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"The moment always dictates in my work…Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see… I see a situation and I know that it's right."
by André Kertész.
Andre Kertesz was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1894 and died in New York in 1985. He is one of the world's leading photographers who 'influenced a subsequent generation of photographers including Man Ray, Brassai, Maholy Nagy and Cartier-Bresson'.( 2007, Phillips de Pury & Company) Kertesz said "The subject offered itself to me and I took advantage" (PhotoQuotes.com, 2011) As he asserted, he took photos which tell stories and always believe he needed to be invisible which is process of taking pictures by waiting until the right moment to capture what photographers pursue or want while taking photos.
Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom, 1917, André Kertész
"Underwater Swimmer" which was taken in 1917 is one of his most famous oeuvres, when he was injured during the war. He took this photograph when he stayed in the hospital, and just wanted to capture photos of distortion. Because of water the man's body looks distorted. Even though he took distorted photos, the important thing was he didn't manipulate photos to make his work better. After that time, he took lots of distortion pictures and it impacted on other photographers.
Cameron Stephen.
This picture was taken by Cameron Stephen. He captured photo of distortion through the mirror. It is interesting that everything is distorted but the tree and invisible parts in the biggest distortion mirror are visible in that mirror below. I believe similarity between Kertesz and Stephen, other than that the images are distorted, that every element of reality is still reflected in the images and tell their story in a distorted way.
Kertesz's oeuvres were inspired by the ideas of artists around him, and his photos became more refined. He recorded every event happening around him and every moment of his life. "My work is inspired by my life. I express myself through my photographs. Everything that surrounds me provokes my feeling" (Shooting the truth, Iccevska)
Little Girl, 1939, Andre Kertesz
"Little Girl" which was shot in 1939 after he moved to United States. We can see the girl is really excited and happy to be around the penguin. When I saw this picture, it made me smile, and I felt his power of photo. He always wanted to express Happiness to people through his photos.
Cameron Stephen
This picture also was taken by Cameron Stephen. We can see girl's smile face and feel happy same as Kertesz photo. I think the similarity between those two photos is capturing from photographers life, and picture can reflect their life. Below two photos can find same similarity which subject is inspired by photographer's circumference.
Boy reading newspaper, 1944, Andre Kertesz
"Boy reading newspaper" which was taken in 1944, shows that how he is good at portraying the reality. Kertesz took a picture of boys who read newspaper on the street while he was walking on the street. In his picture we can see he is trying to project probably a homeless kid probably setting up his bed. We don't know whether he was homeless kid or not. However, he tried to inform about agony at that time by showing a kid on the streets.
Jacob Riis, Children sleeping in Mulberry Street http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAriis1.jpg
Those picture were taken by Jacob Riis. He took pictures of kids who were sleeping on the street. Same as Kertesz, the Jacob Riis and tried to report the social issue around him. Both two photographers preserve and showed their photographs without staging or creating moment to people.
Kertesz said "Everything is a subject. Every subject has a rhythm. To feel it is the raison d'être. The photograph is a fixed moment of such a raison d'être, which lives on in itself." (PhotoQuotes.com, 2011) The most important aspect of those photographs is that he captured moment whatever he saw without changing it in anyway.
The Fork, or La Fourchette, 1928, Andre Kertesz
"The Fork" which was taken in 1928 is one of his most famous oeuvres, during the French period of his career when he moved to Paris. Both a fork and a plate are common utensil which used as tools for eating everyday in our lives. However, Andre Kertesz used those utensils as a subject of his photograph so that people can get more deeply inspiration from it. He portrayed our lives emotion such as busy and empty through a fork's shadow. The shadow also described viewer's attention. For using utensil as a subject of photograph is not usual, but photographer has benefit of taking same picture every moment because the subjects are objects not human.
Below photos are taken by people who are not professional.
I believe this is what Kertész meant by saying "My work is inspired by my life. I express myself through my photographs. Everything that surrounds me provokes my feeling"(Shooting the truth, Iccevska)
DanilovicSandra. "Week 10, KerteszCartier-Bresson From Shooting The Truth by Gordana Iccevska." MODULE 10. Retrieved from http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzaG9vdGluZ3RoZXRydXRofGd4OjRmNDAzZGZlNjZmMDhkYmE
Philipsartexpert. 2007. Andre-kertesz-distortion-no-40-paris. Retrieved from
Photographynow. 2011. Andre Kertesz. Retrieved from http://www.photography-now.net/listings/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=363&Itemid=334
Photoquotes.com. 2010. Retrieved from http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzaG9vdGluZ3RoZXRydXRofGd4OjRmNDAzZGZlNjZmMDhkYmEhttp://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzaG9vdGluZ3RoZXRydXRofGd4OjRmNDAzZGZlNjZmMDhkYmE
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They discovered Jennifer Petit and her daughters—Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11—still asleep.
She tore into the celebrities seated in the front row (Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper) as well as the clothes.
Jennifer Lopez opens up about motherhood, Scientology, and a "nervous breakdown" that she's never publicly discussed.
Julia Roberts has the [original] Jennifer Garner role of the compassionate doctor with the guts to face off with the big boys.
So Jennifer fills her in on the art of self-stimulation, and the results are fiery-hot.
Jennifer blushed and laughed so much when it was read that any suspicious person might have found out her secret after all.
"There's something outside," Jennifer said in a small voice.
But Jennifer never seemed to hear it, and certainly could not see it.
It was some few years after this had happened that I came to know Jennifer.
"Thank you, sir," said Jennifer, quite unable to see any meaning in the promise.
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It is a shame that the DOT has allowed Ga. 365 to become a killing zone because the intersections where side roads dump crossing and left-turn traffic onto a four-lane, 65 mph highway do not meet the criterion for a traffic light.
At least two people have been killed at the Howard Road/Ga. 365 intersection and at least one person has been killed at the Ramsey Road/Ga. 365 intersection.
How about at least putting up signs with a skull and crossbones danger signal with flashing lights at each of the four entrances into these intersections to warn the public of what they are heading into? This shouldn't take a lot of study, just a willingness to act before someone else is killed.
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Daejeon, South Korea (UPI) Aug 08, 2006
Korean scientists say they have created a new substance that can convert inexpensive intermediate crude oil into gasoline.
The team, led by Professor Ryoo Ryong of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, says it has generated a new type of zeolite that can be a petrochemical catalyst dozens of times more effective than exists today, The Korea Times reported Monday.
"Zeolite is the most widely used catalyst now in the petrochemical industry," Ryoo told the newspaper. "It has many outstanding advantages, but the hitch is that its efficiency was mediocre due to its slow reaction rate. In comparison, our new-fangled zeolite shows a substantially advanced reaction rate, at 1.5 times to dozens of times better than the one currently available."
Zeolite refers to a group of minerals that have a porous structure. It makes extremely active catalysts by confining molecules in small spaces within its crystalline pores.
The research is to appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Nature Materials.
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British energy major BP was shutting down the biggest oilfield in the United States on Monday to tackle a pipeline leak, driving up oil prices on prospects that US output might fall by eight percent. BP said late on Sunday it had begun shutting down the Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska after discovering severe corrosion on a pipeline and a small spill.
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Seton-La Salle boys' lacrosse team sets sights on WPIAL championship
Seton-La Salle's boys' lacrosse team set a lofty goal at the start of the 2013 season.
"The team decided they wanted to win the WPIAL championship this year. It was a goal the team set for themselves," said first-year head coach Brian Yates.
With just a few games left on the schedule, that goal is within reach for the Rebels, who are undefeated and ranked fifth in Division II on the LaxPower website.
The Rebels are in first place in WPIAL Division II, Section 2. They are 9-0 overall, 3-0 in section play, and won decisively against second-place Baldwin.
Seton also has beaten ranked contenders Quaker Valley and Canon-McMillan in Division II action. The Rebels are loaded with talented players who are committed to the team and focused on winning.
Last year, the Rebels went 9-6 and lost in the first round of the WPIAL playoffs.
Yates, 40, of Upper St. Clair, did not know what to expect when he took over as head coach this year. He played lacrosse at the University of Maryland, and coached with Pittsburgh Select Lacrosse.
"I was told it was a responsible, unselfish group of young men," Yates said.
He has not been disappointed. Yates has been impressed by the Rebels' defense.
"They're playing like a unit," Yates said.
Junior Liam McLane leads the Seton-La Salle defensive corps.
"He's a phenomenal young man with great leadership qualities," Yates said.
Also on defense end is junior Mike Kalnas, who has been known to recruit players to do additional sprint training on their own after practice.
"He is a true renaissance man," Yates said. "He had a leading role in the school musical this year and the whole team went to see him in it."
Sophomore Jacob Blahut is a central member of the defense as well. Along with most of his teammates, Blahut started playing lacrosse in high school, as Seton-La Salle does not benefit from a youth feeder program.
"He is just a terrific athlete. He is on his way to being a shutdown defender," Yates said. "He's a very physical defenseman."
Gino DiPerna, a junior, plays long-stick midfielder. Yates discovered his dedication when a spring snowfall threatened to move practice indoors. DiPerna showed up with four snow shovels, and led a shoveling effort that allowed the team to practice outdoors that day.
"He's a neat young man who gives tremendous effort for us," Yates said.
Junior midfielder Noah Kaib has great acceleration, and is a key part of the Rebels' transition game between defense and offense, according to Yates.
"He could be a future college player," Yates said.
Anthony Shoplik, a junior midfielder, is a well-rounded player whose stats reflect his knack for scoring, and assists.
For faceoffs, the Rebels rely mainly on sophomore Dom Tolomeo. On attack, Seton has senior Matt McGervey, junior Colin Bashaw and sophomore Conor Quinlan, the team's leading scorer (32 goals).
Midfielders Brendan Donavan, a senior, and Mike Pritchard, a junior, contribute as well.
Junior goalkeeper Kevin Hudson moved in front of the net last year due to a hip condition, and earned all-section honors.
"He is a great leader, and is passionate about this sport," Yates said.
Yates is careful not to make any predictions about his team's chances in the playoffs at this point in the season.
"We take it one game at a time, and we expect them all to be tough," he said. "That's always our mentality."
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Geography professor uses early ship logs to recreate hurricane history
While meteorologists are busy forecasting and tracking this year's crop of hurricanes using the latest satellite technology, Dr. Cary Mock is combing through 300-year-old British ship logs for weather data to detail hurricanes of the past.
Mock, an associate professor of geography in the College of Arts and Sciences, is the only academic researcher conducting historical maritime climate research.
Cary Mock
He has amassed approximately $700,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to research and reconstruct the hurricane and severe weather history of the Atlantic Coast.
"Maritime climate work is a new movement in the field," Mock said. "There's a great deal of detail to early ship's logs. They provide a lot of data on extreme weather events. We know every South Carolina hurricane back to 1722 because of the British ship logs."
"Maritime climate work is a new movement in the field."
Working from plantation records, diaries, newspapers and other early 18th- and 19th-century written accounts, Mock has spent the last decade building a comprehensive historical database of hurricane activity that extends back hundreds of years before modern weather instrumentation.
In 2007, he turned his attention to ship logs, both U.S. and British, knowing that the maritime records would provide greater detail. This summer, he spent several weeks in England, his sixth trip to research log books from the British Royal Navy, East India Company and whaling logs. He'll return to England in late fall.
"Ship log books provide more detail than land records," he said. "The log records are kept hour by hour for wind scale, wind direction and barometric pressure. They're very descriptive."
Mock has reviewed nearly 3,000 ship logs from England and the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration and various New England maritime archives, dating from the early 1700s to the 1870s. Of those, he said, 300 to 400 have provided useful information. Few whaling logs -- about 28 -- provided any hurricane information.
When reviewing a ship log, Mock first looks at wind scale, which is measured from 0 to 12. Six or above indicated a tropical storm or a "gale," the term commonly used until the advent of "hurricane" in the late 19th century. Winds in the 10 to 12 range hint of something exciting, a possible hurricane, Mock says.
Mock's database shows 11 major hurricanes affecting South Carolina: 1713, 1728, 1752, 1804, 1813, 1822, 1893 (2), 1954, 1959 and 1989.
Mock then looks at the barometric pressure, wind direction and weather descriptors for more clues. Of the 12 basic weather descriptors used, the most common include Q for squalls, C for cloudy, R for rain, L for lightning, U for ugly, G for gloomy and B for blue sky.
Vivid notes were commonly written in the margins of the logs by the weather columns. An excellent example of this is a log kept by the U.S.S. Para that detailed a hurricane near South Carolina on Sept. 16, 1863. Etched in the margins was a description of heavy rains in the 4 p.m. hour that developed to "heavy squalls from the Eastward increased to a gale" by 5 p.m. Entries at 5:10 and 5:20 p.m. described the dragging of anchors, the laboring of the vessel, the battening of the hatches and the securing of everything on board.
U.S. ship logs were particularly thorough during the Civil War because of the Union naval blockade. In contrast, the Confederate Navy has few records.
Mock's database shows 11 major hurricanes affecting South Carolina: 1713, 1728, 1752, 1804, 1813, 1822, 1893 (2), 1954, 1959 and 1989.
He also has about 150 logbook records detailing the weather conditions that led in part to the sinking of the Hunley submarine.
While the 19th century offers compelling hurricane accounts, it is the early ship logs that hold the most value for Mock.
What trend can climate experts deduce from Mock's now more complete database?
"The level of hurricane activity is just as active today as it was in parts of the 17th and 18th centuries, even though there was different weather, such as wind shear, during the period of the little ice age (1500 to 1850)," he said.
Encouraged by the wealth of weather information in maritime records, Mock has begun to look at England's East India Company and British Royal Navy ship logs to determine the typhoon history of Hong Kong. He says there has been very little work done to reconstruct the typhoon and severe weather history in the Western Pacific and almost nothing done before World War II.


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Many women find the convenience of a breast pump to be an invaluable aid in breastfeeding. Basically, breast pumps allow the nursing mother to expel (and store, if desired) breast milk at times when she is not available to nurse the baby.
There are different types of breast pumps. Large, dual-action pumps are typically used in the hospital setting and may be rented for home use. The options for personal use and purchase include automatic models that are comparable to hospital-grade pumps, small electric or battery-operated units that double- or single-pump, and one-handed manual pumps.
Breast pumps may be useful for working mothers who wish to provide a supply of breast milk for their newborn and keep up their own milk production. Sometimes, women must stop breastfeeding on a temporary basis due to an infection or need to take certain medications. In these cases, use of a breast pump can keep milk production active during the breastfeeding hiatus.
Should certain foods be avoided while breastfeeding?
Some babies appear to be sensitive to certain foods in the mother's diet, while other babies never appear to have negative reactions to foods. A baby may become fussy, may have trouble sleeping, or may develop gas after the mother eats certain types of foods with strong flavors. Some of the most common triggers of fussiness in babies include chocolate, spices, citrus fruits, and gas-causing vegetables like cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli. However, not all babies will have a reaction to particular foods.
Most experts recommend limiting consumption of caffeine while breastfeeding, since high levels of caffeine can make the baby fussy or disturb the baby's sleep patterns. Having more than one alcoholic beverage is also not recommended, since two or more alcoholic beverages at one time can increase blood alcohol levels to a point where the alcohol enters the breast milk. If a nursing mother consumes more than two drinks, she should wait at least two hours until nursing the baby to allow for elimination of alcohol from the body. If the breasts become engorged, it is fine to pump and discard breast milk while waiting. Studies have also shown that alcohol can interfere with the body's ability to "let down" (enable the free flow of breast milk) during breastfeeding.
Symptoms of allergy in a nursing baby may or may not be due to something eaten by the mother. If an allergic reaction to mother's food is present in the baby, it usually develops two to six hours after the mother consumed the offending food.
Because of concerns about mercury poisoning, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommend that nursing mothers limit their exposure to mercury in fish. The FDA and EPA advise eating no more than 6 oz. (about one serving) of canned albacore or "white" tuna a week and limiting intake of canned "light" tuna and other cooked fish to about 12 oz. (about two servings) per week. Nursing mothers should completely avoid eating shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish (also called golden or white snapper) because of potentially high levels of mercury.


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A Rivers woman says her $25,000 lottery win will help her with her retirement.
Betty Kasprick recently took home her hefty winnings after picking five of the six numbers plus the bonus in the April 19 draw of the Western 649. She split the win with a ticket in Alberta.
As previously reported in the Brandon Sun, Kasprick thought she had won just $50 when we went to the Super Thrifty Pharmacy to check her ticket. She jumped back when the machine started to shut down and boomed in a loud automated voice: "Do not rip ticket."
"'Oh my God,' was my first thought," Kasprick said. "I was so shocked. Then I thought, 'I won $25,000!'"
Kasprick usually plays her own numbers in the lottery, but random chance had turned out luckier than she dreamed with a quick pick.
She says the windfall will help her plan for her retirement.
"I want to put it in the bank and let it work for me," she said.


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Feb 1, 2013 - From staff reportsSt. Stephen's Indian School announced the students named to recent honor rolls.
Second quarter
Principal honor roll (all A's and B's and only one C): Leigh Headley, Miklo Oldman, Dustin Blackburn and Ruben Roman.
Scholar honor roll (all A's and B's): Brylee Shakespeare, Silas SunRhodes, Jasmin Duran, KJ Groesbeck, Faylynn Addison, RJ Bowstring, Franklin Antelope and Shayni Fontenelle.
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Scholar honor roll: Shayni Fontenelle, Franklin Antelope and Miklo Oldman.
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On the eve of the New Zealand competition watchdog's decision on Air NZ's equity alliance with Qantas, the Auckland-based airline has warned shareholders that this year's profit will only just pip its 2002-03 result.
Air NZ chief executive Ralph Norris, addressing the airline's annual meeting in Auckland yesterday, warned that the company's profitability was volatile, subject to numerous factors outside the airline's control and that dividends were not on the horizon. Mr Norris said that he expected a profit before one-off items and tax for 2003-04 of about $NZ220 million ($189 million).
"All other things being equal, we will deliver a profit slightly above that of the 2003 financial year," Mr Norris said.
Air NZ recorded a net profit of $NZ165.7 million last financial year, against a $NZ319 million loss in 2001-02. The profit was the first in four years, with accumulated losses over that period topping $NZ2.3 billion.
Mr Norris said while the airline had carried about 250,000 more passengers in the September quarter than last year, yields declined 6.5 per cent to NZ11.7c.
He said the airline's financial performance was being assisted by 12 per cent gains by the NZ dollar against the US dollar over the fiscal year as 45 per cent of the airline's costs were denominated in US dollars. "This equates to a gain of around $NZ10-15 million for every 1c increase against the US dollar," Mr Norris said.
The NZ Commerce Commission will announce today its long-awaited final decision on Air NZ $NZ550 million proposed alliance with Qantas.
The deal has already been rejected by the Australian corporate regulator but both airlines have lodged appeals with the Australian Competition Tribunal.
Air NZ shares firmed .5c to 45.5c and Qantas rose 2c to $3.55 yesterday.
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Hi guys,
Apparently some other theme-selling marketplace available, let's just call it HoHo so we can keep the thread clean, is not installed along with new Wordpress installs if you're doing them through the cpanel on some hosting companies (BlueHost, Hostgator). That could be really harmful for Themeforest and the TF exclusive authors.
This is all that I could find online:
I think part of the agreement Hoho is making with hosting providers is that the Hoho Marketplace is part of the install package.What's your take on this? https://www.dropbox.com/s/7u3kacnz11wminp/Screenshot%202014-06-17%2012.39.47.png
Harmful? It's harmful that TF doesn't have anything like this, but it's just a competition.
I've seen it couple times when I log into customers' dashboard for support, so even if they have this 'feature' they still use themes from ThemeForest But kudos for HoHo, it's great marketing move, too bad ThemeForest didn't use that idea. One of the top authors here also use/used similar thing, each theme added another page to dashboard that listed other themes from this author.
Only Quality sells,no matter what the marketplace is
@drsankarl – That's not quite the truth. For somebody who is not a pro dev, they can only see the user interface which usually good on any given marketplace.
HoHo is owned by EIG now, the same company that purchased HostGator, BlueHost and A Small Orange and more over the past few years.http://www.enduranceinternational.com/our-company/our-brands
They bought HoHo with the intention of integrating it directly into the cPanel and WP admin of their hosting companies. This has been in the works for a while, it just takes time to get everything built and integrated with a service and system this size.
I don't really think HoHo's new integration is going to effect ThemeForest;
ThemeForest has an enormous community that is already here – HoHo doesn't. The most popular item on HoHo only has 2.5k sales – that is nothing compared to the amount TF gets. They charge for the ridiculous things like demo content.
Ultimately I don't think anyone is going to just buy a site inside their cPanel – similar solutions have been available from hosts in the past where you could buy a "site theme" right there – not with WordPress, but it was still unsuccessful.


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Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) secured his first ever front row start with a brilliant lap of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon. Dovizioso will start third behind pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and Casey Stoner...
Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) secured his first ever front row start with a brilliant lap of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on a warm and sunny Saturday afternoon. Dovizioso will start third behind pole-sitter Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) and Casey Stoner (Ducati).
Dovizioso is well established among the elite of the MotoGP field, with four podiums already this year and victory in last year's British Grand Prix at Donington Park. But until today he'd never started among the top three.
That all changed when he took to the 3610m track outside the idyllic seaside town of Monterey on California's Central Coast. The pace for the ninth of 18 rounds of the MotoGP Championship was quite quick. Dovizioso was among the front-runners from the start and well placed for the final frantic minutes. He moved to third with nearly eight minutes remaining, only to get bumped down the order by others, including team-mate Dani Pedrosa. It was with his 36th and final lap, and after time had expired, that Dovizioso jumped to the front row by mastering the tricky fourth sector of the track.
By qualifying third, Dovizioso guaranteed a Honda presence on the front row for the eighth race in a row.
The 2009 winner here, and also the winner of last week's German Grand Prix, Pedrosa was poised to start on the front row until a small problem denied him a chance at the end. Pedrosa wasn't able to take full advantage of the softer option rear tyre at the end because of a chattering problem as the hour expired. Yet he'd done enough laps on the rear tyre to feel confident over race distance.
Despite losing out on what would have been his sixth front row start in nine races, Pedrosa starts in a strong fourth place position at the head of a tightly contested second row: Fourth to sixth are covered by .071s. It was from this same fourth place grid spot that he launched en route to last year's victory.
Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Honda Gresini) won the battle of the Laguna Seca first-timers, despite a first day crash. The tall, lanky Italian was one of five riders who'd never ridden around the physically demanding circuit until this weekend. Learning the intricacies of the twisty track caught him out on Friday, but he quickly rebounded. And his qualifying performance was impressive in that he earned a third row starting position next to two very experienced Americans. Simoncelli will start Sunday's race in ninth place next to Nicky Hayden, the seventh-fastest qualifier who twice won this race on a Honda, and eighth fastest Colin Edwards.
Marco Melandri (San Carlo Honda Gresini) will start two spots behind Simoncelli. The track has always been good to Melandri and he was hoping for more of the same. This weekend the team received upgraded electronics, which will ultimately be of great help, but can be tricky to adapt to in the short term.
The final two Honda replacement riders shared the sixth row. Alex de Angelis qualified 16th fastest in his second ride in place of Hiroshi Aoyama on the Interwetten Honda MotoGP mount. De Angelis raced in the MotoGP class last year at Laguna Seca, but spent the first seven races of this season in the Moto2 class. Roger Lee Hayden returned to the MotoGP class for the first time since he raced here as a wild card in 2007. Six days ago he was asked to fill in for the injured Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) after the Frenchman broke both bones in his lower left leg last Sunday at the Sachsenring. Hayden was offered the ride by team owner Lucio Cecchinello on a recommendation from former 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz.
The youngest of the racing Haydens, who's currently racing in World Superbike and will race a Moriwaki-framed American Honda in the Moto2 class at next month's Indianapolis Grand Prix, improved his lap time by 1.668s over the course of practice and qualifying. The two areas he found most challenging were the carbon front brakes-he uses metal in World Superbike-and the control Bridgestone tyres, which he was careful to get up to proper operating temperature.
The qualifying session was held in nearly ideal conditions, with an ambient temperature of 25C and a track temperature of 47C. Similar conditions are expected for Sunday's ninth round of the world championship, after which the teams scatter for the summer break.
HONDA MotoGP RIDER QUOTES
Andrea Dovizioso, Repsol Honda RC212V: 3rd -- 1m, 21.617s "I'm very happy about this session because this is my first front row of the season and qualifying was an area that we had to improve. We were fast from the beginning today and I have to thank the team because they've done a good job this weekend. Yesterday and also today I have been losing some time in T4, but for the final qualifying lap I pushed at 100 per cent and did my best final sector time - which gave me my fastest lap time and a place on the front row. I have a good race pace but we still need to improve a little because Stoner and Lorenzo are very fast. There is still a gap but we are not too far away. I think the race pace tomorrow will be between the high 1m 21s and 1m 22 dead, and I'm confident I can fight with the others. Plus, starting from first row makes this easier. For the tyre choice we will probably go with the soft option rear. Our machine balance is good and we have a positive feeling on this track so I'm confident for tomorrow."
Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda RC212V: 4th -- 1m, 21.655s "We've improved the feeling from yesterday and this morning our pace was pretty good - we were closer to the other riders in terms of lap times. This afternoon with the soft rear at the end of the session we didn't go quicker, but the front of the second row isn't a bad place to start and we could probably have been further forward if we hadn't had a bit of an issue with some vibration at the rear of the machine on my final run. We put a lot of laps on the Bridgestone tyres this afternoon - more than 30 on the same tyre - and they are working well. In the warm-up tomorrow we need to make a few final adjustments to the machine settings to improve our race pace by a tenth or two - we've got a few things to try. The choice of race tyre will be important so that we have the best feeling for race distance. I think we can be competitive if we make the most of the warm-up well tomorrow."
Marco Simoncelli, San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V: 9th -- 1m, 22.300s "I'm quite happy with that. We were struggling yesterday but that was normal because it was my first time at the track and considering everything it wasn't so bad. We weren't brilliant this morning, when we spent the session on a used tyre and made a few changes to the setting that didn't quite work. Thanks to the help of our Japanese technician from HRC, who made a suggestion about the set-up, the bike immediately felt better and I was able to ride alone and make progress. I wasn't following anybody for my fastest lap so that gives me a lot of confidence for the race. I'm happy I know my way around Laguna Seca now and I think I have the Corkscrew sorted out, so all in all I am satisfied."
Marco Melandri, San Carlo Honda Gresini RC212V: 11th -- 1m, 22.407s "It has been a difficult day and we have struggled a lot. The new electronics package definitely has a lot of potential but we need more time to set it up -- we are still a long way from getting the most out of it. In qualifying this afternoon (Mika) Kallio got in my way in the Corkscrew when I was on my fastest lap and I lost it. But that doesn't cover up the fact that we are still some way off where we should be."
Alex de Angelis, Interwetten Honda MotoGP RC212V: 16th -- 1m, 23.226s "I had many problems this morning, because the bike was not right in any way, especially with the front I had problems. But in the qualifying we found a solution, mainly the problem with the grip was almost solved. Then I was nearly 1.5 seconds faster straight away and that is great. Of course we have to continue like this and improve more, but I am happy that the direction is the right one. At the end of the session I really started to have fun riding the bike. It is not enough yet and we still have a lot to do, but I am much more satisfied than I was yesterday."
Roger Lee Hayden, LCR Honda: 17th -- 1m, 23.764s "Today was much better! We went almost 2 seconds faster than yesterday and it was a nice feeling because the Team have been working hard to improve the bike for me. Even though we are the last bike on the grid we are improving every lap and with the changes that we will make for the warm up I am confident we can make a good race. I am quite happy with the way qualifying has went: all I am missing is time on the bike. It is such a good feeling to race at my home GP with all my family and friends supporting me and I want to say a massive Thank You to the Team for this opportunity and for the way they are making the bike work for me.
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Iran Air announced its intention to acquire 10 new Airbus aircraft. The state-owned air carrier is also considering the purchase of 20 second-hand Airbuses from international airliners.
Engine orders for the new jets have yet to be placed. However, US sanctions, which ban American-based GE and Pratt & Whitney from competing for Iranian contracts, apparently leave British Rolls Royce alone in the running.
The Iranian Transport Ministry allocated $500 million from this year's budget for the much-needed modernization of the national carrier's ageing fleet, currently consisting of 20 Tupolev and Yak airliners leased from former Soviet states, as well as 10 Boeing jets procured before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. — (menareport.com)
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Earlier this week some Jewish and Christian readers in the blogosphere were fired up about stories on Delta Air Lines alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines, might wind up with Delta enforcing a Saudi policy of not admitting Israelis and non-Islamic religious items like Bibles on their flights to that country.
Now USA TODAY's Gary Stoller has taken a closer look at the Delta alliance and debunks some rumors.
On Thursday, Delta spokesman Trebor Banstetter shared the non-discrimination policy and comments posted on their blog:
We've gotten questions today from you, our concerned customers, following an article about Saudi Arabian Airlines joining SkyTeam (the global airline alliance that includes Delta as a member). After listening to many of your thoughts today, we'd like to take this opportunity to share some information and help to clarify some of the questions we know you have.
First and foremost, I think one of the most important things to mention here is that Delta does not discriminate nor do we condone discrimination against anyone in regards to age, race, nationality, religion, or gender.
That said, some have raised questions about whether Saudi Arabian Airlines' membership in SkyTeam means Delta is adopting any type of policies that could present barriers to travel for some passengers, including Jewish customers. For this particular concern, it's important to realize that visa requirements to enter any country are dictated by that nation's government, not the airlines, and they apply to anyone entering the country regardless of whether it's by plane, bus or train.
We, like all international airlines, are required to comply with all applicable laws governing entry into every country we serve. You as passengers are responsible for obtaining the necessary travel documents, such as visas and certification of required vaccinations, and we're responsible for making sure that you have the proper documentation before you board.
According to Religion News Service,
Saudi Arabia bans anyone with an Israeli stamp in their passport from entering the country, even in transit. Many Jews believe the kingdom has also withheld visas from travelers with Jewish-sounding names.
Maybe. Jewish leader Rabbi Irwin Kula was wary about inflaming concerns on this, saying he knows many professionals who are very open about their Jewish religious identity who fly to Saudi Arabia all the time for business.
As the rumor of no-Jews traveled the Internet all day, Detroit rabbi and blogger Jason Miller points out:
The issue here is one of principle. Delta isn't being forced to include Saudi Arabian Airlines into its Sky Team Alliance. In fact, Delta could stand on principle and refuse to include Saudi Arabian Airlines based on its discriminatory policy.
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Over time, I'm going to publish a few of my non-crime short stories. These are...well, hard call, really. I guess they're horror, although anyone who's looking for gore and repulsion will be disappointed. Weird fiction is probably a better description.
As they've all got something in common, I wanted to design covers which linked them all together. Lilies is already published, but I want to bring that into the fold so there's a redesign for that too. I've come up with the design below for Lilies and the next story to be published, which should give the idea. Any comments welcome, critical or otherwise. Each of the faded photos will have some connection with the story.
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I like them - nice and spooky, and understated. Good job, kidda!ReplyDelete
Cheers, Julie!ReplyDelete
Yeah I like them, (although I did like the old Lilies too. Liked the black background vs. white flower.) Good idea to have covers with a similar theme. How many of these have you got coming?ReplyDelete
I've got six or seven candidates, but when I re-read them I'm going to decide whether or not I'm actually going to put them up. Will follow up with an collection of them at some point, I think, but not just yet.ReplyDelete
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by viman96, Jan 13, 2013.
Dudes are having fun. Let them have it. I swear some around here want these guys to be robots.
I call it being a ******bag punk. People can play at a high level without being an idiot. See Sean Lee and RGIII
No need for swagger. Just better players.
Why because he's so good and he talks **** and you can't stop it? Lol
Can't imagine the Texans making it, but I do think that if my some miracle they win today, that Denver loss really opened the door. A home game vs the Ravens >>>> compared to a road game at Denver.
But of course, they first have this little obstacle in New England.
Texan fans would be unbearable if they were to get there.
He has all day
Because there are players with class who can't be stopped as well. I just prefer people act with some class.
Once Seattle storms back in this game Matt Ryan will do his usual floundering.
Both of those teams have really good olines. I have line envy.
I'm used to Flacco doing that but he held on strong last night. Maybe it's Ryan's turn.
yeah isn't it wierd how all of the teams playing this weekend have good olines?
Falcons has a weak pass rush
Yep. Me too
DUMB play call.
Stupid decision by Carroll there. Take your points
looks similar to last week. Seattle can make plays just not scoring points yet.
What a horrific pair of calls there. 3rd and 1 and 4th and 1 and Marshawn Lynch doesn't touch the ball on either play???


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Qualfon, USJ-R collaborate on employees' education-A A +A
Thursday, March 27, 2014
TO PROVIDE their employees the opportunity to obtain education credits for their work experiences in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, Qualfon entered into a partnership with a Cebu university.
Last week, top officials of Qualfon and University of San Jose-Recoletos signed a memorandum of agreement to make USJR the partner university of Qualfon.
Qualfon manager Joslyn Canon said the partnership will provide opportunities for Qualfon employees, especially those who are undergraduates, to continue their education while working for the company.
"Currently, we have a big percentage of employees who are not yet bachelor degree holders. Some stopped in second year college. We want to give them opportunities of continuous growth and continuous learning," Canon said.
Other programs
She said employees who have already obtained a bachelor degree can opt for certificate and diploma courses or take a masters program.
Qualfon recruitment manager Grace Lanioso told Sun.Star Cebu that 40 percent of their 4,000 employees in Cebu are undergraduates. Canon said Qualfon is the first BPO company in the Philippines to have formally entered into an agreement with a university.
This, she said, is an upgrade of their in-house learning environment dubbed Qualfon
University, which used to cater only to Qualfon officials in mid and top positions.
These officials can avail themselves of trainings and other forms of extended education.
She said the partnership with USJR has long been existing but it is only now that both parties formalized it.
"Unlike in the traditional set up where they have to graduate first before they can work, here in Qualfon they can work and at the same time study," Canon said.
One of the many programs USJR can offer to Qualfon employees who want to pursue their college education is the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP).
Under ETEEAP, USJR can give credits to the employee's working experience. There are around 30 programs offered in USJR's ETEEAP for both Bachelor of Science, Arts, and Education.
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Canon said Qualfon is expecting to start the enrolment within the year, eyeing it to be in June. However, she said the company and the academe are still in the process of polishing the financial and legal accountabilities of the partnership.
She said their employees prefer online resources but only those that are accredited by the academe. Part of the plan is also to have an in-house USJR faculty in Qualfon.
Canon said the company will be providing a space where lessons can be conducted.
Although continuous education program of the company would provide opportunities for employees to shift careers, Canon said Qualfon is embracing the possibility.
"It's really holistic growth. Career growth is just a consequence of whatever learning they acquired. We believe that only in education we find growth," she said.
This March and April, Lanioso said the company is encouraging fresh graduates to apply in Qualfon.
Canon, meanwhile, clarified that they have a lot of job opportunities for the graduates not only in customer service but also in information technology, accounting, psychology, and statistics among many others.
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First lady Michelle Obama told Comedy Central talk show host Stephen Colbert she'll be working hard for her husband's re-election -- even if she is more popular than he is.
"He has been a phenomenal president," Mrs. Obama told the faux conservative Colbert. "He's my man."
Colbert kidded Mrs. Obama about her approval ratings, asking: "Do you lord over the president the fact that you're more popular than he is? Do you ever say, like, 'hey, watch it or I might not campaign for you.'"
The first lady joked: "I might try that when I get home."
Mrs. Obama made the appearance on The Colbert Report to promote the one-year anniversary of her Joining Forces initiative on behalf of military families.
"People have really been stepping up in some amazing ways," she said. "We've seen people hiring our veterans and finding wonderful flexible opportunities for spouses, because employment is a key issue for these families."
Reports ABC News:
While unemployment for returning veterans is above the national average, Mrs. Obama said "we're seeing it decrease at some pretty significant rates."
"But until we get to zero, we still have a lot of work to do," she said. "These people are bringing in skills that actually improve the bottom line of companies because these are some of the most highly trained, highly skilled, disciplined people that we have in our society, the best this country has to offer. So we all need to do our part."
Colbert joked that hiring a veteran is also a good idea because "with the stories he tells of his previous jobs, it will really make the interoffice complaining sound trivial."
The first lady agreed. "It's hard to be a whiner around a veteran," she said.
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I've got to admit: I really didn't think Obama would do it. But he did, and I rejoiced.
He rejected, for now at least, the proposal for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported "tar sands" oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast for refining. Most of it would have been shipped to other countries.
Republicans and some Democrats screamed that his decision stymied job creation and prevented easy importation of oil from a friendly neighbor. And this, after all, is an election year.
But in spite of pressures, Obama rejected the proposal because there was not enough time for a proper environmental assessment. Obama doesn't talk about it enough, but he cares about the planet. He knows that climate change is real and that greenhouse gases are responsible for most of it. Tar sands oil is much dirtier than regular oil and would emit far more greenhouse gases in the refining process.
So great is the Tar Sands threat to the environment that more than 1,000 people were arrested at the White House this past summer protesting this project. Many Catholic social justice activists were among them.
At one August protest that included a number of religious leaders, Rose Marie Berger, a Catholic organizing for Sojourners, said simply, "Climate change hurts the poor first." She was joined by members of religious orders and clergy of many faiths.
Jobs are better created by building renewable energy resources, like wind farms and solar panels.
But the Republican House forced a decision by Obama by Feb. 21 rather than letting him wait until he received the results of a thorough environmental assessment. The Republican House thought it put Obama in a "hard place" politically -- between those who want job creation and the environmental community. He put the needs of the planet ahead of oil interests and ahead of those who run around trying to deny the reality of climate change.
Among many responses to the decision, Fr. Jacek Orzechowski, OFM, of the Franciscan Action Network, said: "We applaud the administration for standing up to the narrow corporate big oil interests and doing the right thing for America. This is a moral victory that advances the cause of justice, respect for life and the common good of God's creation. As followers of St. Francis of Assisi, we call on all people of good will to work even harder in advocating for government policies that would protect our environment, the poor and the future generations and, at the same time, invest in creating hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs."
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Discussion of the Nortec Collective with two of its founders, Jorge Verdin of Clorofila and Ignacio Chavez of Plankton Man. The two artists and computer programmers talk about how Nortec integrates the norteno and techno music they hear on the streets of their hometown of Tijuana, Mexico.
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The party, whose three councillors hold the balance of power on Belfast city council, said its decision had been reached after a lot of "soul searching". The backing will go to a full vote of the council next Wednesday.
David Alderdice, the leader of the Alliance group on Belfast city council, said despite concerns over republicans' refusal to back Northern Ireland's police service and the arrests of three Irishmen in Colombia, Sinn Fein was regarded "for better or for worse as part of the democratic process".
He said: "The best way to end continued IRA activity is to consolidate the primacy of the democratic process.
"I believe that by doing this, we will be consolidating peace by wedding Sinn Fein even closer to the democratic process. Once again, Alliance is taking a risk for peace. We are doing what we believe is the right thing to do."
Sinn Fein is currently the largest party on Belfast city council, has two seats on the Stormont executive and is in charge of the two largest spending government departments.
It has more seats than nationalist rivals the SDLP in Westminster, and is poised to overtake them in next year's Assembly elections.
The Alliance party holds the balance of power in Belfast City Hall. Unionist parties account for 25 of the 51 councillors, while the nationalist SDLP and Sinn Fein have a combined total of 23.
Mr Alderdice said the party refused to back Mr Maskey's bid to become mayor last year because the IRA had not responded to the public's demand for decommissioning.
There had since been two acts of disarmament by the paramilitary group - something that "many people doubted we would ever see".
Alliance, he said, was also impressed by Sinn Fein's conduct during the Queen's recent visit to Northern Ireland.
"There were no protests, insults or attempts to embarrass the Queen as she travelled throughout Northern Ireland. Instead, Sinn Fein displayed a dignified detachment," he observed.
Anticipating a unionist backlash, the Alliance group leader reminded their leaders they had elected a loyalist councillor, Hugh Smyth of the PUP as lord mayor before there was even an Ulster Volunteer Force ceasefire.
Mr Alderdice called on Sinn Fein, if Mr Maskey was elected, to "take up the responsibility of this office and to demonstrate that they can act in an inclusive and a responsible manner".
Sinn Fein's Alex Maskey welcomed the Alliance party's decision and promised to reward their trust.
He said: "I am not yet counting my chickens as there is still five days to go before the council vote but if I am elected, it will be a good day for Belfast.
"As first citizen, I will seek to work with everyone. I would like to say to Alliance that as mayor I will reward your trust."
Mr Maskey will be the city's second nationalist mayor if elected.
The SDLP's Alban Maginness represented the city between 1997 and 1998 as mayor.


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Newly captured CCTV footage features the rare and notoriously shy animals opening a hinged lid to get the nuts.
Staff at the Forestry Commission's David Marshall Lodge say the animal has appeared four times in the last fortnight to raid the feeder.
Pine martens, which are found in the Highlands, are thought to be on the verge of extinction in England.
Dave Anderson, of Forestry Commission Scotland, described the footage as remarkable and fascinating.
He said: "It's quite a remarkable bit of film.
"Pine martens are very shy and elusive creatures and they are also usually active at night.
"They are also pretty rare, although over the past few years the population appears to have grown in this area. Seeing one behave in this manner in broad daylight is a real treat."
Mr Anderson said it was possible that it was the same animal raiding the feeder each time.
He added: "We have no idea how it has learned to do this, whether this is observed behaviour or it has scented out the nuts and learned how to get at them for itself, but it is very unusual and fascinating to watch."
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This is dependant on multiple varables, including (but not limited to): time, interest, potential return, information needed, target type/config, etc...If someone only had access to the compromised network and a limited time budget (meaning network scanning tools would be most efficient), what scans besides nmap and nessus would you run?
Any and all anomylous behavior (which assume a baseline against which to compare or intimate knowledge of the environment).What behavior should be scanned for?That's always a good moveVNC Servers where none should be?Traffic analysis.How can one find rogue vpn sessions?
If you compromised a machine aren't you passed the FW?How would someone get past a generic corporate class firewall and access the internal network once a machine has been compromised?You could.Or would one simply try to compromise a system in the dmz?
Again this answer depends on too many variables. How attendtive are the sysadmins? What type of systems? What type of services are offered? How much legitimate taffic is there?Based on the type of resource, what backdoors might be optimal?Tools designed to "snoop" those servicesLike what would be best for snooping email? File servers? Databases?This is a PenTesting 101 type question, if you don't know the answer you're in way over your head.How can one scan for these?


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PART of a town centre road was closed because of a house fire.
Maldon Road was closed between Southway and Beaconsfield Avenue, in Colchester, between 4.40pm and 5.10pm on Thursday.
Fire crews were called to the blaze after smoke was spotted coming from a ground floor flat in Maldon Road.
Two firefighters wearing breathing equipment used one hose reel to put out the fire by 5.10pm.
Asst Divisional Officer Lee Palfreyman said the fire was confined to one bedroom, with smoke damage affecting the bed area.
He added: "The smoke detectors worked and it was a link system which meant residents in upstairs floors heard the alarm and were also able to get out safely."


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10 January 2013
We were asked to develop an application that combines multiple devices into one user-friendly, smooth application. It was important to have a good flow, an attractive design, and, of course, the code had to be bug-free and work flawlessly. I planned on connecting the Wiimote to a laptop or desktop via Bluetooth. This would give me access to an extensive amount of data: an accelerometer, infrared camera, multiple button inputs, speaker, LEDs, vibrator, and even a second controller that you can connect to the Wiimote. There were plenty of options for me to come up with a great idea.
Because we were free to choose what we would make, I preferred a game. The Wii is supposed to work with games, so this was a logical choice. I made a snake in 3D using the Papervision3D library. I also included a class called Ribbon3D in Papervision to make this snake original and unique. For the sound I used a library called SiON, which I could manipulate using ActionScript code to create sound effects on the fly.
The design was also important. I wanted a simple mascot for the game that would motivate people and children to get a higher score or to just play the game. A simple guide on how to play the game was also necessary.
The game also needed a goal. In this case you have to fly around with your snake in a 3D world and catch all the cubes. To make this a challenge the cubes move each time you catch one. This way the game challenges you to be accurate and quick. Another goal is to catch all the cubes in the shortest period of time. The best time is always displayed on the intro page so other players can try to beat that score.
I used WiiFlash Server to connect the Wiimote to my Adobe® AIR® project. On Mac OS X Lion the computer stops receiving data after a while, so I had to download an alternative version to fix the problem.
The design was done in Adobe Photoshop® and imported into Adobe Flash® Catalyst®. This magnificent piece of software allowed me to skin the game very quickly with its easy-to-use interface. Preparing the animations between states was also done quickly without any problems. It took only a short while to refine and perfect everything.
The game itself is pretty simple and straightforward. Start the game, catch all the cubes with your artistic-looking snake, and finish the game as soon as possible.
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not enough awesome shirts like this getting printed. I'd rock it for sure
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UK manufacturing expanded in October at the fastest pace in seven months, a sign the economic recovery is maintaining momentum into the final quarter of the year. And UK retail sales climbed in November as higher food-price inflation pushed up values and cold weather boosted demand for clothing and footwear, the British Retail Consortium said. Bloomberg
Chrysler Group, the US car maker operated by Fiat, may repay its US and Canadian government loans before 2013, allowing the Italian car maker to take a 51 per cent stake, the companies' top executive said.
Most invited countries will attend Friday's Nobel peace prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident
South Korea will send investigators to Deutsche Bank's Hong Kong offices as regulators continue a probe into the cause of a plunge in the Kospi Index on November 11. The Financial Supervisory Service needed to have "conversations" with Deutsche Bank employees in the city, a spokeswoman said. Bloomberg
Siemens said it had received authorisation from Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority to engage in banking operations. Siemens Bank would support sales in the company's three operating sectors, the company said. Bloomberg
Japan's Daido Electronics, the world's fourth-largest rare-earth magnet maker, plans to triple output in China so it can boost international sales and gain ground on its three bigger domestic rivals. The unit of Daido Steel is investing in its two Chinese factories to boost their output to 1000 tons of neodymium magnets a year in two or three years, which may help double its global market share. Bloomberg
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I'm using Mathematica to model energy consumption in chicken farms given
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Normally, energy consumption is a function of Heating/Cooling Degree Days and
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Album: Athletica EP
Appears On: I'm a Wound and a Sword, A Victim and an Executioner
Song Notes: Another Takako Minekawa track, although unlike the previous two that have appeared on these compilations, this one is NOT from Chat Chat, but instead from the Athletica EP, another Japanese-only release from 1997, recorded between Roomic Cube and Cloudy Cloud Calculator (both albums are available in the US and SO worth getting). The sound is similar to those records, but a little bit more experimental; EPs as a rule tend to be a less serious affair than full-length albums, and as such, they tend to have a bit more leeway with what gets included. The Athletica EP also has another version of "Fabie", but it's pretty different. - Rev. Syung Myung Me


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Junior gold producer
Saracen posted the result after producing 58,363 ounces of gold at a cash cost of $673 an ounce from its Carosue Dam mine in Western Australia in the six months to December 31.
With the company receiving an average gold price before hedging of $1372 an ounce, revenue for the period was $80.1 million.
Profit from operations was $28.4 million, while a net gain of $9.6 million was made on hedge-related adjustments.
"We are making healthy margins, we have a strong growth profile and we have a significant resource endowment that is now being addressed with an intensive exploration effort," Saracen executive chairman
"Shareholders will also see from the financial statements that we are debt-free and have moderate hedging, which I think provides the company with an ideal mix of financial robustness and surety."
Saracen had net cash holdings of $39.6 million at the end of December. It has recently doubled its exploration budget for this financial year to $12 million.
The company expects to produce between 110,000 and 120,000 ounces of gold for the full year.
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Exercising your right to vote is a big deal and for all your hard work, voters, you should reward yourself with a cocktail and then some.
Several restaurants and bars throughout Los Angeles County are offering deals and specials this Election Day for patrons who show their "I Voted" sticker:
Tavern, 11648 San Vicente Blvd.
After 7 p.m., show up with an "I Voted" sticker and choose from $12 Blue or Red sliders.
Information: 310-806-6464.
Post & Beam, 3767 Santa Rosalia Drive
A $26 pre-fixe menu for Election Day includes corn griddle cakes with smoked salmon and crème fraiche, slow cooked brisket with buttermilk mashed potatoes and a peach cobbler. Post & Beam is also offering 50 percent off select bottles of wine tonight.
Information: 323-299-5599.
Burger Lounge, 8539 W. Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood
Voters can flash their voting sticker for a free "1/2 and ½) combination of onion rings and fries with a purchase of any menu item tonight.
Information: 310-289-9250.
Tortilla Republic, 616 N. Robertson Blvd. in West Hollywood.
Voters may receive a complimentary "Viva la Vote" margarita.
Information: 310-657-9888.
Lexington Social House, 1718 Vine Street in Hollywood
The special Election Day cocktail is the "Flag Flight," which includes a red, white and blue cocktail tasting for $18.
Information: 323-461-1700.
Cafe del Rey, 4451 Admiralty Way in Marina del Rey
Happy Hour runs until closing time (10 p.m.) as Cafe del Rey hosts its election results party. Special $6 cocktails include the Barockin' Bayonet, Not-So Radical Romney or the 270. Show off your "I Voted" sticker and get one special Election Day cocktail for free.
Information: 310-823-6395.
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CAPiTA SUPER CORPORATION SIGNS LAURA HADAR
For Immediate Release:
Seattle, Washington – July 8, 2009 –CAPiTA Snowboarding is pleased to announce the addition of Laura Hadar to the professional team.
The former Women's Jibber of the Year is world renowned for integrating her skill and style into the male dominated urban snowboarding scene.
From podiums to movie premieres to entrepreneurship, Laura is not afraid to push the limits.
Based in Salt Lake City she's also a founder and co-owner of FICE, one of the premiere boutique skate and sneaker shops in the Western United States.
Despite this success, her day-to-day focus remains on snowboarding.
"I'm more stoked to snowboard right now than I've ever been." Laura continues, "I'm getting so buff. I do push ups after I brush my teeth every morning."
As for riding for CAPiTA, Hadar keeps it simple. "I'm so fucking hyped!"
CAPiTA's Brand Manager Blue Montgomery replied, "We are too. Laura is one of the industry's most unique and talented snowboarders. She's a wild one. Her style and our style are about as compatible as it gets."
Laura currently rides for CAPiTA, Union Bindings, Holden Outerwear, Oakley, Nike Snowboarding, Milosport, Grenade, Nikita, and Coal Headwear. She joins Dustin Craven, Dan Brisse, Scott Stevens, and TJ Schneider on the team as CAPiTA's first female professional athlete.
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Guys in fedoras, old fashioned soda ads, bar matchbooks in elegant fonts— this game has got em'! And a mostly accurate map of 1947 Los Angeles. Rockstar also made some new face scanning technology for L.A. Noire. The faces are really lifelike! But they're still just a little off, like if a trickster forest spirit made an enchanted mask out of river mud so he could steal human babies. As soon as he gets within ten feet you're like, "You're not the midwife! Get away from my baby!" Then you throw salted oak roots in his lying forest spirit face.
You're supposed to use facial clues to figure out if people are lying in L.A. Noire. For example, if a suspect's eyes are darting around nervously, they're lying. If they tug at their tie like Rodney Dangerfield, they're lying. However, if they wear their tie around their head like a headband, they're drunk. Or civilization has collapsed and they've joined the resistance but didn't have time to go home and change into shorts.
I botched a lot of interrogations because I gave people the benefit of the doubt too often. Also, every suspect had way too much damning evidence against them. It seemed like I found a bloody tire iron everywhere I went. I was starting to wonder if having a bloody tire iron in your house was fashionable in the 40's. Hey mister where'd you get your blood-soaked tire iron? I got it on sale at Woolworth's!
L.A. Noire is all about collecting clues at the crime scene and this is where the game really gets bogged down. The controller vibrates when you get close to a clue, and often it's something mundane and unrelated to the crime. But I still felt compelled to pick up every clue when the controller vibrated. One time there was a bunch of carrots on a kitchen counter and the game indicated that they might be a clue. And I was thinking, really L.A. Noire? These carrots? You want this LAPD detective to walk over to a bunch of carrots and seriously consider them as part of a criminal investigation? Ok, fine— maybe one of the rabbits from Watership Down did it. Does the rabbit look nervous?
Cole Phelps certainly doesn't mind putting his bare hands all over the corpses of murder victims. Especially the way he cups their chins and tilts their heads around and rifles through their bloody sport coats. And I know he didn't wash his hands afterwards because I'm the one controlling him. He didn't even bother to wipe his hands on his pants! Seems like a man who crouches over dead bodies every day and insists on direct contact with their cold, blood-spattered and lifeless skin would want to rinse up now and again.
Rockstar really seemed to want to emphasize the picking up produce and caressing dead bodies aspects of the game because you don't have a life meter or any kind of weapons display like in Red Dead Redemption or Grand Theft Auto IV. Also, shooting suspects in the back will lose you the case. Or even shooting them in the foot. I lost a few cases where a suspect was fleeing, so I figured what the hell, I'd shoot out their ankle and then get the answers I needed. Nope— you have to run them down and tackle them. My thing is, if I ask someone a few questions about a murder and they start to run away, I'm pretty sure that's the murderer so why can't I put a bullet in their leg? Probably because Cole Phelps wouldn't be able to help himself from crouching over them and running his ungloved hands all over their unconscious bleeding bodies.
So here's a spoiler about the end of the game. I didn't like the way you play as Cole Phelps for most of L.A. Noire and then in the game's final cases you play as Jack Kelso the claims investigator. I understand that Rockstar was trying to purposely chip away at the connection you feel with Cole Phelps. When it's revealed that he was cheating on his wife during the timeline of the game's events, it's just as surprising to the player as anyone else. And when you're abruptly switched to playing as Kelso, the feeling of control over Phelps slips away and he becomes as unknowable as any other NPC in the game; more like a movie character with his own motivations than a video game avatar.
But because the change in characters is so sudden, it feels more like a bait and switch than an artistic statement. There's a reason that Super Mario Bros. doesn't have you play as Mario until World 8 and then make you play as Mario's old plumbing partner Jeffrey Krasinski. Sure, they have history together but you just put a lot of hours into going on an adventure with Mario and now some new guy gets to knock Bowser in the lava?
Obviously, L.A. Noire is more complex than Super Mario Bros. In L.A. Noire, you throw corrupt Los Angeles government officials into lava. Ultimately, L.A. Noire is beautiful but makes strange choices, like a girl I once dated who yelled at me at a party for not having read T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'. Despite its flaws, I'm happy to pick up and closely examine the odd rutabaga if it means companies like Rockstar will keep putting out thoughtful games targeted at adults. Especially if that rutabaga is served with broiled pork chop. The end!