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State Superintendent June Atkinson was joined by Lt. Governor Walter Dalton and State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison in recognizing 10 North Carolina school districts and 32 high schools for having the highest four- year cohort graduation rates in the state in the 2010-11 school year. This is the fourth year that Atkinson has held the special awards ceremony to highlight the importance of high school graduation for all students and to congratulate districts and schools with high rates.
"A high school diploma is essential to success in life for today's public school students. Graduating all of our students career and college ready has been a priority for me since I took the oath of office," State Superintendent June Atkinson said. "I congratulate the principals, teachers and staff at these schools for ensuring that students stay on track for graduation and look forward to the day when all our high schools can boast a 100 percent graduation rate."
State Board of Education Chairman Bill Harrison also congratulated staff on their students' accomplishments saying, "The State Board of Education is committed to ensuring that students receive a rigorous and relevant education that will prepare them for success after high school. Students should have options when they graduate and a high school diploma is the ticket to making that happen."
School districts and schools were recognized in four categories, described below. In each case, the rates referenced are for the four-year cohort graduation rates. This rate refers to the percentage of students who graduate from high school in four years or less. The rates are for the students who were identified as being in the graduating class of 2011.
|Top Ten School Districts
|Graduation Rate
|Elkin City Schools
|91.7 percent
|Mooresville City Schools
|91.1 percent
|Camden County Schools
|90.7 percent
|Dare County Schools
|90.1 percent
|Union County Public Schools
|89.1 percent
|Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
|88.3 percent
|Watauga County Schools
|87.4 percent
|Polk County Schools
|87.2 percent
|Catawba County Schools
|86.2 percent
|Cherokee County Schools
|86.1 percent
|Highest Graduation Rate by Size
Number of Students in Cohort: Large = Greater than 2000; Medium = 1000-1999;
Small = less than 1000
|Union County Public Schools
|89.1 percent
|Catawba County Schools
|86.2 percent
|Elkin City Schools
|91.7 percent
|Top Two Schools by 9th Grade Cohort Size
|Hillside New Tech High School
|Durham Public Schools
|100.0 percent
|Surry Early College High School Design
|Surry County Schools
|100.0 percent
|100-199 Cohort
|Central Academy of Technology
|Union Co. Public Schools
|100.0 percent
|Highland School of Technology
|Gaston County Schools
|99.2 percent
200-299 Cohort
|Weddington High
|Union County Public Schools
|98.1 percent
|Cox Mill High School
|Cabarrus County Schools
|97.6 percent
300-399 Cohort
|Marvin Ridge High
|Union County Public Schools
|99.3 percent
|Southwest Guilford High
|Guilford County Schools
|92.7 percent
400-499 Cohort
|Northwest Guilford High
|Guilford County Schools
|94.5 percent
|Lake Norman High
|Iredell-Statesville Schools
|94.0 percent
500+ Cohort
|Green Hope High
|Wake County Schools
|95.2 percent
|Panther Creek High
|Wake County Schools
|93.4 percent
|100% Graduation Club
|Burke Middle College
|Burke County Schools
|Caldwell Career Center Middle College
|Caldwell County Schools
|Reid Ross Classical
|Cumberland County Schools
|Davidson Early College
|Davidson County Schools
|Hillside New Tech High School
|Durham Public Schools
|Edgecombe Early College High
|Edgecombe County Schools
|The Early College at Guilford
|Guilford County Schools
|Middle College at Bennett
|Guilford County Schools
|Middle College at Greensboro College
|Guilford County Schools
|Middle College at GTCC–Greensboro
|Guilford County Schools
|Middle College at GTCC-High Point
|Guilford County Schools
|Middle College at GTCC-Jamestown
|Guilford County Schools
|Penn-Griffin School for Arts
|Guilford County Schools
|Weaver Academy
|Guilford County Schools
|Lincoln Charter School
|Lincoln County
|Highlands School
|Macon County Schools
|Nantahala School
|Macon County Schools
|Cato Middle College High
|Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
|Polk County Early College
|Polk County Schools
|Rutherford Early College High
|Rutherford County Schools
|Surry Early College High School Design
|Surry County Schools
|Central Academy of Technology
|Union County Schools
|Wayne Early/Middle College High
|Wayne County School
North Carolina's statewide four-year cohort graduation rate for 2010-11 is 77.9 percent, which is up 3.7 percentage points from 2009-10. This rate has improved every year since 2006 when North Carolina reported its first measurement of a cohort graduation rate.
To view all district and high school graduation rates, please visit www.ncpublicschools.org/graduate/statistics .
About the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction:
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction provides leadership to 115 local public school districts and 160 charter schools serving over 1.5 million students in kindergarten through high school graduation. The agency is responsible for all aspects of the state's public school system and works under the direction of the North Carolina State Board of Education.
For more information:
NCDPI Communication and Information Division, 919.807.3450.


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Skip to comments.Obama's Church: Cauldron of Division (Obama was present at Wright's July 22, 2007 sermon)
Posted on 03/16/2008 9:52:01 AM PDT by rao2000
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NewsMax really needs to do a better job of fact checking their stories.
Good post devolve.
Yes, La Raza has a Miami Herald article which indicates that Obama was there:
Probably should correct the date of the article. It was written on August 9, 2007.
Thanks potlatch -
I checked out 40 & 69
Good credible info
Looks like the Secret Service agents protecting al-Baraka bin Obama have some talking to do before a Grand Jury when (not) if the next hit comes from "The Wright Stuff'
What time of day was the sermon?
SONG PARODY: Crying (Algore sings - he was peeing!!!)
I drank iced tea
all day long
But I knew somethings wrong
I was quenching my thirst but would my bladder burst
Before I could be relieved
Others made the plan
I am not your man
I had been pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall
And so FBI
I am really not your guy
I had been peeing peeing peeing pee-e-e-ing
Youve got to understand
Id have ruptured a gland
So I was peeing
I knew that they might break the law
like they did in Arkansas
Id cover my own tail I do not like jail
I do what I have to do
Others made the plan
I am not your man
Pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall
So FBI
Im really not your guy
I had been peeing
I know that Bill had said to me
We will screw the GOP
My plan is so unique but go take your leak
And do what you have to do
Others made the plan
I am not your man
Pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall pee-e-e-e-ing in the hall
So FBI
Im really not your guy
I was peeing peeing peeing pee-e-e-ing
Yes, peeeeeee-ing peeeeeee-ing
I took a pee in the hall
"then we can match it up with the hatred being spewed that day..."
And note how that Christian science Monitor called this spew 'christianity'.
The media whitewash continues.
You're dead on!
Note: Post #40, author of article
I like to go right to the source....hope this helps.
Head bare (women and military leave hats on), right hand over heart, standing at attention
Sec. 301. National anthem
(a) Designation. - The composition consisting of the words and
music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
(b) Conduct During Playing. - During a rendition of the national
anthem -
(1) when the flag is displayed -
(A) all present except those in uniform should stand at
attention facing the flag with the right hand over the heart;
(B) men not in uniform should remove their headdress with
their right hand and hold the headdress at the left shoulder,
the hand being over the heart; and
(C) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at
the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until
the last note; and
(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face
toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the
flag were displayed.
Website says Obama attended anti-white Wright sermon; campaign says no
In a posting this evening, Newsmax.com reports that its correspondent witnessed Sen. Barack Obama attending one of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's anti-white sermons on July 22 and nodding his head in agreement with the black congregation.
The report on the conservative website directly contradicts the Democratic presidential candidate's recent statements that while he denounced the pastor's controversial anti-American and anti-white rhetoric, he had never heard such declarations himself in church or in private.
Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, immediately denied the Newsmax report, saying Obama was in Miami that day. He referred to an item hastily posted on the Obama Fact Check website saying simply: "Fact: Obama did not attend services on July 22."
The lengthy Newsmax report by Ronald Kessler said its correspondent, Jim Davis, attended services on July 22, 2007, at the Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's South Side and saw Obama in attendance.
Do you have pictures of him attending the service?
What time was Wright sermon? It takes 3 hour to go from Chicago to Miami so Obama has to leave Chicago by 9:30 AM (10:30 AM Miami time) at the latest.
When a Black supremacist can become a US Senator that then captures the presidential nomination in a major US political party, the need for affirmative action has ended.
The offense is against Western/US civilization of which they are getting so many benefits when Africa is going downward.
Another interesting point for me would be the highlightning of the links between black victimization/anger activism ,islam(cf the "black muslims",leftism...It could summarize B.Hussein Obama's case
Post #43 shows the sermon at 6 p.m.
Anyway OBAMA did hear such statements when he went to that church many times!
Should be interesting to have the record of J.Wright's speech in that Church.Obama will not be able to state he never heard Wright's statements
"On this particular July Sabbath morning, only a handful of white men aside from a few members of Obama's Secret Service detail were present among a congregation of approximately 2,500 people.
Now let us assume that it was 6:00 PM Chicago time. Obama gave the speech at La Raza from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM. It is really hard to believe that he flew immediately after that and attended the sermon at 6:00 PM.
NewsMax really needs to do a better job of fact checking their stories.
If we are going to slam this fraud Obama we have to do it in a credible way or else we'll ONCE AGAIN blow an opportunity to uncover what the Dems are REALLY about .
July 23rd he participated in a debate in SC, so highly doubtful he flew back to Chicago on the 22nd.
July 23rd he participated in a debate in SC, so highly doubtful he flew back to Chicago on the 22nd.
Excellent point.
If we screw this one up then we deserve the anti American , racist president we're going to get in Obama .
If he was white his career would be LONG over already.
He is done as a candidate. The only thing I'm waiting for is Michelle to lose her temper over this. Obama gets flustered when confronted with this, she'll likely blow her stack...
You may want to read from post 251 and on to see that this story by newmax seems to be bogus.
Thank you for that (although I need to wash my eyes after visiting that site).
I will still maintain that Obama is done, he can't separate himself from Rev. Wright. And I would pay money to hear Mrs. Obama's answers to any questions on the matter.
That's been my concern as well. I have to wonder, though, if Hillary could really win Arkansas.
That this issue has been brought up now, and not earlier in the season or after the primaries, makes it wreak of Clinton.
Yes she will win Arkansas and Ohio, game is over if she is the nominee unless an huge new scandal shows up against her or Bill Clinton.
The Newsmax story is correct. Perhaps some of us have already forgotten that both Obama and Hillary Clinton have made campaign appearances in both Ohio and Texas on the same day.
It is possible to attend an early church service on Sunday morning and give a speech in Miami on Sunday afternoon, particularly when you have a private jet at your disposal and a police escort clearing your way through traffic, with sirens wailing, at both ends of your flight. I also notice that the National Council of La Raza did not say whether the senator was running late that afternoon.
Not it is very fishy and it seems that you made up stuff in your article. Also post 43 shows that the Sermon was delivered on 6:00 PM not in the morning as you claimed in your article.
Good news it not going to die!
The Obama campaign and followers where hoping for a change over the weekend but instead it grew even more.
He's done. :)
OH and I just saw on FOX&Friends that they have something(I was typing the above during it so missed exactly what) about him in fact being present at one of these hate filled sermons. Could be this...or maybe something else.
Obama is Toast.
See above. Early church service is at 7:30 AM. This fact is posted on the church website. It lasts about an hour.
I hope you have video of this, especially Obama's head-nodding.
FOX&Friends did highlight this story!
He's been linked to hearing this stuff after he denied it and its now on a national news service. The others who usually cover for him where forced to carry his preacher they wil be forced to carry this as well. Going to be all over the place by Thursday.
Thats it IMO...
The chickens have come home to roost.
Stick a fork in it the Obama its done.
Yes It is! ;)
That's the same date as the Newsmax article but it appears there were two sermons that day. The article doesn't say what time the reporter was there.
Sunday, July 22 2007 7:30 AM
Jr. Deacon Anthony Burnette, Jr.
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It was not Wright who gave the sermon at 7:30 AM. I asked on simple question: Did you see Barack Obama that day or not?
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September 27, 2003, 08:45 PM
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September 27, 2003, 08:49 PM
Oh . . . my . . . goodness . . .
Is this thing registered as a destructive device?
September 27, 2003, 08:51 PM
Fun! I need one of those.
But Doc Nickel standing downrange from that beast is not smart.
September 27, 2003, 09:31 PM
as i told the koolaid drinking Bradyite one night
"so you want to completely eliminate guns from the public?
see that lamppost over there?
Thats a gun in 1 hour"
September 27, 2003, 09:34 PM
Commercial versions of the bowling ball mortar are available from a couple of sources. Check out the ads on sturmgewehr.com. There are some available there now, I think.
They're expensive but well made.
September 27, 2003, 10:06 PM
Is this thing registered as a destructive device?
Nope. You don't even need to have/use an FFL to buy one.
Mike Irwin
September 27, 2003, 10:34 PM
Years ago a friend and I made a series of mortars that culminated with our shooting a 1 pound can of baked beans about 800 yards...
4v50 Gary
September 27, 2003, 10:59 PM
Met a park police Lt. who told me that as a youth, he was part of a "Union" mortar crew that re-enacted for the public. Instead of the two or less ounces of powder they normally used, they, while inebriated, poured in a pound. :eek: Now, we're talking about 20 pound mortar round and not a can o' baked beans. Well, the report was pleasing enough and the ball sailed into the air like it was designed to - and out of sight. Opps.
They formed a skirmish line and marched forward in the direction of the ball. About a mile later, they found it and happily enough, no car or person was beneath it. The poor sober soljers got a royal chewing out from the Park Ranger for that stunt but they knew they deserved it. :D
Anyone in San Bruno CA should swing by Tabor Engineering. Frank Tabor has one for bowling balls and while not pretty, it works. He once demolished a tree with it.
September 28, 2003, 12:33 AM
Sorta takes pin shooting to a whole new level, huh?
September 28, 2003, 03:28 AM
Be sure and read his footnote...:p
September 28, 2003, 08:16 AM
When the Doc wrote he was 'downrange' to get the next photo, I think he meant he was on the other side of the firingline. Wish he did take photos of the impacts too.
What they need to do is set up ten pins down range and shoot for a strike.
September 28, 2003, 09:39 AM
I like it!!!
Do you realize that with bore that size you could use a mop to clean it?:D
September 28, 2003, 10:27 AM
Actually, you know what I'm thinking?
"Bowling for Moore's apartment."
September 28, 2003, 11:53 AM
Actually, you know what I'm thinking?
"Bowling for Moore's apartment."
oh, the visions in my head right now....
September 28, 2003, 01:13 PM
"Bowling for Moore's apartment."
Now that would be worthy of an Oscar.
Mike Irwin
September 28, 2003, 03:32 PM
If you used duckpin balls that would be like the old cannister shot!
September 28, 2003, 04:39 PM
"Bowling for Moore's apartment."****!!!!!! ROFLMFAO!!!! I needed that.:D
50 Shooter
September 28, 2003, 10:02 PM
I'll just say that I know of at least three, they are awesome.
September 28, 2003, 10:30 PM
:what: :uhoh:
September 28, 2003, 10:43 PM
Thing I love about em is the whistle the holes create as they arc in the air....................................waaaaaay up there.
50 Shooter
September 28, 2003, 10:45 PM
As long as the balls don't hit any rocks you can recycle them. ;)
who me
September 28, 2003, 10:49 PM
Man talk about penetration. I wonder if Speer would make gold dot ball for it. :D
September 28, 2003, 11:00 PM
Put that at the top of the X-mas wish list!:D
September 28, 2003, 11:04 PM
I had a Pat McManus flashback. From memory, but it's pretty close.
Deputy: Now you boys know you shouldn't be out here smoking.
Pat: Shoot, if you'd been out here sooner you could have seen us while we were still on fire.
Deputy: Sorry about your dog.
I get a smile just thinking about that one. It's one of my favorites.
September 29, 2003, 12:37 AM
Those are the ones I've seen, rick314.
From my limited knowledge, they use a cut-off ox-acetelene tank mounted on an "X/Y"/motar mount.
Drilled to accept a standard percussion cap & use some amount of black powder as the charge. You pull a string & the cap takes the whole thing off & away - basically a percussion muzzle loader - just at a higher elevation.
Betcha Bill ll (w/4 Ls) could fill y'all in some..... he's made some things.
BBWs shoot a standard bowling ball about 500 yds+ downrange & in fairly sodt dirt, you'll have to dig to rcover the shot.
Nighttimes, they'll fill the fingerholes with a "paste" that gives quite the nice tacer effect. ;)
In any event, the spin of the ball always whistles like an SOB .... firing turns the ball into a dot in about one heartbeat.
Quite the trick.
September 29, 2003, 12:39 AM
50 Shooter, nice design and construction! Got any pics of the base?
rick314, am I seeing that right? Industrial gas cylinders? Is the tripod band bolted, or bolted/welded?
Both of you, what's your favorite load?
Gee, I love ingenuity at play...:D
50 Shooter
September 29, 2003, 01:12 AM
It's not mine but one of these days...
You can make one out of an old Oxy cylinder as long as the ID is big enough to hold a bowling ball. I can't recall the powder charge offhand, somewhere around a 1/4lb of FG or FFG black powder. Here's the scary/fun part, they pressure test them with two balls and 1lb of black powder! When my friend did his he said the balls flew about 1000 yards, took it back and fluxed it, no cracks.
The base and legs on his he made, you can find a regular mortar base but it will set up back a few bucks. If you do it yourself, go to the local scrap yard and get a piece of one inch plate about 18" in diameter. You can find legs also but like the base, they won't be cheap.
50 Shooter
September 29, 2003, 01:14 AM
One thing to add, that base bent. He has since changed it for a thick plate to withstand anything it can dish out.
September 29, 2003, 04:35 AM
This is a photo I took of one of the ones Rick314 posted...but at a different time.
firing at night with a prolonged exposure.
September 29, 2003, 09:01 AM
Nice pic Freeride
You got more of those hidden doncha?
side note; Those arn`t mine and I don`t know enough about chanrges and such to give out info.
September 29, 2003, 12:24 PM
This is just soooo cool!
Does anybody make one with a shoulder stock?
September 29, 2003, 01:36 PM
Shoulder stock???
Look at the pad and look at the earth
Think of the physics involved in moving a bowling ball up 500 feet and out 800yards
September 29, 2003, 01:41 PM
Think of the physics involved in moving a bowling ball up 500 feet and out 800yards
September 29, 2003, 04:27 PM
Does anybody make one with a shoulder stock?
Reminds me of the WWII Marine that decided to test fire the Japanese "Knee Mortar" he had liberated. He thought the name indicated the proper way to fire the mortar.
September 29, 2003, 05:09 PM
Well, that's what they make those decelerator butt pads for, and of course you'd want it ported...
Can you imagine the look on a burglars face when the lights came on and he found that thing pointed at him?
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Caesar's Bicycleby John Barnes
In an alternate Roman Empire, the ultimate battle is being waged for domination of the multiverse in the epic conclusion of the war for a million EarthsThere are a million different Earths across an infinite number of timelines--and every one of them is in peril.John Barnes's ingenious science fiction saga the Timeline Wars reaches a breathtaking climax in Caesar's Bicycle as former Pittsburgh private investigator-turned-Crux Op agent Mark Strang pursues the alien Closer enemy to a new battleground: an alternate ancient Rome of Caesar and Pompey.Strang's investigation into the disappearance of a fellow ATN operative has carried him along a new timeline to a Roman Empire at once strikingly similar and remarkably different from the one recalled in history books on his own Earth. What he discovers is a world in the process of radical transformation through the introduction of new technologies, centuries before their time, by both sides in the war for the multiverse--enemy Closers and ATN alike. And this time, Strang's mission carries a new urgency, for the timelines are becoming dangerously unstable and mysteriously starting to close. To prevent the total enslavement of every one of the million Earths, Strang himself will now have to make history. But by ensuring that an infamous assassination actually does take place, Mark Strang could be condemning himself to the most horrible death the Romans ever devised.
Candleby John Barnes
In the wake of the Meme Wars that swept the world two generations before, fifty-five-year-old Currie Curran, his wife, and almost everyone on Earth have in their minds a copy of Resuna, biological ' software that grants its users limited telepathy and enforces f a kind of universal cooperativeness within the global collective of "One True." In his younger days, Currie hunted "cowboys"--people who had unplugged from the global net in order to evade One True. Now Currie is called back from retirement and charged with the task of capturing Lobo, the last cowboy still at large. Thoroughly equipped, comprehensively connected to the global net, Currie set out to bring Lobo in. Instead, Lobo captures Currie and manages to deprogram him. Thrown back on his own natural intelligence and courage for the first time in twenty-five years, Currie finds himself in a battle of minds with his captor...with results that will change the lives of everyone on Earth.
Daybreak Zeroby John Barnes
A year has passed since the catastrophic event known as "Daybreak" began. Seven billion people have died. Washington, D.C., has been vaporized. The United States barely avoided a second civil war between two rival governments that rose from Washington's ashes. And "Daybreak" isn't over...
Daybreak Zeroby John Barnes
A year has passed since the catastrophic event known as "Daybreak" began. Seven billion people have died. Washington, D.C., has been vaporized. The United States barely avoided a second civil war between two rival governments that rose from Washington's ashes. And "Daybreak" isn't over...
Directive 51by John Barnes
Part philosophic discussion, part international terrorist faction, and part artists' movement, "Daybreak" consists of a group of diverse people with radical ideas who are united in their desire to take down modern civilization. And when they strike, the government has no choice but to implement its emergency contingency program: Directive 51.
The Duke of Uraniumby John Barnes
Fifteen hundred years in the future: after seven wars with the alien Rubahy, after settlement upon settlement and resettlement of every piece of dirt available, after every imaginable religious and political upheaval. Mars has been terraformed for a thousand years, glaciers cover Europe, central Africa is Earth's breadbasket, some space freighters have twentieth-generation crews. More people live in space than on Earth. And no one has found a way around the light-speed limit; the human race is still confined to one solar system, though now we share it with the Rubahy.Six thousand human nations, ranging from the mighty Hive to puny tribes of a few thousand. Hundreds of zybots, secret conspiracies to reshape all of human history. Thousands of sovereign economic monopolies ranging from powerful the powerful Duchy of Uranium to the tiny Barony of Paper Clips. The complex faith of the Wager, with its hundreds of variants and heresies. A world of unimaginable complexity. Into this world steps Jak Jinnaka, eighteen years old, a handsome intelligent natural athlete with secrets unknown even to himself in his past, and one thing on his mind: "Dude, where's the party?" Then thugs kidnap Jak's girlfriend, beating Jak and his friends to a pulp, Jak's kindly old uncle turns out to be a spymaster, Jak is suddenly on a secret mission -- and then the weird parts begin to happen. Looks like he found the party ....
The Duke of Uraniumby John Barnes
Jak Jinnaka plunges into a world of danger and intrigue beyond imagination as he is forced to ask: "Where's the party?"Jak Jinnaka's thirty-sixth-century teenage life has been nothing but fun--ignoring school, partying outrageously with his beautiful girlfriend, Sesh, and spending his uncle Sib's huge fortune. But while they are out for a wild night of postgraduation clubbing, Sesh is kidnapped by the dangerous, enigmatic Duke of Uranium. Bruised and battered, Jak wakes up to a whole new reality: sweet, superficial Sesh is actually Princess Shyf of Greenworld, daughter of the rulers of a powerful faraway spaceport; kind and slightly dotty old Uncle Sib is a legendary spymaster; and Jak's whole life has been preparation for the world of espionage. Now, his maiden mission is to rescue his girlfriend from one of the most powerful aristocrats in the solar system--or is it? The world Uncle Sib has plunged him into has wheels within every wheel and hidden forces in every shadow, and the only thing that is just what it seems is Jak himself: an amoral party animal looking out for number one!
Earth Made of Glassby John Barnes
At the furthest reaches of the galaxy exist the Thousand Cultures, societies scattered across 31 inhabited worlds in 25 star systems. The Inner Complex - which includes Earth - has been able to exert control over the Thousand Cultures because it contains 90 per cent of all human population and because all traffic must pass through it. But humanity is expanding and the complexes are beginning to fight over access to the frontier worlds. Giraut and Margaret are posted to the frontline - Quidde, base of Chaka Home: a culture based on a Millennialist black American sect claiming spiritual descent from Chaka Zulu's army. But they aren't the only culture on Quidde and history looks very much like repeating itself as three factions engage in a struggle that echoes the bloody twentieth century wars in Rwanda and Bosnia. Giraut and Margaret must hunt out the last vestiges of good in a corrupt world - or risk seeing humanity as we know it disappear forever.
Encounter with Tiberby John Barnes Buzz Aldrin
A father and son go searching for the stars, but much more than gravity will hold them back <P><P> Born the year of the Moon landing, Chris Terence spends his life fighting to return humanity to that pinnacle. An engineering student with dreams of spaceflight, he finds upon graduation that the United States no longer has need for astronauts. Years of bureaucratic meddling have reduced the space program to a shell of itself, and it will take the greatest scientific find in history to send humanity skyward once more. After years battling budget hawks, Chris finally gets his chance to walk on the Moon. While there, he finds evidence of an ancient alien civilization, the Tiberians, who visited Earth's satellite eight thousand years before. Understanding what happened to those long-forgotten travelers will define the lives of Chris and his son, as they fight against all odds to unlock the secrets of the universe.
Finityby John Barnes
Lyle Peripart's world is coming apart. Up until just a few days ago he was a settled professor at the University of Auckland. The descendant of American expatriates, he's proud of his ancestry and privately doesn't care for the Reichs that have dominated the world since the Axis victory over a century ago. But he's the quiet type, not looking for a fight. Then Lyle is recruited for private industry by the mysterious industrialist Geoffrey Iphwin--and that's when everything stops making sense.<P> His fiancee turns out to be a gun-toting weapons expert who saves him from assassination--and who, immediately afterwards, remembers nothing of what she did. But what she does remember is that she grew up in a world with an entirely different history, in which America surrendered to the Soviet Union in the 1970s.<P> Even stranger, several of their friends turn out to have each grown up in worlds with different histories still. Worse, they gradually realize that not one of them has ever talked to anyone inside the continental United States. In fact, just thinking about the United States is hard--as if something is trying to stop them.
In the Hall of the Martian Kingby John Barnes
A Martian monarch has taken possession of a priceless relic: the lifelog diary of the mysterious messiah who founded the Wager, the religion that forms the basis of all interstellar society. The Hive Intel conglomerate wants the lifelog and hires Jak to get it. It's a simple job, until other spies-including Ambassador Dujuv, Uncle Sib, and Jak's evil ex-girlfriend-arrive on Mars and turn the assignment into a wild ride of mind control, murder, and looming interplanetary war. For the lifelog contains a devastating secret that can overturn the status quo of whole worlds-a secret that Hive Intel will suppress at all costs. In the past, Jak has completed missions by betraying his friends. Now in order to succeed, Jak Jinnaka must betray the entire human race...
In the Hall of the Martian Kingby John Barnes
With the soul of thirty-sixth-century humanity at stake, Jak Jinnaka steps in . . . now we're really in trouble Jak Jinnaka parlayed his powerful family connections, unearned media fame, and consistent dumb luck into a cushy job as vice procurator of the Martian moon Deimos, an office he precariously maintains alongside his top-secret post as a station chief for Hive Intelligence--two soft jobs for an already rich, handsome, single young man in a fun-loving colonial outpost.Sadly, when his boss takes a well-deserved vacation, it looks like Jak may actually have to do a little work--keep local trade humming, maintain the Hive's hegemony, prevent the boss's pretty teenage niece's internship from becoming front-page celebrity gossip, and make sure his rambunctious visiting uncle Sib doesn't cause international incidents among the thousands of prickly petty kingdoms on Mars.Then, in one of the pettiest kingdoms of all, the lifelog of the man who wrote the Wager--a set of principles that guides all human life in the thirty-sixth century--is discovered, and the race is on for control of the holiest relic in a thousand years, with Jak in the lead and all of the devils and angels of his past howling at his heels.
John F. Kennedy su liderazgoby John Barnes
Los líderes empresariales de hoy tienen mucho encomún con el presidente Kennedy.Ellos enfrentan decisiones enormes en tiempos imprevisibles; sus accionestienen implicaciones que van mucho más allá de sus propias organizaciones; yson juzgados despiadada e incesantemente tanto por sus electores como por losmedios de comunicación. Los profesionales, entonces, harían bien en estudiarlas características de liderazgo que convirtieron a Kennedy en uno de los líderesmundiales más respetados, amados e influyentes de la historia moderna. John F. Kennedy su liderazgo analiza loque convirtió a Kennedy, tanto antes como durante su presidencia, en una fuerzasingular y dominante que serviría como el estándar por el cual los futuroslíderes serían juzgados.
The Last Presidentby John Barnes
An author who "excels at combining the tension of the chase with the elements of science fiction,"* John Barnes delivered a fascinating and frightening scenario about the collapse of America's political and social infrastructure following the destruction of modern technology. Now, the author of Directive 51 and Daybreak Zero continues his story of the wild postapocalyptic frontier--and humanity's last desperate attempt to re-civilize their world... For more than a year, Heather O'Grainne and her small band of heroes, operating out of Pueblo, Colorado, have struggled to pull the United States back together after it shattered under the impact of the event known as Daybreak. Now they are poised to bring the three or four biggest remaining pieces together, with a real President and Congress, under the full Constitution again. Heather is very close to fulfilling her oath, creating a safe haven for civilization to be reborn. But other forces are rising too. Some people like the new life better... In a devastated, splintered, postapocalyptic United States, with technology thrown back to biplanes, black powder, and steam trains, a tiny band of visionaries struggles to re-create Constitutional government and civilization itself, as a new dark age takes shape around them. *Rocky Mountain News
Losers in Spaceby John Barnes
It is the year 2129 . . . and fame is all that matters Susan and her friends are celebutantes. Their lives are powered by media awareness, fed by engineered meals, and underscored by cynicism. Everyone has a rating; the more viewers who ID you, the better. So Susan and her almost-boyfriend Derlock cook up a surefire plan: the nine of them will visit a Mars-bound spaceship and stow away. Their survival will be a media sensation, boosting their ratings across the globe. There's only one problem: Derlock is a sociopath. Breakneck narrative, pointed cultural commentary, warm heart, accurate science, a kickass heroine, and a ticking clock . . . who could ask for more? .
Patton's Spaceshipby John Barnes
An unstoppable conspiracy of terror and death threatens a million alternate Earths in the first book of the Timeline Wars science fiction seriesThere are a million different Earths across an infinite number of timelines--and every one of them is in peril.Mark Strang became a bodyguard and private investigator when terrorists killed his family; now he spends his days protecting Pittsburgh's helpless and abused. But while on a mission to save the life of a ten-year-old girl, Strang is inexplicably cast into an alternate reality, transported to a different time on another Earth, where America was defeated in the Second World War and now suffers under the brutal yoke of Nazi oppression. Joining up with the remnants of the Resistance in the Free Zone--and allied with such notable commanders as George Patton and John F. Kennedy--Strang is suddenly a marked man and the last hope in a desperate fight for freedom, not only on this world but on countless others. For a war unlike any other is raging across time and dimensions, threatening every possible Earth, including Strang's own. And the enemy will not rest until the entire multiverse is in chains.In his epic and action-packed science fiction saga the Timeline Wars, John Barnes takes alternate-history SF to new heights, ingeniously reinventing and reinvigorating a genre popularized by such acclaimed authors as Harry Turtledove while joining the stellar ranks of Robert Heinlein and Joe Haldeman.
A Princess of the Aerieby John Barnes
When Jak gets word that his ex-girlfriend, Princess Shyf of Greenworld, is in danger, Jak and his panth buddy Dujuv join the Royal Palace Guard and race across the solar system to save her. But they quickly discover that they're the ones who need to be rescued--from Shyf, who has decided that she likes absolute power. Original.
A Princess of the Aerieby John Barnes
Jak Jinnaka is off to save a princess yet again--except . . .Ostensibly a diplomat, really a spy in training, Jak Jinnaka has such a gift for getting into trouble that his fellow students have voted him "most likely to have a war named after him." His latest offense against cultural sensitivity would have ended his career at his junior year--except that the Academy is thoroughly corrupt, Jak has powerful and wealthy friends, and there's an easier way for the dean of students to get rid of him: Jak's ex-girlfriend, Princess Shyf of Greenworld (one of hundreds of nations in a space station the size of the moon), sends a cry for help that will conveniently take Jak one hundred eighty-five million miles out of the dean's hair. Just like that, Jak is off to save Shyf in the name of true love, the Aerie for the sake of liberty, and his own potential for a lucrative and undemanding government job. But Shyf has found a very unpleasant use for Jak, and now that she's got him, she might not let him go.
Programming in Ada 2012by John Barnes
Ada 2012 is the latest version of the international standard for the programming language Ada. It is designated ISO/IEC 8652:2012 (E) and is a new edition replacing the 2005 version. The primary goals for the new version were to further enhance its capabilities particularly in those areas where its reliability and predictability are of great value. Many important new features have been included such as those defining dynamic contracts and for handling multiprocessors and are integrated within the existing language framework in an elegant and coherent manner. The Ada 2012 Rationale describes not only the changes from Ada 2005 but also the reason for the changes. It starts with an introduction providing a general overview and this is followed by seven chapters focusing on contracts and aspects; extended expressions; structure and visibility; tasking and real time; iterators and pools; predefined library and containers. The book concludes with an epilogue largely concerned with compatibility issues.
Tales of the Madman Undergroundby John Barnes
Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker.
Tales of the Madman Undergroundby John Barnes
Wednesday, September 5, 1973: The first day of Karl Shoemaker's senior year in stifling Lightsburg, Ohio. For years, Karl's been part of what he calls "the Madman Underground" - a group of kids forced (for no apparent reason) to attend group therapy during school hours. Karl has decided that senior year is going to be different. He is going to get out of the Madman Underground for good. He is going to act - and be - Normal. But Normal, of course, is relative. Karl has five after-school jobs, one dead father, one seriously unhinged drunk mother . . . and a huge attitude. Welcome to a gritty, uncensored rollercoaster ride, narrated by the singular Karl Shoemaker. .
Washington's Dirigibleby John Barnes
The war for a million Earths spreads to an alternate eighteenth century in the second book of the epic science fiction series the Timeline WarsJohn Barnes has reinvented alternate-history science fiction in his ingenious saga of the battle to save the multiverse from enslavement by an alien enemy who can transcend time and reality. In the second volume of his remarkable trilogy, the war moves to a new battlefield: a different colonial America still happily tied to the British crown, where miraculous machines prowl the skies.There are a million different Earths across an infinite number of timelines--and every one of them is in peril.Former Pittsburgh private investigator Mark Strang is now a fully trained and blooded Crux Ops special agent, dedicated to the fight against the alien Closers who are invading every Earth in every time. Now the eternal struggle is carrying Strang to a different 1775 Boston, home of astounding technologies, where the colonists remain fiercely loyal to their king across the ocean. Something is rotten in England, though, and Strang must ally himself with the well-respected commander George Washington, the Duke of Kentucky, to derail a terrifying Closer plot and put this world's history back on its proper course. But the enemy has unleashed a secret weapon that could permanently shift the balance: an unstoppable agent of destruction . . . named Mark Strang.
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Ate breakfast at a Perkins right near the motel - Perkins. All this opportunity for adventure in all these different parts of the country, and we eat at fucking Perkins! We'll do better today, I swear it. The food was wretched, but when we came in there were two glamorous girls finsishing breakfast nearby, and just in the next room there were three tables filled with fully decked-out middle-aged-to-older female clowns. How odd. I have a photograph:
The clowns were friendly but the food really was bad, as was the food we ate for the rest of the trip to Minneapolis. Really bad! It's so hard to eat well on these road trips, even the short ones. I bought some Ritz crackers and locally-built gourmet veggie cheese spread, but even that didn't make me feel any better. A little better yes, but not as much as I'd have liked.
Minneapolis has been fully rebuilt in the past four years or so. What used to be a vacant crack-pipe-and-syringe-filled parking lot across the street from 7th Street Entry is now a many-storied hotel/resort with a Hard Rock Cafe and a Gameworks and a parking garage that we could never, ever afford to park in. And near there are tons of other high-end chain resort-type restaurants, and around the corner they've built a new fancy theater/concert-hall/resort where Henry Rollins was playing last night but I hear he drives a BMW convertible! So he's probably eating at one of these fancy restaurants! Imagine! Well we went to one of them, and thank goodness I had the wisdom to eat some salad. I felt much much better after the salad.
The block-long walk from the restaurant back to the club was so fucking cold. How do people survive it? Get very very very drunk and not notice? People do drink so much here, they "drink and drink" as Tim so eloquently put it in the song "drunk,", but here they have the reason of: it is cold enough that more than 30 minutes spent outside would cause death, but I'll be goddamned if I'm gonna wear pants with these boots! And my ass looks great in this skirt, so buy me a fucking drink and this is my favorite suede jacket and I look buff in this t-shirt etc. I myself was not drunk, and I died each time I stepped outside, but I too looked buff in my t-shirt.
Signal and Report started to play while we were all camped out in the remarkably cold basement. They're from Minneapolis, I think, and they played gothic music! We could all sing along: Modern English, The Cure, Kraftwerk, all these were brazenly lifted but made into something slightly new. Is it this new hot-but-sort-of-obscure band, the what's-their-names who supposedly sound like Joy Division but in some newish way? Have they inspired a new Legion of Fear™? I have to say it would be nice to play with more of these soft-spoken, frightened, serious bands like this one. They were funny, but I couldn't not enjoy them. None of us could! And not entirely in an ironic way.
It's been all sorts of fun touring with Dianogah. We did a shit-eating tour together years ago (did I mention this already?), but somehow things are a little bit better now - the shows are attended, generally - and it makes things more fun. Less shit-eating. And I always liked watching them, but now more so than ever. You know what else I like? Call me what you will, but I like that Sapphire gin. The 7th Street Entry lets the filth in the rock bands drink that shit! Not alot of it, but some of it. I want to buy some when I get home!
So I drank a delicious gin " tonic while watching Dianogah. They were fab, the crowd loved them. This has been a bonding experience between these two bands, I'm telling you - we've known each other for years, toured together etc., but here has been a reminder. Just two nights! Isn't that funny. So yes Dianogah played, and then we played our set. It was fun. Tim's instruments are made entirely out of metal, so they were completely out of tune all night, and it always fucks up the momentum when someone's fixing their shit mid-swing - but still it was fun. We played Shithead for the second time ever. I got to write a new song, singing that song is like a nightmarish trip back to my mid-twenties, a place I to which I do not care to return, save for the opportunity to tack another ten years onto this life. Even then, I wouldn't live that shit again. Except in song!
Another Motel 6, this one seemingly off the beaten path though it's hard to say really if that's true - I know nothing of the paths here. I wonder if we might find a non-highway breakfast place in this town? I know they're here, I just don't know where. I wonder if my apartment back in Chicago is still heated? Only two days and I'm already excited to find out.
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looks like we are heading to .37 to .38 cents a share soon. regardless of the news and pr releases, this stock seems destined to hit the upper thirty cent range this week or early next week..
it hardly matters about share price at this point. there is no growth, no investor interest. the marketing and product mix is baffling. all this effort. the average age of the car buyer for fiat in the US is approx. 52. think about it. MissCue (sic) is targeting the 52 year old audience for soda. i doubt anyone with an MBA in marketing would quite understand that effort. and maybe this is why jones is so so lost. 52. actual data. it is so frustrating. sampling programs aimed at 52 year olds to drink soda with ACTUAL SUGAR! 52 is average btw. 53 is about median. and they wonder why sales keep falling. what is the average whole foods shopper's attitude toward soda with real sugar? hmmm. tough to figure. this is amazing to watch.
maybe a deal with kia, more like the Soul would be closer to the average consumer of jones soda. I would guess the average age of Jones Soda's consumers is more like 16. To young to have a drivers license, let alone money to buy a car.


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The trailer of Diljit Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa starer Punjabi movie "Jatt and Juliet" becomes the most viewed Punjabi trailer on YouTube.
The trailer of Jatt and Juliet was uploaded on 29th of May 2012 and it has already 5,44,017 views on 12th of June. It's an achievement in itself. And of course, the reminder of growth that Punjabi Cinema is experiencing day by day.
Jatt and Juliet is getting released on 29th of June this year. This trailer and the music videos Fatto and Kudiye mind na karin that have been released so far have made Jatt and Juliet the most awaiting Punjabi movie as of now. Our best wishes are with the team of Jatt and Juliet!


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Sunday, March 26, 2006
Introverts and a Curious Guy
Time is short this week, so here's a few interesting links:
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Sunday, March 19, 2006
Offbeat Movie Corner
Since mainstream fare has been a bit anemic lately, I've been trying to find some movies off the beaten path. The results have been reasonably rewarding when I can actually find and get to these types of movies:
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Monday, March 13, 2006
Piecing Together Obscurity
A few days ago, Steven Den Beste posted an analysis of the Matrix films. He approached the films from an engineer's standpoint and attempted to provide a logical explanation (free of pseudo-philosophical meta-babble) for why the people (or AI programs) in the film acted the way they did. It's definitely an interesting read, and has gotten lots of attention lately.
In response, a screenwriter named John August posted a short rant on why the Matrix trilogy ultimately blows. At one point, he concisely describes something I've been thinking about with respect to a few other movies:
Lord knows, I'm not pining for simplicity or tidy answers. I'm happy with some ambiguity. But "incomprehensible" is not a synonym for "clever."This is the perfect description for how I feel about Syriana. The film is many things, but simplistic is not one of them. In fact, the primary observation most reviews offer is that it is mindnumbingly dense. It's got an overabundance of plot, and in order to tell the story it wants to tell it assumes the audience is familiar with a large number of concepts. To say the film is convoluted and ambiguous is an understatement. Director and writer Stephen Gaghan has said of his film that there are no easy answers, that there are no good guys and no bad guys. There aren't traditional story arcs, and the cynical connections and stories don't resolve themselves by the end of the film. It's told on an incredibly broad canvas and it's difficult to approach.
Indeed, when I came out of the theater, I couldn't help but feel a sense of absolute despair. Syriana took a lot of heat for being a "message" film. A movie where the filmmakers do nothing but preach to you for 2 hours. And to some extent, there are some messages that do get through (i.e. an indigtment of the American blah blah blah). I'm not sure if despair is what they were shooting for, but I don't think you can avoid it while watching this movie. However, after a few days of letting the film stew in my head, I realized why the despair was unwarranted.
In the Cinecast review of Syriana, the hosts mention that Gaghan is so busy telling the story that you really have trouble keeping up. They make an observation about several pieces of dialogue, especially early in the film, in which someone will say something really provocative... and then the scene ends and you're immediately wisked away to some other part of the world. It leaves you feeling disoriented and it's difficult to keep up. But the feeling fades. Regardless of what Gaghan wants you to think when you see this movie or how the world really does work (and I suppose cynicysm is warranted when it comes to such issues), that sort of filmmaking ultimately leaves me suspicious. It's "Playing obscurity for depth."
Sometimes this works. Stories can sometimes get away with tricks like this because they force you to piece the story together by yourself (and in itself, that is entertaining and fun), but in a politically charged movie like Syriana it falls flat (on the other hand, I can't imagine anyone making a movie like this that wouldn't fall flat on that level). There's a lot to like about the movie, and it does an admirable job asking uncomfortable questions and raising provocative issues. Gaghan does a good job pacing the film and weaving the various storylines together, but I think he tries to do a bit too much on too broad of a canvas (by contrast, I think Traffic, also written by Gaghan, does a much better job). While I honestly don't believe that Gaghan gets too preachy in forcing some sort of agenda on the audience, I'm not sure I agree with where this film goes either. I can see reasons for cynicism, but I don't think that warrants the despair I see in the film.
This post got a bit out of hand, didn't it? Anyway, speaking of Gaghan, there's an excellent audio inteview up at Creative Screenwriting Magazine (warning: very large audio file) in which Gaghan describes his early career and his process for researching and writing Syriana. It's a great interview and Gaghan is very forthright about where he's coming from and what he's trying to do. Highly recommended if you're interested. Definitely an interesting fellow. (On an almost completely unrelated note, an inteview of Eli Roth, writer/director of Hostel, is also available on the Creative Screenwriting podcast)
Posted by Mark on March 13, 2006 at 10:17 PM .: Comments (0) | link :.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
GalCiv II: Kaedrinian Victory
This is a continuation of a Galactic Civilizations II game example I started a few weeks ago. In the Rise of the Kaedrinians, I recounted the birth of the Kaedrinian empire as well as its first major conflict with the adorable but deadly Snathi. With the conquest of the high quality Snathi homeworld, my empire was doing reasonably well and had secured reasonable long term prospects for success.
However, it would not be long before the Kaedrinian empire had another challenger. The Kaedrinians had neutral or close relationships with almost every other civilization. However, The Drengin Empire, perhaps jealous over our conquest of Snathi, were not too happy with the Kaedrinians. They had not declared war just yet, but I could see the writing on the wall... And to make matters worse, the Drengins discovered some precursor machines on the Drengin Homeworld that doubled their planetary quality. This would be problematic. Their military abilities were further developed and this added capacity (once fully utilized) would give them a higher industrial base (one that I probably could not match).
At war with the Drengin Empire
It did not take long for tensions to escalate into full-scale war. The Drengin ships seem to exclusively use missile-type weapons, which meant that my current generation battleship, the Space Lion, would be outmatched (it only featured a small shielding mechanism not meant to defend against missiles). Thus work began on a new prototype:
The Hunter Class Battle Cruiser
Offensively, this isn't much different than the Space Lion, but it has a drastically improved defensive system which should be able to stop anything the Drengins throw at me. Indeed, the Hunter class ships live up to their name, annihilating the entire Drengin fleet in two weeks of battle, taking only negligible damage. A few weeks later, and the ground invasions begin, making quick work of the Drengin empire. Two new planets are mine, including the Drengin homeworld, which rates a 20 in planet quality (this is the highest in the known galaxy, significantly higher than even the Snathi homeworld).
A fleet of Hunter class starships in orbit around the newly acquired Drengi
At this point, I control a significant portion of the galaxy, and my influence is on the rise. It looks like I could pull off an influence-based victory if I start building and upgrading starbases in key positions. As I make preparations, two events occur that would force another change in strategy. First, it appears that the United Planets (like the UN, but with galactic civilizations instead of countries) had built a prison facility on an Altarian planet. This gave the Altarians a boost in production capabilities, as they could use the prisoners as a cheap source of labor. However, as you might expect from a United Planets type organization, the plan has backfired and the prisoners have escaped, hijacking several ships. I'll need to keep an eye out for these new pirates, who are sure to be intercepting trade routes and generally causing mischief.
The prisoners have escaped!
On its own, this would not prompt much in the way of action from me, but a few weeks later, another unexpected event rocks the galaxy:
The Altarians declare war on the Kaedrinians!
The assassination of their leader has set off another war, one which I'm not especially prepared for. Unlike the Drengin, the Altarians have spread their research into a diverse set of weaponry. They have ships utilzing beam weapons, missiles, and mass drivers. What's more, they've also developed certain defenses and fortified their territory with military starbases, giving their ships a significant boost in capabilities. This war was going to get ugly. The Hunter class battle cruisers that had served me so well in the Drengin campaigns would crumble under the diverse weaponry of the Altarians. It was time to develop the next generation warship:
The Wildcat Class Battle Cruiser
Again, this ship's weaponry has not changed much (it's smaller, but of the same power and type), but it will still pack a solid punch against the Altarian ships. What's important about the Wildcat is that it can defend against any weapons thrown at it. It doesn't handle any attacks as well as the Hunter handled missiles, but it still has quality defenses. Also, since I had spent some time early on in the game developing a large economic base, I was able to purchase several Wildcats at once and deploy them against the Altarians. However, during the design and construction of the Wildcat fleet, several hunter class ships had fallen against the Altarian onslaught. The Altarians even attempted a ground invasion of Drengi, which, thankfully, was repelled decisively. Once the Wildcat arrived on the scene, things turned around in fairly short order. The Wildcats were first used to take out the Altarians' military starbases, thus removing their most important advantage. After that, things went much better:
Kaedrinian Task Force Alpha takes on some Altarians
Without their starbase bonuses, the Altarian ships are no match for the Wildcat. In their first engagement with Altarian forces, the Wildcat performed superbly, destroying two Altarian capital ships while taking only minimal losses.
After decimating the rest of their fleet with my Wildcats, the Altarians begin to have second thoughts...
Altarians offer peace...
My planetary invasion fleet was already on its way, so my answer here was pretty much irrelevant. However, my fleet was intercepted by pirates (remember those escaped prisoners?) and destroyed! It turns out that the pirate ships have very heavy missile defenses, which means my missile weaponry was ineffective. Therefore, even though I had a Wildcat escort, the entire fleet was destroyed (the Wildcats have diverse defenses, but not as extensive as the pirates' so the battle took quite a while, but eventually the Wildcat succumbed to the relentless pirates), including my invasion force of two billion troops! Ouch! And what's this? It seems that the Yor Collective have seized on the Altarians' temporary weakness and sent an invasion fleet of their own. Crap! The Yor have stolen two Altarian planets. The Altarians, sensing the writing on the wall, surrender their remaining planets to the Torians. Damn, all that work and I didn't even gain a single planet!
On the other hand, my civilization was finally at peace with all of the remaining civilizations, and my influence had spread far. Checking my stats, I saw that I was quite close to an influence victory. All I needed to do was build a few new influence starbases and enhance them with some cultural improvements. In relatively short order, the soft power of Kaedrinian culture had infected the rest of the galaxy, flooding the markets with Kaedrinian products like the ikorx:
Say hello to ikorx
Victory! The Kaedrinians have conquered the galaxy not with weapons, but with ideas. All praise tallman!
A very satisfying game! For those interested, loyal Kaedrin readers who've been persuaded to purchase the game (I wonder why?) have posted their experiences on the Kaedrin forum. Read all about the Samaelian empire (with their leader, Skeletor). Also, the game seems to be doing incredibly well:
The second manufacturing run of Galactic Civilizations II has sold out. We've now shipped more units of GalCiv II in the first 10 days than the total retail sales of the first GalCiv in its entire history.If my experiences so far are any indication, GalCiv II deserves every last penny.
Posted by Mark on March 12, 2006 at 04:02 PM .: Comments (0) | link :.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Oscar Liveblogging
This has become something of a tradition here, so I figured I might as well continue the trend and blog the Oscars live tonight (if you're interested, I liveblogged the Oscars in 2004 and 2005). Check back for frequent updates, and feel free to hang around and leave comments to play along...
To start things off, here are my picks for the major awards:
Update 8:58 pm: Will Ferrell and Steve Carell are brilliant as usual with their makeup bit.
Update 9:03 pm: Morgan Freeman is drunk! (Yes, I know he probably isn't, but it's more fun to speculate)
Update 9:08 pm: Damn you Rachel Weisz! Now that she's one, it seems blindingly obvious that she would...
Update 9:12 pm: Lauren Bacall is also drunk! Noir films am good.
Update 9:17 pm: Political ads for best actress nominees are classic. "Hagging it up" hehe.
Update 9:23 pm: "Thank you in penguin?" You're a tool, in English.
Update 9:25 pm: One of the big reasons people are favoring Brokeback Mountain for Best Picture is that people think that the academy, which is predominantly liberal, will want to stick it to those who are afraid of men loving men. But then I realized that a large number of films this year have similar stick-it-to-the-man qualities. Crash has racism, Munich has terrorism, Good Night, and Good Luck has Communists, Syriana and The Constant Gardener have evil multi-national corporations, the list goes on and on, and they're all directly applicable to our current day political situations (i.e. they're preachy). I wonder if this is related to why the 5 nominees for Best Picture have quite possibly the lowest average box-office gross ever. As John Scalzi put it:
At this moment, the three highest-grossing Best Picture nominees (Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Munich) have done less business in aggregate than the single Adam Sandler film The Longest Yard, and only barely edge out the terrible Superhero film Fantastic Four. All five combined made less than Madagascar -- or the 2000 Best Picture, Gladiator. The average domestic gross of the Best Picture films this year at the time of their nomination is $37.1 million; adjusted for inflation, I suspect strongly this is the lowest-grossing class of Best Picture nominees in the entire eight-decade history of the Academy Awards. Whichever film eventually wins is very likely to be the first Best Picture in a decade not to crack the $100 million mark -- the last Best Picture to fail that was The English Patient.As Scalzi notes, that doesn't mean the films are bad, but it does prompt some questions, especially in light of Hollywood's complaining about their declining business. Either they're using their most talented artists in films that no one wants to watch, or they're not promoting or backing their best films. It's probably a little of both, but it's still a strange situation to be in. Personally, the high-political content of the nominees this year turns me off. Even if they're excellent films (and the several that I've seen actually are), I'm so burnt out on politics that I really just don't want to put up with it. In fact, that makes the selection of Jon Stewart to host a very shrewd one. Stewart has made a career out of pulling in people who are sick of the political BS...
Update 9:36 pm: Samuel L. Jackson talks about what I was just talking about. This update is really just an excuse to mention Jackson's forthcoming masterpiece (which is sure to garner some Academy Awards next year): Snakes on a Plane (which is apparently about exactly what you'd expect it's about). Also, if it were commercially viable, I think the movie would and should have been called Snakes on a Motherfucking Plane. Alas, it appears they're having difficulty sticking to just Snakes on a Plane, but Samuel's sticking to his guns and refuses to do the project if they change the name. Way to go Sam!
Update 9:41 pm: Oh no, the president of the Academy! Run! Save yourself! He will devour us all in his black hole of a personality! Close your eyes, or your face will melt like that guy in Raiders when the open the Ark.
Update 9:44 pm: Mmmm, salsa. I mean Salma.
Update 9:57 pm: Jake Gyllenhaal's speech here would have been much more effective if there had been a creepy bunny named Frank standing behind him. Also, does it strike anyone else as odd that everyone keeps stressing how great seeing movies in the theater is? This is a whole big long discussion that is perhaps best saved for another post, but I still find it kinda strange... I guess a little subtlety is too much to ask. Hahah, "solute to montages" great line, Jon.
Update 10:01 pm: Jessica Alba looks really, really, really happy. Look at that smile! She must be drunk.
Update 10:03 pm: Is that Jack Nicholson's daughter, or his date?
Update 10:05 pm: Drunk! Streep and Tomlin. They're both drunk! Possibly high.
Update 10:06 pm: Definitely high.
Update 10:13 pm: Andrew Olmsted is also Oscarblogging. Check it out: start at Part 1 and move on from there. Presumably more on the way. He gives a much more readable recap than I. Also, no "drunk" comments. (Crap, Movable Type keeps spamming him with pings, so I'm going to remove the individual links and hope that helps...)
Update 10:28 pm: Jennifer Garner: drunk. Yes, I know, this joke has probably worn out its welcome, but I still think it's funny:P Sue me. Also, I like how even Stewart is wondering why the Triple Six Mafia are the most excited people at the event...
Update 10:33 pm: I thought Stewart's "We've run out of clips" line was clever... but there's been like 10 montages since then, including the current dead folks montage. I figure we're in for another 5-10 before the night is done.
Update 10:38 pm: Comedy is all in the timing. Will Smith's bit about saying hello would have worked so much better if he went on saying it in different languages for another minute or so. Anyway, I've wanted to see Tsotsi for a while, but it's not playing anywhere! But from what I understand, it's deserving. And I'm glad we don't have to deal with the controversy of Paradise Now. Of course, I guess it's also controversial that it didn't win. *sigh*
Update 10:41 pm: Stewart: "Martin Scorsese - 0 Oscars. Three 6 Mafia - 1" Poor Scorsese... one of these days, the Academy will come through with a sympathy award for him. In Cinecast's top 10 Oscar Blunders, they pointed out three blunders relating to Scorsese's Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas and I completely agree. There's always next year...
Update 10:45 pm: Anticipating the win, let me tell my Capote story. I saw Capote this weekend, and I'll note that I like Philip Seymour Hoffman a lot and that I've heard so much about the performance that I really didn't expect what happened. I forgot that Philip Seymour Hoffman was playing a role, and just saw Truman Capote as a character in himself. I don't even know anything about Truman Capote, I just forgot it was Philip Seymour Hoffman, and that's saying a lot. Shockingly, it's not a showy performance, despite the voice and the mannerisms. It's a truly brilliant performance, and he is fully deserving of the award. Kudos Philip!
Update 10:53 pm: The Oscars is no Superbowl, but they do seem to roll out some special commercials during this time, most notably the M. Night Shyamalan commercial, which was great...
Update 10:57 pm: Interesting that no picture seems to be running away with all the awards. I am quite surprised to see Memoirs of a Geisha winning an award, but that seems to be the trend. Will all the films nominated win some sort of award? No snubbs (of films)?
Update 11:00 pm: Look at Keira's eyes! She's drunk! Oscar goes to Reese Witherspoon. I guess all those political ads Stewart showed earlier paid off.
Update 11:01 pm: Wait, wait, wait, WAIT! June Carter was a real woman? (I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that was odd)
Update 11:09 pm: Best Adapted Screenplay goes to Brokeback Mountain. Shocking! Though I have to admit, the way the other awards were going, I thought this one might go to one of the other adapations... there were certainly... wait a sec, she is just way too pretentious with her speech. Jeeze, give it a rest. He's a little better.... anyway, there were certainly some other good choices in the category.
Update 11:13 pm: Best Original Screenplay goes to Crash. Another shocker. What's really shocking is that I'm 9 for 11 in my predictions so far.
Update 11:20 pm: Ang Lee gets the nod (apparently this is his third nomination, so there you go Ang, you've avoided the Scorsese trap). Oooo, did he just curse in another language? That would be hilarious, but it's probably something lame like "Thanks."
Update 11:23 pm: Yes, Jack Nicholson is indeed Drunk. Or high. Probably both. And the Best Picture Oscar goes to... Crash? Holy crap! Totally wasn't expecting that! I mean, yeah, a lot of critics love it, but I was expecting gay cowboys all the way...
Update 11:30 pm: I was 10 for 13 with my picks, which is around 77%. Not too shabby. Overall, it was a decent night, though I did miss the beginning, which is usually the funniest part. Stewart seemed like a great host throughout the night, but I really need to see the beginning to get a good feel. Perhaps it'll be up on Google video or YouTube or something... but for now, I'm beat. Have a great night...
Posted by Mark on March 05, 2006 at 04:04 PM .: Comments (2) | link :.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
GalCiv II: Rise of the Kaedrinians!
Galactic Civilizations II continues to occupy the majority of my free time, and I wanted to try showing a game example (similar to this one by one of the game's creators, though my example won't be as thorough). I'll be showing how I was able to secure good long term prospects at the beginning of my second game.
I played my first game as the Terran Alliance (humans), and one of the most enjoyable things I've noticed about the game is the ability to customize various aspects, such as planet names and ship designs. So this time, I decided to create a new race, the Kaedrinians (long time readers should get a kick out of that), and installed tallman as their emperor.
Update: Moved screenshots and commentary to the extended entry. Click below to see full entry...
(Click images for a larger version, usually with more information)
Welcome to planet Kaedrin!
I set up the galaxy so it was relatively small and had relatively few habitable planets. This may turn out to be my undoing. My typical strategy in these types of games is to expand quickly and get a foothold in several starsystems to start. The Kaedrin system was blessed to have two habitable planets, Kaedrin (which is my homeworld) and Vizzard II, a very low quality planet. After a cursory examination of the surrounding starsystems, I had not found any other habitable planets. As I expanded my search, I saw that most of my opponents were luckier in terms of colonization. Nevertheless, I was able to secure one planet that was relatively far away from my homeworld. However, that planet was also of a relatively low quality. Low quality planets don't support nearly as many enhancements or production capacity. These would serve me well at the beginning of the game, but would become less and less important as time went on.
Despite their cuteness factor, I could not let such nefarious beings continue to exist. Plus, their planet was of an obscenely high quality. It was a real gem. The highest quality planet I'd seen in the galaxy, and thus ideally suited for my purposes of galactic expansion. The Snathi appeared to be farther along in cultivating their planet than I, and were churning out constructors and freighters at a relatively high rate. Lucky for me, neither of those ship classes had any military capacity (no weapons or shields). However, this fortuitous state would not hold forever. I had to act fast if I was to take the planet (I also had to worry about one of the other major civilizations making a run for this ripe planet. Luckily, because they only had one planet, I didn't have to worry about the annoying surrender factor.)
In order to invade, I would need to research a few technologies and build an invasion fleet. The fleet would include a troop transport and a combat escort. The transport ship is one of the core ships and once I had researched the planetary invasion technology, building that ship would be simple. The combat escort, however, presented me with an opportunity to utilize my favorite feature of GalCiv II, the customized ship builder. After researching a number of technologies, I was finally ready to design my first warship, the Space Lion:
The Space Lion Class Battle Cruiser
Armed with Stinger II missiles and basic Shields, the Space Lion wasn't unstoppable, but she packed an impressive punch despite being constructed so early in the game. After constructing my fleet and making the long journey to the Snathi homeworld, I was ready to invade. There was just one problem. My technology is still relatively unsophisticated, so I could only transport around 1 billion troops for the invasion. And the Snathi homeworld had a population of 16 billion people! I was drastically outnumbered, so I decided to pay a little extra and use one of the specialized invasion tactics. Many of the invasion tactics result in a large advantage for the invader, but also lower planetary quality and improvements, which is antithetical to my purpose for the invasion. Thus I decided to go for Information warfare. This would cause a significant portion of the enemy troops to join my ranks, thus mitigating their numerical superiority (though I would still be outnumbered), but more importantly, it would leave the planet quality and improvements unharmed. The invasion begins:
The Snathi Invasion
Victory! The Information Warfare tactic paid off in spades, giving me an extra 2.5 billion troops. I was still outnumbered, but my advantage factor was so much higher that it did not matter. I was able dispatch the adorable but monstrous Snathi with relative ease. The planet was mine!
My New Planet
And what a planet it was. Look at all those manufacturing and technology centers. In terms of industry and research, it was significantly better than my own homeworld of Kaedrin, and I suspect it will quickly become the jewel of the Kaedrinian empire, researching, building and producing more than any other planet. Will I succeed in galactic conquest? Nothing is definite, but now that I have secured this planet, I am primed and ready to go. I'll end my account here, as time does not permit recapping the entire game, but I though this was a natural place to stop.
Update: Read more on this campaign: The continuing adventures of the Kaedrinians
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Chinese New Year in Valletta, Malta2013-02-07 1 1 Share Tweet
The Chinese Culture Centre in Malta organized a cultural morning full of traditional activities to celebrate the Year of the Snake.
The China Cultural Centre in Malta was the first of its kind in Europe. Opened in 2003 and located round the corner from the office of Malta's Prime Minister, the center is well known for organizing very interesting activities to promote Chinese Culture. Malta is home to many Chinese nationals many of whom are here to learn English, attend university or because of business links. Malta and China have a long positive history of business partnerships. One of their traditions is a small event in Valletta, Malta's capital city where Chinese performers and musicians perform for the general public as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations. This year, they presented musicians, acrobats, dancers and a magician. All in traditional Chinese style. I love the bright colors, the music, and acrobats spinning in mid-air.
We are lucky to have nice weather at the moment, no rain but sunshine, making this event a very enjoyable and relaxing way to spend a Sunday morning.
Unfortunately, I arrived late; the place was already full although I managed to sneak up in a corner under the stage. But, this meant it was not possible to move around, so all my shots were taken from the same corner.
written by alanfalzon on 2013-02-07 #malta #lifestyle #chinese-new-year #lomography #valletta #analogue-lifestyle #chinese #new-year #requested-post #chinese-new-year-celebrations


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European Banks Establish a Post-2012 Carbon Credit Fund
28 April 2008: Five European public financing institutions have established a EUR 125 million Post-2012 Carbon Credit Fund.
The European Investment Bank-EIB (EUR 50 million), Caisse des Dépôts (EUR 25 million), Instituto de Crédito Oficial-ICO (EUR 10 million), KfW Bankengruppe (EUR 25 million) and Nordic Investment Bank-NIB (EUR 15 million) have created the Fund to exclusively purchase and trade carbon credits generated in the post-Kyoto period, potentially up to 2022.
By assuming the inherent regulatory risk, the Fund seeks to give a positive signal regarding development of a post-Kyoto regime, while directly supporting environmental projects. The new fund will acquire post-2012 carbon credit streams of projects already approved, or to be approved, by the UNFCCC's Clean Development or Joint Implementation Mechanisms.
European Investment Bank press release, 28 April 2008