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The Halcyon Company
|Film industry
|Los Angeles, California
Key people
|Derek Anderson (Co-CEO)
Victor Kubicek (Co-CEO)
|Terminator franchise
|Halcyon Games
The Halcyon Company is an American privately financed, media development company headed by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson. They are perhaps best known for acquiring the global rights to the Terminator franchise in 2007 and for producing Terminator Salvation, which was released worldwide in the summer of 2009. Despite making a healthy profit on the movie, Halcyon filed for bankruptcy in 2009 as a response to a lawsuit from their financier due to payment problems.[1] Their next film was supposed be a remake of the film After the Wedding set for a 2011 release, but as of September 2012[update], the film has not been released.[2]
The company was co-founded by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson.
In May 2007, Halcyon acquired all of the rights in relationship to the Terminator franchise.[3][4] These rights include the right to produce any future Terminator films, as well as all future merchandising and licensing rights, certain future revenues derived from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, as well as certain rights in the television project Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and the sole right to produce all future Terminator projects in any new or existing media.[5]
Warner Bros. acquired the North American distribution rights, allowing them to distribute the 4th Terminator film, Terminator Salvation. The film began production in early 2008,[6] and was released on May 19, 2009.
In November 2007, the company created its own video games subsidiary, Halcyon Games and made a video game adaptation of Terminator Salvation.[7][8]
- Terminator Salvation (2009)
- In God We Trust (2013), a documentary about Eleanor Squillari, Bernie Madoff's secretary for 25 years and her search for the truth about the fraud[9]
First look rights to Philip K. Dick works[edit]
In October 2007, Halcyon acquired the first-look rights (or right of first refusal) to the works of writer Philip K. Dick. The arrangement with the production arm of the Philip K. Dick Estate, Electric Shepherd Productions, ended August 2009, though Halcyon has retained certain option rights.
- ^ 'Terminator Salvation' producers file for bankruptcy protection
- ^ Official website
- ^ More Terminator on the way
- ^ Halcyon Acquires Terminator Franchise at ComingSoon.net
- ^ The Halcyon Company Acquires Terminator franchise
- ^ WB restarts Terminator
- ^ Halcyon game for Terminator adaptation
- ^ http://www.next-gen.biz/news/terminator-owner-opens-game-studio
- ^ "In God We Trust - The Movie". The Halcyon Company. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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I have some questions about a mod I might attempt.
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Welcome To Parity: Top 10 Final Four Storylines
Some believed this would be the maddest March ever and based on the seeds of the Final Four (11, 8, 4, 3), it's pretty mad. Now what should we expect out of the unlikeliest of Final Fours? We've got the Top 10 storylines.
Part II: Top 10 Final Four Storylines
10. Jim Calhoun's redemption
At the beginning of the season, no one's reputation looked to be more damaged than Calhoun's following a major NCAA investigation of his program. One newspaper article read: "The report sings the glowing praises of Calhoun's nearly 40-year coaching career and practically absolves him of any wrongdoing. This takes spin doctoring to a whole new level." Many thought UConn got a huge break without receiving a postseason ban and the Huskies made the most of it. Now sports writers aren't so rough. The New York Times' William C. Rhoden admitted, "In the world of sports, where winning cures a variety of ills, Calhoun, with a third N.C.A.A. championship, would find absolution in Houston." It's really that easy? Apparently.
9. 2010 Kentucky vs. 2011 Kentucky
The 2010 Kentucky squad was a Big Blue Machine that crushed everything in its path before losing in the Elite Eight to West Virginia. The 2011 team? It started 7-6 in SEC play and has two starters in Josh Harrellson and DeAndre Liggins who were once afterthoughts in the program. People will argue all week that the 2010 team faltered because there wasn't experienced leadership and that an all-freshmen team can't win an NCAA title. Our take? UK's leadership on this squad has certainly helped, but not as much as a very weak tournament field.
8. John Calipari: He's baaaack
You knew Calipari would be back to the Final Four, but no one expected he'd do it with a team like this - especially considering how much talent was lost from last season's team. He's just the second coach to lead three different programs to the Final Four, so he's doing something right. Now we can start all the vacated jokes or the "welcome to your first Final Four" wise cracks. Well Calipari will be laughing his way to Houston while coaches that hate his guts watch from home. Now Calipari must prove he can win the big one. The Wildcats have won nothing but close games in this tournament, so that may be a sign Calipari is ready to get over that hump and win his first title and exorcise the demons of 2008's heart-breaking loss with Memphis which will be replayed ad nauseam this week.
7. Kemba Walker vs. Brandon Knight
Point guards Kemba Walker and Brandon Knight have done nothing but improve their draft stock in the last month. With Jeremy Lamb playing a Robin to his Batman, Walker has been nearly unstoppable during the post season. We wonder how he has anything left in the tank following his performance in the Big East Tournament. Yet he's always reaching down and pulling out more great play. Meanwhile, UK's Brandon Knight has seen his draft stock soar recently and had NBA scouts drooling with his 22-point performance to down North Carolina yesterday. This is the marquee player match-up in the Final Four and whoever wins it on Saturday could wind up being the national champion.
6. Jim Calhoun vs. John Calipari
If you haven't heard, Calhoun hates Calipari with a white-hot passion that dates all the way back to when they were competing for recruits while Cal was at UMass. Said Calhoun once: "We're just not on terms. I really don't have anything negative with John. There's been a few things where John's tried to use the media. He may be good at it, but he's not good at it when he's talking about me. My way of business is face-to-face." Well they will get a face-to-face meeting on Saturday and if Kentucky wins, expect all eyes to be on the post-game handshake.


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Hand me that photo.
Which photo?
The one beside that stack of papers.
Which stack of papers?
The stack that just fell into the floor!!!
Anyone with office space can recall a time that you have turned around and it appears that an F5 tornado just made its way into your office, leaving behind a trail and multiple piles of paper and in some cases pretzel sticks.
Can you judge a person by the way they keep their office?
Can you judge someone by how much they become unnerved when you tilt a framed photo on their wall?
1. *The knight on the Oscar statuette holds one
6. *Possible best director
9. Sound of passing bullet?
13. Taekwondo country
14. ___ of Good Feelings
15. Twofold
16. Relating to Quechuan people
17. Energy unit
18. To set someone free
19. Bruce Wayne's Batman, e.g.
21. *Historical drama and Oscar nominee
23. Feline cry
24. Secretary, e.g.
25. a.k.a. American Gas Association
28. Cleanse
30. Gather, as in courage, e.g.
35. Make fun of
When the General Assembly meets in odd-numbered years, it has a much different schedule than it does in those ending in an even number.
The meeting time is 30 rather than 60 days, and the first four of those are set aside just to elect legislative leaders and appoint members to committees. The bulk of our work doesn't begin until early February, and it effectively ends a little more than a month later.
It's Valentine's Day; what will your sweetie have for you when he or she comes home from work?
As you know, the internet has a plethora of statistics. If you believe any or even part of those numbers, you may be interested to know that for that one special day over $13 billion is spent in the United States.
More women purchase Valentine's Day cards than men, while more men buy flowers than women.
1. Ruler sides, e.g.
6. Toward the stern
9. Hit the bottle
13. "La traviata" composer
14. Tokyo, formerly
15. *First President to resign
16. One of three hipbones
17. Bruin legend Bobby
18. Some tournaments
19. *First to be assassinated
21. Protests
23. Corn spot
24. Mischievous Scandinavian god
25. Actress ___ Gasteyer
28. Famous Christmas guests
30. As much as necessary
35. Follows ding?
37. Sold in bars
So how many of us are still in tune with our New Year's resolution?
I was recently at the Harrison Memorial Hospital Wellness Center, which looks great after the renovation, at which time I noticed a few unfamiliar faces in the crowd.
I'm not really for setting unreachable goals that end with me feeling worse about myself than before my life-changing journey began.
1. *Good night kiss spot
6. Old age, archaic
9. De Valera's land
13. "My Own Private _____"
14. Big Island flower necklace
15. Kind of sentence
16. Things that are unacceptable
17. Some watch the Super Bowl just for these
18. Irregular
19. *Isolde's tragic lover
21. *The man behind the massacre
23. Unagi on sushi menu
24. *Stag
25. Grease holder
28. Elders' teachings
30. *St. Valentine's occupation
Why has recreation no longer been a major priority in Harrison County?
I can recall a time when I was younger, which was not long ago, when recreation was something that was highly thought of in our community.
Before I begin, I would like to say that I do not blame our current recreation lull on any one person.
Problems are typically not attributed to any one person.
However, a recent incident concerning a woman being denied her right to participate in local sports tops the cake in a terrible tasting way.
What would you like to see more of in your hometown newspaper?
It's a given that there will always be the records and obituaries, births and weddings, sports and church items. But what would make your Cynthiana Democrat a better read?
The news team is always looking for feature stories on people who make a difference in Cynthiana and Harrison County.
Don't be shy or think that your story is not newsworthy!
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1. Idealized image
6. Snake in the grass
9. Attired
13. Bourne actor
14. U.N. labor agency
15. Domenikos Theotokopoulos, a.k.a. El _____
16. Like NCAA's eight
17. Microprocessor chip, for short
18. Number of planets
19. *Expensive Bowl purchase
21. *Tied with Steelers for most appearances
23. Big fuss
24. Hoodlum
25. Car wash option
28. Camera setting
30. *Found on many players
35. Corner pieces
37. Snoopy
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Saturday, September 22, 2012
Hey Ike Davis, Let's Party!
The question being asked is whether Duda or Davis should be at 1B next year. Clearly, the Mets don't know what to do with Duda. Is he a LF? Is he a 1B? Is he trade bait? Looking at the numbers:
Davis is at .226, 28 HR, 83 RBI
Duda is at .245, 14 HR, 54 RBI
Let's remember that Duda spent about a month in the minors, and Ike got off to that dreadful start. Defensively, Duda does not seem to be any better at 1B than in the OF, and Ike is an above-average glove at 1B. It seems clear that Ike is the better 1B candidate. But then there's trade value. Ike would bring more back than Duda, so what is best for the Mets? Are they better with players that Ike can return, and with Duda at 1B? Is there some other possibility, such as Wilmer Flores at 1B?
Time for me to opine. I simply don't see why the Mets are entertaining any notion of keeping Duda. Talk about a round peg in a square hole. This guy cannot play the field, it's that simple. I say trade him, perhaps in a package with other players, to an AL team and be done with it. Ike is by far the better player, and trade value can be bulit by adding other players with Duda. Factor in Duda's propensity to sulk, and we have a clear case of addition by subtraction.
In other news, RA got win #19 today. I was at Citi, and I was pleasantly surprised by the respectable turnout. RA is one of the few drawing cards the Mets have. The idea that he should be traded to bring back other pieces is intriguing, however, not an idea to which I subscribe. RA is a player that, if the Mets are serious about putting out a better product next year, needs to be here and an anchor on the staff. There has been talk of trading Niese as well. Jon is a guy who could bring back value. However, they'd be giving up a young veteran whose stock is rising. The return had better be substantial.
In the end, most players can and should be on the table this winter. I don't believe Dickey and Wright should be though. I also don't see how, with no money, the Mets are going to trade their way to respectability. They simply don't have the pieces to trade. In 11 days, speculation stops and the work begins. Get your contruction hat, Sandy.
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2004 1150gsa Belt replacement question
Bike has 37k miles. Pulled cover and belt looks fine. Would rather replace it now before problems. I have searched and found lot's of stuff on replacing belt on 1200 GS's but not on 1150. Can someone direct me to a video or procedure with pics on how to replace the alternator belt. Do I need to remove the tank? Of course the tank is full!
Thanks for any and all help!!!
You do NOT Have to remove the gas tank.Its pretty straight forward once you get the cover off what i remember.Its been like 60,000 miles ago.:D
Change Alternator Belt
Tools Parts8. Check the belt for proper tension (see above) and proper seating alignment.
T-handle hex – 4mm alternator belt
socket – 13mm
wrench – 13mm
torque wrench
1. Remove the four bolts holding the black plastic alternator belt cover at the front
of the engine, 4mm T-handle hex.
2. Remove the cover by sliding it straight down.
3. Loosen the 2 nuts and 1 bolt, 13mm, that hold the alternator – one is on top
and one is on each side, thus allowing the alternator to pivot down.
4. Remove the old belt.
5. Install the new belt being sure it is properly seated.
6. BMW calls for a tensioning torque of 5.9 ft.lb. (8 Nm) on the adjuster bolt on
the left side of the bike. You have to get at this bolt from the alternator side and
you may have to lift the tank. Alternatively, you can pry the alternator up with a
large screwdriver to tension the belt.
7. Once the belt is under proper tension, tighten the 2 nuts and 1 bolt, 13mm, to
15 ft.lb. (20 Nm).
I performed this procedure recently, followed these instructions compiled by Carl Kulow:
If the above link does not work, go to the bottom of this page, click on "Hall of Wisdom", find "Oilhead Maintenance".
This PDF file contains great information and photos of multiple maintanence procedures.
Cheers :thumb
Thanks guys but
Ok got the old belt off. Bought a new belt from Beemerboneyard and the numbers look different. The old belt was a #592 and new belt is 611 from a manufacturer Continental Contitech. So far unable to get new belt on. Actually when I was turning the crankshaft and getting part of belt on it felt like the engine raised up. felt this twice. Things that make you go hmmmmmm? Gonna research numbers but any help getting that damn belt back on is appreciated.
I believe there are different sized belts depending on options such as ABS. The local dealer originally gave me the wrong sized belt too. You'd think they would know enough to ask...
At least you can put the old belt back on and ride until you get the correct part.
Unlikely you're feeling the engine lift, unless the bike is rocking on the center stand.
Cheers :thumbup
Continental is a German company that makes tires, hoses, belts and other similar automotive parts (sort of the German equivalent of Goodyear) and likely the OE supplier of the factory installed belt.
As for installation, others will chime in...I am of no help....sorry.
didn't they change belt specs during the 2004 run?
yeah I think the original you had was 592mm long, the replacement you got is 611.
My 1995GS runs a 611mm belt.
the 611mm belt should easily slip on in place of the shorter belt?
if anything, the problem will be that there is not enough adjustment in the alternator moving "up" to tighten it enough.
you did loosen the bolts for the alternator and let it drop down to remove the old belt right?
In fact the 611 belt is better to use on an 1150 ADV, due to the alternator being higher when tensioned allowing the link fuel line to be pulled through under the tank without any problems.
Using the 592 belt means the alternator is lower, and a lot of times you can't pull the link pipe through.
Which means if you ever need to remove the fuel tank you have to remove the alternator belt as well.
Here's a "how to", it's been posted before. The pictures are of an 1100, but the 1150 is the same procedure but easier, as you don't have to remove the oil pipe shown in the pictures.
Alternator belt change
The pictures are taken with the fuel tank removed for better viewing and pictures, but you can do the job with the tank in situ .
If you have crash bars fitted,and they have the bar running across the front of the engine, you have to remove the bar to get the plastic cover off.
To remove the plastic alternator cover, undo the four bolts (4mm allen head), be careful and use a good fitting tool. There are two each side, and on the right hand side is an oil pipe ( just ignore it)
Slide the cover down, and to the right. And it'll come out from the bottom
The cover
You need to undo the three 13mm hex head bolts/nuts.
One each side, and one at the top.
. I use a 13mm ring spanner
On 1100 models, you have an oil breather pipe. Held in place with a 19mm hex bolt at the top, and a allen bolt at the bottom ( 6mm head)
Here's the pipe
Undo the bolts, no oil will come out, and remove the pipe. 1150 models don't have this pipe.
Squeeze the belt together, and the alternator will drop down, allowing you to remove the belt.
Some servo bikes have a plastic cover over the alternator pulley, this can get in the way, stopping the belt from coming off. Just pull the cover off.
Servo alternator
Put the new belt on , and tension it. The workshop manual shows the rear of the L/H side bolt being turned with a torque wrench. This raises the alternator, so you can tension the belt at the correct torque. Read the manual if you want to do it this way. And you must remove the tank to get at the rear of the bolt
Where the bolt is located if adjusting the belt by the book.
I raise the alternator with a small pry bar, but I know what tension the belt has to be, so use the official method of tensioning if you've never fitted a belt before.
If using the bar under the alternator method, be careful of the ignition wire running underneath the alternator. If you trap this, you'll sever the wires and the bike won't start.
Putting it all back is the reversal of the above .
Mission Accomplished
Thanks for all the help guys. I did call Beemerboneyard and gave him my vin and he told me it is the correct belt. Well, I had a DUH moment. Note to self and others: DO NOT try and install a belt that has been sitting in the garage when the temperature is 6 degrees outside. Warmed it up good with a hair dryer and it went on like butter.
:clapAgain thanks guys.
Wow, the guys are very generous today! :rofl
If I had made the post, they would have referred me to the Hall of Wisdom.
Then read the PDF under Oilhead Maintenance.
Maybe you're prettier than I am. Actually, you probably are. :cry
EDIT: I'm being sarcastic; I am happy that mission was accomplished!
Check build date. I think June 03 and earlier require longer belt.
I tried to use the short belt and was unable then to remove or replace the fuel crossover line.
Not enought clearance between block and alternator.
My 04 has 0503 (May 03) build date on forks.
Unfortunately, I have a job that falls under federal law. No dope for me. :cry
But I can smoke all the salmon I want.
Some 2004 models have a freewheel in the alternator pulley. The pulley has a black plastic cap in the middle. Here, read this.
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Guide to the Sarah Dyer Zine Collection, 1985-2005
Collection Overview
Approximately 2000 individual zines and nearly 800 titles, most self-published by women and girls 1985-2000. Most were produced in the United States, a few come from Canada and other countries. In-house database with subject access available. Subjects include feminism, riot grrrl, body image and consciousness, sexual abuse, music, mental illness, film, poetry, rock and punk music, comics, violence against women, sexual identity, homosexuality and bisexuality, and erotica. The collection includes four audiocassette tapes and one VHS tape. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Addition #1 (2002-0319) contains approximately 150 titles.
Addition #2 (2006-0068) contains approximately 150 titles and are separated into two groups: those authored by women and those authored by men.
Addition #3 (2008-0030) contains approximately 175 titles and one VHS tape.
Descriptive Summary
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- Sarah Dyer Zine collection 1985-2005
- Creator
- Dyer, Sarah
- Extent
- 18.3 Linear Feet, 2050 Items
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Language
- English.
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Restrictions on Access & Use
A majority of collections are stored off site and must be requested at least 48 business hours in advance for retrieval. Contact Rubenstein Library staff before visiting. Read More »
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. There may be a 48-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
Addition #1 (2002-0319)
Addition #2 (2006-0068)
Addition #3 (2008-0030)
Historical Note
Sarah Dyer is the creator of Action Girl Comics, an anthology that she started in 1994 to spotlight the work of women who were self-publishing comics of their own. Prior to starting Action Girl Comics, Dyer was the publisher of Action Girl News, which reviewed women's and girls' zines. This collection consists of the zines submitted to her for review.
Subject Headings
- Dyer, Sarah (Collector)
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- Women-Comic books, strips, etc.
- Erotica
- Fanzines
- Self-publishing
- Young women-United States-Social life and customs
- Periodicals-Publishing-United States
- Women's periodicals, American
- American poetry-20th century
- Women poets
- Abused women
- Mental illness
- Homosexuality
- Lesbianism
- Sexual orientation
- Heterosexuality
- Women-Psychology
- Feminism-United States
- Underground press publications-United States
- Fanzines
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Related Material
Researchers should consult the Guide to the Bingham Center Zine Collections which includes additional resources about zines as well as an essay by Sarah Dyer entitled "My Life in Zines."
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sarah Dyer Zine Collection, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
The Sarah Dyer Zine Collection was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a gift in 2000, and additions were received in 2002, 2006, and 2008.
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Encoded by Ruth E. Bryan
Updated by Jodi Berkowitz, 2008
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Artie holds on to his grandson Barker, who doesn't like the idea of mom and dad leaving for a vacation.
LOS ANGELES: The schmaltz is piled on thick, and if the comedy were any broader it would require an Imax screen, but still there's something touching about how hard Billy Crystal and Bette Midler hustle to peddle the threadbare material that makes "Parental Guidance" a tolerable, if uninspired, movie-going experience.
As "the other grandparents" who are given a rare opportunity to bond with their grandchildren, Billy and Bette seem well aware they have to entertain the paying audience as much as the juvenile characters.
Artie Decker (Crystal) has just lost his longtime gig as "De Voice of the Fresno Grizzlies" when the minor-league baseball team decide to upgrade the outfit with the sort of talent that knows its way around a Facebook page or a Twitter account.
Despondent Artie's not excited at the news that he and his wife Diane (Midler) have been recruited to babysit the three kids of their daughter Alice (Marisa Tomei).
There are predictable gags built around technologically challenged Artie. Fortunately, Crystal's arsenal of rim-shot-ready rejoinders hit the mark more than they miss. While his character has been given more of an emotional arc than Midler's, it's still nice to see Midler strutting her stuff in her first onscreen comedy role in years.
Tomei is always a welcome presence, even when she's saddled with what's essentially a one-note character for most of the film.
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Eva Mendes Wants Media to Protect the Privacy … of Her Dogs
In some places that are not called "the United States," tabloids have to blur the faces of celebs' children in print. So if David Beckham is out with his kids, and the paparazzi get photos, the British tabloids blur out the kids' faces.
That's the kind of thing Eva Mendes wants — for her dogs. Hey, animals lovers consider their pets to be their babies, so why not protect them from the paps too, right? Eva loves her babies so much, she recently revealed she tested her dog's shock collar on herself. (!) Not that you would use a shock collar on a human child.
Anyway, Eva told New York Magazine (via Vulture) she wishes tabloids were required to blur the faces of her dog, Hugo, and her boyfriend Ryan Gosling's dog, George. "I'll go somewhere and they'll be like, 'Hey, Hugo!' and I'm like, 'How do you know Hugo's name? That's so creepy!'" (It's probably because she's mentions his name in interviews — like this one, and the one about Hugo's shock collar!)
Asked if she wants to have human kids, Eva joked to the NY Mag interviewer, "I'm so out of here! You know the cartoon where the steam comes out and it says, 'Boop-beep-boop. System down!'?" She doesn't like to talk about her personal life with Ryan, or even how they met. "That's where I start to shut down, because it gets into personal territory that I don't feel comfortable talking about. So sorry."
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Have a watch of these 3 new clips from Red Dawn, plus a new behind the scenes featurette. Isabel is seen in the first clip, briefly in the 2nd, but I couldn't see her in the others.
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Herschell's school-day reputation persisted after he became a law student at Lincoln's Inn. In 1858 he entered the chambers of Thomas Chitty, the famous special pleader. His fellow pupils included Archibald Levin Smith, subsequently Master of the Rolls, and Arthur Charles who became a judge of the Queen's Bench. He subsequently read with James Hannen, who went on to become Lord Hannen. His fellow pupils gane him the sobriquet "Chief Baron" because of his air of superiority. In 1860 he was called to the bar and joined the northern circuit.
For four or five years he did not obtain much work. Howevere he was financially secure, and had no need to supplement his legal income with journalism or writing. Two of his contemporaries, each of whom achieved eminence themselves, found themselves in similar circumstances, One of these, Charles Russell, ultimately became Lord Chief Justice. The other, William Court Gully became Speaker of the British House of Commons. It is said that these three friends, dining together during a Liverpool assize some years after they had been called, agreed that their prospects were anything but cheerful. It is likely that about this time Herschell meditated quitting England for Shanghai and practising in the consular courts there. Herschell, however, soon made himself useful to Edward James, the then leader of the northern circuit, and to John Richard Quain, the leading stuffgownsman. For the latter he noted briefs and drafted legal opinions. When, in 1866, Quain took silk, Herschell inherited mush of his junion practice.
By 1874 Herschell's business had become so good that he turned his thoughts to politics and election to Parliament. In February of that year there was a general election, with the result that the Conservative Party came into power with a parliamentary majority of fifty. The usual crop of election petitions followed. The two Radicals, Thomas Charles Thompson and John Henderson who had been returned for City of Durham were unseated, and an attack was then made on the seats of two other Radicals, Isaac Lowthian Bell and Charles Mark Palmer who had been returned for North Durham. Herschell was briefed for one of the latter. He made such an impression on the local Radical leaders that they asked him to stand for City of Durham. After two week's electioneering, he was elected as junior member. Between 1874 and 1880 Herschell was assiduous in his attendance in the House of Commons. He was not a frequent speaker, but a few efforts gained for him a reputation as a debater. The best examples of his style as a private member are found in Hansard under the dates February 18, 1876, May 23, 1878, and May 6, 1879. On the last occasion he carried a resolution in favor of abolishing actions for breach of promise of marriage except when actual pecuniary loss had ensued, the damages in such cases to be measured by the amount of such loss. He was noticed by Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, who in 1880 appointed Herschell Solicitor General.
Lord Herschell's judgments were distinguished for their acute and subtle reasoning, for their grasp of legal principles, and, whenever the occasion arose, for their broad treatment of constitutional and social questions. He was not a profound lawyer, but his quickness was an excellent substitute for great learning. In construing a real property will or any other document, his first impulse was to read it by "the light of nature", and to decline to be influenced by the construction put by the judges on similar phrases occurring elsewhere. However, when he discovered that certain expressions had acquired a technical meaning which could not be disturbed without fluttering the dovecotes of the conveyancers, he would yield to the established rule, even though he did not agree with it.
He was perhaps seen at his judicial best in Vagliano v. Bank of England (1891) and Allen v. Flood (1898). Latterly he showed a tendency to interrupt counsel overmuch. The latter case is an example of this. The question involved was what constituted a "molestation of a man in the pursuit of his lawful calling". At the close of the argument of counsel, whom he had frequently interrupted, one of their lordships observed that although there might be a doubt as to what amounted to such molestation in point of law, the House could well understand, after that day's proceedings, what it was in actual practice.
In June 1893 he was appointed chancellor of the University of London succeeding the Earl of Derby. His views of reform, according to Victor Dickins, the accomplished registrar of the University, were liberal and frankly stated, though at first they were not altogether popular. He disarmed opposition by his intellectual power, rather than conciliated it by compromise, and sometimes was perhaps a little forceful in his approach various matters of controversy.
His characteristic power of detachment was well illustrated by his treatment of the proposal to remove the university to the site of the Imperial Institute at South Kensington. Although he was then chairman of the Institute, the most irreconcilable opponent of the removal never questioned his absolute impartiality. Herschell had been officially connected with the Imperial Institute from its inception. He was chairman of the provisional committee appointed by Edward Prince of Wales to formulate a scheme for its organization, and he took an active part in the preparation of its royal charter and constitution in conjunction with Lord Thring, Lord James, Sir Frederick Abel and John Hollams. He was the first chairman of its council, and, except during his tour in India in 1888, when he brought the Institute to the notice of the Indian authorities, he was hardly absent from a single meeting. For his special services in this connection he recevied the Order of the Bath in 1893, this being the only instance of a Lord Chancellor being decorated with an order. In 1893 he became, at its foundation, president of the Society of Comparative Legislation.
In 1897 he was appointed, jointly with Lord Justice Collins, to represent Great Britain on the Venezuela Boundary Commission, which met in Paris in the spring of 1899. Such a complicated business involved a careful study of maps and historic documents. Not content with this, he accepted in 1898 a seat on the joint high commission appointed to adjudicate in the Alaska boundary dispute and to adjust boundary and other important questions pending between Great Britain and Canada on the one hand and the United States on the other hand. He started for the U.S. in July of that year, and was received cordially at Washington D.C.. His fellow commissioners elected him their president.
A funeral service held in St John's Episcopal Church, Washington, was attended by the president and vice-president of the United States, by the cabinet ministers, the judges of the Supreme Court, the members of the joint high commission, and a large number of senators and other representative men. The body was brought to London in a British man-of-war, and a second funeral service was held in Westminster Abbey before it was conveyed to its final resting-place at Tincleton, Dorset, in the parish church of which he had been married.
Herschell left a widow, granddaughter of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley; a son, Richard Farrer Herschell (b. 1878), who succeeded him as second baron; and two daughters.


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homeschool curriculum for your seventh grader? You'll find that Timberdoodle's Curriculum Kit accommodates the hands-on learner, reaches for academic excellence, and encourages a growing love for learning. We also stress critical thinking skills and, even at this early grade, working towards independent learning.
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Wem High Street
Wem shown within Shropshire
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Coordinates: 52°51′22″N 2°43′30″W / 52.856°N 2.725°W
Wem is a small market town in Shropshire, England. It is the administrative centre for the northern area committee of Shropshire Council, which has its headquarters at Edinburgh House in the centre of Wem.[1] Wem lies nine miles to the north of Shropshire's county town of Shrewsbury and sits on the rail line between that town and Crewe in Cheshire.
Wem's civil parish is named Wem Urban. A separate one in the surrounding countryside is named Wem Rural.
The name of the town is derived from the Saxon "Wamm", meaning a marsh, as marshy land exists in the area of the town. Over time, this was corrupted to form "Wem".[2]
The area now known as Wem is believed to have been settled prior to the Roman Conquest of Britain, by the Cornovii, Celtic Iron Age settlers. The town is recorded in the Domesday Book as consisting of four manors. In 1202, Wem became a market town.[2]
The Domesday Book records that Wem was held by William Pantulf, First Lord of Wem, from Earl Roger.
The town supported the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was subject to an attack by Lord Capel, in which the town held off the attackers. In 1677, a fire destroyed many of the wooden buildings in the town.[2]
Within the town the sweet pea was first commercially cultivated, under the variety named Eckford Sweet Pea, after its inventor, nursery-man Henry Eckford. He first introduced a variety of the sweet pea in 1882, and set up in Wem in 1888, developing and producing many more varieties. There is a road to signify the Eckford name, called Eckford Park (within Wem). Each year, the Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem hold a sweet pea festival. In Victorian times, the town was known as "Wem, where the sweet peas grow".[citation needed]
Brewing, initially a 'cottage industry', was carried out in Wem as early as 1700, when Richard Gough wrote of a contemporary in his History of Myddle a Latin aphorism he translated: Let slaves admire base things, but my friend still/My cup and can with Wem's stoute ale shall fill.[3] By 1900[4] a Shrewsbury and Wem Brewery Company traded on a widespread scale after acquiring the brewery in Noble Street previously run by Charles Henry Kynaston.[5] The company was taken over in turn by Greenall Whitley & Co Ltd[6] but the brewery was closed in 1988.[7] From 1986 to 1989 the brewery served as the shirt sponsor for Shrewsbury Town. [8]
Since 1978, Wem has been twinned with Fismes[9] in France, after which is named a road in Wem, Fismes Way.[10]
The River Roden flows to the south of the town. The Shropshire Way long distance waymarked path passes through Wem.
Culture and community[edit]
Within the town there are four main churches. The oldest of these is the Anglican Parish Church of St. Peter & St. Paul. The other three are Baptist, Methodist[11] and Roman Catholic.[12]
Thomas Adams School is a state-funded secondary school, established in 1650. It also has a Sixth Form College on site.
Each year Wem holds a traditional town carnival on the first Saturday of September, as well as the Sweet Pea Festival.
Hawkstone Park is nearby.
Notable people[edit]
Wem was the birthplace of actors Peter Vaughan[13] and Peter Jones,[14] and the childhood home of the essayist and critic, William Hazlitt, whose father was a Unitarian Minister in the town.[15]
Stand-up and comedy actor Greg Davies spent his childhood in the town and attended its Thomas Adams School, as did professional wrestler Neil Faith.
John Astley, an 18th-century portrait painter, was from the town.
Anna Essinger moved her boarding school to Trench Hall, near Wem when Bunce Court was given short notice to evacuate during World War II.[16]
Sybil Ruscoe, radio and television presenter was born in Wem.
Wem was the fiefdom of Judge Jeffreys, known as the "hanging judge" for his willingness to impose capital punishment on supporters of the Duke of Monmouth. His seat was Lowe Hall at The Lowe, Wem. In 1683 he was made Baron Jeffreys of Wem.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 241, Shrewsbury, Wem, Shawbury & Baschurch. ISBN 978-0-319-46276-8
- ^ a b c "History of Wem". Wem. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ Woodward, Iris (1976). The Story of Wem and its Neighbourhood. Wilding's, Shrewsbury. p. 18.Gough's book was not published until the 19th century.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Shropshire. Kelly's. 1900. pp. 269, 333.
- ^ Kelly's Directory of Shropshire. Kelly's. 1895. pp. 253, 312.
- ^ Woodward, Iris. The Story of Wem and its Neighbourhood. p. 114.
- ^ "End of Era for Brewery". Shropshire Star. 22 July 1987.
- ^ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Shrewsbury_Town/Shrewsbury_Town.htm
- ^ http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns
- ^ http://www.streetmap.co.uk/street/FISMES_WAY_in_WEM_in_SHREWSBURY_in_SY4_462843_430783.htm
- ^ http://www.uk-web-index.co.uk/vildetails/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/Wem/Churches/1/
- ^ http://search3.openobjects.com/kb5/shropshire/cd/view.page?record=LQLE5deSKGE
- ^ "Peter Vaughan: Acting clever". The Shropshire Magazine. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ "TV Comedy People: Peter Jones". British TV Resources. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ "Wem". Shropshire Routes to Roots. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
- ^ Harold Jackson, "Anna's children" The Guardian (July 18, 2003). Retrieved September 29, 2011
- The Story of Wem by Iris Woodward (1952)
- The History of Wem by Samuel Garbet (1818)
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wem.
- Wem Town Hall - history, events, information
- Wem Carnival photos
- The Haunting of Wem Town Hall


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News of Riverton, Lander and Fremont County, Wyoming, from the Ranger's award winning journalists.
Throwing money
Oct 31, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck
Sometimes it really can solve a problem
A popular cliché spouted off by certain political leaders goes something like "you can't solve a problem by throwing money at it."
Of course you can. Sometimes.
Take the case of the much-needed courthouse and law-enforcement facility in Riverton, dubbed the "justice center."
Everyone recognizes the need. But there's no easy way to build it, because there is no ready supply of money.
Come next spring, there might be. A draft bill to be considered by the Wyoming Legislature would provide up to $10 million for the Riverton Justice Center and similar facilities around the state if sufficient need can be demonstrated.
Riverton has long since managed that part of the deal. From the piecemeal, almost ramshackle quality of the metal building on South Federal Boulevard that houses our court facilities and sheriff's offices, to the bullet hole in the wall from when someone took a potshot at what passes for a courthouse in our county's largest city, the need has been clear for many years.
In case you are unfamiliar with the subject matter, this is the building in south Riverton with the huge, ugly cargo containers encircling it for purposes of security.
Now the county has a location for the new building, and soon it will have a design for it. There is public support, and our Fremont County Commission seems inclined to move ahead.
There is just one problem. There is no money to throw at the problem.
Diligent readers of the words in this space through the years (yes, there actually are a few) will recognize the following sentence: A good idea, with money behind it, is an unbeatable combination.
At last, both elements might be coming together regarding the Riverton Justice Center. A bit of patience through the winter should tell the tale.
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The biggest news last week was that the NCAA Baseball Committee has recommended changing the way the RPI is calculated for the 2013 season. The revised RPI formula will value each road victory as 1.3 instead of 1.0. Each home win will be valued at 0.7 instead of 1.0. Conversely, each home loss will count 1.3 against at team's RPI and each road loss will count 0.7 against a team. This is similar to the changes made in Division I men's and women's basketball where road wins are weighted as 1.4 and home victories are weighted at 0.6. That was based on statistical data that consistently showed home teams in Division I basketball winning about two-thirds of the time.
College Baseball Daily was able to catch up to coaches from around the country to get their thoughts on the new rules and what changes they might have for their 2013 schedules if they are adopted by NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel meeting on August 11th. You can check out the coaches comments below and the NCAA did a study on what the changes would have done for the 2011 season if they were in effect which can be checked out by clicking here. Continue reading CBD Roundtable: New RPI Rules for 2013 Season


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July 2, 2012
It was Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 at about 4:30 a.m. when 82-year-old Nancy Newton woke to use the bathroom.
"She left the bedroom and then literally walked into this burglar," said Phoenix Police Sgt. Darren Burch.
Newton surprised the man, who had broken into her house near 28th Street and Thomas.
"She screamed and he began beating her so badly that her spine was fractured," said Burch. "She ultimately died of her injuries."
Unfortunately, Newton wasn't able to provide a good description of the suspect before she died.
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Our next case happened at about 3:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 16th, 2012.
A cab driver was flagged down by a guy at the AMPM at 12th street and Northern.
"The suspect told the driver he wanted to go to 30th street and Oak," said Burch. "On the way, he took a knife and held it to the driver's throat, demanding his money and cell phone."
The suspect took the money and cell phone and fled on foot. The taxi driver wasn't hurt.
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Update Jan 31: It looks like the seminar video was taken down.
Update Feb 03: I found ObsidianPortals updated version of the same video and have replaced the old link to the new one below.
Over at vimeo, there is a video of the seminar concerning future products that Wizards of the Coast will be releasing. The first three minutes talk about the re-release of Gary Gygax's first edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons.
00:00 - nothing in 2012 for 5E
01:05 - reprint of 1E rulebooks.
03:10 - it goes into 4E Underdark and fortune cards.
05:45 - it goes into 4E Menzoberrozen and more fortune cards.
08:05 - it goes into a product that details Ed Greenwood's campaign that he actually plays in Forgotten Realms before the cataclysm.
11:00 - it goes into new board games they are coming out with. The first one is Lords of Waterdeep.
12:30 - goes into Dungeon Command, a head to head tactical combat board game. It is diceless with miniatures.
15:00 - it wraps up and opens things up to questions from the audience.
17:00 - question and reply about products related to Fey.
18:00 - more about parts for Dungeon Command.
19:00 - Dungeon Command will retail for $40
19:30 - will they continue cardboard tokens for products?
21:00 - any products concerning Ravenloft
26:10 - what about all the other products? 2nd edition, Basic, etc..
"This is not the final look, there will still be a little bit of tinkering, and the ... you see along the bottom there, that's just going to be a band, a cardboard belly band, I guess that's what they call them. That can be removed after purchase." --Mike Mearls
If we compare the three covers to the originals, you can clearly see they are paying homage to the original player's handbook and dungeon master's guide. But what is that image on the monster manual? A user commented that it is the red dragon from the cover of the Monster Manual (of course!).
Sunday, January 29, 2012
About 1E Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Reprint
Posted by Random Wizard at 6:28 AM
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The red dragon from the originalReplyDeleteReplies
Makes sense. And now that you said it, I can make it out on the blurry image. Originally, I kept seeing a one eyed ogre carrying a spear over his head!Delete
Here is a clue ADVANCED better be on the cover or you wont sell 10% of your print run.ReplyDelete
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Ann talked about a few of our local birds that are looking for homes and how humans have changed their environment, creating the need of our help in putting up artificial bird houses. Bluebirds and Southeastern American Kestrels, several types of owls, plus many other birds A...Be the first to comment
National Black Aids/HIV Awareness Day Event Held in St. Pete listen02/08/10 Concetta DeLuco
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Hundreds filled the auditorium to hear the 66th Secretary of the State speak. One of the first topics Rice tackled was terrorism. She said each and every day terrorists plot to attack the United States.
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DentaQuest Foundation President on lack of dental coverage listen02/05/10 Arielle Stevenson
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Beginning in April, people in southern Hillsborough County and Brandon will be able to take the bus in a new way. The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, or HART, will begin its on-demand Flex service.
WMNF spoke with Kathy Karalekas, HARTâs public information officer.
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In the works for nearly 2 1/2 years, New Beginning will soon be the newest nonprofit to help foster children in Northwest Arkansas.
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The nonprofit is working to build 6 homes that will each house 9 children.
Organizers say it will be a place they can call home and feel like a family.
Ferguson said, "Rather than shift them around we want to be that one constant place where they can go. This will be a place for them to grow and learn while facing difficult life challenges."
The nonprofit says besides focusing on sibling groups to keep families together, they also look to provide stability in a family-like atmosphere with playgrounds and recreational activities.
They say the facility can mean the world of difference for many of the children they plan to help who have been neglected or abused.
It's not about us, it's about the children. It's a great feeling to be able to help them," said Ferguson.


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Greek jeweler Christos Thalassinos, who is moving toward distributing Greek jewelry designs on the U.S. market, attended a New York fashion gala where supermodel Sessilee Lopez was among those wearing jewelry supplied by a designer he partnered with, Dmitrios Exclusive.
Christos Thalassinos
It's hard to imagine a more difficult part of the world to sell jewelry right now than Greece. But Christos Thalassinos, the proprietor of Elias and Panos, says taking an entrepreneurial, scrap-the-old-game-plan kind of approach is seeing his business through.
Now 42, he purchased the company from his father and his dad's business partner in 2004 after attending college in the United States, and quickly expanded the business from one to three stores over the next six years. But around the same time that store number three opened, Greece became a site of epic economic turmoil: Austerity budgets, grappling with the European Union over bailout measures, public protests, unemployment at 25 percent. You name it, the Greek business community faced it.
Worse still, Elias and Panos is selling luxuries, asking people to make a discretionary purchase of something they may crave, but certainly don't need. Because its stores are all in historic Athens, visits from celebrity American tourists like Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, actress Liza Minnelli, and TV personality Al Roker have somewhat shielded Elias and Panos from Greece's financial woes. But few small businesses in Athens or elsewhere in Greece have been left unscathed.
"This is a tough time that the country's going through," Thalassinos tells Upstart Business Journal. "In my area where my shops are are still doing OK because it's more of a tourist area, but overall, the buying power is not what used to be."
What's an entrepreneur to do? Something that jewelers tend to do well: Get out in the community in a stylish and global way.
Self-marketing and giving back: Elias and Panos started selling a "Rebuilding Greece" bracelet, an idea that he came up with a friend from Washington D.C., who was working in Greece for the U.S. embassy.
"The whole idea was to build a bracelet to change the news, and let people know things are not as horrible as presented," Thalassinos said. The proceeds went toward assisting the homeless. Over the summer, the Elias and Panos owner as well as other shopkeepers that do business in Athens' ancient Pandrossou Street Market launched a Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) page for the market, where each business can showcase its product and tell the stories behind their businesses.
It was such a departure from the bleak news coming out of Greece that it received national and even international media attention from the BBC among others.
"The whole street idea came about because instead of waiting for the government to do something, we wanted to do something ourselves," Thalassinos said.
The jeweler, who attended Stony Brook University in Long Island, was back in the area this fall, connecting with the fashion community at a New York City charity benefit he was part of called United Colors of Fashion, a non-profit organization founded in 2010 that's comprised of philanthropically minded fashion industry professionals. It gave him a chance to meet other business owners, brush elbows with celebrities and supermodels, and perhaps most important, to realize that business—especially business that involves fashion—is global.
U.S. move: Thalassinos' next move was setting up a distribution market in the United States for Greek jewelry designers. While Elias and Panos itself mainly makes custom bridal jewelry for the local market, he is hoping to bring some more upstart Greek jewelry designers to a global audience.
Thalassinos is already working with one 24-year-old jewelry designer Dimitrios Kapsakis, whose Dmitrios Exclusive designs are already sold at Elias and Panos. In Greece, the designer has distribution in 80 stores and Thalassinos is handling international distribution for the young designer internationally, in Germany, Italy and Russia.
Thalassinos would like to showcase the designer's aesthetic for the U.S. market, where the look is present, but far from ubiquitous. The handmade pieces by Kapsakis are inspired by Greek Byzantine art and are crafted in sterling silver and 22–karat gold with pearls and colored gemstones for an antique look.
"I'm starting with jewelry because jewelry is what I know," Thalassinos says. But he's not ruling out the idea that the operation could expand into other merchandise areas such as apparel.
We first talked to Thalassinos in November, and since then, progress to report. The brand will be featured at a jewelry event in Dallas on March 24 and some trunk shows (specialty events where designer pieces appear temporarily in a retail store) afterward. In addition, Thalassinos says he is "very close" to signing with a distributor in Dallas. At this point, the company is simply looking for distributors, but down the road, he sees more possibilities.
"Of course, getting into shops [directly] is the ultimate goal," he says. Because while doing everything possible in Greece is one way to get through the tough times, casting a wider net in a global economy is maybe the most entrepreneurial idea of all.
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The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) is contacting some hirers of its leisure and recreation facilities to reconfirm their bookings made through the department's booking counters or self-service kiosks during the period from 7am to 2pm on April 26, 2013.
A spokesman for the department said today (May 3) that owing to the malfunctioning of one of the servers of the Leisure Link computerised booking system (LLS) during the aforesaid period, some booking records could not be updated in the central database after the transactions were completed, thereby causing some of the bookings to not be confirmed even if payment had been made and tickets were issued.
The spokesman added that the department had immediately contacted the contractor of the LLS to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident to identify the problems and take remedial measures. The LLS has already resumed normal service and the department has checked all the records and screened out those bookings with payment but not successfully confirmed. The LCSD is contacting those who were affected by the incident for reallocation of facilities or refund arrangement.
The spokesman stressed that bookings made through the Internet and telephone channels were unaffected in the incident.
Since fewer than 40 of the affected hirers had not provided contact information when they made bookings, the spokesman appealed to them to call the Telephone Booking Service Centre on 2314 7702 as soon as possible to verify their booking records so that follow-up actions can be taken if necessary. The Centre operates from 7am to 9pm daily.
"We would like to express our apologies to those who were affected by this incident for the inconvenience caused to them," the spokesman said, adding that the department had instructed the contractor to further enhance the computer programme to ensure that all the booking records will be properly saved in the central database to avoid recurrence of similar incidents.
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djing in night clubs in Toronto and Tokyo and participating in photography festivals in Tokyo; but, nothing has been as rewarding as working with youth.
After creating online educational games in Toronto, Canada; I moved to Tokyo, Japan, where I worked with adults and child of all ages in an English Preschool and Interactive Language school. I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of living in Asia. The people, culture, food, festivals!
Upon returning to Toronto, I sought a working position with in a youth run non profit organization. I hoped to use my technical and teaching experience for beneficial purposes.
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Luanda — The new banknote series released officially on Tuesday will start circulating on 18 February and 22 March, respectively, said Angola Reserve Bank (BNA).
This was confirmed by the governor of BNA, José de Lima Massano, when speaking at the launching ceremony.
He said that the denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000 and 5000 Kwanzas will be introduced into the market from March to June.
According to him, the new banknotes will be gradually introduced in the economy and will circulate simultaneously with the current ones until their full remove from the circuit.
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Sweden international Louise Fors is the latest signing for Liverpool Ladies.
Fors has played for Sweden at all international levels and has 24 full caps.
The 23-year-old midfielder is currently playing for Western Sydney Wanderers in Australia.
Previously she has played for Swedish clubs Hammarby IF DFF, AIK and Linköping FC as well as the Spanish club RCD Espanyol.
She will join the Liverpool squad at the start of February 2013.
On signing her contract, Fors said: "When I heard that Liverpool were interested and I got to see their future plan, it felt like the right next step in my career. I look forward to starting to train with the team and representing the club."
Liverpool Ladies manager Matt Beard commented: "We are delighted to bring Louise to Liverpool.
"Louise can play central or left midfield. She is a great passer of the ball and a dead ball specialist.
"She has played professionally in Sweden and Spain and adds more strength, depth and quality to our squad."
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Flood Watch Friday in D.C.
Local flooding possible but not the extent and damage from Lee
Tonight: Cloudy Muggy MoreRain by Morning
Temperatures: Near 70 | Rain: Near 100% Chance by morning
Friday: Rain Heavy at time possible thunder
Highs: 73-78 | Rain: 1-3" local flooding
This Weekend: Lingering Showers Saturday some Sun Sunday
Highs: Near 75 | Rain: 40% Chance Saturday
A Flash Flood Watch Friday The ground is already saturated after 7-10-plus inches of rain for September but more rain is spreading our way. A slow-moving front and warm humid air from the south and a weak low pressure area will combine for a very wet Friday and some showers lingering into Saturday. Areas east and south of DC are likely to see 2-3 inches of rain and 1-2 inches or more around D.C. There could be flooding oncer agin in the areas flooded during Lee 2 weeks ago. Drier finally early next week.