text: Back Should You Use an Air Filter? Air-filter units can help reduce allergens in your house, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. But they can't work alone. In addition to choosing the right air-filter unit, continue your efforts to control the sources of triggers, such as encasing mattresses and pillows in dust-proof covers and keeping surfaces such as countertops and floors clean. When you're looking for an air filter, the EPA suggests that you find out the clean-air-delivery rate (CADR) of each unit. The higher the CADR number, the faster the unit filters the air. To get the right air filter for the size of your room, the CADR number should be at least two-thirds of (about 0.67 times) the square-foot measurement of the room. For example, the volume of a room 12 feet by 8 feet is 96 square feet. Multiply 96 by 0.67. The result is approximately 64. That means you should choose a filter that has a CADR of 64 or higher. Also look for a high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter. According to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), these filters capture 99.97 percent of all particles 0.3 microns or larger. For more information, visit the AHAM website.


text:
5th Annual Razorback Endurance Race! Please visit www.westcoasttrailruns.com/razorback for more information. This website also has a link to the facebook page for current updates. There are 2 courses being offered. The traditional 2 mile paved version, and the new "Razorback Relentless" which is a 4.75 mile lollipop loop that is on gorgeous trails behind the aid station. Both courses start and end at the same aid station. Once you start your race you will NOT be allowed to switch courses unless the RD has allowed all runners to do so (bad weather, unsafe conditions etc).You can view details on the different courses at www.tracysracing.com/razorbackThere will be one main aid station at the start/finish area with the typical sweet and salty snacks as well as water and sports drink. Lunch will be added to the main aid station around noon and warm pizza will be delivered between 5-6pm to fuel our hungry runners. Warm soup will be served throughout the night and breakfast will be offered on Sunday morning. We take pride in the food that we prepare at Razorback. We strive to prepare as many meals that are 100% natural without artificial colors, flavors or GMO's. We prepare homemade meals and snacks thoughout the event that cater to endurance athletes. You can expect warm, freshly prepared food throughout the event. If you are a Vegan or Vegetarian athlete, we got you covered! We prepare Vegan and Vegetarian Options thoughout the event as well. Runners (before or after their race) and family members are welcome to bring their tents to camp during and after their event and set up their own aid stations. We really want to welcome runners and family members to stay and hang out and join in on the fun.
Please join us on Earth Day April 22-23rd 2017 for our 5th Year of Razorback-- Hippie themed. Same distances offered as last year6 hour- (3 options... 6am start saturday, 6pm start Saturday, 6am start Sunday (or you can do back to back days) 12 Hour24 Hour100 milesPlease visit www.westcoasttrailruns.com/razorback for important detailed race information.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Dozens of inmates cause disturbance at 'crisis' prison
Dozens of inmates have been involved in a major disturbance at a crisis-hit prison after 120 prisoners refused to return to their cells.
Firefighters and police were called in to help quell a "serious incident" that lasted for around eight hours at HMP Ranby in Nottinghamshire, two days after a report condemned the prison as in "crisis".
The Prison Officers' Association said 60 prisoners were "actively involved" in the disturbance, which caused minor fire damage but no injuries to staff or inmates.


text:
Standart Double Room-Single
Room Amenities
- Bathrooms
- Bed And Breakfast
- Car Rental Desk
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Economy
- Free Breakfast
- Free Internet
- Free Local Calls
- Free Parking
- Free Wifi
- Hot Tub
- Non Smoking
- Parking Available
- Room With A View
- Shuttle
- En-Suite
- Horse Riding
- Private Bath
Terms & Conditions
Cancellations must be made by writing an email or fax. We do not accept cancellations by phone.
Cancellations made 10 days prior you arrive receive 100% refund.
Cancellations made by 10 days or less, will not receive any refund.
Please,be aware that if you cancelled a reservation paid with credit card, we will be charging a 10% banks fees for the total amount for your authorized total cost.
If cancelled or modified up to 10 days before date of arrival, no fee will be charged. If cancelled or modified later or in case of no-show, the total price of the reservation will be charged.


text:
Lindenwood University is the winner of the NCAA's Division II Award of Excellence for its efforts to raise money and awareness for the cause of Sterling Thomas, a Lindenwood football player who suffered a serious spinal cord injury in October, 2012.
A record number of Division II schools were competing for the award, which was presented to President Jim Evans and Athletics Director John Creer January 18 at the NCAA Convention in San Diego, Calif. The award is presented for an activity or event that exemplifies excellence in any of the areas covered by the six attributes of Division II—learning, service, balance, passion, sportsmanship, and resourcefulness.
"We're very honored to receive such a prestigious award," said President Jim Evans. "I am proud of service and compassion demonstrated by our students, staff, faculty, and the community. We have been able to help the Thomas family. And we hope that this award will help us continue to help them."
Lindenwood's entry, called "Sellout for Sterling," centered on a basketball promotion in February, 2013. Hyland Arena was packed for a basketball game against Central Missouri, but football—and Sterling Thomas—was also on the mind of those in the crowd. Lindenwood told its student body and the community that they couldn't afford to miss the game…to see a special video message at halftime from Sterling Thomas. The short video documented Thomas' rehab at a facility in Atlanta, and contained a special thank-you message.
Creer said "Sellout for Sterling" was a labor of love for those who organized it. He said their many efforts included a series of promotional YouTube videos, lapel stickers, and sidewalk stickers to promote the game.
"It spread all over the community," Creer said. "It was very touching. There was a big restaurant promotion called 27 for 27, and we also received donations from across the country. Schools in our conference were also very generous. When we went on the road for a football game, they were passing the hat and making a donation."
Lindenwood receives a cash prize for winning the Award of Excellence, as well as a nationally-televised football or basketball game on CBS Sports Network in 2014-2015.


text:
Posts Tagged martyr
The Image and Culture
Posted by Daniel Lewis in Uncategorized on March 24, 2011
The Itamar massacre: the spectacle of violence – ignored. One would suppose that such an event would have filled the newspapers; if not for the sake of the victims then for the anticipation of what was to come. And yet despite this, the attack on a Jewish family of five has received almost no coverage by the Western media. The question that has circulated since has been why?
In this case what is most disturbing is not the response of those Arabs who celebrated the event, (for I would expect nothing more of them) but the passive attitude of the 'impartial' press. Such an attitude as theirs reflects more directly the culture of Islam which places the image of the martyr above all other images. Indeed, it would seem that these photographs alone embody glory within Islam, for neither Allah nor the prophet Mohamed may appear in picture form.
Therefore the martyr receives a singular honour; immortality by the photograph. However, this unbalanced representation of society is not without consequences for photographs both reflect cultural trends and contribute to their promotion. In the case of these pictures, their impact on Palestinian society has had dramatic effect. In the words of David Suissa:
…a Palestinian child can walk to school along a street named after the terrorist Abu Jihad, who planned a bus hijacking that killed 37, spend the day in a school named after Ahmad Yassin, the man who founded Hamas, play soccer in the afternoon in a tournament honoring terrorist Abd Al-Basset Odeh, who killed 31, and end his day at a youth center named after Abu Iyad, who was responsible for killing 11 Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.
These are the portrayed heroes of Islam; their images adorn the streets of Gaza, taking pride of place among advertisements compelling one to buy. For themselves, they become a type of advertisement for immediately one is aware of what they are looking at (the martyr) and what it leads to (immortality).
Within this immortality there exists a cultish form of celebrity; those who give their lives for the sake of Islam are to be admired for their sacrifice. It is as if Western views of chivalry are mirrored in this medieval ideology; whereas one views the likes of King Arthur and his knights to be the epitome of gallantry, those of the Near East hold the martyr to be as such.
In that respect their modern culture has built itself around these 'legends'. Their names appear everywhere; in one case, Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 was responsible for perhaps the most lethal terror attack against Israel, is now honoured and immortalized by having the following named for her: elementary schools, a kindergarten, a computer centre, summer camps, football tournaments, a community centre, a sports team, a public square, a street, an election course, an adult education course, a university club, a dance troupe, a military unit, a dormitory in a youth centre, a TV quiz team and a graduation ceremony.
The ultimate conclusion is that this is a society that either lacks any real cultural identity, or has chosen to forget it in favour of promoting a new form of identity for itself. This identity has swallowed up all aspects of Arab existence; outside their own immediate circle the world has come to know them as a problem race, characterised by violence. It is a stereotype, adopted by a segment of Islam, promoted by the media and accepted by the world.
With this, the question of why the Itamar massacre received no attention can now be answered. They are not martyrs for a cause; there is no sacrifice. Rather it is murder, cold and brutal but nothing more than that. By contrast, every Palestinian that dies is by proclamation a martyr for 'the struggle'. In the same respect that today, anybody can appear on television and claim a right to celebrity; likewise anyone can become a martyr. No effort is required, no promise of commitment is necessary. It is the joke of equality; one can appear on the pantheon stage of celebrity (martyrdom), without discrimination, just as long as one's life is taken.
Therefore, every Arab death is news; they are statistics in an on-going conflict, proclaimed protagonists in a war. In unison the media reflect the same attitude that the Palestinians have adopted. Of course the biggest losers in this cycle of stereotype are the Palestinians themselves; not content to limit themselves to the idea that death and violence brings glory, they have achieved alienation from humanity; their behaviour accepted as cultural, no condemnation for wrongdoing.


text:
His pie is filled with nectarines, blueberries, blackberries, banana and apple. Mine had apples and blackberries - take away from this that any old fruit/ combination there of will do!
I make my pastry with wholemeal flour and brown sugar, both of which contribute to a more nutty tasting, brown effect. The brown sugar helps to counter the slightly drying effect of the bran in the flour.
I chuck a little ground almonds in through my fruit, partially because I like the taste, but mostly to soak up any extraneous fruit juices!
This is a deceptively simple, but impressive dessert - I encourage you to give it a go!


text:
After a bit of tap dancing, HP revealed that today's $1.6 billion blockbuster bid for 3PAR was not its first.
HP published its offer letter today in which executive vice president, chief strategy and technology officer Shane Robinson wrote:
"We propose to increase our offer to acquire all of 3PAR outstanding common stock to $24.00 per share in cash. This offer represents a 33.3% premium to Dell's offer price and is a "Superior Proposal" as defined in your merger agreement with Dell."
In a conference call with media and analysts, Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager of HP's Enterprise Server, Networking and Storage Business, said HP had "done due diligence on this deal prior to anything you've seen announced publicly" and "had multiple meetings with [3PAR's] senior management."
Finally, when asked whether HP had an outstanding offer on the table when Dell made its move for 3PAR, HP's Steve Fieler, vice president, investor relations, admitted that there was "another offer on the table."
Donatelli also said he expects HP's relationship with Hitachi would continue. "There is always going to be overlap in storage solutions. That's been happening for the past 20 years and I don't have any concerns about it. I actually view that as a positive because it makes sure you have a seamless offering and that you don't have any competitive gaps."
He also said HP "looks forward to the response" from Dell.
Dell declined to comment on HP's counteroffer.
For the full story on the HP-3PAR-Dell triangle, see "HP, Dell in Bidding War for 3PAR."
You can hear a replay of the conference call/webcast on HP's website.
posted by: Kevin Komiega


text:
California Wine Country is as generic to Napa and Sonoma as copies are to Xerox. Napa and Sonoma are California's brand. Last year, we visited Napa and discovered a vibrant, dynamic appellation that is accessed by two roads, Hwy 29 and the Silverado Trail - both sourced out of the City of Napa. They are the arteries and the distribution system to Wine Incorporated. Everything Napa is tight and organized. Winery after winery after winery. After Napa, we looked forward to a trip to Sonoma to experience the other side of the mountain.
The first step was planning the journey, and we solicited the help of the Sonoma County Tourism Bureau, www.sonomacounty.com, whose mission is to promote Sonoma as a destination. Their motto: "Do You Speak Sonoma?" And we discovered that Sonoma is much more bucolic, with more wineries than Napa, spread out over a network of highways and back roads. The region is divided into three signature areas:
South: with the City of Sonoma as the hub.
Central: with the City of Santa Rosa as the hub.
North: with the City of Healdsburg as the hub.
Each of these areas are individual Sonoma destinations and each produces varietals that are indigenous to the region. We embarked on a three-day journey from San Francisco - to the North and Central points from Santa Rosa and to the South from the city of Sonoma.
We caught Golden Gate Transit which took us from Downtown San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge directly to Santa Rosa arriving at the Vintner's Inn, our first stop. The Vintner's Inn is owned by Ferrari Carano Winery and is located amidst vineyards that are perfect for a morning walk. It's a pastoral setting, yet it's close to everything in Santa Rosa. Vintner's Inn is a collection of two storied "mini mansions" with fountains and walkways. The rooms are comfortable with log burning fireplaces and four-poster beds featuring crisp linens. These rooms are sure to de-stress even the toughest road warrior. A couple of days at the Vintner's Inn is a prescription to mellow out and leave the cares of the world behind.
Santa Rosa is home to the historic Railroad Square and on our first day we had the chance to stroll the shops and take in the sights. The square was glowing with the spirit of the season - all decked out for the holidays. We retreated to our room, which was so inviting that we decided to order in and had "room service" delivered. What a great introduction to Sonoma!
The next morning we were greeted by Earl King from Royal Pacific Limousine. A limo is the only way to visit Sonoma wine country. No worries about drinking and driving, and no worries about taking a wrong turn here or there and winding up lost on some back country road. We began at the Healdsburg town square. Healdsburg is the hub of the north region which includes the Dry Creek appellation. Healdsburg is the hub of the north region which includes the Dry Creek appellation. Healdsburg has a Mayberry - feel to it, with shops and restaurants clustered around a town square. We spent some quality time walking around the square, stepping into some of the many tasting rooms that are in the middle of town. Actually one could spend a "walking day in wine country" just staying on the square. Its got a modern element as well, as the Hotel Healdsburg is as hip a lodging experience as you'll find anywhere and it boasts the Dry Creek Kitchen with cuisine by Master Chef Charlie Palmer.
Finishing up on the square, we headed to our first winery, SEGHESIO Family Vineyard. One word: Outstanding. The entire experience had an element of class and offered the best of what Sonoma is known for: great wine. Our next stop was MICHEL-SCHLUMBERGER which is affiliated with Schlumberger of New Orleans. We enjoyed a fireside private tasting of fine Sonoma wine. It was a relaxed experience that is not to be missed. Yet, one must have a driver like Earl King, because the winery is on some back road and it looks like a private home.
A couple more wineries and we finished the day at FERRARI CARANO, the estate which is the owner of Vintage Inn. Ferrari Carano must be seen to be believed. It's a European Chateau with sculpture gardens and a Bordeaux-type grand palace that rivals anything - worldwide.
One cannot do more than four wineries in one day, so it was time to get back to the Vintner's Inn and prepare for dinner at John Ash, the on-property gourmet restaurant at the Vintner's Inn. At John Ash, we enjoyed a sumptuous repast that included gourmet appetizers and entrees. Especially noteworthy was the escargot on special as an appetizer and the surf and turf combo.
The following day we were going to explore the South Region of Sonoma. We started at D'Argenzio in Santa Rosa where we enjoyed chatting with the winemaker and tasting a delightful flight of Pinots and Zinfandels that was concluded by a private barrel tasting in the back room. Barrel tastings are fun because the wine is drawn directly from the barrels, as they are aging. The wine is still very young, but it give the opportunity to taste a developing wine. And judging by the samples we tasted, there is some really good stuff coming up the next season.
We drove down the road to LEDSON. Right off Hwy 12, Ledson is a remarkable place. Its a true French Chateau, conceived and constructed by one of the wealthiest men in Sonoma County. Sparing no expense, Ledson has it all. Private tasting rooms with fireplaces, some that are pet friendly. The tastings are presented by staff sommeliers that go the distance explaining the wine, and carefully hand-rolling the glasses so that the wine can breathe.
At ARROWOOD we had a private sit-down tasting hosted by Dave Cassetta, We were treated to the type of tasting that goes on in wine competition. It was very rewarding. And, by the way, the wine was really very nice. We finished the day a HANZELL, at the top of a steep hill, and one must know where this place is, otherwise you would never find it. Well, Earl knew and he took is to the top of the mountain. Once there, we toured the facility, climbed a lot of stairs, and tasted at a long table that resembled a Medieval feast venue. The views, the atmosphere, the wine...it was all intoxicating. Great to have a limo. No way to navigate this on your own.
Making our way to the City of Sonoma we checked into MacArthur Place, in the middle of town. MacArthur Place is a "place" you cannot miss. It's a joy. Number one accommodations. Number one location. Number one restaurant...Saddles, which is themed western, to the point where the "chairs" in the lounge are saddles. Because we were spent from all the wine, we opted for room service and Saddles was eager to accommodate. The room service was over the top with entrees and appetizers: a gourmet dinner in the best of the best locations...your own private suite at MacArthur Place.
It was time to bid Sonoma farewell, so we got up early to catch the connecting transit to the Valejo Ferry to make it back to San Francisco. We left a 5:00 AM wake-up call. To our surprise, a steward, knocked on our door BEFORE anything was open, delivering a pot of coffee and fresh-baked muffins and juice. Turns out the hostess at Saddles was aware of our early departure and made arrangements for the breakfast to be delivered before anything opened formally. That is serious service. That is MacArthur Place.
On our way to catch the ferry, we drove through the CARNEROS region which is at the top of San Francisco Bay and is known for its Chardonnay. The Carneros region is a major appellation that does not claim exclusive identity to either Napa or Sonoma County. It is a buffer region that can be identified with both areas. Carneros produces world class Chardonnay, as it sits in an ideal micro climate for growing and harvesting those magnificent grapes
We made our way to the Valejo Ferry terminal and got back to San Francisco. The Valejo Ferry is operated by the Blue and Gold Fleet and is one of many daily routes through the San Francisco Bay. It's a great way to get from point A to point B. It even offers boat tours under the Golden Gate Bridge.
We returned to San Francisco relaxed, refreshed, and educated about the wonderful place known as Sonoma County. Do we speak Sonoma? You Bechta...can't wait to return.


text:
Download A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5) Study Guide
Extended Summary
A Dance With Dragons is the fifth novel in George R. R. Martin's ongoing fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. Much of the novel's action coincides with events from the previous novel, A Feast for Crows. However, A Dance With Dragons focuses on different characters, and while the previous novel focused on events around King's Landing, the capital of Westeros, much of A Dance With Dragons takes place in the far north of Westeros and in the lands across the Narrow Sea.
Jon Snow is the 998th Lord Commander of the Men of the Night's Watch. Snow is charged with command of "The Wall," a massive barrier built in the far north of Westeros to defend the realm from the undead, known as the "Others." Sadly, the true purpose of the Wall has long been forgotten, and most people feel that the Night's Watch only protects the realm from wildlings. Now, few realize that the dead are returning to attack the realms of men. Though young, Jon sees the danger that the undead pose to the Night's Watch, and his solution is shocking to his men: Jon offers the wildlings sanctuary south of the Wall. Though the wildlings are considered savage and undisciplined by the men of the Night's Watch, Jon argues that they will serve as an asset to the Wall as fighters. And if they remain north of the Wall, they will die in the harsh winter and return as Others to attack the realm.
King Stannis Baratheon approves of Jon's plan, though his approval is not of great help to the Lord Commander. Stannis claims the Iron Throne of Westeros, but commands few men and carries the allegiance of very few lords. In fact, Stannis' castle is in the south of Westeros, but he has come to the north in response to the Watch's call for help and in order to secure the North of Westeros for himself. When A Dance With Dragons opens, the North, which has long been justly ruled by the Starks, has been given by the Lannisters to the Starks' ancestral rivals, the House of Bolton. Stannis and his Hand, Ser Davos Seaworth, begin to entreat the northerners to gather support.
Tyrion Lannister finds himself without any support. Having been found guilty of killing his nephew, King Joffrey, and having killed his father, Lord Tywin Lannister, Tyrion is forced to flee Westeros by ship. He spends his journey drinking as he recalls his final confrontation with his father. When Tyrion lands, he finds himself in Pentos, across the Narrow Sea. He meets with Illyrio Mopatis, an obese and wealthy Magister. Illyrio offers Tyrion food and shelter, though he does not immediately explain what purpose he has in mind for the disfigured and scarred dwarf. Instead, he takes Tyrion on a journey East and gives the exile over to three of his allies, who are led by "Griff." Tyrion soon deduces the identity of these three soldiers: they are also exiles from Westeros. Griff is in fact Jon Connington, who was once Hand to the Targaryens before Robert Baratheon's rebellion. However, the true discovery is Connington's charge: Aegon Targaryen, the rightful heir to the Iron Throne. When Tyrion arrives, Connington and Aegon are journeying East, but Tyrion convinces Aegon to instead travel to Westeros, stake his claim, and gather support for him.
However, before Aegon can carry out this plan, Tyrion is abducted. At first, Tyrion thinks that his abductor means to return him to King's Landing to collect the bounty on the dwarf's head. Instead, his abductor, Jorah Mormont, intends to deliver Tyrion to a different queen, Daenerys Targaryen. Jorah and Tyrion travel by ship. However, their journey is interrupted when their ship is attacked by pirates. Both Tyrion and Jorah are sold into slavery. Their masters take them to Slaver's Bay, where Daenerys rules Meereen.
Quentyn Martell is also seeking Daenerys. Quentyn is an heir of Dorne, a powerful kingdom in the far south of Westeros. Quentyn hopes to marry Daenerys, and then to return to Westeros to rebel against the Lannisters, who control King...
(The entire section is 1,632 words.)


text:
as far as im concerned bond wise a good rule of thumb to follow is... they all suck, with possible exception of dr no as its the original and the only one worth giving a flying flibbledy gooble about
Whilst they are all pretty terrible, I'd say that Goldeneye is miles better than all the Bonds and star treks, its is actually something I'd rate as okay, and if you haven't seen it... well, it was okay Everyone raves about goldfinger... that was okay too (although not as good), and the one with Christopher Lee wasn't too bad. The others are terrible.
Anyway back to trek, what is the rule about crap star trek films? I know "every other one is 'good'" but which does it start with, odd or even?
I guess they mean 2,4,6,8... but this was before ten, so that doesn't count


text:
An insider's view of what is really happening in the Harris County Criminal Courts
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Big Jolly and Me
David Jennings is a good man who is doing more than 99.999% of the population when it comes to educating himself on who he votes for and whom he recommends that others vote for. I may not always agree with his decisions [see below], but I respect him and the rules that he plays by. In a comment on my last post, he pointed out that he hated personal attacks on candidates and he had done more than the readers know to stop Terry Lowry's personal attacks on Kelly Siegler. That is the truth, folks.
And just because I disagree with him doesn't change that.
Now, let me tell you [and him] how wrong he is.
1. To start out with, Dave, you need to work a little bit on not being so sensitive. When I posted this article about the Other 95%, I was trying to point out the simple fact that those of us who worked around the CJC have a better working knowledge of Pat Lykos than those who meet her at political functions. In response, you seem to think I called you an "ignoramus" according to this post and that you were suffering my "wrath" for disagreeing with me. Give me a break.
Would you select a heart surgeon for yourself or your loved one because you met a doctor at a cocktail party and thought they had good social graces? Of course not. You would want to talk to people that knew the job required of a heart surgeon and had actual experience with dealing with them. Let's say that you narrowed the choice down to two potential surgeons. One of them was reviled as being a terrible surgeon by all the medical personnel who knew her. The other was highly respected by all the medical personnel. Who would you pick? That was all that I was trying to point out in that article.
2. You call Don Hooper a "friend"? Really? Well, I gotta give you credit for making a public announcement on something really unpopular.
Ever since Hooper latched onto Rachel Palmer, he has done nothing but court controversy with his juvenile (and occasionally borderline criminal) antics. Did you ever go back to the comments section of this post from the 2010 election? That's your "friend" Hooper typing under my name. I suppose if I had his life, I would want to adopt other identities as well.
He still does it on the Chronicle comments section and on your blog, as well. It is one thing to post anonymously, but something else to claim to be another person. Nobody was complaining that he revealed the name of the Grand Jury foreperson on the Chronicle site. What was in bad taste was making posts as if he were her.
I share your distaste for Terry Lowry and his methods of campaigning, but Hooper makes him look like an Amish Buddhist Monk that has taken a vow of silence by comparison. Talk to Edward Porter about Hooper confronting him at a polling location and then telling people that Porter had a gun (he didn't).
Couple that with the "badging" scandal that arose when he borrowed his then-fiancee's badge to go harass some neighbors. Pat Lykos never looked into the possibility that he might have committed a criminal offense like Impersonating a Public Servant. Rather, she vigorously hunted down any Assistant District Attorney who might have run the HPD offense report to learn what happened.
I guess everybody needs a friend, Dave, but damn.
3. Let's get back on pace and talk about your "puff piece" on Lykos. Yes, you have a valid point when you say that you wrote a similarly easy-going article on Mike Anderson with this article, but dude, after accusing him of being a liar and a conspirator in the 185th Grand Jury, you kind of owed the man. Seriously.
My issue with the piece you did on Lykos was that it seemed to be devoid of the critical thinking that you normally possess when you write. I don't know whether it was a favor to your former colleague from Lone Star Times, David Benzion, or what, but didn't you think that it was just the slightest bit suspicious that Lykos had been hiding from mainstream media all month, yet comes out of her spider hole to do an interview with a blogger? I'm stunned that she didn't call me!
How did that phone call go exactly? Something like this?
BENZION: Hey Dave! Long time, no see! Did you see that I gave you a shout out on www.lonestartimes.com when I shut it down?
BIG JOLLY: I sure did. Thanks for that! Where are you working now?
BENZION: Well, I just started this week doing PR for the Pat Lykos Administration.
BIG JOLLY: Ouch.
BENZION: Ouch is right. All these damn reporter types like that asshole Ted Oberg are trying to act like she and her upper Administration are a bunch of crooks.
BIG JOLLY: Yikes. What do they want you to do about it?
BENZION: I'm trying to find a news agency that will give her a positive story.
BIG JOLLY: Did you try the Chronicle? They love her over there.
BENZION: Yeah, but even Lisa Falkenberg took a chunk out of our ass with her column on Palmer.
BIG JOLLY: That's rough, man.
BENZION: Yeah, and I can't find anyone else between here and Sioux City, Iowa that will do something positive on Lykos. Even the Greensheets wouldn't let me ghostwrite a story!
BIG JOLLY: That's terrible.
BENZION: Any way that I could talk you into doing a nice piece on her?
BIG JOLLY: Well, I don't know . . .
BENZION: Dave, I hate to call in favors, but she has a gun to my head right now and she's threatening to use it if I don't come through for her.
BIG JOLLY: Ha ha.
BENZION: I'm not kidding.
PAT LYKOS (IN BACKGROUND): Do I sound like I'm f*cking kidding around here, Mr. Jennings?
BIG JOLLY: Okay! Okay! I'll do the piece! Just don't kill him, Pat!
4. As to the contents of the piece itself, where do I begin? First of all, let's start with Roger Bridgwater's assertion that Pat Lykos has never screamed or cursed at anyone. Um, yeah. First of all, this is Roger Bridgwater asserting that. The guy who lost his cool so badly with Donna Goode in a staff meeting that he had to run her out of the Office. That he would throw down the gauntlet for people to step up and name an incident is silly.
Do you really think that the people under her are going to stand up and talk to you and then lose their jobs? Come on, Dave. The Lykos Administration has been nothing if not retaliatory. Want some examples of her publicly gutting somebody? Ask Rifi Newaz and Mark Donnelly. I know of another prosecutor that she told he was "abjectly incompetent," but it isn't my place to tell his story. Nobody, generally, really likes to piss off the elected District Attorney.
Regarding her "accomplishments," I've addressed them all time and again. I've given her credit when I thought credit was due, but so often she just renamed a Division and called it her own. When you questioned her on that, she pretty much said "nuh uh" and you let it go at that. I told you already about the fugitive squad suggested by Bill Exley in this post.
Cleaning up Haverstock Hills is a lovely accomplishment until you realize that a person gets prosecuted disproportionately if they commit a crime there than anywhere else in the County. They have this neat little thing in the Constitution called "Equal Protection" and it sure as hell seems to me that she is violating it when a person is treated more harshly than another person under the law by virtue of where they were when arrested.
I do like what she's done with the Juvenile Diversion system and I like that she's been working with a mental health court. I don't think there was anything particularly novel about her doing that, but I will still applaud her for doing it.
Let's see, what else did you talk about? That she drove herself to your meeting? Joe Strange wasn't escorting her in an Escalade? And this is something we should applaud her for? She took a break from acting like the Queen of England to go meet with somebody who would be friendly to her? That's just her not being an absolute idiot. Or perhaps Joe Strange was busy doing something else.
Either way, Dave, I couldn't disagree with you more on this issue of Lykos. She is terrible. She has always been terrible. Just because she is on the outs with Lowry doesn't make her less terrible. I tried to call you last week and talk to you about this before I wrote the Other 95% post, but your voicemail was full. I texted you too, but never heard back from you. I've got somebody I would like for you to meet.
Anyway, I'm sorry if you thought I was calling you an ignoramus in the earlier post. It wasn't my intent.
This blog has documented with facts her Reign of Terror within that Office over the past three years, and will continue to do so. I'm sorry to see you let yourself get snowed by her.
I still respect you and consider you a friend.
Even if you are being an ignoramus.
Happy New Year!
27 comments:
Yeah, but How do you really feel about it?
- December 28, 2011 at 7:24 PM
Hey Jennings,
Take some time and talk to some of the former employees. All her grand things and ideas were done by other people. She just took credit for it. I'd say talk to the current employees, but they are afraid to say anything. Obviously, you never worked for her because you'd hate her because she'd use and abuse you.
- December 28, 2011 at 7:50 PM
To the guy posting from a county computer:
You have to be one of the 10 people in the DA's Office that support her because no one would even look at Murray's blog, much less post from a Harris County computer. You even do it from Intake. I guess if a ADA can take the the Fifth, then you can do ever what you want to do.
Hope you'll be looking for a job on 1/01/2113 because you're not doing a very good job. Actually, you should have never been hired.
Sorry, get back to writing on this blog on county time. You don't even do that well, much less your job.
- December 28, 2011 at 7:51 PM
Dave - What has Hooper told you he does (or has done) as a job or a profession? CHECK REFERENCES - THEY DON'T EXIST Where did Hooper tell you he went to school / graduated? - CHECK SCHOOL RECORDS AND YOU'LL FIND OUT HE DIDN'T! What has he told you his net worth is? IT IS ZERO! Talk to his rage victims - THEY EXIST (the incident with Edward Porter is mild)! Yeah - he's friendly to you now...just wait.
- December 28, 2011 at 7:56 PM
"The farther backward we look the farther forward we are likely to see": Start with "Judge" Lykos.
You've heard so many stories about her closing herself off. She did the same thing as a judge. NO ONE was allowed inside the inner sanctum of what is now commonly referred to as "the hall" nor got even close to 20 ft. from her Chamber doors;
On one specific occasion she left a jury and parties waiting for at least 2 hours during a lunch break - then when she came back openly and publically blamed it on one or both of the lawyers;
Nothing could be handed to her personally. It had to first be given to the clerk who was the only person who would then hand the document to the judge;
She was just mean, rude and did NOT abide by the Golden Rule. The late Mike Shelby - former Chief Prosecutor for the Southern District of Texas wore a tux to her court (when he had been assigned there as a green #3) on his last day!
Her Ego is larger than Texas. Who would truly think they could leave a Harris County District Court bench and win Attorney General of Texas? She did and she didn't win;
Now Ms. Pat Lykos as a prosecutor:
Politician: Kelly beat her in the general. She is NOT that awe mighty powerful; Do not fall into the trap of thinking all the ladies groups are in her camp. You will be surprised how many have lined up to support Mike - in spite of the near-to-be-personally-fiscally-not-conservative-and-damn-near-bankrupt-County Chair's open support in violation of party Rules. He is hoping Talton gets Co. Atty. and HE can be First Asst. There is still time to file for Co. Atty. As an R folks, unless of course Talton wants to publically say he will never hire Jared if elected!
Now Mike - Compare: he was a damn good prosecutor, damn good Judge, and IS a damn good communicator and politician.
Holmes campaign motto was "I play no favorites". Do any of you even know (and I mean this in the most respectful way) that early on in his career as the elected D.A. Mr. Holmes own mother got stopped for a DWI. The police gave Johnny a courtesy call. He (no doubt painfully) told them to do their job and let he would bond her out as quickly as he could if a case was made. It was.
THIS is the standard Mike is used to working with. This is HIS measurement of what is and is NOT the right thing to do. If Holmes' would do this we all knew we would get no slack if we: Took the 5th, nor would he humiliate us in the news for a few more drops of vanity ink.
You want a Real Prosecutor - Mike Anderson has been there – and is the clear logical true choice – on all fronts!
You want a narcissist politician - keep the mess you have who is more into publicity – unless it is negative towards her.
Mr. Jolly, dead serious here and GOD FORBID – say your closest family member or friend is (AGAIN GOD FORBID AND I'M SERIOUS HERE WHEN I USE THIS PHRASE – GOD FORBID) is somehow the victim of a horrible crime. Who do you want to see walk into that courtroom and try the case? You sat there with them both. Be honest with yourself. A true prosecutor / leader LEADS – NOT HIDE – like she did talking to you. Come on "Judge Lykos" you are the District Attorney. Why do you require people to call you Judge? Mike was a Judge – He will just be called Mike or Mr. Anderson. D.A's are more than figure heads. They are a tried and true TRIAL LAWYER!
So looking back - has she changed that much old timers? Her temperment? Personality? Reclusiveness? narcissistic personality? NOPE!
It's up to each of you to get out the vote - Like Winston Churchill said during the Blitz: " Never Give up, Never give up, never Give up!!!
- December 28, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Thanks for telling it like it is Murray. Anyone who thinks she's great never worked or know or her. Look up her name in thr dictionary and it says "evil."
- December 28, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Hooper got his records expunged for the agg. assault w/ deadly weapon and lesser...... What's up with that?
- December 28, 2011 at 8:22 PM
For the few years that Pat Lykos was a Houston Police Officer in the early 1970's, she took a promotional exam and made the promotion list. Then Police Chief, legendary Herman Short, refused to promote her and let her "die" on the list which was only good for one year. Lykos likes to claim Chief Short did this because she was a female. The real reason was because Short realized that she had all the same characteristic then that she has today and had no business being given more authority. Brilliant man.
- December 28, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Well said Murray.
- December 28, 2011 at 10:28 PM
Big Jolly - in your post, you make reference to Lykos denying that she yells or curses at her staff. I have personally been in staff meetings with her where she cursed at her staff. There have been meetings where she made inappropriate "jokes" about a bureau chief being able to use her phone as a vibrator. As with most politicians, she has many faces. I would be quite surprised if she made "vibrator" jokes to the Village Republican Women, or other womens' groups.
Obviously, this is merely an example of her two faced nature. I'm not suggesting that she should be kicked out of office for vibrator humor. There are so many better reasons to kick her to the curb.
Mike (and, honestly. Zach as well) would bring back dignity to the HCDAO, which is what the citizens deserve.
- December 29, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Check your history on Herman Short.Many people accused him of being racist. Look what all happened in Houston during his term.Ask some older black americans about Herman Short.
- December 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Big Jolly - I think you tend to do a good job in vetting the candidates. But I honestly think you're off on Lykos. There are TWO grand juries investigating her office. Two. The conspiracy theorists can go on and on about the man on the grassy nole orshestrating this vast conspiracy against her, but that just isn't true. Her management has disgraced this office.
- December 29, 2011 at 11:19 AM
I read Big Jolly's post on Lykos and it made me sick to my stomach. He should change his name to Big Dolly, cuz the dude needs to grow a pair. I don't care if he's employed by the Sheriffs Department, there is no way that putz is a real cop. If he had to try and file charges these days, he would change his tune. There are a lot of crooks getting a free ride under the Lykos administration. Man up Big Dolly...at least open your eyes!
- December 29, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- David Jennings said...
LOL, "Big Dolly" that's a good one! Love it.
Now, about "growing a pair".....how's about you telling me to do that face to face? Hmmm?
I didn't think so. Wimpy ass anonymous blog poster.
- December 29, 2011 at 3:56 PM
I met Dave during the last election and generally found him to be as Murray described, thoughtful. Then I read his blog posts. I was surprised and disappointed by both the Anderson read and the Lykos endorsement. I really wish Dave would do a little more investigation and it would not take much to learn the truth about Lykos. She is not qualified to run the DA's office. She has hired so many unqualified persons to supervisors positions. She is not open to input from anyone except her unqualified supervisors. Hooper is not even worth discussing. Dave, maybe I will run into you this election cycle and I hope you will hear me out.
- December 29, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- BLACK INK said...
David Jennings and I disagree on Pat Lykos being qualified to be re-elected DA of Harris County.
Jennings is not privy to the inner circle workings of the CJC; but neither are 99.999% of the electorate.
So should our goal be to insult and berate him or to enlighten him?
I would be more than just a little hypocritical to argue that I am not guilty of spewing vitriolic commentary on Lykos and her leadership.
However, the point ought to be to educate folks on who the real Pat Lykos is in a professional manner without resorting to petty name calling and playing the spoiled government worker/victim.
The general public and David Jennings are turned off by that type of behavior and argument.
It is time to change course. Enough self pity.
So let's band together and present a well documented expose of who Pat Lykos is, what she has and hasn't done.......the REAL stats of the office without the childish insults and woe is me attitudes that have done nothing more than bolster Lykos' image outside the CJC world; as ironic as that might seem on the surface.....it is what it is.
Restoring integrity and the pursuit of equal JUSTICE to the HCDAO is the goal.....nothing short of that is acceptable.
- December 29, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- BLACK INK said...
David Jennings and I disagree on Pat Lykos being qualified to be re-elected DA of Harris County.
Jennings is not privy to the inner circle workings of the CJC; but neither are 99.999% of the electorate.
So should our goal be to insult and berate him or to enlighten him?
I would be more than just a little hypocritical to argue that I am not guilty of spewing vitriolic commentary on Lykos and her leadership.
However, the point ought to be to educate folks on who the real Pat Lykos is in a professional manner without resorting to petty name calling and playing the spoiled government worker/victim.
The general public and David Jennings are turned off by that type of behavior and argument.
It is time to change course. Enough self pity.
So let's band together and present a well documented expose of who Pat Lykos is, what she has and hasn't done.......the REAL stats of the office without the childish insults and woe is me attitudes that have done nothing more than bolster Lykos' image outside the CJC world; as ironic as that might seem on the surface.....it is what it is.
- December 29, 2011 at 5:43 PM
One thing that bothered me about that piece (other than the fact that I don't think Russell Turberville IS running anything at this point considering he retired - not sure if that's a small mistake or Lykos just didn't know) is she says Bridgewater and Leitner answered ALL the Grand Jury's questions. How would she know this? The only reason people knew that Rachel took the Fifth is because there was a Motion to Compel. If they hadn't filed that then no one would have known (or should have that is...). Leitner and Bridgewater could have taken the Fifth and unless a motion was filed we never would've heard about it because Grand Jury proceedings are secret. That is unless someone told Lykos about what happened in Grand Jury...surely not.
- December 29, 2011 at 7:17 PM
Black Ink, I agree 100%. At the HCDAO we are advocates. Would we attempt to convice a jury by insulting them? Why don't we just use facts? When Republican precinct chairs or "blue hairs" comment, let's retort with facts instead of insults about people wearing foil hats or reverting to middle school name calling.
- December 29, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Jennings - if you want to talk to current employees, I am sure that there are many who will be willing to talk to you. Let us know.
- December 29, 2011 at 7:53 PM
Black Ink
I agree with you in general, that we should educate this "jolly" character about the truth.
HOWEVER, as I understand it, he puts out a blog meant to inform others about Harris County politics. Don't you think its incumbent upon him to learn the truth BEFORE he publishes such nonsense?
I don't know him and I don't know what he does, but it seems to me if he had ANY police experience at all he would have checked his facts...just a little bit.
So, while I agree that its best for us to educate and enlighten him in that regard, I can also understand those who are frustrated when someone who pretends to be in the know...actually knows nothing at all.
- December 29, 2011 at 8:14 PM
Herman Short was Chief during a period of time when there was a lot of racial unrest and social change going on nationally. Those were times we are all glad to see that change has come for the better. However, Pat Lykos is not Black so racial issues had nothing to do with my comment. My point was, Pat Lykos was bad then and has only changed for the worse since she left HPD. If anyone needs to study their history, it's you. The history you should study is that of Mrs. Lykos.
- December 29, 2011 at 9:21 PM
Black Ink,
"Restoring integrity and the pursuit of equal JUSTICE to the HCDAO is the goal.....nothing short of that is acceptable."
- December 29, 2011 at 9:41 PM
To Black Ink and Anon 7:50pm:
Thank you for making the point very eloquently that the attorneys on this site cannot win over the very people that you all need to convince by constantly insulting them. The analogy about not insulting a jury when you are trying to get them to vote your way is right on. The Republican primary electorate is the jury in this case and the great majority of them are undecided.
You also would not fill your opening and closing statements to a jury with curse words, vulgarities, and name calling. Those things only offend and cause you to lose credibility.
I greatly enjoy reading Murray's posts, and many of the comments are very helpful and informative. However, I never mention this site to my many Republican activist friends (other than a few who already understand the issues in the DA's office). I can't tell the others to read it because they would be turned off by all the insults against them, foul language, and juvenile insults against other commenters. The silly bragging and derision about who knows the law the best is also a turnoff.
Most of the comments are great, but there are plenty that would turn off an outsider. It is a shame because Murray's stated purpose of this blog includes: "This blog is meant to give the Outsider an inside view."
I would love to be able to forward this blog site to hundreds of Republican activists by email and Facebook in order to educate them and try to get them to realize how bad the current DA really is. Unfortunately, I am concerned that reading it would cause more harm than good. The factual, logical arguments of most commenters would get overpowered by the insulting, cursing, juvenile name-calling comments.
If you want to win over the very people who will decide who will be the next DA, I strongly suggest treating them with the same respect you would give to a jury.
I really respect and appreciate what all of you do to see that justice is done. Thanks to all of you who write thoughtful, informative posts and comments.
Republican Activist
- December 30, 2011 at 1:51 AM
Well said Mr.Stephens, that is a worthy goal. I hope in the upcoming election this goal will be accomplished.
In the meantime Mr. Jennings I really think you should do some more research on PL. After all you are speaking to the masses and have a responsibility to be truthful and knowlegable. I believe you are trying to do a good thing, but, as I said more research is needed. Didn't the fact that she would interview with you for the publicity, but would not come out in support of an employee tell you something. Don't you think the voters have a right to question PL thru the media. In a post someone said to talk to the employees. I doubt many will talk, as they are scared of retaliation. That in itself should speak volumes. Why does it appear as if she is in hiding. hmmm. She needs to answer some tough questions or she loses any credibility she might have had.
Please don't take offense, as none is intended. I vote in HC and want the true facts about all candidates. So far your girl Patsy has did exactly as I thought she would.
Sue Hudson
- December 30, 2011 at 6:26 AM
- Scott C. Pope said...
"However, I never mention this site to my many Republican activist friends (other than a few who already understand the issues in the DA's office). I can't tell the others to read it because they would be turned off by all the insults against them, foul language, and juvenile insults against other commenters. The silly bragging and derision about who knows the law the best is also a turnoff."
Gee Republican Activist, what a great friend you are! Heaven forbid you exxpose some people to ideas they might like or find offensive. How did you become the self appointed gate keeper of what's best for your friends to read? Is it a natural love of censorship, or paternalistic superiority?
- December 30, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- RhondaO said...
I have never been privy to a staff meeting with Pat Lykos. However, I remember vividly attending the Harris County Prop Rights Assn luncheon featuring her as speaker earlier this year and by the middle of it, men were covering up their testicles. Women were preparing to duck under tables. She was not about to lose control of even a friendly crowd under any circumstances. I even commented to some friends of mine that I felt like I was being talked to like I was a bad child.
- December 30, 2011 at 11:23 PM


text:
Get DVD Talk Feeds
The Movie:
Directed by William Cameron Menzies in 1936 from a screenplay written by H. G. Wells (who used his own novel as source material), Things To Come was, at the time, an amazing technical achievement in filmmaking and that that point in time one of the most special effects intensive films ever made. While it goes without saying that filmmaking and special effects technology have very obviously grown by leaps and bounds since this picture was made, the scope of this film and the sheer, unbridled creativity shown by those who created it still has the power to impress.
The storyline spans time but in a nutshell, in the year 1940 the world goes to war on a scale never before seen. Scores are dead, casualties of the violence, and the conflict goes on for so long that eventually those left fighting forget what they're fighting for. Society is, essentially, in shambles. Industry has ceased and the survivors of the war have relegated back to tribal communities. As the 1940s turn into the 1960s, a plague wipes out most of those left on the Earth save for a few small pockets of survivors, one of which is named Everytown and is led by The Boss (Ralph Richardson). When a mysterious aircraft arrives from a destination unknown and lands at one of these communities, a male pilot named John Cabal (Raymond Massey) emerges and tells the group gathered around that there is a group of scientists that is dedicated to building society back to what it once was. The Boss responds by having Cabal locked up in jail.
As yet more decades pass, the building the pilot foreshadows comes to be and while the war has done serious damage to the surface, civilization begins anew underground where massive cities are built. Years later, in 2035, thanks to rapid and substantial advances in science the first flight to the moon is set to be launched but before that can come to be, a rebellion against technology, led by Theotocopulos (Cedric Hardwicke), begins to brew with those involved in the movement claiming that these scientific advances are what started the original war that decimated the planet in the first place.
Frighteningly prophetic in many ways, it's fascinating to watch this film from a modern perspective and realize how amazingly astute much of what Wells wrote as science fiction has in fact come to pass. The most obvious way that the film was able to pinpoint things that really would come to pass is in its depiction of the integration of technology into our everyday lives, but on top of that it makes interesting foreshadows towards the Second World War, the Cold War and even epidemics like the spread of HIV. The movie not only shows us what happens, but just as importantly, it takes the time to show us how those events come to pass as well. It's no secret that Wells had a bit of a leftist streak in him and there are times where his personal politics make their way into the script and therefore the dialogue but it never gets too heavy handed in this department and instead tends to let the visuals speak for themselves.
As far as those visuals are concerned, it's just as likely that it's this aspect of the production that makes this film an important one as it is the prophetic aspect of it. Loaded with highly detailed art-deco style, if some of the model work is less than convincing the actual design work on display in the film is jaw droppingly beautiful. The scope is massive, particularly once Everytown lies in ruins, but throughout the entire film we're treated to some really wild looking graphic design elements from the costumes to the different airships to the scenes of battle. Add to that the fact that performances are decent and the pacing is quick and you wind up with a simply fascinating slice of smart, creative and beautifully made science fiction, the kind that really should be better known and better appreciated than it is.
Things To Come arrives on Blu-ray from The Criterion Collection framed at 1.37.1 in AVC encoded 1080p high definition. Aside from a bit of softness, the image is strong considering the film's age. Contrast on the black and white picture is nice and stable and there isn't much in the way of print damage at all, no major scratches of blemishes to note even if some minor light scratches do appear throughout. Black levels are pretty strong and shadow detail isn't half bad, if far from super revelatory. All in all, most fans should be pretty pleased with the way that the movie looks on this disc, the high definition presentation obviously trumping DVD versions and offering a more film like presentation with better depth and texture.
The English language LPCM Mono track on the disc, the only option available, sounds decent even if there are spots where you can't help but notice that the levels jump around a little bit. Dialogue is easy enough to understand and the score sounds good. There isn't a load of depth to the track, but that's not likely to surprise anyone given the age of the film. Optional English closed captioning is provided but there are no alternate language or subtitle options offered.
The extras on the disc are plentiful and interesting and up to Criterion's typically high standard, starting with an audio commentary courtesy of film historian and writer David Kalat. There's a lot of great information about the filmmakers, background information on the source material and inspiration for the picture and the how the politics of the time leaked into the picture. It's a nicely paced and well prepared talk that is hands down the best extra on the disc, simply because it's quite comprehensive and really well researched.
Also on the disc is a twenty three minute long interview with writer and historian Sir Christopher Frayling that specifically covers the design work that plays such an important part in the movie, both in its look and in its tone. Frayling explains how many of the practical effects seen in the film were created and accomplished and discusses their importance. Film Historian Bruce Eder appears for sixteen minutes for a featurette/essay that covers Arthur Bliss' score. It too is quite interesting as it talks up the effect that the score has on the picture and offers up some interesting trivia about its creation. Rounding out the extras on the disc is a four minute collection of unused effects footage presented silently, a three segment showing off of footage of a 'video installation' piece by artist Jan Tichy that uses some of that footage and a 1936 audio recording of a reading from H. G. Wells's story focusing on the Wandering Sickness in the movie that clocks in at about four minutes. Menus and chapter selection are also included. Additionally, inside the keepcase there's also a full color booklet including some nice artwork relating to the film and an informative essay on the history of the picture written by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Things To Come is, to be blunt, a brilliant film. Not only is it a remarkable technical achievement but so too is it an impressive and intelligent look at how and why societies can and do break down. Beautiful to look at and quickly paced, the quality of the film is done justice by this Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection. The movie looks and sounds pretty good considering its age and the disc contains a nice selection of interesting and informative supplements. Highly recommended.
Ian lives in NYC with his wife where he writes for DVD Talk, runs Rock! Shock! Pop!. He likes NYC a lot, even if it is expensive and loud.


text:
Resume,Songs, My new blog, NeX-6, My facebook page
Orgs I like
The EFF - keeping free speech in the world
Musical stuff I like
Jeff, Rick, Ardour, Jack
Prior Rants - Catching up on 2006 blogger has just lost my last post heck of an exit to 2005 Has the falcon launched yet? Great podcasting - The Space Show One escape from the silo - ipv6 Christmas cars gmail outage - am I alone out there? Bill Gates Buys India Space: Burt Rutan, Gene Krantz, Rick Tumlinson
Best of the blog:
Uncle Bill's Helicopter - A speech I gave to ITT Tech - Chicken soup for engineers
Beating the Brand - A pathological exploration of how branding makes it hard to think straight
Inside the Internet Mind - trying to map the weather within the global supercomputer that consists of humans and google
Sex In Politics - If politicians spent more time pounding the flesh rather than pressing it, it would be a better world
Getting resources from space - An alternative to blowing money on mars using NEAs.
On the Columbia - Why I care about space
Authors I like:
Doc Searls
Where's Cherie?
Jerry Pournelle
The Cubic Dog
Evan Hunt
The Bay Area is talking
Zimnoiac Emanations
Eric Raymond
Unlocking The Air
Bob Mage
BroadBand & Me
Selenian Boondocks
My Pencil
Transterrestial Musings
Bear Waller Hollar


text:
Police have identified the person killed in an M8 collision as a 19-year-old man from Bathgate. The teenager was driving a Fiat Stilo, which collided with a MAN HGV at around 1 o'clock this morning. He died at the scene of the accident. The 39-year-old driver was not injured.
The collision happened on the eastbound carriageway of the M8, around one mile east of Harthill.
It is believed that the teenager was driving west on the eastbound carriageway before colliding with the HGV, which was heading east.
Inspector Richard Latto said: "At the moment we are working to establish the circumstances leading up to this collision, and would appeal for anyone who may have been in the area at the time, and who may have seen what happened, to contact police.
Police, Ambulance and Fire Service attended the crash.
A police spokesman said: "We are investigating the circumstances that resulted in this collision and would encourage any motorists who were on the road at the time to contact police immediately."
"Similarly, anyone with any other information that can assist police with their enquiries ares also asked to come forward."
Scotland's busiest motorway experienced tailbacks this morning. Commuters were unaware of the crash which caused the delays.
Bus driver Jim Anderson, who was driving the route this morning, said "this has taken two and a half hours when normally it would take one. Accidents happen that often on this road, you'd think people would be more careful. But it just keeps happening."
The M8 has now been cleared and commuters should no longer expect delays.


text:
Photography by GREG AUTRY
Each Year, in Beautiful Laguna Beach, the Festival of Arts promotes its Runway Fashion Show and Competition. Unique in the world of fashion, the competition is limited to the participating artist who show at the Festival of Arts. And there is an Eco-Friendly twist. All of the costumes must be made of reFuse and recycled materials. There are celebrity judges and this year the event was sponsored by Arbonne International. The folks come out in high fashion , and casual beach attire. They munch on goodies, bring picnic lunches, and share bottles of wine. The Festival of Arts itself, is one of the oldest and most coveted juried fine art shows in the United States. This year, seven Artist went the extra mile, and became fashion designers. The artist / designers were Adam Neeley (Jewelry), Brittany Ryan (Sculpture & Painting), Richard Evans (Wood), Jon Seeman (Sculpture), Brad Elsberry (Painting), Michelle Lance (Encaustic Painting), Elizabeth McGhee (Painting). Elizabeth who modeled her own creation, won the prize money with a beautiful rendition of a Marie Antoinette Gown and Wig, made of recycles plastic bags, and rope twine. It was beautiful, but I felt like it had been done before. My Fav of the Night, and winner of the Crowds "Ohhh's and Aww's", was Brad Elsberry's magnificent and utterly creative original dress. Made of dry latex house paint. Not painted on something, but he literally dried the paint, and made a fabric of it. Brad Elesberry should be a fashion designer I think :) His creations, every year at the Festival of Arts, WOWS both the Judges and crowds alike.
This year's Judges were Arbonne CEO Kay Napier, Steven "Cojo" Cojocaru and Lisa M. Berman in a stunning red dress of Zippers, and known as the "Go To Style Diva". This year's Host was Christos Garkinos from Bravo's "Dukes of Melrose".
Cojo as Judge for the Runway Fashion Show at the Festival of Arts.
I will tell you that the Judges got it wrong. The top prize of $ 1,000.00 is judged and awarded on the basis of the most creative concept and, with a non-cash prize for "Peoples Choice". While Ms McGhee's dress was beautiful and well done it was nevertheless to similar to one done in fact a couple years earlier by Brad Elesberry.
This year's creation by Brad Elesberry, the Aqua Dress and White Cape by Brad Elesberry BLEW AWAY everyone. Brad's Model and Muse, Erika Baldwin, come out 'cloaked in the snowy white coat of winter. As she sheds the wrap, she is left with `a gown conceived to represent the rushing and falling water we see in Brad's paintings'. All the "fabric" in the dress is actual water-based house paint. It is not painted fabric. And there is nothing between Erika's luminous skin and the cloak of aqua coloured paint.
My friend, artist Robin Hall, shows at The Festival. Robin says Sales at The Festival are definitely up, and that many artists' are enjoying very good years. And That's A Good Thing :)
The Winner at the Runway Fashion Show, at the Festival of Arts - Artist (and her own model) Elizabeth McGhee is a Painter. Her Marie Antoinette dress is made of packing materials, paper, beads, plastic bags, and foam sheets. The wig is twine and old yarn. It was done very well as a revised take on a tried and true theme.
Artist Jon Seeman is a Sculpture, and thus his Steampunk creation pays homage to the retro style using metal objects, gears, hinges and chains. To mention just a few. Model Shannon Seeman (Jon's niece) thinks her concoction has gone to the dogs. The dog's name is "Gearbox". At the Runway Fashion Show at the Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, CA.. Aug 31, 2013.
Richard Evans, Doors and Windown maker and Artist in Wood, at Runway Fashion Show at the Festival of Arts. This was very funny and got great response from the judges and crowd.
See more of the original and wonderful creations by all the artist and models at The Festival of Arts. And don't forget, Buy Original Art. Support your local artist.


text:
The Vampire Diaries Review: Who They Gonna Call?!?Matt Richenthal at .
Paging Doctors Spengler, Stantz and Venkman: the residents of Mystic Falls are in desperate need of your number. These folks require some serious ghost hunting!
Indeed, the latest Vampire Diaries episode, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," treaded heavily - too much perhaps? - in what Vicki referred to as The Other Side. There were apparitions aplenty, from Anna's pining over Jeremy; to Vicki's devious deal with a late, powerful witch; to the return of Mason Lockwood.
Wait... what?!?
Yes, folks, Taylor Kinney has stepped away from The Edge of Glory for a bit and come back to... haunt Damon? Enact revenge for his murder? Mentor his nephew? There's no way of knowing at the moment, which is part of the frustration with this ghost-heavy storyline.
It's all rather muddled. Anna can apparently touch Jeremy. Vicki was a vision only Jeremy could see, then Matt, then she was back for quasi real, tried to kill Elena, and then was banished again. Now Mason has been added to the paranormal mix. It's a lot to take in and there's no way to make sense of any of it.
It's one thing to keep viewers in suspense; it's another to outright confuse them with one random event after another. Right now, my eyebrows are furrowed more than my pulse is pounding, but have Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec given us any reason to lose faith? I'm confident these ghost stories will come together at some point. In the meantime, let's gather around the camp fire and eat smores with Damon and Rebekah, shall we?
I have a feeling neither gender will object to that plan. Double yum.
Aside from ghostly befuddlement, two major, fascinating developments went down:
1. Is Katherine dead?!? I have to assume not, as she has more lives than Chloe King. But we definitely learned what separates Mikael the Vampire Hunter from other vampires this week: he feasts on his own kind. Perhaps killing Klaus is as simple as sucking down his blood.
2. Tyler is totally sired. And he isn't just a freaky Klaus slave minion, as properly dubbed by Caroline, he's been baited into becoming his own type of Ripper. Damn. How will the taste of human blood affect the new hybrid? And how will Rebekah use him? As a force to be reckoned with, alongside her brother when he returns? Or a force against her brother? These two Originals don't exactly get along all the time. Would anyone be shocked if Rebekah turns Tyler loose against Klaus?
She's the show's biggest wild card at the moment. She's also really attractive.
A few concluding notes on an episode that concluded with a shock, but went in many different directions - without really accomplishing much - in order to arrive at that point:
- Poor Alaric. The guy loses his wife, then his girlfriend, now his car. And people don't even call him by his proper name most of the time.
- How, exactly, did Rebekah get into Tyler's house without an invite?
- I would pay good money for a Mystic Falls Timberwolves t-shirt. Even better money if it were dry fit.
- Barbie Klaus. Buffy shout-out. Simulation of a school bell ring and a sexy lesson on how to get to a vampire's heart? Damon enjoyed a strong hour.
- I'm the guy who's been assigned to protect the human blood bag. I mean, no offense. Offense totally taken, Stefan. You better develop a solid defense now against a newly-trained Elena.
- Take a look ahead at next week's "Ghost World" via THIS PROMO.
Matt Richenthal is the Editor in Chief of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Twitter and on Google+.


text:
Granting players a boost in pace to make the most of their technical ability with style, lace up a pair of Mizuno Morelia Neo II MD FG Football Boots in Blue Atoll and Blue Depths.
These quality Mizuno football boots has been designed for fast and skillful players and come made from a soft and lightweight leather that provides a snug fit and an enhanced touch, completing a now retro look in the modern game.
A flexible Pebax soleplate with specifically positioned PU moulded studs adapted for firm ground pitches provides solid traction and stability, also reducing pressure on the wearer's feet, whilst foot positioning is maintained thanks to a removable anatomically moulded sockliner and a firm external heel counter.
Lightweight, comfortable and flexible, if you're a pacy player looking for a quality no-nonsense boot then make sure not to miss out on the Mizuno Morelia II MD FG Football Boots.
Standard Delivery Service - £4.99
Delivery takes 3-5 working days and will be shipped via Hermes. This is a flat charge for an unlimited number of items.
UK Express Delivery - £7.99
(£8.99 for highlands/islands) Order and receive your order the next working day.
Express pre-noon - £11.95
UK mainland only
To see postage options for your destination please choose your shipping country at the top of the page.
If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase from Worcester Warriors, you may return the product(s) to us within 28 days of the purchase date for a refund or exchange.
Free exchanges (UK only) - We will then re-send the replacement item(s) back to you on standard delivery service at no extra cost.Find out more about returning products


text:
Kneel in front of your partner at the landing of a staircase. Both of you should be facing the stairs, and your bodies should mesh together tightly. While you reach up and hold on to each side of the banister for support (or to the stairs themselves), he-should hold your hips while he penetrates you from behind.
Why You'll Love It:
This mind-blowing pose lets your man use the incline of the staircase to enter you at-a unique upward tilt, allowing him unlimited access to your G-spot. For more intense pressure, you can bear down on him so your butt meshes super snuggly with-his groin-talk about a stairway to heaven!
Cosmo Hint:
Double your (and his) pleasure during this pose. If you hold on to the stairs with one hand and trigger your passion button with the other, the sensation is spine-tingling. When you can't take it anymore, reach through your legs to grope his testicles, sending the extra bliss his way.


text:
Availability: In stock
Be the first to review this product
Use spaces to separate tags. Use single quotes (') for phrases.
Only registered users can write reviews. Please, log in or register
Bunch of 12 Bright White lillies.
There are no product questions yet.
* Required Fields
Checking "Remember Me" will let you access your shopping cart on this computer when you are logged out


text:
But as the pavement blurred under my tires and the soft August air howled with hurricane force on the other side of the auto glass, this is the thought that occurred to me: I'm crushing distance with fossil fuel. I was suddenly filled with a sense of awe at what was really going on there, the terrific forces and amazing engineering involved in the feat, and both the exhilaration and the violent hubris of it. I've heard about longtime prisoners newly released, and how as car passengers they will sometimes grab the dashboard in a reflexive panic as the vehicle accelerates and the world warps around them with increasing velocity. For most of us, of course, it's rather mundane. We forget, until we gawk at a twisted heap of metal in the ditch, what it is we're really doing when we drive. And even then, are we really remembering, or do we just momentarily go dumb as the gears of cognitive dissonance grind in our heads?
With this revelation still fresh in my mind, and so many people in the Peak Oil / Climate Change / Transition community beating the drum of "relocalization," I think it's time to review the basics if we are really to awaken from the fossil fuel dream. Some friends and I were joking recently about people jetting in from all over the country to attend a relocalization conference, but underneath the humor is something even more worthy of our attention.
As we approach highway speeds in a motor vehicle, the terrain thus covered flattens out. This flattening happens in several ways, all of which are related in the subjective experience of speed. For one, the physical dimensionality of space itself is squished. The driver's focus narrows down to a kind of tunnel vision, and the surrounding landscape becomes, in effect, the wall of the tunnel on which play images of things that progressively lose their reality in the mind of the speedy one. Second, the significance of our surroundings undergoes a parallel loss of depth as actual landscape features become mere symbols. Physical objects are actually always rich in meaning, but how could one explore that when one is passing them by at such a clip? With these two forces of compression at work, the net effect is that by crushing distance with fossil fuels, we flatten our experience of inhabiting space.
I am certain there are those who would deny this. There are also those who still argue for the educational value of television. Big picture, though, what we see in societies now several generations into watching screens is that the medium is indeed the message, and it is a physically pacifying one, incompatible in a half-dozen or more important ways with a healthy society. McLuhan's contribution to discourse on communications media applies also to our various mediums of conveyance; the medium is the message not only for TV's, but cars and jet aircraft as well.
Now, it's true that we can open and experience space, and the spacious generosity of significances that flow from the living world, and still drive cars. Such reasoning does little to persuade me that the broad effects I'm seeing are not real. It's a bit like climate change deniers who take a particular cold winter's day as refutation of global warming. I would argue that on aggregate, the tradeoff of becoming a society inured to crushing distance with speed is a relentless pressure that flattens human experience in all its dimensions.
The grand experiment in overcoming the tyranny of locality by progressively extending our mobility with motors has landed us in but another kind of provincialism, with new fetters to replace the old, and feelings not of freedom but of frustration, servitude, impatience, and captivity seeming to predominate among motorists. And we don't need to look to the social stratification and physical impediments that result from our collective motor mania as described by Ivan Illich to reach the conclusion that these things no longer serve their intended purposes, although these observations are persuasive enough. Nor do we have to look to the homogenization of the constructed landscape, as many other observers have noted, to conclude that for all our moving about, we Americans, in particular, seem not to wish to really go anywhere new, preferring the same predictable fast food places, stores, and motels from coast to coast.
But with these contributions to the discussion already logged and accounted for, I would narrow the focus to emphasize this: We do not really cease being drivers when we step from our vehicles. Like television, automobile travel strengthens some of the more pernicious habits of the egoic mind: positioning self as separate from the living environment, seeking to control experience by external means, and generally in many ways reaching for levers, pushing buttons, and forever seeking control. Bottom line: motor travel is addictive, and the effects of the addiction are likely to persist even if we can no longer afford to drive.
Assuming this is true, I would go further and suggest that consciousness shaped by the influence of speed may have difficulty with the very capacity that is most needful in relocalization: the ability to open space, or to put it another way, the ability to open to space, and thus actually inhabit a locality. Flatness becomes a habit of the mind, and so in every way we careen helplessly from image to image and word to word. The world becomes a magazine rack.
For Exhibit A, consider what passes for landscaping in car-centered, suburban USA: the flat expanses of green lawns extending from the street to the foundation plantings of geometrically-trimmed shrubbery, the lollipop trees set off by themselves. What is this, if not a place converted into a symbol, a symbol that moreover always seems to hover on the brink of having the last of its meaning wiped away like a film, leaving nothing at all? No wonder such places are seldom occupied by people – they are practically meaningless, flat, and devoid of experiential content. However, I suppose such designs do have the merit of offering no distractions for drivers whose endless forward plunge carries them by.
In communities with sidewalks and where pedestrian traffic is significant, by contrast, my experience is that the landscaping is almost always richer, more varied, more interesting, and more idiosyncratic in design. Space opens up in such places, and we are invited to slow down even further to appreciate it, thus coaxing yet more opening from it as we do, since as we open, things indeed open up to us. People occupy such spaces because they have meaning, and as they occupy those spaces, dimensions of significance, depths of feeling, and the richness of the physical environment grow in unison, encouraging human occupation, shared experiences, and growth.
All of which is to say something you might hear in any seminar on developing consciousness, whether the topic is Zen meditation, high-level business management, or tantric sex: slowing down matters.
Of course, it is also a little scary for many people to slow down enough to actually occupy and open space, which is perhaps an unacknowledged reason for the challenge of getting relocalizing efforts started while the current paradigm persists. One of the dimensions of experience that suffers in this cultural milieu is that of feeling and emotional depth; to slow down is to reacquaint one's self with it. I take some comfort, however, in the knowledge that the process of rediscovering space can happen fairly quickly when circumstances slow us down, and what we will find there is likely something many people been feeling the absence of in their experience.
I used to drive a '74 Volvo with then-new fuel injection technology, and on hot summer days sometimes the car would stall I would have to raise the hood to let the system cool off for a while before I could be on my way again. This happened once on I-94 and the rusty old vehicle happened to roll to a stop just outside my old hometown near a creek. Seeking refuge from the noise and heat of the expressway, I clambered down the embankment some distance away, sat down in the shade and cool soft grasses near the little watercourse, and looked up to see a kingfisher light upon a branch over the creek just overhead. I'd never seen one before. Although I was on my way to the wedding of a childhood friend, more than thirty years later that remains the most memorable event of the day.
So, it's quite possible for space to start opening up for us, and very quickly, once we stop crushing distances with fuel. And fortunately, we weren't born this way, so the path to our rehabilitation may be as simple as remembering. Children instinctively know how to open up and occupy space. As parents, we fight it, of course. Mystified by speed, our heads spinning like the wheels so often turning beneath us, we wonder why our children are so difficult to manage when they're strapped into the car and the world goes by in an inaccessible blur. It really should be kind of obvious: as recent arrivals, children live to occupy and open space, and everything about the experience of motor travel militates against it. That the recent solution to this problem is another bad idea – mounting DVD players in the back seat to pacify the children and distract their minds – simply shows how insane our culture has become.
I have a photograph of my older daughter and niece in our back yard at about age 7. They are peering out from under a forsythia bush whose overgrown and arching branches conceal a hiding place they've outfitted with a kitchen and a bedroom, all made from sticks, leaves, and other yard debris, artfully arranged. The little girls had made a world in there—rich in meaning, full of feeling, and open to endless possibility. To the relocalization movement I offer this as an inspiration and a model. We don't need to fly to a conference or drive ourselves crazy, we just need to slow down and play in our back yards.


text:
Office Star SL2200 Series
If you are looking to add comfortable, elegant, and functional furnishings to your office's... read more »
If you are looking to add comfortable, elegant, and functional furnishings to your office's reception area or break room, the SL22 Series may be the perfect option. This specific series is simple enough that it looks great even in offices with traditional décor, while its clean lines and minimal design also allow it to look great in offices with a more modern flair. These leather pieces are as inviting as they are comfortable, and are available in three separate color schemes to either match your previously-chosen décor, or to launch a completely new look for your office. Outwardly curving armrests complemented with the sleek feet on these pieces actively contribute to their overall elegance, resulting in furniture options that look great as a set, or that can function independently.
Product ID : OS-SL2271
Sale Price: $767.99
Sale Price: $767.99
Product ID : OS-SL2272
Sale Price: $915.99
Sale Price: $915.99
Product ID : OS-SL2273
Sale Price: $1,142.99
Sale Price: $1,142.99
Product ID : OS-SL2270
Sale Price: $1,880.99
Sale Price: $1,880.99


text:
The water buffalo, or Asian buffalo, as it is often called, is the largest member of the Bovini tribe, which includes yak, bison, African buffalo, various species of wild cattle, and others.
Size and Appearance
Standing 5 to 6.2 feet tall at the shoulder, wild water buffalo are formidable mammals with sparse gray-black coats. Males carry enormous backward-curving, crescent-shaped horns stretching close to 5 feet long with deep ridges on their surface. Females are smaller in size and weight, but they also have horns, although they are proportionately smaller.
Muddy Adaptations
Water buffalo spend much of their day submerged in the muddy waters of Asia's tropical and subtropical forests. Their wide-splayed hoofed feet prevent them from sinking too deeply in the mud and allow them to move about in wetlands and swamps. These marshes provide good cover and rich aquatic plants to forage on, although water buffalo actually prefer to feed in grasslands on grass and herbs.
Females normally produce calves every other year, after a gestation of 9 to 11 months. Young bulls typically remain with maternal herds, which consist of around 30 buffalo, for three years after birth. They then go on to form small all-male herds.
Water buffalo have been domesticated for more than 5,000 years. They have buttressed humanity's survival with their meat, horns, hides, milk, butterfat, and power, plowing and transporting people and crops.
Wild water buffalo are at-risk and live only in a small number of protected areas stretching across India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and a wildlife reserve in Thailand. And populations are likely to diminish as they are interbred with domesticated water buffalo.


text:
Tomato baked eggs
Whip up these easy baked eggs with a garlicky tomato sauce and serve with crusty bread for a lazy weekend brunch, or light lunch, that's sure to satisfy
Nutrition and extra info
- Healthy
- Nut-free
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal204
- fat16g
- saturates3g
- carbs7g
- sugars0g
- fibre3g
- protein9g
- salt0.27g
- 900g ripe vine tomatoes
A member of the nightshade family (along with aubergines, peppers and chillies), tomatoes are in…
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 tbsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 4 large free range eggs
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley and/or chives
One of the most ubiquitous herbs in British cookery, parsley is also popular in European and…
Preheat the oven to fan 180C/ conventional 200C/gas 6. Cut the tomatoes into quarters or thick wedges, depending on their size, then spread them over a fairly shallow 1.5 litre ovenproof dish. Peel the garlic, slice thinly and sprinkle over the tomatoes. Drizzle with the olive oil, season well with salt and pepper and stir everything together until the tomatoes are glistening.
Slide the dish into the oven and bake for 40 minutes until the tomatoes have softened and are tinged with brown.
Make four gaps among the tomatoes, break an egg into each gap and cover the dish with a sheet of foil. Return it to the oven for 5-10 minutes until the eggs are set to your liking. Scatter over the herbs and serve piping hot with thick slices of toast or warm ciabatta and a green salad on the side.


text:
By using this website, you agree to our cookie policy. For more information, see our Privacy Policy - Close
EASYFLEX Communication Panels are the ideal choice if you are willing to give great visibility to any message, be it promotional or not. They are a great solution that boost communication in any space, such as banks, airports, shops, shopping centres, cinemas, theatres, hotels, offices, companies, etc.
Our MINI LED backlid panels are double sided and the have an easy message change mechanism.
Would you like to join our NEWSLETTER and be always updated on EASYFLEX news?
FLEX S.r.l.
Via G. Bargnani 11
25135 Brescia - Italy
+39 030 3531005
+39 030 3531022
P.IVA 03109290175 | R.E.A. 325548 | Registro delle imprese BS03109290175 | Capitale sociale € 100.000,00 | ©Copyright 2014 - 2020 FLEX s.r.l


text:
The Manitoba Pathfinder Society meets at GameKnight Games every Monday evening at 6:30 pm.
The Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild is a worldwide fantasy roleplaying campaign that puts YOU in the role of an agent of the Pathfinder Society—a legendary league of explorers, archaeologists, and adventurers dedicated to discovering and chronicling the greatest mysteries and wonders of an ancient world beset by magic and evil.
The campaign's home base is sprawling Absalom, the so-called City at the Center of the World, that stands astride the great Inner Sea on the mountain-capped Isle of Kortos. As a member of the Pathfinder Society, your chracter will explore the dark alleys and political intrigue between far-flung travels in the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Each Pathfinder Society agent also works for one of several competing factions, all with their own motivations and secret agendas.
Play is organized into Seasons, throughout which the actions and achievements of you and your fellow Pathfinders create an ongoing storyline. Each season consists of numerous scenarios set in a variety of exotic locations across Golarion.
You can get more information about Pathfinder Society on Paizo's website, and sign up for upcoming sessions on Warhorn.


text:
ARM Demonstrates Advanced Wireless Technology at 3GSM
February 8, 2005 -- ARM Booth Highlights Advances in Energy Management, Security, Multimedia Graphics and Modelling
Visitors to the ARM booth at this year's 3GSM World Congress (14-17 February) will have the chance to meet and speak to ARM experts and also experience five ARM technology demonstrations illustrating ARM's ability to lead in power and performance management, wireless innovation and security. The technology demonstrations include:
ARM Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM)
ARM Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM) technology enables designers of battery-powered products to offer extended battery life through dynamic and intelligent management of their product. The 3GSM demonstration is a full software implementation of IEM technology, highlighting the ability of IEM technology to intelligently reduce the processor's performance point to conserve energy. From a user's perspective, they would see no discernable deterioration in application performance.
ARM Jazelle® and JTEK™ Technology– High Performance Java Without Penalty
The 3GSM demonstration shows the performance difference Jazelle technology and JTEK make with real Java applications. Two identical platforms are shown, consisting of a RealView® Versatile platform baseboard for the ARM926EJ-S™ processor (130MHz) running Linux with JBlend from Aplix. One platform has Jazelle and JTEK, the other is running without hardware acceleration.
Jazelle technology is the optimum solution for embedded Java platforms, providing:
ARM is demonstrating two key applications of its TrustZone technology framework. The first demonstrates an advanced mobile DRM client, developed jointly by ARM and NDS, that addresses the requirements of all stakeholders. The DRM client provides mobile operators and handset manufacturers the solution they need to access and securely deliver premium content like video and music clips, sports news, and information.
The second demonstration shows how the same approach can be applied to electronic signature and e-wallet services. In this case, ARM demonstrates the OrangeTrust Electronic signature service together with Trusted Logic, the industry leader in embedded software security and middleware. This service provides the foundation for security primitives and a common software framework and APIs enabling compatibility and roaming or services and applications developed on top.
MBX 3D Hardware Acceleration and Swerve Client 3D Software
This demonstration shows Swerve Client with MBX hardware acceleration running on the Dell Axim device. MBX accelerated 2D and 3D graphics under Symbian using OpenGL ES API running on the RealView Versatile platform baseboard
ARM RealView ESL tools with MaxSim technology provide a comprehensive toolset for fast modelling simulation and debugging of complex SoC designs. This demonstration will illustrate the benefits of this modelling technology, including the ability to:
Home | Feedback | Register | Site Map
All material on this site Copyright © 2017 Design And Reuse S.A. All rights reserved.


text:
Even Apple's Siri, arguably the cutting-edge of synthesised computer voices, sounds incredibly fake. To the point where you'd think that field of research has only been around for about 10 years. But shockingly it dates back to the 1930s—80+ years ago!
But we've still come an incredibly long way in recreating human voice and speech, as this Bell Labs video from 1967 reaffirms. The animation was created to demonstrate what would have been cutting edge text-to-speech conversion software at the time, but instead of leaving you impressed it's probably going to leave you unsettled and wishing you'd never hit play. Christopher Nolan's creepy interpretation of Bane's voice has nothing on what Bell Labs inadvertently created 45 years ago. [YouTube]


text:
Ships from: USA
We ship Worldwide!
Change to Canada
Secure Checkout
Continue Shopping
Do I need to create an account to checkout?
Yes, but you can easily create one during checkout right here!
Do you ship every item on my order separately?
Unfortunately no. Your order is shipped to you when all the items in the order become available.
How much is shipping to my area?
You can get an instant shipping quote from different carriers and methods during the checkout process.
Do you ship WorldWide?
We ship worldwide!
We offer worldwide shipping on both sites, srcvinyl.com and srcvinyl.ca.
What is a Backorder?
When an item is currently no longer available or is on order from one of our many distributors and in transit to our warehouse our stock system displays the "Backorder" status.
What is USPS Media Mail (Flat Rate Shipping) ?
Media Mail is a cost-effective way to send vinyl, cds, dvds and cassette tapes. This service is very cost effect for you the customer but is the slowest service we offer. We always recommend using FedEx because they have detailed tracking with each order they deliver.
Do I need a PayPal Account to pay with PayPal?
No. You will be taken to the PayPal site. You can click on "Pay with credit or Visa Debit Cart". You will be able to pay with a card without a PayPal Account.
See all Questions
Need Aditional help?
Send us a Ticket!
Visit Help Center
14 Henegan Rd Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Sunday-Wednesday 12pm-5pm Thursday-Saturday 10am-7pm
289.272.0611 [email protected]
Dude Ranch Cassette
JTA-230 3-Speed Turntable with... Turntable
LP Record Cleaning Brush Accessory
You'd Prefer An Astronaut (Sea Glass) LP
Greatest Hits (Clear) 2XLP
The Beautiful Letdown (Clear / Blue) LP
You'd Prefer An Astronaut (Tin) LP
Enema of the State (Blue) LP
Blink 182 2XLP
When Your Heart Stops Beating (Green) LP
A Place In The Sun (Blue Smoke) 2XLP
1037 Items
View as:
Frogstomp 2XLP
Neon Ballroom (Blue) 2XLP
Dopesmoker 2XLP
Vheissu (Deluxe) 2XLP
Vheissu (Clear) 2XLP
Everblack LP
Lost and Found (Clear w/ Black Smoke) 2XLP
Power 12" EP
808s & Heartbreak 2XLP
The College Dropout 2XLP
Late Registration 2XLP
The Black Album 2XLP
The Blue Print 2XLP
Vol.2 ... Hard Knock Life 2XLP
The Mix-Up LP
Ill Communication 2XLP
Paul's Boutique LP
Solid Gold Hits 2XLP
Recovery 2XLP
Relapse 2XLP
The Slim Shady 2XLP
Curtain Call 2XLP
Encore 2XLP
The Eminem Show 2XLP
The Marshall Mathers LP 2XLP
The Marshall Mathers LP2 2XLP
Fear Of A Black Planet LP
N.W.A. Greatest Hits 2XLP
Straight Outta Compton 25th... LP
N.W.A And The Posse LP
Like Water For Chocolate 2XLP
Camp 2XLP
The Money Store LP
The Score 2XLP
Rage Against The Machine (Picture... LP
Long.Live.A$AP (Deluxe Edition) 2XLP
ATLiens 2XLP
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik LP
Illmatic XX LP
CrazySexyCool 2XLP
Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) LP
Straight Outta Compton Soundtrack 2XLP
Doris LP
Aquemini 3XLP
Speakerboxx/The Love Below 4XLP
Stankonia LP
untitled unmastered. LP
good kid, m.A.A.d city 2XLP
Best Day Ever 2XLP
Man On The Moon: The End Of Day 2XLP
Chronic 2XLP
Mama's Gun 2XLP
Views 2XLP
What A Time To Be Alive LP LP
2Pacalypse Now 2XLP
Raising Hell (Picture Disc) LP
We Got It From Here... Thank You 4... 2XLP
Beats, Rhymes, And Life 2XLP
Hits, Rarities, And Remixes 2XLP
Midnight Marauders LP
Anthology 2XLP
The Low End Theory 2XLP
I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go... LP
The King & I 2XLP
Items 1-64 of 1037
793 Center St, Lewiston, NY 14092 | 289.272.0611
All Prices are in USD. © 2019 srcvinyl Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
All Prices are in USD. © 2019 srcvinyl Inc. All Rights Reserved.