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Week-end Book Review/PaperTigers Book of the Month: "One Well" by Rochelle Strauss, illustrated by Rosemary Woods PLUS "Ryan and Jimmy" by Herb ShovellerSunday, January 15th, 2012
[As we move into our new theme of Water, this post reprints our review of two titles in Kids Can Press' superb CitizenKid series; One Well is also our current Book of the Month]
Rochelle Strauss, illustrated by Rosemary Woods,
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
Kids Can Press, 2007.
Ages 8-12
Herb Shoveller,
Ryan and Jimmy: And the Well in Africa That Brought Them Together
Kids Can Press 2006.
Ages 8-12
There would be no life on this planet without it: every organism on earth needs water to survive. Both One Well and Ryan and Jimmy demonstrate in different ways just how precious a resource water is and how we have a responsibility to look after it and ensure that it is kept safe and clean and indeed available.
One Well uses the symbolism of a well to represent all the water on the earth. Animals come to the well to drink; fish live in the well, we need the well for our own drinking water… but the well is now severely at risk from pollution and over-exploitation. We all have a responsibility to be "Well Aware" and to teach our children to become Well Aware also. This is a good resource to set that in motion. The enormity of the facts and figures given is by no means diminished by the symbolism here; indeed, the notion of the well allows even young children to grasp the notion of just how precious our water is and that we cannot take it for granted. Rosemary Wood's illustrations which swirl through the text intensify the image of the well but also ensure that the metaphor is not taken too literally.
Meanwhile, Ryan and Jimmy is the truly remarkable story of a six-year-old Canadian boy's determination to build a well in Africa and the series of life-altering events that followed. He was so horrified to hear at school that there were children in the world who did not have safe drinking-water, that he doggedly set about raising money to build a well in Africa. News of his determination filtered into other people's lives and the ripple effect of his actions eventually gave rise to the setting up of Ryan's Well Foundation. A class pen pal scheme brought Ryan into contact with Akana Jimmy. They then met in 2000 when Ryan and his family travelled to Uganda to see for themselves "Ryan's well" in Jimmy's village. Then in 2002, Jimmy's life was dramatically changed when rebels attacked his village and captured him to be a child soldier. Although he managed to escape, his life was now at risk. Eventually, he managed to get to Canada, where he was awarded refugee status and became a member of Ryan's family. Now, both Ryan and Jimmy are involved in the Foundation and have travelled all over the world, raising awareness about the importance of clean water. To date, 319 wells have been built in Africa, South America and India, bringing clean water to more than 450 000 people.
Full of photographs and pictures of letters and drawings, laid on a background of varying bright, earthy African colors and patterns, the book is visually exciting; the story is even more so. The writing is well paced and serves the facts up straight – if it aims to inspire, it certainly succeeds.
These two books compliment each other well (indeed One Well actually cites Ryan's Well Foundation) and are invaluable resources both for the introduction of water as a school topic and for follow-up reading at home. One Well gives the facts and figures and reasons why we should be taking care of this precious resource; Ryan and Jimmy provides the inspiration for even young children to recognise that every little bit helps and that they can make a difference.
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November 2007


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Athlete Weight: 59kg
Athlete Height: 170cm
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Jessica took up triathlon at the age of 11 because her Dad was a triathlete. At 15, she raced for Great Britain at the Junior Triathlon World Championships. In 2005, Jessica changed citizenship to French as she had lived there since finishing her degree in 1999.
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Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6AP Photo
New Yorks Carmelo Anthony walks off the court after the Indiana Pacers defeated the Knicks 106-99 in Saturdays Game 6 of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS Lance Stephenson scored nine of his playoff career-high 23 points during a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004.
The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a concussion.
Next up is a rematch with Miami, the team that eliminated Indiana last season. Game 1 will be Wednesday at Miami.
Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points and Iman Shumpert had 19 for New York.
Indiana is 6-0 at home in the playoffs, but this one sure wasnt easy.
Indiana trailed 92-90 with 5:43 left in the game. The Pacers rallied after Roy Hibbert blocked Anthonys dunk attempt and Stephenson scored on a layup that started the decisive spurt.
The big question coming into the game was whether Hill could return after missing Game 5 with a concussion. He did, and it certainly made a difference as the Pacers reverted to their brand of basketball.
They limited New York to 40 percent shooting, had a 43-36 rebounding advantage, committed 10 fewer turnovers than in Game 5 and again protected their home court.
New York played better than it had in the first five games of the series, making 13 of 30 3-pointers and fought valiantly after leading only once, 3-2, in the first half.
It just wasnt enough with Hill back in the lineup and the screaming fans urging the Pacers on.
Indiana gave the Knicks chances. The Pacers blew 10-point leads in the second and third quarters and after controlling most of the game suddenly found themselves playing catch-up in the fourth quarter when Chris Copeland made back-to-back 3-pointers to give New York an 89-86 lead with 9:01 to play. J.R. Smiths next 3 made it 92-90.
Thats when Hibbert changed the game as Anthony drove in for a 1-handed dunk attempt. Hibbert stuffed him clean, Paul George grabbed the rebound and Stephenson tied the score with a layup at the other end. Stephenson followed that with a steal and coast-to-coast layup, made two more free throws, and after David West scored on a tip-in, Stephenson scored on another layup to make it 101-95.
The Knicks never got another chance to tie the score or take the lead.
George had 23 points and West finished with 17. Hill was just 2 of 10 from the field in his return but scored 12 points, had five rebounds and four assists.
Pacers 106, Knicks 99
Shumpert 6-10 2-2 19, Anthony 15-29 8-8 39, Chandler 1-4 0-0 2, Felton 0-7 2-2 2, Prigioni 2-6 0-0 6, Smith 4-15 5-5 15, Martin 2-3 1-1 5, Kidd 0-0 0-0 0, Copeland 3-8 0-0 9, Stoudemire 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 34-85 18-18 99.
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Mark Albury: Fowl play on ThanksgivingDecember 03,2012
In my 53 years on this planet I have been called many things. A good cook does not appear on that extensive list of monikers.
My idea of preparing a fancy meal usually involves a can opener and a microwave oven. When I really feel like pushing the culinary envelope, I may boil water and reach for some Ramen noodles. This year I was faced with the prospect of having a Thanksgiving without the company of someone who actually knows how to cook. While I longed for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all of the trimmings, I was intimidated by the idea of cooking a turkey. I had seen enough activity in a kitchen during the holidays to know that preparing a turkey is substantially more complicated than popping a frozen pizza in the oven and setting a timer.
Before making the decision to come up with an alternate meal plan for the big day, I decided to ask around to see exactly what it would entail to serve a Thanksgiving turkey. I approached a woman at work who frequently speaks of her home-cooked meals.
Me: Im thinking of preparing a turkey for Thanksgiving. Is it hard to do?
Co-worker: Actually, its quite easy. You start by sticking your hand inside the turkey.
Me: Wait, inside the actual turkey?
Co-worker: Yes. In the body cavity. You reach in, feel around and remove the giblets.
Me: The what?
Co-worker: The giblets. You know the heart, neck, liver, kidneys
I think there was more, but this was all I heard before I fainted. It was looking like a store-bought turkey pot pie was going to be on the menu in the Albury house. Actually, there was a second reason I hesitated to take on this major gastronomic endeavor. In addition to being apprehensive about performing an organ removal procedure on a large North American bird, I had a bad experience as a child with undercooked turkey.
My mother subscribed to a certain houskeeping magazine that had craft ideas, health tips, and recipes. Every issue of this periodical explored some sort of culinary adventure that involved either dropping stuff into Jello, dipping it in fondue pots, or cooking in new, exotic ways. One year she read an article that suggested, for Thanksgiving, slow cooking a turkey at a low heat.
I realize low heat is a relative term. This wasnt suggesting the Susie Homemaker Oven type of cooking, using a light bulb for a heat source. But it was close.
I think it suggested cooking the turkey at some outrageous setting like 70 degrees for three days.
The turkey didnt even get a tan under these conditions. On day two, we opened the oven and the gobbler yelled, Shut the door, its freezing out there! I am convinced the person who wrote the article is serving time somewhere for death by salmonella poisoning.
Miraculously, none of us got sick from the meal; and eventually, after a decade or so, we were able to look back on the incident and laugh about it. However, I felt certain my own offspring would not be so forgiving with my serving raw poultry as a main course.
When I told a friend about my plan to have a safe rather than traditional Thanksgiving meal, he threw out another option.
Why dont you serve a turkey breast? he asked.
You mean they sell just turkey breasts? I was incredulous. My mind immediately went back and forth between the renewed possibility of having an old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner and the concept of a farm that had flat-chested turkeys along with a pond full of legless frogs.
A turkey breast sounded like the way to go, so I went out and purchased one. When I told my friend that I was going to follow his advice for the meal, I suggested that, with the need to baste regularly, this still seemed like a high maintenance food to prepare.
Dont baste it, he responded. Put a couple strips of bacon on the breast and it will self-baste as it cooks.
Wow. Magical bacon. Everyone including swine loves bacon. I know this pig adores it.
A couple of strips of bacon seemed un-American where we live by the mantra more is better. So I draped two pounds of thick-cut bacon over the breast. I couldnt even see the turkey. But I had a real good feeling about the meal. As it cooked the house smelled like heaven, and when it was done it was nothing short of amazing. As I ate I thought of all that I had to be thankful for, including friends with wonderful cooking tips. I plan to prepare a meal just like it again next year.
I think, however, next Thanksgiving I might have a little more turkey with my bacon.
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Well after seeing the counter shield again i really hope ash uses it again! but i loved this episode i missed dawns dub voice!
I'm loving all these comments about we've missed her dub voice. I remember Dawn getting a lot of hate for her voice, but seeing these comments make me really happy. She's got such a distinct voice and Emily Beaur is a very talented voice actress who deserves a lot of credit. Dawn's dub voice is very soothing for me as its a voice I heard a lot when I went through bad times and hearing it once again after so long, well.......I'm over the moon!
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The counter-shield has made a return! And Ash actually knows what it is, maybe he can start making cool strategies like this again... Anyway, Dawn was amazing. Just like I remember her from the few episodes of DP I saw. I'm really glad Quilava evolved, I just wish he got some more attention. Oshawott and Piplup are hilarious! That smile...
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Emily's a neat VA. She does a nice Shinobu from Ninja Nonsense as well.
You got that right! The Legend of Korra is returning on October 3rd! Mark your calendars!
Nothing I say is fact about the VA switch when it comes to voice acting quality. It's all completely subjective on both ends, whether one favors 4Kids or favors TPCi.
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Great episode. Very nice to see Dawn and her Pokémon again. The battle between Piplup and Pansage was nice, as well.
hearing dawan voice brought me back , missed her soo much soo glad she is back!
I loved mamoswine's reaction. He was always the best non piplup member of dawns team.
I don't understand why they couldn't keep it as Jeremy. Jervis seriously?
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Originally Posted by JanovyOriginally Posted by waterShurikenOriginally Posted by JanovyOriginally Posted by WaterShuriken
In fact when DP first started I remember everyone agreeing that both Dawn and Paul got very good voices that suited their characters. Paul especially has one of my favorite dub voices under the PUSA dub.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. Especially all the references such as Piplup's counter shield and Ash noticing that cyndaquil evolved. Also I liked how Iris told Ash to dex Piplup
P.S. Hero, before you go all DBZ on me, I was just making an observation. I'm done discussing it.
Those are people who probably haven't watched much of the show since the middle of Johto and just base everything they know from later seasons based on a few clips or random eps they saw.
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If Eddie Lacy gets too frustrated, at least he has a built-in support group at the ready.
The Green Bay Packers rookie running back knows how good he had it back when starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers was happy, healthy and under center, forcing opposing defensive coordinators to focus first on the Packers' passing game. Now, Rodgers is on the sideline, still nursing a broken left collarbone, and from his vantage point, he sees quite clearly what defenses are thinking.
"They're daring you to throw the football," Rodgers said on his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com. "They're saying, 'We're going to stop the run, and we dare you to throw the football.'"
According to ESPN Stats & Information, in the two games Rodgers has missed with the broken collarbone he suffered against Chicago Nov. 4, the Packers' two opponents – the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants – played with at least seven men in the box on 48.8 percent of the Packers' offensive snaps. In their first eight games, including the loss to the Bears in which Lacy ran for 150 yards and the Packers finished with a season-high 199 total rushing yards, opponents had seven or more defenders in the box on just 25.5 percent of their offensive snaps.
And so, after rushing 14 times for 27 yards – his lowest output of the season, excluding the Sept. 15 game against Washington, when he was knocked out with a concussion on his first carry, a 10-yard run – in last Sunday's loss to the Giants, Lacy goes into this week's game against the Minnesota Vikings expecting more of the same.
"It's real difficult to make a play work in situations like that, but my mindset is just try to get anything that's positive and just make sure I don't get tackled for like a loss of 1 or 2 because it can put the offense in an even worse situation," Lacy said at his locker Wednesday afternoon. "They're starting to bring a safety down, and it's unblocked. We don't have a person for that unblocked defender so no matter what run we play, he just shoots a gap and he's a free hitter.
"We have to game plan, try to figure out what we can do to try to figure out what we can do to be able to get a blocker on that defender."
After the crowd around Lacy's locker dispersed, retired Packers running back Ahman Green, the franchise's all-time leading rusher who still lives in the area and does part-time TV work for CBS affiliate WFRV, approached. Even with Brett Favre as his quarterback in the mid-2000s, Green saw plenty of the same defensive looks. And while coach Mike McCarthy and offensive coordinator Tom Clements can scheme until the cows come home to get Lacy an extra blocker, in many ways, it's on him to run around or through that unblocked defender.
"I just told Eddie, you've got to take it as a sign of respect. There's nothing else you can do," Green said after the locker room media access period closed. "There's eight, nine guys in the box. They're doing that to stop you. You just have to run hard, drop your shoulder. If it's one-on-one, you have to beat him.
"As a runner, it's a sign of respect – that they're going to put that many guys out there, forget about the receivers and deal with you."
While McCarthy and Clements said there are schematic things they can do – "Obviously, depending on what plays we have, we have various answers, which I'm not going to get into, that we can use to take care of that problem," a truculent Clements said on Monday – their options are limited. Green said the Packers can use fullback John Kuhn, who played 26 of the Packers' 54 offensive snaps, more, as he had with William Henderson serving as his lead blocker. But the Packers' scheme under McCarthy is vastly different than it was under Mike Sherman, so other than having the wide receivers crash down on would-be tacklers, Green said it's going to be on Lacy to make plays until replacement quarterback Scott Tolzien commands more respect.
Perhaps that will happen this week. Against the Giants, Tolzien hit on basically ever over-the-top, play-action deep shot he took – he had completions of 25, 45, 26, 25, 19, 18 and 52 yards – against almost exclusively one-high safety looks. The irony is that the Packers spent all of last season praying for such defensive schemes while teams dared the Packers to beat them with the run, and now they're getting those looks because of Rodgers' absence and Lacy's emergence. Lacy enters Sunday's game having carried 172 times for 656 yards (4.0-yard average) and five touchdowns, ranking him eighth in yards and tied for ninth in rushing TDs.
"Obviously, the Giants came up and (said) it was going to put it on (Tolzien) to make the plays, and he made the plays. So it will be interesting to see if Minnesota makes the adjustment," said Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson, who said he is "absolutely" seeing more single coverage – and was smiling as he said it. "I still believe they'll come down to stack the box and see if he can make enough of the plays. I think we can as a team, we just need to go out and do it.
"I mean, if I was a defensive coordinator, I'd be doing the same thing. You've got a young quarterback back there; you're going to make him make the plays to win the game. I think we should be able, and need to be able, to run the ball versus an eight-man front, or a seven-man front, or whatever it is. . It's going to be hard, but I think we can still do it, and I think if they do that, the play-action game will be there for us like it was last week. We just need to continue to make more plays and eliminate some more mistakes."
A few hours earlier, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who came within 9 yards last year of breaking the NFL's single-season rushing record, dialed in for his conference call with Wisconsin reporters and basically said to Lacy, Welcome to my world, kid.
Like Lacy, Peterson is dealing with less-than-stellar quarterback play from Christian Ponder, Matt Cassel and Josh Freeman, which is allowing teams to overcommit to stopping him. While that was often the case last year, too, the Vikings' offensive line and Peterson himself have been unable to overcome those stacked boxes.
"I've been dealing with it for a long time. I adjusted a little bit. But, yeah, it's always difficult when you have the extra guy in the box to stop the run," said Peterson, who had 10 100-yard rushing games last season but has just three this year, as he's rushed 194 times for 851 yards (fourth in the NFL). "Obviously there's only five guys on the offensive line, so you don't have enough heads to block those guys. You just have to be patient and continue to hit it up in there and press and hopefully you catch the defense slipping. Sometimes, those guys overpursue. Sometimes, they have misreads and you can take advantage of those opportunities.
"I would say any time you're not consistent at the quarterback position, it impacts the entire team. Not just me. But the run plays off the pass and vice versa. So when you're not really passing the ball that well, teams can focus on the run, especially when you're a run team first. So it makes it difficult when the quarterback play is not up to par."
Asked if that's what's happened to the Packers, Peterson replied, "Yeah, that's a perfect example. Lacy, he had come in and helped their running game tremendously. But it shows with Aaron Rodgers not back there how big of a difference he makes and what he means to that offense. So that situation right there is a perfect one to look at.
"It's the NFL. Defensive coordinators are going to try to attack your strength. That's what teams have been doing."
Now, it's up to the Packers to figure out a counter-move.
"We kind of know that until Aaron gets back, teams are probably going to keep playing us the same, bringing a safety down, trying to make us one-dimensional and daring us to throw the ball," guard T.J. Lang said. "We know that from here on out that's how teams are going to play us.
"That's something that a defense kind of takes a risk. If they're going to bring those guys up and give us one-on-one coverage, we've got to take advantage of it. We have to make a big play. That's something that would be a good way to counteract that. Without getting into specific detail, there's some (other) things we've looked at when we have an extra guy in there. We've got some adjustments now that we can make to try to take care of that."
But the truth is, if a defense is hell-bent on stopping the run, and Tolzien doesn't change the play to something more advantageous, there's not a ton the Packers can do to help Lacy out.
"You don't like to admit that, but at the same time, a lot of times we keep those on and ask the running back to make a guy miss," Lang said. "As a line, we have to make sure we're blocking better. Because last week, there were times when they were bringing guys down and [the Giants] had a good call, but there were other times when we should have blocked it better. It's not an excuse. You have to at least give your running back a chance for a one-on-one with the safety, and we didn't get that done.


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A foreign tourist takes a souvenir picture with an Egyptian guard during a visit to the Hatshepsut Temple, in Luxor, Egypt on Feb. 27, 2013.
Tourists have long flocked to Egypt to see the pyramids, take a trip up the majestic Nile or relax on one of its many sun-kissed beaches.
But, in a potentially damaging blow to its economy, Egypt has now been ranked below countries such as Pakistan, Yemen and Chad for "safety and security" in an influential report on tourism by the World Economic Forum.
It is perhaps little wonder that tourists are spooked — amid ongoing political unrest, Molotov cocktails, gunfire and tear gas have become almost commonplace in some areas.
Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Tahrir Square to mark the 2011 uprising that led to Egypt's change in power. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
Two years after the revolution that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, protesters still return to Cairo's Tahrir Square — where it all began — to demonstrate against the Islamist President Mohamed Morsi and lament the country's failing economy.
Earlier this month, Bedouin gunmen kidnapped a British couple who were on their way to the glittering beaches of Sharm El Sheikh. They were quickly released, but Bedouins have taken other hostages and also attacked police stations and blocked access to towns to show their discontent with what they see as their poor treatment by Cairo.
Last month, thugs attacked and entered the InterContinental hotel in Cairo, forcing it to close down while it implemented heightened security measures.
And there has been also been unrest over death sentences handed out to 21 soccer fans over a deadly riot at a stadium last year.
From terrorism to road accidents
The World Economic Forum report, The Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index 2013, ranked Egypt overall in 85th place out of the 140 countries considered by the group, down 10 from last year.
The safety and security category looked at "the costliness of common crime and violence as well as terrorism." It also considered the reliability of the police and the number of road traffic accidents.
Angry soccer fans took to the streets of Cairo Saturday, storming Egypt's soccer federation headquarters and setting it on fire. Two people were killed. NBC's Lester Holt reports.
Egypt was in 140th and last place on this list behind Yemen at 139, Chad at 138, and Pakistan at 137. The U.S. State Department has current travel warnings for the latter three countries, but not Egypt.
According to the Egypt's state information service, tourism makes up 11.3 percent of Egypt's gross domestic product.
In 2010, before the revolution, Egypt welcomed an estimated 14.7 million tourists who brought $12.5 billion in revenue. Last year, it had 11 million tourists bringing $10.5 billion in revenue.
Emile Asaad, manager of an American Express travel agency in the ancient city of Luxor, home to King Tut's tomb and the famous temples of Luxor and Karnak, said that "the important thing is that when people need to walk in the street they want to feel safe."
"We have over 400 boats on the Nile, there is still 20 to 25 percent occupancy on some of the most popular boats, but others are just sitting and not operating," he said. "We don't know how the future looks."
Adla Ragab, an economic advisor to the Egypt's Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou, said officials were taken aback by the WEF report.
"When we first saw it, we were shocked. We held a lot of workshops to discuss this issue," she said by phone.
Ragab said media reports had led people to believe that Egypt is more dangerous than it actually is. She added that during a trip to the U.S., hotel staff had insisted on escorting her to a nearby restaurant after dark, but that didn't mean she would advise people not to go to the U.S.
'It's a nice country'
A selection of foreign tourists in Egypt appeared to support Ragab's view.
"I can say to anybody, go to Egypt! It's a nice country. There [are] so many things to see. It's very good weather, it's warm in the winter and there's no problem," Dirk Posner, of Leipzig, Germany, said while visiting the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Yuan Ye, from Shandong province, China, recommended that tourists use a trusted travel agency and explore the country with a group because of difficulties with facilities and services.
"I think generally it is safe for tourists, but you should be careful, very careful from the peddlers who try to sell you something — force to sell you something," he said with a smile.
Jaffar and Francoise Bentchikou, from Paris, France, also encouraged foreigners to visit.
"We saw that the problems were limited to some places so we just try to avoid them," Jaffar said. "[Tourists] have to be conscious of the situation, but for the time being we have seen nothing against tourists especially."
"We feel very bad about the revenue lost for tourism for the Egyptians," Francoise added. "That is something that makes us very unhappy."
But travel companies said many people were staying away.
Bob Atkinson, a travel expert with the U.K.-based price-comparison website TravelSupermarket.com, said unrest in Egypt had "seriously affected the tourist trade."
"The Arab uprisings very much put the Egypt market into a tailspin," he said.
Flavia Jaber, owner of Toronto-based company Road to Travel, which includes Road to Egypt, said that "our business to Egypt is dead in the water at the moment."
"People are not going to Egypt right now, at least not from North America," she said.
"Definitely there are things going on in Egypt that are very unsavory and when you are considering going on a holiday, you want to go and relax, have a good time," she added. "You might say let's not go to Egypt this year, let's wait until things settle down."
However, there was at least one thing in Egypt's favor in the WEF report — the price. The country was ranked the fourth cheapest tourist destination in the world "with competitive hotel prices, low fuel costs and low prices more generally."
Egypt violence is rooted in the economy, not just politics
Egypt could 'collapse,' army chief warns as violence continues


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Home List of Titles Wave induced sediment mobility modelling: bedforms, sediment suspension and sediment transport
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- Title
- Wave induced sediment mobility modelling: bedforms, sediment suspension and sediment transport
- Author(s)
- Smith, Grant Alexander
- Abstract
- Dissipation due to bottom friction can be inaccurate in numerical wave modelling from the possible formations of bed-forms on the ocean floor, specifically sand ripples. An algorithm developed by Nielsen (1981) was incorporated into the SWAN wave model (Booij et al., 1999) to increase the accuracy of a model for Lake George that exhibited overestimation of the significant wave height based on observed data. Validation of the roughness coefficients estimated from the algorithm was achieved from laboratory experiments conducted by Babanin et al. (2005) that estimated the roughness coefficient associated with ripples for Lake George sediment, and the velocity where ripples began to form. The new friction subroutine generated ripples at similar orbital velocities and improved the accuracy of the wave model for the Lake George application. Following on from the ripple algorithm, the mobile sediment data was utilized within the SWAN wave model to produce an estimation of the wave driven suspended sediment at various depths based on formulae define in Soulsby and Whitehouse (1997). Comparison of the two dimensional estimation of surface concentrations by Gayer (2006) in the North Sea provided a qualitative verification. Output from the SWAN wave model over an identical spatial domain for the North Sea enabled direct qualitative comparison between the two models, showing similar magnitudes of suspended sediment concentration and patterns along the coastline. The SWAN wave model was coupled with the NLINE sediment transport model (Dabees, 2000) along with the new ripple subroutine and suspended sediment capability, embedded within a graphical user interface. Bathymetry for the SWAN model could be selected graphically, and was extracted from the GEMS bathymetry database. Conversion between the SWAN digital elevation model and the NLINE contour model was achieved by instating and adapting a contouring algorithm developed by Bourke (1987). Contour depths and coastal structures can be defined by the user within the GUI, and modelling output in the form of sediment transport driven contour changes can be viewed in the form of an animation.
- Publication type
- Thesis (PhD)
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Publication year
- 2012
- Keyword(s)
- Ripples; Sediment; Wave models; Waves
- Coverage
- Australasian Digital Theses collection
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2012 Grant Alexander Smith.
- Thesis Supervisor
- [Alexander Babanin]
- Thesis Note
- [Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology, 2012.]
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Bluefield State College Accounting Club students and BSC accounting faculty members will offer free tax assistance to area residents through the VITA program sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service. Free tax assistance will be offered on the following schedule: each Wednesday, now through April 9, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. (except March 19) in Mahood Hall, room 118, on the BSC campus. Assistance will be provided on three Saturdays (February 8, March 8, and April 12), 1 p.m.-4 p.m. in the Craft Memorial Library, Bluefield.
According to William Goodman, BSC associate professor of accounting, "Volunteers alert taxpayers to special credits and deductions with items such as credit for the elderly and sale of residence."
"Taxpayers seeking assistance should bring this year's tax package, usually received through the mail, wage and earning statements (Forms W-2) received from employers, interest statements from banks (Forms 1099), a copy of last year's federal and state tax return, if available, 1994 tax return, if available, and any other relevant information concerning income and expenses," added William Bradberry, BSC assistant professor of accounting.
In 1996, BSC volunteers contributed more than 300 hours' service, assisting area residents in completing income tax returns. Bradberry and Goodman are coordinating Bluefield State's participation in this year's VITA program.
"Our students enjoy the satisfaction of helping other people, and many people find this service very meaningful because it helps them to complete their tax returns in a way that's comfortable for them," Goodman concluded.
Additional information may be obtained by calling Professor William Goodman, Bluefield State College, @ (304) 327-4107.


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A Weak Week On The Road
The PawSox 7-game road trip wasn't a total disaster.
I got to see my dad in Buffalo.
I enjoyed an epic feast at Daddio's Pizza with Hyder, his daughter Carly, and the PawSox Director of Security Rick Medeiros.
And . . . that's about it.
It was a rough trip for the team as the PawSox went 1-6 and got outscored 27-8.
That's not a misprint; the team scored a total of 8 runs on a 7-game trip.
Pawtucket got shutout in the last two games and has been blanked in 15 games this season (10 times in the last 56 games).
As a result, the PawSox are 10-games under .500 for the first time this year at 48-58, and a season-worst 12 games out of first place.
So why is manager Ron Johnson feeling optimistic these days? Because on paper, the lineup is starting to look pretty formidable.
Jeff Bailey is expected to be in the lineup on Monday night at McCoy Stadium as he begins a rehab stint with the PawSox. Bailey has been out of action since suffering a high ankle sprain on the 4th of July.
(photo courtesy of Kelly O'Connor)
When Bailey was called-up by Boston on June 30th, the PawSox were 6 games over .500 and 3 games out of first place.
"He brings a veteran presence to the ballclub and it's a positive, business-like approach that I think the club has missed," RJ told me. "At the same time, I love when he's in the big leagues, but I'm just happy that he's playing again."
The PawSox have averaged fewer than 3 runs a game while losing 23 of their last 29 games, but RJ expects the scoreboard to start lighting up soon.
"With the acquisition of Brian Anderson to go with Chris Duncan, Chris Carter, and now Bailey, you might be looking at me strange, but I really think this last month at McCoy we could do some fun stuff," Johnson said.
Monday night would be a great time to start.
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The PawSox have tinkered with the rotation, as Charlie Zink has been penciled in to start Tuesday afternoon's game against Scranton/WB. If Michael Bowden, Billy Traber, and Kris Johnson follow in the first three games of the Norfolk series, that would put Junichi Tazawa in line to start the "Futures at Fenway" game next Saturday afternoon.
If that happens, I suspect it would not be a coincidence.
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The PawSox open a 6-game homestand on Monday night against Scranton/WB with Enrique Gonzalez on the mound. I hope you'll join us for the radio call beginning with the pre-game show at 6:50 on the PawSox radio network and PawSox.com.
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What a tough, tough season the PawSox are having. But hey – you got to see your dad!
What on earth makes you think Chris Duncan is going to offer any help whatsoever to the lineup?! My goodness, haven't you seen how badly he's been hitting this year? Not to mention 2007 and 2008. The kid has flashes of ability but has proven he can't sustain it over the long haul. Look at his minor league numbers from before he was put on the Cardinals 25-man. Look at his numbers when he was with the Cardinals. Never a full season. When he was good he was very good, but when he was bad–which happened FAR more often–he was godawful. His relationship with Tony LaRussa was the only reason he was kept on the Cardinals roster for so long.


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Where We're Coming From
Jeff's weekend visit to our nation's capitol got off to a wild start at
Nationals' Park as every run scored via home run. And if that wasn't
enough, Jeff's not-so-secret man-crush, Albert Pujols, came up a triple
short of hitting for the cycle. But despite all that, there was really only one truly revelatory event during the game.
See, there's a moment in a baseball game when your clean-up hitter steps to the plate and a song fills the park as it blasts out of the speakers. At this moment the opposing team feels a little shiver of fear and the crowd leans forward in anticipation. Unless you step up to Phil Collins belting out "I can feel it coming in the air tonight." At that point it's fair to say that fear is probably not what your opponent is feeling.
Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Dunn and your 2009 Washington Nationals!
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Reminds me of that commercial where Lebron is singing "Time After Time" to get pumped up for the game. Hilarious.
Hey! I like Phil Collins and "In the Air Tonight". But then, considering the fact that I was also a Barry Manilow fan in my youth, I guess that's pretty much proof of my less-than-cool taste in music! I hope you're enjoying your visit to DC.
Bet Dunn is wondering what he did wrong in a previous life to have landed with the Nats….ha!
Phil Collins for Adam Dunn? Who the hell chose that?
Well, I hope you guys are having fun!


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January 10, 1995: Darth Vader take heart. Astronomers have discovered a powerful ultraviolet laser beam, several times brighter than our Sun, shooting toward Earth from a super-hot "death star."
The observations, made with the Hubble telescope, have identified a gas cloud that acts as a natural ultraviolet laser near the huge, unstable star called Eta Carinae ? one of the most massive and energetic stars in our Milky Way Galaxy. The interstellar laser may result from Eta Carinae's violently chaotic eruptions, in which it blasts parts of itself out into space, like an interstellar geyser. This illustration depicts a gas cloud [left], which acts as a natural ultraviolet laser near Eta Carinae [right].See the rest:


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Zippy not leaving JGR.
With 3 more years left on his contract with JGR maybe they could get rid of Joey and bring trevor Baine in and give him to Zippy, I think as talented as that kid is Zippy could make an awesome driver out of him.
I would rather be hated for who Iam the Loved for What Iam not


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New England Revolution
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Tom Soehn is in his first season as the top assistant coach for the New England Revolution, joining Jay Heaps' staff in January 2014. Soehn has had a long association with Major League Soccer, first as a player, then assistant coach, then head coach and most recently as a team executive. He began his professional playing career in 1988.
Soehn has 10 years of MLS coaching experience as both a head coach and assistant, including three seasons in Chicago and six seasons at D.C. United.
Soehn began his coaching career as assistant coach with his hometown club, the Chicago Fire, where he was Bob Bradley's first assistant in 2001 and 2002, and then served in the same capacity for Dave Sarachan in 2003. In 2004, Soehn moved to D.C., where he served as Peter Nowak's first assistant, helping the club win MLS Cup 2004 and the 2006 Supporters Shield. After three seasons, Soehn was promoted to head coach in December 2006, and led D.C. to a second-straight Supporters Shield in 2007. In 2008, he guided D.C. to the U.S. Open Cup championship, and on to the group stage of the 2008-09 and 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League tournaments.
In January 2010, Soehn was appointed as Vancouver Whitecaps FC's first director of soccer operations, where he developed and managed the club's roster, as well as the team's player scouting, identification and recruitment system as the club prepared to enter MLS in 2011. Soehn returned to the bench in late May 2011, and coached the team for the remainder of the club's inaugural season after head coach Teitur Thordarson was released. In 2012, he returned to the front office as director of soccer operations, where he remained for the duration of the season, helping craft the Whitecaps team that qualified for the 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs – the first-ever Canadian team to reach the postseason.
Soehn's time in professional soccer also included a 13-year (1988- 2000) playing career as a defender/midfielder in both indoor and outdoor professional leagues, including four seasons in MLS with the Dallas Burn (now known as FC Dallas) and Chicago Fire. After being selected in the second round (13th overall) of the MLS Inaugural Player Draft in February 1996, Soehn missed the league's inaugural season because of injury before returning to action the next year, when Dallas won the 1997 U.S. Open Cup title.
In 1998, Soehn returned to his hometown to join expansion club Chicago following a midseason trade from Dallas. He was a key member of the Fire team that won both the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup titles that year. That was followed by another Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title with Chicago in 2000.
Soehn's playing career began in 1988 when he played both outdoor and indoor soccer. Before MLS, his playing career included time in the Major Indoor Soccer League (Wichita Wings – 1988-1992), Canadian Soccer League (Ottawa Intrepid – 1989, Hamilton Steelers – 1990), American Professional Soccer League (Colorado Foxes – 1992-94), National Professional Soccer League (Denver Thunder – 1992-93) and Continental Indoor Soccer League (Las Vegas Dustdevils – 1995). During his time with Colorado, Soehn helped the Foxes win two APSL championship titles (1992, 1993).
Soehn played collegiately at Western Illinois University from 1984 to 1987, scoring 51 points (19 goals, 18 assists). He remains in the school's career top 20 scoring list, and was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame in 2003.
Soehn and his wife Jean have four children: T.J., Payton, Sydney and Addison.


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Clean up SF/SG at 5'11. Role player.
I do the dirty work, set screens, cut screens on D. Just aggressive play that helps open the floor for my teammates.
I don't have the prettiest form, but I can pretty much knock down any midrange jumpshot off a PnR. My 3 pt range is horrible though. LOL
I don't play up tempo basketball. Half court sets.
Havent played a pick up game in like 4 years. Now Im dying to play... Thanks.
About to hit the court with these teens looking like an old washed up has been. Hahaha.... Where's my knee pads?


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Home List of Titles Hubble Space Telescope Medium Deep Survey with the wide-field and planetary camera 1: methodology and results on the field near 3c-273
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/43384
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- Hubble Space Telescope Medium Deep Survey with the wide-field and planetary camera 1: methodology and results on the field near 3c-273
- Author(s)
- Griffiths, Richard; Ratnatunga, Kavan U.; Neuschaefer, Lyman W.; Casertano, Stefano; Im, Myungshin; Wyckoff, Eric W.; Ellis, Richard S.; Gilmore, Gerard F.; Elson, R. A. W.; Glazebrook, Karl; Schade, David J.; Windhorst, Rogier A.; Schmidtke, Paul C.; Gordon, J. M.; Pascarelle, Sebastian M.; Illingworth, Garth D.; Koo, David C.; Bershady, Matthew A.; Forbes, Duncan A.; Phillips, Andrew C.; Green, Richard F.; Sarajedini, Vicki L.; Huchra, John P.; Tyson, Anthony J.
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- We present results from the Medium Deep Survey (MDS), a Key Project using the Hubble Space Telescope. Wide Field Camera images of random fields have been taken in "parallel mode" with an effective resolution of 0″.2 FWHM in the V(F555W) and /(F785LP) filters. The exposures presented here were targeted on a field 6′ away from 3C 273, and resulted in ∼5 hr integration time in each filter. Detailed morphological structure is seen in galaxy images with total integrated magnitudes down to V ≃ 22.5 and I ∼ 21.5. Parameters are estimated that best fit the observed galaxy images, and 143 objects are identified (including 23 stars) in the field to a fainter limiting magnitude of I % 23.5. We outline the extragalactic goals of the HST Medium Deep Survey, summarize our basic data reduction procedures, and present number (magnitude) counts, a color-magnitude diagram for the field, surface brightness profiles for the brighter galaxies, and best-fit half-light radii for the fainter galaxies as a function of apparent magnitude. A median galaxy half-light radius of 0″.4 is measured, and the distribution of galaxy sizes versus magnitude is presented. We observe an apparent deficit of galaxies with half-light radii between ∼0″.6 and 1″.5, with respect to standard no-evolution or mild evolution cosmological models. An apparent excess of compact objects (half-light radii ∼0″.1) is also observed with respect to those models. Finally, we find a small excess in the number of faint galaxy pairs and groups with respect to a random low-redshift field sample.
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- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 437, no. 1 (Dec 1994), pp. 67-82
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- 1994
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- Cosmology; Counts; Deconvolution; Evolution; Faint galaxies; Fundamental parameters; Galaxies; Images; Observations; Photometry; Radio galaxy; Redshift galaxies; Samples; Spectroscopic survey; Surveys
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First, let us confront one of the great truths of cinema that people don't typically like to talk about: the way you see a film has a significant influence on its effect. I don't just mean "big room in the dark" vs. "on TV"; print quality, the seat you're in, the speakers used for the audio, the number of people you're watching with, what you ate beforehand, so on and so forth, these have an important and undeniable affect on the movie, and this is why film-viewing is ultimately such a subjective experience. Being that film is art, it must be subjective, so this is of course a good thing.
I bring this up because of the particular situation in which I saw James Scurlock's 2006 documentary Maxed Out: in a not-so-large screening room, projected from a 4:3 DVD that was just a touch too bright, so that the letterboxed bars at the top and bottom of the image were very clearly charcoal grey compared to the black on either side, and whose 720 x 480 pixel resolution was not quite up to the task of keeping the intertitles crisp and clean after they had been blown-up. It was the best way I can imagine to see this film.
There's been an extremely strong link between lo-fi recording and passionate indignation for years, most famously embodied by punk rock but extant at least as early as the 1950s. I doubt very much that Scurlock was aiming for precisely this linkage, but he stumbled across it nonetheless, and so his very angry documentary looks very cheaply made, and that tends only to increase the degree to which it is very angry. I have no idea if every screening of the film is as barbaric as mine was, but I can certainly hope so. Meanwhile, a caveat overlays everything I have to say about the film: my experience was subjective and possibly unique, and the Maxed Out that you might see is not the Maxed Out that I saw.
What I saw was one of the most effective of the many recent agitprop documentaries, although such a statement must acknowledge how screechy and inane such documentaries typically are. Maxed Out does it's fair share of screeching, but only after it builds a fairly strong foundation. It helps as well that the film isn't meant to harangue the audience to a certain political position; rather, it's a project out of the old school, a presentation of facts and figures, with lots of human beings illustrating what those figures mean. And that's all. This is more Super Size Me than Fahrenheit 9/11: no call to action, just the statement that this is the world is right now. And in Scurlock's view, the world is pretty screwed up.
Now I'm halfway through the review, I suppose I ought to mention what the film treats upon: the credit card industry in America, and the specific ways in which banks make themselves extra-tempting and extra-damaging to the easily-impoverished members of the lower-middle class. It is a collection of endless horror stories about debt, debt that drives us to take on increasing amounts of debt to pay it off, debt that puts our entire national economy at risk, debt that (in a pair of scenes that made me cry, and that's rule number one: if a movie makes me cry, it's done something right) drives people to suicide. Intercut with these stories are the joking justifications of the credit card people and the collection agents who talk with glee about the rush that comes with getting a payment.
It's all fatalistic and unbearable, and the not-infrequent jabs of humor are as black as black can be, particularly the sardonic use of a vintage black-and-white educational short on the sensible use of credit. But it has to be: Scurlock wants to scare us silly, and four centuries of Puritanism have taught us that nothing works quite as well as chasing the sin out of an audience as a rip-snorting fire & brimstone rant. The director is unmistakably a secular liberal, but he certainly paints a vivid portrait of Hell. I, for one, made an immediate resolution to destroy my fairly modest collection of credit cards.
There are a handful of distinct missteps. The biggest is his rather complete ignorance of personal accountability. I'm not arguing that any of these people deserved debt and poverty, for God's sake, and the film does a pretty great job of arguing that banks go a long way to entice people down the garden path of high interest rates, but it's still the easiest way to attack the film from a conservative or libertarian perspective, and it would have been wise to inoculate against that. Also, the film is clumsily structured: with a huge cast of interviewees, their had to be a reasonable way to jump between them, but there's not usually much of a reason behind Scurlock's editing, which makes a really brilliant sequence, such as the crosscutting between a particularly obnoxious collection agent and the children of a women who ran away after her debt came out, all the more amazing, and one becomes quickly frustrated that there isn't more like it in the film.
And of course, some people will argue that the cheapness of the film is a liability, that it's hard to look at and unprofessional. Not I. To me the film wouldn't be a portion of what it is without that same cheapness. It's the very DIY grittiness of the project that underscores Scurlock's righteous anger and makes the film more of a primal scream than a whimper. Maybe it is unprofessional, at that, but that just makes it all the more a shot from the gut; and right in the gut is exactly where it hits.
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This review, it's so SHORT! Also, where did you see this and where can we see this?
- Tim said...
A) An art theatre.
b) Maybe. You have any art theatres?
3) Dude, it's over 950 words. Crikey.
- Rory L. Aronsky said...
Tim, please please please check your Yahoo e-mail. I've sent you something that I hope you'll consider.
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To understand why Comcast and its chairman and CEO, Brian Roberts, got a better deal, simply follow the money. Meanwhile, the benefits of NBCUniversal to Comcast may track improvements to the overall economy and more specific turnaround strategies implemented since the joint venture was first launched.
In the two separate transactions to form and then take full control of the NBCUniversal joint venture, Comcast is shelling out a grand total of about $18.5 billion in cash to General Electric. For its part, GE is poised to receive only about $12.7 billion in immediate net cash, given a $5.8 billion payment made to Vivendi in 2009 for the company's French media conglomerate's 20% stake in NBCUniversal.
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2. Linebacker Brooks Reed
Brooks Reed: Is making a position switch after playing defensive end for most of his career at Arizona. Still an edge-rusher, the outside linebacker will have to show he's got command of the angles from the position and can get to the QB. I think he can. -- Dan Mathews(credit: Anna-Megan Raley/CBS Houston)
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In the new biopic "Hitchcock," opening in limited release Nov. 23, Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins plays the titular director Alfred Hitchcock, who was known for having cameos in his own movies.
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Christian McKay played a young Orson Welles in 2008's "Me and Orson Welles."
Ben Kingsley played innovative filmmaker Georges Méliès, who starred in many of his own films, in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo."
Ben Affleck played TV's Superman, George Reeves, in 2006's "Hollywoodland."
Greg Kinnear played another TV actor who met a tragic end in "Auto Focus," playing "Hogan's Heroes" star Bob Crane, who was found bludgeoned to death in 1978.
In 2004, Kevin Spacey starred as "Mack the Knife" singer and actor Bobby Darin in "Beyond the Sea," a movie which he also directed and co-wrote.
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Batley has a professional Rugby League club, as does Dewsbury, and we struggle year after year to attract fans on a miniscule promotional budget. In reality, we have to rely on our on-field success to attract floating, and fickle local supporters.
As well as this cynical and selfish campaign in our towns being both morally and ethically wrong, Batley and Dewsbury are not even located in the same local authority as Bradford.
In 1996, the Batley and Dewsbury clubs lost hundreds of existing and potential fans to Bradford Bulls, following a similarly cynical promotion drive, which included a school visitation programme in the Heavy Woollen district, despite the existence of similar schemes run by our professional sporting organisations.
If any Bradford Bulls supporters wish to bicker with me over their right to advertise in other towns that already have long-standing Rugby League clubs, I would like to ask them how they would feel about, lets say, a Leeds Rhinos drive to attract fans from the Bradford area, which included a blue and amber promotional bus parked in the middle of Forster Square.
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While I don't do any official, funded research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) I have in the past looked into a few programs implementing chat bots as a method of working in the realm of AI. One application I considered for these chat bots is to use them in an academic setting. Some of my time in the past has been devoted to implementing a HelpBot for a first year computer course that students can interact with to deal with:
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The idea came to me back in 2001 when I was teaching 12 first year labs, and 3 second year labs and realized I was getting a lot of the same questions over and over again. While we have all pertinent information posted on the class website, I was always receiving questions regarding when assignments were due, what was the next assignment about, etc. These I consider administrative questions. One of the first chat bots I looked at was based on the ElizaTalk program and had an ICQ interface . Since many students were using ICQ within the lab already (while they were supposed to be listening to me), I thought using an ICQ chat bot might be an interesting and stimulating way of relaying information. The first two bots I created were Vampbot and MisterGlitch.
I have since moved from the ElizaTalk based program to a Java based program. This new program is called ProgramD and has a very large and helpful developer/resource base and is part of the ALICE project found at the ALICE AI Foundation . ALICE uses a flexible markup-based framework to develop the bot personality called AIML and I can see a very strong future in AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language). Jennifer7 was the first AIML bot I created and I am currently using her as a development frame work. She was quite popular at robotics workshop I held this year for the awesome people at PROWIS .
New June 21,2002It being the Summer Solstice, and given the fact that I have been working on her for the past few days, I have decided to publicize Jennifer7 to the world. This will probably only be a temporary living space for her, and her knowledge will be changing over the next few months.
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The Cubs at Dodger Stadium. FanFest Weekend.
I spent Wednesday at Anaheim going to the orientation session in order to volunteer for the FanFest.
I have the second shift noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Sunday and Monday. I will try to change Sunday to the 1st shift of 9 a.m. to Noon so that I have time to make it to the game on Sunday.
I left Saturday open since is Photo Day at Dodger Stadium followed by the game. Saturday is also the Poster Day for the Big Blue Wrecking forum.
I am looking forward to meeting PastorKyle and seeing the rest of the posters of the forum. There will be other people there as part of the group for those BBWC posters that could not make it.
Thank you BabyToes for putting this together. Babytoes is also volunteering at the FanFest. Here is Babytoes next to the All-Star Mickey Mouse:
Linda (behindblueeyes) is also volunteering. Here she is also posing with the All-Star Mickey Mouse.
The Cubs are at Dodger Stadium for a four game series. Today is All-Star Andre Etheir action figure. This is figure two (first one was Matt Kemp). The last one will be of Manny Ramirez. It is only for kids 14 and under but let's see how I can get a hold of one.
They did a video at the stadium of Matt Kemp and the action figure. I can't wait to see the one with Andre tonight.
And I can't wait to see Andre at the All-Star game. I will be in the right field side, upper deck.
Let's Go Dodgers! Is Cub hunting season again!
All-Star FanFest in the works. This guy with the Strasburg jersey is also volunteering.
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Beat them Cubs!! I've been away too long Emm. All*Star festivities are right around the corner. I hope you get a lot of neat stuff for volunteering. Wear comfortable footwear!! LOL
We took the first Mike! Thanks to Rafael Furcal and the great pitching of KKKKKKKershaw! He struck out 12 Cubs!
I got my Andre Ethier action figure! Woohoo!
The way Rafael has been playing, he deserved a hero action figure! El hombre esta en fuego!
Thanks Jane! I am taking off soon. The drive from Anaheim to head to Dodger Stadium tonight is going to be bad but I want to go and collect my Dodger Poster. Is a cool one of the young guns that are Kershaw, Broxton and Kuo all dressed like cowboys and the picture was shot where the Think Blue sign is so it looks very realistic.
I love the two figures! The next one is Manny and is going to be another popular that I hope to also get.
Congrats on beating the Cubbies last night! And have a great time volunteering. You'll be great at it.
FanFest was a blast in Pittsburgh in 2006! I went three days and could still spend more time there. Baseballs finest are surley on display. have a great time volunteering. bet youll make lifetime memories
FanFest was amazing! Wish I could've stayed longer, but I spent most of my time looking through all the memorabilia and buying pins! Watching the kids play some ball and even listened in on the how to call a game clinic for future umpires. Seems like it'd be a great career! The only woman who was currently an umpire is now retired! Amazing stuff you learn. I also got to make my own Dodgers Rookie baseball card🙂
I can imagine that FanFest was a blast in 2006 in Pittsburgh! Wish I would have been there. I am seriously thinking of volunteering for subsequent All-Star FanFest and just taking vacation. I am taking vacation right now to volunteer here so why not in other states.
I know Lil! I just wanted to roam around more but I was only taking a short break. Sunday and Monday I'll have more time before and after my shift. I so wanted to stay and linger all around but had to make it to the game. I love the poster we got with the Young Guns!
Emma – we see the blogging issue and are on it! Thanks for reporting on MLBlogosphere. Hope to have a remedy soon.