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Review of Philip Mould's 'Art Detective' – artmarketblog.com
Review of Philip Mould's 'Art Detective' – artmarketblog.com
Considering that I have just finished my series of posts on Portraits as Art Market Currency, I think it is rather fitting that I post a review of a book about the exploits of a British portrait dealer – a book that I absolutely loved reading and want to encourage everyone else to read. Seeking out works of art that he suspects have hidden secrets has taken world renowned portrait expert and art world super sleuth Philip Mould OBE all over the world on exciting journeys of discovery and enlightenment. His latest book titled 'The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures' is a collection of case histories that provide a fascinating insight into the sleuthing escapades of the art world's answer to Sherlock Holmes. From the identification of a long lost Winslow Homer recovered from a rubbish dump, to the discovery of an amazing early work by Gainsborough that was misattributed to a "follower of Jacob van Ruisdael", Mould's true tales of art world investigation introduce the reader to a world of kookie characters and perturbing mysteries.
If you are a fan of the UK Antiques Roadshow then you have probably seen Mould giving valuations to hopeful visitors and would be aware of his position as a valuer of fine art. Die hard Antiques Roadshow fans will also know that Mould gave the first one million pound valuation for a design model of Antony Gormley's Angel of the North sculpture which appeared on the 16 November 2008 episode. What you perhaps didn't know about Mould is that he has made his mark on art history by breathing new life into damaged or misidentified portraits. In the hands of Mould and his team, paintings that once languished in obscurity are given the artistic and historical recognition they deserve.
Part memoir and part thriller, 'The Art Detective' has all the elements of a Le Carre spy tale – drama, suspense and intrigue – combined with rare glimpses into the usually secretive world of those involved in the detection of fine art fakes, forgeries and misattributions. As well as being extremely entertaining, Mould also provides fascinating and educational glimpses into the social and cultural histories that are an integral part of the objects that he deals with. The latest foray into the Mould files is a thoroughly entertaining and thought provoking read that will not only delight anyone interested in fine art, but also anyone who enjoys a good spy thriller.
When I met Philip Mould for the first time I was really impressed with how passionate he was about what he does – a characteristic that really shines through in his writing. Many of the art books that I have read, and history books as well for that matter, are filled with pretentious ramblings that give the impression that the author is just trying to prove how well educated they are, but with 'The Art Detective' one gets the strong impression that for Mould, his work is a labor of love that is more about the art than self promotion. I can honestly say that 'The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures' is one of the most interesting and entertaining books on fine art that I have ever read and I encourage everyone who reads this post to get yourself a copy now.
Residents of the USA can purchase a hard or soft copy of 'The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures' here:
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**Nicholas Forrest is an art market analyst, art critic and journalist based in Sydney, Australia. He is the founder of http://www.artmarketblog.com, writes the art column for the magazine Antiques and Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit and contributes to many other publications
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I really enjoyed this book and learnt a lot from it. Well written and even exciting in parts.
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A very interesting review!
We did discuss phillip Mould when we met. I shall pop into his Gallery and buy a copy of the book you praise so highly! It sounds very worth while
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I always find myself wondering about the people in some of the old portraits we come across, this sounds like a great read!
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Some say it's haunted. Others said it was "rich and restful". Regardless of how you describe it, the Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City is a building that's rich with history, and it's undergoing a massive, multi-million dollar overhaul.
The Capitol Theatre is located on 200 South between Main Street and West Temple, and is home to the Utah Opera, Ballet West and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. Since opening in 1913, the building has hosted silent movies, vaudvillians and Broadway Across America shows like "Wicked", which is slated for the summer of 2014.
When the theatre reopens Oct. 1, 2014, the new Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre will showcase improvements, while keeping its traditional flair. A new heating and air conditioning system, improved sight lines and seating, and a bigger lobby are just some of the improvements patrons can expect.
This time-lapse video was posted by lucematt, and shows the latest progress of renovations at the Capitol Theatre. While it's mainly shots of cranes and heavy construction equipment moving around, and some work to the exterior of the building, it's interesting to see how much effort it takes to renovate this landmark property.
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Maroua — Mairam Umaru's year-old son had suffered vomiting and fever on and off for a month before she sought medical help.
"I thought it was my milk affecting him, or that he was teething," said the 17-year-old mother at the referral hospital in Maroua, the capital of Cameroon's Far North Region, where her son was being treated for severe acute malnutrition and other complications.
Around a dozen mothers watched over their sick children in the ward. Some 58,000 children under the age of five have suffered severe acute malnutrition in Cameroon's Far North and North regions this year, according to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Many Cameroonians know little about malnutrition, and the condition is not properly addressed as a public health problem, health experts say.
Many see malnutrition only as a problem of insufficient food, and are perplexed that the ailment abounds in a country with strong agricultural production - a view that overlooks unequal food distribution and access in the country as well as other factors that contribute to the illness.
Severe acute malnutrition is highest in the arid Far North and North regions, but it is also high in Adamaoua and the East regions. And chronic malnutrition afflicts children in seven of Cameroon's 10 regions.
"This is the hidden face of Cameroon," said Ines Lezama, a nutrition specialist with UNICEF, referring to chronic malnutrition, which has affected 1.4 million Cameroonian children in 2013.
Cost and causes
At the Maroua referral hospital, 24-year-old Saratou Tagau told IRIN that she did not know about malnutrition. "I only know of malaria," said Tagau, who brought her baby daughter in for treatment as the girl's condition worsened - 20 days after realizing that her daughter had developed oedema. Malaria is common in the North and Far North regions, and a recent outbreak sickened hundreds of thousands of people.
"It is a problem of education, culture. It's like an insult when you tell somebody that their child is malnourished. Yet this is a health problem like any other," said Georges Okala, a nutrition specialist with Cameroon's Ministry of Health.
"It is important that parents understand that when their child is underweight and not growing normally, there is a problem, and they should know what is causing that problem."
Malnutrition is responsible for 38 percent of deaths among children under age five in Cameroon, and one out of three children is stunted.
Forty-four percent of chronically malnourished children in the 11-member Economic Community of Central Africa States (ECCAS) are in Cameroon, according to UNICEF.
The primary causes of malnutrition are disease and inadequate food. But lack of education, poor quality and inadequate health services, poverty and detrimental health practices add to these conditions in Cameroon. Poor sanitation, for example, can cause diarrhoeal diseases that give rise to or exacerbate malnutrition.
And early marriage for girls - largely among northern Cameroonians - also contributes to malnutrition, as younger mothers are less likely to be educated or empowered to advocate for their children's health.
"Malnutrition reveals all the underlying [health and development] problems," said Félicité Tchibindat, UNICEF's representative in Cameroon.
Cameroon's northern regions are some of its most deprived.
Although the country has nearly twice the minimum World Health Organization recommended doctor-to-patient ratio, the northern region has few health workers, according a recent report by the World Bank.
The Central Region, which includes the capital Yaoundé and is home to 18 percent of the population, has 40 percent of the physicians, while the Far North Region, which is also home to 18 percent of the population, has only 8 percent of the physicians, the World Bank said.
The drought-prone northern regions are also Cameroon's the poorest. Poor crop production and alternating flood and drought seasons in recent years have caused chronic and acute food shortages.
Boosting policy
Cameroon is currently revising its 2006 national nutrition policy to incorporate the economic, development and social sectors and devise broader measures to cut malnutrition rates. In March, it joined the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement, which engages governments, the UN, NGOs and researchers to improve nutrition.
"The issue of nutrition has so far been considered only as a public health and sanitation matter. But the effects [of malnutrition] are not only related to health and sanitation. There are economic consequences. If we do not take things seriously, it's the future of the country that's in jeopardy," explained Okala of the health ministry.
The new policy, to be implemented in 2014, will seek to promote breastfeeding, increase food security, fortify foods with key nutrients, and boost nutrition supplements to mothers and children, among other strategies.
"We are lobbying all sectors to perceive malnutrition as a development problem," Okala said. "It is important that we act together - that all the sectors work together to resolve the problem - because the health sector alone cannot resolve the problem."
Aid groups working in northern Cameroon said that people were beginning to understand the problem of malnutrition. "People are becoming aware that malnutrition is a disease.
The mentality is beginning to change. When a child leaves hospital cured, it encourages others to bring their sick children for treatment," said Amal Mustafa, who heads the French Red Cross' delegation in Maroua. The aid group is treating malnutrition in the region.
Short-term aid
The 2012 floods and recent floods in September, as well as the 2011-2012 Sahel food crisis, have brought aid groups to northern Cameroon, where the World Food Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated earlier this year that there were 38,900 severely food insecure people and 173,000 others who are moderately food insecure.
The region has also seen an influx of thousands of Nigerian refugees following the Nigeria's military operations against Boko Haram insurgents and attacks by the radical Islamists.
Koffi Paulin, a doctor with the French Red Cross in Maroua, said that the short lifespan of emergency aid intervention precluded producing any longer-term impact on the nutrition crisis. For instance, he said, there was not enough time to train local medical staff.
"You race to implement a programme within one year [the normal funding cycle] because you don't know whether it will be renewed," said Paulin.
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With a return to a full weekend format, the Super Chevy Show at the Texas Motorplex in Ennis (May 16-18) promises to be bigger and wilder than ever! Drag racing, show cars from all over Texas—and the United States!—plus a cruise on Saturday morning guarantee that this year's event outside Dallas will be the most exciting in years.
How could it get better? How about an offer to save you 10 bucks? All Super Chevy Show participants can save $10 by purchasing tickets in advance at texasmotorplex.com, or by calling 972-878-2641. If you do, you'll get free admission to the Fast Friday race at the Motorplex (and you can race for an extra $5).
Saturday's festivities kick off with a cruise to the track from the historic Waxahatchee Court House. Coffee and kolaches will be provided for all cruise attendees, then it's off to the Motorplex for the show. Listed below is a list of all the Super Chevy Show classes; suffice to say, if you've got a Bow Tie, we've got a category in which to compete. The track is also happy to announce that the North Texas Camaro Club will be present with some of the hottest F-bodies in the Lone Star State.
If you like to burn rubber, the world famous Motorplex strip will be prepped to the nines. There are classes for every Chevy ever built, as well as those Chevy-powered. In the bracket categories, you have DOT, Electronics and non-electronics classes, the world famous Super Chevy True Street Challenge (with road tour), and the CamaroGuys Gen-5 Challenge, presented by S&W Race Cars. There's also the Tuff Truck/SUV category and Heads-Up Index Classes (11, 12 and 13-seconds). If watching the races is more your speed, NAPA is presenting a killer Pro Mod Shootout.
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WATCH: Newtown Mother Demands Action In Emotional Presidential Address
A grieving Newtown mother gave President Obama's weekly radio address Saturday, making an emotional plea to Congress and the country as the Senate prepares to vote next week on legislation aimed at curbing gun violence. "Sometimes I close my eyes and all I can remember is that awful day, waiting at the Sandy Hook Firehouse for the boy that would never come home," said Francine Wheeler, who lost her son, Benjamin, 6, in the shooting. "But other times I feel Ben's presence filling me with courage for what I have to do."
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The winners of the last four Tillinghast Invitational golf tournaments were grouped together in Saturday's first round, and they played like they didn't want to give up the crown.
Mark Baggarly and Chip Spratlin each shot four-under-par 68 to share the lead after the first round of the eighth annual tournament at Johnson City Country Club.
Baggarly is the defending champion, while Spratlin won the previous three championships.
"I played pretty well," Spratlin said. "I hit a lot of decent shots, but I really didn't make any putts. My longest one was 10 feet. I probably could have shot a couple less, but that was about it. I got about as much as I could have gotten out of my round."
Spratlin, who won the 1995 NCAA individual championship while playing at Auburn, was four under par at the turn before playing the back nine even.
Meanwhile, it took Baggarly some time to get going. After he failed to make a birdie on the first six holes, he hit his tee shot at the par-3 seventh within four feet to get things headed in the right direction. Another birdie at the eighth was erased by an unsightly bogey at the par-five ninth.
"That bogey really felt like a double or a triple," said Baggarly, who usually takes advantage of the par-fives.
Not to worry. The defending champ then played the back nine in three under par to post his 68, one shot higher than his opening round last year.
"I just played very steady, very solid," said Baggarly, a former University of Florida golfer. "I had to stay patient. It was tricky. The wind was swirling and the course was firm and fast. It was tough."
Six golfers broke par on the short but firm A.W. Tillinghast layout. The greens were hard, smooth and quick, making scoring difficult.
Middle Tennessee State golfer Lucas Armstrong shot 69 and was one shot back. Bryan Sangid shot 70 and was followed by 71s from Matt Bowers and Nick Kyte.
Reigning East Tennessee Amateur champion Ben Treadway shot 72 and led a group at even par that also included Bryan Bentley, Leif Ratliff, Tommy Miller, Ben Campbell and Nick York.
Tennessee Wesleyan basketball and golf coach Mike Poe led the senior division with a 69. He'll have a three-stroke lead over Mike Freels when the final round begins. Freels' 72 included a penalty for hitting a wrong ball.
Also in the senior division, Eddie Bailey shot 73, while Lyman Fulton and Tony Gouge shot 74.
With thunderstorms in today's forecast, many of the golfers were just hoping to get today's final round in. The leaders are scheduled to go off at 1:30 p.m.
"It's always fun when you have a chance," Spratlin said. "I just hope we're able to play all 18. The way I play every tournament, I just want to have a chance with four holes to go. Typically, whoever plays best on the last four holes wins. I hope I play halfway decent tomorrow. You never know what'll happen."
That's where Baggarly won his championship last year. He was tied with two holes to go when a birdie-bogey two-shot swing gave him some cushion coming home.
Baggarly, Spratlin and Armstrong will be in the final group today.


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Justin Fantl: Still I
Justin Fantl's clinically arranged still lifes inject delight into the heart like a syringe full of sunshine. Making good use of colourful backdrops, repetitive object and scrumptious miniatures, his is a look of studied amusements . The New York-based photographer's seen his fair share of success, procuring commercial clients like New York Times and Wired, and running a popular blog on top of it all. But it still feels like he's keepin' it real with a portfolio that's evidently full of personality and a love for the medium.


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This exciting hotel enjoys a vibrant setting in the centre of the vivid city of Las Vegas. The hotel is located within easy access of the renowned Strip, in the midst of the glitz and glamour of Fremont Street. Guests will find themselves surrounded by bright lights, casinos, and an endless array of entertainment venues. The hotel enjoys a vibrant architectural style, befitting its extravagant surroundings. Guests are welcomed into an exciting world of opulence, decadence and intricate embellishment. The guest rooms are sumptuously designed with lavish furnishings and decor. Guests will be impressed by the spectacular array of intriguing facilities, spectacles and attractions which are sure to appeal to every type of traveller. The hotel provides a selection of dining options, with something to tempt the taste buds of the most discerning visitor.
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Mustang MonthlyNews & Views
Pony Tales: World of Mustangs - February 2014
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Mustang: 50 Years Ago
On February 7, 1964, Ford formally announced to the public that it would "introduce a new sports-type car, the Mustang." The cat was out of the bag. On that same Friday, the assembly line at the Dearborn Assembly Plant was shut down so it could be modified to permit integrated assembly of both Fairlanes and Mustangs on the same line. New welding fixtures were installed, equipment modifications were made, and parts moved into place. On Monday, February 10, the first pre-production Mustangs were assembled to provide assembly line workers a chance to learn the new build process.
As a group, those first cars are known as pre-production Mustangs. Recent research reveals that approximately 180–200 of these cars were assembled and they all can be identified by their metal door data plates with a scheduled build date of "05C," for March 5. Even though most of these Mustangs were assembled prior to March 5, they were all given "05C" build dates. Any '65 Mustang with a "05C" build date is a pre-production car. Some were later sold by Ford. To date, approximately 50 of those early cars are known to exist today.
Although those chassis received the first VIN numbers, it is not known which one was the first assembled since the numbers were assigned non-sequentially. For example, 100002 may have been assembled before 100001, as was normal Ford protocol based on different factors. Some of those first cars were assembled at the Allen Park Pilot Plant and transported to the factory to be used for assembly line start-up. Using extrapolation from researched information, about 45 of these cars were convertibles, the rest hardtops. A Ford document dated February 6 directed 12 of those first cars, starting with VIN 100003, to be sent to the 1964 New York World's Fair for use on the Ford Pavilion's Magic Skyway moving ride attraction.
By February 28, 150 pre-production Mustangs had been assembled. They were stored deep within the factory in a secure "No Access" zone restricting unauthorized workers from entering to assure there would be no unauthorized pictures or leaks about the cars. March 5 would conclude pre-production assembly and "real" production Mustangs would be produced beginning March 9.
A presentation featuring some of the original Mustang program managers discussing the evolution of the first Mustangs will be part of the Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration on April 17, 2014, to be held in Las Vegas and Charlotte. - Bob Fria (author of Mustang Genesis, available from Amazon or by contacting the publisher: McFarland and Co., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 336/246-4460).
Shelby SIP 2014
It's hard to believe that we've produced seven Shelby SIPs (short for Special Interest Publication) for Shelby American. The 2014 edition is now available at your newsstand. It features articles about Shelby American's move to south Las Vegas, the Wide Body GT 500 Super Snake, Shelbys in popular culture, and a lot more, along with great photography from long-time Mustang Monthly contributor Jerry Heasley.
Sneak Peek: Mustang I Die-Cast
As part of the Mustang's 50th anniversary, die-cast model maker Automodello has inked a deal with Ford Licensing to offer 1:43 and 1:24 models of the 1962 Mustang I two-seater concept car. Automodello provided us with photos of the model prototype, shown sitting on its base. The actual models will be mounted on a base that will include the Mustang 50th Anniversary logo.
We've also learned that 50 versions of the 1:43 model will be signed by race driver Dan Gurney, who drove the real Mustang I during its debut at Watkins Glen in October 1962. These special editions are available for pre-order through The Henry Ford Museum or at the Automodello website at www.diecasm.com. Reportedly, 40 have already been spoken for.
Pinewood Mustang for Charity
Like most fathers with kids in Cub Scouts, Doug Poad from Lafayette, Indiana, found himself assisting with Pinewood Derby models, helping both of his sons and participating in parent/sibling races. Of course, being the competitive sort, there was always a friendly competition to see who could build the best-looking (and of course, fastest) model out of wood.
While attending the Hot Rod Industry Alliance show in Indianapolis, Doug learned about the "Builder's Challenge" featuring Pinewood models built by professionals and sponsored by businesses and corporations. Intrigued, Doug made inquiries about participating in the 2013 Challenge. A few photos of the Indy 500 winning Marmom Wasp he built the previous year got him an official invite to build a model for this year's competition.
As the owner of a '67 Mustang convertible and '85½ SVO, Doug settled on a first generation '69 Mustang as his platform. With the exception of the wheels, tires, paint, decals, and lights, the entire car is hand-formed from wood. An accomplished artist, Doug started by making profiles of the car on paper, then used them to make templates. Doug had to add wood to the top and sides of the standard Pinewood kit to get the proportions right. Using the templates, the basic shape was made with a scroll saw. From that point, it was completely refined by hand.
The wood car is mostly stock '69 SportsRoof with the addition of Shelby KR-style hood scoops. The wheels, tires, headlights, and taillights are borrowed from a 24th scale plastic model. The grille is a carbon-fiber decal while the inner headlight buckets are drilled out dowel rods. The local Ford dealer allows for charity projects like this so expert painter Dennis Ruse laid down real '96 Mystic Cobra color-changing paint.
Doug's Pinewood Mustang was displayed at the SEMA Pinewood drag races in Pomona, California, last July. At November's SEMA Show in Las Vegas, it was displayed with other Pinewood models at the HRIA booth. The cars were auctioned off during the show with proceeds benefitting Victory Junction and Child Help. — Chuck Key


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Walmart Moms* are kind of a big deal. As it turns out, they represent at least 15% of the population. They also tend to be swing voters, which means it's not easy to predict what they'll do on Election Day. With those kinds of numbers and that much potential to go either way, they'll play a huge role in the 2010 elections.
In mid-September, research firms Public Opinion Strategies and Momentum Analysis assembled three groups of Walmart Moms — one in Pennsylvania, one in Missouri and one in Colorado — to find out how these women are feeling about their country, their families and their government.
Here's what they found:
» Walmart Moms are squeezed economically. Many of them have jobs and raise kids, and are struggling to make ends meet.
» Walmart Moms are focused on how they can continue providing well for their families.
» Walmart Moms more convinced than ever that compromise, rather than partisanship, is how our nation's leaders will lead us out of the recession. They're more interested in good ideas and teamwork than they are in whether a politician's title ends with an (R) or a (D).
The big takeaway? When Walmart Moms go to the voting booth this fall, it's not hot-button issues or political pundits they'll have on their minds. They'll be thinking of what's best for their families.
* Walmart Moms are women who have children under the age of 18, and who have shopped at Walmart at least once in the past month.
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Walmart Moms: Up for Grabs
The 2008 election introduced the term "Walmart Mom." Identified as a key swing demographic, Walmart Moms have the numbers and potential to shape an election's outcome.
This mid-term election season, research firms Public Opinion Strategies and Momentum Analysis conducted a bipartisan survey designed to revisit the Walmart Mom and find out how she's faring economically as the recession continues, how that is impacting her political behaviors and — more importantly — why she still matters.
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Someone once said that war is hell and if the long-lived Worms series is any indication, war between invertebrates is the most hellishor at least the most enduringof all. Since 1995, these tiny legless adversaries have been waging 2-D, turn-based war on each other, apparently for no good reason. The latest incarnation of the conflict, Worms Reloaded, brings us more of the explosive gameplay we've become acquainted with (and addicted to), along with a host of welcome additions.
For Worms veterans, Reloaded will be extremely familiar since the core gameplay remains much the same as in previous titles, with changes consisting mainly of new weapons and new customization options. For gamers who've never commanded an annelid army, the Tutorial mode teaches them the basics of Worms warfare while the Single Player Campaign mode lets them hone their skills. You start by choosing a team and naming it, then customizing your team's look, attitude, color, hats, names and particle effects. You can even choose from a large selection of character voiceoversanything from the Three Stooges to Space Monks). Once the level starts, you and the opposing worm team take turns and have anywhere from 30 to 60 seconds to maneuver and attack. A right click brings up each level's given arsenal which consists of limited-use weapons like air strikes and super sheep as well as unlimited ones like grenades and a bazooka.
The number of worms on each team varies by level and the challenge of each battle varies depending on the level of the water (which is deadly), the shape of the map, and where your worms are positioned on it. At level start, your little wormy soldiers may be deep underground and have to shoot their way out or may be balanced precariously on a ledge, just waiting for a stray bullet to knock them into the drink. Strategy is essential if you want to win, as is the ability to make effective use of your arsenal. Some weapons require being able to anticipate their trajectory and some, like the bazooka, are even trickier to use since they're affected by wind direction and speed. This means if you're not careful, a well-intentioned bazooka shot may, like a loogie out a car window, come right back and hit you in the face. Luckily, you'll have ample opportunity to learn how to avoid this kind of embarrassing combat gaffe in the 35 level single player campaign.
The Campaign consists of maps set in differently themed levels, such as sports arenas and construction sites and offers a variety of different objectives. Most often you'll be working to defeat the opposing team but sometimes you'll be given a much shorter puzzle level. Puzzle levels come in two kinds: timed puzzles that ask you to navigate the map using a special tool like a jetpack or a ninja rope, and non-timed puzzles that ask you to defeat an enemy using limited weaponry and logic. All of the level types are well designed and entertaining in their own way and if anything negative can be said about Worms Reloaded, it's in regard to its pacing, sound and somewhat uneven AI.
Turn-based games are, by nature, slower than other types of combat games, but Worms Reloaded suffers from strangely unnecessary and over-long pauses. During combat, slow reaction and death animations coupled with a seemingly pointless lull between turns make gameplay as a whole feel somewhat sluggish. Timed puzzles also exhibit some annoying delays as every time your worm takes damage, the game lurches to a halt for a few beats before resuming. While these stops don't appear to affect the puzzles' timer, they create an unnecessary hiccup in what would otherwise be much more dynamic gameplay. In addition to these pacing issues, Worms Reloaded's music and voice-over could use some improvement. The music has a strangely mellow, world beat feel that just doesn't fit the game and the voice-overs, while funny at first, soon get irritating enough to make you want to turn them off completely. Lastly, the skills of opposing worm AI are fairly erratic. Most of the time, enemies are spot-on, seemingly able to hit you with anything from anywhere on the map. On the rare occasion they do miss, you can usually thank tiny slivers of geometry for creating unlikely obstructions.
Fortunately, the overall game experience isn't overly marred by these issues and in general, the positives in Worms Reloaded far outweigh the negatives. First, aside from some truly fun competitive mechanics, there are more gameplay modes than you can shake a land mine at. In addition to the single player campaign, ambitious worm generals can choose from custom modes like Beginner, Standard, Pro, Rope Racing, Fort, Crazy Crates, Bazookas and Grenades, Warzone and Bodycount. Second, it's USB gamepad compatible and offers up to four player online and offline multi-player with voice support. On top of that, the new landscape editor lets you create custom levels, making your own maps from scratch and setting the number of rounds, the turn, round and retreat times, the sudden death conditions and the types of available powerups, hazards and weapons. Oh, and let's not forget the abundance of brand new weapons, maps and ridiculous headgear.
With its slew of new cosmetic and AI upgrades as well as its surprisingly comprehensive custom map editor, Worms Reloaded represents a savvy upgrade on previous Worms titles. The game blends fun, modern variants with unabashedly old-school gameplay, and the mix is a good one. The campaign alone is good for at least six hours of gameplay and once you dive into the game's many multiplayer options, the fun really begins. At $19.99, Worms Reloaded is a solid entertainment valueespecially for those of us who love the smell of banana bomb in the morning.


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Virtual Server 2005 performance tips
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Computer hardware virtualization is a powerful feature that lets you use fewer physical servers. When this feature is used correctly, hardware virtualization can yield both of the following benefits:
However, virtualization is not without drawbacks. Virtualization technology runs counter to performance. Virtualization does not make programs run faster.
Virtualization is the process of dividing a physical server to run more workloads. Therefore, virtualization makes hardware more efficient. However, if you decide to consolidate the workloads of many physical servers onto a single physical server that runs virtualization technology, there is a drawback. Those servers no longer have dedicated I/Os for CPU, memory, hard disk, and network resources. Instead, the servers now share the same I/O. In this situation, you may experience resource bottlenecks.
While resource bottlenecks may occur when you use virtualization technology, modern computer hardware is generally fast enough to help decrease performance problems. However, one of the keys to the successful use of virtualization technology is to understand and to help reduce these resource bottlenecks.
This article describes tips and methods to help optimize virtual machine performance when you run guest operating systems in Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.
To optimize the performance of virtual machines that run in Virtual Server 2005, use one or more of the following methods.
Install Virtual Machine AdditionsWe recommend that you install Virtual Machine Additions in the guest operating system. This step is frequently overlooked when an administrator configures a guest operating system in a virtual machine. The features in Virtual Machine Additions are designed to improve the integration of the guest operating system with the host computer. Virtual Machine Additions also improves the performance and the manageability of the guest operating system. For more information about Virtual Machine Additions, see the Installing Virtual Machine Additions topic in the Virtual Server Administrator's Guide.
Install additional RAM in the host computerWe recommend that you install as much RAM as you can in the computer that runs Virtual Server 2005. The amount of RAM in the host computer limits the number of virtual machines that you can run in Virtual Server 2005 more than any other factor. The host operating system and each running virtual machine require sufficient memory. To calculate the total amount of memory that you require, consider all the following:
Note These memory allocation values are suggested values. You experience increased performance when you allocate additional memory for each virtual machine and for the host operating system.
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Install additional CPUs in the host computerWhen you install additional CPUs in the host computer, you can run more virtual machines. Virtual Server 2005 is heavily threaded so that you can scale Virtual Server 2005 on more advanced computers. Currently, each virtual machine operates as a uniprocessor computer. In this situation, one thread on the host computer acts as the processor for each virtual machine. When you run multiple virtual machines, multiple threads act as multiple virtual processors. Virtual Server 2005 schedules these multiple threads across all the available CPUs in the host computer. Therefore, virtual machines perform better on a host computer that has multiple CPUs.
Use a fast hard disk subsystem in the host computerLike other disk-intensive programs, Virtual Server 2005 benefits from a fast hard disk subsystem on the physical server. Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks are faster than traditional IDE hard disks. Typically, SCSI hard disks are faster than both SATA and traditional IDE hard disks. The use of a striped RAID configuration provides even better performance and provides data redundancy. If you install Virtual Server 2005 in a storage area network (SAN) environment, and if you want to host virtual machines on a SAN, consider investing in host bus adaptors that have multiple fiber channels. With enough virtual machines and hard disk activity, you might saturate a fiber channel connection. To determine whether the fiber channel connection is saturated, monitor the performance of the fiber channel adaptor on the host computer.
Put virtual hard disks on different physical disks than the hard disk that the host operating system usesPut virtual hard disks on different physical disks than the hard disk that the host operating system uses. Additionally, put virtual hard disks on different physical disks than the hard disk that holds the host computer's page file.
Use virtual SCSI hard disks instead of virtual IDE hard disksWhen you configure virtual machines, use virtual SCSI disks instead of virtual IDE hard disks. A virtual SCSI disk can make disk activity perform up to 20 percent better. A traditional IDE hard disk is limited to one transaction at a time on the bus. A SCSI disk can handle multiple transactions at the same time on the bus. Therefore, we recommend that you use SCSI virtual hard disks when you can.
Use fixed-size virtual hard disks instead of dynamically expanding virtual hard disksThe two most common kinds of virtual hard disks are the fixed-size virtual hard disk and the dynamically expanding virtual hard disk.
When you create a fixed-size virtual hard disk, all the space that the virtual hard disk requires is reserved. Therefore, if you create a 100 gigabyte (GB) fixed-size virtual hard disk, 100 GB is reserved on the physical hard disk. The space on a fixed-size virtual hard disk is more likely to be contiguous than the space on a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk. Additionally, the file size of a fixed-size virtual hard disk does not have to expand before data is written to a file in a virtual machine. Therefore, fixed-size virtual hard disks generally provide better performance.
In a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk, the size of the .vhd file grows as data is written to the virtual hard disk. By default, Virtual Server 2005 creates this kind of virtual hard disk. When you create a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk, you specify a maximum file size. This size restricts how large the virtual hard disk file size can become. For example, if you create a 100 GB dynamically expanding virtual hard disk, the initial size of the .vhd file is about 3 megabytes (MB). As the virtual machine uses the virtual hard disk, the size of the .vhd file grows to hold the new data. Because dynamically expanding virtual hard disks grow only as required, a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk is less likely to use contiguous space on the host computer's physical hard disk. Therefore, depending on how fragmented the host computer's physical hard disk is, the performance of the virtual machine might decrease.
Install multiple network adaptors in the host computerOne of the least expensive ways to make virtual machines perform better is to install multiple network adaptors in the host computer. Instead of configuring all the virtual machines to use a single physical network adaptor, configure groups of virtual machines to use virtual networks, and configure each virtual network to use a different physical network adaptor. This configuration helps spread the network traffic across multiple network adaptors.
Do not run other programs on the computer that runs Virtual Server 2005We recommend that you do not run other programs on the computer that runs Virtual Server 2005. Another program may compete with Virtual Server 2005 for resources. Therefore, Virtual Server 2005 might not have sufficient resources. This problem could affect all the running virtual machines. Although sometimes you must run other programs or services on the Virtual Server 2005 host computer, such as when you must run a program that cannot run in a virtual environment, we recommend that you avoid this practice.
For more information about Virtual Server 2005, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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TEGAN AND SARA Announce Headlining Tour
Tegan and Sara's new album is creeping closer. Get excited, because this may very well be the best output of twin sisters Quin's thirteen year career. Their seventh studio album, Heartthrob, is set for a January 29th release on Warner Bros. Records and features the hit single, "Closer."
Heartthrob was produced mainly by Greg Kurstin (The Shins, Kelly Clarkson, Ke$ha), who is the master of polishing up an indie cool sound and taking it to the next level, yet without compromising. Heartthrob may very well be the girls' finest work to date and one they're incredibly proud of. Fresh off performances on both The Late Show With David Letterman and Conan, Tegan And Sara will be performing on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! during their new earlier time slot on January 31st.
Tegan and Sara have been road warriors this year. After putting the finishing touches on Heartthrob, they hit the road with The Black Keys and performed at Austin City Limits, before heading out on a two month UK and US tour with The Killers. They're set to go on their own headlining tour this year, highlighted by shows at NYC's Beacon Theatre later this month. WATCH the official video for "Closer." LISTEN to their new song, "I'm Not Your Hero." LOOK at Tegan and Sara's Vanity Fair photo diary from The Killers tour. READ this in depth interview with W Magazine. A complete list of upcoming tour dates is below.
"Closer" Official Video on YouTube
Heartthrob Pre-Order on iTunes
Heartthrob Pre-Order on TeganandSara.com
01/25 The National - Richmond, Virginia
01/26 104.5 Winter Jam - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
01/28 Beacon Theatre - New York, New York
01/29 Beacon Theatre - New York, New York
02/01 Club Nokia - Los Angeles, California
02/26 MTS Centre - Winnipeg, Canada
02/28 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, Canada
03/01 MacEwan Hall - Calgary, Canada
03/03 Shaw Conference Centre - Edmonton, Canada
03/04 Conexus Arts Centre Theatre - Regina, Canada
03/06 First Avenue - Minneapolis, Minnesota
03/07 Pabst Theater - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
03/09 LC Pavilion - Columbus, Ohio
03/10 The Pageant - St. Louis, Missouri
03/11 Cain's Ballroom - Tulsa, Oklahoma
04/14 Rialto Theatre - Tucson, Arizona
Official Website: http://www.teganandsara.com/
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TeganandSara
Twitter: https://twitter.com/teganandsara
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On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 03:45:01PM -0700, Chris Jenks wrote:
> I wrote recently about a problem I was having getting PCMCIA working
> under a custom 2.6.5 kernel. Actually, I meant the 2.6.3 kernel, because
> when I tried upgrading to the 2.6.5 kernel source that recently appeared
> in the Sarge source tree, the boot fails after about one page of messages.
> The following lines appear under the working 2.6.3 kernel but not the
> 2.6.5 kernel:
> Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
> ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
> hda: IBM-DTCA-23240, ATA DISK drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> hda: max request size: 128 KiB
> hda: 6354432 sectors (3253MB) w/486KiB cache,CHS=6304/16/63
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> and a few lines later, 2.6.3 gives:
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
> but 2.6.5 gives:
> VFS: Cannot open root device "303" or unknown-block(3,3)
> Please append a correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-blobk(3,3)
> From googling I've found that this is a common problem under 2.6 kernels
> but there seems to be a variety of causes. I've tried setting the kernel
> command line to root=/dev/hda3, root=303 or devfs=monount. I've removed
> LBA32 from lilo.conf, installed module-init-tools and udev, and I've
> confirmed that ide.o is being compiled into the kernel. The reason I
> installed udev was that the kernel config help for "/dev file system
> support" says that devfs has been replaced by udev, but the 2.2.20 kernel
> (my working fallback) doesn't (try to) start udev until after VFS. My
> starting configuration for 2.6.5 was the one that produced a booting
> kernel for 2.6.3.
> The hardware is an IBM Thinkpad 701C 486 with an ISA bus (no PCI) and an
> ATA-3 hard drive (according to hdparm). CONFIG_ISA=Y in the kernel config.
> If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate them.
The most common cause of this problem is when your root filesystem
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Putting Makeup on Dead People / by Jen Violi
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High school senior Donna Parisi had lost her father to cancer four years earlier, and she still had difficulty coming to terms with his death. At school Donna preferred to remain detached and anonymous, and at home she felt afraid to welcome changes that might bring happiness. Her mother and siblings worried about her, and that worry deepened when Donna announced that instead of attending the University of Dayton next year like her older brother and many of her high school classmates, she planned to apply to Chapman College of Mortuary Science for training in mortuary science and the art of funeral services.
Donna felt more at peace at the local funeral parlor than she did anywhere else, and the thought of embalming and applying makeup to a dead person intrigued her and gave her a new sense of purpose. She knew that these feelings were probably related to her inability to get over her father's death, but all the same, Donna felt determined to go through with her plan despite her mother's strong objection. A summer job and even a room to stay at the local funeral parlor helped her to gain financial independence, but ultimately Donna would need to let happiness back into her life in order to truly move forward again.
This carefully crafted novel stands out with its unique premise and strong-willed lead character. Intertwined in the story line are a series of economics ideas related to workforce readiness, careers, and education. Note that several situations with sexual content make the book more appropriate for mature readers. Despite the theme of death, the book makes for an enjoyable read about building relationships with family members and new friends.
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The reluctant redundant
Mr Phillips
John Lanchester Faber & Faber, 247pp, £16.99
Mr Phillips
John Lanchester Faber & Faber, 247pp, £16.99
by Rebecca Abrams Published
Stashed away in most people's collections of apocryphal stories, somewhere between the axe-wielding motorist and the beast of Bodmin, there is usually the tragi-comic figure of a reluctant redundant. Everyone seems to know someone who knows someone whose father/brother/uncle/grandfather spent 20 years sitting on a park bench rather than admit to his nearest and dearest that he had been sacked. (After losing his job in the city, my mother-in-law's brother's wife's father spent 12 years sitting in clandestine contentment, not on a park bench, but, rather sensibly, in the comfort of his London club.)
John Lanchester is clearly as intrigued by this kind of story as the rest of us. His new novel offers us a day in the life of (and, yes, a life in the day of) the tragi-comic figure of Mr Victor Phillips, husband, father of two and ex-accountant as of last Friday. Since Mr Phillips hasn't got round to telling his wife, he has little choice come Monday but to put on his suit and set off as usual. For the rest of his non-working day, Mr Phillips roams from his home somewhere near Clapham Junction to Battersea Park, along the Embankment to the Tate Gallery, past Westminster and on through Soho to Knightsbridge, killing time and determinedly avoiding one kind of reflection by indulging another.
This tour-guide structure leaves Lanchester plenty of scope to do what he does best: digress. He is something of a master of digression, and, in his first novel, The Debt to Pleasure, used this device to brilliant effect, both to veil and to hint at the deeds and motives of his compellingly repulsive narrator, Tarquin Winot. Here, too, we are treated to some enjoyable digressions on topics as diverse as the commuter culture, the chances of dying over winning the lottery, the design of MI6 headquarters, and the odds of having sex in any given week. Sex throbs in the mind of the redundant Mr Phillips. From the moment of waking, it seems that his thoughts are mostly about figures - female and numerical, often in conjunction. It is as if his sexual preoccupations have expanded into the space previously taken up by accountancy.
A confident, unashamedly intellectual writer, Lanchester is keen on semi-concealed jokes, embedded references and literary allusions. The Debt to Pleasure was a delightfully showy display of erudition, replete with quotations and extravagant syntax, and this novel too, though lacking the stylish virtuosity of its predecessor, has about it an air of self-conscious braininess. It opens, for example, with an upfront homage to James Joyce's Ulysses, as Mr Phillips, like Leopold Bloom, wakes in a warm, fart-scented bed beside his still-slumbering wife. And throughout there is a sustained (and surely knowing) sideways glance at Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.
There is a gentler humour at work here than in Lanchester's last book, and there are some very funny set pieces: for example, the Christian discussion group, tongue-tied with embarrassment and hostility; the blue movie that Mr Phillips somehow ends up watching in a Soho sex shop; or his tour of the Tate, where he casts a bemused eye over the assembled works of art, awarding them each marks out of ten - a Gaudier-Brzeska gets seven; a Millais gets five.
And yet, amusing as all this is, the novel as a whole never really takes off. Freudians, for example, may agree that Mr Phillips's genital fixation is highly plausible in a 50-year-old man who has suddenly lost control of his life, but it does not, after a while, make particularly interesting reading. Plot and character remain curiously unintegrated, as if the material has not been worked over sufficiently. The set pieces, entertaining as they are, still have the ring of, well, set pieces. The overriding tone of the book never rises very far above a detached melancholy. The perplexing banality of existence, a common enough theme in modern fiction, is described, rather than explored.
There are four things we want to know about reluctant redundants: what do they do with themselves while they aren't doing what they're meant to be doing? What are they thinking while they're not doing it? How do they cover their backs when they get home at night? And why the hell don't they just own up? Lanchester addresses the first and second of these questions, but not the arguably more interesting and revealing third and fourth. We eavesdrop on Mr Phillips's thoughts, yet we never really hear him speak. We have little more sense at the end of the novel than at the beginning of who Mr Phillips is, why he's in this situation, or what he might possibly do about it. It's all very well for Mr Phillips not to know these things; unfortunately, it's not entirely clear that the author does, either.
Lanchester's many strengths as a writer are still enjoyably apparent, but the novel as a whole is marred by a lack of depth. The ideas it courts are not developed. The self-obsessed, self- deluded Mr Phillips seems neither wiser nor more foolish on the last page than he was on the first. Certainly that's true to life. But is it art?


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High Equity Multiplier Identifies Volatile Oil And Gas Plays
The Equity Multiplier is a term established almost 100 years ago as one of the factors used in Dupont Analysis. The equity multiplier is a measurement of a company's financial leverage, defined as the ratio of a company's total assets to its shareholder's equity. A high equity multiplier is essentially a debt ratio, indicating that a larger portion of asset financing is being done through debt. The Equity Multiplier also flags threats a company may face from economic conditions affecting the debt-equity mix, such as falling oil price.
Upon examination of highest Equity Multiplier companies in the Oil & Gas sector, two stocks were found on the verge of technical breakdown, both breaking through resistance levels today, and both falling within descending channels.
The first company (see chart above) is Targa Resources Corp (NYSE:TRGP). Assuming a continuation of falling energy prices Targa will likely continue to follow suit as it broke through the support level today. The more unlikely situation (but also a possibility) is a rebound here with a double bottom formation.
Teekay Corp is the second company breaking through a support level today. Like Targa, there is a possibility of a double bottom, but will probably continue lower from here.
Interestingly enough, Teekay has a subsidiary in the tanker business, also with a high Equity Multiplier, and over the last few days has literally been taking off.
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With 300 titles to its name, Newsquest is the second largest publisher of regional and local newspapers in the United Kingdom. Newsquest is based in Weybridge, Surrey and employs a total of more than 8,500 people across the UK. It also has a specialist arm, which publishes both commercial and business to business (B2B) titles, such as Insurance Times and Boxing News.
In 1996 Newsquest swapped its Yorkshire titles for Johnston Press's Bury, Lancashire area titles and £9.25 million, sold some of its titles in the English Midlands to Midland Independent Newspapers and bought the Westminster Press local newspapers group for £12.3 million from Penguin Books-to-Financial Times publisher Pearson, doubling in size. The next year, the company floated on the London Stock Exchange realising a market capitalisation of £500 million. In 1998, Newsquest added the Sussex-based Contact-a-Car, the London Property Weekly titles, two titles in the North West of England, and three Review Group titles in Hertfordshire.
In 1999, The US Gannett media group's newly-formed UK subsidiary paid £922 million (about US $1.5 billion) for Newsquest and took on the company's debt. In 2000, Gannett paid £525 million for Southampton-based News Communications and Media's South Coast dailies and weeklies – and its Southernprint magazine printing division – to add to Newsquest's portfolio. It also picked up the regional newspapers business – outside Manchester – of the Guardian Media Group, a takeover that the Competition Commission cleared as there was 'no overlap, in the companies' circulation areas.
In 2001, Newsquest bought Surrey and Sussex Publishing and Horley Publishing, publishers of Gatwick Life and Horley Life and the Dimbleby Newspaper Group's nine Greater London weeklies, including the Richmond & Twickenham Times for a reported £8 million.
In 2003, Gannett UK paid £216 million for the Scottish Media Group's three newspapers – Glasgow's Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times– 11 specialist consumer and business-to-business magazines and an online advertising and content business. The competition Commission again inquired into this purchase but cleared it all the same. In 2005, Newsquest's Exchange Enterprises division paid £50.25 million for Exchange & Mart and Auto Exchange from United Advertising Publications after the small ads weeklies' publisher's US parent, United Business Media, decided to concentrate on its 'core activities'. Newsquest also owns the formerly named Brentford Chiswick and Isleworth Times, which is now known as the Hounslow and Brentford Times.
Gannett had on 11 December 2006 said it had no plans to sell Newsquest, contradicting a story in the previous day's Sunday Express that claimed the media giant is carrying out a company review with the Credit Suisse investment bank, and could sell Newsquest for up to £1.5bn. Gannett had replied by saying: "There is no truth in the report. Newsquest is a valuable part of the Gannett company.
In early July 2007, Newsquest's staff pension scheme was '£65 million in deficit', a company memo to its employees had said, media analyst Roy Greenslade wrote in his 2 July 2007 blog at The Guardian's website. Members of the company's workforce, management could, the company had said, increase their contributions (from 6% to 10%) to keep the same final salary scheme; they could pay in less for an inferior version; they could opt for a 'money purchase' scheme; or 'ditch' their pension altogether.
The company's US parent Gannett had on 18 June reported that revenues from its newspapers and broadcasting had fallen – but, the US press release said: 'Newsquest experienced higher national advertising revenue'. It was "hardly a picture of a company suffering from poor health", commented Greenslade.
On 25 July 2007, journalists at Newsquest's former-SMG titles – Glasgow Herald, Sunday Herald and Evening Times – held a 24-hour strike to protest against compulsory redundancies and cuts of up to £3 million.
Newsquest's Glasgow NUJ members went on strike again on August 3 and August 4 2007 hampering the Sunday Herald's planned re-launch. Successful union action had already led to the reinstatement of the deputy Father (leader) of the Evening Times Chapel (office branch) Gordon Thomson on July 31, while a work-to-rule had caused the cancellation of digital training planned for the following week.
"Newsquest's purchase of the Herald group was backed by assurances that they would maintain standards and not cut editorial budgets," the NUJ quoted Cathy Peattie Scottish Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament for Falkirk East as saying. "The Competition Commission may have decided that too much time has passed for it to be able to do anything, but that doesn't change the fact that Newsquest gave assurances via the commission to the people of Scotland, and those assurances now look worthless," she added. She was not surprised staff had walked out.
"They have a long list of causes for dissatisfaction - redundancies, staffing shortages, poor working conditions and high stress levels. This is damaging the health of the workers and the health of the paper. Rather than discuss the problems, Newsquest has derecognised the NUJ," Peattie continued.
Peattie had tabled a motion in the Scottish Parliament expressing concerns about the Herald newspapers. It said Newsquest's programme of job cuts would harm the papers' content and put their staffs at risk and added: 'The Parliament notes that these developments are taking place despite increased profits and assurances given by Newsquest to the Competition Commission, and believes that this is to the detriment of the long term future of the titles and the Scottish newspaper industry.'
Newsquest on 8 August 2007 started offering users of its Greater London titles' websites downloadable supermarket coupons, which could be redeemed against at supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons for money off a range of goods from cranberry products to canned pet food. Newsquest's regional digital and display manager Eddie Embleton was "very excited by the prospects that this new initiative presents...An online and offline campaign has been prepared to drive our readers and users directly to the appropriate coupon galleries, with the print element specifically aimed at driving traffic to our website and turning our readers into users'. The company hoped to 'launch the gallery across the whole of the Newsquest network", the press release added.


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Picture of the day: the maned lionessJeremy Hance
October 15, 2012
A maned lioness in Botswanna's Okavango Delta. Photo by: Deon de Villers.
Luke Hunter, head of the cat NGO Panthera, told National Geographic News that there may be a number of explanations behind maned lionesses, but the most likely is that a female fetus was exposed to male hormones during gestation. Maned lionesses are born infertile, but in every other way can live long and wild lives. Researchers still don't know if these lionesses may take on male roles in the lion hierarchy, but they are recognized by fellow females as female.
A photo of a maned lioness showing her backside, proving she's in fact female. Photo by: Ryan Green.
Maned lioness with her female pride. Photo by: Deon de Villers.


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Four years ago, doctors diagnosed a local woman with a type of cancer that occurs more often in men 60 and older.
Suzie McCombie was 27 when she learned she had multiple myeloma, which is incurable. Today, she's looking forward to a big event to help other area cancer patients.
"I feel great, it's unbelievable I could get to this point after all the stuff I went through," she says.
All that stuff she's referring to is severe back pain, that ended up being cancer, followed by chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant.
Fortunately, Suzie had strong support as she went through cancer milestones like losing her hair. Her brothers shaved their heads as well. And her friends were always there to boost her spirits.
Suzie has moved on. She now holds a full time job as a dispatcher at Health Ride Plus in Northern Cambria, a medical transporation company.
Susie could be forgiven if she's been a little distracted recently, though. She's been working on and counting down to the fifth annual Suzapalooza.
The event is scheduled for Saturday September 7 from noon to 8 pm at Duman lake park in Ebensburg. It'll include a corn hole tournament and a basket raffle.
This year, donations help cancer patients at Conemaugh Health System.
Suzie says Suzapalooza which her friends originally started to help her out, has raised $16,000 to help local cancer patients in the past few years.


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On Wed, 12 Feb 2003, John McDonnell wrote:
> On the 12th day of February, Peter Jay Salzman said to me:
> > If people can chime in on how to edit headers with other
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> For Pine:
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