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Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants | |
Genre | Science fiction |
Directed by | Harry Harris Sobey Martin |
Starring | Gary Conway Don Matheson Kurt Kasznar Don Marshall Stefan Arngrim Deanna Lund Heather Young |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 51 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Irwin Allen[1] |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company(s) | Irwin Allen Productions Kent Productions |
Distributor | 20th Century Fox Television 20th Television (current) |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ABC |
Picture format | 1.33 : 1 |
Audio format | Mono |
Original run | September 22, 1968 – September 6, 1970 |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | local programming |
Followed by | The F.B.I. |
External links | |
Irwin Allen Network's Land of the Giants website Website |
Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall. Author Murray Leinster also wrote three novels in 1968 and 1969 based on the television series.[2]
Show premise[edit]
Set in the then-future year of 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport spaceship called the Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London via the ultra-fast route of a parabolic trajectory. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a strange space storm and is transported to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than its counterpart on Earth. The Spindrift crew call the inhabitants "the giants". Given relative proportions shown on the show, the giants are humanoid in form and about 72 feet tall (similar to Lemuel Gulliver's situation in the second part of Gulliver's Travels, when he is in the land of Brobdingnag). Everything on their planet is built to their scale — buildings, cars, animals, etc. The Spindrift crashes on this planet and becomes inoperable.
Very little is known about the home planet of the Giants. This is partially because the Spindrift crew very seldom leaves the "City of the Giants" where their spaceship crashed in the pilot. Only two other giant unidentified societies are ever seen, in the episodes "The Land of the Lost" and "Secret City of Limbo".
No name has ever even been established for the mysterious planet, but the inhabitants seem to know of Earth, Venus and Mars, referring to them by name in one episode. (The first mention of Earth by the giants was in the second episode, and was mentioned matter-of-factly.) This may be because of prior crashes of ships from Earth. Exactly where this planet is located is also never made clear. However, it can be supposed that it is a natural part of the Earth's solar system, but is, by some quirk of nature/parallel universe, unknown to Earth; perhaps the natural warp that transits ships from Earth also prevents the passage of light and perhaps even gravity perturbations. In the episode "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth", the character Captain Steve Burton (Gary Conway) claims to have seen Earth through a set of infrared goggles invented by the giants, implying that the two worlds are indeed different but near enough to be able to see one from the other. Whether he is telling the truth is unclear.
The only established method by which Earth people may reach the planet is some sort of high-altitude spacecraft, passing through what one giant calls a "dimension lock" which seems to act more as a space warp or wormhole. This is the first (and only) mention of the phrase "dimension lock," by a giant in the second episode of the first season ("Ghost Town"). The giant refers to the space warp as "our dimension lock", as if it were built or at least known by the inhabitants of the giant planet. The Spindrift crew just calls it a space warp. The term wormhole is never used. It is not entirely clear what the term dimension lock means. Though it could refer to one end of the phenomenon being locked on Earth's solar system, while the other end is locked on to the LOTG system.
Although several episodes show that at least six other flights have landed on the planet, no episode shows anyone ever successfully returned to Earth. The first mention of other visitors from Earth was in episode 2 ("Ghost Town"), where another ship was described as crashing long ago without any survivors. In episode 4 ("Underground") another Earth ship is described as crashing three years prior with no survivors.
Several episodes show crews surviving the initial crash, only to be killed later. The episode "Brainwash" has a crew of little people surviving long enough to build a radio station that can communicate with Earth. They are killed shortly thereafter. The episodes "Golden Cage" and "The Lost Ones" show there have been a few survivors of other crashes. Only the Spindrift crew seems to have survived long term, with its party intact. The impression given is that Earth people do not do well for long in giant captivity.
One continent or hemisphere is wholly dominated by an authoritarian government (or more precisely, like America at the height of 1950's McCarthyism) which, however, tolerates broad freedoms for a capitalist system. It simply does not tolerate any effort to effect political change. Exactly what the political situation is on other continents is not known, although at least one overseas land has a despotic ruler. The Air Traffic Control will tell those who venture far out to sea that they should turn back, that nothing beyond that sea has been explored nor is there current contact; whether this is an official government line or the truth is not known.
Culturally, the society resembles in some respects that of 1960s United States of America, The Earth people find themselves able to cope at a cultural level, dealing with movie studios, musicians, hobos, nuclear families, orphanages, folklore (like Thrombeldinbar), jealousies and rivalries, law-breakers and patriots, criminals and honest people, poor and rich, sympathetic and hostile. Their efforts to get around are facilitated by the ubiquity of large drains directly from interior rooms to the pavement level at an outside wall of most buildings. The fact that English is the local language no doubt adds to these conveniences. However, few precise details are given and no governmental symbols are ever seen. The giant government has offered a reward for the capture of the tiny Earth people, presumably because of the Earth's superior technology. It is implied that the other planet has developed a means to overcome the square-cube law, as giant human beings of the size depicted on the show would otherwise not be able to exist in nature (they would be crushed by their own weight). In spite of the authoritarianism, there are several dissident movements at work that either help other dissenters (such as the Earth people) or are actively working to unseat the ruling party. The government has established the SID, Special Investigations Department, to deal with assorted dissidence, but it also has taken the lead in dealing with the Earth people.
The technology largely resembles Mid-20th century Earth, though significantly more advanced in other respects(e.g. cloning, force fields, androids, radio controlled toys, magnetic stunners, small nuclear reactors and teleportation devices) and slightly behind in others (does not have microelectronics, hearing aids or manned space flight).
The Earth people's objectives are: (1) survival, by obtaining food and by avoiding capture by the native people or menace from small animals like cats and dogs; (2) repair of their spacecraft so they may take off and attempt a return to Earth. They largely manage survival with the help of sympathizers and the stealth of their small size, and ingenuity using the Earth's technology. They do not achieve the second objective, however, since the primary systems of their craft are heavily damaged, and they may have had to use precious resources in order to safeguard themselves from capture. The secondary systems are insufficient to allow take-off and the sub-orbital flight required. They are unable to successfully integrate the native technology as it is bulky and less advanced; in one episode, an experimental nuclear reactor provided by an engineering student produces dangerous side effects and is prone to overload. They also cannot trust the giants who might be able to offer the Earth people a ride home in exchange for technical assistance.
They are aided in the first goal, and at least somewhat hindered in the second, by the leadership of Captain "Steve" Burton. He behaves as leader, protector to the passengers and crew and his leadership has rescued them from a number of difficulties. However, Captain Burton also functions as a guardian of the gate who tries to keep the giants from ever reaching Earth. In the episode "Brainwash", giant police officer Ashim (Warren Stevens) says "Maybe we can find the home planet of these little people. It may be a very tiny planet, but rich beyond our dreams." It is not entirely clear what that means. Nor is it entirely clear what the giants would do if they ever reached Earth. In several episodes Steve puts keeping the giants away from Earth above the need to get his people home. At the end of those episodes, he destroys devices that would get the Spindrift back to Earth, but would probably also enable the giants to journey there as well.
Episodes often have the plot of giants capturing one of the passengers or crew with the rest having to rescue him or her. The Earth people avoid capture most of the time because their spaceship is hidden in a forest outside the city. They also occasionally form alliances with individual giants to achieve some commonly beneficial purpose.
The show was created by Irwin Allen. With a budget of US$250,000 per episode, Land of the Giants set a new record.[1] The actors had to be physically fit, as they had to do many stunts themselves, such as climbing giant curbs, phone cords and ropes. Don Marshall, who played the part of Dan Ericson, credited his previous football, track and pole vaulting work for helping him with the stunts required.[3]
Elements of Allen's Lost in Space series recur in Land of the Giants, notably the relationship between the foolish, greedy traitor, an on-the-run bank robber named Alexander B. Fitzhugh (Kurt Kasznar), and the young boy Barry Lockridge (portrayed by Stefan Arngrim); paralleling the relationship in Lost in Space between Doctor Zachary Smith and the young Will Robinson.
The show was set to premiere as a mid-season replacement and the first 12 episodes were shot in the fall of 1967. This was changed and Giants premiered in September 1968 for a full season. The network screened the episodes in a significantly different order to the production sequence. This caused a disconcerting lapse in continuity as at first the Giants moved slowly and hardly spoke. This changed as production continued, but for the viewer the changes were jarring. For example "Ghost Town" was the 14th episode filmed, but it was the second episode aired.
The cost of production was immense and It was more time, labor and cost effective to film one episode and then the next on the same set, so writers were probably informed about already constructed props that were available which they could incorporate into story lines. These episodes were filmed back-to-back.[4] In the first episode #2401, The Crash, the action happens in the giant's laboratory which shows a dotted floor, table legs and a green table top and drawer. In the next production episode #2402, A Weird World, the action again occurs in another giant laboratory with also a dotted floor, table legs and green table and drawer. The third episode #2403, The Trap occurs in a giant tent. The next episode #2404, The Bounty Hunter also occurs in a giant tent. In episode #2408, Framed, there is a giant photographic developing tray. In the next episode #2409, The Creed, there is also a giant developing tray. Also note that episodes #2401, 2402, 2403 & 2405 all have at least one giant scientist in a white lab coat. So that the viewer would not start noticing the same props and sets coming up each week, it is obvious the episodes needed to be shuffled, at least until more props were collected over time. Valerie and Betty got new dresses after episode #2415 Brainwash and so shuffling the shows also made it seem like they changed their outfits occasionally.
In the unaired pilot of The Crash, there is no end scene with the giant dog in the garbage dump. Once it had been confirmed that Land of the Giants had been picked up by the network, the pilot was reworked and production began on successive episodes; after several episodes had been filmed, the scene with the dog in the garbage dump was probably added to the pilot by Irwin Allen because by that time there were more props which could be included: a shoe from episode #2415, a battery and blue flash bulbs from #2402, an egg carton from #2413, copper cans and gauze box from #2409, thermos from episode #2406, etc.
- Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton
- Don Marshall as Dan Erickson
- Don Matheson as Mark Wilson
- Kurt Kasznar as Alexander Fitzhugh
- Stefan Arngrim as Barry Lockridge
- Deanna Lund as Valerie Scott
- Heather Young as Betty Hamilton
- Kevin Hagen as Inspector Kobick (recurring character)
Land of the Giants guest stars included many familiar faces from other 1950s and 1960s sci-fi/fantasy and adventure series (e.g., Star Trek, The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, Lost in Space, I Dream of Jeannie). These popular, well-known character actors included Chris Alcaide, Michael Ansara, Warren Stevens, John Carradine, David Opatoshu, Charles Drake, Jonathan Harris, Jack Albertson, and Alan Hale, Jr.
Like Allen's previous series Lost in Space and The Time Tunnel, the theme music was composed by John Williams. As with Lost in Space, Williams composed two different themes (in this case one for each season). Williams also scored the pilot episode "The Crash," and was the third composer to be attached to the project - Williams' work replaced a rejected score and theme by Alexander Courage; Joseph Mullendore composed a second theme that was also thrown out.[5] Mullendore later scored five episodes and Courage did one, with other episodes scored by Richard LaSalle (seven episodes), Leith Stevens (five), Harry Geller (four), Irving Gertz, Paul Sawtell and Robert Prince (one each).
GNP Crescendo released an album as part of The Fantasy Worlds Of Irwin Allen, featuring both themes, Williams' replacement score (tracks 2-6) and Courage's thrown-out score (tracks 9 and 10) for "The Crash."
- Land Of The Giants Main Title - Season 1 (1:02)
- Off Course/The Landing/Dense Fog (6:01)
- Giant Eyes/Hidden Gun/The Big Cat/Bug Box (8:45)
- Fitzhugh's Gun/Hiding Place (6:57)
- Giants Probing/The Rescue (3:35)
- Water Drain/More Garbage (2:44)
- Land Of The Giants End Title - Season 1 (:31)
- Land Of The Giants Main Title - Season 2 (1:01)
- Space Storm/Through The Thing/Crash Landing/Giant Ford (6:08)
- The Sniveling Sneak (6:45)
- Land Of The Giants End Title - Season 2 (:30)
DVD releases[edit]
All 51 episodes were released on DVD in Region 1 in a limited-edition 9-disc Complete Series on July 24, 2007 from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. This includes the un-aired original pilot, which has some differences (extra scenes but not others later added to the aired version) and score music familiar to Lost In Space fans and interviews with cast members.[6]
In Region 2, Revelation Films has released the entire series on DVD in the UK. Season 1 was released on March 28, 2011 and season 2 on June 13, 2011. They also released a complete series set on March 12, 2012.[7]
In Region 4, Madman Entertainment released season 1 on DVD in Australia on August 20, 2014.[8]
Merchandise & licensing[edit]
This section possibly contains original research. (July 2013) |
The pilot episode was the subject of a View-Master reel & booklet set in 1968 (GAF Packet # B494). One notable difference between the aired episode and the reel set is an image of the Spindrift flying through the giant forest in apparent daylight. In the aired episode, the Spindrift arrives on the giants' planet during the night, and its flight through the forest also occurs that same night. Though the following is unconfirmed, either the daylight shot was a special effects sequence cut from the aired pilot, or a special set up for the View Master photographers.
In 1968, Pyramid Books published an extended novel adaptation of the pilot (Land of the Giants, Pyramid Books, X-1846), written by famed author Murray Leinster. Among notable changes or inventions is that the Spindrift is still an operational, flying ship after the initial crash, with enough "atomic power" to last as much as several months. Another invention for the novel is the knowledge that two other ships, the Anne and Marintha, disappeared via (what will turn out to be) the same mysterious phenomena which sends the Spindrift to the giants' planet. The Spindift castaways encounter a female survivor of the Anne named Marjorie, who joins the castaways in this novel. Although the TV series featured 3 episodes with other on-screen survivors from previously lost earth-flights, the novel's character Marjorie and the ships Anne and Marintha do not appear and are not mentioned in the series.
There were two further novels by Murray Leinster: The Hot Spot and Unknown Danger (Pyramid, 1969). The first two Leinster books were reprinted in the UK by World Distributors, with the first given the new title The Trap. World also published two UK only novels, Slingshot for a David and The Mean City (1969). Both were credited to James Bradwell, but as the style of the two books is so dissimilar, the name may have been a shared pen-name for two anonymous authors.
A hardback novel for children, Flight of Fear by Carl Henry Rathjen was published in the US by Whitman (1969).
Also in 1968 Gold Key Comics published a comic book version of Land of the Giants. It lasted for five issues. In 2010 all five issues were reprinted together as a hardcover book by Hermes Press.
In 1968, Aurora Plastics Company produced two plastic model kits based on the series: Land of the Giants was the title of a diorama depicting a giant snake attacking the characters Steve Burton, Dan Erickson (using a giant safety pin as a spear) and Betty Hamilton. The second kit was a model kit of the Spindrift (released as Land of the Giants Space Ship, instead of the proper name for the vehicle).
In 1975, Aurora reissued the kit, now renamed Rocket Transport Spindrift, with new box art and photos of the assembled kit. It had a front top section that could be lifted off to reveal a full interior that had to be constructed by the builder, as well as an opening door. Most of the model kit was molded in the same bright red-orange as the ship itself, while the interior was molded in a light green that could be painted.
Deanna Lund co-wrote a series of fan-fiction short stories based on the series, "Valerie in Giantland".
- ^ a b Alex McNeil. "Land of the Giants." Total Television. New York: Penguin, 1996. p. 402
- ^ Leinster, Murray (1968). Land of the Giants. New York: Pyramid Books.
- ^ Actor Database Interview with Don Marshall
- ^ Abbott, Jon (2009). Irwin Allen Television Productions, 1964-1970: A Critical History of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space, the Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants. McFarland. p. 284.
- ^ Jon Burlingame, pg. 115, TV's Biggest Hits: The Story of Television Themes From "Dragnet" To "Friends", Schirmer Books, 1996, ISBN 0-02-870324-3
- ^ TV Shows on dvd.com Land Of The Giants, Complete Series Press Release
- ^ "Land Of The Giants - The Complete Collection [DVD]". amazon.co.uk.
- ^ "Land of the Giants: The Complete First Season". Madman Entertainment.
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The Fountain of Dreams (called the Dream Spring in Kirby's Adventure) is a holy location found on planets across Gamble Galaxy. Each Fountain of Dreams supply good dreams to their planet's inhabitants, as well as collect the hopes and dreams of all living things (according to the introduction of Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land). Every Fountain of Dreams holds a legendary Star Rod: a powerful relic that essentially serves as the power source for the Fountains and can control the planet's stars. Kirby has traveled to quite a few of these fountains throughout the course of the series.
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Kirby brandishes the Star Rod and marches over to the Fountain of Dreams with every intention of putting it back. King Dedede drops from above and grabs Kirby. He is dragged along for a bit before Kirby turns to look at the King who shakes his head pleadingly. Ignoring him, Kirby walks over to the Fountain with the king still hanging on and finally knocks Dedede away with the Star Rod. King Dedede watches in helpless horror as Kirby leaps onto the Fountain of Dreams and puts the Star Rod back in its proper place. Nightmare then emerges from the Fountain in his Power Ball form, knocking the Star Rod off and making Kirby and King Dedede panic. He flies off then the King inhales both Kirby and the Star Rod and spits them out, sending Kirby sailing after him.
Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
The first time a Fountain of Dreams was seen in the series was in Kirby's Adventure. Prior to the events of the game, Nightmare had taken residence in the Fountain of Dreams, forcing King Dedede to remove the Star Rod and split it into seven parts, giving one part each to his trusted friends, and keeping one part for himself. The downside of this was that no one in Dream Land was dreaming at all. Kirby traveled all over Dream Land defeating each of Dedede's allies and getting back the pieces of the rod. After Kirby traveled far into Rainbow Resort, the location of Planet Popstar's Fountain of Dreams, he defeated Dedede and put Star Rod back in its place. This awoke the Nightmare however, so Dedede and Kirby worked together and defeated it using the Star Rod's Power. The Star Rod was finally placed back into the Fountain of Dreams following Nightmare's defeat.
Kirby's Avalanche
In Kirby's Avalanche, the Fountain of Dreams serves as the game's final arena, where Kirby takes on rounds twelve to sixteen (Heavy Mole to King Dedede). Should Kirby prevail against Dedede, he is crowned Avalanche Champion of the Dream Fountain Cup.
Interestingly, what appears to be a figurine of Nightmare's Power Orb (using its coloration seen in Kirby's Adventure artwork rather than its in-game sprite) appears as a design element on the Fountain, in place of the Star Rod. Whether or not this is an intentional easter egg / reference to Kirby's Adventure or merely a coincidence is unknown.
Kirby Super Star and Kirby Super Star Ultra
In the Milky Way Wishes sub-game, Marx asks Kirby to summon the great comet Nova in an attempt to restore peace to the sun and moon. To do this, Kirby had to awaken the power of each Fountain of Dreams of seven other nearby planets to gather the surrounding stars. Kirby would soon find out that this was a difficult task however, and it would be all for naught after Marx uses Nova for his own selfish desires. The Fountains Kirby visits on his journey are all more or less identical to the Fountain of Dreams on Popstar.
Meta Knight would also carry out the same task later on in Meta Knightmare Ultra, only this time to get Nova to summon the all-powerful warrior known as Galacta Knight for him to fight. Ironically, Meta Knight does not visit each planet's Fountain of Dreams. In the credits of Meta Knightmare Ultra, however, there is a scene that shows Meta Knight standing in front of the Fountain of Dreams. This may suggest that there was supposed to be a cutscene for Meta Knight visiting the planets' Fountain of Dreams.
As pointed out in the Fountain of Dreams Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Kirby Super Star confirmed that the Fountain of Dreams on Popstar isn't unique, and that there are other identical fountains on other planets strewn across the galaxy. To date, Kirby Super Star and its remake are the first (and currently the only ones) to explore the fact that Popstar wasn't the only planet to have a similar fountain. As such, it is possible that the planets explored in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards also have their own version of the Fountain of Dreams, although this is unconfirmed. All that is known about the fountains in Kirby Super Star is that they contain the star power necessary to summon Nova.
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
The Fountain of Dreams appears as a stage in Kirby Fighters Deluxe. It appears as the final stage in single player mode, where Kirby fights against King Dedede and his team. It uses the fountain's design from Super Smash Bros. Melee.
On Very Hard difficulty, the stage uses's the fountain's Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land design. According to designer Ryusei Matsuo, this background was not originally intended to be used in the game.[1][2]
In the Super Smash Bros. series
The Fountain of Dreams is a location that combatants can fight on in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Like all the stages, it also appears as a trophy. The arena consists of a large platform (the fountain itself) below three smaller platforms, similar to Super Smash Bros. Melee's Battlefield stage; however, two of them rise and fall over time. The Fountain of Dreams is also where the player can fight and unlock Marth since characters from the Fire Emblem series don't have their own stage. It is also the stage where one fights him during All-Star mode. The Fountain of Dreams does not appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. However, its music appears as an alternate soundtrack for Green Greens.
The music for this stage is an orchestral rearrangement of Gourmet Race's theme. This rearrangement was used in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land during the battle against Dedede, and has since been recognized as the fountain's theme. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land was most likely in development during the creation of Super Smash Bros. Melee, and so the fountain's music was added as a teaser for the upcoming Game Boy Advance game.
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- Level 8 is called "The Fountain of Dream" in the Japanese version of Kirby's Adventure and Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.
- In the background of a few levels of Old Odyssey are structures that look visually similar to the Fountain of Dreams.
- Also, a remix of the theme plays during the Hypernova section of the second bonus stage of Royal Road.

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EARLY ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES OF RECENTLY INCARCERATED AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES by Adam R. Jeffers A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Adam R. Jeffers
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Abstract | This project examines the early educational experiences of 6 young African American males (ages 18-25) who attended urban schools in San Diego, California. All 6 men were incarcerated for at least 1-year before participating in a pre-release program. The participants were part of a pre-release program in San Diego, California, which was selected based on its reputation for preparing recently incarcerated African American males for assimilation into urban communities. The participants were selected because their academic experiences are similar to many young African American males who attend urban schools.; The guiding research questions for this study were the following: (1) What are the educational experiences of African American males who have been incarcerated? (2) How do African American males, who have experienced incarceration, perceive themselves and their identity development in California's urban schools? (3) What perceptions do African American male students have of their urban school teachers' expectations?; Data were collected during the pre-release program through individual interviews, a group interview, questionnaire, short writing responses, and observations. It was found that early academic experiences of African American men profoundly impact their social, cultural, and psychological development as well as life choices that can lead to incarceration. By examining the range of experiences described by the participants, six general themes were identified: (1) early academic success, (2) middle school meltdowns, (3) high school push outs, (4) teaching the purpose of education, (5) teacher expectations and student perceptions, and (6) African American male identity development.; The overarching narrative identified by the themes is that African American males generally have more positive academic experiences in elementary school versus middle or high school. In addition, pedagogy (teaching the purpose of education), teacher-student relations (teacher expectations and student perceptions), and psychological development (African American male identity development) are also strong influences. In fact, all themes interweave and overlap at times. Explaining the opportunities and obstacles encountered in each stage of the early educational experience (elementary, middle, and high school) cannot be accomplished without simultaneously analyzing pedagogy, student-teacher relations, and psychological development. |
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Ahead of our hackathon weekend in December, we are running two brainstorming evenings. These informal events are for people who'd like to find out more about the issues and discuss with other hackathon attendees. The format for each evening will be a short presentation, followed by brainstorming potential solutions that could be worked on at the hackathon weekend. There will also be time for networking and enjoying the snacks and beer provided by Guinness!
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- ! I agree. However, the co-founder of Wikia disagrees, and she is where all this "wikia = wiki" stuff came from. Wikia was formerly called Wikicities and each of its wikis was deemed a wikicity, so you can kind of see how after being renamed to Wikia that this occurred. I also agree that we should stay consistent with 'wiki' in help documentation to ensure nobody gets confused. But that'll be another day. Joey (talk) 07:37, November 16, 2009 (UTC)
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The Iran hostage thriller "Argo" is the surprise best-drama winner at Sunday's Golden Globes, beating out the Civil War epic "Lincoln," which had emerged as an awards-season favorite.
"Argo" also claimed the directing prize for Ben Affleck, a prize that normally bodes well for an Academy Award win, except he missed out on an Oscar nomination this time.
"Les Miserables" was named best musical or comedy, while Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway claimed acting prizes.
On the TV side, it was a battle for cable supremacy with three honors each for Showtime's CIA thriller "Homeland" and "Game Change," the HBO movie about Sarah Palin's 2008 vice presidential candidacy.
HBO's "Girls" picked up two awards for best comedy. Show creator Lena Dunham was tapped as best comic actress, beating out nominees Tina Fey and Amy Poehler of NBC. In fact, all the commercial networks were snubbed and PBS received just one award.
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For some reason, let us say that the NTP server is not running at the first query to all servers. Can we make ntpd reiterate querying these sources (i.e. again consult server-1 to server-3 in a loop)? How do we do it?
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The Whistleblower blog was started in 2008. Look for posts by these contributors: James Eli Shiffer, Jane Friedmann, Brandon Stahl, Eric Roper and Alejandra Matos. | Check out the Whistleblower archive.
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Whistleblower recently wrote about a garage in north Minneapolis that has been a thorn in the side of neighbors for years. Over time the structure went from barely passable to almost pass-throughable - thanks to a hole in the side.
Neighbors tried to talk with those living at 2901 Dupont Av. N. about the problem and made repeated calls to the city. The city, for its part, sent out inspectors and issued citations and fines. Most citations went unaddressed and fines went unpaid, though the homeowner did correct some violations by cutting tall grass and picking up trash.
But the garage was never repaired, even after a car smashed into it a couple years ago and a thief earlier this year used a truck to yank a motorcycle through a hole in a side wall, sending studs and siding flying. Short of imminent hazards, the city said it can't repair or tear down privately-owned structures without owners' permission.
Officials recently obtained permission to tear down the parts of the garage that hadn't yet succumbed to gravity or vandalism, and by 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, a contractor had wiped all record of the structure off the face of the block. It's unclear whether hazmat suits were required for removal of the knee-high debris festering inside.
"We're very excited," neighbor Mary Rice said about the end results. "The first thing I did was I went across the street and told Pastor Dale [at St. Olaf Lutheran Church] and he thought that was great. ... Then I just sent a little blurb to [council member] Diane Hofstede saying 'Garage is down, hallelujah.'"
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Gerry and Margie Richels have been fighting an uphill battle with Blaine City Hall for almost two years.
Their property used to be at a higher elevation than the land next to them. But since the city allowed a developer to raise the elevation 6 feet and build houses on it, water and silt washes down into the Richels' yard.
Richels, a retired engineer, had warned that such a thing might happen when he caught wind of the project, but the city promised him it wouldn't. His frequent complaints to City Hall since then have prompted numerous attempts to stop the erosion and drainage trouble, but he's still not satisfied -- especially since the city allowed the berm to be built right up to Richels' property line, despite a standard calling for a 3-foot setback.
City officials, for their part, are exasperated with Richels. One council member calls it the "project from hell."
Mayor Tom Ryan acknowledges that since the townhouses were built, "it's a 6-foot drop right onto his property. It's steep." But he indicated Richels is in good company. "Drainage problems in this city are pretty typical."
They're also a frequent source of conflict among neighbors.
"Property owners have the right to drain water from their property onto their neighbor's, as long as it doesn't unreasonably damage their neighbors'," said Adam A. Ripple, a lawyer at Rinke Noonan, a St. Cloud firm that specializes in these kinds of disputes. "That, as you can imagine, does nothing but breed litigation and arguments. There's usually not a clear-cut way to resolve issues if you have folks that don't want to work together toward a common solution."
At this point, the city and the Richelses seem far apart.
When Richels bought his property in 1998, his next-door neighbor was a farm. There's disagreement about which way the water used to flow -- the mayor says that the farmland drained onto Richels' property, but a hydrologist hired by Richels concluded the water used to drain in the other direction.
In 2006, when Merit Development Co. Inc. went before the planning commission for zoning approval to build on the site, Richels expressed his concerns about runoff. Commission meeting minutes show that the city's project coordinator, Tom Scott, said "that it will be looked at with the grading plan to be sure there will be no runoff water running into Mr. Richels property."
Minks Custom Homes Inc. later became the developer. When nearby houses were built and dirt was graded two years ago, the yards for two houses abutting Richels' land were graded to slope down to the property line. While city engineering standards recommend a 3-foot setback for retaining walls from property lines, city manager Clark Arneson said those rules are "standards, not ordinances or statutes."
One home's downspouts directed water down the slope. With silt accumulated in his yard, Richels contacted the city with his objections.
The city directed the builder to undertake a series of remedial efforts. A swaled berm that slanted at 45 degrees, ending at the property line. A new gutter. Redirected downspouts. A double row of rocks on the hillside.
The measures helped, but the runoff continued.
Richels dogged city staff and council members with e-mails and phone calls as the berm's sod sagged and failed to take hold. Contractors repeatedly entered his property to collect debris or add another layer of dirt and sod to the berm.
This year, when the city sought permission to enter his property to plant seed for native plants, which they said would solve the problem once and for all, Richels said no.
A city engineer said the work could only safely be done from the bottom of the steep slope, but Richels told the engineer to ask the person who approved the project how to maintain the berm from the owner's property.
"Like any organization, you're going to have situations where mistakes happen," David Clark, a city councilman, said. If a project "can't be brought into compliance reasonably, then some other accommodation is generally worked out."
But Ryan, the mayor, feels the city has done everything it can to try to fix the problem, short of tearing down a house or building "the foolishest-looking [retaining wall] you've ever seen."
"I don't think he wants that," he said.
But Richels does want that.
In July 2011, he proposed a solution based on his reading of city rules: A 3-foot setback, a 4-foot-high retaining wall and a swale leading to a city sewer nearby. The idea gained no traction.
"I've lost over 200 hours in this. I've lost sleep over this because I wake up at night wondering how to get this fixed," Richels said.
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Rotting wooden railroad ties and crumbling asphalt have long created a bumpy ride for south Minneapolis drivers and bicyclists traveling E. 35th Street near the grain elevators off Hiawatha Avenue.
But while minor patches were made last week, it's not clear when the road hazard will get a permanent repair. Doing so will require cooperation between three companies and the city, but for the moment, the groups are pointing fingers at each other over who will shoulder the biggest burden of the estimated $400,000 cost.
The seven sets of railroad tracks crossed by 35th Street are owned by General Mills, Archer Daniels Midland Co. and Minnesota Commercial Railroad -- with the city owning areas on both sides of the tracks. The railroad, which is coordinating work among the companies, and the city disagree on how much both sides owe.
Wayne Hall Jr., director of operations and industrial development for Minnesota Commercial Railroad, said it's up to the city to request the concrete work and pay a majority of the money.
"The city has a large obligation," Hall said. "There are four different ownerships there. It's just a matter of working together."
But City Council Member Gary Schiff said the three companies should make the repairs. He said the city has received dozens of complaints the last 10 years about the railroad crossing's disrepair from drivers and bikers.
Ed Dillon, an avid bicyclist who lives off 35th Street, said the crossing was a "significant danger" because wheels could get stuck in the ruts.
"It's kind of absurd that it's such an awful situation," Dillon said. "It can't be much [money to fix] compared to other things in the city."
Last month, the Minnesota Commercial Railroad received 20 to 25 complaints, Hall said, after Schiff encouraged residents to voice their discontent. As a result, last week, workers with the city and the three companies removed rotting wood timbers and filled potholes and spaces next to the tracks with asphalt. The total cost of the repairs wasn't clear, but Hall said the railroad's share of work to repair one of the seven tracks cost $5,100.
It's not the concrete fix that residents like Dillon want. Last week, cars still slowed as they rocked up and down, hitting the bumps and crevices of the crossing.
"Most drivers will not notice a significant difference," Schiff said. "It's still a bumpy ride. The neighborhood still needs the long-term solution."
Heidi Hamilton, the city's deputy public works director, said a similar situation at 32nd Street was swiftly smoothed with concrete in 2006 thanks to a one-time federal grant. The 35th Street crossing doesn't qualify for federal aid, she said, but discussions about finding money for a long-term fix are just beginning.
"To coordinate everybody's budgets and schedules, it's a challenge," she said.
The railroad collaborates with several metro area counties and the state when it rebuilds crossings. This time, though, Hall said city leaders never approached the railroad about installing concrete. Instead, the first time they heard about the issue was through complaints referred by Schiff.
"There was a lack of communication," Hall said. "We work great with municipalities. This one kind of upset us the way it was handled."
For mechanics at Alexander's Import Auto Repair, located next to the tracks, the rough crossing isn't all bad. They've collected half a dozen wheel covers that have shaken off cars rattling over the tracks, owner Dan Swenson said.
"We're relieved," he said of the possibility of a smoother commute, "but it takes some business from us."
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A paperwork pileup has left some of the neediest Rice County families waiting for weeks for food assistance and health insurance.
The social services backlog in the county, which includes Faribault and Northfield, has prompted concerned residents and community leaders to press county commissioners to make the paperwork processing more efficient.
County officials argue that they're trying to keep up with an unprecedented spike in social services applications since the economic downturn took a toll on families' finances. They say they have taken extra steps this month to unclog the system, including getting help from the Minnesota Department of Human Services.
"We're caught up," Rice County Social Services Director Mark Shaw said last week, "and we want to stay caught up."
Last summer, social services clients started complaining to people like Jim Blaha, executive director of the Community Action Center in Northfield, a nonprofit that provides food, clothing and other temporary support to families. He said he's heard from about 50 Rice County residents waiting an extra six weeks to five months for benefits due to processing delays.
"This is an abominable situation ... probably the worst the state has seen," Blaha said. "If [assistance] isn't restored right away, what are you supposed to do? It's back to square zero. It's a very tense situation for clients."
The state Department of Human Services received 38 complaints in the past six months from Rice County about delays in food assistance applications, a spokesman said, and the state set up a 30-day hotline for Rice County to help respond to questions. In addition, four state employees worked two days in Rice County to help. Ten employees from other counties also worked Saturdays through March 24 to alleviate the backlog.
But now, social services advocates say they fear the county won't be caught up for long if it doesn't add staff and resources to social services.
"They've done a lot of stop-gap things," said Bob Griggs, a pastor at First United Church of Christ in Northfield. "I would be concerned the problem simply isn't going to reemerge."
Most benefits applications have to be processed within 30 days, such as food assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, but there are no state-initiated fiscal sanctions in place if counties miss the deadlines, the state department said. Counties with processing rates under 95 percent are required to develop and implement a corrective action plan.
Shaw said his office aims to process all food and cash applications within 30 days and health assistance within 45 days, but "I think we're challenged with the capacity and case load we have," he said.
The 6,400 social services cases they have open now is 33 percent more than four years ago. While his staff was increased by two last year to about 20 staffers who handle applications, he said they logged 1,100 hours of overtime.
"Could I have extra staff? It would certainly not hurt," he said.
One long-term solution could be on the horizon. Rice is among 12 counties discussing sharing services regionally. If approved by each county, Shaw said, it wouldn't take effect for three to four years.
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Avra Valley Fire District Bond Proposition 411 (November 2012)
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An Avra Valley Fire District Bond proposition is on the November 6, 2012 election ballot in Pima and Pinal counties, which are in Arizona. It was approved.
This proposition authorized the Avra Valley Fire District, which is in the Counties of Pima and Pinal, to issue and sell up to $4,135,000 in bonds to equip fire facilities, purchase trucks and fire equipment and pay off existing lease-purchase.[1]
Election Results
The following are election results for the measure:
Proposition 411 Avra Valley Fire Dist. 8 | ||||
Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
Yes | 1,445 | 65.21% | ||
No | 771 | 34.79% |
Results via Pima County, Final Unofficial Results
Text of measure
Language on the ballot:
" | Shall Avra Valley Fire District of Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona, be authorized to issue and sell bonds of the District in the principal amount of not to exceed $4,135,000, bearing interest at a rate of not to exceed ten percent (10%) per annum and extending for a term not exceeding thirty (30) years and use the proceeds of such bonds to purchase land or rights in land, to purchase, construct, renovate, expand, furnish and equip fire facilities, purchase fire trucks and fire equipment, pay off existing lease-purchase or purchase agreements and pay all costs in connection therewith?[1][2] | " |
See also
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pima County Elections, Local Questions/Propositions
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributed to the original source.


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Is 1 pt of res all more than 1 pt of armor?
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If I have a 700 armor chest piece, is it going to be better than a 400 armor piece with 60 all res? | |
Last I checked it was 1 all res=10 armor. Maybe wrong. --- *Connection established* Synthetics don't have DNA. Shields, out.-Marauder Shields | |
Hrm, so if thats the case all res is far superior to armor. Can anyone confirm? | |
i dont think thats accurate. and it all depends on how much you already have because of diminishing returns. i.e if you have 0 res all and 1000 armor then res all is prolly better. 100 res all and 200 armor armor is prolly better. dont know the specifics though. | |
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binny3 posted... i dont think thats accurate. and it all depends on how much you already have because of diminishing returns. Well, there's diminishing returns, but there's also the fact that having 50% reduction in both is the same as having 75% reduction in one and 0% and the other, so getting that extra 25% in armor is just as valuable as getting that 50% in all resist. So until someone bothers to come up with a formula for the DR, we really don't know how their relative values change as you gear up. --- FOR THE LUNDRAY! "It's really big, but it's cursed." | |
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There are formulas for DR. ELVL is enemy level. Armour: (AR) / (AR + 50*ELVL) Res: (R) / (R + 5*ELVL) In other words, resist-all scales a tenth as fast as armour when comparing strength versus intelligence, but resistances also grant ten times the bonus per point, making them both equivalent. However, resist-all tends to spawn in greater than 10% of the quantity of armour mods, making it better. On top of that, you'll usually have higher armour DR than resistance DR before Inferno since every piece of armour grants it. --- Blue Wizard is about to die! ... Red Knight shot the food! | |
Ruzinus posted... binny3 posted...i dont think thats accurate. and it all depends on how much you already have because of diminishing returns. Against a level 60 mob, it takes 3000 Armor or Int to give 50% damage reduction. It takes 9000 Armor to give 75% damage reduction. It's clearly better to have 3000 Armor and Int than 6000 Armor. In the most simplistic terms, the way to maximize your defenses would be to keep Armor = 10 x All Res. Armor and All Res DO NOT have diminishing returns, they increase your time-to-die linearly. However, increasing one increases the relative worth of the other. --- "You're sorely underestimating the power of nostalgia goggles." - adjl http://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/20110218.gif | |
It depends on your current stats. Use this calculator, set your stats and then compare both items. http://rubensayshi.github.com/d3-ehp-calculator/#input-char --- . |
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Modeling and Optimization of the Step Coverage of Tungsten LPCVD in Trenches and Contact Holes
Hasper, A. and Holleman, J. and Middelhoek, J. and Kleijn, C.R. and Hoogendoorn, C.J. (1991) Modeling and Optimization of the Step Coverage of Tungsten LPCVD in Trenches and Contact Holes. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 138 (6). pp. 1728-1738. ISSN 0013-4651
Abstract: | A model is presented to calculate the step coverage of blanket tungsten low pressure chemical vapor deposition(W-LPCVD) from tungsten hexafluoride (WF6). The model can calculate tungsten growth in trenches and circular contactholes, in the case of the WF6 reduction by H2, SiH4, or both. The step coverage model predictions have been verified experimentallyby scanning electron microscopy (SEM). We found that the predictions of the step coverage model for the H2 reductionof WF6 are very accurate, if the partial pressures of the reactants at the inlet of the trench or contact hole areknown. To get these reactant inlet partial pressures, we used a reactor model which calculates the surface partial pressuresof all the reactants. These calculated surface partial pressures are used as input for our step coverage model. In this studywe showed that thermodiffusion plays a very important role in the actual surface partial pressure. In the case where SiH4was present in the gas mixture trends are predicted very well but the absolute values predicted by the step coveragemodel are too high. The partial pressure of HF, which is a by-product of the H2 reduction reaction, may be very high insidetrenches or contact holes, especially just before closing of the trench or contact hole. We found no influence of the calculatedHF partial pressure on the step coverage. Differences between step coverage in trenches and contact holes, as predictedby the step coverage model, were found to agree with the experiments. It is shown that the combination of the stepcoverage and reactor model is very useful in the optimization towards high step coverage, high throughput, and low WF6flow. We found a perfect step coverage (no void formation) in a 2 µm wide and 10 µm deep (2 × 10 µm) trench using anaverage WF6 flow of only 35 sccm, at a growth rate of 150 nm/min. In general, it is shown that the reduction of WF6 by SiH4offers no advantages over the reduction by H2 as far as step coverage is concerned.
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What are the steps I need to take? I know how to do HTML...I think I need to learn PHP....
Where can I get a good server?
thanks for any help?
Where can I get a good server?
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View Full Version : Picture Rating Website Help mikehar8 07-07-2005, 06:23 AM What are the steps I need to take? I know how to do HTML...I think I need to learn PHP.... Where can I get a good server? thanks for any help? mike delinear 07-07-2005, 09:55 AM Well there are plenty of free hosts that offer PHP. Ideally you will want one that also provides at least one MySQL database since it will be much easier in the long run to be able to store ratings in a database. The only problem with the free hosts is that a lot of the time they pay for the hosting with adverts on your site - if this doesn't bother you then you needn't worry but I always find it's worth paying for hosting, especially since PHP is open source and compared to ASP hosting is usually very cheap. There are lots of webhost directories that you can search, such as Hostlead (http://www.hostlead.com/) or FindMyHosting (http://www.findmyhosting.com/) which will help you locate the right hosting package. You will need to learn PHP though, and while the project you have in mind isn't particularly complex you might struggle unless you pick up the basics first. Once you have some hosting set up I suggest working your way through some of the online tutorials or maybe finding a book that you feel you can understand. Alternatively there are many ready-made scripts that will do exactly what you want, you may find it easier to just use one of those. Have a look at a scripts directory such as Hotscripts (http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Image_Galleries/index.html) and see if they have something that matches your requirements. Hope that helps :) |
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just started SW. I never last at diets for long.
Any hints or tips?
just started SW. I never last at diets for long.
Any hints or tips?
Firstly don't view it as a diet. This isn't a quick fix. It's designed to change your attitude to what you eat forever.
My best advice is to keep a full diary. All the time. Without fail.
Also use this site as much as possible. It's amazing. The support is overwhelming. Good luck
I am Sam, I like it here. I think I'll hang around a bit...
"I'm not overweight, I'm under-tall"
My often thoughtless ramblings can be read here: http://www.minimins.com/slimming-wor...ric-diary.html
all of the above that lickthelid said.
ide also plan ahead. I plan a day ahead, others plan their whole week. This way u are in control and are less likely to grab something quick with lots of syns.
good luck
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I completely agree with you - I did a diary for 3 weeks but never on the weekend after three weeks my consultant said I didn't have to do one anymore... Oh dear I put on and on and on and on... I never understood why, yes of course the 3 Easter eggs didn't help - things I thought were free were not like mullerlight with the cherry underlay and advocardo and olives.... And not forgetting my Friday take away and Tuesday after weigh in cheat meal... I'm aloud a treat...
Who was I kidding
I have just this week started a food diary again and I even done it last night and as much as I was tempted too I didn't go for my take away - I had sausage and mash I used sainsburys be good to yourself sausages and they were only 0.5 syns, I've upped my water I take as many suggested this could be a reason for my gain!
Oh as for Tuesday weigh in treat I had super low fat super noodles - FREE!!!!
It's so easy to loose motivation and "forget" you've eaten things you know you probably shouldn't - your in the best place I've found some fantastic recipies and spoke to some truly inspirational people
Good luck we are all rooting for you!!!
I've just started as well and agree from previous weight loss about the food diary.
But!! I've been calorie counting for years and I'm loving the idea of NOT doing a full diary every day!! I will be diarising my syns though (I'm an Easter egg forgetter too!!)
Good luck x
Thanks everyone for all your help x
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I still keep a diary even 8 months in and find it helps.
My tips would be:
Think of as many types of veggies as you can to fit in each meal. I'd also recommend making a tasty fruit salad in the evenings to take to work the next day.
Plan ahead! I do about 3-4 days at a time, sometimes a week, including the hexes.
I find I do better if my meals are mostly synfree, and I try to save my syns for the evening. Not all the time (eg some healthy syn-heavy avocado in my lunch can be great!) but when I need to get back on track this works for me.
Don't get discouraged if some weeks you don't see the loss you were expecting (and sometimes do better than you expect!) Especially for women, bodies can fluctuate quite a lot. But if you stick at it you WILL see your losses over the course of a month or so. Don't get put off by the seeming illogicality of it!
If you drink, take care with alcohol. Once you start, it can be hard to keep your willpower!
Think ahead when you go out to eat, and look up the syn values on the menu in advance. But be prepared to go a bit over on your syns to enjoy the occasional night out, if that works best for you. One evening off-plan probably won't ruin your week.
Drink lots of water!
Good luck!
Originally made it to my target after losing 2.5 stone in nearly ten months on Slimming World. Regained over a stone and now looking to get back down below 11st before my trip to Rome.
My diary: http://www.minimins.com/slimming-wor...t-my-life.html
20th April - 11 st 10 (2lb off) - DONE 11 ST 9 (3lb off)
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The VMC-004XLu TUB is a four-channel disc jockey mixer from Vestax that offers a step-up from the company's VMC-004FXu TUB model. Featuring a total of ten output channels, this model is designed for compatibility with both digital and analog turntables for the comprehensive modern DJ.
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Additional connectivity can be made via a front-mounted USB port, making for quick access to external instruments, controllers, effectors and more. An isolator light strip has been added to each of the device's four channels for on-the-go level control via dedicated low, medium and high-frequency knobs as well as an individual "Trim" volume control. The included "ALPS" crossfader can be assigned to each individual channel in addition to the master channel for interactive mixing, with an optional upgrade to the CF-PCV conductive fader available through Vestax's website. Fader parameters can also be adjusted to the tendencies of a given DJ, from smoother responses for long mixes to short and interceptive responses for a more rhythmic and experimental mix. A rotary-style monitor switch is included for quick and easy stereo adjustment, with headphone auditioning capabilities allowing users to check their output signal and practice an upcoming song transition. The 004XLu also features reinforced jacks and terminals for long-lasting durability, and a removable rack angle unit that allows the device to function as an in-house mixer within a 19-inch rack enclosure.
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"Golden age" of oil refining margins to end
Ikuko Kao, Reuters
LONDON - The global "golden age" of record refining profits is likely to be over by the end of the decade thanks to more capacity from new plants and higher costs due to record crude prices, industry analysts say.
Signs the boom is faltering have already emerged. ConocoPhillips suspended production at its German refinery for a month in August due to low margins, an unusually long shutdown in the peak summer driving season.
Chevron Corp, the second-largest oil major in the United States, said earlier in October it would see its third-quarter net income dropping significantly from the second quarter due to a sharp fall in its refining margins.
Some industry experts say this is the beginning of the end of the refining industry's "golden age" which began in 2004 when margins started rising due to global demand growth and the shortfall in refining production capacity.
(29 October 2007)
Contributor Jeffrey J. Brown writes:
Pick a wholesale gasoline/diesel price number: $5, $10, $15, $20 . . .
At each of these wholesale price levels, would importing countries be more or less likely to be refining the same amount of oil that they were refining at a wholesale gasoline/diesel price of $2.50 or so?
The key limiting factor on the volume of oil that a refiner will process is whether or not they can sell the product at a profit. This is why I have been expecting to see declining refinery utilization numbers in importing countries, and probably rising utilization numbers in at least some exporting countries.
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Declining Net Oil Exports Versus "Near Record High" Crude Oil Inventories: What is going on? (September, 2007)
Why BP is cutting back in Aberdeen as oil prices soar
Selwyn Parker, Sunday Herald (Scotland)
ABOUT THE only place in Scotland where the price of West Texas Intermediate Crude is on everybody's lips is Aberdeen. But even in oil city there must be some confusion about the relationship between the wholesale cost of the black stuff and BP's imminent cutbacks there.
The big question is why BP is taking the scalpel to its Aberdeen-headquartered North Sea business when the benchmark price of oil keeps on breaking new records and presumably boosting profits.
By week's end, for example, crude prices broke the $90 (£44) barrier. That landmark inevitably raised the dreaded prospect of West Texas Intermediate Crude cracking $100 (£49), with mounting consequences for just about every other part of the British economy.
BP's official reason for restructuring its Aberdeen operations is "to secure a long-term future for the company's oil and gas business in the UK". By implication, if it does not, there is no long-term future.
On the agenda, therefore, are cuts throughout 2008. All up, about 350 people out of 2100 will leave. BP says a lot about the new regime led by chief executive Tony Hayward, who replaced Lord Browne earlier this year, that the redundancies will all be office-based rather than front-line oilmen. Hayward has pledged to focus on operational efficiencies.
Deeper reasons lie behind the cutbacks, however, and BP's economies may just be the first of others by competitors. It is no secret that the North Sea fields are running out.
(27 October 2007)
China Will Build Oil Refinery In Costa Rica
ohn Concepcion, AHN
Mexico City, Mexico - Costa Rica President Oscar Arias announced that China is set to build an oil refinery in his country in order to address its energy needs.
(28 October 2007)
Contributor Greg writes:
Costa Rica gets 80% of its electrical power from hydro. Oil is imported.
New Zealand's oil rush
Eugene Bingham, New Zealand Herald
Sleepy Thule Bay is as serene as it is picturesque. Thickets of native bush snuggle against each other right to the water's edge in this quiet Stewart Island inlet. There's electricity, a smattering of houses and several yachts moored off the small beach, but Thule Bay is as far from the capitals of commerce and industry as imaginable.
Here in late February, tangible signs of New Zealand's hopes of striking it seriously rich bubbled to the surface. A scientific observer digging onshore discovered seeps of oil. About a week earlier, a 4.8 magnitude earthquake 160km to the west had rattled the island, squeezing the natural crude from the Earth. The discovery was where seeps had been found before, in the early 1980s.
But the timing could not have been better - just as international companies were contemplating bids for oil and gas exploration permits in the vast Great South Basin, a 500,000sq km area extending from the bottom of the South Island to the edge of the Southern Ocean. The basin had been explored before, in the 1970s and 1980s. A moderate-sized gas field was discovered but abandoned, the tough conditions making it uneconomic to continue.
Almost 30 years later, the hunt is on again - improved technology makes explorers confident of beating the weather. And as the seeps in Thule Bay confirm, there's the lure of not just gas but of oil. With energy prices soaring, this frontier territory is becoming viable.
...[Australian-based Exxon spokeswoman Samantha Potts said:] "It's a long-term project and this is a game where, certainly at this point, there's a lot of risk and a lot of money to be spent upfront but, nonetheless, we're optimistic."
If ExxonMobil or any of the other companies do strike oil or gas, it could change New Zealand's fortunes.
Duynhoven has played down the likelihood of anyone producing gas for the domestic market, saying it is more likely that if there is a gas find it will be of such a scale it would be sold as liquefied natural gas on the world market. Greymouth Petroleum, however, has said its aim is to deliver cheap fuel to backbone energy users in the South Island. If there is a major oil strike, energy consultant Graeme Bethune points out that it may never even touch the mainland.
"You could have an offshore development where tankers come in and take the oil away," says Bethune, "but that would still all contribute to New Zealand in terms of the balance of payments and so on. It would make a real change for New Zealand." Without getting carried away, Bethune points out that Britain and Norway used to be seen as only moderately endowed with natural resources, just as New Zealand is seen now. And then along came North Sea oil and gas.
(29 October 2007)
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This book covers fundamental techniques in the theory of \(C^{\infty }\)-imbeddings and \(C^{\infty }\)-immersions, emphasizing clear intuitive understanding and containing many figures and diagrams. Adachi starts with an introduction to the work of Whitney and of Haefliger on \(C^{\infty }\)-imbeddings and \(C^{\infty }\)-manifolds. The Smale-Hirsch theorem is presented as a generalization of the classification of \(C^{\infty }\)-imbeddings by isotopy and is extended by Gromov's work on the subject, including Gromov's convex integration theory. Finally, as an application of Gromov's work, the author introduces Haefliger's classification theorem of foliations on open manifolds. Also described here is the Adachi's work with Landweber on the integrability of almost complex structures on open manifolds. This book would be an excellent text for upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses.
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Nostalgia Shop has specialized in several products over the years and has had a dynamic history in Columbia since it opened in 1977. In October as part of the Missourian's Facebook album "CoMo in Retrospect," which highlights photos from our archives as they relate to current events, we found a photo of George Liggett and Tim Flynn in 1981, when the Nostalgia Shop sold costumes. We followed up with them to share what they are up to now.
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In 1981, when Ronald Reagan became president and stamps cost 18 cents, Halloween was slowly becoming more popular among adults. George Liggett and Tim Flynn, then co-owners of Nostalgia Shop, an antique, costume, cigar and spirits store that opened in January 1977 in downtown Columbia, were part of making that possible.
"There were themed parties, college parties and a lot of political satire," Liggett said. Many people came in for Nixon, Reagan or Carter parody outfits, while others came in for movie-themed costumes such as "Star Wars" and Tor Johnson, Liggett said.
Liggett gathered ideas for costumes from other stores during the off season, and on the side, he operated a singing telegram business — messengers sent, before e-cards were around, to deliver presents and live music for special occasions. His wife, Mariel Liggett, took time off from her job at Williams Keepers each October to help out at the store.
After more than 20 years, Liggett and Flynn sold the costume shop to Aaro Froese, who renamed the store Gotcha! Costumes, still in operation today.
"We had outgrown the (costume) business," Flynn said. "Aaro took it to the next level like 'Star Trek: The Next Generation.'"
How they met
Liggett and Flynn were both MU graduate students when they met. Both were dabbling with antiques, similar to the now-popular TV show "American Pickers," Flynn said.
They traveled together across the country for 12 years searching for antiques and hosting shows in many major U.S. cities. Eventually the Smithsonian funded their lifestyle, and the pair bought antiques on behalf of the museum.
How they got to cigars, wines and costumes
Liggett said he often brought cigars and wine to antique shows, particularly Arturo Fuente cigars and Buena Vista Cabernet Sauvignon, the rare wine from California that President Richard Nixon brought with him to China in 1972 — the trip that built the foundations for diplomatic relations between the two countries.
At a show hosted by the Smithsonian, a U.S. representative from Ohio approached Liggett and asked how he came across the rare wine. Soon, Liggett was collecting wish lists from representatives and picking up California wine when he picked up antiques there. Hence, the foundations of Nostalgia Shop were built.
The business partners went on selling cigars well before the cigar boom of the mid-'90s.
"For reasons no one knows, (cigars) became hip," Flynn said. "We were in the right place at the right time."
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You can find Liggett sporting a stylish cane and smoking a Diamond Crown cigar wandering around the Nostalgia Shop with his 167-pound German shepherd, Ashton, greeting and helping customers find the right cigar to sit back and relax with.
Flynn is retired and newly married, but he still visits Liggett to "make sure (his) partner is alive and kicking." Flynn and his wife casually travel around Missouri shopping for antiques at auctions to put on display at Artichoke Annie's Antique Mall in Millersburg.
Nostalgia Shop, which moved next to Grand Cru Steak and Seafood restaurant on South Providence Road in 2008, represents 40 years of friendship, passion and hard work for Liggett and Flynn.
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Patricia Frisella [July 2008]
Chaos of the Senses by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, translated from the Arabic by Baria Ahmar. On the surface this is a love story set in the political chaos of Algeria in the 1990's. The protagonist is a married woman, a writer, who creates an ideal lover who then appears in her life. Between the confusion of the civil war and the misty boundary between what is imagined and what is real in the story, the reader gets a true feeling of the chaos experienced by the protagonist.
Pat Frisella [March 2005] President, Poetry Society of NH
Poetry 180, A Turning Back to Poetry by Billy Collins. It is a great collection of fairly contemporary poetry meant to entice people back to the joy of reading poetry. As Collins said somehwere or other, "High School is the place where poetry goes to die." This collection could bring it back to life for a lot of people.
Emmanuel Krasner [March 2005] Lawyer
There are so many good books it is hard to single out any. I would recommend Steinbeck's The Moon is Down. It is probably out of print. But it is extremely topical. It chronicles the events in a small town in Norway during the German invasion and occupation of World War II. Since the Steinbeck book is probably inaccessible I would recommend Alan Paton's Cry the Beloved Country.
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Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. Cyber-punk genre at its best an anonymous internet artist's identity discovered by an advertising genius.
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Lobster Chronicles by Linda Greenlaw. While not a new book, I just recently read it. I like her style, which is casual, yet she surprises the reader with the occasional lovely phrase-turn. Ms. Greenlaw obviously loves her Maine island home and wryly pegs the different characters. She does not hide herself from us; we see that she still has room for growing up. Even as she tells us she despairs of ever settling down and having kids, she continues to hope to find the right man. While I have no illusion that I would ever be comfortable on a deepsea fishing boat, it was great to read of her everyday adventures and mishaps. I found myself hoping she could find a good man to share her life with, conversely, still hope she can be more comfortable/at peace with her life as it is.


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International Encyclopedia of Political SciencePub. date: 2011 | Online Pub. Date: October 04, 2011 | DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412994163 | Print ISBN: 9781412959636 | Online ISBN: 9781412994163 | Publisher:SAGE Publications, Inc.
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Area studies is the generic term for multidisciplinary social research that focuses on specific geographic regions or culturally defined areas. The largest scholarly communities in this respect are loosely defined as Asian, African, Latin American or Middle Eastern studies, together with a variety of subfields (Southeast Asian studies, Caribbean studies, etc.). Political science plays a major role in area studies programs, which typically also draw on disciplines such as history, sociology, ethnology, geography, linguistics, literature, and cultural studies. In political science, the presence of area studies is strongest in comparative politics, but they are also incorporated in international relations (IR) and other fields. This entry first describes the origins of area studies, from early colonial studies to the development and institutionalization of area studies in the Cold War era. It then outlines the not always easy relation between area studies and the discipline of political science, highlighting key achievements as ...
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Gonna be a heck of a player at SDSU. Great place for him to land. Happy to see him land on his feet and start strong for them. Dykstra and teammates playing in International exhibition games in Canada. "Dykstra put up 14 points, 15 rebounds and three steals, showing tenacity in going up over the crowd for a one-handed rebound and later bulling his way for a putback. He got better as the game went on after an admittedly nervous start." SDSU Iowa basketball recruits off to fast start | argusleader.com | Argus Leader
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Eddie Borden was born on May 1, 1888 in Deer Lodge, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Battling Butler (1926), A Chump at Oxford (1940) and On the Spot (1931). He died on July 1, 1955 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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