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- Cary Bass from Wikimedia
- Marc Laporte, from TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
- Anne Goldenberg
- Nelson Ko, from TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
- Justin Quintal as a observer.
- Pete F.
- Fred Mir
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- Dave Crosby - Netizen with a nominal base in the UK, wikiHow admin.
- Krystle Chung from wikiHow
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- NicoleWillson 21:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC) another wikiHow admin
- Evan Prodromou - Founder of Wikitravel
- Yaron Koren - run Referata and WikiWorks
- MarkDilley - WikiIndex.org, USSFwiki.org, AboutUs.org
- BayleShanks - Starting an Open Company in the fall.
- Louis-Philippe Huberdeau
- Martine Paulet from Web etc.
- David Mason
- JohnAbbe
- Renoir Boulanger, from devLAB Montréal
- Sébastien Paquet - @sebpaquet Blog
- Carrol Dufault - Wikia
- Windy
- Ivana Zelenika- Queen's University Applied Sustainability Research Group
- Brion Vibber - StatusNet & MediaWiki
- Pascal St-Jean - from TikiWiki CMS/Groupware
- Robin Millette
- Ben Kovitz
- Stéphane Thibault
- Marc-Antoine Parent
- Veena Gokhale
- Daniel Cedilotte
- Spencer Kelly - freebase+ubiquity yaya
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- Jean-Luc Henry Founder of Ekopedia
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- Vincent Audette-Chapdelaine
- Guillaume Coulombe
- Nicolas Marchildon, contributor for OpenStreetMap
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- Alexandra Folie as a observer
- Yannick Brosseau
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- Christian Aubry - is someone interested in co-producing a live report such as the webcom live or the Confoo Report?
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- Peter Kaminski - other stuff going on, unfortunately. Have a great time!
- Tiffany von Emmel - I will definitely be with you in spirit :-). Making it in person is iffy, depending on transportation and lodging.
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Untitled (Pink), 2002
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Joel Morrison is best known for his composite sculptures, often created using found objects. Morrison's work has been described as a combination of sculpture, architecture and gestural painting. Working with supplies such as vinyl, foam, tape, string and paint, Morrison assembles corporeal forms that bulge, stretch and seem to "morph" before our eyes. Reminiscent of the organic forms of Jean Arp, his bright pink untitled work conveys a concrete, figural presence. This lumpy, misshapen form is contrasted to an almost classically symmetrical pedestal. Morrison's continued interest in making the pedestal a part of the work is realized through this shiny, geometric base that competes with, as well as complements, the form it supports.
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posted 03-21-2004 07:15 PM
First off, let me say that I have no plans to have my dogs' ears cropped anytime in the near future, by a vet or anyone else. But, once I've learned more about the breed, breeding in general, etc, I'd like to know the proper, humane way to crop ears, because I *MIGHT* do the ear croppings myself one day. I watched a local breeder crop a pups ears a few weeks ago, but the way she did it seemed so cruel. She simply held the pup down and cut his ears. Granted, I saw the pup again yesterday, and his ears look perfect, but it just seems cruel to me to do it that way. So, I'd like to know what the proper way is. And I don't mean how to get them to look right; I mean, like should you give them any anasthetic. If so, should it be a local anasthetic or general? Or do you just do it like she did? The pup yelped like crazy while she was doing it, but no more than a minute later, he was fine. Until she put the stitches in. But again, after she was done with the stitches, he acted fine again. Any and all opinions are welcome.
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posted 03-21-2004 08:49 PM
When I worked as a vet tech, all crops and docks were done with a general ansthetic. I wondered about breeders who sell their dogs for $250 or so with ears cropped since this operation by a vet usually runs $300 plus here. So that only means that B.Y.B. are using inhumane purposes to crop puppies ears. Post-op is very painful and there's a great risk of infection afterwards. A good vet will give the proper anti-biotics to ward off infection. Ear cropping is a personal preferrence only done by a vet, perferrable when the dog is a puppy. The pain would be just the same as if someone cut off our ears. I chose not to crop my pits ears only because I know how the operation is done and the problems associated with it.
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posted 03-21-2004 08:54 PM
Thank you for your response. I got exactly what I wanted - a response from someone knowledgable about this particular subject. Thanks again!
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posted 03-22-2004 07:37 AM
We have all of our pups ears cropped at the age of three to seven days, when their memory (according to our vet) is only a few seconds. The cost is very inexpensive ($15). They cry for a few seconds, and then the ears are cauterized (sp?) to prevent infection. Our vet has told us that we can do it ourselves, since she has taken us back to show us how (and charged us 100 dollars to do so!) but I agree that it should only be done by a vet. Even though we have the sterlization tools neccessary to prevent infection, it's a chance that I don't have to take. You need to do more research, talk to your vet.
If you continue to want to do the procedure, I think that you should watch a vet do it a couple of times before you decide to do it yourself. And I would only recommend (if you choose to do so) doing it at that young of an age, where you don't have to deal with anesthesia, that could cause serious damange, and even death, if you are not knowledgeable.
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posted 03-22-2004 10:09 AM
I have never heard of getting a pups ears cropped at 3-7 days old their ears are so small and aren't they still growing? How on earth would you be able to crop properly?
Any vet I have ever talked to or anything I have read on ear cropping has said the proper age is 7-12 weeks? Although I have heard of dogs being much older and getting them done.
And $15 for a vet to crop ears WOW! I checked around in my area and the cheapest I found was $100 and the vet seemed very shady.
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posted 03-22-2004 11:18 AM
yeah, my vet will only do ears on a 12 weeek or older pup, and will only do them up to 16 weeks. Unless the ears have a great ear set, then he will go untill about 20 months. But no higher then that. Honestly I would hate to see the ears of a dog that had them cropped at 3-7 days. there ears are so tiny. Anyway my vet carged me 225 and it was well worth it. He uses laser surgery. Justice's ears never seemed to bother him, and they healed real quick.
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posted 03-22-2004 01:38 PM
So, I guess my question is - is there a proper way to do home cropping? Again, please don't flame me, as I don't plan on even thinking about trying this until I've learned a lot more.
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posted 03-23-2004 07:06 AM
Here's a pic of a dog whose ears were cropped at three days old. Most of the small dogs that have their ears done is done that way. I have two vets in my ares that does it. They clip ears, tails and dewclaws of the schnauzers all at the same time. And about a year and a half ago, we had our first pit done. It turned out real nice.
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posted 03-23-2004 10:23 AM
Oh geez. I can't see the picture of these ears! I want to see the picture. Can you post the link?
I can see the concept of doing this at 3 - 7 days. If you know what your doing, it would take not more than a couple minutes I would imagine. At this age their nervous system is not fully developed. This is the age also to dock tails. I have not done ears, but I have docked tails with a straight edge razor blade. Nothing to it.
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posted 03-24-2004 05:45 AM
I've heard of ears, tails and dewclaws done at this age as well. Their nerves aren't fully developed, and the pups won't remember it.
I still wouldn't consider trying to do this at home nomatter how much I knew.... Unless I went to school, and got my degree, and knew EVERYTHING the vet knows....What if something happens and goes wrong??
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Epic fail. Pics should be in B&W, with kids wearing Uncle Terry's glasses and flannel.
I wonder if it's ever occurred to her that her kids aren't just another accessory.
Of course not. Everything's an accessory to Mariah.
I'm surprised she hasn't had them bedazzled yet.
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The News Corp chairman and chief executive, who is in Australia for business meetings, cancelled appointments in Sydney, where he had been this week, so he could be with his mother – the matriarch of the Murdoch clan, including grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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As Arctic sea ice breaks apart, massive amounts of methane could be released into the atmosphere from the cold waters beneath.
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The Arctic is home to vast stores of methane – there are billions of tonnes of methane in permafrost alone. It is a potent greenhouse gas, so a major methane release would greatly accelerate climate change. The gas is found in icy crystals called hydrates beneath the shallow seas that flood some areas of the continental crust, as well as in permafrost. It is also being released from Arctic wetlands.
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The 32-year-old Briton announced he was taking a break from the sport but is expected to return to action after next year's world championships.
"I'm planning to compete in both the London Marathon and the London Triathlon and some other sporting events over the year," he told the BBC.
"Hopefully I will learn from them and come back mentally sharper."
Cracknell won coxless fours gold at the Athens Games by the narrowest of margins with team-mates Matthew Pinsent, Ed Coode and Steve Williams.
His announcement comes as a major blow for British rowing, with four-time Olympic champion Pinsent expected to confirm his retirement on Tuesday.
Cracknell admitted that returning to tough training after Olympic glory was difficult.
"Although I started training again soon after Athens, over the last year, I used up a lot of energy and motivation.
"After training full-time for 12 years, I felt I needed a break," he said.
"The appeal of training for five hours a day just isn't there as it was after Sydney four years ago.
"It's not fair to my coach, my team-mates or myself if I am not at the right level both physically and mentally."
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GateWorld talks with David Hewlett
The man behind Atlantis's "Dr. Rodney McKay" sits down with GateWorld to talk about the show's new third season!
GateWorld talks with David Hewlett
The man behind Atlantis's "Dr. Rodney McKay" sits down with GateWorld to talk about the show's new third season!
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Good interview. Out of curiosity, when was it done? I'm trying to put into context with a recent interview David did about "A Dog's Breakfast" on another site.
End o' March, during the filming of "Irresistible."
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What a hilarious interview; that was great. Thank you so much. I did love the voice from the background popping in every once in a while.
Thank you for the interview. Loved it.
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Yeah...who was that?Originally Posted by Kliggins
Hehehe. Can't even imagineOriginally Posted by PG15
very nice Darren and David
Nice interview you guys.
I always enjoy hearng and seeing David and his fun sense of humor.
What I really enjoyed reading was David's analysis of Rodney... he's obviously given this a lot of thought...
A suave Rodney... now that would be worth the price of a boxset...
It reminds me of an episode of Red Dwarf where Rimmer meets his AU counterpart... Ace Rimmer...
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
great interview Darren always enjoy how you get into the actors minds and ask them about what is going to happen for the character and the show
Great interview, Darren.
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vrey good interview keep them coming
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It looks like I may be alone with this problem, but when I try to listen to it, either one, All i get is the "kwoosh."
That's all the progress bar shows, too - just enuf for the kwoosh.
Any Ideas?
You got to love Hewlett. This may sound weird he was so sweet and funny in the interview it was like an audio hug. I know I have lost my mind. I just adore him both as a talanted actor and as a person. If anyone wants to know the difference between McKay and Hewlett you don't need to watch ,just listen.
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That was a great interview, I really like David, hes quite witty. I really need to see a Dogs Breakfast too.
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anyone got any suggestions about whats going on?
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it was a funny interview
there had this problem before.
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Reds 5, Phillies 4: Zack Cozart hit a go-ahead home run off Philadelphia closer Jonathan Papelbon to lead off the ninth and National League Central leader Cincinnati snapped a seven-game losing streak against the Phillies.
The Reds, who have won nine of 12, were held scoreless through six innings before rallying to score three runs and chase starter Cliff Lee in the seventh.
The Phillies twice rallied to tie it, but a Reds rookie answered with a solo homer on each occasion. Todd Frazier hit a two-out blast off Antonio Bastardo for a 4-3 lead in the eighth. After Kevin Frandsen's RBI triple tied it again in the bottom of the inning, Cozart launched the first pitch from Papelbon (3-5) into the left-field seats for the decisive run.
The Phillies couldn't muster another rally against Aroldis Chapman, who struck out Chase Utley to strand the tying run at third for his 30th save. Chapman has converted 22 straight save opportunities, one shy of the franchise record.
The Reds had a 3-1 lead when starter Homer Bailey left with one out in the seventh, but Jimmy Rollins' two-run double off Sean Marshall tied it at 3. All three runs (two earned) were charged to Bailey, who allowed seven hits and struck out six.
Jonathan Broxton (3-3) picked up the win despite allowing Frandsen's RBI triple in the eighth.
Lee allowed three runs (two earned) on nine hits over 6 2/3 innings. He struck out nine.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Reds C Devin Mesoraco sat out the first of a two-game suspension stemming from an argument with umpire Chad Fairchild on July 30. Mesoraco initially was suspended for three games but had his penalty reduced by one game on appeal. … The Phillies had won 15 of 16 against the Reds dating to the 2010 playoffs. … Frandsen went 3-for-4 and made a pair of highlight-reel plays at third base for the Phillies. He is hitting .350 in 21 games since being acquired from San Francisco. … The teams will wear throwback uniforms from the 1991 season for Wednesday's game. … Lee is the only pitcher in the majors with at least 20 starts and only two wins. … Reds prospect Billy Hamilton stole four bases for Double-A Pensacola on Tuesday, breaking Vince Coleman's record with 147 stolen bases this season.


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According to Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A., "Snake Marriage," or the marriage of a human person and a snake, is not the end result of the slippery slope of gay marriage. In factiness, Dr. Colbert sees "people marrying snakes as a step up the slope from gay marriage." This is only true, however, if people are not marrying gay snakes: "we must marry limbless reptiles of the opposite sex. Otherwise, it's just not natural."
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Diesel won the IC, tag and world titles all within his first year has a active wrestler in wwf.
Brock and pretty sure angle also won the the wwf/e titles within their first year.
Before we get started i just want to hello everyone i found this website 2 days ago and i decision post my first ever thread now that thats out the way lets get to it ps next time I start a thread I will shut up and get to the thread . Ok so curtis axel debuts and I think in 3 or 4 months of debuting he wins the ic title. So I was just wondering haves there been anybody else that won a title in 6 months or less and if so who and what title was it. Ps I also want to kno who won the wwe title in less than 1 year of debuting
Diesel won the IC, tag and world titles all within his first year has a active wrestler in wwf.
Brock and pretty sure angle also won the the wwf/e titles within their first year.
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Carlito won the US Title from Cena on his first night.
This will remain in my sig until The Rock gets his WWE World Heavyweight Championship rematch.
Its not the wold title, but Santino won the IC title defeating Umaga on his debut.
Did Kurt Angle not win it all in his first year? Might have been just over a year but it was quick enough.
Gail Kim won the Women's title on her first night.
Drew McIntyre won the Intercontinental title four months after his debut (although he was briefly on SmackDown as Drew Galloway in 07)
I looked this one up but RVD made his WWE debut in July 01 and won the Hardcore title at the Invasion PPV that same month.
I dare say a lot of debuting tag teams have won the titles fairly early in their careers? Duece and Domino maybe?
Santino did win the ic title on debut thats crazy but where is he at now .Santino could of been the next mick foley maybe not as over as mick but I think comdy wise yeah and could of been remember the royal rumble when the croud went crazy when it look like santino was going to win.
Leaving this strictly to WWE (not including the promotions WWE owns). Ivan Koloff won the WWE (WWWF) Title off of Bruno Sammartino on 1/18/71. That ended Bruno's 7 year + reign. Ivan Koloff at the time had been in the WWE for less than a year, debuting sometime in 1970.
Dean Douglas won the IC belt in 3 months. Yeah, he was awesome
Christian won the Light Heavyweight title in his debut match less then a month after coming to the WWE.
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Deuce 'n Domino won the Tag Team Championship in about 3 months from their debut.
Jazz won the Women's Championship in a little over 2 months from her debut.
Victoria won the Women's Championship in over 4 months from her debut.
Mickie James won the Women's Championship in a little under 6 months from her debut.
Undertaker beat Hogan for the WWF Title at the 1991 Survivor Series and he debuted a year earlier at the 1990 Survivor Series..
Yokozuna debuted on the Halloween 1992 edition of WWF Superstars and won the WWF Title from Bret Hart at Wrestlemania 9.
Razor Ramon debuted in August 1992 and beat Rick Martel for the IC Title in October 1993.
Rocky Maivia debuted at the 1996 Survivor Series and beat Hunter Hearst Helmsley for the IC Title in February 1997.
Brock Lesnar won the KOTR tournament, became the youngest WWE champion in history at 25 by beating the Rock in the main event of SummerSlam, beat Undertaker in Hell in a Cell, won the Royal Rumble and won back the WWE title in the main event of Wrestlemania 19 all after debuting on screen the day after Wresltemania 18.
If anyone has ever had a better year than that I haven't heard of it, let alone a debut year.
I am a big MMA fan as well and I often wonder how amazing Brock would have been if he had either gone into MMA right out of college or if he had stuck with WWE instead of leaving in 2004. Easily would have been GOAT in either discipline if he would have spent more time in either during his prime athletic years.
Personally, I'd say Kurt Angle's "first" year was better...
- Undefeated for several months
- One loss to a debuting Tazz at Royal Rumble 2000
- Wins European & Intercontinental Championships in the same month
- "Loses" both those championships at WrestleMania without ever being pinned or made to submit
- Wins the King Of The Ring Tournament
- Beats The Rock at No Mercy to become WWE Champion
- Defeats The Undertaker to retain the title at Survivor Series
- Wins at Armageddon to retain his title in a six man Hell In A Cell match against Triple H, Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, & Rikishi.
- Beats Triple H at Royal Rumble to retain the championship
I'd say Kurt has without a doubt one of the best first years of them all.
Also, didn't The Giant win the WCW Title off of Hogan in his first match?
Has anybody ever noticed that most guys who win a title in their first year with WWE, either leave or get jobbed out eventually? Drew Macintyre, Santino, Swagger, MVP, Brock are a few I've noticed.
Ted dibiase JR and the Giant in WCW
I think Brock Lesnar had the best first year. He literally accomplished everything. Winning King of the Ring, the Royal Rumble, the WWE Championship twice, main eventing Wrestlemania, being booked as the biggest heel and then the biggest face. The man had no goals left by the time Wrestlemania 19 ended.
Also Umaga won the IC title in his first year.
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AFL Wii
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At Long Last
Barry Hall has just taken a specky over opposition defender Matthew Scarlett. He goes back to line up for goal. The seconds are counting down. The crowd is tense, but screaming madly at the same time. A goal here will win the game for my beloved Western Bulldogs and do something that theyve not done in real life since 1954... win an AFL premiership.
AFL Wii finally gives Wii owners a chance to live out some footy fantasies from the comfort of their couch. Footy fans with other platforms have been able to play AFL titles for some time now, but it is only just now that AFL football has arrived on the little white console from Nintendo. And you wonder why it has taken so long. The Wii, with its motion controls would seem a perfect fit for Aussie Rules Football.
This is football, not soccer
Unlike soccer games, AFL themed games are few and far between. And compared to games like the FIFA series or PES series, AFL games have in the past been somewhat disappointing. A part of the reason has been the control scheme. AFL football is not as simple as soccer. In soccer, players just use their feet (with the occasional head here and there), whereas in AFL, players carry the football, kick it, handball it and take spectacular marks (catches for those unfamiliar with AFL). Getting all these functions right can no doubt be difficult to implement in a video game.
But AFL Wii works remarkably well in this regard. There are three control options to choose from, allowing gamers to choose which suits them best. There is the Wiimote by itself, the Wiimote and Nunchuck combination, and the GameCube controller. Although I wasnt able to test out the GameCube controller, both of the Wiimote variations worked fine. Apart from the well written manual, all the controls are represented on screen, making it even easier to learn. When using the Nunchuck combination, kicking and handballing is handled with the A and B buttons, whilst the 1 and 2 buttons do the same for the Wiimote configuration. The power of kicks and handballs is determined by the amount of time you hold down the required button. Once the required power is reached, a simple up-thrust of the controller sends the ball headed in the (hopefully) desired direction. It certainly takes a little practice to get perfected, and Id suggest practising before heading into a full competition. Running is controlled via the thumbstick (Nunchuck combo) or the directional pad on the Wiimote. The Nunchuck did seem a bit more accurate that the d-pad, but either was fine. Other controls such as tackling, hit-outs and marking are also intuitive and easy to control.
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AFL Wii has been fully licensed by the AFL, meaning that all player names and likenesses have been used as well as all the stadia and team sponsorships. And it isnt just the AFL teams that are on display. Minor leagues such as the VFL and the TAC Cup can also be played. The team editor even allows gamers to adjust player names in the event that a new player gets drafted into their team. Unfortunately all this is letdown to some extent by the player visuals. Some players do look something like their real-life counterparts, whilst most others require a vivid imagination to believe that the in-game players are visual representations of their real-life counterparts. The stadia, on the other hand, do resemble the grounds used in real life. Docklands stadium has the closed roof, the MCG has its huge light towers and grandstands and Canberras Manuka Oval has that open country atmosphere. Weather effects work well in the game too. Heavy rain can pelt down on occasions making it hard to separate your players from those of the opposition.
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You can play AFL on the Wii. Controls work extremely well to make an exiting and fun AFL game. All current players are available thanks to AFL licensing.
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TL8601 : Parsonage Chase
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The Dengie (pronounced with a soft G) Peninsula is an area of South Essex, bounded by the River Blackwater to the north, the River Crouch to the south and the North Sea to the east. The western Boundary of the old "Dengie Hundred" ran from (and included) North Fambridge to Woodham Walter: The nearby town of Maldon was not part of the Dengie Hundred as it was a borough in its own right. See Link for a map of the Essex Hundreds.
The area has a relatively low population density, with large areas of farm and marsh land. The largest towns are Burnham on Crouch with a population of c. 7,500 and Southminster with a population of c. 3,800.
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In like a lion? Nah, thankfully March came in more like a lamb. And despite the murky mist, First Fridayers were afoot, eager to ogle the city's art-smart scene (or check out its soundtrack). We popped in a few of the best of March's FF go-tos for a bird's-eye view.
A Warehouse District fave, VAE set the tone for the night with its arguably dichotomous pairing of "Found," an inside exhibition that incorporated found objects and materials, with "Left Behind," a sort of discovery of now-obsolete technology. Eight-track tape anyone?
A show and scene-stealer, "Left Behind" wasn't just a compilation of the démodé or an implied glorification of the iPhone and the Internet. For starters, the progressive exhibit was showcased as a transformation of a street-side POD. Yes, POD as in the storage containers you hoard your hangings-on in. It's not often people are told to "think inside the box."
The premiere of project with Wake County high school students, PODS Art on the Inside Installation Project, "gives students the opportunity to transform a conventional storage container into an unconventional work of art," said VAE Executive Director Sarah Powers. The partnership will showcase the container art installations of four local schools, beginning with March's exhibit by Apex High School students under the direction of Apex High Visual Art Instructor Leatha Koefler.
And transform they did in a "room" comprised of yellow-page painted walls, with board-game pieces rendered as wall art, and a single assembled window casting images from a slide projector. CDs hung from the yellow-page-lined ceiling, and a bench constructed of floppy disks sat on the left occupied by a newspaper-stuffed model held together with packing tape.
"In essence, technology is inescapable," wrote participating artist Paige Smith on a sort of exordium affixed at the front of the POD. "Living in today's world is simply a matter of being cunning enough to keep your head above the water and not end up left behind."
Besides Smith, other Apex High artists included Rebekah Alfonso, Anthony Corrao, Quincy Denham, Marisa Laspaluto, Kylee Monroe, Karen Ortiz, Peter Pappas, Jill Schmidt, Brian Taylor and Jing Yuan.
The PODS-VAE partnership will continue with First Friday installations from Garner Magnet High School (April) and Southeast Raleigh Magnet (May), with a finale by Sanderson High School in June.
The POD experience certainly wasn't hurt by the storefront melodious music makings by local indie rock band Goner at neighboring designbox. Supplying the night's soundtrack, and a serendipitous supplement to the 8-track and CD-purposed POD, "beloved Raleigh musical institution Goner" jammed sidewalk-style to a substantial crowd that spilled well into the streets.
On the heels of its March 1 Kickstarter Campaign launch for their upcoming fourth album "Faking the Wisdom," Goner put on an hour-long FF busking show, where they performed a handful of songs mostly acoustic, street music/busking style while handing out Goner Patron Cards with info on upcoming events related to the 60-day campaign.
If the crowd lingering in the March mist for a street-side show is any indication, the 'kickstart' is off to a successful start. Find singer/keyboarder Scott Phillips, bass player Greg Eyman and drummer Chris Dalton at a host of upcoming events, including a rock show at Kings (March 30) and a Black Coffee Red Wine cafe event at Morning Times (April 14). Follow Goner on Facebook to get the dirty on the deets.
After hours, the night's vibe continued as Flanders Gallery jazzed it up with an after party hosted by Durham's The Art of Cool project, a jazz and arts advocacy nonprofit assembled to promote jazz throughout the Triangle.
Featuring the Al Strong Quintet, with special guest saxophonist James "Saxsmo" Gates, the sold-out show answered the call. Looks like the sax is still sexy after all. "I think we're filling a void," said The Art of Cool co-founder Cicely Mitchell. "At first we thought, maybe this is just happening in Durham, but let's test it and see if Raleigh will want it. And obviously, they do."
With lights barely aglow, bites by gastronome The Oxford, and a cast of vino varietals, the mood at Flanders' funk fest was sultry. As part of the show, Strong and Gates paid tribute to jazz sax-sensation Cannonball Adderley.
"This is wonderful," said Mitchell. "This is just wonderful. We didn't know how we were gonna be received [in Raleigh] because any time you expand outside we've been doing it in Durham for seven months you can't be sure how it will turn out. ... This is just great for a first First Friday, first kick off of a concert series."
Inspired by the respect that jazz no doubt deserves but rarely gets (often played, as Mitchell noted, by musicians who have their masters degrees in the art form), The Art of Cool, spearheaded by Mitchell and trumpeter Al Strong IV, seeks to elevate jazz from the bistro-background music scene and give it a home, with long-term goals of a regional jazz fest, an international jazz fest and an endowed space for jazz, such as a jazz supper club (but from a nonprofit standpoint).
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Some group is running an ad claiming that "one-in-five children have been sexually solicited online."
Well, a moment's thought convinced me that this figure must be nonsense. One-in-five children? First of all, just who qualifies as a "child"? Perhaps humans between 2 and 16? Now, you can't be solicited just looking up something on National Geographic Kids. You need an account of some sort. And how many kids under, say, 10 have such an account? So that knocks out half the sample right there. And that puts us at 40% between 11 and 16. Sounding pretty unlikely, huh?
So, I looked it up, and guess what? The survey this statistic comes from does not support what the statistic apparently says at all. First of all, the survey was of 10 to 17 year-olds... and that leaves out an awful lot of children, hey? Secondly, they did not exclude solicitation of sex by other children. (Of course, the advertisement never says it means only by adults, but I think most people would assume this.)
So what this survey basically shows us is that a bunch of 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds try to pick each other up online.
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On this special Christmas edition of Reality Bomb, recorded live at Chicago TARDIS in November, Graeme Burk talks with DWNY's Barnaby Edwards about Christmas and Doctor Who (with a special guest contribution by Tony Lee!). Also on the show, Radio Free Skaro's Steven Schapansky drops by to talk about why Voyage of the Damned is our seasonal addition to the Gallery of the Underrated. And Alex Kennard discusses the emotional significance of the most important sound in Doctor Who: the TARDIS dematerialzation noise! Plus: the music of Quiana of the Sevateem, Serial Code Deathmatch with Steven K. Manfred, Robert Smith? and Steven Schapansky and comedy from Bill Evenson, Robert Smith? and Quiana Howard. It's everything you expect from an episode of Reality Bomb...but live on stage. What could possibly go wrong?
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On the fifth edition of Reality Bomb, the host becomes the hunted as Graeme Burk and his co-author Robert Smith? submit to Alex Kennard's questions about their new book, Who's 50: The 50 Doctor Who Stories To Watch Before You Die. Once Graeme gets back the interviewer's chair, we celebrate the 50th anniversary by talking to Taza McDoom, who watched the first episode of Doctor Who in 1963 and Wendy, a young Doctor Who fan. We also talk to Dr. Mary Jane Miller, emeritus professor of media studies at Brock University and author of many books on the history of Canadian television, about the career of Doctor Who co-creator Sydney Newman. And we chat with Felicity Kuzinitz about harrassment and conventions. All this plus a history of the Doctor Who theme you don't want to miss!
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On the fourth edition of Reality Bomb, we're all over the recent return of nine 1960s missing episodes as Graeme Burk interviews Mike Doran about the find and Barnaby Edwards of DWNY about watching The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear. We also talk to writer Sam Maggs about the backlash from some Doctor Who fans toward fangirls and Doctor Who in Time and Space editor Gillian Leitch explains why Dragonfire is the latest entry in the Gallery of the Underrated. Plus Alex Kennard provides some insights into the influential but forgotten Doctor, Patrick Troughton. All this and a we listen in on a Doctor Who podcast with an unforgettable interview!
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But even though the fly-half is set to miss the Australian Barbarians game, he has vowed to line up against the Wallabies on June 12.
He said: "Injury-wise I'm fine. I took a knock in the back in our last game of the season.
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There will be an after-ceremony reception held in the T.J. Anderson Student Lounge in Martin Hall. Everyone is invited to attend to celebrate the achievements of our graduates.
There will be a photographer at the reception taking free digital snapshots of graduates with their families, friends and faculty. Check out NRCC's Facebook page after the event to see the snapshots and feel free to download them or share them with your friends.
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Global Dimming: A New Perspective on Climate Change
Increasing evidence indicates human activity is the major culprit in global climate change. But the world's not just getting hotter. Recent discoveries reveal that human pollutants may have sparked a global dimming phenomenon that resulted in lower temperature averages in the mid-20th century. Ironically, the identification of this global cooling reveals more than ever the need for international reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with global warming.
Thirty years ago, it was not melting ice caps but rather speculations of an emerging ice age that fostered public anxiety. In 1975, Newsweek even ran an article on the topic, "The Cooling World." The hype drew energy from observations that the world's average surface temperature had been gradually decreasing for three decades. In the 1980's, long range studies of world climate showed as much as a 10% reduction in sunlight in some areas of the U.S. and as much as 30% in parts of Russia from the 1950's to 1980's. Consequently, the world's surface had received about .23 - .32% less solar energy each year from 1958-1992, cooling the overall temperature of the earth.
Particulate matter (PM's), and sulfate aerosols especially, emerged as the likely culprits in this "global dimming." PM's increase the number of water particles in clouds, increasing the sunlight reflected back into space. Also, with diameters less than 10 micrometers, PM's fall into the EPA's list of top 6 most undesirable air pollutants in the Clean Air Act. They readily catch in the lungs and can even enter the bloodstream, causing and complicating various heart and respiratory diseases.
The main problems with global cooling, besides the generations of asthmatics spawned by inhaling PM's, were the possible negative effects on global food production. NASA reports that lower mean rainfall from 1931-1968 and 1968-1997 over Africa's prolific Sahel Belt correlated closely with the cooling effects of sulfate aerosols over the North Atlantic. Millions of people starved to death in the subsequent droughts throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
While global temperatures show an upward trend since 1860, dimming and cooling started to outweigh the effects of global warming in the late 1940's. Then starting in 1970 with the Clean Air Act in the United States and similar policies in Europe, atmospheric sulfate aerosols declined significantly. The EPA reports that in the U.S. alone from 1970 to 2005, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants, including PM's, dropped by 53 percent. In 1975, the masked effects of trapped greenhouse gases finally started to emerge and have dominated ever since.
While a few dissenters hold on to alternate theories of natural variance or solar influence on climate change, the official report by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Control (IPCC) in 2001 attributed global warming to human greenhouse gas emission, and predicted rises up to 5.8° C in temperature by 2100. Similarly, according to data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Paleoclimatology Program from Antarctic ice cores in 2004, global temperature over the last 740,000 years correlate significantly with greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.
The continued success of global aerosol clean-up since the 90's may have contributed to a rise in sunlight reaching the earth over the last decade, and hint that global warming may now increase faster and at even greater magnitudes than we previously thought. Some scientists recently revised their predictions of climate change to an increase in 10° C by the year 2100. This could transform large tracts of continents to inhospitable deserts.
Granted, the science of climate change suffers from a host of uncertainties, and lacks specific predictive power. At best, scientists can draw large trend correlations. But some studies show that humans can have unbelievable effects on local climate. The most interesting study detailed the effects of airplane contrails in the wake of 9/11, when all but a few military planes dotted the sky for 3 days. NASA's Langley Research Center found that these few contrails dissipated into cirrus clouds covering thousands of square miles. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin then analyzed climate variation in the air traffic-heavy Midwest within the same period. They observed average daily temperatures variations of roughly 1° C hotter in the day and cooler at night in the absence of contrails, the largest deviation in three decades for the area.
These data pose a tempting solution: get some planes to spray clouds of particulate matter into the atmosphere and voilà; we cleverly average the effects of our pollutants. This could delay or prevent the financial loss associated with changing the very foundation of the world's economic motor. Especially in countries like India and China, converting to green technologies could cost untold billions of dollars and hinder economic development. Additionally, slowing climate change in either direction circumvents major problems in world resource infrastructure, like Africa's famine. Or in the case of global warming, halting the rapid rise in temperature could augment ecological problems such as species loss and flooding.
But given the relationship between PM's and death from heart and respiratory disease, future politicians are unlikely to include "more pollution" in their campaign slogans. Current global policy emphasizes the precautionary principle, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions despite comprehensive knowledge of climate change mechanisms. This guides the Kyoto protocol, which assumes any level of action fares better than the off-chance climate change will become disastrous and irreversible.
The global dimming episode should remind us that adopting this "ready, shoot, aim" attitude toward climate change is not necessarily the best approach. While doing the world a favor by getting rid of one pollutant, we may have exacerbated the arguably greater problem of global warming. Conversely, the accelerated onset of global warming affords even less time to get the facts straight before we take action.
So what do we do now? Where policy makers lack the heart to increase PM output to shield us from the sun, they must muster strength to take proactive measures in reducing greenhouse emissions. Globally, this should include a revision of Kyoto's zero-accountability role for India and China, who will emerge as the main polluters in the coming century. Domestically, the U.S. could follow Europe's lead in taxing gasoline to help fund public transportation instead.
As the protective mask of sulfate aerosols declines and the sun breaks through once more, the globe may find itself even more vulnerable to the greenhouse effect. So whether it's cutting tax breaks for SUV's or instituting industrial emissions caps and trade systems, global dimming more than ever calls on the world to pay attention to global warming.


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Transurban's revenue rose by more than 13 per cent in the second quarter, thanks to more motorists using its Sydney toll roads.
Revenue from its toll road network increased 13.1 per cent to $234.1 million during the three months to the end of June, compared to the same period in 2013.
Proportional toll revenue, the company's preferred measure, was up 11.8 per cent to $286.7 million.
The company said there had been a 10.3 per cent increase in traffic on its Sydney roads during the quarter, thanks to the completion of the M2 upgrade in the city's north.
Meanwhile, revenue from the 495 Express Lanes in the USA, which has been a weak performer for Transurban, doubled compared to the same time a year ago.
Transurban owns or part owns Sydney's Eastern Distributor, M2, M5 and M7 roads and Lane Cove Tunnel roads and Melbourne's CityLink.
It also owns majority stakes in the 495 Express Lanes and Pocahontas 895 in Virginia, USA, and recently bought Sydney's Cross City Tunnel and Brisbane's toll road network.
Shares in Transurban closed three cents higher at $7.58.