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A YOUTH centre in Yate is safeguarding its future against council cuts by becoming a limited company.
St Nicholas Youth Centre, in Abbotswood, has launched the South Gloucestershire Youth Initiative which will shortly achieve charitable status paving the way for its 11 trustees to apply for large grants. Although other youth centres are considering their futures, St Nicholas is the first in the district to set itself up as a limited company.
The centre, which currently opens three nights a week, had its local authority funding slashed in half in July when South Gloucestershire Council announced drastic cutbacks to all youth services. But St Nicholas was given an early warning to the savings when its service level agreement with the council, usually signed for three years, was only contracted for 12 months.
"That actually helped us," said the Rev Iain Macfarlane, a trustee and rector at the adjacent St Nicholas Church. "It gave us the impetus to get this charity up and running.
"It will give us access to more funding and we will be applying to places like Children in Need and the National Lottery.
"We will need about £60,000 a year including youth workers and I believe we will do it. We don't take anything for granted and we have learnt to live with fragility but we have a lot of support.
"I don't think we will just survive, I think we are going to flourish."
The centre, which was built by the Church of England in 1969 to cater for south Yate's new housing estates, employs senior youth worker Christina Stokes and aims to serve anyone under the age of 25. It holds a night for primary school aged children, an outreach programme in the local area and is hoping to extend its opening hours to four nights a week shortly.
The trustees, made up of churchgoers and non-Christians, came together following a public meeting in February. They will now work together to secure funding for the centre and its refurbishment which is needed as soon as possible.
Added Mr Macfarlane: "It is hard work but it's important. It is clear to me that the local community is very supportive. They want this youth centre.
"It is very important that the young people of Abbotswood are not forgotten but are supported and we provide a safe place for them."
An official launch event of South Gloucestershire Youth Initiative will take place on Saturday, February 2 (4pm).


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Subject: Re: [htdig] htdig / Suse 6.2: very long run ?
From: Gilles Detillieux (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Wed Apr 26 2000 - 08:34:49 PDT
According to Geoff Hutchison:
> > Is there some support for parsing dvi and ps files ? dvi can be turned
> >into (ugly) text using dvi2ascii and there is a corresponding converter
> >for ps.
> I would check the conv_doc.pl script and plug in a dvi->txt
> converter. I believe it already handles PostScript files nicely.
You may also want to look at the new doc2html external converter, now
available on http://www.htdig.org/files/contrib/parsers/ , as it should
make it easier to plug in new filters. It's also bundled in the contrib
files in 3.2.0b2. It has an advantage over parse_doc.pl and conv_doc.pl
in that it was written by someone who actually knows Perl, rather than
just hacking it like I did. :-P
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Lakewood boys basketball coach Dan Wright, who is retiring at the end of the season, can reach a major milestone in Friday's season opener against Tarpon Springs.
If the Spartans win, Wright will tie former Gibbs coach Freddie Dyles for most wins in Pinellas County boys basketball history with 674.
Wright played for Dyles and was on the 1972 Gibbs team that won a state title. Wright went on to Florida Southern before coming back to St. Petersburg to coach. At Lakewood, he has averaged 20 wins a season for more than 30 years. He is one of only 10 coaches in the state to reach 600 victories.
A win against Tarpon Springs would put Wright in position to break the record on Dec. 8 when his team travels to play Gibbs. The record would have even more meaning considering it came against his alma mater and where his mentor coached.


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It has been a rough summer for Wall Street firms, as a volatile market has not only hurt revenue and trading profits, but wreaked havoc on their stock prices. The three major independent US investment banks -- JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) -- have seen their market caps drop by 25-45% over the last six months. Here's the ugly chart:
Chart courtesy Yahoo! Finance; JPM in green, GS in blue, MS in red
The reasons for the struggles in the financial industry -- which reach beyond the Big Three into stocks such as Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) -- are clear. Worries about the European debt crisis, fears of a worldwide recession (or worse), and lingering signs of a repeat of the 2008 liquidity crisis are all weighing on the stocks, while Ben Bernanke's "Operation Twist" threatens the lucrative "carry trade" by flattening the yield curve. Litigation risk, declining underwriting revenues, and fears of additional regulation have only added to the selling pressure.
Indeed, to understand just how little confidence the market has in Wall Street right now, one need only look at the following chart:
Stock Closing Price 9/9 Book Value P/B JPM $32.08 $46.76 0.68 GS $102.25 $142.47 0.72 MS $15.28 $30.95 0.49
Most notably for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, they are trading below tangible book value (defined as shareholder equity minus intangible assets and goodwill). The market simply does not trust the balance sheets of these firms, and believes that the listed values of their assets is inflated. The lockstep movement of the three firms' stock prices further shows that the stock prices are being dragged by industry- and world-wide events, rather than company-specific concerns.
The various risks associated with these three major firms make value investors uneasy, at best. But the overall downdraft in the sector has created a buying opportunities for other firms who are not as exposed to the regulatory, legal, and balance sheet risks of the Big Three investment banks. Two boutique investment banks -- Rodman & Renshaw (NYSEARCA:RODM), and Gleacher & Company (NASDAQ:GLCH) -- have been brought down with the rest of the industry, and now trade at depressed levels with a margin of safety. Both firms are highly speculative plays, but have solid balance sheets and a chance at growth should the broad market and/or the investment banking industry finally turn around.
Rodman & Renshaw is an investment bank specializing in two types of private placements: PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) transactions, and RDO's (Registered Direct Offerings). Both are used by companies to raise money in the equity markets, and Rodman specializes in small-cap companies, many in the healthcare, energy, and metals industries.
The firm has been very successful in this niche, ranking #1 in the number of deals done annually since 2005. The company's acquisition of Hudson Securities in April expanded the firm's operations in sales, trading, and market making, while the company's legacy investment banking arm has made inroads in the potentially lucrative (if certainly risky) Chinese market.
RODM has shown losses for four of the past five quarters, mostly due to unrealized losses in the company's portfolio of warrants (given as compensation for the company's underwriting business). In fact, the declining warrants accounted for $7.5 million of the $8 million lost over the first 6 months of this year, and free cash flow was essentially break-even.
RODM currently trades at $1.28 per share after a 6.7% jump on Friday, a discount to its book value of $1.41 per share, and just over the company's adjusted book value of $1.13, which represents the net valuation of assets, including the aforementioned warrants and the company's 50% ownership of Aceras BioMedical, an early-stage biotechnology venture capital firm. At current levels, the entire Rodman business is valued at just about $5 million, which seems a bargain considering that the company acquired Hudson for exactly that amount just five months ago. That acquisition has already proved accretive, as brokerage revenue jumped to $6 million in the second quarter from $1 million in the year-prior quarter.
The downside risk to Rodman is the speculative nature of its assets: early-stage biotechnology investments through Aceras and warrants on small-cap technology companies that could continue to create unrealized losses. But that downside risk seems priced in, and any market rebound will redouble for the stock, as investment banking and brokerage proceeds improve along with the company's asset base. The stock has consolidated at a multiple bottom of about $1.20 in recent weeks, and value investors looking to add more speculative stocks to their portfolio should be considering RODM at current levels.
Gleacher & Company is another boutique investment bank, though its primary focus is on trading and selling asset-backed securities, primarily agency mortgage-backed securities such as securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The company's investment banking unit offers capital raising services similar to those of Rodman and Renshaw (in fact, the two companies recently partnered on a placement for Fibrocell Science), in addition to advisory services for mergers, acquisitions, and restructurings. The company also recently purchased ClearPoint Funding, a mortgage loan origination firm.
GLCH stock has been pummeled as of late, losing nearly 90% of its value over the past two years, and closing Friday at an all-time low of $1.00 a share. Even a restructuring plan announced in late August, in which the company closed its low-margin equity trading division, has not stemmed the bleeding.
To be sure, Gleacher bears some responsibility for its struggles. The equity closure came just over a year after the company aggressively expanded that division. Indeed, the company's overall aggressive expansion plan has been a failure. In its fiscal year 2009 earnings release, the company boasted of growing its headcount by 44 percent. In 2010, staffing grew another 25 percent, with further growth in 2011 as employee count went from 205 at the end of 2008 to over 460 before the company's restructuring was announced. And after an excellent 2009 in which the company more than doubled revenue and earned 53 cents per share, revenue fell some 20% and the company swung to a 17-cent loss, exacerbated by an additional 3-cent loss in the first six months of 2011. In addition, the company's current exposure to the MBS market is no doubt weighing on the stock as well, as proposed federal rules to modify and/or refinance mortgages nationwide could hurt the value of Gleacher's portfolio.
All that aside, Gleacher does offering some promise as a value stock. The company offers 39 cents per share in cash, valuing the enterprise at just $75 million dollars. Tangible book value is $1.86 per share, meaning the trading price of $1/share values the company's assets at a substantial discount. Given that the primary focus of the company's trading is in agency securities, which are considered to be implicitly backed by the US government, this is a considerable discount to the reported value of the securities on the balance sheet.
Essentially, the market is assigning a negative valuation to the Gleacher business. And while he company's earnings have been hit by write-downs in goodwill and compensation charges, cash flow is strong. Free cash flow in 2010 was $50 million, 40% of market capitalization, and so far in 2011, has been $5 million, about 7% of enterprise value.
The sterling numbers offer a cushion for investors willing to take a chance on the company's turnaround strategy. Gleacher is attempting to become a leading investment bank -- perhaps taking advantage of the recently-tarnished reputations of its bigger competitors -- while also using ClearPoint to originate mortgages for its MBS trading desk, which currently accounts for about three-quarters of revenues. It is an ambitious strategy, and Gleacher's initial expansion has been a failure. However, at current valuations, investors with patience may be rewarded for giving the company a second chance.
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.


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When to fly
Peak Season:
Even though the city is popular year-round due to its mild climate, you can find cheap flights to Cape Town by planning ahead. The peak travel season is from November to end of January and it is particularly crowded during school holidays, especially the local summer holiday period from December 1 to January 15. Easter, July and August are also busy.
Off Season:
From February to March and in October, the weather is pleasant, there are fewer crowds and you can find some good deals on flights to Cape Town. The best prices however, can be found in winter, which still enjoys glorious days among the gloomy ones.
Destination Overview
The omnipresent fog over Table Mountain, surfers riding the waves and carpets of rolling vineyards: this is quintessential Cape Town. Blessed with one of the most distinct and diverse landscapes in Africa and pleasant weather year-round, travellers taking cheap flights to Cape Town experience an exciting combination of great outdoor activities and relaxed, yet cosmopolitan city life, with art and craft galleries, fine restaurants and bars.
Exploring Cape Town's diverse neighbourhoods is a great way to discover the city. Wander the lively cobbled streets of Bo-Kaap – the historic Muslim quarter with brightly coloured houses and mosques that is home to descendents of slaves brought over from Indonesia, India and Turkey by the Dutch in the16th and 17th century. The neighbourhood is a stark contrast to the glitzy nearby beach towns of Camps Bay and Clifton. Also, history buffs who book cheap flights to Cape Town can take a tour of the infamous Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for two decades.


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Our lab studies how bacteria employ electrical charges to carry out several key processes such as respiration, cell-to-cell communication and attachment to host surfaces to cause infections. We have found out that soil bacteria Geobacter use hair-like appendages called pili as "microbial nanowires" to export electrons outside their cell body for extracellular respiration (Nature Nano 2011) and to share nutrients and energy (Science 2010). We have also recently developed a new charge imaging technique to visualize electron exchange among bacteria (Nature Nano 2014).
Our research employs a broad range of imaging and measurement methods (e.g. scanning probe microscopy, nanofabrication, electron microscopy, low-level electrical signal measurements) to identify biophysical principles underlying key microbial processes. Current projects include quantitative imaging of electron transfer among bacterial proteins during respiration and cell-to-cell communication as well as measurements of forces involved in bacterial adhesion to the host surfaces during infection.


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After pulling his Max Steele Turbo Sword out of the shopping bag, 7-year-old Izrael's eyes lit up and he smiled — a big smile.
"It's a toy sword and you sword fight with it," he explained.
Izrall was one of 150 kids in El Dorado County's Big Brothers Big Sisters and Court Appointed Special Advocates programs who were treated to the annual Saturday morning Snowball Shopping Spree at Target and a delicious pancake breakfast at Lakehills Church. El Dorado Hills resident T Abraham shopped with the little boy, helping him pick out clothes, Spiderman pajamas (which sadly only came in children's sizes, Abraham noted), toiletries and, of course, the sword.
"It's a wonderful event," said Abraham, who's volunteered the last three years. "These kids are so grateful … and humble. We spent $75 and he said, 'I don't need anymore.'"
Big Brother Mark Bassler of El Dorado Hills joked that guys shouldn't help guys shop; they lose interest after a while. Actually, Bassler and his little Jason Slife, 12, lost their whole shopping cart during the event. They had to fill one twice. Bassler credited Village Life photographer Shelly Thorene for their success. She helped them select clothes, accessories and more. Jason also picked up baseballs, a football and a Nerf gun, joking that his brother better learn to duck.
Before or after their bus ride to Target, shoppers, children and their families enjoyed a pancake breakfast prepared by Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills members. Rotarians flipped pancakes, heated sausage and kept juice cups full during the event. Bel Air donated donuts and Starbucks provided coffee.
"All of our members really enjoy this event," said Rotary Club President Coy Baugh. "We enjoy seeing the delighted faces of the children."
Faces really lit up when Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer walked in. Santa took the time to hear the children's Christmas lists and he and Rudolph posed for photos.
Representatives from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department and El Dorado Hills Fire Department also attended. Children got to meet a K9 officer and explore fire equipment. Funding for the event came from Waste Connections, Freight Solution Providers, El Dorado Hills Fire Department, Parker Development, a local attorney's group and El Dorado County Auditor-Controller Joe Harn, who also donned an apron and served up sausage during the breakfast.
Big Brothers Big Sisters case manager Cathie Byrd said the event is a wonderful opportunity for businesses and community members to support programs that help the community's youth. She noted that Big Brothers Big Sisters is currently looking volunteer mentors, "especially men." For more information call (530) 626-1222 or visit mentors4youth.org.
For more information about CASA El Dorado call (530) 621-6789 or visit casaeldorado.org.


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It was at a small Toronto conference in the spring of 2004 that Phyllis Yaffe decided she was mad as hell and wasn't going to take the old boys network anymore.
Ms. Yaffe, then chief operating officer of Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., was listening to a panel of businessmen, including veteran legal advisor Purdy Crawford, chief executive officers John Cassaday of Corus Entertainment Inc. and John McLennan of MTS Allstream Inc., bemoan the lack of qualified women candidates for corporate boards.
The kick in the skirt for Ms. Yaffe was that many of the women surrounding her in the audience were seasoned female executives.
"I was so fed up being told there were no capable women. I had to stand up and tell them that I thought they were stupid," she remembers. "I used every bad word I could think of. I was so angry at all of it. I couldn't stand the patronizing and obnoxious way they were talking to us."
Neither, apparently, could the several dozen women in the audience, who greeted her outburst with loud and sustained applause.
Ms. Yaffe's career was unscathed by her tirade. Within a year she was promoted to chief executive officer of Alliance Atlantis, and today the 62-year-old is a director on the boards of Cineplex Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment, Torstar Corp. and Ryerson University.
But for most of the women at the conference that day, and for thousands of female professionals who aspire to the upper reaches of Canadian business and politics, little has changed.
The number of women occupying senior management positions in the country's biggest companies has barely budged in the past decade. Only 17 per cent of corporate officers and 13 per cent of directors at Canada's top 500 private and public sector companies are female. The slim showing represents an anemic gain of 2.8 per cent since 2002, when Catalyst Inc., a business women's lobbying group, first began tracking the numbers.
The picture isn't any brighter in Canada's political arena. Only 22 per cent of the country's elected members of parliament are women. That puts Canada in 51st place, behind Rwanda, Pakistan and Belarus, according to a global ranking of female political representation.
Women have complained about barriers to the top ever since universities and business schools began churning out large numbers of female graduates with specialized degrees in the early 1980s. Today, however, the disconnect between the traditional male-packed boardroom and the modern workplace is greater than ever.
Women account for 47 per cent of Canada's workforce, and 37 per cent of mid-level managers in the top 500 companies. Their presence is expected to grow even larger as women make up a growing majority of university graduates.
For all this progress, the majority of successful female professionals appear stuck in a kind of middle-management purgatory. No female has ever been handed the reins at one the country's the top banks despite the fact that nearly two thirds of employees are women. Toronto Dominion Bank President and chief executive officer Ed Clark, who has made promoting women a priority, says a female will run a bank "for sure." His timetable, however, is sometime "in the next 20 years."
Women are so rare in the oil patch that the only female heading a major integrated oil and gas company, Lorraine Mitchelmore , president of the Canadian arm of Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell PLC, is listed as Mr. Mitchelmore on a Bloomberg Businessweek data base. A female CEO has yet to be appointed at major Canadian-owned investment, mining, forestry or accounting firms. With only a very few exceptions, Canada's national law firms have always been steered by men.
Compared with our largest trading partner, Canada is a laggard when it comes to promoting female executives. In the United States, 32 of the top 1000 companies are run by women. These companies have average revenues of $17-billion and include such global powerhouses as Archer Daniels Midland Co., Kraft Foods Inc., Sunoco Inc. and PepsiCo Inc.Report Typo/Error


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NEW YORK (Jan. 12)
American Jews — at least those represented by major organizations–are infuriated by the French boycott of arms and spare parts to Israel and are mounting counter-measures designed to hurt France's troubled economy. Official Jewish groups have already brought to the attention of a French diplomat in Washington the "mood of deep resentment" that prevails among their members. But they took pains to stress that it is directed against President Charles de Gaulle, who made the embargo decision without consulting his government, and not against the French people.
Some 200 members from 156 of the Metropolitan Region, United Synagogue of America Conservative congregations declared at an emergency meeting here today that they would "marshal all of the forces at our command to achieve effective reaction against French trade, commerce and travel" until the embargo is lifted. A boycott seems to be developing among some Jewish groups against travel to France or the use of French carriers. The immediate victim appears to be Air France, a major international airline that serves Europe and Israel as well as such nearby winter resorts as Mexico and the Caribbean. Unconfirmed reports say that numerous cancellations have hit Air France since the de Gaulle embargo was announced last week. The B'nai B'rith travel service is discontinuing French tours previously offered, and other Jewish organizations that sponsor group tours to Europe and Israel have reportedly eliminated France from their itineraries.
A delegation representing major American Jewish organizations visited the French Ambassador, Charles Lucet, in Washington on Friday. The group, headed by Herman Edelsberg, director of B'nai B'rith's international affairs department, said the groups were not sponsoring a boycott of France but had no interest in suppressing it. M. Lucet reportedly indicated surprise at the intensity of feeling reported by the delegation. He was told that the latest embargo against Israel would not only be a disservice to the cause of peace but promoted the Soviet role in the Middle East. The group said that American Jewry still regarded the French people as sincere friends but that Gen. de Gaulle's policies had strained feelings toward France as a nation. The delegation included representatives of the Jewish War Veterans of the U.S. the American Jewish Committee, Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform), National Council of Jewish Women and American Jewish Congress.


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Good call Lou.
I ran 20 miles last summer, hurt the lower abductor at mile 18. It still hurts to run now.
Note to self: running to the store in street clothes = major chaffage. Good thing there are few trees here, or my thighs might have started a forest fire.
Mike was laughing at me as I try to walk with out the thighs touching today.
Happy to report 6 miles for me today at 8:45 avg pace, down the road, out the main road a bit and back up the hill. Temps of -12° for the most part so had to stop and de-ice the eyelashes at one point, and stop a couple other times on the way back up the hill to catch my breath. But I felt better than the last time I did this route before my break, so that's encouraging. Then DS2 and I went to the gym where I did 30 minutes of weights, finally increasing weights and/or reps on several moves so showing improvement there, too.
Time to start cutting back on the XT and building up the miles. Woohoo! But... not too soon. Tomorrow will be a non-running XT day, again. The run-every-other-day plan is on the schedule for a little while, at least.
Hail to The Victors!
Ouch Cash. Ouch.
Yesterday was 18 with 10 at mp at noon Wouldn't have been too notable except for the the frickin skunk on the bike path at mile 9. It was pretty hard to see the little black and white lump on the snowy pavement., a little closer and I would have been a lot smellier. I backed off to about 30 feet and started chucking stuff at it to scare it away. The one time I hit it with a stick, it peered around at me and seemed to say, "What? I've got the upper hand here!" So, I ended up going around the long way, figuring that any skunk giving me that stinkeye at noon was worth leaving alone.
But it was beautiful outside... 45 degrees
Erika- yay!!! You're on your way back.
Great run, Jeremy....
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The Nevada parole board members who will decide if O.J. Simpson gets released from prison have experience in law enforcement, prisons, probation and social work.
Others involved in Thursday's hearing have varying ties to the former football, TV and movie star who was acquitted of murder in 1995 in Los Angeles but convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas in 2008. They include:
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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 6, No. 0832. Monday, 23 October 1995.
Date: Sunday, 22 Oct 1995 10:57:32 -0400
Subject: Re: Facts, Purpose of List, Italy, Jews
I long for the good old days - - the days of Charles W. Wallace and E. K.
Chambers - - when, in the field of Shakespeare studies, there were *facts*
which could be ascertained, and reasonable inferences which could be drawn from
those facts. If there are questions about the purpose of this list, it is
because so many posters deny to Shakespeare an existence outside of their
own minds, and construct theories which, positing the irrelevance or
unknowability of facts about the time and place inhabited by Shakespeare,
justify their writing about themselves. Most people who have subscribed to this
list, I would suppose, already had an appreciation of the literary worth and
psychological profundity of Shakespeare's writings - - the sort of things one
talks about when one shoots the breeze - - and hoped, by joining this list, to
consider and perhaps to learn something about Shakespeare's life, or the
sources of his stories and knowledge, or the history of the times in which he
lived, or the meaning, in light of the language, literature and learning of the
times, of difficult passages: in short, some *facts,* or failing those (for
there are, I concede, so few for sure *facts* known about Shakespeare) then
some informed surmise - - but NOT an abandonment of all attempt to relate
Shakespeare to a specific time and place.
Which brings me to a *fact* that seems to me to be of pivotal importance in any
discussion of Shakespeare's knowledge and associations, this *fact* being
Shakespeare's dedications of two of his works (Venus and Adonis in 1593,
Lucrece in 1594) to Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton. The first
dedication may be, as some have suggested, merely a bid for patronage, but if
that is so, the language of the second dedication warrants the conclusion that
the bid was successful. This permits the not unreasonable surmise that
Shakespeare, by virtue of Wriothesley's patronage, had access to others
dependent upon Wriothesley (e.g., John Florio) as well as to persons dependent
upon Wriothesley's closest friend, the Earl of Essex. And the Earl of Essex
assembled and administered, at Essex House, his London residence, a host of
remarkable persons who constituted his own intelligence service and diplomatic
The premise that Shakespeare had access to Essex House provides, in my
opinion, a reasonable answer to almost every question relating to Shakespeare's
knowledge of classical and contemporary literature, and people and places
throughout Europe. SHAKSPERIAN Lee Buchanan asks, did Shakespeare travel to
Italy? We have no record of his ever having done so: but quite a few of Essex'
servants at Essex House had been there (and some were native-born Italians),
and any one of them could have given Shakespeare the knowledge of that country
which some seem to find in Shakespeare's plays.
Another SHAKSPERIAN notes, in the continuing and largely lamentable discussion
on The Merchant of Venice, that there were no Jews in England to speak of in
the 1590's. True, but two in England that we know of were a part of the Essex
entourage: Dr. Lopez, who had been physician to Essex' step-father, the Earl of
Leicester, had apparently treated the young Essex for some socially
unacceptable ailment, and Antonio Perez, who was a guest at Essex House in the
early 1590's. To be sure, both Lopez and Perez were conversos - - but they
were thought of in England as being, as they undoubtedly were, at least
ethnically, Jews. The treatment of these two men by Essex is a mixed bag (one
was hounded to his death; the other lionized), and perhaps Shakespeare's
treatment of Shylock mirrors this equivocal treatment, based, it seems, not so
much on race as on personal traits, rendering futile any attempt to
categorize that treatment as pro or anti-Semitic.
Just a few thoughts, for whatever they're worth. But there ARE facts, and this
list would be perceived as being more rewarding to its subscribers, I think,
if contributors were to attempt to anchor their observations and speculations
on things which we all accept as facts .


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Last year, ATI released only one card with two GPUs on one board - the 3870 X2 - which was the fastest card we'd ever seen. This year, though, ATI has released two further dual-GPU cards, based on both the HD 4850 and HD 4870.The HD 4850 X2 has two cores clocked at 650MHz - slightly higher than the single 625MHz clock of the standard HD 4850 - with the remaining spec in line with the reference card. A 64-bit OS is pretty much essential, because of the 2GB of onboard GDDR3 RAM.While the HD 4850 X2 was almost twice as fast as the single card in our most demanding Crysis benchmark - managing 30fps to the HD 4850's 17fps - it was actually slower at low settings. Call of Duty 4 and Call of Juarez results were reassuringly stratospheric, though.Unfortunately, Far Cry 2 proved problematic: the HD 4850 X2 scored 58fps in our high-quality test - seven frames slower than the equivalent single card - and was only slightly quicker in less demanding tests.This can be explained by fickle driver support. The 8.11 Catalyst driver refused to recognise the card - we had to use a beta version instead. We're hopeful that the 8.12 update will fix these issues, but can't be certain until we've tried it ourselves.If you're willing to persevere then the $550card could become a "budget" alternative to the HD 4870 X2 - it's already faster, in some tests, than anything Nvidia has to offer. At the moment, though, it's just too unpredictable to make it worth the huge investment.
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Can Capcom finally please fans with the new Devil May Cry?
Nope.jpg. So far it's been getting mix reactions from veterans DMC players. They transformed Resident Evil, a survival horror game into a generic action game with no horror elements and now they have outsourced one of their biggest IPs to Ninja Theory the developers behind two weak games: Heavenly Sword and Enslaved.
Enslaved was a good game, probably their best. Heavenly Sword wasn't very good in my opnion. DmC is a risky game, and I feel like that aspect is getting lost on some people who are mad that it isn't DMC5 (which is kind of ironic considering how much gamers have complained about companies being safe in the last 2 years).
I just can't see DmC pleasing anything even approximating a majority of DMC fans. That's just inconceivable to me. If nothing else, I think Capcom and NT should be commended for taking a risk in a gaming climate that's too scared to do anything.
I agree that Enslaved was a good game. Not great, but good. The gameplay was solid, with combat feeling meaty but a bit basic and climbing around was too easy, but the storyline and the characters were great.
"I just can't see DmC pleasing anything even approximating a majority of DMC fans. That's just inconceivable to me. If nothing else, I think Capcom and NT should be commended for taking a risk in a gaming climate that's too scared to do anything."
Pretty much the gist of what I was saying in my comment below. Gamers are always complainging that companies aren't willing to take a big risk with their established franchises these days. Well, Capcom has and everybody is was calling it crap before they'd even got a chance to explain.
Or maybe Capcom doesnt know wtf they're doing anymore.
Heavenly Sword had great music and a good story as well. Ninja Theory's problem is that their games are too short, too easy, and technically and graphically perform terribly. The demo didn't quite sell me on DmC but I'll give it a shot given good reviews and all. The controls are solid but the speed actually reminds me of DMC2.
We'll see.
Think the point is while Enslaved was likely the best they could do, what they've done isn't the best in the industry. Not up to standards once set by games like DMC. While DmC might sell well, its going to set the industry back, not forwards. Lower standards.
As for Capcom, what's happened Street Fighter with DLC before hand, Megaman besides, all but says they're circling the bowl as a great developer.
@ WolfLeBlack - "Gamers are always complainging that companies aren't willing to take a big risk with their established franchises these days."
I don't entirely agree with you. Nobody wants a stagnant franchise but, if anything, gamers are always complaining that companies aren't willing to take risks BEYOND their established franchises, so we get sequel after sequel after sequel... We don't get many new IPs these days, which is exactly what this game should have been.
Enslaved was a good game, but incredibly short. It took me 10 hours to get the platinum trophy.
This is a problem with Ninja theory, their games are way too short.
DmC doesn't feel like a bad game, it just shouldn't be called or make any reference to the original series.
I honestly doubt the hardcore fans will be please, most because they genuinely don't like the game, but I also can't help but feel that many will dislike it because they'll be judging it in comparison to the original DmC games rather than on its own merits. When it comes to reboots I always try to base my opinion on their merits rather than what they're like compared to the original. It's like how I wouldn't judge the Amazing Spider-Man film against the Sam Raimi trilogy.
I've been with DmC since the beginning, and I'm interested to see what Ninja Theory do. At the end of the day people are always complaining that developers and publishers aren't willing to take chances with their biggest franchises, that they're not willing to try something radically different.
Look at Gears: Judgement, four games in and people saying its the same. The fifth DmC game is coming out and it is trying something different, radically different, so people are saying that's bad. Okay, they're not great comparisons: Gears is fresher in peoples minds because each new game has come out with fairly small gaps whereas the DmC games have come out over a longer timeframe, but still. I say at least give it an actual chance and don't go into it prejudiced. Maybe it'll be great, maybe it'll suck.
It's DMC, not DmC. That's NT's little touch for thier game...
And the game would have made a better new I.P rather then trying to live off the name of a game that did not even need to be rebooted. The game doesn't play like DMC, and the problem is, if this game succeeds, we will likely never get another classic DMC game again.
The story to DmC is flawed, and kinda silly... He is a Nephilim which is a HUMAN and Angel, but in this he is Demon and Angel. The story went from normally evil cults and such to government is bad, and the villain is trying to control the world through debt... And even to the point of basically having you fight Bill O' Reilly... What part of that sounds like Devil May Cry?
The writing also seems like it was written by a 13 year old... The whole thing is bad, but this is NT's first time writing the script... Guess they showed their true colors.
And the gameplay has several problems...
There are just a few...
And Gears: Judgement did not change the artistic feel, DmC scrapped everything, and it truth, if they changed the games name, and the character names, it would be completely different. Since the story is almost 100% different.
I am not really against taking chances, but don't outsource. I prefer Japanese games, and them giving DMC to NT for 5mil sales, and then cutting the amount predicted down to 2mil, which is what DMC4 sold, what is the point? You are not aiming for a wider audience with the same sales figures...
EDIT: Also, NT's PR job has been horrible, they have spent 2 years calling Dante stupid and the Japanese lame. Which is a bad way to try and win the fans over, I know some of the fans are far from mature, but a company should never stoop that low. And why work on a game if you seemingly hate and detest the source material?
"The story went from normally evil cults and such to government is bad, and the villain is trying to control the world through debt... And even to the point of basically having you fight Bill O' Reilly... What part of that sounds like Devil May Cry?"
It's not supposed to sound like Devil May Cry...its a REBOOT. The focus on the government/media as an antagonist in the game is to make the experience more relatable and culturally relevant, thus broadening the appeal of the game. It's an interesting take on the franchise IMO.
I'll judge the game on its own merits, not on past iterations.
"The writing also seems like it was written by a 13 year old... The whole thing is bad, but this is NT's first time writing the script... Guess they showed their true colors."
I like the writing. Gives the game a mature element. Demons/Monsters aren't supposed to be nice. From what I played in the demo, DMC has the most natural sounding voice acting in franchise history.
Dude, in DMC 3 Vergil sounded like he was from the Victorian Era!
A person would have to be deaf, delusional, or a combination of both to tell me that THIS voicework/script
sounds more natural than this voicework/script
I think the voice acting in the old DMC games is better then
"F*** You"
"F*** You"
"F*** You"
Must of been so hard to write this game
@Root no one said it was perfect. Not all the writing is gonna be great, I already no that. Not like Star Wars had golden globe material.
To everyone...
Tameem said this project was to prove that games can have the same kind of writing seen in classic literature and praised movies. What part of what been seen in this script seems like it could stand with those?
Yeah, DMC has never had the best writing, but it was never trying to stand up with the best of the best.
And Ninja Theory has always hired writers to "fix" theirs scrips Tameem wrote up, except in DmC's case... They wanted to try on their own, and look how much worse this compares with HS.
This does not give it a mature element. It comes off a juvenile. What is a "Disgusting f**k child" while does Dante keep repeating lines said to him? It makes no sense at all.
It comes across as needless, much like the sex scene, what point did that have in the game? What does that even add to the plot? NOTHING, it was added in an attempt to be more "gritty and dark" but all it did was seem needless and childish. Almost like they added just to say "See we have a sex scene, it's mature."
When you are naming the reboot after the main series, it is inevitable to see comparisons, its very hard not to compare (it happens in all media, TV shows, movies and video games), they are basically asking for people to compare DMC with DmC (Ninja Theory themselves compare them while insulting fans, the series, and the creators of the series), which is why this should have been a completely new IP it would of been more of a win win for everyone. While judging the game on its own merits and treating it as a new IP sure it may be a decent-really good game, but as a Devil May Cry it already drops down below good despite not have playing the game yet, but having played the demo, seeing all the preview demo videos, reading all the previews, seeing all the trailers and behind the scenes videos etc. those are meant to "buy" the consumer, to convince them that the game is going to be a great and worthy product available for purchase, its to help people make up their mind if they should get it or not, so I feel I am able to judge the game based off those things, because that is why they provided those things to begin with, for people to make the judgement and determine if they want it or not, me personally (as you have stated your own opinion) I do not want the game, never plan on getting as it doesn't appeal to me in anyway, as a new game (very unappealing unlikeable characters and story, plus the execcisve curisng can ruin a game, ex Killzone 2 could have done better without cursing as much, fixed in Killzone 3) or as a DMC (probably because it is a western hack and slash game of a japanese franchise in the same way Ninja Gaiden 3 was and it was not great). I really hate how this seems to try and replace DMC instead becoming a spin off (similar to Resident Evil O.R.C was not Resident Evil 6, even though 6 became even more of an action game anyway) because now it doesnt seem as if DMC 5 is ever going to come with the way the are treating DmC, and if DmC succeeds they will continue that, if it fails they will conclude no one wants anything DMC related anymore and probably stop it altogether.
Now, I find it funny how you say you will judge the game on its own merits, then right after compare the voice acting of DmC to all past DMC games.
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Then, as you said "A person would have to be deaf, delusional, or a combination of both to tell me that THIS voicework/script ... sounds more natural than this voicework/script" you can say the same thing when comparing the gameplay and functions, seeing the second video showed everything that was awesome about DMC in that one video, the cool characters, the crazy action, the great style ranking meter, the lock on function, the flashy cool guns that usefully deal damage, the music and art direction and the fast fluid combat with style (even though the player in the vid was not the greatest, but he wasnt bad) Voice acting and dialouge was not he main focus of the game, it was fun, style, action and gameplay, not it seems to have flipped for DmC, they focused more on voice acting, dialouge (as of now doesnt look like they did that great) storytelling and making it more relatable (western thing) as well as putting their touch on it by making it more like Heavenly Sword. Also the writing doesnt seem to make it more mature, seems ironically more immature with all the cursing, this seems like a game targeted for western teens. A game with mature dialouge would be the Metal Gear Series, as for the demons, where is there rules for what demons are supposed to be like? Thats like saying all humans are supposed to be joyful and generous.
So to end this, to avoid comparison they should have not compared them or give it the same name as something else, would of been better for everyone and they seem to be making this game with the mindset of creating and gaining new fans for the series as opposed to making a game for fans of DMC.
^^Comparing the demo to DMC 3, YES, the gameplay is "faster" in terms of combat. I can't say whether or not that makes it better, its just different. I can enjoy fast paced hack n slash games like Bayonetta just as much as slow paced hack an slash games like GOW.
The new DMC will be paced more like GOW's combat, which is fine with me. In the full game, I suspect the game will open up as you gain more weapons and abilities..thus allowing you to chain multiple weapons in one combo like in that DMC3 vid.
yeah about the nephilim thing, just like the horsemen from darksiders which are also nephilim they look far from human and are giants, and in the nephilim myths they are giant disfigured creatures, yet new Dante looks completly normal, that makes no sense at all.
no i don't think it will. capcom need to start over and create a series of great games from scratch. they have been on bad terms with fans of many series not just DMC fans their former glory can no longer be restored. new IP's are what they need to "right the ship" to bring in more new fans (after having lost them in the first place).
Nah, they're in to deep right now. They need to go back to the basics. Maybe release a game with secrets that you can unlock, utilizing skill not wallet.
This is the reason I don't buy Capcom anymore. I wanted StreetFighter X Tekken... then I realised most of the game has to be bought as DLC. GIVE US BACK UNLOCKABLES.
This game may not be "true" DmC but I know this for a fact: it is leaps and bounds better than the RE6 atrocity that plagued gaming consoles worldwide in 2012.
Now that I think about it more, yeah it probably will be just as bad.
Disagreed since it is going to be worse.
RE6 went action instead of horror in terms of gameplay and feel.
DmC has gone from technically brilliant hack n slash to button mash, change of story, change of characters, change of history, change of everything that made DMC an awesome game.
It's not just about watering the game down for the mainstream, it has been watered down, pissed on, shat on and then had a dog eat up the mess and puke it out on a sidewalk which many journalists will claim is the best fertiliser ever made whilst others will see beyond smoke and mirrors and recognise and turd when they see it.
DmC is not going to be that game for Capcom. They have already alienated the fanbase as is. Regardless of how this game sells, it's too tainted. Capcom has to either release another sleeper hit like Dragon's Dogma or revitalize an old franchise that does extremely well. The whole Megaman X Street Fighter fan game thing was cute, but it didn't last long as the game was riddled with problem due to their old school design mentality and also the interested was just not there for how much it was hyped.
I'm personally looking forward to it. :3 I've played all four of the original franchise titles. They were all very good games, but the writing was a little stiff and cheesy. I'm also not very good when it comes to hack and slashers, so I'm relieved the human level gameplay will be included even though everyone's hollering about broken too-easy gameplay. Man, in that demo I only got to a double s with difficulty. Que several comments about how a crappy gamer shouldn't be a gamer. Or something about Call of Duty. I'm sure there'll be colorful ones about what makes a true fan.
Crapcom this.. Tameem that.
Even if, this is an if, dmc does do very well and gets well received by fans, I don't think it's gonna make me, or anyone, trust capcom again. I have no doubt it's going to be a good game, a good dmc game? maybe not, but if it's a fun game i'm all for it.
nope. this will sink them. capcom has sucked big time this gen. dmc4 and tatsunoku vs capcom have been pretty much the only good games they've made this entire gen.
Played demo today and I will not be purchasing game. Its anything but DMC.
I said it right from the second game informer had shared the rumor in their issue some years back a DmC from ninja theory.... HELLZ YEA. Even after the first trailer when everyone was saying Idk idk. I said I know its gonna impress me. Even now a week and a half before release the vocal minority just won't let up. I understand there are a few who genuinely don't like the game. To you guys I honestly feel bad for but on the bright side those classics are always available and who knows old Dante may still return. But to the vocal minority who's just mad cuz they were wrong
It's a week away and the game is gonna sell like crazy. The reviews are comin In high just as expected and the gameplay is liked by most. And just as predicted many of you are saying things like the game isn't a bad game its a bad DMC game. I'm not even really adding anything to conversation but I can't wait for my disagrees. Fire away
"The reviews are comin In high just as expected and the gameplay is liked by most"
and...the same happened with RE6, look what happened.
No ones wrong, the demo came out, it was terrible, thats all you need to know. You don't need a reviewer to tell you any differnt when you know theres a high chance they were told to right a good review.
It's time step down off your high horse.
Do we live in the same universe re6 was slammed by the critics this will be adored. Praised. Worshiped? Yesssssss
The answer is NO. Sorry capcom, i will give my money for MGRising, GoW Ascension, Lord of Shadow 2, and Anarchy Reigns ^^
Since Capcom is so eager to catch a new fanbase, they should forget the old franchises that made it's name in the past and move along to new things all togehter. New IPs for a new audience, and maybe get some of their old fans back in the process. All they are achieving right now is to mess up with their main IPs and annoying their core fanbase...
My opinion on this games is somewhat mixed. As many have state here, it would not be a problem if it was a new IP. The thing is they took one of their core franchises and change it completely to match a new group of consumers. Of course this would hit hard the original fanbase; they basically destroyed the series they loved by adding a new entry that doesn't match what they used to see.
Someone commented on the original Vergil's accent. I see the DMC storyline more like your typical shonen manga. The fact that it was cheesy was on purpose. On the other side, DmC feels more like an attempt to make your average action fantasy movie, swearing included, trying to make it mature. This is damaging the image of the game, as is making it more generic, while it should be another kind of experience. You can add this the fact that NT has practically insulted the original fanbase in it's face.
My conclusion is that this game can be good, but the damage the development of this game has made will reflect on the sales.
I can't wait for this game to be released so these arguments could be done and over with. However, knowing the internet even after release no resolution shall be made because no one will take responsibility for being wrong in their predictions. It's just a shouting match between Anti and Pro with no side taking in any perspectives to have a better solution for what is truly more important.....the gaming community.
I think the more important thing that should be discussed is what ways Ninja Theory and Capcom has constructed this rift between Devil May Cry fans and what feedback should we give them to encourage more unity in the ranks for the next release (if there is a next one.)
I just have this nagging feeling if Ninja Theory began their DMC campaign in 2010 with :
"Hey, we know that with our technical expertise and art direction that we cannot deliver the same look and rush of excitement like past titles. However, if you are willing to give us a chance infuse our know how with your feedback that we will be able to birth a new universe within the franchise that captures your hearts through a different medium that may be more western but worthy of the title."
I think the reception would be leagues better than what it is now especially if Capcom actually gave them time to learn MT Framework.
I think no game or console should garner attention through causing fights amongst it's customers nowadays and game companies should watch what they say even if it was meant to be the joke because the days of friendly jabs ( Sega vs. Nintendo era) is gone. Journalists who also feed the flames deserve punishment as well.


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In the Appeal of
PONE RANTS'O Appellant
JANEFEKE RALEBITSO Respondent
Delivered by the Hon Chief Justice Mr Justice T S Cotran on the 12th day of June 1984
The present respondent Ralebitso, who was the plaintiff at the trial Court, sued the present appellant Pone Rants'O, who was the defendant at the trial Court, for 6 heads of cattle as damages for seduction of the respondent/plaintiff's daughter by the appellant/defendant's son
The trial Court (as well as the first Appeal Court) dismissed the claim for lack of evidence. The Judicial Commissioner disagreed.
There was, in fact, no evidence except the girl's. The trial Court heard and saw her, the Judicial Commissioner did not. The latter based his decision for disturbing the trial Court's finding on the grounds that it was incumbent on the defendant's son to deny that he had sexual intercourse with the girl complainant on the three or four occasions she named The learned Judicial Commissioner thought that since the boy denied only that he impregnated the girl in general terms out had not further denied
sexual intercourse on the named occasions, that therefore the girl's story should have been believed hut, with respect, the learned Judicial Commissioner's conclusion does not necessarily follow from the premises he has posturated
The girl herself did not make a complaint to her parents of to anyone standing to her in loco parentis until her brother discovered she was pregnant If she had known the boy for two years as she says, and if they had intercourse with each other three or four times, I find it amazing that no one in the village or school had noticed their association especially when she adds that the boy had actually told her that he was going to marry her
Only God knows if the girl is speaking the truth and I am no god At the trial Court the respondent/plaintiff and his daughter were unable to discharge the burden of proof. That was the end of the matter where, as here, the case depended entirely on the credibility of one witness
The appeal is allowed with costs
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For Appellant Mr Matlhare
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If the government is tracking everything your company does online, does that mean you'll do less mobile collaboration?
I admit I don't have much of an opinion yet on the whole government data-snooping story, other than I'm not surprised that big telecom providers essentially caved in and allowed their customers' communications to be monitored. If you know the close relationship between regulators and service providers you know it's a game of favors; light oversight of business activities goes hand in hand with massive campaign contributions. So there's little surprise that the telcos would give government agencies access to call records.
The PRISM stuff about monitoring of online services like those provided by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and others, however, could have a chilling effect on the move to cloud services and mobile collaboration. Would you feel good about increasing the amount of online exposure your company has knowing now that someone somewhere inside a secret agency was watching what you were doing? With little to no means of legal redress?
The good news is, the shedding of light on this whole situation will hopefully lead to some intelligent discussions about electronic communications, and how we as a society want to protect civil liberties while also realizing there are valid needs for law-and-order access to those communications. But for the moment, while the dust flies, will your plans for moving to the cloud and mobile collaboration slow down? Or are you not worried about the government's potential review of your online communications?
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THE Chancellor of the Echequer George Osborne MP visited Rowley Regis this week to see precision engineering in action.
Mr Osborne visited Cube Precision Engineering Ltd, Cakemore Road, praising the company's success and even got his hands on "a lovely piece of machinery."
The Chancellor is hoping a raft of pro-business measures help boost the West Midlands manufacturing sector and economy.
He told the News: "This is a really impressive business with a dedicated workforce and I was delighted to see how much they export to Germany. "As a country Britain made a mistake under my predecessors which put all our bets on the city of London and the South East.
"We need the Black Country and the West Midlands to be the home of making things and of businesses expanding and taking people on."
Cube Precision Engineering now employs 37 staff after starting with six employees in 2009 and benefited from the Government's UK Export Finance (UKEF) which provided bank loan guarantees to support exports.
Mr Osborne added: "Every single one of the these jobs here is peace of mind for a family and anything we can do to help businesses like this expand and be successful."
The chancellor toured the factory and used a machine which makes parts for aeroplanes and cars including the Eurofighter and Rolls Royce cars.
He said: "It was a lovely piece of machineery and I come away from here excited that jobs are being created.
"I was talking to the workforce and it is important we get kids in schools to understand the exciting things happening in manufacturing." He added: ""I was invited here by Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP James Morris who is a champion of manufacturing, we need an alliance of MPs who care about manufacturing and a Government willing to help businesses grow."
CPE owner Neil Clifton, 36, gave the Chancellor a tour of his factory and discussed what impact the budget had on his business.
He said: "UKEF is directly responsible for more than £1,000,000 of our export revenue in 2013 and changes announced in the budget will now help us to access more affordable lending to grow our exports.
"The doubling of the capital allowances helped us decide to set up a new state of the art £325,000 machining centre and this additional capacity will be a welcome relief for our customers as demand is currently outstripping supply in the sector."
James Morris MP, who accompanied Mr Osborne around the factory, said: "When the Chancellor said that he wanted to help 'makers and doers' in last week's Budget, CPE was exactly the kind of local firm he was talking about.
"Thanks to a growing economy, and help from the Government's new Regional Growth Fund, Cube have already been able to invest in new machinery, take on more workers and grow.
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Showcase Features Art by Local and Korean Artists
June 12, 2013
An example of Buncheong ceramics. Such works will be showcased June 20-Aug. 18 at the Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum on the grounds of the Fullerton Arboretum.
The Fullerton Arboretum joins the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in hosting two special exhibits that celebrate the city of Fullerton's sister city of Yong-in, South Korea.
Both exhibits, which open June 20 and continue through Aug. 18, will feature the ceramic works of artists from the city of Fullerton and Yong-In.
The Muckenthaler will exhibit contemporary work by Korean ceramics master Soon Kwan Ma, while the Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum on the grounds of the Fullerton Arboretum will showcase pottery created by students taught by Muckenthaler instructor Young Shin Kim in the tradition of Buncheong.
A style first practiced in the 14th century and revived in the early 20th century, Buncheong is characterized by richly decorated surfaces using a white slip on a dark clay body.
Hosting the exhibit is a welcome opportunity, says Greg Dyment, director of the Fullerton Arboretum. "We have the opportunity to work with the Muckenthaler and the Sister City Association on something new, and we are able to reach out to the city's sizable Korean community, bring new people to and increase their awareness of the Arboretum."
An opening reception for the exhibit at the Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 22. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The museum will be closed July 4.
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Norwegian Spirit - Eastern Caribbean: Norwegian Spirit Cruise Review by pechung
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Norwegian Spirit - Eastern Caribbean
Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
BACKGROUND: We are in our mid 30s and this was our 4th cruise. We did Windstar twice, Princess once and then this cruise. We had our 5 year old son traveling with us.
SHIP: The Spirit is a very nice and clean ship. The oriental motif is pleasing to the eye. There are 2 outlets for 110V. One in the bathroom and one at the cabin desk. We were in cabin 5512 which is a regular cabin with a small porthole for a view. It was located in the front end of the ship. The 110 V is good for charging all US electronics (laptop, cell phones, etc).
FOOD: food was our biggest complaint. The Raffles buffet is the same food everyday. They give new names to it every day such as Polynesian night or Italian night, but in reality, they just bring out maybe one or 2 dishes to represent that theme and the rest of the food is the same as the day before. I heard that the specialty-pay restaurants were pretty good. Some said they More were fabulous. So, its not that they dont know how to make the food taste good, they just choose not to make it good, unless youre willing to pay extra for it. We tried Windows restaurant (which is 1 of two no-fee main dining restaurants). We went there 3 times and all 3 times, we wish that we didnt invest the 1.5-2 hours of time. The only thing that was really good there was the Tiramisu and the Chocolate soufflE (both on Italian night). Speaking of desserts&.er, it sucked. The choices sucked (or lack thereof) and the quality sucked. Im used to seeing a dizzying array of desserts on cruises. They usually had about 2-3 different kinds of cakes or pies. All was fairly poor in taste. Now, mind you, as I complain about the food, I still ate plenty and never went hungry&Im just saying that they could do it a lot better&.they know how-- they just dont want to.
La Trattoria is a section of the Raffles buffet area that they cordon off at night and dedicate it to serving Italian food. We tried getting a reservation at our usual dinner time of 5:30, but no luck. They had plenty of openings at 9:30, though. If you want to go there, make reservations ASAP. You can do it at the Reception desk at 7 mid or via the phone from your room.
Basically, we ate at the buffet for all our meals except the 3 times we tried Windows. Windows has a beautiful atmosphere if youre sitting toward the aft of the restaurant. The food is the same at Windows or the Garden restaurant but the view at Windows is really nice. One thing that I really did enjoy was their bread. They really new how to make good bread stuff&.rolls, scones (served at tea time only) and sandwich bread. Good stuff.
We arent alcohol drinkers so we ended up buying the unlimited drink passes. The pass is $48.50 and entitles you to unlimited sodas. I ended up drinking way more sodas then I normally do. If you do the math and drink about 2-3 cups of soda a day, its cheaper to just buy them one at a time but its a whole lot more convenient to just buy the pass and get your drinks without having to sign for one each time. It wasnt widely announced, but they will sell you a Teen Passport for $32 which entitles you to 20 pages of coupons for non-alcoholic smoothies, slushes, pina coladas, etc& my son really enjoyed those. If you were to buy them individually, they cost about $6. So, that pass is a good deal.
Blue Lagoon restaurant at 7 Mid has great burgers and chicken wings and wonton soup. Plus, its open 24 hours, which is nice. Enough on the food& if you want more info, you can email me.
ITINERARY: St. Thomas hasnt changed in the 5 years since Ive been there and it probably never will. Its a dump. If you want cheap jewelry go to New York or Los Angeles and get a better deal in downtown.
Tortola is really another waste of time.
Ive never been to Bermuda and I was caught off guard by how pretty it was. The people seem educated and cultured and much friendlier than the 2 previous islands I mentioned. We bought a $12 per person day pass for the public transit ($5 for kids 5 and up). We took the bus #7 from the dock to Horeshoe Bay beach, which is a fantastic beach&.really fantastic. I suspect that the locals steer us to this beach because they want all the tourists to hang out at one beach only. While it was a great beach, I think there might be other ones that are equal or better. Thatll be my next trip. After a few hours, we took the bus to downtown Hamilton. There are bus stops in Hamilton. You can get off at the Ferry Stop and walk around for a little while or have lunch there. From there you can catch the Ferry which leaves every 30 minutes and it drops you off right in front of the cruise ship, that was a nice touch. I think I will go visit Bermuda again. I was pleasantly surprised at its beauty, although, the water temp. was a bit cold. Too cold for me to swim but not too cold for the younger kids, crazy kids!
Oh, the first night out of New York was very rocky. My wife couldnt get out of the bed all night. Also, the last sea day before returning to New York (after Bermuda) was so bad that there were literally people throwing up all around me. It got better at night and people started to come back out of their cabins.
KIDS CLUB: AWESOME!!!!!!!!! This one amenity of the ship made it all worthwhile. My son had so much fun with the counselors and all the other kids. They have meeting times from 9-12, 2-5 and 7-10 every night. I actually had time to read and finish a book. Just so, so great. They have a kids pool in the aft section of the ship. It even has 2 slides. Really, really well laid out for the kids.
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EAST LAKE — For so many games this season, East Lake has relied on its offense — mainly the strong arm of quarterback Pete DiNovo — to win games.
But with the offense held in check by Vero Beach on Friday night, the Eagles came up with another way to win .
East Lake forced six Vero Beach turnovers, including five fumbles, to defeat the Indians 29-7 in the Class 8A region semifinal. The Eagles (11-1) will travel to Orlando Dr. Phillips next week.
"Defense played very well," East Lake coach Bob Hudson said. "That's a good team over there, so to force those turnovers was a key."
Not only did East Lake cause five fumbles, but it was able to turn them into points.
Vero Beach (9-2) made the first big play of the game when quarterback Dalton Stokes hit Will Dawkins on a post pass. Dawkins split two defenders and raced 80 yards to make it 7-0 Indians in the first quarter. The touchdown came one play after East Lake kicker
Daniel LaCamera missed a 49-yard field goal.
Then the East Lake defense took over. Early in the second quarter, Treyvon Mason-Levels sacked Stokes and caused a fumble.
Defensive end George Campbell recovered the loose ball in the end zone for a touchdown. The extra point failed.
After a 36-yard LaCamera field goal made it 9-7, Devin Abraham recovered a botched punt and gave the Eagles the ball on the Vero Beach 36. Seven plays later, a 36-yard field goal by LaCamera made it 12-7.
It was 15-7 at the end of the half when Vero Beach receiver Jamario Lambert fumbled after making a catch. That gave East Lake the ball at the Vero Beach 29 with five seconds left. LaCamera nailed the 36-yard field goal.
"Turning those fumbles into points was big," Hudson said. "Even if they were field goals. This was one of our better defensive efforts."
It got even better for East Lake's defense in the third quarter. With Vero Beach driving down to the East Lake 6, running back Dravious Wright fumbled the exchange with Stokes. The ball bounced right up to Campbell, who ran 95 yards untouched.
"I was just on the outside and the ball popped up out of nowhere," Campbell said. "I knew I had to make a play. There was nobody out there so I just had to turn on the juice."
East Lake's final score was courtesy of the fifth and final Vero Beach fumble. This time Sean Paul botched a punt and East Lake's John Lepper recovered on the Vero Beach 19-yard line. Three plays later, Weston Fordham turned that into a 4-yard TD run to make it 29-7.
The game fittingly ended when Abraham picked off a Stokes pass at the 5-yard line.
East Lake had two defensive touchdowns and only one on offense. DiNovo still had a good night, completing 19-of-33 passes for 191 yards. And most importantly for the Eagles, they had no turnovers.
"They are a good offensive team so we knew we had to make things happen," Campbell said. "We put some pressure on them and made things happen. We're going to have to keep doing that next week."
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An excellent piece of art, no doubt!
You've really put a WOW expression in my face, dude. I'm a sucker for animation like this one and I can't deny that seeing stuff like this only makes me wish I could have this much talent.
Seeing the character playing with the marionette at the end was hilarious enough to give it a nice touch at the end of the story. I end this review hoping that you submit more material like this in the near future.
Thank you, Julio! :-)
Good review!
I will submit more material very soon. Keep in touch. ;-)
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The computer-animated adventure "Epic" matches artistic visuals with a story that's like watching paint dry.
Based on "The Leaf Men" books by children's author William Joyce (whose books also inspired "Rise of the Guardians" and "Rolie Polie Olie"), "Epic" tells of an eternal struggle in a forest. Representing life is Queen Tara (voiced by Beyoncé Knowles), a powerful and wise ruler guarded by the Leaf Men. The forces of decay are led by the nasty Mandrake (voiced by Christoph Waltz).
When Tara is set to choose a bud to take over her reign, Mandrake sees a chance to steal the bud and raise it in darkness. The bud finds an unlikely protector in M.K. (voiced by Amanda Seyfried), a human teen who doesn't believe her scientist father (voiced by Jason Sudeikis) about the Leaf Men until she's magically shrunk so she sees them herself.
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I had a breast lift almost 2 years ago, and everything went smoothly except that I am left with vertical scars on each breast. I am Asian, and the scars are extremely obvious. They're not lumpy, but are dark and are really bothering me. Is there anything I can do to reduce them? I have started using Bio Oil to see if that will help, and I was maybe considering another operation to reduce them.
How to Reduce Very Dark Breast Lift Scars?
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How to fade breast reduction scars
You are correct in thinking that your ethnicity may influence the quality of post surgical scars. Historical risk factors for unfavorable scars include:
1) Race (Asian, Latin, African);
2) Age. Scars are not static entities and will continue to improve throughout your entire lifetime. Younger and darker complected individuals will typically heal with an exaggerated response to wounding, that is, the scars may be deep pink, thick, rubbery and itchy or tender. The scars around your nipples are not very noticeable because they blend with the color of the areola. By contrast, the vertical scars are visible because of the color difference.
Scar management is a multi-million dollar business, including the use of silicone gel sheeting, creams and lotions (Mederma, Scar-Fade, BioOil, etc.). I generally recommend BioOil because it is readily available, affordable and well tolerated by patients. I also advise my patients that "scar remodeling", that is your body will breakdown and resynthesize the scar with the net result that the scar eventually becomes flatter, whiter and less symptomatic. However there isn't a set interval for all comers. On average, a younger, more olive skinned patient will take longer for this improvement to occur, compared to an older, fair skinned patient. I wouldn't recommend either surgical scar revision or laser therapy because the former option would start the healing process over again. Scientists and physicians are not unanimous on which laser is optimal for scar treatment.
You might ask your doc what (s)/he thinks of Tri-Luma, which is a combination of tretinoin (Retin-A), hydroquinone (bleaching cream), and a very dilute concentration of steroid. I occasionally recommend this cream for darker complected patients for the gradual fading of red discoloration around surgical scars. Be patient and good luck.
Breast scar management
1) Scar massage - starting as soon as the surgical dressings come off and the incisions are sealed
2) Silicone sheets or scar gels for about six months to year
3) Embrace - a tension reducing dressing for the first 2 months
4) Fractionated lasers to help blend the scar into the background - done as a series, starting about 4 weeks after surgery and repeated every four weeks for six months.
5) Sunscreen to prevent the scars from darkening
Treatment of dark breast lift scars with Melarase AM and Melarase PM
With your skin color and potential to hyperpigment, I would recommend the Melarase AM and Melarase PM line of products to even out dark scars and the color of your incisions. Scar creams sold in drug stores will not do much to lighten these post-inflammatory scars on the breast.
Learn more: http://surgery90210.com/cosmetic-dermatology/38/scar-revision.aspx
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NCL Dawn 9/30 - 10/7: Norwegian Dawn Cruise Review by Once A Nurse
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NCL Dawn 9/30 - 10/7
Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: Boston
We were escorted to the counter for Suite check in, then to the Lounge where we met Virginia our cosignerge and offered coffee and snacks while we waited for our escort to the Suite. After just a few minutes we were on our way to the suite having our first introduction to the "Washy - Washy" ladies as we boarded. The first glimpse of the suite was impressive - Large and airy with a wall floor to ceiling windows.
I immediately asked that the bed be separated into 2 but was told that bed did not divide but that they would make up the sofa bed in the evening. The NCL website specifically says that the Family Suite with Balcony has a queen size bed that More converts to two lower beds and when I booked I said I wanted the bed divided. I don't feel that paying suite prices one should have to sleep on a sofa bed - even though my grandson was the one who slept on it. It was uncomfortable even with extra pads added (and he never complains where he sleeps). This is the second time I've had a problem with 2 beds in a suite on NCL but the last was nicely resolved on the Dawn. After leaving our carry on in the suite, we were escorted to Cagney's for lunch -our favorite suite perk. By time we finished lunch and checked in at the Teen Club, our luggage was at the suite. My grandson was off to explore the ship while I began unpacking and met our Butler Gian who offered a quick intro to things around the suite and asked if there was anything I would be needing. Gian proved to be invaluable thru the cruise. As I unpacked I found some of the suites idiosyncrasies. This particular suite has an irregular shaped balcony but a larger sized living area, closets that can't hold hangers unless placed on an angle - certainly not enough closet space for the 4 people it is supposed to hold, one of the closet doors broken, a clothes line in the tub that was placed on the outer edge of the tub so wet items drip on the floor.
Dining on the Dawn was most enjoyable - of course Cagney's a fave for breakfast and lunch and Aqua our favorite DR also had a very nice meal in Le Bistro. My grandson enjoyed the buffet probably because he walked thru it so often on his way to the Teen Club. I have to say he certainly enjoyed the teen club - most days he was out of the suite by 11AM and didn't return til 1AM except to change in and out of his swim suit. He met lots of teens, I'd often meet them around the ship off on a scavenger hunt, out to a dress up dinner and show and one evening he planned a Pizza party for them in our suite - of course Gian our Butler helped.
Entertainment was plentiful and varied - be sure to see the Crew Show and Bollywood there was so much more than I could even get to see.
I almost forgot to mention our steward Micky - he kept our suite spotless and managed to get a 16 yo to smile each night with a different towel animal.
I certainly enjoy NCL Freestyle and even though I was often out and about by myself, I never felt alone. I met some great folks at the CC Meet and Greet and during the times I dined alone, I always managed to strike up a conversation with neighbors. I do wish NCL would provide some suites with beds that separate into 2 but it seems they are moving away from that concept. Since I often travel with a friend and we prefer suites, I may have to switch to another cruise line so as not to sleep on a sofa bed. Less
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