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Úvod »» MartinLogan Theos™
MartinLogan is proud to introduce Theos as the most affordable hand-built electrostatic speakers with real wood finishes and custom bi-wire capable binding posts. Descended from MartinLogan's critically acclaimed flagship CLX™ loudspeaker, the Theos features advanced XStat™ electrostatic technology and a proprietary Vojtko™ crossover topology delivering the highest sonic standards of efficiency and precision. A passive 8-inch high excursion woofer and ultra low turbulence down-firing bass port generate unyielding, detailed bass down to 43Hz. Custom coupling spikes and tool-less bi-wire binding posts provide the final touch—providing the ultimate level of flexibility for connection and setup.
Sharing with its PoweredForce™ counterpart Ethos, a unique XStat™ transducer was developed to exclusively address specific mechanical requirements. Vertically identical in size and dispersion to the flagship Summit™ X, Theos' thinner 9.2-inch (23cm) horizontal panel dimension required a tighter curve to achieve MartinLogan's distinct 30-degree dispersion pattern. To accomplish this MartinLogan engineers reduced the gauge thickness of the steel stators. The reduced gauge does not alter performance characteristics of Theos' electrostatic panel. However, as a natural byproduct of tighter build tolerances, visual transparency of the panel is increased significantly. Theos' new XStat panel is so visually transparent that it nearly vanishes when you're sitting and listening.
Proprietary Vojtko filtering technology is utilized for Theos' electrostatic transducer. This audiophile quality network, derived from the CLX, is carefully hand-built using precision point-to-point wiring, polypropylene capacitors, massive air-core coils, and a custom wound E-I core transformer—flawlessly preserving micro-acoustic subtleties while effortlessly handling the broadest range of dynamics contained within even the most demanding sonic source.
MartinLogan's proprietary tool-less binding posts simplify cable connection and management. Two sets are supplied—one connected to the electrostatic panel and the other feeding the woofer. Listeners can choose to vertically/horizontally bi-amp the Theos, or use jumper clips between the binding post sets for a single wire-connection. Theos features bi-wirable binding posts and provide the ultimate level of flexibility for connection and setup. To further simplify setup and cable management, the Theos features a low-voltage DC power supply eliminates the need for a traditional, heavy IEC power cord.


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Wild Begin Preseason Tuesday Night
The Minnesota Wild will begin the preseason portion of their 2013-14 schedule Tuesday night at Xcel Energy Center. The game can be heard on AM 1390 The FAN with pregame coverage beginning at 6:30.
The Wild finished the strike-shortened 2013 season 26-19-3 and earned the Western Conference's eighth and final playoff spot. Minnesota fell in five games to the Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the postseason.
Minnesota will play in the new "Northwest" Division along with Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg and Colorado.

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Recently, the GOP suggested reducing the size of the federal work force to avoid a sequester and the effects on the economy.
Dear Editor:
Recently, the GOP suggested reducing the size of the federal work force to avoid a sequester and the effects on the economy. One of my associates (who supported the GOP candidate in the presidential election) recently stated that reductions in the federal workforce are a problem and will continue until Congress wakes up to see the damage it is doing.
Like most who support the two mainstream parties, his head is stuck in the sand and he refuses to notice the bankrupt state of our country. He is for higher taxes on all except himself. It has been said that democracy is two wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
The willingness to vote benefits for ourselves out of somebody else's pocket was long ago predicted when the Scotsman Alexander Tytler stated in the 1700s: "A democracy ... can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."
This has happened throughout history and is happening now in the United States. I also remember the big to-do over increasing the local sales tax from 3 percent to 4 percent when I was much younger. Now we are truly amazed if we can find a state with a similar tax rate. It shouldn't be higher than 4% since it is based on a percentage of the total sales and not on a bottom line amount. However, it has increased because we keep asking for more and more services(i.e. benefits/largess). If we want our government to survive, we need to ask it for less and less services - but we won't. We have become addicted to the services that our government provides so we keep asking it for more. Money is best spent by those who earn it or as near to that person's level as possible. Big government is always wasteful. To borrow a useful phrase, "The further a dollar travels from the man who earned it and saved it, the more likely it is to be lost doing something that's almost laughably idiotic."
This is why I moved from a mainstream party to the Conservative Party. I invite others to do the same.
- G.F. Welch, Leavenworth


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Industry representatives offer their perspective on pad printing onto textures.
By John Kaverman, Robert Chadwick
By Robert Chadwick, Comdec Inc./Ruco Printing Products & John Kaverman, Service Tectonics, Inc. (2002-01-30)
How can I prevent voids in images when pad printing onto textured surfaces?
Chadwick: To avoid pinholes and other image flaws when printing onto textured surfaces, it's important to treat the causes of the problem, not merely the symptoms. Pinholes in a texture are a direct result of one of two things: air entrapment in the texture itself or "bridging" of the pad and ink film across the texture during printing.
Air entrapment occurs when the pad contacting the surface "scals" or blocks the escape of air from the texture. The air holds the ink away from the substrate and prevents the ink from forming a bond. You can predict the extent of this problem by taking a close look at the texture itself. Textures are constructed in one of two ways: They either comprise raised features on a flat field (positive texture) or are made up of depressions on a flat field (negative texture). From a distance, both types of textures can appear identical. Only close inspection will show the difference.
A positive texture cannot trap air because the air can escape in many ways around the various features of the etched image. This type of texture is not much more difficult to print than a flat surface. A negative texture, on the other hand, can sometimes be very difficult to print because when the top of the texture is sealed by the pad during compression, the air cannot escape. The ink over the depressed areas of the texture never makes contact with the substrate surface, often resulting in pinholes.
The only remedy for this condition is to use a hard and steep-sided printing pad. The harder pad will force its way into the depression while the steep angle allows air to escape ahead of the pad's compression. The trick is to get the air out before its escape route is sealed off.
The location of the pad relative to the image is also important. The point of the pad must lie outside the image area, or the risk of air entrapment increases. You may need to experiment with pad location and size to accommodate your images.
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As if I didn't have enough stress in my life . . . I'm just going to let you know that I'm pretty wiped out from an emergency visit to the Dentist today. I've been feeling a pain in my left jaw for several weeks now and kept putting it off and putting it off because of the wedding etc. etc. so when the pain kept getting more frequent I started worrying. My husband convinced me to call the dentist yesterday and they were able to fit me in at 7am this morning. I've needed a crown on two of my bottom molar teeth to replace the old fillings since my last visit 4 months ago.
Well, I ended up with the two crowns and another tooth with an existing crown that had an abscess and needed to be pulled. Yikes! The dentist put me totally out (anesthesia) so I didn't have to deal with all of the pain but I do have pain now from all the work he did. I'm fairly certain it will go away before the wedding. I certainly didn't want to be writhing in pain during the wedding with an abscessed tooth which could have been a strong possibility after what I found out and went through today. I'm definitely grateful that it wasn't worse. Now I just need an implant (instead of a bridge) that he will do a few months from now after it heals.
Thank you to everyone that took the time to enter my giveaway and for remaining and becoming new followers of my blog. I really appreciate all of your kind comments. It's so fun to share with you OUR talents and inspirations. You are ALL wonderfully AWESOME.
Well, the time has come to announce the winners of the Celebration Giveaway.
So on to the winners . . .
Congratulations . . .
To the winner of the Crochet Clutch . . .
- Sandie from Call Me Crazy.
The FIVE winner's of the Crocheted Flowers . . .
- Cara of Cara Quilts
- Elizabeth of A Couple Whiles
- Anilla of Sew Vanilla
- Anna of Thimbleannaland
- Jocelyn of Happy Cottage Quilters
Please send me your snail mail addresses so I can get you your prizes. Remember, If you are a winner of one of the flowers please also let me know what color you'd like for the foreground flower that sits on top of the white background flower.
Just to let you know I won't be posting anything until after the wedding next week unless I have a picture and a spare moment to go with it. But, I will get back to things after the wedding.
Thanks again everyone for participating and keeping up with me on my blog.
See ya soon . . .


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Cameron prepares to do Blair on India
Foreigners, give us your business...please
Conservative leader David Cameron will be visiting India next week with a clutch of Blairite policies on globalisation and immigration.
He'll be taking with him a policy brief, published this week by John Redwood and Next CEO Simon Wolfson (called India: An Opportunity not a Threat) that neatly sums up New Labour policy over India, with one vital difference: the observation that the British people have some sort of "cultural aversion" to India that needs to be checked.
Both parties' thinking about India starts with an admission that Britain isn't all its cracked up to be, whereas it's looking like our former colony, after over 20 years of rapid growth, is destined to be powerful enough to start calling the shots; if we don't make the most of our historical ties now, it might be too late when in the future we really need them.
The Conservative brief sums the situation up: "Only through an integrated approach can the UK, with a population 18 times smaller than that of India, be taken seriously as an economic partner by her rapidly growing Commonwealth cousin."
Prime Minister Tony Blair said much the same before signing the first of two joint declarations with India in 2002: "The days of Empire are long gone...our land mass and population density inevitably constrain us. We are not a Superpower, but we can act as a pivotal partner...[and] in so doing, I believe we have found a modern foreign policy role for Britain."
There is not much space between the two parties' policy proposals over India either. The Conservative package consists of lower taxes, further deregulation, freer trade. Oh, and a website.
But the thrust of Conservative policy for India, as presented in the brief, is to invite more Indians to come and study and work in the UK. It is not dissimilar to the commitments outlined in the Anglo-Indian New Delhi declaration Blair signed in 2002, or the noises made in the signing of another declaration in 2004, though the enthusiasm for opening immigration with India seemed to have waned by then.
What followed appeared to be a compromise between Britain's economic necessity for greater openness and its growing hysteria over foreigners (outlined in a government paper, Making Migration Work for Britain, in March), which consisted of micro-managing immigration through a points system so that only those with enough money or education could get a visa.
Yet if Britain wanted to get cosier with India, it may not have gone the right way about it. Nasscom, the association that represents the service industries providing India with its top end growth, said in March that the direction of British immigration policy was bad for Anglo-Indian trade.
Redwood and co suggested that Britons had some sort of "cultural aversion" to doing business in India. And this ought to be dealt with smartly because, although Britain did very healthy trade with India, there appeared to be little interest in Britain's business community for much more.
"[We] can no longer afford to ignore India as a key player in the global market," it said, particularly as the North Americans and Germans appeared to have no hang-ups about it at all; and we can't let them snatch the spoils of Empire, can we?
The Conservative brief suggested "complacency" was responsible for Britain's failure to get a firmer grip of India's coat-tails.
A similar attitude has allowed certain members of the union movement to promote the idea that foreigners cannot be trusted to handle British telephone banking records without committing fraud; and likewise allowed tabloid hysteria over migration to degenerate unchecked into the idea of Britain as a fortress against the foreign hordes.
All the Conservatives can do about it for now, because they are too opportunistic to resist harping on about the trouble with immigrants and foreigners, is to float the idea that deeper cultural ties between British and Indian students might in the long run turn into "cultural understanding" that engenders better trade ties.
Then we might glean some of the benefits the US has enjoyed from fostering Indian talent, said the Conservative brief. The US is undoubtedly an attractive place for Indian scientists and software engineers, and the Americans have done very well from it indeed, but Indian papers note their students have become wary of the US since it started playing that old immigration record backwards as well.
The problem for Britain is that fear and derision are not good for business. As Sonia Gandhi said in March 2004 of the internal differences marked out in India by cast and religious prejudice: "Economic liberalisation and social bigotry is a poisonous brew. The closing of the Indian mind is simply not compatible with the opening of the Indian economy."®


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GOP stresses Scott's credentials
Republicans, still smarting from their Election Day drubbing at the hands of minorities, know the significance of Rep. Tim Scott's appointment to the Senate. But they're taking care to ensure he's introduced to the nation as a fiscal conservative rather than a black Republican.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who tapped Scott for the open Senate seat on Monday, went out of her way to emphasize that the tea party favorite is eminently qualified, regardless of his skin color. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called his selection "truly an historic moment" for South Carolina but made no mention of race.
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Neither did tea party allies Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen.-elect Ted Cruz, two Cuban-Americans who hailed Haley's pick as a boon to fiscal conservatism and limited government principles.
When he replaces resigning Republican Sen. Jim DeMint early next month, Scott will become the first African-American senator from the Deep South since Reconstruction and the first black Republican in the Senate since Ed Brooke of Massachusetts retired in 1979.
Scott, 47, also will be the only African-American serving in the upper chamber. Illinois Democrat Roland Burris, who replaced Barack Obama in the Senate after he won the White House, last served in November 2010.
His appointment, largely expected among prognosticators, comes as the GOP reckons with its poor performance among minorities at the polls last month. Nine of 10 African-American voters backed Obama over Mitt Romney in the election. Among Hispanics, Obama crushed Romney, 71 percent to 27 percent.
Meanwhile, for the first time in history, white males will be in the minority in the House Democratic Caucus.
South Carolina's senior senator, Republican Lindsey Graham, bluntly framed the problem this way last summer: "We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."
But black Republican leaders warn that Scott's appointment is no quick fix for the GOP's demographics problem.
"If Republicans think appointing Tim Scott or having J.C. Watts sitting in the chairman's seat at the RNC solves the problem, it doesn't," former Rep. J.C. Watts (R-Okla.), who is African-American and mulling a possible challenge for the Republican National Committee chairmanship, told POLITICO on Monday.
"Surely [Scott] can help, but that alone does not replace the grunt work in the trenches that needs to be done to establish relationships with these communities and demographics," Watts added.
Other GOP strategists, however, point out that the appointment helps correct one voter misconception: All Republicans are old, white men.
"The unique thing about Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Tim Scott is that they have mass appeal in the GOP base. They're not niche candidates representing a district specifically drawn to be won by a minority," said Ana Navarro, who led John McCain's national campaign for Hispanic votes in the 2008 presidential race.


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Jacket wetted out
It was the kind of ride when you get home and re-Nikwax your shell that wetted out in the first 20 minutes. Then Nikwax everything else you wore for good measure.
Hid under this bridge under the worst squall ended
The kind of ride where record rain fell on you and your bike. Not epic, hard, or legendary.
On a trusty bike
Just a chore to get in shape for a long season and one that took a toll.


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Futurism, Fiction and Blends of the Two
I'm both an analyst of future trends and a communicator, using articles, fiction, presentations and even games to show what might be possible, and where we might be headed
Also available in presentation mode…
White House Invitation
Above is a photo of some of the Hieroglyph authors taken by Ruth Wylie on October 2, 2014. Left to right are myself, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Edd Finn, Elizabeth Bear, Kevin Bankston, Kathryn Cramer, Vandana Singh, Ted Chiang, Madeline Ashby, Lee Konstantinou, and Neal Stephenson.
The Hieroglyph anthology has certainly had legs. As well as garnering excellent reviews, it recently brought a number of authors and the editors to the White House to talk to the Office of Science and Technology Policy about how to engage a new generation of young people to go into the science and engineering professions.
We also discussed other issues, particularly the future of governance and how to manage thorny issues such as climate change. My own story in the anthology, "Degrees of Freedom," is all about governance, so I was in my element.
This is where science fiction and strategic foresight meet for me--in events like this one. Oddly enough, this is not the first time I've participated in such a hybrid event; much of my history with foresight for the Canadian government and army has involved using my talents as an SF writer to both filter and refine ideas that come from foresight. I did my Masters thesis on how to employ storytelling methods to communicate foresight findings.
This visit to Washington was the capstone to a season of travels and adventures that took me to San Jose in August (for the Cognitive Computing forum), to UCLA in September (for the Digital Cash conference), and most recently to Phoenix for the World Bank's Evoke project. I'm now happily settling in at home to work on a new novel, but hopefully this is just a hiatus and I can get out to more speaking gigs soon.
Will Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Nanotech, Synthetic Biology and Other Forms of Futuristic Technology Replace More Work than They Create?
The Millennium Project is launching a new study to explore global long-term structural unemployment, new forms of work, futuristic economics, and strategies for governments, corporations, universities, NGOS, and individuals to pursue for improving global prospects
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"Future artificial intelligence that can autonomously create, re-write, and implement software simultaneously around the world is a unique historical factor in job displacement," says Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project, and adds that, "the Internet is also a historical factor in job creation. Information and means of production are far more open and distributed in the forthcoming biological and artificial intelligence revolutions than they were during the industrial revolution and the information revolution; hence, the frontiers for work may be greater than the information age revolution."
The Chairs of The Millennium Project's 50 Nodes around the world were asked to rate 19 potential global futures research studies as to their priority to be performed by the project. The future of work and income gaps was rated the most important. "Long-term and large-scale strategies are needed locally, nationally, and globally to address the potential scope and spectrum of unemployment and income gaps in the foreseeable future due to the acceleration, globalization, and integration of technological capacities, population growth, and current economic assumptions," says Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research of The Millennium Project.
The Pew Research Center found that leading expertsare divided about whether future technology will replace more jobs than they create by 2025. "The assumptions behind both of these potential futures should be identified, assessed, and explored in depth for their long-term implications and systematically discussed in workshops around the world," says Cornelia Daheim, Chair of the Millennium Project's Node in Germany and Head of International Projects at Z_punkt the Foresight Company. Individuals and institutions interested in being involved in this research are invited to contact the Project.
The Millennium Project is a global participatory think tank connecting 50 Nodes around the world that identify important long-range challenges and strategies, and initiate and conduct foresight studies, workshops, symposiums, and advanced training. Its mission is to improve thinking about the future and make it available through a variety of media for feedback to accumulate wisdom about the future for better decisions today. It produces the annual "State of the Future" reports, the "Futures Research Methodology" series, the Global Futures Intelligence System (GFIS), and special studies. Over 4,500 futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers who work for international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, and universities have participated in The Millennium Project's research, since its inception, in 1991. The Millennium Project was selected among the top ten think tanks in the world for new ideas and paradigms by the 2013 University of Pennsylvania's GoTo Think Tank Index, and 2012 Computerworld Honors Laureate for its contributions to collective intelligence systems. The 2013-14 "State of the Future was named November 2014 "Book of the Month" by Global Foresight Books.
Recent Futures-Related Projects
- Did game/story design in Phoenix, AZ for the 2014 version of the World Bank's Evoke project, October 22-24, 2014. Evoke is a game designed to educate and empower the world's youth to improve their own lives and those of their communities.
- Hieroglyph book launch in Washington, DC, and invitation to address the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, October 2, 2014.
- Invited speaker at the Future of Digital Cash workshop in Los Angeles, August 27-28, 2014. Bitcoin and beyond--we talked about everything from the history of the receipt to currencies post-bitcoin. Since the event was not recorded, people felt willing to say what they really thought, which made for an eye-opening series of presentations.
- Invited speaker, Cognitive Computing Forum, San Jose CA, August 21-22, 2014. Complete videos of the talks, including mine, are available from the site for a fee. I discussed the idea that our civilization is creating a kind of "artificial unconscious" for ourselves using information technology.
- I was interviewed by Nikola Danaylov for his Singularity 1on1, on May 10, 2012. He caught me at home, where I was relaxed and slouched in an armchair, and talked about futurism, science fiction, and modern mythologies.
--Starting at around 18:00, we talk about the coherence of the notion of the Technological Singularity and what I call "trans-doggism" as opposed to transhumanism, at 53:00;
--At 28:00, we discuss my idea of The Rewilding, a counter to the Singularity;
--And at 46:00, we talk about the future of governance and how technology affects how we govern ourselves.
- Speaker and workshop facilitator at DRDC FIAC Workshop, March 7, 2012, Cornwall Ontario. Defense Research and Development Canada has called on me to present a number of times.
- Speaker and panelist at the 2011 Applied Brilliance conference and workshop, held Jackson Hole, Wyoming, October 11-14, 2011. I spoke about a new branch of philosophy, sometimes called "object oriented" philosophy or speculative realism, that has important things to say at this moment in history.
- Keynote speaker at Bringing Together Communities, an interdisciplinary studies conference at the University of Windsor, February 4, 2011.
- Keynote speaker at DRDC Managers' workshop, April 6-7, 2010.
- Keynote speaker at O'Reilly Publishing's Open Source Conference 2009, held in San Jose, California, July 24, 2009. The subject: "rewilding" the human species.
- Panelist and facilitator at Defense Research & Development Canada's (DRDC)Ideas Factory workshop, June 16, 2010.
- Participant in a televised round-table discussion on the future of space development on TV Ontario's popular show The Agenda. The episode was taped at thePerimeter Institute on October 19, 2009. You can watch it here:
- I was one of 200 invited guests at Science Foo Camp 2009, held at Google headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA, July 9-12, 2009. Other invited guests included George Dyson, Louise Leakey, Lee Smolin, Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis. I gave a seminar on "An alternative to the technological singularity" which was well-received.


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Even though the Nebraska soccer team (4-4-1, 1-0-0 Big Ten) dominated the offensive side of the box score on Sunday afternoon, it had to settle for a 1-1 tie with the Northern Colorado Bears. The Huskers outshot the Bears, 30-to-13, on the afternoon and held a 6-to-1 advantage in corner kicks, but were unable to find another goal to secure victory.
Northern Colorado goalie Natalie D'Adamio had a busy day, as she racked up 15 saves, with five different Huskers producing two shots on goal on the afternoon. NU goalie Emma Stevens recorded six saves and the Huskers added a team save on a goal-saving stop by Martiza Hayes behind Stevens.
The Bears struck first in the game at 22:04 when Ambree Bellin put a free kick into the box that was headed by Chandler Guetz and pulled Stevens away from the goal, but the ball slipped to JJ Wykstra, who scored in the open net to put Northern Colorado up 1-0.
The Huskers finally were able to break through at 54:41 with Caroline Flynn's first career goal. The freshman from Lincoln received a cross from Hannah Dittmar on the north side of the Bears' goal from 10 yards out and buried a shot into the south end of the goal to tie the game.
With the two teams tied at the end of regulation, the Huskers outshot the Bears 4-to-1 in the first overtime period, but were unable to score. NU got off two more shots in the second overtime, but were unable to find a way to get the ball past D'Adamio.
Nebraska hosts its Big Ten Conference home opener next Friday, Sept. 21, when the Purdue Boilermakers pay a visit to the Nebraska Soccer Field for a 4:30 p.m. game. The Huskers then host the Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m.


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July 2014 – New Korean Music
Since I got so behind with vacations and such, I made a post where I left off in July. This is much larger than the weekly posts… I don't know if that's better or worse, haha. There are lots of great songs though, so check it out! Advertisements


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I found some other cool stuff from Cartoon Network on my old tapes this weekend.
First up, the opening, closing and informational segments from "The Bob Clampett Show" as it aired in 2001:
The Chuck Jones show wasn't very good. It was an "auto-pilot" show on Cartoon Network that often goofed and aired cartoons by other directors. There were no informational segments. But the opening and closing were fun.
In 2001, Cartoon Network had a "Day After Thanksgiving" marathon of the Looney Tunes compilation movies. This is the trailer they aired:
And here's the opening and closing to "Bugs and Daffy":


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Wedding is one of the most important milestones in each person's life. Friends and relatives come to congratulate on the bride and groom's happiness with lots of presents and wishes. Wedding is not only the occasion to show off the best dresses but also the chance for families to gather and spend quality time together. Therefore, everyone who attends weddings wants to have enjoyable and memorable moments with their relatives and friends in the warm atmosphere.
Which is my groom's fatty hump?
Impressive "sexy" Flamenco dancing
Honey, I'm coming to take off your shoes.
We''ll win the Best Kiss, honey.
Darling, where are you? I'm coming.
Hold on, brothers. We''ll never collapse.
Hey, guy. The "babies" needs more "milk".
Who wants to be the next? I'll pass my luck to you, girl.
Darling, I'm too anxious to taste your lips.
Mummy, we want more milk.
Related links:
Hot Air Balloon: Exchanging Wedding Rings
Thailand: The World's Exotic Locations
Middle East: The World's Most Fascinating Travel Destination


text: After a really long wait, the Tyranny of George Washington DLC for Assassin's Creed III drops today, bringing with it an evil version of the United States' first president. This trailer shows Connor's alternate, first-nations look in action as well as new abilities for him to wield. The Infamy, part 1 of the three-chapter expansion, hits for 800 Microsoft points or $9.99. The Assassin's Creed III Season Pass lets you get all of the Tyranny of George Washington DLC (as well as the other content packs) for 2400 Microsoft Points on Xbox LIVE or $29.99 on the PlayStation Network and Windows PC.


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Flanders is a big day out in the Sportive calendar with over 17,000 people riding it every year. I'll be giving it a miss this year as I'm going to have a crack at Roubaix (although I need to sort the logistics out, anyone going and got a spare place give me a shout on twitter) but as I've done it a few times I want to pass on what I have learnt over the previous rides.
Bike: stick to what you know, there's no need for a special frame for this. I've ridden Carbon frames every time I've done it, no issues at all.
Tyres: I've run Pave's and last year Vredesteins. Zero punctures on both brands. The 24mm of the pave offers more comfort, but if you don't like Vittorias try a brand you know and like and go for a 25mm tyre. The extra volume it provides aids comfort and allows extra purchase on the cobbles, especially if they are wet. Run the pressure lower than you would usually, try 10-20 psi as this helps the tyre deform more and grip the surface while adding comfort. As many of Belgiums roads are pretty crap it won't detract from the long flat sections too much.
Handlebar Tape: I've tried different options over the years and I'm still not 100% certain which option is best. Either double taping (with normal thickness tape) or Gel Pads with Regular tape seems to have worked best. So much of the comfort will depend on the gloves chosen to do the job. Castelli gloves seem to be pretty good over the pave.
Wheels: I've used Mavic Kysrium Elites and Handbuilts. The Kysrium wheels where mighty strong but you lose a little comfort, particularly over the long flat sections of pave. The Handbuilts offered more comfort due to rim flex/spoke count.
Bottle Cages: switch them out for alloy rather than carbon, save those for Liege Bastogne Liege later in the year. You can bend an alloy cage if you need to if the bottle is looking for some flying lessons. Some Teams have taken to using a plastic/resin cage but have added skateboard grip tape on the inside to hold the bottle secure.
As far as the bike goes that's all I have ever done. Small changes but they make a huge difference over the stones. For those going, have a great time, and remember beers on the Saturday night no not the Friday.


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PORTLAND — Maine's scallop fishermen are operating under new regulations that divide the state into three zones and establish a rotational management system similar to crop rotation on land.
The rules aim to give fishermen flexibility while rebuilding the scallop population, regulators say. Fishermen – rarely ones to embrace more regulations – say they're willing to give them a try if it means more scallops down the road.
"I haven't heard of any other plan I thought was the silver bullet that we need," said Mike Murphy II, a fisherman from Machiasport. "A lot of us understand we've got to do something to make things better; we've got to give something a try. If not, they'll just force something on us."
Sea scallops have been a boom-and-bust fishery since they began being harvested along the Maine coast in the late 1800s. The current season began Sunday and continues into March.
Maine scallops are considered high quality because they're brought to shore the same day boats drag them off the ocean floor or divers harvest them by hand. Last year, 242 boats and 34 divers took part in the fishery.
The catch was strong through the 1980s and into the early 1990s, when the annual harvest typically came in at 1million to 2 million pounds of scallop meat, without the shell, valued at roughly $5 million to $10 million.
But for the past decade, the catch has been a small fraction of its old self. The past few seasons started out strong but died out quickly.
In an effort to rebuild the scallop population, the Department of Marine Resources and fishermen have worked together for the past year to come up with the new regulations.
While the scallop-rich waters of Cobscook Bay along the Canadian border in far eastern Maine has had its own set of regulations for many years, this season marks the first time the rest of Maine's long jagged coast has been divided into zones, east and west.
It's also the first time the state has established a rotational management system, which will be used in the eastern zone from the Penobscot River to Lubec. Under the system, localized areas in the zone will be open and closed to fishing year-to-year on a rotational basis to allow scallops to replenish and grow to legal size.
In federal waters on the Georges Bank fishing grounds 50 miles east of Cape Cod, rotating open and closed fishing areas has resulted in higher catches with less fishing effort, said Trisha De Graaf, of the Department of Marine Resources.
"We're trying to look down the road 10 years and give the industry a stable regulatory environment as well as a resource that's stable instead of having these booms and busts all the time," she said.
Murphy said he's hopeful the scallop population and harvest will rebound to give him a decent paycheck during the winter months, when he's not pulling lobster traps.
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|2011-11-18, 12:28
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Too bad I couldnt watch it, but seeing the screenshots of it seems like they finished novel 17? Someone clarify this for me.
Shana in that gothic dress was really cute though, and as expected the extra flame haze is Khamshin.
|2011-11-18, 14:04
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Nice so Khamshin was the other flame haze that will help Wilhelmina and Rebecca. Nice that Yuji saved Shana in time from Hecate. Shana was so cute it that dress. So we're now in phase 2 of the Snake's grand order plan.
|2011-11-18, 14:08
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I finally watched the episode, out of these 3 build up episodes this was definitely the best one. Things will finally start rolling next week, all those people that complained about the lack of action will finally start getting it.
|2011-11-18, 18:59
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Just watched this epi (Thank GOD for Funimation simulcasting), and I just gotta say:
Yeah, as you can tell, I pretty much LOVED this episode. f^^;;
Favorite parts:
Yuji's facial expression when he prevented Hecate from firing anymore...fire at Shana. GOLD.
Yuji kneeling in front of a beat-up Shana and picking her up.
Shana in that cute dress.
Yuji and Shana walking together holding hands.
Yuji complimenting Shana on her clothes.
Yuji holding Shana's hand one more time before leaping up into the sky (I LOL'd at that particular part XP ).
...Yeah, basically I loved all the ShanaxYuji scenes. *_*
Additional comments:
Was the story Khamsin said his own story? If so...WOW. o.o Pretty epic stuff. Whatever happened to that monster- did it survive as Khamsin survived (if that really was his story)?
Every time Yuji pointed his finger up in the sky I was getting Kamina or Simon flashbacks, lol. (And no, I'm not really a hardcore Gurren Lagann fan, and yet I still know this. Guess that's how epic it is.)
And...when Shana offered Yuji her hand- O.O Maaaaaan. Is it me, or is Yuji particularly grabby this season? I guess he now has the mentality of "When I see something I want, I take it." XD
Didn't much care about Kazumi this episode, though I admit that I was impressed at her reasoning. Too bad she didn't show more of that throughout the seasons instead of just being the irritating corner of the love triangle- I might've liked her more. *shrugs*
Aaaaaand, that's it.
But seriously- this episode had me squeeing constantly for joy. I love, LOVE Foe Yay, so all the situations of all the ShanaxYuji interactions here made me want to fly from happiness. 8DDDDDDD
Next episode, here we come!
EDIT: Wait a minute, I just thought of something- in the trailer, didn't it show Yuji's hand cupping Shana's chin when she showed herself in that awesome dress? How come we didn't get to see that??? ;_;
...I know I know, greedy. I'll go rewatch the episode now. :P
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|2011-11-18, 21:12
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Great episode indeed!
I know, I'm a meany, but I loved to hear Shana scream like a girl! (I remember season 1 and her screams were horrible...). Also loved the Shana x Yuji moments. finally we are getting somewere. And now, let's wait for the war!!!
|2011-11-18, 21:32
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Great episode indeed, J. C. Staff faithfully adapted the novel material. Another long week to wait for yet another exciting episode. Sigh.
Why didn't J. C. Staff include a short scene of Shana wearing the gothic dress as a preview in the last episode? It would have boosted the rating for this episode.
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I wonder why Shana is now less apprehensive in extending out her hand, to be grabbed by Yuji. It is because she is just powerless to oppose it and now accepts things as they are?
What is the reason of Khamsin revealing his background story to Kazumi? To show that love can propel anyone to do anything?
Hecate chooses to eliminate Shana not because Hecate is jealous of Yuji's love to Shana. To understand this point, we should disregard Konoe Fumina arc in Season 2, as it is just an anime original material that does not exist in the novel.
I believe that the Flame Haze side is making a mistake for just reinforcing all their resources in defending remaining two headquarters, in Japan and in Switzerland, whereas they should be stopping Bal Masqué from entering the God Gate to retrieve the Snake of the Festival's real body. To do that, the Flame Haze side should send more Flame Hazes to assist Wilhemina in saving Shana and then preventing Bal Masqué's further progress. Well, we cannot expect the Flame Hazes to know everything, right? It is always the case that antagonists are always a few steps ahead of protagonists. What to do? The Flame Hazes definitely have a lot of grounds to catch up in the near future.
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|2011-11-18, 21:47
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Finally, Shana and Yuuji interaction that was sorely missing last week. And the army is finally gathered, now the war can begin proper. Awesome sauce. But I kind of think they overdid it with the evil smirks for Yuuji , SotF is showing through too much... probably being overjoyed at the "all the cards are in my hands" scenario. Things are going too well for him so far. And poor Shana, that must be like half the Crimson Realm gathered down there... lots of enemies to fight and her powers are sealed, to boot.
|2011-11-18, 22:49
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wow this episode's really cool!
-Yandare Hecate Huh'
-A really Cute Shana
-Some nice speech
-I KINDA starting to like Kazumi here....
Yuuji's laughs, facial expressions and everything about yuuji in this episode gives me the creeps.....
Wooohoo can't wait for the next episode!
|2011-11-18, 23:00
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LOVED THE EPISODE. I don't know where I should begin telling how awesome this episode is but for now.. I'll just say the best parts.
Shana wearing that beautiful dress. AHHH SUPAAA KAWAII~!! Plus, it looks great on her, especially when Yuji and Shana held hands together. OH DAMN THEY LOOK AWESOME TOGETHER. I couldn't help but squeal when Yuji took her hand and pulled it towards him.
Seeing Hecate attack Shana as the defenceless Shana jumps around dodging them. Also seeing the look on SOF Yuji's face as he examined the situation and defending her? I can't comprehend HOW AWESOME THAT PART WAS. However, it was kinda ruined when Yuji was carrying Shana in his arms and saying how successful and how well everything is progressing.. was creepy. O_O
Also, as they held hands together and that part where Yuji held Shana's hand and then let go.. oh man.. I loved it.
Anyway, aside from the Yuji and Shana moments, J.C staff animated Yuji's face well.. but still not well enough.. :/. I was expecting Yuji to smile happily to her instead of that creepy smile he gives o.O. But meh, it must be all part of the merging thing between Yuji and SOF.
Yay! the kick-ass Khamsin dude is back. I missed how awesome he fought back at season 1 . It was nice how he was sharing a story of how he fought a random monster he loved. This story reminds me of how Yuji and Shana will have to fight at the end and we know this because it showed at the beginning of the season that they were fighting. It makes me think that both of them could die Though, I don't understand what he was trying to tell Yoshida about love.. :/. If anyone could give me more details to this, it is very much appreciated It was nice to see Yoshida mature which has slightly changed my opinion of her. I've never liked her since the start of the show.
Now I know that Yuji gets more scarier as the anime progresses. (Especially the evil laugh) I guess he's too confident in himself.. and plus, I didn't know there would be so many tomogaras O_O.
From watching the preview, I can't wait to see how Rebecca Reed and Khamsin and other flame hazes kick-ass with the tomogaras. Especially Sophie Sawallisch. Wonder what Shana will be doing after Yuji has left her. It'll also be interesting to see how Wilhelmina tries to get Sereiden. I missed that place.
Overall, it was such an awesome episode with stuff I've expected and not expected to see such as the creepy Yuji. Can hardly wait for the next episode. And to kill time, I'm gonna watch it again.
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Anyways, I love the new Hecate with a little more expresivity and emotions.
The mission to save Shana is a kind of 'Commando'. If they were to attack all at the same time with their whole army, they would have dozens of disvenatages.
-Not knowing how large the opponents' forces are
-If they have any secret weapondry with then
-If the enemy is using Shana as bait to drag all the Flame Hazes to perdition.
Also, using the enemy's central command is not a good idea. They doesn't know neither if Snake of the Festival's powers are fully unrestricted as the last time (in which he killed hundreds of Flame Hazes). It would be risking a lot for just one single warrior, but at the same time there is a small chance that they can get there and rescue the only person that can actually destroy a God.
Sophie is trusting in Willhelimina and Rebecca's abilities and since they both will ignore her orders, it can't be helped. But I guess she also wants to save Shana because she send Khamsin, who is a Flame Haze that can only be compared by the highest generals, to this almost impossible mission.
At any extent, I believe that waiting Bale Masque to do the first move before moviliizing their warrios is the wisest thing to do with the information they have. And sending a small group that may sucess and at the same time earn some information about what's going on in Snake's head is also a good choice.
|2011-11-18, 23:50
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There is one thing I didnt understand. The whole deal with the artifical body of the snake and that so called "absorption" spell that was apparently active when it shouldnt....that entire scene just went over my head.
Anyone care to help me understand?
|2011-11-19, 00:32
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I guess that the Absorption spell was the one that Sabrac forzed into the Reiji Maigo. And the anomaly that Lamies finds is the presence of Johan inside.
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Thank you very much for your elaborative reply, SkyFlames. Much appreciated.
Yes, as you mentioned, there are a lot of unknowns in attacking Seireiden and it is dangerous to do so. However, the current situation will worsen even further, once they have released the Snake of the Festival's real body. It is now or never.
Anyway, I appreciate your point of view, SkyFlames. It is okay for all of us to have some differences in our opinions.
On a side note, it is awesome to see SnH Yuji confidently giving motivational speech to tons of tomogaras, prior to battle.
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The Gentlemen's Blog to Midnite Cinema
I'm not one for using the HBA for self promotion, as I find it to be a bit tacky on my part to do so, but this is for the greater good, so I simply felt obligated to share with you all. The Gentlemen's Blog to Midnite Cinema has been unleashed upon the world, and this newest genre driven blogging endeavor is a sort of extension of the phenomenal podcast known as The Gentlemen's 'Guide' to Midnite Cinema. What would certainly interest many of the HBA members is the cast of great contributors to this new blog, many of which are members of this here fine Alliance. These would included, Aaron of The Death Rattle, T.L. Bugg of The Lightning Bug's Lair, Emily from The Deadly Doll's House of Horror Nonsense, Rupert Pupkin of Rupert Pupkin Speaks, Pickleloaf from Assorted Loaf and yours truly of Chuck Norris Ate My Baby. If that's not enough to put a Kool-Aid smile on your adorable little face, then nothing will. So please take a moment to head over and check out the blog, and a follow or two would be much appreciated!
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The HBA Takes A Stab At: Devil!
It has become apparent that the summer certainly belongs to horror, and here we are once again with another theatrical release that is straight reppin' the genre we all love dearly. This weekend we get a film from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan, who promises to be giving us a one way ride to the bottom floor with, Devil. I'm not sure if the horror community is clamouring for this one, but I think it could certainly be interesting. Will Devil be the road back to healing after the last few awful films that have come out of the Shyamalan camp? I'm counting on YOU for the answer, so if and when you see and do a write up for the film, leave a comment and the link to the review below and we can add her up for all to see.
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The HBA Takes A Stab At: Resident Evil: Afterlife!
And here we are again with yet another weekend genre release, but this time around it is not a remake, it's not a shaky cam film nor is it even a movie influenced by a trailer. Instead, we get a sequel. I of course am talking about the latest installment in the successful Resident Evil series, Resident Evil: Afterlife. It's kind of funny that this one should come out just after we had a random question concerning franchises that people dislike, and it's even more funny that no one had even mentioned the RE series as it is one that certainly divides the general horror census. Personally, I find the series to be pure B-Movie fun, but will I think the same about this newest 3D edition?! Better yet, who cares what I think, let's hear your thoughts on this fourth installment, shall we? Watch the film, write the review and send it in to horrorbloggeralliance (@) hotmail (.) com or leave it in the comments down below and we will all dance a dance of true happiness afterwards.
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2010 Toronto FanExpo pt.2: It's All Me!
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I hope you all enjoyed that! I have already Pre-Registered for next years FanExpo so it's time to get off this blog and start drawing,
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Toronto 2010 Fan Expo pt.1: Friends and Fiends
Meeting Ghoulish Gary Pullin was a wonderful treat.He is a HUGE influence for me and a big reason why I push myself so hard to offer up the best art every time. Gary has set the bar for horror art, and I reach for it with every drawing. I even had a chance to give him the ZomBie portrait I painted of him ( see next photo) It was great to spend some time at the RueMorgue booth and to chat with an Icon.
Another real treat for me was meeting Lloyd kaufman. and see him. When I did he remembered me, gave me a hug and Lloyd has entertained me so much over the years that I decided to draw a Llloyd/Toxic Avenger piece. I sent him a TwittPic before the show and told him I was going to drop by his boothautographed my illustration. I can die happy now.
I got a double dose of RueMorgue this weekend, I had also drawn a ZomBie portrait for the host of RueMorgue Radio, Tomb Dragomir. It was nice to meet him in person and chat for a bit. He actually saw me going up the escalator wearing my Bloody Mary T-shirt. ( that was a great investment) Tomb is a GREAT guy and it was a blast to do his portrait. Check him out at RueMorgue Radio.
I ran into, and was almost devoured by my friend Thea from the Toronto Zombie Walk. rather than take a bite out of me and turn me into one of the undead, she posed for a picture of her and her portrait.
Part 2: It's all me, coming soon!
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The HBA Takes A 'Stab' At: Machete!
It would certainly appear that the end of the 2010 summer is reserved for genre pictures, but I ain't complaining, no sirre. You guys all know the drill by now…watch the movie, write your thoughts on the internet then send that ish our way so we can share it with the rest of the alliance. Leave it in the comments section below or send it in to horrorbloggeralliance (@) hotmail (.) com and it will be added as soon as I finish with my pedicure. We had a great turn out for the last few of these, so I want to thank everyone that has sent them in. Also, make sure you go and support Machete this weekend, that is if you ever want to see a full theatrical release of Thanksgiving!
Onward HBA soldiers!
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International Security and Gender
International Security and Gender
ISBN: 978-0-745-66305-0 April 2013 Polity 224 Pages
DescriptionWhat does it mean to be secure? In the global news, we hear stories daily about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, about domestic-level conflicts around the world, about the challenges of cybersecurity and social security. This broad list highlights the fact that security is an idea with multiple meanings, but do we all experience security issues in the same way?
In this book, Nicole Detraz explores the broad terrain of security studies through a gender lens. Assumptions about masculinity and femininity play important roles in how we understand and react to security threats. By examining issues of militarization, peacekeeping, terrorism, human security, and environmental security, the book considers how the gender-security nexus pushes us to ask different questions and broaden our sphere of analysis. Including gender in our analysis of security challenges the primacy of some traditional security concepts and shifts the focus to be more inclusive. Without a full understanding of the vulnerabilities and threats associated with security, we may miss opportunities to address pressing global problems.
Our society often expects men and women to play different roles, and this is no less true in the realm of security. This book demonstrates that security debates exhibit gendered understandings of key concepts, and whilst these gendered assumptions may benefit specific people, they are often detrimental to others, particularly in the key realm of policy-making.
Acknowledgments vi
1 Understanding Gender in Security Debates 1
2 Gendered Militarization and Militarism 24
3 Gender in Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 64
4 A Gendered Understanding of Terrorism 94
5 Human Security and Gender 131
6 Gender, Security, and Environment 165
Conclusion: Th e Contributions of Gender Lenses to Security 198
References 212
Index 241
Winner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title
"Through a vast review of the security literature, Detraz makes an excellent case for the greater understanding and incorporation of gender in security studies."
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"An essential read for every IR and feminist scholar and student seeking deeper understandings of current events in the field."
Central European Journal of International and Security Studies
"Should be a key text for students of security studies. It is also a powerful introduction for gender scholars to understand how security discourses not only use, but also create, particular constructions of gender."
Feminist & Women's Studies Association Blog
"International Security and Gender is a complex and critical overview of the field of gender and security, which familiarizes readers with the field in a fair and even-handed manner and provides forward-looking challenges to the field's research agendas."
Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida
"Nicole Detraz's book presents a comprehensive and well-written introduction to what it means to approach international security through gendered lenses. A highly valuable contribution to the current security debate, it shows persuasively the central place of gender. Convincingly, it argues that security studies miss something crucial when gender remains invisible in debates on militarization, peacebuilding, terrorism, as well as human, environmental, and climate security. It urges students to enlarge the scope of security and question key concepts, while also suggesting ways toward change and emancipation."
Annica Kronsell, Lund University
"In an essential contribution to the growing field of feminist security studies, Detraz shows impeccably how asking feminist questions about a range of security issues leads us to understand the gendered aspects of vulnerabilities and threats, ultimately helping to formulate reflexive, rather than simplistic, policies to bring about human emancipation."
Catia Cecilia Confortini, Wellesley College
- Security is a complex concept with multiple meanings, yet its gendered dimensions have so far been unjustly neglected
- This expert analysis surveys the entire field of security studies in terms of gender politics
- Ranging across such areas as terrorism, human security and environmental security, Nicole Detraz reevaluates our received ideas about a wide array of contemporary crises
- This book will be essential reading for students and scholars in politics and international relations, as well as for policymakers


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pacific! - Reveries
I'm not down with the whole Guilty Pleasures thing. Why should you feel guilty about liking music you love? Is there a need to hide stuff in case you're exposed as not cool enough? I like The Final Countdown by Europe and Careless Whisper by George Michael (there - said it!) and I can't see what there is to be embarrassed about there.
I mention this, because the new album by Swedish duo pacific! mines a rich seem of what might be called guilty pleasures. It's a proper Balearic record, but not in the sense of TOP IBIZA CHILL OUT CLASSIX compilations, but in the old-fashioned sense of anything goes as long as it's good and makes sense, an attitude that saw the likes of Chris Rea's On the Beach and other soft rock classics being blared from Ibizan terraces whilst addled clubbers went wild with joy. Danny Hogberg and Bjorn Synneby have amassed a lifetime's musical loves and influences on Reveries, and they're not ashamed of any of them, so they're as happy displaying affection for cheesy 80s synth pop as they are for more classic, 'credible' reference points. So we have the ghosts of terminally unfashionable groups like A-ha and ELO, sitting happily alongside The Beach Boys and other summery West Coast American idols. The song Disappear manges even to recall both Ticket to Ride and Maggie May within the space of a few seconds. Elsewhere, there are flavours of more contemporary lounge acts, like Air and Lemon Jelly.
So guilty pleasure it certainly ain't. It's a near-perfect summer album, full of shimmery electropop to cheer the spirits even in the dampest of London Augusts. I doubt that many readers of this blog have the opportunity to cruise down a palm-lined freeway in an open-topped car, but if you do, you know what to stick on the hi-fi.
mp3: pacific! - Disappear
mp3: pacific! - Silent Running
mp3: pacific! - Sunset Blvd (Popular Computer Remix)
The album Reveries is out in the UK next week on the excellent Half Machine Records. You can currently buy the import vinyl at Rough Trade. It's preceded this week by a single - a 12" release of Sunset Blvd, with a few remixes (buy from Rough Trade too). None of these can touch the glory of the original, but the Popular Computer one does a decent job of keeping the best bits without messing it up too much.
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- bill p said...
I love this album... think I listened to it for a week straight this spring.
Know what you mean about guilty pleasure music, though, it's very soft rock... in a dance kind of way.
Is is just me or does the intro to "Hold Me" sound like they're about to launch into "More Than a Feeling"?
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I got a bit confused by your reference to Hold Me, because I don't have a song with that name on my copy of Reveries. Then I check and it turns out that the UK release has a totally different tracklistng...
But with regard to the Boston comparison - you're right!
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can u re up the popular computer remix?
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Hoosac Harvest to Host 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food'
Hoosac Harvest will host 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' at All Saints Church on March 7.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Hoosac Harvest will host the third Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food event at the All Saints Church, located on Summer Street, on March 7 from 5 to 7 p.m. Farmers and small food producers of the northern Berkshires will be on hand for this free event.
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Food of Love (Chocolate!) & Shakespeare Go Together
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The ninth annual Food of Love (A Celebration of Shakespeare, Love, and Chocolate) will take place at the Williams Inn on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 10. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m.
Food of Love is a benefit for the Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Mount Greylock Regional High School, which will be celebrating its 30th anniversary next November. At this event, the audience will enjoy a chocolate buffet, provided by the Williams Inn, while high school actors present some of Shakespeare's scenes — comic, tragic and always romantic.
This year's theme is "Love Interrupted," with scenes where love might be ill suited, just declared, or not quite resolved. In addition to Shakespeare's work, some scenes from David Ives plays will also be included for a contemporary take on the theme.
Seating is limited. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for students, available at Where'd You Get That?!, Wild Oats Market and at the door.
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Great Barrington European Deli to Reopen in Pittsfield
The deli will open after it finishes up the final stages of permitting.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A beloved South County specialty food shop and will open soon on Pittsfield's main thoroughfare.
The new location of Maria's European Delight will offer many of the same kinds of meats, fish, cheeses, pickled vegetables and other edibles as its southern incarnation, along with new additions such as fresh made sandwiches, owners Kryzysztof and Maria Sekowski told iBerkshires. The deli had previously been at its Route 7 location in Great Barrington for five years.
The delights offered by Maria's cover a wide range of northern European fare, particularly staples of Hungarian, Polish, German, Russian and Jewish cuisine. Much of the deli's inventory is sourced from New York City and includes many items which cannot otherwise be found for sale in this region. The Sekowski's say five years at their previous location have refined their ideas of what is most in demand locally.
"When you start the second time, you know a lot more," Kryzsztof Sekowski said.
The couple cited the appeal of increased walking traffic, downtown lunch business, and less expensive rent as major factors in the decision to relocate from the smaller, tourist-rich community to the slightly more urban environment.
The Sekowski's expect to open their doors for business next week, but an exact date was still uncertain as the deli is in the final stages of inspections and awaiting proper permits.
"Once we do, I'm heading straight to New York," said Kryzsztof, where he will acquire the rest of the fresh foods to fill the rest of the shop.
The new location at 146-A North Street, between Abbey Cutters and the Palace parking lot, has seen several changeovers in the past half decade. Music shop and indie band venue Rebel Sound Records occupied the spot for most of 2009 through 2010, then Great Gifts & More opened there for about a year, followed by two other businesses which operated there more briefly in 2012.
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Eat To Total Health Opening On Ashland Street
Renee Tassone poses in front of the counter at her new store Eat To Total Health, located at 14 Ashland St., which is set to open Dec. 26.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Renee Tassone's business Eat To Total Health is moving from her home to 14 Ashland St. on Dec. 26.
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Joe's Diner Throwback to Old Days
The landmark Joe's Diner offers old-fashioned diner food and great coconut cream pie — just like Grandma use to make.
LEE, Mass. — It's not exactly good. Not exactly charming either, not really anything but what it is.
If you go to Joe's for breakfast, lunch or dinner it won't take you long to figure it out.
Joe's is a diner, that is to say, Joe's is a throwback to the old days, the very old days, before many of us were even born, before microwaves or even TV dinners when single working folks, men especially, would routinely take their meals at little roadside spots every day. Eventually many of these men settled down, raised a family and ate their meals at home but until they did, they went to places like Joe's to get their daily nourishment.
Norman Rockwell knew this when he painted "The Runaway" using Joe's as a model. Naturally, the little boy, thinking he's big enough to go his own way, went where the grown-up working men went, to a diner.
Joe's is still that kind of restaurant. It hasn't changed a bit. Seriously — except that now, you can buy a T-shirt or a cream soda with Joe's name on it.
At Joe's, you can still have liver and onions for supper, you can get your roast beef with green beans or boiled carrots and a boiled potato on Fridays. Your milkshake comes in a glass with the metal container on the side. Portions are reasonable, satisfying, not mammoth. You can have breakfast whenever you want (or need) to but what you get is going to be plain, mom-style food.
We went on Thursday, which is corned beef night. For $7.95 you can have the traditional New England boiled dinner; corned beef, cabbage, carrots and a boiled potato, served with hot mustard and/or vinegar. Just like your grandfather would have eaten after his shift on the railroad or at the mill. You can choose to have a sandwich instead but the boiled dinner is the real deal — plain as gingham and just as all-American.
Young working men, newly living on their own, love dessert of course. After all, back in the day they weren't much more than boys. And this is where Joe's really shines.
You'd swear your grandmother made their pies. The night we went, we had two classic diner choices, actually, we planned to share one but it was so good there wasn't enough to go around. The coconut cream pie is among the best I've ever had. Great crust, perfect custard filling, just a plate full of yum. If you prefer chocolate cream, that's even better. The tapioca pudding (yes, someone still serves tapioca pudding) is light and creamy and redolent of sweet vanilla, topped with cinnamon and a dollop of whipped cream, I could eat it all day.
But the real reason to go to Joe's isn't the food, it's the people. Maybe they're remembering their early days alone, I didn't ask, but the night we went the place was full of local guys chatting and joking with the waitresses, telling all the local gossip and laughing out loud.
Within minutes we felt like part of the gang, talking about the "adult entertainment" shop down the road, the wedding announcements in the local paper, who was going where and buying what — all of it. We learned a lot about Lee in a dinner hour and I'm pretty sure you would, too.
Breakfast at Joe's is pretty famous, it routinely gets great reviews online and Jan and Michael Stern's road food website says it's worth a detour. Late-night host Jimmy Fallon made sure to stop in a couple years ago. I didn't find it to be much different from any other diner breakfast, but I would definitely pull over for a slice of that pie and a hot cup of Joe.
Postscript: Rumor has it Joe's will be closing their doors for good in January 2013 so if you want to get your own piece of Americana for the memory book, best do it now. First opened in 1939, the Lee landmark was operated for more than 45 years by the now legendary Joe Sorrentino, until being sold in 2000.
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In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, one Anderson County commissioner is calling for the local government to fund School Resource Officers in every school in the entire county.
In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, one Anderson County commissioner is calling for the local government to fund School Resource Officers in every school in the entire county.
In response, County Commission later approved a measure to call for a meeting or work session on school security involving officials from the three school systems — Anderson County, Oak Ridge and Clinton — the county government and governments of all the cities, each city's police department and the Sheriff's Department.
County Commissioner Jerry White, a former county Board of Education member, went to the podium to speak as a regular citizen during the public comments section of Monday's Commission meeting. (See video of White at oakridger.com.)
White said he was speaking on behalf of his 5-year-old grandson.
"Now when the press talks about this murdering thug up here in Connecticut that killed these kids, they talk about president of the Honor Society and all the good stuff about him, but he's a low life. He's a scum bag. Whatever the lowest terms you can call somebody, that's what these people are that come into a school and hurt a child," White said.
"Our kids, when we take them and leave them at school in the morning, we leave them there, that being a safe place. ... They're there to learn, they shouldn't have to be there wondering about is somebody going to come in the door and shoot them or harm them."
White said he knows that when each commissioner runs for office, he or she pledges no property tax increases.
"(But) I don't think there's a person in the county that would mind paying 2 or 3 more cents on their tax rate to make sure that we have an SRO officer in every school, in every school in this county.
"I think our kids deserve it," he said.
White challenged Larry Foster, director of schools for the county school system, to work on getting SROs at each school, along with Sheriff Paul White to provide trained officers who are willing and capable of protecting the children. He also challenged the Commission and Chairman Chuck Fritts to make it a priority.
Saying the county has approximately $1.5 million in its undesignated fund balance, often called the "rainy-day fund," White said, "It'd be a shame for something to happen in one of our schools and us have a million and a half dollars here where we could have hired an SRO officer."
Charles Colburn, of Robin Lane, Andersonville, told commissioners his children have attended and his grandchildren currently attend Fairview Elementary School. He said the children are "sitting ducks in the school," explaining in the past several doors to the school have been left unlocked.
He called for the doors to be locked and an armed police officer be at the front door. He said adults need to "protect them (the children) from the evil of society we live in today."
Director of Schools Larry Foster said safety has always been his No. 1 goal for the school system.
Joe Forgety, the school system's director of transportation, safety and adult education, said currently eight resource officers and one DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) officer man the county's 17 schools. School and law enforcement officials will not reveal which schools the officers are located at, or how many hours they spend at various schools, for safety reasons. However, White said the officer at one school in the Norwood area is shared with two other schools.
Sheriff's Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said the officers at the schools are part of the cooperative agreement between the school system and his department. The cost is split, he said, with the school system paying half the cost of salaries and benefits, uniforms, vehicles and equipment. Forgety said the school system pays approximately $214,000 a year.
The remainder of the officers' time outside the school year is spent working on various assignments for the Sheriff's Department, which is their employer.
Lucas said 17 SROs — one for each school — would also require a supervisor, so the total would need to be 18 officers.
Monday's Commission meeting began with a moment of silence for the 20 children and 7 adults killed, their families, and the people of Newtown, Conn., as gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday. He then killed himself.
Donna Smith can be contacted at (865) 220-5502.