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Posts: 456From: Slatington, PA U.S.A.Registered: Mar 2009
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Posts: 52From: Ormond Beach, FL USARegistered: Sep 2011
Posts: 1623From: Worcestershire, England, UK.Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 125From: CA, USARegistered: Jul 2007
Posts: 2211From: Bellevue, NE, USARegistered: Aug 2007
I have a feeling all the Dragon pre-built and kit releases are driving the Revell reissues on both sides of the Atlantic. It is nice to see old kits seeing the light of day once again.
Posts: 75From: Alabama, USARegistered: Feb 2011
A 1/32 LM would be an outstanding model for detail.
I haven't seen any of the full 1/48 re-releases yet anywhere, I hope it isn't just an overseas item. It doesn't show on Revell's websites either.
By the way, that would be MONOGRAM that didn't do companion vehicles for their kits (Revell covered it all in 1/48 nicely). Who knows the reason why exactly, although with the spindly legs of an LM, I might be a little concerned that a styrene LM in that scale could support its own weight, especially when assembled with only tube glue. A 1/48 Block 2 CSM from Monogram would have been nice, but they probably had their reasons for choosing 1/32 instead (of course, Monogram's other LARGE cutaway models at the time were also 1/32 scale).
I understand Dragon is doing a 1/48 CSM kit. So, when it comes out you have the option of pairing it up with Dragon's kit, or the Monogram kit currently being offered by Revell (the Apollo 11 on the moon diorama).
As for the 1/24 Gemini, checking one of the German model club sites, it looks like the Gemini is due out in January. That means we may not see it in the USA until February or March, but it IS going to be here pretty soon it sounds like.
Posts: 269From: Cabot, Arkansas, USARegistered: Sep 2010
I knew the person who won the Revell contest for the full scale McDonell mock-up back home in Portland Oregon where it is currently on display at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI).
I have one of the Monogram 1/48 LM's and have been assembling it to represent Aquarius with the proper coating patterns and such. Been a LONG-TERM process. I want to put it in a lunar surface "it finally gets there" context diorama.
I intend to get the full 1/48 Revell kit and will likely do the LM as representative of a J-mission.
My 1/96 Apollo kit (already built) has the LM markings of Eagle, to the extent that it's possible to do in such a small scale.
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Posts: 254From: New York City USARegistered: Mar 2005
I know when the reissued the 1/24 Gemini in the mid-90's, they used the vintage packaging. I have one of those.
Posts: 3043From: London, UKRegistered: Feb 2002
Posts: 191From: Rochester, NHRegistered: Mar 2002
Anyone know who has it, or have an extra they might want to sell?
Posts: 1341From: ridgefield, ctRegistered: May 2002
Received the 1/48 SLA/CSM/LES model. Also ordered the correction kit from New Ware in the Czech Republic. This is its first re-release since 1994. Even though it's a Block I, it's fun to build. The 1/32 LM was never officially released. There was a resin version promised, but the "maufacturer" took the money and ran and shipped few if any at all. I'd love one, too, to match the 1/32 CSM
Could do without the new Box Art from Revell, if you know what I mean.
Now, I need to see if my fingers still work. The 1/48 SLA/CSM/LES was one of my favorites after the 1/96 Saturn V and the 1/24 Gemini. By the way, New Ware also sells an excellent update kit for the Saturn V which I highly recommend.
This will be my first attempt at a plastic scale model kit in about six years when arthrtis decided to plant itself in exactly the wrong spot in my hands.
Posts: 113From: Riner, Virginia USARegistered: Sep 2011
Any ideas as to why it is taking so long for the re-issue kits to reach the U.S.?
Be aware that the kit is a limited production reissue and it sold out quick. Checking the distributor website, it appears that Revell is expecting more. The kit production run was only supposed to be 3000 units, but it appears demand has exceeded supply.
Revell may have decided to do at least one more production run of it, which is a good thing in my opinion since it is such a cool kit. Part of the reason for the demand isn't necessarily due to a lot of people loving Gemini.
In the UK, several of these got snatched up by studio scale model builders who wanted to use the parts in model creations, like replica Space:1999 Eagle transporters.
By the way, the 1/48 Mercury and Gemini kit set is also due out this month as well according to the distributor.
Posts: 1273From: Rochester, NY, USARegistered: Mar 2002
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Indonesia's Economy Grows at Fastest Pace Since 1996 as Investment Climbs
Indonesia's economy grew last year at the fastest pace since before the Asian financial crisis as rising investment and domestic spending countered a slowdown in export demand due to Europe's debt crisis.
Gross domestic product rose 6.46 percent in 2011, the statistics bureau said in Jakarta today, after a revised 6.2 percent gain the previous year. The median of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey was for a 6.44 percent increase. The economy expanded 6.49 percent last quarter from a year earlier.
Southeast Asia's largest economy has outperformed neighbors including Thailand and the Philippines as two rate cuts in the last quarter aided President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's efforts to boost GDP by an average 6.6 percent a year. The country regained investment-grade ratings from Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings after 14 years in recent weeks, boosting investment prospects as it plans transport and utility projects.
"Indonesia remains the standout in Asia," said Chua Hak Bin, a Singapore-based economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. While economic expansion will probably ease to about 6 percent in 2012 on weaker external demand, "robust consumer spending and strengthening infrastructure and foreign investment will support growth," he said.
The nation's currency has advanced about 1 percent against the dollar this year after the Moody's and Fitch upgrades. The rupiah traded little changed at 8,990 a dollar as of 4:58 p.m. in Jakarta today, according to prices from local banks compiled by Bloomberg.
Realizing Gains
The Jakarta Composite index declined 1 percent to close at 3,974.79, falling for a second day. The fourth-quarter growth report failed to lift the market as investors realized gains in stocks after the index rose to a five-month high last week, said Lanang Trihardian, an analyst at PT Syailendra Capital in Jakarta. The benchmark index gained 1.3 percent to 4,016.9 on Feb. 2, the highest close since Aug. 18.
The country's growth in 2011 was the fastest since 1996, according to International Monetary Fund data. The $707 billion economy has expanded more than 6 percent for five straight quarters, showing it's weathering a decline in global demand that has hurt growth across Asia.
South Korea's economy grew the least in two years last quarter and China reported last month its weakest expansion in 10 quarters. Philippine GDP rose 3.7 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, while Thailand's grew 3.5 percent in the third quarter. Singapore's economy shrank in the fourth quarter from the previous three months.
Still Resilient
"Indonesia's economy is still resilient amid the global slowdown even as other countries in Asia have started contracting," Destry Damayanti, chief economist at PT Bank Mandiri, said in Jakarta today. "To minimize the impact of the global slowdown, the government needs to push state spending as it won't be healthy if we push private consumption to boost the GDP further."
Yudhoyono plans to boost government capital spending by 19 percent to 168 trillion rupiah ($19 billion) this year to improve infrastructure such as railways, airports and roads. Indonesia's parliament approved in December a land-acquisition bill that will allow the government to accelerate projects.
Investment in the three months ended Dec. 31 rose 19 percent from a year earlier, according to the Investment Coordinating Board. For 2011 as a whole, investment gained 21 percent from a year earlier.
'Good Fundamentals'
Suzuki Motor Corp., the third-biggest carmaker in Indonesia, will spend 60 billion yen ($782 million) to increase capacity in the Southeast Asian nation, including setting up another factory to build engines, it said in January.
"Indonesia has good economic fundamentals," said Davy Tuilan, a director at Suzuki's Indonesia unit in Jakarta.
Indonesia's policy makers have signaled they are prepared to support the economy with monetary and fiscal stimulus as Europe's protracted sovereign-debt crisis threatens global expansion and crimps demand for Asian exports.
Bank Indonesia, which kept its benchmark rate unchanged in January for a second month after reductions in October and November, has widened the lower range of its interbank lending rate since then to push borrowing costs lower. The government said in September it was preparing a stimulus package, and Bambang Brodjonegoro, head of fiscal policy at the finance ministry, said last month the country will increase spending to bolster growth and limit the impact of a global slowdown.
Weaker demand could hurt the Asian economy, Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said in Jakarta today. Even so, policy makers need to remain alert against food and energy prices, he said.
Bank Indonesia will keep its benchmark rate at a record-low 6 percent, according to 11 of 15 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey before a Feb. 9 decision.
Moody's raised Indonesia's sovereign debt rating to Baa3 from Ba1 last month. Fitch upgraded its rating to BBB- in December, citing "strong and resilient" growth and declining public-debt ratios.
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BURNS LAKE, B.C. — The steel trusses of a new multimillion-dollar sawmill formed the backdrop for Liberal Leader Christy Clark as she touted her government's forests strategy during a campaign whistlestop Thursday in Burns Lake, where little more than a year ago an explosion and fire at the previous mill devastated the community.
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Having trailed in the polls for the entire campaign and faced repeated speculation over her future, embattled B.C. Premier Christy Clark needs every single vote she can get in the upcoming provincial election.
But the one vote Ms. Clark would have thought she could count on might not count at all after the B.C. Premier appeared to spoil her own ballot paper in a mix-up over her own riding and the local candidate.
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Haigh Lyon Help Rowers Smash World Record
Media Release
Date: Monday, 9th August
Haigh Lyon Lawyers Helps Four Female Rowers Smash Guinness World Record
New Zealand firm, Haigh Lyon Lawyers, has helped an all female crew set a new Guinness World Record by becoming the first women to row non-stop around Britain. The Auckland based business was selected as the primary sponsor of the team, named the 'Haigh Lyon SeaGals,' after purchasing the winning ticket in an international lottery. The women spent over seven weeks in their 7.3m boat, 'Go Commando', and completed their 3,234km journey at Tower Bridge, London on Friday, 23rd July.
'We heard about the world record attempt a few months ago and decided to lend a hand,' explains Haigh Lyon partner, Don Harrison. 'As New Zealanders, we could relate to the determined can-do attitude that the girls showed and were keen to get behind their once in a lifetime journey. We were amazed to learn that we had the winning raffle ticket and became their Gold Sponsor. Behind the scenes we also became part of the SeaGals support team, giving them legal advice whenever they needed it. We are very proud to have played a part in such a monumental achievement.'
Belinda Kirk, Royal Navy nurse Laura Thomasson, Beverley Ashton, and former US Marine Angela Madsen were participating in a race called the Virgin GB Row 2010. They were competing against a male team who had to pull out after two weeks due to anchor problems.
Skipper Ms Kirk said it had been 'hard to keep going' but they were 'proud' of their achievement.
Ms Madsen said it had been a 'huge test of physical and mental endurance', while Ms Thomasson said she would spend the two-hour rowing shifts 'dreaming of a long hot shower, crispy clean cotton sheets on a soft bed and a feast of fresh food'.
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Britain is sponsored by Virgin. Sir Richard said he was
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2013 Rally Guanajuato Mexico - Post Event Press Conference
Post event Press Conference organised by the FIA for the 2013 Rally Guanajuato Mexico
Post-event Press Conference
Sunday 10 March
1st - Sébastien Ogier, Volkswagen Motorsport
1st - Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Motorsport
2nd - Mikko Hirvonen, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
2nd - Jarmo Lehtinen, Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team
3rd - Thierry Neuville, Qatar World Rally Team
3rd - Nicolas Gilsoul, Qatar World Rally Team
Jost Capito, Volkswagen Motorsport Director
Two wins in a row for Volkswagen Motorsport, the season just keeps getting better for you! Congratulations on a great win here in Mexico! But you look slightly different than you did earlier this afternoon. What happened?
It looks like we had a gate issue! I was a bit late for the podium and was running in the service park and, at the same time, I was signing autographs. Then I hit a door with my head and now I look like a boxer….
But happy with the result, obviously.
For sure, I am very pleased. It has been a perfect weekend for us. The car was perfect again and I thank the team again for that. They are doing a really good job. From the start of the season we have had no problems with the car. We know we have a few things to improve but I have had so much fun. I have really enjoyed the rally in Mexico with all the support and we have a good lead after three races.
You won this event back in 2008 in the JWRC, did you imagine back then you would be as successful as you are today?
That was the target. It was the timing. I remember it well from the start. It is just like a dream for me to come in WRC and win. I remember coming here and winning in the junior category for the first time. We won the Junior Championship but then I found it a bit difficult to adapt and did not have so much experience at the start. It is good now and after five years or so we are here in the top category and taking another victory. I hope this is just the beginning.
Were there any issues at all this weekend? We heard there might have been an issue this morning...?
Just a small one before the Power Stage with a sensor – it was a bit of stress with that – maybe it could get worse. It could have been bad but no real drama. It meant I could not accelerate 100%, only 95%.
You kept a great pace this weekend, not really slowing down at all - did you just feel comfortable at that pace?
I think on day one I had to drive fast because Mads [Ostberg] was driving very well and we needed to make a gap. Then, on day two we started to make a gap and I was pushing and I was the faster in the afternoon. When Mads was not here I continued on the stages quite hard and they were beautiful. I just wanted to avoid the rocks and not push the car too hard. I think it is the best when you have fun and you are fast.
Julien, a second successive win for you. What are your thoughts?
For myself, we have many stories especially from yesterday. I learn how to jump out of the car. Now I also see how we can finish with 28 points as well. It is another challenge here. We have now done three different rallies. We must wait to see the performance of the car on each surface. Our car is working very well here as well. It was a big challenge for us.
Mikko, you take away second position here in Mexico, first time on the podium for you this season. How was your weekend here in Mexico?
I am happy, at last, to get a second place after a difficult start to the season. It looks like Volkswagen has raised the game and we have to fight hard. We have to work even harder now, I am sure we can improve everything. I am still sliding a little too much and losing time. Without the power with the altitude you lose even more time like this.
How much were you pushing on the stages this weekend? Were you at the maximum you could go or not?
I knew Thierry [Neuville] was keen and Malcolm [Wilson] told him to go fast and catch me. He is really fast. The gap was not so big but he made it a bit easier for me. I was maybe a bit sleepy in the first stage on Friday but, after that, I was quite pleased. I was not able to match Seb's pace so we have to go back to the drawing table again. We are always wanting to fight for the win. People know I have been in this position many times and we will try again.
What do you think can be done on the next rallies to improve? What was your mind set this morning?
We know we have to work harder to improve and the answer to that is to improve the driving and be faster in every corner. It is early in the season and there are still a lot of points available. The rally was good this week and the driving and the feeling felt okay. If someone is quicker than you that is the name of the game and you need to look in the mirror and start again. Especially in the Manufacturers' it was a good rally for us with second and fourth. We had made a bad start to the season and now this is our first proper result and we are back in the game.
Thierry, congratulations on your first-ever WRC podium! How does it feel to have achieved your finishing position?
Honestly, I have to say I felt confident in the car and, after qualifying, I thought we could find the pace and be competitive. On Saturday I was not so happy and I made a little mistake and a rock broke the steering and we had to slow down. Then we had problems with the temperature and we slowed down again. But we went fast again and it was a good experience today. Malcolm [Wilson] told me to push and I tried hard until 15 kilometres where we were equal [with Mikko]. Then I made a mistake and I knew we must just finish the day for the team.
Was it stressful for you in the build-up to the first stage this morning?
I sleep well and my head was clear to push. I knew it was the right choice. I think, okay, sometimes you take a decision and I decided to push. I know it is going to be an interesting year for us and I have so many things to learn.
Do you think you will get any more podium finishes this season?
It will be very difficult against Sébastien [Ogier] but I will try on the tarmac rallies. We are working hard to prepare the car and be competitive.
Thierry, Mikko mentioned yesterday that you would be 'wet' if you got on the podium, Was he right?
Completely right – I am very wet and smelling a lot! I am honestly really happy that Nicolas and me managed to get this finish.
How do you feel to be on the podium for the first time? How big a moment was it for you on that first stage this morning?
Of course, the first time is fantastic. For one year now we have worked hard together to understand the WRC and improve our pace notes on each event. I understood there was no damage on the car but, even 100 meters before the corner, I knew that there was no way to make it [the corner]. We learn now and it will be better next time.
Jost, two wins in a row for Volkswagen Motorsport. How are you feeling after this second win? You must be over the moon?
We are over Mars now! This was completely unexpected for us. The first two rallies were not hard on the cars. This victory is dedicated to our engine guys at Volkswagen Motorsport and Volkswagen AG, who have developed an engine for altitude and one that could cope with the challenges of this rally and deliver the power for the team. It is extraordinary. This win is for the name of the new Volkswagen plant and we have delivered it for the Mexican people.
Can you win again on the next rally in Portugal?
We will see. Portugal is a new challenge and the first of the standard gravel rallies to decide the Championship – a lot of teams have done well with their first three race results. We will work hard and do a good preparation but the confidence is rising and we will see there.
What are your thoughts on Jari-Matti Latvala's performance?
We did have some small troubles during the rally and we did benefit from the bad luck for some of the competition. Jari-Matti had limited chances to adapt to the Polo before the rally and he was not pushing. I think that his performance today proved that he has made great progress after more time in the Polo. Having been first on the road in the Power Stage, to take one point was a great achievement.
1st - Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari
1st - Killian Duffy
Abdulaziz, congratulations on your first win in WRC 2 this season. You led from start to finish. How does it feel to take maximum points here?
It's amazing to win. This is only my third WRC rally and my first time in Mexico. My first rally I did in Greece last year and I was 10th overall and scored one point. Then, I come here for WRC 2, I won it. I thank Seashore for their sponsorship. Without them I would not have been here at the start. I think we had a good plan to start in Mexico and now we have 25 points.
How did you find the stages this weekend, did you have any moments out there?
We won 21 stages out of 23 and we lost two stages. I had no moments and no problems with the tyres. We avoid the rocks and we slowed down to avoid the big stones. Mexico is very famous for that. We have to see the stages and read the road. Okay the gap was very big – thank god I did not lose the concentration with such a big gap – it is easy to happen in the long stages. For the first five or six kilometres this morning I drove like a kid. Thanks to Killian for making no mistakes and for always being on time.
We have now had three different winners in WRC 2. It is shaping up to be a great season! What is your aim?
Honestly for the history, two winners in the last two rallies and two Arab countries for the first time in the history. We are building good results. I hope in Portugal we can go well also. My plan is not to plan to win there but try to be top four or five and take as many points as possible. Then, maybe Argentina is similar to here. Everyone wants to compete with the faster drivers but you need points and we are planning to do Argentina. It suits me. I like rough rallies like Qatar and it suits the Fiesta. Thanks to M-Sport for that.
Killian, congratulations! It looked to be plain sailing out there this weekend, was it?
We had no moments all the rally. It was not easy but we led from the start and took a good lead. It can be difficult to keep the concentration but the car was perfect, we got on great and we both learned a lot.
What was the toughest challenge of the weekend?
I suppose the surface change is quite difficult to judge the braking and timing on the notes. The notes have to be perfect. It was a good challenge and will be similar to Portugal. We had no dramas. The rally has been an experience for me – one of the highlights of my career was the start in Guanajuato. It was unbelievable like, signing kids T-shirts and autographs. It will be hard to go back to reality on Tuesday morning. I think we started to learn the rallies.


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PLAYOFF UPDATES: Chisago Lakes made a late two-goal lead stand when it defeated Princeton 5-4 in the Section 5A Boys Hockey championship inside a packed Isanti Arena Feb. 27. The Wildcats earned their first State berth since 1995, while the Tigers were searching for their first State trip since 2003.
Collin Buness scored twice for the Tigers, with Cam Paulson netting the team's first goal and A.J. Wesloh scoring a late power-play goal.
The Wildcats next play in the Class A quarterfinals Wednesday, March 5 at the Xcel Center (seeding to be completed on Saturday).
Princeton Girls Basketball battling for home game
The Princeton girls basketball is currently in the No. 4 position for the upcoming Section 7AAA playoffs. The Tigers have a Feb. 28 game at Buffalo and wrap up the regular season with a March 1 home game vs. Becker where victories would help secure a home playoff game for the March 7 quarterfinals.
On Feb. 25, Princeton defeated Zimmerman 67-54, then the Tigers fell to St. Francis 67-62 in a Feb. 26 make-up game.


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Jamie Oldaker
|Jamie Oldaker
|Background information
|Birth name
|James Oldaker
|5 September 1951
|Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
|Alternative country, Rock, Blues
|Drums, Percussion
|Years active
|Associated acts
|Eric Clapton, Bob Seger, The Tractors, Frehley's Comet
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James Oldaker (born September 5, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American rock music, blues rock and country music drummer and percussionist. He is an exponent of the shuffle style. Married to Mary Billings Oldaker.
One of the first bands that Oldaker was a member of in 1965 was called The Rogues Five. The Rogues Five saw regional success and opened for other more popular bands such as The Doors at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] Oldaker and The Rogues Five were a regular band on KOTV's popular teen dance show "Dance Party."[2] After a stint in Bob Seger's band (on the album Back in '72), Oldaker joined Eric Clapton in 1974 during the recording of 461 Ocean Boulevard. Oldaker remained a member of Clapton's studio and touring bands through 1979, when the entire band was dismissed. Oldaker would return to the Clapton band in 1983, leaving in 1986.[3] Oldaker appears on the blues side of the live recording 24 Nights from 1990 and 1991. Not long after leaving Clapton's band, Oldaker briefly became a member of Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley's project, Frehley's Comet, appearing on the 1988 album Second Sighting. He is a former member of the alt.country band The Tractors.[4]
Oldaker has also recorded with musicians such as The Bellamy Brothers, Asleep at the Wheel, Peter Frampton, Stephen Stills, Leon Russell, Ace Frehley, Freddie King, and The Bee Gees.[3]
In August, 2005 Oldaker released Mad Dogs & Okies on Concord Records, a collection of tunes celebrating the music and musicians of Oklahoma, which he produced. Collaborators include Eric Clapton, Vince Gill, J. J. Cale, Willie Nelson, Ronnie Dunn, Bonnie Bramlett, and Joe and Ellen. It will be accompanied by a companion film project.
Jamie is currently involved in working with the organizers and the building of the OKPOP museum in Tulsa, OK. He and his wife, Mary, are also hosts to an annual fundraiser, MOJO Fest, to raise money for the Tulsa Day Center for the Homeless, a cause they are very passionate about.
- ^ "Rogues Five celebrates 50 years with reunion of Sand Springs band". Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "Pepsi's "Dance Party" on KOTV". tulsatvmemories.com. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ a b Jamie Oldaker at Allmusic
- ^ The Tractors | Boy Rocking Records


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Queens connects with Oscar Hopes
In November 2011, Ketner Auditorium held a standing-room-only crowd for a conversation with documentary filmmaker Marshall Curry. During the evening, the audience screened Curry's recent documentary and engaged Curry in a discussion surrounding his choices as an editor and filmmaker. The film, "If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front," on which Curry collaborated with Sam Cullman, has been nominated for best documentary feature by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The much-praised film documents the rise and fall of a radical environmentalist who burned two Oregon timber facilities. The screening was followed by a question and answer session led by Knight School Assistant Professor, Dr. Alexis Carreiro. Curry spent two days sharing his talent and knowledge with students in the Knight School and the Queens community.
"If A Tree Falls" won this year's Documentary Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival. This is Curry's second Academy Award nomination. In 2005, Curry's documentary feature "Street Fight" was also nominated for an Academy Award as well as an Emmy Award.The awards show will take place on Sunday, February 28th at 7 p.m. EST.


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event sponsored by Saga Cruises? ;p
event sponsored by Saga Cruises? ;p
Smile Or Go Home.
I've fought guys from 16 to 49 and they were all equally as capable, so I think age is irrelevant, and to be honest to even suggest age classifications is a bit discriminatory IMO. Saying that the toughest guys I've fought have been in their early 20's, but end of the day it's down to experience and how hard people train. More you train the better you are. Simple.
No it's not discriminatory, it's showing a duty of care. There can be no doubt that there are many over 40's that are just as if not more fit than younger fighters but it is important to keep a check on this. We all need health checks as we advance in years. I speak as a 45 year old who has been in the fight game for almost 25 years, am still in reasonable shape but do understand the need for monitoring.
As for a lower age limit. No head contact for under 18's - thats it. It's all very well saying that other sports do this but to pick a few at random - Thai Boxing is constantly under scrutiny because it does not have it's system together across the board and is still allowing under 18's to fight without headguard and in some cases under full rules (lets not get into the headguard debate please - in terms of acceptability all contact sports should be exercising a duty of care and be aware of the percieved view from the public perceptive).
Amateur Boxing and in some cases Kickboxing have head contact with Headguards but the officials make good use of the standing 8 count and only allow the minimum punishment.
I don't know how that could happen in such an explosive sport as MMA if you were to allow head contact with under 18's


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John Marr studied piano with Dr. Mary Mark Zeyen and composition with Dr. Lloyd Rodgers at California State University, Fullerton. He was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Composition-Master's of Music by Lloyd Rodgers at California State University, Fullerton.
Mr. Marr is leader of the "alt-classical" ensemble Brother Mallard. He has served as Artist in Residence for The Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts Educational Outreach Program. In addition to Santiago Canyon College, he is currently on the faculties of Irvine Valley College, Saddleback College, Santa Ana College and Cerritos College.


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Academic and policy interest in ecological footprint analysis has grown rapidly in recent years. To date, however, the application of ecological footprint analysis to tourism has been limited. This article aims to discuss the potential of ecological footprint analysis to assess sustainability in tourism. It is about a comparison of the global environmental impacts of different forms of tourism in southern countries where tourism is a major source of foreign exchange earnings. It illustrates how an ecotourism destination has a larger ecological footprint than a "mass" tourism destination.
The ecological footprint (EF) concept was introduced in the 1990s by William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel [
The EF measures the amount of biologically productive land and sea area an individual, a region, a given population or a human activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the corresponding emissions (such as carbon dioxide from fossil use), using prevailing technology and resource management practices. It compares this measurement to how much land and sea area is available [
The total EF of an individual or a given community is broken down into a number of components. Often six components are distinguished [
According to [
Many potential applications of EFA have been proposed e.g., [
This article then seeks to discuss EFA as a tool to assess sustainability in tourism. Our analysis reports a case study concerning the application of the EFA to Tunisia, which is often qualified as a "mass tourism" destination [
Using EFA to assess sustainability of tourism in these two southern destinations is interesting because it focuses on the environmental impacts of tourism scenarios not on a local scale [
EF aims at expressing—using space equivalents—the appropriation of biologically productive area by individuals or nations. The idea of the concept is to compare the area required to support a certain lifestyle with the area available, thus offering an instrument to assess if consumption is ecologically sustainable [
Firstly, "transport" comprises all travel related to the vacation, including travel to/from airports, return-flights, and all travel at the destination. The corresponding EF needs to consider both energy and infrastructure components. It consists of two parts: on the one hand the areas of land that are built on to provide infrastructures for roads, railways, parking sites, ports and airports, and on the other hand, the areas required for the absorption of carbon and the production of hydrocarbons. The areas related to the absorption of carbon and hydrocarbon production are calculated taking into account air travel and other modes of transportation. The method of calculation is the same, except that the space required for air travel is weighted by a factor of 2.7 [
Secondly, as for "accommodation", the tourist footprint consists of the area required for rooms/apartments, and the fossil energy land to account for energy use (including mainly heating/cooling, air conditioning, cooking, illumination). The methods used to calculate these two factors (infrastructure and energy components) are fairly similar, but they differ with regard to the data that must be included. The surface area required to accommodate the tourists is calculated on the basis of the capacities in terms of beds available per category of accommodation. A mean surface area per person is thus obtained. The energy required per tourist is calculated in a way fairly similar to that described in the previous paragraph. The main difference lies in the fact that the calculation is no longer based on capacities, but on actual overnight stays. The quantities of energy in megajoules per head and per category of accommodation are used here to calculate the mean value of the quantity of energy consumed per overnight stay. This mean value is then multiplied by the mean duration of tourist stays, and then in the same way as for air transport, it is converted into a surface area using a new conversion factor, designated µ.
Thirdly, "leisure activities" include the visitation of specific locations for recreational purposes and may be divided into attractions (museums,
Finally, "food and fibre consumption" assesses the footprint of food and fibre, based on arable land, sea space, forest and pasture. Due to the poor official statistical database, it is assumed that the quality and quantity of the food and fibres consumed at the destination is similar to consumption at home. It is therefore necessary to isolate the consumptions of groups of tourists on the basis of their geographical origins, and then to revise these figures in relation to the length of tourist stays. This calculation can in fact be summarized as that of the mean consumption for the four components on the basis of the number of tourists and of where they come from. The area required for tourist consumption is indexed on the basis of the WWF report [
The term ecological footprint is designated EF, and the various different components of the indicator are designated EFi, where
In order to aggregate the different categories of space to a total footprint, the areas (built-up land, fossil energy land, arable land, pasture, sea space, and forest) are multiplied by "equivalence factors" [
EF of tourism.
Equivalence factors (based on relative biomass yield), Source: [
|Area type
|efi (global hectares per hectare) 2000
|Fossil energy land (newly planted forest area needed to absorb emitted CO2 (ef1)
|Built-up land (required for roads, buildings,
|Arable land (for growing crops) (ef3)
|Pasture (for grazing animals) (ef4)
|Sea space (for harvesting fish and other sea food) (ef5)
|Forest area (for producing wood for furniture, paper, etc.) (ef6)
In this way, the EF is calculated for the areas (
For the components associated with fossil energy, da and dv designate the mean distances travelled per tourist by air and by road, and eni the mean energy consumed per tourist for accommodation. For the components associated with infrastructures and leisure activities, st, sh, and sg are reported, corresponding to the mean surface areas per tourist required for travel, accommodation, and golf courses and other leisure activities respectively. δ and η are respectively the fraction corresponding to the tourism-related use of the transportation infrastructures and occupation of accommodation. Finally, ca, cp, ce, and cf designate the mean relative consumption in hectares per tourist in terms of arable land, pasture, sea space, and forest. The footprint can then be expressed as follows:
The EF describes to what degree tourism remains within the scope of the environment's ability to regenerate, and reveals the distribution of the pressure brought to bear on the environment as a function of the type of consumption [
Previously, the preferred index used to analyse the environmental impact of tourism was usually the carrying capacity of the earth [
For the Seychelles, the study carried out by Gössling
The use of data for 2004 for the Tunisian case is not problematic because of the stability of the inputs required by the EFA (origin of tourists, categories of accommodation establishments, airports and golf courses) between these two years. The quantitative data such as tourist arrivals and length of stay (5.1 days for 2004 [
We first formulated two hypotheses for the energy component linked to transport. The first concerns the distances to be taken into account. So far these have tended to be homogenized, and refer solely to the locations of the capital cities of the countries of origin of the tourists (see Appendix 1).We then refer to the details of kilometres on the airline website. The second hypothesis concerns road travel by tourists once they have arrived at their destination, which we have assumed to have a mean value of the order of 300 km [
Secondly, for the infrastructure component linked to means of transportation, we also formulated some new hypotheses. As the two most significant means of transportation are air and road, we focussed our calculations solely on these two types of travel. Maritime transport has been left out of the equation due to the tiny fraction this means of locomotion for tourists represents for tourists visiting Tunisia (less than 3% of the tourism transport referring to ONTT data). Furthermore, since the roads also carry heavy traffic unrelated to tourism, the area occupied per tourist for this type of construction has also been ignored. Thus, the area related to the share of building for transport is in fact focussed on the areas occupied by the airports (see Appendix 2).
Thirdly, for the infrastructure and energy components related to accommodation, we have adopted several hypotheses to offset the lack of data. The first concerns the theoretical data for the different parts of the calculation. The area per capita has been taken from article [
Finally, the data for the leisure activities and consumption were also lacking, so once again we had to adopt several hypotheses. There are only a few golf courses in Tunisia, and they are assumed to occupy a mean area of 90 ha as in the case of the Seychelles. We also adopted hypotheses related to consumption to assess footprint of food and fibres and to overcome the poor official statistical database and the unwillingness of the tourist industry to provide data. First, it was assumed that the quality and quantity of the food and fibre consumed at the destination is similar to consumption at home. Evidence suggests that there is at least some similarity [
Some others coefficients were used to calculate the mean footprint of a tourist for a trip in Tunisia. We used those detailed in the methodology of Gössling
On the basis of these hypotheses and using the data of the ONTTT, we obtained the following results (
Calculation of the ecological footprint per tourist per stay in Tunisia.
|Ecological footprint per stay and per tourist
This table presents the details of the calculation of the EF by referring to the mathematical expression expressed before. Thus, the mean EF of a tourist staying in Tunisia is of the order of 0.53 gha [
A comparison of the situations in Tunisia and the Seychelles led us to use the results reported by Gössling
EFA of tourism in Tunisia and in the Seychelles (adapted from [
|Surface area
|Fossil energy land
|Built up land
|Arable land
|Sea space
|Aggregated footprint per tourist
|Aggregated footprint of all tourists
This table presents the components of the EF of Tunisia and of the Seychelles. First of all, the surface areas are higher for all the components in the case of the Seychelles than in the Tunisian case. Fossil energy land for the Tunisian case represents less than 30% of fossil energy land required for the Seychelles due to the air travel. Conversely, the difference between the built-up land components (land directly used for tourist infrastructure) for both destinations is not so high, because infrastructure required for air transport is similar, only the accommodation has an incidence with a higher surface for the Seychelles. In the two case studies, built-up land is small because roads, airports, accommodation establishments,
Thus, the aggregated footprint per tourist is better for a tourist in Tunisia. Nevertheless, this conclusion is not valid when considering the aggregated footprint of all tourists for the two destinations, because the number of tourists in Tunisia is much higher in this country than in the Seychelles. So, comparison of the findings for Tunisia (with a footprint of the order of 0.53 gha per tourist for a length of stay of 5.1 days) and those for the Seychelles (with a footprint of the order of 1.85 gha per tourist for a length of stay of 10.4 days), confirms the extent to which air travel forms a substantial part of the EF of tourists. The shorter the distance tourists travel, the less pressure is brought to bear on the environment at the global level. Furthermore, some of the forms of consumption linked to food, which are expressed by the last four components, also reveal a definite advantage for Tunisia, which draws most of its tourists from Eastern Europe; these tourists consume less than those from Western Europe.
On the basis of this EFA, we can conclude that a tourist journey in Tunisia has a less harmful impact on the environment at the global level than a tourist journey in the Seychelles. Nevertheless, the aggregated EF per year for all categories of tourists combined is clearly lower for the Seychelles than for Tunisia due to the scale effect that results from the huge volume of tourists holidaying in Tunisia. The volume of tourists going to Tunisia is at least 30 times greater than that visiting the Seychelles (for the baseline years chosen for the two countries). In this way, the aggregated EF for the Seychelles corresponds to 12% of the total aggregated footprint for Tunisia, whereas the arrivals in the Seychelles represent only 3% of the total tourism arrivals in Tunisia.
Of course EFA presents some boundaries [
Nevertheless, EF presents advantages. As Moffatt [
Furthermore, as we apply it in the case of tourism, EF is not really concerned by previous critics. On one hand, we do not try to evaluate the evolution of tourism EF, but to compare, at any moment of time, the EF of two forms of tourism. On the other hand, we do not consider technological changes. They are short term. Finally, the distribution between two areas is taken into account in our evaluation by the travel of tourists between the departure area and the arrival area of tourists. In other words, we do not seek to use EF more than it can be used. Of previous boundaries, the only one that remains is the concern for freshwater withdrawals, and it is a true limit of our evaluation. On this point rests a crucial problem for evaluating tourism impact. However in the mean time, it is mainly a local stake and not a global one, which we are trying precisely to evaluate. We have nevertheless discussed this question in our conclusion.
For a decade, numerous sustainable indicators have been proposed and discussed (see for instance [
However, for a few years, another indicator has competed with EF called carbon footprint. Carbon footprint evaluates carbon emissions from production or consumption activities. Carbon footprint should be restricted to analyses that include only carbon emissions, in practice analyses proceed by including non carbon emissions, then using an equivalent indicator [
Whereas carbon footprint measures CO2 emissions, EF measures the ratio between CO2 emissions and the biosphere capacity to keep carbon locked up, notably through forests. Some underline (for instance [
Meanwhile, such a point of view seems excessive for two reasons. First, if global warming is a crucial stake, it is not due to CO2 emissions, but to the incapacity of the planet to absorb them. It is then more logical, even if less clear politically, to use EF. Second, the use of carbon footprint could lead to solutions with disputable effects on environment. For example, the development of biofuel is from a carbon footprint a good solution; CO2 emissions are reduced. But such a conclusion leaves aside the fact that the production of biofuel needs large areas which increase significantly the pressure on forests. EF, comparing emissions and capacity of absorption lead to a more mitigated conclusion. If areas needed to product biofuels contribute significantly in reducing forest which absorbs carbon, then biofuels are no more a
From a general perspective, the major asset of EF is to give an equivalent surface. This equivalent surface is furthermore a relevant indicator in the case of tourism, to an extent touristic activities are done on a given space and cannot be reduced to carbon emissions, even if, as we have noted in previous sections, it is of course a main dimension. EFA thus assesses environmental sustainability of tourism at a global level.
Applying the concept of the EFA to tourism makes it possible to determine the pressure that tourist consumption exerts on the area of productive land. It is measured in surface area (gha per tourist). It is an indicator that can be used to determine the sustainability of the different forms of consumption of tourism by considering the area required to cater for tourists' consumption relative to that naturally available. An average tourist's journey to the Seychelles requires more than 1.8 gha of world average space to maintain the necessary resource flows and to offset the contribution of greenhouse gas emissions to global warming. On the contrary, an average tourist's journey to Tunisia requires less than 1.8 gha of world average space. In the context of tourism, the conclusion is relatively severe for distant destinations, because the footprint for a journey equals or even exceeds the biological capacities required for the activity involved, and this is particularly true of the Seychelles. A necessary condition for development to be sustainable is clearly that the EF must be smaller than the biocapacity available [
The question of distance also has a relatively significant impact with regard to the previous observation. The fraction attributable to fossil energy consumption makes up the greatest part of the EF [
The comparison between the two major variables, air travel and length of stay, proves also that length of stay has a marginal impact on the results. For example, if we consider a length of stay of the order of 10 days for both destinations (so twice that of Tunisia), it will of course impact the consumption in the new calculation of the footprint of a tourist in Tunisia with an increase of arable land, pasture, forest and sea space, but not the other elements like built up land and fossil energy land which do not depend on the length of stay or marginally for the energy used for accommodation (approximately less than 5% of the total footprint).
Our comparison of the data available for Tunisia and for the Seychelles confirms the major impact of air travel in the EF of tourists, which is consistent with the results shown above and extracted from the work of [
Finally, one of the clearest conclusions of the EFA is that "mass" tourism near to the countries of origin of most of the tourists will have a less harmful impact at the global level, than a more sustainable form of tourism, such as ecotourism, that takes place at destinations far from the countries of origin of most of the tourists. This conclusion leads to problems, because most of the major areas of high biodiversity, which are the basis of the growth of ecotourism (biodiversity hotspots), are located in the southern hemisphere [
The sustainability of ecotourism can be called into question if it takes place in southern countries involving long-distance travel. Thus, ecotourism appears to be only a partially sustainable form of consumption, and can be partially responsible for causing ecological damage at the global level, unless it takes place in countries that are relatively close to the countries of origin of the tourists.
Meanwhile, our conclusion must be put into context for at least three reasons.
First, as we have previously underlined, freshwater withdrawals are not taken into account in EF. According to Mekonnen and Hoekstra [
Second, EF does not take into account irreversibility effects. From such a point of view mass tourism in Tunisia can be different, to ecotourism in Seychelles. Degradations produced by mass tourism could be, to a certain extent, irreversible, whereas ecotourism effects are probably less irreversible, because they are less concentrated.
Third, EF does not take into account technological changes. Technological changes in travel that reduce their impact could significantly modify our results. As we underlined, our study is static and we do not use EF more than it should be used. The dynamics of sustainability is poorly represented by this indicator. It produces only a static picture, at a given moment of time and our results must be considered in this way: a comparison between two forms of tourism at a given moment of time. It does not signify that ecotourism, if it be developed through cleaner travelling means, would not be more interesting than mass tourism at a global level.
A challenge for future research is to bring EFA, WFA and the other types of sustainability analysis together in one framework. A first step would be to harmonise the footprint calculation methodologies and develop ways to use EF, WF and other sustainability estimates in a complementary way to assess the sustainability of the use of the natural environment by human beings.
We thank anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on an early draft of this paper. The usual disclaimer applies.
For detailed descriptions of the procedures involved in EFA see [
Large parts of some coastal areas of Tunisia can be considered as "mass tourism". Tourism is one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy and is a major source of foreign exchange earnings. The tourist arrival figure in 2010 was 6.9 million.
The tourist arrival figure in 2010 was 175,000.
Even if serious doubts have been expressed about the effectiveness of environmental conservation [
We retain the terminology used by Cooper and Hall [
This hypothesis is needed to use the same process of calculation as with [
According to [
"The EF includes only those aspects of resource consumption and waste production for which the Earth has regenerative capacity, and where data exist that allow this demand be expressed in terms of productive area. For example, freshwater withdrawals are not included in the footprint, although the energy used to put or treat the water is" [
The WF of an individual or community is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community. Though they are often compared and contrasted, EF and WF are, as indicators, fundamentally incapable of being substituted. Whereas the EF denotes the bioproductive area (global hectares) needed to sustain a population (or measures the biological capacity a population uses), the WF represents the freshwater volume (cubic meters per year) required. They each provide a different piece of information in the sustainability puzzle. Instead of being seen as competing metrics, they should be seen as two complementary indicators of natural capital use in relation to human consumption. For more information on the methodology and the applications of WF, see [
Two differences are, for example, that EF are usually calculated based on global average productivities, while WF are calculated based on local productivities, and that EF are often not made spatially explicit, while WF are [
Tourist arrivals in Tunisia. These figures relate to arrivals by air according to [
|Arrivals 2004
|Arrivals 2009
|Scandinavian countries
|Other west European countries
|Other east European countries
|Other world countries
Area of the airports. According to [
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Annalise inquest to open
Date published: 30 April 2014
AN inquest into the death of schoolgirl Annalise Holt at a zebra crossing in Shaw in December, last year, began today.
The 12-year-old Royton and Crompton School pupil and her 11-year-old friend were hit by a van on the crossing on Milnrow Road shortly after 4.30pm on December 17.
Both were taken to hospital with serious injuries, however Annalise was pronounced dead later that evening.
The death sparked further action by residents who have long called for changes to be made at what they see as a notorious accident blackspot.
Earlier this year Oldham Council committed to a significant upgrade of the crossing, at the junction of Crompton Way, Milnrow Road and Linney Lane, as part of a review of sites across the borough.
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Bilbao, Spain (UPI) Sep 23, 2013
Searching for that perfect wine pairing? Try wine and biodiesel, research from the University of the Basque Country in Spain indicates.
If acetals -- the chemical compounds found in many wines -- are blended with biodiesel, they improve its properties, the university said Monday in a release.
Researchers with the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Environment of the Faculty of Engineering in Bilbao are working on a project seeking to encourage the use of this fuel -- and produce it more easily and cheaply with acetals.
The research's goal is to develop an industrial process to obtain supplements that will improve the biodiesel eventually pumped into vehicles, the university said.
Researcher Ion Agirre experimented with alcohol that is the by-product of sugar-rich plants such as sugar cane, and also with glycerol, since both are alcohols of renewable origin, the university said.
One of the research's conclusions is that glycerol-based acetals transmit better properties to the biodiesel than alcohols from sugar-rich plants such as ethanol or butanol, Agirre said.
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Mari, Cyprus (AFP) July 12, 2011
Anger mounted in Cyprus on Tuesday over the deaths of 12 fire brigade and armed services personnel in a huge munitions blast that sparked severe power cuts on the Mediterranean holiday island.
Frustrated Cypriots were using social networking sites and mobile texts to organise protests against what they perceived as government negligence in not preventing the island's worst peacetime military accident.
A large protest was being organised in the capital Nicosia on Tuesday evening. There were informal protests and candle-lit vigils late on Monday in which the government was called on to resign.
A huge blast on Monday in a seized Iranian arms cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base on the south coast killed 12 people and injured 62, two of whom remained in critical condition on Tuesday.
The power outages come at the height of a scorching summer, with afternoon temperatures in Nicosia approaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
The commander of Cyprus's navy, Andreas Ioannides, was among the dead, as was the commander of the Evangelos Florakis naval base, Lambros Lambrou.
Four other members of the armed services, including 20-year-old twin brothers, and six firefighters also died.
Cyprus entered its second day of national mourning with flags on public buildings at half mast and all government events cancelled.
But the media were in no doubt that the blast was avoidable and the government had a lot of unanswered questions to address about the cache, which US diplomatic cables disclosed by WikiLeaks said included cannon shells and tank ammunition.
"It's a crime," screamed the front-page headline in pro-opposition daily Alithia (The Truth).
It said small explosions were recorded at the arms cache several days before the killer blast, but pleas from navy commander Ioannides to remove the containers were ignored.
The English-language Cyprus Mail called it a "criminal error," while squarely putting the blame on Christofias.
The paper said in an editorial that it was a "disaster that could have been avoided if our country was run by a less incompetent president."
The independent Politis daily ran with the headline: "Criminals: 12 dead and the economy in darkness because of criminal apathy."
Top selling newspaper Phileleftheros summed it up with the words: "Crime and tragedy."
At a news conference, government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou was asked why the government had held on to the cache -- piled in the open and exposed to the elements -- and not got rid of it.
The official Cyprus News Agency said he told journalists the "position of the government... was the material not to be kept in Cyprus, so it made specific proposals to the Security Council and other countries involved."
It added that the government suggested the cargo be given to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to handle, "a proposal that was not accepted" and to Malta, "a suggestion for which there was no answer."
"There was also a proposal from Germany and the government sought a mandate from the Security Council because it was a matter of security and didnt get any response."
The Vassiliko plant, which accounted for almost 60 percent of the island's electricity supply, was devastated by the force of the blast and is expected to remain out of operation for many months.
Electricity Authority of Cyprus chairman Charis Thrassou warned the cost of repairs was likely to run to well over a billion euros ($1.4 billion).
The EAC said Tuesday various areas across the island would receive rolling two-hour power cuts "because of a lack of capacity," but added it would try to assure uninterrupted supplies to airports, ports, hospitals, and industrial and tourist areas.
With residents urged to save energy and water to try to ensure businesses, hotels and industry keep going, the Cyprus Energy Regulatory Authority issued a decree making it compulsory to use generators where available.
Commerce Minister Antonis Paschalides said talks were underway with Greece and Israel to obtain mobile generators to help the resort island cope with the peak holiday season.
Loss of power supply also prompted the closure of desalination plants, but CNA quoted Paschalides as saying "there had been an arrangement concerning desalination plants so that there will be a continuous flow of water."
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Japan quake makes 2011 costliest year: Munich Re
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Japan's earthquake in March is set to make 2011 the costliest year to date for natural disasters, reinsurer Munich Re said on Tuesday, although the number of deaths globally is relatively low so far. Total global losses from natural disasters for the first six months alone were $265 billion, easily exceeding the $220 billion recorded for the whole of 2005, previously the most expensive year ... read more
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'jOBS' Filmmakers Defend the Movie After Steve Wozniak's Slamming
After "jOBS" was slammed by the real Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak for presenting a "totally wrong" scene in its recently-released footage, filmmakers of the Steve Jobs movie break silence to defend the Ashton Kutcher-starring film. Through a publicist, they insist that the inaccuracies do exist because it is not a documentary pic.
"The film is not a documentary, nor is it meant to be a blow by blow, word for word account of all conversations and events," the rep explains via Entertainment Weekly. "The filmmakers have tremendous admiration and respect for Wozniak and all those that are portrayed in the film, and did extensive research in an effort to make an entertaining accurate film that captures the essence and story of Steve Jobs and those that built Apple with him."
Admitting that there are indeed some historical inaccuracies in the film, the spokesperson says, "The filmmakers acknowledge that not every single thing in the film is a precise representation of what took place," before stressing, "but is feature film entertainment about one of the most important, creative and impactful people [in] our culture's history taking place over three decades [that are] compressed into a two hour film."
"jOBS", which held its red carpet premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival on Friday night, January 25, released its very first footage a few days ago. It featured Kutcher's titular character trying to convince Wozniak (portrayed by Josh Gad) about the idea of developing personal computer.
The real Wozniak quickly reacted to the footage, claiming that the scene never took place in real life. "Not close... we never had such interaction and roles...," Woz told Gizmodo. "I'm not even sure what it's getting at... personalities are very wrong although mine is closer..."
He then described what really happened between him and Jobs, "Don't forget that my purpose was inspired by the values of the Homebrew Computer Club along with ideas of the value of such machines and Steve J. wasn't around and didn't attend the club so he was the one learning about such social impact of the future."
The movie is directed by Joshua Michael Stern with Matt Whiteley penning the script. It details the major moments and defining characters that influenced Steve Jobs on a daily basis from 1971 through 2000.
It also plunges into the depths of his character, creating an intense dialogue-driven story that is as much a sweeping epic as it is an immensely personal portrait of Steve Jobs' life. The filmmakers were granted unprecedented access during shooting to the historic garage in Palo Alto, that served as the birthplace to Apple Inc.
After being screened at Sundance, the film will arrive in the U.S. theaters on April 19, just in time for the 37th anniversary of the founding of the Apple Computer.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Of the 126 plays that took place during Florida State's 33-21 come-from-behind victory over West Virginia on Friday, Bill Stewart thought three of them decided the football game.
|Geno Smith will get the first crack at running West Virginia's offense this spring.
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The first was Patrick Robinson's second-quarter interception when West Virginia, leading 14-3, was moving the ball almost at will against Florida State's defense.
The second came on the opening kickoff of the second half when Greg Reid returned Josh Lider's short kick 69 yards to the West Virginia 9 that led to Florida State's go-ahead score.
And the third key play occurred early in the fourth quarter just after West Virginia made it a two-point game. Florida State was facing a third and 9 at its own 33 when quarterback E.J. Manuel found Taiwan Easterling for an 18-yard completion to the Mountaineer 49.
Those three plays kept West Virginia from winning its fifth consecutive bowl game.
Let's take them in order, beginning with Robinson's pick.
West Virginia (9-4) scored the first two times it had the football and was looking for more points after a Jarrett Brown 27-yard scramble moved the football to the Mountaineer 42.
Then offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen called for a post-corner pass to freshman Tavon Austin that wound up being picked off at the Seminole 39.
"We had a freshman who didn't stay on a high angle, snapped it off, Jarrett threw the ball late and it was an interception," said Stewart. "You sell the post and you stick it on a 45 and you throw it in the hole. We catch it or nobody catches it."
Florida State turned Robinson's interception into its first touchdown of the game.
"It was a big, big play at that time," said Stewart.
The second bad play also led to Florida State points. Stewart said Reid's kickoff return was a matter of his kicker simply kicking the ball to the wrong area of the field.
"We kick the dad-gum thing right down the middle and off he runs," said Stewart.
But West Virginia managed to battle back and was within a possession of retaking the lead early in the fourth quarter when the Seminoles made their biggest third-down conversion of the game.
"We lost contain on third down," Stewart said. "We ran a twist and one of our best football players just didn't get around. That broke our backs right there. We had them backed up and we lost momentum. It was a great play by them and not so good for us."
The athletic Seminoles had several great plays, particularly on offense, which makes you wonder how this football team lost six games in the first place?
The one-handed grab by Jarmon Fortson was incredible. Jermaine Thomas was the fastest back West Virginia faced this year. E.J. Manuel stood tall in the pocket, scrambled when he had to, and finished the afternoon with 259 yards of total offense including the game-sealing 2-yard touchdown run.
The FSU defense wasn't great, but when it got West Virginia in long yardage situations it was able to get enough pressure on Brown and Geno Smith to sack them five times.
"We tried to sprint out a couple of times and they came underneath us with their athleticism and that hurt," said Stewart. "The speed of the defense (retiring defensive coordinator) Mickey Andrews brought at us - that hurt. And the pass blocking at the end got a little rough and I wasn't pleased with that."
It was pointed out to Stewart during his post-game press conference that Noel Devine, who accounted for 100 of West Virginia's 132 first-quarter yards, only touched the football five times in the second half when Smith was in the game in place of the injured Brown.
Stewart said it was a matter of trying to get other players involved in the offense.
"We couldn't get into a rhythm No. 1. We were trying to get the ball into the flat and put the ball into No. 9's (Jock Sanders) hands," Stewart said. "We didn't think Jock had it enough. We tried to spread our wealth and keep them off-balanced and make them defend the whole field – not just horizontally but vertically as well."
An encouraging sign for the future was Smith leading West Virginia to an 80-yard touchdown drive at the beginning of the fourth quarter that kept the Mountaineers in the game. Twice the freshman hit crucial third-down passes to Bradley Starks to keep the sticks moving. He also completed a fourth-down pass to Sanders on the Mountaineers' final drive of the game.
Smith's statistics weren't overwhelming, 8 of 15 for 92 yards, but nearly all of his completions came under heavy pressure.
"He missed a read or two, but the kid played pretty well," Stewart said.
Added all up, it's a second-straight 9-4 season for West Virginia. Later this month we will find out if the Mountaineers will remain in the national rankings for a second straight year under Stewart.
After signing day, Stewart and his coaches will look ahead to this spring with Smith now the heavy favorite to win the quarterback job. In the meantime, Smith's No. 1 objective will be to get bigger and stronger during the developmental season.
How West Virginia moves ahead offensively will depend a lot on what junior Noel Devine chooses to do. Will he return for a fourth season with most of the school's rushing records in sight, or will he decide to give pro football a try?
If Devine returns four of West Virginia's five offensive line starters will be back to block for him, but it will be paramount for the Mountaineers to develop more depth there this spring with open competition for some starting jobs likely a necessity.
West Virginia could also use a couple of physical playmakers at wide receiver to stretch defenses horizontally.
Defensively, the Mountaineers will have nine starters back from Friday's Gator Bowl, although defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel must find a replacement for senior middle linebacker Reed Williams.
West Virginia should field one of the most experienced defenses in the country next year and with a few key additions, namely another edge pass rusher or possibly a lock-down corner, the Mountaineers could have a very formidable defense in 2010.
Of course the special teams, particularly the kickoff unit, will need extra special attention this spring.
Forty one players on West Virginia's Gator Bowl offensive two-deep were underclassmen with 22 of those potentially returning on offense. It was an extremely young football team in 2009.
"We've got five seniors starting today and maybe the next time we are in the same situation we will learn how to close the deal," Stewart said after Friday's game. "That's what you have to do – close the deal."


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Rihanna's position as one of the world's top pin ups had little effect on one man, a farmer who ordered her off his land after discovering her topless during a video shoot.
In fact, Alan Graham, 61, was so impervious to her sensual allure that he not only sent the superstar singer packing but he also warned that she should 'find a greater God'.
The 23-year-old singer was forced to beat a hasty retreat from Mr Graham's muddy field in Northern Ireland after he interrupted the filming and told her to cover up.
Alan Graham told Rihanna to find a greater God after catching her topless on his land
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I had the absolute pleasure to attend a film world premiere in the wondrous setting of ...... er, Bangor? yes Bangor (the one in Northern Ireland), because this was no ordinary film premiere. No. This was the world premiere of 'As the Earth Turned'.
As the Earth Turned is a unique little film written, directed, and shot in Northern Ireland (mostly in Bangor) on a budget of, er, nothing. The writer, director, producer and cameo is Bill Taylor from Craic Addict Films. He has put a lot of effort into the film as well as the actors and it does show.
Don Farrell is down on his luck and having a crisis. His girlfriend is cheating on him, his prospects are bleak working in Hodgekiss food processing plant making processed chicken products, and to cap it all of a strange tattoo has appeared on his arm. Could his life get any worse?
Well. Yes, actually.
The premise is that Don Farrell wakes up after a night on the town with a strange mark on his arm and an overwhelming urge to save the planet from a returning evil. The mark leads him to two others with the same mark and through a series of (mis)adventures he finally finds his purpose in life.
Now down to the brass tacks. I will not say too much, as there are a number of twists in the tale. However, i will say this, it is well worth a watch. :)
Now, being absolutely honest, while the effects are good, they don't compare to other small company films' effects. But don't forget, Bill had NO budget. On that alone I found the film to be a miracle and he should be rightly proud of this little belter. There were some really funny moments, plenty of action, and a good background. The script could have been a bit tighter, but that really didn't matter too much in the end. The film never really takes itself too seriously, and that, to me, is the real bonus.
The actors include the welll known local actor and of South African descent, Robert Render, who recently won "Best Actor" award at the Florida Freakshow Horror Film Festival, October 2011 for "The Last Light".
The public showing of As the Earth Turned is in the Black Box, Belfast on Monday 30th April, 2012 from 7pm. Tickets are £3. I'll be there for another chunk of NI talent :)
The public showing of As the Earth Turned is in the Black Box, Belfast on Monday 30th April, 2012 from 7pm. Tickets are £3. I'll be there for another chunk of NI talent :)


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Scoring the second highest-grossing start for zombie movies, this horror comedy denies 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs' its third consecutive win at North American box office over the weekend.
The undead has stormed into the North American box office as "Zombieland" debuted atop the chart. Being screened at around 3,900 screens at 3,036 sites over the weekend, the horror comedy from director Ruben Fleischer collected $24.7 million and took over the crowned first place from "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs".
Starring Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg as the two leading men, "Zombieland" has earned more than its $23.6 million budget. With the opening bow, the movie also scored a second place in the highest-grossing start record for zombie movies, behind Zack Snyder-directed 2004 horror remake, "Dawn of the Dead".
This movie also marked the biggest opening of Harrelson's career at the North American box office. Speaking of the attraction of the movie itself, Sony's head of distribution Rory Bruer said, "What really clicked was the humor of it. Truly, there were points in this movie that were so funny, I thought I was going to throw up. I'm serious. It really is a blast."
Slipping down to the second slot after two weeks of enjoying the #1 position was "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". With a 36.9% drop in ticket sales, the CG movie revolving around a scientist's attempt to solve world hunger that goes awry hauled in $15.8 million in its third week. The additional number brought this 3-D film to a total of $81.5 million.
Disney's double feature of the "Toy Story" movies, "Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D)", started its limited two weeks engagement by landing third at the chart. The 3-D version of "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2" pulled in $12.5 million. "I'm very pleased," said Disney distribution head Chuck Viane. "There's no question that kids who grew up with the movie were coming back to see it again."
"Surrogates" fell two places to fourth after it only managed to collect $7.2 million during its second weekend. Meanwhile, "The Invention of Lying" was another newcomer securing a slot at the top five. The Ricky Gervais-toplined comedy landed fifth at the chart with $7 million in its pocket.
Top Ten Movies at Box Office for October 2 - 4:
- "Zombieland" - $24.7 million
- "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" - $15.8 million
- "Toy Story/Toy Story 2 (3D)" - $12.5 million
- "Surrogates" - $7.2 million
- "The Invention of Lying" - $7 million
- "Whip It!" - $4.7 million
- "Fame" - $4.6 million
- "Capitalism: A Love Story" - $4.4 million
- "The Informant!" - $3.7 million
- "Love Happens" - $2.7 million


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www.cityfoodsters.comBubbleshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-39862399368963230912012-12-21T04:08:59.991-05:002012-12-21T04:08:59.991-05:00Gorgeous! Love the lace dress. It so beautiful.Gorgeous! Love the lace dress. It so beautiful.womens Coats And Jacketshttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-70940586953859074922012-11-24T11:20:55.795-05:002012-11-24T11:20:55.795-05:00Love both of these outfits - you look fantastic in...Love both of these outfits - you look fantastic in both! Still looking for a dress in this silhouette - I'm not a petite size but this style is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.moonstonesandmochahttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-51458611183072793032012-11-19T14:18:22.073-05:002012-11-19T14:18:22.073-05:00oh man i thought i was the only one with asos wais...oh man i thought i was the only one with asos waist size issues. everything always seems to fit well except the waist so i'm always wary of sizing up because i feel like everything else would end up too big :PMidorihttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-49598686350205310822012-11-18T14:37:22.750-05:002012-11-18T14:37:22.750-05:00That dress is so gorgeous on you! Shame that it wo...That dress is so gorgeous on you! Shame that it won't quite zip all the way. Dress looks email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-38164673583240441552012-11-17T22:42:44.932-05:002012-11-17T22:42:44.932-05:00I love your black pumps, what brand are they?I love your black pumps, what brand are they?pkgramhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-29764303987105495592012-11-15T15:26:47.097-05:002012-11-15T15:26:47.097-05:00I love that dress. I bet the red is beautiful too!...I love that dress. I bet the red is beautiful too!Rania The Editorhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-17598721716634486802012-11-15T15:25:24.923-05:002012-11-15T15:25:24.923-05:00I love that dress. I bet the red is beautiful too!...I love that dress. I bet the red is beautiful too!Rania The Editorhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-46513828286928971962012-11-15T00:42:04.506-05:002012-11-15T00:42:04.506-05:00I got the same dress earlier in the fall for a wed...I got the same dress earlier in the fall for a wedding. Unfortunately when it arrived I had the same issue as you and was turned off by the massive layers of tulle. I never got around to returning it but I may take your suggestion and cut out one of the layers. Thanks for the tip!Juliette @ Finish Your Broccolihttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-40751111592716527332012-11-13T11:25:46.050-05:002012-11-13T11:25:46.050-05:00Are you no longer blogging? Miss your posts.Are you no longer blogging? Miss your firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-91868678346898287002012-11-12T22:07:02.450-05:002012-11-12T22:07:02.450-05:00Hello, just letting you know that my ASOS reviews ...Hello, just letting you know that my ASOS reviews have been posted. Please let me know what you think http://weekdays2weekendsinstyle.blogspot.com. Thank you!
Angela W. https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-83490805705544630382012-11-12T21:56:37.653-05:002012-11-12T21:56:37.653-05:00This is a great blog. In my opinion one of the mos...This is a great blog. In my opinion one of the most genuine lifestyle blogs! Just stumbled across a hilarious Cupcakes & Cashmere satire blog that I think everyone would love. It still seems pretty new but seems to be going in the most hysterical direction. Enjoy :)

http://pastriesandpolyester.blogspot.com/Pastries and Polyesterhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-42246426118628127532012-11-12T19:06:55.729-05:002012-11-12T19:06:55.729-05:00I love the dress! it's a shame it didn't f...I love the dress! it's a shame it didn't fit. It's always a bummer when you have to return/exchange things purchased online.

Maggie
lovestylehappiness.blogspot.comLoveStyleHappinesshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-58698325794662046322012-11-12T17:24:43.860-05:002012-11-12T17:24:43.860-05:00Hi Jean, I love that dress. Too bad I would have ...Hi Jean, I love that dress. Too bad I would have nowhere to wear it.
I was wondering if you have any tips on how to dress warm for winter without looking boring (i.e.just wearing a sweater) and how to not look bulky while staying warm (i.e. a ton of layers of clothes)?email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-79991758179553756632012-11-12T15:02:40.573-05:002012-11-12T15:02:40.573-05:00Haha, this post definitely freaked me out (in rega...Haha, this post definitely freaked me out (in regard to being prepared for holiday parties!) I immediately bought two red dresses (including the one you reviewed. Though, I doubt it will look as great on me.)

You know, it's easy to get wrapped up in other things during this time of the year. So, thank you THANK YOU - because I always end up frantic and unprepared the night of events.

Also, I have been meaning to comment: I freaking love your ORIGINAL Nintendo controller case. Katie Chttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-49985567008197297332012-11-12T12:09:50.587-05:002012-11-12T12:09:50.587-05:00I love that dress. Awesome review.I love that dress. Awesome review.Petitetomatoeshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-20529045788682973412012-11-12T11:50:19.537-05:002012-11-12T11:50:19.537-05:00I absolutely love your detailed reviews. They are ...I absolutely love your detailed reviews. They are so informative, and have helped so much.

:)Janice // twoaftertwentyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-71817699288453681022012-11-12T11:42:38.854-05:002012-11-12T11:42:38.854-05:00I had that dress bookmarked the moment I saw it! I...I had that dress bookmarked the moment I saw it! I actually really love how full and voluminous the skirt is.. the red really would be perfect for holiday parties, but the black is a classic and great for all occasions! I thought the open back would mean the petite size 1 would be a bit more forgiving.. can't believe how teeny the waist it! Thanks for the great review.

http://www.xjole.comJoanna Lehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-84661245320373805652012-11-12T10:14:22.729-05:002012-11-12T10:14:22.729-05:00Loved the dress! :DLoved the dress! :DJoana Carvalhohttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-23000019845198177902012-11-12T09:46:37.581-05:002012-11-12T09:46:37.581-05:00Jean, I love the jacket on you! I think the fit is...Jean, I love the jacket on you! I think the fit is perfect and is very flattering. Can't wait to see you in the red ASOS dress!My Dressy Wayshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-15307830295359966442012-11-12T08:12:52.771-05:002012-11-12T08:12:52.771-05:00i've had similar problems with ASOS - their st...i've had similar problems with ASOS - their stuff generally runs about about a size smaller so i end up having to go up a size and then tailor down (which is what i am doing with a dress i am wearing to a wedding this month). they just updated their sizing chart recently and i feel it's a lot more accurate so make sure you are checking the sizing chart before ordering! :)Cassiehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-91082930940585526972012-11-12T07:24:21.539-05:002012-11-12T07:24:21.539-05:00)= both coupons are expired as of Monday morning 6...)= both coupons are expired as of Monday morning 6:30 a.m.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-79746728696439307932012-11-12T04:17:31.940-05:002012-11-12T04:17:31.940-05:00You look so gorgeous in that outfit and I suggest ...You look so gorgeous in that outfit and I suggest you to stick with those.Taylor @ Apartments Maltahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-91708479356783670312012-11-11T23:16:06.559-05:002012-11-11T23:16:06.559-05:00Jean, thanks for the review on the dress. I order...Jean,

thanks for the review on the dress. I ordered my in black a few days ago US 1 so now i am anxious to try if it will fit my waist, lol....
It's a cute dress for a holiday party/soiree.
To Jess, thx for the tips on the bra converter!

Thanks again ladies.
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879961822849422387.post-14665997516947979302012-11-11T21:54:24.052-05:002012-11-11T21:54:24.052-05:00Btw, you can also get a bra converter for under te...Btw, you can also get a bra converter for under ten bucks for backless tops/dresses. : ) I have one and it's a lifesaver in these fashion situations!Jessy | The Little Dust Princesshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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One of the best ways to reduce your anxiety going into your firefighter interview is to be 100% prepared Sat Test Palo Alto. The very best way to be 100% prepared is to know ahead of time what is expected of you. One way of doing so, is to have a list of the most commonly asked firefighter interview questions. Once you have such a list, your best bet is to practice answering these interview questions over and over. This will go a long way in building your confidence…and confidence is one of the key ingredients to a successful firefighter interview. The purpose of this article is to give you a "jump start" on making your list of the most commonly asked firefighter interview questions. That being said, I'm going to now give you what I consider to be the most commonly asked firefighter interview question, and that is:
"What have you done in the past to prepare for a career in firefighting?"
Are you prepared to answer this question right now?
As an experienced firefighter oral board rater, I can tell you that the best answer to this question is usually the longest answer. That is to say, the more "good" stuff you can tell the fire oral board panel, the better. They will want to hear that you took college level course in fire science or engineering, that you spoke to fire recruiters, that you were a fire cadet, that you attended fire testing prep courses, etc