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April 2, 2013 05:06
by Barry Zalma
It should be axiomatic that an insurance company is entitled to determine for itself what risks it will accept, and therefore to know all [281 P.2d 39].
Categories: Insurance Law
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September 9, 2011 03:05
by Barry Zalma
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced August 19, 2011 occurred.
I understand that California jails are crowded and criminals are being let loose to ease the crowding but running a major fraud ring, in the opinion of ZIFL, requires some real jail time and seizure of the guilty lawyer’s assets. Mr. Jones should not be bragging about this result he should be complaining that the court is being too kind.
From Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter, September 1, 2011 available free at –.
Categories: Automotive | Fraud | Insurance Law | Legal Malpractice
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August 13, 2010 03:49
by Barry Zalma
Arturo Fonseca, 47; Isis Torres, 37; Francisco Portillo, 41; Eduardo Romero, 44; and William Madrigal, 56, five South Floridians pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to their roles in a massive Medicare fraud scheme.
Fonseca, Torres, Portillo, Romero and were among 26 suspects in three states indicted in December 2009 on charges of running the scheme that totaled $61 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. At the plea hearing, Fonseca admitted to being an owner and operator of Courtesy Medical Group Inc., a purported medical clinic in Miami. According to court documents, Courtesy provided medical documents so that the home health agencies could bill the Medicare program for expensive home health services and therapy for beneficiaries that did not need and in some cases did not receive the treatments. According to the indictment, approximately 344 prescriptions were issued through Courtesy and signed by Fonseca’s co-defendant, Dr. Fred Dweck. As a result, the Medicare program was fraudulently billed approximately $16.6 million for home health services. home health care services that were not medically necessary or were not rendered for the patients recruited by Romero and one of his co-defendants. The owners and operators of ABC and Florida Home Health pleaded guilty in a separate case and are awaiting sentencing.
According to plea documents, Portillo and Torres were nurses and falsified patient files for ABC and Florida Home Health to make it appear that the patients qualified for home health care services, when they did not and in some instances never received any treatments. According to court documents, Portillo was responsible for approximately $142,000 in fraudulent Medicare billing and Torres was responsible for approximately $528,400 in fraudulent Medicare billing..
Why are these people allowed to plea to obtain smaller sentences and keep a good chunk of their ill-gotten gains? Is it time for the anti-fraud effort to go nationwide instead of just a few states?
From Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter, available free at
Categories: Fraud | Medical Liability
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August 11, 2010 02:23
by Barry Zalma
Since 2001 when the Georgia Supreme Court decided State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Mabry, 274 Ga. 498, 556 S.E.2d 114 (Ga. 11/28/2001) the right to recover damages for diminution of value of property even after the damaged property is repaired has been the subject of much litigation. The subject caused concern to the insurance industry, every person insured with a policy of insurance that promised to pay only the cost to repair or replace the property with material of like kind and quality, appraisers, adjusters, and lawyers.
Because of the apparent confusion I wrote an E-Book to more thoroughly review how the United States deals with questions of diminution in value. It covers each of the fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 12 federal Circuit Courts of Appeal and the U.S. Supreme Court, and how they dealt with the issue of establishing the amount of loss to property.
It also covers in detail how each of the jurisdictions dealt with the question of how much an insurer must pay for claims to property the risk of loss of which it insured. It also will explain how much tortfeasors, or their insurers, must pay to those whose property is damaged by their actions.
History of InsuranceSince insurance was invented in ancient Sumeria when insurance policies were written on clay tablets, insurers and their insureds have struggled with establishing a fair method to properly and fairly compensate the person insured for the property lost or damaged as a result of a peril insured against.
Insurance is a contract whereby one undertakes to indemnify another against loss, damage, or liability arising from a contingent or unknown event. The key question to be answered by an insurer is: How much is needed to indemnify the person insured? The concept of indemnity requires that the person indemnified receives sufficient funds to put him or her back in the financial place he or she was in moments before the loss. The U.S. Supreme Court said: “Indemnity means an obligation to make good a loss...”1 Although, on its face, calculating indemnity seems to be a simple task, as the cases in the are reviewed the reader should be in a position to understand why diminution in value is a concept that has given litigants, insurers and courts serious problems and what seems to be a constant deluge of litigation.
Measure of DamagesThe measure of damages should be that amount necessary to compensate the injured party for the damages proximately caused by the conduct of the person causing injury.2 The measure is often difficult to determine. The measure seldom fits into a hard rule of thumb. Every possible means of providing complete indemnity is required when dealing with tort damages, contract damages, and the proper amounts of payment required by a contract of insurance.
The courts of the various states and federal jurisdictions do not use identical rules to calculate the proper measure of damages. To understand the issue and to apply the proper remedy requires an understanding of how each state applies, what it believes to be, the proper measure of damages for tort, for contract breaches and for insurance claims situations. Although each court should reach the result of true indemnity the same way diversity of opinion is the rule rather than the exception.
For example, automobile insurance policies usually promise to pay the insured, when an automobile is damaged by collision or some other insured cause, the costs to repair the vehicle or if unrepairable, the actual cash value of the vehicle. Most policies say nothing about the difference in value of a vehicle that is repaired after an accident. Because the policies were silent and only promised repair or actual cash value, insurers decided it was unnecessary to even mention the difference in value before the accident and the value after repairs. Since no promise was made to pay for more than actual cash value or the cost of repair the issue was ignored until the 2001 decision of the Georgia Supreme Court in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Mabry, 274 Ga. 498, 556 S.E.2d 114 (Ga. 11/28/2001). Mabry caused serious concern among insurers. It awarded the insured both the cost to repair and the diminution in value of the car after it was repaired. Insurers believed this decision was a judicial rewriting of the wording of the policy and generated suits across the country seeking recovery for diminution of value in suits against insurers and third-party-defendants.
Since Mabry, virtually all of the courts finding no coverage for diminution of value have done so because the word “repair” has a plain meaning that does not encompass repair of diminished market value after the repair is completed. Rather, the plain meaning of repair contemplates physical restoration. Many insurers, to avoid argument, now add wording to their policies that establishes that the insurer does not intend to, nor will it, pay for diminution of value.
When property of any kind is damaged and repaired the resale value of the property can easily be diminished because of the stigma carried by the repair. An automobile is likely to suffer this type of diminution in value after it is damaged in an accident and repaired. The resale value most likely will be less than that for a comparable automobile that has not been damaged. In other words, the damage results in a reduction — or “diminution”— in the resale value of the automobile. On the other hand, when real property is repaired replacing old material with new the resale value of the real property is often increased. No one, however, has suggested that the insurer or tortfeasor is entitled to a reduction in its payment for repair because the insured profits from the repair and is not, therefore, truly indemnified.
When the property is insured, the insured’s claim for this reduction in value may be made against a third party that negligently caused the damage to the insured’s automobile or it may arise from a first-party claim against the insured’s own physical damage coverage. The key to recovery of the diminution in value depends on the particular state where the damage occurs, the wording of the insurance policy involved, mandates by state insurance departments, and the holding of the various courts.
With regard to first-party claims by a person insured against an insurer, while it is perhaps arguable, the ISO contract language — specifically the Limit of Liability condition — appears to cover only the actual cash value of the damage or the actual cost to repair the damage, some states require payment of additional sums to indemnify the owner for loss in value. Although there is nothing in the policy wording that even appears to contractually cover any reduction in market value, some courts require that the insurer pay extra. Even if the insured could prove the amount of reduction in value collecting from an insurer should require a change in the policy wording.
The policy usually allows the insurer to deduct for “betterment” or depreciation, although the burden of proof is on the insurer to demonstrate such depreciation or betterment. In physical damage claims, the policy would allow the carrier to deduct for an “improvement” in value (i.e., betterment) due to repairs with newer parts, but will not compensate the insured for a reduction in value due to the same accident.
Third-party claims (claims against an insured person for damages done to the property of some third person) for “diminution of value”, on the other hand, have generally been found by the courts to be covered by auto insurance, since the measure of damage in tort claims (which the insurer promises to pay) is the difference in value of the property before the loss and the value of the property after the loss.
For example, Texas court cases have found that legal liability for third-party damages includes diminution of value. However, no single measure of damages can serve in every case to adequately compensate an injured party.3 For the award of damages to be fair, recognizing that diminution of value is not always accurate, an award of restoration damages, according to some courts, must be available to compensate a plaintiff fully for damages to property when diminution in value fails to provide an adequate remedy.4
The general rule in tort cases where one party causes damage to the property of another the measure of damages is not the cost of repair of the property but, rather, the standard measure is the difference between the value of the property before and after the injury, or the diminution in value,5 unless the cost of repairing the injury and restoring the premises to their original condition amounts to less than the diminution in value of the property, and then the cost of repair is the proper measure of damages. If the cost of restoration will exceed such diminution in value, then the diminution in value of the property is the proper measure. That rule seems to be in flux and most courts seem to be moving toward a more flexible rule where the measure of damages is considered the amount necessary to compensate the injured party for the damages proximately caused by the conduct of the person causing injury regardless of the method used to calculate those damages.
There is a disparity between the various states on the subject. Some apply the rules strictly, some apply the general rule of fairness while others apply the rule in one way when dealing with tort damages, another when dealing with contract damages and a third when dealing with insurance claims. The following is a review of how the various states deal with the issue of the proper measure of damages to achieve complete indemnity.
In this new E-Book you will find explanations of how diminution in value is handled across the country with cases (including the full text of many) from each of the fifty states, Guam, the District of Columbia and all federal courts.
The introduction and table of contents is available at
1 Williams v. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, 35 S. Ct. 289, 236 U.S. 549 (U.S. 02/23/1915)2 Lochaven Co. v. Master Pools by Schertle, Inc., 233 Va. 537, 541, 357 S.E.2d 534, 537 (1987)3 Texas law is clear: no double recoveries are allowed, Parkway Co. v. Woodruff, 901 S.W.2d 434, 441 (Tex. 1995). But, under certain circumstances, a plaintiff may recover for both diminution in value and cost of repairs. Royce Homes, L.P. v. Humphrey, 244 S.W.3d 570 (Tex.App. Dist.9 01/03/2008), Ludt v. McCollum, 762 S.W.2d 575 (Tex. 1988); Terminix International, Inc. v. Lucci, 670 S.W.2d 657 (Tex. App. 1984)4 Sunburst School District No. 2 v. Texaco, Inc., 165 P.3d 1079, 338 Mont. 259, 2007 MT 183 (Mont. 08/06/2007)5 Burk Ranches, Inc. v. State, 242 Mont. 300, 790 P.2d 443 (1990); Simon Property Group, L.P. v. Brandt Construction, Inc., 830 N.E.2d 981 (Ind.App. 07/15/2005)
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Steps Taken By The Malaysian Government To Reduce Road Pollution
In Malaysia, most vehicles and motorcycles run on either petrol or diesel. The above causes pollution of the atmosphere. Engines of the above vehicles emit carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, thus polluting the earth’s surroundings.
The price of petrol has been rising by leaps and bounds. Not only will the price of fuel escalate to a level that is beyond the means of consumers that is motorists of the world, petrol will deplete one day. Its supply will eventually run out. Besides that, is the more serious problem, which the world faces today. Pollution of the earth’s atmosphere is a major concern of environmentalists.
The world as a whole should seriously consider the problem of our atmosphere’s pollution, especially by vehicles. Over the years, the authorities, which are the government, have become very concerned with the problem of carbon monoxide emission by vehicles.
A few years ago, in Malaysia, we used to have diesel powered vehicles, especially buses, lorries, vans and trailers. These are termed as “commercial vehicles”. Inspite of the fact that diesel powered vehicles are cheaper to run and operate, its road tax is 4 to 5 times more expensive than petrol driven vehicles. Diesel engine vehicles are said to pollute the atmosphere more than petrol driven vehicles.
In line with the intention to reduce pollution of the atmosphere, very recently, the government took steps to discourage the use of 2 stroke engine motorcycles, especially Yamaha and Suzuki motorbikes from the Malaysian market.
Such motorbikes were said to pollute the atmosphere more than bikes which were powered by 4 stroke engines. Honda motors were said to use 4 stroke technology as compared to their counterparts. It is thus said to be a cleaner engine.
The above message by the government was passed on to Suzuki and Yamaha agents in Malaysia, to enable producers of the above motorcycles in Japan to take the necessary precautions needed to switch over to the production of vehicles which adhere more towards 4 stroke engine technologies.
Pertaining to diesel powered vehicles, steps have also been taken to ensure that diesel powered vehicles were to be phased out from the market with the aim of protecting the earth’s atmosphere.
Besides the above steps, vehicles with other means of propulsion, like “solar” powered vehicles, were introduced into the Malaysian market. Unfortunately, such types of vehicles met with little success. Not only were such vehicles costly to produce and were too bulky.
Malaysia, although a hot tropical country, at times faced an unreliable supply of sunlight from time to time. As readers are aware, solar powered vehicles cannot do with such unreliable supply of sunlight even for a short span of time.
Of late, “hybrid” cars were gradually being introduced into the Malaysian market. Toyota, Honda and lately Ford, have taken steps to introduce such types of vehicles into Malaysia. The government on its part, has done its role to switch over to hybrid and electric cars.
Hybrid cars run on a combination of petrol and battery power. Such cars are infact rather expensive. When first introduced into Malaysia some few years ago, such cars bordered around RM150,000 per unit.
For your information, my own brother-in- law, a Mr. Ooi, was amongst one of the first few motorists in Malaysia to secure a hybrid vehicle, a Honda model, I was told it costs Mr. Ooi some RM135,000 to obtain the above car. Since then, the government has taken concrete steps to reduce the government excise duty, “ad valorem”, I think, with the view of encouraging the usage of such cars.
Today, the above hybrid Honda model is available at a price of around RM120,000. It is anticipated that such models of vehicles will even cost lower with the passage of time.
Speaking about hybrid cars, another famous and well known producer of such vehicles in Malaysia, Toyota Motors, has of late, been importing hybrid cars into our country. My bro-in-law, Mr. Ooi tells me, steps are also taken to introduce cars into Malaysia soon.
Before Japan was unfortunately hit by the 9.0 earthquake, followed by the disastrous tsunami which followed, my son-in-law, Kin, became the proud owner of his long awaited Toyota Prius. It cost my son-in-law a sum of nearly RM130,000 for the hybrid car. It is believed that he certainly derive extreme and immeasurable pleasure in driving the above car in the years to come.
A clear message has been sent to tunnel operators to start monitoring pollutants that have been, until this point, ignored, and to make information more accessible to the public in order to reduce mistrust.
Yes, it is required to change the engines of most of the vehicles, as they are generating a lot of pollution, where as citizens health will get spoiled. So the Malaysian govt should take get involved to reduce the road pollution.
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The important task of archiving the historical and internationally acclaimed AIAS work has been completed – both the and sites (National Library of Wales and British Library) provide a complete backup in the event of any local computer failure. I tested the system this morning and downloaded about 150 UFT papers in about half an hour off. Not only is AIAS producing the new physics but it is the leading institute of theroetical physics in the world. This statement can be proven in many ways and in great detail using feedback, which is why I study feedback as part of the overall educational task. I think of AIAS as the scientific part of the real Prifysgol Cymru or University of Wales, showing the true ability of the People of Wales, however badly it is treated. I am a fluent Welsh speaker who has produced vastly more work than anyone in the insignificant remnants that call themselves “universities” in long suffering Wales. I am interested in working at the Aberystwyth science park and with anyone who wishes to establish a true Prifysgol Cymru in which all staff are either Welsh speakers or in favour of the language, not just out for themselves by appointing themselves. As a Pensioner of the Civil List, employed directly by Queen Elizabeth II, I distance myself completely from all the corruption, as I have always done. That is why I was locked out for life and denied salary. I would have resigned in protest at the corruption anyway, retaining only my historical Scientiae Doctor degree, the youngest in modern history. I am proud and pleased at the outstanding performance of the AIAS staff and all associates.
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Roberts, R. and Gott, R. (2004) 'Assessment of Sc1 : alternatives to coursework ?', School science review., 85 (313). pp. 103-108.
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This article considers the problems associated with reliable performance assessment of Sc1 investigations and explores the pros and cons of alternative forms of assessment of pupils’ ability to investigate.
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MetaMorph – Gingerbread – BlurHome – Dock Cyan
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Link to just two songs from 2012
JUST TWO
and make sure they're the ones you want everyone else to hear
^^^The Pre-New - Cathedral City Comedown
bigbollocks britrock has glorious existential crisis
^^^Extra Life - Blinded Beast
slowburning avantprog cataclysm that goddamn enters the inferno
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Anywhere - Rosa Rugosa
eastern-ish sounding acoustic psych thing
Mirrorring - Silent from Above
lush acoustic/droney Grouper/Tiny Vipers thing
is Cedric B-Z channelling......Sandy Denny?!
oh wait he's not singing
this is some kickass psychfolk, approval - gains a lot by not striving too far towards Comets-On-Fire-esque conflagration
part 2 is also in the vague postcode of Fairport Convention albeit a bit more slowcore - I am going to guess you are a fan of theirs
the best bit is the end, where the shimmery electronics come to the fore
cbz is drumming
rachel fannan totally is though.
i didn't even realise extra life had new stuff. sounds killer.
Are you sure that anywhere track isn't from the 70s?
think i like it
Amazing how quickly the OP's 2-song only request was ignored...
:)
Yeah, not complaining or anything...
And apparently you're not the only one doing it - I'd probably be doing it myself but I'm at work and need to look busy!
I think a point is being made about my own effusiveness in various bygone music and movie 'Name Your Top 10s'
either that or GB's gone full hater, which is fair enough, coz I roll full LME
Cedric Daniels chasing Jay Z and Beyonce across the border there,.
was a nice idea for a thread :(
and now it's ruined.
:( indeed
I'm gonna come back later and make a point of listening to every single link posted by people who followed the rules, and ignore the rest.
How do you like that, rebels?
merchandise
royal headache
i've seen a few mentions to both bands, but not enough
First one:
superior-grade indie with indelible hook + plangent guitar + feedback squalls!
second one: not my thing but at least it ain't 14 minutes long
geographer - shell beach (not my favourite track on the album but i really enjoy the repetitive guitar riff)
a whisper in the noise - black shroud (random song pick off the album because they're all glorious)
first one:
would probably react with great wonder and joy were this to play during a TV serial, which is the sort of place I'd expect to find it - good, rousing indie
second one: well that was nice, swelling stuff, probably fares best when well-worn, like a favourite scarf
agreed on all counts :)
Villalobos ~ Put Your Lips
Moomin ~ Beautiful As You Are
#1 - Villalobos slowly shakes everything loose around the 'Put Your Lips, Put Your Lips, Put Your Lips...' hook. Shouldn't be half as infectious as it is.
#2 - Like walking through spring rain, just wait for the sultry sax to kick in.
Villalobos one is kinda...Autechre-y
Early period Autechre but still. Is this where deep house meets ambient? For maximum enjoyment I might need some visual accompaniment, or a very unified nightclub
2 is pleasingly polyrhythmic, and yes, vernal. Hypnotic. In short, music I'd expect Chris Morris to include on a fourth series of Blue Jam
Gravenhurst - Three Fires
Daniel Rossen - Silent Song
Gravenhurst
with a name like that I was expecting some Demdike-Stare-esque Ghost-Box-isms but it's a dude with an acoustic waxing wistful on my ass.
Rossen...classic poprock vibe...gaaah it's not 100% my thing. Think I'll quit reviewing EVERY song on this list, just the ones I really like!
What I like about Gravenhurst is how well he manages to mix whimsy with malice
it shouldn't work but there's a sad-yet-sinister vibe to his stuff that I love.
The second one isn't normally something I'd be into (it's the dude from Grizzly Bear, who've never really done it for me) but I really like that song. It's just kinda burrowed it's way into my brain and refuses to leave.
Can everyone make like me or ethricdouble and provide a line's pithy description for each track, too?
cheeeeeers
Done!
hey guys
Ty Segall - Scissor People - pretty groovy garage rock but posting mainly for the cool cutup bit that comes from nowhere after about two minutes and flips around the speakers
Awol - Amen
This just has a cool beat and some mint metallic sax honking
hahaha
it's like Eye joined White Denim for ten seconds
awesommmmme
anything involving Micachu is going to have at least some greatness...let's see...
:D
:D :D
fucking exquisite
I love those horn sounds
They are the sort of sounds that would drive some people to distraction!
I wish plug.dj actually worked again so we could do this sort of thing in factual real time, it's a bit more fun.
We need an alternative!
Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken - Into The Mystic
Mahavishnu Orchestra meets Dungen? idk
...meets Danava meets Jaga Jazzist meets Rainbow IN VALHALLA
Its a mammoth of a tune.
I think you'd really like late period Motorpsycho (probably the early stuff too), Heavy Metal Fruit would be right up your alley I reckon.
yeah it certainly needs more of a delve
Have you heard Danava, on the other hand? I reckon you'd approve...
I hadn't, but hunted down a youtube after I saw
you mentioned them here. Seems like Id like them. Added 3 albums to my 'to listen to' playlist in spotify. Which one first?
Unouno or however it's spelt is the one I have
it's got a couple of absolute screamers on it, The Emerald Snow Of Sleep and *especially* One Mind Gone Separate Ways, which might be the zenith of the whole trad-freak-psych wave
you listen to that goat record boyos?
I need to, it seems.
sweden got that good shit
holy mother of god
this is the heavy shit
The bass tone is gnarly.
OMGSW
sounds sooo similar to Ulysses Last Stand (minus Bonhams best playing ever) that I'm not sure I can separate it and dissect it. Liking that other one though.
*Achilles Last Stand
WITH MORE BLEEPS
Yeah not like its a pure cover or something,
just the melody on the vocals and the backing track. Sorry mate, I cant un-hear it now.
That Pre-New album is bloody brilliant
playing that lots at the moment.
In response to the OP. I should probably link two songs as well, maybe later.
okay
ricardo villalobos - emilio
1st half sounds like a computer having a coughing attack from laughing too much and the 2nd half sounds like it slowly losing conciousness and dying.
joy orbison - elipsis
didn't really get this track until i was sitting in the sun enjoying a cold one. late sunny vibes with a surprisingly catchy vocal sample. the pianos turn it from a jacking house track into a 21st century rave anthem
probably fire's highway by japandroids twice
Love this song/album.
Going to see them in November, maybe the only gig I will have going to this year :/
oh where is this?
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
alright then i won't go see them
Come on over man,
you can crash at my place, got an extra room for you.
I stopped off in Phoenix once
It was so fucking hot. I pretty much just sat under the air conditioning for the day.
That's about alls you can do in the summer.
3 months of hell but the rest is prime time.
I was waiting on a new rental car
I decided to walk a couple of miles down the road to get a cable from best buy. Nearly died. It was like 42 degrees or something :/
I'll save my next visit for the winter.
Had to break out the fahrenheit converter. yeah 108
is pretty normal really, gets up in the low 120s sometimes (49 celsius)
if i start swimming now
i'll just about make it
Pretty good pick if you only get to go to one
Incredible both times I saw them this year.
Def excited, cant wait to fist pump like mad
and belt out all those hooks with the bros.
I WILL HAVE GOING
ffs
i think that kids are gonna be discovering and falling in love with japandroids
for the next 30 years. they're perfect. going seeing them toward end of october... might take a pile of mdma, see if it's possible to levitate from happiness.
I WILL HAVE GOING SEEING THEM
'The House That Heaven Built' for me.
I actually, physically, cannot listen to it just the once. I have to play it over and over again until I'm jumping about screaming the lyrics.
IF THEY TRY TO SLOW YOU DOWN
(slow you doooooooowwnn)
TELL THEM ALL TO GO TO HELL
tbf
i've been madly in love with that song too, and younger us, and most everything they've recorded. there are only 6 tracks across both of their proper records that i haven't starred on spotify at some, indubitably drunken, point.
Haha yeah I know the feeling.
I've never known a band, except maybe the Pogues, so perfectly suited for whiskey drinking. By the early hours of the morning everyone in the room is just chanting the lyrics and falling all over the place. If I develop a liver problem when I'm older I'm blaming them.
^ Might have just sold me the album.
I listened on Spotify but wasn't convinced.
I think I'll love it when I'm driving or nor writing lesson plans in front of a laptop.
While lesson planning? :D
I just have an image of you now pumping the air and chanting everything while a load of teenagers stare on in bemusement.
*Having a wank when I should be lesson-planning
^^^how DiS' favourite convict came to be
That's the mainstream pick though, you see.
(but yeah, totally agree)
BUT YOUR NOT MINE TO DIE FOR ANYMORE
SO I MUST LIII-IIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVEEEEE.
Gonna be listening to this all night now. Again.
*YOU'RE
I WILL HAVE GOING SEEING THEM.
Japandroids > Grammar
Seen Japandroids 2x
and never gets boring :)
HELLO
The Company Band - The House of Capricorn
Hey it's yer man from Clutch and Fu Manchu doing that really strutting, hard ROCK and or roll. Fallon has the best voice ever.
Officers - Co-Education
Bit With Teeth-era, style Nine Inch Nails, awesomely heavy synths.
I love me some Fallon but I can't seem to get into The Company Band
I think I underestimated how important John Paul Gaster's weird ass grooves are to the Clutch sound.
Great idea for a thread.
Angel Haze - New York - I literally love everything about this song from the handclaps and clicks to the references to ashy feet.
El-P (and Mister MFN Exsquire and Danny Brown) - Oh Hail No - The Exsquire verse is brilliant and Danny Brown went from being somebody I thought looked weird to somebody I think is brilliant. That line about, "I like the part where you cry/ I like nothing else" in the El-P bit is also great.
<3 NY
Here are 2.
Frozen - Tindersticks
So it's Tindersticks with everything great (IMO) that that brings, but with drums and atmosphere that takes what they are about into a whole different place.
Lone - Raindance
It's quite ravey, but quite ambient and the drums are just Machinedrum-y good.
Jogging - Deadweight
I can't think of a second one so Future Of The Left - Failed Olympic Bid will do nicely
Maybe I should have just linked to another Jogging song instead.
Here's 2 more....
Bob Mould- The Descent (Live on Letterman)- true return to Sugar-era form in all respects.
This is from Black Twig's album Paper Trees released earlier this year and eternally on repeat since I got it....shoegazey joy
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Those involved in “deliverance ministries” say it is necessary to bind Satan in the unsaved in order to give the gospel. “The experienced deliverance minister can compel evil spirits to tell the truth. I do so all the time….To evangelize the demonized we must learn how to bind demonic activity from the minds of demonized unbelievers” (Ed Murphy, We Are at War pages 51 and 58).
Charles Ryrie believes that Christians can be temporarily demon possessed (or have the base of operations within the believer). Ryrie is weak on this issue stating “the argument against a believer’s being able to be demon possessed is often based on the fact of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in the believer’s heart. In other words, since the Spirit indwells the believer, it is impossible for Satan or demons also to indwell and thus possess the believer at the same time. But do not the Spirit and the flesh war within the believer? (Gal. 5:16-17) If it be argued that the old man has been judge (Rom. 6:6), it may also be pointed out that Satan has been judged too (John 12:31). So if Spirit and flesh, the new and old, can be present within the believer at the same time, why cannot the Spirit and Satan (or demons)?” (Basic Theology, page 167).
The problem is not between the Spirit and the inanimate principle of the old nature dwelling together in the believer but the problem is the Holy Spirit dwelling in a believer with another evil person like a demon. 1 John 4:4 assures us “greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.”
The following verses are used to argue that believers can be demon possessed: (1 Sam. 16:13-14; Lk. 13:11-16; 1 Cor.5:5; 2 Cor. 12:7; Acts 5:3). Ryrie makes another mistake by citing Ananias who allowed Satan to fill his heart. “Since there is no reason not to believe that Ananias was a believer, here is a clear statement that Satan did fill the heart of a believer. Nothing is said about demons here, though presumably if Satan filled his heart, demons could have also….Neither Satan nor demons can permanently indwell a believer nor ultimately have victory over him” (pages 167-168).
One weakness of Ryrie’s argument is to assume to be filled by Satan equals demon possession. To be filled in Scripture means to be controlled as believers who are filled or controlled by the Holy Spirit or the Pharisees who were filled or controlled by envy toward Christ. Dr. Ryrie does not give any Scripture for this view. Ryrie argues against permanent demon possession from 1 John 5:18 and John 20:17.
There are persuasive arguments against believers being demon possessed. None of the verses used to prove believers can be demon possessed are convincing. The Trinity would not share their abode in believers with demons.
Christ is in every believer (Col.1:27). The Holy Spirit is in every believer (1 Cor. 6:19-20) as a matter of fact, the entire Trinity is in every believer (John 14:23). How can such conflicting personalities dwell in the same person?
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I’m 43; I’ve been practicing voluntary simplicity for over a decade and currently practice non-extreme minimalism. But I’m also a professor, which means everything is subject to critical analysis and questioning … including the things I believe in. Which leads to this post….
Is U.S.-style minimalism well-adapted to the Great Recession?
It sounds like a strange question, since many minimalists talk about the ways in which their lifestyle keeps them frugal, mobile, and adaptable. Certainly those are all desirable traits during an economic downturn. But…
Most U.S.-style minimalists keep nothing but that which they use or love, and extreme minimalists want to pare their possessions down to what can fit into the trunk of a car or a backpack. The minimalist lifestyle is predicated on avoiding the accumulation of excess; it’s a lifestyle based on just-in-time delivery rather than redundancy and stockpiling. (Note: I’m using “U.S.-style” to characterize the messages of the best-known minimalist bloggers right now, most of whom are U.S. citizens; some are “rational” and some are “extreme,” but none are survivalists.)
Survivalists and homesteaders, on the other hand, accumulate everything they might need to live off the grid and prefer plenty of backup and redundancy. Generators, food supplies, extra freezers, emergency kits, gardening/farming tools, canning/preserving equipment, camping gear, hunting supplies, homeschooling supplies — survivalists store whatever they think will get them through a long-term emergency situation in which they can no longer rely on government to provide basic services. True, extreme minimalist survivalists may need little more than a knife and their foraging skills to get by, but that’s more a case of short-term personal survival rather than long-term rebuilding-after-the-crash survival.
So, is the minimalist or the survivalist better-suited to life at a time when towns are closing down public libraries; shortening school weeks, curtailing public transportation services, reducing or outsourcing police services, and turning off streetlights? If that sounds fanciful, read Friday’s article in the New York Times, “Governments Go to Extremes as the Downturn Wears On” or the Wall Street Journal’s article “Cities Rent Police, Janitors to Save Cash. Minimalists often argue that they don’t need to own certain things (e.g., books, cars) because they can find alternatives in the public sphere … but what happens when those public services are cut back due to lack of funds?
I’ve thought about the minimalism vs. survivalism question a bit myself. When I critiqued extreme minimalism, I pointed out that emergency items like fire extinguishers, medical kits, snow chains, and earthquake survival kits were seldom listed in extreme minimalists’ possessions, yet they can make the difference between life and death when they’re needed. And I think about it whenever I hear about another public library closing down, since I visit my own library several times a week. I thought about it when I read The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley, a novel about an H1N5 pandemic and a family trapped in its suburban house as society collapses. And I thought about it again yesterday, when my grocery store’s credit/debit-processing computers went down and I had to wait for them to be fixed before I could buy food.
What if? What if the electricity were out for several days or more? Access to the web and to digital telephone services would be lost once batteries died and couldn’t be recharged; ATMs wouldn’t function; debit and credit cards wouldn’t run, schools and businesses would close, and suddenly not having a stockpile of candles or firewood, matches, canned or preserved food that can be eaten cold, and other supplies would make a big difference. What if the water supplies were cut off? What if an earthquake or flood cut off the main roads, stopping deliveries of food and other goods? Or the price of gasoline just got so high that business began to stop deliveries themselves, deciding only to pursue sales in the most profitable regions of the country? Or a serious flu outbreak hit us, the way it did in 1918, and the public infrastructure quietly collapses as a third of the population falls ill?
Miss Minimalist argued that in a serious emergency situation, she’d have to strap on a backpack and get out of Dodge. Are most minimalists in this position?
I enjoy the minimalist lifestyle, but I think the question of whether one can be a typical U.S.-style minimalist and still be prepared for an emergency — or just for further cutbacks in social services — is worth discussion. What is a minimalist’s greatest priority? Owning less … or surviving an emergency? Can we do both? How?
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I think minimalist are people who live within the norms of society.
Survivalist are people waiting for society to collapse, therefore they are living outside the norms of society.
Me I am a minimalist. There has never been a time in my life where society collapsed. The minimalist lifestyle can accommodate the occasional Katrina, New Orleans, because as a minimalist you’re more set up as a potential nomadic lifestyle and can move with mobility.
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please call the Assessor's Office at 738-1110.
The SCS Soil Surveys and guidelines provided by the Tax Commission. The general classifications of agricultural land are irrigated, dryland, grazing land, orchard and meadow. If you disagree with your land classification, you can appeal to your county board of equalization for reclassification. will be waived if the land is involved in a bona-fide range improvement program, crop rotation program, or other similarly accepted agricultural practice which does not give reasonable opportunity to satisfy the production level requirement.
The production requirement may be waived if the owner shows that the property has been in agricultural use for the previous two years and that failure to meet the production requirement in a particular year was due to no fault or act of the owner, purchaser, or lessee. to subject to what is known as a "roll-back tax." The roll-back you to appeal the market value for past years.
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So I watched the Duke vs the U game last night and let me tell you, it may have been the best college basketball game I have ever seen in my life. Duke just imploded and Miami was on fire and stayed on fire the entire game. Which begs my question is a 90- 63 loss the worst loss by a number 1 team ever?
I'm not going to look it up, but just assume it has to be. I don't want to hear any Duke fans say, "Well Ryan Kelly was out," because that's bullshit, Ryan Kelly wouldn't have changed the outcome of this game.
Miami was blazing hot and went 57% shooting for the whole night and basically 50% from the line. That is also with their best big man Reggie Johnson being extremely limited due to a broken thumb (that he somehow recovered in 4 weeks, doesn't make sense). Duke as a team shot 29% which is a lot better than their 18% they shot in the first half.
Seth Curry went 0-10 with 0 points and Quinn Cook went 1-12. And at one point in the first half Miami went on a 25-1 run. It was a thing of beauty.
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Well, Ryan Kelly was out.
No way Ryan Kelly would have made up that difference.
Miami also played with a hobbled star
I was joking. The absence of Ryan Kelly did not make Seth Curry go 0'fer. Duke missed some open shots early and then it totally snowballed from there, including some very lazy defense. Also give Miami some credit. They played their asses off!
I really like that Gamble kid, hes like a tough SOB like Reggie Evans
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wrote for Dungeon’s Master. All of the examples came from actual events that took place at my gaming table. And in the months since I wrote this article, I’ve seen all of these things happen over and over again whenever I play with new gamers.
My intent with this article was to highlight (in a humourous way) the dumb things we’ve all done as PCs. If you avoid making even one of these mistakes after reading this, then I’ve done my job.
A few of these tips and reminders are less pertinent today then they were when this article was first published thanks to Character Builder. Since Character Builder does all of the math for you, you’re a lot less likely to miss or forget modifiers.
If I had to add #11 to this list it would be to use your daily powers every day. But as a more general reminder, the only other piece of advice I’d offer is to just play intelligently. It’s the stupid things that get your PC into trouble.
From February 11 and 24, 2009, Dungeon’s Master once again presents: Avoiding Death (Part 1 | Part 2).
I think it’s fair to say that everyone who plays D&D has experienced character death at some point. Hopefully your character has gone down swinging or sacrificed himself in such a way that people will be telling and retelling the story for years to come. But in reality I think we all know that more often than not character death is the result of someone (often the character himself) doing something stupid.
Here are 10 way to avoid character death.
Don’t chase monsters.
Know you character.
Check for traps every time.
Take a short break.
Pay attention.
Be quiet.
Move strategically.
Try diplomacy.
Work together.
Get out of the way.
As your sword bites deep in the monsters flesh again and again you know that the end is near. One good, solid blow and the beast will be defeated. Or it would be if it didn’t just turn and run. No matter, I’ll follow it to the ends of hell to get this kill.
Also know as bloodlust. How often does one monster just refuse to die? And how often does one character (usually a Fighter) feels it’s his duty to kill it before it escapes. This may be (arguably) good role playing, but from a mechanics perspective it’s just stupid. If the monster flees the battle you still get full XP for defeating it. Let it go! Otherwise you may end up fighting the monster one-on-one, without help from your party, and it may kill you.
This monster can’t have too many hit points left. I’ll bet one more hit will drop it. My attack modifier is +7 so I need to roll 13 or more to hit AC 20. Damn! I rolled a 12, missed by 1. With 1 hit point remaining, the monster attacks the party and Nenia the Wizard is killed. Oh, damn! I forgot to add that +1 feat bonus. My attack should have hit (and killed) the monster. Sorry about that Nenia.
It’s important to know your character and understand when situational modifiers apply. Become familiar with the descriptions of your weapons, magical items, feats and powers to ensure you’re getting all the bonuses you deserve. And never underestimate the importance of checking your math – especially after you level.
As the party moves deeper into the dungeon they come upon another door. Ethan the Rogue begins checking for traps. “I’m sick of all this waiting,” yells Braddoc the Fighter. “I’m going in.” Pushing Ethan aside, Braddoc opens the door. Fortunately Braddoc’s prized Battle Axe has a strong enchantment and it survives the explosion. Braddoc is not so lucky.
This seems like a no-brainer, but many characters die needlessly this way. It can get monotonous for the Rogue to check every single door for traps before entering, but unless you have a damn good reason not to then let the Rogue do his job. The great thing about 4e is that other characters can assist with most skill checks. So just because the Rogue is making the primary check doesn’t mean the rest of the party can’t take turns assisting.
We just defeated eight skeletons, two ghouls, and one specter. We used most of our encounter powers and everyone’s used their second wind. We’re bloodied and tired. I’m just going to open this door a crack and see what’s in the next room. Uh oh.
Never underestimate the value of a short rest. This gives you time to use heal, replenish encounter powers and allow the use of more action points. But, if the party is forgetful (or stupid) and moves on without taking a short rest they begin the next encounter already down a peg or two. The few times I’ve seen this happen characters have died needlessly.
DM – Your turn, Braddoc.
Braddoc – I swing at the monster with my Great Axe. Does 15 hit?
DM – Not quite. The monster swipes at you with its giant claws. What’s you’re AC?
Braddoc – 17
DM – That hits. You take 10 points of damage and suffer the ongoing affects of poison until you save.
Braddoc – That did it. I’m below 0 hit points and fall unconscious.
Merric – Did you remember to add +3 to the attack roll that Sterling provided from his use of Warlord’s Favor?
Braddoc – No.
Merric – Did you remember to add +3 to your AC from the Priest’s Shield I just used?
Braddoc – No
Merric – Then I’m not healing you.
Just because it’s not your turn doesn’t mean you can tune out. Many 4e powers offer bonuses to other characters. You need to be aware of what’s happening so that you get every advantage afforded your character. Likewise be sure to inform the party of bonuses you offer them due to your race, class or feats.
The party quietly crept through the castle hallway. They knew the king’s private bedchamber was just around the next corner. With any luck they could catch him unaware and he wouldn’t have time to prepare adequate defenses. As Ethan the Rogue is about to turn the corner he hears “Get ready, men. They’ll be here any second.” “Damn, how did they know we were coming?” Ethan thought momentarily as he eyed his companions in plate, scale, and chain armor. “Noisy clods!”
Wearing big, bulky armor and carrying a shield gives you a great AC, but the check penalty really kills your Stealth score. Even so, Stealth should not be automatically ruled out. The Fighter, Paladin and Cleric may not be suitable for silent movement but most other classes are. Anyone with a reasonable Dexterity and no armor check penalty can be sneaky. Let them scout ahead before the guy in armor announces your presence. Knowing what lies around the next corner (before it knows you’re there) lets you devise a quick strategy before combat begins.
Sterling the Warlord observes the battlefield and directs his companions. “Braddoc, you and I will move up together with you in the lead and fight the first monster. Ethan, try to get around them and flank with Braddoc.” Ethan sneaks behind the monster and is ready to move in for the kill. Sterling and Braddoc begin moving, but Braddoc suddenly takes a turn to the right and charges a different foe. “Braddoc, where are you going?” Sterling asks. “The big one is going down,” Braddoc says as he charges through the battlefield.
Your movement should make sense. Do you have a power that will benefit an ally adjacent to you or adjacent to the target? Do you get any bonuses (like sneak dice) against an opponent granting combat advantage? Then move to flank. If you can move and gain combat advantage, why wouldn’t you? Take the +2 to hit! Or move so that the party striker can flank more easily. Moving into the right square can make a huge difference to you, the party and the outcome of combat. Try to anticipate where your allies are going to move or just ask them. Work together. Haphazard movement makes things more difficult for everyone, combat takes longer and characters die.
As the giant flying monster lands in front of the party, claws raised and razor sharp teeth ready to bite, it speaks. “This is my forest. Why should I forgive such trespass?” “Charge!” cries Braddoc the Fighter as he runs forth. “I’ll earn lots of XP for this kill,” he thinks as he charges into combat.
Every character has Diplomacy, Bluff and Intimidate on their character sheet. Combat is not your only option! Many monsters are highly intelligent. Try talking your way out of a problem rather than rushing headlong into combat. A successfully parley will often yield just as much XP as killing the creature.
Dire wolves circle the party, outnumbering the PCs 2-to-1. Each PC moves to attack the nearest wolf. Many wolves are wounded, but none are killed. Now the wolf pack, still boasting its superior numbers moves in for a coordinated attack, killing Nenia the Wizard and Merric the Cleric.
How often does your party split up and take on multiple threats simultaneously rather than focus all your efforts on just one target? As long as a monster has 1 hp it can still attack you, so softening up three at once isn’t as useful as working together to kill one in the first round. Talk to each other and describe what you want to do on your turn so others can go with it. Designate a combat leader and let them direct the party. One vision yields higher efficiency and saves lives.
The kobold horde hesitates before attacking with their superior numbers and overwhelming the PCs. That hesitation is all Braddoc needs. He charges into the mass of kobolds and starts swinging his mighty Battle Axe. “Get out of the way, Braddoc” yells Nenia. “I’m going to drop a fireball on the entire horde.” Braddoc ignores the advice of his companion and keeps swinging away as the kobolds swarm him. “Oh well, I warned him,” Nenia says as she casts Fireball engulfing 10 kobolds and Braddoc.
If your party has ranged attacks or large area spells, then make sure you don’t hinder you party’s ability to use them. Don’t rush needlessly in between two monsters. Tell the party where you’re planning to move and if the Wizard says to wait one round then listen to him. The alternative is that you end up being subjected to the spell just like the monsters.
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Another hint: do not fire an arrow at a demon +9 levels higher than your character, while perched 80 feet high on a building.
Let’s just say take my word for it :]
@Ray Wenderlich
I think that definitely falls under my general advice of “play intelligently” and “avoid doing anything stupid.” But picking a fight with a creature that is clearly more powerful than you are is not a very good way to avoid death.
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To Scarlett, a woman belonging to the world. If I had to lose to anyone, I would want it to be Ryan. He’s a true gentleman. All the best.
Comment by Arthur Paul — August 7, 2011 @ 5:54 pm
It is one thing to have disagreements that may lead to a split, but the fact that Johannsson had her skanky butt all over Sean Penn within a minute of their split is the HUGE red flag that Reynolds needs to open his eyes too. If it is true love, she wouldn’t have spread her legs so quickly and easily… Run Ryan!!
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Long ago, there were myths of creatures such as fairies and trolls who stole the children of royalty for various purposes and replaced them with something else. Be it to introduce new blood into the fae ranks or for the sheer pleasure of causing mischief, these surrogates were the greatest fear of the queens of olden times. The nightmarish proxies were known as changelings. Children of fae, enchanted objects, or troll offspring, changelings were believed to resemble a normal human infant however, were said to acquire insatiable appetites, uncommon wisdom, and a malevolent or mischievous nature as they grew. Legend had it that an iron object, such as scissors, placed in or around the crib of an infant would ward off the fairies and keep the little treasure from harm.
The year is now 2019 and whispers of these changelings still linger on the lips of mothers and fathers alike, however the folklore has undergone some cultural alterations, if you will. There is only one king, only one member of royalty in these times, and his only children are the obedient masses that have been trained to bow before his ruthlessness. A Changeling is no longer a fabled being but rather a mysterious organization whose sole purpose is to cause chaos and rustle up a little rebellion. Replacing the tame with the wild, these modern day myths look like every other person, however, beneath their placid facade lays a hidden miscreant whose soul is bot and will never be tamed.
My name is
Deanna Marie Revlen, but you can just call me Puck. If you’re reading this, then I’m either victorious, dead, or worse, a slave to the will of the King. All the people in this story are real, however their names have been changed for their personal safety and yours. I never really meant for any of this to happen, it’s important that you, my dear reader, know that. Blame it on being raised in a broken, but nonetheless free nation, or that stubborn streak that you always read about in books, either way, I just didn’t take too well to subjugation. Servitude simply didn’t fit me like it did the rest, and as I would later find out, there were others who shared my angst. Our story however, begins with something a little less philosophical and a little more reckless; a sparring match, some whiskey, and a couple fractured ribs…
“There’s no way you can beat both of us in a sparring match, kid.” Sneered Talbot as he took a king sized swig from the Jack Daniels bottle the three of us were sharing.
“Sorry sweetheart, he’s right, there ain’t no way.” Falco interjected, motioning for the elixir we all had become reliant on as of late. Both Boston natives, Talbot and Falco had met far before I encountered them eight years ago during my first year in college. Though exactly how they became of acquaintance, I’m still not quite sure, the story changes a little every time they tell it. All I know for certain is that they served in the Marine Corps together and decided to start a dojo post honorable discharge, and that’s where I met them. A curious college freshman with a need to keep healthy, I strolled into the edifice during a sparring match between the two and fell in love with the mixed martial art known as MCMAP. Moments later I had signed up and paid for a years’ worth of training and in the process secured a future, unbeknownst to me at the time, at that very institute and two of the greatest friends a woman could ever ask for.
“I mean you’re good, hell, you probably could beat us individually, but together, we’re just too big for you.” He added, shaking his head vigorously. Falco was the taller and larger of the two, standing at six foot six and consisting of well over two hundred and seventy pounds of pure muscle. His blonde hair was trimmed to Marine regulation and his deep blue eyes shone with a glimmer of arrogance as he sipped from the half empty bottle. Talbot on the other hand, who sat smirking across from me, was of a more slender build. Though could not be considered small by any means, he was more alike to a panther in sharp contrast to the bull like appearance of his larger counterpart, and was a mere six foot three. His veteran body was lean and strong, his dark brown hair was kept just as short as Falco’s and his eyes were of the most elegant emerald green I had ever seen. Both men were in their early thirties and I sat the youngest at the tender age of twenty-five.
Wrenching the whiskey bottle from his hands, a mischievous grin found its way to my lips. It seemed like the greatest idea in the world at the time, taking on two retired Marines in a sparring match, but then again everything seems like a great idea when two and a half bottles of whiskey have been shared between three people within an hour.
“Fifty bucks and a back massage says I can take you two down.” I stated as I rose haphazardly to my feet, whiskey in hand. The two men looked at each other, the money was enticing, but I knew it was the back massage that brought the bet home. As a certified masseuse, among other things (I have eclectic interests, okay?), my back rubs were miracle workers for the guys, they loved them and I had yet to find something they would do for one. Nodding their heads, the two rose to their feet to tower above me. Looking up at them triggered a warning bell in my brain that a five foot six woman like myself had no business sparing with these two monstrous men at the same time but the whiskey screamed oh yes I do, and we all know who I listened to.
Placing the bottle down against the wall, I swallowed my last gulp and took a stance.
“Come on then, or are you afraid of a little girl like me?” and with that, two thoroughly inebriated men came charging at me like angry wildebeests in stampede. Falco caught my round house kick with his face while Talbot landed a solid punch on my lower ribcage, sending a shooting pain up my side. I retaliated with an Aikido take down, flipping him onto the padded livingroom floor. By this time Falco was fully recovered and proceeded to tackle me to the ground in an attempt to pin me and win the match. Thanks to over a decade of yoga and my deep seated stubborn streak, I managed to slip my legs out from under his knees and wrapped them around his head. Compressing his neck and face with my thighs I tensed every muscle in my upper body to flip us over once more only to run straight into Talbots choke hold. I was about to attempt a flip from a seated position when a voice interrupted our match.
“Excuse me, sorry to interrupt but I’m looking for Puck. I have a pressing matter to discuss with her.” The young man inquired, standing in the doorway shrouded in shadow. All three of us stopped in our tacks, quite an awkward position to be stuck in might I add, and stared at the new comer. Perhaps it was the whiskey that had slowed our minds, the fact that it was one in the morning, that our condo had a top of the line security system, or a mixture of the three, but whatever it was, none of us seemed to be processing what exactly was going on.
“Ehhh, what?” I replied after a minute of pure silence.
“Are you Puck?” he asked again, more urgently than before. Nodding my head, I tapped out of Talbots sleeper hold and stood up, lending a hand to Falco as he too rose from the ground.
“Yeah, I’m Puck, who are you and how’d you get in here?” I inquired, as sobriety slowly inched its way into my brain. The man took a step forward, revealing a tuff of disheveled raven curls and a wrinkly plain shirt atop a pair of jean Bermuda shorts that had seen better days. Two stained cotton loafers adorned his abnormally large feet and a leather messenger bag was slung across his willowy shoulders.
“You can call me Amp, and your security is like child’s play for someone like me.” He said dismissively. Judging from his lack of wrinkles and what some would refer to as fashionable clothing, I pegged him at around nineteen, if that. “Sorry for barging in so late by the way, but It couldn’t wait.” He added as if breaking into someone’s home in the middle of the night was a mere unannounced drop in on a Sunday afternoon.
“Alright, Amp, you have two minutes to explain yourself before we give a new meaning to the phrase ‘human pretzel’. Go.” I retorted aggressively as Falco and Talbot edged in front of me protectively. It was a rare day indeed that someone broke into our home and lived, let alone was received in a relatively placid manner such as this. Though I could feel the tension building, my two flatmates severely weary of this stranger, he seemed far too calm to be anything too harmful. That, and the three to one odds.
“Well, I kind of hacked your computer remotely for fun and stumbled on something that was labeled Changeling while perusing your encrypted files. By the way, you really need to update your software, your keys are pathetic. Anyways, I read through it and I want in.” The boy said with a hopeful glint in his eye.
“Changeling? Like the fairytale?” Falco said, a confused frown tugging at his thin mouth.
“They don’t know?” Amp queried, all but ignoring Falco and looking at me as if I were some kind of alien.
“Know what? Puck, what don’t we know? And how does he know your name? Only we call you that. What’s going on?” Inserted Falco before I had time to respond, obviously agitated. If there was one thing that got under his skin, it was being ignored and made to feel stupid; two things this Amp kid had successfully managed to do within two minutes of meeting him.
“Calm down, and give her time to explain.” Talbot’s deep voice quieted the rest of us as he placed his hand on Falco’s shoulder. “She can’t answer if you keep asking questions.” He paused and looked at me, “Now, Puck, tell us what exactly this ‘Changeling’ file is and why this kid ‘wants in’.” Completely dumbfounded and still slightly drunk, I plopped onto the couch and sighed.
“Changeling isn’t just a file, it was a plan I had a long time ago, back when we were still fighting Loki. You know how I like to plan things. See I knew the military wouldn’t take someone like me due the whole missing organ thing, so I designed an organization that would. I was an idealistic college student and thought that a little mischief making would make him understand that some of us aren’t bred to be his pets. I devised Changeling to be an elusive and organized force of miscreants doing everything in their power to inconvenience the King, not to over throw him per say, but just to show that he wasn’t in control… I was young, it would never work.” I elucidated with a sadness in my voice that I had long since forgotten. “Sorry to break it to you kid, but Changeling doesn’t and never will exist.” I added, raising the bottle to my lips once more but before the warm liquid reached my tongue Amp said something I never expected.
“That’s where you’re wrong; it can exist if you are willing to lead it. The plan is solid; the cell system is flawless. I could never start it by myself, because this is not my masterpiece, but I’m good with technology like you’ve never seen though.” The boy replied. Confused, I looked up at my two best friends expecting to see stern faced but instead I found an understanding smile and what little expression one could devise from Talbots continuously ambiguous face.
“You know me, always up for a little fun.” Falco asserted, placing his gigantic hand on my shoulder. “I never liked the idea of my country being ruled by a guy wearing a cape anyway.” The two of us rested our gaze on the stoic figure of Talbot, the most rational out of the group.
“If the King ever found any one of the members, a fate worse than death would await them, you know that.” He stated seriously, his deep sincerity sucking the hope from the room like a vacuum. “But, I know how you plan things Puck, and this kid apparently knows his way around technology… Honestly, it’s probably not going to end well however, that’s what most people thought when Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. So I say, why not? Let’s rattle the kings cage a bit, after all, what’s the point in living if you don’t take a stand once and a while? I’m in.”
That night was the beginning of the rest of my life and this is the story of how it ended.
That was a year ago today, and since then we’ve added a couple new faces to our little band of scoundrels (Amp had already put together a list of potential candidates before he broke into our condo that night, the kid is a worse insomniac than I am) and we now have over fifty cells operating independently across the north American territory.
Within six months my family had grown from just Talbot and Falco to six others of whom I would now die for in a heartbeat. Amp, who you know, is our computer brain, turns out he actually dropped out of MIT when he was arrested for hacking into the FBI mainframe (this was before he learned how to cover his tracks, as his constantly reminds us). Pinewood and Willow were the first recruited by Amp to join us, two sisters and former eco terrorists with a knack for environmentally friendly explosive devices. Baptist, a local ER doctor was brought into the fold when I got myself shot two months into Changeling. Mugs, a female cage fighter got herself arrested for speaking out against the king until Amp wiggled his way into the Boston PD’s computer system, saving her from five years in jail. Last but not least came Van Gogh, a local art professor at Harvard, we found when she was almost arrested for forging a famous Van Gogh painting, another clean up job exceptionally executed by Amp and his uncanny technical skills. In fact Mugs and Van Gogh are actually celebrating their year anniversary this week, who knew an illegal organization could breed such love?
FIRST INSTALLMENT COMING SOON!
Author: earth-phoenix
Rating: M for Mature
Warning: Contains violence, profanity, nudity, and all around good times.
Plot:
Hope, it’s a silly little thing. We’re told that as long as you have hope there is no such thing as defeat. We are surrounded by these fairy tales where “good” triumphs over “evil” and you are either for the heroes of the story or you are against them. In these fictions there are no shades of grey and no possibility of failure if you’re on the side of “good”. Wars will be fought and odds defied, no matter how extreme, for there is no way that darkness can stamp out the light. Or at least that’s what we were told when we were children, when the monsters in our closest were but figments of our imagination and hope filled our hearts. In reality, you can be as pure as a mountain stream and bleed just like the rest of us. You may think yourself a God, but death is the king of all.
It’s been seven years since the Battle of Manhattan, and as he promised, Loki brought humanity to their knees one nation at a time. Once the Avengers failed, there was little fight left in the hearts of the people. The UN attempted to hold back the flood but it was all for not, war stricken and broken, they submitted to his rule after five years of destruction and death. Loki, king of Midgard, now sits upon a throne built from the bones of his vanquished enemies, their sacrifice all but forgotten by the obedient. Children no longer know what it’s like to be able to claim freedom as a right and our elders no longer tell stories of liberty. We are no longer equal under the law, we are but slaves to our king, sheep resigned to heeding the command of our ruthless shepherd. Some of us however, turn out not to be that good at follow the leader.
A few reckless miscreants are stupid enough, crazy enough, idealistic enough, to have hope. We lurk in the shadows like common thieves, but our purpose is far more mischievous. We aren’t waging a war with rifles and tanks, we are playing tit for tat with the ultimate trickster. As a wise man once said, we aim to misbehave. We are the thorn in the kings side. We are vandals. We are rascals. We are criminals. We are the wayward sons and daughters of a forgotten liberty. We are Changeling and we are the rebellion.
FIRST INSTALLMENT COMING SOON!
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Japan launched a new earthquake warning system in 2007.
It uses sensors that pick up the faster-moving and less destructive P-waves produced by an earthquake and transmits a warning broadcast on television and radio before the destructive S-waves and surface waves arrive, giving recipients of the message, precious seconds to seek shelter. (P waves are generally about 1.7 times faster than S waves)
The system gives people as much as a 50 second warning before an earthquake occurs in places far from the epicenter. The system is only really effective for places a decent distance away from epicenter.
Eight earthquake warnings were issued the first year the system was in operation. The main problem with them is that few people actually were aware of the warnings. Japanese companies have begun developing cell phones ad other devices that can pick up the warnings better. Japan also has a tsunami warning system that issues warnings on television.
Practical uses of the detection of P-waves
Shinkansen bullet trains
The Tohoku Shinkansen is a high-speed passenger train (bullet train) that connects Tokyo to the northern city of Morioka in Honshu, Japan.
The line is protected by a seismic early warning system, which includes two sets of accelerometers: one set is deployed along the line (wayside system), while the other comprises eight accelerometers placed along the eastern coast of Honshu (coastal system). The coastal system is designed to protect the train against earthquakes with origin in the highly active offshore subduction zone.
It causes trains to automatically stop when the ground acceleration exceeds a preset limit.
Earthquake prepared elevators
Otis, the elevator maker, had equipped a lot of their Japanese elevators with safety seismic equipment.
About half the elevators Otis maintains in Japan—including most in high-rise buildings and regions with severe earthquake risk—are equipped with seismic detectors. At the first vibration of the quake (P-wave), these devices return the elevators to the ground floor so passengers can exit, then block them until Otis can check their safety.
The detectors did their job. Some 16,700 elevators in the areas affected by the quake were shut down by the emergency systems. Otis, which had worldwide revenues of $11.58 billion in 2010 and manufactured about 40,000 of the 80,000 elevators it services in Japan, didn’t receive any report of trapped or injured passengers. “All the elevators operated as they were supposed to” said a company spokesperson.
Other uses
* Many factories in earthquake-prone areas have machines that automatically shut down when they sense vibrations from a quake.
* The Japanese gas company has installed meters that shut off the gas supply in the event of tremor.
* Nuclear power plants and other dangerous factories are also automatically shut down. (!?!?-ER)
Important remark : P-waves and S-waves arrive close together at places close to the epicenter, where warning would only be a matter of a couple seconds at most. As a result, such equipment will only be reliable with an epicenter at least 100 km (around 15-20 secs distance for P-waves, and around 30-40 secs for S-waves) from a populated area. Practically speaking it will be mainly used for subduction triggered earthquakes. Other countries able to use these systems are among others South American countries, Philippines, Indonesian, New Zealand etc. However, only 2 seconds is required to shut down essential facilities like power systems for hospitals and other services, so different systems are applicable if used for life safety versus life continuation. Therefore even at a much closer distance, early warning systems are extremely useful.
Something more about the speed of P-waves and S-waves
The speed of an earthquake wave is not constant but varies with many factors. Speed changes mostly with depth and rock type. P waves travel between 4 and 13 km/sec. S waves are slower and travel between 3.5 and 7.5 km/sec.
Generally spoken the destructive S-wave is approx. 50-60% of the velocity of the P-wave.
Make the calculation yourself with an average of 8 km/sec. and a distance from the epicenter of 240 km. The P-wave will then arrive 30 sec. after the rupturing. The destructive S-wave, traveling at 4.8 km/sec (60% of 8) will arrive after 50 seconds. The 20 seconds time lapse (in this example) is for a lot of instruments enough to safely stop.
Credits : A part of this article is derived from Jeff Hayes and MIT
Very interesting article. Is it possible to know more about the early warning system used in both of this cases, for the bullet trains and Otis?
Thank you.
Isaac Romano
Mexico
Contacto@ark.com.mx
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drifting to sleep, my
crazed little beastie boys.
in the dark of the morning
I shall run, head down and
breath shallow. this is what
I look forward to. “I’m gonna
knock you out! mama said”
how you like me nooowww?
kickin’ it old school on
this barbecue of a futon.
hush, now, mama said cool j.
two L’s are better than
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Forget the junk food! If you want to lose weight you must stop eating cookies cakes pies potato chips chocolate donuts soda ice cream and all that stuff. Don’t forget each time you eat that kind of food you’re putting more fat on your body and we don’t want that. I almost forgot don’t drink alcohol.
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. After two weeks you can repeat the diet if you wish and remember during the two weeks between do yourself a favour don’t go back to your normal eating habits of junk food and burgers. Your only making it harder for yourself. Budget Friendly Scarsdale Diet Morning Daily: 1/2 grapefruit or cantaloupe or fruit in season (choose whatever costs least) One slice of protein bread toasted no spread added Coffee /tea (no sugar cream or milk) Day One Afternoon: Chicken Bouillon Salad 1 slice protein bread toasted Coffee/Tea Main Meal: Fish fresh or frozen (depending on cost) broiled or baked Combination salad as many greens and vegetables as you wish 1/2 Grapefruit – or fruits in season Coffee/tea Day Two Afternoon: Fruit salad any combination of fruits as much as you want on lettuce Coffee/tea Main Meal: Plenty of broiled Ana Diets Tumblr lean hamburger (inexpensive cut; if possible chopped at home after removal of all visible fat) Brussels sprouts in season or cabbage or broccoli Salad of lettuce cucumbers celery radishes Coffee/tea Day Three Afternoon: Tuna fish or salmon salad (drain off the oil) with lemon and vinegar dressing on lettuce Grapefruit or melon Coffee/tea Main Meal: Lamb Stew OR Braised Lamb Shanks Sauerkraut Salad of lettucetomatoescucumberscelery Coffee/tea Day Four Afternoon: Two eggs any style (no fat used in cooking) Low-fat potted thinspo diet cheese or cottage cheese Zucchini a slice of Ana Diets Tumblr protein bread toasted Coffee/tea Main Meal: Boiled Roasted broiled or barbecued chicken all you want -(skin and visible fat removed) OR Broiled Chicken Hawaiia Plenty of spinach Coffee/tea Day Five Afternoon: Spinach Pie Olga No-sugar added applesauce Coffee/tea Main Meal: Fish any kind fresh or frozen broiled or baked or sauteed or poached salad any fresh vegetables you wantincluding cold diced tables a slice of protein bread toasted Coffee/tea Day Six Afternoon: Fruit salad on lettuce any kind of fruit you want Coffee/tea Main Meal: Turkey or chicken roasted boiled or broiled OR Marinated Turkey Parts Salad of tomatoes and lettuce Grapefruit or canteloupe or watermelon Coffee/tea Day Seven Afternoon: Cold or hot turkey or chicken OR Broiled Chicken Hawaii Tomato carrots cooked cabbage (or broccoli or cauliflower) Coffee/tea Main Meal: Broiled or Grilled Round Steak OR Cubed steak pan-broiled in non-stick skillet OR Boneless Ham OR Liver and Onions OR Lean Pot Roast (low-cost lean cut of meat) OR Tenderized Pimento Steak Salad of lettuce cucumbers celery Cooked tomatoes (fresh or canned withour sugar or oil) or Brussels Sprouts Coffee/tea Second Ana Diets Tumblr week just change things around to your personal tastes and pro ana diets tumblr favourites. Quick Important Fact: You are more likely to succeed in any endeavour to quit anything by not starting your endeavour on a Monday.
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Thai Chicken And Noodles
Ingredients
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup (2-inch) sliced green onions (about 4 onions)
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons chopped unsalted dry roasted peanuts
- 1 tablespoon roasted peanut oil
- 1 ½ cups snow peas, trimmed and diagonally cut into thirds
- + 6 more ingredients
- 2 cups fresh bean sprouts
- ½ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- ¼ cup chili garlic sauce
- 3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons anchovy paste
- ¼ pound uncooked rice sticks (rice flour noodles)
Place noodles in a large bowl; add warm water to cover. Let stand for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, combine broth and next 4 ingredients, stirring until smooth. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add snow peas, green onions, and garlic; sauté 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Add...
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Sunday was so much fun!! I was inspired by my sister's story on NPR and decided to host a soup swap here where nearly 100 quarts of soup were on hand to be shared and traded. In a nutshell, a soup swap is when everyone makes a big pot of soup, freezes it into one quart portions, then meets up to tell stories and take turns selecting different soups to bring home. Knowing our freezers would soon be filled with yummy homemade soups, we also pulled some canned good out of our pantries and collectively filled three boxes which are being donated to a local food pantry.
I spent some time thinking about what I would bring to the party, and ultimately decided to make parsnip soup because it is a favorite of mine and the kids, and I like telling the story of the first time I tried it.
The story: Five years ago Jim and I escaped (without toddler Spencer) to Vegas for a few days in December. We were having dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in the Venetian, and shortly after we were seated, the table next to us received their food which included a bowl of delicious-looking soup. My mind was decided in that instant I wanted a bowl of soup too. I scanned the menu for their different soups, and noticed there was exactly one listed: parsnip soup. Parsnip soup? I had never had parsnip soup before. Actually, I had never even eaten parsnips before. I went back and forth in my head for a bit - really wanting a bowl of soup, and being wholly unsure of parnsips. Ultimately, I decided that this was a great restaurant and I trusted that they would be serving me a great bowl of (parsnip!) soup.
Guess what - the soup totally rocked! After returning home, I wanted to make it myself and couldn't find the recipe online. Luckily, the nice folks at wolfgangpuck.com replied to my email and sent it to me.
So, my hope is that making this soup for the swap and sharing this story might help someone else discover the awesomeness of parsnip soup!
Parnsip Soup
from Wolfgang Puck's Postrio Restaurant
INGREDIENTS:
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 medium yellow onions, peeled and rough diced (or one large onion)
2 stalks celery, cut to 1” lengths
6 cups parsnips, peeled and cut to 1” cubes (will be rough)
1 ea potato, peeled and cut into four quarters
1 ½ ea granny smith apples, peeled and diced to 1” (rough)
8-12 cups chicken stock
1 ½ cups heavy cream
12 sprigs fresh thyme, tied together tightly with string
2 tsp lemon juice
salt
white pepper
DIRECTIONS:
- In a medium sized soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion, season well with salt, and sweat on medium heat until translucent (about 5 minutes). Do not brown the onion. Add the celery and cook for 3 more minutes.
- In a separate pot, bring the chicken stock to a boil and reduce heat to just a high simmer.
- Add the parsnips to the onions and stir well. Continue to cook for two minutes. Add enough hot chicken stock to cover the vegetables. Add the potato, apples, and thyme.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a low boil, and cook uncovered until vegetables are very soft, about 50 minutes. You may need to add stock during the cooking time, but do so just that the vegetables are covered. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Add the cream and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the thyme. Puree the soup in batches in a blender. ALWAYS BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WHEN PUREEING HOT LIQUIDS. Use the lid on the blender. When pureeing, fill the blender cup only 2/3 full, as the soup will be thick and you will need room to add more stock. If the soup is very thick in the blender, turn it off, add a little hot stock, cover and puree.
- Position a strainer over a clean soup pot and pour directly from the blender into the strainer. Push the soup through the strainer with a ladle.
- Place soup back over very low heat on the stove. Adjust consistency of the soup with chicken stock. Add the lemon juice and season finally to taste with salt and pepper. The soup is ready to serve, or can be chilled in an icebath and kept for up to 3 days.
- Serve soup in warm bowls. Drizzle lightly with lemon thyme oil, and sprinkle with thyme leaves.
Lemon-Thyme Oil
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
zest of half a lemon
12 sprigs fresh thyme
- Combine ingredients in a small saucepan. Heat to just hot to the touch (DO NOT BOIL), remove from heat and allow to steep for 1 hour. Strain and reserve oil. Allow to cool completely before serving.
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Our chosen combination of ingredients and the methods they apply to create what they believe is a good risotto.
This time Chef James Schiavone from Tartarun Restaurant in Marsaxlokk, chose the Carnaroli rice variety to prepare his mare e monti risotto, apparently a much applauded item on his specials menu. The marriage of ingredients from the earth with those from the sea give birth to this delicate and rich risotto.
Ingredients for 4 people:
- 320g Carnaroli rice
- 2 cloves garlic
- 4 shallots
- Approx. 800ml prawn stock
- 150g portobello mushrooms
- 8 slices speck
- 160g peeled prawns
- 120g Parmesan cheese, grated
- 60g buttter
- Truffle oil
- Red chard leaves, to decorate (optional)
Prawn stock
- 800g prawn shells
- 100g Carrots, finely chopped
- 100g Onions, finely chopped
- 80g Celery, finely chopped
- 80g Fennel, finely chopped
- 20g Garlic, crushed
- 40g Tomato paste
- 200ml White wine
- 2 ltr Water
- 500ml Tomato juice
- Bouquet garni
- Pepper corns
To prepare the prawn stock:
- Sweat the prawn shells in olive oil until golden. Remove shells and drain the fat.
- In the same pan sweat the celery, onion, fennel and carrots in some olive oil and butter. Add the garlic and sweat for about 5 mins, add the tomato paste. Cook for another 4 to 5 minutes, add the white wine and reduce by half.
- Add the shells, bouquet garni, water, and tomato juice, bring to boil and skim any fat from surface.
- Simmer for 45 minutes. When ready pass well through a fine sieve.
- Place the stock back on the stove on low heat, and skim the remaining impurities, taste and season with salt, sugar and fresh lemon juice. Keep boiling for the risotto.
Risotto Mare e Monti
To prepare the risotto:
- In a thick bottom pan, pour a few tablespoons of cooking oil. Add the rice, lightly toast. After a minute add 700 ml of boiling stock at once. Mix gently and simmer on low heat for approximately 13 minutes.
- In a separate pan pour some oil, when the pan is hot add the garlic and shallots, toss occasionally, add the Portobello mushrooms, until lightly brown. Add the prawns and sauté.
- When the rice is ready. Add the butter and Parmesan. Add ½ a ladle of stock to make it as runny as you like. Stir well. Place a lid on the pan and allow to sit for 2 minutes. This stage is very important when making a good risotto. Taste and season. The risotto should be creamy.
- Fold in the prawns and mushrooms mixture and plate.
- Garnish with the speck a drizzle of truffle oil and leaves of red chard.
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Each year four or five research topics are selected. To work on one of these topics a student is expected to read background material selected from the scientific literature. With this in mind we have collected papers and put them in our CSUMS library. For copyright reasons we have made two libraries. One is password protected and this contains the full text of each paper. The other is accessible by anyone and it contains all of the papers, but only the first page or two is available.
CSUMS Library
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But Germany's federal tourist association BTW forecasts growth of just 1 to 2 per cent this year due to the uncertain economic environment.
"I think designers are opening up their capital earlier now because they understand that it allows them to grow faster," Lanciaux said, adding that Doma was for her a "modern Armani".
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We expect IP growth to move into positive territory, but remain weak due to sluggish exports, below-normal monsoons, high inflation and continued government policy issues - Sonal Varma, Nomura Research
Sonal Varma, Chief Economist Nomura India says: Demand remains weak, though we do not believe it plummeting as
There's a perception that the government is no longer in denial as far as the economic reality of India is concerned
India as a country is under-consumed. That is changing
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I know there are many people out there who have friends, family, neighbours and workmates who are cancer sufferers or survivors, and this is a great way to support the Cancer Council ... Five dollars is do-able for anybody..SOURCE: Rockhampton Morning Bulletin 2013-05-18 01:13:00
Cancer is not a death sentence, but rather it is a life sentence; it pushes one to live..SOURCE: New Haven Register 2013-05-17 21:34:00..SOURCE: New Haven Register 2013-05-17 21:34:00
Survivor Beach is a meaningful illustration of the community's support in the battle·against cancer ... The generosity of our community members and corporate partners is essential to our efforts to·find new ways to defeat cancer. ·At UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, we are dedicated to·translating promising scientific discoveries into new, better options for our patients..SOURCE: Surfline 2013-05-17 19:12:00
Taking part in Race for Life is my way of fighting back against cancer. I’m so grateful for the research that has helped me and now I want to help others by supporting Cancer Research UK’s work..SOURCE: Northampton Chronicle & Echo 2013-05-17 14:53
We also take inspiration to do something to raise money for Cancer Research UK because of amazing people like my Auntie who has beaten breast cancer twice..SOURCE: Crewe & Nantwich Guardian 2013-05-17 08:54:00
Cancer is everywhere ... It hits home for almost everybody. It's so sad for family members and an awful thing to see somebody go through. I really hope we can one day find a cure..SOURCE: Couer d'Alene Press 2013-05-17 07:02:00
The Path to Wellness after Cancer Survivorship Program: Medical Issues After Treatment Ends.SOURCE: New Hyde Park Illustrated 2013-05-17 05:46:00
Cancer drug prices have almost doubled from a decade ago, from an average of $5,000 per month to more than $10,000 per month..SOURCE: World Magazine 2013-05-17 05:33:00
Women need to do their homework, talk to their physician and know their family history ... Cancer is an issue that's bigger than any of us..SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2013-05-17 05:27:00
Cancer affects all of us ... My friend is now a survivor. The treatments they have now are just incredible..SOURCE: Detroit News Online 2013-05-17 05:27:00
Cancer has personally affected the Greeley community and the larger surrounding community ... It’s a cause that everyone can get behind. Once you start telling your story and listening to the stories of those around you, it’s easy to see why so many people support our efforts to find a cure..SOURCE: The Examiner News 2013-05-17 05:24:00
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We have a volunteer network that staffs the Cancer Resource Centers where patients can ask questions, get information, be referred to other programs and services that we have available.SOURCE: KnoxNews 2013-05-16 21:55:00
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Cancer ad goes against Asian values.SOURCE: Straits Times 2013-05-16 17:18:00
Meaningless Sh*t I Wasted My Time on Before I Had Cancer..SOURCE: Elephant Journal 2013-05-16 15:17:00
Accelerated patient services and reduced site disruption are both key drivers for organizations selecting RAD ... Swedish Cancer Institute was already familiar with RAD's patented radiotherapy technology from the project at Ballard Hospital two years ago..SOURCE: PR Newswire 2013-05-16 13:57:00
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Dr. (John) Maris (Director of Research for Childhood Cancer at CHOP) is such a hero ... Over the past 10 years there have been great strides made in treatments for neuroblastoma and other childhood cancers. We worked with other doctors, but we met Dr. Maris and he was familiar with Adrianna’s case. He oversees all cases..SOURCE: South Jersey Local News 2013-05-16 12:40
Clinical Update of bi-shRNA furin/GMCSF DNA Transfected Autologous Tumor Vaccine (FANG) in Cancer Patients..SOURCE: Check Orphan 2013-05-16 11:00:00
Long Term Follow Up – Phase I Study of the 'triad' autologous (FANG) vaccine, incorporating bifunctional shRNAfurin and GMCSF Transgene Expression in Advanced Cancer Patients..SOURCE: Check Orphan 2013-05-16 11:00:00
A 10-fold return on our investment demonstrates the highly-effective strategy of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network's research grants program and a sound investment for our donors and corporate partners..SOURCE: Check Orphan 2013-05-16 08:42:00
Receiving the Laurie and Paul MacCaskill – Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – AACR Career Development Award in 2007 allowed me the time and resources to answer key questions about a novel strategy to detect pancreatic tumors.SOURCE: Check Orphan 2013-05-16 08:42:00
On a normal day the Irish Cancer Society's National Cancer Helpline (Freefone 1800 200 700) would get approximately 70 calls. Yesterday we got 151.SOURCE: Irish Independent 2013-05-16 04:19:00
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Bojan Đerčan,
Tamara Lukić,
Milka Bubalo-Živković,
Branislav Đurđev,
Rastislav Stojsavljević and
Milana Pantelić
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2012, vol. 16, issue 3, pages 1516-1527
Abstract:
Wood biomass in Serbia is traditionally used for energy. However, the manner of its use is outdated, and efficiency is very low. Annually over 3.5millionm3 of wood is cut down for energy needs in Serbia. In order to better exploit all forms of woody biomass, especially the one that is now treated as waste, and in order to fulfil the obligations from the outlined Convention on Climate Change it is necessary to switch to a modern way of production and utilization of woody biomass. Serbia is now at the very beginning of this process. This paper gives an overview and an analysis of the possibilities of utilization of wood waste as a renewable source of energy and the problems that producers in Serbia are facing due to undeveloped markets and excessive funds that are needed to start the production of briquettes and pellets. The ecological and economical advantages of using woody biomass, as well the possible support measures for the use of woody biomass in Serbia are also the topic of this paper. The present situation in this area, the manner of waste management in sawmills and the reasons for the necessity of future development of this industrial production are also briefly described.
Keywords: Renewable energy; Woody biomass; Wood residues; Briquettes; Bio-fuels; Serbia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012 edited by L. Kazmerski
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About Me
Started at a west London web design agency in 97 after graduating, worked on accounts like Tefal, Bonus Print. Also developed an IT sales channel for the company to diversify & increase profitable revenue which resulted in winning large accounts like Anderson Consulting (now Accenture).
Nothing excited me as much as SEO though which I started to focus on in 98 & launched UK's first 'pure-play' online store selling technology products direct to consumers/end users as a test ground for investigating and researching the wonderful world of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
Achieved #1 SERPS on Google for all highly competitive KeyWords targeted such as 'ipod accessories' & held them for aprox 5 years & enjoyed the resulting business, now expanded on to Amazon etc and re-developing next generation site to fully exploit multi channel opportunities and greater automation (& regain lost SERPS due to out of date e-commerce system)
SEO Manager for a London based digital marketing agency
My Links
Digital Nomad Blog
Digital Nomad experiment over summer 2008 seeing if it was possible to run a business from a tent living on a beach. It was :) but now back in blighty so no new posts until i travel again.
Shop 21
Shop21 is my online store I set up to practice SEO, succesfully, resulting in a fully functioning online business selling iPod accessories & other digital audio & video related technology products. Re-developing since so out of date.
Career History
SEO Manager at MangoStorm
From February 2, 2010 and still in this role.
Proprietor at Shop21
From July 1, 1999 and still in this role.
Education and Qualifications
BA Hons - Kings College London Uni. - Philosophy (1996)
B/TEC National Diploma - The Henley College - Business & Distribution
B/TEC First Diploma - The Henley COllege - Business & Finance
Forum posts by Dan Lawrence
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Twitter founder Biz Stone is on record as stating that looking for a business model might be a "distraction" for his company, but in an economic environment where the future is uncertain and suddenly-cautious investors have rediscovered the importance of revenue, this attitude could eventually prove to be very problematic for obvious reasons.
Last week, Bernard Lund of ReadWriteWeb called on his readers to "Help Twitter Find a Revenue Model." After all, he noted:
"Twitter won't survive if it doesn't find a great revenue model."
I read Lund's post with interest and followed the responses with interest. I've decided to address the issue here because I think Twitter actually makes for an interesting case study that can benefit many internet entrepreneurs.
Let's go through some of the more common suggestions for Twitter's business model and then let's take a look at what we can learn from the way Twitter has approached developing one.
Advertising
Is there money in advertising for Twitter? Sure. The question is - how much? In my estimation, it's probably not enough to sustain the type of business that Twitter is and the type of business its investors hope it will become.
As we have seen with Facebook and MySpace, one of the great challenges in monetizing "social media" properties is that the users are far too busy "socializing" to pay attention to advertising.
I don't think Twitter is different from Facebook and MySpace in this respect, and given Twitter's tech-savvy audience, I suspect that the problem of advertising blindness will be an even bigger factor with Twitter.
Some tout more "innovative" advertising models that emphasize "user engagement" as a solution to Twitter's monetization troubles but I'm skeptical.
After all, nobody has truly convinced brands that they've discovered a way to turn "user engagement" into ROI. Further, brands that want to leverage Twitter as an engagement tool can do so by simply setting up a free account.
While it's conceivable that Twitter could offer special features with a "brand account" (much like Facebook and MySpace charge brands for "pages"), whether or not this can be turned into a significant business is questionable in my opinion.
Given inevitable cuts to advertising budgets in any economy like this, I think that an advertising business model, no matter how "innovative," is not going to be a panacea for Twitter. It could be a part of a business model but it isn't a complete business model in and of itself.
Data mining and brand monitoring
A lot of people believe that Twitter is in a perfect position to collect data and mine it for the benefit of brands. Is it?
The market for brand monitoring services is growing but but data mining is a complicated business and turning large amounts of raw data into large amounts of valuable, actionable analysis is a huge challenge.
While there's no doubt that Twitter collects a lot of "data," I question whether Twitter has enough of true value to be of real use to brands.
Quite honestly, I doubt that Twitter's data is going to be of a sample size that is meaningful to major brands. Most people who argue for data mining services on consumer internet properties really don't understand the scale at which major brands operate and what is truly of value to them.
Knowing that 500 people on Twitter are criticizing you or that 5000 tweets have mentioned your newest product is probably of very little use to most major brands.
As such, I think it's unlikely that Twitter is going to develop an attractive business as a data miner and overestimating the potential for data mining would be a genuine "distraction" for Twitter.
Licensing/platform
Some have suggested that there's a demand within organizations for Twitter-like tools and that Twitter should license its platform. Others have suggested that Twitter's platform could become the backbone for a microblogging infrastructure that Twitter could charge for access to.
The challenge with the various licensing/platform revenue models that have been floated is that the Twitter platform itself is hardly defensible. A Twitter clone won TechCrunch50 and there is a decent open-source alternative in Laconica.
And while Twitter seems to have improved on its reliability, given all the problems experienced, I'd argue that the most serious individuals and companies would think twice before trusting Twitter at this stage of the game. Even one of Twitter's investors recently asked, "Will recent reliability success continue? Can Twitter's architecture scale now?"
At the end of the day, I believe a licensing/platform business model is incompatible with Twitter's direction at the current time and that trying to make this work would be risky.
Paid services
As much as I found no value in my little experiment with Twitter, the bottom line is that many of Twitter's users find it hard to live without. And some have stated that they'd be willing to pay to help the company thrive.
I'm a big fan of online premium service businesses because there's usually no business model more elegant (and simple) than selling a product or service that people want. In fact, as I have pointed out, these types of businesses (in theory) usually have a much better correlation between costs and revenues.
Given the anecdotal evidence that many of Twitter's most passionate users are willing to pay for the service, I see no reason for Twitter to shun such a revenue model.
Of course, given that Twitter already offers its service free of charge, it's not going to be able to successfully implement a model that is 100% paid. It will need to adopt a freemium model in which some of its features remain free and more advanced features (existing or new) are available to only those who pay.
Getting the mix right so that paying users can subsidize the non-paying ones while still making a profit can often be tricky but it's not impossible, especially when ancillary revenue streams like advertising contribute to the bottom line in some fashion.
The big problem for Twitter is that its refusal to charge for anything has already provided opportunity for other businesses that have been built around the Twitter "ecosystem." Twitterific, a MAC Twitter client, for instance is sold for $14.95. And when Twitter cut off SMS support in some countries outside of the United States, nimble entrepreneurs came in to fill the void.
That said, I do believe that paid services represent the best opportunity for Twitter to turn its user growth into revenue growth. Whether or not it can generate enough revenue from paid services to live up to the expectations investors who have invested in it at exorbitant valuations is unknown.
What can we learn?
So what does Twitter's business model dilemma teach us? Two things in particular:
- Finding a scalable business model isn't always easy. Oftentimes, business models that are in vogue aren't as viable as many would like to believe.
- It's important to look at a business model as soon as possible. The longer you go without one, the greater the risk that your options will "decay" in some form or another.
In all of this, it's worth considering that Twitter is a unique case. Most entrepreneurs start businesses to make money (not to build something "cool") and most entrepreneurs don't have the luxury of getting tens of millions from investors who are content to wait on a business model.
Twitter's investors have been content to wait and in the process, Twitter has already forfeited a number of potentially important revenue streams. While it may not be impossible for Twitter to recapture them in some fashion (and to create new ones), it has made its job more difficult and that's never a good thing for a startup business that is reliant on investors to keep the lights (and servers) on.
The reality is that we have seen no shortage of consumer internet startups (many without outside funding) over the past several years that either overestimated the ease with which a business model could be developed and executed or that put off the development of a business model for a rainy day.
Now that the rainy day is here, it's going to be very interesting to watch well-capitalized startups like Twitter try to make the transition from cool to cashflow positive.
In the United States, the phrase "Drill, baby, drill" recently became popularized by one of the presidential campaigns. Hopefully here in internet land we'll hear more chants of "Charge, baby, charge." Maybe Twitter can lead the way.
Reader comments (8)
E-Business Consultant at Dan Barker
2:31PM on 20th October 2008
something simple they could do to make a bit of money is include ads in their 'single tweet' pages. every tweet is given its own page right now. here's an example:
regular users never ever look at these pages, but there are millions of them ranking in search for weird & wonderful terms.
it feels a bit spammy (like the agoga.com anysearchterm.cm thing), but sticking ads into those pages (adsense, contextual display ads, etc) would show them to the searching masses, while avoiding annoying regular twitterers.
6:18PM on 20th October 2008
The issue of revenue generation is likely to remain a problem for social platforms for a while to come. In my opinion, the most viable solution for micro blogging sites such as Twitter stems from the possibilities afforded by the add on services that result. Either Twitter could license their data to the third party developers that use the information to provide a service, or Twitter could create its own applications offered under a premium account.
7:59AM on 21st October 2008
I am a big Twitter users but I struggle to see what could be paid for. Advertising is declining in popularity as a valid model to pay for social media, due to poor results elsewhere and marketing cutbacks. There could be money in data mining, but this is really just Social Media Monitoring and anyone paying for this would want to be able to do it across all social media, not just Twitter.
I have long thought subscription is the best route forward for social media/networking companies: if they are offering something valuable then people will pay. The problem there for Twitter is that in spite of it being free it has only got 3 million of so users, few of which are hardcore. Adding a fee isn't going to make it ubiquitous.
I actually like Twitter and a lot of the principle of micro-blogging, like we also now see on LinkedIn and Facebook with their status updates, we incorporated into WeCanDo.BIZ. But on our site, we use it to connect people with business needs to other members who can supply a solution. It's a sales leads system and 30% of our users exploit it, even though many won't know of Twitter. Further, they've indicated they'd pay for it too.
Twitter is a neat concept -- it just needs to find its home.
Ian Hendry
CEO, WeCanDo.BIZ
8:12PM on 26th October 2008
Some really interesting points there, i really hope they do make money as its the only way it will survive
unless google buys it :)
8:03AM on 28th October 2008
Really interesting points to note down...
However I think, as author has pointed out- an "user engagement" model like squidoo.com will benifit Twitter to grow more over time, whilst engaging some contextual ads.
4:15AM on 10th September 2009
Some really interesting points there, i really hope they do make money as its the only way it will survive
unless google buys it :)
7:41AM on 27th February 2010
Twitter must come up with ways how to make money enough not only to survive but to keep its site for a long long time. A lot of businesses are generating revenues using Twitter, so it is just fair for Twitter to have a cut. I admit, there are tons of micro-businesses benefiting from Twitter, but if you add them all up, it will be huge money for twitter.
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7:48AM on 27th February 2010
Interesting points. I wouldn't be surprised if Twitter will come up with more ways they can generate income to secure their business. If they do so, I would like those big companies benefiting from using the twitter to have the bigger share of Twitter's income.
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I have not been posting much lately, mainly because I’ve been going through a lot of life changes and major events in a very short span of time. I defended my thesis, started a new job, and I’m in the …
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A to get this done. Its also made me realise the value editors can bring to the publication process.
I’ll eventually get the pre-print into a repository and you can view the original report upon which it was based on the Arcadia website.
Software Selection Methodology for Libraries
I’ve contributed to a software selection methodology of libraries, put together by the forward thinking folk at Cottage Labs for Lyrasis for their Open Source Software in libraries site. Its pretty general but contains a few nuggets learned from several implementation and selection projects.
Talks
I’ll be speaking speaking at DCMI seminar on Linked Data held at the British Library next week. Looks to be a great event. It will be a report back on the COMET project, hopefully timely given OCLC’s recent vote on ODC-By Licensing for WorldCat data. There have been some reservations regarding this, especially around attribution stacking. This was the the main problem we faced in Comet but attribution can work if handed correctly (i.e. better than we’ve done so far with Marc21). Its’ a niche used license compared to CC0 or PDDL but is a really welcome move forward from OCLC. Apparently their WorldCat API sees 15 million hits a month! Thats usage that many open data suppliers could only dream of.
Code
Speaking of Comet, the code base for the whole project is now on the glorious Github, which I am slowly waking up to. I’ve also added source for a barebones interface to consumer the SALT library recommender API. I’ll make a conscious effort to get over coder shyness and get more work up on there where feasible.
Ed &nsah; I missed that you’ve had your first formal article published. Congrats!
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When I first graduated college, I took a job as a staff newspaper photographer. The hours were variable and 12 hour days were not unusual. During this time period, it was often too dark for me to enjoy my patio garden by the time I got home. Until I discovered the concept of a night garden.
Although it sounds like a night garden should involve weeding with a miner’s headlamp on my head, a night garden is actually a garden design that incorporates plants that are night blooming or highly visible at dusk or by a porch light.
The Victorians called this type of garden a moon garden. The moon garden was a favorite of Victorian ladies who wanted to enjoy the outdoors without spoiling their complexions.
Good plants for night gardens include variegated plants with white stripes, white flowers such as roses or silver foliage such as lamb’s ear, plants with strong perfumes such as honeysuckle and jasmine, and night blooming plants such as moon flower or late evening blooming plants such as four o’clocks.
Here are some plants that are suitable for a night garden:
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata) – A member of the Nightshade family with long, tubular blossoms. Modern hybrids do not have strong jasmine fragerance like the heirloom version.
Evening Primrose – These night-blooming flowers have four heart shaped leaves that form a tiny cup. Long, frilly stames poke out of each blossom. These flowers bloom white and fade to pink. Evening primrose have a scent reminiscent of honeysuckle.
August Lily – a hosta variety with a honey scent. August lily have leaves that are deeply veined and reach six inches long and four inches wide. The plants produce white flowers on tall stalks.
Carolina Jasmine – this plant has evergreen leaves and yellow, bell- shaped flowers. Although the plant blossoms during the day, it produces stronger perfume at night.
Moon Frolic Daylilly – despite being a day lilly, moon frolic produces creamy white blossoms that bloom at night. According to Clemson State University, there are 49 other varieties of night blooming daylilly including Toltec Sundial, Witches Dance and Jewel of Hearts.
There are many other great night blooming plants that you can use exclusively Or in combination with day blooming plants. Check with your local garden center for varieties that they may carry.
There is such a thing as planting by the moon also. I didn’t know about the Victorian ladies, interesting. I had Evening Primrose for several years in the garden, but they have disappeared this year.
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She Say: Monogamy
The other said, “Love is cursed by monogamy.” –Kanye West
My homegirl’s second boyfriend has a wife and his wife has a girlfriend and everyone is cool with that.
If that just confused you, it should. They’re practicing polyamory: practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and consent of everyone involved (Wikipedia). Although polyamory is no new phenomenon, it is something that’s becoming quite prevalent amongst African-American couples. But wait; let’s not confuse polyamory with polygamy (multiple marriage), poly sexuality (attraction to multiple genders and/or sexes), and open relationships (get-it-popping-with-whom-you-like-and-then-come-home-to-me).
The list goes on.
In the land of poly-everything and sexual freedom, I know one thing is absolutely certain. I ain’t with it.
Issue number one, I’m selfish. I pushed kids off swings as a child, for my ascending breeze and glory. Number two; I don’t trust too many people. I’m not giving my body to anyone who’s involved with other folks that I’m not fully educated on. STD’s are real. Three, I’m a Christian. I am absolutely sure Eve only had one husband.
However, I’m not here to lecture with religion. I’m here to defend my belief in monogamy.
I heard somewhere that love is finding the counterpart of your soul in another human being. I believe this. The man that I’m head over heels in love with is my counterpart. His idiosyncrasies supplement my own, creating an everlasting equilibrium.
When I’m loud and abrasive, his subtle demeanor calms my own; bring my roar to a lull. When I’m annoyed and ready to go, his patience always finds resolution.
When my mood sours and dances with melancholy, his awkward humor invigorates my spirit.
It is difficult to single out idiosyncrasies. The little peculiar flaws we try to hide, sit and wait under our tongues and fingernails; waiting for a way out. Time and longevity are an idiosyncrasy’s weakness.
I’m not talking about characteristics. The general things don’t really matter when it comes to relationships. His perfect smile or silent tone will not thrust you to the boundary of staying or going.
It’s the little things that will keep you in limbo. It’s the way his fingers tap against tables when he’s nervous. It will be the way his lips seem to curve upward, as if he’s smiling when you’re kissing. It’s the sound he makes, right before dawn breaks, and he realizes that he’s still by your side.
Only monogamy can whisper you these things.
It will whisper loneliness when his space in the bed is bereft of his dent. It will tell you precisely what he’s doing, even when your eyes are turned. It will allow for even the most nails-scratching-chalkboard of flaws to camouflage into your everyday environment.
It will tell you precisely what you’re getting into.
For the women/men who are willing to share, I commend you. It is a brave and dangerous task to split yourselves in places you spout emotion and toil.
To answer a question I’ve heard one too many horrendous times, “Who practices monogamy anymore?”
I do.
I am one who believes in the power of reaffirming. I believe in the power of unrequited love: A solace that swoons over you and burns bright every time you’re in your significant other’s presence. You will beam, knowing your solidity is founded within the bond between JUST you two.
You’ll take pride in knowing that you are no one’s halve, but that you are whole.
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Iowa Department of Education Director Jason Glass and other department leaders submitted an application for a waiver from the rigid accountability measures of the federal No Child Left Behind law. The proposal reflects a bold accountability system that makes sense for Iowa and emphasizes student growth and progress in addition to proficiency on tests, Glass said.
Iowa's Waiver Request
Iowa's Waiver Request Attachments
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NCLB Waiver Request Legislative Briefing
While No Child Left Behind has advanced some important reforms, such as shifting attention to the nation's neediest students, the law also holds schools to unrealistic measures and then labels those that fall short as failing.
"Today marks an opportunity for Iowa's schools – an opportunity for this era of blame and shame to come to an end," Glass said. "This new accountability system will be central to our work to transform Iowa's good schools into world-class schools."
President Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last August invited states to apply for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law in exchange for rigorous and comprehensive state-developed accountability plans. States must meet three principles in their waiver applications: Adopt college- and career-ready standards for all students; redesign the accountability system to fairly identify successes and target supports to schools that are struggling; and improve evaluation and support systems for teachers and administrators.
Elements of education legislation introduced by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds in January set the stage for a successful waiver request. The legislation builds on the work of establishing state standards through the Iowa Core; redesigns Iowa's system of assessments so they tightly align with the Iowa Core and emphasize applying knowledge to complex problems; includes a college-entrance exam for all 11th graders and a career-readiness assessment for students who opt for one; uses a sophisticated student growth measure that takes into account student backgrounds and demographics; and improves teacher and principal evaluations to deliver timely and individualized feedback.
Over the past two months, Department leaders have worked to share information and gather input statewide from education stakeholder groups, educators, state policymakers and community leaders, and parents and students. Communication efforts will continue as Iowa moves forward with its waiver proposal.
The Department is joined by the School Administrators of Iowa, the Iowa Association of School Boards and the Urban Education Network of Iowa in the commitment to bring state education policies in line with the waiver proposal – a critical component needed to make Iowa's application successful.
Glass said he will withdraw the waiver application if there is little or no movement in this area at the State Capitol this session.
"Neither the status-quo policy framework, nor an overly watered-down version of education reform, will meet what has been written into Iowa's waiver," Glass said.
Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia have indicated they will apply for waivers by the second-round deadline, which is today.
Eleven states that applied in the first round in November were approved.
Glass said he expects to receive feedback from the U.S. Department of Education and to make any necessary revisions in the spring.
An overview of federal guidance and information about the waiver process can be found at.
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Glass said. “This work is about making a difference for Iowa’s students and educators by transforming the teaching profession. We must develop a structure that keeps teachers connected to their craft, creates pathways so that the most effective educators can work with their fellow teachers, and stems the tide of teachers leaving the profession. Right now, there aren’t a lot of ways to move up, so many talented teachers go into administration or leave education completely.”
Glass said recommendations to raise starting salaries, create a residency year for new teachers and provide opportunities for advancement will make the teaching profession more attractive to the best and brightest young people.
The task force’s recommendations are as follows:
- Create and fund multiple, meaningful and well-designed career pathway opportunities open to all teachers in Iowa.
- Establish a pathway that utilizes the wisdom and expertise of educators who are not currently practicing, including retired teachers.
- Review existing allocations and use these funds strategically to enhance teacher compensation and create leadership opportunities.
- Appropriate new money for the explicit purposes of raising base pay to a competitive level and creating additional leadership opportunities for teachers.
- Establish a Commission on Educator Leadership and Compensation to ensure consistent and successful implementation.
- Collaborate with districts implementing a mechanism for piloting peer assistance and coaching programs.
- Incentivize teachers to teach in locally and state-defined hard-to-staff subjects and high-need schools.
- Build upon existing policy and statute, and provide adequate, sustained funding and implementation support for teacher leadership.
- Set the boundaries of the system, but allow districts to customize.
- Provide time for local planning and implementation inclusive of teachers in the decision-making process.
- Require districts to implement professional development structures aligned with the Iowa Professional Development Model that support each career pathway, and utilize teacher leaders to ensure continuous collaboration on student growth.
- Coordinate the development of teacher leadership pathways with teacher preparation programs.
- Create a residency year for entry into the teaching profession to build a more seamless transition from teacher preparation to practice/employment.
Glass established the Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation in February to help the state move forward strategically in the areas of teacher leadership roles and compensation issues. It is a component of the education reform recommendations introduced by Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds last January, as well as one of six state task forces created as part of Senate File 2284, the education package adopted by the Iowa Legislature this spring.
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Exhibits should be mailed to Su McCurdy at the address below. Exhibits are public records, so confidentiality requirements should be observed. Exhibits include 12 copies, 3-hole punched, and without staples, of the following information:
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Re; the statement (in Cover boy-1 comments)describing Egyptian’s street reactions following Nasser’s speeches and during his funeral as being whole hearted and less due to government nudging speaks badly about Egyptian preparedness to espouse democratic principles of governing. That statement implies if hypothetically, there was a clean election (not like the ones with 99.9%) he would still have won. I can only imagine this may to be true during the period of Suez Canal nationalization, post 1956 war, and up to 1962 when most positive glorious news (real or fictions) surrounded him, that I have no quarrel with. From 1962 onward there were a lot of questions about the wisdom of unity with Syria and the Yemen war, followed shortly by the disaster of 1967 and his famous reaction of “I didn’t know”. If honestly, Egyptian still worshipped him after that fiasco, added to the fact that after 9 years nationalization of business in Egypt didn’t deliver any of the claimed social promises (meaning that their day to day lives essentials re; food, transportation, and accommodations were rapidly going downward), this means that they cannot distinguish truth from fictions. Responding to glorious words and political promises is one thing, assessing and accommodating factual, unimaginable military venture and defeat, and military corruption, is another. I don’t know how we expect them to criticize Mubarak(s) (Hosni or Gamal), and even have hope for something close to democracy.
honestly after watching the King Farouk series, I have no respect at all for all the revolutionary officers coz they are bunch of thieves and traitors to the King and Egypt. They accused the King of corruption, thief, womanizer but King Farouk was not a man as mentioned above in fact he was a decent man who loves Egypt more that any of these revolution officers. He left the country without taking anything which belongs to him. The revolution officers are the one who are bunch of thieves and robbed egypt and egyptians people of their money. Egypt would have been better if there is no revolution! Allah swt have punished a few of them and soon others too!
If Gamal Abdel Nasser was a good President and one of the revolution officer and being the first to rule after the King left (not mentioning President Naguib coz he was President for a short time before Nasser put him under house arrest!) where is all the treasures belong to the Late King Farouk and his families until now and why it is never being openly shown to public?
Why is that we have a lot of revolution officers having stolen treasures belong to the late King Farouk and now the treasure are kept by bank in England thru auction? What did Nasser bring to Egypt except shameful war loses and collapse of Egypt economy! Sadat didnt manage to rule long either coz he was killed but he was a good President and he took Sinai back from the Israel and the world respect Egypt. The current President didnt do anything for Egypt either. No development for the last 26 years. Israel managed to build a country with the money from US within a short period only! With all the money aide came from US and money came thru the Suez Canal, Egypt should have been a rich country already so long!!!
@Anonymous , you did not see my Arabic it is even worse
@Frank , welcome to my blog , Nasser was popular as international threat , wait till you see the Sadat era
@Ohio , look dear I do not deny that the Socialist Union used to organize protests from the school kids and factories workers but you can't deny that the man had one hell of a charming personality , do not speak about the Egyptian people what about the Arabic people , first of all People in Egypt began to wake up in 1967 but not earlier because the country was under huge control of censorship ,about the achievements of the revolution let's be realistic , first of all we have had till 3 president "Naguib time unfortunately can't be counted" each one of them is different from the other and each of them did not apply any or all of the revolution 6 golden promises , still each of them had a chance to make a change , you know I am sick of the Shama3 of the revolution , Mubarak had 25 years and he is certainty was the first to be from the generation beyond the revolution , he could have made huge changes more than Nasser more than Sadat I do not defend the revolution here by the way.
@Anonoymous , so President Sadat was a traitor and President Nasser was a traitor and President Naguib who was better than all of them and than Farouk himself was a traitor!!?? treason charges are too big to be thrown when you just made your judgement after watching TV series written by Human beings
Look my point history is not read like simply by watching a A TV series , I did not reach to my conclusion that the 23rd July coup was not as successful as it was said to be from reading books and articles from different sources ,countries and years
about Mubarak and 25 years , well please read my above comment
history is not black or white
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So me and my ex-girlfriend have been separated for a few months now and I just can't seem to move. Its safe to say I got way to attach to her. I miss her so much. I thought time would make a difference but I feel the same way just as if she had left yesterday. We went through a lot and I just can't figure why it was so easy for her to just walk away. I remember when we first met she was so into me and in the end she broke up with me via her cellphone. i felt so betrayed and abandon. Its funny b/c when I wasn't that into her she was in love with me but it seems when i started getting real feelings for her she kind of got scare. I told her i loved her and she told me I needed to be with someone who wanted to be with me as much as I wanted to be with them...She was the first and only person I ever loved so naturally when she decided to break with me I acted a bit stupid...i said a lot of bad things about her and her mom( i know it was wrong to do so but in the state that i was in i had no control over my emotions and just let everything out and that gave her a real reason to never talk to me). I have tried contacting her serve times to apologize but she won't have anything to do me...i asked her serve times if we could just be friends but i have yet to get any kind of feedback from her at all...The more i try contacting her and the fact that she doesn't make an effort to have communication with me just makes me feel like "crap" ..I try not to think about her but the more i do that the more i end up thinking about her...her face is burnt into memories...that said i have found it to be hard to concentrate on my school work...i lost a lot of weight and gained a few bad habits...I find that smoking makes me not think about her as much but thats only a temp fix b/c i can't smoke all the time lol...i feel very depressed .. i tried talking to my friends and they all say i should try to meet someone else but I'm still a bit shaken up and I'm really have confidence issues about myself...i need to move on but don't know how...I even tried praying to god but i haven't seen any results from that(my moms advice)...i have this empty feeling inside of me that i can't get rid of and it makes it really hard for me to do my daily activities...but u guys know what makes me really depress is the fact that i know that she doesn't miss me at all and all she has been doing is partying..we almost had a baby together but decided to get an abortion b/c we were to young but that was a mistake that i will regret for the rest of my life..i miss my baby so much.. i would do anything just to hear her voice again but i can't afford to make myself vulnerable again just to be ignored like a complete and total stranger..i don't think i could handle that again so i erased her number from my phone, deleted her pictures and videos too...but I'm still holding onto some of the voicemails she left me..sad isn't it? I sick of feeling worthless just bc a girl doesn't want to be with me anymore but its not that easy....i had no idea falling in love with her would be the biggest mistakes of my life... i need help guys
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Dude,thats the bad thing about falling in love.Its easy to fall in love but getting over it can be very difficult if you still have feelings for her. Love is great, it motivates you, it makes you wanna do everything all at once! but one day its over. Logically yes because we die. We all die alone. But in terms of relationships, therere lots of them that last a lifetime but others are doomed. You my friend,I know its hard, I know how you feel (its relative ok ) but youre going through a phase in which you have to suffer. I know its been a long time and you seem not getting over her but thats normal if you persist having the feelings around. You dont have to hate her, some think its easier but you have to organize your life, its pushing you down and you dont deserve that, youre a good guy and you need to like yourself a little more. She doesnt like you but you need to like yourself to more to move on. And if you like yourself stop what youre doing. I know , "its easy for to say that because youre not in my position!" but you know that there arent many ways to solve this. Even if you dont wanna hear this now, you will meet other woman in your life and this experience you had with your ex made good to you because now you more about how relationships work. What went wrong with your ex now you can prevent with in a future relationships. Its sucks suffering, its depressing but its also a lesson. you learn a lot ! I know you thought a lot about what went wrong and all that, and oh if i did things this way etc etc.. My friend organize yourself, your priorities. dont say no to love but dont go running after it. Life has a lot to offer, not just love and sex. ( although its fu***** great) everything in its time. I feel alone, i hate it. but im gonna do what i just recommended you. And youll do the same. ok? Friends are important, you surely have friends. go out with them, never talk about her. its boring, and when you meet a girl, talk to her with respect. Dont make a movie about it. Thers still a lot to learn. Love is understanding. Sorry for my english, im portuguese. Bye
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thanks for the advice my friend..
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I promise you bro, its simple. Once you do move on, no problem, youll be over it. I have had three very serious relationships in my life, and im only 23 years old. Yeha its shitty for a while, you miss them you want them back...but you really dont, your just over being lonely. Trust me, once you move on youll be fine. Live your life, get out there, have some fun
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Taliban destroy poppy fields in raids on Afghan opium growers
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Funds flow to insurgents and corrupt members of the government. The crop can also be a key source of income for poor farmers, who insurgents sometimes rely on for food, shelter, recruits or other support.
RTFA for lots of anecdotal description. It ain’t a big deal [yet] in terms of quantity. Politically, it’s startling our military “experts”.
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Six school buses crash into each other in Georgia
Six school buses taking some 200 middle school students to Six Flags crashed…in Newton County, Ga., leaving more than 50 people injured…
There were a total of around 200 students from Burke County Middle School in Waynesboro, Ga., on the six buses……Morgan County sent several buses to the scene to help transport uninjured children…No report of any of them running into each other.
The Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team is investigating the accident, according to Wright.
And that should take a chunk of their annual budget.
The humor helps. It doesn’t make life any easier for the kids who were hurt – or the bus driver airlifted to hospital. But, the active ingredient in this crash, like all chain collisions, is carelessness – following too close.
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NAACP endorses same-sex marriage
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Pew Research Center polls have found that African Americans have become more supportive of same-sex marriage in recent years, but remain less supportive than other groups…
My thought? Overdue.
The NAACP is about as old-line a political organization there could be in the Black community. The organization’s history has varied with the times. That does not diminish its importance or the role played by individuals, chapters and the whole body.
This is an important step in furthering the civil rights of all Americans. Something the NAACP knows a lot more about than the average follower of the Kool Aid Party and today’s Republicans.
Diabetic and his service dog kicked out of Popeyes’ restaurant
Taylor Gipson’s service dog – Bear
For nearly two years, a four-legged friend has followed 20-year-old Taylor Gipson of north Fulton County everywhere he goes. Whether he’s in classes at Kennesaw State University or at a restaurant with his family, Gipson’s British lab, Bear, is also there…
Because of his Type 1 diabetes, Gipson’s blood sugar levels can rise or drop quickly, and as a teenager, he had seizures during the night. His service dog is trained to alert him when his blood sugar is dropping or rising, Gipson says. And Bear sometimes is an even better indicator than his owner’s blood sugar meter…
Because Bear is a trained service dog, he is allowed to accompany Gipson just about everywhere he goes, according to the Americans with Disabilities Act. Gipson didn’t think twice about taking Bear into a Popeyes restaurant on Windy Hill Road last Saturday.
“I was having a low blood sugar, so I ordered my food and was drinking sweet tea,” Gipson said.
That’s when the restaurant manager told him he’d had to leave and called police. “You can’t have a dog in the store,” Gipson said the manager told him. He tried to explain that Bear is a service dog, but it didn’t help, he said.
A Cobb County police officer also arrived at the restaurant and told Gipson the restaurant was private property, so Bear would have to leave, Gipson said. Gipson said he tried to show the officer identification for Bear.
“He wouldn’t even look at it,” Gipson said. “He said he knew the law.”
You can RTFA if you enjoy reading crap shucking and jiving from restaurant managers or police departments populated with coppers who don’t know a damned thing about law and order.
I don’t encourage lawsuits as a rule; but, I hope Taylor Gipson riles up Popeyes’ corporate suits enough that they bend the ear of managers about service dogs.
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For centuries, mankind has been looking to reverse the aging process and increase fertility. However, till today, the elixir of youth has been out of reach and the search is ongoing. We still do not know why the aging process takes place. Scientists have not been able to find answers to this conundrum.
However, what we know is that many things within the body work together to age the body. Aging has a lot to do with our genes. This may explain why people from some cultures tend to age better than people from other cultures.
Aging begins at a cellular level. The cells undergo oxidation and this causes aging to occur. Scientists are of the opinion that the free radicals that form within the cells are responsible for causing the aging process. As a cell grows old, it can no longer divide. This leads to the aging process as the cell dies.
If one can reverse the aging process, then a person will be fertile for a longer period of time. This is especially true for women. Unfortunately, menopause is a fact of like that women have to accept. However, the aging process can be reverse using certain surgical procedures or injections. However, the long term effects of some injections like growth hormone are not yet known. So, there is always a risk involved.
There are also natural remedies that can assist in slowing down the process of aging. Many of these remedies are based on the person's lifestyle and habits. So, things like consuming alcohol, smoking or taking illegal drugs should be avoided. In addition, cutting down the consumption of processed foods, tea and coffee is also advisable. Some herbal remedies that are available help to increase vigor and also vitality. These remedies have been used from ancient times and have been effective in slowing down the aging process.
While there is still no way of reversing the aging process, one can definitely slow it down using the different available measures.
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Chasing Alliecat
In this action-packed thriller written for a young adult audience, author Rebecca Fjelland Davis brings multiple themes to the forefront, places them on the table and gets dirty—dirty as in riding mountain bikes in the woods of a small town and scarily getting involved with some unsavory characters in the wilds of northern Minnesota. With a plot interwoven with themes of death, friendship, family, and abuse, this novel provokes your senses and makes it all worthwhile. At the end of the novel, you hope for a sequel, because you want to know what is going to happen next for the well-drawn characters.
Sixteen-year old protagonist Sadie Lester arrives to stay with her aunt and uncle's home in the woods for the summer and expects the worst. Hoping to escape from her eternally fretting aunt and her wacky uncle, Sadie takes her bike out for a spin and meets Allison Baker (known as Alliecat). Alliecat appears a bit rough around the edges, but she eagerly invites Sadie to ride with her and to enter a mountain bike competition upcoming in the area. She also keeps her life mysteriously guarded; this curious character keeps the the story flowing. Soon after becoming friends the two girls, along with Sadie's cousin Joe, come upon a nearly dead body in the woods. Uncharacteristically, Alliecat disappears, leaving both Sadie and Joe to face new worries.
Along with her complex handling of the plot, Davis also lends her experience as a serious bicyclist to the novel. References to contemporary cyclists and technical bicycle machinery dot the surface of the novel as the story unfolds. The camaraderie of the bicycling community offers a support system for the main characters as they experience fear in dealing with difficult situations.
This story keeps the reader guessing. The mystery unfolds as the characters mindfully try to figure out what is going on and how to protect themselves. Multiple themes, many of them somewhat mature (including death, relationships, and abuse), become a little overwhelming, but the author delivers enough information to tie up loose ends as well as to insert her ideas of the young peoples' thoughts and needs to make the story complete.
Winner of the honorable mention in the Loft Award for Children's Literature/Older Children, Chasing Alliecat is quite an accomplishment. Davis opens up an amazing door of adventure.
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Thanks Alison for this great post on the 2013 color of the year. I love emerald and will definitely be wearing it this year! Xx EB
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2013 is off to a smashing start for all of you. I’m Alison from NYC Recessionista and I am back for my fourth guest post. I’ve already shown you how to mix bargain basement & designer, how to season-swap, and how to rock retro.
Now I want to focus on colors. Well, one special color in particular. If you haven’t heard by now, Pantone recently proclaimed that the Color of the Year for 2013 is Emerald.
It’s a gorgeous color – and green is probably my favorite hue in the entire rainbow. But how many green pieces can you really go out and buy before you start looking like the Jolly Green Giant? Should you invest in green jewelry or green blouses? How can you incorporate emerald into your wardrobe on a budget? I’m here to help!
I think that one of the easiest ways to try out a new color or trend is through your jewelry and accessories – they’re lots of fun to play around with, it’s less of an investment, and if the color should happen to go out of style, you won’t have to replace everything in your closet.
Here are some of my favorite picks for affordable Emerald jewelry –
1) BaubleBar Green Akasha Strand Necklace
2) Max & Chloe Green Agate Cigar Ring
3) Macy’s Bar III Gold Tone Emerald Crystal Oval Stud Earrings
4) Ruche Waldorf Bow Bangle Set
5) Anthropologie Polished Planes Earrings
And I dare you not to be green with envy over these Emerald accessories –
1) Target Mossimo Supply Co. Floral Loop Scarf
2) J. Crew Wide Cashmere Wrap Scarf
3) Target Merona Skinny Belt
4) Banana Republic Pinking Shears Tote
5) Modcloth All-Star Bag
And if you want to experiment with the color of the year with your clothes or shoes, there are affordable ways to do that, too. Just make sure you’re buying classic pieces.
These pieces of clothing have such a beautiful pop of green color –
1) Ann Taylor Shirred Silk Blouse
2) Anthropologie Draped Tie-back Dress
3) Gap Skinny Ankle Pants
4) Madewell Silk Charmeuse Shirt in Dotdash
5) Target Merona Double Breasted Classic Peacoat
You can even rock the Emerald trend all the way down to your toes –
1) Target Merona Cap Toe Flats
2) Modcloth Pecking Border Heels
3) Converse Chuck Taylors
4) Seychelles Dipped in Gold Heels
5) Target Merona Ankle Strap Heels
If this first look at the Pantone colors of spring 2013 is any indication, 2013 is going to be another year for bright, cheerful and bursting hues on the fashion scene. By either playing around with jewelry and accessories, or making a bold statement with clothes and shoes in classic styles, you too can take the Emerald plunge this year. I hope this post gave you some ideas to star incorporating Emerald into your wardrobe on a budget!
PS – for lots more Emerald madness, be sure to check out my Pinterest board.
Which of these emerald pieces would you add to your 2013 wardrobe?
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Quiet and beautiful existing in harmony to nature that is the El Sabanero Eco-Lodge.
Located on a hillside in Cañafistula near Tamarindo (Costa Rica) the Hotel overlooks the Cañafistula valley with beautiful views from all Chalets.
We are in the midst of 4 of the most popular and beautiful beaches in the area so our clients do not need to choose just one and have a variety to choose from.
Playa Avellanas, Playa Negra, Playa Junquillal and Tamarindo are all just a few minutes drive away.
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We offer Wireless Internet connection in the Pool, Bar and Restaurant areas so bring your own laptop and stay connected.
Continental breakfast for 2 is included with all Chalet bookings and Meals are inexpensive and excellent.
Tours like Zip lining, Horseback Riding, Snorkeling, Sunset Cruise Tours, Surfing, Buena Vista Mega Combo, Rafting Tour, Turtle Nesting (November to January only) and many more, can be arranged by our Hotel staff during your stay.
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Jul 22 2008 09:57 pm
Posted by Grandson under Tips
BANANAS
Hurrah for bananas. They are kind of like WD40 or those dryer sheets. . .
Thought this was really interesting Going Banana’s!! Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression "going bananas" is from the effects of bananas on the brain. Read. </ I> !!!
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Kaviraja on 23 Jul 2008 at 5:13 am #
Nice tips. If I may adds, although bananas have a high iron but we must remember that banana also having a quite high Calcium and its not good for iron absorbtion, resulting in not too good for helping people with anemia.
Furthermore, if you insist in eating banana for treating Anemia, just try don’t eat it together with coffee, tea, milk because they tend to lower iron absorbtion, but you should eat banana together with vitamin C rich fruits, such as Orange.
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Alright, so it's not that dark of a job but at least now it is a bit brighter. I painted my entry/laundry room over our break and it looks so much cleaner and fresher. Last year sometime in one of my painting fits I painted that room a muddy gray/brown color. It just felt so dark in there and just dirty.
This is what it originally looked like about two years ago:
A bit crowded, the dogs stayed in here as well and it just wasn't working for me.
Here is what it looked like after the painting fit with the muddy color.
Now it was just dark and small and still no room.
So we built a little locker to put our shoes, hats, mittens, etc.
That seemed to work well but every time we opened the door we would get hooked on the chicken wire and or the kids would get scratched.
So I had enough and last Friday we went and picked up some white paint and went to town.
Here is what it looks like now.
I took off the chicken wire from the locker and we replaced it with beadboard.
No more poking and scratching and I just love the look of it, much cleaner lines for me.
Picked up a few baskets from Meijer and TJ Maxx to give it that natural coastal feel,
and shopped around the house for some other treasures to add like my whale and some beach grass and rug.
(not sure why there is a phone plug in the laundry room, for the life of me I can't imagine why they put it there)
We also got a new washer, I was done cleaning up floods and having my clothes smell nasty. The salesman said that the biggest complaint of the front load washers is the smell but he couldn't tell us why the dumb thing flooded all the time, he thought perhaps we had a lemon......no kidding!
I love my new top loader and now with a bright clean room and a new machine, washing is actually tolerable. :)
There are still a few details that I would like to do like a new light and I have to paint the ceiling which probably would have been smart to do first, but I don't think that way. I can see by the last picture that I need an outlet cover too.
Details, details. :)
I love how how it turned out and even though there is less room with the washer and dryer having to be side by side now, it still feels bigger to me.
I heart white paint.
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Michelle,
The room looks so fresh and open! You did an amazing job. I hate my front loader too. If I forget to leave that stupid door open for one day, the whole room smells. If it breaks, i will probably go back to the top loader too! I have also been toying with the idea of repainting my laundry room in a lighter color too! After seeing yours, I think I may do it...after the 3,000 other things I need to do! Have a great day!
-Shelley
Light and bright.....so gorgeous.
Hi Michelle- love your new laundry room. Looks great. We bought a new washer on Black Friday-- ours is a Maytag. Top loader. I.LOVE.IT.
I think it does a WAY better job than my front loader did. Does yours have an agitator inside? Mine has a small little 'plate' inside, no agitator.
enjoy.
Pat
Oh Michelle, it's gorgeous. I agree the white paint makes the room look so much bigger. I love all of your coastal touches. Beautiful job, my friend!!
PS. I received my book in the mail yesterday. Thank you so much!!!
This is such a pretty redo of your laundry room! I agree, it looks more open even though you have the washer and dryer side by side. It's amazing what some paint can do to make things feel better!
Ok, wow. Seriously, wow! It looks so bright and fresh! I love that you used beadboard on the cabinet - I've always considered doing the chicken wire a few of my cabinets but worried about the scratches. LOVE the idea you used!!
me too! it works miracles, doesn't it? the space looks inviting, clean and pure!
bravo, sista.
michele
I really like how the washer and dryer are side by side now. It seems to make the room look bigger!
I also love those baskets on the wall. I've been thinking about adding some to our dining room wall but haven't found the right ones yet.
Great job, girl!
It´s great and airy - good place to work. :-)
Wow that was HUGE transformation! I love the results and the beadboard on the locker. I have to say I absolutely loving that Michigan sign too! Must be something about spring - we are talking about tackling the laundry room next :).
amazing what some nice white paint will do! it is so pretty!
Its gorgeous but I soooo loved the chicken wire locker.
Looks wonderful Bead board can solve many design dilemmas in the home. :-))
It looks so much better. Although I loved the looks of the chicken wire I like the practicality of the beadboard...plus it kind of hides any mess the kids leave!
That is my next job here, too, doing something with my laundry room...wait...2nd project. First up is redoing hubby's office cuz the mess in there drives me crazy everytime I have to walk by it! UGH- xo Diana
looks great, so bright and airy! love all your accessories, and that beadboard door idea was brilliant! we have a phone in our laundry room too!
it looks fantastic! so light and fresh and CLEAN! love the baskets on the walls too and the bead board on the cabinet. i paint backwards too, ceiling last, because i am a moron like that ;)
i have a top loading washer and will never get a front load one after all the smelly/moldy things i hear about them...your new one looks great!
It turned out great - looks brighter and it seems more open too.
Your laundry room looks great...nice and fresh! I love the bead board on the cabinet too.
Hey, was your old washing machine a Kenmore? It looks almost like the one I just got. Ughh, I hate mine!!! It floods all over the place too, especially when I wash towels. I called about it and they told me I have it on too high of a spin speed, but the thing is, when I put it lower they come out sopping wet.
YES!!!!!! MUCH BETTER! I think the clean lines do it. And unstacking the washer/dryer adds more room! Michelle, you are a master painter and decorator!!!! Anita
light and bright - yeah for you! Love those baskets too!
So fresh! Love the baskets and the lockers. I have a front loader and have always left the door open a bit when I'm not using it. So far no smell issues. Your room looks really nice! Great idea with the beadboard too cause you can hide any messes.
Looks amazing now. I love the baskets you picked out. The beadboard looks pretty too, good idea to switch it out.
Oh it's beautiful! I'm at the first stages of designing mine (in my head) and have just spent six hours doing laundry & ironing in anticipation of visitors vacationing here for two weeks (I just want to enjoy the company with no distractions). Your post has really cheered me up because you have made it so bright and fresh. Lots of inspiration for us, thanks so much for sharing, Sally x
Your laundry room looks soooo pretty!!! I am crazy in love with the baskets on the wall! The locker is a great piece! I think it would be cute with some gray numbers on it. Have you seen those Pottery Barn lockers? That's what your piece reminds me of.
The transformation is beautiful. it's fresh, organized, very beachy and its giving the whole space a very clean appeal. I am loving this laundry Michelle.
Also, I dont know if I have told this to you before, the track on your blog, that plays the first is amazing. It takes me to green hills, blue seas, drift wood and home. I mean every word of it.
gorgeous michelle! yep white paint is the best.
x
Now, that's how laundry should go! It's a lovely change! Have a beautiful weekend, Kellie xx
It looks amazing Michelle! Love it - white is so the way to go. Im a little obsessed with it. Take care xx Nat
Hello sweetheart!
Oh my goodness...the white looks so fresh and beautiful!
The beadboard looks fantastic and I love the whole feel of the room.
The baskets are a beachy touch...it all looks like laundry could be actually enjoyable!!
:)
Oh and I adore that lake Michigan sign...so lovely!
I'm so happy for you love!!
All my heart,
Deborah xoxoxooxoxoxoxox
Everything looks absolutely beautiful Michelle! The white really does make a huge difference and the baskets on the wall are genius my friend! :-)
Vanessa
Great job - the room looks so inviting now! I must say though, that the wall color in the first picture looked very nice too ... - but change feels good and i admire you for your energy!
It looks amazing, Michelle! I would actually find laundry to do, just to be in that space :) Looks fresh and clean and bright. Love the rug. Do you know where you got it?
Very pretty, fresh and clean!
It would make me want to do my laundry :), Happy weekend ,friend!
So pretty Michelle!
I think I would want to hang out and do laundry!
Wow, it turned out great, light and airy. I have a great front load washing machine, I have had it FOREVER, it is one of the original ones from Sears and I fear having to try to replace it (once it goes) as I have heard so many horror stories of the newer ones being a pain like yours.
I think your laundry room looks great! We need to do ours (its country rust still from the late 80's....gasp).
So your job is inspiration to me! Glad to read your comment too about the washer, we are due & I wanted to get a top loader too! Glad to hear your testimonial and now I can feel confident getting the top load!
Wonderful job!
p.s.s was doing some back reading and noticed your driftwood mirror!...AMAZING...very inspiring! Thanks!
Makeover upon makeover...you're such a busy little bee. Too bad about losing valuable space with the loss of a stackable unit. However, this arrangement looks terrific...very fresh...I always love a single starfish inserted into a grouping.
Michelle, it looks fantastic! You couldn't have picked a fresher, nicer color for the walls, and I love the basket accents.
So lovely and fresh! I hope my laundry room looks this clean and bright some day!
Kelle
Xoxo
This looks so crisp and fresh. I love how it turned out
Carolyn
I'm in love with your stunning home! So excited to be your newest follower!!
-Molly
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Mila Kunis strikes a seductive pose on the cover of the April issue of US Harper’s Bazaar magazine.
Clad in a Versace dress, the 28-year-old exotic beauty flaunts some cleavage and sexy leg, that rivals Angelina Jolie‘s ‘right leg’.
Mila opens up to the magazine about her relationship with child actor Macaulay Culkin, that ended in 2010 after eight years.
“It was fantastic. I mean, I honestly think being single’s great. Being in a relationship’s great. It’s all about the timing. I loved it”, Mila points out to Harper’s Bazaar.
Checkout Mila’s goofy editorial below, shot by famed lensman Terry Richardson.
Mila is smoking hot in a Dior dress, paired with Marc Jacobs pumps.
The ‘Friends With Benefits‘ actress gets sassy in Chanel.
Mila rocks a Dolce & Gabbana bodysuit.
The Ukrainian-born actress dons a Louis Vuitton studded and stoned 3D broderie anglaise dress.
Mila is chic in a Roberto Cavalli gold skirt and jacket.
The ‘Black Swan‘ star looks beautiful in a Yves Saint Laurent halter-neck ruffled dress.
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Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Parasol Protectorate #1
Fantasy/Horror/Romance, Published 2009
Challenges: Series Challenge IV, Fangtastic Fiction Challenge, RIP V Challenge
Read: Sept 2010, 357 pp
Verdict: 5/5
Book:
What a fantastic beginning to a new series (just what I needed…)! Set in a very proper Victorian setting, with a generous use of 19th century syntax, along with vampires and werewolves living out in the open, Alexia is quite the lady, a spinster at twenty-something, she has quite given up on finding a husband and spends her time being bothered by her family, keeping up with her many social circles, and neutralizing the supernatural. She is a rare breed, indeed, a preternatural, and is friends with both the vampires and werewolves, often acting as their liaison. I loved Alexia’s wit and sharp bite (pun intended), especially the back and forth between her and Lord Maccon. And watch out for her parasol!
Carriger brings a lot of fun, eccentric characters, to say the least, to her alternative world and I hope we will get to know them better throughout the series. There is a lot going on in this book – {mystery, alternate history, romance, fantasy, and a dash of steampunk} – and while it is technically listed as an urban fantasy/horror, it should really be found in the paranormal romance section, IMO. There is no real horror, no really gruesome or violent details, unless you don’t like the mystery arc taking a back seat to the romance about half way in.
Warning: This book is Rated R for sexual content.
Quotes:. -p. 1
“Why is it Miss Tarabotti, every time I have to clean up a mess in the library, you just happen to be in the middle of it?” the earl [Lord Maccon] demanded of her. -p. 8
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Promotional Models at NGWA GroundWater Expo Trade Show and Annual Meeting Vegas
The EmmeGirls Trade Show Models will be performing in their home city of Las Vegas this November 29th – December 2nd for the 63rd NGWA GroundWater Expo and Annual Meeting. Staged at the famed Las Vegas Convention Center this is the most important and longest running ground water expo in the world. Network with brightest minds in the industry at the Attendee Welcome Party and earn your CEP’s from the 75 hours of educational sessions. This is the place to bring new products to market, forge new partnerships and meet with existing clients. Bring your golf clubs because Vegas in beautiful this time of year.
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My Best Night Out: 2012 Zagat Chicago Survey
In honor of the 2012 Chicago Restaurants and Nightlife Survey, Zagat asked me to write a post about my best night out in Chicago this year. As a chi-town enthusiast, I couldn’t be more excited to be part of the first ever Zagat Chicago Blog Hop and share my night at NEXT with you! Most of you know that I am a lover of all-things Achatz, so it seems only fitting that my best night in the...
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Anonymous asked: I can't tell if you will find this amusing or sort of creepy, but wanted to share! I'm a student at Columbia Business School and today I was listening to a panel of speakers and kept thinking about one of the speakers "Why does this guy looks so familiar? And why does that last name ring a bell?" And it finally dawned on me that he is your brother-in-law/best bud! I love your...
On the 10th day of Made For Giving...
Last week I wrote about how thrilled I was to be part of Made for 12 days of Giving. American Living invited a group of bloggers to pick out something special from their (solid) holiday collection to share with folks on our gift list. ***Christmas Present Spoiler Alert *** When I spotted this shiny gold puffer vest, I knew it would be an awesome gift for my little sis, Ellie, whom<<
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I think it’s lame when people complain about being busy because, really…who isn’t. I mean, just because your version of busy might not look mine - that doesn’t mean we aren’t both doing what we can to keep all of those flaming pins in the air, ya know? And so, this post is in no way a complaint…rather a statement of fact: My past few weeks have been busy as...
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this doesn’t happen often, but tonight I can’t sleep. my thoughts are noisy but they aren’t asking for worry…just some energy. and so I lay here buzzing. i am thinking about work. we are in it, q4 madness. for our retail clients the frenzy of the shopping season has reached a fever pitch meaning i spend my days pushing with all i’ve got. i love it. and then i...
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The Hanoitimes - The typical characteristics of Cu Lao Cau island are smooth sloping sandy beach, blue seawater, endlessly hills and mountains that create charming landscape...
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A village in Mai Chau valley
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The Hanoitimes- Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.
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PANO – The Marble Mountains (or Five Element Mountains) has become a favoured destination among not only Vietnamese people, but also international visitors.
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VietNamNet Bridge – The Ba Na Hills Mountain Resort in the central city of Danang will open its third cable car route on March 29 after 420 days of construction.
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VietNamNet Bridge – Mai Chau, a small town in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh, was named one of the top ten "fresh" Asian destinations by hotel booking site Agoda.com.
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Error handling
From cppreference.com
[edit] Exception handling
The header
<exception> provides several classes and functions related to exception handling in C++ programs.
[edit].
[edit] Error numbers
[edit] Assertions
Assertions help to implement checking of preconditions in programs.
[edit] System error
The header
<system_error> defines types and functions used to report error conditions originating from the operating system, streams I/O, std::future, or other low-level APIs.
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as it violates type aliasing. Many compilers implement, as a non-standard language extension, the ability to read inactive members of a union.
#include <iostream> union S { std::int32_t n; // occupies 4 bytes std::uint16_t s[2]; // occupies 4 bytes std::uint8_t c; // occupies 1 byte }; // the whole union occupies 4 bytes int main() { S s = {0x12345678}; // initalizes the first member, s.n is now the active member // at this point, reading from s.s or s.c is UB std::cout << std::hex << "s.n = " << s.n << '\n'; s.s[0] = 0x0011; // s.s is now the active member // at this point, reading from n or c is UB but most compilers define this std::cout << "s.c is now " << +s.c << '\n' // 11 or 00, depending on platform << "s.n is now " << s.n << '\n'; // 12340011 or 00115678 }
Each member is allocated as if it is the only member of the class, which is why
s.c in the example above aliases the first byte of
s.s[0].
If members of a union are classes with user-defined constructors and destructors, to switch the active member, explicit destructor and placement new are generally needed:
#include <iostream> #include <string> #include <vector> union S { std::string str; std::vector<int> vec; ~S() {} // needs to know which member is active, only possible in union-like class }; // the whole union occupies max(sizeof(string), sizeof(vector<int>) int main() { S s = {"Hello, world"}; // at this point, reading from s.vec is UB std::cout << "s.str = " << s.str << '\n'; s.str.~basic_string<char>(); new (&s.vec) std::vector<int>; // now, s.vec is the active member of the union s.vec.push_back(10); std::cout << s.vec.size() << '\n'; s.vec.~vector<int>(); }
If two union members are standard-layout types, it's well-defined to examine their common subsequence on any compiler.
[edit] Anonymous unions
An unnamed union definition that does not define any objects is an anonymous union definition.
Anonymous unions have further restrictions: they cannot have member functions, cannot have static data members, and all their non-static data members must be public.
Members of an anonymous union are injected in the enclosing scope (and must not conflict with other names declared there).
int main() { union { int a; const char* p; }; a = 1; p = "Jennifer"; }
Namespace-scope anonymous unions must be static.
[edit] Union-like classes
A union-like class is any class with at least one anonymous union as a member. The members of that anonymous union are called variant members. Union-like classes can be used to implement tagged unions.
#include <iostream> // S has one non-static data member (tag), three enumerator members, // and three variant members (c, n, d) struct S { enum {CHAR, INT, DOUBLE} tag; union { char c; int n; double d; }; }; void print_s(const S& s) { switch(s.tag) { case S::CHAR: std::cout << s.c << '\n'; break; case S::INT: std::cout << s.n << '\n'; break; case S::DOUBLE: std::cout << s.d << '\n'; break; } } int main() { S s = {S::CHAR, 'a'}; print_s(s); s.tag = S::INT; s.n = 123; print_s(s); }
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>> Delusions
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There have been a lot of questions recently about how to deal with blog scrapers, and i thought it might be useful to put up a step-by-step guide for sending a DMCA notice (or not).
Next time you see that someone has been stealing your content, try to follow these steps:
1. Determine if they have taken an entire post or if it's an excerpt that then links back to you
2. If it is an excerpt with a link, don't worry about it and ignore it, even if the excerpt contains inaccuracies. It would probably be considered "fair use", and you would be wasting your time trying to stop it. Think of it as advertising for your blog.
3. If it is an entire post, find out the contact information for the site by using
a. In the section entitled "Find Out Who Owns a Domain Name", enter the domain name
b. Click "Search WHOIS"
c. The contact information should appear under "Registrant"
d. If there is no contact information, scroll further down the page to the IP address, and click on it
e. A new window will open, and information about the host of the IP address will be listed
4. Send a DMCA notice to the domain registrant and the host. A sample follows, just replace the bracketed information with the correct corresponding info.
[DATE]
[REGISTRANT/HOST]
[CONTACT INFORMATION]
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT NOTICE
To Whom It May Concern:
I believe my original work, found here [URL OF YOUR POST] has been infringed upon by this website [URL OF THE SCRAPER’S POST].
The entirety of my webpage referenced above has been reproduced in violation of the Copyright Berne Convention, [INCLUDE THIS NEXT PART ONLY IF TRUE] and a clear notice of Copyright Protection is included in the sidebar of each of my webpages.
Please get in touch with me at your earliest convenience at [YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS] to inform me of any actions you have taken on this matter.]
[YOUR NAME]
I, of course, recommend Lorelle's blog and the copywrite.org blog for further information.
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Mickey CassidyDiscuss0
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(written from a Production point of view)
Mickey J. Cassidy is a stuntman and stunt actor who portrayed the mirror universe character Private M. Romero in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "In a Mirror, Darkly". He received no credit for his appearance. His costume was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
Cassidy is the son of stuntman and stunt coordinator Michael Cassidy and the brother of stunt performers Zane Cassidy and Mariah Cassidy. Because of his fathers connection to the stunt business, Cassidy got at early age into the movie and television business. His first experiences were the science fiction fantasy film The Ewok Adventure (1984, with Fionnula Flanagan and Darryl Henriques, stunt coordinated by his father and with stunts by Frank James Sparks) and the family comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, with Matt Frewer, Amy O'Neill, Mark L. Taylor, Frank Welker, Craig Richard Nelson, and stunts by Cherie Tash). For the letter one he performed three high fall stunts and finally earned his SAG card. Cassidy doubled actor Macaulay Culkin on most of his '90s films and set a world record at the age of 13 while performing a 170' decelerator fall off a cliff on the drama The Good Son (1993).
Cassidy doubled lead actors, portrayed supporting roles, and performed stunts in feature films such as the comedy sequel Problem Child 2 (1991, with Zach Grenier, Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski, and stunts by Caron Colvett, Gene LeBell, and Zane Cassidy), Steven Spielberg's fantasy adventure Hook (1991), the sport film D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994, with stunts by Brian Avery, Christian J. Fletcher, and Pat Romano), the comedy Getting Even with Dad (1994, with Saul Rubinek and Ron Canada), the animated fantasy film The Pagemaster (1994, with Ed Begley, Jr., Christopher Lloyd, and the voices of Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Leonard Nimoy, Robert Picardo, and Frank Welker), Richie Rich (1994), Casper (1995), and the comedy Spy Hard (1996).
He has also performed stunts in David E. Kelley's acclaimed drama series Picket Fences (starring Ray Walston and Kelly Connell) and portrayed supporting parts in the drama The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993, with Leon Russom and Dion Anderson) and the comedy Free Enterprise (1998, starring William Shatner and with Thomas Hobson, Diana Cignoni, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Chase Masterson, Mark A. Altman, and Daren Dochterman).
After a longer break he returned in 2003 he has doubled several leading actors in the daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful (2003-2006), including Jack Wagner, Dax Griffin, and Matthew Borlenghi. Cassidy has also performed stunts in Sam Mendes' drama Jarhead (2005), the television special All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special (2005, alongside his father and brother), and in an episode of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2007, with Rob Steiner and stunts by Vince Deadrick, Jr., Mark Ginther, and Danny Downey).
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Vulcan historyDiscuss34
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The history of the Vulcans has been a long journey from the ancient civil wars that nearly destroyed Vulcan, to their embracing of logic through the teachings of Surak.
OriginsEdit came to light in 2268 with the discovery of Sargon and his people. When Sargon explained that his people colonized many worlds in the galaxy half a million years ago, Spock theorized that Vulcan might have been such a colony world. According to Spock, "That would tend to explain certain elements of Vulcan prehistory." (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
Ancient historyEditEdit
- For main article, see Time of Awakening.
By the 4th century, Vulcan was tearing itself apart. Their rampant emotions, combined with a hostile warrior culture, led to many wars using terrible weapons like atomic bombs and the Stone of Gol. But out of this emerged a philosopher named Surak, who proposed leading a life governed by logic rather than emotion. His teachings quickly spread and were recorded in the Kir'Shara, finally showing Vulcan a path towards peace.
Although his katra was saved, Surak himself later died of radiation sickness on Mount Seleya, which eventually became one of the most revered sites on Vulcan. (TOS: "The Savage Curtain", TNG: "Gambit, Part II", ENT: "The Forge", "Awakening", "Kir'Shara")
However, one group still opposed allowing logic to govern their lives. "Those who marched beneath the Raptor's wings," as Surak called them, fought a final war with the rest of Vulcan and were eventually forced to leave the planet, becoming the ancestors of the Debrune and the Romulans. (TOS: "Balance of Terror", TNG: "Gambit, Part II", ENT: "Awakening", "Kir'Shara")
Return to spaceEdit
By the 19th century, Vulcan had rebuilt its civilization and returned to interstellar travel. (ENT: "The Forge")
20th and 21st centuriesEdit
According to Quark, the Vulcan invention of warp drive occurred some time after 1947. (DS9: "Little Green Men") By 1957, Vulcans had several warp-capable starship classes in use, such as the D'Vahl-type starship and the survey ship. (ENT: "Carbon Creek") After the invention of warp drive, it took Vulcans a hundred years to design an engine capable of breaking the warp 2 barrier. (ENT: "First Flight")
By the early 20th century, Vulcan had made contact with the Tellarites. Vulcans considered Tellarites argumentative, but "generally reliable" and they were known to pass on Vulcan distress calls to the Vulcan High Command. (ENT: "Carbon Creek", "Dead Stop")
Contact with the Andorians also came during the early 20th century.")
By the mid-20th century, Vulcans were observing Earth and the Human civilization that inhabited it, but never made contact because they were deemed too primitive. (ENT: "Carbon Creek", Star Trek: First Contact) The Vulcans were startled, however, by the launch of the first Human-made artificial satellite into orbit – "Sputnik," in 1957. Surprised that Humans were advancing towards spaceflight so quickly, Vulcan survey ships began making routine flybys through the Sol system, to keep an eye on how Humans were developing. These Vulcan watchers limited their observations to remote studies from high orbit. (ENT: "Carbon Creek") Cochrane's first Human warp-speed flight. The survey ship followed Cochrane's vessel back to his base in Bozeman, Montana, to meet the man who had achieved Earth's first faster-than-light travel, and subsequently established formal diplomatic relations with Earth. An alliance thatEdit in order to guarantee the safe "observation" of their "aggressive" neighbor. later resulted not only")
Vulcan reformationEdit based on Xindi technology, and planned to invade Andoria in order to preempt this threat. For this purpose, the High Command secretly massed an attack fleet in the Regulan system, which was located inside Vulcan territory, near their border with the Andorians but outside of Andorian listening posts' range.
As these plans were developing, agents loyal to V'Las bombed Earth's embassy and framed the Syrrannite T'Pau for the act. Jonathan Archer, investigating the Syrrannites, was briefly joined with the katra of Surak, and re-discovered the Kir'Shara, an artifact containing the original writings of Surak.
Ambassador Soval and Commander Tucker warned the Andorians of the planned invasion, were Ambassador Soval was terribly tourtured when the Andorians didn't believe them, and the Vulcan attack fleet lost the element of surprise (see Battle of Andoria). As the battle got underway, Archer and T'Pau brought the Kir'Shara into the High Command's headquarters, justifying the Syrranites' position and enabling Minister Kuvak to challenge V'Las' increasingly illogical behavior.
In short order, the attack on Andoria was canceled, V'Las deposed, and the High Command disbanded. Kuvak and T'Pau formed a new transitional government, which promised to pursue peaceful policies and end its restrictions on Earth's technological development and expansion. T'Pau said it would take years to translate all of the writing, but the discovery of the Kir'Shara transformed Vulcan society, initiating a widespread return to the true teachings of Surak. (ENT: "The Forge", "Awakening", "Kir'Shara")
By 2154, capital punishment was still existing on Vulcan for a small number of offenses, including treason. (ENT: "Kir'Shara")
The Coalition of Planets and the FederationEdit
- the Babel Crisis, during which a secret mission by the Romulans involved the use of two Romulan drone-ships. The Romulan ships were able to camouflage themselves as various other vessels and managed to spread distrust and hostility among local powers around Vulcan. The Romulans nearly succeeded with their plans but Captain Archer of the Enterprise was able to settle the dispute and allied the Vulcans, Andorians, Humans,, Vulcan, Earth and other worlds realized the value of their joint work and were growing close to founding a Coalition of Planets in 2155. (ENT: "Demons", "Terra Prime") The new coalition became welded together in 2156, when the conflict with the Romulan Star Empire escalated into the Earth-Romulan War. A humiliating defeat of the Romulans by an alliance of Vulcan, Earth, Andorian, with the consent of the Vulcan Council, founded the United Federation of Planets in San Francisco, on Earth. (ENT: "Zero Hour", "These Are the Voyages..."; TNG: "The Outcast")
23rd centuryEdit")
In the alternate reality created by Nero's temporal incursion, the planet Vulcan was destroyed in 2258, rendering the Vulcan race an "endangered species." Over the next year, Spock led the survivors in the colonization of New Vulcan. (Star Trek; Star Trek Into Darkness)
On a less than positive light, the Klingon ambassador called Vulcans the "intellectual puppets of the Federation," while arguing before the Federation Council in 2286. Seven years later, the daughter of the Klingon Chancellor, Azetbur, underlined this posture by calling the Federation a "Homo Sapiens-only club." (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
24th centuryEdit
By the 24th century, Vulcan remained one of the principal Federation members, and was deeply involved in all levels of that society. By 2369, the Vulcans had a saying, known to the Federation: "We're here to serve." (DS9: "Captive Pursuit") A good example of this attitude is the Treaty of Alliance, which finally established a firm friendship between the Federation and the Klingon Empire, and whose drafting and negotiation during the first half of the century is mainly attributed to Sarek of Vulcan and his son, Spock. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise", "Sarek"; DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"; VOY: "Alliances") Vulcans were also highly integrated in the command structure of Starfleet, namely with high-ranking officers like Rear Admirals Savar and Sitak. (TNG: "Conspiracy"; DS9: "Favor the Bold") Some Starfleet vessels also had entirely, or almost entirely, Vulcan crews – e.g., the USS Hera, the USS Intrepid and the USS T'Kumbra. (TNG: "Interface"; DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")
In 2368, an attempt at a Vulcan-Romulan reformation/reunification almost resulted in an invasion of Vulcan. It began when Ambassador Spock went to Romulus because the new Proconsul Neral convinced Spock he was ready to open formal relations with Vulcan. However, this form of "cowboy diplomacy" was in no way authorized by the Federation Council or Starfleet. It soon turned out to be a Romulan attempt to gain a foothold within the Federation by using the underground Romulan-Vulcan reunification movement as a cover. The incidence culminated in Romulan forces entering Federation space aboard Vulcan transport vessels and moving towards Vulcan under a guise of peace. However, their cover was exposed and the Romulans destroyed their own forces, while they were heading back to Romulan space. (TNG: "Unification I", "Unification II") Despite this setback, Spock stayed on Romulus, continuing to work for a rapprochement between Vulcans and Romulans over the following two decades. (TNG: "Face of the Enemy"; Star Trek)
After the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole in 2369, Vulcans were at the forefront of exploration in the Gamma Quadrant. Upon encountering the Wadi, a Vulcan ship was the first to make formal contact with a civilization from that region of the galaxy. (DS9: "Move Along Home") Vulcan science ships later encountered the Rakhari and found the remains of the Hur'q civilization. (DS9: "Vortex", "The Sword of Kahless")
Unfortunately, the Bajoran wormhole did not only bring scientific possibilities for the Federation and especially Vulcan, but also the Dominion threat. In late 2373, the Dominion War broke out and, during its early months, the Fifth Fleet had to fight Dominion forces near Vulcan. (DS9: "Favor the Bold") When Betazed fell in 2374 it meant a direct threat to Vulcan, a danger which became even more grave as the Dominion began building up its forces on the newly conquered world later that year. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight", "The Reckoning") However, the danger to Vulcan never materialized as the Dominion War ended in late 2375 with the Federation Alliance emerging victorious. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
In 2387, Ambassador Spock's efforts to facilitate an eventual Romulan-Vulcan reunification came to an abrupt end, when Romulus was destroyed by a nearby supernova. Although Spock could not prevent the destruction of Romulus, he attempted to prevent the supernova from spreading further by creating a red matter singularity which, however, also pulled him and the pursuing Romulan mining ship Narada into an alternate reality. (Star Trek)
Summary of key datesEdit
- 2,700 BC: Vulcan civilization of this time is described as barbaric, war-like, aggressive and savage.
- 3rd millennium BC: Vulcans begin to mentally train themselves to suppress their emotions.
- 9th century BC: Master Haadok and others found the P'Jem monastery on another planet.
- 4th century: Time of Awakening - As Vulcan is consumed by atomic wars, Surak proposes to embrace logic as a way to peace. Although his katra is saved, he later dies of radiation sickness on Mount Seleya. "Those who march beneath the Raptor's wings," leave the planet, becoming the ancestors of the Debrune and the Romulans.
- 14th century: The religious holiday of Rumarie ceases to be observed on Vulcan.
- 19th century: By this time Vulcan had rebuilt its civilization and returned to interstellar travel.
- Early 20th century: First contact occurs between Vulcans and Andorians. Relations between both species should remain rough over the following two centuries.
- 1957: Vulcans make unofficial first contact with Humans when a Vulcan survey ship, which had been investigating the launch of Sputnik I, crash-lands on Earth.
- 2050s: Vulcans make first contact with the newly warp-capable Arkonians. Their relationship quickly sours to a point where Arkonians would bear deep hatred towards Vulcans. During this time, the Vulcans are also aware of the Third World War on Earth, but choose not to interfere.
- 2063: Official first contact between Vulcans and Humans takes place after the T'Plana-Hath observes Humanity's first warp flight and then lands in Bozeman, Montana to meet its pilot.
- 2097: After the Vulcan High Command forces its evacuation, a treaty is signed in which the Vulcans officially claim the Andorian planetoid Weytahn. It is renamed Paan Mokar, and a surveillance satellite is placed in orbit in order to enforce the accord.
- 2151: Hidden beneath the monastery of P'Jem, a Vulcan listening post used to spy on their Andorian neighbors is uncovered by the crew of the Earth starship Enterprise and members of the Andorian Imperial Guard. After a warning and its subsequent evacuation, the installation is destroyed by the Andorians later that year, thereby dealing a severe blow to Vulcan-Andorian relations, which are already tense due to both power's ongoing vying
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Portal:Printing
tagline: From openSUSE
Welcome to the Printing Portal edit
The current content here is mainly a collection of links to articles where you find the actual documentation and help regarding printing.
News
Replacement of the cups-drivers package
- OpenPrintingPPDs-ghostscript: PPDs for Ghostscript built-in drivers
- OpenPrintingPPDs-hpijs: PPDs for the HPIJS driver for non-HP printers
- OpenPrintingPPDs-postscript: PPDs for PostScript printers
Compliance with upstream CUPS
openSUSE 11.3 provides a major cleanup of CUPS. Almost all our own patches were dropped to enforce a reset to almost 100% compliance with upstream. The main change is that the "/usr/lib/cups/" directory is used on all platforms (in particular no longer "/usr/lib64/cups" on the 64-bit x86_64 platform). For background information see in the Novell/openSUSE Bugzilla the Comment #2 to bug 575544: "adapt other printing packages to work with upstream compliant cups-1.4 on 64 bit platform" which reads in particular:
Upstream CUPS installs executables (in particular backends and filters) into /usr/lib/ in any case which is the right place. Compare /usr/bin/ there is nothing like /usr/bin64/ because for executables special ...64 directories do not make sense. In contrast libraries like libcups.so and libcupsimage.so must be installed into /usr/lib/ and /usr/lib64/ ... A positive side effect of this clean-up is that then it works much better to install third-party printer drivers (which usually install only into /usr/lib/cups/)
YaST printer module renewal
Since openSUSE 11.1 the YaST printer module was made completely new, see Archive:YaST Printer redesign in particular the sections "Basic Design Ideas" and "Basic Implementation Principles" where the latter also talks about "Strict Compliance With CUPS".
Current Issues
Parallel port printers do no longer work out of the box
Since openSUSE 11.4 the kernel does no longer load the 'lp' kernel module unless asked specifically to do so. More precisely udev does no longer provide static /dev/ nodes. When /dev/lp0 is opened to send data via the parallel port the 'lp' kernel module is no longer loaded automatically so that no data can be sent. In the end since openSUSE 11.4 it is by default no longer possible to use the parallel port for a printer.
If you are using openSUSE 12.1 or later, install the "parallel-printer-support" package, which creates a static udev node for the parallel port. Its purpose is to load the "lp" kernel module automatically the first time data is sent to the parallel port. Should you not find the package by using
zypper install or YaST Software Management module, make sure that openSUSE 12.1 is up-to-date and the official openSUSE 12.1 Update repository is enabled (it should be by default).
On openSUSE 11.4, in order to install the "parallel-printer-support" package, you can get it from the "Printing" repository via direct download from or use this One Click Install:
During the One Click Install a YaST Installation dialog may show up which asks to subscribe to the "Printing" repository plus a check box whether or not to "remain subscribed to this repository". Make sure not to remain subscribed to the "Printing" repository otherwise you will get the newest development packages regarding printing installed onto your system which could mess up the printing functionality of your system, see the Printing repository description
See also
HP devices not detected as usual
The CUPS command "lpinfo -v" (run it as root) or matching CUPS library calls to detect devices may no longer detect HP devices with HP's specific "hp:/..." connection but - if at all - only with the generic "usb:/..." connection. For plain printing both kind of connections should work but for anything else (e.g. device status via HP's "hp-toolbox", or scanning with a HP all-in-one device) the "hp:/..." connection must be used, see
The reason is that HP's backends "hp" and "hpfax" cannot run at the same time, see
A workaround for HP devices without fax is to disable the hpfax backend with the following command (as root):
chmod a-x /usr/lib/cups/backend/hpfax
Various printout failures with CUPS default "RIPCache 8m"
By default CUPS has only 8 MB RIPCache, see "RIPCache" at
This default exits since a long time and did not cause any issue. But since some time more and more weird issues regarding printout failures happen which are related to this low default. The root cause is that recent versions of Ghostscript changed the internal banding API but the CUPS raster driver was not updated accordingly in Ghostscript.
For example there might be no printout at all because "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoraster failed" or there is broken printout like in the attachment 380232 in the Novell/openSUSE Bugzilla.
If printout failures actually depend on the low default RIPCache value, it helps to add in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf a line like
RIPCache 128m
and restart the cupsd afterwards. Then the CUPS raster driver in Ghostscript gets more memory available so that rendering is done in full page mode and not in banding mode which avoids issues because of the changed banding API.
In some cases (probably only for color printing at high resolution with the Gutenprint driver) you may have to specify much more, e.g. 1GB with
RIPCache 1024m
of course provided you have at least 2GB main memory in your computer.
Links to openSUSE's and Novell's pages:
- openSUSE/Novell bug report 628233: Various printout failures with CUPS default "RIPCache 8m" on bugzilla
External links:
- CUPS software trouble report #3535: Increase RIPCache default for nowadays high-resolution printing on cups.org : Bugs & Features
- Ghostscript bug report 691499: CUPS Raster device has "Error: /undefined in --setpagedevice--" for some files only in banding mode on ghostscript.com : Bugzilla
Topics edit
For plain printers, see the links in the "All of Printing"-box on the right. here.
Very Many Thanks in advance for your contribution to the openSUSE Wiki!
All of Printing edit
SDB:Purchasing a Printer and Compatibility
SDB:How to set-up a HP printer
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Eiffel Unfeatures — What you Won't See in the Language [edit]
Goto, break or the equivalent [edit]
Ever since the advent of structure programming the goto has been considered evil, yet many programming languages support it. Eiffel does not. The language is designed to uphold the principle of Single Entry/Single Exit.
Some people consider this a gross inefficiency and will labor endlessly to demonstrate arcane algorithms that are allegedly faster with a well-placed goto, or it requires fewer variables, or fewer lines of code. Others consider is a serious crimp to their writing style.
Yet there are two serious advantages to the principle of Single Entry/Single Exit. First, it encourages the programmer to think clearly about the implementation. In other languages, if you find yourself in getting into trouble deep inside a multiply nested loop, you bail out with a goto. In Eiffel, you have to rethink the structure of the code, often to the benefit of the final program.
Second, source code is read much more often than it is written. The absence of a goto statement makes it easier to grasp the implementation. There are no subtle tricks buried in the inner loop that can skip to some arbitrary location.
Globals [edit]
State shared via the once statement Allows precise control over sharing data
CamelCase [edit]
Underscore_notation_is_preferred_for_better_readability
Vs.
CamelCaseNotationWhichCanBeVeryDifficultToRead
Case sensitivity [edit]
True = true = TRUE
Overloaded Names [edit]
Overloaded names, also known as operator overloading, introduces ambiguity for the human programmer and reader of soruce code, and in some cases, for the compiler as well. Eiffel avoids this source of errors by not implementing it.
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Ibn Umm ‘Abd (ra) said: “Follow and do not innovate, for (what has been authentically narrated) is sufficient for you. And every innovation is something that leads astray.” [Az-Zuhd… more →The Authentic Base
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Modules
Features
Benefits
System Requirements
Return On Investment
APIS Modules
This module is used to record details about an actual case and the supporting court information. A case is created when some type of determinate action has been taken. - I.e. a person has been apprehended, arrested and / or terminated and a Case File is being documented. All details of supporting investigation(s), incident(s) and person(s) are stored in the appropriate data tables and linked via the APISdataweb to the case record. A case may also have a restitution or civil demand record associated with it, giving you the ability to connect with your 3rd party Civil Recovery and Restitution companies. APIS allows for the attachment of digital photos or digital video which will display as part of the record.
An investigation record documents an active or completed investigation. The main purpose of an investigation record is to identify and explain details of the investigation and to manage investigation progress and results. There are two types of investigation records maintained within APIS - Employee Investigations and General Investigations.
An incident record is used to explain details and specifics on an event. It can involve a person, in which case the Incident record is linked to an existing Personal Record. Unlike a Case or Investigation, an Incident can be based on more than one individual. For example, if there were a protest with six persons apprehended, all six persons may be documented and directly linked to the single incident.
The Report Designer module is included with each installation and is extremely flexible, which allows for a high level of customization. Although APIS is designed with some very basic statistical reports, we provide an option for creating over a dozen customized reports to ensure that you are getting the data you want - the way you want it.
Talk about powerful! Here is where the good stuff happens. The administration module is included in all packages and allows you to configure the system the way you want it. You can set the field names and labels and customize drop-down boxes to create the data entry screens specific to your needs. Setting up the System Hierarchy is simple and allows easy manipulation of locations, regions, districts and divisions. User access can be set to specific area of responsibility, limiting access to specific location or region. User security levels are set up quickly and easily to facilitate adding new users and establishing authorizations within each module. System Administrators can access the configuration and add new users while Users are set to varying levels of access within each module. Viewer ID's can be set to allow view only access to details and data. There is quite a bit to do in this module including setting a standard for recovery amounts by state to coincide with state law, with company policy or both.
This module provides you the ability to perform your recovery in-house and manages and tracks information for restitution and civil recovery letters and payments. The APIS system automatically creates an account at the time a case is generated. Once approved, the account can be automated to produce demand letters that can be mailed to demand payment. This module acts as a mini accounting system to enter and track all payments and payment history.
This module helps you to effectively manage your internal employee award and incentive programs. Features include the ability to manage payments and budgets, as well as print award certificates.
This module streamlines the management of Missing Merchandise Discrepancy Reports between locations, warehouses and vendors. You can to track, monitor and resolve merchandise discrepancies including Known Stolen details, Suspected Theft; Discrepancies from the Distribution Center; Discrepancies for shipments between various departments from LP to Operations and from Inventory to Finance.
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He was born in Maple, Ontario, Canada and at an early age his family moved to Newcastle, New Brunswick, the place he would always call home and where, at the age of thirteen, he published his first newspaper. Although he wrote the entrance examinations for Dalhousie University and registered at the St. John Law School, he did not receive any formal higher education.
As a young man, he made his way to Halifax, Nova Scotia where John F. Stairs, part of the city's dominant business family, gave him employment at his newly formed Royal Securities Corporation. Under the tutelage of Stairs, who would be his mentor and lifelong friend, Aitken engineered a number of large business deals and mega-mergers.
Soon, Aitken moved to England, where he bought and later sold control of the Rolls-Royce automobile company and began to build a London newspaper empire. He often worked closely with Bonar Law, another native of New Brunswick, who became the only Canadian to be Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In 1911, he was knighted by King George V. During World War I, the Canadian government put him in charge of creating the Canadian War Records Office in London, England and Aitken then made certain that news of Canada's contribution to the War was printed in Canadian and British newspapers. Aitken also established the Canadian War Memorials Fund that evolved into a collection of War art by the premier artists and sculptors in Britain and Canada. His visits to the Western Front during World War I resulted in his 1916 book Canada in Flanders[?], a three-volume collection that chronicled the achievements of Canadian soldiers on the battlefields. After the War, he wrote several books including Politicians and the Press[?] in 1925 and Politicians and the War[?] in 1928.
Adding to his chain of newspapers, which included the London Evening Standard he bought the failing Daily Express in 1915 for the paltry sum of ₤17,000. Over time, he turned the dull newspaper into a glittering and witty journal, filled with an array of dramatic photo layouts and in 1918, he founded the "Sunday Express." By 1934, daily circulation reached 1,708,000, generating huge profits for Aitken whose wealth was already such that he never took a salary. Following World War II, the Daily Express became the largest selling newspaper in the world, by far, with a circulation of 3,706,000. He would become a "Fleet Street" Baron masterminded the British newspaper conspiracy of silence over their romance.
During World War II, he joined the British cabinet as minister of information and in 1940, Winston Churchill, the new British Prime Minister, would appoint him as minister of aircraft production and minister of supply. Under Aitken, fighter and bomber production increased so much so that Churchill declared: "His personal force and genius made this Aitken's finest hour".
After the war, Lord Beaverbrook served as chancellor of the University of New Brunswick and became the city of Fredericton's and the Province's greatest benefactor. He would provide additions to the University, scholarship funds, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, the Beaverbrook Skating Rink, the Lord Beaverbrook Hotel (profits donated to charity) and numerous other projects. His statue stands in the park in the heart of the city of Fredericton.
Lord Beaverbrook died in Surrey, England.
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Functioning as the whole thing the ski resorts in the Alps are an everyday occurrence for any foreigner. Coming to us, they are surprised why we don't do this because of its comfort. And now that one comes to think of it! European standards of mountain ski infrastructure are very near future is coming to our mountains.
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A 5-year-old boy died after falling from his family's 19th floor apartment in Zhabei district Sunday night after his parents left him home alone, the second time this month that an unattended child has fallen to his or her death in Shanghai, local media reported Monday.
The boy fell after his parents locked him in their apartment on Baotong Road Sunday evening so they could go to work, according to a report on the news website Xinmin.cn.
Neighbors reported that they heard the boy crying and banging on the door for hours before the accident.
One neighbor told Xinmin.cn that the boy eventually quieted down. The neighbor then saw the boy climb up the balcony railing and stretch out over the edge to look down. He slipped, then fell.
Police and emergency rescue personnel found the boy dead at the scene, according to the report.
His parents were running their small business at a nearby market when their son fell, according to police.
Police typically don't open investigations into the parents in such cases, which they consider accidental deaths, said Shi Fangni, a press officer with Zhabei police.
Parents are not usually punished for leaving their young children alone at home, said Rong Jinliang, a lawyer from the Juvenile Rights Protection Commission of the Shanghai Bar Association. "Unlike in Western countries where parents are not allowed to leave their children unattended for a long time, China doesn't have any regulations about this issue yet," Rong told the Global Times.
Earlier this month, a 2-year-old girl died under similar circumstances. The girl's mother had left her alone in the family's 10th floor apartment in Pudong New Area while she went to look for her husband, who was late coming home from a shopping trip.
The girl left the apartment, climbed through a hallway window and fell out.
Yang Yongming, director of the Shanghai Youth Protection Office of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, advised parents to keep their young children with them.
"It is particularly dangerous to leave children who aren't old enough to go to school unattended at home because they cannot recognize danger. Working or going shopping is not an excuse to leave a small child alone," Yang told the Global Times.
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HONG KONG, June 28 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official has expressed his optimism over the future of Hong Kong, citing the sound foundation and unique advantage of the city as well as the central government's unswerving support to Hong Kong's development.
A series of supportive policies announced by the central government recently have demonstrated the resolution and sincerity of the motherland to help maintain the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong, said Peng Qinghua, director of the Liaison Office of the Chinese Central People's Government in Hong Kong.
Although the city is facing some new challenges and needs to address problems in the areas of economy and livelihood, the incoming government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has put forward its governing idea of "seeking changes while maintaining stability," which has been well recognized by the Hong Kong people, he said.
With the support of the motherland, Hong Kong will use its unique advantages to overcome problems. "I have full confidence in the bright future of Hong Kong," Peng said in an interview ahead of the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China.
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Thailand will impose a curfew and send Red Cross workers to evacuate women, children and the elderly from Bangkok's deadly protest zone where 25 people have been killed in three days of rolling street battles between anti-government activists and soldiers.
A towering column of black smoke rose over the city Sunday as protesters facing off with troops set fire to tires serving as a barricade. Elsewhere, they doused a police traffic post with gasoline and torched it. the military operation to quell protests was the answer in ending the country's two-month-long crisis.
"Overall, I insist the best way to prevent losses is to stop the protest. The protest creates conditions for violence to occur. We do realize at the moment that the role of armed groups is increasing each day," he said.
The Red Shirt protesters have occupied a 1-square-mile (3-square-kilometer) zone, barricaded by tires and bamboo spikes, in one of the capital's ritziest areas, Rajprasong, for about two months to push their demands for Abhisit to resign immediately, dissolve Parliament and call new elections.
Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkamnerd announced on national television the government will send the Red Cross and voluntary organizations into the protest zone to "invite or persuade people, especially women, children and older people to leave the area."
About 5,000 people are believed camped in the protest zone, down from about 10,000 before fighting started Thursday after a sniper shot and seriously wounded a Red Shirt leader.
It quickly spread to nearby areas, which became a no-man's land after the army set up barriers in a wider perimeter around Rajprasong. The area already resembled a curfew zone with no public transport or private vehicles. Most shops, hotels and businesses in the area are also shut. The government has shut off power and water supplies to the core protest zone. Schools were ordered shut Monday in all of Bangkok.
At least 54 people have been killed and more than 1,600 wounded since the protests began mid-March, according to the government. The dead include 25 killed since Thursday.
Sansern said the government has decided to impose a curfew in the violence-hit areas. The timing and the exact locations will be announced later, he said.
On Saturday, soldiers blocked major roads and pinned up notices of a "Live Firing Zone" in one area of Bangkok..
Demonstrators dragged away the bodies of three people from sidewalks — shot by army snipers, they claimed. Red Shirts, drawn mostly from the rural and urban poor, say Abhisit's coalition government came to power through manipulation of the courts and the backing of the powerful military, and that it symbolizes a national elite indifferent to the poor.
The New York-based Human Rights Watch on Saturday called on the Thai government to revoke the fire zones and negotiate an end to the fighting.
"By setting out these 'live fire zones' the Thai authorities are on a slippery slope toward serious abuses. It's a small step for soldiers to think `live fire zone' means `free fire zone,' especially as violence escalates," the rights watchdog said in a statement.
The Red Shirts especially despise the military, which forced Thaksin Shinawatra, the populist premier favored by the Red Shirts, from office in a 2006 coup. Two subsequent pro-Thaksin governments were disbanded by court rulings before Abhisit became prime minister.
(Agencies)
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Eddie Murphy..
The magazine based its selections on how much a celeb was paid for his or her recent projects and compared it to what the movies actually made in ticket sales. (Who deserves their paycheck the most? Vote below!)
CBS lands Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop TV show
So, with Murphy, it was calculated that for every dollar Murphy was paid for his last three films, they only returned an average of $2.30 at the box office.
Coming in second was "One for the Money" star Katherine Heigl. Her recent flicks only generated an average of $3.40 for every dollar she was paid.
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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first (Score:3, Insightful)
nuff said
Brother-in-law to Pignose, Scott said it second (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know why they call it Hoth, they should call it "Coldth"
Re:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first (Score:4, Interesting)
very true. people can armchair quarterback real historical battles, let alone fictional ones in a setting where magic exists.
this is why i find the endor holocaust [theforce.net] a little more interesting.
Re:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first (Score:5, Funny).
Every read that about a hundred times and every time I read it just makes me so happy.
The only other thing better than this is this wonderful piece of liberal baiting from the WS [weeklystandard.com]
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Re:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first (Score:4, Insightful)
The arguments are pretty weak. Evil is as evil does. Summary execution, collective punishment and decimation, these are evil acts, and hallmarks of tyrannies. Just because supposed good guys like the United States and Israel engage in them now does not make them any less evil, it only makes the people that engage in them evil.
History is written by the victors (Score:2)
Re:Helmuth von Moltke the Elder said it first (Score:4, Informative)
"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
nuff said
It was a kids movie. Lucas even said so. This is like dissecting a Gumby show.
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Yup. In the VHS edition of episodes 4-6 George Lucas said the first was yellow, the second white and the third green.
I think that explains a lot. (Incidentally, also the reason I ff'd past his introductions the first five years I watched those VHSs.)
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"No battle plan survives contact with the enemy."
nuff said
But hindsight is 20/20, and Helmuth von Moltke lived a long time after the battle of Hoth.
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An (apparently serious) complex battle analyses of a hastily written mythical battle !!
All the while not blinking an eye in disbelief at either FTL or the existence of Darth Vader.
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or the existence of Darth Vader.
I hope he does not find you lack of faith disturbing, for your sake. Lord Vader is not as forgiving as I am.
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Just because magic exists in a story’s universe doesn’t excuse plot holes and behaviors that make no sense. Internal consistency matters in works of fantasy, not the hard-science plausibility of the setting.
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One can not expect internal consistency in any situation where they accept the presence of magic.
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Nonsense. You establish rules for your universe and then the story has to follow them, whether the rules make any scientific sense or not. Superman can't suddenly be invulnerable to kryptonite because the writer is lazy; he has to at least take a serum or be granted that power somehow. Characters’ ability to breathe on a planet with no source of oxygen doesn’t mean their motivations and actions can be untethered from each other.
Shield (Score:2)
The shield it's job quite well enough - the base wasn't glassed from orbit.
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Indeed. The orbital defenses were just that - defenses against things in orbit.
The guns and troops on the ground, the bunker itself - that's all there to protect against a planetside assault. It accomplished that task - the shields and ion cannon prevented the Imperials from slagging the area, and the ground force stalled the invasion long enough to evacuate.
Vader was on the ground, presumably, to capture Luke. Keep in mind that Luke was his son, and he knew about it - as we see in Cloud City. He wanted a c
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hence keep the reliegous nut with his own ego, and personal agenda away from command
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I believe his motivation would be more of thinking he was the only one capable of catching a budding jedi. He'd much rather capture him than risk him escaping, or worse yet, be killed by an orbital bombardment.
Though one wonders why when he spots the Flacon taking off, why he doesn't radio the fleet above him, to capture the escaping
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Exactly this.
The shield prevented orbital bombardment, which is an automatic loss condition given the rebels cannot repel the empire fleet at Hoth. (I'd guess not enough time to recall their entire fleet from other locations)
Their strategy at Hoth looked to be simply to buy enough time against a ground invasion so their ships could leave the atmosphere and jump to hyperspace. (Presumably this is easy enough to do while being covered by the ion canon)
The Rebels seemed to know all this in advance, had planned
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> They didn't even seems surprised when the empire eventually did find them.
Until the destruction of the first Death Star, there was not a single instance of the rebellion repelling an Imperial Assault. They were always found out eventually.
Paratroopers could have made the difference (Score:2)
and commando units, had Ozzel come out of light speed undetected. But seriously, paratroopers ahead of the main assault force.
A Serious Fan Could Apologize This All Away (Score:5, Insightful)
Also, the article asks why Vader didn't bomb out the base. One explanation is that he senses Luke is inside and it's his duty to turn Luke over to the Emperor. Another explanation is that they're dug in too far and they don't have the bunker busting utilities on the ATATs and ATSTs.
He flies into an asteroid belt — which somehow the Imperial Fleet had failed to account for when planning its hasty “blockade” — and the Falcon has defied the odds.
I would have guessed that since the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid belt are so low (as threepio notes) that the blockade used that as a natural barrier like you would a mountain or sea in an earthly battle. When they flew into it, nobody was expecting them to opt to be blown up in an asteroid belt and they reluctantly gave chase.
Yeah, I know, I'm the life at parties and this is all done tongue in cheek but I could probably come up with apologetic responses. I'm actually really glad that Lucas didn't decide to have meaningless strategic dialogue of Tom Clancy proportions so that we could all follow why every little thing was happening. I've read fantasy books by authors with military backgrounds and the battles get tedious -- though very informative.
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I love detailed discussions of hypothetical scenarios, but Star Wars is really way too soft of SciFi for it to do anything other than maintain suspension of disbelief.
Trying to apply reality to it quickly results in an obvious mess.
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Honest question (from a not so die hard, but still a Star Wars fan) - what's the shield that blocks the path between first Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jinn and then later Obi Wan prior to the last part of the duel which kills both Qui Gon and Maul in Episode I? I guess it's a particle shield, given that it stops the Jedi themselves for a while, but if I recall correctly it also blocks the light saber when someone (can't remember who) briefly strikes at it to test it. I would have assumed a light saber was "energ
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what's the shield that blocks the path between first Darth Maul and Qui Gon Jinn and then later Obi Wan
It's called a "Plot Device". The Star Wars films and other films are full of them.
It gets quite amusing watching people try to rationalise stuff when the only real logic is to allow the writer to manipulate the narrative the way he wants.
Allegedly J. Michael Straczynski was once asked by an obsessive fan how fast a certain spaceship (in Babylon 5?) could travel and the answer he gave was "at the speed of plot". You may also have noticed that things like transporters and communicators in Star Trek are exac
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Here's the real explanation. (Score:2, Interesting)
Vader didn't want to eliminate this particular Rebel Base, he wanted to deal with the whole alliance, and the Emperor had a plan for that, his fully operational Death Star which was a honeypot meant to suck in the Rebels yet again, but this time with surprise on their side.
And most of those authors with military backgrounds just sound like pompous asses in my experience. Armchair generals declaring their own vacuous superiority instead.
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Doesn't work. Relativistic death bombs run into one small problem - atoms. If it was moving at a more than 10% fraction of the speed of light it would be vapourised long before it hit the rebel base. And that's assuming the Imperials had the ability to accelerate that quickly, one of the bonuses of a "warp" drive is that you can just use that to cross long distances and stick to sub-5000km/h speeds otherwise, also an excellent reason for the dogfights.
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This always drives me crazy. Velocity is relative. Isn't there a high probability at any given time that you're moving at more than 10% of the speed of light relative to those atoms?
Or is it the case that basically everything in the local part of the universe is going at "relatively" the same speed with respect to the fixed stars?
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There is, in fact, some precedent for that in the first movie's Death Star's exhaust port being "ray shielded." The countermeasure to ray shielding was to use a physical torpedo.
Small flaw (Score:2)
If the Rebel shields couldn't stop matter entering (and the Imperials didn't even have a crowbar [wikipedia.org]) - then how does it prevent the Rebel ships from leaving? A shield that won't stop a kinetic bombardment or even an invasion, but still blocks your own retreat, is worse than useless.
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then how does it prevent the Rebel ships from leaving
It's an energy dampening field - it would kill the anti-gravity field the ships use for atmospheric navigation, and they have no aerodynamic glide capability so they'd fall like stones.
I just made that up to show that there's always going to be an excuse to move the plot along in a fantasy.
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That explains the wings on those invading AT-ATs...
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the Empire ground forces landed beyond the energy shield - that's from dialogue, not speculation.
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TFA indicated the energy shield covered the whole planet, but perhaps that was wrong.
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If you have virtually unlimited energy, and the capability to fire that energy in a highly concentrated 'blast' then targeting computers take care of the rest. De-orbiting large objects doesn't allow for much maneuvering.
You didn't see the cannons designed to defend against physical bombardment because physical bombardment wasn't used and therefore wasn't shown in the film.
"Sir, what about physical bombardment?"
"Idiot, didn't you read the situation report? The probe identified that the base is equipped wi
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Seems to me, if they had systems capable of shooting down crowbars falling from space, they could probably shoot down landing ships too, which would be a lot larger and slower.
Dropping a kinetic weapon from orbit is a lot faster than landing a ship. It would take only 2.5 minutes to fall 100km at 1G (regardless of mass and assuming an efficient aerodynamic profile of course). That's probably too fast to evacuate, and a tonne travelling at 1.4km/s contains significant energy. From 1000km, it'd still only tak
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I realize this reply is a bit late, but here goes.
Anything firing LOS from a fixed position (echo base) is going to have a range limited by the curvature of the planet. You could land anything you wanted beyond LOS and approach by land (ie, that's what it looks like they did.)
With regard to time, I'm not talking about the time it takes to get something from 200km to 0, I'm talking about the time it takes to get something from wherever the hell they are sourcing the mass from. While objects small enough to
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LoS only applies to energy weapons, but we know the Rebels have proton torpedos. I'm sure they've invented homing technology too. OK, you could fly an invasion down outside LoS range, but you'd have to enter atmosphere from hundreds of kilometers away (given an earth-like radius), and fly no closer than 30km or so. Those AT-ATs were not exactly fast-moving - 10km/hr tops, so it'd take a few hours to advance.
Self-guided kinetic weapons are easy too, and crowbars/poles with steerable fins don't destabilise ea
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Well done! Now do the Enterprise E against an Imperial Star destroyer.
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Well done! Now do the Enterprise E against an Imperial Star destroyer.
No contest - the Old Republic had way more energy than the Federation. They had a fully galactic Republic/Empire, whereas warp engines take decades to travel across a galaxy. The Rebels rendezvoused at a point far outside their own galaxy to stay hidden at the end of ESB. Which makes sense - the Federation is about 250 years more advanced than we are, while the Old Republic was stable for over a thousand generations.
Add to that the Emp
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If you believe in the future that energy is cheap and mass is expensive
Past. Star Wars happened a Long, Long Time Ago.
That's what Kim Jong-il said (Score:1)
US=Empire
North Koreans=Rebels
South Korea=Echo Base
Harry S. Truman=Darth Vader
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US=Empire North Koreans=Rebels South Korea=Echo Base Harry S. Truman=Darth Vader
Except that a popular but absolutely mediocre general like Douglas MacArthur pulled the trick of a lifetime with the Inchon landing, neatly regaining control of the capital city/ transport node, cutting away supplies to the north Korean thrust, and giving the enemy the unpalatable choice between an hasty but long retreat or trying to basically fight a three front war against an enemy which could make good use of a reasonable ability to deny ground movement.
they could have tried to leave a screen south,
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Except that a popular but absolutely mediocre general like Douglas MacArthur pulled the trick of a lifetime with the Inchon landing...
That wasn't exactly a mediocre move, was it? Some people point out that he relied on some previous staff work, but staffs exist to plan for every possible contingency, and MacArthur found this solution and implemented it. I must grant, however, that even a mediocre general may display an occasional flash of brilliance. In addition, his success also contained the seed of eventual failure. Once the Inchon Landing succeeded and MacArthur kept on rolling, the Chinese saw a general coming toward their borders at
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Landings like that had been conducted in WW2 in the Mediterranean during Sicily by Patton when he made his drive from Palermo to Messina. So there's definite preexisting work that had been done regarding using amphibious landings to cut off enemy forces. In Patton's case, the landings were done with smaller detachments that couldn't hold long and required the main body to punch through and join up rather than drop a corps behind enemy lines to relieve a defense.
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I am familiar with the Sicily campaign, and it was not the high note of Patton's career: a si
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I'm not sure I would compare bypassing islands in the pacific that were cut off from Japanese reinforcements on the same degree as using a maneuver to cut off or otherwise place pressure on the enemy's force. In the Pacific, if I remember correctly, skipping those islands was a trivial matter since we had naval and air dominance by that time. So there was no point wasting troops on islands that had little to no strategic values, like the Philippines.
Maybe they had advance intelligence? (Score:1)
traceroute -m 100 216.81.59.173
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Really, the author of TFA had nothing better to write about than a science fiction battle happening in a movies from 30 years ago????
Ever read "Falkenberg's Legion" or other Scifi of mixed "sci fi / military" theme? they are actually quite good. and anyway, I am quite sure that the powers that be have wargamed scenario that would seem farfetched even to a preteen on a high from "battlestar galactica". It's cheap, it's outside the box, and it's effective.
on a sidenote, I had a classical education at school, and please do remember that the basic ingredients of the classical epic story are the same. I always joke with my son about how his
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Many years ago, before the world wide web existed, I went to some online system, maybe Compuserve, I don't remember, and I noticed that they had a bunch of forums for Star Trek, Star Wars, etc. Being a big sci-fi fan fan I thought "this sounds pretty cool." Wrong. It took me all of about 5 minutes to discover that having serious discussions about fictional characters and events is boring, pointless and just plain stupid.
Why did [some character] do [something] instead of doing [something else]?
Why? Bec
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I didn't need sex for Star Wars to lose its cool.... George Lucas did that with his wretched prequels and constant fiddling with the originals.
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Dude, get laid... Then you won't care about what one very rich man does to a bunch of kids movies.
Wait a second, I forgot this was Slashdot... Nevermind.
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Too much valuable intel (Score:5, Interesting).
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Not to mention that scattering the Rebels complicates their operations, logistics, communications, etc... (In a real war, that's a non trivial win.) If the goal is to deny the Rebels the use of the base as the author claims - it doesn't matter if the base is turned into a smoking crater or the Empero
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Basically this: The ion cannon prevented the ability for the blockade to be in a position to directly target the weak spot in the shield, and just far enough away to give a fast transport enough time to zip through.
People who get upset at that have never watched a football game where an offensive lineman opens a hole just long enough for a runner to slip past the defenders. It's not much of a hole, but it's enough if you are quick.
It was Ozzel (Score:4, Funny)
It's well known that Admiral Ozzel came out of hyperpsace too close to the system and cost them the element of surprise. He's as clumsy as he is stupid....
Re:It was Ozzel (Score:5, Funny)
Also, as a good manager, Vader gave Ozzel immediate and clear feedback on his poor performance, promptly demoted him, and simultaneously strongly motivated the replacement to perform better in their new job.
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It's well known that the late Admiral Ozzel came out of hyperpsace too close to the system and cost them the element of surprise. He's as clumsy as he was stupid....
FTFY
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News for Nerds, (Score:5, Funny)
Only attack from in front... (Score:2)
Haven't most of these points been argued to death before, like why everyone attacks the AT-ATs from in front?
Why not flank them and attack from behind or from the sides? The trip cables don't care which part of the body they start from, and you're less likely to be shot with cannons that only shoot in the front quadrant...
The real point (Score:3).
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Ignorant Journalist (Score:5, Informative)
Motives (Score:3)
I think the author is missing the point about Vader's motives. The article said:
The author assumes that Vader actually cared about winning whatever military objectives the Empire had. I don't think he did. In Episode V, Vader wanted only one thing: to get Luke Skywalker. I imagine that after the Death Star was destroyed and there was a big ceremony highlighting to everyone in the Rebel Alliance that Luke was the hero, word got to the Empire (and Vader) that someone named Skywalker was involved. Vader may have claimed that the name had no meaning for him, but it certainly did. So that's why he went down to the base. He didn't trust the stormtroopers to be able to capture Luke; he was going to do it himself.
In Episode IV, Vader seemed to be nominally to be a team player (at least he stopped choking that guy in the conference room) and willing to take orders. By the time Episode V rolled around, Vader was off the leash. All he wanted was to get Luke to turn him into his Sith Apprentice and everything else (stormtroopers, admirals, star destroyers, what have you) was just fodder. So although I enjoyed the article, I don't think Vader's tactics weren't because of poor planning or insight. If every Rebel escaped and every Imperial died, it wouldn't matter to him if he captured Luke.
It other words: it's not that I'm a bad driver. It's that I needed to get to the airport to make my flight and that now-dented car was a rental.
Rebel Strategy Fail (Score:3)
Let's not forget...
Hiding the base on Hoth was Luke Skywalker's one major leadership decision.
The base was discovered and attacked before even becoming fully operational. Although the rebels themselves escaped, there would have been a massive loss of costly and difficult to replace military hardware.
Skywalker did at least have the sense not to show his face again except for personal rescue attempts in The Empire Strikes Back and then not to even attempt to participate in the actual rebellion until after the strategic decisions had already been finalized in The Return of the Jedi.
No planetary shield (Score:3)
The Rebels had a poorly-laid-out ground defense, and a planetary shield that can't keep an invader out while complicating their own escape.
But they didn't really have a planetary shield. It was merely a shield over Echo Base. With highly limited resources and a shoestring budget, it was better than nothing. Don't forget, this was not a well funded, professional army, it was a ragtag group of rebels on the run.
TL;DR (Score:3)
It was damn cold. The good guys got away, as expected.
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In Field of Dreams, beginner farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) risks bankruptcy to build a baseball diamond in the middle of his Iowa cornfield. Kinsella, rebelling against his deceased father’s calculated lifestyle, impulsively follows the advice of a mysterious voice assuring, “If you build it, he will come.” Months after he builds it, they come: several ghosts of baseball’s past, including “Shoeless” Joe Jackson (Ray Liotta), flock to the field to relive their glory days. By film’s end, baseball fans from all over arrive to witness the mystical match. And since the 1989 movie’s release, about 65,000 people per year have also made the trek to the Field of Dreams.
Built by Universal Studios in 1989, the 193-acre (78 hectare) site is now owned by the Lansing family. The family maintains the baseball diamond and welcomes tourists free of charge. However, in mid-May 2010 the family put the land — including a two-bedroom house — on the market for $5.4 million. Both Costner and Liotta have reportedly passed on the chance of owning the Field of Dreams.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind.--()--NESCO, LLC (“NESCO”) today announced that it has acquired Utility Equipment Leasing Corporation (“UELC”) from Utility Equipment Holding Company (“UEHC”), pursuant to a stock purchase agreement.
“The acquisition solidifies our position as one of the premier service and equipment providers in the utility and telecommunications rental markets and demonstrates NESCO and Platinum Equity's commitment to strategic consolidation.”’ equipment needs nationwide,” said Lee Jacobson, NESCO‘s Chief Executive Officer. “The acquisition solidifies our position as one of the premier service and equipment providers in the utility and telecommunications rental markets and demonstrates NESCO and Platinum Equity's commitment to strategic consolidation.”
Louis Samson, the Platinum Equity partner who led the firm’s acquisition of NESCO, said today’s announcement represents another step forward in Platinum Equity's efforts to support NESCO's overall growth strategy.
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