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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Blink logging
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This was the scene a block away from my front door last week. This is not manipulated or an optical illusion or even a giant mirror: that's a big glowing sphere resting just off the pavement in Washington Square Park. When not illuminated, it looked like a cousin of Rover from The Prisoner. The whole of the park was surrounded by twisting rivers of thick electrical cables; generators and equipment trailers were on all sides, along with the biggest lighting cranes and dollies I've ever seen in person; the park was full of film shoot personnel and bald albino vampire women -- okay, that last part is pretty normal, but so many all together?
Seeing the park late at night -- ground level illuminated as if by daylight, night sky above -- looked exactly like something from Magritte: this one perhaps, or an inversion of this one.
As I was walking past one night, I oveheard two NYU students discussing the weird scene. One of them said "It's about how Will Smith is the last person on Earth and he's fighting vampires" and then I realized what was going on: they're doing a remake of the I Am Weasel episode "I Are Legend" with Will Smith in the Michael Dorn role! I just wonder who they've got to play the role of Baboon...
This item about Tamora Pierce criticizing Mark Millar caught my eye the other day, and I think it acts as a pointer to something larger. Pierce's initial remarks seemed to me entirely appropriate and justified...but there was an outcry that making such statements about a fellow comics professional was unprofessional, and she issued an apology immediately thereafter. Links to the various relevant posts can be found at the link above.
Lisa provides a number of counterexamples in her summary, and the trend she demonstrates really underscores a major issue in gender politics. In our society, men are encouraged to behave like ten-year-olds (see the squabble between Peter David and John Byrne, or between Peter David and several others, or between John Byrne and anyone else) and are either rewarded or at minimum not often penalized for doing so. Women are taught -- indoctrinated from the start -- that their role is conciliation, accomodation, and compromise. Men are supposed to define their territory and ward off challengers; women are supposed to be concerned that no one's feelings are hurt.
It sounds ridiculously cartoonish when put so simply, but isn't this at the root of this sort of thing? Many fans cheer Byrne et al on for their outbursts; fans of Pierce approve her being big enough to apologize. Certainly there are exceptions on all sides: Gail Simone strikes me as someone tough-minded and outspoken, and I know from personal experience that Jeff Parker is diplomatic and courteous in the face of provocation; by the same token there are fans who call Byrne out on his bullshit, and fans who feel (as I do) that Pierce had nothing to apologize for and that her challenge to Millar was entirely legitimate. But there is still this underlying reflex that it was the woman's place to defer in the face of criticism.
I read a lot of blogs by male and female correspondents, and I see a lot of arguments. Overwhelmingly I see male bloggers stand by their words and refute challenges, and female bloggers thank critics and genuinely try to see their point of view. I don't think this behavior is innate in the genders, but engrained in our training so deeply that we're never fully aware of how preprogrammed the response is. I think we would all be healthier and more capable if we recognized this dichotomy and consciously tried to borrow more from the imaginary "other side" -- humility and receptivity to criticism need not be an unmale trait; having the courage of one's convictions and standing by even harsh words is not unfemale.
With the conclusion of Seven Soldiers appearing on my birthday as well as a major issue of Planetary, you have to know going to the comics shop yesterday was a big deal for me. I'd like to do some kind of overview or commentary on at least the former...but deference to our friends in the midwest who won't be seeing it until next week (due to a major blunder by Diamond) gives me an excuse to put it off for a few days. In capsule form, both of these comics were resolving long-running and convoluted stories...and neither one held a lot of surprises. That's a bit disappointing. The finest sort of conclusion (and one at which Grant Morrison has excelled in the past; Warren Ellis by contrast has never been an especially plot-driven writer) is one that takes the reader or viewer utterly by surprise, but stems so logically and inevitably from everything that's gone before that afterward you can't imagine it concluding any other way.
Morrison has done a number of epic stories in which I never saw the end coming, but then I felt like a fool for not having anticipated something so obvious and self-evident. (One of his favorite tricks has been showing us the ending but not letting us know that it was the ending, and then coming back at the nominal end to say "it was there all along!" I love that kind of thing.) Here, we get 29 lovely issues of winding up an elaborate clockwork mechanism...and one issue of watching the little tin toy going through its motions. It's witty and entertaining -- but I feel disappointed in that it didn't turn out to be anything more than I was already expecting.
Maybe it's impossible to outdo such a dramatic buildup and exceed so much reader anticipation; maybe creators need to be more cautious about setting up such high expectations in the first place.
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A lot here I'm unfamiliar with, but I am oddly satisfied that the relatedness-factor of The Prisoner and I Am Weasel has just increased by a point.ReplyDelete
The thing about endings is, you want to be fooled. You don't want to see it coming, but it has to have been POSSIBLE to see it coming or it's a deus ex machina.
In other words, we want the author to be just a little smarter than us.
That's exactly right.ReplyDelete
I should add that Grant Morrison is very probably the smartest writer in comics -- or at the very least the cleverest, and those aren't necessarily the same thing -- and I've reconsidered my initial feelings of disappointment over this particular story. I've begun to think that what seemed perfunctory was actually a bit of a ruse on his part, and that he's constructed a comic that seemed on the surface to be telling one story, but in reality may have been telling a completely different story. If that's the case, he may possibly have been a bit too clever, because there's no dramatic point where he actually comes out and reveals "this wasn't the story you were led to believe" -- or I may just be reading too much into it.
I'm sure we can get The Prisoner and I Am Weasel even closer via the Simpsons episode starring McGoohan...
Happy birthday, RAB...ReplyDelete
Regarding your 7 Soldiers post on the Beastmaster blog: Does the pivotal crossword answer you mention happen to be (appropriate for this series) 7-Down? And is that answer someone's initials?
Don't forget the new Who today...!
Garrie Burr! Now there's a name I haven't seen in years. How the heck are you?ReplyDelete
The answer to 7 Down was obvious at least since Zatanna #4...if it wasn't already clear all the way back in Seven Soldiers #0. For me the pivotal revelation was the answer to 1 Across. More on this tomorrow, I think...


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Albuquerque Indian School Baseball Team
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This is one of a small collection of photographs of the Albuquerque Indian School, which was established in 1881 to provide off-reservation industrial training to American Indians of the Southwest. By 1912, the school had 8 primary grades and over 300 students; by 1925 enrollment increased to over 800 students and grades 11 and 12 were added. The Albuquerque Indian School contined operating until 1982, when its program was transferred to the Santa Fe Indian School.
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National Archives Identifier: 292884Full Citation: Photograph 75-AISP-21; Albuquerque Indian School Baseball Team; 1911; General Correspondence File of the Albuquerque Indian School, 1881 - 1936; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives at Denver, Broomfield, CO. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/albuquerque-indian-school-baseball-team, May 30, 2023]
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1. Russian orthodox parishes outside Russia, and in Europe.
2. History of the Russian Church in Leipzig
Saint Alexi Memorial Church in Leipzig
is a unique and remarkable sight of Leipzig. It was built up in commemoration of the 22 thousand Russian warriors who fell on German soil in 1813.
The decisive battle at Leipzig went down in history under the title «Battle of Nations». In this battle the Russian army set out against Napoleon in alliance together with Prussian, Austrian and Swedish armies. Here by Leipzig, 1813 one hundred thousand soldiers found an eternal peace together with the fallen soldiers of Napoleon. Until 1913, for about one hundred years, huge long hills – mass burial places - dominated the city of Leipzig. To commemorate the centennial of the battle at Leipzig a memorial complex, the monument to the Battle of Nations, was erected instead of a cemetery. The emperor Wilhelm II proposed erecting a Statue of Victory, in honor of the Russian warriors as well. But much closer to a Russian tradition was the notion of a living monument where it would be possible to remember the glorious heroes, as well as to pray for their eternal rest. Thus, this wonderful single-cupola tent-shaped church in the 16th century style appeared. The exterior of it resembles a monument and its interior remains a church. The whole construction and decoration works were done according to the project of Vladimir Pokrovski by Russian building workers who had come to Germany for the purpose. The work has been done in eight months time.
Inside the church, there is the seven-row iconostasis which is a donation of the Don Cossacks. It is the work of a Moscow painter Emelianov, a disciple of the famous Russian artists Vasnetsov, and is 18 meters high. Eighty-seven icons construct a wonderful example of the old Russian iconpaiting tradition. There are three gates in the Altar behind the iconostasis. The central is colled the Royal Gate, and is opened by the clergies at a certain moment of a worship. In the bottom row, on the right of the Royal Gate, there is an icon of the Savior. On the left side there is an Icon of the Mother on God. The icon of Savior is a copy of the Byzantine original of the 4th century, and the icon of the Mother of God is a copy of the miraculous image, which is called the icon «Smolenskaya Mother of God». In front of this icon Russian Marshal Kutuzov and his army prayed on the eve of the battle against Napoleon at Borodino (1812). This icon is kept up to now in the city-cathedral of Smolensk in Russia. To the right of the icon of the Savior the icon of the patron-saint of the church: St. Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow. His memory is solemnly celebrated on October 18. To the left of the icon of the Mother of God there is an icon of St.Nicholas. These are two icons (of St.Alexis and St.Nicholas) with the «vita» - that is small paintings bordering the main image with the fragments of the most wellknown events in the lives of these saints. In front of the iconostasis are Cossack banners resembling traditional church banners. They were brought here by Cossack regiments during the battle, and 100 years later found a place in this church. To the left of the entrance you can see a carved oak icon-case with the icon of St. George, which was presented to the by Orenburg and Ural Cossacks. On the walls there are eight memorial plates holding a complete list of the Russian military units, which took part in the Battle, as well as their names 100 years after - as of the day of the inauguration of the church.
The church is lightened by a bronze chandelier. It's 68 lampshades were made of pure transparent Ural jasper. The chandelier was presented to the church by the Russian Parliament (Duma) in 1916. After the Second World War a glass lamps to imitate jasper were installed. Near the right wall, there is a sarcophagus - a symbolic tomb with a Shroud of Jesus Christ. On Good Friday it is placed in the center of the church.
Outdoors, on the opposite side of the church there is a small crypt. A burial vault holding the remains of the Russian soldiers. who died in the Battle of Nations. In the crypt a small row of icons is arranged in front of which an oil-lamp is constantly burning in commemoration to the buried. On the walls of the crypt you can see the portraits of Russia Emperor Alexander I, Marshal Kutuzov, and two other officers, who are hurried here. Near the portrait of Kutuzov is a Russian flag and a soldier's rifle, which was found when the graves were opened for reburial.
As you were approaching the church you must have noticed that there is another front door. This is the entrance to the lower church.
The Memorial church serves nowadays as a center of orthodox congregation of Leipzig. The worships are to be conducted in it each Sunday at 10.00 a.m.
The church choir deserves special attention. It is not very large, hut is singing professionally and during a worship you can hear classical spiritual songs in all beauty. The church houses as well a small library and the administrative premises.
Concluding this short review about the church our congregation cordially welcomes you as visitor to our historic, cultural and religious center in a beautiful city of Leipzig in Germany.


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India's revamped data protection bill is "balanced" and designed to encourage growth, the country's IT minister said, after the government scrapped a previous draft criticised by tech companies and civil liberties groups.
Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of railways, communications, electronics and IT, said Narendra Modi's government would seek passage of the draft by the end of the next parliamentary season in April or May 2023.
"We had very extensive consultations with all the stakeholders including the civil society groups, including industry, including the start-up ecosystem," Vaishnaw said in an interview with the Financial Times. "And this bill is basically an outcome of all these consultations."
India's fitful and protracted efforts to regulate the digital space are being watched closely at home and abroad by companies ranging from Amazon to Walmart-owned Indian retailer Flipkart, as one of the leading countries whose legislation will shape the future of online commerce.
The country, the world's largest democracy, has about 760mn active internet users in a population of 1.4bn, a number the government forecasts will hit 1.2bn later this decade.
In drafting the new law, India says it studied "global best practices," including data protection laws in Singapore, Australia, the EU and the US.
"Since India is one of the major participants in the digital economy, we definitely would like to create a framework which is in a sense very much in tune with the times, balances all the stakeholders, and creates a system which helps in further growing the economy," Vaishnaw said. "It's a very balanced bill."
India began deliberations on legislating protection of personal data after a 2017 Supreme Court ruling recognised privacy as a fundamental right in a ruling on a case challenging the government's digital ID system called Aadhaar.
After five years of discussions and consultations, the Modi government withdrew the most recent draft of the bill in May, describing it as unwieldy after it was heavily amended in response to submissions from the public. The draft published last week is India's fourth.
Civil liberties groups had complained that previous drafts gave government agencies too much scope to access personal data without users' consent.
Facebook parent Meta was among the tech companies that criticised provisions of the legislation, including a requirement to store personal data locally, which industry lobbyists said were onerous and would hamper the ease of doing business online.
The free movement of data across borders has emerged as one of several contentious issues in negotiations on a proposed free trade agreement between India and the UK, according to people briefed on the talks.
The new draft eases the localisation requirements, allowing personal data to be transferred outside India to "certain notified countries and territories" where it thinks users' data will be protected.
"The trusted geography should be able to protect Indian citizens' data in the way we protect our citizens' data," Vaishnaw said. "That's the fundamental construct."
Arghya Sengupta, founder of the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, a think-tank, said the latest draft of the law was "skeletal" in some of its details, and would have liked it to offer "greater transparency" on the uses to which companies can put data they collect.
But he added: "I would prefer some law rather than no law . . . Even if this law has some faults, I would rather iron out the creases than start over again."
The Asia Internet Coalition, an industry group whose members include Amazon, Spotify, Google and Facebook, said it was in the process of reviewing the bill, and would be doing a formal submission in time for a December 17 deadline for public comments.
Alongside the proposed digital personal data protection bill, India also plans to regulate the internet with two other forthcoming pieces of legislation: a telecoms bill, currently in public consultations, and a Digital India Act that will replace its IT Act.


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That the Jennifer Lawrence-starring films are such big box office means someone is paying attention to what teenage girls like – and it isn't pretty
I took two 13-year-olds to one of the bleakest films I have ever seen. In it, hospitals full of children were bombed, there were public executions, prisoners paraded in hoods, and there was torture. This was not some kind of punishment: the 13-year-olds were excited beyond belief. When I told my youngest that I had preview tickets for Mockingjay Part 1, the latest in the Hunger Games series, she emailed: "Oh my I am not prepared I am dying just start planning the funeral I love u." Yes, this is how teenage girls talk, and yes, they know it's kind of funny. Bouts of this intense hyperbole – everything being too much, all of the time – punctuate the deadpanning of everything being boring the rest of the time.
Why this film, rightly described as one of the grimmest dystopian movies of the decade, is being lapped up by teenage girls fascinates me. This is some distance from Zoella and the haul girls flogging makeup. But the huge success of The Hunger Games is revealing. If you don't "get" why Jennifer Lawrence is such a huge presence, watch her as Katniss Everdeen, where she earths the dark energy of the intensely violent films. For she is fighting a brutal regime that literally sacrifices its young people on a reality TV show. Unwittingly, Katniss with her bow and arrow becomes a symbol of the revolution. She refuses to play the game for either side, becoming a tough but reluctant hero. A hero for our times, then, when real-life revolutionaries appear to adopt the Stokely Carmichael line that the position of women in the revolution is "prone".
That this is huge box office means that someone is paying attention to what teenage girls like. The darkness of this movie tells us that what would have once been the province of German arthouse or Japanese cinema is now mainstream. The future imagined in these films intimates that something very bad is happening and we all know it. It also tells us that films no longer have to stand alone and can operate more like a TV series (the concluding part of Mockingjay will be out next year). Nor do we need old guys to curate the soundtrack when we can have an 18-year-old. She happens to be Lorde.
Obviously the penchant of teenagers for dystopian fiction is not new. We can go back to Lord of the Flies. Cinema has long turned teen angst into action. Heathers remains a favourite in our house – "Fuck me gently with a chainsaw" – because, of course, rebellion against conformity is part of being young. An individual against a brutal authoritarian system is basically what school feels like to some. The Hunger Games ramps this up so that the teens are pitted against each other. It isn't just a popularity contest, it's a matter of life and death, and in this third film, it is all-out war, revolution and moral complexity.
What is truly shocking about this film is that a lot of it looks like the present, somewhere else in the world. These are the kinds of images our children see, whether we want them to or not. When Katniss stands in the rubble of her district razed to the ground, it could be parts of Syria, Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan. Wild dogs pick over piles of corpses. Hospitals are deliberately bombed. What matters is getting the right images of conflict to incite the rebellion. Katniss fails to make authentic propaganda until she sees the damage and destruction for herself. Then her battle cry to the evil dictator President Snow is: "If we burn, you burn with us." As in Suzanne Collins's original books, the references to Coriolanus come thick and fast.
Watching Lawrence in her fetching armour amid the ruins resembles a lot of news footage, and that is why it is so disturbing. This film is a 12A, whereas the new Paddington film is PG because of mild sexual references (don't ask). Our systems of censorship have essentially broken down. They often seem innately meaningless, so we bypass them. Showing Carrie to my daughter when she expressed an interest in horror was telling. What shocked her were not the final scenes, but the abundance of pubic hair in the first few.
What is evident is that horrific images are everywhere: beheadings on the front of newspapers, footage of dead children, pictures of dying dictators. "This is what we need to see to understand war," goes the argument. But I question this need to stick cameras into the faces of people dying from Ebola as much as I do the continual pictures of corpses. All parents censor, but much of this is now unavoidable. The internet makes everything available and, as we know, Isis now uses torture and murder as propaganda.
Mockingjay mirrors this. It is violent and despairing. A generation brought up with increasingly graphic imagery "gets" it. Teens who are told that the future is one of environmental catastrophe and global financial collapse flock to see these films; films full of grey, bombed-out zones, totalitarian regimes, morally compromised rebels, unremitting cruelty, and the media used as a weapon of war. These films of the future say much about what entertains our young people. And it is very far from childish.


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Simply, easy and tasty – perfect for a mid week meal, or weekend lunch.
What you need:
1 tsp smoked paprika
2 tbsp cornflour
2 garlic cloves, crushed
280g raw king prawns (peeled)
2 tbsp sunflower oil
Salad: 200g baby spinach, 2 ripe avocados (chopped), 2 large or 4 small tomatoes (chopped), olive oil & lime juice
1. Mix the spinach, avocado and tomatoes together and toss with the olive oil & lime juice.
2. Mix the paprika, cornflour and garlic together in a shallow bowl or plate. Pat the prawns dry with kitchen paper then coat in the paprika mixture.
3. Heat the oil in a pan and add the prawns, cook for 2 – 3 minutes on each side or until crispy. Do this in batches if needed. Serve the prawns on top of the salad.


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In our modern world packaging as all.
You could say it begins with xmas presents..? the incredible excitement of concealment and revealing which comes from opening boxes not just any old box however, one that compliments it's contents. In a similar way the frame for a picture elevates and enhances the object of focus. Therefore how important is the frame compared to the object I wonder.
When pricing work I think about several things; the time it's taken to make, not only per hour but how many years of practice it took to get to a certain skill, the collecting of materials (all foraged), the grain pattern and how intricate of a design it is. Although packaging is often thought about I seem to rarely follow through with those ideas. Perhaps Its because I'm a strong believer in 'reduce,reuse,recycle' motto of the environmental movement. unfortunately this to my mind seems to be what sets me apart and maybe even back from other designer makers. I feel compelled to reuse old postage bags to send items out. I wonder if this creates some kind of illusion that perhaps i don't value what i've made enough spend more time, money or effort creating packaging which reflects the price, practice and …skill of the object itself.? This also seem true of the website (the electronic packaging). Having friends tell me that "Your website isn't as beautiful as your spoons and bowls" would suggest there is a high value places upon packaging. Being dyslexic means spending time on a computer is incredibly difficult and draining which is almost certainly a major reason for the imbalance of product and packaging when it comes to the website.
So then is what's really being said that for customers to feel confident when buying online they need all the signifiers of a slick looking website etc… And without some kind of slick website for the work to sit in, I'm giving off the impression that I don't value what I do or believe in it enough to invest more time and money into a more professional online presents. However there is one thing I do believe in and value and that is the ability to make wooden ware to a high standard. Like many other creative people in the world, the business aspect does not match the standard of the handmade objects.
This being said the business is slowly growing and people are being able to look beyond the slightly less than perfect exterior of the website etc.. to discover someone who values the objects made with skill and a eager sense of discovery. But first impressions can be make or break in every aspect of our lives… so expect a new website and *gasp, business name at some point this year. fingers crossed.
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Enrico James Marquette Jr. (born March 2, 1989) better known by his stage name Enrico James, is an American Hip-Hop recording artist and songwriter from Folcroft, Pennsylvania. He recently released his debut EP entitled "Lost Art" which is available to download digitally via all of the main distributing outlets such as iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and more.
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Canadian drug user cops $2,500 fine
Canadian sailor, William Earnest Rockliffe, has been hit with a $2,500 fine by the Supreme Court and has two weeks to pay up or get thrown in jail.
The Canadian, who had been charged with one possession of marijuana, one charge of importation of prohibited imports and one charge of possession of utensils, appeared before Justice, Leiataualesa Daryl Clarke.
Defence counsel Lefau Harry Schuster made an application for his client to be discharged without conviction, but the Court refused to entertain the application.
According to the police summary of facts, the defendant arrived at the Matautu Wharf on the yacht "Optimist of London."
However, on August 10, 2018 the Police received information from the Transnational Crimes Unit, in relation to the yacht and suspicions of carrying prohibited substances.
The police did a search of the yacht and found the following: one marijuana bud weighing 0.8 grams inside the fridge, one marijuana "hash" weighing 1. inside the fridge, three halves of marijuana cigarettes weighing 0.3 grams, and one small plastic bag with a small amount of MDMA (ecstasy) inside the fridge and one hookah steel pipe, one glass pipe water pipe, one silver spoon and small plastic bag – all for the purpose of committing an offense against the Narcotics Act 1967.
According to Justice Leiataualesa, the defendant's guilty plea to the charge number S1389/18 – which is importation of prohibited imports – shows the defendant importing prohibited items
The defendant stated in his affidavit that he uses marijuana recreationally, to ease his body aches and pains, as he does labour work which Justice Leiataualesa indicated he had no medical certificate to prove this.
He also took into consideration the fact that the defendant imported prohibited substances as an aggravating factor.
"One of them included MDMA (ecstasy), albeit it in small and or residual quantity which is a class B narcotic classified as a narcotic posing a high risk of harm under the Narcotics Act 1967.
"You were also in possession of not one but four utensils for the purpose of committing a crime against the Narcotics Act.
"The charges to which you have pleaded guilty are serious and it is important that this Court does not condone your actions.
"To do so would be to encourage others to follow the path that you have taken and it would place the community at risk.
"It is no secret to any seasoned world traveller that to carry drugs in any quantity small or large across an international border carries with it very serious risks."
Justice Leiataualesa also told the defendant that he knew the risks he was taking when he travelled to Samoa with the drugs on board of his vessel and his possession of the utensils.
He went on to say that a noncustodial sentence is appropriate for this crime.
"However, it will serve as a deterrence to you and others from committing this offending bearing in mind also your early guilty plea and the mitigating factors.
"Rockliffe, you are accordingly convicted and sentence as follows, on the charge of importation of prohibited imports bearing in mind the imprisonment and maximum fine, you are convicted and fine to $2,500 to be paid within 14 days in default three months imprisonment, and on the charges of possession of marijuana and possession of utensils, time remanded in custody.


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- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 03:07:09 -0400 (EDT)
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In the process of learning Mathematica, I discovered several items of unusual behavior. I would appreciate any clarification. (0) Several expression manipulation functions behave correctly with HoldComplete subexpressions but not with Hold subexpressions. Example: In: Together[1/x+HoldComplete[1]/x] Out: (1 + HoldComplete[1])/x In: Together[1/x+Hold[1]/x] Out: x^(-1) + Hold[1]/x Another example: In: Factor[3+3*HoldComplete[x]+HoldComplete[x]^2, Extension -> {Sqrt[3], I}] Out: ((-3*I + Sqrt[3] - (2*I)*HoldComplete[x])*(3*I + Sqrt[3] + (2*I)*HoldComplete[x]))/4 In: Factor[3+3*Hold[x]+Hold[x]^2, Extension -> {Sqrt[3], I}] Out: (kernel crash) Although the last example is clearly a bug, is there some difference in behavior between HoldComplete and Hold that generally accounts for these issues? The documentation mentions differences with respect to Sequence, Unevaluated, Evaluate, and upvalues. Without knowing the internals of the expression manipulation functions, I fail to see how any of these are relevant here. (1) FactorTerms behaves incorrectly if the independent form is more complex than a symbol and not contained in the expression. Example: In: FactorTerms[x, x^2] Out: Sqrt[x] In my understanding, FactorTerms should always return an equivalent expression. Is this a bug or some sort of undocumented behavior? Does FactorTerms require the independent form to be a symbol? I am using Mathematica 8.0.4 on Windows. Alex


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Well, so much for my infatuation with the Utah Jazz franchise. With the Jazz backcourt depleted, without the services of Raja Bell, Devin Harris, and Earl Watson, the Warriors took advantage and outscored the Jazz 71-55 in the 2nd half. It was the Dubs' first blowout win since last April 2011, when there were two against the Portland Trail Blazers (thanks to our very own Nate Parham for the find).
Here's another Media Credential Experience for you to digest...
If you click on the Links link above, you can see the Warriors-sided recaps. I browsed around and didn't see a whole lot of Jazz coverage especially from the blogging community, so in an effort to keep things neutral and keep our perspective of how the league perceives the Warriors, let's take note. The Jazz were playing their third game in four nights, the day after a heart-breaking loss in Salt Lake to the Clippers courtesy of Chris Paul's will, and their bigs were horrendous. So when you have offensive talent like Monta Ellis and Stephen Curry, you get an 18-point blowout.
Let's take a slightly different slant and recap my experiences (a summary of my tweets) last night...
I missed the first part of the Mark Jackson pregame interview (Bay Area traffic!), but anytime you have the Warriors beatwriters in the room, things can get pretty fun. Ethan Sherwood Strauss asked him something about the "indictment" of Monta and Steph (honestly, I can't remember the content of it, sorry Ethan!) and Jackson eventually responded that he could handle vocabulary like "indictment". Later, my SAT verbal genius peer described a Steph Curry move as "nutmegging". Seriously, to me, on Twitter Ethan is like Plato with his tweets. No one comes close and they're always intellectually vibrant. Follow him at @SherwoodStrauss.
I then went to the Warriors locker room and nothing was really happening there. So I made the circuitous route to the Jazz locker room. Coach Tyrone Corbin fielded some questions and Rusty Simmons got him to comment on Mark Jackson (click on the Links and look for his post-game article in the SF Chronicle).
I also saw the Turkish reporters engaged in a lively TV interview with Enes Kanter.
I wanted mostly to talk to Paul Millsap (and his purported full-size gym in his Utah home), given his agent Ara Vartanian is a Bay Area native and former Warriors intern-turned NBA agent -- check out the awesome story (and the ridiculous GQ photo haha!). But Millsap wasn't around so I had to think of something quick to ask the players that were around.
Gordon Hayward was just sitting around, so I told him I caught the game last night where C.J. Miles took the half-court heave after the inbounds with 3.5 seconds left. I said it reminded me potentially of Butler-Duke and he said he thought the same thing and would've been ready had the ball came into him instead of Miles.
In between tweets, I asked Alec Burks if he had any thoughts about potentially going head-to-head against Klay Thompson, since Klay was picked ahead of him and he was discussed as a possible Warrior pick (ironically, Ethan was an advocate, if I remember correctly).
Kanter was sitting around so I chatted him up about pro basketball in Turkey. He said that the corporations there have a lot of money and spend it well, but mostly the cash cow is soccer. They do a good job of supporting basketball development. Kanter mentioned an up-and-coming 6'9" kid whose name I couldn't possibly pronounce nor remember, who will probably enter the 2012 NBA Draft.
Andris Beidrins came out and hustled and was a factor, although his offensive moves still left a lot to be desired. AB had eight rebounds after the first quarter, a quarter which saw all five Warriors starters play the entire twelve minutes. Our own Evan Zamir tweeted that it'd be the easiest plus-minus calculation ever: all at +3 with the Warriors up 25-22.
The Jazz third-string point guard, Jamal Tinsley, came out and immediately made what seemed like a chemistry bad pass, but he shook that off and played very effectively, as his numbers show.
I noticed that Gordon Hayward was funneling Monta towards baseline help, but immediately twice he didn't get the help and was a bit up in arms with teammates about it. Little did he or his teammates or coach know, this would become a big theme in the 2nd half.
Despite Hayward being ranked very low in defending points per possession, I thought he displayed some good fundamentals in his one-on-one coverage of Monta. He spread his body wide when Monta posted up, he could always challenge the jumpshot with his reach, but his lateral movement isn't quite there yet. And obviously he is thinking out there on the court, in reference to the funneling strategy.
Hayward also had a tremendous chasedown block of a Monta fastbreak layup, but during this quarter, you could see that the old Monta was re-emerging and that the two-game slump for Monta would come to an end on this night.
Early in the 2nd quarter, it was a relief to see Steph finally hit a layup, a floater. A lot of those had been rimming out the past few games, especially in crunch time. He would eventually get an up-and-under swish from the free throw line before the 1st half buzzer, to put the Warriors up 48-46. Marcus Thompson observed that Steph was moving the ball and getting other people involved rather than jacking up treys.
It looked like a typical grind-em "ugly" approach a la Mark Jackson. Let's give some credit to that. It does keep the Warriors in ball games. It's quite a stark contrast to Nellie ball, isn't it?
Meanwhile, Jazz fans on Twitter were bemoaning the performance of their front line. They were right. Al Jefferson and Millsap, who had done some beasting against the likes of Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan the night before, weren't producing much.
At halftime I took a look at some the papers Warriors PR gave out pregame. One thing that was surprising: Kyle Lowry having more All-Star votes than Monta. That's kind of weird for a market as tech-savvy as we are. You'd think we'd be rocking the e-vote.
Monta came out and immediately beat Hayward on a overplay, backdooring him. This would be a bad omen for the Jazz. Maybe it was fatigue, but not only was Hayward caught napping, but it was apparent that his inside help was not going to be that responsive tonight.
For example, Monta would do the usual hard-dribble right, but the Jazz were helpless against his first step, as well as the shifting over by the big man when the guard got beat. I remarked that Jefferson seemed to have slow reaction time. When the Warriors were humming, it seemed like the Jazz were statues out there.
At the end of the 3rd quarter, Monta actually made a shot right before the buzzer. The difference this time? It was Steph Curry with a behind-the-back pass at the top, instead of Monta trying to create. The Warriors were now up by 11.
Perhaps Corbin was trying to shake things up a bit, but he had the Jazz 2nd unit in against the 1st string of the Warriors, and Corbin paid the price. With 8:25 to go, the Warriors were up 12. Could they sustain the momentum?
Yes, they could. And Monta put a stamp on it with a huge wrap-around jump stop layup, a spectacularly athletic play as we've seen before, from the right side that put the Warriors up 19 with 4:31 remaining. Game over.
Mark Jackson said that when the team hit 6-12, he put on the board that they would be 8-12. Twitter responded sarcastically, saying that those were some "lofty goals", but nevertheless for this young team, it was a gauntlet achieved.
In the locker room, Adam Lauridsen (with his now-famous interview with Joe Lacob today, see our homepage) was introduced to David Lee as "from the San Jose Mercury, but not necessarily Tim Kawakami", which drew laughter. Lee remarked how he was still cool with Kawakami even after "about 56 straight negative tweets".
Big props to Warriors sales rep Dana Knops. We hurriedly setup a meeting prior to the game to discuss the Warriros in general, GSOM Night 11 and the upcoming 12, and Dream League's Oracle Experience (here's last year's, email me if you're interested btw). He then gave me a box of leftover GSOM11 t-shirts.
So in the press room, I spread the love and gave away some t-shirts especially to the acclaimed Big Three beatwriters. They were pretty much all stuck in the media room getting their pieces posted on the Internet.
Matt Steinmetz tweeted about it, as you can see in the Links page. Thompson wasn't around, so I left his with Steiny. I then passed Thompson in the parking lot and told him about it, but he just smirked and said Steiny would hide and keep his. Incidentally, if you've been in the Warriors pressbox and I missed you, DM me at @poormanscommish on Twitter (since I'm probably already following you -- my handle is at the bottom of this post) and I'll get you a t-shirt as well. If you're a reader not a writer, just come to GSOM12!
As I got in my car, I saw that I had about 137 unread tweets and counting (and I follow over 1,000 quality NBA/hoops tweeters). So I spent the next hour catching up on the tweets. Then I realized that while the beatwriters were busy beating deadlines, this blogger was busy tweeting with the NBA Twitter community. Rohan Cryuff of SB Nation's New Orleans Hornets blog AtTheHive (@Rohan_Cruyff) tweeted out props and confirmed that the Warriors giving the backstage access you just read about above was an experience that, powered by Twitter and blogging, many other fans could experience along with.


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The WINNER of Fletch, Vaughan & Megan's Food Fight - Kiwi Treats Edition is....
The humble, delicious, crisp, warm and comforting HOT CHIPS have managed to beat out the likes of pineapple lumps, dairy pie and Fruit Bursts to take out Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's Food Fight - Kiwi Treats Edition.
Fletch, Vaughan and Megan's quest to find New Zealand's most loved Kiwi treat begun with 28 treats two weeks ago.
Hot chips had some tough competition, with it first beating out the dairy pie 80% to 20%.
Then it took down the classic potato chip sandwich by a landslide (83% to 17%), followed by slamming Munchos (88% to 12%).
It also beat out chip and dip (64% to 36%) and sausage in bread - which was one of two wild cards (65% to 35%).
Then it came down to the nitty-gritty, the final round. Hot chips were placed up against another wild card; Cookie Time Cookie.
But the oven baked goodness didn't hold out, and the victorious hot chips won with a landslide of 77% of the votes!
To celebrate the victorious hot chip we want to bring free hot chips to the nation on Friday 25th May, AKA 'Free Chip Friday'.
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Fall decorations are typically found on front doors, dining tables, and above fireplace mantels, but bathrooms can also benefit from a seasonal makeover. Whether you want to add some fall warmth to a powder room, primary bathroom, or guest bath, our decorating ideas will help you do just that. A few accessories, a swath of orange or yellow, and a few simple swaps are all that is required for a quick fall bathroom makeover ideas.
Fall Bathroom Makeover Ideas
Many of the same fall decorating ideas that work in other rooms of the house also work in the bathroom. Incorporate seasonal elements such as pumpkins and gourds, as well as nature-inspired accents and materials, and add pops of fall color. DIY fall decorations and crafts also add a personal touch.
Keep fall bathroom decorating ideas focused and impactful because bathrooms are typically small and lack as much display space as a living room or dining room. Don't forget about the practical aspects of a bathroom. Keep your accessories simple so they don't get in the way of your daily activities. Bathrooms are also prone to moisture due to steamy showers and splashy sinks, and delicate materials and vintage finds may not withstand the test of time. With these factors in mind, let us inspire you with our favorite fall-themed bathroom decor ideas.
Use Natural Elements
Embrace nature in your fall bathroom decorating. Natural elements such as leaves, branches, pampas grass, and dried flowers add a relaxed fall vibe. Place a vase of colorful grasses or branches with berries on your bathroom sink. Repeat the color from the arrangement on other accessories such as soap dispensers or hand towels.
Include Fall Colors on The Rug
A seasonal rug will help to anchor your space. Simply replacing your existing floor covering with one in a fall palette of rich oranges, vibrant reds, or golden yellows is a simple fall bathroom decor makeover. When choosing a seasonal rug, consider the colors that already exist in your bathroom. Choose a carpet with fall colors that complement blue on the color wheel if your bathroom color scheme is based on blue.
Maintain Simplicity
Bathrooms are often functional spaces with little room for extra decoration. Make your fall bathroom deliberate and selective. Choose one color to emphasize and repeat it a few times throughout the room. Add a few accessories in your chosen color and a pumpkin or two to complete your fall decorating.
Showcase a Collection
Arrange a collection of vases in one fall color on a shelf in your bathroom. Translucent glassware, such as these yellow vessels, adds color without adding much visual weight, which is ideal for small bathrooms. For maximum impact, vary the heights, textures, and shapes of your containers. As a finishing touch, fill one or two with some fall branches.
Put Vanity Centerpieces
Warm colors provide a welcoming counterpoint to the hard surfaces and utilitarian aspects of a bathroom. Another layer of comfort is added by the fall foliage. Pampas grass adds a plume of feathery leaves that are appropriate for both eclectic and traditional tastes.


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The Beer Nut: White Birch brewer turns hobby into new career
Bill Herlicka said he was sick of having to change jobs every few years, so he turned to his hobby -- brewing beer -- for a new career and founded the White Birch Brewing Company in Hooksett, N.H., last year.
"I've worked in some very different industries and very different companies, but through it all, I liked homebrewing," said Herlicka, who last worked in the financial department at a Fortune 500 company that decided to downsize.
"My wife said, 'Rather than looking for another job doing the same thing, why don't you go ahead and start a brewery,"' he said.
White Birch is a one-man operation -- Herlicka brews and bottles all of his own beers.
It has also been a prolific brewery, particularly for such a young one. So far, he has released 26 different beers.
"A good portion of the recipes are based on my homebrewing," Herlicka said. "I never suffer for ideas. I suffer for time and fermenter space. I designed the beers around the flexibility that I can do whatever I want.
"I've always had a creative approach to brewing beer. When you sit down and say, 'What do you enjoy? What do you think you're good at?' That's what I based my business on. I'll never be one of those breweries that makes three beers and two seasonals and push them as far as possible. That's just not my style."
Instead, White Birch makes small batches of beer, all individually bottled. The bottle labels list the style of the beer, and each bottle is individually numbered and includes the total number of bottles in each batch.
Herlicka said he brews whatever he wants to brew, based on the time of the year.
"There's a seasonality in beer," he said. "We're making a product out of natural ingredients."
During the warmer weather, Herlicka said, he'll brew a beer such as a saison, because the yeast he uses for that beer prefers higher temperatures.
Some of the beers brewed by White Birch include the Belgian-style Pale Ale, the Dubbel, the Wrigian, Cherry Quad and the Berliner Weiss.
The Berliner Weiss is a tart style of German wheat beer. It is the only one of White Birch's beer bottled in a 16.9-ounce bottle rather than a 22-ounce bottle. It's also my personal favorite of the beers.
It is put in a smaller, sturdier bottle because the Berliner Weiss, once it is bottled, creates more pressure than other beer styles.
Unlike some versions of the American style that add flavorings to get the tartness, White Birch's does not.
"It's authentic to the German style," he said. "I like what it brings to the beer, instead of using artificial flavors to get a similar result."
Many of Herlicka's beers are Belgian-influenced ales, but he said they don't always match the exact style description.
"I typically stray from the style," he said. "I'm influenced heavily by how Belgian brewers use the yeast to get the flavors. I've never been interested in copying someone's example of 'the perfect' in a style. I might tweak it a little bit. I like the subtlety of adding a little chocolate to my dubbel."
Don't expect to see a really low-alcohol beer or an IPA coming from White Birch anytime soon.
"I'm not really good at making small beers," Herlicka said. "I've tried, but I'm never happy with them. I don't really want to do a bottled IPA, or a double IPA. IPAs really have to be fresh. Once you put it in a bottle and put it out in the stores, you don't have control of it and how old it is when someone drinks it."
Right now, Herlicka said the country is in the "golden age of drinking," due to the variety of choices that craft beer fans have, and he's happy to be involved in it.
"They say, if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life," he said, which is much better than looking for another job, he said.
Norman Miller is a Daily News staff writer. For questions, comments, suggestions or recommendations, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 508-626-3823. Check out The Beer Nut blog at http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut/ or follow the Beer Nut at his Twitter page at www.twitter.com/realbeernut.


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Oil & Gas Indonesia 2011 is the 8th International Oil and Gas Exploration, Production and Refining Exhibition in Indonesia. The exhibition is aimed at bringing all the stakeholders such as the manufacturers and suppliers of chemical industry in one place and explore the business ventures related to the sector. A host of developed and developing nations like France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA, Italy, Japan, China, Russia, Singapore and Thailand will be participating in this International tradeshow. Oil & Gas Indonesia will run parallel to some of the other leading tradeshows like Mining Indonesia, Elenex Indonesia, Marine Indonesia, Building & Construction Indonesia Series and Electric Indonesia Series. The Oil & Gas Indonesia tradeshow helps the Indonesian Petroleum Industry to upgrade itself to the International standards.
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The visitors profile at Oil & Gas Indonesia Exhibition 2011 would include:
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- Distillation Systems and Equipment
- Cryogenic Technology and Equipment
- Environmental Management
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- LNG Technology and Equipment
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ALC In-Store Shopping Guidelines.
Gill and I are so excited to invite you all back to the shop from 29th June. We want you to feel as safe and looked after as possible, and we are 100% committed to making sure our shop remains a COVID-19 free zone. We have put in place some procedures that we'd like you to be aware of so that you can shop in confidence. If anyone can make this work it's us - we are a small team and are very much able to follow the recommended guidelines. Please keep an eye on our opening days and times too, as these may change.
What we are doing in store:
- We have two hand sanitisers in store for customer use: one at the front door and one in the fitting rooms.
- We have installed a sneeze screen at the till.
- Staff will wear masks when a customer enters the store and sanitise hands before handling any stock when helping a customer.
- As of Friday the 10th of June it will be mandatory to wear a face covering in all shops across Scotland. We would appreciate all of our clients to adhere to this new update, as we will be. We do have non reusable masks for you at the door if you don't have one.
- We are enforcing the distance rule - at the time of writing this we are required to keep 2m apart, so in store we will only have one fitting room open and will allow 2 browsers in at once, or more if a family/private appointment (on request).
- If the shop is at capacity we will ask customers to wait outside for a short while.
- We are regularly cleaning and sanitising ALL surfaces that are touched frequently; including door handles, clothes hangers and the card machine.
- Any clothes that are tried on will be 'quarantined' until considered safe for others to try.
- We are allowing customers to try clothes on in the shop, in the knowledge that we have followed all of these other guidelines, but understand you may want to try items on at home.
- We are offering a complimentary appointment service should you wish to have a set time to shop.
- We want this to be a shopping experience that you enjoy, so please do let us know of any concerns you have upon entering and we'll do our best to accommodate you.
What we would like you to do:
- We request customers to remove any previously worn gloves before entering the shop to avoid cross contamination to surfaces.
- When you arrive we request you to sanitise your hands: you are welcome to use our hand sanitisers.
- We would ask you to not come to the shop if you have any symptoms of COVID-19, or have been in contact with anyone who has symptoms.
- We request that you respect our distancing rules inside and outside the shop.
Should you wish to try something at home we are allowing a 7 day return period for a full refund if the item is unsuitable and has not been worn.
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As expected, Compaq shareholders voted Wednesday to approve the acquisition of the company by Hewlett-Packard.
The favorable vote –- required for the two companies to carry out their proposed merger -– followed a shareholder meeting Wednesday afternoon in Houston, where Compaq is based.
Compaq officials said the measure passed by an "overwhelming majority," with approximately nine votes cast in favor of the combination for each one cast against it.
"I am gratified that Compaq shareholders have seen the power behind the merger of these two great technology companies," said Compaq CEO Michael Capellas, in a written statement.
Both Capellas and HP CEO Carly Fiorina had indicated prior to the meeting that they expected Compaq shareholders to approve combining the two companies.
Compaq's vote came a day after Hewlett Packard's CEO declared a preliminary victory in HP's shareholder vote. Fiorina said that a slim but sufficient majority of shareholders voted to approve the proposed $25 billion acquisition of Compaq.
Fiorina said the official outcome of the HP shareholder vote will not be available for two to four weeks, which is the estimated amount of time it will take an independent firm to count and certifies the results.
In the meantime, Walter Hewlett, the HP board member who has been a leading opponent of the Compaq purchase, said the vote was too close to call.
Shares of HP (HWP) and Compaq (CPQ) each fell 3 percent in Wednesday trading. Shares of technology stocks were largely down throughout the day, with the Nasdaq Composite Index falling 2.6 percent.


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The Sacramento Kings (22-33) visit the Phoenix Suns (39-15) at Phoenix Suns Arena at 10 p.m. ET. Below, we analyze the Kings-Suns odds and lines, with NBA picks and predictions.
The Kings have dropped eight straight games, and Sacramento has failed to cover in five straight while going 1-7 ATS during their eight-game skid. They fell 123-111 against the Washington Wizards as two-point underdogs at Golden 1 Center.
The Suns picked up a 106-86 victory against the Miami Heat as 3.5-point favorites on Tuesday for their third consecutive win. Phoenix is also on a 10-1 SU run while alternating covers and non-covers in each of the past 13 games.
Kings at Suns: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports' betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 7:50 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Kings +500 (bet $100 to win $500) | Suns -700 (bet $700 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Kings +12 (-110) | Suns -12 (-110)
- Over/Under: 229.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)
Kings at Suns: Key injuries
- PF Marvin Bagley III (hand) out
- PF Richaun Holmes (hamstring) questionable
- SF Abdel Nader (knee) out
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Against the spread (ATS)
The SUNS -12 (-110) split the first two meetings with the Kings +12 (-110) back in late December at Golden 1 Center in Sac Town, but that's like a lifetime ago for the Kings.
Sacramento has dropped eight straight games, and they have covered just once during the span while losing four of the past five by at least 10 points.
Over/Under (O/U)
OVER 229.5 (-110) is the lean here, mainly because Sacramento's defense is that bad, and Phoenix's offense has been that good lately. The Kings have coughed up at least 113 points in nine straight outings. The Suns have rolled up 117 or more points in seven of the previous nine.
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I read an interesting post on Murray Chass' blog today, and believe me Murray, you are a blogger. Chass has contempt for bloggers like me but I have to say that I like his writing. It's nice to get a fix of "old school" style every now and again. His points are well written even if I often don't agree with the content itself. I like to read posts from bloggers like Chass because he comes from a very different point of view than I do. And I appreciate that.
Yesterday, Chass lamented that many newspapers that regularly cover MLB teams aren't covering the World Series this year in-person. He goes on to write that it's a sign of an industry that's hurting. There's nothing new there that we haven't heard over the last few years. But there are some quotes from MLB Commissioner Bud Selig sadly pondering the loss of some free publicity for MLB. As if they don't get enough on TV and the Internet already.
This got me thinking, as reading one of Chass' blog posts normally does, do we really care if a few newspapers decide not to pay for an employee to cover the World Series in-person? I haven't read a newspaper in years, although I visit their websites frequently, probably even daily. I'm not some "young whippersnapper" either. I'm going to be 41 years-old next week. Do we really even care if some more newspapers go out of business?
I don't like reading newspapers. There's too much content that I don't care about. It takes too long to get to the content that I want to see. It's not searchable. And I don't easily have access to archived material. The only redeeming quality about a newspaper is it's portability. I'd much rather find what I want on a website, or even better in my trusty Feed Demon feed reader that delivers news to me daily.
I'm old enough to remember the days when newspapers were the only game in town. That's before Al Gore invented the Internet. But I'm young enough to recognize a good thing when I see one. The Internet has given bloggers like me and Murray Chass an outlet for our opinions, even though there are a few bad apples out there, just like in the rest of life.
I don't want to sound crass or uncaring. The consolidation of the newspaper business has left some good writers out in the cold with the rest of us bloggers. I've been there too. I was laid off from my job this year and it's a terrible experience that I don't wish on anybody. That's the downside to this story. I hope that good writers like John Delcos and others can carve out a new, more successful place for themselves than they had before. It would be a shame if the dying newspaper business silenced good baseball writers. That would be the real loss to baseball fans.


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GRAND CANYON, Ariz. – The National Park Service is now accepting comments on the development of a fisheries management plan for waters between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead within Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
The two NPS units, in coordination with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, are striving to maintain a balance between maintaining a quality recreational fishing experience in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam, known as the Lees Ferry area, while preserving and restoring the unique native fisheries within Grand Canyon National Park.
This plan will be implemented by the NPS and will identify management actions the NPS will undertake to protect park resources. The plan is separate from the recently approved Bureau of Reclamation projects: 1) "Non-native Fish Control Downstream of Glen Canyon Dam;" and 2) "Development and Implementation of a Protocol for High-Flow Experimental Releases from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona through 2020." It will inform the ongoing planning process related to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam (Long Term Experimental and Management Plan).
The NPS planning process will consider the following:
• Development of fisheries management objectives for specific waters within both NPS units;
• A comprehensive "toolbox" of fisheries management techniques, such as:
– Translocations or reintroductions of endangered fish species (i.e., moving fish from one location to another);
– Stocking of sterile (non-spawning) rainbow trout in Lees Ferry;
– Fishing regulations (e.g., bag or harvest limits);
– Removing non-native fish from selected areas that are important for native fish;
• Potential impacts to other resources including:
– Geology, soils, and vegetation;
– Wildlife and species of special concern;
– Water resources, floodplains, and wetlands;
– Cultural and ethnographic resources;
– Air quality, soundscapes;
– Socioeconomics;
– Visitor use and experience, and wilderness;
– Park operations;
– Human health and safety
The NPS encourages public participation on plans, such as this, through the National Environmental Policy Act process during which the public has two opportunities to formally comment – once during the initial announcement (also known as "scoping") and again following the release of the draft plan, which is expected in the late summer or early fall of 2012. The NPS is currently in the scoping phase of this project and invites the public to submit their comments. Comments will be accepted for 30 days, and must be received by June 30, 2012.
Written comments may be submitted at the NPS's park planning webpage or mailed to:
David Uberuaga, Superintendent
Grand Canyon National Park
Attn: Fisheries Management Plan EA
P.O. Box 129 (1 Village Loop for express mail)
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023.
The park expects to have a decision document for this plan by December, 2012. Additional information about this project can be found on the NPS's park planning webpage , or its Grand Canyon nature and science webpages, or by contacting Brian Healy, Grand Canyon National Park Fisheries Program Manager, at 928-638-7453.


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Every center has faced challenges during the pandemic, but Bowl Mor Lanes in the Iowa community of Sanborn took a double punch to the gut after it was purchased by Bert and Bev Van Dam and their sons, Josh and Jeremy, in May 2019.
First, of course, was the mandated COVID-related closure that so many businesses were forced to endure. Then, barely a month after reopening last August, the center suffered major damage caused by a water leak.
But the new owners dug in, not only replacing what needed to be replaced but also investing in other upgrades to make the center more accessible for those in wheelchairs.
Work is ongoing on the food-and-beverage side of the business, but Bert Van Dam says the bowling lanes have been humming.
"The community has been really good about coming back to bowl," he said. "We've been really, really busy."
Full report: https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/sanborn-bowling-alley-reopens-after-flood/article_8b98299a-9bda-11eb-96ae-4b6cc008067d.html.


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Environmental Management Plan (EMP) refers to an impact management plan usually prepared for a proposed/existing project. It is carried out to ensure that environmental impacts associated with the project are avoided or mitigated throughout its life cycle. The mitigation measures listed in the report are to be implemented by the proponent.
The EMP is to be prepared by a consultancy firm for the client. The goal is to provide a stand-alone plan for managing the potential environmental and social impacts of the operation activities from their project site. As required by law and ethics, companies are demanded to be responsible in all aspects of their operations. Therefore, this document is produced to meet regulatory compliance obligation as required by the Federal, State or Local regulatory bodies.
The plan emphasises how the proposed/existing activity may impact on the
relevant environmental factors and how those impacts may be mitigated and managed to be environmentally acceptable.
This document also will include the issues of protocols of health and safety of workers, contractors and visitors alike and is designed to conform the company's environmental policy.
The following are some of the steps in developing an Environmental Management Plan:
- Introduction: This is the overview of the report. It should contain a description of an EMP, the objective of the EMP, brief history of the proponent, statutory matters and obligation, etc.
- Environment and facility description: In this chapter, the EMP should provide a comprehensive description of the proposed/existing project including its location
(street address, block and section and certificate of title details where relevant), justification and/or objectives for the proposed/existing activity. Process description of activities on the site should also be included.
- Environmental Factors: Geology, Water quality, Biodiversity, Air quality, Noise and Waste Management Plan should be discussed.
- EMP Management and Implementation: In this section, environmental policy of the proponent, implementation of the EMP, environmental management responsibilities, EMP reporting and monitoring structure, emergency contacts and response, potential impact and mitigation measures should be discussed.
- Environmental Monitoring and Review: This section should explain more on how monitoring of the potential impact should be carried out and provide extensive explanation of monitoring, objectives and proper plan.
- EMP Checklist: This checklist helps provide the necessary information to ensure a timely assessment process. Also, information should be provided on all those items that are relevant to the proposed/existing development.
It is important to note that an EMP could be written as a stand-alone report, or as part of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Audit (EA) report.


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June is Pride month, and as we hurtle towards July and summer, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of our favorite romances featuring bisexual characters. (As always, click the links to go to the book's Amazon page.)
A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole
Johan doesn't specifically label himself, but he does easily and matter-of-factly discuss his partners of different genders. The drama of the story is his fake relationship with Nya, the politics of his imaginary benevolent European monarchy, and their respective childhood traumas. Loved. It.
Date Me, Bryson Keller by Kevin Van Whye
This is a very YA romance. Kai isn't out, and he's a HS senior, but when he decides to spite-ask Bryson to date him (because of this dare that made him very grumpy), he finally gets to be himself with someone without fear, and Bryson discovers that he's actually attracted to Kai. It is just the sweetest young love story, although, thanks to the high school framing, bi invisibility is real, since everyone dating someone of a different gender is presumed to be straight (shocking, I know).
Bear with Me by Lucy Eden
Chellie, influencer extraordinaire, is on an image rehabilitation tour slash is taking some alone time out in the woods…where she meets Tanner, Grumpy Bear Shifter. This is a low-drama novella with a lot of Tanner grumpily caring for Chellie when she does things like not dress appropriately for the woods or wander off and almost get eaten by a mountain lion. Chellie is also bi, though her toxic mother keeps trying to convince everyone that her attraction to women is "just a phase." (Charming.) But seriously, aside from the toxic mother, this novella is seriously charming.
This Is Not the End by Sidney Bell
This beautiful menage romance features two bisexual men who have been best friends slash bandmates for years. Come for the sexytimes, stay for the thoughtful portrayal of a couple opening their marriage and finding so much more love than they expected.
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
Did you know that bisexuality is…not a new phenomenon? Agatha Griffin was happily married to a man for many years, and is surprised when she finds love again, this time in the arms of beekeeper and rabble-rouser Penelope Flood. This beautiful, espistolitary romance featuring two women as they enter middle age is a lovely, politically-sharp read.
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall
This romance novel is set at the Great British Bake Off. Need I say more? Ok, fine, so Rosaline is also openly and proudly bisexual—perhaps even stridently so. Her experience entering a baking competition brings her not only love, but also a pretty compelling journey of self-discovery. Warning: this book includes an ugly and gas-lighty and all-too-unsurprising attempted sexual assault. It also contains a love triangle. Your mileage may vary, but I had a blast reading it.


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Whoo-oo-oo-oo. It's Halloween! Zombies, witches and ghosts are all gathering at the most spook-tacular events to scare the dickens out of each other. So why not beat the chill of the fall season by inviting them over for some hot dog mummies by your Los Angeles swimming pool? We're guessing you're already excited, right?
Don't just limit your spooky decor to your front porch this Halloween. For individuals, lucky enough to experience the Los Angeles moderate-to-warm weather year-round, Halloween is a favored backyard celebration. So, today we're bringing you few ideas that you can use to make your backyard spook-tacular this October 31st – they're fun but spooky enough to make your guest scream "eek".
In celebration of the seasonal tradition, here is our special 'treat,' though it a little unsuited for your trick or-treating goddie bag.
Transform Your Swimming Pool Into A "Terror"ific Lake
First things first, before you even think about decorating your Los Angeles backyard, you have to ensure that your center piece (in this case the swimming pool) is noteworthy. If you want to go all out, try transforming your pool into the Red Sea, mimicking the Black Lake from Harry Potter or the Black Lagoon from one of the most popular Halloween film, "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
For something simple, yet powerful think pumpkins, pumpkins, pumpkins. A Halloween celebration is simply not completed without a classic pumpkin. You can decorate your pool with glowing pumpkins. Whether you craved a Grinning Jack or a Jack-O'-Totem is up to you, there plenty of ways in which you can decorate pumpkins for your swimming pools and arrange them on spooky pool floats.
And, if pumpkins aren't your style, you can always go for a floating ghost, ghoul or goblin.
Trick Or-Treat Goodies For Your Los Angeles Party Guests
Halloween is not Halloween without the treats or candies. Hang a zombie head piñata in your Los Angeles backyard to satisfy your guests sugar cravings or cut a faux pumpkin in half to make a spooky lidded bowl for holding candies.
There are also several fun recipes that you can try for your Halloween pool party, from Mummy Hot Dogs and Mummy Calzone to Witch's Fingers and Witch's Bubbly Brewed Punch.
Don't forget to whip up some 'morgue-a-rita' to keep the partly lively!
The Rest Is Up To You
It's up to you how you want to decorate the area around your Los Angeles pool. Arrange a flying bat wreath, hang some floating ghostly shapes, craft a giant rat or placed some cut-out of arched-back scaredy–cat black cats in your backyard. There's simply no shortage of ideas that you can try, whether you choose to transform your backyard into a cemetery with thick fog or a witch's lair is up to you.
In Los Angeles, the backyard and swimming pool is not just meant for summer fun. It's the perfect place to gather with your friends and family year-round for the most festive events. And, what better time to do so than Halloween.
Contact Premier Pool & Spas today for a FREE quote!
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Mexico's ski uniform worn by Hubertus von Hohenlohefor for the Olympic games in Sochi, is Mariachi inspired.
55-years-old, Hubertus von Hohenlohe is the second oldest winter Olympian ever and his Kappa-designed uniform represents strength, balance and technique. He is a Germanic prince, a pop singer, a professional athlete, photographer and will wear this flamboyant, skin-hugging suit at the Sochi Olympics. Just to remind you in Vancouver, he wore a "Mexicano desperado" racesuit, complete with bullet straps and pistoleros in the design.
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Lemon For Skin Care
Lemon For Skin Care
Lemon, a fruit that spices up your food can also spice up your facial look, shocking isn't it? Well, lemon is one of the best fruits for skin care. Nowadays many beauty products and skincare products are made of lemon. People consume lemon juice to reduce weight, lemon, and honey pack for skin bleaching and for skin softening too!
Lemon is one shop stop for all your beauty needs, it not only caters to your skincare needs but also hair care, benefits of lemon are bucket lots. But one must know how to make the optimum utilization of the lemon zest for getting better results in no time. Lemon juice is acidic in nature because of the citric acid which is good for cleansing your skin. As it absorbs the oil of your skin and easily cleans the pores without disturbing the natural oil requirement of your skin.
This citric food is not only easily available but also is a very rich source for Vitamin C as well as Vitamin B. Benefits of lemon for skin care are unlimited, viable, and has easy to DIY (do it yourself) techniques for beauty and skincare. So the real question is how to use lemon for your skincare? But before that let us know the nutritional value of lemon.
Table Of Contents
Nutritional Value of Lemon
Uses Of Lemon For Skin Care
Side Effects Of Lemon For Skin Care
Precautions To Be Taken While Using Lemon For Skin Care
Nutritional Value Of Lemon
Aforesaid nutrition available even in a quarter cup of lemon consists of 31% of vitamin C, about 3% of folate, and about 2% of potassium. Overall calories available in a quarter cup of lemon juice is only 13%. It has 0 saturated fats and other nutrients like Vitamin D and Vitamin B-12.
Uses Of Lemon For Skin Care
Lemon not only kills the dead skin cells of your body but is also used for many different things that will nurture your skin.
Used As A Skin Lightener
Lemon is a good natural remedy to lighten your skin tone, but if mixed with few drops of coconut water it will be an amazing moisturizer. Coconut water hydrates your skin and lemon will kill all the dead cells and lighten and brighten your skin tone. Lemon zest is one of the best ancient methods for skin care and skin bleaching.
Removes Stretch Marks, Black Spots and Discoloration
We all hate uneven skin tone and black spots and stretch marks on our skin. There are many creams and treatments for this but they can be a little hard on our pocket, might as well find something cheaper and easily available. Applying lemon juice on a daily basis is the best way to get rid of your stretch marks and dark spots on your skin which are nothing but dead cells.
Used To Clear Acne
You will be surprised to know that the acne that troubles you so much can be removed using a lemon and honey face pack. If you ask how? Well, lemon contains antibacterial properties, bacteria is the prime reason that causes infections and breakouts on your skin. The antibacterial property of lemon can act as a natural exfoliator and remove dead skin accumulated in your pores. Lemon for skin is the best home remedy. Lemon juice is also used as an oil – eliminator which again helps to stop the growth of acne on your skin.
Lemon Can Be Used To Remove Freckles
Generally, people with fair skin tone face the problem of freckles which are like dark spots on their faces. These tiny dark spots are though natural but not loved by many, so in order to remove the lemon zest is the best traditional natural remedy.
You have to apply it to your freckles and let your skin soak the juice for quite a few minutes till you feel a burning sensation. You can notice the change on your skin in the next 48 hours, but to get completely rid of this you have to repeat the procedure at least two times a week.
To Get Rid Of Dark Knees And Elbow Patches
We all know that the elbows and knee part of our body has a rough skin which is comparatively darker than your normal skin tone. For this, you can directly take a lemon cut it into two half, and rub it on your skin around the elbow and knee for about 5 to 10 minutes.
The citric acid of the lemon will be soaked by your skin and kill all the bacteria causing dead cells. But make sure after you do this you do not expose that part to the bright sun or else it might cause a phototoxic reaction. Skin bleaching can be easily done with lemon juice.
Anti-aging Agent
Looking young and up bit is something that every one of us desires, but aging is part of our lives, however, we can control it to a certain extent using natural remedies. This is one of the best benefits of lemon applying lemon juice can work as an anti-aging medicine because of its antioxidant nature caused by vitamin C and the exfoliating action caused by citric acid.
Even many studies have successfully researched that the L ascorbic acid primarily found in Vitamin C of the lemon juice is the best ingredient even used in many creams for anti-aging.
Brightens Your Skin Tone
Lemon for skin is one of the most recommended remedies by every dermatologist, every skincare product to brighten the skin has lemon in it.
Using artificial creams can give you the same glow but for time being. They do come with a limitation, now using lemon on a daily basis and applying it on your skin with a mixture of honey can work wonders. Vitamin C of lemon juice works as an antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals and also boosts your collagen.
Lemon and honey for the face can even help you to get rid of the suntan that was troubling you lately. However, after applying the lemon juice avoid going out as your skin will be sensitive to the harmful UV rays.
Toner For Your Skin
Everyone needs to tone their skin, and if you have oily skin tone then lemon is the best remedy to naturally cure your skin problems. squeeze a lemon and make juice with it and dab the juice on your skin with a piece of cotton.
Exfoliate Your Skin
Exfoliating your skin is important, and lemon for skin is the best in this case. for this deep cut a lemon into two pieces and fill it with sugar or honey and then rub it on your face. This is the best natural and herbal way to exfoliate your skin.
Side Effects Of Lemon For Skin Care
Everyone has different skin types, which is why the effectiveness of the home remedies may differ significantly depending upon the skin quality. lemon being one of the safest remedies used for skincare can fire back too!
Can Cause Skin Burns
Lemon juice consists of citric acid which might burn your skin if exposed to the sun, one must take utmost care when they apply lemon juice on their skin pores, going out in sun might be dangerous if your skin is sensitive. Lemon juice might cause Skin burn, dark spots, and blisters as the component of the lemon juice called psoralens interact with the sunlight and cause a burn.
Can Damage Your Skin pH
Lemon being acidic in nature consists of high pH value, which can lead to permanent damage to your skin. As lemon juice can alter your skin's pH, which might potentially cause skin irritation and even hyperpigmentation and make your skin very sensitive to the sun's ultraviolet rays.
Uneven Skin Tone
Extra usage of lemon on your skin may lead to unevenness in your skin tone, there might be areas on your skin that might turn extra dark due to the burns caused by lemon juices acidic nature.
Turns Acne Into Dark Spots
if you believe that your skin is sensitive then having applied lemon directly on your skin might not be a good idea. if applied directly on your acne might burn them with the acid it contains and turns them into dark spots, which are not good for your face.
‣ Requirements differ with different Skin tones and one must take different precautions before using lemon for skincare.
‣ Oily skin tone requires a toner with a lemon face pack, to avoid any side effects.
‣ Dry skin tone requires only a face pack.
‣ Sensitive skin tone, if you believe your skin is quite delicate then make sure you use more quantity of honey with lemon for your skincare.
Precautions To Be Taken While Using Lemon For Skin Care
Skincare holds utmost importance and so precautions are a must, one must not use lemon directly on their skin if they have a sensitive skin tone, try using lemon and honey for skincare to avoid any irritation and harm.
Lemon juice can cause skin burn due to the Sun's UV rays and might lead to skin darkening instead of skin bleaching. so it is preferred to make use of the benefits of lemon at night time.
The benefits of lemon are unlimited, one has to make sure that you use lemon in the apt way to enjoy all the humongous benefits that lemon offers. Lemon benefits for skin have been no mystery and after reading the above article I am sure you have gotten a better idea about the uses of lemon for skincare.
Skin bleaching, brightening and acne removal are some of the best benefits of lemon juice. But make sure you do not expose your skin immediately after applying lemon and honey or lemon zest on your face. Enhance your beauty now with lemon, one of the most trusted home remedies.


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After every meal, we often want to eat something sweet, to satisfy our hunger, and to even relish our savoury tastebuds. What better way to end the night with some sweet dessert?
This is a dish that concludes the final meal. The practice of making and innovating sweet foods has been there from generation and generation and is also widely practiced in various cultures. People from every race and different countries can produce sugary sweets with impeccable taste and exquisite detailing and precision. Some of these goodies are so beautiful that one might not even consider eating it, with just how gorgeous and appealing it looks.
Although, in most countries, people end their meal by satisfying their sweet tooth, in some countries like Central Africa and some parts of China there is no tradition to end the meal by consuming something sweet. There are a lot of variations when it comes to creating a sweet delicacy. For example – Cakes, Biscuits, Teacakes, Tart, Pie, etc are some examples to name a few. Most regions use fruit as it adds more sweetness and gives a bit an overall freshness. Nowadays, experiments with food especially with sweets have taken a turn, where some regions have created a fusion between sweet and savoury.
Market and Culture
There has been an overall increase in the consumption of sweets in the last few decades. These sweet dishes have made rounds in several restaurants and people from different regions are also trying and incorporating fancy desserts from around the world, that way one can even understand their culture as foods has their stories. This appeals to almost everyone regardless of the age group and also has a keen marketing strategy by showcasing it on the various food programs and food sites.
Surprising benefits of desserts
- Some of the sweets are rich in nutrients like Vitamin D and calcium and it helps to digest the food.
- One can motivate the goodness of fruits by adding them sweets if a person dislikes fruits, fruitcakes can be an example.
- A proven fact is that a real slice of chocolate cake can provide anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory traits. Go for true chocolate rather than the artificially coated one.
- Eating sweets helps to improve your mood as it provides an instant serotonin boost.
Everyone should try several desserts in a lifetime and also be cautious with their intake.


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Well, today I was NOT sitting in a lounge chair enjoying the patio. And not just because it was so hot.
First I helped tie up some loose ends from a construction project. Then I picked up nails from said project. After that it was time to pick green beans. Picking beans seems to be my new hobby. Either that or cleaning and snapping them.
This afternoon consisted of making rice pudding for this evening's dessert and then working on cleaning up the office. I never did get around to writing which was the whole point of cleaning up the office.
Oh well, as a line from a great movie says (in a wispy southern accent), "Tomorrow is another day. "