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IIC&M's Directory of Professional and Accredited Coaches
As part of the membership for Professional and Accredited Coaches, the IIC&M provides you with the opportunity to find a coach or verify a coaches details in the IIC&M's Directory of Professional and Accredited Coaches.
Only Coaches who have been awarded their Accreditation or Professional Membership with the IIC&M are displayed in the IIC&M's Directory. Accredited Coaches are able to demonstrate their level of training and experience, whereas Professional Coaches are able to demonstrate their level of training, experience, and current up-to-date Continuing Professional Development.
This service provides you with the assistance in identifying and selecting the coach or coaches best suited to your requirements.
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The IIC&M is an independent, officially recognised, and preferred Accreditation Body, comprised of Professional and Accredited Coaches; and Accredited Coaching Courses and Workshops; who comply with the IIC&M's internationally recognised Standards and Ethics, to promote best practice and raise awareness. The skill sets, competencies, standards, and ethics defined for the IIC&M are designed by mutual agreement between Coaches from across the world. These coaches have made the commitment to design, build, and maintain the highest standards you would expect in any profession.
Coaching and Mentoring each have their own unique set of skills. As neither industry is formally regulated, there are many individuals and organisations representing themselves as coaches, mentors, or coaching/mentoring training organisations; where some of these are individuals without any formal coach-specific or mentor-specific training. In some cases they will be transferring their skills from other professions into their Coaching or Mentoring. Coaches and Mentors often have to 'unlearn' old skills from their previous professions before they can competently learn the skills required for to be an effective coach or mentor. Therefore selecting to work with a coach or mentor who has no formal coach or mentor training, may result in an inadequate or in-effective coaching or mentoring experience for you.
So if you are considering hiring a coach the IIC&M's How to Hire a Coach below details some of the questions you could ask as well as what coach specific training have the undergone and what qualification and subsequent accreditation level have they achieved? Deciding whether a coach is competent cannot be defined by the fees that they charge or by non-coach specific training. It is important that you select the right Coach for you and/or your organisation. The end result will depend upon it.
The Coach you select will hold you, or the person in your organisation working with the Coach, accountable for reaching the desired results. Make an informed choice by considering these questions before making your final decision:
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You should be able to see this information on the IIC&M's Directory of Professional and Accredited Coaches, or contact your selected Coach for more information.
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice and the Zombies (2016)
Studio/Network: Lionsgate
Producers: Sue Baden-Powell, Edward H. Hamm, Jr., Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Lauren Selig
Director: Burt Steers
Screenplay by: Burt Steers
Author: Seth Grahame-Smith
Music: Fernando Velázquez
Cinematography: Remi Adefarasin
Unleashing Mr. Darcy (2016)
Studio/Network: Hallmark Channel
Producers: Sydell Albert, Howard Braunstein, Christian Bruyère
Director: David Winning
Screenplay by: Tina Booth
Author: Teri Wilson
Music: Jeff Toyne
Cinematography: Ron Stannett
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2013)
Executive Producer and Co-Creator: Hank Green
Executive Producer and Co-Creator: Bernie Su
Producer: Jenni Powell
Writers: Margaret Dunlap, Kate Rorick
Transmedia Producer: Jay Bushman
100 Episodes, April 9, 2012 to March 28, 2013
DVD: Not Available
Other Formats: Available on the Lizzie Bennet Diaries YouTube Channel
Official Site
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Studio/Network: Focus Features
Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Director: Joe Wright
Screenplay by: Deborah Moggach
Soundtrack: Available
DVD: Available
Blu-ray(™): Available
Run Time: 2 hrs. 9 mins.
Official Site (Focus Features)
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Studio/Network: Miramax Films & Pathe Pictures
Producers: Deepak Nayar & Gurinder Chadha
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Screenplay by: Paul Mayeda Berges & Gurinder Chadha
Soundtrack: Available
DVD: Available
Run Time: 1 hr. 52 mins.
Pride and Prejudice (2003)
Studio/Network: Excel Entertainment Group
Producer: Jason Faller
Director: Andrew Black
Screenplay by: Anne Black, Jason Faller, & Katherine Swigert
Soundtrack: Available on CD
DVD: Available
VHS: Not Available
Run Time: 1 hr. 44 mins.
Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Studio/Network: BBC and A&E
Producer: Sue Birtwistle
Director: Simon Langton
Screenplay by: Andrew Davies
Soundtrack: Available on CD
DVD: Available
Blu-ray(™): Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 5 hrs.
Official Site (BBC)
Pride and Prejudice (1980)
Studio/Network: BBC
Producer: Jonathan Powell
Director: Cyril Coke
Screenplay by: Fay Weldon
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 3 hrs. 46 mins.
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Studio: MGM
Producer: Hunt Stromberg
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Screenplay by: Aldous Huxley & Jane Murfin
Soundtrack: Not available
DVD: Available
VHS: Available
Run Time: 1 hr. 58 mins.
For Your Consideration...
Twilight (2008)
Author Stephenie Meyer, an avowed admirer of Jane Austen, based Twilight on events and characters in
Pride and Prejudice. When 17-year-old Bella Swan moves to a new school, she must cope with the rudeness of Edward Cullen,
her handsome science lab partner. Edward is rich and intelligent, but his behavior toward Bella is at first cold and silent.
He also happens to be a vampire, though his family is "vegetarian"—they do not drink human blood.
The story of the couple's unexpected romance is told with biting wit, as befits the adaptation of a novel in the Austen tradition.
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Helen Fielding admitted that she wrote the first Bridget Jones novel as an homage to
Pride and Prejudice, and when the film was made, who but Colin Firth could be cast as Mark Darcy?
He smoldered as well as he had done in the period film, and had a much better haircut, though the end of
the movie was changed and is less like Pride and Prejudice than in Fielding's novel.
You've Got Mail (1998)
Janeite Nora Ephron wrote and directed this film, a remake of The Shop Around the Corner with influences of Pride and Prejudice. Meg Ryan plays Kathleen Kelly, owner of a small children's bookstore, and Tom Hanks plays Joe Fox, whose family owns a large chain of bookshops that is forcing little stores like Kathleen's out of business. They meet in an online chatroom and exchange anonymous e-mails; when they encounter one another in real life, not knowing that they are speaking with their e-mail buddy, they clash like another couple that Janeites love, Elizabeth and Darcy. Pride and Prejudice is Kathleen's favorite novel; it is directly referenced several times in the film, and Joe reads the book (with Colin Firth on the cover!) to try to better understand her. See if you can spot a small homage to the 1980 BBC miniseries near the end of the film.
Wishbone: "Furst Impressions"
Wishbone was a children's television show broadcast on PBS in the 1990s, featuring a Jack Russell terrier named Wishbone with a very active imagination. When Wishbone's young owner's life reflects classic literature, Wishbone takes the lead in acting out the work in question. He plays Mr. Darcy in "Furst Impressions," the Wishbone adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, and proves that every savage can indeed dance. These shows are currently being rebroadcast on PBS in some markets; as the saying goes, check your local listings!
Further Reading
Looking for Mr. Darcy: The Role of the Viewer in Creating a Cultural Icon, by Henriette-Juliane Seeliger
"Will You Dance?": Film Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice, by Nora Stovel
The Degeneration of Mr. Bingley by Sally B. Palmer
When Darcy Is a Dog: How Wishbone Introduces Children to Jane Austen by Eleanor Hersey Nickel
Ideology in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries by Lori Halvorsen Zerne
Variations on a Theme: Openings, Closings, and Returns in Pride & Prejudice, by Raffaella Antinucci
The Liberation of Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice, by Susan D. Fraiman
The Closeness of Sisters: Imagining Cassandra and Jane, by Juliette Wells
The Jane Austen - Twilight Zone, by Shirley Kinney and Wallis Kinney
Mr. Collins on Screen: Jane Austen's Legacy of the Ridiculous, by Mary Chan
Mrs. Bennet's Legacy: Austen's Mothers in Film and Fiction, by June Sturrock
Lady Bathurst's Patriotic Ballroom, or "Reading Austen at a Distance", by Gillian Dow
Appropriating Austen: Localism on the Global Scene, by Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield
"It's not a put-down, Miss Bennet; it's a category": Andrew Black's Chick Lit Pride and Prejudice, by Jennifer Mary Woolston
Joe Wright's 2005 film Pride & Prejudice is the subject of a special edition of JASNA's journal Persuasions On-Line Volume 27, No. 2. The essays provide in-depth discussions of this film adaptation of the novel.
Bridget Jones and Mark Darcy: Art Imitating Art . . . Imitating Art, by Cecilia Salber
What Meets the Eye: Landscape in the Films Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, by Sue Parrill
Austen Novels and Austen Films: Incompatible Worlds?, by Patrice Hannon
Pride and Prejudice: An Informal History of the Garson-Olivier Motion Picture, by Kenneth Turan
Interview with Anne Rutherford (Lydia), Marsha Hunt (Mary), and Karen Morley (Charlotte Lucas), by Kenneth Turan

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Importance of the Family Is Stressed by Pope Paul
ROME, Jan. 9 Pope Paul VI, on the occasion of the Roman Catholic feast day commemorating the Holy Family, stressed today the importance of the family as a "fundamental institution of society."
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NBC's "SNF" Again Primetime TV Winner NFLPA Issues Another Rookie Contract Memo USGA Hopes To Avoid Politics At U.S. Women's Open Goodell Looking To Change Rep With Celebrations Manfred Says It Is Time To Play Games In Mexico City NASCAR Replaces RIR With IMS For Season Finale Super Bowl LV Moving From L.A. To Tampa NFL Relaxes Celebration Penalties NFL Making Medical Tents Permanent On Sidelines Bose Signs Multiyear Extension Of NFL Deal
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TACTICS COULD BACKFIRE ON REFS: CBSSPORTS.com's Jason La Canfora wrote the NFL's "resolve to hold a strong line in its negotiations with its on-field officials should not be understated." This "high-stakes game of chicken could end up seriously backfiring" on the officials. The officials are "going up against a monster in the NFL, a lawyered-up, all-powerful institution that has no real competition and generations of experience waging these labor wars." With each week that goes by, those who are "waxing nostalgic about the good 'ol days of Ed Hochuli's biceps, become fewer and fewer." The replacements "figure only to get more comfortable turning on their mics and more comfortable calling games as the weeks mount." The reality is "the worst might already be behind them" (CBSSPORTS.com, 9/12). Showtime's Cris Collinsworth said the NFL could "crush" the regular officials and "run those guys out of the league, so the officials are going to have to come back at some point and eat a little humble pie." Collinsworth: "It's okay to win -- and the NFL is going to win -- but you don't want to crush these guys." Showtime's Bill Cowher said of the regular officials, "In the National Football League, I realize this: Everybody is replaceable, so they better be very careful not to play their hand (too long)" ("Inside the NFL," Showtime, 9/12).
GROUNDSWELL NEEDED: Packers QB Aaron Rodgers has been among the players critical of the replacement refs, but Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio siad, "It would take a major groundswell of high-profiled players before it would even register." Florio: "That doesn't even change the fact that when fans settle in on their couches and they grab their favorite beverage and bowl of popcorn, the game looks the same. Until the game looks different, the fans aren't going to take a side on this one" ("Pro Football Talk," NBC Sports Network, 9/12).


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Papa a la Huancaina
Recipe type: Entree
Papa a la Huancaina is a Peruvian salad of boiled potatoes and sauce.
- 10 medium new potatoes
- 1 lb feta cheese
- 2 small hot peppers
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 8 saltine crackers
- 1 tsp mustard
- salt and pepper
- lettuce
- 3 hard boiled eggs
- black olives
- Peel potatoes, slice and boil until cooked. Allow to cool.
- In a blender, blend the cheese, peppers, milk, oil, garlic, crackers, mustard, salt and pepper. The sauce should be fairly thick. Add crackers if not thick enough or add milk if too thick.
- Lay a bed of lettuce in a serving dish and place the potatoes on top or next to. Cover with the sauce.
- Cut the hard boiled eggs in half and place on top of the potatoes. Add black olives if desired.


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Discovery Communications and Hasbro have poached Disney Channel/Disney XD executive Nikki Reed as head of programming for their joint venture, rival children's cable network The Hub, which is looking to expand into live-action programming. Reed, named SVP Programming & Development for The Hub, replaces Donna Ebbs, who served as the first programming chief for The Hub since its October 2010 launch. Ebbs is now transitioning to a consultant and executive producer role. "Our goal is to utilize my relationships with writers, producers and talent to grow The Hub's existing slate of programming and enhance it with more live-action series," said Reed, who reports to The Hub president and CEO Margaret Loesch. Hub's current lineup is dominated by animated shows, while Reed's background is in primarily live-action programing. For the past three years, she was VP Original Series, overseeing live-action development for Disney Channel and Disney XD where she developed Jessie, Austin And Ally, Dog With A Blog, Lab Rats, and Crash & Bernstein. Before that, Reed, who has 15 years experience as an executive and producer, was VP Current and Development at Universal Cable Prods. She also spent five years as a development executive for executive producer Barry Kemp's Bungalow 78 Prods while it was based at Touchstone TV and served as VP Development at Jon Turteltaub's Junction Entertainment for Disney Studios.
Disney Channel's Nikki Reed Replaces Donna Ebbs As Hub Head Of Programming
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Good for Nikki. No one gets listened to or can get a word in with Adam "The Czar" Bonnet. He's a freak. Can't believe this guy works in children's television.
Love Nikki, she will do great. Art
Nikki is an amazing exec. She's smart, talented and direct. She has incredible relationships with writers and producers. Congrats to her. She deserves it!
Maybe SHE should have been Pope.
Good for Nikki for escaping The Dark Place with her sanity intact. She'll be just the shot in the arm the Hub needs to start competing with DC and Nick.
They don't make 'em smarter or with better taste than Nikki, not to mention how fantastic of a leader she is. The Hub's about to get rull.
Great exec, great human being. Known her from the beginning of her career, and she continues to excel. Much needed appointment for HUB.
Dog With A Blog is awesome! Good for her.
Have so much love and respect for Nikki. But the biggest reason I'm excited about this move is I'm hoping her mom will once again add a comment to Deadline like she did after Nikki's last move!
Nikki got free of the DC black hole. Lucky girl. And HUB lucky to have her.
Nikki is awesome! She's great to work with, always has good ideas and is one of the coolest, most upbeat people in the biz. Go Nikki!
Wait, I'm not the only one who has suffered under Adam? Then maybe it's not me, it's him…
When will the other shoe drop on that guy?
Never. He knows how to manage up! or He made a deal with the Devil, or Lizzie McGuire or Miley Cyrus or someone. EitherOr
Reed may be great (and her mom certainly loves writing comments to that effect on this board), but Ebbs is one of the smartest, shrewdest minds working, not just in the Kids TV arena, but in TV.
With this high caliber of exec talent, ya gotta wonder if the issues that The Hub is facing don't stem from higher up?
She is an fantastic exec who brings in great talent. She is exactly what The HUB needs!!!!!!!!
Uh oh. That means my development project with them is dead now, doesn't it?
Step up for the Hub. An executive who respects writers, and is a good human being to boot, is miles ahead of where they were before. 'Nuff said–good work, Margaret!
Can someone tell me what's so freaky about this Adam Bonnet guy?
The Hub is doing an awful job with its scheduling now. Its random all over the and primetime/nights just change about every other month. And then during the day, heavy with reruns and 2 hour blocks of shows. "Movie event" premieres of movies already on DVD.
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I have "burned" lines across my neck, I do have fair skin, does that mean my treatment was too much? I already notice my discoloration of my cheeks which I heard is normal. My neck though is really red and looks freaky. This can't be normal..
I Had a Photo Facial Today, and Have Burn Lines Across My Neck, Normal?
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The skin on the neck is more sensitive than the skin on the face. Continue to avoid/minimize sun exposure and wear a good sunscreen. I encourage you to see your provider for follow-up.
Photofacial and red spots
Pinkness for about one day after a photofacial is normal. You can apply cold compresses every few hours. If the red lines persist after a day, the settings were probably too high. Necks are very sensitive and require conservative treatments. Use sun protection and return to your physician for assessment.
This is unfortunately common. The neck is very sensitive, and burns easily. Avoid the sun, use spf 30 or greater, see a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon or Board Certified Dermatologist for guidance.
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It is very possible to burn the skin with photofacial. This look just awful at first and then generally it calms down. The skin can actually blister. If you did blister, skin care is very helpful to facilitate resolution of the skin burn. Individuals with more skin pigment are at increase risk for having their skin burned by this technology. Call your office that treated you and let them examine you and decide what needs to be done to manage the situation. The next time you are treated (if there is a next time) the energy settings should be reduced to avoid this type of issue.
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Is redness normal after a photofacial
Redness can persist from several hours to one day after a photofacial, although most of the time it subsides relatively quickly.
The important thing is that there should be no burning or pain or blistering. You can apply some ice for 5-10 minutes every 2 hours. Make sure you are protecting the skin from getting an ice burn.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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John Larner was one of a group of post-war British and American historians who changed our perceptions of Italy during the Renaissance. He then turned to the history of exploration and became an authority on Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus.
The adopted son of a schoolteacher mother and a father who worked as a park-keeper on Hampstead Heath, Larner was a grammar-school boy from suburban London who after National Service gained a place at New College, Oxford in 1951. His mother died in his first year there (he had lost his father at the age of nine) and it was a source of immense regret that he could never repay the sacrifices she had made for his education. Instead he threw himself into his work, received a first-class degree and was steered towards an interest in Italy by the seminars on the Renaissance of his tutor, Harry Bell. Considered gifted enough to pursue an academic career without a doctorate (commonly then considered an unnecessary inconvenience) Larner received a scholarship at the British School at Rome in 1954.
By his own admission, Larner did little work there in his first two years. Instead he bought a scooter, explored Italy and enjoyed the constant round of parties which were a feature of the British School in those days. At the end of two years, just as he was allegedly considering a career as a fruit-and-wine importer, he was offered a third year's scholarship. The considerable amount of charm which must have been deployed to obtain that offer suggest that the Larner persona was now firmly in place. To the end of his life he exuded a warmth and vitality that disguised his immense capacity for hard work. He did not waste the chance he had been given.
The result was The Lords of Romagna, published in English in 1965 and translated into Italian in 1972. The regional study had become integral to research into Italian history: but Larner was original in moving away from fashionable Tuscany and Rome, to study the politics of a comparative rural backwater.
Many earlier historians saw the seizure of power by aristocratic families in the late 13th century as the antithesis of the allegedly "democratic" communes; Larner saw it as an inevitable part of state building in the late Middle Ages. As unsentimental about the signorie as he was about the commune, Larner nevertheless portrayed them as the result of a professionalisation of government rather than mere lawlessness. They also fulfilled an important aspiration for local independence, both from the ambitions of universal rulers such as Pope and Emperor, and also greedy neighbours. The work struck a chord in Italy and Larner became a minor celebrity, especially in Romagna.
By this time he had taken a post at Glasgow University. In the 1960s and 1970s it was the home of talented young medievalists, including Michael Clanchy, Patrick Wormald and J.A.F. Thomson. Larner was stimulated to produce Culture and Society in Italy, 1290-1420 (1971).
The centrepiece of the book was a profound examination of "The artist and society". Here Larner displayed his full strength as a historian, combining a facility with archive material and administrative records with an extraordinarily deep knowledge of the arts, above all Italian literature. Through this he was able to appreciate not just the development of the individual genius and technique, but also the economic and political sinews which made it possible. For Larner the emergence of the state was crucial for the elevation of the artist through the transformation of the market for art and literature.
This was followed in 1980 by Italy in the Age of Dante and Petrarch, 1216-1380, a more conventional textbook as part of a Longman series. Even here Larner took on the difficult task of writing a general history of the whole peninsula, mainly from primary sources, and paying due attention to the lives of women, children and the poor. It was an intellectual tour de force and again Larner was paid the compliment of having his book translated into Italian.
This work proved to be Larner's last on mainstream Italian history. In Glasgow he had met and married Christina "Kirsty" Ross, herself a distinguished historian of Scottish witchcraft with whom he had two sons, Gavin and Patrick (the latter was to die of meningitis aged only 30). The couple's hospitality and parties in the West End of Glasgow were legendary. But in 1983 Kirsty died of cancer, leaving Larner bereft. His subsequent relationship with Jane McCusker was a fresh start which culminated in a happy marriage.
Perhaps because of this as much as for any professional reason he decided on a drastic change of direction in his research. He visited archives in Spain and published a series of articles on Columbus, one of which, "North American Hero? Christopher Columbus, 1702-2002", was to win the American Philosophical Society's prestigious Henry Allen Moe Prize in 1993. Larner was interested as much in the reception and use made of Columbus and his works as in the man himself, and this laid the foundation for the reconciliation of his old and new research interests.
His acclaimed Marco Polo and the Discovery of the World (1999) combined a study of the man and his journey overland to China at the end of the 13th century, with the history of the production of a text and an examination of its impact on the later world. Marco Polo's work has always puzzled historians; the Venetian traveller went east during the period of the Yuan dynasty, originally Mongols from the Steppes. During a stay of 17 years he claimed to have made a detailed study of the country and risen high in the Imperial government. Yet during all that time he learnt little of the language and landmarks such as the Great Wall go unmentioned in his reminiscences.
Larner showed that crude theories of an elaborate hoax were simply wrong and that we have good reason to believe Marco Polo. During his stay the Great Wall was in ruins (most of what we see today is later rebuilding). A man from Italy surrounded by vast ancient classical debris probably thought nothing of it. Knowledge of Chinese was less important than that of Mongol, the language of the ruling class which Polo did learn. Larner also closely examined textual evidence of Columbus's knowledge of his forebear and concluded that while Columbus read Polo, it was not as a bookish would-be explorer making a scientific case for funding before his trip westward, but afterwards as a simple sailor trying to identify what it was he had discovered.
John Larner spent almost his entire career in Glasgow, a city he grew to love. The university benefited from the cosmopolitan perspective of a sometimes mischievous outsider. Only those familiar with the west of Scotland can appreciate just how audacious Larner was in finishing a lecture on Calvin half an hour early on the grounds that Calvin was neither interesting nor important.
He was a genial colleague and capable teacher and, although he could be critical, was unfailingly polite. His own loud snore made him very concerned not to fall asleep during research papers. During his colleagues' more tedious offerings he would therefore sometimes challenge his neighbour to a game of noughts and crosses. Deafness and an often stated opinion that increasing administration made the job too much like hard work led to his taking early retirement in 1994.
For all his modesty and self-deprecatory humour, Larner was an important scholar who knew his own worth. As an epitaph for himself he suggested updating the conclusion of Petrarch's last letter: "You will find me to the end with my pen in my hand (or in my case my fingers at the computer)." It was very nearly so.
Andrew P. Roach
John Patrick Larner, historian: born Southsea, Hampshire 24 March 1930; Rome Medieval Scholar, British School at Rome 1954-57; Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, then Reader in History, Glasgow University 1957-78, Professor of History 1978-94 (Emeritus); married 1960 Kirsty Ross (died 1983; one son, and one son deceased), 1991 Jane McCusker; died Stirling 24 February 2008.
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I have discovered that my new car has provided a endless source of entertainment at work. To Whit: Juan Diaz. Now Juan is a very nice, very soft spoken guy. When he first started working here he drove an old pickup that he adored. I don't know if the PU died or if he and his wife decided to downsize when she got pregnant but the beloved PU vanished. The end result being that he started driving in her vw bug.....a vw bug his wife had painted pink. Not any pink mind you.... PINK. The car looked like some poor soul had puked bepto bismol on it. Repeatedly. And Juan hated that car. He never came right and said he hated it, and he never actually drove it off a cliff, but plainly, he wasn't happy.
So has joyful day arrives when Baby is old enough to go to daycare, mum goes back to work and they can get a new car. Juan Drives in 'THE CAR" A solid black dodge challenger....a modern muscle car. He adores this car; he loves this car. The tires are always shiny; the exterior is always sparking. There have been romance books written about less passionate men love. Juan parks it on the far side of the parking lot away from all the lesser cars so he won't get dings, and several times a day I see him rush out to wipe off a bird dropping or a bit of dust.
Now I have a new car, too and I don't want it dinged by lesser co-workers with non-new cars anymore than Juan wants his car damaged, so I'd been arriving early enough to park it on the far side, next to a wall beside Zondra, who always parks way over to the opposite side of the parking slot. Then my burst of early morning energy departs and I arrive just in time to lose my usual parking spot, so I look around until I see Juan's car flexing it's muscles in the second slot from the last, where no one else ever parks. I'm no dummy. I park in the slot next to him between his challenger and the light post. I'm utterly safe. Even if Juan hated my guts I'm safe since he's not about to risk dinging his car by hitting my car with his door. That was Thursday.
Today I pull into the lot and see Juan in his usual space....except he has pulled slightly over the white painted line. Now if there is one thing a passive aggressive recognizes, it's a hint from another passive aggressive. Naturally, I couldn't resist. I parked next to him. Juan walks past me about an hour later and I can just SEE him grinding his teeth. I went out at lunch.....and he's moved his car. Not just a slot over, he's moved it all the way across the frickin' parking lot and is parked diagonally over 2 parking spaces. I considered following him but decided that would be just mean.
Now the thing I can't figure out is if Juan is:
A-that paranoid that I'll hit his car with my car
B- miffed because my car is in HIS car's personal space or
C- is just afraid the Juke will give his big bad muscle car girly cooties.
Maybe I'll park next to him again after all....just to find out.
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When I was a teenager I never really had girlfriends. But when I first appeared on television suddenly they were all interested in me. I know I'm not the smartest guy in the world but even I could see what was going on there. I've had my moments of course, but they've been carefully selected moments - I wouldn't want words like 'grossly unprofessional' thrown at me because I'd been doing something I shouldn't have.
I think women are often smarter than men. That's the thing that I have noticed in Big Brother. The women play the game in a much smarter way. I'm not suggesting that these women use their bodies for the Big Brother game but they're definitely in charge. I don't mean in a sexual way - it has more to do with influence and power. I remember even when I was five, growing up in Colchester, if a girl in the playground even looked at me twice I walked on air all week. It's that sort of power that women have over men. Makosi, one of the contestants last year, was brilliant at playing the power game and it got her down to the last three contestants. It worked for her because, in the end, men have physical wants and cravings that women can do without. It's generally thought that women are emotional and men aren't, but I think it's the other way around - when men go, they really go and there's no retrieving them. Even on a day-to-day basis, all the women in my life have always just sat down in a crisis and said, right, this is what we are going to do. My mum reacted to my dad having cancer - I never saw her cry once - in exactly the same way as my girlfriend reacts to me losing it. The stereotype of women is that they are hysterical, but my experience is that they are actually cold, clinical and criminal-minded!
I do enjoy playing the traditional role of a man, I like paying for dinner and opening doors, not because it's something a man should do, but because it's the right thing to do. I think that women enjoy it too - but that doesn't mean that the woman I open the door for isn't still my boss, or won't tell me what to do on television. I think it's a lazy argument when men say, well, if they want equality they can bloody get dinner then, can't they? I'm of the first generation for whom it's perfectly natural for women to be your boss, and you don't question it when a woman tells you what to do - which I suspect the generation of men before me probably did. My first boss was at Curtis Shoes when I was 15 - Mrs B - she was sexy, sassy and a godsend for a teenage boy. I got £1.37 an hour and I'd have paid to be there. She was terrific.
The TV industry is brutal to women: if I put on a couple of pounds, I am not going to lose a job, nor if I get a couple of wrinkles. I could pretty much jump out of bed, get into a shower and then wear minimal make-up and get away with it. A woman would get hauled up in a string of magazines if she did that. Sexism is inherent in TV. I feel really sorry for Davina, I think she was really badly treated over her chat show this year. Hand on heart, I don't think the vitriol would have been that bad if it had been a man. One of the major problems with telly today is that it doesn't breed many women to drive a show like she can, it breeds men to do it, and women to either look good or be the sidekick.
I've been with Dee four years now, the longest I've ever been in a relationship. Monogamy wasn't natural for me - although before her it was more or less celibacy anyway! We spend a lot of time apart and, much as I miss her, there's something nice about having periods when you don't need to compromise. Sometimes I want to kill her, and vice versa, but that's inconsequential compared to the good times. You could have the most wonderful relationship in the world, which I think we do, but it's sometimes nice to go to the pub at a moment's notice with your mates.


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Conservative Democrat Ben Akselrod appears to be launching his second attempt to unseat incumbent Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, recently filing papers with the state to form a campaign committee.
Akselrod mounted his first challenge to Cymbrowitz in 2012, rising from relative obscurity to a credible candidate with the assistance of his close friend Ari Kagan. Akselrod came close to defeating Cymbrowitz in the Democratic primary, coming less than 300 votes shy of victory. He continued on to the general election on the Independence line, making it a three-way race with Republican Russ Gallo. Cymbrowitz won the general with a wide margin.
Akselrod and his supporters led a hard-knuckled campaign, in which the incumbent was criticized for not opposing a mosque just outside of his district, voting for a bill that encouraged tolerance education in schools including tolerance of homosexuals, and, just days before the primary election, marrying a woman who is not Jewish.
The race brought citywide media attention after Akselrod's campaign released a flier with a typo claiming that the assemblyman "allowed crime to go up over 50% in the negrohood," a claim that was factually incorrect regardless of the typo.
Cymbrowitz stayed mum for most of the campaign, leading one outlet to say he was running a "gentleman's campaign," but eventually spoke out against "vicious" tactics two weeks after the primary.
Although it's widely expected, it's still not fully clear whether Akselrod will run this year. Because of illness, he did not attend last night's meeting of the Bay Democrats, the club where he serves as president and where he is likely to announce.
District Leader Ari Kagan, a close friend and adviser to Akselrod, told Sheepshead Bites that the papers were simply the first steps to forming an "exploratory committee" to determine whether Akselrod will run.
"He told me it's an exploratory committee. When he decides 100 percent, he'll have a big kickoff. Like in May, when the weather is nice," said Kagan.
Akselrod, however, sounded very much like a candidate in an interview yesterday with Politicker, which first reported on the campaign filings.
"I certainly hope to win. Look, the status quo can't continue forever. I think I have more energy, more desire to do the job," Akselrod told Politicker. "There are still many problems with Hurricane Sandy recovery … It's a year and a half later and we're still talking about things that should have been done 15 days after the storm hit."
Akselrod did not return a request to comment in time for publication. We'll update this post if we here back from him.


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CALGARY, Alberta, April 4 (Reuters) - TransCanada Corp (TRP.TO: Quote) said on Monday it's disappointed by an editorial in the New York Times that urged the U.S. State Department to reject the company's bid to build a $7 billion oil pipeline across the U.S. Midwest from Canada.
TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline would carry crude oil produced in the oil sands of northern Alberta, and would stretch from near Edmonton, Alberta, to Nederland, Texas and link to TransCanada's existing Keystone system, which now carries 591,000 barrels of crude per day as far as Cushing, Oklahoma.
The Obama administration last month ordered an additional environmental review of the project and the State Department will eventually rule on whether it will go ahead
TransCanada, Canada's largest pipeline operator, says the XL expansion would boost the system's capacity to around 1.1 million bpd and extend a line from the glutted Cushing storage hub to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, where it is intended to replace dwindling supplies from Mexico and Venezuela.
The company's plans have been roundly criticized by some environmental groups and land owners along the route. They are concerned about the environmental costs of rising production from the oil sands and about the potential for spills in Nebraska, where the line crosses the massive Ogallala aquifer.
TransCanada argues that the aquifer is already crisscrossed with pipelines and that its new line would be built to the highest standard. It says it is not responsible for the development of the oil sands,
The Times, often considered the most influential newspaper in the United States, sided with the environmental groups. Its editorial urged the State Department to deny TransCanada a permit to build Keystone XL, citing the risks to the aquifer as well as the higher greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental problems that result from oil sands production. Continued...


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The Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs has been among the few winners from the mortgage misery sweeping America - but there were concerns yesterday that its fortunes were taking a turn for the worse.
After taking a lucrative "short" position on sub-prime home loans, Goldman achieved a 22% surge in profits to $11.6bn (£5.7bn) for the year to November. Its 26,000 employees will share a record compensation pool of $20.1bn.
However, its chief financial officer, David Viniar, was cautious about the short-term outlook. Rumours of a trading downturn led to a sell-off in Goldman's shares, which dropped 3.4% in New York to close at $201.51.
"We're cautious about the near-term outlook for our businesses as we see dislocation in some of the world's capital markets has continued," Viniar said on a conference call. He added that although the credit crunch was getting closer to a nadir, it was yet to reach the bottom point.
Analysts fear Goldman will suffer a decline in fees for advising on mergers and acquisitions, which have come to a near standstill due to the difficulty of raising funds. The television channel CNBC quoted an unnamed Goldman executive saying that the bank's traders suffered a "horrible" November.
Brad Hintz, a banking analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said: "Even Goldman Sachs can't repeal the laws of gravity."
Almost alone on Wall Street, Goldman has so far turned the credit crunch into a moneyspinner. At the beginning of the year, it spotted early signs that defaults on American mortgages could snowball through the financial system. With the support of senior executives, a small group of its traders in New York took out large hedges to protect against a home loans downturn.
Its revenue for the year was up 22% to $45.9bn and its payroll increased by 15%, against a backdrop of job losses elsewhere on Wall Street.


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On a beautiful summer night like tonight, it's hard to believe that Labor Day Weekend is coming up quickly and September will be here before we know it. And while that means "back to school" season is approaching, it also means the start of an incredible fall season here on the Maine Coast! In fact, I think September might be my absolute favorite month in Kennebunkport Maine! While many people think that September marks the start of autumn, the first few weeks are… Read More


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Officials in Austin, Texas, are coping with water pollution they attribute to an unexpected source: parking lot sealants.
Over the past few years, tests have revealed that many of Austin's streams and ponds register high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). A joint study conducted by Austin officials and the U.S. Geological Survey fingered runoff from coal-tar-based parking lot sealants as the primary culprit, a finding researchers say is the first of its kind. "This simply wasn't on anybody's radar screen," says Nancy McClintock, assistant director of Austin's Watershed Protection and Development Review Department.
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We've seen a few watches in the past which act like mobile phones, but HP is looking to take things to a whole new level with its imaginatively titled MetaWatch.
Still very much in the prototype phase, the MetaWatch was developed by watch manufacturer, Fossil as part of a co-innovation with HP. The company's Phil McKinney gave us the first ever glimpse of the device this week in Shanghai and he was billing the MetaWatch as "an investigation into not only the devices you carry in your pocket but the devices you wear." This device runs a software stack, fully integrates with the internet and allows you aggregrate that information, "from being able to connect it, share it bring it together."
The watch will work in conjunction with HP's family of devices including the recently launched TouchPad, Pre 3 and TouchSmart PCs and will act as the integration point for all of the devices you carry with you.
The watch is part of HP's "intelligent connected device research" it started five years ago and we have already seen some of the fruits of that research in the touchstone technology we saw rolled out with the Pre and TouchPad last month, where they can 'speak' to each other simply by touching one off the other. While there was no date mentioned for a release of the watch or what exactly it could do, we will be interested to see how HP ties it in with it current crop of products when it is finally released.
update: Phil McKinney has posted a new blog regarding the MetaWatch where he outlines what the watch will do eventually and mentions 2015 as a possible date when we might see it in the shops. He went on to clarify: "The MetaWatch isn't something you can buy. Nor is this some kind of promise that anyone is even producing it. Right now, it is an investigation that Fossil (and HP) are currently working on."
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There was a time when kids could go to school in a Spider-Man mask if they really wanted. Sadly, those days are now gone. Thanks for that, crazy Gen-X pranksters. Anyway, if your kid has to wear respectable clothes, at least these won't bankrupt you.
Do your kids have to wear uniforms? Has it always been that way or something they had to get used to?
inkycatz wrote:Do your kids have to wear uniforms? Has it always been that way or something they had to get used to?
In small town Kansas, my children are still able to wear what they want. There are more rules now such as no tank tops or flip flops. However, they usually wear slacks and a polo anyways.
there is a *uniform dress code* - meaning there are options, not a strict uniform.
So pants/shorts/skirt option - Black/navy/khaki
Shirts- White or Blue (any shade) - Must have collar (can be polo, button up, turtleneck)
Something that they had to get used to, but now they realize how easy it is to
1) be able to tell their school clothes from their *play* clothes
2) be able to *pick an outfit*
3)fold & sort their laundry - they have waaay fewer clothing items than many of their peers...
My kid starts preschool in two weeks, and now we have uniforms. Can't say I love them, but I understand them.
My son is starting middle school and uniforms are required. The school has their own branded polos that are required. It's going to cost about $200+ to outfit him for 1 week of school. But, you do what ya gotta do to get him into a good school.


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Respondent, a Bridge and Tunnel Officer, was charged with misconduct for his role in a fight at a car wash. Respondent approached a car wash employee, said his car was damaged and asked to speak to a supervisor. When the employee balked, respondent shoved the employee. Several employees surrounded respondent. When two advanced on him, respondent displayed his firearm. Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth. v. Francis, OATH Index No. 825/13 (Oct. 10, 2013).Read more
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Sometimes it can be tough making dinner for one. What to make that won't yield so many leftovers you'll be eating it all week, plus having your freezer full of it?
I've been really enjoying winter squash and grilled chicken lately. Kale and avocado salads too. They make for easy dinners to throw together, with enough leftovers for the next day (unless I go back for seconds). 😉
Usually I just eat my grilled chicken with a little S&P and maybe some garlic, but I wanted something different today. I'm not sure why but cajun seasoning was calling my name, and it lent a terrific flavor to the chicken.
I also baked some butternut squash (and roasted some broccoli while the oven was on) so I could make some more of this stuffing recipe to put in my squash. Last time I used acorn, this time butternut. I can't wait to experiment with the buttercup squash and turban squash still sitting on my countertop. 🙂
I still have half a chicken breast and some quinoa stuffed squash to enjoy for lunch tomorrow – perhaps turning it into a wrap or a sandwich.
This is my kind of dinner for one.
What's your favorite dinner to make when eating solo (or if you always eat solo, just favorite fall-inspired dinner you've been enjoying recently)?


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ESPN baseball analyst Buster Olney made his weekly appearance on Mut & Merloni on Wednesday to talk about the Red Sox and news from around Major League Baseball.
The Astros, who recently fired manager Brad Mills, have begun interviewing candidates for next season. Olney said it shouldn't be a concern to the Red Sox, who might look to replace Bobby Valentine this offseason.
"I don't think that the Red Sox will lose any ground because they're not interviewing the candidates who are available," Olney said. "I think ultimately, let's face it, John Farrell is probably going to be the first choice. They'll see if Toronto is going to be willing to talk about letting him go. And I think [Mike] Scioscia's going to be an interesting manager if the Angels let him go.
"And Jim Leyland would be, for me, really sort of a fascinating choice if the Tigers were to not make the playoffs and fire him. And I don't know if that's going to happen. All I do know is they spent an awful lot of money, and I can't imagine a situation where they not make the playoffs and then something doesn't happen. And I personally think that firing Jim Leyland would be silly. They've got a team that you can't necessarily win with because of the defensive issues. But if he's out there, shoot, if I'm the Red Sox, am I talking to him? Absolutely. … He is great in a clubhouse, guys. You talk about contact with players and that type of thing, he would be tremendous."
Asked about Valentine pinch-hitting for Jose Iglesias with a 2-2 count during a recent game in Toronto, Olney said he has seen such a situation happen before, although, "There's no question it's very unusual."
The Red Sox' megatrade with the Dodgers has had some time to sink in, and it hasn't gone so well for Los Angeles. Adrian Gonzalez is hitting .233 with one home run and 16 RBIs in 21 games, during which time the Dodgers are 8-13.
"I don't think they're necessarily surprised," Olney said of the Dodgers' expectations for Gonzalez. "Let's face it, it's a small sample of games. They did hope that he would come in and put them over the top. They thought that he would come in and be the guy. I'm curious to spend more time with Adrian. … Because when I was there a couple of weeks ago, he did seem down. I can't tell you a reason, I can't give it to you. The one thing that I wonder about, and I'm sure you guys were aware of this, when the whole coup d'etat story broke, people were [saying] Adrian Gonzalez texted the owners, and he got some criticism, I was thinking to myself, you know what? This is one of the first times in his career when he got some criticism for something. You just hope it doesn't really sort of rob the joy he would take going to the park every day.
"But I've seen it happen before. I'll never forget how different Roberto Alomar was after the [John] Hirschbeck incident because of the fact that he got really criticized. And he never was the same, in my opinion. And I covered him at that time, on a daily basis. And that's what I wonder about Adrian. This is the first time where he really sort of got whacked publicly, whether it's fair or not. Personally I think it was him trying to be a leader. I wonder how much it's affecting him."
To hear the interview, go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page [1]. For more Red Sox news, visit the team page at weei.com/redsox [2].
[1] http://audio.weei.com/mut-and-merloni.htm
[2] http://www.weei.com/teams/red-sox/home


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Austria's as good a place as any...wow, that seems like so long ago now back in the deep dark mists of the past. We were in the dramatic Austrian Alps after having just come through the mountains from Slovenia, when our brakes failed...fortunately we were actually in a valley right by a fiat garage! Fate was most definitely on our side that day, we thanked our lucky stars again and again for that one, it happened just before 5pm, after the mechanic had a quick look he said it wasn't safe to drive but they could fix it the next day with any luck, so we had to camp outside the garage, had a magnificent view of the mountains though the floodlights maimed our view of the stars for the perseid meteor shower that night.
The next day fnumena was in the garage being worked on by 8:30, seems the Austrians share the Germans efficiency as well as their language
Heading across country we ended up in the city of Klagenfurt coming up to 9 oclock having had no luck finding anywhere to live for the night, exhausted and famished we spotted a Chinese restaurant in a complex of other buildings (cinema, bar etc) with a huge car park. After trying (but failing miserably) to ask them if it was ok for us to park there overnight in mostly mime and a little broken European - a mixture of French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian unfortunately not really any German. Another customer thankfully came to our rescue and translated for us with such ease it was embarrassing. So, with the knowledge that we had permission to stay we gratefully sat down and tucked into a delicious eat as much as you like buffet. Even managed to get a few bits of meat for the delighted Scruff. Went to sleep on a very happy, full stomach that night. It wasn't a very peaceful nights sleep with the noisiest cars and motorbikes sounding like they were driving through our heads
The city of Graz was such a treat, so unusual for us to find a park up so close in, we made the most of it, visiting the surreal 'friendly alien' - the Kunsthaus Graz which is the newest addition to the art galleries there. It's like a big blob of a building that looks to me like a lung or a heart, very cool indeed to see it there all rounded and alive in amongst all it's square, angular neighbours! The little island caf� in the middle of the fast flowing river was another world entirely, it felt like we were on a speedboat flying downriver at a rate of knots, but strangely not moving at all, we went in for a drink to take five, Aldous Huxley would approve of this place, doors of perception no doubt about it, a trip to the toilet involved enclosing yourself in a completely reflective pod, it was like peeing into infinity and getting lost on the way to the sink
A ride in the futuristic lift up the castle hill to take in the view cleared our heads. We felt like real tourists!
Oh I nearly forgot to mention the thunderstorm, never seen one quite like it, never mind been caught in the middle of it, the lightning crashing and flashing with such frequent regularity it felt unreal, almost like a heavenly light bulb was on it's way out, or the paparazzi had grown wings not to mention the thunder. Poor Mr Scruff wasn't impressed in the slightest though, he did the sensible thing and hid under the table til it was all over.
Next we flew into Hungary, seemed we'd just started getting the hang of the Germanic way in Austria now it was completely different again. We found ourselves by chance at lake Balaton which is apparently the largest thermal lake in Europe, second in the world! We were really excited to go for a swim in it but... after getting 'squirted' by a frog whilst walking Scruff, testing the water to find it felt only as warm as the lake in Bled then seeing a funny snakelike creature with a big round head and what looked suspiciously like a full set of teeth I decided against it. Lena went on to brave it all the same but didn't quite muster a swim, overcome by the 'deadly weeds'
Had far too close an encounter with an overhead electric cable on the way to one campsite, it was strung so low along the side of the crumbling road that it well and truly dragged across the roof of the van, fortunately, we didn't get electrocuted, and no, that's not why my hair is sticking up! J It was a fantastic site with an amazing panoramic view of the lake, it had a great pool and a cold hot tub which we made use of, thankful for the lack of strange creatures lurking in the murk.
It was time to meet Cheryl at the airport in Budapest before we knew it, we'd driven through the city (on a Friday afternoon) in search of a campsite marked on our map, it was sign posted, then suddenly it wasn't. After hours driving through several lanes of traffic, with trams in the middle and funny electric busses with scary overhead cables that kept cutting us up, we had to disappointedly admit that it wasn't the best idea after all. We managed to find a site not too far from the airport for meeting Cheryl later on, it was seriously quirky and ever so cute, it had lots of little round 'houses' with thatched roofs (surprisingly a lot of houses in Hungary had thatched roofs, was almost like being back in Ireland). Apart from our Romanian neighbours we were the only campers there which made quite a refreshing change after so many 'high season' sites
Sensibly the next day found us going to a thermal spa. Was so stunningly amazing, could see the steam coming off the water as it flowed out of the ground down the snow white mountain. It's quite hard to describe, looked almost like the top of a bitten into vanilla ice cream cone the way it layered down. The spa was really posh, had all different pools at different temperatures with bubbly bits, massage jets and a really fun donut bit that swooshed you around so fast you felt like an Olympic swimmer, until you tried to get out!! The warmer pools had the same stink as the thermal pool in Italy (where Lena nearly lost her pants) but the cooler ones didn't seem to smell. Was funny being in there all 'civilized' and 'sanitised', seeing the water seized at source and manipulated to such an extent that it was barely the same water any more. Very enjoyable and rejuvenating all the same mind you. Set us up nicely for heading off to Slovakia the next day....


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DANIEL CLOWES IS CURRENTLY on a book tour supporting his very funny new book from Drawn & Quarterly, Wilson. While the book tour hasn't been a traditional part of being a cartoonist, it is becoming more common, and Sunday saw Clowes appear at Powell's City of Books in downtown Portland.
Clowes spoke to a full audience, every seat filled and a large crowd standing behind and around the chairs. Rather than read from Wilson, Clowes gave a retrospective presentation of his work and career, mixed with a "this moment in comics"-type overview of the time in which he broke in, covering a lot of the background on himself and his work that wouldn't be easy to find elsewhere, with a sardonic, self-deprecating sense of humor familiar from his comics. Most of the presentation slides were of covers and pages of representative stories and books from Clowes's career, but a few were photos, such as one (featuring, I assume, Fantagraphics cartoonists) that Clowes said illustrated what comics were like when he began than any covers he could scan would.
Clowes began with a self-portrait by Wally Wood, juxtaposed with an actual photo of Wood at work, one heroic and the other squalid, explaining that the first represented the heroic image of the cartoonist that the young Clowes dreamed of emulating, and that the second, despite the contrast, had a similar effect. Clowes continued through his youthful desire to work for MAD and the lesser accomplishment of drawing for Cracked, "the methadone to MAD's heroin." Clowes never did make it into MAD, but noted that his dad had dreamed of him instead drawing covers for The New Yorker and, showing the covers, declared his dad had "won."
A similar anecdote accompanied each book and film project, from his first comic book, Lloyd Llewellyn—so named for Superman's "LL" naming convention—which he sent to Fantagraphics for criticism and was surprised to get, as a reply, an offer to publish it, all the way through Wilson, which Clowes said he began working on while his father was in the hospital with a terminal illness. Working on the strips that comprise the book, he said, kept him busy, and the more he added, working in a variety of art styles, the more he found the character, a sort of Clowes-gone-wrong.
Clowes was accompanied on stage by Greg Netzer, a local literary figure and the Executive Director of Portland's Wordstock literary festival. Unfortunately, as fascinating as the presentation was, it was a poor forum for a moderator to add anything. Clowes said he had someone on stage with him—a different person at each stop on the tour—to keep the presentation fresh, to keep him interested, and to open up the possibility of a moderator surprising him with a question. However, the fact that Clowes had previously chosen the images and the order in which they appeared limited Netzer's options for questions, and many slides that Clowes might otherwise have commented on by saying, "This cover is . . ." instead had the not-very-different, "So, what's this cover?"
The audience Q&A covered a broad range of topics, from Clowes's experiments in surrealism and automatic writing in Like A Velvet Glove Cast In Iron (Clowes admitted to confusion that anyone found the book opaque, until he reread it a few years ago and wondered how he ever thought it could be clear), random celebrity stories (Laurence Tierney terrorizing Clowes and Terry Zwigoff when they auditioned him for "Porn Shop Clerk" for the film version of Ghost World), to his relationship to editors (they only see the work when it's done—the proof-reading is done by Clowes's wife, who "knows better than to say anything positive or negative"). On the topic of Wilson's release in hardcover without first being serialized, Clowes said that, while stapled comics had once been what everyone made, they now felt like an "affectation" with book-length comics receiving more attention and representing the growth area of the field.
After the talk, there was a signing, and a long line formed, stretching a ways back into the store. In addition to books and comics, people had brought DVDs, and the couple behind me expressed regret that they hadn't brought their Enid doll. While getting my books signed I asked Clowes about the decision to give the presentation rather than a reading, readings of comics being a difficult thing to pull off (and the topic one of particular interest to me). He noted that some people do it, but said that his main opposition to the idea was that he didn't like to do voices for the characters, forcing a little too much authorial interpretation on the crowd. The publisher had wanted him to talk mostly about Wilson, but he preferred the retrospective approach, particularly for younger readers "who are coming in in the middle," providing a context and history that isn't really available elsewhere.
The focus on connecting with younger readers, many of whom were only children when Lloyd Llewellyn or Ghost World were coming out, was also a welcome bit of optimism. Hard to imagine Clowes's Wilson, who sees little value in the modern world and nostalgically longs for a better time, considering them a worthwhile part of the audience, but Clowes himself seemed quite happy to have drawn so many readers of different ages. As I fall into the category of people who know Clowes's work but lack firsthand experience of the comics world when he started, I was pleased to get to hear the stories and context of a quite different time in comics.


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Date of Stay: December, 2011
Nice park on the Colorado River, but not particularly good for an overnight. Pull through sites were difficult to get into with a large motorhome due to trees and tight turns. Sites were level. In order to get there, you need to go through the town of La Grange, making several turns. Also, rate is for cash. They charge an extra $5.00 for credit card use.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
If you need a level site, you may want to pass this one by. Country type park, lots of trees (some sites are OK for satellite). but sites are mostly grass with lots of holes. We had to move from site #45 which was impossible to level our 43' motorhome to a site which was barely acceptable for leveling. Wont stay here again.
Date of Stay: May, 2011
This park would be fine for an overnight stay if not for the potholes. The sites are long and relatively level, however the park does not look particularly well maintained. The deal breaker is the potholes on the road entering the park. I would not subject my motorhome tires to these massive potholes again. I don't know if the park owner or the city is responsible, but, I would not stay here again unless someone did something about the road.
Date of Stay: March, 2011
This park is a real gem. It is located on route 86 with a view of the Salton Sea across the road. The campground is extremely well maintained with swimming pool, hot tub and tennis courts. The friendly owners told us to feel free to pick any citrus fruits growing throughout the park. The sites are not large but adequate. We had no problem pulling into a pull through site with our 42' motorhome and tow vehicle. Price paid was Passport America price. Would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
Excellent location near Newport Aquarium and about 5 minute drive to the Newport waterfront shopping area. Some of the pull through sites have a view of the water, but, most do not. Sites are large, paved and level. A good central location for exploring central Oregon coast. Price reflects weekly rate. Would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
This park consists of two rows of sites. The "back row" are back in sites with 50 Amp service and, in some cases, a restricted view of the ocean. The "front row" are pull through sites with 30 Amp service and a great view of the ocean. You pay a premium for the front row, but the view is worth it. We enjoyed watching the ocean and the people and would certainly stay here again. Too bad there wasn't 50 amp service in the premium sites.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
A great park. Quiet and in a beautiful area. Verizon phone and broadband was not very good. The owner directed us to a site that picked up Direct TV with our dome perfectly. The sites were large and well maintained. Planned on two or three days and ended up staying 8. Would come back again.
Date of Stay: August, 2009
Unlike most of the reviewers here, we were not very happy with this park. Though the sites were large enough for a big rig, it feels more like a tenting campground. Lots of noise till late at night, lots of campfires (we had to keep our windows closed), and lots and lots of kids. If your looking for a campground with loads of childrens' activities, this may be the place for you. Considering the fact that it is terribly overpriced, we would not stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
Large level sites in a country setting. About an hour from Halifax. Truro, the nearest large town, is only 10 minutes away and has plenty of shopping, supermarkets, etc. Our Verizon phone service was marginal and we had to use a Direct TV dish on a tripod since our dome would not pick up a good signal. The owner went out of his way to accommodate any requests and is a RV technician. He helped me out with a problem and refused to charge me. We would definitely return.
Date of Stay: July, 2009
This park caters mainly to locals who stay through the summer. Lots of children, large swimming pool and playground. Since we do not use most of the facilities and are more interested in a long level site, we were not terribly impressed. The long sites slope pretty bad and we had a hard time leveling. The park is convenient to Charlottetown (about 15 minutes to downtown).
Date of Stay: July, 2009
Of all the campgrounds in PEI, we enjoyed Twin Shores the most. We're always concerned about whether a site is long enough and level enough for a 42ft motorhome. Here we had a long level site with a great view of the bay. The location is central to the north shore of the island. Try to get a site in the 500 to 510 row. We'd stay here again.
Date of Stay: April, 2009
Passport America Park. Long full hookup sites with 50 Amp service. Beautiful area in park like setting on the river. Sites could have been a little more level and access to the park was a little tricky, but not a problem for us. Would stay here again.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
This would have been a pleasant stay, except, we were given site "M". The site was not level, it was within a foot of an old 5th wheel that was falling apart, the water connection was under a huge wooden box that I had to lift up, and the railroad track was within a few feet of our bedroom. When we walked around the park later, we found nice, long level sites (all empty), that would have been great. Sometime you wonder where these RV park people have their heads.
Date of Stay: July, 2006
Beautiful views of harbor. Most sites face the water. A short walk to the harbor area.
Date of Stay: June, 2006
Very poorly maintained. Our slide almost touched the slide of the motorhome beside us. Signs were misleading and most big rigs had to back up after going into the office to check in. Generally, it looked liked management just did't care.


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I dont think war films ever change people's perception of war. Was it Truffaut who said that war movies cant help but glamorize it?
The Godfather likely changed the way people working in the mafia regarded their "special thing."
Jaws is said to have led to the targeted hunting of great white sharks--and Benchley eventually regretted writing the book since it demonized sharks.
Capricorn One helped push the Moon landing was fake idea.
JFK led to a greater belief in assassination conspiracy theories.
ET caused a big jump in reese's pieces sales.
Just like every Disney movie or romantic comedy makes women think that the perfect mate will magically appear (eventually) and make them happy because they are incapable of making their own happiness.


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Umumum.. personal bio, what should I put here.. hmmms! I'm a gamer, I'm fond of certain kinds of music, I love to sleep a lil too much, and I enjoy playing childrens card games. That is, so long as there are no children ruining the experience! Pif!
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I've not cosplayed at any conventions, I've mostly cosplayed merely out of curiosity and for fun. I'm quite the shy guy, so cosplaying properly would draw attention to me, and we don't want that now, do we!?
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Im currently in the process of implementing shadow mapping on my engine, im using a deferred renderer for now and works just fine, my main issue comes to implementing directional lights.
I've managed to setup a ortographic matrix and multiply it with a view matrix to obtain a camera who can render the scene and draw proper shadows, the problem arises in the fact that not the entire geometry is covered in the camera range.
The solution i've read is to create the camera based on the user-controlled camera frustum, however, i do not quite understand how the ortho projection works, mainly what each parameter means, right now im using a function who takes 4 parameters, this is the code (im using the irrlicht math library for my engine as i was used to it already).
template <class T> inline CMatrix4<T>& CMatrix4<T>::buildProjectionMatrixOrthoLH( float widthOfViewVolume, float heightOfViewVolume, float zNear, float zFar) { AX_ASSERT_IF(widthOfViewVolume==0.f); //divide by zero AX_ASSERT_IF(heightOfViewVolume==0.f); //divide by zero AX_ASSERT_IF(zNear==zFar); //divide by zero M[0] = (T)(2/widthOfViewVolume); M[1] = 0; M[2] = 0; M[3] = 0; M[4] = 0; M[5] = (T)(2/heightOfViewVolume); M[6] = 0; M[7] = 0; M[8] = 0; M[9] = 0; M[10] = (T)(1/(zFar-zNear)); M[11] = 0; M[12] = 0; M[13] = 0; M[14] = (T)(zNear/(zNear-zFar)); M[15] = 1; #if defined ( USE_MATRIX_TEST ) definitelyIdentityMatrix=false; #endif return *this; }
I dont know what exactly each parameter means when it comes to projection, i'm also not quite sure if i need a view matrix to create the light camera, maybe someone can help me with this.