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Following up on the previous post on controversy in Wikipedia in Australia (and the original post on the geography of controversy in Wikipedia), I wanted to switch hemispheres.
The map below illustrate controversy in Wikipedia in the UK in Ireland:
Excluding country names (which all have a lot of controversy, but can't be easily plotted on a point map), the top ten most controversial articles in the UK and Ireland are:
1) Birmingham
2) Principality of Sealand
3) Blackburn Rovers F.C.
4) London
5) St Christopher Iba Mar Diop College of Medicine
6) Cardiff Airport
7) Manchester
8) Cardiff
9) Strabane
10) Cornwall
As we saw in the Australian example, some of these places likely pop up simply because they are large, high-traffic, articles. It is notable, however, that all of the Scottish urban centres (Glasgow and Edinburgh in particular) seem to be relatively controversy free.
Basically, we're seeing some unexpected findings about what Wikipedia editors in the UK feel worth fighting about: which is a trend that I've long noticed in the encyclopaedia. That is, seemingly mundane and everyday topics can sometimes generate much more attention and argument than the things, processes and places that you might expect people to be fighting about.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Controversy in Wikipedia in the UK and Ireland
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Deciding which is worse — mandatory interest arbitration or loss of the secret ballot — is a tough call. Hans Von Spakovsky is out with a new must-read analysis of card check. The effort to do away with secret ballots is defended by claims that the current process is too time-consuming and well as rigged against unions. Businesses, with their fancy lawyers and sneaky tactics, don't give unions a chance, say the card check proponents. But that simply isn't true:
The median time for conducting elections in 2007 was only 39 days from the filing of the petition—little more than one month. The NLRB conducted 1,905 "conclusive representation elections" in cases closed in fiscal 2007, and unions won 55.7 percent of those elections.
What would we get in place of the time-honored secret ballot anyway? A whole lot of intimidation and manipulation. This conclusion doesn't come only from businesses or conservative pundits, but from a former union organizer:
A former union organizer for UNITE HERE, a union that represents employees in the textile, lodging, food-service, and manufacturing industries, testified in 2007 about the "disgraceful practices" that unions use to obtain card checks from employees. Those manipulative tactics included:
• A "blitz" in which "teams of two or more organizers" go to the homes of employees, most of whom have no idea there is a union campaign underway, and "use the element of surprise to get 'into the door.'" Usually, when someone signed a card, "it had nothing to do with whether a worker was satisfied with the job or felt they were treated fairly by his or her boss…. [M]ost often it was the skill of the organizer to create issues from information the organizer had extracted from the worker during the 'probe' state of the house call."
• Avoiding showing employees the union contract or talking about "topics such as dues increases, strike histories, etc."
• Manipulating the size of the group of workers they were supposedly organizing "after the drive was finished" if required to reduce the number of cards needed to obtain a majority "regardless of [the employees'] level of union support."
Understandably, unions are alarmed by their dwindling numbers (35% in the mid-1950's to just over 8% today). But numbers have declined in non-public employment in many industrialized countries, especially among younger workers. Perhaps it is not the secret ballot that accounts for the decline in unionization. Perhaps, American workers just don't like unions as much as they used to. But if card check is enacted, their preferences won't matter much.


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April 1, 2009 the SCHIP Federal Tobacco tax program begins. Three areas of the new law that effect us are as follows:
Large cigars are now taxed at 50% of their value up to a maximum of .40 cents. Large cigars are 99% of the cigars we carry. A large cigar is defined as weighing 3 pounds or more per thousand cigars.
Small cigars are now taxed at .05 cents each. Small cigars are defined a those weighing less than 3 pounds per 1000. The items that are effected are cigars like Cafe Creme, Al Capone, Excalibur Miniatures, Nobel Petites and others.
Pipe Tobacco will now be taxed at $2.83 per pound.
Snuff will now be taxed at .925 cents per pound.
Floor Taxes are applied to Small cigars, Pipe tobacco and Snuff. This means that one April 1st, we will pay the Federal Government the difference between the old tax and the new tax on any items we still have in stock. Items that have a floor tax will therefore increase in price on April 1st.
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April 1 - Al Capone, Cafe Creme, Nobel Petite, Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Miniatures


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-The southern region of the park between Ugabmund and Terrace Bay marks the southern-most habitat for large animals along the Namib Desert coast. Very strict measures to preserve the ecology of the Park are in force and entry permits for casual visitors are only available for day trips.
-The northern Skeleton Coast Wilderness between the Hoanib (Mowe Bay) and Kunene Rivers makes up nearly 70% of the Park. This truly desolate region provides the only realistic chance of seeing desert elephant, rhino, giraffe and lion but is strictly off-limits to independent travellers and land access is only via fly-in safari operated by the official concessionaire.
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Dorntanza Simply the Best with Kavacanne
Star came into our lives in 2000 and was a bit of a surprise in that we were planning
another GSP from the Dorntanza kennel. When things did not work out to plan we were
told. 'You will have a Wire instead won't you!' Although a little cautious of taking
on a new breed we were soon besotted with this little hairball.
She became an amazing presence in our household and it was hard to imagine life without
her. She was a devoted companion to Heather who when only 10 took full charge of
Stars training. She was a very obedient dog although at times very vocal, especially
when flushing birds out from the bushes in our garden.
Star enjoyed many YKC disciplines with Heather and qualified for a flyball team at
Crufts in 2003 which she did not make due to 'maternal' duties. She passed her Good
Citizen Bronze Award. Star had 2 litters, one of which has produced our own SHIM
and more recently BANG.
Sadly we lost our precious Star on 16th April 2005.... Forever in our hearts...
Benachitt Diamond White at Kavacanne
Dime was a repeat mating to Riva and was part of our lives for 10 magical years old.
Dime loved to show and became Adams first serious handling dog . She was consistently
placed at Open and Champ shows as well as many wins in Junior Handling and KCJO events.
Dime was also quite a proficient flyball dog as well as participating in Obedience
and Agility. She passed her Good Citizen Bronze Award.
She became the partnership dog for Hannah who also achieved much success in the ring
Unfortunately in 2002 she was involved in a serious road accident, suffering major
trauma. However although not expected to survive her horrific injuries we battled
on and with our love and Dimes determination she was a credit to the wonderful Vet
who treated her.
Dime had the most superb temperament and in 10 years never gave us a moment of trouble.
She lives on through POPPY her daughter who shows the same sound characteristics.
Words cannot describe the loss of such a wonderful dog. My heart is breaking as I
think of what we have lost but pride and love for what we had from our Wonderful
Dime in these last 10 years.
God Bless you Dime. We will always love and remember you.... Run Free...
Dorntanza Lord Bailybarre at Kavacanne JW
Bailey was our first boy Dog and what a wonderful boy he turned out to be. He was
not only Adams first serious show dog but a loyal and loving companion. He won many
things in his career and as a team in 2000 helped Adam become Handler of the Year
and represented the UK, Junior of the Year and he won the Gundog Stakes Final. What
a hat trick, resulting in a TV appearance on Midlands today . He was not only handsome
but clever and gained his good citizen Gold award. He shared many happy days at YKC
Camp and ring craft sessions with Adam and is still talked about b y those who remember
his amazing presence. As our only GSP boy he had quite a 'harem' of girls around
him but was devoted to Dime with whom he had pups and produced our lovely Poppy.
We have so many wonderful memories of him but none more so than how since a few weeks
old he has always come into the kitchen and given his paw to have a dab of butter
put on. The first sound of the tub being opened and he was there. Our 'Butter Boy'
we called him. And it was impossible to have a cup of tea without allowing him his
too. Our house seems so quiet even with the others still here, it is as if they know
and cannot comprehend where he is. Words cannot describe how we feel at the loss
of our beautiful boy but we know he is now out of pain and back with his beloved
Dime in Rainbow Bridge.
Run Free Bailey Boy, your memories will live forever on our hearts till we one day
meet again
Benachitti Reeva Rose at Kavacanne
On February 27th 2013 we said a very sad farewell to our dear Riva aka Benachitti
Reeva Rose at just short of the fabulous age of 16 years.
Riva was an amazing and devoted girl, our first GSP. Though a little senile at the
end, apart from a cut ear she never had any other trips to the Vets..
She was a loyal, loving and fabulous ambassador for the breed. We fell so in love
with GSPs because of her and she helped us to where we are today with our love and
knowledge of the breed. As Adams first dog she introduced him to the world of show
handling and
though she did not particularly enjoy the show world and as such retired early, she
has been a fantastic member of our Kavacanne family.
To lose her has left a massive void in the Kavacanne household but the beautiful
memories of her will live with us forever.
Run free at the Bridge Riva, reunited with our special boy Bailey with whom you spent
those twilight years. We will always love you.
Night night Old Girl x
Sh Ch / Dutch Ch Kavacanne Gift of the Gab JW
We are devastated at the loss of our beloved girl Sh Ch / Ned Ch Kavacanne Gift of
the Gab JW W'08 in a tragic road accident on May 26th 2013. Less than 24 hours before
she had won the RCC at Bath.
Gale was our first home bred Champion and one of the top winning dogs in the breed
of the last few years. Starting young, she won her first CC in 2007 at just 11 months
old, and her champion title in 2008. The pinnacle of her show career was topping
the group at Southern Counties in 2011 under Ron Menekar and being top dog in the
breed that year. She also had two group 3's and a group 4 win and won the Group at
the Amsterdam All Winners Show in 2008. Gale amassed 20 CCs in total with 14 Best
of Breeds and 8 RCCs, with 2 breed club Championship Best in Shows.
Out the ring she was the most precious and sweet girl. Everyone who met her fell
in love. She was known by all around the breed ring for her temperament and character
and formed a bond with Daisy Hunt from the age of 8 years, now at 12 and one of the
UK's top young handlers.
This is Daisys tribute.
"I can't believe she is not here anymore, I've known her for about 4 years now, she
has been the one who has made me win because she is beautiful, amazing and so special.
she was so loyal and such a calm dog, she had a perfect personality, Gale means to
world to me, I know she's not my own, but I class her as my best friend. Thank you
to the Rose's or letting her be a part of my life. When my Dad told me I didn't believe
him, that such a talented dog is not here anymore, it won't be the same without her,
I am very grateful for everything she has done for me, I will miss you millions snail,
R.I.P! I love you"
She was so gentle and loving and will certainly leave a massive whole in our family.
We are blessed to have her baby 'Fraggle' aka Kavacanne Blowin A Gale at home, after
her first litter in January 2013 to help remind us of the fantastic memories we will
treasure. Read more about Gale on her page.
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President Obama Raises $29 Million For Campaign, Democratic Party
Source: The Huffington Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama raised $29.1 million for his campaign and for the Democratic Party in January, a strong fundraising month that put him ahead of the pace he set in the last quarter of 2011.
In a Twitter message Friday morning, the Obama campaign announced the president raised the money for his re-election effort, for the Democratic National Committee and related committees. The campaign raises money directly from donors and through a Victory Fund that splits proceeds with party efforts devoted to Obama's re-election.
The month's haul raises Obama's total combined fundraising for this election cycle to about $250 million. In the last three months of 2011, he averaged about $23 million a month.
That fundraising concluded before the campaign's announcement this month that, in a reversal, Obama would embrace the big big-money fundraising groups he once criticized and let them help in his re-election. Those so-called super PACs, financed with large donations from a small group of individuals, have been prominent in the Republican presidential primary and are also poised to spend millions in the general election contest.
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We men come in all shapes and sizes. While some of us endeavor to be a bit thinner, some a bit bulkier, and some even wish they were a little bit taller, it's important that our clothing be as diverse as we are.
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It's not quite as mind-blowing as Baby Gus in Do The Right Thing, but the Tumblr Marathon Packs points out that everyone's favorite tv meth-dealing married couple, Walter and Skyler White from Breaking Bad, both made appearances on Seinfeld:
Bryan Cranston played Dr. Tim Whatley, the dentist who converted to Judaism so he could tell Jewish jokes ("That WAS him" – Brain), while Anna Gunn showed up in the episode where George got a new pair of glasses and believed he'd caught Jerry's girlfriend making out with someone else.
I guess the lesson here is: Actors are in other things. SHUT UP, sarcastic sentence I just typed or I'll GO FOR YOUR THROAT WITH A BOX CUTTER. Kidding! Just a little BB humor! The best humor.
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text: The Katara wiki last edited by Dreadpool10 on 11/26/14 01:13PM View full history Book One: WaterKatara comes from the water tribe where she is the only waterbender in her village. Her mom was killed by fire benders and her father and the other men left to fight. She and her brother, Sokka, found Aang and Appa frozen in ice. They thawed him out and brought him back to the village. He caused some trouble because Zuko , an evil fire bender, was tracking the avatar and came to the village to look for him. Aang agreed to give himself up but later escaped. Katara and Sokka agreed to travel with him.Their main goal was to get to the Northern Water Tribe, there they could find a Waterbending master for both Aang and Katara. They traveled for a long time but they finally reached the North Pole. They went inside and found a waterbending teacher. However, he would not teach Katara because she was a girl. Katara was furious about this and later fought him to prove her worth. She lost but he found her amulet and realized that it was her Grandmothers. He was engaged to her but she turned him down. Realizing this, he agreed to teach Katara. Katara became the best student, easily surpassing everyone else. Everything was going great until the fire nation came. Their goal was to destroy the water tribe and destroy the moon. The fire nation succeeded but, Princess Yue, Sokka's girlfriend, sacrificed herself to save the moon spirit. Then, Aang went into the avatar state and sent the Fire Nation ships away. Since they had to leave, Katara became Aang's new Waterbending teacher.Book Two: EarthNext, they had to go to the Earth Kingdom to find an Earth Bending teacher for Aang. They tried King Bumi, Aang's old friend, but he said that he needed a teacher who waited for the right time to strike. So, the went to an underground Earthbending tournament and found Toph, a blind girl. She later agreed to travel with the group after running away from her family. It wasn't long before Katara became furious with Toph because she only pulled her own weight and never helped the group. Overtime, Toph became a member of the group and they became good friends. They later went to Ba Sing Se because someone stole Aapa and they thought that he would be their. They later realized that an evil man named Long Feign was trying to take over the Earth Kingdom. They stopped him and found Aapa. Azula, Mai, and TyLee attacked and defeated the Kioshi Warriors, and then took their disguises to infiltrate the Earth Kingdom. When Azula, Mai, and TyLee tried to overthrow the Earth King, Katara tried to help stop them. Sadly, their efforts weren't good enough because Azula won after she convinced Zuko to fight for her, the Earth Kingdom fell, and Aang died!Luckily, Katara used the water fom the Spirit Oasis to bring him back to life.Book Three: FireThe entire world believes that Aang is dead . Their new plan is to find their allies from around the wrld and attack the Fire Nation on the Day of Black Sun. The Day of Black Sun is an eclipse that will take the Firebender's powers away for a time.Later on the gang grab some clothes that were drying off an old man's property. Apparently Aang's clothes were a school uniform because he was caught "skipping" later in the day. That night in a cave all of them decide that this was a good for Aang to enroll into a Fire Nation school. Later Aang gets into trouble and Sokka and Katara pose as his parents. Aang points out that the school is too strict and the kids need to loosen up and have fun. With this he decides to throw a dance party. At the party Aang and Katara are the first ones to dance to show the other kids how to dance. After this a teacher is told by a student of this party and the gang escape quickly.The gang then arrive at a fishing village, Katara disguises herself as their idol, the Painted Lady. She healed the people and gave them food. When Aang figures out it's Katara he helps her destroy the Fire Nation factory who was polluting the water. When the Fire Nation soldiers think it is the people of the village who stole their food and took their medicine and destroy their factory with the help of Aang, Toph, Appa, Sokka, and Katara as the Painted Lady destroys the Fire Nation soldiers.When they stop for a few days they have to get money. Toph using sneaking and cheating which Katara disagrees with. They have a fight but later apologize to each other and make a plan for to get more money. Katara helps Fire Nation capture Toph (who by now is wanted). When Katara collects the money they are captured by Combustion man and are thrown into a wooden cave. Katara uses her sweat to break out and they escape from Combustion who was fighting Aang and Sokka.In "The Puppetmaster" after Sokka tells a not so scary story in the woods Katara tells one that involves her mom. It's about Nini, a friend of her mother's who disappeared during a harsh winter in the Southern Water Tribe. Leaving everyone scared, an old woman named Hama appeared. She lets them stay at her house for awhile after hearing people were disappearing. When Hama is not there they search trhe house and come across a locked door. Toph metalbends the door unlocked and they go into to see a chest. They try to unlock but are caught by Hama. She unlocks it to reveal a water tribe comb. During dinner she tells she was captured and brought to the Fire Nation. She then trains Kataara how to obtain water from the air and from plants. At a full moon Hanna tries to teach how to blood bend but refuses. When they duel Katara is about to win when Aang and Sokka show up. Hama controls both of them and makes them attack Katara. She holds them on to different trees by ice but Hama breaks them free and throws them at each other but Katara stops them. She then holds Hama until she is arrested. Hama tells her that her work is done by teaching Katara waterbending. She then breaks down in tears.The gang take a rest four days before the Day of the Black Sun and Aang starts to stress about facing Firelord Ozai. After two days of waking in the middle of the night because of Aang's screaming Katara tries to relieve his stress. They do yoga in a steam area but it fails along with Sokka and Toph's techniques. Katara, Sokka, and Toph make Aang a soft bed out of koala sheep's wool that were nearby and Aang finally rested.In the first part of "The Day of Black Sun" the gang are waiting for their friends and Katara sees fog and asks Sokka if the fog would affect the invansion but Sokka can tell that is the invasion. Toph and Aang earthbend docks for the water tribe ships and they welcome the people, among being the swampbenders, Haru and his dad and especially their dad.Katara and everyone shout with feelings of victory when Katara's dad assures everyne of the Fire Nation's demise after explaining the plan. Everyone then prepares for the battle to come. Katara and the swampbenders create a fog cover to hide themselves as they try to pass through the Gates of Azulong. But a fire net is brought up. Everyone hides as Fire solierds come on board. But no one is found because they used submarines with Katara and the swampbenders moving the subs. When they come up for air Katara, Sokka, and Toph give Aang a big grop good luck hug before he face the Firelord. As the two are left alone Katara tells Aag about how much she has seen him grow. Aang doubts if he comes back but as Katara assures him Aang gives her a kiss without notice and blushes as Aang leaves. She then hops on to Appa and creates a water bubble around her and Appa's face as they go underwater and then head to land for the battle.As they come in Katara and Appa dodge large harpoons being shot at them along with the submarines. As one sub is caught Appa flies up and Katara snaps the chain that's attached to the arrow with water and frees it. They come onto land and the Earthbanders come out in tanks with the water tribe soldiers and earthbenders running out and attacking and the Swampbender You, making a big seaweed monster. Sokka, Katara, and their dad rides on Appa. Sokka sliced the harpoon guns with his sword, their dad used bombs, and Katara froze some the soliers. Katara and Sokka take out oe battlemech while their dad takes one out by himself. he comes out injured. Katara heals Hakodo as fast as she can while Sokka assumes leadership.Katara was able to heal Hakodo mostly but not fully. She see's Aang in the distance as he comes to tell them that everyone has evacuated the city. Sokka, Toph, and Aang go search for an underground passsage of some sort while Katara stays behind. As the eclipse approaches everyone puts on special glasses. The three come back after the eclipse to say they have failed because Azula distracted them . Firenation hot air ballons and zeppelins start to fly out. Aang and Katara fly up to destroy the ballons. They realized that they weren't trying to attack the fighters but the subs. They would not be able to get to them in time so they would have to surrender.Katara's dad orders that the older people stay behind and the youngest members leave. She is now with Aang, Sokka, Toph, Haru, The Duke, and Teo on their way to the Western Air Temple. They are all oblivious to Zuko who is following them in a war balloon. When Zuko tries to join the group Katara is furious that he would even try to do this after all that they went through. Though the Gang eventually let Zuko in Katara told him that if he tried to do anything to hurt Aang, that she will make sure it is the last thing he'll do. Katara soon went out of her way to be rude to Zuko even though the rest of the Gang was becoming friends with him. Katara finally became friends with Zuko when she went on a journey with him to find her mother's killer and possibly her mother too. Zuko tells Katara that he knows what it is like to lose a mother to the war.Azula soon attacked the Western Air Temple and everyone fled to Zuko's old vacation home. Sokka came across a poster of an ad for a play about the avatar. They all went to the play and found out that it is way below their expectations. Katara was portrayed by a fat woman who cried at everything and had feelings for Zuko and not Aang. Aang was disturbed by this play asking Katara if it was true that she didn't love him. Katara told him that this was no time to talk about that. Aang kissed Katara again and she ran away.The next morning to everyone's surprise Aang was missing. Zuko said that he knew someone who would be able to find Aang. But when they found the woman bounty hunter she informed everyone that Aang was gone. They then decided to find Zuko's uncle, Iroh. They eventually found Iroh with everyone's old masters to form the Order of the White Lotus. Zuko knew that he had to fight Azula and decided to take Katara along with him. They arrived on Aapa right when Azula was going to be crowned Fire Lord. Zuko said that he was going to become Fire Lord today and not Azula. Azula challeged him to a duel and Zuko accepted for he saw that something was off about Azula. Katara watched helplessly from the sidelines as the duel raged on. Azula saw Katara wasn't even prepared for a fight, and shot a bolt of lightning at her. Zuko knew he could redirect the lightning if it was directed at him, but he instead jumped into the lightning bolt to save Katara. Katara went forward to try and heal him but Azula began to attack her. Katara led Azula around to a drain, where she grabbed a chain. Right when Azula was about to strike her, Katara froze water around them and slowly thawed it out around them until she had Azula chained to the drain. Katara then ran over to Zuko and healed the burn on his chest.Katara and her family were at the ceremony where Zuko became the new Fire Lord. At the end of the ceremony, Aang and Katara kissed.Powers and AbilitiesKatara's Waterbending abilities have progressed signifigantly throughtout the series.When Katara was first introduced, she was not a very skilled Waterbender at all. It took her a lot of concentration to lift an orb of water with a fish in it out of the water, and she could bearly direct where she was bending the water.As the series progressed, her powers developed. She was able to perform the Water Whip, and was able to freeze Jet to a tree.By the time the Gang reached the North Pole, her Waterbending had improved so much, she was able to fight Master Pakku for a while. She was able to create disks of ice, make ice pillers form and even make ice grow around her feet for a rooted stance against an attack.By the second season, Katara had been deamed a Waterbending Master. Now Katara was able to do such things as the Octipus Form, create a bubble for everyone to walk in under the sea and even developed a move in which she covers her limbs in water allowing her to fight a lot better. She could also bend a lot more water than she could previously do. She was about to beat Azula in the final battle of season 2, and was only stopped when Zuko attacked her.By season 3, Katara's Waterbending had grown even more. An example of this is when she manages to flood the factory that was polluting the lake with out much effort. When the Gang met Hama, a Southern Tribe Waterbender who had been captured by the Fire Nation, she taught Katara where there is life, there is water, showing her how to pull water from the air and from trees and plants. Hama was going to teach Katara how to Bloodbend, an advance form of Waterbending where the Waterbender bends the water in another persons body to control they're limbs (this can only be done under a full moon though, when Waterbending is at its most powerful), but Katara said that she didn't want that much control over people. Katara then figured out that Hama had been kidnapping the people using Bloodbending, and Hama Bloodbends Katara, but she is able to resist as her Waterbending is more powerful than Hama's. The two battle, and Katara shows amazing Waterbending skills, even stopping a gigantic pellet of water causing it to splinter into dropletts. Katara was then forced into Bloodbending Hama, to stop her from killing Aang and Sokka.Katara has the ability of the Waterbending sub-skill, healing, using the restoring properties of water. Her healing abilities have been shown to heal physical and in one case mental injuries, and using the water from the Spirit Oasis, Katara was able to bring Aang back from what is speculated to be dead.For more information on Waterbending and Healing, visit the Benders page.


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One Hundred Up - The A380 in commercial service
Wednesday 27th February 2013 at 16:09
The delivery and entry into service of 9M-MNF to Malaysia Airlines in March 2013 marks a significant milestone in the Airbus "Superjumbo" program as it will be the 100th A380 to enter commercial service. It has been five and a half years since Singapore Airlines' A380 9V-SKA became the very first A380 to enter service - on flight SQ380 between Singapore and Sydney in October 2007 - and so the 100 has come slowly for Airbus and for the airlines. But having put production and wing crack problems behind it, and having survived what some would regard as a close-call accident, Airbus is ramping up the pace of production of its double decker airliner and the next 100 are expected to come online much quicker than the first 100.
Airbus A380
With 100 A380s in commercial service it is worth reflecting on the type's first five and a half years in service and what it has done for air travel.
Airbus Industrie started out as a cooperation between the French, German and U.K. governments in the late 1960s and its existence was formalised in 1970. European airspace manufacturers Aerospaciale, Deutche Airbus, Hawker Siddeley (later British Aerospace / BAe Systems), Fokker-VFW and subsequently CASA each took a stake and manufacturing share in Airbus. By 1972 the consortium had rolled out their first product - the short range, wide-bodied, twin-engined A300. A smaller, longer ranged derivative of the A300 - the A310 - followed. By the mid-1980s Airbus had a highly successful product range that also featured the highly successful short-range narrow-bodied A320 and had started work on its A330/A340 family that both went on to have significant sales success in the medium/long range wide body twin/quad-engined market. But, since the 1970s, the jewel in the commercial aeroplane crown was the long range, high capacity Boeing 747 and in the late 1980s Airbus set its eye on taking a part of that market too.
The A380 is born
Airbus' thinking around a high-capacity long-range airliner started out in secret in 1988. By 1990 Airbus was working towards an ultra-high capacity airliner capable of beating the 747's economics by 15% or more and by June 1994 thinking had progressed through a design featuring side-by-side fuselages towards a double-decker with the project initially known as the A3XX. Airbus formed a "large aircraft division" in 1996 and towards the end of December 2000 the board authorised the company to offer airlines a four-engined double-decker airliner, rechristened A380. The A380 would feature two full passenger decks and be capable of seating over 800 passengers in an all-economy configuration whilst beating the Boeing 747's economics by around 20%.
The design was frozen in early 2001 and manufacturing of the first prototype A380 started in early 2002. It took almost exactly three years for Airbus to complete the first A380 with rollout taking place in January 2005 and the type's first flight taking place amidst huge media coverage on 25th April 2005. Two and a half further years elapsed before the type's first commercial service in 2007. Almost unique to the type's production process (until the advent of the Boeing 787) has been the assembly of major components in several European countries - France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. after which the assemblies are brought to the A380 final assembly line in Toulouse, France by specially converted ships and road convoys. Thus far, the A380 has been offered in only one airframe configuration, although with several different maximum weights and a choice of two engine manufacturers - Rolls Royce with the Trent 900 and Engine Alliance with the GP7000.
Production problems
The A380 has been beset by several production problems, each of which have slowed down production and delivery to airlines:
The use of different versions of computer aided design (CAD) systems in each location caused significant production problems for Airbus when it was found assemblies from different locations did not mate properly and, whilst these problems delayed a number of A380 deliveries, these problems have now been overcome.
Airbus seriously underestimated the time it would take to fit out the cabins of the A380s to it's customers' unique configuration. Interior outfitting initially took nearly twice as long as was expected and, even now, the complex integration of each airline's environmental systems, seats, entertainment and communication systems causes Airbus some issues.
Finally, the incident in which Qantas A380 VH-OQA had a major engine problem departing from Singapore that caused significant structural damage to the wing revealed tiny cracks in the wing structure of the A380. This resulted in a redesign of some A380 wing components and a subsequent slowing of production whilst Airbus certified the revisions and incorporated them into the production of new airframes.
Airbus no doubt hopes that the production problems that have beset the A380 are behind them and are now planning a slow production ramp-up over the next couple of years.
The A380 in service
Sales of the A380 have been slow, maybe not a bad thing given the production problems Airbus have had. Airlines have been cautious buying aeroplanes in the ultra high-capacity market as the number of routes such aeroplanes are viable on is rather limited. Ironically, rather than Boeing's ultra high-capacity 747-8i, it is the 787 and A350 that have arguably delivered the biggest challenge to Airbus and limited the A380's sales potential. Airlines are increasingly looking to provide lower capacity long-range point-to-point services (so called hub-bypass) rather than channeling huge numbers of passengers through a limited number of hubs. None the less, Airbus has secured a number of "blue-chip" customers for the A380 including global leaders such as Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Lufthansa, British Airways, Air France and the type's largest customer, Emirates Airline.
A380 economics have undoubtedly been a step forward for the airlines that operate the type - in-service experience has shown that the A380 has been more than capable of meeting the performance and cost expectations set for it with fuel-burn in particular being a few percentile points lower than predicted and promised. But it is in the cabin where the A380 has probably had the biggest impact. Almost everyone who flies on an A380 remarks on the spaciousness and quietness of the cabin and the double-deck fuselage has given airlines a unique opportunity to offer amenities to premium customers that were not possible on single-deck airliners. Staircases, enclosed suites, showers, bars and the ability to embark and disembark first and business class passengers seated on the upper deck separately from the customers on the main deck have all allowed airlines to offer significant differentiation for the customers that spend the most. Even after five and a half years the type entered service, many would-be passengers aspire to travel on an A380 rather than a conventional wide-body.
The A380 going forward
The order backlog for the A380 currently stands at around 150 airframes. With a slow production rate increase these 150 airframes will not take much more time to deliver than the first 100 by which time it is likely that a few more airlines will have been added to the A380 customer list. Airbus has progressively offered increased weights for the A380 airframe with several new high-gross weight variants now on offer and a stretched A380-900 variant still in prospect (although not yet committed). Even though every customer has so far opted for fairly low-density three - or four-class seating configurations, there is still the prospect of an all-economy A380 should Air Austral take delivery of the airframes they have ordered. Setting new standards in passenger comfort and economy, the A380 will be the largest aeroplane in the commercial airline world for many years and is likely to exhibit the liveries of further major airlines as the global airline market evolves.
Here's to the first 100 A380s - and may there be many many more.
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A Tooele County (yes tool county, you can't make this stuff up) substitute teacher has been accused of having sexual relations with a 16- or 17-year-old male student she met while teaching at Tooele High School. Hahaha, tool high school. Well, most likely the kid was 17 because that is the standard age these teachers go after. You know, they are a year away from being legal so whats the fun in that?
Police booked 29-year-old Cameo Patch into the Tooele County jail on Friday on suspicion of unlawful sexual conduct, a third-degree felony, and lewdness, a class A misdemeanor. Damn, she was almost 30 years old at the time of the crime. I guess she had some check lists to get rid of.
Investigators said Patch and the boy met Tuesday at a restaurant in Tooele, where they exchanged phone numbers and arranged to meet later that evening to talk. It was during the second meeting at an undisclosed location that the sexual contact allegedly occurred.
A school resource officer contacted police on Thursday about the alleged inappropriate conduct after receiving information from an informant, Tooele police said. During an interview with investigators at the Police Department on Friday, the student admitted the sexual contact occurred. Patch was interviewed the same day and then arrested.
The lead investigator was more concerned on the fellatio act itself than the child's well being and spent 4 hours having Ms. Patch tell the story over and over again. apparently the detective was making strange hand gestures under the table as Cameo was explaining the events that occured.


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UPDATED: Hockey association sends out anti-Steve Cobb resolution
Update: The UAA Hockey Alumni Association has now issued its own vote of no confidence in athletic director Steve Cobb.
The organization consists of over 300 former Seawolf hockey players. In the resolution – which can be found below – the group cites many "deficiencies" in Cobb's leadership of the hockey program.
The alumni association believes "Cobb's failed leadership and lack of professionalism has eroded all alumni relations" and takes issue with the lack of ice rink capabilities in the new sports complex.
The former players also claim "Cobb has shunned the UAA Hockey Alumni and hockey community during the hiring of the previous head hockey coach and is repeating the same in 2013."
Full details here: http://www.thenorthernlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Alumni.pdf
Original Story: The Alaska State Hockey Association released a resolution Saturday – which can be read below – stating that it's reached "an affirmative vote of no confidence in Dr. Steve Cobb as UAA's athletic director."
The ASHA is an affiliate chapter of USA Hockey, and represents more than 10,000 hockey players, coaches, and officials within the state.
The organization sent out the resolution to a wide variety of recipients, including Gov. Sean Parnell, UAA Chancellor Tom Case, and many other state and university figures.
Former head coach Dave Shyiak is not directly mentioned in the write-up. But it does note the "constant state of decline" that the program has been in, and states that the ASHA inquired about helping the athletic director and coaching staff, but was met with a
"callous indifference toward the greater Alaska hockey community."
According to the resolution, "the community and the institution of the university" has been hurt by the years of losing seasons.
The ASHA sees hockey as the school's flag ship sport, and doesn't believe it is capable of excellence under the watch of Cobb.
As of now, there's no telling what, if any, kind of impact this move will have.
Full details here: http://www.thenorthernlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ASHA1.pdf


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The Emptons: Estates Forsaken as Hamptonites Flee for European Shores
It was opening weekend in the Hamptons.
There I was at a Memorial Day party at a stunning manse "on Goldman Pond," as some now refer to the body of water formerly known as Sagg Pond. Now home to some of the most expensive waterfront Hamptons properties, it has become a coveted location for financial-industry types in search of deepwater docks.


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Mac Dre Primer
by Mosi Reeves | August 2, 2013
Since his murder in 2004 at the age of 34, Vallejo, Calif., rapper Mac Dre has ascended to icon status. Anyone who visits the Bay is obligated to give him a shout-out, whether it's Drake in "The Motto" or Yo Gotti on "Act Right." He's someone many people people have rarely heard, even if they know his name. Among the few tracks that made any kind of national impact during his lifetime were ["Thizzelle Dance,"] a P-Funk inspired ode to "thizz" (ecstasy); and "Feelin' Myself," one of the best examples of the West Coast movement known as hyphy.
Before his death and subsequent discovery by a generation of Internet-savvy regional rap fans, Mac Dre's main claim to notoriety was his tacit involvement with the Romper Room gang, a crew that pulled off a string of robberies in the early 1990s. (He denied being involved in the crimes.) He may have been one of the Bay Area's earliest street rappers, with a catalog dating back to 1989 and the Young Black Brotha cassette tape. But Mac Dre's music could be highly eccentric, from his use of bizarre slang (at least to outsiders) to dressing up in hilariously funky costumes for the covers of [Thizzelle Washington] and [The Genie of the Lamp]. Being a hardcore artist didn't mean he couldn't "get dumb" and have fun.
Mac Dre has benefited (or, depending on your point of view, suffered) from the 2Pac treatment. The company he cofounded before his death, Thizz Entertainment, continues to issue posthumous Dre material, resulting in a mountain of tracks difficult for neophytes to process. This sampler skims the cream of the crop, from the classic West Coast rider music of "Not My Job" to the controversial "Punk Police" track he dropped in response to unyielding law enforcement investigations. If that isn't enough, check out albums like Thizzelle Washington and [Ronald Dregon: Dregonomics] for a deeper look at this West Coast legend.


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June 21st, 2013 (F1plus).- It's been said and covered many times, but it is also true that to start an article about McLaren without making mention to its awful season and its struggles with the MP4-28 would be wrong.
Certainly that is the case. McLaren has had a hard time this year; upgrades and tweaks had been implemented, but the true remains; the 2013 car, the MP4-28, is incapable of delivering the speed to threaten at least for podiums finishes.
It's been harder at times to even fight for race points. McLaren had a run of 64 GPs earning at least a point, a streak that was cut in Montreal.
To make matters worse, Force India now sits fifth in constructors standings table, just above the Woking based team.
Now, this is one of the successful teams in Formula 1, and one that belongs to the top tier selected group. So, let's just say that this is an atypical bad year and that eventually they will come out of it.
Even with such a run of poor results and performance, McLaren drivers still manage to show optimism and eagerness for the next race, which marks the start of the second and longer stint of European races.
Jenson Button will be at "home" next weekend at Silverstone, and he certainly shows excitement for it.
"It's just unique: to race on the same track as Fangio, Clark, Stewart and Senna is cool, and you always feel the echoes of the past when you arrive at the circuit for the first time.
"One of the most amazing things at Silverstone has been the level of support I've seen every single year. From the garage, on the slow-down lap, on the drivers' parade, or just on the way to the paddock in the morning, you see the fans cheering you on. Silverstone really reverberates to fan-power." Said Button.
The Britton looks to pass the page and leave behind the awful experience of Montreal. He believes the European tracks will render "a more representative reflection of where we are as a team" for which he is "optimistic that we'll fare better." He added.
Like his teammate, Sergio Perez thinks can only improve while admitting the bad taste the Canadian visit left.
"After a tough weekend in Canada, we'll be looking for a stronger showing in front of the team's home fans. We are steadily making progress – I'm hopeful of a better showing next weekend." He said.
Perez will be for first time representing the 'home team', which is enough of a good reason to project enthusiasm.
"Like McLaren, Silverstone is a place with an incredible amount of history – it's cool that you can look at old black-and-white photos of the British Grand Prix and still clearly recognize corners like Copse and Stowe, and the Hangar Straight. Formula 1 World Championship." Perez Added.
"I like Silverstone, and I usually go well there: I had a good race in 2011, when I finished seventh, and I feel confident I could have had a points finish last year until I had an accident with Pastor [Maldonado]." He concluded.


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Patrick brings passion back to Brickyard and the IndyCar Series
INDIANAPOLIS — On a seasonably warm day at the Motor Speedway, you could see steam rising from Danica Patrick as she marched down pit lane.
Patrick's racer had been literally knocked out of the 92nd Indianapolis 500 when it was slammed by Ryan Briscoe's car as he exited his pit during a yellow-flag stop.
Patrick, already unhappy that the best she had managed through 171 of 200 laps was seventh place, had been pushed back to her pit box before climbing out of the car, her famous face clouded with anger. She wanted to talk to Briscoe, and she wanted to talk — at the very least — now.
"What a (bleep)!" Patrick had shouted into her radio after the collision. "A dumb (bleeping) idiot!"
Unfortunately for fans watching live on television, the 5-foot-1, 105-pound 26-year-old was intercepted by public relations and security types, then escorted back to her pit and eventually her garage, a media horde unlike any Indy had seen in years in tow.
If it didn't make for good racing, it at least made for good TV. And with all eyes on Danica — some fan blogs complained that ABC made it look like she was the only driver in the race — the near-confrontation capped a storybook May.
A little more than a month after becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race with a triumph in Japan, Patrick briefly held the pole position on the first day of qualifications, started the race fifth, then complained loud and long on her radio that her car was underpowered and passing was near-impossible.
"I don't know if we had enough speed to win the thing," she would say after emerging from her garage after the race, "but we were looking at a top five in the Indy 500."
Instead, her 500 will be remembered for its fiery conclusion — one that Briscoe, despite replays that nearly indisputably showed him at fault, wasn't pleased about.
"She's pointing fingers, but that's pretty typical of her," Briscoe said. "I'm not here to get in fights and rumbles. We can sort it out nice and quietly. I'm sure as soon as she sees the replay, she'll understand she's out of line.
"We both have a brake pedal in our cars. I got ran up in the back, and it's a shame."
That's not the way Danica's legion of fans will see it. Briscoe won't be reviled like, say, NASCAR's Kyle Busch, because the passion for IndyCar isn't back to that level. But fueled by drivers like Patrick, it could be in the future. "You guys know I'm emotional," she said to reporters. "That's part of my makeup, and that's not going to change.
"The unfortunate thing is we worked our butts off all month and we've got nothing to show for it."
The IndyCar Series does, though. It has a deserving Indy 500 winner in Scott Dixon, quiet but efficient. It has young stars like Graham Rahal and Marco Andretti, who flashed talent and frustration while showing they've got a lot still to learn, particularly about oval racing and teamwork.
And now it has at least a temporary rivalry, a good-old-boy racing confrontation brought on by a sometimes not-so-lady-like young woman.
Think the TV ratings will be up for next week's race in Milwaukee? I wouldn't bet against it — or against a fiery young racer named Danica.
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Black Belt Master Course in Nihon Goshin Aikido, The
- W. Kopitov & F. Bowers
- Bowers Publications (2000)
- 255 pages
- Technical
Book Summary:
This book is a technical description of many of the waza of the Nihon Goshin system, which developed, not out of O'Sensei's Aikido, but parallel to it, also from Daito Ryu Aikijutsu. Founded by Shodo Morita Sensei, a student of Yoshiro Kotaro Sensei, Nihon Goshin Aikido was first brought to America in the 60's by Richard Bowe Sensei.
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ive studied nihon goshin aikido for 14 years. I now teach an adult class 4 times a week in east keansburg nj.our classes are right out of this book. we even had sensei kopatov come to our dojo several years ago for a seminar.some of the photos or drawings are a little difficult to understand because of poor quality. but if you have a working knowledge of the move the photos are a good reference.i often refer to the book before a class and build a class out of one or two moves. I have several copies of this book 2 at home,1 in the car, 1 inthe work truck.Never bored always can take a few minutes to check out a move. Ive read the book cover to cover many times and always find something new. it my bible Sensei Dominick Robbolino
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Claire de Rouen is one of London's most celebrated bookshops. When its owner, Claire, passed away last year, its far-flung supporters were relieved to hear the shop will continue to remain open. Leading a new chapter for the shop is Royal College of Art-trained artist Lucy Moore.
While at the same time painting in her east London studio, Moore has spent the last months making plans for the shop's future. Continuing Claire's approach – maintaining a carefully considered selection of international fashion and photography titles and supporting emerging talent – Moore has also organised the shop's latest exhibition, featuring the work of celebrated photographer Norbert Schoerner alongside recommended reading lists under the title Chance Claire. AnOther Magazine was proud to be invited to kick off the series, nominating photographic publications by Lina Scheynius, Craig McDean, Mark Borthwick, Lise Sarfati and Walter Pfeiffer.
Here, Moore reveals how she first became involved in Claire de Rouen and her future plans...
How did you come to be involved in Claire de Rouen?
When I first met my boyfriend, Ned, I mentioned that one day I'd love to have my own bookshop. It was just a dream but he said I should meet Claire, a friend of his, and ask her advice. He told me to wear my Pierre Hardy shoes and when I met her I understood why! She was beautiful, glamorous and so clearly passionate about photography. We talked about me working for her, but it was around the same time that Ned and I decided to go to live in Australia, so it didn't happen. When Claire became ill she asked if I'd take on the day to day running of the shop for her. I didn't make it back from Sydney fast enough to do that, but I'm happy I managed to save the shop, with some friends, and I feel very honoured that I'm able to carry on what she started.
"I feel very honoured that I'm able to carry on what Claire started"
What do you enjoy most about running a bookshop?
The best thing without question is when young photographers come into the shop with their books, which often very few people have seen, and give me the opportunity to share their work with my customers.
What are your future plans?
I'm building a new collection of art books in the shop, related to my painting practice. I'm also working on developing a programme of events, including Chance Claire, the reading list project that just launched, and on a publishing project with Lily Cole, one of my closest friends and a super intelligent woman. Next week, the London outpost of Opening Ceremony is opening, and Claire de Rouen will present a collection of books and magazines especially for the space.
How did the reading list idea come about?
Claire and I shared a love of the idea of browsing, and the chance encounter with a book you didn't expect to find. Chance Claire is a way of introducing new books into the shop that is collaborative – each person or group invited proposes a list of five books with a particular focus – there will be future Chance Claires on Italian photography and inspiration for millinery, for example. I'm interested in stocking books that are chosen by different people, so the shop becomes like a jigsaw of different people's loves and interests. Of course I also have very strong tastes myself, as does Ryan who also works for me. I listen to customers a lot and buy what they like too.
Visit the new Claire de Rouen website here.
Text by Laura Bradley


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Of course, the main complaint with the level grind isn't doing it the first time, it's doing it again and again, and thankfully, as Mystic notes, will bring us ten brand new levels to roll through. But maybe I have a bad memory, because even when I do hit 70 with a character, going back to the beginning with a new class or a new faction is a new experience. And Wrathgoing through the same content a second time makes it faster and more interesting to me -- I already know where the hard quest targets are, and I can catch up on lore or secrets that I may have missed.
Each to their own, of course -- maybe you've already leveled all nine classes to 70 and couldn't imagine going back and running through Stranglethorn Vale or Hellfire Peninsula one more time. But I've found that I almost prefer the leveling "grind" -- it seems more core to me, improving the character constantly with an XP meter, than the current method at endgame of raiding your way through the instances for gear upgrades.


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Move over McAvoy!
We've kept the home (loin) fires burning for James McAvoy ever since his breakthough performance as the posh-but-still-dodgy Steve in Shameless. However, these pictures of Justin Chatwin - his equivalent from Showtime's US remake of the Manctastic dramedy - are severely testing our love:
Now imagine him dressed as Mr Tumnus. Phwoarrr!
Now imagine him dressed as Mr Tumnus. Phwoarrr!


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BOSTON - Junior Megan Donohue (Stratham, N.H.) and senior Ashlee Lathrop (Sherburne, N.Y.) recorded respective third- and fourth-place finishes to lead the University of New Hampshire women's indoor track and field team at the open and non-scoring BU Valentine Invitational Dec. 12-13 at the Track & Tennis Center.
Donohue was third in the 51-runner 500 meters in a time of one minute, 16.15 seconds.
Lahtrop, meanwhile, placed fourth in the weight throw with a toss of 56 feet, 5.75 inches.
Junior Camille Quarles (Derry, N.H.) finished ninth in the long jump with a leap of 17-9.
On the track, junior Allison Letourneau (Kingston, Nova Scotia) ran to a 12th-place finish in the 165-runner 800 meters in a time of 2:12.40. Senior Tracy Howell (Grafton, Mass.) was 30th in 2:16.39.
Junior Chelsey Canavan (Stoneham, Mass.) finished 18th of 145 in the 400 meters in 57.66 seconds.
Classmate Jennifer Racine (Haverhill, Mass.) placed 31st in the 140-harrier mile run in a time of 5:09.61.
The Wildcats return to action Feb. 19-20 at the America East Championships right back at the Track & Tennis Center.


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