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What is the pH of a solution prepared by adding 4.000 grams of NaOH to a 50.00 mL of a buffer that is 2.00 molar both in acetic acid and sodium acetate? (Assume final volume is still 50.00 mL)
Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. The addition of NaOH will decrease the acid by that many moles and increase the acetate by that many moles. Substitute into the HH equation and solve for pH. Post your work if you get stuck.
i did .1 mols of AC- + .1 mols of OH gives me .2 mols of AC.
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When I was a kid in Baddeck, people were brought up in political parties.
We were Liberals, and everyone knew it. My parents were Liberals. My grandparents on both sides were Liberals. In my dad's house, we have a framed photo of late Liberal premier Angus L. MacDonald's first cabinet; it was a gift from Angus L. to my maternal grandfather in Lingan for his help in that first victorious campaign.
My aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives are — mostly — Liberals. Former Nova Scotia Liberal leader Vince MacLean is one.
I recall in Grade 3 seeing my Liberals lose the in-class election. It was a harbinger. We got pummeled provincewide, but I think Dr. C. L. MacMillan held Victoria. I will never forget those schoolyard arguments with my friend Leonard Smith. I was in Grade 4 or 5 when my mom, who came to be known in Liberal circles as "The Godmother," went to Pierre Trudeau's leadership convention.
If you drove anywhere near Baddeck during the 1968 election (and for a good many elections after that) and you saw a Liberal poster up along the road, there was a good chance that I put it up. I will bet that if I looked in my dad's basement, we still have some of those old plywood backers.
I have served on riding executives and campaign committees, and I've been a winning election day chair in a large Toronto riding. I remember, with a guy named Warnie Richardson, winning a poll in Wolfville for the Liberals in the 1978 federal election — something everyone marvelled at, as no one could ever remember it happening before. And I remember going to annual Liberal meetings in Halifax — ourselves from Baddeck and the MacAskills from Englishtown.
God, we had fun.
So I would stack my Liberal pedigree up against anyone's. In 1968, as I was putting up posters for his father, today's Liberal leader had not yet even been conceived. Yet this same Justin Trudeau has, with a single swoop, relegated me to second-class Liberal. Really, it amounts to expulsion.
Why? Well, for having the temerity to believe that it is wrong to kill unborn babies.
There are those who think the humanity of the unborn is a question of opinion, and others who see it as an issue of fact. That is a debate for another day.
The point here is that there are valid differences of opinion on this matter. Furthermore, there are Catholics who actually believe in Catholicism and believe as a matter of faith that abortion is wrong because it is homicide. Other people of other faiths believe the same.
However, according to Justin Trudeau, if such people wish to be a Liberal, they must forsake, renounce, abandon and betray their moral conscience and faith.
Trudeau might reply that this only applies to new candidates. That would be the answer of one who wishes to avail himself of the financial contributions and volunteer efforts of pro-life believers, but who holds those beliefs and the believers in complete contempt.
I have no personal aspirations to ever hold public office; nevertheless, every Liberal has always had the right to imagine himself or herself a candidate, carrying the banner.
Until now, the Liberal party has never had second-class members. But Trudeau has changed that, for there are now two classes: Those who may aspire to be the nominee and those who may never aspire to stand as a candidate because of their moral beliefs and/or their religion, regardless of their ability to persuade their fellow Grits at a nomination meeting.
Make no mistake about it: Under Trudeau's diktat, no Catholic who believes in his or her religion may stand for a Liberal nomination in a Canadian federal election.
Obviously, Trudeau may induce some potential candidates — for their political advancement — to abandon their beliefs or to deny them or to simply remain mute (though how can they certify their political correctness without betrayal of their conscience?).
But there are those who believe it is wrong to kill an unborn baby, and who accept what Pope Francis has said — that abortion is an abomination. And, as to would-be Liberals who hold that belief, undoubtedly their time, energy and money are perfectly welcome. Yet Trudeau has essentially said: 'But, Catholic, don't get uppity. Stay in your place and leave it to your betters to run for the seat.'
So, after all these years, I am second class.
For almost 50 years, the Liberal party has had my support, some of my money, my time, my energy and my voice raised in its defence. It has had my loyalty. But it does not get my soul.
And next time, Justin Trudeau can put up his own damn posters.
R.J. Blaise MacLean is a native of Baddeck. He formerly practised law in Nova Scotia and Ontario, and now teaches common law, oral advocacy and international economic law in Colombia.


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Nairobi (AFP) Jan 11, 2006
France and Japan on Wednesday signed agreements with Kenya giving the drought-stricken east African nation grants and low-interest loans worth nearly 90 million dollars for rural power, water supply and farm aid.
The two countries inked deals for 87 million dollars in development assistance that Kenyan officials said would help the government concentrate its spending on projects to help millions of people at risk of famine from the drought.
The French Development Agency (AFD) gave the country two loans totaling 72.5 million dollars to improve water distribution in the capital and jumpstart stalled rural electrification projects in six remote districts, it said in a statement.
"The projects aim to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants in Nairobi and to simultaneously complement the implementation of the reforms in the water sector, by enabling the most urgent investments to be made," it said.
Tokyo gave Nairobi a grant of 10.5 million dollars and an additional four million dollars in aid to help farmers buy equipment and fertilizer amid what President Mwai Kibaki has declared a "national disaster" from the drought, the Japanese embassy said.
Kenyan Finance Minister David Mwiraria, speaking at the signing ceremony, said the assistance came "at an appropriate time to complement the government's efforts to increase food production."
At least 40 people have died from malnutrition and related illness in northeast Kenya alone since December and about 2.5 million Kenyans are expected to need food aid to survive the drought.
The UN says the drought has threatened 11 million people with starvation across the Horn of Africa.
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The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said conditions in several of the country's best-known parks and reserves were such that animals, mainly elephants, were increasingly coming into conflict with residents of nearby villages and farms, posing risks to people and fauna.
"We have put out an alert for increased human-wildlife conflicts in the country," KWS spokeswoman Connie Maina told AFP. "Wildlife, notably elephants, have left parks in search of water following the dry spell in the country."
"We have deployed officers from the Problem Animal Management Unit to go to the affected areas and they are currently carrying out ground and aerial patrols with the view of controlling the problems," she said.
Maina said the most-affected sanctuaries are the Tsavo National Park, made up of Tsavo East and West, in southeastern Kenya and the highly popular Maasai Mara National Reserve in the southwest, where hundreds of elephants are reported to have invaded neighboring farms in search of food and water.
Officials said elephants had killed at least two people in the past two weeks around Tsavo, which is home to the largest number of the animals, and interrupted the funeral for one of the victims, prompting angry demonstrations from villagers.
"The priest had to cut short his speech after the elephants emerged and started charging at the mourners," the state-run Kenya News Agency (KNA) reported Wednesday, citing witnesses at the weekend burial of a septuagenarian cowherd, Haggai Kisombe, who was trampled to death while grazing his cattle.
"The besieged villagers resorted to shouting and blowing whistles forcing the beasts to retreat to the bush," KNA reported, adding that the crowd had then turned nasty in demanding government action against the elephants, barricading a road and stoning cars for more than three hours.
Julius Chepkei, the chief KWS warden at the sprawling Tsavo park, confirmed the incident had occurred but said much of the blame lay with the villagers themselves, who he said had tried to develop areas that elephants use.
"It is not that the elephants are dangerous, it is that people have put up settlements along the traditional elephant paths," he told AFP by phone from the park's headquarters.
Chepkei said that such incidents would likely rise in the coming months if the drought continues and that he feared the elephants would likely be followed out of the park by dangerous man-eaters like lions and hyenas.
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Hi guys here are a couple of pictures of the Green Machine that I thought I would share with you. The first one isnt particularly recent, being taken at the Drive It Day celebrations at Brooklands in 2012, and is probably more familiar to you as the February pin-up in the 2015 Euro-Nova calendar. However, I liked the image so much that I had it blown up and framed by a well-known photo-processing company so I can sit and look at it on long winter nights
Speaking of long winter nights, I took the second picture last night. For a first attempt at this sort of thing, I think it turned out quite well
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I have been up & down the roller coaster. I had alot to write about, at one point, obviously. It's a good release for me. Things are still rough every so often, but I think I'm finally on that upward climb because I really haven't had much to write about, or at least feel the need to air my thoughts to others. That could be a good or bad, but I'm sure there will come a day when I will have something I need to express & thankful there are all of you here on this site that will listen, so to speak. Anyway, I feel each & every one of you are wonderful people for sharing your wealth of words. All of you are very beautiful writers & I enjoy reading your poems.
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Am I Being Mean?
Hey bitch, this poem is for you. What's that, you itch? Gee, I haven't a clue. Maybe you're allergic to my man's glue.
I'M Done With You
Don't let your ego grow inflated, I'm done with you, The memory of you has become abated.
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I'm not naive and I'm not dumb, I see you standing there with your gun. You wanted what was best and what was mine, But in the end only your own death you will find.
You think I'm a bitch, You think I'm the whore. Just remember one thing, I always settle the score.
As It Rains
You look at me and smile, I take your hand for guidance. We walk across the shaky bridge, I'm so scared and you seem so confident.
What Do You See?
Fleeting moments, Delusions of grandeur. Tell me the last thing you saw Before you went under.
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In the deepest, darkest crevasses of my mind, I get lost and I get sleepy. I am searching and digging, What I am looking for is there.
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Rihanna Posts Pic of Boobs...Again
Yup, Rihanna is NAKED AGAIN. The singer posted a very revealing photo of her 'under boob' on Instagram over the weekend. The selfie shows Rihanna pulling a geometric print hoodie sweatshirt with the underside of her breasts exposed. She captioned after Robin Thicke's hit song with "#blurredlines".
Her winged tattoo and belly chain are also visible in the snapshot and looks like as if she is wearing a cupless bra.
Thanks for the insight Rihanna! We were wondering if you had boobs… NOT!
It would actually be pretty shocking if Rihanna took a picture WITH her clothes on.


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Powerball is an American interstate lottery game played on Wednesday and Saturday evenings at 10.59pm EST. Known for generating huge jackpots that can sometimes run into ten figures, 44 states and three jurisdictions across the United States participate in Powerball, with winners coming from every corner of the country.
Players select five main numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball number from 1 to 26. To win the jackpot, players must match all five main numbers and the Powerball drawn on the night. Another eight prize tiers are available in each draw, including a prize for matching the Powerball alone. The minimum jackpot is worth $40 million.
For an additional fee, players can add the supplementary Power Play game to their ticket, which could increase the value of any non-jackpot prizes won. A 2x, 3x, 4x and 5x multiplier can be drawn at random in all games, while a 10x multiplier can come into play when the jackpot is worth $150 million or less.
This Powerball data includes all draws up to and including Wednesday July 26th, 2017.
Related: Mega Millions
Prize Draw Information:
The last jackpot drawn on Wednesday July 26th, 2017 for Powerball was $201,300,000
The next estimated Powerball jackpot is
Powerball Numbers (Last 10 Draws):
Powerball Odds & Prize Draw Breakdown
Players must pick 5 balls from a pool of 69 and 1 Powerball from a separate pool of 26.
|Numbers Matched
|Odds (Rounded)
|5 Main Numbers + Powerball (Jackpot)
|1 in 292,201,338
|5 Main Numbers
|1 in 11,688,054
|4 Main Numbers + Powerball
|1 in 913,129
|4 Main Numbers
|1 in 36,525
|3 Main Numbers + Powerball
|1 in 14,494
|3 Main Numbers
|1 in 580
|2 Main Numbers + Powerball
|1 in 701
|1 Main Numbers + Powerball
|1 in 92
|Powerball Only
|1 in 38
Approx. Overall Odds: 1 in 25
Powerball Draw Details:
Powerball History
The multi-jurisdictional Powerball game was first launched in 1988 as Lotto*America before being renamed to Powerball in April 1992. At the launch, the number matrix required players to match five white numbers from a pool of 55 and one red number from a pool of 43.
In March 2001 an optional multiplier called Power Play was introduced, giving players the chance to multiply non-jackpot winnings by up to five times their value. The Power Play number is drawn from a third drum following the main game.
In November 2009 the number matrix was changed, requiring players to match five white numbers from 59, and one red number from 39.
In January 2012 Powerball underwent a series of format changes, reducing the Powerball pool to 35 numbers and increasing the price of a ticket to $2. Other changes included raising the value of the minimum jackpot and increasing the value of the second-tier prize. The Power Play option was amended to offer fixed prize amounts for matching the Power Play number in lieu of the multiplier format.
In January 2014 Power Play returned to a multiplier format, once again offering players the chance to boost the value of prizes, apart from the jackpot or the second-tier prize, depending on the Power Play number. Players who match five main numbers as well as the Power Play number receive a fixed prize of $2 million, regardless of the Power Play number drawn.
A number of changes were introduced to Powerball in October 2015, with players having to select five main numbers from 1 to 69 and a Powerball from 1 to 26. The prize for matching four main numbers and the Powerball increased to $50,000, while a 10x Power Play feature was added to all draws where the jackpot is worth $150 million or less.
The Powerball jackpot broke through the $1 billion barrier for the first time in early 2016, setting a new record for the biggest world lottery prize ever offered. It was finally won on 13th January 2016, when three ticket holders Marvin and Mae Acosta from California, the Florida-based Nickel 95 Trust and Lisa and John Robinson of Tennessee - split $1.58 billion, winning $528.8 million each.
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Securities & Investment Company's funds deliver strong performance during first half of 2008
Securities & Investment Company (SICO), the Bahrain based regionally focused investment bank, today announced first half of 2008 performance results for its GCC equity funds, which have outperformed market indices. SICO's funds generated strong positive returns to their investors during the year though most of the regional markets continue to face pressure with the overall GCC market losing 9.4% during the year, with Saudi Arabia, down 15.3%, leading the losses.
SICO's funds include the Khaleej Equity Fund, a flagship fund, which invests principally in equity securities listed across the six GCC stock markets. The award winning Fund, has bagged the prestigious Lipper Fund Award 2008 for being the top performer in its class ( GCC Equity) for the past three years and one of the first Gulf based funds to receive an 'A' rating by standard & poor's last year. The fund is up 14.3% for the year to date and up 181.8% since its inception in March 2004.
The SICO Selected Securities Fund, the only Bahrain-dedicated mutual fund, invests principally in equity and debt securities listed, or which are expected to be listed, on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The Fund is up 11.5% year to date and 247.7% since its inception in May 1998.
SICO's Gulf Equity Fund, which invests in listed securities across the GCC stock markets with the exception of the Saudi Arabian stock market; delivered a 18.5% return year to date and continuing its market beating performance since its inception in March 2006, up 50.9%.
SICO's newest fund, the SICO Arab Financial Fund, seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in financial sector equities in the GCC and MENA regions. The fund is up 14.2% for the year to date and is up 37.8% since its launch in August 2007.
SICO attributes this strong performance to its conservative asset allocation and bottom-up driven stock picking strategy. At the same time, SICO also adopts a top down approach to risk management by closely monitoring company, country and sector exposures. Portfolio managers focus on identifying companies that are fundamentally strong, and that are trading at less than their fair values.
Commenting on these results Mr. Shakeel Sarwar, Head of Asset Management, said: "SICO's investment philosophy and strategies have enabled us to deliver strong out performance for our clients during the first half of 2008 , a period which witnessed a great deal of volatility and uncertainty that spilled over from other emerging markets into investor sentiment in our region. We believe the GCC and MENA regions will continue to offer potential for superior returns for investors during 2008, as we forecasted in our recent GCC market overview research. The combination of our regional insight and quality of our research is helping SICO to deliver consistent returns for investors, and these factors will continue to form the keystones to our investment approach with highly selective stock picking to deliver above average returns to investors."
Securities & Investment Company is an investment bank offering a selective range of services, including asset management, brokerage, corporate finance and market-making, on a regional basis and with a particular emphasis on Bahrain. SICO was incorporated in Bahrain in 1995 and holds a banking license from the Central Bank of Bahrain.
As of December 31, 2007, SICO reported total assets of BD 104.832 million, with shareholders' equity of BD 42.106 million. SICO's shares have been listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange since May 2003. Securities & Investment Company was the first 'closed' company to list on the exchange.
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text: Hello, I like all the changes but I do not agree with the dropping of the i386. I have many 64bit computers that do not even start if I install the 64bit version on them or give a various range of problems from black screens to corruption of the user settings etc... with 32bit the computer works great (9.1 and 9.0). Those computers are Optiplex 740 and 760 as well as other IBM computers that I cannot recall the name now but that we are fading out. Also for some reason the 64bit version does not work well with parallel printers when a USB scanner (keyboard emulator) is installed, for this reason all my production computers have the 32 bit version installed (over 40 computers). I am currently using an Optiplex 740 with 9.0 32bits installed and then upgraded to 9.1 64bits and everything almost works great (can't print on most of the programs that I use, but I don't mind), most of my CSR are using 9.0 64bits upgraded to 9.1 64bits, and it seems like that they are working great. The only difference between me and them is that I have 6Gb Ram and they only have between 3 and 4Gb (Ram already tested/switched/checked). Dropping the 32bit, unless those problems are fixed, will mean to me that I will have to start to look back to windows with steady state installed.. and I do not want to do that. Please reconsider the decision about the 32bits or at least work toward fixing whatever bugs are currently affecting the 64bits. Thank you Fabry On 06/20/2013 10:24, Kris Moore wrote: > I wanted to take this time to give you a status update on PC-BSD / > TrueOS, and the direction going forward. As many of you know, we've been > doing builds of 9.1-RELEASE and 9-STABLE as a "Rolling-Release". Our new > plan is to issue system and package updates on the following schedule: > > 9.1-RELEASE > - Update PKGNG repo on or about the 1st and 15th of the month. > > 9-STABLE > - Update the PKGNG repo on or about the 5th and 20th of the month > - Issue a new "freebsd-update" patch on the 1st, which includes the > latest -STABLE version > > In addition to the rolling release, we also have some other cool new > projects in the works. The first among these is our work to make ZFS the > cornerstone of the PC-BSD/TrueOS experience. This will bring features > such as ZFS "Boot-Environments", including the ability to boot directly > from them at the boot-loader. If you've not run boot-environments > before, you will wonder how you survived without them. To accomplish > this, we are going to be moving to the GRUB boot-loader, which now has > ZFS support. The pbi-manager and Warden already have extensive ZFS > support, and we will be enhancing our other utilities, such as > "Life-Preserver" with ZFS features as well. > > In addition to re-focusing on solely on ZFS as our default file-system, > we have had to take a look at the feasibility of continuing with the > i386 builds. As many of you know, ZFS is a 21st century operating system > and doesn't play nicely with the legacy i386 kernel / versions of > FreeBSD. In addition over the past couple years, more and more of > time-consuming issues we've encountered have been only on i386, partly > due to the fact that most FreeBSD devs have already moved on to 64bit > and also due to the quickly shrinking number of users / systems that > still run i386. In order to make PC-BSD / TrueOS, secure, stable and > timely, we've decided to drop the i386 builds going forward, and instead > focus on a single 64bit architecture. This means the next editions of > rolling-release and 9.2 onward will be 64bit only. If you are already on > 64bit, then you won't need to worry about anything. However if you are > running i386 on your box you will need to consider moving it to the > 64bit versions in the near future. If your hardware is less than 10 > years old then most likely you will be able to do this without any > difficulty. > > For those helping us test the rolling-release now, I hope to have a new > ISO + package set available in the next week or so, which includes the > new GRUB boot-loader for Boot-Environments. I will post back details on > how to manually setup / test this feature in the near future. Once these > new features have stabilized a bit further, we will begin to issue > general updates for users of the old 9.1-RELEASE from January to upgrade > to 9.1 Rolling Release. >


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A lunch gathering with chelsea and jeanette at Suju. A Japanese Restaurant located at Mandarin Gallery on level 4. This is a place recommended by friends who enjoys good, authentic japanese food.
The food portion at Suju is pretty generous so we have decided to order a few things to share since this is first visit for both Chelsea and Jeanette.
Verdict after the meal…. The sliced pork was really good, the tempura was not oily and batter taste very light, the grilled miso gindara was our favourite for this meal. The fish tasted firm and fresh. The special sauce on the fish was out of this world. Definitely worth another visit. We spend about $40 per pax. Price is a little steep as compared to the usual Japanese family Restaurant but it was well worth the value.


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Hard to be a God (A Continuum book) (original 1964; edition 1973)
by Arkady Strugatsky
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Hard to be a god by Arkady Strugatsky (1964)
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Fascinating and important work. Published in 1964, I feel that it may have been an influence on, or at least a precursor to, many of my favorite books. I saw thematic similarities with some of Iain Banks' Culture novels, especially Inversions, and Kage Baker's Company series.
The story deals with a 'deep' agent from an advanced civilization, who is supposed to observe and record the feudal society he's been planted in, without interfering. However, the society he's working in is on the verge of a shift from feudalism to fascism. Purges of intellectuals are increasing, and the agent finds it harder and harder to maintain any kind of objectivity. Meanwhile, he also battles the tendency to lose sight of his identity; he finds himself becoming more and more like the callous, boorish aristocrat he is impersonating. But he also finds himself truly caring for his native lover…
There's a lot going on in the relatively brief book. Anton, while maintaining his cover identity as Don Rumata, tries to balance his ethics against the demands of his job. His attempts to rescue the scientists and artists that he sees as the lights of hope in a dark and ignorant world make for an exciting story. But it's also very philosophical, exploring the ramifications of a non-interference policy, the tendency toward abuse of power, and the nature of humanity.
It's very interesting to see science-fiction themes which I've seen explored from American and European perspectives many times from the point of view of Russian authors. Here, the advanced, peaceful and free society which the researchers are from is, of course, one where the ideals of communism have come to full fruition. I wished I could see more of that world – and may have to seek out some of the Strugatsky brothers' other books to explore further. However, their vision is not all starry-eyed: the world of Arkanar and its Inquisitorial brutalities are very clearly parallel to abuses and purges from Russia's history.
Highly recommended – both as a great reading experience, and for anyone interested in the various facets of science fiction as a genre.
Copy provided by NetGalley - thanks for bringing this book to my attention! As always, my opinion is purely my own.
I, like many people probably, read Roadside Picnic as my first Strugatsky brothers book. Like that work, Hard to Be a God has a great central premise. Members of a highly developed culture (a future Communist utopia) are on an alien world where civilization has only developed to the level of the middle ages. What should they do with their vastly more advanced technology and understanding of both the material world and the human condition? What can they do, even with that power? It's an intriguing situation, still interesting despite having been explored by many sci-fi books and TV shows like Star Trek and its ilk since the book's original publication. Unlike Roadside Picnic, however, the premise of Hard to Be a God does not lead to a great setting and a plot centered on exploring that setting. Instead, Hard to Be a God gives us a setting that is an amalgam of feudal history and fantasy genre tropes that isn't bad, but isn't particularly memorable either. There are still interesting ideas here, explored to a slightly greater depth than most science-fiction goes, but by the end of the book those ideas are being delivered rather bluntly, and the book delivers no revelation or satisfying insight about them.
Ultimately, what most held the book back for me was that the stance taken by these advanced observers was unsatisfying and stripped away what could have been fun about this premise. Don Rumata and his fellow Communards split the baby in their approach to the planet, not remaining pure observers but not conducting any significant intervention either. Instead they operate in the shadows, an alien illuminati attempting to slowly manipulate things for the better. I don't remember it ever being explained why the observers fully revealing themselves would have been a bad thing- one observer discusses how the modest technological advancements he's introduced have been warped to nefarious ends, but the only reasons we get for why there isn't larger-scale intervention are nebulous explanations about not wanting to be worshipped as gods, not wanting to breed helplessness, and not wanting to usurp the world's development. The usurpation point is belied by the fact that the observers are intervening at all, I never found the helplessness point convincing, and there's no justification for why the observers telling the truth wouldn't be worth a try. The Prime Directive of Star Trek stems from the belief that imposing your own views on less developed civilizations is unjustifiable- here, where Communism is presented and believed by the characters to be the best and inevitable ending state of civilization, such reasoning no longer holds.
Even with the (what I would call) muddled approach that the characters of Hard to Be a God take, the premise still has the possibility for some fun, but the Strugatsky brothers steadfastly deny us the type of enjoyable scenes that the book could have given us- there's no scene where the brutish soldiers tasked with lynching literates attack Don Rumata and find their swords bouncing uselessly off his forcefield, there's no scene where Don Rumata calls down his helicopters to the amazement of the city's populace, there's no scene where Don Rumata blasts holes the walls of the Merry Tower to save his friend from torture. Even when the antagonist reveals that he believes Don Rumata has made a deal with demons for his wealth and fighting prowess, Rumata does nothing fun with it. Instead, the Strugatsky brothers maintain the bleak tone throughout, apparently believing that having any fun with the premise would detract from this book being serious literature. Perhaps they were right, but they do make this a terribly dull read in the process. The Zone's tension and mystery made reading Roadside picnic a pleasure, and Hard to Be a God gives us nothing comparable. If they didn't want to make it pulpier, the Strugatsky brothers had to give us something else, and the observations that even with god-like power it's hard to make people behave how you want them to just doesn't cut it.
Hard to Be a God does not have a premise that can carry a story like The Zone did in Roadside Picnic, and unfortunately the Strugatsky brothers are middling when it comes to prose and ability to craft interesting characters. If the intriguing premise has hooked you, give it a try (it's a quick read), but I'd recommend that you temper your expectations: it's a solid piece of science fiction, but to me it rises no higher than that, I can already tell that soon I'll barely remember it.
Rating: 4* of five
The Publisher Says: Don Rumata has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to save what he can. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler, and a brawler, he is never defeated, but yet he can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the first minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play? This long overdue translation will reintroduce one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience.
My Review: It's hard to review a world-famous classic. I have to think the translation is faithful because it captures a voice that lesser translators more often than not miss entirely. The standard adventure plot is fun. In common with a lot of SF written in that era, we don't get a lot of well-drawn characters; in this case only one, Don Rumata himself.
What makes this a classic, then? It would raise few eyebrows today, if it was a new publication. That it is 52 years old makes all the difference; that it is an excellent example of its niche solidifies the place History has given it.
But anyone not already caught in the tentacles of the SF Cthulhu monster might want to pass by without slowing down too much.
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Strugatzki Gesammelte Werke 4: Fünf Romane in einem Band: Es ist schwer, ein Gott zu sein; Die dritte Zivilisation; Der Junge aus der Hölle; Fluchtversuch; Unruhe by Arkadi Strugatzki
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Umm, Umm Good from Houston, TX reviewed the Sprite Extravaganza.
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BOTTOM LINE: Yes, would recommend to a friend.
Comments about Fairytale Brownies Sprite Extravaganza: The folks in my office wait patiently every year for their Fairytale Brownies. They are the perfect sharable gift becuase they come individually wrapped and folks can pick out their favorite brownie flavors to eat now, or save for later. Those that aren't "on the list" sure try to get "on the list" when they hear that I'm ordering a brownie delivery!
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The Tallmadge boys bowling team earned a 2,341-2,194 victory over Greater Summit Conference rival Akron Ellet Feb. 13 at Midway Lanes in Akron.
Jesse Deremer had the high series (388). He rolled games of 185 and 203, respectively.
Brendon Haven had the high game (222). He also bowled a 163.
Also competing for the Blue Devils were Jeremy Krainess (204 and 174), Austin Moore (192 and 156) and Andre Gilles (177 and 153).
The girls lost a 2,004-1,861 decision.
Jennie Kiss led the way with scores of 198 and 152 and Alexis Steen was next with scores of 144 and 171. Also faring well for Tallmadge was Karly Wilson (123 and 156).
The junior varsity girls lost a 1,622-1,533 decision. Tawney Beans led the way with scores of 167 and 139.


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The word "genius" may be used a little too freely when describing pop musicians, but many would have to agree that Prince is deserving of such an accolade. Since his 1978 debut album, the Minneapolis-based multi-instrumentalist/songwriter/singer has scored numerous hits with his sexually charged, original funk/pop/dance/rock style, penned big hits for other artists, and has even tried his hand at acting as well. In the early 1990s, Prince's name-changing antics and his messy break with Warner Brothers overshadowed his music, but his extensive back catalog of amazing songs has secured his place in musical history.
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This special package contains both volumes of as well as an exclusive third disc of B-sides and unreleased cuts, many never before available on compact disc.No Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: PRINCETitle: HITS-THE B-SIDESStreet Release Date: 09/14/1993DomesticGenre: ROCK/POP
Assignment: To write 100 words on 56 songs by the greatest artist the ''80s produced. Even with single edits substituting for full-length versions in a handful of cases, The Hits/The B-Sides is a mighty testament to the man we once called Prince. (For that matter, we still do.) In addition to most of his singles, from "I Wanna Be Your Lover" to "Thieves in the Temple," from "When Doves Cry" to "7," this triple-CD set throws in some worthwhile new music and a full disc of the fantastic flips that made buying 7- and 12-inches a must even when you already owned the A-side. "You can be the side effect," he mutters herein. "I''d rather be the dope." Witness some of the funkiest pharmaceuticals around. --Rickey Wright


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the structural determinants of social action is perhaps best exemplified
in his seminal essay, "Quantitative Aspects of the Group."
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of social life by considering one of the most abstract characteristics
of a group: the mere number of its participants. He examines forms
of group process and structural arrangement insofar as these derive
from sheer quantitative relationships.
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individual, who forms a unit with him, neither of the two can deny
responsibility by shifting it to the group; neither can hold the
group responsible for what he has done or failed to do.
When a dyad
is formed into a triad, the apparently insignificant fact that one
member has been added actually brings about a major qualitative
change. In the triad, as in all associations involving more than
two persons, the individual participant is confronted with the possibility
of being outvoted by a majority.
The triad is
the simplest structure in which the group as a whole can achieve
domination over its component members; it provides a social framework
that allows the constraining of individual participants for collective
purposes. The dyad relies on immediate reciprocity, but the triad
can impose its will upon one member through the formation of a coalition
between the two others. Thus, the triad exhibits in its simplest
form the sociological drama that informs all social life: the dialectic
of freedom and constraint, of autonomy and heteronomy.
When a third
member enters a dyadic group, various processes become possible
where previously they could not take place. Simmel singled out three
such processes, although others have since been identified. A third
member may play the role of mediator vis-a-vis the other two, helping,
through his own impartiality, to moderate passions that threaten
to tear the group apart. He may, alternately, act as a tertius gaudens
(the third who rejoices), seeking to turn to his own advantage a
disagreement between the other two. Finally, through a strategy
of divide et impera (divide and rule), he may intentionally created
conflicts between the other two in order to attain a dominant position
or other gains.
This brief outline
of three types of strategy open to the third participant can hardly
exhaust the richness of Simmel's thought in this analysis. He offers
a great variety of examples, deliberately comparing intimate human
involvements, such as the competition of two men for one woman,
with such large-scale events as the European balance of power and
the formation of coalitions among political parties. He compares
the strategy of a mother-in-law who confronts a newly married couple
with the ways in which Rome, after subjugating Greece, dealt with
Athens and Sparta.
It is a virtuoso
performance, one of the more persuasive demonstrations of the power
of sociological analysis. Simmel reveals the sterility of total
psychological reductionism by demonstrating how the apparently peripheral
fact that a third member has been added to a group of two opens
up possibilities for actions and processes that could not otherwise
have come into existence. He uncovers the new properties that emerge
from the forms of association among individuals, properties that
cannot be derived from characteristics of the individuals involved.
The triad provides new avenues of social action while at the same
time it restricts other opportunities, such as the expression of
individuality, which were available in the dyadic group.
Simmel does
not restrict his analysis of numbers to the dyad and triad. Although
it is not possible to demonstrate that each addition of new members
would produce a distinct sociological entity, he shows that there
is a crucial difference between small groups and larger ones.
In small groups,
members typically have a chance to interact directly with one another;
once the group exceeds a relatively limited size, such interaction
must be mediated through formal arrangements. In order to come to
grips with the increasing complexity of relationships among large
numbers of individuals, the group must create special organs to
help the patterning of interactions among its members. Thus, no
large group can function without the creation of offices, the differentiation
of status positions, and the delegation of tasks and responsibilities.
This is the reason larger groups become societies of unequals: in
order to maintain themselves, they must be structurally differentiated.
But this means that the larger group "gains its unity, which
finds expression in the group organs and political notions and ideals,
only at the price of a great distance between all of these structures
and the individual."
The smaller
the group, the greater the involvement of its members, for interaction
among a few tends to be more intense than interaction among many,
if only because of the greater frequency of contact. Inversely,
the larger the group, the weaker the participation of its members;
chances are high that they will be involved with only a segment
of their personalities instead of as whole human beings. The larger
group demands less of its members, and also creates "objective"
structures that confront individuals with superpersonal powers:
"For it is this large number which paralyzes the individual
element and which causes the general element to emerge at such a
distance from it that it seems that it could exits by itself, without
any individuals, to whom in fact it often enough is antagonistic."
Although through
its formal arrangement the larger group confronts the individual
with a distant and alien power, it liberates him from close control
and scrutiny precisely because it creates greater distance among
its members. In the dyad, the immediacy of the we is not yet marred
by the intrusion of structural constraints, and, it will be remembered,
in the triad two members may constrain the third and force their
will upon him. In the small group, however, the coalitions and majorities
that act to constrain individual action are mitigated by the immediacy
of participation. In the large group, the differentiated organs
constrain the individual through their "objective" powers,
even though they allow freedom from the group through segmental
rather than total involvement.
Simmel's discussion
of the differences between small and large groups--between the intensity
of involvement among individuals in the primary group and the distance,
aloofness, and segmentation of individuals in larger groups--reveals
his general dialectical approach to the relation between individual
freedom and group structure. His minute sociological analysis is
part of his general philosophical view of the drift of modern history.
Like Durkheim, Simmel theorizes about types and properties of group
relations and social solidarities as part of a more general endeavor
to assess and evaluate the major trends of historical development
and to elaborate a diagnosis of his time.
Coser, 1977:186-189.


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Juries Announced For 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and Tribeca Film Institute Programs
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by founding partner American Express, today announced its jurors - a diverse group of 42 industry leaders, including award-winning filmmakers, writers, producers, acclaimed actors, respected journalists and entrepreneurs. The jury will be divided among the seven competitive Festival categories. The winning films, filmmakers and actors in each category will be announced at the TFF Awards Night ceremony, streamed live on TribecaFilm.com on April 25. The 2013 Festival runs from April 17 -28.
"We are delighted to welcome such an illustrious group of individuals to the Tribeca jury," said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. "We look forward to their expert perspective on the films and talent in our program and the dialogue that emerges from the process."
In addition, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) announced the six individuals who will serve as jurors for the Tribeca All Access (TAA) Creative Promise Awards, presented by the Time Warner Foundation. The winning projects will be announced during the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25. The non-profit also announced the three jurors for the Latin America Media Arts Fund, including the Heineken VOCES awards. Jurors for the TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund were announced earlier this week.
The seven TFF juries will award $180,000 in cash and prizes. TAA will award an additional $20,000 -- $10,000 for narrative and $10,000 for documentary. Announced earlier this year, all winners will also receive a work of original art by an acclaimed artist as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program, sponsored by Chanel. In addition, TFI will award $130,000 in grants to Latin American film and video artists, including two $10,000 Heineken VOCES grants for Latin American filmmakers living and working in the United States.
Following is a list of all 2013 Festival and Tribeca Film Institute jurors and their respective categories.
World Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2013 World Narrative Competition are:
Kenny Lonergan: Academy Award-nominated playwright, filmmaker and screenwriter. Credits include You Can Count On Me, Gangs of New York, and Margaret. His stage credits include Lobby Hero, The Waverly Gallery and This is Our Youth. He is a member of the Naked Angels Theater Company in New York.
Bryce Dallas-Howard: Multi-award nominated actress, director, writer and producer. Acting credits include The Help, 50/50, The Twilight Saga, Hereafter, Restless, Lady in the Water, The Village and the HBO adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It. She directed the short film When You Find Me as part of Canon's innovative and inaugural "Project Imagin8ion" campaign and directed one of five short films included in The Lifetime Original Movie event "Call Me Crazy: A Five Film."
Paul Haggis: Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose credits include Crash, Million Dollar Baby, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters to Iwo Jima, Casino Royale, In the Valley of Elah and television including Thirtysomething and The Tracey Ullman Show.
Blythe Danner: Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress. Stage credits include A Streetcar Named Desire, Betrayal, Stephen Sondheim's Follies, The Miser and The Seagull. Film work includes The Great Santini, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge and Meet the Parents.
Jessica Winter: Senior editor at Time magazine, directing coverage of the arts and culture. Her writing has appeared in Time, The New York Times, Slate, The Guardian and many others. Previously served as a juror at the London and Vancouver International Film Festivals.
The jurors for the 2013 World Documentary Competition are:
Whoopi Goldberg: Makes her directorial debut at in the 2013 TFF with the documentary I Got Somethin' To Tell You. One of an elite group of artists who have won an Academy, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Awards.
Sandi DuBowski: Director and producer whose award-winning work has screened at Tribeca, Sundance, Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals; BBC, PBS, and ZDF-Arte; and in cinema release globally. Credits include Trembling Before G-d, A Jihad For Love and Budrus.
Joe Berlinger: Academy Award nominated filmmaker and two-time Emmy Award-winning television producer and director. Films include Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost and Metallica: Some Kind of Monster and Crude.
Evan Rachel Wood: Critically acclaimed actress who has garnered Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe nominations. Credits include The Wrestler and HBO's MildrEd Pierce. Stars in the 2013 TFF selection A Case of You.
Mira Sorvino: Academy Award-winning actress best known for Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, The Replacement Killers, Mimic and Norma Jean and Marilyn.
Emerging Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2013 Best New Narrative Director are:
Stu Zicherman: New York-based screenwriter, producer and director. Co-created the ABC's Six Degrees and wrote and produced ABC's What About Brian and FX's Lights Out. Has written feature scripts for several major studios and made his feature directorial debut at the 2013 Sundance Film festival with The Comedy A.C.O.D.
Ari Graynor: Film, stage and television actress and producer. Credits include the films For a Good Time Call, Celeste and Jesse Forever, 10 Years, Holy Rollers, Conviction and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist and the television series The Sopranos and Fringe. Broadway credits include The Performers, Relatively Speaking and The Little Dog Laughed.
Naomi Foner: Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning screenwriter, producer and director. Writing credits include Running on Empty, Losing Isaiah and Very Good Girls.
· Radha Mitchell: Australian actress, Radha Mitchell who currently stars on the ABC series Red Widow is best known for her work in past feature films such as High Art, Man on Fire, Finding Neverland and Woody Allen's Melinda & Melinda.
Tony Gilroy: Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and director whose credits include Dolores Claiborne, Michael Clayton and the Jason Bourne series.
The jurors for the 2013 Best New Documentary Director are:
· Taraji P. Henson: Academy Award nominee for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hustle & Flow, Date Night, Karate Kid, and Think Like a Man. Currently stars in the CBS hit Person of Interest.
· Josh Radnor: Actor, writer and director best known for the Emmy Award-winning television series How I Met Your Mother. He wrote, directed and starred in Happythankyoumoreplease and Liberal Arts and next appears in Jill Soloway's Afternoon Delight.
· Jared Cohen: Founder and director of Google Ideas, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and an author. His books include: The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business; Children of Jihad; and One Hundred Days of Silence. Previously served as a member of the U.S. Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and a close advisor to Condoleezza Rice and later Hillary Clinton.
· Riley Keough: Actress whose film credits include The Runaways, The Good Doctor, Jack and Diane and Magic Mike.
Short Film Competition Categories
The jurors for the 2013 Narrative Short Film Competition are:
· Sheila Nevins: President of HBO Documentary Films, is responsible for overseeing the development and production of all documentaries for HBO, HBO2 and Cinemax. She has overseen the creation of more than 500 documentaries and has earned dozens of awards, including, Primetime Emmys, News and Documentary Emmys, and Peabody Awards.
· Kassem Garaibeh: Actor, comedian, and co-founding talent of Maker Studios, a network that includes over 10,000 channels on YouTube. Credits include his award-winning YouTube series California On and Going Deep.


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The battle for control of Australian catwalks will intensify tomorrow when retail giant Myer is expected to sign a significant sponsorship deal with a rebel fashion event organisation.
The deal will pit Simon Lock's Australian Fashion Week (AFW) against Victoria Fisher's fledgling Mrs Fish parades.
AFW, now in its ninth year, is being challenged by Fisher's fashion events group to provide an alternate platform for designers.
Lock and Fisher clashed when she staged several shows to great acclaim during last year's AFW.
With Myer poised to bankroll Fisher's breakaway program of parades, the heat will be on the established spring/summer collection shows, which this year will run from May 2 until May 8.
The clash has already led to sparks flying at a meeting of fashion media, retailers and buyers called last month by Lock to discuss the future of the local industry's premier event.
Lock said rival operations to his own would cause the local scene to "implode", but the Mrs Fish team said they were "ambushed" by a new sponsorship policy Lock raised which would rule out the Myer deal.
Lock's proposed code seeks to ban retail or media organisations as sponsors, citing conflict of interest between other retailers and media attending AFW.
Hitting back at claims her venture at Wharf 3 would "undermine" AFW, Fisher said the meeting was Lock's last scramble to salvage sponsor dollars.
"The truth is Simon's not getting the sponsorship dollars he needs and he's blaming us," she said.
Teaming with creative director Tony Assness, Fisher hit the headlines last year, when the shows they produced for Cooper, Terry Biviano, Zimmermann, Marcs, Gabriel Scarvelli and Kerry Grima blew people away with their scale, technological wizardry and show biz chutzpah.
Shoe designer Biviano's show, which featured models riding on horseback, aerial circus performers and Broadway-esque dance scenes, was praised for "saving" AFW.
But the parades weren't without controversy. Lock threatened to shut down Cooper's show last year, just minutes before curtain up, because Cooper's parade sponsorship deal with Volkswagen clashed with AFW's arrangements with principal sponsor, Mercedes-Benz.
The drama also damaged relations with Fisher, who lost $100,000 of her own money to pay for the shows.
Fisher says she has tried to work with AFW, informing Lock's staff of her plans to produce a number of parades again this year and meeting with AFW's Jarrad Clark six months ago.
She says her team offered to pay the off-site fee AFW has previously charged designers who wanted to be included on the official schedule but wished to hold shows away from "fashion central" at Circular Quay's Overseas Passenger Terminal, where production times can limit the scale of parades.
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Since he took office, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has tried to break worker solidarity. In fact, the bill that started it all, the union-busting Act 10, sought to peel off public safety workers from other public employees by exempting police and firefighters from the collective bargaining restrictions.
Of course, we now know that this was a deliberate move on Walker's part. In a now infamous video, Walker described his plan to "divide and conquer" Wisconsin workers to one of his billionaire backers, Diane Hendricks. Not only was he trying to divide public safety and other public employees, he was trying to slice and dice all working people to further erode our collective bargaining rights, wages, benefits, and opportunities for legal recourse.
The problem for Mr. Walker? We noticed, and not just in Wisconsin. The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) has formally endorsed Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in his recall bid against Gov. Walker:
"Scott Walker's divisive tactics and his drastic cuts to public safety funding will make Wisconsin's communities and the officers that police them less safe," claimed NAPO President Thomas Nee in a Barrett campaign statement.
"Tom Barrett will bring people together to ensure that Wisconsin stays a safe place in which to live, work, and raise family."
As our Working America members in Wisconsin have told us, one of the biggest moments of the 2011 protests was when police and firefighters joined in solidarity with the marches in Madison, even though the union-busting bill would not have included them. It was a signal that even in this day and age, we still believe in solidarity: that an attack on one is an attack on all.
NAPO's endorsement is also a recognition that the ramifications of the Wisconsin recall don't end at the state border. Law enforcement officials nationwide are beginning to question why the Republicans they have traditionally supported are now attacking their rights, wages, and benefits (just ask Ohioans, who smacked down Gov. John Kasich's attempt to cut collective bargaining for Ohio police and firefighters in a double-digit referendum last November).
As the Republican Party moves closer to a complete subsidiary of their corporate sponsors, the folks that patrol our streets and protect our communities are moving to support their brethren – across state borders and nationwide.
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