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Thursday, July 31, 2008
From Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons
A purse was not green, it was not straw color, it was hardly seen and it had a use a long use and the chain, the chain was never missing, it was not misplaced, it showed that it was open, that is all that it showed.
(Gertrude Stein)
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Capacious Fake and Transparent Hold-All
From Popular Science, November, 1939.
The text in a less squinty form: Handbag Holds No Secrets: A transparent handbag for women is now becoming a fashionable accessory abroad. Made of a clear, semistiff, transparent plastic material, with decorative stitching at the edges, the bag reveals its contents at all times. The owner can even powder her nose while looking in a mirror that is inside her handbag, as shown in the photograph at the right.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Capacious Project - Catherine Owen
Spurning the Purse: A Saga of Baglessness
Towards the glam or even humble purse I am not ambivalent. I am, have been all my adult female life, indifferent to them, not opposed with the ire I expressed towards the pink putridity of Barbie for instance, but merely blind to any of their redemptive attributes. Although the back pack I hefted around Europe, scarred with its Canadian insignia of innocence, has the remnants of nostalgia trailing from it, in general I have always dismissed the necessity for any kind of real carry-all.
This tendency could be read by a trained therapist as yet another sign of my regressed state, my persistent refusal to accept reality which, among other things, seems to constitute a full time job, a committed relationship, growing older and yes, for women, sporting a purse.
The only purse I owned prior to adulthood was given me by Aunt Liz. My aunt, under the perfectly valid assumption that my ex-nun mother would know few feminine graces to impart to me, took it upon herself to rigorously school me in female deportment. Mostly this entailed such lessons as how to eat spaghetti (clenching a spoon beneath one's hairless armpit), how to put on a bra (when I developed breasts that was) and how to shave one's bikini line (with an ice cube and patience).
It also required two gifts: a black plastic snapping case full of gaudy tiles of eyeshadow and a purse, white, puffy, shiny as a marshmellow on steroids. I do remember cramming that bag with Sudden Beauty hairspray, oily pink lipstick, bus fare and a Jackie Collins novel, Rock Star, I think it was.
But I was so embarrassed to be seen trucking around with it at school that I would leave it in the washroom between classes, returning of course to find my shekels gone and my aerosol can half empty. Quickly graduating to the androgyny of bags, I adopted a discarded Army satchel for my first years of college, sewing a Mayhem patch over the eroding letters: U.S. Mostly, it held books: Kant, Mead, Joyce and other one-syllable paragons of academe. When the straps tore off, I replaced it with one faceless black carry-all after another, determined never to get attached to the attaché.
The closest I came was the first semester I taught at Simon Fraser University when I emblazoned my staid brown briefcase with stickers championing everything from the Day-Glo Abortions to the Pro-choice movement.
Since my stint at the university ended in 2003 however, I've eschewed any permanent form of bag.
Preferring to keep my shoulders, arms and even back free from the impositions of anchor-like accouterments, obvious blazons of over-material fragility, I usually slip Interac cards into my pockets, an eyeliner, perhaps a tres mince volume of verse.
Come to think of it, this practice truly began after an evening at the ill fated Dufferin, a gay night club in downtown Vancouver. As was my custom in high school, I simply ditched my then-purse/backpack by my table when I went to shimmy to Like a Virgin, naively presuming that this tribe of non-conformists would never deign to stoop to theft. I was wrong of course, returning to find the only wallet I had ever owned lifted, the villains enjoying an evening of taxis and Subway at my expense.
Yes, it was from that point on that I utterly divested myself of bag, purse, pack of any kind. Sure I've given in once in a while, dashed on a panic trip to Zellers to scoop up a 14$ strappy thing on the way to a launch or other gala occasion, my gown pocketless and needing my hands for shaking. But it is quickly discarded, relegated to my storage space, gifted to the V.V. Boutique, my only substantial carry-all the current book I choose to take out to breakfast, inside its pages a letter from a friend, a thin compact case, bank cards.
I feel like a medieval spy. Having my purse and not carrying it too, o yeah.
a thug's lineup of purse-types: my mother's antelope fur attache from Africa c. 1967, my old army satchel, sans patch, and the current Zellers one-use only strappy thang
photo by Catherine Owen
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Capacious Project - Sally Ito
Contents of Sally's Purse, Monday, July 19, 2008
• Pentax Camera (the non-digital kind)
• Seika's Sunday School craft – a half paper-plate made into a watermelon (on Fruits of the Spirit theme)
• Three books: The Exploits of MoominPappa by Tove Jansson, Tales from Moominvalley by Tove Jansson, and The Secret Wish of Nanerl Mozart by Barbara Nickel
• Coupon Holder
• Two Chequebooks
• Registration Letter for Portage Avenue Mennonite Brethren Vacation Bible School
• A Postcard for Art show: Art Among Friends at the Winnipeg Art Gallery put on by Community Living Winnipeg
• Two flourescent orange birthday cake candles
• Two girl's barettes, one yellow and one red
• A letter to businesses to donate items for the Manitoba Japanese Canadian Associations annual Picnic
• Cheque stub in envelope from Manitoba Arts Council for grant rec'd to travel to Newfoundland
• City of Winnipeg Community Services Receipt for Kenji and Seika's swimming lessons
• Shopping list with chewed gum squished inside
• Boarding Pass stub from flight taken from Vancouver to San Francisco
• Boarding Pass stub from flight taken Vancouver to Winnipeg
• Business card of personal banking rep "Abbie" of President's Choice Financial
• A postcard advertising Star Lake Lodge with their Summer 2008 Program
• A green tealight
• Program for Seika's piano recital
• Bulletin insert from St. Margaret's Anglican Church with little kitties drawn on them in blue pen
• 2 push pencils
• black ink pen
• Copy of the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections sheet on the Margaret Avison fonds
• photocopy of an e-mail from Grace Thomson, current president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC)
• 2 sheets of yellow writing pad notes on grant applications to the NAJC
• Passport
• 2 Towne Cinema ticket stubs
• Business card of Heather Conn, "Words on Fire, Works Inspired" for "spirited writing, teaching, and editorial services"
• packet of kleenex
• tube of sunscreen
• wallet
• Levenger notebook with silver pen (purchased from Xmas gift voucher for judging Kiriyama)
• Red strawcovered notebook (given from friend who went to Vietnam)
About the bag itself, it was purchased in a Barnes and Noble in Union Square in San Francisco about two years ago in February when I went to judge the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. It was an emergency purchase. The bag I had before – a smaller, red leather purse bought for me in Italy by my sister – had a thin strap that broke just as I was breaking into a run at the Vancouver airport (while in transit from Winnipeg) to catch a flight to San Francisco. I have a terrible habit of overstuffing my bags until the straps break. When they do, I just go on to the next capacious hold-all I can find.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Capacious Project - rob mclennan
I carry too much; I already know this, and most of the time, don't care to alter.
I once kept pockets filled, stories for every spark of detritus, including small tokens, a drink umbrella, business cards, spare button, discarded watch, receipts. In 1997, I entertained Toronto bookseller Janet Inksetter when she told me to empty my pockets; I had explanations for every item, and amused her greatly (my stories are never short). She was going through a period, she said, of asking poets who came through to do same, and wasn't expecting such bounty (John Barlow had performed the day before). She even added to mine, a St. Christopher medal she gave for safety, that I carried until the end of that particular reading tour a month later, placing safely in a box in my bedroom.
What and why do I carry? Hold-all, the title tells, and certainly, it tries. There are things we pick up that we carry with us for a very long time, and other things that only need to be carried a short distance (even further things we shouldn't be picking up at all).
A shoulder bag filled with pens, used or otherwise, copies of current reading material, manuscripts, essays and poems in progress, a notebook, a packet of handwritten letters from a woman out west, copies of my own books for potential sale, bankbook, passport, earphones from the last airplane home, umbrella sometimes, for all this paper in the rain. Why carry? The fact I write in public places, some. The Second Cup at Bank and Somerset, or Rideau Centre food court. Is it any wonder bags so rarely last a year? The ottawa international writers festival tote as second if I need to carry more. I become a further pack-horse when I travel.
The scars across one of my festival bags, black shoulder bag and tote filled up with outgoing mail when I hit the oil slick in 2003, and my bicycle a Somerset bullet down with a momentum that kept moving, ten further feet. Sans helmet, it was the tote bag, along with limbs, that took the brunt of pavement. The outgoing box of contributor copies of Aaron Peck's STANZAS saving skull from potential dents or cracks, forcing deep scars along the tote and along my leg where bicycle chain took. Two sprained wrists and an elbow first thought fractured. Is it excess baggage saved my life?
My ex-wife favoured the same, mounds of seemingly random items in her once-bag, from stamps to baby soother to cassette tapes to weekly newspapers already old. I carry everything I have with me at all times, everything I seemingly own. I never know when I might need. A book to read or four, a notebook, manuscript pages of works-in-progress, books for potential review, books for always sale. A computer disk. Multiple pens, in case one runs out. Essays printed off the internet. Essays and poems I am working on. Spare napkins, from when I used to look after children. Condoms, when I've felt hopeful, even desperate. A sewing kit, a time. A corkscrew. Comic books and literary journals.
The carrying case itself is nearly incidental, something just to hold; a shoulder strap, large enough to carry all I think I need, and matching black, for style. I am a victim of my own standards and routines. I am nearly lost without. Some days I am self-contained, my luggage-sized utility belt.
Some days I work my way to be free, surrendering the weight.
all photos of rob mclennan by Charles Earl
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Friday, July 18, 2008
Capacious Project - Nina Berkhout
On grey days, wet days
when light scatters
beneath beer bottles
and the compost bin –
when I arrive to work soaked,
mascara sketching cheap streaks
under my eyes –
I look into my goodwill purse
of brown leather, worn and heavy.
The purse is tired. So am I.
Half-empty, carrying
a simple thought deep
in our seams:
we will die
never having owned
a decent umbrella
through all these cities of rain.
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Museum of Bags and Purses - Treasure Trove
I couldn't resist showing off this wonderful treasure trove that I received in the mail yesterday from my friend Nina Berkhout. She squeezed in a visit to the Museum of Bags and Purses on her recent trip and send me this fabulous shopping bag (I've shown the front and reverse above). Needless to say, this little package made my day.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Capacious Project - Kimmy Beach
My travelling backpack (I never use suitcases) is a big blue Invicta soft-sided $40 Special, the straps of which can be tucked away inside a velcro flap to make it safe on baggage carousels. In the five years I've had it, it's been all over Canada and England with me, it's gone with me to the Dominican Republic, to Cincinnati, and it gets thrown into the camper on our yearly fall holidays. I learned as a teenager backpacking across Europe with a friend that light is the only way to travel. The backpack I bought for that trip in 1983 stayed with me until five years ago when (with my husband's help) I finally threw it away. It was beyond dead. We waited in the alley on a Wednesday morning and when we could hear the garbage truck coming, we put it into the trash seconds before it was taken away. That way, I couldn't change my mind. I kept the barely readable Lugger label from my old one and sewed it to the front of my new Invicta. I'm not a pack rat, and I'm not really a sentimentalist about objects, but that backpack had been my literal travelling companion since I was eighteen. I admit to a few tears when I said goodbye to it. Thankfully, I have many goofy pictures of me wearing it in various countries of the world.
My husband bought me the Liverpool Football Club backpack from the LFC store in Liverpool on our last trip over there three years ago when I was launching my third book. I love that backpack, and wear it everywhere. It's a funky pack because I'm the only Canadian I know who has one. The only trouble with it is it just doesn't have enough pockets. I like lots and lots of pockets and zippers and velcro compartments. It's great for readings, day trips, quick trips to the Co-op (the one remaining grocery store where I'm allowed to bring it in) and library runs.
The purple Tundra was a purchase I made when I went back to University in 1995, and it's the one I always seem to come back to. It's slowly, relentlessly, falling apart. I regularly have to sew up a worn seam, and there is virtually no padding left in the shoulder straps. It's old enough that it is noticeably missing both the ubiquitous cell phone pouch on the right strap, and the hole to poke your iPod headphones through. I associate this bag with a great accomplishment in my life, so it never goes into the trash, though it clearly needs to. I used it yesterday. I learned how to shoot handguns as research for a book I'm writing, and the bag contained my camera, eight extra batteries, bug juice, my shades, a change of clothes in case the weather changed, a baseball cap, and my You Only Live Twice journal.
The black one with the big zippers is something I found on a (rare) trip to a mall. It was in a hair salon stuffed with overpriced styling products. I was drawn to it because of those crazy, impractical zippers, and because it's a roller and a backpack. I can tuck the straps in, pull up the handle and roll it behind me. I told the person there that I didn't want the expensive hair products, just the backpack. She looked at me like I had three heads and had to call the manager. Eventually, I talked him down to thirty-five bucks and was out the door. It's not good for much besides the farmers' market (but it's great for that). It just looks cool, and I still love those zippers.
I've only recently started occasionally carrying a briefcase around as I have a laptop now and none of my backpacks are suitable for it. The Parkland Regional Library bag was given to me by the PRL after my Writer in Residence gig with them this spring. It's nearly as good as a backpack but serves a different purpose in my life. I have a Homestar runner messenger bag as well, which I also love.
When I'm feeling very cheeky or feel like getting into trouble (at, say, a monastery), I'll throw a few things into my "Lookin' Good For Jesus" hold-all (given to me by an equally cheeky friend) and head out, enjoying the offended looks on the faces of the faithful.
My love affair with backpacks began as a practical consideration. When my friend and I were planning our trip to Europe when we were eighteen, we reasoned we'd want our hands free all the time to show passports, purchase metro tickets, race down train station platforms (as we were habitually running late for trains), and hug strange men. All of that happened. Since then, they are the only carry-alls that make any sense to me. My back is strong and I still like to have my hands free at airports so I can hug my friends as soon as I see them. Backpacks remove a lot of the stress of travel for me, as I only take what will comfortably fit into that Invicta (St. Pete's is the exception: a place where I unfailingly and inexplicably take everything I own). If I have to sit on it, I have too much crap, and something comes out.
There's an element of rebellion to them which I like. Occasionally, I'll walk to the Safeway for milk and take an empty backpack with me. No plastic bag and easier for me to carry home. I'm always stopped by security and asked to check it at the customer service desk. This has resulted in me asking to see the manager and showing him my empty backpack while women with purses the size of Arkansas come and go with nary a look from the security dude. I love to say, louder than necessary, "Is it the backpack? Do you think I'm a thief because I'm wearing a backpack? I resent the implication that..." etc. I'm regularly pulled over at customs desks and asked to take every pair of underwear out of the thing. I honestly believe that there is still an association between backpacks and nomadic teenagers languishing about on Greek ferries because they can't afford a berth.
I believe that my backpacks keep me young and travelling. There's still something about throwing a backpack over my right shoulder that speaks to me of adventure, travel, freedom, and youth. I'm a fairly seasoned traveller and I love the feeling of putting a backpack into my car on my way to an airport or to mom's place for a few days to play Scrabble. A decidedly middle-aged thing to do, but I'm an Eternal Teenager of the Mind. I put on my red Chuck Taylors, throw a backpack over my shoulder, and I'm eighteen, heading to Crete to throw that pack under a bed and forget about it for six weeks. If only they had that magical transport ability.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Capacious Project - Sina Queyras
The bag is home. The purse is a satellite. The purse is pure woman. The bag is androgynous. On occasion I want a purse but wriggle out of its corset shortly after it has made acquaintance with my arm and shoulder blade. What is this, my body asks? And I sigh. Purse. Even the word feels foreign on my tongue, moves my mouth in unfamiliar ways. Purse is then put in a mailer and shipped off to mother who after all is purse. The purse is always leather. Usually made in Italy and a dark shade of brown, or black, though occasionally red. The purse has two kinds of handles, a snap—or clutch and several compartments, little places for notes, rare coins…no, wait that is bag not purse. Inside purse she will put a comb, lipstick, bobby pins, several bottles of pills, rum and butter Lifesavers, a nail file, Wrigley's spearmint, Rothman's king size, a lighter—usually gold—and accompanied by an inhaler, a clutch wallet filled with 20s and a few 100 dollar bills folded in the inner reaches in case, just in case. That is the purse. That is mother. That is the essence of a kind of woman, a kind of Winnie, who is all-woman. No one but mother (and Winnie of course) has consistently carried a purse in my life and when I choose a purse it is usually because I feel I have grown up, or want not to be called Sir at the Fruiterie. The bag is androgynous, as I said, but it is also daughter, or young, which I don't mind being, or being mistaken for. Getting young is always good. Especially after one feels grown up. The bag is roamer. The bag, usually canvas, is filled to burst with small stapler, pen knife, elastic bands, paper clips (round, Italian), pens and pencils, post-its, highlighters, Moleskine or otherwise, an envelope of photographs, a stash of postcards just in case, and stamps of course—many, often vintage, and from all over the world—some useful, some not, either way they will be licked and applied. It contains favorite titles: Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, The Life of the Mind, The Weather, Furious—most bags have drawn the line at The Making of Americans, or Ulysses—but there is always room for Occasional Work and Seven Walks from the Office for Soft Architecture, or pocket-sized editions of Emily Dickinson and Sappho (the Mary Barnard translations alas, not the Carson…). It contains camera, cord, ear plugs, lipstick, lip balm, iPod, cell phone, protein bar, nuts and sometimes a laptop. Over the years the titles have changed, the journals renewed quarterly, the bag annually or so, the contents augmented by preoccupations and the growth of technology (now a cassette, now a cd, now a memory stick), but there is usually a bit of leaf, a twig, several small toys, extra socks, a lug nut found on a walk, a bit of shale, a map, a rusted pipe, a bit of bone, a cutting of something that needs replanting, a list of things to encourage, a list of things to leave behind, a key, library cards and metro cards, a passport and so on. The bag is never quite the right size, nor shape, and often tears before one wants, and there is always the memory of that one you didn't choose. The bag haunting. The bags that other women chose. Or the bags that chose other women. Either way one is always a little disappointed. One regards other women, walking upright now, their shoulders soothed by the perfection of their bags, their fit, the right material and compartments. They are meeting each other for a glass of wine in a place of smooth surfaces and clean lines where they will drop their bags smug and plump at their feet, not even aware of their good fortune in finding one another, the good friend, the one that will be carried, or carry them from room to room.
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Capacious Project - Heather Zwicker
i came late and reluctantly to the handbag. had it been called a "hold-all" when i was a teenaged mall rat, things might have been different, but i associated "purses" with femininity, and femininity didn't square with my identity as hardisty junior high school's tough girl. nor did it complement my undergraduate identity as an ascetic smart girl, and femininity was decidedly antithetical to being a young lesbian in the late 1980s. you think hothead paisan carries a purse? no friggin' way. i strapped on the androgynous messenger bag and later, when i became a professor, carried the black leather bookbag ubiquitous to the profession.
i bought my first purse when i was around 30, and only because it was advertised as a trick bag. it came from the fetish store B&D Emporium and it was just big enough to hold a pair of handcuffs, an evening's supply of condoms, a little bit of makeup and your taxi fare. it cost, i think, $18 and was marketed to drag queens. i didn't ever carry its intended contents; i liked it because the velour leopard-print square was just big enough for my wallet and my lipstick.
the lipstick was the important bit. when newsweek broke the cover on lipstick lesbians back in the '90s, i put my ripped jeans and "i went to jail for rodney king and all i got was this crappy t-shirt" outfit away for good, and set about being myself. over the years, i've bought several handbags to go with my several dozen pairs of shoes.
i favour tiny, tidy purses. i travel light: wallet, keys, cellphone, pen and lipstick. most of my purses could still be slid into a messenger bag if necessary. honestly, i'm still a little scared of grown-up women's purses. the birkin is particularly terrifying. you never know what a straight woman is going to pull out of that thing.
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Capacious Project - Brenda Schmidt
In the book Handbags: The Power of the Purse, Anna Johnson says "Marked with life, stuffed to the gills, saved for, bruised, cherished like a child, a good bag becomes an intimate extension of the body." She says that the "cleft between respectable exterior and intensely private interior is what gives the handbag such erotic and transgressive charge. It is perhaps a woman's last secret place."
There are many distinct forms that purses take - the handbag, reticule, chatelaine, pocketbook, grip, clutch, carpetbag, satchel. There are work bags, evening bags, book bags. Bags have figured prominently in works of literature and movies. Johnson describes the Beckett play Happy Days: "a woman's whole life is (quite literally) contained within her bag; for Winnie, who's buried up to her armpits in a mound of dirt, her handbag is her past and her only present – the sole prop to get her through the day." And who can forget Anna Karenina tossing her red velvet handbag onto the tracks?
Most bags look silly on me. They get in the way of who I am. People who know me best shake their heads when they see a bag on my shoulder. I never thought I'd see you with a purse, they say. It's not a purse, I snap back, it's a bag. I hate the word purse. Whenever I hear it I instantly picture lips, the kind of lips that make me wonder what's going on, what's going to happen next. Purse makes me anxious. A bag, on the other hand, is easy going. Down to earth. Relaxed. I carry a bag only when I enter an urban environment. There I feel out of place and contained, so carrying a container seems appropriate. It contains my excitement, my fear; it clutches my memories. It has to be sturdy.
Every one of my six bags was purchased just prior to a big occasion. It's then that sturdiness becomes an issue. I bought the latest one in Regina this spring on the day of my book launch. It's big. The label said it's a chest. I placed my book inside and off I went.
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Saturday, July 5, 2008
Power of the Reticule
Godey's 1855 revisited - crochet your purse with hat to match featured in Hiawatha instruction booklet, 1954.
This photograph is lifted from the blog post titled: "Please Don't Ridicule My Reticule! Purses from Clutch to Lug." I'm ever so fond of the sideways glance.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Literary Incantation - On Ekphrasis
I have no formal background in art or art history, and that is exactly the point of the project: ekphrasis (the most famous examples include Homer's description of Achilles' shield, Shelley's On the Medusa of Leonardo daVinci, Rilke's Torso of Apollo, Keats' Ode to a Grecian Urn) has been mostly poetry's attempt to trump visual art. But as words put to music become lyrics, words put to art can become another literary incantation."
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FIFA 13 offers a deep, well-rounded and realistic reading of football for a video game, but it may not have enough to fend off the competition
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- Deep Career Mode
- Realistic On-Pitch action
- Improved Skill Games
- Learning curves
- Lack of innovation
- Long loading times
FIFA 13 isn't a gigantic step on from FIFA 12. It looks more polished, its Career Mode is deeper and, as is the case every year, once you sink a couple of hours into it returning to last year's iteration is unthinkable.
But it lacks any jaw dropping feature that makes it feel like an undisputed champ in its genre – a fact that isn't helped by the fact PES 2013 and Football Manager 2013 will be the strongest challenges it will have faced in years.FIFA 13: Gameplay
All that having been said, there's plenty to admire about FIFA 13. The tweaks, tucks and additions to the game's engine have changed the feel of EA's football sim significantly, delivering a shot of realism to the on-pitch action.
The first and most obvious change is the First Touch mechanic, which will initially take some time getting used to. In earlier games, long passes simply found their way – almost magnetically – onto their recipient's boot. Now only highly-skilled players can pluck the ball out of the air with ease.
Everyone else has to be aware of factors such as speed, weather and opponents jockeying for position. Try to control a lofted ball with an average-skilled defender and a striker bearing down on him, and you risk turning the ball into the attacker's path and offering them a shot on goal.The attacking AI has had quite a bit of work done. Players now bend or stagger their runs in order to remain on side as an attacking formation converges on the box. Players also have more options in attack and defence around free kicks.
Attacking sides can send players on dummy runs before the kick is taken, or have up to three players fake a kick take, while defending sides can add players to the wall and shimmy a little closer to the kicker.
There's more immediate control over the ball at the player's feet now, thanks to the game using a tweaked version of FIFA Street's dribbling engine, and the all round new physicality of the collision engine allows players to bump and bodycheck opponents.
It all adds up to a football experience that feels as real and unpredictable as the real thing. Every tackle, set-piece and goal feels unique, and there's no sense that any action on the pitch could be recreated exactly the same way.
Xbox 360 owners can even use Kinect to change formations and substitute players on the fly – although watch the swearing at the refs as they tend to come down hard on teams managed by mouthy players.FIFA 13: Features
Away from the pitch Career Mode has been deepened and – like the rest of the game – made more realistic.
The transfer system has been enhanced; now teams attach value to players depending on their skill and their value to the first team squad so snagging the likes of David Silva isn't as easy as it was last year.
Furthermore, players can insist on certain transfer terms – such as clearing space on the roster, or guaranteed first team starts – as part of the deal.Games reviews
Managers who renege on these terms lower their acquisition's morale. Wage and transfer budgets can be blurred like last year, but for the first time, players can be offered as part of a transfer bid.
Players can opt to play as a manager, player, or a player manager, and as they make their reputation they're given certain goals to accomplish.
If they hit their targets, they'll receive international call-ups – the chance to play or manage their country's national side – and they'll have the opportunity to play in international friendlies, qualifiers and tournaments.
EA Sports has also added a series of Skill Games based around the different disciplines in football; passing, crossing, dribbling, shooting, advanced shooting, lobs, taking penalties and taking free kicks.
Not only is this a handy introduction to the game's controls for newbies, but it gives veterans something to shoot for.
Finally, FIFA 13 is bursting at the seams with content – boots, uniforms, free-passes into international play - which the player can unlock by earning and spending XP in the EA Sports Football Club.FIFA 13: Verdict
FIFA 13 is inarguably very solid. Like every FIFA entry it looks and plays better than its predecessor, and the addition of Skill Games and a deeper Career Mode are welcome additions.
It just doesn't contain any mind-shattering innovations we've come to expect from this series. Maybe that'll come with the next generation of consoles.
FIFA 13 may be more an enhancement than a revolution, but it's still the strongest football simulation on the market.
FIFA 13 release date: 28 September 2012
FIFA 13 price: £39.99Hands on
FIFA 13 isn't in competition with Pro Evolution Soccer anymore. It's in competition with prior FIFA titles, which EA make changes and tweaks every year
FIFA 13 review
- Deep Career Mode
- Realistic On-Pitch action
- Improved Skill Games
- Learning curves
- Lack of innovation
- Long loading times
Update: EA has announced the FIFA 13 UK release date as 28 September 2012. At its Gamescom 2012 press conference, the publisher also announced the US release date as 25 September, while a demo will be coming on 11 September.
FIFA 13 is likely to give its fan base some teething problems. As is the case every year, EA's world-conquering football sim comes packaged with a ton of tweaks, tucks and modifications to its in-game engine.
Taken separately, they don't add up to much, but when combined, they dramatically alter FIFA's in-game experience, making it look, sound and feel more authentic.FIFA 13: Features
Since FIFA 08, EA has worked hard to make its football game play like its real-world counterpart. This year, the new elements that have been introduced focus on the unpredictability of the beautiful game.
The first and most obvious change has to do with each players' first-touch capabilities. In the past, players could receive a lobbed pass as though the ball was glued to their foot.
Now, the ball bounces and weaves realistically in the air, and a player's ability to control it is dictated by their overall score – Cesc Fabregas can pluck a ball out of the air easier than, say, Joey Barton.This opens up both defensive and offensive rethinks; a defender who is struggling to control a ball is easy picking for a decent attacking striker, for example.
The new physicality in on-the-pitch action is further helped by players being able to push and pull one another and their new ability to block other players running into space.
The game's impact engine has also been tweaked, so tackles no longer lead to unintentionally hilarious animations – instead, they look eye-wateringly painful.FIFA 13: Gameplay
Players are also gifted a newfound agency with the ball through FIFA 13's new dribbling controls.
Built off the back of this year's FIFA Street engine, FIFA 13 allows players to control the ball with amazing precision, and incredibly, the interface for this is breathtakingly simple – pull both triggers, toggle the left stick and you're away.
EA Sports has also done a lot of work in the game's Free-Kick mechanics. In the past, players were faced with only a couple of options – play the ball off to a nearby player or blast it towards goal.
Now, attackers have a whole host of options, which include adding fake kick-takers, playing the ball into space and lobbing the ball forward for players to header it in.
Defenders also have a new set of choices when squaring up to a free kick. They can add players to a wall, shimmy their wall forward, mark potential header threats or storm towards the kick-taker once the whistle goes.FIFA 13: Verdict
EA hasn't revealed any features or modes beyond the new gameplay mechanics, but in truth, at this stage it doesn't need to.
The basics for their game are in place and the on-the-pitch experience feels rock solid. FIFA 13 is a giant stride on from its predecessor, to the point where FIFA 12 feels like an arcade game by comparison.If the rest of FIFA 13 matches the quality of its new in-game experience, EA's dominance of the football sim market is practically assured.
FIFA 13 plays like the best iteration of EA's footie sim thus far. If the rest of the package matches the quality of the on-pitch action, football fans are in for a treat.
FIFA 13 availability: 28 September 2012
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Callbacks are a necessity when developing an asynchronous API in node.js. No, really, I promise. To that end, here's a little trick I originally spotted in the node.js source code. When creating a function that will require a callback, but has a flexible invocation signature, I always use the maybeCallback()
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Sagat Unabridged, Uncut, and Uncensored
For those who are unfamiliar with the gay porn scene, François Sagat is an internationally renouned star. He took a massive leap from the fashion industry to porn and is now starring in Christophe Honoré's new movie Man at bath. François gives us a peek through the keyhole at his untypical path. ©Lukas Wassman
You worked in fashion before gravitating towards porn. How was that experience ? It seems to be something that still interests you as you have recently collaborated with designers like Bernhard Willhelm, Jeremy Scott, and Fade.
Since I was a child, I always followed fashion in the press, and I knew how to draw. So, my calling, or what I thought of as a calling, was to be a fashion designer. Therefore I studied fashion in Paris at Studio Bercot and worked for a few designers like Thierry Mugler, Givenchy and Balenciaga for a while. I feel I was a little young and not ready to face that world, as everything was going very fast for me. So I didn't persevere; I got discouraged and impatient.
How did you transition from fashion to porn movies?
I was someone who didn't know how to play the game of dressing up, building my own style and seducing as one does in the fashion industry. So I concentrated on fashioning my own body. I rejected sartorial efforts to focus on working out and moulded the body I wanted to have. Originally, I had a slim body, no shoulders—and wasn't fit at all. The transformation I decided to go through was a way of proving to myself that I was masculine and virile, in the classic aesthetic sense, by being muscly. A year later, I had a different body and I was contacted to do a porn scene.
Do you feel there is a big gap between the man you are and the actor you are?
I think so. Porn movie productions, in the USA for instance, where I do most of my films, show the actors in a very cliche way. It's not a bad thing, it's just the commercial requirements of the industry. But I realize that I went with it and fit in the mould. In movies, very few emotions emanate from me, and masculinity in general is very exaggerated. So there is a huge difference between me as a man and me as an actor, because I feel I am not that virile, physically maybe, but I do have a feminine part that I always have had. I consider myself as a variable, without being bipolar, but with different shades like most people.
When you watched porn before you entered the industry, did you ever imagine being a porn actor?
Yes, I was always fascinated by the aesthetics and image of porn. It's a huge business, and porn movie productions have many specific obligations in terms of image in order to have commercial success. But as a viewer, I felt one could take elements from porn and make them artistic by removing them from their context. So gay images, and even some straight porn images really captivated me. And based on the questions I am often asked [in interviews,] I realize it fascinates many people.
What do men like to see in gay porn movies? What excites them the most?
I know that most men fast-forward or rewind to cameo shots of ejaculation. There are so many different fetish types and sexual practices; it's very vast. I would say that mainly, porn consumers want to see hyper-masculine guys, often in cliche uniforms (leather, cops, mechanics, etc…) It also depends if the viewer is active or passive. Most men even prefer that the passive guy looks very masculine. But it really varies and depends on each individual's fantasies.
Did the fact you chose this type of work change your relationship with your family or friends?
My family knows—but I don't inform them much and keep details very vague. For example, I will never show them images, not even soft images. My friends find it fun, and being intelligent and non-judgemental people, it's not at all a problem for them.
And I don't care about what people I don't know think. Maybe later in life if I want to change professions, it might be an obstacle but I have never yet experienced any barrier related to my work.
Did doing porn movies change your own sexual behavior? Do you think you have acquired habits from work?
At first, yes I did. When I was shooting a lot, I picked up some behavioral and linguistic habits from my work. As I used to shoot in English, I sometimes found myself saying "Fuck me" or "Oh Yeah" to my French real-life partners ! Very cliche things like that. Or even the mechanical way of going from one position to another. It's true that one can sometimes lack natural flow in private. Another thing, some partners obviously knew who I was and my work, and in some cases I felt they were either a little impressed or had apprehension. But I am a normal person, and not the mechanical character they see in my films; I am not some kind of android!
Does all the sexual activity you have in your work give you more space to focus on love in your private life?
No. It is worse actually. In my experience, I feel it reduces the chance of having a more stable love life. While being a porn actor, one can of course have a love life, but I can just not envision it for myself. It's a little difficult ; the ambiguity, anxiety, or confusion it can create with one's partner. I don't have regular partners in private and don't feel ready for a relationship, preferring to focus on my work for now – porn or not.
What do you prefer in your job? And what do you find difficult ?
What I prefer is the shooting itself, being on set or on location and the performance. And what I dislike is what goes on around the film, like promotion, photo shoots, meeting such and such person, gossip, award events, blogs. I find it all a bit boring…
What is a typical shooting day like?
They are very organized and planned. We start at 9am on the set on location and go until about 5pm. Typically, one scene is shot in two days.
Is it tiring, physically?
Yes, it is quite exhausting. Even psychologically. Once I almost vomited after a scene because I was so tired. My productions with Titan films are also very concerned with the non sexual scenes; the acting can be demanding when one is just walking or riding in a car. They need a lot of footage for editing the movies.
What are your relationships like with your movie partners between the scenes? Outside of work?
Usually the atmosphere is good and we get on well. I avoid getting too familiar with my partners outside shootings. Besides, we are not in the same country as I live in France and just go to the US for shooting. I have very few friends in the milieu. Most of my friends are not in the porn business. I tend to keep my two worlds separate.
Have you ever had some frights while shooting extreme scenes ? Have you ever felt things were going beyond your limits ? And particularly for LA Zombie, Bruce LaBruce's new movie that you star in ?
Not so much. I have had some stressful moments though. Once I had a partner who wouldn't listen to me. He was hurting me and just carried on. I almost got angry but managed to keep calm.
Another time, I was shooting in the Czech Republic, with Hungarian straight guys as partners. Some porn actors are actually straight even though they perform in gay porn. They didn't seem too glad to have me as a partner. There was a kind of fight scene in which one of them had to strangle me with a belt, and he was pulling hard and really strangling me.
I also shot in Lebanon, among ruins, and no secured area, sometimes policemen would pass so I was quite on edge. Usually on location we are really protected and the security is tight. But for LA Zombie, we were shooting in downtown LA and it felt more risky as there were many bums and junkies around. So, yes, it was a little more stressful than usual.
Regarding L.A. Zombie, does the mixture of horror and sex excite you particularly? Or do you think it will excite the viewers ?
Not exciting, but baffling for sure. The makeup and blood was so uncomfortable that it made me forget the sexual aspect. It is quite distracting. But I think the porn scenes are good in the end. The viewers will never see all the problems that we encountered while shooting. I don't know how aroused they will be when they see all the blood and guts during the sex scenes!
How did you meet legendary Bruce LaBruce?
I met him in Paris two years ago through mutual friends. He was promoting his previous movie, Otto, and had seen some videos of me that I had posted on online in which I am made up like an albino vampire of sorts. He said why not make another zombie or vampire film together. We stayed in touch and offered me the main role in LA Zombie, which was shot in September 2009.
You shot a PSA in which you show how to use a condom. Are you very cautious with your health ? And, is safe sex now widely practiced in the porn industry ?
It is very important to me. One should be cautious. It was a good idea to do that condom video and show how to use one in a realistic way. Usually it is shown on a banana or another phallic object. For a teenager or young man who is not aware of how to use a condom, I find that this is an efficient way to teach them. Unfortunately that video couldn't be shown on YouTube for censorship reasons.
And regarding safe sex in porn movies, it is not yet generally applied. Many production companies still shoot without protection. But the production company I work with has always shot protected sex. There are no laws against unsafe sex in movies, but it is often related to budget and commercial matters, which is sad.
You have been taking a break from shooting porn for one year now. What would you see yourself working on when you feel you are too old to shoot porn?
I am 31 now. I started at 25 and feel that if one has been in the industry for five years or so, we are implicitly told that we have been seen too much, that we are seniors. I can't imagine myself shooting porn in more than five years.
Directing is something I have thought of. But if I directed a porn movie, I would do something more artistic and creative, unlike the commercial films which are currently on the market. I would prefer to make a quality film without the intention of earning lots of money from it.
You are in Christophe Honoré's new movie, Homme au Bain. Is it your first part in a non-porn movie?
Yes, non-porn, but there are many sexy images which are just suggestive though.
Were you more nervous than before shooting a porn movie?
I am not really afraid of anything. As I am used being in front of a camera, it is not a problem. However, it is more compromising as one has to give more emotions, emotions that one wouldn't show in a porn movie.
But I would need to test myself on a film with a huge amount of dialogue, that might be something else… I don't yet consider myself an actor.
Would you like to pursue a classical actor career?
If a director offered me to play the role of a father for example, a family man, the idea would be quite attractive to me. I like to explore things that I am not, that are unfamiliar to me. Would I be good at it, I don't know, but it certainly would be motivating.
So, yes if there were interesting projects I might do some more acting. I would definitely be specific with the choices I make, and not just shoot anything for the sake of doing a movie. I would already consider myself lucky if I had some propositions.
Is there a funny or memorable shooting anecdote you would like tell?
It was on a porn shooting on location, in the woods in Pescadero, California. I was in the woods taking my partner « doggy style », and when I raised my head at some point, I saw a deer staring at us, with an astonished look on its face. And then I just lost my capacities, it completely blocked me—as if Bambi was looking at us. Time just stopped. It was actually a touching moment. A very strange, but beautiful moment.
And finally, is there something you would like to tell people who are unfamiliar with the gay porn world?
Don't trust appearances. You see someone that seems untouchable, or impressive, but that person is also sensitive, and not a sex machine!


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The best of luck, and GOD BLESS.
Marcos E. Sacerio
via the Internet
Sheltering Werthman: I was disappointed to read your March 7 article "Gimme Shelter" by Wyatt Olson. To depict Allen Reesor and Steve Werthman as being in collusion over the awarding of county contracts is ridiculous. Certainly, Werthman's job as HIP administrator carries a degree of influence, but to infer he alone can determine who receives county contracts is incorrect. It is the Homeless Initiative Partnership board that makes the funding recommendations, Werthman and his staff implement them in accordance with the county's homeless plan.
During the past decade, Broward County has made significant progress in developing a model system of care. Services provided by my employer, Henderson Mental Health Center Inc., have been an integral part of the plan. Because of our involvement, I've had the pleasure of working with Steve and Allen and have found them both to be very knowledgeable, ethical men committed to effecting a change in our community.
While I am usually glad to read articles that bring attention to the issue of homelessness, I felt your article did a disservice to all of us working to improve the lives of those in need.
Debbie Perry, MBA
Administrator of Homeless and Adult Residential Services
Henderson Mental Health Center Inc.
A productive bunch shows its stuff: In regards to "Gimme Shelter," we do not care about the politics involved, only that the staff is warm and caring so that we can be a productive part of society when leaving.
63 clients of the Broward Outreach Center
Fort Lauderdale
You're getting soft on us: I never, ever, never, ever send in e-mails about reviews. But when I read your write-up on Yucatan Mexican Grill, I had to ask, "Are you on drugs? Did you even go into this restaurant ("You Too Can Yucatan," Jen Karetnick, March 7)?"
The décor looks as if it has been converted from a Denny's. The service sucks; the food sucks. My god, they could not even make our freakin' Margaritas right. Be careful what you write. People do read your articles, which normally are quite good. But shit, man, this is a crock of shit.
Leslie Bentley
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Enforce the (just) rules, or suffer: So, John Garon will sue your ass ("The Enforcer," Jim Gaines, February 28) to enforce compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Good for him, because if he doesn't, almost nobody will give a damn whether he is able to carry on his life's activities while in a wheelchair.
Many administrators, bosses, builders, developers, and the public at large often don't give a crap about complying with the ADA. What really pisses me off is that compliance is more reasonable than most people think. Buildings don't have to be torn apart. However, new construction must comply. Sometimes, for the less severely disabled, all it might take is a telephone at one's desk, a coat hook, or a shelf in a restroom. You'd be surprised how many employers resist.
I live in extreme northwest Miami-Dade County. I have a disability placard. A spinal stenosis, screwed-up disks, and the happy results of a prostectomy qualify me. The parking spaces reserved for the disabled are often used by people waiting for someone at a shopping center. Say something to these scum and you might fear for your life. People will display placards belonging to a relative or someone else. One can only wonder when a 16- or 17-year-old kid, the only one in the car, hops right out to pursue his business. Recently, I had the pleasure of watching a caring police officer check such a situation. I hope the teen's parents can afford the fine.
The same people who would deny the handicapped accessibility would bitch, gripe, and complain about supporting them. Has the ADA been taken too far at times? Of course. You cannot expect a small-business owner to rebuild. However, putting in a ramp is nothing.
Until people are ready to comply with the simpler provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, John Garon, Michael Brennan, Fred Shotz, and others will continue to sue for compliance. I wish them well.
Alan Rigerman
Palm Springs North
And sticking up for the trade: I thought the February 14 Undercurrents by Chuck Strouse about the person named "Mike" who cleans schools was interesting as well as informative (Undercurrents, February 14). I felt that he did a good job of informing many of just some of the trials a facility service person may encounter on a given day. The statements made by letter-writer Albert Lagenfeld on March 7 were disturbing and in need of some attention. First, Lagenfeld's description of Strouse as being a "slack-jawed, gap-toothed, suspendered hillbilly" who scrapes his knuckles when walking indicates the letter-writer is a bigot, which in today's standards of moral character means "narrow-minded idiot." Second, if his description is correct, Strouse is in good company. History will forever show the accomplishments and contributions made by persons described by Lagenfeld. Look at the NASCAR Winston Cup. For many years, this type of racing was known as the hillbilly sport. Today, it is a multibillion-dollar industry employing possibly millions throughout this country. It was cultivated by many persons of the sort described by Lagenfeld. Some had little or no education. Lagenfeld should be so lucky as to be in their company.


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Herbal treatment for Myringitis
The disease called Myringitis is a bacterial infection of the ear drum and the virus which causes this infection is called Mycoplasma. Fluid tends to fill up in the ear drum and this infection is also known as bullous myringitis. Blisters tend to form in the ear drums and the usual treatment is by the intake of antibiotics; however, they are mot without side effects. An otoscopy is done to determine Bullous myringitis and it is usually linked with otitis media. However, there are certain harmless and side effect free herbal treatments for Bullous myringitis. Painkilling drugs are temporary treatment for the malady.
The grinded form of long pepper (Bi Bo) 4g, Angelica Root (Bai Zhi) 4g, Borneol (Bing Pian), 4g of Chinese wild ginger (Xi Xin), Sichuan Pepper (Chuan Jiao) 4g. The powdered form of all these herbs should be stirred with 40ml of 70% ethanol and left for 2 days. The filtered drops; about three should be put into the ears. This needs to done for three days as it is a three day course. Relief would come in three days. Many people have benefited with this treatment and if you happen to be suffering from this ailment; then you could try this herbal treatment as a sure shot cure for Myringitis.
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Latest CoStar Commercial Repeat-Sale Analysis: Commercial Property Prices Show Little Movement In October Amid Economic Uncertainty
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This month's CoStar Commercial Repeat Sale Indices (CCRSI) provide the market's first look at October 2012 commercial real estate pricing. Based on 927 repeat sales in October and more than 100,000 repeat sales since 1996, the CCRSI offers the broadest measure of commercial real estate repeat sales activity.
October 2012 CCRSI National Results Highlights
- OCTOBER PRICES SHOW LITTLE MOVEMENT: The two broadest measures of aggregate pricing for commercial properties within the CCRSI—the equal-weighted U.S. Composite Index and the value-weighted U.S. Composite Index—saw very little change in the month of October 2012, dipping -0.1% and -0.8%, respectively, although both improved over quarter and year-ago levels. Recent pricing fluctuations likely signify a more cautious attitude among investors stemming from uncertainty over U.S. fiscal policy heading into 2013.
- VALUE-WEIGHTED INDEX LIFTED BY MULTIFAMILY SECTOR: The U.S. Value-Weighted Composite Index, which weights each repeat-sale by transaction size or value (and therefore is heavily influenced by larger transactions), fell slightly in October 2012, but this dip in pricing masks differences below the surface. The multifamily component of the index posted strong gains for the month, indicating continued investor interest in that property type as a safe haven investment. Meanwhile, pricing for other property sectors served as a drag on the overall value-weighted index.
- WITHIN THE EQUAL-WEIGHTED INDEX, INVESTMENT GRADE SEGMENT CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM SEASONAL SURGE: October prices were up 15.8% in a quarterly comparison of the U.S. Investment Grade Index, reflecting a seasonal pricing pattern observed over the last several years in which investment-grade transaction activity tends to spike during the last few months of the year. In past years, the CCRSI Investment Grade index gave back some of those gains in the first quarter of the following year as deal volume slowed, a pattern expected to repeat itself in 2013.
- LIQUIDITY INDICATORS ARE IMPROVING: The average time on market for for-sale properties fell 5.5% from the peak in the second quarter of 2012. Similarly, the gap between initial asking and final sales price has closed by almost 2% from year-ago levels. Fewer properties withdrawn from the market by discouraged sellers is another indication of improving investor sentiment. The number of properties withdrawn from the market in October 2012 declined 7.4% from the prior year.
- DISTRESS LEVELS SEE SUBSTANTIAL DECLINE: The number of distressed property trades in October fell to 14.8%, the lowest level witnessed since the first quarter of 2009. This reduction in distressed deal volume should result in higher, more consistent pricing, and lead to enhanced market liquidity, giving lenders more confidence to finance deals.
Several charts accompanying this release are available at http://media.globenewswire.com/cache/9473/file/17193.pdf
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Transportation of servers, Macs and PCs demands specialist experience that standard moving companies usually can't provide. Computers can be extremely sensitive to shock and movement, and often just one bump is all it takes to create a permanent problem. Computer movers will have the specialist experience needed to ensure that one's hardware arrives in good working order.
It's important to package hardware correctly before transportation to protect it from shock and excessive movement. The original boxes are often preferable because they fit snugly. Moving companies will need to arrange packaging material that is the ideal size so that the equipment is kept as stable as possible during transportation.
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Norfolk professional Richard Bloomfield progressed to the semi-final of a $15k ITF Futures event in Glasgow last week before falling to Bastian Knittel of Germany in straight sets.
The tournament had a strong field that included three of the country's top five players in Josh Goodall, Jamie Baker and Dan Evans who have all competed for Great Britain in the Davis Cup.
Coming off the back of finals appearances at a Futures and a British Tour event in recent weeks, Bloomfield was able to recover from dropping the second set of his opener with Surrey's Tom Farquharson ton win 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Astonishingly, another Surrey player and British No 14 Tom Burn failed to win a game off the Norfolk man, who stormed through to the quarter-finals 6-0, 6-0.
There Bloomfield faced a resurgent Jamie Baker who, in recent years, has recovered from a rare blood disease to climb back up to the number three spot in the British rankings behind Andy Murray and Josh Goodall.
Baker was seeded two for the event, but the 29-year-old from Alpington showed the sort of form that propelled him inside the world's top 200 in 2007 and pulled off one of his best wins for some time to cause an upset of the man from Scotland.
A competitive first set reached a tie-break, in which Bloomfield conjured a pair of mini-breaks to take a one set lead. Sixth-seeded Bloomfield looked in fine form as he underlined his advantage with a break of serve in the second set and finished the job confidently to seal a place in the semi-finals.
Third seed Knittel was yet to drop a set in the event and now stood between Bloomfield and a third consecutive tournament final.
After a slow start, that saw he German break Bloomfield twice to win the first set 6-2, the match became close and inevitably reached a second set tie-break.
It was a case of what might have been for Bloomfield as he held a set point in the tie break but missed an easy smash over the net, before Knittel recovered to win a 10-8 epic and end Bloomfield's run in the event.
Knittel, ranked 269 in the world, would go on to win the tournament after defeating surprise finalist and qualifier Ashley Hewitt, from Cheshire, in the final, 6-2, 6-4.
Hewitt ranked 1,919 in the world, caused the biggest upset of the week by beating top-seeded Goodall in straight sets.
Bloomfield will now decide whether to compete this week in Cardiff at another ITF Futures as part of the AEGON Pro-Series.
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The World Bank approved two budget loans for Albania, totalling 162 million euros. The money will be used to support the country's budget, especially its problems with arrears, as well as help the government's tax, pension and energy sector reforms.
Sweden will provide aid worth 400 million euros to the western Balkans to help countries from the region carry out reforms necessary for them to qualify for EU accession. The funds will help Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia overhaul public administration and the judiciary, as well as protect human rights.
Bulgaria is ranked 28th, the best of its Balkan peers, in Foreign Policy magazine's Baseline Profitability Index, which measures the attractiveness of countries for foreign investors. Macedonia is at 29th, followed by Romania at 43rd, Albania at 53rd, Serbia at 55th, Turkey at 79th, Croatia at 90th and Greece at 101st.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said the damage from the floods in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) could cost about 3 billion euros. For Serbia, the estimate is 1.5 to 2 billion euros, while for BiH it stands at about 1.3 billion euros, the bank said.
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CBS Chicago - A woman assaulted on the CTA Blue Line in Oak Park last week told police another passenger struck her in the face with a sock filled with human excrement. "He had a sock full of his poop on me," said the 21-year-old college student. "It was everywhere; on my face, my hair, my clothes." She said she screamed and tried to follow him, along with another witness, but the attacker escaped up the Austin Boulevard exit and ran northbound on Austin. "The guy got on with me at [the] Oak Park [station]," the victim said, requesting anonymity. "I wasn't really paying attention." She sat down and started texting on her phone. "Next stop [at Austin], he throws something in my face."
I'm so baffled by this story. I feel like a scientist trying to trace back the origins of time and history and just getting stuck at the Big Bang with no trace of evidence to tell me what came before that. How did we get here? How did this happen? Why is there a man traveling on the trains with a sock full of feces and smacking people in the face with it? Why is he carrying around a sock full of shit in the first place? Just question after unanswered question piling up on top of one another. It's maddening.
Almost as bad as sitting here baffled by this whole thing is being the girl who it actually happened to. Jeez that must have been so embarrassing. Everything's going fine, you're texting your friends and listening to some music and BAM. Shit sock clobbers you right to the face. I imagine that would be a total day ruiner. Like Oh great now I have to go home and shower again and change out of these clothes WTF. Awful.
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Attacked You Say? With Machetes You Say? By God, I Shall Write A Letter to the Editor!
This has to be some sort of low-key Canadian humor. Otherwise, Canada has lost its flipping mind.
Machete attack shows lack of tolerance
The machete attack on the Chaudière Bridge preceded by a similar attack at a Gatineau bar is a matter that must be addressed by cooler heads and minds.
Well, yes. It should be dealt with by law enforcement and the citizenry should demand quick and sure punishment. But I and the author of this letter are in complete agreement on that, I think.
Where we part company is right about here.
Second, Carleton University may want to review its policy on expelling students who are disruptive to the goals and ideals of university life. One of the men, Nick Bergamini, said he "recognized one of them" as a Carleton student.
Forgive me for thinking that "the goals and ideals of university live" shouldn't be much of a concern here. On the other hand, the goals and ideals of a nation where people must feel secure in their ability to walk across a bridge without being attacked by machete-wielding, Arabic-speaking Jew-haters seem more important. If you have them, then locking in all your university life stuff seems like it would come almost automatically, wouldn't it?
But what do I know? I'm just a crazy American.
Okay, what else do we have here?
Liberal-minded Canadians agree with freedom of speech but that in no way translates into violence, threats, bullying and disrespect for others.
Do they now? I know a few folks who would disagree most strongly with that statement. Indeed, the threats and bullying seem to be perfectly permissible in Canada, so long as they are uttered by someone of a particular, shall we say, religious conviction.
I guess machete-attacks are just a step too far — not far enough, mind you, to rouse any real anger, but far enough to prompt a mildly-worded Letter to the Editor. I guess these days that's what passes for anger at what really boils down to yet another assault on Western civilization.
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After a long hiatus, I am back in the studio writing and recording songs for my new album. It's been an interesting journey. Often times, I would audition for gigs and people would say "she's too Country". My response would be "Country?!... Me?!".
Come to think of it, I've always loved monster trucks. I still want that restored 67' Camaro with a stripe down the center... and a really loud engine!
Finally it occurred to me. What a great idea.
Once I fully embraced it, it was like a rocket into the valley of success.
It's undeniable. It's in my blood. my great-great-grand parents traveled through the Wild West, across the plains in a covered wagon. My great-great-grandfather led his 20-mule team and worked the land. I come from a long line of hard-working, pioneer women. I grew up listening to my mom play guitar and banjo to Willie and Dolly while I sang along. They remain two of my favorite singers and songwriters to this day.
My love of rock music and acoustic, organic instruments led me to a natural evolution into country music.
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February 7, 2013, 8:21 am
Right ive been looking about for a solution for you and what ive found is that the drivers door lock has to be fully engaged before any of the other doors will lock so even if you disconnected the drivers door lock you would still have the same problem, its sounding like either a dirty connection on the drivers side locking mechanism, faulty solenoid on the drivers door or something is physically preventing the driver's lock engaging. Hope this helps ill keep looking to see what else I can find for you
February 7, 2013, 9:43 pm
Hi do not know if this will help you, but last weekend i replace my drivers door lock. i put the steel inner door panel on and tryed the locks and it work ok, all doors locked with the window down i pulled the cable on the inner door handle to try the dead lock all ok. but when i put the other door panel on and the inner door handle, doors would not lock it locked and opened right away so i took the inner door handle off and push the cable back in by hand all doors lock & dead locks work so i and sparyed WD40 down the cable then put the handle back on and now working ok. so take off inner door handle and push the cable back by hand to see if the cable is sticking and not returning hope this helps you.
February 7, 2013, 10:15 pm
thank you dangersford your a star n i think the drivers lock is fine iv locked it by hand whilst the door is open n seems ok and do you know where the connections are? dont know if it is a solenoid i cant get it out ive tryed loads of times.
thank you tanktop3 i will try that tommorrow if its not raining ive had the inner door trims off so much dont think there guna take much more but ill give it ago like i said ive soaked it all in wd40 half a big can on each door thats no joke but anythink is worth ago at the minute.
February 8, 2013, 6:44 pm
couldnt have ago at it today as it was raining in the morning and then my mates headgasket went in the afternoon on his 53plate focus so had to start doing that inbetween when the rain stopped so ill finish off doing his headgasket tommorrow and then look at my door if the weather is ok fingers crossed.
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