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John Carl Flügel (or Flügel) (13 June 1884 – 6 August 1955), was a British psychologist and psychoanalyst.
Life and careerEdit
The English psychoanalyst John Carl Flügel was born in London on 13 June 1884.
Flügel's father was German and his mother English, and the family also had close ties with France, and so Flügel learned all three languages as he grew up.
In 1913 he married Ingeborg Klingberg, who also became a psychoanalyst. They had one daughter.
Because of a congenital malformation of his feet, however, he did not follow a normal pattern of secondary education. Aged only 17 he attended Oxford University where he studied philosophy and grew interested in hypnotism, becoming a member of Frederick Myers's Society for Psychical Research. He obtained a doctorate in philosophy at Oxford and a doctorate of science from the University of London,
He stayed on at the University of London and taught as an auxiliary professor, between 1929 and 1944, in the experimental psychology laboratory.
He was honorary fellow of the British Psychological Society and an honorary member of the Indian Psychological Association, he was president of the Programme Committee of the International Congress on Mental Health in 1948 and president of the psychology section of the British Medical Association in 1950. Flügel was honorary secretary of the British Psychological Society from 1911 to 1920, honorary librarian from 1911 to 1932, and its president from 1932 to 1935. During the First World War he made a number of important contributions to the society.
After undergoing psychoanalysis with Ernest Jones, the two became friends and Flügel became involved, in 1919, in the refounding of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He was also secretary of the International Psychoanalytic Association from 1919 to 1924 and with Ernest Jones helped create the International Journal of Psychoanalysis in 1920. He also helped translate Sigmund Freud's Vorlesungen (Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; 1916-1917a [1915-1917]).
In 1932 he was elected President of the British Psychological Society
Flüge died in London on 17 August 1955.
References Edit
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Graham Richards, 'Flügel, John Carl (1884–1955)', first published 2004, 822 words http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/60995
- John Carl', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 30 Jan 2012
- http://hopc.bps.org.uk/document-download-area/document-download$.cfm?file_uuid=8450726C-9E69-C32B-E288-71A9B498D8A3&ext=pdf
- Alain de Mijolla Gale Dictionary of Psychoanalysis: John Carl Flügel http://www.answers.com/topic/fl-gel-john-carl
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Give Me Liberty: Liberty of the Seas Cruise Review by filamino
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Give Me Liberty
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
We're budget travelers but somehow always spend a bit more than planned. We always take off-season cruises because of my line of work and that's when it's most convenient for me to be away from the office. I also like to cruise when kids are in school. I only have so much patience and even on this cruise with few children I still encountered a giggling group of British kids pressing all floors of the elevator - where are the parents. Anyway, this cruise we invited my sister and her boyfriend. It's always more fun with more friends and family along. So it was the four of us and we had a blast.
We flew in the day ahead and left the morning after. From now on this is how I'm doing it. No stress from arriving on the day of departure and having a day to relax before heading back home. We stayed at the Westin, Ft. More Lauderdale Beach both there and back, a beautiful hotel with the signature Heavenly Beds. We arrived at the port bright and early at 9:30am and happily waited in line. We were the first to board that was not suite or special class. Once on board I followed my tradition of a cocktail and an immediate soak in the hot tub (before it fills with people.) Then once relaxed we worked our way to the Windjammer and eventually to our cabins.
Speaking of cabins, we again opted for the interior. I was on the fence about upgrading to a balcony but I think I made the right choice. There's just something about the quiet, dark space of an interior cabin that I enjoy. It's like a cave and I sleep so well. We were also toward the front of the ship on deck 6 which was a great location just a floor above from Sorrento's. I thought the motion would be worse in the front but it wasn't noticeably different than anywhere else to me. Actually on the one windy afternoon, the back of the boat seemed most affected.
Liberty is a beautiful ship, very well maintained. The only thing that eventually bothered me were a variety of burnt out lightbulbs here and there in the public areas, theatre, some sections of the twinkle lights in the ceiling of the game room and in Olive or Twist. It's just a pet peeve of mine. Another thing I could complain about is the crap sales down the promenade all the time. Plated gold by the inch, tables of cheap watches and jewelry, and then there are the better watches and cameras at prices slightly higher than current US online prices that I'd never buy. The liquor tasting could also be improved and it seemed like the selection was limited to cognac and cream liquors all of a sudden. RCI if you're reading this - how about a sample of some different spirits to try. It would be nice to experience some of the flavored vodkas, a unique taquila or rum, or mix a few cocktail samples of things that might be new to discover on a ship without having to waste a whole drink. In the end I stuck to my gin/tonics, beer and tequila and bought a couple t-shirts.
The food and service was great all around. Unexpectedly we did end up in the dining room a couple nights for the benefit of my sister. I really have grown bored with the dining room, dressing up and all the quazi-lala service and waiting around in the middle of bustling staff. I prefer the Windjammer or specialty experience over it by far. But it was fine and our waiters were kind and attentive. The food was as expected and everyone was happy. We LOVED our meals at Portofino's as always, and Johnny Rockets is a fun change of pace. You know when I like the MDR? During Brassarie 30 lunch. That's a good time to go.
I thought the shows on Liberty were at least 30% better than Freedom. The Encore ice show was so much more creative with great costumes and good music. Saturday Night Fever was as close to a real musical as I've ever seen on a ship. And the show, In the Air - well, we stayed for both showings. It was amazing, fresh, ultra sexy and stunning.
We climbed the rock wall, sister's bf did the belly flop contest, we won second place at Quest, danced in the disco, tried to make it to the midnight buffet/white party but we didn't even last long enough to see them uncover the ice sculptures. We were up and active as much as humanly possible and the only reason we didn't do more is because we just can't be awake, running around, drinking and eating 24 hours a day now that we're in our 40s.
We did the Lamanai New River Safari tour in Belize through the cruise ship. Worth every penny and so glad we picked this one. It took the whole day by bus, then boat and then a hike through the jungle. I loved the monkeys so much. Perfect for active cruisers who want to see a lot in a little amount of time. In Cozumel we rented a Jeep through Avis at the dock and toured the island on our own. Remember to check your gas tank if you do this. I just don't see how we went through $30 in gas that day. I think the car was parked on an incline when we took possession of it but you must return it full so lesson learned for next time - check the gas before you leave. We have been to Coz before so headed directly for the other side of the island to do a little beach bar hopping, Mezcalitos, Coconuts, the Rasta place - can't remember what it's called, and then back across the center of the island to stop at the taquila factory to pick up our favorites. We didn't pay for admission for the tour - just told them we've already done the tour before and wanted to buy. We still tasted a few things and spent about $150 so I don't feel bad about skipping on the paid tour - which was really not that interesting the first time anyway. Had lunch at that outdoor restaurant in the main shopping district - Palmeras? It's good, clean and rather affordable for such a nice location.
We did wait in line to get back through customs on disembarkation in FTL. I don't know what the hold up was but we took it in stride and eventually made it through and back to our hotel on the beach. As is usually the case after a cruise, we were wiped out that afternoon and after lunch found ourselves napping in the room for the rest of the day. Ahhh, the joy of a post-cruise nap. Thank you RCI for another great vacation and taking such good care of us for the week. I don't know that I'll ever be able to try another cruise line much less other type of vacation and be as satisfied. Even with the occasional hiccups, RCI has consistently delivered a quality product at an affordable price. Great job all around. We'll be back - maybe Bermuda next but it'll be tough to move down from the Freedom class of ships. :) Less
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Reviewed By David B (Colorado Springs, CO) Reviewed for a 2004 Chevy Tahoe —1/14/2015 8:57 AM
I don't know how I drove without them. The light is brighter and sharper and even to the left and right. I'd never go back to OEM bulbs again.
Reviewed By Brian P (Ballwin, MO) Reviewed for a 2004 Chevy Tahoe —5/28/2012 9:05 PM
Im a little disappointed with the brightness of these bulbs. The white definitely makes them clearer than the dim yellow you get from factory bulbs. They are currently hooked into my factory headlamps and fog lamps which I am replacing. I'm hoping the clearety of new headlamps will improve the overall vision a bit. High beams are not much brighter than low beams. Slightly disappointed but overall an improvement from factory. Easy install. Less than 5 minutes.


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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- A tractor-trailer hauling garbage tipped on an eastern Ohio highway, dumping trash across east and westbound lanes and backing up traffic for hours as crews worked to clean it up.
The Highway Patrol tells local media outlets the driver, from Mississippi, was driving too fast when the truck tipped at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday on a U.S. Route 22 bridge spanning the Ohio River near the West Virginia border. Officers say he failed to make a turn in the highway.
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Votto was due to become a free agent this winter (I believe). If he keeps up these kind of numbers this year, does anyone believe that he would've commanded a $240Million payday on the OPEN MARKET?
I like Vottomatic and believe that he's one of the better players in all of baseball right now. However, the Reds were absolutely electric last year while he was on the DL, he turns 30 in September, & he's the proud owner of one of the silliest contracts in professional sports history.
I think the Reds proved last summer that Joey is an unnecessay luxury extravagance for our small market franchise. With the injury bug striking him already last year & age 30 right around the corner the Reds could soon find themselves in familiar Griffey JR.-esque territory.
His current numbers are looking rather "pedestrian". He appears on par for about a .320 BA/25 HRs/85RBIs. Now, those were great numbers for the Giants to get out of a juiced-up Melky Cabrera last year. Heck, those #'s were even good back when "The Mayor" Sean Casey was in town. Unfortunately though, those are not MVP/The FRANCHISE type of #'s.
It's completely unrealistic to believe that Joey's gonna be MVP every year from now until his contract expires in 2024. Infact, I think we'd be lucky if he even earns half of the over $240 million that he is owed on the deal. We're not the Yankees or Mickey Mouse (Angels). Thus, I really believe that the $ could be much more wisely spent.
Not to mention the prospects the Reds could receive back in a trade haul could really replenish our farm system. And with the $ we'd save we could sign Choo/Latos/Bailey. Heck, we could give 'em all 5-6 year deals & still have enough $ left over to be players in free agency both this year and in year to come.
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Fox Coverage Of "You Didn't Build That" Spikes Following Announcement Of GOP Convention Theme
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On August 21, Republicans announced that a portion of the Republican National Convention would be devoted to pushing the discredited Fox News-fueled myth that President Obama insulted business owners when he said, "you didn't build that." After the announcement, references to Obama's "you didn't build that" comment spiked drastically on Fox News, while other cable news networks mentioned the deceptively edited comments significantly less.
GOP Announces Convention Theme: "We Built This"
Fox News: "GOP Convention Session To Be Themed 'We Built This.' " In an August 21 FoxNews.com article, Wes Barrett reported that an RNC official told Fox News that the theme for Tuesday at the Republican National Convention will be "We Built This":
The GOP is turning what some see as a presidential slight aimed at business owners and entrepreneurs into a theme for a night of the Republican National Convention next week, titling Tuesday night's session "We Built This!" [FoxNews.com, 8/21/12]
GOP's "We Built This" Theme Stems From A Fox News Falsehood
Fox News: "We Built This" Theme Is A Response To Obama's Comments About How Businesses Succeed In America. FoxNews.com reported that the convention theme was based on comments President Obama made during a July campaign appearance in Roanoke, VA:
The theme and list of speakers are meant to directly contrast comments President Obama made in Roanoke, Virginia last month. Describing what he noted as the federal government's role in helping the private sector, the president pointed to infrastructure and education.
"Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive," the president said of business owners. "Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen." [FoxNews.com, 8/21/12]
Fox Distorted Obama's "You Didn't Build That" Comments Into An Attack On Business Owners. Fox News deceptively edited President Obama's July 13 comments to portray them as an attack on small business owners, telling them "if you have a business, you didn't build that." The full context of Obama's comments make clear he was referring to public infrastructure. The Romney campaign quickly adopted the Fox falsehood that Obama had attacked business owners. [Media Matters, 8/21/12]
Fox Mentions Of "You Didn't Build That" Spiked Following The Announcement Of The GOP's "We Built This" Theme
Fox Mentions "You Didn't Build That" 78 Times In The Week Leading Up To The GOP Convention. Fox's mentions of "You Didn't Build That," "We Built This," or other references to President Obama's deceptively edited comments spiked drastically after the Republicans announced their convention theme. The day before the announcement, Monday, August 20, Fox only mentioned Obama's comments four times. By contrast, on the day of the announcement and the day following the announcement, Fox's coverage of "you didn't build that" or of the convention theme saw a drastic spike, coming up 21 and 26 times, respectively.
The total number of mentions of the President's edited remarks or the theme of the GOP convention during the week of August 20-24 was 78 times.
[Media Matters, 8/26/12]
Other Cable Networks Mentioned "You Didn't Build That" Significantly Less Than Fox. Over the same time period, August 20-24, MSNBC referenced "you didn't build that" or "we built that" 12 times. CNN mentioned "you didn't build that" or "we built that" 9 times during the same time period. [Media Matters, 8/26/12]
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Media Matters researchers Emily Arrowood, Justin Berrier, Thomas Bishop, David Shere, and Kevin Zieber contributed to this report.
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On Hanity's America on Sunday, December 30, 2007, the problem of cross border drug smuggling was discussed, especially in its relationship to so-called black tar heroin. The numbers are staggering, and the effect on our children is beyond measure.
Despite this, we seem virtually paralyzed in our ability to do anything about the situation. We treat these drug smugglers as if they were American citizens with the same rights as you and I have, and therein lies the problem. We track them, identify them, and eventually, we even arrest some of them. Then we put them in jail and then deport them, or just deport them, and a few weeks later they are back. In the meantime, each child given just one dose of this drug becomes practically an instant heroin addict with a life-long problem – those who don't die, that is. And, by any measure, we are letting this happen, because – for some incomprehensible reason – we insist on treating these monsters as we treat our own citizens.
I have a simple, straightforward solution to this problem. Commencing immediately, we issue shoot-to-kill orders to the border patrol, homeland security, and any other agents assigned to keep track of this problem. We have a fleet of helicopters we currently use to track these people. From now on, instead of tracking them, we shoot them on sight, from the air, without warning, along the entire southern border.
These people are attacking our country as surely as if they were marching across the border in armed uniformed platoons, or bombing our cities. They are killing our children, and we must stop it. My proposal will do just that – immediately.


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Fresh cranberries are a reminder that the holidays are coming. I look forward to seeing boxes and bags of cranberries piled high in the stores this time of year, and I always freeze some in a sealed bag for later use in breads, sauces, and jam.
Here's a gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free recipe for cranberry bread using both almond and coconut flour, and it can be served any time of the day, or year for that matter. Fresh or frozen cranberries work with this recipe. And the sweetness of the banana combined with the tartness of the cranberries makes for an extra flavorful bread. Enjoy!
Cranberry Walnut Banana Bread
I give the cranberries a few pulses in a food processor to chop them, and I do the same for the walnuts.
- 3/4 tsp of Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp of Sea Salt
- 3/4 cup of Bob's Red Mill Almond Flour
- 1/4 cup of Bob's Red Mill Coconut Flour
- 2 Tbsp of Olive Oil (or Coconut Oil, Ghee, or other oil or butter)
- 3 Eggs
- 2 very ripe Bananas (about 1 cup of mashed banana)
- 1/4 cup of Maple Syrup (or Honey or other liquid sweeteners)
- 1/2 cup of finely chopped Walnut pieces, (raw or toasted)
- 1-1/2 cups of finely chopped Cranberries (fresh or frozen)
- 1 Tbsp of Lemon Zest (or Orange Zest will work also)
1. Preheat your oven to 350° F/175° C.
2. Using a whisk or fork, blend all the dry ingredients together.
3. Add the wet ingredients together, blend well, and then mix them into the dry ingredients. I use a mixer to ensure the batter is well blended.
4. Add the batter to a well-greased baking dish.
5. Bake for 45 minutes, or until the loaf browns on top and a toothpick inserted in the middle of the bread comes out clean.
6. Cool and slice to serve. Store sealed in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks, or seal tightly and freeze for up to 2 months.
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I've always lived by the idea of how you ring in the new year will dictate what the upcoming year will be like for you. So, of course I make sure I'm traveling or with family and friends. This year I headed up to San Francisco with my hubby, little brother, cousins, and my best friends. I love that city and the whole "living by the bay" atmosphere. I am also a huge fan of the shopping in the downtown area. To die for! Can I just say the Macy's in Union Square has the largest "Woman's" department I've seen in a Macy's! Definitely, check it out.
I was disappointed that the Forever 21 on Market St. didn't have a Forever 21+ section. Kinda sad! I did take a pic of the outfit I wore on NYE, but my friend hasn't downloaded them yet. But, I do have a few from my Blackberry. As you can see, I didn't wear the dress I originally said I would wear. I had to take it back. But, I got a different one at Forever 21…in fact my entire outfit is from Forever 21. The dress, shoes, and most of the jewelry. I'll have a review on these pieces as soon as I get my hands on the pics.
We partied the night away at The Boom Boom Room on Filmore St. A Jazz Funk band was playing until 4 a.m.! It was so much fun!
How did you ring in 2011?


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City of Arts and Sciences
Santiago Calatrava
Valencia, Spain
The City of Arts and Sciences, developed by Santiago Calatrava, is a large-scale urban recreation center for culture and science.
Set in the old dried-up river bed of the Turia, midway between the old city of Valencia and the coastal district of Nazaret, the City of Arts and Sciences covers an area of 350,000 square meters.
Following a disastrous flood in 1957, the river was diverted along a canal to the south of the city, and the dried-out riverbed planted as a 7 kilometer long promenade through the center of the city.
L'Hemisfèric (Planetarium) was the first element to be opened to the public in April 1998. The Science Museum Principe Felipe opened in 2000, L'Umbracle (Parking Structure) opened in 2001, the Palacio de las Artes, opened in 2003. Calatrava's use of pure white concrete and Gaudiesque fragments of shattered tiles, an important Valencian industry, tie all the structures together as a whole.
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As the site is close to the sea, and Valencia is so dry, I decided to make water a major element for the whole site using it as a mirror for the architecture.
The two principle buildings, the L'Hemisfèric and the The Science Museum Principe Felipe, are organized around a raised promenade running from the base of the Palacio de las Artes along the defining, longitudinal axis of the site, and offering views out towards the sea.
Santiago Calatrava
L'Hemisfèric (Planetarium)
L'Hemisfèric (Planetarium), the distinctive eye-shaped construction designed by Santiago Calatrava, was the first element to be opened to the public in the City of Arts and Sciences.
The "pupil" is the hemispherical dome of the IMAX Theater, which
is transformed into a globe through its reflection in the pool. The
concrete socket of the eye incorporates elongated aluminium awnings
that differ in length and fold upwards collectively, or as
individual units, to form a brise-soleil roof that opens along the
curved central axis of the eye shape. The concrete encasement has
been extended upwards, and the brise-soleil narrowed and replaced
by a system of slats mounted on each side of pivoting, to imitate
the structure of a feather.
Santiago Calatrava
Science Museum Principe Felipe
The Science Museum is a spatial tour de force, like the grand exhibition pavilions of the past, it is a longitudinal building, resembling a prehistoric-skeleton, created from the modular development of transverse sections that repeat along the length of the site.
The white concrete supporting framework of the south facade is filled with glass; the north facade is a continuous glass-and-steel curtain along the building's full length.
The symmetrical ends of the building are braced firmly by triangulated structures which also mark the entrances.
The 40 meter high north hall has the proportions of a soaring Gothic cathedral nave with flying ribs and a waving glass wall running the full length of the building. Five linearly organized concrete "trees" branch out to support the connection line between roof and facade on a scale that permits the integration of service cores and lifts.
Santiago Calatrava
L'Umbracle (Parking Structure)
Located on the Southern facade of the complex the structure, known as L'Umbracle, is a promenade and parking garage built within an open arcade, providing a contemporary reinvention of the winter garden.
The upper part comprises a long panoramic promenade, with a tree-lined garden, from where there is a superb view of the Complex as a whole.
Santiago Calatrava
Palacio de las Artes
Conceived as the final element in the City of Arts and Sciences complex, the Valencia Opera House (Palacio de las Artes) has been designed as a series of apparently random volumes, which become unified through their enclosure within two symmetrical, cut-away concrete shells. These forms are crowned by a sweeping steel sheath, which projects axially from the entrance concourse and extends over the uppermost contours of the curvilinear envelope. The resulting structure defines the identity of the Opera House, dramatically enhancing its symbolic and dynamic effect within the landscape, while offering protection to the terraces and facilities beneath.
The different volumes of the building are stacked between horizontal promenade decks, which cantilever off the side of the structure. The fully air-conditioned auditorium, located within the 1300 seat opera house, occupies the central core. This core is set within an acoustically shaped shell embedded within the cluster.
The facilities are connected to a music school situated along the southern periphery of the site, which also houses smaller, individual practice spaces and administration areas.
Facts about City of Arts and Sciences
L'Hemisfèric (Planetarium)
Completed: 1998
Science Museum Principe Felipe
Total area: 41,000 m2
Completed: 2001
L'Umbracle (Parking Structure)
Surface area: 50,860 m2
Completed: 2001
Palacio de las Artes
Total area: 44,150 m2
Completed: 2003
Last updated: December 19, 2013
See also
Hotels: Aire de Bardenas Hotel
Blog: From Santiago de Compostela to Porto, Murcia, Alicante and Valencia...
Siza, Souto de Moura, Moneo, Calatrava and Barraga,
Situ Studio reOrder: An Architectural Environment
New York, New York, USA
Rewarding Lives - The Moderns Exhibition installation
West Hollywood, California, USA
The New York Times Building
New York, New York, USA
Luis Barragán: The Quiet Revolution
Valencia, Spain


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I may sound like I'm being over enthusiastic in this video. I'm not. Everyone who has seen this thinks it is simply amazing.
My father, an ex navy man, has told me stories of glowing water since I was little. Being a person who was obsessed with all things that light up, this always stuck with me. I saw a headline one day that someone was making an algae-light. Sadly when I clicked on it, the algae was just there to create oxygen. It was a cool idea, but not what I was hoping for.
That slight disappointment drove me to create a night light using glowing algae. The process could be extremely simple.
1. Buy Algae.
2. set up light for algae (it needs a 12 hour light cycle and putting it in a window sill would kill it due to heat). It needs bulbs labelled 6500k or higher.
3. shake algae at night (it only lights up when agitated, and when it is on its "night" cycle).
I really wanted to add more to this project though, so I decided to put the algae in a klein bottle and build a custom base for it that would allow me to move a BB around inside the bottle using magnets. This would in turn, hopefully, agitate the algae and make it light up.


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BARRY LEIGHTON reminisces about Swindon's lost bridges with a man who has written three books about them...
THEY were the roundabouts and traffic lights of their day, equally essential – and occasionally just as frustrating – to the free flow of transport and people in and around Swindon.
Today, hardly anything remains of the canal bridges that were once a common sight in Central Swindon and its environs and played such an important part of everyday life.
The urban landscape has changed irrevocably but canal historian Doug Small is helping to keep alive the memory of both the waterway and "the lost bridges of Swindon" in an ongoing project to collect and collate photos and information.
Doug, 69, an archivist for the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust, has so far produced three books featuring old images of the canal and its bridges.
A member of the trust since 1988 he says: "I am always seeking out information about the canal and the people who built and worked on it. "Although it was around 60 miles long it passed through very few towns – Swindon being probably the biggest. This, maybe, was why the canal was so badly documented. "Photographers seemed almost to have completely ignored its existence," he says.
Even Swindon's prolific snapper William Hooper, who operated during the first two decades of the 20th Century, "seems to have had little interest in it," says Doug.
He adds: "I am always searching for information and ask for anyone who may have anything relating to the canal or its bridges – however remotely – to please contact me."
This year is the centenary of the official closure of the canal as a result of moves by the Swindon Corporation to finally put the malodorous, rubbish-clogged and increasingly redundant waterway out of its misery.
To mark the occasion we are publishing these images of the town's 19th Century canal bridges, some rarely seen, courtesy of Doug and the Trust, which aims to bring the canal back to Swindon as a stunning 21st Century environmental feature.
Not possessing any rivers of note, bridges were virtually non-existent in the predominantly rural settlement of Swindon over the centuries.
All that changed when the Wilts & Berks – linking the Kennet and Avon at Semington near Melksham with the Thames at Abingdon – forged a path through the countryside below Swindon Hill (Old Town) at the dawn of the 19th Century.
As an army of navvies gouged out the channel and in 1810 filled it with water these essential new structures, at first rickety, lightweight wooden efforts, began to pop up along the route.
An off-shoot canal, the North Wilts from Swindon to Latton, saw more bridges emerge.
Over the years they arrived in many shapes and sizes: swing bridges, swivel bridges, drawbridges, lift bridges, stone bridges, elevated footbridges.
For more than a century you could hardly make your way around town without crossing one every few minutes.
Their names became part of everyday parlance in New Swindon, which swiftly materialised around the GWR works from the 1840s: Black Bridge, Golden Lion Bridge, Bullen's Bridge, Queenstown Bridge, Whale Bridge, Stone Bridge, Fleet Street Bridge, York Road Bridge… Once a vital part of Swindon's infrastructure they are virtually all gone now, with a handful of stubborn exceptions that have been adapted to modern use, such those at Cambria Bridge Road, Milton Road and Shrivenham Road.
People were heavily reliant upon Swindon's many bridges to get to work. The canal, a formidable barrier, could only be passed when the bridges were down. When they were raised to let barges through, pedestrians, cyclists and the drivers of assorted horse-drawn conveyances had to wait.
It was not uncommon for employees of the Great Western Railway to turn up cap-in-hand, several minutes late, grimly informing the foreman: "Sorry guv, the bridge was up." Great excuse, but it was often true.
The sheer rapidity of New Swindon's growth created havoc as bridge building struggled to keep up with an escalating population. Richard Jefferies, Swindon's Victorian man of nature, poetry, literature and – as a columnist for the Advertiser – all things relevant to the town, became quite hot under the collar about it all.
In his 1867 book Jefferiesland – a History of Swindon, he huffs: "This Bridge Street, now so much used, was formerly a mere track made by waggon wheels which crossed the canal at the Golden Lion Bridge. That bridge, by the by, is a disgrace to the town."
Golden Lion Bridge – today, graphically preserved by muralist Ken White near the site of another once busy but now long gone crossing, The Whale Bridge in Fleming Way – was bang in the heart of the town centre.
Located at the junction of Bridge Street and Canal Walk, the crossing was named after the pub next door. There were three Golden Lion Bridges; the first built in 1803, was wooden and eventually proved inadequate. Its successor, as described by Eric Tull in his book Canal Days in Swindon (1993), was an ingenious iron lift bridge built by the GWR deploying a series of chains, gears, levers, pillars and pulleys.
But continued concern over hold-ups was so great that the public chipped in to pay for the raised footbridge so beautifully depicted by Ken White from a Victorian photograph.
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2011 has become a watershed year for Canadian cricket in terms of turf wickets. Cricket Alberta developed the second most northern turf wicket in the world in Edmonton and last week, seeds were finally planted on Cricket BC's first turf wicket in Abbotsford. Ranjit Saini chronicled his experiences on the Abbotsford ground project...
It was March 2009, when I became 1st VP of Cricket Canada and part of my duties was the responsibility for Infrastructure and the ICC u19 CWC 2011. With no resources assigned and hardly any significant work having been done, I began to work on tedious task of putting resources and people together. One of the core requirements of the CWC planning process was to have sufficient number of turf grounds to conduct the warm up and first round of matches. It became apparent that for the initial round of matches, we needed two grounds in close proximity to each other for each of the four groups.
I took my first visit outside of Ontario as an Interim President to Vancouver and walked with a measuring wheel from one ground to another to find regulation size grounds that could take turf wickets and nets. Vikram Bawa and Vimal Hardatt took me from one place to another. The scene of an a president running up and down and measuring grounds must have been amusing to many, as this type of turf related promises and activity had been going on for a while
The only committed party, Abbotsford City that was already ready and committed to accept a turf wicket and what we needed were one more ground. Due to recession, and to lift the economy, the government opened up RInC (Recreation Infrastructure Canada) grants. Many thought that it was a long shot… but I insisted and applied for grants for two grounds each in BC and Manitoba. To my surprise….it all went thru.
Exavating existing soil
We could not find the second ground in BC and ran out of time in putting things together for the hosting u19 CWC. In the end it became apparent that major repair work had to be done on many grounds in GTA in order to host the CWC as the possibility to have grounds in pairs in other parts of the country diminished. Our grant application was declined and other resources couldn't be put together in time as private/corporate resources weren't there to come in the short time. The u19 CWC hosting opportunity was lost.
Unless, we were willing to shut down TDCA for one full year and the funding existed for the upgrades and repairs, we wouldn't be ready to host the CWC. In the end, our failure to find the second ground in BC and the lack of approval for turf pitch installations from Assiniboine Park authorities in Winnipeg contributed towards the decision for not to host the ICC u19 CWC.
The focus shifted for the Senior Men's World Cup and the project in Abbotsford fell on the back burner. We struggled financially thru the CWC as resources to sufficiently support the team weren't there. If it wasn't for the extension of RInC grants for one more year, the project at Abbotsford would have also failed.
The most serious challenge of course was the soil as we ran out of local places where we could find proper clay soil for Abbotsford pitch. The cost of transportation from another province was very prohibitive. Cricket Canada executive had to struggle to find resources to cover additional costs. In the end, we are able to stay close to the original budget as more work was assumed by the volunteers and the contractor agreed to slash his labour costs and Mr. Ed Bracht, provided some funding from the trust fund.
We finished seeding the wicket on 20th October 2011 at 6.45 PM. It was pitch dark and cold when the covers were put on to assist the germination of the seed. I am told...Rye grass grows 12 months a year in this part of the country and that the pitch will be lush green in about 3 weeks' time. Having seeded most of the pitch myself…I can't wait to see this happen.
The Abbotsford Cricket Club is already planning tournaments, I have visited the pavilion and seen the change rooms in the building that is on the boundary line and is currently used in the stadium by other sports. Abbotsford have good reasons to become an ICC Approved ODI ground as most of the required infrastructure exists. The Abbotsford wicket provides us with an opportunity to have one more ICC approved ODI ground in Canada with least exposure to costs.
The new pitch (seeded and covered with evergreen grass cover)
The "Let's do it" attitude and second to none work ethics of the Abbotsford City staffs were the most fundamental ingredient of this to happen in time and see the successful conclusion. They are already planning to have their staffs trained and have identified a person to look after the pitch during the season. Action is being taken to stock the soil to avoid layering and uneven bounce caused with un-matched soils. The staffs at the City of Abbotsford are the best one can hope for. I am confident that the pitch will be well looked after and that this will be genuine success story.
Scott Watson and all his colleagues deserve appreciation and honours as one of the finest among the City/Municipal staffs that I have ever had the opportunity to meet with. To my delight and surprise, they were extremely quick to facilitate a visit by the staffs from the City of Surrey, to see the wicket in construction and an opportunity for me to discuss turf wickets in the City of Surrey. I have been told that there may be two new cricket facilities in the near future in Abbotsford and in Surrey. After seeing the enthusiasm that prevails all around here…I am certain that the Abbotsford Turf Pitch will not be a lonely single natural turf wicket in BC. It will have others follow it very soon….
Hugh Norris (City of Surrey), Ranjit Saini and Scott Watson (City of Abbotsford)…The Pavilion in the back ground
The memories of the walk behind the measuring wheel, that saw the pitch at Abbotsford moved north by 15 feet, the loss of u19 CWC hosting opportunity, the struggle for resources and the search for proper clay mix and the generosity of the City of Abbotsford are the memories of a lifetime. This project will help improve cricket in BC as more and more municipalities will become interested and move forward with new turf pitches. Such facilities will be needed in Winnipeg, Montreal and Halifax for the efficient staging of the regional league fixtures (Our own version of the 1st class cricket) that may see its beginning in 2012.
This is the building of an aspiring cricket nation….one pitch at a time…..


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A TEENAGE boy has been arrested following an alleged rape by a footpath.
The boy, who lives locally, was arrested on suspicion of rape this morning.
The attack happened at about 11.30pm on Tuesday night in bushes off the Wivenhoe Trail.
A schoolgirl and a friend had gone to an end of term unofficial school party at White House beach, about a mile from the beginning of the trail near Ford Lane, Alresford.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: "She left alone to walk back to Wivenhoe.
"While on the footpath she was approached by a man who forced her into bushes and raped her.
"He ran off when a number of young men heard the girl's screams for help."
The secluded path runs alongside the River Colne but is obscured by trees and bushes on both sides, only opening up at set points for views over the river.
The area was cordoned off.
Forensic teams and detectives visited the site to gather information and evidence.
The teenage victim, whose age has not been revealed, has been speaking with specialist officers at Essex Police's sexual assault referral centre.
The suspect, whose age has not been revealed, is being interviewed by detectives from the Essex Police Sexual Offences Investigation Team.


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Launch Event: Statement by Minister Plenipotentiary Reinhard Krapp on the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
"Mr. Ministers, Mr. President of ECOSOC, Excellencies and colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a privilege for me to welcome you all here today at this important event in the margins of the High Level Political Forum. We are launching today the Consumer Information Programme of the 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production. Germany is honored to act as a co-lead of this programme, together with our partners from Indonesia and Consumers International.
The 10YFP is undoubtedly one of the most concrete outcomes of the Rio+20 conference. We have to make our consumption and production more sustainable if we want to achieve our overarching goals of poverty eradication and sustainable development. Sustainable consumption and produc-tion has a truly cross-dimensional character, encompassing all three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental. It is instrumental for achieving our environmental goals and targets on climate change, resource efficiency, biodiversity, and reduction of air and water pollution to name but a few. It is also a prerequisite for providing enough food for all and for achieving sustainable growth of our economies. SCP therefore needs to be duly reflected in the post 2015 Development Agenda. We are confident, that we will be able to find consensus by mid-July in the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals, on how to frame SCP into concrete goals and targets.
Let me provide an example for the relevance of SCP from a national perspective:
My country, Germany, has embarked on the transformation of its energy system. It is built on two pillars: a significant in-crease in energy efficiency and a cost effective and rapid expansion of renewable energy. This process represents a huge technical and economic as well as a fundamental ethical and cultural challenge. But it is also offers unique opportunities for innovation and improved competitiveness. Both the supply side (energy generation) and the demand side (energy use) have to contribute their share.
In Germany consumption by households is directly and indirectly responsible for more than 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. 30% of electricity is used for household appliances which represents 12% of all greenhouse gas emissions.
It is our national experience that we have to reach out to the demand side. Consumer information is essential here. The 10YFP Consumer Information Programme we are launching today will contribute to reaching out to millions of consumers worldwide. It will enable them to choose more sustainable products and services thus contributing to achieving our goals and targets for the sustainable future we want.
I thank you for your attention."


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Show of the week: Bunheads, Monday, Fox8, 9.30pm
DESPITE coming from the wholesome American ABC Family channel, Bunheads, the ''dramedy'' from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, is sweetly irreverent. Given the majority of its characters are highly articulate teen girls (seriously, are any 15 year olds as witty as this?), most of whom identify as outsiders, it would be easy for the writers to get mawkish, but even when there is a ''life lesson'' in the storyline, things never get too sickly. Tonight sees Madame Fanny back from an extended holiday and the beginning of ''show season'', as the company begins rehearsing in earnest for several performances. But there's some tension at the barre as Sasha is pulled from her regular role of Ginger Rogers for having tan-lines (a lovely non-mainstream ''rebellion'' there) and Boo is given the role. But she won't be dancing with dance-class hero Jordan - instead she gets the geeky, too-short Carl, who, of course, turns out to be quite the charmer. In the grown-up storyline, Fanny (Kelly Bishop) and Michelle (Sutton Foster) bond over respective romances - we meet Fanny's long-time but casual lover, pianist Michael (guest star Richard Gant - who perhaps is set to become a regular?) and Michelle ends up sleeping with the director of a play the pair have seen together, with the delightful title Blank Up, It's Time. Michelle and Fanny's rapid-fire banter is as sharp as ever, and in tonight's episode there's a delicious nod to that when Boo, watching an old movie, declares that actors ''talked faster back then; it's funnier when it's faster''.
Highlight: Girls, Monday, Showcase, 8.30pm
AND breathe out … It seems that after all the build-up, expectation and, well, hype, the second season of Girlsis neither a disappointment or a disaster. In fact, based on what we've seen so far, it's actually quite terrific. This week's episode is the third instalment, and arguably the best of the three. Hannah, looking for some freelance writing work, is given the dubious assignment of scoring drugs, consuming them, and writing about the experience. Without giving too much away, this leads to an extraordinary bender that has significant consequences for a good part of the cast. This is particularly the case for Marnie, who is having a hard time of it in terms of her employment situation, to say the least. Not to mention the first-episode dalliance she ''enjoyed'' with Elijah, which comes to a head tonight. As for the best part of this episode? Well, there are a few, but we like the scene in which Hannah reclaims Icona Pop's excellent, raucous pop song I Love It, which has been thrashed to death this summer by both Channel Nine and Cricket Australia. In this context - off her face, dancing with unadulterated joy as the song plays loudly - you're reminded of its substantial appeal all over again.
Call Me Fitz, FX, 9.30pm
THE third series of this hit Canadian comedy opens with the morally bankrupt used-car salesman Fitz (a suitably haggard-looking Jason Priestley), within tantalising reach of his dream of a new bar, The Summer Wind. But before he can enjoy its opening night, it's slapped with a demolition order, purportedly because the club is built in the habitat of the endangered Titmouse bird. Cue Fitz setting out to retaliate against City Hall as Larry, his ''conscience'', tries to maintain some order. New viewers to Call Me Fitz need to know that Larry is Fitz's actual conscience - after a freak accident, he was split in two and Larry (Ernie Grunwald) is, we're supposed to assume, a physical manifestation of Fitz's conscience, or a guardian angel of sorts. It's a pretty zany plot device that doesn't always work, but essentially Larry is there to counterbalance the somewhat cartoonish hedonistic lifestyle of the show's anti-hero. While it has its moments, the behaviour of Fitz and his cohorts - the womanising, the drinking, the drug-taking - often feels forced, as though the producers are trying just that little bit too hard to be offensive (tonight's episode, for example, is called ''F--- City Hall''). Priestley, though, is clearly enjoying playing the antithesis of his wholesome Beverly Hills 90210 heart-throb role, and proves himself adept at comic timing. And swearing.
19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TV1, noon
Foxtel is inexplicably showing the SAG Awards live from the US. Why? Who knows.
Prisoner marathon, 111 Hits, All day/night
It's the Australia Day public holiday so why not spend the entire day in front of the box watching old episodes ofPrisoner?
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The one where Rachael Taylor thought she might be in an American prime-time series that lasted longer than 13 episodes.


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Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
Throat problems
I have been feeling sick since the beginning of November. I have a cough producing mucous, have a hoarse voice, am short of breath, have a low-grade fever(100*), a sore throat, snot running down the back of my throat, chills that come randomly, plugged ears, my chest hurts, i`m extremely tired and feel like my heart is beating really fast. I have been diagnosed with Bronchitis and Laryngitis back in November and have been on 3 antibiotics(2 Z-packs and Amoxicillan) with no relief. I do take singulair and proventil as needed for exercise induced asthma. What could this be, and what can I do to treat the symptoms and get rid of this once and for all? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you for your time.
While it is difficult for me to develop a working diagnosis based on limited information and no physical exam, I will give you my immediate thoughts. Whenever I encounter a story like this, I immediately think of acid reflux as a major contributor to the story. Acid reflux will present with many of your symptoms and does not respond well to antibiotics. It does not typically give low grade temps but that could be caused by a cold which you very easily could have had at some time over the last 2-3 months. This diagnosis is best made by an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist who can look at your voice box thoroughly and make sure that these problems are not indicative of something more serious. The treatment is with antacid medications like Nexium, Protonix and even Zantac. Alternatively, you could be treated with supplements and herbal products.
I also think about food allergies and stress contributing to your overall state of malaise. Many people have food allergies and are not aware of them until they are tested. Dietary changes can make a huge difference in the way you feel if indeed certain foods are at fault.
Vitamin D deficiency in the United States is at epidemic levels. This vitamin (hormone) is responsible for many normal pathways in the body such that its deficiency leads to many breakdowns and disease processes.
I suggest starting with an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist because that might bring about the quickest relief for you.
Keith M Wilson, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Director of Head and Neck Division
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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Yoho files first bill, seeks to keep disgraced colleagues from profiting
Published: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 4:45 p.m.
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U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho has filed his first bill, seeking to keep any of his colleagues convicted of a crime from profiting from their congressional service.
The Gainesville Republican has offered the Trust Returned to the United States Taxpayer (TRUST) Act.
The measure would prohibit members of Congress who are convicted of any felony while in office from collecting the taxpayer-funded portion of their pension.
In an interview Wednesday, Yoho noted that military personnel can forfeit their benefits if they receive a dishonorable discharge.
"If that can happen to the guy who's willing to lay his life on the line for our country, it should apply to members of Congress," Yoho said.
The freshman lawmaker said Congress took a much-needed first step to restoring the public's view of its integrity last year by passing the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act.
The STOCK Act forbids lawmakers and other federal employees from profiting from insider trading by using information they gather in the course of their duties for stock market trades.
Yoho sees his bill as another way to help Congress recover some of its lost respectability with the public.
"We're trying to send a message to the American people that we are going to be held accountable," Yoho said.
Lawmakers become vested in the federal pension plan after five years of service.
Yoho said his bill, if it passes, will not affect the portion of pensions funded by the lawmakers themselves.
Nor would it apply to legislators who have left office for whatever reason.
But Yoho's bill would expand the universe of crimes for which members of Congress could forfeit their retirement benefits.
According to a Congressional Research Service report released in December, under the 1954 Hiss Act lawmakers and other federal employees now only forfeit their pension benefits if they are convicted of federal charges of espionage, treason or other crimes related to national security.
Additionally, the report stated, provisions of both the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 and the STOCK Act can deny lawmakers retirement income if convicted of corruption charges, election crimes or misconduct in office.
Those statutes do so by stripping the convicted legislators of the "creditable service" time they built up while in office, which helps determine the amount of their pensions.
Yoho said his bill will have bipartisan support, based on talks he has had with the House Republican leadership and top Democrats.
The idea should also win support from watchdog groups.
The National Taxpayers Union, for instance, has long advocated that felons in Congress lose the retirement benefits amassed over their careers.
The group has reported that roughly 20 former lawmakers convicted of crimes since 1980 still retained their pensions, which collectively cost taxpayers about $836,000 a year.
That list includes notables who went to prison within the past decade like Bob Ney, an Ohio Republican convicted of taking bribes from clients of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff; Republican Duke Cunningham of California, convicted of taking kickbacks from defense contractors; and Ohio Democrat Jim Traficant, convicted of taking bribes, racketeering and tax evasion.
More recently, it's been debated as to whether former Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois, who pleaded guilty to misusing campaign contributions, will keep his pension.
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Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Feb 9, Part 2 - CINDERELLA's Greg Hildreth & Santino Fontana, THE LION KING's Knitting Club and More!
Do you ever wonder what your favorite Broadway, Off-Broadway, National Tour and regional stars are doing during intermission? Thanks to NEWSIES' Andrew Keenan-Bolger (@KeenanBlogger) and Evita's Max von Essen (@MaxizPad), dedicated performers and excited fans, now you can see for yourself. Three years ago, Keenan-Bolger, then in MARY POPPINS, and Max von Essen, then in Xanadu, started the trend.
Yesterday evening's photos featured an epic intermission pic from Cinderella's Greg Hildreth and Santino Fontana, the men of THE LION KING knitting to their hearts' content, a tribute to PETER PAN's departing "fly guy", and an electrifying shot from Phoenix Theatre's NEXT TO NORMAL, plus SIPs from THE FANTASTICKS, SPIDER-MAN, JEKYLL & HYDE, FLASHDANCE, SPAMALOT, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, HAIR, and lots of regional shows!
Check out part one HERE, and scroll down for the latest additions...
CINDERELLA's Greg Hildreth and Santino Fontana
@LauraOsnes: ""Come into my Heart" #SIP @greg_hildreth @santinofontana @cinderellabway"
THE LION KING's Joel Karie and Company
@joelkarie: "Real men Knit! Lion King Male Ensemble #sip"
THE FANTASTICKS' Daniel Rowan and Company (Off-Broadway)
@DRowanJ: "#nemo made us the tiredtasticks. #SIP @TheFantasticks"
SPIDER-MAN's Kourtni Lind and Company
@unicornlovey: "Saturday night intermission is my favorite thing. We're winners. #delirious #mycastisspecial #sip"
JEKYLL & HYDE's Ashley Loren (National Tour)
@MsAshleyLoren: "Bring On The... Girl Scout Cookies!!! #SIP #jekyllmusical @ Temple Hoyne Buell Theater
FLASHDANCE's Holly Butler and Company (National Tour)
@HollyAnnButler: "Flashdance's tribute to @evitabroadway ... Starring @jakobakarr as Eva Peron. #SIP #flashdance @KeenanBlogger"
PETER PAN's "Fly Guy" Paul (National Tour)
@peterpantour: "Our beloved @theflyguy is leaving us for a few weeks, so today's #SIP is in his honor. We will miss you, Paul!"
SPAMALOT's Joe Beuerlein and Company (National Tour)
@theartfulbadger: "Sir Robin said we haven't got a Clue. This'll show him. #SIP #Spamalot #SpamNatlTour @MaxizPad @KeenanBlogger"
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST's Jimmy Larkin and Company (National Tour)
@jimmy_larkin: "Height appropriate water fountains. #parched #SIP @MaxizPad @KeenanBlogger"
HAIR's Lisa Ramey Rabeez and Frankie Rodriguez (NYC)
@whatbudget: "Lisa Ramey rabeez (Dionne) and Frankie Rodriguez @frankmills92 #HAIR #NYC #sip #intermission @maxizpad..."
NEXT TO NORMAL's Will Hutcheson and Company (Phoenix Theatre)
@willhutcheson: "This show is Electrifying!! #n2ndy #NextToNormal #sip @PhoenixTheatre"
PIPPIN's Conor DeVoe and Company (Coastal Carolina University)
@ConorDeVoe: "Coastal Carolina University PIPPIN! We are actually coming to broadway with April! #SIP @KeenanBlogger @MaxizPad"
PIPPIN's Charles Armstrong and Company (Coastal Carolina University)
@starsnlightning: "Final show of undergrad. #pippinrealness #ccu #SIP @KeenanBlogger"
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KISS ME, KATE's Sarah Kyle and Company (Wavestage Theatre)
@keepsinging2day: "#SIP #KissMeKate @Wavestage oh gremio!"
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@caitlin_hellen: "A last #SIP photo from #vcpdrood! Edwin and Jasper reunited!"
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SEUSSICAL's Connor Johnson and Company (Regional)
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Mark Walsh (Regional)
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Katie Young (Regional)
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1776's Trista Moldovan and Company (Pittsburgh Public Theater)
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Brandon Rachal and Company (Regional)
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Caleb Haven Draper and Company (Regional)
@CalebDraper: "I've got about half hour offstage between act 1 and 2 so this is my #intermission #costume. #SIP..."


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Missing Rivalries from WWE's Top 25 Rivals
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Looking At the Missing Rivalries from WWE's Top 25 Rivalries
First I'll I start with the list of rivalries and will go from there:
Credit for the List: WWEDVDNews.com
25 – Triple H vs Mick Foley
24 – Tazz vs Sabu
23 – Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero
22 – Bruiser Brody vs Abdullah the Butcher
21 – Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper
20 – CM Punk vs John Cena
19 – Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar
18 – Randy Orton vs Triple H
17 – Verne Gagne vs Nick Bockwinkel
16 – Mankind vs The Undertaker
15 – Tommy Dreamer vs Raven
14 – Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker
13 – Triple H vs The Rock
12 – John Cena vs Edge
11 – Hulk Hogan vs Randy Savage
10 – Tully Blanchard vs Magnum T.A.
9 – The Undertaker vs Kane
8 – Edge & Christian vs Hardy Boyz vs Dudley Boyz
7 – Dusty Rhodes vs Ric Flair
6 – Von Erichs vs The Fabulous Freebirds
5 – Stone Cold Steve Austin vs The Rock
4 – Andre the Giant vs Hulk Hogan
3 – Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat
2 – Shawn Michaels vs Bret Hart
1 – Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Mr. McMahon
First of all I think this is a pretty good list. All though there are a few rivalries missings. The first rivalry thats comes to my mind is:
5. Hulk Hogan vs Ultimate Warrior
Hogan was the top dog at the time and had been through out the 1980's. Warrior was on a roll and at the 1990 Royal Rumble during the Rumble match the WWF champion Hogan and the IC Champion Warrior went at it. Warrior was eliminated by Barbarian, Rude and a clothesline from Hogan. Then at WrestleMania VI in a match billed as The Ultimate Challenge, Champion vs Champion, and Title vs Title Warrior defeated Hogan to become the WWE Champion. Warrior became the first man to hold the WWF Championship and IC Titles at the same time. Should it be included on the top 25 rivalries DVD? I'm not sure.
4. Kurt Angle vs Stone Cold
Two opposites Angle drinks milk while Austin drinks beer. This feud begin when both Austin and Angle were on team WWE against WCW. They both wanted to please Vince and tried to one up each other to get Vince's attention. On RAW, Austin would cost Angle a tables match by hitting a Stunner on him and then Bubba Dudley powerbomb Angle through a table. Kurt went on to win the WCW title but Austin again hit the stunner on Angle in the middle of a match only this time it cost Angle the WCW title. At SummerSlam Angle would win a match against WWF champion Austin but not the title due to Austin getting DQ. Then at a RAW, Austin would hit Angle with the WWF World Championship and steal his gold medals. Angle attacked Austin on another RAW and drove off with Austin in the trunk of his truck with a cinder block and chain. Angle forced Austin to cry to prevent himself from being tossed over a bridge. Austin cried; agreed to a WWF World Championship match at Unforgiven and Angle got the last laugh by shoving Austin into a children's pool. The feud would continue and Angle beat Austin at Unforgiven but lost to him in a triple threat match at No Mercy 2001 when Austin pinned RVD. The feud ended when Austin pinned Angle at Vengeance 2001. Should this feud be included on the top 25 rivalries DVD? I think so.
3. DDP vs Randy Savage
At the time of this rivalry the NWO was in power over WCW. On an episode of WCW Monday Nitro Savage with Hall and Nash attacked DDP and painted the letters NWO on his back. Then at Uncensored, Savage and Miss Elizabeth did a worked shoot on DDP telling the world that he was married to Kimberly. Right after this Savage beat DDP up again. At Spring Stampede DDP wrestled Savage in his first payperview main event and won. At the great American Bash they would go one one one once again but this time it was in a anything goes, lights out match. In this match Savage would win with help from Scott Hall. At the Bash at the Beach thee was a tag match with Scott Hall and Randy Savage vs Diamond Dallas Page and ?partner? Curt Hennig. Hennig tunred on DDP and Hall and Savage were once again victories. One of my favorite moments in the feud was when DDP dressed up as masked wrestler La Parka and beat Savage on Nitro (The match can be seen on Best of Nitro V2) Page fought Savage one last time at Halloween Havoc in a Sudden Death Match and loss as Hogan attacked him. This was the feud that jump started DDP's career. Should it be included on the top 25 rivalries DVD?
I think so.
2. Owen Hart vs Bret Hart
In Nov of 1993 at the Survivor Series payperview Owen and Bret's team faced HBK's team during the match all the members of HBK team accept for HBK were eliminated. Bret was injured and walking on the ring apron when Owen was knocked into Bret knocking him off the apron. Owen was eliminated by HBK as a result of being distracted. The team of Owen and Bret went on to win the match by dq but Owen came back to the ring and he blamed Bret for his elimination. The situation was calmed down but at Owen started to use the Sharpshooter the following week. And he started dressing like his brother as well. At the 1994 Royal Rumble, they faced The Quebecers over the Tag Team Championship. During the match, Bret sustained a knee injury so the referee stopped the match. After the match, Owen viciously attacked Bret's knee and he blamed him for the loss. At Wrestlemania X they had there first match against one another where Owen beat his brother. On that same night Bret went on to face Yokozuna for the WWF Title. Bret won and Owen was mad. At Summerslam 1994 the brothers face off again only this time it was in a cage match. Bret won the match and kept the gold while Owen was trapped indise the cage. Jim Neidhart attacked Bret and through him back in the cage and Own and Neidhart beat up Bret. At the Royal Rumble 1995 Owen cost Bret the title and the feud ended when Bret beat Owen in a few match's after that. Should it be included on the top 25 rivalries DVD? I think so.
1. Sting vs Hogan
This is one of the biggest rivalries in WCW history. This feud began in 1996 around the time of the Fall Brawl payperview. On Nitro a fake Sting attacked Luger in the parking lot and lead almost everyone to believe Sting had turned his back on WCW. Sting denied attacking Luger but no one believed him. Sting would get in the War Games Match at Fall Brawl very briefly and beat up members of the NWO. Sting left the match and at that moments he changed to the black and white Sting (Crow Sting) walking around in the wrafters. Over the course of a year and a half Sting would battle the NWO by coming down from the tops of the arena's. Then at Starcade 1997 Sting got what he had waited a year and a half for; Hogan. Should it be included on the top 25 rivalries DVD? I think so.
So what do think should these match's be included in the top 25 rivalries DVD? Should some of the other match's even be on there? Are there more rivalries you would like to have seen on this DVD set?


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Evolution Hoax
The entire list
Çıragan Iftar Meeting, October 16- 2008
When Turkey acts as anolder brother, there will be nobody in the whole regionthat would refuse to accept Turkey as the older brother. Shiites, Jaferites, Saudis and the Iranians will all accept it.For example, when President Ahmadinejad came he prayed behind a Sunni imam in a Sunni mosque. What does that mean? It means I will accept it if you are the leader. That is clear, He said, "I have given a political message hereI have issued a very important message", he said. What more could he say? Hezbollah will accept it and so will everyone. Nobody in the whole region will refuse Turkish leadership, because Turkey is the most moderate, agreeable and reasonable country. Its people are respectable, worthy, highly cultured and well brought up. The country has acted as a leader for many years, as you are aware . It has experience from Ottoman times. Turkey will emerge as the older brother of all Turkic and all Islamic countries. Everyone will see that. I am stating it openly. I will put my name to those words again in 10 years time, insha'Allah.
Akşam, 27 September 2010
Agreement on cooperation in 4 spheres for the Union of the Middle East
In the framework of continued efforts to establish a quartet cooperation council which would bring Syria Turkey Jordan and Lebanon together, Foreign Ministers from the four counties held a meeting in New York. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan agreed to cooperate in fields of commerce, energy, transportation and tourism.H.E. Davutoglu said, "This cooperation is the outcome of our natural history".


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How Much Video Memory Do You Need in OS X?by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/16/2009 7:00 PM EST
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sxr7171 - Saturday, July 18, 2009 - linkI mean if 1GB video RAM can handle around 140 windows open at 2560x1600 which I'd guesstimate maybe 5-10% at best of users use, then this is a non issue. Who has 140 windows up? For that matter who has even 70 windows up?
I don't know how much Apple gimps out its shipping video cards these day but 512MB is mid-end at best these days. Who would buy a machine with less than that to power a 2560x1600 display?
On the Macbook "Pro" supposedly all video memory is shared memory anyway. So what difference does it make there. With iMacs you have a display built-in. So you are looking at a $3000 Mac Pro to have effective use of video memory.
I think OSX is great but Apple hardware is just completely inadequate in choice. You have to spend big bucks just to have th concept of video memory that is not shared since the cheapest desktop is $3000. The rest are shared video memory queens. There are many gaps in the lineup due to there being a monopoly on machines with supported Mac OS X. There is no ultraportable worth its salt.
The Macbook Air is gimped and weighs THREE pounds. That is a weak proposition to anyone with a Lenovo X-series or Dell E4200 or Toshiba R500/600 or many better Magnesium Alloy (not Coke can aluminum) chassis based ultraportables. It's about time I can just pay a premium to run Mac OSX on the superior hardware that is available to Windows users. Just license me the OS for $300-350 and let me use it in supported format. I hate to be locked in using hardware designed for the lowest common denominator. It would be like Windows 7 could only run on the Toshiba/HP/Dell low-end stuff found at Best Buy. If you bought a business level Latitude or Thinkpad then you must use Linux. That's what sort of insanity this amounts to. Reply
DeathRayLoveMachine - Saturday, July 18, 2009 - link[quote]I mean if 1GB video RAM can handle around 140 windows open at 2560x1600 which I'd guesstimate maybe 5-10% at best of users use, then this is a non issue. Who has 140 windows up? For that matter who has even 70 windows up? [/quote]
Not all apps tested used so little VRAM, remember. Photoshop took 56MB per image, and it failed to release RAM when images were closed. If that's the case, you could easily chomp through 512 or 1024 MB of VRAM just by opening and closing files.
[quote]On the Macbook "Pro" supposedly all video memory is shared memory anyway.[/quote]
The Macbook Pros have always had discrete video cards with dedicated VRAM. The only exceptions are the new 13" Macbook Pro, which has a 9400M, and all the other current-generation Macbook Pros, which have both integrated AND discrete video cards (on the logic that you can use the discrete unit while plugged in).
[quote]The Macbook Air is gimped and weighs THREE pounds. That is a weak proposition to anyone with a Lenovo X-series or Dell E4200 or Toshiba R500/600 or many better Magnesium Alloy (not Coke can aluminum) chassis based ultraportables.[/quote]
I only checked out one of the laptops you listed, the Dell E4200, but it seems like a joke compared to the Macbook Air. Dell doesn't list the weight or battery life of the E4200, but I understand the battery at least is worse than the Macbook Air's; and on top of that, the Macbook Air has a faster processor (1.8 or 2.16GHz with 6MB cache versus 1.4-1.6 with 3MB on the E4200), and a videocard which is actually worth a damn (a 9400M, versus some Intel garbage on all the E4200s).
Now here's the part that really shocked me: the Macbook Air was CHEAPER than the Dell, in addition to utterly trashing it in terms of performance. The entry Macbook Air is $1500, versus $1720 for the Dell, and the upgraded Macbook Air with SSD is $1800, versus $1900 for the upgraded Dell. (One thing Dell has the Apple doesn't: SSDs on the entry model. But the entry Macbook Air has 120GB versus the Dell's paltry 64, not to mention that it's $220 cheaper.)
I don't know what you mean about "Coke can aluminum," since I quite like the new Macbook chassis and I haven't used the E4200.
Anyway, please do a better job of checking your facts Reply
DEredita - Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - linkEven the base 15" Macbook Pro at $1699 comes with a 9400M that used shared ram. That pathetic. It's a Pro series laptop at ~ $1700, it should have a dedicated GPU with dedicated Vram at that price. Face it, Apple hardware is inadequate. They're hyped up to be this graphics machines, when in reality, they use bargain basement integrated video solutions, which they pawn off at monstrously high costs. Reply
snookie - Thursday, August 27, 2009 - linkI can't disagree with that. I just bought a new 2.8ghz and spent quite a bot extra to get the 512MB vid card. At least I ought it online and between rebate and not taxes saved $449. Reply
DeathRayLoveMachine - Saturday, July 18, 2009 - linkPardon the formatting and type-checking, apparently I am stupid. Reply
MrPIppy - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkActually, by default, Leopard still draws windows in system memory and then has the GPU composite them.
Siracusa's article describes Tiger's new Quartz path that had the GPU both draw windows and composite them. Tiger called it Quartz 2D Extreme, Leopard calls it QuartzGL. Neither system has it enabled by default, I assume because of application compatibility problems. Applications in Leopard can turn it on for themselves though. Reply
fmaste - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkI OSX or Photoshop problem not freeing up the space of each closed image?
I think is Photoshop Reply
psonice - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkI'm pretty sure it's photoshop.
Normally you create an openGL texture, which will allocate the memory, do what you want with it, then release it at the end. At that point (or very soon after) if nothing else is using it, the memory gets deallocated. If you told something else to keep hold of the texture and forgot to tell it to let go when you're finished, the OS won't deallocate the memory because it's still being used - at that point, you have a memory leak. When you quit the OS, the OS is then sure nothing is using it and you get your memory back.
There are things in the OS that leak memory, so it is conceivable that it's an OS problem, but that has all the signs of being an application issue. Reply
erple2 - Saturday, July 18, 2009 - linkThat's not necessarily a memory leak - it's possible that Photoshop keeps that RAM "paged" for future use to speed up repeated access to that image. That's a similar way to how databases utilize their space - they don't actually free up the disk space used until you dump and reload a database, even if you "delete" data out of them.
psonice - Saturday, July 18, 2009 - linkI'm sure they do that to speed things up while you work on an image, but surely when you actually close the file you've finished using it and the memory should be freed :) Reply
Larso - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkSpeaking of OS X memory usage, why is it that the (all programs quitted) memory consumption just keeps on increasing when the system is not rebooted for days/weeks? I know that the inactive memory is of no concern, but to me it seems that both wired and active memory consumption indeed grows. Sorry if the question is slightly offtopic, but I have not been able to find a good answer anywhere.
Is it normal OS X (leopard) behaviour? Of course, the software updates mandates a reboot every now and then. But as a switcher, I had hoped that the days of rebooting every now and then, just to make the OS happy, would be over... Not so it seems. Reply
Griswold - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkI havent rebooted my windows machines just to make the OS happy since the (to me) long gone days of XP. However, the effect you describe can be seen on pretty much any OS because its most likely some driver with a memory leak... Reply
uibo - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkwhat you have described here is a memory leak bug or some sort of aggressive caching (which shouldn't happen if your computer is not doing anything). Reply
vj8usa - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkCan VRAM usage even be monitored in Windows? I'd love to see how much I'm using in Vista, but can't figure out how. Reply
iwodo - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkWhat about playing Video, Viewing Image SlideShows .. etc
By the graph it looks like most of us really only need 512MB Video Memory. Reply
SiliconDoc - Thursday, July 30, 2009 - linkPerson who just got the GTX285 for their Mac replacing the red rooster failure.
" I have a new Mac Pro, a 30" Cinema HD Display and now an amazingly improved image on the screen. I had the ATI Radeon 4870 HD but …Read morewhat a difference 500 more MBs make! Again I say WOW! "
ATI loses again....
Also, suddenly, a 1 gig card is not wanted at an enthusiast site, namely because it's an Nvidia. roflmao - it's soooooo predictable here I can hardly believe this article - and guess who wrote it...rofl
Yes, no need for more video memory - a gig is a waste...OSX who needs more vid memory hahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Leave it up to Derek here to dis Nvidia AGAIN, by asking if the GTX285 with 1 gig is "even neccessary" for OSX... the bleeding bias once again cannot be contained.
Enjoy a 512 card.
Good lord.
anandtech02148 - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkinteresting, is microsoft doing anything similar to this? they have tons of gpus unlike Apple. such a waste for a gpu to just play video games.
Flunk - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkYes, it's called Aero. The big reason why you really need to have a Directx 9.0 GPU to run Vista properly. Reply
Voo - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkIf we're at it.. is there any known workaround for the Photoshop memory leak?
Even if you've got a 1024mb card, you'll inevitably run out of memory and things start to get really slow till you restart Photoshop.
Annoying, but I found no solution on the net :/ Reply
psychobriggsy - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkI'd imagine that video memory would be:
desktop X * desktop Y * 4 (32-bit screen) * 2 (double buffering)
+ for all windows
window X * window Y * 4 (32-bit screen). I don't know if there is a display image and a render image, or if that is configurable in the application itself (e.g., to prevent tearing in videos Quicktime might have a display and render texture, but a normal window doesn't need that).
So, 2560x1600 would be 16MB a window. Your Safari windows were nearly half-width but full height? That would explain 7MB a window. The desktop is probably 32MB straight up (double buffered), and the background picture another 16MB. However it is possible that Apple uses some form of texture compression for these types of texture. Reply
psonice - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkI doubt they're using texture compression. Also a screen-sized window doesn't necessarily mean you need to store the full window in video memory - it depends on how the compositing works.
E.g. instead of drawing the complete window and storing that in memory, the compositor can draw just the window elements and draw them all to screen when they're needed. So you'd just store the close/maximise/etc buttons, the window frame (which can be a repeating texture and take very little space), scroll bar buttons, standard UI buttons, and then the actual window content.
Note that when you do it that way, there's a lot of duplication when you have multiple windows, and you only need to store most of the window elements once.
I suspect that fillrate and memory bandwidth actually get just as important as vram when you have a lot of windows open, because you're effectively asking the GPU to draw every window at once when you use expose - if that's 1gb of texture data, that's a lot of drawing + moving in/out of memory.
Anand: how was performance when you got close to filling video memory but hadn't quite filled it? Reply
haplo602 - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linktexture compression is part of the opengl driver, you just enable it and that's all I guess ... Reply
alpensiedler - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkit'd be nice to see a vista or ubuntu (compiz) comparison. i wonder which os does best with video memory usage. Reply
inighthawki - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - linkagreed, as well as windows 7 to see if they optimized anything there. Reply
Souka - Friday, July 17, 2009 - linkIsn't this really an Adobe issue, not an OS?
inighthawki - Sunday, July 19, 2009 - linkwhat does adobe have to do with how much memory the OS uses for a gui window? Reply
Souka - Monday, July 20, 2009 - linkI do understand that OS X has a "problem" with video memory, based on this article.... my question was in reference to this statement: "And once again, you don't get that memory back when you close your images - only after you exit Photoshop"
So if I open 50 Safari windows...then close 49 of them. the memory footprint will still be that of 50? If so...then yes, OS issue..got it.
:) Reply
inighthawki - Monday, July 20, 2009 - linkoh ok i understand, in my previous reply i was targeting how much video memory a single window uses in win7 compared to osx (which OS uses less video memory), not necessarily reclaiming memory. Reply
sarangiman - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - linkDear Anand,
What software did you use to monitor VRAM usage in OS X? I've Google'd ad nauseam & can't find any such utility yet clearly you used one in writing this article...
Rishi Reply
sarangiman - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - linkNevermind. I figured it out.
For those interested: It's the 'OpenGL Driver Monitor' under:
/Developer/Applications/Graphics Tools
-Rishi Sanyal Reply


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I just watched a YouTube video about someone who cheated to win Millionaire (Major Fraud). I'm trying to figure out whether this is a violation of the NAP. It seems not. I'd imagine that contestants basically make a contract that they won't cheat, and if they are found to be cheating, will have their prize revoked. Beyond that, I don't think there was any aggression. I suppose it could be framed that they paid him for what he clamed was a genuine performance, but it turns out he misrepresented himself as a contestant and thus defrauded the show.
Well, the show is basically a contractual exchange: fulfill these conditions under these rules and you will receive moneys based on how well you do.
Any attempt to subvert those rules I think would qualify as an indirect aggression, as trying to receive value outside the agreed-upon rules, similar to fraud in a contract.
It wouldn't be too different from agreeing to provide 20 barrels of mackerel at a certain price and the providing instead 20 barrels of a species that look like mackerel (iow, his performance was a fraud).
Committing fraud is committing aggression and therefore violates the NAP. The individual made a legitimate trade of labor for money, in this case the expected value of the game show payoff and agreed to behave in a certain way. That individual violated that agreement and defrauded the game show of its property, he literally stole the property. And the owner of the game show has a right to claim the property be returned with compensation for costs incurred in the fraud.
How exactly did he cheat anyway? Accomplice in audience?
As Anenome and Bogart said, cheating on a gameshow is a violation of the NAP because it's a form of fraud and fraud is a form of theft. Aggression doesn't require violence per se.
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Well, it is a violation if this specific sort of breach of contract is considered unlawful aggression. Otherwise it's not.
Consider by whom? By any justice mechanism of decision being applyied to sort out the specific situation, given specific circumstances.
Is it possible to know a priori what things are and what aren't instances of unlawful aggression, and to embed such knowledge in some abstract, pure and non-circumstancial "NAP", so that it will hold true no matter what?
No, I'm affraid it is not.
So, what's the point with this whole "Does X-action violate NAP?" template?
I wanted to know whether it violated the NAP (and if so, the reasoning) so I could better understand the NAP. If it didn't, it would be some aspect of our current system.
So basically, as I understand people's answers here, if one makes a contract with someone, there are things that don't fulfill it (and invoke something civil described in the contract). There are also things outside the contract that are fraud, which is criminal. Fraud can occur more generally in any exchange, regardless of whether a contract is used. And it makes sense, since fraud is an attempt to deceive the other party, to cause them to do things based in incorrect information, and thus without their consent. This is different from merely failing to fulfill a contract, like not delivering the goods (with the receiver knowing they weren't delivered) or failing to meet the stipulated quality standards and not being deceptive that this is the case.