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In searching for some śaśa-viṣāṇa (horns of the hare) clip art in the form of a jackalope, I discovered this article on Wired.com explaining the origin of the "hare's horn" myth in the US. The idea of a rabbit with horns is not only found in Indian literature (as an example of an impossibility), but also in the American West and in Arabic poetry (known as al-mi'raj). Apparently there is a viral infection that causes some unfortunate rabbits to sprout growths that look like horns, though they don't look as nice as the ones below. (You can Google for images on your own!) So, perhaps it's not an non-referring term after all?
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Arrival: gaviṣṭi and gavagai
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Peacocks in the rain
One of the poems my students encountered this semester in Classical Indian Philosophy of Language is found in both in Mukula Bhaṭṭa's Abhidhāvṛttamātṛkā and Ānandavardhana's Dhvanyāloka. It describes "the cloud's friends" who cry out at the rain clouds. My students weren't sure who the "cloud's friends" were, and why it would mean "peacocks," even though Mukula explains that it is because they have similar qualities of fondness.
I explained their role in Sanskrit poetry, but without actually having seen peacocks singing and opening their feathers in the rain, it's difficult. Then I found this nice image, a woodblock by a fellow named Ralph Kiggell, in a book called The Third Thing. If you click you can read the accompanying Sanskrit poem (
which I haven't tried to track down). It is by Yogeśvara and was translated by John Brough in Poems from the Sanskrit--I am not sure why the book says "anonymous" and doesn't credit the translator!
I explained their role in Sanskrit poetry, but without actually having seen peacocks singing and opening their feathers in the rain, it's difficult. Then I found this nice image, a woodblock by a fellow named Ralph Kiggell, in a book called The Third Thing. If you click you can read the accompanying Sanskrit poem (
With tail-fans spread, and undulating wings,
With whose vibrating pulse the air now sings,
Their voices lifted, and their beaks stretched wide,
Treading the rhythmic dance from side to side,
Eyeing the rainclouds dark, majestic hue,
Richer in color than their own throat's blue,
With necks upraised, to which their tails advance,
Now in the rains, the screaming peacocks dance.
This made me think a bit about the difficulty of translating poetry. Here there is rhyme, which signals "this is a poem" to a lot of readers, but at the expense of a sing-song quality that may not match the original meter. What is it that translators aim at when translating poetry? Since poetry is "sound and sense" as the Alaṁkāra tradition puts it, it's basically impossible to get both together precisely in source and target language. Here's the Sanskrit of the poem my students read:
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Malcolm and Fabian at Cendana
Today I, along with another YNC professor, Fabian Geier, presented a philosophy café to our students here at Yale-NUS College at the Cendana Residental College. It was Star Trek-themed, beginning with an introduction to the Original Series and its cultural context, shifting to the Next Generation and concluding with a clip from Deep Space Nine.
Given my interests, it will not come as a surprise that I chose parts of the episode "Darmok" to screen and discuss. If you're not familiar with the episode, the core of it is introduced in the first two panels of the Chainsawsuit comic above. There is an alien race, with requisite face-bumps and strange clothing, that speaks in a way the Universal Translator can't quite parse. They say things like "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" and "Shaka, when the walls fell" but seem to think they're communicating something more--and they are frustrated when the Enterprise crew doesn't understand.
And then Captain Picard and their captain (Dathon) are beamed down to a planet's surface to fight a monster and talk about being human and using language. Quickly the crew of the Enterprise orbiting above figures out that "Darmok" and "Jalad" are names, and Tanagra is a place. But they don't know what that expression is supposed to mean, and they engage the Tamarians in a fight while Picard and Dathon are becoming friends on the planet surface below. Of course, it all ends well, and Picard recounts the Epic of Gilgamesh along the way after figuring out that Darmok and Jalad met independently on some island, battled a common foe, and left as friends.
There's a lot of attempts to explain what's going on in the episode. Counselor Troi says that "images" are important to the Tamarians (the bumpy-faced aliens), and Picard says that "Darmok on the ocean" is a metaphor for being alone, and later seems to think of "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra" as an analogy or allegory in some sense. At one point, it's suggested that they don't use pronouns like "I" and "you." In the real world, an article at the Atlantic argued that
Monday, September 19, 2016
What's in a name?
During the past several months, there's been some attention online to the question of what counts as "philosophy" in Anglophone academic departments. Below is an overview of the conversation, followed by just a small observation.
First, Jay Garfield and Brian Van Norden say, "If Philosophy Won't Diversify, Let's Call it What it Really Is." Their conclusion is that "any department that regularly offers courses only on Western philosophy should rename itself "Department of European and American Philosophy."
Brian Leiter replies that philosophers in Anglophone departments are united by a certain style not by geographical focus (apparently unaware of the existence of the analytic Indian philosophical style). Jonardon Ganeri comments on this post--and is ignored by everyone there--that
It has been well known for several decades that much philosophy written in Sanskrit is highly analytical in style (one need only consult B. K. Matilal's *The Doctrine of Negation in Navya-Nyāya* to see this). So the argument from style itself favours a diversification of the curriculum and the canon.Lots of other conversation ensues at Daily Nous. Remarks like
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Tantravārttika series: unpublishing
If you're reading this and are really disappointed because my weekly-to-occasional post was the highlight of your day, then drop me an email and I'll gladly share the work with you.
Otherwise, I will be presenting a related paper ("The Self is a Sky-Flower: Doing Metaphor with Empty Terms") at the 2017 Pacific APA as part of a panel entitled "Dealing with the Unreal", and so I will likely put up a summary of that talk here.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Translation Comparison as Pedagogy
For the first day of my Classical Indian Philosophy of Language class, I am introducing the students to the challenges and rewards of reading Indian philosophy in translation. One of these challenges is that students often worry that the translation they have is an obstacle to the "true" text.
We're going to take this challenge head-on by looking at four English translations of Nyāyasūtra 1.1.1. Two of these translations are by the same person, which is intentional--I want them to consider why a translator might make different choices at different times and contexts. I thought it would be fun to post the versions here, just to see how they vary. Below I've also provided the Sanskrit text, though I don't for students.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Quick note: Tantrarahasya on ellipsis and arthāpatti
Right now I'm in Hawaii for the East-West Philosophy Conference that starts in a few days. I am taking a break from my usual weekly schedule of Tantravārttika blogging in order to make a few comments on the Tantrarahasya of Rāmānujācārya.
The Tantrarahasya is a Prābhākara introductory text dating to the sixteenth century which has not yet been translated in its entirety. Elisa Freschi has translated a portion which deals with the interpretation of injunctions in her Duty, Language, and Exegesis. Apart from that, and a summary by K. T. Pandurangi, the text is, unlike the Mānameyodaya, the Bhāṭṭa introductory text dating to around the same time, still available only to Sanskritists.
This is a shame, since the Tantarahasya, as far as I can tell, is the first Mīmāṃsā text to focus on a case of subsentential speech in its discussion of postulation, or arthāpatti. Earlier, the Prakaranapañcikā of Śālikanātha Miśra, in his discussion of vākyārtha, claims that elliptical insertion (adhyāhāra) is understood by arthāpatti. He defends the arthādyāhāra view, that what is understood through elliptical insertion is a meaning and not a word. However, the discussion is very general and does not give any linguistic examples.
|Subsentential speech in Zits, by Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman, www.zitscomics.com
This is a shame, since the Tantarahasya, as far as I can tell, is the first Mīmāṃsā text to focus on a case of subsentential speech in its discussion of postulation, or arthāpatti. Earlier, the Prakaranapañcikā of Śālikanātha Miśra, in his discussion of vākyārtha, claims that elliptical insertion (adhyāhāra) is understood by arthāpatti. He defends the arthādyāhāra view, that what is understood through elliptical insertion is a meaning and not a word. However, the discussion is very general and does not give any linguistic examples.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Bubble gum and joss paper: living in Singapore
If people in the United States know anything about Singapore, it's that gum is illegal here. In fact, it's so illegal that you will get caned for having it. At my going away party in Austin, I was given a farewell gift--an assortment of gum. Wrigley's, Trident, that pink foot-long bubble gum tape. Now, as it turns out, like a lot of things in Singapore, the actual bureaucracy involved is a bit different.
Friday, April 15, 2016
First year as an assistant professor
Today marked the last day of classes here at Yale-NUS College. On my walk home along the bridge over the Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE to locals*), it hit me that I had made it. I just finished my first year as an assistant professor.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Teaching the Tarkasaṃgraha to first-year students (cross-posted from the Indian Philosophy Blog)
The post below was originally published at the Indian Philosophy blog, and I encourage readers to submit comments there (comments here are closed).
What follows is a reflection on my experiences teaching the Tarkasaṃgraha, as I promised in the comments to a recent post. Part of my job at Yale-NUS College is to teach a college-wide common curriculum course that spans two semesters. It's called "Philosophy and Political Thought" (PPT). The course introduces students to three intellectual traditions categorized roughly by geography: Chinese, Indian, and Greco-Roman-Western thought. (While demarcating these boundaries is contentious stuff, for the purposes of teaching, we do have to mark boundaries somewhere.) The current semester begins with Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra and ends with Hannah Arendt, "Thinking and Moral Considerations: A Lecture."
Teaching the Tarkasaṃgraha: How and Why
Two weeks ago, before spring break, our students read the "inference" chapter (anumānapariccheda) of the Tarkasaṃgraha (Primer on [objects of] Reasoning), along with a few selections from his Dīpikā on the text. Why this text? Well, for one thing, part of what we want our students to consider in this course is how to reason well, and the Primer's discussion of anumāna gives them a framework to think about when claims are justified, what to do in the face of a counter-argument, and so on. They also were introduced to epistemology with selections from Descartes' Meditations, and the Primer is a nice way to challenge some dichotomies they might think are neatly carved out there--between empiricism and rationalism, for instance. It also uses doubt in a different way, as a spur for reasoning, and as a possible defeater, but at local, not global level.
As I have done for introductory-level classes the last few years, I put a selection of the text on Classroom Salon for students to annotate. We focused on the opening part of the chapter, which distinguishes between svārthānumāna and parārthānumāna, and addresses the pūrvapakṣin's worries about vyāpti, or regular concomitance. Having just been exposed to Descartes, they were quite worried that we could ever have certain knowledge of the relationship between smoke and fire, for instance. The result of their discussion online and in class was that we were able to talk about what bhūyodarśana ("abundant experience") is, and why the Naiyāyikas might begin there, rather than with the sort of project Descartes has in mind.
Further, while the pedagogical focus was not explicitly what Anand Vaidya calls "the character view," in my opening lecture, I gave the students some context about debate culture and the burgeoning cosmopolitanism in Annaṃbhaṭṭa's time (for which see Ganeri's The Lost Age of Reason). The goal was for students to see connections between their PPT course and its multiple textual traditions as well as their contemporary position in an increasingly global world. We could then talk about the role of the examples in parārthānumāna and what kinds of inferences are compelling and why. The biggest challenge for them was to see that, now that they had all experienced arguments for and against certain beliefs, they were in a tricky epistemic spot, given the fallacy known as "`counter-argument." Can they claim that they know that the self exists, for instance? As we move in the course to focusing on the skill of formulating good objections and responses, my hope is that they will be more sensitive to the virtues of argumentation.
Challenges of Teaching
One of the topics we've talked about on this blog is the challenge of introducing Indian philosophy into the default "Western philosophy" courses. I'm in a special situation at Yale-NUS, where this course is, by design, incorporating multiple traditions, and it is team-taught. Yet there are still similar obstacles as in any other institution. My peers are generally experts in areas other than Indian philosophy (save for Amber Carpenter and Gavin Flood--not on this year's teaching team) and when introducing a new text, they do not have time to get up to date on the secondary literature on Nyāya. This means it is my job to teach other philosophers Nyāya epistemology in a way which (1) enables them to feel competent teaching the text and (2) is philosophically robust enough to satisfy their own questions. This process (which I have also had to do for the Gīta-bhāṣya-s of Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja, and Uddyotakara and Vatsyāyana's commentaries on the Nyāya-sūtra) has been humbling and eye-opening. While I'm in no position yet to be writing textbooks for introductory courses, I have a better sense of what such resources might need to do for non-specialists wanting to teach.
There are two major difficulties these kinds of books need to surmount. First is the well-known problem of "Sanskritese" translations. I adapted G. Bhattacharya's translation (Calcutta: Progressive Publishers, 1976), along with V.N. Jha's (Kerala: Chinmaya International Foundation Shodha Sansthan, 2010), with reference to some Sanskrit editions, in order to put together something a bit more readable and accurate (no reference to "middle" and "major terms", for instance). However, there are still spots which could be clarified--which my colleagues helped me see, as they are unfamiliar with the kinds of locutions common in these translations. Second, there are questions that philosophers not trained in Indian philosophy will naturally ask which need to be answered or reframed. So, in teaching anumāna, how deeply should one get into the debates over its monoticity, its purportedly hybrid inductive/deductive character, on the ways in which it can be represented formally? (That isn't to say these aren't questions that those of us trained in Indian philosophy ask--we do--but we may not ask them at the same places, or find them obstacles in the same way.) These questions are bound to arise, and something needs to be said, even if it is only to remind the reader of the limitations of certain categories.
Finally, a difficulty that the students seem to have with Indian philosophy and not so much with Chinese philosophy, is the successful employment of these concepts in a modern context. While they (generally speaking) do not fault Zhu Xi's metaphysics of Pattern and qi for being out of step with the deliverances of science, this is a worry for Indian philosophers. I think this is in part because Indian philosophy reads in a way that is more "technical" than Chinese philosophy (whether such a difference exists is a further question). Second, the claims are more immediately comparable for introductory students. It's hard to know how to determine whether Pattern and qi are consistent with what first-year college students think of as "science", but they can come up with objections to claims about earthiness being characterized by the property of having odor. For this reason, I've been focusing on motivating the metaphysics behind the Nyāya examples--emphasizing the way in which categories map onto sense modalities. And second, I've been challenging them to come up with their own examples using Annaṃbhaṭṭa's structure. In this way, they could see that the scientific method of hypothesizing about cause-and effect is not so far off as they originally thought (I had one set of students construct a kevala-vyatireka or "negative-only" inference using mercury instead of earth!).
All in all, the feedback (so far) from my colleagues has been that the text was at the right level of challenge for the students. It was difficult, but not insurmountably so. One colleague had students construct the Nyāya-Bauddha debate using the inferential forms they learned--a good way for them to see in retrospect what was going on when they read Vasubandhu, Uddoytakara, et al. The text also lacked any explicitly religious elements, which I think was helpful for the students to see that Indian thought is not only religious, which is a sense they might get if they only read the Gīta, Buddhist texts, and Gandhi. So, for anyone looking to incorporate some Indian philosophy into an epistemology, intro, or logic course--try the Primer on Reasoning? It is, after all, written to be an introductory textbook.
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With 11 grandchildren, Tom Bayer, 70, has never lacked for something to do on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
"My grandkids always have things going at school for that," said Bayer, a Marine who served in Vietnam and received a Purple Heart.
But this year will be different. The parishioner at St. Anthony of Padua in High Ridge plans to attend the Veteran's Day Prayer Service on Friday, Nov. 10, at Bishop DuBourg High School, his alma mater.
"I haven't been there since I graduated," said Bayer, who didn't really have a chance to return after graduation in 1966. Bayer joined the Marines after graduation, then shipped out to Vietnam in August of 1967. He celebrated his 21st birthday there on Dec. 21 of that year, but that was his last birthday in relative normalcy.
A month later, on Jan. 21, 1968, Bayer was shot twice in combat. The first bullet hit him in the left side, but he said he wasn't even aware of it. He reckons the second bullet hit him about five minutes later, nearly killing him and changing his life forever.
Bayer suffered a broken rib and massive internal injuries, including to his stomach and intestines. He later was told that three teams of three doctors operated on him for 25 hours — the first of 34 operations related to his injuries, he said. He reported that a doctor later told him that his odds of surviving were minuscule — one-tenth of 1 percent.
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Bayer figures "the Holy Spirit was leading them" and that he had God on his side with many prayers offered on his behalf.
Parishioners at his home parish of Mary, Queen of Peace in Webster Groves, students at DuBourg, an uncle belonging to the Jesuits, and many others were "in constant prayer for my recovery," he said. "I knew then that God's love for me is why I am here today. ... I mean, just for me to live is a miracle."
Physical healing took time, about a year in the hospital, but even then, pain remained a constant companion as he lived with emotional and spiritual wounds from that day in Vietnam. For pain abatement, he wore a TENS unit — the acronym for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. The small device sends a low-voltage electrical current to stimulate nerves and negate pain impulses. He also relied on pharmaceuticals to numb the pain.
After Vietnam, he married his wife, Emily, in 1971, and they had five daughters, born between 1972 and 1980. He worked landscaping jobs related to his college degree in forestry, but found the physical work too difficult. He then became a mail carrier and endured pain until he discovered the archdiocesan Healing and Deliverance Ministry in about 1993.
In addition to physical pain and maladies, his "stress was off the chart," said Bayer, whose first step in the intangible healing process was "forgiveness." In forgiving, "so much stress left my body, along with the pain," he said.
To that point, simply walking had been difficult, and navigating stairs nearly impossible. But after the stress-reducing first session of healing, he said, he was able to take the stairs and to jump out of bed in the morning.
"I was hooked; I was going to healing services, Masses and laying of hands sometimes two or three times a week, and every time, my injuries improved," said Bayer, who recently gave witness to the ministry at Catholic Renewal Center's Fall Conference, "Arise Be Healed," at the Cardinal Rigali Center. "I still get prayed over two or three times a month."
Bayer said he's experienced numerous healings over the years, whether physical, emotional or spiritual. "You can't separate them; one helps the other," he said.
Needing neither the TENS unit nor stress medication these days, Bayer said, he also has vastly reduced pain and other medications related to the injuries. "I feel very, very fortunate."
Bayer retired as a mail carrier in 2007 — on Nov. 10, which happens to be the birthday for the Marines. He now serves as a volunteer in the Healing and Deliverance Ministry, through the archdiocesan Catholic Renewal Center.
"I thank God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit on a regular basis for restoring my health," he stated.
Prayer teams for the Healing and Deliverance Ministry are available from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first Wednesday and the third Tuesday of every month, with walk-in days Tuesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or by appointment at the Catholic Renewal Center, which is at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Crestwood. For information, contact Anne Hruz at (314) 731-6100 or email@example.com.
About 50 percent the size of the original, replicas of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., have been traveling throughout the U.S. for the past 30-plus years, spending a week at each venue to give veterans, family and friends the chance to honor fallen soldiers whose names are memorialized on the wall without traveling to see the original in the nation's capital.
But a full-scale duplicate of the Vietnam Wall will soon be permanently stationed in Perryville, about 80 miles south of St. Louis along Interstate 55. Expected to be completed by Memorial Day, Perryville's Vietnam Wall is the only full-sized, black granite replica of the Vietnam Wall. It already is flying United States and POW flags that also flew over the Wall in Washington, D.C. The flag was transported to Perryville via a 900-mile motorcycle escort in September.
"There's just a lot of great local people who have a lot of love for God and country doing this for people to heal," said Don Fulford, the president/CEO for the Association of the Miraculous Medal and a member of the Missouri's National Veterans Memorial board. "That's the power of this ...the love for God and country. These guys put it all out there for us. There's evil in this world but they were doing their best."
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Upsurge in stock theft worries Oshikoto police
Tsumeb Police in Oshikoto have sent a stern warning to kapana meat vendors and the community at large to carry permits at all times when transporting meat, in order to show proof of ownership. Those that are found in possession of meat without valid documents will be charged according to the Stock Theft Act of 1990. The warning comes as the result of persistent incidents of illegal slaughtering of animals on private farms that have caused distress among the victims of such theft. It is alleged the suspects are always going to farms unnoticed and slaughter cattle or any consumable animal and then bury the remains to conceal any evidence. According to the police, such incidents are only noticed when vultures are spotted flying over certain places by farmowners, which most often indicates where the skinning of the carcass took place. "Due to the increase in stock theft reports, the Namibian police force is warning the public to refrain from entering privately owned farms without permission from farmowners, because that is trespassing and will be charged accordingly," cautioned the regional commander of Oshikoto, Commissioner Annamarie Nainda. The perpetrators also risk losing life and limb, because once caught the farmowners have been known to take drastic action, such as shooting at the trespassers.
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David Farber
- Overcoming ICANN (PFIR statement)
A. Michael Froomkin
- When We Say US™, We Mean It!
- ICANN 2.0: Meet The New Boss
- Habermas@ discourse.net: Toward a Critical Theory of Cyberspace
- ICANN and Anti-Trust (with Mark Lemley)
- Wrong Turn in Cyberspace: Using ICANN to Route Around the APA & the Constitution (html)
- Form and Substance in Cyberspace
- ICANN's "Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy"-- Causes and (Partial) Cures
Milton Mueller
- Ruling the Root
- Success by Default: A New Profile of Domain Name Trademark Disputes under ICANN's UDRP
- Dancing the Quango: ICANN as International Regulatory Regime
- Goverments and Country Names: ICANN's Transformation into an Intergovernmental Regime
- Competing DNS Roots: Creative Destruction or Just Plain Destruction?
- Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of the UDRP
- ICANN and Internet Governance
David Post
- Governing Cyberspace, or Where is James Madison When We Need Him?
- The 'Unsettled Paradox': The Internet, the State, and the Consent of the Governed
Jonathan Weinberg
- Sitefinder and Internet Governance
- ICANN, Internet Stability, and New Top Level Domains
- Geeks and Greeks
- ICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy
Highlights of the ICANNWatch Archive(June 1999 - March 2001)
So, as I suggested at the time, mebbe you want to pick up a deleted domain, but it isn't deleted. No problemo. You rat them out for supposed false WHOIS data, they fail to respond in time (perhaps because you've letterbombed or virused or social engineered them into non-compliance), and you've got a claim on it thru one (or all, if it's important enough or VeriSign has a monopoly on it) drop service and hey presto, you now own hotmail.com (which was previously accidentally dropped if you know your DNS history) or whatever.
But wait, it gets worse, now you have registrars picking up the deleted domains themselves to sell at a greater profit (as I predicted at the above link), primarily to the online pr0n and gambling industries, so of course they have an incentive to see the name drop for bogus reasons. Again, as I pointed out away back, songbird.com registrant (and ICANN apologist, and later staffer, Kent Crispin) had inaccurate WHOIS data. I may well have been the first to use the ICANN link to rat anyone out (like everything else they do, their provided link didn't work for awhile so I kept monitoring it). I never received any notification in response and the WHOIS data remained uncorrected for months. I also pointed this out here and there and someone explained to me patiently that that was a fault with the registrar software. I guess we now have incentive for more faults than San Andreas. Sadly, songbird.com now has a different registrar and appears to have been corrected, and not being a hearing aid company [songbirdstore.com] I probably can't get it from him via the UDRP. Shucks. Too bad no-one appears to be listening to my warnings (and BTW John Berryhill said many of the same things), which is why in matters ICANNian I'm now mostly in formal wear. -g


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Capstone 2017: March 19-21 Hakodate
We arrived in the historic port city of Hakodate via express train and was welcomed with brisk temperatures but plenty of sunshine. Weather-wise, this trip has been excellent so far though some of us wished we had not sent off our mittens and heavier gear to Narita when we departed Chitose.
Hakodate is the third largest city in Hokkaido and sits close to the most southern tip of the island. It is famous for marvelous seafood; crab, squid and sea urchin in particular. Many of us enjoyed freshly caught & prepared breakfasts from the many restaurants in the Morning Market. It doesn't get fresher than this!
Hakodate was founded in the mid-1400s and was Japan's first city open to foreign trade in 1854 when US Commodore Matthew Perry arrived. There was much western-influenced architecture and commerce that is still evident today. One example is the Old Public Hall of Hakodate Ward, a large Victorian-looking building complete with reception areas, dining rooms and a formal ballroom. The kids felt as if they were whisked back in time during the tour of this building.
Due to its strategic location near Russia, long history of indigenous Ainu culture and encroachment of Japanese from the south, the area was the scene of many key points in the region's history. One example is Goryokaku, an impressive five pointed star-shaped fortress, originally built in the mid-1800's by the Tokugawa shogunate based on a French design. This fort was meant to protect the area from possible Russian invasion. The kids toured the vast grounds leading to the large and beautiful governmental hall/castle built Japanese style using traditional woodworking methods. The children were impressed with the skill and craftsmanship of the many tradesmen and artists from all over Japan who were commissioned to work on this facility and asked many thoughtful questions about why certain methods were used and what responsibilities those working in the hall had.
Our last evening in Hakodate was amazing, as we took a ropeway (tram with capacity of 125 people) about a mile up Mt. Hakodate at 7 meters/second. Our kids (and adults!) were thrilled with the gorgeous aerial views of the bay area, with lights twinkling from the city and from fishing & cruising ships in the water. The ride was extremely smooth, and the observation deck provided spectacular 360 degree views.
The children overall have stayed pretty healthy during Capstone and we parents have been monitoring their rest and eating habits. Many kids (including mine) keep wanting to eat certain local dishes over and over (ramen!) but everyone really enjoyed the seafood here as it's hard to resist such beautiful and fresh fare. It will be sad to leave Hakodate, but the wonderful experiences the kids had here will never be forgotten.
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All About Pale Ales
The Pale Ale is a hoppy style of beer that's one step down from IPAs, one step up from Amber Ales.
Pale ale is named because brewers use a larger proportion of hops than most beers, which results in a lighter color, and less wheat. It is synonymously referred to as a bitter ale. There are many types of pale ale, including Amber Ale, India Pale Ale, Golden Ale, and English Bitter, but for now I'd like to present some American Pale Ales.
Kona Brewing Company from Hawaii has an island-style pale ale called Fire Rock that has been a medal winner at numerous beer competitions over the years, including the U.S. Open Beer Championships, the U.S. Beer Tasting Championships, and the Capital Food and Wine Festival.
Red Hare Brewing's Cotton Tail Pale Ale is a refreshing, floral pale with a malty backbone. This beer is the base for a summer seasonal called Orange Creamsic-Ale, which tastes like… you guessed it. Orange Creamsicle.
Broad Street Pale Ale is a pale ale produced by The Southern Brewing Company in Athens with citrusy, peachy notes perfect for enjoying a summer afternoon at the brewery.
LNB in Gainesville is known for American Obsession, a pale made with all American ingredients for a clean malt flavor and pleasant aromas of apple, pear, and hoppy orange.
Pale ales pair perfectly with grilled steak, roasted tenderloin as well as spicy tuna sushi or a nice chicken salad. Enjoy one today!


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Our staff truly cares about each and every child and takes pride in watching them grow and develop. Our teachers are all certified in CPR and first aid and each completes more than 24 hours per year in early childhood educational training.
Each classroom has a Reggio Emilia-influenced curriculum that is based on developmental indicators specific to each age group. We invite parents to learn about their child's developmental learning through daily electronic communications and parent conferences twice a year.
I believe my center in Kingwood is the best center in town. We have an open-door policy and enjoy when our families visit. I work hard to make sure everyone gets to know each other so they can share in experiences their child has had at our school.
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This is a very rare In Person Signed Colour 10" x 8" Photo of perhaps the hardest of all Female Singers to obtain an Autograph from.
Barbra Joan Streisand born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, actress, writer, film producer, and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, five Emmy Awards including one Daytime Emmy, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Kennedy Center Honors award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award. She is one of the most commercially and critically successful entertainers in modern entertainment history, with more than 71.5 million albums shipped in the United States and 140 million albums sold worldwide. She is the best-selling female artist on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) Top Selling Artists list, the only female recording artist in the top ten, and the only artist outside of the rock and roll genre. Along with Frank Sinatra, Cher, and Shirley Jones, she shares the distinction of being awarded an acting Oscar and also recording a number-one single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. According to the RIAA, Streisand holds the record for the most top-ten albums of any female recording artist - a total of 32 since 1963. Streisand has the widest span (48 years) between first and latest top-ten albums of any female recording artist. With her 2009 album, Love Is the Answer, she became one of the rare artists to achieve number-one albums in five consecutive decades. According to the RIAA, she has released 51 Gold albums, 30 Platinum albums, and 13 Multi-Platinum albums in the United States.
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WHEELING, W.Va. – The Wheeling Nailers, ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins, announced the team has re-signed forward Derek Army for the 2015-16 season.
Army, 24, is coming off of a fantastic rookie season, which saw him lead the Nailers with 29 goals, while becoming the first Wheeling player to appear in all 72 regular season games since Brock Sheahan during the 2008-09 season. Army's season began to take off in late November, when a two-goal performance in Elmira helped lead him into a six-goal, 13-point month in December, which was followed by eight more tallies and 16 more points in January. The North Kingstown, R.I. native's efforts were recognized twice by the ECHL, as he earned Player of the Week honors for the week of April 6-12, before being named to the All-Rookie Team at season's end. However, that was just the beginning of the accolades for Army, who won three team awards, including Fan Choice Player of the Year.
Prior to his time with the Nailers, Army attended Providence College. In four seasons with the Friars, Army recorded 76 points (38g-38a) in 149 games, as he became the third member of his family (father Tim, grandfather Tom) to play for the Friars. After completing his senior season, the 5-foot-11 forward made the jump to the pro game, collecting four points in four games with Wheeling.


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Amenity Indicators (what we measure)
Amenity values are natural or physical qualities and characteristics of an area that contribute to people's appreciation of its pleasantness, and cultural and recreational values.
Having a safe and healthy environment for living, working and recreation is important for Matamata-Piako residents. This involves maintaining generous access to daylight, sunlight and private open space, especially in urban areas.Amenity values can differ in rural areas to those in urban areas, as people in rural areas commonly both live and work on the land, and can be involved in activities that generate noise, odour, dust and other effects.
The amenity and heritage values of Matamata, Morrinsville and Te Aroha could be adversely affected by unsuitable development. Amenity in rural areas can also be compromised by rural activities that generate noise, odour, dust and other effects.
In general, disturbance to amenity values as a result of legitimate farming activities is acceptable; however in urban areas and near large-scale rural industry it is expected that any significant negative effects on amenity values will be avoided, remedied or minimised.
Our Situation
The number of resource consent applications to breach Council's development control rules in the District Plan had decreased since 2009/10, but increased again since 2015/16. This is likely due to the relative number of dwellings being constructed, which has increased over the past two years. In 2014/15 22 of 24 resource consents to breach development controls were for yard encroachments and in 2015/16 it was 44 of 50 consents. In 2016/17 40 of 49 of resource consent applications were for yard encroachments. The other nine consent applications were for three applications to encroach upon the height-to-boundary rules and six applications to exceed the site coverage requirements. The noticeable increase in applications to breach development control rules is in line with the overall increase in the number of building consent applications. Yard areas provide space for outdoor activities and landscaping, and also create a pattern of open space and built up space, which forms the character of the district.
The Council's Plan Change 47 – Plan Your Town reviews the sections of the District Plan relating to the planning rules and zoning for each of the district's largest towns three towns and the areas around them. Proposed rule changes include reviewing the building setback distances from boundaries, changes to residential infill subdivision around town centres and identifying likely future urban growth areas. A hearing was held in June 2017 and a decision will be notified later in 2017.


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Zurich meets Hong Kong over a Cup of Coffee – A conversation on freshness...
Since the early days of the specialty coffee movement, freshness has been one of its central pillars. Freshness is best defined as having original unimpaired qualities. In coffee, it is most often seen as freshly roasted, ground within a few days, immediately extracted and consumed. But in spite of this pivotal role of freshness for high quality coffee, the objective and scientific measurement of freshness has often been vague and elusive. How can one measure the level of freshness of coffee? During our discussion on freshness of coffee I will explore two distinct but related approaches. One is based on the degassing of the freshly roasted coffee and the other on the evolution of its aroma profile during storage and introduce a concept called freshness index. This discussion of freshness will naturally lead into some general observation about specialty coffee.
In partnership with HKCG Coffee College (Member of Hiang Kie Coffee Group) and playground.work studio
當蘇黎世、香港和咖啡走在一起 —— 談咖啡鮮味
與香記咖啡學院(香記咖啡集團成員)及 playground.work studio 合辦


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Saturday, January 2, 2010
Tyler, Hannah and Chloe
A Christmas Photshoot. So much energy with these three. How much fun it is to capture some special moments. Thanks for a fun morning!
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Eicma here we are! We are waiting for you from 9 to 12 November Rho Fair Milan. PAV 15 S 46! Stay tuned!
Eicma 2017: Are you curious? We are coming!
We are working for Eicma! We are waiting for you from 9 to 12 November Rho Fair Milan. PAV 15 S 46!
Warthog: Ducati Monster S4R tracker by Zard & Anvil Motociclette
Warthog is the brand new Ducati Monster S4R street tracker by friends Anvil Motociclette in collaboration with Zard technicians. Discover more on Pipeburn!
2>2 Zard full kit is now available for air cooled Bonneville!
2>2 Zard full kit born on the 'new classic' Triumph is now available also for air cooled Bonneville! Online store: https://goo.gl/Y1Pr4E Video: https://youtu.be/PqOVhZsG2tc
Good news for Monster 797′s family! Brand new Zard are coming!
Full exhausts range for Ducati Monster 797 available soon! Stay tuned for something awesome!
Brand new Zard for Triumph Bonneville T100: 3 versions available!
Brand new Zard for Triumph Bonneville T100! Choose your style in 3 different versions! Online store: http://goo.gl/ygUOUS
Eicma 2016: We are coming!
Eicma we are coming! (8-13 November) Pav 18 Stand F68!
Mega Zard Special for Triumph Speed Triple now available!
Mega Zard Special for Triumph Speed Triple! Steel\Titanium silencer available in homologated and racing version, totally handmade and welded by our best welders. Online store: goo.gl/MRyZMg
Brand new Zard for Royal Enfield Continental GT
Brand new Zard steel racing full kit for Royal Enfield Continental GT. Sound accattivante, design esclusivo! Online store: http://goo.gl/Lt4Xh1
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Test: Yamaha R1 + Zard
Sound test: Yamaha R1 + Zard Exhaust (Racing) soon available on zardlab.com/onlinestore
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Motor Bike Expo 2016: Mr. Martini #Zard
Mr Martini, the well-known artist in Verona, will astonish you with new special effects and a lot of news. So go to visit his creations during MBE2016 at Hall 4 Stand 23R. www.mrmartini.it
Motor Bike Expo 2016: Alo's Group #Zard
Ferraro brothers (Alo's Group) has been working with us for some time, you'll also find them at Motor Bike Expo 2016, Hall 4 Stand 20R. We are pleased to inform everyone about the presence of two barbers from Proraso and a upholsterer who will produce cool motorcycle seats, don't miss. www.alosgroup.com
Motor Bike Expo 2016: Anvil Motorcycle #Zard
They are 'San' Marco Filius and Alessandro 'Phonz' Fontanesi , the founders of Anvil. They came to visit us last week, great news will be very soon about these guys and Zard. No anticipation for now, but if you don't know them yet, please visit their website and go to Verona. Motor Bike Expo 2016, Hall 4 Stand 17R. www.anvilmotociclette.com
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This week's eventsOriginally Published May 5, 2013 at 12:00 a.m.
Updated May 3, 2013 at 2:43 p.m.
May 5
Father of the Bride
CABOT — The Cabot Community Theatre will conclude its production of Father of the Bride today. The performance will be at 2 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made online at www.cabotcommunitytheatre.com or by calling (501) 941-2266. The Cabot Community Theatre is at the CenterStage Playhouse, 204 N. First St.
Pioneer Village Open House
SEARCY — Pioneer Village, 1200 Higginson St., will continue its annual Spring Open House from 1-4 p.m. today. There will be costumed guides, and all buildings will be open. The event will feature food, music, activities for children, handmade items, pioneer craftsmen and demonstrations, and a Master Gardener plant sale. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted. For more information, call (501) 580-6633.
May 6
Civitan Club Meeting
CABOT — The Cabot Civitan Club will meet at 6 p.m. at First Security Bank in downtown Cabot. The club meets the first and third Mondays of each month. The public is invited. For more information, call Tom Nolting at (501) 606-3731.
May 8
Consumer-Protection Forum
SEARCY — The White County Cooperative Extension Service, University of Arkansas, Division of Agriculture, will sponsor a Protecting Arkansans town-hall meeting from 8 a.m. to noon in the White County Medical Center's Hubach Conference Center, 3214 E. Race Ave. Topics will include securities, insurance, Medicare and consumer alerts. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m., and lunch will be provided. The free meeting is open to the public. Registration is required; call (877) 926-8300.
May 9
Meal and Free Concert
PANGBURN — There will be a hot dog and sausage meal from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Pangburn High School. The cost of the meal is $5 and includes an entree, chips, dessert and drink. Tickets can be bought from a member of the school's band or at the door. Following the meal, there will be a spring concert in the Performing Arts Auditorium at 7 p.m. The junior and senior bands, jazz band, and junior and senior choirs will perform. There is no cost for the concert. For more information, call (501) 728-3267.
May 10
Bald Knob Golf Tournament
BALD KNOB — The Bald Knob Public Educational Foundation's ninth annual four-person golf tournament will begin at 9 a.m. at the Bald Knob Country Club. The entry fee is $50 per person or $200 for a team. Hole sponsorships are available for $100. Proceeds will be used for scholarships for Bald Knob High School seniors. For more information, call Brad Roberts at (501) 827-2102 or Phillip Helms at (501) 724-3990.
Ward Chamber Banquet
WARD — The Ward Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual awards banquet, with a social hour at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7. The banquet will be at Grace Community Church, 30 Second St. Arkansas Speaker of the House Davy Carter, R-Cabot, will be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $25 per person or $175 for a table of eight. For more information, call Sharon Roberts at (501) 743-4395 or Chris Mann at (501) 941-9987 or (501) 843-3585, or visit www.wardchamber.com.
Memorial Golf Tournament
SEARCY — The 13th annual Max Clark Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Course at River Oaks in Searcy. Proceeds will benefit Searcy Children's Homes. Register online at searcychildrenshomes.org/golf, or call Searcy Children's Homes at (501) 268-3243.
May 11
Benefit Spaghetti Supper
LONOKE — There will be a benefit spaghetti supper for Randy Walker, who is battling colon and liver cancer, at 5 p.m. at Mount Zion United Methodist Church on Mount Tabor Road. Donations will be accepted. A checking account has been set up at Centennial Bank for the Randy Walker Benefit.
Scavenger Hunt
MAMMOTH SPRING — The Mammoth Spring Chamber of Commerce will hold a scavenger hunt from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in conjunction with National Travel and Tourism Week and Mammoth Spring State Park Tourism Day. The scavenger hunt will begin at the park's welcome center. Participants will be given clues and a list of items to gather. The items can be found at local businesses. The winner will receive a $100 prize.
Second Saturday Bingo
HEBER SPRINGS — St. Albert's Catholic Church in Heber Springs will host Second Saturday Bingo, beginning with Quickfire games at 5:30 p.m. The jackpot prize is $500. Concessions, including homemade pies, will be available. For information, call Myrna Shaw at (501) 362-9450.
A Gathering of Eagles
BEEBE — Declare His Glory International will present A Gathering of Eagles, a morning of praise, worship and intercessory prayer, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Open Arms Assembly of God, 1103 N. Fir St. For more information, call (888) 564-8906 or visit www.declarehisgloryintl.org.
Dogwood Days
HORSESHOE BEND — Horseshoe Bend will host Dogwood Days on Saturday in the First National Bank Co. parking lot. Motorcycles, automobiles, tractors, customized four-wheelers, lawnmowers and other vehicles will be on display. There is no entry fee. Registration/check-in will begin at 8 a.m., and an awards ceremony will be at 2 p.m. For preregistration or more information, call Ron Brooks at (870) 373-9000 or Jeannie Simpson at (870) 373-4444, stop by the chamber office, call the chamber at (870) 670-5433, or visit www.horseshoebendarcc.com.
Mz. Dogwood Pageant
HORSESHOE BEND — The Mz. Dogwood men's beauty pageant, part of the Dogwood Days festivities, will be held at 3 p.m. at the gazebo in front of the Diamond B Mall. Each contestant must have a sponsor to donate $30. Proceeds will go to the children's free games and rides for next year's events. Contestants will check in at 1 p.m. For more information, call Jeannie Simpson at (870) 373-4444 or Danaya Burch (870) 373-3910, stop by the chamber office, call the office at (870) 670-5433, email email@example.com, or visit www.horseshoebendarcc.com.
Republican Committee Meeting
CABOT — The Lonoke County Republican Committee meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of every month at Grandpa's Barbecue on North Second Street in Cabot. For more information, contact Irene Ernst, secretary, at (501) 941-4905 or visit www.lonokegop.com.
Vatican II Series
CHEROKEE VILLAGE — In observance of the Year of Faith, St. Michael's Catholic Church of Cherokee Village will offer a five-week series of one-hour DVDs called The Faithful Revolution: Vatican II on Wednesday nights in May. The DVDs will be shown from 6:45-7:45, following the 6 p.m. Mass. Discussion will follow, and refreshments will be served. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call the church office at (870) 257-2850.
One-Act-Play Contest
SEARCY — The Performing Arts Center on the Square is accepting submissions for its first original-one-act-play contest. All subject matter is welcome. Submissions are due at 4 p.m. May 15 and must be double-spaced with the speaker in bold and stage directions in italics. Scripts will not be returned, and no royalties will be paid. The winner's play will be produced by Center on the Square during its July Dessert Theater Slot. Mail submissions to Center on the Square, 219 W. Arch, Searcy, AR 72143. For more information, call (501) 368-0111.
TOPS Meetings
JACKSONVILLE — There will be a Take Off Pounds Sensibly meeting at 9 a.m. every Thursday at Second Baptist Church in Jacksonville. The fee is $28 annually. For more information, call Dianne at (501) 834-7603.
Accordion Players Gathering
BATESVILLE — Accordion players are invited to bring their accordions and meet other accordion players in the area from 7-9 p.m. the first and third Mondays of the month, beginning this Monday, in the Community Room of First Community Bank in Batesville. For more information, call (870) 307-0258.
Horseshoe Bend Farmers Market
HORSESHOE BEND — The Horseshoe Bend Farmers Market will open May 15 and be open from 8-11:30 a.m. each Wednesday thereafter at Faith Presbyterian Church. Produce will be offered when available, but flowering plants, strawberries and baked goods, including fried pies, will be available.
ASU-Searcy Driver Course
SEARCY — Arkansas State University-Searcy will host an AARP Driver Safety course from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 16 in Room 127 of the Technology East building at ASU-Searcy. Instructors for the class are Jerry and Bertie Yates. The cost of the course is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. To register, call Bertie and Jerry Yates at (501) 283-0287 or (501) 283-0283.
Bratwurst Day Festival
HORSESHOE BEND — Knights of Columbus Council No. 10493 will host its 10th annual Bratwurst Day Festival from 4-7 p.m. May 16 at St. Mary of the Mount Catholic Church. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door. Takeout dinners will be available. For more information, call (870) 368-4082.
Homecoming Festival Street Market
SALEM — Vendor space is available for booths at the Fulton County Homecoming Festival Street Market. The 64th annual festival will be May 24 and 25 in Salem, and the Street Market will be held May 25. Any type of marketable item may be sold, but the Festival Committee reserves the right to refuse items. For more information or to reserve a booth space, contact Tonya Franks at (870) 371-0887 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
PrimesTimes Driver Course
SEARCY — The PrimesTimes of White County Medical Center will host an AARP Driver Safety Course from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 25 at the Hubach Center. The instructors are Jerry and Bertie Yates. The cost of the course is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Those attending are asked to park behind the hospital off Moore Street. To register, call Anna Overbay at (501) 380-1050.
Batesville Chamber Golf Classic
BATESVILLE — The Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its eighth annual Chamber Golf Classic at 10 a.m. June 7 at The Course at Eagle Mountain. The registration fee for a team of four is $375, which includes coolers, beverages, breakfast, lunch and two golf carts. The tournament is limited to the first 25 registered teams. Registration can be done online at www.mybatesville.org. Sponsorship opportunities are also available.
Senior Circle Trips
NEWPORT — The Harris Hospital Senior Circle Association is accepting reservations for three trips later this year. A rail trip to New Orleans will be June 17-20, with a cost of $699 per person. A motorcoach trip to Niagra Falls and Toronto will be Sept. 1-8, with a cost of $789 per person. There will also be a seven-day cruise from New Orleans to the western Caribbean from Oct. 13-19. The cost is $1,069 per person for an inside cabin, $1,165 for an ocean view or $1,420 for a balcony. For more information, call Circle adviser Margaret Goodman at (870) 512-3030.
Mountains, Music and Motorcycles
MOUNTAIN VIEW — The second Mountains, Music and Motorcycles car show will be Aug. 17 in the Centennial Bank parking lot. Registration will be from 8 a.m. to noon. The fee is $15 in advance or $20 the day of the event. There will be 17 classes in the show. For more information, call Matt Sloan at (870) 615-0785 or Kelly Simmons at (870) 213-7644, or visit www.mountainsmusicmotorcycles.com.
Ward Chamber Annual Jamboree
WARD — The Ward Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual jamboree from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Chamber of Commerce building.
Anglers Classic
HEBER SPRINGS — The Rotary Club of Cleburne County will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Greers Ferry Lake and the Little Red River with the annual Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Anglers Classic on Oct. 4 and 5 in Heber Springs. For more information on exhibits or planned events, call Ben Traylor at (501) 825-7410.
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Hi everyone, just joined this forum. i have a problem i cant open any program or cant download anything. whenever i try to open something, a window appearing which gives me a list of recommended programs to open. And there is only one recommended program, IE. Eventually I cant open anything. I can brows the net by an Internet Explorer saved link! I dont know what to do, please help!
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Get the registry entries for exe - Executable application files and lnk - Shortcut link (LNK) files from the article Default File Type Associations - Restore
Merge these two registry entries by double clicking those.
Does anything change there?
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|31 Aug 2013
Get the registry entries for exe - Executable application files and lnk - Shortcut link (LNK) files from the article Default File Type Associations - Restore
Merge these two registry entries by double clicking those.
Does anything change there?
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You are welcome sealion85 :)
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|Vari-Lite and Strand Lighting Get a Spring Awakening
|Lighting Designer Kevin Adams brings his critically-acclaimed lighting design to Broadway
|Published Wednesday, January 31, 2007
On December 10, 2006, Spring Awakening opened on Broadway at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. After receiving critical acclaim as an off-Broadway smash-hit, this controversial and inspirational musical is once again achieving box office success. Behind the lighting design of Spring Awakening is lighting designer Kevin Adams, and behind Adams is the VL1000TI™ automated luminaire, and a Strand 550I lighting control console.
"While we were moving the production from off-Broadway, I basically took the same lighting plot, and then added in the VL1000 fixtures," said Adams . "I really like how the tungsten source from the VL1000 casts a warm soft glow."
Adams first used the VL1000TI luminaire on the Broadway production of Good Body starring Eve Ensler. This production was a one-woman show with a small amount of music, and so he needed an automated light that would run silently. The tungsten lamp source was great for her skin tone on stage, and Adams wanted to capture that same style for Spring Awakening.
Adams continued "The tungsten lamp gives Spring Awakening a soft glow, and makes it look a little different from other productions on Broadway. Plus, the tungsten lamp source of the VL1000 blends well with the conventional fixtures in the lighting design."
The VARI*LITE® VL1000TI™ automated luminaire combines the functionality of an ellipsoidal reflector spotlight with the versatility of an automated luminaire. Automated functions include CYM color mixing, rotating gobos, variable diffusion, and a zoom lens that ranges from 19° to 36° for normal imaging and a super zoom function that ranges to 70°. The VL1000TI luminaire delivers 10,000 lumens with the consistent color temperature of a tungsten source, and includes an automated beam size iris.
Adams describes Spring Awakening as "two shows going on within the same production. The first is the 'book play', which is set in the year 1891. It is a classical play in all aspects with washes of general white light and very few lighting effects. Noise levels are crucial as the production takes on a quiet, more somber feel. I was very happy with how quiet the luminaires were."
The second portion of Spring Awakening is a contemporary musical of rock/pop songs.
Adams went on to state, "For this, I used a more focused and colorful lighting design, and I was thrilled with all the colors I could get out of the VL1000 fixtures."
"In the overall lighting design, I wanted to keep a clear delineation between the two different 'shows within the show' at all times. During the 'concert' portions of the musical, the VL1000 fixtures really pop with color and we lay the spots on pretty heavy. All the backlight fixtures utilize the iris capabilities, and I pretty much used every capability the lights had to offer. For the 'book' portions, we utilized the edge functions quite a bit to make sure we kept the light focused and detailed."
To control the automated luminaires in the lighting design, Production Electrician Greg Husinko and Adams chose a Strand 550I console, with a Strand 520 console for backup. Said Husinko, "I have used the 550 console in the past for control of conventional fixtures. I knew it would be applicable for Spring Awakening, but had never used it before with moving lights."
"The console is controlling 40 moving lights and a nice LED set-up, and that was one of the selling points," Husinko elaborated. "With the LED application, the 550I was the best platform because of its ability to easily run light chases. Plus, the console displays are more conventional in appearance, such as easily being able to see the light levels."
The complete lighting and sound package for Spring Awakening was provided by Hudson Sound and Light. When asked about working with Adams, Tom Ferguson stated "Kevin is truly an artist. It is one of the best lighting designs that we've seen in quite some time. Kevin was great to work with, and as a designer he was very pleased with the lighting gear and therefore we are pleased as well."
Husinko concluded, "The Strand 550I is working very well for this show. It has performed phenomenally."
Adams agreed, "The VL1000TI luminaire gave me everything that I needed. It is quiet with a soft tungsten lamp source for the skin tones. The Iris is a simple but beautiful effect, and the color range is second to none."


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Ruler: Master of the Mask Recaps (Episodes 25 & 26)
The war to get the throne gets nastier and nastier with every episode of Ruler: Master of the Mask. After the poisoning of the candidates and the queen, the rivalry between the two Lee Suns only becomes stronger. Allow me to recap episodes 25 & 26 for you all.
Previously on Ruler: Master of the Mask: 01 & 02 - 03 & 04 - 05 & 06 - 07 & 08 - 09 & 10 - 11 & 12 - 13 & 14 - 15 & 16 - 17 & 18 - 19 & 20 - 21 & 22 - 23 & 24
Ruler: Master of the Mask
Episodes 25 & 26
The episode starts with a flashback of the dowager queen asking Ga Eun to become a candidate, in exchange she promises to really bring her father's honours back. (Hadn't she promised that already?) Back to where we were left off, Lee Sun runs to see the chaos that happened in the room with the candidates. He wants to go to Ga Eun, but as the king, he is supposed to go to the dowager queen first. The woman recovers consciousness for a bit before passing out again. Lee Sun turns to glare at Prince Sun by Ga Eun's side, walking up to them to demand an explanation and an apology.
Lee Sun orders the royal physician to take care of Ga Eun and he even ask Woo Bo to save her, staying with her, diligently taking care of her. Luckily, she is not in real danger and after a few days she should be fine. Prince Sun stays outside all night, wanting to see Ga Eun. Only when Lee Sun is gone, Woo Bo helps the prince to go inside. Ga Eun wakes up then and they can have a moment before she passes out again.
The main suspect is the Pyunsoo Hwe, but actually they lost their two candidates so how could they be behind? Woo Bo figures out the dowager queen was the only one who won something out of this, so she must be behind it and drank the poison so no one would suspect her. Hwa Goon figures out the same and declares she has a plan to get back at the queen. Indeed the queen was behind it and she orders her brother to tell his daughter to become the queen, she risked her life to get the others out of the way.
With everyone recovered, the queen resumes the selection process, the king will help the dowager queen, and it all seems to go as planned, until Hwa Goon shows up, offering to help in the decision as the head of the Pyunsoo Hwe. Hwa Goon asks tricky questions Ga Eun helps the queen's niece to answer, until she sets a trap with one of the questions. Ga Eun steps up to reveal this, but Hwa Goon attacks asking what happens to traitors who use the name of the king's falsely. Ga Eun is too hurt to answer, so the queen's niece does.
Later, Lee Sun has presents for the girls that passed, obviously wanting to give her something more meaningful, but Ga Eun takes the same as the others, but he points out how he picked yellow especially for her. She is shocked he knows she likes that colour.
Finally, Hwa Goon asks Prince Sun to talk and she tries to explain, but he cuts her in. He is grateful for all her help, he honestly is, and that's why he decides to cut ties for he and the Pyunsoo Hwe cannot coexist. In his gratitude he asks to never meet again. She has an outburst, throwing at his face all she's done for him because she loves him, and she only wants for him to stay by her side, but he cannot do that. She leaves heartbroken. Her confession makes Chung Woon realise the ones who tried to killed the prince before couldn't be the Pyunsoo Hwe as Dae Mok promised not to hurt him. Prince Sun suspects the queen.
The queen is becoming a threat to the Pyunsoo Hwe as well, so Dae Mok wants to find the culprit of the poisoning, and he isn't thinking of the real one, because when the queen is going to announce the three last candidates, the Chief State Councillor arrives to take the culprit, and that person is no other than Ga Eun.
Both Prince Sun and Lee Sun are worried, the latter goes to see the queen to request Ga Eun's release, but the queen is in no way worried and she thinks Ga Eun will be released as she is innocent. She doesn't care about torture. So the two Lee Suns meet to decide what to do. Prince Sun will find the real culprit, Lee Sun needs to win them some time.
Lee Sun stops the interrogation before the torture begins, wanting to interrogate her himself. That works to win them sometimes while Prince Sun thinks that finding the person who poisoned him before would lead them to the one behind this other attack. He finds the court lady and uses that information to deceive the queen, saying the Pyunsoo Hwe are after that court lady. To save her skin, the queen tries to send the court lady away, but the woman gets caught and now Lee Sun, under Prince Sun's instruction, uses the court lady to push the queen to intervene and save Ga Eun… in exchange of something.
It is settled that it was an accident, so Ga Eun is released and Prince Sun tells her she will be free, but that's not the case, she has made it to the final selection, possibly a royal concubine, shocking everyone and enraging Prince Sun. Later, he meets with Lee Sun to demand to know what he's done, but he washes his hands and says it was the queen. They keep arguing, Lee Sun recriminates him for still not telling Ga Eun the truth, and when they are shouting, Lee Sun hears something. He goes outside, but no one was there. When he goes back, Prince Sun promises to find the antidote for him, but he cannot give up Ga Eun. Lee Sun declares he can give up everything else, except Ga Eun.
War has been declared.
I am not liking what Lee Sun is becoming, he's becoming an antagonist of the story and I hate that. Why do the bromance have to be ruined? Ugh. Anyhow, I'll be back shortly for the next recaps, because things are getting more and more complicated.
Until then!
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Since 1998, Horace has studied what he terms, 'UFO problem,' as well as, 'Crop pictures.' He also had managed a small team carrying out forensic analyses of alleged 'alien' tissue samples, for example, Peter Khoury's hair sample.
In 2002, after one of Horace's DNA theorems appeared in crop circles at Crooked Soley, he determined, scientifically, that the crop pictures could not have been made by people using rope and boards, and has been studying crop circles since this time.
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The Patagonia Women's Micro D Jacket is a super soft fleece jacket for mild spring days. The Micro D is the kind of jacket that you'll always want around, weighing only 9 ounces and cuddly soft against your skin. Wear it alone or underneath a shell in cooler or windy weather, it's versatile and ready for anything. Adjust your temperature by opening and closing the zipper as necessary and tuck your hands into the welted pockets when the wind gets brisk.
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I've been pretty busy this last few months. The big "thing" in my life has been my move from San José, Costa Rica to Medellin, Colombia. Any move is a big deal, even moving from Mom's basement to the garage. Moving to a totally new country where you are less-than-fluent in the language… well… it's a pretty big deal.
HOWEVER… I did have time to put together a book about my last few years in Costa Rica. Included is an update/epilogue to "Magdalena, a Prostitute's Life in Costa Rica." There are also stories about strippers, hookers, crack addicts, weird gringos and much more.
If you enjoyed any of my other books: Clueless Clyde, Dances with Prostitutes, MORE Dances with Prostitutes, and/or Magdalena, I'm sure you'll like "Last Tangos in San José." I will be putting together a book on my Colombia experiences shorty, as soon as I have been here a bit longer. I will also post here from time to time.
Just for a quick preview, my first impressions of Medellin are 90% positive, or perhaps more, since I can't really quantify something like that. Right off the bat, Medellin is SO much more affordable, keeping in mind that Costa Rica isn't all that expensive for gringos. On top of that, transportation and the general cleanliness and modernity of Medellin are impressive. There is a lot more to say but I will get around to that in the future. Stay tuned.


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1st Bear Guards (Rasalhague Dominion)
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|First Bear Guards
|Unit Profile (as of 3145)
|The Rage
|Parent Formation
|Alpha Galaxy
- 1 History
- 2 Officers
- 3 Tactics
- 4 Composition History
- 5 Notes
- 6 Rules
- 7 References
- 8 Bibliography
The First Bear Guards are the elite unit of the Ghost Bear touman.[1] During the preparations for Operation REVIVAL, the First Bear Guards were one of the units that faced Ulric Kerensky and Clan Wolf in their Trial of Refusal. During that Trial, both Ghost Bear Khans were killed.[2][3]
Operation REVIVAL[edit]
Throughout the Clan Invasion the First Bear Guards were able to successfully defeat even the most dug-in Inner Sphere forces, with the First utilising a combination of air power and fast-hitting ground forces to hammer their opponents.[4] The First Bear Guards fought on the following worlds during the invasion of the Inner Sphere:
Wave Two[edit]
Wave Three[edit]
- Last Frontier (FRR) June 3050 - Fought the First Freemen. saKhan Theresa DelVillar was injured and fell into a coma.[1]
Wave Four[edit]
Wave Five[edit]
- Alshain (DC) December 3051 - The entire Alpha Galaxy attacked this world, with The Rage facing the Sixth Alshain Regulars. Unable to break the Regulars lines, the First Bear Guards called on the Fiftieth Striker Cluster for assistance. The two units were able to break the Regular's lines, but the Regulars were able to escape with the help of the Second Sword of Light.[1]
- Rubigen (DC) April 3052
- Sternwerde (DC) January 3052
Fought the 308th Com Guard Division on the advance to Spanac.
The First were devastated during the battle on Tukayyid and had to be re-formed and rebuilt; the First's return to Spheroid space was announced with their capture of Santander's World in July 3052 from the defending Smoke Jaguars.[4]
First Draconis Combine/Ghost Bear War[edit]
The First Draconis Combine / Ghost Bear War erupted following an attack on Alshain by rogue elements of the Alshain Avengers brigade of the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery in 3062,[5] and as expected Alpha Galaxy played a prominant part in the Ghost Bear's retaliation against the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery.[6] The First Bear Guards struck at Idlewind while the Third Bear Guards attacked Garstedt.[7]
The Dark Age[edit]
Posted to Alshain after the Jihad, the First Bear Guards were able to rebuild rapidly and to requip from factories producing the best new equipment available; the First had been reduced to just thirty percent of full strength by 3079,[8] but by 3085 had almost doubled in strength.[9]
The First Bear Guards continued to serve as a part of Alpha Galaxy throughout the Dark Age. Alpha Galaxy continued to serve as the lead Galaxy for the Rasalhague Dominion, and as such spent a considerable amount of time protecting Alshain, the cultural heart of Clan Ghost Bear. Given that Khan Dalia Bekker regarded the Republic of the Sphere with reverence it was a foregone conclusion that Alpha Galaxy would be sent to secure the worlds of Alrakis and Konstance as the Inner Sphere began to erupt into widespread warfare again. Having deployed in 3135, Alpha Galaxy only remained in place until Omega Galaxy secured Vega.[10]
Although Alpha Galaxy wasn't around for subsequent events leading up to the formation of the Vega Protectorate, many in Alpha came to feel that steps should have been taken to prevent Omega Galaxy from "going native" at the time, and given Khan Bekkar's conservative views there was a building sense of expectation that Alpha would be called on to remove Omega's taint.[10]
As of 3061 the commanding officer was Star Colonel Justin Gurdel,[4] who also commanded the 1st Bears during Operation Revival[11] and would continue to command the First until at least as late as 3067.[12]
Star Colonel Gurdell was the commander of the First Guards in 3048, but during the Trials for Operation REVIVAL, the First was commanded by Khan Nornian Tseng and saKhan Ursula Jorgensson. Both Khans were killed by Ulric Kerensky.[2]
In 3085 the First was commanded by Star Colonel Piers Tseng.[9]
The commanding officer of the First in 3145 was Star Colonel Vivian Snuka.[13]
The command can counter the actions of enemy formation with equal or superior reactions. The cluster are also specialized to smoke out enemy formations which are dig in through a combination of air strikes/ground assaults.[11]
Composition History[edit]
1st Bear Guards Cluster
- Supernova Command - Star Captain Joanne Forrester
- Alpha Command Nova (5 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
- Bravo Command Nova (5 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
- Charlie Command Nova (5 OmniMechs, 25 Elementals)
- 310th Assault Trinary - Star Captain Carl Hambash
- Alpha Assault Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Bravo Assault Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Charlie Elemental Star (25 Elementals)
- 312th Assault Trinary ("the Silver Kodiaks")[14] - Star Captain Edwin Gilmour
- Alpha Assault Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Bravo Assault Star (5 OmniMechs)
- Charlie Assault Star (5 OmniMechs)
- 23rd Elemental Support Binary - Star Captain Sarah Kabrinski
- Alpha Elemental Star (25 Elementals)
- Bravo Elemental Star (25 Elementals)
- 16th Fighter Binary - Star Captain Magara Gilmour)
- Alpha Fighter Star (10 OmniFighters)
- Bravo Fighter Star (10 OmniFighters)
First Bear Guards Cluster
- Supernova Command (Star Captain Joanne Forrester) (3 OmniMech/Elemental Novas)
- 310th Assault Trinary (Star Captain Carl Hambash) (2 OmniMech Stars, 1 Elemental Star)
- 312th Assault Trinary (Star Captain Edwin Gilmour) (3 OmniMech Stars)
- 23rd Elemental Support Binary (Star Captain Sarah Kabrinski) (2 Elemental Stars)
- 16th Fighter Binary (Star Captain Magara Gilmour) (2 OmniFighter Stars)
First Bear Guards (Elite/Fanatical)[4]
- 4 Trinaries
First Bear Guards (Elite/Fanatical)[12]
- - The First were stationed on Arcadia at this point in time and were at three-quarters of full strength. Ninety percent of the First were using Clan-level technology, whilst eighty percent were equipped with OmniMechs or their equivalents.[12]
First Bear Guards (Elite/Fanatical)[8]
- - At this point in time three quarters of the First were using OmniMechs.[8]
First Bear Guards (Elite/Fanatical)[9]
- - At this point in time the First were operating at fifty-five percent of full strength with almost seventy percent of the cluster using OmniMechs.[9]
First Bear Guards (Elite/Fanatical)[13]
- - At this point in time the first was stationed on Alshain alongside the command elements of Alpha Galaxy, and was at full strength; more than three-quarters of the Guards were equipped with OmniMechs.[13]
At the time of the Revival Trials, the First Bear Guards had created a massive Great Work at their Arcadia enclave. The marble cenotaph showed a history of the Cluster's successes, each of which was carved into the pillars by the participating warriors. The warriors then carved their name underneath the scene they carved. As the pillar ran out of room, another blank pillar was added to the Great Work.[2]
- In common with every other unit in the Clan Ghost Bear touman at this point in time, the First Bear Guards receives a +1 modifier to any dice roll on Random Weight-Class tables to determine Star or Binary/Trinary type.[16]
- As a part of Alpha Galaxy the First Bear Guards receives a +1 Bonus to Initiative rolls.[17]
- As a part of Alpha Galaxy the commander of each Star within the First Bear Guards may choose to deploy in any OmniMech in any configuration rather than determining their 'Mech randomly.[17]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3052, p. 52
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 22
- ↑ Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 31
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 88, "Alpha Galaxy: The Golden Bears"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 60, "Overview"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 60, "Alpha Galaxy (The Golden Bears)"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 13, "Dragons, Dark and Dangerous"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Field Report: Clans, p. 11, "Deployment Status"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Alpha Galaxy (The Golden Bears)"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. 162, "Alpha Galaxy"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 88, "1st Bear Guards Profile"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Field Manual: Updates, p. 77, "Alpha Galaxy (The Golden Bears)"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. 172, "Alpha Galaxy (The Golden Bears)"
- ↑ Invading Clans, p. 18
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 163, "Alpha Galaxy (The Golden Bears)"
- ↑ Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 180, "Clan Ghost Bear"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Warden Clans, p. 180, "Alpha Galaxy"