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The Johnnie Walker Red sat untouched inside its striped box. Jack casually hefted it back and forth between his hands, the interred bottle gurgling in a way that Jack's fuzzy mind interpreted as melancholy.
But maybe he was just projecting.
On a bottle of booze.
Jack snorted and tossed the box, watching it twist on its axis. By some miracle his mostly numb fingers saved the liquor from an undignified end on the hard deck below. For the hundredth time tonight (he'd never been good at numbers), he read the small note attached to the box with a big garish red bow. He wondered if Walter had been the one to affix it.
Happy Retirement. Again. –Hammond
It was a rather nice bottle of scotch. Single malt. Aged ten years.
But considering the occasion, it wasn't that nice.
Jack couldn't help but think that seven years of being shot at by aliens earned him at least a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue. But maybe just 'good' scotch was simply another not so subtle hint that Hammond doubted this retirement would stick.
He was wrong.
And all Jack had to show for his seven years at the SGC was a pretty good bottle of scotch and a three inch piece of shrapnel in his hip.
Jack carefully set the unopened box on the ground and splashed himself another shot of super generic, no brand tequila. Seemed more fitting somehow.
"Happy retirement, Jack," he said to his empty backyard. He raised his shot in a mock toast and threw it back, wincing as it burned down his throat. Rubbing alcohol. He'd be better off drinking pure rubbing alcohol, he thought churlishly.
"Nice to see you've spared no expense," observed a voice from behind Jack.
Great. Just what Jack needed, Carter showing up to babysit her old, crippled, ex-commanding officer. He was in no mood for any more people asking him if he was in pain, or how he felt about forced medical retirement. Or yet another attempt on Hammond's part to convince him to stay at the SGC, to take a desk job. Sending Carter was a low blow.
"You can tell Hammond that I'm not changing my mind," he growled.
"He knows," she replied, moving to sit in the chair next to him.
"I'm not meant to sit behind a desk or be somebody's lapdog," he continued belligerently, as if she hadn't spoken.
Carter just made a vague sound of agreement and sniffed tentatively at the nasty tequila.
Jack stared at her in surprise. Was that it? Was that the only reaction he was going to get out of her? Was she…ignoring him?
Jack was disappointed to realize that he'd been hoping for one more fight. When she looked up at him and smirked, he knew she'd realized the same thing. And she wasn't going to give it to him.
Jack sighed. If he was denied the pleasure of being a grumpy old ass, what joy could possibly be left in life?
"At the very least, tell me you aren't going to let an old man drink alone," he said.
Carter looked dubiously at the bottle of tequila, but magnanimously got up and retrieved another glass from inside.
By the time she returned, Jack was feeling deflated again. Anger had been so much more appealing than melancholy.
"I'm not getting all philosophical about this, Carter…," he stated as she settled back down, trying to somehow explain. "It's just…we both know that only thing I was ever good at was killing people."
Luckily for both of them, Carter had never been one for empty platitudes. She didn't try to feed him some bullshit about taking up golf or taking time to smell the fucking roses. Instead she leaned across Jack's lounge chair, nearly upsetting it in the process. She bypassed the crap tequila and reached for the Johnnie Walker Red, glancing briefly at the attached note.
"Only red, huh?" she commented before popping the box open.
As serious of a turn as this conversation had taken, Jack couldn't help but smile. As usual, she managed to make him feel a little less crazy without even trying.
She splashed some scotch into her glass, swirling it gently.
"So far, I've only come up with three plans." She took a small sip and rolled the liquid around her mouth, before swallowing it. "We can try to track down Thor and see if there is anything he can do. Or we can get our hands on a sarcophagus."
It was probably the last thing he expected to hear from her, although it shouldn't have been. That was his Carter, the planner, the miracle worker. Her words made him feel both immensely grateful and immensely foolish. He knew it wasn't an idle offer. She meant it. She would bully the Asgard Council into seeing Jack, whether Hammond objected or not. She would lead SG-1 on a batshit crazy mission to track down a sarcophagus, just so Jack O'Neill could get back to doing what he did best. So he could stop sitting on his back porch drinking lighter fluid because he felt useless.
But for some reason, Jack didn't automatically jump at the chance she was offering him.
Instead he sat there and watched her drink his pretty good retirement scotch and wondered if he would ever really be able to let go. Had he somehow convinced himself that he would die doing this job? Did he want to end it that way? He'd never let himself consider life after the SGC. Maybe he should be grateful that he made it out of there at all. It was more than he had ever expected. More than maybe he deserved.
Carter's eyes were on him and he had the not unfamiliar feeling that she could read his entire thought process.
"You said you had three plans," Jack said.
She finished off her glass of scotch in one smooth gulp, setting the glass down on the deck with a thump. "The last one is sort of up to you," she said, her eyes not quite meeting his.
Then she tipped the bottle of Johnnie Walker towards him, offering him some.
Jack might have been careening rapidly towards inebriety, but he wasn't dense enough not to realize that this wasn't about the damn scotch. This whole discussion had just taken an unspoken, but abrupt turn. And suddenly spending the rest of his life on this damn porch in a drunken stupor didn't seem so appealing.
"Hammond did offer me a place at the training academy," Jack offered, his mind slamming into motion as the importance of this conversation began to sink in.
Carter leaned back in her chair, looking up at the night sky. "You'd have a lot to offer a program like that. But would you want to do that?"
Jack shrugged, his eyes still intent on her face. "I honestly hadn't thought it was a real possibility," he said carefully.
She visibly absorbed that information, considering it before nodding. "It might be nice," she observed mildly. "That is, if…if you wanted to stay in the area."
Her hesitation was like a swift kick to his chest.
"Not too much paperwork, I think," he said inanely, trying to think quickly.
Carter nodded, making another soft sound at the back of her throat. She'd said her piece, he knew. The rest was up to him. Jack glanced down at the half-empty plastic bottle of tequila and he knew there really was no question.
Jack held his glass out to her.
"I think I'm going to have to go with Plan C. That always turns out to be the best one, doesn't it?"
There was a flash of something luminous in her eyes and after the briefest hesitation she poured him some of the amber liquid. He swirled it, watching the scotch catch snippets of moonlight. He held a small sip on his tongue and let the mellow, smoky flavor fill his mouth.
"Not a bad bottle of scotch," he observed.
"No," she agreed with a beguiling smile. "Not bad at all."
Jack sat back next to Carter and felt warmth begin to spread throughout his body.
"I could develop quite the taste for this," Jack said.
Carter chuckled softly and poured herself a refill, her shoulder bumping his in the darkness.
Maybe life after the SGC was going to be pretty great after all.


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The massacre of opposition supporters by Guinea's military junta in September 2009 amounted to a crime against humanity, the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said.
"As the deputy prosecutor of the ICC, I end this visit with the feeling that crimes of the order of crimes against humanity were committed," Fatou Bensouda told reporters at the end of a three-day mission to Conakry on Friday.
Bensouda spoke of "atrocious crimes" committed on September 28 in Conakry's biggest stadium, adding "men in uniform attacked civilians, they killed and wounded.
"In full daylight they mistreated, violated and submitted women to unprecedented sexual violence."
A United Nations commission of enquiry had already reached a similar conclusion.
It investigated the incident when troops attacked opponents of Guinea's military regime who had gathered for a rally. Soldiers shot, stabbed and beat protesters, publicly raping women.
It declared in a report published on December 21 that "it is reasonable to conclude that the crimes perpetrated on September 28, 2009 and the following days could be qualified as crimes against humanity."
The commission said the violence had resulted in at least "156 deaths or disappearances" and that "at least 109 women" had been victims of rape or other sexual violence.
The junta has said there were 63 deaths.
Despite her conclusions, Bensouda said Guinea could become an example if it was willing to bring the main perpetrators to justice.
"These few days working in Guinea confirmed that Guinean institutions and the ICC can work in a complementary way: either Guinean authorities can prosecute the main people in charge themselves, or they will turn to the court to do it," she said.
During her time in Guinea, Bensouda visited hospitals and held discussions with those in charge of dealing with emergency casualties, in trauma and maternity wards and in the morgue.
She also made a stop at the military camp where junta chief Moussa Dadis Camara was shot in the head in a failed assassination attempt on December 3.
The ICC mission came as Guinea announced a transition government to steer the country from military to civilian rule, with elections expected in June.
Colonel Siba Lohalamou, considered close to former regime leader Moussa Dadis Camara, stayed on as the justice minister.
In December the UN report said Camara and his aides bore "individual criminal responsibility" for the stadium massacre.
Among those mentioned was Moussa Tiegboro Camara, who is also part of the interim government despite being "squarely implicated in the September 2009 stadium massacre, Human Rights Watch told AFP earlier this week.
But a junta-appointed commission this month absolved the former regime chief, who is convalescing in Burkina Faso since the assassination attempt, of blame over the stadium incident, saying he is "guilty of nothing."
On Friday, Senegalese magistrate Amady Ba, head of co-operation in the office of the prosecutor at the ICC in The Hague, told the press: "We expect that the court will not allow a sham of an enquiry or a mock trial."
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Here, there are no squads of "red berets" like those at the Alpha Yaya Diallo military camp in Conakry where "Dadis" was constantly surrounded by soldiers after a coup carried him to power at the end of 2008.
In the upper-crust suburb of Ouga 2000, there is no security guard visible in front of the house that Burkina Faso's president allocated to Camara for his convalescence, just hundreds of metres from the presidential palace.
Only "six or seven soldiers" are posted in the courtyard, according to sources close to Burkina president Blaise Compaore, who regularly comes to visit Dadis to break his isolation.
The junta chief chief does not seem the same after December 3, when his assistant lieutenant Aboubakar Sidiki Diakit� nicknamed "Toumba", tried to kill him by shooting him in the head.
The two had quarrelled about their role in a massacre of opposition supporters on September 28 in a Conakry stadium, in which some 156 people died according to the United Nations.
Wounded in the head, Dadis was treated for five weeks in a military hospital in Rabat, Morocco, before making a surprise arrival on January 12 in Ouagadougou
A short while after, it was an unrecognisable Dadis who appeared in front of the cameras.
Thinner and without his customary red beret a long scar could be seen running down his cranium, while his eyes were void of their usual keenness.
He laboriously read out a message ratifying the choice of General Sekouba Konate to lead the country's interim government from military to civilian rule in a six month transition that would result in elections in June.
At present three doctors -- two Moroccans and a Guinean -- are following his progress as he embarks on a program to rehabilitate both arms and his right foot. He also needs to recover from a pulmonary embolism.
A military source has confirmed that his wife Jeanne is at his side, as well has his nephew 'Theo': "his right hand man who does his shopping for him."
'Theo' is police officer Theodore Kourouma who was also implicated in the September massacre.
Before his attempted assassination, the extremely voluble Dadis would entertain lengthy exchanges with reporters.
He created controversy with regular diatribes on Guinean television on programmes nicknamed the "Dadis show" where he directly attacked soldiers, diplomats and ministers.
However at present, "taking into account his state, he does not want to see the media," explained a top Burkina Faso army official who visits Camara "almost every day."
The same source said Camara "almost never leaves but telephones a lot."
On Monday he received the governor of Guinea's central bank, Alassane Barry, a week after meeting politicians from Senegal and Guinea.
Ironically, the house where he is cloistered previously housed Guinean politician Alpha Conde, an opposition leader particularly reviled by Dadis, who often criticised him.
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Film-school alumni have boosted the shorts industry, giving students access to state-of-the art technology. Armed with the latest equipment, young filmmakers are now finding alternative ways, beyond the handful of North American festivals, to get their films out to audiences. Even established directors such as Sabiston are exploring the Internet as an outlet.
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The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned Thursday the trial of 269 defendants in last December's clashes outside the Cabinet building to 31 January, when the court will hear eyewitness testimony.
Defendants including activists Ahmed Douma, Mekrem al-Sewaisy, Hany Atef, Tareq Shams Eddin, and actor Tareq al-Nahry are accused of burning the Institut d'Egypte and surrounding buildings, as well as assaulting police and military personnel, deliberately destroying public and private property, illegally assembling and disrupting traffic. The trial began in July.
The defense team demanded that the trial be acquitted based on the pardon issued by President Mohamed Morsy for protesters and that the trail be adjourned until the court makes a decision on this.
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On 16 December military forces violently dispersed a weeks-long sit-in outside the Cabinet against the appointment of Kamal al-Ganzouri as prime minister by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
Ganzouri served as prime minister during the Mubarak era. Protesters were also demanding that the SCAF immediately transfer power to a civilian body. At least 17 people were killed during the clashes.
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An elegant curving flake with a layback move and long stretch before things ease. Low in the grade but bold.
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sorry,no way is this 5a.soloed down it when i was only leading 5b and found it very easy up as well.perhaps it suits my style(big arms and no technical ability!)
Low in the grade, but definitely not VS.
Nice route, quite easy for the adj grade perhaps (one long stretch etc) but surely 5a and quite strenuous.
Lovely little route. Felt about 5a and a bit soft for HVS, but probably not a VS.
More like a boulder problem than a route...but I wouldn't like to fall off it! Well worth doing, and my first HVS.
Gears not great! would not like to fall on it, HVS 5a for sure
Wonderfully pleasant boulder problem with a hideous landing sums it up for me!
think with the gear being down at the bootom of the lay back means could be quite a fall on a bad landing, so hence hvs. easy 5a but think graded right.better landing may make it a boulder problem
About 1/2 wat up the fin, there's a chance for some very poor gear.
This is probably quite reach dependant. For the average/tall person (I'm 5'11") it is a very easy undertaking at the grade.
bouldered it and was fun, don't think it would of been hard to place gear
Gear is good you can get a couple of small nuts in the lay back without loosing hand holds, my second took a while to get them out - they would have held! Don't try cams, which I saw someone attempt.
the flake takes a tri cam, forget the size which is pretty bommer and also a decent nut, still felt right at hvs 5a
Much easier than the Chant which is HVS 5a i think. 4c is generous! A fairly average route really. Worth a go.
I thought the gear was good, one small nut protects the crux quite adequately.
got some gear in, which looked ok, found moves higher up on the flake very fingery and hard for 5a, definately not a soft touch
Nice little line the 5a move is obviously where the finger crack thins out...if your short its a 5a move if your tall you reach beyond the hard move like a boulder problem, very reach dependant hence the correct symbol.


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Thoughts on these Name Combos
So I've compiled my favorite combos for girls' names. Tell me what you think about these names honestly. I'm very open to comments and suggestions.
Faline Lea
Violet Ruth
Vera Margery
Iris Everly
Celeste Lucia
Audrey Christina
Juliette Augusta
Poppy Ramona
Gwendolyn Sabrina
Laura Veronica
Quinn Marguerite
Paloma Mirabelle
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Matilda Jane
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Ramona Caroline
Tabitha Louise
Adriana Celeste
Olivia Cerise
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Lillian Aviva
Audrey Paloma
Tabitha Sylvie
Too much? ) I might post the boy names next time.Edith Vale Ophelia
Seamus Ocean Crowe
Charlotte Elisabeth Ann
Desmond Lloyd Knight
Sylvie Christina Clementine
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Faline Lea - first thought was praline, than falling. Not a huge fan.
Violet Ruth - pretty & classic, though Ruth always has sounded a bit harsh to me.
Vera Margery - Margery reminds me of margarine and so I can't get behind the name. Vera is quite pretty.
Iris Everly - very girly and pretty
Celeste Lucia - not a huge fan
Audrey Christina - not a huge fan
Juliette Augusta - prefer the spelling Juliet, Juliette just seems a bit fussy unless you are actually French. However a very pretty name
Poppy Ramona - adore Poppy and it works perfectly with Ramona
Gwendolyn Sabrina - not a huge fan of either of these names but they work well together
Laura Veronica - seems very dated and I really dislike both of the names
Quinn Marguerite - it isn't my usual style but I think it is very pretty
Paloma Mirabelle - adore Paloma! Combined with Mirabelle it is very girly and pretty
Sylvia Belle - also very very girly and pretty
Matilda Jane - this name is amazing! Adore Matilda and Jane and this feels classic, simple & stylish
Wilhelmina Claire - Love the nickname Minnie
Ramona Caroline - not a huge fan of Ramona
Tabitha Louise - it's nice but you have some much better choices
Adriana Celeste - NMS
Olivia Cerise - dislike Olivia
Helena Matisse - not a fan
Lillian Aviva - prefer Lily on it's own, Aviva is pretty cool!
Audrey Paloma - love!
Tabitha Sylvie - really good Tabitha combo!
My favorites are Poppy Ramona, Quinn Marguerite, Juliet Augusta, Matilda Jane, Sylvie Belle, Audrey Paloma & Tabitha Sylvie
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Faline Lea - Both names are pretty, but the 'l' makes it too hard to say. Say it out loud and you'll see.
Violet Ruth - Gorgeous, I love this one.
Vera Margery - The mn seems silly to me especially because it doesn't match Vera at all.
Iris Everly - I think both names waver to the 'edgy' side.
Celeste Lucia - Again, two beautiful names but with too similar of sounds. Faline Lucia, Iris Lea, Celeste Faline - this works much better!
Audrey Christina - I love it
Juliette Augusta - Another beautiful combo
Poppy Ramona - I actually adore this
Gwendolyn Sabrina - I'm not a fan of either name
Laura Veronica - The ending emphasis on 'a' makes this awkward. Might I suggest Lauren Veronica? Or Veronica Lauren.
Quinn Marguerite - Quinn screams boy to me.
Paloma Mirabelle - I like this
Sylvia Belle - This isn't my style but has a nice flow
Matilda Jane - same as above
Wilhelmina Claire - I wouldn't like such a guttural name as my first name, tbh
Ramona Caroline - This might be my favorite on your list
Tabitha Louise - Also nice
Adriana Celeste - This is a great Celeste combo!
Olivia Cerise - Nice
Helena Matisse - I think this is stunning
Lillian Aviva - Too much 'ah'
Audrey Paloma - Nice flow
Tabitha Sylvie - prettyerinn amelia
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Faline Lea - lovely, 4
Violet Ruth - OK, 3
Vera Margery - love Margery, 4
Iris Everly - OK, 3
Celeste Lucia - lovely, 3
Audrey Christina - OK, 3
Juliette Augusta - boring, 3
Poppy Ramona - lovely, 4
Gwendolyn Sabrina - OK, 3
Laura Veronica - bit ugly, but OK, 2
Quinn Marguerite - OK, 3
Paloma Mirabelle - love this, 5
Sylvia Belle - nice, 4
Matilda Jane - old lady, 2
Wilhelmina Claire - OK, 2
Ramona Caroline - OK, 3
Tabitha Louise - bit ugly, but OK, 2
Adriana Celeste - very magical, 4
Olivia Cerise - like this, 4
Helena Matisse - like this, 4
Lillian Aviva - OK, 4
Audrey Paloma - OK, 4
Tabitha Sylvie - OK, 4
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Faline Lea - Faline is unusual, I find this hard to say though with the 'l's
Violet Ruth - I love this one, Violet is very pretty and Ruth is great in the middle
Vera Margery - The flow isn't great, Margery is a bit too close to Margarine for me
Iris Everly - Iris I love, Everly sounds quite trendy and is nms, as a combo it is quite pretty
Celeste Lucia - for me Lucia Celeste sounds better, both are lovely names
Audrey Christina - I strongly dislike Audrey but as a combo they go well together, Christina is pretty
Juliette Augusta - I like this one it's very pretty, though I prefer the spelling Juliet
Poppy Ramona - very cute, I really like Ramona
Gwendolyn Sabrina - it's ok, Sabrina is nms and I prefer Gwendolen but it sounds nice
Laura Veronica - these really work well together, I like Laura but Veronica not so much
Quinn Marguerite - Marguerite works well in the middle but Quinn I dislike, Juliet Marguerite? Iris Marguerite?
Paloma Mirabelle - I really like Paloma but Mirabelle is overly frilly
Sylvia Belle - nms but very girly and flows well
Matilda Jane - I love Matilda and this flows well but Jane seems a bit plain. Matilda Claire? Matilda Ruth?
Wilhelmina Claire - I like Claire but I really dislike Whilhelmina, they work well together though
Ramona Caroline - I really like this one
Tabitha Louise - when I hear Tabitha I can only think of cats and can't take it seriously as a name, Louise is quite pretty
Adriana Celeste - Adriana is nms but sounds nice with Celeste
Olivia Cerise - the popularity of Olivia is balanced out with the pretty and unusual Cerise
Helena Matisse - Helena is nice, Matisse is pronounced like the boy's name Mathis so I don't like this for a girl
Lillian Aviva - Aviva is pretty cool but I don't really like Lillian
Audrey Paloma - as mentioned above, I dislike Audrey but this flows well
Tabitha Sylvie - see Tabitha LouiseJust a 20 year old weirdly obsessed with names, no babies in the near future
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. >> Qualifying medalist Angel Yin won her first-round match Wednesday in the U.S. Girls' Junior, beating Julie Luo 4 and 2 at Forest Highlands.
The 15-year-old Yin, from Arcadia, birdied the par-5 14th for a 2-up lead and won the par-4 15th and 16th with pars to finish off Luo, from Centreville, Va.
Yin will face Bailey Tardy of Norcross, Ga., on today on the Meadow Course. Tardy beat Emma Albrecht of Ormond Beach, Fla., 5 and 4.
Mexico's Marijosse Navarro, second in stroke-play qualifying, beat Malia Nam of Kailua, Hawaii, 4 and 3. The 17-year-old Navarro, a three-time Women's Mexican Amateur champion, was sixth this year for Texas A&M in the NCAA tournament.
Andrea Lee holed out from 273 yards for a double eagle on the par-5 fifth hole in her 4-and-3 victory over Thailand's Chakansim Khamborn.
"I just wanted to get up somewhere on the green, maybe two-putt for birdie," said the 15-year-old Lee, from Hermosa Beach. "I saw it disappear, but I thought it just trickled to the back. I heard (the gallery) screaming. It was crazy."


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Keep Your Car Cool In A Heat Wave; Important Facts To Remember As The Thermometer Rises
I think we've all been there; At one point we've all gotten into a vehicle that's been sitting outside all day in the hot summer sun. Not only are the temperatures in an extremely hot car uncomfortable, but they can also be dangerous to our health. This is especially true for children who might not realize the dangers on their own – or – who are left to sit in a vehicle.
When the sun is hot outside and the windows are left closed in a vehicle the temperature quickly rises. In just an hours time, it's not uncommon for temperatures in side a car to reach 130 or 150 degrees.
So what can you do?
First – never leave anyone inside an enclosed vehicle. Children should never be left alone. If you need to sit in a parked vehicle in the sun, roll the windows down and make sure that there is plenty of ventilation.
If you must park your car outside in the sun for a long period of time, consider cracking the windows a little to let the heat escape. Then, when you get in to leave, roll the windows down for a few minutes and run the air conditioner or cooling fan on high; This will help to push the hot air out and allow the temperature to cool off.
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A rare early copy of a play about Northamptonshire-born monarch Richard III can be viewed at Northamptonshire County Council's record office.
The play, Ricardus Tertius by Thomas Legge, pre-dates Shakespeare's representation of Richard III by a decade, is credited with influencing the development of English historical drama and is one of only 11 known manuscripts copies of the play.
Customer access supervisor Scott Pettitt said: "The play recounts the rise and fall of Richard III. It marks a seminal moment in the development of English drama. The work is believed to be the first recorded play to be written in England to use English history as its subject matter.
"Interestingly, Legge's Richard III is a somewhat different character to Shakespeare's. Though irredeemably evil he is a more subtle and complex figure. He also has none of the physical deformities Shakespeare attributes to his Richard which we all know to be accurate."
Composed in Latin it was first performed in 1580 at St John's College, Cambridge. It's author Thomas Legge was then Master of Gonville and Caius College in Cambridge and subsequently vice-chancellor of the University.
Cabinet member for customers and communities councillor Heather Smith said: "There are only 11 known manuscripts copies of the play in the world and ours is one of the earliest version transcribed. Most of the remaining copies are in academic ownership so it is really very exciting that Northamptonshire can lay claim to one in public ownership and any member of the public can see it at our record office."
Dr Martin Wiggins of Birmingham University's Shakespeare Institute has identified the three earliest, and therefore contemporary with Legge's lifetime, examples of the manuscript as being held at Clare College, Cambridge, the Huntingdon Library, California and that owned by NCC and cared for by the Northamptonshire Record Office.
Dr Wiggins believes that the Northamptonshire example was transcribed at some point between 1579 and 1591 and presented to the courtier and politician Sir Christopher Hatton of Holdenby, Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor.
Born in Fotheringhay Castle, Richard III was King of England for two years, from 1483 until his death in 1485 in the Battle of Bosworth. He was the last king of the House of York and the last of the Plantagenet dynasty.
Northamptonshire County Council's Record Office preserves and makes accessible over 800 years of the county's rich archival heritage.
Information about visiting the record office, including opening hours, location and guidelines for accessing records, can be found on the council's website at NCC


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An Optimized Vertical Fragmentation Approach
Vertical fragmentation in databases is considered as a difficult problem; it has attracted the interest of many researchers and has been the subject of several studies. In the literature, these studies suggest approaches to solving the problem of vertical fragmentation, these approaches always provide a solution, but the authors find no indication about the relevance of solutions, nor any clue about their qualities. In this paper, they propose an algorithm that seems be best suited to the problem of vertical fragmentation and especially gives a best solution. To validate their approach they compared their solution to two existing algorithms based on two early studies (genetic algorithm & apriori algorithm).


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A lifelong sewer/knitter and former weaver/spinner, Linzee Kull McCray, a.k.a. lkmccray, started quilting five years ago and can't stop. Linzee is a writer and editor and she feels fortunate to meet and write about people, from scientists to stitchers, who are passionate about their work. Her freelance writing appears in Quilts and More, Stitch, Fiberarts, American Patchwork and Quilting and more. For more textile musings, visit her blog.
Admitting you're a quilter can be daunting: mention to someone at a party that you quilt and their eyes immediately scan the room, looking for someone they're sure is a more scintillating conversationalist.
That's why there's not much that's sweeter than getting together with other quilters. When you're with those who are equally sewing-obsessed, there's no need to explain that a bowl of multi-colored thread spools incites passion or fondling fabric induces calmness.
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Around the country, hundreds of guilds exist to bring quilters together for workshops, lectures and camaraderie. But traditionally these guilds are, well, traditional. Members often focus on the "rules" of quilting: exact quarter-inch seams, quilt blocks that line up precisely, and creating quilts from patterns.
In recent years, there's been a growing interest in "modern quilting." Defining modern quilting isn't easy to do, even for those who participate. Debbie Grifka, a.k.a. EschHouseQuilts, describes modern quilting as the third leg of the stool that includes traditional quilting and art quilting. She sees the designs of modern quilters as graphic and bold and notes that many modern quilters use negative space differently than traditional or art quilters do.
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While some modern quilters create wall hangings and take techniques from art quilters, they also respect the designs and craftsmanship of traditional quilting. The majority of modern quilters create textiles to be used, rather than hung on the wall, and incorporate contemporary fabrics and patterns, or no patterns at all. Many draw design inspiration from the quilts of Gee's Bend quilts and traditional Amish quilts.
Thanks to blogs, emails, Flickr and other online resources, contemporary quilters have come together virtually to explore this evolving craft. They communicate to get advice on favorite tools or techniques and to share input on design decisions at any point during the production process (Does this fabric look good with this one? Have you had luck with this thread when machine quilting?).
These virtual connections certainly serve their purpose and have created long-lasting relationships. But today's quilters, like their 19th century pioneer ancestors who took part in quilting bees, have circled around to see one another face-to-face as well. And in-person events allow quilters to do something that's not possible online: to indulge in their love of textile's tactile qualities.
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One of the fastest growing in-person gatherings among those who engage in what's being called Modern Quilting is the Modern Quilt Guild. According to Allissa Haight Carlton (handmadebyalissa) and Latifah Saafir (idreamofquilts), cofounders of the Los Angeles branch of the Modern Quilt Guild, the first official in-person meet up took place in L.A. in October 2009, with 20 members in attendance. Today, the Modern Quilt Guild includes more than 40 guild branches in U.S. cities from Phoenix to Philadelphia, as well as groups in Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Britain and Germany.
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"Finding community online is a wonderful thing, but in the end you're still just sitting alone and looking at a computer screen," says Allissa. "Finding community in person is much more interactive and simply more fulfilling. It's a thrill to get to know people who want to discuss this topic as much as you do!"
Membership in Modern Quilting Guilds is open to any interested quilters (wannabe quilters are welcome, too!). Each guild has an online group that posts meeting times and places, as well as what's happening at the next gathering. Latifah Saafir notes that L.A. Guild meetings provide more than talk: "Not only do we meet and share, but we also have meeting times once a month where we all lug our machines, fabric, and extension cords and create together. Not only can you interact with others who have the same passion and enthusiasm, but you can also see and feel their creations."
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If there isn't a Modern Quilt Guild in your area, their web site includes directions for starting your own guild.
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Says L.A. Modern Quilt Guild cofounder Alissa Haight Carlton: "It's taken a lot of work to get the Modern Quilt Guild organized and up and running, but there's clearly such a drive for us to meet in person that all over the country and even the world, everyone has taken on that work without hesitation. The reward of meeting like-minded people is worth it."
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Hollyoaks: Mitz hits out
NIKKI Sanderson was given a stinging welcome when co-star Rachel Shenton slapped her.
But Maxine doesn't get the warm welcome she's expecting - Mitzeee smacks her.
Nikki asked Rachel, 25, who plays Mitzeee, not to fake it.
She explained: "She just turns up and expects a cuddle. Let's just say she doesn't get a cuddle.
"I said to Rachel slap me, because I feel with a slap sometimes it can look really eggy if you move your head and you've not been hit."


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The lights are going out all over Europe. The Christmas tree lights, that is. Not all of them all at once, mind you, but one at a time one here, one there, one Christmas season after another.
Just the other day, for example, came the news about a co-op apartment building in Kokkedal, Denmark.
Not long ago, the co-op, which has a considerable number of Muslim residents, spent 60,000 kroner (about $10,000) to celebrate the holiday of Eid. Three days afterwards, however, when the co-op board, consisting of five Muslims and four unbelievers, got together to decide whether to spend approximately 5000 kroner on a Christmas tree a tradition in the building they voted the proposition down.
Although a "private donor later stepped in to pay for a tree, the news of the co-op boards decision had meantime made the national news, drawing two journalists from Denmarks TV2 who, after making their way to Kokkedal last weekend to investigate the story, found themselves under attack by a couple of dozen masked individuals who threw bricks and cobblestones at their van and called them "neo-Nazis.
The tidings from Kokkedal were unpleasant enough. But then came the news that the traditional Christmas tree in the Grote Markt (Market Square) in Brussels has now also become a thing of the past. In interviews with the media, Brussels councilwoman Bianca Debaets expressed her suspicions that municipal authorities had put the kibosh on the tree for religious reasons. (Brussels, it should be noted, is at present 25% Muslim. And climbing.)
At first, Brussels city officials vehemently denied that the decision to banish the Christmas tree in the Grote Markt had any religious basis. Perish the thought! Instead, they sought to convey the message that Christmas trees are old-fashioned yesterdays news. And they made a strenuous effort to stir up public excitement over the fact that, instead of a tiresome old traditional tree, the Grote Markt will be the site of a cool, hip, up-to-date "light sculpture that will suggest the shape of a tree, but that, instead of branches and needles and such, will be composed of strobe lights and other high-tech electronic paraphernalia.
It will, in short, be a trendy, twenty-first-century celebration of well, nothing in particular, exactly. Certainly not Christmas. One thing that was made perfectly clear to the Belgian populace was that this newfangled installation would not allude in any way, shape, or form to the Christian holiday, but would instead be characterized as a "winter decoration. Indeed, the Brussels city government took the trouble to issue a directive ordering that accounts of the new downtown "sculpture should not include any reference to Christmas.
One news report described this postmodernist artifact as follows: "The electronic sculpture will stand 25 meters (82 feet) tall and consists of a set of television screens. Another noted: "During the daytime you can climb to the top of the tree where you will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the city. And: "As soon as it becomes dark the tree turns into a spectacle of light and sound. Every ten minutes an amazing show will unfold. (continue reading...)(...more)


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Rapper M.I.A. is hoping her life is back on track after winning her child custody battle and landing a new man.
The outspoken star has been locked in a bitter court dispute with her multi-millionaire ex-fiance Benjamin Bronfman over access to their four-year-old son Ikhyd following their split in 2012.
In March (13), the Brit revealed her heartache after she was banned from taking the boy out of the U.S., but she finally triumphed in the case and returned to the U.K. with Ikhyd in June (13).
Now she has told how her life is finally turning a corner - and she has even embarked on a new romance.
The Paper Planes hitmaker tells British newspaper The Guardian she was terrified of taking on Bronfman in a U.S. court because he is heir to the $8 billion Seagram empire.
She says, "In America, it's not the mother who has the say. The legal system sides with money. It doesn't side with truth, it sides with who has the best presentation of truth. I guess it was a lesson I had to learn. So you just had to be really good at lying. And I'm not very good at lying. I just can't be bothered. When it comes to basic s**t, like a mother and child, you have a huge judicial system that no longer backs them up.
"I'm not going to go against the billionaire with my money. Ultimately, I'm a working mum. I don't have parents who have tons of money who can fund my s**t for 20 years... It was the idea that I was wild, a rock star mum, versus a financial institution, and fighting it in a country where financial institutions ultimately have the power. As a mum, my experience of the law in America was disgusting, because mums don't have a say. And I'm not going to change that, because it's going to take a nation of mums to stand up for it."
Asked if the whole experience has put her off men, she replies, "No. I'm in a relationship and have been for some time, and I'm happy. I'm in a state of nirvana."
The film is almost half an hour longer than 'The Force Awakens'.
The actress will no doubt be returning for the long-running FX series.
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Kenoi reveals $412.6 million budget
Mayor Billy Kenoi on Friday unveiled his biggest budget yet, for the first time asking the County Council to spend more than the previous administration spent.
The $412.6 million budget is 4.6 percent higher than last year's, and 2.3 percent higher than the budget in place when Kenoi took office in 2008. Once amended and passed by the County Council, the budget begins in the fiscal year that starts July 1.
The spending plan does not include any hikes in property taxes or fees. Still, homeowners may see increases in their property taxes due to higher property values. In all, property tax revenues are expected to go up 5.9 percent, to $323.4 million because of increased property values coupled with tax revenue from new construction.
"After five years of declining revenues, we are finally witnessing a modest, measured recovery in property values," Kenoi said in his budget message to the council. "This will gradually translate into a stronger economy and a brighter budget picture."
Kenoi said in an interview Friday afternoon that he was relieved property values increased enough to meet the added costs.
"We're very thankful that our property values and revenues generated meets the increased costs of the negotiated employee salaries without having to increase taxes," Kenoi said.
The budget reflects $18.4 million in increased employee expenses, most of which comes from union raises negotiated at the state level. The increases come even as the number of employees dropped from 2,787 in 2008 to 2,628 last year.
In addition to covering salaries, the county has added $1.9 million for employee health expenses and an additional $1 million into the GASB 45 post employment health benefit account.
The council will undertake a line-by-line scrutiny of the budget with each county department April 2-4. The mayor then submits an amended budget May 5 that takes into account certified property values.
The council has until June 30, the last day of the fiscal year, to pass a budget or the mayor's budget automatically goes into effect.
The nine-member body has its work cut out for it if it's going to honor the restraints it placed upon itself in Resolution 115-13, which raised property taxes after inserting this language: "Be it further resolved that the Council shall take affirmative steps to decrease the overall schedule of real property tax rates by 10 percent prior to the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015."
The council voted 7-2 last year to raise property taxes, with South Kona/Ka'u Councilwoman Brenda Ford and Puna Councilman Greggor Ilagan voting no.
Council members haven't been clear on how the council could cut back the tax rate. But all of the members contacted last week were glad that there would be no new taxes in the next budget.
"I'm happy to hear that news from the mayor," North Kona Councilwoman Karen Eoff said. "We had made a collective group statement that we were not going to do that again."
Last year's $394.3 million budget was $27 million, or 7.4 percent, higher than the prior year's budget, but still $8.9 million less than when Kenoi took office in 2008.
"From the beginning of this administration, we have crafted budgets that limit spending, but also allow for targeted investment in our communities and our future," Kenoi said.
Coming out of the recession, the council had agreed to raise property taxes from 10.2 to 10.8 percent, depending on property classification. That translated to about $150 more a year in taxes for the owner of a $250,000 home.
The tax hikes, coupled with significant hikes in fees, were unpopular with many residents, but most council members saw them as a necessary evil in order to prevent severe cutbacks in county services.
Property taxes are by far the biggest source of revenue for county government. The county's share of the transient accommodations tax, a surcharge on hotel rooms and short-term rentals, is second. The county also brings in revenue from state and federal grants, interest and user fees.
Last year, motorists saw their total state and local taxes and fees rise annually by $24.70 to $176.70, the first county increase since 2004. Bus riders now pay $1 more a trip, with regular riders charged $2 and seniors, students and disabled paying $1.
In total, property taxes raised $216 million last year. The residential classification, mostly second and third homes or homes not under the homeowner exemption, accounted for the largest chunk of that with $64.6 million in taxes, followed by agriculture and native forest with $41.4 million, apartments with $38.1 million and homeowners with $31.9 million.
Commercial, hotel and resort and industrial, with much lower property tax rates, accounted for $14.2 million, $12.5 million and $9.2 million, respectively.
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Carlisle are hoping to sign Jean-Yves M'Voto and have extended Francoise Zoko's trial at Brunton Park.
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Carlisle United are hoping to sign Sunderland defender Jean-Yves M'Voto and have extended Francoise Zoko's trial at Brunton Park.
M'Voto featured for Carlisle in Saturday's friendly defeat by Newcastle United and manager Greg Abbott was impressed by his performance.
Abbott has suggested he is looking to bring in M'Voto and is waiting for the 21-year-old to make a decision regarding a move to the League One club.
"Jean enjoyed himself this afternoon and I think he liked what he saw," Abbott told the club's official website.
"He has now gone away to talk to his people and come to a decision on whether or not he would like to talk with us further. We expect to hear back from him either tomorrow or first thing on Monday morning."
Ivory Coast striker Zoko has also been invited to spend another week training with the Cumbrians after impressing in pre-season.
Abbott added: "We feel that Francoise may have something a little bit different so we are going to take a longer look."
Shamrock Rovers duo Craig Walsh and Gary Shaw will also rejoin Carlisle for training the week after next, but trialists Patrick Cregg, Billy Gibson and Nick Wood have been allowed to move on.


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Texaco Press Release - Texaco Establishes Texaco Technology Ventures; Frank C. Ingriselli Named
Frank C. Ingriselli Named President
Will Manage Company's Equity Interest in Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. and Related Joint Ventures in Advanced Energy Technologies
White Plains, N.Y., Aug. 10 - Texaco (NYSE: TX) announced today establishment of Texaco Technology Ventures (TTV), a new business unit that will manage the company's 20 percent equity interest in Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENER). Frank C. Ingriselli has been named President of TTV, effective immediately.
In June Texaco completed the purchase of a 20 percent interest in Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) for $67.4 million. At the time of the announcement, the companies also agreed to establish joint ventures for the continued development and commercialization of advanced energy technologies.
In July William M. Wicker, Senior Vice President of Texaco and James R. Metzger, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Texaco, were elected to ECD's Board of Directors.
Commenting on the establishment of TTV, Wicker said, "Texaco Technology Ventures will lead Texaco's efforts in the commercialization of ECD's unique energy-related technologies in the areas of fuel cells, photovoltaics, batteries and hydrogen storage. In this manner, Texaco's significant marketing skills, distribution capabilities and capital base can be employed to maximize the value of ECD's technologies. As President of TTV, Frank Ingriselli will play a central role in the continued development of our advanced energy strategies."
Since 1998, Ingriselli has served as Assistant to Management in the office of Senior Vice President William M. Wicker. Ingriselli was graduated from Boston University in 1975 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He earned an MBA from New York University in finance and international finance in 1977, and a juris doctorate degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1979.
Ingriselli joined Texaco in 1979 as a member of the negotiations and contracts group in the Producing - Eastern Hemisphere Department. Following several assignments with increasing responsibility in the Middle East/Far East Division and the Texaco International Exploration Company, Ingriselli was appointed to direct Texaco's Western Siberia Initiative in Russia in 1992. He was named Manager of Upstream Business Development for the Europe Division in 1993, with primary responsibility for identifying new business opportunities in the former Soviet Union. In 1994, Ingriselli led a team that reviewed Texaco's international marine requirements, which led to the formation of a strategic alliance with Stena, a Swedish marine transportation company. Ingriselli was appointed Manager of Texaco's Gorgon/Chrysaor liquefied natural gas project offshore northwest Australia in 1995. In 1996 he was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Timan Pechora Company LLC, an affiliate joint venture company of Texaco, headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Ingriselli will continue to be located at Texaco's Corporate Center in White Plains, N.Y.
This press release contains a number of forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In particular, statements made concerning Texaco's and TTV's expected performance and financial results in future periods are based upon Texaco's and TTV's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The following factors known to Texaco and TTV, among others, could cause Texaco's and TTV's actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: mechanical and technological failures; decreased demand for advanced energies; worldwide and industry economic conditions; inaccurate forecasts of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum product prices; increasing price and product competition; price fluctuations; and higher costs, expenses and interest rates. In addition, you are encouraged to review Texaco's latest reports filed with the SEC, including Texaco's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 24, 2000, which describes a number of additional risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from those listed in the forward-looking statements made in this press release.
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text: J-Bay Day 3 Surprises By Ed Temperley on 17th July 2010 1 of 9 KELLY Slater out, Mick Fanning out, Andy Irons out, plus a Jordy Smith victory over Owen Wright and a day of pumping swell... it was a bumper day down at the Billabong Pro J-Bay. Today was pretty incident free if you forgot that Kelly is out and Jordy is now number one on this planet. The biggest crowd of the event packed the beach out and all the surfers stayed around till dusk, even Kelly which says something. Probably that he's mentally logging every scoring move in his judging database brain. Will the contest run to a conclusion tomorrow? If it's contestable (which it looks like it will be) then you'd have to be a brave contest director to hold off and make everyone wait a week for a swell which has yet to be created. The charts for the next five days do not look hopeful with a bump promised for the end of the week. There's a hell of a lot of swell out there right now -- with a slightly more southerly direction J-Bay would be all time. As it is, the swell looks to be heading more westerly as Sunday progresses, which combined with a dropping swell appears less than ideal. A hard call to make. You can catch-up with today's heats HERE. © Fox/magicseaweed Story of the day was Sean Holmes who squeaked past Kelly by 0.4. A super tight heat which really could have gone either way. How many times have you seen Kelly on the losing side of these final few seconds decisions over the last couple of years? He used to always swing them but now lady luck seems to have deserted him. Then taking down Andy Irons, super-smooth committed turns on his first wave seemed to put him on course for the quarters. Everyone seemed to write off Sean Holmes as the final minutes ticked down. Andy then went too early on his priority and Sean grabbed a rare barrel on the second set wave, whacked a few off the top and with it took the heat. Needless to say the crowd went bonkers for their local boy. He was described as the 'world's most consistent wildcard' by the commentators - an apt description. In two heats he humbled 12 world titles. © Fox/magicseaweed Adriano de Souza has been talking about the development of his surfing and it's really a bit like cold Brazilian steel in the throats of his opponents -- not a gurgle of protest he just dispatches them. © ASP/Kirstin Jordy Smith was just too much for Owen Wright, knocking out not only the young pretender to his young pretender crown but also grabbing the provisional world number one slot from Kelly Slater. The season's winner always seems to gain his momentum around the middle of the tour so this is looking promising for the young Saffa powerhouse. "There's still a long way to go." said Smith "Kelly may have lost today but he won't be out of the title race until the hooter sounds at Pipe at the end of the year. "Still, it's a great position for me to be in and I'll look to consolidate with a solid result here at Jeffreys." © Fox/magicseaweed Owen was kicking himself for letting Jordy take the first wave of their heat but was overall happy with his performance against one of the event favourites. "It's been a great event for me and all the best to Jordy I suppose." © ASP/Kirstin Taj vs Tiago was a wee cracker - Taj went strong with a barrel, snap, hack, cracking wave and scored a 9.77 then grabbed another plus 9 to combo Tiago which he described as "fun". Mr Burrow looks dangerous, one of our pre-event picks and on current form he'll be thereabouts come the final. "I'm feeling better with each heat," Burrow said. "It certainly helps with the ratings and makes things interesting. There's been some big upsets, but at the end of the day, I just want to surf to my best out in the heat. I feel like I'm working my way towards it and I just want to perform at my best." A consolation prize is Tiago's nomination as Portuguese sportsman of the year alongside the slicky-dippy diving Ronaldo. Perhaps they should send Ronnie and Tiago out to 8ft Teahupoo to see who has the biggest cojones. © Fox/magicseaweed Nearly fifteen minutes into the heat bugger all had gone down with both surfers having a mother's meeting in the sea (Mick Fanning was talking to Damien Hobgood) Fanning doesn't normally talk much during his heats so either he was bored by the lull in swell or feeling supremely confident. Mick then got a 6 to take the lead before Damien (the last remaining goofy) opened up on his backhand and smashed a 7.5 with 12 minutes remaining. Right at the death Mick got a smaller one which he did his absolute most to make into the high 7 he need but it dropped at 7 and that was it... Mick Fanning out, a victim to a crappy lull and killer Hobgood. © Fox/magicseaweed A slowish start for the Dane Reynolds vs Brett Simpson -- then with 14 minutes to go Dane nearly did what he needed nailing one perfect vertical turn for a 7.9 on a wave of only four turns, three of which were average. Up next was a tail-throw double-up comp with Dane pulling off the turn of the event -- an aerial hacking turn which defied belief and a 9 dropped in. Brett Simpson followed-up on the next wave with a similar turn to avoid being comboed but it wasn't quite enough. © Fox/magicseaweed Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Remaining Round 3 Results: Heat 5: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.33 def. Tanner Gudauskas (USA) 8.50 Heat 6: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 15.80 def. Fredrick Patacchia (HAW) 3.97 Heat 7: Andy Irons (HAW) 12.33 def. Luke Stedman (AUS) 9.43 Heat 8: Sean Holmes (ZAF) 13.10 def. Kelly Slater (USA) 13.06 Heat 9: Taj Burrow (AUS) 13.93 def. Joan Duru (FRA) 10.64 Heat 10: Tiago Pires (PRT) 14.60 def. Kekoa Bacalso (HAW) 13.80 Heat 11: Dane Reynolds (USA) 13.23 def. Neco Padaratz (BRA) 12.50 Heat 12: Brett Simpson (USA) 14.63 def. Michel Bourez (PYF) 14.06 Heat 13: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.23 def. Tim Reyes (USA) 13.10 Heat 14: Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.63 def. Dean Morrison (AUS) 11.40 Heat 15: Adam Melling (AUS) 16.06 def. Bobby Martinez (USA) 8.00 Heat 16: Dusty Payne (HAW) 15.33 def. Chris Davidson (AUS) 10.20 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Round 4 Results: Heat 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 14.63 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 11.44 Heat 2: Jordy Smith (ZAF) 17.87 def. Owen Wright (AUS) 15.83 Heat 3: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 14.53 def. Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 8.90 Heat 4: Sean Holmes (ZAF) 15.60 def. Andy Irons (HAW) 15.17 Heat 5: Taj Burrow (AUS) 18.87 def. Tiago Pires (PRT) 12.00 Heat 6: Dane Reynolds (USA) 16.93 def. Brett Simpson (USA) 13.20 Heat 7: Damien Hobgood (USA) 13.77 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 13.00 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Remaining Round 4 Match-Ups: Heat 8: Adam Melling (AUS) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW) Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay Quarterfinal Match-Ups: QF 1: Adriano de Souza (BRA) vs. Jordy Smith (ZAF) QF 2: Bede Durbidge (AUS) vs. Sean Holmes (ZAF) QF 3: Taj Burrow (AUS) vs. Dane Reynolds (USA) QF 4: Damien Hobgood (USA) vs. TBD © Fox/magicseaweed Ed Temperley MSW editor. Instagram @edtemperley


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Paul Daniels is one of the most successful magicians of all time. He made worldwide headlines with his top rated television shows, extensive live performances and the fortune he acquired through magic.
On this instructional DVD Paul teaches you the impromptu routines he uses when meeting people in a casual atmosphere. You will learn a lot more than just tricks as Daniels goes into detail explaining all the real work that can make these memorable events.
As all professional magicians know the magic and stunts you do during your daily life can often lead to bigger and better bookings and relationships than the most expensive marketing campaigns. Learn the intimate magic that Paul Daniels used throughout his career.
Routines performed and explained:
The Boomerang Band:
Paul teaches his handling of this famed stunt where a rubber band is made to shoot across the room or a stage and then amazingly roll back to you.
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Paul teaches a rubber band sequence he used on television where a rubber band penetrates the stem of a glass.
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This is the classic one hand knot where you flick a rope or a tie and a knot appears on it. Paul often uses this as part of his stage shows.
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A standard technique in card magic is discussed, cleaned up and taught.
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A quick and magical sequence with a coin which Paul likes to do for children. A coin penetrates through your pants into your pocket, it is then placed into your other pocket and visually penetrates through the pant leg. The coin is then vanished and reproduced.
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Quick vanishing coin sequences Paul performs in impromptu situations.
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A coin completely vanishes from under a napkin.
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A sequence using a bank note where the face on the bill smiles and frowns and then turns upside down.
Throughout the DVD Paul also gives great tips and advice about becoming a better magician.
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As The NHL Season Finally Prepares To Start, The Minnesota Wild and NHL are Asking For Forgivness
At long last, NHL fans, a hockey season is set to begin. However, a lot of fans have moved on and refuse to just come running back to the sport that appeared to put greed ahead of the fans with the extended lockout. The Minnesota Wild, along with other franchises, realize they have some making up to do with fans and they are offering incentives.