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__label__cc	0.717724	0.282276	Home » S2000 Featured PostsHonda & Acura Remembering our first drive of the then-new S2000 While we’re waiting for Honda to complete it’s return to a full line of performance cars (let’s go Honda – we want a new S2000!), we’re remembering our very first drive of an S2000. So… Engine SwapsHonda & AcuraVideo S2000…. after the LS7 engine swap! In followup to an earlier post about S2000 engine swaps, there’s always the question of what happens to the S2000 after it’s engine was removed for use elsewhere. Most of the time the car had… Honda & AcuraVideo What we want for the new year from Honda Very simple: a new S2000. What better way to showcase the newly reborn spirit of Honda than a new S2000? Just recently Honda seems to have suddenly sprung back to its old self, with newly… New Honda S600 & S800 Pinterest board ready for viewing We’ve just added 165 images to our new Honda S600 & S800 board on our companion DrivingEnthusiast Pinterest site. These images were taken over the past couple of years and include a Honda S600 convertible,… Touge Time Attack We’ve been posting the Touge driving videos from Toyota of Japan on our site since that terrific series started a few years ago. But there is another much more well-known use of the word Touge in Japan, and that’s for… 2015 Honda S660: thankfully not for North America As owners of an original first-year S2000, we’ve been very protective of the car for the past 15 years. We’ve watched closely as Honda tested prototypes and Gan-san drove a production model in Europe. Then… Honda S2000 F20C: the top naturally aspirated engine of all time According to Car and Driver, the Honda F20C engine as found in the S2000 is the #1 top naturally aspirated engine of all time. This in a story about the diminishing numbers of naturally aspirated… MotorWeek Retro Review: Honda S2000 [w/video] MotorWeek is putting high-res videos into their YouTube site of old road tests… and here is one of their favorite cars of the last 157 years: the model year 2000 Honda S2000. And in 1080P too~!…	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3314
__label__wiki	0.648552	0.648552	Hedwig Terpstra Fraachpetear mei de Ierske dichteresse Aifric Mac Aodha Aifric Mac Aodha is berne yn Dublin yn 1979. Hja studearre Aldiersk en modern Iersk oan de universiteit fan Dublin. Har earste bondel, Gabháil Syrinx, kaam út yn 2010. Hja hat lesjûn yn Sint Petersburch, New York en Kanada en kolleezjes Aldiersk en modern Iersk jûn oan de universiteit fan Dublin. Hja wennet yn Dublin dêr’t se no wurket foar An Gúm, in útjouwer yn de Ierske taal. Hja is redakteur yn de Ierske taal fan it tydskrift The Stinging Fly. Aifric hat ferline jier the Oireachtas Prize for Poetry wûn. Foreign News is Aifric’s nijste bondel, dy’t ferline jier útjûn is troch The Gallery Press. Yn de bondel stean Ierske gedichten, mei in oersetting yn it Ingelsk troch David Wheatley. Hja ferbliuwt fan heal juny oant begjin augustus yn Ljouwert yn it ramt fan it útwikselingsprojekt Oare Wurden/Other Words. Aifric: “I’m going to write a sequence of poems about the Frisian horse.” How do you like it so far yn Ljouwert/Fryslân? ‘I like it very much although it took me a while to establish a rhythm. I needed to get my bearings before I could make headway, I think.’ What is your writing plan for Other Words? ‘I plan to finish a sequence of poems about the Frisian horse. The Frisian horse was a work horse, he was a war horse and now he’s used for dressage. I think that minority languages go through some, if not all, of those phases. I’m feeling my way in, at the moment, but I’m certain my time here – my time outside time – will stand to me. I also met a lovely artist who is creating a Frisian horse, using peat. I hope to include a poem about her work in the sequence. The poems will be published on the Other Words website and will hopefully be translated to the five languages involved in the project.’ Do you have contacts here in the city? ‘I do, yes. I’m in regular contact with Marre Sloots who works at Tresoar and is our woman from Ljouwert. She met me on my first night and we had dinner with André Looijenga, an Other Words alumnus. Another day we visited the Tresoar archives and met with Bert Looper, the director. He gave myself and Helena Foṡnjar, a participant from Slovenia, an impressive tour of the archives. He also presented us with a copy of a beautifully produced book about the history of the Frisian language (As long as the tree blooms). The book mentions the earliest examples of Frisian are found in the form of glosses – something else we can relate to.’ What are your plans for sightseeing? ‘I’ve been busy. I climbed the Oldehove tower and I attended the Escher exhibition early on. It was very cleverly done. I also went to the Natuurmuseum where a group of young boys were watching a taxidermist plunge and stuff an owl. I sat down on one of the stools beside them and tried to follow what the ‘guide’ was saying. That was very interesting… I’d never seen a taxidermist at work. And of course, everything is especially strange when you’re abroad. There’s a Basque evening on at the Livingroom of Languages soon and more showcased languages, thanks to Mirjam Vellinga… so my evenings will be full too. Meeting new people is very much part of the tourist experience here. I met Karen Bies, for example. She’s staying in Ireland now on an Other Words exchange. Karen is spending the summer in a beautiful part of Ireland called Belmullet, in County Mayo, and I think she plans to go to Galway too. As it happens, Galway will be the 2020 cultural capital of Europe.’ I read that you taught in St Petersburg, New York and Canada. ‘In New York and Canada, I taught language classes to adult learners of Irish descent. In St Petersburg I had general students of linguistics, who were passionate about the Celtic languages. I had fifteen students or so, from Monday to Friday, nine to five. I’ve never met students like them. They just knew everything.’ Did you speak Irish from home? ‘Not exactly – it’s more complicated than that. My father spoke fluent Irish and he was very committed to the Irish language. He was born in Belfast, and learned Irish every Summer in the Donegal Gaeltacht (an Irish-speaking area in Ireland). He fell in love with Irish from the age of five and learned the language inside out. In his spare time, he translated poetry into Irish from Portuguese, Spanish and Greek . And he did everything in his power to promote Irish throughout his professional career. He was a geography professor and because he was working in Galway, in the West of Ireland, where there is a strong Gaeltacht, he would give many of his geography courses in both English and Irish. I often think of that dedication, of the fact that he was willing to double his own workload when he could [and should] have been writing more poetry himself. My mother had very good Irish but I think I would have to say that English was our first language at home. As a family, we are happy to speak Irish together at Irish language events and we sometimes speak Irish amongst ourselves, but on the whole, I think we’re more ourselves in English. It pains me to admit it, but I think it’s true. That said, I’m lucky enough to work for an Irish language publisher and I have plenty of friends I can’t imagine communicating with in English.’ You learned Irish writing in school? ‘I went to an all-Irish school where every subject was taught through Irish. And my University degree was in Old and Modern Irish.’ Who are your favorite Irish writers? ‘I have some old favorites and some new ones. The writer Liam Ó Muirthile is very much in our hearts, at the moment. His recent death is a terrible loss. There was nothing he couldn’t say and what he had to say was always worth hearing. Our first three modernists, Seán Ó Ríordáin, Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Máirtín Ó Direáin continue to matter to us all. And of the up-and-comers, Máirtín Coilféir is my favourite.’ Are those poets an inspiration to you? ‘I would say so. Certainly, yes, they’re in my blood and bones.’ What can you tell about the title of your last book, Foreign News? Why did you choose that title? ‘A lot of the poems in the book were written abroad. As Irish speakers, even now, we battle to make the point that Irish doesn’t belong by the fireside, that it’s as international as the next island language. So perhaps I was being a little tongue in cheek. There is a poem called ‘Foreign News’ in the collection but it wouldn’t be my favourite, by any means.’ Do you know David Wheatley, the translator of the book, in person? ‘Not terribly well, I suppose, although we’re in regular contact by e-mail and I’m a huge fan of his own work. When my first book came out, he was learning Irish with another poet, Justin Quinn, in Donegal and they had a copy of Gabháil Syrinx. In the evenings, they started translating the poems together. Later Chicago Poetry Magazine brought out a special edition on Young Irish Poets. David translated some of my poems for that. Peter Fallon, my publisher (The Gallery Press) liked those translations and he sped things along.’ What can you tell about the title of your first book, Gabháil Syrinx, which means: The Taking of Syrinx? ‘I was hiding behind a myth, the way young poets often do. The first three poems in the collection are about the Greek tale of Pan and Syrinx. Pan falls in love with Syrinx and Syrinx escapes Pan by being turned into a wavering reed. The story fitted my life at the time and I liked the fact that the word ‘gabháil’ has more than one echo/meaning in Irish.’ In your last book there’s a poem about Segovia in Spain. Did you visit that place? ‘I did. Sometimes a change of scene brings on a poem. It unblocks you, it’s a shot in the arm. That certainly happened in Segovia. It’s a remarkable place. Myself and my fiancé had gone to Madrid for a wedding and we decided that we would travel on to Segovia for a few days. When I came home, the lines came in stops and starts but I knew I’d see a long poem through, eventually.’ You used to be a teacher in Dublin, but you are an editor now. ‘Yes, I used to lecture. After that, I started working as a translator with the new English-Irish dictionary and from there, I got a job with the Irish publishing house, An Gúm. I sometimes miss teaching but I think that as a lecturer, you’re never off the hook… and if I’m honest, I never felt like I had what it takes. I’m too thinly read and I give up too easily; I’m missing the brains and the temperament for that life. At least with editing, things are a little more clearcut. There are deadlines and books to finish. We publish textbooks, children’s books and translations of classics like Peter Pan and Dracula. The work is varied and I couldn’t have kinder or wiser colleagues.’ Aifric thús yn Dublin Last year you won the Oireachtas Prize for Poetry. Are you a wellknown Irish writer now? ‘I don’t think any of us would or could describe ourselves as well known. Writers have moments in the sun, if they’re lucky. This feels a bit like mine. I’ve had a busy year and I’ll be reading at more festivals in the months to come, including The Edinburgh Book Festival and The Franco-Irish Literary Festival. Much more importantly and with many thanks to Orlagh Ní Raghallaigh from Ireland and the Other Words project, I’m fortunate enough to be here in Ljouwert with time on my hands.’ Dit bericht werd geplaatst in Fraachpetearen door Cornelius . Bookmark de permalink .	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3322
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__label__cc	0.644431	0.355569	Partyin' in the Garden May 08, 2018 / Rachel Vich When you're extra AF, your cohabitation celebration has to follow suit. When your bedfellow doesn't exactly settle for "Cheese and crackers," one quickly realizes you've both met your match and the bar has been set high. I've never been one to turn down a challenge, so when we decided on a garden party, we focused on bringing spring to our space in East Nashville. Watch it all bloom below! See what I did there? "The weather is so predictable in Nashville," said no one ever. Given this fact, it was decided that a tented area was a must-have! Wood pallets were used to create the flooring and walkway of a tent which housed a heater, pillows, candles galore and buckets of champagne. No detail was spared from the multiple charcuterie boards, spring-inspired desserts, countless floral bouquets and floral ice cubes. A personal favorite of mine! You're probably wondering with such a theme if there was a dress code? The answer would be yes and if you've seen that episode of The Office, you're familiar with Connecticut Casual. The best part of celebrating, no matter how amazing the scenery, is the company you keep. I'm thankful to have shared such a special moment in my life with so many OLD and NEW friends. And one would think 30+ bottles of champagne would suffice, but one would be at a different party. Finger Sandwich Recipes Ham, Brie & Apple Butter French Bread, add Black Forrest Ham, Brie, Green Apple and Dijon Mustard. Prosciutto Fig Butter Baguette Bread, add Fig Jam, Prosciutto, Bibb Lettuce, Salt and Pepper. Roast Beef Horseradish On Rye Cocktail Bread put Horseradish Cream and add Cucumber, Roast Beef and Salt and Pepper. Smoked Turkey Apple Butter Baguette Bread, add Smoked Turkey, add Apple Jelly and Salt and Pepper. Potted Plant Chocolate Pudding Mix Ghiradelli Bittersweet Chocolate Chips with Guittard Semisweet Chocolate on the stove. Pour into shot glasses and set on a baking sheet in fridge to cool. Crush up oreo crumbs and place on top of pudding. Place piece of mint in each shot glass and you're done! You can also use Snack Pack Pudding if like, you run out of time like some people I know... Floral Ice Cubes Boil distilled water then let it cool. Add water to ice cube trays filling half way, add edible flower facing down and freeze. Add more water to fill tray and freeze. Boom! You've got frozen blooms. If you can't find edible flowers, use roses, violets, pansies, nasturtiums, calendula, daylilies or lavener. Just be cautious that the flowers you are using haven't been sprayed with pesticide so none of your guests get sick! Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’ — Robin Williams May 08, 2018 / Rachel Vich/ Comment DIY, Food, FASHION, LIFESTYLE gardenparty, roseallday, cohabitationcelebration, champagne, seersucker, connecticutcasual, floralicecubes, charcuterie, pimpyourprosecco, outdoorparty, spring No New Friends Photographer: joseph northcutt It's a new year. Brand spanking new. Thank God for that. 2016 started out so promising and then ended in an absolute shit storm taking several iconic legends with it. May they rest in peace and may we find some. The common theme of the new year for many is reflection, redemption and for some regret. The what did I learn moments, the accomplishments achieved and goals for the upcoming year. The next time I'll do betters, the lessons learned. The could have, would have, should have moments of the year. Maybe you got your ass kicked this year by your job, your relationship or a friend or maybe you literally got your ass kicked to which I hope you're okay and shit. Maybe you got out of 2016 unscathed and you're all "Why was 2016 so bad?" If so what is your secret we're all dying to know? For the greater population I think 2016 like most years, started out with such high hopes and by December 31st we're worn out, disappointed and tired as fuck. Like so tired. Does anyone else feel like they need a caffeine IV? Just me? It's fine. But why? Why are we so tired? Let's just review 2016 shall we? In March a bombing in Brussels, Belgium killed 32 and injured 300. In May, an unsupervised 3 year old declared he was going into the gorilla habitat at the Cincinnati Zoo leading to the fatal shooting of an innocent gorilla. 15 days later the deadliest mass shooting by a solo shooter, not to mention deadliest incident of violence against the LGBTQ community and terrorist attack since 9/11 happened in Orlando, Florida. One month after that, an alligator decided a 2 year old making a sandcastle would be his prey killing him at the Walt Disney World Hotel in Florida. Exactly one month to the day later, 86 people were killed in Nice, France and 434 were injured during a terrorist attack. Add to this so many civilians innocently killed in shootings some by error and some due to preconceived notions and vice versa for those in law enforcement. Sprinkle in the deaths of 140 celebrities and some of the most iconic figures of our time. 140 PEOPLE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST. There's no point in doing a tribute to those lost at the Oscars, it would run the duration of the show or as long as Matthew McConaughey's 2014 acceptance speech. Which I could watch over and over and over. And 2016 ended with the election of Donald Trump. I am literally moving on from this paragraph because it's depressing... Now 2016 wasn't all bad. Mostly, but not all. There were brief moments of humanity shining through the destruction. Like Daryl Davis, the African American man who convinced 200 members to leave the KKK just by befriending them. Then there was that time when Best Buy employees purchased a Wii for a teen who came in every single day just to play the demo. There's the woman who has adopted 35 children, 26 of which have special needs. Who could forget Dolly Parton donating $1000/month to families in need after the Gatlinburg forest fires? See not all bad. But like, that does not even make you feel that much better. Too much bad happened in 2016. So where does that leave us in 2017? What's the take-away? Will there be disappointment? Yes. Will there be brief moments of redemption in the human race? Yes, I said brief, you will most likely be cut off and flicked off in traffic shortly after, but be thankful damn it. Life is short? Yes. So focus on who is still standing, who is still in the ring with you, who the fuck really gets it. Who has a secret stash of bail money on hand knowing full well this may just be the year you "GO FOR IT" which might also mean "LOSE IT" or find yourself in trouble with the law. Who still has your back, who tells you what you need to hear (not what you want to hear) and who is still loyal? Loyalty is a funny thing, often times we think people are truly loyal to us, but just as often they are loyal to the thought of us, the convenience of us or what they've gained in our presence. Big mistake, HUGE. So in 2017, no new friends stands. Act like Drake didn't already know that. If the people surrounding you would stand in the line of fire for you, defend you in your absence or at the very least tell you about the lipstick on your teeth (why do people not tell other people this?) then really take the time this year to appreciate and reciprocate the loyalty. Appreciate. Reciprocate. Repeat. We're always trying to do more, expand what we have and fix what is not broken. If your circle of friends, no matter how big or small, old or new, young or old is a loyal, loving one then cherish it this year. You're going to want more this year, you're going to want better and you're going to want it all at times, but if you have solid people in your life that have your back you just might find you've got all that you need. But don't get it twisted, always look out for number one. And if you find yourself in the company of a snake in the grass...cut it's head off. Isn't that how you kill a snake? Cut right through the bullshit and walk on. Life is too short to share champagne with false friends, so be mindful of who you open the door for, but take peace in always knowing where the exit is so you can show a bitch to the door upon their dismissal. No new friends in 2017. I've got mine and they're damn good. I've never had to compromise my company and I'll be damned if I have to start. Instead of the cliche "THIS IS MY YEAR" hype, I'm more about give me what I've already got and just supersize it. More late nights, more random chaos (a personal favorite of mine) and more interesting conversations with the best people. No need to act like 2017 is going to be a game changer. Maybe it will be, but maybe it won't. If it could just be calmer than 2016's hateful ass, I'm game. Every day will only happen once so as long as my people are along for the ride, start the engine and let's do this 2017. Appreciate. Reciprocate. Repeat. And show assholes the door.... 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The award is recognition for her contributions to the ethical conduct of research. The award was presented at a meeting of 1,200 association members in Boston earlier this month. ARENA is a national organization for professionals concerned with issues relating to the protection of human subjects, the humane care and treatment of animals, scientific misconduct, ethical decision-making in healthcare, and other ethical issues in biomedical and behavioral research. According to Helen McGough, director of the University of Washington's Institutional Review Office and a past award recipient, the recognition of Hansen's accomplishments was long overdue. Hansen is recognized nationwide as a mentor and the pioneer in Internet-based training on human-subjects protection. "Karen has made outstanding contributions every year that she's been an ARENA member," says McGough. "She has unflagging good spirit and is always willing to pitch in and do whatever work needs to be done." Hansen has directed the Hutchinson Center's Institutional Review Office since 1988, which coordinates activities involving the Institutional Review Board, a committee of doctors, nurses, patients and community members responsible for reviewing human subject research. The office also oversees the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, which is responsible for review of research involving live, vertebrate animals. She also serves on ARENA's public-policy committee and has served as president of the group, has distinguished herself as a national leader in the implementation of federal policies for research conduct and patient protection. For several years, Hansen has represented the Hutchinson Center on national policy issues in patient protection. "The center's Institutional Review Office has undergone considerable review over the past year, and all of the reviewers have commented upon the quality of the office and the national stature that Karen has achieved through her skill, dedication and hard work," says Peggy Means, Fred Hutchinson executive vice president and chief operating officer. "I know that Karen deeply appreciates the work that all of the volunteer board members do to protect human subjects, and it spurs her to give her very best effort. We are also fortunate to have such a strong Institutional Review Office staff so that Karen can continue to play a leadership role nationally." Among Hansen's recent accomplishments was helping create and launch the Collaborative Institutional Review Board Training Initiative, an Internet-based course that provides required training for scientists who conduct human-subjects research. "When the need for education of researchers became mandatory, Karen took the lead in establishing what has become a very successful training course," said Elizabeth Bankert, ARENA president, who also notes Hansen's "sunny" disposition. "Karen has been a mentor and source of constant encouragement to new ARENA members as we all attempt to find our way through the maze of federal regulations," Bankert said. "She is dedicated and willing to spend time and energy for the pursuit of improving the rights and welfare of research participants." Hansen is consulted by academic institutions around the country for her expertise in institutional-review issues. Center leaders have played a critical role in Hansen's ability to develop a first-rate institutional review office and she paid thanks to Drs. Lee Hartwell and Robert Day, present and past president and director, in her acceptance speech. "To achieve this level of success, you have to have support from the top," says Hansen. 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__label__cc	0.516804	0.483196	Cespy-YES » « Last Met Standing? The Boys of This Summer by Greg Prince on 31 August 2016 2:59 am Meet the Mets. Meet the Mets. Step right up and meet these Mets. These Mets who we didn’t quite know not very long ago, but who are presently playing their way into our hearts and imprinting themselves on our brains. Meet Seth Lugo. He’s our new somewhere from No. 1 to No. 4 starter. It doesn’t really matter, since everybody’s gotta be an ace on the night they take the ball. Lugo takes the ball, throws it for a bunch of innings, records a bunch of outs and keeps our team in games. He did that Tuesday night against the Marlins, and now the Mets are ahead of the Marlins and essentially tied with the Pirates. If he’s doing this for “our” team, Seth must be one of “our” guys. True, a few months ago I’d never heard of Seth Lugo, but that’s never stopped me from first-person pluralizing. Every pitcher who was unfamiliar or forgotten is acey enough of late. Lugo. Gsellman. Montero. Throw in the relievers Smoker, who is here, and Ynoa, who is not. Four of them recently picked up their first major league wins as Mets, so we welcome them warmly into our ranks (even if pitcher wins are often misleading and should probably be replaced by a more rational system of merit-based recognition). Oh, and Rafael Montero from Monday night, not new, but still sitting on exactly one major league win back from when he was new. A few nights before Montero returned from Eastern League purgatory, the Mets distributed to the first 15,000 fans who turned up at Citi Field a Matt Harvey bobblehead. It looked nothing like Matt Harvey, but that’s all right, considering nobody in the rotationlike blob from which our nightly starter is extracted looks like Matt Harvey. Harvey — along with Duda, Wright, Lagares, Wheeler and Niese — has disappeared from view for 2016. To be handed a box with Matt’s name and image in late August was an anachronistic reminder of who the Mets are not at the moment. A gander at Montero taking the mound 48 hours later felt even more detached from the space-time continuum as we’d come to understand it. Rafael was presumed hot stuff in 2014, revealed lukewarm in 2015, barely a component of our consciousness in 2016. Yet Montero took the ball, threw it for a bunch of innings, recorded a bunch of outs and kept our team in his game. He did that Monday night against the Marlins. He’s back in the minors at the moment, but he left an impression while nudging us a step forward. Good to meet Rafael again, just as it’s been good to meet or stay in touch with the seven different pitchers who started seven consecutive games between August 23 and August 29 (give or take a Niese). You don’t usually throw a different guy out there every single game for a week unless you’re playing out the frayed end of the string, loaded down with doubleheaders or beset by injuries. You know Lugo and friends weren’t chosen by choice. Too many arms have ached. Fortunately, a few are making us feel super, thanks for asking. Good to have met Asdrubal Cabrera way back in April and reacquainted ourselves with one of the few indispensable Mets upon his August return from the disabled list. Asdrabsence made our hearts grow fonder, even if Asdrubal’s knee didn’t grow altogether healthier. Like most Mets, he can barely put his pants on one leg at a time. Like many Mets, he’s putting them on anyway and strapping on everything else besides. Tuesday night, last week’s National League Player of the Week answered two early Marlin runs with his 17th homer of the year, good for two runs and a temporary tie. We’d be out in front soon enough and there we’d stay. Good old Asdrubal. Remember when he was a total stranger? Me neither. Baseball seasons make hail Met fellows of us all, fans and players, especially when the players give us fans what we’d been begging for and dreaming of. Cabrera was pretty much doing that all along, but it was hard to appreciate in the vacuum that was sucking 2016 into near-certain obscurity. Neil Walker and Steven Matz are inches from the wrong end of that hose, the one that pulled in Harvey and all those other Mets who have been Hoovered from our midst. Hang in there, fellas. We need everybody we can get. We need Jose Reyes. Good to have remet him, I’d say. Conveniently ignore the issue that lurks in the subconscious no matter how well he plays and you can’t believe how well he plays. You should, though. I think we’ve looked at Jose Reyes from a distance all wrong. When he bought whatever snake oil Jeffrey Loria was selling five winters ago, what did we tell ourselves so we could convince ourselves that Ruben Tejada was a reasonable cost-efficient replacement? That Jose wasn’t going to be worth nine figures because Jose couldn’t possibly continue to be the Jose that rated nine figures. True then, true now. But for our purposes, the purposes that involve trying to mold a legitimate contender from spare parts, Reyes didn’t have to be 2011’s batting champ and he didn’t have to live up to somebody else’s absurd/obscene price tag (though who can tell any longer how much is too much on the open MLB market?). He just had to be better than whatever we had handy. He was and he is. Watch him hit from both sides of the plate, watch him run from home to second and occasionally third, watch him field at two positions, watch him adore being a Met, the last of which is a skill you can’t teach. If he’s not the star of yore, he’s a very good ballplayer, the way Cabrera is a very good ballplayer. They know how to field and throw and go mind-to-mind with the opposing pitcher. You get a couple of guys like that hot, there’s no telling how far you’ll go. And if you get a guy with 20 home runs up to 22 and maybe one outstanding month from him to follow, then you’re really cooking with evil gas. Curtis Granderson is the constant on this team, which seems absurd, considering he wasn’t born a Met the way Reyes was. Yet the man has been active and mostly available every single day since he signed prior to the 2014 season. In the second half of 2016, his bat has been eerily quiet. He hasn’t been hitting within a fifty-mile radius of the clutch. Tuesday night, in a literal pinch, he did. That was no ho-hum solo home run Curtis delivered to spur the sixth inning. It put the Mets up, 4-2, and gave you the idea Lugo’s fine work hadn’t been an exercise in futility. Grandy stuck around and hit another. There was even a man on base. It’s now 22 HRs and 38 RBIs for the outfielder so diplomatic that he can park anywhere he wants in Manhattan and never get a ticket. The totals don’t balance equitably, but it’s a nice change in the weather for someone who always tries to project professional sunniness. How nice to hear him interviewed postgame and not face one question that boiled down to, “What’s wrong, Curtis?” Nothing’s wrong when the Mets win eight of ten. Nothing’s wrong when Yoenis Cespedes is on a roll. He didn’t do much Tuesday beside strike fear into Tom Koehler & Co., but oh, Monday, that home run to win it in ten. It was Piazzaesque. It was Strawberryan. It was so very Yo. How is it possible he hadn’t hit a walkoff something or other for the Mets until then? I suppose it felt as if he had, since August and September last year were, experientially, one ongoing Yoenis Cespedes walkoff home run. What a group, huh? Guys who we know are hurting. Guys who are probably hurting more than we know. Guys we didn’t know but have rapidly grown intimate with in the baseball sense. Guys we want to know and embrace, like Jay Bruce, who had a big hit in the first inning, but otherwise continues to resemble Bay Bruce. Guys we have slowly learned to appreciate, like Alejandro De Aza, who must be the most dynamic .196 hitter the game has ever encountered (ah, batting average is overrated). Guys like James Loney, who has stopped hitting, but sure does scoop at first. Guys like Wilmer Flores, who doesn’t seem allergic to righthanded pitching anymore. Guys like René Rivera, who if blessed by an iota more of speed would be a genuine offensive threat. Guys like Kelly Johnson, who plays wherever asked and hits whenever needed. They were strays we reluctantly adopted. They’ve managed to form a pack barking at the tails of a flock of Redbirds. Can we keep ’em? Please? 33 comments - (Comments closed) \| \| Print This Post \| 2016 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Bobbleheads, Getting Acquainted, Jose Reyes, Rafael Montero, Seth Lugo 33 comments to The Boys of This Summer August 31st, 2016 at 3:29 am Just need to stay close That schedule down the stretch is absurd, while the Central teams beat up on one another. This is a late summer gem, Mr. Prince. Here’s to meaningful baseball that might make for a sweet September song. Nailed it, Greg. You go to war with the army you have, and at this point we have no choice but to see what the Lugos and Smokers and Gsellmans have got, whether De Aza will make us forget his 0-for-2/3 of the season, presumably whether Conforto has recaptured the swing that made Keith fall in love, if Asdrubal Cabrera really is a superhero. Wasn’t long ago that all seemed lost, now it’s all exciting and fun again. As we used to hear so often and in such melofluous tones, fasten your seatbelts. Tad Richajlds I felt this one. Where have you been, Curtis Granderson? Our Met fans give their grateful cheers to you. Woo woo woo. We never never never never do anything nice and easy… mookie4ever Love your spot-on take, Greg, as usual. When I think about what this summer should have been, what we built it up in our minds to be, I want to cry. But this team has made me joyful again, just seeing them refuse to quit even as they reel from the body blows that keep on coming. They got a decent shot which is great, but whatever the end result, they have shown us their character. They are who we thought they were. Even the ones we have just met. No doubt Brandon Nimmo will return and hit .600 and lead them to the Series, the way things are going. Or Plawecki rises from the dead. But I hope Sandy is watching the waiver wire, today is last day to do something, I believe. argman A right handed hitting outfielder would be nice. Even nicer if he could play centerfield. De Aza and Wilmer. Yes Grandy last night, and yes Cespy any time he’s on the field, but those two in the past month have been as steady and fun as any two players who spent the first half of the season in Terry’s Sporadic Doghouse can be. I love these guys. sturock August 31st, 2016 at 11:04 am Well put, Greg. And I am happy to say “I wuz wrong” when I complained about our personnel a couple of weeks back. The return of a regular or two and some unexpected pitching heroics are making this an exciting stretch. Keep it coming, Mets! And what if Grandy or, heaven forbid, Jay Bruce can get hot? This season truly feels like a hybrid of 2001 and 2009. But hey, the Nats don’t have Brian Jordan, so there’s hope! August 31st, 2016 at 12:29 pm nice one greg. finally that run terry has portended – and we have been eagerly awaiting! are we not the only 8-2 team currently in the NL? can’t help but feel giddy that this, yes THIS team has gelled into something special. yes, the new pitchers acey enough, the hitting clutch, the defense tight. no time to fret over matz or walker. another game to be played tonite, another game to gain in the standings. whoever we have will step up. i dare these mets to prove me wrong! LGM! August 31st, 2016 at 1:13 pm Now we got our 3 bulldogs the next 3 days. BTW, how about Teufel waving in Cabrera against Frenchie’s arm. Crazy. Kudos to Cabrera for not even trying to score. In what has been one of the most brutal seasons I ever remember a 3rd base coach having, last night was Tuff’s coup de grace. I can’t begin to formulate a logical explanation for that one. Unfortunately Teufel is a terrible third-base coach. It’s not just this season. I’ve been wondering for a while when the Mets org will catch on to this. Shouldn’t Goodwin be the 3rd base coach? Goodwin was an outfielder and good baserunner as a player, which ought to help him make reads on whether to wave a runner home. Late last night and throughout this morning, I have found myself pondering – for the first time – What are the Giants doing?? Teufel lost his mind, not for first time. Still love him and the “Teufel Shuffle” from ’86, though. BTW, Walker just IDed with “herniated disk.” Will try to play but you know how these things usually end. Conforto arrives tomorrow, with 3 others. I am hoping Cecchini gets call and we don’t see Eric Campbell. At least Muno and Monell are gone. Conforto coming back and Walker hurt ought to mean Dilson Herrera. Oh well. Bunker23 Paul Schwartz As usual Greg P. (and Jason F.) are on the money. This will be a September of (hopefully) all meaningful games and I think that’s all we as a fan can hope for. Last night watching with faith but amid fear, I came to two conclusions. Terry Collins is a great baseball team manager Terry Collins is a terrible manager of baseball games. The fact that this team plays hard no matter who’s on the field, who’s on the mound and who’s on the bench is a tribute to him. It is this year, it was last year and it was for the four years before when he rarely had 75-win talent but managed 75 wins a year. He doesn’t lose players, he has unalterable faith that is sometimes rewarded (see Robles and Grandy last night and Flores for the last month against righties.) But on a game by game, inning by inning, pitch by pitch basis, he is just awful, especially handling pitchers. In the last week alone, he sent Gsellman out at least 2 batters too far (and it blew up in his face), sent Colon out at least 2 batters too far (that one worked out) and put Robles in a pair of uncomfortable situations he is simply not ready for (one blew up and I still maintain the biggest play of Friday night’s game was Cabrera’s amazing tag play at third or the other one might have too). Robles can not come into a game effectively with men on base. It’s tough for any reliever nowadays to do that (and that’s failing across the board in baseball because of the “clean” inning madness that has infected the game for a decade). Terry manages his team wonderfully. He manages games haplessly. Hate to point fingers but Teufel is a poor third base coach for a station to station team (not saying he’s a poor base coach just for this group of running-challenged (and injured) players. And our bench coach, Rick Scott (who he?) — isn’t he there to help TC make in-game decisions? Based on performance he’s not very good either. I have no idea whether terry should manage next year because I don’t know what’s more important — managing the team or managing a game? Thoughts? Greg — is it worth a future blog by one (or both) of you? In the last week alone Rob E. Who do you think is a better in-game manager and why? You cite two instances…1) Gsellman cruised through six, and pitched to three batters in the seventh. You say he was left in “at least two batters too long.” So after cruising for six innings, the leadoff hitter gets on base and the pitcher should be taken out? Why? Should we just put a hard six-inning cap on all pitchers, no questions asked? What if the same thing happened in the sixth or eighth inning instead of the seventh? Is that still bad managing? Not being able to see the future does not make a guy a poor in-game manager. Second, you mention Colon…he had a 9-1 lead and Collins was trying to save the bullpen. I don’t see what damage was done here. They have won eight out of 10 games. Whatever influence managers have on outcomes, it applies to wins as well as losses. Jacobs27 September 2nd, 2016 at 2:30 pm Revisting this a bit after the fact, but I agree with you, Paul, about that Gsellman/Robles 7th inning. Below is my rationale. As Jason so eloquently reminded us the other day, baseball is a game of patterns. Any manager will have his. One of Terry’s is sticking with his starters. Sometimes it’s great that he shows that confidence in them and saves the bullpen. But other times… well, what’s frustrating about it is that it doesn’t seem to be calibrated to put the pitchers (starters and relievers) in the best position to succeed. Case in point was that 7th inning. Gsellman had pitched pretty well through 6, really giving the Mets all they could have hoped for from a pressed into duty AAA call-up. Terry Collins logic was they he was cruising and probably wasn’t tired, so he would try to get another inning out of him. In his quoted words, “[Gsellman] was cruising along (…) He had a pretty low pitch count (…) and I thought he was pitching pretty good. Unfortunately, he gave up the three hits.” That makes it sound like there were no good reasons to pull him earlier. He just didn’t execute. 20-20 hindsight, oh well, it happens. I don’t think that’s an accurate assessment. There were several good reasons to at least have Gsellman on a very short leash to begin the 7th. First, there’s the fact that he’s an AAA call-up making his first MLB start. That’s a reason in itself to expect trouble as hitters make adjustments the 3rd time through the order. You’re rolling the dice to some extent every additional inning Gsellman pitches. As for Gsellman “cruising along”, I actually think that’s over-stating it. It’s true he had retired the Phillies in order through in the 5th and the 6th. On the other hand, though, the last out of the 6th was a well-struck bullet towards the gap. Before that, in the 4th inning, he only escaped without further damage because after giving up a double to Paredes (due up in the 7th inning) the Phillies proceeded to get a runner thrown out by mile at home for the second time in the game. In other words, the Mets and the Gs man were lucky the game was only 1-1. Those are, in my view, good reasons to be at least wary of Gsellman in the 7th. For pen-saving reasons, I’m fine with sending him out there. But if he gives up a well-struck base-hit, he probably should come out. And if he gives up two, no question. He ended up giving up three very hard hits (all with exit velocities over 100 mph http://wap.mlb.com/nym/news/article/20160828198145074/). The second hit was on a hanging curve that could easily have been hit out of the park. Part of Terry’s reticence may have been due to lack of confidence in his contingency plan. But if a struggling Robles is who you’re planning to go to, it makes no sense to wait until the bases are loaded. That’s basically setting him up to blow the game. Honestly, Robles has been so wild and inconsistent that you’d rather not bring him in at all with the game on the line at the moment. But if you’re going to, it’s gotta be to start the inning or at most with a runner on first. If he’s already in a position where a base-hit gives up the lead, that’s the worst both for trying to get him back on track and for winning the game. But what other option did Terry have? Well, no great ones. Robles to start the inning or with a man on first may not have fared any better than Gsellman, unfortunately. But that’s on Robles, not Terry. The point is, Robles’ best shot was clearly not with the bases juiced. But if he’s warming up at all, then the plan is to bring him in to a dicey situation. And I think that’s a mistake. There’s a fine line between showing confidence in your pitchers so they can pitch through their difficulties and setting them up to fail. The latter is what Terry inadvertently did to Robles (and to much lesser extent Gsellman, since he put him out there with a flammable safety net). I think the right (well, least bad) call was some combination of Blevins and Henderson, which is what Terry ultimately was forced to do. Blevins is used to coming in with runners on to get a DP, so he would be my guy once Gsellman faltered, even against righties. Not great, but still better, I think. Now, this is one isolated incident when Terry had no good options, granted. And very often Terry doesn’t have good options (the 9th inning of game 5 notwithstanding). Yet I do think there is a pattern in strategy to be analyzed here. My issue is not with the results, it’s with the logic. I guess this is less a criticism of Terry Collins than advice I’d like to give him, although, admittedly, I’m no baseball professional. It just seems like these in-game strategy issues are correctable, which would be nice to do, given Collins’ other qualities as a manager. Not only has he been a steady presence through hard times this year, but his closed-door meeting after the 9-0 debacle may well have given this team a much-needed jolt. Well, well, well. A little health. A little luck. A little ascension to the mean in terms of BARISP and underperforming players picking it up, and we’ve got a playoff race. I don’t know how to say this without seeming smug, but this is exactly what I and a few others have been saying for a couple of months now. It’s why it was so ridiculous for folks to be jumping ship in July. I mean, sure, we can welcome you back now, but you have anointed yourself a fair weather fan. Coming on the heels of essentially the same thing happening last year, I never could fathom the lack of confidence exhibited by so many Mets fans this year. But here we are. Despite all the injuries and bad luck. What a group. Greg Prince “I’d rather be happy the Mets are winning a bunch after losing a lot than be proven right that the Mets can’t ever win.” –Henry Clay (updated and severely paraphrased) Tomorrow is september 1 and the mets are right in the thick of it. Not only that but back in second place. Lets hope we are 3 up on the marlins by friday morning….but i will be happy with 1 game. Its funny seeing all of the comments here, win or lose. Some are extremely optimistic and some are polar opposite and think the sky is often falling (i am both depending on the day and yesterdays score) The bottom line is this….we all so desperately want this team to win. Lets hope they do more of that tonight….in september….and in october. Weirdest season I can remember, I’ve wanted to just turn my back on them so many times this year but I gotta admit, they’re still keeping things interesting. As far as the injury parade is concerned please, Mets training and medical staff, do the exact opposite of whatever you’re doing now until the season is over, OK? Not that I’m blaming them or anything here but geez, it sure is galling. You can bet that once Japan introduces robotic MLB players the Mets will get a few dozen of them that constantly need updates and software revisions. “Oh my, Gary, looks like #387 is down…looks like a blue screen…” The current patchwork, limping edition of the Mets is truly a wild card. The last 30 games can go any way, regardless of the W-L records of the opponents. That the Mets will enter September having clawed their way back into the thick of the WC race – 4 back in the loss column from the Giants, 3 back of the Cardinals, and 1 back of the Pirates entering play today – is already an achievement. Kudos to Alderson for scrounging the parts on the fly (Reyes, Johnson, Loney, Rene Rivera, plus the kids) that have kept the team in the running while the planned version of the 2016 Mets has fallen apart by the day. Just add it to the pile: the hot-hitting starting 2nd baseman has now been diagnosed with a serious, likely season-ending back injury. (Are back injuries to position players, at least Mets position players, what elbow injuries are to pitchers?) Having no expectations or even conception of a team in the thick of a pennant race in the stretch run of the season is an odd position to be in as a fan. But whatever happens, with all that’s gone wrong this season, meaningful September baseball is a gift. At least with Walker down we can now call up Herrera… Who’s hitting about .220 for the Reds AAA team. Please give it a rest. On the bright side, now maybe Wilmer the Great can now play full time and earn himself a starting position, wherever that may be. Michael Elias Love this team. Love their grit. I wasn’t saying this a few weeks ago–the until-very-recently-unbelievably-atrocious offense made this team unwatchable–but now I can’t wait for the game every day, can’t wait for the excitement that their competitive nature brings, can’t wait for another much-needed WIN!….You get the feeling, watching them, that even if they struggle to score they’ll eventually break through and the pitching will refuse to surrender anything and they’ll win the game. We are all witnessing a thrilling testament to the power of perseverance. Yes, Terry may not be the best strategist, but for this team, he’s been the eternal optimist they’ve needed in the midst of half the team being injured. As long as they keep on bringing the intensity like this, they’ll stay hot through September and we’ll see our Mets playing baseball well into October!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3353
__label__wiki	0.647018	0.647018	Fume After Watching » « Fairy Tales Can Come True Of the Mets and Infinite Regress by Jason Fry on 26 May 2017 1:59 am “Rock bottom” gets thrown around a lot in sports, and is invoked as a good thing. No, rock bottom isn’t a place you want to visit, but if you do find yourself there, at least you can’t go any lower. The only possible direction is up. Throw in a pinch of resilience, a sprinkle of rosy memories and a tincture of optimism and rock bottom starts to seem OK. The team that’s arrived there, you see, has Had Enough. It will pull together, rise up and do other hazy but dramatic-sounding things. Scarred but smarter, phoenix-like blaze and all that. Thursday night’s Met loss wasn’t quite as rock-bottomish (bottomesque? bottomnal?) as Wednesday night’s, which I realize is praise that’s faint bordering on invisible. Rafael Montero pitched like a guy who throws 84 instead of 94, was horrifically inefficient and soon forced to depart, but you probably saw that one coming. (And Rafael really ought to be going.) The relievers acquitted themselves well enough, with Paul Sewald and Josh Edgin doing stalwart work, and there were no managerial maneuvers to get exercised about. But that was about all that was passable. The Mets’ hitting was appalling, though some of that blame should fairly be reapportioned as praise for the debut of San Diego’s rather wonderfully named Dinelson Lamet. Still, the Mets put the leadoff man on in the third, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth and converted that into exactly one run, largely because they were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position. The Padres never had a lead larger than two runs, but it felt like 20. If you actually went to Citi Field on this clammy night to witness the Mets play listless, deeply boring baseball in weather a Scotsman would consider deplorable, I’d like to simultaneously tip my cap and gently suggest you make better life choices. Honestly, the Mets should have paid you — and even then, my first question would be a skeptical, “How much?” Granted, every team has stretches where you wonder how they’ll ever manage to play tolerable baseball again. Hell, the 2015 Mets looked ready for contraction and then rebounded all the way to a World Series. But the 2017 club sure has a lot of stretches like this — this year the fitful bouts of competence are islands in a trackless sea of ineptitude. Which gets us back to the idea of rock bottom, and reminds me of the world’s most folksy cosmological argument. (Trust me — this is going somewhere.) You’ve heard the story: a scientist is explaining the solar system to an audience and a listener interrupts to tell him he’s wrong. The world doesn’t revolve around the sun, but rests on the back of a turtle. The scientist, amused, asks what the turtle rests on and is told that it rests on the back of a second turtle. The scientist smiles and goes in for the kill, only to be pre-emptively dismissed with the blithe assurance that it’s turtles all the way down. In one form or another the anecdote goes back to the 16th century, but in this country its earliest appearance seems to have been an 1838 New York Mirror account of a schoolboy talking cosmology with an old woodswoman. (As one does.) That version is a bit different: the old woman rejects the schoolboy’s explanation that the Earth is round, because it’s obviously flat and sitting on a rock — and, as you may have surmised by this point, it’s rocks all the way down. Rocks all the way down, hmm. That would mean there’s always another rock bottom. I’m not a scientist, but my observations of the 2017 Mets suggest the old woman had it right. 28 comments - (Comments closed) \| \| Print This Post \| Dinelson Lamet, Horribleness, Josh Edgin, Paul Sewald, Rafael Montero 28 comments to Of the Mets and Infinite Regress Wednesday was a shake your fists and scream at the tv sort of loss. Last night was the sort of loss that leaves me wondering what, exactly, is it that I like about this game? I guess if Conforto doesn’t lose the ball in the, er, fog then we . . . Nah, if we knock in a few of the guys in all those innings you mention, different outcome. Everyone’s been high on how well we’ve been hitting with RISP, the stats guy in me would say we’re regressing to the mean. The fan in me would say we suck at that right now. Only TC bash is we’ve now used Reed two night in a row in games we were behind. Wed was fine, he hadn’t pitched in a while. But don’t you occasionally need your closer to close when you’re ahead? Or maybe he’s reading the tea leaves and thinks that may not happen for a while, that this year we’re the team other teams right their own ship against. Ugly thought, we’ve been that too often in the 45 years I’ve followed the Mets. Yeah, rock bottom definitely has more than two dimensions. Unlike the Mets’ bullpen, it has plenty of depth. I find myself not waking to the desired news that Montero has been DFA’d. I guess everybody deserves a 22nd last chance. Only question then is when does he get his 23rd? Yes. Sewald and Edgin. Then turtles all the way down. If you are going to sub Montero for deGrom when you are in desperate need of a win, this game better be halted after the third inning. Another horrible decision by this organization, virtually forfeiting the game before it began. I guess if you overthink something, there is at least some thinking going on in the first place. Pathetic, at this point, as this team is not playing up to their potential. “No managerial manuevers to get excercised about'”?? Huh? What? The fact that a team made a pitching decision on a flawed weather forcast is just the kind of ridiculous maneuvering to get excercised about. What’s next? Pitching decisions based on astrology readings? “Sorry dear fans, Wheeler’s moon is in Gemini this week and for a Capricorn that means his enemies will be seething with resentment and may take it out on his fastballs, therefore the Mets are pleased to announce that Alejandro de Aza will be making his major league pitching debut Saturday as our team astrologer, Moonray Ramirez, sees nothing but success for Alejandro in late May/early June.” As I noted yesterday here, as soon as I heard deGrom dumped last night, I checked Weather Channel and another forecast–where they agreed no heavy rain until after 10. Didn’t sound like a game that would not go 5 innings, especially with Pads only trip in and strong push to play. You know the rest. Seems like typical “intel” failure by Terry or Terry-Sandy “brain” trust. So weakest pitcher (maybe in league) goes against worst team in majors that should be a gimme–and best pitcher has to go against a decent team on the road. Yes, Mets should have scored more runs, no guarantee of win with Jake, but the point is they were wrong on the intel, or using their intel, yet again–like sizing up seriousness of numerous player injuries, not requiring a certain MRI, and on and on. And it virtually guaranteed needing 5 or 6 innings from the pen, ahead of the weekend series instead of maybe in the middle of it. And as noted above–the absurdity of using your closer two nights in a row when you’re behind when he is already on pace to pitch 100 games, and with no day off the next day. So you save your best pitcher for Friday night–and then blow out your closer for that game? And Reed seems to be showing signs of overwork. It was the usual panicky must-win-tonight move that has led to a stressed out bullpen–in April and May. The Cespedes signal has been beaming through the sky over Gotham for weeks now. But the hero is nowhere to be found. He’s taken his sidekicks, the home run parakeet and the rally raccoon with him. The fun, it seems, has also gone. Maybe this sounds barbaric or childish, but I think the Mets need a good old fashioned bench clearing, bullpen emptying, baseball fight. You know? Get out there with your guys, get a few headlocks going, get mean, do some screaming, and walk back into the dugout when it’s over like a bunch of guys who have each other’s backs and who care. K. Lastima Please no bench clearing fight as the Mets will no doubt be Larry and Curly to the other team full of Moes, no thanks CharlieH “You know, yesterday, I thought I had hit rock bottom. But today, I found out there’s rock bottom, fifty feet of crap, then me…” — Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Greene, Friends, 1996 David S Greenberg As of August of last season, my brother and I stopped referring to rock bottom. There always seems to be further to drop with this team. If you’ve ever seen that Eddie Murphy “classic,” The Golden Child… well, “There’s a ground, there’s a ground here, Monty…. THERE’S NO GROUND HERE!” DAK442 suggested Papelbon yesterday. I didn’t know he was available – why isn’t he here? Yeah, he’s a jackass, but that never stopped us before. True he’s no Neil Ramierez or Tommy Milone, but… Sadly, the Mets are more likely to pick up Josh Collmenter. His last outing was positively Metsian. Matt in Woodside I would not want Papelbon here. He’s one of the few players that I absolutely cannot see myself rooting for, even if he were on this team. Plus, this team’s problems wouldn’t be solved by adding peak Trevor Hoffman, much less a past-his-prime clubhouse cancer like Papelbon. There’s a reason that he’s still a free agent despite the need for bullpen help on several teams. I’ve put up with Reyes and Familia as far as scumbags go. Bring on Palp. Somehow my brain manages to compartmentalize negative news about lots of famous people. IDK what it is about Papelbon, but I’ve had a visceral dislike of him since he was on the Red Sox (and I barely even follow the American League!) When he choked Bryce Harper in the dugout during the middle of a game at the end of the 2015 season, I thought “yeah that looks about right.” Something about that guy just screams dumb jock a-hole. “But the 2017 club sure has a lot of stretches like this — this year the fitful bouts of competence are islands in a trackless sea of ineptitude.” So we’ll put. Left Coast Jerry A few observations about the game: I’m not going to blame management for holding deGrom back. After all, weather predictions are never 100%. The Padres had guys named Yangervis and Dinelson in the starting lineup. This is a team that previously employed guys named Jabari and Odrisamer. You gotta love it. Chase d’Arnaud made 2 outstanding throws last night. That’s 2 more than his brother has made in the past 4 years. I was one of the unfortunates at Citi last night. Why? Because my sister’s friend got free tix at work and I had promised to go with them. We were covered in Section 327, so the game was worse than the weather. Remember a few years ago when management would treat games like that as a rainout and offer people another ticket for free? They should go back to that, because it’s a main reason I refuse to buy tickets in advance anymore, and I doubt I am alone in that reasoning. At minimum, they should hand out vouchers for free tix to everyone who stuck around till the end of the game. The whole point of holding Jake back was precautionary. It wasn’t as if the team was claiming any certainty that the game would be rained out or delayed….they just didn’t want to take the chance of wasting one of his starts with the current state of the rotation. It was a thoroughly plausible and sensible move and was wholeheartedly endorsed as such by Ron Darling at the start of the broadcast. Too bad Montero was victimized by Conforto losing a ball in the fog as well as his golden sombrero and the rest of the lineup minus Duda and Reyes doing next to nothing. As bad as the pitching is, I can’t possibly see how any start by deGrom could possibly be classified as wasted. Montero was “victimized” by his 2,389 pitches in the first inning, not by Conforto by any stretch of the imagination. Conversely, he clearly failed to pick up Conforto by subsequently giving up a base hit on a 1-2 pitch with 2 out to allow that run to score. I’d say it was Montero who victimized Conforto. Bottom line — Montero victimizes the Mets every time he takes the hill. Now that I think about it, I suppose there IS a way to “waste” a deGrom start. It is exactly how the Mets pulled it off last night. Ken K. in NJ I keep hearing from just about everybody on Radio and TV that things will turn around when we get (insert names here) back. Always included in (insert names here) is Seth Lugo. To paraphrase Frank Robinson from many many years ago: “Who the F*ck is Seth Lugo..” The “who” Frank Robinson was asking about was Rod Gaspar. Frank got his answer when Gaspar made one of his pitch-perfect throws from deep left field to nail an Orioles base runner at home plate. Rod’s Mets took the ’69 World Series from Frank’s Orioles in five games. After consulting the SABR website, I realized that Gaspar’s “last laugh” answer to Robinson’s condescending question came as a result of Rod scoring the winning run in game four of the ’69 WS. It was, however, Gaspar’s defensive OF play that made him such a valuable piece of the 1969 team. During the regular season he recorded 12 assists and a league-leading six DPs – the most famous of which was occasioned by him picking up Willie McCovey’s XBH in deep left field and throwing a strike to Jerry Grote to nail the runner who the Giants thought would be the game winner. Then McCovey was thrown out at third base. The Mets would go on to win the game. Unwatchable. I just turned down free club seats for Tuesday night, free eats and all. Some other masochist can go and enjoy himself. As for Mets “uncertainty” on weather so wise to pull deGrom–they might have been the only ones uncertain in the metropolitan area as every forecast I saw said no real rain until after 10–even if it came a bit earlier you’re still talking about a halt after about 6 innings, and no Mets starter goes longer than that anyway…. Sorry Pete, thought you understood that. If Jake were to take the mound and say pitch the first inning, then have to sit through a 2 hour rain delay he probably wouldn’t be able to take the mound again, thus wasting his start. Of course Montero has been terrrible all year and sucked in the first inning last night with all the walks. But bottom line, only 2 runs were really his fault so in terms of winning and losing the game, which is kind of the point after all, can’t really blame last night on him. The offense though (other than Lucas and Jose), feel free to blame them….and that pesky pop fly double I still can’t believe they started Montero instead of deGrom when the forecast said rain for 10pm. Has to be one of the worst decisions since……. bringing in Neil Ramirez with the game on the line! Paul R. Urquhart We have all been missing the point for five hundred years. The turtle is _swimming_.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3354
__label__wiki	0.636914	0.636914	Next: Application Hooks, Previous: Primitive Procedures, Up: Procedures [Contents][Index] 12.4 Continuations procedure: call-with-current-continuation procedure Procedure must be a procedure of one argument. Packages up the current continuation (see below) as an escape procedure and passes it as an argument to procedure. The escape procedure is a Scheme procedure of one argument that, if it is later passed a value, will ignore whatever continuation is in effect at that later time and will give the value instead to the continuation that was in effect when the escape procedure was created. The escape procedure created by call-with-current-continuation has unlimited extent just like any other procedure in Scheme. It may be stored in variables or data structures and may be called as many times as desired. The following examples show only the most common uses of this procedure. If all real programs were as simple as these examples, there would be no need for a procedure with the power of call-with-current-continuation. (call-with-current-continuation (lambda (exit) (for-each (lambda (x) (if (negative? x) (exit x))) '(54 0 37 -3 245 19)) #t)) ⇒ -3 (define list-length (lambda (obj) (lambda (return) (letrec ((r (cond ((null? obj) 0) ((pair? obj) (+ (r (cdr obj)) 1)) (else (return #f)))))) (r obj)))))) (list-length '(1 2 3 4)) ⇒ 4 (list-length '(a b . c)) ⇒ #f A common use of call-with-current-continuation is for structured, non-local exits from loops or procedure bodies, but in fact call-with-current-continuation is quite useful for implementing a wide variety of advanced control structures. Whenever a Scheme expression is evaluated a continuation exists that wants the result of the expression. The continuation represents an entire (default) future for the computation. If the expression is evaluated at top level, for example, the continuation will take the result, print it on the screen, prompt for the next input, evaluate it, and so on forever. Most of the time the continuation includes actions specified by user code, as in a continuation that will take the result, multiply it by the value stored in a local variable, add seven, and give the answer to the top-level continuation to be printed. Normally these ubiquitous continuations are hidden behind the scenes and programmers don’t think much about them. On the rare occasions that you may need to deal explicitly with continuations, call-with-current-continuation lets you do so by creating a procedure that acts just like the current continuation. procedure: continuation? object Returns #t if object is a continuation; otherwise returns #f. procedure: within-continuation continuation thunk Thunk must be a procedure of no arguments. Conceptually, within-continuation invokes continuation on the result of invoking thunk, but thunk is executed in the dynamic state of continuation. In other words, the “current” continuation is abandoned before thunk is invoked. procedure: dynamic-wind before thunk after Calls thunk without arguments, returning the result(s) of this call. Before and after are called, also without arguments, as required by the following rules. Note that in the absence of calls to continuations captured using call-with-current-continuation the three arguments are called once each, in order. Before is called whenever execution enters the dynamic extent of the call to thunk and after is called whenever it exits that dynamic extent. The dynamic extent of a procedure call is the period between when the call is initiated and when it returns. In Scheme, because of call-with-current-continuation, the dynamic extent of a call may not be a single, connected time period. It is defined as follows: The dynamic extent is entered when execution of the body of the called procedure begins. The dynamic extent is also entered when execution is not within the dynamic extent and a continuation is invoked that was captured (using call-with-current-continuation) during the dynamic extent. It is exited when the called procedure returns. It is also exited when execution is within the dynamic extent and a continuation is invoked that was captured while not within the dynamic extent. If a second call to dynamic-wind occurs within the dynamic extent of the call to thunk and then a continuation is invoked in such a way that the afters from these two invocations of dynamic-wind are both to be called, then the after associated with the second (inner) call to dynamic-wind is called first. If a second call to dynamic-wind occurs within the dynamic extent of the call to thunk and then a continuation is invoked in such a way that the befores from these two invocations of dynamic-wind are both to be called, then the before associated with the first (outer) call to dynamic-wind is called first. If invoking a continuation requires calling the before from one call to dynamic-wind and the after from another, then the after is called first. The effect of using a captured continuation to enter or exit the dynamic extent of a call to before or after is undefined. (let ((path '()) (c #f)) (let ((add (lambda (s) (set! path (cons s path))))) (dynamic-wind (lambda () (add 'connect)) (lambda () (add (call-with-current-continuation (lambda (c0) (set! c c0) 'talk1)))) (lambda () (add 'disconnect))) (if (< (length path) 4) (c 'talk2) (reverse path)))) ⇒ (connect talk1 disconnect connect talk2 disconnect) The following two procedures support multiple values. procedure: call-with-values thunk procedure Thunk must be a procedure of no arguments, and procedure must be a procedure. Thunk is invoked with a continuation that expects to receive multiple values; specifically, the continuation expects to receive the same number of values that procedure accepts as arguments. Thunk must return multiple values using the values procedure. Then procedure is called with the multiple values as its arguments. The result yielded by procedure is returned as the result of call-with-values. procedure: values object … Returns multiple values. The continuation in effect when this procedure is called must be a multiple-value continuation that was created by call-with-values. Furthermore it must accept as many values as there are objects.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3357
__label__cc	0.592447	0.407553	Waiting on Wednesday: A Place Beyond by Laura Howard! Title: A Place Beyond Author: Laura Howard Series: The Danaan Trilogy #3 Genre: New Adult, Fantasy Expected Publication: October 27th, 2014 The time has come. Allison's quest to save her mother from Aoife's wicked enchantment will test everything she believes in. Who is trustworthy in the land of the Fair Folk, the Tuatha de Danaan? It's up to Allison, along with her ragtag host of allies, to unravel the truth. Journey along and discover the power of love and duty as Allison faces the most difficult trial of her life. Laura Howard lives in New Hampshire with her husband and four children. Her obsession with books began at the age of 6 when she got her first library card. Nancy Drew, Sweet Valley High and other girly novels were routinely devoured in single sittings. Books took a backseat to diapers when she had her first child. It wasn’t until the release of a little novel called Twilight, 8 years later, that she rediscovered her love of fiction. Soon after, her own characters began to make themselves known. The Forgotten Ones is her first published novel. Goodreads \| Website \| Twitter \| Facebook	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3359
__label__wiki	0.865616	0.865616	Quotes which may apply to Y2K greenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread Seems like I relate everything to Y2K these days. As I read some lists of aphorisms today it was inevitable that some should seem particularly apt to our situation. Perhaps you can use one of these in a bit of writing. "The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents." -- Nathaniel Borenstein "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." -- Isaac Asimov "It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible." -- Aristotle "All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it won't." -- Unknown Any one else have any? -- Max Dixon (Ogden, UT) (Max.Dixon@gte.net), September 21, 1998 I agree with you that I relate everything I do or see to y2k- wich, for my own sanity- I should probably make myself take a break from doing every once in a while. But anyway, my comments aren't quotes, they are commercials: Has anyone seen that one for the new Oreo cereal where the female news reporter is LIVE in a grocery store where the shelves are being stripped bare of this cereal in a mad frenzy? Or the one for milk where a news reporter comes on T.V. and announces, "...ladies and gentlemen, the world has run out of milk..." -- madeline (runner@bcpl.net), September 21, 1998. From A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe: Next to these publick things were the dreams of old women, or, I should say, the interpretation of old women upon other people's dreams; and these put abundance of people even out of their wits. Some heard voices warning them to be gone, for that there would be such a plague in London, so that the living would not be able to bury the dead. Others saw apparitions in the air; and I must be allowed to say of both, I hope without breach of charity, that they heard voices that never spake, and saw sights that never appeared, but that the imagination of the people was really turned wayward and possessed. And no wonder, if they who were poring continually at the clouds saw shapes and figures, representations and appearances, which had nothing in them but air and vapour. Here they told us they saw a flaming sword held in a hand coming out of a cloud, with a point hanging directly over the city. There they saw hearses and coffins in the air carrying to be buried. And there again, heaps of dead bodies lying unburied and the like, just as the imagination of the poor terrified people furnished them with matter to work upon. ...These things serve to shew how far the people were really overcome with delusions; and as they had a notion of the approach of a visitiation, all their predictions ran upon a most dreadful plague, which should lay the whole city, and even the kingdom, waste, and should destroy almost all the nation, both man and beast. To this, as I said before, the astrologers added stories of the conjunctions of planets in a malignant manner and with a mischievous influence, one of which conjunctions was to happen, and did happen, in October, and the other in November; and they filled the people's heads with predictions on these signs of the heavens, intimating that those conjunctons foretold drought, famine, and pestilence.... But we had some good men, and that of all persuasions and opinions, whose discourses were full of terror, who spoke nothing but dismal things; and as they brought the people together with a kind of horror, sent them away in tears, prophesying nothing but evil tidings, terrifying the people with the apprehensions of being utterly destroyed, not guiding them, at least not enough, to cry to heaven for mercy.... One mischief always introduces another. These terrors and apprehensions of the people led them into a thousand weak, foolish, and wicked things, which they wanted not a sort of people really wicked to encourage them to; and this was running about to fortune-tellers, cunning-men, and astrologers to know their fortune, or, as it is vulgarly expressed, to have their fortunes told them, their nativities calculated, and the like; and this folly presently made the town swarm with a wicked generation of pretenders to magick, to the black art, as they called it, and I know not what... -- z (a@b.c), September 22, 1998. The world that we have made as a result of he level of thinking we have done thus far creates problems that we cannot solve at the same level as the level we created them at...........Albert Einstein -- Gina (gngdecker@ckt.net), September 22, 1998. A committee is an organism with three or more legs and no brain. -- Lazarus Long Never assume intelligence. -- Anonymous -- J.D. Clark (yankeejdc@aol.com), September 22, 1998. Here's another from "Lazarus Long" (Robert Heinlein) "Common sense? There's nothing less common than sense!" -- Buddy Y. (buddy@bellatlantic.net), September 22, 1998. Tonight we're gonna party like its 1999. Prince The Artist formerly known as Prince -- Prince (prince@1999.com), September 22, 1998. Something Wicked this way comes... Ray Bradbury -- R. D..Herring (drherr@erols.com), September 22, 1998. "Unless we change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed" attributed to being an old chinese proverb... -- Suzanne hansen (Suzannel@webtv.net), September 22, 1998. "It just ain't possible to explain some things. It's interesting to wonder on them and do some speculation, but the main thing is you have to accept it--take it for what it is, and get on with your growing." --Jim Dodge -- Faith Weaver (faith-weaver@usa.net), September 23, 1998. "If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside." Robert X. Cringley -- Uncle Deedah (oncebitten@twiceshy.com), September 23, 1998. Great thread, Max. I had no idea how many quotes from my sigfile could apply to Y2K. Actually most of these were in reference to "Earthcrisis," but the similarities and parallels are downright disconcerting. Anyway, for what it's worth, I hope you all enjoy these. Hallyx "The chief cause of problems is solutions."---Eric Sevareid "I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated." ---Poul Anderson "Trouble is a sieve through which we sift our acquaintances. Those too big to pass through are our friends."---CaraBella1 "The lesson of history is that he (mankind) never avoids catastrophes; he just spends his time recovering from them" - Gordon Rattray Taylor "Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the children of the earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one tread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect." --- Chief Seattle "Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got til it's gone?"---Joni Mitchell (Paved Paradise) "If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves, then you probably deserve to become extinct."---Ishmael (My Ishmael, Daniel Quinn) "Consider the average intelligence of the common man, then realize 50% are even stupider." -- Mark Twain "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." "Spare no expense to make everything as economical as possible." --- Samuel Goldwyn "You may forget, but let me tell you this: Someone in some future time will think of us."---Sappho "Everybody wants to save the world, but nobody wants to pay for it." ---John Sotsisowah Mohawk "So far, so good."---Man falling past 8th floor window "Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups."---Paul Krugman "The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." --- Harlan Ellison "If stupid hurt, the whole planet would be a world of pain." --- Denis Boyles "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -- Aldous Huxley "Still, a man, he hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."---Paul Simon (The Boxer) "That millions of people share the same form of mental pathology does not make those people sane."---Eric Fromm "Proof doesn't matter if a culture has decided that the proven thing is impossible. It will not be accepted as a reality, regardless of the validity of the evidence to prove its existence." ---Dr. John Mack "If ignorance is bliss, then why aren't more people happy?" ---MedicineHawk "Whenever I find myself arguing for something with great passion, I can be certain I'm not convinced."---Hugh Prather "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze new problems, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." --- Robert A. Heinlein "I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on men unless they act." --- G.K. Chesterton "The basis of optimism is sheer terror." ---Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray) "It does not do to leave a dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."---Tolkein "Reality is that which refuses to go away when I stop believing in it."---Phillip K. Dick "It will be as fleeting as a cool breeze upon the back of one's neck"---Joseph I. Guillotin (1738-1814) "This whole problem is boring and stupid. So are Hippo's until they charge your boat." -- Hallyx (Hallyx@aol.com), September 23, 1998. i see a bad moon rising... creedence -- frodo baggins (andsoitends@last.com), September 23, 1998. And my latest favorite, which addresses Y2k directly.~~~ Hallyx "We put the egg of civilization in one basket woven from the fibers of virtual reality and suspended by an electrical cord." --- Allen Comstock -- Hallyx (Halyx@ao.com), September 24, 1998. "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen." -- George Orwell, 1984 (opening line) "Technology...the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it." -- Max Frisch "Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein." -- Proverbs 26:27 "We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to spend the rest of our lives there." -- C.F. Kettering "There are men in the world who derive as stern an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as others from success." -- Sir Winston Churchill "We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes." -- Sir Winston "A slow sort of country!" said the Queen. "Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!" -- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland "In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson "Well done is quickly done." -- Augustus Caesar "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money." -- Senator Everett Dirksen "Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends -- the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions." -- Andrew Carnegie "A smell of burning fills the startled air -- The Electrician is no longer there!" -- Hilaire Belloc (poem) "O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?" -- Dante, Purgatorio "Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts." -- Buckminster Fuller "Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe." -- H.G. Wells (1920) "Civilizations, I believe, come to birth and proceed to grow by successfully responding to successive challenges. They break down and go to pieces if and when a challenge confronts them which they fail to meet." -- Arnold Toynbee (1948) "What each man does is based not on direct and certain knowledge, but on pictures made by himself or given to him....The way in which the world is imagined determines at any particular moment what men will do." -- Walter Lippman "All I know is just what I read in the papers." -- Will Rogers "Yes, an' mebbe, an' mebbe not." -- Edward N. Westcott "Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid." -- Mark Twain "The great masses of the people...will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." -- Adolf Hitler "The masses feel that it is easy to flee from reality, when it is the most difficult thing in the world." -- Josi Ortega y Gasset "Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid." -- Rudyard Kipling "If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military." -- President Harry S. Truman, Memoirs "There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." -- W.C. Fields "You don't need the weatherman to know which way the wind blows." -- Bob Dylan "How many times can a man turn his head pretending he just doesn't see?" -- Bob D. "5% of the people think; 10% of the people think they think; the rest of the people would rather die than think." -- Dr. Billy Graham "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands during challenge and controversy." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat." -- Queen Victoria "The public...demands certainties....But there are no certainties." -- H.L. Mencken "I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism." -- Roberto Rossellini "You have learnt something that always feels at first as if you had lost something." -- George Bernard Shaw "The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village." -- Marshall McLuhan (1967) "I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning." -- Plato "I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail." -- William Faulkner "Have faith and pursue the unknown end." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes "Once more, in the great systole and diastole of history, an age of freedom ended and an age of discipline began." -- Will Durant, Caesar and Christ "It all sounds too much like work to me." -- Beetle Bailey "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." -- Bette Davis -- John Howard (Greenville, NC) (pcdir@prodigy.net), September 24, 1998. Computers allow us to screw up the entire world at the speed of light. S.O.B. -- sweetolebob (buffgun@hotmail.com), September 24, 1998. "To err is human. To really screw up, you need a computer." --Unknown -- Max Dixon (Ogden, UT) (Max.Dixon@gte.net), September 24, 1998. how about this one, esp. apropos considering the monica fixation: "Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least."---GOETHE -- Scott Johnson (scojo@yahoo.com), September 24, 1998. To paraphrase the poem "IF" by Kipling... If you can keep your head, when all about you are losing theirs, YOU MUST HAVE OVERLOOKED SOMETHING! nemo@deepsix.com -- nemo (nemo@deepsix.com), September 26, 1998. "I bought some powdered water, but I don't know what to add." "I bought some batteries, but they weren't included. So I had to buy them again." -- Steven Wright Overheard during a meeting of the Texas Highway Department: "Why don't we just do what we did last time?" -- Robert A. Cook, P.E. (Kennesaw, GA) (cook.r@csaatl.com), September 29, 1998. "We're drowning in information and starving for knowledge."-Rutherford D. Rogers -- anon (anon@anon.anon), September 30, 1998. I really enjoy reading the quotes applying to Y2K. I was especially struck by the Buckminster Fuller quote "Synergy means behavior of whole systems UNPREDICTED (my caps) by the behavior of their parts". Is this not the perfect characterization of the difference between the optimists and the pessimists on the Y2K problem? Optimists want us to believe the fixing of some or all of the parts will predict or solve the problem while pessimists believe the end result for the entire system (synergy)is UNPREDICTABLE. This retired engineer falls in the unpredictable camp. -- HAK (hakoelli@netdoor.com), September 30, 1998. "It's doom alone that counts" Bob Dylan -- Amy Leone (aleone@amp.com), October 01, 1998. I threw this one out in another thread... "I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer." -- Frank Herbert, Dune Apropos to the current media feeding frenzy: We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing When it's said and done we haven't told you a thing We all know that crap is king, Give us dirty laundry! -- Don Henley, Dirty Laundry "Computers are wonderful things. They can make a million mistakes a second." -- Unknown -- Larry Kollar (lekollar@nyx.net), October 01, 1998. What about the number 1 excuse of the computer age: "The computers are down." -- Buddy Y. (buddy@bellatlantic.net), October 01, 1998. I had been going through this one particular day of feeling like I was a nut for preparing for y2k. Then at work the same day, I heard a voice singing: "...we're never gonna survive -unless- we are a little crazy..." -Seal from the song "Crazy" -- madeline (runner@bcpl.net), October 01, 1998. A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. -Proverbs 23:3 -- Steve Hartsman (hartsman@ticon.net), October 02, 1998. "First of all, LA means language arts. although I would rather study Los angeles." --J.C. -- funniest (thing_i've@ever.heard), October 02, 1998. Its an ill wind that blows nobody any good. - Y2k repairman -- Richard Dale (rdale@figroup.co.uk), October 05, 1998. Moderation questions? read the FAQ	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3363
__label__cc	0.701822	0.298178	Intel Chips To Help Pinpoint Cause Of Bee Colonies' Deaths Thread starter Mariella Moon Researchers from Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) want to pinpoint the factors that lead to the mass death of honey bees everywhere, in what's being called as colony collapse disorder. In order to do so, it teamed up with Intel earlier this year to outfit healthy bees with a "backpack" that's a third of their weight. That backpack is actually Intel's Edison wearables computing platform, comprised of an Atom processor, 1GB of memory, 5GB of storage, dual-band wireless WiFi, Bluetooth and a battery that can generate energy using vibration. They've already managed to attach chips to 10,000 bees in Tasmania, and the research is now ongoing. CSIRO's Professor Paulo de Souza compares the bee backpack to an airplane's "black box flight recorder." He says the system can help them monitor and analyze "the effects of stress factors including disease, pesticides, air pollution, water contamination, diet and extreme weather on the movements of bees and their ability to pollinate." Since bees are pretty predictable, a device that can track their movements could lead researchers to identify what stressor makes them act weirdly and ultimately cause their death. Wild bee colonies around the world are dying at an alarming rate. Since they're responsible for pollinating around 33 percent of our food sources, vegetable and fruit prices could go through the roof without their help. Australia's the ideal place to look at CCD more closely, since the country's bees aren't affected by a parasite called the Varroa mite yet, which has already killed numerous colonies elsewhere. While Australia's population will serve as a good control due to the absence of Varroa mites, researchers from Brazil, Mexico, New Zealand and the UK have joined CSIRO's Global Initiative for Honey bee Health in the past few months. The scientists plan to release their findings sometime next year and will share it with the global scientific community, because honey bee deaths affect everyone on Earth. VIA: BBC SOURCE: CSIRO MORE COVERAGE: ZDNet Tags: bees honeybees research	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3370
__label__cc	0.615436	0.384564	A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. Background: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an enzyme essential for basic cellular functions, including protection of red cell proteins from oxidative damage. G6PD deficiency is the most common red cell enzyme abnormality associated with hemolysis as well as with neonatal jaundice, kernicterus, and even death. It plays a protective role against malaria. It is a genetically inherited sex-linked abnormality. Objectives: To determine the age, sex, and different community-wise incidence of G6PD deficiency in neonatal subjects having neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out among 170 neonates at Biochemistry Department of B.J. Medical College & Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, between August 2007 and July 2009. Results: Of 170 neonates, 123 were males and 47 were females, and 18 neonates showed deficiency of G6PD in red cells. Parsi community had highest incidence of G6PD enzyme deficiency. Muslim community had higher incidence than Hindu community because of consanguineous marriages. Of total 18 G6PD enzyme–deficient subjects, 11 were early neonates and 7 were late neonates. Of these 11 G6PD enzyme–deficient early neonates, 5 were 6-day old. Highest incident was found on 2-day-old neonates. Conclusion: The G6PD-deficient neonates are prone to a greater incidence of neonatal jaundice. Methylene blue reduction test is useful screening procedure, so the quantitative enzyme assay must be used for a definitive diagnosis of G6PD deficiency. Key words: Enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, neonatal hyperbilirubinemia Articles by Harshid L Patel Articles by Nikunj Patel Articles by Amit U Maniyar Articles by Karan Gandhi 1. Ronquist G, Theodorsson E. 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Neonatal screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Indian J Pediatr 2005;72(10):835â€“7. [DOI via Crossref] [Pubmed] 13. Kuruvilla KA, Sukumar ST, Jana AK. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia in a south Indian referral hospital. Indian Pediatr 1998;35:52â€“5. [Pubmed] Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Int J Med Sci Public Health. 2015; 4(5): 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. http://www.ijmsph.com/?mno=173281 [Access: July 18, 2019]. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Int J Med Sci Public Health. (2015), [cited July 18, 2019]; 4(5): 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi (2015) A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. Int J Med Sci Public Health, 4 (5), 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. 2015. A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 4 (5), 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. "A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia." International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 4 (2015), 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi. "A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia." International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 4.5 (2015), 621-623. Print. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125 Harshid L Patel, Nikunj Patel, Amit U Maniyar, Karan Gandhi (2015) A study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 4 (5), 621-623. doi:10.5455/ijmsph.2015.20112014125	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3377
__label__wiki	0.963381	0.963381	10 Passenger Jet 10 passenger aircraft DC-10's last commercial passenger flight took place in February 2014, although freighter versions are still in service. sspan class="mw-headline" id="Development">Entwicklung[edit] McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an US three-engine wide-body plane from McDonnell Douglas. DC-10 has a cruising distance for mid to long distance flight and can carry up to 380 people. DC-10 was the McDonnell Douglas DC-8's predecessor for long-haul operation, with a large-capacity design significantly increasing the aircraft's seating area. While the L-1011 was more technically sophisticated, the DC-10 would significantly outperform the L-1011 due to the higher L-1011 pricing and delay in entering the game. DC-10 unit shipments declined sharply, with McDonnell Douglas announcing in August 1983 that the DC-10 would cease manufacturing due to a shortage of orders. There was a general agreement in the aviation sector at the outset that the DC-10 had a bad image for both consumption and general use. Despite the early problems of the DC-10, it has finally built up a good track record in terms of security, as from 2008 construction faults have been corrected and the number of operating man hour in the fleets improved, similar to similar second class passenger aircraft. Model -30 and -40 were the "international" version with an expanded cruising distance of up to 10,010 km (6,220 miles) and a third strut to accommodate the higher take-off weight needed. The DC-10 ceased to be produced in 1989, with 386 supplied to airline companies and 60 to the U.S. Air Force. DC-10 was replaced by the associated McDonnell Douglas MD-11, basically an extended DC-10 with a number of detail enhancements. Boeing, which in 1997 fused with McDonnell Douglas, implemented an upgrading programme that fitted many DC-10s in operation with a glazed cabin that removed the flying engineer's location; the refurbished planes were renamed MD-10s. DC-10's last passenger flights took place in February 2014, although air carrier models are still in service. FedEx Express, the US freight carrier, is the biggest DC-10 carrier. The DC-10s are also used for special medical care, such as the Orbis International Flying Energy Hospital, which has an ophthalmic surgical facility. In 1968, the DC-10 was first ordered by American Airlines with 25 orders and United Airlines with 30 orders and 30 stock options. 25 orders and 30 orders were placed by the first time. 11 ][12] The first DC-10, a 10-gauge, made its debut on August 29, 1970. After a test programme with 929 over 1,551 hour missions, the DC-10 obtained its FAA certification on 29 July 1971. 14 ] On August 5, 1971, it began with American Airlines to operate commercially on a sightseeing tour between Los Angeles and Chicago. The DC-10 services were commenced by United Airlines on 16 August 1971. The DC-10's resemblance to the Lockheed L-1011 in terms of styling, passenger capability and take-off date led to a competitive selling process that affected the aircraft's viability. This FedEx MD-10's pedal is located on the abdomen between and just behind the undercarriage. DC-10 Air-to-Air is a fire -fighting airplane with DC-10 base and Erickson Air-Crane modification of watertanks. DC-10 was in another fatal accident on May 25, 1979, when American Airlines Flight 191, which departed Chicago O'Hare Airport, went out of hand immediately after take-off. Whilst the DC-10's right hand side was blocked and further destabilised by asymmetrical propulsion, it quickly moved to the right, went down steeply and fell, with all 271 persons on the ship and two persons killed on the floor. Losing flight 191 is still the most fatal aircraft incident in the United States. Flight 191's collision revealed a serious flaw in the DC-10 design: the absence of a lock that maintains the location of the state-of-the-art blades in the case of a breakdown in either hydraulics or pneumatics. 17 December 1973 - Iberia Airlines flight 933 went down and hit the ALS system at Boston Logan International Airport, which broke the front undercarriage. The 168 survivors, the 168 passenger and the 168 crews. It is the first envelope of a DC-10-plane. 1 March 1978 - Continental Airlines flight 603, a DC-10-10, took off from Los Angeles International Airport. During the subsequent evacuation, two survivors were murdered and two die later as a consequence of the event. 28 February 1984 - Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901 flew over the John F. Kennedy International Airport take-off and landing area. 31 January 2001 - In the 2001 Japan Airlines accident, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-40 and a Boeing 747-446D were almost accidentally injured over Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, due to false and contradictory ATC orders. The DC-10, which went to Narita International Airport, overflown the Boeing 747 without injury to any of the passenger on board, while the 747 had to perform an avoidance maneuver to bypass it, wounding 100 people. Monarch Airlines DC-10-30, G-DMCA,[94][better resource required] front section received is exhibited at Manchester Airport Aviation Viewing Park, where it is used for educational and educational use. dc-10-10-10-10N220AU " Flying Eye Hospital ", previously held by Orbis International, was adopted into retirement in 2016 and will be exhibited at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. <font color="#ffff00">DC-10 Family "Filed 2010-12-13 on the Wayback Machine. International flight. <font color="#ffff0000">^"DC-10 Type Certificate Lifted". awin.aviationweek.com. <font color="#ffff00">-==- proudly presents <font color="#ffff00">Endres 1998, p. 63-64. "The eventful story of the DC-10 involves four serious accidents." McDonnell Douglas DC-10/KC-10 Transport. 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"Filed 2011-07-28 on the Wayback Machine. "Filed on 07/04/2008 on the Wayback Machine. McDonnell Douglas and Federal Express are launching the MD-10 program. "Filed on 11/06/2011 on Wayback Machine. MacDonnell Douglas, September 16, 1996. " Filed on 22.06.2008 on the Wayback Machine. "2006-07-14 filed at the Wayback Machine. "Filed 2013-01-30 on Archive. is Northwest Airlines, January 8, 2007. Bangladesh Airlines. "Do you remember the DC-10: end of an epoch or a good liberation? Last passenger DC-10 makes last plane trip? The DC-10 completes its last passenger air service. "Fire extinguisher DC-10 available for leasing. "Flight International, 30 March 2009. "Flight International, April 8, 2008. "Filed 2010-06-13 on Wayback Machine. orbis.org. "Filed 2010-06-13 on the Wayback Machine. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 events. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 envelope wastage. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 Statistics. <font color="#ffff00">-==- proudly presents AR-73-02 Aircraft crash report: NARRATOR: American Airlines, Inc. DC-10-10-10-10, N103AA. <font color=#38B0DE>Endres 1998, p. 54. <font color="#ffff00">Turkish Airlines DC-10, TC-JAV. Reportage of the Ermenonville Forest incident, France, 3 March 1974". <font color=#38B0DE>-==- Proudly Presents American Airlines 191. Filed 2006-08-13 on Wayback Machine. airdisaster.com. < < ;Endres 1998, p. 62>. <font color="#ffff00" size=14> 1 a p "NTSB/AAR-90/06, Aircraft Fault Reporting United Airlines Flug 232, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40, Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989" Abstract, Reported on January 4, 2011, at the Wayback Engine.... Unfallbeschreibung. International flight: 174. Air Date "Flight 30H, McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, McDonnell DC-10-30CF, NC113WA, Boston-Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, Massachusetts, January 23, 1982 (Revised)" Filed on October 4, 2012, at the Wayback Engine... DC-10 casualty recording: A Dutch DC-10 car crashed killing 54 people at a holiday destination in Portugal". Bad repair' of the DC-10 was the cause of the Concorde crash". Global Flight. DC-10 Progress Page. "2006-03-12 filed at the Wayback Machine. "Filed on 02/03/2007 on the Wayback Machine. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 & Boeing MD-10. McDonnell Douglas - DC-10-10F. "Flight International. Finres, Günter. MacDonnell Douglas DC-10. The MBI publishing house, 1998. DC-10 housing: Steffen, Arthur, A. C. McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and KC-10 Extender. Hinckley, Leicester, Great Britain: Aerofax, 1998. MacDonnell Douglas DC-10. Number 5403, August 13-19, 2013, pp. 40-58. "The DC-10 Passenger" (PDF). "The Dc-10 minimizes crew workload" (PDF). Simplified refinement' of aeroplanes, with enhancements in education due to the shortening of the flying period for certification of types. 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__label__wiki	0.869037	0.869037	HSL-Zuid Route of the HSL-Zuid Line length 125 km (78 mi) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge 25 kV 50 Hz Line from Amsterdam and Schiphol 47.7 Hoofddorp Line to Leiden Ringvaart River Oude Rijn Line Leiden–Woerden 15.5 Line Den Haag–Gouda Line Den Haag–Rotterdam Line Hoek van Holland–Gouda 0.0 Line from Den Haag Line from Utrecht Centraal 0.0 Rotterdam Centraal Rotterdam Blaak River Nieuwe Maas Rotterdam Stadion Rotterdam Lombardijen Freight line to Europoort Line to Breda River Oude Maas River Dordtsche Kil River Hollands Diep Line from Rotterdam 42.5 Line Roosendaal–Breda Border Netherlands / Belgium HSL 4 to Antwerp and Paris This diagram: HSL-Zuid (Dutch: Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid, English: High-Speed Line South), is a 125 km-long high-speed railway line in the Netherlands to the Belgian border, with a branch to Breda. Together with the Belgian HSL 4 it forms the Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed railway. Originally scheduled to be in service by 2007, the first public operations began on 7 September 2009, after a ceremony on 6 September.[1] Intercity Direct operates between Amsterdam and Breda, for the time being with conventional carriages and rented TRAXX locomotives. On 13 December 2009 Thalys began services from Amsterdam to Paris and Brussels on the HSL-Zuid. Rijkswaterstaat, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, was responsible for the organization of the project. The government awarded the largest ever public-private partnership (PPP) contract to the consortium Infraspeed until 2030; it is responsible for design, construction, financing and maintenance. The line features state-of-the-art technology, including ETCS level 2 train control systems provided by Siemens AG and Alcatel (activities now part of Thales), and will be an ERTMS 2.3.0 Corridor. 2.1 Domestic trains 2.2 International trains 2.2.1 Fyra International 2.2.2 Thalys 3 Travel times 4 Fares and tickets 6 ETCS problems 7 V250 problems Track near Lage Zwaluwe. File:Netherlands HSL South1.jpg Rail tunnel under the Dordtsche Kil Between Amsterdam and Schiphol, and around Rotterdam, high speed trains operate on the existing line. South of Schiphol the dedicated high speed tracks begin, parallelling the existing railway line until Nieuw-Vennep. The line then branches off eastwards, continuing along the west side of Roelofarendsveen and Hoogmade and entering a tunnel east of Leiderdorp. This tunnel was built to protect the character of the Groene Hart region. North of Zoetermeer the train line leaves the tunnel west of Hazerswoude-Dorp; it subsequently passes to the east of Benthuizen, and on an elevated track east of Zoetermeer, then back on the surface between Berkel en Rodenrijs and Bergschenhoek, and after a tunnel, joins the existing line again north of Rotterdam. Trains run briefly on existing tracks for a few kilometres before entering the high speed line again. At Barendrecht the two tracks cross each other and the trains begin left-hand running as in Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. From here the line runs next to the existing railway as well as the Betuweroute, continuing through the Hoekse Waard area, bypassing Dordrecht. South of Dordrecht, the line runs next to the A16 motorway with a branch spurring off to the city of Breda. South of Breda, the line again follows the motorway towards Antwerp in northern Belgium. At the Belgian border, it connects to HSL 4, which carries on to Antwerp, with an existing line from Antwerp to Brussels. Since the opening of the HSL-Zuid, the number of trains has been expanded over time. Domestic trains On 7 September 2009, operator NS Hispeed started a domestic train service between Amsterdam and Rotterdam, weekdays only, 1 train hourly with TRAXX-locomotives and ICR-carriages with 160 km/h max. Over time, this services has been expanded. On 12 April 2010, service was expanded to Saturday and Sunday. On 4 October 2010, the frequency was doubled to 2 trains hourly. On 3 April 2011, this service was extended to Breda. This service is called Intercity Direct, until 2013 Fyra. Although a more intensive service was planned initially, this is not possible due to the V250 rolling stock problem. (in service as of April 2014) 2 trains per hour: Amsterdam Centraal – Schiphol – Rotterdam Centraal – Breda (in service as of April 2014) 2 trains per day, peakhours only, weekdays only: Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol - Rotterdam Routes operated Class 186 Traxx 100px Locomotive 100 160 35[2] Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Breda, Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam ICRm (Prio) 100px Carriage 100 160 60[3] 1980-1988[4] V250 EMU 155 250 19 2008-2012 No longer in service Fyra International Fyra International was an international high speed train service operated with V250 rolling stock between Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels, 10 times daily. Due to intensive problems with V250, this service only ran for forty days, between December 8, 2012 and January 17, 2013. Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South 2008-2012 Not in service anymore Thalys runs several times a day on the HSL-Zuid with speeds up to 300 km/h. After the failure of V250 and Fyra International, Thalys frequency was expanded (in service as of April 2014) 9 trains per day: Amsterdam Centraal – Schiphol – Rotterdam Centraal – Antwerp – Brussels Midi – Paris Nord (in service as of April 2014) 2 trains per day: Amsterdam Centraal – Schiphol – Rotterdam Centraal – Antwerp – Brussels Midi – Lille Europe Thalys PBA 100px EMU 186 300 9 Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels-South - Paris Nord, Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels-South - Lille Europe Thalys PBKA 17 1997 The new line shortened travel times for international and domestic services. Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 62 km, 0:43 (currently 0:58) Amsterdam-Breda, 105 km, 0:59 (currently 1:44) Amsterdam-Antwerp, 152 km, 1:10 (currently 2:00) Amsterdam-Brussels, 199 km, 1:44 (currently 2:40) Amsterdam-Paris, 492 km, 3:13 (currently 4:11)[5] But from Roosendaal the travel times will be longer: Roosendaal-Brussels 1:16 (not including the change of trains in Breda) (currently 1:08) Thalys reported that its trains would start using the line from December 2009, with Paris-Amsterdam journeys being 3h45m and Brussels-Amsterdam journeys being 2h23m, on account of a plan to gradually increase the line speed, with the same trains in June taking 3h18m and 1h58m. However, recent[when?] timetables show that the fastest Thalys trains do these journeys in 3h18m and 1h53m, suggesting that the speed-up had already occurred.[6] Fares and tickets On the domestic Intercity Direct services (Amsterdam - Schiphol - Rotterdam - Breda) all regular NS tickets are valid. A supplement (Dutch: toeslag) is required only for travel between Schiphol and Rotterdam. This costs €2.30 (one-way, 2015).[7] Domestic tickets cannot be used on the international Thalys trains where reservations are mandatory. In October 2010, Deutsche Bahn announced plans to directly connect Amsterdam and Rotterdam with London, using the Channel Tunnel. This proposal would see services from London formed of a pair of DB's Class 407 international ICE units, which would then divide in Brussels, with one train to Frankfurt and the other to Amsterdam. At approximately the same time, Eurostar also announced proposals to run services direct to Amsterdam, which would use its planned new e320 trains, and would be capable of operating on the infrastructure of the Dutch classic network as well as HSL-Zuid. ETCS problems Initially the HSL-Zuid route supported speeds of up to 160 km/h on both the southern Rotterdam - Breda and the northern Rotterdam-Schiphol section of the line. This was because ETCS Level 2 had not commenced operations and Level 1 was still in use. Various reliability issues prevented the use of Level 2 for sustainable commercial service.[8] Another issue was that the updated ETCS software of the Bombardier TRAXX locomotives was not certified for ETCS Level 2 operation. Railway Gazette reported in April 2011 that certification had been achieved and indeed Level 2 operations began on the southern section in May 2011 with Fyra services running at up to 160 km/h and Thalys at up to 300 km/h.[9] Level 2 went into operation on the northern part of the line in September 2011 and Thalys trains were then able to commence 300 km/h operations on that section. The V250 Fyra trains were hoped to enter service in December 2011 and indeed trial service (without passengers) began using first one, then two trains. As of March 2012 driver and train crew instruction runs were taking place with scheduled, non-passenger-carrying V250 interleaved between the passenger services and it was expected that these units would begin passenger operation in April 2012. The ETCS systems of wayside (Thales) and onboard (Traxx: Bombardier; Thalys & V250: Ansaldo STS) are interworking satisfactorily. With changes in the NS concession arrangements from 2015, the HSL service was combined with the national concession. The amount of Traxx locomotives and Prio carriages will be increased over the coming years as a stopgap measure until new intercity trains (foreseen in 2021/2022) will enter service. As a first step NS announced in December 2013 that they had placed an order at Bombardier for 19 Traxx locomotives.[10] V250 problems The V250 trains were ordered at the Italian train manufacturer AnsaldoBreda and were delivered in mid-2009. On 31 May 2013, the Belgian railway company NMBS/SNCB decided to stop the Fyra project and refused delivery of the trains it had ordered.[11] On 3 June 2013, the Dutch national railway company NS announced that it had made a similar evaluation, and expressed its desire to stop with the V250 project.[12][13] The Dutch department of finance agreed, and recommended that NS do "everything in its power" to get a refund from AnsaldoBreda.[14] At a press conference on 6 June 2013, the manufacturer claimed that the trains had been handled poorly by running the trains too fast (i.e. at maximum commercial speed of 250 km/h) under snow conditions. AnsaldoBreda has also threatened to sue the railways for the damage to its reputation.[15][16] On 17 March 2014 NS announced a settlement with AnsaldoBreda had been reached. The 9 NS trains will be returned to AnsaldoBreda for a refund of 125 Million Euro, 88 Million Euro less than originally paid. NS will receive an additional compensation for each resold unit to a maximum of 21 Million Euro.[17] In May 2014, NMBS/SNCB, AnsaldoBreda and its controlling company Finmeccanica announcend that they reached a settlement that confirms the cancellation of the train orders and includes the payment of 2.5 million euros to NMBS/SNCB.[18] File:HSR network around The Netherlands.jpg HSR network around the Netherlands High-speed rail in Belgium High-speed rail in the Netherlands High-speed rail in Europe ↑ "NS Hispeed launches HSL-Zuid services". Railway Gazette International. 2009-09-07. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ http://www.somda.nl/nieuws/165/ ↑ http://www.somda.nl/matsms/ ↑ nl:Intercityrijtuig ↑ "Bilan de l'année 2008 : Perspectives 2009" (PDF) (in French). SNCF. 2009-02-12. pp. See p. 24. Retrieved 2009-03-07. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ [1][2] ↑ "Intercity Direct". NS. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "Fyra launch delayed again". Railway Gazette International. 1 July 2010. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "ETCS Level 2 Compatibility Achieved". Railway Gazette. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ http://www.volkskrant.nl/dossier-archief/ns-bestelt-19-nieuwe-traxx-locomotieven~a3564708/ ↑ "NMBS bevestigt: Belgische spoorwegen stoppen met Fyra". www.hln.be (in Dutch). 31 May 2013. CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "NS stopt met Fyra". www.nu.nl (in Dutch). 3 June 2013. 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Retrieved 17 March 2014. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> ↑ "The Belgian Railways NMBS/SNCB, AnsaldoBreda and Finmeccanica conclude V250 case". www.finmeccanica.com. Retrieved 17 March 2015. <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> Wikimedia Commons has media related to HSL-Zuid. 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__label__cc	0.524743	0.475257	Arts and Entertainment Editor Bob Sokolsky says there is no doubt about it. Oprah Winfrey is definitely back. But things are different now and there was a good lead into that on CBS last week when she was saluted during the Kennedy Center Honors special. But now certain things are different. She has her own network for her show. Its called OWN for Oprah Winfrey Network. And that means she will be calling all the shots. Sokolsky calls this one more example of how people in the arts have been bypassing conventional organizations to get into things like vanity publishing. Also by using hand held units to form their own distribution companies. Whats more, many of them are proving Anything You Do I Can Do Better.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3385
__label__wiki	0.623765	0.623765	SHOW REVIEW: Vans Warp Tour 1998 I.C. Light Amphitheater -- Pittsburgh, PA (7.22.98) By: Jeff Lockwood Punk rock, and any band that consider themselves to be punk, are hot commodities right now. Big business stands to make a lot of money from the proper marketing of today's hottest acts and most rad sports. The bands that we love(d) in our rebellious youth are now helping to sell shoes and chocolate flavored beverages. It was inevitable. Sooner or later it would have to come to events such as the Vans Warp Tour and it has. The proliferation of "extreme" sports-such as skateboarding, BMX, climbing, video game playing and rollerblading-has reached critical mass and so has its soundtrack of punk rock, ska and everything in between. The Vans Warp Tour started a few years ago to bring the kids all these things which they love-music and non-mainstream sports. This tour, like so many tours today, migrates from city to city bringing with it a plethora of different bands and a whole slew of counter-culture extras. The Vans Warp Tour is unique because the tour travels with a huge half-pipe and several professional skaters, bladers and BMXers who perform for the crowd. You can be sure that these people are wearing Vans. Concert goers can also choose to monkey around on the climbing wall. The Deftones, Bad Religion and NOFX headlined this tour of more than twenty bands on four stages. Each band was kept to about a twenty minute set. The whole event flowed rather smoothly. The main concert pavilion stage was split in two. While one band rocked the crowd, the other band would be setting up right next to them. The second stage, which showcased bands like Snapcase (who were on the main stage last year), was under a tent on the other side of the concert site. Unfortunately these bands were forced to play their sets during main stage activity. The fourth stage consisted of a gutted old school bus which opened up into a stage. I walked passed and saw some live karoeke happening with Eric from NOFX playing guitar. And The Cherry Poppin' Daddies represented the latest music craze, swing. Seven thousand people persevered through extremely high temperatures to see their favorite bands and watch their favorite athletes. The bands seemed to know this. Even though Bad Religion has been around for nearly twenty years, this balding and graying band still managed to get most of the crowd to chant along to their anthemic songs. NOFX erupted the audience into a twenty minute sing along with their extremely catchy, comical and frenetic set. A reunited Specials gave the rather young crowd a glimpse into what ska used to be like while Save Ferris showed the crowd how bad a band could suck by attempting to play ska. Rancid played a quick set complete with rippin' songs off each of their albums. I am a twenty six year old white male and I was definitely a minority among this young crowd because of may age. But I know I was not alone. Ten years ago I was wearing a Descendents t-shirt and riding my Haro FST freestyle bike all over town. I am now looking at pre-teens, teens, adolescents and adults doing the exact same thing. Is it savvy marketing or just some great fucking way of life and form of expression that has finally caught the eye of the main-stream? SHOW REVIEW: Valentine's Day Ball 2003 - Carnivorous Flowers of the Night: Goddess Severina's 5th Annual Portland Fetish Masquerade Ball SHOW REVIEW: Violent Femmes [Issue Twelve // September 1998]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3386
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__label__wiki	0.855482	0.855482	1125 GMT July 18, 2019 From Date : To Date : Serivce : All Services Home Iran Africa Asia Europe International Middle East U.S. Culture Business Health Sport Video Society Query : ( Seprate With , ) Manchester bomber's brother appears in UK court charged with murder A man accused of helping his suicide bomber brother plan a deadly 2017 arena attack in the northern city of Manchester appeared in a London court on Thursday. An Iranian climber was awarded a gold medal in the world competitions in France. US, allies flex muscles against China with Pacific drill The United States and its allies have launched a major military exercise off the coasts pf Australia in the Pacific region, in a move that seems to be part of America’s policy shift towards confronting China’s growing influence in the region. Russia says continues cooperation with Iran at Bushehr power plant despite US bans Russia has affirmed its resolve to keep up cooperation with Iran at the Bushehr nuclear power plant, defying illegal US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency arrested a former prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, on Thursday, a spokesman for the agency, the National Accountability Board (NAB), said. Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology wrote in a tweet that Iran is to increase the speed of the Internet fourfold. Iran slams West's uacceptable practice on human rights Iran's Permanent Mission in the United Nations office and other International organizations in a letter criticized West's unacceptable practice as regard human rights. US House votes to block Saudi arms sales, Trump to veto The US House of Representatives has voted to pass resolutions that block the sale of precision-guided munitions (PGMs) to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over their crimes against the people of Yemen, defying veto threats by President Donald Trump. Deputy minister of Iranian Ministry of Education in elementary education said Iran is among pioneers of screening of children. Over 10 feared dead in suspected Japan animation studio arson More than 10 people are feared dead and dozens injured or missing in a suspected case of arson at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday, domestic media reported. India’s monsoon rains were 20% below average in the week ending on Wednesday, the weather office said, as summer showers turned patchy over the central, western and southern parts of the country, raising concerns over the progress of crop plantings. Boris Johnson, favorite to be the next British prime minister, on Wednesday refused to say whether he would seek to shut Parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit but agreed such a plan could be convenient for him. Iran will never start war, but will defend its soil against aggression: Zarif Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran “will never start a war,” but “will defend its territory” against any act of aggression. Business cooperation between Iran, Iraq to expand The head of Alborz Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture announced the willingness of economic activists in the two provinces of Alborz and Iraq's Basra to expand trade and economic cooperation. Pentagon removing Turkey from F-35 program after its purchase of Russian missile defense The United States has confirmed that it is removing Turkey from the F-35 fighter jet program, a move that had been long threatened and expected after Ankara began accepting the delivery of an advanced Russian missile defense system last week. www.iran-daily.com All Content by IRAN DAILY is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Page Generated in 1/0127 sec	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3390
__label__wiki	0.508895	0.508895	News / Nyheter‎ > ‎ Wearing A Kilt Could Make Your Sperm Stronger lagt inn 18. apr. 2013, 13:19 av Odd Henrik Brembo Temperature affects how much sperm a man makes, so there's been speculation that the freedom offered by a kilt can increase production. Turns out that that at least could be right: a new metastudy says wearing a kilt "likely produces an ideal physiological scrotal environment, which in turn helps maintain normal scrotal temperature, which is known to be beneficial for robust spermatogenesis and good sperm quality." The study, published in the Scottish Medical Journal, reviewed the literature on the link between scrotal temperature and reproduction. We know sperm fares better in lower temperatures, and some researchers have suggested that restrictive clothing could negatively affect sperm production. Enter: the kilt, which author Erwin J.O. Kompanje describes thusly: "The Scottish kilt is a male garment that resembles (but is not!) a knee-length, pleated skirt." The author hypothesizes that, based on past findings about temperature and sperm production, a kilt, specifically one worn in the undergarment-free "regimental" style, would be an ideal environment for sperm production. Kompanje searched through related research, focusing on statistics in Scotland and noting along the way that 70 percent of kilt-wearers choose to go regimental. Kilts (at least in Scotland or other countries where they're more commonly worn) might also be psychologically valuable, increasing feelings of masculinity when worn. Kompanje goes so far as to write that a downturn in Scottish fertility is correlated with the frequency of kilts being worn, although he admits it's still somewhat speculative until a randomized trial happens. Gentlemen, put on your kilts for science.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3394
__label__wiki	0.874742	0.874742	Serbian Film, A Blackgloves Srpski film Revolver Entertainment Srdjan Spasojevic Srdjan Todorovic Sergej Trifunovic Jelena Gavrilovic Katarina Zutic Slobodan Bestic As a new decade dawns in coalition Britain, the country appears to find itself on the threshold of repeating a similar pattern of misdirection-by-moral-panic as beset it in the early eighties, when Thatcherite economic policy left the UK submerged in a deep recession and with crippling levels of unemployment. The Video Nasty panic conveniently came along just at that moment, and served as a handy distraction from the true horrors being perpetrated on the populace by its leaders. It’s hard not to see a connection when, just as a Conservative-led coalition Government promises years of savage austerity cuts, to take effect from 2011, the UK’s censorship body, the BBFC -- responsible for awarding certification to all commercially released viewing material in the country -- once again seems to becoming something of a force to be reckoned with in public life. We learn that the forthcoming re-make of “I Spit on Your Grave” is to be cut by nearly a minute (the original is one of the few films from that ‘Nasty’ era as yet still unavailable uncut in the UK) and the nihilistic political-allegory-as-torture-porn shenanigans of “A Serbian Film” have just been passed, but with a whopping four minutes excised from the running time. Touted as being possibly one of the most censored films of the last twenty years, “A Serbian Film” comes to UK Blu-ray after twelve months of controversial festival appearances around the world and heaps of predicable tabloid opprobrium. The film’s young director and producer team, Srdjan Spasojevic and Nikola Pantelic, and its critic-turned screenwriter Alexsander Radivojevic, insist that the film is a political allegory about the modern state of Serbia, intended as an expression of their frustration and anger at the recent troubled history of their once war-torn country and the political corruption they see as having become endemic to the region’s way of living in recent years. Everyday life for the average person has become pornographic, they claim; everyone has to accept that they will be exploited from birth to death and even beyond just to survive. As metaphors go, the unwary viewer will quickly learn that the filmmakers have certainly represented their viewpoint extremely literally. Milos (Srdjan Todorovic) is a retired porn star now living a quiet existence in Serbia with his beautiful wife Maria (Jelena Gavrilovic) and his angelic-looking six-year old son Petar. When a former co- star called Layla (Katarina Zutic) contacts him with the offer of one last job that will set Milos and his family up financially for life, his initial reluctance eventually gives way to temptation and he is introduced to the man behind the ‘project’ – a former child psychologist turned filmmaker by the name of Vukmir (Sergej Trifunovic). As part of his contract, Milos will not be given access to a script or any information about what the film he is to take part in will entail, but will receive his instructions from the director on the fly via a concealed earpiece, whilst being constantly filmed on hand-held digital video cameras by Vukmir’s inscrutable crew. The filmed vignettes he finds himself involved in quickly become violent and disturbing, but when he is coerced into performing a sexual act in front of a child (who is dressed in an Alice in Wonderland costume), he draws the line and refuses to participate any further. Feigning acceptance of this, Vukmir shows Milos one of his previous films -- and what the disgusted Milos is made to witness on screen is so horrific it convinces him that his former employer is completely insane. Unfortunately Vukmir has spiked Milos’s Scotch with a potent, psychosis inducing cocktail of mind-altering drugs and Viagra! He wakes up four days later in his empty house, covered in blood and with more blood all over the bed sheets. With his wife and son nowhere to be found and no memory whatsoever about what has occurred in the last forty-eight hours, Milos sets out to uncover the truth about those missing days by trawling through the recent camera footage stored on cassettes in Vikmur’s now empty house. What he discovers about his experiences during that dreadful time, rekindles memories that reveal such an all-consuming descent into the most soul annihilating form of hell, that there is no possible way back from the knowledge they open up. With the film starting with a scene in which Milos and Maria walk in on their six year old son unknowingly watching one of his dad’s old XXX porno videos it is clear that “A Serbian Film” is plunging head long into areas that are bound to get it in to hot water. It is rather hard for me to make any kind of legitimate critical assessment of the film Spasojevic intended to make, though, since this UK version has been cut by nearly four minutes, and the cuts are spread over a total of eleven scenes. Thus, it should be borne in mind that any opinion expressed is based purely on what has actually made it past the BBFC into this Cert 18 approved version. Filmed on high quality digital video using the RED ONE camera, in 2.35:1, the image quality captured in the Blu-ray transfer is excellent, beautifully sharp and richly textured, capturing cinematographer Vemanja Jovanov’s somewhat muted palette with near perfect fidelity. The opening scene not withstanding -- actually the prelude to Milos’s later sensitive handling of his son’s barely comprehended first sexual stirrings – the film’s opening half is a quiet delineation of the sedate family life Milos has succeeded in forging in the wake of his former lifestyle. Srdjan Todorovic plays the part with a crumpled charm and a weary resignation, while Slobodan Bestic, as Milos’s policeman brother Marko, is marked as sleazy from his first appearance, and by the time we get to the scene in which he’s seen drooling over Milos’s wife with unrestrained lust while she eats an apple at the kitchen sink, until he has to retire to the bathroom in order to vigorously masturbate over this symbolically biblical image, it becomes hardly a spoiler to reveal that he is to play a major role in the later events of the film. The central plotline, involving rich clients paying to be supplied with extreme content pornography featuring the most depraved acts imaginable, is not a million miles away from the subject matter of Eli Roth’s two “Hostel” films -- still the best and most artistically valid examples of the so-called torture porn genre, with a similarly politically motivated charge underpinning their excesses. The initial scenes in which Milos -- willingly at first -- takes part in Vukmir’s bizarre project, soon lead to a noticeable shift away from the Spartan and realistic tone Spasojevic adopts in the first half of the movie, towards a semi hallucinatory, almost surrealist approach to the imagery, with unsettling juxtapositions of images and the graphic illustration of sexualised violence. Milos finds himself in a featureless spot-lit room with a chequered floor where strange characters begin to suddenly appear as if by magic and brutal, violent and sexually explicit vignettes materialise with Milos in the middle of them, as though in a dream or nightmare. The film takes its downward plunge into nihilist horror of the most pitiless kind the moment Milos has Vukmir’s true agenda revealed to him in the form of another of the filmmaker’s previous works projected on a role-down screen in Vikmur’s living room: after grizzly (simulated) imagery of a baby being born in a dingy cell-like room, delivered by the kind of anonymous, muscle-bound and skin-headed character that always seem to end up populating these Europe-set torture porn movies, the film displays an act involving the still bloody new-born which, in this cut version, remains entirely off screen, but the nature of which is revealed by Milos’s reaction and by the crazed Vukmir screaming after him, as he leaves the room, ‘I’ve invented a new genre – new-born porn!’ Milos, with his memory of the four days since he left Vukmir’s house wiped out, soon starts to experience flash-backs as he discovers the sick footage he has been instrumental in creating and taking part in. Most of the last half of the film consists in a mosaic of these flashbacks, eventually coalescing into a narrative that reveals exactly how Milos later comes to find him-self waking up alone in his blood splattered bedroom. This second half of the movie is given over virtually entirely to a series of staged sequences of such grand guiognal grotesqueness, and which are so over-the-top that the film actually begins to lose much of the genuine emotional power it’d previously built up. At about the point a zombielike, Viagra-fuelled, drug-crazed Milos is shown violently raping a chained-up woman and then continuing to plunge at the twitching corpse after beheading her with a sword mid-coitus, it begins to dawn that whatever the makers’ claims about seeking to make a serious political point with the film, it is definitely designed to grab as much attention as possible above any other consideration. There’s one moment in particular where this desire to create outrageous imagery for the sake of it becomes positively detrimental to the more genuinely disturbing moments the film does manage to conjure up. A horrific revelation near the end of the film provokes Milos into an act of reprisal that is so ludicrous that it cannot fail to provoke at least a bleak kind of laughter in anyone still watching – but it comes literally seconds after possibly the most chilling sequence in the film, and one of the most heartrending you’re ever likely to see in any film. Perhaps Spasojevic intends the juxtaposition as some kind of existential statement about the absurdity and hopelessness of existence (certainly the very final frames of the film seem to suggest as much, as even the only peace Milos can attempt to find with his now shattered family is soiled and abused in the most grotesque terms Imaginable), but if that was the intention, it doesn’t really work and such absurdist comic-book splatter completely stamps out the full force of the grim events preceding it, and also leads, at least this viewer, to doubt the true intentions and sincerity of the filmmakers. Heavily cut though it is “A Serbian Film” remains an extreme, intense and unpleasant viewing experience. It shouldn’t have been cut since there was no genuine harm done to any one participating and no children were really ever involved in any sexual scenes (a prosthetic puppet was used for the baby rape scene, created by East European special effects wizard Miroslav Lakrobija) and to get any kind of titillation out of even the straighter scenes of violent sexual conduct, you’d already have to be too far gone for there to be any hope of your rehabilitation as a member of the human race! Although most of the many cuts imposed on Srdjan Spasojevic’s debut feature could not have feasibly been avoided under the BBFC’s current guidelines concerning sexual violence, there does nonetheless seem to be a newly confident tone discernable in the shrill condemnation of the Daily Mail brigade these days – and the absurd notion that the BBFC are providing a protective security blanket for a nation incapable of making up its own mind about what it watches and how it is to be interpreted, appears to be gaining a new legitimacy it hasn’t enjoyed in a long time (although a similar hysteria based around concerns about violent video games has been prevalent for a long time). The BBFC’s lengthy ruling, justifying why it has deemed it necessary to make forty-nine cuts across eleven scenes to the film as it was submitted, is, on the surface, couched in very mild, reasonable language. But underneath there is an assumed, patronising air of ‘daddy-knows-best’ paternalism evident in its claims to be protecting the public from moral harm. Despite admitting that nothing in the film actually breaches any laws, notably in relation to the Protection of Children Act 1978, the same assumption that the public needs saving from corruption is discernable in the applied tone throughout the ruling. Of course, in all fairness it has to be pointed out that the level of sophistication in the development of special effects in the horror genre since the original Video Nasty era, has now made feasible the representation of events that would have been impossible to replicate back in 1981. In recent years, the cultural zeitgeist, particularly in the US, has moved away from fantasy horror and more towards the depiction of extreme physical torture on screen, although sexual violence has arguably gone down in mainstream genre films since the heyday of material like “The New York Ripper”. “A Serbian Film” continues in that vein, but takes things to arguably the extreme limit of what it is possible to legally depict in a motion picture while maintaining a realistic tone. The acts depicted here are in many cases deeply repugnant and are clearly deliberately aimed at pushing buttons and breaching taboos that, a few years ago, it wouldn’t even have been technically possible to address. Now we are in an age when literally anything imaginable can be simulated and recreated on screen, so it’s not surprising that the censorship issue should rear its ugly head again; the sense that we are building up to a situation where reactionary forces will soon attempt to use these issues for their own ends is hard to shake though. Interestingly, as of writing, no concerted tabloid banning campaign has yet emerged around “A Serbian Film”; severely cut yes, and with its message bowdlerised as a result (or so its makers claim), this imperfect but brutally compulsive film is still available, and this version is still powerful, grotesquely absurd and (to some) doubtlessly will be very offensive. But as times get harder in the coming years, don’t be too surprised if the censorious treatment meted out to this film turns out to be merely the vanguard of a much more strident and robust urge to censor our viewing habits. Revolver Entertainment have done an excellent job with this movie’s high definition transfer, which looks sharp throughout and has excellent shadow detail in what is often a grungy, grimy looking movie. The audio is punchy and dynamic where it needs to be with Sky Wikluh’s excellent techno-based soundtrack of ominous drones and doom-laden beats booming satisfyingly out of the speakers. The only extras are a lengthy and slightly facetious introduction by the director and a 10 minute question-and-answer session that was conducted by Alan Jones with Srdjan Spasojevic and Nikola Pantelic after the film’s premiere screening at the Prince Charles Cinema in London on 25th January 2010. The Blu-ray comes packaged with an informative essay/interview written by Jones, which also provides the filmmakers with the opportunity to make a more eloquent written defence of their movie “A Serbian Film” displays very high quality filmmaking skills and can’t be easily ignored; it is ultimately, I think, a massive contradiction -- an exploitation film about exploitation! – but if you’ve the stomach for it, the film packs just about as powerful a gut punch to the viewer’s sense of decency as it is possible to legally deliver.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3397
__label__wiki	0.648646	0.648646	Why is Uranus on its Side? An Ancient Catastrophe of Planetary Proportions The Earth’s tilt is nothing compared to Uranus, which has been flipped right over on its side. What could have caused such a devastating impact to the planet to make it this way? Support us at: More stories at: on Twitter: @universetoday on Tumblr: Team: Fraser Cain – @fcain Jason Harmer – @jasoncharmer Chad Weber – [email protected] Created by: Fraser Cain and Jason Harmer Edited by: Chad Weber Music: Left Spine Down – “X-Ray” It’s impossible to do an episode about Uranus without opening up the back door to a spit storm of potty humour. I get it, there’s something just hilarious about talking about your, mine and everyone’s anus. And even if you use the more sanitized and sterile term urine-us, it’s still pretty dirty, in an unwashed New York stairwell kind of way. You’re in us? No. This is a no-win solution. It’s a Kobayashi Maru scenario here. We’re all doomed. Can we call a truce? I dare you commentators, to keep the YouTube comments as pure and clean as driven snow, so we can focus on the super interesting science. Think of the children. Let’s set the stage, I’m going to let planetary astronomer Kevin Grazier give you the proper pronunciation to clear our minds and let us move forward with grace and civility. Kevin Grazier: Strictly speaking, it’s pronounced Youranous, is the pronunciation. As you probably know, Uranus… I mean Ouranus. No, I can’t do it, my brainwashing is too far along. Save yourselves!. Anyway, Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun, and the 3rd largest planet in the Solar System. Jupiter and Saturn get all the spacecraft and Hubble space telescopes, but Uranus is an incredibly worthwhile target to visit. It’s almost exactly 4 times larger than Earth and has its own set of strange dusty rings – perhaps left over from a shattered moon. It has at least 27 moons, that we know of, and many more interesting features that would fascinate astronomers, if we had a spacecraft there, which we don’t. Which is ridiculous. We’ve only made one close flyby of Uranus by Voyager II back in 1986. We’ve seen Pluto up close, but there are no plans to visit Uranus? Madness. Anyway, perhaps one of the strangest aspects of Uranus is its tilt. The planet is flipped over on its side, like a Weeble, that wouldn’t unwobble. Actually, all the planets in the Solar System have some level of axial tilt. The Earth is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the Sun’s equator. Mars is 25 degrees, and even Mercury is 2.1 degrees tilted. These tilts are everywhere. But Uranus is 97.8 degrees. That’s just 0.2 degrees shy of a 90s boy band. You might be wondering, why have it be more than 90 degrees. High school geometry tells me that 97.8 degrees is the same as 82.2 degrees. And that’s true. But astronomers define the angle as greater than 90 degrees when you take its direction of rotation into account. When you describe it as turning in the same direction as the rest of the planets in the Solar System, then you have to measure it this way. What could have done that to Uranus, how could it have happened? The fact that Uranus is flipped over on its side tells us that the calm clockwork motion of the Solar System hasn’t always been this way. Shortly after the formation of the Sun and planets, our neighborhood was a violent place. The early planets smashed into each other, pushed one another into new orbits. Some planets could have been spun out of the Solar System entirely, while others might have been driven into the Sun. Our own Moon was likely formed when a Mars-sized object crashed into the Earth. Other moons might have been captured from three body interactions between worlds. It was mayhem. The Solar System that you see today contains the survivors. Everything that wasn’t delivered a death blow. And something really tried to deliver a death blow to Uranus, very early after it formed. We know this because the moons of Uranus orbit at the same tilt as the planet’s axis. This means that something smashed into Uranus while it was still surrounded by the disk of gas and dust that its moons formed from. When the massive collision happened, the planet flipped over, wrenching this disk with it. The moons formed within this new configuration. Astronomers think it was more complicated than that, however. If it was a single, massive collision, models suggest the planet would just flip over entirely, and end up rotating backwards from the other planets in the Solar System.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3400
__label__wiki	0.866836	0.866836	Chef suspended for making racist eye gesture against Koreans A wrong way to show appreciation / Captured from Un Nuevo Dia By Jung Min-ho A celebrity chef beloved by many Mexicans has been suspended indefinitely by Telemundo, an American Spanish-speaking network, after using racist gestures against Koreans. James Tahhan, better known as "Chef James," the co-host of Telemundo's morning show Un Nuevo Dia and another co-cost Janice Bencosme have been suspended for making slant-eye gestures on air. They did so after Korea's World Cup team beat Germany, which helped Mexico advance to the knockout stage. Following the contest, the show hosts celebrated together, making the gestures and sharing a laugh. In a statement to USA TODAY Sports on Thursday (local time), Telemundo said the behavior was "contrary to our values and standards." "We are extremely disappointed with our morning show contributors James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme's gestures referring to the South Korean national soccer team … As a result, both James Tahhan and Janice Bencosme have been placed on an indefinite suspension," Telemundo said. "Our company takes this type of inappropriate behavior very seriously as it is contrary to our values and standards." After the issue came to the fore, many Koreans, Americans and Mexicans found his behavior offensive and voiced their anger. "Such gestures feed into the stereotypes of Asians being inferior and labeling Asians always as 'the other.' People around the world use verbal and nonverbal gestures to put all Asians in a box," Gina Dawson, a Korean-American who lives in Denver, told The Korea Times. "Many people dismiss Chef James's slanted eye gesture as a joke, ignorance and/or they say how Koreans are also racist. One does not justify the other. All racist and micro-aggressions need to be addressed and we've got to start somewhere." This is, unfortunately, not the first time Koreans have been a target of a racist gesture during this World Cup in Russia. Argentina's football legend Diego Maradona was also caught up in a racism controversy about two weeks ago when he made a racist gesture toward young Korean fans who were shouting and waving at him in joy. But he later denied the racism accusations, saying he was just showing his gratitude to the fans. mj6c2@ktimes.com More articles by this reporter	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3403
__label__cc	0.614385	0.385615	Which Facebook Remarketing Audience Has the Best ROI? Here’s What One Company Found If you're using Facebook ads to promote your business, there are several ways you can segment custom audiences. You could focus on people who've engaged with your Facebook page recently. Or, you could target people who subscribed recently to your email list, or who've downloaded an ebook from your website. But among these types of audiences… What groups of people are the most likely to convert? This month, AdEspresso's monthly case study focused on this question. They compared three different remarketing audiences to find out which had the lowest CPA (cost per acquisition). The ads prompted users to sign up for a free trial of AdEspresso's software, and directed them to a signup form. For the experiment, they set up a daily budget of $30. The experiment ran for 21 days, bringing the total cost to approximately $500. Their initial hypothesis was that among the three custom audiences, the people who had downloaded their ebook and signed up for their newsletter would be the most likely to convert on the offer. Here's what they found. If you haven’t yet made your guess, do it now: Which one of these three remarketing audiences had the lowest cost-per-acquisition and cost-per-click? People who had engaged with our Facebook Page posts in the past 7 days People who had downloaded our eBooks or subscribed to other offers in the past 7 days People who had visited our website in the past 7 days Here are the results: [image source: AdEspresso] Just as we hypothesized, the retargeting audience of 7 Day Leads (eBook downloaders) had the lowest cost-per-acquisition. The remarketing audience of 7 Days Website Visitors (CPA: $4.618) had a 71.4% higher cost-per-free-trial than 7 Day Leads (CPA: $2.693). The 7 Day Engagement audience had the highest CPA of $5.801. This means that the remarketing audience of 7 Day Leads (CPA: $2.693) outperformed the audience of 7 Days Website Visitors (CPA: $4.618) by 171% and the audience of 7 Day Leads by 215% (CPA: $5.801). Regarding the CTR, the 7 Day Engagement audience (CTR: 0.371%) had a 90% higher CTR than 7 Day Website Visitors (CTR: 0.195%). The 7 Day Leads audience had the highest CTR of 0.517%. Based on our findings, it can be said that the retargeting audience of leads outperformed the rest. That may be because these people have already visited our website and read our content, making them warm leads. It must be noted that the 7 Days Website Visitors was by far our largest remarketing audience, including 5 times more people as other Custom Audiences and resulting in over 80% of the conversions. When looking at the number of conversions, one could also argue that each Custom Audience returned good results: 7 Day Leads: 9 conversions at the Avg. CPA of $2.693 7 Day Engagement: 8 conversions at the Avg. CPA of $5.801 7 Days Website Visitors: 85 conversions at the Avg. CPA of $4.618 In all cases, the cost-per-acquisition was lower than in our other campaigns targeting cold leads. This said, we recommend that you also experiment with new Facebook audiences, especially when retargeting warm leads. You can find the full case study over at AdEspresso.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3405
__label__cc	0.620141	0.379859	"Famous Marketing Screw Ups" joke 1. Coors put its slogan, "Turn it loose," into Spanish where it was read as "Suffer from diarrhea." 2. Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: Nothing sucks like an Electrolux. 3. Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick", a curling iron, into German only to find out that "mist" is slang for manure. Not too many people had use for the "manure stick." 4. When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the beautiful Caucasian baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the label of what's inside, since most people can't read. 5. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine. 6. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el papa), the shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa). 7. Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave", in Chinese. 8. Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "it takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate." 9. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Ke-kou-ke-la", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "ko-kou-ko-le", translating into "happiness in the mouth." 10. When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "it won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you." Instead, the company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant." They, When, People, Ethnic, Name, Find, Make, Baby, American, Chicken, Used, Read, Pope, Instead, Stick, Papa, Pepsi, Spanish, Africa, Label, Manure, Slogan, Translated, Shirts, Introduced, Mist, Electrolux 142,806 jokes58,411 thumbs up5,312 active users972 visitors online3,871 topics10,697 humor websites40,653 humor links	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3406
__label__wiki	0.6294	0.6294	Year : 2011 \| Volume : 2 \| Issue : 1 \| Page : 3-6 Evaluation of nootropic and neuroprotective effects of low dose aspirin in rats Arijit Ghosh1, VR Dhumal2, AV Tilak3, Nina Das1, Amarinder Singh3, Abhijit A Bondekar3 1 Department of Pharmacology, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, India 2 Department of Pharmacology, Modern Dental College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 3 Department of Pharmacology, Padmashree Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune, India Arijit Ghosh Flat no-B-7/1, Iswarchandra Niwas, 68/1 Bagmari Road, Kolkata - 700 054 Objective: To evaluate the nootropic and neuroprotective effects of aspirin in Sprague Dawley rats. Materials and Methods: Retention of conditioned avoidance response (CAR) and central 5-HT-mediated behavior (lithium-induced head twitches) were assessed using repeated electroconvulsive shock (ECS) in rats. Rats were divided into eight groups: control (pretreated with distilled water), scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg i.p.), ECS (150 V, 50 Hz sinusoidal with intensity of 210 mA for 0.5 s) pretreated, aspirin (6.75 mg/kg orally) pretreated, combined scopolamine and aspirin pretreated, ondansetron (0.36 mg/kg orally) pretreated, combined ECS and ondansetron pretreated and combined ECS and aspirin pretreated groups. Data was analyzed by the chi-square test and ANOVA. Results: Findings show that administration of single ECS daily for consecutive 8 days results in enhancement of 5-HT-mediated behavior (lithium-induced head twitches) and in disruption of the retention of CAR. Aspirin and ondansetron administration significantly increased the retention of conditioned avoidance response compared to control. Ondansetron and aspirin significantly prevented ECS-induced attenuation of the retention of conditioned avoidance response also. On the other hand, ondansetron and aspirin significantly retarded the ECS-induced enhancement of 5-HT-mediated behavior. Conclusion: Inhibition of the serotonergic transmission by aspirin is responsible for its nootropic and neuroprotective actions. Keywords: Aspirin, serotonergic transmission, conditioned avoidance response, lithium induced head twitches Ghosh A, Dhumal V R, Tilak A V, Das N, Singh A, Bondekar AA. Evaluation of nootropic and neuroprotective effects of low dose aspirin in rats. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2011;2:3-6 Ghosh A, Dhumal V R, Tilak A V, Das N, Singh A, Bondekar AA. Evaluation of nootropic and neuroprotective effects of low dose aspirin in rats. J Pharmacol Pharmacother [serial online] 2011 [cited 2019 Jul 18];2:3-6. Available from: http://www.jpharmacol.com/text.asp?2011/2/1/3/77079 It is becoming increasingly clear that aspirin, previously thought of as an old anti-inflammatory workhorse, is now approaching the status of a wonder drug, as it is of benefit not only in inflammation but also in an increasing number of other conditions such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). [1] There is preliminary evidence that aspirin decreases the risk and delays the onset of AD. Users of high dose aspirin had significantly lower prevalence of Alzheimer's dementia and better cognitive function than non-users of aspirin. On the other hand, low dose aspirin users had numerically lower prevalence of Alzheimer's dementia and better cognitive function than non-users of aspirin. [2] Although AD once thought to result from a cholinergic deficit alone, researchers now believe that this view is simplistic. Studies using human neocortical tissue have shown that multiple neurotransmitters including dopamine, noradrenaline, serotonin and glutamate have shown to be decreased or dysregulated in AD. [3],[4],[5] An inhibitory effect of aspirin and other NSAIDs on the processes contributing to AD and cognitive decline seems plausible, even if convincing evidence from controlled trials is still lacking. The possibility that a well documented and non-expensive drug such as aspirin might function to maintain cognitive function and reduce the development of AD makes aspirin useful for testing, as an agent against cognitive decline. [1] Behavioral models for studying memory shortage and recall, and its manipulation by pharmacological agents, do not represent the pathophysiology of AD. Thus for the induction and simulation of pathophysiology of underlying AD in experimental animals, amnesia is induced in animals. Various amnesia-inducing agents are available e.g. scopolamine, colchicines, etc. [6] Following completion of a course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), memory is impaired and retrograde amnesia is seen in human beings. These adverse effects are major factors limiting the use of ECT as the memory disturbances occur quite frequently. [7] Chronic administration of ECS for 8-10 days induces amnesia in animals by facilitating serotonergic transmission. [8] In the present study, electroconvulsive shock (ECS) was given to rats in the ways closely mimicking the administration of ECT to evaluate the nootropic and neuroprotective effects of aspirin in Sprague Dawley rats. Experimentally naive Sprague Dawley albino rats weighing between 150 and 200 g of either sex were used. The rats were maintained under standard conditions of temperature (25°C±5°C), relative humidity (55±10%) and a 12/12 h light/dark cycle. The rats were fed with commercial rat pellet diet manufactured by Pranav Agro Food, Pune and water ad libitum. The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee. Instruments, drugs and chemicals Electro-convulsiometer and Cook's pole climbing apparatus were purchased from ST1 Instruments Private Ltd and New Neeta Manufacturer, Pune, India respectively. Aspirin was purchased from Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, Gurgaon, India. Ondansetron was purchased from Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Mumbai, India. Scopolamine was obtained from Sigma Aldrich, St Louis, USA. Lithium chloride (anhydrous) was purchased from Thomas Baker Ltd, Mumbai, India. Conditioned avoidance response This model was used to study the neuroprotective and nootropic effects of aspirin. The rats were trained for conditioned avoidance response by using Cook's pole climbing apparatus. [8],[9] Each rat was allowed to acclimatize for 2 min and was then exposed to a buzzer noise. After 5 s of putting on the buzzer, mild electric shocks were given through the stainless steel grid floor. The magnitude of the voltage was adequate (10 V) to stimulate the rat to escape from the floor and climb the pole. As soon as the rat climbed the pole, both the buzzer and foot-shock button were switched off. At least 10 such trials were given to each rat at an interval of 1 min per day for 10 days. After about 10 days training schedule, most of the rats learned to climb the pole within 5 s of starting the buzzer to avoid the electric foot shocks. Rats, avoiding the foot shocks in all 10 out of 10 trials, were considered to have developed conditioned avoidance response for further experiments. All trained rats were divided randomly into eight groups and were used as follows: Group I (n=20): Served as control Group II (n=20): Positive control (scopolamine 0.5 mg/kg i.p.) Group III (n=18): ECS (150 V, 50 Hz sinusoidal with intensity of 210 mA for 0.5 s through crocodile clip ear electrodes once daily for 8 days). Group IV (n=20): Aspirin 6.75 mg/kg per orally for 8 days. Group V (n=20): Scopolamine (0.5 mg/kg i.p.) +Aspirin (6.75 mg/kg per oral after 20 min of scopolamine injection for 8 days) Group VI (n=20): Ondansetron 0.36 mg/kg per orally for 8 c days. Group VII (n=20): ECS (150 V, 50 Hz sinusoidal with intensity of 210 mA for 0.5 s) and ondansetron (0.36 mg/kg per oral after 1h of ECS for 8 days) Group VIII (n=18): ECS (150 V, 50 Hz sinusoidal with intensity of 210 mA for 0.5 s) and aspirin (6.75 mg/kg per oral after 1 h of ECS for 8 days) On day 9, all rats were tested to see if they had retained the conditioned avoidance response. After 2 min of acclimatization period, each rat was exposed to the buzzer for 5 s. Ten such trials were given at an interval of 1 min, without giving any foot shock. Rats, responding by climbing the pole when exposed to the buzzer noise, were considered to have retained the conditioned avoidance response. Lithium-induced head twitches (5-HT-mediated behavior)[10] This model was used to study the interaction of aspirin with 5-HT. The number of head twitches induced by lithium (150 mg/kg; i.p.)was counted in intervals of 10 min, starting immediately from the time of injection up to a period of 90 min. The animals were divided into eight groups of six rats each as done in the previous model. Pretreatments in these eight groups were carried out in the same manner and, on day 9, evaluation was carried out. The result of the lithium-induced head twitches was analyzed by ANOVA followed by Turkey's honestly significant difference (HSD) test. The result of the retention of CAR was analyzed by the chi-square test. P<0.05 was consider as significant. The percentage of rats showing retention of conditioned avoidance response (CAR) was calculated in each group. The result is shown in [Figure 1]. In group I, 80% rats showed retention of CAR. In group II 30% rats and in group III 33% rats showed retention of CAR, and these decreases were statistically significant (P<0.001) compared to group I. In groups IV and VI 100% rats showed retention of CAR, and these increases were statistically significant compared to group I (P<0.001). In comparison to group III, groups VII and VIII showed an increase in the percentage of rats showing retention of CAR and this increase was statistically significant (P<0.001). Figure 1: Percentage of rats showing retention of conditioned avoidance response. Gr II, III, IV, VI Vs Gr I (P<0.001) Lithium-induced head twitches The number of head twitches induced by injecting lithium chloride was counted every 10 min, starting immediately from the time of injection up to a period of 90 min. The results of this study are shown in [Figure 2]. The maximum number of head twitches in different groups was seen between 31 and 40 min. So, head twitches at this interval were compared in different groups. The number of head twitches was 0.67± 0.21 (mean ±S.E.M.) in group I. It increased to 58.33±16.17 in group III, and this increase was statistically significant as compared to group I (P<0.001). In comparison to group III, number of head twitches decreased in groups VII and VIII, and this decrease was statistically significant (P<0.001). Figure 2: Number of lithium-induced head twitches during 31-40 min interval. Gr VII, VIII Vs Gr III (P<0.001) The present study was planned to see if aspirin produced its action by significantly influencing serotonergic systems in the CNS, that might prove to be of importance in treating patients, not only of Alzheimer's disease but of other diseases of CNS also. Recent laboratory findings suggest that aspirin play role in neuroprotection. [11] One case has been reported of a woman whose electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities reversed and whose psychological symptoms regressed after treatment with low doses of aspirin. This is the first description of a disappearance of EEG abnormalities with low doses of aspirin. The neuroprotective effect of aspirin can be of extreme importance in metabolic neuronal dysfunction, where both clinical symptoms and EEG genetic anomalies could be reversed. The neurological dysfunction is probably due to disequilibrium of concentration of the neurotransmitters caused by sub-clinical hypoxic changes in the cortex. [12] Aspirin seems to restore the equilibrium of concentration of the neurotransmitters. Our study shows that administration of single ECS daily for consecutive 8 days results in enhancement of 5-HT-mediated behavior (lithium-induced head twitches) and in disruption of the retention of CAR. Aspirin and ondansetron administration significantly increased the retention of conditioned avoidance response compared to control. Ondansetron and aspirin significantly prevented ECS-induced attenuation of the retention of conditioned avoidance response also. On the other hand, ondansetron and aspirin significantly retarded the ECS-induced enhancement of 5-HT-mediated behavior. Head twitches in rats can be used to study 5 - HT neuronal activity. Several drugs induce these in rats, i.e. 5- hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) by increasing free concentration of 5-HT at its receptor site or 5-methoxytryptamine by directly mimicking endogenous 5-HT at its receptor sites. Head twitches also occur in rats treated with lithium chloride and constitutes an useful animal model for quantifying 5-HT activity in the brain and screening of potential antagonists of 5-HT receptors. [10] Fenfluramine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor and releasing agent, which effectively increases serotonin levels appeared to impair the working memory in human subjects. Evidences suggest that serotonergic transmission inhibits the working memory performances and it is also suggested that blocking serotonergic transmission in brain is a possible mechanism to enhance the working memory performances. [8],[13] The result of lithium-induced head twitches is in agreement with the fact that blocking serotonergic transmission in the brain is a mechanism to enhance the retention of conditioned avoidance response. Thus, the results in the present study suggest the role of serotonergic system in nootropic and neuroprotective effects of low dose aspirin. 1. Anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant drugs. In: Rang HP, Dale MM, Ritter JM, Flower RJ, editors. Rang and Dale's Pharmacology. 6th ed. China: Elsevier; 2007. p. 234-5. 2. 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Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2001;4:299-313. 1 Evaluation of antibacterial, antioxidant and nootropic activities of Tiliacora racemosa Colebr. leaves: In vitro and in vivo approach Vivek Kumar T.,Vishalakshi M.,Gangaraju M.,Parijat Das,Pratiti Roy,Anindita Banerjee,Sayan Dutta Gupta Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2017; 86: 662 2 Aspirin Promotes Oligodendroglial Differentiation Through Inhibition of Wnt Signaling Pathway Nanxin Huang,Dong Chen,Xiyan Wu,Xianjun Chen,Xuesi Zhang,Jianqin Niu,Hai-Ying Shen,Lan Xiao Molecular Neurobiology. 2015; 3 Remembering whatæs new in Alzheimeræs management Gude D J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2011; 2(3): 194-195 4 Effect of memantine on lithium chloride induced head twitches in rats. Singh A, Ghosh A, Dhumal VR, Tilak AV. Indian J Pharmacol. 2011; 43(5): 614-616 Ghosh A Dhumal V R Tilak A V Das N Singh A Bondekar AA serotonergic transmission lithium induced head twitches	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3410
__label__cc	0.648388	0.351612	Ply the waterways at Walt Disney World's Vacation Kingdom The photograph below was originally going to be part of the Gazette's exploration into the construction of the Contemporary Resort Hotel (notice the unfinished building and cranes in the background) a few weeks back. However, at the last minute, I pulled it aside to talk about another, more visible, aspect of the picture. This is an unfinished Southern Seas (also known as Southern Seas I or The Seas), a steamship that moseyed around the Seven Seas Lagoon and Bay Lake during the early years of Walt Disney World along with another ship named Ports O’ Call. The steamship is an Osceola-class ship and was such an integral part of the Vacation Kingdom experience that concept art for the ship could be seen in pre-opening postcards available at the Walt Disney World Preview Center. Twilight tours of the watery worlds of Walt Disney World were offered aboard these side-wheel steamboats, but their main task was to ferry guests to and from the resorts, Magic Kingdom, and the Transportation and Ticket Center until more ships, known to us now as the ferries, could be built. The Southern Seas was assembled at Disney Central Shops and Drydock, with portions of the hull being constructed at Tampa Bay Drydock Company, between 1969 and 1971. The brilliant thing about building these two ships is that they were modeled after ship that would have been built in the latter half of the 1800s, the perfect ships to dock near Main Street U.S.A. Unfortunately, while in drydock in 1975, the ship became half submerged. The ship was badly water damaged and finally dismantled in 1977. Several pieces of the ship would go on to be part of Southern Seas II, which would be retired from regular service after the opening of EPCOT Center and finally from all service in 1996. Other pieces, such as the bell, gauges, and steering wheel, of the original Southern Seas would find a new life at Typhoon Lagoon, the perfect resting place for a wrecked component of Walt Disney World’s history. Posted by Ryan P. Wilson at 6/22/2010 09:00:00 AM Labels: World of Yesterday George Taylor said... I love how there is no ornamentation on the boat, yet. It also looks like they are ferrying around some construction supplies on the front of the boat. Ryan P. Wilson said... Yeah, the lack of ornamentation makes this photograph pretty interesting. It feels to me like they threw a tarp over some lumber/details not yet applied for the ship, but then stuck some people on the boat (notice how some of the people on board have leisure-wear on, not work clothes) so they could snap this publicity photo. We love to hear from our readers! Especially if you've just gotten one little spark of inspiration! Send us your comment, questions, story ideas, and corrections (we aren't perfect after all). We are always ready to hear what you have to say. Drop a line to our editor, Ryan P. Wilson, any time. You can also follow the Main Street Gazette's daily adventures and discussions with: MSG on Facebook Ryan on Facebook Ryan on Instagram Site Designer and Contributor Eric Hoffman Disney This Week Epicurean Displays Gazette Broadcasting Once... Photo Safari The Disney Record World of Yesterday Such seasoned performers Tomorrow's horizons are here, today Swooping, soaring aerial acrobatics Disney This Week - 27 June 2010 American Gothic revisited Lift us high above the deep blue sea Open-air eatery Ply the waterways at Walt Disney World's Vacation ... To discover new frontiers A good looking pan Sack of sugar, pinch of mystery Through the door of an elevator Break the time barrier Picture show Tale of the savanna Step through the portals Take a break from the action Bay Lake’s tropical island paradise Disney This Week - 6 Jun 2010 How to land on all fours A star studded line up With sugar We are doing it	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3418
__label__cc	0.584711	0.415289	Video on the Web: Plug-ins Required Submitted by chadm on Mon, 2007-08-27 13:49. There are many different video formats used by websites these days, and unfortunately, most of them are proprietary. After getting frustratrated by so many commercial sites ignoring Linux, I decided to do my own investigation of some noteworthy content sites to see if they are Linux friendly, can be made to work, or are downright exclusionary. The Formats Flash is quickly becoming the dominate format for multimedia on the web today. It has become so ubiquitous that many sites will not function properly without it. Originally developed by Macromedia, it is now owned by Adobe. Windows Media Windows Media is the bread-and-butter format for Microsoft and is not freely available, although there are plug-ins available for Linux that can play it. RealMedia This is a proprietary format that requires RealPlayer to run. Quicktime is Apple's video format of choice. It is mostly used on the Web for movie trailers. Silverlight is a newcomer to the Internet video scene. It was recently released by Microsoft and will primarily be a competitor to Adobe's Flash technology. An attempt is being made by the Mono project to create a Linux compatible version called Moonlight, but as it is available in neither the Debian nor Kubuntu repositories I did not try it. The Plug-ins Flash is available as a non-free plug-in. New releases are typically made on Windows first, although Adobe has committed to developing a Linux version as well. Version 9 for Linux was released earlier this year. A Free alternative called Gnash is also under development, but it currently only supports version 7 features. VLC is a cross platform media player that provides its own codecs. It is available as both a standalone application and a Mozilla plug-in. It is used for Windows Media and Quicktime formats. MPlayer MPlayer is one of the most widely used media players around. It has even spawned a number of new interfaces that use the base MPlayer program as a backend. It is used for Windows Media and Quicktime formats. I used the mozilla-mplayer and w32codecs packages for this review. Like VLC, RealPlayer is a cross-platform media player. It is available as both a standalone application and a Mozilla plug-in. RealPlayer is also affiliated with a Free Linux program called Helix Player. Website Flash RealPlayer VLC MPlayer Notes ABC No No No Firefox is supported on Windows and Mac's, but video won't play back in Linux. Apple Movie Trailers No Yes Standard and HD content both use Quicktime. VLC could sometimes play the standard content, but crashed with HD. CBS Yes Yes Yes Yes Uses RealPlayer or Windows Media, although Flash is required for the site as well. RealPlayer is not available through Firefox's download method and must be manually installed. Clicking to play a video triggers a pop-up, so if nothing happens you'll need to make sure your blocker didn't squash it. Installing RealPlayer 10 through a deb package also installs the needed plug-in and opens up access to all of CBS's shows. I did have an error message pop up once when I was starting playback, but it didn't seem to affect anything. The Full Screen button didn't do anything when I tried it. CinemaNow No No Requires Windows due to DRM. CNN Yes No No CNN Video uses Flash. The Live Video Beta doesn't play back and no error message is given to indicate the problem. Comedy Central Yes ESPN Yes Fox Yes No Video Central only Uses Flash for the video clip on the homepage. FOX Video Central uses Windows Media. FOX on Demand features full episodes, but is only supported on Windows or Mac OS X and won't play. Gatorzone Yes Yes IMDB Yes Yes Yes Offers streams in Windows Media and RealPlayer format. Joost No No Requires Windows or an Intel-based Mac to install the Joost software. Major League Baseball Yes The frontpage uses Flash. Video clips require a Silverlight plug-in. MovieLink No No Requires Windows due to DRM. NBA Yes Yes Yes Frontpage uses Flash, but videos use Windows Media. NBC Yes No No Online playback uses Flash. It played back as expected, but Toggle Full Screen didn't work. Downloads are restricted to those in the United States running Internet Explorer on Windows. ActiveX is required so browser spoofing won't work. NCAA On Demand Yes NetFlix No No Requires Windows due to DRM. NFL Yes Yahoo! Movies Yes No Yes Standard format videos are Flash. Quicktime 7 is used for HD content. Yahoo! Music Videos Yes YouTube Yes The columns indicate whether the plug-ins played back content successfully. Sites that can be fully played include: Apple Movie Trailers, CBS, Comedy Central, ESPN, Gatorzone, IMDB, NBA, NCAA on Demand, NFL, Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo! Music Videos, and YouTube. Sites that can be partially played include: CNN, Fox, Major League Baseball, and NBC. Sites that could not be played include: ABC, CinemaNow, Joost, MovieLink, and NetFlix. Web sites that unnecessarily restrict the operating system or browser when they serve video are the biggest problem for GNU/Linux users. Fortunately many sites can be made to work, but the focus of content providers on DRM and the lack of recognition of Linux as an alternative operating system is very limiting. The one constant between all sites I tested is that everyone uses a proprietary codec for video distribution. For best compatibility I recommend having Flash, RealPlayer (or Helix Player), and MPlayer installed. If the site isn't specifically tied to Windows then those three will make it work. One site making news in this area is the BBC. Their iPlayer program was announced as Windows only which ignited an uproar among the Linux community and looks to be triggering some changes. Hopefully more sites will get the message that Linux matters/ If you really need access to a website that checks for Windows then a potential option is running Firefox or Internet Explorer using Wine. Doing so is beyond the scope of this investigation so I did not try it, but it should work. » chadm's blog \| login or register to post comments CNN Live Video Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2007-10-19 03:18. The CNN live video can work with mplayerplug-in, But requres a few things. 1. User agent switcher and a mac string. 2. Recompile mplayerplug-in/Source/plugin-setup.cpp file. Add Flip4Mac to the line stating "Windows Media Player plugin" and Change the quicktime line to "QuickTime Plug-in 7.2" 3.To test enable the Mac string and go to cnn live video. » login or register to post comments	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3420
__label__wiki	0.625943	0.625943	New Video: Check Out ADÉ Freestyle Over Jay Z’s “THREAT” On LA Leakers Dana H. April 2, 2019 0 0 DMV talent Adé stopped by the famous LA Leakers to drop an epic freestyle over Jay Z’s “THREAT” track. He recently opted to go by simply Adé, and signed to Epic Records, releasing his first EP of the label, Always Something. Starting in 2013, he dove into honing his craft, writing in the studio with a variety of artists, perfecting his own sound as well as his live performance. During this time, he made extensive contributions as a writer and featured act to Wale’s #1 opus The Album About Nothing [2015] and Shine [2017], in addition to working with Raheem DeVaughn, Anthony Hamilton, Chris Brown, Eric Bellinger, Mýa, Trevor Jackson, Serayah, 9th Wonder and Bink, while gracing the stage on the sold out SHIN3 Tour. In 2017, he shared the solo single “No Fear” [feat. Tate Kobang and Saba Abraha], which soundtracked WWE NXT and clocked half-a-million streams. Upon the latter’s arrival, Billboard described him as “ready to seize his opportunity at rap stardom.” However, he changed everything for 2019. Tags Ade hip hop video Music Video: LA-Based Rapper Kid Buu Releases 'Misery Needs Company' Visual News: Nick Cannon Wants to Help Finish Nipsey Hussle's Dr. Sebi Documentary New Music: Jay Electronica ‘Scratch Love’ New Music: A$AP Ferg ‘Wigs’ Ft. Asian Doll New Music: Future ‘100 Shooters’ ft. Meek Mill & Doe Boy New Video: Jordyn Woods Appears In Gunna’s Latest “Baby Birkin” Visual Dana H. 1 week ago Album Stream: Dreamville – ‘Revenge of the Dreamers III’ Josmary Gonzalez 1 week ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3429
__label__wiki	0.659525	0.659525	New Video: Watch Diplo ft. MØ & GoldLink Perform ‘Get It Right’ On Tonight Show Dana H. February 7, 2018 Fresh off their release of the remix of Diplo and MØ’s hit, Get It Right single featuring GoldLink, the trio come together for a fresh performance of the track on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy… Dana H. February 7, 2018 1 0 Music News:French Fashion & Music Label KITSUNÉ Teams Up With NBA Collection For America 5 Music Compilation & North American Tour French fashion brand and music label KITSUNÉ announced earlier this year that it has teamed up with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to unveil an NBA inspired ready-to-wear capsule collection… New Music: BROODS Debuts ‘Make Me Feel’ Ft. Jarryd James Dana H. January 20, 2018 New Zealand artist/producer Caleb Nott one half of the critically acclaimed duo BROODS, has shared ‘Make Me Feel’ featuring Jarryd James. This feel-good melodic banger will serve as first … Dana H. January 20, 2018 2 0 New Video: Towkio Releases New Single “Symphony” & New Album Release Date Chicago native Towkio returns ready to light up 2018 with a new, banging dance track “Symphony” accompanied by a video featuring Teddy Jackson. The Save Money artist just announced his upc… Music News: Kygo Releases “LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL” Concert Film Dana H. December 12, 2017 Today, Norwegian world-renowned producer, songwriter & DJ Kygo just released a must-see “Live at The Hollywood Bowl” concert film featuring Kygo performing his stunning performance at the revered … Dana H. December 12, 2017 0 0 New Video: Louie Vega – ‘The World Is A Family’ feat. Josh Milan Dana H. December 5, 2017 Back in September, Executive producers Ray Chew and Vivian Scott Chew released a collaborative fan favorite album titled Two Beats, One Soul celebrating The Sounds & Artistry Of Cuba. Today, they … Dana H. December 5, 2017 1 0 New Music: N.E.R.D. – ‘1000’ (Feat. Future) Dana H. November 30, 2017 As N.E.R.D. is gearing up to release their new album No One Really Dies, the group has dropped another banger from the album titled ‘1000’ featuring Future. N.E.R.D. blends a different, dynamic sound … Dana H. November 30, 2017 0 0 New Music: Ishdarr’s New Single “Moon Girl” Off Kitsuné’s ‘Hip-Hop Project ‘Afterwork Vol. 1’ Dana H. November 9, 2017 French fashion/music label KITSUNÉ has announced the release of their newest series of compilations: KITSUNÉ AFTERWORK: VOL. 1 – the brand’s first ever, streaming only, R&B/Soul/Hip-Hop compilatio… Dana H. November 9, 2017 0 0 Music News: Kygo Announces “Kids In Love” Tour Dana H. October 31, 2017 Today Norwegian superproducer Kygo announces the “Kids in Love Tour” with Gryffin, Blackbear, and Seeb.  The highly anticipated tour will kick off on February 5, 2018 in Helsinki in support of his sop… Dana H. October 31, 2017 0 0 New Video: Majid Jordan Releases ‘Body Talk’ Visual Fresh off the Canadian duo Majid Jordan’s new sophomore album titled The Space Between, today, they dropped the visual for their single “Body Talk.” Watch the vivid visual full of bright lights …	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3430
__label__cc	0.585285	0.414715	Subscribe Free!Get the latest edition delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe Stand a chance to win great prizes in each edition! Outdoor / Sport Craft Beer Directory Kromdraai Christmas in July with Emile Minne ‘n Huweliksnaweek met ŉ verskil! Of Brothels Tweets by @LandnSand Become a contributor - find out how Tools \| Land n Sand Submit News / Events Contribute / Write for us Blog \| Interesting Reading and Articles from Land n Sand Not a 10 Favourite Things List about the Western Cape March 18, 2014 By: Cath Coxton It’s difficult not to complete a list like this without it sounding like a tourist brochure. I’m sure everyone will talk about the view of Table Mountain from Sir Lowry’s pass on the N2 highway or the sense of awe you feel when faced with the Cederberg mountainside of psychedelic flowers in the spring. And who could fail to mention the copious opportunities for filling your veins with some of the best wine in the world. There are vineyards in almost everyone’s back yard. It’s also a challenge not to think like a tourist. After all, you instinctively want to focus on the positive and the positive features of a geographical area are usually viewed from a tourist perspective. The Western Cape has more than its fair share of stunning geographical features – enough to fill a month’s worth of tourist days and more. The Qualities of Silence March 15, 2014 By: Tersia Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arab Proverb To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb Silence was never written down. ~Italian Proverb Silence with an exclamation is not good; Richard de Nooy's 10 Favourite Things in & around Cape Town March 15, 2014 By: If you haven't read any of Richard's books yet, do yourself a favour and order them all immediately. You should also follow him on Twitter and Facebook, because he's an author who actually interacts and shares cool stuff - not someone you constantly feel is trying to sell you something. His books have made me laugh, cry and gasp. And his last book cover was designed by Joey HiFi. His mother has been known to dress to match that very same book cover and his wife came up with the acro-word WTFantastic. The man has enough cool points to buy Alaska. Here are his ten favourite corners in and around Cape Town. Words and their magic March 4, 2014 By: Tersia Words have a profound effect on our emotions - it can make us laugh, anger us and it can make us cry. Most of all it reflects our thoughts and creates our reality. It is a very powerful tool in our daily lives. That is why we must become aware of the way we describe our experiences as well as our vocabulary in general. “Gracious words are like honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.” The way we live our lives are born from the words we speak. 10 of the best - Western Cape Style March 4, 2014 By: Briony Chisholm African Image Harry Sitole has great taste. He also has a smile that makes it hard not to grin back. As the owner of African Image (just around the corner from Greenmarket Square on the corner of Church and Burg Streets in central Cape Town), he chooses every delightful piece in the shop himself. African Image is no run-of-the-mill curio shop aiming at sunburnt tourists. It’s a treasure trove of funky new stuff, bright cloths, beautiful old artefacts, and more. From quirky to whimsical to plain-old beautiful, the place is heavenly. If I have to buy a present, be it birthday, wedding, new house or new baby, this is where I go. And I have to admit to never leaving without a little something for me too. 21 Things to do in Knysna February 28, 2014 By: There's no shortage of things to do, see and experience in and around Knysna. The World's Strictest Parents - Western Cape February 27, 2014 By: LandnSand Rover In case you haven't seen it, here's the episode of British series The World's Strictest Parents where the team of Brit brats visited South Africa's very own Western Cape. Out of control teens get a look at some old school parenting, courtesy of a lesbian couple on a farm in Plettenberg Bay. The kids (including Hamzah, from a very traditional Muslim family) have no idea. Wildlife of the Western Cape If you have 47 minutes to spare, here's a (German made, but English narrated) documentary for you. The Controversial Soybean February 27, 2014 By: Sherry Dart Yep... The boring soya bean is controversial! It's been a topic of much debate from all angles for a few years now. At first touted as the ultimate protein source offering a nutritional protein yield twice that of animal derivatives, low in saturated animal fat, no cholesterol. A dream come true for health nuts and vegans/vegetarians alike. Call to Participate: The Face of Addiction/Mental Illness #AgainstStigma February 25, 2014 By: Germaine de Larch I’ve begun a new photographic project inspired by the reaction to Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death. In my piece about Hoffman’s death, I react to society’s hypocrisy surrounding addiction, mental illness* and vulnerability of any sort. In Recovery: The Face of Addiction/Mental Illness #AgainstStigma is a call to take the anonymous out of addiction and mental illness. I’d like to begin a movement, centring around a photographic project, where we ‘come out’ as addicts and those living with mental illness. Why? Because those in active addiction and active mental illness need to have a blueprint of what it looks like to be ‘allowed’ back into society, of what it looks like to live day by day with these diseases. Because being in recovery is one of the bravest things anyone can ever do, and this needs to be celebrated rather than stigmatised. And perhaps this will prevent the completely unnecessary deaths of those whom we know and love who feel that they are alone in their addiction and depression. 10 Favourite Things about the Western Cape – From the Volunteer Wildfire Services perspective 7 Things to Do in Robertson & Route 62 in March 2014 5 Ways to Switch from WhatsApp and 5 Alternatives 15 Things To Do In Napier Zebra crossings done right 13 Signs You're in Love 21 House Rules for Geeky Parents 15 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe Online Top 10 Aphrodisiacs 11 South African Nobel Prizewinners 5 Fresh Looks at Western Cape Destinations 11 Extreme Western Cape Mountain Passes © 2013 Land n Sand.co.za - Online Magazine \| All images and articles property of their respective owners	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3433
__label__wiki	0.822873	0.822873	Apple set for “strongest iPhone launch ever” with iPhone 4S HOME > Apple set for “strongest iP... +Lewis Curdie Oct. 13, 2011 at 14:00 More articles by Lewis Curdie We’re still a bit perplexed by iPhone 4S fever. What the hell does Joe Average care about a dual-core processor or silly voice recognition abilities? But hey, it’s a NEW iPHONE, woohoo! Anyways, regardless of how you feel about the iPhone 4S, it’s on course to explode all former iPhone launch records. Logic? What logic? Various analysts are throwing their two cents into the hat of speculation, and the figures are really quite astounding. With 1 million preorders in the first 24 hours, Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets reckons Apple could punt as many as 3 million units in the first weekend, almost double the number of iPhone 4s sold in June 2010. Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster suggests Apple could sell up to 25 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, making it the “strongest iPhone launch ever”. JP Morgan & Chase analyst Mark Moskowitz adds: “The early momentum of the iPhone 4S reaffirms Apple’s leadership in smartphones.” There are three iPhone 4S options, namely the 16GB at £499, 32GB at £599 and 64GB at £699. Ka-Ching! via: Bloomberg Read more about: Apple iPhone 4S, iOS JanSt / MOD Oct. 13, 2011 at 14:05 "Ever"...in its 4 year "history" LOL I love marketing speak. "Ever"...in its 4 year "history" LOL I love marketing speak. Stelph Oct. 13, 2011 at 22:50 well to be fair the siri function is pretty cool on the iPhone 4s (definatly better and has been more hyped than the equivalent android version), its just a shame that the one function is something THAT WORKS ON ALL IPHONES so its a concious effort by apple to have it as a feature just for the 4s. Gits. Going so far as to kill the previous free siri app as well just smacks of being a bit pety (like the whole litigation thing wioth samsung) Agree. Though, Samsung's decision to alter the Galaxies for a launch in Netherland could be seen as an admission of guilt. Also, the move to only run Siri on the iPhone 4S with its faster processor can be interpreted as "perfectionism" rather than pettiness. Still, as long as the iPhones don't get mass storage mode, I don't care. Not buying. Agree. Though, Samsung's decision to alter the Galaxies for a launch in Netherland could be seen as an admission of guilt. Also, the move to only run Siri on the iPhone 4S with its faster processor can be interpreted as "perfectionism" rather than pettiness. Still, as long as the iPhones don't get mass storage mode, I don't care. Not buying. @JanSt - True you could say that its perfectionism, however before apple bought Siri the company had a free iPhone app that would work on all iPhones and the reports were that it worked just fine even on the 3G, because all of the heavy lifting was being done at the server side. Apple even went so far as to cut the support and withdraw the free siri app which will be happening tomorrow http://www.macworld.com/article/162836/2011/10/dropped_from_app_store_siri_assistant_to_stop_working_oct_15.html @JanSt - True you could say that its perfectionism, however before apple bought Siri the company had a free iPhone app that would work on all iPhones and the reports were that it worked just fine even on the 3G, because all of the heavy lifting was being done at the server side. Apple even went so far as to cut the support and withdraw the free siri app which will be happening tomorrow [url=http://www.macworld.com/article/162836/2011/10/dropped_from_app_store_siri_assistant_to_stop_working_oct_15.html]http://www.macworld.com/article/162836/2011/10/dropped_from_app_store_siri_assistant_to_stop_working_oct_15.html[/url] edit: double-post (Mod:so, it happens to others, too) edit: double-post (Mod:so, it happens to others, too) Last edited by JanSt, Oct. 14, 2011 at 14:24 stelph, yeah, I have to agree, that does sound stupid. Designed to give the iPhone 4S and edge? And just like that, the jailbreakers put egg on apples face by proving that the iPhone 4 is perfectly capable of running siri.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OnZCywaII&feature=player_embedded Apple should be ashamed And just like that, the jailbreakers put egg on apples face by proving that the iPhone 4 is perfectly capable of running siri.... [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OnZCywaII&feature=player_embedded]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-OnZCywaII&feature=player_embedded[/url] Apple should be ashamed You don't need an account to comment. Just enter your email address. We'll keep it private. Leave a comment and click submit. You can change your username if you like. Please choose a username, then leave your comment and click submit. Looks like you're already a member! Please enter your password. If you have forgotten your password, click here. That username is invalid or already in use. Please try another username. Email me when there's a new answer HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600 set for June 19 launch (3 comments) Apple charging for WatchOS rollbacks as issues with latest update continue Samsung to Apple: give us the iPhone 4S source code Apple just had the best quarter ever. Of anyone. EVER (5 comments) The ugliest iPhone case ever? (10 comments)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3439
__label__wiki	0.800875	0.800875	IFA 2014: Microsoft unleashes Nokia Lumia 730 'Selfie Phone' - Martin James Sep. 4, 2014 at 10:32 Microsoft has unveiled the Nokia Lumia 730, or the Selfie Phone as we've grudgingly accepted calling it. That's a reference to the Lumia 730's wide-angle 5MP front-facing camera, the highest-resolution selfie camera seen to date on a Windows Phone. IFA 2014: Is Sony's Xperia Z3 Compact the real star of the show? The Sony Xperia Z3 was always going to hog the limelight, but the real star of Sony's pre-IFA 2014 launch bonanza could actually be its little brother, the Xperia Z3 Compact. As with its Z1-based predecessor, the Z3 Compact is everything we think a “mini” variant should be: a smaller version of the full-size device it's based on, with all the leading features intact. IFA 2014: Sony's impressive new Xperia Z3 is officially here So the Sony Xperia Z3 is finally here, and we're struggling to get too excited about it to be honest – it's been leaked to death, after all, and is only a modest step up from the current Xperia Z2. But maybe that's not being entirely fair, as the Z2 is pretty good in its own right, and it's being replaced just six months after launching by a handset that's smaller, lighter, faster and better equipped. And that's just the start. Microsoft's Lumia 730 press invite is a selfie, obviously We're still enjoying the (relative) calm before the IFA 2014 storm kicks into high gear tomorrow, which means one last round of leaks, rumours, invitations and the like. Microsoft will be announcing the Lumia 730/735 and 830 on Thursday, and its event invitation centres around the hero feature of the Lumia 730 – the Selfie Phone. Sony's Xperia Z3 trio to come with 2m water-resistance? Quite a few phones offer water-resistance these days, but typically it only covers you down to a metre under the surface. No wonder, then, that Sony's making a big deal of the gear it'll showing off in its IFA 2014 event tomorrow, teasing that it'll happily take the plunge as deep as 2m under the surface. Apple announces 9 September event: iPhone 6 definite, iWatch likely - Martin James Aug. 29, 2014 at 11:00 Well, it's official. Apple has sent out invites to an event in Cupertino on 9 September, where it will finally put an end to the speculation and unveil the iPhone 6. For the first time Apple's iconic smartphone will come in two sizes – 4.7in and 5.5in – while it's looking increasingly certain Apple will also use the event to launch its iWatch wearable. Sony teases Xperia Z3 trio ahead of pre-IFA unveiling Sony has a trio of new mobile devices lined up to debut at its pre-IFA 2014 launch event on 3 September: a pair of smartphones and a tablet. And it's just put out a minute-long teaser video giving us a glimpse of all three of its incoming stars in one shot – literally. Amazon Fire Phone sales embarrassment: no more than 35,000 sold so far When Amazon launched its debut smartphone, the Fire Phone, in July, it put to an end to more than two years of rumours following the launch of the Kindle Fire tablet back in 2011. But while the Kindle Fire was a sales hit from the start, early data suggests the Fire Phone has barely flickered at all. Archos teases 40 Cesium debut Windows Phone among IFA arrivals It's the week before a major technology show which means it's time for Archos to preview a gaggle of new mobile devices you've probably never heard of and almost certainly won't buy. Well, that's how recent history has turned out anyway. Question is – can the French firm's pre-IFA 2014 vintage change that tune and make a lasting impact? HTC Desire 510: cut-price 4G thrills landing in September HTC is lining up the world's first 64-bit Android smartphone to launch at its pre-IFA 2014 press event next week, but in the meantime it has lifted the lid off another new arrival, the HTC Desire 510. And while it's no high-roller its £149 SIM-free price tag earns it the title of HTC's cheapest ever LTE-capable smartphone. Samsung Galaxy Note 4 gets selfie-tastic camera upgrade With so many bits of new mobile kit coming in the next month, it's taking more than your usual spec rumour or insider leak to get our attention right now. Enter SamMobile and a massive splurge of detail on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which in case you'd forgotten is set to be unveiled at the Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event in Berlin on 3 September. Production headaches with 'key component' raise fresh iPhone 6 delay fears It happens every time. We're talking about reported component shortages giving Apple headaches ahead of an iPhone launch and potentially putting launch day stocks at risk. This time we're told only that it's a “key component” of the iPhone 6 that's putting things at risk, but Reuters claims it comes on the back of a separate issue with the display that saw Apple having to stop production for weeks to make a last-minute revision. Motorola Moto X+1 fully revealed in one last @evleaks leak Serial Twitter leakster @evleaks announced he was hanging up his hashtag a fortnight ago, but he's decided to push out one last leak for old times' sake: some press renders of the Motorola Moto X+1. The quartet of images give us a clear look at the Moto X+1's front and rear, including the quintessential wooden back introduced by the first-gen Moto X last year. Sharp's Aquos Crystal strips down and goes bezel-free Smartphones supposedly offering edge-to-edge displays are nothing new, but in Sharp's eye-catching new Aquos Crystal we finally have a handset that does the concept justice. Offering a 5in display size in a surprisingly compact body, the Aquos Crystal's 720p screen reaches almost all the way to the edge of the device on three sides – and doesn't have room for much more than the Aquos branding on the fourth. Microsoft Lumia 530 hitting the UK on 4 September for just £60 The Nokia Lumia 520/525 has been the best-selling Windows Phone so far, but the new Lumia 530 could well eclipse that after Microsoft announced today it will sell for just £60 locally. That's an impressively cheap entry point for Windows Phone 8.1 and Cortana, Microsoft's answer to Siri and Google Now, and may tempt smartphone bargain-hunters away from rival Android handsets like the Motorola Moto E. LG G Pad 8.0 bringing 4G LTE tablet goodness to the UK this week You may recall LG outing a trio of new Android tablets back in May. Wondering what happened to them? Well, here's part of the answer at least: the LG G Pad 8.0 will be arriving this very week in the UK and on the Continent, complete with 4G LTE connectivity. Samsung Galaxy Note 4 details leak: here's hoping... We still know relatively little about the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 considering it's just three weeks away from launch, but if an early retail listing is to be believed, it's gonna be one serious piece of kit. Indonesian site Eraphone tells us the Galaxy Note 4 will come with a 5.7in Quad HD screen, a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 805 processor and a whopping 4GB of RAM. Excited? You should be. Sony's 6.1in D2203 phablet promises to be big, but definitely not clever There is surely little so uninspiring in the world of smartphones than an entry-level phablet. I mean, let's face it, who's going to respond “big, cheap and slow” when asked to describe their perfect phone? Yet still they exist, and it appears their ranks will soon be swelled by the 6.1in Sony D2203, one of the biggest and slowest examples of the breed we've seen so far. Motorola Moto G2 coming soon, but expect a price bump There's been a fair bit of chatter recently about the Motorola Moto G2, the expected follow up to last year's hugely successful entry-level Android warrior the Moto G. And if the latest rumour is to be believed, there's a very good reason why: the Moto G2 will be available to buy as soon as next month. YouTube goes 1440p for LG G3 users The problem with being an early adopter in the screen resolution game has always been the same: finding full-resolution content to play on your pixel-packing display. Good news for LG G3 owners, though, YouTube now allows you to play clips at the G3's full Quad HD native resolution of 2560 x 1440. Looking for an old post? 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__label__wiki	0.638711	0.638711	The Cable Industry’s Fight to Define What the Video Revolution Is Really About January 31, 2016 by Morgan Wick An important step in the dissolution of the distinction between linear television and online video content was taken (or at least started) this week when FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler called for the introduction of a new standard to make cable TV content available to devices other than the cable company-provided boxes most people pay handsome monthly rental fees for, allowing people to watch both pay TV content and streaming video on a single box. Immediately, the cable industry tore into Wheeler’s proposal, forming something called the Future of TV Coalition to be the public front to its opposition. Most of the critiques I’ve seen of their criticisms don’t seem to go much further than just dismissing it as whining about potentially losing their lucrative set-top-box rental fees, but that may be because it comes off as completely unhinged, seemingly attacking a completely different plan than what consumer groups and Wheeler are advocating and making points the proposal has already addressed or that make no sense, a strawman bearing no resemblance to what’s actually on the table. They claim the proposal would allow tech companies to cut up and resell pay TV content as their own, but it makes no sense and there’s no reason to believe that people wouldn’t still pay their cable company to deliver content, only having a choice in what device would deliver that content. They claim the proposal would allow tech companies to muck with channel ordering and numbering in violation of contractural agreements, when it would be trivial to require any interface to leave the channel lineup alone (or at best to leave any reordering to the consumer). They claim the proposal would mandate the installation of an additional box when the proposal specifically advocates a software-based solution, the whole idea of which is to allow the provision of pay-TV content on boxes that already exist (including cable companies’ own boxes) or on no box at all. They claim the proposal would strip out security and privacy protections when the whole point of it is to arrive at some sort of solution to deliver those protections and credentials to independent boxes for them to process just as today’s cable boxes do. Though the cable industry has publicly supported past and present efforts to open up the set-top box market, and claims to be all for opening up access to a wide variety of devices, they spend a lot more time bashing the FCC’s proposal than suggesting their own alternative, despite claiming not to know exactly what the FCC’s proposal is. Instead, the closest they come to suggesting an alternative is to repeat the word “apps” over and over. The commission’s proposal, they claim, is unnecessary because Tim Cook says “the future of TV is apps” reflecting the “apps revolution” of consumers, programmers, and cable companies embracing the “apps-based model” making “apps” available to millions of devices and apps apps apps apps apps. If it seems odd that consumer groups, tech companies, and the FCC would be against television delivered through apps, given the entire backdrop under which this whole thing is taking place, that’s because they aren’t; indeed, the proposal specifically names “app developers” as being among those that would have access to the necessary data to effectively and securely deliver pay-TV content. So it’s not clear what the cable industry means by the “app-based approach” that wouldn’t include the very concept they’re contrasting it to. What they seem to be trying to say is that the FCC doesn’t need to do anything at all, because the existing apps available already deliver pay-TV content to the sorts of devices that would benefit under the proposal (not that that would keep them from pushing expensive cable box rentals on people) – though it’s not clear what kind of apps they mean, because they alternately cite both TV Everywhere apps provided by programmers as well as cable companies’ own apps, all in order to support letting the market do its work rather than an actual, concrete proposal. Certainly what they say sounds reasonable enough at first glance, but what sort of “apps-based approach” do they actually advocate, and what exactly is the problem consumer groups and the FCC have with it? Well, according to the report released by the FCC’s Downloadable Security Committee, cable companies’ proposal would involve delivering content to devices using an app and user interface provided by the cable company, leaving consumer groups concerned about precluding other entities from innovating with their own user interfaces. Of course, forcing people to use a single app to access all linear cable TV content is precisely the opposite of what the “apps revolution” is actually about: decentralizing access to content and allowing content providers to offer their wares to consumers directly, with an experience they can control themselves. The cable industry seems to believe, or wants the FCC or public to believe, that cable companies’ services themselves are the product, rather than the content offered through those services, even though that content is mostly the same from one cable company to another. This belief is betrayed in their listing of the top “video subscription services”, which lists the streaming services Netflix and Hulu alongside the top cable operators and satellite providers, as though Netflix and Hulu’s primary competition were cable companies themselves, not, as Netflix itself has identified, content providers like HBO. Perhaps cable companies’ greatest fear isn’t losing the billions of dollars in set-top box rental fees, but that in divorcing them of that the FCC might recognize that the real “future of TV” is one dominated and identified by content providers, with cable companies merely providing the backbone through which that content is delivered, and that they might accelerate that future by providing the tools for their wares to be offered through an experience completely divorced from the cable companies’ control. To be sure, content providers might feed this misconception; the contractural concerns such as channel placement cable companies worry about the FCC’s proposal undermining are rooted in a notion of a single lineup of numerical channels defined by the cable company, and perhaps a proposal that makes it irrelevant is one that should be considered and adopted. Content providers would no longer be able to get cable companies to try to force-feed their content by placing it near content that’s actually popular, but even their own TV Everywhere apps (which would seem to have little reason to exist on smart TVs and devices like Roku as it stands) would stand to benefit by being able to access the cable company’s linear feeds directly, strengthening their own brand by making it easier for those apps to become the primary gateway to their content. The cable industry is right that the “apps revolution” is changing the way we watch TV. The reason they’re opposing the FCC’s proposal so strenuously is that they know it holds the potential to make it all the more successful at it. Categories Internet adventures, TV Business Post navigation Towards a New Broadcast Television Compact Cable Television Regulation for the Twenty-First Century 2 thoughts on “The Cable Industry’s Fight to Define What the Video Revolution Is Really About” Pingback: Cable Television Regulation for the Twenty-First Century – MorganWick.com Pingback: Two Types of Station Owners: How Broadcasters’ Inability to Navigate OTT Services Could Be Their Undoing – And Broadcasting’s Salvation – MorganWick.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3443
__label__wiki	0.94522	0.94522	PSP terrorists attack on workers and MQM office HYDERABAD, 14-05-2016: The member of Coordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement Muhammad Hussain said that a group of terrorists from newly-designed political party by some corrupt elements of power corridors attacked on MQM Hyderabad Zonal office and injured the workers, MPA Rashid Khilji and others. Addressing to a press conference at Zonal office, MQM Leader said that state-backed PSP terrorists attacked workers and vandalized office but yet the FIR was not launched. He said that the authorities seemed to send the messages to Muhajirs that Pakistan had nothing but lawlessness all over the country. He said that the pressure was continued on the people to leave MQM and its Chief Mr. Altaf Hussain through illegal and unconstitutional activism of the governmental and nongovernmental elements. He said MQM is a liberal and democratic political party and continuously showing its strength in urban Sindh for the last three decades but some shortsighted elements seemed not to admit its mandate. He said that since the inception MQM and its Chief had been facing various conspiracies and propagandas but the people of urban Sindh always endorsed their trust on MQM. He said that once again the conscious-ridden PSP elements were being imposed on the people through managed propaganda but the Muhajirs were intelligent enough to judge them. Muhammad Hussain said that after being shamefully rejected by the people, the PSP leadership executed their sleazy tactics to torture opponents and to vandalize their properties. He said the state involvement was evident that a case was registered against MQM’s two workers, who lately were arrested over raising slogans in favor of MQM and Altaf Hussain at Siddique Plaza. He said MQM’s democratic approaches and peaceful policy should not be treated as weaknesses and the conspirators should clear their minds that Altaf Hussain is the only leader of Muhajirs. He demanded Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah to take notice against the PSP terrorist and should immediately be arrested and brought to the justice.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3444
__label__wiki	0.618937	0.618937	Home › Latest News › World News › FACEBOOK SCANDAL IS GROWING FACEBOOK SCANDAL IS GROWING Latest News Persecution Report Politics Turkey Videos World World News Posted on 1 Jahr ago —by Merih 237 There are debates about Facebook’s misuse of personal data. DW Türkçe analysed the scandal of 50 million Facebook users’ personal data being misused by a political consultancy firm. Cambridge Analytica (CA), hired by the Trump campaign in the 2016 US election, has been accused of taking the personal data unknown to users. Former Cambridge Analytica worker Christopher Wylie posted on his Facebook account about how Facebook breached the conditions of data protection. 28-year-old Wylie’s Facebook account has been suspended because of sharing secret information. The words of the chairman of the analyst firm Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly misused the personal data of 50 million Facebook users, confessed that the data was used in favour of Donald Trump during secret filming. While the British government announced its concerns about the incident, two US senators have called on Mr Zuckerberg to testify before Congress about how Facebook will protect users. The European Commission requested Facebook to clarify data protection of its European users. Facebook stocks drop after the scandal. Moreover, Britain’s House of Commons and European Parliament invited Mark Zuckerberg to the parliament to clarify that personal data of 500 million Europeans are not being used to manipulate democracy in front of their representatives. DENİZ BAYKAL RETURNED TO TURKEY 24,545 TURKISH NATIONALS RENOUNCED THEIR CITIZENSHIP IN 2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3454
__label__wiki	0.614044	0.614044	by admin \| posted in: World Buddhist News \| 0 Battambang – Cambodia – Most Venerable Master Bhikkhuni Shih Sheng Hua – Chief Abbes of Pu Tuo Shan Temple in Taiwan and Cambodia, President of China International Pu Tuo Shan and Putuoshan Temple in Shulin District of New Taipei City, Taiwan / Putuoshan Monastery in Tongluo, Taiwan / Putuoshan International Association / Putuoshan Monastery in Cambodia / Putuoshan Minghua Care Center in Cambodia offered to distribution of over 300 dry-ration packs including rice, water bottles, fish sauce water bottles among needy people of Cambodia on April 25, 2019 held at Putuoshan Temple premises in Battambang Province, Cambodia. Cambodian politicians and more than 300 people also participated as the guests and devotees of this meaningful merit event. In Buddhism, giving of alms is the beginning of one’s journey to Nirvana. In practice, one can give anything with or without thought for Nibbana. This would lead to faith one key power that one should generate within oneself for the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. The motives behind giving play an important role in developing spiritual qualities. The suttas record various motives for exercising generosity. Bhikkhuni Sheng Hua was born in Changhua, Taiwan in 1955 and was given the name Zhuang Liangshu. When she was young, her family was extremely poor. Her father was a miner, and her family lived in a dilapidated house made of earthen bricks. A suitcase they found served as the family’s closet. At age 5 or 6 she scavenged for pieces of coal or scraps. She only wanted to earn money to help her family, even though children of the same age played freely. Her family was so poor that they did not have money to buy food. She couldn’t go to school, so she hid outside the classroom door to listen to the teachers teach their classes. The children at the school were very kind to her and often brought bread and milk for her to take home. None of this stopped her from building three monasteries and two educational charities: Putuoshan Temple in Shulin District of New Taipei City, Taiwan / Putuoshan Monastery in Tongluo, Taiwan / Putuoshan International Association / Putuoshan Monastery in Cambodia / Putuoshan Minghua Care Center in Cambodia. In fact, her deep understanding of her childhood coupled with life benefactors, positive people who arose in her life, allowed her to enter into a spacious domain of trust and make the journey from survival, to thriving, to flourishing and led many disciples on the transformative journey as well. In her youth, Mr. Jiang Shixi, a teacher at the school befriended her, and helped her to receive an elementary school diploma. The old monk, Master Shang Wu Xia Ming of Haiming Temple received flowers that she picked while climbing the mountain to pay homage to Kuan Yin Bodhisattva. He encouraged her and offered her fruit from the Buddha offering table to take back to her family. He led her to become a Buddhist. Mr. Chen Yixing, the son of the landowner who accepted her humble down payment of NT $400 to purchase the land to build a house for Kuan Yin Bodhisattva, while others buyers present had cash and checkbooks. The landowner’s son also helped her build Putuoshan Monastery. Her many disciples were her life benefactors assisting in building and coming to hear her Dharma talks. And, her ordaining Master who tonsured her and the Chuang Tai Chan Monastery who fully-ordained her. Her loving students followed her lead and collectively made offerings to Cambodia, which reminded Bhikkhuni Sheng Hua of her challenging youth. So, in the footsteps of a Bodhisattva, she purchased land in Battambang Province, Cambodia and built Putuoshan Monastery Cambodia and Putuoshan Minghua Care Center in Cambodia. In addition, in 2005, she established Shi Fang Yuan Inc. which sells healthy food products to earn revenues for her charitable works. Buddhika Sanjeewa Official Photographs by Ena Ah Vy – Cambodia	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3456
__label__wiki	0.568991	0.568991	Post Tagged with: "irwin book" The Art of Selling Chocolate: Remarks on Copyright’s Domain IP Osgoode posts on University of Toronto law professor Abraham Drassinower’s contribution to From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda his article The Art of Selling Chocolate: Remarks on Copyright’s Domain. The article features an exhaustive analysis of Justice Michel Bastrache’s opinion in the Euro-Excellence […] October 27, 2010 — Comments are Disabled — Must Reads Wire Report on Radical Extremism to Balanced Copyright Book The Wire Report features a story, including a question and answer transcript of an interview with me, on From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda. Enabling Access to Public Sector Information Last week’s focus on open access, including the Liberal commitment to open government, brings to mind key issues involving access to public sector information. My colleague Elizabeth Judge tackles the issue in her chapter in From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda. Judge provides a […] October 26, 2010 — 6 comments — News Copyright the Canadian Way This week’s Hill Times features an op-ed by Sara Bannerman that explores the Canadian history of fighting for independent copyright policies. Bannerman notes that Bill C-32 “is more like a Canadian version of the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act than a made-in-Canada solution to copyright in the digital age.” Bannerman’s piece is adapted from her chapter in From “Radical Extremism” to “Balanced Copyright”: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda and is one of several pieces that provide much-needed historical context to the current round of reforms. Bannerman’s article notes that virtually from the moment of confederation, Canada has grappled with contentious copyright reform issues. Reform efforts have invariably come as a response to international pressures, with the United Kingdom exerting significant influence over the early attempts to craft a genuine made-in-Canada copyright law. Bannerman also places the spotlight on the challenges Canada has faced with international copyright treaties, with attitudes that have ranged from outright rejection to strong support. Locking Out Lawful Users Osgoode Hall Law School professor Carys Craig has a great post at the IP Osgoode site on her article in From â€œRadical Extremismâ€ to â€œBalanced Copyrightâ€: Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda, the copyright book from Irwin Law that officially launches tomorrow. Craig’s article focuses on two key aspects of Bill C-32: the fair dealing reforms and the impact of the digital lock provisions. On fair dealing, Craig brings much-needed perspective to the fair dealing reform, which has been the target of an ongoing fear mongering campaign that implausibly and inaccurately claims that it will erode Canadian culture. Rather, Craig notes: Educational, parodic and other transformative uses have long been recognized as potential fair uses in the United States. Indeed, the need to expressly include these specific exceptions in Canada speaks more to the shortcomings of the Canadian approach to fair dealing (in contrast to US fair use) than it does to the pursuit of a genuine balance between owners and users in the copyright reform process. Craig reserves her harshest criticism for C-32’s digital lock provisions, which she describes as “unduly expansive,” concluding: October 13, 2010 — 31 comments — News	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3460
__label__wiki	0.857882	0.857882	Moti case thrown out as judge slams AFP over witness payments Michael McKenna & Sarah Elks; 16/12/09 The pursuit of former Solomon Islands attorney-general Julian Moti on child sex charges, which soured diplomatic relations between Canberra and the Pacific, has ended with a court slamming the Australian Federal Police’s handling of the controversial case as an “affront to the public conscience”. The Fijian-born Australian citizen, whose escape on bail in 2006 from Port Moresby to the Solomons fractured diplomacy in the region for more than a year, won his legal battle yesterday to dismiss multiple charges that he raped a teenage girl in Vanuatu and New Caledonia in 1997.Queensland Supreme Court judge Debra Mullins ruled against Mr Moti’s claims that the investigation and prosecution, under the Child Sex Tourism Act, was politically motivated by the then-Howard government’s fears of the lawyer’s growing backroom influence in the region. See; http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/moti-case-thrown-out-as-judge-slams-afp-over-witness-payments/story-e6frg6n6-1225810753975; Knox Grammar School apologises to sex abuse students; 16/12/09; http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/knox-grammar-school-apologises-to-sex-abuse-students/story-e6frg6nf-1225810653392; Third Knox teacher admits abuse of students; http://www.smh.com.au/national/third-knox-teacher-admits-abuse-of-students-20091215-kunz.html; Pedophile priest can return to theological library job after prison; Anthony Klan; http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/pedophile-priest-can-return-to-theological-library-job-after-prison/story-e6frg6nf-1225810744932; Church vows to upgrade protection protocols; Michael McKenna; http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/church-vows-to-upgrade-protection-protocols/story-e6frg6z6-1225810365298 Australia, Christianity, Fiji, Pedophilia, PNG	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3464
__label__cc	0.670974	0.329026	Top Heritage Sites, Tours & Attractions You Must See in Moscow - Russia Moscow is a lively city, full of things to see and places to visit, from the Kremlin to lots of spots for shopping and sightseeing. I listed below the major attractions I visited once in Moscow. Tip: We bought Moscow City Pass online and presented the receipt at GUM mall to receive the card and a book guide. With the Moscow city pass card, you can get access to the main and different attractions in Moscow. All the attractions that will be listed now are included in the Moscow city pass (except for the Armory Chamber). The Moscow Kremlin A majestic enormous citadel located on the Moscow river bank. During different epochs, it was the residence of grand Russian Tsars and Emperors; nowadays the Moscow Kremlins is the official residence of the President of the Russian federation. Once there, we entered from the red tower to get amazed by this enormous place that blew our eyes and mind. People come from all over the world to discover the beauty of Kremlin. Address: Kremlin, Moscow Subway: Biblioteka Imeni Lenina - Arbatskaya - Aleksandrovsky Sad - Borovitskaya Site: www.kreml.ru 1- The Trinity Tower or Troitskaya Tower: It’s known for the main visitors' entrance into the Kremlin and it overlooks the beautiful Alexander garden. It measures 80 meters, making it the tallest of the Kremlin towers. The reason why it’s referred to the trinity tower is because it is standing next to the trinity monastery. 2- The Armory Chamber: A treasure house is a part of the Grand Kremlin Palace's complex. It is situated in the building constructed in 1851 by the famous architect Konstantin Ton. The museum collections were based on the precious items that had been preserved for centuries in the tsars' treasury and the Patriarch’s vestry. Some of the exhibits were made in the Kremlin's workshops; others were accepted as ambassadorial gifts. The Armory Chamber preserves ancient State regalia, ceremonial tsar's vestments and coronation dresses, vestments of the Russian Orthodox Church Hierarchs, the largest collection of gold and silverware made by Russian craftsmen, West European artistic silver, ceremonial arms and armors, carriages and horse ceremonial harness. 3- Tsar Cannon This unique artillery piece was cast at the Moscow Cannon Founder in 1586. This gigantic weapon weighs more than 39 tons. Since 1960 it has stood on a gun-carriage in Ivanovskaya Square surrounded by vast cast-iron cannon balls, each of which weighs about a thousand kilos. The gun's barrel is decorated with figurative reliefs and a portrait of Tsar Fedor Ioanovich on horseback. 4- Tsar Bell This is the largest bell in the world, weighing almost 202 tons. Visitors to the Kremlin can admire the rich relief work on the bell's exterior, depicting Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, John the Baptist, Russian rulers and their patron saints. 5- Dormition Cathedral – Also known as Assumption Cathedral: A Russian Orthodox Church, erected in 1475-1479. It was the major church of the state in which all Russian Tsars were crowned. 6- The Annunciation Cathedral: It was the home church of Moscow Great Princes and later Russian Tsars. Built in 1484-1489 by Pskov craftsmen. 7- The Archangel’s Cathedral: It was used as a burial vault for Moscow Great Princes, Appanage Princesses and Russian Tsars. Constructed in 1505-1508 The Patriarch’s palace and the twelve apostles’ church: At present, the ground floor of the single-column chamber houses an exhibition hall of the museum. Built in 1653-1655 for patriarch Nikon. 8- The Ivan the Great Bell – Tower Ensemble: Had been taking shape during the 16-17 centuries. Nowadays, the ground floor of the assumption Belfry houses an exhibition hall of the museum. Red Square is the largest and most famous square in Russia. It has a magnetic pull for all visitors to Moscow. Standing in Red Square, you can see the most significant buildings in the capital: the Kremlin, GUM department store, the State History Museum, Lenin's Mausoleum and of course, St Basil’s Cathedral. All the major streets of Moscow radiate from here. Red Square is the central square of Moscow and the symbolic center of all Russia. Address: 1, Red Square, Moscow Subway: Okhotny Riad Teatralnaya Ploschad Revolyutsii Phone: 74956924019Site: www.shm.ru 1- State Historical Museum The largest Russian museum was established by the emperor Alexander II of Russia in 1872. The collection of the museum completely reflects Russian centuries-old history and culture from ancient times to the present day. 2- St. Basil’s Cathedral Pokrovsky Cathedral (St. Basil’s Cathedral) on the Red Square is a great creation of Russian architects. It was founded in the middle of the 16th century to commemorate the accession of Khanate of Kazan to the Moscow Kingdom and is considered unequalled. The gorgeous temple is a gem of world architecture, a symbol of Moscow and Russia. Today Pokrovsky Cathedral is both museum and temple. 3- Museum of the Patriotic War Visitors will be impressed with the priceless relics of 1812 war period as well as the great multimedia narration about all the important events of that heroic age. Must see: Personal belongings of Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov, the saber and the awards of Napoleon. There is also a camp-bed of Napoleon Bonaparte — emperor of the French. You can get an idea of how tall he was. 4- Gum Mall Directly opposite the Mausoleum, on the eastern side of the square, lies the building which houses Russia's most famous shopping mall - the State Department Store, GUM. I used to come every day to this mall to have lunch in one of its restaurants, take a quick come of coffee in the afternoon or even have a dessert. This place feels like magic! The resurrected Cathedral of Christ the Savior has had a short but turbulent history. The cathedral was barbarously destroyed on December 5 1931, and the project was abandoned. The site turned over to become an open-air swimming pool, the largest in the world, which was kept at a temperature of 27°C all year round. The result was a thick covering of fog that shrouded a number of gruesome deaths (and murders) among the swimmers. The cathedral has been rebuilt in 1994-2000. Address : 15, Volhonka Ul Phone: (495) 637-12-76 Website: www.xxc.ru Metro: Kropotkinskaya Opening Hours: Daily 10.00-18.00 (Closed every last Monday of the month.) Admission Prices Free! Museum of Cosmonautics It is located within the base of the Monument to the Conquerors of Space in the north-east of the city. A museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program. Address: Prospekt Mira, 111, Moskva, Russia, 129223 Hours: 10AM–9PM Mosquarium (VDNH) There is no sea or ocean in Moscow, however there is the Mosquarium that is one of the biggest oceanariums in Europe, 12 thousand water animals from different parts of the planet. It takes about 20 minutes to get from the main entrance of V.D.N.Ha to Mosquarium on foot. I personally enjoyed walking on foot and get amazed by the green scenery. Address: Mira Avenue, 119, Bldg. 23, Moscow Subway: Botanichesky Sad - V.D.N.Ha Phone: +7(499) 677-7777 Site: www.moskvarium.ru River cruise with the Radisson Royal Flotilla It was an amazing experience! I personally admit that without the Russia city pass, I wouldn’t think of having this tour. Since it was included in the citypass card, we decided to hop in! We went out on the deck, enjoyed the river air coolness, mesmerized by the old facades of the Moscow centre while admiring lacy bridges. The cruise duration is 2.5 hours; you must go on board 30 minutes before the departure. Tips: The seats are limited. You need to call them one day before and book your seat Phone: +7 (495) 228-55-55. You simply show your Moscow CityPass card in tickets offices of Flotilla, take a ticket and go on the board. Observation Deck of the Ukraine Hotel Located on the 33rd floor of the historic Radisson Royal Hotel, known also as a legendary Stalin skyscraper in the heart of Moscow. It’s the most picturesque viewing point of the city and one of the highest, offering breathtaking views of the city. We admired the illuminated Ostankino Tower and the shining modern Moscow City complex, we had a cup of coffee there while watching the vessels passing across the Moskva Rivers, the Cathedral’s of Christ the Savior golden domes, , green Victory park and Vorobyovy Gory. Address: Kutuzovsky Avenue, 2/1, Bldg. 1, Moscow, the main entrance of the Ukraine Hotel, 33rd floor Subway: Kiyevskaya Website: www.moscowpanorama.ru How to Spend 6 Days in Prague Like a Pro Never Exchange Money at these places in Prague The 3 Best Attractions to Visit in Prague Sharm El Sheikh - Travel Into the Blue Travel Escape to Capri - Italy Good Nutrition For a Healthy Baby	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3469
__label__cc	0.699807	0.300193	Adopt a Ferret Available Ferrets—director cell # 443-350-7245 if no response to app. Surrendering Surrender Request Form Sponsor a Ferret Ferrets Needing Sponsors Ferret Care Aleutians Disease (ADV) Cages & Litter Ferretproofing Ferrets & Children Ferrets as Pets What Are Ferrets? Join the Oxford Ferret Rescue Yahoo Group Gallery of Angels 2017 fundraiser raffles 2017 Live Auction-NON FERRET 2017 Live Auction-FERRET ITEMS You are here : Home » About Us Wire-floor cages damage their foot pads, so provide solid flooring that can be cleaned such as linoleum, old placemats, quilting, tee shirts. Adoptable Ferrets–(if no response to application, please contact director on her cell # 443-350-7245. Featured Ferrets Oxford Ferret Rescue needs your help. Support our cause by making a tax-deductible donation. Your donation will help provide food, medicine, vet care, and supplies to the ferrets in our care. Join our Yahoo Group! Want to know more about the happenings at Oxford Ferret Rescue? Join our Yahoo Group! Whether you're a former or potential adopter, a donor, a volunteer, or just want to support the Oxford Ferret Rescue cause, we invite you to join! Oxford Ferret Rescue Officers: Claudia Johnson – President and Director Dee Bickling – Secretary and Treasurer Claudia Johnson is from Pittsburgh, PA and attended school in West Virginia and later Athens, Georgia. She now lives in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, in Southern York County, where she has quite a menagerie of critters (mostly rescues) including sheep, goats, chickens, a dog and cats. In 1998, she decided she would like to get a ferret and decided to adopt one instead of buying from a pet store. While working for a veterinarian one day a week, a client mentioned that her 16 year old son no longer wanted his ferret. That was all she needed to hear. Claudia didn’t ask what color, sex, age or even if it had all its body parts. She just knew she wanted that ferret. This first ferret, Zeke, changed her life forever. Although he went to the bridge in March 2003, he is in her thoughts daily. When she went from working full time to part time in February of 1999, she became a volunteer for the Oxford Ferret Rescue in Oxford, PA. Although it was never her intention, she ended up taking over shelter operations. In November 1999, her family moved 1 mile into Maryland, but kept the original shelter name. When there were ten ferrets running around her home, she thought that was plenty. Currently the number hovers around 70-75 ferrets. There are many permanent residents since it’s hard to place geriatric ferrets, especially those needing surgery or who are on daily medicine. Claudia has herself adopted several ferrets that have been surrendered to the shelter in order to give them an official forever home. Samantha Jane (named after the previous shelter owner), was found in a dumpster in November of 1999. She was skin and bones and filthy. She turned out just great, and since she was Claudia’s first abuse case, she knew she had to keep her. She has been told that you can’t do surgery on everything that comes in, and to keep your rescues different in your heart than your own ferrets. To Claudia, those words sounded like rational advice and she agreed, until the ferrets were with her long-term and she grew to love each and every one of them the same. Because she gets so many geriatric ferrets that are in need of surgery, her vet bill has ballooned to over $2500 quickly.The shelter is a 501(c)3 organization and runs many fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for the care of the animals at the shelter. On the days that she works, she rises five hours before leaving for her job. There are separate playgroups that have to be let out for exercise and playtime, and many elderly ferrets need to be hand-fed and given medication. Afterwards, she goes to the barn to care for the other animals, and then gets ready for work. The same care is necessary in the evening also. Somehow Claudia manages to carry a full time job at the Chadwell Animal Hospital in Abingdon, Maryland. This is the vet that is used for the rescue animals and it works well for the ciritters if they need to be seen on a day that Claudia needs to be at work. The animals are able to go with her. That has been a lifesaver for some of the very sick animals that need round the clock attention. Chadwell is a wonderful practice for all animals and anyone near the Abingdon area should consider using them. Claudia is very thankful for all they have done for her and the shelter babies. Roxy and Bandit This is Roxy and bandit. They were born about 11/2015. They are young and crazy and must be placed together. Roxy can be a bit nippy with feet and probably shouldn’t be in a home with small children. Pasadena was left at a box at a pet store! She is young ( probably a 2016 model). She is very friendly and gets along great with other ferrets! < \|\|\|\| > 1 2 Why We Do This We are often asked, "how can you keep doing this?" We've created a short video that answers that question. Click Here to see why we do this. Ferret Sites We Like! Ferret Information American Ferret Association Ferret Products Creations by Angie Custom Ferret Bedding Ferret Depot Martin's Cages Ferret Health Care at MiamiFerret.org See All Sites >> Copyright © 2019, Oxford Ferret Rescue. All rights reserved. Text and graphics may not be used without prior express permission. Website designed by The Webscaper.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3471
__label__cc	0.52588	0.47412	Preserving Alberta's Botanic & Historic Heritage The George Pegg Botanic Garden Society preserves and maintains the historical Pegg site for the enjoyment of present and future generations The George Pegg Garden was Alberta's first declared historic resource and is a protected site. It is managed by the George Pegg Botanic Garden Society and hosts a variety of events for the public in the spring, summer and fall. Check out our Events page for program listings! Learn about the History of the Pegg Garden and the legacy of the Alberta pioneer botanist George Pegg COME FOR A VISIT See a complete list of all the wonderful events slated for the upcoming season at the Pegg Garden See What's Happening ->	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3490
__label__wiki	0.523862	0.523862	Welcome to The Portsmouth Grammar School Sports Centre The Portsmouth Grammar School Sports Centre opened as a proprietary licensed club in October 1989. The centre is open to the community during evenings and weekends and facilities comprise: a main sports hall three squash courts a licensed bar Details of sports hall activities and the fitness area are available on this site. The Centre is also the home to Portsmouth Squash. There are a few teams that compete in the Mens and Veterans Hampshire Leagues Sport Centre Opening Hours Monday to Thursday 5.30pm - 10.00pm Saturday and Sunday 9.00am - 1.30pm	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3492
__label__cc	0.671129	0.328871	Women, sports, advocacy: new hire has a big job Patrick Henry Community College is creating a new position in its athletic department to specifically address female athletes’ needs. PHCC’s new position is modeled after the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Senior Woman Administrator position. This role, which is being adopted by colleges around the nation, ensures women... PHCC Indoor Track Results from Wake Forest Invitational PHCC indoor track competed against many major track and field programs this past weekend. See how your Patriots timed in the results below. For full results, click here... Wake Forest Invitational Men's 60m Qualifying (M) - 60m... Morse named Patriot of the Month After a strong freshman season in Cross-Country and even stronger academic performance in the Fall, Monroe Morse has been named the Patriot of the month for December. Morse, from Patrick County, put on a strong showing at the Region X CC Championships. He followed up that race with a 17th place finish in the NJCAA National... NJCAA Schedule This Season is Over. Please check back for next season's schedule.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3493
__label__wiki	0.741972	0.741972	The in-depth pinball glossy (more like a book) Contributing photos Feedback on PM01 Reviews + Feedback gallery for Santiago Ciuffo’s PINBALL book Feedback to PM No. 4 News & Free Stuff Who’s working on what? PM01 Links Ads in Pinball Magazine Reader profile Advertising do’s and don’ts Available ad sizes Free Pinball Magazine downloads NEW: Pinball posters by Santiago Ciuffo (now available) Book: ‘PINBALL’ – Santiago Ciuffo now available The latest pinball news and rumors: Who’s working on what? Jersey Jack Pinball announces WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ pinball machine (updated) Tersey Jack Pinball announced its fifth pinball machine: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The game was revealed by its design team on the opening night of the Midwest Gaming Classic show in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack Guarnieri of Jersey Jack Pinball was not present at the show as he is attending Flip Expo in Le Treport – France, where the new game is also present. That makes it a dual continent reveal. Pinball Magazine and Pinball News will be interviewing Jack Guarnieri about the new Willy Wonka game during the weekend. This interview will be available as a bonus podcast on the respective Pinball Magazine and Pinball News websites. WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY™ is designed by legendary pinball designer Pat Lawlor, who also designed classic pinball machines such as Banzai Run, Earthshaker, Funhouse, The Addams Family, Twilight Zone and more recently Dialed In. Lawlor teamed up for this game with Ted Estes, Joe Katz, JT Harkey and Keith Johnson. Artwork on Willy Wonka has been created by John Youssi, an artist who worked on many of Pat Lawlor’s classic games. LCD animations have been in the trusted hands of Jean-Paul de Win. As the above matrix shows, the game is available in three different models. Each model has its own set of cabinet artwork and trim. The Standard Edition cabinet The Limited Edition cabinet The Collector’s Edition cabinet The Willy Wonky game has a standard-sized playfield with four flippers: The Limited Edition playfield A prototype game was available at the Flip Expo in Le Treport – France, where Pinball Magazine editor Jonathan Joosten got to play over a dozen games throughout the weekend of the announcement. The playfield has 4 flippers (the upper right flipper is partly under the right ramp in the photo above) and 3 ramps. The third ramp is difficult to see in the image above. The entrance is below the white Wonkavision camera, so it can be shot with the upper right flipper. This ramp goes behind the Wonkavator and then feeds the ball into the regular exit of the left ramp. The game features a rather large LCD screen, called Wonkavision, in the upper left corner of the playfield. During games the display will interact with game play and indicate which shots to make. At the start of the game the display will indicate which two skill shots are available and what they reward. The first skill shot is plunging the ball to drop into a saucer hole similar to the skill shot on The Addams Family. The alternative skill shot is to land the ball at the top of the playfield to roll towards the upper right flipper (which will flip twice before the ball is sent down there to grab the attention of the player) and then shooting the center ramp. Technically when making the first skill shot the ball will be ejected in the same lane and the center ramp can be shot as well, but I’m not sure that collects a second skill shot. The circular black thing above the Big Points insert is a flat mechanism with a moveable target hanging above it. On other prototypes, revealed at the Midwest Gaming Classic the same weekend, this black disc had an artwork decal on it to make it integrate more in the playfield. After a number of hits the black circular device will rotate 180 degrees, and as such move an opening in front of the target. The ball can drop through the opening, landing in a short subway that ends on the right side of the playfield in a Vertical Up Kicker that shoots the ball back into the shooterlane. Once the ball is back in the shooter lane, the skill shots become available again. The playfield has seven magnets. The most obvious one is located above the upper left flipper. Shots up the left (and middle) ramp will enter the Wonka factory in which the ball can roll through into the most left inlane, or a diverter will drop the ball into the left orbit lane. Here the magnet will grab the ball and hold it so the player can aim his shot across the playfield. The other six magnets are coilsized magnets placed in two groups of three. Each magnet has six small LEDs at the top, which are visible on the playfield as tiny clear inserts.One group of three magnets is located on the right of the Wonka bar next to the upper left flipper. The second group of three magnets is located on the left of the entrance of the right ramp. How these magnets will play with the ball(s) in play remains to be seen. The Wonkavator in the upper left corner is only available on the Limited and Collector’s Editions. Once balls can be locked via the right orbit lane, they will be shot up via the Wonkavator and held at a mini platform, which in the image above already holds two balls. When released the balls will roll down the left ramp, where they can exit either in the left orbit lane or left inlane. As it turns out this is a carry-over feature from game to game. During the Flip Expo weekend this turned out to be a rather difficult feature to complete and the Wonakvator multiball was only played once. In terms of gameplay, the playfield layout plays very smooth, with many shots and plenty of variety. The upper right flipper is most of the time only used for the center ramp shot, although it could be used for the two shots under the Wonkavision LCD as well. The left shot under the LCD feeds to the left and exits in the left orbit lane. The right shot under the Wonkavision LCD feeds to the TAF- skill shot lane, so it’s making a short U-turn. The Wonkavator super lock has to be shot with the upper left flipper. The rather large Everlasting Gobstopper is motorised, and during gameplay it spins at various speeds. Hitting the hanging target below the Everlasting Gobstopper turns the disc and locks a ball for Gobstopper multiball. In the current software (version 0.43) it initially took only one hit to enable a lock and lock a ball. After three locks Gobstopper Multiball starts. Since this is the easiest multiball to get to, perhaps it would be a good idea to make this just a 2-ball multiball instead of a 3-ball multiball. The music in the game is very musical-like and true to the music from the movie. In a way it reminds a lot of The Wizard of Oz. So, no shredding guitars or techno beats on this game. Hitting the popbumpersplays the Oompa loompa song one syllable per hit. For video footage of gameplay, check out the following streams of the game reveal, interview with Pat Lawlor and Joe Katz and gameplay. Special Bonus Podcast After the reveal of the game Martin Ayub (Pinball News) and Jonathan Joosten (Pinball Magazine) sat down with Jack Guarnieri in a backroom during Flip Expo. They recorded a special bonus podcast, including an interview with Jack as well as Gary Flower calling in live from Midwest Gaming Classic. The official press release for the game: LAKEWOOD, NJ – April 12, 2019 – Jersey Jack Pinball presents a world of pure imagination! Find the Golden Ticket™ and enter Wonka’s Chocolate Factory™ for an unforgettable pinball adventure full of fun, surprises, and magic around every corner! This pinball masterpiece was designed by the legendary Pat Lawlor, designer of Dialed In!,Twilight Zone, and over a dozen other classic games, including the best-selling pinball machine in history, The Addams Family. All models of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory™ pinball include four flippers, six balls, seven magnets, the Everlasting Gobstopper™, the Most Secret Machine™, Oompa Loompa™ camera sculpture, 7” Wonkavision™ LCD, a 27” HD LCD screen with interactive 3D animations, and candy-colored LED light shows. Gameplay features four multiballs, collecting Wonka Bars™, spelling Scrumdiddlyumptious™, touring Wonka’s Factory™, and a host of other goodies to lead you down the chocolate river to three wizard modes, including Pure Imagination™. Scenes and dialogue from the original 1971 film directed by Mel Stuart, starring Gene Wilder, are showcased bringing this exciting theme to life. “This is a dream theme designed by a dream team,” said Jack Guarnieri, founder of Jersey Jack Pinball. “It’s a game that will be loved and cherished forever, a perfect gift for the entire family, and a great addition to any home, arcade or bar.” Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory™pinball machines will be available in Standard, Limited, and Collector’s Edition models. Only 500 units of the Collector’s Edition model will be made! MSRP for sales in the U.S. before any taxes and shipping. All pricing in U.S. dollars. Standard Edition: $7,500 Limited Edition: $9,500 Collector’s Edition: $12,500 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory™pinball machines will arrive summer 2019 and can be purchased directly or through an authorized Jersey Jack Pinball distributor. About Jersey Jack Pinball Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP) is the industry leader in quality and technical innovation, designing groundbreaking, premium pinball machines made for players, collectors and newcomers to the game. Made in America, their head-turning machines are crafted by artisans and innovators with a nod to the game’s rich history and an eye towards the future. Easy to play – difficult to master, their games feature several industry firsts, including the use of LCD screens, LED lighting, rich audio, and interactive technology designed to provide an enhanced player experience, engage hardcore players and draw new players to the game of pinball. For more information, please visit www.jerseyjackpinball.com. New podcast episode: March 2019 recap Welcome of the March edition of the Pinball Magazine and Pinball News joint podcast, looking back at all the important news from the pinball industry over the past month. For our look back at March, we cover the reveal of Stern Pinball’s next game, Black Knight: Sword of Rage, the unveiling of Jersey Jack Pinball’s new The Wizard of Oz: Yellow Brick Road Limited Edition, and cover all the exciting events at the Texas Pinball Festival. We also examine what other pinball manufacturers have been working on, correct some false rumours about upcoming games, look ahead to upcoming shows – the Midwest Gaming Classic and Flip Expo – and much, much more. You can listen to our podcast here, or click below the player to play or download it to your device. https://www.pinballnews.com/site/wp-content/uploads/audio/pinball-magazine-pinball-news-march-2019.mp3 We’ll both be back in mid-April with a special bonus podcast covering events at the Flip Expo and Midwest Gaming Classic shows, with some special guest interviews. Texas Trip report 2019, including Texas Pinball Festival (photos coming soon) As editor of Pinball Magazine I was traveling to Dallas for the Texas Pinball Festival. Usually, I fly in a few days ahead of an event, so Martin Ayub of Pinball News and I can visit some other places as well. This trip we visited the Texas Pinball Museum, the new Multimorphic factory and of course the Texas Pinball Festival. Below are my reports for each of these. Martin is also reporting on this trip on his website. Texas Pinball Museum EdVanderVeen and his wife Kim in front of the recently opened Texas Pinball Museum After flying in on Tuesday evening, the first pinball-related stop was the Texas Pinball Museum on Wednesday morning. The museum is run by Ed and Kim VanderVeen, the same couple that is also organizing the Texas Pinball Festival with help from Paul McKinney and a lot of others. Ed and Kim were kind enough to meet us for breakfast, after which we drove to the museum. The Texas Pinball Museum is open since January 2019. It is located in Midlothian, Texas, which is about a 40-minute drive south of Dallas. The museum is located in an industrial park on the outside of the town, which means it’s packed during the week, but there are not many people just walking by during the weekends. The museum is currently only open on Saturdays. After walking through the door, visitors enter a reception area with a counter. Admission is $10 for adults and $ 7 for kids. Next to the counter is a door leading to the main game room. All games can be played for free after paying admission. The games are set up along two walls and in a small island of games in the middle. The museum also has an office area and an area where games are fixed when needed. At the time we visited, the museum had 26 pinball machines on display, ranging from mid-‘70s electromechanical games to the most recent titles, as well as a few non-pinball games. Following the Texas Pinball Festival, the number of games has grown, including some very new (The Munsters, Oktoberfest) and rare (The Big Lebowski) titles. Other games include Diner, Capt Fantastic, Indiana Jones, Safe Cracker (dispensing the exclusive Texas Pinball Festival tokens), Galaxy, Cherry Bell (with a great story, ask Ed), Sharpshooter, Deadpool, Avengers, Harley Davidson, The Addams Family, Nascar and many more. The total number of games will soon be over 30 as there are plans to expand the row of machines along the longest wall. Although we didn’t play any of the games, the condition of the games appeared to be in very excellent condition. After a brief tour of the museum, Martin and I sat down with Ed VanderVeen and discussed how the museum came about, future plans for the museum, as well as the (at the time) upcoming Texas Pinball Festival. This interview is part of a bonus episode of the Pinball Magazine and Pinball News podcast, which can be listened to for free by clicking the highlighted link. Multimorphic Following our visit to the Texas Pinball Museum, Martin and I drove in about three hours to Round Rock, Texas, to visit the new office of Multimorphic. Headed by Gerry Stellenberg this company is manufacturing the most innovative pinball platform currently available: P3. Aside from that the Multimorphic P-Roc platform is also used by companies such as Spooky Pinball, American Pinball, Dutch Pinball, and several others. Initially, the company sourced out the production of their games and playfield modules. After fulfilling all initial orders, they realized they had to assist their contract manufacturer so much, that they might as well hire a few people and build the games in-house by themselves instead. Hence the move to Round Rock four months ago. The new facility is 5,000 square feet. Aside from a small conference room pretty much everything else happens on the main floor. Across the entire back wall, parts have been stored on shelves. Gerry explained there is a system in place where only he and one other employee store the items on the shelves in the back. Anything needed for production is available on the front shelves. This way the production crew has easy access to those parts. The week before Texas Pinball Festival Multimorphic announced the possibility of playing their Cosmic Cart Racing race game simultaneously against three other players, each playing on a different machine. We got a demonstration in the factory. The feature, which turned out to be quite fun, was further demonstrated at the festival later that weekend. Gerry gave us a quick tour of the main floor. It was interesting to see various issues of Pinball Magazine laying around on desks. As it turns out the employees enjoy reading the magazine when on a break. In one area two 3D printers were printing fan housings for Cosmic Cart Racing. In another area, flipper modules were being built. For those not familiar with the P3: the entire system is modular and can be taken apart relatively easy. The playfield for Cosmic Cart Racing The impressive underside of P3 Two modular flipper units This custom built cabinet holds the magnetic side art for various titles In this box sits a prototype of the fourth playfield module for P3, which is yet to be revealed Following the factory tour in the afternoon Martin and I had dinner later that evening with Gerry. After that, we went back to the office and recorded an hour-long interview with Gerry about the latest developments and future plans for Multimorphic. This interview is also part of the earlier mentioned bonus episode of the Pinball Magazine and Pinball News podcast. Texas Pinball Festival (TPF) The next morning, Thursday, Martin and I headed to Frisco, Texas, to check in to the Embassy Suites. Interestingly, while the Texas Pinball Festival starts on Friday, there are already a lot of people coming in for the event a few days early. So at the hotel, you keep running into familiar faces. Truth be told, this is probably the best time to catch up with friends, as there’s hardly any time for that during the event. On the show floor vendors and exhibitors were already setting up stands and games. This year, the entire main floor would be used for the free play area, and vendor stands. In previous years a part of the main floor was used for various tournaments, but these have been relocated this year to a smaller, yet still pretty large, room alongside the corridor. With more room for free play games on the show floor, the total amount of available games to play ended up being over 500, a new record for the festival. As they say that everything is bigger in Texas, that sure applied to this year’s edition of TPF. With the massive amount of people attending TPF, it is great to see that this was their biggest show yet, with plenty of games for people to play. In all fairness, I noticed games on photos that I took at the show, that I didn’t even see when I was walking around at the show. That’s how big this festival is now! This year’s edition probably also had more vendors than previous editions. Many familiar vendors and some new parties offering their products or services as well. Several of the game distributors at the show (Marco Specialties, Fun Amusements, Kingpin, and others) had announced special show prices for people buying a new game and picking it up at the end of the show. This formula basically creates a win-win situation for dealers and their customers. The dealers bring mostly pre-sold games to the event, set them up, but don’t have to worry about shipping them somewhere after the show. As a result, there were a lot of new Munsters games at the show, as well as various Jersey Jack Pinball and American Pinball games. Aside from all the special guests from the pinball industry, there were three celebrities present: Pat Priest (Marilyn from The Munsters), Butch Patrick (Eddy from The Munsters) and Jon Rhys-Davis (from Indiana Jones and Lord of the Rings). There was a private VIP event held two hours before the show opened on Friday afternoon, where attendees who bought a VIP package could meet with these celebrities and The Munsters design team and have an exclusive print by Christopher Franchie signed by all special guests. Earlier on Friday morning, I had prepared a new edition of the So You Think You Know Pinball? Quiz that Martin and I would be hosting that evening at 6:00 PM. Up to the moment the quiz started, most of my day I was busy picking up prizes from sponsors of the quiz: Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, Spooky Pinball, American Pinball, Suncoast Pinball, Pinball News and Pinball Magazine. I had also brought posters that indicated that copies of Pinball magazine were being sold at the stand of PinSound. So I had to hang these posters on strategic places as well. The quiz started a little past 6:00 PM and saw more participants than in previous years. Thank you to all who participated. Once again the quiz was held in the seating area of the happy hour bar. This year, for some reason, a smaller bar in the same area was used to serve drinks, but it was still busy as ever. The quiz concept hasn’t changed for years: Participants are asked a question with two possible answers being given. If they think it’s answer A tey move to the left side of the room, of they think it’s answer B, they move to the right side of the room. Those picking the incorrect answer have to stop playing in that round. Once the number of contestants in a round is reduced to only a few, they pick a raffle number and win the corresponding prize. In total over a dozen rounds were played, and over 30 prizes were handed out, ranging from rejected Lexy Lightspeed playfields, to playfield sculptures from JJP games, t-shirts, translates and more swag. Following the quiz, the regular seminar program took off. All seminars were recorded and streamed. As Martin attended them all, I’ll leave it to him to summarize these. See his report on Pinball News. Saturday morning had the traditional swap meet, hosted by the DFW Pinball & Arcade Club. The stuff offered ranged from playfield plastics, to coils, to backglasses to complete (project) games. It’s always fun to see what is available and pick up a few items for a bargain price. During the rest of the weekend, the same parking lot was used by several food trucks, offering a variety of dinner options. I decided to go for the Texas-sized ice cream, which was delicious. Following the swap meet, I was able to play a couple of games on American Pinball’s Oktoberfest. This was the first time I got to play the game. Based on the long lines for the game on Friday I figured I better play some games before the show would officially open. I found this title quite fun to flip. I did see some room for improvement, but American Pinball is undoubtedly heading in the right direction the way this game is turning out. None of the big companies did any reveals of upcoming games during the event, although Jersey Jack Pinball did show the Limited Yellow Brick Road Edition of The Wizard of Oz for the very first time. The game received some updated artwork and electronics and certain mechanical parts had been re-engineered to become more reliable. Initially 200 will be made this year, with the possibily to manufacture up to 500 units in total. The Wizard of Oz, Yellow Brick Road Limited Edition New games that were brought to the show by boutique companies were Cosmic Carnival by Suncoast Pinball and Celts by Australian Haggis Pinball. Cosmic Carnival by Suncoast Pinball Cosmic Carnival had been shown at the Houston Arcade Expo in whitewood stage. At TPF, the game was shown with full playfield and cabinet artwork by Dirty Donnie. Two playable games were present at the stand of Suncoast Pinball. Apparently the games were setup in ‘demonstration mode,’ meaning that you could launch a ball into the shooter lane by pressing the start button. The ball could then be flipped around, but none of the modes – or even rules – were working on the game. So basically you could flip the ball around and get a feel for how the game shoots, but that was about it. On the playfield, two unpainted prototype sculptures were located above the entrance of each ramp. While the colorful artwork makes the game look impressive, there appears to be a lot of work to be done for other elements of the game. Celts by Haggis Pinball Haggis Pinball had brought a whitewood of Celts, which they dropped in a borrowed empty pinball cabinet. The whitewood had been quickly put together in a backroom of the convention center days before the show started. I don’t think the game was playable during the show, so this was just to show the current status of the whitewood. But at least it was there. In the afternoon I spotted Imoto Harney, who has been reporting on camera from many pinball events. She was recording interviews for Marco Specialties TV. She was interested in interviewing me as well, so we recorded an interview just after 2:00 PM. I haven’t seen the footage yet, but I recall it went very well. As soon it is available I will share links on Pinball Magazine’s social media and the monthly newsletter. I do have to mention Saturday night. Following the hotel’s daily happy hour, I attended a nearby BBQ restaurant for dinner. In the meantime in the seminar room, This Week In Pinball hosted the second annual TWIPPy Awards. When returning from the restaurant I figured to check out how that show was doing. So I walk into the room, just as the nominees for Favorite Pinball Publication are being announced. Less than a minute later I was on stage accepting the award for Pinball magazine No. 5! Thanks to all for voting for Pinball Magazine. Unlike last year, there was no partying until 6:00 AM on the terrace. This year, the partying started much earlier. I think I ended up in the bar area every night, talking to pinball friends from all over the planet about the games, or occasionally other topics such as politics. Saturday evening I gave several pinball industry friends a package of Dutch stroopwafels that I had brought. These are always very popular. Sunday is the shortest day of the show. Most of the morning I spent packing up my suitcase as I was flying out that evening. I was only a few hours on the show floor in which I removed the posters I hang up Friday afternoon and taking care of some business with some of the vendors attending. As every year the show concluded with handing out awards for the best games in several categories. Right before the games were turned off, I was able to play a game on Spooky Pinball’s Alice Cooper Nightmare Castle and take some photos of the game. Following the best game in show ceremony, the show was officially over, and games were being packed up. In conclusion, there is no other way than to express that the Texas Pinball Festival just keeps getting better. As far as I can tell, this is seriously the best pinball show in the world. I can’t wait to be back, next year: March 27-29. If you’re doubting whether to go: just go. You will thank me later. Special thanks to Ed VanderVeen, Kim VanderVeen, Paul McKinney and Gerry Stellenberg. Pinball Magazine wins TWIP award for Favorite Pinball Publication 2018 Pinball Magazine No. 5 was voted Favorite Pinball Publication of 2018 by visitors of This Week In Pinball. Editor Jonathan Joosten received a TWIPy Award for the publication at the Texas Pinball Festival 2019. Below, check out the videostream of the TWIPy Awards. Bekijk The 2nd Annual TWIPY Pinball Awards van SDTMpinball op www.twitch.tv Bonus podcast: Interviews with Ed VanderVeen (Texas Pinball Festival) and Gerry Stellenberg (Multimorphic) Pinball Magazine and Pinball News bring you a special bonus podcast, aside from our monthly pinball industry news summary podcasts. In this bonus podcast two interviews. The first is with Texas Pinball Festival organizer Ed VanderVeen where he discusses the upcoming show (this weekend). The second interview is with Gerry Stellenberg, founder of the ever innovating Multimorphic. The company recently moved to a new facility where they are building games by themselves instead of sourcing that part out. Gerry discusses what lead up to that move, the current status of the company and plans for the future. powered by podcast garden Ed VanderVeen and his wife Kim in front of the recently opened Texas Pinball Museum The front of the new Multimorphic facility in Round Rock, TX Below are some photos of the inside of the new 5000 square foot Multimorphoc facility in which games are being designed and build. At the time these photos were taken, preparations to oa up for the Texas Pinball Festival were in full progress. File cabinet for magnetic side art for the P3 games Top secret: the playfield module for the upcoming 4th game by Multimorphic, which isn’t ready to be revealed yet. Free downloadable supplement to Pinball Magazine No. 5 Here’s a FREE downloadable PDF supplement for Pinball Magazine No. 5. As you may know, the magazine focuses largely on Wayne Neyens’ career in pinball, during which he designed 180 pinball machines. John Osborne was hired by Wayne in the early ’70s which resulted in John designing several electromechanical and solid-state pinball machines for Gottlieb. In this interview John talks about how he got into pinball, getting hired, the games he designed, the prototype assemblies he designed and of course working with Wayne. Pinball Magazine No. 5 is packed with more interviews like this. Order your copy in the Pinball Magazine webshop. Download Pinball Magazine No. 5 is here! Today, the printed copies of Pinball Magazine No. 5 came in I’m really happy how this issue turned out in print. The magazine can now be ordered in the Pinball Magazine webshop. Content listing: With 360 glossy full-color pages our biggest issue ever (it’s definitely more like a book…) Two specials: the most in-depth interview ever with living pinball legend Wayne Neyens and an article by Gordon Hasse on Wayne Neyens career in pinball. Wayne recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He started in the pinball industry in 1937 at Western and started working at Gottlieb in 1939. In 1947 he started designing his first game and since then designed 180 games in total of which 159 made it into production. Each and every one of these, as well as several prototypes, are featured in the magazine. Former colleagues and pinball collectors also comment on working with Wayne, Gottlieb’s transition from EM to solid-state games, what makes Wayne’s games so special and more. Scott Danesi discusses how he designed Spooky Pinball’s best-selling hit game Total Nuclear Annihilation. Besides designing the game, Scott also programmed all the rules, light shows and other code, and he produced all of the great music featured in the game. Essential Website: Jack Danger discusses streaming pinball on his Dead_Flip channel. Private Collection: Randy Peck’s incredible Nu-Pike Arcade. Shop: Steve Young (The Pinball Resource) discusses his business and storing the Gottlieb archive. (P)in Business: Doug Skor talks about Churchill Cabinets and Chicago Gaming. (P)in Business: Gary Stern discusses Stern Pinball’s current business model, taking more time off, and more. Pinball Personalities: Antoinette Johnson. Upgrade: Michael Pupo (Flipper Fidelity) discusses upgrading the speakers in your pinball machine. Museum: Terra Technica in Czech Republic. Order your copy in the Pinball Magazine webshop. In case you’ll be attending the Vancouver Flipout show, please note a limited supply of Pinball magazine No. 5 will be available at the show in the Nitro Pinball stand. Upcoming USA resellers: Pinball Classics – Rob Anthony The Pinball Resource – Steve Young Pinball News For Amusement Only podcast Head 2 Head pinball podcast, starting at the 2:00:00 mark New: 3 posters by Kevin O’Connor New in the Pinball Magazine webshop: 3 posters with concept art by Kevin O’Connor. The three available posters are: Backglass art for King Kong (Data East, only nine prototype games ever built), Concept backglass art for Playboy (Data East) This magic marker sketch was made when the Playboy 35th Anniversary game was set to be themed around a Playboy photoshoot. Eventually the theme was changed to a pool party. Concept backglass and cabinet sketches for Star Trek (Data East) The poster includes early magic marker scetches and the magic marker sketches that got approved. Like all posters in the Pinball Magazine webshop they are priced at Euro 6.50, or any three posters for Euro 15.00. The posters are sized 50 x 70 cm. Note that all three posters have a white border all around the center image. News from Pinball Magazine As there are some developments going on, please find the latest news regarding Pinball Magazine below: Starting with the October Newsletter, which will be the September 2017 pinball industry recap, the monthly Pinball Magazine Newsletter will mainly contain the headlines of each manufacturer. The monthly recap will be posted on the Pinball Magazine website, and the newsletter will contain links to that summary. While the newsletters will be send out at the beginning of each month, the pinball industry update of that month will be published and updated already during that month. This way the latest headlines and summaries will be availble much sooner. None other than pinball historian Gordon Hasse wrote a 62-page article on the career of Gottlieb pinball designer Wayne Neyens for Pinball Magazine No. 5. Pinball Magazine also has 180(!) pages of transcripts of conversations with Wayne Neyens. The current plan is to use the article by Gordon Hasse as the lead article, but anecdotes from Wayne will be added to be as complete as possible in covering this career. Pinball Magazine will start taking advertisements for Pinball Magazine No. 5 soon. Potential advertisers will receive an email soon with all the details. If you haven’t received this email, but would like to advertise as well, please contact: editor @ pinball-magazine .com (no spaces). Pinball Magazine editor Jonathan Joosten is scheduled to host a seminar at Pinball Expo, Friday, October 13, at 1:00 PM. In this seminar, the upcoming Pinball Magazine No. 5 and a second upcoming publication will be discussed. The Pinball Magazine website has been updated in some sections. Some posts on the front page appear now as shorted version and have a “Read more” button added to them. The September batch of Pinball Magazine orders shipped out September 26th. The next batch of Pinball Magazine orders ships: first week of June 2018 Due to a minimum required quantity of packages Pinball Magazine ships its incoming orders (books, posters and magazines) in monthly batches. This also qualifies us for a more economical postal rate, which helps since it’s such a heavy magazine and it’s being shipped from The Netherlands (Europe). The next shipment is scheduled for the first week of June 2018. In case the minimum required number of orders is met prior to that, they will ship earlier. To order Pinball Magazine No. 1, Pinball Magazine No. 3, Pinball Magazine No. 4, Santiago Ciuffo’s PINBALL book a package deal of the magazines and book and/or PINBALL Posters (discounted when ordered 3, 6, 9 etc.) please visit the Pinball Magazine webshop. Feedback to Pinball Magazine No. 4 Below is a selection of feedback that came in once Pinball Magazine No. 4 started arriving at the homes of those that ordered a copy: “It’s great!” – Mark Ritchie “@PinballMagazine Your magazine is a work of art married to a plethora of useful and interesting information- great job! #TakingItHomeToRead” – Jack Guarnieri (JJP) “Thank you for sending a copy of No. 4. It will be a fun read. Actually, I did read my interview first! I thought it was very smart and professional, the choice of images and their placement throughout the article, to complement the different things that I said, to provide a visual aid to those who may not be familiar with the games that I referenced. Very nice.” – Jay Stafford, IPDB The magazine arrived just today. Now, the likely reason this issue took as long as it did to arrive is because it apparently was dropped during unloading upon reaching New York’s air cargo terminal and was simply kicked around and run over several times, before someone realized it was a bit too heavy to sweep into their dustpan and then was forced to actually reach down and pick it up off the tarmac.As luck would have it (and as a testiment to your fantabulous packaging skill) the much anticipated, highly regarded and obviously incredibly valued contents inside remained nearly perfectly unharmed. Bravo! And bravo on another wonderful issue chock full of great content – sure to provide many hours of brain stuffing, eye glazing reading. Many thanks as always!” Cliffy (Passion for Pinball) “The magazine came in today’s mail Jonathan… looks great and can’t wait to read all about Taro! Thanks for being a force for good in pinball. Hope to see you in Texas sir! Take some time off over the holidays and play some pinball.” – Charlie Emery (Spooky Pinball) “Bonjour Jonathan, I received your magazine yesterday. I spent at least 15 minutes just to browse it, looking at the titles and pictures. It’s just AWESOME and the postcards are a nice add-on, especially during this upcoming Xmas period. Hence the reason why I did not ask if you were doing fine, because I had no doubt about it ;)” – Pascal Janin, FLIPPP New Euro / Dollar and Paypal policy Effective January 1st, 2017 Pinball Magazine will invoice orders for advertisements and bulk orders for magazines and book only in Euro. This means the invoices should be paid in Euro as well. When paid via PayPal the costs for such transaction (currency exchange and costs Paypal applies for transferring money) should be at the expense of the paying party. The easiest way to handle this is to indicate the transfer is a gift. Alternative payment options are a bank transfer, or transferring money via Transferwise.com. Pinball Magazine No.4 is here! Pinball Magazine No. 4 is here! With 244 pages Pinball Magazine No.4 is another book and has a great variety of articles to enjoy. Here’s what you can expect: pm04-mark-ritchie-cover-story-2 Slugfest spread, part of the Mark Ritchie cover story pm04-the-big-lebowski-articles The making of The Big Lebowski is featured in two separate interviews pm04-texas-pinball-festival-article Ed VanderVeen discusses the Texas Pinball Festival pm04-prewar-games Jeff Frick talks about collecting prewar games Game music composer Chris Granner talks about working with Markt Ritchie Play Mechanix owner George Petro talks about how he started working at Williams with Mark Ritchie. Currently Mark works for George as a Producer at Play Mechanix. Taxi is one of the games discussed in the Mark Ritchie cover story pm04-jean-paul-de-win-interview LCD animator Jean-Paul de Win talks about his work on The Hobbit, The Big Lebowski, Timeshock and more. pm04-dialed-in-aninmations-interview At the very last minute some extra pages were added to feature Jersey Jack Pinball's latest game: Dialed In! Special: pinball designer Mark Ritchie discusses his entire career at Williams Pinball, Capcom and beyond, in a 100+ page cover story including game designs such as Thunderball, Firepower II, Sorcerer, Big Guns, Taxi, Fish Tales, Indiana Jones, Kingpin and more. Contribution by others about Mark Ritchie include Eugene Jarvis, George Petro, Steve Ritchie, Chris Granner and others, all revealing great insights in working with Mark Ritchie. Dutch Pinball owners Barry Driessen and Jaap Nauta discuss the making of The Big Lebowski in a 17-page interview. Pinball animation artist Jean-Paul de Win discusses his work for Jersey Jack Pinball (The Hobbit, Dialed In!), Dutch Pinball (The Big Lebowski), Silver Castle Pinball (Timeshock) and more. Showtime: Ed vanderVeen discusses the very successful Texas Pinball Festival. Dan Ferguson discusses the Lone Star Pinball Museum in Hockley, Texas. Jeff Frick discusses collecting prewar pinball machines. A triple interview on Dallas makerspace’s VECTOR Committee where some great pinball restorations take place. Essential Website: the Internet Pinball Database, interview with manager Jay Stafford Store: Pinball Universe‘s new approach to bringing pinball to the people Artist Lippy discusses the first issue of Binge Trigger To order your copy of Pinball Magazine No.4 visit the Pinball Magazine webshop. Feedback on Pinball Magazine No. 3 Below is a selection of reviews and feedback received on Pinball Magazine No. 3. Pavlov Pinball Coast2Coast Pinball Podcast Episode 201 (Pinball Magazine comments start at 48:30) Pinballsupernova Three sides of the coin (KISS podcast) Episode 156, 04:40 – 11:30 (see brief transcript below) Michael: “If you’re a KISS colloctor, a KISS magazine collector, if you own a KISS pinball machine – the original or the new one – you want this.” Tommy: “It’s amazing!” Michael: “About one third of this magazine is devoted to KISS pinball stuff. There’s a ton of photos of behind the scenes stuff. This is just so freaking cool and well done.” Tommy: “When I started going through this I was like, here’s another article, here’s another photo, it’s just boom-boom-boom-boom thoughout the whole thing.” Michael: “By all means: get it! …. This is qlearly in-depth. … I would guess the people behind this are KISS fans.” Tommy: “It’s too cool not to be.” Michael: “The quality and the depth they put into this is not done by someone who is assigned a project to write a story about KISS. … I feel like this was written by somebody who understands KISS.” Pinball Magazine No. 3 is here! With 260 pages even bigger than Pinball Magazine No. 2! Pinball Magazine No. 3 contents: 260 glossy full color pages (it’s more like a book…) Almost everything there is to know about KISS-themed pinball machines (total KISS-related content is about 88 pages out of 260 pages) Former pinball designer Jim Patla discusses his entire career at Bally Pinball, including lots of new details on his 1979 KISS pinball design as well as other games Former Bally Marketing and Licensing Director Tom Nieman talks about his years at Bally, inventing the licensing model, lots of details on Bally’s KISS marketing campaigns and much more Pinball artist Kevin O’Connor discusses his years and games at Bally, including the artwork he did for KISS and lots more. This article features unique sketches and artwork! Stern’s Director of Marketing and Licencing Jody Dankberg discusses their current KISS game Stern Pinball designer John Borg discusses his new KISS design 9-page pinball review of Stern’s KISS by Pinball News 2 Bally KISS restoration features Very rare painting of Gene Simmons from 1982 by a well-known pinball artist Barenaked Ladies leadsinger Ed Robertson talks about his pinball passion The French Connection: four articles on French manufacturers of replacement printed circuit boards that will enhance your game Showtime: Festi’Flip, Europe’s biggest pinball show Museum: Freddy’s Pinball Paradise, location to play and game distributor Plus articles on Jersey Jack Pinball (USA), Project Pinball Charity (USA), Pinball Creative (U.K.), Pinball Dreams (Germany), Pavlov Pinball (U.K.), Who’s Working On What?, Show Diary,and lots more Pinball Magazine No. 3 can be ordered in the Pinball Magazine web shop Review by Pinball News Review by Pavlov Pinball (interesting new website, just launched, do check it out!) Review by Don Fregede on PinballArcadeFans Review by Credit Dot Pinball (interesting new website, check it out!) Review by Pinball Aficionado (interesting blog, recommended!) Review by Gene X on PinballSoul “We received a book today. Younger son Nate (4) could not hide his excitement. He recognized couple of pinball machines from our small collection and happily took a picture with a new book. Thanks Pinball Magazine and Santiago for bringing pins back to life and promoting them to the young generations.” – Teo Click READ MORE below for more feedback >>> As mentioned earlier Pinball Magazine got the rights to publish the international edition of PINBALL, a beautiful photo book by Argentinean photographer Santiago Ciuffo. The book (hard cover, 208 pages, 11.3 inch x 8.7 inch) is now available and can be ordered in the Pinball Magazine webshop. To get an idea of the photos in the book, see the pictures below: Click READ MORE below for more photos and info of PINBALL by Santiago Ciuffo >>> Subscribe to the free monthly Pinball Magazine Newsletter and be informed on upcoming Issues, summaries of what happened the past month in the pinball industry and more Pinball News headlines THE GAME SHOW A new pinball-heavy arcade just opened called The Game Show. It is located in the Yorktown Shopping Center in Lombard, Illinois, on the East side lower level of the mall, right by JCPenney. The arcade is owned by Mark Czarnowski, who opened the Chicago Street Pinball arcade in Joliet five years ago. Unfortunately, downtown Joliet […] EAST-ANGLIAN PINBALL SHOW 2019 The East-Anglian Pinball Show is one of the cosiest and most unusual events in the UK’s pinball calendar. For a start, hardly anyone called it by that moniker. For everyone involved, it’s just known as Swavesey after the small Cambridgeshire village where it is held. The actual venue is the back room of the White […] TILT PINBALL OPEN Over the weekend of May 10th-12th, the Tilt barcade in central Oslo welcomed pinball players from all over Scandinavia for their second-annual Tilt Pinball Open. It was a packed weekend of pinball with four full-fat, 100% TGP tournaments! Tilt is located right in the centre of Oslo, off one of the main squares with hundreds […] © Copyright: Pinball Magazine 2012 - 2017 Duet Theme by The Theme Foundry	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3495
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__label__wiki	0.751406	0.751406	NFL Draft Chat: Alex Pierce (OL) Eastern Illinois [VIDEO] Nolan Thomas \| 04/09/14 \| 11:18 AM EDT 0 Comments NFL Draft chat with Eastern Illinois offensive lineman Alex Pierce. Alex Pierce was the starting Right Guard for Eastern Illinois University who finished his college career without yielding any sacks his Senior year while starting for the most potent offense in the country. Alex is an outstanding football player and athlete who was part of the offensive line that was collectively named OVC Player of the week. Alex has received many accolades during his college football career and provided the protection that contributed to quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo winning the Walter Payton Award as the FCS’s Top Player. Alex has developed a great deal of flexibility through his ability to pull as a guard and work against a variety of defensive fronts. He is said to have crazy flexibility and mobility for someone of his size. With his determination and focus on the field and his belief of never giving up he will contribute to his success in the future. Alex is definitely on a few NFL teams radar and because of his experience and talent as an offensive lineman will most likely be drafted mid to late rounds in the upcoming NFL Draft. Q: What is the fondest memory of your college career? A: My redshirt junior year when we beat Southeast Missouri. It meant that we won the OVC Conference Title and went from being one of the worst teams in our league to one of the elite. Q: Who was the toughest competitor you faced in college? A: The first game I started was against Iowa and their entire starting defensive line that year ended up playing in the NFL Q: What was your best game in college? A: I’m not sure. Maybe University of Central Kansas my redshirt junior year, or San Diego state my senior year. Q: What colleges recruited you out of high school? A: University of Cincinnati, Ball State, and Northern Illinois University Q: What made you choose Eastern Illinois? A: I had a great relationship with my recruiter and the offensive line coach. Q: What was your favorite NFL team growing up? A: The Green Bay Packers. Q: Who was your favorite player? A: Brett Favre. Q: Which current NFL player most resembles you and the way you play the game? A: Alex Boone. Q: What will distinguish you from other rookies? A: My work ethic. I will not give up. Q: What would your former teammates say about you? A: They would say that I was a consistent player and an extremely hard worker that lead by example. Q: What are you presently doing as far as training? A: I was training through St. Vincent’s Sports Performance where they put us up in the Embassy Suites. We were working out 2-3 times a day and fed a personalized diet. Since that has ended, I have been working out on my own either at home or at Eastern Illinois. Q: How do you think you did or will do on your pro-day? A: I did ok, but definitely not pleased with my results; I know I am capable of performing better. Q: Which is your favorite event? A: I enjoy position work the most. Speaking as an offensive lineman, I feel like a lot of the numbers are for show. You can have the best 40 yard time, but how is that useful when you go up against a 300+ pound defensive tackle one-on-one? Q: How was the agent selection process for you? A: It was definitely interesting, but I am very happy with the one I have and thankful he found me. Q: Why did you choose Michael Loeffler and Agency Athlete? A: Michael had contacted my parents during the season and shown interest in me. I didn’t get to meet him until after the season, but I liked him a lot. I thought he was the most honest and straight forward agent I met. Having someone that is honest about my future and not going feed me a bunch of junk means a lot to me. Plus my parents both really liked him, so that definitely played a major roll as well. Q: If you could have dinner with any three people, dead or alive, who would they be and why? My number one would probably be my grandfather who passed away my senior year of high school. He was a big inspiration to my life in how tough he was and he meant a lot to me. I would like to be able to share what I have accomplished over the years and everything that has happened since he has passed. My second would be Vince Lombardi; he was one tough guy and one of the most influential people in the history of the sport. I would also enjoy meeting General Patton. He was a great leader and never backed down from a fight. Q: What do you want to do besides football? A: I would love to go into strength and conditioning at any level or something dealing with business. Q: What do you like to do for fun? A: To be completely honest. Football is the number one thing I do for fun. To me, it has never been a job or work it has always been fun and I’ve loved playing every day. When you’re out there on the field, it’s just a special feeling; how fortunate I am to be there and a feeling of freedom. You’re free of all the other stress in life when you’re out there, you’re not thinking about bills, homework, drama, or anything else. All I care about out there is just the guys in the huddle and getting the ball in the end zone. Other than that, I enjoy fishing and just being outdoors. Q: If you were a dog, what breed would you be and why? A: I’d like to think I’m a wolf because they are loyal to their pack, big, mean, and always protect each other. Q: What is your favorite sport besides football? A: I’m not sure, maybe boxing or wrestling. I don’t really have a favorite besides football. I enjoy watching most sports. Whether it’s curling or basketball, I just appreciate it all knowing that all athletes are incredibly dedicated and hardworking to get to where they are. 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__label__cc	0.732766	0.267234	Attorney Lance R. Fryrear Helping State Patrol Officers Disabled in Line of Duty Attorney Lance R. Fryrear, of the Law Office of Lance R. Fryrear, supports Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation with generous donation. Lance R. Fryrear It was an honor to support this wonderful foundation that provides financial assistance to Washington State Patrol employees who become disabled in the line of duty. Past News Releases Law Office of Lance R. Fryrear... Lynnwood, WA (PRWEB) June 14, 2016 Defense attorney Lance R. Fryrear, founder of the Law Office of Lance R. Fryrear, is proud to announce he recently supported the Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation at its 34th annual dinner by donating his condo for its live auction, which raised over $2,200. “It was an honor to support this wonderful foundation that provides financial assistance to Washington State Patrol employees who become disabled in the line of duty,” said Fryrear. “I donated to the auction as I was a prosecuting attorney for seven years prior to founding my defense firm. I have great respect for the Washington State Patrol, as our law enforcement officers are a vital part of our society and the criminal justice system. I urge everyone to contribute to this great cause.” The Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation was founded in 1982 exclusively for charitable, educational and benevolent purposes. In addition to helping patrol employees who become disabled in the line of duty, it assists surviving spouses and children of fallen officers and employees who die in the line of duty. The foundation also offers an education scholarship program for employees or dependent children. The Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation has provided over $1,700,000 in financial assistance and scholarships to many departmental employees, retirees and their families. Its programs are funded through employee contributions, outside donations, the annual dinner and raffle, as well as through the sale of collectable memorabilia. To donate to the Washington State Patrol Memorial Foundation, please visit http://www.wspmf.org/donate.htm. About Lance R. Fryrear, Law Office of Lance R. Fryrear Lance R. Fryrear is a defense attorney serving the criminally accused in the Seattle metro area. He has obtained positive results for 3,000-plus defense clients over the past fifteen years. Mr. Fryrear is a member of the Federal Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, Snohomish County Bar Association and National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. For more information, please call (425) 224-7075, or visit http://www.washingtoncriminaldefensefirm.com. The law office is located at 19401 40th Ave. W., Suite 340, Lynnwood, WA 98036. About the NALA™ The NALA offers small and medium-sized businesses effective ways to reach customers through new media. As a single-agency source, the NALA helps businesses flourish in their local community. The NALA’s mission is to promote a business’ relevant and newsworthy events and achievements, both online and through traditional media. For media inquiries, please call 805.650.6121, ext. 361. NALAPR Executive Business Services (theNALA) +1 8056506121 Ext: 361 @theNALA since: 05/2010 Follow > the NALA Like >	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3500
__label__wiki	0.732137	0.732137	Green signal to man for neuro muscular treatment IANS \| May 08, 2019 04:44 PM NEW DELHI: As an interim measure, the Delhi High Court has allowed a man suffering from a neuro muscular disease to continue with his ongoing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy treatment. A Division Bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Jyoti Singh allowed Virender Singh Malik to continue the treatment. Malik was suffering from a rare and life threatening disease - Neuro Muscular, which affects the anterior horn of the spinal cord, brain and leads to weakening of the body muscles. On account of the Centre's fresh notification on "New Drugs and Clinical Rule 2019", some medicine used for the treatment would fall under the definition of "new drug" and require approval from the concerned authority. Malik was undergoing Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy in NutechMediworld clinic here. The clinic, which is administering the medicine, cannot function under the new rules until the licence is duly obtained. Malik's counsel told the court that the new rules would require that the clinics engaged in such a "new drug" take a marketing licence and there is no provision for providing any interim arrangements during the intervening period between an application being made under the authority, the Drug Controller. The counsel said that the process is likely to take a few months more and in the interregnum since the treatment has been discontinued by the clinic, the life of the petitioner would be in jeopardy and the petitioner is rapidly losing his muscle strength and facing growing fatigue on account of his condition. "In the aforesaid circumstances, this Court considers it apposite to direct, as an interim measure, that the treatment being provided to the petitioner will not be impeded," the court said in its Tuesday's order," read the order copy. "This is subject to the clinic in question submitting all the information as to the treatment being afforded to the petitioner to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSO), within a period of one week from today," the court said. "The concerned authority shall examine whether the said treatment or the products being administered to the petitioner, prima facie, fall within the scope of the expression 'New Drugs' as defined under Rule 2(1)(w) of New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, and communicate its view to the petitioner and the said clinic." Accordingly, as an interim measure and till such time NutechMediworld clinic or at least some other clinic applies for a licence and the licence is processed, the NutechMediworld clinic would continue to provide treatment to Malik, the bench said. Flavoured e-cigarettes trigger heart disease risk Less than 7 hours of sleep bad for your heart Overuse of herbal products can cause trouble: Study App to boost physical activity in women shows promise Now test stress level at home Current thinking may distort memories of love New book aims to decode the 'magic weight-loss pill' Stress in early life may lead to depression e-cigarettes effective way to quit smoking: Indian study Being too harsh on yourself could lead to OCD More Health News Punjab Health Dept in crackdown on illegal sex determination cases arrested 60 persons Musk unveils brain-on-a-chip, seeks human trials in 2020 Punjab CM demands from center second AIIMS for state on Guru Nanak's 550th Parkash Purb CME on sleep related problems held World not doing enough about climate change: UN Wild dog menace in UP: PAC deployed in village Air pollution ups hypertension risk in Indian women Drug use increased 30% in India in last decade: Report Native cows will match foreign breeds in 5 years: Giriraj Sydney declares climate emergency	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3502
__label__cc	0.559112	0.440888	Tag Archives: Hermit Historic Vignettes The Hermit of Jasper Ridge February 12, 2013 Virginia 2 Comments Just who was the mysterious hermit who lived on Jasper Ridge a century ago? Why have fragments of his story endured and become legend? His name was Domenico Grosso, but folks called him Domingo. Behind his back, children called him “Caramba” because that was one of his favorite expressions. Domenico Grosso It turns out that the hermit of Jasper Ridge was not actually a loner. Indeed, he was a very popular fellow. Although he lived alone on Jasper Ridge, behind today’s Pinon and La Sandra Drives in Portola Valley, he regularly received guests and was himself a frequent dinner guest in Portola homes. Yet an aura of loneliness and mystery surely surrounded him. He seems to have arrived in the area in the 1870s when he was probably in his forties. Despite a friendly personality, he discouraged inquiries into his background. However, rumors were plentiful. It was said that he was born in Genoa, Italy. He fought with Guiseppe Garibaldi. He was a servant to Italian noble families. He was such a skillful horseman that he received a medal from the king of Italy. He spent some time mining in Chile. He lost a fortune in a bank failure. Was any of it true? Was all of it true? One especially intriguing detail was his frequent mention of “Julia”. He would say, “Julia keeps my place in good order.” Or, “I must take Julia with me.” Who was Julia? The theory was that she was a long lost wife or sweetheart. His prior life, which forever remained a secret, was just one of the mysteries surrounding him. By all accounts, Domingo was a handsome and courtly man. He was slight with erect posture, bright eyes and white, even teeth. His red beard turned white over the years and reached halfway down his chest. He was always immaculately clean and meticulously groomed. He wore his clothes with a flair. He always carried a white handkerchief to dust off a chair before he sat down. He spoke and read Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and English. He worked on the ranch that eventually became Westridge, Arrowhead Meadows and Ladera. About 1891, when William O’Brien Macdonough bought the land, he moved to what has become Jasper Ridge and made his home there until his death in 1915. Quite a home it was. Although rustic, his house had two well-furnished rooms that were always spotlessly clean. Pictures and “No Smoking” signs in four languages decorated the walls. His stove and pans were polished. He served guests with good china and silverware. Outside he has a chicken coop, a stable, and a dog house. He had a vineyard, an orchard, flower and vegetable gardens, a network of paths, and an interlocking wooden fence to keep out cattle. On his flagpole he flew the flags of the USA, Italy, Genoa, France, or Chile. Sunday afternoon was the favorite time for the local people to visit the hermit. They would bring their out-of-town guests. Valley children were especially welcomed. Stanford students regularly appeared. Even Mrs. Stanford came. He treated everyone courteously, offering occasional overnight lodging or refreshments of biscuits and his homemade wine, white for strangers and his best red for friends. Hermit and Friends Reports on the quality of his cooking vary. One friend said his wine wasn’t good enough to make vinegar from, but guests wouldn’t refuse his hospitality. He made a special bread in his outdoor oven which local children treasured. At lease one saved his to use as a paper weight. Others have reported the wine and hardtack were good, as were the dinner entrees of wild game . During his years on the ranch, he had roamed the nearby hills searching for precious metals. He professed to have found silver and persuaded his employers to hire experts and secure mineral rights. None of them found enough promise for full scale mining. Nevertheless, prospecting became an obsession and a way of life for Domingo, and the mineral rights eventually came to him. His tales of lucky strikes and his jars of mineral specimens created more of the legend. Apparently no one ever knew if Domingo struck it rich on Jasper Ridge, but everyone wondered. He dug an extensive series of tunnels and pits in his search, some six to eight feet across and as deep as seventy feet. He kept mysterious bags under his house which he claimed contained ore of the same quality as that in his display jars. About once a year, he’d take the bags to Redwood City in a rented buggy, presumably to cash them in. This served as proof to some that he had found gold or silver. What else could the bags have contained? How did he support himself if not from successful prospecting? People knew he was too proud to ask for public assistance. But his needs were few, and he’d always carry a sack wherever he went, to collect vegetables or other supplies offered him. He hunted for food or grew his own. Some evidence suggests that a former employer’s widow gave him regular money. In the spring of 1915, when Domingo hadn’t been seen for a while, a friend found him in bed in his house. He’d suffered a stroke and died in the county hospital, with all his mysteries unexplained. Before long, vandals demolished his house, presumably searching for the hidden gold. Only they knew what was there. And apparently they didn’t talk. Traces of the hermit’s stay on Jasper Ridge remain today. Docents can take visitors to two of the deep prospecting pits and to some stone terracing, although thick stands of poison oak obscure the area. Perhaps it’s easier to picture him in your mind at one of his favorite activities: at night, when he couldn’t sleep and the moon was bright, this enigmatic man would take his homemade broom and sweep his paths. Sweeping, and dreaming perhaps of Julia and of striking it rich, must have brought comfort to the mysterious hermit of Jasper Ridge. Domenico GrossoHermitJasper Ridge	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3503
__label__wiki	0.783028	0.783028	Non-drainage scleral buckling with solid silicone elements Pukhraj Rishi, Ekta Rishi, Aditi Gupta, Cheriyan Shane Mathew, Bhavesh J Shah Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Department of Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, 18 College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Date of Web Publication 19-Jul-2014 Pukhraj Rishi Shri Bhagwan Mahavir Vitreoretinal Services, Sankara Nethralaya, 18 College Road, Chennai - 600 006, Tamil Nadu DOI: 10.4103/0974-620X.137138 Background: With the increasing number of cataract surgeries, incidence of posterior segment complications including rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) is likely to rise. Scleral buckling (SB) surgery is an effective and less expensive option. The primary advantage of non-drainage procedure is avoidance of possible complications associated with trans-choroidal drainage. The aim of present study is to describe the clinical profile of subjects undergoing non-drainage SB surgery with solid silicone elements for RRD and analyze their treatment outcomes. Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective, non-randomized, interventional study at a tertiary care center. Three hundred and six eyes of 298 patients undergoing non-drainage SB surgery with solid silicone elements from year 2000 to 2006 were included. Inclusion criteria were primary RRD, peripheral depressible retinal break, media clarity affording peripheral retinal view and proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (PVR) up to grade C2. Uni- and multivariate analyses was done to analyze factors affecting anatomical and visual outcomes. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Version 10. Results: Mean follow-up was 303 ± 393.33 days. Primary anatomical success was obtained in 279 (91.2%) eyes; primary functional success in 286 (93.5%) eyes. PVR (grade B or C), intraocular pressure <10 mm Hg and the inability to find a retinal break were significantly associated with final anatomical failure. Baseline vision ≤3/60 was significantly associated with poor visual recovery. Conclusions: SB surgery is reasonably safe and highly efficacious. Solid silicone elements are effective in non-drainage SB surgery. However, case selection is important. Keywords: Proliferative vitreoretinopathy, retinal detachment, scleral buckling, solid silicone, subretinal fluid Rishi P, Rishi E, Gupta A, Mathew CS, Shah BJ. Non-drainage scleral buckling with solid silicone elements. Oman J Ophthalmol 2014;7:55-60 Rishi P, Rishi E, Gupta A, Mathew CS, Shah BJ. Non-drainage scleral buckling with solid silicone elements. Oman J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2014 [cited 2019 Jul 18];7:55-60. Available from: http://www.ojoonline.org/text.asp?2014/7/2/55/137138 Retinal detachment (RD) is an important, potentially blinding ocular condition, if not promptly treated. Scleral buckling (SB) is a widely used corrective procedure for RD. Two controversial aspects related to RD procedure are significant. First is the need (or no need) for sub-retinal fluid drainage. [1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6] Second is the nature of buckling biomaterial for implantation. Largely, silicone elements are preferred because of their biocompatibility and chemical inertness. [7],[8] There seems to be an advantage using solid silicone elements since a greater possibility for astigmatism, [9] post-operative infection and extrusion are reported with silicone sponges (2.7-18.0%) [10] than solid elements (0.2-1.4%). [11] The objective of this study was to describe the clinical profile of consecutive patients undergoing non-drainage SB surgery with solid silicone elements and outcomes of surgery. This was a retrospective study. One thousand eight hundred and sixty two eyes underwent SB surgery for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2006, of which 306 (298 patients) eyes underwent a 'non-drainage' procedure. Inclusion criteria were the presence of primary RRD with peripheral depressible retinal break with media clarity enough to allow appropriate visualization of the entire retinal periphery. Eyes with proliferative vitreo-retinopathy (PVR) up to grade C2 satisfying the above criteria were included. Exclusion criteria included eyes with RD that required SB but had too shallow SRF to consider drainage, patients with follow-up of less than six weeks and RRD following proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). RRD was considered as 'shallow' when the level of SRF was too low to consider drainage, so as to risk retinal incarceration. Solid silicone buckling elements were used in all cases. Patients were examined next day and discharged. Patients were re-examined in the next few days depending upon the clinical condition. First major follow-up was at 6 weeks. Primary anatomical success was defined as reattachment of retina at six weeks follow-up. Primary functional success was defined as visual acuity maintained (BCVA improved or worsened by <2 lines of Snellen chart) or increased (BCVA improved >2 lines of Snellen chart) at six weeks follow-up. Final anatomical success was defined as reattachment of the retina at final follow-up. Early absorption of SRF was defined by absorption in less than 6 months, and late absorption as that seen after 6 months. Statistical program SPSS Version 10 was used for data analysis. Snellen BCVA was converted to decimal acuity for the sake of analysis. P < 0.05 was taken to be significant. According to institutional policy, prior ethical approval was not required as this was a retrospective study. The study included 306 eyes of 298 patients. Mean age at presentation was 36.17 ± 18.29 years (range 7-77 years). Of 298 patients, 237 (79.5%) were males and 35 (11.7%) were children <16 years of age. Duration of RRD was <1 week in 46 (15.0%) eyes and >1 month in 97 (31.7%). Mean follow-up was 303 ± 393.33 days (median 91, range 21 to 2005 days). [Table 1] depicts baseline preoperative data of study eyes. Of 70.9% eyes in which refractive history was available, 49.3% were myopic. Retinal cyst was present in nine (2.9%) eyes and demarcation line in 22 (7.2%). RRD was complicated by presence of vitreous haze in 70 (22.9%) eyes, cataract in 57 (18.6%) and subluxated lens in two (0.6%). IOP was >21 mm Hg pre-operatively in eight (2.6%) eyes, of which two had post-operative glaucoma requiring anti-glaucoma medications (AGM). In others, IOP was restored to within normal range postoperatively. Extent of detachment was ≤2 quadrants in 146 (47.7%) eyes (which included 16 eyes with <1/2 quadrant RD, 46 eye with ½ to 1 quadrant RD, 20 eyes with 1 to 1 and a half quadrant RD and >2 quadrants in 160 (52.3%) eyes. Macula was attached in 95 (31.1%) eyes, detached in 190 (62.1%) eyes and bisected in 20 (6.5%) eyes. Table 1: Clinical characteristics of 306 eyes treated with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery [Table 2] provides operative details. An encircling 2.5-mm silicone band was placed in all but seven eyes. Intraoperative complications included globe perforation in four (1.3%) eyes, raised IOP (even after paracentesis) in two (0.7%), retinal folds in eight (2.6%), persistent fish-mouthing of retinal break in one (0.3%), posterior cryo-freeze in one (0.3%) and injury to vortex vein in one (0.3%) eye. Postoperative complications included serous CD in 30 (9.8%) eyes, epiretinal membrane in five (1.6%), progression of cataract in six (2.0%) and raised IOP in eight (2.6%) eyes, of which one had angle-recession glaucoma, one developed pseudophakic glaucoma (bilateral) and two were known cases of glaucoma already on AGM. Three eyes developed exposure of buckle suture; suture was removed in two and buckle was removed in one, with stable fundus in follow-up period. Diplopia was present in three (1%) eyes that were corrected with appropriate prisms. Table 2: Details of external (scleral buckle) and internal tamponade in 306 eyes treated with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery [Table 3] shows absorption characteristics of SRF and postoperative RD in relation to time after surgery. Primary anatomical success was achieved in 279 (91.2%) eyes and final anatomical success in 270 (88.2%). Of 36 eyes with detached retina, at final follow-up visit, 22 eyes (61.1%) suffered RD between the first and sixth week of the postoperative period. Uni- and multivariate analysis revealed no significant association between delayed SRF absorption and factors like myopia >6 D, subretinal precipitates, bullous RD, RD duration >1 month and patient age >60 years. Table 3: Characteristics of subretinal fluid absorption and retinal re-attachment in relation to recovery time after treatment with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery [Table 4] depicts causes of failure of surgery. Thirty (11.8%) eyes suffered anatomical failures, major cause being PVR (44.4%). Other causes included intrinsic retinal contracture with subretinal gliosis preventing reattachment, lifting of previously attached macular hole and misdiagnosis of exudative RD secondary to central serous retinopathy (CSR) in one eye, each. Causative agent for re-detachment was not clinically made out in four eyes (11.1%). Table 4: Causes of postoperative retinal detachment in 36 of 306 eyes after treatment with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery [Table 5] shows factors associated with final anatomical failure. On both uni- and multivariate analysis, PVR (grade B or C), IOP < 10 mm Hg and the inability to find retinal break were significantly associated with final anatomical failure. Preoperative VA ≤3/60, age >60 years and presence of pseudophakia/aphakia were significant factors for final anatomical failure on univariate but not on multivariate analysis. Table 5: Factors associated with final anatomical failure after treatment with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery [Figure 1] shows visual outcomes in relation to time of absorption of SRF. The percentage of eyes having improved vision was 75.2, 74.6, 74.6 and 73.7 in cases where SRF was absorbed within one day, one week, six weeks and at final follow-up, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference between the study groups. Figure 1: Visual outcomes in relation to time of absorption of subretinal fluid [Figure 2] represents overall visual outcome in terms of comparison between pre- and postoperative visual acuities (at six weeks of follow-up). Primary functional success was seen in 286 (93.5%) eyes. Overall, there was significant improvement (P < 0.05) between preoperative (mean 1.16 ± 0.94) and postoperative (mean 0.71 ± 0.68) visual functions in reattached cases. Visual outcomes in successfully reattached 'macula-off' and 'macula-on' RDs were compared, separately. Of 182 eyes with successfully reattached macula-off RDs, 77 (42.3%) eyes had BCVA of 6/60 or better preoperatively while 148 eyes (81.3%) had BCVA of 6/60 or better at last follow-up. BCVA improved in 163 eyes (89.6%), was maintained in 15 eyes (8.2%) and deteriorated in four eyes (2.2%). In 88 eyes, in which macula-on RDs were successfully reattached, BCVA was maintained in 46 (52.3%), improved in 36 (40.9%) and decreased in six (6.8%) eyes. The cause of decreased vision was development of cataract in four eyes and ERM in two eyes. Figure 2: Comparison between pre- and post-operative (at 6 weeks) visual acuity [Table 6] shows factors associated with poor visual recovery defined as final vision <6/60 in successfully re-attached macula-off detachments. The only factor significant on both uni- and multivariate analysis was preoperative BCVA ≤ 3/60. Table 6: Factors associated with poor visual recovery* in 34 eyes after treatment with non-drainage scleral buckling surgery Certain characteristics of our population matches those of other studies, for instance mean age in our study was 36.17 years which correlates with other Indian studies (38 years). [12] However, PVR (grade B or worse) was less frequent in our study (5.6%) than others. [13] This could be due to difference in follow-up duration; however, reattachment rates were nearly same. Since both (drainage and non-drainage) procedures exhibit similar retinal re-attachment rates, [2],[3],[4],[5] advantage with non-drainage procedure seems to be in avoiding intra- and postoperative complications. These complications are major causes of unsuccessful surgical outcome. [14] In our study, most common postoperative complication was serous CD in 30 (9.8%) eyes, all of which developed one or two days after surgery and resolved over a span of two to three weeks with topical and systemic steroids. Recent evidence suggested the frequency of CD after SB to be 2.4%. [15] The reasons for the increased incidence of CD, in our series, were not very clear. However, since 7 (23.3%) eyes had received intravitreal air and/or saline injection (in contrast to 15.7% of total eyes), hypotony could have been a primary cause. Twenty three (76.7%) eyes that developed post-operative CD had >2 quadrants of RD and 9 (30%) had placement of >2 quadrants of scleral buckle. Post-operatively, raised IOP was controlled by topical anti-glaucoma medications or systemic carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, whenever necessary. Diplopia was present in 3 (1%) eyes, all of which had placement of ≥2 quadrants of scleral buckles (including multiple buckles in 2 cases). All 3 cases were managed with prescription of appropriate prismatic glasses. The rate of post-SB diplopia is much lower in our study than that observed in other studies (5-25%). [16] We also evaluated the relationship of SRF absorption to various pre- and intraoperative factors. The only case in our study in which SRF absorption took more than six months was a highly myopic (>-13D) eye. Overall, however, myopia was not significantly associated with delayed SRF absorption. SRF absorption pattern has been correlated with patient's age, [5],[17] duration of RD, [5],[18],[19] extent of RD, [5] sub-retinal precipitates [19] and post-operative IOP. [20] In our study, we did not find a significant association of age of RD or age of patient with delayed SRF absorption (as also suggested by Chignell et al.). [14] In our series, re-detachment occurred in nine (3%) eyes, of which seven (2.3%) were classified as early re-detachments (occurring between six weeks and six months) and two (0.7%) as late re-detachments (occurring after six months). The major cause of primary failure, as well as early re-detachment, was PVR and of late re-detachment was new retinal break. Thus, final reattachment rate was 88.2% at last follow-up. PVR (grade B or C), IOP < 10 mm Hg and the inability to find retinal break were significantly associated with final anatomical failure. In the present study, primary reattachment rate was 91.2% by six weeks, which shows a good agreement with other studies. [21] Schwartz et al. reported final reattachment rate of 95%. [22] Jalali et al. found a success rate of 80.3%, commonest cause of failure being missed break in 32.4%. [23] Haritoglou et al. reported a primary success rate of 84.7%, being 89.7% in phakic patients and 73.9% in pseudophakic patients. [24] In our study, anatomical success rate was 90.4% in phakic, 82% in pseudophakic and 80% in aphakic eyes. Sasoh et al. reported primary reattachment rate of 91.2% over follow-up of 10 years. [21] It may appear that the duration of postoperative macular detachment is longer in eyes operated upon by non-drainage technique than in those operated with SRF drainage. Hence, the former technique might have visual results worse than the latter. However, as seen in [Figure 1], on evaluating the visual outcomes, results were not significantly different with early or late absorption of SRF. Hilton et al. also reported no difference in the final visual acuity in both the drainage and non-drainage groups. [3] Primary functional success was achieved in 286 (93.5%) eyes in our study. Overall, there was a significant improvement between pre- and postoperative visual function in re-attached cases as also noted by other studies. [13] On evaluating, factors associated with poor visual recovery (PVR), though a major factor for anatomical failure was not associated with PVR. Of 433 eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy/SB, Jalali et al. reported that although PVR and prolonged duration of RD were not independent risk factors for anatomical failure, they did reduce the probability of good visual recovery. [23] However, since Jalali et al. included patients that underwent both pars plana vitrectomy and SB, our results cannot be compared with their findings. [23] For RRD, SB surgery has the highest single operation success rate. [25],[26] Few studies in the past have tested the suitability of solid silicon materials for SB. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest surgical series among patients who underwent non-drainage SB surgery using solid silicone elements. This surgical technique is reasonably safe, economically viable and highly efficacious. Major limitations of our study were its retrospective nature, inter-observer agreement (many different surgeons) and short follow-up. Solid silicone elements are effective in non-drainage SB surgery. Retinal reattachment rates are comparable to silicone sponges but with lower rates of complications. Careful case-selection is vital. 1. Leaver PK, Chignell AH, Fison LG, Pyne JR, Saunders SH. Role of non-drainage of subretinal fluid in re-operation for retinal detachment. Br J Ophthalmol 1975;59:252-4. 2. Chignell AH. Retinal detachment surgery without drainage of subretinal fluid. Am J Ophthalmol 1974;77:1-5. 3. Hilton GF, Grizzard WS, Avins LR, Heilbron DC. The drainage of subretinal fluid: A randomized controlled clinical trial. 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Schwartz SG, Kuhl DP, McPherson AR, Holz ER, Mieler WF. Twenty-year follow-up for scleral buckling. Arch Ophthalmol 2002;120:325-9. 23. Jalali S, Yorston D, Shah NJ, Das T, Majji AB, Hussain N, et al. Retinal detachment in south India-presentation and treatment outcomes. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2005;243:748-53. 24. Haritoglou C, Brandlhuber U, Kampik A, Priglinger SG. Anatomic success of scleral buckling for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment-a retrospective study of 524 cases. Ophthalmologica 2010;224:312-8. 25. Sodhi A, Leung LS, Do DV, Gower EW, Schein OD, Handa JT. Recent trends in the management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Surv Ophthalmol 2008;53:50-67. 26. Ryan EH Jr, Mittra RA. Scleral buckling vs vitrectomy: The continued role for scleral buckling in the vitrectomy era. Arch Ophthalmol 2010;128:1202-5. [Table 1], [Table 2], [Table 3], [Table 4], [Table 5], [Table 6] Rishi P Rishi E Gupta A Mathew CS Shah BJ Proliferative vitreoretinopathy scleral buckling solid silicone	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3509
__label__cc	0.714293	0.285707	Research & Reviews: Journal of Chemistry Chemical Biophysics and Current Developments Current Trends on Analytical Techniques Industrial Chemistry Studies Mass Spectrometry and It's Types Physical Chemistry Research Research on Organic Chemistry Separation Techniques and Developments Studies on Analytical Chemistry Synthetic Chemistry and Research Karthik Varma V Karthik Varma V, is a faculty member in Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis,Vikas College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, India He is working as a faculty member of Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis,Vikas College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, India . He holds a Master Degree in various fields of chemistry He has extended his valuable service in research of various research topics belonging to pharmaceutical chemistry and has been a recipient of many award and grants. Currently, His international experience includes various programs, contributions and participation in different countries for diverse fields of chemistry His research interests reflect in his wide range of publications in various national and international journals and serves as a member of various associations apart from being an author for many books. Microalgae, Photobioreactors, Nutrients,Excipients; Bioavailability; Diluents: Binders; Super disintegrants	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3515
__label__cc	0.654039	0.345961	Album Covers #33: Easy Listening I've said this many times before, but it bears repeating: the more grandfatherly the music, the more sexually explicit the album cover. Thus, easy listening records often featured orgasmic females straddling French horns; meanwhile, rock albums tended toward more 'artistic' compositions. At first blush, it's the inverse of what you'd expect. The iconic example is, of course, Herb Alpert's Whipped Cream and Other Delights; however, its predecessors and imitators are legion. Not to keep rehashing a tired point, but the answer lies both in the 'sex sells' approach and also by the fact that rock and pop music relied on the imagery of their musicians to move records off the shelves. In other words, buyers wanted to see the Stones and The Beatles on the covers.... no one gave a fraction of shit about having Herb Alpert's mug being on the cover. In fact, it would probably scare people away from buying it. Best to go with a scantily clad female instead (or better yet, one covered in whipped cream). These two look for all the world like they're about to get to business. My only question is what they plan to do with all those trumpets......... Wait. Forget I asked. Of all the easy listening songs ever recorded, "The Girl from Ipanema" has to be the most covered. "Caravan", "Call Me" and "Charade" were the holy trinity, but didn't hold a candle to the Joabim classic. I've been listening to the song for literally over forty years, and I'm still not tired of it. When you think "EZ Listening" what is the first name that comes to mind? Is it Ray Conniff or Ferrante & Teicher? For me it's Mantovani hands down. What was the infatuation with the Hammond Organ back in the sixties and early seventies? It sure produced some erotic vinyl cover art, but the music itself rarely was anything but bland. The mere thought of listening to "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" on the Hammond makes my heart slow to an almost complete stop. True fact: overexposure to Hammond cover songs will dull your neural synapses to the point where you can no longer feel pain or joy ever again. Part of the magic of these Easy Listening LPs is that they could blindside you with an unexpected cover version. In between "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" and "The Look of Love" they could throw you a curve ball like "Whole Lotta Love". The Tijuana Sauerkraut sounds like a dirty sexual act (i.e. The Cincinnati Bowtie and The Rusty Trombone). Labels: album covers James wellyousaythat January 06, 2013 If I'm not very much mistaken that's the Future Mrs Michael Caine upon the cover of Summer Samba. Blowing the bloody doors off Samba compilation covers Regularjoe January 06, 2013 I have the Charlie Byrd album and....uh...it's not too bad. LMAO at the "Tijuana Sauerkraut" comment, I was thinking the same thing! Retro Hound January 06, 2013 I too have the Charlie Byrd album! I've been listening to a bunch of my Dad's old cassettes and one them had Johnny Rivers on one side and Mantovani on the other. I preferred Mantovani. Kevin Walsh January 06, 2013 Who knew there was another Ray Davies? The "New Sounds" of Chico Arnez? Didn't know he had an old sound.... JamiSings January 06, 2013 Maybe it's just that when it comes to sex the slow pace of easy listening is preferable to the face pace of rock and roll. One allows for time to build up to the big finish. The other is just wham, bam, thank you ma'am, with no pleasure for her. Hitch January 06, 2013 How can I join the Larry Page Orchestra? K Penche January 06, 2013 I don't know the lps' countries of origin but I'll bet the ones with titillating near-nudity are American. The one with the T-shirt nips probably wouldn't have made it at Woolworth's. ekolad January 07, 2013 lovely post! someone was wondering about chico arnez's 'new sound'. here's something i wrote about... https://thriftyvinyl.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/new-sounds-of-chico-arnez/ and a couple of minor observations on other featured albums... https://thriftyvinyl.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/summer-sambas/ https://thriftyvinyl.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/joe-loss-non-stop-big-band-bossa/ aplogies for the spam, gillighan ;-) Mightydog January 07, 2013 I started working in an easy listening radio station at the age of 15. Those World Of Easy Listening album covers helped the 6PM to Midnight shift go a little faster... Luis January 07, 2013 Is that a hint of nipple on that first cover? Yes, I believe it is. I have in fact recently bought several easy-listening vinyl LPs solely for their sexy covers and have been surprised that they're not half bad. 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__label__wiki	0.807321	0.807321	[BBC General Television Training Course, 1958.] Folder compiled by the producer Charles Chilton, containing documents (typescripts and forms) relating to the course, headed by Andrew Miller Jones, another attendee being the poet Louis MacNeice. BBC General Television Training Course, 1958, headed by Andrew Miller Jones (1910-1994), Chief Television Instructor [Charles Chilton (1917-2013), producer; Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), poet] The British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC], London. April to June 1958. A significant document in the history of BBC Television, casting valuable light on production practices and internal procedure in the years following the end of the BBC's television monopoly. From the papers of distinguished producer Charles Chilton (1917-2013), best known for his radio series 'Journey into Space' and association with the Goon Show. The present item relates to the first of the BBC Television Training Courses. Of the second course Olive Shapley recalls in her 1996 autobiography: 'In 1959 I attended the second BBC television training course, along with a very interesting group of people, some of whom later rose to great heights.' In 1962 the magazine Punch discussed the course, writing that the 'chief instructor is Mr. Andrew Miller Jones, a producer since the early days and founder of Panorama. Throughout, he stresses the sometimes-forgotten fundamentals: that television is not sound with vision added; that it is no use trying to pour information into the ear while offering the eye a busy and perhaps irrelevant picture'. The present item is a collection of duplicated typescripts (the discrete sections of the course) and printed forms, punch-bound into buff wraps with typewritten white label on cover: 'B.B.C. Television Course April-June 1958'. The typescripts total around 75pp, mainly on foolscap 8vo. Occasional pencil annotation. At the start of the file is a TLS to Chilton from Gwen M. George, on behalf of Andrew Miller Jones, 'Chief Instructor, Television, 27 Marylebone Road', dated 22 April 1958, welcoming him to the 'GENERAL TELEVISION TRAINING COURSE: 29th April to 10th June 1958'. There is a full-page alphabetical list of the eighteen men taking part, each with job title, and including two 'Overseas Guests'. The list includes: 'MR. CHARLES CHILTON \| Producer, Light Entertainment (Sound), seconded to Television Light Entertainment.' Also on the list is the poet 'MR. LOUIS MacNEICE \| Features Producer, seconded to Television Talks and Drama Departments.' The other sixteen are: John K. Body, D. G. Bridson, T. K. Butcher, Patrick Dixon, David Godfrey, Rob Gunnell, S. V. Lotterby, Peter Murray, Rev. C. V. Sproxton, Laurence Stapley, Leslie Wheeler, Edward Wilkinson, Gerald Wiltshire, William Wright, Claude Goretta (Switzerland) and Graham White (Australia). The file starts with a sixteen-page 'Time Table', with pencil annotations, and a six-page syllabus for 'Practical Productions Exercises' (featuring Chilton and the other attenders), followed by two pages of 'Requirements for practical production exercises'. (At the end of the folder are five pages, each headed 'Billing for Practical Production Exercises'. These include 'Empire Games Preview', 'Compere: Charles Chilton \| Producer: Graham White'.) Sections include: 'Notes on writing plays for BBC Television (Issued by the Central Script Section)', 'The grammar of television production and the use of cameras \| by Ian Atkins'; 'Cuts, Fades and Mixes' by Donald Wilson (dated 8 December 1955), 'Telecine/telerecording cueing at Television Studios', 'Technical Facilities: Electronic “Cue Dot”', 'Inlay and overlay', 'Central Script Section, Television' ('The best introduction to the workings of the Central Script Section is to follow the career of an unsolicited play script from the moment of its arrival at Television Centre to the day of its production, probably many months later.'), 'Standard studio technical facilities', 'Still and moving back projection', 'Requirements for practical production exercises'. With eleven copies of internal BBC forms, a few with pencil annotations, including 'Television Service \| Design Department Budget Allotment', 'Programme acceptance sheet', 'Make-up and wardrobe cost', 'Part C – Film requirements', 'Presentation and Technical Cost', 'Casting Form', 'Wardrobe, hair & make-up requirements', 'Graphics requirements', 'Scenery requirements', 'Programme as broadcast'. MACNEICE	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3521
__label__wiki	0.894506	0.894506	Featureflash / Shutterstock.com Jamal Edwards Net Worth Internet (YouTube) Full Name Jamal Edwards Birth Place Luton, United Kingdom Date of Birth Aug 24, 1990 (age 28) Nationality United Kingdom Ethnicity African Occupation Entrepreneur, Rapper Education Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College Richest Entrepreneurs, Richest Rappers About Jamal Edwards Featureflash/Shutterstock.com The young British internet entrepreneur has an estimated net worth of $10 million. Jamal Edwards is the son of British singer and actress Brenda Edwards who was the fourth runner up in the show X Factor Season 2. Jamal is the creator SB.TV (Smokey Bars) and currently owns the record label Just Jam which is a subsidiary of Sony records. Jamal started SB.TV with a video camera that he got as a Christmas gift at the age of 16. The online broadcaster has attracted millions of hits for with videos of several young stars including Professor Green , Nicki Minaj, Jessie J. and Ed Sheeran. In the beginning, Jamal used to record Rappers around London and uploaded them to his YouTube channel. His channel received up to 130 million views and 180,000 subscribers. It was known as UK’s hottest youth channel and he partnered with YouTube to maximize its popularity. In 2013, Miroma Ventures valued his company SB.TV at around $12 million (£8m). Jamal has also featured in an advertisement for Google Chrome along with his mother in 2011. He is one of UK’s most influential in the music industry and has been described as the new Simon Cowell. More Richest Entrepreneurs,Richest Rappers Alexander Amosu Net Worth Troy Ave Net Worth Norman D. Golden II Net Worth Lil Rob Net Worth Dr. Dre Net Worth El-P Net Worth Bow Wow Net Worth	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3522
__label__wiki	0.963676	0.963676	RCC in the News Ottawa Citizen - June 19, 2014 Rideau River just like home for Olympian Sue Holloway By Janet Wilson Olympian Sue Holloway was the first Canadian and first woman to ever compete at the Winter and Summer Olympics — in 1976 for cross-country skiing and in kayaking. She kayaks and dragon boats on the Rideau River sometimes twice a day in the summer. www.baytoday.ca - June 20, 2014 Evans heading to Pan Am Games Friday the 13th was definitely not an unlucky day for North Bay's Davis Evans. He was travelling to Welland, Ontario with his paddling Coach when he found out he had been named to the Canadian Junior Team that will compete for Canada in the Pan American Championships this September. The Championships will take place in Mexico City from September 4th-7th. SportsOttawa.com - June 6, 2014 Paddler pounces on World Cup debut opportunity, finishes 4th By Dan Plouffe Ben Tardioli skipped taking a gentle first-time introduction and wasted no time making a name for himself on the international canoe-kayak scene by placing fourth in the C-1 men’s 200 metres in his World Cup debut at Racice, Czech Republic May 16-18. SportsOttawa.com - November 5, 2013 Mortimer rises from Olympic exclusion to win Pan Ams By Michael Lapointe There are peaks and valleys in any athletic career, but there may not be anyone who’s gained an understanding of this better in the past year than Angus Mortimer. Read more Glebe Report - October 16, 2013 Glebe Paddler and Gold Medal Winner Sets His Sights on Puerto Rico Pan Am Championships By Ian Miller Drew Hodges has had a phenomenal season. The Glebe resident has won gold at the Canada Games, captured six medals at the National Championships and is representing Canada this month at the Pan American Championships that take place October 18 to 20 in Puerto Rico. “Drew is one of the hardest workers in our club,” said Rideau Canoe Club coach, Ian Mortimer, a fellow Glebe resident and former national team member. “He has earned every result with dedication and patient effort.” Orleans Star - September 19, 2013 A place to paddle at Petrie By Catherine Kitts SportsOttawa.com - September 9, 2013 40 Ottawa athletes win 54 medals for Ontario at Canada Games By Brendan McConnell Rideau Canoe Club paddlers Megan Sibthorpe, Maddie Schmidt, Drew Hodges, Brendan Fowler and Alexandra Joy accounted for 17 of Ottawa’s 54 total medals won for Team Ontario, which includes 16 gold. Read more Ottawa Citizen On Line Edition - September 3, 2013 Schmidt Shines At Canoe/Kayak Sprint Nationals By Gord Holder It should not surprise anyone to learn that Madeline Schmidt led the parade of Rideau Canoe Club gold medallists during the Canadian sprint canoe/kayak championships at Montreal over the Labour Day weekend read more Ottawa Citizen - September 3, 2013 Cleary: Area athletes racked up 61 medals at Canada Summer Games By Martin Cleary Rideau Canoe Club’s Megan Sibthorpe was three times golden in women’s C2 500 metres, IC4 500 and IC4 200. She also earned a silver in the C2 5,000. World junior bronze medallist Madeline Schmidt of Rideau took gold in the K1 500, silvers in the K2 200, K2 5,000 and K4 200 and a bronze in the K4 500. Rideau’s Drew Hodges collected gold in C1 5,000, silvers in C1 1,000 and IC4 1,000, and bronze in IC4 200. Read more. Ottawa Citizen Printed Edition - August 28, 2013 Front Page's Header Sports Section's (B) Front Page Sports Section's page B2 Ottawa Citizen - August 21, 2013 Amateur sports report: Area athletes thrive in August By Gordon Holder Madeline Schmidt, Kayaking. The Rideau Canoe Club member won a gold medal in the women’s K1 kayak 500 metres during the Canada Summer Games. Read more. SportsOttawa.com - August 5, 2013 Rideau Canoe Club sends big 5-member contingent By Anne Duggan In a sport where athletes tend to continue improving until age 30, Rideau Canoe Club has many promising young paddlers, including five who are headed to the 2013 Canada Summer Games. Read more.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3523
__label__cc	0.681902	0.318098	← Home / Complete-Works / Volume 1 / Addresses at The Parliament of Religions / → PAPER ON HINDUISM Read at the Parliament on 19th September, 1893 Three religions now stand in the world which have come down to us from time prehistoric — Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Judaism. They have all received tremendous shocks and all of them prove by their survival their internal strength. But while Judaism failed to absorb Christianity and was driven out of its place of birth by its all-conquering daughter, and a handful of Parsees is all that remains to tell the tale of their grand religion, sect after sect arose in India and seemed to shake the religion of the Vedas to its very foundations, but like the waters of the seashore in a tremendous earthquake it receded only for a while, only to return in an all-absorbing flood, a thousand times more vigorous, and when the tumult of the rush was over, these sects were all sucked in, absorbed, and assimilated into the immense body of the mother faith. From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low ideas of idolatry with its multifarious mythology, the agnosticism of the Buddhists, and the atheism of the Jains, each and all have a place in the Hindu's religion. Where then, the question arises, where is the common centre to which all these widely diverging radii converge? Where is the common basis upon which all these seemingly hopeless contradictions rest? And this is the question I shall attempt to answer. The Hindus have received their religion through revelation, the Vedas. They hold that the Vedas are without beginning and without end. It may sound ludicrous to this audience, how a book can be without beginning or end. But by the Vedas no books are meant. They mean the accumulated treasury of spiritual laws discovered by different persons in different times. Just as the law of gravitation existed before its discovery, and would exist if all humanity forgot it, so is it with the laws that govern the spiritual world. The moral, ethical, and spiritual relations between soul and soul and between individual spirits and the Father of all spirits, were there before their discovery, and would remain even if we forgot them. The discoverers of these laws are called Rishis, and we honour them as perfected beings. I am glad to tell this audience that some of the very greatest of them were women. Here it may be said that these laws as laws may be without end, but they must have had a beginning. The Vedas teach us that creation is without beginning or end. Science is said to have proved that the sum total of cosmic energy is always the same. Then, if there was a time when nothing existed, where was all this manifested energy? Some say it was in a potential form in God. In that case God is sometimes potential and sometimes kinetic, which would make Him mutable. Everything mutable is a compound, and everything compound must undergo that change which is called destruction. So God would die, which is absurd. Therefore there never was a time when there was no creation. If I may be allowed to use a simile, creation and creator are two lines, without beginning and without end, running parallel to each other. God is the ever active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed. This is what the Brâhmin boy repeats every day: "The sun and the moon, the Lord created like the suns and moons of previous cycles." And this agrees with modern science. Here I stand and if I shut my eyes, and try to conceive my existence, "I", "I", "I", what is the idea before me? The idea of a body. Am I, then, nothing but a combination of material substances? The Vedas declare, “No”. I am a spirit living in a body. I am not the body. The body will die, but I shall not die. Here am I in this body; it will fall, but I shall go on living. I had also a past. The soul was not created, for creation means a combination which means a certain future dissolution. If then the soul was created, it must die. Some are born happy, enjoy perfect health, with beautiful body, mental vigour and all wants supplied. Others are born miserable, some are without hands or feet, others again are idiots and only drag on a wretched existence. Why, if they are all created, why does a just and merciful God create one happy and another unhappy, why is He so partial? Nor would it mend matters in the least to hold that those who are miserable in this life will be happy in a future one. Why should a man be miserable even here in the reign of a just and merciful God? In the second place, the idea of a creator God does not explain the anomaly, but simply expresses the cruel fiat of an all-powerful being. There must have been causes, then, before his birth, to make a man miserable or happy and those were his past actions. Are not all the tendencies of the mind and the body accounted for by inherited aptitude? Here are two parallel lines of existence — one of the mind, the other of matter. If matter and its transformations answer for all that we have, there is no necessity for supposing the existence of a soul. But it cannot be proved that thought has been evolved out of matter, and if a philosophical monism is inevitable, spiritual monism is certainly logical and no less desirable than a materialistic monism; but neither of these is necessary here. We cannot deny that bodies acquire certain tendencies from heredity, but those tendencies only mean the physical configuration, through which a peculiar mind alone can act in a peculiar way. There are other tendencies peculiar to a soul caused by its past actions. And a soul with a certain tendency would by the laws of affinity take birth in a body which is the fittest instrument for the display of that tendency. This is in accord with science, for science wants to explain everything by habit, and habit is got through repetitions. So repetitions are necessary to explain the natural habits of a new-born soul. And since they were not obtained in this present life, they must have come down from past lives. There is another suggestion. Taking all these for granted, how is it that I do not remember anything of my past life ? This can be easily explained. I am now speaking English. It is not my mother tongue, in fact no words of my mother tongue are now present in my consciousness; but let me try to bring them up, and they rush in. That shows that consciousness is only the surface of the mental ocean, and within its depths are stored up all our experiences. Try and struggle, they would come up and you would be conscious even of your past life. This is direct and demonstrative evidence. Verification is the perfect proof of a theory, and here is the challenge thrown to the world by the Rishis. We have discovered the secret by which the very depths of the ocean of memory can be stirred up — try it and you would get a complete reminiscence of your past life. So then the Hindu believes that he is a spirit. Him the sword cannot pierce — him the fire cannot burn — him the water cannot melt — him the air cannot dry. The Hindu believes that every soul is a circle whose circumference is nowhere, but whose centre is located in the body, and that death means the change of this centre from body to body. Nor is the soul bound by the conditions of matter. In its very essence it is free, unbounded, holy, pure, and perfect. But somehow or other it finds itself tied down to matter, and thinks of itself as matter. Why should the free, perfect, and pure being be thus under the thraldom of matter, is the next question. How can the perfect soul be deluded into the belief that it is imperfect? We have been told that the Hindus shirk the question and say that no such question can be there. Some thinkers want to answer it by positing one or more quasi-perfect beings, and use big scientific names to fill up the gap. But naming is not explaining. The question remains the same. How can the perfect become the quasi-perfect; how can the pure, the absolute, change even a microscopic particle of its nature? But the Hindu is sincere. He does not want to take shelter under sophistry. He is brave enough to face the question in a manly fashion; and his answer is: “I do not know. I do not know how the perfect being, the soul, came to think of itself as imperfect, as joined to and conditioned by matter." But the fact is a fact for all that. It is a fact in everybody's consciousness that one thinks of oneself as the body. The Hindu does not attempt to explain why one thinks one is the body. The answer that it is the will of God is no explanation. This is nothing more than what the Hindu says, "I do not know." Well, then, the human soul is eternal and immortal, perfect and infinite, and death means only a change of centre from one body to another. The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present. The soul will go on evolving up or reverting back from birth to birth and death to death. But here is another question: Is man a tiny boat in a tempest, raised one moment on the foamy crest of a billow and dashed down into a yawning chasm the next, rolling to and fro at the mercy of good and bad actions — a powerless, helpless wreck in an ever-raging, ever-rushing, uncompromising current of cause and effect; a little moth placed under the wheel of causation which rolls on crushing everything in its way and waits not for the widow's tears or the orphan's cry? The heart sinks at the idea, yet this is the law of Nature. Is there no hope? Is there no escape? — was the cry that went up from the bottom of the heart of despair. It reached the throne of mercy, and words of hope and consolation came down and inspired a Vedic sage, and he stood up before the world and in trumpet voice proclaimed the glad tidings: "Hear, ye children of immortal bliss! even ye that reside in higher spheres! I have found the Ancient One who is beyond all darkness, all delusion: knowing Him alone you shall be saved from death over again." "Children of immortal bliss" — what a sweet, what a hopeful name! Allow me to call you, brethren, by that sweet name — heirs of immortal bliss — yea, the Hindu refuses to call you sinners. Ye are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye divinities on earth — sinners! It is a sin to call a man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; ye are not matter, ye are not bodies; matter is your servant, not you the servant of matter. Thus it is that the Vedas proclaim not a dreadful combination of unforgiving laws, not an endless prison of cause and effect, but that at the head of all these laws, in and through every particle of matter and force, stands One "by whose command the wind blows, the fire burns, the clouds rain, and death stalks upon the earth." And what is His nature? He is everywhere, the pure and formless One, the Almighty and the All-merciful. "Thou art our father, Thou art our mother, Thou art our beloved friend, Thou art the source of all strength; give us strength. Thou art He that beareth the burdens of the universe; help me bear the little burden of this life." Thus sang the Rishis of the Vedas. And how to worship Him? Through love. "He is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life." This is the doctrine of love declared in the Vedas, and let us see how it is fully developed and taught by Krishna, whom the Hindus believe to have been God incarnate on earth. He taught that a man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world — his heart to God and his hands to work. It is good to love God for hope of reward in this or the next world, but it is better to love God for love's sake, and the prayer goes: "Lord, I do not want wealth, nor children, nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth, but grant me this, that I may love Thee without the hope of reward — love unselfishly for love's sake." One of the disciples of Krishna, the then Emperor of India, was driven from his kingdom by his enemies and had to take shelter with his queen in a forest in the Himalayas, and there one day the queen asked him how it was that he, the most virtuous of men, should suffer so much misery. Yudhishthira answered, "Behold, my queen, the Himalayas, how grand and beautiful they are; I love them. They do not give me anything, but my nature is to love the grand, the beautiful, therefore I love them. Similarly, I love the Lord. He is the source of all beauty, of all sublimity. He is the only object to be loved; my nature is to love Him, and therefore I love. I do not pray for anything; I do not ask for anything. Let Him place me wherever He likes. I must love Him for love's sake. I cannot trade in love." The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is therefore, Mukti — freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery. And this bondage can only fall off through the mercy of God, and this mercy comes on the pure. So purity is the condition of His mercy. How does that mercy act? He reveals Himself to the pure heart; the pure and the stainless see God, yea, even in this life; then and then only all the crookedness of the heart is made straight. Then all doubt ceases. He is no more the freak of a terrible law of causation. This is the very centre, the very vital conception of Hinduism. The Hindu does not want to live upon words and theories. If there are existences beyond the ordinary sensuous existence, he wants to come face to face with them. If there is a soul in him which is not matter, if there is an all-merciful universal Soul, he will go to Him direct. He must see Him, and that alone can destroy all doubts. So the best proof a Hindu sage gives about the soul, about God, is: "I have seen the soul; I have seen God." And that is the only condition of perfection. The Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realising — not in believing, but in being and becomin. Thus the whole object of their system is by constant struggle to become perfect, to become divine, to reach God and see God, and this reaching God, seeing God, becoming perfect even as the Father in Heaven is perfect, constitutes the religion of the Hindus. And what becomes of a man when he attains perfection? He lives a life of bliss infinite. He enjoys infinite and perfect bliss, having obtained the only thing in which man ought to have pleasure, namely God, and enjoys the bliss with God. So far all the Hindus are agreed. This is the common religion of all the sects of India; but, then, perfection is absolute, and the absolute cannot be two or three. It cannot have any qualities. It cannot be an individual. And so when a soul becomes perfect and absolute, it must become one with Brahman, and it would only realise the Lord as the perfection, the reality, of its own nature and existence, the existence absolute, knowledge absolute, and bliss absolute. We have often and often read this called the losing of individuality and becoming a stock or a stone. “He jests at scars that never felt a wound.” I tell you it is nothing of the kind. If it is happiness to enjoy the consciousness of this small body, it must be greater happiness to enjoy the consciousness of two bodies, the measure of happiness increasing with the consciousness of an increasing number of bodies, the aim, the ultimate of happiness being reached when it would become a universal consciousness. Therefore, to gain this infinite universal individuality, this miserable little prison-individuality must go. Then alone can death cease when I am alone with life, then alone can misery cease when I am one with happiness itself, then alone can all errors cease when I am one with knowledge itself; and this is the necessary scientific conclusion. Science has proved to me that physical individuality is a delusion, that really my body is one little continuously changing body in an unbroken ocean of matter; and Advaita (unity) is the necessary conclusion with my other counterpart, soul. Science is nothing but the finding of unity. As soon as science would reach perfect unity, it would stop from further progress, because it would reach the goal. Thus Chemistry could not progress farther when it would discover one element out of which all other could be made. Physics would stop when it would be able to fulfill its services in discovering one energy of which all others are but manifestations, and the science of religion become perfect when it would discover Him who is the one life in a universe of death, Him who is the constant basis of an ever-changing world. One who is the only Soul of which all souls are but delusive manifestations. Thus is it, through multiplicity and duality, that the ultimate unity is reached. Religion can go no farther. This is the goal of all science. All science is bound to come to this conclusion in the long run. Manifestation, and not creation, is the word of science today, and the Hindu is only glad that what he has been cherishing in his bosom for ages is going to be taught in more forcible language, and with further light from the latest conclusions of science. Descend we now from the aspirations of philosophy to the religion of the ignorant. At the very outset, I may tell you that there is no polytheism in India. In every temple, if one stands by and listens, one will find the worshippers applying all the attributes of God, including omnipresence, to the images. It is not polytheism, nor would the name henotheism explain the situation. "The rose called by any other name would smell as sweet." Names are not explanations. I remember, as a boy, hearing a Christian missionary preach to a crowd in India. Among other sweet things he was telling them was that if he gave a blow to their idol with his stick, what could it do? One of his hearers sharply answered, "If I abuse your God, what can He do?" “You would be punished,” said the preacher, "when you die." "So my idol will punish you when you die," retorted the Hindu. The tree is known by its fruits. When I have seen amongst them that are called idolaters, men, the like of whom in morality and spirituality and love I have never seen anywhere, I stop and ask myself, "Can sin beget holiness?" Superstition is a great enemy of man, but bigotry is worse. Why does a Christian go to church? Why is the cross holy? Why is the face turned toward the sky in prayer? Why are there so many images in the Catholic Church? Why are there so many images in the minds of Protestants when they pray? My brethren, we can no more think about anything without a mental image than we can live without breathing. By the law of association, the material image calls up the mental idea and vice versa. This is why the Hindu uses an external symbol when he worships. He will tell you, it helps to keep his mind fixed on the Being to whom he prays. He knows as well as you do that the image is not God, is not omnipresent. After all, how much does omnipresence mean to almost the whole world? It stands merely as a word, a symbol. Has God superficial area? If not, when we repeat that word "omnipresent", we think of the extended sky or of space, that is all. As we find that somehow or other, by the laws of our mental constitution, we have to associate our ideas of infinity with the image of the blue sky, or of the sea, so we naturally connect our idea of holiness with the image of a church, a mosque, or a cross. The Hindus have associated the idea of holiness, purity, truth, omnipresence, and such other ideas with different images and forms. But with this difference that while some people devote their whole lives to their idol of a church and never rise higher, because with them religion means an intellectual assent to certain doctrines and doing good to their fellows, the whole religion of the Hindu is centred in realisation. Man is to become divine by realising the divine. Idols or temples or churches or books are only the supports, the helps, of his spiritual childhood: but on and on he must progress. He must not stop anywhere. "External worship, material worship," say the scriptures, "is the lowest stage; struggling to rise high, mental prayer is the next stage, but the highest stage is when the Lord has been realised." Mark, the same earnest man who is kneeling before the idol tells you, "Him the Sun cannot express, nor the moon, nor the stars, the lightning cannot express Him, nor what we speak of as fire; through Him they shine." But he does not abuse any one's idol or call its worship sin. He recognises in it a necessary stage of life. "The child is father of the man." Would it be right for an old man to say that childhood is a sin or youth a sin? If a man can realise his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a sin? Nor even when he has passed that stage, should he call it an error. To the Hindu, man is not travelling from error to truth, but from truth to truth, from lower to higher truth. To him all the religions, from the lowest fetishism to the highest absolutism, mean so many attempts of the human soul to grasp and realise the Infinite, each determined by the conditions of its birth and association, and each of these marks a stage of progress; and every soul is a young eagle soaring higher and higher, gathering more and more strength, till it reaches the Glorious Sun. Unity in variety is the plan of nature, and the Hindu has recognised it. Every other religion lays down certain fixed dogmas, and tries to force society to adopt them. It places before society only one coat which must fit Jack and John and Henry, all alike. If it does not fit John or Henry, he must go without a coat to cover his body. The Hindus have discovered that the absolute can only be realised, or thought of, or stated, through the relative, and the images, crosses, and crescents are simply so many symbols — so many pegs to hang the spiritual ideas on. It is not that this help is necessary for every one, but those that do not need it have no right to say that it is wrong. Nor is it compulsory in Hinduism. One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots. On the other hand, it is the attempt of undeveloped minds to grasp high spiritual truths. The Hindus have their faults, they sometimes have their exceptions; but mark this, they are always for punishing their own bodies, and never for cutting the throats of their neighbours. If the Hindu fanatic burns himself on the pyre, he never lights the fire of Inquisition. And even this cannot be laid at the door of his religion any more than the burning of witches can be laid at the door of Christianity. To the Hindu, then, the whole world of religions is only a travelling, a coming up, of different men and women, through various conditions and circumstances, to the same goal. Every religion is only evolving a God out of the material man, and the same God is the inspirer of all of them. Why, then, are there so many contradictions? They are only apparent, says the Hindu. The contradictions come from the same truth adapting itself to the varying circumstances of different natures. It is the same light coming through glasses of different colours. And these little variations are necessary for purposes of adaptation. But in the heart of everything the same truth reigns. The Lord has declared to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna, "I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there." And what has been the result? I challenge the world to find, throughout the whole system of Sanskrit philosophy, any such expression as that the Hindu alone will be saved and not others. Says Vyasa, "We find perfect men even beyond the pale of our caste and creed." One thing more. How, then, can the Hindu, whose whole fabric of thought centres in God, believe in Buddhism which is agnostic, or in Jainism which is atheistic? The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great central truth in every religion, to evolve a God out of man. They have not seen the Father, but they have seen the Son. And he that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father also. This, brethren, is a short sketch of the religious ideas of the Hindus. The Hindu may have failed to carry out all his plans, but if there is ever to be a universal religion, it must be one which will have no location in place or time; which will be infinite like the God it will preach, and whose sun will shine upon the followers of Krishna and of Christ, on saints and sinners alike; which will not be Brahminic or Buddhistic, Christian or Mohammedan, but the sum total of all these, and still have infinite space for development; which in its catholicity will embrace in its infinite arms, and find a place for, every human being, from the lowest grovelling savage not far removed from the brute, to the highest man towering by the virtues of his head and heart almost above humanity, making society stand in awe of him and doubt his human nature. It will be a religion which will have no place for persecution or intolerance in its polity, which will recognise divinity in every man and woman, and whose whole scope, whose whole force, will be created in aiding humanity to realise its own true, divine nature. Offer such a religion, and all the nations will follow you. Asoka's council was a council of the Buddhist faith. Akbar's, though more to the purpose, was only a parlour-meeting. It was reserved for America to proclaim to all quarters of the globe that the Lord is in every religion. May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians, give strength to you to carry out your noble idea! The star arose in the East; it travelled steadily towards the West, sometimes dimmed and sometimes effulgent, till it made a circuit of the world; and now it is again rising on the very horizon of the East, the borders of the Sanpo,1 a thousandfold more effulgent than it ever was before. Hail, Columbia, motherland of liberty! It has been given to thee, who never dipped her hand in her neighbour’s blood, who never found out that the shortest way of becoming rich was by robbing one’s neighbours, it has been given to thee to march at the vanguard of civilisation with the flag of harmony. ^Note from devotee Marie Louise Burke (Sister Gargi) makes the following comment: In all the early reports of Swamiji's paper on Hinduism (which he had evidently written in longhand and given to the press) the word "Pacific" was transcribed as "Tasifu," which the reporters may have thought was some far away inland sea of Oriental mystery and romance. The plain fact of the matter was that Swamiji's Ps looked like Ts; and his "Pacific" like "Tasifu." By some unknown process, "Tasifu" became "Sanpo" (a Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra River) in the Complete Works; thus the "horizon of the East" receded ever farther. But, characteristically, Swamiji used words understandable to everyone in his talks before the Parliament; indeed, never when speaking to the public (or, as far as we know, in private) was he esoteric or obscure. "Pacific," clear, simple, and sensible, was surely what he wrote in his paper and what he said. Swami Vivekananda in The West — New Discoveries, Marie Louise Burke (Vol 1, Page 143).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3525
__label__cc	0.529727	0.470273	Read and Find Out - Home Help support the site! Active Users:217 Time:18/07/2019 12:07:53 PM Read And Find Out Home Messageboard Wotmania CMB2 CMB3 Read and Find Out Books Wheel of Time TV & Movies Games Role Playing Community Reviews Interviews QuickPolls Quote of the Moment Journals Who are the admins? Log a bug or suggestion Premium Account Merchandise Donate Women are like sunsets. They are beautiful, but there will be a different one tomorrow. Gilder, to Vyse from Skies of Arcadia by Rieko Kodama submitted by Dragonsworn View all quotes \| Suggest a quote Buy a premium account Buy some T-Shirts Donate to the Webmaster Use the Book Depository Use Amazon.com Use Amazon.co.uk Use Amazon.de Back to Messageboard Post New Thread Search Help Stats Rules Alcatraz and the Scrivener's Bones by Brandon Sanderson - Edit 1 Before modification by Bryce at 01/09/2009 04:40:28 PM While on the internet I often pretend to be a 13 year old girl, I am, in fact 25 and a man. This doesn't exactly make me the prime audience for Brandon Sanderson's children/YA books, but I'll do my best to make a review. Alcatraz is a young boy who breaks things. Radios. Televisions. Chickens. He can’t seem to touch anything without it breaking. He’s an orphan, who upon his 13th birthday receives his inheritance in the mail from his father…a bag of sand. Oh, and did I mention that there are evil librarians seeking to conquer the world and spread their lies about its history? These books are comedic fantasy, very well written for a young audience, and fun for the whole family. There are two books out so far, with a third planned for the end of this year, and a fourth tentatively planned for some time in 2010. I enjoyed the humor in them, so I'm sure that a younger person would think they're hilarious. The pacing's right where it needs to be for a younger audience, and I'm very impressed that he can write for a younger audience so well, considering the epic nature of his previous work. All in all, I'd give them 4 out of 5, and would heartily suggest them to anyone who's a kid at heart, interested in the young adult genre, or just likes to laugh. The first book is called Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, in case you're looking to start at the beginning (probably a smart way to go). Return to message The text and structure of these pages are copyrighted by Ben Murdoch-Smith. The design is used with permission from Mike Mackert. All references to published material are copyrighted by their respective authors. Please read the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions. © 2009-2011 Ben Murdoch-Smith - ReadAndFindOut This page expressed Gratch's love for Rich-argg in 0.252 seconds	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3529
__label__wiki	0.667902	0.667902	RealEstateRama Real Estate Newsrooms, Research Centers - Government, Nonprofit & Business RealEstateRama - Site - in News - in Media - in Social - Web RealEstateRama NAHB Announces National Green Building Awards Winners NAHB Announces National Green Building Awards Winners By NAHB - WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 2, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Eleven builders, remodelers and other home building industry professionals were honored yesterday as winners of the National Green Building Awards by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The awards were presented during the 14th annual National Green Building Conference held in Nashville, Tenn. “These awards recognize the best and most innovative builders and remodelers in green building”, said NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. “The demand for green building is growing in leaps and bounds, and these winners set a great example of what can be accomplished in terms of sustainable and energy efficient building practices.” The awards were presented during the Muddy Boots Mixer, a special networking and awards event, and one of the highlights of the three-day conference, which featured educational programs, an exhibition of green products and a tour of local green homes. Individual Project Awards Five single-family home projects were honored: MGM Construction of San Francisco, for Project of the Year, Single-Family Custom Builder Meritage Homes of Goodyear, Ariz., for Project of the Year, Single-Family Production Builder Chandler Design-Build Inc. of Mebane, N.C., for Project of the Year, Single-Family Small Volume Builder TC Legend Homes/Zero-Energy Plans LLC of Coupeville, Wash., for Project of the Year, Single-Family Concept and Research- Enterprise Purdue University of West Lafayette, Ind., for Project of the Year, Single-Family Concept and Research- Academic Two remodeling projects and one multifamily project were also honored: Trifecta Construction Solutions of Fort Meyers, Fla., for Multifamily Project of the Year G HOME by Rocking Horse Redevelopment of Phoenix, Ariz., for Remodeling Project of the Year Over $100,000 G HOME of Rocking Horse Redevelopment of Phoenix, Ariz., for Remodeling Project of the Year Under $100,000 Green Building Advocacy Awards Two awards were given to individuals or organizations for their efforts in green building advocacy: The Mungo Companies of Irmo, S.C. for Builder Advocate of the Year G STREET of Scottsdale, Ariz., as Remodeler Advocate of the Year NAHB also named T.W. Bailey, of WaterMark Custom Builders in Frisco, Texas the recipient of a special new award, the “NAHB Green Outstanding Contribution Award,” for his dedication and work to further green building education. NAHB – National Association of Home Builders The National Association of Home Builders is the leading trade association representing the housing industry. https://www.nahb.org/ Real Estate Research Center Search NAHB: WebSite - in News - in Social - in Web Recent NAHB Press Releases Statement from NAHB Chairman Greg Ugalde on President Trump’s Housing Affordability... New Home Sales Decline in May NAHB Unveils Resources for Home Builders to Address Opioid Crisis Nearly 700 Builders Shine a Spotlight on Housing Affordability in Hill... Random NAHB in News Fears of housing downturn may have been overblown But the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) said Wednesday that builder confidence spiked last month thanks to a drop in interest rates. Rising mortgage rates, home prices are becoming a toxic cocktail in... I Want A Better House	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3530
__label__wiki	0.717005	0.717005	Cattle Mutilations in Montana and Colorado - on the increase in 2010 So many cow mutilations have been reported in the Colorado and Montana regions since February 2010 that both farmers and police are becoming concerned: “There was a beam of light come down and it got that calf and that calf went up in that beam of light and was gone!” EarthFiles - Montana Rancher Article: Police are stumped. But rancher Mike Duran, who lost two of his cows to mutilation last December, has a theory that is literally out of this world. He says it was aliens. ] It's almost like the animal was taken away, killed, surgically manipulated and brought back," Duran told us. >Some of the wounds on a female cow were "like laser cuts," he said. "There was no blood. No tracks. No witnesses at all." "Some people say it was a cult. But even if it was a cult, we would find tracks or something like that." In Duran's mind, that leaves only one other option. "I believe there are aliens. People may laugh at me for thinking that," Duran said. "(The aliens) do what they have to, and then they bring (the cows) back and they drop them back in the field. And that's why there are no tracks." Duran is not alone."The female cow's) sexual organs were removed, the eyes were removed, a tongue was removed," said Chuck Zukowski, a self-described UFO investigator and reserve El Paso County Sheriff's deputy, who is trying to solve Duran's case. "The pattern is that of surgical cuts. There are no bite marks. There are no scratch marks. There's no carnage on the ground...It's as if it was under surgery." Duran says he found a powerful electromagnetic field coming from one of the cow's carved-out head, only adding to his suspicions that aliens are to blame. ...... Article source - continue reading Since 1967 over 30,000 cows have reportedly been found mutilated in the USA alone!, this number is rising exponentially every year with the majority of cases occuring down a corridor of inland USA between Montana,colorado going all the way down to New Mexico: Montana video: RealUfos would like to hear from farmers or anyone who has seen cattle mutiliation - please respond to this post and update us with anything you may know. Ahh ok, i have posted the vid on youtube 24.05.2010 and i have the full vid with the reporter in the beginning and the end, if that's good http://www.youtube.com/user/ufosweden Cattle mutilation is the strangest ongoing paranormal phenomenon of which there is much tangible evidence. The ranchers and farmers know from experience their cattle were not the victims of normal predation. A little critical thinking quickly reveals the predator explanation to be false as well. That no progress towards a mundane explanation has been made in the 30-some years this has been happening is very unusual. This phenomenon is among the few most significant "smoking guns" we have indicating the likely presence of ETs visiting our world, IMO. Okay, idea: Start scanning all the cows in the general area for probes in their heads. In the old days , ranchers and farmers paid men and women to bring in cattle rustlers dead or alive. why?why would aliens do that? to so many animals??? over 30,000? ok if its an experiment....they dont need that much animals...lol... it's not logical to me... I agree that its not normal, what ever it is doing this, but I don't think Aliens are to blame. I mean why bring the cows back at all? It leaves proof, and eveidence. Doesn't make sense to do so. Call them aliens or demons, they are interdimensional parasites, have been harvesting and feeding off flesh since the beginning. Humans are preferred and 99.9% never seen again, but what evidence is found was left deliberately for the purpose of creating argument, that's right, they understand the techniques of politics and do not want coordinated pushback. Likewise, the abductions are not for the purpose of experiments or genetics, but to discredit witnesses as nuts. Well, if the remains leave proof, why don't you believe it? These grays are not doing hybrid experiments, they don't reproduce as clones and can't eat. The sperm/ova harvests and fetus removals are for the purpose of raising embryos. Right, the grays are you (human embryos) after being raised in vats of nutrient solution obtained from cattle mutilations (and many humans we don't know about). Your skepticism is enough to ensure that nothing gets in the way, but just what do you think you'd be doing about it, anyway? This is no joke or urban legend. Sit around and theorize all you want, until you're the next one on the chopping block. Victims are not killed, but kept alive as long as possible while organs are removed. Who says that the mutilations ar paranormal. Google "Werner Bock Cattle" or "Farmers Ordeal". 75 min documentary in 4 parts, no fiction, just facts, no UFOs. I guess UFOs are more exiting and sell more books. 150 years ago, the farmers did not tolerate cattle and horse thieves, much less sickos mutilating and killing their animals and their livelyhood, and any sheriff protecting the perputrators, would have most likely ended up besides the culprits, suspended a few feet off the ground. Today they get promoted out of the area, and the farmer has a good chance, ending up in the looney bin, if he does not shut up. It is called: Modern civilisation. As I see it, Before you theorize about aliens lifting the animals up in a beam of light, think about the way they are making people fly on stage or in movies, thin steel cables, combined with a bright beam of light, looks very realistic, add a silent helicopter and voila, the perfect UFO scenario, and who has access to that technology? Need I say more? We are being shafted and bullshitted all over , from the criminals from outside and from inside the government. Welcome to the "Brave New Corporate World Order", "Satans Ultimate Kingdom on Earth" Enjoy it while it lasts, but leave me out. Newfoundland UFO is still a mystery says Departmen... Cattle Mutilations in Montana and Colorado - on th... Ufos over Fresno 27th of May 2010 Did you see the Fireball over Ontario ? Obama admits Oil Industry got so 'powerful' it cor... A close look at Crop Circles & why not all are man... Update on the The Orion Project - why top scientis... Ancient Aliens - the Return Ufo activity recorded over Tucson, Arizona USA. Did you see that light over Virginia beach? New Ufo forum Jaime Maussan says NASA still has no explanation f... New UK Prime Minister David Cameron Answers questi... BBC Journalist filmed a UFO in the skies above Sto... Reader submitted Ufo videos Apologies for Posting fake Spiral Canada Video New Crop Circle with code, 22nd May, 2010 - Wilton... Rocky Mountain Mysteries, the Duran Cattle Mutilat... UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon Gets to Stay in UK for No... High level Threats Shutdown the Orion Project Next on the History Channel - Ancient Aliens the R... Ufo May 22, 2010 10:19 pm Dallas Fort Worth, Texas... Was it a cloaked Ufo ? Aerial footage of the Yarnbury Castle crop circle ... Ufo filmed during fireworks in Slovakia Bright UFO near the ISS - 22 May, 2010. Reader submitted Ufo videos May 2010	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3531
__label__wiki	0.91311	0.91311	Sinlung / Northeast 2 Manipur Boys Beaten Up in South Delhi Police said they have apprehended two of the accused, both juveniles, and are looking for another person involved in the crime. New Delhi, Sep 15 : Two youths from Manipur were brutally beaten up in south Delhi's Munirka village after they allegedly got into an argument with a group of locals. Police said they have apprehended two of the accused, both juveniles, and are looking for another person involved in the crime. The incident was reported around 9.30pm on Saturday when the two youths, Lulminlal Haokip (21) and Lepmin Len (18) were sitting on the footpath near Babulal Chowk in Munirka village. They alleged that two youths, who were smoking near a shop, kept laughing at them. When they called one of them and asked what the matter was, the boy started abusing them. When they protested, the boys called two of their friends who were nearby. Soon the two groups got into a fight during which one of the locals picked up a rod from a construction site and attacked Haokip and Len. Though Haokip escaped the blows, Len was hit on his back and arms which left deep cuts. The boys even called one of their elder brothers to help them in the brawl. By this time, the others from the locality had gathered at the spot. Seeing a crowd, three of the boys managed to escape but one of them was caught. The two youths was rushed to a local hospital where Haokip was released after first aid, but Len had to undergo a few stitches on his wounds. Cops later apprehended another accused. Police said a case of causing hurt has been registered. In their statement, the two injured youths told that the fight broke out after racial and abusive comments were passed against them. They said that both of them were students in south campus of Delhi University and staying at a flat near Babulal Chowk. They had gone to get grocery when the incident happened. "Initially we tried to reason, but they wanted to put up a fight purposely and started hitting us without a provocation," Len told the cops. Police said that two accused youths were produced before a juvenile justice board and later sent to a reform home on Sunday.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3538
__label__cc	0.584891	0.415109	Did anyone like Ringleader of the Tormentors? DAVIE ® Location: WALESSS I was really let down by the album, I thought this was gonna be the end of Morrissey, does anyone agree that this was the worst album that Morrissey could have ever released? Thank God he released Years of Refusal because it rocks Ringleader of the Tormentors arse bad style and Moz seems a lot more happier singing some proper rock too! XAVeRY Location: Wroclaw 25-Jun-2009 01:05 (after 1 hour 14 minutes) I can't get enough of the hate being put towards Ringleader of the Tormentors. I really like the feeling of incredible pain that I can notice throughout most of the songs, as well as some of the most unusual compositions by Visconti. My favorites are I'll Never Be Anybody's Hero Now (ah, the lyrics, ah, the falsetto...), I'll See You in Far-off Places and the unforgettable Life is a Pigsty. And don't tell me you don't like the intro to the first song I've mentioned - this is what I call "one of the most unusual Visconti compositions". I even got a deluxe (CD+DVD+poster) edition of this album lately. 29-Jun-2009 02:01 (after 4 days) of the three "comeback" albums, it is w/o a doubt my favorite. ravenslament. Location: in the darkness 29-Jun-2009 14:42 (after 12 hours) i disagree davie , in my opinion morrissey hasn't released a duff album , even though on some of the albums there are some tracks that are not up to standard , when some of the b-sides to the singles are far better . lets not diss morrissey's output , lets just be glad that he still is producing material that we all can relate too . SweetFA Location: KissMyShades 29-Jun-2009 19:20 (after 4 hours) It's better than kill uncle for goodness sake! A few weak tracks but some good ones too, maybe the highlights aren't quite as good as on the albums either side of it... Don't anybody dare criticize Kill Uncle. I'm quite fond of it. But only the American edition, to be honest. Without Tony the Pony as the closing track, it's worthless. Well, I may be exaggerating, but don't you tell me you hate every song from this album. xavery i agree kill uncle is an excellent album but my favourite is viva hate especially last night , maudlin street , maybe one of those classic tracks that is full of emotion and shows the depth of morrissey's writing and also not forgetting the track i don't mind if you forget me . has morrissey ever played last night , maudlin street live ?????????? 30-Jun-2009 07:34 (after 1 hour 4 minutes) Terrible album, bought it off a schoolmate for a pound and felt robbed. Only ever played it a couple of times. May have a listen on Spotify to see if it's as bad as i remember. "There's A Place In Hell For Me And My Friends" was ok iirc, though the live b-side version was much better. "Viva Hate" is a very good album, the natural successor to Strangeways. Not a fan of "Your Arsenal", great tunes but lyrically it's disappointing. "National Front Disco" and the song with "England For The English" in it bother me as well. 30-Jun-2009 10:33 (after 2 hours 59 minutes) agree sweet fa , the two songs you mention make me cringe , why so stupid morrissey ? Viva Hate is one of my favourite Moz albums along with Years of Refusal, I've watched the Kill Uncle Tour on youtube and it looks absolutely ace so I'm not gonna diss the album, but I think he performed the tracks much better in his live tour! It's just "Ringleaders of Torment" has no sense of alternative rock or catchy riffs in the album, it just isn't like the other albums he's made... 30-Jun-2009 22:40 (after 2 minutes) Your Arsenal is great in my opinion. Though the natonalist lyrics don't really bother me that much, I still try to tell myself that Morrissey isn't serious or is being sarcastic while singing them. Or he's just trying to fit in to a different character than he actually is. The second side of that album just melts my heart...I just can't start feeling all sentimental and sad while listening to Seasick or Someday - these two songs practically make the album for me. Though I have to admit it's very rock-y, quite heavy compared to his works from this period. I don't know why, but I can't really find Viva Hate to be a successor of Strangeways. Viva is so full of hate, so full of anger, and I can't seem to find these emotions on Strangeways - I'd say it's more filled with hope and maybe slight disappointment. Viva Hate is high on my favorites list nevertheless. Musically and the way he sings, that's the link with Viva Hate. Experimenting with instruments other than guitar, bass, and drums. 01-Jul-2009 12:28 (after 13 hours) Back on topic, imho the Moz/Tobias tracks are generally better than the Moz/Whyte tracks though i quite like "Life Is A Pigsty" and "...Far Off Places". sisterofmercy Longevity: 9 years 21-Jul-2009 17:30 (after 20 days) I loved Ringleader of the Tormentors. Some of the tracks like 'I Will See You in Far Places' did take a few listens to really get into, but overall I really enjoyed the album. Saying that though, I do agree that Years of Refusal is better. Oh, and hi by the way, I look forward to posting on here :) Reint 16-Aug-2009 00:44 (after 25 days) Hmm, am I the only one who likes Ringleader more than Refusal? On the Streets I Ran is brilliant.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3540
__label__cc	0.719199	0.280801	WV- 'warlock' arrested for sexually assaulting children, SNAP responds For immediate release: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com) A Bluefield man, who claims to be a “warlock,” was arrested for sexually assaulting children. Our heart aches for the innocent kids who were hurt and their families. http://www.bdtonline.com/local/x493470324/Police-arrest-warlock-Bluefield-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-abuse-of-3-juveniles James Irvin allegedly used his spiritual beliefs to lure the children to him. He claimed that in order for their mother to be healed, they needed to be sexually assaulted by him. It is always appalling when children are abused, but even more so when spiritual beliefs are used as an excuse. We are grateful for the detective on this case for reaching out to potential victims in Texas, where Irvin lived before moving to West Virginia. We hope anyone who saw, suspected or suffered abuse by Irvin will immediately call law enforcement and start healing. (SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. We’ve been around for 25 years and have more than 15,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org) Contact - David Clohessy (314-566-9790 cell, SNAPclohessy@aol.com), Barbara Dorris (, 314-503-0003 cell, SNAPdorris@gmail.com) Skye Harrah Lawrence commented 2014-04-23 02:10:35 -0500 This man was no “warlock.” He was not using his “spiritual beliefs” to lure children. He is just a sick individual making himself seem powerful to entice helpless children. Wiccan men call themselves witches. As a Pagan myself, I would like to see this man punished in the old tradition reserved for those committing crimes against children and women…put him in a wicker cage and set him on fire. WV- 'warlock' arrested for sexually assaulting children, SNAP responds http://www.snapnetwork.org/wv_warlock_arrested_for_sexually_assaulting_children_snap_responds?recruiter_id=21019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3541
__label__cc	0.661617	0.338383	Search Field Search: Sector Eta, Part I (Pre-TNG Era) Written by Dan Carlson, Based on the Series by Mark Nguyen This scenario continues the twist on the original idea. It takes place in the decades before the TNG era — specifically, in the year 2350, about fourteen years before “Encounter at Farpoint”. Let’s see how things go in yet another time period! Question Four Question Five Question Six Welcome, gentlemen, to Part One of Sector Eta, the fifth in the “You’re the Admiral!” series at the SCN. In case you’re not familiar with the concept, the “You’re the Admiral!” series is a series of semi-guided, hypothetical exercises in starship management, fleet strategy, and diplomacy. They are similar to role-playing games in that you will assume the role of a Rear Admiral in the Federation Starfleet, given authority over a sector of space with orders to demonstrate and enforce Federation policy as best you can. To do this, you’ll be asked to first assemble, and then utilize, a fleet according to the circumstances. However, unlike an RPG, there is no interaction between the different players; this is simply an individual reaction to circumstances. The idea is to come up with different perspectives, goals, and methods to solve similar problems. These scenarios were started on the Flare Sci-Fi Forums about a year and a half ago, and are archived in a separate section of my site. (“You’re the Admiral!” was in turn inspired by the old “What Starship Would You Send?” threads on the r.a.s.t. newsgroup.) With Mark’s permission, I’ve started a spin-off series to conduct here on the SCN. For each map, assume that: The sector is essentially flat, and is approximately 20 ly on a side. At Warp 9, a starship will take approximately five days to traverse a side. Each planet is in a star system, and except where noted is Class-M. The space in the adjoining sectors is essentially devoid of anything interesting or valuable. Borders extend in staight lines beyond that which is noted. Unless noted, all inhabited planets are occupied by humanoid species with a variety of bumpy heads. Stellar Cartography: Sector Eta Now for some basic information about your new assignment, Sector Eta: This sector is located on the “western” edge of Federation space, about 20 light-years away from the nearest major population center and Starbase. The Cardassian Union maintains a major military base about 10 light-years away from Yattik, in a “northwest” direction from the sector. The Federation has had little contact with the Cardassians so far. Relations are hardly friendly, but there hasn’t been any major conflict — yet. The border of the Cardassian Union in this sector is only poorly defined. Additionally, Federation sources have been hearing disturbing rumors concerning the Cardassian occupation of a planet called Bajor. Bajor is approximately 40 light-years away from this sector, though, and not your concern. However, it does give some cause to worry about the Cardassians. The Federation colonies on Sarfassas and Chesapeake were both established about thirty years ago; the Oero colony about ten years ago. They are all booming and productive colonies in the middle of major phases of expansion. The Pondara and Dixie’s Star systems have been explored by the Federation and are being considered as possible colonization sites, but are as yet unclaimed. The Kressari are generally quiet and peaceful, having relied primarily on trade and scientific research to develop their society in the past hundred years. They don’t have any military to speak of and only minimal defenses around their homeworld, but they do have a large trading fleet that conducts business both in and out of the sector. Currently the majority of their business is with the Cardassians; the Federation is interested in developing a stronger trade relationship, though. The Coran Nebula is essentially harmless, but a really nifty place to hide stuff. Planetary Statistics Sarfassas Alignment: Federation (colony) Defense: 20 Peregrine-class couriers, minimal orbital defenses Notes: Agricultural colony; abundant natural resources Defense: 5 “Raider”-type light transports, 10 Peregrine-class couriers, no orbital defenses Oero Defense: 2 “Raider”-type light transports, no orbital defenses Notes: Dilithium mining colony; abundant natural resources Aiam Defense: None Notes: Agricultural and mining colony; moderate natural resources Pondara Alignment: Unclaimed Notes: Moderate natural resources Dixie’s Star Notes: Abundant fertile land for agriculture Ragela Alignment: Cardassian (colony) Defense: 2 Hideki-class heavy fighters, moderate orbital defenses Notes: Agricultural colony Yattik Population: 150,000 (estimate) Defense: Unknown Torros Defense: Minimal orbital defenses Notes: Mining colony Kressar Alignment: Neutral Government: Oligarchy Technology: Early 24th-century equivalent Notes: Large trading fleet, few natural resources Ik’ntshy Alignment: Kressari Notes: Crucial agricultural colony for Kressari homeworld As with Sector Zeta, take into account the different time period of this scenario. Analyze changes that you will need to account for throughout the simulation, focusing on the following areas: Technological differences, including warp travel times, relative combat capabilities, and sensor capacities; Political differences, including Federation foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and internal affairs; and Cultural and psychological differences, especially the command styles of contemporary Starfleet officers. Also include any other differences you think are important. As with previous sectors, define what Starfleet’s priorities in this sector should be. Describe the political position of the Cardassians at this point in time. Also, note any gaps in the information provided and where you’d want to focus your intelligence-gathering. Starfleet’s resources are stretched pretty thin in this region, with most materials being channeled towards the more-populated planets in the core regions. The Federation does want a larger presence in the area, and is planning to allocate resources to build a small starbase (think Starbase 375) in the sector. Choose a location to build your starbase, and justify your answer. Request from Starfleet a reasonable number and breakdown of starships to be deployed in this sector to accomplish your goals, and what their primary and secondary duties will be. Assume that Starfleet will assign no more than eight starships of any type to the sector. Your fleet must include at least two non-combat ships of any type; justify their inclusion in your fleet. In addition to your regular fleet, a number of transports, both Federation and civilian, will be making regular runs into and out of the sector. Objectively critique one of the other answers to Question One. Point out what you believe are the strengths and/or weaknesses in how the answer differs from yours. You may critique another answer which has already been critiqued. The following are several situations that occur on your watch. For each scenario, describe what the nearest (or most relevant) starship to that event should be, what that ship should do in response, and how your fleet status could or should change as a result. Describe also any diplomatic efforts your staff should be making. Assume that events from one scenario will not directly affect the others. (You may assume that your full fleet has arrived in the sector.) An earthquake causes major damage to one of the mining facilities on Oero. A cloud of toxic nupretine dust has been released into the environment, and a third of the colony’s population needs to be evacuated and settled elsewhere on the planet. Given that approximately 12,000 people need to be moved within the next five days (before the toxins become deadly to the residents), how many ships are necessary to perform the relocation? Will those ships be able to arrive quickly enough, and do they have a large enough evacuation capacity to move all 12,000 people before the deadline? A Cardassian Hideki-class patrol ship is detected scouting the outskirts of the Aiam system. They refuse to respond to hails. The Kressari express interest in opening up a trade route between their homeworld and the Federation’s colony on Chesapeake. However, they’re concerned about piracy, which is still unfortunately a widespread problem among the Federation’s outer sectors. They request that you send a starship to patrol the trade route (a direct line between the two points) and discourage any potential attacks. The Cardassians loudly complain about the Federation’s deployment of such a “large” fleet along their borders. In response, they send a squadron of four Galor-class cruisers and six Hideki-class fighters to reinforce their colonial defenses and patrol the border. In addition, they start building a starbase of their own (a Nor-type station) in the NC-1051 system, on the outskirts of the Coran Nebula. How will you redeploy your own ships in response? Create another scenario like the ones presented in part B. Any reasonable military, political or scientific scenario is acceptable. However, do not answer the scenario yourself. Rather, it will be answered by the others as part of Question Three. Choose one of the situations from Part D of Question Two and answer it. The Federation has established new colonies on the uninhabited planets orbiting Pondara and Dixie’s Star. Given that these colonies are closer to the poorly-defined Cardassian border, how will you redeploy your starships as a result — if at all? Given the following scenarios, maneuver you fleet accordingly (if required) and describe your reactions to the various developments. Monitoring stations on Sarfassas detect a starship of unknown configuration entering the Coran Nebula from the far side of the sector. Assume that this is a potential First Contact situation. Will you send a ship to make contact? What do you think the Cardassians will do, assuming they have also detected the vessel? The frequency of patrols by Cardassian Hidekis is increasing rather than decreasing. They’re especially making frequent passes around Pondara and Dixie’s Star, the two newest colonies. The USS Brighton, on a survey mission to the sector “west” of Sector Eta, fails to report in on schedule. Can you spare a starship to go search for the missing vessel? The Kressari have reported a noticeable jump in the instances of piracy against their shipping, despite the presence of your starship along the Kressar-Ik’ntshy-Sarfassas trade route. The majority of the attacks happen along the route between XP-5UX1, where the Kressari maintain a small trading outpost, and the Cardassian colony of Yattik. The Kressari say that they have asked the Cardassians for help in securing the trade route, but the Cardassians have not committed to sending any ships yet. The Kressari ask you to extend your existing patrols to help stop the piracy. Assume that any new patrols will require at least one more starship in addition to the one you assigned in Part B(3). Starfleet reports that talks with the Cardassians are becoming more belligerent. Your superiors instruct you to draw up a plan to defend the sector from possible attack. Outline possible targets in the sector in order of defensive priority and location. Assume an attacking fleet of, at most, double the Cardassian fleet’s current strength. Guest Lecture by Mark Nguyen Objectively critique one of the other answers to Question 3E. Remember to take into account the respondent’s choices in the sector and how they differ from yours. Point out at least one weakness in that defense strategy. Assume that for the other answer that you are critiquing, that the Cardassian forces do take advantage of any weakness outlined in Part 1 of this question. If you had made that choice, how would you move your forces when the attack came? The attacks on the Kressari grow increasingly frequent and dangerous; what’s worse, the pirates seem to be increasingly well-armed as time passes, with every ship lost replaced by another more modern one. There is public outcry towards the Kressari government for action, with many citizens demanding either a defence pact with the Federation or the Cardassians, or a wholesale arming of their merchant fleet complete with escorts. The second choice of arming their fleet would result in a significant tip in the balance of power - your intelligence estimates that to properly defend themselves, their merchant fleet would become well-armed enough to threaten your own forces should they turn hostile. How would you go about discouraging this sort of action? Would you offer the Kressari anything? Given that military escalation is not good, Starfleet is ordering you to make overtures to the Kressari and spread your forces to help the Kressari. However, they are not going to let you spread yourself too thin, and ask that you request three additional starships to bolster your fleet. Outline what kinds of ships you would like, and how they would be deployed. If granted, any ships requested would arrive in time for the next Question. Don’t be too greedy; assume that Starfleet won’t be sending you any Ambassador-class ships any time soon. Stellar Cartography: Pondara System On Pondara, the colonists are getting used to their new digs when a large comet unexpectedly strikes another planet in that system, this one a Class-N (Venus-type) closer to the star. This planet had been surveyed, but deemed uninhabitable or unterraformable because of the thick acidic atmosphere which also interferes with detailed scans. The impact strips Pondara II of most of its heavy atmosphere, and the comet’s water mixes with what’s left to quickly convert the planet to L-class, barely habitable with breathers. What’s more, riches in the form of dilithium, kemacite, latinum, and sarium are discovered once the atmosphere was removed; the mineral wealth is now available for difficult, but practical mining (this is long before particle fountain or transporter technology is advanced enough for remote mining, and probably never will be). Two important details: One, a long-range scan shows that the area immediately at the impact crater has fused local kemacite deposits with some unknown stuff that was in the comet, giving it some unusual subspace-altering properties that the Federation science council (and many others) would kill to get. Two, the environmental changes are purely temporary, and even if someone brings in atmospheric processors, the air will return to an acidic soup within thirty years maximum, rendering any practical mining useless by that time. Assess how the sudden change will affect the political and military climate for the Federation, the Cardassians, and the Kressari. How have things changed? What new priorities should the Federation and your fleet concern yourselves with now? Assume you’ve already sent off your request and whatever ships you requested are on the way but have not yet arrived. Redeploy your fleet and re-assess your defense strategy as outlined in Q3. Note: If you sent a starship searching for the USS Brighton back in Question Three, you can assume that it has returned from its mission by now. Your regular weekly briefing from Earth includes the following information: The Cardassians have filed a strong protest against the Federation’s recently-established settlements on Pondara and Dixie’s star, claiming that both systems lie within the pre-existing territorial boundaries of the Cardassian Union. The Federation Council rebuts that the Cardassians’ claim was not pre-existing as there was no official declaration of ownership made. Negotiations are ongoing, and your superiors are still hopeful that a peaceful solution can be reached. How will this news affect your operations here in Sector Eta? The starships that you requested in Question 4-B(2) have arrived, and are now on their way to their preassigned deployments. But strangely, the Kressari have already reported a drop in the frequency of the pirate attacks along their trade routes —before your starships arrived! What do you make of this development? The preliminary reports from Pondara II are even more promising than the long-range scans: there are indications of deposits of kelindide and rodinium —both materials favored by the Cardassians for their space-based construction. But most importantly, the scouts have discovered veins of verterium cortenide, the material used to create warp coils! Though the material will require a great deal of refinement to make usable, the discovery promises to be a great boon for the Federation’s starship construction projects for years to come. Overnight, Pondara has become the most important location in the entire sector. Because of the high value of the materials found there, Starfleet orders that you immediately reinforce the system’s defenses to prevent the Cardassians (or anyone else) from gaining control of the system. Assume that Starfleet is not able to send you any more front-line starships; how will you build Pondara’s defenses? You have lost contact with Dixie’s Star. All transmissions to the system go unanswered. If you have a starship deployed to that system, you’ve lost contact with them too. Webmaster’s Note: Sector Gamma was put on indefinite hold and eventually abandoned in 2004. Previous: Sector Zeta, Part II Next: Dorza Sector Copyright © 2000-2019 Star Trek Minutiae. This website is not endorsed, sponsored or affiliated with CBS Studios Inc. or the Star Trek franchise. The Star Trek trademarks and logos are owned by CBS Studios Inc. This website is intended for personal use only, under “fair use” principles of United States copyright law.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3543
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__label__cc	0.65696	0.34304	The Spectacle Blog Spectacle's blog on urbanism, human rights and social justice Spectacle Home Tag Archives: Sean Creighton Battersea Power Station Chimneys demolition- History repeating Posted on June 17, 2014 by clockword URGENT NEWS ON BATTERSEA POWER STATION CHIMNEY DEMOLITION Thursday 12th June representatives of the BPSCG (Battersea Power Station Community Group) met with Paul Landsberg of Wandsworth Borough Council Planning Department to discuss their concerns regarding the legal and financial protections in place ahead of the imminent demolition of the chimneys, in particular whether the bond is in force and whether it is large enough to cover the cost of rebuilding the chimneys should the developer fail to replace them. What they discovered was deeply disturbing: The bond money is held in a Malaysian bank, CIMB The value of the bond for the reconstruction of three and a half chimneys is only £11million. The value of the bond is based on an estimate supplied by Philip Gullet of the Battersea Power Station Development Company. This estimate has not been independently checked by cost consultants employed by Wandsworth Council or English Heritage. The contract sum for the demolition and rebuilding of the chimneys was redacted from the copy of the contract sent to Wandsworth. So it is not possible to compare demolition costs against rebuilding. The Council does not know if the bond is signed and in force, although the reconstruction contract starts next Monday. HISTORY REPEATING… This is all the more alarming in light of what happened when John Broome, the first failed developer of the site, took down but never replaced the west wall and roof, as it remains to this day. The council’s own report in 1989 criticised the woeful lack of safeguards and- some would say- gullibility of the planning officers. According to Battersea Power Station Community Group the bond money should be held in a British bank if Wandsworth and English Heritage are to have any chance of getting at it in the event of a default. The total value of the bond also needs to be increased substantially if it is to be able to cover the reconstruction of three and a half chimneys, if a default occurs. With the chimneys reconstruction contract about to start, it is clear that Wandsworth Council and English Heritage are not protecting our cultural heritage -either in checking the proposed value of the bond or making sure the contract is signed and enforceable before the demolition and reconstruction project starts. With interest rates about to rise, the possibility of the project failing yet again is increasing by the day. If this happens when the chimneys are down, and it turns out the bond money isn’t there (as was the case in 1989 after Broome went bust) the chimneys will never be rebuilt. 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Spectacle homepage Like Spectacle Documentaries on Facebook Follow SpectacleMedia on Twitter Posted in Battersea Power Station \| Tagged 112 inch Cornish engine, 2009/3575, 2009/3576, 2009/3577, 2009/3578, battersea, Battersea Power Station, Battersea Power Station Community Group, Battersea Power Station company, Battersea Power Station Company Ltd, Battersea Society, Battersea Water Pumping House, Battersea Water Pumping Station, CgMs, Colin Thom, Cornish engine, Council for British Archaeology, Councillor Mrs Sarah McDermott, Councillor Tony Belton, Deborah Lamb, demolition, Document JL/3184, english heritage, English Heritage Survey of London, Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society, Historic Building Record, historical technology, industrial heritage, industrial revolution, John Broome, Keith Garner, Kew Bridge Engines Trust, listed buildings, listed Grade II, Lottery funding, Malcolm Tucker, Mark Pemberton, Newcomen Society, Nine Elms, North Battersea, Parkview, paul landsberg, Planning, planning application, Planning Applications Commitee, Planning Practices, PPS5 Policy HE9.2, Pump station, Ravi Govindia, River Thames Society, Save Britain's Heritage, Sean Creighton, setia, Sime Darby, Simon Thurley, Sir Laurie Magnus, Southwark Water Company, Steam, the Battersea Society, Treasury Holdings, Urbanism, Victorian, Victorian pump house, Victorian Pumping Station, Victorian Society, wandsworth borough council, wandsworth borough planning department, wandsworth council, West London River Group, World Monuments Fund \| Leave a reply URGENT-Save Battersea Water Pumping Station from demolition Battersea Water Pumping Station is the oldest surviving water pumping station in London. It was built in 1840 for the Southwark Water Company and extended in 1856. It housed a series of Cornish engines used for pumping water from the Thames. At one time the pumping station housed the largest Cornish engine ever built, with a 112″ diameter cylinder. The building was listed Grade II in 1994. The pumping station commemorates the rich industrial heritage of the Nine Elms and North Battersea. It has great potential to encouraging young people to think of science, technology and engineering as important skills worth acquiring. Retaining and preserving the pumping station would attract visitors to the site and therefore increase footfall for the new facilities that will be open to the public. It is in everybody’s interest that it is preserved. We ask Wandsworth Council to initiate discussions with the owner/developer so that the development can be reconfigured to incorporate the pumping station We further ask Wandsworth Council to convene negotiations between the owner/developer and the Battersea Power Station Company Ltd (a local registered charity) to allow the pumping station to be passed into the latter’s ownership for £1, to allow them to renovate the pumping station with Lottery funding. Sean Creighton & Keith Garner Stop this cultural vandalism for profit. 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__label__wiki	0.517296	0.517296	Nokia X6 Vs Xiaomi MiA2 vs MiA2 Lite- Which one is better? Nokia launched its X6 on July 10 with staggering success. Since its launch, this handset was sold in average rate, with an approximation of 10 handsets per minute. X6 become so popular that it got sold via renowned e-commerce stores. However, the international launch of this device was expected to occur on July 19. At present, Nokia X6 is facing the toughest competition from Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite. Now the biggest question Is whether Nokia X6 is going to experience success in the global market just like its peer Nokia 6.1 Plus did? Specifications of Nokia X6 Nokia X6 is designed with 5.8-inch IPS LCD display with screen resolution of 2280 x 1080, an aspect ratio of 19.9. X6 is the first device to get equipped with HMD Global notch at the top of its display, which allows the device to retain the screen-to-body ratio of 85%. This smart device is featured with a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and built both the sides with premium glass protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. Nokia X6 operates on 8.1 Android (Oreo) Operating System coupled with Snapdragon 636 Octa-core chipset. Network connectivity options facilitated in this device are Wi-Fi 802.11 ac, 4G VoLTE, 3.5mm audio jack, v5.0 Bluetooth, Type- C USB connector and GPS with A-GPS. Nokia X6 is designed with a dual-rear camera, the 16MP and 5MP lens coupled with the 16MP front lens. The phone is powered with 3060mAh battery alongside enjoying the support of Quick charging 3.0, that permits a 24-hour usage. Xiaomi Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite: Features Mi A2 and Mi A2 Lite are designed with some jaw-dropping features. Mi A2 Lite comes with a bigger aspect ratio of 19.9 consisting of a notch on its top and Mi A2 Lite comes with a display of 18:9. Mi A2 has a 5.99-inch display with 1080 x 2160 pixel resolution. This device has a dimension of 158.7 x 75.4 x 7.3mm. This smart device is powered with 8.1 Android Oreo and Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset, Adreno 512 GPU. Mi A2 has an increased option of 6GB RAM with 64 GB/128 GB inbuilt storage, and 4GB RAM variant comes with 32 GB inbuilt storage. This device is further loaded with a dual-rear camera, 12MP (f/1.8) + 20MP (f/1.8) lens coupled with a fingerprint scanner (rear-mounted) and USB C-Type connectivity. On the other hand, Mi A2 Lite has a smaller 5.84-inch display but with identical dual-rear camera setup. The phone has a micro-USB port instead of an advanced C-Type connector. This effort is taken to curtail manufacturing expenses. Mi A2 Lite runs on Android 8.1 Oreo paired with Snapdragon 625 chipset instead of the Snapdragon 660 chipset. This smart device is featured with 4GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage paired with 4000mAh battery support, that keeps the phone active throughout the day. Prices in India Price of Xiaomi Mi A2 powered with 4GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage estimated at Rs. 14,999. Although, this device featured with 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM cost approximately at Rs. 17,999. However, Mi A2 Lite is expected to cost Rs. 12,999. In comparison, the Nokia X6 is expected to cost Rs. 16,999 for its prelim model and for the model with advanced specs, the cost will be Rs. 19,999. Both Nokia X6 and Mi A2, Mi A2 Lite are exclusive smart devices available in the market that facilitates analogous competitive specifications. Now the time has come to identify which device is faring well in the market and attracting more smartphone admirers in India PreviousPrevious post:Important Features of Blackberry Key 2 LE Launched in Berlin Next Next post:LinkedIn Faced Investigation For Targeting 18 Million Non-members On Facebook	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3555
__label__cc	0.573946	0.426054	Star Trek: The Next Generation Re-Watch: “Angel One” Torie Atkinson “Angel One” Written by Patrick Barry Directed by Michael Rhodes Original air date: January 25, 1988 The Enterprise stumbles upon the remains of the Odin, a small freighter that collided with an asteroid seven years previous. While there are no life signs onboard, three escape pods are missing. The nearest class M planet where any survivors may have landed is Angel I, a matriarchal constitutional oligarchy with whom the Federation last had contact sixty-two years ago. Riker, Data, Troi, and Yar beam down to the surface with Troi taking the lead out of respect for the “Elected One,” Mistress Beata. Beata and her council neither confirm nor deny the existence of survivors. She consults with her Fashion Club before revealing that four men, led by someone named Ramsey, survived and made it to their planet. They are fugitives on Angel I for being uppity and “causing trouble,” but as long as Troi promises to get them off this planet Beata is pleased with the idea of a manhunt. She’s also on a manhunt (rowr) of her own, intrigued by Riker’s masculinity, and sends him something a bit more comfortable to slip into. He heads to her private chambers and they begin to bring their cultures closer together with some mood lighting and an unfortunate softcore soundtrack. Meanwhile, Data, Yar, and Troi locate the men hiding out in a cave. MacGuyver Ramsey refuses to return with them, though, explaining that the survivors have taken wives and some of them even have children: Angel I is now their home. When the away team reports this to Beata, the mistress is outraged. She orders the execution of Ramsey and his men, not leastwise because one of her own councilwomen, Ariel, is secretly married to Ramsey. Riker begs Ramsey to reconsider his choice to stay on the planet and face the death penalty, but the ex-freighter captain declines once more. Meanwhile, everyone on the Enterprise is coming down with an incurable, untreatable flu. (As per usual, it’s Wesley’s fault.) The ship’s complement is bed-bound one-by-one, and command eventually goes to Dr. Crusher. Riker asks about beaming the whole Ramsey contingent up to the Enterprise against their will, but with this virus going around Crusher won’t allow it, so the away team is on their own. In a third and even less plausible plot, the Enterprise is needed at the Neutral Zone as a display of power towards the Romulans, so Data beams up to the ship to warp over there if a resolution isn’t reached. With only 48 minutes left before the Enterprise must leave, Beata arranges for the execution of Ramsey via disintegration zapper. Luckily Riker is there to mansplain the whole men’s rights thing to her and in the end her womanly emotions are swayed. She releases Ramsey and orders them to exile instead. On the Enterprise, a cure for the flu is found and the recovering crew head to the Neutral Zone. Ah, the first of several Very Special Episodes has finally arrived. This episode could have simply been a single scene: Riker walking out of the changing area wearing that ridiculous outfit while Troi and Yar laugh uncontrollably. It perfectly encapsulates “Angel One,” don’t you think? Where Riker thinks he’s being progressive and diplomatic by wearing the local attire, the episode as a whole has the same unearned smugness about rejecting sexism. (Sexism! It’s bad! This takes 48 minutes to explain!) The “mistresses” (because we’ve met so many men out there in the Alpha Quadrant who call themselves “masters”…) blow out their hair, are catty to one another, and wear high heels and shoulderpads, so there’s no confusion that this is slyly about that uppity woman down the hall from you at work. What really bothers me here and with just about every woman-in-power plot we see in the Trek universe (and beyond) is the hypersexualization of women with any degree of authority. They’re never simply leaders–they’re always oversexed leaders. The Romulan Commander is, of course, vulnerable to Spock’s charms, and the worst offender is certainly the women of DS9’s mirror universe, who go from 0 to bisexual sadomasochist in the blink of an eye. Here Beata latches onto Riker almost instantly, as if the problem weren’t sexism itself (which is bad! don’t forget!) but that Beata just needed to find someone sufficiently masculine to mansplain it all to her. She doesn’t come to respect the men on her planet any more, and in fact remains hardened against their empowerment. Rather, she acknowledges that she’s a reactionary whose days will soon be over, but not on her watch. Your heroine, ladies and gentlemen! Ultimately, what I find so galling is that this is a story about sexism that utterly fails to capture any of the realities of sexism. From what I can tell here sex discrimination mostly involves wearing a stupid costume and being a waiter. Luckily the men of Angel I don’t seem to ever contend with the less absurdly trivial: the fallout of a culture that objectifies one sex would more realistically include related issues of self esteem and depression, a culture of rape and the constant threat of violence (domestic or otherwise), and so on. No, all we see is Trent looking a little jealous when Riker horns in on his “mistress.” It reinforces the idea that sexism is the behavior of a few misguided relics, long since “cured” in our own world, and not a set of subtle, institutionalized power structures that legitimize behaviors that reinforce those privileges. And isn’t it cute that they think maybe feminism can one day go “too far”? Like with “Code of Honor,” while I definitely remembered the primary catastrophic failure (sexism! it’s really really bad!), I had again totally forgotten all of the other huge failures. I didn’t remember the Ramsey plot at all, and the logical pretzels required for the Starfleet officers to believe they don’t have the authority to force Ramsey off the planet. Who cares if he’s in Starfleet? The Federation has an obligation to protect its own citizens. I can’t just move my family to Prince Edward Island without a passport and a visa, and my country has the right to repatriate me whether PEI turned out to be an unstable coven of moonsisters or not. I was also shocked that both times the Federation representatives try to convince the oppressed men to leave, Ramsey unilaterally declares that they won’t. What about what the other guys want? Shouldn’t they be able to make their own choices? And finally, how does a holoprogram create a real virus that incapacitates an entire ship, and why should we even care? I’m going to use this opportunity to introduce the First Rule of TNG: if Futurama did it better, this is probably one of the worst ten episodes. Torie’s Rating: Impulse Power (on a scale of 1-6) Thread Alert: Was there ever any doubt? Riker’s “sexy” ensemble, open-chested and sparkly for maximum 70s effect, complete with pants-chains and crotch diaper, is obviously the fashion of the future. Best Line: YAR: They’ve broken off transmission. LAFORGE: Ever feel like you’re not really wanted? Trivia/Other Notes: La Forge only gets command once more, in “The Arsenal of Freedom.” Previous episode: Season 1, Episode 13 – “Datalore.” Next episode: Season 1, Episode 15 – “11001001.” Tags: everyone loves riker, half-naked man-chests, matriarchy, oh look what I found on the Paramount lot, oh the sexism it burns, patriarchy, romulans, sexism, sexy doom, sexy ladies, snoo-snoo, stop using sex as a weapon, troi is useless, very special episode, weird sexual politics, wesley endangers the ship About Torie Atkinson Torie Atkinson watches too many movies and plays too many games but never, ever reads enough books. 1. DemetriosX Posted February 23, 2012 at 9:04 AM Impulse is rather generous. I’d have said Dead in Space. There really aren’t any redeeming features here at all. It’s just… ooh, there aren’t words for it. This is probably in the bottom 10, if not the worst, period (making allowances for “Shades of Gray” because they were forced to do a clip show). There’s also the whole oppressive matriarch swoons for a real man ™ (sensitive New Age guy version) thing. Why? Is it like ancient Greeks finding women acting like their intellectual equals a perverse turn-on? It makes no sense! Actually, I wonder if Patrick Barry (or whoever hacked his script into this abortion) had some dom/sub issues that needed to be worked out. GAAAHHHH!! The other thing that sticks out to me is the costume design and hair. In a way, it’s almost retro. The look seems to me to be much more early-mid 80s. Totally out of style by 1988. It’s a little too Flashdance, feathered hair and borderline mullets. I thought that was over by then and we were moving toward the grunge 90s look. I could be wrong. As for the flu, I don’t think it was caused by the holodeck so much as Picard caught a chill from the snowball and succumbed to some bug in his bloodstream. But Federation medicine borders on the magical and they can’t figure out a simple virus? How about just “There’s not a lot we can do, but the symptoms aren’t really that bad and it’s less stressful on your system to let the thing run its course.” That’s better than making Dr. Crusher look incompetent. 2. E. Catherine Tobler In my mind, the Riker thing never happens. Troi, Yar, and Crusher go planetside to deal with the women, while Riker stays on board the Enterprise to deal with everyone being sick. Perhaps there’s an early intro of Alyssa Ogawa if we need more fabulous medical staff. And if there’s any dalliance with Beata, give it to Yar or Troi. But then again, anything other than what aired makes this episode better… 3. DeepThought On the note of failing to really encapsulate sexism — here’s a sexist society where Beata’s manservant is the guy who operates the execution device? At what point in 1950s America would ANY woman have been put in charge of throwing the switch on the electric chair? Even if its only function at that point was to vaporize your Pottery Barn seconds. I also love how Beata tells Riker she will repay him “in kind” for the gift of the meditation sphere. If that’s true, she intends to… give him another meditation sphere! Because THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO REPAY IN KIND. Not trading the sexing for it. Also I think this episode should have a “yay kyriarchy” tag… 4. Toryx It’s always sad how the Star Trek episodes about sexism only serve to underline that the people crafting the episode just don’t get it. 5. S. Hutson Blount I have absolutely no memory of this episode, for which I am grateful to the US Navy. Not surprising it didn’t get a lot of syndication replay. I’m puzzled though at why you’d consider Enterprise being called away for flag-showing purposes “less plausible.” It seems like the only sensible thing that happened in the entire episode. 6. Lemnoc Who would craft a policy like the Federation’s? They have a policy, the HIGHEST principle, of non-interference with other cultures, but are powerless to remove a Federation citizen who is disrupting that society? And a citizen whose life is endangered because of that unwanted disruption? And who is endangering the lives of other Federation citizens and innocent citizens of that society in the process? And all this, in place of a simple policy that would just remove Ramsey, and allow him to file his appeal through some court of appropriate jurisdiction. It makes absolutely no sense. And the smug superiority with which such nonsense is dispensed is truly insufferable. 7. sps49 This is still one of the crap episodes before “The Best of Both Worlds” put TNG on track, which means I skipped it and still change channels when a non-collared uniform episode is on. So no comment on the episode from me. But thank you, Torie, for the Futurama link. Which I decided to briefly check out. Forty minutes ago. I dashed off my earlier comment, but following on: It seems half the episodes in this season explore what is, in fact, a contrivance and invention: “Drama” created by the consequences of a non-interference directive. Yet while strutting around and making declarations about how this policy has been tried and tested, the crew also stumbles around like they’re reinventing the wheel every time it comes up. How common is it, in a mapped and explored galaxy where starships are evidently common, that the “humanitarian armada” of Starfleet would happen across Federation citizens who had exceeded the scope of the noninterference directive? I’d say in the multi-century existence of the Federation, this situation would be quite common. In fact, the commonness of interference might be considered the very thing that created the directive and policy in the first place. Look at it this way, if these Federation traders had crashed on some world and set up a slave trade or a drug trade, would there be any “question” in the captain’s mind about how these Federation citizens should be handled? No, they would be stopped. They would be removed. Depending on the circumstances, they might be proescuted. They might have avenue for appeal. It is only because Ramsey acts out of “love” and “family devotion” that there is any ambiguity about what should be done here. The entire “dilemma” operates around some arbitrary situational premise that, frankly, Federation policy should have already addressed scores of times. After all, that’s what makes it a policy. Someone once cleverly described Playboy as “the magazine entirely about itself.” I’m inclined to think TNG is “the television series entirely about itself” and its own self-referential contrivances. (as an aside, I’m surprised you don’t thematically link this ep with “Spock’s Brain” in your Featured Posts. If Angel One is not Eymorg, I don’t know what is: “Brain and brian! What is brain?!”) 10. CaitieCat Oh, Torie…Torie, you have my sympathy. You drew Angel One. That’s just mean. Now I’m going to go read it, but I wanted to express my condolences just from seeing your name in conjunction with this shitfest, one which makes me long for the halcyon feminist-friendly days of I, Mudd and The Turnabout Intruder. 11. etomlins Let’s just put this one in the same killing jar as “Code of Honor”. It’s perhaps not as wretched an episode as “The Outcast” but it’s up there. Nope. Can’t add anything to what you wise people have said. It’s like an MRA (Mens’ Rights Advocate, the polite name for “guys who had bitter divorces and now really hate all women completely unless they’re hookers in which case they only hate them when they’re not actually having sex with them”) version of what a feminist society would be. It’s the nightmare of every overprivileged, super-entitled asshole ever: that the uppity $TARGETS_OF_BIGOTRY ever take over, they’ll massacre the formerly privileged, and treat them the same way the formerly privileged treated them. It’s like a big red flag waving, saying, “I’m a person who will oppress you in every way I can get away with, and I assume you would do the same to me, because I’d rather believe this is just ‘being human’ than that it means I’m a crapsack waste of good oxygen.” Posted February 23, 2012 at 10:06 PM Maybe there is sonething more to be said, not about this episode so much but about the storytelling method. It’s pure Rod Serling irony; the nearest analogy I can think of is the Twilight Zone episode in which a young woman, who looks ordinary to our eyes, is hideously deformed in the eyes of creatures (concealed until the third act) who are made up to look like distorted frog-men for the audience’s benefit. Supposedly this reversal of point of view is supposed to say something about prejudice and the subjective nature of beauty. Instead…it comes across like an attractive girl is being persecuted by frog people until she’s rescued by a comely young man. It just doesn’t work the way Serling intended. Did it ever work? Same thing here, only it’s decades on and the plot device is even creakier. It doesn’t feel like a statement against sexism, it just feels horribly sexist. How could anyone have thought that the role-reversal fictional conceit, already shabby when Serling was doing it, would work in a modern teleplay? 14. Ludon And just eleven years before this aired Norman Lear’s short-lived and justly forgotten All That Glitters ran with it’s look at a world just like ours – except that women were the dominate gender. My memory insists that a few episodes ran (even though I don’t remember a thing about them) but IMDB seems to list only the pilot. Now, about those costumes. They didn’t seem too far removed from the fantasy themed porn of that time. Back then, Cencom Cable had an adult entertainment pay-per-view channel on which the programming was all run on 3/4 inch video tape from tape decks in Master Control. We Master Control Operators shared the task of QCing (Quality Checking) everything that was to run off tape on all our tape fed channels. And before you make your comments, let me point out that most of it was boring crap and it was made worse by being “cut for cable” crap. You know the story – boy meets girl, Boy does girl. Boy meets other girl, boy does other girl. Girl meets other girl … Anyway. I remember commenting “I know how they came up with these costumes” when I watched this episode. One other thing. There was an ‘actor’ in some of those movies who (to me) looked so much like Jonathan Frakes that I thought it was him – from a few years earlier. Not much else to say about this episode. Another one I’m looking forward to forgetting again. 15. DemetriosX And I just remembered that this isn’t the first time Roddenberry went to this well. Back in 1974 he took a second try at getting his concept of 20th century man awakens in a devastated future turned into a series. The first attempt was Genesis II and was OK. The second was Planet Earth, which starred John Saxon and had him encounter a vicious matriarchal society that enslaved and brutalized their men. It was awful. Lots of Trek actors in it: Ted Cassidy, Diana Muldaur, Majel Barrett. And much of it eventually became Andromeda. Dylan Hunt was the hero in both films, the idea of traveling to the future and trying to rebuild a ruined society. 16. bobsandiego Oh save me from over moralizing in fiction. It always damages the fiction and rarely reaches beyond those alreay in agreement. The story must come first, and any ‘lesson’ should be buried in the theme, not used like a whip to keep Dr. Moraeu’s beat men at bay. There is nothing I can think of to reclaim or recommend this episode. Yes sexism is bad, I really don’t need an hour of tv to tell me that. @bobsandiego, what makes it worse for those of us within a certain age range is that, when sci fi and fantasy was actually included in our reading and literature curricula, it was always the ham-fisted, message-peddling stuff. This, we were taught, was the purpose of speculative fiction: to deliver clunky and obvious allegories to contemporary social problems. Among other things I truthfully remember from grade-school anthologies were Ray Bradbury’s depressing and shallow “All Summer in a Day” (bullying is bad!) not to mention Fahrenheit 451 (burning books is bad!); print versions of “Twilight Zone” teleplays, particularly the laughable “The Monsters are Due on Main Street” (paranoia is bad!); Orwell’s worst book, “Animal Farm” (Stalin was bad!); and even Orson Welles’s radioplay for “War of the Worlds” (humans are ants!) No wonder I liked Arthur Clarke for a time in high school even though he couldn’t write his way out of a damp brown bag; at least, in some of his stories, it was fun to be in space. 18. DeepThought @etomlins re: heavy-handed didactic sff — Yeah, I totally know what you mean, even if I’m of an age where we occasionally got to read Citizen of the Galaxy and A Wrinkle in Time and Bram Stoker. I mean, heaven forfend anything be on an English syllabus because it’s actually fun to read, right? Re: Orwell, I don’t think 1984 was any better — can’t say I’ve read any of his spec fic that wasn’t overbearingly message-heavy. I think you’re oversimplifying Fahrenheit 451 though; to me it was about the willing embrace of triviality rather than simply that book-burning is bad. More of an Amused to Death thing than a reaction to literal book-burning censorship (and I say that as not at all a Bradbury fan)… Yeah, you’re right, I’m being a bit unfair to Fahrenheit 451. Yes, it’s less about censorship and more about the kind of society that might demand it, although how Bradbury’s futuristic dystopia got to where it was doesn’t quite make sense. The ironies are too pat. Firefighters becoming bookburners? The head bookburner being a well-read, poetry-quoting man? I suppose I should move this to the forums since it’s got nothing to do with “Angel One”, but you have to admit it’s an episode that begs to be distracted from. Oh, something just occurred to me: I was never a big fan of Sliders but I just remembered they did a role-reversal plot something along these lines, in which John Rhys-Davies ends up being an unwilling male candidate for office in a society in which men are not trusted to make intelligent decisions, and I remember it being a lot better than this. I vaguely remember that the reasons the women in the episode gave for why men weren’t fit to make decisions actually seemed like at least a little thought had been put into the writing. To be fair, it was a few years later than “Angel One” and I don’t remember the episode that well anyway aside from the Ed Muskie plot twist at the end. 20. Torie Atkinson @ 1 DemetriosX The Real Man Riker thing implies all these women need is good hard you-know-what. But I can’t get over that Riker is the prime example of grade-A manliness available. He’s truly the poor man’s James T. Kirk. I cannot put my finger on why Riker comes across as a sleazy jerk every time sex is involved. They’re obviously trying to put him into the Kirk role and it’s just never ever going to work. @ 2 Catherine E. Tobler I have the feeling we’re going to be using our imaginations a lot more in the next season and a half. @ 3 DeepThought You obviously aren’t allowing yourself to conceive how truly appalling a society would be if feminism went too far! Men would be executing their own, cats and dogs would be living together… @ 4 Toryx Well they understood that it’s bad. That’s all there is, right? @ 5 S. Hutson Blount I just can’t imagine the Enterprise would ever get anything done if its primary task as the flagship was to show up for dick-waving contests at the Neutral Zone. It’s especially ridiculous considering the entire crew is incapacitated. I mean what good would it do if it actually came down to a show of force? @ 6 Lemnoc This is actually the first time we see the Prime Directive in its modern incarnation, where it applies to all civilizations and not just pre-warp ones. And it’s idiotic. @ 7 sps49 I love that Futurama episode. But I love most of Futurama. It just doesn’t make sense, and continues to make less and less sense as the series goes on and they wind up doing such non-interfering things as being involved in the Klingon civil war and the reunification of Romulus and Vulcan. It’s for the best when they eventually ditch this notion. I did that Featured Posts thing now. I had a really busy few days and forgot! @ 12 CaitieCat Like I said to Demetrios, the message is clear. What these women need is a good hard… Thanks, TNG! @ 13 etomlins I like that Twilight Zone episode, but maybe it gets more of a pass from being over twenty years older than this. Here it’s 1988 and yet it could have easily been written by a MRA crank on usenet. @ 14 Ludon I still think the outfits look kind of power suit-y, but I confess that I have no knowledge of early ’80s porn and defer to you. @ all regarding didactic fiction I actually don’t have a problem with moralizing, as long as there’s an interesting story in there. This fails to qualify. 21. Dep1701 Not to be overly simplistic about this, but all I can say about this episode is; “Ick”. 22. ShameAndFailure I was planning on re-watching this episode to be able to comment but I just can’t do it. Life is too short to waste time on this episode. Ick is right. Probably in my top 5 worst of TNG. From my hazy memory of this steaming pile I give a…full stop. Or reverse. Or self-destruct. Yea self-destruct. 23. Eugene Myers Posted March 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM Sorry to sound off so late on this one, but it’s been a really busy week for me. I also might have been a little afraid to share my opinion, given the direction it’s going… I had such low expectations for this episode going back into it, I was actually surprised that it wasn’t as bad as I remembered it. It still isn’t good, but it’s not without some redeeming elements. On the surface, each of the three plot threads is kind of interesting, however poorly they are handled and integrated with each other. It feels like they had the A plot worked out, but couldn’t figure out what to do with it; rather than have the conversations that we’ve been having here, and handle the material as respectfully as possible, they decided to take it to the obvious places. Like Riker and the others, the matriarchy on Angel I is treated like a joke. Oh, how backwards they are! Let’s try to show them a better way, but without violating the Prime Directive–except we’re totally going to violate the Prime Directive by forcing them to keep this rebellion alive and planting the seeds of change. One of the things writers learn is that plots need complications, but they went a bit overboard here. The crew is thwarted every step of the way, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but given how simple the solution should be, it just gets ridiculous. Especially when your complication relies on coincidence, like a mysterious outbreak on the ship at exactly the wrong moment. Although this subplot sticks out like a sore thumb because it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the show, it plays off better than any of “The Naked Now,” and I can’t help but think they squandered an intriguing premise–an infection that spreads because of its pleasing scent–on a crap episode. The third complication, the posturing on the Federation side of the Neutral Zone, works best for me, particularly because it shows that writers were actually planning ahead and laying groundwork for the series. This minor plot point pays off in the season finale, “The Neutral Zone,” for some interpretations of “pays off.” I was surprised that they had introduced this arc so early, and it impressed me. It was just about the only thing that did in “Angel One.” Even so, I started out ranking this one as a more middling episode and steadily knocked my assessment down as I read all your comments. I’m giving this one a tentative Warp 1.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3559
__label__cc	0.67158	0.32842	TFAA Radio Podcasts – TFAA Podcast Programs Revive Podcast Afrikan Perspectives Podcast About African Perspectives Black Reality Think Tank Podcasts LetsBuyBlack365.com Connect Podcasts Acres Of Diamonds Podcasts About Acres of Diamonds Exclusive ProductsShop black farmers Calls to Action Featured BLACK FARMERS STILL FACING LAND LOSS, DISCRIMINATION. By Elliot Booker — 3 years ago Farming is one of the main staples in human life, unfortunately, Black farmers have struggled to get the same rights as White farmers. Today, Black farmers are still fighting for their rights. From 1920 to 2000, Blacks went from owning 20 million acres to 1,500,00 acres owned by Black farmers. U.S. Federal District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman consented to the decree on April 14, 1999. The settlement recognized discrimination against Black farmers. The settlement was the largest civil rights class action settlement in American history with over $2 billion. Black farmers continued to protest due to not receiving the money from the settlement and debt relief. Investigations were launched which led to the discovery that the USDA was holding back three quarters of the $2.3 billion. This led to another suit, Pigford II. To many Black farmers the claims amount of $50,000 was not sufficient, it has been more about access to loans, debt relief and land loss. The administration under leadership of President Obama that has claimed victory for our Black Farmers is far from the truth. The discrimination that contributed to the decline of the Black Farmer as well as loss of land, that lead to the Black Farmers Settlement, still persist. You can get involved and join this fight for our farmers by joining an organization. Here is some information: Black Farmers & Agruculturalis Association (BFAA) at tillery@aol.com or call 252 826-3017. https://www.gofundme.com/39m8623g TFAA Podcasts Maureen Taylor: Michigan Welfare rights & Gary Grant: BFAA Maureen Taylor, Grassroots Activist and Chair of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization. We talked with our guest about what’s going on surrounding the poisoning of the water supply provided to our people in Flint MI. Also, Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association president Mr. Gary Grant joined us. The discrimination that contributed to the decline of the black farmer as well as loss of land, that lead to the Black Farmers Settlement, still persist. Health & Fitness News Politics Hosts of Time For An Awakening participate in Urban Farmers Market panel By Creator — 4 years ago Talk show hosts Elliott Booker and Reggie Raghu make a presentation during the January 17, 2011 Overbrook Environmental Education Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Learning and Service. They discuss the plight of the black farmers and their own initiative to help the farmers by providing urban farmer’s market outlets throughout Philadelphia for their produce and crops. 186,857 loyal readers! ©2019 Copyright Time For Awakening Media	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3562
__label__wiki	0.554742	0.554742	By Andrew Johansson Hi-Tech Marine's Oronero Tender Spain-based Alex Pirard Yacht Design has announced a new 12-metre tender, Oronero, produced by Hi-Tech Marine, a division of Carbon Dream S.p.A...… The design studio behind the Oxi 43 concept, Alex Pirard Yacht Design, has announced a new 12-metre tender, Oronero, produced by Hi-Tech Marine, a division of Carbon Dream S.p.A. The tender, which was the official tender for the 2011 Perini Cup in Porto Cervo, will be in the Monaco Marine wharf during the 2011 Monaco Yacht Show later this month. “Owners with superyachts of 80 to 100 metres need a small boat for when they go to a restaurant or another yacht,” explains designer, Alex Pirard. “But many don’t have a tender that is completely comfortable. Oronero, with its beautiful wood and leather interior, offers superior comfort.” Built completely from carbon fibre, Oronero has a number of features including a dinette, which can be converted into a bed, a galley and shower room with WC. The interior is finished in a clear oak wood and beige leather and fitted with air conditioning units. The cockpit is located on the main deck, along with a TV and dinette that can be converted into a solarium. However, the main feature of the tender, which draws inspiration from the automotive sector, is the convertible hard-top, which Pirard claims to be the first of its kind: "Other tender limousines have part of a roof that isn’t convertible, meaning guests have the sense of parts of steel and glass around them - this is a much more complete experience. Guests will feel completely in the open with nothing around them." To make boarding and disembarking of the tender as easy and safe as possible, the Spanish design studio has incorporated two folding platforms on either side of the hull. A top speed of 25 knots and a cruising speed of 22 knots is achieved from its two 280 hp hybrid diesel engines, with a cruising speed of seven knots when running electric motors. This technology helps to make the boat more environmentally friendly and minimise noise pollution when approaching or leaving a mothership or marina in the evening. Carbon Dream S.p.A. - company profile \| company website Alex Pirard Yacht Design - company profile \| company website If you have enjoyed reading this article, you’ll love our upcoming event, The Superyacht Design Forum, taking place on 25 - 26 June 2019 at Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. The Superyacht Design Forum provides anyone in the superyacht design world with a unique opportunity to explore new thinking and share smarter solutions for the future of superyachts. To find out more or to register, click here. Superyacht Products Evolution Yachting Concierge Evolution Yachting Provisioning Evolution Yachting Deck & Engineering Spares Dometic Titan Chiller Dometic VARC48 Dometic Sea Xchange XTC-ZTC Watermaker & Purifier Teignbridge Propellers Int Ltd Bruchure The Stewardess Bible Available in Print Dometic 8600 MasterFlush Toilet WheelHouse BGB SILS Brochure Chair without legs Evolution Yachting Interior Evolution Customs Evolution Yachting Logistics Book a flexible airfare for MYBA GEO I DINING CHAIR Bombardier 42 UNDERWATER HULL AND PROPELLERS CLEANING SYSTEMS Hot road UNDERWATER HULL AND PROPELLERS CLEANING SYSTEMS Superyacht Concepts by FEADSHIP Berlinetta series by ISA - INTERNATIONAL SHIPYARDS ANCONA	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3568
__label__cc	0.658721	0.341279	UrbanArias Paul’s Case Recording General Director and President Our Past Work Directions/Dine We are very excited about our progress here at UrbanArias. In just seven years, we have given over 80 performances and produced 20 unique operas – including seven world premieres, five of which were UrbanArias commissions. We have also taken our show on the road to New York City (to rave reviews in The New York Times and The New Yorker), and introduced thousands of people to the joys of short, contemporary opera. In 2016-17 we expanded our season to THREE MAIN STAGE PRODUCTIONS, including one at Signature Theatre in Arlington. However, ticket sales only cover a portion of our expenses, and we would love to have you join our growing list of generous contributors who help make our ambitious goals possible. Contributions of any size are greatly appreciated, and we have a variety of suggested levels: Supporter of the Short $50 Donor to the Different $100 Patron of the Pithy $250 Champion of the Contemporary $500 Sustainer of the Succinct $1000 Mainstay of the Modern $2500 Benefactor of Brevity $5000 Angel of the Avant-Garde $10,000 and more If you would like to contribute by mail, please send your check made out to UrbanArias to 1322 N Adams Ct, Arlington, VA 22201. If you would like to contribute online, please click on the button marked “donate”, and you will be redirected to UrbanArias’ account on Paypal’s secure website, where you may indicate the amount of your gift. UrbanArias is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent provided by law. Jonathan Blalock in PAUL’S CASE by C Stanley Photography Keeping Opera Current Origins – some notes about LUCY Meaty Roles Make Happy Singers All content ©2010 UrbanArias \| info@urbanarias.org	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3576
__label__cc	0.702099	0.297901	Vanessa van Dam One Architecture/signage for health care centre Client: One Architecture / Matthijs Bouw St. Jozef, a monastery dating from the 1950’s is being transformed into a health care centre. The architectonical interventions done by One Architecture, set up a dialogue with three major aspects of the building; the structure of the complex around the gardens, the sacral identity of the building and the catholic brick-hiding-the-underlying-concrete-architecture from the 1950’s. Health Center Jozef has been nominated for the award ‘Gouden Piramide’ (Golden Pyramid) which is a state prize awarded for excellence in commissioning work in architecture. New artwork is added by Berend Strik. Signage: Because the bricks are a very important part in the building and to include the signage within the architecture, I used the bricks as a grid to put all the names of the different departments (dentist, speech therapist, fysiotherapie, etc). Every brick contains a seperate syllable. The empty bricks are safed for future departments. Royal Palace Amsterdam Signage for Royal Palace Amsterdam Bookcovers Art in public space C.V. / Bibliography	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3577
__label__cc	0.660831	0.339169	General Press Release : 14 Nov 2012 THE THAI FILM INDUSTRY SHINES DURING THE AMERICAN FILM MARKET 2012 General—14 Nov 12 Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi presided over a spectacular evening in honour of Thai cinema at the JW Marriott Hotel in Santa Monica. Organized by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Jeppesen Announces Three-Year Partnership With BP Shipping General—14 Nov 12 -- Jeppesen Optimization Solutions Will be Used Aboard LNG, Product and Crude Oil Vessels to Increase Efficiency, Reduce Risks and Save Fuel Costs Jeppesen has finalized a contract to provide its advanced optimization solutions to BP Shipping, one of Photo Release: dwp design worldwide partnership Dinner at The Sukhothai General—14 Nov 12 dwp design worldwide partnership, world-class architecture and interior design firm, recently hosted an exclusive epicurean alchemy dinner for top executives from different sectors at The Zuk Bar, The Sukhothai Bangkok. Photo shows (from left to Global Diabetes Out of Control General—14 Nov 12 New estimates released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today to mark World Diabetes Day 2012 show that 371 million people have diabetes and 187 million are still to be diagnosed. 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The SABRE awards, organized by The Holmes Report, are the most important competition in the public AIT’s School of Management scores high in Eduniversal Global Ranking 2012 SOM ranked 2nd in General—14 Nov 12 The School of Management (SOM) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is one of two business schools in Thailand to crack the global top 200 in a newly released ranking of the world’s best 1000 business schools in 154 countries. In the Microchip's New GestIC(R) Technology Enables Mobile-friendly 3D Gesture General—14 Nov 12 MGC3130 is the world's first E-field-based, configurable 3D gesture controller; includes library of gestures and precise hand position tracking Microchip Technology Inc. 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__label__wiki	0.625772	0.625772	Kerala police vandalise devotees’ parked vehicles near Sabarimala. crime News Police By admin October 30, 2018 May 22, 2019 The Sabarimala Ayyappa devotees had bad time faced by Kerala police in Nilakkal near Sabarimala. The police vandalized devotee’s parked vehicles and some had stolen branded helmets from the bikes parked near. The gates of Kerala’s Sabarimala temple were opened this evening for the first time since the Supreme Court allowed women of all ages to enter the shrine. However, no devotee woman from the “banned” age group – 10 to 50 years are tried to visit Lord Ayyappa’s temple yet. Some activist is come to make communal valance in the state but they could make it to Lord Ayyappa’s temple amid protests done by the Ayyappa devotees till the day. Ayyappa devotees, including elderly women, first blocked the activists and asked them to stop right there, at Nilakkal, the base camp and the main entrance to Sabarimala, which is about 20 km from the hilltop temple. The Kerala police personnel had attacked very badly with batons to demolish the unity of Ayyappa devotees. As part of the police master plan, they started to vandalise devotees parked vehicles too. Video footage has emerged in which the policemen can be seen taking out their anger on vehicles parked on the side of the trek. They push stationary motorcycles to the ground and even smash their rear-view mirrors and bike with sticks. An auto-rickshaw was also attacked as a big group of police personnel, some of them in protective gear, carrying shields, passed through Pamba at the base of Sabarimala. 18 devotees have filed a case against the Kerala police to smash their bikes at Nilakkal. Kerala Sair Service Society (NSS) president G.Sukumaran Nair offered all legal supports for the Ayyappa devotees. At Nilakkal, the police lathicharged Ayyappa devotees in the evening and 3500 devotees including former Travancore Devaswom Board president Prayer Gopalakrishnan were taken into police custody till today. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his party have a strong stand to break the traditional customs at Sabarimala, for that the showcase and uphold the Supreme Court order. The BJP and the Congress have demanded a review of the court order and the left government denied. Salary challenge: The fund donated may not be used for the flood cause. Indian couple falls 800 feet to their deaths in California’s Yosemite National Park.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3587
__label__wiki	0.953906	0.953906	Photo:channelguidemagblog Tonight at 8:00 on Chiller it's the special Killer Legends and MTV has the 2014 MTVU Woodie Awards. Up at 9:00 on ESPN it's the special 30 for 30, Lifetime has the special Army Wives: A Final Salute, NBC has the time slot premiere of Believe, Bravo has the 1st season finale of Blood, Sweat & Heels, Discovery has the 2nd season premiere of Naked and Afraid and on E! it's the 2nd season premiere of Total Divas. On H2 at 10:00 it's the series premiere of The Bible Rules, DIY has the 2nd season finale of Building Alaska and NBC has the series premiere of Crisis. Up at 10:30 on Showtime it's the 3rd season finale of Episodes and at 10:32 on Discovery it's the series premiere of Naked after Dark. Labels: Army Wives, Believe, Building Alaska, Crisis, Episodes, Naked after Dark, Naked and Afraid, Season / Series Finales, Season / Series Premieres, Woodie Awards	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3588
__label__wiki	0.536665	0.536665	September 25, 2015 / Niya Bajaj Photograph by Christie Vuong By Niya Bajaj Butter chicken poutine could be the poster child for Canadian food culture, marrying as it does some tender, saucy chicken with French fries and paneer, cheese curds or mozzarella. Yes, it successfully fuses different culinary traditions into a comforting dish. But is it more than the sum of its parts, or merely a fatty, salty, Frankenstein example of gastronomic appropriation and industrial profiteering? For both culinary and cultural reasons, the foundations of this fusion food are worth investigating. Butter chicken originated at the Moti Mahal restaurant in Delhi, India, in the 1950s. In an exercise of restaurant-kitchen economics, cooks combined tandoori chicken juices with butter and tomatoes to create the sauce we know today, then poured the results over traditional tandoor-cooked chicken. Butter chicken migrated west with immigrant restaurateurs, and is now as popular in their adopted countries as it is in India. Butter chicken and its cousin, chicken tikka masala, are internationally beloved, and considered national dishes in the United Kingdom. They are just as popular in Canada, and both feature on menus across the country. Butter chicken is a signature dish at B.C.’s Curry in Surrey; across the country, India Gate in St. John’s, NL, is reputed to serve some of Canada’s best. Grocery store chains offer their own house-brand butter chicken sauces. Around the same time, poutine began its life on Canadian soil. While there is still contention about which rural Quebec town is responsible for the dish of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, there is no question about its popularity or place in our food culture. Poutine arrived in Quebec City in 1969, and Montreal in 1983. From there it infiltrated chip-truck menus across the country and beyond: in 2013, it featured on the menu of a Government of Canada food truck promoting Canadian cuisine. Most recently, a poutine truck has been making the rounds of local street markets in London, England. Butter chicken poutine probably made its earliest appearances in restaurants owned by East Indian immigrants: craving a taste of home, they were also ooking for ways to introduce their new communities to their culture. Food is an excellent gateway through which to extend that welcome. Combining a food from what Canadians perceived as an “exotic” culture (butter chicken), with an iconic food from the country that is now home (poutine) allowed curious palates to explore while staying grounded in the familiar. This novel comfort food created a space for conversation: butter chicken poutine opened lines of communication, bringing Canadians together over a shared appreciation of food that sates physical and emotional hunger while fostering understanding that, hopefully, runs deeper than surface-level “tolerance.” Recently, butter chicken poutine has seen success outside of restaurants owned and operated by immigrant families. New York Fries added it to its menu in 2011, and has not looked back. Industrial food multinationals Kraft and Sysco provide butter chicken poutine recipes for commercial kitchens and cafeterias. Patak’s, a leading producer of authentic Indian products, encourages home cooks to make their own butter chicken poutine with a recipe on its Canadian website. With restaurants across Canada and the United States, Smoke’s Poutinerie is using its version to dominate the global market. Louis Bourgeois of Poutine Centrale in Montreal first added butter chicken poutine to his menu because he loved butter chicken himself. “And when we tested ideas on friends, they loved it,” he recalls. Now it's a signature dish, and one of Poutine Centrale’s most popular offerings. “Canadians don't really have Canadian dishes,” Bourgeois says, other than poutine itself and, perhaps, indigenous bannock. “As long as it tastes great and you know what to put together, why not butter chicken poutine?” As immigrants become enmeshed in their communities, their foods seem less exotic and more like familiar staples. To food writer and researcher Mary Luz Meija, dishes like butter chicken poutine are “inclusive, delicious, fun, festive and respectful to the original ingredients and cultures.” She notes that when fusion is done with the right spirit, it honours the roots of the dishes while creating something uniquely Canadian. Not everyone agrees that fusion adds value, however. Journalist and author Sarah B. Hood is among the dissenters. “Butter chicken is a brilliant blend of complex flavours. Poutine is essentially a cheap, high-calorie, working-class food that's designed to keep someone stoked with fats and starches when they're working hard in cold weather," says Hood. "There's no way the butter chicken is improved by being added to the poutine. Starchy, fatty foods are often good with a shot of hot, sweet and/or salty flavour but using butter chicken to do the job is a bit like pulling the plough with your Porsche.” Whether adored or abhorred, butter chicken poutine has arrived in the hearts and minds of Canadians from sea to shining sea. On MasterChef Canada, contestant Jennifer Innis of Vernon, B.C., prepared butter chicken poutine with her cross-country team, which included New Brunswick veteran Line Pelletier, B.C. native Tammy Wood, and Newfoundlander Kristen Dwyer. None of the women grew up cooking either butter chicken or poutine: nonetheless, both were familiar foods for both the team and for the University of Guelph students who voted them to victory. Foods evolve to reflect their surrounding cultures, and this particular combination of two “ethnic” dishes has gone from fad to trend to staple. While it’s no maple syrup or Saskatoon berry, butter chicken poutine is a truly Canadian food that reflects a country that's always willing to embrace new flavours - as long as they taste good. September 25, 2015 / Niya Bajaj/ 3 Comments food, poutine, quebec, fries, butter chicken, immigrants, food truck, fusion Coalition of the Winning: ... Race, Place and Poison in Nova ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3589
__label__wiki	0.795836	0.795836	EA SPORTS FIFA The Journey Continues in FIFA 19 with Three Stories The Journey and Alex Hunter return again in FIFA 19. This year, the mode features three different stories featuring Alex Hunter, Danny Williams, and Kim Hunter. The three stories occur at the same time while intertwining, also allowing users to switch between the three at any time. With Kim's storyline, it appears that the women's national teams included in the game will be featured/included within the mode. Continue on to watch the trailer. ... FIFA 19 Adds LaLiga Stadiums & Facescans In order to increase detail depth and accuracy, FIFA 19 will be adding 16 accurate LaLiga stadiums and over 200+ new facescans. In addition, the LaLiga broadcast from FIFA 18 returns. Continue on to see the full list of LaLiga stadiums coming to FIFA 19 and a video showcasing the additions. ... 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Coming Free to EA SPORTS FIFA 18 EA SPORTS has announced that a free 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia content update will be coming to FIFA 18. Among the new content coming as part of this add-on include official World Cup presentation and broadcast elements, new player scans, 12 new licensed stadiums, and more. The update will be made available on May 29. Continue on to see the World Cup reveal trailer and the official press release from EA SPORTS. ... FIFA 18 - Game Update 1.08 Details Game update 1.08 is now available for EA SPORTS FIFA 18 on PS4, XB1, and PC. The update addresses issues in gameplay, FIFA Ultimate Team, Weekend League, online modes, and presentation. Continue on to read the patch notes courtesy EA SPORTS. ... Cristiano Ronaldo on Cover of FIFA 18; First Details bdoughty EA SPORTS has announced that Cristiano Ronaldo will be the global cover athlete for EA SPORTS FIFA 18, available September 29. There will be three versions of the game: standard, Ronaldo, and ICON. Those who pre-order the special Ronaldo or ICON versions will be able to play the game three days early on September 26. Continue on to see the official press release from EA SPORTS as well as the FIFA 18 reveal trailer. ... EA Play 2017 - June 10-12, 2017 EA SPORTS, NBA Live, Madden NFL, EA Play 2017 will take place June 10-12 from Hollywood, California. At this event, fans will learn about upcoming titles such as Star Wars Battlefront II, the next Need for Speed title, Madden NFL 18, EA SPORTS FIFA 18, and NBA LIVE 18. EA Play began in 2016 when the company, Electronic Arts, decided to hold their own event around the same timeframe as the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). This change allowed them to standout from the gluttony of gaming news that emerged at once, while also giving them more freedom (or control, depending on your point of view) for presentations, media & public access, etc. If you plan on being in the area, tickets will be available beginning April 20. EA plans to announce details on the ticketing process relatively soon. As an aside, E3 takes place just days later, June 13-15 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Continue on to read the first information on EA Play straight from EA SPORTS. ... Game update 1.08 is now available for EA SPORTS FIFA 17. The update focuses primarily on Ultimate Team, visuals/presentation, along with a few gameplay changes. Continue on to read the patch notes via the PS4. ... Will Sports Games Thrive on the Nintendo Switch? EA SPORTS FIFA, With the Nintendo Switch now publicly detailed and heading towards its March 3 release date, for those in the sports gaming community the focus has shifted towards game options, both short & long-term. During the Nintendo Switch Presentation and subsequent release of console and game information, only two sports titles for the console were announced: EA SPORTS FIFA and NBA 2K18. Both are scheduled for a fall 2017 release with 2K18 detailed for a September release. During the life-cycle of both the Nintendo Wii and Wii U, 3rd party titles were lacking, specifically in the sports realm. While EA SPORTS began making titles for the Wii, they were often considered lacking features, if not watered down ports of the console version(s). While there is some speculation that EA SPORTS FIFA on the Switch will be built off of the PS3/360 versions of the title (speculation EA denies, by the way), NBA 2K18 will reportedly include many of the same features as the PS4/XB1 version: MyPLAYER, MyCAREER, MyTEAM, MyLEAGUE, and MyGM. ... FIFA 17 - Title Update #4 Details EA SPORTS FIFA 17 Title Update #4 is set for release on PC, with the PS4 & XB1 versions in the near future. The update includes fixes/improvements across gameplay, FIFA Ultimate Team, Career Mode, and Visuals/Presentation. Continue on to see the update notes. ... EA SPORTS FIFA 17 Demo is Now Available steelerfan Courtesy EA SPORTS: FIFA 17 Demo now available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Be the first to try FIFA 17 The Journey, powered by Frostbite, where you live your story on and off the pitch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or PC. Play Kick Off with 12 world class clubs including Manchester United, Real Madrid C.F. and FC Bayern Munich. After you try the demo, share your thoughts with the community here. ... Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund is the FIFA 17 Global Cover Athlete Borussia Dortmund's Marco Ruis has been announced as the FIFA 17 global cover athlete. Ruis was the winner of a public cover vote against fellow FIFA 17 ambassadors James Rodriguez, Anthony Martial, and Eden Hazard. Continue on to see the official press release from EA SPORTS. ... FIFA 17 Reveal Trailer - "FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED"; Powered by Frostbite Ahead of EA Play (EA's new standalone event during E3), the company has released a teaser trailer for FIFA 17 entitled 'Football has changed.' The video confirms the inclusion/switch to the Frostbite Engine and it is believed that all EA SPORTS titles will be changing to Frostbite in the immediate near-future. Disclosed as part of the trailer reveal are four new football ambassadors: James Rodriguez of Real Madrid C.F., Anthony Martial of Manchester United, Eden Hazard of Chelsea FC, and Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund. The full FIFA 17 trailer will be available June 12. Continue on to see the reveal trailer as well as the press release from EA SPORTS. ... FIFA 16 - Career Mode Innovations One of the long-standing complaints regarding the FIFA franchise has been that Career Mode has lacked the same major improvements or features that have gone into other game modes, such as FIFA Ultimate Team. At Gamescom 2015, the FIFA team has announced some significant new features and improvements coming to FIFA 16's Career Mode. Pre-season Tournaments allow your squad to play in three of nine available tournaments and are designed to let you work on your team tactics and line-ups before the start of the regular season. The prize purse from these tournaments gets allocated to your transfer budget for the upcoming season. Player Training - Each week, select up to five squad players to train from a number of training drills, each focused on developing specific attributes. Improve your starting line-up or build up youth players to increase transfer values. UPDATE - Article now updated with a video from EA SPORTS showcasing the improvements coming to Career Mode. Continue on to see the video and read more on the Career Mode Innovations coming to FIFA 16 including improvements to Scout Reports, Loans, Friendly Subs, and more. ... FIFA 16 Demo Coming September 8 The FIFA 16 demo launches on September 8 and will contain a bevy of game modes and teams. The demo will allow new or inexperienced users to hone their skills with FIFA trainer along with new skill games. Players will have 12 teams to choose from for kick-off games, including the U.S. and German Women's National Teams. Finally, users will be able to try out FUT Draft by building a squad and playing in an offline match. September 8 will be a busy day for EA SPORTS. Not only is the FIFA 16 demo available that day but so is GameFaceHD, the face-scanning app for use in NBA LIVE 16. Continue on to see full details for the FIFA 16 demo straight from EA SPORTS. ... The Sights & Sounds of FIFA 16 Improvements to game presentation and atmosphere are highlighted in a video narrated by FIFA 16 Senior Art Director Matt Jones. The majority of improvements have been noted in the past, including the addition of Women's National Teams, nine new stadiums, hundreds of new facescans, vanishing spray, and more. However, this video is a great way for people to catch up on presentation news should they not keep up with info on a regular basis. Continue on to see the video and share your thoughts with the community. ... FIFA 16 - Authentic Football Narrative FIFA 16 continues to build upon broadcast style realism and presentation aspects with a bevy of improvements as announced during Gamescom 2015. The German Bundesliga league will have its own authentic overlay package identical to that shown during broadcast matches. Over 450 players - including legends and women's national teams - will have facescans in the game to aid in realism. Other improvements include the addition of 900+ chants, new weather conditions, vanishing spray, improvements to commentary and more. Continue on to see the full blog from the EA SPORTS FIFA development team. ... FIFA Ultimate Team Debuts FUT Draft During GamesCom 2015, EA SPORTS FIFA announced FUT Draft coming to FIFA 16. Similar to Madden NFL's Draft Champions, this mode allows users to quickly create a team and then compete with them online for a chance to win FIFA Ultimate Team packs. Continue on to see the first trailer for the mode featuring Manchester United's Gary Neville and Liverpool's Jamie Carragher ... Nine New Stadiums in FIFA 16 EA SPORTS FIFA 16 will feature nine new stadiums in this year's edition. The nine stadiums include: BORUSSIA-PARK, Carrow Road, CenturyLink Field, El Monumental, Fratton Park, King Abdullah Sports City, Stade Vélodrome, Vicarage Road, and Vitality Stadium. The inclusion of Fratton Park is in honor of Simon Humber, creative director of the FIFA series, who passed away earlier this year following a battle with cancer. Humber was a passionate fan of Portsmouth FC and in tribute to him the FIFA team included Fratton Park stadium in FIFA 16. The nine new stadiums brings the total number of venues in FIFA 16 to 50 licensed and 28 generics. Continue on to see the full blog from EA SPORTS showcasing the stadiums in FIFA 16. ... EA SPORTS Joins Real Madrid as Official Video Gaming Partner Electronic Arts and Real Madrid have signed an exclusive three-year deal making EA SPORTS the official videogame partner of the Spanish club. FIFA 16 will feature updated 3D head scans of fourteen of Real Madrid's most popular players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodríguez and Karim Benzema. Continue on to see a video of Real Madrid players getting scanned into the game. ... Alex Morgan Becomes First Female FIFA Cover Athlete in USA In North America, US forward Alex Morgan and Canadian captain Christine Sinclair will share the cover of FIFA 16 with Lionel Messi in their respective countries. The choice is no surprise given the inclusion of women's national teams coming to the game. Continue on to see the press release from EA SPORTS as well as the Canadian cover of the game. ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3590
__label__cc	0.555606	0.444394	“Muswell Hillbillies” by The Kinks - album review Musically, another uniquely Kinks affair, marrying trad English brass with American country rock. The brass section included Mike Cotton on trumpet, John Beecham on trombone and tuba, and Alan Holmes on clarinet. Lyrically, the album centred on themes of poverty and working-class life, as well as the destruction and subdivision of old Victorian neighbourhoods—a practice that had become commonplace in North London during the 1970s. The excellent opener, “20th Century Man” lays down the grumpy blueprint: “I was born in a welfare state, Ruled by bureaucracy, Controlled by civil servants, And people dressed in grey, Got no privacy, got no liberty, Cos the twentieth century people, Took it all away from me.” Ain’t no cure for these acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues. Just as well Ray Davies has a great sense of humour… it's all here in this winning package. A1 [05:57] The Kinks - 20th Century Man (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock A2 [03:32] The Kinks - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock A3 [02:40] The Kinks - Holiday (Ray Davies) Blues / Rhythm n Blues A4 [03:39] The Kinks - Skin And Bone (Ray Davies) Rock A5 [03:35] The Kinks - Alcohol (Ray Davies) Crooner / Cabaret A6 [04:02] The Kinks - Complicated Life (Ray Davies) Rock B1 [03:46] The Kinks - Here Come The People In Grey (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock B2 [03:45] The Kinks - Have A Cuppa Tea (Ray Davies) Rock B3 [03:29] The Kinks - Holloway Jail (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock B4 [02:38] The Kinks - Oklahoma U.S.A. (Ray Davies) Folk B5 [02:33] The Kinks - Uncle Son (Ray Davies) Blues Rock / Soul Rock B6 [04:58] The Kinks - Muswell Hillbilly (Ray Davies) Country	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3593
__label__cc	0.748151	0.251849	UBS Should Be Safe Despite ‘Chinese Pig’ Scandal Category: Business Tags: China / socialmedia / swine fever epidemic / UBS Paul Donovan, recently sparked off a storm on Chinese social media after using the term 'Chinese pigs' while talking about the swine fever situation. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0) One of UBS’s top economists, Paul Donovan, recently sparked off a storm on Chinese social media after using the term “Chinese pigs” while talking about the swine fever situation. The Chinese saw it as an insult to the people of the country, something that Donovan never actually intended. And though it has sparked off criticism of UBS, the company’s operations in China should be safe over the long term. Chinese operations “The problem seems to have been caused not by the words themselves, but by the way they were translated into Chinese. “Chinese pigs” was a term of abuse used by the British against the Cantonese in the First Opium War, a particularly low point in our imperial past. It’s almost akin to using the N-word, it is claimed. Differences in grammar and usage also have injected poison into what should have been dismissed as a trivial misunderstanding,” according to The Australian. Chinese Securities Association of Hong Kong and Haitong International Securities criticized the use of the term and demanded that Donovan be immediately sacked. Sensing trouble, UBS suspended Donovan for an unknown period and asked its managers in China to allay the concerns of local investors. Senior relationship managers have reportedly been asked to personally call all wealthy clients and explain the situation to them. The company also issued a public apology. UBS should be okay in China despite the ‘pig’ controversy. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0) “We apologize unreservedly for any misunderstanding caused by these innocently intended comments… We have removed the audio comment from circulation. To be clear, this comment was about inflation and Chinese consumer prices rising, which was driven by higher prices for pork,” the bank said in a statement (PTI News). UBS is eyeing the US$24 trillion worth Chinese private banking market. Though the firm only has a limited presence on the mainland, it expects growth to be steady in the coming years. Plus, the bank also plans to tap into the US$1 trillion worth of Chinese money being managed offshore in cities like New York and Singapore. Despite the “Chinese pig” scandal, UBS is expected to grow in China. After all, the money will inevitably flow to those who can generate good returns for the investment. And as long as UBS delivers to clients’ expectations, they will stick with the bank. Plus, most Chinese investors are sensible enough to realize that Donovan was only referring to the pork market of China and was not insulting the entire Chinese race. Many of the Chinese clients have their money locked in long-term derivative investments that cannot be unbound immediately unless they are ready to pay heavy penalties. This should keep wealthy Chinese from pulling out their money from UBS in the heat of the moment. UBS wants to tap into the billions that wealthy Chinese have invested offshore in cities like Singapore. (Image: pixabay / CC0 1.0) Swine fever in China In March, Yu Kangzhen, China’s vice agriculture minister, declared that the swine fever epidemic affecting pig farms was under control. However, many industry experts had warned that such announcements were mere cover-ups and that the real situation was much worse. According to the estimates of people who supply to large pig farms, almost half the country’s breeding pigs have died from swine fever or been killed off to limit the spread of the disease. This is twice the number acknowledged by government officials, which should be something worthy of engagement among the general public. “Almost all the pigs here have died… We were not allowed to report the pig disease… I dare not raise pigs… You can’t see the virus with your eyes. The virus is still here, there is a virus in the pigsty,” a farmer from Bobai county said to Reuters. She added that the authorities had “warned” her against “spreading rumors” about the disease. Almost 60 percent of Chinese meat consumption is accounted for by pork. With millions of pigs dead, the agricultural ministry has warned that pork prices could spike by up to 70 percent in the coming months. The livelihood of almost 40 million pig farmers in China has been affected adversely due to the disease. President to Prisoner: The Downfall of Meng Hongwei Spies & Traitors: UCLA Professor Caught Selling American Tech to China Top Authors in Business	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3598
__label__cc	0.659695	0.340305	Enter an Event Event Submitter Portal Partnership State Theatre Presents: Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi Price: $8 General. Auburn State Theatre 985 Lincoln Way Show Map Contact Information: Email: appac@att.net Web: http://livefromauburn.com When the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy came to theaters, it inspired fans to camp out and be the first in line to buy tickets. As an epic battle for the fate of the galaxy approaches, the Empire quickly finishes construction on another Death Star battle station, and the Emperor himself soon arrives to personally oversee the operation. Rescuing Han Solo from his captor Jabba the Hutt, Princess Leia helps organize the Rebel attack and Luke Skywalker prepares for final confrontation with Darth Vader to prove himself a Jedi and perhaps bring out the good within his father’s soul. As the Rebels launch their offensive, Skywalker is brought before the Emperor, and after a lightsaber duel with Vader refuses the Emperor’s temptations. In a fateful moment, Vader chooses to save his son, destroying the Emperor and sacrificing himself, a final redeeming act as Anakin Skywalker. Written by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas, and directed by Richard Marquand, this film stars Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness, and Frank Oz as the voice of Yoda. This listing courtesy of Auburn State Theatre Get our Events on your Mobile phone wherever you are with a Free mobile app! This event was posted to the following categories. Click on sub-categories to find related events. Primary Category is Arts and Culture Sub-categories are: Film, Kids/Family Thank You to Our Portal Partners ©2010-2019 Blue Cat Studio, Inc. \| 530.823.1140	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3602
__label__wiki	0.552213	0.552213	Arkansas School Board Member Says Gay Students Should 'Get AIDS and Die' by Michael A. Jones It's scary to think that a person who believes gay kids deserve suicide has a position of power within a school district. But sure enough, Clint McCance is a school board member at Midland School District in Arkansas. And he has some absolutely troubling and disturbing views when it comes to homosexuality, according to HRC Backstory. McCance took to his Facebook page last week, to blast what became known as Spirit Day, a day where all around the country, people wore the color purple to remember those LGBT students who were victims of bullying or suicide. For McCance, this was nothing more than a day of honoring "sin." "Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way I'm wearin' it for them is if they all commit suicide," McCance said, in one of the most ugly outbursts in recent memory. "I can't believe the people of this world have gotten this stupid. We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed themselves because of their sin." It merits repeating once again that McCance, as a school board member in the Midland School District, is in a position of power where he helps set the education policy for students in the district. It should be more than alarming to administrators that McCance took to his Facebook page to suggest that all gay kids should commit suicide. But alas, McCance didn't stop there. He started to engage his Facebook followers with even more homophobic rhetoric. "Being a fag doesn't give you the right to ruin the rest of our lives. If you get easily offended by being called a fag then don't tell anyone you are a fag. Keep that shit to yourself," McCance wrote. "It pisses me off though that we make a special purple fag day for them. I like that fags cant procreate. I also enjoy the fact that they often give each other aids and die." Let's repeat this once again: this is a school board member. Someone charged with upholding the Midland School District's mission of "making a difference" in the lives of students. And his reaction to the recent spate of anti-gay bullying and LGBT students who have committed suicide? To release a diatribe so vile, it makes the Westboro Baptist Church look like Miss Manners. Please take action and let the Midland School District know that this kind of language from a school board member is exactly the reason we live in a country where schools are toxic for LGBT students. This simply can't be excusable. A Facebook page calling for McCance to be fired has already attracted 1,100 members (and growing), and today the Human Rights Campaign's President, Joe Solmonese, released a powerful statement about the negative effect rhetoric like McCance's has on all students, gay and straight alike. "Clint McCance has put a face on the hate that devastates our young people,” said Solmonese. “McCance and his hate shouldn’t be allowed near children, let alone managing their education. We call for his immediate resignation from the school board.” Echo their call by writing to the Midland School Board today. I'm reminded of a post earlier today that talked about a Texas Pastor who said it was a moral imperative to condemn gay bullying. His words? "Too often, moderate voices sideline themselves, not wanting to rock the boat. The recent epidemic of bullying-related teen suicides is a wake-up call." Indeed it is ... a wake-up call to all of us that regardless of our politics, language like this from a school official shouldn't be tolerated. Photo credit: sidewalk crying Posted by TW at 4:20 PM Labels: gay rights, national, news, outrageous	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3605
__label__cc	0.5133	0.4867	Events Feb 4th to 11th + Call For Submissions Centre for Incidental Activisms #2 The Art Gallery of York University Accolade East Bldg, Toronto, ON Wednesday February 5th 4 – 9 On Wednesday, February 5, please join us from 6 – 9 pm for THE OPENING RECEPTION of The Centre for Incidental Activisms #2. CIA#2 artists Maggie Flynn, Ame Henderson, Evan Webber, Jp King, and Terrarea (Janis Demkiw, Emily Hogg, Olia Mishchenko) The Performance Bus (departs from OCADU at 6) with Derek and Wayne Liddington If We Ruled The World with The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean), Mark “Kurupt” Stoddart and Jane-Finch youth from Success Beyond Limits. Or, COME EARLY (4 – 8 pm) and COLLAGE, utilizing the CIA #2’s custom-built giant rotating table (a.k.a the lazy) as a platform for collaboration (all supplies and materials provided). The Centre for Incidental Activisms #2 is a choreographed collaboration between social organizer/visual artist Maggie Flynn, dancer/choreographer Ame Henderson, writer/”paper pusher” Jp King, and the interdisciplinary collective Terrarea (Janis Demkiw, Emily Hogg, Olia Mishchenko) with a series of special projects by spoken word artist/activist The M.A.D. Poet (aka Melissa A. Dean), visual artist/educator Mark “Kurupt” Stoddart and Jane-Finch youth from Success Beyond Limits. Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/565651020198248/? Sigalit Landau: Moving to Stand Still At Koffler Centre of the Arts in the Artscape Youngplace 180 Shaw Street Thursday February 6th 6 – 9 Koffler Gallery presents a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Sigalit Landau, who creates powerful works investigating the complex realities of her native country, Israel. As part of a significant international tour with presentations in Moscow, Budapest, Tromso and now Toronto, this exhibition brings a selection of Landau’s major video works to be shown for the first time in Canada. By Sigalit Landau The notion of endless movement in search of a place of belonging and the indelible wound of a traumatic history as well as a disputed present are central themes in Landau’s videos. Each one of Landau’s video performances contains the offering of a moment of transcendence, the pivotal moment of choice towards an imaginable resolution. Though set up as repeating loops where action endlessly begins and fails in an ostensibly inescapable cycle, the works imply that the solution lies inside the boundaries, not in a breakout. The repetitive, confined movement becomes akin to stillness, summoning transformation from within. Full details: http://kofflerarts.org/exhibitions/2013/11/14/sigalit-landau-moving-to-stand-still/ Push and Pull By Bridget Moser, Michael Vickers and Nikki Woolsey At Mercer Union, a Centre for Contemporary Art at 1286 Bloor Street West Friday February 7th 7 – 10 Push and Pull presents a series of new works by artists Bridget Moser, Michael Vickers and Nikki Woolsey. The exhibition title refers to a constant tension, a position between moving in one direction, and into another; a perpetual state of struggle. Bridget Moser’s performance and video work is suspended between internally voiced conundrums, stand-up comedy, experimental theatre, performance art, and prop comedy, with a continuous slippage from one state to another. In this in-betweenness a certain absurdity materializes, questioning a world of assumptions and belief systems. Michael Vicker’s works sit between painting and sculpture, in prioritizing their object-hood physical struggle becomes manifest, highly industrialised materials are folded, pushed and beaten into other forms acknowledging the precarity of their formation and labour. Nikki Woolsey coalesces distinct everyday found materials into sometimes seamless yet habitually unfamiliar forms. Broken vases, glass panels, and other quotidian objects seep into abstraction, questioning how we perceive objects and place value, and disrupting existent systems of knowledge. Curated by Georgina Jackson Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/events/510113575768503/? Another Dark Day Passes At OCADU Student Gallery at 52 McCaul Street Thursday February 6th 7:00 to 11:00 Another Dark Day Passes’ is an exploration of psychedelic landscapes and alternative realities. This show invites viewers to experience the gallery as a portal to an altered psychological state. The works presented oscillate between material reality and dream-like illusion. The holographic and iridescent aesthetic that runs through the show is meant to communicate optimism by transforming the gallery into an ethereal environment. Conversely, dissonant elements have been incorporated with the intent of disarming the viewer to release meditative energy and open up the imagination. It is a psychological mirage, where confusion and darkness give way to possibility and hope. Curated by Diana Lynn VanderMeulen and Julia Dickens Featuring work by: Robin Clason, Sarah D’Angelo, Julia Dickens, Melissa Fisher, Inez Genereux, Eunice Luk, Felix Kalmenson, Nicholas Robins, Mark Sommerfeld, Diana Lynn VanderMeulen, Vince Vining Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque At Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) 952 Queen Street West Saturday, February 8, 2:00-5:00 pm Opening Reception Feb 08, 2014 – Apr 06, 2014 David Altmejd/ Mark Bradford/ Lee Bul/ Bharti Kher/ Tricia Middleton/ Yinka Shonibare, MBE Misled by Nature: Contemporary Art and the Baroque showcases a selection of works by contemporary artists that draw upon aspects of the historical Baroque: material excess, accumulation, bravado, theatricality and the construction of immersive, emotive environments. This presence of what could be called the ‘neo-baroque’ has, in recent time, been a recurring facet of contemporary art in Canada and around the world. Upcoming MOCCA Talk Saturday, February 8, 1:00 pm – National Gallery of Canada Curator of Contemporary Art Josée Drouin-Briseboisand exhibiting artist Tricia Middleton will present free public talks on the work in Misled by Nature. Click Link http://www.mocca.ca/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/ Ally Workshop and Discussion With Robin Fraser, Jessie Short and Heather Haynes At Xpace Cultural Centre 2-303 Lansdowne Ave By Jos Theriault Saturday, February 8th, 1 – 4 pm Please join us for a workshop and discussion on how to be an Ally with Robin Fraser, Jessie Short and Heather Haynes. What is An Ally? •Who are you and where do you come from? •Diversity and Equity in a Cross-Cultural Landscape •History and Who Tells It (how imperialism and colonialism inform todays’ social environments, i.e. systematic oppression) •Unpacking Privilege •Freedom of Expression in an Anti-Oppressive Context •How to be an Effective Ally Jessie Short and Heather Haynes first met when Jessie, an emerging Aboriginal curator, co-curated an exhibition at the Toronto Free Gallery in June 2012. Since this time, Jessie and Heather’s paths continue to cross in the arts/cultural world of Toronto. Both will discuss their respective understanding of anti-oppression work and the role of allies, taking account of the differences between theory, practice, taking responsibility and the necessity for building relationships. Workshop is free and open to anyone. Please RSVP to [email protected] Visit the Facebook Event https://www.facebook.com/events/578266922253766/ Nadia Belerique “The Counselor” At Gallery TPW 1256 Dundas Street West February 8, 2 – 5 February 8 – March 1, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday February 8, 2-5 pm Commissioned by Gallery TPW to make a single image exhibition, with The Counselor, Nadia Belerique plays with the limits of photography. “All photographs are a hand and index finger, pointing to something else.” Belerique is interested to see what the photograph points to but is more interested in the hand (the photograph) itself. Can a photograph be a stand-in for what it depicts? A life size, cardboard cut-out of Star Trek’s Deanna Troi becomes a charming and awkward stand-in, the perfect image-object. Reworking the stand-in, Belerique’s new image teases us, asking us to linger longer in the moment when we look towards the hand that points. http://gallerytpw.ca/rd/nadia-belerique-the-counselor/ Link and Pin Performance Art Series : Reperformance AT Hub 14 – 14 Markham Street, just North of Queen Fe 8 + 9th (Times Below) $10 at the door, no one turned away REPERFORMANCE (or, Lets not talk about The Abramovic anymore)* In the last decade, catalyzed by Marina Abramovic’s Seven Easy Pieces and then The Artist is Present, there has been a resurgence of interest in “reperformance.” LINK & PIN wonders… why? Why reperform? What are the disciplinary, ethical, and temporal dilemmas one faces in the process of reperforming? Is it even possible to reperform a performance art work? Is it possible only, as Abramovic posits, with certain “rules” followed (i.e. contacting the original artist for permission)? \|\| Performers \|\| Shannon Cochrane “Performance for Invisible Water” VIVA! Art Action Montreal, Canada, 2011 Photo by Guy L’Heureux Feb 8. 5-8pm Victoria Stanton (Durational) 8-9pm hollyt and Jack Bride 2pm- Meet at Dundas and Bellwoods for a performative walk to hub 14 with Julie Lassonde Please bring a small memorial object- like a candle or a flower- you can keep or leave it. Brianna MacLellan, Shannon Cochrane, Paulina Wiszowata \|\| Online Video Feature \|\| Lee Henderson and Bee Pallomina \|\| Writer \|\| T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko CURATED BY Adriana Disman SUPPORTED BY hub 14’s Community Chest Program INTERN Veronica Abrenica http://cargocollective.com/LINKPIN/About-3 FEAST Call for Proposals – Extended** THE DEADLINE FOR FEAST 07 HAS BEEN EXTENDED, THE EVENT WILL NOW TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 23rd, 201 Proposals are due by Friday February 7th, 2014. Xpace Cultural Centre, 2-303 Lansdowne Ave FEAST (Funding Engaging Actions with Sustainable Tactics) Toronto is a series of community dinners and micro-funding events. During each dinner, artists, designers and groups are invited to present proposals for art- or design-based projects. Everyone attending the dinner votes on which project they would like to fund, and the project with the most votes is given a grant from the money raised from the ticket sales. The grant winner(s) will be invited back to the next FEAST to present their completed project. We are looking for proposals for the next FEAST, edition 07, and taking place on Sunday, February 23rd, 2014 at Xpace Cultural Centre 303 Lansdowne Avenue, Toronto. FEAST 07 proposals should include: A Project Summary (1), and the answers to the following questions: (2) How will you use funding to realize your project? (3) Why is this project critical to the FEAST community (e.g. why would the FEAST community be interested in supporting your project)? (4) The names and contact information for all of your presenters IMPORTANT! You must be able to attend the FEAST event on February 23rdin order to apply. Project presentations are given in-person by the presenters to the gathered guests over dinner, and then everyone gets to vote on which project they would like to fund. The money raised from the dinner (estimated at $700+) will go to fund the project with the most votes. We will also have a separate student grant of $300 donated by Xpace Cultural Centre. Each section of the proposal (1-4) should be no longer than 100 words. Remember these will be short presentations, so keep it brief and to the point! In order to be considered for FEAST funding, you must be able to attend the event. Tickets for this locally- sourced, vegetarian dinner will be $20-30, and $10 for + Proposals are due by Friday February 7th, 2014. + Email your complete proposals to [email protected] with the subject line: FEAST 07 Submission. Please indicate clearly on your proposal if you are applying for the student grant. Food for FEAST 07 will be prepared by Ella Dawn McGeough. FEAST Toronto was founded by Amber Landgraff, Deborah Wang, and Lisa Myers. This event is volunteer-run and co- presented by Xpace Cultural Centre. See www.feast-toronto.com for details, photos and sponsors of previous FEAST events. If you would like to support feast with a donation of any amount, please contact us at [email protected] SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is accepting submissions for “Work It.”, its 8th Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, taking place at gallerywest from 1-29 June 2014. For this exhibition, SAVAC invites proposals for critical and innovative artworks that explore issues surrounding the topic of art and labour. Potential themes include, but are not limited to: precarity, gendered labour, art production in a time of austerity, working to survive vs. “Do What You Love (DYWL)”. Submissions can cover all formats, including painting, drawing, print-making, sculpture, performance, film video, sound and new media installations. Submissions will be juried by SAVAC’s Artistic Director, Sharlene Bamboat, gallerywest Owner and Program Director, Evan Tyler, special guest jurors Min Sook Lee (Filmmaker), and Amber Landgraff (Director of Xpace Cultural Centre). Works must be produced during or after January 2012. Submissions from emerging artists, and students are welcome. Artist fees will be paid. There are no submission fees, but artists must be SAVAC members in order to submit. Become a member ($30/yr), here. DEADLINE: 3 March 2014, 5:00pm http://savac.net/work-it-annual.html Snap Edmonton Gallery Submissions Call for Submissions – Main Gallery Next deadline is March 1, 2014 SNAP welcomes submissions from artists, collectives, curators and collaborations practicing in all printmaking & print-related media (including but not limited to: photography, installation, video, drawing, collage, printed matter). SNAP’s Main Gallery Space is programmed through an annual call for submissions as well as through curated exhibitions. The Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists is an Artist-Run Non-profit in Edmonton, Alberta dedicated to the production, presentation and dissemination of Fine Art Printmaking and Contemporary Print Media. The SNAP Gallery programs eight Main Gallery exhibitions every year. For more information on our organization, mandate and to view floor plans please visit www.snapartists.com Programming is determined annually by peer jury. SNAP Main Gallery Submission Requirements: Submissions should consist of: A project proposal explaining the specifics of the proposed exhibition. (maximum 1 page) 15 -20 numbered high quality digital images on OSX Apple-Mac compatible disk Corresponding image list indicating the artist’s name, title of work, media and date An artist statement, which describes and contextualizes the work presented. (maximum 1 page). Curriculum Vitae or artist resume 1 – 2 items of support materials as appropriate (DVD, Publications, Print Articles). These support items will not be returned. Please indicate which works are intended for exhibition or clearly indicate if your proposal includes new works or work in progress, as well as any extraordinary installation requirements, including technical support. SNAP will be accepting submissions ONLY IN DISC FORM. Please send all written support as a single PDF and images in JPEG form on one CD. Please do not send any paper or include a return envelope. Please do not email submissions. Digital images: should be in JPEG format, 300 dpi and sized to 1000 pixels maximum on the longest side. File names should correspond to the image list. Full information : http://snapartists.com/submissions/ Call for Submissions: Pride @ Bezpala Brown Gallery Deadline: March 1, 2014 Bezpala Brown Gallery is currently accepting submissions for a group show that will be running during Word Pride 2014. Submissions are open to emerging and established artists of any and all mediums. Performance, digital and Installation art submissions are welcomed and encouraged. We are looking for work that explores the topics of Queer culture, Gender Identity Issues and Pride History. What you need to apply: * Up to ten images of your work, JPEG format, with titles, mediums and year * Bio & CV * A short write-up on how your work will be fitting for the show. * Link to your website or blog All submissions should be sent to: [email protected] http://bezpalabrown.com C NEW CRITICS COMPETITION Submission Deadline Friday April 11, 2014 The C New Critics Competition is designed to help develop and promote the work of emerging art critics. Writers must submit a review of an exhibition, performance, or site-specific intervention, between 800 and 1,000 words in length, by Friday April 11, 2014. The jury for the award includes Amish Morrell, editor of C Magazine. The winner will receive $500, editorial support in order to prepare their article for publication in C Magazine, and a two-year subscription to C. All participants will recieve a one year subscription to C Magazine. Participants are not restricted by age or citizenship. To be eligible, writers must have published no more than two exhibition reviews or one article in a magazine or journal. Writers are not disqualified for having written for personal blogs or student publications. One submission is allowed per person and must be sent as an email attachment, in MS Word to Amish Morrell[email protected]. Mail or fax submissions will not be accepted. FIBREWORKS 2014 A biennial juried exhibition of Canadian fibre art September 12 – November 2, 2014 CALL FOR ENTRY Fibreworks, now in its 15th edition, is a biennial juried exhibition of contemporary Canadian fibre art. It is a showcase of the most current and versatile approaches to fibre as a medium in form and production. This exhibition is one of the largest group shows in Canada dedicated specifically to fibre based works and serves as a survey of the artists currently working in the medium. As many as 35 artists participate in the exhibition with works selected by an independent jury. All works selected for the exhibition are eligible for the Juror’s award and may be purchased by Cambridge Galleries IDEA\|EXCHANGE as part of its permanent collection dedicated exclusively to Canadian fibre art. Fibreworks 2014 jurors are Hazel Meyer, Artist (Toronto, ON) and Stuart Reid, Director/Curator, Rodman Hall Art Centre (St. Catherines, ON). CONDITIONS OF ENTRY 1. Open to all Canadian artists. Limit of 3 entries per artist. Deadline for entry is: Monday, March 31, 2014 (postmarked). Return Entries to: FIBREWORKS 2014 c/o Cambridge Galleries IDEA\|EXCHANGE 1 North Square, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, N1S 2K6 T: 519.621.0460 F: 519.621.2080 For complete information visit www.cambridgegalleries.ca 7a11d International Festival of Performance Deadline February 14th The 10th edition of the 7a11d International Festival of Performance Art will take place in Toronto from October 26 to November 2, 2014. Curated and organized by a non-profit artist collective, the festival presents innovative and progressive contemporary performance art by local, national and international artists. This call for submissions is an invitation restricted to artists from Canada. We are looking for emerging, mid-career and established artists in Canada alongside international artists to showcase the breadth and depth of current contemporary performance art practice. We pay artist fees that meet or exceed CARFAC guidelines, accommodation, and travel. We cannot accommodate dance, theatre, or circus troupes/companies. No email submissions please. Application Guidelines: follow link http://www.akimbo.ca/akimbos/?id=64151 http://www.7a-11d.ca [email protected]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3607
__label__cc	0.607455	0.392545	Books Young Adult Fiction The Looking Glass Janet McNally Harper Teen GIRLS IN TROUBLE. That’s what Sylvie Blake’s older sister Julia renamed their favorite fairy tale book, way back when they were just girls themselves. Now, Julia has disappeared—and no one knows if she’s in trouble. Sylvie is trying to carry on Julia’s impressive legacy at the prestigious National Ballet Theatre Academy, but Julia, ever the star of the show, can’t stay hidden forever. And when she sends Sylvie a copy of their old storybook with a mysterious list inside, Sylvie begins to see signs of her sister everywhere she goes. She may be losing her grip on reality, but Sylvie has to find out if the strange, almost magical things she’s been seeing have anything to do with Julia’s whereabouts. With the help of her best friend’s enigmatic brother and his beat-up car, Sylvie sets out to the beat of a Fleetwood Mac playlist, determined to return to New York with her sister in tow. But what Sylvie doesn’t expect to learn is that trouble comes in lots of forms—and that the damsel in distress is often the only one who can save herself. August 10, 2018 (Updated: August 10, 2018) Elisha Jachetti, Staff Reviewer Top 50 Reviewer View all my reviews (87) The Looking Glas THE LOOKING GLASS by Janet McNally is a young adult novel set in the highly competitive world of aspiring New York City ballerinas. The book begins on Sylvie’s birthday when she gets a mysterious gift from her sister, Julia, who’s been missing for a year. Believing this is a call for help, Sylvie decides to go in search of her to bring her home to safety. Jack, her unlikely ally and best friend’s older brother, is her chauffeur, and together they set off on a road trip, following what Sylvie believes to be a map drawn for her by Julia. Unsure of how to fully decode the map, Sylvie charges ahead like a prince on a white horse. This contemporary setting is peppered with fantastical elements, blending genres with magical realism. Most of the otherworldly flourishes are cognizant woodland creatures and princess-like girls. When they appear, Sylvie, at first, thinks she’s losing her mind, but then, she believes they are trying to lead her towards her sister. After all, Julia’s gift to Sylvie is a fairytale book from their childhood. These moments definitely make the story unique, but they oftentimes feel forced, as though the author wants them there, as opposed to them needing to be there for story. These small escapes from reality occasionally drive the plot forward, but overall, they distract from the real substance. The book, on a whole, would have been stronger without them. I love how McNally crafts Sylvie’s world so much, which is why I missed it when she strayed. The life of a training ballerina is so intriguing. From the ballet instructor’s quirks and sayings to how Sylvie saved her first three sets of pointe shoes, these behind-the-scenes details make the setting lush, elaborate, and easy to imagine. How McNally portrays New York City is also accurate and a nice glimpse into how the wealthy live. Though I must contest Ocean City, New Jersey smelling like anything other than fresh salt air, the rest of the road trip destinations are described well and make me feel like I'm along for the ride. Occasionally, Sylvie breaks the fourth wall, so to speak, by being aware of the audience and addressing them directly. Every time this happens, I am completely throw off, because it’s not carried on throughout the novel in a consistent fashion. With that being said, I love the blossoming romance between Sylvie and Jack so much. I root for them Mac after Mac song, and I really enjoy that the book ends in a way that feels like real life. 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__label__wiki	0.578574	0.578574	Home News Local News UPP Boss Buries Mother In-law UPP Boss Buries Mother In-law It was a roll call of political heavy-weights and party stalwarts, gathering of the titans in Owerri over the weekend as these men of timber and caliber joined the National Deputy Chairman of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Hon. Chief (Sir) Ejike Uche to bid a final farewell to his mother in-law, late Ezinne Fracisca Onyemuwa Njoku after a funeral mass at St. Pauls Catholic, Church Douglas road Owerri. A catalogue of those who thronged the municipal city of Owerri in what seemed to be a carnival or political rally, include members of the National leadership of the United Progressive Party who virtually took a holiday to sympathize with one of their own led by the National Chairman of the party, Chief Chekwas Okorie represented by Pastor Banji I. Duru, National Organizing Secretary with the Chairman Board of Trustees, Chief Ama Iwueze and a member of the BOT Chief Emma Ozuzu as well as members of the state executive council of the party. Others who conspicuously showed presence at the colourful burial of Ezinne Francisca Njoku were Prof. Francis Dike (SAN), the Orluzurumee Peoples Assembly led by the Chairman, Chief Chime Nzeribe, Imozurukwuo delegates led by its Director General Chief Damian Ezeagu while governorship aspirant Mr. Frank Nneji of ABC Transport was also spotted in the crowd of sympathizers. Others include, Prof. Protus Nathan Uzorma, some members of Imo state newspaper publishers. It was also a day of tribute for the deceased, after a solemn requiem mass officiated by a galaxy of priests with a renowned academic cleric, Revd. Fr. Professor Jerome Okonkwo (Okosisi) as the Chief celebrant. In his sermon at the mass, the homilist and Parish Priest of St. Pauls Catholic Church, Douglas road, Rev Fr. Cyril Akalonu urged the congregation to be mindful of their lifestyle that one day they will be answerable to their lives on earth serving God in truth and Spirit testifying that the deceased lived a good life worthy of emulation. He prayed that God will welcome her in His kingdom for serving Him while alive. In a funeral oration on behalf of the family, the Chief mourner, Mr. Austine Njoku noted that their mother was a role model and a good shepherd who loved all her children on equal terms. He described her as a hardworking, humble woman, a lover of education and the fear of God. In his tribute, the son-inlaw Chief Ejike Uche, a knight of the Catholic Church described her mother in-law as a woman of virtue who spent her life time impacting positively on others, ensuring that they lived in peace and unity. Sir Uche disclosed that the deceased gave her all in ensuring the welfare of people around her in her community, Church and at her workplace ALVAN Ikoku Federal College of Education Owerri where she retired as Matron Catering. Previous articleNjaba State Constituency Declares Support for Dr. Ekwunazu in 2019 Next articleChief Mgbudom Celebrates Njaba APC Executives Over One Year Tenure Elongation, in a Grand Style	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3611
__label__cc	0.665752	0.334248	10 Things You Should Know About Paycheck Deception Gallup Poll: Midwest & Independent Voters Want Stronger Unions Victory: Federal judge rules counties can’t pass right to work Published by Kevin at January 28, 2016 From Working America: Since 2010, right-wing governors and legislators have attacked workers’ rights across the Midwest. These attacks have come in different forms: from stripping public workers’ collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin to an all-out ban on fair share contracts in Michigan and Indiana. In Missouri, extremist legislators and their corporate backers are taking a different tactic. They are pushing paycheck deception bills, which limit how union workers can make their voices heard in the political process. Proponents of paycheck deception are counting on the public to be uninformed (or misinformed) about what these bills actually do. So here are 10 things you should know about paycheck deception: Paycheck deception laws create unfair regulations. These laws require labor organizations to go through burdensome bureaucratic hoops in order to deduct dues from members’ paychecks and to use that money for political advocacy. No other corporation, CEO, or other organization has similar restrictions. The sole intent is to force the union to spend more resources collecting dues so that they have less ability to advocate for workers at workplaces and in politics. Paycheck deception laws limit free speech. These laws apply rules to union members that don’t apply to any other organization. A business that belongs to a Chamber of Commerce, for instance, can’t opt-out of paying annual dues and still belong to the Chamber. Similarly, a shareholder in a corporation has absolutely no say in how that corporation spends money in politics. Essentially, paycheck deception laws say that the government has more say in how union workers spend their money than the workers themselves. Paycheck deception laws have, and have always had, one purpose: attack unions.California school voucher activists who wanted to weaken the local teachers’ union first used paycheck deception as a tactic in 1998. These laws have always been about weakening unions and those who speak up for workers. They have never been about protecting workers or giving workers a “choice.” Proponents call them “paycheck protection” laws. The people who push these laws want you to think these laws protect workers, when in fact they just protect the CEOs and special interests that don’t want any opposition from organized labor. The “protection” they are implying already exists, as union members already collectively decide how their money is spent. “Their transparent motive is not to protect workers, but to silence them by diminishing their collective voice,” wrote Joshua Rosencranz of the Brennan Center for Justice. Paycheck protection laws are not “campaign finance reform.” Supporters of these laws often try to sell them as campaign finance reform. If anything, by forcing unions to follow one set of rules while ignoring corporations, these laws tilt the political playing field further toward corporate interests. Union members already have a choice. No worker in the United States can be forced to join a union. Period. Furthermore, unions already have a process by which members can opt-out of having their dues used for political activity. As democratic organizations, union members already collectively decide how their dues money is spent – and like our elections, majority rules. Union members are not calling for these laws. While arguing for paycheck deception in Missouri, legislators claimed they had talked to union workers who felt coerced by the current deduction process, but failed to produce them. No union workers testified in favor of the Missouri bill. In fact, a recent Hart research poll found that 75 percent of union members want their deductions to be used to advocate for the middle class in the political arena. Paycheck deception laws hurt donations to nonprofits. By firing a broadside attack at unions, paycheck deception laws restrict all kinds of paycheck deductions: direct deposit, 401(k), and charitable deductions. Many union members voluntarily donate to organizations like the United Way through paycheck deductions – these laws would make that process more difficult. Paycheck deception laws are often found unconstitutional. In Alabama, Arizona, and Washington, paycheck deception laws were ruled unconstitutional by state Supreme Courts.The laws frequently violate the First Amendment – since union workers already have the choice to opt-out of their unions’ political activity. If Missouri passes this law, they will have to waste more taxpayer money defending it at court – they’ll probably lose. Politicians admit that paycheck deception laws are a stepping stone to further union restrictions. Missouri Speaker Tim Jones admitted that while “there are other ways to skin a cat” to limit union workers’ political power, paycheck deception “a way to get to the ultimate goal of right to work.” Patrick Werner of the Koch-backed Americans for Prosperity also called paycheck deception a “first step” to making Missouri a “right to work state.” So-called “right to work” laws ban fair share clauses in contracts, forcing unions to represent workers whether or not they pay dues – another tactic used to weaken unions.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3613
__label__wiki	0.974962	0.974962	WestBengalstat.com is now providing facility to create various charts and India's map with state boundaries and created charts can be saved in .jpg, .pdf and .png file formats and maps in .png file format. HomeHousing Households by Sources of Electricity House and Their Uses Household Income Households by Food Availability Households by Sources of Drinking Water Households by Sources of Electricity Households by Sources of Specified Assets Households by Sources of Toilet Facility Households by Type of Fuel Used for Cooking Households by Type of Occupancy Households Debt and Investment Housing Condition Housing Projects Housing Schemes Housing Societies Others Residential Houses and Households Households by Sources of Electricity Households by Sources of Electricity (July 2011-June 2012) District-wise Number of Households by Main Source of Lighting in West Bengal (As per 2011 Census) Number of Scheduled Caste Households by Main Source of Lighting in West Bengal (As per 2011 Census) Number of Scheduled Tribe Households by Main Source of Lighting in West Bengal (As per 2011 Census) Slum Households by Main Source of Lighting in West Bengal (As per 2011 Census) District-wise Number of Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2001) District-wise Number of Scheduled Caste Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2001) District-wise Number of Scheduled Tribe Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2201) Households and Number of 1000 Population by Availability of Electricity and Toilet Facilities and Ownership Status of House Occupied in West Bengal (2001) Households and Number of 1000 Population of Scheduled Caste by Availability of Electricity and Toilet Facilities and Ownership Status of House Occupied in West Bengal (2001) Households and Number of 1000 Population of Scheduled Tribe by Availability of Electricity and Toilet Facilities and Ownership Status of House Occupied in West Bengal (2001) Number of Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2001) Number of Scheduled Caste Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2001) Number of Scheduled Tribe Households By Source of Lighting in West Bengal (2001) MPCE Class-wise Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Rural) and Average MPCE ,Separately for Each Primary Source of Energy Used for Lighting in West Bengal (July 1999-June 2000) MPCE Class-wise Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Urban) and Average MPCE ,Separately for Each Primary Source of Energy Used for Lighting in West Bengal (July 1999-June 2000) Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Rural) by Primary Source of Energy Used for Lighting for each Household Type in West Bengal (July 1999-June 2000) Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Urban) by Primary Source of Energy Used for Lighting for each Household Type in West Bengal (July 1999-June 2000) Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Urban) by Primary Source of Energy Used for Lighting for each Social Group in West Bengal (July 1999-June 2000) MPCE Class-wise Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Rural) by Primary Source of Energy for Lighting in West Bengal (July 1993-June 1994) MPCE Class-wise Per 1000 Distribution of Households (Urban) by Primary Source of Energy for Lighting in West Bengal (July 1993-June 1994) Related News : Housing	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3614
__label__cc	0.722086	0.277914	Bridport Charter Fair The Bridport Charter Fair is a celebration of Bridport’s Borough status being granted in 1253, during the reign of King Henry III. A fun day of charity stalls, bands, dancers, skateboard ramps, food, face painting and various other attractions. Past highlights have included jousting tournaments and historical re-enactments. Bridport Charter Fair is held annually on the first Saturday in July. West Dorset Mencap and Bothenhampton Knit and Natter had a stall at the recent Charter Fair on Saturday 5th July 2014. The stall was selling items made by the Knit and Natter group who have so far donated over £1000 to West Dorset Mencap from items sold at local sales. The Charter Fair was a great success and a further £260 was raised. Our charity shop in East Street welcomes donations of wool which is passed on to the Knit an Natter group. West Dorset Mencap would like to thank Bothenhampton Knit and Natter for all of their efforts and continued support of our charity.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3615
__label__wiki	0.667493	0.667493	Whiskey Reviews: No Man's Sky Release Date: 12 August, 2016 Developer: Hello Games Publisher: Hello Games Where to get it: Steam Price: £39.99 (Steam) No Man's Sky is the sandbox space exploration game that's been subject to so much carefully manufactured hype that there was no way it could ever live up to our crazy, wild imaginations. But does it live up to the trailers? Lets find out. If the video didn't tip you off, or you couldn't watch it, then the answer is a resounding no. No it does not live up to the early trailers. Lets dive into the meat of it and pick the bones clean to figure out just what's weird alien wheat and what's just chaff. Lets start with the obvious negative aspects before we go any further. The most immediate issues with the game upon booting it up is the graphical options that can't be disabled. There's vignetting, simulated scanlines, chromatic abberation, and what the internet has already taken to calling the Instagram filter effect that cannot be disabled via the options menu and will have to be modded out of the game if you want to get rid of them. Thankfully those mods already exist if you're so inclined. It's worth noting at this point that with those “features” listed above active the game gave me headaches after just an hour or so of playing, but with them modded out the headaches were gone. It's a shame Hello Games felt the need to smear their work with those effects because the game has some stunning visuals every once in a while. I say once in a while because the standard texture work, even on maximum settings, is average at best. Water and land are a repeating texture that's tiled over large distances but that's not something you'll notice from ground level. What you will notice however is the textures don't really hold up to close scrutiny, becoming blurry and indistinct if you deign to press your space-face up against them. On planets like this you expect Ariel to swim by. When the terrain (and sometimes weather) align into an incredible alien vista of blue hills beneath an orange and black sky with multicoloured plant life and alien creatures wandering around you'll forget about the slightly wibbly textures and appreciate the overall visuals the engine is capable of making. It's especially impressive for a game that's entirely procedurally generated. It's a shame then that these same effects can have the opposite effect of a beautiful vista – indistinct, fuzzy floating black particles can be seen blowing off the terrain via wind but it's a cheap effect, distracting and looks plain ugly. These particles are so prevalent that you'll see them on almost every world you encounter and if you're hunting for species to scan, seeing one flit across the floor can easily be mistaken for a fast moving shadow and send you spinning around looking for a non-existent alien bird-thing. That said, the procedural generation isn't always on point. It's understandable that there's a few hitches here and there because of the sheer scale of the game (18 hojillion planets or somesuch, my math may not be on point) but on my journey to the centre of the galaxy I noticed the procedural generation got more and more janky as I approached the core. Out on the rim a floating plant or misaligned stalactite was an oddity but nearer to the centre it wasn't uncommon to see entire buildings either floating over crevasses or merged with a hillside in a way that made their contents inaccessible. The best parking job this side of Alpha Centauri. I vaguely recall an interview with Sean Murray (one of the developers) where he said the planets would become more interesting towards the galactic centre. I took this to mean we'd start seeing creatures like the giant dinosaur type things we saw in those early trailers and gameplay. That desire to see something cool is the driving force keeping you moving forward in No Man's Sky. The unchanging nature of the wildlife and preponderance of barren planets and repeated flora will chip away at that desire from very early on. By the time you're ten or twelve hours in your desire to push forwards is more an act of defiance – you're no longer looking for the next cool thing but are determined to have not wasted the last twelve hours and will be damned if you don't reach the centre now. It's not just a lack of variety in textures and flora that will disappoint. For a game that can take, at minimum thirty to forty hours to finish there's also a severe lack of progression. Early in the game you'll be discovering new blueprints, ships and multitools with alarming regularity but depending on your level of dedication to discovering those things they'll run out quickly. I had every blueprint in the game within the first six hours of playing and once I set my mind to getting the inventory upgrades and a maximum size ship, it only took a couple of hours to achieve each of those objectives. So that's ten hours, a quarter of the bare minimum play, to unlock everything. Once you realise that the alien outposts you're investigating aren't going to yield anything useful you begin seeing them as a waste of time. Planets are no longer about exploration, they're about quickly harvesting resources to get your hyperdrive fuelled up so you can keep moving. One of my favourite moments - that's a bay, the radioactive dust storm reduced visibility at sea level to zero. A more promising progression path is the four alien languages in the game. You can meet and interact with the Gex, Korvax and Vy'Keen but you'll also find the mysterious Atlas language scattered about monoliths throughout the galaxy. Each language has dozens of words to learn and even with several hours spent on a language rich planet didn't yield every word for even a single species. Slowly uncovering these languages fills in alien words in conversations, which along with a brief description given by your character, are the basis for how you choose to react. For example, you may only know the words 'die' and 'oxide' and the alien looks like it's dying. You could make a couple of different assumptions based on that; either the alien is poisoned by oxides and needs something else, or it needs oxides to heal itself. Applying your own knowledge of the universe, that oxides refuel your life support, will let you choose to heal the alien properly and gain the reward. The three alien races are also unique: the Gex are feeble traders with delusions of grandeur, the Vy'Keen are powerful anti-Sentinel warriors with a militaristic society, and the Korvax are electronic life forms that see the Sentinels as some kind of holy protector. There's a lot of lore hidden throughout monoliths, plaques, and alien encounters and those opinions have been shaped over time via small nuggets of information about each race. It's an effective storytelling tool for a galaxy sized game world and if you get invested in learning more about each race it can be a very entertaining distraction from finishing your journey. What's not unique however are their ships. You can upgrade your ship either via repairing crashed wrecks or straight up buying one from any alien that lands on a landing pad either on planet or a space station. The only defining characteristics of each ship however are the visuals and inventory size. You can get a little bit of individuality by building different blueprints to modify the weapons to fire faster or hit harder, or to get an extra couple of hundred light years out of the hyperdrive but they all handle the same both on planet and in space. It doesn't help that ship controls are a kind of novice type control scheme – hitting left/right will turn the ship, up/down will climb or dive. You can roll the ship but it has no effect on the controls and is completely unnecessary in any manoeuvre. Additionally those dive controls I just mentioned don't do much on a planet, you have some small control over your altitude but the ship is more or less locked into a narrow altitude range so if you had dreams of blasting through the alien Grand Canyon while making an imaginary radio call to Biggs and Wedge you'll be disappointed. There's not even the option for an advanced control scheme. This mostly water planet was a rare treat. Not even a Kevin Costner in sight. That's a lot of negative and not a lot of positive so far so lets turn our ear to the music. The music in No Man's Sky is excellent at standing out at the right moment, normally you won't notice it while exploring but take a pause to enjoy the view and it'll pop to the front of your mind. It's hard to describe what tone the music is going for, it's not exactly mysterious or atmospheric but it's not poignant or inspiring either. It is however pleasant and welcome when you notice it, never breaking the mood and sometimes enough to make you linger on the view a little bit longer to enjoy another few bars of the track. We've touched a lot on the broad strokes but not on the core gameplay loop yet, the much maligned survival mechanics that have a lot of people on the fence about buying the game. Well, despite how much your exosuit voiceover will nag you about low life support or shielding it's never a huge issue. Common resources refill your basic functions and thirty seconds of lasering plants can provide enough supplies to keep your life support running for an hour. Hazard protection however requires a more active approach to survival, getting caught in a firestorm, blizzard or radiation storm will require you to either have a huge pile of silicate supplies to keep replenishing your protection every couple of minutes or for you to find shelter. Hazard protection can be augmented by crafting heat/cold/toxin/radiation filters that will act as an additional bar of protection and lengthen the time you can spend in adverse conditions. Black holes look like they'll vomit up a space baby at any moment. Managing your starship resources is similar to the personal survival mechanics. The two main fuel resources, plutonium and thamium9 are present absolutely everywhere in the galaxy. Thamium9 in particular can be found in any small asteroid you blow up and every single solar system is chock full of them. Your hyperdrive, the means to move to new solar systems, requires a more in-depth crafting process to create fuel but again the components are fairly common and any given solar system will have more than enough for you to refuel the drive full with only a few minutes effort. Late game you'll probably just keep a stack of these basic survival/crafting supplies on your ship and only set down on one in every fifty planets you pass to replenish your stores. In addition to the survival/travel gameplay there's also the discovery and exploration aspects. You can scan almost everything on a planet, from mineral formations to plants and animals. Only the fauna count towards completing a planet and so the rest is mainly fluff to earn you a few extra credits and opportunities to name things after dicks. You can name a lot of things after dicks; entire solar systems, entire planets, entire regions on planets, entire species, entire plants, entire rocks. One-hundred pecenting a planet however isn't as easy as it first appears: checking the planetary info screen might reveal it only has seven distinct species and opening your analysis visor will highlight animal activity nearby as grey dots. Moving closer will make the animals appear and mark them with either green (discovered) or red (undiscovered) dots. The issue with completing a planet comes in when you're down to the last one or two species and only keep finding ones you've already scanned, or variations of species you've already scanned. Exploring different environments will yield different animals, for example searching at low and high altitudes, in and out of caves, near lots of plants, etc. Unfortunately the division of species between different features of a planet isn't enough to make that search for the final one or two from becoming an exercise in frustration. If this were a Pokemon its cry would be "KILL ME, PLEASE!" Overall, No Man's Sky falls several light years short of what we were expecting given all the hype and pre-release interviews and footage but it's expansive galaxy will no doubt generate at least a few exciting stories for you to share with friends, or wistfully smile about as you remember them later. The core gameplay is as shallow as a paddling pool but the size of the galaxy is an impressive achievement. With more variety and deeper mechanics, perhaps more quests or a reputation system that matters, it'd be an excellent game that'd be easy to recommend. Unfortunately the hype has coloured everyone's expectations of the game and even the most glowing recommendation is likely to result in a disappointed customer. For all its faults and shortcomings, I have had a lot of fun with No Man's Sky but I've also had a lot of frustration and long stretches of sheer boredom, particularly in the last twenty or so hours of my trip to the galactic centre. The game feels like a proof of concept, it's easy to see other studios taking this formula and building on it in the next few years and producing superior games. Keep an eye out for the Dongasaurus Rex, Lesser Spotted Dong, and Dongflibble, they're all out there in the galaxy somewhere just waiting to produce childish giggles. Score: 4 planets out of 10 are named after dicks. Whiskey Reviews: Dead Synchronicity Whiskey Reviews: Solarix Whiskey Reviews Is Returning Whiskey Friends Jacob 'WskOsc' Shaw. Simple theme. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3618
__label__cc	0.662972	0.337028	Pumpkins in the Park 5K & Kids Run Wild Races - Rochester Location: Cobbs Hill Park (map) A portion of proceeds benefit the Rochester Youth Sports Foundation. Event By Sept. 30 Oct. 1 - Oct. 23 Oct. 24 - Oct. 25 Race Day Thur, October 24th and Fri, October 25th from 10am-7pm at both Fleet Feet locations: We are seeking volunteers to help at Registration, Finish Line, Food Area, Road Marshals, & Water Stops. CLICK HERE to sign-up to volunteer at Pumpkins in the Park Rochester! Photos will be uploaded to a photo album on Fleet Feet Rochester's Facebook page, and people will vote by "liking" the pictures, winner will be announced Monday, October 29! The picture with the most likes will win a $25 voucher to the Fleet Feet Store! There is limited parking available at Riley Lodge. there is plenty of parking in the Cobbs Hill area, including Norris Dr, the Tennis Courts Lot as well as street parking in the adjoining neighborhoods depending on what time you arrive. Norris Dr. will be closing at 8:30am for course set up. Parking is available in the Armory lot BUT it is limited and parking is only allowed in the back of the lot!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3622
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__label__wiki	0.907234	0.907234	Who's in Charge at the Transportation Security Administration? Nobody ABC News Photo Illustration Massive TSA Security Breach In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted online its airport screening procedures manual, including closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers. Such glitches are made more likely, say critics, because there is no one at the helm of the TSA. "One of the problems I see is we don't have anybody in charge," said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. "We've been without a TSA administrator a good part of this year." The most sensitive parts of the Standard Operating Procedures manual were apparently redacted in a way that computer-savvy individuals easily overcame. The 93-page document shows sample CIA, Congressional and law enforcement credentials, which experts say would make it easy for terrorists to duplicate them. The improperly redacted areas indicate that only 20 percent of checked bags are to be hand searched for explosives and reveal in detail the limitations of x-ray screening machines. "When you don't have someone at the top, you have many of these issues that we're dealing with now," said Thompson. DeMint Blocks Nominee The previous TSA dministrator, Kip Hawley, stepped down on January 20, 2009. The acting administrator is Gale Rossides. President Obama tapped Erroll Southers, currently assistant chief for homeland security at Los Angeles airport, to become the TSA's permanent director back in September. But Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the Southers nomination earlier this month. In October, Sen. DeMint had sent a letter to Southers asking him for "a clear answer" on whether he would permit unionization of screeners at the nation's airports, which DeMint opposes. In the wake of the screening manual snafu, Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.), chair of the Senate's Homeland Security Committee, called forthe confirmation of Southers. "The release of a Standard Operating Procedures manual for TSA officers is an embarrassing mistake that calls into question the judgment of agency managers," said Lieberman. "I would also add that the swift confirmation of Erroll Southers as TSA administrator will go a long way toward providing TSA the leadership it needs to put this issue behind it, and move forward." Thompson said the decision by "a certain senator" to block Southers was "causing significant leadership issues at the agency." A spokesman for Senator DeMint defended the hold on Southers. "The last thing we need to bring to TSA is the DMV's human resources model," he said. "This is pure politics by Rep. Thompson. President Obama and liberals in Congress are trying to pay back unions for their political support in the last elections, despite the fact that unionizing TSA screeners will hurt security efforts to protect Americans." "If unions take over TSA and end the performance-based criteria for advancement and promote based on your seniority as a union member," said the spokesman, "you'll see even more errors like the one you saw yesterday." Damaging Information in Screening Manual Officials say the most damaging information in the unredacted manual is what size electrical wire can go undetected by airport screening machines -- valuable information for a bomb maker. The document also includes a list of VIPs and federal officials who can get specialized or no screening, as well as items that screeners can opt not to check, including wheelchairs, footwear of the disabled, prosthetic devices and casts and orthopedic shoes. Said former TSA inspector general Clark Kent Ervin, "It obviously gives a road map to terrorists as to exactly how to exploit the weaknesses in our aviation security system. And it's particularly galling because we've spent the bulk of our money and attention since 9/11 on the aviation sector." The TSA was created after the 9/11 attacks as a response to the ease with which hijackers were able to get through airport security. But it has been a troubled agency from the beginning. "I'm afraid to say that there has been a pattern of incompetence and ineptitude on the part of the TSA over the years," said Ervin. "There have been improvements in TSA, but it appears as though these kinds of things happen again and again." In a written statement the TSA said the inadvertently released screening manual is an outdated version of procedures from last year that has since been updated six times. Even so, the TSA has launched a full investigation. One thing officials have already learned is that if they had blacked out the sensitive parts with a magic marker, instead of a fancy computer program, there would have been no way for this breach to happen. Click Here for the Blotter Homepage. Who's in Charge at the TSA? Nobody	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3628
__label__cc	0.730827	0.269173	Terry Crews' quest to be a better man and loving husband The NFL star turned actor discusses his memoir, "Manhood." Transcript for Terry Crews' quest to be a better man and loving husband We are joined by NFL player turned film and TV star now an author, terry crews. You might know him as the spice guy. Now starring in "Blended a"alongside Adam sand ler and memoir "Manhood." Five years, 25 years marriage. A grandbaby. What it should be called "Terry crews was an idiot and how I survived." No, it's really just like all the mistakes I ever made. I'm trying to help a guy out. You know, please, men, I'm just trying to help you become -- Biggest mistake? Wow, it's in the book. I'll give you one. Here I am, a married man and I wanted a new car so moved my kids in with my parents so that I could get a new car. My wife and kids. That's view pedestrian. That's stupid. Legendary dumb. But it was -- I was in a different mind-set then. I was in a different place and as a young man you're very immature. I had to learn. You learn from that and you can learn from you. By the way you've learned a lot and your character is fantastic, you said he's like the Tom Jones of South Africa from the movie "Blended." Amazing -- I have to do this. It's in my contract. I do this every it five minutes. When did you realize you had that skill. I was 14, no girlfriends and wow, my pec move. The other pec moved and I sat there sadly. Dancing pecs and it works with the ladies. Well, no, that's why I was alone. But once I found my wife she was like, I like that. I'm going to keep you, I said. I know you worked with Adam Sandler before and drew bar barrymore together is movie magic. The first I saw them in was "50 first dates" together and I got feelings. I want them to be together. Heavy this magic that they always have and do the same thing in "Blended." You will laugh, cry, you will have a great time. Ki not wait. We have some questions from our viewers, Facebook, Bernie hicks on Facebook wants to know were you the class dloun growing up? Totally. I wonder where he got that from. I like attention. I'm one of those guys, I'm all into, you know, it's like once everybody is looking at me I know how to dance, I know how to do my thing. You see me shake it up my whole note on every report card, he needs to sit down. Yes, exactly. He's distracting the class. Another one quick from Steve. He asks, what was your reaction when you realized you were tapped to replace Cedric the entertainer as the new host of "Millionaire." How many more hats can you wear? I went back to when I retired from the NFL sitting broke and that was like 15 years ago sitting there watching Regis doing "Millionaire." I'm like, dude, I'm the host of "Millionaire" right there. Gitsing to be different. I want to call it "Billionaire" but the purchases wanted to shoot she. Terry, by the way, his book "Manhood" goes on sale tomorrow. Lots of good stuff in there and "Blended" opens this Friday, may 23rd. Coming up the stars of the 'Expendable' Terry Crews Now an Action Hero Terry Crews on working with action stars he used to watch on the big screen. Now Playing: 'Expendable' Terry Crews Now an Action Hero Now Playing: Disney's 'The Lion King' {"duration":"3:09","description":"The NFL star turned actor discusses his memoir, \"Manhood.\"","mediaType":"default","section":"ABCNews/GMA","id":"23775580","title":"Terry Crews' quest to be a better man and loving husband","url":"/GMA/video/terry-crews-interview-2014-actors-quest-man-loving-23775580"}	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3629
__label__wiki	0.890824	0.890824	Birds in Minnesota 'literally get drunk' and dive-bomb cars and homes brad mielke andkelly terez Oct 5, 2018, 9:48 AM ET PlaySTOCK/Getty Images WATCH 'Drunk' birds are dive-bombing cars Birds in northern Minnesota are swarming and dive-bombing cars and homes. The behavior might echo Alfred Hitchock's "The Birds," but there’s a key difference: "They literally get drunk," Chelsea Trucano, a patrol officer with the Gilbert Police Department, told ABC News' "Start Here" podcast. After a series of bird crashes, including one bird that broke through the window of someone's house, local experts explained to police that an early frost was causing the berries in the area to ferment in the heat during the day. Warm fall temperatures have also thrown off migration patterns, according to Trucano: "There's more birds in the area thus we're seeing it more frequently that the birds are getting intoxicated by these berries." She's seen the birds in action while on patrol. "They'll be flying around and then kind of bump into the window, get stunned, go onto the ground and they kind of have that dazed look," she told "Start Here." There are no field sobriety tests for birds -- "We are going to have to develop that," Trucano said -- but she recommended building a "detox box" for the immobilized, intoxicated birds. "You take a cardboard box, cut holes in it, and then put the bird in there for a little while," she said. "Within a couple of hours, it will take a little nap and sober up and be good to go." This story is featured in Friday's edition of the ABC News "Start Here" podcast. "Start Here" is the flagship daily news podcast from ABC News -- a straightforward look at the day's top stories in 20 minutes. Listen for free every weekday on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or the ABC News app. On Amazon Echo, ask Alexa to "Play 'Start Here'" or add the "Start Here" skill to your Flash Briefing. Follow @StartHereABC on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for exclusive content, show updates and more! These birds 'literally get drunk' and dive-bomb cars and homes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3630
__label__wiki	0.567534	0.567534	I Watched 'Heroes' And All I Got Was This Lousy Thread 3116 posts • Page 62 of 63 • 1 ... 59, 60, 61, 62, 63 Re: I Watched 'Heroes' And All I Got Was This Lousy Thread by RogueScribner on Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:43 pm That's how they get you. Much like Smallville, they'll break up their suckitude with something cool just to make sure people keep watching. As long as viewers have hope, they'll be faithful. I lost hope a long time ago. by Bloo on Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:24 pm I have yet to watch an episode this season but a coule of weeks ago I wa in Books-A-Million picking up some GNs (IDW's GI Joe) and some paperbacks (by Robert Parker) and started talking with this nice young couple who told me that Heroes has really improved I'm debating about catching up via Hulu or something by John-Locke on Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:02 pm Once I gave up on Heroes ever being anything really good I've had some fun with it. This season has had some crappy ideas (Deaf musician lady who sees sound) and some even poorer execution (Greg Grunberg I'm looking at you) but it's actually been the best season yet by far, Ray Park kicking ass, T-Bag from Prison Break with his Carnival, Claire and her Lesbo Kiss, Sylar getting good screen time, no Mohinder (yet), a general more Adult tone throughout. I think this show finally figured out what it is and isn't trying to reach too far, the interweaving storylines this season have helped things gel with a real sense that they know where they are actually going with all this. John-Locke BULLETPROOF TIGER Re: The Official "Heroes" Thread by DanielSan on Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:17 pm TheBaxter wrote: hey, at least it beat Castle! ummm... what the hell is Castle? Not this week. Castle and Heroes both got a 2.5 for 18-49. BTW, Castle is a surprisingly good show starring Nathan Fillion as crime fiction writer shadowing a hot detective. Think "Murder She Wrote," but funnier. It's a staple on my DVR. http://danielesq.blogspot.com DanielSan GRANDO CARLISSIAN Location: Utica, NY by Bloo on Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:48 pm so I finally watched an episode maybe it was lowered expectations maybe the quality has gotten better but I was surprised to see how much I enjoyed it by King Psyz on Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:21 pm this week was very dark compared to the norm, and would be a good damned direction to stay in. the murder of the powered kid by the hillbilly cop? woah the sorority row shit, well it could have been better but delivered in the end. park man drinking away sylar only to have it backfire? hillarious, but good direction they're heading towards. by papalazeru on Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:29 pm I'm going to pull a Pacino now and say, Why am I still watching?!?!?!? This weeks ep, it was like they watched Back to the Future and thought it would be really cool to do that. No, it wasn't and it's not funny or smart, just shit. by Fried Gold on Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:46 pm The new series started on Saturday. As I proclaimed on Twitter to rapturous applause - "Heroes is rubs and boring and no longer worth watching" by Bloo on Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:15 pm I keep saying i"m going to catch up on the new season on Netflix View Instantly and I keep not because the pull isn't there by Tyrone_Shoelaces on Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:18 am Is it still on? by Brit Pop on Mon Feb 01, 2010 7:44 am I've finally beaten my Heroes bad habit, havent watched an episode for months, dont want to either! Lost will return soon, as well as SGU, True Blood, Spartacus and many, many good shows. Greg Grunberg tried to justify Heroes' poor return... self-delusion is a terrible thing! ... He can read minds, so it must be true. Greg Grunberg, who filled his five-season break from Lost with a role on Heroes, says NBC muffed up Heroes' chances. The show has hit series lows this season, and Grunberg, who plays Matt Parkman, blames poor scheduling and marketing for the drop. When in reality it was just atrocious writing. [digital spy] Location: Heart Of England by TheBaxter on Thu May 13, 2010 11:29 am good news! Heroes is being cancelled! now all of you who hate this show too, but just can't bring yourself to quit it, will finally be given a reprieve from the awfulness. by Fievel on Thu May 13, 2010 12:43 pm TheBaxter wrote: now all of you who hate this show too, but just can't bring yourself to quit it, will finally be given a reprieve from the awfulness. I hope the few people that were actually good on it find better roles... like Adrian Pasdar and ... and.... shit. by TheBaxter on Thu May 13, 2010 12:59 pm i seem to remember that guy in the glasses was pretty good. and sylar too. maybe he can get a small role in a movie or something. by Fievel on Thu May 13, 2010 1:11 pm TheBaxter wrote: and sylar too. maybe he can get a small role in a movie or something. I heard he was currently in the studio recording this song. Glasses guy was good. It will be interesting to see if he actually goes anywhere now. Hayden Pantyair or whatever her name is proved herself to be worse with each season. I can't see Hiro doing much although if he were speaking in his regular American voice he might come across a little better. Greg Grunberg got shittier as well, but to be fair his role and dialogue grew shittier with every scene he was in. Peter Petrelli might find work in Branson, Missouri with his singing group The Guys Who Talk Out Of The Side Of Their Mouth. Shit... just trying to remember the characters gives me gas. by Tyrone_Shoelaces on Sat May 15, 2010 5:33 am Thank fuck its over. by MacCready on Sun May 16, 2010 10:42 am Kind of sucks to be a Heroes fan, since they aren't going to give the series a finale. That's low, even for NBC ( Nothing But Crap). MacCready MAN IN SUIT by RogueScribner on Sun May 16, 2010 10:46 am I didn't realize Heroes fans still existed. by Brit Pop on Sun May 16, 2010 11:57 am I think I know the moment when Heroes went from - cutting-edge new TV... to awful shite... For me it completely involved Sylar - and most of the blame has to be shouldered by Mr Zach Quinto! If you want to dispose of a bad guy in the first season - dont make him likable enough that you think to yourself 'the fans like Sylar... so lets keep him around... despite the fact we killed him!' End of series one... theres this big bad guy, and the whole series is headed towards killing him to save the world... and Hiro kills him... but he comes back to life! Then the next 4 seasons involve him being... the bad guy, then the good guy, then the conflicted bad guy... then the conflicted dual-personality good guy. Then.... if not insult to injury... all the characters can never die!!! Ali Larter get a free pass - each time you die another twin sister comes out of the woodwork! Suresh... Peter... Nathan... all die but then get resurrected! The only characters in the show that were any good... generally were the ones who died and never came back - the junkie artist... Micah's dad etc... But the ironic thing is... they already have a main character... that would be... THE FUCKING CHEERLEADER WHO CANNOT DIE!!! But they decide to make it so every bloody character in the show may get killed... but dont get too upset... you'll see them again in the next season! In most shows... when a main character dies, it evokes a lot of emotion in the fans who are upset because someone they liked is gone... Heroes put paid to that!!!! YOU KNOW THEM.... YOU LOVE THEM... BUT IF THEY DIE... DONT WORRY - THEY'LL BE BACK IN THREE EPISODES OR LESS!!! Heroes should, in the future, be studied by university students - as a show that had the world in its hands in the first season... but turned into a joke and a complete farce by the time it finally ended. I for one, loved the first season... but grew to despise the stupidity of the writing... SHAME!!! End of line. by Fievel on Sun May 16, 2010 1:21 pm I think a big problem was in Season One making the main bad guy a serial killer of heroes. Or at least making the bad guy a serial killer whose power is killing other "people with powers" (the politically correct term) and stealing their power. If they could have gone the classical comic route and made the bad guy a greedy megalomaniac who was trying to get money and rule the world then I think the series could have had a lot less "WTF?!" storylines. Now that it's over, kudos to them for even being able to bring a series to the networks. I'll still remember thinking "holy crap that was cool!" when Nathan escaped Noah by flying in Season One as one of the bright spots. I'll also remember that we never got to see Hiro become Samurai Hiro of the Future. Bastards. by VegasRon on Sun May 16, 2010 5:41 pm MacCready wrote: Kind of sucks to be a Heroes fan, since they aren't going to give the series a finale. That's low, even for NBC ( Nothing But Crap). Any Heroes fans left get exactly what they deserve for following a such a shittily produced show. Journeyman, 100x the quality of this pile of dreck, at least had showrunners that had the foresight to end the season order with an episode that could double as a series finale. You can't take the sky from me... VegasRon Location: Sin City VegasRon wrote: Journeyman, 100x the quality of this pile of dreck, at least had showrunners that had the foresight to end the season order with an episode that could double as a series finale. Ugh. You had to mention that show. I still miss it dearly. Same with Live on the Sunset Strip, which not too many people liked. Sunset along with Journeyman were my favorite new shows that fall. by Chilli on Sun May 16, 2010 6:18 pm I started watching Heroes six months after the initial airing. Stumbled across it online. Got hooked. Watched all but two episodes over the next four years. Sat with it through thick and thin, discussing away and having a good time. Wasn't a perfect show, I'd never say otherwise. But it gave me a lot of fond memories, made me some good friends, even helped me with my Masters course and allowed me to make some valuable contacts in the writing industry. So your comment? It just makes me shake my head, sadly. Because you clearly don't get it. All you have is anger towards a TV show, and a fanbase, for some perceived slight against you that doesn't exist. You throw out a personal attack, a vile 'fuck you' to anyone who dared get enjoyment from the show. And it's doubly pathetic considering the mantra here is: NO HATE, DEBATE. Bison: [to his architect] The temple above us was the wonder of the ancient world. Bisonopolis shall be the wonder of my world. But I think the food court should be larger. All the big franchises will want in. The Unfriendly Ghost by Fried Gold on Sun May 16, 2010 6:40 pm VegasRon wrote: Journeyman, 100x the quality of this pile of dreck, ... True dat. Brit Pop wrote: I think I know the moment when Heroes went from - cutting-edge new TV... to awful shite... It had that one almost-perfect season. The story built to that moment, the characters had followed a nice journey along the way and their powers had evolved with them. From then on, it seemed like the showrunners were never quite sure where to go. I know the WGA strike guff didn't help matters, but even after that (and getting almost a fresh canvas to work on) the show appeared to wander aimlessly from storyline to storyline. I guess the later seasons don't blemish that first one (or that wonderful pilot episode I saw a few months before people had even heard about Heroes). by John-Locke on Sun May 16, 2010 9:39 pm I've heard unconfirmed reports that NBC is thinking about ending the show with a mini series (up to 6 episodes in some reports) or maybe even a Made for DVD/TV Movie. I mostly liked the final season, it was silly as hell but it knew it was and it worked, it had a few crap episodes towards the end (mostly with Mohinder & Parkman who were barely present otherwise) but other than that I thought it was the best season since the first, shame no one else was watching, at least it didn't end on a real cliff hanger or anything. by Fievel on Sun May 16, 2010 10:24 pm I wonder how many times Greg Grunberg pooped his pants making his "I'm using my power" face. by Fried Gold on Sun May 16, 2010 10:37 pm Fievel wrote: I wonder how many times Greg Grunberg pooped his pants making his "I'm using my power" face. Just the once. But every other time gave him a new haemorhoid. by TheBaxter on Mon May 17, 2010 9:34 am I mostly enjoyed the 1st season, though i always thought it was flawed from the start. it didn't take too many episodes before the sloppy and poor writing became obvious. but they had enough good episodes and cool moments in that first season to make it enjoyable -- future hiro, claire waking up with her chest cracked open, the Bennet-centric episode. i think those cliffhanger episodes might have been part of the series undoing though... it was like they felt they needed to end EVERY episode that way, and then just came up with any WTF moment to end an episode on, without thinking how it would play out down the line. the series ultimately lost me with the 1st season finale, which was just terrible and didn't pay off the whole season arc in any kind of sensible way. i gave it another shot with season 2, but it just got shittier and shittier, and after the season 2 finale made the season one finale look good by comparison, i gave it up. it was a good premise, which unfortunately was put in the hands of some really terrible writers and showrunners. by tfactor on Tue Jun 15, 2010 4:26 pm OK so I was trying to figure out what TV shows were starting up again for this 2010 summer season and I came accross THIS thread on TVGuide.com which has Heroes listed as one of the "Canceled/Ending" shows for 2010?!?! So does that mean they are done filming new Episodes or is it more like this coming one will be the last season of Heroes? Because I was really really surprised to see Heroes on this Canceled/Ending list. Once again I feel like I need to ask the general Zoner population, can anyone confirm wtf is happening with Heroes this year? Is the show really dead? And if so, how the hell did this happen? tfactor KING SMARMY Location: Gridlock tfactor wrote: OK so I was trying to figure out what TV shows were starting up again for this 2010 summer season and I came accross THIS thread on TVGuide.com which has Heroes listed as one of the "Canceled/Ending" shows for 2010?!?! It is dead. Season 4, I believe, was it's last. It happened, because the ratings were piss poor. And the cost of production was substantial. Wow I did not know that! I can't believe there are no spin offs or anything coming from all the potential the show had. Seriously I had no idea that the last episode we watched was going to be the last one ever, all this was just announced only a month ago according to Wikipedia. This totally sucks! Its true that the story itself was too focused on stupid Samuel and his entire circus crew but I didn't think it was over. lets just keep our figers crossed that they make this mini series and/or Movie that Tim Kring mentioned, in his comments about the show being canceled, and it gets made to actually get some closure. If not, I'm going to have to nominate Heroes as having the absolute Worst Series Finale EVER!!! I just found this movie or mini series Update which tells a little about what Tim would like to see happen from here, but even this site says very clearly "Heroes season 5 is dead and buried" ouch! If not a mini series finale or even a movie finale - why not do a spin off show? It doesn't have to be about Hiro, Claire or Syler focused only (and definitely should NOT be about Samuel) but I would even watch a Noah spin off. That guy was awesome, hell give me a slightly younger Noah with forward flashes that just fill in some of the gaps in the Heroes story line. Young Noah going up against all sorts of super powered foes, in his earlier years but always figuring out a way to win. The pilot episode could include younger Noah going to school with younger Samuel and at some point just straight up kicking him in the nards! And boom - the fans would rejoice by TheBaxter on Wed Jun 16, 2010 9:23 am maybe if the show had ever had anything more than just "potential" it wouldn't have gotten cancelled. by tfactor on Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:17 pm TheBaxter wrote: maybe if the show had ever had anything more than just "potential" it wouldn't have gotten cancelled. Come now JL, you can't tell me that Heroes didn't have at least one Super Power that you would love you have yourself. Or at least had a super power you wished you had as a kid Yes they pretty much stole a lot of their Power ideas from new mutants, x-men & several other comic book stories but that was expected when you are trying to show an audience a new power every single week. In fact, I think the show would have done better if they didn't try to be this mega cameleon of Super Powers but instead just focused on telling better stories with more indepth characters (like they did with Hiro) but for all of the other characters they already had in the first couple seasons. Anyway I know I'm fighting a losing battle here considering the show is Dead, and I would say that I would like to see some level of closure but then again (after thinking about it) I never really watched any of the Online or "Slow Burn" stuff that was out there for Heroes. So maybe denial is not just a river in egypt... Plus 4400 (on Scifi) was pretty much the same concept but was also canceled much sooner. The alien source was slightly different but essentially the end results were both Super Power like attributes. So what is going to be the next mutant / super power show on TV? by John-Locke on Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:11 pm tfactor wrote: Come now JL TheBaxter wrote: ... by Ribbons on Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:13 pm The Baxter's power is SHAPESHIFTING!!! by Hermanator X on Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:14 pm Baxter is smokie? by TheBaxter on Wed Jun 16, 2010 4:42 pm Hermanator X wrote: Baxter is smokie? i've found my loophole. and once i figure out which well you guys have hidden Kirks in, i will use him to destroy this zod-forsaken Zone so i can leave it and go home once and for all! by Peven on Wed Jun 16, 2010 5:02 pm Trenton? by VegasRon on Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:45 pm Chilli wrote: What's not to get? Like many others, I enjoyed the first season up to that terrible finale. A lot of cheese but some real cool moments and characters. The wasted potential here is staggering. That's what pisses me off more than anything else. It could have been so much better but just became terrible and stayed that way until I stopped watching a few eps into the carnival people season(4?). And I only watched for that long cuz I get payed to do it. Your reaction to my lukewarm sideways shot at any actual fans of this crap is pretty amusing. Who's the the angry one here? by TheBaxter on Fri Sep 10, 2010 3:43 pm break out your hankies. the Heroes TV movie is not to be by stereosforgeeks on Fri Sep 10, 2010 5:26 pm TheBaxter wrote: break out your hankies. the Heroes TV movie is not to be NBC even passed on another Tim Kring show probably due to Heroes. by Lord Voldemoo on Fri Sep 10, 2010 7:43 pm NBC also apparently did not elect to pursue “III,” a new Kring pilot script about an invasion of America during a third world war. Cool idea. Kring should hand the show off to someone with talent/follow-through so that it gets made. by Peven on Fri Sep 10, 2010 8:45 pm the concept for Heroes was cool, and I even think the first and second season were pretty decent, but they(not sure who "they" are) fucked it up by making the plot so convoluted and overcomplicated, making it difficult to stay with the show in more ways than one. i wonder how much part Kring had in writing as the show progressed Peven wrote: the concept for Heroes was cool, and I even think the first and second season were pretty decent, but they(not sure who "they" are) fucked it up by making the plot so convoluted and overcomplicated, making it difficult to stay with the show in more ways than one. i wonder how much part Kring had in writing as the show progressed You are too generous with the even the second season. i cut the second season a little slack because of the writers' strike, the second half of it was frankensteined together and yet i still liked the finale despite the feeling of abbreviation by stereosforgeeks on Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:38 pm Peven wrote: The writers strike did cut it short and if it had started out well I would definitely cut the ending some slack. However, the beginning fo the season didnt really work either. The beginning of the end was the lackluster season 1 finale. Ohh and bringing sylar back to life. by Tyrone_Shoelaces on Sat Sep 11, 2010 12:46 am Which time? by RogueScribner on Wed Sep 15, 2010 2:47 am Heroes was full of squandered potential. The first season was okay, with moments of greatness, but it never really came together as a cohesive whole. The second season was derailed pretty much from the beginning and I didn't even bother with anything beyond that. I didn't think any superhero show could suck worse than Smallville but I was wrong. That being said, I think I might actually watch Smallville this year. I'm a Superman junkie. by Fievel on Sun Feb 23, 2014 3:36 am It's baaaaaaaaack! Maybe now we'll find out what happened to the girl that Peter left behind in Ireland or whatever back during the Writer's Strike-shortened season? Fuck-I-Do-Not-Care!!!!!!!!!!!!!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3633
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__label__wiki	0.645038	0.645038	Min Wang It’s not a squirrel, or a bat, but a dinosaur that acted like all three. The newly discovered species Ambopteryx longibrachium lived in the forests of China 163 million years ago, climbing trees and gliding between them. Ambopteryx, which was described in a paper published in Nature in May, is only the second feathered dinosaur to have been found with signs of membranous, bat-like wings. The first, Yi qi, or ‘strange wings’, reshaped theories about the evolution of flight following its 2007 discovery. (It’s now believed that dinosaurs developed flight up to four times, using multiple types of wings.) Ambopteryx is a member of the scansoriopterygid family: tiny, feathered, lightweight dinosaurs. Alive, it probably weighed a few hundred grams, or about the same as a burger. It had long hands and fingers, feet suited to perching, and wrist bone called a styliform which looks like it would support a wing. “These fossils demonstrate that, close to the origin of flight, dinosaurs closely related to birds were experimenting with a diversity of wing structures,” write the authors. Now, the hunt is on for relatives of Ambopteryx and Yi.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3636
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__label__wiki	0.914653	0.914653	On August 23rd, 2018 we learned about Caelestiventus hanseni’s advanced anatomy suggests that pterosaurs evolved early in the Triassic The earliest known dinosaurs have a definite “prototype” vibe going on. Creatures like Eoraptor have many traits that turn up in later species, but they lack the size and specialization that marks the huge, exotic creatures most people are more familiar with, such as Stegosaurus or Triceratops. For the most part, pterosaurs were assumed to be following a similar evolutionary timeline, just establishing traits like flight in the Triassic period, 225 million years ago. However, a specimen found in Utah has paleontologists reconsidering this schedule, as Caelestiventus hanseni seems to have many of the traits normally associated with more specialized species from the Jurassic period. It strongly implies that while pterosaurs prospered alongside dinosaurs throughout the Mesozoic era, they may have actually had a significant head-start in their evolution. Early airborne predator C. hanseni was not only an unusual find, but it was a lucky one. A key trait of pterosaurs was their hollow bones that made flight easier, but made preservation as a fossil much, much harder. Fortunately, a specimen excavated in 2014 turned out to be preserved well enough to keep key anatomy like the skull from being flattened like a pancake. Rather than risk breaking the skull, now, researchers opted to use a CT scanner in order to build a highly detailed 3D model while leaving most of the original fossil protected in its sandstone tomb. The surprising model showed that C. hanseni had a lot of anatomical features around 65 million years before it was ‘supposed’ to. For starters, C. hanseni’s wingspan was fairly large, probably just shy of five feet, although proportionally those wings were short compared to its oversized head. Based on the proportions of bird wings today, this would indicated that C. hanseni wasn’t cruising over long distances, but instead needed a lot of maneuverability in its flight. It had a flange of bone under it’s jaws, which suggests that it may have had a wattle or even a pouch like a pelican. Utah was a desert at that point in history though, so its diet was likely based around eating insects and small reptiles with its 110 teeth, including four fangs jutting out of the front of its mouth. Closest cousins Some of these features, like a variety of tooth-shapes and a longer tail, do align with other species of “early” pterosaurs like Dimorphodon. However, Dimorphodon was found in Jurassic-aged rock in England, so to find anything similarly specialized in Utah is also significant. When considering the age and locations of these fossils, it would appear that pterosaurs were firmly established earlier, and with a wider distribution around the world, than people had previously understood. Source: Winged reptiles thrived before dinosaurs by Mary Halton, BBC Share what you learned! Still curious? Here's more: Two new pterosaurs defy the typical troubles of tiny, fragile fossils Ingentia prima offers an alternate model for how dinosaurs could be so big Ancient mammal relative in Utah refines our understanding of land bridges to Africa Scanned Ichthyornis skulls show a mash-up of modern bird beaks on ancient dinosaur jaws Wear and tear on fossilized teeth used to update assumptions about pterosaur diets Now in the 2 New Things Shop: Unpopular Portraits Close-ups of some of the world's less comely critters Greening's Frog ladies t-shirt	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0031.json.gz/line3645

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