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12 Upcoming Movie Sequels You Definitely Didn't Need
Which 12 sequels will come crashing into box offices and into our nightmares?
Sequels, where would cinema be without them? We have the greats - Aliens, The Godfather Part II, Terminator: Judgement Day. Then there are the not so great - Speed 2, 2 Fast 2 Furious...Son of the Mask. However good or bad, sequels means big bucks in Hollywood.
Sometimes a good sequel can take years, be on and off the table more than Johnny Depp's career, and lurk in development hell. Some triumphantly rise from the ashes, like the continuing Star Wars saga, while others tread that fine line between good idea and curiosity - like the ever rumoured Beetlejuice 2.
However, in an era of rebooted reboots and remade remakes, where we have three Spider-Men, the same amount of bats, and no one to replace Daniel Craig, does every franchise need a sequel?
Here are 12 upcoming movie sequels that you definitely don't need - save yourself the money and read some fan-fiction instead.
12. The Strangers 2
Release: Unknown
Premise: Masked bad guys come trailer park trick or treating.
Preceded by: The Strangers
As one of the unexpected horror gems of the 2000s, Bryan Bertino's The Strangers took human menace and stuck a creepy mask over its face. The story seemingly wrapped after two hours of heart-pounding home invasion fun, but the public demanded more. We heard whispers that The Strangers II was coming immediately after the box office started rolling in from the original. Since 2008 we have been waiting for that knock at the door again, and again, and again. There have been studio changes, rewrites, and "creative differences".
The sequel was announced as "in production" during 2011 and hype reached fever pitch with news that Bertino would once again pen a script. In a meta look at the economic climate, the film would follow a family evicted into a trailer park and visited by the masked goons - Liv Tyler was also set to reprise her role.
Everything went quiet, but in 2015 the film was announced as back on track by new production company Relativity Media. It even had a December 2, 2016 release date, meaning we should be watching The Strangers II right now. The sequel mysteriously vanished off the schedule (for now), but it has been so long, pretty much everyone has lost interest.
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Pushing Beyond the Central Dogma
Whitehead Institute Member Gerald Fink giving his Killian Award Lecture
Photo: Jake Belcher
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CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Last week, a standing-room-only audience of faculty and students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offered rapt attention as Whitehead Institute Founding Member and former director Gerald R. Fink delivered MIT’s prestigious Killian Award Lecture.
The James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award — the most significant recognition MIT bestows on faculty — was given to recognize Fink’s standing as a scientist who has both fundamentally changed the way researchers approach biological problems and mentored generations of scientific leaders. A pioneer in the field of genetics, Fink is the Margaret and Herman Sokol Professor in Biomedical Research and American Cancer Society Professor of Genetics in MIT’s Department of Biology.
Killian Award recipients deliver a special lecture open to the entire MIT community; and the lecturers are asked to eschew disciplinary complexity and technical jargon in discussing a topic of broad importance and compelling interest. For his topic, Fink took the deceptively simple question, What is a Gene?
The challenge in addressing that question, he noted, is that the answer that had sufficed for 50 years is obsolete. The central dogma of genetics was that a gene consists of a DNA sequence that is read into RNA to guide the formation of a protein important for cellular function. Yet, as researchers delved deeper into the genome, they found that 98 percent of DNA sequences do not code for proteins. Much of this non-coding DNA specifies only RNA and was thought to be junk.
But, Fink explained, non-coding is not the same as non-functional: We now know that RNA plays other roles than just as an intermediary on the way to protein creation. And he walked his audience through research — including seminal findings from his own lab — that has illuminated the multifaceted role RNA plays in regulating gene activity and cellular function. Indeed, scientists have found that many kinds of RNA molecules — such as microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and anti-sense RNAs — are involved in gene regulation.
“We’re only now beginning to visualize the importance of this formerly invisible part of the genome,” Fink noted.
Fink, apparently, views that as a challenge to be met; and despite the five decades of achievement already under his belt, he continues to make formidable contributions to science’s understanding of how the genome functions. Earlier this year, for example, he co-authored a paper in Nature that revealed a surprising and previously unrecognized role for introns, the parts of messenger RNAs that lack the instructions for making proteins and that are typically cut away and rapidly destroyed. Using yeast, the study showed that some RNA introns are not destroyed; instead they play a role in regulating growth, particularly under stressful conditions. Like so much of what was once considered “junk” DNA, the intron information would not be identified by the classical definition of the gene.
Clearly, for Fink, the process of re-defining the gene remains an active endeavor.
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Woman shoots, kills intruder she found inside her South Carolina apartment
By Miriam Pena
GREENVILLE, S.C. – A woman in South Carolina shot and killed a man accused of stalking her after authorities said he broke into her apartment.
The Charlotte Observer reported that 34-year-old Quentin Oliver was found dead with a gunshot wound to his chest at an apartment complex in Greenville County on Friday.
Authorities said the victim returned to her apartment after dropping her children off at school and the intruder was in her closet.
The victim’s uncle told WSPA that she fired her gun at the suspect after he charged at her.
He said his niece works at a night club and the suspect had threatened to harm her and her children.
“He couldn’t accept that ‘no means no,’” said Douglas Sweeney, the victim’s uncle. “I’m sorry that a person died off of this, but it is what it is. A person didn’t have no business breaking into someone’s place.”
Miriam Pena
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Chris Redd at Montreal’s Just For Laughs 2018
Posted by Sean L. McCarthy | Jul 25, 2018 | Reviews, Saturday Night Live | 0 |
Chris Redd experienced a breakout summer in 2016, first as a scene-stealer in the The Lonely Island’s movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, then as a New Face at Montreal’s Just For Laughs, and finally as an almost-hire at Saturday Night Live.
My bad on that almost part. (Understatement)
Except SNL did hire Redd as a featured player last summer, and for great reason. Redd is a dynamic performer, who not only can bust your gut as a comedian but also entertain you as a rapper. Think of stand-up that reminds you of Hannibal Burress and hip-hop that reminds you of Childish Gambino, but with much more energy. Yes, dynamic and entertaining as hell.
After his first season on SNL, Redd has enjoyed touring North America comedy clubs, and JFL wisely booked him for a couple of nights at the Montreal Improv (plus hosting duties for Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch of 2018).
Redd’s opening act on the road is fellow Chicagoan Kristen Toomey, who describes herself in her Twitter bio as “I look like Madonna; if she had never never left Michigan. Comedian. Mother. Fucker.” In person, she also looks and carries herself as if Amy Poehler had become a mother and gone wild first before starting comedy. Toomey has a raunchy sense of humor that suggests she doesn’t much care what her two kids (13 and 9) think of her talking this way to strangers, let alone in the house.
As for Redd, seeing him live outside of your TV on nights other than Saturday, you get to enjoy just how hysterically engaging he is onstage.
He’s so fast on his feet, not only literally but also metaphorically, whether working the crowd or integrating a weird unanticipated noise into his act. Example: Someone dropped a bottle or something onto the floor during his bit on Tinder, prompting him to quickly describe the dating app as just that, but in these terms: “Yeah, it sounds like a dick hitting the window.”
Redd’s stand-up set includes premises you’d love to see him explore on SNL, even if he’s not quite convinced some of them will fly in the Monday afternoon pitch meetings. He jokes about his crackhead uncle, hiking, Ratchet Jesus, Mormons, the differences in how racism expresses itself in different pockets of America, and how freestyle raps bring out surprising sides of our personalities.
He joked at one point after a bit where he leaves part of it undefined, “I could’ve Googled it before the show, but instead I smoked and prayed.”
Whatever Chris Redd is doing, it’s working. Big time.
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Video: Watch a New Full Episode of "The Birthday Boys" Featuring Bob Odenkirk Before It Airs
The episode titled "Skewered" is available now on IFC.com, iTunes, Amazon, HULU, YouTube, Facebook, TVE and VOD.
[via press release from IFC]
Watch A New Full Episode of The Birthday Boys Featuring Bob Odenkirk Before It Airs - Available Now on IFC.com & Additional Platforms
IFC is getting the party started early by releasing a full pre-premiere episode of their new sketch comedy series The Birthday Boys. The episode titled "Skewered" is available now on IFC.com, iTunes, Amazon, HULU, YouTube, Facebook, TVE and VOD.
In this episode, not even the Wright Brothers are safe from the razor-sharp wit of The Birthday Boys. Watch hilarity ensue as the guys go full steam ahead roasting everything from the incoherent ramblings of Wall Street to the unnecessary barrage of adjectives used to describe hot wings. Follow the link to watch the entire episode now! http://www.ifc.com/the-stream-room?bclid=88218671001&bctid=2688088495001
Don't miss the series premiere of The Birthday Boys Friday, October 18 @ 10:30pm ET/PT on IFC.
Executive producers Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad, Mr. Show) and Ben Stiller (the upcoming The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zoolander) bring viewers the genius of the Los Angeles comedy team that made a name for themselves at UCB LA and the Just For Laughs Festival. Along with honorary eighth member Odenkirk, The Birthday Boys ensemble includes Jefferson Dutton, Dave Ferguson, Mike Hanford, Tim Kalpakis, Matt Kowalick, Mike Mitchell and Chris VanArtsdalen whose collective credits include Conan, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Portlandia, Funny or Die, Comedy Bang! Bang! and more.
For updates on The Birthday Boys: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheBirthdayBoysIFC Website: http://www.ifc.com/shows/the-birthday-boys Twitter: www.twitter.com/ifc & www.twitter.com/thebirthdayboys
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Blog Post Favorites for Week of September 24
September 29, 2012 Amanda Walter
Smoking and public space. Lessons from a pilot park(let) project . Business from beetle blight. Consequences of turning on a light.
Cigarettes and public space. If the world was divided into smokers and non-smokers, the public spaces of the world would be their battleground. But it's less of a war than a contentious relationship as it mostly has to do with smell.
In a paper published recently in Urban Studies, Qian Hui Tan observes that smokers are "purveyors of sensory pollution" – creating a scent that, like all odors, can invade and take over. When that space is public, the impact can be immense, segregating and stratifying public spaces.
Written by Nate Berg
Via Atlantic Cities
Great civic space. Howard Blackson blogs about the lessons learned when San Diego Urbanist participates in the annual PARK(ing) Day by creating a temporary civic space on a local Main Street.
“Place matters. I say this because our Parklet was visited by an interested Parking Enforcement Officer who sat with us and discussed the conundrum of city design — something ideally in pursuit of our highest public aspirations — playing out in response to fear of the midnight drunk.” – Howard Blackson
Via PlaceShakers and Newsmakers
Salvaging dead trees. The University of Utah has teamed up with Euclid Timber to salvage trees from forests across the American West that have been devastated by a voracious mountain pine beetle.
The insects have cut a rapacious swath through the Utah corridor of Idaho, Utah and Arizona. A large majority of trees in Colorado are also dead, negatively impacting the state’s tourism industry. The university and Euclid Timber are salvaging dead trees left in the wake of the beetles, whose reproductive cycle evidently has been doubled by warming trends across North America in recent years.
Written by J. Michael Welton
Via Architects and Artisans
Potency of scale. Peter Syrett of Perkins + Will blogs about the documentary ‘Powers of Ten’ by Ray and Charles Eames which examines how perceptions of our surroundings change at different scales.
Syrett uses the film to illustrate how a simple act like turning on a light has a multitude of environmental impacts at an exponential range of scales.
Via Perkins + Will Blog
In A/E news, architecture, blogging, communication, urban design Tags Architects and Artisans, architecture, euclid timber, Howard Blackson, J- Michael Welton, mountain pine beetle, PARK(ing) Day, parklet, Perkins+Will, Peter Syrett, Placemakers, Powers of Ten, Ray and Charles Eames, San Diego Urbanist, urban design
What Will Pop-up Tomorrow?
August 16, 2012 Amanda Walter
The pop-up urbanism trend that started with parklets in San Francisco is spreading across the country. These temporary parks in place of parking spots have shown up in Oakland, Portland, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, and even smaller cities like Asheville, NC. The concept has spread beyond temporary park space and is now testing retail concepts in gentrifying areas.
The idea for parklets emerged in 2005 from PARK(ing) Day in San Francisco, an annual event that will happen on Sept. 21 this year, when residents reclaimed a parking space for the day by setting up chairs, tables and plants to create a temporary park. Last year, PARK (ing) Day occurred in 162 cities and 35 countries. The true “parklet” movement was kicked off in March 2010 when San Francisco approved the building of a parklet in front of Café Mojo on Divisadero Street. Another parklet milestone is the Powell Street Promenade, the largest parklet in San Francisco that was installed in 2011. This area provides a space to eat, talk and relax, providing people a reprieve from the bustle of the corridor, which is one of the busiest in the nation and frequented by more than 100,000 people on an average weekend.
Earlier this month, I dropped by one of San Francisco’s latest urban intervention “SqFt”. Spanning several blocks between 5th and 7th on Market Street, the organizers programmed activities throughout the day that gave retail renters in the area a chance to try something new and it gave virtual companies the opportunity to interact with customers in person. The day began with coffee for bike commuters, a yummy tamale vendor provide fuel for drumming lessons, etsy artist sales and yoga lessons.
With a surge of interest in urbanism across the country, communities are rethinking public space. The advantage of pop-ups is that they offer fast and inexpensive tools for making a big impact. Designers and planners are heavily involved in the big and long term moves of a city and each project becomes the latest calling card for the firms involved. These mini moves are also opportunities to distinguish a firm’s design, creativity and philosophies. The phenomenon of pop-up urbanism, also known as tactical urbanism, has not only gained popularity, but has created a way to test new concepts before embarking on substantial political and financial commitments with the intention of improving the quality of human life in sustainable way.
What started as parklets has evolved to temporary storefronts like [storefront] Olson Kundig’s experimental work place for the firm's community collaborations in Seattle and David Baker’s San Francisco StoreFrontLab, a year-long exploration of storefronts as places of community, creativity and local industry. [storefront] has performed as a record store, a mushroom farm, Hardware [store] and is currently an exhibition focused on the individuals working in the Puget Sound region to eradicate poverty and homelessness, Skid Road.
Olson Kundig Architects in Seattle uses the [storefront] below their studio for community collaborative exhibitions
The upcoming pop-up at StoreFrontLab is the Post-Car Travel Agency, which opens on Aug. 17 for a week of talks, one-on-one travel services and discussions on living car-free. Before that, it was a craft shop selling artisan goods such as skateboards, clothing and sandcastle molds.
Tactical urbanism seems to be the current motif in the architecture world. The theme of this year’s U.S. Pavilion at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale is Spontaneous Interventions: design actions for the common good. The biennale will focus on compelling and actionable strategies, ranging from urban farms to guerilla bike lanes, temporary architecture to poster campaigns, urban navigation apps to crowdsourced city planning.
Conger Moss Guillard’s (CMG) Parkmobiles, which are robust, movable containers with lush gardens that fit in a street parking space, was accepted into this year’s prestigious Venice Biennale. While everyone is embracing the gush of interest in pop-up urbanism, there are some concerns. How can tactical urbanism work in architecture and the formal planning process? Mike Lydon, principal at Brooklyn’s Street Plans Collaborative and author of Tactical Urbanism, Volume 2, is among the tactical urbanists contributing to the Venice Biennale. He says that the planning process won’t be replaced by pop-up-urbanism.
“Following up on comprehensive planning efforts, the neighborhood-wide or city-wide planning process can use tactical urbanism to take some of the most popular ideas and really do things quickly rather than have them wait on the shelf for the million-dollar funding stream. Tactical urbanism is a tool for the more formal planning process,” Lydon said in an interview with the Architect’s Newspaper.
What do you think is next in the pop-up evolution?
Check out our Tactical Urbanism Board on Pinterest!
In branding, community involvement, landscape architecture Tags CMG Landscape Architects, David Baker + Parners, Olson Kundig, PARK(ing) Day, parklet, pop-up, STUDIOS Architecture, SWA Group, urbanism, YourSqFt
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Leeds and Liverpool to remain closed between Wigan and Gargrave
The Canal and River Trust has announced that the lock flights between Lock 85 (Wigan) and Lock 30 (Holme) on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal are to remain closed until at least the end of October, possibly later if there is no significant and prolonged rainfall over the coming weeks.
The canal's reservoir holdings are still extremely low. At least 5 weeks of prolonged rainfall would be required before the locks can be re-opened for navigation.
The lock flights at Wigan (locks 65 to 85), Johnsons Hillocks (58 to 64), Blackburn Flight (locks 52 to 57), Barrowford Locks (45 to 51), Greenberfield Locks (42 to 44), Bank Newton Locks (36 to 41) and Gargrave (locks 35 to 30) are padlocked closed and the gates have been ashed up to reduce leakage. To prevent unauthorised use, measures have been taken to make the locks inoperable.
Whilst the canal has been closed CRT has been taking advantage of the closure to carry out work to remedy issues on the locks, including paddle repairs, vegetation clearance, pointing works, and leakage repairs on the gates. CRT is bringing forward the winter works planned for Locks 43, 73, 81 and 85, with this work taking place during September while the lock flight remains closed.
An update will be issued at the end of September.
Holme Bridge Lock (30), near Gargrave
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USA Gymnastics, reeling from abuse claims, files for bankruptcy
(Reuters) - USA Gymnastics, the sport’s governing body, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, saying that it is staggering under the weight of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by former national team doctor Larry Nassar.
The organization’s chairwoman, Kathryn Carson, cited the lawsuits in the decision to seek protection from creditors in federal bankruptcy court in Indianapolis.
“Our organization is a financially solid going concern but for the hundred lawsuits that we do have out there,” Carson said on a conference call with reporters. “That is the primary reason that we made this filing, to use the Chapter 11 process as a vehicle for resolving those claims.”
Nassar was sentenced to up to 300 years in prison in two different trials in Michigan last February after more than 350 women testified about abuse at his hands, including Olympic champions Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber.
The scandal prompted the entire board of directors at Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics to resign, along with the president and athletic director at Michigan State University, where Nassar also worked. The school agreed to a $500 million settlement with his victims earlier this year.
In addition, three chief executives of USA Gymnastics have stepped down in the last two years amid criticism of their handling of the Nassar case. Many gymnasts who suffered abuse at Nassar’s hands have accused USAG of failing to investigate earlier complaints about his misconduct.
FILING SUSPENDS LAWSUITS
The filing could complicate efforts by Nassar’s victims to recover damages from the organization through lawsuits. Typically, a bankruptcy petition will temporarily halt any litigation while the process unfolds in bankruptcy court.
“This bankruptcy filing will suspend all lawsuits by Nassar survivors and their ongoing efforts to discover the truth about who at USA Gymnastics and the U.S. Olympic Committee knew about Nassar’s criminal conduct and failed to stop it,” John Manly, an attorney whose firm represents around 150 of Nassar’s victims, said in a statement.
In a court filing, USAG’s chief financial officer, Scott Shollenbarger, said the organization has estimated the impact of the lawsuits at between $75 million and $100 million.
“The survivors’ claims, in the aggregate, may exceed the available resources of USAG,” he said in the sworn statement.
Carson said victims’ claims will be paid by USAG’s insurers, but Shollenbarger’s declaration said insurance proceeds “may be insuffucient” to cover all claims.
The U.S. Olympic Committee, which has also been sued by many of Nassar’s victims, filed a complaint last month seeking to remove USAG’s status as the sport’s official governing body. That attempt will also be frozen while the bankruptcy case unfolds, according to a lawyer for USAG, Catherine Steege.
A USOC spokesman, Patrick Sandusky, said the committee was reviewing the effect of Wednesday’s filing on its complaint.
In its bankruptcy petition, USA Gymnastics listed assets of between $50 million and $100 million and the same amount in liabilities.
Among the biggest unsecured claims listed in the filing is a $340,000 severance payment for former Chief Executive Steve Penny, who resigned in March 2017 in the wake of USA Gymnastics’ handling of the abuse claims against Nassar. The payment is “disputed,” according to the filing.
Carson said USA Gymastics has no intention of closing its doors.
“We absolutely will continue as a not-for-profit organization serving the sport,” Carson said. “We have 100 lawsuits with about 350 survivors. We think this is the best way to get it done, and to expedite it.”
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Catholic group launches Diocese donation boycott
By MetroNews Staff in News | July 11, 2019 at 11:37AM
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A message is being sent to the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
Members of a group calling for accountability from the Diocese in the wake of an independent report detailing alleged financial and sexual misconduct on the part of former Bishop Michael Bransfield are now encouraging the withholding of contributions to the Diocese itself.
The boycott is detailed in a letter sent this week to Rev. William E. Lori, the Archbishop of Baltimore, from those with Lay Catholic Voices for Change, an organization made up of hundreds of Catholics from across West Virginia.
Read the letter here.
Archbishop Lori has served as Wheeling-Charleston Diocese apostolic administrator since Bransfield’s resignation and retirement last September.
This week’s letter to him is a follow-up to one sent in June recommending several actions to “restore trust” in the Diocese which group members said went unanswered.
This latest communication indicated the boycott would continue “until and unless the Diocese hires a new, independent and trustworthy auditor to audit the Diocese’s finances and until and unless the Diocese announces a timeline for releasing an independently audited financial statement, complete with the auditor’s opinion.”
Affected funds included those for the following:
– Catholic Sharing Appeal,
– Priest Retirement Fund,
– Education of Seminarians,
– Diocesan Scholarship Association,
– Catholic Charities of West Virginia.
Excessive spending was among the allegations against Bransfield.
“We cannot presently trust the Diocese that launders tax exempt money for non-tax exempt purposes to properly convey our donations to these good causes,” the letter read.
The campaign does not call for a stop to individual parish donations, though the Diocese taxes those local parishes at nine percent.
There may be ways around that, the Lay Voices letter said.
Starting with the weekend of July 20th and continuing through August 4th, parishioners in all Catholic churches in West Virginia were being asked to place empty white envelopes into collection baskets with a statement: “Not a dime to the Diocese.”
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For a successful Antarctic season, everything needs to be well-prepared far in advance. Under this section, you will find all the documents and information necessary for optimal preparation.
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Before the start of every season, the International Polar Foundation organizes a season briefing with all future team members. While the meeting is the opportunity for those new to the team to meet the crew, it is also the time to learn more about procedures and about the precise schedule of the season.
The briefing was designed to answer future participant's last questions and address their needs before the next meeting in Cape Town (South Africa).
Depending on the season, the icebreaker can either depart from Antwerp or Zeebrugge. However, all ships hold their final main stop in Cape Town (South Africa), before heading towards the Antarctic continent.
After roughly 20 days at sea, the ship finally reaches Breid Bay, where the BELARE expedition team will be ready for offloading and transporting the goods to the Princess Elisabeth Station over 200km of well-marked terrain.
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Regardless of where they come from, all team members fly into Cape Town (South Africa) and gather for the latest meetings and fine-tuning before taking off to Antarctica.
After a first six-hour flight, the team will land in Novolazarevskaya. Leaving the Russian base, all team members will board smaller domestic flights to finally reach the Princess Elisabeth Station, 200km inland.
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Brujeria - Brujerizmo
CD Review by Goth Brooks
editors note: This is one of the strangest CD's I've ever had come across my desk. The mythology behind the band combines Satan, Death Metal and the Mexican Drug Lords. The really compelling aspect is that the members are anonymous and are rumored to feature members of very well known bands. I'll let Goth tell you all about it. But be warned - This is the band your mother warned you about! aG
Brujeria -Brujerizmo
Label: Roadrunner Records
Release Date: Nov 7, 2000.
Brujerizmo
Vayan Sin Miedo
La Traicion
Pititis, Te Invoco
Laboritorio Cristalitos
Division Del Norte
Marcha De Odio
Anti-Castro
Cuiden A Los Ninos
El bajon
Mecosario
El Desmadre
Sida De La Mente
Brujeria has all the evil elements about them to make even the sickest fans of black-metal buckle under their big black hand of doom. I didn't know what I was getting into with Brujeria when I took on this assignment. All I had to go on was the brief bio of the band antiGUY gave me. I will say upfront the concept behind the band turned me off. But I was talking to antiGUY about what the music was like and he swore up and down that I'd like it, I mean after all, I have been pegged as the "heavy" music guy around here ever since I arrived. Just look around and navigate the site a little and most of the stuff you see released by Roadrunner Records lately, Goth Brooks probably reviewed it. I didn't come to antiMUSIC intending to write-up so many of the heavier bands out there, but that's the way it seems to be working out. (I will be sure to give Goth the the next boy band cd that comes out to review. aG). So I said some Hail Mary's, burned the bio and got down to business at hand and listened to the CD.
Brujeria is a band of Black Metal merchants who self describe their brand of metal mayhem as "Machete Metal," and have their sights set on annihilating anyone who dares step in the circle of the band's collective evil, or the front door of their clandestine meth-lab at least. They have a gimmick modeled after the Satanic, Murderous, Mexican Drug Dealers known also as ‘Brujeria," who use black magic to strike fear in Mexico's religious locals, and the local policia. I know they're supposed to be scary and everything, but instead of striking fear into this big bad boy here, I just shake my head and laugh. I don't go for the Satanic s*** first off, and secondly all these bands who ever tried to inspire fear in anyone through vivid depictions of evil, like murder and Satan, usually get worn out pretty quick. The music is great on "Brujerizmo," don't misunderstand me there. The whole thing about this CD though is that it comes off as having more of a Spinal Tap aura about it than one burned into it by Satan himself with the pre-fabricated Satanic image and all.
Another part of the bands image is that their identities remain anonymous with the use of ski masks covering their faces. The band consists of secret members from Fear Factory, Faith No More, Napalm Death, Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. I can only guess by the distinctive guitar playing that it's Dino from Fear Factory on guitar. And after logging onto www.brujeria.com and seeing a picture of the band decked out in their ski masks, poncho's, machete's, and sub-machine guns (Oh my God! the Hispanic parallel to Ice-T's Body Count!), I'm 100% sure it's Dino on guitar. Can you think of any other member of Brujeria from any of the former bands they came from who are five feet tall, three hundred and fifty pounds? I'm sure it's Dino. I won't even try to start guessing the identities of the other members. So, to sum it all up here we have a band of fictitious Mexican drug dealers who play super heavy music at warp speed, with guitar playing that sounds exactly like Dino from Fear Factory because it is Dino from Fear Factory, and with lyrics sung in a language I don't speak. I did hear whoever the singer is screaming lyrics I kind of understand though, like anti-Cristo, anti-Castro, and hoy. And with song titles like "Laboritorio Cristalitos," which translated into English means "Meth-Lab," you can see that Spinal Tap aura right up there on the surface of Brujeria's Brujerizmo.
Some people will like this because it's so heavy yet different, and some will like it because the whole concept of Brujeria is comical. While the music does warrant some attention the mythology behind Brujeria should not be taken seriously. You could hurt yourself taking this stuff too seriously.
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Please sign up for the 2018 Travel Season. Signup NOW. We have also made it possible to pay the whole fee at once or pay in monthly installments for the duration of the travel season.
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This year BBC is also offering additional basketball training and additional speed & agaility training. We thought it was best to make a menu of your ala carte options. We hope that a monthly payment plan would work for each family.
Some Q & A
Q: How did the BBC program start? We started with two teams: one of 4th graders and another with 2nd/3rd in the summer of 2012. That 4th grade team went on to win the AYBT National Championship. But it goes really deeper than that …. we started BBC to give area players more opportunities to grow their game and play competitive basketball by learning the fundamentals. By the end of July and beginning of August 2012 we had 3 teams . Since then, BBC has grown into a one of the only non-school or non-town related programs that fields teams the whole year round.
Q: Who can join BBC? Any boy or girl who has the love and drive for basketball at a higher competitive level, who wants to work on his/her game. You can be from any town/school.
Q: Are there cuts? No, we believe that is counter productive to growing their basketball game ….. when you constantly put barriers up. His play from practice and drills during workouts will determine team placement. There are multiple teams that we can place the child and we will think of his growth in the game when placing him in that environment.
Q: What is the difference between BBC and other school/travel/club teams. This question is hard to answer beside that: we practice more …. we focus on the kid and his fundamentals more ….we play more ….
Q: How many games will my son get to play? Most of our teams participate in about 45-50 games during the spring and summer session (March to July .. beginning of August ) consisting of weekend tournaments and league play games, depending on how well the team does the total can even be slightly higher upwards to 60.
Q: What are the goals of the BBC Travel program? Our main goal is to help improve the skills of each and every player. We want to turn them into gymrats, we want them to have fun competing and being with their friends. Where they come to practice because they know they learn while having fun. We want to build memories that will last a lifetime because they will have love of the game: A respect for those who have helped them in life and sport.
Q: Where do you travel? We will travel mostly in Indiana, going to places you have heard of Bloomington, West Lafayette, Fort Wayne …. and places that you have not been to or heard of: Tipton, Salem, Richmond, Hope, Paoli, Farmersburg.
For the highest level of BBC teams we might venture Regionally to Cincinnati, Chicago Area, Louisville, Bloomington IL or even Nationally to Washington DC, ST Louis, Cleveland, Atlanta GA, Orlando Florida. We are blessed to be in Indiana and that of central Indiana where we can find strong competition. But as a club, we want the right competition for our teams.
Q: Right competition? We want to be competitive. Blowing out your opponents is not what we are after nor do we want that for our teams. We want games and opponents that are of the equal level to promote intensity, to learn while playing the game, to have real growth. We believe that if you are 9-0 you played nobody and conversely if you are 0-9 you did not belong there either.
Q: When does the Spr/Sum season start? What’s the schedule like? Practice for most will begin in early March or sooner and the season will last through July. Schedules can vary depending on the age group and team, but most teams play in 4-6 weekend tournaments and will play in a league in central Indiana: in Fishers, Carmel, West Lafayette, Greenwood.
Q: My son plays other summer sports and has other commitments. Can he still play with BBC? Obviously we know that kids are busy during the summer with lots of activities. Sports are important but no more important than your family functions such as: a Wedding, a Funeral, your family Vacation, and most importantly his birthday! But the difference is planning, you will know most if not all of the teams schedule in advance and attendance is crucial for him to make leaps in practice, to perform at his best in games. (Being a part of a top level BBC team can be contingent upon being able to make all team functions.)
Q: Do you offer the opportunity to play “up”? We DO offer opportunities for players to play “up” an level if they’re excelling and the need for players exists in the higher group. In the past, this has ranged from single games, to weekend tournaments, to entire seasons depending on the player and the situation. I.E.: 1st grader played with 3rd graders the whole season. 3rd grader played with 5th graders the whole season. A group of 14 kids currently playing at the 7th grade level while in 6th grade.
Q: How much does it cost to join BBC? BBC offers play the whole year around, but each session has different costs because of different factors, including but not limited to the following: practice facilities, tournament and league entry fees, equipment fees, uniform costs.
Q: What do we do to join BBC? Fill out the contact information at top of page and tell him to lace up his shoes.
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Transport Minister Derek Mackay recently visited BSW Timber’s sawmill in Fort William to mark the successful launch of a shipping service that is helping the company boost sales in the south of England.
The new water freight service at Corpach, in the shadow of Ben Nevis, is operated by local company Boyd Brothers. The service was launched in November 2014 thanks to funding worth almost £960,000 provided by the Scottish government’s Waterborne Freight Grant.
The grant funding aims to reduce the number of HGVs travelling on main Scottish routes such as the A82 and M74. Latest government research predicts that more than 6,300 journeys will be removed from these roads during the first three years of operation.
Mr Mackay said: “The new Boyd Brothers shipping service is an excellent example of how the Scottish government can work in partnership with the private sector to deliver more sustainable freight transport options through modal shift. It is also very pleasing to see a close partnership approach between a freight operator and its customer, in this case BSW Timber, aimed at achieving greener transport solutions.
“Reducing lorry traffic on the A82 is good for the environment but also for users of the road whether they live in the area or are visiting this spectacular part of Scotland on their holidays. I welcome this great opportunity to visit such a thriving port which handles significant volumes of timber and timber products by sea much of which, without freight grant support, would have been transported by road.”
In 2015, BSW will use the service to ship more than 50,000m3 of sawn timber to its southern distribution centre in Essex, via the Port of Tilbury. Volumes are set to increase to over 100,000m3 by 2017, significantly increasing sales to meet growing demand across the south east of England in particular.
Tony Hackney, chief executive of BSW Timber, said: “The new shipping service has allowed us to significantly expand our logistics operation in southern England, linked to our new Essex-based southern distribution centre which opened in 2014. It is helping us feed the demand for the high-quality home-grown Scottish timber produced by our Fort William mill, driven by the upturn in the construction sector in London and the south east.”
Callum Boyd, director of Boyd Brothers, added: “We are delighted to be able to offer the sea freight service to BSW Timber. The vessel we are using brings grain up from England to be used in Scottish distilleries and is a good fit to take timber back south to Tilbury. The Waterborne Freight Grant has provided vital funding support in the first three years, until we can build up to more cost effective volumes in the future.”
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Sticking to a Spanish tradition that markets are the main square of a neighborhood, it took five years and 15 million euros to accomplish the transformation of Madrid's Mercado de San Antón into a 21st century local marketplace several years ago. Also accomplished by the architects, themselves residents of the colorful Chueca neighborhood, was the integration of tradition with modern and ecologically-driven design.This is the second transformation in Madrid to revitalize run-down markets into modern structures for locals and tourists alike. It will undoubtedly give the Mercado de San Miguel, located near the Plaza Mayor, strong competition. Marketplace LayoutThis marketplace has a large skylight that streams sun into the gleaming and open interior comprising of three distinctly different food encounters.The first level of 12 stalls sell meat, cheese, seafood, fruit, flowers, pastries and other items, some precooked.Level two is 11 stalls of prepared foods. Public seating on this level is corrala style, which intentionally replicates a Spanish patio for people watching.
The third level has two restaurants and a long terrace for enjoying drinks. Additionally, a standard supermarket is below ground level, plus a parking garage holds 80 cars with hook-ups for electric-powered vehicles. Adding to the user-friendly atmosphere here is free wifi and air conditioning throughout. Inside San Anton MarketplaceJudith Glynn Bocadillo de JamonJudith Glynn What to Eat and Do on Level TwoNibble your way from stall to stall. It's where Spain's renowned tapas menu meets Madrid chic dining on the run. It's also less intimidating here, especially for non-Spanish speakers, to see the dishes, the prices and point to choose. Food stalls are by non-competing products such as sushi, Greek, Italian, foie gras, juice, pastry, etc.Prices are excellent and approximate in this article. Combine three tapas-size dishes of pasta such as Risotto al Funghi Porcini, Melanzane alla Parmigiana and Pasta Siciliana into one meal.
A dish of Estofado de Toro (bull stew) costs four euros. Pollo Asado (roasted chicken) with two vegetables is 4.90 euros. Two oysters portable booth Manufacturers cost 1.50 euros, topped off with 2.50 euros for a glass of white wine.Also located on Level Two and behind a glass wall is a large exhibition space. Exhibitions currently planned include book events, culinary tastings and workshops.The modular booth is mainly used in some product exhibitions. It is mainly used for temporary exhibitions, so it can be used multiple times. Multiple use can save the company a certain amount of money. In the early days, the booth was built using wood materials, which were not recyclable and also a kind of damage to the environment. Because of its use, it requires a lot of wood for production, resulting in a lot of waste.
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NPNF1-07. St. Augustine: Homilies on the Gospel of John; Homilies on the First Epistle of John; Soliloquies
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Tractate CIX.
Chapter XVII. 20.
1. The Lord Jesus, in the now close proximity of His passion, after praying for His disciples, whom He also named apostles, with whom He had partaken of that last supper from which His betrayer had taken his departure on being revealed by the sop of bread, and with whom, after the latter’s departure, and before beginning His prayer in their behalf, He had already spoken at length, conjoined all others also who were yet to believe on Him, and said to the Father, “Neither pray I for these alone,” that is, for the disciples who were with Him at the time, “but for them also,” He adds, “who shall believe on me through their word.” Whereby He wished all His own to be understood: not only such as were then in the flesh, but those also who were yet to come. For all that have since believed on Him have doubtless believed, and shall yet believe till He come, through the word of the apostles; for to themselves He had said, “And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning;”17411741 Chap. xv. 27. and by them was the gospel ministered even before it was written, and every one assuredly who believeth on Christ believeth the gospel. Accordingly, those who He says should believe on Him through their word, are not to be understood as referring only to such as heard the apostles themselves while they lived in the flesh; but others also after their decease, and we, too, born long afterwards, have believed on Christ through their word. For they that were then with Him preached to the others what they had heard from Him; and so their word, that we too might believe, has found its way to us, and wherever His Church exists, and shall yet reach down to posterity, whoever and wherever they be who shall hereafter believe on Him.
2. In this prayer, therefore, Jesus may seem to have omitted praying for some of His own, unless we carefully examine His words in the prayer itself. For if He prayed first for those, as we have already shown, who were then with Him, and afterwards for those also who should believe on Him through their word, it may be said that He prayed not for those who were neither with Him when He so spake, nor afterwards believed through their word, but had done so at some previous time either of themselves, or in some other supposable manner. For was Nathanael with Him at that time?17421742 The interrogative particle, numquid, beginning this and the following sentences, implies a negative answer. If Nathanael be identified with Bartholomew, the answer would be affirmative.—Tr. Was Joseph of Arimathea, who begged His body from Pilate, and of whom this same evangelist John testifies that he was already His disciple?17431743 Chap. xix. 38. Were His mother, Mary, and other women who, we know from the Gospel, had been prior to that time His disciples? Were those with Him then, of whom this evangelist John frequently says, “Many believed on Him”?17441744 Chap. ii. 23, iv. 39, vii. 31, viii. 30, x. 42. For whence came the multitude of those who, with branches of trees, partly preceded and partly followed Him as He sat on the ass, saying, “Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord;” and along with them the children of whom He Himself declared that the prophecy had been uttered, “Out of the mouth of babes and of sucklings Thou hast perfected praise”?17451745 Matt. xxi. 9; Ps. viii. 2. Whence the five hundred brethren, to all of whom at once He would not have appeared after His resurrection17461746 I Cor. xv. 6. had they not previously believed on Him? Whence that hundred and nine who, with the eleven, were a hundred and twenty, when, being assembled together after His ascension, they waited and received the promise of the Holy Spirit?17471747 Acts i. 15, and ii. 4. Whence came all these, save from those of Whom it was said, “Many believed on Him”? For them, therefore, the Saviour did not at this time pray, seeing it was for those He prayed who were then with Him, and for others not who had already, but who were yet to believe on Him through their word. But these were certainly not with Him on that occasion, and had already believed on Him at some previous period. I say nothing of the aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess;17481748 Luke ii. 25–38. of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin;17491749 Luke i. 41–45, 67–79. of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him out when He was present to the 407recognition of others;17501750 Chap. i. 19–36, and iii. 26–36. —I say nothing of these, as it might be replied that He ought not to have prayed for such when dead, who had gone hence with their great merits, and having met with a welcome reception were now at rest; for a similar answer is also given in connection with the righteous of olden time. For which of them could have been saved from the damnation awaiting the whole mass of perdition, which has been caused by one man, had he not believed, through the revelation of the Spirit, in the one Mediator between God and men as yet to come in the flesh? But behoved He to pray for the apostles, and not to pray for so many who were still alive, but were not then with Him, and had already at some previous period been brought to the faith? Who is there that would say so?
3. We are therefore to understand that their faith in Him was not yet such as He wished it to be, inasmuch as even Peter himself, to whom, on making the confession, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God,” He had borne so excellent a testimony, was disposed rather to hinder Him from dying than to believe in His resurrection when dead, and hence was called immediately thereafter by the same of Satan.17511751 Matt. xvi. 16, 23. Those, accordingly, are found to be the greater in faith who were long since deceased, and yet, through the revelation of the Spirit, had no manner of doubt that Christ would rise again, than those who, after attaining to the belief that He should redeem Israel, at the sight of His death lost all the hope they previously possessed regarding Him. The best thing for us, therefore, to believe is, that after His resurrection, when the Holy Spirit was bestowed, and the apostles taught and confirmed, and from its outset constituted teachers in the Church, others, through their word, attained the proper faith in Christ, or, in other words, that they then got firm hold of the faith of His resurrection. And in this way also, that all those who seemed to have already believed on Him really belonged to the number of those for whom He prayed, when He said, “Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also who shall believe on me through their word.”
4. But we have still in reserve for the further solution of this question the blessed apostle, and that robber who was a villain in wickedness, but a believer on the cross. For the Apostle Paul tells us that he was made an apostle not of men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ: and speaking of his own gospel, he says, “For I neither received it of man, neither did I learn it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”17521752 Gal. i. 1, 12. How then was he among those of whom it is said, “They shall believe on me through their word”? On the other hand, the robber believed at the very time when in the case of the teachers themselves such faith as they previously possessed had utterly failed. Not even he, therefore, believed on Christ through their word, and yet his faith was such that he confessed that He whom he saw nailed to the cross would not only rise again, but would also reign, when he said, “Remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom.”17531753 Luke xxiii. 42.
5. Accordingly it remains that if we are to believe that the Lord Jesus, in this prayer, prayed for all of His own who either then were or should thereafter be in this life, which is a state of trial upon earth,17541754 Job vii. 1: Tentatio super terram, ץרֶאָ־לעַ אבָעָ; English version, “An appointed time (marg., warfare) upon earth.” Rev. Ver. puts “warfare” into the text, and “time of service” on the margin. we must so understand the expression, “through their word,” as to believe that it here signified the word of faith itself which they preached in the world, and that it was called their word because it was primarily and principally preached by them. For it was already in the course of being preached by them in the earth when Paul received that same word of theirs by the revelation of Jesus Christ. Whence also it came about that he compared the Gospel with them, lest by any means he had run, or should run, in vain; and they gave him their right hand because in him also they found, although not given him by them, their own word which they were already preaching, and in which they were now established.17551755 Gal. ii. 2, 9. And in regard to this word of the resurrection of Christ, it is said by the same apostle, “Whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so ye believed;”17561756 1 Cor. xv. 11. and again, “This is the word of faith,” he says, “which we preach, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth that Jesus is the Lord, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”17571757 Rom. x. 8, 9. And in the Acts of the Apostles we read that in Christ, God hath marked out [the ground of] faith unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead.17581758 Acts xvii. 31. Accordingly, this word of faith, because principally and primarily preached by the apostles who adhered to Him, was called their word. Not, however, on that account does it cease to be the word of God because it is called their word; for 408the same apostle says that the Thessalonians received it from him “not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God.”17591759 1 Thess. ii. 13. “Of God,” for the very reason that it was freely given by God; but called “their word,” because primarily and principally committed to them by God to be preached. In the same way also the thief mentioned above had in the matter of his own faith their word, which was called theirs precisely because the preaching of it primarily and principally pertained to the office they filled. And once more, when murmuring arose among the Grecian widows in reference to the serving of the tables, previous to the time when Paul was brought to the faith of Christ, the reply given by the apostles, who before then had adhered to the Lord, was: “It is not good that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.”17601760 Acts vi. 1–4. Then it was that they provided for the ordination of deacons, that they themselves might not be drawn aside from the duty of preaching the word. Hence that was properly enough called their word which is the word of faith, whereby all, from whatever quarter they had heard it, believed on Christ, or, as yet to hear it, should thereafter believe. In this prayer, therefore, all whom He redeemed, whether then alive or thereafter to live in the flesh, were prayed for by our Redeemer when, praying for the apostles who were then with Him, He also conjoined those who were yet to believe on Him through their word. But what, after such conjunction, He then proceeds to say, must be reserved for discussion in another discourse.
1741 Chap. xv. 27.
1742 The interrogative particle, numquid, beginning this and the following sentences, implies a negative answer. If Nathanael be identified with Bartholomew, the answer would be affirmative.—Tr.
1743 Chap. xix. 38.
1744 Chap. ii. 23, iv. 39, vii. 31, viii. 30, x. 42.
1745 Matt. xxi. 9; Ps. viii. 2.
1746 I Cor. xv. 6.
1747 Acts i. 15, and ii. 4.
1748 Luke ii. 25–38.
1749 Luke i. 41–45, 67–79.
1750 Chap. i. 19–36, and iii. 26–36.
1751 Matt. xvi. 16, 23.
1752 Gal. i. 1, 12.
1753 Luke xxiii. 42.
1754 Job vii. 1: Tentatio super terram, ץרֶאָ־לעַ אבָעָ; English version, “An appointed time (marg., warfare) upon earth.” Rev. Ver. puts “warfare” into the text, and “time of service” on the margin.
1755 Gal. ii. 2, 9.
1756 1 Cor. xv. 11.
1757 Rom. x. 8, 9.
1758 Acts xvii. 31.
1759 1 Thess. ii. 13.
1760 Acts vi. 1–4.
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Development of an assay and kit for molecular screening of Betanodavirus by nested reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (nested RT-PCR). Application No. 347/DEL/2011.(Filed by Dr.KP. Jithendran and Sh.CP. Binesh 2011)
Nucleic acid based multiplex method for detection of bacteria implicted in biotransformation of potent greenhouse gases and nitrogenous fluxes. Application No. 1119/ DEL/2010.(Dr. K.K. Krishnani, and V. Kathiravan 2010)
Quantitative method for detecting a microbial pollutant. Application No. 741/ DEL/2010.(Dr. K.K. Krishnani 2010)
Molecular tool for the detection of chemolithoautotropic bacteria. Application No. 2021/CHE/ 2008.(Dr. K.K. Krishnani. 2008)
Protease resistant, fiber farming, cationic and insecticidal protein DNA complex from bacteria. Application No. 1461/CHE/ 2007.(Dr.T.C.Santiago, Sri V.ThillaiSekar, Dr.S.V.Alavandi. 2007)
A method of fish disease diagnosis using rabbit anti-mullet (RAM) serum to detect fish antibodies in different Brackishwater fish and its applications thereof. 370/CHE/ 2006.(Dr. I.S. Azad and Dr. M. Poornima . 2006)
Method for maximum percent recovery and detection of organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticides together from Brackishwater/coastal waters. Application No. 369/CHE/ 2006.(Dr. K.K. Krishnani and Dr.B.P.Gupta. 2006)
Product from lignocellulosic waste for the remediation of water contaminated with heavy metals. Application No. 368/CHE/ 2006. (Dr. K.K. Krishnaniand Dr.B.P.Gupta, Dr.P.Ravichandran. 2006)
Immobilizing matrix from bagasse for bacterial biomass and a process for preparation thereof. Application No. 633/CHE/ 2006. (Dr. K.K. Krishnani, Dr.I.S.Azad, Dr.B.P.Gupta, Dr.M.Shashi Shekhar, Dr.P. Ravichandran 2006)
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Windows designer moves to new Microsoft job
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Julie Larson-Green, one of Microsoft Corp's most senior women executives and a leading force behind the latest design of Windows, is moving to a new job in charge of harmonizing the look and usability of Microsoft's wide range of software.
Larson-Green, who oversaw the design of Windows 7 and its less popular successor Windows 8, was promoted to run Microsoft's Devices and Studios group as part of former chief executive Steve Ballmer's sweeping reorganization of the company last July.
However, when Microsoft agreed to buy Nokia's handset unit only a few months later, Microsoft planned to put former Nokia boss Stephen Elop in charge of that group, with Larson-Green reporting to him.
Elop is still set to take over that group when the Nokia deal is completed, expected in the next few weeks, but with the move Larson-Green is no longer set to report to him.
"I'll remain in (the) role leading the DnS (Devices and Studios) organization in the interim until the Nokia deal closes and Stephen Elop makes his transition to Microsoft," said Larson-Green in an email to colleagues which was obtained by Reuters. The memo and job change were earlier reported by Seattle-area tech news site GeekWire.
The new job means Larson-Green, known for introducing the 'ribbon' bar to the Office suite of applications, returns to software-focused design after leading the Devices and Studios group which is centered on hardware such as the Xbox game console and Surface tablet.
Her official title will be Chief Experience Officer of the My Life & Work Team, which is part of Microsoft's Applications and Services Group, led by Qi Lu.
Larson-Green will lead efforts to ensure Microsoft's varied software has a harmonized interface across a range of devices, which has become a key function in the era of mobile computing, where a growing number of people use a wide variety of smartphones and tablets to work and play rather than a PC.
The move is the first significant executive change at Microsoft under new CEO Satya Nadella, who took over from Ballmer earlier this month.
(Reporting by Bill Rigby; Editing by Stephen Coates)
(Source : Reuters)
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Sonic Equipment Tools with Team Hard Racing
Tuesday 3 July
Sonic Equipment support one of the biggest UK racing teams, Team-HARD. Racing who have four cars competing in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), Bobby Thompson, Mike Bushell, Jake Hill and Michael Caine.
For more information about the vast selection of automotive tools and equipment we can offer check out the below:
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French Car Show and Vag Tuner Live 2018
For the 2nd year in a row, the leading supplier of the world's finest automotive / motorsports tools and equipment supplier, Damar International Ltd will be attending "The French Car Show 2018" and "The VAG Tuner Live Show 2018" at Donington Park.
Last year we attended both shows and it was a huge success and most importantly everyone had fun so of course, we will be attending this year, hopefully, bigger, better and faster!
For more information about these two massive car shows check out our facebook events below and let us know if you are attending this year, we hope to see you there!
French Car show: https://www.facebook.com/events/211931062748689/
VAG Tuner Live show: https://www.facebook.com/events/219438348833556/
Here comes the Roar!
Monday 21 May
Damar international Ltd and Sonic Equipment are pleased to partner up with one of the loudest motorsports teams in the UK, “Team HARD/ Cole Trucksport” a Division 2 British Tuck Racing Team competing in the BTRC competition.
“Mr David Martin and his team at Damar International Ltd are the U.K. agent for Sonic Tools and they are a credit to their industry providing a dedicated unrivalled service to their clients, we look forward to showing you their products and services as we enter this new partnership.” Said Cole Trucksport.
Cole Trucksport, named their machine “The Beast” a fitting name for it!
“The Beast” is a Mercedes cab, ex-Mercedes works team-built chassis truck powered by a roaring 11 litre straight six from Cummins. Running Six special racing tyres.
Cole Trucksport finished the 2017 season in 3rd place and are planning to take 1st place in 2018.
“We feel extremely privileged here at our Team to showcase to you another organisation we can actually whole heartedly recommend as the best! No Compromise Allowed” added Cole Tucksport.
The man taming "The Beast" is Simon Cole a 47 year old and from Dartford, Simon has been racing since 2011 and his favourite track is Donington Park!
We at Damar International Ltd and Sonic Equipment are looking forward to seeing “The Best” roar around some of the most demanding and fastest tracks in the UK.
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BTRA Calendar:
Round 1: Brands Hatch - 1/2 April
Round 2: Pembrey - 21/22 April
Round 3: Nurburgring - 29 June/1 July
Round 4: Snetterton - 8/9 September
Round 5: Pembrey - 13/14 October
Round 6: Brands Hatch - 3/4 November
Team Hard gets equipped
Monday 9 April
If you follow the British motorsports scene I really don’t need to explain who “Team Hard” are, however for those of you that pay little attention to racing “Team Hard” is one of the biggest motorsports team in the UK. Team Hard runs cars in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), British GT Championship, Ginetta GT4 Supercup, Britcar and the VW cup. They have also recently ventured into British rallycross, Truck racing and Karting.
Team Hard was at the first 2018 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) meeting at Brands Hatch over the weekend with their brand spanking new Sonic Equipment S15 Tool Trolleys after their head office was broken into the week before meeting and having 90% of their tools stolen.
Team Hard didn’t make it easy for us though only giving us 4 working days to bring in 4 of the biggest tool trolleys it was a logistical nightmare, however, we managed it and personally dropped off the tool trolleys and made sure they were happy.
Team Hard’s mechanics dived of the tool trolleys and started using the tools as soon as the plastic wrapping was taken off them, the mechanics were very impressed with the tool trolleys and tools, they also looked amazing in the pits alongside the cars.
Team Hard had a very successful weekend:
Qualifying:
Mike Bushell: P22
Jake Hill: P25
Bobby Thompson: P27
Michael Caine: P30
Race 1:
Mike Bushell: was an early victim of contact that caused him to retire after the first lap.
Jake Hill: P2
Mike Bushell: P8
Looking forward to the next BTCC race meeting!
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Height: 6'8" (203 cm)
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After a solid freshman season, UCLA's Reeves Nelson continued to show development as a sophomore, leading a talented but inconsistent Bruin team in scoring and rebounding, thanks to a more polished offensive game and an improved body. Nelson will look to build on that success in his junior season to work his way more firmly onto the NBA draft radar.
The most obvious knock on Nelson as an NBA prospect will continue to be his lack of size and length at the power forward position, but he has made improvements in his body, looking much leaner as a sophomore, and in turn, looking quicker and more explosive on the court.
We noted that becoming more of a force on the boards was something for him to work on as well, and he rebounded at a higher rate last season, going from 9.9 to 11.5 rebounds per forty minutes pace adjusted, which places him towards the middle of the pack of the power forwards in our database.
Offensively, with big man Joshua Smith added to the picture last season for the Bruins, Nelson saw less post touches and diversified his offensive game, showing the ability to step out on the perimeter and attack off the dribble on occasion. With his trimmer physique, Nelson showed a more explosive first step to get by his man, as well as the same knack for scoring around the rim that we saw from him as a freshman. His aggressive mentality and scoring instincts continue to allow him to find ways to put the ball in the basket at the college level, but may be something that doesn't translate as well against the taller, longer defenders he'd face in the NBA.
After hardly attempting any jump shots as a freshman, Nelson slowly started incorporating a jumper into his game last season, shooting about one per game and connecting on about 33% of them. He still has more work to do in becoming a more consistent shooter and expanding his range, but it was encouraging to see the signs of improvement last season. His effectiveness scoring in the post and around the basket would likely be limited against NBA caliber big men, so becoming a more proficient jump shooter could be a big factor in his professional potential.
Defensively, Nelson's leaner body clearly helped his lateral quickness, and he did a much better job defending on the perimeter and getting up in the air to challenge shots. Around the basket, Nelson utilizes his strong body and toughness to fight for position, but his lack of size and length is difficult for him to overcome at times as players are sometimes able to score up and over him.
Overall, Nelson still has work to do to establish himself as a legitimate NBA draft prospect. The improvements he made with his body have been encouraging, but his lack of size and length at the four spot will make it an uphill battle. If he can continue to make strides with his skill level over his time at UCLA, he will be a player that will be tough to ignore, though, as teams are always looking for toughness, and Nelson is the type of player that won't back down from anybody.
Sophomore forward Reeves Nelson will look to help UCLA rebound from an abysmal 2009-2010 season in which the Bruins finished with a 13-17 record and missed the postseason for the first time since coach Ben Howland's first season at UCLA in 2003-2004. After a solid freshman season as one of the team's lone bright spots, Nelson will need to continue to develop his game to help the Bruins improve and to get himself on the radar of NBA scouts.
From a physical standpoint, Nelson is far from the ideal NBA power forward prospect. He's a bit undersized at 6'8, and his strong, bulky frame could use some tightening up. He does have quick feet and a decent first step for a guy his size, but he's primarily a below-the-rim player with limited elevation and explosiveness.
On the offensive end, Nelson combines a nice blend of power and a knack of how to finish around the rim, which contributed to him shooting an outstanding 64.7% from the field last season. His strong body and aggressive mentality help him to get position around the basket, and his scoring instincts enable him to finish, despite his lack of physical tools. He's comfortable playing with his back to the basket and can also face up and put the ball on the floor and finish with either hand going either direction. Nelson has to potential to be a force offensively around the basket at the college level, but this success may not translate well against longer, more athletic, defenders in the NBA.
Nelson's shooting is an area where he could use quite a bit of work. He shot a very poor 52% from the free throw line as a freshman, and he didn't show any flashes of being able to knock down a mid-range jump shot, with most all of his field goal attempts coming in the basket area. Developing a reliable jump shot from about fifteen feet would help him tremendously to become a more well-rounded offensive threat.
Defensively, Nelson displays good energy and intensity, as he's clearly an extremely tough player, and plays for an excellent defensive coach in Ben Howland, but he may lack the physical attributes needed to have great success defending at the NBA level. Tightening up his body may help some, but his lack of length and lateral quickness will certainly be an issue. Nelson's rebounding numbers were solid last season but not spectacular (9.9 rebounds per forty minutes pace adjusted). Really focusing on attacking the glass would give him another area to hang his hat on.
Overall, Nelson still has quite a bit of work to do before having his name come up in draft discussions. His toughness, aggressiveness and scoring instincts around the basket give him a base to build on, but he'll probably need to develop a mid-range jump shot and work on improving his body and athleticism to become a realistic NBA prospect. Fortunately, he still has three seasons remaining at UCLA to shore up his weaknesses and work on his game.
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DLC REVIEW | "Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes"
This past January, Travis Touchdown made one hell of a comeback. The latest (sub)chapter in Goichi Suda's iconic series, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes served as a massive chocolate-filled heart to both indie games and the entirety of Grasshopper Manufacture's history. But as it seemed, the story wasn't over there (and no, we're not talking about the post-credits scene). A true ending to what's leading towards the next adventure with our favorite anti-hero has arrived in the form of two DLC packs, aptly named "Black Dandelion" and "Bubblegum Fatale." After experiencing both, it's easy to see why it was worth the extra dough!
The first part of the Travis Strikes Again DLC is more like a tease than a completely brand-new experience. "Black Dandelion" consists of new character (and No More Heroes veteran) Shinobu Jacobs. Using Shinobu is somewhat similar to how Travis maneuvers, with sword skills in full swing. Unlike Travis, Shinobu seems to be a little bit more faster in the running department, which makes evading enemies a bit easier. With the addition of Shinobu comes a couple of more skill sets, all of which are tailored to her fighting style and personality. While she's fun to play as, I can't help but think that only true completionists will find themselves replaying the entire game as her.
Also in "Black Dandelion" is a new back story entitled "Badman Strikes Back." Here players take part in another text-based story, this time following the events leading up to Travis Strikes Again from the perspective of Badman. What entails is a somewhat heartbreaking story of a father wanting to protect his daughter from the dark underbellies of crime. Of course, all of this leads Badman straight towards Travis Touchdown, as he witnesses our protagonist slice down his daughter on video tape. It's a moment that adds a lot of texture to Badman, giving more reason for his revenge instead of being an excuse to have a Player 2 option for co-op play-throughs.
Thankfully, it's the "Bubblegum Fatale" DLC that adds a bit more beef to Travis Strikes Again. The additional chapter in "Travis Strikes Back" not only brings closure to this game, but also hints at what's to come for a future No More Heroes title. It's also here where you find the final Death Ball, which gives way to a (somewhat) new adventure to be had: "Killer Marathon". Unlike in the main game, where it's a blank canvas leading towards an old-school shooter, this one's legit!
"Killer Marathon" pits Travis through a massive pinball-inspired setting, where he has to reach specific areas before the timer hits zero. As one can guess, these levels are filled with many a Bugstreet Boy, adding more to the challenge of getting to each checkpoint in the proper amount of time. Despite it being one singular level, it's the longest out of all the other games that are for the Death Drive Mk-II, with my time clocking in at nearly two hours to complete it. It's also the hardest of the games, with you having to restart each section if you don't get back in time. (Apparently, its checkpoint system is somewhat BS.)
What makes "Killer Marathon" a joy to experience is its overall presentation. There are a lot of nods to anime/manga legend Leiji Matsumoto, from its animated opening to some winks & smirks towards such classics as Galaxy Express 999 and Captain Harlock. Its script is also very entertaining, with the boss Silver Face lamenting over the fact that he's just a DLC character and that there's a chance most players won't even see him, much less face him. (Considering how long it took me to get back into the swing of Travis Strikes Again, I can't say I blame him.) Once you beat "Killer Marathon," players will then get to play as Bad Girl for the entire game, who has the speed of Shinobu and the skills of her daddy.
A good duo of new playable characters
New level is loads of fun
Badman back story is well-written
"Black Dandelion" more of a taste than a new experience
It took a couple of months before its DLC could be truly experienced as a whole, but what Travis Strikes Again offers are a solid new experience and some sweet additional playable characters. Although the wait may still be long to see what happens next to Travis Touchdown, one can bet that what is hinted in these additional storylines and the like will no doubt get No More Heroes fans excited. For a mere $9.99, the DLC for Travis Strikes Again delivers a high-octaned energy drink-level of boost to an already great game.
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Celebration of life for Jim Petsche age 64 of Neligh were 10:30 am , Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Church of Christ in Neligh with Pastor Bob Dainton, Officiating.
Music was provided by Steve Johnson. Burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery in Neligh. Pallbearers were Darrin Kiger, Kelly Kosek, Jim Blackburn, Tom Boggs, Kevin Irish, Jay Petsche and Dylan Petsche. Honorary Pallbearers were Jim Wiebelhause, Les Ridder, John Torseth, Jerome Bahm, Harlan Frazier and Daryl Rodgers. Visitation was Thursday, May 15, 2014 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM at Beyer-Snider Memorial Funeral Home in Neligh.
Jim passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Antelope Memorial Hospital in Neligh.
The family suggests memorials to Multiple Sclerosis Society.
James Joseph Petsche was born on June 12, 1949 and passed away peacefully after battling multiple sclerosis for more than 25 years. Jim was born to Elnora (Sesler) and Henry Petsche at the Tilden Hospital. He grew up on the farm near Raeville, NE. Jim attended grade school at St. John Berchmans at Raeville through the 8th grade and graduated from Petersburg High School in 1967. Jim then attended UNL and Norfolk Junior College. On April 25, 1970, Jim married Karen Irish in Norfolk, NE. Shortly after marriage they moved to Neligh where they spent their married life. Jim worked for Kluthe Flying Service as a spray pilot and then at Blackburn Manufacturing for 25 years. He retired due to health reasons and spent the remainder of his life enjoying family, grandchildren, Nascar, Husker Football/Volleyball, and watching his special companions, Mr. Mittens and Jonah.
Jim and Karen were blessed with 4 children: Melissa and Darrin Kiger of Fremont, NE; Jay and Denise Petsche of Lonsdale, MN; Jenna Petsche of Omaha, NE; 3 grandchildren, Emma Kiger and Dylan and Kaitlyn Petsche. Also, survived by a sister, Kathleen Gray of Omaha, NE, Brothers, Bill Petsche and Joyce Cameron of Neligh, NE, Ron and Lori Petsche of Norfolk, NE, and Mark Petsche of North Branch, MN. Along with, several nieces and nephews.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, his father-in-law, Dean Irish; mother-in-law, Irol Hoffman; infant son, Trevan James. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.snidermemorialfh.com
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In a recent report, researchers grew human retina tissue to examine how people are able see in color. Most vision research is collected from mice and fish. However, humans have trichromatic (blue, red, green) color vision. Thyroid hormone was identified as being essential for determining whether cells become, blue, red or green. This is also supported by previous studies that indicate that pre-term babies with low thyroid hormone levels have a higher risk of vision disorders. This establishes the ability to grow organoids as a model to study human development. Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness with no known treatment to completely restore vision. This breakthrough could help develop therapies for eye diseases such as macular degeneration and color blindness.
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Tetra Pak has been recognised for outstanding package design at the iF Awards.
Tetra Pak won a 2014 International Forum Packaging Design Award for Tetra Evero Aseptic, an aseptic carton bottle for ambient white milk.
The jury, consisting of about 50 internationally renowned experts recognised the package design for its innovative concept, attractive appearance, ease of handling and outstanding environmental performance.
Lars Bengtsson, Product Group Director at Tetra Pak explains that the Tetra Evero Aseptic is based on an imaginative design that combines the easy handling of a bottle with the food protection and environmental advantages of an aseptic carton. The ergonomic cylindrical shape with flat side panels makes it easy for big and small hands to hold, while the printing space across the whole surface of the package offers maximum branding impact to capture consumer attention.
Attributing the win to the Tetra Pak R&D team, he added that the new package design was made possible by a number of technology breakthroughs, including the first injection moulding for aseptic packaging.
The iF awards are among the most important design awards in the world, recognising outstanding work from professionals in product development, communication and packaging. This year, the iF Packaging Design Award attracted 264 entries.
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VATICAN - The Study Seminar for the new Bishops of mission territories begins
Monday, 3 September 2018 bishops congregation for the evangelization of peoples formation spirituality
Bishop Sheen, announcer of the Gospel on radio and TV, director of the Propagation of the Faith will be blessed
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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - This morning, with greetings from Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and the Eucharistic concelebration presided by the Secretary of CEP, Archbishop Protase Rugambwa, the Study Seminar for the Bishops recently appointed in the ecclesiastical circumscriptions dependent on the Missionary Congregation began. 74 Bishops from 34 nations of four continents: 17 nations of Africa, 8 of Asia, 6 of Oceania, 3 of Latin America arrived in Rome at the Pontifical College of Saint Paul the Apostle, where the Seminar will be held.
The Study Seminar, which started in 1994, wants to offer all the Bishops appointed recently at the guide of ecclesiastical circumscriptions in mission territories, a period of time, at the beginning of their appoinment, to reflect, deepen the life and Episcopal ministry, dialogue and pray. This is why the speakers are authoritative ecclesiastical personalities.
The timetable provides three daily reports, followed by discussions and group work.
On Saturday, September 8, after the concelebration in St. Peter's Basilica, an audience with the Holy Father will be held and on Sunday 9 the Bishops will go on a pilgrimage to Assisi. On the evening of Monday 10 there will be a meeting with the new Bishops of the Congregation for Bishops. The seminar will end on Saturday 15 September.
The program of the Seminar includes the speeches of His Exc. Mgr. Protase Rugambwa, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, who will present the theme "The Bishop of mission territories and the CEP", and of His Exc. Mgr. Giovanni Pietro Dal Toso, Adjunct Secretary of the Missionary Dicastery and President of the Pontifical Mission Societies, who will illustrate the "structures, skills and activities".
The program of the Seminar includes presentations of Cardinals: Lorenzo Baldisseri (Synod of Bishops and Episcopal Communion), Kurt Koch (Ecumenical dialogue and presence of sects in mission territories), Angelo Amato (Bishop's Spirituality), Peter Turkson (Social Doctrine of the Church and Evangelization), Marc Ouellet (The Pope and the Bishops: communion and mission), Kevin Farrell (Formation of families for the participation in the mission of the local Church), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (Exercise of the munus docendi), Beniamino Stella (Paternity towards priests and formation of the clergy) will intervene.
Also Archbishops and Bishops: Paul Richard Gallagher (The Holy See and relations with the states), Miguel Ayuso Guixot (Interreligious dialogue in mission territories), Tadeusz Wojda (Announcement of the Faith; The administrative and financial service),
José Rodriguez Carballo (Care of Consecrated Life), Juan I. Arrieta (The Bishop in charge of pastoral programs; Motu proprio Mitis iudex Dominus Jesus), Charles Jude Scicluna (Celibacy of the clergy and ecclesiastics accused of sexual abuse), Richard Kuuia Baawobr (Catechists in mission territories) will take the floor.
Reports will continue with Mgr. Bruno Marie Duffé (The service of charity), Mgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò (Use of the means of communication in evangelization), Fr. Joseph Koonamparampil (Special responsibilities of the Missionary Congregation), Fr. Hans Zollner (Protection of minors and vulnerable adults), Mgr. Giampaolo Montini (Administration of Justice), Mgr. Guido Marini (The liturgy and the sanctification of the Church), Mgr. Vincenzo Viva (The Bishop and the seminar in the nuova Ratio). (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 3/09/2018)
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The roads making up this bubble-based odyssey are home to more wineries than I could hope to list here. Or remember, after the first two or three glasses of Italy’s finest fizz. Martin Guttridge-Hewitt hits the road.
Enjoying a glass of prosecco beneath the northern Italian sun is one of life’s most delicious experiences. After all, the sparkling wine has had to travel mere metres from producer to palette.
Of course this isn’t the only reason to take a punt on the Treviso region, but it is by far the biggest. Located just one hour’s drive from Venice Marco Polo airport, or thereabouts, the area is comparatively quiet when you consider St. Mark’s Square, but nevertheless offers attractions in abundance for thirsty tourists with an appetite.
Not least if you arrive around this time of year. The Dolomite foothills close by play host to the annual Primavera del Prosecco, a multi-village festival celebrating the locality’s finest produce, running from March to July.
Meanwhile, at all other times, the Strada del Prosseco- the country’s oldest wine trail- has enough to keep anyone interested.
A 25-mile route, littered with century old churches and villas, the roads making up this bubble-based odyssey are home to more wineries than we could hope to list here. Or remember after the first two or three glasses of the infinitely drinkable D.O.C.G. variety, Italy’s finest fizz. That said, our time at Ca Salina was truly unforgettable, with its open air tasting terrace providing stunning vistas, and the natural wooden hues of the building’s interior event space boasting a unique charm.
Just a few clicks east, and Colvendra is another winery that can’t be overlooked. Owned by the same family for
eons, it’s arguably best known for contributing to the mere 7,000 bottles of Refrontolo Passito this entire region creates each year, a tipple that must be amongst the world’s greatest reds designed to accompany desert. Nevertheless, though, anything you drink here is guaranteed to make a mark.
Although relatively microscopic, and void of anything one could ever describe as nightlife, the tiny rural settlement of Pieve Di Soligo is a great base for any trip to these locations. Aside from being a central point on the ‘prosecco road’, the village and surrounds boast some of the best restaurants this nation of food lover’s has to offer, favourites as they are with politicians, home-grown celebrities, and the well-heeled. Not that you should expect to pay anything close to the prices charged in nearby Milan, Venice, or Como.
Take the excellent Locanda Da Lino, for example. A beautiful, historic farmhouse just off a narrow country lane in the whistle-stop community of Solighetto, the tasting menu covered everything from locally reared lamb to delicate tortellini, all of which were matched with some of the finest wines we’ve had the pleasure of sampling, either whilst touring Italy or back in Britain. A selection of flavours so good it’s hard to pick out the best, everything from pasta stuffed with pumpkin and topped with ricotta, to duck served fresh on the bone, and a bowl of prosciutto and artichokes, were all too good not to mention.
And this is before we come to the refreshing Follador Brut Rose Prosecco, or plumy Sorelle Branca Ardesco Rosso, with its blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, both poured as accompaniments. Enough to make anyone feel suitably fed and watered, thankfully there are also a small number of individually designed suites available upstairs to rest the stomach in, each named after native celebrities that have stayed the night. Founded by Lino Toffolin back in the 1960s, his focus on seasonal food with personality remains now his son and daughter run the kitchen and front of house respectively.
Not so far away and another epicurean delight can be found. Alla Cima enjoys a breathtaking position up in the hills, overlooking endless vineyards and serene hamlets. A traditional trattoria frequented by the great and good, again it’s almost impossible to choose a winner from the cuisine contenders. The fresh asparagus and soft casatella cheese, an artisan creation originating from these very valleys, was phenomenal, although this isn’t to say the salami and ricotta puree wasn’t also exquisite. Better yet, the establishment also corks its own branded Valdobbiadene Prosecco.
We could go on, for much, much longer. For instance, Conegliano, the nearest significant town (steeped in history and beautiful buildings), is home to the country’s oldest and most respected wine school, Scuola Enologica di Conegliano. A visit, if you have the opportunity, is an absolute must- especially as a bottle of prosecco made at this seat of learning will set you back no more than about €6. That’s despite having a piquancy one would expect to pay far more for. Something of a dream holiday for anyone with taste buds then, that it’s so easily accessible from most parts of the world makes booking a flight almost impossible to resist.
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Opinion: Sexuality And Homophobia In Persona 4
January 30, 2009 4:00 PM | Simon Carless
[In Atlus' RPG Persona 4, Kanji Tatsumi confronts his sexual identity in an engaging and meaningful manner, and in Samantha Xu's analysis, originally printed on Gamasutra, we talk to Atlus staffers and commentators about the character's flamboyant in-game alter ego in the recently released PlayStation 2 RPG.]
Persona 4's Kanji Tatsumi is one of the first video game personalities to confront his sexual identity in an engaging and meaningful manner.
His struggles and their outcome may not be politically progressive enough to dub him the Harvey Milk of gaming, but his unique existence in Persona 4 is a small and positive move forward toward a more socially diversified gaming universe.
First introduced as a rough-and-tumble teen with antisocial leanings, Kanji is feared by the locals and maintains a confrontational machismo toward the other characters throughout the game. He is a loyal son and employee at his family's textile shop, and it's not until the debut of his alter-ego Shadow Kanji that we are made aware of his inner sexual turmoil.
Shadow Kanji inhabits a steamy bathhouse dungeon inside The Midnight Channel, an alternate dimension inside the TV where the main characters must battle their alter-egos in order to save themselves and their friends.
The alter-egos manifest aspects of the main characters' psyches that they are trying to hide from others and deny from themselves. Once the alter-egos are defeated in The Midnight Channel, they are validated by the characters accepting them as necessary parts of their real personalities.
Shadow Kanji's scanty attire, flamboyant lisp, and over-the-top homoerotic banter shed light upon Kanji's hidden identity, but it is his remarks stating sexual preference for the male gender that directly support the notion that is Kanji is gay.
Once Shadow Kanji is defeated in the game, Kanji accepts that his gay alter-ego is an essential part of his personality, but he does not make any outward declaration or revelation that he is gay or remotely bisexual. As the game progresses, Kanji must deal with jokes regarding his sexuality and un-manly artistic hobbies, in addition to his crush on a male character, who turns out to be a cross-dressing woman.
Intentionally and perhaps tellingly, especially when we examine homosexuality within a greater social context in Japan, there is no concrete conclusion provided by the game regarding his true orientation.
So Is He? Or Isn't He?
"We would like everyone to play through the game and come up with their own answers to that question; there is no official answer," says Yu Namba, Atlus USA's Persona 4 Project Lead. "What matters is that Kanji's other self cries out, 'Accept me for who I am!' I think it's a powerful message which many, if not all of us can relate to.”
Nich Maragos, Atlus USA's Persona 4 Editor, agrees with Namba that it is up to each individual player to draw their own conclusions, but his personal opinions sway toward a gay Kanji. "At the end of Kanji's Social Link, should you choose to advance it that far, he does say specifically in reference to his Shadow self, 'That 'other me' is me.'”
Atlus Japan, the original developer of Persona 4, was not available for comment.
"Most American gamers will assume he is gay, especially if they are not aware of Japan's cultural differences and the subtleties of their interactions," says Colette Bennett, Japanese RPG enthusiast and editor at consumer weblog Destructoid.
Brenda Brathwaite, game designer, professor, and author of Sex in Video Games has an altogether different perspective: "It would have been amazing if they would have made a concrete statement that he is gay. That we could play as a gay main character in a video game would be a big deal."
Says Brathwaite, "I can find twenty things that I didn't like about how Kanji was portrayed, such as the game's juvenile nature in dealing with his sexuality, but there is a part of me that is thrilled there is a gay character in a game and that a game would portray how they are dealing with their inner struggles and interactions with friends."
Homosexuality In Japan
That Kanji's character comes to American gamers through a Japanese game is not surprising. Japanese attitudes toward sexuality and homosexuality are incredibly different than those of the West, even though the general assumption from Westerners is that the Japanese are a repressed people.
Because there is no legislation relating to homosexual sex, it's not a hot-button social or moral issue in Japan like it is in America. Many Japanese gay men resist the Western notion of "gay rights" because sexuality is not thought of in terms of what is right or wrong, but rather as play or something people may choose to engage in if they wish.
"The Japanese see homosexuality as a lifestyle choice, very different from the actual homosexual activity," explains Dr. Antonia Levi, author of Samurai from Outer Space: Understanding Japanese Animation.
"There is an understanding that you can play with fantasies that you might not want to live out in your normal life," Levi says. "Americans see things in very black and white -- you're either gay, or you're not. The Japanese are more comfortable with the concept of being gay and not being gay at the same time. In this case, it makes sense that, in the end, the game is not telling you what to think about Kanji or even if he is gay."
Because outward unorthodox behavior is frowned upon in Japanese society, many people who engage in homosexual activity see it as a world separate from their day-to-day lives. Upholding respectable outward behavior would mean being married, having children and having a respectable job, but what ones does in their sexual lives is not harshly judged.
For Kanji, working at his family's textile shop was a very traditional and respectable job, one that could have been at risk had he made a lifestyle choice to have an openly gay relationship with another man.
Japan scholar Dr. Mark McLelland says, "Even though homosexual characters are very prevalent in the Japanese media, its visibility in comic books, women's magazines, TV dramas and talk-shows, movies and popular fiction has not created the space for individuals expressing lesbian or gay 'identities' to come out in actual life."
"Yet, as recent research has shown, the notion of 'coming out' is seen as undesirable by many Japanese gay men and lesbians as it necessarily involves adopting a confrontational stance against mainstream lifestyles and values, which many still wish to endorse."
In Kanji's case, remaining ambiguous and undeclared about his sexuality is not necessarily a rejection of its existence or the developers displaying homophobia, but rather as a comment on homosexuality in a greater Japanese social context.
In translating the game for a Western audience, Atlus USA's goal was to retain as much of the original content as possible in order to accurately portray the Japanese culture.
Namba explains, "We did encounter a small number of sexually oriented instances which we decided to make more subtle, but the meaning of everything is still intact."
For instance, keeping Shadow Kanji's over-the-top flamboyance was important. "That flamboyance was also what the viewers of the Midnight Channel wanted to see: a typical gay person on TV that people would laugh at. The TV station broadcasts what the audience prefers to watch -- it's a stark portrayal of modern society."
More Kanjis In Games?
The response to Kanji's character has been generally neutral or positive among players of Persona 4. Google for any forums on threads about Kanji and you'll see comments such as: "I really love how brave Atlus was with releasing a game with with stuff like this in North America." and "Kanji. I love Kanji. He is all that is adorable. However, it would have been nice if they'd just gone ahead and made him gay."
Whether more characters as complex and socially relevant as Kanji's will appear in more games available in America is really up to American developers. User-created characters aside, one can count on a single hand the number of playable LGBT characters that have entered into the gaming world.
"From a ratings standpoint, when you're a game designer, you are so incredibly aware of the ramifications of the M rating. Putting any sex in your game, would potentially limit the market," explains Brathwaite. (Persona 4 carries an M rating.)
"There is also double perception that games are for kids. But eventually, we will want to tell more complex and mature stories. For example, Braid had an incredibly adult storyline, even though it didn't deal with sexuality."
So far, not many developers have chosen to tackle topics such as a character's sexual orientation in their titles. ESRB ratings, a risk-averse market, and lack of diversity in the developer pool are all factors that contribute to the slow social evolution of games.
"I don't think American developers have evolved to the point where they are comfortable with portraying characters like Kanji," says Destructoid's Bennett. "For the most part, any characters that are bisexual, gay or transgendered are either horrible stereotypes or their sexuality is just referenced on occasion."
"I would like to see more characters like Kanji in games, and what I mean is not just characters struggling to cope with their sexuality or inner demons, but characters who face more complex emotional, human struggles than just how to get the princess or fight some ultimate boss at the end of a game," she adds.
"I feel that the closer games bring us to reality the closer they come to evolution, where we play games not just for fun and entertainment, but to have compelling, resonant experiences as memorable as those in our real lives."
While I've neither played P4 nor the P2 games (loved P3 but it was too big for me to ever get through), I recall hearing that in P2: Innocent Sin, the (male) player character can in fact choose to have a relationship with another male character. It never came out officially in English, but there is apparently a precedent.
Sub | January 30, 2009 11:16 PM
I have wanted to get into game development for that reason alone! This article was a great read- thanks!
Brandon | February 2, 2009 10:54 AM
I got onboard with the persona series when persona 3 came out. I couldnt get enough it. I loved the storyline in p3 and in F.E.S. When i heard that there was a persona 4 coming, i got it as soon as i could. When i started playing the game i realized that it was very much so different from the other series. What i got from the game is that everyone is battling their inner demons you could say. When i reached the bath house dungeon, i was amased to see that the Kanji character was ashamed of his true self so much that he did his best to suppress it. Once you save Kanji from his self he then realizes that he needs to stop running from his self and except who he is as a person, even if that means being gay. I think in my opinion games like these are break throughs because games dont always have to be one way and dont have to follow the standard mold of man meets girl, man falls in love with girl etc etc... All in all great game.
Chanda | February 28, 2009 1:23 AM
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Hanabee Continues the Hakuoki Saga
In an announcement that should come as a surprise to no one, Hanabee have released news that they have acquired the rights to Hakuoki: Record of the Jade Blood. Record of the Jade Blood is the second season of the yet to be released Hakuoki.
In a positive sign, Hanabee have announced the release of a follow up season before the first has even been released. Whether this is a reflection on the number of pre-orders or merely an early strike by the Hanabee folks is anyone guess. One thing is for certain, however, they've very quickly become a force to be reckoned with in the Australian anime market.
Check out the full details after the jump!
An action adventure samurai tale set in Kyoto (based on historic events), about the kidnapping of a young woman’s father.
Release date 3rd April 2013.
Available for Pre-Orders on www.hanabee.com.au
Presented in dual languages: English & Japanese!
Based on the Hakuoki video game series for various PlayStation and Nintendo platforms.
War is upon them.
The Shinsengumi are still feeling the bitter effects of defeat, having been forced to flee to Edo. Broken, bruised and disillusioned, they are all struggling to find the motivation to continue the fight when their own Commander is injured from a gun wound and their own Vice-Commander is struggling to pick up the pieces to keep them fighting together.
But the Shinsengumi are nothing but loyal to a fault and against all odds they are always prepared to defend their honour and beliefs. But whatever the outcome, this war will ultimately mark the fall of one era and the start of another. The question however remains amongst the Shinsengumi just where do they belong in this new age…or even if they belong at all.
Clean opening & clean ending
If you enjoyed the first series, then the second is mandatory viewing…While most of the characters of Hakuouki Hekketsuroku inevitably come to a tragic end, this franchise is hardly a tragedy for its viewers, combining beautiful art with compelling historical drama. As with the preceding season, this will appeal mostly to female audiences rather than action fans. – THEM Anime Reviews
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Publisher: Random House (Audio) Date: June 2018
Duration: 11 hours 41 minutes
A shocking discovery on a honeymoon in paradise changes the lives of a picture-perfect couple in this taut psychological thriller debut—for readers of Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Shari Lapena.
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No one’s ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine.
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But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one.
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Written By: Gail Honeyman
Narrated By: Cathleen McCarron
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Duration: 11 hours 2 minutes
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The publishing event of 2018: Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s The President Is Missing is a superlative thriller . . . one that can really happen, and one that must not be missed.
The President Is Missing confronts a threat so huge that it jeopardizes not just Pennsylvania Avenue and Wall Street, but all of America. Uncertainty and fear grip the nation. There are whispers of cyberterror and espionage and a traitor in the Cabinet. Even the President himself becomes a suspect, and then he disappears from public view . . .
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Narrated By: Dennis Quaid
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
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‘I can’t even express how much I love this book! I didn’t want this story to end!’ –Reese Witherspoon
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For years, rumors of the ‘Marsh Girl’ have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life–until the unthinkable happens.
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Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance.
When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he’s not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong’s most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan’s hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia’s most privileged families and their rich people problems.
Written By: Kevin Kwan
Narrated By: Lydia Look
Publisher: Random House (Audio)
In James Patterson’s white-hot Western thriller, a Texan Ranger fights for his life, his freedom, and the town he loves as he investigates his ex-wife’s murder. Across the ranchlands and cities of his home state, Rory Yates’s discipline and law-enforcement skills have carried him far: from local highway patrolman to the honorable rank of Texas Ranger. He arrives in his hometown to find a horrifying crime scene and a scathing accusation: he is named a suspect in the murder of his ex-wife, Anne, a devoted teacher whose only controversial act was ending her marriage to a Ranger. In search of the killer, Yates plunges into the inferno of the most twisted and violent minds he’s ever encountered, vowing to never surrender. That code just might bring him out alive.
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On the eve of her wedding to Nicholas Young, heir to one of the greatest fortunes in Asia, Rachel should be over the moon. She has a flawless Asscher-cut diamond from JAR, a wedding dress she loves more than anything found in the salons of Paris, and a fiancé willing to sacrifice his entire inheritance in order to marry her. But Rachel still mourns the fact that her birthfather, a man she never knew, won’t be able to walk her down the aisle. Until: a shocking revelation draws Rachel into a world of Shanghai splendor beyond anything she has ever imagined. Here we meet Carlton, a Ferrari-crashing bad boy known for Prince Harry-like antics; Colette, a celebrity girlfriend chased by fevered paparazzi; and the man Rachel has spent her entire life waiting to meet: her father. Meanwhile, Singapore’s It Girl, Astrid Leong, is shocked to discover that there is a downside to having a newly minted tech billionaire husband. A romp through Asia’s most exclusive clubs, auction houses, and estates, China Rich Girlfriend brings us into the elite circles of Mainland China, introducing a captivating cast of characters, and offering an inside glimpse at what it’s like to be gloriously, crazily, China-rich.
An American Marriage: A Novel
Written By: Tayari Jones
Narrated By: Sean Crisden, Eisa Davis
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, herchildhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years, Roy’s conviction is suddenly overturned, and he returns to Atlanta ready to resume their life together. This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward-with hope and pain-into the future.
The Wife Between Us: A Novel
Written By: Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
Narrated By: Julia Whelan
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Date: January 2018
‘Julia Whelan reads the novel in her low, pleasant voice, moving down a register to capture Richard’s infuriating condescension and lightening slightly for the younger Emma. With its perfidious turns, this escapist entertainment is a fine example of the 21st century’s more cynical version of the O. Henry ending.’ – The Washington Post
From Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen comes the next hit audiobook thriller, an instant New York Times bestseller!
When you listen to this audiobook, you will make many assumptions.
You will assume you are listening to a story about a jealous ex-wife.
You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement – a beautiful, younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love.
You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle.
Assume nothing.
Twisted and deliciously chilling, The Wife Between Us exposes the secret complexities of an enviable marriage – and the dangerous truths we ignore in the name of love.
Listen for the truth between the lies.
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‘Addictive domestic thrillers with twist-filled plots and unreliable narrators are increasingly popular. Add in assumptions that should not be assumed, shape-shifting, surprising characters and a complex chronology, and you have a hint of what you’ll find in The Wife Between Us…All will be made clear, or perhaps not, as you listen to Julia Whelan’s tautly paced performance.’ – BookPage
“A clever thriller with masterful twists.” – Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Kept Woman
‘Readers who were enthralled by B.A. Paris’s Behind Closed Doors and Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl will love the skewed psychology and shifting perspectives in this domestic thriller.’ – Library Journal
‘A fiendishly clever romantic thriller in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train. This one will keep you guessing.’ -Anita Shreve, New York Times bestselling author of The Stars are Fire
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Brave goes where every Disney film has gone before
I’m an unabashed fan of mahou shojou as a genre in anime, but in American animation the trope of the oppressed girl who takes control of her own destiny has been done to death:
Ariel: follows her heart for true love despite overbearing father (and saves the day)
Belle: follows her heart for true love despite overbearing society (and lifts the curse)
Jasmine: follows her heart for true love despite overbearing law (and kicks some ass)
Pocahontas: follows her heart to save her people despite overbearing Clash of Civilizations (and gets the guy)
Mulan: follows her heart to save China despite overbearing culture (and gets the guy)
meanwhile, how do the Boys of Disney/Pixar fare?
Aladdin: lies about who he is, chases the girl, marries into royalty
Nemo: gets lost
Monsters Inc. and the Toy Story franchises meanwhile aren’t about boys at all – every character is basically an adult. It’s like a fantasy analogue to The Office.
The only two recent Disney stories with any real meaningful characters in them for boys are in Lion King and Brother Bear, and in both cases these are more about society and responsibility rather than any message about finding your own path. Cars doesn’t count, because it’s not about an ordinary “boy” it’s about Michael Freakin’ Jordan (note to storytellers: a superstar celebrity athlete has advantages that regular boys do not).
Ok, Ratatouille was sort of about that, but since it revolved around RATS and FOOD the message was kind of lost, especially since the boy in question had a rat (literally) pulling his strings (literally). And the boy in The Incredibles did have to come to terms with being Super but he had like 5 minutes of screen time, half of which was the admittedly awesome running-on-water-chuckle-in-amazement bit. Pinocchio was about the last movie from Disney that I can think of that had any kind of self-reliance and follow-dreams message, but that was decades ago.
And now we have Brave, Disney/Pixar’s latest:
The funny thing is that there’s all this antipathy towards Disney’s treatment of girls as forcing them into some kind of unhealthy self-image. I don’t see it at all, and believe me as the father of two young girls I am hyper-sensitive to it.
I’d just like to see a movie from Disney/Pixar for once where the main character is a young boy, who follows his heart and defies his own society and culture, and achieves something more than just mere personal happiness, but actually makes a difference.
Author Otaku-kunPosted on February 25, 2012 February 23, 2012 Categories Movies and TelevisionTags Disney, Pixar
6 thoughts on “Brave goes where every Disney film has gone before”
Steven Den Beste says:
Of course, it isn’t just Disney. The entire American entertainment industry has spent the last 20 years denigrating what are generally considered to be the traditional male virtues. There have been exceptions (e.g. “300”) but most movie males now are half-castrated wimps.
Otaku Kun says:
I think we are complaining about two different things, Steven – I don’t see any shortage of manly man men on screen, and in fact it’s the singular message sent by Hollywood: the ideal male is not an intelligent thinker or a responsible adult, but an oversized adolescent who thinks with his penis and his biceps and who is reward with the hot girl’s attention. I don’t know how many movies you watch but nearly all the big summer blockbusters – the ones most likely to be seen by impressionable young men – faithfully adhere to this mold. Look at the Transformers franchise, Fast and Furious, Bond films, all the recent Marvel franchise superhero flicks, etc.
However Hollywood does do it right when the big summer season has passed. The Harry Potter films and the new Batman films are good examples of honorable male role models who think their way out of their problems (but who do have a reserve of supernatural prowess to draw on when it counts, of course).
Thats Hollywood. But Disney is a different category – these are films aimed at children. The distinction is important, and in this regard my complaint is not that the male characters are “wimps” but that they are basically non-existent. They serve to service the plot, and the plot revolves around something other than their own character and growth and self-value. The contrast with the girls in Disney films is stark because the girls are all about self value and growth. I just want parity.
I really don’t agree that males are “wimps” in film. And I definitely don’t want an injection of testosterone into children’s animation, either.
Margot says:
um….did you not see UP?
Otaku-kun says:
See my next post:
http://www.haibane.info/2012/03/07/japanese-trailer-for-pixars-brave-has-a-mononoke-vibe/
While I agree that most Disney movies are geared toward young girls, they are only playing to their key audience. Most young boys want to see G.I. Joe type of movies which doesn’t really suit the Disney image.
By the way, I think you’re failing to remember “Meet the Robinsons” which had an orphan BOY question who he was and learn who he will become if he follows the right path.
Without even giving it any serious thought, I can think of The Sword in the Stone, The Rescuers Down Under, The Black Cauldron, Hercules, Bolt (an odd example but it fits), all of which feature a strong, central young male character. I’d argue even Tangled had a really strong male character in Flynn, who was as important as Rapunzel was.
The problem isn’t that Disney doesn’t have strong male characters, its just that they focus their brand almost exclusively towards the female audience, so only those characters get significant spotlight in ads and merchandise.
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ZEDD & LIAM PAYNE TEAM FOR “GET LOW”
Monica July 6, 2017
Zedd and Liam Payne has joined forces for the new track “Get Low.”
The cut follows the former One Direction singer’s solo debut track “Strip That Down,” and the German producer’s hit “Stay,” which features Alessia Cara.
“I’m super excited about that song, it’s the definition of a summer song to me personally,” Zedd told Beats 1. “The easiest way to describe it would be a Drake-ish influence sound but very open to do something that sounds unique and different which I love.”
“I think it’s a really good balance between where he’s going with his solo project and where I’m going with my own music,” he continued. “It’s right in between, without Liam I might’ve not have finished this song. He really pulled it towards the direction that I would not have and I love where It is. I would say it’s probably the most urban-ish influence song I’ve ever done, It’s insanely catchy and I feel like you’re gonna hate it after a while because it’s so catchy.”
Check out the new collaborative track below.
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In a vibrant city centre location next to the popular Mailbox complex, The Postbox offers modern, spacious 1 and 2-bedroom apartments. Birmingham New Street Rail Station is nearby.
Situated just behind The Mailbox Centre in Birmingham City Centre, Comfort Zone offers stylish apartments featuring a fully equipped kitchen and open-plan living room..
Train station: Five Ways (0.4 miles)
The Spires Birmingham
Located adjacent to the prestigious Mailbox, The Spires is a modern and stylish development in the heart of Birmingham..
Hotel Indigo Birmingham
With a unique modern exterior, the 4-star Hotel Indigo has a colourful retro décor and is less than 10 minutes' walk from Birmingham New Street Rail Station. Panoramic city views can be enjoyed from the 25th-floor Marco Pierre White restaurant.
Centenary Apartment - Birmingham
Located 400 metres from Broad Street and 400 metres from The ICC-Birmingham, Centenary Apartment - Birmingham offers accommodation in Birmingham. The property is 400 metres from Brindleyplace and free private parking is offered.
Aparthotel Adagio Birmingham City Centre
Offering a free fitness centre, Aparthotel Adagio Birmingham City Centre is located 200 metres from the Bullring Shopping Centre. Free WiFi is accessible throughout, and parking is available near to the property.
Train station: Birmingham Moor Street (0.1 miles)
Premier Inn Birmingham Broad Street -
In a superb city centre location, on the canal side, just 10 minutes' walk from Birmingham New Street Railway Station, the hotel offers comfortable, great-value rooms and limited free parking..
Staying Cool At Rotunda, Birmingham -
These hip, chic and boutique serviced apartments have stunning views from the 2nd, 18th, 19th and 20th floors of the iconic, restored 1960s Rotunda in Central Birmingham, just 3 minutes from New Street Station..
In the vibrant Irish Quarter, Paragon Hotel is just a 15-minute walk from Birmingham's centre and a 25-minute walk from The Bullring shopping centre. This impressive Grade II Victorian hotel offers traditional home-cooked food and free WiFi.
Macdonald Burlington Hotel
This 4-star Victorian hotel in the heart of the city centre is only a 2-minute walk from New Street Station. The grand architecture is blended with contemporary chic décor, and guests can enjoy the Macdonald Burlington's own cocktail bar.
Cutlass Court
Situated 100 metres from Broad Street and 200 metres from Brindleyplace, Cutlass Court offers accommodation in Birmingham. The apartment is 300 metres from The ICC-Birmingham.
Feel At Home, Birmingham City Centre,
Situated in Birmingham, Feel At Home, Birmingham City Centre, New Street offers self-catering accommodation with free WiFi. The unit is 400 metres from Bullring Shopping Centre.
Britannia Hotel Birmingham
The Birmingham Britannia Hotel is opposite Birmingham New Street Station. It offers rooms with baths and showers, Jenny's Restaurant, where you can see the chef's at work, and Harvey's Bar.
City Quarters at Burne Jones House
This historic building with private roof terrace is within one minute's walk of New Street Station, Colmore Row, the Bullring Shopping Centre and Selfridges. The Grade II listed building has been converted into a range of unique serviced apartments.
In Birmingham's centre, this modern 4-star hotel offers a luxury health spa with a pool and gym. Elegant rooms each have a flat-screen TV and there is a stylish restaurant and bar.
Jurys Inn Birmingham
This modern Jurys Inn is in Birmingham city centre, within 150 metres of the International Convention Centre and the Barclaycard Arena. It has a bar, a restaurant, a coffee bar, and free Wi-Fi in all areas.
Novotel Birmingham Centre
In Birmingham's lively centre, the stylish Novotel has a modern fitness centre, spacious bedrooms and a stylish restaurant. The Bullring Shopping Centre is a 20-minute walk away.
Distance from location: 0.7 miles
Staybridge Suites Birmingham
Offering a fitness centre, Staybridge Birmingham is located in Birmingham city centre. Free Wi-Fi access is available.
Park Regis Birmingham
Situated on Broad Street in Birmingham, Park Regis Birmingham features free WiFi access, a gym and a business centre. The hotel also boasts a spa, 2 restaurants and a cocktail lounge.
Premier Inn Birmingham City - Waterloo
Premier Inn Birmingham City (Waterloo St) has a central location 0.5 miles from New Street and Snow Hill train stations.
Train station: Birmingham Snow Hill (0.2 miles)
Birmingham Central Backpackers
Located in Birmingham's city centre, the Central Backpackers is just a 1-minute walk from the National Express Coach Station and the Bull Ring shopping centre is only 5 minutes' walk away..
Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindley Place
With a prestigious location at Brindley Place, just off Broad Street, the 4-star Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham offers omplimentary WiFi throughout..
Set in the heart of Birmingham's commercial district, Birmingham Marriott Hotel offers stylish 4-star accommodation, close to the ICC, NIA and shopping districts. There is good access to rail links and Wi-Fi is free in public areas.
Birmingham Serviced Apartments LTD
No 1. Hagley Road Apartments offers accommodation in Birmingham.
Hotel du Vin Birmingham
Just 10 minutes walk from The Bullring Shopping Centre, this elegant and modern hotel features rooms with Egyptian linen and plasma-screen TVs. There is an idyllic hidden courtyard, a French bistro, and a relaxing spa.
ibis Styles Birmingham Centre
This ibis Styles boasts a central Birmingham location, just 15 minutes' walk from the Bull Ring shopping centre. A free Continental Breakfast is provided and there is free Wi-Fi throughout.
Sherborne Wharf
Sherborne Wharf is situated in Birmingham, 300 metres from Broad Street. Brindleyplace is 300 metres away.
Hotel La Tour Birmingham
The 4-star Hotel La Tour Birmingham is just a 5-minute walk from the Bullring Shopping Centre. It serves modern food in its stylish restaurant.
City Nites Birmingham
These stylish modern apartments are in Birmingham city centre, 150 metres from the Barclaycard Arena (NIA) and just over 5 minutes' walk from the International Convention Centre (ICC), also known as Symphony Hall..
Train station: Jewellery Quarter (0.5 miles)
The High Field Town House
Situated in Birmingham, 1.1 km from Broad Street, The High Field Town House boasts a restaurant and free WiFi throughout the property.
Staycity Aparthotels Newhall Square
Featuring free WiFi, Staycity Aparthotels Newhall Square is located an 11-minute walk from from Birmingham New Street Train Station. The ICC-Birmingham is situated 500 metres from the property.
ROC Apartments - Amber
ROC Apartments - Amber offers accommodation in Birmingham, 700 metres from The ICC-Birmingham. The unit is 900 metres from Birmingham NIA.
Distance from location: 1 miles
The Edgbaston Boutique Hotel
Featuring free WiFi throughout the property, The Edgbaston Boutique Hotel is set in Birmingham, 1.1 km from Broad Street.
Stay Apartments
Stay Apartments offers accommodation in Birmingham. The ICC-Birmingham is 500 metres from the property.
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham-Snow Hill
Situated in the heart of Birmingham, the Holiday Inn Express Birmingham - Snow Hill offers an onsite bar restaurant and free Wi-Fi throughout. Birmingham Snow Hill? Railway Station is just 7 minutes' walk away.
Saint Pauls House
Saint Pauls House offers accommodation in Birmingham. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar.
The Jewellery Suites Birmingham
Located in Birmingham, The Jewellery Suites offers a self-catering apartment with free WiFi access throughout and on-site private parking free of charge. St Paul's Square with the St Paul's Church is located 100 metres from the property.
Hatters Birmingham Hostel
In Birmingham's thriving Jewellery Quarter, this modern hostel offers fun accommodation with free breakfast and free WiFi in all areas. It has a lively atmosphere with bright common areas, including a shared kitchen and a TV lounge with a library.
Bloc Hotel Birmingham
Offering ultra-modern décor, the Bloc hotel's rooms are inspired by Japanese space-saving design. Set in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham's cultural heart, its rooms each have free WiFi and a flat-screen TV.
Hub Apartment
Hub Apartment is just 5 minutes' walk from Birmingham's Snow Hill Railway Station. This modern apartment opens onto a balcony with city views.
Hotel at Conference Aston
A 10-minute walk from Birmingham city centre, Hotel at Conference Aston is set within quiet landscaped campus grounds. It features free Wi-Fi and en suite bedrooms, each with a TV.
Hampton by Hilton Birmingham City North
Situated in the Jewellery Quarter, close to St Paul's Tram Station and 10 minutes' walk from Birmingham city centre, Hampton by Hilton Birmingham City North features an on-site fitness centre, free Wi-Fi and a 24-hour front desk..
Manu's Place Apartment
Manu's Place Apartment is situated in Birmingham, 1.3 km from Broad Street and 1.
Metalworks By UR STAY Apartments
Metalworks By UR STAY Apartments is located in Birmingham, 800 metres from Birmingham NIA. The ICC-Birmingham is 1 km away.
venuebirmingham, University of Birmingham Conference Park
The Conference Park Hotel is part of the venuebirmingham portfolio of conference venues and services, located at the historic University of Birmingham..
Train station: University (0.4 miles)
Hallmark Birmingham Strathallan
The Hallmark Birmingham Strathallan offers a modern, 4-star experience only 5 minutes' drive from Birmingham city centre, with access to all main roads..
Premier Inn Birmingham Central - Hagley
Located on the edge of the city, just minutes from the Bullring and Selfridges, this Premier Inn is ideal for concerts at the NIA or celebrations on Broad Street. Queen Elizabeth Hospital is located less than 2 miles away.
The Birmingham Hotel
Just 3 km from the city centre, this hotel offers ample free parking and good-value rooms. There is good access to major motorways.
Train station: Small Heath (0.2 miles)
The Collection Hotel Birmingham is just 2 miles from the International Convention Centre and Bullring Shopping Centre. It boasts elegant rooms with free Wi-Fi and marble bathrooms and a modern bar and restaurant.
The Edgbaston Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel is in Edgbaston and has easy access to Birmingham city centre, 2.5 miles away.
Prime Lodge
With free parking, Prime Lodge offers budget rooms, laundry facilities and a lounge just a 5-minute journey from Birmingham city centre. Buses to the city stop outside.
Train station: Duddeston (0.3 miles)
Eaton Hotel
Located 2 miles from Birmingham city centre, Eaton Hotel features free private parking and free Wi-Fi. A flat-screen LCD TV, private bathroom and tea/coffee making facilities are featured in all rooms at The Eaton.
Awentsbury Hotel near Birmingham University
Close to Birmingham University, this Victorian house offers accommodation 4 km from Birmingham city centre and has easy access to the NEC. Awentsbury Hotel is set in quiet grounds in Selly Park and has a private vintage car collection.
Zebra Lodge Birmingham
Zebra Lodge Birmingham offers accommodation in Birmingham, right next to the Soho House Museum and within a 7-minute drive from the Jewellery Quarter. Each room includes a flat-screen TV.
Woodlands Hotel
Edgbaston,
Just over 1 mile from Birmingham city centre, Woodlands Hotel offers free WiFi and provides a full English breakfast each morning. Set in the leafy suburbs of Edgbaston, there is free parking on site.
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Star City
With free parking, a café bar and large, air-conditioned rooms, this modern Holiday Inn Express Star City is just off the M6. There is easy road access to Birmingham city centre, 2.
Train station: Aston (0.7 miles)
Hotel Dinara
Around 4 miles west of Birmingham, Hotel Dinara in Smethwick is a 2-minute drive from the Hagley Road route into the city centre. Also on a direct bus route, the hotel offers en suite rooms and has a bar, free WiFi and free parking.
Train station: Smethwick Galton Bridge (1.4 miles)
The Avenue Club and Lodge
Featuring free WiFi, The Avenue Club and Lodge is set in Birmingham, 2 km from University of Birmingham. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar.
Train station: Selly Oak (1.1 miles)
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham–South A45
The Holiday Inn Express Birmingham–South A45 is set on one of Birmingham's main arterial roads, with great connections to the centre, Birmingham International Airport and The National Exhibition Centre..
Train station: Tyseley (0.8 miles)
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Set within 10 acres of peaceful gardens and woodland, the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre features free Wi-Fi throughout and free parking. It is just 5 miles from central Birmingham and boasts modern conference facilities and learning courses.
Situated within Hall Green Greyhound Stadium, The Lodge Hotel offers free parking and free racing passes. Just 15 minutes' drive from Birmingham centre, there is also a cosy bar and Wi-Fi access.
Train station: Hall Green (0.3 miles)
Wyrley House
Set in Birmingham in the West Midlands Region, 1.1 km from Villa Park, Wyrley House features a terrace and hot tub.
Train station: Perry Barr (0.9 miles)
Elston Guest House
Elston Guest House is located 4 miles from the centre of Birmingham. It offers bed and breakfast accommodation, free WiFi in public areas and free parking.
Train station: Stechford (0.8 miles)
The Beeches
Bournville,
Set in the suburbs of Bournville, The Beeches was originally built by the Cadbury family in the 1900s and is only 15 minutes' drive from Birmingham's vibrant city centre..
Train station: Bournville (0.2 miles)
Birmingham Best Inn
Just a 15-minute drive from Birmingham city centre, Birmingham Best Inn has a traditional restaurant, free on-site parking and free Wi-Fi throughout. The M5 motorway is a 5-minute drive away.
Train station: Smethwick Rolfe Street (0.7 miles)
A 2-minute drive from the M6 motorway and 10 minutes' drive from Birmingham city centre, Park Hotel offers free Wi-Fi, free parking and homely shared areas. Guests can relax in the Park Hotel's lounge, which has a large flat-screen TV and sofas.
Quality Hotel Birmingham South/NEC
Conveniently located less than 6 miles from the NEC and Birmingham Airport, the Quality Hotel Birmingham Airport/NEC is a 2-minute walk from Acocks Green Train Station. It offers free parking and free Wi-Fi throughout.
Train station: Acocks Green (0.0 miles)
Atholl Lodge
Located just 16 minutes' drive south of Birmingham, Atholl Lodge is a three-storey Edwardian House with free Wi-Fi and free on-site parking..
Central Guest House
Close to all local facilities, this small, family-run guest house is 4 miles from Birmingham city centre and New Street Station. This home-from-home is also just 4 miles from the National Exhibition Centre.
Innkeeper's Lodge Birmingham - West ,
Quinton, Birmingham,
Offering free parking less than 15 minutes' drive from Birmingham's centre, Innkeeper's Lodge Birmingham (West), Quinton includes an on-site Toby Carvery restaurant. Cadbury World is 15 minutes away by car.
Premier Inn Birmingham South - Hall
With free parking and good road links into central Birmingham, this Premier Inn hotel has family-friendly en suite rooms and a Toby Carvery restaurant. The Premier Inn Birmingham South (Hall Green) is away from the stress of Birmingham city centre.
Train station: Yardley Wood (0.8 miles)
Rollason Wood Hotel
With free Wi-Fi, family-owned Rollason Wood Hotel is set 4 miles from Birmingham's bustling centre, and 10 minutes' drive from Aston Villa FC. It has an on-site bar, restaurant and a games room.
Train station: Gravelly Hill (0.5 miles)
Studio Restaurant & Lodge
Halesowen Quinton,
Studio Restaurant & Lodge offers pet-friendly accommodation in Halesowen. Guests can enjoy the on-site restaurant.
Park Inn by Radisson Birmingham West,
West Bromwich,
Adjacent to the M5 motorway, and within 10 minutes' drive of the M6, M40 and M42, this hotel is only 4 miles from Birmingham city centre. It provides stylish rooms, free parking and a modern health club.
Train station: The Hawthorns (0.8 miles)
The Tudor Court Hotel
Solihull,
Dating back to the 19th century, this family-run hotel is situated in the West Midlands. It offers free parking on site, and has a 24-hour porter and free Wi-Fi throughout the building.
Train station: Olton (0.4 miles)
Leaded Light Guest House
A 10-minute walk from Olton Rail Station, Leaded Light Guest House offers traditional rooms and a landscaped garden. There is free Wi-Fi and free parking on site.
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham - Castle
This modern hotel is just off junction 5 of the M6 motorway, 8.4 miles from Birmingham International Airport and the NEC.
The Hare & Five Hounds Hotel
Near the M5 and M6 motorways, and less than 5 miles from Birmingham city centre, The Hare and Five Hounds features modern en suite rooms with free Wi-Fi, a DVD player and plasma-screen TV..
Train station: Sandwell & Dudley (1.4 miles)
Castle Bromwich Hall Hotel
This historically listed, 16th-century manor house is set in its own beautiful landscaped gardens, just off the M6 and 15 minutes' drive from Birmingham. There is free Wi-Fi and free parking on site.
Ramada Birmingham Oldbury M5 J2
Birmingham,West Midlands,
Just 600 metres from the M5 motorway, the Ramada Birmingham Oldbury Hotel offers free parking, free Wi-Fi and air-conditioned rooms. The hotel has a bar and restaurant.
Train station: Langley Green (0.7 miles)
Clover Spa and Hotel
Clover Spa and Hotel boasts a fully equipped European-style spa, where clothing is optional. This naturist-friendly hotel is 10 minute's drive from Birmingham city centre, which is home to a variety of nightlife, restaurants, and shopping.
Train station: Chester Road (0.4 miles)
Birmingham Great Barr Hotel
The Birmingham Great Barr Hotel is located just 20 minutes from the centre of Birmingham in the leafy suburb of Great Barr. Free Wi-Fi is accessible throughout the hotel and free parking is available on site.
Train station: Tame Bridge Parkway (1.1 miles)
Broad Oaks B&B
Situated in central Solihull, the modern family-run Broad Oaks B&B offers free Wi-Fi throughout and free onsite parking. The city of Birmingham is just 8 miles away.
Train station: Solihull (0.4 miles)
Ramada Birmingham/Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield,
Set in its own spacious grounds overlooking a picturesque lake, Ramada Birmingham/Sutton Coldfield is just 15 minutes' drive from Drayton Manor. Free parking is available, and Birmingham Airport is a 20-minute drive away.
Holiday Inn Birmingham M6 J7
Offering 7 acres of landscaped grounds, free parking and easy motorway access, this hotel sits on the edge of a green belt, 11 km north of central Birmingham..
Train station: Hamstead (1.7 miles)
Less than 5 minutes' walk from Solihull Rail Station, this bed and breakfast offers free private parking. Full English breakfasts are served in the light and stylish dining room and free Wi-Fi access is available.
The St John's Hotel
Located in the centre of Solihull and just 5 miles from Birmingham International Airport, The St John's Hotel features a modern health and fitness centre, private parking and an on-site restaurant..
Village Hotel Solihull
Village Hotel Solihull is a sleek and stylish hotel with a contemporary black box design. It offers uber-chic accommodation, free WiFi throughout, and a choice of dining options.
Train station: Whitlock's End (1.1 miles)
Premier Inn Solihull Town Centre
Located in the heart of Solihull, Premier Inn Solihull Town Centre is opposite the Touchwood Shopping Centre, just a 6-minute walk from Solihull Rail Station. The non-smoking hotel has a 24-hour reception and luggage storage facilities.
Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport
The Holiday Inn Birmingham is within 1 mile of the Birmingham NEC Genting Arena, and Birmingham International Airport and Train Station..
Train station: Birmingham International (1.3 miles)
The White House Quality B&B Near
The White House is a quality bed and breakfast within 2 miles of Birmingham NEC and Birmingham Airport. It has free Wi-Fi and good access to the local rail network.
Train station: Marston Green (0.3 miles)
Holiday Inn Solihull
Set in the heart of Solihull and just 5 miles from the NEC and Birmingham Airport, this hotel is located 1 miles from the M42 Junction 5 and easy to reach from all over the UK..
Train station: Widney Manor (0.4 miles)
Ramada Solihull, Birmingham
In the centre of Solihull, The Ramada Solihull Birmingham offers an on-site restaurant, traditional bar and free leisure passes, and is one of the oldest Tudor inns in England..
Gables Bed and Breakfast
Gables Bed and Breakfast is located a 5-minute drive from Birmingham Airport. With ample free parking, the family-run bed and breakfast is set within its own landscaped gardens.
Arden House
Arden House is situated just 2 km from Birmingham International Airport, and offers boutique-style rooms featuring minibars with complimentary soft drinks and snacks. There is free Wi-Fi and free private parking.
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News ID: 238905
Published: 0343 GMT February 15, 2019
Zarif: Iran doesn’t trust Trump in any talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif dismissed the idea of renegotiating the landmark 2015 Iran nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump pulled out of it in May and snapped backed sanctions in Iran.
In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with NBC News on Friday, Zarif said Iran is not open to revisiting the deal which was aimed to put limits on the country's nuclear program in exchange for lifting the sanctions.
Zarif said Iran isn't interested in sitting down with Trump, saying: "Why should we negotiate? ... Why should we trust President Trump that he would abide by his own signature?"
Zarif said Iran spent years negotiating the nuclear agreement with the US and other world powers.
He said he saw no reason to do this because the original agreement was so complex and painstakingly negotiated.
"The nuclear deal was the result of 13 years of negotiations," he said. "We produced not the two-page document that President Trump signed with the chairman of North Korea but a 150-page document," he added, referring to Trump's accord with North Korea's Kim Jong-un last year that was widely criticized for being too brief and vague.
Zarif pointed to agreements the Trump administration has pulled out of, such as the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty, the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Paris Climate Agreement.
"You name it, they've withdrawn from it," he said.
The Trump administration withdrawal from the agreement last year, put the US at odds with European leaders and independent watchdogs who say Iran is complying with its terms.
Zarif's comments came before an annual security conference in Munich that brings together more than 30 heads of state and government and 80 defense and foreign ministers.
Vice President Mike Pence, who will head the US delegation to the Munich conference, accused Britain, France and Germany on Thursday of trying to "break" American sanctions on Iran and called on them to withdraw from the nuclear deal with Tehran.
That could set the stage for frank exchanges in Munich. Zarif is attending the meeting, along with top-level diplomats from Russia and China — as well as senior officials from the three European nations that want to preserve the nuclear deal. Chancellor Angela Merkel is leading Germany's delegation to the conference.
‘Suicidal’ act
Elsewhere in the interview, Zarif warned the US and its allies that it would be "suicidal" to start a war with Iran, accusing Washington of having a "pathological obsession" with his country.
He said that the "same gang" behind the 2003 Iraq War are" at it again" in pushing for war with his country.
"I'm not saying President Trump's administration, I'm saying people in President Trump’s administration are trying to create the same eventuality and I believe they will fail," he said.
Still, he said he hoped "some sense will prevail" but warned that "people will find out that it's suicidal to engage in a war with Iran."
On Iran's missile program, Zarif confirmed that his country had suffered two failed attempts to launch satellites over the past two months. He said it was possible this was because of a sabotage campaign by the US as suggested by a New York Times report this week.
He said that Iran had already been investigating these failures but was now "looking into the specifics" because of the story in The Times.
"It's quite possible. We don't know yet," he said of a possible US sabotage campaign. "We need to look into it very carefully."
AP contributed to this story.
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Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire
Salisbury Plain is 300 square miles of chalk plateau in central southern England. The actual area known as Salisbury Plain has never been established but most of it lies in Wiltshire with just a small section in Hampshire . Salisbury Plain is part of the Southern England Chalk Formation that includes both the North Downs and South Downs .
Around half of the plain is given over to military use and is not open to public access. This lack of accessibility, plus the existence of two National Nature Reserves, helps to make the plain a wildlife haven. In 2003 the Great Bustard was released onto Salisbury Plain as part of a plan to reintroduce it to Britain.
Large parts of Salisbury Plain are either MOD land or farmland, and so the area is very sparsely populated. Salisbury is associated with the plain, even though it is actually beyond the southern edge. Amesbury is the largest town, although with fewer than 10,000 citizens it isn't a major town by any means. There are a number of small villages on the plain including Tilshead, Chitterne and Shrewton, as well as some army camps. Two major roads cross the plain. The A303 road runs along the southern edge while the A360 cuts across the centre from north to south.
The plain hasn't always been so empty. In the Neolithic period man began to settle on the plain. Large long barrows like White Barrow and other earthworks were built all across Salisbury Plain. By 2500 BC, several areas around Durrington Walls and Stonehenge had become a focus for building, and the southern part of the plain continued to be settled into the Bronze Age.
Stonehenge , which lies near to the A303 and Amesbury, is the most famous feature of Salisbury Plain. The monument is thought to have been erected around 2500 BC and nowadays is host to a constant stream of visitors from all over the world. There is a car park and visitors centre at Stonehenge.
Wiltshire has more than 7,500 paths for walkers and cyclists. One of them, the Wiltshire Cycleway, threads its way through quiet country lanes and passes many of the county's most attractive places. The full route is 160 miles long but a network of shorter loops give a wide choice of distance and terrain. The Wiltshire Cycleway can offer everything from a leisurely afternoon cycle ride to a long distance cycle route lasting several days.
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In previous times, writers like Joan Didion and Walker Percy anticipated a looming disintegration of American life and culture that never quite came to pass. What we got instead was global warming and the natural and technological disasters we have come to know all too well. Hurricanes, floods and oil spills have had a bracing effect on the art of Krista Jurasich, whose flair for reconfiguring chaos into distinctive collages and mixed media concoctions is evident in works like Round Town, top, even as she takes a socially critical turn in works like Pass the Buck (Hell Money), left. Here the eyes of corporate and institutional agencies are everywhere, but the clowns of chaos run rampant as monetary malfeasance and militant idiocy go high tech and ordinary folks have to scramble just to keep up. Similarly, Dipstick /Slick depicts a kind of Aquarium of the Americas scene where deep sea monsters, test tubes, corporate clowns and consumer products share space with the fish. These works comprise an eloquent sequel to Jurisich's pictorial quilt-like tapestries inspired by the post-Katrina flood devastation and the subsequent resurrection of the city and its culture while suggesting that states of emergency may be becoming the new American way of life.
Although every New Orleanian experienced a Katrina odyssey of sorts, Justin Forbes lived first hand what many only saw on TV. After long days in the Superdome, he and his girlfriend ended up in Denton, Texas, where they made a new life and got “right with God.” If his pre-K paintings resembled an insider's view of hipster life not unlike a localized update of Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD, the work in this new show is similar yet somehow different. The crazies and riffraff that populate his paintings are much the same, but it no longer feels like an insider perspective. Here a sense of new beginnings is palpable, and it will be interesting to see where this new odyssey takes him. ~Bookhardt
The Theatre of Cultural Strata: Mixed Media Works by Krista Jurisich, Through May 2
Halcyon Days: Paintings by Justin Forbes, Through May 8
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, 400A Julia St., 522-5471; www.jonathanferraragallery.com
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Le Bodo, Y., De Wals, P. (2018). Soda Taxes: The Importance of Analysing Policy Processes; Comment on “The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivising Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behaviours”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(5), 470-473. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.126
Yann Le Bodo; Philippe De Wals. "Soda Taxes: The Importance of Analysing Policy Processes; Comment on “The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivising Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behaviours”". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7, 5, 2018, 470-473. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.126
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Le Bodo, Y., De Wals, P. Soda Taxes: The Importance of Analysing Policy Processes; Comment on “The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivising Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behaviours”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2018; 7(5): 470-473. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.126
Soda Taxes: The Importance of Analysing Policy Processes; Comment on “The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivising Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behaviours”
Article 13, Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2018, Page 470-473 PDF (417 K)
Yann Le Bodo 1, 2; Philippe De Wals1, 3
1Evaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention (EPOP), Quebec Heart and Lung University Institute Research Center – Laval University (Université Laval), Quebec City, QC, Canada
2Faculty of Nursing, Laval University (Université Laval), Quebec City, QC, Canada
3Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University (Université Laval), Quebec City, QC, Canada
Sarah A. Roache and Lawrence O. Gostin’s recent editorial comprehensively presents soda taxation rationales from a public health perspective. While we essentially agree that soda taxes are gaining momentum, this commentary expands upon the need for a better understanding of the policy processes underlying their development and implementation. Indeed, the umbrella concept of soda taxation actually covers a diversity of objectives and mechanisms, which may not only condition the feasibility and acceptability of a proposal, but also alter its impact. We briefly highlight some conditions that may have influenced soda tax policy processes and why further theory-driven case studies may be instructive.
Soda Tax; Sugar; Food and Nutrition; Policy Process; Health Promotion
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USCIS Guidance on DACA Renewal Requests Affected by Mail Service Issues
Magazine, Immigration USCIS Alert
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received reports that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has identified USPS mail service delays that affected a number of DACA renewal requests. Because the DACA policy has been rescinded and individuals can no longer request deferred action under DACA, and in light of the mail service delays identified by USPS, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke has directed USCIS to accept DACA renewal requests from individuals who resubmit their DACA renewal request with individualized proof that the request was originally mailed in a timely manner and that the cause for receipt after the Oct. 5, 2017, deadline was the result of USPS mail service error. Affected DACA requestors who do not have such proof may contact USPS, which will review the cases on an individual basis and provide a letter if appropriate. USCIS will not accept requests that do not include individualized proof that the request was originally mailed in a timely manner to be received by the October 5 deadline, and that the cause for receipt after the Oct. 5, 2017, deadline was the result of USPS mail service error.
In addition, USCIS had discovered certain cases in which the DACA requests were received at the designated filing location (e.g., at the applicable P.O. Box) by the filing deadline, but were rejected. USCIS will proactively reach out to those DACA requestors to inform them that they may resubmit their DACA request. If a DACA requestor does not receive such a notification and believes that his or her DACA request was received at the designated filing location by the filing deadline, he or she may resubmit his or her DACA request with proof that the request was previously received at the designated filing location on or before the filing deadline.
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By Rhiannon Taylor, September 2017
Austin has soul, there's no doubt about it and it's the kind of city that gets under your skin. After one visit you'll want to include it as a must-stop on every visit you plan to the USA as you would Los Angeles or New York. Despite being able to drive from one end of town to the other in about 15 minutes, there's an abundance of food, music, local artisans and Texan hospitality that makes it feel like one of the USA's most culturally rich cities. It's the kind of city where having no plans can be magic as you'll no doubt meet locals and end up finding hidden gems. However, here are our picks on how to do Austin.
La Barbecue - Ask any Texan and they'll say the know where the "best" barbecue is. However in Austin, publications and public opinion hold La Barbecue in the highest esteem. And for good reason - the ribs and brisket here have the perfect balance of smoke, sweetness and tenderness. The local supermarket takes your drink orders while you wait in the queue (expect 1.5 hours during lunch time), so it's makes the wait bearable. https://www.labarbecue.com
Franklin Barbecue - Probably the most famous barbecue joint from Texas known around the globe. The queues here can start at 6am to be served by lunchtime. It's one of those places you need to do just once. https://franklinbbq.com
Terry Black's - If you don't want to queue up at some of the more hip barbecue joints, head to Terry Black's. We had some of our favourite barbecue meat here, especially the ribs. It's served canteen style where you help yourself to bread, pickles and salad and you can even pop out back for a pit tour. It's reasonably priced too. http://www.terryblacksbbq.com
Hillside Farmacy - You could come here just for the decor - brass cabinets filled with vintage apothecary bottles and knick knacks line the cafe while diner stools sit aptly along a mirrored bar. The food is good too - classics like mac and cheese and battered fish and chips are real winners and check out their happy hour for half price entrees. http://hillsidefarmacy.com
Mattie's - Located in a swoon-worth 19th century home surrounded by plush gardens, Mattie's is a gorgeous restaurant serving up comfort-food favourites. Fried chicken, pancakes and french toast are all home-style and really wickedly-good. http://mattiesaustin.com
Ranch 616 - This is an Austin institution serving up ranch-style food that is a local secret. You're guaranteed to have a good time, seven days a week with tequila specials and a vibey outdoor terrace with great music. The menu is designed for sharing with dishes such as overflowing vegetable platters served with moorish house-made ranch dressing and quail and lamb chops grilled to succulent perfection. Save room for dessert - the pies here are to die for. http://theranch616.com
Junes All Day - This swanky cafe is located in Austin's trendy South Congress district and has a Parisian-style interior with a classic menu featuring favourites such as Nicoise Salad and Matzo Ball Caldo (soup). This is a great spot for lunch, with street-side dining along South Congress. http://junesallday.com
My Name is Joe - Hidden in a garage, this coffee stop is served out of a parked airstream. My Name is Joe helps those in the community who are reforming their lives from drug and alcohol addiction by employing and giving them a skill. It's a great initiative and they serve up great coffee and small bites. http://mynameisjoe.com
Rainey Street - This is quite possibly the coolest strip in Austin. Quaint houses-turned-bars line the street with twinkling lights and it really starts buzzing after 8pm. There's plenty of food trucks dotted about and of course, live music. http://www.raineystreetbars.com
6th Street - This may seem the obvious thing to do in Austin, but don't confuse it's touristy fame with being a tourist trap. 6th Street is always buzzing and it's a great way to see live music from both household names (Adele played a set unannounced recently) and undiscovered talent. Strolling along from the top end of the street to the bottom is bound to having yous stopping along the way, indulging in an evening tipple and stumbling across some great tunes. https://6street.com
South Congress Avenue - We could list all the boutique cafes and stores along SoCo but there's just too many. Set aside an afternoon and stroll the street. You'll find bespoke made jewelry, vintage western shirts, candy stores, Allen's infamous boot store and plenty of hip food joints - it's one of our favourite parts in Austin. https://www.austintexas.org/listings/south-congress-avenue-(soco)/4359/
Barton Springs Pool - If you're visiting in Summer cool off at Barton Springs Pool. This natural pool has an average temperature of 68-70 degrees Fahrenheit all year round and is pretty much open from sunrise to sunset. https://austintexas.gov/department/barton-springs-pool
The Contemporary - The Laguna Gloria location of The Contemporary has some great public art and views overlooking Austin. Stroll around in the gardens for a relaxing afternoon. https://www.thecontemporaryaustin.org
The Texas State Capitol Building - Not many know Austin is the capitol of Texas, so pop in to the Capitol Building and have a wander. The attention to detail is incredible and there's a lot of history to the space, including some original portraiture of the Bush family.
Lady Bird Lake and Hike Trail - If you're keen to get outside and get active this trail has ten miles of running and bike tracks around Ladybird Lake. It's a go-to for local fitness enthusiasts. https://www.austintexas.org/listings/ann-and-roy-butler-hike-and-bike-trail-and-boardwalk-at-lady-bird-lake/4369/
Hotel Saint Cecilia - This place is so hip, even the locals flock to Hotel Saint Cecilia for stay-cations. The space is cool, the service is charming and there's an exclusive private pool for those hot Summer days. http://hotelsaintcecilia.com
Hotel Van Zandt - Kimpton really got this property right when they set up on the uber-cool area of Rainey Street. The hotel is modern with small touches like vintage vinyl's on the wall throughout the hotel to remind you that you're in Austin. There's a slick rooftop pool which is a great spot to catch sunset before heading out. http://www.hotelvanzandt.com
South Congress Hotel - This is a dreamy hotel that is light filled and always buzzing. Located on South Congress Avenue, it's location is stella and has a fab in-house cafe with artisan baked goods and comfort food. https://southcongresshotel.com
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Jewish World Review December 20, 2013 / 17 Teves, 5774
Put Some Clothes On
By Linda Chavez
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | I saw one at the airport on Monday and then another in the elevator on Wednesday. I see them on the street, at coffee shops around town, often at the grocery. Now Obamacare supporters have adopted one as the face of their new public relations campaign.
I'm speaking of adults of both sexes and all ages — though the style seems to be most popular among those under 30 — who can't be bothered to change out of their pajamas when they go out in public. The latest entry into the fashion craze is Pajama Boy, the now infamous, plaid-clad twerp pushing Obamacare on Twitter. At least Pajama Boy is dressed in his onesie only in cyberspace, not sitting on an airplane at four o'clock in the afternoon.
I don't know what irritates me most about this phenomenon. Is it the lack of simple decorum? Or is it the infantilization of our popular culture?
The first time I saw a young woman wearing PJs in public, I assumed she was mentally ill or homeless or both. The flimsy cotton bottoms looked like they'd been lifted from the local hospital and were held up by a tattered drawstring. But she had enough money to order a venti Frappuccino at Starbucks and sit sipping it in her T-shirt and pajama bottoms at a suburban mall. That was a few years ago, and since then the trend seems to have accelerated.
What exactly are these sartorially challenged young people saying? For one, "I make my own rules."
Granted, it is only convention that says we wear one type of clothing for one purpose — sleeping, lounging around before we go to bed — and another for a different purpose — shopping, traveling across country, going to the office. But convention matters.
Humans make rules that govern behavior. (Actually, all species do; ours are simply more numerous and elaborate.) Without those rules, we'd have not only anarchy, but shorter, less pleasant, more dangerous lives.
One of the ways we transmit signals about how to behave is through dress. If we walk into a room full of men and women in formal attire, we don't start doing jumping jacks or get down on the floor for yoga exercises. We don't think it odd to see bikinis on the beach, but we would be shocked to see them in the boardroom. Conventions differ between cultures and change over time, but no society, even the most liberal, dispenses with all conventions.
We've gone from blue jeans in the workplace to pajamas at the mall. What's next? It's hard to imagine we could become more casual in our attire than we already are, but then I never thought I'd see someone in his jammies in line at the supermarket.
But wearing pajamas in public isn't just unconventional — it's juvenile. It signals that the wearer is not a full-fledged adult. Babies and toddlers wear onesies, so why are we now marketing them to adults? And while it might be OK to see a 3-year-old sitting in the grocery cart in her pajamas, do we really want to see her mother similarly attired? We can excuse the child for not changing his clothes before he meets the public, but his parents?
The message the wearer sends is "I'm lazy" — and maybe a tad dirty, too. It's hard to imagine someone hopping out of bed and into the shower and then back into what he wore to sleep before heading out the door. Or are we to assume that the wearer has drawers and drawers full of freshly laundered PJs for all occasions?
So maybe putting a young man in red flannel pajamas in order to convince 20-somethings to act responsibly wasn't the most effective visual cue the Obamacare supporters could have chosen. When we depict young adults like infants, we shouldn't expect that they will behave as grownups. If you want to be taken seriously, try dressing the part.
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Police and fire reforms brought consistency despite failures, MSPs say
Reforms that led to the unified police and fire services in Scotland have led to greater consistency of service across the country, despite serious problems created along the way, according to a Holyrood committee.
Post-legislative scrutiny by the Justice Committee of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 – one of the biggest transformations of a public service since devolution – following the fifth anniversary of the new services has concluded that, despite challenges, the police service reform has particularly benefitted victims of crimes such as domestic or sexual abuse.
Poor financial management, unclear lines of responsibility and a failure to focus on the views of officers and staff in the early stages of reform lie at the root of many of the problems faced by Police Scotland, the MSPs state.
Unification has also resulted in more equal access to specialist capabilities and support across both Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service. This has helped in areas such as more complex serious crime and extreme events.
The committee found that while the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service has achieved higher than expected savings and demonstrated good governance arrangements, a range of factors led to a more difficult transition for police services.
Issues identified include: forecast savings not being realised; IT problems hampering police effectiveness; and a string of well-publicised personnel problems resulting in senior management instability and concerns over a lack of clear leadership in the initial years of the reform process. The need for an exemption for police and fire services from the payment of VAT was an issue raised at stage 3 consideration of the bill, and this remains an issue of debate, including £175m which was paid to the Treasury.
Reporting separately on the two services, the committee concludes that, despite an improving picture, further changes should be made to areas including:
The police complaints processes should be overhauled, to create a more equitable, clear and fair system.
The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) should take a more proactive role in its oversight and scrutiny of new Police Scotland policies.
Suggested options to include the Scottish Parliament in the appointment process of the SPA chair should be explored.
The SPA and Police Scotland should demonstrate that recent improvements in their leadership and governance mean that previous shortcomings caused by personality issues could not reoccur.
Police financial projections for the future should be more robust, taking into account known challenges.
There should be a rethink of the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service’s "retained duty service", which is no longer fit for purpose. This should consider pay, training and responsibilities of "duty" firefighters.
Committee convener Margaret Mitchell MSP commented: "The Justice Committee has found that some of the problems it has seen can be traced back to the frameworks and relationships created by the Act itself. These are not simply ‘teething problems’ of a new service bedding in, but systematic problems that must be addressed.
"The committee has identified a raft of necessary improvements to regulations, structures and practices. Members look forward to working closely with the Scottish Government and the organisations created by the Police and Fire Reform Act to implement changes.
"Reform of these frontline public services is one of the biggest challenges undertaken since the start of devolution in Scotland. It is in everyone’s interest that they succeed."
Click here to access the committee's reports.
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
Pages.6353-6358
Asian Pacific Organization for Cancer Prevention (아시아태평양암예방학회)
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Radical Cystectomy for Patients Older than 75 Years: a Single-Center Comparative Analysis
Yasui, Takahiro ;
Tozawa, Keiichi ;
Ando, Ryosuke ;
Hamakawa, Takashi ;
Iwatsuki, Shoichiro ;
Taguchi, Kazumi ;
Kobayashi, Daichi ;
Naiki, Taku ;
Mizuno, Kentaro ;
Okada, Atsushi ;
Umemoto, Yukihiro ;
Kawai, Noriyasu ;
Sasaki, Shoichi ;
Hayashi, Yutaro ;
Kohri, Kenjiro
Published : 2015.10.06
https://doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.15.6353
Citation PDF KSCI
Background: To explore the safety, efficacy, and oncological outcome of 3-port laparoscopic radical cystectomy (LRC) compared to open radical cystectomy (ORC) in patients older than 75 years. Materials and Methods: From June 2010 to July 2014, we analyzed 16 radical cystectomies in patients older than 75 years (LRC group=8; ORC group=8). Demographic parameters, operative variables, and perioperative outcome in the 2 groups were retrospectively collected, analyzed, and compared. Results: Patients in both groups had comparable preoperative characteristics. A significantly longer operating time (476 vs. 303 min, P=0.0002) and less estimated blood loss (627 vs. 2,106 mL, P=0.021) were observed in the LRC group compared to the ORC group. Infection and ileus were the most common early complications after surgery. Patients who underwent ORC suffered from more postoperative infection (22.2% vs. 0.0%, P=0.054) and ileus (25.0% vs. 12.5%, P=0.521) than the LRC group, but the difference was not significant. Conclusions: Judging from this initial trial, 3-port LRC can be safely carried out in elderly patients. We suggest 3-port LRC as the primary intervention to treat muscle-invasive or high-risk nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer in elderly patients with an otherwise relatively long life expectancy.
Laparoscopy;radical;cystectomy;older patients;bladder cancer
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After a cold winter, what’s in store for spring and summer?
(BPT) - Whether you’re heading to the beach or hitting the slopes this spring, the weather just may be on your side.
According to the latest seasonal forecast from The Weather Company, the Northeastern, Southeastern and Northwestern U.S. will enjoy a warmer-than-normal spring, with the Plains and Southwest experiencing temperatures below normal. Most areas of the U.S. will see a wet spring, excluding portions of the Northeast and Southwest.
“After an extended cold period across the Northern U.S, the pattern is relenting as we head into spring,” said Dr. Todd Crawford, chief meteorologist at The Weather Company. “Our models suggest a general warm-north and cool-south pattern, with above-normal temperatures expected across the Northeast and Northwest, and below-normal across the Plains and Southwest.”
El Niño returns
Heading into the summer season, El Niño will linger into a second year, bringing cooler-than-normal temperatures across the Northern and Central Plains, along with parts of Nevada and California. The most significant warmth is expected in the Northwest. And both coasts will see above-normal summer heat.
El Niño is characterized by a band of warm ocean water in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, accompanied by high air pressure in the western Pacific and low air pressure in the eastern Pacific.
Here are three things to know about a back-to-back El Niño and what it could mean for summer:
1. It’s rare. Back-to-back El Niño events have only happened five times since 1950. In four of those five years, the Northern Plains and Great Lakes experienced below-normal summer temperatures, with warmer-than-normal temperatures across the Southern Tier and Pacific Northwest.
2. It could bring fewer hurricanes. In general, wind shear — the change in wind direction or speed with height — is stronger in the Atlantic Basin during El Niño seasons. All other factors equal, this shear tends to reduce the number of hurricanes that form in a given season.
3. Pack your umbrella. El Niño conditions over the last year resulted in a historically wet period across much of the United States. Rains are expected to continue into the summer across the Plains and parts of the Southeast. On the bright side, that could spell relief from the sweltering summer heat experienced across much of the U.S. last year.
“High soil moisture, combined with lingering El Niño conditions, will likely limit the summer heat this year compared to the very hot summer of 2018," Crawford added.
To get the most up-to-date forecasts for your area, visit weather.com or The Weather Channel app on iOS and Android.
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Electronic Visualisation & the Arts
EVA London Collaborations
EVA London 2019
Digital Futures
Venue, location, accommodation
Pre-Conference Symposium
Research Workshop
EVA London Symposium
States of Being: Art and Identity in Digital Space and Time
Co-chairs: Tula Giannini (Pratt Institute, New York, USA), Gareth Polmeer (Royal College of Art, London, UK) and Jonathan P. Bowen (London South Bank University, UK)
This one-day symposium explores themes of personhood, modernity and digital art, bringing together speakers from a range of disciplines to consider technology, artistic practice and society. It seeks a renewed consideration of the role of art in illuminating human identity in a positive relation with technology, and its transformative effects upon space and time. The concerns for the role of art amidst the forces of a post-modern world are influenced by important legacies of the past, by which ideas about human identity and difference have been made meaningful in the relation of history and technology. In the frequently transient and conflicting forces of humanness and forces of modernity, the digital world of the arts emerges as a means by which new ideas of space and time can be considered, with new perspectives of human identity seen as states of being, towards the possibilities of experience, technology, individuality and society.
09.30 Registration
10.10 Introduction (Tula Giannini)
10.15 Session 1 (chair: Tula Giannini)
Carla Gannis, Pratt Institute, New York, USA: An Artist, an AI, and an Alchemist Walk into a Bar…
11.00 Coffee/tea break
11.30 Session 2 (chair: Jonathan Bowen)
Jeremy Gardiner, Ravensbourne, London, UK: The Geometry of the Coast
Jonathan Weinel, Aalborg University, Denmark: Altered States of Consciousness in Electronic Music and Audio‑Visual Media
14.00 Session 3 (chair: Gareth Polmeer)
Jonathan Kearney, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK: Art Practice and Learning in Digital Time and Space: A dialogue of withness
Bruce Wands, School of Visual Arts, New York, USA: A Portrait of the Artist in the Digital Age
16.00 Session 4 (chair: Carla Gannis)
Tula Giannini, Pratt Institute, New York, USA: Creating Art and Identity on the Internet: Digital Reality and States of Being
Panel (all speakers)
17.30 Reception
18.30 Close
Evening V&A Digital Futures (separate event)
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Union Members, Residents Attend Aug. 3 School Board Meeting to Warn School Officials
Coalition Says Past Child Labor, Performance Problems Should Disqualify Derau, Ebert
Monday Aug. 3, Mendota Heights Council Chambers - 1101 Victoria Curve, 6 PM "listening session", 7 PM regular board meeting
Union members and concerned residents of Independent School District 197 (West St. Paul – Mendota Heights – Eagan) announced today their plan to attend a scheduled 6:00 p.m. “public testimony session” and 7:00 p.m. regular school board meeting today to urge officials not to award construction contracts to companies the coalition says are unfit to work in area schools.
The organizations planning to attend tonight's meeting at Mendota Heights City Hall include the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA), members of the St. Paul Building and Construction Trades, and the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation.
Derau Construction and Ebert Construction, the contractors at issue, submitted apparent low bids last week for renovations at Somerset and Mendota elementary schools in Mendota Heights. But the coalition contends that Derau and Ebert have performed poorly in the past, and allowed workers – in one instance a child – to be put in harm’s way.
Derau Construction generated headlines in last summer when a young 13 or 14 year-old boy was discovered performing dangerous work without safety equipment on a local school construction project. The coalition says Derau has continued the pattern by employing a subcontractor with multiple convictions, including violation of a domestic protection order, according to court records.
Ebert Construction was featured in a 2011 news exposé concerning a contract that was terminated by MnDOT when the project fell far behind schedule and went over budget. The coalition says it has found additional evidence of apparent defects, delays, and use of hardball tactics on recent Ebert school and other public works construction projects.
Brian Brunette, a union member with school-age children who lives in Mendota Heights, is deeply disturbed at the thought of Derau or Ebert working in area schools. “It just makes me sick,” says Brunette. “I voted for the last school referendum. I put a sign in my yard. I can't believe the district would give our money to these characters. Our kids deserve better.”
Mike Wilde, Executive Director of the Fair Contracting Foundation of Minnesota, has examined state procurement law and concludes that school districts and municipalities have discretion when it comes to setting standards and rejecting bids from non-responsible contractors. (See FCFMN's legal memo legal memo on discretionary authority in public construction here.)
“School boards have the legal authority to reject a bid from a problem contractor,” says Wilde. “The question is whether the board is willing to use it. When entering into a large public construction project, the quality of service should be a top consideration. The School District's discretion should be used when it can avoid problems that have occurred on similar projects."
Bobby Kasper, President of the St. Paul Regional Labor Federation, also rejects the argument that school districts should award contracts to problem contractors to avoid lawsuits.
“You can be sued for getting out of bed in the morning, but that’s no excuse for not doing your job,” says Kasper. “If we don’t stand up to contractors that exploit children or do shoddy work, what kind of example are we setting for our kids?”
Download WSP Derau Ebert School Board Mtg Press release 8-3-15.pdf
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MCHS wrestlers finish fifth, to host tourney Sat.
Kyle Bates competes in recent Red Raider wrestling action.
Thursday, December 17. 2009
Madison County finished fifth out of 14 teams over the weekend at the Morgan County Invitational as the Red Raider wrestlers move toward the Christmas holidays.
“We’ve still got a long way to go,” coach Richie Houston said. “I think these next two to three weeks will determine a lot.”
Madison County – which wrestled Tuesday but results weren’t available at press time – hosts its annual Red Raider Duals Saturday at 9:30 a.m. This year’s event will be held in the Madison County Middle School gym instead of the high school gym.
Madison County put two wrestlers in the finals of their respective weight classes in this past weekend’s tournament. Cody Phillips finished second in the 119-lb. division and Isaac Ruiz took second in the 145-lb. class.
Madison County also boasted a third-place finisher, Michael Robertson (189-lb.), while Colton Phillips (125-lb.) and Kyle Goron (215-lb) took fourth.
Adding a fifth-place finish was Steven Resby (171-lb.).
Brett Coggins (112-lb.) and Matt Dove (285-lb.) were both sixth.
“I think it was a good tournament, a good learning experience,” Houston said. “After the brutality of the Panther (Invitational) the week before, it was a good change for them.”
Cody Phillips now has an 11-2 record, the top mark on the varsity squad.
“He’s having a good year,” Houston said.
The same can be said for Isaac Ruiz, who’s 7-1; and Kyle Bates and Colton Phillips, who are both 8-3.
Houston also noted that freshman Max Nash is having a “great year,” in limited varsity action.
Nash has a 5-0 varsity record and won a JV tournament last week. He’s undefeated in junior varsity matches.
But Houston noted that Nash is “kind of in no-man’s land” by sharing the 119-lb. class with Cody Phillips.
The hope is that Nash can drop to 112-lb. exclusively.
The team also awaits the return of Tyler Adams, who qualified for state last year. Adams injured his shoulder in the season-opener, but Houston said the senior should be back for this weekend’s Red Raider Duals.
As for the Red Raider Duals, this year’s tournament features nine other teams, mostly from the area: Commerce, Cedar Shoals, Athens Christian, Elbert County, Stephens County, Greenbrier, Lakeside-Evans, Westside-Augusta and Chestatee.
The tournament is divided into two pools of five teams. Each school wrestles the four other teams in its pool and one cross-over match.
The top two teams from each pool will then wrestle for first and second place, while the rest of the teams will pair off with their corresponding teams in the other pool to determine the rest of the placements.
Not only does Madison County hope for a high finish in its own tournament, it hopes for a nice day at the gate, too.
“It’s kind of a money-maker for us,” Houston said.
The Red Raider wrestlers will then head out of town to the mountains of Western North Carolina Tuesday and Wednesday for the Cherokee (N.C.) Invitational.
“It’s a good change for the guys,” Houston said.
Madison County then will be headlong into its schedule after the new year. The Region 8-AAAA duals are Jan. 8. The traditional region tournament is less than a month later, Feb. 5-6.
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One Piece 757 Spoiler 「ワンピース ネタバレ」 第757話
2014 August 11
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One Piece 757 Spoilers: The last Chapter end with Meanwhile Rebecca and Leo reach the flower field. But a tall figure rises up from the field… it’s Diamante..…! So what happens next..? find out story on One Piece 757 Spoiler 「ワンピース ネタバレ」 第757話 at Mangaspoiler.com. if you would like to discuss the Spoiler or prediction, please leave a comment below.
One Piece 757 Spoilers Summaries
Credits: Aohige
ONEPIECE Chapter 757 The trump card
The dog cop finds only his house remaining in the ruin of the town.. but knocked down on its side.
Mystery deepens.
Robin being badass chapter. :)
The fight on the 3rd level continues.
Bartolomeo blocks the incoming bombs from Gladius, and creates stairs made of barriers for Luffy & co.
He tells Luffy to go ahead, Luffy gives gratitude to the chicken crest. (obligatory Barto burst in tears moment)
As Luffy runs and others runs up the stairs to the 4th level, the giant toy soldiers jumps to him and attempts to chomp them.
Cavendish slices the soldiers and tells Luffy he’ll hold the enemies here. Caven is pissed at what they did to his horse.
More bombs fly towards Luffy and others, and Barto leaps in the path to take the bombs with his body.
Cavendish yells what happened to the barriers!? Barto explains.. there’s a limit on how many barriers he can create at once.
And with the stairs, he’s fresh out. But as he lies on the ground hurt, he has no regrets to sacrifice himself for Luffy.
As a toy soldier attacks Barto lying on the ground, Robin neutralizes it.
She agrees that her captain is worth risking their lives for. He’s the trump card for victory in any given battle.
She then summons giant hands all around Gladius, knocking away all the soldiers and controlling the field.
With a menacing smile, she tells the officer he’s not laying a finger on Luffy.
Meanwhile, Sabo vs Fujitora.
Sabo asks what exactly Fujitora’s intentions are.
Fujitora dodges the question, and uses a “Gravity Sword” “Raging Tiger” to knock gravity sideways, knocking Sabo and all the buildings nearby. Sabo turns into flame to charge through the gravity field, and crosses his pipe with Fujitora’s sword.
He questions what Fujitora is scheming, but he says he’s putting his own head on the betting table… if we lose the dice, how can the game continue?
Mysterious words from Fujitora, who hides his true intentions from all…
Level 4 Sunflower fields
Rebecca runs from Diamante, she has no intention of fighting anymore.
But Diamante mocks her as he chases her, saying how they used her to rile up coliseum, but she outlived their usefulness.
He catches up to her, and knocks her on the side. Then points a gun to her, and tells her he’ll kill her the same way he killed her mother.
Rebecca cries out for Mr Soldier, and Kyros leaps out attacking Diamante, wounding him.
She finally sees Kyors, and flashes back to the days she spent with the toy soldier. He is one and the same.
She calls out her father, and Kyros apologizes to her for only teaching her how to fight.
He knows Rebecca, like her mother, despises fighting. He tells her she no longer has to fight anymore.
Diamante asks Kyros what he means by that, and he replies the fight with you will end here.
Luffy and Law arrives, and receives the key for Law’s cuffs from Rebecca.
As soon as Law is freed from his cuffs, he slices up the toy soldiers chasing them.
Diamante is shocked to see Luffy and Law standing in front of him.
But Kyros tells them he’ll entrust Doflamingo to them. (as he faces off Doflamingo)
The two obliges: Of course!
End of chapter
One Piece 757 Trivia: Diamante is the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese word for “Diamond”. This matches the card suit motif of Doflamingo’s top executive officers, as the diamond suit is called “diamante” in Spanish.
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nico olvia - August 22, 2014 at 9:59 am #
Bellamy is not on franky’s level. Ur underestimating post time skip SH. I believe bellamy will have a hard time fighting mirage nami. Think about this, zoro put fugitora on the defensive side while fighting against gravity, sanji was kicking vergo ass before he had a crack on his leg, as long as i could remember, vergo did not hit sanji even ones, zoro defeated a logia without haki, franky easily defeated defeated two executives of DD family.
nico olvia - August 22, 2014 at 10:11 am #
So lets say zoro wearing badana santoryo oppening his other eye= admiral, luffy using gear second red hawk full body haki all other techniques yet to be seen = admiral, sanji’s speed diable others = admiral, robin using 50 clones at ones = va. Without saying much about monster chopper, you should know that he is high tier captain
controlminds - no mi - August 22, 2014 at 10:27 am #
2 people can be in the same league yet one can be stronger than the other. Like luffy and zoro..
OP - August 22, 2014 at 11:13 am #
Sane - August 22, 2014 at 10:25 am #
When old Rayleigh fought with Kizaru and started panting every1 was like “Kizaru was dominating that figh” but now that Sabo is panting every1 is saying “naaah that doesn’t matter”.
Again i repeat, im talking about the current situation not about the conclusion of the fight. Zoro was panting like hell against mr1 and still won. Luffy was panting like hell before Rob Lucci and still won. So the panting thing doesn’t indicate loss but it does show whos being dominant in the fight.
Or it could be the difference in stamina, but that has nothing to do with strenght levels.
Sakanade - August 22, 2014 at 10:31 am #
Anything can happen in the last moment. Unless they pull out a never-before-seen attack that gives them the win, which is ridiculous, then the dominating will win.
garp - August 22, 2014 at 10:45 am #
Pls guys i was thinking about reading naruto, bt someone told me naruto has too many fillers, the characters are not very strong and it looks like a childs play where everyone depends on a child to save the world, is that true? Pls reply
Lols @garp, though i stopped reading naruto but i dont think the characters are weak, they are very strong bt comparing them to one piece they are quite weak. Lets say akainu and aokiji fight is so strong that it left the weather in chaos, but the two strongest ppl in naruto fought and nothing happened, two shishibukai were so strong to stop meteorite bt 5 kages and naruto’s clone could not. But that dosent mean they are weak, there are characters that has light speed though not many and saying naruto is saving the world? I think he is like luffy who is chasing his dream and ppl acknowledge his strenght, though i stopped reading naruto for some reasons bt it is very interesting
zorotensai - August 22, 2014 at 2:03 pm #
naruto in naruto world already “god” level
luffy in op world only former best rookie and challenger of yonko
Trafalgar Law - August 22, 2014 at 5:31 pm #
LOOOOOL KAGUYA NARUTO KAKASHI AND SASUKE AND SAGE MADARA WILL CURBSTOMP ANY ONE PIECE CHARCATER
WAY FASTER , MORE STAMINA AND MORE DESTRUCTIVE FEATS
normal madara and hashirama are top tiers in one piece and those guys have been far surpassed
jubito will wreck the shit out of any op character
Bartolomeo the Cannibal - August 22, 2014 at 5:39 pm #
Gravitational collapse occurs when an object’s internal pressure is insufficient to resist the object’s own gravity. For stars this usually occurs either because a star has too little “fuel” left to maintain its temperature through stellar nucleosynthesis, or because a star that would have been stable receives extra matter in a way that does not raise its core temperature. In either case the star’s temperature is no longer high enough to prevent it from collapsing under its own weight.[73] The collapse may be stopped by the degeneracy pressure of the star’s constituents, condensing the matter in an exotic denser state. The result is one of the various types of compact star. The type of compact star formed depends on the mass of the remnant—the matter left over after the outer layers have been blown away, such from a supernova explosion or by pulsations leading to a planetary nebula. Note that this mass can be substantially less than the original star—remnants exceeding 5 solar masses are produced by stars that were over 20 solar masses before the collapse.[73]
If the mass of the remnant exceeds about 3–4 solar masses (the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit[16])—either because the original star was very heavy or because the remnant collected additional mass through accretion of matter—even the degeneracy pressure of neutrons is insufficient to stop the collapse. No known mechanism (except possibly quark degeneracy pressure, see quark star) is powerful enough to stop the implosion and the object will inevitably collapse to form a black hole.[73]
The gravitational collapse of heavy stars is assumed to be responsible for the formation of stellar mass black holes. Star formation in the early universe may have resulted in very massive stars, which upon their collapse would have produced black holes of up to 103 solar masses. These black holes could be the seeds of the supermassive black holes found in the centers of most galaxies.[74]
While most of the energy released during gravitational collapse is emitted very quickly, an outside observer does not actually see the end of this process. Even though the collapse takes a finite amount of time from the reference frame of infalling matter, a distant observer sees the infalling material slow and halt just above the event horizon, due to gravitational time dilation. Light from the collapsing material takes longer and longer to reach the observer, with the light emitted just before the event horizon forms delayed an infinite amount of time. Thus the external observer never sees the formation of the event horizon; instead, the collapsing material seems to become dimmer and increasingly red-shifted, eventually fading away.
eric v - August 23, 2014 at 3:38 am #
the wikipedia/google GOD
Doflamingo - August 23, 2014 at 6:44 pm #
ya because a bijuu bomb or rasengan would work really well on a logia.
Titus - August 23, 2014 at 6:50 pm #
Shit, probably. Bijuu bombs and rasengans are really powerful now.
Sanji Dono - August 23, 2014 at 8:36 pm #
lol, if Sugar (toy-toy devil fruit user) touches your kaguya, madara or whoever. Its over… you won’t remember who was Naruto or Madara nor Sasuke.. fufufu..Holy shit
just hangover Lol
Leptor - August 23, 2014 at 10:50 pm #
Agreed, but I would also say that Hashirama and normal Madara are far stronger than the top tiers in One Piece.
elias paniki - August 24, 2014 at 6:35 am #
hey Naruto Fanboy, let me remind you you are on OP Universe territory right now.. STFU.
thats why OP is way way better is because it is much more realistic that the overpowered naruto characters
Naruto no_1 fan - August 25, 2014 at 9:09 am #
I’ll just pretend I didn’t read what I just clearly READ.
huirhifhiurh
hifhwiof
Actually 2 kages did stop the meteorites, and op characters are weak against Naruto characters, even admirals or younkou would be beaten easily.
Bartolomeo the Cannibal - August 23, 2014 at 9:17 am #
Another way that the younkou nature of an object may be tested in the future is through observation of effects caused by strong gravity in their vicinity. One such effect is gravitational lensing: The deformation of spacetime around a massive object causes light rays to be deflected much like light passing through an optic lens. Observations have been made of weak gravitational lensing, in which light rays are deflected by only a few arcseconds. However, it has never been directly observed for a black hole.[112] One possibility for observing gravitational lensing by a black hole would be to observe stars in orbit around the admirals. There are several candidates for such an observation in orbit around Sagittarius A*.[112]
Another option would be the direct observation of gravitational waves produced by an object falling into a black hole, for example a compact object falling into a supermassive black hole through an extreme mass ratio inspiral. Matching the observed waveform to the predictions of general relativity would allow precision measurements of the mass and angular momentum of the central object, while at the same time testing general relativity.[113] These types of events are a primary target for the proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna.
GO TO HELL ALL OF YOU
pure - August 23, 2014 at 10:58 am #
poor little being :(
Suki - August 23, 2014 at 3:49 pm #
If you mean the people who are now comparing characters from two different mangas, then yep, I’m with you :)
Well, gee. Feelings.
burndyworld - August 23, 2014 at 7:29 pm #
spammer wants ALL the attention. Want attention? DO SOMETHING TO GET IT!
Samuelle - August 23, 2014 at 7:43 pm #
Hopefully both spammers will b banned soon, what’s ticking me off is that nine of their comments are going to moderation, but those who want to discuss and debate etc go to moderation
longdong - August 24, 2014 at 7:00 am #
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@Samuelle
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burnhotspot - August 25, 2014 at 3:56 am #
Look guys, we got a kid here.
Everyone knows that Naruto characters are overpowered and so strong. You don’t need to say it out loudly with hates for One piece. One Piece overall story line is twice or 3 times better than Naruto. Naruto characters are pussies who always cry about not having mother or father. Luffy? he doesn’t care a thing.
And don’t compare one manga another. They are different worlds.
Naruto characters are so weak compared Dragon ball characters. Even Kaguya would get beaten so easily.
A punch or from normal Goku is enough I guess. Wait make it 2 punches.
Majin buu/Superman can kill Kaguya in 5 seconds.
the meteroite madara brough down is 10s of times if not 100s times stronger than the one fujitorta brought down
GomoGomoNo - August 22, 2014 at 10:48 pm #
Those are 4 very different fights…
I wasn’t on this site back then, but everywhere else the consensus was that Rayleigh would eventually lose due to his age(stamina). But Kizaru wasn’t dominating by any means, I don’t even think he landed a hit on Rayleigh.
Luffy was exhausted because his body couldn’t handle G2 yet. Rob Lucci himself didn’t do much damage until the end when G2 had F’d up his body and speed so much and allowed Lucci to hit him that ultimate technique.
Zoro was just getting F’d up. His endurance is just so beast he could take that kind of ass kicking until he was able to cut steel.
Sabo’s current state shows that Fujitora has the edge, but an edge is not by any means “dominating.”
Anyone else noticed Kanjuro is from wano country but doesn’t carry a sword. I’m guessing he’s not a fighter at all.
Bellamy will join? Ceteris paribus.
You’re right we’ll just have to wait and see.
Siz - August 22, 2014 at 3:09 pm #
Bellamy will join Law or Bartholomeo according to me
sansan - August 22, 2014 at 2:12 pm #
i thought his paintbrush is sword+brush so he can draw his sword from his brush
controlminds - no mi - August 22, 2014 at 7:38 pm #
Since he’s not so good in drawing I thought maybe ussop could draw something dangerous and make him make it come alive.
but what i mean is his paintbrush is place for placing his sword so he can “pull ou
he can pull out his sword from his paint brush
Oh That’s a great idea to have Usopp draw for him! I forgot he was a pretty good artist.
me - August 22, 2014 at 1:29 pm #
“CSS – August 22, 2014 at 5:30 am #Robin speaking to bart and using the phrase “our captain”… innocent statement speaking of just her and the rest of the strawhats, or maybe hinting at barto being accepted as member? For the people speaking about his lack of a role, I could see him serving quite adeptly as a personal attendant/bodyguard or literal shield man for luffy, or the sunny itself. His presence would make the rest minus monster trio significantly more formidable. I like the idea he put forth himself also, of being the right hand man of luffy’s right hand man. If Luffy is to be the pirate king, Zoro the offensive instrument or blade of the pirate king, Barto would fit perfectly as the shield to match. I feel like there’s even precedence for such an arrangement/comparison, if you think about Whitebeard. Marco(or Ace?) serving as the captain’s blade, and Jozu serving as shield, with his diamond ability. I’m hopeful. Extremely. I seriously love the dynamic Barto adds to the crew, in power, and in star-struck personality. Both fun and exciting.”
yup barto for shp
luffy = PK
zoro = best swordman
usopp = sniper king
barto = kingpin,mafia king,underworld boss
sanji = chef king(maybe he is already)
chopper= king of doctor (who can cure anything)
i think barto only bow to lufy zoro usopp and robin and when he meet sanji he will say with intimidating face “your lucky to be pick by luffy senpai”
Eekram - August 22, 2014 at 5:53 pm #
He respect all SH members. Based on recent anime episode that I have watched.
idk about anime but in manga he seems happie when he look at all of shp bounty poster
but what i think is what moment that barto will talk if he meet other than that four
ZORO suffered at the first encounter with Fuji… and Sanji too at his first battle with Dofla.
both zoro and Sanji suffered the crisis of in-capabilities to face the overwhelming Stronger opponent.
mathematically, zoro and sanji are at similar level. But, as all knows zoro has a little to better upper hand than sanji is also of no doubt.
But, if zoro shines in a battle. There is no way to shut up once mouth that Sanji won’t shine too.
The upcoming nakama of SH.. i believe might be from a dwarf. Especially that lady dwarf guide of zoro.
D. Luffy - August 22, 2014 at 3:27 pm #
So did Luffy so what’s your point?
luffy is different. He manage to know the strings… while sanji didn’t nor zoro
his point is atleast sanji equal to zoro
D.Luffy - August 22, 2014 at 5:03 pm #
@Sanji Dono, That’s pure bias on your side.
@Sansan, The trio face the same fate, so you can’t just take two of them and say they are equal due to their encounters but then exempt the other one who also shared the same fate.
Sorkaem - August 23, 2014 at 1:08 am #
Luffy was more humiliated than Sanji during his fight against DD. At least Sanji didn’t scream: it hurts…
And Zoro is the one who suffered the less during his encounter against fujitora since he managed a pretty awesome come back.
So mathematically, nothing…
Onyx Saber - August 22, 2014 at 3:28 pm #
It will be funny if Green bull is deaf
So we will have the blind wise old man(Fugitora)
We will have the lazy/slow old man(Kizaru)
Green bull as the aggressive old or young man.
And his gag will be he quickly gets into fights
Ganja - August 22, 2014 at 4:11 pm #
Oda needs to get real creative with the upcoming fights cuz now the level has stepped up we re in the nee world I feel like he doesnt know how to make up fights. He only did it once that was the rob lucci one. For him to make more like this he like lazy or something. One piece has been fodder after fodder from the get go all up untill now. The early ones don krieg, kuro were pretty cool but nowadays its some bull crap
The idea of a body so massive that even light could not escape was first put forward by John Michell in a letter written to Henry Cavendish in 1783 of the Royal Society:
If the semi-diameter of a sphere of the same density as the Sun were to exceed that of the Sun in the proportion of 500 to 1, a body falling from an infinite height towards it would have acquired at its surface greater velocity than that of light, and consequently supposing light to be attracted by the same force in proportion to its vis inertiae, with other bodies, all light emitted from such a body would be made to return towards it by its own proper gravity.
—John Michell[5]
In 1796, mathematician Pierre-Simon Laplace promoted the same idea in the first and second editions of his book Exposition du système du Monde (it was removed from later editions).[6][7] Such “dark stars” were largely ignored in the nineteenth century, since it was not understood how a massless wave such as light could be influenced by gravity.[8]
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A black hole is a region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping.[1] The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole.[2] The boundary of the region from which no escape is possible is called the event horizon. Although crossing the event horizon has enormous effect on the fate of the object crossing it, it appears to have no locally detectable features. In many ways a black hole acts like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light.[3][4] Moreover, quantum field theory in curved spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with the same spectrum as a black body of a temperature inversely proportional to its mass. This temperature is on the order of billionths of a Kelvin for black holes of stellar mass, making it all but impossible to observe.
Objects whose gravitational fields are too strong for light to escape were first considered in the 18th century by John Michell and Pierre-Simon Laplace. The first modern solution of general relativity that would characterize a black hole was found by Karl Schwarzschild in 1916, although its interpretation as a region of space from which nothing can escape was first published by David Finkelstein in 1958. Long considered a mathematical curiosity, it was during the 1960s that theoretical work showed black holes were a generic prediction of general relativity. The discovery of neutron stars sparked interest in gravitationally collapsed compact objects as a possible astrophysical reality.
Black holes of stellar mass are expected to form when very massive stars collapse at the end of their life cycle. After a black hole has formed it can continue to grow by absorbing mass from its surroundings. By absorbing other stars and merging with other black holes, supermassive black holes of millions of solar masses may form. There is general consensus that supermassive black holes exist in the centers of most galaxies.
Despite its invisible interior, the presence of a black hole can be inferred through its interaction with other matter and with electromagnetic radiation such as light. Matter falling onto a black hole can form an accretion disk heated by friction, forming some of the brightest objects in the universe. If there are other stars orbiting a black hole, their orbit can be used to determine its mass and location. Such observations can be used to exclude possible alternatives (such as neutron stars). In this way, astronomers have identified numerous stellar black hole candidates in binary systems, and established that the core of the Milky Way contains a supermassive black hole of about 4.3 million solar masses.
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The Return - August 22, 2014 at 6:13 pm #
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Koala vs Jesus Burgess D !!!
im sure luffy and zoro know how admiral “tastes”
http://i4.mangapanda.com/one-piece/321/one-piece-61332.jpg
http://i10.mangapanda.com/one-piece/565/one-piece-1008941.jpg
http://i9.mangapanda.com/one-piece/573/one-piece-1195081.jpg
im sure luffy and zoro know how admiral “tastes” are
Dawg this dewd trollin real hard
This site just hit rock bottom -.-*
big dick johnson - August 22, 2014 at 8:59 pm #
Rayleigh vs z. From what we have seen so far.
GomoGomoNo - August 23, 2014 at 1:37 am #
Either way, I think they’re about the same strength based on their respective fights with Kizaru.
Leptor - August 22, 2014 at 9:35 pm #
@ Sane.
I actually don’t remember anyone saying Kizaru dominated old Rayleigh, and if someone did say that I would strongly disagree. They were very even in that fight, with Kizaru even expressing anger at Rayleigh for stopping him.
@ Ganja.
Aokiji froze Doflamingo from behind, and the latter easily broke out. I don’t really see how either had the advantage over the other. If anything, I was more impressed by Doflamingo easily escaping a surprise attack from Aokiji than the latter unsuccessfully surprise attacking the former.
@ controlminds – no mi.
Neither Doflamingo nor Aokiji really got the better over the other. Doflamingo actually impressed me more in that confrontation for reasons I explained above, but I’m giving the Admirals the benefit of the doubt here.
As for the confrontation between Beckman and Kizaru, the latter surrendered to the former when he had strong reason not to (he was desperate to capture Luffy). I don’t see why that shouldn’t go against the Admirals just because the confrontation between Aokiji and Doflamingo doesn’t go to the Admirals.
Other than that, you didn’t really explain what issues you had with my list. If you only have that one issue, I don’t see how that would render my overall point invalid. Even if I took away that one tie, my point would still be the same.
@ nico olvia.
I could see Franky being stronger than Bellamy, but if so I doubt it’s by much.
Sane - August 23, 2014 at 2:41 am #
I wasn’t talking about you dude.
controlminds - no mi - August 23, 2014 at 9:39 am #
First of aokiji vs marco?
Marco landed a hit on aokiji because aokiji was trying to attack luffy.
That doesn’t mean marco is stronger than aokiji cause the 2 didn’t really confront each other in a 1 on 1.
Aokiji vs Doffy.
Aokiji was clearly the superior one. You say aokiji attacked him from behind, treu, but aokiji warned him first. Aokiji wasn’t the who backed down. So why call it a tie? If anything aokiji had the upperhand.
Aokiji vs jozu
It seemed to me like they both were fighting evenly till jozu got distracted.
Fujitora vs doffy? For real? Did they even fight?
That’s why is said your list doesn’t seem to make sense or at least not for me.
Trafalgar Law - August 23, 2014 at 10:31 am #
thanks dude
how leptor frames thing is so weird
aokiji losing against wb in their confrotation , cause if i remember correctly aokiji came out completely unscathed
while kizaru freaking wrecked wb , coutering all wb blows and damaging wb consistently
its yonkou 1- 1 admiral one
until wb lost his shit and ambushed akainu with murderous intent , the strongest yonkou had actualy been losing to the admirals
akainu had messed him up pretty bad before that and still took half his face ( on a normal day the person be dead)
aokiji and wb was a stalemate
kizaru was winning against wb
Kizaru wrecking wb? Can you show me a link.
Plus wb’s endurance is the best we saw till date in one piece. Akainu burning down half of his face had the same effect of the stab squardo gave him. He was shot and stabbed by the marines. Akainu burned his organs took out half of his face. Bb’s crew stabbed him and shot him. Still wb never hit the ground. If it was a 1 on 1 akainu would’ve been dead meat cause wb could’ve just continued his assault on akainu. Plus you say wb ambushed akainu, while akainu had enough time to react. He was just shocked cause he knew wb was in savage mode. Plus take in consideration that not only was wb old but he was sick too. While the admirals were in great shape.
wrecking was an exagerration , but kizaru was leading most of the battle , piercing wb chest 2-3 times, piercing his arm
i know wb was sick and old but he was still the worlds strongest man
elcamellitoazul - August 22, 2014 at 9:40 pm #
That last chapther of Avatar Korra tho
F*cking awesome!!
Titus - August 22, 2014 at 10:29 pm #
Really was, and I’m not even into Legend of Korra.
elcamellitoazul - August 22, 2014 at 11:52 pm #
It’s missed some of the points that I liked from Leyend of Aang indeed but has got its own ones as well, I still enjoy it a lot.
pure - August 22, 2014 at 10:31 pm #
Light is a consciousness, There’s no black hole that can pull it. Gravity exists only on lower dimensions, light always was and always will be.
Btw. Bartolomeo the Cannibal better change You attitude and have respect to people, sputting some trash talk just makes You lower Your own light ;)
burndyworld - August 22, 2014 at 10:33 pm #
Bartolomeo the Cannibal !!!
Trollmaster - August 22, 2014 at 11:58 pm #
I’m going to win $200 million dollar mega million lottery
Zoro-taïjou - August 23, 2014 at 12:40 am #
We are never safe from getting rich. Take care of yourself…
Trollmaster - August 23, 2014 at 1:14 am #
True. but I want to help people when i get super rich.Maybe buy doflamingo and bartolomeo some new underwear and deodrant
Ganja - August 23, 2014 at 12:03 am #
Saying that luffy defense js weak with his haki is a dumb enough shit. What he said is that his haki is not at that level yet. Which means he still can get hurt but somebody on the strength of hodi=jimbe. He was eatin all of Z’s punches and was still standing up. That argument is unnecessary. Now for sabo vs fujitora: fron the start sabo said novody would pass him to go against luffy, which is actually his intention now fuji sharing blows with him ask him your real goal is to destroy the marine is it not? Sabo finally then made fujitora unleash his full power, sabo then said this is what i want and fujitora is def being serious right now he ll go all out for his justice which is get mugi so he has to overthrow sabo.
Yeah, what Luffy was saying was that his Haki isn’t strong enough to prevent a puncture from a sharp object like shark teeth or swords.
KORRA WAS AMAZING
THE FINALE EPISODES WERE JUST WOW
Sane - August 23, 2014 at 12:49 pm #
of what show?
legend of korra
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An Argument for Studying the Civics of Code
Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, has done some summer reading on civics in the digital age and presents us with his finding in a new post on his blog.  He presents previous conceptions of citizenship, such as the “informed citizen.”  He also notes that
…We’re seeing activists, particularly young activists, taking on issues through viral video campaigns, consumer activism, civic crowdfunding, and other forms of civic engagement that operate outside traditional political channels. Lance Bennett suggests that we might see these new activists as self-actualizing citizens, focused on methods of civic participation that allow them to see impacts quickly and clearly, rather than following older prescriptions of participation through the informed citizen model.
He also uses Lawrence Lessig’s sources of Internet constraint as means of defining the different spheres of civic action:
By laws, created and enforced by governments, which prohibit certain behaviors –
By norms, which are created by or emerge from societies, which favor certain behaviors over others
By markets, regulated and unregulated by laws, which make certain behaviors cheap and others expensive
By code and other architectures, which make some behaviors difficult and others easy to accomplish
My preference would be to study power, social change, and injustice “outside traditional political channels” in a way that references, but is not constrained by “older prescriptions of participation” like citizenship, civic engagement, and big-d Democracy. These systems are as likely to distract for the real issues of power within a society as they are to illuminate them, especially since these institutions were created in a historical period quite different from the current one.
Elections, citizenship, and the courts are the well-paved narrow paths laid before us, but they may not lead most quickly to our destination, if they lead there at all. Alternate paths to small-d democratic social influence – hacking and other digital direct action, social media campaigning – present a far broader and potentially more transformative means of changing the world.
Lessig’s typology works well as a means of categorizing the means of civc action, yet the have different histories of practice. Â Elections and the courts, cultural norms (“the personal is political”), and even the markets have the locus of activism for many decades. Â The arena of code is new. Since this arena of social change is the least understood, it is also the most likely source of as yet undiscovered civic innovation. This idea will likely still need to be defended in some quarters, especially against those who defined civic action in different ways in previous eras.
If an argument for focusing on the civics of code is needed, it might be that this focus does not belittle the other historical means of civic action. There is simply more that is unknown about the civics of code, which is the best motivation for any academic endeavor.
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The Company Inspiring Creativity in Michigan
By Lauren Ebelt on January 29th, 2015 / Comments
If you need any indication that Detroit is back on the rise, all you need to do is look at companies that are flocking there. Creative Many Michigan is one of those companies that has recently moved to the city from its previous headquarters in Wixom, Michigan, with the grand mission to inspire community, creativity and collaboration across the state.
Creative Many Michigan, formerly ArtServe Michigan, is a statewide economic development organization for the arts, culture and creative and design industries. Their move to Detroit has roots with a company that is already there, TechTown Detroit, a business incubator.
“TechTown has been a strategic partner for Creative Many’s professional practice and Lawyers for the Creative Economy programs, dialogue and networking events serving artists and designers in Detroit,” said Jennifer Goulet, president and CEO of Creative Many. “TechTown’s entrepreneurial spirit aligns with our interests in cultivating creative talent, successful creative practices and business start-ups, and jobs and business growth in the creative and design industries.”
Creative Many Michigan officially moved into TechTown last December. Their new space boasts a spacious corner office suite of 1,386 square feet that has drop-in work spaces for team members and partners and also areas for brainstorming and ideation. In one word, the space is flexible, allowing the Creative Many team to collaborate and create in today’s ever-changing environment.
“We are doing a lot of work on the ground serving local artists and businesses in Detroit as part of our program portfolio. As we expanded our focus to the power of the creative economy, it made sense to consider a headquarters location where you’re at the pulse of that creative community,” Goulet says of the move to Detroit.
The move is only one of the things on Creative Many’s plate. They introduced their new name in September 2014 after revisiting their portfolio of work and their vision for the company. A few months later, they moved to Detroit. The multitude of new things going on with the company is a welcome thing to Goulet, who is excited for the important year ahead.
“This year, we’re at an amazing pivotal point, “ she said. “We’ve been spending a lot of time building strategy to really accelerate both awareness and understanding of the role of the creative/design sector as part of Michigan’s future. Now, as a tenant of TechTown, we are excited about the new strategic partnerships and program opportunities that will emerge as a result of working together in an environment that attracts and serves the creative sector.”
In addition to their new location, Creative Many Michigan will also keep its location in Lansing, Michigan (120 N. Washington Square, Suite 805) and is planning a satellite office in Grand Rapids to open in 2015.
To learn more about Creative Many Michigan and TechTown, please visit their websites.
Lauren Ebelt
Lauren is a recent graduate from Michigan State University. She likes traveling, blogging about the food she eats, and correct grammar.
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California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing Battling Raging Wildfires
PORT HUENEME, Calif. (5/6/13) – Following a request for support from California emergency agencies, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. directed the adjutant general of the California National Guard, Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, to provide two specialized firefighting C-130J aircraft and crews from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing to assist with wildfires raging across California.
Baldwin also authorized air tanker base operations to be staged out of Channel Islands Air National Guard Station (CIANGS) in Port Hueneme where the C-130Js are stationed, allowing shorter response times for all civilian and military aircraft working the fires in Ventura County. The air tankers will land and reload with fire retardant at CIANGS, which is located within 5 miles of the fires.
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) members are working with Air National Guard members to get the tanker operations up and running.
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“Wildfire season is upon us, and our Guardsmen are in the fight,” Baldwin said. “When the lives and property of our fellow Californians hang in the balance, our tireless training and coordination with CAL FIRE pay great dividends.”
The 146th Airlift Wing has rapidly responded to numerous state and federal firefighting missions in the past, but this is the first time that the 146th Airlift Wing’s flightline will be used as a tanker base.
“California is no stranger to wildfires,” said Chief Ken Pimlott, director of CAL FIRE. “Our well exercised and long-standing relationship with the California National Guard allows for rapid, effective deployment of these additional resources during times of elevated fire activity.”
The California Air National Guard’s C-130J aircraft are equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System II (MAFFS), which is capable of dropping up to 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant. The system slides into the back of an aircraft, and water or retardant is released through a nozzle located on the rear left side of the plane. MAFFS equipment and aircraft are activated to supplement U.S. Forest Service and civilian air tankers during periods of high wildfire activity throughout the nation.
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“The activation of California Air National Guard aircraft equipped with MAFFS strengthens our firefighting arsenal as needed and is a timely addition to current resources considering the extended heat and wind conditions we anticipate through the weekend,” said Mark Ghilarducci, Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, which is responsible for overall coordination of the state’s response to major emergencies. “Combined with the engines and other resources already positioned by Cal EMA, CAL FIRE and other state and local partners, incident managers will have additional flexibility to contain and control wildfires.”
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JULY 12, 2019 – Thanks to the Scholarships for Military Children program, 500 students from military families were each awarded a $2000 scholarship grant for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year. The program, created in 2001, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissaries’ role in enhancing […]
Air Force Officials Announce Tour Length Changes
JULY 2, 2019 – After listening to feedback from Airmen and career field managers, Air Force officials are reducing targeted special duty and instructor tour lengths to create a more ready and resilient force. The tour length reduction from four to three years for military training instructors, military training leaders, Air Education and Training Command […]
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JULY 16, 2019 – At the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, every day is a tax holiday. While several states are offering back-to-school tax-free weekends, military shoppers can double up on the savings as the Exchange is offering an additional discount to match the local tax savings. Exchanges in the 16 states that are […]
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Eminem Talks About Rihanna, Lil Wayne & Pink Collabos
That feature on his new album Recovery…
Eminem has spoken about why he’s got three A-list artists on his new album Recovery.
It was recently revealed that Lil Wayne, Pink and Rihanna all feature on tracks from the record.
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Promoting the album in France he spoke to a radio station about the big collaborations.
Em said: “I've always respected what Wayne does, and Wayne, to me, is definitely one of the greatest in the game right now.”
"As far as the songs with Pink and Rihanna ... when I did the song that I did with Pink, I laid my parts first and kind of heard her on the record and felt that she would smash this record.
“And the other one I did with Rihanna is one of those tracks that I felt like only she could pull it off, only she could do it.”
Shady also said a video for his single Not Afraid will be out soon and hinted what it will look like. He said:
“There's a lot of things in it that are metaphorically speaking. There are things that are symbolic in the video... The overall concept is basically being in a dark place and trying to get to the light.”
Recovery is released later this month.
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The MCY 105’s interior design recognised with popular international yacht and aviation awards
The MCY 105, Monte Carlo Yachts’ 32 meter flagship, won the “Interior Design” category at the 6th annual International Yacht and Aviation Awards, which took place at the Hotel Cipriani, Venice on the 20th May 2016. The awards are organised by Luxe et al Magazine to commend design, recognise talent, and offer inspiration. The MCY 105 came out on top against other 8 top players in the industry presenting boats between 34 and 77 meters.
Unique to these awards, winners are selected by an online vote, which is widely promoted in the Yacht and Aviation Industries and offers competing companies the chance to be judged by a wide range of industry professionals with no bias towards a particular company. This year's awards attracted in excess of 7,000 verified votes.
“We’re proud of this award that recognises the elegance and style of Monte Carlo Yachts interiors to match the striking exteriors” says Federico Peruccio, Marketing Manager, Monte Carlo Yachts.
“What’s interesting and different about the International Yacht and Aviation Awards by Luxe et al, is that they’re assigned by popular vote and span both industries, offering a unique challenge and opportunity to participants. We believe this speaks of the MCY 105 classic and iconic design’s capacity to inspire people from different backgrounds and industries.”
Monte Carlo Yachts such as the MCY 105 are known for their spacious interiors decorated in precious woods and materials such as white alabaster from Volterra, cedarstone marbles, moka cream limestone and handmade Venetian Murano glass mosaics. and only the very best materials, fabrics and accessories available from brands such as Hermès, Armani, Poltrona Frau and Pierre Frey.
“With Monte Carlo Yachts we always strive for maximum space and comfort on board, and nowhere is this more evident than inside the MCY 105.” Says Dan Lenard, Designer, Nuvolari & Lenard. “This award recognizes the MCY 105 the painstaking attention given to every single detail, and the intimate, sophisticated atmosphere created both by using only the finest materials and collaborating with the world’s greatest names in fashion and design.”
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June 3, BYLT Celebration of Trails, the biggest showcase of local community trails and events for all trail users
Join Bear Yuba Land Trust (BYLT), outdoor recreationists and trail supporters next week for the biggest showcase of local community trails of the year!“Trails are one of our greatest community assets. They build strong neighborhoods and boost the local economy. Trails get us outside and close to nature for healthy exercise and spiritual renewal. I am really inspired by the diversity of people who come together for such a wonderful cause,” said BYLT’s Community Engagement Manager Laura Petersen.
Celebration of Trails
On Saturday, June 3, the community is invited to Celebration of Trails – the perfect day to enjoy local trails and plan your summer outdoor recreation adventures. Numerous local outdoor recreation groups will be in one place to bring the community everything they want to know about trail related topics – a one stop resource for gear, maps, summer guided hiking and trail ride schedules, flora and fauna, and more.
The day starts with a lineup of guided morning outings on local trails such as Black Swan Trail with Author and Historian Hank Meals, Deer Creek Tribute Trail with BYLT’s Shaun Clarke and Hirschman Trail with Ana Acton of FREED and Bill Haire of BYLT. The outings will be followed by a fun family-friendly trails day festival held from noon to 3 p.m. at Tahoe National Forest headquarters, 631 Coyote Street in Nevada City.
“People should come to this event if they care about the local beauty of our natural trails,” said Volunteer and Past Board Member Bob Jennings of Empire Mine Park Association who will hand out Empire Mine trail maps. The park has three trails – Hardrock Trail, Osborne Hill Trail, Union Hill Trail – a total over 7 miles.
Celebration of Trails coincides with American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day first begun in 1993. In 2015, 176,000 people got outdoors on community trails and participated in 2,329 activities across the U.S.
This year’s participants include: Tarp Tent, Gold Crush Climbing Gym, 49th Gold Country Scout Group, Bicyclists of Nevada County, Youth Bicyclists of Nevada County, City of Grass Valley, City of Nevada City, Empire Mine Park Association, FREED, Gold Country Trails Council, Mountain Recreation, Inn Town Campground, Folk Trails Hiking Club, Nevada City Scenics, Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, Sierra Club, South Yuba River Citizens League, South Yuba River State Park Association, Sierra Fund, Tahoe National Forest, California Gold Kettle Corn, Placer Nature Center, Nevada County Woods Riders and more. “Local trails are important – You can get in shape, join your family for a ride on a shady trail in August, connect to our great forests and rivers, and challenge yourself on a new steep route. We are so lucky to have an abundance of opportunities in Nevada County,” said BONC Secretary Ellen Lampham.
Family Activities and Local Food
Besides giving out maps and info on the new Hoot Trail, BONC and YBONC will offer t-shirt printing with recycled bike parts during the afternoon festival. Other activities include a “boulder twister” climbing trailer with Gold Crush Climbing Gym, face-painting and trail shots game with BYLT, a photo booth with Tahoe National Forest, scouting activities with 49th Gold Country Scout Group, backpacking basics with Mountain Recreation and a live horse appearance from Gold Country Trails Council.
Local food and drink are also on tap. Colombia-born Rene Medina from new mobile organic and local farm to fork business, “Chomp” will serve up sausages made from local meats and fermented kimchee and sauerkraut. It’s the perfect pairing with “Hirschman Hefeweizen” from Three Forks Brewing Company. Folks who shop Nevada City’s Farmers Market in the morning can pick up a $1 off drink ticket at the market’s information booth before heading up Coyote Street to the Trails Day festival headquarters.
Morning Hikes:
WHAT: Hike from Black Swan to Deer Creek led by Hank Meals
WHEN: 8:30 a.m.
DIFFICULTY: Moderate 3 to 5 miles, carpooling required
MEET AT: Tahoe National Forest Headquarters, 631 Coyote Street, Nevada City
Join the area’s best-loved archeologist, author and hiking guru Hank Meals on this walk from Bear Yuba Land Trust’s Black Swan Preserve to Deer Creek.
“The Nisenan loved this place. Right over the ridge from Deer Creek Diggins (Black Swan), at Rose’s Bar, is where gold was ‘discovered’ on the Yuba River,” said Meals.
Dress appropriately for the weather, sturdy footwear, sun protection and bring snacks and plenty of water.
Space is limited to 15. Pre-register required! www.bylt.org or Contact: Laura Petersen laura@bylt.org, 272-5994 x 211
WHAT: Family Hike on the Hirschman Trail with FREED and BYLT
DIFFICULTY: Easy to moderate (depending on distance and mobility level), .8 miles (wheelchair accessible) – 5 miles possible (moderate ascending and descending)
MEET AT: Hirschman Trail Trailhead on Cement Hill Road
Bring the whole family for this kid-friendly, all ability level exploration of Nevada City’s Hirschman Trail. Join Ana Acton of FREED and Bear Yuba Land Trust to learn about the history of this former hydraulic mine site and investigate the flora and fauna of this popular trail. Cameras, binoculars and sketch books are encouraged. This is a wheelchair, limited mobility accessible trail to the pond (.8 mile round trip). Those who want to go further, will have that option, too.
Call FREED 477-3333 for transportation information.
WHAT: Deer Creek Tribute Trail with BYLT and Nevada City
DIFFICULTY: Easy to moderate
MEET AT: Meet in front of Miner’s Foundry, Spring Street, Nevada City
Join Bear Yuba Land Trust’s Trails Coordinator Shaun Clarke and special guest Nevada City Mayor Evans Phelps for this guided walk from downtown Nevada City to the beautiful Deer Creek Tribute Trail. Don’t forget to pick up your $1 off beer coupon from the Nevada City Farmers Market info booth before heading back up the hill to the trails day festival.
WHAT: 2017 Gold Country Trails Council Poker Ride
WHEN: Sign up at 8:30 a.m., ride out at 10 a.m.
WHERE: Skillman Horse Camp on Tahoe National Forest
Calling all equestrian riders, this is the 26th annual Poker Ride led by Gold Country Trails Council. This ride on eight miles of easy to moderate marked trails benefits the building and maintenance of local trails, staging and parking areas around horse camps such as Skillman and Little Lasier Meadow. The event includes a raffle, prizes, food and live music.
Register at: www.GoldCountryTrailsCouncil.org
Learn more about Celebration of Trails at: www.bylt.org
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Gold Country Trails Council Poker Ride this weekend brings over 100 riders and campers to support Tahoe National Forest trails.
Photo Credit: http://trails-and-trials-with-major.blogspot.com/
Jeff Foltz, the GCTC Poker Ride Manager, said that the 26th Annual Gold Country Trails Council Benefit Poker Ride for equestrians, based at Skillman Horse Camp on June 2 and 3, has over 100 riders and fills the campgound. The ride will take place on the Hallelujah and other trails around Skillman. This is the largest fund raiser for the trails group each year, and the proceeds go back to maintain Skillman and Little Lasier Horse Camps and over 100 miles of multi-use trails in Tahoe National Forest.
This equestrian event is also part of the Celebration of Trails event hosted by the Bear Yuba Land Trust.
For any more information about the ride, visit the Gold Country Trails Council website at www.GoldCountryTrailsCouncil.org
For information about the Celebration of Trails, visit www.BYLT.org
Grazing goats back at Traylor Ranch this week
To all the regular trail users at Traylor Ranch Nature Preserve in Loomis, you know that the fire-prevention goats come every year to graze the high grass. They will be back within the next couple of days and there there will be rolling areas blocked off. In the past years, there were some staging areas blocked. Dave Faoro, TRNR Chair, asks, "Please respect the temporary electric fences and signs."
The photo and trail alert is from the Loomis Basin Horsemen, the equestrian group that maintains the park.
Issues? Put these CA State Parks phone numbers in your cell phone
Our local state parks have regular office numbers where trail users can ask for a Ranger, report maintenance issues, or to just say thanks for taking care of our park. If you ride or hike in these parks, put these numbers in your phone. They are there to help you. All these offices have regular hours, usually 9am - 5pm, Monday-Friday.
Folsom Lake SRA - (916) 988-0205
Auburn SRA - (530) 885-4527
Oroville SRA - (530) 538-2219
Empire Mine SHA - (916) 653-6995
What if you need to report something outside of business hours? California State Parks in our area use one central dispatch number for 24/7 contact. This number is posted in our State Parks, but it is hard to find when you really need it...when you are in an situation out on the trail. This number is not to be used for when you are annoyed at the noisy kids on the beach, or that maintenance hasn't picked up the trash that day. When should you use the Central Dispatch number? For issues where a State Parks Ranger is needed to be dispatched for a public safety issue. Some of those issues might be to report a dangerous off-leash dog, or an illegal motorcycle on a non-motorized trail, or someone destroying cultural or natural artifacts, or reckless speed endangering others on a trail, or a a washed out trail or unsafe bridge.
California State Parks Central Dispatch (916) 358-1300 - available 24/7
Who do you call for serious injury, or for fire, or observe dangerous or threatening behavior? CALL 9-1-1
Eldorado Forest - be prepared for high elevation snow, increased run-off and storm damage Memorial Day holiday
Visitors are reminded to check on the status of their favorite campgrounds as not all facilities are typically open at the beginning of the season and this year's large snow pack is hanging around. Permits are still required for wilderness areas even though they have snow.
Recreation facilities that are open now are Dru Barner, Stumpy Meadows, Black Oak Group, Ponderosa Cove, Hell Hole, Strawberry Point, Northwind, Jones Fork, Big Silver Group, China Flat, Sand Flat, Silver Fork, Capps Crossing, Lovers Leap, Westpoint, Pyramid Trailhead, Middle Fork Cosumnes, Pardoes Point, and Pipi.
Facilities expected to be open the Friday of Memorial Weekend are Ice House, Sunset (sites 62 to 131), Fashoda, Azalea Cove, Wench Creek, Yellowjacket, Gerle Creek, and Airport Flat.
Early June openings are expected for Northshore, South Shore, and Camino Cove.
Facilities above 6,000 feet in elevation that are expected to open in mid to late June are Loon Lake, Bear River Group, Caples Lake, and Silver Lake East.
At over 7,000 feet in elevation, Kirkwood Lake, Caples Lake, Woods Lake and Wrights Lake will be the last to open most likely in late June to early July.
For recreation facility updates visit our Current Conditions web page at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/enf/currentconditions . Reservations for many of our campgrounds, rental cabins, and overnight wilderness camping can be made at recreation.gov.
As the higher elevation routes are still blocked by snow drifts, Mormon Emigrant Trail will NOT be open for Memorial Weekend. The Highway 88 end of the road is at almost 8,000 feet in elevation with a 5 foot deep snow pack for the last 5 miles. Access from the Sly Park end is still 1 mile short of the Silver Fork road intersection. Motor Vehicle Use Maps are available free of charge from any of our Ranger Stations or downloaded from our Forest website. For road updates visit our Current Conditions web page at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/enf/currentconditions.
Visitors need to exercise caution as they enjoy the outdoors. All rivers and streams are running high, swift, and cold due to melting snow resulting in suddenly hazardous conditions. Many of the reservoirs are close to spilling and have increased their releases to make room for the incoming water from a greater than normal snow pack. River and stream levels fluctuate rapidly so do not cross them as you may not be able to return. Swimming is not advised as the cold water can result in hypothermia very quickly. Visitors are urged to be careful as there are also hazardous conditions around the forest due to tree mortality from 5 years of drought and insect damage.
Outside of hosted campgrounds, visitors must have a California Campfire Permit to have a campfire, or use a charcoal barbecue, gas stove or gas lantern. The permit is your agreement to follow the campfire restrictions and regulations in effect. Remember that regulations governing campfires can change with weather conditions and the seasons. To protect yourself and the forest, before each visit, check with the Forest Service for current campfire restrictions. Smoking outside of an enclosed vehicle may be completely prohibited during times of high fire danger. Your campfire permit is valid from the date issued until the end of the calendar year; it may be used in any National Forest in California. California Campfire permits are available free of charge at our Ranger Stations and online at www.preventwildfireca.org.
As a result of the severe winter, multiple roads, trails, and facilities have been damaged. The southern end of the forest is not accessible due to extensive road damage to Ellis Creek, Panther Creek, Salt Springs, and Tiger Creek roads. The northern end of the forest cannot be accessed from the Eldorado side as Eleven Pines road and Blacksmith Flat/Ralston road have multiple damage areas and unstable slopes. Access from the Tahoe National Forest side via Mosquito road is only one lane in areas due to road damage so visitors are encouraged to drive cautiously. This is a 2 ½ hour trip from Georgetown to Hell Hole area.
Recreation facilities temporarily closed or inaccessible due to storm damage are Bridal Veil Picnic Area, Mokelumne, White Azalea, Moore Creek, Middle Fork Cosumnes Annex, Sugar Pine Point, and Wolf Creek campgrounds. A bridge on the Pony Express Trail has washed out preventing through access on the trail. For updates visit our Storm Damage web page at www.fs.usda.gov/goto/enf/stormdamage.
Forest offices are open 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Forest Supervisor's office and the Placerville and Amador Ranger District offices are open Monday to Friday. The Pacific Ranger District office is open 7 days a week although Sunday is only from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm. Georgetown Ranger Station on Wentworth Springs road is open 6 days a week Monday through Saturday. Carson Pass and Crystal Information Stations will be open on weekend days. Please visit our website at www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado for maps and visitor information.
Nesting bald eagles cause temporary Sunset campground closure in Eldorado National Forest
Nesting bald eagles have returned to Sunset Campground in the Eldorado National Forest. A temporary closure of the Shady and Meadow Loops (units 1 - 61) has been implemented to protect the eagles which are sensitive to disturbance. The other sites in Sunset Campground (units 62-131) will open on Friday May 26 in time for Memorial Day Weekend and will be available through the reservation system on www.recreation.gov. In addition to Sunset, there are many other campgrounds around the Union Valley Reservoir, including Wench Creek Campground which doesn't require reservations. There are also abundant dispersed camping options throughout the Crystal Basin on the Pacific Ranger District."Sunset Campground was a new nest site for these eagles last year," said District Ranger, Richard Thornburgh. "We encouraged the eagles to nest away from the campground by building a nesting platform nearby on Granlee Point last fall. Although the eagles still choose to return to Sunset this year, we've been able to narrow the scope and timing of the closure to accommodate more camping."
The Forest Service plans to begin a phased reopening of units 1-61 in mid-June. During the nesting season, the Forest Service will also provide opportunities for visitors to view the bald eagle nest with a spotting scope and learn more about the biology of these magnificent birds.
Bald eagles have nested around Union Valley Reservoir since 1986. Bald eagles build large stick nests in the upper branches of the tallest trees, which offer great views for fishing and protecting their nest. Pairs generally return to the same nest year after year, building upon and improving it. For more than 10 years, the Union Valley bald eagles nested on Granlee Point on the southeast side of the reservoir.
Late in 2015, the Granlee Point nest fell out of the tree, and the bald eagles built a new nest in Sunset Campground. The bald eagles in Union Valley have successfully fledged two juveniles in 2015 and 2016, helping to boost populations of bald eagles in California.
The US Forest Service is working with California Department of Fish and Wildlife and US Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the nesting eagles while minimizing restrictions on recreational use of the area. Disturbance of eagles is prohibited under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
The complete Sunset Campground Bald Eagle Closure Order No. 03-16-03 is posted on the forest website at www.fs.usda.gov/eldorado . You can also visit this website for more information on the status of roads and recreation sites forest-wide.
Eldorado National Forest Press Release May 24, 2017
Photo credit from the Audubon Field Guide
New safety and trail designation signs on Hoot (Cable) Trail
The Forest Service has approved and installed new trail signs to remind everyone that the newly re-routed Hoot Trail, which starts at the Harmony Market on Highway 20, is shared by all trail users.The Hoot Trail is the old Cable Trail that was closed by the Tahoe National Forest for safety reasons. For over a decade, the equestrians of the Gold Country Trails Council worked with the Forest Service to get this multi-use, non-motorized trail re-opened by funding the CEQA, NEPA declarations done and protected species clearance.
During the past 18 months, trails organizations assisted the Forest Service in finally building the new trail, including Gold Country Trails Council and Bicyclists of Nevada County (BONC) by providing CCC funds, trail tools and machines, design and the physical work on the ground finishing the trail. The trail was officially opened this past month.
As designated, this trail is multi-use, open to bikes, hikers and horses. Because the trail has been marketed for this past month as a bicycle trail, many out-of-area mt. bikers have come to try it out. To curtail speed and post trail yield rules, the Forest Service approved and installed these new signs on May 24 to remind everyone that the trail is shared by all trail users.
Photo: Gold Country Trails Council volunteer, Barry Vacarro, sets the new trail signs.
UPDATE: Mountain lion sightings on El Dorado Trail, another at the Quarry
THE QUARRY 5/25/2017: A Park Watch Reporter said a lion ran into the side of her trailer at Hwy 49 and the Quarry as they were driving out of the Confluence. The lion spun around and went back into the woods. She saw that it was uninjured.
EL DORADO TRAIL 5/25/2017: There has been a mountain lion sighting on the El Dorado Trail in the Weber Creek Bridge (portion of the trail between Forni Rd and Missouri Flat Rd). This sighting was of a mother and her young. Parks and Trails posted signs on the trail. Please be cautious and aware of your surroundings. This information came from the County of El Dorado Parks and Trails division.
For those of you who are running or riding in these areas, a good idea is to wear bells. Most lions want to stay hidden from noise or humans.
The Ag Department recommends:
Do not feed feral cats. The cats, raccoons, opossums, and skunks that come for the food also attract mountain lions and are easy “tidbits” for them. Do not leave pet foods out overnight as they attract these visitors that in turn attract the mountain lions.
Do not feed deer. Presence of deer on your property attracts mountain lions as they are the natural prey of the lions.
Always:
Be aware of your surroundings.
Do not enter brushy areas.
Stay close to the building at night and do not enter dark areas alone.
The Agriculture Department and the State Department of Fish and Game also make the following recommendations:
DO NOT HIKE ALONE: Go in groups, with adults supervising children.
KEEP CHILDREN CLOSE TO YOU: Observations of captured wild mountain lions reveal that the animals seem especially drawn to children. Keep children within your sight at all times.
DO NOT APPROACH A MOUNTAIN LION: Most mountain lions will try to avoid a confrontation. Give them a way to escape.
DO NOT RUN FROM A MOUNTAIN LION: Running may stimulate a mountain lion’s instinct to chase. Instead, stand and face the animal. Make eye contact. If you have small children with you, pick them up if possible so they don’t panic and run. Although it may be awkward, pick them up without bending over or turning away from the mountain lion.
DO NOT CROUCH DOWN OR BEND OVER: In Nepal, a researcher studying tigers and leopards watched the big cats kill cattle and domestic water buffalo while ignoring humans standing nearby. He surmised that a human standing up is just not the right shape for a cat’s prey. On the other hand, a person squatting or bending over looks a lot like a four-legged prey animal. If you’re in mountain lion country, avoid squatting, crouching or bending over, even when picking up children.
DO ALL YOU CAN TO APPEAR LARGER: Raise your arms. Open your jacket if you are wearing one. Again, pick up small children. Throw stones, branches, or whatever you can reach without crouching or turning your back. Wave your arms slowly and speak firmly in a loud voice. The idea is to convince the mountain lion that you are not prey and that you are not a danger to it.
FIGHT BACK IF ATTACKED: A hiker in Southern California used a rock to fend off a mountain lion that was attacking his son. Others have fought back successfully with sticks, caps, jackets, garden tools and their bare hands. Since a mountain lion usually tries to bite the head or neck, try to remain standing and face the attacking animal. If you see a mountain lion near a County facility, or to IMMEDIATELY REPORT A DANGEROUS
ENCOUNTER OR ATTACK: CALL 911 The threat to public safety will be assessed and any appropriate action will be taken. Also report any sighting of dead or injured mountain lions.
All trail users need to be aware of their surroundings. Currently there have never been a report of a mountain lion attacking a horse and rider combination, but lions have attacked and killed mt. bikers, hikers, horses alone, and dogs on our trails.
Caution urged during bike trail closure at Lake Natoma
The Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the California Department of Parks and Recreation, has temporarily closed a portion of the American River Bike Trail along Lake Natoma due to landslide activity that began January 22, south of Negro Bar. California State Parks has installed fencing, barricades and warning signs on both sides of the trail closure and is urging the public to stay away from the area until further notice, as additional slides may occur. Construction activities to stabilize the cliff and remove debris have not yet been scheduled due to ongoing hazards.
Cyclists and other recreationists should use the paved trails on the south side of Lake Natoma as an alternate route between Hazel Avenue and Folsom Boulevard.
More information is available at California State Park’s Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, 916-988-0205 or parks.ca.gov/?page_id=500.
Photo credit: Sacramento Bee newspaper
CLICK HERE to see original article in the Folsom Telegraph Newspaper
Tahoe National Forest Modifies Bowman Road Closure
NEVADA CITY, Calif. – In a continuing effort to provide vehicular access to the Tahoe National Forest, while also providing for public safety, the Forest has moved the Bowman Road closure from the intersection with Highway 20 to the intersection with Forest Service Road 14 (Grouse Ridge Lookout Road). The Road had been closed due to storm damage, including a large sinkhole. Initial repairs have made the road passable; however, uneven surfaces still warrant caution while driving the newly opened section of road.
Snow, ice and debris are inhibiting access to some Tahoe National Forest roads and additional road damage is still being revealed. The Forest has seen extensive damage to roads and other infrastructure from this year’s winter storms. Unsafe conditions, damaged roads, as well as snow and debris have resulted in the need to close some roads to public use. Closed roads will reopen once they are repaired and deemed safe for travel.
Those with a valid permit from the U.S. Forest Service are authorized to use these roads, as are any Federal, State or local officers or members of an organized rescue or firefighting force in the performance of official duty.
For more Tahoe National Forest information, go to www.fs.usda.gov/tahoe. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/Tahoe_NF and “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TahoeNF.
Contact(s): Michael Woodbridge
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THE TASK IS...
to discover and distribute amazing craft beverages for people to enjoy.
Craft Republic aims to provide market access to innovative and quality focused craft beverage brands.
Our team will work in a professional sales manner to execute our high standards. Our staff will continually learn and educate our customers on our brands and industry. Being responsive to our customer needs and accountable to our supplier partners is critical to further developing our partnerships.
We want to be an industry respected, customer loved, and commercially successful craft beverage distributorship, that always strives to have the best team in craft beer distribution.
Brian Dix
In his own words, “What was my craft beer moment? It has been many years since I tasted my first Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA. I can still remember catching that first aromatic blast as I poured it into my favorite glass. What a beauty! An intense, beautiful monster, with huge resinous hop flavor, intense hop aroma, yet a wonderful malt balance, and a vibrant deep orange color. I'll never forget that moment. It changed my direction.
Beer is personal. For me it's been a part of my life for so long it's an old friend. I've played a lot of roles over the years and drank a lot of beers. I've been account side, a brewery rep managing a large distributor network, a division director and a vice president. Driving the idea of Craft Republic forward from concept to business start-up has been the most rewarding professional experience of my life.
Craft Republic is about changing the game - to embrace the entrepreneurial founders of America’s craft breweries and be an advocate for the quality, innovation, and new ideas they stand for. If it weren't for ingenuity we wouldn't be drinking massive wine & whiskey barrel aged beer from cans right now. The American business renaissance has roots here and I'm excited to see and sell what comes next.”
Katie Lange
Katie’s professional background consisted of just the right combination of skills to juggle the many tasks the Central Command position entails. Those skills, in addition to her love of St. Louis, passion for local business and interest in the craft beer community, made her transition into the Craft Republic family a natural one. A born and raised St. Louisan, Katie lives in South City with her dog, Lucy and 2 cats, Olivia and Michael J. Cat. She has close ties to the St. Louis music scene and loves to travel. When she isn’t at a show or planning her next adventure, Katie can be found volunteering, entertaining friends & family and exploring new places.
Roy Cook
Roy handles behind the scenes projects as the Special Ops Manager, making sure our warehouse runs smoothly, inventory is correct, and orders are flowing out to our customers efficiently and accurately. He spent the last decade in Wholesale and Logistics, which makes him more than capable to handle the fluctuating inventory of specialty product at Craft Republic. Outside of work, Roy is an avid outdoorsman who loves hiking and backpacking. In addition to his enthusiasm for craft beer, Roy experiments creating whiskey in his own copper still. We can’t wait to try some of his creations!
Ryan Rakel
Beer Traffic Controller
Born and raised in St. Louis, Ryan has been working in the craft beer industry for the last ten years. His love of beer is a result of home brewing with his grandpa in the garage, an obsession with Irish pub culture, and deep respect for the brewing history of STL. After graduating from Wash U, Ryan had brief stints as a “pirate” and “range rat” but realized his heart belonged in STL. Ryan is proud of his St. Louis roots and has dug in, living in South city with 4 crazy girls, his wife, two daughters and white fluffy muppet of a dog. When not working with amazing craft beverages or spending time with his family, Ryan enjoys cooking, golf, other sports like hockey, baseball and soccer, pretending to be able to fly fish, and being outside. Ryan looks forward to making the food and beverage culture of our beloved city even more amazing than it already is.
Nick Pepera
Nick joined the Republic bringing tons of skills, energy and experience from a variety of industries, including the technology field; but it's his passion for craft that we love the most. As an account manager and marketer at Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, he became even more involved in the industry. His easy-going manner allows him to educate others on the intricacies of craft without overwhelming them. When Nick isn't checking out local bars, restaurants, and breweries, he can be found playing sports, watching movies or spending time with loved ones.
Dave Muser
Dave’s interests can be summed up in three words: beer, music and daughter. A proud father of one, Dave resides in St. Louis. His sales and distribution background coupled with a passion for everything craft beer made him a natural fit for our growing team. When he’s not selling beer or on dad duty, you can find him playing with his band, The Grooveliner.
Dave "Panda" Scarmana
Dave got his introduction to the craft beer world after moving back to the Midwest from Los Angeles in 2008 as a brewer for Crown Valley Brewing Company in Ste. Genevieve, MO. It was during his time at Crown Valley when Dave got his infamous nickname “Panda”. Dave went on to become a brewer and sales rep for Charleville Brewery before returning to school to get his BA in Business Administration & Marketing. Most recently, Dave has been the Director of Sales & Marketing for Heavy Riff Brewing company. He and his wife Ashleigh love to travel to spend time with family and friends all over the country. You can also find them around town at a concert or at one of their favorite breweries.
Brian Devine
Captain of Quality
Brian is our Captain of Quality; he ensures our draft line cleaning standards meet or exceed the Brewers Association Standards. He developed his enthusiasm for craft beer over 17 years ago, after having his first Schlafly Pale Ale and New Belgium Fat Tire. When he's not working hard to maintain the quality and integrity of our brands, you can find him spending time with his wife, Sara, and son, Dylan. He enjoys exploring local eateries and brewpubs as well as enjoying and playing music around town. Additionally, Brian and his friends home brew their own recipes regularly. He plans to take his career path in the direction of working toward a Master Cicerone and eventually opening a brewery someday.
William Woods
Delivery Driver Extraordinaire
Will is experienced and efficient with years of experience in the industry. He’s the man everyone loves to see as that means a delivery from Craft Republic has arrived! We call him Mr. Hustle! When he's not dropping delicious products off at accounts, Will enjoys exploring the world around him. Be it traveling with his long-term love, Amanda, to hiking, fishing, attending concerts and visiting new breweries (his favorite styles of beer are stouts and especially sours; he wants to experience it all.
TJ Bundrett
TJ is our Kansas City Account Manager and has been a Certified Cicerone since 2015. He had his first beer with his grandfather in Mexico after he convinced some local fisherman to take them out hand fishing. After returning with their catch, his grandfather handed him a Tecate. Being from KC, TJ's first exposure to craft beer was through Boulevard. From there he tried his hand at home brewing, and trying new beers. After college he worked a desk job and became a real life cube troll staring at numbers and spreadsheets all day. He knew he had to get out there and wanted to be part of the beer world, so he found a job as a merchandiser. Soon after that, he became a sales trainee and then beer sales rep with Standard Beverage. We're happy to have TJ and his lovely wife and daughter as part of the Craft Republic family.
Thomas Mullen
Thomas is our everything man in KC. He delivers product to all of our KC accounts, merchandises, and cleans draft lines. Some of his other duties include managing inventory counts and making the weekly product transfer from STL to KC. When Thomas isn't working, you can find him spending time with his long term love, Danna, going to concerts, watching basketball and enjoying craft beer all around KC.
Shane Jesnowski
Draft Technician
Shane is our draft tech in KC. He is a craft beer enthusiast who was eager to get into the industry. His passion for learning all aspects of the business, combined with his technical skill and dedication to customer service, made him the perfect fit for our growing team. He covers the KC Metro making sure our draft accounts have clean lines and properly working draft systems to ensure the best quality craft beverage possible.
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Gov. Nyesom Wike declares financial autonomy for Rivers Judiciary
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the state judiciary would have financial autonomy, so that it could work independently without being muscled by the executive.
Wike spoke yesterday in Port Harcourt, while swearing-in the state acting Chief Judge, Justice Daisy Okocha, and the acting President, of the state’s Customary Court of Appeal, Justice Christy Gabriel-Nwankwo.
He assured the people that he would never starve the judiciary of funds as a tool for arm twisting the judiciary, noting that the independence of the Judiciary was necessary for the smooth running of government.
Wike however took a swipe at the Bench and lawyers in the state for the roles they played in the crisis in the state judiciary, stating that if they had collectively taken a stand, the state would have been saved the pains of the protracted closure of the judiciary.
He said the Bench was divided during the crisis, when they were supposed to be united to fight the destruction of the judiciary.
Wike also expressed disappointment with what he described as the lackadaisical attitude of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) for failing to defend the legal profession in the face of attacks from a desperate administration seeking self-preservation.
His words: “As a lawyer, I am highly disappointed by the action of the NBA. Something that you know is wrong, but every one kept quiet.
“The actions that the NBA is taking now are belated. Suspending the former attorney general is coming late in the day. They failed to speak up when everything was going wrong. We got to that level of decadence because NBA failed to act.”
The governor said he would always follow due process in appointing judicial officers, stating that he would never make appointments on the premise of self-preservation.
He said, “If I believe in self-preservation, I would have appointed my wife acting chief judge and the second in line as acting president, customary court of appeal. But I am a person who believes in due process. All through my leadership, we will follow due process in all appointments and actions.”
In her response, the newly sworn-in acting Chief Judge, Justice Daisy Okocha, stated that there would be zero-tolerance for corruption under her leadership.
She commended the governor for working towards the financial autonomy of the judiciary and pledged to ensure the revival of the state judiciary.
Credit: Ernest Chinwo/ThisDay
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Frederick Music Showcase : Volume 2 : Live band photoshoots
After two decades of playing in Frederick, the Freddie Long band takes in the Weinberg from the stage
When the Frederick Music scene represents, it truly does so in style. For the second year the Frederick Playlist organized a showcase of local bands playing original music in the tastefully art deco surroundings of the Weinberg Theater in the heart of Downtown. A turn out across all strata of Frederick's populace witnessed a high octane evening of music kicked off by the first hip-hop act to appear in the hallowed hall, Retro/Ricole Barnes. Ably followed by the beautiful Americana of Katie Powderly and the Unconditional Lovers, the indescribable but lovable Silent Old Mountains and headlined by Frederick stalwart, The Freddie Long Band. Freddie's appearance as a Frederick native who has played in the area for two decades, his "Mom, we finally made it to the Weinberg" introduction being especially enjoyable.
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Love : Valentine's Day 2016 : A community photoshoot
What does love look like ?
In "Love Actually", Hugh Grant's voice over says that if you want to truly see love then visit the arrivals lounge of an airport. Well BWI and National Airports are a little while away, and TSA would probably take a dim view of setting up a studio inside the airport.
So we did the next best thing and opened up the studio Saturday and Sunday evenings for a community "Pay what you want" Valentine's photoshoot, as ever whenever we open the doors up to the incredible Frederick community it was great to see old friends, meet new ones and share our love with everyone else - here's a quick look at what love really looks like from those who dropped by.
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Mark : Homeless but not anonymous
Mark is one of our more recognizable characters in Frederick, and one of the most coherent to talk to.
Since leaving a children's home at 17 he has been homeless for 50 years, originally in Montgomery County and the last 35-40 years in Frederick County, at least for the summer, most winters he has spent in Florida. He's an interesting person, this has been his choice to live outside, eschewing shelters and the drama that often accompanies that community.
Doesn't drink, despises drugs, in many ways he is like an Indian, these days with his various aches, pains and ailments he sticks close to town but in his younger years lived off what he could forage in the woods. Where we might view his life with pity, he has the same towards ours, he views that he lives in complete freedom, it's an interesting perspective.
The morning he came up to have his picture taken unfortunately someone had stolen his small backpack - bizarre as it only contains his razor and toothbrush, but he was already amused as a woman had stopped him to take a picture of his hair wanting the exact shade of silver blonde to show her stylist .
Have a chat with him, he's very coherent and with many stories of the States, having seen more of the country that most of us might in our lifetimes.
I asked him what advice he would give to someone looking to follow his path and make the choice to live free - "Don't go to Cleveland !"
Coffee preference - black :-)
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Halloween : Downtown Frederick Pop-up Shop photo shoot
YES !!!!
Now that was fun - a pop up shop Halloween Party photo shoot on Halloween Night. An assorted cast from Batgirl to a nautical bulldog and one seriously creepy clown. See the full gallery or flick through a few personal favorites below...
Next up will be Christmas Portraits at the beginning of December, think old style Hollywood, Clark Gable, black and white, tuxedos and ball gowns. These will not be your usual Christmas portrait images, we're a bit different, ya know ?. Details will be advertised shortly, or contact us to get your name on the list for a provisional time slot !
tags: halloween, portraits, batgirl, clown, bulldog, batman, two face, harley, quinn, fredrick, frederick, fredneck, md, maryland, photo, shoot, natural, artistry
categories: Personal Project
Do you see what we see : Natural Artistry and Found Souls Studios
The pictures at the top of this post are behind the scenes photos of two best friends, occasional business partners and who have fronted the Original Booze Brothers since 1978. Most people when put in front of a camera and told to just chat naturally have a terribly difficult time doing so, Lee and Fred instantly dropped into the easy rapport of two people who have shared each others lives, bars, gigs, families.
It was inspiring, as Bobbi and I embark on our next step opening our own studios I hope that we can sit down together and share that kind of bond.
After a long search we literally stumbled across the perfect space at 106 N Market, Suite A in the heart of downtown Frederick. A space where photography and psychiatry can combine in unity. On paper the two are odd bedfellows, yet we both specialize in showing people what they do not see within themselves.
Nestled above the Starbucks on N Market, the photo studio offers a 50’x13’ main space with diffused natural light and a range of strobes. Primarily the home for my own work, rental requests will be considered. Across an adjoining hallway is Found Souls Studio, a new approach to mental health through changing behaviors and thinking
It is a truly scary experience to sit down, sign a lease and be handed a set of keys to your own business space. A necessary progression to have our own space, and exciting to have a place to call our businesses home, but at the same time all this space to fill, to fill with work, creativity and joy. A reflection of our life together.
We will both be running seminars, from the photography side each month will feature an evening photography workshop, but also an evening with a professional photography and a musician, a forum to discuss creativity, inspiration and overcoming challenges.
Mark your diaries - Grand Opening is September 4th - 6-9pm :-)
tags: workshops, natural, found, life, opening, souls, artistry, fear, development, studio
categories: life
By Royal Appointment : Fashion with a classic Royal Enfield British Cafe Racer
Some things just a have an iconic timeless style. This is one of them, A British Royal Enfield Cafe racer. A treat to be present, see and hear the wonderful sound of this machine.
tags: royal, enfield, cafe, racer, natural, artistry, frederick, downtown, nola, motorbike, leather, jacket, style, mens, editorial
categories: Fashion, portfolio
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WELLcome Home, Dana Isenstein!
We're excited to bring you our monthly feature highlighting someone awesome who has recently moved back to Metro Detroit after adventures away!
This month, we'd like to (re)introduce you to Dana Isenstein!
TW: You recently returned to Metro Detroit after spending some time away. What brought you back?
DI: I always used to say I would never move back, not because Metro Detroit isn’t a great place, but because I just have an extreme dislike toward winter. As fate would have it though, my boyfriend, who is not from here, matched into a residency program here, so the return felt serendipitous. As they say, we plan and G-d laughs.
TW: Where did life take you before you returned home?
DI: After college at the University of Michigan, I attended law school at the University of Miami in Florida (I really meant what I said about winter). After graduating, I practiced in southeast Florida for a year, then moved to Atlanta for four fantastic years. I still work for a law firm in Atlanta, so it feels like my second home. But it’s great to be back in my original home.
TW: What fictional place would you most like to travel to (and why?)
DI: The Land of Oz - I loved The Wizard of Oz as a kid and would love to have the chance to follow the yellow brick road.
TW: What is your ideal Saturday?
DI: That depends on the season! Winter: Brunch and a movie. Spring: A hike or a bike ride. Summer: Up north on the lake. Fall: A Michigan football game. All with family or friends!
TW: What's your favorite game?
DI: I’m not much of a game player, but I do love Heads Up…partially because it’s Ellen DeGeneres’ game.
TW: As a kid, what did you want to be when you "grew up?”
DI: I've wanted to be a lawyer since middle school when I started watching The Practice on ABC. My particular legal interests and beliefs have certainly changed, but the career path stuck.
TW: What is your most frequently used emoji?
DI: That’s a toss up - either the laughing/crying face, which to me says LOL…but really...I’m laughing out loud, or the face with all the teeth for any awkward moment.
TW: What do you look for in your Jewish community?
DI: A sense of welcoming and togetherness. I’ve had different experiences in each of the many different Jewish communities in which I’ve lived, but no matter where I was, it felt comforting to have a sense of belonging to use as a foundation to meet new people and find new opportunities.
TW: Finish the sentence: When I go to The Well…
DI: I feel proud to be from Jewish Detroit. It makes me happy to see and be a part of The Well bringing people together and doing great things for our Jewish community and Metro Detroit. Keep up the good work!
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The Best Plan to Use for Condenser Temperature Uncovered
by Meghan Ellis | Feb 26, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Top Condenser Temperature Secrets
The very first issue to do is to inspect the temperature. This temperature is needed for specifying the condenser leaving temperature difference. The condensing temperature is going to be kept slightly higher than the ambient temperature to permit for the heat transfer to occur. It can also fluctuate for various reasons. The temperature is actually a measure of the normal energy of the movement of these particles. Lower temperatures need to freeze and condense solvents and they are able to easily bypass the condenser and wind up causing damage to the vacuum pump.
Many people believe the vacuum sucks the moisture from a sample during lyophilization, which isn’t true. The moisture isn’t sucked from the solution and in reality chamber pressures which are unnecessarily low will slow freeze drying. The other portion of the heat is taken because of the heating of the liquid plugs when they’re situated in the evaporator part. Sensible cooling is what we’re measuring. Your air conditioner contains four key components, and it’s an extremely rare refrigeration system which deviates from this four part design, composed of an evaporator, a compressor, a metering device, and a condenser. A centrally located air conditioner has the power to cool your home, thereby letting you delight in the temperature you would like in your surroundings.
The Ultimate Approach for Condenser Temperature
There is zero reason why a woman couldn’t grow to be an HVAC and refrigeration technician. The majority of the refrigerant will be in the condenser as a result of restriction, so subcooling increases. To begin with, either the refrigerant is not able to absorb the heat from the auto interiors.
The Foolproof Condenser Temperature Strategy
The condenser resembles a mini radiator, and it’s situated facing the radiator of your vehicle. A colder condenser isn’t always better. To do away with this issue, you’ve first got to look at the condenser of your vehicle. A compressor could be so worn out that you cannot charge to regular suction superheat. The compressor is strong enough to keep the indoor temperature of your residence. The compressor does not need to do as much work. The compressor of your vehicle is not going to turn on, if there’s low refrigerant.
Condenser Temperature – What Is It?
For clear understanding its necessary to understand what is a Refrigeration system, it’s defined as a system which may lessen the temperature or heat of a substance below a controlled condition. It must be able to maintain the temperature of the condenser substantially below the temperature of the product. It can also be employed to cool shelves in the product chamber for the freezing of the product. When it is warm, the system could be undercharged, in spite of a frosted coil. An ideal container system has to be chosen for the item.
The absolute most frequent refrigerant flow problem concerns the suitable charge of refrigerant. It ought to be determined if you are managing an airflow problem or a refrigerant flow service issue. The issue of an auto air conditioner blowing hot air on a single side is chiefly seen in cars that have a dual zone climate control system.
The Battle Over Condenser Temperature and How to Win It
The flow rate has to be low enough to limit the necessary cooling capacities. If there’s a gain in the ambient temperature, there’ll also be a gain in the condensing temperature, but the condenser split (difference between the 2 temperatures) will continue being the same. A temperature increase leads to a more compact flow of the secondary fluid for the exact same heat load.
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What makes a classic? A short reflection
Published on October 25, 2018 October 25, 2018 by Dr. Peter Pichler
Recently, Polish black/death metallers Behemoth released their new album ‘I Loved You at Your Darkest’,1 which is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed ‘The Satanist’ from four years ago.2 In fact, their 2014 release has been acclaimed more than critically, it meant the band’s scenic and extra-scenic breakthrough. In many reviews, it has been deemed a new classic of extreme metal. In 2015, I felt tempted to deem the album an ‘existential’ one. However, that was in early 2015, three and a half years ago.
Since then some time has passed. The Polish band went on extensive touring journeys of thoroughly ritualized concerts and thereby fortified their image. The recent issuing of the new album is a perfect opportunity of asking what makes a ‘classic’ in the cultural history of heavy metal. In the case of ‘The Satanist’, reviewers, journalists and fans have been quite quickly in their decision (as myself back in 2015, too).
However, if we look at other ‘classics’, such as Iron Maiden‘s ‘The Number of the Beast’ (1982), Metallica‘s ‘Master of Puppets’ (1986), or Mayhem‘s ‘De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas’ (1994) in Behemoth’s own genre(s), things look different. All those records’ status quo as such mystified ones resulted from decades-lasting processes of memorialization and collective memory-building of such narratives.
In my upcoming book with Emerald Publishers,3 ‘classic’ and ‘cult’ albums are an important topic. History is the science of time, of its past dimension, connected to the present and the future. Such records mark certain points in history, make them available in space and time. They are key elements of identity constructions of metalness. For the case of Behemoth, that implies one major conclusion. Perhaps, their ‘The Satanist’ marks 2014 as their classic year in 2018. Yet, as cultural collective memory is a matter of decades, usually needing about a generation to crystallize into less liquid forms,4 it is a classic in 2018. This does not logically imply it still will be one in 2028, 2038, 2048 or later.
Behemoth, I Loved You at Your Darkest, Nuclear Blast, 2018. ↩
Behemoth, The Satanist, Nuclear Blast, 2014. ↩
Peter Pichler, Metal Music and Sonic Knowledge in Europe: A Cultural History, Forthcoming 2019. ↩
Jan Assmann, Das kulturelle Gedächtnis. Schrift, Erinnerung und politische Identität in frühen Hochkulturen, München: Beck, 1992. ↩
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Eagle and Child
You will find The Eagle and Child in Oxford within a short stroll of Cornmarket Street, Oxford University and St Johns College - however you won't find another like it.
Step in to discover a traditional pub of unique character, revered for its eclectic range of real ales and its quality pub food, which are served, as they should be, with a generous measure of famous British hospitality.
The Eagle and Child lays claim to a number of interesting literary connections. J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and fellow writers met here and dubbed themselves 'The Inklings'. They nicknamed the pub 'The Bird and Baby'. A public house since 1650, our hostelry takes its name from the crest of the Earls of Derby. During the Civil War, our building was used as the playhouse for Royalist soldiers.
49 St Giles,
OX1 3LU
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You will find The Crown in Oxford within a short stroll of Queens Street, Carfax Tower and High Street - however you won't find another like it.
The Crown has had a succession of famous landlords. In the year of the Gunpowder Plot it was kept by John Davenant and it was during this time Shakespeare paid his frequent visits to Oxford. The poet used to stop in the University town on his journeys between Stratford and London, and the Crown was his headquarters.
59a Cornmarket Street,
OX1 3HB
White Horse (Broad St)
Welcome to the White Horse get ready for Pimm's O'clock!.
Located in the heart of the City sandwiched between Blackwells Bookstore and opposite the Sheldonian Theatre. A grade two listed building dating back to the 16th century. Famous for our Fish and Chips. Also famous for filming of Inspector Morse in the 1980's and more recently 'Lewis' and the new 'Endeavour'
Real ales and traditional home cooked food makes us a must visit when you are in Oxford.
OX1 3BB
Kings Arms
The famous Kings Arms is the oldest pub in Oxford built in 1607 and still standing in its original position.
We're quite possibly also the brainiest pub in Oxford too, known for having the highest IQ per square foot of anywhere in the world! Loved by Oxford scholars and tourists alike and renown for fine cask ales, hearty home made food and our resident ghost.
Ali and the team look forward to making you at home.
40 Holywell Street,
OX1 3SP
Turf Tavern
An institution for locals, city dwellers, shoppers and tourists alike. Those in the know will seek out our traditional british pub. Free smiles and warm welcomes with every visit - guaranteed. We serve freshly prepared, irresistible food all day, every day. Grab a drink, get comfy and let us do the rest.
4-5 Bath Place,
OX1 3SU
Bear Inn
Dating from 1242 The Bear is the oldest pub in Oxford and a real hidden gem, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the High Street. Students, locals and tourists drop in to enjoy a great pint of real ale and good, home-cooked food in these historic premises.
6 Alfred Street,
OX1 4EH
You will find The Chequers in Oxford within a short stroll of Queen Street, St Aldates and Cornmarket Street - however you won't find another like it.
Much of the interior of our pub dates from the 1500s when an old tenement belonging to a moneylender was rebuilt as a tavern. The chequerboard was the symbol of the money-changer, having its origins in the checked cloth used by the Romans in their calculations ? hence Chancellor of the Exchequer. Our pub once exhibited strange animals discovered by 17th Century explorers and technological marvels of the age.
OX1 4DH
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Akram Al-Basyouni
Sentenced: 6 Years
Beit Hanoun city
Ahlam Mazen At-Tamimi
You killed the Palestinian children
Ahmed Al-Qidra
Sentenced: 19 Years
Knight behind bars
Name: Ahmed Shukri Al-Qidra.
Nick Name: Abu Obaida.
Sentenced: 19 Years.
Ahmed Shukri Ibrahim Al-Qidra "Abu Obaida" was born in 1982 in "Al-Ain" city in the UAE. Because he is Palestinian, he should be clever in all fields. He did good marks in elementary and preparatory grades in the UAE, and after finishing his secondary study, he moved to Palestine to study business management at Al-Quds Open University.
Ahmed was brave. He supported his courage with physical power; he liked practicing different sports like football, tennis, gymnastic and others.
With his parents:
Obeying parents was his main goal in his life; he was asking them to please him. His relations with relatives were good, and he used to visit them continually. He was kind with all people, especially, his neighbors. Ahmed had a strong identity; he did not afraid of anyone but Allah.
Arrest:
On December 22th, 2002, on his way to Gaza city, Abu Houli checkpoint was closed from both sides. Ahmed fell in capture after the Zionist soldiers had checked out the cars.
Unfair list of charges:
After being captured, Ahmed faced many charges; some of which are:
Belonging to Hamas movement and participating in her events.
Belonging to Al-Qassam brigades.
Occupancy of military materials and explosives.
Planning to perform a martyrdom operation.
But the Zionists do not know that these charges are honorable things for all Palestinians.
Six months later, Abu Obaida was sentenced to imprisonment for 19 years; he finished 8 years till now.
Between Prisons:
All prisoners should move between the Zionist prisons. Ahmed beginning was in Erez prison, and then he moved to Negev, Nafha and Hadarim where he stays up till now. He is being treated severely due to his honorable positions.
No Visit:
Since two years, Ahmed has been unpermitted to be visited as all Gazan prisoners. Before that, his father was only allowed to visit him after coordinating with the Red Cross.
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Trail of Cthulhu Playtest
By Rick Neal | January 5, 2010 - 3:22 pm | January 5, 2010 What's he playing?
This past Saturday evening, my friend Michael ran a playtest of Trail of Cthulhu, from Pelgrane Press, written by Ken Hite. I talked a little bit about reading the game way back here, but this is the first time I’ve played it.
One of the big things standing in the way of running a playtest of the game is the character creation system. It’s complex enough, with enough choices the players need to make at every step, that it requires a pretty solid understanding of the rules before building characters. And, in a playtest, you can’t count on the players to read any of the rules. So, that means pregenerated characters, which takes more time for the GM. Also, the points you get for investigative abilities are based on the number of characters in the game, so if you’re doing pregens, you need to know how many people will be playing – in my experience, not always possible with a playtest or one-shot.
In short, I’ve always thought that Pelgrane Press could do themselves a big favour by posting some pregens for their GUMSHOE games – ideally, complete parties of two, three, four, and five characters. It certainly would have got me playing the games a lot sooner.
This need has been met for ToC by an introductory scenario available for download on their site: The Murderer of Thomas Fell. While the characters are specifically for the scenario, they can certainly be used in other adventures.
Now, I’m not going to give you a bunch of spoilers – we played the game, we sort-of-solved the mystery, and we kinda-won – which is par for the course in a Purist Cthulhu game. We all had fun and liked both the system and the story. After the game, we had a bit of a discussion about it, and came up with these thoughts:
The game really demands a fair bit of input from players to keep it from devolving into a story being read to you by the Keeper. Specifically, the players need to develop familiarity with their abilities – especially the investigative abilities – and how to use them in the scenes. Otherwise, it can become a case of the Keeper asking, “Okay, who’s got Accounting? There’s an Accounting clue here.” Now, this will come with practice, both the input from the players in the correct circumstances (“I use Accounting to look through the papers in his business desk to see if there’s anything hinky.”) and the way the Keeper deals with it.
Combat is fast and can be surprisingly deadly. Especially for humans. The bad things are always tougher than you. And this is as it should be. There was a wonderful feeling of panic in the one real combat we had in the game.
The lightness of the rules really lets roleplaying shine through. Even with the pregens, pretty much everything that happened was the result of character personality interacting with the situation. The ending of the adventure was pretty much entirely dictated by the emotions of the characters, with very little in the way of dice rolling or use of rules. And I found that ending to be immensely satisfying, dramatically speaking.
Specialization among the characters is key. While the spend mechanic means that the person with the highest rating in a skill can only outdo the others a limited amount of time, it’s good to have at least one relevant investigative ability at a higher level than the others in the group have. My character had only a couple of irrelevant ones at high levels, and he didn’t get to find as many clues, etc. Which is okay in a single session, but would get tiring over time in a campaign.
The scene mechanic – letting the players know when the characters have got all the available clues from a scene and telling them to move on – was something that I thought would be awkward and artificial in play, but really worked very nicely. The first time Michael used it, it was a little disorienting and surprising, but then it just worked very smoothly.
All in all, a fun game and a big success. Thanks to Michael for beating me to running the game, and to Sandy, Jen, Fera, and Tom for playing with us.
Now I just need to convince Michael to run a campaign…
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9 Responses to Trail of Cthulhu Playtest
I have to say I rather enjoyed running a game without all the dice, the laptop, and a table between myself and the players as has become standard in my Iron Kingdoms campaign. It was more immediate and strangely less adversarial. It felt much more like a communal talespinning and it was a nice change. I found it also helped when I had to portray NPCs. It seemed easier for me to take on the roles.
All in all, I found it to be a rewarding and enjoyable experience. I particularly enjoyed expressions of the players at the end they succeeded in solving the mystery, yet still came to horrible, if undescribed, deaths; which by the way is not how the module normally ends but it seemed very appropriate.
I’d like to thank all the players who took the time, supplied the snacks and played the game!
BTW: I’ve already talked to Imagine about getting the Keeper’s Screen and Resource Book…
“kind-of won”. Huh. I can’t imagine what “kind-of losing” would have been like.
I recall getting a dose of Melted Brain Syndrome and your character ending up with too much calcium…
I think that’s why pregen Cthulhu characters work so well – you don’t get attached to them. :>
Rick Neal says:
That’s why it’s only “kind-of won.” We DID achieve the primary scenario objective: we found the missing man.
This is Cthulhu. You gotta take your victories where you can find (or manufacture) them.
I think it really was the best ending you could have hoped for… 🙂
Simon Rogers says:
Fred Hicks pointed me at this actual play report. Thanks very much for playing the game, and some useful feedback. If you think The Murderer of Thomas Fell is bad, then try Dying of St Margarets – that’s irredeemably Purist.
We will get some example characters up, and also a summary of character creation, which is supposed to be very straightforward.
You also said:
“The game really demands a fair bit of input from players to keep it from devolving into a story being read to you by the Keeper. Specifically, the players need to develop familiarity with their abilities – especially the investigative abilities – and how to use them in the scenes. Otherwise, it can become a case of the Keeper asking, “Okay, who’s got Accounting? There’s an Accounting clue here.—
One way to deal with this (if it’s a problem) is to treat the investigative abilities exactly as you would in a game where you roll dice. It’s only the physical act of picking up the dice and rolling them which is different.
Thanks! That would be great! As for the character creation, it’s not the mechanics of the creation which are difficult – it’s a nice, simple point-buy system, with a couple of minor twists that really enhance it. It’s not even “How high should my score be to be good?” which is dealt with quite nicely in a sidebar in the book. It’s just that, to create a good party, you really need the players to have a moderately solid concept, and to understand what each of the different abilities does.
As far as your suggestion for using the investigative abilities goes, that’s pretty much what we had determined by the end of the game. The disconnect, which happened early on, was a product of unfamiliarity with the system. It will obviously resolve itself through repeated play; it was just the learning curve that’s present in any new system.
Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for publishing such great games!
DitheringFool says:
Thanks for posting and thanks to Simon for responding – I sincerely believe if you can help ease us diehard d20 players into this new way of thinking you’ll see more of us!
And in years
When the torch light thins
And the clock tower’s gone
And the big light dims
We’ll no longer be boys
We’ll have lines on our skin
And they’ll throw our dust to the wind
— Passenger , Circles
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Moving Pictures into China
Shadow Magic
1902 mainland China, a British entrepreneur strikes up his 5 chen picture show, "Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up..." But no Chinaman gives this white devil the time of day, save for charming still photographer Liu. Lui's curiosity and love for invention break the great wall of culture, tradition and loyalty in search of truth, self, and friendship.
Liu and the Brit team up despite Liu's father's commands to the contrary. Though they delight in shunning the foreigner, the townsfolk must admit they enjoy watching the moving pictures even more. They're a captive audience, swaying and smiling, dodging the silent black and white locomotive, laughing at the Europeans engaging in snowball fights, and the dancer in fur, fluttering like a butterfly. "I always looked upon foreigners as soldiers, I never thought they had families. They even appear to have feelings." A local quips to her friend.
Into this bond of pioneers toss a tempting romance for Liu and "Shadow Magic" becomes a charming picture show of its own.
Liu's beaming joy in invention is contagious, while Jared Harris smashingly plays the determined fish out of water and concerned partner. As Liu himself had hoped to do with this new medium, this film captures in splendid color the traditional Chinese art form of Opera. The brief snowy shots of the grand palace are subtly breathtaking. Also momentary, but magical, the butterfly contraption Liu created. Though the costuming is satisfactory, the actual clothing needs to be a bit dirtier and worn.
Will this wicked invention from the West destroy ancient eastern culture - or will it capture it on film forever? Ultimately, the film is as charming as Liu's smile. While Lui and other characters are based on historical people; Raymond (the Brit) is a fictionalization of one of the few anonymous foreigners who brought moving pictures to the East at the turn of the century.
(In Mandarin with English subtitles.) Also of note: This is the first official co-production between Beijing Film Studio and Taiwan's Central Motion (among other international companies). Director Ann Hu was born in China, endured hard times during the cultural revolution and moved to the United States where she carved a career for herself as a successful business woman. This is her first film.
Shadow Magic. Copyright © 2001.
Starring Jared Harris, Xia Yu, Xing Yufei, Liu Peiqi, Lu Liping, Wang Jingming, Li Yusheng.
Directed by Ann Hu.
Written by Huang Dan, Tang Louyi, Kate Raisz, Bob McAndrew, Ann Hu.
Produced by Ann Hu, Sandra Schulberg at Sony Classics, C&A, Beijing Film Studio, China Film, Taiwan Central Motion Pic, Post Prod. Playground, Shulberg, Road Movies Vierte.
Grade..........................B+
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Nominations for EE BAFTA Film Awards 2015
As an official BAFTA Partner, Sargent-Disc would like to congratulate all the nominees including it's clients on their 35 nominations, for the 2015 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
2014 has been another exciting year for the UK film industry, with strong competition to reach the nominations shortlist for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2015. To be nominated in any of the categories is a huge achievment and Sargent-Disc would like to congratulate all of the nominees.
Sargent-Disc is proud to have been involved in six of this years nominated productions and would like to congratulate it's clients on their 35 nominations across 17 categories, including Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Production Design and Cinematography.
Nomiated films include:
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL:
The Grand Budapest Hotel receives 11 nominations for Best Film (Wes Wnderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson), Director (Wes Anderson), Original Screenplay (Wes Anderson), Leading Actor (Ralph Fiennes), Original Music (Alexandre Desplat), Cinematography (Robert Yeoman), Editing (Barney Pilling), Production Design (Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock), Costume Design (Milena Canonero), Make Up & Hair (Frances Hanbnon) and Sound (Wayne Lemmer, Christopher Scarabosio, Pawel Wdowczak).
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING:
The Theory of Everything receives 10 nominations for Best Film (Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruche, Anthony McCarten), Outstanding British Film (James Marsh, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten), Director (James Marsh), Adapted Screenplay (Anthony McCarten), Leading Actor (Eddie Redmayne), Leading Actress (Felicity Jones), Original Music (Johann Johannsson), Editing (Jinx Goffrey), Costume Design (Steven Noble) and Make Up and Hair (Jan Sewell) .
THE IMITATION GAME:
The Imitation Game receives 9 nominations for Best Film (Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwartzman), Outstanding British Film (Morten Tyldum, Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, Teddy Schwartzman, Graham Moore), Adapted Screenplay (Anthony McCarten), Leading Actor (Benedict Cumberbatch), Supporting Actress (Keira Knightley), Editing (William Goldenberg), Production Design (Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald), Costume Design (Sammy Sheldon Differ) and Sound (John Midgley, Lee Walpole, Stuart Hilliker, Martin Jensen).
UNDER THE SKIN:
Under The Skin receives 2 nominations, for Outstanding British Film (Jonathan Flazer, James Wilson, Nick Wechsler, Walter Campbell) and Original Music (Mica Levi).
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY:
Guardians of the Galaxy is nominated for Make Up & Hair (Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White) and Special Visual Effects (Stephane Ceretti, Paul Corbould, Jonathan Fawkner, Nicolas Aithadi).
Trash is nominated for Film not in the English Language (Stephen Daldry, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Kris Thykier).
For click here for the full list of nominees on the BAFTA website.
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Five Nights At Freddy's 4 - The Last Game
Five Nights At Freddy's 4 is another jumpscare simulator that brings the same tired old formula and slaps you another seven or eight dollar price tag on top of it.
FNAF-Comments
TBH the first game scared the s**** out of me because I never really seen or played anything like it before. Those animatronics were horryfing to behold and one should not be ashamed to admit they gave us few sleepless nights.
For the first time in the series we're taken out of a security control room and into a child's bedroom.
The kid that you plas as in this game has a big involvment with the events from prior games.
Again you're dealing with four vantage points, a door to the left and right of you which leads to a dark hallway, a closet in front of you which leads to a dark closet and a bed behind you which leads to .. a dark bed.
Again your weapon is a flash light which scares all the robots away. Actually, they don't look like animatronics any more, they're monsters.
According to Scott, this is the last chapter and there's not going to be any FNAF 5, ever. So far
FNAF 4 has by far the most compelling story and scary mechanics than any other game. Actually Scott wanted to make it the scariest game in the entire series.
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Donald Hank
EU supporting anti-Semites in Ukraine
By Donald Hank
Not a few conservative leaders are suggesting that the bankrupt US should heroically wade into another military conflict to "help" Ukraine to gain "freedom." This so-called freedom consists of their option to enter into an association with the EU. Sen. John McCain is condemning the Obama administration for not defending "democracy." So since the EU and Russia are both US trading partners, and since the Western Ukraine is pro EU and the East is pro-Russia, whom should our soldiers shoot, John?
US lawmakers need a crash course in geopolitics.
It will be of no use to any country to join the EU because the entity is going bankrupt. The EU has been gradually destroying the economies of Europe for years but things came to a head by about 2008 thanks to US banks flooding their banks with worthless derivatives.
The periphery was the first to go, with Spain standing at over 25% unemployment and Greece even higher. The EU literally confiscated bank deposits in Cyprus. The press hushed the story. There is talk of more bail-ins elsewhere.
Here is an example of why 95% of Americans are still in the dark.
Today's paper quoted Euro group President Dijsselbloem's commenting that "Greece is not bankrupt" and that the country now has a surplus for the first time. He didn't mention that this is a surplus of money borrowed from the last EU core countries left standing and that their number is dwindling. Dijsselbloem went on to say that Greece is "emerging from the crisis," and therefore is eligible for another bailout. Shouldn't that be:
"Greece is emerging from the crisis and therefore needs no bailout"?
I guess that depends on what the definition of "needs" is.
The crisis started 12 years ago, in 2001, required repeated bailouts, and CNN reported at that time:
"Greece's economy has been in a mostly downward spiral since the country joined the euro in 2001."
Are you listening, Ukraine?
Greece did not have a crisis until it joined the euro!
Amazingly, the EU is offering Ukraine a loan that is only a fraction of the amount proffered by Russia. Yet many are rising to the smelly European bait and spurning the Russian offer.
Well, after all, Europe is home to the lemming.
Meanwhile, Germany is almost the only economy left standing. France is on life support. Italy is gasping for air. A recent British study showed that if the Dutch dropped out of the EU, each family would have 10,000 euros more to keep! Over half of Dutch people want out of the EU. A poll also shows that the UK wants out . If both countries leave, that leaves precious little money for upkeep and the periphery would also soon erode.
I guarantee that if the Ukrainians knew what was inside the chocolate coated road apple they are being offered, they would disband immediately and go home!
It's not only economics. All EU countries are forced to open their borders under the Schengen Agreement. Unvetted immigrants arrive in wave after wave. Most apply for social assistance (welfare) and many form enclaves that eventually become no-go zones where police, firemen and ambulances dare not go. Crime instantly soars when a country joins the EU because immigrants flood the new member states, specializing in rape, sex slavery and other abuses of women.
Things got so desperate for Switzerland, a non EU member but signatory to Schengen, that on the 9th of this month, it decided by referendum to close its borders to EU emigrées.
The EU is an oligarchy. National governments must comply with EU edicts. Members of parliament may not propose legislation, and are expected to rubber stamp European Commission bills. If they vote one down, it gets slightly reworded and sent back for a vote until it passes.
Someone recently asked me:
"Which is worse, the Soviet Union or the EU?"
That is like saying: Which is more dangerous, the young full grown lion or its old worn out father?
Ex KGB asset Vladimir Bukovsky has said that the EU is an offshoot of the Soviet Union, which called for its founding of such an empire in the event theirs should fall. Others claim it is a scion of the Third Reich. Both sides have evidence for their theories, which are not mutually exclusive. Not surprising when you consider that the Soviets and Germans initially worked hand in hand for years. So should we support a group that is akin to both the Third Reich and Stalin's Russia?
Rodney Atkinson, actor Rowan Atkinson's brother, was once a lecturer at the University of Mainz and is well acquainted with the politically reality in Germany. His video lecture on this subject is a must-view.
His book Europe Full Circle suggests that Europe, under the EU, is returning to the times of the holocaust.
Rodney copied me today in a message to the editors of the newspaper The Independent:
So German Foreign Minister, Frank Walter Steinmeier, who sees democratic sovereigntists in Western Europe as "threats to peace," is pleased to shake hands with openly fascist and nationalistic leaders in the Ukraine!
One of the parties (Svoboda), called to meetings in the German embassy in Kiev with Steinmeier was described by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre as one of the most anti-Semitic in the world.
Whenever there is a British political and media consensus, as there is today on Ukraine, we can be sure that a geopolitical disaster is on the horizon!
The Wiesenthal Centre's web site confirms this:
OLEG TYAGNIBOK
LEADER OF THE SVOBODA PARTY
In recent elections the radical right party won 41 seats in the Ukrainian
Parliament (10.44%% of the popular vote). Tyagnibok has called for purges
of the approximately 400,000 Jews and other minorities living in Ukraine
and has demanded that Ukraine be liberated from what he calls, the
"Muscovite Jewish Mafia."
Finally, I received a link from a European friend to an article showing that a US-backed Belgrade organization called CANVAS is also involved in stirring up trouble in Ukraine. This subversive action began when Ukrainian President Yanukovich refused to sign an association agreement with the EU. The entire West is acting en bloc to destabilize regions that refuse to cooperate with its machinations.
© Donald Hank
Until July of 2009, Don Hank was operating a technical translation agency out of his home in Wrightsville, PA. He is now retired and residing in Panama with his wife and daughter.
A former language teacher, he holds an undergraduate degree in French and German from Millersville State University (PA), a Master's degree in Russian language and literature from Kutztown State College (also in PA), has studied Chinese for 3 years in Taiwan at the Mandarin Training Center, and is self-taught in other languages, having logged a total of 8 years abroad in total immersion situations.
He is also the founder of Lancaster-York Non-Custodial Parents, a volunteer organization that provides Christian counseling for non-custodial parents.
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Qosmos Position on Recent Claims
Two French human rights organizations, the International Federation of Human Rights (IFHR) and the League of Human Rights (ILR) filed a claim against Qosmos with the French government on July 25, 2012, accusing the company of directly supplying its technology to the Syrian government that is being actively used to intercept the communications of opponents to its regime.
Reports about Qosmos aiding the Syrian government in its oppression are untrue. As a result, Qosmos was compelled to file a false accusation suit to defend its reputation and business interests.
Qosmos has provided its full complaint directly to the IFHR and ILR and has published it on its website (in French).
Here are the facts:
Business facts: Qosmos does not sell surveillance systems. Its technology is sold to equipment vendors, software vendors and systems integrators, for use in a wide variety of cybersecurity and telecoms applications to improve security and performance.
Project at issue: Qosmos sold its component technology to a German software vendor for its lawful intercept application, who in turn sold to an Italian systems integrator responsible for the project. The system was never put into operation. Qosmos withdrew from the project in 2011 prior to completion and the system was unusable at the time of our withdrawal. Qosmos had no involvement with the Syrian government.
Legal compliance: Qosmos has complied with all regulations, publicly called for additional legislation and cooperated with government authorities in all aspects of its business.
Ethical actions: Qosmos withdrew its support from an incomplete project because concerns for misuse overrode the company’s own financial interests. Qosmos supports the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Global Compact, along with the Electronic Industry Citizen Coalition (EICC) Code of Conduct.
Qosmos shares the concern for the tragic events happening in Syria, and recognizes the critical work of human rights organizations in protecting citizens around the world.
No further comment is possible while the claim and counterclaims are in process.
QOSMOS porte plainte contre la FIDH et la LDH pour dénonciation calomnieuse
Position de Qosmos concernant la Syrie
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RAMC profile of:
Herbert DEAN
[Service No: 22064]
Place or Date
of Birth: Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire in 1884
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Rank: Pte
Unit: 37 Stationary Hospital
Attached To:
Enlistment Location: Accrington, Lancs
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Outcome: Died
Date Died: 14/05/1919
Age Died: 34
Where Buried and/or Commemorated: UK - Accrington Cemetery, Lancashire
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Herbert enlisted on 28th May 1915. He was 30 years and 11 months old, and was a calico sorter/storekeeper at a local print works by trade (according to the 1911 Census). He joined the R.A.M.C. at Sheffield Warncliffe War Hospital where he qualified as a nursing orderly. On the 16th June 1917 he was posted to the R.A.M.C. Depot, Blackpool where it appears he served with No. 8 Coy. On the 11th September 1917 he embarked at Devonport on the RMS Orontes, then transferred to H. T. Umtata in Durban and disembarked at Dar es Salaam in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) five days later. From there he was posted to the 37th Stationary Hospital, based at Morogoro also in Tanganyika. He served for the remainder of the war with the 37th Stationary Hospital, until 26th April 1918, when the Unit embarked on H. T. Salamis at Dar es Salaam and proceeded to Mozambique. On the 5th November 1918 they disembarked from H. T. Hong Moh back at Dar es Salaam and five days later, on the 10th November 1918, proceeded to Tabora again in Tanganyika. On the 30th January 1919 the Unit embarked on H.M.H.S. Gascon at Dar es Salaam and returned to the UK on ‘transfer to Home Establishment’. Herbert was discharged on the 17th April 1919 but died only one month later at home. He was the husband of Elizabeth Dean (nee Cowper) of 84 Stanley Street, Accrington. They married on the 4th May 1907 and had a daughter Margaret Ann (b. 19th Jan 1912). [Information researched and kindly provided by Chris Ludlam] and joined the RAMC at Sheffield Warncliffe War Hospital where he qualified as a nursing orderly.
Additional Information: Date Added: Saturday 15 December, 2018
Herbert's final resting place. [Photograph courtesy of Chris Ludlam]
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Title: SVT Play
Subject: List of 2008 Summer Olympics broadcasters, Sveriges Television, Funshion, 56.com, Metacafe
SVT Play is the brand used for the video on demand service offered by Sveriges Television, more specifically to the streaming services offered on the SVT website, svt.se, and its counterpart for mobile phones.
SVT claims that the service offer more than 2,000 hours of television. Most programmes produced for or by SVT are published on SVT Play after they have been broadcast and are then available for 30 days. In the summer of 2008, the German series KDD became the first foreign acquisition available on SVT Play.[1] The streams are available in Windows Media and RealVideo. Since 2007, SVT Play have also started using Flash Video for shorter clips. In September 2007, SVT launched a trial to provide streamed content in standard television resolution using Move Media Player.
SVT have also launched "channels" dedicated at different audiences under the "Play" name. The first such channel was Play Bolibompa which launched in late 2007. It was followed by the news service Play Rapport which launched in May 2008. During the 2008 Olympics, SVT made all Olympic broadcasts available on the web in three Play channels, on simulcasting with SVT1, one simulcasting with SVT24 and a special web channel called Peking+.[2]
On September 22, 2008, SVT launched a service called "Play Prima" which provides drama series from SVT in high resolution (with bitrate of up to 2,4 Megabits per second).[3] Since June 2010 SVT Play uses streaming with adaptive bitrate (between 320 and 2400 kilobits per second) and "Play Prima" was discontinued.[4]
The brand was introduced in December 2006, when the existing web television service got a new name.[5] In September 2007, SVT launched their own channel on YouTube.[6] From late 2007 until end of 2008 SVT Play was also available as a channel on Joost.[7] In August 2008, SVT Play became available on an IPTV platform for the first time, as the service launched on Telia Digital-tv with newscasts and Olympic broadcasts available.[8] In early 2009, SVT relaunched the SVT Play web application. A beta version of the new web player was launched on January 20, 2009.[9][10]
^ Se utländska serier i SVT Play, June 12, 2008
^ SVT Play - Sveriges största tv-tjänst på nätet, December 14, 2006
^ SVT skapar egen kanal på YouTube, September 17, 2007
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The Not Good Enough Mother
Psychotherapy & Evaluations
The Sex and Ethics Podcast
THE SECS-C CURRICULUM
Why I quit APA
Sharon Lamb
Professor, Psychologist, Author, Therapist
This book, out June 24th, is for a general trade audience. Read advance reviews and learn about readings by navigating to the book’s own web page above.
Buy Packaging Boyhood here
Buy Packaging Girlhood here
Buy Sex, Therapy, and Kids here
Buy Before Forgiving here
Buy Secret Lives here
New Versions of Victims: Feminists Struggle with the
Concept Buy here
Buy Trouble with Blame here
Buy Emergence of Morality here
Cambridge Handbook of Sexual Development: Childhood and Adolescence
This book is a carefully curated conversation that brings together the top researchers in child and adolescent sexual development to redefine the issues, conflicts, and debates in the field. The Handbook is organized around three foundational questions: first, what is sexual development? Second, how do we study sexual development? And third, what roles might adults - including the institutions of the media, family, and education - play in the sexual development of children and adolescents? As the first of its kind, this collection integrates work from sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, education, cultural studies, and allied fields.
Girls of Color, Sexuality, and Sex Education
This book takes a close look at how girls of color think, talk, and learn about sex and sexual ethics, how they navigate their developing sexuality through cultural stereotypes about sex and body image, and how they negotiate their sexual learning within a co-ed sex education classroom. While girls of color are often pictured as at risk or engaged in risky behavior, the analyses of focus groups and classroom discussions, show not only girls’ vulnerabilities but strengths as they work to integrate diverse identities, media messages, school policy and history into their understanding of the sexual world they are a part of.
Sex Ed for Caring Schools
While arguments for and against teaching abstinence, the use of contraceptives, and sexual identity are becoming more and more polarized, most people agree that students must learn to navigate an increasingly sexual world. Sex Ed for Caring Schools presents a curriculum that goes beyond the typical health education most students receive today. As part of a critical pedagogy movement that connects education to social justice enterprises, this book and the corresponding online curriculum encourage students to talk, write, and think about the moral and relational issues underlying sex in society today. Addressing the real concerns of today’s teens, this book includes lessons on pornography, prostitution, media objectification, religion, and stereotypes.
Packaging Boyhood
co-authored with Lyn Mikel Brown and Mark Tappan
Player. Jock. Slacker. Competitor. Superhero. Goofball. Boys are besieged by images in the media that encourage slacking over studying; competition over teamwork; power over empower - ment; and being cool over being yourself. From cartoons to video games, boys are bombarded with stereotypes about what it means to be a boy, including messages about violence, risktaking, and perfecting an image of just not caring.
“If you read one book this year about how to be a better parent to your son, then it must bePackaging Boyhood. Unlike other parenting or ‘boys books,’ it reveals that boys do not naturally or biologically like violent images, don’t have to do poorly at school; but rather that a bath of hurtful media images are overtaking them – and that you can help save them, teaching them methods for resisting this gender mediocrity so they can grow into the unique, successful young men they truly wish to become!”- William S. Pollack, Ph.D., author of Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood
Packaging Girlhood
co-authored with Lyn Mikel Brown
From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. That girls are overwhelmed by images of princesses, demure femininity and pink, pink, pink is no surprise. What is shocking, as Lamb (The Secret Lives of Girls) and Brown (Meeting at the Crossroads) so astutely demonstrate, is the downright bombardment girls receive, coming from all forms of media. Lamb and Brown, both psychologists, came to harsh conclusions after they surveyed girls; sat through hours of Rugrats and Kim Possible television programming; scoured stores such as Hot Topic and Claire's; watched Hilary Duff movies; listened to Eminem and Beyoncé; visited MySpace.com; and read Caldecott books. The idea of "girl power was snapped up by the media," and "what it sells is an image of being empowered," argue the authors. Girls are offered two choices by the marketers: they are "either for the boys or one of the boys." Even rebellion is being packaged, "the resistance, that edginess and irreverence that once gave girls a pathway out of the magic kingdom." The book is incredibly readable and rises above others in the genre by giving parents concrete tools to help battle stereotypes. Lamb and Brown include lists of books and movies with positive role models and talking points to help your daughter recognize how she is being manipulated. The authors aren't trying to deny anyone princesses or pink; they just want girls to be knowledgeable enough to choose what will truly interest them. (Sept.)
APA Task Force Report on the Sexualization of Girls
(co-authored with Zurbriggen, Ward, Tolman, Roberts, & Collins)
Sex, Therapy, and Kids
A great book to read on this matter is Sex Therapy and Kids, by Sharon Lamb. If you are feeling ill equipped, under informed, or worrisome about talking about sex, it is important to know that when we’re silent that we’re not providing assistance and that the teens aren’t getting the adult help they need.
When we are silent in response to sexual material brought up by children and/or teenager, we mimic and reproduce the world the child is exposed to every day, one that excites and confuses him/her and provides them with little guidance or space for processing. As adults, it is important for us to take the lead and teach.
-- Moushumi Goshw (Wilson), MFT at www.goodtherapy.org
Before Forgiving
"...this book is a novel addition to the growing field of the study of forgiveness. It satisfies the editors’ stated goals of setting forgiveness in a broader context than have past individual volumes, and calls attention to feminist and multicultural concerns through interdisciplinary and accessible readings. Although some of the readings are more appropriate for audiences already familiar with the literature and with the forgiveness movement in psychotherapy, the anthology on the whole is useful to anyone with an interest in the metaethical and ethical questions surrounding forgiveness. It was challenging to my undergraduate students and valuable to my own research. I can only hope this inspires more philosophers to approach forgiveness from critical, feminist and multicultural perspectives." Kathryn Norlock in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
The Secret Lives of Girls
From Publishers Weekly; Sexual play and acts of aggression are common for girls, according to Lamb, a psychology professor at St. Michael's College, but they are conducted in secrecy and often burden the participants with lifelong guilt. Based on interviews with 122 women and girls from a fairly wide range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds (29 were African-American and 22 Latina), this accessible and engaging study reveals that most girls experience sexual and aggressive feelings that fall outside cultural notions of the "good girl." …Forecast: Parents seeking to understand how to talk to their daughters about sexuality, power or ways to deal with anger will learn much here.
Writing in the tradition of Virginia Woolf and contemporary feminism, Sharon Lamb replaces the image of the 'angel in the house' with the voices of actual girls and women. In this important book, she asks us to listen to girls' anger and sexuality without condemnation; in doing so, she breaks the most persistent taboos of patriarchy. – Carol Gilligan
New Versions of Victims
contribute[s] to the project of moving feminist theory and practice beyond reliance, implicit or explicit, on the abstract dualisms of liberal thinking.- Hypatia
"Written in clear, accessible language...New Versions of Victims offers a critical analysis of popular debates about victimization that will be applicable to both practice and theory."- Adolescence
"Timely contribution to the theorization of rape and helps delineate areas in need of further analysis. [Lamb] also address[es] the issue from radically different perspectives and methodologies...particularly noteworthy." - SIGNS
The Trouble with Blame
For Lamb...the knotty criminal-justice problems of sexual assault, domestic battery and rape do not parse neatly into categories of guilt and innocence, right and wrong, good and evil. Instead she sees those crises as surface echoes of profound social and gender dynamics, as unhappy outcomes to which both parties contribute...[A] brisk, sharply written essay...[Lamb offers] a sophisticated position that takes some time to digest, but in the end it makes an enormous amount of sense. Lamb has written a book that uniquely captures her twin senses of sympathy and rectitude--a combination our prison-happy lawmakers would do well to ponder.
--Paul Reidinger (ABA Journal )
A refreshing and courageous feminist excursion that faces the complex dilemmas which occur when perpetration and victimization are simultaneously examined. (Elana Newman, Feminism & Psychology )
[ Lamb] probes the relationship between victim and perpetrators and argues that contemporary stories of abuse, incest, rape and battering make it harder to ascertain absolute guilt and innocence, forcing a rethink of the concept of blame. (Victim Support Magazine )
Emergence of Morality
(co-edited with Jerome Kagan)
"This is a welcome and immensely provocative book. For those of us who favor ethical theorizing done in close proximity to psychology and anthropology, it provides new and illuminating theory and research relevant to perenniel debates about the origins of moral sense, its psychological organization, and the objectivity and unity of morality...Overall, this book is a gold mine of fascinating material of utmost importance for ethics." -- Owen Flanagan, in Ethics
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Bissouma urged to look at defensive side
25th April 2019, 15:03 by Nick Harris
Brighton star Yves Bissouma needs to improve the defensive side of his game if he is to become a big success at the club.
The Mali international has largely impressed since his move from Lille last summer, especially with his driving runs forward into the opposition box.
He has had questions levelled at him for his work-rate when he has not got the ball, and he has also been guilty of giving it away on occasion, and team-mate Gaetan Bomg says he should look at those areas.
Bong told The Argus: "He was doing well. He is working hard. He is a young boy who has just come into the Premier League.
"Like we have said, we are a defensive team and he has to learn some stuff.
"He is an amazing player with the ball, but he needs to learn where he needs to be, when to play it easy, when he can go forward.
"We see his quality, but football is not only going forward and attacking."
Nick Harris is a long-standing journalist who specialises in football and rugby league. An avid golfer, Nick also follows the major boxing fights closely.
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Roli the (really old) Goalie making most of second chance
At 41, former Wild netminder Dwayne Roloson keeps his body -- and his eyes -- sharp for the playoff-bound Lightning.
By Michael Russo Star Tribune
April 1, 2011 — 11:42pm
Dwayne Roloson chuckled at the question: "How the heck are you still kicking?"
Seriously though. In 2006, after three years of splitting the net in Minnesota, Roloson became Manny Fernandez's backup. He was 36, struggling in his spot starts, and doubters wondered if the Wild goalie was over the hill.
Naturally, Roloson proved everybody wrong when he was traded to Edmonton and carried the Oilers to the Stanley Cup Finals.
Here we are five years later, and Roli the Goalie is not only still kicking, he has given the Tampa Bay Lightning such a stabilizing presence in goal at the ripe age of 41, folks there are talking Stanley Cup for the first time since the team won it all in 2004.
"Age is just a number," Roloson said before making 36 saves Thursday night against Pittsburgh to help the Lightning clinch a playoff spot. "Physically and mentally, I feel better than I did 10 years ago. And as long as my body holds up, I want to keep playing."
Roloson, the NHL's second-oldest player behind the Boston Bruins' 42-year-old Mark Recchi, works tirelessly to stay in shape. The workout freak's regimen is infamous, lasting all summer with Huntington Beach-based fitness guru Scot Prohaska.
The two met 14 years ago through Roloson's former Buffalo and Calgary teammate James Patrick.
"We were doing stuff a dozen years ago that nobody ever thought of doing," Roloson said.
But Roloson, in Minnesota to see old friends and face the Wild on Saturday afternoon, has another trick: He exercises his eyes.
Years ago in Buffalo, he met Mark Gordon, a developmental optometrist who works with athletes.
"His philosophy is you train your eyes like you train your body," Roloson said. "His simile is when you drive eight, nine hours, you're physically tired. Why are you physically tired? You haven't done anything physically. But your eyes are working nonstop for those eight, nine hours, which tells your brain you're tired."
So Roloson trains his eyes so his body doesn't get fatigued. He does vision activities right up to the time he takes the ice some nights.
"We take a look at eye-hand coordination, reaction time, processing speeds, peripheral awareness," Gordon said. "Do we know where our teammates are? Do we know where the opponents are? Do we know where the puck is? Do we know how fast the puck is moving? Can we make sense of not only where the puck is at this moment but where it's going to be a half-second from now?"
Goalies will come to Gordon with specific complaints, such as "the puck looks too small" or "it's moving too fast" or "I'm losing it in traffic," and he will tailor specific activities to improve the problem areas.
Roloson does activities throughout the season to stretch his eye muscles. One activity is using a Brock string, which holds five beads stretched over 20 feet. Roloson will quickly focus from bead to bead, Gordon says.
"It's not only how quickly you get to each location, it's how efficiently," Gordon said. "Are your eyes lined up? Are they focused?"
This is how Roloson still is kicking. On Jan. 1, the Islanders traded him to the Lightning, a team bustling with superstars Steven Stamkos, Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis and run by Hall of Famer Steve Yzerman.
Roloson is 16-11-4 with a 2.58 goals-against average since the trade. He has a new opportunity to make a difference in the playoffs. He hurt a knee in Game 1 of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals and often wonders what might have been had he not been sidelined. The Oilers' Jussi Markkanen took the series to Game 7, but the Hurricanes won it all.
"Do I look at this as a second chance? Yeah. And who knows if I'll get a third chance," Roloson said. "So you want to take it now. There's no other day like the present to accomplish what you want. Our goal is to win the last game of the playoffs.
"This is a team with some incredible players. Who knows what the future will bring, but when you look at our chemistry and the caliber of players we have, we can do some great damage in the playoffs. Hopefully we'll be able to do it."
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New Sh!t Newsday - No. 101
If we had played "Racks On Racks On Racks" the house would've been destroyed in a fit of rage.
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KuroiOto originally crafted M.A.X.Wellness as a surprise birthday gift,but he decided to unleash the project to the world to show his love. Forhis third instrumental project , the Detroit-bred producer cleverly flipseight samples, primarily by R&B powerhouse Maxwell, to craft just as manysilky, emotive soundbeds to represent the joy a certain loved one gives hislife. Album design by yours truly.
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Comment and opinion on the solar industry and its development, low-carbon construction and refurbishment, and Government policy in relation to energy efficiency and renewables.
Zero Carbon Homes – Carefully Check the Small Print
Let’s call it what it now is – the Zero Changes to Homes policy
As the government revealed its most recent changes to the building regulations on energy efficiency that were breath-taking for their lack of ambition, industry professionals are left wondering what’s happened to the inspirational goal of zero carbon construction.
The solarblogger caught up with an architect friend, Marcus Nelson of MEPK, over coffee at a construction trade show earlier in the year. He was reflecting on the spirit of innovation that the government’s policy to achieve Zero Carbon Homes (ZCH) within ten years had sparked in the years immediately after its announcement in December 2006.
“There was a sense that we were all striving to achieve something worthwhile, that it was an ambitious challenge but one that we could achieve by coming together as an industry.”
Where had that feeling gone, we wondered.
Not Quite Zero
The first sign that this challenging aspiration might be watered down was the decision over what should be included in the definition of zero carbon.
The initial announcement of the policy ‘Building a Greener Future’ in 2006 proposed a common sense definition:
“For a new home to be genuinely zero carbon it will need to deliver zero carbon (net over the year) for all energy use in the home – cooking, washing and electronic entertainment appliances as well as space heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and hot water.”
However, government announced in 2011 that to qualify as a ZCH, only so-called ‘regulated emissions’ would need to be reduced to zero. Regulated emissions are those that come from heating the home, providing hot water for bathing, and electricity for lighting, pumps and fans.
So-called ‘unregulated emissions’ would not be included in the definition of ZCH. These include for example emissions from electricity used to run appliances such as fridge, freezer, vacuum cleaner and washing machine, as well as electronic devices such as television, playstation and charging your phone.
Housebuilders had argued that they shouldn’t be held responsible for the electrical equipment that people use in the homes they build, and the government had accepted that argument.
Why stop there? Why not argue that housebuilders cannot be held responsible for how often people choose to take a shower, or the fact that they want to heat their homes to a temperature higher than outdoors. The precedent of taking an average for domestic hot water use and internal temperature is well established, and there is no reason why we couldn’t take an average electricity use for appliances and gadgets too.
A common sense, “man in the street” definition of a ZCH would include the carbon emissions from running such essentials of modern day life as fridge and freezer. Instead, fully one third of the emissions from a 2006 home have been ignored and will not be addressed by the ZCH policy.
As the chart shows, for a three bedroom end of terrace home of 85 square metres floor area with the average 2.55 occupants, this means that zero now means 15 kgCO2/m2.
One is left with the suspicion that the definition was chosen simply because it made the goal easier to achieve, and in the hope that no one would notice that zero doesn’t really mean zero any more.
Do as I say
As well as announcing the goal of all new homes being zero carbon by 2016, government also set out to use public procurement to drive the required innovation in construction products and techniques. From April 1 2008, all new social housing built with public funding had to achieve Code for Sustainable homes level 3, a level of CO2 emissions 25% lower than the building regulations at the time.
The concept was that as the building regulations tightened up towards zero carbon by 2016, social housing would pave the way. Always one step ahead of commercial building, helping to develop skills and knowledge in the industry, providing a scale market to drive down costs of new technologies and providing a set of ready-made solutions for the commercial developers.
In 2011, as social housebuilders were getting ready for the move to meet Code for Sustainable homes level four (a 44% reduction in carbon emissions from 2006 regulations), the government quietly dropped this requirement. From then on, developers of social housing need only build to the same environmental standards as commercial builders.
Some social landlords have held the line and moved to Code 4 anyway, but with tightening allocations of central funding, most have not. As the chart shows, the environmental sustainability of social housing will have remained almost static for the eight years. By 2016 social housing should have already been building to true zero carbon for three years, demonstrating techniques and technologies ready for commercial construction to follow.
The Building Regulations that Never Came
In August 2013, around one year later than expected the government finally announced changes to the building regulations that would come into force from April 2014. Instead of requiring a further tightening of the energy efficiency of new homes to a point half way to zero carbon, an improvement of only 6% was made.
As the chart shows, the ZCH programme is now well off target even for the watered down definition.
You can almost write the script for what comes next:
Government issues a consultation on the 2016 building regulations
Housebuilders lobby that the drop to ‘zero’ is too fast
2016 building regulations impose only a small carbon reduction
2019 promised for ‘zero’
Zero Carbon Homes was visionary and challenging, a kind of 'Apollo' programme for the construction industry. Unfortunately instead of JFK, we got Eric Pickles...
“But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? . . . Why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? . . . We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills . . .”
JF Kennedy
"For years badly-placed wheelie bins and the proliferation of multiple bins have created a blot on the landscape. By ensuring that developers create appropriate waste storage areas when designing new homes, we can tackle the ghastly gauntlet of bin blighted streets and driveways."
Eric Pickles 2013
See also: 'A Million Missing Low Energy Homes', comment on the Building Standards Review Consultation, also from DCLG.
Posted by The Solarblogger at 18:25
Labels: building regulations, energy efficiency, housebuilding, microgeneration, new homes, sustainable construction, zero carbon homes
Ben Whittle 3 September 2013 at 11:35
Another interesting post, and a lovely quote from Mr Pickles. Thank goodness he has our best interests at heart.
Yet another example where the rhetoric and the reality leave a yawning chasm so wide that a whole country could fall down it if it wasn't looking where it was going... The RSL's are leading the way BECAUSE they are regulated Mr Pickles.
We have some of the poorest housing stock in the EU and yet the cheapest energy too... could there possibly be a link?
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Community Comment on Selby Slag Remediation Plan, through April 12
In response to public pressure, the Department of Toxic Substances Control has called a public meeting in Vallejo for April 3rd on the Selby Slag Remediation. And the comment period has been extended to Thursday, April 12th.
The 66-acre Selby Slag, a 2.5 million ton slag pile loaded with toxic heavy metals, is a State Superfund site—a highly contaminated stretch of San Francisco Bay waterfront land lying at the terminus of ‘A’ Street in Crockett. From 1872-1971 it was a site of metal smelting (for copper, gold, silver and lead) and sulfuric acid production. The remaining covered-up sulfuric acid pits are on a 200-foot shelf of land that intrudes directly into the Bay. These pits are constantly liberating toxic heavy metal “leachate” from the slag into unprotected bay waters. The Phillips 66 refinery just happens to own this portion of the site.
Previous remediation has already been performed, including dredging some contaminated slag and capping the site with asphalt. But there’s still more to be done to protect the bay’s various communities, human and aquatic. Neighboring residents are concerned that the proposed cleanup would further contaminate bay waters and bring even more toxic exposure their way.
A bayside wall has been proposed to stop the steady flow of contamination. Sounds great, except that it would be made from interlocking sheet metal posts and embedded into old bay mud, instead of the underlying bedrock. The metal wall would be exposed to strong acid, and would have only a short designated 25-year lifespan (when finished in 2023). It certainly would not protect the acidified slag from sea-level rise past 2050.
The Selby Slag Site is laced with huge amounts of health-damaging lead, zinc, copper, arsenic, antimony, cadmium, and nickel. It needs to be cleaned up for real and not receive a short-term 25-year bandaid, a leaky wall with a limited life span. Instead of proposing to remove the whole slag pile, State planners and Phillips 66 are offering a partial solution. They have even excluded an effective alternative—removing a much smaller portion of the slag that contains the most toxic and acidic material.
The land is currently owned by C.S. Land, Inc. (CSLI, a subsidiary of Phillips 66), and the California State Lands Commission (CSLC), co-owned by agreement. The prior owner “Selby Smelting Co.” (ASARCO) and the current owners are responsible for cleanup. Let’s make sure that cleanup is thorough.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) freely acknowledges that groundwater moves through the capped slag, picks up metals and discharges them into the bay; metals leach to the bay as tides move in and out of the capped site, and exposed shoreline slag erodes into the bay due to waves. Read their full Draft Environmental Impact Report. Their current plan is to:
• Remove the cap along the waterfront,
• remove the contaminated submerged bay-side slag and store on-site,
• drill several drainage wells in the acidified portion and filter the toxic metals within the drainage in a dedicated, special facility separate from the perimeter drainage, and
• install a sea wall.
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on Selby Slag cleanup is currently up for public review. You can submit comments to the Department of Toxic Substances Control through April 12, 2018.
Demand that a 100 year-worthy sea wall be embedded into underlying bedrock and safe from sea level rise, and that the acidified, most toxic portion of the slag and the remnant sulfuric acid be removed entirely and safely from the Rodeo site. And here are some urgent questions you can raise:
• What measures are taken to protect the people living in Rodeo and Crockett from a release of these heavy metals while dredging the site?
• How much pollution is currently happening at the coast where the slag lies?
• Wouldn’t the dredging stir up the contaminated slag in the Bay waters? Could this cause a toxic plume into the Bay and further contaminate bay waters?
Please submit comments to:
Jayantha Randeni, P.E.
Senior Hazardous Substances Engineer, Project Manager
700 Heinz Ave.
Email: Jayantha.Randeni@dtsc.ca.gov
Also consider contacting:
Tim Grayson, CA District 14 Assemblyman
420 Virginia Street, Suite 1C
2151 Salvio Street, Suite P
State Senator (District 3) Bill Todd
420 Virginia St., Ste 1C
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Mt. Takao has abundant nature with warm-temperature forests and temperate forests. There are a lot more species could be called as "treasure" inhabits other than explained in animals, insects and birds section. Spiders is one of them because they are beneficial insects and its prey is destructive insects. Over 300 species including rare ones inhabits and Mt. Takao is the mountain with the largest number of species of spiders and widely known as a paradise for spiders.
Plestiodon japonicas トカゲ科
They inhabit in eastern Japan Hosyu area from Kyoto to Wakayama except for Hokkaido and Izu Peninsula.
It was thought that they used to be the same species as Plestiodon japnicus which inhabits in western Japan, but that they turned out to be the different species in 2012,and thus the name of Plestiodon japonicus was given to the one that inhabit in eastern Japan (The name of the one for the western Japan is the same, not changed).
They dwell at the grasslands and the mountain forest from low altitudes to high land, and we can often see them sunbathe on the ground of the mountain trail and on a sunny slope at Mt. Takao.
The body is tinged with glowing brownish yellow, and smooth body surface to touch.
They have as 1.5 long a tail as their head trunk. Larva has a black body and a tail tinged with metallic blue, which makes them stand out well.
They are quick in move and very cautious, so that when they see figures of people they immediately run into within the shadows. Nevertheless, when caught by the enemies they can cut their tail themselves to run, which is called ‘Jigiri’ (cutting oneself by a part of their body).
The eat baits such as small insects, spiders, and Porcellio scaber.
In June they lay eggs and a female parent incubates eggs.
●Size about 15 to 25 cm
●Season about April to October
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A Teamster Troublemaker for Fairness
September 6, 2013: A Local 802 Teamster celebrates her 15th year as a groundbreaking Teamster and "troublemaker" for fairness.
The first Teamster woman at her grocery warehouse, Arlena Dean filed a grievance to force her employer to create a locker room for women employees only to be told that she was forbidden to use it.
Management at her Bronx-based grocery warehouse banned Arlena, who considers herself a "proud African-American lesbian Teamster," from using the women's locker room. The bosses ordered Arlena to change in a broom closet across the hall from the men's bathroom instead.
Dean filed a discrimination grievance and launched a support petition. More than 100 co-workers signed in solidarity.
Dean's persistence and solidarity paid off. The company built a new union locker room for all Teamster women employees—gay and straight.
"I've never lived my life in the closet and I wasn't about to change in one," Dean said. "I've put up with a lot of harassment and discrimination. I wasn't going to stop until I got justice."
September marks Dean's 15th year as a proud Teamster.
"I've proven I can do my job as well as anyone else and I just want to be treated equal to everyone else too," Dean said.
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ITA, Tennis Recruiting Network Renew Deal
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TEMPE, Ariz. (Feb. 28, 2018) - The Intercollegiate Tennis Association and Tennis Recruiting Network announce an extension of their alliance, whereby Tennis Recruiting Network (TennisRecruiting.net) will serve as the Official Junior Tennis Information Source of the ITA.
TRN offers a wide range of content and services for college-bound athletes, coaches, and tennis enthusiasts. It is the online home of thousands of junior tennis players and their parents, with player profile web pages for over 60,000 high school and middle school tennis players.
The ITA and TennisRecruiting.net will collaborate on editorial content that will appear on www.itatennis.com and www.tennisrecruiting.net, with a focused goal of telling the stories of college tennis.
"Our friends at Tennis Recruiting Network provide a valuable resource to the tennis community, and we are excited to continue our relationship," said ITA CEO Timothy Russell. "There's always great excitement around the content Tennis Recruiting Network puts out, but especially so during its annual Signing Day coverage and ranking of the top recruiting classes. Through our combined efforts, we look forward to enhancing and expanding our editorial coverage."
"One of our core goals is to help junior players connect with college tennis, and continuing to work with the ITA should obviously help us with that mission," said Shannon Wrege, president of TRN. "The ITA has made great strides over the past couple of years, especially with their events and content outreach. We are excited to continue working with the ITA to expand our reach with college coaches, giving both colleges and players more options with respect to recruiting."
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8th Day Official Music Video “It’s Shabbos Now”
01 May, 2010 by yossi
The official music video for 8th Day’s “It’s Shabbos Now”. Music video was produced by Oorah. http://www.youtube.com/user/OorahKR
Video was directed by Forest Erickson. Cinematography by Jeremy Lundborg.
“It’s Shabbos Now” was written and performed by 8th Day, recording was produced by Oorah.
“Shabbos Now” is a song that is looking through the eyes of a young Jewish person, who is tracing his roots and recounting how his grandfather – “Zaidie”, was never overcome by hardship because he always had Shabbos to look forward to. (Shabbos is the Jewish Sabbath.)
Also don’t forget to check out Oorah’s Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/OorahKR
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Ignite100 scheme looking for ambitious North East start-ups
By Coreena Ford
THE hunt is on for ambitious start-ups that stand to secure £100,000 towards their business.
The Ignite100 team
Ignite100, Europe’s first £1m digital start-up accelerator, aims to transform prospects for 10 ventures.
Running for the third year, ignite100 gives start-up founders the opportunity to shape their companies in a 14-week programme, with access to world-class mentoring from digital success stories including Google, Twitter and Facebook.
This year’s programme offers even bigger opportunities as it includes workshops in London and New York, with participants spending up to two weeks working with investors and entrepreneurs in the US.
A six-month incubator scheme based in Newcastle, providing access to offices and mentoring, will also be available after the programme.
Up to £100,000 in investment capital is available to each team, as well as the chance to pitch to investors in Newcastle, London and New York.
Teams receive £5,000 per founder up to a maximum of £15,000, and can secure the remainder of the £100,000 if their start-up achieves programme milestones.
Paul Smith, director of ignite100, said: “Ignite100 is one of Europe’s top accelerator programmes, offering unrivalled mentoring and experience, as well as access to our alumni network of teams and founders.
“We’re keen to attract the highest calibre of start-ups to Newcastle, to be part of the most active digital community outside the South East.”
Ignite100 is backed by funding from the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund managed by IP Group and the Finance for Business North East Accelerator Fund managed by Northstar Ventures.
These funds are part of the £125m Finance for Business North East programme, a super-fund managed by North East Finance, which is designed to provide investment to hundreds of companies in the region.
The programme also benefits from funding and support from angel investors including Hotspur Capital, SCM Pharma co-owner Fiona Cruickshank and entrepreneur Doug Scott.
Alasdair Greig, of Northstar Ventures, said: “Ignite100 is a brilliant programme for start-ups and not only is it great for the successful start-ups having access to the ignite100 network, but it boosts the already successful digital cluster that we are growing in the North East.
“We are delighted to be supporting ignite100 again and are very excited to start the interview process and meet all the teams.”
Nick Edgar, investment manager at IP Group, added: “Every year the teams involved raise the bar so it will be interesting to see who comes through and what ideas thrive.
“However, it’s not all about the money, and this year more than ever we are looking to create an ‘accelerator plus incubator’ model that combines the intensity of the three-month programme followed with an ongoing supportive environment that sees the teams maximise the funding they have accessed in the 6-12 months post-accelerator.”
Ignite100 continues to build on the success of a vibrant digital cluster in the North East, home to thriving early-stage businesses including ScreenReach, Datum360, Test Factory, ShareMyPlaylists and Palringo, as well as games developers such as Eutechnyx and Ubisoft Reflections, and global software giants such as Sage.
Together with North East-based the Difference Engine, Europe’s first accelerator programme for early-stage tech businesses, alumni companies from both programmes employ more than 100 people, and teams have collectively raised more than £7.5m in investment.
Interested teams can apply to be part of ignite100 at ignite100.com. Applications must be received by June 30. Interviews will be held in late July and the programme will begin on September 2.
Go North East 'a leader in social media'
REGIONAL bus giant Go North East has become the only local company to be ranked in the top 50 of travel social brands – beating international big hitters including British Airways.
Northern Rock Foundation grants are a breath of Fresh air
Horrified Rihanna fans tell of gig disorder
WIN: A meal for two at Electric East
ELECTRIC East is offering on Culture Club member the chance to win a meal for two, to the value of £50, and a bottle of wine.
North East thriller Bypass finishes filming after nine weeks
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Not too long ago, artificial intelligence (AI) seems like an idea from a distant, unreachable future. In old sci-fi flicks, AI is often portrayed as robots—mostly evil robots that will bring havoc to the world. But, AI means so much more. It has even evolved into an everyday companion that complements the human lifestyle.
The Vivo leveled up its AI features on the all-new NEX.
In mobile technology, global smartphone brand Vivo is among the companies that maximized AI in its recent flagship units. But this concept is not new. AI has theorized decades ago after it was introduced by American computer scientist pioneer and inventor John McCarthy at the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence in 1956. The conference was formed to discuss ideas on what they called thinking machines. He was eventually named the Father of AI.
McCarthy eventually became part of the Stanford University’s Computer Science Department and published a document breaking down his understanding of AI. He wrote in 2007 that AI is the science and engineering of making intelligent machines or intelligent computer programs. In other words, AI will try to understand, simulate, and mimic human intelligence. McCarthy then said some of the applications of AI include game playing, speech recognition, understanding natural language, computer vision, expert systems, and heuristic classification.
Fast forward to 2018, AI has already penetrated various fields including the smartphone industry that basically touched on McCarthy’s defined applications of AI to make mobile life much easier.
Strategy Analytics Inc., a company that provides data and analysis, business consulting, advisory, and strategic market research services on a global scale, estimated that smartphone processors with on-device AI functionality such as Qualcomm grew almost three-fold year-over-year in the first quarter of 2018.
A closer look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 mobile platform inside every Vivo NEX. Courtesy of: Qualcomm.com
For instance, the latest Vivo NEX launched is equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Octa Core 2.8 GHz. This has the 3rd Generation Hexagon™ 685 DSP that supports on-device AI processing to deliver richer camera, voice, XR, and gaming experiences.
Meanwhile, Vivo’s latest flagship smartphone in the Philippines, the Vivo X21, is run by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 AIE Octacore 2.2 GHz (4 core) + 1.8 GHz (4 core). This chipset has an AI-powered engine with Hexagon Vector Processor, Adreno GPU, and Kryo CPU. It also has software features that make on-device AI experiences possible in camera, audio, security, and gaming.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Senior Marketing Manager Dominikus Susanto visited the Philippines in April to explain the Vivo V9’s chipset.
Going beyond the AI-powered chipsets, Vivo’s first flagship smartphone in 2018 was the V9 with a 24-megapixel AI front camera. The selfie camera allowed users to maximize every shot with the use of various AI features like the Face Beauty, the AR Stickers, and Selfie Lighting.
The integration of AI and mobile technology proved that the rise of AI should not be something to be afraid of. Now that AI is becoming ubiquitous in smartphones, one can’t help but ask, what are the next developments users should look forward to?
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Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe selling equipment to fans via Facebook
Labels: black submarine, miscellaneous, nick mccabe
Items include guitars, amps and effects pedals
Former Verve guitarist Nick McCabe is selling off various guitars, amps and pieces of musical equipment via his Facebook page.
McCabe announced the sale on May 18 and has been regularly updating the items on sale. Among the sought-after pieces are a 1972 Telecaster Deluxe seen on the 'Love Is Noise' video, and pedals used on 2008 Verve album 'Forth'.
In a May 18 post, McCabe concedes that "The past two years have been hard on my bank balance" but later writes that he's finding the clear-out rewarding. "I'm actually extracting a lot of joy from selling all this stuff off, who'd have thought," he wrote. He's also been posting pictures of himself packing and signing items bought by fans.
McCabe has let sentimentality get the better of him when it came to one item, his red Fender Stratocaster, named Spike, which was removed from sale.
"I've had all kinds of reactions to selling that guitar, but generally people closest to me say, 'You can't'," he writes. "I've managed to autoerase most of my history several times, maybe it's time to [stop] doing that. Everything else is still up for grabs."
McCabe's current band Black Submarine features his former Verve bandmate Simon Jones, as well as Davide Rossi, Michele 'Mig' Schillace and Amelia Tucker. The band's debut album, 'New Shores', was released in February.
Source: NME
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Published On: Sun, Aug 26th, 2018
General | By Ila Choudhary
Court orders action against cop over false case of ‘theft of question’ from Assembly
Panaji: A court here has ordered that “criminal proceedings” be initiated against a police officer for filing a false case of theft of a starred question from the Legislative Assembly against a social activist.
Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma
Starred questions are important queries tabled in the legislature. Such questions and the answers to them are compiled in booklets by the legislature staff, but they are not supposed to be published outside before a discussion in the House.
Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Shubhalaxmi Shivolkar, in her order yesterday, said inspector Vishwesh Karpe of the Crime Branch should not have filed a case of theft in the matter by blindly following the orders of his superiors and political leaders.
The Crime Branch had registered a case of theft under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against activist Kashinath Shetye in July, 2017 for allegedly stealing a copy of a starred question from the Assembly and uploading it on social media before it came up for discussion in the House.
The case was filed on a complaint from the legislature officials.
Shetye then filed a private complaint with the magistrate, seeking action against BJP MLA Nilesh Cabral, Goa Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma, Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant and inspector Karpe for filing a false case.
The magistrate dismissed the charges against Cabral, Sharma and Sawant, but ordered registration of a case against the police officer.
“This is a classic example which shows how blindly the orders of political leaders and higher officers are followed by subordinate officers so as to cause hardship to the common man who is at the mercy of the so-called officers and political leaders,” the magistrate said in the order.
“….one can imagine the situation of a common man, to what extent a police officer can go to falsely implicate any person…if the so-called police machinery and persons in power intend to target a person,” she said.
Inspector Karpe was under obligation to hold a preliminary inquiry, but he went further and registered an FIR for theft by blindly following orders, she added.
There was no “lawful ground” for registering a case of theft, the court said and ordered that “criminal proceedings” be initiated against the officer.
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Defenders of Boris Johnson make a bid to shift the blame to Brandon Lewis
Written by David Singleton on 10 August 2018 in Diary
The Tory chairman is accused of turning a 'minor story' into a 'five-day frenzy of nonsense'.
Who is to blame for a quiet week in recess being dominated by a blazing row over Boris Johnson’s comments about Muslim women who wear the burka?
The obvious answer is Boris Johnson. But as the row continues to rumble on, some Tory MPs are now pointing elsewhere.
According to certain Boris-backing Tory MPs, party chairman Brandon Lewis committed the crime of calling for Johnson to apologise on Twitter without consulting Downing Street first.
“This is a complete own goal by Brandon Lewis. To anyone objective, it looks like a crude and unprincipled kneecap job on the favourite to succeed Theresa May,” one Tory MP told the Telegraph.
"In the process he has managed to turn a minor story into a five-day frenzy of virtue signalling nonsense. Brandon needs to close this down or he won't last as party chairman."
Meanwhile, Nadine Dorries has been letting rip on a Tory MP WhatsApp group.
“The issue is the announcement of an inquiry which was released via a press release from CCHQ. It’s OK for us to have private chats with Brandon and James, but, that’s not how politics works. The party has f***** up big time and one of the worst f***ups has been the prime minister appearing on national TV calling for Boris to apologise. That went down really badly, almost as badly as Brandon having done the same," she wrote. Her message and others were promptly leaked to the Guido Fawkes website.
The attempt to pin the blame for row on Lewis is unlikely to go down well with Tory MPs such as Sayeeda Warsi who believe that Johnson knew exactly what he was up to when he wrote in The Telegraph that wearers of the niqab "look like letterboxes" and tend to resemble "a bank robber".
“I refuse to accept that these phrases were some kind of mistake, and the offence inadvertent. Johnson is too intelligent and too calculating for that. No, this was all quite deliberate,” the former Tory co-chair wrote earlier this week.
But it's becoming insreasingly clear that many Tory MPs are privately fuming about the way in which the party has handled Johnson's alleged misdemeanours. Also on WhatsApp, Zac Goldsmith, praised an article by one of Johnson’s former deputy mayors, defending him against his critics.
“Brilliant piece by Munira Mirza on the hypocrisy, dishonesty and utter stupidity surrounding the Boris burka nonsense,” he wrote. “What on earth is the party doing?!"
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Steel Auto Industries
The building marketplace is a significant buyer of steel, and paying for resort hotels and office structures is increasing this season. (AP)
There's absolutely no shortage of tensions amongst the U.S. and Asia - over person rights, hacking, copyright laws infringement, control over the Southern Asia Sea. But one of several oldest U.S.-Sino rifts may be the battle over Asia's metal exports.
Now the Global Trade Commission is investigating claims by U.S. metal (X) that Chinese hackers stole secrets on an innovative new lightweight steel you can use instead of aluminum in automobiles. If ITC approves sanctions, it may lead to an outright ban of Chinese metal imports, and it also is the very first found in retaliation for Beijing-backed hacking in the industry industry, in line with the Financial instances.
U.S. metal, the biggest U.S.-based incorporated steel manufacturer, would get a good start if sanctions moved into impact, along side Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal (MT), the largest metallic producer on earth, and AK metal (AKS), in accordance with Tom Balcerek, senior editor-steel at S&P Global Platts.
The U.S. government has recently taken a stand against Asia "dumping" surplus metallic on U.S. areas at below-production expenses being increase its share of the market. In March, the Commerce division issued initial obligations of 265.79per cent on imports of cold-rolled steel from Asia. One last choice will likely to be made this summer.
In-may, the Commerce Department's International Trade Administration placed anti-dumping responsibilities of 210percent, and an anti-subsidy tariff of up to 241% on corrosion-resistant metallic from Asia.
Metal factories in China are state managed. Hawaii desires to keep low-skilled workers used and taxation dollars rolling in. The world's biggest metallic producer and customer, China exported over 100 million a great deal of metallic in 2015. Which was 7% of complete global manufacturing. Nicholas Sowar, worldwide metals industry leader at Deloitte, estimates that China features 400 million to 500 million tons of surplus ability.
"As Asia's economic climate decelerates rapidly, they have to find market for their metallic, " he said.
The U.S., EU and Latin America became dumping reasons for Asia, though Beijing says it simply features a competitive advantage on various other manufacturers.
Sowar disagrees, saying garbage cost more for Chinese businesses and they have to transfer garbage including iron ore. Also, he questions environmentally friendly expenses of Chinese mills.
But Beijing this season pledged to trim 100 to 150 million metric a lot of annual manufacturing capability within the after that five years. It really is an activity that will require moving employees to less labor-intensive jobs and into various other sectors because it slashed 1.8 million jobs in the steel and coal trades. As of might, no decreases in metallic production had been reported.
Duties End Up In Supply-Driven Cost Appreciation
The steel-producers team started getting energy in the first one-fourth and has ranked when you look at the top five from the 197 IBD business groups throughout Q2. Its 18 user stocks range around the globe, from Luxembourg-based Ternium (TX) to Brazil's Gerdau (GGB) and Southern Korea's Posco (PKX).
In addition includes more youthful, mini-mill plays like Nucor (NUE) and Steel Dynamics (STLD). Mini-mills use scrap steel as their main input and electric arc furnaces, rather than more conventional and less efficient blast furnaces. Mini-mills aren't unionized, Balcerek explained, and also have historically carried out a lot better than built-in organizations. Metal costs have now been climbing on optimism over U.S. constraints versus. China and on conjecture for steady need in the automotive and construction areas. The cost of hot-rolled coil metallic ended up being $460 per short great deal in April 2015 before dropping to its reasonable point of $374 in December. After that it rebounded towards psychologically essential $500 level during the early 2016, and averaged $605 per brief great deal in May.
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Source: www.investors.com
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Home » What we do » Forests
87 per cent of Europeans support new laws to combat global deforestation, new poll shows
Europeans don’t want to buy dairy products, steaks or snacks that are tainted by forest destruction.
© Greg Armfield / WWF-UK
Brussels, 21 May 2019 – An overwhelming majority of Europeans want new laws to ensure that the food they eat and the products they buy don’t drive global deforestation, according to a YouGov poll released today.
Eighty-seven per cent of those polled across 25 EU countries agreed that legislation was necessary to protect forests. Ninety-one per cent also said they cared deeply about forests and agreed that deforestation is harmful for people and wildlife.
The poll, which is released ahead of international biodiversity day on Wednesday 22 May, was commissioned by the Environmental Investigation Agency, Fern, Greenpeace and WWF.
Speaking on behalf of the NGOs, Hannah Mowat said: “Europeans have made it very clear: they understand the terrible consequences of deforestation and don’t want to be complicit in this tragedy. They don’t want to buy dairy products, steaks or snacks that are tainted by forest destruction. They want new laws ensuring that the simple act of shopping no longer means walking an ethical tightrope.”
The poll also concludes that the majority of EU citizens think neither their national governments (sixty-six per cent) nor the EU (sixty-one per cent) are doing enough to tackle global deforestation.
The poll is published at a time when the European Commission, which will be presided by M. Jean Claude Juncker until November 2019, is expected to unveil plans to step up EU action against deforestation. It remains unclear whether these will include proposals for new laws.
“The Juncker Commission should now make its mark by proposing far reaching legislative measures to halt deforestation by 2020, meeting the EU’s international commitments and heading the calls of its citizens. Now is the time to be bold!” said Anke Schulmeister-Oldenhove, Senior Forest Policy Offcer at WWF's European Policy Office.
The European Parliament, governments, European citizens and NGOs have all called for regulatory measures to ensure that products placed on the EU market have not caused deforestation or violated human rights. Similarly, new laws should stop the EU financial sector from facilitating global deforestation.
The EU has made an international pledge to halt global deforestation by 2020. Yet it remains one of the largest markets for agricultural commodities, such as beef, palm oil, soy and cocoa, which have a major impact on the world’s forests. Agriculture in general is one of the main causes of the destruction of primary forests, according to recent data.
• The poll was conducted in all European Union countries except Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta.
• Country-by-country results can be found here.
• All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 20,892 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 17th - 29th April 2019. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all adults (aged 18+) in each market and an even weighting factor has been applied.
Angelika Pullen, Communications Director
WWF European Policy Office
apullen@wwf.eu
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Heart Locations
FAQs/Walkthroughs
Ganon's Tower Walkthrough
Hyrule enemy guide
Dark world enemy guide
**NOTE: This walkthrough does not tell you the RIGHT WAY to get through the game, it tells you the BEST WAY to do it. that means that in two instances, I do dungeons out of order. You can do it the RIGHT WAY but it'll be harder.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past starts off in Link's house (I know you can name him whatever you want, but for the purposes of universality, we'll call him Link), You'll get a telepathic message from Zelda asking for you to rescue her from the dungeon of Hyrule castle, when you wake up, your uncle will leave.
Get out of bed and grab the lamp from the treasure chest and head out. After leaving the house head north to the Castle, the guards will not let you in, but if you wait around long enough, you'll get another message from Zelda telling you of a secret passageway. The secret passageway is found by (from the castle main entrance) going east, then north up the side of the castle and picking up and throwing all off the bushes, you'll find the secret tunnel. Drop down and you'll find your uncle, whom just before expiring, will give you his sword and shield (referred to as small sword and small shield). You can charge up the sword by holding the Y button long enough, the releasing it in a spin attack. Work your way through the rest of the tunnel, defeating the green darknuts and getting the treasure (5 rupees). Exiting the tunnel, you'll find yourself in the garden, clear out the area, then enter the castle through the double doors.
Once you enter, head either east or west through one of the doors, then go north, then either east or west (depending on which way you picked), then down the stairs. Work your way through the dungeon, being careful not to fall down the pitfalls (though it is loads of fun to knock the darknuts down the pitfalls). Somewhere along the way, you'll find the boomerang. At the lowest floor, you'll have to fight a ball and chain knight (black), it's hard to get close enough to him to use the sword, and the boomerang only stuns him momentarily, the best way to defeat him, is throwing pots at him. (for some strange reason, in this game the pots do more damage than your sword). After he's gone you'll get the big key, use it to open Zelda's cell and talk to her. She'll follow you out. Head back to the first room, and go up the stairs to the
throne room. Push the green shelf behind the two thrones to the right, and venture in.
In the catacombs, you can only see directly in front of you with the lamp, be very wary of aches, rats and ropes. Most of the catacombs is finding the key to the next room, which is either in a chest, or will appear when you defeat all the enemies. To make your life easier, you can use the lantern to light the lamps scattered throughout, which consumes a small amount of magic power, so beware. After the catacombs is the sewer, then you'll find yourself in a room with two switches. Pull the one on the right to open the door (if you pull the one on the left, a group of ropes drops down from the ceiling and attacks you.)
You'll come out in the Sanctuary (which is really a church, but you know how Nintendo is with religious stuff in games...) The old man there will look after Zelda, you'll find it is your mission to defeat Aghanim, and you'll need the Master Sword to do that, the old man and Zelda will point you in the direction of the sage Sahasrahla, who lives in Kakariko villiage. Get the chest, which contains a full heart container, and head out of the Sanctuary. Head west, to Kakariko villiage, once there, you'll have plenty to do.
For the sum of 100 rupees you should buy a bottle from the merchant
The other bottle is in the back room of the tavern, just enter the tavern from the rear
Buy bombs
Drop down into the hole in the north west corner of the village, and bomb the wall to find a heart piece
There is another heart piece, along with many rupees in the theives hideout.
Sahasrahla's wife will tell you he's no longer in the villiage
A boy will tell you where he is, and mark it on your map
The bug-catching kid will give you the butterfly net
You'll find a piece of heart the price of getting through an obstacle course in the south west corner of town.
Once you've done all this, leave the villiage and head to Sahasrahla's hideout, which should be marked on your map, east of the castle. When you get there, the sage will tell you that to get the master sword, you will need to find the three pendants, and that the first one is in the East Palace, east of his hideout. Go
there. You should have no problem navigating the east palace, You'll find the big key in a room with Stalfos, Rockclopses and a group of bubble's surrounding a jar. Defeat all the enemies, and the bubbles will disperse, and there's a switch under the jar. Hit the switch and the chest with the big key will appear. The big chest contains the Bow (you should have arrows by know) use it on the Red rockclopses. At the end, you'll have to fight six ancient knights. They bounce around in a circular formation, which contracts and expands, and they sometimes line up at the back wall and charge at you. You can use virtually any weapon to defeat the knights, even your boomerang, though the weapon of choice is the Bow. After you beat 5 knights, the last one will turn red and attack you directly, dodge it's attack, then hit it with the bow to
defeat it. You'll get a heart container as a prize, as well as the pendant of courage.
Head back to Sahasrahla and he'll give you the Pegasus Boots (which allow you to dash) He'll also mark the locations of the other two pendants, and the master sword, on your map. As well as that, he'll advise you to pick up a certain item east of Lake Hylia. Head to the eastern part of lake hylia, and you'll find a
cave with a bunch of fairies and a statue of a fairy, if you dash into the statue, a good bee will pop out (you can catch the good bee with the butterfly net, just like a fairy, only you use it to attack) exit the cave, and
bomb the crack to the left of the enternace, to make another enterance, you'll find the ice wand inside (strange to get the ice wand so early in the game, when you won't need it for so long) Then head back to the library in kakariko, you'll see a green book stuck up on a shelf, dash into it to get the book (as a rule, if something is stuck on top of something, bash into it). This is the Book of Mudora, which you'll need to get into the next dungeon.
Now head over to the Desert palace, which is the next dungeon, to get into it, use the book of Mudora on the stone tablet near the central entrance (there is also a heart container found in a cave in the desert, you'll need to bomb) Once you get a key, head to the only locked door, and head north to get the Big key, beware of the Sensors in this dungeon, when they see you, they will shoot a laser at you. Use the big key to get the item, which is the Handy Glove, you'll now be able to lift up rocks, both large and small, but only the white
ones, you still wont' be able to lift up the black ones. Exit the dungeon using the east exit, then head south and get the piece of heart. Then head north, then east to find another entrance, this one blocked off by rocks. When you get to the end of the line in here, use the lamp to light up the four torches and the boss door will be revealed. You'll have to fight 3 Sandworms. When they come out of the ground, they spray rocks at 45 degree angles, so always face them from the top bottom, left or right, never at an angle. Hit
them in the head as they come out, then try to hit them as many times as you can before they go back into the ground. When two of them are defeated, the third one will become tougher, defeat it as fast as possible to miminize damage. You'll receive a heart container, and the pendant of Power.
The pendant of Wisdom, which is the last one, is up on the Tower of Hera on Death Mountain. Go up death mountain through the cave at the western side, in there you will meet an old man who will give you some directions (note, when he says turn right, he mean's Link's right.) when you get out of the cave, he will give you the magic mirror. Follow him into the next cave, being careful of the gaunchans falling off the mountain. He will restore your life. Keep climbing up until you reach spectacle rock. There is a heart container to find, to get it be sure to visit every cave. After your through, go east from spectacle rock, and you will see a teleporter, go in it and you will be teleported to the Dark World. In the dark world, you take the form of a rabbit. Go to where spectacle rock should be and two characters there will tell you about the Moon Pearl, an item in the Tower of Hera that will allow you to keep your original form in the dark world. Stand where spectacle rock should be and use the magic mirror, you'll wind up on top of spectacle rock, then go up to the Tower of Hera.
In the tower, there are crystal switches you'll have to hit periodically, any weapon will do, they raise the blue blocks and lower the orange blocks. And when you hit them again, it reverses. Getting up the tower isn't so hard, but getting the Moon Pearl is a pain in the butt. Considering you have the Big Key, go up to the 6th floor (right above the moon pearl) and step on the star tile, which changes the locations of the pitfalls, then in the upper center area of the room, drop in that pitfall from the top. You'll drop down to where the moon pearl is. The boss is the Giant Wyrm, who isn't so hard, but is annoying, because he knocks you into the pitfalls, and you wind up a floor below, worse yet, everytime that happens, he completely heals. To beat him, aim for his tail, and use he spin attack so you'll beat him quickly. when he starts going faster, you know you only have one more hit to go. After beating him, you'll get a heart container and the last pendant.
Now you should head for the forest, use the enterance north of where you exit death mountain. There are many fake master swords around, you can just throw them away, you'll find the Magic Mushroom somewhere along the way, be sure to pick that up. When you get the Master Sword, Sahasrahla will speak to you, then when you exit, Zelda will speak to you, calling you to the Sanctuary (don't worry, no matter how slow or how fast you get there, you're always a second too late).
Go to the sanctuary (you could make a pitstop to get the heart container northwest of it, under a rock formation (bash into it). You'll learn Aghanim has taken Zelda back to the castle. Go to the castle, and go to the tower, you can now destroy the barrier with the Master Sword. climbing up the Tower can be fairly tough, so be prepared, The Master sword can shoot beams when your life is full, so use that to keep the many Darknuts, ball and chian knights and keeses at bay. At the top you'll meet Aghanim, who will send Zelda into the dark world. Get to the next room by cutting the curtains, then you'll fight him.
Aghanim has three methods of attacking, one is a pulsating ball that you can hit with the Master sword and it will bounce back and hit him (NOTE: do not attack him directly) the second is a spinning ring of fire, that breaks up when you hit it, it's best to avoid these (even if they do curve towards you) his third attack is lightning, which you should avoid. You'll know he's about to throw lightning if he appears in the center of the top of the screen. Once he's defeated, you'll wind up on top of the Pyramid in the Dark world, and get a long telepathic message from Sahasrahla. Your new goal is to defeat Ganon, ruler of the dark world. To break the seal on his tower, you'll need the power of the seven maidens, who are trapped in crystals scattered throughout the Dark world. This is where the game really begins! The first Crystal is in the Palace of Darkness, which is the Dark world equivalent of the eastern palace, but first you have some business to attend to.
Go back to Hyrule (mirror, duh) and bring the Magic Mushroom to the Magic shop, and leave it with the witch. Then go past the magic shop to the waterfall of wishing. Go past the waterfall into Zora's Domain, at the end, you'll talk to a giant Zora, you should buy the flippers from him for 500 rupees (which you should have by know) once you have the flippers, you'll be able to swim, and get a heart piece in the area.) then go into the waterfall of wishing and throw your shield in the fountain, you'll get the Red Shield, which can block fireballs. Then throw your boomerang in and you will get the Magic Boomerang, which is faster, and flies farther than the normal boomerang. (if you lose the shield, you can buy another one at the shop east of the palace). Then go back to the magic shop and go inside to pick up the Magic Powder. Next go back to the waterfall of wishing and drop into the whirlwind nearby, this will take you to Lake Hylia. Swim to then northeast corner of Lake Hylia and swim down the river until you come to the bridge. Swim underneath the bridge and the homeless guy there will give you the third bottle.
For future reference here are the locations of all the places you can warp to the dark world from.
1: Death mountain, east of spectacle rock
2: Death mountain, east, then south of the broken bridge (need titans mitt and hookshot)
2: Forest, only after getting titans mitt
3: West of lake hylia, need titans mitt
4: south, then west of links house, need hammer
5: desert need flute and titans mitt
6: south of east palace, need flute
7: middle of lake Hylia (fountain of happiness) need titans mitt
8: enterance to Hyrule Castle
9: Death Mountain, top of turtle rock.
Now go up to Death Mountain. There is a bridge heading west near the Tower of Hera that takes you to a stone tablet. Use the book to translate the inscription and you will get the medallion of Ether. Next enter the darkworld and to go the enterance of the swamp (which is the desert in Hyrule, and is closed off in the dark world). Stand close the the rock wall that blocks the swamp and use the mirror. Then go left and use the book on the tablet there to get the medallion of Bombos. The last medallion is near the dark world equivalent of the waterfall of wishing. Go there and throw any object into the circle of stones (sign, bush, rock...whatever) the fish there will pop out and throw the medallion of Quake at you. Throw something else in and he will toss a bomb or a fireball at you.
Now you're ready for level one: The Palace of Darkness. It is the dark world equivalent of the eastern palace (where you got the courage pendant) You can find the big key by bombing the left bridge in the first room with turtles, then dropping down and going through the door. The big chest contains the Magic Hammer. The hammer can pound the purple spikes, the moving tiles and you can use it to defeat the turtles (hit them or near them once to flip them over, then again, or use your sword, to defeat them). The boss looks menacing, but he's really not that tough. Whale on his protective shield with the hammer, being sure to stay close enough him so that he can't hurt you with his tail, but not close enough so that he hurts you when he moves forward (it's a good idea to obvserve his movements first). When he spits fireballs, they break at 45 degree angles, so stay perpendicular to them. After his shield is gone, just hit the large green jewel on his forehead with the sword until you've defeated him. You'll get the first crystal and a heart piece.
The maidens in each crystal will give you important information, most of it pertaining to the story, but the first one will also give you the location of the rest of the crystals. Level 2 is the Marsh Palace, in the swamp south of the bomb shop (link's house), but first you have some preparations to make. Now that you have the hammer, you can get to the villiage of outcasts, a good place to find rupees, and win heart pieces in the many games they have. You can also get the enchanted grove, there you will find the flute playing boy, who has turned into some weird creature. Talk to him and he'll give you the shovel saying that he buried his flute back in Hyrule's enchanted grove along with some flower seeds. Use the mirror and dig where there are flowers in the northwest corner of the grove and you should find the flute (or ocarina, depending on your point of view) The ghost in the grove will disappear (interestingly enough, before getting the flute you can actually walk up to the ghost if you go slowly). Use the sparkle to go back to the dark world and talk to the flute boy. Then play the flute and he'll turn into wood (seriously, it's weird, I never figured that part of the game out.) His last request is that you find his father.
The flute boy's father is the sleeply old man in the Kakariko tavern. Talking to him won't help, you'll have to play the flute to wake him up. After talking to him, play the flute in front of the weathercock (in front meaning, standing on the S). The bird will break out. From now on you can play the flute to summon the bird (Hyrule only, not the dark world) and he will take you to one of these 8 places in Hyrule
1: Death mountain, near the entrance to the lost old man's cave
2: The Magic shop
3: The weathercock in Kakariko villiage
4: Link's house
5: South of the eastern palace
6: The desert (up on a previously unaccessable ledge)
7: The Marsh (right in front of the marsh palace)
8: South of Lake Hylia
Now you'll want to get the Magic cape and the Staff of Byrne. The Magic Cape is in Hyrule cemetary, under the top right hand grave, simply bash into the grave from the south to open it up. The Staff of Byrne is on Death Mountain, simply go to the teleporter on Death Mountain, simply drop of the ledge south of the teleporter you saw earlier and enter the cave. You'll need the hammer, and it's smart to bring some life magic or fairies.
Next up for grabs is the Magic meter upgrade, go to the blacksmiths house in Kakariko village and drop down from where the house is into the hole (now you can do this, because you have the hammer) in there you'll find a green alter, throw some magic powder onto it and this little dude will come out and zap you, now you use half as much magic as when you did before when you use magic items.
Take the flute to point 4 and go south, then west (you'll need the hammer) and enter the dark world via the teleporter under the rock there. Then go to the marsh cave and use the mirror nearby. Enter the cave and drain the water, then get the heart piece (as a side note if you grab the nearby fish and toss him into deep water he'll give you 20 rupees, and if you toss him at the merchant in Kakariko, he'll give you a bunch of stuff. With the water drained go back through the sparkle and you'll find the Palace flooded for your convenience (if you don't have the flippers, get them)
The dungeon contains the Hookshot, which should become your new secondary weapon (as opposed to the magic boomerang). You can use it just like the boomerang to collect things, as well as to cross gaps and as a weapon. The boss is Giant Octo, and he's rather easy to defeat. Simply keep your distance from him and use the hookshot to grab one of the little buggers clinging to him. Then hit them with the sword. Be careful because occasionally he will swing them out like a Patra. After they are all gone, charge up your sword and wait for him to come crashing down on you, avoid him by watching his shadow, then hit him with the spinning attack. Keep doing this until he dies. You will get the a crystal, and a heart container.
The next two dungeons, levels 3 and 4 can be done in either order. I prefer to do level 4 first to get the sword upgrade quicker. But for the sake of convenience I will put them in the correct order. Level three is the Forest Maze. What makes it a maze is that there are so many different entrances to it. Just keep scrapping until you find the Big Key. The big chest containing the Fire rod is accessible through an entrance under a bush. The fire rod lets you burn through the final entrance (the big mouth) so you can get to the boss, Giant Butterfly. Beating him is a no brainer, just keep hitting him, but you'll have to keep your cool. You'll have to avoid his three pronged blasts, the spikes at the edges of the rather small room, and the fact that the spikes tend to have a mind of their own and so does the floor. Just keep your cool and take it easy to defeat him.
The next dungeon is the Thieves Hideout, which is under the village of outcasts. Simply go to the stone gargoyle (where the weathercock should be) and pull on the pitchfork. This dungeon can be a bit confusing, you'll have no problem getting the big key then finding the boss room, but you'll find that there is nobody there. You'll have to seek out the item, the Titans Mitt (a stronger version of the handy glove which will allow you to lift up black rocks and black skulls). You'll also have to find the girl in the dungeon (this is all in the lowest floor) she'll ask you to take her outside, but she'll refuse to walk out the door. Take her to the room directly above the boss room and throw a bomb at the crack, this will allow light to shine down on the boss room. Go to the boss room and put the girl in the light, and she'll reveal her true colors, the boss Blind. Blind is a no brainier also, but he's also tough. You'll have to deal with the wild, random fireballs he throws out, and avoid him and his eye lasers. When you knock off his head, that will also spit out fireballs, and he'll grow a new head. When he's on his third head, you know you have him on the run.
Now that you have the titans mitt, you can get to the frog sitting in the southern part of the village of outcasts. He is the long lost brother of the dwarven blacksmith from Kakiroko. Take him back to Kakariko and to his house. Come back later (or just go out and back in again) and they'll temper your sword for you, while they're doing that you won't have a sword. What you should do is go back to the village of outcasts where the blacksmith house should be and you'll find a treasure chest that cannot be opened (you'll also find a piece of heart if you pound all the purple spikes), so it will tag along behind you. Take it to the "average middle aged man" at the entrance to the desert and he'll open it for you, the fourth bottle is inside.
Now you're ready for the next two dungeons, levels 5 and 6, known as the Ice Palace and the Misery Mire, respectively. There is a puzzle in the Ice Palace that requires a lot of thought, a lot of time, and a lot of backtracking through the dungeon, it involves getting a block to drop from one floor down to a lower floor and on to a switch. But the fact is, if you have the Cane of Somaria from Misery Mire you will be able to just create a block, ergo, you should do the Misery Mire dungeon first.
To get to Misery Mire, which is in the closed off swamp of the Dark World, you need to use the flute in Hyrule and go to point 6, there is a teleporter underneath the nearby rock. Once you're in the swamp, check out the nearby caves for items and information, you'll find two big caves in the center of the swamp, one on the left, one on the right. Go in both, one is a fairy cave, the other has a piece of heart. Then go to the center of the two caves, where you'll find an alter with the Ether symbol. Stand on the symbol and use the Medallion of Ether and the rains will stop and the third cave will open up, leading to the Misery Mire dungon.
Misery Mire is vastly complicated, but is fairly linear if you keep a cool head. Be sure to bring in medicine and/or fairies, because the enemies here are tough, and you (probably, if you're following directions) don't have the blue armor from the Ice Palace. The Cane of Somaria is a little bit out of your way, once you get the Big Key, you'll be taken to a road that leads directly to the boss, so you'll need to backtrack a bit to the Cane (or you can come back later, since the chest is fairly close to the entrance.
The boss is the Gelatinous Patra. Watch the big eyeball carefully while you fight off the advancing little buggers. When the large eyeball turns completely white, get the hell out of the way, or you'll get lightning upside your ass (and it's a punishment and a half!) once all the little eyeballs are gone, the big one will detach from the muck and attack you, he's easy to handle, just stand still and let him come to you, swinging your sword. A word to the wise: don't travel into the muck, you'll take damage. After he's defeated, you'll get your obligatory heart container and the next Crystal
If you've followed my directions and done it the EASY way, it's time to go to the Ice Palace, though if you've done it the RIGHT way, you should skip the next part and go directly to Turtle Rock, of course
The Ice palace is completely closed off, you can only gain entrance from Hyrule. The large island in the center of Lake Hylia is the fountain of happiness (throwing rupees in will allow you to upgrade how many bombs or arrows you can carry.) more importantly, there are two black stones outside the entrance to the fountain, the one on the right has a teleporter underneath it. Now that you have the Cane of Somaria the Ice palace is fairly simple, the hardest things are the stalfos knights and running out of magic. When you find yourself low on magic, there's a trick to do. Use the Ether medallion to freeze a roomful of enemies (the penguins are preferable) and then smash them up with the hammer, 98% of the time you will get Magic bags or canteens. The item is the Blue Armor, something you don't want to miss, and the boss is a triad of Snow creatures
When you first drop down into the boss room, the bosses will be trapped underneath a sheet of ice, the only danger being the constant falling snow (easy to avoid). Shoot the fire rod at the ice until the bosses are free, then use it on them until you are out of magic, then use your sword. Easy boss.
Before heading to Turtle rock, head to the Bomb Shop (link's house in the dark world) and buy a Super Bomb. It will follow you, bring it to that big crack in the Pyramid, and set it there, when you go in, you'll find a fairy fountain just like the one at the waterfall of wishing (only the fairy here is really fat). Toss in your sword to get it recharged, and toss in your arrows to get silver arrows.
And now for turtle rock. You'll find it on Death mountain in the dark world, to get to it, go to death mountain from hyrule and cross the broken bridge using the hookshot, nearby is a teleporter. You'll find a heart piece on a floating island, to get to it, bash into a nearby rock formation, then go through the cave, there are hidden walkways in the cave that you can see only when you light a torch (there are no torches to light) or you can it briefly by using the Ether Medallion. When you get to Turtle rock, you'll find that there is no entrance, but you'll see a quake symbol on top of the head. Use the magic mirror and climb up the rock, then pound the three wooden stakes with the hammer, in a counter clockwise fashion, starting with the lower right one. A teleporter will appear, which will bring you on top of Turtle Rock, then simply use the Quake Medallion on the symbol to open up the entrance. (an interesting side note: if you pull on the left leg of the turtle, a bunch of rupees will pop out.)
Turtle rock is mostly navigated by railways that you can access by using the Cane of Somaria on the question blocks, you'll find many interesting puzzles using these railways, it helps to know you can change direction at a corner. The item in Turtle Rock is the Mirror shield, which allows you to block beams, a necessity to get to the boss, Trinex.
Trinex is a giant 3 headed turtle, you'll need both wands to defeat him, and don't expect to beat him without the potion of magic. First get rid of the Ice head with the fire rod, this head goes first, because it can ice up the floor, making it slippery, which will hinder you for the rest of the battle. The next thing to do is get rid of the fire head using the ice rod. This is somewhat harder, because the ice rod shoots much more slowly than the fire rod, so be wary. After both heads are gone, Trinex will explode, and then come out of his shell and attack you, simply use your sword on the flashing point of him, and he'll be defeated in no time.
Now you have rescued the 7 maidens including Zelda, there is only one place left to go, and that is Ganon's Tower. Ganon's tower will open with the power of the seven crystals, enter...and beware.
After entering, take the staircase on the left, then bash into the lantern to get the key, then go left. In the next room there's a key under one of the skulls, to get to the next room, use the hammer to pound all the blocks, then push the center block and touch the star tile. In the next room use the hookshot to navigate your way down, then hit the crystal switch, then leave a bomb by it and be on the other side of the wall when it explodes. In the next room you'll want to set a bomb close enough to the two crystal switches so that it sets off one, but not both. There's also a key under the upper right skull. Hit the crystal switch in the next room, then quickly head either up or down to avoid the spikes, and get to the Teleporter. In the next room avoid the podobodos, hit the switch under one of the skulls and a treasure chest will appear on the other side of the gap, use the hookshot on it to get across, then go down. First go in the left teleporter, then the next one, then the next one, then the one on the right, then the one in the lower left hand corner of the screen. Then go right and fight the Lowders but watch out for the pitfalls, go through the two teleporters, then go right. In this next room, go up, then to the left and get rid of the two skulls, then go to the top of the room and you'll see a torch off to the left, use the firewand on it and a hidden pathway will appear, go very quickly, if you run out of time, use the Ether Medallion to see the pathway briefly. The next room bomb the lower right hand crack, and you'll wind up fighing the Hyrule Knights again, only this time on ice. Luckily for you, you have the silver arrows. Dispatch of them quickly, then go up and get the Big Key, then go down, then right, then bomb up to find a room with fairies. Then go back down, then up the staircase, and get the Red Armor from the chest. Go up, then down the staircase and you'll be back in the first room. The pathway to the end of the level lies behind the center door, from here on in, you're on your own, simply because there's no thought involved, its' just beat all the enemies, get to the next room, be careful of the many, many obstacles along the way you'll fight the sandworms, and the giant Wyrm and Aghanim at the end, simply use the same strategies you did the first time. At the end you'll be taken to the Pyramid of Power to fight Ganon (see the dark world enemy guide on how to beat Ganon)
(NOTE: as a rule, green enemies are weakest, blue enemies are stronger, and red enemies are the strongest)
Green Darknut (dagger): these guys are dumb, they only move in four directions and simply charge blindly at you when they see you, just hit them a few times to defeat them
Green Darknut (sword): Smarter, they basically walk back and forth patrolling the area, and will attack if they see you.
Green Darknut (arrow): they lie in the tall grass and pop their heads up to shoot arrows at you
Blue Darknut (sword): they are stronger than the green ones
Blue Darknut (dagger): they attack extremely fast
Blue Darknut (arrows): they retreat from you, shooting arrows
Red Darknut (spear chuckers): they retreat from you, chucking spears
Red Darknut (lancers): the stronger version of the blue kind
Red Darknut (bomb chuckers): they stand up on a wall and throw green bombs at you, pick up the bombs and throw them back quickly
Black Ball and chain Knight: The boss of Hyrule dungeon, simply throw two bottles at him to defeat him.
Gold Ball and chain Knight: Stronger version, arrows work fine.
Aches: Bats that swoop down at you when you come near them
Rats: yup...they're rats
Ropes: Snakes that dart at you when they see you
White Ghini: Ghosts that lurk in the graveyard
Crows: They dart at you when you come near them
Crabs: They move fast when going sideways
Zoras: They pop their heads out of the water and spit fire at you, some can get up in shadow water and walk around, after hitting those, you can throw them
Bad Bee: They come out of the swamp and bushes and attack, can be caught with the butterfly net
Blue Tekketie: Found on death mountain, they hop around
Red Tekketie: stronger version
Stone imps: turn to rock for a brief period when hit.
Armos: statues that come alive when you approach them
Gaunchan: Rocks that fall off of death mountain
Wyrms: little dudes that move around erratically
Octoroks: they run around and occasionally stop to spit rocks in ever direction
White Stalfos: they jump away when you use the sword, either get close, or use the boomernag
Red Stalfos: when you miss them, they throw bones at you
Blue Rockclops: They awaken when you approach, can only be hurt when awake
Red Rockclops: Only arrows will work
Hydras: little dudes that slither around
Bubbles: Invincible ghosts that bounce around, they sap magic power
Blue Hyrule Knight: They bounce around in a formation
Red Hyrule Knight: They bounce at you trying to crush you.
Explodo: This guy south of Lake Hylia that explodes when you hit him. Apparently the only one of it's kind
Slimes: little slithering slimes that electrocute you when you hit them with the sword.
Geek Slime: same, only you can talk to it, to make one, throw magic powder on a slime
Tomato: Throw magic powder on most enemies to produce this little dude
Gerandam: Sand people that come up from the desert.
Blue Leevers: They come up out of the ground and attack
Red Leevers: No difference, really
Lasers: They turn around and around, when they see you they shoot. Cannot be killed
Sand Worm: They come up out of the sand and float around
Blue Lowder: Very resiliant and tough enemies that come right at you
Red lowder: Even tougher, take a while to defeat
Tiles: Tiles from the floor that detatch and fly at you
Green Dinos: little dinos that spit fire
Red Dinos: Pretty much the same
Giant Wyrm: Tough giant version of the little buggers, can only be hurt by attacking the tail.
Aghanim: Evil Wizard, cannot be directly attaced.
Gold Ghini: Stronger ghost
Snatcher Plant: plant that hops around, can grab items from you, including your shield. Defeat it quickly to get your stuff back.
Bug: Bug that flies around and drops explosives on you.
Hopper Plant: Plant that hops at you, may be simple to defeat, but does a surprising amount of damage.
Cyclops: big one eyed giant that throws bombs at you, they say to use bombs, but you're better off just pounding them with the sword
Piranha Plant: They hop around snapping at you
Pterodactyl: Dark world equivalent of crows
Demon Knight: Dark world equivalent of Green dagger darknuts
Demon Knight (Spear) Dark world equivalent of Blue darknuts
Red Demon Knight: Dark world equivalent of Red Darknuts
Helmasaur: small lizard protected in front by a shield
Blue Electric Jellyfish (forgot the name): They float around shiftlessly, don't attack when they are flashing
Red Electric Jellyfish: When you attack them, they split into two smaller ones
Turtles: Can only be hurt after flipping them over with the hammer.
King Helmasaur: Boss of level one, use the hammer on his shield, then attack him with the sword
Jumper: Guy that jumps up and down in the swamp
Suds: Water bubbles that fly around at angles
Fish: little slithering fish that come out of holes
Octopus: slithering octopuses that wade through shallow water
Podobodo: Big fireball trail that bounces around
Sensor: Shoots our a fireball whenever you swing your sword
Bots: little slimeballs that pop up out of holes or drop from the ceiling
Blue Goriya: Rat creatures that mimick your moves in reverse
Red Goriya: Only arrows hurt them, and they shoot fireballs
Gibido: slow, but steady mummy that is weak against fire
Sparks; little points of light that temporarily negate the power of the moon pearl
King Butterfly: Big bug that shoots beams
Daria: lizard dude that walks around and does nothing
Red Daria: they shoot fire occasionally
Shadow creatures: you can only hurt their core
Lizards: Annoying, weak enemies that do a surprising amount of damage
Blind: Leader of the thieves, hates bright light
Pengiun: Master Miyamoto's trademark, they slide around
Stalfos Knight: Giant stalfos that can use a sword and a shield, they are weak against bombs
Snow Flurry: Giant snow creatures that inhabit the lowest level of the Ice Palace
Wizzrobes: Wizards that disappear and reappear shooting magic beams
Sluggo: they slither around dropping green bombs
King Patra: Gigantic eyeball that can shoot lightning
Little Patra: his buddies
Pokey: a giant walking cactus...that's right...cactus
Chain Chomp: A big ugly chomper ball attached to a block by a chain
Trinex: A three headed turtle creature with both ice and fire heads
Giant Fish: he can throw bombs or fireballs, if you are a pain in the ass, that is
Lionel: Big centaurs that shoot fireballs
Bad Tree: a pissed off tree that might shoot a green bomb at you
Aghanim II: This time he has two dopplegangers, but he can't shoot lightning. Concentrate on defending yourself
Ganon: The Final Boss. To beat him, at first just keep pounding him again again with the sword, after he turns off the lights, use the fire rod to light up the room, hit him with the sword, and use the silver arrows when he's stunned. It takes four silver arrows to kill him.
Q: What are the green bombs? Can I get them as an item?
A: They are enemy bombs, you can pick them up and throw them just like normal bombs, only they'll go off if you hit them with your sword. No.
Q: I went into X but instead of taking me to Y it took me to a room full of rupees! What is this?
A: That is Chris Houlihan's room, if your cart messes up, the game fixes itself by bringing you there, into a room with a bunch of blue rupees, I've only seen it once, but there is no logical way to get there, you just have to be lucky (or unlucky depending on your point of view) when you come out of the room you come out of link's house
Q: What if I was in the Dark world?
A: Good question. I don't know
Q: Where are the moblins???
A: Chillin'
Q: Can I beat the game with no moon pearl?
A: No, but I'd have a blast watching you try!
Q: What items are non-essential?
A: The Staff of Byrne, the magic cape, all the heart pieces, both suits of armor, the red shield, the magic boomerang, the last two sword upgrades, the shovel, the flute, the mushroom, the magic powder and the Bombos Medallion
Q: Can I play the game with just the first sword?
A: That's a rumor as far as I'm concerned, I have yet to see proof of this
Q: What's the deal with the sound on this ROM?
A: It sucks, deal with it.
Q: Can I use the flute in the dark world?
A: Only once, and that's part of the story
Q: Hey this middle aged dude is following me around!
A: You should've left him alone, really. Just exit the screen and come back
Q: What's with that octopus thing in the desert?
A: Good Question.
Q: Is there a second quest?
Q: What if I never get the lamp?
A: Then you won't be able to get into the catacombs
Q: What's the deal of that screen shot in the manual that shows link in the catacombs, bombing that blasted wall I could never bomb, with like 6 hearts and no zelda??? Is there a way to get back there?
A: If there is, no one has figured it out. I think that screen shot came from the same place as the one from Zelda I with Link having to choose the sword or the boomerang
Q: Can I get upgrades for bombs or arrows?
A: Sure, just make frequent donations to the fountain of happiness
Q: What are the fortune tellers for?
A: They are there to give you tips on what to do next, but since you're reading this, you probably don't need them.
Q: I can't get to heart piece X!
A: Try fooling around with the mirror
Q: What if I lose my blue shield?
A: You might be able to go back to the waterfall of wishing, but I've never had to try that, so I don't know. They have them for sale at a shop west of Hyrule Palace
Q: This puzzle with the crystal switches has me stumped
A: Try using other weapons on the switch, like arrows or bombs
Q: What's the deal with the chicken I turned into a woman?
A: Nothing, it's just there for a gag
Q: Where's the good bee?
A: In that cave east of Lake Hylia, just bash into the fairy statue
Q: Is it normal for the inside of you bunghole to itch?
A: Probably not.
Guide by Necromancer
Thanx to Zophars domain for the helpful save state!
"THE WIND FISH IN NAME ONLY, FOR IT IS NEITHER."
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Alpine Valley
Wandering through the bitter, perilous peaks, the icy wind rips at your fur. You reach a mountain pass. Entering it, the wind ceases to be a bother. You follow the pass in its gradual slope down. Suddenly the pass ends and you are in a valley. You look about... the valley was large. In the southern end there was a large forest. At the northern end a beautiful waterfall is seen at a distance. The fall runs into a large pool. The mixed aroma of the pack drifts towards you, telling you more than your eyes can see. It tells of comfort, peace, tranquility, and if you are a foe, danger.
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Alpha Female: Fleetfoot
Alpha Male: n/a
Beta Male: n/a
Beta Female: n/a
Delta Male: n/a
Delta Female: n/a
Gamma Male: n/a
Gamma Female: n/a
Other Males: n/a
Other Females: n/a
Pup-Sitter: n/a
Puppies: n/a
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JagdPanther Magazine #11
Publisher Amarillo Design Bureau
Stock Number ADBJP11
Take a journey with us back to October 1975, when a small wargame club in Amarillo Texas (led by Steve Cole) produced an award-winning magazine filled with articles, variants, and reviews. The "Iron Age" of JagdPanther continued with color cardstock covers, one-piece multi-color maps, and die-cut counters.
The editorial said that the staff now felt a sense of accomplishment (rather than relief) as each issue was finished, and that we now had a product we were proud to show non-wargaming friends. We had even reached the point that much bigger game companies were buying advertising in our pages (Battleline bought the back cover).
The big game in this issue was The March on India by Thomas J. Fowler. This was a little known Japanese Imphal-Kohima offensive in 1944 that caught the British off guard and could have penetrated into India itself. The problem was the remote terrain and poor road network, which made actually moving any significant number of troops difficult. (The game reflects a period of wargaming history where companies tried to find a battle that had never been done as a game, rather than doing the 15th Gettysburg game.)
Variant articles in the issue included a 1948 variant for World War 3, placing all of the Grant tanks in one brigade for The Fall of Tobruk, anarchists in our own Spanish Civil War game, better political rules for Oil War, a historically realistic variant for World War I (plus more variants covering naval, Iberian, and air operations), historical alternative for Schutztruppe reflecting that a German battlecruiser (rather than a light cruiser) might have been trapped in Tanganyika, naval units for Blitzkrieg, a four-player variant for Triplanetary, poison gas in Overlord, reorganized US Army units for our own Marine game, a large number of new units for Modern Battles, alternate victory conditions and combat table for Gettysburg, counter-battery fire in Panzerblitz, a new aerial maneuver for Richthoffen's War, improved rules for the dinosaur game Gar-Garouk, tinkering with the rules for Dreadnought, updates for Sinai reflecting the 1975 peace treaty, a variant for D-Day in which NATO must retake France from the Soviets who conquered it, and minor rules improvements for Zeppelin.
New scenarios were presented for Panzerblitz (a balanced tank battle), Third Reich, Napoleon at Waterloo (French and Prussian units that historically did not arrive), Tank (a breakthrough battle), and SSN (a simpler introductory scenario).
Articles included better ways for using stock market numbers to roll die in play by mail games, an analysis of Kasserine Pass, how to conduct playtesting effectively, better ways to cut off the south end options in Anzio, a grid system to allow ships in any naval game to move in eight directions (not just six), an improved naval search system for any naval game, and corrections to the order of battle in Wilderness Campaign.
This issue has been scanned from the best available copy.
JagdPanther Magazine #1
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