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Click one of the stars on the map below to read more about the state's featured projects. Or click the names of the color-coded Priority Areas in the key to learn more about GLARO's conservation focus. The blue dots represent one or more conservation projects on which DU has worked. Project information comes from annual state Conservation Reports, available in our Resource Library.
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This project required the construction of three low berms, averaging 300 feet in length, resulting in three separate pools of emergent marsh. Each pool is different in shape, with significant edge habitats providing for a diversity of plant and animal communities. Islands were created within each impoundment, ranging from six inches above normal water level to 12 inches below normal water level. These islands will provide loafing areas and cover for broods as well as habitat for other wildlife. One pool is designed to provide habitat attractive to shorebirds during their migration in the spring and fall. In addition, four potholes were excavated in a back field too flat for berm building. The shallow water of the potholes will be the first to thaw in the spring, providing areas for early-migrating waterfowl and shorebirds to find microinvertebrates, an important source of protein for restoring depleted energy supplies and building reserves for nesting hens.
All told, approximately 25 acres of emergent marsh have been restored, providing staging habitat for spring- and fall-migrating waterfowl, as well as nesting hens and their broods. Funding for the work came from the St. Lawrence Valley Phase I NAWCA grant. The impoundments were slow to begin filling due to a dry summer, but they are near capacity now and are looking great.
Contractors work on the berm for the upper pool at the Phinney site.
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The North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant program has played a critical role in the expansion and success of Ducks Unlimited's habitat programs across North America. Several good examples can be found right here in New York. NAWCA funds have played a pivotal role in our restoration, enhancement and protection efforts in three key waterfowl areas of New York: the St. Lawrence Valley to the north, the Montezuma Wetland Complex in the central part of the state and the Oak Orchard-Iroquois-Tonawanda complex in the west. This year, Ducks Unlimited and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) will look to NAWCA again to help fund the continuing effort to restore farmed mucklands on the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (MWC), a state/federal wildlife management area that sees more than a million waterfowl during the fall migration.
A $1.2 million match was needed for this grant; for every dollar requested, DU must show $2 of activity in the area. DEC funds used to purchase easements and properties within the MWC are eligible match, as is money spent on DEC restoration projects. DU, The Nature Conservancy, The Audubon Society, Friends of Montezuma, Pheasants Forever and the Vanderbilt Marsh Club also will provide match. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service are supporting the grant as well.
Hundreds of acres of wetland habitat that can be restored as muck fields are retired from crop production.
Obtainable goals and a realistic budget are critical grant components. If the proposal calls for restoring 300 wetland acres, that goal must be realized. Estimating project costs is difficult but needs to be accurate. This isn't easy, especially with muck soil projects.
A typical berm is made of clay soils. Impoundments within the MWC often consist of muck. Clays often are absent or are too deep to economically excavate for berms. Muck impoundments have wider tops, with minimum side slopes of 6:1, resulting in a wider base. They require more material, adding to the cost. These oversized structures must withstand water pressure as well as deter potential damage from muskrat.
Ducks Unlimited will administer the NAWCA grant and oversee project delivery. This includes conducting site surveys, developing restoration plans, collecting bids, selecting contractors and managing site work. This is a huge undertaking but well worth the effort because of the benefits it will provide for generations to come.
DU and its partners look forward to seeing restored habitat resulting from this NAWCA grant. It will contribute greatly to our mission while leaving a legacy for all to enjoy. We also hope it motivates future generations to continue the legacy, ensuring the skies always will be filled with waterfowl.
Last year DU received several grants from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to eradicate Phragmites in the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located near Shirley, in Suffolk County, Long Island. Work was completed this past fall, after a second herbicide spray of a 62-acre area along the Carmans River, within the refuge. The long-term goal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to remove Phragmites-dominated stands from the refuge and reestablish plant species of high value to native fish and wildlife.
In early 2006, the refuge completed Phase I of the project by restoring an 86-acre salt marsh once dominated by Phragmites. The project involved filling ditches created to control mosquitoes and recreating a series of tidal creeks, pools and pannes to increase tidal flow to the marsh. This technique, known as integrated marsh management, seeks to restore a more natural hydrologic cycle on the marsh, which will provide other important ecological services such as energy transfer, fish and wildlife habitat and reestablishment of natural plant communities.
Phase II included the eradication and control of Phragmites using herbicides and mowing. Two applications of herbicide are usually necessary for effective control. Mowing can help to reduce re-sprouting and control weakened plants that may have survived. Once the bulk of the Phragmites cover is removed, native plants have a chance of germinating and reestablishing. The first herbicide application was completed in September 2006. The second and final treatment was completed in September 2007. Thanks to funding provided by the Invasive Species Eradication Grant program of the DEC, formerly unattractive habitat is being transformed into valuable wetlands for waterfowl and other wildlife on Long Island, an area crucial to wintering American black ducks.
Manual herbicide application to control Phragmites.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE --Nothing makes a dining-out experience more enjoyable than knowing you will be in good hands from the moment you step through the door. It's an experience built on quality, consistency and flavor; a trusting relationship whittled from the chef's fingers to our hungry mouths, and a bond that can be forever broken with just one tiny mistake. Perhaps now more than ever, we dine out according to the experiences we've gathered and stored along the way: the great ones that have left us drooling for more, and the not-so-great ones that have left us stroking the bathroom toilet in the wee hours of the night. So, what's the common denominator between the two? The chef, of course.
For almost two years now, chef Nemanja Ilic has graced Snowmass with worldly creations backed by homestyle flavor at his Little Mammoth Steakhouse next to the Village Mall. Serving up an extensive list of entrees, from lamb shanks, to schnitzels and filet mignon, to refreshing seafood options like ahi tuna served with stuffed avocado, pistachio eggplant and mango-papaya sauce, it's obvious Nemanja knows good taste.
And, because it had been a while since I had a go-around with Nemanja's delicious plates, and because it's in my best interest to get to the bottom of his authentic craft, I paid him a visit to see what he had new in store this winter.
The dish: surf and turf Carpaccio
Snowmass Sun: Can you tell me a little bit about this dish?
Chef Nemanja: It's a filet mignon and diver scallop carpaccio served on a Himalayan salt slab with capers, olives, pomegranate seeds and arugula, dressed with a little olive oil, balsamic reduction, Parmesan and a fresh lemon and lime slice.
SS: I have never seen a carpaccio served on a salt slab like you did here. Can you tell me what the purpose of the salt slab is, and what it does for the flavor of the dish?
CN: It comes from the age-old process of naturally curing meets. Obviously, not one palate is the same as the other, which means some prefer more salt than others, and so on. My purpose in this dish is to lay thin slices of beef and scallops over the chilled salt slab to simply initiate the curing process. Once the dish reaches the table, customers can decide how long, or in this case how salted, they prefer their carpaccio.
SS: In many ways, the salt slab brings more flavor than simply sprinkling sea salt over a piece of meat or seafood. Do you use the slab for any other dishes on the menu?
CN: Yes I do. Probably the most popular are the ribeye caps, which many know as the most juicy, tender parts of the cut.
SS: How would you describe the style and influence behind Little Mammoth Steakhouse, and where exactly did your food knowledge come from?
CN: I would say Little Mammoth is a warm mountain spot balancing American steakhouse and Old World European creativity. The European creativity derives from my home country of Serbia, and most of my food knowledge derives from over 20 years of cooking experience on cruise ships traveling the world.
SS: Aside from your great dishes, is there anything else you are excited about this winter?
CN: Yes. Along with the dishes we offer a full bar stocked with a global selection of wine and spirits, and we look forward to hosting live music throughout the season where we hope everyone will come to enjoy a great time.

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Event : Gastronomy
eat! Brussels, drink! Bordeaux: Brussels Restaurant Festival
- Opening periods
- from Thursday 8 September 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016 (except on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
- from Thursday 8 September 2016 to Sunday 11 September 2016 (except on: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
- Address:
Bois de la Cambre
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Restaurant owners from all over Belgium and wine growers from Bordeaux share their expertise and passion over 4 days. In Brussels from 11 to 14/09/14!
This festival is the symbol of the gastronomic variety that is on offer in Brussels. You will find delicious treats from the four corners of the globe.
Participating restaurants (European, African, Asian, Oriental, French and Belgian) will be bursting with creativity and will surprise and delight you!
Participating restaurants (European, African, Asian, Oriental, French and Belgian) will be bursting with creativity and will surprise and delight you!
The chefs offer "tapas" tasting sessions that are reasonably priced (from €6) and prepared on site.
Each restaurant will offer one or more dishes and a magical setting has been selected to host the event in view of its location and its beautiful lawns:
The Bois de La Cambre!
In 2014, Bordeaux celebrates wine in the Belgian capital!
More than 50 wine growers and merchants host 8 tasting pavilions: Bordeaux & Bordeaux Supérieurs, Côtes de Bordeaux, Médoc & Graves, Saint-Emilion-Pomerol-Fronsac, Sweet Bordeaux, Crémants de Bordeaux (sparkling wines) and Blancs secs et rosés (dry whites and rosés) from Bordeaux, and Vins d'Aquitaine.
Just like in Bordeaux, different options of tasting will be offered to the public, and can be experienced with a WINE PASS. Tasting workshops from the Bordeaux Wine School are also available.
eat! Brussels, drink! Bordeaux is a sustainable event!
Just like last year, recyclable materials and a unique system of waste management is used.
Dishes and cutlery used are 100% biodegradable and all of the different types of glasses used are made with reusable materials.
eat! Brussels, drink! Bordeaux is family-friendly!
Just like last year, entertainment has been scheduled to amuse all ages...watch this space!
Don't hesitate to join the Eat! community on Facebook!
- website : http://visitbrussels.be/bitc/BE_en/minisite_eatbrussels.do
Visit our partners' webpages
- ID#2016, Digital Sound & Light installation in Brussels
- Creative Workshop at the Museum of Cocoa and Chocolate
- Exhibition: The Awakening of Consciousness by Gao Xingjian
- The Tour & Taxis E-Experience
- The paleoLAB at the Museum of natural Sciences
We are not responsible for any changes in dates and/or programmes. Please contact the organiser prior to departure.


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Roger makes ATP World Tour Finals
By winning the first round of the US Open, Roger has earned his spot in the year ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held in London coming November. The ATP World Tour Finals highlights the worlds top eight singles tennis contenders along with a total of eight doubles teams playing to be officially crowned at the 2010 ATP World Tour winners.
Roger has won the ATP World Tour 2003-04 in Houston and 2006-07 in Shanghai. He is the second singles player this year after Rafael Nadal to have confirmed his spot in this seasons Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. It will be Roger's ninth appearance in series in the season ending tournament as he stands at 29-7 in the championship.
"I am extremely glad as it is the ninth season in a row that I have managed to qualify for the season ending competition, Roger said. "I have contested in a variety of different places throughout my professional tennis career and I can surely say that it is one of the fantastic places to play the game of tennis. Therefore, I am definitely looking forward to once again return there in the month of November and finish the year strongly.
You the best
Good luck Roger!!!
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STOCKTON - The Stockton Police Department deployed a bomb squad Tuesday night to the Stockton City Motel after a man was injured when a homemade golf ball launcher exploded in his hand, authorities said.
Officers responded to a report of an explosion about 9:30 p.m. in the 1000 block of South Wilson Way. When they arrived, they found a man with injuries to his hand, arm, leg, stomach and face. The man was taken to a hospital with moderate injuries, police said.
Officers located several explosive devices near a mobile home where the explosion occurred, authorities said. The bomb squad was called out to render the devices safe, police said.
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Could Uncertainty Cause a Recession?
Just over five years ago, the United States entered a period of economic decline that would become known as the Great Recession. Although essentially nothing had changed in the country's productive capacity, it experienced a sharp drop in output, employment, and consumer consumption. And though there is widespread agreement that some contraction was inevitable in the housing sector, questions remain about how the crisis spread to manufacturing and throughout the broader economy.
New research by Professor Saki Bigio addresses these issues. Bigio sees recessions as periods of great uncertainty — in particular, uncertainty in the realm of how banks value a company's assets. "In general, someone inside a company is thought to know more about the company's assets than the banker on the outside," Bigio explains. "But you can have a situation in which there's a shock to the economy, and suddenly everyone who is lending money is facing even greater uncertainty about how a particular company's assets will be affected." The shock might be a decline in construction, or an increase in the price of oil, or a political crisis in a certain region of the world. But the result is the same: an increase of asymmetric information, between insiders and outsiders, about the value of a company's assets.
However, high levels of asymmetric information do not inevitably lead to recession. Some assets may fare better than others during times of uncertainty, and the performance of assets that increase in value may compensate for those that decline. But problems arise when the financial sector, which is continuously valuing assets, is less able to make accurate assessments. And when a company tries to pledge its assets — whether in the form of a new property it has acquired, a new client it has secured, or even a new marketing strategy it has developed — it may find itself unable to obtain financing. "You can have a recession simply because it's harder for banks to assess the value of assets," Bigio says. "And that greater uncertainty begins to spread across the economy."
Bigio tested this theory against the recent crisis in an attempt to determine whether uncertainty alone could have caused the recession's magnitude. His first step was using the documented uncertainty about the value of stocks during the crisis, through measures such as volatility, as a proxy for banks' uncertainty about collateral. Second, based on others' recent research on the link between employment and lending, he theorized that companies were pledging their collateral in order to obtain financing to pay workers. His computer model showed that this amount of uncertainty could cause a drop in funding that could explain the extent of the crisis.
Bigio's research was not aimed at proving that uncertainty in the form of asymmetric information was the actual cause of the crisis, but that it could have been responsible — and without any other contributing factors. "And in fact, it could have, very easily," he says. "Perhaps the knowledge that asymmetric information could alone cause such a crisis will lead to actions to alleviate the risks. For example, it may be important to strengthen bank regulations. Furthermore, firms may want to develop trade and credit relationships with their partners so they are less dependent on external funding in the event of a downturn."
This study explores a sharply different narrative than other attempts to explain the recession. Rather than hypothesizing that the crisis was caused by households that took on enormous debt that they could not repay, which in turn led to a drop in consumer spending, Bigio's research explores whether banks' unwillingness to lend, amidst this greater uncertainty, caused the crisis.
Before the recent recession, research on the effects of asymmetric information had gone somewhat out of style, Bigio notes. "The idea got some attention in the 1980s and early 1990s, and after that, it was completely abandoned as a topic in macroeconomics," he says. "Now there is a lot more interest in this issue, even if exploring the idea in a practical form is very complicated." By coming up with a model that others can use and adapt, Bigio hopes that further research will explore other realms in which asymmetric information may contribute to economic risks.
Saki Bigio is assistant professor of finance and economics at Columbia Business School.
Saki Bigio
Saki Bigio was a Columbia Business School faculty member from 2012 to 2016.


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I was wondering if anybody would know why some of my movies are tagged as DIVX (within the XMB) and some have the little MPEG2 graphic tag in the PS3 XMB.
I used the same software (settings, pc, etc) to bring all of my DVD's onto my system, but yet some display as one type and others the other type.
All files play on the PC without issue (and even have the little DIVX watermark at the beginning of the movie), but when played through my PS3, only the movies with the DIVX graphic tag will play. The movies with the MPEG2 come up as Unsupported Data Type.


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For DivX, VCD, DVD, MPEG, AVI, FLV, WAV, WMV, OGG.
VLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, and OGG, as well as for DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It also can be used as a server for unicast or multicast streams in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network. The most prominent additions to version 0.8.6 are probably Windows Media Video 9 and Flash Video. Other important changes are improved H.264 decoding, better Windows Unicode support, and a full-screen.
Required OS: not specified
Tags: player , mpeg1 , movies , m4v , mp4 , mediaplayer , video , mp3 , music , media , format , audio , divx
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When my default player (mplayerx) fails. This is the address to go to. There's almost nothing it cannot play back. It even deals with partially damaged files.
Just found out my recent version (1.1.3 intel 64-bit) now very elegantly plays RAR-archived files without any add-ons.
thumbs up!
Why I dont like VLC:
1. In order for any settings to reflect changes you have to reopen the app -- ridiculous for year 2010.
2. Floating playlist -- disturbing, cant remember its size after quitting the app, always unfolds for 50% of the screen and always on the way.
3. Cant automatically detect sound output device changes.
4. Cant remember play position after quitting.
5. Cant load sequential files automatically.
6. No way to rotate through crop formats with 1 key or shortcut.
7. Fast-forwarding for less than 10 seconds causes to jump several seconds BACK instead of forward.
wrong version/source code download problem still persists.
The VLC forums are saying this version is crashing OS X 10.6.3 anyway.
latest version (1.1.0-rc) download only gets the source tree...? is there a pre-built version of this release candidate in a .dmg or .zip?
nothing wrong with beta versions, but it doesn't quite seem 'in the spirit' of iusethis.com to just provide a link to the source tree (especially for those using AppFresh, where most upgrades are a couple of clicks)
amazing. can't imaging my life without this app. The export wizard could have been made simpler though. Maybe a quick mode would do the trick.
Decent, but lacks multiple video windows.
Therefore I prefer niceplayer now.
There's a 64bit specific version - just tried it but found it tops out the CPU for the first 10 sec of video before settling to 9% of CPU.
Are we supposed to post beta versions here or just stable releases? According to the site the latest version is 9.9.
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My family is once again watching The Biggest Loser on NBC this season. One idea that the trainers try to instill in the contestants is, you've got to want this for you. It's not about your wife or kids or job it's about getting fit for your own health and well being. Those other motivations may get you started but they will not carry you through to your goal.
Some of the contestants try to push their success off on their team or on the trainers and blame them if they don't succeed. It's natural for us to blame our situations, our parents, our upbringing, our families our disabilities or schedules when things don't work out. It takes the pressure off us. It makes us feel a little better about ourselves.
Jesus came into Jerusalem and went down to the pool called Bethesda to see what was happening. While He was walking through the crowds He came to a man who had been at the pool for 38 years. Jesus stopped and asked him, "do you want to be healed?" Interesting question since it was believed that at times an angel came and stirred the water and the first person in the water was healed. So, of course the man wanted to be healed! He stayed at the pool for 38 years trying to be the first person in the pool. Talk about determination. Trying and failing for that long might have gotten a lesser man to give up.
So it seems a little cold-hearted that Jesus would ask this man if he wanted to be healed. At least, that is what it seems like.
Imagine if you wanted to loose weight and went to the gym every day. But when you got there you just sat in the lobby and ate a box of Krispy Kreme donuts. Then one day a trainer came in and saw you sitting there with the empty box and asked, "do you want to get fit?" It's kind of the same situation.
Here's the reality. Jumping in to a pool of water isn't going to heal you any more than sitting in the lobby of the YMCA is going to make you fit. They don't equal. It's misplaced hope. So Jesus question is entirely acceptable based on the reality of the situation.
But the man was so sure that his only hope was the pool that he immediately began to make excuses.
- I have no one to help me get in the water.
- And people don't respect the line and they cut in front of me and get in first!Can you hear him? It's not my fault! There's nothing I can do about it! No one will help me!Jesus asked him a simple question. Do you want to be healed? It required a simple answer. Yes or no.Have you ever put your hope in something that couldn't provide what you were hoping for? Like a high school student asking for life advice from another student. Looking for marriage advice from your single friends. Misplaced hope.Little did the man know that the true healer, the great physician was standing right in front of him. What the man had waited 38 years for was seconds away. Jesus didn't have to wait for water to be stirred, he just said, "get up, take your bed and go."So many people are looking for healing, hope, restoration, freedom or peace, but they are looking in the wrong places. The Bible says that Jesus stands at the door and knocks. He offers all of these to those who would simply come to him for help. Stop looking everywhere except the one place that truly offers hope for what you need. Stop waiting for the water to stir. Stop sitting in the lobby. Stop making excuses. Simply respond to Jesus with a, "YES! I WANT TO BE HEALED!"


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Mal Moore needs lung transplant
Published: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 11:40 p.m.
New University of Alabama athletics director Bill Battle said in a radio interview Tuesday that his predecessor, Mal Moore, needs a lung transplant.
"He has a lung condition and is in need of a lung transplant," Battle told WJOX FM's Opening Drive. "As I understand it , he's got to build his body up to be stronger than what it was at least a week ago to be able to handle the stress that comes with a transplant. So they told him they're going to work him harder than he's ever worked to get to that point."
Moore has been at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., since March 13.
"But getting the lung is not the end of the deal. He's got to work harder than he's ever worked to get back to leading a normal or relatively normal life.
"He's got a tough and resilient spirit, and I'm confident that Mal can fight and win this thing."
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President Ulysses S. Grant created Yellowstone Park in 1872, the first in America's National Park system.
Since 1948, the park has played host to more than one million visitors a year and in 1998, that attendance tripled. These visitors come to see the park's hundreds of lakes, creeks, mountains, valleys, famous geysers and hot springs. The most famous of the park's geysers is "Old Faithful," so named because of the regularity of its eruptions. Yellowstone - which comes from the Minnetaree Indian word for "Rock Yellow River" - has 290 species of birds, including some especially rare species such as the peregrine falcon and the whooping crane.
The obverse, designed by Edgar Z. Steever, IV, shows a spouting geyser with the park's tree-lined landscape in the background. Steever also designed or modeled more than 40 medals on topics such as the U.S. Constellation; the Central Intelligence Agency; Frank Lloyd Wright; the American Red Cross; and several Secretaries of the Treasury. In addition to the Yellowstone commemorative, his credits include the Statue of Liberty Clad Half Dollar obverse; Bicentennial of the Congress Clad Half Dollar (modeled the reverse); White House Silver Dollar obverse; Prisoner of War Silver Dollar reverse; Civil War Silver Dollar (modeled the obverse); 1995 Olympic Baseball Clad Half Dollar obverse; and the 1996 Olympic Swimmer Clad Half Dollar.
The reverse, designed by William C. Cousins, shows an American Buffalo on the plains with a sun rising above the mountains in the background. In addition to the 1999 Yellowstone National Park Commemorative Silver Dollar, Cousins has worked on the Mount Rushmore Gold Five Dollar reverse; the USO Silver Dollar obverse; 1995 Olympic Soccer Clad Half Dollar obverse; 1996 Olympic Stadium Gold Five Dollar obverse. He has designed and sculptured the 1992 Olympic Clad Half Dollar obverse; the Bicentennial of the Capitol Silver Dollar obverse; the Botanic Garden Silver Dollar reverse; the Jackie Robinson Gold Five Dollar obverse; the National Community Service Silver Dollar reverse and the Delaware reverse for the 50 States Quarter Program.


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Hi all,
I have a "Dlink DNS-320L NAS" with PMS 1.72 installed on a Debian Squeeze.
I tried remuxing my mkvs for PS3 but it's not working because tsmuxer binaries not working on ARM architectures. ((((
So which configuration may I put in PMS.conf to have "remuxing" working like a charm but without tsmuxer ????


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SNOWMASS VILLAGE --Consistent cold temperatures and a donated Zamboni have helped improve the ice on the rink at Town Park, according to co-founder Tom Yocum.
"The cold weather has got it looking really good," he said.
The rink, which opened in December this year, is constructed annually on the rodeo grounds. It is free to use and open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The Zamboni donated this year also helps make the ice "slick," Yocum said. That same donor has also provided base boards and a trailer.
Last fall, the town agreed to contribute $25,000 to help with maintenance.
"It's becoming more a place to be," Yocum said at the Jan. 7 Town Council meeting, when he thanked the officials for the town's support. "That's going to, I think, become an integral part of the rodeo/ ice rink area down there."
Councilman Chris Jacobson asked Yocum if he would be interested in some help with advertising from the town marketing board.
Yocum said getting the town involved with scheduling recreation events as well as advertising would be helpful.
"It's going to ultimately put heads on beds," he said. "If you have a rink here and two rinks in town you've got now the basis of a good tournament."
Jacobson said he thinks a lot of people don't know about the rink and that the marketing board could help address that.
"And like you said, the rec center, if we need to work out a skating rental situation or something we have room to move on that," Jacobson said.
Yocum responded that a party is possibly interested in donating a trailer and set of skates so that the rink could offer rentals and a warming room sometime in the next few weeks.


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January 6, 2005
Welcome back, and happy New Year!
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Seen above are members of Marceline Masonic Lodge #481 and Walt Disney Elementary School in Marceline. On August 18, the Lodge held a picnic to raise money for the Buddy Pack program at Disney. The event, combined with matching funds from the Masonic Home and local businesses, raised $5345 for the school's program. Pictured above are front row (l-r): Steve Burns, Sarah Dunham, John Carver; back row: Fred Lewis, Mike Sportsman, and Loren Carriker. The Masonic Lodge would like to thank the community for their support with this fundraising effort.
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NC activates anti-gouging law as gas prices spike
Published: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 12, 2008 at 3:31 p.m.
Gov. Mike Easley has declared a state of "abnormal market disruption" and signed an order allowing the attorney general to enforce North Carolina's anti-gouging law.
The declaration comes Friday as Hurricane Ike bears down on Texas oil refineries, and gasoline prices in North Carolina and other states are rising.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday the law applies to all levels of the fuel supply chain. Cooper said his office is ready to take consumer complaints.
Easley said wholesale prices were up less than 20 cents a gallon and consumers shouldn't see prices rise substantially more than the wholesale increase.
Assistant County Manager Selena Coffey said the county was fueling only law enforcement and emergency vehicles.
What we have heard from our fuel supplier is they are basically almost out of fuel and may not get any for next 4 to 10 days," she said about the Henderson County filling station.
The county filing station provides gas for all county employees including emergency responders.
"We have implemented our emergency operations plan. What that means is that it (the county fueling station) is only for emergency responders, which would be sheriffs department, EMS and others that need it for emergency situations," Coffey said. It appears that we having implemented level 4 we will have up to couple of weeks worth of gas if we continue that. We are planning a briefing first thing Monday morning so that may change.
Ike sets off run on gas here
Cars jammed gas pumps in the Hendersonville area on Thursday night as motorists filled up in anticipation of a gas shortage or price spike in advance of Hurricane Ikes predicted landfall in the heart of the nations refinery operations.
Emergency management officials said there was no reason to fear a shortage and cautioned against a panic that would create one.
I think people remember some of the gas issues after Katrina and theyre just kind of anticipating that, Henderson County Emergency Management Director and Fire Marshal Rocky Hyder said Thursday night.
Cars lined up six to eight deep at stations throughout the area, including the Wal-Mart station, Quality Plus at Etowah and the Ingles on Spartanburg Highway near Flat Rock. Gas was as low as $3.59 at QP and Ingles but $3.75 and up at other stations.
I think people are just making sure they fill up, Hyder said. I talked to my counterpart in Macon County and theyre experiencing the same thing.
Hyder said it would not be surprising to see some disruption when Ike comes ashore but right now the fuel supply seems to be OK.
This type of situation can be a self-fulfilling prophecy, he said of the run on area filling stations. If they go out and fill up everything they have, it can create a shortage.
Henderson County barred fillups at the countys gas pumps for all but sheriffs cruisers and ambulances.
Meanwhile, a local forecaster says Ike is unlikely to bring substantial rain to the region. Instead, after a hot and humid weekend, a cold front will bring a half inch of so on Monday, said forecaster Paul Speranza, owner of Speranza's Weather House downtown.
"All the rain we're going to get is basically fron the cold front coming through here," he said. "Right now we're looking at under a half inch."
The drizzly rain set in this week, while eliminating the need for watering lawns and garden, has not been enough to relieve the drought, which is still rated extreme in the region. "All the numbers I saw this morning were under an inch," he said.
"There wasn't a large amount of rain out there. Once we get through today, it's going to be more summertime here -- very hot and humid and when you have those conditions you can always get a thunderstorm. It won't be concentrated. It'll be hit and miss... With Ike going to the north of us it doesn't look very promising."
The Mills River flow was at 51 cubic feet per second at 8 a.m. today. City water officials say they want to see a consistent level of the mid 30s before considering lifting mandatory water restrictions.
Meanwhile, a North Carolina-based convenience store chain is asking customers in 11 states mostly across the Southeast to limit gasoline purchases to 10 gallons as Hurricane Ike shuts down some refineries on the Gulf coast.
Melissa Anderson of The Pantry said Thursday her company didn't have supply problems but was being proactive.
"It is voluntary, just to make sure that during this period of time that people are acting responsibly. We did the same thing during Hurricane Katrina," Anderson said.
"We found that our customers were receptive, appreciative and acted quite responsibly to the suggestion."
The Pantry has stores in Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana as well as the Carolinas.
Supply to North Carolina isn't a problem yet, said Colonial Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker. The pipeline, which brings most gasoline into the state, is filling all of its orders, he said.
After Katrina, prices spiked to $3 a gallon, then a high price, and some stations ran out of gasoline.
Gasoline prices spiked in many areas Thursday, with prices at $4 a gallon not far from Pantry headquarters but prices to the north in the Raleigh area averaged $3.68, according to the AAA auto club.
Exxon Mobil Corp., Valero Energy Corp., ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil Co. were among the companies that stopped refinery operations on the Texas coast, primarily in the Houston area.
Pantry CEO Pete Sodini said the company's request was designed "to head off any panic buying. What you're going to do if you go out and fill up every car in the household, you're going to run this market out of supply temporarily."
Sodini said the limit may be dropped todat at some stations, depending on the supply of gasoline.
The Pantry owns about 1,600 stores, including Kangaroo and Petro Express.
Ike would be the first major hurricane to hit a U.S. metropolitan area since Katrina devastated New Orleans three years ago. For Houston, it would be the first major hurricane since Alicia in August 1983 came ashore on Galveston Island, killing 21 people and causing $2 billion in damage.
Ike is so big, it could inflict a punishing blow even in those areas that do not get a direct hit. Forecasters warned because of Ike's size and the shallow Texas coastal waters, it could produce a surge, or wall of water, 20 feet high, and waves of perhaps 50 feet. It could also dump 10 inches or more of rain.
At 5 a.m. today, the storm was centered about 265 miles southeast of Galveston, moving to the west-northwest near 13 mph. Ike was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds that had increased slightly to near 105 mph.
Hurricane warnings were in effect over a 400-mile stretch of coastline from south of Corpus Christi to Morgan City, La., and many residents who fled Hurricane Gustav two weeks ago only to be spared in East Texas were packing up again Thursday.
Tropical storm warnings extended south almost to the Mexican border and east to the Mississippi-Alabama line, including New Orleans.
The oil and gas industry was closely watching the storm because it was headed straight for the nation's biggest complex of refineries and petrochemical plants. The upper Texas coast accounts for one-fifth of U.S. refining capacity.
The first rain and wind was set to arrive later Friday. Residents were scurrying to get ready, and hardware stores put limits on the number of gas containers that could be sold. Batteries, drinking water and other storm supplies were running low, and grocery stores were getting set to close. Houston was slowly shutting down, and people beginning to head inside. The only thing to do was wait and see what Ike had in store.
"It's a big storm," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said. "I cannot overemphasize the danger that is facing us. It's going to do some substantial damage. It's going to knock out power. It's going to cause massive flooding."
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Yarn Profile: Alchemy Juniper
First Impressions
Gina Wilde is the creative spark behind Alchemy Yarns of Transformation. A musician, sculptor, dancer, and performance artist, she is also an extraordinarily gifted colorist who is very exacting about her canvas. She spares no expense in seeking the right yarn, sometimes working years with a hand-picked mill until the twist and ply and fiber blend are just right. Which may explain why this is not your average sock yarn.
For starters, it's spun differently. Most commercial superwash Merino sock yarns on the market are either made from two tightly twisted plies, creating a textured strand that looks like a string of pearls; or they're composed of three or four smooth, loosely plied strands that create a smooth, steady yarn.
When spun for high-abrasion items like socks, Merino wool likes a little nyon reinforcement. If the reinforcement can't come from nylon, it needs to come from the construction of the yarn itself. Plies add strength, so you could conceivably just add more plies and have a stronger yarn.
But a more intriguing and subtle way to add strength is to group these plies into finer strands of plied yarn that are, then, plied together into the final yarn. When everything is plied in the same direction, the construction is called multi-strand or S-on-S cabled yarn (I cheat and just call it "cabled"). As I explained in my book, cabled yarns are incredibly strong and stable, making them an ideal choice for socks.
We see this kind of construction in heavier yarns—Karabella's Aurora 8 is the most famous example, although Alchemy also has one called Temple—but we rarely see it in fingering-weight yarns. Which is a pity, since all those plies give you a perfectly strong, bouncy, and full-bodied sock yarn.
Knitting Up
The yarn knit up quickly and easily, with nary a snag in sight. Snagging can be a problem with this kind of yarn construction, so I pulled out my hypodermic Knit Picks DPNs to see what it took to bring down poor Juniper.
About an hour and one bleeding fingertip later, I had succeeded in making the yarn snag several times—usually when I glanced away from my work. Once there's a snag, you need to be very careful that you recapture all the plies and work them in the correct stitch. I don't know about you, but the sight of a loose ply or two several inches down in my work drives me nuts. Use blunt-tipped needles or take care to check your work routinely.
Blocking / Washing
Which means that Juniper is just as soft, if not softer, than a lot of the mainstream mass-produced cashmere yarn out there. The softer a fiber is, the more vulnerable it is to abrasion. Spun as a simple two- or three-ply yarn, I'd worry about Juniper. But in its mulitple-ply format—with three two-ply strands spun together—Juniper keeps these delicate fibers close and tight.
Having revealed my weakness for all things Alchemy, I do have a beef with Juniper. Each skein only holds 232 yards. An unspoken rule in the hand-dyed sock yarn world is that each skein holds enough yarn for a basic pair of socks (usually anywhere from 350 to 400 yards).
The only time you'll see a yarn company break the 50g skein rule is with sock yarn, when the skein is usually bumped up to 100g or more so that you'll have sufficient yardage for socks. There's a functional reason for this generous skein put-up, too. Hand-dyed yarns can differ slightly from skein to skein, even when done as professionally as Gina dyes hers. Having your entire project in one skein ensures you won't have any strange surprises halfway through that second sock. As currently packaged, you'll need two skeins of Juniper to complete a basic pair of socks.
Otherwise this is an excellent sock yarn. I should note that Juniper would also render lace beautifully and produce stunning shawls.
And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to calm my hoarder within and feed my own Alchemy stash.
Yarn name
Alchemy Yarns of Transformation
Fiber content
100% superfine Merino wool
8 stitches per inch on US 2 (2.75mm) needles
Average retail price
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Weight/yardage per skein
232 yards (212m)/50g
Country of origin
Hand-painted in the USA
Manufacturer's suggested wash method
Machine wash in cold water. Tumble dry lightly.
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San Francisco Sky
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Top 5 Kitchen Cupboard Ingredients for Non-Toxic Cleaning
Recently I spoke in front of a hall full of pregnant women. What a joy to see all those round bellies, and even more of a pleasure — given that this was a meeting of the Holistic Moms Network — to know how well-intentioned this group is towards their families' health and the environment.
I gave them all sorts of tips to detox their homes, hoping to ease their minds about how easy it is to accomplish the task. I also gave them my mainstay list for non-toxic cleaning, the five kitchen cupboard ingredients I believe will clean everything in the home, and I'd like to share it with you as well:


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Do Asians Eat Weird Things?
Chicken feet, stinky tofu, tripe, durian. Asians sure do eat weird things.
At least that's the premise of a new music video that both celebrates and satirizes stereotypes about Asian cuisine.
Shot in an Asian supermarket in Southern California, the video was made by the Fung Brothers, a Chinese-American comedian-rapper duo based in Los Angeles, along with singer AJ Rafael. It shows the trio gleefully trawling the product aisles and chilled counters, filling their shopping carts with ingredients like haw flakes and kimchi while introducing their culinary roots to squeamish, "salad and pasta"-eating girlfriends.
The scene then switches to a pool party, where the crowd chows down on foods the girlfriends deem "crazy," from Japan's notoriously pungent nato ("Stop pretending you don't like fermented / I admit the smell can be offensive") to fertilized duck eggs, known in the Philippines as balut ("There's a duck embryo inside just look").
While the song's lyrics take a few awkward turns – take the lines "We got different social norms than you" and "Pardon my culture it's just how we do," as if an apology were needed – they also include some gems. Among them: "But what about Asian food? You never get the chance 'cause you never date Asian dudes"; and the innard-affirming, "Look at me, look at me, eating tripe now / Look at you, look at you, this is life now."
They're also instructive, at least when it comes to Asian specialties that tend to polarize the unitiated. How to consume chicken feet? "Eat the skin but leave the bones aiiiight." Are century eggs going to kill you? "No, this egg ain't a hundred years old."
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STOCKTON - A high-speed pursuit involving local and federal law enforcement officers ended Friday night when authorities stopped a white Cadillac Escalade on Mission Road near Princeton Avenue. Two police cars rammed the Escalade to end the chase, and one of the police cars crashed into a lawn centerpiece in the front yard of a home on Mission Road.
The pursuit began about 7 p.m. and ended at 7:24 p.m., police said. Authorities released no other information, saying only that the investigation was "active" and "ongoing."
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CORPUS CHRISTI - Throughout the summer of 2011, GoIslanders.com will look back at the best moments and athletic performances from the 2010-11 school year.
Every Thursday, we will bring you one of the top 10 individual performances, with Tuesdays bringing the year's top 10 moments. Be sure to keep tabs on GoIslanders.com throughout the summer to celebrate all the great moments.
Top Moment #5 - Men's Tennis Clinches Regular Season Title
The 2011 Islander men's tennis team marked this season as a memorable one by winning both the regular season and tournament titles for the Southland Conference Championships. But it was Apr. 7 when the Islander's made league history, earning their fourth Southland Conference Title in-a-row with a 4-3 win over UTSA.
Eager for another title, the Islanders expected this tennis match to be a competitive one, especially when losing the doubles point early on. From that point on the team played from behind nearly the entire match, but the guy's showed optimism by remaining confident and not giving up.
In singles, the Islander's lost the first set in three matches but kept fighting through the adversity. But when junior Aurelien Tave finished with a 6-3, 6-2 win at the No. 4 position to even the score at 1-1; it gave the team ambition to step their game up. The Islander's took over from there, winning the three of the next four matches to take a 4-2 lead before finishing with a 4-3 victory.
The native of Belgium, Laurent Montoisy, evened the score at 2-2 with his 6-1, 6-3 final at No. 1 singles. The Islanders senior co-captain finished the year with an undefeated record at No. 1 in Southland Conference singles and was previously named Southland player of the week four times during the season prior to the championships.
Senior James Langford was next to finish, fighting back from a set down to win 4-6, 6-1, and 6-3 at No. 2 singles. But it was Matt Westmoreland who shined as the youngest Islanders player, as he clinched the match for his team with another battle at No. 5 singles. The odds were against him when he was paired with a tough senior, but Matt dug out a win after being down a set and then a break in the third set. The freshman gave an incredible match, taking the win 3-6, 6-4, and 6-3.
It was the 25th win for the Islanders in their last 26 matches of Southland Conference play, while also becoming the first team to sweep the league awards in conference history. Montoisy was named Player of the Year, Tave was named Newcomer of the Year and Westmoreland was named Freshman of the Year in addition to Director of Tennis Steve Moore earning his fifth-straight Coach of the Year honor.
Top Performances:
June 16 - #10: Nikki Dunn battles the elements at Rio Verde Invitational
June 23 - #9: Jammer and Scott Go Off Against UTPA
June 30 - #8: Justin Reynolds Scores 26 in Home Finale
July 7 - #7: Mirna Cicak knocks off No. 1 player from defending Southland Champion Northwestern State
July 14 - #6: Patrick Kimeli qualifies for NCAA Championship
July 21 - #5: Emma Ridley has 26 kills and hits .339 in road win at SFA
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June 21 - #10: Women's Tennis Defeats SFA to Give Them Fourth Loss of Year
June 28 - #9: Softball's Crazy Comeback Wins
July 5 - #8: Baseball's walk-off win over UTSA and comeback win over SFA at Southland Tournament
July 12 - #7: Men's Hoops Knocks Off Houston
July 19 - #6: Ernestine Cray Named Southland Freshman of the Year
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Updated: 09/05/2013 - Denver Broncos defeat Baltimore Ravens 49-27 to start out regular-season play 1-0.
Updated: 09/05/2013 - Denver Broncos defeat Baltimore Ravens 49-27 to start out regular-season play 1-0.
Posted: 09/05/2013 - A closer look at Denver Broncos Ben Garland, a CHS grad and member of the team's practice squad.
Posted: 09/03/2013 - Colorado Rockies pitcher Roy Oswalt makes rehab start with Grand Junction Rockies.
Updated: 08/31/2013 - Tim Tebow released by Patriots in 53-man roster cut.
Updated: 08/21/2013 - Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller suspended for six games.
Updated: 08/19/2013 - Denver Nuggets star point guard Ty Lawson arrested on domestic violence charge.
Posted: 08/19/2013 - Von Miller now faces a 6-game suspension.
Updated: 07/26/2013 - KKCO 11 Sports wraps up the first day of the Denver Broncos training camp.
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11 April 2010
The Naked Prey
Actor, director, and producer Cornel Wilde seems mostly to have been forgotten these days -- indeed, a variation on that statement can be found in most of the notices and reviews of the Criterion Collection DVD of Wilde's 1965 film The Naked Prey, but though that disc was released in 2008, the movie's profile still seems astoundingly, and unjustifiably, low.
Some of the reviews I've glanced at also state that the film is good but "not politically correct", which is at best a lazy thing to say about it. Part of what makes The Naked Prey interesting is that it struggles with conflicting meanings and implications within its representation of colonial and native encounters in 19th century southern Africa. It dutifully includes a checklist of Hollywood clichés about safaris and hunting and "man in the state of nature" (literally, in this case, as the protagonist is known only as Man) and a mythical "Africa" full of "savages". (The trailer condenses the film into nothing but these clichés, naturally.) Yet it is also very much a movie about the indifference of nature to the struggles of human beings and about both the perils and possibilities within encounters between people of vastly different cultures.
It's kind of like Tarzan goes with the Macombers on the Last Safari and ends up in The New World.
I would need to watch it again to be sure of any interpretation (not that any interpretation ever feels truly certain), but at the moment I'm tempted to say the plot of The Naked Prey mirrors the progression of representations it offers. After a beautiful title sequence, the film welcomes us into a colonialist perspective -- hey kids, we're going on a safari! Quickly, we discover it's like most movie safaris, and it's got a Good, Knowledgeable, Responsible White Guy and a Greedy, Ignorant, and Irresponsible White Guy. This gives us (the assumed Audience Sympathetic To White Guys) places to put both our sympathy and our guilt. We know we should be nice to those weird savage people in that African country place, and we know that white people have often done to the natives of that African country place things that are kind of nasty and that we'd really rather not have to talk or think about much or at all, so we've got guilt. But they're still weird exotic savage people from that African country place. They're just the sort of weird savage exotic not-very-interested-in-clothing people who, if you don't give them trinkets they can take to their king, will attack your safari, torture the survivors, and throw lots of expensive fabrics all over the place as if they were nothing. We totally get the moral: the Greedy, Ignorant, and Irresponsible White Guy should have listened to the Good, Knowledgeable, and Responsible White Guy. And now we don't feel much guilt anymore, because Bad White Guy has been tortured and Good White Guy has been proved right. And the savage exotic weird native people-things are proved to be savage, exotic, and weird native people-things, just like we knew they were all along. And there are Good White Guys. Yay!
Even in the early scenes, though, there are hints that the movie is not entirely comfortable with such a simplistic approach. The hunting scenes are anything but glamorous, and the editing does nothing to ramp up our excitement at the hunt. The shots with the longest duration are shots of animals dying or dead, and the one likely to be most memorable to viewers is of a man stepping out of a hollowed-out elephant and carrying an armload of guts.
I will admit, though, that I almost turned the movie off during the torture scenes, because everything in them seemed to be trying to emphasize the "savagery", even to the point of suggesting the natives as quite literally blood-thirsty. It's ugly stuff, sadistic and unsettling in many ways -- what is shown is unsettling (a person covered in clay and then baked alive is an image I won't soon forget), but the representation of stereotypical savagery is even more disturbing. The sequence is given no context beyond that of the plot, and I couldn't help thinking that it would have felt a little different if it came after, for instance, a recitation of some of what happened in the Belgian Congo.
It may be that such knowledge is part of what allows Man to stay stoic while his hunting partners are all killed. Or not, we don't know. One of the interesting aspects of The Naked Prey is that it's an entirely external film, both psychologically and literally. There are no interior shots whatsoever. There's also very little to show for sure what is going on in the minds of the characters. We know the characters by their types and by their actions. We follow unsubtitled conversations in Nguni and assume we know what is said because of what is going on and because we've seen similar scenes in hundreds of other movies and TV shows (but do we really know?).
But human concerns matter, and this is where some of the other complexities of the film come in. We have been led to believe the pursuers are bloodthirsty, sadistic savages. But then we start seeing scenes of mourning and loss. Each person Man kills in his quest to survive is given a scene where fellow pursuers agonize at his death. We in the Audience of People Sympathetic to Good White Guys are not allowed simply to gloat over Good White Guy's success. His success, necessary as it is within the situation of the film, comes at the cost of his pursuer's lives. Everybody knows this -- Man, pursuers, audience -- but the importance of these scenes is that they allow the knowledge of pain and loss to be on the surface along with everything else. With each such scene, the pursuers seem a little less savage and a lot less exotic.
The story takes an even greater turn when Man encounters a village of people being rounded up to be sold as slaves. The pursuers watch from a distance as he jumps into full Tarzan mode and starts taking on the slavers all by himself. He doesn't win, but he does win the affection of a small boy who ends up being the only villager to escape. The boy rescues Man, helps him back to help, and becomes his companion for a while. They trade songs and a few words, but the boy knows that Man is going somewhere that is beyond his own home, and so he turns back. Toward what, neither of them know, it seems, but they have encountered a boundary. This is no Boy Friday, and Man will not be taking the boy back to whatever colonial power he came from to be turned into a simulacrum of a European. And this is not a bad thing. In their encounter, the two helped each other, enjoyed each other's company, recognized the limits of how far they could go together, and set off toward different destinies -- both having given the other a new chance at life.
In the end, Man makes it back, getting himself to within sight of safety while the pursuers are within inches of killing their prey. But the Man is back with his own tribe, and they've got guns. The pursuers flee from the guns, but not before Man and the leader of the pursuers can give each other a look of respect. They've been on a crazy, unjust quest. The whole thing should never have happened. And yet it did, and they did what they were supposed to do, they fulfilled their roles, they both suffered and they both stayed alive.
The final credits put each pursuer's name over their image, bringing us to the point where we can now give names to these people, and can think of them all as, yes, people. And even think of them a bit fondly, and certainly with respect -- much as, I assume, the unnamed protagonist might. He's still Our Guy, and the assumed gaze of the film remains a white one, but The Naked Prey takes the white gaze through its entire history in mainstream Anglo-American cinema up to that point. I wish more of that cinema had extended beyond where The Naked Prey got to, but, alas, even now most mainstream films, and plenty of non-mainstream films, don't reach as far, and instead die in a desert of exhausted imagination, a place of nostalgic dreams filled with wild frontiers and noble savages.
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- Anonymous4/11/2010 7:45 PM
And let us not forget the acre of snakes. I remember this movie very vividly from when I was a kid. You could put this on a double bill with Zulu.ReplyDelete
Jeff Ford
Your readers may like to know that Rosaldo's 1989 essay Imperialist Nostalgia is available online:ReplyDelete
Jeff -- Yes, the snakes! And you're reading my mind. I'm planning to use Naked Prey in a class next term, and will probably show scenes from Zulu to introduce it.ReplyDelete
Lee -- Thanks for posting that.
Hey Lee, it can't be clicked.ReplyDelete
Yeah, Gih, I noticed, sorry. Something must be wrong with my HTML. But copy&paste seems to work fine. (It's the entire chapter from the book Matthew cites.)ReplyDelete
I also saw this many many years ago and still remember the excitement of watching the movie. It wasn't one I thought I would find that interesting but it sucked me right in with its headlong plot and visuals. In some ways it reminds me of Duel in its being one long chase scene, but I never got caught up in Duel when watching it like I did with The Naked Prey. There's also something of Paul Bowles in it (probably not intentionally) with the feel of a foreigner out of place and suffering because of it.ReplyDelete


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Last week we went to Here London, a one-day symposium by It's Nice That. There were talks from some amazingly inspiring designers like Marion Deuchars, Christoph Niemann and Agi and Sam.
Lernert & Sander in particular stood out for us with their unique approach to talking about their work, showing us their failures instead of their successes. We also enjoyed seeing the beautiful new branding of GF Smith again, who attended the event with a stall showing their extensive collection of paper stocks!


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Thursday, May 23, 2013
On Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 7:00 pm, there is a free concert by the Makini Schools Children's Choir from Nairobi, Kenya. Singing with them will be members of their hosting group, the Bellevue Girlchoir, directed by Darcy Morrissey. Together they will sing songs from around the world at Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore, Washington, in this non-ticketed event appropriate for all ages.


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Members of the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi baseball team took time out of their day on Thursday to help out at Gloria Hicks Elementary School in Corpus Christi as part of the ongoing community service Islanders Athletics does to help give back to the surrounding area.
Head Coach Scott Malone, along with players Bobby Buckner, Drew Vest, Marc Damon, Dan Sciantarelli and Daniel Minor took time out of their morning to help beautify the campus of Gloria Hicks Elementary.
"I think it's great to get our guys out just to see them in the community," said Malone. "Sometimes we feel like what we're doing is the end of the world; whether you get a base hit, throw a strike or win a baseball game. It's good to get back out into the community, especially at an elementary school and see all these kids at a young age that are coming in and just getting the basics down every day.
"It's nice to come out and feel like you're helping out a little bit."
The group of Islanders spent over an hour pulling weeds and helping rehabilitate flower beds on the local campus to help prepare the area for a garden that the students will plant and help maintain throughout the year.
"To get our kids out here and be a part of that, I think it's good," Malone added. "It just reminds our kids that there is a lot going on in our community and it provides awareness. It gets people talking about us; whether it is Islanders Athletics, Islanders Baseball or Texas A&M – Corpus Christi, just reminding people in and around our city that we have good guys.
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Eight Bethany College students have been selected to perform in the Messiah Festival of the Arts Honors Recital at 2:30 p.m. on March 28 in Presser Hall.
The recital is free and open to the public. It will feature vocalists Nichol DeChant, Leavenworth; Caitlin O'Connor, Arvada, Colo.; Laura Klaassen, Marquette; Julee Freeman, Thornton, Colo.; Ashley Glover, Emporia; and Alyson Krohn, Belleville; Kaleb Feist, Salina, playing the tuba; and Nickolas Carlson, Lindsborg, playing the organ.
For the full listing of Festival events, visit www.messiahfestival.org.
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Britney Spears is dating a normal guy.
Right ... so far.
TMZ said the mystery man who took Spears out for a Valentine's Day dinner and played golf with her over the weekend is named "David." He works for a law firm, but is not a lawyer. He does "field research." And he's definitely not wealthy.
OK. So ... now what?
David -- whose last name we don't know -- is 27 and from Atlanta, without significant roots in California, said TMZ.
All right. This is now really starting to sound weird.
He supposedly met Spears through friends. TMZ has pictures of the two playing golf at the Sherwood Country Club, where Spears lives. Apparently David really likes golf and is teaching Spears, who is thinking about becoming a member of the club.
OK, now I'm starting to get a little freaked out.
Apparently the Valentine's Day dinner was sushi and happened in under 30 minutes. The bill was $60. David tipped $13.
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Just read we've been looking at this guy. Brazilian who plays fro Italy and a creative midfielder.
What do people know?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Per Sky Sports Italia, LFC have made (or about to) a bid of 7M pounds. I don't know a whole lot other than he resembles more of a scoring #10. I read that in March, AC MIlan thought they had agreed a deal for around 4-5M, and now Inter are looking. I don't know if 7M is a good deal, or if he's viewed as the Mkhitarayan alternative, which doesn't seem right considering stats/stature & w/ Eriksen available still!
I don't trust Italian news that strongly, would prefer to see it in Spanish at some point..
arnoldlayne arnoldlayne Jun 29, 2013 15:22 Flag
Maybe we don't need another midfielder, after all, Yahoo have our midfielders as follows...
Joe Allen (WAL) 14 Mar 1990
Iago Aspas (ESP) 1 Aug 1987
Conor Coady (ENG) 25 Feb 1993
Stewart Downing (ENG) 22 Jul 1984
Steven Gerrard (ENG) 30 May 1980
Jordan Henderson (ENG) 17 Jun 1990
Lucas Leiva (BRA) 9 Jan 1987
Mike Marsh (ENG) 21 Jul 1969
Colin Pascoe (WAL) 9 Apr 1965
Philippe Coutinho (BRA) 12 Jun 1992
Jonjo Shelvey (ENG) 27 Feb 1992
Raheem Sterling (ENG) 8 Dec 1994
Suso (ESP) 19 Nov 1993
Maybe Carra should carry on for at least another 5/6 years!
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jun 29, 2013 21:38 Flag
I can only assume then that we're gonna have a different formation this coming season and play 3-5-2.. why else buy in so many midfielders? Allen could be next to go maybe?
Anybody who tells you anything has just had a quick google search, youtube and wiki round up! He looks another talented player just like Alberto.....and Coutinho......and Suso.....I'm not sure there could be too much truth in it, it seems almost ludicrous the amount of attackers we are bringing in, it seems very likely that Mkhitaryan and Atsu will be coming so I cant see another one joining that list.
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LFC_Armchair_Supporter LFC_Armchair_Supporter Jun 29, 2013 21:40 Flag
Well you can't say we lack depth now can you? Aside from defence.. we need another defender..
does seem a bit mad doesn't it, especially when we know (or we think) there's resources needed at the back.
However, I'm wondering if there's something going on with Suso you know. It seems there's a few of the "Rafa youngsters" that have fallen by the wayside recently mixed with some rumours of attitude issues.
Perhaps this signals the end for a few more than we think. Sterling for sure, Suso perhaps, Shelvey too maybe.


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A trip to Jamaica has become the center of a lawsuit involving Richmond County School Superintendent Dr. Charles Larke and a Richmond County teacher.
T.W. Josey High School teacher Lori Myles has filed a federal lawsuit against Dr. Larke, alleging the superintendent made sexual advances towards her, and did not consider her for other promotions because she refused those advances.
Wednesday, the board spoke out, saying those allegations have no merit.
A 2001 Richmond County School business trip took place in Jamaica.
According to richmond County Board of Education spokesperson Mechelle Jordan, the idea, organized by former representative George Brown, was to bring schools in Atlanta and Augusta into a sister partnership with a school in Jamaica.
Whatever happened in Jamaica is now the center of a federal lawsuit.
"I was clearly aware from several different sources that this lawsuit was coming, and so it was not a surprise to me," says school board member A.K. Hasan. He was not on the board then, but says lawsuits against the superintendent are adding up.
"Based on the information that I have regarding lawsuits and the potential lawsuits to be filed, I thought before it's all over with we would be spending about $2 million."
On Tuesday, May 16, T.W. Josey teacher Lori Myles filed the lawsuit in federal court against Dr. Charles Larke.
In 2001, Myles and another teacher were picked to go on the Jamaica trip by then Josey principal Horace Lamback. Along with the two teachers, Superintendent Dr. Charles Larke and the director of curriculum from the central office went on the trip.
Myles alleges that Dr. Larke made advances of a sexual and intimate nature toward her in Jamaica.
"We don't automatically assume that the superintendent is guilty," Hasan says. "We have to investigate."
According to school board spokesperson Mechelle Jordan, "The allegations have no merit. The board promotion policy procedures were followed. Each candidate is to go before a screening panel. The screening panel has to recommend a person to the superintendent, who then recommends that person to the board for promotion."
Mrs. Jordan says a screening panel never recommended Myles to Larke for promotion during his tenure.
"We have to look at each independently, judge the validity and respond accordingly," Hasan says.
Richmond County school spokesperson Mechelle Jordan says that taxpayers did not pay for the business trip in 2001 to Jamaica; a company that sponsored the trip paid all expenses.