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Pershing 76 — By Richard Thiel —
February 2004
Fast and Flashy
|What kind of boater buys a four-cabin, multimillion-dollar, 76-foot Italian sportboat?
I'd just finished testing the Pershing 76 and was walking down the dock at Miami's Bayside Marina when I was approached by a couple who'd just stepped off a rather boxy-looking 50-some-foot motoryacht. Noticing the Power & Motoryacht logo on my shirt, they introduced themselves as long-time subscribers. We exchanged pleasantries about the weather, the marina, and their boat, and then the gentleman put his hand on my shoulder, inclined his head to me, and, sotto voce, asked, "Can I ask you a question?" "Sure," I replied. He pointed to the 76 I'd just left and asked, "Who buys a boat like that?"
A fair question. For moored amidst a sea of white sameness, this sleek silver and black bullet stood out like Britney Spears at an AARP meeting. I could easily imagine boaters abuzz as she (the Pershing, not Britney) pulled in that morning, wondering what movie star or media mogul might be aboard.
Unfortunately for me, no august personage could claim ownership of the 76; she was the property of the Fort Lauderdale MarineMax dealer (the MarineMax dealer network has a marketing agreement with the Ferretti Group, of which Pershing is a part), and she'd been brought here so I could conduct my test in the protected waters of Biscayne Bay, well away from the eight-footers that roared outside. The reason, explained the folks from Ferretti of America, was not fear of the elements but rather insurance limitations. Part of me was thankful I'd be saved from what would no doubt have been a raucous ride, but part of me was disappointed that I wouldn't see the 76 in the conditions for which this deep-V-hulled, Arneson-driven sportboat had been designed.
Which brings me back to that reader's question: Who owns—or more specifically, would own—this boat? Would it be the kind of person who would be outside on a day like today, challenging the best Mother Nature could devise? Although I judged the 76 capable of doing just that, I suspected not. Then who?
The question took on added interest when I stepped aboard. The first thing I noticed was that the galley was down a semicircular, eight-step companionway in the saloon's aft port corner. Galley-down is not an arrangement that American boat buyers are generally enamored with. Moreover, well equipped though this one is, the galley is actually part of the crew quarters, which includes a double-berth stateroom and a single-berth stateroom, a head, and engine-room access via a watertight door aft. (There's also access via a cockpit hatch.) It was pretty obvious to me that the 76 had been designed to be operated by a crew, and a crew of three at that.
A tour of the main deck offered a number of clues as to who actually would own this boat. It would have to be someone who appreciates stylish, modern design. The interior is a bright and airy combination of finely crafted, light Austrian pear (finished with a slightly orange stain and satin lacquer); a dark, wide-plank teak sole; a beige, open-weave area rug; brushed stainless steel accents; and a dark-brown, alligator skin-like vinyl, L-shape sofa to starboard. A translucent panel just forward of the retractable flat-panel TV on centerline separates the saloon from the helmsman.
Just as clearly, the 76's target buyer would be someone who likes lots of light, air, and sun. Large side windows let in plenty of light (all saloon windows and the aft slider have privacy blinds) and are low enough to provide occupants a fine view outside. Although industrial-grade (72,000-Btu) air conditioning is standard, it's easy to bring the outside in, thanks to a 9'7"W x 7'5"L electrically operated sunroof. Moreover, two of the three glass panels on the aft saloon bulkhead slide open, effectively making the shaded, teak-covered aft deck one with the saloon. If that's not enough sun, there's always the large sunpad atop the garage (an 11-foot RIB and optional PWC are below) and the even larger one on the foredeck.
Next page > Part 2: One thing that I'm sure will define the 76's owner is a love of speed. > Page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Timberlake Gives Super Bowl-Eve Comeback Concert
Justin Timberlake put an exclamation point on his comeback with a sizzling, hour-long concert on the eve of the Super Bowl.
Timberlake — who recently released his new single "Suit and Tie" — hadn't performed in concert in nearly five years, deciding to concentrate on his acting career. But at Saturday's event — put on by DirecTV — a dapper-looking Timberlake brought out a full band, along with special guests Jay-Z and Timbaland, to wow a crowd of hundreds in New Orleans.
Timberlake is due to perform for a much larger audience next Sunday at the Grammy Awards. His third album, "The 20/20 Experience," is due out in March.
The evening raised funds for Shriners Hospitals for Children.
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Develop the image of the ultimate wine, drill down to the ultimate ideal wine genius! Bernhard Huber's as the world's best brewery now attracting attention from around the world.
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A GRAND plan to bring three schools in West Somerset together will this week become a reality – and one of them is set for a major overhaul.
The federated schools of Danesfield Middle, St Peter's First and Old Cleeve First are joining together in a multi-academy trust and, from Saturday, will be known as the Quantock Academy.
A planning application has also been submitted to West Somerset Council to build a new hall and pre-school at Old Cleeve School.
While the academy status has been hailed as a 'driving factor' in securing money for the work at Old Cleeve, a range of concerns has also been raised about the refurbishment.
Ian Bradbury, executive head teacher of the Quantock Academy, said while it would, in many respects, be 'business as usual' for pupils, they will enjoy better resources.
He said: "With all of the changes going on in education, the academy status gives us the freedom and the ability to respond even better to these changes.
"The new hall at Old Cleeve would replace the existing wooden huts used as temporary classrooms, while there are plans for a new kitchen, toilets and storage area.
Mr Bradbury added: "We have been able to bid for a refurbishment because we're an academy, and that was really one of the driving factors.
"The children deserve the best possible learning environment."
However, a number of people have written to West Somerset Council with concerns.
Pamela Scragg, clerk to Old Cleeve Parish Council, wrote: "Local residents have expressed concerns to parish councillors that range from the height of the new building as viewed by residents in McKinley Terrace, Dudley Cottage and Honeysuckle Cottage, to serious parking concerns and that, given the flooding problems, a flood barrier should be placed at the doorway.
"The overall feeling of the parish council is that the plans are disingenuous and that the standard of the application is very poor."
Bridget Gilpin, whose home is next to the school, adds: "The proposed extension to the main school building will mean the school will be in even greater proximity to my house, restricting privacy and light to the front of my home.
"As with many other residents in Washford, I am concerned about the volume of traffic and parking restrictions during term time.
"Recently, the staff have taken over the village hall car park and parents are also encouraged to park there when collecting their children.
"Unfortunately, this has simply removed the problem to other areas of the village."
Another correspondent, John Wilcox, wrote: "The development is too large for the setting as it will dominate and diminish the whole centre of the village."
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Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder
Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder
Studio Recording
Winner of Outstanding Jazz Album
at 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards
Recorded June 19-21, 2012 at New York University's Steinhardt James L. Dolan Music Recording Studio, Wonder: The Songs of Stevie Wonder is the definitive studio recording of the Collective's arrangements of the music of Stevie Wonder. This release follows the Collective's Live in New York 2011 featuring the Wonder music and original compositions, recorded at Jazz Standard in New York City.
Featuring Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone), Mark Turner (tenor saxophone), Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Robin Eubanks (trombone), Stefon Harris (vibraphone), Edward Simon (piano), Matt Penman (bass), and Eric Harland (drums).
- Limited edition CD available exclusively through SFJAZZ — not available in stores.
- Studio recording works of pop singer, songwriter and all around musical genius Stevie Wonder, newly arranged by members of the Collective.
- Contains original photography from SFJAZZ Photographer Laureate Jim Goldberg
Track Listing
1. Superstition – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Miguel Zenón*) 07:04
2. Visions – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Stefon Harris) 06:07
3. Race Babbling – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Robin Eubanks) 10:19
4. Creepin' – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Matt Penman) 07:22
5. Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Avishai Cohen) 8:24
6. Blame It On The Sun – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Mark Turner) 7:11
7. Do I Do – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Eric Harland**) 06:07
8. My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder (arranged by Edward Simon***) 09:07
* Congas by Miguel Zenón; Fender Rhodes by Edward Simon. Miguel Zenón plays Rico Reeds exclusively
** Co-produced by Matt Pierson; Vocals by Chris Turner; Eric Harland plays Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks.
*** Percussion by Edward Simon; Edward Simon plays Steinway & Sons pianos
Executive Producer: Robert Mailer Anderson
Producer: Randall Kline
Associate Producer: Alexandra Casazza
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio University students who live on campus could pay $600 more next school year.
The Columbus Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/IIGPnD ) that university officials are recommending a 3.5 percent increase in tuition and fees for in-state undergraduate students at the Athens campus. It would be roughly a $345 increase that would drive tuition and fees above the $10,000 mark for the first time.
Officials also want a 3.5?percent increase in room rates and a 1.5 percent hike in board rates, for a $255 increase. The school's board of trustees is expected to vote on the proposals next Friday.
Meanwhile, The Akron Beacon Journal reports (http://bit.ly/IIGBge) that Kent State undergraduates will pay an extra $440 this fall for credit hours beyond what the university says is a full-time load.


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Lots of folks — including many gay people — have long dismissed the idea of genuine bisexuality. Yes, most of us started out sampling from the hetero platter in high school before coming out as gay, but how much of that was social pressure and how much genuine arousal?
Well, a study, reported on by Healthy Living News, says that bisexual arousal really does exist. The study used a variety of controls to determine which men physically reacted to same-sex sex, disputing other studies which have suggested bisexuality, among men at least, is a myth.
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US stocks fell for a second day as concern about progress in Washington budget negotiations overshadowed a European agreement on Greece aid and a better- than-forecast report on durable goods.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.5 per cent to 1,399.10 at 4 p.m. in New York.
"The market remains fixated on what's going on in Washington," Frederic Dickson, who helps oversee about $US32 billion as chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co. in Lake Oswego, Oregon, said in a telephone interview. "The lack of progress in resolving major fiscal cliff issues is topic A and trumping any kind of positive news whether it's coming out of Europe or positive economic reports."
US equities extended declines after Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid said "little progress" has been made in talks to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. "We only have a couple weeks to get something done so we have to get away from the happy talk" and do "specific things," he told reporters.
The S&P 500 has slipped 2.1 per cent since Nov. 6 as President Barack Obama's re-election set up a showdown with the Republican-controlled House of Representatives over the budget. Congress returned from the Thanksgiving recess this week, seeking a budget deal to avoid $US607 billion of automatic tax increases and spending cuts from kicking in next year.
While Republicans favor raising federal tax revenue by limiting deductions, Democrats have pushed for higher rates on upper-income earners. The Congressional Budget Office has said a failure to avoid the fiscal cliff could lead to a recession and a jobless rate of about 9 per cent, compared with the October rate of 7.9 per cent.
'Witching Hour'
"It had looked like Washington lawmakers had kissed and made up after the presidential election and while that might still be so, some are reading Mr. Reid's comments as more work needing to be done," Larry Peruzzi, senior equity trader at Cabrera Capital Markets LLC in Boston, wrote in an e-mail. "It's getting close to the witching hour now so not the best thing to hear."
In Europe, finance ministers cut the rates on loans made under the first bailout of Greece in May 2010. They also suspended interest payments for a decade on lending agreed under the country's second bailout. The ministers outlined a plan for the Mediterranean nation to buy back its debt at distressed rates. They authorized Greece to receive a 34.4 billion-euro ($US44.6 billion) loan installment in December.
"All initiatives decided upon today will bring Greece's public debt clearly back on a sustainable path," Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters in Brussels after chairing a 13-hour meeting that ended early today.
Durable Goods
Demand for goods such as machinery and electronics climbed in October by the most in five months. Bookings for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, a proxy for future business investment, rose 1.7 per cent last month, the Commerce Department reported in Washington. Orders for all durable goods were little changed, beating the median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg that projected a 0.7 per cent drop.
Another report showed consumer confidence rose in November to the highest level in more than four years. Home prices climbed in the year ended in September by the most since July 2010.
"With the fiscal cliff, there's going to be good news, bad news, good news, bad news before it's all settled," Bruce Bittles, chief investment strategist at Milwaukee-based RW Baird & Co., which oversees $US85 billion, said in a telephone interview. "You had some favorable news on the European situation with Greece, durable goods orders were a little better-than-expected, and the market didn't respond to any of that."
'Different Course'
S&P 500 futures pared earlier gains after Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said he advocates limits on quantitative easing. Fisher said in a speech today in Berlin that the US central bank could "pursue a different course" and announce "a limit as to how much we are going to acquire of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, say up to a limit of X, up to a point where our balance sheet reaches that."
He said that could be done "at this next meeting, which would be my preference."


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GIGABYTE Announces FM2+ A88X Series Motherboards for Kaveriby Ian Cutress on 8/16/2013 10:17 PM EST
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hasmidzuljojo - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkI have been waiting for FM2+ update.Thanks anandtech Reply
Theremings759 - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linklike Paula replied I'm impressed that people can make $9114 in four weeks on the computer. Learn More Here http://jobs63.com Reply
ezjohny - Monday, September 09, 2013 - linkthis is a scam. Reply
meacupla - Friday, August 16, 2013 - linkFrom the looks of it, no mITX, which is disappointing.
C'mon, we need a decent FM2/FM2+ mITX board!
The only makers that offer anything are asrock, of which their initial design caught fire. Reply
Paul Tarnowski - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkSince it's ASRock, I must ask: was that literally, or was it just popular? Reply
meacupla - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linktheir FM2A75M-ITX literally caught fire.
Their second iteration, FM2A85X-ITX seems to fair much better. Reply
jensend - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkYou're wrong. MSI released a decent FM2 ITX board when Trinity first launched (FM2-A75IA-E53), and Gigabyte finally came out with theirs, which is rather nice, about a month ago (GA-F2A85XN-WIFI). Reply
meacupla - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkIn that case, I stand corrected.
MSI offering is lacking quite a few rear ports... VGA, HDMI and optical are decent, but having DVI, DP and wifi would have been even better.
The gigabyte, on the other hand, looks very interesting. It's just unfortunate they didn't have it 6 months ago, because it would have been really nice to recommend that and A8 over i3-3225 and H77N-wifi. Reply
piggys - Sunday, August 18, 2013 - linkWhat are you talking about? The MSI has bluetooth, and Wifi. Reply
yannigr - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkIt's nice to see 7 mobos for an AMD platform from one manufacturer and not just one or two. I was really disappointed the last months seeing dozens Intel motherboard and only o few for AMD. Reply
kolo22 - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkHow long does GIGIABYTE usually provide BIOS fixes for? Reply
lmcd - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkITX at launch is a must, or I can guarantee there'll be a Haswell in the next machine I put together. Reply
CajunArson - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkSo those boards look nice but... why buy one now when you'll have to wait until next February to get a Kaveri anyway? Reply
David_K - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkYou can buy one and use it with a richland APU 0 Reply
Amoro - Monday, August 19, 2013 - linkUh, the 2nd sentence in the article states,
"Despite recent rumors floating around the Internet reporting delays to AMD's deployment of Kaveri (which AMD have since confirmed to the media that Kaveri will ship to customers in Q4-2013), motherboard manufacturers, like GIGABYTE, are announcing their lineup for Steamroller based APUs." Reply
Parablooper - Saturday, August 17, 2013 - linkOooh. Fancy. Reply
djshortsleeve - Monday, August 19, 2013 - linkSo the next APUs wont be compatible with FM2 like originally stated?
I have an A8-5600k HTPC. I built it to test out AMD APUs and throw some business their way. Ive thought on several occasions how much I regret the move. Reply
Taft12 - Monday, August 19, 2013 - linkThe next APUs *WERE* compatible with FM2: Richland
You're going to have to show me where AMD ever said Kaveri APUs would be compatible with FM2. FM2+ has been on the roadmap for a while:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/201305302... Reply
Dirk Broer - Saturday, August 24, 2013 - linkYou can use your A8-5600K in FM2 mobos and in FM2+ mobos as well. You can't place a Kaveri in FM2 mobo though, as Kaveri has 2 more pins than socket FM2 allows for. Reply
lopper - Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - linkA question: I remember some saying that Kaveri's ondie graphics would have GDDR5. So, if these boards aren't majorly redesigned, what if these can only run Kaveri in a castrated form? Reply
bobbozzo - Thursday, August 29, 2013 - linkAlso, Kaveri was supposed to support DDR4, but I'm not sure if that's going to happen if they're keeping backwards compatibility for FM2. Reply
tiagosilvamsn - Thursday, September 05, 2013 - linkbem que deveria ter uma g1 sniper com chip 990fx , ta faltando placa mãe para amd boa no Brasil ! Reply
Gadgety - Monday, October 07, 2013 - linkNo Mini ITX FM2+ - not from Gigabyte, not from ASUS. ASRock must be jubilant. Reply
Dirk Broer - Sunday, November 24, 2013 - linkNot anymore then: http://www.gigabyte.eu/products/product-page.aspx?... Reply


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The nation's unemployment rate was unchanged at 9.6 percent after the economy lost 54,000 jobs in August.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today that government employment fell as a result of shedding 114,000 temporary workers hired for the Census. Private-sector payroll employment rose by 67,000.
"The August jobs report, albeit tepid, does show the economy is holding steady, despite speculation to the contrary," says Frank Armendariz, Arizona regional director at Manpower. "This is consistent with what I'm seeing in the market, as well as what the quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook Survey (MEOS) has been reporting for the past three quarters. Our quarterly MEOS survey measures employers' intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their work force during the next quarter, and we've seen consistent results in our Phoenix-area survey this year."
According to the BLS, the number of jobless Americans stands at 14.9 million. The number of long-term unemployed (those who have been out of work 27 weeks or more) declined last month by 323,000 to 6.2 million. In August, 42 percent of the nation's unemployed had not worked for 27 weeks or more.
Government employment fell by 121,000, largely due to the loss of Census 2010 workers. Total private employment continued a rising trend. The BLS reports that since its most recent low in December 2009, private-sector employment has risen by 763,000.
"The fact that we've seen eight straight months of private-sector job growth is very encouraging and is consistent with what I'm seeing — employers are continuing to hire each quarter, but in limited quantities, with a majority of firms holding steady with their current labor force," Armendariz says. "This is an improvement from last year when we were seeing mass layoffs and very little hiring."
Employment gains were seen in health care, mining and construction. The manufacturing sector lost jobs, while employment in retail trade was essentially unchanged.
"The recession brought about huge changes in the labor market in a very short period of time," Armendariz says. "Now we're seeing new jobs come back very slowly. At the current pace, it will take years for us to get back to pre-recession employment levels. As a result, the limited labor market growth we're experiencing feels almost imperceptible in comparison to the free fall we took in the wrong direction last year."


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Welcome to Monday's The Crap We Missed, which once again lives up to the bloated mess this thing tends to be after a weekend of, how to put this, celebrinanigans? Anyway, today we've got Gerard Depardieu really letting loose (*takes bow*) at the premiere of I'm Not Even Going To Pretend To Give A Shit About The Title Of This Movie, Because You Don't, Bristol Palin wantin' preggers again, Daryl Hannah letting us know how many more surgeries before the penis is operational, while Arnold Schwarzenegger wisely put a chain on his before a live television appearance, Taylor Swift's photo for The Joy Book, the coolest dad in the world, followed by the polar opposite of that, and finally, wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?
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|The Wikia Gaming Alliance (WGA) is an alliance created by wikis hosted on Wikia. It is an alliance where each wiki helps each other out when help is needed. It also helps to connect the gaming wikis of Wikia to create an easier experience for readers.Wikis in the WGA will:
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Do we want to join this? Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."19:53,1/8/2013 4,527
I don't see any harm in doing so, it might even give us some much needed traffic. Rainbow Shifter 19:59, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Traffic is a good thing, but only if we don't get spam editors, trolls, or page blanking anons. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."20:01,1/8/2013 4,527
- Yes but I don't think Nintendo Wiki itself has many trolls, etc and many new users will probably come from there. Rainbow Shifter 20:05, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
We don't need to do an alliance. It's not an official Wikia alliance. It seems to be not run in the best of ways. Perhaps if they were to change it in a way that would benefit the wikis more that would be part of it, then perhaps we'd join. But I honestly don't see the point of this at all. It makes no sense whatsoever. Additionally, the next time a thing that will affect the wiki greatly, like this, it needs to be a public discussion. Not something that occurs on chat. And since, as I said, it's not an official Wikia alliance, we shouldn't do it. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:11, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
- Notable points Jäzzi. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."20:13,1/8/2013 4,527
- Trolls and spammers will always be a problem we can't stop that. And Slaying give the Gaming Alliance a chance I'm sure it is the right move to get more activity flowing on the wiki. The Timid Black Guy 20:15, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
As I stated, perhaps if it were run in a different manner, my opinion might be difference. But as it is right now I just, something about it I just don't really like. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:27, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
- I do have to say though, while it is legitimate, it's by one of the lead admins on the Nintendo Wiki, its aiming to be more of a "This wiki needs help hub" which would seem to almost ask for vandals. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."20:33,1/8/2013 4,527
- Well, it can help this wiki out for more active users who are willing to help this wiki, even so, if this wiki remains inactive in users it is more attractive for vandalisms to vandalise articles around this wiki. But it is my opinion, might that of yours can be much better. KidProdigy (Local Userpage ⁝ Local Talk) 20:46, January 8, 2013 (UTC)
- What kinds of thing do you want the alliance to have? I originally planned on doing some sort of list for nasty vandals who add false info or do lots of vandalism, to help stop them from vandalizing other wikis in the alliance, but I thought that that would be a bit much. Would something like that be good? Rocketslime_1_1 Talk Contribs 22:56,1/8/2013
- That would be good, but like I said, we (the pokémon wiki) are going to have some more discussion here. We may or may not join, depending on our discussion. Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."01:41,1/9/2013 4,527
- I do like the idea of having that list and I would like to suggest that, even if we didn't join, to share the IP Adresses of vandals which are currently blocked on our wiki. Rainbow Shifter 16:42, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
The list is a good idea. Now that I've thought this over, I can see this working. I would kind of like to see a representative of each wiki like, as a helper on the alliance wiki. – EnemyPeacemaker 20:04, January 10, 2013 (UTC)
- I can agree to that, But who would (we) we have as rep? Slay Talk "Shadows wonder why we scream."20:19,1/10/2013 4,527
- I was thinking one or two people, no more than two though as that'd be overkill. – EnemyPeacemaker 21:59, January 10, 2013 (UTC)


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Kristin Scott Thomas teams up with old pal Ralph Fiennes in The Invisible Woman, which tells the story of Charles Dickens' affair with a young actress. She tells Jeananne Craig why being cast as 'the mother' wasn't all bad - and why director Fiennes was a "terrible bully".
When Ralph Fiennes signed up to direct and star in The Invisible Woman, he contacted old friend Kristin Scott Thomas.
The pair previously played passionate lovers in the 1996 Oscar-winning film The English Patient, and shared screen time in the lesser known 2005 drama Chromophobia. And after watching Fiennes' 2011 directorial debut, Coriolanus, Scott Thomas had told him to give her a call if he got behind the camera again.
This time, however, she wasn't enlisted to play the love interest to Fiennes' Charles Dickens. The actor-director, who at 51 is two years younger than Scott Thomas, wanted her to play Frances, the mother of the author's young mistress, Nelly.
When asked why Fiennes always had her in mind for the character, Scott Thomas confesses: "I didn't know that. That's a bit upsetting. Maybe because she's a sort of ageing actress on the way out!"
The Paris-based mother-of-three may be an ageing star, but there's no sign that she's on the way out, and she's still remarkably beautiful. Despite a painfully early start to catch the Eurostar to London, she is elegant and chic with a dark bob, silky blouse and studded killer heels.
Perhaps it's because of this cool beauty - and the upper crust roles she's often played - that the actress has a reputation as something of an ice queen. Face-to-face in a hushed hotel room, it's clear she doesn't suffer fools, but she's also happy to jest and breaks into laughter frequently.
She appears to have forgiven Fiennes for his casting choice, describing him as "incredibly brave" for taking on both director and leading man duties.
"It was wonderful working with Ralph again. Even though he was a terrible bully," she deadpans. "He used to tell me to stop acting all the time."
Did he want her to seem more natural? "I don't know what he wanted. One day when I did stop acting he said, 'You look as if you want to go home', and I said, 'Yes, well you told me to stop acting'," she recalls, laughing.
Fiennes, for his part, is full of praise for Scott Thomas. "When I offered her the mother's part, she was a little bit, 'Hmm, I'm not sure about that'," he says. "But she gives a brilliant performance in a really key role, because the way that Mrs Ternan negotiates and acquiesces in Nelly's coming together with Dickens is very important."
Based on Claire Tomalin's biography of the same name, The Invisible Woman sees the married author falling for 18-year-old Nelly (played by The Amazing Spider-Man 2 star Felicity Jones, 30), as she tours the country with her mother and sisters, chasing theatre work.
Mrs Ternan is highly protective of her brood, and her daughter's reputation. But Dickens can offer Nelly the financial security that life on the 19th century stage couldn't.
Scott Thomas, who has two sons and a daughter from her former marriage to French gynaecologist Francois Olivennes, could relate to Mrs Ternan's bind.
"You do what's best for your child, even if in her case the decision of what to do must have been really, really hard.
"[Acting] was a very, very hard life and I think that comes across well in the film - how difficult it was having to trudge all the way to different theatres in the middle of the night, endlessly being on trains, living in terrible conditions and not having very much money," she adds.
"If you're not a success, there's nothing really else to do. When she sees that her daughter doesn't really have any talent for the stage, she has to find another way out."
Dickens is trapped in a loveless marriage, and as the film progresses we see him embark on a passionate affair with the intelligent, self-possessed Nelly.
As rumours of their romance spread among Victorian society, the revered author is determined to keep it a secret, and Nelly is destined to remain his 'invisible woman'.
Scott Thomas admits that Dickens behaved "atrociously", adding: "That's the great thing about Ralph's performance. You know he's doing something not great, but you still empathise with him."
While we see Nelly fail to make a dent in the theatre world, Scott Thomas has worked steadily since graduating from drama school in Paris aged 25.
She'd previously attended London's Central School of Speech and Drama, where she didn't have much success, and so moved to the French capital to work as an au pair at 19.
The move paid off. Second time round, Cornwall-born Scott Thomas went on to land roles in films like Under The Cherry Moon in 1986 and 1988's A Handful Of Dust. But her big break came in 1994 when she played icy aristocrat Fiona in Richard Curtis's Four Weddings And A Funeral.
The hit romcom celebrates its 20th birthday this year. When asked how her life has changed since, the adopted Parisienne gives a Gallic shrug.
"Well I'm 20 years older! It's the same and it's different at the same time. I dunno. How long have you got?
"It feels like a lifetime ago," she adds. "It is a lifetime."
Four Weddings did pave the way for her Oscar-nominated role in The English Patient, and appearances alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible and Robert Redford in The Horse Whisperer.
In recent years, aside from the occasional Hollywood dabble (including the 2009 chick-flick Confessions Of A Shopaholic, an experience she later confessed to hating), she appears to have eschewed blockbusters for lower budget films, movies made in her adopted homeland and stage appearances.
The actress acknowledges that her motivation for choosing projects has changed as she's matured.
"I'm much more interested in working with a director, rather than on a role specifically. I'm more interested by the director's atmosphere and his way of film-making."
With The Invisible Woman, it seems Scott Thomas found both an appealing role, and a good director.
"I'm in awe of what Ralph's doing," she admits. "He's keeping it all in the right place, with everything ticking over, and at the same time he manages to remain one of the team as far as the actors are concerned."
Extra time - behind the scenes on The Invisible Woman
:: The screenplay was written by Abi Morgan, who previously worked on the Oscar-winning Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady.
:: Fiennes didn't intend to play Dickens when he originally agreed to direct the film. He says: "After quite a few months of working on it, I felt, despite knowing it would be very difficult, that I couldn't resist playing him."
:: He wasn't much of a fan of the author as a schoolboy: "I think I decided Dickens was too cosy, or comfy perhaps. I feel the opposite now."
:: There were blushes for Felicity Jones (Nelly), when she tripped on some sand dunes on her first day of filming. "It broke the ice with the crew!" she admits.
:: Fiennes often had the cast perform up to 20 takes to perfect scenes. Jones says he "doesn't let you take the easy option!"
:: The Invisible Woman is released on Friday, February 21


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The Lebanese Rocket Society
Dirs/scr: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige. Lebanon-France-Qatar. 2012. 95mins
This stranger-than-fiction documentary tells the fascinating story of the space programme run by Lebanon in the 1960s, where a rocket – named 'Cedar' - was being developed by students until the government-backed programme was scrapped due to Western pressure.
In the sure hands of directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige it is a breezy and accessible look into a scheme driven by good intentions and bold ideas rather than any sense of military superiority.
When civil war struck the country in the 1970s the scientists and researchers scattered around the world, but this fascinating documentary pieces together archival footage of manufacturing testing the device (which was never made into a weapon or sold on to other countries) along with recollections, amounting to an intriguing footnote in rocket development.
The film – which has screened at Toronto, CPH:DOX and Doha Tribeca Film Festivals – offers a fascinating delve into history, and in the sure hands of directors Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige it is a breezy and accessible look into a scheme driven by good intentions and bold ideas rather than any sense of military superiority.
Led by Manoug Manougian – who now teaches at the University of South Florida, but who in the 1960s was a scientist teaching at the Armenian University in Beirut – the programme started with very little, with students developing their own formula for rocket fuel and experimenting with toy-size rockets. The army eventually built larger versions for the students, which meant that by the time the 1967 Israeli-Arab war was underway there were suspicions about the programme and its military potential.
The Lebanese government quietly drew a veil over the rocket project to the extent that it is barely remembered (despite launches in 1962-63 being commemorated on a special postage stamp) with this engaging documentary – narrated by the co-directors – engagingly bringing the past to life.
Production companies: Abbout Productions, Mille et une Productions, Doha Film Institute
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Producers: Georges Schoucair, Edouard Mauriat
Cinematography: Heanne Lapoirie, Rachel Aoun
Editor: Tina Baz
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(A response to the question "If Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) entirely put the world right, then the Day of Reckoning will be put back at least 10,000 years. Why should Almighty Allah desire this?")
Human beings' will power is weak. Allah says that human beings are created weak. People will survive through the love of faith of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh). Allah will make them His instruments. When they die, human beings will collapse in moral terms. And the world will tend towards irreligion and they will eventually become irreligious.Determined people lead the public. People of deep faith, deep wisdom lead communities. Otherwise, people are generally more disposed to be inward-looking and apathetic. That exists in people's souls. Allah says that human beings are predisposed to be ignorant and cruel. Allah also says in verses that human beings are ungrateful. That is their nature. When Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) and the Prophet Jesus (pbuh) die, they will no longer have a leader, nobody to lead that community, to carry them to the true path, and so there will soon be a moral collapse. He [Bediuzzaman] says there will be secrecy and defeat after Hijri 1506. Up until 1543. Then for two years after 1543 there will be no activity at all. Bediüzzaman deduced this from Surat al-Asr and the al-Fatiha and from the hadiths. From three different sources. "By Allah's leave, the Day of Reckoning will come in 1545," he says, insha'Allah. And that of course is from the hadiths, insha'Allah.
The reason for Muslims coming to this state, being so oppressed, is bigotry. Bigotry has made them like this. They have abandoned art, science and reason. It forbids thought. It rejects art. Which means that 1.5 billion Muslims are prisoners and unbelievably oppressed, as everyone knows. Some die of hunger and others are martyred in bombings. Some are martyred through torture, while others are insulted and despised. Muslims are in a wretched state. Most are prisoners. They are fair game for everyone. They go and bomb them, seize their oil, confiscate their belongings and impound their funds overseas. The reason for this is bigotry. Backwardness; there are two kinds of retroactivity. One is when you go back and take what is good from the past, and that is enlightening. Then there is bigotry. A reversion to savageness. Many people have fallen captive to bigotry. I am striving intellectually to eradicate that, to eliminate that mindset. That is the only way we can be successful, insha'Allah.
We must first prepare the way for the coming of Jesus the Messiah (pbuh). We must eliminate that Christian hatred. We must bring about solidarity between Christians and Muslims. That is essential. It is stressed in the Qur'an. Allah tells us only to debate with them using the most gentle form of words, and to invite them to believe in His Oneness. He tells us to treat them with love, and says we can marry their women. But some people keep talking about butchering them, instead. The bigots take one part of the Qur'an but ignore the other. They take the bit that suits them, but not the bits that don't. So they try to prepare the groundwork for hatred. Yet Allah tells us in the Qur'an not to hate. He wants us to correct our errors. We must hate their errors, but apart from that, Allah desires no enmity from us. We will all see Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) together. This is a great event of this century, a giant event. People will regard Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) as quite normal, but Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) will astonish them. Because he will be sent back from another dimension by Allah after 2000 years. That is amazing. Of course they will also give Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) his due. But they will say: "America helped. The freemasons helped. The Jews helped. The secret state got involved. He was a very intelligent type. The groundwork was all ready. There was an ideological gap since all ideologies had collapsed. So what was to be done? Of course Islam came to fill it. There was support from Obama in that. Some of them organized support in Turkey. Or they brought this person in." "That is all there is to it," they will say. Look, I am writing this here. They will say more or less exactly that. That is what the hypocrites will say. But this is how Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will appear. You will see. They will also not believe in Jesus the Messiah (pbuh), either. You will see; just as described. You will recognize Jesus the Messiah (saas) by his breeding. From the accuracy of his words, his gentleness, his perfect character, his perfect language, the sharpness of his glance and his constant victory. His constant victory over the way of the dajjal [antichrist] will be most striking. He will always be most agreeable. But of course people will have their doubts. "How can Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) or Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) die? Can they die without fulfilling their duties?" That kind of thing is all part of the test. For example, Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) will fall ill from time to time. "Is anything going to happen to him?" they will wonder. Let us say they make an attempt on Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) life (may Allah forbid), "but might anything come of it?" they will say. Their hearts will always be "lukewarm," as they say. People will always be tested like that. But lofty minds and profound intelligences will always recognize Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh). It is impossible for them not to. They will also recognize Jesus the messiah (pbuh). On first sight. Because it is impossible not to recognize Jesus the Messiah (pbuh). Such a thing is quite impossible. How can a prophet not be recognized? They have their own unique, immaculate depth. Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) is a man of suffering. Jesus the Messiah (pbuh) is a man of suffering. But Hazrat Mahdi's (pbuh) suffering is harsher. Really hard. That is why he is a guide.
To summarize, Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will always espouse peace. His priority will be being friends and establishing binds of friendship with everyone. He will aim to preach to everyone. He will eradicate that devilish thirst for blood. But toward the end. They will always thirst for blood. But Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will always repulse bloodshed and stop it. The more they want to shed blood, the more they try to inflict bloodshed and the way of satan, he will stop them. He will continue with determination, fortitude and patience. Bediüzzaman says he will concentrate on the truths of faith. "He will not enter politics," he says. He says that Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will not marry. He will not get married according to the hadiths. So that he has plenty of time. "Neither time nor circumstances will permit Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) to write these works in person," he says. In other words, he is saying that "He will have neither the time nor the conditions to personally write books against Darwinism and materialism." "Before him, there will exist a ready-made program that a group of people have written for him," he says. And Bediüzzaman says this is his most significant characteristic. He says that his basic task is the intellectual struggle against Darwinism, materialism, Leninism and Marxism. "This is his most important task," he says, "his first duty." "After that will come the law and life." In other words, he will come to the implementation of Islamic moral values only later. And he will enjoy wide-ranging support from Muslims. And he says that he will perform this great duty with millions of loyal sayyids who have been powerful and determined in all ages. Even if that is not related, it is how it must be, he says, under the law of Allah. "There is no alternative," he says. And he makes a vow in the name of Allah. "Islamic moral values will prevail in this century," says Bediüzzaman Said Nursi. "You will see," he says. That is the direction we are now headed in.
Israel, for example, is rather uneasy. But there is no reason for unease. The Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) who will appear is Mashiach, the King Messiah awaited by them. They have known no ease for the last 3000 years. But with the coming of Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) they will be able to live without fear, in peace and wealth and abundance, for the first time in 3000 years. There was no peace for them even in the desert. You know they wandered the deserts for 40 years with the Prophet Moses (pbuh). They knew no peace. Other tribes constantly attacked them. They were constantly slaughtered. They were also butchered in Hitler's time, as you know. They never knew peace. But they will live lives of wealth, abundance and peace for the very first time in the age of Mashiach, in other words of Shiloh, the King Messiah, Muhammad Mahdi. I can say that with confidence. I am as certain of it as I am of my own name.
When Allah shows us Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh), it will delight us to see the close physical resemblance. In other words, we will encounter a miracle from Allah. A truly astounding thing. It will be something truly historic, insha'Allah.2011-10-26 21:49:05


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Paul LaPolice might not get too comfortable wearing makeup and expensive suits.
The former Blue Bombers head coach, who has been keeping busy working as an analyst with TSN, might be back in a headset and sweats next season.
With the news that Kent Austin has been hired as head coach and GM of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, the obvious connection to LaPolice has to be made.
Austin will likely have a number of choices for his offensive co-ordinator but LaPolice will be on the short list.
"Paul would certainly be on my list of guys to talk to. We have an excellent relationship and we worked together in both Toronto and Saskatchewan on the Grey Cup team," said Austin late Monday afternoon following the announcement of his appointment in Hamilton. "Paul's a great person and great coach as well."
The two are friends and won the 2007 Grey Cup together in Saskatchewan when Austin coached the Roughriders and LaPolice was receivers coach. Austin was the offensive co-ordinator in Toronto when LaPolice coached the Argos receivers.
LaPolice, who was fired by the Blue Bombers this season after opening the campaign with a 2-6 mark, was reached by phone on Monday and while he wouldn't indicate he had interest in a position with Hamilton he also would not rule it out.
Austin is leaving the head coaching position at Cornell University to take the Hamilton post and could simply bring along his assistant head coach and receivers coach Tommy Condell to fill the offensive co-ordinator post.
Condell got his start in the CFL, working one year in Winnipeg as special teams co-ordinator, two seasons in Ottawa as the passing game co-ordinator and the 2006 season in Saskatchewan as offensive co-ordinator.
For LaPolice, it could be the perfect landing spot. It would get him back in the game working with top-level offensive people such as Austin and quarterback Henry Burris.
The Tiger-Cats offence was high octane last season and there's lots of talent in place. Burris, Andy Fantuz, Chevon Walker and Chris Williams are a nice start.
LaPolice, who has some image rebuilding to do, could find himself in a comfortable chair and able to pad his resumé in a hurry.
Some CFL observers believe LaPolice is cut out to be an offensive co-ordinator and not a head coach. Whether that assertion has merit remains to be seen but LaPolice will likely have to take a step back and work as a co-ordinator before getting another crack at a head coaching job.
Jumping in with a Hamilton team that will likely challenge for a playoff spot in the East this season will get LaPolice back in the spotlight. If the Tabbies can go on a run, and that should surprise no one given the constant state of flux in the CFL, LaPolice could build some positive buzz.
Austin has a keen offensive mind but he'll be busy running the entire football operation and coaching the team. He'll want a co-ordinator he can trust and rely on. LaPolice would fit both those requirements.
The Bombers owe LaPolice another $250,000 for next season and could get a break on that if he were to take another job. The two sides would need to come to a settlement but any reduction on the cash owed LaPolice should be welcomed by the Blue Bombers.
LaPolice could remain with TSN and collect his full Bombers salary and would certainly want a buyout from his Winnipeg contract before accepting one with another club.
The other factor to consider is both Austin and LaPolice are represented by agent Gil Scott, a quiet but most powerful force in the CFL.
Austin also said on Monday there would be other candidates to consider but he'll want to move quickly on his coaching staff and LaPolice would appear to be a ready-made answer.
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Workplace flexibilities, feminism and funders
I've had many opportunities to discuss the different kinds of flexibilities that feminist organizations in anti-violence movements provide to employees. At my first job at a local program the CEO openly discussed how she brought her baby in to work so that she could nurse her. Meetings with funders, counseling sessions, hotline calls…there was a baby there for it all. Although her experience had been 25 years earlier, a coworker who gave birth in 2010 had that same flexibility. We loved having a little one in the office a few days of the week and it seemed that many clients got a little "baby therapy" out of it too.
I don't think this organization was unique. Advocates across the country of all ages have shared their stories of organizations finding ways to honor the whole, complex identities and commitments that their employees bring into work with them. That's a shining example of the ways that feminist thought pervades organizational structure in this movement.
Recently, NSVRC and our parent organization, the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape, gathered together a list of the different types of flexibilities that are offered in the workplace. They ranged from opportunities to take care of mind and body, like yoga or standing work stations, to ways that employees can better balance work/life commitments, like 4 day work weeks and telecommuting. I've written before about finding creative ways to negotiate your salary and benefits in organizations that struggle with ever-thinning resources. Identifying, advocating for, and honoring the ways that anti-violence organizations can foster flexibility are great ways to do it.
Simultaneously, the lean fiscal times have led to a burst of scrutiny into budgets and spending in government-funded organizations. I often wonder how our list of flexibilities will shake out if an auditor should call the productivity of employees working from home or the necessity of equipment to convert to a standing work station into question. The brave folks at organizations who dive deep into line items and credit/debit columns to find the pennies needed to keep the lights on may understandably tilt toward caution and uniformity in the workplace.
This all makes it even more important to take the revolutionary action of maintaining and expanding flexibility. The health and welfare of the good people doing this good work depend on it. Many of us were called to this work because of a deep feminist praxis. The Preventionista recently shared with me some of the reflections from a crowd of preventionists participating in a self-care workshop. The creative things that they suggested would help them to keep above water while doing this work—training while baby-wearing or bringing pets into the workplace—require an organization that fosters flexibility.
The reality is that taking this approach to workplace wellness will do major two things. First, it will value employees in such a way that they will be able to leave the office at the end of day. Period. That's it. They can just go home and be fully present in their home lives. They can go out to dinner with friends, hug their babies, and walk their dogs without mulling over their to-do list or fretting over the never-ending, daunting task of ending violence or the frightening omnipresence of evil in the world. The second thing it will do is create a sustained workforce. A group of creative, inspired, informed activists who can come into work and put their full and complete selves into the task of ending violence. Imagine what we can do that kind of energy.


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A FORMER non-league footballer is helping other ex-sportsmen and women back into shape.
Former Nelson FC defender and manager Michael Donnelly has started up fitness classes aimed at those who have retired from competitive sport.
The 57-year-old has re-trained as a strength and conditioning coach after being forced to retire from football at the age of 23.
Mr Donnelly, of Lowerhouse Lane, also played for Burnley United before a cartilage problem in his right knee curtailed his playing career.
Having completed his personal training qualifications at Focus Training, in Bolton he now runs his hour-long classes at the Spirit of Sport gym in Burnley's Blessed Trinity RC College on Saturdays at 10am.
Mr Donnelly said: "I've been doing ladies' fitness classes for two years but I wanted to do men's fitness as well.
"Having played football, and knowing a lot of ex-footballers and ex-cricketers, I think more men neglect their fitness than women once they stop playing competitively.
"I'm quite pleased with it at the moment. It's only been going for three weeks but the feedback has been really good."
Mr Donnelly has spoken to coaches at Burnley FC about a potential link-up and has approached former Clarets full-back Derek Scott about starting extra midweek classes.
The sessions focus on motor skills, balance, hand-eye co-ordination and movement.
Mr Donnelly, a former pupil at St Theodore's High School, is also hoping to enlist the help of his nephew, Matthew Donnelly – a personal trainer in the Army.
He said: "So far I'm delighted with how it's going. I finished with football early and felt it for a long time.
"Too many people finish early, before they reach their potential, and I want to make sure that doesn't happen as much."
To contact Mr Donnelly about his classes, call 07549 625396.


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Citizens of The Pitt!, it is I, Lord Ashur and I bring to you all a chance to fight for your freedom!, once a week The Hole will commence and the strongest of warriors will fight it out, while you workers have the opportunity to fight my other workers and can vote and decide who should be victor.
Because I know you only want to see the best fight the best, that is exactly what we are going to give you! From 4 Classes (Heavyweight, Cybernetic, Travveler and Normalweight) 8 shall be chosen and shall battle until only onechampion is left standing in their class - and then we'll throw them straight back in the hole to determine the Champion of Champions!
The Hole will open on a tuesday, winner will be announced on the following Tuesday when it all begins again!
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Did you know?
Phalaborwa's Hans Merensky golf course often has crocodiles at water hazards.
Thousands of years ago, elephant migratory routes criss-crossed the paths of ivory, gold and slave merchants in the northernmost parts of South Africa.
This wild land, bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and the northern reaches of the Kruger National Park, is a land of prehistoric secrets and rich archaeological sites that offer Stone Age and Iron Age relics.
Named by legendary hunters who stalked the herds once common here, the Ivory Route in South Africa has been brought back to life with a new spirit.
The Ivory tourist route arcs through 54 nature reserves, mountains and across sandveld plains, and includes the legendary rediscovered trading civilization of Mapungubwe, nearly a thousand years old.
The Ivory Route of South Africa is a place where elephants are granted right of way and the gargantuan 'upside down' trees stand sentinel over mystical and outlandish landscapes. This is where an ancient Rain Queen's spirit guards exotic, sacred forests of 800-year-old cycads.
Every effort is being made to keep or return the Ivory Route to a wild state. Simple 4x4 tracks wind past thorn trees and baobabs to connect traditional villages with luxurious tented safari camps.
The Ivory Route in South Africa also links to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Project. There's a wild dream that one day wildlife will be able to follow the old migratory routes right across the frontiers between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
You could take advantage of a number of organized tours, but there's also the option of a self-drive package. Experienced guides are available at many of the camps.
This is such a large slab of South Africa that it offers the opportunity to tailor-make a journey, focusing on archaeology, history, culture, birding or wildlife.
And there's something new behind each giant baobab.
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Who to contact
African Ivory Route
Tel: +27 (0)15 781 0690
Transfrontier Destinations
Tel: +27 (0)21 701 7860
Cell: +27 (0)82 565 6569
How to get here
Starting from Johannesburg or Pretoria, head north to Vaalwater. Masebe Nature Reserve from Marken is a great starting point. You could also approach it from Lydenburg (Mashinging) in Mpumalanga.
Best time to visit
Summers can be extremely hot in the north. Winters are mild and pleasant. Spring and autumn are also delightful.
Around the area
Don't miss the simply named 'Big Tree', a baobab that is believed to be 3 000 years old.
Tours to do
While in the northern parts of Kruger, ask about a tour to Thulamela archeaological site, where a civilisation lived and traded several centuries ago. And if you're anywhere near Mapungubwe, don't miss a tour there either.
Get around
Driving in your own or rented vehicle will give you the most freedom to explore.
Length of stay
Dedicate four or five nights to this route. The distances are large, and it's so scenic you'll want to stop often.
What to pack
Bring along your binoculars to see the Cape vulture colony at Blouberg, if you're interested. And never forget your camera and sunscreen.
Where to stay
There are 10 camps on the route: Four safari camps next to the Kruger National Park: Ndzakha and Buffelshoek in the Manyaleti area; Mtomeni in Letaba Ranch, Mutale Falls in Makuya Park in the north. Four are cultural camps: Blouberg, Modjadji, Fundudzi and Baleni on the Klein Letaba River. Two are wilderness camps at Mafefe and Ntubu.


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Canada u15 vs. USA u15
USA moves to 2-0
August 22, 2011
Canada has been beaten convincingly by the USA at the u15 ICC America's North Division Championship in Winnipeg today. Batting first, USA galloped to 201-5 in 40 overs. Skipper Dave Parikh lead the way first with 67 runs from 70 balls and then followed that with an amazing performance with the ball 4 for 6 from 8 overs.
Canada are now 0-1 and bottom of the table in the 3 nation tournament.


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Simple and satisfying, there are nights when a plate of pasta is the perfect choice for dinner. I have not yet met a kid who does not like pasta. Ben, 3, loves noodles of any variety.
Of course, the sauce is key when it comes to a pasta dish.
Sometimes the perfect sauce is a cheesy, creamy concoction. Sometimes it is a light blend of broth and veggies. Sometimes a big, bold red sauce loaded with tomatoes and garlic, loaded with ground beef and flavorful Italian sausage hits the spot.
It was that big, bold red sauce that had my mouth watering recently. It is a blend that also included carrots and zucchini – plus herbs and spices and onion – that simmers all day in the slow cooker resulting in a thick, rich and chunky topping for pretty much any type of pasta.
The base of this sauce is as simple as opening some good-quality canned tomatoes. I like fire-roasted tomatoes since they come with some extra flavor that pairs nicely with some smoked paprika. Capers provide some added tang to the dish.
To make things easier on myself in the weekday morning rush, I get this started the night before by cooking the lean ground beef and sausage together with the garlic. I also prep and chop the veggies that go into this and stow it all away in the fridge overnight.
In the morning I mix the meat and fresh veggies with the canned tomatoes and the rest of the ingredients – spices, dried herbs, capers. It all goes into my trusty slow cooker, set to cook for 8 to 10 hours while I am out of the house.
The sauce is something that could be made easily on the stove with less cooking time, but giving it all those hours to simmer and cook down results in deeper, richer flavors. Everything has some time to meld together, so even though there is minimal prep time the result is a sauce that has time to develop.
At the end of the day, all that is left to do is boil water and cook up some pasta and enjoy. Oh, and don't forget the fresh Parmesan cheese.
Rich and hearty slow-cooked pasta sauce
Yield: 6-8 servings
Time: 15 minutes prep, 8 hours in slow cooker
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ pound chicken Italian sausage (bulk or removed from casings)
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 6-8 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, quartered and cut in large dice
- 2 medium zucchini, quartered and cut in large dice
- 2 14.5 ounce cans diced, fire-roasted tomatoes, with juice (I like Muir Glen brand)
- 1 14.5 ounce can tomato sauce
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- ½ cup capers
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add oil to pan; swirl to coat. Add sausage and beef to skillet; sauté 6 minutes or until browned, stirring to crumble. Mix in garlic and cook for 1 to 2 more minutes.
While meat is cooking add remaining ingredients to slow cooker. Once cooked, add the meat to the slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Serve sauce with your favorite cooked pasta; top with freshly grated Parmesan cheese if desired.
Cook's note: This is a great sauce to let bubble away while you are home (or in and out of the house for errands). But to make this extra easy for a week day, I prep all the ingredients and cook the meat the night before I want to make this. In the morning, before I head out for work, I just toss it all in the slow cooker, set the timer and go, knowing that all I have to do when I get home is cook the pasta.
My favorite canned tomato products are from Muir Glen. I like the extra flavor in their fire-roasted version. I also like that the organic tomatoes are packed in cans that are BPA- and BPS-free.


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Controversial plans to scrap free parking at railway stations have been dropped.
Steeton and Silsden station on the Airedale line was among several sites across West Yorkshire where charges were due to be introduced.
But Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has now ruled out the idea.
However, with the Government set to slash the subsidy it pays Northern Rail to run services, there are growing concerns of a hike in ticket prices.
Coun James Lewis, chairman of county transport body Metro, said: "I am pleased Mr McLoughlin has listened to us about the impact of the parking charges.
"We feel they would have had an adverse effect on passenger numbers and an impact on neighbourhoods around the stations affected."
He added that he was concerned about any increase in fares.
"Passengers across West Yorkshire have seen fares rise but little in the way of investment and new trains," he said.
"This means they are still travelling on crowded and outdated trains with little prospect of much-needed replacements.
"I will be seeking clarification of any intentions the department has to raise fares."
John Grogan – Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Keighley – opposed the parking charge plan, claiming it would create little revenue and lead to more traffic chaos near stations such as Steeton and Silsden.
He said: "The Transport Secretary has carried out one of the quickest U-turns in recent political history following many complaints from West Yorkshire's hard pressed commuters.
"Residents of Steeton will be particularly pleased that car parking problems will not be made worse near the station.
"The veiled threat, however, that rail fares may have to rise as a consequence is another bolt from the blue. It looks like a classic case of robbing Peter to pay Paul."
Tim Calow, chairman of Aire Valley Rail Users' Group, said: "As the fare rises in January were above the rate of inflation, we would be disappointed if there is an additional increase."
Northern Rail says it has put forward proposals at the Government's request on cutting costs and improving facilities.
A spokesman said: "Talks are ongoing and we can't make any further comment."


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Esher boss Ollie Smith admits he will be venturing into the unknown when he takes his team to Fylde for the National League One curtain raiser on Saturday.
The Molesey Road outfit are looking for a return to the Championship and Smith says that although they do not know much about their opponents this season, they have a blueprint for success.
They will have to do without Aaran Cruickshanks after the Scottish U18s centre tore knee ligaments in a training session last weekend.
The former Plymouth man is undergoing surgery this week, but is expected to miss the whole season.
Smith said: "We don't know what to expect this season.
"We know the odd player here and there, but we don't have the videos and inside information on the other teams. For that reason, we will stick to what we know best, and that is getting the core basics right.
"We need to look after the ball during contact and keep our rucks clean.
"There is no point trying to play ebb and flow rugby when the ball is being lost through sloppy basics.
"If we perfect the basics, then moves will come together.
"We have what it takes to win at Fylde, but there will be a lot more to come from us as the season goes on.
"There is no point in me throwing a huge book on tactics at my players right now and expecting them to absorb it all. We need to learn as we go.
"But we're all up for the season, it is a really exciting time.
"The pre-season games are effectively meaningless, but now there is something to fight for."
Smith admitted his disappointment at losing Cruickshanks in a training session but accepts it is part of the game.
He said: "We have to have contact training to get players prepared for the bumps and bruises they will undoubtedly get in the season.
"It is also about what we do between games to help players recover between games but unfortunately it can lead to injuries."
Esher's first home game of the season is against Blackheath on September 8.


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Preheat the oven to 400°. Combine all dry ingredients and dulse in a medium mixing bowl. Combine all wet ingredients in a measuring cup, stir and let sit for 5 minutes to form soy buttermilk. Combine wet and dry ingredients and form into a ball of dough. Roll out dough and cut into triangular shapes. Lightly oil a baking sheet. Place the scones on the sheet and brush the top of each with olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Remove and serve with Eden Apple Butter, Apple Cherry Butter, Cherry Butter or your favorite spread.
Yields: 8 scones; 2 per person
Per serving - 255 calories, 6 gram fat (18% calories from fat), 8 gram protein, 47 gram carbohydrate, 9 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 387 milligram sodium


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Place the daikon in a 1 quart glass jar. Add the sauerkraut and sauerkraut juice, packing it down firmly with your fingers or a spoon. Cover the top of the jar with a piece of cheesecloth and secure with a string or rubber band. Set on the counter overnight. Remove the cloth and place the cap on the jar. Refrigerate until ready to eat. Pickles will last 5 to 7 days. These pickles are very mild tasting and do not require rinsing before eating.
Thinly sliced carrots, rutabaga, turnip, onions, red or white radishes and kohlrabi may be substituted for daikon radish.
Per serving - 6 calories, 0 gram fat (1% calories from fat), 0 gram protein, 1 gram carbohydrate, 0 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 117 milligram sodium


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Samsung PC3700: DDR466 Memory for the Massesby Wesley Fink on 3/15/2004 11:39 PM EST
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quanta - Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - linkThe Samsung module is such a disappointment. I am better off with OCZ 3700 Gold, as it costs about the same, but runs faster. Reply
Pumpkinierre - Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - linkAlbatron (and others) guarantee 1000MHz P4 (4x250) mainboards (on the box) so you'd expect DDR500 to be the new JEDEC.
What is the speed of these CC5 chips(the samsung link doesnt give that info)? They dont seem to be much different to the earlier 5ns chips.
Budman - Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - linkI already have some crucial pc3200 that does ddr500 at 3-4-4 timings with 2.8v. Reply
Xelloss - Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - link"The next bump in the DDR road would be DDR533, but with DDR2 set to launch in the very near future, it is not likely a DDR533 standard that will ever see the light of day."
Hmmmm... well, that's what they said about DDR400 as well. We'll see soon enough, I'm sure. Reply


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The simplest code fragment I found was this:
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import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl
httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('', 4443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, certfile='path/to/server.pem', server_side=True)
where server.pem is a pem file we've been using with another web server we're running. The Python code launches and runs without apparent errors but when I try to connect to the server using https://<server-ip>:4443 the browser prints the message "This webpage is not available." The Python code does not report any errors, and I can't even tell if the connection made it all the way through. I've tried various other versions of this code that I've come across but none of them work.
I have a Jersey-based web server running on another system that uses this same pem file and that works fine, but we want a small and light web server on this particular system, not a full blown web server like Jersey. As a test though I did setup Jersey on this system and it runs as expected, so I assume there is something wrong with my Python code. Can anyone explain what the problem might be?


text: Corfu is probably the most famous island of the Ionian complex. It is a sophisticate island that attracts thousands of visitors every year. The natural beauty, beautiful beaches and vivid nightlife have made Corfu one of the most sought-after destinations in the Mediterranean. The "beautiful and rich land" of Homer is a paradise of poetic landscapes and culture. Its strategic position made the island vulnerable to foreign conquestors. As a result, a blend of the Venetian, British and French cultures was integrated to the Greek identity. These western influences are prominent in the island's architecture. The town seems like a fresco painting that has come to life. Liston's elegant arcades hang over the marble paved square where the locals gather for a cup of coffee or a drink. The old town with its special design and quiet, narrow roads is the biggest preserved medieval town in Greece. Corfu also offers vast options for entertainment, with candlelit restaurants, romantic bars and vibrant nightclubs covering all tastes and styles.


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TRAVELLERS have returned to make camp at an industrial estate in Rossendale for the second time in a little over four months.
Five caravans and assorted horticultural vehicles turned up on the Heys Street industrial estate in Bacup on Sunday.
Council officials are now preparing to serve a court order on the encampment to remove them from the borough-owned land.
But nearby workers say their arrival has not generated too much disruption at the cul-de-sac site – apart from a collection of dogs accompanying the travellers.
The travellers have arrived with a series of kennels and dog runs, and various wildfowl, which have been left on grass verges beside the road.
One worker, who asked not to be named, said: "The caravans have been here before, around four months ago, because it used to be empty and there was no-one around.
"But, to be honest, though you expect some problems, there hasn't really been any bother, apart from the dogs barking all the time."
Several of the traders on the industrial estate were relocated from nearby Henrietta Street, in preparation for the construction of the new Morrisons store.
Last night a Rossendale Council spokeswoman said that a welfare check was being carried out on the travellers on the site by officials.
The outcome of the checks would determine how quickly an order, asking them to vacate the land, could be served, she added.
Travellers have also been frequent visitors to the borough council's main office complex at nearby Futures Park, over the past two years.


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A relative of the thistle, the leaves and heart of globe artichokes are edible (the hearts are delicious pickled too). They're ideal in the flower garden too, attracting bees to the flowers if left unharvested. Jerusalem artichokes belong to the sunflower family, have a distinctive smoky flavour and are perfect roasted or added to stews and casseroles.
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The Global Film Series at Bridgewater State University is presenting "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" with a discussion led by Dr. Leora Lev, professor of foreign languages, Wednesday, April 23 at 5 p.m. The film will be screened in the Maxwell Library Lecture Hall, Room 013. The docudrama is about the true-life story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, the wealthy editor of Elle magazine who was paralyzed at age 43 and found the strength to rebound. The film follows his descent from playboy to a bed-bound stroke victim who could not speak or move. His only channel for communication was his eyes and by blinking them he created a code that was used to signify specific letters of the alphabet. That code enabled him to author his memoir.


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SIMON Foster's last-gasp drop goal ended Bradford's nine-match unbeaten streak and knocked the home side off the top of the Dorset & Wilts One North table With high winds at their backs and on a saturated pitch Melksham made the most of the wind advantage, kicking for territory and putting the early pressure on Bradford.
Attacking in their 22, Foster floated a mis-pass to Dave Dyke out on the wing who ran in the first unconverted try against the stretched defence.
The game settled into a series of attacks from both teams Bradford's Dan Bright missing a penalty.
The visitors maintained their first-half advantage, kicking to the corners resulting in a drive towards the Bradford line.
From the back of the ensuing ruck, scrum-half Callum Hurn drove in to score the second try for a 10-0 half-time lead.
Bradford got themselves back into it in the second period as number eigh Ed Dawson drove over from the base of a scrum and Bright landed the conversion.
Bradford pounded the visitors defence time and again but were thwarted by the robust Melksham defence, although Bright tied the scores with a successful penalty.
With time running out though, Melksham drove into Bradford territory and scrum-half Hurn fired the ball out to Foster to land a superb drop goal in the dying seconds.


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This year , I will be presenting at ODTUG Kaleidoscope. I will be talking about : How to Build a Multi-tenant SaaS Application with Oracle Application Express.
It's my third ODTUG (First time as a speaker), and all I can say is that if you are looking for technical information about APEX and if you want to meet with the Oracle APEX community, this IS THE place.
There are 33 sessions on Oracle Application Express.
There are also other interesting sessions on different Oracle technologies.
42 hours of technical education
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31 technical experts presenting
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Visit www.odtugkaleidoscope.com for more registration and more information
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That is one looooooooooooooooong interview..
I still haven't finished reading it, I need to go for a walk.
The sun is finally out. Storm tomorrow enjoy the sunshine today.
I'll have to get back to that interview another time.
Thanks for the interview thusfar.
It must have been before Steve passed away.
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Skyline to Remain Closed Pending Further Test Results
National Capital Region News
March 15, 2005
9:26 p.m.
Skyline to Remain Closed Pending Further Test
NCR JIC Reopens Tomorrow
Three buildings in the Falls Church Skyline office complex will remain closed Wednesday, March 16, pending further tests of samples taken from the hazmat incident. These buildings, located at 5109, 5111 and 5113 Leesburg Pike, are also known as Skyline 4, 5 and 6. The initial hazmat alert occurred Monday, March 14.
All test results received today, March 15, for anthrax have been negative, according to information provided to the Fairfax County Health Department as of 8 p.m. today. County health officials have closed the affected buildings as a cautionary measure until final testing is completed. County health officials emphasize that the general public is not at risk of exposure.


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Guy Parker opened Guy Parker's Barbeque Restaurant 48 years ago on August 12, 1962 in Goldsboro, North Carolina (Wayne County). At the time Guy Parker opened his restaurant, public facilities were still segregated in Goldsboro, NC. Guy Parker's Barbeque Restaurant became the first restaurant in Wayne County where Black's could be served to sit down and eat alongside Whites in a public restaurant. Guy Parker did not know at the time that he was making history by allowing Blacks and Whites to dine together in his restaurant. However, Guy Parker's Barbeque Restaurant has always been a place where there have never been color lines and people of all races, creed, and color have come together over his famous pit-cooked pork barbeque, fall-off-the-bone barbeque chicken, seafood, and homemade side dishes.
The demand for Guy Parker's famous barbeque sauce continues to grow. John Parker, Guy's youngest son, is continuing the tradition of his father's legacy by bringing Guy Parker's Barbeque Sauce to the market so people across the globe can enjoy the all natural goodness and flavor of barbequing at home amongst other ways to enjoy Guy's barbeque sauce on poultry, seafood, vegetables, etc. We hope you will consider making your mark in history by selling Guy Parker's famous barbeque sauce in your stores.


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The Canoe Club was launched in November of 2003 in the center of "downtown Hanover" with the goal of providing a stylish, yet informal, gathering spot for the Upper Valley. From the beginning, our intention was to present fresh local and regional food and beverage within a broad price range, complemented by distinctive, yet unobtrusive entertainment. Guests often mention the "good energy" they feel upon entering the Canoe Club - the welcoming staff, the smell of tasty food, and the vibrant scene.
The Canoe Club is festooned with authentic thematic ephemera, specifically items that harken back to Dartmouth history, the considerable local summer camp heritage, and the rustic, canoe-related traditions of the Northeast. We are particularly proud of our 1918 Old Town sailing canoe, our Chestnut canoe from the 1930's laden with single malt Scotches, the old sign from the summit of Mt. Moosilauke, and various 19th century Dartmouth artifacts. Several panels from the original Lloyd's of London are also incorporated into the interior of the Canoe Club.
We hope the Canoe Club's leather couches, waterwall and other custom features suggest an inviting, comfortable setting for straightforward food with a flair.
The Canoe Club is open 363 days a year, serving food from 11:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Drinks generally until 12:15 a.m.
Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Sorry for any inconvenience, but we do not accept reservations via the internet.
Please feel free and call to speak to one of us directly at (603) 643-9660.
Dinner is available daily from 4:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday)
Our Bistro menu is also offered every night after dinner until 11:00 p.m.
In general, there is live entertainment 7 nights a week.