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), is intended to avoid any new administration from further hemming and hawing on the issue.
Gloria then would probably use this US impatience over Mindanao as an opportunity to stage a fait accompli for an extension of her stay in exchange for getting the MoA-AD through. Question is, will the AFP, as an institution tasked with preserving the nation’s territorial integrity, which has sacrificed literally tens of thousands of lives over the decades, yield to this? Well, in the event of a confusion in the elections run by a most incompetent and mentally dishonest Comelec, Gloria and the US might just succeed.
Meanwhile, the 2010 elections and the Comelec may be described more as a zarzuela rather than a moro-moro. The comic state-of-affairs in the Automated Elections System is as predictable as most other things that happen in our “democracy.” I am not impressed with Chairman Jose Melo because, despite the PR spin, he has absolutely no record of outstanding service. He has served the corrupt judicial system with nary a squeak of protest. Ferdinand Rafanan, too, has revealed himself a dreamer for promising a heavenly perfect automated election despite critiques from intelligent and honest skeptics. The Comelec is facing a massive debacle with the automated voting machines a month behind production schedule. All these, plus the “garbage-in-garbage-out” probabilities inherent in any computerized system, prove that I just can’t have faith in the 2010 polls.
Of course, I am still campaigning for President Joseph Estrada; but it’s more of my faith in him and his vision than in the electoral and political system that prevail. If there’s any political leader who has never tolerated moro-moro or zarzuela in governance, it is Estrada. He went out to tackle real life problems as mayor of San Juan by producing real tangible results: Resettlement and housing for squatters; computerized tax collection 20 years ahead of others; and paving roads without using excessive government funds (by tapping the people’s resourcefulness). As president, he seriously tackled the issues of food security, peace-and-order, the insurgency, as well as, other problems by brooking no hypocrisy. He moved to flush jueteng into the daylight and tried to end the “sovereign guarantees” that Big Business has long used to bleed the people dry.
Erap’s struggle is an uphill fight because the US Embassy and the domestic oligarchy are opposed to his return. The three-headed ABS-CBN-Inquirer-Ayala hydra, for sure, is out to derail his determination to protect the poor and middle class from endless power, water and other utility rate increases. Erap has no love lost for these oligarchs but there is one more thing he must add to his agenda: Fighting the “oily-gopoly” by initiating the re-nationalization of Petron or, at the minimum, setting up a new national oil company to deal with oil producing countries ready to supply cheap oil. Since Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez already offered such a deal in 1999, it’s time for us to take it up seriously.
Erap must continue campaigning — for, at any moment, something other than elections could happen. The Arroyo regime is always ready for a surprise; which is why Bono Adaza last Friday hinted as much about AFP elements preparing their own. Even Tribune columnist Tony Gat wrote that he’s still waiting for a revolution. And the mood is worldwide.
The US , in the wake of Obama’s failed “change,” is rife with talk of revolution. 2012, despite the apocalyptic themes attached to it, could be a turning point for a world hungry for a new beginning. As it opens its eyes to the lies of the prevailing world order after the Wall Street Ponzi scheme collapse, 9/11 and the Iraq-Afghan War, the Obama fraud, the MoA-AD et al., the end of the current US-Western hegemony here and around the world is now at hand. And this is no moro-moro.
(Tune in to 1098AM, Sulong Pilipinismo, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Global News Network, Destiny Cable Channel 21, Talk News TV, Tuesday, 8:15 p.m. to 9 p.m. on “The Fight Against the Oily-gopoly;” also visit http://hermantiulaurel.blogspot.com)
(Reprinted with permission from Mr. Herman Tiu- Laurel)
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Individu Quotes
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1. "No one realises that some individuals consume herculesque forces only to be normal."
Author: Albert Camus
2. "Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual."
Author: Alfred Hitchcock
3. "I love humanity, surprisingly, as I observe 21st century with hawk eyed vision, I realized the more I love humanity the less I love Human as an individual."
Author: Ankita Singhal
4. "Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people."
Author: Anwar Sadat
5. "Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless."
Author: B. F. Skinner
6. "This formulation will not please the mass man or the collective believer. For the former the policy of the State is the supreme principle of thought and action. Indeed, this was the purpose for which he was enlightened, and accordingly the mass man grants the individual a right to exist only in so far as he is a function of the State. The believer, on the other hand, while admitting that the State has a moral and factual claim on him, confesses to the belief that not only man but the State that rules him is subject to the overlordship of "God," and that, in case of doubt, the supreme decision will be made by God and not by the State."
Author: C.G. Jung
7. "In a universe devoid of life, any life at all would be immensely meaningful. We ARE that meaning. "And what we see, "says the poet Mary Oliver, "is the world that cannot cherish us, but which we cherish." As though life itself is the great, universal, unrequited love of all time. But there is even more to this. Deep mystery. We are the universe aware of itself. We let the miracle get lost in distractions. On a planet so rich with living companions, much of humanity sentences itself to solitary confinement. Late at night, I used to lie in my boat listening to radio calls from ships to families ashore. There was only one conversation, and it boils down to, "I love you and I miss you: come home safe." Connections make us individuals. Ironic, isn't it? The more connected, the more unique our life becomes…"
Author: Carl Safina
8. "You lose what individualism you have, if you have enough of course, you retain some of it, but most don't have enough, so they become watchers of game shows, y'know, things like that. Then you work the 8 hour job with almost a feeling of goodness, like you're doing something, and you get married, like marriage is a victory and you have children like having children is a victory, but most things people do are a total grind, marriage, birth, children, it's something they HAVE to do because they have nothing else to do. There is no glory in it, no esteem, no fire, their lives are flat and the earth is full of them. Sorry, but thats the way I see it. I could not accept the snail's pace 8-5, Johnnie Carson, merry christmas, happy new year, to me it's the sickest of all sick things."
Author: Charles Bukowski
9. "Después de todo ¿por qué era necesario amar a un ser humano? Nunca duraba mucho. Había demasiadas diferencias entre cada individuo, y lo que empezaba siendo amor acababa siempre en guerra despiadada"
10. "So is jealousy natural? It depends. Fear is certainly natural, and like any other kind of insecurity, jealousy is an expression of fear. But whether or not someone else's sex life provokes fear depends on how sex is defined in a given society, relationship, and individual's personality."
Author: Christopher Ryan
11. "I do not see the value of separating humans into a body, soul and spirit. We don't do this with any other mammals, so why do we do it with ourselves? Thinking and fresh ideas arise naturally from the rhythm of one's internal felt-sense. It is the process artists demonstrate to humanity—to express our individuality in real-time, as a living process, rather than a "copied" idea."
Author: Christopher Loren
12. "Hypocrisy versus authenticity among men is not always so black and white, and as is righteousness, humility is often self-proclaimed. The Church is most definitely supposed to be a hospital for the spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and physically sick, hurting, and broken individual, yet ironically, many of its critics are those who ran away and permanently denounced its members after they visited and felt that they were sneezed on."
Author: Criss Jami
13. "They feed you.""I eat people. They don't give me people to eat. They give me animals. That's barbaric. At least people have a fighting chance to get away. The animals they give me are already dead. It's sickening, that's what it is.""Annis, you're a unique individual."
Author: Derek Landy
14. "Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax."
Author: Dick Thornburgh
15. "All art involves conscious discipline. If one is going to paint, do sculpture, design a building or write a book, it will involve discipline in time and energy — or there would never be any production at all to be seen, felt or enjoyed by ourselves or others. To develop ‘Hidden Art' will also, of course, take time and energy – and the balance of the use of time is a constant individual problem for all of us: what to do, and what to leave undone. One is always having to neglect one thing in order to give precedence to something else. The question is one of priorities" (p. 32)."
Author: Edith Schaeffer
16. "... gay marriage rights coming and going, always being an issue for the voting public when it should be an individual‘s private choice."
Author: G.A. Hauser
17. "The ideology of liberal humanism found expression in the earliest reviews of Hardy's writing and remained a dominant force until the explosion of literary theory in the 1980s. It is a broad and still influential category. It endorses the moral value of the individual, and the strength of the human spirit. It prefers the integrity of an organic rural society to the anonymity and materialism of an urbanised and technological world. Applied to fiction, this ideology involves the naturalisation of the novel's world and its values, and the recognition of fictional character as presenting a unified subject."
Author: Geoffrey Harvey
18. "Lovers who are free to go when they are restless always come back; lovers who are free to change remain interesting. The bitter animosity and obscenity of divorce is unknown where individuals have not become Siamese twins."
Author: Germaine Greer
19. "Pain is easy to write. In pain we're all happily individual. But what can one write about happiness?"
Author: Graham Greene
20. "We start out in identical perfection: bright, reflective, full of sun. The accident of our lives bruises us into dirty individuality. We meet with grief. Our character dulls and tarnishes. We meet with guilt. We know, we know: the price of living is corruption. There isn't as much light as there once was. In the grave we lapse back into undifferentiated sameness"
Author: Gregory Maguire
21. "What we can do as individuals may not be very much on the global scale, but we have to start the change by living as we are teaching."
Author: Harri Holkeri
22. "Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so."
Author: James S. Coleman
23. "Nothing carries more potential for change than individual acts of human kindness."
Author: Jamie Winship
24. "Los bits se presentan como si estuvieran vivos, mientras que los humanos son fragmentos pasajeros. Todos los comentarios anónimos que aparecen en blosgs y vídeos deben haber sido obra de personas reales, pero ¿quién sabe dónde están ahora, o si están muertos?La colmena digital está creciendo a expensas de la individualidad."
Author: Jaron Lanier
25. "Individual words, sounds, squiggles on paper with no meanings other than those with which our imagination can clothe them."
Author: Jasper Fforde
26. "A book reaches a different crowd of people. There are 50 different stories of very different individuals participating in their communities either locally or nationally in meaningful ways."
Author: Joan Blades
27. "In my view the structure of the whole atom was that of an individual, with all its parts interconnected, and the emission of a spectral line appeared to me to be the result of the coherence and co-operation of several electric quanta."
Author: Johannes Stark
28. "We are unique individuals with unique experiences"
Author: John Gray
29. "Beth feels likes this storm. Constant and persistent as a whole, but the more I get close and try to clutch the individual drops of rain, the more the water falls out of my hands."
30. "Thus on Predator Day we meditate on the Alpha Predator aspects of God. The suddenness and ferocity with which an apprehension of the Divine may appear to us; our smallness and fearfulness-may I say, our Mouselikeness-in the face of such Power; our feelings of individual annihilation in the brightness of that splendid Light. God walks in the tender dawn Gardens of the mind, but He also prowls in its night Forests. He is not a tame Being, my Friends: he is a wild Being, and cannot be summoned and controlled like a Dog."-Adam One"
Author: Margaret Atwood
31. "Faith is Individual"
32. "The liberty of man consists solely in this, that he obeys the laws of nature because he has himself recognized them as such, and not because they have been imposed upon him externally by any foreign will whatsoever, human or divine, collective or individual."
Author: Mikhail Bakunin
33. "Without fail, he always signed off on these letters with love and he always included Whiskey and Bess in the list of individuals sending this love my way. At the time it made me laugh, it made me embarrassed, but as soon as I softened, as soon as I matured back into his son, I came to appreciate what he was saying -- an endearing and magnanimous reminder of how family will always be the sum of its individual members, be they human or animal."
Author: Nick Trout
34. "The singular power of literature lies not in its capacity for accurate representation of mass commonalities, but its ability to illuminate the individual life in a way that expands our understanding of some previously unseen or unarticulated aspect of existence."
Author: Nicole Krauss
35. "Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people's money, other people's safety, other people's future."
Author: P.D. James
36. "Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint on a book they have read. Once of the pleasures of reading is seeing this alteration on the pages, and the way, by reading it, you have made the book yours."
Author: Paul Theroux
37. "Since I was little, it was instilled in me to conserve water. In terms of what can you do as an individual, it's an easy issue to get behind."
Author: Rachel Dratch
38. "At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community."
Author: Ron Fournier
39. "Spend the glittering moonlight therePursuing down the soundless deepLimbs that gleam and shadowy hair,Or floating lazy, half-asleep.Dive and double and follow after,Snare in flowers, and kiss, and call,With lips that fade, and human laughterAnd faces individual,Well this side of Paradise! . . .There's little comfort in the wise."
Author: Rupert Brooke
40. "The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual."
Author: Samuel Smiles
41. "We don't accomplish anything in this world alone... and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one's life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something."
Author: Sandra Day O'Connor
42. "The rights we have as free individuals is the right to choose as we please."
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43. "For everything I do, I think about a 6-year-old girl and her mom that I saw at my concert last night. I think about what those two individuals would think if I were at a club last night. I never want to be arrested, and I never want to get a DUI, those are my moral values."
Author: Taylor Swift
44. "Yes, there is an outside world, and yes, there is an objective reality, but in moving through this world, we constantly apply unconscious filter mechanisms, and in doing so, we unknowingly construct our own individual world, which is our "reality tunnel."
Author: Thomas Metzinger
45. "In short, the Enlightenment privatized marriage, taking it out of the public sphere, and redefined its purpose as individual gratification, not any "broader good" such as reflecting God's nature, producing character, or raising children. Slowly but surely, this newer understanding of the meaning of marriage has displaced the older ones in Western culture."
Author: Timothy Keller
46. "Life is too small a container for certain individuals. Some of them, such as Alobar, huff and puff and try to expand the container. Others, such as Kudra, seek to pry the lid off and hop out."
Author: Tom Robbins
47. "Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on."
Author: Victor Hugo
48. "The myths connected with individual sanctuaries and ceremonies were merely part of the apparatus of the worship; they served to excite the fancy and sustain the interest of the worshipper... no one cared what he believed about its origin."
Author: William Robertson Smith
49. "Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs."
Author: Xavier Becerra
50. "Only through the group, I realised — through sharing the suffering of the group — could the body reach that height of existence that the individual alone could never attain. And for the body to reach that level at which the divine might be glimpsed, a dissolution of individuality was necessary. The tragic quality of the group was also necessary, the quality that constantly raised the group out of the abandon and torpor into which it was prone to lapse, leading it to an ever-mounting shared suffering and so to death, which was the ultimate suffering. The group must be open to death — which meant, of course, that it must be a community of warriors."
Author: Yukio Mishima
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A chaotic Atlanta corridor gets new bike lanes
Submitted by Doug Richards, 11Alive Reporter
Wednesday, September 11th, 2013, 10:03am
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ATLANTA -- Atlanta is a city whose relationship with bicycles is a sometimes dicey work in progress.
"(Such as) when drivers are inconsiderate or they don't consider bikes to have the right of way or any right on the road," said Wyatt Engwall, a bicycle rider who lives in Garden Hills.
"Thankfully I've never actually been hit. I have a lot of friends who have been," said Danny Brewer, a cyclist who lives in Grant Park.
But bicyclists say the consciousness of motorists is emerging -- along with the presence of high profile bicycle lanes.
They're already part of the Atlanta Beltline route on 10th street. And bike lanes are imminent on one of Atlanta's least bicycle friendly thoroughfares: Ponce de Leon Avenue NE.
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"There's no way I'd ride on Ponce," Engwall said.
"I won't do it," said Rachel Williams, an Old Fourth Ward resident, who was riding with her daughter on the Beltline Tuesday.
Automobiles alone make Ponce de Leon Avenue one of Atlanta's most chaotic corridors.
The Georgia DOT recently re-paved its six lanes, eliminating two of them and making room for new bike lanes between Juniper St. and Ponce de Leon Place.
It goes past the Beltline overpass and in front of the Ponce City Market, currently under construction.
The 1.1 mile stretch might impress the most timid cyclist.
"They are definitely a step up as far as bike lanes go in Atlanta," said Rebecca Serna, executive director of the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition.
"They'll have a painted buffer with (three-foot wide) hash marks that will give bicyclists a little bit more breathing room from the motorized traffic."
The DOT says the project should be finished by October 1 or earlier, weather permitting.
Serna said a recent study showed Ponce de Leon Avenue had more bicycle crashes than any other corridor in Georgia.
The new lanes, she said, aim to change that. "There's a ton of demand for biking on Ponce because it's such an important connector street," Serna said.
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PlayStation 5 Release Date Set For the 2020 Holiday Season
Sam Ochanji October 8, 2019 PlayStation 5 Release Date Set For the 2020 Holiday Season2019-10-08T21:08:36+00:00 Game Consoles, Hardware, PlayStation 5, PSVR, Technology No Comment
Next-generation Sony PlayStation will include controllers with haptic technology and adaptive triggers.
It’s now official. The next PlayStation console will officially be known as PlayStation 5 or PS5, a name many fans and tech enthusiasts have been using colloquially to refer to the next-generation PlayStation.
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) CEO Jim Ryan also revealed an important detail about the upcoming PS5. It will arrive around Christmas time in 2020; the date could be somewhere between late October and early December 2020 and the launch will be global. Microsoft’s next Xbox is also expected to arrive about the same time.
PlayStation 5 Release Date Announced
The new console will come with some goodies including a new controller that will be based on an enhanced vibration technology. The vibration technology will give the new console more sophisticated haptic feedback technology that will enable a broader range of feedback. The console will also support the first-generation PlayStation VR virtual reality headsets.
The game console will include a solid-state drive (SSD) that will allow for the games to boot much faster while also minimizing the loading times.
The console’s graphics are also getting a major upgrade so expect the PS4 VR games to have much better and clearer graphics with the PS5, benefiting from its high resolution and the faster refresh rates.
Additionally, Sony now provides various exclusive virtual reality games even though the virtual reality headsets may no longer be up to date. The new PS5 updates appear to offer same upgrades as Microsoft’s Xbox console.
Sony is also talking about a new technology known as “adaptive triggers” in the console. This will be in the primary R2/L2 triggers on the PS5 controller. According to Sony, this technology will enable developers to program the resistance of the triggers to enhance the realistic effect. For example, players will be able to “feel” the increased tension as they are drawing back a bow in a combat game. The technology will also force users to push down with extra pressure when they are driving through rough terrains. The adaptive triggers technology sounds quite similar to a Microsoft patent field earlier this year which described a trigger system for its Xbox controller with almost the same working mechanism. It is not yet clear whether Microsoft will incorporate this in its next-generation Project Scarlett hardware.
According to Wired, which got a peek at the prototype PS5’s controller, it looks like PS4’s DualShock 4. However, it is not clear whether Sony will stick to its naming conventions so far and call it DualShock 5. Wired has also stated that the PS5 controller will transition to USB-C and also incorporate other refinements such as improved speakers and a larger battery.
SIE CEO Jim Ryan confirmed that the upcoming console hardware will have ray-tracing acceleration built in the GPU hardware. At least we now have a conformation of ray-tracing acceleration hardware and don’t have to worry that Sony might use some software shortcuts to manage it.
In an interview with Wired, Sony also confirmed that PS5 will utilize standard 100GB Blu-ray discs. Previously, Sony had stated that the console would provide a disc drive. However, all games will this time be installed to the internal SSD.
The use of a super-fast internal SSD will be one of the biggest updates to the game console and according to Sony, the installation requirement will be a factor of the difference in speed between the optical drive and the internal solid-state drive (SSD). Sony is also promising that the SSD’s improvements in how it reads data will result in space savings which would help lower the barrier for mandatory installation requirements. Sony is going to allow developers to break down the installations of games. For example, it will be possible for them to install multiplayer components or simply the single-player campaign on the PlayStation 5.
The new PS5 will also have a totally revamped user interface which will be displaying more detailed social features on the home screen. Sony is promising that players will be able to not only see but also launch directly into specific aspects of a game such as a single-player level or a multiplayer match direct from the home screen without having to first launch the game and then navigate your way in.
However, there is still a lot that we don’t know about the upcoming PS5 such as the size of storage that Sony will be providing, the kind of virtual reality options that will be available or what the actual PS5 will look like and what it will cost. With the release date set to the 2020 holiday season, there is still sufficient time for a lot more information to stream in and fill in the missing pieces. In the coming year, there will also be lots of gaming-centric shows in which Sony will be spilling a lot more detail about its much-anticipated next-generation gaming console.
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“Precisely the wrong moment in history to weaken the FCPA”
Tags: Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, FCPA, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Lanny Breuer
There has been much talk about the possible amendment (and dilution) of the FCPA in recent times following the US recent ramping of enforcement, telephone number penalties and in recent weeks the longest ever jail sentence, 15 years, for FCPA violations.
To UK readers, the arguments for amending the FCPA sound familiar: US companies saddled with uneven playing field, loss of competitive advantage and lack of clarity around its provisions are all themes.
Ironic when considering that a few months ago commentators held up the FCPA and its exemptions as a model for amendments to the Bribery Act. In contrast, today in the US, it is said that the facilitation payment exemption is illusory and the bona fide corporate hospitality exemption meaningless. Bona fide corporate hospitality, it is argued, by definition cannot be bribery.
And they have a point.
On Tuesday this week Lanny Breuer addressed the 26th National Conference on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in Washington in defence of the FPCA. There is another side to the coin. Mr. Breuer spoke powerfully in defence of the FCPA referencing the Arab Spring.
Summarising the rationale for FCPA enforcement he said: “The fight against corruption is a law enforcement priority of the United States, and it is also a personal priority of mine. There are few more destructive forces in society than the effect of widespread corruption on a people’s hopes and dreams, and I believe it is incumbent upon us to work as hard as we can to eradicate corruption across the globe…Indeed, the fight against corruption is an urgent battle – one that, at this historic moment, we must forcefully pursue.”
Talking of the lobby to water down and amend the FCPA he referenced the steps taken by others, including the entry into force of the Bribery Act, and had this to say:
“…at this crucial moment in history, watering down the Act – by eliminating successor liability in the FCPA context, for example – would send exactly the wrong message. Particularly since it has become increasingly clear over the past year that the trend across the globe is toward criminalization of foreign bribery. The U.K. Bribery Act took effect in July. Russia recently passed an anti-bribery law; has ratified the U.N. Convention against Corruption; and is expected soon to accede to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention. China, too, recently passed an anti-bribery law and is an observer at the OECD’s Working Group on Bribery…
…the steps taken in China, Russia and elsewhere are important ones. The history of the FCPA illustrates why. Its passage in 1977 was a milestone. But it took decades for the Act to become as strong an enforcement tool as it is today. Having come this far, on what I believe is a noble journey, we cannot, and should not, start going backwards. On the contrary, the United States must continue leading the charge against transnational bribery.”
With reference to the original catalyst for the FCPA, Watergate, he quoted from the US Senate at the time:
“’Corporate bribery is bad business,’ the Senate Banking Committee said in its report on the legislation. ‘In our free market system it is basic that the sale of products should take place on the basis of price, quality and service. Corporate bribery is fundamentally destructive of this basic tenet.’
That was true then, and it’s absolutely true now. In the United States, we have taken a strong stand against corruption, and the tide has been turning that same way in many countries across the globe – both as measured by the number of nations that have passed anti-bribery statutes in the past decade and by the recent popular uprisings that have been fueled, at least in part, by public outrage over corruption.
This is precisely the wrong moment in history to weaken the FCPA.”
It’s a compelling argument.
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Five hot new books from Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, worthy of another round
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A marvelous crop of new books published by Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.
Made in Mexico: Hollywood South of the Border ($19.99)
For more than a century, directors from both sides of the border have chosen Mexico as the location to create their cinematic art, leaving an indelible imprint on the imaginations of moviegoers and filmmakers worldwide. Now, for the first time, this tome presents a comprehensive examination of more than one hundred Hollywood theatrical feature films made in Mexico between 1914 and the present day.
Lavishly illustrated throughout, Made in Mexico examines how Hollywood films depicted Mexico and how Mexico represented itself in relation to the films shot on location. It pulls back the curtain on how Hollywood filmmakers influenced Mexican films and Mexican filmmakers influenced Hollywood.
Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked ($29.99)
From his writing of Godspell‘s score at age 23 through the making of the megahit musical Wicked and beyond, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked takes readers into the world of the legendary Broadway and film composer-lyricist. In this authorized biography, drawing from her interviews with Schwartz and his collaborators, author Carol de Giere focuses on the behind-the-scenes stories for Schwartz’s hits and disappointing flops.
Readers will find colorful anecdotes and insights for his licensed musicals Children of Eden, Pippin, Working, and others. Defying Gravity also includes Hollywood stories, beginning with a new foreword by composer Alan Menken.
Accidentally Like a Martyr: The Tortured Art of Warren Zevon ($24.99)
Warren Zevon songs are like chapters in a great American novel. Its story lies in the heart of his–and our–psyche. The lines are blurred. We never seem to know if we are looking in a mirror or peering through a window; we only know that when we listen we see something.
The music sets the scene – his voice a striking baritone, its narrator our guide through a labyrinth of harrowing narratives. The plot unfolds without subtlety; each musical and lyrical arc awakens imagination.
Stowaway Ukulele Revealed: Richard Konter & the Byrd Polar Expeditions is the unlikely and compelling story of a globe-trotting, ukulele-strumming, Brooklyn sailor named Richard Konter and his famous autographed instrument. At the height of the ukulele craze, Konter was a go-to arranger for Tin Pan Alley composers and publishers.
In 1926, Konter shipped out as a member of the crew of the Byrd Arctic Expedition. As a riveted world followed their progress (and that of their arch-rival, Roald Amundsen, the world’s greatest polar explorer), Konter managed to get his ukulele aboard Byrd’s plane for the first successful polar flight.
A keen contributor to history in the making, Konter managed to obtain the autographs of more than 150 individuals, both famous and unknown, all of whom respected the importance of Konter’s North Pole ukulele. Later, Konter accompanied Byrd to Antarctica and later married, for the first time at age 80, the love of his life.
For the first time, details the marvelously diverse cast of characters who autographed this little instrument, presenting mini-biographies and photographs to illustrate the interconnected web of lives brought together by Konter.
“Other people locked themselves away and hid from their demons. Townes flung open his door and said, ‘Come on in.’” So writes Harold Eggers, Townes Van Zandt’s longtime road manager and producer, in My Years with Townes Van Zandt: Music, Genius, and Rage ($29.99)– a gripping memoir revealing the inner core of an enigmatic troubadour, whose deeply poetic music was a source of inspiration and healing for millions but was for himself a torment struggling for dominance among myriad personal demons.
Townes Van Zandt often stated that his main musical mission was to “write the perfect song that would save someone’s life.” However, his life was a work in progress he was constantly struggling to shape and comprehend. Eggers says of his close friend and business partner that “like the master song craftsman he was, he was never truly satisfied with the final product but always kept giving it one more shot, one extra tweak, one last effort.”
A vivid, firsthand account exploring the source of the singer’s prodigious talent, widespread influence, and relentless path toward self-destruction, My Years with Townes Van Zandt presents the truth of that all-consuming artistic journey told by a close friend watching it unfold.
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UNICEF report: Over half a billion "uncounted" children live in countries unable to measure SDG progress
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Latest data on development progress for children shows over half a billion more live in countries where the SDGs are quickly falling out of reach.
NEW YORK, 7 MARCH 2018 – Early assessment of progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals confirms an alarming lack of data in 64 countries, as well as insufficient progress toward the SDGs for another 37 countries where the data can be tracked.
The UNICEF report, Progress for Children in the SDG Era, is the first thematic report assessing performance toward achieving the SDG global targets that concern children and young people. The report warns that 520 million children live in countries which completely lack data on at least two-thirds of child-related SDG indicators, or lack sufficient data to assess their progress – rendering those children effectively “uncounted.”
Where sufficient data is available, the scale of the challenge posed by the SDG targets remains daunting. The report warns that 650 million children live in countries where at least two-thirds of the SDGs are out of reach without accelerated progress. In fact, in those countries, even more children could face bad outcomes in life by 2030 than now.
“More than half the world’s children live in countries where we either can’t track their SDG progress, or where we can and they are woefully off-track,” said Laurence Chandy, UNICEF Director for the Division of Data, Research and Policy. “The world must renew its commitment to attaining the SDGs, starting with renewing its commitment to measuring them.”
The report tracks progress on five dimensions of children’s rights: health, learning, protection from violence and exploitation, a safe environment and equal opportunity. The report quantifies how far short of the global goals the world is currently expected to fall, measured in human costs.
Projections show that between now and 2030:
10 million additional children would die of preventable causes before their fifth birthday;
31 million children would be left stunted due to lack of adequate nutrition;
22 million children would miss out on pre-primary education;
150 million girls will marry before their 18th birthday;
670 million people, many of them children, will still be without basic drinking water.
“Two years ago, the world agreed on an ambitious agenda to give every child the best chance in life, with cutting-edge data analysis to guide the way,” said Chandy. “And yet, what our comprehensive report on SDG progress for children reveals plainly is an abject lack of data. Most countries do not have the information even to assess whether they are on track or not. Children around the world are counting on us – and we can’t even count all of them.”
The report calls for renewed efforts to address the global data-deficiency, while recognizing that strong national data institutions and capacity take time and investment to develop. The report identifies three principles to underpin this work:
Building strong measurement into service delivery systems, whether in health or education, social services or border control;
Systematic and coordinated efforts to ensure all countries have minimum data coverage for children, irrespective of their resources and capabilities;
Establishing stronger shared norms on data concerning children, including common approaches to measuring emerging threats facing children, capturing missing child populations, and sharing data to enable vulnerable children to be more effectively identified, while protecting children’s privacy.
While each government is ultimately accountable to generate the data that will guide and measure achievement of the goals, the international community has an obligation to partner with them to make sure the SDG targets are met.
Of the 44 indicators linked to nine SDGs specific to children, 39 were assessed for data availability and progress. On average, 75-80 percent of indicators in countries either have insufficient data or show insufficient progress.
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Chinese reflect on education after girl forces mom to abort
BEIJING - A woman aborted her second baby in Central China's Hubei province after her 13-year-old daughter threatened to commit suicide.
The event drew people's attention to the single child mentality, which may be an obstacle as the country tries to relax the single-child policy.
The woman, 44, had been pregnant for 13 weeks. Her daughter became unhappy after knowing that she was going to have sibling. Her anxiety reached its peak when the ninth-grader cut her wrists with a razor blade in an attempted suicide, according to a report of the local Wuhan Evening News earlier this week.
The case may sound extreme, but the girl is not the only child in China showing jealousy of a younger sibling.
Zhuang Zhuang (not his real name) was 16 when his younger brother was born last year. Since then he's fallen behind in his classes.
"They never cared about me again," the teenager complained. "I'm under great pressure to do well in academic performances, so as to win attention from my parents."
The one-child policy was relaxed in 2013, in an attempt to address the country's declining labor force and aging population.
A majority of the Chinese provincial regions, including the most populated Henan, have allowed couples to have a second child if either parent is an only child. Beijing followed suit last December.
Although 11 million couples have been granted a permit to have a second child, statistics from the National Health and Family Planning Commission show only close to one million couples out of them filed birth applications by the end of last year.
"Economic cost," "time cost" and "one child is enough" were listed as top reasons for not having a second child, according to a survey by China Youth Daily. Many parents give the third reason out of concern for their first child.
Xia Xueluan, a sociology professor at Peking University, believes the one-child policy, enacted more than three decades ago, created many young "emperors" and "empresses" in China.
"Parents spoiled their children, so many kids tend to be self-centered without consideration for others," he said.
Journalist Fang Qingjiang pointed out in an editorial for Beijing Morning Post that abortion was not the end of the story for the young girl who attempted to take her own life.
"The problem was not solved in this way," he said. "Parents should learn to teach their children to be loving, so as to expect the younger brothers and sisters with joy in their heart."
The view was echoed by microblogger Fu Qinghuan on Sina Weibo.
"The event should prompt parents to reflect on their way of raising their children," she said. "Chinese parents tend to make decisions themselves, and seldom have heart-to-heart talks with their children. Hopefully this case could give people a lesson and they will take better care of the mentality of their children."
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World Bank welcomes AIIB
By HUA SHENGDUN in Washington(China Daily USA)
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Tuesday. [LIU XIAOXIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY]
The World Bank will collaborate with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in solving world poverty, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday.
“The fundamental issue for us is, the enemy cannot be other institutions; the enemy has to be the poverty,” Kim said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington in advance of the World Bank/IMF spring meetings.
Kim dismissed the notion that the AIIB would challenge to the US-dominated World Bank, saying it has been clear that “this is not a competition, but cooperation, and we have already cooperated in many joint projects”.
The AIIB, which was initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping, has had around 50 countries applying to be founding members by the March 31 deadline. Included are key US allies such as Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said previously that the US “miscalculated” in not seeking membership in the AIIB. “I think maybe the bottom line is we screwed it up,” she said.
The bank is expected to create more capital mobilization channels for countries in Asia, especially developing countries in the Southeast, Central and Southern Asian regions, according to Xinhua News Agency.
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said last week that Washington was “ready to welcome" the bank, which is expected to begin operating later this year, and encouraged China to “maintain and advance high standards in institutions” as the two countries “work together to address the challenges of the 21st century”.
“We have made clear to China that the United States stands ready to welcome new additions to the international development architecture, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank,” Lew said.
Twenty-one countries, including China, India and Singapore, signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing in October to build the AIIB. As agreed, Beijing will be the host city for the headquarters, according to Xinhua.
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“If the world’s multilateral banks, including the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the New Development Bank, can form alliances, work together and support development that addresses these challenges, we all benefit – especially the poor and most vulnerable,” said Kim, who took office by appointment of US President Obama in 2012.
Kim also said to end extreme poverty, the world economy should grow faster in a way that “makes sure some of our vast wealth goes to the poor”; invest in people through “education and health”; and provide “social safety nets as well as building systems to protect against disasters and the rapid spread of disease”.
During the annual conference of the Boao Forum for Asia on March 28, Xi said China welcomes all countries in the region, as well as partners around the world to join the AIIB.
“We will ... advance complementary and coordinated development between the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and such multilateral financial institutions as the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank,” Xi said.
Kim said the new multilateral banks could help bridge financing gaps in areas such as energy and water, as the world is estimated in need of “an additional 1 to 1.5 trillion dollars every year to be invested in infrastructure – roads, bridges, railways, airports, and energy plants”.
“It is our hope - indeed, our expectation - that these new entries will join the world’s multilateral development banks and our private sector partners on a shared mission to promote economic growth that helps the poorest,” he added.
Sheng Yang in Washington contributed to this story.
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What to Watch in the ATP This Week: Previews of Dubai, Acapulco, and Delray Beach
February 25, 2013 by Chris Skelton
Has Djokovic recovered from his champagne hangover yet?
One of the strongest ATP 500 tournaments on the calendar, Dubai follows its Premier women’s event by hosting six of the top ten men in the first significant outdoor hard-court tournament since the Australian Open. This tournament claims pride of place in our weekly preview, although events in Acapulco and Delray Beach also feature key storylines that relate to what we can expect at Indian Wells.
Dubai: A three-time champion at this event, world #1 Djokovic did not bring his best tennis to the Persian Gulf last year in the wake of a draining Australian Open. The medium-paced hard court showcases his game splendidly, though, so he might bounce back in 2013 with a less exhausting Melbourne marathon behind him and a comfortable quarter ahead of him. Not since his first meeting with Troicki has he lost to his compatriot, and rarely in the current twelve-match winning streak has the other Serb seriously troubled him. That said, Djokovic did drop a set when they met here in 2010. Also unlikely to threaten him on a hard court is the seventh-seeded Seppi, while Lukas Rosol does lurk but so far remains a one-upset man.
While three qualifiers form a soft center to the second quarter, its edges might feature some intrigue. Seeking to avoid a third straight first-round loss here, former semifinalist Baghdatis faces a tall task in Del Potro, but he has won their last two clashes. That battle of flat groundstrokes and inspired shot-making should offer some of the first round’s best entertainment. Of lesser note is the encounter between the eighth-seeded Youzhny and rising Slovene Blaz Kavcic. How much does the aging Russian with the graceful one-handed backhand have left?
Like the second half overall, the third quarter looks stronger than the two above it. Top-eight threats Tsonga and Berdych bookend it, the former of whom faces a stern test in compatriot Michael Llodra. Neither of those Frenchmen will relish the relatively slow courts here, nor will potential second-round opponent Tursunov. A smart wildcard choice after his astonishing charge to the Marseille weekend as a qualifier, he ranks among the draw’s most notable dark horses. Two comfortable rounds await Berdych, who excelled in Marseille as well as Tsonga and Tursunov. Not known for his consistency, the Czech has maintained some of his steadiest tennis to date over the last several months, and he should fare better against Tsonga on an outdoor hard court than on the fast indoor court where he lost to him on Sunday.
After the hubbub last year when the tournament declined to offer Malek Jaziri a wildcard, the organizers may have smirked a bit when, having received that privilege this year, the Tunisian has landed adjacent to Federer. More worthy of Swiss steel, surely, is the resurgent Tomic in a sequel to an Australian Open encounter closer than the score showed. Never a man to doubt his own chances, the brash Aussie will feel confident of toppling whoever emerges from the Tipsarevic-Davydenko opener. Although that match could present a battle of crisp two-handed backhands, both men have struggled this year and would enter a meeting with Tomic at a significant height disadvantage. Realistically, however, only one man will come out of this quarter.
Final: Djokovic vs. Federer
Acapulco: Of the four top-ten men not participating in Dubai, two lend their illustrious presence to the clay 500 tournament in Mexico. The end of the South American February swing, Acapulco usually offers an opportunity for top-seeded David Ferrer to bolster his rankings points. While the presence of Nadal at the base of the draw will complicate his quest, the man who displaced Rafa as the top-ranked Spaniard brings momentum from winning Buenos Aires and faces no significant clay threats in his quarter. Starting against left-handed compatriot Albert Ramos, Ferrer might face flaky Frenchman Benoit Paire in the quarterfinals, but another Spaniard in Pablo Andujar looms just as large. Outside Nadal, the top seed has enjoyed plenty of success against his countrymen.
The last victim of Ferrer in Buenos Aires, Wawrinka faces a much more intriguing series of tests to secure a rematch in the semifinals. Opening against Fabio Fognini of the famous eyebrows and unpredictable temperament, he might encounter the returning Nalbandian afterwards. A finalist in the first tournament of his return, Sao Paulo, Nalbandian took a set from Ferrer at his home tournament last week before his stamina waned. The fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer has struggled this year outside a run to the Zagreb final on an indoor hard court, so Colombian clay threat Santiago Giraldo might seem a plausible dark horse to reach the quarterfinals.
Denied by Wawrinka in Buenos Aires, Almagro still looks to steady himself after that strange combination of breakthrough and breakdown that he endured in Melbourne. His draw looks comfortable in its early stages, featuring nobody more dangerous than the long-faded Tommy Robredo. In the quarterfinals, Almagro could meet one of three players who have recorded a strong result each during the South American clay season: Vina del Mar champion Zeballos, Sao Paulo semifinalist Simone Bolelli, or Vina del Mar semifinalist Carlos Berlocq. But Zeballos has not won a match since that stunning upset over Nadal, while Berlocq should struggle to match Almagro hold for hold despite winning a set from Nadal in Sao Paulo.
The easiest pre-semifinal route of all would seem to belong to the man who needs it least, or is it most? Far from bulletproof in his two-week swing through Vina del Mar and Sao Paulo, Nadal managed to scrape out results that looked stronger on paper than on television. He cannot face anyone of note in his first two matches, however, and the week-long respite may have freshened his body and spirits. The heavy left-handed groundstrokes of sixth-seeded Thomaz Bellucci might pose a threat in view of the Zeballos result. All the same, the Brazilian has accomplished nothing during this month’s clay tournaments so far and probably lacks the belief to threaten Nadal.
Final: Ferrer vs. Nadal
Delray Beach: In his last tournament before Indian Wells, where he defends finals points, top-seeded John Isner desperately needs to halt a slide that has seen him lose 10 of his last 17 matches. Although a semifinal at San Jose hinted at a resurgence, he dropped a lackluster straight-setter in Memphis, where the indoor hard courts should have suited his massive serve just as well. Fortunate to receive a modest first-round opponent in Jesse Levine, Isner then could meet Memphis semifinalist Marinko Matosevic. The Aussie upset similarly powerful American giant Querrey last week and the talented Dolgopolov, so he brings much more momentum into this match than the top seed. Before he succumbed to injury, Kevin Anderson enjoyed an excellent January by reaching the Sydney final and the second week of the Australian Open, the first South African to do so in a decade. He could match Isner serve for serve, or more likely surpass him if his pre-injury form revives.
Quite a contrast to Isner’s week in Memphis was the breakthrough delivered by Jack Sock, who upset second-seeded Raonic in the most significant victory of his career. Sock received a reward in a wildcard here, although he may not fancy a second-round rematch with the man who finally stopped him last week, Feliciano Lopez. The American will have gained experience in facing a serve-volleyer in an opener against Aussie Matthew Ebden, which could stand him in good stead against Lopez. And a third straight could loom in the quarterfinals if Karlovic can solve former champion Nishikori. Suggesting otherwise is the recent form of both men, for Nishikori has produced generally solid results so far in a 2013 where Karlovic’s age and nagging injuries finally may have caught up with him.
A semifinalist in San Jose and gone early in Memphis, like Isner, third-seeded Sam Querrey inhabits a section filled with his compatriots. That quirk of fate seems auspicious for him in view of his preference for straightforward opponents who allow him baseline rhythm and lack impressive retturns. Surely able to overpower battered veterans Russell and Blake, he may need to raise his motivation a notch for the ever-impassioned Ryan Harrison. That youngster has accomplished even less than Querrey lately, though, and a recent illness may have dulled his energies. The other seed in this section, Xavier Malisse, retired last week in Memphis.
Also withdrawing from Memphis was San Jose runner-up Tommy Haas, who holds the second seed here but faces an intimidating opener against Igor Sijsling. The Dutchman suddenly has burst into relevance after reaching the Australian Open doubles final, upsetting Tsonga at his home tournament in Rotterdam, and nearly toppling the top-seeded Cilic in Memphis. If Haas can weather Sijsling’s impressive serve, he must slow the surge of Denis Istomin’s second straight sold February. Ever an enigma and ever an entertainer, the fifth-seeded Dolgopolov rounds out this quarter and shares Tommy’s predicament of a dangerous first-round opponent. As his 2011 victory over Nadal proved, Ivan Dodig can trouble anyone on the occasions when his high-risk game explodes rather than implodes.
Final: Nishikori vs. Querrey
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Wizards of Oz (II): Murray, Tomic, Tsonga, Wozniacki, Kvitova, and More from Day 2
January 14, 2013 by Chris Skelton
Can the Scot fasten his jaws around a Dutchman who troubled him before?
Our daily preview series continues with six matches from each Tour.
ATP:
Haase vs. Murray (Rod Laver Arena): When they met at the 2011 US Open, the underdog nearly stunned the Scot by building a two-set lead. Haase then won just six games over the last three sets as he continued a bizarre career trend of disappearing in matches that he started with a lead. This match marks Murray’s first as a major champion, and one wonders whether the tension that he so often has displayed on these stages will abate in proportion to the pressure. Although he won Brisbane, he looked imperfect in doing so and alluded to some emotional turmoil hovering around him.
Tomic vs. Mayer (RLA): Shortly after he reached the Brisbane final, Grigor Dimitrov experience a rude awakening when he became the first man to crash out of the Australian Open. Sydney champion Tomic must guard against the concern of having peaked too soon after winning his first career title, amidst chatter about his upcoming clash with Federer. But Leonardo Mayer should lack the consistency to pose any sustained challenge, while Tomic has excelled on home soil and reached the second week here last year with victories over much superior opponents.
Tsonga vs. Llodra (Hisense): A battle of two flamboyant Frenchmen rarely fails to entertain, no matter the scoreline. Formerly a finalist and semifinalist here, Tsonga embarks on his first season with coach Roger Rasheed, attempting to rebound from a paradoxical 2012 season in which he stayed in the top eight without conquering anyone in it. Across the net stands a compatriot who shares his fondness for hurtling towards the net and finishing points with sharply slashed volleys. Expect plenty of explosive, staccato tennis from a rollicking match filled with ebbs and flows.
Matosevic vs. Cilic (Margaret Court Arena): Like Haase and Murray, their meeting follows in the wake of some notable US Open history. Extending the Croat to a fifth set there last year, Matosevic built upon the best year of his career that saw him reach the top 50 and become the top Aussie man until Tomic surpassed him in Sydney (both on the court and in the rankings). Cilic has stabilized at a mezzanine level of the ATP since his initial breakthrough in 2008-09, when he looked likely to emulate Del Potro’s accomplishments. Of a similar stature and playing style to the former US Open champion, he appears to lack the competitive will necessary to take the next step forward.
Monfils vs. Dolgopolov (MCA): The first week of a major offers an ideal opportunity to check out unusual shot-makers who usually fall before the tournament’s marquee rounds. Recognizing this potential, the Melbourne schedulers have featured on a show court this fascinating pas de deux between two men who can produce—or at least attempt—any shot in the book. Their match should remind viewers of the imaginative quality to tennis, often lost in this era of fitness and raw power. Both men focus more on the journey than the destination, and style than substance: not a recipe for major titles but certainly a recipe for entertainment.
Haas vs. Nieminen (Court 3): Most had abandoned hope in the German when he started last year outside the top 200. Bursting back into relevance over the spring and summer, the 34-year-old Haas should inspire other men near the twilight of their careers. Among them is Nieminen, a veteran Finnish lefty without much polish but perhaps with enough wrinkles in his game to frustrate the easily ruffled Haas.
WTA:
Wozniacki vs. Lisicki (Hisense): The world #1 at this tournament last year, Wozniacki has plummeted to the edge of the top 10 while losing four of her last six matches at majors. Despite a hopeful fall, the Danish counterpuncher started this year in deflating fashion with early losses at Brisbane and Sydney, still mired in doubt and anxiety. Lisicki has won two of their three previous meetings behind a booming serve that allowed her to seize and retain control of the points before Wozniacki could settle into neutral mode. Outside the grass season, she struggled even more than her opponent did last year, and a surface that seems very slow may dilute her greatest weapon. In theory, though, her huge game could unnerve Wozniacki again by denying her the rhythm that she prefers.
Suarez Navarro vs. Errani (MCA): A pair of clay specialists meet on a slow, high-bouncing hard court that should not feel too foreign to them. Suarez Navarro has become a credible dark horse in Melbourne, defeating Venus in the second round a few years ago and extending the then-formidable Kvitova to a third set in the same round last year. Meanwhile, Errani reached the quarterfinals at last year’s Australian Open, the first significant result that signaled her breakthrough and thus the first key bundle of points that she must defend.
Schiavone vs. Kvitova (MCA): This match could get gruesome quickly if both of them play as they did earlier in January. At the Hopman Cup, the aging Schiavone struggled to find the service box or her groundstroke timing, while Kvitova struggled to find any part of the court in Brisbane and Sydney. Those efforts prolonged a span in which the former Wimbledon champion has lost seven of her last ten matches, suggesting that she will bring little of the confidence necessary to execute her high-risk game. Schiavone nearly ended Kvitova’s title defense at the All England Club last year, suggesting that this match may contain as much upset potential as Wozniacki-Lisicki.
Oudin vs. Robson (Court 3): Phenoms past and present collide in this meeting of careers headed in opposite directions. While Oudin did resurface last summer with her first career title, she has extracted little from her counterpunching game since the US Open quarterfinal that vaulted her to fame perhaps too early. A highly awaited presence as soon as she won junior Wimbledon, Robson progressed significantly last season in both power and consistency, ultimately reaching the second week of the US Open. Will both of their trends continue, or will Oudin blunt the British lefty’s attack?
Petrova vs. Date-Krumm (Court 6): Surely not much longer on display, the age-defying Date-Krumm merits a trip to the outer courts for her sharply angled groundstrokes and the joy with which she competes. As if one needed any further reason to watch this match, Petrova produces ample entertainment with her percussive serves and crisp volleys, not to mention her bursts of classically Russian angst.
Putintseva vs. McHale (Court 7): As she recovers from the mono that sidelined her last year, the young American might have preferred a less intense opponent than the yowling, perpetually emoting bundle of energy that is Putintseva. The junior exudes with talent as well as aggression, so the quiet McHale cannot take her opponent in this stark clash of personalities too lightly.
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Quarters for Your Thoughts: 2013 Australian Open Men's Draw Preview
Will we see this man with this trophy again in two weeks?
Looking for a jumbo preview of the Australian Open men’s draw that breaks down each section of the brackets? Look no further. We take one quarter at a time in tracing the route of each leading contender, locating the most intriguing matches, projecting the semifinalists, and identifying one notable player to watch in each section.
First quarter: Seeking the first men’s three-peat Down Under of the Open era, Djokovic will want to conserve his energy during the first week and probably will. Although rising American star Ryan Harrison could threaten briefly in the second round, he lacks the experience to test the Serb in a best-of-five format, while potential third-round opponent Stepanek lacks the consistency to do so as his career wanes. Among the other figures of note in this vicinity are two resurgent Americans in Querrey and Baker, destined to meet in the second round. The winner may fancy his chances against Wawrinka, more comfortable on clay, and Querrey in particular could bring confidence from his upset of Djokovic in Paris to another clash with the Serb when the second week starts.
The quarter’s lower section features several men who share Wawrinka’s affinity for clay, such as Monaco and Verdasco. While the Spaniard’s career has sagged over the past year or two, the Argentine enjoyed his best season to date in 2012 as he reached the top ten for the first time. His reward lies in a clear route to the second week and an appointment with the enigmatic Berdych. Always susceptible to ebbs and flows, the world #6 ended last season optimistically with a semifinal at the US Open, where he upset Federer. But then Berdych started this season miserably by falling in Chennai to an opponent outside the top 50. He has won just one of his twelve career meetings with Djokovic, although the only victory came in one of their most important matches: a Wimbledon semifinal. While Berdych’s route to the quarterfinals looks comfortable, then, only a superb serving performance can shield him from the Serb’s more balanced array of weapons when he arrives there.
Semifinalist: Djokovic
Player to watch: Querrey
Second quarter: The only section without a clear favorite proliferates with question marks but also with talent and intriguing narratives. In the draw’s most notable first-round match, Hewitt will open his 17th Australian Open campaign against the eighth-seeded Tipsarevic. A mismatch on paper, this encounter could develop into one of the late-night thrillers that have become a Melbourne tradition, and the home crowd might lift their Aussie to an improbable victory over an opponent less untouchable than those ranked above him. Other storylines include the apparent emergence of Grigor Dimitrov, previously familiar only for his facsimile of Federer’s playing style but now a Brisbane finalist. While the Bulgarian never has reached the third round of a major, his recent accomplishments and his desire to impress romantic interest Maria Sharapova might inspire him. He faces a challenging initial test against Benneteau, who fell just short of his second straight Sydney final.
Awarded his first seed in the main draw of a major, Jerzy Janowicz looks to continue his momentum from last fall when he reached the final at the Paris Masters 1000 tournament. Unlike Dimitrov, his route through the first round or two looks clear, and projected third-round opponent Almagro does not pose an insurmountable obstacle. Unless Janowicz improves upon his January efforts so far, however, Almagro can look ahead to the second week and perhaps even a quarterfinal against compatriot Ferrer. The highest seed in this section, the latter Spaniard will reach the top four after the tournament no matter his result. His fitness should carry him past erratic opponents like Baghdatis or Youzhny, although the titanic serve of Karlovic has troubled him before and merits watching in their second-round match. Having recorded multiple victories over Ferrer on marquee stages, Nishikori poses his most convincing pre-quarterfinal threat. But he has struggled with injury recently and may prove no better able to grind past the Spaniard in the heat than Almagro, who never has defeated him. If Tipsarevic reaches the quarterfinals, on the other hand, he will aim to reverse the outcome of their US Open quarterfinal last year, which he lost to Ferrer in a fifth-set tiebreak.
Semifinalist: Ferrer
Player to watch: Dimitrov
Third quarter: Never has a man won his second major immediately after winning his first. Never, however, in the Open era had a British man won any major at all, so this bit of history should not intimidate the reigning US Open champion. Murray will start his campaign by reprising an odd encounter with Robin Haase at the 2011 US Open, which he rallied to win in five sets after losing the first two. The lanky Dutchman behind him, he will face nobody over the next few rounds with the firepower to discomfit him over this extended format. Throughout his section lie counterpunchers like Simon or Robredo or tactically limited players like Mayer and Stakhovsky. The two exceptions who could threaten Murray will meet in the first round. Reviving his career with solid results in Doha and Auckland, Monfils will pit his momentum against fellow showman Dolgopolov in a match likely to showcase plenty of electrifying shot-making.
Perhaps of more interest is the route traced by Del Potro, the most likely title contender outside the top three seeds. In the second round, the Tower of Tandil could meet surprising Slovakian Aljaz Bedene, who reached the Chennai semifinals to start the year and nearly upset Tipsarevic there. Owning more than enough weapons to dispatch the passive baseliner Granollers afterwards, Del Potro would open the second week against Marin Cilic. The Croat developed around the same time as the Argentine and honed a similar playing style to complement his similar physique. But Cilic has disappointed those who anointed him a future major champion and top-10 fixture, appearing to content himself with a lesser level of accomplishment. He must brace himself for an opening battle against home hope Marinko Matosevic, who took him to five sets in New York last fall. If Del Potro can reverse his 2009 loss to Cilic in that projected fourth-round encounter, he also must halt his winless hard-court record against Murray. The task does not loom as large as it might appear, for he has won sets in all four of those matches.
Semifinalist: Murray
Player to watch: Del Potro
Fourth quarter: What a pity that leading Aussie hope Bernard Tomic can play only two rounds before descending into the maw of the GOAT, as he did in the fourth round here last year. All the same, Tomic will have the opportunity to knock off a seeded opponent in Martin Klizan while praying for a miracle from Federer’s second-round opponent, Nikolay Davydenko. (Those who saw their match at the 2010 Australian Open will remember how impressive the Russian looked against the Swiss—for a set and a half, after which he utterly collapsed.) Perhaps more formidable than the momentum of Tomic is the mighty serve of Milos Raonic, which nearly toppled Federer three times last year. In each of their matches, Federer managed to win the crucial handful of points late in final sets, but can he continue to escape so narrowly? The younger man cannot look too far ahead too soon, however, for a second-round match against Lukas Rosol lurks, and everyone knows what Rosol has done in the second round of majors.
Winless against top-eight opponents in 2012, former finalist Tsonga hopes to turn over a new leaf in 2013. To snap that streak, though, he must survive the early stages of the tournament against dangerous lurkers like Llodra and Bellucci. Tsonga has struggled at times against compatriots and has a losing career record against Gasquet, his projected fourth-round opponent. Fresh from his title in Doha, the world #10 never has plowed deep into the Australian draw and may not benefit this time from the weak first-week slates that he received at majors last year. Eyeing a possible upset is Haas, another artist of the one-handed backhand who has collaborated with Gasquet on memorable matches before. But the question remains whether any of these men currently can compete with Federer across a best-of-five match, and the answer seems clear.
Semifinalist: Federer
Player to watch: Tomic
Final: Djokovic vs. Murray
Champion: Novak Djokovic
Come back tomorrow for the women’s preview, designed with the same level of detail!
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Sights and sounds from Melbourne: Gearing up for the Australian Open
December 5, 2012 by James Crabtree
By James Crabtree
The countdown to the Australian Open has begun! January 14 is getting closer.
Not long to go now.
So, whats been happening?
Let’s just say Melbourne Park has been hectic, and its not just the renovations (indoor courts, clay courts, plexi courts, plunge pools, training rooms etc), which have been immense.
Firstly, whenever you are in Melbourne chances are somebody will say “it’s like four seasons in one day.” This is funny the first few times, then drives you up the wall, then you find yourself saying to somebody you think isn’t from here: “Did I mention Melbourne is like four seasons in one day?”
Anyway, the tennis.
Doubles legend Todd Woodbridge has been on court, seemingly everyday. More impressive than that is the fact the guy simply does not age, L’Oreal really needs to sign this guy up because he could have easily snuck into the under 18 event.
Speaking of juniors, there is a ton playing right now from the 12’s to the 18’s as part of the Optus Championships, and all trying to make their mark. Notable attendees at their matches have been U.S. college recruiters from some pretty big schools.
Australian No. 1 Marinko Matosevic has also seen working hard on the his court fitness drills with Greg Jones and the sort of trainer who should be yelling at people on The Biggest Loser.
Sam Stosur has been spotted drinking coffee in the cafeteria. Reports of what kind of coffee have yet to be verified although the barista believed it was a caffè latte with one sugar even though she wasn’t really paying attention. Consequently the same barista messed up my order, I wanted a mocha and got a cappuccino.
The world’s fastest server Sam Groth (with a record of 163.4 mph), has been on the practice court everyday and is looking very confident. The world’s 216th-ranked player should be a good bet to win next week’s December Showdown and claim the Australian Open Wild Card. Still don’t count out last year’s Showdown finalist though, James Duckworth, who made the second round of the Australian Open main draw and gave top 10 player Janko Tipsarevic a real scare.
That’s all from here for now. Did I mention Melbourne has four seasons in one day?
James Crabtree will be covering the December Showdown for the tournament’s website, and will also be covering next month’s Australian Open.
Filed Under: James Crabtree, Latest News, Lead Story Tagged With: australian junior tennis, Australian Open, december showdown, marinko matosevic, melbourne park tennis, optus championships, sam stosur, Todd Woodbridge
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* Changing from the linear layout of the arcade game to a more labyrinthine level layout was a great idea. Although confusing at first, once you start mapping out the game, it adds a lot of spice to what would have been an otherwise forgettable scrolling shooter.
* The game has fantastic title and ending music composed by [[Kumi Yamaga]] and [[Tamayo Kawamoto]], and some of the stage music is pretty nice too.
* The game has fantastic title music and some of the stage music is pretty nice too. [[Tamayo Kawamoto]] composed the original arcade music which was arranged for the NES by [[Kumi Yamaga]]. Yamaga didn't use all of the arcade music, and composed some of her own songs as well, including the wonderful ending tune.
* I like that the game differentiates between getting hit by a bullet and getting hit by an enemy. However, with the amount of enemies flying around, I would rather a collision with an enemy just do extra damage rather than kill the player outright.
* I enjoy how the power-ups (megasmasher, flash buster, barrier shield) are handled. You don't have to equip them right away, which works in your favor because you lose them if they're equipped when you die. So, you can hold off on using them until you really need them. I also like how the megasmasher becomes more powerful when you get a second in reserve (I only wish they did this for the other power-ups).
North American box.
Section-Z is a scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for on the Famicom Disk System on 1987-05-25, then for the NES two months later. It is based on the arcade game of the same title, but Capcom drastically altered the game for home consoles. In the game, you play Captain Commando who is trying to stop an invasion of Earth by infiltrating the incoming space station of Balangool and defeat L-Brain the master controller of the invasion force.
I'm pretty sure I got this game at a garage sale in the early 1990s. I remember being a little confused by the game at first until I figured out that you need to map out the ends of each section in order to not get lost. After that, I beat the first couple barriers and boss, but found the second area to be too difficult and gave up on the game. Years later, around 2005 or so, I knuckled down and mapped out most of the game before finally beating it.
I've noticed from online commentary that this game is pretty divisive. I think the hybrid genre of mixing a scrolling shooter with adventure elements is a great idea, but I can see why people who are expecting a simple scrolling shooter can be put off by that.
3.1 Box Art
I own this game for the NES, and have beaten it.
Changing from the linear layout of the arcade game to a more labyrinthine level layout was a great idea. Although confusing at first, once you start mapping out the game, it adds a lot of spice to what would have been an otherwise forgettable scrolling shooter.
The game has fantastic title music and some of the stage music is pretty nice too. Tamayo Kawamoto composed the original arcade music which was arranged for the NES by Kumi Yamaga. Yamaga didn't use all of the arcade music, and composed some of her own songs as well, including the wonderful ending tune.
I like that the game differentiates between getting hit by a bullet and getting hit by an enemy. However, with the amount of enemies flying around, I would rather a collision with an enemy just do extra damage rather than kill the player outright.
I enjoy how the power-ups (megasmasher, flash buster, barrier shield) are handled. You don't have to equip them right away, which works in your favor because you lose them if they're equipped when you die. So, you can hold off on using them until you really need them. I also like how the megasmasher becomes more powerful when you get a second in reserve (I only wish they did this for the other power-ups).
The original FDS release has a proper save feature, but the NES port does not. For as long as the game is, Capcom should have at least added a password feature.
The energy/lives combination is a bit confusing, especially when enemies kill the player and also do 5 energy damage.
The three capsule weapons (missile, flash bomb, crush ball) are hard to use and not worth the 5 energy cost. They should either be cheaper or more effective.
The graphics, while on-par for a 1987 game, aren't that great. And why is Captain Commando pink?
The manual is poorly translated with lots of typos, is missing some enemy artwork, and the story is ridiculous even for a video game plot.
It would be nice if your maximum speed was slightly slower. If you collect the maximum of speed ups, you move so fast it's hard to control your character.
Like most games of this era, the game is so hard it hurts the gaming experience a lot. I cut my teeth on the game until I memorized most of the sections. And, even then, I still had a hard time finishing it.
The Japanese box has a section of a painting of Captain Commando in mecha armor traveling down a tunnel, and the trademark jagged logo.
The North American box uses the same art, but a lot more is visible. It replaces the logo with a screenshot, which looks pretty bad. It uses the first generation US Capcom neon background which screams 80s.
The European box returns to the traditional logo, but it seems a bit pinker. This is my favorite box because it includes more the artwork than the Japanese box, and looks more professional.
The cover of the Japanese manual has more of the art.
North American manual.
The Official Nintendo Player's Guide, blurb.
youtube.com/watch?v=9WzV4Go_YDI - Longplay, FDS.
youtube.com/watch?v=WScye1xayu4 - Longplay, NES.
Programmer Ichi
Game Design Tomoshi Sadamoto (Tomo), Akira Kitamura (Akirachan)
Character Design Yasuaki Kishimoto (Yasukichi), Oran
Music and Sound Effects Kumi Yamaga (Yamachan), Tamayo Kawamoto (Kuwachan)
Sound Programmer Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (not credited)
English Section-Z
Japanese セクションZ Sekushon Z Section Z
thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/SectionZ/Index.html - My old site.
Retrieved from "http://thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=Section-Z_(NES)&oldid=24583"
Video Game Sound Rank - 4
Links to MobyGames
Links to Wikipedia
Links to VGMPF
Links to NESHacker
Links to TCRF
Famicom Disk System Games
Scrolling Shooters
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 7 pm at Goddard Riverside's Bernie Wohl Center - 647 Columbus Avenue @ 92nd St, New York, NY 10024
BONGANI
by Gabrielle Maisels
The mesmerizing tale of a love that could never be
DIRECTORS - Kate Holland and Chuk Obasi
STAGE MANAGER - Kendra Augustin
Adrian Baidoo * Maggie Benedict * Rob Benson * Michelle Ghatan * Nonhlanhla Kheswa * Sheila Moikangoa * Denise Mosiana * Tomike Ogugua * Blake Williams * Judylee Vivier
In post-apartheid South Africa, Bongani hurtles toward destruction. Corinne, from an activist Jewish family, thinks she can rescue him...and her struggling country. Bongani thinks she should rescue herself.
Several of South Africa’s finest actors join a multi-national cast in a staged reading of “BONGANI,” a new play about post-apartheid South Africa, set for Monday, Oct 17, at the Bernie Wohl Center at 7pm. Nonhlanhla Kheswa (THE LION KING), from Johannesburg, recently starred in BAM’s acclaimed THE SUIT.
Maggie Benedict, from Pretoria, is familiar to South African and BBC World viewers as Akhona on hit South African soap GENERATIONS, and now calls New York City her home.
Denise Mosiana was recently picked to star in the New York production of DUELING VOICES. More of the African continent is represented by AdrianBaidoo, born in Ghana, playing the title role of Bongani, and Tomike Ogugua, of Nigerian parents, who can be
seen as US Marshall on the hit STARZ Network series POWER, produced and starring 50 Cent.
In the play, set in 1990’s South Africa, Bongani (Adrian Baidoo) hurtles toward destruction. Corinne (Michelle Ghatan), from an activist Jewish family, thinks she can rescue him...and her struggling country. Bongani thinks she should rescue herself. This mesmerizing tale of a love that could never be is a call to action for the America of 2016.
Rounding out the multi-national cast are Rob Benson of the U.K.
(writer of DEADSHOT MARY), Michelle Ghatan of the U.K. (PLAYGROUND PLACENTA/29th Street Playwrights Collective) Judylee Vivier (ORANGES LIKETHE SUN), originally from South Africa, and Blake Williams (THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST/TheInstigators). Kate Holland directs, and Chuk Obasi is dramaturg.
Bongani was first performed as a one-woman show at the NY Fringe Festival in 2011 and has been reimagined with a full cast. Set in the turbulent and heady time of the transition from apartheid to democracy, the show deals with the thorny and persistent issues of race, identity, and home. Playwright Gabrielle Maisels is the granddaughter of Israel Aaron Maisels, leader of the defense team that secured
the acquittal of Nelson Mandela and the 29 others accused of treason by the apartheid government in the “Treason Trial” of 1956-61. Gabrielle studied Political Theory at Harvard and Columbia Universities, graduated cum laudeand authored two books. BONGANI and her previous play, TWO GIRLS, are inspired by her family’s experiences in South Africa.
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A WHALE OF A STORY – THE HISTORY OF WHALE WHARF
Whale Wharf took its name from a remarkable event that took place in 1885.
In January of that year a 68ft whale was stranded near the brick and tile works on the bank of the Severn near Littleton. This was a remarkable occurrence and people travelled from far and wide to see the unfortunate creature. The Midland Railway even put on special trains to Thornbury and it is estimated that more than 20,000 people visited the site which immediately became known as Whale Wharf.
After the whale had been on the foreshore for a fortnight it had become somewhat ripe, a reporter for the Dursley Gazette recording that: “Those who stood to the leeward, and into whose faces the spicy breeze from the monster blew, held their noses and manifested in a very demonstrative manner that their olfactory organs were in no way delightfully tickled!”
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This is about more than today. History is repeating itself and it might be your child. On every Tuesday at 9 AM, tell Wilco Commissioners not again.
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The attitudes of law enforcement has a gigantic affect on each one of us regardless of our age, color, or status as a victim of a violent crime.
History is happening right now.
If today a young woman goes missing in Williamson County, do you want the people who search for her to think of kidnapping, rape, and murder as ‘funny’ topics?
Chody and Deaton need to go. They need to go now.
Robert Chody, then an officer with APD, stood accused of beating a much smaller 15-year-old black teenager, Marcus Dewayne Frank, in East Austin, smashing the youth’s face on the hood of a patrol car, putting him in a “full nelson” (a forceful, immobilizing wrestling hold that places pressure on the neck), triggering a seizure in the terrified youth and bruising his ribs – and finally arresting [Marcus] without apparent probable cause.
Chody did this AFTER the young child’s mother told Chody the child suffered from seizures brought on by stress.
Chody’s partner at the scene, Perkins, struck the young child’s mother with his massive flashlight.
APD says no video exists of the brutal attack against citizens of color.
Years later Chody describes his 1998 self by saying, “I would call myself a good cop”
Chody and his wife take home 51 million from the Texas Lottery.
In a lawsuit brought by Franks’s mother over the brutal beating of her son at the hands of Chody, US District Judge Sam Sparks signals that the evidence against Chody is overwhelming.
The City of Austin settles the case.
Chody resigns from Austin Police Department.
19 yo Rachel Cooke disappears from Georgetown, TX. The Williamson County Sheriff’s office is the lead investigative agency.
It was later said that the Williamson County Sheriff, John Maspero, had a direct hand in fouling the search.
The TV Show, Unsolved Mysteries, profiles Rachel Cooke’s case.
Cooke family invited to the White House.
The search for Rachel Cooke is featured on the tv show, John Walsh Show.
Williamson County Sheriff, Maspero, is stopped by 2 Georgetown Police officers as Maspero staggered down Williams Drive.
The officers taxi Maspero home safely.
No ticket was issued.
No charges filed.
Williamson County Attorney, Gene Taylor, files under Texas law to remove Williamson County Sheriff, Maspero, after having investigated and found evidence that Maspero engaged in serious misconduct including allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace, crawling on the floor of a men’s club barking like a dog then biting a dancer, and indecent exposure.
Maspero refuses to step down and added, via attorney Ed Walsh, that he was looking forward to running for re-election in 2004.
This is happening as rumors are spreading about shady contracts between the Williamson County Commissioners Court and FT Wood Construction and cuts to worker bee positions while creating high paying management positions.
District Judge James F. Clawson orders the sheriff suspended.
Maspero resigns.
The 2004 Run/Walk for Rachel is held.
Rachel Cooke’s story goes international as a British reporter of the same name visits Georgetown, TX.
18 year old girl, Natalee Holloway, goes missing during a high school graduation trip to Aruba.
The case is widely covered by international media.
Critics point out the racism inherent in the selective reporting of the disappearance of white females.
Deaton will later recreate Holloway’s torture using a barbie doll.
Williamson County Commissioners Court slashes the budget of Constable Precinct 1, Gary Griffin, ONE day after he makes a change in his department.
Griffin, says of rumored candidate, Chody, “The job of constable … requires patience, dedication, skills, and common sense – not lots of money.”
Aruban prosecutors close case on search for Natalee Holloway.
Natalee Holloway’s case is reopened when a prime suspect confesses to her murder and claims to have sold her into sex slavery.
Chody announces run for Williamson County Precinct 1 Constable.
It is said that Williamson County political higher ups are delighted that Griffin will soon be gone.
The Cooke family raises a billboard in search of their daughter, Rachel Cooke.
Confessed murderer of Natalee Holloway, Joran van der Sloot, kills Stephany Flores Ramirez in Lima, Peru.
Rachel’s story airs on the tv show, Disappeared.
Robert Cooke, Rachel Cooke’s father says he was frustrated with law enforcement from the beginning, claiming some investigators thought Rachel wasn’t really missing but perhaps just a college student partying on her Christmas break.
The Cooke family discusses a deluge of psychics seeking their attention.
Natalee Holloway is declared dead in absentia.
Assistant Chief Stephen Deaton steps down from the rank of Assistant Chief to commander in order to date an executive assistant who works for the APD chiefs.
Police Chief Art Acevedo disagrees, calling the move a demotion.
Rachel’s father, Robert, dies never having found his daughter.
Austin Police Department Commander, Deaton, is suspended for 3 days following inappropriate comments.
Chody is the lead organizer in a “Police Lives Matter” march planned in Austin, TX the same day as a previously planned rally by Black Lives Matter Austin.
“Police Lives Matter” is seen by many as a racist statement because it ignores the reality of America’s over-policing of and violence against people of color while at the same time claiming police to commonly be victims of targeted attacks by black activists; an idea not supported by statistical facts.
Deaton leaves his badge and gun at a northwest Austin Target.
Chody wins Republican Primary election for Williamson County Sheriff.
Chody, Bill Gravell, and Dee Hobbs are best friends and good ole boys
Michael Moore, a convicted murderer, is charged in the murder of Rachel Cooke after having given a confession containing details that only the murderer could know.
Moore’s confession is later proven false.
What person in law enforcement that gave Moore this information is never disclosed.
After spending 1/2 million of his own money on the primary election, Chody is elected Williamson County Sheriff in the general election.
Deaton retires from the Austin Police Department.
Chody is sworn in as Williamson County Sheriff.
On his first day in office, Chody hires his commander Deaton with an annual salary of $97,026.
After hiring Deaton, Chody takes center stage as he announces creation of a cold case unit to look into, among other cases, the disappearance of Rachel Cooke.
Investigators receive a “tip”. They begin digging in Liberty Hill
As a result, Chody receives news coverage linking him to Rachel Cooke.
Media reports former Williamson County Sheriff, Maspero, made critical mistakes that hampered the search for Rachel Cooke.
Chody’s commander, Deaton, tells media he is bringing snipers and sand trucks to the sheriff’s office.
Deaton posts an image of a black man’s knees being removed with a chainsaw as retribution for kneeling during the national anthem.
Williamson County Sheriff, Chody, later “likes” the post.
Later still, Chody claims to have missed the obvious reference to murder of his political opponents instead focusing upon the more important issue of stopping black men from expressing political speech.
No media outlets report that Chody once organized a Police Lives rally to counteract a Black Lives rally happening the same day.
Williamson County Judge, Bill Gravell, “laughs” at the post depicting murder. Gravell later claims he made a mistake “liking” the post.
Deaton makes a post about glory holes linking it to #georgemichael.
Media does not report whether other members of law enforcement or government enjoyed Deaton’s posts.
Deaton puts his own smear on the healthcare debate raging in America.
Is Deaton sending someone a message?
Chody proves he knew what Deaton was up to.
Austin’s City Council rejects police contract.
Chody has been hiring gobs of APD officers.
Deaton and Chody pose smiling with at the hiring of reserve officer, Jason Borne.
Chody and Williamson County Commissioner’s Court enter into a contract with LiveTV.
Off duty Williamson County Sheriff’s deputy beats 12 year old girl so severely witnesses believed she would die.
The deputy was recovering from his 3rd critical incident.
Chody and Fikac were both aware the deputy may be suffering from PTSD
Chody and Fikac violated policy by not forcing the deputy to a psychiatrist.
Investigators announce a “break” after having found a very old car similar to one described as near Rachel Cooke the day she died.
Chody charges Williamson County Commissioners Court Judge, Dan Gattis, with official oppression for telling Chody to “quit tweeting”.
Chody’s concern is that his free speech is being infringed upon.
Some observers see this as a vindictive prosecution and political hit.
Chody is quoted as saying of Judge Gattis, “It concerns me because now I wonder, ‘Is this something he’s going to try to sabotage behind the scenes?”
Later, when Judge Gattis is removed from his position, Gravell takes his seat as head of the Williamson County Commissioners Court.
FBI reports it might have maybe found blood in an old car that might be maybe related to Rachel Cooke.
Deputies begin negatively posting to social media about Chody
It’s said that Chody hasn’t been hiring the best people.
Chody is accused of hiring a deputy who is a drunk driver and had posted revenge porn.
Chody removed a memorial to a fallen deputy.
Deaton creates a post involving a kidnapping of a barbie doll. It ends with “it was time to get paid. #Ispitonyourgravepart4”.
Deaton repeats whatever this sickness is.
Deaton creates another post covering party rape and something called a “rusty trombone”.
Chody is center stage of a dig on land East of Georgetown related to Rachel Cooke.
Deaton posts a scene ending with the sentence, “Silently though he wonders whether the roofie he slipped her earlier will still be effective.”
Chody’s commander, Deaton, posts a creation of his own making. A depiction of a disheveled Natalie Holloway lying on the floor of her serial killer’s room.
Deaton ends the post with #seniorTripsRule
Deaton depicts a fictitious scene where a satanic Santa whips his elf. The post ends with #theyhealfastthough. Observers recognize that the post is mocking the horrors of slavery endured by black folks in America.
Again, Chody proves he knew what Deaton was doing.
Deaton orders that Deputies working with LivePD NOT take normal calls, but pick the calls they want.
There appear to be MANY Deputies ONLY working LivePD any given LivePD – Deaton says “will now log on as call signs Zebra 1, 2, 3, 4”.
Law enforcement agencies have been digging in a field east of Georgetown.
The dig is very visible and very high profile.
FBI, DPS, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office are all on scene.
As a result, Chody receives lots of news coverage linking him to Rachel Cooke.
Chody is invited to attend the State of the Union Address by Congressman John Carter.
Chody has developed a reputation for throwing tantrums at his deputies.
Chody makes a public threat against the new website, localgov.news.
LocalGov.news covers Chody’s arrogance and crimes.
Chody’s commander Deaton told 20 deputies of a LiveTV producer “to fuck her before she is not around”
Rhonda Gilchrist, a licensed counselor who previously worked for a different Williamson County Sheriff messages Chody via Facebook messenger of his commander Deaton’s foul posts.
Chody accuses Gilchrist of not trusting “your sheriff”.
Chody says he will not communicate with her because she “seemed to have made a decision without all the facts already”.
Gilchrist continues to send images of Deaton’s posts to Chody.
Chody’s commander, Deaton, removes his psycho-killer posts.
The twitter handle, “Knowlin Ryan” publishes Deaton’s posts to Twitter.
Rhonda Gilchrist reaches out to Williamson County Commissioner Terry Cook regarding Deaton’s obscene posts.
Cook says she can do nothing ( which is not true ).
Chody announces he has reprimanded his Commander, Deaton, for reportedly challenging deputies under his command to attempt to bed a female producer with the tv show, Live TV.
Chody declares the Williamson County Sheriff’s office has a “zero-tolerance police on offenses like that”
Two Williamson County Sheriffs Deputies are fired after Chody learns of the content of their personal text messages.
Deaton is not punished
Chody announces the FBI funded billboards to aide in the search of Rachel Cooke.
Incidents of false arrest ad excessive force occur on the same day while shooting LiveTV.
SWAT arrives to deal with a person driving without a front license plate. Really. That happened. On TV.
Deputy Jarred Dalton posts, “Glad we could make some good tv for the boss man to enjoy while he represents us in DC.”
His statement is especially scary considering the violence that happened earlier this month and the intentional violence about to happen on May 16, 2019 to a black family.
Jared Dalton has links to Judge Bill Gravell.
This is especially scary considering the violence that happened earlier this month and the intentional violence about to happen on May 16, 2019 to a black family.
Chody’s men intentionally put off arresting a person known to carry weapons so that dramatic footage can be seen on LiveTV
Instead of arresting Archie Shirley when he appeared in court earlier that day, WCSO command told the bailiff to NOT arrest Shirley.
Later that same night, SWAT raided the Sandra Shirley’s home.
SWAT put a gun to the head of a 10 month old child.
2019-06.07
Chody and his command staff aren’t keeping up with training to be a police officer in Texas.
On an episode of LiveTV, Chody’s deputies violently beat a husband, Ramsey Mitchel.
The beating is likened to a “Rodney King” episode.
Rebel Sanders, a friend of the victim later says, “I do know that several people have been trying to bring things to the attention of the sheriff about this use of excessive force especially since the Live PD contract has been ongoing.”
Chody later has Ramsey’s original mugshots replaced in an attempt to cover up the savagery of the beating.
Ramsey’s friends and family setup a facebook page dedicated to righting this wrong.
On LiveTV, a Lieutenant Deputy flirts with a citizen.
They tried to force him to sign paperwork for LiveTV
Original Mugshot
Original Mushots
Original Mugshot.
Comparison of Mugshots – Chody had them replaced in an attempt to cover up the severity of the beating.
County money and time are supposedly used so that Chody could tweet about sushi?
Chody finds online sexual comments to be funny.
The Texas Monitor publishes an article questioning why attorney, Jason Nassour is being paid 20% more than as expected under state law.
Jason Nassour is the same attorney who charged County Judge Dan Gattis with “threatening” Sheriff Chody.
For unknown reasons, Jason Nassour is sitting in on deputy termination interviews.
Chody denies legal counsel to one of his deputies
County Judge Bill Gravell and Chody ride together in Chody’s personal vehicle.
Chody had used County funds to maintain / fix up his personal vehicle.
A lightbar, stickers, and battery were added.
Chody is criticized for seizing citizen’s private property despite a new Texas law prohibiting him from doing so.
The sheriff’s department is dying.
Chody announces that command staff promotions will no longer be made based upon ability.
A deputy favored by Chody makes a sexual post.
Cody is criticized for hypocritical statements regarding the 1st Amendment.
Chody has been firing lots of deputies despite promising the opposite.
Even deputies hired by Chody are leaving.
It is noted that morale at the sheriff’s department is super low.
Chody is fond of saying one thing, then doing another. He talks often about the value of veterans, yet he has fired a great many.
It is noted that one veteran fired by Chody is Commander Carter.
How can we trust Chody with the Rachel Cooke case?
The Southern Poverty Law Center publishes an article outing Williamson County Sheriff, Chody, as a promoter of racisim, violence, and rape.
The Southern Poverty Law Center notes that after the story about Chody and Deaton went national, the Austin American Statesman is now covering Chody and Deaton.
Deaton teaches an ethics class for deputies
No, that isn’t a joke.
It is noted that the media finds Deaton’s post about Natalee Holloway too obscene for publication.
That decision bolsters the claim that Deaton created and published obscene material – a felony.
That crime opens the possibility that Deaton and Chody committed other felonies while attempting to cover up Deaton’s posts.
It is noted that the reputation of the law enforcement is being negatively affected.
It is noted that the Williamson County Social Media Policy is fairly broad.
Chody’s choices for the deputy’s union leadership are soundly defeated.
Chody’s deputies don’t support him.
It is noted that Chody is harming officer safety.
Deputies are taking heat because they work for Chody.
Deaton claims “hardship”.
It is noted that true hardship is felt by deputies whose lives have been ruined by Chody.
It is noted that Chody’s campaign site contains photos of an officer who was allegedly fired for destroying body cam footage.
Apparently, Chody’s campaign site contained the claim that he created the Victim’s Assistance Unit.
Opinion has it that Chody is complicit in Deaton’s crimes.
16 people speak to the Williamson County Commissioners Court.
11 of them speak against Deaton and Chody.
Deaton files an EEOC complaint alleging he is being harassed for exercising his 1st Amendment rights.
It’s very obvious that Chody is supporting Deaton.
Buddy Falcon details episodes of LiveTV showing extreme waste by Chody while performing for the cameras.
Chody resorts to dirty tricks in order to control a community meeting regarding cooperation with ICE.
During LiveTV, Williamson County isn’t fully covered by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department.
Ha, ha, ha. The sheriff’s website has nothing under “professional standards”.
Citizens of Georgetown are disgusted with Chody and Deaton
Chody’s man, Chief Roy Fikac sends threatening email to rape victim.
Chody announces re-election campaign.
Media reports on a study showing a leading cause of death for black men in America is getting shot by police.
Chody writes on facebook that he isn’t punishing Deaton because he doesn’t want to ‘chill’ Deaton’s opinions.
Chody claims Deaton’s posts had no adverse consequences.
Chody announces he can not fathom the meaning of the term, “adverse consequences”.
Chody states the disciplining of Deaton including Chody telling Deaton “I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE POSTS”.
After residents begin vocally denouncing Chody, Deaton, and Gravell, media heavily reports on the Deaton psycho story.
Media portray Deaton’s actions as 2 mistakes without reporting Deaton has been depicting acts of rape, kidnapping, and murder for years.
Chody announces the policies governing the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office are too vague and prevent him from punishing his commander, Deaton.
Williamson County Commissioners Court ends contract with LiveTV.
Media portrays the move as part of a response to the Deaton embarrassment.
In actuality, the move was made because Williamson County District Attorney, Shaun Dick, had earlier declared that he may be forced to refuse all cases from Chody’s Williamson County Sheriff’s Office due to the LiveTV contract.
Media fails to report the high volume, frequency, and duration of posts made by Deaton.
Fox 7 News masters the art of the understatement by writing “including a series of facebook posts some see as offensive and racist.”
A Twitter critic of Cody suddenly disappears as does the website, LocalGov.news, which detailed Chody’s foibles.
Deaton quits effective 2019-09-02
Deaton shows no remorse
Deaton feels victimized
“I have sat on the side lines and watched this agency and our sheriff be characterized as a lot of things other than the fine professional organization that we are,” Deaton wrote. “This is sadly due in large part to a few photos I posted on my personal Facebook page some time ago. Sheriff Chody, words can’t describe how honored I have been to serve with you. The fact that you have stood by what you felt was right, despite the onslaught from those around you, speaks to your character.”
Deaton said in his letter that the accusations of racism and misogyny against him are “preposterous,” and said in hindsight he should have understood “that those who haven’t worked around me or know me, would not understand my sense of humor.” He added that he had posted more than 100 photos with the elf and other figurines and that people had only seen the shocking ones.
“In the future before condemning folks you do not know, understand that people are more than a social media post or two,” Deaton wrote. “If you are going to judge the character of a person based on their social media content, then at least look at the totality of that content.”
Attorney Robert McCabe releases a statement reminding everyone that Chody didn’t fire, demote, or discipline Deaton.
The Rev. Chuck Freeman puts it best: “One down, two to go.”
Rumors fly that Deaton’s replacement is an APD Commander who ALSO LIKED Deaton’s post about murdering a black man.
Chody hires Nick Wright to replace Deaton.
Nick Wright is the ONLY other person we know that enjoyed Deaton’s obscene posts.
Irregularities are noted about Wright’s position.
NIck Wright and cupcakes
Story about Chody using County money to maintain his personal vehicle hits local media.
Chody and Judge Gravell had just ridden in the ATV during a July 4 parade.
Whistleblower, Brian Johns was fired by Chody.
Brian Johns had built a criminal case against Chody.
County Attorney Dee Hobbs refused to deal with charges.
The Texas Municipal Police Association later releases a strong statement in support of Brian Johns.
Chody tweets makes September 11, 2001 all about himself.
Chody fires Detective Heather Vargas for “violating social media”.
In reality, the Detective was being sexually harassed by a Sergeant.
Chody claimed the undercover Detective had broken WSCO policy by having a Facebook account under a pseudonym.
Pretty importantly – the entire time WCSO had the Detective’s name and photo up on their own Facebook page.
Chody tweets “Thank you #nationalpolicewomanday” the day after he fires Detective Heather Vargas for being sexually harassed by one of Chody’s Sergeant’s.
Chody toots his own horn about having given money for a Dec 2017 meal he gave for deputies in which he received an award.
Williamson County Republican Women hold a dinner honoring Chody.
Veterans / first responders fired by Chody are denied entrance.
Williamson County GOP plans a fundraising dinner featuring Robert Chody.
The GOP hides the location from the general public.
A protest of the WCSO LivePD related violence is planned for 9AM. For more details, see Friends of Ramsey Mitchell on Facebook.
Note on Events
I’ve noticed some folks callin this paper fake news or saying facts were left out. By all means, leave a comment and I will add in any facts. I’m not a newsman and don’t want to be. I’m a father of little girl who looks just like Holloway and Cooke. I was thankful as fuck that Travis County responded when she went missing and crazy, over the top grateful when Hutto PD found her. What I’ve also noted is that the people complaining about this paper are more interested in complaining about tangental issues. It’s insane to me that Soccer moms, white supremacists, good ole boys, NAZIs, ANTIFA, liberals, socialists, anarchists, and Trumpists can’t come together on an issue of whether or not it’s ok for Sheriff’s Deputies to dream about kidnapping, raping, and murdering our kids. Even if you absolutely hate black people and don’t have a clue why we kneel, you can’t really be for cutting our legs off at the knees. Can you? If after all of this, you are still cool with what Deaton, Chody, and Gravell have done, fuck you.
https://www.kxan.com/news/wcso-commander-resigns-amid-controversy-sexual-comment-allegations/
http://amwfans.com/thread/1180/rachel-cooke-texas-2002
http://archives.etypeservices.com/Williamson1/Magazine271361/Publication/Magazine271361.pdf
http://carols-world.blogspot.com/2006/11/cooke-murderer-his-plea-and-two-moores.html
http://charleyproject.org/case/rachel-louise-cooke
http://mysterymachine.us/showthread.php?5609-RACHEL-COOKE-GEORGETOWN-TEXAS
http://www.advocatenewstx.com/sheriffs-department-%E2%80%A2-cold-case-wrap-up-update-2018/
http://www.fox7austin.com/
http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/apd-officers-applying-to-wilco-sheriffs-office-amid-contract-fallout
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/wilco-sheriff-candidate-opens-up-about-controversial-chapter-in-his-life
https://communityimpact.com/austin/city-county/2017/10/04/williamson-co-sheriff-add-snipers-sand-trucks-event-security-vegas/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Natalee_Holloway
https://localgov.news/2019/08/13/chodys-post-on-his-private-facebook-page-regarding-recent-events/
https://patch.com/texas/cedar-park/wilco-sheriff-chody-comes-under-unwelcome-spotlight
https://shadowproof.com/2015/09/08/police-lives-matter-march-in-austin-texas-hosted-by-ex-cop-accused-of-violence/
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/12/01/where-is-rachel-cooke-texas-woman-remains-missing-as-investigation-is-renewed-with-new-sheriff-in-town/
https://twitter.com/chief_manley/status/804789125333286917
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/America%E2%80%99s_Most_Wanted
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel_Cooke
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2014-05-02/brass-shuffle-at-apd/
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2003-11-21/187299/
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/apd-commander-disciplined-for-leaving-badge-gun-at-target/269-309919194
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/williamson-county-sheriff-robert-chody-announces-re-election-campaign-for-2020/269-1f5d4943-1a8a-4c8f-aa9b-f73e8ec3062d
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/williamson-county/williamson-county-sheriff-says-social-media-policy-is-too-vague-to-punish-commander-over-posts/269-854e9e95-a90e-4dc4-ab02-513e9c7e079b
https://www.kxan.com/news/investigator-says-sheriffs-office-made-crucial-mistakes-in-rachel-cooke-case/
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/williamson-co-sheriff-says-hes-not-stealing-apd-officers/
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/county-judge-charged-after-telling-sheriff-chody-to-quit-tweeting/
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/fbi-raises-rachel-cooke-billboards-on-her-37th-birthday-to-help-find-her/
https://www.kxan.com/news/local/williamson-county/sheriff-chody-confirms-dig-related-to-rachel-cooke-moving-to-new-lead/
https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2019-08-15/police-shootings-are-a-leading-cause-of-death-for-black-men
https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-texas-sheriffs-deputy-accused-of-beating-up-girl-20180320-story.html
https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Convicted-murderer-charged-in-missing-student-case-8694931.php
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/2lhpm2/the_mystery_thats_always_been_in_my_mind_rachel/
https://www.registerguard.com/news/20190418/texas-sheriffs-commander-reprimanded-over-comment-about-sex-with-live-pd-producer
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/08/01/texas-sheriff-who-stars-reality-show-fails-publicly-address-sexist-images-posted-facebook
https://www.statesman.com/NEWS/20160828/Williamson-County-Constable-Robert-Chody-announces-run-for-sheriff
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/cooke-rachel-l-january-10-2002-t6740-s20.html
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/usedtobedoe/cooke-rachel-l-january-10-2002-t6740.html
https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/sep/19/features.review7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQTNpx4T0V0&feature=share – 28 minute mark – Rachel Cooke’s family- 34 minute mark – Kim Pasqualini – as a child was a victim of attempted kidnapping
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCQchyeFdzc
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Mineola Police Report: Dec. 21-Dec. 26
DECEMBER 26, 2018 At 8 a.m. a purse was found at the end of Sycamore Street. The owner was located and reported it. It apparently fell from the top of a vehicle, but noting was missing from the purse. more
Mineola Police Department activities Sept. 20 through Sept. 26: Sept. 26 – At 7:32 a.m. a business on East Broad Street reported getting a sign hit on the parking lot. The driver was contacted … more
Mineola Police Report, Oct. 31 - Nov. 6
Oct. 31 8:35 a.m. A purse was reported stolen at the laundry mat on N. Pacific St. after it was left behind. The couple’s passports and other IDs were stolen. 4:49 p.m. A hit and run was … more
Wood County Sheriff’s Report, Oct. 30 - Nov. 4
Oct. 30 6:19 a.m. Deputies were dispatched to FM 182 near Quitman, about an abandoned vehicle in the roadway. Joes Wrecker towed the vehicle. 9:47 a.m., Deputies spoke with … more
Mineola Police Report, Sept. 19-25
Sept. 22 9:13 a.m. A driver rammed the side of the Mineola Garden Apartments on North Pacific Street. The fire department, EMS and SWEPCO assisted in removing the driver, Eddie Earl Harris, 53, of Mineola. Harris was arrested for DUI. Two apartments were damaged causing the tenants to be displaced. No injuries were reported. more
Quitman Police Report, Oct. 18 - Nov. 7
Opioids stolen from Scott’s On Oct. 30 at 2:20 a.m. Scott’s Pharmacy was burglarized by two unknown subjects. Entry was made by prying open the front door with a large crowbar. Some … more
APRIL 25 9:43 a.m. A resident on Dubose Street reported a known man who opened the door to his residence and started yelling at him. The man then took off walking down the street. Officers … more
Wood County Sheriff’s Report, Sept. 18-23
Sept. 18 1:15 p.m. Deputies responded to report of a fraud perpetrated at Waterfront Row near Quitman. The case remains under investigation. more
Alba woman found shot to death at residence
A woman was found dead from a gunshot wound at an Alba residence early Tuesday. Alba Police Chief Tim Koonce said his department received a call from the residence reporting the shooting and … more
APRIL 24 Deputies responded to a suspicious person on CR 2560 near Mineola; at 12:11 a.m. Deputies located the individual and provided a courtesy transport. Deputies were dispatched to FM 17 … more
Quitman Police Report, Sept. 19-25
Sept. 24 Lt. John Farmer followed up on a theft report from the previous week. A woman reported three air conditioners and a refrigerator were missing from her property and she suspected her adopted son was responsible. The woman advised she had decided to file a civil lawsuit, and this case was closed. more
Pedestrian killed near Quitman
A 92-year old Quitman woman died Tuesday, Nov. 5 when she was hit by a vehicle while walking northwest in the southbound lane of Hwy. 154. Beatrice Hawkins was killed when she was hit by a Ford … more
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Corns & Callous
Fissured (cracked) Heels
Heel Pain (Heel Spur / Plantar Fasciitis)
Orthotics & Biomechanics
Patellofemoral Syndrome
Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)
Shaun White B.Pod (Hons).
Shaun is the proprietor of Active Podiatry and loves a challenge.
He graduated a Bachelor of Podiatry with honours from Latrobe University in 2001. He has a special interest in Sports Podiatry and has had a research article on Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome (Shin splints) published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. His other specialist area is Diabetic Foot Care having worked in three specialist Diabetic Foot Clinics at Austin Health, Manchester (UK) and locally at Bendigo Health.
Outside of podiatry, Shaun actively plays a number of sports: He is a member of the Central Victoria Veteran's Cycling Club, plays basketball and Hockey for local team Sandhurst H.C. When not playing sport himself he enjoys spending time with his young family and following their sporting pursuits!
In addition to managing his own practice, Active Podiatry, Shaun has been involved in teaching undergraduate podiatry students from La Trobe University and is a current member of the Australian Podiatry Association.
Special Interests: Sports Podiatry, Children's Podiatry, Heel Pain, Diabetes Foot Care, Plantar Warts & Ingrown Toenails!
Jessica Southon Ma.Pod (Hons).
Jessica, Bendigo born and bred, graduated from La Trobe University Bendigo in 2013, with a Bachelor of Health Sciences and Master of Podiatric Practice (Honours).
Jessica has developed a strong interested in the diabetic/high risk foot, and is currently involved in a clinical trial evaluating exercise as a treatment for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy at La Trobe University with supervisors Byron Perrin and Professor Michael Kingsley. Jessica is also our expert shoe fitter of Dr Comfort shoes, a range of diabetic friendly shoes that caters for those hard to fit feet! Jessica is interested in all aspects of podiatry, and is a current member of the Australian Podiatry Association (Victoria APODC).
Jessica's interests outside of work include long distance running, netball and swimming.
Special Interests: Diabetic Foot Care, Ingrown Toenails & Paediatrics
Jordan Dole Ma.Pod
Jordan graduated from Podiatry in 2017 and is a local Maiden Gully resident who completed all his schooling (including University) in Bendigo.
Jordan works across all Active Podiatry sites: Bendigo, Echuca and Rochester and has quickly developed a loyal following. He has seamlessly fitted into the Podiatry team and has earnt the trust and respect of both colleagues and clients with his considerate, caring and friendly approach!
Outside of work though Jordan is a fierce competitor once he steps foot over that line! He participates and is on the committee of the Bendigo Triathlon Club.
Special Interests: Diabetic Foot Care and Sports Podiatry.
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Ad Postings Encourage Graffiti
Today, Bucky Turco was walking down the street and noticed a new ad for New York Sports Club. It was a series of wild postings in groups of 4 that said "________Better" and were accompanied by various images supporting the copy that was printed but looked like it was written in with marker. They copy read: Oh my God Better, Scram Better, and Play Better.
One of the spaces was blank so Turco decided to write in BLOG Better just for fun with a marker. Turco wonders if this could be construed as breaking the law by defacing property paid for by an advertiser and also wonders whether advertising that encourages people to interact or write on it, could classify the writing as graffiti, an art form many consider illegal. Certainly, it's a gray area yet encouraging people to interact with advertising can have it's benefits.
by Steve Hall Sep- 1-05
Topic: Outdoor
Shona Seifert Writes Ad Industry Ethics Code
As part of her sentence for screwing with Ogilvy billing, Shona Seifert, like a school kid writing "I will not snap Sally's bra strap in class" 100 times on the chalk board, has written a code of ethics for the ad industry which is available for download here. Enjoy.
Topic: Agencies, Policy
Contextual Advertising Affected by Katrina
Heather of Mock On points to yet another contextual advertising oddity, of which there have been many, alongside news coverage of hurricane Katrina. Heather took a screenshot of a CNN story about hurricane refugees living in the New Orleans Superdome being bussed to the Houston Astrodome. Alongside the story appears an ad for price comparison site Nextag with the headline, "New Orleans Superdome - Cheaper Prices." While the ad itself may not be all that offensive, it's not like anyone's going to be using Nextag to travel to New Orleans anytime soon.
Topic: Online
Life Kino Launches Trailer
Paris communications agency Antonia has launched a trailer for Life Kino, a web based art and design experiment. Basically, it's a music video filled with stills. Those behind Life Kino say their aim is to create a community of users by inviting the public to submit "loops" or filmed snippets of their lives that will be uploaded on a randomly generated basis and viewable by all who visit the site. The idea behind it, says an email from Life Kino, is to create links between people and places that would never have met in the real world. We don't really get it but, then again, we don't get a lot of stuff. But we did announce it first. That's gotta count for something.
Topic: Online, Strange
Big Bench Body Billboard Begs
Since way too many Adrants stories feature scantily clad women in ads begging people to buy stuff, we thought we'd give a proper nod to our sizable female readership and share this outdoor board for Philippine fashion label Bench Body.
Mystery Stealth Marketing Sits Atop Manhattan Bank
Oh joy! Another stealth marketing effort. This red circle sits atop the Chase Manhattan bank at 423 Canal Street. As with all efforts like this, we'll just have to wait and see who's behind it. Of course, it could just be someone's idea of art. Target?
Sprint/Nextel Brand Nightmare Launched
Clearly the result of waring factions caught up in weeks of pompous, self-important, white-boarded, conference room mission/vision/essence/position marketing pontification, Sprint, today, launched its new look incorporating its recent acquisition of Nextel. The new logo features the word "Sprint" along with an innocuous graphic and the words, "Together with Nextel." Huh? Which company is this? Together with who? Sprint? Nextel? Help. We are very confused. And we actually know what's going on. Pity the poor consumer who has to wade through this morass of compromise. Please let this be very temporary.
Topic: Brands, Opinion
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Oscar's Best Pics: "The Help"
I've already talked in this blog about "Hugo" and "Midnight in Paris," two of the nine films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. They're both wonderful.
I've seen most of the others on the list, too, but wasn't moved to write about them at the time. Now that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has deemed them worthy of nominations for Best Picture, however, I thought I would give a couple of them a whirl.
First up: "The Help."
"The Help" is based on the best-selling book of the same name, written by Kathryn Stockett. The story goes that Stockett wanted her childhood best pal, Tate Taylor, to write and direct the film version of her novel, and he held the option on the book even before it was published. Both Stockett and Taylor have said that they really did have "co-mothers," much like the black servants in the novel, who are the ones who really raise the children, wipe the runny noses, cook the meals, clean the houses and keep everything running smoothly on the homefront.
"The Help" is set in Mississippi in the 1960s, when even middle-class women had domestic help, and shows both the awful treatment the black women faced on a day-to-day basis as well as the friendships which evolved between these African-American caretakers and their white charges. As a device to get into the story, we start with a young woman named Skeeter, played in the movie by current It Girl Emma Stone, who isn't interested in the whole husband-house-and-baby thing that consumes every other socially acceptable white girl in town. Instead, Skeeter wants to be a writer. She gets a try-out writing a column on homemaking hints for a local newspaper, but it's not really anything she knows anything about, so she turns to her friend's extremely capable housekeeper, Aibileen, given fierce life by Viola Davis, for help. And then Skeeter is appalled when she hears about a campaign to require the black ladies, the help, to use separate bathrooms rather than spread their alleged germs to their white employers. So Skeeter comes up with the idea of writing an exposé that will accomplish several things -- it will reveal the hypocrisy and craziness of people like Hilly Holbrook, the head of the Junior League, who launched the "Home Health Sanitation Initiative," i.e., the separate bathroom campaign; put a spotlight on how poorly treated the ladies who make up "the help" are; and also get Skeeter a book contract and open the door on her literary career.
Aside from the Best Picture nod, Viola Davis is nominated as Best Actress for her warm and honest performance as Aibileen, with Octavia Spencer, who plays mouthy maid Minny, and Jessica Chastain, in the role of Celia, a trashy outsider who has married one of the town's golden boys, both in the Supporting Actress category.
All three turn in terrific performances with a lot of energy and personality. Davis's Aibileen is deservedly the heart of the movie, with Spencer (another old friend of Tate Taylor) adding humor and irreverence as the maid who always gets in trouble for her temper, but usually gets out of it because she is such a good cook. Chastain, another It Girl of the moment, is also funny and fresh as the loud, awkward Celia, who strikes up a friendship with Minny that helps them both survive. Yes, Minny and Celia are stereotypes, but Spencer and Chastain transcend those stereotypes just by sheer force of personality.
Bryce Dallas Howard and Sissy Spacek also add vivid performances to the mix as the awful, awful Hilly and her poor senile mother, with a cameo from Cicely Tyson late in the movie that broke my heart.
A lot of critics have raised issues with the film and the fact that the black characters are all maids, while the plot provides that they need a white girl, Skeeter, to come to their rescue. Both are film clichés that certainly deserve mention and discussion. And, yes, it is unacceptable that the only roles African-American actors could get for so long were maids and hookers. But Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer looked at the roles in "The Help" and saw something that they wanted to play, something beyond just stereotypical "Beulah, peel me a grape" kinds of roles. If the roles go to the heart of what it is to be a maid, if they are three-dimensional and compelling characters, does it really matter that they are maids?
The white savior thing is more troubling. Why does Hollywood (and I guess the publishing industry, as well, since it was that way in the book, too) feel the need to begin and end with the white character who will fix everything for the black people? Couldn't we get the servants' stories from them, instead of from a white translator? Still, Davis and Spencer are so ferocious and riveting that it's hard not to see this as their movie, not Emma Stone's, no matter who got top billing. And that helps a little.
"The Help" makes Mississippi in 1960 look luminous and bright, diffused with bright colors and dappled sunlight, courtesy of cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt and production designer Mark Ricker. It's a pretty, warm film all-around, with messages of conciliation and friendship to bind up the wounds suffered in the Jim Crow South. As the last images of the movie indicate, Aibileen still has a long row to hoe, a long way to walk, even if there has been a little comeuppance and a little justice earned over the course of this story. That last image of Viola Davis stayed with me for a good, long time.
Small side note: Viola Davis shares my birthday. Growing up, I was always looking for an interesting celebrity co-natalist. My sister had Robert Redford and my mom had Sophia Loren, and all I got was Jerry Falwell and Hulk Hogan. (Alex Haley also shared our birthday, but he had passed away by the time I was looking for co-natalists, and that didn't seem to count.) So, anyway, thank you, Viola Davis, for being awesome and talented as well as being born on the same day as me!
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Youth Club (Nikolaev city)
Youth Club of Nikolaev Jewish culture association is a big amicable creative family. The association is turning 25 this year, and during its existence a lot of generations of young, talented, active people have participated in its life.Club started its separate existence more than 10 years ago. But despite such a long living the life in the Club keeps being active and vibrant because of creative youth and of course its management.
During Club’s work it has changed a few directors. And each of them has made an impact on the Youth Club and its participants.
The main directions of Club’s work have been unchangeable and here they are:- Active participation in community’s life, all-round help in any aspects of NCJC work.- profound learning of Jewish history and traditions, self-identification of each participant of the Youth Club and keeping Jewish traditions.
- Self-development, studying and mastering new skills.
Youth Club takes the most active part in volunteer actions, that are being organized by municipal organizations and the volunteer center that has been created on the base of NCJC.
6 years ago a theater group was created, during the work of the Youth Club there have been performed a lot of plays and performances, that were evaluated at the highest level. Because of participation of collective work in performances the members of Youth Club NCJC has united even more and has become a real friends club!
Address: Nikolaev, Navarinskaya 23/1.
The head: Pavlishev Alexey
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by Emanuel Martin - October 13, 2017 October 20, 2017 1
Unconventional resources such as tight, fractured and hybrid shale gas and oil plays as well as oil or kerogen shale systems, are considered exploitable self-contained source and reservoir rocks. A better understanding of the thermal cracking of sedimentary organic matter, hydrocarbons generation, expulsion, storage and retention mechanisms constitutes a key point, estimating the oil and gas in-place, free or adsorbed, for their exploration and exploitation. Herein, we introduce a new “ready to use” method of analysis and interpretation for the Rock-Eval 6 device for better assessment of free or sorbed hydrocarbons in unconventional shale plays.
Maria-Fernanda Romero-Sarmiento1*, Daniel Pillot1, Géremie Letort1, Violaine Lamoureux-Var1, Valérie Beaumont1, Alain-Yves Huc2 and Bruno Garcia1
1IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), Direction Géosciences, 1-4 avenue de Bois-Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison Cedex - France. 2UPMC – Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut des Sciences de la Terre Paris, UMR 7193 UPMC-CNRS, 4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris - France.
Manuscript submitted in January 2015, Manuscript accepted in March 2015, Published online in August 2015.
This method was developed at IFP Energies nouvelles (France) and was tested on 15 actual or potential unconventional shale samples from Silurian Shale (Algeria), Mississippian Barnett Shale (USA), Early Jurassic Shale (France), Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale (Russia) and Eocene Green River Shale at different thermal maturity stages. Results indicate a better quantification of free and/or sorbed hydrocarbons (Sh0 and Sh1 peaks) as well as a more accurate determination of the Rock-Eval Tmax maturity parameter.
Over the last 30 years, the Rock-Eval pyrolysis has been widely used to identify organic matter occurrence, type and thermal maturity level. This technique has been also used to quantify the Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content as well as the mineral carbon content of both reservoir and source rocks (Espitalié et al., 1986; Lafargue et al., 1998; Behar et al., 2001). The Rock-Eval 6 device is equipped with two ovens for pyrolysis and combustion processes, respectively. The hydrocarbons generated during a Rock-Eval analysis are monitored by a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) whereas the non-hydrocarbons compounds like CO2 and CO released during pyrolysis and oxidation stages are monitored by an infra-red detector (Behar et al., 2001). This pioneering device, thanks to the built-in “Basic/Bulk-Rock” and “Pure Organic Matter” methods, provides relevant parameters to respectively characterize any source rocks and isolated kerogens, in a petroleum system perspective. Applied to exploration purposes, the S2 peak, which is assigned to the hydrocarbon residual potential, is the main focus of these methods. It is widely accepted that the quantity of hydrocarbons released beyond 300 C is associated to the thermal cracking of the organic matter (kerogen) and is then refereed as the pyrolysis stage from Rock-Eval analyses. During this pyrolysis stage, hydrocarbons detected between 300º and 650º C or 300º and 800ºC, according to user choice, correspond to the S2 peak surface from typical “Basic/Bulk-Rock” and “Pure Organic Matter” analyses. In addition, the classical Rock-Eval thermal maturity parameter Tmax is calculated from the temperature at which the S2 peak reaches its maximum.
More details about the corresponding pyrolysis and oxidation conditions for these classical Rock-Eval methods are described in Lafargue et al. (1998) and Behar et al. (2001). When the S1 peak is the main concern, e.g. for reservoir units studies, an alternative built-in method, the “Reservoir” method, is available. This method is usually performed on cutting or core samples and is based on a pyrolysis temperature program allowing an improved recovery of “free” hydrocarbons, as a result of a lower initial temperature, and a better deconvolution of the released components.
Moreover, the “Reservoir” method was shown to provide an estimation of API gravity of hydrocarbon fluids from cuttings (Trabelsi et al., 1994). The “Reservoir” method pyrolysis temperature program is also designed to estimate the occurrence and nature of heavy oils and tarsmats intervals during drilling operations (Carpentier et al., 1995, 1998). For the “Reservoir” method, the initial starting pyrolysis temperature is reduced to 180ºC, in order to monitor the low-molecular weight hydrocarbons, which are not considered with the Basic/Bulk-Rock method as it starts at 300ºC. The lower initial starting temperature is combined with a longer temperature plateau of 10 minutes for a more complete capture of the low-molecular weight hydrocarbons, resulting in a more realistic quantification of the hydrocarbons associated to the S1 peak, comparing to the Basic/Bulk-Rock method. The “Reservoir” method therefore provides two peaks designated as S1r and S2a, which in turn can be calculated to produce a “S1 peak” more equivalent to the conventional S1 peak from the Basic/ Bulk-Rock method for reservoir oil and tar samples (Trabelsi et al., 1994). S1r represents the very lightest fractions detected during the temperature plateau at 180ºC whereas the S2a peak detects hydrocarbon compounds between 180º and 325ºC (Trabelsi et al., 1994). More details about the corresponding pyrolysis and oxidation conditions for the “Reservoir” method are described in Trabelsi et al. (1994).
Meanwhile, the increasing interest in unconventional gas and oil shale plays requires the development of a new method providing relevant parameters devoted to exploration and production of these new plays. The proposed method is designed to consider the specificity of the dual attributes of unconventional gas and oil shale plays: being a source rock and a reservoir. Herein, we introduce a specific IFPEN Shale Play method (Patent 14/55.009, Pillot et al., 2014) for any Rock-Eval 6 device, including a new pyrolysis program and associated parameters for evaluation of unconventional shale resources such as tight, fractured and hybrid shale gas and oil plays as well as oil or kerogen shale systems. This new method was elaborated and tested from 15 worldwide unconventional shale samples, i.e. Silurian Shale (Algeria), Mississippian Barnett Shale (USA), Early Jurassic Shale (France), Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale (Russia) and Eocene Green River Shale (USA). This specific Rock-Eval method attempts to optimally quantify hydrocarbons still present within unconventional dual source/reservoir rocks.
1 Material and methods
1.1 Description: The IFPEN Shale Play Method
The IFPEN Shale Play method is characterized by a specific temperature program, which allows a more exhaustive recovery and separation of the thermovaporizable hydrocarbons (which tentatively can be assigned to both free and sorbed hydrocarbons in shale plays). Figure 1 displays the thermovaporization and pyrolysis conditions defined for this new IFPEN Shale Play method in comparison to the existing Reservoir and Basic/Bulk-Rock methods:
Basic/Bulk-Rock.
Figure 1 Rock-Eval temperature program for hydrocarbons characterization for the new IFPEN Shale Play method compared to the classical “Basic/Bulk-Rock” and “Reservoir” methods.
The specific analytical conditions for the IFPEN Shale Play method are described as follow:
the pyrolysis step starts at T1 = 100ºC. This temperature is chosen as the most appropriate to initiate thermovaporization and capture eventually the quantity of the lightest hydrocarbons, still present in the sample;
from initial T1, the temperature is programmed to increase at a rate of 25ºC/min, up to T2 = 200ºC. T2 is maintained as a plateau for 3 minutes. During this step, the more easily thermovaporizable hydrocarbons are released and monitored;
from T2 plateau, the temperature is then increased at a rate of 25ºC/min, up to T3 = 350ºC. This temperature is maintained for a plateau of 3 minutes. During this step heavier molecular weight compounds are thermovaporized. T3 is assumed to correspond to the limit for onset of kerogen thermal cracking;
from T3, the temperature is raised again according to a linear temperature program defined by a rate of 25ºC/min,
up to a final temperature T4 = 650ºC, designed to release the pyrolyzable part of the remaining organic matter.
Depending of the scientific purpose and the type of samples to be analyzed, it is mandatory for the user to select the appropriate Rock-Eval method to ensure an useful meaning of the Rock-Eval results. Table 1 summarizes different types of geological samples that can be run using the currently available Rock-Eval methods.
1.2 New Acquired Parameters from the IFPEN Shale Play Method
The IFPEN Shale Play method provides 3 key parameters: Sh0, Sh1 and Sh2. These parameters are derived from the surface areas of the 3 recorded peaks (Fig. 2). They correspond to the quantities of HC compounds monitored by a FID. These acquired parameters are expressed in milligrams of HC compounds per gram of initial rock, as provided by all Rock-Eval methods. Figure 2 also displays the Rock-Eval pyrograms comparing the 3 now available Rock-Eval methods: Basic/Bulk-Rock, Reservoir and Shale Play.
Figure 2 Rock-Eval pyrograms comparing the 3 Rock-Eval methods: Basic/Bulk-Rock, Reservoir and Shale Play.
The Sh0 peak is assigned to the lightest thermovaporized hydrocarbons released between T1 (100ºC) and T2 (200ºC). The Sh1 peak is assigned to heavier thermovaporized hydrocarbons released between T2 (200ºC) and T3 (350ºC). Finally, the Sh2 peak is assigned to HC issued from both the pyrolysis of sedimentary organic matter, but also to the ultimate thermovaporization of the high-molecular weight hydrocarbons detected between T3 (350ºC) and T4 (650ºC). The acquired parameters for the new Rock-Eval method are shown in Table 2.
1.3 New Calculated Parameters from the IFPEN Shale Play Method
The total quantity of thermovaporized hydrocarbons detected in Sh0 and Sh1 peaks, is assumed to provide an estimation of total available free and sorbed hydrocarbons occurring in unconventional shale samples, from which is defined the HC Content Index (HCcont):
HCcont = Sh0 + Sh1 [Unit: mg of HC/g of initial rock]
The relative quantity of lighter molecular weight HC provides information about the quality of reservoired fluids. The HC Quality Index (HQI) is calculated from Sh0 and Sh1 as follow:
A Production Index of Shale Plays (PIShale) provides a guiding information likely to define sections of interest within a shale play unit:
The calculated parameters for the new IFPEN Shale Play method are given in Table 3.
1.4 Samples
The investigated samples are derived from 5 source rocks of different origins and ages (Tab. 4), potentially being unconventional shale resource systems at different thermal maturity stages: Silurian Shale (Algeria), Mississippian Barnett Shale (Fort Worth Basin, Texas, USA), Early Jurassic Shale (Paris Basin, France), Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale (Russia) and Eocene Green River Shale (Uinta Basin, USA). The Silurian Shale samples come from sections in southern Algeria, North Africa Platform (Ghadamis Basin).
The Silurian silty-shale succession of the Ghadamis Basin consists of the organic-rich black shales and marls considered as a candidate for shale play production.
The geological setting of this basin is described in detail by Underdown and Redfern (2008). The Barnett Shale samples are from two boreholes (Mesquite 1, Blakely 1) and an outcrop (San Saba County) (Romero-Sarmiento et al., 2014) in the Fort Worth Basin (Texas, USA). The geological setting of the Mississippian Barnett Shale play has been the object of several publications and will not be reviewed here (Montgomery et al., 2005; Ewing, 2006; Pollastro et al., 2007; Romero-Sarmiento et al., 2013, 2014). The Torcian Shale samples come from Early Jurassic intervals of the Paris basin (France).
The current petroleum potential of this basin is mainly associated to the Liassic interval where the prospective “Banc de Roc” limestone (prone for hydraulic fracking) is stratigraphically located between the Lower Domerian Shale and the Toarcian Shale (Espitalié et al., 1987; The Bazhenov Shale samples were collected from three boreholes located in the West Siberian Basin (Russia).
The Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale is the main source rock of the largest petroleum basin in the world. More details about the depositional setting of the Bazhenov Shale are found in Peters et al. (1993) and Littke et al. (1999). Finally, a sample from the Green River Shale (Uinta basin, USA) was also investigated. This immature sample forms part of the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation (Ruble et al., 2001; Behar et al., 2010).
Figure 3 illustrates the Rock-Eval pyrogram generated by the IFPEN Shale Play method . For instance, the Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale sample clearly shows the definition of Sh0, Sh1 and Sh2 peaks. We suggest that the thermovaporized hydrocarbons (Sh0 and Sh1; Fig. 3) that can be detected between T1 (100ºC) and T3 (350ºC), are assigned to the part of free or sorbed hydrocarbons still present within shale sample.
Figure 3 New Rock-Eval pyrogram generated by IFPEN Shale Play method for selected sample from Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale (Russia).
Here, the investigated samples were run using both Basic/ Bulk-Rock and Shale Play methods in order to compare the generated Rock-Eval pyrograms corresponding to each method (Fig. 4a and 4b, respectively).
Figure 4a shows that a part of the free or sorbed low-molecular weight hydrocarbons is lost because the thermovaporization stage of the Basic/Bulk-Rock method starts at a too high temperature (300ºC). In contrast, with the new IFPEN “Shale Play” method (Fig. 4b), we can observe that the selected low temperature (T1 = 100ºC) is more appropriate to optimize the recovery of most of the thermovaporizable hydrocarbons.
The “S1 peak” equivalent (S1 = Sh0 + Sh1) acquired from IFPEN Shale Play method can be compared, even if not directly, to the concept of S1 peak obtained by the standard Basic/Bulk-Rock method (Fig. 5). Most investigated samples show that “S1 peaks” equivalents from Shale Play method are substantially higher than S1 peaks obtained by the classical Basic/Bulk-Rock method (Fig. 5). Consequently results indicate an improved assessment of extractable hydrocarbon compounds in unconventional shale systems.
Figure 4 Rock-Eval pyrograms showing a) S1 and S2 peaks from Basic/ Bulk-Rock method; b) Sh0, Sh1 and Sh2 peaks from IFPEN Shale Play method: Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale sample.
In order to investigate the type of hydrocarbons detected by each new acquired Rock-Eval parameter, samples from Bazhenov and Silurian Shale were also selected due to their significant Sh0 and Sh1 values. Following the extraction procedure described in Behar et al. (1989), six samples were firstly extracted with n-pentane (n-C5) in order to recover, on one hand, the n-C5 extracts and, on the other hand, the n-C5 extracted solid residues. These solid residues were then extracted with DiChloroMethane (DCM) to finally recover DCM extracts and the so-called more extensively “extracted samples” corresponding, by the end, to the solid residue of two successive extractions (n-C5 and DCM).
Figure 5 Comparison of S1 peak from Basic/Bulk-Rock method and Sh0 + Sh1 peaks from IFPEN Shale Play method for investigated samples.
The n-C5 and DCM extracts as well as the extracted sample were then analyzed by the new IFPEN Rock-Eval Shale Play method . It should be noted that aliquots of n-C5 and DCM extracts were weighed (i.e. 8 to 12 mg) in Rock-Eval crucibles, previously filled by silica following procedures also described in Trabelsi et al. (1994). Table 5 provides n-C5 and DCM extract weights from investigated samples.
Today, it is widely accepted that the n-C5 extract contains saturates, aromatics and resins that are soluble in n-pentane whereas the following DCM extract contains more polar compounds, which include the total asphaltenes and remaining resins that are not soluble in n-pentane (Behar et al., 1989, 2008). The proportions of the new Rock-Eval parameters for both the n-C5 and DCM extracts are illustrated in Figures 6a and 6b, respectively.
In this study, we assume that the n-C5 extract mostly con- tains the thermovaporized hydrocarbons of low-molecular weight released between 100 and 200 C (Sh0 peak; Fig. 6a). The n-C5 extract also contains a non-negligible part of the thermovaporized hydrocarbons of high-molecular weight (Sh1 peak; Fig. 6a). Sh0 and Sh1 peaks probably correspond to low and high-molecular weight thermovaporized hydrocarbons, respectively (i.e. tentatively saturates and aromatics soluble in n-pentane).
The low Sh2 peak from the n-C5 extract probably corresponds to resins that are soluble in n-pentane (Fig. 6a). In contrast, the DCM extract mainly contains the high-molecular weight hydrocarbons detected between 200º and 650ºC. Here, the Sh2 peak from the DCM extract probably corresponds mainly to resins and asphaltenes (Fig. 6b). Finally, the extracted sample only contains the “insoluble” organic matter as shown in Figure 7, which is cracked by pyrolysis. The Sh2 peak from the extracted sample after n-C5 and DCM extractions therefore corresponds to the kerogen fraction (Fig. 7).
Figure 6: Rock-Eval pyrograms from the new IFPEN Shale Play method: a) n-C5 and b) DCM extracts: Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale.
Furthermore, in order to compare the new Rock-Eval Tmax (TpSh2 - DTmax) calculated by the proposed new pyrolysis method with the widely accepted Tmax from Basic/ Bulk-Rock method, we plotted the average Tmax values from “extracted samples” obtained by the classical Basic/ Bulk-Rock method versus the average Tmax values from “initial samples” obtained by the new Shale Play method (Fig. 8).
Figure 7 Rock-Eval pyrograms from the new IFPEN Shale Play method comparing initial versus extracted sample after successive n-C5 and DCM extractions: Late Jurassic Bazhenov Shale.
It should be noted that the Rock-Eval Tmax from Basic/Bulk-Rock method measured on unconventional shale samples could be affected by the possible occurrence of hydrocarbons still present in the rock after thermovaporization step. Consequently, in order to avoid any Tmax bias, solvent extractions of initial samples are performed. Results indicate that Tmax parameter of “extracted samples” obtained from Basic/Bulk-Rock method is consistent with the Tmax parameter of “initial samples” obtained by the Shale Play method.
Figure 8 shows that the Tmax parameter, depending on thermal cracking of organic matter, is not affected by the temperature program dedicated to the thermovaporization of free and sorbed hydrocarbons into Sh0 and Sh1 peaks.
Figure 8 The average Rock-Eval Tmax values from “extracted samples” obtained by the classical Basic/Bulk-Rock method versus the average Tmax values from “initial samples” obtained using the new Shale Play method.
Moreover, the optimization of thermovaporization enables a Rock-Eval Tmax parameter determination more representative of original organic matter in source rock (previous to oil formation). A noticeable implication for operational purposes is that extraction by organic solvents is probably not necessary to obtain a representative and accurate Tmax parameter directly on “impregnated” samples.
The proposed method can be easily programed within any Rock-Eval 6 instrument. It provides an efficient, fast and ready to use tool informing on the quantities of “free and sorbed” hydrocarbons in shale plays. Moreover, key parameters are proposed to define sections of interest and this pyrolysis program is likely to provide a meaning-ful Tmax value by avoiding “contamination” by heavy free hydrocarbons which might bias this crucial parameter in shale plays. Even if some future works are still necessary to evaluate with precision both the amount and the type of hydrocarbons detected by each new acquired Rock-Eval parameters (Sh0, Sh1 and Sh2), the present contribution shows that the new IFPEN Shale Play method may provide original and pertinent indicators of the hydrocarbon retention within unconventional source rocks such as tight, fractured and hybrid shale plays and improves the assessment of thermal maturity (Tmax) directly from non-extracted rocks.
The authors acknowledge IFP Energies nouvelles for providing approval to publish the cited patent 14/55.009, Pillot et al., 2014. We thank GASH consortium for providing Barnett Shale samples. The editor-in-chief of OGST and two anonymous reviewers are acknowledged for useful and constructive comments on the manuscript.
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Cite this article as: M.-F. Romero-Sarmiento, D. Pillot, G. Letort, V. Lamoureux-Var, V. Beaumont, A.-Y. Huc and B. Garcia (2016). New Rock-Eval Method for Characterization of Unconventional Shale Resource Systems, Oil Gas Sci. Technol 71, 37.
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Space Center Houston welcomed famous pioneer astronauts Rhea Seddon, Shannon Lucid and Anna Fisher, from left, for its Thought Leader Series.
By Mary Alys Cherry
The Clear Lake community was in for a rare treat in late June when Space Center Houston hosted its Thought Leader Series for several hundred local residents with three of the first women astronauts – Dr. Anna Fisher, Dr. Shannon Lucid and Dr. Rhea Seddon.
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Lucid remembered the enjoyment of “just floating around at the end of the day” when all their work was done, while many came to Fisher’s mind such as “looking out the window at the Himolayans” and at the end of a successful space journey.
Seddon recalled having a ham radio on board which allowed her to communicate with the school children in her young son’s class. As their talk came to an end and she thought all communication had been terminated, she heard a click and then a small voice that said, “I love you Mom. Have a safe trip home.” You could almost feel the lump in her throat as she shared that long ago special moment.
Their biggest surprise? Lucid was quick to answer. When she first flew in space only 12 men had walked on the moon. She said she thought the moon would be colonized by the time she was 75. Yet, today, three decades later, and she’s now 75, only 12 men have walked on the moon.
“It still boggles my mind that we went and quit.” she said.
She, like everyone in the space community, is hopeful President Trump will continue the push to return to the moon and get on to Mars.
Posted on Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 at 7:55 am | Category Community, News | Tags: Astronauts, Bay Area Houston, Bay Area Houston Magazine, Dr. Anna Fisher, Dr. Rhea Seddon, Dr. Shannon Lucid, NASA, Space Center Houston, The first women astronauts, Thought Leader Series, Women astronauts| Comment |
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Review: The Adventures of Long John Silver
Posted on June 24, 2007 by Bilgemunky
Robert Newton has his fans, and it’s no wonder. His portrayal of Long John Silver in Disney’s Treasure Island did more to define the role of a “pirate” than any character before or since. True, Jack Sparrow has made a tremendous impact, and may be seen to surpass Long John as the true pirate stereotype in the years to come. But for now, Robert Newton is still the king.
With this in mind, one might expect the television series “The Adventures of Long John Silver” – all six episodes starring Robert Newton in his signature role – to be a true classic gem. And for Newton’s fans, it may well be. Each episode prominently features Newton retackling his interpretation of Silver with every bit of gusto he can muster – and this makes these shows worth watching. But each episode also features dreadfully predictable writing, cliche plot points (Long John saves the orphan’s Christmas??? Crikey!), and many scenes that are downright painful (The not-so-attractive Miss Purity flirting heavily with an even less attractive one-eared pirate is difficult to bear, to say the least.)
Jim Hawkins – as is often the case – is portrayed as an unimpressive “every boy”, rather than the extraordinary young man he should be. Silver’s first mate “Patch”, who – you guessed it – wears an eyepatch, sports a hairstyle so dated and odd it must be seen to be believed, and not one of the stories boasts anything truly memorable. BUT, it’s all ripe with “arrrs”, pirate jargon, and bloodless bloodshed, which for hardcore pirate fans might be just enough to keep this somewhat enjoyable in small doses.
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1 thought on “Review: The Adventures of Long John Silver”
Andrew on October 16, 2009 at 11:55 pm said:
“His portrayal of Long John Silver in Disney’s Treasure Island did more to define the role of a “pirate” than any character before or since. True, Jack Sparrow has made a tremendous impact, and may be seen to surpass Long John as the true pirate stereotype in the years to come.”
Um… are you sure that Depp’s idiosyncratic buccaneer, living in a surrealistic Caribbean, is going to redefine the pirate archetype? I certainly do hope not.
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14 January 2015 | By Stephen Cousins
Client: University of East Anglia
Lead Contractor: Kier Construction
BIM Tools: BIMXtra, AutoDesk Revit, AutoDesk Navisworks, others
This £10.1m project to build a seven-storey halls of residence, incorporating 22 flats on the Central Campus, was the first on the UEA’s estate to implement BIM Level 2 with a specific focus on delivering a complete 6D Asset Information Model (AIM) and final COBie Data Drop 4 for use in CAFM software.
Delivering an AIM to this level of maturity was a first for Kier, whose BIM management team worked with consultants, subcontractors and LSI Architects to combine data-rich 3D models from a variety of software authoring platforms into a fully federated model hosted in BIMXtra, Kier’s in-house developed BIM platform.
The project was PAS1192 compliant, according to the government definition of Level 2 BIM, although it focused on design collaboration and did not include 4D construction schedule information.
“Consultants and subcontractors were all given training to access BIMXtra, which enabled them to share models, all subject to change control so everyone could see who had updated what and when,” says Andy Boutle, BIM manager at Kier Construction. “BIMXtra is able to manage the entire BIM process, from concept to handover, and features software plug-ins for the popular platforms, such as AutoDesk Revit, Graphisoft ArchiCAD and Bentley.”
Delivering an Asset Information Model to this level of maturity was a first for Kier
The platform features a recently-developed Industry Foundation Class (IFC) file converter that can convert data from more obscure software platforms used by specialist subcontractors into the IFC neutral data format to upload into the federated model.
LSI worked closely with the client at the start of the project to define its Employer Information Requirements (EIR) and the most relevant and useful operations and maintenance (O&M) and facilities management (FM) data to collect for the AIM.
Later, when construction was getting underway, Boutle and his team went about the time-consuming process of gathering and uploading the defined information.
Data collected included: design asset data on components; specifications for individual pieces of kit and plant; manufacturer and supplier contact information; model references and part numbers; serial numbers; maintenance description and intervals of maintenance; guarantees and warranties; the replacement costs of selected components; commissioning information and access requirements. The completed AIM features more than 1,000 O&M documents associated with modelled/scheduled components.
“The government’s COBie standard allows for a certain amount of this information but we wanted to go a step further and deliver exactly what the client wanted, tailored to their needs,” says Boutle. “However, the sheer amount of O&M and FM data made things time consuming, and even though we had two extra guys working on it we hadn’t fully appreciated the amount of time it takes to get all the information in the right format. On future jobs we would give the component suppliers access to the system to input the data to make process much more efficient.”
Nevertheless, going through the BIM model at such a granular level of detail proved useful as an auditing tool to check for construction or installation errors that might not have been spotted otherwise.
Other lessons learned on the project included the need to engage as early as possible with the client’s FM team to identify exact data requirements, and obtain the as-built BIM models at the earliest opportunity.
Following project handover at the end of 2014, Kier now plans to give UEA training in how to navigate and manipulate the AIM in Navisworks. UEA will also be able to view all O&M and FM documents, certificates and manuals via a BIMXtra web platform.
The project won the “Collaboration Project 2014” category at the Construction Computing Awards and was runner up in the “BIM Project 2014” category.
“UEA has specified a 6D model for its next job, which we are currently tendering for,” says Boutle. “We see this as the way forward and a number of jobs we are bidding for will offer the same service as part of standard BIM delivery,” he concludes.
UEA has specified a 6D model for its next job, which we are currently tendering for. We see this as the way forward and a number of jobs we are bidding for will offer the same service as part of standard BIM delivery. – Andy Boutle, BIM manager, Kier Construction
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iPod: The Amazing Race HD
Version reviewed: v1.0.0
Requires iPad running iOS 3.2 or later (iPhone version also avaliableuntested)
iTunes Preview link
Here’s your opportunity to race around the world through the medium of mini-games, for no cash reward.
For fans of the show there’s actually quite a lot to like about this app – it’s got the titles, it’s got Phil it’s got Phil raising an eyebrow, it’s got Amazing Race-esque background music. It’s got roadblocks, detours and fast forwards. It has travelling.
You pick one of twelve teams, each based around a certain pigeonholeable characteristics – soldiers, goths, parents, that sort of thing. You can pick the length of your race – shortest is five legs, longest is eleven. A full Race of eleven legs will take you about an hour to complete.
Each leg begins with you recieving money. This is only used for air fares and ground travel (this is unlike the show where the air fares are paid). You get a route info that tells you where to go, and then you’ll be faced with a departure board. You have several options for flights of varying speeds and varying amounts of money, if you’re willing to wait then these get periodically replaced, although the time you wait is added to your total time for the leg. Flight chosen you’re off to your destination, to be greated by a lovely panoramic shot of the place. There is quite a lot of stopdown animations and Phil talking, you wish you could just get on with it sometimes – you can fast forward through it all but it requires an irritating number of taps. I’m not sure there’s any real need to explain the travel element in leg nine of the eleven-leg race.
The meat of the game is in the tasks, on each leg you will get two of a detour, roadblock or fast forward and the faster you complete them the better. The detour and roadblock minigames work quite well and fall into the Brain Training style – whether it’s counting coins, matching squares or working out which piece fits the puzzle, in the main they are quite good fun but there are only thirteen of them so there’s plenty of repetition. Happily in a nod to the show each has several names so in the detour they can be offered as relatable opposite choices like on the telly. The detours are also well paired so that they can take a similar amount of time – there’s a needle in a haystack style cleaning dishes game which is actually a bit cleverer than on first examination and that tends to be paired up with a finding certain pictures on a conveyor belt game. Detours and roadblocks have seperate game pool as far as I can see.
Fast Forwards turn up apparently at random and is a multiple-choice geography quiz. The pictures of landmarks are quite nice, but the questions fall into the “which is furthest north/shortest” and aren’t really that interesting. Correct answers mean a time bonus.
You are given an update on how well you are all doing between parts. This is useful, but it opens up one of the games less thought out points – ground travel. This works on the same principle as the air travel but on a much cheaper and quicker basis (only adding 20 minutes to your time really, in legs that take several hours of game time) so unless you’re really far behind you can take the slow but free option and not be at any risk of elimination. Winning a leg earns you a small cash bonus, but going for the three arrow air travel and cheap taxi will get you to the end fairly safely most of the time.
Other options? You can play two player simultaneously which is quite nice – take it in turns to do the detours, perform the travel, roadblocks and fast forwards (which now include a first to answer element) simultaneously. You can’t save a two player game. You can also unlock the mini-games to play on their own – both come in easy and hard versions (and the differences are tangible) but the method to unlock each version is different. Your travels around the world also update the journal, each of the 28 cities in the game has a small photo album with associated facts, which is quite cheerful.
The Amazing Race HD plays a surprisingly fun and solid if not perfect game.
4 thoughts on “iPod: The Amazing Race HD”
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SamB January 30, 2011
From the descriptions I’ve seen of The Amazing Race Wii game, it would appear this is a pretty straight port.
I would certainly favour it at one twentieth of the price. It’s produced by Ludia, who very probably did the Wii one as well.
Darren January 31, 2011
Having just bought and played the Wii game today, I can confirm they’re the same — the screenshots, game descriptions, … they’re all the same. The only difference I can see is that the Wii game seems to *require* the participation of two people. To get in-room competition you need four people.
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Branson Landing
Branson-West
There is only one BransonNightlife.com baby!
We are a multi-genre band that plays what the crowd enjoys dancing to. Based in Branson MO. Check us out at
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$2 Piztolz
High energy "you ain't ready fo dis" rock-n-rock, baby! Blues too, from Frankie Tuzcadero in a wow kind of show. Mix in a bit of alternative and you get the picture. Super! High energy party fun!
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2 time CBS Star Search Winner Jake Simpson is backed by some of the finest musicians from the Midwest in Guitarist - Justin Ward, Bassist - Donnie Inman and Drummer - Bart Kelley. Having played together since their college days, the 4 Jax is one of the most high energy, tightest and dynamic shows you'll find anywhere.
Almost KISS
The nation's #1 KISS Tribute Band
*Endorsed by Gene Simmons*
www.almostkiss.net
See them here on YouTube
Anthonys Affliction
is Tony Turner - lead vocals, Marc Large - guitars, Jason Turner - drums, Sean Duncan - bass
Assembly Line Gods
An energetic quartet combining a mixture of Melodic Alternative Metal with dynamic stage presence.
Billy Don Scott
BDS is a Rock band , playing Classic Rock and some 90's alternative. Bill Bruce on guitar is smoking!!! Donnie jams on his double bass drum and Scott Lancaster wails while holding the groove together on bass guitar!!! If the rare chance arises to see these musicians be there!
B & B Duo
Specializing in the music of the Big Band Era and Swing, this husband and wife duo treats their audiences to music from the 30’ through the 70’s, including Waltzes, Latin, Classic Rock & Roll and Classic Country.
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Black Note on MySpace
Blind Driver
Rock-n-Roll, cover, Fun, Fun, Fun!
Blind Date plays only the hottest Rock and Roll hits from the 60's, 70's, and 80's. This mixture makes for an evening of non-stop excitement. Blind Date boosts an ever-expanding song list that includes some of the best dance and party songs of all time.
www.blinddate-kc.com
Blue Holiday
Acoustic Duo Blue Holiday with Larry Holiday and Gina Phillips. Where do I start? The smooth silky vocals from Ms. Gina. The guitar guru. These two never fail to please with a fresh sound and always new selections.
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Brenda Meyer Band
Brenda Meyer, a powerful vocalist and percussionist, brings you Blues, Classic Rock, R&B, 70's Style and original music backed up by some of the area's most talented musicians. www.brendameyerband.com
CC's Cactus Pickers
We play Today's Country,Real Country, and Classic Rock! A little bit for everyone!
An electric blend of funk, blues, and rock-n-roll. Smooth blues and rockin' funk start this party off. This is a must hear group of musicians. One word... Wow!
Classic Reunion Band
Classic reunion is all about the energy and having a good time. Not just a "bar band" - a tribute to the Classic Rock Era - so check them out! You will not be disappointed.
see more Classic Reunion
Andy and Brenda Coin
Playing BT Bones Steakhouse featuring our own dinner show in the lower level with a "Tribute To Classic Country Music." We will be singing everything from George Jones to Patsy Cline.
www.myspace.com/andyandbrendacoin
Cool BeenZ
A whole lot 'o fun is to be expected with this party band. Funk, blues and rock-n-roll.
Miss Mesa Voice has an incredible style and sound. Honey put on your party dress... just good plain dancing fun!
Cletus Got Shot
A four piece string band out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, that is working hard to change the common perception that all String Bands are Bluegrass. They aren't. Cletus Got Shot manages to bring together such various influences as Punk, Gospel, Folk, Swing, Rockabilly, Jazz, Rock and Roll, and Country, and combine them together in a way that seems like something totally new.
The Current Moment
"The Current Moment" featuring Jason Kopsian on guitar,vocals, Jerry Passwaters..
and B J Rossi on Drums,vocals.
Rock,R&B-Blues, Soulful covers as well as originals.
Dasanni
Sultry, Sassy and Sophisticated Performing a Unique Blend of Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Contemporary, Country,and Classic Soul! All this and Wow!!
Dirty Old Towne
Dirty Old Towne is a 5 member, Celtic band located in Branson, Missouri, USA that plays everywhere from night clubs, pubs, and jazz lounges, to theaters, festivals, and museums. They have been performing together since September of 2006.
The Dropouts are on a mission: to save rock music from itself. Comprised of five Southwest Missouri music scene veterans, The Dropouts' individual backgrounds are a collective musical powerhouse with over 100 years of combined performance experience. With a sound likened to such power pop masters as Cheap Trick and The Babys.
Electric Garage
Rock / Blues / Classic Rock
A new take on an old tradition
Ken Smith- guitar & vocals
Larry Wood- guitar
Rob Brockmann- drums & vocals
"Music and Laughter with Ellis Ayres"
Ellis Ayres - a "solo" artist that sing and plays acoustic 6 & 12 string guitars. 60's, 70's, blues, country, originals, classic & southern rock, lake/island tunes! www.ellisayres.com
Eugene Smiley Featuring James Gilbert and the Bluesmen
The Bluesmen consist of a full 4 peace rhythm section with 2 Horns. We are a mixed band playing covers as well as our own music from our CDs.
read all about us here
Flannigan's Right Hook
Cameron Russell: Guitar, harmonica, lead vocals Shane Borth: Violin, vocals Michael Cochran: Drums, vocals
The Gimps
Lead Vocal/ Rhythm Guitar: Dean Z
Drums: Matt Gumm
Sax: Brent Vaughan
Stand-up Bass: Dave "Slim" Sowers
Rickenbacker Bass: Eric "the mango" Guinn
Lead Guitar: Danny Z
Good Literature
is an 80's extravaganza and a complete treat. Rick Springfield to Led Zep, if what you're craving is a bit of your glory days these guys are IT baby! Rock on!
are a real rocking group straight from ...Highway 13. Gotta love it! Highway 13 Band is a genuine classic rock band, playing classic rock music the way it was meant to be played. The show features music, primarily Rock & Roll of the 60's but ranging from the 50's to the late 70's.
The Horn Dawgs
are a Branson classic. They feature - you guessed it. A skilled horn section and a polished sound that is just plain fun. Cover and dance, as well as pure listening choices give this band something for everyone. Vocals and energy courtesy of Bucky Heard get the party started and keep it rockin' all night long!
The Jam Doctors
deliver high energy, having fun, dance mix music. Featuring Cody Titus, Paul Purdle ,Taz, Larry Holiday ,Gina Phillips
James Goldapp Solo
Fute, clarinet, saxophone, and keys to recorded tracks. My repetoire includes jazz, smooth jazz, pop and country. I specialize in dinner and background easy listening music.
http://www.bransondubler.com/
Kaps & Stems
We are a group of 6 musical artists. We play rock, blues, country as well as some funk. Karl is the lead singer with a whiskey rocker voice. Kaleb and George play lead/rhythm guitars with George also playing on his award winning harmonica. Craig plays the sax while Dan is on the drums. Kelly comes in strong on the bottom line with his bass. Pure music for the soul.
Kickin' Kountry
4 piece band out of Harrison,Ar. We are a honky tonk band and play a little bit of everything. Kickin' Kountry has opened for Asleep at the Wheel, Bellamy Bros., Dan Seals,Narvel Felts, Judge Parker, Daryl Singletary,J eff Carson, Rhett Akins, Chad Brock, to name a few.We also do some original music.
Lainz Hot Rod Gang
Lain'z Hot Rod Gang is a Classic Rock (50's to 70's) and Blues,Boogie,Swing (put on your dancing shoes) Rock-a-Billy blast! Be ready for a rock-n-roll night done up right.
Lost Highway is a cover band playing the best rock hits from the 80s, 90s and now. The band puts on a rockin', high-energy show that will keep you on your feet all night long.
Mark Catron
A talented songwriterr for over 27 years with hundreds of original songs covering multiple genres. Catch Mark in the Branson area for a musical treat,
The Mark Chapman Band
Formed in 2006, is a high energy alternative country group based out of SW MO. The goal is simple; utilize outstanding musicianship, incredible song writing, and an original sound and show to the fullest extent in order to share a unique musical experience with the masses.
The Maxwells
The Maxwells are a back-to-basics rock-n-roll trio from Springfield, Missouri. Most of the music they cover is from the late 40' to the early 60's and includes rockabilly, boogie, swing, blues and country. From Louis Jordan to Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette to Chuck Berry, Hank Williams to Bo Diddley, this is one FUN BAND! They also have a growing list of original music to go right along with the oldies.
M Dock
M-Dock Band is an acoustic/electric blend that harmonizes in a classic rock format with a play list that spans four decades. From the acoustic sounds of Crosby, Stills and Nash to the rock and roll soul of the Rolling Stones and the Motown horns, the M-Dock Band does it all.
Messing With Destiny
Featuring the hot licks of Bruce "Goose" Leighton (formerly with David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck, Mickey Gilley), Messing With Destiny rocks the house with a wide selection of blues, rock n' roll and country! On drums and vocals, James "Drums" Principe keeps the pace rolling! His great MCing brings the band "up close and personal" - and he is very unpredictable - so look out! Rob "Boomer" Mancuso on bass will play it smooth or hard and fast - anyway you like it! Always a great time! http://www.messingwithdestiny.com .
Messing With Destiny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB4XZariryw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX50fnsBo7Q
NewSpurBand Website
New Spur
One of the very best Classic Country Bands in the state. A five piece country/red dirt band that plays with a current day edge that makes this band very listenable and popular among crowds. Members include : Earl Knapp Jr. on Lead guitar , Bill Hudgens as MC and lead vocals , Mike Knapp on keyboards , J R Davis on drums and Dwayne ( Dewey) Nichols on bass guitar. Every member is a seasoned veteran and has played with some big name players and done many national act openers. So if you like some great classics and red dirt played with some modern day kick and twang , this is the group for you.
Mr. Happy Band
Blues / Classic Rock / Jam Band
Shaun Mayfield-Drums/Vocals, James Miller Guitars/Vocals, Rob Row-Bass, Chris Webster-Vocals/Drums.
"The Ozarks Most Dangerous Band",
NO SLEEP is also the areas longest running band, formed in 1992. A classic power trio, with a twist. Performing classic rock from the 60's to Today, from AC/DC, The Beatles and Pink Floyd to Collective Soul and Rob Zombie. High Energy, Hard Rockin' Fun! Stosh Kostuch: Guitar/Vocals, Tony Clements: Bass/Vocals and Chuck Casey: Drums/Vocals... You Gotta See It To Believe It!!
Pearl Nation
Pearl is a band that plays covers, and is working on an album of original material. they play a tight, danceable and dynamic mix featuring music from the 50’s through the latest hits on today’s charts.
A Midwest Original/Party Rock Band hailing from St. Louis.
RETRO is:
Jon Sousan--Vocals/Guitar
Bucky Heard --Lead Vocal
Dino Phillips--Drums Vocals
Kenny Christensen--Keys
Kevin Breshears--Bass Guitar
Sequel Dose
This "SEQUEL" captures the true raw sound of-and then serves up a perfect "DOSE" of, (you guessed it)...classic 70s party rock!!
Scott Lancaster Acoustic
Scott plays with 'Take It To The Limit' Eagles Tribute Band, The Horn Dawgs, BillyDonScott, Headroom, and his own band, Scottfree. One busy guy---- and he does it well! Keep an eye on our calendar and catch him if you can!
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Scotfree
The members of Scotfree are very versatile! The ever changing line up can include any and up to 14 different musicians.playing a variety of music for everyone. One great good time ....jamming with some of Branson's finest musicians.
Scott Lancaster website
Skyla Burrell
The cool blues just walked in! And it’s coming from a hot band from Pennsylvania, USA that has a tight sound and a lot of soul. Skyla and Mark really raise the roof with their house-rockin blues!
Sister Lucille Band
Sister Lucille is a 4 piece band hailing from Springfield Mo. They were semi finalists in the International Blues Challenge for 2015 in Memphis which placed them in the top 40 blues bands in the World. With gut wrenching vocals and screaming guitar this power house band is sure to keep you dancing all night long!
Stolen Windows
We all come from different backgrounds with different musical influences, which makes for a very fun and creative time on stage. So now that you know a bit about us, come check us out. You might just find yourself shakin your booty. And if you want to know how we got the name, ask us in person, we would love to tell you the story..
Souled Out with Vic Vaughan
Immerse yourself in the music of Souled Out with Vic Vaughan. Souled Out is the real deal performing an entertaining, high-energy Funk,Classic Rock, Motown and R&B. Each show is interactive, exciting and appeals to a wide audience.
The Tablerockers
The Tablerockers are influenced by a variety of musical styles that include Delta blues, Chicago and Texas blues, R & B, soul, rock-a-billy, jazz, funk, rock 'n' roll and even country, a red hot blues trio!
Tequila, Lime, No Salt
Tequila, Lime, No Salt is an Acoustic Trio performing a mix of country, rock and blues. The band's strength are it's vocals, delivering incredible three part harmonies.Sing along, dance ... they may even have you on stage. A fun time is guaranteed!!
More about Tequila.LNS .. pictures, shows, ..bios
Three highly experienced musicians that play classic rock, oldies, R&B, blues, and country. Comprised of guitar, bass and drums, the band's primary goal is to provide non-stop entertainment. You can expect to hear songs you recognize and can dance to!
STU COMBS - guitar, vocals
KEITH CRAWFORD - bass,vocals
Kent Williams -drums
http://www.ThirdDegree3.com
T-Marv & Hammer Down
Yesterdays Country-Today's Country-Rockin' Country
A group of guys from around the Kansas City area, getting together and playing some great country music, maybe even a southern fried Rock & Roll tune or two.! From the classic country of yesterday to today's top 40 country and a little of everything in between. See ya on the dance floor!
Eagle fans will just love it. You will love this show. One group of six talented rockin' musicians putting on a show that rivals the real deal. Get there.
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Tech's and the Roadies
A Folk Rock band with a distinctive sound.
Techs and the Roadies plays familiar songs but with their own unique sound. Interesting vocal harmonies and a blend of dobro, flute, pedal steel, bass and guitar create a distinctive sound. From The Beatles, James Taylor, The Moody Blues to The Doors and much more, Techs and the Roadies will surprise you with songs you forgot you knew. A feel good band with a unique sound.
Tim Pope Jam Band
is a two man operation with drummin' that has to be seen to be believing. And see it you will. Mr. Tim Pope puts on an incredible show with his incredible talent. Music ranges from blues to rock to club dance, the FUNK is where the real love and talent shines through. A refreshing change here in the Ozarks.
More about Timpo .. shows .. pictures. .videos
Tic Toc Karaoke
now playing The Outback Pub on Tuesday and Thursday. This is a karaoke fun time. Tic Toc mixes it up with singing, dancing and good times. A party you can catch twice week.
The Outback Pub on Tuesday and Thursday.
Thirst -N- Howl
Good 'ole rock-n-roll cover band. The vocalist is smooth and sweet. A treat for the ears, playing a VERY wide variety of tunes from 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and current including blues, jazz, top 40, rock and some country! Come see T-N-H at a gig near you and be ready for a GREAT TIME!!!!
Not a one or 2 genre band like most by any account, TIGHTROPE! plays a multi-genre set of covers guaranteed to get people on the dance floor and keep them there. TIGHTROPE covers a wide variety of songs from artists like SRV, Eric Clapton, Michael Jackson, the Bee Gees, Ted Nugent, Kiss, Van Halen, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Alabama, Restless Heart, Prince, Jeff Healey, Toby Keith, Heat Wave, Hall and Oates, Paul Davis, Exile, and BB King to name a VERY few. With a plethora of great drummers, or as a duo act, TIGHTROPE! is a band that can play just about any kind of music and make it sound like the genre they're playing, these guys will get your dance floor filled!
http://www.myspace.com/ootightropeoo
is not strictly a band ..... well, maybe! His is a talent not to be missed. Catch him jammin' acoustic at the Oarhouse Pub time to time. Always a treat.
Underground Blues Division
In the world of the blues, the phrase "Keeping the blues alive", gets tossed around as often as "Woke up this morning", or, "My baby done left me". But The UBD is one of the few acts putting their money where there mouth is. This is a young band, whose members have listened to just as much Pink Floyd and Rage Against the Machine as they have Paul Butterfield or Robert Johnson, and are NOT afraid to let those influences show. Don't be mistaken though. From the first note that pours out of front man, Nathan Keck's guitar, The UBD's knowledge,love, and respect for the blues is apparent.
Whiskey Dixon
Whiskey Dixon is a top 40 country band from the STL region. With four veterans from the rock scene, Dixon has blended the two styles into something that is a little rock, a little country; and one hell of a good time. With rich vocal harmonies, screaming guitars and a stage presence unmatched by most national acts, Whiskey Dixon is "THE" driving force in todays "new country" market !!
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Posted on November 5, 2008 Author Ugwu Hilary Ike Comment(0)
Once in a while, history would reach a certain climax; a defining moment. As the momentum of victory whirls around the United States of America’s president elect, Mr. Obama, one is once again reminded of the following most powerful statement of the declaration of the American independence.
It is the most striking statement ever documented in the history of mankind:
   ‘We hold this truth to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…’
 However, the perfection of this declaration has been very gradual. Slavery was abolished and freedom gained. Racial segregation was ended following civil right movement. Integration did replace it. One can actually see human history as a living organism which is not static but always in a constant evolution. A change of mass consciousness is the turning wheel wherein history’s cycle revolves. During his campaign, Obama triggered a change of mass consciousness. He redefined the way the world saw the blacks in America and the world over.
However, it is worthy to note that no other country in the western world could have elected a black citizen as president. No matter what opinion anyone might sustain, America remains the freest nation on the face of the earth. One can therefore say with some degree of certainty that America has once more defied the myth of racial impossibility and reiterated her ideals which are grossly anchored on the principles of democracy, liberty, equality and opportunity. Obama has become the American new face of unity in diversity as he rightly stated in his victory speech: “out of many, we are oneâ€
No doubt, he has become a new breed of politician by helping to reshape politics of the 21st century. As a unique politician of his own kind, he is realistic in the here and now; futuristic in vision and has awakened people’s awareness to look at politics differently. He ran one of the cleanest campaigns in the history of America. He did not only impress his admirers but also his critics as well. He has sent a very strong positive massage about the new generation of America that are gradually dumping racism in the trash of history and who are reestablishing a viable union among the diverse ethnicities.  He also has reaffirmed the historic words of Martin Luther King Jr. that what matters is not the ‘color of people’s skins but the content of their characters’.
 I wish Obama’s victory would challenge African politicians. In Africa, politics is often perceived as the dirtiest adventure in life which only the warped minded people dabble into. Election time is like doom’s time. Victimization, thuggery, roguery, lies, intimidation, vindictiveness and violence had characterized the political scenario of the past and the present time. These vices are present particularly because positive political ideologies are lacking. Instead of debating issues, politicians indulge in acts of violence and intimidation to propel themselve as people’s representatives.
 Obama is a grass-root politician who understands that “change comes from the bottom up; not from the top downâ€. He understudied the structures of evil and injustice that occupy the political atmosphere in Washington and which tend to hinder genuine efforts to make meaningful progress. He connected with the people and was elected by the mandate of the people. He spoke to the existential situation of the Americans in the most pragmatic way. He understood the socio-political and economic challenges the American people face. He refuted the dirty politics of bickering with opponents and bamboozling the masses.
African leaders ought to lean the politics of transparency, accountability and closeness to the people. They should see Obama’s victory as a victory of light over darkness; a victory of truth over lies; a victory of change over the establishments and the status quos and a victory of hope over cynicism. Obama should serve as a paragon of emulation in African politics. He should inspire Africans to embrace a new vision of opportunity and progress in the continent.
Obama’s political philosophy should help to inform and shape a new generation of politicians in Africa. It is high time the African continent begins to move forward. Everyone is tired of politicians’ godfathersism, nepotism, tribalism, corruption, embezzlement of public fund, and electoral malpractice with their dirty contaminations of progressive ideology in Africa. Finally, let Obama’s victory redirect the estranged politics of Africa in this 21st century towards a change of Africa in the future.
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