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love my luxxy - tuff as nails and reliable! the only real negative is that it is a bit on the thirsty side when it comes to fuel economy. the interior is stylish yet practical. for example, this model has the extra storage space in the passenger side dash, and the split 40/60 seat enable the driver to adjust without affecting the comfort of the passenger. although it is rated as a three seater...there is about enough room for a small child and two regular sized adults. have not had any mechanical issues whatsoever, and bodywise - only had one of the roof strip plastic things replaced under warranty because it was starting to lift.


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Is Your Sunscreen Bad for the Planet? Here's How to Choose an Ocean-Safe Formula
Eco-conscious companies are taking matters into their own hands, formulating sunscreens and hydrating lotions that are (hopefully) less detrimental to the underwater environment. Among those aqua-warriors is Autumn Blum, a cosmetic chemist (and certified diver) who launched Stream2Sea, a line of biodegradable sunscreens as well as hair- and skin-care items. The idea, she says, came to her after a diving trip to Palau three years ago. "We were showering on deck, with fragrant suds running right overboard, putting leave-in conditioner in our hair, slathering on chemical-based sunscreens, then jumping back in the ocean to repeat the process," she recalls. Simple habits like this can take a toll—it's estimated that 14,000 tons of sunscreen lotions end up in coral reefs each year…
SELF Magazine – Why Hawaii Wants to Ban Oxybenzone Sunscreens
SELF Magazine recommends Steam2Sea as one of their choices for mineral-based sunscreen! "The world's coral reefs are already in danger—and scientists worry that all the sunscreen in the oceans is making the situation worse. Fortunately, there are safer options… This titanium dioxide-based sunscreen is enriched with green tea and olive leaf."
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Stream2Sea recommended in Conde Nast Traveler article! "Research shows that ingredients in some forms of popular sunblock, one called oxybenzone in particular, can lead to fatal coral reef bleaching. Some studies suggest one drop is enough to do damage. To understand the issue at hand, though, you have to first understand a bit about sunscreen in general—and how it has an impact on marine life… When it comes to the environment, the chemical ones are the problem. (Take Hawaii State Department's signs that read: 'If You Can't Say It, Don't Spray It.') In Honolua Bay alone, some reports suggest oxybenzone exists at nearly 2,000 parts per trillion."
Deeper Blue Read your sunscreen labels
"The scuba community is a great outlet for education and change," Stream2Sea founder Autumn Blum remarks. "Divers are trained to train and they're very vocal ocean advocates." Autumn Blum has just been telling me about how useful divers are as vectors of environmental education. Autumn's business philosophy is both pragmatic and conscientious, underwritten by a standard she calls the triple bottom line: every decision must be good for the product, good for people, and good for the planet.
Sources – NAUI Green Diver Initiative Eco-Conscious Divers Need to Choose Their Sunscreen Wisely
Divers greatly impact the waters in their choices of personal care products and particularly their sunscreens. Often they may think that as one person, their choice is just a drop in the bucket, but when it's many people all making uninformed choices, it adds up. In the long run, the pristine, beautiful environment divers so deeply cherish is gravely affected.
Vitamin Retailer: July 2016
Vitamin Retailer recommends Stream2Sea sunscreen to their readers for a healthy choice in their summer care products and all year round. Eco-conscious & Biodegradable Skin Protection: Protect your body while preserving the ecosystems you love with this high performance mineral-based sunscreen. Florida-based Stream2Sea's formula is ideal for the water lover and outdoor adventurer looking for a sunscreen that won't rinse off or run into the eyes while sweating.
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Scuba Diving International: Some "good" diving practices can be fatal to coral reefs
As divers, we focus on good diving practices: we take care of our equipment, we practice good buoyancy control, we continue our training, and more. On the surface, we ensure we have good personal practices while we are exposed to the sun; we know we need to use sunscreen, and many believe the higher the SPF, the better.
Country 102.5: Earth Day 2016 Part II
While just 24 hours, Earth Day provides us the opportunity to showcase and celebrate the effort devoted and contributions made to our planet all 365 days a year by individuals and companies alike. One such company is Stream2Sea. We spoke to founder Autumn Blum about their earth-friendly products and devotion to the cause.
Alert Diver: Sunscreen Pollution
A SERIOUS AND INCREASINGLY CLEAR THREAT TO CORAL Fortunately, demand by concerned consumers is leading to increased availability of less harmful sunscreens.
Scuba Diver Life: Top Four reef safe Sunscreens
It's marine damage, caused by the seemingly harmless task of applying sunscreen, that was the inspiration for the creation of a number of less-damaging products…
BaySoundings: Eckerd students push limits on aquatic toxicity research
Along with freshwater fish and coral larva, Eckerd students looked at the impact of shampoo ingredients on Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode that mimics life processes of more advanced species.
WFLA.com and News Channel 8: Eckerd College helps local company make sunscreen safe for marine life
Slathering on sunscreen before hitting the beach or the water is part of life here in Tampa Bay. What we may not know is that certain ingredients in sunscreen have been proven highly toxic to corals and marine life. According to NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, even at low concentrations benzophenone-2, or BP-2, can quickly kill juvenile corals. This chemical has been used for decades to help protect against damaging effects of UV light. Aside from going into the surf wearing sunscreen, other body products containing BP-2 wash into waterways through bathroom wastewater and can bleach coral or even kill it.
Scuba Diver Life: Top Five Reasons You Should Use Stream2Sea
Divers know our reefs are under threat, but you can help protect them (and yourself) every time you apply sunscreen by using Stream2Sea. Here are the top five reasons it should be your sunscreen go-to.
Cosmetic Design: Stream2Sea Sun Care Takes Safety Testing to the Extreme
Company founder Autumn Blum is overseeing meticulous product testing on delicate zebrafish and coral larvae "so that we can state, with complete confidence, that we are the safest product on the shelves," she says.
83 Degrees Media: Eckerd College alum launches eco-friendly sunscreen, cosmetics line
Each summer, boatloads of sunscreen are sold to beach-goers throughout the country. But where do the contents end up? Often, in the oceans. Studies have shown that the chemicals found in many sunscreens or skin care products that contain sunscreen can contaminate, and even kill coral reefs (some can also cause problems for humans).
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Forest Heiress romped home Friday at Pimlico in The Very One Stakes, a race decimated by scratches after heavy rains forced its movement from the turf to the main track. Under Pat Day, Forest Heiress sat third in the early going, then as they straightened away for home, came through a wide spot on the rail and eased home. Forest Heiress won by seven lengths over Maria's Mirage, 1 3/4 length ahead of New Years Eve Gala."She broke sharp but there was a lot of other speed up front, so we sat patiently until we could get out," Day said. "She finished very strong."There were five scratches in the race, leaving seven to contest the five-furlong event. Forest Heiress covered the distance over a very sloppy track in :57.72.A 4-year-old Forest Wildcat filly, Forest Heiress is owned by Stonerside Stable and trained by Bill Mott. She was bred in Kentucky by New Farm."I wasn't worried about the track conditions," Mott said. "If I were, we wouldn't have run. This track can handle a little water and the horse handled an off-track in her last start. Pat did everything right again." It was the eighth win in 14 lifetime starts for Forest Heiress, who became a heavy favorite with the scratches and the fact she won her last start on a muddy track. She paid $3.40, $2.60, and $2.20.Maria's Mirage and New Years Eve Gala, who showed speed the entire way, finished second and third. Maria's Mirage paid $3 and $2.80, while New Years Eve Gala was worth $3.60.


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Another impeccable outing from the master of the small-city procedural (The Big Gamble, 2002, etc.). Reviewer: Kirkus starred review - June 15, 2003 McGarrity's Kevin Kerney series, set in New Mexico, has undergone a dramatic transformation over the years. At first, it played heavily on the mythic West and the difficulty of adapting rugged individualism to the modern world. Lately, the focus has shifted to the everyday life of a contemporary police chief—a good man trying to balance the contradictory roles of tough cop and sensitive husband. The new focus is far more difficult—Who wants quotidian reality when you've had a taste of mythic resonance?—but McGarrity rises to the occasion ... Reviewer: Publishers Weekly - June 30, 2003
An enjoyable read, with an added bonus of enough background to give us an appreciation of the New Mexico landscape. It makes one who has never been there want to go. Reviewer: Michael F. Hennessey I Love a Mystery Newsletter Review


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Creatures (Organisms) in My Backyard – Issue #3 – Mushrooms
(I realize mushrooms are not a creature but having had some beautiful specimens growing in our yard and having taken these photos of them, I could not resist writing about them as well.)
There's just something about the pleasant roundness of a mushroom that appeals to me. Every time I see one growing in our yard I can't help but get a picture of it. Some might say this obsession stems from growing up in a Mario Brothers playing family. I wouldn't know.
Well, what about mushrooms? You ask. What can you say of interest about the spongy, peculiar things? Let me see… We all know mushrooms are a fungus, we learned that in the first year of biology, but what makes them grow so randomly? Out of the blue a few will grow up right in the middle of your yard.
Once I discussed this very subject with my grandfather and he said he heard they grow wherever dead wood could be found. So does this mean there is dead wood underground in the middle of the yard?
So I did a little research and this is what I found:
For the longest mushrooms were not even studied by scientists. It wasn't until 1700's did they begin to study mushrooms and for the longest they were categorized as a member of the plant kingdom. But plants use chlorophyll and photosynthesize while mushrooms do well in sunless, wooded areas. So they considered the animal kingdom due to the fact that mushrooms absorb nutrients like an animal does, and yet they do not contain a nervous system, and other important organs. By the 1960's scientists decided to create another kingdom, kingdom Fungi, consisting of mushrooms, puffballs, yeasts, molds, mildews, and truffles.
Mushrooms receive their nutrients from dead wood and animal matter. This might explain the randomness of their growth. But did you know that the majority of the organism is underground? Thin, web-like roots form a mat known as hyphae that release enzymes around potential food to break it down and make it readily available for the mushrooms to absorb. From these roots they send out new mushrooms forming a perimeter around the already "harvested" area, though sometimes they aren't as predictable as that.
They also reproduce through spores. This is more noticeable in puffballs, those potato-like dust clumps that entice young children to destroy, resulting in a satisfying poof and a cloud of tiny spores, sadly poisonous. Yes, I was one of those children.
Food wise, they are not especially flavorful and yet they complement certain gourmet dishes with their mild flavor and interesting texture. I, for one, enjoy them sauted with onions in butter. Some of my siblings, on the other hand, do not agree.
Though I have heard that a greater percentage of mushrooms are not poisonous, experts recommend people not to try to decide which of this percentage you have. Its best to get your mushrooms from the store so as to guarantee their edibility.


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UPDATED: Man shot on Metro bus near Kent
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UPDATED INFORMATION: A 30-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds in an altercation on a King County Metro Transit Wednesday afternoon, adding to a series of violent bus incidents in recent years.
The man was transported to Harborview Medical Center, Kent police spokesman Pat Lowery said, and his condition was unknown.
According to Lowery, a route 169 bus driver heard a "commotion" between two men in the back of the bus at around 6 p.m. as it drove in East Hill-Meridian near Kent.
The two had been in an argument, witnesses told police. One man seemed to be getting off the bus when he suddenly pulled out a gun. The bus was approaching the 20600 block of 108th Avenue Southeast when the driver heard gunshots.
The 30-year-old victim, who police said is from Sea-Tac, appeared to have been shot twice in the torso. The shooter, estimated to have been between 17 and 22, then went to the front of the bus, pointed the gun at the driver and demanded to be let off. The driver opened the doors, and the shooter fled across the street to an apartment building.
Police searched the area but did not find the shooter, though they may have found the weapon. They are asking for the public's help in looking for him. Lowery said he is about 5-foot-7, black and wearing a black and red NASCAR-style jacket.
In January 2010, on Metro Route 124 in Tukwila, a 15-year-old punched and knocked out a Metro bus driver while two other teens beat down the rear door, because the driver refused to let them off.
Last August, a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the arm as he reached into his backpack, where he was carrying a gun, in Rainier Beach while riding the Route 7 Metro bus.
In 2007, two 17-year-olds were assaulted by an angry mob of 25 or 30 teenagers shouting profanities on the same route in Columbia City.
EARLIER POST: A teenage boy was shot Wednesday on a King County Metro Transit bus in East Hill-Meridian near Kent Wednesday at about 6 p.m.
According to Metro Transit spokesman Matt Reichmann, the route 169 bus driver told authorities there was a commotion in the back of the bus at around 6 p.m., as the bus was approaching the intersection of 108th Avenue Southeast and Southeast 204th Street.
The driver said a group of teenage boys was the source of the commotion, which turned violent when one of the teens fired shots at another. The victim is thought to be between 15 and 17, Reichmann said, and is believed to have been shot twice in the chest. The shooter's age is unknown.
The shooter then went to the front of the bus and pointed his gun at the driver, according to Reichmann. The driver opened the bus doors and the shooter fled to an apartment building nearby.
The teenage shooter is still at large, and the victim's condition is unknown. Kent police are investigating the cause of the shooting.
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Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday made a light moment out of the tense US presidential elections at the expense of herself.
Sought for comment about a possible Donald Trump win, Poe told reporters: "First of all, hindi ako bumoto doon."
But upon leaving the scene where reporters waited, Poe was allegedly overheard speaking with her American husband, Niel Lamanzares that she has done voting through fax, and that she voted for Trump.
American citizens who are residing in the Philippines can vote through fax.
Earlier, the senator laughed as she pointed to some media workers who have covered her campaign for the presidency in the May elections.
Poe placed third, next to former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II, and the eventual winner, former Davao City Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte.
Poe's citizenship and residency was questioned before the Supreme Court (SC), which ruled that she was a natural-born Filipino.
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The lightsaber is perhaps the most iconic prop in movie history. For the last 40 years, children (and adults) have spent countless hours stabbing each other with sharp sticks, making silly noises and humming the Star Wars theme until they're too tired to function. You did it too. Don't even try to deny it.
But what's a lightsaber without a duel? Sure, there's the odd unwarranted dismemberment or training session, but for the most part, Star Wars action is defined by its (mostly) one-on-one, lightsaber vs. lightsaber clashes. From Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul to Rey and Kylo Ren, the Star Wars saga is littered with fantastic (and not so fantastic) duels. Aside from the original, every movie has ended with a lightsaber battle of epic proportions — but which is the best?
In this entirely "official" and totally "not subjective" list, I've decided to rank every exclusively lightsaber duel from the seven movies in the Star Wars saga. That means no Finn vs. Spinny-Spin-Spin and no Obi-Wan vs. Grievous's Magnaguards.
14. Yoda Vs. Count Dooku (Episode II: Attack Of The Clones)
This duel is definitely the weakest of the franchise. What we're watching here is Christopher Lee's stunt double randomly swinging a rubber pole at a tennis ball on a stick on a green screen sound stage. There's no substance to the battle; it just feels so artificial. An elegant weapon from a more civilized age? Apparently not.
And don't get me started on the fact that it ruined Yoda. Last time I checked, Yoda existed to show that the Force didn't have to be fueled by aggression and violence and that a Jedi didn't need a lightsaber to prove their worth. But oh, no maybe not. Maybe he's just better off as another soulless CGI flurry of lightsaber noises and over-the-top action.
13. Obi Wan Vs. Grievous (Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith)
This one had the same kinda vibe as No. 13, only this time it didn't ruin a key theme of the franchise. In this fight, Obi-Wan Kenobi and a glorified video game character lock blades for like 20 seconds and then run away. That's the extent of the duel. It's followed by a shifty-looking chase scene that hasn't aged brilliantly and an admittedly fun punch-up that ends in a blaze of glory for Obi-Wan.
What drags this duel down so much though is its lack of any real gravitas. Grievous has been on screen for about five minutes before now and we know nothing about him and we know Obi-Wan is going to go on and live another day just from the movie's promotion. Sure it's fun to watch, but it lacks the excitement of some of the other duels.
12. Anakin And Obi-Wan Vs. Count Dooku (Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith)
OK, so there's nothing really wrong with this duel. The choreography ranges from OK to pretty good and the effects still hold up today. However, nothing really happens. Sure, Anakin kills Dooku in the end and Palpatine pushes his Dark Side agenda big time, but otherwise, nothing makes it particularly memorable.
Seriously, try and name on thing about the actual bulk of the fight that hasn't already been done to death? Fast paced slice-and-dice? The Phantom Menace did it already. The bad guy trying to provoke the hero? Attack of the Clones did it with THE EXACT SAME CHARACTERS! One hero being incapacitated during the duel in an unnecessarily violent manner? Try every lightsaber battle in the prequel trilogy so far. This one's good, but it's just sooooo bland.
11. Luke Vs. Dark Spirit (Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
When I first saw The Empire Strikes Back, I had no idea what the hell was going on in this scene. Why was Darth Vader on Dagobah? Why did he die? Why was Luke Darth Vader? It was only much much later that I realized it was all meant to be an illusion to aid Luke in his training and not just a hideous plot hole that even "The Force" couldn't explain. Hell, it was only when researching for this article did I realize the whole thing was just a Dark Side manifestation knows as Dark Spirit.
What I'm trying to say is, to the typical fan, this duel makes little to no sense. It's also really short and unexciting and The Empire Strikes Back would still be the best Star Wars movie without it. In fact, the only reason it's not lower on the list is because ultimately, it is Luke's first onscreen duel and his first (albeit faked) interaction with his father. So yeah, completely unnecessary. Next!
10. Qui-Gon Vs. Darth Maul (Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
Aside from the score, The Phantom Menace's greatest achievement is its fight choreography. While the technical limitations of the late '70s and early '80s had forced the crew to focus less on the action and more on the characters and the emotion in the original trilogy, the prequels had no such barrier. Admittedly, character development did suffer as a result.
However, that aside, they did give us some of the most visually stunning action sequences ever seen in a movie at the time. The first of these scenes, featuring Darth Maul and Qui-Gon Jinn on Tatooine, did not disappoint. Sure it was kinda soulless and didn't last that long, but damn, did you see that awesome flip? It was fast paced and had lots of flashy colors and, when bearing in mind the intended audience for the prequels, isn't that all that mattered?
9. Anakin And Obi Wan Vs. Count Dooku (Episode II: Attack Of The Clones)
When he's not off slaughtering natives and hating sand, Anakin Skywalker is apparently not all that bad with a lightsaber or two. Crappy dialogue aside, this battle was the first point in the movie where — as a mindless audience member — I felt like Anakin was a real human being with real human emotions. He got angry when Dooku tried to kill Obi-Wan. He felt pain when he got blasted with Force Lightning. He dual-wielded a pair of lightsabers which, surprisingly, had never been done before. He also got brutally maimed and shut up for a bit.
It's far from perfect, though. Obi-Wan and Anakin still feel miles apart rather than the close friends George Lucas has told us they are. Some of the choreography is a bit dumb too, but all things considered, it's forgivable. At least there were real people involved in this fight, unlike the atrocious CGI mess that immediately followed. By default, it's not even that bad.
8. Yoda Vs. Darth Sidious (Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith)
This sequence was so stupid. Unbelievably stupid. When I watched it I could feel my brains cells decaying like cotton candy in hot water. Also it's so much fun. Aside from ruining both Yoda and The Emperor by giving them lightsabers, this battle is a never-ending rollercoaster of pure unadulterated lunacy. Palpatine is fantastic throughout and still manages to maintain a level of respect despite being thrown backwards over his chair by a pretend muppet.
The real highlight though comes from the second half, where both combatants have lost their lightsabers and are just launching anything they can get their telekinetic mitts on. If Yoda's battle with Dooku ruined his character, this battle redeemed it. A force-throwing duel was exactly what the franchise needed to show Yoda was still just as powerful back in the day as he was during his twilight years on Dagobah.
7. Obi Wan Vs. Darth Vader (Episode IV: A New Hope)
If you listen carefully, you can hear the fanboys let out a deep sigh of relief, happy that I didn't put this one first. I can understand why people aren't too keen on this one (and everyone's entitled to an opinion), but in this particular case, they're all wrong. While not as fast paced or exciting as some of the other duels on this list, Obi-Wan's last stand against his former apprentice is one of the most important clashes in the whole saga. Additionally, have you actually watched it recently? All things considered, it's not even that bad. Both sides have some fast moves here and there and the choreography is far from terrible. It deserves a lot more praise than it gets.
From Obi-Wan taunting Vader into a reckless attack to his final act that allows Luke, Han and Leia to escape, the battle is full of powerful scenes and excellent dialogue between the two duelists. Give it another go — I'm sure you'll find it's not nearly as dull as you remember.
6. Mace Windu Vs. Darth Sidious Vs. Anakin (Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith)
Mace Windu's character makes me feel really sad sometimes. As an actor, Samuel L. Jackson was criminally underused in the prequels and as a result, Mace Windu was never really taken seriously. This duel against Palpatine is the only time we really get to see him in action.
So yeah, there is some undeniably awful dialogue delivery from everyone involved in this sequence, but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter. The choreography is slick, the visuals are stunning and, despite the questionable acting in places, you can feel the raw emotion bleeding through in every frame. From Palpatine's face melting into a scrotum to Mace's inevitable betrayal, this scene stands as the ultimate turning point in the Star Wars saga, where things started going from bad to worse. Also a load of Expanded Universe characters got massacred, which was fun.
5. Obi Wan Vs. Anakin (Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith)
If there's one thing the prequels knew how to do to the point of exhaustion, it was flashy lightsaber duels. Of them all, many regard this one — the final clash between our heroes — to be the best. From the fiery landscape to the equally fiery emotion prevalent throughout the whole sequence, everything about this battle oozes epic.
I mean to be fair, it's not perfect. Some of the effects haven't aged all that well and chunks of it really lack that visceral tone that fueled the original trilogy. However, when you take into account that this scene was made in 2005, it really shines as both a fantastic piece of storytelling and a technical marvel. There really isn't much else to say about it. It's become as iconic as any scene from the original trilogy and has (mostly) stood the test of time. It's also got a fantastic score.
4. Finn And Rey Vs. Kylo Ren (Episode VII: The Force Awakens)
I remember watching the final duel of The Force Awakens for the first time. To me, it was near flawless. The choreography was fast and made sense given the context (Rey going for a stabby-stabby motion after being trained to use a staff) and it gave me everything I wanted. From Kylo toying with Finn a la Vader and Luke in The Empire Strikes Back to Rey's final offensive, everything about the duel just felt so real. The lightsabers actually felt dangerous and weighty like they did before the prequels made them super-ultra-power-sticks-that-cut-through-anything.
So why isn't it No. 1? Well, despite everything, it's nowhere near as memorable as the top three. When you think of iconic scenes from The Force Awakens, what comes to mind? The bridge scene? The escape from Jakku in the Falcon? Maybe the X-Wings over the water on Takodana? The duel at the end is great and all, but it just doesn't hold a candle to any of the clashes between Luke and his father in the original trilogy. Otherwise, yeah it's perfect. Next!
3. Qui-Gon And Obi-Wan Vs. Darth Maul (Episode I: The Phantom Menace)
The Phantom Menace is, at best, a polarizing movie. At worst, it's an insult to the franchise with little to no redeeming features. However, regardless of your opinion, there's no denying this duel was pretty freaking awesome to watch. Ray Park is fantastic as Darth Maul, giving us a martial arts style of fighting that hadn't been seen before in Star Wars.
The action was fast and never let up and the effects for 1999 were phenomenal. The setting, although a tad garish, was beautiful and the strength of Ewan McGregor's performance as Obi-Wan in the final showdown was enough to forgive the arguably shoddy acting throughout the movie. This is the duel that makes The Phantom Menace still worth watching despite its misgivings. Just give it another go; I promise you won't be disappointed.
2. Luke Vs. Darth Vader (Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi)
If it were entirely up to me, this would be number one. Of all the scenes in all the movies in all the franchises in all the world, this is probably my favorite. The Emperor is both entertaining and terrifying simultaneously and John Williams' score is haunting throughout. By all accounts, it's a fantastic piece of filmmaking that'll keep you hooked from the get go.
In fact, my only real criticism is that there's very little in the way of dueling. Even then, though, the space is filled with an intense verbal showdown between father and son and the Emperor showing off just how many strings he's been pulling since the very beginning. In fact, scratch that first statement — it's not a complaint at all. From their first clash by the Emperor's throne to Luke's brief descent into the Dark Side, the whole battle is fueled by emotional dialogue and action that was vastly superior to anything the genre had to offer in the early eighties. In fact, there are only five words preventing it from taking the No. 1 spot. And so, ladies and gentlemen:
1. Luke Vs. Darth Vader (Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back)
"No, I am your father."
It's only right that the No. 1 spot goes to not just the most iconic sequence in Star Wars, but one of the most iconic sequences in cinema as a whole. The battle in Cloud City did everything right, from the gloomy setting to the fast paced action to the final stand off, showing that sometimes, the good guys don't always win.
There's really nothing more to say. I doubt you'll find someone on the planet that wouldn't immediately recognize any scene from the sequence as being from Star Wars. It defined science fiction for a generation and is regularly found atop best movie moments lists that have actual credibility.


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The Africa I know is a utopian oasis filled with memories of flavorful foods and captivating (even if at times, anti-climactic) story-telling.
My grandmother stooped over a coal pot humming unintelligible hymns, her eyes glistening with a passion matched only by the intermingling of the day's catch effervescently bubbling in the oil below. A decade after her passing, I find myself thinking about her a lot and wonder what she would make of my life. Having grown up in a small fishing town off Ghana's western coast with no formal education beyond age 13 and a mother before she turned 20, to say the world my grandmother and I grew up in is different is a gross understatement.
Over the past decade, Africa transformed into "a continent rising"; rapid democratization swept through the continent and focus returned to improving lives through education, technology, improved sanitation and healthcare. Four countries officially shed the title of "developing", stepping into a much-hyped glow of middle income status. In 2015, Africa is richer, better educated and driven to reap the benefits of business opportunities across and beyond the emerging continent.
This year's Oxford Africa Conference is an opportunity to consider just that – How the movement of Africans has shaped our thinking across business, politics and culture and what that means for Africans at home and abroad.
The theme of this year's Oxford Africa Conference, "A Continent on the Move: People, Politics and Business across Borders", investigates new thinking and perspectives about Africa across all disciplines, including politics, business, arts, technology and academia. The conference allows speakers and delegates to gain a deep understanding and awareness of the power and potential of an interconnected African continent.
Drawing on a truly interdisciplinary program, the pervasiveness of the "Continent on the Move" theme extends beyond migration. Over two days, industry practitioners will discuss and debate the role of technology, capital access and government policy on issues such as talent mobility, healthcare provision and transnational activism.
An Innovation Fair will showcase 12 start-ups fostering a new age of African entrepreneurialism and ingenuity, with ventures spanning digital, agriculture, fashion retail and more. Keynotes by African leaders such as Ghana's President John Mahama, Nigeria's Tony Elumelu (Heirs Holdings) and Zimbabwe's Beatrice Mtetwa will offer unique opportunities to delve into critical issues impacting movements on the continent, as well as its future prospects.
The event's organization is a manifestation of the potential for increased African and international collaboration. Representing 10 countries, our core team of 19 come from a diverse set of academic and professional backgrounds, brought together by a passion for African advancement.
Over its 40 year history, the Oxford Africa Society has become one of the most vibrant and influential societies at Oxford, fostering a sense of community and providing a united voice on African issues at the University and beyond. Together with the Oxford Business Network for Africa, led by current MBA students at Oxford's Saïd Business School (SBS), the Oxford Africa Conference offers a unique blend of business and society that has no doubt contributed to its preeminence as one of the largest conferences of its kind in Western Europe.
That a two-day conference can cover and begin to unravel all issues pertaining to Africa, is admittedly idealistic; Africa's rise is indubitably rife with questions. For one thing, economic growth does not necessarily equate to development.
While South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana are often highlighted as regional leaders in terms of growth, the statistics give little insight as to how this impacts measures such as inequality. More importantly, it does not touch on the potential for such growth to create a "pull" effect for other countries, regionally.
The plenary panel, "Multi-speed Africa: The role of Lion economies in fostering regional growth" featuring the likes of Dr. Mthuli Ncube (African Development Bank) and Vera Songwe (World Bank), aims to address these issues. Another question that often arises is how to create a more inclusive Africa. We have been particularly mindful of striking a balance in terms of gender representation in this year's program, with an entire panel dedicated to the role of African women in the continent's ongoing transformation.
Featuring Winihin Ayuli-Jemide (Founder, Winihin Jemide Series), Sneha Shah (Head of Africa, Financial Risk at Thomson Reuters), Frances Mensah-Williams (Founder, Interims for Development) and Nicole Amarteifio (Creator and Producer, An African City), the panel "Female diaspora: The meaning of learning abroad and coming back" addresses the changing perspectives on the role of the African woman in light of her pursuit for further education and increasingly so, abroad.
Panelists will debate how this translates into further advancements for African women, both personally and professionally, in addition to what barriers remain in bridging gaps in skills and leadership. Through these and many more topics, we can't pretend to have the answers. We do however hope to prompt the conversations, inspire the ideas and ultimately build upon the foundation laid by previous conferences, to encourage more of the collaborative zeal that keeps Africa moving.
Follow the conversation on Facebook, Twitter or our blog and join in with #OxAfricaCon.
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Sweet potatoes are one of our favorites around here. We love them in practically every shape and form. This soup is a breeze to make and comes together in less than 30 minutes. It has a cheesey sweet potato base with chunks of roasted cauliflower. The cauliflower is spiced separately to add bursts of flavor, rather than it just being a one-note soup. And of course we're topping it off with bacon because, hello, bacon makes everything better. The bacon adds a smokey, salty bite to the soup. You'll be fishing for a piece with every single bite.
Ready In: 25 minutes
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
Salt and Pepper
1/4 tsp cumin
1 pinch nutmeg
1 pinch cinnamon
1/4 tsp + 1 pinch cayenne pepper, divided
1 onion, diced
2 large sweet potatoes, pealed, cut into bite sized pieces
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons green onions or chives, chopped
1/2 lb cooked bacon, crumbled
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a baking sheet or jelly roll pan with nonstick spray. Spread the cauliflower florets out on the pan in a single layer. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with the cumin, nutmeg, cinnamon, and 1 pinch cayenne pepper. Roast for about 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, saute the onions (seasoned with a bit of salt) in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 3-5 minutes. Add in the cayenne pepper during the last minute or so of cooking. Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Throw the sweet potatoes in and boil for about 10-15 minutes (depending on the size of your pieces), until the sweet potatoes are tender.
3. Either transfer the sweet potato/chicken broth mixture to a blender and blend in batches until smooth, or use a handy dandy immersion hand blender
and just blend it in the pot.
4. Return to a pot over low heat and add in the cheddar cheese. Stir until melted. Add in the roasted cauliflower. Taste and adjust seasoning as desired. Serve with green onions and crumbled bacon on top.
What does it mean when a recipe says "season with salt and pepper?" Adding salt at various stages of cooking helps to bring out the flavors of each ingredient. Soup making is all about flavor building. In the recipe above you season the cauliflower, you season the onions, and then you may add even more salt at the end. Now, you don't want to be dumping on the salt otherwise you'll just end up with food that tastes more like the ocean than a good soup. I use a salt grinder and it's literally just 2 or 3 grinds of the shaker. Just a little sprinkling is all it takes to really bring out the flavors in your food. Remember that salt poured on at the table just adds saltiness, but salt added during the cooking process adds flavor.


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Amended bill would eliminate many of the changes that were introduced by the California Department of Insurance in March. Hearing scheduled for April 19 in Assembly Insurance Committee.
California Assembly Bill 1679 (AB 1679) introduced by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke seeks to overturn California Department of Insurance (CDI) anti-steering and collision repair labor rate regulations that took effect in March. The bill has been scheduled for a hearing before the Assembly Insurance committee on April 19.
The bill, as amended on April 6, would reverse key provisions of both the anti-steering and labor rate regulations that were adopted by the California


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Bad Manners with special guests Max Splodge + Midlife
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Bad Manners with special guests Max Splodge + Midlife
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Bad Manners return to The Grand!
Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone and ska band led by frontman Buster Bloodvessel. Early appearances included Top of The Pops and the live film documentary, Dance Craze. They were at their most popular during the early 1980s, during a period when other ska revival bands such as Madness, The Specials and The Selecter filled the charts. Bad Manners spent 111 weeks in the UK Singles Chart between 1980 and 1983, and they also achieved chart success with their first four studio albums with Gosh It's... Bad Manners, Loonee Tunes! and Ska 'n' B being their biggest hits.
Support comes from Midlife.
Doors: 7.30pm
Stage: 8pm
Tickets: £18.00 ADV
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The Doggett's Coat and Badge Wager is the oldest continuously run single sculling race in the world and is run in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers.
Thomas Doggett (1640 – 1721) was born in Dublin but moved to London in 1690 to further his dream of acting. He was associated with the Drury Lane Theatre and played comedy parts up to his retirement in 1713.
To celebrate the accession of the House of Hanover (George I – formerly Duke of Brunswick) to the throne of England in 1715 Doggett founded the race, now known as the Doggett's Coat and Badge Wager, however it was originally known as the Brunswick Coat and Badge Wager. The race was managed by Doggett up to his death in 1721.
On his death a sum of money was left to a Mr Burt of the Admiralty Office with instructions to manage the race. Mr Burt felt unwilling to accept this task and the trusteeship of the race was passed to the Fishmongers' Company. Since 1722 the Fishmongers' Company have organised the race in accordance with Doggett's instructions.
Thomas Doggett, (1640 – 1721)
A likeness of Thomas Doggett by the artist Ying Yang is on display in the Court Room at Watermen's Hall .
This is a copy of the original painting by Thomas Murray which is at Sherborne Castle in Dorset.
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Hi all,
Did Mies van der Rohe design a font?
If so, what is it?
Hi all,
Did Mies van der Rohe design a font?
If so, what is it?
Not that I know of but the typical array of modernist fonts designed by others are used in association with his work.
I don't know if this exactly qualifies but he did design signage for the Toronto-Dominion Centre. Wickipedia states: "Even signage graphics were restricted to only white backlit letters within a black aluminum panel, and only in the specific font that Mies had designed for the T-D Centre.
I can't remember seeing a van der Rohe typefaces, but I can remember seeing some faces in the De Stijl journals - Theo van Doesberg. Kinda similar philosophies.
Obviously, the Bauhaus works incorporate those ideals. Might be a place to start. and as the learned gentleman above says, building signage is a good place to look for an architects type discipline.
Personally, I think van de Rohe would have been a fan of Futura.
Just found this in a Bauhaus book, it's dated after de Rohes arrival there:
I don't think he designed type, but if he were alive today he would be using Helvetica Black Condensed over and over to match those hideous black office buildings he "designed" over and over.
O rly?
Chris, Hmm I'll have to take another walk though the TD centre...
I'd bet place has been re-habed a zillion times since it went up, so who knows if opriginal signs still exist, but I'll post some pics.
Thanks, Russell!
Have you ever really seen his? His work is spectacular. The wannabe's stuff is the usual copycat crap.
I've never heard of a Mies Van Der Rohe typeface. Richard Neutra was heavily influenced by Mies and thus surely the gorgeous Neutraface.
As for Helv. Black Condensed... I picture Ludwig as being more of an Akzidenz kind of guy.
Maybe his handwriting has been digitized. Looked great on his designs.
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
I found this in MIT Bauhaus book
That is Futura.
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Bert Vanderveen BNO
signage at the TD Centre in Torotno
most of these are clearly original. More recent signs do respect the original specs.
The street number signs were (I'd bet money) added quite recently in compliance with a city by-law.
Thanks, Russel, for the detective work and sharing your photos with us.
The centered style seems a bit un-Mies like to me--or at least not what I would have expected
"The street number signs were (I'd bet money) added quite recently in compliance with a city by-law."
In Copperplate?
Whatever happened to the spacing in "A CCESS" and "E S CA LAT O R"? Or alignment of the second "C" in "CONCOURSE?
… Copperplate?
yeah, go figure.
A CCESS could be a retrofit — Was the term even used to refer to an accessible route in 1968?. Wasn't it more like, "huh? what's an 'accessible route?'"
Actually, did the AIGA/DOT standard pictogram of the wheelchair even exist before the late '70s or early '80s.
"Actually, did the AIGA/DOT standard pictogram of the wheelchair even exist before the late '70s or early '80s."
I think it began in the '60s, perhaps the big Expo in Toronto in 1967?
FWIW, this is outdoor signage at his wonderful Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin).
so Uh, what's the font?


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Time to get back to my HSBA winner wrap up. Today's category: Best Current Events. Opinions and Politics Blog. Winecup Christian Academy won in this category for very good reason. The pieces I read about bullying, test taking and the perils of public education were well thought out and excellently reasoned. Here is a sample post from February 2011.
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As a rhetorician, I'm stymied trying to find a way to reach my fellow tenured & tenure-track colleagues when logos fails at every turn. The Content Class are able to ignore the material working & living conditions of adjuncts. "Stop whining and be grateful you have a job" is the refrain, sometimes phrased more delicately, sometimes not, a magical incantation used to quiet low-wage workers in every field. The Content Class simply ignores the facts, that these professors are asked to teach the most populous, most important classes with fewer resources, less time, and little to no professional development, in a working environment in which tenured colleagues often belittle them—if they even know their names. Logos rolls off of their backs.
Pathos seems to have just as little effect. If you know that your colleagues are on food stamps, have crushing debt, and struggle to pay medical bills, yet you feel unmoved, no impulse to be an ally rather than an antagonist, I can only conclude that you are emotionally impervious.
No car company is selling you the latest model with promises of improved MPG or with images of puppies and babies in the backseat.
So, I turn to ethos. I don't want to, because I know I'm inviting trolls. I know this is not the polite or politic approach. But I'm going to just write it, anyway, as a last resort. It's Christmas time. Consider me the Ghost of Christmas Present.
If you pen one of these anti-adjunct essays, if you rationalize systematic labor abuses in your comments on articles or social media, your character is questionable.
If you vote in favor of policies that further diminish adjunct power, if you will compromise the working conditions of your contingent colleagues to shore up your own, you are not a good person.
You might volunteer at the local soup kitchen and take in stray cats, but that just proves that cognitive dissonance is a real thing. Like the Walmart executives who hold holiday food drives for their employees instead of paying them a living wage, you aren't fooling anyone.
Why don't the adjuncts just quit, if the job is so bad, and decrease the surplus population? Other MAs and PhDs are just waiting to take their jobs! See, Ebenezer, that makes you a bad person. It demonstrates that you are fine with the exploitation of an entire class of workers, as long as some people are so in need of a job that they will take one that demeans them. "They want to be exploited! Otherwise they'd be unemployed or working for an even more exploitive organization" is not an argument that speaks highly of you.
Some of you may benefit from a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past. Were you an adjunct once? If so, try to remember that more and more, time spent as an adjunct disqualifies teachers for permanent positions in the minds of many hiring committees. Remember that you are a rare bird having gotten your permanent gig. If you never worked as a temporary professor, know that you are just as rare a bird.
What of the Ghost of Christmas Future? If you take an anti-adjunct, anti-labor stance now, how will you be remembered? How will history treat you? We have tomes written by smart people rationalizing discrimination and subjugation. We read them in efforts to understand how ignorance was perpetuated. You are not on the right side of history.
But it's not too late. Like Ebenezer, you can be better than your word.


text: I've been lucky up to now but I got stiffed for two accounts for Sep. Both were moving and Sep was the last month of service. The first one wasn't there as agreed and I didn't get paid. Yesterday I found out the other one payed me with a check on a closed account. Her I can turn over to the state's attorney but I'm still out the money. Between those two accounts gone and all the July - Aug new accounts that suddenly can mow for themselves now that the heat and humidity are down I'm working half days. Oh well, more time for I guess.