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The fire had burst in to the shape of wings, and I could see his grip on Dilila tightening. I had to intervene. Nervously I reached my fingers out, waiting to be burnt, and laid my hand on his shoulder. The fire did not burn me. I pulled at his shoulder and he came to me, slipping his arms round my waist and whispering his apology in to my neck. I ran my fingers through his hair, shaking my head since words failed me. And then I thought to check on Dilila, the cause of this trouble.
She stumbled, then ran. I felt Evan shift to look at her as she left, but I was puzzled at her reaction. Why was she shocked by me? Surely I should be more shocked, more scared of her? She had the power after all.
"She makes me so angry." Evan muttered as he released me.
"She's supposed to. She's your sister."
"It's different. We can't afford to be angry. It brings out the worst in us."
"It's human to be angry."
"But I'm not!" His fist collided with the wall, and I watched the fire lick across his skin again, down to the fist which had dinted the solid wall. I fancied that his phoenix was flying under his shirt. I could almost see it butting it's head in joy at the rage inside him.
"You are." I whispered, summoning my courage and approaching him. I ran my fingers lightly up his back and over his shoulders, rubbing circles in to them. The fire died down. "You're just the next step in humanity."
"You don't know..."
"I know you're the best man I've ever met. I know that under the seductiveness and the cheek, there's a heart of gold. And it's that which I'm most attracted to, not your phoenix."
He turned sharply and kissed me, dragging me to him until we were pressed against the wall.
"She's wrong you know." He said when we released each other. "I've never been attached to anyone like I have with you."
"I know that."
"But you don't. I could just be saying that. Only I know it's true. I know that I can't burn you. You're different."
"I know. I do. Because if you did want to burn me, you would have already. You think I don't see how hard you're struggling against the fire. But I see." And as his lips stretched towards mine again I stepped back. That flicker in his eyes appeared again, that flash of fire that I'd seen everytime he released me. The muscle in his face twitched, just ever so slightly. It was him fighting the inner battle.
"There, you see. You fought and won again."
"God I love you." He whispered and stroked my cheek.
"I love you." I said. It sounded so sure, so positive. So true. And I grinned in spite of myself. I really was in love with him.
"How long till your birthday?" He asked, grinning.
"Not long." I whispered, stepping back. Just the thought of that day made me want him."Time will fly by."
"I wish." He groaned, following me with his eyes as I approached his kitchen. "Where are you going?"
"To make us a drink."
As I heated the kettle I hummed my favourite tune, and then poured the steaming water in to two cups of tea. As I re-entered the living room, Evan was sitting on the sofa.
"Here you go." I said, placing the two mugs on coasters and sitting next to him.
"Thank you." He murmured, taking my hand in his and rubbing it with his thumb.
"So, what are we going to do tonight?"
"Whatever you want."
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Our cameras caught up with them here at Summer Soulstice on Milwuakee's east side and at their training/practice facility.PHOTO: B. Lorber
The team performs over 100 shows per year all across the country.PHOTO: B. Lorber
Sometimes the team is even double booked (like on this weekend) and the team splits up to do shows at different venues.PHOTO: B. Lorber
Not only has the popularity of the sport increased, but so have the equipment and tricks.PHOTO: B. Lorber
Not all riders use the ramps, Tim is a flat lander, and performs on the ground.PHOTO: B. Lorber
That is a five foot box jump that JJ is flying over.PHOTO: B. Lorber
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Chris, one of the announcers, educates and pumps-up the crowds at the shows.PHOTO: B. Lorber
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Not sure if this helpful given your proposed solution, but could you do something on the indexing side, such as: 1. Remove the profanity from the token stream, much like a stopword. This would also mean stripping it from the display text 2. If your TokenFilter comes across a profanity, somehow mark the document as containing a profanity via a "profanity" Field (not sure if there is a way, in Lucene, to add another Field while you are in the analysis phase, but you could also have it update a table in a db or something.) Then on search, you could just say (regular query) +profanity:false HTH, Grant On Mar 7, 2007, at 10:07 AM, Greg Gershman wrote: > I'm attempting to create a profanity filter. I thought to use a > QueryFilter created with a Query of (-$#!+ AND -@#$% AND etc). The > problem I have run into is that, as a pure negative query is not > supported (a query for (-term) DOES NOT return the inverse of a > query for (term)), I believe the bit set returned by a purely > negative QueryFilter is empty, so no matter how many results > returned by the initial query, the result after filtering is always > zero documents. > > I was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to how else to do > this. I've considered simply amending the query string submitted > by the user to include a pre-generated String that would exclude > the query terms, but I consider this a non-elegant solution. I had > also thought about creating a new sub-class of QueryFilter, > NegativeQueryFilter. Basically, it would works just like a > QueryFilter, taking a positive query (so, I would pass it an OR'ed > list of profane words), then the resulting bits are simply > flipped. I think this would work, unless I'm missing something. > I'm going to experiment with it, I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts > on this. > > Thanks, > > Greg > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > It's here! Your new message! > Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -------------------------- Grant Ingersoll Center for Natural Language Processing http://www.cnlp.org Read the Lucene Java FAQ at http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-lucene/ LuceneFAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Milking the Mercury: Your Homeland Defense Against Thermometer Juice
We in the DC area have grown accustomed to the occasional troubles and tragedy, whether they are guy drives a van filled with gasoline to the White House, or guy drives a tractor into a reflecting pool, or guy drives a not-van around peeling caps at unsuspecting Michael's patrons, or, you know, worse. We've gone through a lot together, and while we've occasionally needed a little comfort and a little cheer, we've persevered, even as New York City gets all the attention.
One of the ways in which we've managed to eke out an existence that balances the need to get through out day sanely with the need to be hyper-informed about every possible thing that could go wrong has been bourbon. But barring that, we've quickly learned how to make color-coded charts that indicate threat level part of our daily routine. Which is why, the next time we suffer from multiple mercury spills that defy explanation, The DCeiver has made it so we'll be all ready and happy, with the new Patented Mercury Panic Pictorial Threat Index. Let's walk through the steps...
(Everything is fine and dandy.)
When the threat level is at Hermes, you know there's nothing to worry about. Hermes was the Greek god of messengers and homoerotic costumery. It's still many a century before the Romans will even take the God and rename him Mercury. We're that far away from any kind of threat. And, don't forget, Hermes is also the name of one of those hoity-toit shops that only the ultra-rich patronize (and the name isn't quite as crazily fear inducing as Bang and Olufsen). So, keep that in mind, and when the Mercury Panic Pictorial Threat Index is at Hermes, you can stay as happy and contented as any of the white suburbanites now gentrifying the street you used to live on.
(Stay alert for Mercury-related developments)
There's something odd in the air in the city today. The feeling like a freak mercury-related accident could happen at any minute. You may be a bit unnerved by the psychedelic leanings and the use of the mellotron. It's a weird, arresting day. The kind of day we raise the Mercury Panic Pictorial Threat Index to the cover of Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs LP. Yet, if you just allow yourself to listen and get lost in it, it starts to feel a bit more grounded, steeped in a very soothing beauty. Yeah, relax. If there is a mercury spill out there, it's probably just a tiny, science-class mishap. Wait--you think--they actually teach science in DC's schools? Shhhhh. Don't think about such things. Relax and bliss out--this isn't some crap like the Olivia Tremor Control puts out.
LEVEL THREE: Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin in Mercury Rising.
(I can't believe I paid six-fifty for this crap!)
Now things are getting sort of hectic and confusing. It seems like a standard-issue genre flick, typical thriller, baseline story about the troubled cop who ends up "taking on the system." But you start to lose your bearings as the day goes on. Multiple plot holes. Situations that just seem confused and overcomplicated. And why would Kim Dickens character just get totally involved in this situation out of the blue like that? Now is the time, I'm afraid, to raise the Mercury Panic Pictorial Threat Index to Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin in Mercury Rising. When you think about it, asking yourself "How can it be that there have been multiple mercury spills in one place within a few weeks' time" is sort of the same thing as asking yourself "If the only person who could crack the government's code was an autistic kid, why would they even worry? Why kill an autistic kid?" It doesn't make sense. Cling to your loved ones and promise then that next time you'll all go see Along Came a Spider or some shit like that.
(Dude! Don't come around here no more!)
Whether you are aware that the Mad Hatter character is so named because hatmakers in the olden days used to clean their wares with mercury and went nutty because of the constant contact with the substance or not, you can bet your sweet ass that when we raise the Mercury Panic Pictorial Threat Index to Tom Petty Dressed As The Mad Hatter, and you see Petty's aesthetically unappealing face frozen in that hideous rictus, you don't need to know jack about haberdashery to know that everything has gone completely shithouse on the mercury spillage front. Holy shit! Do you need a gilded fucking invitation from the King of Norway to start fleeing? You best start running for for life, bitch!


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On Wed, 18 Nov 2009, nodata wrote:Am 2009-11-18 19:18, schrieb Colin Walters: This is a major change. I vote for secure by default. If the admin wishes this "surprise-root" feature to be enabled he can enable it.I'm not sure how this is 'surprise root'. IT will only allow installs of pkgs signed with a key you trust from a repo you've setup. which pretty much means: if the admin trusts the repo, then it is okay. if the admin doesn't trust the repo it should NOT be on the box and enabled b/c an untrusted repo can nuke your entire world.
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What does Snoop Dogg call a light rain? A drizzle. (Ouch.) Professional comedians would refer to that, derisively, as a "street joke." Justine Barron, Michael Murray, and the rest of the Cine-Improv troupe work at a higher level than even the pros you see on Comedy Central, late-night TV, and at clubs. Their improvised take on film removes the middleman and leaves him (rolling) on the cut-up room floor (in this case that's the Miami Beach Cinematheque). For movies, live action is filmed. Here film becomes live action, in what is known as long-form improvisation. The performers, inspired by audience suggestions, will parody film dubbing and create a "movie" based on an audience member's life that will have fun with style, editing, characterization, and other cinematic staples. The show will also include an improvised musical interlude and something known as "The Armando Diaz Experience," an improv tradition involving a monologue combined with scenes played out by the comics.
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Graduate Theological Education and the Human Experience of Disability examines graduate schools of theology and their limited familiarity with the study of disability--and the presence of people with disabilities in particular--on their campuses. Dubbed a "missing note" by one theologian, this text offers critical research and illuminates new pathways for "theologia" and practice in the community of faith. Reviews of previous literature, theology, and practices illuminate how people with disabilities have historically been marginalized by the religious community. Theologians, people with disabilities, and researchers offer suggestions for incorporating disability studies into theological education and religious life.
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Memory loss and dementia can be devastating for both caregivers and care recipients. Narrative therapeutic approaches offer promise, as well as challenges, for social interventions with couples where one partner has dementia. The Couples Life Story Approach is a recently-developed method by which practitioners work with such couples to help them narrate the story of their life together. This narrative approach is augmented by mementoes (e.g., photos, cards) that are collected by the couple during the intervention. Significant memories are elicited from both partners and developed into a Life Story Book. Drawing on data from this clinical research intervention with 20 older couples, we ask: What are some of the challenges of conducting narrative-based therapeutic interventions with older couples with memory loss? Clinical themes were identified utilizing a multiple case study approach during weekly team meetings. Six of the most prominent themes are presented here. Specifically, how to: (1) construct a narrative from disparate stories, (2) tell a mutual story, (3) tell the story of a couple that has been in a shorter relationship, (4) incorporate others in the story, (5) include difficult life moments, and, (6) end the story. Within each theme, we utilize case examples to illuminate relevant issues and describe strategies that were developed to resolve these clinical challenges. Implications for practitioners and clinical researchers who are engaged in dyadic interventions are discussed.
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Chief executive Mark Evans, who has taken over the head coach role at Quins following the departure of All Black Zinzan Brooke, said: "Our first task is to beat Ebbw Vale.
"This will not be easy because they will be bringing five Welsh internationals and have just had good results against Cardiff and Newport.
"But if we move on with a win, our quarter-final opponents and venue depend on what happens in other matches. It looks as though Agen and Newcastle are guaranteed home ties if they win, but there is a whole shed-load of other teams who are in the same position as us."
French club Brive could stand in Quins' way as they are three tries ahead of them and have a home tie on Sunday against Aurillac.
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Quins will rest England prop Jason Leonard from the Ebbw Vale match.
England centre Will Greenwood is on the bench, and expected to play, but Rory Jenkins is injured, so Quins will restore Pat Sanderson to the back row after his three-month absence through injury. One player who will not be featuring is new signing Rob Jewell, the hustling Gloucester wing, as Quins are giving him a little more time to settle into the squad.
London Wasps, who play Aquila at Loftus Road on Sunday in their final Heineken European Cup game, are already ruled out of progressing to the quarter-finals which allows England to plunder their squad for players to compete in the World Cup Sevens in Argentina on 26-28 January.
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In the narrow cobbled lanes of Fontainhas - a small bit of Portugal washed up on the shores of the Indian Ocean where old spinsters in flowery dresses sit on their verandas reading the evening papers - I finally found Perceval Narona, the Goan historian. He was sitting in a taverna drinking red Goan wine, and was in an expansive mood.
"We were ruled from Portugal for 451 years and 23 days!" he said. "The result of this is that we are completely different from other Indians. We Goans have a different mentality, a different language, a different culture. Although we are now under Indian occupation, I feel awkward when I cross the border into India ... everything changes: the food, the landscape, the buildings, the people the way of life ... "
Narona had a point: the minute you arrive in Goa, you become aware that the place feels different from the rest of India. Partly, it is the relative absence of people. Most Indian scenes - even remote rural landscapes - always seemed to be packed with hundreds of men, women and children, all shoving, pushing, chatting, giggling, laughing, defecating, tripping over each other and getting in the way. But, as the empty lanes of Fontainhas indicated, Goa is different. The red-roofed houses are spaced further apart; crowds are a rarity. From this flows a certain prosperity. There is no hunger in Goa, no beggars, little poverty, and, as a result, virtually no crime.
Goa is also marked out from its surroundings by its striking religious tolerance. While north India becomes caught up in the waves of hatred rippling outwards from the ghettoes of Gujarat, Goa remains a rare haven of peace, sense and proportion. The driver who took me to the state capital of Panjim on my first day discretely crossed himself each time we passed a church. It was only later that I discovered that far from being a Roman Catholic, he wasn't even a Christian: he was a Hindu. I asked why he bothered to cross himself. His reply: "It is good to show respect to all gods."
But undoubtedly the biggest distinction between Goa and the rest of the subcontinent, as Narona indicated, is the Latin douceur that still hangs - almost visibly - over the entire state. The Portuguese had been in Goa for two and a half centuries before the British conquered a single inch of Indian soil; they were still there in 1961, 14 years after the British had gone home again.
The Portuguese first visited Goa in 1498 when Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to the Indies. Only 12 years later, Afonso de Albuquerque, "the Caesar of the East", arrived off the coast of Goa with a fleet. He massacred the Muslim defenders of the fort, then carved out for himself a small crescent-shaped enclave clinging to the Western seaboard. Albuquerque ordered his men to marry the widows of the Muslim defenders they had massacred and forcibly converted the "fair Mooresses of pleasing appearance" to Christianity; but this crude attempt at force-feeding Portuguese culture on India proved short-lived.
Over the course of the next half century, the women, the environment and the sheer distance of Goa from Europe all worked on the new arrivals, so that gradually, generation by generation, the conquistadors began abandoning the ways of Portugal and taking on instead the customs of India. Already, by the time the Portuguese Inquisition arrived in India in 1560, Goa much more closely resembled the Mughal capital of Delhi than Lisbon. As one shocked Jesuit reported back to Rome, "the Inquisition is more necessary in these parts than anywhere else, since all the Christians here live together with the Muslims, the Jews and the Hindus and this causes laxness of conscience. Only with the curb of the Inquisition will they live a good life."
By 1560, Goa already had a population of 225,000. Its grandees dressed ostentatiously in silks, shielding themselves with umbrellas, never leaving their houses except accompanied by vast retinues of servants. Travellers reported how the Goan aristocracy kept harems and that even the Christian women wore Indian clothes and lived as if in purdah "little seene abroad". Their menfolk chewed betel nut, ate rice (but only with their right hand) and their doctors prescribed the old Hindu panacea of cow's urine three times a day.
The best view of the Goan coast can be seen from from the topmost turret of the ruined Portuguese fort above Chapora. From the dark upper slopes of the Pernem hills down to the level ground of the coastline, there stretches mile upon mile of banana and coconut groves, the salad-bowl green of the palms offset by the white sand of the sea shore and the foam of the breaking rollers. In the palm groves, you can just see the minute figures of the toddy tappers throwing ripe king coconuts down from the tree tops. Further up the beach, lean fishermen are beaching their catamaran-canoes on the sandbanks. From these dugouts, a crocodile of women carry panniers of freshly caught fish on their heads up to their huts. Otherwise, the white beach, some 20 miles long, is quite deserted.
Most people who come to Goa do so for the beaches and a bit of winter sun. And with good reason: the state has not only the best beaches in India, it also has the best beach hotel: the wonderful Taj Fort Aguada, a superbly maintained hotel built within the ruins of one of most magnificent Portuguese forts. It would be a great mistake, however, to fail to leave the beach at least once during a trip to Goa, for Goa's history is fascinating and there are many fragments remaining from the days of the conquistadors.
The history of Goa is written perhaps most succinctly in the portraits of the viceroys that line the museum in Old Goa. Typical of the early Portuguese viceroys is Pedro da Alem Castro. He is a bull of a man with great muttonchop whiskers and knee-length leather boots; his plate-metal doublet is bursting to contain his beefcake physique. Around him are other big men with puritanical eyes and thick growths of facial hair. Then, sometime late in the 18th century, an air of moral ambiguity suddenly sets in. Fernando Martins Mascarenhas was the governor of Goa only two decades after Castro, but he could have been from another millennium. Mascarenhas is a foppish dandy in silk stockings; a fluffy lace ruff brushes his chin. He is pictured leaning on a stick, his lips pursed and his tunic half-unbuttoned as if on his way out of a brothel.
This transition changed the course of Goa's history. In its earliest incarnation Old Goa was a grim fortress city, the headquarters of a string of forts stretching the length of the coast. From it, a fleet of Portuguese war barques enforced their monopoly of the spice trade. The mangrove swamps were cleared and in their place rose vast viceregal palaces, elegant town houses and baroque cathedrals. But with this easy wealth came a softening of the hard edges. Old Goa became more famous for its brothels than for its cathedrals. According to the records of the hospital, by the 17th century at least 500 Portuguese a year were dying from syphilis and "the effects of profligacy". As quickly as Old Goa had sprung up, it went into decline. By the 1590s the first Dutch galleons were defying the Portuguese monopoly; by 1638 Goa was being blockaded by Dutch warships. By 1700, according to a Scottish sea captain, it was a "place of small Trade and most of its Riches ly in the Hands of indolent Country Gentlemen, who loiter away their days in Ease, Luxury and Pride."
So it was to remain. Slowly the jungle crept back, leaving only the litter of superb baroque churches - none of which would look out of place on the streets of Lisbon, Madrid or Rome - half strangled by the mangrove swamps. The best view of the old metropolis can be had from the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount. To get there you must climb a kilometre long flight of steps. What was once a fashionable evening walk for the Goan gentry is now a deserted forest path frequented only by babbler birds, peacocks and monkeys. Scarlet flamboya trees corkscrew out of the cobbles. The architrave of a perfect Renaissance arch is rotted to the texture of old peach stone. As you near the chapel, its facade now half-submerged under a web of vines and creepers, there is no sound but for the eerie creek of old timber and the rustle of palms.
The panorama from the chapel's front steps is astonishing. The odd spire, a cupola, a broken pediment can be seen poking out of the forest canopy. Other than the churches, the entire Renaissance city has disappeared: palaces, shops, theatres,circuses, taverns: everything has been submerged by the jungle. From the chapel you look down past the domes and spires of the churches and monasteries and see the evening light pick out the wandering course of the Mandovi river beyond. The river is empty now: the docks are deserted. Of the glory that was Imperial Goa, little remains.
Yet the Portuguese did not leave after the fall of Old Goa. Despite the end of their days as a sea power, they clung on to their precious Indian colony for three long centuries, adjusting their way of life to the new realities and moving their capital from the rotting grandeur of Old Goa to less pretentious Panjim.
Panjim is still the state capital today, and despite the changes brought about by the new Indian authorities -the rickshaws and the pan sellers, the new Hindu temples and the high rises - the town is still unlike any other in India. It is distinguished by its red-tile roofs and its ornate art nouveau balconies, its large stuccoed town houses and elegant piazzas. The most beautiful area remains the old quarter now known as Fontainhas, the last place in Goa where Portuguese is still spoken as the first language. Wandering around of an evening you come across scenes impossible to imagine anywhere else in India: violinists practise in front of open windows; caged birds sit chirping on the windowsills. Old boys in pressed Homburg hats spill out of the tavernas past lines of Volkswagen Beetles slowly rusting into oblivion.
On my last day in Goa, I went to see Dona Rosa in her beautiful house in Lutolim in the south of Goa. The village revolved around the large white baroque church. In front of it stood a small piazza; to one side was the school, on the other side, the taverna, The Good Shepherd Bar. In it you could see the village priest sitting at a table in a white cassock, reading the daily paper.
Casa Dona Rosa is not large, but with its carved rosewood four-posters and wickerwork divans, it resembles nothing so much as an enlarged dolls house. Dona Rosa herself is a small lady in Iberian widow's weeds: her hair is tied up in a bun and a holy medal hangs around her neck. She lives alone with only her two servants for company; every day, twice a day, the household meets up to say the rosary in front of Dona Rosa's ancient oratorio. This cupboard-like object opens up like a tabernacle to reveal its ranks of devotional images, crucifixes and flickering candles.
In the store room there are mangoes from the back yard, jars of rice from the nearby paddy fields, and onions from the garden suspended on poles. Outside, the sunken herb garden provides all the fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices Dona Rosa needs to cook with: chillies and asparagus, coconut and lemon grass, papaya and balsam.
"The new generation don't understand our values," Dona Rosa told me as she showed me the house. "They want flashy new flats. They don't like these old houses. My nieces in Mapusa complain about the intermittent electricity here. I was 50 before we had a single light bulb in the house! Now my only worry is who is going to look after this place when I die."
Dona Rosa led me out onto her long veranda. "It was the Indians that did it," she said. "Them and the hippies. Between them they destroyed the morals of the younger generation." She paused and sighed: "It was never like that when the Portuguese were here. Has anyone told you how wonderful it was in those days? When Goa was still ruled from Lisbon ..."
· William Dalrymple's most recent book, White Mughals (Harper Perennial, £8.99 paperback) won the Wolfson Prize for History. A stage version by Christopher Hampton has just been commissioned by the National Theatre.
Way to go
Getting there: British Airways (0870 8509850, ba.com) flies Heathrow-Goa via Mumbai from £680.20 (inc taxes) return. Western & Oriental (0870 4990430, westernoriental.com) offers a week in a villa at the Taj Fort Agauda Beach Resort in high season (from November) costs from £1,384, including BA flights via Mumbai.
Further information: India Tourist Office (020-7437 3677, indiatouristoffice.org).
Country code: 00 91.
Flight time: Heathrow-Bombay 9hrs, Bombay-Goa 55mins.
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"Reading Los Angeles With Ed Ruscha" – A lecture by Cécile Whiting January 23, 2012Posted by ucisca in Faculty.
Tags: Artists' Books, Cecile Whiting, Ed Ruscha
The UC Irvine Libraries Dept. of Special Collections and Archives invites you to a special lecture in support of our current exhibit, Sixteen Books by Ed Ruscha:
Professor Whiting will give a presentation on the early books of Los Angeles artist Ed Ruscha. Cécile Whiting (Ph.D. Art History, Stanford) has published and lectured extensively on art in Southern California in the post-war period. Her book Pop L.A.: Art and the City in the 1960s (U.C. Press, 2006) was awarded the 21st Eldredge Prize for outstanding scholarship in the field of American Art.
Following the lecture, Steve MacLeod, Public Services Librarian in Special Collections and Archives, will briefly show other examples from the Libraries' Artists' Books collection.
We encourage you to come early to explore the exhibit before the lecture, which is located just outside of Special Collections and Archives on the fifth floor of Langson. The lecture is open to all who are interested. The exhibit is open Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm through March 16.
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Despite saying he would come back and see me, I didn't see anything of Tobias until I was standing on the platform in Hogsmead, fully dressed in my robes and directing first years towards Hagrid. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around, expecting to see Aria, who had disappeared as the train was pulling in because she hadn't changed yet. But instead I saw Tobias' handsome face.
'Where did you disappear to earlier? I thought you said you were coming back.' My tone was sounding slightly accusatory but I was feeling used. I knew Tobias well enough to know he can wrap girls around his little finger if he wants, making them jump every time he calls.
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'I'm sure you say that to all the girls,' I replied lightly, my head beginning to feel slightly dizzy because of his closeness to me and the warmth of his skin against mine.
'I might do, but I've never really meant it until now. I want you to be my girlfriend Hollow. Only you.' I felt my cheeks flush, partly with excitement, partly due to the embarrassment I felt when the crowd of fifth- and sixth-years around us erupted into wolf-whistles as Tobias' lips came down firmly on mine. The kiss lasted for an eternity as I pulled myself closer against Tobias' body. We could have stayed there forever, but Hagrid, his voice booming across the crowd drew our attention away from each other.
'I think that's enough now Mr. Briggs, let the Miss. Gorski go.' Still blushing I took a step backwards, letting my hair drop over my face. 'Now first-years follow me. The rest of you know where you're going.'
Tobias took my hand and smiled cheekily at me. 'Want to go together?' I nodded and we began walking. I looked behind me and saw the shocked faces of my two best friends. I smiled secretly to myself and carried on walking, leaning slightly on Tobias' shoulder.


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Speaking at a press conference in Dundee, the former Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) leader branded the News of the World video "a concoction".
Mr Sheridan spoke in the wake of a police investigation into the evidence given by witnesses in his £200,000 defamation trial against the Sunday newspaper.
The tape, made public on Sunday, is reportedly a recording made by George McNeilage, who was Mr Sheridan's best man at his wedding. It is claimed to feature the MSP admitting that he attended a swingers club on more than one occasion - the allegations that were printed by the newspaper, sparking the five-week legal battle.
Mr Sheridan denounced those who were said to have authenticated the footage, saying that the voices had been spliced and painted himself as the victim of a plot by the News of the World and suggested, at one point, "some sinister forces as well".
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The trial and its outcome led to public acrimony within the SSP which culminated with Mr Sheridan and another MSP, Rosemary Byrne, leaving to set up the breakaway left-wing party Solidarity.
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Phil Hughes fought the 95 degrees on the thermometer with zeros on the scoreboard. Hughes pitched eight efficient innings, Robinson Cano hit a tiebreaking two-run homer after wasting a chance with the bases loaded his first time up and the New York Yankees again rode the long ball to a 4-2 win Sunday over the Chicago White Sox for a series split between division leaders. ''He was throwing strikes, working quick,'' Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. ''It was good for us because it was hot out there. He was in control the entire game.'' Eric Chavez connected for a two-run drive off Gavin Floyd in the second inning, helping New York raise its major league-leading total to 124 home runs. The power surge helped make Hughes a winner on the Yankees' 66th Old-Timers' Day. Coming off eight scoreless innings in his previous start, Hughes (9-6) gave up two runs in the first inning. He then settled in nicely to limit the hard-hitting White Sox to just three more hits over his final seven innings. ''Sometimes they're not going to have their best stuff and they got to figure out a way to get through it,'' Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ''And that's also a process, too - figuring out how to get through things. And today he did. That's a good sign.'' Hughes followed Hiroki Kuroda and Ivan Nova in giving the Yankees three quality starts from a rotation that took a couple of big hits Wednesday - CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte went on the disabled list on the same day. ''It was great to see Phil pitch well today,'' Sabathia said. Freddy Garcia returns to the rotation Monday, starting for Pettitte. The lefty is out for at least two months with a broken leg. Rafael Soriano pitched the ninth for his 18th save in 19 chances this season. Cano, elected an All-Star starter by the fans, has homered in nine of his last 14 games and entered Sunday hitting .367 in 13 games since June 17. But when he came up with the bases loaded and none out in the first inning he hit a tapper back to Floyd that was turned into a slick 1-2-3 double play. Cano has only one hit in 14 at-bats (.071) with the bases full this season. ''I don't think about that,'' Cano said of his struggles with the bases loaded. ''It's hard to do it all.'' Cano homered in the third off Floyd (6-8) and the Yankees won the final two games of the four-game series. ''This was a long, hot week, a lot of energy spent here,'' Paul Konerko said. ''When you win the first two games of a four-game set, you'd like to get that third game, but they're a good club, obviously.'' Teammates Curtis Granderson and Jeter will join Cano as starters for New York in the All-Star game July 10 in Kansas City. Sabathia was voted onto the team by his peers but a groin strain will keep him sidelined. He said he would attend the game with his family, though. Jeter went 1 for 5, dropping his batting average below .300 for the first time since April 8. He's hitting .299 after being at .340 on June 1st and above .400 in May. The AL Central-leading White Sox landed Adam Dunn, Konerko and Chris Sale on the AL squad. Right-hander Jake Peavy is among the five candidates for the final roster spot. Alejandro De Aza led off the game with a sharp double and scored on Kevin Youkilis' single, standing up and eluding the reach of catcher Russell Martin, who tried to make a swipe tag. There was reason De Aza was out of range: replays clearly showed he never stepped on home plate. After two outs, Alex Rios singled home another run for a 2-0 lead. Wiping his brow with his sleeve and tugging at his uniform after nearly every pitch in the 95-degree heat, Floyd pitched from behind in the count for much of his 5 1-3 innings. He was also in trouble the moment his toe touched the rubber, giving up consecutive singles and a walk to start. But Cano grounded into a double play and Nick Swisher struck out to extend Floyd's scoreless streak to 14 1-3 innings. That would end in the second. Raul Ibanez led off with a single and Chavez connected for his sixth homer. ''Even though they got him a couple of times, he still pitched well,'' White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. ''He battled, got out of some tough spots, even in the first. We just couldn't mount anything after that first inning.'' Cano lined a shot deep into the seats in the third, a batter after Mark Teixeira drew one of Floyd's season-high five walks. ''Just take advantage when they throw a pitch over the plate,'' Cano said. NOTES: Ibanez cut his lip and broke a tooth when he hit his face on the bench avoiding a foul ball in the dugout. ... White Sox RHP Phil Humber was scheduled begin an injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Charlotte on Sunday. ... Girardi said Sabathia should begin playing catch next week. ... Yankees injured closer Mariano Rivera (torn knee ligament) was on the field before the Old-Timers' game in shorts. He was wearing a light brace and said he felt good. ... Chavez made two tough catches into the sun while playing third base.
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- Great product to refresh knowledge
RecommendedI have been out of the left seat for seven years after children being born but ready to get back in and up in the air. Wanted to refresh my knowledge prior to working with an instructor and working on check ride. A lot has changed since my original dvds I purchased from Sporty's many years ago. Love the digital format and watching on iPad.
Overall Durability Reliability Performed as Expected Ease of use Value
- Much new information
RecommendedJust getting back into flying after 20 years. I had the original flying course dvd's from Sportys, but ordered the new "LEARN TO FLY COURSE" ONLINE. There is a lot more information, many new videos, and you have access to the course forever (with upgrades as they occur). Well worth the price.
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RecommendedI am a student pilot with around 18 hours of time in an aircraft. A few years back I went through a ground school through my college. Since many years have passed since I went through that course, I had forgotten many major subjects and facts. This course was an excellent refresher/beginner course for me to take prior to taking my written. I have been studying for a week and a half with this Sporty's course and just took my written and passed. Thanks Sporty's!
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- Lots more than just videos
RecommendedI have gotten as much out of the practice tests, syllabus, study guides, and other supplimental materials as I have from the Learn to Fly videos. Well worth $200.
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- From 0 knowledge to 93% on Written!
RecommendedI can't stress how awesome the video series is. I literally knew nothing about planes, went through the course which was awesome and exciting, went down and took the FAA written and passed 93% first time! Thank you Sporty's!!
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- Engaging learning
RecommendedThe videos are engaging and easy to follow. I still take lots of notes just as I would in a classroom setting to help better retain and learn the information. The engine lesson finally gave me the missing link to put the process together. Thank you!
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RecommendedVideo education is far better than reading a book.
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- 2017 edition, loving it.
RecommendedI'm about 60% complete so far and will revise my review after I test. So far, it is a really informative program. I contacted Sporty's because wording in one of the sections was unclear, to me anyway; they responded the next day and clarified the material for me. A+ for customer service!
I've heard complaints about the use of the 172 to describe basic aircraft systems and yes, they do use the 172 to explain a lot. This should not be a deterrent to buying this program. Most of these small trainer aircraft systems are so similar, it's only a matter of replacing the numbers (airspeeds, flap settings, etc.) with those your instructor is telling you to use on your specific trainer aircraft. As an aircraft mechanic, I can easily disregard information that I know already. For non-tech background students, the extra information should be viewed as additional insight and instruction into aircraft systems. More knowledge in this case is better, even if you never fly the 172.
I will recommend this program to new students I meet during the course of my training and those I encounter after I get my PPL.
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- Good Data and Instruction, Poor Implementation
Not RecommendedThere's a lot of good data here. The videos are superb. The problem I see, is the implementation. It starts off by throwing you right into the videos. No intro or "how to". After several lessons I looked around and did find a "Getting Started" and "Help". However, the home screen they depicted could not be found.
Maybe the worst part is the streaming. I'm using the internet version and wonder if I should have got the discs. The streaming often stops in the middle of a sentence or a word and doesn't pickup for some 20 - 30 seconds. Quite frustrating . I have 50 mg internet and a high powered laptop so I don't blame that.
As I said, the videos are superb as in the instructor. Now if they could straighten out the organization then I would recommend the DVDs.
, not their Internet version until the solve the streaming issue.
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- Great intro to flying
RecommendedI've been a pilot for thirty years and an instructor for much of that but had taken a long break from teaching. As I started to plan a return to the business I looked around for good teaching tools and have found the Sporty's course to very good value for money. That you can choose the private, recreational or light sport route is a nice bonus. I'm in Canada so some of the material is US specific but, overall, the content is good enough to make up for having to explain to student the difference between airspace rules and other differences.
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Browse 24 questions Browse 24 questions and 27 answers1)Will this course enable me to pass the oral portion of the FAA test as well?
2)How does it help with the flight portion of the test? Does it take you thru the steps of flying the aircraft?
Thanks in advance for your answer.Is this ground school acceptable?BEST ANSWER: I'm not sure what "acceptable" is in this context, so I'll address a couple of them:
1)Do the FAA testing centers accept the Sporty's Certificate of Completion? Yes.
2)Is the training sufficient to pass the test? Yes. I just finished with the video training and practiced the questions until I mastered them. I scored a 98% on the FAA Test (missed one question).
3)Are the videos any good? Absolutely. They add a lot of context to the questions that you can't get by just reading the questions and memorizing the answers.
4)Are the test questions identical to those on the test? Not exactly. Some are, some are different. For example, no practice question addresses the test question that asks about the Mode required on the transponder when squawking 1200. The answer is to set the transponder to "Mode 3/A Code 1200". It was the only question I missed.
I hope this answers the question.
Can I also use the iPhone/iPad app if I only buy the online version? Or do I have to buy both the online and the iOS version in order to watch the videos on both my PC and my iPhone?BEST ANSWER: I purchased the learn to fly course in June and I can watch it from any browser, any time, I just have to sign in. I didn't know about the app. I just downloaded it and it won't let me sign in to see all the videos. I can see enough that I can tell it's all the exact same thing from the browser.
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Does it have a quiz at the end of each section or chapter?BEST ANSWER: There are short quizzes (2-3 questions) roughly every other video. These questions do not effect the progress of your lessons if answered incorrectly. They are there to help you.
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- Monte G on Sep 7, 2016
For the online format how long is the material available to you?BEST ANSWER: There is no expiration date - you get free updates delivered automatically.
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- Brett G on Jul 15, 2016
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The system will not allow me to edit my question, so I will ask again.
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Have the issues been addressed about the quizzes not matching up with the videos?BEST ANSWER: I have not had any problems with questions matching the videos. I have only observed one issue. I could not find the refered to airport on a map. This was a great course. I definately picked up many tips.
Can I also watch the videos on my iPhone if I buy the online version? Or do I have to purchase both the online and the iPhone version in order to watch the videos on both my PC and my iPhone?BEST ANSWER: I am not sure but the online version just needs a browser to access the online web url, So you can use Safari or Google chrome on your Iphone (instead of the app). It should work, i think but I have not tried it myself. You may want to call them just to be sure.
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I am debating between the VFR Refresher and the Private Pilot Test Prep course to catch me up on everything since I haven't flown in 20 years. Which product is more thorough?Learn To Fly Course (Online) - Private Pilot Test PrepBEST ANSWER: The Learn to Fly course is much more thorough.
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- Dicky B on Sep 6, 2016
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Have the issues been addressed about the quizzes to matching up with the videos?BEST ANSWER: yes,very refreshing quiz ,that helps you to learn.
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- John Zimmerman Staff on Oct 4, 2016
Can you log into this from different computers? EX: like my work computer at the office as well as my home computer? or do you download it directly onto a single computer?BEST ANSWER: The web based one can be accessed from anywhere. I have logged in from 3 different computers and my laptop.
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- edward c on Sep 9, 2016
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Will the online program work with Android 5.1? I have a Lenovo tablet dedicated to learning to fly apps.BEST ANSWER: It needs a browser to access the online web url.I tried it on my Samsung S5 Galaxy and it works. Hope this helps.
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How integrated is the online ground school with the FAA books included in the deluxe private pilot kit? Can I use this ground school course with the ASA books?Learn To Fly Course (Online) - Private Pilot Test PrepBEST ANSWER: Our online learn to fly courses uses some of the books, ie far/aim acs standards. The other reference material are the faa books, The pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge and the airplane flying handbook and the Aviation weather book.
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Can I go back and repeat sections of the course?1)Will this course enable me to pass the oral portion of the FAA test as well?
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- Eric C Staff on May 24, 2017
2)How does it help with the flight portion of the test? Does it take you thru the steps of flying the aircraft?
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I currently have the pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge and Airplane Flying Handbook. Will I need to purchase other books or products to go along with the Sportys Private Pilot Online Training curriculum? I'm trying to decide if I should get the kit since I already have two of the books.
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GBEST ANSWER: The only other book that would be needed would be the current FAR/AIM.
After I buy it can I reuse or do I have to buy again?I purchased the Sporty's online Private Pilot Course a year ago. Do I need to upgrade that course to this 2017 version?BEST ANSWER: Just log into the course and you will have the most current program.
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is there a way to bundle this package with the vfr kit and save any money and not have to receive two items of the same kit ?Learn To Fly Course (Online) - Private Pilot Test PrepBEST ANSWER: We do not have a bundle for a package with the Instrument deluxe kit and the learn to fly course.
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I recommend the purchase of the Learn to fly deluxe kit, Then when your ready to start instrument training you would only need a few additional items.
Do you need a valid drivers licenses to acquire a Pilots license?BEST ANSWER: You will need a valid government issued identification. Please see faa.gov for specifics as to what qualifies as valid identification.
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If you do this online course is there a time limit on your actual flight traning hours? Is there a time limit on the online course as well?BEST ANSWER: There is no time limit on using the course or your actual flight training hours. The only time limit imposed is by the FAA from the time you complete your written exam you have 24 months to complete your training or you will need to retake the written exam.
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how do i use the material once i buy it?BEST ANSWER: Go to Sportys.com/MyCourses and sign into the course using the login/password you created at checkout.
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it´s possible save in the hard disk of may pc?BEST ANSWER: No, the videos are streaming and cannot be downloaded.
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For the Learn to Fly Private Pilot Online Corse, how many hours in duration dees it take to cover in order to compete?BEST ANSWER: There's about 15 hours of video, and the larger sections (20-30 minutes) I ended up watching multiple times. Plus there are practice quizzes and two chances to take the test. Best bet is to figure 20-30 hours to complete the course.
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What are the system requirements to view the videos using Safari? I was able to view them in the past and now I can't. (the help tab is not opening as well.)
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Information about the requirements for food businesses is available at the Starting a food business page of the Department of Health and Human Services website.
The information below sets out the steps you should follow if you are starting up a new food business in the City of Yarra.
If you are taking over an existing food business, you should visit the webpage that provides information about transferring registration of a food business.
If you are planning to operate from a temporary or mobile food premises such as a market stall, community fundraiser, sausage sizzle or cake stall, you should visit the webpage that provides information about temporary and mobile food premises.
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Although not mandatory this service may prevent food businesses from having to make costly alterations once construction has started or been completed. There is no additional fee on top of the registration fee for this service. To submit plans for review, download a copy of the Food Premises Plans Review Request 2015 (33.78 KB) to accompany the plans.
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text: Anti-Piracy Enforcement in China: Progress or Standing Still? Eric H. Smith Greenberg Traurig LLP © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 China's Huge Unrealized Potential Market for Creative Works • 457 million Internet users: highest in the world – most on broadband • 66% using mobile phones to access the Web (December 2010, up from 60.8% in December 2009); many phones now sold with apps to access infringing content on WAP sites • CNNIC reports that music and other content have been principle "driver" of Internet growth – virtually all unauthorized. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • 79.2% of users access music, up 12.9% in the last year; 66.5% web videogames; 62.1% web video and 42.6% "web literature" (books were greatest increase – 19.8%) • Many industries have given up on distribution of physical product; piracy just too out of control. Legitimate physical product sales sinking every year. • Game consoles prohibited from sale in China – piracy virtually 100%. Industry focused entirely on online. Same is true of music and video. • Except for software and books, almost total focus is on online piracy. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 What could a legitimate market in China look like? • Estimates difficult and unavailable but anecdotally would be among the largest in the world. • Example: 2009 legitimate market for recorded music in China - $124 million, with $30 million in physical sales, $94 in digital sales with 80% on mobile devices and most ringback tones. • Industry estimates a 99% piracy rate, 50% of which is caused by deeplinking services like Baidu. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • Compare this with U.S. music sales of $2.8 billion, $285 million in Korea (with high online piracy rates) and $142 million in Thailand with about the same per capita GDP as China and 5% of the population – and also high piracy rates. • If per capita sales in China were the same as Thailand, sales would be $2.8 billion, not $124 million. • Same conclusions can be drawn for other copyright industries. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • This represents a huge subsidy to Internet companies and massive sales losses for creators, whether Chinese, U.S. or international. • Legitimate online business models exist in China but are unable to gain a foothold due to high piracy, ineffective enforcement, and for some industries unprecedented and onerous market access restrictions. • While piracy rates have come down marginally for some industries since 1990, industry estimates still range from 79% (software) to 90% and above for music, video and games. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 Is there any good news? Potentially Yes • 2010-2011 Special Enforcement Campaign under the direction of a State Council "Leaders Group." Reported results so far have been more positive than in past campaigns. Interagency coordination somewhat improved. Example of PSB cooperation in criminal enforcement across provinces. • Industry reports increased criminal convictions for online piracy, many with deterrent penalties and increased referrals from NCAC. Believed to have resulted in increased ISP cooperation © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • More infringing sites have been taken down (VeryCD) by MOC, SARFT and MIIT but usually for failure to have a license. • Motion picture industry reports lower piracy on UGC sites. • NCAC finally reports that it is investigating KJ Med (a PLA affiliated pirate online service to China's libraries for medical journals etc.) (in JCCT commitments). Dealing with this issue for the publishing industry was a commitment in the 2009 JCCT but little was done. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • Baidu under attack by Chinese authors for infringing literary content. Reportedly 2.8 million works were taken down with only 10,000 works left. Baidu had to make a public apology. MOC has recently cited Baidu as well (but arguably for uncensored music). • JCCT commitment on a new intermediary liability JI which we hope will deal with the deeplinking issue. SPC judges increasingly sophisticated about these issues, JI expected by the end of the year. Drafting has begun. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • New SPC/SPP/MPS "Criminal Opinions" clarify aspects of the "criminal thresholds." Possible opening on intermediary liability. Specific language on advertising and online memberships meeting "for profit" test. Minimal loosening of thresholds, including 50,000 "clicks" and 1000 members to meet thresholds in online environment. Again, ascertaining whether thresholds can be met remains very difficult. Unclear if this will have a positive effect. • JCCT new commitments on software legalization, including pilot project on SOEs and hoped for implementation of "software asset management" (SAM)" Note that this is a slightly more specific rehash of 2005 JCCT (and the 1995 MOU) written commitments on legalization, but possible implementation of SAM is positive. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • Copyright law amendments recently and finally placed on 5 year plan. • Chinese right holders becoming much more active and vocal, complaining to government that enforcement is ineffective and nondeterrent. Chinese composers complaining bitterly about minimal royalties from collecting societies. Chinese internet services suing pirates and seeking licensing, particularly in the online video environment. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 What is the "Bad News" Can we look forward to further progress? • Are any of these potential positives indicative of a shift in priorities of the State Council? Unclear but signs are not particularly positive: • State Council involvement ("Leaders Group") is essential to coordinate a nationwide plan, but Leaders Group will reportedly be disbanded at the end of the Special Campaign. Desperate need for high level and continuous government leadership to rationalize overlapping agency confusion and disarray. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 What is the "Bad News" Can we look forward to further progress? • No movement at all on increasing resources at NCAC. Without this structural change, we must question the commitment and continuity of current efforts. • There is a continuing lack of transparency at NCAC. Right holders have great difficulty following their cases and are thus unable to contribute evidence or their own resources. • Criminal enforcement remains key to reducing piracy. Continuing problems with criminal referrals and need to "prove" thresholds are met before PSBs will take a case. NCAC has insufficient investigative authority. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • No criminal reform (amendments to Article 217/218) or a lowering or further rationalizing the thresholds is on the horizon. • End user software piracy causes the largest losses to the software industry in China – now the largest PC market in the world. NCAC does not have the resources nor the inclination to enforce aggressively against this source of piracy. No action on the few administrative cases now pending in the Special Campaign. • End user software piracy not a criminal offense – violates TRIPS. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • The government must implement an effective SAM system to measure software use in ministries at all governmental levels. Despite the government's claim that legalization is moving forward aggressively, industry has not seen sales increases. • Local protectionism remains a debilitating problem. • Burdensome evidentiary issues continue to plague civil enforcement, including narrow injunctive relief, unnecessary notarization and consularization problems, lack of discovery, problems with enforcing judgments and noncompensatory damage awards. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 • The "national champion" – Baidu – continues to operate its deeplinking service which would be infringing in most other countries. 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Xunlei, which has many judgments against it for piracy, has recently announced a U.S. IPO and apparently intends to run a Baidu-like service. • It was a great disappointment that China has to date refused to fully implement the important WTO market access decision. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 Is China "getting it." • China is beginning to see the importance of its "cultural industries" to economic growth and Chinese right holders are seeing not only that there is money to be made from legal services, but that these gains cannot be realized without better anti-piracy enforcement. • However, high level leadership and essential structural reforms remain elusive. © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011 THANK YOU! email@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com www.iipa.com © Greenberg Traurig LLP 2011


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Here in Meiji Shrine
Located in the heart of Tokyo, from all that concrete jungle, there's an oasis which is the Meiji Shrine.
It was a cold afternoon, and especially cold entering the forested place.
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Council leader Rodney Berman has spoken out today against comments made about him this week.
We reported that former leader of the Labour group Ralph Cook had returned to office following his two-month suspension for Nazi comments made in a full council meeting in 2009.
Cook said while he regretted making comments referring to Nazi storm troopers in the meeting, which he said Berman had taken "personal offence to", he did not accept it was a racially motivated-attack on the council leader. Read the report here.
Responding to Cook's comments Berman said the affect of the comments were on a wider community rather than just a personal matter. He said:
"I did not just see the issues that led to Ralph Cook's suspension as merely a personal matter between me and him. It needs to be understood I was as much concerned about the effect of leaving such unacceptable use of language to go unchallenged for the sake of the wider Jewish community, and of other groups who were victims of the Nazis.
"As the then leader of the council's Labour group, councillor Cook made his comments whilst serving in a role as a community leader – and when someone is in such a role I believe there is a particular onus on them to behave in a manner which sets an appropriate example to others."
Berman added that if he had not complained to the public services watchdog about the comments, it may have given out the wrong message to the people of Cardiff. He said:
"Leaving unchallenged the comments he made during the public forum of a council meeting could have sent out a message to others that it is acceptable to trivialise the actions of the German Nazi Regime, or that it is acceptable to exploit someone as a result of their religion.
"Ralph only has himself to blame that the matter led to his suspension. When he initially made his remarks in the council chamber I asked him to withdraw them, and if he had done so there and then that would no doubt have been an end to the matter. This point was underlined at the tribunal when the panel concluded that it was because he refused to withdrew his remarks that they determined he should be suspended."
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My comments may be lacrymose, assaulting your redoubt
All I wish is to evince you,
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Don't go incommunicado, just because I was effusive
Just render yourself supine
and listen to my veritable review
The work is sallow, that is true, an unguent
Is needed to cool this rash of failings
There's a homograph for you
Though I'll doubt you'll notice.
I'm arrogant, that's plain to see
My talent is a fantasy
The last two lines rhyme A and B
Look what I did there, did you see?
Free-verse, rhyme, meter, form,
A lack of rhythm from above
Syllables cramping my style
To sleep, after another mile
A nod to the great Robert Frost
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Giro's 40M Tech Overshorts are made for the cyclists who want to have their cycling specific, water resistant, everyday looking cake and eat it, too. This is owed primarily to the gussets in the crotch and sides. The gusseting helps the shorts avoid catching on your saddle and accommodates your legs and hips throughout the cycling motion. They're unrestrictive in the saddle without resorting to painted on Lycra, making the Overshorts a pair of cycling bottoms you can ride home to your parents' for dinner without the awkward you're wearing colored underwear looks. The shorts are made from a forgiving, four way stretch fabric and have a DWR treated fabric to keep moisture from the road and sky from raining on your two wheeled parade. The adjustable waist and satin lined leg openings make for a comfortable fit that maintains coverage without chafing. The shorts also ventilate well, so you won't have arrive for Sunday dinner with an unsightly racing stripe of sweat. In case you get lost or forget what kind of flowers to bring, the shorts also have a phone pocket for easy access to your portable device. This model of the Giro 40M Tech Overshorts is the more relaxed regular cut, which means there's even less of a chance you'll have to make awkward conversation with your parents over awkwardly bulging shorts.
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Observed: 23rd July 2009 By: RichLove
Added: 31st July 2009
I saw these two at a friend's house on a recent holiday in France so I thought I would get a snap of them to add to iSpot
Other observations of Firebug (or Gendarme in France) (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Species with which Firebug (or Gendarme in France) (Pyrrhocoris apterus) interacts
I've never seen these before but beleived they were so distinctive nothing else could look like them. I was wrong, I did a quick surch through my books and discovered they are only found on the Channel Islands in the UK. A visit to the following web site showed there are 10 red and black bugs with a similar pattern.
However, only one looked exactly like your photograph, P. apterus. It does mean there may be others in the South of France which are more similar.
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I agree
My insect knowledge is limited to the UK, and always dangerous to assume things about the much larger set of species found on the continent, but I have no reason to doubt the ID of this one. There does seem to be one other UK site, on a small rock off the shore of Torquay, where it's been known since at least 1865! See the account of this species in the NBN species dictionary (taken from the JNCC review of scarce Hemiptera):
(it also mentions an old and possibly erroneous Yorkshire record!)
Entomologist and biological recorder
Intersting, I wonder if this is a relic population or an early Victorian introduction? A small island of Torquay seems a strange place to introduce such an exotic bug though. My vote would go for a relic population following an irruption at some time.
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There seemed to be quite a few of these wandering around in this garden.
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Unique Global Solvability for¶Initial-Boundary Value Problems¶in One-Dimensional Nonlinear Thermoviscoelasticity
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- Watson, S. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. (2000) 153: 1. doi:10.1007/s002050050007
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The balance laws of mass, momentum and energy are considered for a broad class of one-dimensional nonlinear thermoviscoelastic materials. For the initial-boundary value problem corresponding to pinned endpoints held at constant temperature, we establish existence and uniqueness of temporally global classical solutions for initial data of unrestricted size. Our approach also applies to all boundary conditions involving pinned or stress-free endpoints which are either held at constant temperature or insulated. An additional and novel feature of the theory is that solid-like and gaseous materials are treated in a unified way.
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