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I am an affable individual, who has a passion to inspire the next generation of students to attain their goals. I believe the first step for achieving anything in life commences with believing in yourself, once you have done that, you are half way there!
I have graduated with a First Class degree in BA (Hons) Business and Business Economics, and have a Distinction grade in my Masters (MSc Banking and Finance).
Presently, I teach Economics at a private boarding college, and am also a Programme Director. I have also taught Economics at University. I understand the techniques required to attain the grades whether it be for multiple-choice or data response questions - once you have mastered the art of approaching such questions, it doesn't matter what question is thrown at you, you will be more than fine!
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With a stay at Zuzu Airport Inn in New Delhi, you'll be close to Pitampura TV Tower and Adventure Island. This hotel is within the vicinity of Metro Walk Mall and University of Delhi.
Make yourself at home in one of the 2 air-conditioned rooms featuring DVD players. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless Internet access and tour/ticket assistance. Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service.
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Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Free parking nearby
- Parking (limited spaces)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Airport transportation
- Express check-in
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- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- One meeting room
- Accessible bathroom
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
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- Total number of rooms - 2
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Number of floors - 3
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- This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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- Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.
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- Breakfast fee: INR 250 per person (approximately)
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Zhong Lun has appointed Dechert's Hong Kong managing partner Basil Hwang as a partner in its Hong Kong associate firm Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson (BPYA).
Hwang was previously the managing partner of US firm Dechert's Hong Kong office, which he helped launch in 2007 (3 December 2007).
He moved to Dechert for the Hong Kong opening after a one-year stint at Paul Hastings as a partner and before that he was counsel at O'Melveny & Myers.
Hwang's practice focuses on China private equity, M&A, investment funds and financial services industry. He cited the main reason for his move as that clients operating in Greater China are seeking full scale of support that only a large Chinese firm can offer.
Zhong Lun opened its Hong Kong office in 2010 and a year later it entered into association with 21-lawyer Hong Kong firm BPYA to strengthen its foothold in the market.
The firm has also been on a hiring spree in recent years, recruiting a large number of partners from leading local and international firms. Robert Lewis, former Beijing managing partner of legacy Lovells, Clifford Ng, former partner of K&L Gates' Hong Kong office, and Carl Cheng, former Shanghai partner of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (19 April 2012), are among the high-profile appointments.
"Basil's experience with PRC-based clients and in complex cross-border transactions will add to our strength in advising on outbound investments by PRC clients," said Victor Yang, BPYA's managing partner.
There has been a growing trend of senior practitioners joining PRC firms from international firms. Most recently, former Edwards Wildman corporate partner Andrew Lui joined Fangda's Hong Kong office as a partner (3 January 2014). Last November, former Norton Rose Beijing chief Peter Burrow joined Beijing-based firm DaHui as a senior consultant (7 November 2013).


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MD College of Polytechnic is located in a serene environment of PANIPAT in HARYANA. The distinguished faculty has been nurturing ground for young aspirants with bright future. It is running by Jain Welfare Society. M.D.C.P has been approached towards the intellectually trained professionals. The Institute is conducting 3 years Polytechnic Diploma in Engineering in CSE, ME, E.C.E., Civil, Electrical branch. Institute has now introduced two new branches of Diploma i.e. Automobile Engineering and Fashion Designing. All the programs are approved by AICTE, Govt. of India and affiliated to HSBTE, Panchkula. MDCP provides good quality of technical education to the students. It has experienced and qualified faculty members. It has well-equipped labs and workshop. College also focuses on the overall development of the students. Value based education and professional ethics are also included in the curriculum in conformity with the overall mission and vision of our institution. The modern teaching methodology assists the students in getting an all around view of engineering, technology and the entrepreneur world. The diligent faculty team of the college possesses hands-on experience and up to date knowledge of their subject and area of expertise. The infrastructure and facilities of MD College of Polytechnic consist of spread-out campus alongside various amenities in the form of a library, computer center, classrooms with proper teaching and learning aids, medical facilities etc. The institute seeks to place each of its students in an organization/company of great repute.
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In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
- George and the Dragon was played all over the country by bands of mummers, who would blacken their faces with soot and wear animal masks and ragged costumes - some morris dance groups echo these once-pagan traditions today.
- Bulgaria welcomed 2003 with a blend of the modern and the traditional, with revellers jamming open-air concerts and mummers parading to ward off evil spirits.
- The mummers wore oversized, wire-constructed costumes and carried little umbrellas as they mummed along.
- Since the Living History Society rekindled the mummers tradition some five years ago the youngsters involved have gone from strength to strength as well as raise funds for various charities.
- While the traditional roles are not always filled by the same mummers, they have their favourites.
- She told me about a time when the mummers were all getting together after they had been out for a while performing and collecting and they were having what was known as the mummers dance or ball.
- And in come the mummers, faces muffled and painted, outlandishly costumed in multicolored skirts, frock coats, long-johns, turned jackets, stuffed pants.
- You can hardly move for minstrels, mummers and madcaps: the rolling programme of ye olde entertainment includes music from the Singing Plague Victims and have-a-go heraldry for youngsters.
- Carol singing, Morris-men, mummers, community plays are just a few of the traditions under threat from what is seen as an arbitrary piece of legislation.
- The young Mummers have gained quite a reputation and they were most recently involved in teaching a group off young people from Derrynoose the mummers rhymes.
- On a happier note the young mummers from the village surprised one of their teachers by appearing at her wedding in Monaghan.
- Originally they were mummers, performing traditional plays, and they then became known as waits, who would tour the town every evening before Christmas.
actor o actriz especializado en la representación de obras teatrales de género folclórico-tradicional
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|1,937 sq. ft.
|Property type
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A conserved, period villa situated in the midst of the 'lung' of Barcelona, the Collserola park, at a mere 15 minutes by train from the city-center, the Plaça Catalunya.
A beautiful, 1930s house, pleasantly situated in typically Mediterranean woodland with terraces. Recently restored maintaining its original, officially catalogued style. Unbeatably situated within the metropolitan area of Barcelona and in the midst of the Collserola Nature Reserve, at an unbelievable 15 minutes by train from the Plaça Catalunya and at only 3 minutes walk from the nearest station, Les Planes. Surounded by nature, wildlife and silence, yet maintaining the advantages of a great city, the house is ideal for combining work and holidaying, creativity and culture activities or simply enjoying moments of tranquility away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Consisting of two-floors, the house is spacious and comfortable. On the upper floor there are 3 bedrooms and a small studio, a bathroom and a terrace with lovely, parkland views. On the lower floor there is a self-contained single bedroom, equipped with a shower; a living room with a sofa-bed; an American style kitchen-dining room; and a hall. A spacious garden terrace surrounds the house which is itself, surrounded by mixed woodland and attractive villas. On the garden terrace there are numerous spots in which to relax and read, chat, play table-tennis or make bar-b-ques. Surrounded as it is by trees, the house is cool and fresh on summer nights.
A lovely warm house which seems a world away from the excitement that is Barcelona - but in fact is only a short and easy train journey away. We (a family of four from New Zealand) stayed here for a week and it was wonderfull to be able to return to this peaceful house after a days sightseeing.
"House was clean and kitchen well equipped. Terrace perfect for eating outside with view over village. Located 20 minutes from Pl Catalunya on regular train service. A very enjoyable week."
Nous n'en avons pas cru nos yeux.Etre à dix minutes du centre ville tout en évoluant dans un cadre bucolique,si proches de singuliers mais étonnants sangliers!!!Nous avons trouvé çà génial.Double vacances donc et choix multiples entre ville et campagne.Nous etions deux adultes et cinq enfants de treize à quatre ans.Tous se sont régalés.
Très belle semaine de vacances.
Landlord cristina was so nice and helpful. she recived us on the first day and made sure that everything was ok for us.
It was a really Beautiful location ,ideal for us as we where searching to spend a holliday out of pollution.
It was just what we where looking for . As its a clean and lovely relaxing spacious house.
I would definitely recomend this place for families with kids as my little nephew really enjoyed. he was runing around the house the hole time until he had no energy left.
we had a wonderful holiday and probably be back next time we come to Barcelona.
이곳에서 스페인 가족여행을 즐겁게 보냈어요!!! 집주인 크리스티나는 정말 친절하고 떠나는날 까지 우리가족이 편하게 지낼수 있도록 배려해 주었어요. 첫날 우리가족을 반갑게 맞이 해주시고 집안내를 해주고 혹시나 우리가족이 불편한 것이 있는지 때때로 전화로 확인해줬어요. 뒷 가든과 앞에 테라스, 거실과 방4개, 샤워실과 욕실은 지내는 동안 불편함이 없이 넓고 깨끗했어요. 특히 2층 테라스에서 가족이랑 와인도 하고 앉아서 스페인 날씨도 즐기기하고 뒷가든에서 바베큐 파티도 하고 친척동생도 답답해하지도 않고 잘 뛰다니면서 잘 놀더라구요. 이렇게 넓은 공간을 좋은가격에 빌려서 너무 좋았고 집주인도 너무 친절해서 다음에 또 가족이 스페인 방문하게 되면 여기로 꼭 머물생각이에요!!
We loved to come back to the house after our tours
Quiet enviroment and perfect to visit Barcelona.
We all have great memories of this place
Many thanks to Cristina for her tips
Maison agréable , proche du cœur de Barcelone , bien équipée.
Un accueil chaleureux de la propriétaire qui parle le français.
Petit désagrément, les chiens du voisinage parfois trop bruyants.
Attention l'accès à la maison se fait par des petites rues étroites et notamment un passage sur un pont exigu.
Je recommande cette maison a tous ceux qui souhaite passer de bonnes vacances en famille....
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The area is has a rich diversity of flora and fauna. A car is not essential as the house is a mere 3 minutes walk from the station, whose trains, being a curious hybrid between underground and overland trains, arrive at an average frequency of every five minutes, and connect the house with the most interesting places of the city. However if what one desires is to get to the beaches, Sitges or Castelldelfells, for example, they can be reached in only 20 minutes by car on the excellent road network. There are also several outdoor swimming pools nearby; only a few meters away, a small grocery store; and 10 minutes away by car, a shopping mall with a giant supermarket. Apart from kilometres of lovely forest walks other leisure activities in the area include playing golf, horse-riding. Information regarding the area can be found at the forest's administration and information offices to be found in the near vicinity, including sites of historical interest, such as the house of Jacinto Verdaguer, the hermitage of San Medir or the monestery of San Cugat, among others.
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11 Mar 2017 - 24 Jun 2017
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|Notes: Rates are based on 6 guests; add £13 per night, per additional guest
25 Jun 2017 - 31 Aug 2017
Changeover Day: Saturday
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Se requiere un deposito de seguridad de 200€ , si es posible en cheque, este deposito es reembolsable a la salida
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Highland Vixen (Highland Weddings Series) by Mary Wine
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Marcus MacPherson is every inch the fearsome Highlander. He's used to men averting their eyes and women cowering before him. He thinks he'll eventually settle down with a nice, obedient bride. Instead, he gets Helen Grant… Stubborn as the day is long, fearless and dedicated to raising as much hell as possible, Helen is definitely going to challenge Marcus. And challenge him some more. And then some.
This was a great Highland story! I have just booked a trip to London and Scotland in the spring and reading this book made me so excited to go! Not because I expect to be transported back to the time of James Stewart, but because of the culture and history that is abundant in the Highlands.
Marcus is the war chief for the MacPherson clan. After Outlander, many people understand what the war chief position entails. Marcus is a tough man and works to protect his clan. Part of that was actions that happened in the first book of the series. He kidnapped Helen Grant from her home in the Highlands in retaliation for her families actions and brings her to the MacPherson keep. There is history between these two when the story starts, but it doesn't mean that you can't enjoy this book without reading the first.
Helen is repeatedly called a vixen in the story. She is a very strong willed woman who leads men in the Highlands (and lowlands) on a chase. She demands respect and is smart. It was easy to respect Helen and her battles with Marcus. She is not from a wealthy clan and doesn't have a lot of monetary assets, but she has pride.
Marcus wants Helen. He chases after her when she escapes the MacPherson hold. He follows her to court and finds himself entangled in royal affairs. What is so interesting about this story is the machinations of the royal court and how women were used like trading cards. While it was grotesque how women were treated, it was interesting and an effective plot point to highlight how important it was that Helen stood her ground with men.
Back at MacPherson land, the danger to Helen and Marcus doesn't abate. Between the burgeoning romance there is many plots to undermine the clan and the politics of the Highlands. This is the best kind of historical romance story – one that blends a romance and political intrigue. Marcus and Helen share some very intense sexual moments and it was the perfect blend of story and action.
This story has it all. An alpha male, a saucy lady, danger and the beautiful Highlands as a backdrop. If you like historical romance set in Scotland, definitely give this book a try!


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Cattle Marketing and Stockmanship skills as per the Bud Williams philosophy.
Producer Appreciation Night - Registration deadline: November 21, 2014
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Learn about Food Centre and Ministry of Agriculture programs to expand your markets.
Explore new technologies for sorting grain contaminated with Fusarium
Gain a basic understanding of how to analyze farm financial statements and then utilize the information to make better management decisions.
Economics of fertilizing perennial forages.
CowBytes Workshop to understand the software increase knowledge in nutrition.
More information to be released closer to the event date. For inquiries please contact Provincial Crops Specialist Faye Dokken-Bouchard at faye.bouchard.gov.sk.ca or phone at 306-787-4671
This workshop will give farmers and ranchers a better understanding of leasing vs. buying, financial statement analysis, business structures and more.
CowBytes Workshop to understand the software increase knowledge in nutrition
Current & Connected - Conference & AGM
Webinar on Crop Micronutrients
Providing cutting-edge information for Saskatchewan's most progressive growers and industry professionals.
Considerations and challenges associated with establishing native forages.
Tax Tips, Financial Balance, Ratios Lenders Look For
Beef & Forage Symposium, Beef Industry and Breed Association Meetings, Industry Trade Show and Networking.
Webinar on hail and other crop damage diagnosis.
Cow Management Pre- and Post-Calving
This year's school will cater to the backgrounder who may be new to cattle feeding.
More information to be released closer to the event date. For inquiries please contact Provincial Specialist, Special Crops Dale Risula at dale.risula.gov.sk.ca or phone at 306-787-4665
This event will cover a range of topics around livestock predation and management.
Learn All About Government of Canada Trade Tools to Launch Your Small Business into Global Markets
Evening of information on the beef industry and a roast beef supper.
A workshop to help farm families understand the Human Resource needs on their farms.
AG Solutions Today for Tomorrow
This half-day event will cover a range of topics around forage and livestock management.
What Expected Progeny Differences (EPD's) Are and How They Are Calculated.
Learn how to analyze, develop, implement and maintain effective Prerequisite Programs and HACCP Plans into your operations.
Webinar on irrigation practices and soil nutrient status.
Topics to be covered are hedging, commodity training, protection for unaccepted grain deliveries and market outlook. Admission is free.
Producer meeting sponsored by: SaskCanola, Crop Production Services and the Government of Saskatchewan
Building on the success of previous commodity marketing events.
Explore new opportunities in value-added processing through fermentation of vegetables.
Topics to be covered are hedging, commodity training, protection for unaccepted grain deliveries and market outlook. Admission is free.
Protecting livestock from predation by wildlife.
Advanced hedging and commodity outlook webinar.
Discussion of current cattlemen information and brunch.
Webinar on seeding into wet soils.
An exciting day with various updates by a wide variety of speakers.
Providing information to assist grain producers in preparing for the upcoming growing season.
Gain a basic understanding of how to analyze farm financial statements and then utilize the information to make better management decisions.
An update on root diseases affecting pulse crop production.
Calculating Pasture Rental Rates and Agreements
A workshop discussing exit strategies in the agriculture industry.
Fine-tuning spring production plans.
Identifying important production traits and the importance of keeping production records.
Webinar on sprayer application technology.
Update on local research and different agronomy related topics.
This workshop will give attendees an idea of the options and opportunities available to them as they plan for retirement from the farm.
Learn about organic markets, soil fertility, weed management and the paperwork required to transition to organic producing.
Updates on various irrigation concerns like Growing Forward 2, PGR on Cereals, the Impact of Irrigation on Soil Fertility and various other topics.
Updates on various concerns like Growing Forward 2, PGR on Cereals, the Impact of Irrigation on Soil Fertility and various other topics.
Learn about organic markets, soil fertility, weed management and the paperwork required to transition to organic producing.
Considerations to take into account when valuing perennial forage.
This workship will prepare Saskatchewan food facilities for the possibility of recalls. It will equip food facilities with the ability to remove product quickly and effectively in a recall situation.
Protect your business and customers by implementing effective allergen prevention and management programs.
Sanitation is an important component of food safety. This workship will teach how to reduce the risk of contamination of food products during processing.
Are you a producer or manufacturer of a food product in SK? Does your company meet the regulations and food safety requirments to be one?
This seminar will focus on locally processed, functional food ingredients and how to incorporate these ingredients into food products.
A two day course that addresses both theory and practical field experience for beginner beekeepers.
The Entrepreneur Exchange provides agri-entrepreneurs from rural and urban areas with the opportunity to present their business questions to a panel of experts.
Managing Minerals on Pasture
A webinar discussing other tools and phone apps for collecting and analyzing cow-calf production records.
Join us for two days of information and education on all issues impacting the cattle industry.
The Bud Williams style of Marketing and Stockmanship will be presented by Tina Williams and Richard McConnell
All Saskatchewan wheat producers are invited to attend Sask Wheat's 2015 Semi-Annual Meeting
Native Prairie Appreciation Week Tour
Practices to Prevail in a Changing Industry
The clinic will consist of a herbicide matrix, a discussion on herbicide resistance, and identification sessions for both weed seedline and infield weed patches.
CSIDC Field Day, Recognizing International Year of Soils
Field day and research plot tour.
A one-day, hands-on learning opportunity to examine plants, dig in the soil, pull weeds, catch insects and hone your diagnostic skils.
Join us for a one day, producer focused, in-the-field, pasture tour.
Improving soil health through regenerative land management practices.
This session will provide producers with information on alternative supplementary livestock feeding strategies, the Ministry's Hay Harvest Challenge and much more.
Participants will learn how to analyze, develop, implement and maintain effective Prerequisite Programs and HACCP plans into their operations.
This is a two day course covering the basics of the sheep industry.
Learn how apps can help manage many aspects of the farm
Beneficial farm management practices, advice, and insight with leading farm business thinkers.
Learning and Networking with other Sheep & Lamb Producers about the Sheep Industry


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No matter how much weight you lose or how often you work out, you may still be troubled by cellulite. Cellulite appears when fat gets trapped in the connective tissue directly under your skin, and once it has formed, it can be nearly impossible to get rid of. There are a number of treatments available at medical spas and cosmetic surgery centers that can reduce or eliminate cellulite.
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- Ultrasound massage treatments – ultrasound energy waves are emitted into the skin tissues to break up fatty tissue and may reduce the appearance of cellulite. The FDA has approved some types of body massage and ultrasound combination treatments for the reduction of cellulite.
- VelaSmooth – an innovative treatment that uses elos laser technology to smooth and contour the skin, and reduce the appearance of cellulite. It's a non-surgical, non-invasive treatment that can also strengthen and tone the skin.
- Electric muscle stimulation – even though it has not been approved as effective for body contouring or cellulite reduction by the FDA, some women many notice an improvement in the appearance of cellulite with electric muscle stimulation sessions. This treatment emits electrical currents into hardened fatty tissue. When this tissue is broken down, the body eliminates the fat cells naturally.
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- By Robert D. KaplanRobert D. Kaplan is the author of Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America's Role in the World. He is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a senior advisor at the Eurasia Group.
The late Princeton scholar Philip K. Hitti called Greater Syria — the historical antecedent of the modern republic — "the largest small country on the map, microscopic in size but cosmic in influence," encompassing in its geography, at the confluence of Europe, Asia, and Africa, "the history of the civilized world in a miniature form." This is not an exaggeration, and because it is not, the current unrest in Syria is far more important than unrest we have seen anywhere in the Middle East.
"Syria" was the 19th-century Ottoman-era term for a region that stretched from the Taurus Mountains of Turkey in the north to the Arabian Desert in the south, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to Mesopotamia in the east. Present-day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, western Iraq, and southern Turkey were all included in this vast area. In other words, the concept of "Syria" was not linked to any specific national sentiment. The collapse of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I led to Greater Syria being carved into a half-dozen states. Although territory had been cut away on all sides, the rump French mandate of "Syria" that came into existence, nevertheless, contained not only every warring sect and regional and tribal interest, but also the spiritual headquarters in the capital Damascus of the pan-Arab movement, whose aim was to erase all the state borders that the Europeans had just created.


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This week, and we still can't quite believe it, but we're giving somebody in the West Midlands keys to a £250,000 house!
It's all thanks to Damson Homes and this morning, we had 2 keys which we have located around the West Midlands, and what a start to the week... both keys were found!
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Consumer spending rose just 0.1 percent in February, the Commerce Department reported Monday. A harsh winter helped put a damper on consumer spending, but so did higher gas prices and consumers choosing to boost their savings or pay down debt rather than go shopping.
Kraft and Heinz confirmed Wednesday that they would join forces to form the third-largest food and beverage company in the US. The $40 billion deal between Kraft and Heinz is just the latest in a series of big-ticket consolidations among America's biggest food brands.
Amy's Kitchen, the popular natural foods brand, and grocery chain Wegmans are recalling thousands of products containing spinach that may be contaminated with listeria. So far, no illnesses have been linked to either the Wegmans or Amy's Kitchen recalls.
Florida doesn't even crack the top 20 of a new survey ranking the best states for retirement. Instead, head west for the most retirement-friendly states, including Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming. Which state topped the list?
Target has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a massive data breach that compromised the information of up to 40 million shoppers during the 2013 holiday season. Target will pay affected shoppers up to $10,000 each in damages.
Kraft said it will recall 242,000 boxes of its popular Macaroni & Cheese dinners that may contain pieces of metal. Consumers affected by the Kraft Macaroni & Cheese recall should return the items to the store for an exchange or a full refund.
Patched jackets from Canada Goose have conquered urban cool centers from New York to temperate Milan, Italy. The Canada Goose company is the biggest fashion success story to come out of Canada since Lululemon commandeered the yoga pant market.
McDonald's workers have filed safety complaints with a regulatory board alleging frequent on-the-job injuries, lacking safety equipment, improper training, and pressure to work at unsafe speeds.The new complaints are part of a larger effort to hold McDonald's legally culpable for the actions of its franchisees.
Retail sales fell unexpectedly for the third straight month in February, according to the Commerce Department. February brought plunging temperatures and record snowfall to much of the US, and such conditions can be a particular drag on big-ticket retail purchases like cars and furniture.
Uber, the popular ride-hailing service, announced a plan to create 1 million jobs for women worldwide by 2020, part of a partnership with the UN. The announcement comes on the heels of several incidents that have served to paint Uber as anything but a female-friendly company.
The US economy added 295,000 jobs in February, ticking unemployment down to 5.5 percent, according to the Labor Department. Many expected a harsh winter to to have more of an effect on employment, but the jobless rate is now at its lowest level in seven years.
McDonald's will phase out chicken raised with certain types of antibiotics in the US over the next two years, the fast food giant announced Wednesday. Much of the poultry industry is already moving away from antibiotics as consumers demand it, but McDonald's could speed up the change.
The FCC's new net neutrality rules, voted in Thursday, prevent cable companies from blocking Internet content or creating digital 'fast lanes' for preferred customers, something Internet providers haven't engaged in. Bigger reforms would break up the broadband monopolies.
New home sales in the US fell 0.2 percent in January to a 481,000 annual pace, according to the Commerce Department. Even with the drop, it was the best January for new home sales since 2008, and the pace of sales remained near post-recession highs.
Home prices posted a 4.5 percent year-over-year increase in December, according to the monthly S&P/Case Shiller index of property values. Housing market affordability has proven a concern for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who began a two-day series of testimonies before Congress Tuesday.
Existing home sales fell 4.9 percent to a 4.82 million annualized pace in January, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday. Despite some worrying early results, there are hints that existing home sales could bounce back in the coming months.
Wal-Mart announced big changes in its treatment of workers Thursday, including pay raises for 40 percent of employees and a $10 per hour company minimum wage by 2016. Wal-Mart has faced protests for better worker treatment for years, but it has plenty of economic incentive for the reforms as well.
Krispy Kreme is apologizing this week for a 'KKK Wednesday' promotion planned by one of its franchise owners in Britain. KKK, of course, is most widely known as shorthand for the Ku Klux Klan, but this Krispy Kreme was not organizing a white supremacist rally.
Retail sales in the US fell an unexpected 0.8 percent in January, despite a surging job market and much lower costs for consumers. Experts say Americans may be using that extra cash to save or pay down debt, but retail sales should bounce back in the coming months.
President Obama went after office supply giant Staples in a recent interview, saying 'shame on' big companies that cut worker hours and use Obamacare as an excuse. How big an impact, really, has Obamacare had on the hours for employees at companies like Staples?


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The Kia Picanto is a compact city car that brings the joy of driving back to motorists. Designed to provide a dedicated and reliable drive experience, the Picanto also features many comfort and information technologies as standard, as well as exemplary safety systems for constant protection during all journeys.
Enquire by phone and speak to a Wessex Kia specialist or stop by at our dealership in Bristol, Gloucester, Newport or Cardiff for a chat and a test drive. At each showroom you can also view our used i30 stock up close to understand your other purchasing options.
From the exterior alone, it is evident that the Picanto is a sturdy and reliable vehicle. Highlights of the design include the LED daytime running lights, the tiger-nosed grille that is distinctive of Kia design, and LED combination lights that feature at the rear of the vehicle. Overall a sense of unity is created by these elements, creating a pleasing visual impression.
Inside, the high-quality materials used to form the cabin and upholstery are sure to improve the experience for the driver and all passengers. Multimedia features include an RDS radio and CD player with the ability to play MP3 discs, and a choice between four and six speakers. Vital drive information is broadcast through the onboard trip computer, and electric windows and remote central door locking also feature. The boot has an initial space of 200 litres available for luggage, which can be increased by folding down the rear seats.
Two petrol engines are available for the Picanto, giving capacity of between 1.0 and 1.2 litres. These give a combined fuel consumption of 38.1mpg, and carbon emissions at 99g/km of CO2.
Vehicle occupants are protected by the standard inclusion of six airbags, as well as the reinforced nature of the Picanto's body shell. This means that the cage of the car has been made rigid, and will absorb energy in the unlikely event of a collision. Drive safety assist systems include the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), as well as Electronic Stability Control (ESC) for improved vehicle stability on every surface.


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Jim Loach (born 6th June, 1969) worked as a director on 15 episodes of Coronation Street between July and December 2000. The son of acclaimed director Ken Loach, he studied philosophy at university with the intention of becoming a journalist but moved to direction after working on World in Action for Granada Television. In a 2010 interview with The Guardian, he told how he tried to introduce improvisation into the dialogue in his Coronation Street work in the same style as his father and was told under no uncertain terms that was not how the programme worked. He did say thought that "for my gran it was the absolute pinnacle of my career. And there was nothing that my dad had done before or since that could top it…"
He has also directed episodes of Footballers' Wives, Bad Girls, Waterloo Road, Shameless, Casualty and its two spin-off programmes Holby City and Holby Blue.
Episodes directed by Jim LoachEdit
2000 (15 episodes)
- Episode 4863 (26th July 2000)
- Episode 4883 (30th August 2000)
- Episode 4884 (1st September 2000)
- Episode 4902 (2nd October 2000)
- Episode 4903 (4th October 2000)
- Episode 4904 (6th October 2000)
- Episode 4905 (8th October 2000)
- Episode 4928 (13th November 2000)
- Episode 4929 (15th November 2000)
- Episode 4930 (17th November 2000)
- Episode 4931 (19th November 2000)
- Episode 4951 (18th December 2000)
- Episode 4952 (20th December 2000)
- Episode 4953 (22nd December 2000)
- Episode 4954 (24th December 2000)


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Fans of period drama Downton Abbey may well be surprised to see their beloved Lady Mary thrown around a plane in Liam Neeson's latest action thriller Non-Stop.
While Dockery, 32, is still committed to her lead TV role, she says she enjoyed playing gusty air hostess Nancy in the film, which follows an air marshal's battle to defend a flight from a bomb threat.
Non-Stop film review
"I'm very familiar with Lady Mary now, but with Nancy it was a completely different approach. There was much more physical action and a few stunt moves I was taught!" she says.
Dockery seems set on varying her future roles to avoid being typecast as Lady Mary forever, and insists that "keeping it fresh" is important for any actor.
"I'd like to work in the action genre again, absolutely, it was such an exciting set to be on," she says.
"There's no particular role that comes to mind that I'd like to take on but for me it's about playing interesting characters and not just two-dimensional ones."
Set thousands of feet above the ground in a claustrophobic aeroplane cabin, Non-Stop was destined from the outset to feel nervy and tense. Neeson even fights suspected bad guys in one of those coffin-sized toilets with the scary flushes.
Dockery admits Neeson is not as 'badass' in real life as he appears on screen. "Liam is a very gentle, softly-spoken man," she says. "I wouldn't want to cross him though."
Non-Stop works primarily because of one powerful emotion – fear. After the World Trade Center attack, hijack threats to planes are seen in a new, more 'real' light, something which Dockery was clearly well aware.
"I just wanted to make Nancy as real as possible, to act how I would feel if I was in that situation on a flight," she says.
While Dockery enjoyed working on an action thriller, she still seems dedicated to Downton Abbey.
The future of Downton has been much talked about in recent months, after its creator Julian Fellowes hinted that the forthcoming fifth series may be the last.
But Dockery says she know nothing about whether it might end: "We're just about to start filming. I don't know anything about the show coming to an end – it's really in the hands of the creators."
"Everyone is doing lots of things outside of the show though. It's been a great opportunity for us, particularly as Downton has been so successful in America," she says.
Dan Stevens, who played Lady Mary's husband Matthew Crawley in Downton, departed the show in 2012 to branch out into films. Dockery, who is currently filming sci-fi movie Selfless, is keen to follow in his footsteps but says she is happy so long as she is acting.
"I just enjoy acting, whatever area – theatre, film, television."
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Members of the Positive Parenting Program at the Windsor Regional Children's Centre of Windsor Regional Hospital, which helps families learn parenting skills, hit the bricks Tuesday to share their message of positivity.
Holding placards with slogans like "Have you hugged your teens today," the group also promoted their Triple P monthly pasta night, to be held Wednesday at the Caboto Club.
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My Birthcity, Detroit
This is a poem about my hometown. A non rhyming poem.
This is a city where cars are born. Going down the famous Woodward ave where Dream Cruise live every summer. It's a home to classic cars from back in the day. I love how I see the beautiful tall buildings and parks that will grow. From the famous Renaissance Center with the blue GM loco on it. That is the GM headquarters. That is why it is nick named, "The Motor City".
But this city has another nick name, "Motown". The home of "Motown" is where all of our famous Motown singers and singing groups from the late 50's to present. Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, and more... Hitsville U.S.A. a.k.a. Motown Records was their home studio, and they would let out this city's most famous Motown sound. Now, it is a museum where everyone can see how all of Barry Gordy's talents from all of the Motown goes to work.
The city lights, Hockytown, home of the Red Wings, Campus Martius Park, Belle Isle Park. While the streets are so mean and dangerous, the city's most famous traffic lights, old and new. I see them everywhere. The street lights are working, but most are not. The steam comes out of the cover hole on the street. People are trying to make it and some didn't suceed. A roller ring on Alter Street called Skateland. It use to be my favorite skating playground, and Hart Plaza in the downtown area is the best festival place to go besides The Rivefront.
The people mover is a safe haven for out-of-towners to go see North American International Auto Show as well as the Winter Blast. Rather people are living in the downtown area, they can use the people mover to get to work. A great monorail system can supply all of our work and traveling all around downtown needs.
All that I can find in this city, but there is one statue that represents this great city. My birthplace has a statue called, The Spirit of Detroit.


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I got a copy of the Consumer Reports auto issue... CU recommended zero percent of the Chrysler vehicles they tested. That's right--zero. Second to last was General Motors. CU recommended 17 percent of GM models. By contrast, most other companies had half or more of their models get the thumbs up. Honda was the top ranked brand; CU recommended 95 percent of its models.
Is it any surprise that Chrysler and GM are now in the process of going out of business? From the perspective of the Consumer Reports advice, it looks like their
business model was to count on the ignorance of the buying public about the quality of their products. Their bankruptcy should perhaps be viewed as a success of the market system.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Another Example of How Governments Can Make Our Lives Worse Off
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Tol on the Economic Effects of Climate Change
Only 14 estimates of the total damage cost of climate change have been published, a research effort that is in sharp contrast to the urgency of the public debate and the proposed expenditure on greenhouse gas emission reduction. These estimates show that climate change initially improves economic welfare. However, these benefits are sunk. Impacts would be predominantly negative later in the century. Global average impacts would be comparable to the welfare loss of a few percent of income, but substantially higher in poor countries. Still, the impact of climate change over a century is comparable to economic growth over a few years.
There are over 200 estimates of the marginal damage cost of carbon dioxide emissions. The uncertainty about the social cost of carbon is large and right-skewed. For a standard discount rate, the expected value is $50/tC, which is much lower than the price of carbon in the European Union but much higher than the price of carbon elsewhere. Current estimates of the damage costs of climate change are incomplete, with positive and negative biases. Most important among the missing impacts are the indirect effects of climate change on economic development; large-scale biodiversity loss; low-probability, high-impact scenarios; the impact of climate change on violent conflict; and the impacts of climate change beyond 2100. From a welfare perspective, the impact of climate change is problematic because population is endogenous, and because policy analyses should separate impatience, risk aversion, and inequity aversion between and within countries.
Monday, May 18, 2009
My Early Years in South Park
Pedro: "Cartman, how many times I'll have to tell you that I don't speak Spanish?!"
To those who knew me when I was a kid...
How Stalin Won World War II
The documentary also depicts a somewhat dictatorial, sometimes unethical FDR, in contrast with a more virtuous and human Churchill.
Here's a good clip from the documentary:
Friday, May 15, 2009
Government Failure: Welcome to the Detroit Horror Show
Many months and many billions of dollars are being wasted by the administration's determination to spare the car companies, and especially the UAW, the rigors of a straightforward bankruptcy. The president's "surgical" bankruptcy plan for Chrysler requires some of the company's lenders, mostly non-banks, to receive less than they would as secured creditors under bankruptcy law.
The law may still make itself heard over the political thunder. Meanwhile, the president faults these "speculators" for not being as cooperative as are most of the banks that have lent to Chrysler. But the banks are compliant because they are mendicants: Having taken the government's money, they are the government's minions. ...
It is Demagoguery 101 to identify an unpopular minority to blame for problems. The president has chosen to blame "speculators" -- a.k.a. investors; anyone who buys a share of a company's stock is speculating about the company's future -- for Chrysler's bankruptcy and the dubious legality of his proposal. Yet he simultaneously says he hopes that private investors will begin supplanting government as a source of capital for the companies. Breathes there an investor/speculator with such a stunted sense of risk that he or she would go into business with this capricious government?
Sorman on Schwartz and the Financial Crisis
"The present crisis has nothing to do with a lack of liquidity." President Obama's stimulus is similarly irrelevant, she believes, since the crisis also has nothing to do with a lack of demand or investment. The credit crunch, which is the recession's actual cause, comes only from a lack of trust, argues Schwartz. Lenders aren't lending because they don't know who is solvent, and they can't know who is solvent because portfolios remain full of mortgage-backed securities and other toxic assets.
To rekindle the credit market, the banks must get rid of those toxic assets. That's why Schwartz supported, in principle, the Bush administration's first proposal for responding to the crisis—to buy bad assets from banks—though not, she emphasizes, while pricing those assets so generously as to prop up failed institutions. The administration abandoned its plan when it appeared too complicated to price the assets. Bernanke and then–Treasury secretary Henry Paulson subsequently shifted to recapitalizing the banks directly. "Doing so is shifting from trying to save the banking system to trying to save bankers, which is not the same thing," Schwartz says. "Ultimately, though, firms that made wrong decisions should fail. The market works better when wrong decisions are punished and good decisions make you rich." She's more sympathetic to Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner's plan, unveiled in March, to give private investors money to help them buy the toxic assets, but wonders if the Obama administration will continue to support the plan if the assets' prices turn out to be so low, once investors start bidding for them, that they threaten the banks.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
The Fountainhead According to the Simpsons
The Mediocri-Tots Daycare Center...
Intelligent life found on TV.
(HT Division of Labour)
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Bank Competition Promotes Financial Stability
The harm that consumers may suffer from a lack of competition seems clear. A study published in 2004 by the Bank of England found, unsurprisingly perhaps, a clear correlation between market share and pricing by banks. The bigger their share of the nation's cheque accounts, the less they paid customers on deposits and the more they charged them for loans. ...
In a paper last year for the World Bank, Thorsten Beck argued that most recent international comparisons of banking systems have found that the more competitive ones are also more stable. More importantly, they seem to show that when foreign banks enter markets they increase both competition and the stability of the system. Similarly, a study for the IMF published in 2006 that looked at 38 countries found that more competitive banking systems were less prone to systemic crisis.
Government Failure: Economic Surrealism Comes to Washington
The stimulus bill Congress passed a few months ago apparently requires the Council of Economic Advisers to report quarterly on the employment effects of the act. That job is, essentially, impossible. Because we have only one economy, there is no way to know for sure what would have happened without the stimulus bill. It is like asking a doctor, "How much sicker would this particular patient have been if you had not given him treatment up to now?" You can get, as an answer, the doctor's subjective professional judgment, but you cannot expect objective measurement. ...
Here is the question I would have asked: "Going forward, what macroeconomic data would you have to observe before you concluded that the stimulus bill has been a failure? Or will you conclude, no matter how bad things get, that the economy would have been in even worse shape without the stimulus? And if the latter is the case, aren't these quarterly reports just a bit surreal?"
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Government Failure: Government Soars High Above Lady Liberty
The Air Force One photo tour of New York is not only emblematic of government waste and boneheadedness, the picture of the plane soaring high above the Statue of Liberty pretty well sums up the current state of affairs for freedom vs. government. The imperial government is riding high and liberty is secondary.
American Politics as Viewed by Economists
Politics in America: A place where special interest groups exert influence over politicians who use creative public discourse with economically incompetent or ignorant voters in an effort to be re-elected, and where the eventual policy consequences are often not beneficial, except to special interests and politicians.
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Snapshot: My parents, who knew how to party
It's Christmas, probably 1957. This photo was taken in the front room of my childhood home in Birmingham, and there's a party going on. I know nothing about this. My sisters and I have been tucked up in bed long before the guests arrive. At the front are my parents – Don, in the armchair with his guitar, and Audrey, just behind him. The other partygoers are my beloved "aunties" and "uncles", my parents' friends. This includes the likes of Uncle Bunny, Auntie Jean, Uncle Reg, Auntie Margaret, Uncle Fred and Auntie Val, Uncle Stan – names you don't hear so much today.
Uncle John must have taken the picture, as he's not in it. He's captured the mood perfectly; you could almost be there, laughing along with everyone. There's no trace of 1950s greyness and austerity (except perhaps the twisted crepe paper decorations in the alcove). My parents knew how to party and had a knack of making everyone around them happy. Auntie Val, who sent me this photograph recently, said: "We used to have such fun." Quite possibly my mother has just told one of her very naughty jokes for which she was famous, or maybe they had just finished singing a silly song, accompanied by my father on the guitar.
Twelve years earlier, everyone in the picture had been involved in some way in the second world war. My father, in RAF Bomber Command, spent most of it as a prisoner of war. And 12 years after this party, my parents were unfortunately on their way to a divorce. In the intervening years they had moved to Yorkshire and then on to Africa, where they continued to party, have fun and entertain everyone they met.
They both reached their 90th birthdays and had parties to celebrate; my mother, still telling jokes, in Yorkshire, and my father a few thousand miles away in Mombasa, when he played the guitar and everyone sang along. They both passed away shortly afterwards, but whenever I remember one of Mum's jokes or hear a silly guitar tune from the past, I'm grateful that they still make me smile.
Janet Johnston
Playlist: The carnival on our green
The Carnival is Over by the Seekers
"Say goodbye, my own true lover / As we sing a lover's song"
In my teenage years I loved this song, as did my mum but for totally different reasons. I loved the romance of the idea of a carnival (aged 14, head addled by all those fairgrounds); Mum just loved Judith Durham's soaring vocals.
There was a family who lived in our street. To be frank, these days they would have an asbo slapped on them. The little boys peed on your doorstep, the dog was terrifyingly out of control and I once got set on by the whole clan – broken watch, bruises and temporary blindness (something squirted in my eyes), the last mercifully forgotten. Mum did protest but she loved the two middle girls. They rarely went to school so they would be in our house being fed by Mum (the bowl of dripping on the window sill forgotten).
This family emigrated to Australia and the whole street was there for the leaving do. It was on our playing fields and they may have been an asbo family but they were our asbo family and we were seeing them off.
The Carnival is Over was played over and over. Mum talked fondly of that for years, as she talked fondly of Janet (the elder of the two middle girls).
Mum liked Bridie Gallagher, John McCormack, Nights in White Satin, Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms, Oh, Sacrament Most Holy and pretty much anything by the Lovin' Spoonful. No one can say Mum's tastes were not eclectic.
But what Mum liked above all else was The Carnival is Over, and now I cannot hear it without hearing her. I now hear Judith Durham's soaring vocals, as she did, but also her quieter ones. She was a great singer. That carnival on the green saying goodbye to a family I strangely missed for years has merged with missing Mum for ever.
Una McKillen
We love to eat: Zarone minestrone
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Olive oil
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Lemon juice
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Sweat the onions, garlic and leeks, then add the other veg, cubed. Continue to sweat for five minutes or so. Add everything apart from the pasta and bring to the boil then simmer. When the veg are almost cooked, add the pasta and continue to simmer until that is cooked too. Adjust flavourings to taste.
My mother, Zara, makes soup. Never a baker and with no patience for pastry, a hot, vast pot of soup on the stove, bubbling in the much-loved, battered, cooking pot that once belonged to her grandparents, is her trademark.
Always ready to feed friends, children, neighbours, or surprise guests that may arrive. As a warming supper, or a quick bite, or even a flu remedy, soups in our household were prepared often, with love, and were always gratefully received.
Minestrone was champion of them all. She called it Zarone minestrone, always serving it with a flourish (as the young ones cringed).
When my brother and I were children, soups were a wholesome way for a young domestically inexperienced student to feed the family as she juggled work and study. Now our meals are more of an indulgent affair; long Saturday lunches with wine, posh bread, and maybe some cheese and olives on the side, and still Zarone minestrone remains our favourite.
As I fiddle endlessly, trying to recreate the taste of her minestrone, I look forward to one day being just like my mother – with an open door policy, hungry mouths to feed and a bottomless pot of hot soup ready on the stove.
Hannah McQueen
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The last person I expected to give video game horror a kick in the ass was Hideo Kojima.
When it comes to promotion, there is no one quite like Kojima. His success with the Metal Gear series may have chained him to the franchise years longer than he wanted, but it's also given him the freedom to go batshit crazy.
In case you missed it, at Sony's Gamescom press conference, it revealed a playable demo for a new and mysterious game, P.T., which was available to download on the PlayStation Store. Nothing else was said about P.T., but Sony employees on Twitter immediately began prodding players to discover its secrets. Later in the day, we discovered P.T., which stands for Playable Teaser, is viral marketing for Silent Hills, a new entry in Konami's horror franchise from Kojima and genre filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
In other words, Kojima asked Sony, a platform holder at one of the year's biggest events, to lie on stage, avoiding a huge reveal, in service of a surprise. Kojima asked Konami to let him develop a viral game demo that's purposely obtuse, in the hopes that most players will never, ever see what P.T. is hiding inside.
Game unveilings are so boring and predictable these days. A Game Informer cover here, a CG parade there. Then, we prepare for two years of weekly trailers. (I'm looking at you, Ubisoft.) There's no magic, no spectacle. Even if I have problems with Kojima's recent character and plotting choices, I always anticipate his next PR move, knowing that Kojima is the closest we have to J.J. Abrams: creatives who respect the art of mystery.
(Let me cut some Abrams haters off at the pass, too. We're talking about mystery, not answers, and a dedication to playing with audience expectation. Watch his TED talk about the "mystery box" for details.)
Kojima didn't even tease his involvement: his name was a surprise. It's unclear how hands-on Kojima will be with this new Silent Hill, given he was distant from Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. But if attaching his name means the team is given the resources to give Silent Hill the revival it deserves, that's good enough for me.
Because lemme tell you, P.T. is remarkable. It might consist of walking the same hallway over and over again, but I haven't been this shaken by a game in years. Only my experiments with hastily made Oculus Rift experiments come close. I measure how well a horror game is working by how quickly I begin backing my face away from the screen, as though just a few more inches will save me from whatever is around the corner. With P.T., one sequence involved me walking down the hallway with my arm nearly covering my face. Real cool, bro.
It's unlikely Silent Hills will actually be structured like P.T. The gameplay mostly involves shuffling through two doors and a hallway. (They are very detailed hallways, however!) There are signs things aren't right, and it's clear this house has seen some evil recently. Each time, the hallway changes. The changes are, at first, subtle, but it doesn't take long before it ramps up. Sound design is critical in any horror experience, and P.T. had me itching to take one of my headphones off--anything to touch the outside world. Just as it feels P.T. will end, the hallway returns to normal, and the player feels safe. Inevitably, that safety is violated. Boo.
The cycle of safety and violation is key to horror. Players need moments to let their guard down, which gives them a breather, and provides an opportunity for the creator to surprise them. P.T.'s repetitive nature actively pulses between these two extremes, often coming right to the edge...before backing off. A shadow in the distance, a face in the window, a footstep around the corner. Most horror cannot resist the temptation to reveal its evil (hi, jump scares!), and P.T. succeeds because it thoughtfully, methodically, painfully waits to try and truly frighten.
Silent Hill deserves this, damnit. We're talking about the groundbreaking series that helped define gaming horror beyond the jump scare. I've slogged through Silent Hill: Homecoming, Downpour, and Shattered Memories. Only Shattered Memories showed any signs of life. Sorry, but I refuse to believe anyone defending Homecoming or Downpour is doing anything but reconciling the hours we've collectively wasted hoping Konami would get it right this time. It's been so long since a Silent Hill game shook us to the core that we're happy with scraps. We go back to the well over and over because we're reminded of what Silent Hill could be.
Horror is dead, long live horror.
At least, that's how I've felt lately. Amnesia: The Dark Descent and Slender: The Eight Pages suggested the independent scene would carry the torch, as Konami looked at Silent Hill with confused indifference and Capcom chased mainstream audiences with Resident Evil. For whatever reason, big budget games had largely given up on horror, even if the genre continues to expand elsewhere. These days, horror is big business on TV (The Strain, The Walking Dead), and has even hung out with summer blockbusters (The Conjuring).
The big test is coming in the next few years, and it'd only take a few failures to send everyone packing.
The Evil Within, the return of Shinji Mikami, arrives in October. In Mikami We Trust, but what I've seen of The Evil Within hasn't inspired much confidence. I can't quite put my finger on it. It looks like Resident Evil 4 transplanted to 2014 with lots of gore, which, on paper, sounds great, but it's mostly left me feeling uninspired.
That same month, we'll be treated to Alien: Isolation, which is essentially Creative Assembly taking lessons from Amnesia with gobs of money. The demo I played at GDC was scary as hell, but I worry the game will become trial-and-error. Death makes sense when running from creatures of the night, but in the ideal scenario, players just barely make it out alive, and never actually die. I'm curious how the game strikes that balance.
Next year, Capcom will release an updated version of its Resident Evil remake, a high point in the series. Is Capcom subtly hinting a return to its roots? After Resident Evil 6, one can only hope for change--any change.
If Nintendo has any sense, Fatal Frame 5 on Wii U will be coming before the year is up. (I doubt it.)
P.T. demonstrates a development team that knows what's possible when the horror genre is paired with the best technology has to offer. Can you imagine what it'd be like with Morpheus? Actually, I don't really want to.
Either way, Silent Hill is back.
Silent Hill is dead, long live Silent Hill.
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While rural Victorians are moved by the staples of state politics, economic management, health, education and so on, there can also be stark differences among the immediate, local concerns of a blocky in Sunraysia, a cocky in Gippsland, a single parent in the La Trobe Valley, a manual worker in Horsham, a grazier in the Western District and a small businesswoman in Warrnambool; and woe betide any candidate who ignores this.
The current rural political terrain is complex and may produce some unexpected election results. With no coalition agreement, there will be some fierce contests between the Liberal and National parties, with the latter coveting the new seat of South West Coast and the former the National vacancy in Western Province. The Nationals are keen to wrest Benalla from the ALP and Mildura and Gippsland West from independents. At this stage their chances are best in Benalla.
While the VicNats should benefit from the Melbourne-centricity of the new Liberal leadership , they have the problem of long-standing members retiring in Shepparton, Swan Hill, Western and North Western provinces and Jeanette Powell vacating North Eastern Province to contest Shepparton against a high-profile independent candidate.
There is the proverbial sheep station resting on the Legislative Council result because a Labor gain of four provinces could give the Nationals the balance of power; providing they hold their own electoral ground.
The $64,000 question, of course, is whether Labor can defend its 1999 rural gains. Ballarat and Bendigo look reasonably secure, but not so all of Ripon, Macedon (the new Gisborne), Seymour, Narracan and even the peri-metropolitan Yan Yean which has been vacated by Police Minister Andre Haermeyer for the safer Kororoit. If the ALP concedes any off these it will have to compensate by taking seats off the Liberals in Melbourne.
Local issues aside, it will come down to whether regional voters believe Labor has delivered enough of its rural policy agenda to deserve a second term, whether the Liberals have shaken off the negative rural image of Kennettism and whether the Nationals have been forgiven for their coalition experiment.
Dr Brian Costar is associate professor of the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University.
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