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A new country-level ESG evaluation tool, providing instant analysis for investors, has exposed significant social and governance challenges in the BRICs and emerging economies, while identifying Somalia, North Korea, Myanmar and DR Congo as posing the most environmental, social and governance risk.
Maplecroft's ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator has been developed to allow investors to undertake their own evaluation of country-level ESG risks to suit respective risk appetites, investment screening and other criteria. It allows users to choose across ESG issues from 49 risk indices to create country scorecards and a bespoke global ESG dashboard.
A central feature of the tool is that, in addition to Maplecroft's own ESG risk calculations, it also enables investors and sustainability professionals to apply their own weightings to risk indices according to investment or stakeholder priorities. This approach allows users to monitor exposures and opportunities throughout investment portfolios or global supply chains.
According to Maplecroft's results, the 10 countries with the highest levels of ESG risk are Somalia, North Korea, Myanmar, DR Congo, which are classified as 'extreme risk' in the overall results, while Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Sudan, Chad, Iraq and Pakistan sit within the 'high risk' category. However, all are categorised at 'extreme risk' in the social category, with nine posing 'extreme' governance risks, excluding Pakistan.
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"Understanding the ESG landscape is a priority for all investors, as well as multinational companies," states Mike Davies, Associate Director at Maplecroft. "By using rigorous country level ESG assessments, organisations can help to ensure their investments do not compromise human rights, lead to the loss of biodiversity or negatively impact on ecosystem services, but rather contribute to address poverty and improve social welfare. As a result, investors can safeguard against complicity in ESG-related risk."
The ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator's top-level results reveal that the growth economies of China and India are among the 38 countries classified as 'extreme risk' in one or more ESG categories. Both are 'extreme risk' across social issues, with China featuring as 'extreme risk' in 12 out of 14 labour rights and human rights categories. China is also among the lowest performers for democratic governance and has one of the least independent legal systems. India's risk is not confined to social issues. It features in the 10 poorest performing economies for environmental risk, driven by its status as one of the world's highest GHG emitters, as well as its extreme vulnerability to climate change impacts and significant threats to its biodiversity.
Russia, on the other hand, poses 'extreme' governance risks, such as a poor rule of law, systemic corruption and a lack of judicial independence. Other emerging economies categorised as 'extreme risk' for governance, and therefore that are challenging for investors, include Iran, Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria, while Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria, are considered as "extreme risk" for societal issues.
"This is not to suggest responsible investment is not needed in 'high' and 'extreme risk' economies, but rather that all investors will need to assess and monitor the evolving situation to ensure investments achieve their intended impact," says Professor Alyson Warhurst, CEO of Maplecroft. "The ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator will be a useful tool for engagement".
The behaviour of companies is coming under increasing scrutiny with growing societal pressure for ethical and responsible business practices. National initiatives, such as the UK Stewardship Code and new pension fund regulations in South Africa, which require ESG factors to be given appropriate consideration, are raising the profile of ESG issues. These factors are increasingly seen to be material to companies in financial, operational and reputational terms. For example, companies can experience financial loss through fines stemming from reasons as diverse as poor water management and pollution, operational shut-downs from labour disputes, or reputational damage arising from complicity in corruption or child labour.
This is particularly relevant to the emerging economies, which have seen increasing investment over recent years – over $1000 billion per annum. In these markets, poor governance and regulatory regimes that are often unsupported by rule of law, mean that investments carry greater risk of having negative environmental or social impacts. Responsible investments and operations in high risk environments can however support local environments and communities by providing benchmarks for best practice.
Of the other important emerging economies, South Africa's strong corporate governance framework means that it performs better than Brazil, despite a worse score in the environmental category. South Korea is the best performing country out the BRICs and N11, scoring higher than both Greece and Italy. Scorecards for Greece and Italy show relatively poor performance in terms of Corporate Governance and Strength of Auditing and Reporting Standards.
Maplecroft's analysis also reveals that repressive and failed states have the poorest ESG performance. These are Somalia, North Korea, Myanmar and DR Congo, which are the only countries to be considered as having 'extreme' overall ESG risk, while Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Iraq, Chad and Pakistan present 'high' overall ESG risk. The risk categories help screen or flag investments where additional engagement would be required to ensure sustainable or responsible outcomes in the long term given their likely effect on the environment or their wider societal impacts.
Western European economies outperform their peers on all categories. Unlike the worst performers, which are geographically diverse, 9 out of 10 of the best performers are located in Europe. Of the total of 22 countries in the 'low risk' category, New Zealand, Australia and Canada are the only countries located outside of Europe. The best performing countries include those in Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
"By providing a more comprehensive view of the ESG environment, country-level analysis, supported by the Maplecroft ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator, can help business and investors to understand the risks they need to manage in order to flourish in the fastest growing emerging economies," said Jim O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a Maplecroft investor. "Insights such as these help us understand the future economic growth environment."
As with all its products and tools, Maplecroft's ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator provides users with transparent access to methodology and sub indices. It builds on Maplecroft's Global Risks Portfolio, which is home to over 600 risk indices and indicators, 100+ interactive maps, country scorecards, briefings and in-depth reports. The ESG Atlas and Risk Calculator is regularly updated and provides a platform for bespoke applications with sector screens and daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly update options.
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ROUNDUP: Prep scores from Tuesday, Aug. 26
Belding 3-0: The Redskins continued their great start to the season with three wins at Saranac on Wednesday. Belding first defeated Rivertown Christian 25-10, 25-14; then Holland Calvery 25-19, 25-16; and Saranac 11-25, 25-13, 15-2. Brooke Linebaugh had 49 assists and 14 aces. Sarah Brownell added 27 digs, 15 kills and 12 aces, while Johanna McCully had 14 kills and four blocks and Greta Wilker had 26 digs. Record: 6-0-2. Next match: at Coopersville on Sept. 4.
Greenville 3rd: The Yellow Jackets went to Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian for an invitational and came back with three wins and two losses for third place overall. Greenville opened with a 25-13, 25-20 win over Big Rapids, then beat Kentwood Grand River Prep 25-21, 25-16. But the host Mustangs got a 25-23, 25-21 win over the Jackets to put Greenville as a second seed. In the quarterfinals, Greenville faced Big Rapids again and won again 21-25, 25-14, 15-8. But Middleville Thornapple-Kellogg sidelined the Jackets in the semis 25-21, 25-21. Greenville got 41 kills from Allegra Berry, 72 assists and seven aces from Kaylee Wilcox, 29 digs from Katherine Stidham and 17 blocks from Elizabeth Lefor. Record: 5-3. Next match: at Allendale for a quadrangular Sept. 2.
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Greenville 12th: The Yellow Jackets placed sixth in the large school division and 12th overall (16 teams) at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational on Tuesday. Andrew Mason led Greenville with a 15th place finish in 19:12. Garrett Moeggenborg was 35th in 20:44, Stephen Hilliker 37th in 20:47 and Holden Blatt 49th in 21:54. Nelson Byington ran 22:43, Ian Jager 23:00, Will Huit 23:44, JAcob Reamer 23:48, Nathan Downing 24:13 and Matthew Sullivan 25:14. Next meet: at Cedar Springs on Sept. 4 for an O-K Bronze Jamboree.
Montabella's Eldred 4th: The Mustangs competed at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational on Tuesday. Montabella did not have enough runners for a team score, but Kelton Eldred led the Mustangs with a fourth place finish in 18:22. Joel Bucao ran 21:01 for 15th, David Gormely 21:08 for 19th and John Amland 21:34 for 23rd place. Next meet: at Central Montcalm's Hornet Run on Sept. 6.
Lakeview 16th: The Wildcats competed at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational on Tuesday and finished 16th overall. Benett Tomandl led the Wildcats with a 19th place finish in 22:00. Tyler Keilholtz ran 23:30, Dylan Bates 25:24, Brendon DeRosia 28:06 and Cameron Moore 33:21. Next meet: at Central Montcalm's Hornet Run on Sept. 6.
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Greenville 16th: The Yellow Jackets placed 16th overall at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational on Tuesday. Cheyanne Heintzelman led Greenville with a time of 27:26. Hannah Crittenden ran 27:59, Felicia Callahan 28:38, Hannah Blatt 29:37, Emma Collins 29:38 and Jennifer Gryka 32:52. Next meet: at Cedar Springs on Sept. 4 for an O-K Bronze Jamboree.
Montabella 9th: The Mustangs finished third in their division and ninth overall on Tuesday at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational. Kensi Garvey finished fifth overall with 21:39. Kim Buskirk was 11th in 23:59, Alvyia Karcher 17th in 24:14, Brynn Lobert 19th in 24:17 and Autumn Kindred 26th in 27:15. Next meet: at Central Montcalm's Hornet Run on Sept. 6.
Lakeview runs four: The Wildcats ran just four runners on Tuesday at the Chippewa Hills Early Bird Invitational. Allison Adams led the way with 29:56, Camie Cooper 32:44, Katie Thebo 33:06 and Jessica Black 39:55. Next meet: at Central Montcalm's Hornet Run on Sept. 6.
Tri County 3rd: The Vikings placed third at the CSAA jamboree on Tuesday at Brookside Golf Course hosted by Lakeview. Big Rapids placed first with a score of 386. Central Montcalm was second with 462, Tri County followed with 490 and Chippewa Hills finished with 575. The host Wildcats did not field enough golfers for a team score. Hannah Drouin led the Vikings with 113. Nikki Minard shot 129, Kelsey Geers 131 and Cierra Kargenian 133. Individual scores for Central Montcalm and Lakeview were not made available. Quote: "We struggled with unplayable lies today in the woods and long grass. Every day on the course is a learning experience and the girls truly appreciate every opportunity to grow and mature as golfers." — Tri County coach Roxanne Faber. Next match: at Big Rapids Invitational on Thursday.

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Who and Why? Demographic and psychographic differences between consumers who have altered their shopping behaviour during a recession and those who have not
Pentecost, Robin & Andrews, Lynda (2009) Who and Why? Demographic and psychographic differences between consumers who have altered their shopping behaviour during a recession and those who have not. In Proceedings of Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference 2009 : Sustainable Management and Marketing, Promaco Conventions PTY LTD, Melbourne, VIC, pp. 1-7.
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Research suggests that people differ in terms of changing their shopping behaviour during a recession. This paper reports on a preliminary descriptive study assessing what influences those consumers who have altered their shopping behaviour during such times. Driving the alteration of shopping behaviour were both demographic (age, gender, education, and nationality) and psychographic variables (attitudes, and head vs. heart decision making). Overall, the findings show that there are statistically significant differences between the two groups' that marketers can address in their marketing strategies during the recession.
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I had the privilege to spend my afternoon with Mr. Sweeney yesterday at the shop. Some of you will know exactly who he is, while others will not have a clue, but may recognize him by his lures. He has been making his own lures for well over 25 years now and they have been one of those secretive lures that not many have been willing to share. He hand makes each and every lure and many NJ & NY Captains have kept his products to themselves....... and will probably hate me after this post.
Mr. Sweeney has selected Jersey Tackle to carry his full line and I cant tell you how happy I am about that. It was an interesting day to learn how and why he makes each model, along with the amount of knowledge both he and his wife have about fishing. Both of them are great people and I am lucky to have had the chance to meet them. Until yesterday, he has been this elusive "rock star" that every body kept to themselves. He is a young 76 years old, and spending the day with him yesterday was a learning experience for me.
He has created a few different styles such as his own jet heads, weighted heads that dart side to side in the spread, pushers & plungers, slant heads and most of all...... his famous glow heads that have been the bigeye & bluefin magnet for so many local fishermen. His heads glow for 20-24hrs, have about 30X more power than any other out there and while I agree with some of you when you think that the glow does not matter while trolling during the day......... all I can say is : I HAVE WITNESSED IT FOR MYSELF!!! It must be something with the tunas eye..... because I have watched these things catch fish after fish, when NOTHING else worked. I dont know exactly why they are attracted to them, but they are, and that's all that matters.
We will have them in the shop later this morning. I know a few guys will be upset that they are available to the public.... but I swear, he came to us. No dealer in their right mind would turn down Sweeneys Glow Lures as they are known!!!!
I will have them up on the website this week. They are hand made and will be listed as an inventoried item, which means limited quantities on colors and sizes.


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Alfa-Romeo was started in Italy and was known for auto racing and high-end luxury cars. The Alfa Romeo is one of the first cars to be produced was a dual overhead cam (DOHC) engine. A major setback for the company had to retool the factory for military benefit. They built aircraft engines, munitions and other hardware that was needed at the time. Because of the government contract the factory had to be enlarged. Once the war was over and the contract expired Alfa Romeo almost went out of business.
After Alfa-Romeo got back into racing, they soon became the car to beat in Grand Prix Events. The 158 Alfetta won the first Formula One Championship back in 1950. In 1952 Alfa-Romeo began working on its first front-wheel drive automobile. That did not go into production for a few more years. By the 70's the automakers was in trouble again and this time Fiat stepped in. They began to build Alfas and Lancias into the 1990 era developing a new car, the 147 GTA and other high performance vehicles.
In 2005 more changes came about when Fiat bought back Maserati from Ferrari and formed four new automobile companies by 2007. They planned to build sports cars and luxury cars combining the two platforms. This division would share the drivetrain including the framing and would offer both makes in the dealerships. The market Alfa was competing in was tough, Honda , Mitsubishi and Toyota were a dominating force.
Alfa-Romeo has still seen a decline in sales. The parent company Fiat had a target of 300,000 units to be sold globally for the year 2010 but only delivered 112,000. This was a major setback but sales did improve for the year 2011 with sales of 130,000 units. Fiat still has a target of 500,000 units to be sold by the year 2014 which does include the US market and a prediction of 85,000 vehicles for North America.
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Are dogs ears sensitive to sounds we would perceive as loud?
I was wondering about playing music at a decent volume.
I play rock music and guitar at large club level volume and it doesn't seem to bother Lisl. She lays down behind the couch and takes a nap.
Loud, as in you would have to shout for me to hear you standing next to me.
RUSH, Tom Petty, Boston, Nena, Ozzy Osborne, ect.
Lisl is a couple of yards from the VOX 212 50 watt amp, and the same for the floor monitors and mains.
I'd like to know more about this too. My dog will ignore loud music and even if he's resting won't pay any attention to it when it suddenly turns on. However he could be resting/sleeping and hear something down the street (inaudible to me) and immediately turn his attention to it. Do dogs here digital and analog sounds differently and/or is it likely the originating source that gets their attention?
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At Crotched Mountain Specialty Hospital, family members and friends are encouraged to visit patients and take part in the many opportunities for connection and healing available on our 1,400 acre campus. Family members can participate in therapy sessions, offering inspiration and assistance. And family and friends can choose from a wide variety of activities and opportunities for visiting with patients as they work on their recoveries - from an easy stroll around Charity Park's seasonal gardens to exploring the accessible hiking trails to enjoying a quiet moment on the shores of Sunset Lake and more.
Immediate family and guardians are invited and encouraged to spend time with their loved ones any time of the day or night. And in most cases, parents may stay overnight in their children's rooms to provide that extra level of comfort.
Other relatives and friends may visit from 8:00am to 8:00pm daily.
Please visit our Where to Stay page for a listing of accommodations for visitors and family members.
We invite families to dine together if they wish. Mealtimes can be a great opportunity to relax, catch-up and reconnect. Our cafeteria offers convenient hours and varied daily menus. Families can dine in the cafeteria or purchase take-out meals to be enjoyed in other areas of the campus. Coffee and tea are available on the units.
Monday – FridayContinental breakfast: 7-11amLunch: 11:45am-1:30pmDinner: 5-6pm
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Crotched Mountain is a smoke-free campus. We appreciate your cooperation.
Our campus offers many indoor and outdoor options for visiting with patients and participating in the healing process. Family members may also enjoy many of these activities on their own for respite and rejuvenation. Before visiting, please check with the nurse station or your case manager to be certain there are no medical restrictions for visits.
Family and friends are welcome to visit patients in their rooms. In addition, comfortable living rooms, dining areas and patios provide welcoming places for visits on the hospital floors.
Crotched Mountain's network of fully accessible trails allows hikers of all abilities to experience the natural world, enjoy the companionship of friends, or seek solitude in a place of extraordinary beauty. From a summit trail with views across three states, to a wetland bog, the Crotched Mountain trails beckon hikers to enjoy nearly four miles of hiking in a mountainside environment. Read more
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A great place for patients and families to enjoy a casual and easy stroll through our seasonal gardens. Take a rest on a bench or in our gazebo, then cross the foot bridge to see who has taken up residence in the water feature.
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March 22, 2014 , 10:09 AM by Megan Spencer
The January 2014 bushfires in the Grampians, Western Victoria, burnt out many hectares of the picturesque region, including the venue for the annual Rose's Gap Music Camp. Since the late 90s, the Camp has brought together families and music each September school holidays.
Half the buildings at the venue were damaged and likely won't be repaired until after September. So the good folk at the Music Camp have been scouring regional Victoria to find a new home - or a temporary one at least - until the original is up and running again.
Above: image from the Rose's Gap Music Camp (Source: website).
Andy Rigby is a musician and the Camp's committee chairperson. He spoke to ABC Victoria's Megan Spencer on Saturday Breakfast, about the quest to find new digs. You can hear their conversation - and some of the fantastic music the Camp has made - by clicking on the link below.
Know of a venue that might be the perfect new home for Rose's Gap Music Camp? Contact Andy Rigby on 0400 865 229.
To find out more about the Rose's Gap Music Camp - or to register your interest in attending - visit the website. The next Music Camp will be held from September 26- 29, 2014.
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"But we are all as an unclean thing and our righteousness is as DIRTY RAGS; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
For me, "Hello Dirty" means the recognition that in the face of divinity, we will always bare the stains of what we are, so hello dirty is a sort of recognition of that uncleanliness...the acceptance that though we are not pure, we can still be beautiful. It's the observation of life in its true form.
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MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. -- The Mount Kisco Police Department will host a prescription drug take-back day on Saturday, April 26, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Residents are invited to drop off unused or expired prescription pills or patches. Liquids, syringes or sharps will not be accepted.
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- Top 8 Most Famous Fashion Designers Of The World
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Spring-Summer 2010 Men's Fashion At Paris Fashion Week
Gender-bending sailors, NYC bikers and chameleon man strode the catwalks at the opening of Paris Men's Fashion Week. The event saw strong spring-summer 2010 collections by Belgium's critical darling Dries Van Noten, French luxury label Louis Vuitton and the country's one-time enfant terrible, Jean Paul Gaultier.
The Vanmildert fashionists, famous for G Star Jeans, were out in full force showcasing their fantastic range of Lyle and Scott Polo Shirts, Vivienne Westwood Jewellery and Barbour Jackets. Van Mildert often win awards for Men's designer clothing so it was no surprise to us seeing them at this year's fashion show.
The conventional two-piece business suit was almost nowhere to be seen at the 50-odd spring-summer 2010 catwalk presentations held in the capital of fashion, which began with Yves Saint Laurent and closed with Smalto.
Its emblematic accessory, the tie, likewise slipped off stage, popping up expectedly at longtime luxury tie-makers Hermes and Lanvin, but little shown elsewhere as designers instead opted for scarves, hats or glasses to liven up collections.
"The suit is no longer an outfit," said the head of the powerful Couture Federation Didier Grumbach in Paris. "Men's clothes now are as inventive as those for women," he said. "More and more men are ready to take risks, there are plenty of things available other than the suit."
With the luxury industry worried over the economic crisis, top designers mixed and matched jackets and pants with a plethora of waistcoats and even T-shirts, putting the accent on wearability and durability.
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A lot of people in Washington and throughout the Federal gov't are figuring out how to provide much better return for the taxpayer dollar.
That means listening to their rank and file employees and committing to getting stuff done. I've seen that happening at the Dept of Veterans Affairs, and now it's happening at a really big chunk of the gov't, Health and Human Services. It's an internal effort, but the big stuff's in place: getting employees to suggest improvement, and commitment at the highest levels.
46 innovation stories are posted on the HHS
intranet site for voting to make 3 team awards. For the inaugural competition,
126 innovation activities were submitted by employees of 9 federal agencies in
Voting lasts for two weeks, and Secretary Sebelius
will make selections. Winners get to tell the Secretary their story of innovation
and how it might be applied across HHS and the federal work space, get an award,
and $2,500 in cash. Some of the innovations are about inventing new processes to
save time and resources, others are using technology to address health issues, a
variety of health information technology applications, etc.
The Awards ceremony will happen sometime during the week of August 2nd and will be webcasted. On that day, HHS will launch its innovations
gallery to the public.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship has felt its athletes' pain this year like no other.
A knee injury to welterweight titleholder Georges St. Pierre this week forced him out of an Oct. 29 fight with Carlos Condit that was supposed to headline UFC 137 in Las Vegas. The loss of St. Pierre is the latest in a string of injuries or illnesses since mid-March that have had to be changed on short notice because of health-related issues, including:
• UFC 133: A knee injury incurred by Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis prompted UFC to replace him with Tito Ortiz against Rashad Evans less than a month before an Aug. 6 fight in Philadelphia. Evans defeated Ortiz via second-round technical knockout.
• UFC Live 4: Three weeks before a June 26 bout in Pittsburgh, a shoulder problem sidelined Anthony "Rumble" Johnson, who was slated to fight Nate Marquardt. As it turns out, neither man made it to the main event; Pennsylvania regulators later denied Marquardt permission to fight because his testosterone level was higher than the level allowed by the commission. UFC cut Marquardt from the roster.
• UFC 131: Heavyweight ex-champion Brock Lesnar suffered a recurrence of his intestinal diverticulitis a month ahead of the June 11 show, forcing him out of a Vancouver showdown with Junior Dos Santos. Shane Carwin took Lesnar's placeand lost a decision.
• UFC 130: Lightweight champion Frankie Edgar suffered back and rib injuries three weeks before a May 28 fight in Las Vegas against Gray Maynard, who subsequently withdrew to get arthroscopic surgery on his elbow and treatment for a lingering knee problem.
• UFC Fight Night 24: Ortiz suffered a concussion and head cut that required dozens of stitches. Davis replaced Ortiz five weeks before the March 26 event and won a decision against Antonio Rogerio Nogueira in Seattle.
• UFC 128: A knee injury six weeks before the March 19 show in Newark, N.J. forced Evans out of a title bout with Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. Jon Jones stepped in as a replacement and won the beltwith a third-round technical knockout.
St. Pierre sprained a knee ligament during a session that combined boxing with wrestling takedowns. He subsequently injured his hamstring on the other leg two days later when he tested his ability to continue training despite the knee injury.
"This is a sport where it's not if you get injured, it's when," says Martin Rooney, who has been doing physical fitness and conditioning work with fighters for more than a decade. "You are going to have nicks and pains. ... But when you have a major fight coming up, the precedent has to be about injury prevention. If you get injured and you don't get to that fight, you can't win that money."
As one of the UFC's top stars, St. Pierre has the resources to work with top trainers using rigorously structured regimens. But many mixed martial artists train mainly by fighting in the gym with colleagues, Rooney says.
More established sports such as football have certain standards for training, but the comparatively young sport of mixed martial arts still lacks widely adopted systems for fitness and conditioning.
"There's still often a free-for-all environment," says Rooney, whose clients include UFC veterans Jim Miller and Dan Miller, among others. "Practice has become live sparring, where guys are fatigued from all the training that they're doing. Sometimes they're put in environments where they're fighting fresh guy after fresh guy, which puts them at a real predisposition for injury."
Fighters must spar to simulate fights, but it shouldn't be the overwhelming portion of practice, Rooney says. Individual drills and other work to master specific skills allow for improvement with a lower risk of getting hurt, he says.
"Where you're going to get great is going to be in the systematic, repetitious practice of moves thousands of times," he says. "It's not fun, but that's how you become great."
Bantamweight semifinals: Bellator Fighting Championship's Season 5 bantamweight tournament is down to its final four, with Alexis Vila vs. Marcos Galvao and Eduardo Dantas vs. Ed West scheduled for Saturday's show (9 p.m. ET, MTV2 and Epix) in Yuma, Ariz.
Keep an eye on Vila, an Olympic bronze-winning wrestler who knocked out highly touted Joe Warren in the first round last month.


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I visited http://www.pcbsd.org and I downloaded PC-BSD 9.1 RC2 Live DVD ISO file. I created a VM Ware Workstation 9.0.0 64 bit 20 GB guest virtual machine and I am installing it now. I am interested in BSD UNIX and PC-BSD seems to be the easiest and most user friendly version just like Ubuntu is the easiest and most user friendly version of Debian. It's taking a long time to install, but I am doing a complete installation with K Desktop Environment. I expec to play around with PC-BSD 9.1 RC2 this weekend to test it out. I like the AppCafe, PBI, and Warden features and I think that they are intriguing.
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No current Talk conversations about this book.
Some good and varied writing from Straub. The novella is the original Blue Rose story and there is a lot else that fills in gaps for that series of books--not that they are necessarily directly related, but they kind of fill in the mental landscape behind Blue Rose. And there's plenty else to enjoy--Straub going places in short form that you may have never seen him before, and writing quite well in them. Definitely worth a try for anyone who liked the Blue Rose novels, or anyone who enjoys intelligently done suspense & horror.
This is a collection of short stories by Peter Straub. Each story was unique, to say the least. Some were rather disturbing, others weird, & some psychologically creepy. His stories reflect much thought into the thin line between sanity & insanity. Definitely interesting to read.
A novelist recalls being sexually molested aged 7 in a movie house by a drifter called Stan.
Thirteen unconnected short stories by Peter Straub. Some only a few paragraphs long, and some very odd.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0451170822, Mass Market Paperback)A spectacular collection of short fiction which includes the seeds of Straub's powerful Blue Rose trilogy.
"You expect the horrifying in the fiction of Peter Straub...and you get it." (New York Times)
"Straub at his spellbinding best." (Publishers Weekly)
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The 1987 Whittier (California) earthquake caused many houses to shift on their foundations. This house at 13312 Beverly Boulevard between Painter Avenue and Friends Street has shifted at least a foot on its foundation. The shifting has caused the wooden column to be tipped off its base. Further shifting would have resulted in a column and porch collapse.
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October 1, 1987 Whittier USA earthquake
Epicenter: 34.0 degrees N, 118.1 degrees W. Magnitude: 5.9. Damage: $358 million. Eight deaths. The fault which ruptured was located about 11 kilometers below the surface, and 20 kilometers east of downtown Los Angeles. The fault was an extension of the previously identified Whittier Fault. Severe damage was confined mainly to communities of Los Angeles and near the epicenter.
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I've always found curly hair more complicated in that if a day comes (like 2nd or 3rd day hair) that my hair just doesn't want to work with me and I don't feel like working with it, I can't simply toss it in a cute ponytail. Usually I do a headband (to try to hide my halo frizzes) and a scrunchy bun but I'm bored with it and it really doesn't look all that great. Plus it puts a lot of dents in my hair and the headbands give me a headache if I wear them all day.
This is sort of what my do looks like but mine isn't as nice
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Kim Kardashian Cheers Serena Williams to US Open Win
Stepping out for another eventful day in the Big Apple, Kim Kardashian was spotted taking in a little tennis action at the U.S. Open in New York City on Thursday afternoon (September 8).
The newlywed reality TV star looked ever the fashionista as she joined up with gal pals Ciara and La La Anthony while cheering Serena Williams to a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
With a busy night ahead, Kim is also set to open up the doors of her Dash store in honor of Mercedes Benz Fall Fashion Week.
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14. The Dillsborough Feud
"It's that nasty, beastly, drunken club," said Mrs. Masters to her unfortunate
husband on the Wednesday morning. It may perhaps be remembered that the
poisoned fox was found on the Saturday, and it may be imagined that Mr. Goarly
had risen in importance since that day. On the Saturday Bean with a couple of
men employed by Lord Rufford, had searched the wood, and found four or five
red herrings poisoned with strychnine. There had been no doubt about the
magnitude of the offence. On the Monday a detective policeman, dressed of
course in rustic disguise but not the less known to every one in the place, was
wandering about between Dillsborough and Dillsborough Wood and making futile
inquiries as to the purchase of strychnine,--and also as to the purchase of red
herrings. But every one knew, and such leading people as Runciman and Dr.
Nupper were not slow to declare, that Dillsborough was the only place in England
in which one might be sure that those articles had not been purchased. And on
the Tuesday it began to be understood that Goarly had applied to Bearside, the
other attorney, in reference to his claim against Lord Rufford's pheasants. He had
contemptuously refused the 7s. 6d. an acre offered him, and put his demand at
40s. As to the poisoned fox and the herrings and the strychnine Goarly declared
that he didn't care if there were twenty detectives in the place. He stated it to be
his opinion that Larry Twentyman had put down the poison. It was all very well,
Goarly said, for Larry to be fond of gentlemen and to ride to hounds, and make
pretences;--but Larry liked his turkeys as well as anybody else, and Larry had put
down the poison. In this matter Goarly overreached himself. No one in
Dillsborough could be brought to believe that. Even Harry Stubbings was ready
to swear that he should suspect himself as soon. But nothing was clearer than
this,--that Goarly was going to make a stand against the hunt and especially
against Lord Rufford. He had gone to Bearside and Bearside had taken up the
matter in a serious way. Then it became known very quickly that Bearside had
already received money, and it was surmised that Goarly had some one at his
back. Lord Rufford had lately ejected from a house of his on the other side of the
county a discontented litigious retired grocer from Rufford, who had made some
money and had set himself up in a pretty little residence with a few acres of land.
The man had made himself objectionable and had been dispossessed. The
man's name was Scrobby; and hence had come these sorrows. This was the
story that had already made itself known in Dillsborough on the Tuesday
evening. But up to that time not a tittle of evidence had come to light as to the
purchase of the red herrings or the strychnine. All that was known was the fact
that had not Tony Tuppett stopped the hounds before they reached the wood,
there must have been a terrible mortality. "It's that nasty, beastly, drunken club,"
said Mrs. Masters to her husband. Of course it was at this time known to the lady
that her husband had thrown away Goarly's business and that it had been
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Thank You, and Happy New Year!
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Announcements
I wanted to take a moment to thank you, our readers and viewers, for making 2014 another great year here at Gear Live.
Gear Live isn't just a job for me--it's not just a means to earn a living. This is my place where I have the privilege of sharing my thoughts on the world of technology, give my opinion, answer your questions, and most importantly, be a part of the community that has grown around the content I produce, both in written word and in video. As such, Gear Live means a lot to me, and it's an honor that it means enough to you that you take some time out of your week to spend it here on this website, over on our YouTube channel, and/or in your social media feeds.
If you are a Gear Live Patron, paying $1 per month or more, I want to thank you a little more. It may seem like a trivial amount of money, but I mean it whole-heartedly when I say that it helps keep the servers running, and the content flowing. You help make what I do here possible.
If you've been a sponsor of Gear Live during 2014, just know that your help is important and highly appreciated as well.
Over the last year, I've had some help here from friends and family who pitch in to co-host videos, edit videos, and post content. Kathleen Kane, our longtime editor took care of most of the entertainment section. Gear Live is bigger than just me, and the help could not have done it without you year this year.
Thanks everyone. I hope you had a great Christmas, are enjoying the holiday season, and have a very happy New Year!
The 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash, in pictures!
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Announcements, Features
A few weeks ago, Gear Live threw down and kicked off the holiday season with the 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash, and now we've got the pictures to prove it. At the event, I presented my picks for the best holiday gadgets, along with help from my friends Jess Estrada (of FreshJess), GeekWire, Drew Morrison, and New Tech Seattle. We had Seattle's VellVett perform, as well as "Kid Sensation" Xola Malik. Blitz, the mascot for the current Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, made an appearance as well. It was a great night full of food, music, and gadgets giveaways.
We've got to give a warm shout-out to the sponsors who helped make the 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash possible, and sending the attendees home with awesome gifts: Monster, AT&T Seattle, and Rhapsody.
Click on over to check out the full 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash photo gallery.
Gallery: The 2014 Gear Live Holiday Bash, in pictures!
So, what'd you get?
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It's Christmas morning, and it's a Thursday, which means you have the whole day to play with your new toys (barring any crazy family functions that aim to pry you away!) while taking a day off. We just wanna know one thing--what'd you get? Anything that was listed on our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide? Anything obscure? Any straight up ridiculous gifts that seemingly came out of left field? We wanna hear it all! Lay it on us in the comments!
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The Interview now available, $5.99 to rent, $14.99 to buy
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Google, Internet, Microsoft, Movies
The Interview, the movie release that's been at the center of media hysteria for the past week, is now available to stream from the comfort of your home after having its theatrical release pulled. You can still catch the movie in theaters starting tomorrow, Christmas Day, but you'll only find it in 300 select independent theaters. In order to reach the masses, Sony decided to partner with Xbox Video, YouTube, and Google Play in conjunction with its own SeeTheInterview.com site on streaming the feature into the homes of potential viewers.
As far as pricing goes, you can rent The Interview for $5.99, or buy it for $14.99. Will you be watching?
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2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Sonos Playbar
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Home Entertainment, Music, Wireless / WiFi, Family, Techies
Sonos has earned two spots in our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide, because the Playbar is just so fantastic. Soundbars are typically designed to replace your HDTV's anemic speakers. The Sonos Playbar does that, but but also has a much cooler additional function: It integrates with all the rest of the Sonos multiroom audio system lineup (some of which has already appeared in our Holiday Gift Guide!), streaming music from your Mac, PC, smartphone, and subscription online services. Pair it up with a Sonos SUB and a couple of Play:1 units and you've got a bonafide wireless surround sound system.
You can pick up the Sonos Playbar now from Amazon for $699, and they'll even throw in a free Sonos BRIDGE accessory as well.
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HP EliteBook Folio 1020 hands-on
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HP has announced its new super-thin notebook in the EliteBook Folio 1020. Powered by Intel's new Core M processor (which is going to lead to a bunch of thin laptops being released in the future,) the EliteBook Folio 1020 weighs in at as little as 2.2 pounds and is 15.7mm thin, depending on which model you decide to pick up. The regular model actually weighs 2.6 pounds with a 12.5-inch 1080p display and can be specced with a touchscreen display. The special edition model weighs 2.2 pounds with a body forged our of carbon fiber and magnesium-lithium allow, and sports a 12.5-inch quad HD display (no touchscreen.) Both have 8GB SAM, a 128GB or 256GB SSD, and 9 hours of battery life.
You can pick up the standard edition starting in February, while the Special Edition will be available in April. Priving has yet to be revealed for either of the two models, but if I had to guess, both will likely cost more than the MacBook Air that they look to compete with on size and shape.
While the HP EliteBook Folio won't be available for a couple of months, we were able to get one in here at Gear Live in order to bring you an advanced preview of the hardware. Check it out in our HP EliteBook Folio 1020 photo gallery.
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Transporter Desktop 3.0 released with read-only shared folders, better Yosemite support
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Software, Storage
Transporter Desktop 3.0 introduces includes several new features and enhancements designed to improve your private file sharing experience:
- Read-only Shared Folders: A Shared Folder owner can now assign read-only permissions on a per-user-per-folder basis.
- New Clearer Finder Icon Badges: Transporter Desktop icon badges have been updated for both Mac and Windows for better visibility and clarity.
- Enhanced OS X Yosemite Support: Transporter Desktop includes changes to fully support Yosemite at both a functional and aesthetic level. Visible changes include a new folder appearance that is exclusive to Yosemite users as well as Yosemite-style contextual menu integration.
- iOS 8 support: Transporter app for iOS now supports iOS 8, including authorization/options at Settings > Location Services and Settings > Notifications.
- Create a folder on mobile: You can now create a folder on your Transporter from your iOS or Android mobile device.
If you're unfamiliar with the Transporter, it's a private cloud that allows you to store, access, and share your files from anywhere. Since the device is iunder your control, you don't have to rely on the privacy policies of third-party services, and you can have as much storage as you'd like without the subscription fees. You can pick up the Transporter Sync on Amazon which allows you to hook up any USB hard drive, or get the original Transporter which uses internal drives.
Orbotix Ollie & Sphero 2.0 giveaway!
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Accessories, Features, Toys
It's time for our next holiday giveaway, and today we've got two! We're giving away an Orbotix Sphero 2.0, along with the brand new Orbotix Ollie. These two little robots are controlled over Bluetooth using your smartphone or tablet, and are fun for people of any age. While Sphero 2.0 lets you play, learn, and explore, Ollie is the robot driven by adrenaline, engineered for speed.
Here's how this is gonna go down: First place gets the new Ollie, and the runner up walks away with Sphero 2.0. Ready to enter? Go get it:
Enter our Ollie & Sphero giveaway
Don't forget, if you're looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Oh, and if you're on Twitter, be sure to follow @TechPromos for the latest deals.
2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Joseph Joseph Nest 100
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Design, Household, Family, Women, Men, Under $100, Under $250, Under $500
We're not leaving the cool kitchen gadgets out of our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide, and as proof, we present the Joseph Joseph Nest 100. Joseph Joseph's nested set of 9 kitchen tools includes a large stainless steel mixing bowl with non-slip base, a small stainless steel mixing bowl with non-slip base, a fine mesh stainless steel strainer, a stainless steel colander, and a set of 5 black measuring cups--all engineered to fit together as compactly as possible. It's the perfect gift for the Top Chef wannabe in your life.
You can pick up the Joseph Joseph Nest 100 now from Amazon for $99.99.
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2014 Holiday Gift Guide: Apple TV
Posted by Andru Edwards - Categories: Apple, Features, HDTV, Home Entertainment, Family, Men, Techies, Under $100, Under $25, Under $250, Under $500
iOS devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch will be big holiday gifts this year, make no mistake about it. The Apple TV is actually a fantastic complement to Apple's handhelds, worthy of being featured in our 2014 Holiday Gift Guide. A nice little device in its own right, the Apple TV gives you access to Apple's iTunes Store entertainment content right on your television. In addition, you get Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube, sports networks, and plenty of other entertainment options. Connect it to your iTunes Home Share, and you can use your iOS devices as remote controls for the Apple TV. The best part, though, is AirPlay. You can beam audio and video content right to the Apple TV with ease from your iOS device, or your Mac. You can also mirror the display of these devices as well, all wireless over your home network.
You can pick up the Apple TV for $99, or $94.95 on Amazon.
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Contemporary Arts Center Gallery
The CAC Gallery is a 3,000-sq.-ft. art gallery that anchors the entrance of the Contemporary Arts Center.
The art gallery presents professional exhibitions and serves as a vital artistic resource for our community. In addition, it serves as the laboratory for students and faculty, a place to become immersed in the professional work of distinguished curators and artists and to welcome many of these as visiting artists.
Aztlán to Magulandia: the Journey of Chicano Artist Gilbert 'Magu' Luján
Curated by Hal Glicksman and Rhea Anastas
October 7 – December 16, 2017
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Preview event in September 2017 to be announced
UC Irvine's University Art Galleries (UAG) will present the first survey of one of the most iconic figures of the Chicano art movement, Gilbert "Magu" Luján (1940–2011) and an accompanying publication. One of the founding members of the Chicano artists collective Los Four, Luján is known for his coloration and visual explorations of Chicano culture and community that drew upon and brought to life various historic and contemporary visual sources with startling results: Pyramid-mounted low riders driven by anthropomorphic dogs traversing a newly defined and mythologized L.A. He was part of a small group of dedicated artists and intellectuals who set about defining a Chicano identity and culture as part of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. The UAG's retrospective will focus on creativity and invention in Luján's work in a myriad of sketches and drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Luján combined two world-making concepts, Aztlán, the mythic northern ancestral home of the indigenous Mexican Aztecs that became a charged symbol of Chicano activism; and Magulandia, the term Luján coined for the space in which he lived and produced his work, and for his work as a whole. Together, Aztlán and Magulandia represented both physical spaces and the complex cultural, geographic, and conceptual relationships that exist between Los Angeles and Mexico and served as dual landscapes for Luján's artistic philosophy and cultural creativity.
Gilbert "Magu" Luján (1940- 2011)
Mingo and Fireboy, ca 1988
Lithograph with hand-marking in prismacolor
44 1/4 x 30 inches
© The Estate of Gilbert "Magu" Luján
This exhibition has been made possible by the generous support of The Getty Foundation as part of the Getty Museum's Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles/Latin America (LA/LA) exhibtion launching in the fall of 2017.
About Pacific Standard Time
Led by the Getty, Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980 was an unprecedented collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to celebrate the birth of the LA art scene. Between October 2011 and March 2012, each institution made its own contribution to this grand-scale story of artistic innovation and social change, told through the multitude of simultaneous exhibitions and programs on post-World War II art in Los Angeles.
In 2013, a smaller scale program, Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A., explored the built heritage of our region.
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Let's start with Gameinformer, who are rating it with 9.25/10:
Beyond the combat, the ancillary aspects of the game – exploring Dark Messiah's fantastic world, enjoying the plotline, and simply basking in the great ambiance that Arkane Studios has created – are savory distractions that never get in the way of the core gameplay. From start to finish, the adventure is an amazing experience that demands respect both for its overall excellence and its entirely unique gameplay.
CVG gives it a 8.4/10 and this conclusion:
Dark Messiah is graphically excellent, and a brave attempt to bring convincing hack-and-slash action into the first-person. The character development adds some limited but welcome RPG elements, and there's a constant feeling of rewarding progression and plot advancement. If the game suffers, it's from over-explanation, the occasional lapse in the combat, and the repetitive nature of the environmental weaponry. But I was kept entertained all the way through, and I've never felt so directly responsible for chopping off a goblin's arm. And that has to be a good thing.
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Is repression necessary for kink?
That was the topic for discussion at last night's Godless Perverts Social Club. The Social Club is now meeting twice a month, and we've been alternating the format: the third Thursdays are "Topical Thursdays," where we pick a discussion topic that we announce ahead of time, while first Tuesdays are more casual and we discuss whatever's on people's minds that day.
So our topic last night:
Is repression necessary for kink? Imagine a world in which there are no boundaries on what is considered normal consensual sexual expression, a world in which sexual practices are openly discussed and fully accepted as personal preference without shame or recrimination. In this imaginary utopia, would kink exist? Is kink a response to repression and, if so, how has repression formed the current ideas of what is or is not kink? Would we always find a path to kink, regardless of the enforced societal standards? We'll discuss how repression, whether societal or religious, has shaped the idea of kink and how our personal experiences have defined our understanding of and preferences for kink. Come talk about religion's role in shaping your kinky (or non-kinky) choices.
We had a really interesting conversation, and I thought I'd blog about it. This post isn't going to be a coherent essay on the topic, by the way: it's just presenting some of the ideas that got tossed out and discussed, in no particular order. Continue reading "Is Repression Necessary for Kink? Notes on the Godless Perverts Social Club Discussion"


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Mani Friday: Still Obsessed
Happy Mani Friday! This Friday I'm back with another edition of Still Obsessed, this time with Butter London's The Old Bill. I'm a flat out sucker for metallic polish shades, and this one is one of my FAVES. It goes on super smooth and beautiful (this is only 2 coats!) and I love the shine! What do you think?
What are you rockin' on your tips this weekend? Do you have a favorite metallic shade? Show and Tell!
Very chic @candacebt ! I think it's very pretty, shiny, and perfect for the shape & cut of your nails! I ordered a color that I am hoping will be like that (color wise) but I don't think it will be a metallic, but instead have a soft shimmer to it. It's a Sephora by OPI shade called Keep Me On My MistleToe. Have you ever seen or tried it (I am excited)?!
Managed to paint my nails at 1 am this morning.
A-England's Rose Bower.
I also finished my first dragon egg. Used Formula X in Dark Matter, Sinful Colors in Green Ocean and Kleancolor in Green Holo.
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Encyclopedia Landscape Carving Mark The Demise Of Physical Volumes [Pics]
Sculpture bears resemblance to the hills and prairies of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
Many of us find no use for complete sets of encyclopedias and dictionaries, but book artist Guy Laramée disagrees. He sculpted a marvelous landscape that bears resemblance to the hills and prairies of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. The meticulously detailed sculpture was crafted out of an old 24-volume Encyclopedia Britannica, and serves as a commemorating token to the announcement that, after 244 years, the publication will no longer be in print.
Titled 'Adiue,' the sculpture not only has a well-kept place in Laramée's heart, but will have in the hearts of those who grew up flipping through the pages of the centuries-old volumes, and watching their demise in an era of web editions.
While this creation is meant to commemorate the long history of the iconic publication, it also loosely references how the printing industry is slowly receding into the shadows of internet mediums. If a large publisher such as the Britannica can't compete with ebooks and ereaders, then it is only a matter of time before printed books will cease to exist.
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