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Tropical Oasis in Amsterdam
Me, My boyfriend and another couple decided to head over to Amsterdam for the Queen's Festival and my birthday in 2004. We knew we'd be lucky to find a nice B&B at this busy time of year but were so happy with our choice.
Barangay was a real cool place to stay. We all loved the tropical decor and enjoyed our private patio between our double rooms & the friendly Cat! It was clean, cosy and homely and so centrally located we couldn't have asked for more. We also loved the special breakfasts brought to our rooms each day!
Wimmo and Godwin thanks for a brilliant stay -4 nights wasn't long enough
Amazing Bed and Breakfast in the heart of Amsterdam
We just came back from Europe and part of our trip was in Amsterdam, we stayed in this amazing bed and breakfast which is called Barangay B & B. We were greeted with a warm welcome from our host and our room is complete with amenities, we have our own washroom, although it was not inside the room, nevertheless, it was our private washroom; television; small fridge, breakfast table, coffee and tea, and of course, a small patio good for smokers. The breakfast was incredible and sufficient enough. We were given internet connection, just in case you have your laptop with you.
Location, it was a 5 minute walk to central train station, and shopping area is very close, what else can you ask for. The area itself were very safe, you can party all night and back in your room without any problem.
All in all, the best bed and breakfast for an affordable price.
Wonderfully Eccentric
We weren't sure what to expext from the a tropical hideaway in amsterdam but the rooms were fabulous. Great decor and wimmo and god were excellent hosts who are full of information about amsterdam and what there is to see and do. Rooms are well laid out with plenty of hot water adn in a fantastic location not far from the station. A great place to stay for a few days to explore Amsterdam. Highly recommended.
Best place to stay in amsterdam
The barangay comes highly reccommended by me, it is one of the cleanest, friendliest and most character full places to stay in amsterdam. I travel to amsterdam on a regular basis using the cheap flights on offer usually for weekend breaks. I used to just get the flights and then book a hotel when i arrived but got sick of being above a smelly restaurant, i then tried to book thro the agencies but got sick of having to fill in online forms so then i looked for a website with a direct contact. This is when i discovered amsterdam's tropical hideaway.... 'The Barangay'. The rooms are all spotless and very nice, the guys who run it are extremely friendly and can give you as much help or advice as you need or just as much privacy, the rooms and studio flat next door are all very quiet and the breakfast in bed is to die for!!!! The house is set in a very nice area of amsterdam only a few minutes walk from central station and close to the centre so it is excellent for backpackers and travellers. If you are travelling for the coffeeshops then the nearest is about 30 seconds away or 2 minutes on the way back !!!!!
Even if the b&b is full, wimmo and godwin have access to some beautiful flats all over the city which they can mail you pictures of. This is where the direct and personal touch comes in so just email or phone the tropical boys directly and they will sort your trip, i have recommended barangay to many friends who have all enjoyed the stay and if i see a bad review for this place then i will be very, very surprised.
A real treasure
If you know Amsterdam you will know it can be a hectic place at all hours of the night and day, finding somewhere to stay that's close to the nightlife and cultural heart of the city where you can also get some peace is hard.
I found Barangay several years ago and have stayed in the bed and breakfast and in the apparenment next door several times, I have always found the hosts excellent and the rooms clean and tidy. They went out of there way to make my stays as relaxing as possible. Its a real haven from the hussel of the city. As its in the city centre (you can see the railway station from the front door! almost) you would expect it to be noisy however it isn't.
If you stay in the appartment there are some fab foods shops round the corner including a bakers that makes getting up first thing in the morning a joy. The kitchen was more than we required but so great to have. The B & B comes with a interesting breakfast nothing like the english breakfast but filling and fresh and coffee to die for.
I have recommended this accomidation to a number of my friends who have visiting the city. And I will be staying there again myself.
PS if you have problems with steap steps, Amsterdam is a challenge as the staircases can be almost like rock climbing!! However both the appartment and B & B have manageable stairs, another gold star for them in my book!
Breakfast in bed
i just stayed one weekend, first day breakfast in bed, you don�t have to get up. the other night the bed is that clean as it was in the first, without using the vaccum cleaner by yourself. never enjoid such a weekend in a standard 4star hotel, impossible.
next time i�ll be in amsterdam, i�ll try to get in barangays. the number is still in my handy.
get there, it does�nt matter if your homo or hetero.
are all these homos that nice?
these two are just wonderful. get there! you�ll just feel the atmosphere.
now i understand, why all the women are saying, the sweet guys are always married or they stay in barangays.
next year i�ll come back,
just a kiss (i can�t spend more) for wimmo & godwinn,
Wimmo and God (and the cats) are THE most wonderful hosts. Where better to stay in Amsterdam - near the central station so you can't get lost. The breakfast, served in your room, is par excellence and keeps you going all day - it's not every day you have breakfast served by God! It's clean and tidy, welcoming, home from home - what more could you ask..............
Purely Pleasant People
Barangay is a most delightful home that is absolutely ideally located for the economy minded traveler. The rooms and baths are comfortable, decorated interestingly for northern Europe and the proprietors are two of the most wonderful people you will meet in Amsterdam. The home is centrally located just a couple of blocks from the central train station and next to the shopping area. Wimmo spent over an hour marking a map and giving us helpful suggestions when we arrived, and both he and Godwin were available any time we had additional questions. The breakfast in bed was a special treat with enough food to last you all day. I cannot imagine a hotel providing even a fraction of the experience we had staying at Barangay B & B. Wimmo arranged a spectactular twilight cruise and gave excellent advice on places to see and dine. We like to travel without a group but because of Wimmo and Godwin we were able to move around independently but with all of the information a local guide would provide. The hidden church Wim told us about was unbelievable and not in any of the literature we had. (Including a guide book with over 400 pages) If we ever have the opportunity to return to Amsterdam we will only go when the Barangay has rooms available, it was that special.
Barangay is a Wonderful place with wonderful people
I was a mom travelling with two teen age boys to Amsterdam...Hotels seemed too impersonal,and not enough local flavor, hostels seemed too raucous and druggy, this bed and breakfast was a dream come true. Godwin and Wimmo run it with grace. Our room was aesthetic and immaculate. It was decorated as a south sea island get away (even thought it was their basement annex to the official bed and breakfast). While I did not see the other rooms I can imagine that they are lovely too. We did our own breakfasts but the refrigerator and water kettle they supplied were perfect. The location is onlya five or so minutes walk from the center, the station etc and one block from a charming neighborhood shopping street with nice cafes.It is on a tiny hard to find street and very quiet. We highly recommend Barangay, We felt like locals!
Great place to stay.....!!
I just wanted to say 'Thank you' very much for your very hospitable welcome, we really enjoyed staying in your excellent apartment. We all had a fantastic time, and were very grateful of the detailed instructions/map that you supplied us when we arrived.
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... recreational marijuana and prostitution are legal within the city. Around the city are coffee shops, but aside from coffee they also sell marijuana. Even though it is legal it is highly regulated. The marijuana only comes from high quality farms, and it is illegal to sell it on the street. The only way it can be sold is through one of these coffee shops. One worth mentioning is called Dampkring. For any of you Ocean's fans: in Ocean's Twelve George Clooney, Brad Pitt and ...
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Well if was certainly goodbye sunshine today, very foggy as we made our way through Germany to get to the Rhine River at St Goar. Sadly the fog didn't lift as we took our hour cruise up the Rhine River to Boppart. You could just vaguely make out the castles on the hills, but the beautiful houses and churches were very visible on the rivers banks. The river was quite busy with lots of river boats saw some on board an APT boat doing their morning aerobics, ...


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The trial of former Huron County Sheriff's Detective Matthew S. Spencer has been pushed back again.
Spencer, 34, will face charges of theft in office, tampering with records, tampering with evidence, insurance fraud and falsification starting Jan. 14. The previous trial date was Oct. 15, and before that it had been scheduled for late July.
Greg Shell, Spencer's attorney, "asked for a continuance for medical reasons," Sheriff Richard Sutherland said.
Sutherland said he did not have any other details.
Shell and Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter were unavailable for comment Tuesday. Baxter's office is prosecuting the case to avoid a conflict of interest with Huron County Prosecutor Russell Leffler, who regularly handles cases for the sheriff's office.
The sheriff fired Spencer in August 2006 after putting him on paid administrative leave for about two weeks when the investigation of suspected wrongdoing began.
Spencer is accused of stealing between $10,000 and $15,000 from the sheriff's office evidence room which he oversaw. The former detective also reportedly made a false insurance claim about the theft of two firearms, a Fraternal Order of Police emblem, some golf clubs and seven personal checks from his personal vehicle.
The March 30 indictment lists the incidents occurring from July 2004 through the end of July 2006.
In late August, Baxter met with Shell in the judge's chambers in the Huron County Courthouse before what court records called a "final pretrial." However, the attorneys didn't appear in court immediately afterwards and left without giving a reason for the lack of a public hearing.
Chief Assistant Prosecutor Mary Ann Barylski, in early July, alluded to a pending plea agreement after meeting with Shell behind closed doors. There also was no hearing after that pretrial conference.
"We've talked a little bit about it, but I'd rather not get into it because I believe there are some major discovery issues to be resolved," Barylski said at the time.
Spencer, most recently of 420 High St., Willard, became a deputy in March 2000. He was the Greenwich police chief for about a month in May 2003 and resigned for personal reasons before rejoining the sheriff's office.

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You do raise a valid point that as long as there is a copy of the source code somewhere, Linux will still be around. I am sure that it will be around forever just because of that reason.
But what the bigger deal is here is that if Linux somehow gets driven out of the current edge-of-mainstream back into the "hacker and CS-major OS" niche is that we'll see development for it slow greatly. We'll see no more new 3rd-party applications or the necessary-evil stuff like binary blob GPU drivers and Flash plugins. I don't know about you, but I am glad that Linux is gaining popularity because the 3rd-party development makes it much more usable and a real choice for general use.


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CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 24: Frank Gore of the San Francisco 49ers against the Carolina Panthers during their game at Bank of America Stadium on October 24, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
Frank Gore made his way through San Francisco's winning locker room and offered a public shoutout to linebacker and NFL sacks leader Aldon Smith. ''Couple more, baby! Couple more, baby!'' Gore hollered. Gore is taking charge on the 49ers offense, with Smith wreaking havoc on opposing quarterbacks for the defense. Gore ran for a 1-yard touchdown and reached 1,000 yards rushing for the sixth time in his career, and even took the fake on Colin Kaepernick's late 50-yard scoring run in the San Francisco 49ers' 27-13 victory against the Dolphins on Sunday. Smith added two more sacks to bring his total for 19 1/2, passing Fred Dean's franchise-best single-season mark of 17 1/2 set in 1983. Smith also moved within three sacks of the single-season record Michael Strahan set in 2001 with the New York Giants. ''Guys really have a determination on this field and on this team,'' cornerback Tarell Brown said. ''We were focused out there.'' Gore finished with 63 yards rushing, caught two pas...
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Brown Shoe Company Acquires Sam & Libby Brand
Monday, September 10, 2012
Brown Shoe Company Acquires Sam & Libby Brand09:49 EDT Monday, September 10, 2012 NEW YORK (Business Wire) -- Brown Shoe Company (NYSE:BWS) has acquired the Sam & Libby brand and reunited it with its founders, Sam and Libby Edelman, it was announced today. For the last eight years, the brand was owned by The Jones Group. "We feel very strongly that this brand belongs with Sam and Libby, the people who created it," said Diane Sullivan, president and CEO of Brown Shoe Company. "We purchased Edelman Shoe two years ago and last month, we announced Libby's return to Brown Shoe Company. The timing is perfect to bring the Sam & Libby brand back into the fold. The potential for the entire portfolio is exciting and certainly presents additional interesting opportunities for us to explore." "This represents closure for Libby and me, a full circle," said Sam Edelman, founder of Edelman Shoe and division president for the Sam Edelman Division of Brown Shoe Company. "We now have the opportunity to see our vision realized as true lifestyle designers. It was very important to us to have Sam & Libby back in our stable of brands." "This is an amazing opportunity for us to jump in and to use everything we have learned to reenergize the Sam & Libby brand. The possibilities are endless," said Libby Edelman. "I guess it's pretty clear now why I came off of my sabbatical." For more than 30 years, Sam and Libby have worked not only as life partners, but also as business partners, beginning with the very successful launch of the Esprit footwear business in 1983 and again in 1987 with the launch of the Sam & Libby brand. About Brown Shoe Company and Famous Footwear Brown Shoe Company is a $2.6 billion, global, footwear company that puts consumers and their needs first, by targeting the strategic Family, Healthy Living and Contemporary Fashion platforms. We have more than 130 years of experience, passion and product innovation and operate more than 1,300 Famous Footwear and Naturalizer retail stores across the United States, Canada and China. We also design, source and market many well-known wholesale shoe brands -- such as Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's Shoes, LifeStride, Sam Edelman, Franco Sarto, Via Spiga, Vera Wang, Avia and Ryka -- across multiple distribution channels. In addition to our retail and wholesale operations, we maintain a strong online presence with our ecommerce sites, Famous.com, Naturalizer.com and Shoes.com. Visit brownshoe.com to learn more about us. Brown Shoe Company: feel good and live better... feet first! Brown Shoe CompanyKelly Malone, 314-854-4093


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Hello everyone,
Its been a while since I posted here, I got a bunch of stuff I want to show still.
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children. Now there are many cases of brain tumours, cancer of the
eyes, kidneys and other organs."
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I was just listening to Cowherd during my lunch drive (I know he isn't the most popular guy around here) and he was commenting on Mike Scioscia's push for 158-game season.
Cowherd brought up that August is pretty devoid of major sport excitement and that if MLB could get the playoffs started in mid-late August they could have ownership of that time frame and parlay that into more playoff excitement heading into September. His point was that currently in October, MLB is going against College Football and the NFL which are both in full swing. If the majority of your playoffs are in September that is before either are really into the thick of things.
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French Loaves
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|3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)
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Place the yeast in a bowl.
Mix the butter and milk.
Pour over the yeast and stir until dissolved.
Add the salt and flour and mix until smooth.
Let rise until doubled in bulk.
Knead on a floured board until smooth.
Reserve 1 cup dough.
Divide remaining dough in half and shape each half into an oblong loaf.
Place on a baking sheet.
Divide reserved dough in half and shape each half into a roll the length of loaves.
Twist, then place each roll on a loaf.
Let rise until doubled in bulk.
Brush with egg.
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This year, we continued on our three year journey of transformation to become the clear choice. We stimulated growth in our business, turned the spotlight back up on our Values and reflected on and communicated our Purpose
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UK tech sector companies are in a buoyant mood in regards to future job hiring and business activity, with employment trends in the tech sector outstripping those seen across the UK private sector as a whole, according to the latest KPMG/Markit Tech Monitor UK report. Almost half of tech companies (49%) expect to employ additional staff over the next 12 months. Meanwhile, the PMI Employment Index shows that current job hiring by UK tech companies is close to its strongest for three years, and faster than the UK private sector average.
Tech sector business activity growth in the first quarter of 2014 was only marginally slower than the ten-year high reached at the end of 2013, supported by steep rises in incoming new work and the lowest rate of cost inflation for over four years. The headline UK Tech PMI index measuring UK tech sector business activity posted 60.0 in March, well above the crucial 50.0 no-change threshold and close to the ten-year high of 60.9 recorded at the end of 2013, indicating business activity growth in the tech sector outstripped that of the UK economy as a whole (Markit's UK Composite PMI was 58.1 on average in Q1 2014).
Commenting on the latest Tech Monitor UK results, Tudor Aw, Head of Technology at KPMG, said:
"Recent falls in share prices of technology stocks have led some to question the health of the tech sector but all the data in this report point to a UK tech sector that is in rude health, and increasingly optimistic in its outlook on business activity and recruitment plans.
"Our data also shows the positive impact the sector has on the UK's economic performance as a whole and the important role UK tech companies up and down the country play in the burgeoning recovery. It is time the sector received the recognition and support it deserves. There are some fantastic advocates in government and business for the UK's buzzing start-up scene but we must not neglect the wider tech sector. We should ensure that the sector as a whole gets the profile and support that it needs such as focused government policies that help develop and encourage education in STEM subjects, and ease access to tech talent on a global basis.
"With the increase in IPO activity, I would like to see the strong performance of UK tech companies translate to a mainstream technology company floating in London to help boost the sector and cement the UK's position on the map of global tech hotspots."
An improved domestic economic outlook, increased investment spending and buoyant client demand were all key factors behind the latest rise in tech sector business activity, according to survey respondents. Latest survey data show that tech sector firms also benefited from a combination of higher selling prices, weakening cost inflation and rising new business volumes during the first quarter of 2014. The index measuring average input costs faced by tech sector firms posted 53.9 at the end of Q1, down from 56.2 at the end of 2013 and consistent with the slowest rate of input cost inflation since late-2009.
Tim Moore, Senior Economist at Markit, added:
"UK tech companies clearly punch above their weight in terms of contribution to UK GDP growth. The latest survey results will be reassuring to policymakers given the importance of the sector to the sustainability of the economic recovery. The health of the tech sector and its ability to deliver productivity gains across the wider economy are key factors that will determine how quickly the UK economy can recover without hitting growth constraints.
"Strong figures from the tech sector add to a recent flurry of positive news on the UK economy, which has prompted substantial upward revisions to the 2014 growth outlook from institutions such as the IMF and Office for Budget Responsibility.
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"The latest survey suggests that the tech sector again outperformed the UK economy in terms of job creation, reflecting widespread optimism that workloads will continue to expand over the months ahead. Moreover, a buoyant mood among tech companies about future job hiring intentions bodes well for growth in the year ahead and is a further signal that the UK economy is set to continue its upward ascent over the course of 2014."
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The National Party was instrumental in passing the harsh "strict liability" NZ copyright laws that offer no relief from liability, even for people who buy licenses that turn out to have been offered in error -- as appears to be the case in the National Party campaign ad that used Lose Yourself for bed music.
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Paul Di Filippo describes Ben Parzybok's new novel, Sherwood Nation: "The book is obviously as headline-friendly as the Ferguson riots, inequality debates, Occupy protests and climate change reports; but there's also a Joseph Conrad-Grahame Greene-Shakespeare style concern with the nature of power, the roles that are thrust upon us, and the limits of friendship and love."
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Scott sez, "Privacy and security has been a huge problem since the Snowden revelations, and midwest SF/open source software convention Penguicon [ed: near Detroit!] wants to be part of the solution. With Guest of Honor Eva Galperin from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Cory Doctorow returning as Guest Emeritus, much of their tech track is focused on finding answers to the recent privacy problems highlighted by Snowden. Pre-registration tickets are available until April 1st. Programming was just announced." (Thanks, Scott!)
Archivist Rick Prelinger sez, "I'm bringing a new archival 'mixfilm' on Detroit's rich history to the beautifully restored, vintage-1927 Detroit Film Theatre this weekend. This is the fourth of my Detroit compilations, and it's packed with new footage (especially home movies shot by Detroiters themselves) that's never before been publicly screened. It's a fully participatory show, meaning that viewers (hopefully you) are invited to identify places, people and events, ask questions, and converse with one another as the film unreels. And it's anything but nostalgic -- rather than lamenting what's gone, it aims to contribute to the ongoing, spirited discussion about Detroit's future, and encourage people to talk with one another."
Events: Detroit Film Theatre — The Detroit Institute of Arts Auxiliary (Thanks, Rick!)
A reader writes, "In late October, we shot some video in Detroit's abandoned Packard plant. The reasons included, to test a motorcycle I built, and also to practice flying our drone. This is not a closed course, and not a professional rider. We were just looking to have some fun. Please enjoy."
Writeahouse is a Detroit-based charity that trains people in carpentry and related trades by having them renovate houses, then gives the houses to writers (novelists, journalists, poets), encouraging them to relocate to Detroit. Applications open in spring 2014. Writers are given a house that is 80 percent renovated, and are responsible for finishing the work and paying insurance and taxes. After two years, they are given the deed to the house, with the stipulation that if they sell the house within five years, Writeahouse gets the right to buy it back at an independently appraised value.
WRITEAHOUSE.ORG (Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
Eric writes, "I am Eric Millikin and I am an experimental artist from Detroit who has created a series of portraits of monsters, each built out of Halloween candy. I call this series 'Totally Sweet.'
So far, this series includes everything from classic monsters like The Bride of Frankenstein to modern killers from slasher movies. And I've been taking requests; one of my favorites has been Gort, the alien killer robot from the 1950s sci-fi classic, 'The Day the Earth Stood Still.'"
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They did it in uniform. Amy Lange with Fox 2 News Detroit:
A Good Samaritan snapped photos of what appeared to be two men impersonating police officers involved in a pistol-whipping and robbery outside a Citgo gas station on Detroit's east side on July 21. Once Fox 2 aired those photos, an even more disturbing picture developed. ... Now under arrest are two police sergeants, a 47-year-old officer and 20-year veteran.
Don't worry, everything will be ok, they have a Robocop statue.
I enjoyed Dark Rye's video about I3's Nicholas Britsky and the maker movement in Detroit. Dark Rye's entire Detroit issue is excellent.
Rick Prelinger sez, "I'm not a Detroiter, but I've been visiting from time to time since the 1980s, and I hope you will too. It's really unfortunate that most of what we see and hear about it amounts to repetition of the same old cliches -- deindustrialization, poverty, ruins, hipsters, cheap houses. But Detroit's much more than that. It's one of America's most fascinating cities, and if you want to see its unique combination of long-term residents, mostly African American, with rock-hard faith in their city, and new Detroiters aspiring to build Utopia, you better get on a plane soon.
"And when you go, bring Belle Isle to 8 Mile. I just got my own copy, written by three siblings who are seventh-generation Detroiters. It's full of hundreds of city landmarks, eating places and arts spaces, but it's more than the ordinary hip insider travel guide. I see it as testimony to places and businesses that have survived years of adversity and disrespect, as well as an incredibly deep guide to the new Detroit, which is an uncommonly exciting city. Excellent, inspiring read."
Belle Isle to 8 Mile: An Insider's Guide to Detroit (Thanks, Rick!)
Kathe Koja's brilliant novel Under the Poppy -- a dark, romantic, swirling wartime intrigue -- was adapted for stage in her hometown of Detroit. It had a very successful run, and the crew and cast are coming together for a final series of performances this April, where the audience is encouraged to sport Victorian fancy dress. If I could make it to Detroit, I would be there for every show.
Poppy opens in a middle-European town on the eve of war, sometime in the late 19th century: a disreputable and dirty town full of brothels and cutpurses and spies and intrigue. One such brothel, Under the Poppy, stands apart from the others: it is more than seller of sex: it is a stage where every night, whores act out fantastic playlets, spurred on by the virtuoso piano-playing of a tongueless player who expresses himself in mime and music.
To the Poppy comes Istvan, a puppeteer whose mecs -- elaborate clockwork automata -- are perfectly suited to the Poppy's stage, being endowed with enormous clockwork organs and Istvan's bawdy and funny-cruel ventriloquism. But Istvan isn't just a travelling jongleur; he is the long-lost brother of Decca, the madame of the house, and the long-lost lover of Rupert, the front-of-the-house man. All three were orphans together in the long-ago, until love and anger drove them apart. Now, reunited, they might have all they ever wanted.
Except for the war. The war, threatening from the distance, is coming to town. With it come conspirators and commanders: Jurgen Vidor, a sexually sadistic mercantile empire-builder; Mr Arrowsmith, the special aide to to the coming forces, and the General, commander of the armies and participant in the vast conspiracy that seeks to take all of Europe for a small cabal of rich and secretive men.
War descends, dreams are smashed, old friendships split at the seams, blood is spilled, the brave are braver, the cowards cover themselves in shame, and coarse soldiers take up residence in the Poppy. When the players and the whores flee for Brussels, the dream is at an end.
This is just the first act, and it's merely the setup for a second act that's long enough to be a book in its own right, in which the stories of minor and major characters retwine: love and betrayal, blackmail and beatings, sex and death, all in that gummy blackness of stained cobbles and old blood.
This book made me drunk. Koja's language is at its poetic best, and the epic drama had me digging my nails into my palms. It's like a Tom Waits hurdy-gurdy loser's lament come to life, as sinister as a dark circus.
Under the Poppy | Under the Poppy Farewell Performance (Thanks, Kathe!)
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John Dunivant, the man behind Theatre Bizarre -- the legendary underground Halloween masquerade -- will once again hold Detroit's most elite partygoers in his thrall using the seductive force of his latest creation -- The Summoning.
For the first decade of the 21st century, Theatre Bizarre broke the laws of man and nature. On one night each year, a dark carnival came to life in the shadow of the now abandoned Michigan State Fairgrounds in one of the Motor City's most dangerous neighborhoods. The lucky few who were able to get tickets for the annual event were treated to a show unlike any other, at a place that could only exist in a city that has better things to do than enforce zoning laws. Complete with ferris wheel, a roller coaster and a half-dozen stages, Theatre Bizarre was an immersive, decadent, pyrotechnic marvel until it became too large for even Detroit to ignore. In 2010 it was shut down. Thousands of diehard fans and true believers mourned.
In 2011, Dunivant and his crew (most of whom are volunteers) introduced the world to their new home and their new direction. The Initiation was held in late October at Detroit's Masonic Temple -- the largest temple of its kind in the world. The venue's confounding architecture and shadowy history dovetailed perfectly with Dunivant's new vision.
"There's a secret society," explained Dunivant. "Templum Balatro. The Temple of the Fool. We celebrate decay -- the decay of society, of moral fiber, of the flesh. We don't whistle past the graveyard. We dance in it."
The sprawling temple played host to hundreds of music acts, sideshow performers, burlesque dancers, dominatrixes, suspension artists and the onstage branding of volunteers from an eager pool of thrill-seeking attendees. In cloaks and masks, the crowd reveled in the shameless, sweaty decadence of unfettered indulgence. Last year, the revelers were initiated. This year, they are summoned.
The Summoning will be held on October 20, 2012 at The Masonic Temple at 500 Temple Street in downtown Detroit. The doors open at 7pm. Included in the featured acts will be Miss Exotic World of 2010, Miss Roxi DLite. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. All attendees must be 21 years of age or older. Costumes are mandatory. Tickets will be available for $65 each beginning Saturday, September 15 at the DIY Street Fair in Ferndale. Details about online and retail sales of tickets are available at theatrebizarre.com.
In Bloomberg, Chris Christoff reports on the city of Detroit's plan to switch off up to half of its municipal streetlights, reducing or eliminating public lighting in "distressed" areas, noting that other cities, including neighboring Highland Park, as well as Colorado Springs, have already done this:
A single, broken streetlight on the northeast side brings fear to Cynthia Perry, 55. It hasn't worked for six years, Perry said in an interview on the darkened sidewalk where she walks from her garage to her house entrance.
"I'm afraid coming in at night," she said. "I'm not going to seclude myself in the house and never go anywhere."
In southwest Detroit, businesses on West Vernor Highway, a main commercial thoroughfare, have sought $4 million in private grants to fix the situation themselves. The state would pay $2.5 million, said Kathy Wendler, president of the Southwest Detroit Business Association.
Jamahl Makled, 40, said he's owned businesses in southwest Detroit for about two decades, most recently cell-phone stores. He said they've have been burglarized more than a dozen times.
"In the dark, criminals are comfortable," Makled said. "It's not good for the economy and the safety of the residents."
Half of Detroit's Streetlights May Go Out as City Shrinks (via Rejectamentalist Manifesto)
None of us have ever made a giant solid metal permanent sculpture before. It turns out to be a pretty expensive process (who would have thought?), but not too much for the world to fund. After talking to numerous sculptors and metal workers, the current game plan is this: We can take a relatively small figure of RoboCop (conceivably even an action figure), have it 3D scanned by lasers (cool!) and scale its form to create a light-weight model of any size we'd like, which can then be used to pour and cast liquid metal. Casey V. Westbrook and crew are currently leading the charge to create a weatherized 7 foot tall iron statue. Take a look at his work here. The last project Casey worked on was an epic action installation with Matthew Barney in Detroit. See a picture and read about it in Art Forum here.People who pledge $100 will get a limited edition T-shirt with original artwork by project organizer John Leonard. $35 gets you a commemorative pin. Detroit needs a Robocop statue [Kickstarter.]


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I still don't get why Hale was written out of the show so abruptly but maybe the master plan was to replace him with Roosevelt, who, being black, would be a better character in that role for the Juice plotline. The other shoe still needs to drop.
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Special Protection Group
|Special Protection Group
विशेष सुरक्षा दल
|SPG Logo
|Flag of the Special Protection Group.
|शौर्यम् समर्पणम् सुरक्षणम्
|Bravery, Dedication, Security
|Agency overview
|2 June, 1988
|Annual budget
|₹ 408.98 crore[1]
|Legal personality
|Governmental: Government agency
|Jurisdictional structure
|Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)
|International agency
|India and abroad[2]
|Legal jurisdiction
|As per operations jurisdiction.
|Governing body
|Cabinet Secretariat
|Constituting instrument
|Special Protection Group Act, 1988
|General nature
|Specialist jurisdiction
|Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state asseets.
|Operational structure
|Overviewed by
|Ministry of Home Affairs
|New Delhi
|Agency executive
|Vivek Srivastav, Director
|Child agency
|Central Armed Police Forces Railway Protection Force State Police
The Special Protection Group (SPG) (Hindi: विशेष सुरक्षा दल) is a security force of India formed in 1988 by an act of the Parliament of India for "providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India and former Prime Minister of India and members of their immediate families (wife, husband, children and parents)".[3][4] Family members of a serving Prime Minister (PM) may decline security. Former PMs and their immediate family members may also, if they choose, decline SPG security.[3]
The "general superitendence, direction and control" of the SPG is exercised by, the Central Government.[3] The head of the force, called a Director, is appointed by the Central Govt. He is responsible for "the command and supervision" of the force.[3] The director of the SPG since its inception has been an officer from the Indian Police service.[5] Personnel of the Special Protection Group are drawn from Central Armed Police Forces & Railway Protection Force.[6][7]
The Director of the SPG, an officer of IG and some times Director General rank, is assisted by number of Deputy Directors, Assistant Directors, Joint Assistant Directors.[3][5] The SPG is divided broadly into the following four categories:
- Operations: Looks after the actual protection duties. In the Operations Branch, there are components like the Communications Wing, Technical Wing and Transport Wing.
- Training: Deals with the training of personnel on a continuous basis. The SPG imparts training in physical efficiency, marksmanship, anti-sabotage checks, communication and other operative aspects connected with close protection drills and having a bearing on VVIP security with a view to maintaining a high level of physical fitness and to fine-tune the operational skills of SPG Officers. The training programme is constantly reviewed and updated to effectively thwart threats from newer areas and in keeping with existing threat perception.
- Intelligence and Tours: Threat assessment, internal intelligence pertaining to personnel, verification of character and antecedents, tours and other allied jobs.
- Administration: Deals with personnel, finance, procurement and other related matters.
Contact with the Media[edit]
Members of the SPG are barred by the SPG Act,1988, from contact with the media and from publishing or collaborating in publication of "any book, letter or other document".[3]
Before 1981, the security of the Prime Minister of India at the Prime Minister's residence was the responsibility of the Special Security District of the Delhi Police under the charge of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP). In October 1981, a Special Task Force (STF) was raised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) to provide ring-round and escort to the Prime Minister in and out of New Delhi.
After the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in October 1984, a review was undertaken by a Committee of Secretaries and it was decided to entrust security of the Prime Minister to a Special Group under unitary and direct control of a designated Officer and the STF to provide immediate security cover both in New Delhi and outside. These decisions were taken as short-term measures.
Then on February 18, 1985, the Ministry of Home Affairs set up the Birbal Nath Committee to go into the issue in its entirety and submit its recommendation. In March 1985, the Birbal Nath Committee submitted its recommendations of raising a Special Protection Unit (SPU). On 30 March 1985, the President of India created 819 posts for the unit under the Cabinet Secretariat. The SPU was then re-christened Special Protection Group and the post of Inspector General of Police was re-designated as Director.
The SPG came into being on 8 April 1985 when Dr. S. Subramaniam, then Joint Director (VIP Security) in the Intelligence Bureau assumed office. Creation of the SPG required an elaborate exercise in order to clearly delineate responsibility of various agencies concerned with the security of the Prime Minister. The provisions contained in the Blue Book, which lays down security guidelines for the protection of the Prime Minister, had to be harmoniously blended with this new concept of proximate security.
IB and the State/UT Police concerned were responsible for coordination, collection and dissemination of intelligence affecting VIP security. State/UT Police and the SPG were responsible for providing physical security arrangements for the Prime Minister, while the IB was to provide the required intelligence inputs to these operational agencies. The SPG functioned as a security group purely on the strength of an Executive Order for three years without a legislation, from April 1985 to June 1988.
The SPG was constituted and trained specially to provide protection to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, in view of the threats to him from several sources. But, the organization created for the proximate security of Prime Minister Gandhi, did not contemplate provision of protection to him when he ceased to be Prime Minister, and faced magnified threats. SPG cover for Rajiv Gandhi was withdrawn once he ceased to be Prime Minister. After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991, the SPG Act was amended in 1991 to provide security to former Prime Ministers and their immediate families for a period of 10 years from the date on which the former Prime Minister ceased to hold office.
Multiple sources have alleged that the Special Protection Group has an unofficial policy whereby Muslims or Sikhs are not recruited for this service.[8][9][10]
Ground transport
The Prime Minister's cavalcade comprises a dozen odd vehicles, including two armoured BMW series 7 sedans, six BMW X3 and a Mercedes Benz ambulance. A Tata Safari jammer also accompany the PM's convoy, besides a few more escort vehicles.
The SPG manages these vehicles & may, go for slight changes or decide to go for a new one as per the new Prime Minister's choice. The vehicle, is believed to be able to secure the occupants from landmine blasts to Kalashnikov's bullets. It can run for kilometers even on flat tyres and are fitted with advance heat sensors to ward off missiles and bombs. While the fuel tanks are made such that they don't explode during an attack, its cabin also turns into a gas-proofchamber and ensures oxygen supply to secure the occupant in cases of gas attacks. For official movement the vehicle is affixed with the Indian flag. For unofficial events the vehicles are left sterile and unadorned.
The custom- made BMW XSeries is a 4,799cc sports utility vehicle(SUV) with a twin-turbocharged 4.8-liter V8 engine delivering 547;bhp. The hatchback is bulletproof, mineproof and carries an armour plating.
The virtually armoured cars carry secure phone and on- board monitor with TV function. They guzzle a litre of petrol for about every seven kilometres. The basic model costs Rs 78.60 lakh. Customised versions can cost up to Rs 15 crore, depending upon the security features. Initially, only two such cars were purchased, but the fleet continues to grow from six 7-series sedans to 15 new SUVs.
- Tata Safari variants
- Tata Safari Electronic Counter Measures Vehicle(Jammer)
This vehicle is used to counter guided attacks, such as IEDs, Rocket Propelled Grenades, and Anti-Tank Guided Missiles. The antennas mounted on the roof are solely used in barrage jamming applications, the primary method used to counter IED threats. The antenna configuration can be changed according to threat level, for instance, taller antennas are used to increase the jamming protection distance, or change jamming frequency ranges. There are two dome-shaped EW Sensors. The EW sensors are most likely Millimeter-Wave radars used to detect the launch of an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenades) or laser range finder illumination and launch of an Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM).
Convoy up-gradation
On cutting down government expenditure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had shot down a proposal from the Special Protection Group (SPG) to upgrade his convoy, specially the car in which he travels.
Air transport
Air India One (also referred to as AI-1 or AIC001 ) is the call sign of any Air India aircraft carrying the Prime Minister of India, President of India or the Vice President of India. Air India is the national airline of India. The aircraft is operated as VIP flights by the Indian Air Force (IAF)
Apart from the Boeing 747-400 owned by Air India and used on international state visits, the IAF currently owns four 14 seater Embraer 135 and three customized 46 seater Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) that have a VIP cabin and are used for VIP movement. Of these the Boeing 747s are used by either the Prime Minister,President or Vice President when on official overseas visits.
The Government has chosen the ultra long-haul Boeing 777-300 (extended range) aircraft to replace the ageing B747s that serve as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Air India One fleet.
- Mi-8 helicopters
The Defence Ministry has approved the "conversion" of six new Mi-17 V5s into VVIP helicopters to replace the old Mi-8 helicopters with IAF's elite Communication Squadron to ferry the President and PM within the country. Mi-17 V5s have advanced avionics, on-board navigation systems and night-vision devices, but they cannot really be a substitute for VVIP helicopters. The SPG wanted the VVIP helicopters to have "high tail booms" to allow cars to come right next to the rear exit staircase without "exposing" VVIPs to a threat from anyone in the vicinity, additional transit range, better crash- worthiness and armour protection.
- AgustaWestland AW101 VVIP transportation helicopter
The AW101 combines the most advanced technologies, mission equipment, security features, comfort. It is equipped with the latest-generation integrated avionics, navigation, communications, safety and security systems.
Used once while transporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to INS Vikramaditya, the aircraft carrier. However it was operated by the Indian Navy
During an overseas visit to Sri Lanka Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to Colombo from Jaffna in a C-130 J Indian Air Force aircraft.
The elite force is wary of being perceived as rude bodyguards. In fact, the SPG men dress in the trademark safari suits during summer and formal suits during winter to appear refined and graceful. The agents are often portrayed wearing reflective sunglasses and a communication earpiece. Often their attire is customized to conceal the wide array of equipment they wear while working protection assignments.
- FN Herstal F2000[11]
- FN Herstal Five-seven,[11][12] now replaced by Glock
- FN Herstal P90[11][12][13]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Budget 2014 focuses on women safety, creating infra in Naxal states". Financial Express. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Section 6, Special Protection Group Act, 1988
- ^ a b c d e f The Gazette of India (June 7, 1988). "THE SPECIAL PROTECTION GROUP ACT 1988 [AS AMENDED IN 1991, 1994 & 1999]". No. 30. New Delhi: The Government of India. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Mayawati not entitled to SPG cover under law - The Times of India". The Times Of India.
- ^ a b "Prasad's appointment as SPG chief stuns many". Times of India. Nov 3, 2011. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
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Neighboring-Site Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions in the Mouse Genome
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Neighboring-Site Effects of Amino Acid Substitutions in the Mouse Genome
Mingchuan Fu, Hongxia Pang, Jian Cheng and Shiheng Tao
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Nucleotide evolution models benefit a lot from the reported neighbor-dependent nucleotide mutations. Investigations of neighboring-site effects of amino acid substitutions may also promote the development of protein evolution models. Here, the neighboring-site effects of amino acid substitutions in the mouse genome are evaluated by grouping the 20 amino acids into four categories: nonpolar neutral (NON), polar neutral (NEU), positive (POS) and negative (NEG) amino acids. Our data indicate that amino acid substitutions are evidently neighboring-site dependent, and the most prominent bias is the NEG→NEG substitution occurring in NEG_NEG context, the frequency of which is 2-fold higher than that of expectation. The neighboring-site effects are also correlated with some types of protein secondary structures. Through this study, we conclude that like neighbor-dependent nucleotide mutations, amino acid substitutions are also neighboring-site dependent. The mutation bias of nucleotide sequence and natural or functional selection on protein structure might be two underlying reasons for the neighboring-site effects of amino acid substitutions in the mouse genome.
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