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Unveiling a jobs plan without announcing a goal for actual job creation is quite original, says The Prince George Citizen.
"The Liberals would have you believe that having a concrete objective is 'irresponsible,' and to some extent they're right," a newspaper editorial says. "The government's role in terms of economic development is to create the environment that allows businesses to prosper and, in the process, hire people into well-paying, family-supporting jobs."
The Liberals say their approach would lead to the opening of eight new mines and expansion of nine others by 2015. But the whole plan will come tumbling down if either the federal government or First Nations decline to get on the bandwagon, the paper says.
Another challenge will be to make the most of what is mined. "As much as mines produce hundreds of good-paying, family-supporting jobs, can Victoria find a way to encourage establishment of smelters and higher-level mineral processing on this side of the Pacific?" the paper asks. "The Liberals would be wise to spend a good part of the next three years thinking about ways to meet that goal."
The jobs plan received a less enthusiastic reception in Nanaimo. The city is still feeling the sting from John Les's suggestion that its citizens who want work should consider going North for jobs.
"Premier Christy Clark decides to skip an Island stop altogether as she announced her jobs strategy this week. Forgive us if we're feeling a bit slighted on the employment priority front," Mitch Wright says in the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
"With an unemployment rate that topped out above 16 per cent earlier this year and continues to hover in the double digits, jobs remain high on the agenda in Nanaimo, even if the provincial decision-makers don't care enough to even pay lip service to job-creation in the region."
Mr. Wright notes that Ms. Clark announced $15-million for a transportation corridor that was part of a $300-million development at Prince Rupert's s port. The announcement reminded him that Nanaimo's port authority has its own deep sea facility sitting mostly idle out at Duke Point.
"The most action it's seen is when the multi-million dollar crane caught fire in the spring of 2007," he wrote. "There's plenty of potential there for economic development, with the existing resources and facilities in place, but seldom used."
Christy Clark was wise to ditch the idea of a fall election, especially if the campaign would have matched the recent ads attacking BC Conservative leader John Cummins, says the Alaska Highway News in Fort St John.
The newspaper says the Liberals were hypocritical for criticizing Mr. Cummins as an unprincipled politician for taking a $100,000 pension after they promised to get rid of MLA pensions but then brought in a rich pension plan for themselves. The Liberals attack Mr. Cummins as unprincipled for voting NDP in the 2009 provincial election while calling himself a Conservative.
"How could Clark and company have been so tone deaf as to include the line criticizing politicians who say one thing and do another? They've just been slapped for doing exactly that with the HST. Then there are the promises not to sell B.C. Rail, rip up contracts or expand gambling, all examples of politicians who say one thing and do another," the paper says.
The radio ads have tied Ms. Clark to "dishonest, sleazy, American-style ads – hardly a good thing for someone promising a new style of politics," the paper says. "The party has spent money on an amateurish, sleazy smear campaign that does more damage to its own cause than the target."
Reports that child killer Clifford Olson was dying of cancer revived the debate over capital punishment in some newspapers. Abbotsford News editor Andrew Holota, in a column that ran in several newspapers including The Standard in Hope, writes Mr. Olson's death will leave behind many questions.
The justice system had dealt with him dozens of times before his killing spree. Before his rampage in 1980, Olson had spent all but five years of his adult life in prison. Some sources put his number of previous convictions above 90, Mr. Holota writes. At the time of his arrest, a dozen outstanding charges of sexual assault against him had not been dealt with because transporting him to jurisdictions where the crimes had been committed would have been too expensive, Mr. Holota says.
After he was arrested for the abduction, rape and murder of eight girls and three boys in 1981, he exchanged information about their whereabouts for a $100,000 trust fund for his wife and son. He sent letters from prison, one of which went to the parents of a victim, describing how the boy had been killed. He asked for early parole, requiring victim impact statements from families forced to relive the horror all over again.
Mr. Holota estimates the cost of keeping Mr. Olson in prison for 30 years could have been $2-million. "A few dollars worth of stout rope back in 1982 would have saved so much money, and so much pain," Mr. Holota writes.
Meanwhile in federal politics:
New Democrat Nathan Cullen, MP for Skeena-Buckley Valley, received some encouragement to run for the federal NDP leadership from Kitimat Northern Sentinel columnist Allan Hewitson.
"More of us, I believe would like to see him do more, be seen more and represent us more vociferously – and professionally on the issues that affect us," he writes.
A run at the NDP leadership would give constituents a better look at Mr. Cullen, he says. "[His]website tells us a lot more about what he is not in favour of, than what he would like to see for the region in the coming four critical years."
Mr. Hewitson says Mr. Cullen's record shows him to be a fairly traditional NDP member, concerned about people, communities, the environment and supportive of Jack Layton's vision. "So, why not see how he carries some of the big West Coast issues in a meaningful "scrap" with like-thinkers," he writes. " I have little doubt that Mr. Cullen's constituents would support his challenging for the leadership and I think they'd all like to see how he handles himself in competition. So I say, go for it Nathan. It'll certainly add interest to the race and give us all a better understanding of reasons to return you to Ottawa when we next go to the polls."
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HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- The doughnut war is about to heat up as local 7-Elevens roll out their "Dreammm" doughnut concept.
Hampton Roads, Va., is the test market for what the company says is a new and improved glazed doughnut, according to The Virginian-Pilot The Dreammm will hit shelves at 226 7-Elevens in Virginia and North Carolina.
"This is a totally new formula. It's a new mix," said Des Hague, vice president of fresh foods for 7-Eleven Inc. "It's got that melt-in-your-mouth quality. We want to make it the best doughnut on the globe."
Hampton Roads is one of 7-Eleven's top five markets. It's a test market, Hague said, because there is such a high concentration of 7-Elevens in the area, sales are strong and the stores do good business in the mornings. "We wanted to be where a lot of doughnuts are sold," Hague said.
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Hampton Roads is home to more than a dozen Dunkin' Donuts outlets and a couple of Krispy Kreme stores. Krispy Kreme doughnuts also are carried by some groceries and other convenience stores. Until now, 7-Eleven didn't offer its doughnuts in take-home packets. The new Dreammm doughnut six-pack will sell for $2.99. Individually, the doughnuts are 65 cents.
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I wonder how many people here make a career out of lurking the trade rumour boards.
Stasny: No size or aggression, but he'd be a huge upgrade over Gagner. Wouldn't trade for him but if he were available as a free agent I'd be very happy to have him as a pick-up.
Zajac: If you could hear me laughing now. Really. Sure let's pick up Horcoff V2.0. Zajac's contract isn't as bad as Horcoff's, but we'd actually have to give up something to get him. If Zajac was making 4.5M his contract would be very attractive to a lot of teams out there.
Couturier: I'm guessing a thousand or so people have brought Couturier and Edmonton into the same conversation. No creativity on this one.
Spezza: Like Couturier, Spezza to Edmonton has been discussed on many occasions. It doesn't work for us, though and that just shows that you just wrote this to get people to visit your blog and either don't care about the Oilers or don't know anything about their situation.
1: Edmonton's biggest need is help on the blueline.
2: Edmonton's second biggest need is big physical forwards who can play top six minutes.
3: Spezza is a 30 year old with the body of a 35 year old. His production is declining and you can't blame it on his supporting staff. With Bobby Ryan added into the fold he's on pace for less than 65 points. On top of that Spezza isn't a clutch guy you'd want going into the playoffs. In 56 playoff games he has only 2 game winning goals. His plus minus is horrific and a power play specialist is hardly what Edmonton needs given the forwards they've got right now.
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My name is Moanike'ala Akaka, a candidate for the Na'i Aupuni Delegation of Hawai'i Island.
My commitment is to Aloha 'Aina: our relationship to nature and our environment, and to obtain justice through peaceful means for Native Hawaiians for the theft of our Hawaiian lands.
Born on the 4th of July, I believe in democracy and pragmatism for finding solutions to contemporary problems.
The philosophy of Aloha 'Aina is international and all-inclusive, changing humanity's attitude toward its place in nature and the universe.
A small group of us started the Native Hawaiian Aloha 'Aina Movement in 1970 in Kalama Valley on O'ahu.
That was the beginning of the first Kanaka Maoli of modern times.
Locals and supporters were questioning the direction our Islands were going, wondering whether it was in the best interest of "we the people" and 'Aina.
At that time, O'ahu was fast becoming urbanized, with our rural lifestyle and environment being threatened.
We knew there was an obligation owed to Native Hawaiians for the theft of our Hawaiian Nation when our Queen Lili'uokalani was overthrown and imprisoned.
Over the past 45 years, I have been active in every way as an advocate for our people and 'Aina.
I was a founding member of "Protect Kaho'olawe Ohana", bringing an end to the bombing of that sacred 'Aina; we remember the tragedy we suffered with the loss of George Helm and Kimo Mitchell in March, 1977.
Although Kaho'olawe will become a part of our Hawaiian Nation once re-established, we are still owed hundreds of thousands more acres of ceded lands.
(In Hawai'i, the term "ceded lands" refers to 1.8 million acres of land that were the crown lands of the Hawaiian monarchy prior to January 17, 1893, lotted out by Kamehameha III during the Great Mahele.)
We aim to re-established the lands of our Hawaiian Nation, not just a few parcels as is Kaka'ako.
We closed the Hilo Airport on Labor Day in 1978 because we the people were the "landlords come to collect the rent!"
As a result of this action, $600,000,000 (six hundred million dollars) has been paid to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) for the use of the Hilo, Waimea, and Moloka'i airports.
(DHHL, a federal program, has been paid $30 million a year for the past twenty years.)
Included in this payment are other DHHL lands that past Hawai'i governors, even as a Territory since the 1930's, have been ceded; meanwhile, 26,000 Native Hawaiians remain on the waiting list for this Reservation Land.
We should not need to risk our lives as we did on the Hilo Airport runway in 1978 in order to receive the justice our people rightly deserve.
I was elected Trustee for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) from Hawai'i Island between 1984 and 1996.
I was there to serve our people and their needs; this has always been and always will be my purpose.
As Trustee, I negotiated with the Waihe'e and Cayetano Administrations for the ceded land revenues the OHA now receives.
Before these negotiations, OHA was receiving 1.5% of the 20% owed us by the State between 1980 and 1990.
This 18.5% increase in revenues generated from our ceded lands is a significant financial increase for us.
What about the rest owed us?
This past April, I was among the first to be arrested on sacred Mauna Awakea to halt further desecration by construction of the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope.
This is conservation zoned land, where "least possible damage" is a stated priority.
How can a footprint the size of four football fields and 18 stories tall be considered "least possible damage?"
I will remain forever a protector of our 'Aina and Po'e.
Although I see flaws in the formation and process of Na'i Aupuni, I believe this election is an opportunity for Native Hawaiians to gain more transparency, independence, and a means to improve our quality of life on our Motherland.
I consider this work serious business; our most experienced and best minds must serve as our elected delegates.
In the name of Aloha 'Aina, Malama Pono.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina i ka Pono!
Rebecca Mellish Mossman Akaka, three quarters native Hawaiian
Mother descended from Abner Paki
Father of Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Abner's father was Kalani Hele Mai Iluna
Attended Kamehameha School
City College of San Francisco
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Trustee, Hawaiʻi Island, elected statewide, from 1984 to 1996
Founding member of the first advocate movement of modern times for Native Hawaiians to protect and preserve traditional lifestyles, Kokua Hawaiʻi, Kalama Valley, Oʻahu, 1970
Founding member of Protect Kaho'olawe Aloha 'Aina Ohana
Nuclear Free Pacific movement, making Hawai'i County the first and largest nuclear free zone in America
Formed a prisoners' rights group in the early 1970s
Testified before the Congress of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva, 1995
President and Board of Directors of four Bay Health Clinics
President and Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity, Hilo
President, Democratic Party District Precinct 1, 2012
Green Peace, active member
Kukailimoku Village in Kona, active member
Protect Mauna Awakea Ohana
After an analysis of the Department of Interior's (DOI) seventy page report on the proposed rules for a Hawaiian Nation, I submit the following commentary.
These proposed DOI rules now in circulation for public commentary must be rejected by the Native Hawaiian community!
These rules were already overwhelmingly rejected in June of 2014 by over 95% of the Native Hawaiians who testified throughout these Islands.
The DOI is promoting a postcard campaign to overshadow the forty hours of personal, heartfelt testimony of thousands of working class and professional Hawaiians who have spoken out publicly against these rules.
The release of these rules at this time is an attempt to cut off the legs, stifle and emasculate the 40 delegate Aha that will result from the Na'i Aupuni election.
With all due respect to our Native American Brothers and Sisters, we are not, nor will we ever be, satisfied to be classified as an Indian Tribe.
Looking at the dismal treatment of Native American tribes by the United States government, why would we want to follow that example?
Our Hawaiian Nation was recognized Internationally by over forty nations since the mid-nineteenth century.
Yet the proposed DOI rules state:
Section 50.44 (f) "The government to government relationship with the Native Hawaiian Governing Entity is the same as the federally recognized tribes in the continental United States ... but Native Hawaiians would be ineligible for Federal Indian programs."
What are we to think of this?
These proposed DOI rules further state the government to government relationship will not affect title or jurisdiction to Federal or State (stolen Hawaiian Nation) lands.
In other words, no transfer of our ceded (seized) lands to our Hawaiian people would be possible.
The proposed rules further state that the Federal and State government has Sovereign Immunity; in other words, they cannot be sued by us Native Hawaiians for the theft of our Hawaiian Nation.
The proposed rules state that Native Hawaiians of less than 50% blood quantum may be excluded from any benefits at all.
What we are witnessing is more divide and conquer trickery that has plagued us for over a century since the loss of our Nation.
There is a standing Federal proposal that bombed-out, long-suffering, denuded Kaho'olawe will be designated our Hawaiian Nation.
This is as absurd as it is totally unacceptable!
Better yet, we'll take back 'Oahu and they can have Kaho'olawe!
As we all know, Hawaiians should be getting hundreds of thousands of acres of the 1.6 million acres of ceded (seized) land the State now controls.
Kaho'olawe and Department of Hawaiian Homelands does not make a Hawaiian Nation; we need a land base worthy of our dominion.
These are only a few reasons why we must reject the DOI rules for Federal recognition.
We must accept only those parts of the American Experience that benefit our future Nation and our People.
Maka Ala! Vote wisely!
Those Na'i Aupuni candidates who are for Federal recognition are wrong and they do us an injustice.
We will not settle for "Nation within a Nation" status, making us another American Indian tribe.
Only through International recognition will the United States of America and the Hawaiian people be brought to a just settlement.
Aloha 'Aina,
Moanike'ala Akaka
Na'i Aupuni candidate for Hawai'i Island
Published: 10 December 2015
Keli'i Akina and his Grassroots Institute has opposed justice for Native Hawaiians since before Rice vs. Cayetano (2000).
The Na'i Aupuni election is a political issue relating to the theft of our Hawaiian Nation; not a racial issue.
Akina cries justice will destroy the Aloha Spirit.
Many Kanaka-Maoli, who give us the Aloha Spirit, endure dismal social conditions – with a sky-rocketing cost of living amidst a tsunami of multi-millionaires.
The Na'i Aupuni election is NOT publicly funded!
As OHA trustee (1984-1996), I negotiated with the Waihe'e and Cayetano Administrations for a percentage of the Ceded (seized) Land revenues.
Consequently, 20% earned from seized Hawaiian Lands now goes to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs which funded the Na'i Aupuni election.
Na'i Aupuni is funded by us Hawaiians.
Na'i Aupuni is flawed, but Truth remains: the issue is not race, but political – and this election is not publicly funded.
Moanike'ala Akaka
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Some people are just really fucking stupid, and this kid definitely falls into that category. Hopefully he hurt himself bad enough that he remembers what a dumbass he is for a long time.
Looks like his plan backfired!
Fire is hot.
Been a while since some idiot lit himself on fire...
That's Russia, so he probably ran out into traffic and died
Disco infernooooo
@pizzapie ^ LMAO
For his sake I hope he's a wetback
@pizzapie ^^Still laughing.
Someone should give him a slap on the back.
now sleeping in a tent while the house is rebuilt
"FIRRREEE BAD...." Dumbass.
Shaking his head at this stupidity, ............
Russia..always trying to copy Americans.
I wonder what he was saying so fast? He could make a Jimmy John's fast talker commercial.
Only thing to counter the effects of the fireback challenge is the ice bucket challenge and then after that the hot coal challenge to warm back up.
I hope his parents slapped the stupid out of him. I just don't understand why kids are so dumb these days.....my parents would've ripped me a new one if I'd tried half the shit these little pricks do today. Fuck, now I sound like my bloody mother. Thanks a lot kid. Have a glass of vodka ready next time so you can douse the flames on your back with it. Durrrr.
I don't know about you guys but when I was alone in my room as a kid I was whacking it like it owed me money, I never thought to do stupid shit like this
I use to do that with new socks when i was a kid. The white ones back in the day would spark up like a 9 volt on steel wool.
Slap me in the fucking face if my kids ever get this retarded!
@fistermister I'LL GET THE SHOTGUN AND SHOVEL!!!
Run Forrest Run!!!! Stop! Drop! and Roll! would be better but running is definitely more entertaining...
Fire, burning idiots since the beginning of mankind.
fuckn flamer!
fat, stupid and russian. that's like the perfect storm of loserism.
what'd he say?
Come on baby light my fire, try to set the night on fire!!!
That deserves a pat on the back
Damn it. they cut the video short. it would have been cool to see that dangling tablecloth catch fire and then the rest of the room too. I'll Bet he does it again though. people that stupid never seem to learn lessons very well.


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Hasbro tasks fans with voting for the next Transformers Titan class figure
Already planning for 2017
Nov 23
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Good news: Hasbro still plans on doing Titan class Transformers in distant 2017 and they want our help deciding who to do next. They've chosen three big bots from the Transformers universe and are encouraging fans to go to Fa...
Hasbro makes one more round of Transformers reveals for 2015
Nov 21
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
The long and the short of it
After a year of big Transformers reveals between Toy Fair, BotCon, San Diego Comic Con, and New York Comic Con Hasbro wasn't content. They couldn't help themselves and had to make one last round of reveals to end the year. It...
NYCC 2015: Hasbro - Star Wars (press images)
Oct 15
// Scarecroodle
Looking as good as the new film?
Back on Force Friday, Star Wars once again entered retailers in a big way as Hasbro brought back Micro Machines, the Titanium Series, and more. That momentum will be continuing as the company showed off far more items in its ...
Hasbro officially announces Transformers Titans Return at NYCC
Oct 09
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Part two in a five year trilogy
As expected we got some major reveals for the ongoing Transformers Generations figure line at New York Comic Con! What wasn't expected is that the title of the follow up to Combiner Wars is not Titan Wars, but rather Titans R...
Hasbro teases Transformers Titan Wars reveal at NYCC
Oct 05
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Hasbro set to show off something BIG
Big events mean big reveals and Hasbro definitely has one planned for New York Comic Con this weekend. On their new Pulse website Hasbro quietly posted a group silhouette with Titan Wars Blaster standing front and center. Tit...
Transformers survey
Hasbro UK asks what it's like being a Transformers fan in new survey
Less about toys, more about you
Aug 28
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Hasbro UK has a posted a rather interesting Transformers survey open to everyone. The survey is simply titled Modern Fan 2015 and takes a different approach in asking questions about the brand. Rather than simply asking ...
Looks like Transformers Titan Wars is real after all
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// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Hasbro's poorly guarded secret
Usually Hasbro is a little better at keeping secrets than this. Back at BotCon we got an unexpected, and perhaps unintentional, sneak peak at designs for the previously unheard of Transformers Titan Wars line as part of a lar...
SDCC 2015: Everything Transformers from Hasbro
Jul 12
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Repaints, retools, and reissues
Hasbro didn't play all of their cards last month at BotCon, but they certainly played their best ones. Hasbro's display and presentation at San Diego Comic Con 2015 was a little lacking compared to years past. We did finally ...
SDCC 2015: Hasbro - Star Wars
Jul 11
// Scarecroodle
Bigger than ever?
Hasbro discussed a lot of big things during the Star Wars part of the panel and none was bigger than the 6-inch Black Series First Order Special Forces Tie Fighter! Based on its appearance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (a.k...
UK Toy Fair 2016
Hasbro backs out of London Toy Fair 2016
Germany, you're still good
Jul 07
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
It's no big secret that much of Europe often gets a raw deal when it comes to figure distribution. Hasbro has been especially difficult as of late with them teasing the region with an early Transformers Combiner War...
Tomopop Review: SDCC exclusive Transformers Kreon Class of 1985
Jul 05
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Figure Name: Transformers Kre-O Kreon Class of 1985Figure Maker: HasbroRetail Price: US$59.99Available at: San Diego Comic Con Hasbrotoyshop.com booth #3329 This is a very big box set, I'd say it's roughly the size of an Xbox One, or one of those big coffee table books. It looks a bit blurry because the outside of the box as sort of lenticular wrapping to make it sparkle so it's hard to get a good focus on it. If you haven't guessed by now the box is made to look like a high school yearbook. The front cover features Grimlock, while the back cover features... Devastator! Not surprising since they're also offering the massive Titan class Devastator at SDCC this year as well. The top and spine of the box/book also has yearbook stuff on it. And there's the inside, 30 figures line the inside of the box, all representing figures released in 1985. There's also a little section on the bottom right full of neat little trinkets that fans of 1980s movies will certainly recognize. This is also a really great way to display the set if you have the space for it. Some of these figures have had Kreons before, but changes have been made to give them a unique look. Let's take a look at all 30 figures! Yes, all of them, but it'll be brief I promise. First up is Alpha Trion. He didn't have a figure in 1985, but he did make his first appearance in the cartoon that year. The figure isn't bad, but he really needs his long beard, otherwise he's just some guy with a lot of white around his mouth. A cape or something would have been good, too. Personally I find him the weakest of the bunch so it can only get better from here! Astrotrain is looking good in his cartoon colors. When the Triplechanger was released by Hasbro he was mainly in white and looked nothing like his animated self. This is strangely one of the most accurate representations of Astrotrain that Hasbro has released. Beachcomber is looking really good here, modeled mainly on his original figure. The upside down and split Autobot symbol is a neat touch, though you'll see it soon enough on other figures. Kinda funny giving him a gun when he's a nature loving pacifist. Blaster is pretty near perfect. My only real complaint is that he doesn't have the gray patch on his forehead. Looks a bit more like the Marvel Comics version this way. Blitzwing looks just about perfect. Not crazy about the wings wince they were a minor detail on the figure in bot mode. Should have found a way to stick a gun on his back instead. Not entirely sold on Bombshell here. Body looks great and the face is nice, but the helmet is a no-go. Bombshell had a really distinct head with a gun sticking out and this is not it. This is one of those "if you can't do it right, then don't do it at all" moments. Especially when they didn't do Shrapnel in this set and his head would have been easily imitated. Cosmos looks pretty good. I do question the helmet choice since he has a head shaped like a really tall flan pudding. A dome helmet would have been better than this. Otherwise, it's good enough. I'll overlook that he doesn't look like a balloon with arms and legs. Ah, here's our back cover model, Devastator. Not a bad attempt at trying to make a single Kreon figure look like a combiner. Scavenger and Bonecrusher are only represented by yellow marks on the arms, but still nice. Dirge looks great, though he's supposed to have brown wings. If they gave him brown wings, he'd be perfect. Grapple is pretty awesome looking. I can do without the leg wheels and wish they could come up with a smaller gun hand. Front cover model Grimlock appears! Great representation and glad he comes with his double barreled gun. I do wish you could see his face details a little better with that helmet. Hoist is really nice, though he does have that gun hand again, and I wish he didn't have something as identifiable and Soundwave's helmet. Inferno is much like Grapple, just in red. He does have a different face so that's good. The annoying gun hand comes back again as well. Jetfire is really great. He's based on his figure version and not the cartoon version where he was known as Skyfire. Not sure about the black helmet, since the original had an entirely white head with black antennae. I think I'd have preferred a while helmet instead. Kickback looks like Kickback. It's one of the best likenesses in the set. Omega Supreme is a very nice attempt. I don't know if sticking a scuba mask and tank on him is something I would have done, but it works, mostly. The white things are supposed to be tank tracks and they're completely pointless since they weren't on the original figure or any media like this. Instead, he had large quarter circle wings on his back. Claw hand is good enough, but this figure actually gets the gun hand right. I wish the others had this gun. Powerglide is pretty good. Head's a little tall, but it's a nice attempt. Ramjet is nice, but he's the only jet missing wings for some reason. I know he had some unusual wings on the original figure, but they could have still faked it. No complaints here with Red Alert. I do wonder how long they debated giving him a red head like the cartoon or the black head like the figure. Seaspray turned out nice, though the yellow on the blue legs turned green which is too bad. Skids is probably my favorite from the set. He's colorful with lots of painted detail, doors on his back, and big guns on his arms. I really have no complaints; I think someone put a lot of care into making him look right. Here's Dinobot number two, Slog. Actually, it's Sludge the brontosaurus, but Hasbro lost the name rights. Going by this set, it seems they've lost three of the Dinobot names for future figures. We got a hint of that during the fourth movie, and it wasn't just Michael Bay being strange about names. Most disappointing of the Dinobot renames is Slag now being Slug since slag is now a Transformers curse word. Couldn't they just stop saying it and let poor Slag keep his name? Figure is nice enough anyway. Smokescreen is also a great one; check out the windows on his legs. Like with Skids, it's hard to go wrong with the doors. Hey, Snarl gets to keep his name! He's got a decent likeness in the head and body. They tried to imitate the plates on his legs with gold lines; it works well enough. Swoop wasn't as lucky as Snarl and has now been renamed Strafe. That's too bad because we've already got a character named Strafe and now things are getting confusing. Ignoring the name, it's a fair likeness to the original toy rather than the blue cartoon model. What I don't get is why they gave him the bird helmet when this figure doesn't transform. Would have been great with a different helmet. There's Thrust, the last of our Conehead team. Probably the best of the group since his wings are basically the right color. Topspin is kinda hard to do wrong since his figure didn't have a ton of details to begin with. I do like the chest art. Too bad his partner Twin Twist is missing from the set. Tracks looks pretty great with really cool body art. He also has wings, so the attention to detail is a good fit. And the last figure is Warpath! No real complaints here; he even has his chest canon. I do think painting his feet gray like tank treads would have been a good idea. So that's the figures, let's take a look at the little bonus trinkets in the set. Here's Grimlock in a letterman jacket with the Dinobot team. I figure the Autobot cover model would wear this. Meanwhile the Decepticon cover model gets a denim jacket. The jocks wore letterman jackets while the bad boys wear denim. That's just the way things worked in the '80s. Guess the movie! OK, it's probably not that hard; there aren't a lot of movies where a sports almanac is important. The three Back to the Future references here include the almanac, a Doc Brown wig, and a page of the newspaper featuring the clock tower. Also a reference to BTTF is this "JetFire be good" album that at first had me wondering why there was a CD in the set until I made the connection. How about some Goonies references? Here's not-Chunk with the treasure map and not-Sloth with a not-Baby Ruth bar. I'm going to guess this detention notice is from the Breakfast Club because I can't think of any other movies from 1985 where that would be a thing. I haven't yet figured out what these coins go with. They're numbered 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50. They might be treasure from Goonies or could be arcade tokens. I have no idea. Last piece is a box of Unicron Crunch cereal. Probably just a fun '80s prop. So that's the set of 30 figures with a bunch of fun little parodies of different '80s movies. It's a good set, but great if you're a Kreon collector. US$59.99 is a lot of money for a set of Kreons, but it comes to only US$2 per figure which is a heck of a deal. I think if I was a teacher giving Hasbro's art project here a grade, it would be an easy A-. [Massive thanks to Hasbro for the review sample!]
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BotCon 2015: Is Hasbro secretly teasing Titan Wars in the future?
Jun 25
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Maybe a first look at SDCC announcement?
Well this was unexpected. Near the Hasbro booth at BotCon was a large poster advertising Combiner Wars showing off all of the Combiners of the series including the first look at Bruticus. But hidden around the text was an une...
BotCon 2015: First look at Fan Built Combiner Victorion
Jun 25
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Seeing double here...
USA Today was given the first look at Transformers combiner Victorion through a few comic panels from IDW. The results of Hasbro's Fan Built Combiner poll ended in an all-female Autobot combiner from the Sea of Rust with grav...
BotCon 2015
BotCon 2015: Transformers Fan Club reveals 2016 figure lineup
Armada Ramjet and Skywarp? Yes please!
Jun 24
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
This past weekend at BotCon the Transformers Collectors Club laid out their plans for 2016. This year they didn't go nearly as obscure with their figure choices as they did with the 2015 selection. I don't want to join the su...
BotCon 2015: Hasbro plans big for Combiner Wars
Jun 22
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Bruticus versus a swarm of Autobots
This past weekend at BotCon 2015 Hasbro at long last revealed a first look at many figures we knew were coming, but have been eagerly awaiting a chance to see. Among them are eight classic Autobot cars reimagined as combiner ...
Forget monsters, at SDCC it's all about the Combiner Hunters
Jun 09
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Second Transformers box set on the way
You can't exactly have a villain without a hero to oppose them. Or in this case a trio of heroines. Last month Hasbro previewed their first Transformers exclusive for San Diego Comic Con, the massive premium Titan Devastator ...
TF Platinum Edition Trypticon reissue finally confirmed
May 27
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
That isn't long enough to save for this!
It's really happening! A few months back there was a rumble coming out of Asia that a number of G1 reissues were on their way from Hasbro and we've finally gotten confirmation of the biggest one yet: Trypticon! Neither Hasbro...
Hasbro reveals Devastator exclusive for SDCC 2015
May 22
// Jeremy Emerje Crocker
Not-so-jolly green giant gets repainted
As people suspected, one of this year's San Diego Comic Con exclusives from Hasbro is Titan class Devastator. Like with the 2013 SDCC Titan Metroplex, Titan Devastator is pretty similar to the retail version, but features add...
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Dan Hellie joined the NFL Network in August 2013 as host of NFL Total Access. He can be seen on NFL Total Access Monday-Friday. In 2016 he served as the preseason TV voice of the Tennessee Titans.
For sixteen years Dan has covered the NFL. Prior to his arrival at NFL Network Dan was the Sports Director for the NBC owned station in Washington, D.C., WRC. During his tenure in D.C., Dan won two EMMY awards, one for "Best Sports Anchor." Dan's responsibilities at NBC Washington included anchoring the daily sportscasts, hosting a weekly Redskins show and the Redskins coaches show.
In addition to covering the Redskins for NBC Washington, Dan covered many major sporting events including: Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours, the U.S. Open, Stanley Cup playoffs, NBA playoffs, as well as MLB postseason games. In 2012, Dan spent a month in London covering the summer Olympics. An avid (and very average) golfer, Dan also spent a week as co-host on the Golf Channel "Morning Drive" show.
Prior to landing a job in Washington, D.C., Dan was sports director for WFTV (abc) in Orlando (where he rode a bull). He also worked as a sports anchor in West Palm Beach, FL, Florence, SC, and Alexandria, MN. Dan is a proud graduate of the University of Tennessee where he was in the same graduating class as Peyton Manning. He currently resides with his family in Manhattan Beach, CA.
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McGinest added NFL Network analyst to his resume after experiences as both a Fox Sports and ESPN analyst.
After spending 15 seasons in the NFL before retiring following the 2008 season, McGinest ended his career a two-time Pro Bowl selection who holds the record for most career post season sacks (16). In 2015, McGinest was elected into the Patriots Hall of Fame after retiring as a Patriot.
In 2006, McGinest signed with the Cleveland Browns where he immediately made an impact achieving 46 tackles and four sacks.
McGinest is also known for his major impact he had as a New England Patriot. After being selected fourth overall in the 1994 draft, McGinest assisted the Patriots to their first Super Bowl title in franchise history with a stunning 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXVI. McGinest also helped achieve repeat Super Bowl performances in Super Bowl XXVI against the Carolina Panthers and again in Super Bowl XXXIX over the Philadelphia Eagles. McGinest ranks third on the Patriots all-time sack list.
Born in Long Beach, California, McGinest had an impressive college career at the University of Southern California from 1990-1993. He earned All-Conference honors three years in a row, All American acclaim, All Pac-10 Honors and was a Lombardi Award finalist during his senior year.
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Robinson is also known for his major impact as a Nittany Lion at Penn State University. During his first season at Penn State Robinson shifted around the offensive set from quarterback to running back, slot back, and split end to utilize his talents. Robinson was Penn State?s second leading rusher in 2002 with 263 yards and six touchdowns on 50 carries.
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Robinson is the founder of the Excel to Excellence Foundation, to encourage kids to excel in academics and society. Each year the organization holds a Michael Robinson Youth Football Camp and Community Day, to interact with children receive coaching from professional athletes.
Inside Excel to Excellent Foundation is TEAM EXCEL, which Robinson constructed positively motivate students to increase their grade point averages, improve attendance at school, and decrease behavioral problems.
Robinson earned a B.A. in advertising/public relations at Penn State University, then continued his academia with a second B.A. in journalism in 2005.
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Evans is seen regularly weekdays on NFL Total Access and is known for his sharp wit and honest commentary, and has never had a problem speaking his mind. Prior to landing at the NFL Network, Heath enjoyed a stellar 10-year NFL career, captivated by a Super Bowl Championship in 2010 with the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowl XLIV. He was the first fullback taken in the 2001 Draft, selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the third round, the 82nd overall pick. In addition to the Seahawks and Saints, Heath played for the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins.
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Heath's birthday is December 30th, notable because it's also the same birthdate of Tiger Woods and Lebron James.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday said that President Obama's "credibility is obviously at stake" amid a trio of controversies, and urged the president to do more to address them and restore public confidence.
"We have a lot of things that he needs to lead on, and if he's mired in these scandals, it's going to be difficult for him to do that," said McCain on CBS's "This Morning."
The White House is facing congressional anger over the IRS scandal involving targeting of conservative groups, as well as the Justice Department's seizure of reporters' phone and email records in leak investigations and persistent questions over the administration's handling of the Benghazi attack.
In a separate interview on NBC's "Today" show, McCain addressed the IRS scandal and would not rule out the possibility that the targeting was directed from superiors at IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., a charge leveled by House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
"I think that's the reason why we need to have hearings, maybe even a select committee may be called for given the questions surrounding this investigation," said McCain.
"I think we ought to wait and see how events unfold," he added. "There may be an argument for a special counsel here, but let's wait and see."
Issa who is leading Oversight's probe said on Sunday that initial interviews with employees of the IRS office in Cincinnati responsible for tax exemption claims had shown that the targeting was "being directly ordered from Washington."
The top Democrat on the Oversight panel, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), however, quickly rejected those claims, calling them "reckless" allegations.
Lawmakers are also probing the IRS's spending on conferences, with the Treasury inspector general's office set to release a report on Tuesday that the agency spent $50 million on those events over a three-year period from 2010 to 2012. The Oversight committee will hold hearings on the matter Thursday.
McCain addressed a video which surfaced last week which shows IRS employees taking line dancing lessons at a conference paid for by taxpayers.
"You wonder: Why do they keep doing this stuff? It just hurts their credibility enormously," said McCain on NBC.
McCain also declined to call for Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation, but said his effectiveness had been damaged amid the controversy over the Justice Department's investigation of reporters over national security leaks.
Lawmakers are also looking into whether Holder lied when testifying about possible criminal prosecutions of journalists over leaked secrets.
"I think Eric Holder has some questions to ask, answer. He's damaged his credibility and he must ask himself if he's really effectively serving the president of the United States," said McCain.
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text: The future shape of emergency service communications21 Jun 2013 01:35 PM Euros Evans, CTO of Airwave Solutions, which operates the UK's TETRA radio network for the emergency services, outlines his vision of what next generation emergency service communications might look like to Wireless editor James Atkinson'I know it states the blindingly obvious,' says Euros Evans, CTO, Airwave Solutions, 'but when it comes to deciding on next generation networks we have to be clear on the user requirements. That is paramount, as it is one of the key things that will dictate the shape of the future.'Evans feels the user requirements for mission critical voice are well established now, but it is proving much more difficult to predict what data applications will be mission critical. 'The challenge is understanding how data will change user business processes over the longer term,' he says.There is a vicious circle according to Evans. The big bandwidth does not exist today because the applications do not exist to create the demand for it. The apps don't exist because the business case does not exist; and the business case does not exist because the bandwidth doesn't exist.'Ask public safety people why they want broadband and the answer tends to be video,' observes Evans. 'Ask them why they want video and the answers tend to vary. It is not that anybody is right or wrong, it's just that it is very difficult to predict these things.' Evans reports that Airwave is trying to break the vicious circle for the customer by developing a range of apps to see what works and what appeals to public safety professionals. Bandwidth aggregationAirwave's most innovative application involves bundling or aggregating together bandwidth from UK public mobile operators into Surrey Police vehicles to provide access to live video streaming using 3G and potentially 4G when it is more widely available.Evans explains that public mobile operators have designed asymmetric networks in that most of the bandwidth is made available for the downlink. Most consumers send small data requests on the uplink and receive tonnes of information via the downlink.But public safety professionals, especially if they are trying to send video back to command and control centres, want more capacity on the uplink. Normally, a camera mounted on a police vehicle would have to be taken back to base and uploaded there to pass on the video.What Airwave's bundling software does is allow them to stream video directly from the vehicle in real time. The other advantage is that as it bundles channels from different operators, if one drops out, the session will continue seamlessly on the other channels without dropping the transmission.'The speed varies,' says Evans, 'and one trick is how you modify the quality of the video depending on the speed available by slowing frame rates down or making it a bit fuzzier. That enhances the control room's ability to determine whether to continue a pursuit, for example.'In trials with Surrey Police, when police vehicles 'boxed in' a vehicle to make it stop, the video is sufficiently high resolution for command and control to identify the officers who got out of their cars to approach the stopped vehicle. Mobile hotspotsThe Fire Service might use video to send images of a large fire to engines on either side of it to show how it looks from their side. The Ambulance Service might use it to send ultrasound scans back to the hospital.'If you fall and sprain your ankle, why not do an ultrasound scan in the ambulance? asks Evans. 'If it doesn't merit going to hospital, the ambulance could then book you an appointment to see the doctor or district nurse will come and see you and fix you up.'That could all be arranged dynamically at the scene, as the ambulance is a mobile hotspot. You can do a lot of things with that. Staff can walk out of vehicle with smartphone or tablet and use the vehicle's Wi-Fi and great antennas.'Evans's hope is that by putting this kind of application out there the public safety community can start to explore the benefits. 'What we are really trying to do is break that vicious circle and help public safety understand which applications are really mission critical in the future in advance of the arrival of public safety LTE,' he says.'When that bandwidth is finally there you want to be able to capitalise on it from the word go. What you don't want to do is spend ages exploring which things are mission critical and which are not. If you can identify that in advance you can realise the benefits of going to mission critical data much sooner. I think this is critical,' argues Evans. Location based appsAirwave is working with its subsidiary Kelvin Connect on a number of other applications, including location based information – the kind of thing that is now common in command and control centres, but which is generally not available to those in the field.If emergency services in the field can see where their colleagues are on a screen and by just touching the icon communicate directly with them, that would be of enormous benefit. If neighbouring police forces are brought into London, but are not familiar with the geography, having a device that shows they where they are in relation to colleagues will enable them to respond faster and more effectively if they are called upon to assist.At the London Marathon, the Ambulance Service puts vehicles and treatment centres along the way. If a paramedic needs to take someone to a treatment centre, he could look at his device and not only see where the treatment centres are, but also how busy they are. It might be better to take the person a bit further, but to a less busy treatment centre – that helps workflow management.'If we look at these things now before they are heavily deployed we have a better chance of finding the answers for what data applications are essential in advance,' says Evans.'Different customers will have different needs for data and what they want to do with it will be very different,' he continues. 'For example, if you are based in London a lot of the data you'd want would be intelligence, decent resolution images and so on.'But if you are in a rural area with less rich data services available, what you really want is continuity of data. You need to be able to jump between bearers in the middle of rural Wales. You make the best of what you have available there. But we must be careful that the applications we provide add value and are not a distraction,' warns Evans. 'We need to find the basic apps that makes the difference to the most people.' Spectrum requirementsWhen it comes to next generation mission critical bearers, Evans is convinced that the public safety community needs 2x10MHz of dedicated spectrum for broadband services.'I remain hopeful that the EU will make 700MHz spectrum available,' he says. 'The more tricky question is: will it be 2x5MHz, 2x10MHz or 2x20MHz? I really hope it is 2x10MHz. We really do need that – if you identify what is mission critical and apply intelligence at the device end then you can start to manage within it.'He believes the UK emergency services should be able to keep their existing 400MHz spectrum. It's about keeping costs down,' he says. '400MHz is very useful in rural areas as it propagates further, but that band is fragmented across Europe and even in the UK we don't have a contiguous 2x5MHz block, so we'd have to refarm.'He foresees a hybrid network situation developing. 'You will always have a hybrid – think about the payloads. What is the cheapest, most cost effective way to move this intelligence from here to there?'It is hybrid in the sense of like you have in the United States where you have private networks in parts of the geography and rely on commercial ones elsewhere; or you have private networks everywhere, but you will chose by payload which one you use. Wi-Fi can also be used – there is lots of it and it is often free,' points out Evans.What bearer you use will be determined by how mission critical your need is. Evans identifies three flavours:Mission critical: someone holding a knife to your throat, firearms incident, riot, bad traffic accident etcBusiness critical: sending ANPR (automatic number plate recognition) for certain eventsThe Rest: speeding tickets, stop and search forms etcBut he warns: 'Both users and applications can change their status on that paradigm. A traffic warden is not mission critical, until he happens to be the guy outside the bank that is getting robbed – that changes his status as he is your eye witness at the scene.'You might decide ANPR is not mission critical, but if there is a bank robbery then it might become mission critical if it identifies the getaway car number plate. If someone takes a picture of the guy who has the gun – that photo becomes mission critical. This is what we are working on,' he says.There is a long way to go before broadband networks are available as a normal everyday solution for the emergency services, but clearly there is a lot that can be done now to prepare the way.Wireless magazineLeave a CommentPlease write code to prove you're humanMore on... Critical CommunicationsFinland and Norway sign cross-border TETRA communication dealCC Europe 2017: Hytera showcasing new base station and handheld radioMore on... 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The Three Cities Association was founded in 1985 to develop understanding, friendship and support between the citizens of the Canterbury District, Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, USA and Vladimir, Russia (then the USSR) to foster cultural, educational and business links between our very different societies, leading to lasting friendships for nearly 30 years.
Our last big event was in October 2015, when we celebrated our 30th Anniversary. Six Russians from Vladimir and two Americans from Bloomington-Normal joined us for 10 days. Reviewing our archives, ahead of depositing them in the Cathedral Library, and we found the 1988 letter from Mrs Thatcher enthusing about the homestay school exchanges between both Simon Langton Schools and School no. 23 in Vladimir. This letter is online at Mrs Thatcher's letter to the 3CA
VLADIMIR (pop ca. 300,000) dates from 1108 and is a former capital of Russia, 115 miles east of Moscow, and the seat of Russian Orthodox Christianity - hence the choice of the Canterbury twinning. It has two World Heritage Site 12th century cathedrals on the north bank of the Klyazma river, and nearby is the World Heritage town of Suzdal. The centre of Vladimir has many fine old buildings resembling British Georgian style; the steep riverbank is unsuitable for modern development and has numerous traditional old painted wooden houses. The suburbs are a mix of industrial works and residential flats - the new ones are very fine. The Soviet regime provided combined heat and power long before it became fashionable in the West for ecological reasons.
The conjoined American sister cities of BLOOMINGTON (70,000) and NORMAL (50,000) are in the corn belt, about 130 miles south-west of Chicago. Bloomington grew out of 'Blooming Grove' in the 1830s, and Normal dates from 1865, and derives its unusual name from what is now the Illinois State University, founded as a teacher training college modelled on the French Ecole Normale. The founding fathers were teetotal nonconformists, and Normal was 'dry' till quite recently, a situation that managed to persist owing to the proximity of Bloomington. University-based Normal forces collaboration between the Democratic island of Normal and Republican Bloomington, which appears to work well. The main industries are agricultural insurance, Mitsubishi motors, and the two universities (the other being the Wesleyan University in Bloomington). The hinterland is not all corn: there is interesting countryside around the nearby Mackinaw River. Abraham Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson had strong associations with B-N.
Our most recent event was our Annual Dinner on Fri 10th Feb. when our young Kazakh member Dana Sarsembina gave the second of two fascinating talks on the culture of Kazakhstan
On Fri 24th March at 7.00 pm our committee member Dr George Conyne, who lectures in contemporary political history, will be speaking on "Presidential Inaugurations from 1789 to 2017", at UKC Rutherford Levture Theatre No. 2 FREE VISITORS WELCOME
From 10th to 23rd April, we will have a major FREE International Photographic Exhibition "A Tale of Three Cities" with photographs from Canterbury (District) and from our two partner cities in Russia and the USA. This will be at the Beach Creative in Beach St., Herne Bay, and will also be displayed in Vladimir, and Bloomington-Normal. Details on the EVENTS page.
On Fri 28th April Edward Greenwood will be giving his postponed talk on "Anna Karinina".
Visitors are welcome (there is a small charge to members and non-members alike of £2 to cover hall hire and other expenses, as our annual subscriptions are very inexpensive). For further details, view our events via the "Member Events" link below.
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More technology could be used to make savings in the way Lichfield District Council runs its revenues and benefits service.
The latest stage of the local authority's Fit for the Future review has focused on areas such as:
The review has also examined the revenue and benefits 'front of house' customer service.
Around £79,000 of savings hae already been found with the decision to cut two posts.
But another £21,000 needs to be found in order to meet the provisional target in the council's 'efficiency plan'.
A report to a meeting of Lichfield District Council's overview and strategy committee meeting tonight (June 9) says more use of new online and phone options could benefit the service going forward.
"There is scope to make better use of technology to enable customers to access the revenue and benefits service at their convenience and also to enable them to make applications for services online," the report explained.
"This would potentially reduce the number of calls by phone and in person to the team.
"There is also the potential to use technology to improve the efficiency of the service by automating manual tasks. A careful assessment would be needed to ensure that the costs of new IT are proportionate to the benefits achievable."
One option which appears to be off the table is outsourcing the service.
The report explained: "A testing exercise has been undertaken and there is appetite within the private sector were the council to decide to outsource the revenue and benefits service.
"However, the review team concluded that, given the small size of the service and the fluidity of the welfare reform agenda, it would be preferable to retain control of the service in house."


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Given the monstrosities of our age, it's hard to regard a 19th-century ghost story as anything more than quaint, even if it is sourced in Henry James. Add to this consideration the dense literary timbre of Jeffrey Hatcher's script, and you've got an uphill battle for audience attention. Happily, this production, artfully directed by Dan Spurgeon, with accomplished performances by Amelia Gotham and Nich Kauffman, triumphs over those expectations. Shouldering most of the narration, Gotham portrays a governess hired to supervise the care of two orphans at a remote estate. Initially self-possessed, she begins to lose her bearings after sighting the specters of the dead former governess and her lover, while observing the strange behavior of her wards, whom she believes to be possessed by these spirits. Gotham's onstage transformation to madness is superb. The versatile Kauffman, capable of communicating a ton of meaning with a single squint, portrays all the other characters: the commanding master who hires Gotham, the uneducated housekeeper, a comic figure, the scary phantom and the disturbed 10-year-old Miles, at times a threatening presence. Any dramatized horror story needs creative lighting, and designer Dave Sousa, embellishing Tyler Travis' engaging black-and-white set, stylishly obliges. Underground Theater, 1312 Wilton Place, Hlywd.; Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; through June 9. thevisceralcompany.com
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