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China is about to get new leaders for the first time in a decade, and it comes at a sensitive moment for the world's most populous nation. Economic growth, which surged for decades, has slowed. Demands for political reform have increased and the Communist Party has been hit by scandal. In a series of stories this week, NPR is examining the multiple challenges facing China. In our first story, Louisa Lim looks at how the Chinese view the Communist Party in the place where it took shape.
History is little more than a commodity in Yan'an, the town in western China that markets itself as the "Holy Land of China's Communist Revolution." The former revolutionary base of Chairman Mao Zedong is a place that encapsulates the strange ideological contortions China's Communist Party has twisted itself into over the past 63 years.
Mao and his comrades hid in the hillside caves of Yan'an in Shaanxi province for 13 years beginning in the 1930s, as they tried to build rural support for a communist revolution.
For Chinese businessman Yang Xiaowu, visiting Yan'an is his idea of a corporate team-building exercise. A fervent party supporter who works as an alcohol distributor, Yang has traveled 185 miles to Yan'an from the provincial capital of Xi'an more than 10 times, bringing employees and clients each time.
"We came here to learn revolutionary spirit and to understand our history," he says. "It helps us a lot in doing business and marketing."
These days, though, all eyes are on the future. Next week, China begins a once-in-a-decade transition of power, as leaders grapple with a damaging political scandal involving murder and corruption that has left the Communist Party reeling.
The world is awaiting the formal ascension of Xi Jinping to general secretary, the top Communist Party post; he is also tapped to become the country's next president in March. The spotlight is also on Li Keqiang, slated to be the next prime minister, along with the other members of the all-powerful committee that forms the country's collective leadership.
But with calls for reform mounting in the run-up to the 18th Party Congress meeting, has China's political model reached its limits?
Cashing In On Revolution
Not so, say people like Yang, the alcohol distributor. On a recent morning in Yan'an, he and his team are enthusiastically watching the re-creation of a 1947 Chinese Civil War battle between the Communists and their Nationalist enemies. Every morning at 11 sharp, gunshots blaze on all sides, and a burning plane zooms down a zip wire.
Yang has even paid extra for some of his staff members to take part in the battle on the side of the losing, mustard-suited Nationalists. When a Chairman Mao lookalike appears to make a stump speech, the crowd roars happily.
For Yang, Mao's works offer useful management advice for dealing with competitors.
"Mao's piece 'On Protracted War' is the basic ideological guide we use for our alcohol business," he says. "We learn and carry forward revolutionary Yan'an spirit, and combine it with our culture of drinking, to make our alcohol business big and strong."
The local government in Yan'an is cashing in on its revolutionary history as well. It built a cavernous $80 million Revolutionary Memorial Hall in 2009 and recently launched a new $5.5 million song-and-dance spectacular. Tourist numbers have tripled in five years to 20 million visitors in 2011, bringing $1.75 billion in revenues.
'The Road We Chose Was Wrong'
Even in Yan'an, where Chairman Mao and the early revolutionaries huddled in their chilly caves, penning essays explicating the party's ideology, few visitors notice the party's U-turns.
These are in plain view, however, in the dusty meeting halls where 1940s banners hanging from the ceiling call for the early adoption of democracy. Few know, or remember, that Mao himself advocated multiparty democracy, a position he abandoned after gaining power.
But there are survivors from those days who have not forgotten why they waged revolution.
"Our purpose was to achieve freedom and democracy," remembers 90-year-old revolutionary He Fang. "But now there is neither freedom nor democracy. The road we chose was wrong."
At age 15, He ran away to join the Communists, and helped dig out the caves tourists now frequent. In the 1950s, He rose high in the party as secretary to Zhang Wentian, deputy foreign minister. He then fell far — together with his boss, who had criticized aspects of Mao's Great Leap Forward campaign in the late-'50s. He was sent to do hard labor in the countryside for 19 years.
He is critical of Chairman Mao, who he says "had a temper like a child" and treated China like a toy that could be tossed around.
The straight-talking He is also bluntly critical of today's Communist Party.
"The Communist Party wants to realize communism, but no one today knows what communism is," he says.
A Crisis Of Faith
Such sentiments would seem like heresy in Yan'an, where groups of young party members wait in line to swear oaths of allegiance to the party, fists clenched by their heads, on a pagoda-topped hill overlooking the town.
But even inside the temples of communism — the party schools training the elite — people are worrying about a crisis of faith.
Wang Binglin, a professor at one of these schools in Beijing, addresses the issue head-on during a recent lecture.
"Each religion has followers. You cannot achieve anything without followers. Do we have followers? We have 80 million party members," Wang tells a group of social science academics, as he parses the differences between religious believers and party members.
"We are short of nothing. But why are we not that devout?" he says. "The main reason lies in ... the extent to which we worship and believe in our [communist] classics. Some people don't believe them. Some don't even read them."
For many party members, faith in China's Communist Party died in Tiananmen Square, when the army opened fire on unarmed protesters in 1989.
From then on, political reform was off-limits. The unspoken contract was that the party would bring economic change to the people, and indeed, it has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. But the gap between rich and poor has widened into a chasm, and even China's Academy of Social Sciences warns of a potential public crisis if no reforms are made.
Wage Gap Widens
The Chinese Communist Party was supposed to be the party of workers and peasants, but 63 years of communist rule has not changed life substantially for peasants near Yan'an. They still lead subsistence existences in damp caves carved out of the hillside, the walls plastered with old advertisements for warmth.
"City folk definitely live and eat and do everything better than us," says Guo Haiyun, limping across the yard of his cave home, close to Yan'an. "Of course I envy them."
For him, the privileges enjoyed by city dwellers — like subsidized medical care and social welfare — are a pipe dream.
A frail 46-year-old, Guo was a migrant worker, building China's economic miracle, until he was injured. Now he survives on an allowance given to the disabled.
"The Communist Party is good," he enthuses. "Life is much better than it was 20 years ago."
But simple questions elicit a more troubling reality: The family has been heavily driven into debt to fund his daughter's university education. His son has even sacrificed his own education for a banal reality of washing cars to pay for his sister's future.
"I can't return it," Guo says of his $3,000 debt. "How can we save? I have no money. Probably I only have two or three yuan at home."
China's urban dwellers earn on average 3.22 times more than its rural dwellers, and that gap is expected to widen further.
Scandal A Symbol Of The Party's Problems
Such rural poverty is harder to bear, knowing China's elite are enriching themselves, using an unholy alliance of patronage and power.
An object lesson in the use of power has come with the downfall of powerful politician Bo Xilai. Until March, Bo was Communist Party secretary of the city of Chongqing.
Now, he faces criminal investigations into abuse of power, corruption, improper relationships with women and involvement in murder. His wife, Gu Kailai, also known as Bogu Kailai, is serving a suspended death sentence, after being found guilty of the 2011 murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Bloomberg has reported that her sisters control a business empire worth $126 million.
Bo is the son of a revolutionary hero, a creature of the party. According to one former insider, he symbolizes all that's wrong with the party.
"If the father becomes an emperor, the son must become an emperor, too," says former official Bao Tong. "That's socialism with Chinese characteristics. It's false socialism. It's about keeping their power. The guiding principle is: I must have power, I must be an official, I must be corrupt and lawless. This is the Chinese model."
Bao was once secretary to Zhao Ziyang, the reformist party boss who sympathized with the protesters in 1989. Now 79 years old, Bao despairs over the fiefdoms of power that have been carved out under the current system.
"It may be worse than the feudal era. Then, when the emperor found a landlord bullying people, he could put him on trial," Bao says. "Now there's not just one landlord in each village, there's at least 10, including the village head, the party secretary, their deputies and their predecessors."
Popular Discontent Rising
Amid a rising tide of scandals involving corrupt party members, public anger is widespread. Even at one communist pilgrimage spot, Chairman Mao's cave in Yan'an, a visitor who gives his name as Mr. Su says he believes all officials are corrupt.
"Now there are 80 million Communist Party members. I think half of them should be killed," Su says. "If every official serving at county level or above was shot by a firing squad, I don't think any innocent blood would be shed."
Mao's Communists prided themselves on their discipline, as they stood against the corruption of the Nationalists. Now, China's new leaders have to act fast. The dividends of double-digit growth are over, but they've enriched a princeling class — the descendants of old revolutionary heroes of which Bo and the incoming president, Xi, is a member — whose vast wealth and influence have turned them into the new emperors, representing what the party once opposed.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Audie Cornish. Next week, China begins a sweeping once-in-a-decade transition of power. The moves comes as its Communist leaders grapple with the scandal that paints a damaging picture of their party: corrupt, nepotistic and ruthless. All this week, we'll be reporting on China's big transition and whether the Chinese model, both political and economic, has reached its limits. Today, we focus on the political and on rising disillusionment with the Communist Party inside China. Here is NPR's Louisa Lim.
LOUISA LIM, BYLINE: China's Communists still wage war against their Nationalist enemies at 11 o'clock every morning for the tourist hordes. This is the old Communist stronghold of Yan'an, where Chairman Mao lived for 13 years starting in the '30s. Now, every morning gunshots blaze as a battle from 1947 is recreated.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: An actor playing Chairman Mao has just come out, and everybody is clapping him.
LIM: This is history as spectacle. Yang Xiaowu, an alcohol distributor, has brought his employees here.
YANG XIAOWU: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: We come here to learn revolutionary sprit, he says. It helps us sell booze. And Yan'an today is all about the commodification of China's Communist past.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: Even here, few noticed the party's U-turns. But they're in plain view. Banners from the 1940s call for democracy. Even Chairman Mao advocated multi-party democracy, a position he abandoned after gaining power. Some have not forgotten, like 90-year-old revolutionary He Fang.
HE FANG: (Through Translator) Our purpose was to achieve freedom and democracy. But now, there is neither freedom nor democracy. The road we chose was wrong.
LIM: He Fang ran away aged 15 to join the Communists. He dug those caves now visited by tourists out of the hillside. He rose high in the party, then fell far and was exiled to the country for 19 years. He is critical of Chairman Mao. Mao, he says, had a temper like a child and treated China like a toy that could be tossed around. He's critical too of today's party.
FANG: (Through Translator) The Communist Party wants to realize communism, but no one today knows what communism is.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: In Yan'an, young party members swear oaths of allegiance to the party. But inside its temples, the party schools training the elite, they worry about a crisis of faith.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: (Speaking foreign language)
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: At Beijing party school, Professor Wang Binglin is addressing this head on. He's lecturing on why China's Communists aren't as devout as religious believers. Some party members don't believe the Communist classics, he admits. Some don't even read them.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: For many, faith in the Communist Party died in Tiananmen Square when the army opened fire on unarmed protesters in 1989. From then on, political reform was off limits. The unspoken contract was that the party would bring economic change to the people. It has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty. But the gap between rich and poor has widened into a chasm. That idea, far from the Communist ideal of equality, has become engrained. The Communist Party was supposed to be the party of workers and peasants, but now city dwellers enjoy privileges like subsidized medical care and social welfare that farmers can only dream of.
GUO HAIYUN: (Through Translator) City folk definitely live and eat and do everything better than us. Of course, I envy them.
LIM: That's Guo Haiyun. He lives across the yard of his cave home close to the revolutionary base in Yan'an. He was injured as a migrant worker and survives on an allowance given to the disabled. He's a big supporter of the Communist Party. But with one child at university, he barely gets by.
HAIYUN: (Through Translator) I borrowed money for several years for my daughter's education, and I can't return it. Probably I have only two or $3 at home.
LIM: Today, such rural poverty is harder to bear, knowing the elite are enriching themselves using an unholy alliance of patronage and power. Bao Tong was once an insider, secretary to Zhao Ziyang, the reformist party boss who sympathized with the protesters in 1989.
ZHAO ZIYANG: (Through Translator) Bao met me in a noisy fast food restaurant in Beijing. Seventy-nine years old, he lives under surveillance after spending seven years in prison after Tiananmen Square. He's despairing about China's current situation.
(Through Translator) It may be worse than the feudal era. Then, when the emperor found a landlord bullying people, he could put them on trial. Now there's not just one landlord in each village. There's at least 10, including the village head, the party secretary, their deputies and their predecessors.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #3: (Speaking foreign language)
LIM: Fiefdoms of power are being carved out. This was clear in this bombshell moment. State television announcing the powerful politician Bo Xilai faces criminal charges possibly including abuse of power, corruption and involvement in covering up a murder. His wife's already been found guilty of killing a British businessman over a business deal gone wrong. Bo is the son of a revolutionary hero, a creature of the party. Bao Tong believes he symbolizes all that's wrong with it.
BAO TONG: (Through Translator) If the father becomes an emperor, the son must become an emperor too. That's socialism with Chinese characteristics. It's false socialism. It's about keeping their power. The guiding principle is: I must have power. I must be an official. I must be corrupt and lawless. This is the Chinese model.
LIM: Such cynicism is widespread. At one Communist pilgrimage spot, Chairman Mao's cave in Yan'an, a man who gives his name as Mr. Su says he believes all officials are corrupt.
SU: (Through Translator) If every official serving at county level or above was shot by a firing squad, I don't think any innocent blood would be shed.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Singing in foreign language)
LIM: Communist songs echo throughout this revolutionary base. Mao's Communists prided themselves on their discipline, standing against the corruption of the Nationalists. Now, China's new leaders have to act fast. The dividends of double-digit growth are over, but they've enriched a princeling class, whose vast wealth and influence has turned them into the new emperors representing all the party once opposed. China's Communist Party is no longer communist. Even its name is a big lie. And those double standards are chipping away at its legitimacy day after day. Louisa Lim, NPR News, Beijing.
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Donna's Olive and Pepper Tapenade
This is a true healthful Mediterranean appetizer with lots of flavor and color.
1 cup finely chopped red pepper
1 cup finely chopped pitted black olives 1 cup finely chopped pimento stuffed green olives 1 cup finely chopped fresh tomatoes, seeded 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon honey dash hot sauce optional
salt and pepper to taste
In a medium bowl, combine peppers, black olives, green olives, tomatoes, and onions. Set aside.
In a small bowl or jar, combine dressing ingredients. Mix well with a whisk or an immersion blender. Pour dressing over olive mixture. Stir. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Serve with baguettes or crackers. The tapenade may also be served with Brie cheese.
Serves 10
Nutritional Information per serving:
Calories: 50
Fat, gm.: 4
Protein, gm.: 0.5
Carbs, gm.: 4
Cholesterol, mg.: 0
Fiber, gm.: 0.5
— Recipe by UW Health Nutritionist Donna L. Weihofen, RD, MS


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We had the Audacity project for a powerful audio recording and editing environment. We now have the ardour project for a true audio workstation that targets to compete the major options available.
According to the Ardour project web site: "Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-destructive editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a powerful mixer, unlimited tracks/busses/plugins, timecode synchronization, and hardware control from surfaces like the Mackie Control Universal. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Pyramix, or Sequoia, you might have found it."
Ardour currently runs on Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X.
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Browse and download apps to your android phone from the App Store. 20,000+ users downloaded TF4 Game latest version on 9Apps for free every week! Fortunately, It's easy to get this popular app. This hot app was released on 2015-10-21. Just download it and use on your android phone!
Experience explosive and suspense-filled Hollywood action in TRANSFORMERS: Age of Extinction®, the all-new 3D combat runner and official mobile game for the new TRANSFORMERS movie from Paramount Pictures. In this cinematic universe, your mission is to take down DECEPTICON enemies as you run, dash, and change forms through fast-paced missions with your formidable cast of AUTOBOT heroes.
Recruit and customize your team of TRANSFORMERS characters in both their robot and vehicle modes to level up their weapon power, tech and abilities. Take on bosses during regular in-game events and challenge your friends to compete for the highest score and the greatest rewards. This isn't your typical endless runner, TRANSFORMERS: Age of Extinction puts you in the middle of an action-packed Hollywood blockbuster where it's destroy or be destroyed!
• Experience the First Combat Runner– Take down DECEPTICON enemies as you run and gun in robot mode or drive and dash in vehicle mode.
• Gear Up and Roll Out! –Build a force to be reckoned with by upgrading your team of TRANSFORMERS characters to level up weapons, tech and abilities.
• Wreak Havoc with GRIMLOCK! – Destroy everything in your path with GRIMLOCK as you charge through obstacles and enemies alike.
• Jump Into a Hollywood Blockbuster– Experience suspense-filled Hollywood action with fast paced missions, destructive environments, and epic 3D effects.
• TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION is completely free to play--no purchases are required. The purchase of in-game items can increase the strength of your character and otherwise accelerate or boost performance. If you wish, you can disable in-app purchases in your device's settings.
TRANSFORMERS® and all associated characters are trademarks of Hasbro and are used with permission ©2014 Hasbro, Inc. ©2014 Paramount Pictures Corporation.
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Travel Photography
Travel photography is a subcategory of photography involving recording of an area's scenery, people, cultures and tradition, customs and history. According to The Photographic Society of America, a travel photo as an image that expresses the feeling or the sensation of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no actual geographical limitations.
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The thing about travel photography is that it is taken with equal enthusiasm by amateurs as well as by professionals. There are obviously professionals who travel all around the world and take amazing photographs. Commercial travel photography provides imagery for the $1 trillion global tourism industry. It might include photographing destination hotels and resorts, tourist attractions, scenery, adventures in the great outdoors, home events, cultures such as different festivals and customs. Images are of great use in advertising, merchandising, used in blogs and travel journals and print sales. With such a huge variety of subject matter and also a pretty big market for commercial selling of these photographs, travel photographers require skills across all photographic disciplines such as portraiture, landscape, architectural reportage, and wildlife and event photography.
Travel photography is not like other genres like fashion, product, or food photography in that it is still an underestimated and relatively less monetized part, though the obstacles faced by travel photographers are actually more than some of the genres where the light and other shooting conditions may be up to oneself and not at the mercy of nature.
This genre of photography entails shooting a wide variety of thongs under varied available conditions like low light photography indoors, accessible ambient light photography for exteriors of buildings and monuments, shooting on the streets where sometimes conditions may be hostile though such is likely to be classifies as photojournalism; capturing moments which rarely recur, capturing the magic of light while shooting landscapes and also capturing natural events that are inaccessible to a huge part of the world such as Aurora Borealis or an erupting volcano.
The biggest advantage of travel photography is no doubt the travel. It is a pleasure and no doubt a huge privilege to be able to travel to different stunning locations. Something that is quite rare and very few in the world are lucky enough to be so included. To be able to go and experience not only the scenic beauty of the place but have the good fortune to mix with the people, learn their road of life and be able to hold it up in photographs. It is a truly rewarding and amazing job.
On the other hand, if one is not tied up with publications such as National Geographic one might have trouble having enough finances to go along with their travels though freelancing in this profession has been abundant. With the increase of social media it bring sellers and buyers of such outstanding photographs closer together such that they interact more and this sector of photography can only grow bigger in the coming years.
Will Photography Die in 2017?
Is photography going to die in 2017?
A lot of people think that photography as an art and science reached its peak long ago, and that its end draws near. Think about it, the beginning of photography was around two hundred years ago, when a person first tried to combine some principles of science in order to capture a photo. And from then on photography has blossomed into a fully blown phenomenon that captivates people from all around the world.
There have been incredible advances and developments in the field of photography, starting from the creation of technologically advanced cameras that not one single person that lived around 50 years ago, in their right mind would think that they would someday be created. Then you have the latest advances in the science on how a picture should be taken in order to provide the best effects. All in all, it seems that photography has indeed reached the zenith, and is about to start falling off from the grace of mankind.
But is all this true?
The answer to this question: No.
When you think about it, the name of this article should be the following: Who in their right mind would think that photography is going to die in 2017? The fact of the matter is that even though there have been incredible advances in the field of photography recently, and even though it seems that the whole thing is about to crash – there's still a long way to go. Even as we speak scientists and photographers are figuring out new principles of photography that will make the top level photographical principles of 2016 seem like child's play. Even as we speak scientists and photographers are creating new models of cameras that will make the cameras of 2016 look old and outdated. So, there's indeed a lot to look forward to in the world of photography.
But go back a bit, back to the core of the entire matter. Why are humans so drawn towards photography? Why photos are a big part in our day to day life? Why we like to spend hours on end on the social network such as Facebook and Instagram whose sole existence revolves around photo sharing? It may be a deep philosophical subject, but we believe that photos are held in high esteem because they do the improbable – they capture a flash of life itself. A picture is a thousand words, and just by looking at a photography you may extract volumes of information.
But on top of all of this existentialist philosophical stuff, we mustn't forget the crucial most important element that makes photography so powerful and popular – taking photos is fun! And so is seeing them! People have been passionate photography hobbyist ever since the first hand held camera was invented, and the hobby of photography has blasted in our day to day lives with the advent of cellphone cameras, so nowadays everyone can snap high quality pictures just by using their cellphones.
And the trends of photography are ever-changing and always ephemeral. What is popular in 2016 as a trend in photography, will be replaced by something new. For example, the past few years we have had the trend of taking photos of a person during exercise. Since most people really respect the dedication that goes into having a regular exercise regime, it's easy to think of the reasons why exercise photography is a popular trend. But tomorrow maybe this won't be the case. Perhaps the trend of exercise photography will die out and people will now think that whoever takes a photo of themselves while exercising, must be really, really vain and concerned with other people's approval of them. This is a real possibility, and it's been known to happen to some other photography trends.
And the prognosis of the trends of 2017 photography are that the photos where people are aware that they are in front of a camera, and where they are posing – are falling out of favor. In their place are coming the spontaneous, in-the-moment photos that you take when someone isn't looking at you and doesn't know that you're taking the photo. If you think about it, none of these two trends are inherently good or bad in and of themselves, it's just how the time goes and people become fed up with a certain trend, and want to see something new every once in a while.
So, the answer, in short, is No, photography won't die out in 2017. If anything, it's going to gain even higher popularity among the population of the world, especially as high quality cameras are becoming available even to less wealthy people, and most anyone could buy a cheap, but powerful camera, if they want to. So, don't worry in the slightest, photography has been with us for more than two centuries, and it's extremely likely that it will be with us for a long, long time.


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Lee Anne Lightfoot recently began work as an assistant clinical professor in the University of Houston-Victoria School of Nursing. She teaches in both the Registered Nurse to Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Second Degree BSN programs.
Her role includes clinical support of students in the acute care hospital setting and classroom presentations focused on professional growth and development. She previously worked as an operations administrator for Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital.
Melissa Arnold has joined the UHV Admissions Office staff as a senior administrative assistant. She handles invoices, lease payments and day-to-day office duties. She previous worked as a legal assistant for Victoria attorney Charles Bluntzer. Arnold graduated from UHV in 2005 with a degree in legal assistance and administration.
Veronica McCants and Sarah Korczynski, broker/co-owners of RE/MAX Land & Homes recently facilitated the "Brian Buffini Peak Producers" training program.
Graduates of the comprehensive 12-week course were Victoria realtors Lorene Bothe, Karen Leita, Marco Porras, Debbie Kowalik, Reynolds Tharp and Kathy Hamilton along with Lindsey Smith and Marolyn Cummins from RE/MAX Land & Homes on the Bay in Port Lavaca.
The program helps agents with any level of experience develop the skills of top producers in the industry.


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|This page documents the Official Policy of the GTA Wiki. It concerns standards that all users should follow.
Civility is a core policy on GTA Wiki.
What is Civility?
It is a standard of conduct that sets out how GTA Wiki editors should interact: editors should always endeavor to treat each other with consideration and respect. Even during heated debates, editors should behave politely, calmly and reasonably, in order to keep the focus on improving the wiki and to help maintain a pleasant editing environment.
Incivility consists of personal attacks, insulting other users, rudeness, disrespectful comments, excessive profanity, terse or aggressive behaviours that disrupt the project and lead to unproductive stress and conflict. Editors are human, capable of mistakes, so a few, minor incidents of incivility are not in themselves a major concern. A behavioral pattern of incivility is disruptive and unacceptable, and may result in blocks if it rises to the level of harassment or is egregious personal attacks. A single act of incivility can also cross the line if it is severe enough: for instance, extreme verbal abuse or profanity directed at another contributor, or a threat against another person can all result in blocks without consideration of a pattern.
Disruptive editing is closely related to incivility, although it is possible to edit tendentiously without being incivil.


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Between now and the release day of Entwined with You, I'm going to be posting two "snapshots" a week–one on Tuesday and one on Friday. Each snapshot (not to be confused with a snippet or excerpt!) will tie into a chapter in some way. So, two chapter peeks a week, from now until June 4th, which will take us through all the chapters.
Ready? Here's Chapter Twenty-One:
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If there is a father of social media in Silicon Valley, it may be Reid Hoffman, the Stanford and Oxford educated entrepreneur best known for co-founding LinkedIn in December 2002. Hoffman, currently the executive chairman of LinkedIn and a partner in the venture firm of Greylock Partners, saw the future before almost anyone else.
Grasping the Internet's shift from a platform for data to one for people, Hoffman not only started the very first contemporary social media business back in 1997 – a dating service called SocialNet, but also was an angel investor in Friendster, Facebook and Zynga as well as the former CEO of LinkedIn, the 78 million member strong business social network which is currently adding a million new members every 10 days. Indeed, back in 2003 Hoffman – in partnership with his friend Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga – paid $700,000 in an auction for an intellectual patent on social networking, thereby making him, in a sense, the owner of the idea of social media itself.
So it was a real treat to catch up with Hoffman last week in Colorado where we were both speaking at the Aspen Summit. In our wide-ranging conversation, Hoffman quoted Aristotle's remark that we are "social animals" to explain the remarkable success of social media. But what has always intrigued me about Hoffman – given his central role in the history of social media – is his own social reticence. As he confessed to me, he's happiest working in small groups, outside the social limelight. This contradiction makes Hoffman one of the most intriguing figures in contemporary Silicon Valley. But there's no mystery to his intelligence – manifested in everything from his thoughts about his role at LinkedIn, his vision of the future of social media, his views about the relevance of large venture capital, to his explanation of why the world needs more entrepreneurs to solve its most intractable problems.
Reid Hoffman on LinkedIn and why its future IPO is "definitely maybe."
Reid Hoffman on why and how social media changes people's lives and why he remains an optimist.
Reid Hoffman on his new role at Greylock Partners and why there's still a role for big venture capital in Silicon Valley.
Reid Hoffman on whether it's too late to get into the social media business.
Reid Hoffman on why society needs entrepreneurs and what entrepreneurs need to learn to be successful.


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3 found dead inside North Huntingdon home
Bodies in house on Guffey Road identified as Hazel Hutchison, Franklin Hutchison, William Hutchison
A married couple and their adult son were found shot to death inside a North Huntingdon home, and police now believe the husband was the shooter.
The Westmoreland County Coroner identified the victims as 67-year-old Hazel Hutchison, her 68-year-old husband, Franklin Hutchison, and 47-year-old William Hutchison. All of them lived together in the house on Guffey Road.
Sgt. Jeffrey Bouldin said Franklin Hutchison killed his wife and son, each with a single shot to the head, before turning the gun on himself. Bouldin did not discuss a specific motive, other than to say it was a "family situation."
Police believe the shootings happened early Tuesday morning. The bodies were not found until Thursday night, after police were called to do a well-being check at the house when the younger Hutchison didn't show up for work.
"It is very sad, and it's very upsetting to me," neighbor Catherine Savani said. "The whole family -- it's hard to fathom."
Savani said she didn't hear any gunshots or commotion at the house, but did start to worry that something was wrong when she noticed the family's trash cans were still next to the curb, days after garbage collection.
"It just bothered me, more and more and more," Savani said. "There was no action. And where's the young one?"
Police say Hazel Hutchison was found in her bedroom, her son was in a hallway, and her husband was in the basement.
"We were really shocked. You don't think about that around your own neighborhood," neighbor Fred Johnson said. "It's shaky, especially with what's going on everywhere in the world today. It's terrible."


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Do it yourself clothing and crap company CafePress has teamed up with Microsoft to give Xbox Live users the ability to print and purchase stuff starring their own personalised avatar. Let's go Voltron force!
At least that's what would be on my chest if I went ahead and ordered the snazzy t-shirt on the left in the image above, the result of simply heading to the CafePress Xbox website, plugging in my gamertag and selecting one of more than a dozen poses to be printed. There might be some sort of copyright problem occurring here, but that's OK, I'm not paying $US22.99 for a crappy t-shirt anyway.
Of course if someone else wanted to pay $US22.99 for a crappy t-shirt for me, I wouldn't say no. It would probably make an excellent Christmas gift for say, a brother to purchase his little brother.
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I have sighted five UFOs:
They were "unidentified flying or stationary objects" in the sky. Such objects were sighted by many millions of people globally. One of my neighbors has sighted a huge extraterrestrial spaceship fly right above our building. Air force officers all over the world have sighted extraterrestrial spaceships up close within yards, which would hover over or remain stationary over nuclear weapon storages for hours at a time.
I have spoken to hundreds of people on the street raising awareness of the phenomenon. I'd say about 10 to 15% of the people I spoke to have sighted UFOs and a larger percentage of people know of people who have sighted UFOs. I even spoke with people who have been abducted by extraterrestrial beings.
I would like to know whether people in this forum have sighted any UFOs or have had other experiences pertaining to the phenomena.
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Those air force officers who have sighted UFOs up close were bound by non-disclosure agreements, as I have stated before. What evidence do you expect from them besides their testimonies? If you truly want evidence, why don't you go out into the street today and ask about 100 people whether they have sighted any UFOs? You'll be surprised at how many people actually have. Speak with them with an open mind. Some of you seem so afraid of being regarded as a "gullible fool" that you shut your minds entirely and reject any evidence provided about the phenomenon.
So, if so many people have sighted UFOs, then why is the phenomenon still considered a hoax? I have already answered that in one of the posts above regarding "spin and dirty tricks" carried out upon humanity. You guys are not only affected by the policy, but also carrying it out on those who have sighted UFOs. Is it any wonder why not too many people want to talk about this phenomenon?
By the way, I noticed that nobody here was, so far, able to provide any plausible explanations for my sightings or the air force officers' sightings. There is much evidence out there, if you are willing to search for them. Most people I spoke to about the phenomenon are generally reasonable and recognize the difficulty in establishing concrete proofs. However, some people are not, requesting me to provide them with artifacts, some sort of physical evidence, or even extraterrestrials. How does anybody go about attaining such unreasonable evidence? Such requests are foolish.
A member here asked whether I believed in abduction phenomenon. One of the people I have spoken to related to me that his girlfriend has been abducted on multiple occasions. Others told me that they feel that they may have been abducted. There are many who have been abducted, in fact; some of them even recall their abduction episodes on their own.
Here's a book called "Taken" by Dr. Karla Turner who was an abductee herself. It is a collection of testimonies of abductees. A free pdf file can be downloaded from here: http://www.viewzone.com/ebooks/KarlaTurnerTaken.pdf
There is a book titled "The Aliens and Scalpel" by Dr. Roger Leir, a surgeon, who has been extracting implants from abductees' bodies. The implants were taken to independent laboratories and found to be of extraterrestrial origin. Here's a quote from the book:
Most of the metallurgy indicates that the structure of these objects has an extraterrestrial origin. If this is indeed the case, we will be able to conclude that some individuals with alien abduction histories have objects in their bodies of extraterrestrial origin. The composition of the objects includes metals whose isotopic ratios are clearly extraterrestrial. Moreover, the form of the objects is clearly engineered and manufactured with precision rather than being a naturally occurring form. In short, we now have the "smoking gun" of ufology: hard physical evidence of an alien presence on Earth! (Leir 161)
Keeping an open mind means to observe without coming to immediate conclusions without delving into it, not believing everything like a "gullible fool." It is injudicious to disregard all the evidence and testimonies of UFO witnesses and abductees in order to feel safe in your beliefs that the world is not being "visited" by extraterrestrials.
First off, I would be interested in documentation of their military careers. If they were pilots, then a photo of them in flight gear beside their fighters would do. It really doesn't matter, though - they are still just individuals with wild stories.
In regard to their wild stories - I would like to know how they concluded that the lights they saw had extraterrestrial origins. That is a pretty wild conclusion to draw out of ignorance.
All abductees that I've encountered are full of shit. There are many who claim they are abducted several nights per month, claiming the experience horrifies them - but offer to move in with them to get evidence and they get as creative with their excuses as they do with their alien stories.
I see that you haven't watched the Disclosure Conference at National Press Conference. What they sighted were not some strange "lights" moving erratically in the sky. Here're their contact address from the youtube page. Ask them for their documentation yourself:
Robert Hastings:
505 263 3815
Robert Salas
805 798 0813
What evidence did you exactly ask for from your abductee friends?
Robert Hastings is a 'UFO investigator' - not one of the alleged veterans speaking about seeing UFO's.
Robert Salas seems to have been an air force officer and he does make some wild claims -> but even assuming that he has experienced every single thing that he claims to have experienced (which would require 100% suspension of credulity), one is still left to ask how he concludes that those experiences are the result of highly advanced interstellar travelers who A.) want to keep their presence a secret and B.) are incompetent at keeping their presence a secret.
As for the abductees, it's easy. Those who claim to be abducted all the time could just allow an objective third party to monitor them and their home for a month to fully document some of these abductions. People making such bullshit claims, however, always seem to have several excuses as to why they prefer to avoid scrutiny.
The good news is, you can buy an insurance policy against being abducted by aliens. It pays double if you're impregnated by one...
What is your motivation for coming here, anyhow? You keep arguing in favor of your premise, i.e. "UFOs are real", but I fail to see what you have to gain from it.
Christians or Muslims might argue with atheists because they want to 'save' the atheist or because they're angry at the atheist for making them uncomfortable. Atheists might argue with Christians because they want to 'save' the Christians from believing lies, or because they're angry at how Christian teachings can harm people.
What's your angle here? Are you looking for converts? New friends? Are you hoping that a bunch of atheists will jump on your bandwagon, making you feel smart? Do you just like to argue and feel superior when you believe you 'won'?
I'm not saying you shouldn't post here. I'm just a bit confused.
What part of "Unidentified" don't you understand?
All you have are stories of people who believe they saw things. Anecdotal evidence is not taken very seriously by science because people are notoriously unreliable witnesses. Even if we conclude that all these people really did see funny lights flitting around the sky in a way they didn't understand, the only conclusion you can come to is that these people really did see funny lights flitting around the sky in a way they didn't understand. To come to any other conclusion is not logical, not scientific and possibly not sane. It really annoys me that the term UFO has come to mean extraterrestrial vehicle. Unidentified Flying Object means just that. If you see a UFO you don't know what the bloody hell it is!
Captain it's the engines here! Scotty can't take anymore!
If a Christian was abducted by aliens at the same time as the "Rapture" would he miss out on it? I can just imagine the look of astonishment on ET's little face if the "probee" suddenly vanished from the spaceship just as his "special finger" exam was starting. I think I shall draft a thesis on this and sent it to a theological university for consideration.
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On a recent trip back, Reyes ran into a group of teenagers skipping school. The 23-year-old actress and model wanted to scold them but decided against it, figuring she should wait until her words might mean something more. After all, Reyes is hardly a household name, let alone a famous role model kids might look up to.
In a later interview over coffee in Union Square, Reyes said she realized fame shouldn't have to matter.
In fact, most superstars think of giving back only after they've made it big. Reyes is on course to do just the opposite: she hasn't made it big—not yet, anyway—but she's more than ready to give back.
For Reyes community service begins at home. For that reason alone, perhaps nobody is rooting for her harder than her friends and family in North Brooklyn—them and the legions of star-crossed male admirers lucky enough to have glimpsed the lovely Reyes in movies, music videos and on billboards from New York to Paris.
"Sometimes when I go back people say I'm acting Hollywood and I laugh," said Reyes. "They think you're acting a certain way but it's just you, growing as a person."
"I know I still have a lot more hard work to do," she added, "but I don't want to go backwards. I want to progress and I want the community to progress as a whole, too."
Reyes, whose parents moved to New York from the Dominican Republic, said she fought with her mother at a young age over career paths. Her mother advocated for schooling, and later for a nine-to-five job with steady pay; Reyes wanted nothing more than a chance to succeed in the entertainment industry.
She landed her first opportunity in her late teenage years, when an agent showed interest in managing her career. After being paid, he promptly disappeared. But later, while Reyes was working her way through college, she set out again on her own with no outside help, and this time it paid off.
In the last several years Reyes—who has an impressive online following—has appeared in music videos for Jay-Z and 50 Cent, as a model for numerous advertisers and was even featured on a billboard in France. She landed a small role in the movie "Notorious" and appears in the upcoming film "Brooklyn's Finest."
Now the sultry Brooklyn beauty says its time to move away from being typecast as eye candy.
"I don't want to portray a sex object on T.V. I know I'm much more than that," said Reyes, who lives in midtown Manhattan and hopes to become a successful actress. "You get stereotyped. I'm trying to break away from that."
Perhaps the surest way to do that is through her work off the screen, not on it. Reyes may not have the money to start a foundation now, but that hasn't stopped her from planning a future course in community-oriented philanthropy. She said she hopes to found an organization dedicated to helping underprivileged children from North Brooklyn.
Growing up, said Reyes, many of her friends became pregnant at an early age, or else ended up using drugs and in jail. More often than not, they did not have support systems to turn to, said Reyes, who remembers having to fend for herself as a youngster.
"Drugs and early pregnancies are big issues now," said Reyes. "These kids are not being talked to."
Too often, said Reyes, young people with difficult upbringings give up on their dreams at an early age. They shouldn't have to, she said. When Reyes is ready to speak out and make her case, expect youngsters across Williamsburg and beyond to listen.


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Isildilmë wrote:I am so terribly sorry everyone. I normally try to answer to everyone and do the transcriptions as quickly as possible, but someone made me realise that I am actually 2 months late... I have to say that I lived some difficult events lately... and I kind of felt like if I felt from a boat in a warm sea with a life jacket... I knew that I would survive from this, but how long would it take before I get out of the water and stop receiving huge waves directly in the face, this was a mystery. I feel like I'm now out of the water, but still totally soaked. End of the comparision. All of this to try to explain that I had to work hard and use all of my energy just trying to do "regular stuff", everyday tasks and so, so I couldn't take extra time to work on transcriptions. I will try my best to put things right.
I have some transcriptions ready to post, so I start with this. After I'll check the new requests to see if they are complete, and then I should have some remaining time tonight to transcribe some of them.
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Isildilmë wrote:So here are my comments concerning the most recent posts :
fitluk1093 : ok !
alottaroses : I send you my last questions on your email, because we started a discussion there
!ISAIAH! : Hi ! welcome back ! It's always a pleasure to see requesters coming back, and even more with such great news : congratulations ! Did you ever send me pictures of your tattoos ? I have to admit that I don't know by heart who did It will be a pleasure to transcribe her name, but I have a little question concerning "Lilja" : I guess that the "j" is pronounced like a "y". Do you want me to write it respecting how you decided to spell it, so with a "j", or as a "y" ? Both choices are good and a matter of personal decision
LauraLúthien : Another baby ! Wonderful Congratulations to you too ! It will be a pleasure.
elvish15 : it's perfect and perfect timing, as it will be your turn !
wgd05260 : no problem ! I prefer to warn you that numbers are written backward in elvish, when compared to how we write them, so ten is written 01. Just for your info.
Peppermint : no problem !
Chenlie : perfect. I will propose you a few punctuation… because I'm not aware that we have examples of Elvish written dates using our Christian calendar So I mostly use the equivalent of semi-colon, dash, comma…
Lothario : "no really touching story"… well, there is at least the story of a brother (if you are a man, if not let say I said sister) trying to protect his sister… touching enough I'd say ! You didn't precise a language (I have the feeling that it's Sindarin), nor the font you'd like to have (take a few minute to look at the introduction with your sister using the link from my signature, and come back to give me these details).
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Volume 20, Number 33 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | Dec. 28, 2007 - Jan. 3, 2008
By Lincoln Anderson
Although there has been intense focus on Pier 40 at W. Houston St. lately as the process to pick a possible developer for it is nearing completion, another Hudson River Park pier, Pier 57 at W. 16th St., is also drawing renewed attention.
Several weeks ago, the Manhattan district attorneys ongoing investigation into the Pier 57 redevelopment process concluded as James Ortenzio, former chairperson of the Hudson River Park Trusts board of directors, pleaded guilty to a felony tax violation and a failure to make a financial disclosure under the states Public Officers Law. Both incidents occurred after Ortenzio had stepped down as the Trusts chairperson to head the Manhattan Republican County Committee.
The affairs conclusion seemed to affirm the adage that when an investigation basically comes up empty, then, so as not to be a total loss, they get you on taxes.
Previously the investigation nailed heads of the Cipriani restaurant empire on tax violations and a Cipriani associate for insurance fraud. The investigation was triggered by an anonymous letter sent to the Manhattan D.A. that raised doubts about the integrity of the Pier 57 redevelopment bid process.
Close to three years ago, in April 2005, a partnership of the Witkoff Group and Cipriani won the bid for Pier 57. Chelsea Piers also responded to the Trusts request for proposals, or R.F.P., for Pier 57, but lost out on the bid.
The widespread suspicion was that Chelsea Piers sent the letter to head off major competition just a few blocks to its south, but Chelsea Piers principals deny the letter came from them.
Cipriani which would have run a major banquet hall at Pier 57 subsequently dropped out of the Pier 57 project in September 2006. The Related Companies reportedly then stepped into the picture, replacing Cipriani as Witkoffs partner. But with the process so long in limbo, its unclear if Relateds even still involved at this point.
Now, with Ortenzios pleas, the investigation over and nothing found in connection with Pier 57, the question is whether the piers development finally can start moving.
At the Trusts board of directors meeting at the end of November, Julie Nadel, a board member, expressed frustration with the Pier 57 gridlock.
Its been three years since the request for proposals was put out, Nadel said, adding that she wasnt asking for the project to be rebid. I think that the time is now to put that to bed. It was kind of a tainted pier because of the Republican National Convention, Nadel added.
A former bus depot, the Chelsea pier its floor still smeared with antifreeze and other toxic chemicals infamously was used as a holding pen for hundreds of arrested protesters during the 2004 convention.
I could not agree with you more, Diana Taylor, the Trusts chairperson, told Nadel. It is so frustrating having that pier sit there. Taylor noted that the Trust was talking with attorneys and the citys Department of Investigation about kick-starting the piers redevelopment.
Former State Senator Franz Leichter, also a Trust board member, explained that while the D.A.s Pier 57 investigation had been going on, under a parallel review, D.O.I. refused to clear the developer.
Now that the D.A. has concluded his investigation, we ought to see if the city Department of Investigation will give us the Vendex clearance, Leichter said. If theyre not going to give the clearance, were going to have to look at it and consider starting it all over again.
Those conversations are going on right now, Taylor assured, though adding, Its tricky.
Every person or company that contracts with the city must fill out a comprehensive disclosure form known as Vendex that is vetted by D.O.I.
With Taylor making a reference to litigation in connection with Pier 57, she then convened a closed-door executive session of the Trusts board at the end of the public meeting. Speculation was that the session concerned how the Trust might defend itself from litigation if it tried to sever its relationship with Witkoff at Pier 57.
A source connected with Witkoff who requested anonymity said everything regarding Pier 57 was put on hold during the investigation, so the entire process is literally at square one.
There is no conversation that litigation is in the works, the source maintained. He said that it could take several years before the piers redevelopment begins. A full environmental impact statement, or E.I.S., must be conducted, followed by a uniform land use review procedure, or ULURP.
If everything was a green light tomorrow, were talking years, he predicted. Its clearly north of three.
There is speculation that Steve Witkoffs names appearance in the Bernard Kerik probe is a factor in the stalled Pier 57 Vendex approval. Witkoff provided Kerik with an Upper East Side apartment from December 2001 to December 2003, paying the $9,650 monthly rent a total of more than $236,000. Kerik asked for Witkoffs help with the apartment while he was still New York City police commissioner, and the developer made the payments because the two anticipated doing business in the future, according to the D.A.
Chris Martin, the Trusts spokesperson, said the D.O.I. Vendex review of Witkoffs plan to redevelop Pier 57 is still ongoing.
After D.O.I. issues its Vendex clearance, the next step in the process would be the entering of a memo of understanding, M.O.U., between the Trust and the Witkoff Group, Martin said. During the M.O.U. time period, an E.I.S. and ULURP reviews would be conducted. Based on prior E.I.S. and ULURP review completion times, the Trust is hopeful that construction could begin 18 to 24 months after the reviews begin.
Asked if the Trust is looking to jettison Witkoff and start fresh, Martin said, At this point we are waiting for D.O.I. to complete their Vendex so that we may move forward with the Pier 57 project with Witkoff as the developer.
Asked if The Related Companies is indeed still partnering with Witkoff at Pier 57, Martin responded: Related was never part of their proposal.
Asked if the Witkoff Group plans to bring in any partner to run the banquet hall, Martin said: Yes, but you should speak to Witkoff directly in regard to their progress.
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Wild horses couldn't stop me from writing about this next hanker. I've written before about the horse wallpaper I've hankered after for years. But Bill Skinner's wild horses jewellery range has surpassed even that hanker. Here is the bracelet in rose gold.
Isn't it magnificent? The ruthenium version is in the sale at £57 instead of £95. It also comes in gold and all three do up with a magnetic clasp.
Bill used to do a necklace of the same design but sadly they are no longer on his website. If it's a necklace you're looking for, the bee and honeycomb range is amazing too.


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GenGAME writes: "Though The Wind Waker is now fondly remembered by those who tried it despite the early stigmas against its visuals and style, to this day it remains the most "incomplete" Zelda game. But thanks to the incoming release of The Wind Waker Wii U, an HD remake of the original game, the Zelda team now faces the perfect opportunity to rebuild what was lost and release the game the way it was meant to be."
Wind Waker was one of my personal favorite games of all time so I'm going to be getting this day 1 no questions.
I knew there was a reason I bought a Wii U
Great, I like this article!
I said most of this yesterday. It is good to know that other people remember the past articles about WW, as well.
The extra and WiiUPad usage would be the only thing that makes me replay.
Changing wind direction can stay in as long as they remove the long animation, the need to stop the ship, and maybe place the wind directions icons on the pad.
-Or put the Baton mini game on the pad but allow the action to move forward on the big screen.
It would also be nice if you could use the WiiUPad's gyroscope on the Reflecting Shield puzzles.
Also, In this game- having the Sea Chart ever present would be a godsend.
I remember having reached the final dungeon when I finally got my first death/game over. That made me realize I got THAT FAR until dying. The game really wasn't all that challenging, nor were the puzzles challenging either. It was beautiful, but easy.
Would be cool to see new dungeons in Wind Waker. I also can't wait to see sailing in the new engine :)
some new interesting islands and some new hidden dungeons would be great


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In 2012, organic food dominated the global market and accounted for 80.6% share of the overall demand. Organic fruits & vegetables led the food segment and accounted for 38.9% share of the market and are expected to maintain their dominance over the next six years. Organic dairy products are expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.1% from 2013 to 2019 due to advancement in technologies which provide products with an extended shelf life. Organic meat, fish & poultry products occupied a very small share in the current market but are expected to increase their market share in future due to development of new and innovative products in this segment and is expected to exhibit the fastest growth rate of 14.6% from 2013 to 2019.
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Kimchi Pancakes
For kimchi lovers, there's very little that this spicy Korean cabbage doesn't improve. It does wonders when added to fried rice, acts as a punchy cabbage substitute in dumplings, and takes a humble quesadilla to the next level. And when it comes to jeon, or Korean pancakes, chopped kimchi is an absolute must.
These Kimchi Pancakes from Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee's Quick and Easy Korean Cookings are even better than restaurant versions I've had, mostly because you're in control of the kimchi-to-pork ratio.
The batter is thick enough to stand up to lots of chopped kimchi and pretty much as much pork as you'd care to add. Straight out of the pan these guys were porky, spicy, and garlicky, and almost too good to wait until they'd cooled to a non-mouth-burning temperature. Sliced into wedges and eaten with a little extra kimchi or any other banchan, these pancakes are a fantastic beginning for any Korean meal or a week of Korean recipes.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Quick and Easy Korean Cooking to give away this week.
Adapted from Quick and Easy Korean Cookings by Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee. Copyright © 2009. Published by Chronicle Books. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:4 to 6 as an appetizer
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- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup rice flour
- 1 1/2 cups cold water, plus more as needed
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup cabbage kimchi, coarsely chopped
- 2 green onions, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 3 ounces uncooked pork, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Vegetable oil for frying
In a large bowl, combine the flour, rice flour, water, and egg, and mix lightly. The mixture should be the consistency of pancake batter but doesn't have to be smooth. Add a little more water if necessary but remember that the kimchi will add liquid as well. Stir in the kimchi, green onions, pork, and salt.
In a large skillet, heat about 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Ladle batter into the skillet and spread it out to an 8-inch circle. Cook until the edges turn brown and crispy, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip it over, add a little bit more oil around the pancake, and cook for another 3 minutes or so until cooked through. Repeat with the remaining batter, adding oil as needed. Serve the pancakes hot out of the skillet. Cut into wedges or serve whole.
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Arguments over climate impacts rage on in wake of State Dept. report
The State Department's draft assessment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline's effects on the environment steers between environmentalists' view of the project greatly expanding greenhouse gas emissions and industry's contention that the job-generating pipeline would have little impact on climate change.
State's release Friday of the supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) suggests the Obama administration is likely to issue a permit to TransCanada Corp. for the proposed Alberta-to-Texas pipeline, which would carry 830,000 barrels a day of oil sands crude to U.S. refineries. A decision is expected this summer (E&ENews PM, March 1).
The SEIS angered environmentalists who said State erred in assuming that the carbon-intensive oil sands industry would develop at roughly the same pace whether the United States issues a permit for Keystone XL or not.
But State bowed to environmentalists' insistence that it look at the effect the pipeline would have on global greenhouse gas emissions, even if they occur in Canada during oil sands production rather than emanating from the pipeline itself.
"If the proposed project were to induce growth in the rate of extraction in the oil sands, then it could cause [greenhouse gas] emissions greater than just its direct emissions," the draft says. It further estimates that oil sands development emits an average of 17 percent more greenhouse gases -- measured from crude's extraction through refining to use by motorists -- than conventional oil production.
But the document parts with greens who argue that rejecting the pipeline would inhibit growth of the oil sands industry.
"Based on information and analysis about the North American crude transport infrastructure (particularly the proven ability of rail to transport substantial quantities of crude oil profitably under current market conditions, and to add capacity relatively rapidly) and the global crude oil market, the draft Supplemental EIS concludes that approval or denial of the proposed project is unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area," the draft says.
This view of Keystone XL tracks with what industry has maintained for months: that Alberta will expand development of its valuable oil sands resources no matter what Washington does.
"I think it is incredibly naive for people to suggest that delaying or denying one pipeline could actually result in the cessation of that business in Canada," said Alex Pourbaix, TransCanada's president of oil pipelines and energy, at a recent Washington briefing. "The oil sands and most oil reserves are going to continue to be developed because they are a very attractive and valuable commodity."
Demand for oil sands crude is only expected to grow, Pourbaix said, so producers will find a way to get their product to refineries and then to market.
The industry is already finding ways to expand oil sands development while it waits for Keystone XL's approval. Pourbaix estimated that 200,000 barrels a day of oil sands product is already is moving by rail, while more is transported via truck and barge. All these options have a larger greenhouse gas footprint than a pipeline, he said, and carry a greater spill risk.
"Pipelines are demonstrably the safest and most environmentally friendly way to move oil," he said.
And companies including TransCanada are looking at other options for moving their product.
Two pipelines have been proposed to carry oil from Alberta to the Pacific Ocean for export, and another two are proposed to head to the Atlantic.
"It's not about one pipeline," said Travis Davies, a spokesman for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, in a recent interview. Some pipelines might not even need to be built from scratch. Falling U.S. demand for Canadian natural gas has spurred interest by some companies in converting their natural gas pipelines from gas to oil, he noted.
Eastern Canada has also begun to import gas from Pennsylvania and elsewhere rather than from western Canada, freeing up pipeline capacity that could accommodate oil.
For example, TransCanada's Canadian Mainline gas pipeline could carry between 600,000 and 800,000 barrels of oil a day if it were converted, Davies said. It runs from Alberta to the Quebec-Vermont border and connects with other pipelines in the United States and Canada.
Industry advocates say Keystone XL is still important, because its permitting is further along than other projects' and it could be running sooner. They acknowledge that rejection of the project could cause production to ramp up more slowly but say it would not have any lasting effect.
Environmentalists strenuously disagree.
"They call it Keystone for a reason," said Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, on a call with reporters Friday. "If they don't have it, they're not going to be able to expand the tar sands the way they've been planning to."
Greens point to a study released in January by the Pembina Institute, an environmental think tank, that shows Keystone XL alone would allow the industry to grow by 36 percent by offering producers a way to move their product to market.
The industry plans to triple production between now and 2030, from the current 1.8 million barrels a day to more than 5 million barrels. That tracks with the amount of new production that has been permitted, the Pembina study says, but even if all current proposed pipelines were allowed to move forward, the industry would still be in search of additional ways to move product to refineries.
Not only are the other pipelines years behind Keystone in the permitting process, but some are unlikely to be built, environmentalists say.
The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipelines Project, for example, would move crude from Alberta to British Columbia. But environmentalists note that the pipeline is not guaranteed to gain public support from Alberta's more liberal western neighbor.
Greens said on the call that if Obama allows Keystone to go forward, it will eclipse the progress his administration has made elsewhere to curb emissions to become his legacy on climate change.
"For the next couple of decades, we will know that the KXL pipeline was approved under Obama at the time that we needed the strongest possible leadership coming from the White House," said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, on the same call.
McKibben of 350.org said the struggle over the pipeline was as much a turning point for the climate change movement as the historic Selma civil rights march or the Stonewall riots in San Francisco, both mentioned in Obama's inaugural address in January, were for their movements.
But Elliot Diringer of the nonpartisan Center for Climate and Energy Solutions said the pipeline would not have the catastrophic impact on climate change that environmentalists say it would.
"Its direct impact on greenhouse gas emissions would appear to be marginal at best," he said.
As long as demand for oil remains high, he said, producers will have a powerful incentive to find a way to transport it. The key to limiting emissions from fossil fuels is to draw down consumption through efficiency measures, he said, rather than "trying to turn off spigot after spigot" of supply.
He also disputed environmentalists' claim that oil sands oil is the dirtiest in the world, saying that heavy crude supplies from California, Venezuela and Nigeria all have a larger greenhouse gas footprint. All are currently refined in the United States.
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There's no doubt about it. The US national team landed cleats first into the Group of Death on Friday.
Group G – which features top-seeded Germany, Portugal, Ghana and the US – lead MLSsoccer.com's list as the toughest group in the World Cup next summer in Brazil. Here's a closer look from MLSsoccer.com Editor-in-Chief Greg Lalas and Armchair Analyst Matthew Doyle.
No question that Germany is a bona fide contender (and a favorite, in some analysts' eyes) to win the entire thing, and there's some serious danger laying in wait with Portugal and Ghana. The USMNT are no underdogs here if you ask head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, but they certainly have their work cut out for them to advance.
Average FIFA Ranking: 11.25
Lalas says : "How do you say 'death' in Portuguese?"
The Analyst says: "I feel like you could look that up on Google, Greg."
The top two teams from South Africa will face off in the first game of the group? Doesn't get much better than Spain vs. Netherlands, but Chile is a worthy challenger from South America. Australia is the wild card here and the weakest team in the mix.
Average FIFA Ranking: 21
The Analyst says: "I wouldn't be surprised if Chile made a run to the semis, or if the Dutch players stopped speaking to one another by the second game."
Lalas says: "I hate Spain."
Costa Rica didn't land in the Group of Death, but they didn't miss by much. They've got a tough road against Uruguay, Italy and England the only group in the tournament with three former winners of the World Cup.
Average FIFA Ranking: 14.25
Lalas says: "Suarez vs. Balotelli is a battle between heavyweight crazy people. It's must-watch."
The Analyst says: "Uruguay, Italy and England have all spent 75 years trying to ruin the game."
The hosts from Brazil should breeze out of this one, but that doesn't mean it will be easy for the others. It's a free-for-all between Croatia, Cameroon and Mexico, who landed on surprisingly firm ground despite an atrocious campaign in the Hex.
Average FIFA Ranking: 24.25
The Analyst says: "It all depends if we see the 2012 Mexico or 2013 Mexico. I'm not stupid enough to try and predict which one will show up."
Lalas says: "Wonderfully set up for schadenfreude about El Tri."
Colombia appear destined to advance in their first appearance since 1998, but it's tough to solve who will go with them. Everyone is waiting for Japan to have a big breakout, but they certainly weren't a top 16 team in the Confederations Cup last summer. An aging Ivory Coast team and enigmatic Greece round out the group.
Average FIFA Ranking: 20.25
The Analyst says: "Greece is impotent, Ivory Coast is old, and Japan got hammered by everyone - including Mexico – in the Confederations Cup."
Lalas says: "Greece is impotent?!!"
Here's the mixed bag of the entire tournament, led by a pseudo-contender in Belgium, but there's not much more to fear. Russia have a tendency to fold on the big stage, South Korea are industrious but nothing impressive, and Algeria is the weakest team out of Africa.
Average FIFA Ranking: 28.25
The Analyst says: "Hey, remember when Algeria had a chance to advance on the last day of the 2010 group stage and chose to play for a draw? #SoBrave"
Lalas says: "Sure, I remember that."
This was the group the US wanted, but Honduras had the luck. Headlined by easily the weakest top seed in Switzerland, it doesn't get a whole lot deeper with Ecuador or France, who collapsed into a heap in South Africa. If Los Catrachos were ever going to advance into the knockout round, this is their chance.
Average FIFA Ranking: 22.75
The Analyst says: "The Shawnee-Mission High School junior varsity team would have advanced out of Switzerland's qualifying group."
Lalas says: "Everyone in this group is overrated."
Argentina has this one in the bag. They'll face a stiff breeze from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Nigeria, but Iran won't make a sound.
Average FIFA Ranking: 24.25
Lalas: "Well, there's nothing funny to say about this one."
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S.W.A.T. (film)
2003 American action-crime-thriller film directed by Clark Johnson
(Redirected from SWAT)
S.W.A.T. is a 2003 action film about the Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team being assigned to safeguard an international fugitive.
- Directed by Clark Johnson. Written by David Ayer and David McKenna.
- [Brian Gamble and Jim Street argue over the aftermath of the bank robbery that has threatened to get them dismissed from service]
- Brian Gamble: Terrible day, I need a cocktail.
- Jim Street: I'm staying.
- Gamble: [In disbelief] You're what? After that?
- Street: In time, Fuller will have some new asses to chew on, and he'll put us back on the team.
- Gamble: Fuller, is a cop pincher in this department, brother and he's never gonna give us a second chance.
- Street: So, what are you gonna do, piss away the hard work you did to get here?
- Gamble: Piss WHAT away, Jimmy? The cage? C'mon man, we're better than that and you know it. Wanna join me? Oh, I guess that a real partner wouldn't have to ask that would he?
- Street: A real partner would stood up for what he did at the bank.
- Gamble: I saved that hostage.
- Street: You disobeyed the hold.
- Gamble: No. I saved that hostage.
- Street: [shouts] You disobeyed the hold! You made that decision yourself, and you shot a hostage, Jesus Brian!
- Gamble: [Shocked] Woah, you sounded a lot like Fuller. Isn't that what you were talking about in there, you rat me out, you cut a deal to get back on the team, Jim?
- Street: Did I cut a deal?
- Gamble: Yeah, did you?
- Street: How many times have I cover up for you and all your goddamn stunts?
- Gamble: [shrugs] That's what a real partner ... [picks up badge] You just picked a paycheck over me, bro. [tosses badge to Street]
- Street: You just picked yourself over everything else.
- Gamble: You wanna stay here, be Fuller's bitch? You go right ahead, but I can't do it, nope can't do it. Goddmanit goddamnit god-[slaps locker in anger]-damnit, Jim.
- Street: We were partners for five years, and this is how you wanna end it?
- Gamble: Nuh, uh. I didn't end it. You sold me out to the press.
- Street: You know, I never realize until now how full of shit you are. [tosses badge back to Gamble, who comes over and grabs Street by the shirt in anger]
- Gamble: Fuck you, and SWAT. [pushes Street back and breaks a mirror behind him]
- [Michael Boxer and TJ McCabe chance upon Jim Street]
- Michael Boxer: I just want to know what you did to my little sister.
- Jim Street: She's 28, Boxer, okay? And trust me, she's not so little.
- TJ McCabe: [laughing] Oh no, you didn't...
- [Hondo monitors the team as they play poker by sniper rifle]
- Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson: [Deke shoots a card] Ten of spades. Spade flush.
- Jim Street: Hondo, isn't that a straight flush?
- Hondo: Hold the phone. Six, seven, eight, nine, ten of spades. Deke!
- Deacon "Deke" Kaye: Beats four aces in Compton any day!
- [Deke Kaye is impressed with a prototype device Street introduced to the team for a takedown]
- Deacon "Deke" Kaye: We need to sell that shit on eBay.
- Jim Street: I only have one.
- Deke: We'll split the profits fifty-fifty, corner the market. Break 'em down like a shotgun - The Polish Penetrator!
- [Chris Sanchez notices something while the team drives on the way to Hawthorne Airport]
- Chris Sanchez: Did they build an airport downtown in the past two days?
- Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson: I don't think so, Sanchez, why?
- Sanchez: That Learjet on your right. It's flying real low.
- [Hondo sees TJ McCabe lying in the disabled Learjet]
- TJ McCabe: How's Boxer?
- Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson: What do you care?
- McCabe: C'mon, Hondo, just give me that.
- Hondo: He's going to make it.
- McCabe: Good.
- Hondo: Just couldn't resist, could ya? So what do you wanna do?
- McCabe: Goddamnit, Sarge. [commits suicide]
- [After dropping off Montiel, the team receives a report of a stand-off on the way back]
- Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson: Technically, our watch has been over for 12 hours.
- Jim Street: So?
- Hondo: Yeah ... What the hell. [prepares weapon] Mount up!
- Even Cops Dial 911.
- You're either S.W.A.T. or you're not.
- Samuel L. Jackson - Sgt Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson
- Colin Farrell - Police Officer Third Grade Jim Street.
- Jeremy Renner - former Police Officer Third Grade Brian Gamble.
- Michelle Rodriguez - Police Officer Third Grade Christina "Chris" Sanchez.
- LL Cool J - Police Officer Third Grade Deacon "Deke" Kaye
- Olivier Martinez - Alexander "Alex" Montel.
- Brian Van Holt - Police Officer Third Grade Michael Boxer
External linksEdit
- S.W.A.T. quotes at the Internet Movie Database


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The ETF Industry Association says net inflows into exchange-traded funds in July 2012 were $16.3 billion, according to an S&P Capital IQ report released Tuesday—up from $12.1 billion in June. For the first seven months of this year, ETF net cash flows total $89 billion, the industry group says.
Data reported by Morningstar on Monday puts net long-term ETF inflows at $13.3 billion for July and $96.2 billion year to date. The Chicago-based research group also says that the top 10 fund families collected $11.8 billion, or 89% of total ETF inflows.
For the first seven months of 2012, the three top ETF providers had a combined market share of about 84%, according to ETFIA data—with BlackRock (iShares) at 41%, followed by State Street with 25% and Vanguard with 18%.
In addition, U.S. stock assets accounted for more than half of total inflows, says Morningstar, with $7.5 billion in new money—the bulk of which went to large-blend and large-value ETFs.
The main growth of ETF assets, from inflows and market results, "basically occurred in the first two months of 2012, when ETF assets were up $139 billion, or 13%, from where they were at year-end 2011," wrote Tom Graves, S&P Capital IQ ETF analyst, in his latest report.
Overall, ETF assets rose $31 billion, or 2.6%, from the end of June, he adds. As of July 31, ETF assets totaled $1.191 trillion, among 1,268 products, including 33 funds of funds.
The Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Fund ETF (VWO), for instance, had the largest net cash flow—at $9 billion for the first seven months, says S&P Capital IQ.
Flows into taxable-bond ETFs came to a "screeching halt," says Morningstar, as the group had inflows of just $1.2 billion, the smallest monthly intake for the asset class since February 2011.
Taxable high-yield bond funds, on the other hand, had inflows of $2.0 billion, while government bond funds shed $3.3 billion. And commodity-focused ETFs had their weakest showing year to date, losing nearly $1.6 billion, Morningstar says.
As for global ETFs, diversified emerging-markets products had inflows of close to $1.6 billion in July. Investors poured $700 million into Europe stock ETFs, the second-best month of inflows for this group since April 2011.


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