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Kimco to Sell Mexican Shopping Center Portfolio for $92M
Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM), North America's largest owner and operator of neighborhood and community shopping centers, today announced that it has executed a purchase and sale agreement for the disposition of a four-property shopping center portfolio in Mexico to its local operating partner, Planigrupo, for a gross sales price of 1.2 billion Mexican pesos (US$92 million). These wholly-owned properties, which comprise a total of 1.1 million square feet, include: Plaza Universidad in Pachuca, La Nogalera in Saltillo, Gran Plaza in Cancun and Plaza Bella Huinala in Monterrey. This high-quality portfolio contains several major anchor tenants including Home Depot, HEB and Cinépolis, as well as Wal-Mart-affiliated Bodega Aurrera and Suburbia.
The closing of this sale is subject to customary conditions, including Mexican regulatory approval, and is expected to be completed during the fourth quarter of 2013. This transaction represents the second sale with Planigrupo during 2013; in May, Kimco sold a nine-property Mexican shopping center portfolio, comprising 2.6 million square feet, to Planigrupo for US$274 million.
In addition, Kimco recently completed two other sales from the Latin America portfolio during the third quarter of 2013. In Mexico, the company sold its 43 percent ownership interest in the Centro Sur shopping center, a 655,000-square-foot center in Guadalajara, Mexico, for approximately 523 million Mexican pesos (US$41 million). This center is anchored by several notable tenants, including Wal-Mart, Cinépolis and Suburbia. Kimco also sold its 50 percent ownership interest in a nine-property shopping center portfolio located in Chile to its local joint venture operating partner for a gross sales price of approximately 25.3 billion Chilean pesos (US$50.2 million), including debt of 16.8 billion Chilean pesos (US$33.1 million). This portfolio was 97 percent occupied and comprised 269,000 square feet.
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Unanswered: Moving Crystal Reports crosstab (pivot) Tables to Excel vs. Access?
I have been using Access 2000 and will be upgrading to Access 2002 soon. I've heard that Access 2002 has improved options for pivot tables (crosstabs). I am interested in moving several that I have been doing in Crystal Reports into Access or Excel (it's all via ODBC to SQL and Access tables).
One of the simple things that Access 2000 won't do is allow > 1 field in the detail: So if you want a column for each month and a row for each employee and you want 2 numbers in the detail -- say number of phone calls and total minutes, Acess 2000 can't do it. Also you have to build pass through queries thus ending up with 2-3 queries each time you want to throw together an adhoc crosstab in Access 2000. (I do not know much VB much at all, so am not ready to explore what it may offer in this area due to too many pressing deadlines).
I am interestd in any feedback as to the capabiliites and limitations of Access (v. 2002) vs. Excel (v 2000). Some of what I do are routine--every day, month or quarter, but there is also a lot of adhoc analysis where I have to throw together a pivot table in short order. That is one nice thing Crystal Reports does. However, it is difficult to change the underlying tables if you want to re-use work already done (when managers see the first result they ask more questions....), and also fonts and formatting is a hassle in Crystal. Also we have fewer Crystal licenses and there is a lot less familiarity among coworkers with Crystal. Often what I do as adhoc after revision ends up being passed on to someone else to handle routinely, so this is an important consideration.
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Hunting Coyote With Dogs is Growing in Popularity in Texas [VIDEO]
When I first blogged about my love for hunting, I wrote a blog on Hunting Coyote with domesticated dogs and how popular it's becoming. That was back in December 20th of 2010. It's two years later and I thought I'd revisit the subject, only to discover the the folks up in Montana, are the expert 'Doggers' they call themselves. The practice is continuing to grow in the Lone Star State as several friends now have coyote hunting dogs. While I'm updating the blog I thought I'd update the video as well. As before I'll caution you now, because it gets pretty graphic, you've been warned.


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Ten-man Wanderers take glory
Published: November 19 2012 - 3:00AM
A brilliant defensive effort from 10-man Western Sydney Wanderers helped the visitors hold on for a 1-0 victory over Perth Glory at nib Stadium on Sunday.
The Wanderers scored the only goal of the game through Iacopo La Rocca in the 15th minute and then defended outstandingly throughout the second half after Youssouf Hersi received a red card in the 38th minute.
The Glory completely dominated the second half, creating goal-scoring chance after goal-scoring chance, but could not break though the Wanderers' tight defence.
Perth dearly missed star striker Shane Smeltz, who was unavailable for family reasons.
The Glory continued to pepper the goals, but Western Sydney goalkeeper Ante Covic was impenetrable and made a series of outstanding saves.
With Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Michael Beauchamp and Shannon Cole leading the way in defence as well, the Wanderers did an brilliant job to hold out Perth for a deserved win.
The victory moves Western Sydney into fifth spot on the A-League ladder, leapfrogging Melbourne Heart, Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory.
The visitors silenced the Perth crowd early with a well-worked goal in the first quarter when Aaron Mooy put a good cross into the box that La Rocca did well to head into the top corner.
The Wanderers then had another golden chance in the 34th minute through Mark Bridge, but the game changed shortly after when Hersi was given a red card.
The Dutchman lashed out with a kick at Perth's Michael Jamieson when he was on the ground after a nasty foul.
Earlier, a Jeremy Brockie brace against his former team secured Wellington their sixth straight win over Newcastle to leap into the top six from last place on the ladder.
Brockie scored in each half at Hunter Stadium on Sunday, with Paul Ifill rounding out the 3-0 win with a penalty in the dying minutes.
Keeper Mark Birighitti was involved in a horrific collision when Brockie's knee connected with his face after a brave save. Birighitti had to be replaced and was later diagnosed with a fractured cheekbone.
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Volume 7, Number 10 - Winter 1982
Welcome Attendance
Fifty-three members and guests signed the attendance register and all were introduced following a welcome extended by the President.
Minutes of the September 13, 1981 meeting were approved as printed.
Secretarys Report
Information from Secretarys report:
*19 members joined since September 13 meeting.
*86 members dropped for non-payment of dues and Lucille Brown sent card notices.
*Present membership totals 266.
*Your president and secretary tended a sales table at the Ozarks Genealogical Society Workshop in October 17 at Springfield and sold $107.00 worth of back quarterlies and books. Eight memberships were gained.
*On October 28 thirty-eight high schools in the Missouri counties of our society were mailed copies of the historical essay contest rules.
*Notices of todays meeting were sent to 14 newspapers and 1 radio station.
Treasurers Report
The Treasurers report showed a balance of $2838.80.
Correspondence read:
*A letter from the city of Forsyth asked our society to send a representative to their Survey Steering Committee. B.T. Persinger of Forsyth was appointed by President Hartman and Penelope Willard of Forsyth was named alternate.
*A list of available research material from several sources was read. Communications placed on file.
*A petition from Missouri Territorial Pioneers was circulated for our members to sign. It asked the Governor to proclaim a Genealogy Week each year.
Editors Report
The Editor asked for an input of material. Short stories, using names, places, and dates are especially needed. She also asked to be relieved of the editors duties.
President Hartman related a personal incident regarding the importance of the quarterly. A friend, Neil Moore, compiling a history of the labor movement in the Ozarks, had found help in "The Land of Taney" by Elmo Ingenthron and the 1967 Summer & Fall (Vol. 2 - No. 12) quarterly in an article by Roy Stout. It proves the quarterlies are a very important historical tool.
Research Help
Member Paul Welch of Bremerton, WA has offered to do research free of charge Mrs. Brown announced.
Bill Allowed
Mrs. Brown moved that the registration fee of $10.00 be allowed for the genealogical workshop attended by the secretary. Motion carried.
A slide show of the history of the old milling town of Riverdale, Missouri - it's rise and fall - was presented by Paul Johns, program chairman. Mr. Ben Turner, the patriarch of Riverdale, related some of his remembrances of events and incidents of early years.
Next meeting is scheduled for March 14.
Meeting adjourned 3:30 P.M
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Ernest Swinton
|Ernest Dunlop Swinton
Ernest Dunlop Swinton
21 October 1868
Bangalore, India
|15 January 1951
(aged 82)
Oxford, Oxfordshire
|United Kingdom
|Royal Engineers
|Years of service
|Major General
|Second Boer War
First World War
|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order
|Other work
|Air Ministry, Citroën, Chichele Professor of Military History at Oxford University, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps
Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, KBE, CB, DSO (21 October 1868 – 15 January 1951) was a British Army officer who was active in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was also a war correspondent and author of several allegorical works of fiction on military themes, including a lastingly influential book on tactics and good practice. He is credited with having coined the word "tank" as a code-name for the first tracked, armoured fighting vehicles.
Early life and career[edit]
Swinton was born in Bangalore, India, in 1868. His father worked for the Madras Civil Service. Swinton was educated at University College School, Rugby School, Cheltenham College, Blackheath Proprietary School, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He became an officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1888, serving in India and becoming Lieutenant in 1891.
He served as a Captain during the Second Boer War (1899–1901), and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900.[1] Although principally concerned with railway construction, he took a keen interest in tactics, fortifications, and the effectiveness of modern weaponry, especially the recently introduced machine-gun. After the war, he wrote his book on small unit tactics, The Defence of Duffer's Drift, a military classic on minor tactics that has been used by the Canadian and British Armies to train their NCOs and officers and US military to train its officers.[2][3] In the years leading up to the First World War, he served as a staff officer and as an official historian of the Russo-Japanese War.
First World War[edit]
The War Minister, Lord Kitchener, appointed Swinton as the official British war correspondent on the Western Front. Journalists were not allowed at the front, and Swinton's reports were censored leading to an effectively uncontroversial although even-handed reporting.
Development of tanks[edit]
Swinton recounts in his book Eyewitness how he first got the sudden idea to build a tank on 19 October 1914, while driving a car in France. It is known that in July 1914 he received a letter from a friend, a mining engineer named Hugh F. Marriott whom he had met while in South Africa. Marriott occasionally sent Swinton news of technical developments that might have a military application, and his letter described a machine he had seen in Antwerp, an American-made Holt Caterpillar Tractor. He suggested that the machine might be useful for transport, and Swinton passed the information on to several military and political figures he thought it might interest. At the time, with no apparent prospect of war, the idea seemed to be a matter only of transport efficiency, and Swinton forgot about the matter. The idea of a caterpillar track as the basis for a fighting vehicle occurred to him only as he drove from St. Omer to Calais on the morning of 19 October.
In Britain, David Roberts of Richard Hornsby & Sons had attempted starting in 1911 to interest British military officials in a tracked vehicle, but failed. Benjamin Holt of the Holt Manufacturing Company bought the patents related to the "chain track" track-type tractor from Richard Hornsby & Sons in 1914[4] for £4,000. When World War I broke out, with the problem of trench warfare and the difficulty of transporting supplies to the front, the pulling power of crawling-type tractors drew the attention of the military.
The British War Office conducted trials with Holt tractors at Aldershot but saw them only as suitable for towing heavy artillery. Major Swinton was sent to France as an army war correspondent. In November 1914 he suggested to Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, the construction of a bullet-proof, tracked vehicle that could destroy enemy machine guns.[5]
In 1916 Swinton was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and given responsibility for training the first tank units. He created the first tactical instructions for armoured warfare. The Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors decided after the war that the inventors of the tank were Sir William Tritton, managing director of Fosters and Major Walter Gordon Wilson. By 1918, the War Office had received 2,100 Holt tractors.[6]
In April 1918, while on a tour of the US, Swinton visited Stockton, California to publicly honour Benjamin Holt and the company for their contribution to the war effort and to relay Britain's gratitude to the inventor. Benjamin Holt was recognised by the General at a public meeting held in Stockton.[7]
In 1919 Swinton retired as a Major General. He subsequently served in the Civil Aviation department at the Air Ministry. He thereafter joined Citroën in 1922 as a director. He was Chichele Professor of Military History at Oxford University and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford from 1925 to 1939; he was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Tank Corps from 1934 to 1938. In 1938, he edited Twenty Years After: the Battlefields of 1914–18: then and Now a publication of George Newnes Limited which was planned for issue in 20 parts and which ultimately amounted to 42. The magazine-style publication contained wartime and present-day (ca. 1938) images of France.[8]
Family life[edit]
Swinton married Grace Louise Clayton in 1897 and they had two sons and a daughter. His daughter died in a road accident during the Second World War.[9] Swinton died in Oxford on 15 January 1951.[9]
Honours and awards[edit]
- DSO : Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) – 29 November 1900 – in recognition of services during operations in South Africa.[1]
- CB : Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) – 12 February 1917 – in recognition of services during the war.[9][10]
- KBE : Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire – 2 June 1923 – in the King's Birthday Honours.[9][11]
- Croix de Chevalier of the Legion of Honour – 1916 – in recognition of distinguished service during the campaign[12]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "No. 27359". The London Gazette. 27 September 1901. p. 6309.
- ^ "The Defence of Duffer's Drift". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Military Review" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ Hoffman, George (2007-02-21). "Hornsby Steam Crawler". British Columbia.
- ^ "Tanks for World War I". Retrieved 2010-02-25.
- ^ "Holt Caterpillar". Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
- ^ "San Joaquin County Biographies: Benjamin Holt". California Genealogy & History Archives. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012.
- ^ Twenty Years After PartWorks – recycling classic collections
- ^ a b c d "Maj.-Gen. Sir Ernest Swinton." Times [London, England] 17 Jan. 1951: 6. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 5 Aug. 2012.
- ^ "No. 29938". The London Gazette. 12 February 1917. p. 1458.
- ^ "No. 32830". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1923. p. 3947.
- ^ "No. 29548". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 April 1916. p. 3994.
- The Defence of Duffer's Drift pseudonym of "Lieutenant Backsight Forethought" BF.
- The Green Curve (1909) pseudonym of "O'le Luk-Oie"
- Tab Dope (1915) pseudonym of "O'le Luk-Oie"
- The Study of War (1926)
- Eyewitness (1932)
- An Eastern Odyssey (1935)
- Over My Shoulder (1951)
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ernest Dunlop Swinton.
- 1868 births
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- Military personnel from Bangalore
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- British Army generals of World War I
- Royal Engineers officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British war correspondents
- People educated at University College School
- British military historians
- Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
- Chichele Professors of the History of War
- People educated at Blackheath Proprietary School
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When he died, Thomas left behind his wife, Harriet, and six children: Sarah aged 16, James aged 14, Samuel aged 10, Mary Ann aged 7, William aged 4, and John not quite a year old. At the time, the family was living in Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset.
Thomas Wilkins and Harriet Lukins had been married on 18th December 1851 at the registry office in Axbridge, Somerset. At the time, Harriet was 25 and Thomas was aged 19. The witnesses to the wedding were each of their only siblings, his brother William and her sister Emma. Interestingly, William and Emma later married each other!
Harriet's parents were Michael Lukins and Mary Smith of Cluer, Somerset. Harriet had been christened at St. Mary's in Wedmore, Somerset on 4 Jan 1827.
Thomas was christened in Wookey, Somerset on 2 September 1832 and was the son of James Wilkins and Sarah Vincent. The 1841 Census for the parish of Wookey shows James and Sarah with William aged 11 and Thomas aged 8:
The family 1868-1871:
As mentioned, Thomas' brother William Wilkins married Emma Lukins, Harriet's sister. They were married at St. Matthew's church in Wookey on 26 February 1857. They had no children and lived in the Rodney Stoke and Draycott area.
On the 1871 Census, some of Thomas and Harriet's children (Sarah, Mary Ann, William and John) and Emma and Harriet's mother, Mary Lukins, are shown living with Emma Wilkins, a widow, in Draycott. The older boys, James and Samuel, aged 15 and 13 were found both out working on local farms. Without many resources, the little group was being supported by the Parish. Obviously, many changes had happened since Thomas' death. What had happened to the rest of the family?
|1871 Census - Draycott, Somerset
Thomas Wilkins had died in 1868. Further tragedy struck the family a few months later on 26 March 1869 when Harriet died as well. She was buried in Burnham, Somerset on 3 April 1869. The children probably went to live with William and Emma at that time. Then, on 11 April 1870, William Wilkins died of Cholera at the age of 39. A few months later, Harriet and Emma's father Michael Lukins died and was buried in Draycott on 20 May. Their mother Mary died in October 1871. In the space of three years the children had dealt with many deaths: their father, their mother, their grandparents, and their uncle. They had now lost all of their family except their aunt Emma.
The siblings later split up. Three of them (Mary Ann, James, Samuel) emigrated to Canada and three remained in England (Sarah, William, John). Though they wrote to each other occasionally, they never saw each other again. Aunt Emma died in Rodney Stoke in 1895.
Thomas and Harriet's children:
Sarah Ann Wilkins - born 19 May 1852 in Draycott, Somerset. Her twin brother died at birth and her birth certificate actually gives no name and is registered only as "female" Wilkins. Sarah married Henry (Harry) Leigh in 1874. They had 8 children and they lived in the Draycott area.
James Wilkins - born 17 August 1854 in Draycott, Somerset. I recently obtained his birth certificate and this date does not match his own claim of 28 August 1856. He immigrated to Canada in 1885, and later married Alice Beck Graham in Mandaumin, Lambton County, Ontario on 7 June 1893. Together they raised 12 children while he farmed and worked for the Grand Trunk Railway. He died at about aged 80 on the family homestead in Mandaumin in 1934.
Samuel Wilkins - christened at St. Matthew's in Wookey, Somerset on 25 April 1858. On the 1901 Canada census, he gave his birthdate as 26 August 1858 and that he immigrated to Canada about 1889. He lived in Plympton Township, Lambton County, Ontario and worked as a Labourer. He never married and died in 1916 at aged 58.
Mary Ann Wilkins - born in Wookey, Somerset on 29 January 1861 and christened at St. Matthew's on 7 April 1861. In 1881, she was the first in the family to emigrate to Canada. She appears on the 1881 Census living with her sister Sarah Ann Leigh and her family in Somerset. She married Edward George Luckins from Draycott, Somerset in Strathroy, Ontario on 12 November 1881. They later moved to Sarnia, Ontario where they raised 7 children. Mary Ann died there in 1943 at the age of 82.
William Wilkins - born in Burnham, Somerset in 1864. He was christened at St. Andrew's in Burnham on 2 April 1868 at the same time as his younger brother. He married Edith Georgina Flagg in 1885. William and Edith lived in Taunton, Somerset where they raised their three children and William worked in a shirt factory. William, at the age of 86, died there in 1950.
John Wilkins - born in Burnham, Somerset in 1868 and christened on 2 April 1868. He also lived in Taunton, Somerset and worked in a shirt factory. He married Sarah Ann Dean in 1891 and they had three children. In 1928, he died in Taunton at aged 60.


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Is there a connection between South Carolina's U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's Verizon phone and forced vaccinations? It makes an interesting conversation.
So many people are furious over recent knowledge of the government's intrusion into calls being made by Verizon users. Graham told us he's not concerned because he's not a terrorist. Well, I'm not a terrorist, but I am very concerned.
I'm not a constitutional attorney, either, but I do know that the U.S. Constitution guarantees its citizens certain rights, such as the right of privacy, the freedom of religion and the freedom of choice for medical treatments.
Ever since 9/11, the passing of the Patriot Act by Congress and its extension in 2011, the government has taken the opportunity to further impinge upon our constitutional rights. The excuse is always "protecting us from terrorists." This has gone way too far. Every member of Congress who signed the Patriot Act should be held accountable.
Mandated, forced vaccines present a similar dilemma. Americans have the right to religious freedom, and all but two states allow for a religious exemption to vaccines. We also have the freedom to decide what drugs we allow to be injected into our bodies and those of our children.
Yet, pharmaceutical companies are churning out new vaccines faster than one can say, "Enough already." Their goal and the government's seems to be to make more vaccines for more people and then restricting our right to say "no."
Vaccine bills are turning up in every state in this country. Some states have made it mandatory for children to present a doctor's permission slip, besides their other exemption, to avoid vaccines. In New York, there's a legislative bill calling for children to be allowed to be vaccinated for sexually transmitted diseases without a parent's consent. The majority of state legislative bills limit our choices.
We need more conversation about wireless phones and vaccine rights, and we need action. We need action from every American who opposes government limitations of our constitutional liberties.


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Submerged Review
Developed by Uppercut games Submerged is a beautifully sculpted third person adventure game set in a vastly flooded City. Set to release across multiple platforms including the Xbox One, Playstation 4 and PC in August 2015, Submerged takes players on an, at times lonely journey for desperate survival.
A Families Lonely Tale
Seldom have I come across a game so breathtakingly tranquil and elegant, though Submerged is a quiet in terms of sound volume, it unleashes some of the most eye catching scenery I have ever seen from an independent game. A lonely fishing boat enters the scene, out on the deep blue sea, with it carries a young Miku and her younger still, ill brother. Miku is in desperate search of some much needed aid for her unwell brother, the cause of his pain isn't clear.
The lonesome children come across a City, long since forgotten by humans and time, almost completely submerged beneath the sunlit blue ocean. Powerful structures that once stood up, proud like beacons in the beaming bright skyline are now covered with the disdain of dark green algae, unceremoniously smashed with severe flooding, the large City was in mourning, despite the water now beginning to recede.
Miku has brought her fallen brother to the mysterious City, in hope of some much needed medical supplies, throughout the City's vast landscape, she hopes to find all that she needs to nurse her brother back to full health. Finally docking at a Clock Tower, she rests her brother up on top of a stone bench and sets off in search of hope.
Not all of life, is about death
With peace deeply seeded in its DNA, Submerged introduces a non combat theme, there are no enemies to fend off and no fear of death within the partially hidden labyrinth of buildings and monuments. With the use of only a map and telescope, Miku can search the watery landscape, for valuable resources for her dying sibling. Exploration is essential while traversing the City, in order to find the supplies she needs Miku must search either by telescope or by scaling the large City infrastructures by hand.
Able to scale the daunting terrain in a variety of ways, Miku pulls herself up onto narrow ledges, shimmying around tight corners, using a technique very likened to early Lara Croft titles. Whilst navigating the tall landscape might be easy enough, parts of the climb lies in planning, there are sometimes numerous paths that may either lead to a sacred care package or one of the games many hidden secrets; images that once discovered, paint a picture of the events that took place within the now ghostly City.
Unfortunately the story, as beautifully presented as it is, lacks a deeper plot, letting the game down slightly in the process. The landscape sets Submerged aside from other [email protected] titles of late but it needed more backbone, while players are free to explore the partly submerged City, there could have been a better story to explain how the City became flooded in the first place.
From Within A Jacques Cousteau dream
A lack of story might let Submerged down but is forgiven for everything else it has to offer. Climbing the games many buildings is a great way to see the sunken City from high above, from the tallest building, the sheer scale of devastation is clear to see. Though most of the games mechanics rely heavily on climbing, which while sometimes a touch unreliable and nervy are easy enough to maintain, there is of course the boat. With the benefit of small upturned wooden boats, Miku is able to upgrade her own little fishing boat, making the narrow vessel faster, with boosts of speed. The discovery of boat upgrades help greatly to get around the vast and wondrous City.
Working my way around the cities boundaries, jumping in and out of waves like a skipping stone across the ocean. I spotted a bridge glistening in the backdrop of the morning sun, suddenly out of nowhere, a Giant Whale torpedos up from the depths, breaching the ocean with all the grace of a ballerina, before plummeting safely back in the water with a shuddering crash. My tiny boat rocked with the disturbed water, I had just experienced one of Submerged's more pleasing features.
Dolphins actively seek Miku out, appearing randomly alongside her while out patrolling in the boat., huge Manta Rays leap from the water with swagger, but are best experienced through the night as they glow brightly
Constructed With A Loving Touch
When it comes to setting a scene, Submerged is not only visually appealing, it has a strange and compelling beauty to it that draws you in. Uppercut have developed a water drenched landscape filled with real artistic depth, polished with a loving touch. The buildings and structures that fill the cities skyline have great detail to them and don't feel rushed. Whether you are attempting to scale a large hotel or resting high up on top of the construction crane in the middle of the City, the realisation of your surroundings never leaves you and while while the atmosphere might feel lonely you can help but stop and stare at what surrounds you.
As the story progresses the weather conditions become increasingly unstable, at night fog sets over the City making visibility almost impossible. Raindrops begins to fall from the sky and lightning strikes lighting up the dark sky, which while out on the water is quite an experience.
How Does Submerged Fair
Submerged is an emotional tale that follows one girls plight to save her dying brother, while the game isn't without it's touching moments, the overall story is too short and can be completed within a couple of hours. I can't help but feel that a longer more drawn out story driven experience would have been better suited, the visuals deserved it. Submerged has so much to offer in the way of beautifully stunning graphics and a lot of time can be spent gazing at the enriching sights the sunken City has to offer.
The City as a whole is quite a sight with so much to explore and some truly amazing sea life to take in. Submerged has a very subtle yet pleasing soundtrack and has a very laid back attitude to go with it, which is refreshing to see. Poetically balanced, sadness follows Miku throughout the game as she desperately tries to reach care packages to aid her sibling. Another noteworthy feature within the game is the ability to take postcard shots from anywhere around the City.
Submerged may lack a full story but it is certainly not short of wondrous sights and for that reason alone, it is value for money.
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Three reporters spearheaded devastating CBC survey
Three national reporters for CBC Radio News carried out the devastating survey posted here last night, a source tells Contrarian.
Veteran reporters Vic Adhopia of St. John's, Dave Seglins of Toronto, and Greg Rasmussen of Vancouver conducted the survey in March after months of grousing by colleagues about the operation of The Hub, the Toronto unit that co-ordinates all assignments for radio and TV news reporters.
They submitted the survey to CBC brass, who responded in a conference call with all national reporters two weeks ago. News head Jonathan Whitten led the management team on the call, which one reporter described as "like throwing a snowball into hell." Senior Managing Editors Greg Reaume and Cathy Perry also participated.
Introduced last fall, the much criticized Hub is a central feature of a reorganization that sought to merge previously separate radio and TV news operations into a single, seamless operation. Located on the fourth floor of the CBC building in Toronto, it has three components: The "Live Hub," which fields live hits on the CBCNews Network (formerly Newsworld) and other shows; the Daily News Desk, which handles radio and TV news assignments; and the Planning Desk, which looks after everything after midnight on the current day.
The radio reporters say television priorities dominate the new system, with little regional input, and an obsessive concern with pizzazz over journalistic substance.
Jeffrey Dvorkin of the Ryerson University Journalism School, formerly with CBC Radio and National Public Radio, has more on the dispute.
Google Street View fear and loathing
Robert Creighton writes:
As happens in most places when Street View goes live, I predict the local media will run around the streets trying to find locals who are outraged at the "invasion of privacy" introduced by this technology. I will be watching Tom Murphy on CBC News as they try to stir up yet another "controversy."
Worth noting that the cameras used in UK seem to be much higher resolution than used here.
No idea what Tom will do, but in recent weeks, CBC has been conspicuously indulging the hoary tradition whereby old media condemn the moral decay promoted by attractive new-media competitors. See Nora Young's Spark interview with Viktor Mayer-Schönberger (here and here) deploring Google's search feature, Ideas' recent hand-wringing about teen sexual depravity caused by social marketing websites (a variant of which can be seen on CBC Newsworld), and the Globe and Mail's shocking discovery that people in the entertainment industry sometimes have sex with each other, even when they are not precisely equal in age or employment status.
I'm less sanguine about the British comparison. Police authorities in Britain really do conduct a staggering amount of real-time surveillance of private citizens, not a great thing imnsho.


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It's been a while since we're covered some ad school-related stunt like this, hasn't it? I dunno, maybe not, but we're senile. Anyways, it seems this video's been up for quite some time and it comes from one Mustafa Ulker, a Miami Ad School copywriting grad who's come up with a rather ominous way to bid farewell to his institution and land a proper agency gig in the process. Ah, gone are the days when two ad school gals could just say to an agency, hire us or we'll get married. Now, we have this, in which Ulker bought up domains that are not actually sanctioned by Miami Ad School, at least we think, but have the names and cities in which MAS is housed involved nonetheless.
Hey, according to Ulker, it seemed to have worked the first time when he bought the domain miamiadschoolistanbul.com and eventually landed a slot in the school. Can the budding copywriter, who's now based in NYC, recapture the magic again? Well, he's fresh out of MAS, agency world, so your move. You can read his full manifesto here.


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If you don't stop bothering me I will tell on you. ......that goes FOR ALL Y'ALL erwwnnnnn..ahhhhh.orrrrhhhhhhh.
For the record, I never start this crap. But I'd lose my Jersey cred if I gave into an argument with someone from Delaware.......I can't do that. I have a reputation on those streets. Jeez, if I take guff from a Delaware dude then the corner boys might start charging me sucker prices, ya know. I love Delaware...I really do. But I can't take no jive turkey from it. I just can't.
I used to hang out at the 7-11 downtown OCMD....right in front of the pay phones......I've seen Jay Reale at BB Bombers......and I said, "Oh hey what's up." Listen, I watch Hannah Montana too. There are signs that it's all coming to a drawl. God I hope I don't choke on my own vomit someday.......now, somebody else's vomit, that's just fine. I just want to be loved by the Swellinfo community.....ever since I was a children I told ma, "MA, I'm going be on Swellinfo someday." She'd pat my head and say, "Sure you will, Bill...sure you will." And I made it. I am on SWELLINFO.COM - the ultimate swell forecasting website. You will not take that away from me. "No matter what they take from me.....they can't take away my swellinfo dignity........"
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Feb 17, 2012, 08:45 PM #81
why are you so upset SJB? Talk to us....for gods sake
Feb 17, 2012, 08:55 PM #83
BY FAR the best part of this whole thread is the reality that...I usually drive in from out of town, find a decent spot and surf...probably totally alone. Most winter days I find myself just WISHING that somebody else would show up to share the stoke in the "lineup".
As for the VA Beach 1st St references, I lived down there for two years, why the heck surf there anyway. If you can get off work a lil early, it's ALWAYS worth the drive to Nags Head. I spent a few months surfing slop at the jetty before realizing that another 40 minutes on the road yields much better waves EVERY TIME. I just don't get the whole jetty deal. Even if it's half decent and you can't drive, North End is probably just as good (if not better). Just saying'...
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Forget the 220+ posts in a short time? Why always three paragraph posts that make little to no sense? Maybe its just my hangover but SJB I can't read your posts anymore. It hurts my brain. I expect a 3 paragraph reply with wordy nonsensical elements but don't bother I won't read it.
Feb 17, 2012, 10:03 PM #87
Hey so what is Jenelle like, dude.....Like, how do you know her?
WB, don't be scared man...it's cool......I'm not going to jump out from the screen at you. You have to lighten up, man. You seem easily offended or something. Could be that whole southern, christian, gentleman thing,.......I don't know......People love to see, watch, hear people on drugs.....so just sit back and enjoy the ride. You always seem jumpy and weirded out by my posts.....It's ok, baby honey. HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG Yeah you like cyber hugs don't you.......Here let me give you another one ...HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG..AWWW YEAHH !!!
Would it scare you if I told you I was sober? But who knows what I am....I don't even know......
You guys are all fantastic. You're all a credit to your communities.....
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Hold on. There is one major fallacy with the idea that "shore towns rely on tourists".
For purposes of surfing....they absolutely do NOT rely on tourists.
If PA/NY kooks decide NOT to visit the shore this summer, the ocean will not go anywhere. TRUST ME. Yes, our economies will diminish. Housing value will diminish. Infrastructures will diminish. But the ocean will remain resilient! You can count on that!
Feb 17, 2012, 10:11 PM #90
Sorry dude, I am not a Curious George book....I don't do children's versions.....
Dude you shouldn't drink....it's bad...very bad.....
Ohhhh Smithfield shreddah won't read my posts...I guess I should quit then.....Damn, I said to my pappy years back, "Pappy I'm gonna write things on a surf website to some dude who's stranded in Smithfield." And he looked at me, patted me on my head and said, "Sure you will Bill...sure you will."
And about the 200 posts.......Most of them are to people yapping at me.......What? Am I supposed to just let y'all sauce me? Hells no man. We don't play that around here....You give.....You get back.......So the solution lies with y'all. Don't sauce me and I won't have to respond......Imagine if the Beaver let Eddie Haskell sauce him without responding......


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Dead Rising 3 on Xbox One: Native 720p and 30 FPS
Dead Rising 3 will run at native 720p on Xbox One, Capcom Vancouver executive producer Josh Bridge confirmed today.
"And I'm really happy with that," he said in an interview with Eurogamer, "with the sheer amount of stuff we have in an open world game locked at 30fps, that's just brilliant."
Early on, Dead Rising 3 had some noticeable performance issues, often struggling to hit 30 frames per second. Bridge attributed the improved performance to "the effort of all aspects of the team, the engineering team and our team all trying to optimize. And that's always what happens as the last step of the development of a product."
As for the native resolution, that may come as a disappointment to some who were hoping for native 1080p. For Capcom, Bridge explained, "It was not really something we actually set as a mantra."
"When we first started there was no platform, it was PC and we were just targeting next-gen, and 1080, even before then we thought it'd be prohibitive to even consider that, because essentially you have to do everything twice, which is just massive when you think of it. It's more important that the end image looks awesome - look at how much stuff is on screen, that's always been a Dead Rising sort of brand. That still looks really good, and that's been our goal. I hope it shows - just look at how much insane stuff is going on screen."
On a plus side, the user interface for the game will run at 1080p native on top of the game.
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Nothing had prepared me for Granada and the Alhambra. There seemed to be a tremendous number of people about on the evening we arrived and they were all converging on one square. It was the night of the Magna Mariana where all the Marias in every church in Granada are processed to the Cathedral, blessed and then return to their church.
The event went on for hours and whereas the trip to the cathedral was solemn and decorous, the return trip had bands playing and pasos (the floats carrying the Marias) swaying. Definitely Fiesta time, despite a light drizzle.
It was the start of an amazing holiday. Spring had arrived late in Granada and fresh snow was on the Sierra Nevadas, giving the most breathtaking backdrop to the Alhambra Palace and the Generife Gardens. Every step bringing another perfect photo-stop, rose arches framing the Nasrid palace, fountains, water features and more roses.
Our guide was keen that we should make the most of our stay, taking us to the Teterias to drink tea late at night, allowing us to take in the feel of the Albayzin while making sure we spotted the pomegranate symbol everywhere including the bollards!
Cordoba brought more surprises, the Mezquita now a Cathedral brought home how important and multi-cultural Cordoba had been many centuries ago.
Staying in the small village of Castaño de Robledo near the Portuguese border in chestnut and black Hiberian pig country was another world again and the walks along the drover routes to Peña de Aras Montana found me entranced by the wild flowers and the whorls of the ancient trees. It was also cork tree country and seeing denuded cork trees was something I had not expected. The peaceful Castaño gave us a timely break to change pace and slow down before our final day in Seville.
We arrived in Seville at the same time as the Romeria de El Rocio, another religious event this time popular with the Spanish gypsies who walk miles over a few days to celebrate the event. And wow, do the gypsy women know how to wear the Spanish dress with the flounces allowing flashes of tanned, toned legs to show as the women danced. But had we missed it, we would still have had a flamenco experience as our guide knew where there was a place we could enjoy a quiet (well, maybe not quiet) drink while we watched a flamenco show.
As to whether you should start in Granada with the Alhambra and finish with the Alcazar palace in Seville or the other way round, you need to decide for yourself but allow at least three hours to do justice to the palace and the gardens.
Should I have mentioned food? Funny, it was the simple goats cheese salad with pine nuts that I ate in the shadow of Seville Cathedral that lingers in my mind. Yet there was the wonderful meal in the Meson Don Raimundo and the supper in the open-air at Aracena, having explored the caves at the Grotte de Las Maravillas or the slivers of Hiberian Black Pig or…the list is endless!
And the Hamman? There was time for a trip to the steam baths in Seville and to a have a massage as well. And Yes, I'd go again at a drop of a hat!
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Palo Alto, CA--April 28, 1997--Hewlett-Packard Co. (Palo Alto, CA) announced its plans to incorporate the Intelligent Input/Output (I2O) architecture into its entire line of computer products. HP intends to enable NetServer systems, desktop PCs, and HP 9000 Enterprise Servers and workstations to be I2O-compliant, providing customers the ability to use I2O intelligent I/O cards and adapters.
The non-restrictive I2O architecture supports single-processor, multiprocessor and clustered systems; complements existing driver environments; and lays the foundation for the advancement of intelligent I/O solutions.
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Palo Alto, CA--April 28, 1997--Hewlett-Packard Co. (Palo Alto, CA) announced a new series of Digital Linear Tape (DLT)-based automated storage libraries designed for rapid unattended backup and automatic restore of data on centralized HP NetServer systems.
The new HP SureStore DLT 4000 series libraries, which are scheduled for availability in June exclusively through value-added resellers, are designed to back up from 40 Gbytes to 200 Gbytes of data on a server within a two- to eight-hour unattended backup window. The new libraries are being targeted at Microsoft Windows NT server applications in enterprise computing environments.
The new DLT libraries are available in either stand-alone or rack-mountable versions. They come with one or two 20-Gbyte native-capacity DLT 4000 drive mechanisms (40 Gbytes compressed) and hold up to 15 DLT cartridges. The cartridges come in up to three five-cartridge removable magazines. The dual-drive HP SureStore DLT 4215e can hold up to 300 Gbytes of native data (600 Gbytes compressed). The new libraries feature switch-selectable single-ended and differential SCSI and can transfer native data at speeds ranging from 1.5 MBps to 3.0 Mbytes per second, and up to 6.0 Mbytes per second (22 Gbytes per hour) at compressed data speeds. Two drives in a single DLT library can stream data in parallel, enhancing overall performance.
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Newcastle boss Steve McClaren has revealed his Magpies squad are the most frustrating he has ever worked with in his career.
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However, very rarely have they shown it, winning just six matches this season and McClaren admits he has never been more frustrated with a set of players.
"This is the most frustrating team I've worked with," the former England boss said. "At West Brom we showed our ability with a fantastic performance [in a 1-0 win] appreciated by the crowd.
"The next performance is 5-1 and it could have been nine or 10. The home truths have been there all season.
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Johannesburg - An emotional Valli Moosa left the Johannesburg home of ANC stalwart Albertina Sisulu on Friday.Moosa, the former minister of tourism, said it was with great sadness that he heard about Sisulu's death on Thursday night.Sisulu, 92, died on Thursday night while watching television at her home in Linden.Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane also visited the house to pay her respects to the Sisulu family on Friday.Mentor"Ma Sisulu was my mentor, she made us value ourselves. She taught us how to be decent and look presentable and to never go to bed an angry person," she said in a statement issued ahead of her arrival.Sisulu was a strong believer in the leadership of women."She believed in the collective. She showed the way in terms of how people need to behave in the struggle," said Mokonyane.Sisulu had opposed "Bantu education" and ran schools in her own home. She took part in the launch of the Freedom Charter and participated in the 1956 women's march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in protest over the apartheid laws.She remained a humble leader regardless of many ups and downs in her political and personal life, said Mokonyane.After the death of her husband Walter, former president of the ANC, in 2003, she continued to champion the cause of the vulnerable, including children affected by HIV and Aids and those with special needs.Funeral arrangements would be communicated later.TributesMokonyane was accompanied by Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane.A family friend Nosizwe Nokwe arrived at the house on Friday morning.Nokwe said her family had three generations of friendship with the Sisulus."I was shocked to hear of her death because she was in good health. "She was always spritely and full of life... she was one in very many," Nokwe said.Earlier, the Sisulu family set up a table with refreshments and food for the journalists lining the street outside the house to interview people arriving to pay their respects.Tributes poured in for Sisulu on Friday.A former deputy president of the ANC Women's League, many of the tributes to her focused on her service to others.Deputy Public Service Minister Ayanda Dlodlo said outside the house that Sisulu would be remembered as a role model for generations to come.ANC provincial secretary for Gauteng David Makhura was among those who visited the family.
@Eduard Khil...what are u on about? do u still want to have a media coverage? i thought u had ur time and let Mama Sisulu rest in peace tog...
Mai Susulu, may you rest in peace, as one of the really good women in the ANC who worked at it among the sick and needy. Set apart from all those greedy ANC politicians who pay lip service to the poor and go on looting the country.
... look where the country is now?????
No you tell us
JRS... You seem to be criticizing .... I think it is far better than the apartheid regime where only whites were dominant. KHOHLWA go back home you don't belong to this South Africa.
I will bet you that old white people wilnever get this much media attention, typical of the new south africa
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Evita Bezuidenhout?
u r a person of limited intelligence,what does race have to do with sum1 dying?people only get recognised 4 their achievements in life,because ur achievement is to see things in black and white,when u die,u wont get as much coverage
really now? News24 is this all you have? can the poor sould be left to rest in peace and let us move on with life. we have had enough already.
I sympathise with the family on their loss, and may she rest in peace. But really do we need 10 headlines and hours and hours of news coverage? I understand the president or Madiba would attract this sort of coverage, but in all fairness I doubt most people knew who she was.
my point exactly. let the poor woman rest in peace. life moves on. if politicians were as this passionate when it came to service delivery this would be a great country. disgusting behavior from all the ANC hyenas.
maybe in your community.the rest of the country knew her very well
Obviously Julius Malema was not a good student of this enlightened mentor
no.julius went to the same school as stece kakmeyer
She was already old by the time Juju was born.
It's amazing how people use this form as a platform for political differences. This is about ukhokho Abertina's mourning. Where I come from we respect the dead and don't use it for the benefit of the political remarks.
Dead is dead. Dead people don't know anything any more, respect is wasted.
May her soul rest in peace she leaves behind a legacy,condolences to the family.
May your soul rest in peace MAWETHU, MAWESIZWE. You worked hard for this country. To the family god has given and god has taken. For us we must comment constructively. I hate to see people like "What de D"... issuing racial remarks like Kafffiiiir and thanks goodness another pap eater dies. People this an elder person despite of her involvment in a politic. We should pay respect for everyone who pass on. I really hate such comments. What de D: watch what what you are saying. This is not your site but for all of us to comment constructively not to be morons like you do. Give me your straight contact details i will prove the point to you. You pissed me off.
One less ANC vote.
Dignitaries arrive !! WHO ? WHAT! She was a great woman lets remember that way must Now you so called dignitaries who have put this country into disarray with greed Iam sure that Ma did'nt condone this and nether would Walter the old school look after there nation not like our dignitaries only care for themselves, your turn will come when the youth will rise. Vavi has said it 1976. RIP


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Two Shakespeare plays debuted on this day: the tragedy OTHELLO opened at the Whitehall Palace in London in 1604; and exactly seven years later in the same theater, his drama, THE TEMPEST.
It's the birthday of writer STEPHEN CRANE, author of the Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, born the youngest of 14 children in 1871, Newark, New Jersey. Crane never fought in any war, but worked as a journalist covering them for New York newspapers. The Red Badge of Courage was unique for being the first war novel to tell the story from the perspective of an ordinary soldier, in this case Union soldier Henry Fleming, who goes into his first battle full of patriotism, but witnesses a panicked retreat by other Union soldiers. "A shell screaming like a storm banshee went over the huddled heads of the reserves. It landed in the grove, and exploded flinging the brown earth. Bullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees. Twigs and leaves came sailing down, as if a thousand axes were being wielded. The billowing smoke was filled with horizontal flashes. Men rushing swiftly emerged from it. They grew in numbers until it was seen that the whole command was fleeing. Wild yells came from behind the walls of smoke. A sketch in gray and red dissolved into a moblike body of men who galloped like wild horses. The new regiment was breathless with horror. They shrank back and crouched as if compelled to await a flood." Crane was at work on the book in 1894 at the same time he was touring Midwestern mining towns looking for stories. He stopped at the University of Nebraska and Willa Cather, who was a student, interviewed him, and she later wrote, "I have never known so bitter a heart in any man as he revealed to me that night." Crane died of tuberculosis when he was 28 years old.
The STAMP ACT went into effect on this day in 1765, the first direct tax imposed by British Parliament on the American colonies, created to help pay the cost of maintaining British troops here. It covered just about anything printed in the colonies: newspapers, pamphlets, even a deck of cards. Americans, who did not elect members of Parliament, opposed the act not only because many couldn't pay it, but because it violated the principle of "No taxation without representation." Tensions immediately increased between the colonies and Britain.
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Hossein Kash Razzaghi only knew one local person when he
moved to Boston in 2006. Leaving behind a
custom T-shirt business he had founded during his final years as a Bulldog at Mississippi
State University, he packed a suitcase and made a last-minute phone call to his
then-girlfriend (now-wife) Brooke as he began the long drive north.
"My sights were set on either New York City or Boston, and I
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"All I knew was that I found the constant evolution and dynamism of the
tech world captivating, and wanted to immerse myself in it."
The founder and CEO of Fancred, a social destination for
sports fans that launched out of Boston last August, considers himself something
of a cultural transplant. Born in Iran
and raised from the age of four in Mississippi, he came to Boston with both a
Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering and an MBA in Business
Administration from MSU. Such
credentials may seem like a natural precursor to success, but Razzaghi credits
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"Boston people don't really care about your background,"
Razzaghi explained. "The emphasis here
is simply on getting things done."
Razzaghi's personal connection with Boston's tech community
traces back to his first interview on the scene. As a fresh face with an impressive education
no one cared about, he arrived at the offices of the online video platform,
Brightcove, to apply for a position as an Executive Assistant. When he received
the offer, he snatched it up.
"My father always told me, 'If you ever need anything, go to
the top,'" Razzaghi remembered. "I
shared his belief that mentorship was critical, and I was looking for an opportunity
to learn from someone as their right-hand man."
Razzaghi found what he was looking for at Brightcove. Under the supervision and guidance of
Brightcove's SVP of Sales Elisabeth Bentel-Carpenter, he worked as
an Executive Assistant for six months.
It was then that an inside sales position opened up in the company, and
he "basically begged for the job."
"For some reason, they gave it to me," he laughed. "Elisabeth had taken a risk in hiring me the
first time, but this opportunity represented a big vote of confidence from the
It was a vote well placed.
After two years closing inside sales for Brightcove, Razzaghi was
promoted to Director of Regional Sales. At
age 27, he was the youngest member of the team by several years. Again, he thrived in unfamiliar territory, so
much so that after two more years Brightcove sent him to San Francisco as their
Senior Director of Regional Sales. The
engineer from small-town Mississippi had made it to the center of the national
tech scene.
But he missed Boston, and so did Brooke. After another two years, Razzaghi requested
that Brightcove move them back East.
"One reason we missed Boston was the sports scene. We lived
around the corner from Fenway for three years, and it was obvious that people
here throw themselves into their teams with unrivaled fervor. Boston is the best sports city in the world."
Razzaghi's choice of a location to build and launch Fancred
was clearly no accident. But it is clear that Boston brought him back for more
reasons than one.
"Boston's tech scene is one that lets anyone shine if they
have the necessary ambition," Razzaghi explained. "There's a strong sense of compassion among
entrepreneurs in this community, and those who already have a foothold
generally want to help newcomers succeed and then stay in Boston. As a sports
fan and an entrepreneur, I want that kind of culture for Fancred, and to give
back to the community that has been responsible for my success."
When Razzaghi left Brightcove in mid-2012, he was one of the
top-grossing salesmen in the company's history.
In just six years he contributed more than $20 million in new bookings
and renewals for Brightcove with an impressive list of clients (Hewlett
Packard, Oracle, Intel, LinkedIn, and Epson, to name a few). His first mentor in Boston, Elisabeth
Bentel-Carpenter, now sits on his company board, and is one of Fancred's
principal investors. While they oversee
the launch of his new company, Razzaghi still makes it home to Starkville as
often as he can to watch his Bulldogs play.
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Caddie leading US Senior Open
Full-time caddie and part-time golfer Lance Ten Broeck will take a one-shot lead into the final two rounds of the Senior US Open at Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, Michigan.
Ten Broeck, who spends most of his year caddying for Tim Herron on the main US Tour, fired a 68 on Friday to finish at six-under-par 134, just ahead of Tom Kite.
Former Major winners Bernhard Langer, Corey Pavin and Tom Lehman are among the players in a six-way tie for third place, a further shot back.
Kite had looked set to take a healthy lead into the weekend after reaching nine under par at the half-way point of his second round, but he dropped four shots on the back nine.
Ten Broeck played for on the US Tour in the 1980s, but gave up playing in the 1990s to become a caddie for players including Jesper Parnevik.
He still plays occasionally, however, and even managed to both play and caddie at the same event as Parnevik in 2009. Ten Broeck actually beat his employer, though both players missed the cut.
"Caddying is a lot easier than playing," said the 53-year-old. "That's why you get paid more money to play."
Should he hang on to his lead until Sunday night, Ten Broeck will earn $500,000 - more than double he has ever collected in a season either as a player or a caddie.


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On Tuesday 18 November 2008 18:16:41 Putrycz, Erik wrote:the
I recently updated my factory to the latest repo and zipper updated
installed!!kernel, everything did look fine but the modules were not
After running a rescue, installing the kernel rpms from a usb,
everything seems back to normal.
Two things:
- I thought the kernel updates should add another kernel instead of
updating? It seems these updates can be touchy.
No, only if you have set multiversion option in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
Thanks! So what about having this on by default? I had quite a struggle
just to copy the kernel rpm from a usb key to my system and then
reinstall them.
- Where can I find a log of what happened?
Check /var/log/zypper.log and /var/log/zypp/history
Nothing looks odd there concerning the kernel installation... Very
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Mary Miller, the U.S. Treasury Department's assistant secretary for financial markets, warned today against curtailing the Dodd-Frank law.
"Scaling back or repealing major parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, or not providing regulators with the funds they need to implement the act, will leave our economy exposed to a cycle of collapses and crises, with potentially devastating repercussions," Miller said in remarks prepared for a speech in New York today.
Miller was speaking at a conference held by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Wall Street's biggest lobbying group, to mark the one-year anniversary of Dodd-Frank, which was signed into law on July 21, 2010.
House Republicans, swept into power in the November 2010 elections, are pushing bills to revise, delay or repeal parts of the law affecting areas including the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, derivatives rules and registration requirements for private-equity advisers. Regulators are still working to write hundreds of rules mandated by the law.
"We can't allow loopholes, gaps and weaknesses to undermine the fundamental strength of our reform," Miller said. "The leaders of the major U.S. financial institutions should be champions, not opponents, of ensuring that regulators have sufficient resources to achieve their objectives."
It's essential that regulators "have the critical resources necessary to do their jobs effectively," Miller said. "If resources are not adequate, we simply will not be able to bring the care and judgment to the process that will allow the new rules to work."
Miller was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 1 to be promoted to Treasury undersecretary for domestic finance.
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A CONTROVERSIAL car dealer has escaped a driving ban despite admitting he drove while disqualified, in a move that has angered former customers.
Richard Burbage pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified for a previous offence of using a mobile phone behind the wheel, but magistrates decided to give him just a fine and six points on his licence.
The decision has angered former customers of the car businesses connected to him who say they are owed money and some are still waiting for cars the company sold to them to be repaired.
Burbage, of Donkey Lane, Botley, told magistrates at Fareham he didn't realise he had been previously banned from driving because during the breakdown of his marriage he had not been receiving his post.
He claimed his wife, who did not give evidence in court, had not passed mail from the courts which outlined his disqualification.
Burbage claimed he received no correspondence of the six-month driving ban imposed in December last year.
He said the only driving ban he was aware of was a 28-day disqualification for an offence in March last year.
Although Burbage told the court he was not aware of the ban, given for driving while on a mobile phone, the Daily Echo ran an article detailing his sentence at the time of his conviction.
The court action comes after the Daily Echo revealed earlier this year how hundreds of people in Australia are desperate to speak to him after the firm he was a director of dramatically folded owing millions of dollars, leaving consumers unable to retrieve their cars they had given him to sell.
We also revealed how Burbage and fellow car dealer Stan Rudgley were connected with Woolston Car Supermarket, a firm that closed suddenly after customers complained of being sold cars that were faulty and later re-opened trading under another name but with the same vehicles for sale..
Now in his latest controversy, the court was told how Burbage was caught by police breaking his driving ban while behind the wheel of a Peugeot car in the Broadcut Industrial Estate in Fareham.
It followed a tip off from staff at a nearby Sainsbury's supermarket that cars were illegally parked in the car park.
Mr Oliver da Silva, prosecuting, told the court that staff called the police after spotting men turning up and driving away vehicles with removal notices on them.
Mr da Silva said Burbage told officers that his boss - Mr Rudgley - called him asking for help to move cars that had been recently bought.
Checks were run on Burbage where it was revealed he was disqualified from driving for six months.
Burbage told the court he had been suffering from mental health issues following the collapse of his car dealing business in Australia in 2012.
During the hearing, he admitted his business, which was similar - but unrelated - to the We Buy Any Car franchise in the UK, lost six million Australian dollars when it went under in 2012.
Richard Burbage at We Buy Any Car in Australia
Burbage told the court he subsequently suffered a nervous breakdown, anxiety attacks, and felt suicidal after returning to the UK.
He told the court his illness stemmed back to 2003 following the death of his father, which resulted in the diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress disorder.
But the court heard how he was headhunted by an Australian business and how his family moved there in 2008.
However the dream turned sour when a company pulled out of a takeover of his firm three days before it was completed forcing it into liquidation, Burbage told the court.
When asked by his defence barrister Daniel Reilly about his mental wellbeing, Burbage said: "I had traumas, anxiety and panic attacks. My anxiety levels will never be how they were because of the level of medication I'm now on. "
He said his relationship with wife Lorraine later deteriorated and said they separated in September last year. He said he has now moved back into the martial home with his wife and their three children after reconciling.
"I thought I was getting all my mail - I wasn't. As per my psychiatric report I still have days, especially when I have the media following me on a daily basis. I feel suicidal.
"I thought I had done everything to try and get everything right. I didn't want to split up with my wife, it wasn't my choice."
He added: "I had a 28 day ban, as far as I was concerned.
"I don't know if anyone has been through a mental breakdown - a mental breakdown is a mental breakdown. I sell cars for a living but I was close to suicide.
"My life in the last two years has been turned upside down. I don't want to be here today, I don't want to be going to the psychiatrist every month, I don't want to be taking the pills but I have to because of the position I'm in.
Mr Burbage told the court he has worked for car firms Hampshire Vehicle Sales, Woolston Car Supermarket, and Service for Life since returning to the UK.
Giving evidence, Mr Rudgley, a director of Service for Life, confirmed Burbage works for the firm as a driver and a car salesman.
He told the court the first knowledge of Burbage's six-month disqualification was when he was stopped by police in April.
Sentencing Burbage, chair of magistrates Brian Audus said he could still drive and endorsed six points onto his licence.
Burbage was also fined £200, and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
National road safety charity Brake said penalties must reflect the crime committed.
Philip Goose, senior engagement officer at the charity, said: "We can't comment on the specifics of this case, but drivers receive driving bans for a reason - because they have either shown themselves to be unsafe or irresponsible, and a danger to other road users.
"Getting behind the wheel when you have been banned from driving is a deliberate and illegal act, and too often leads to devastating tragedies. The penalties must reflect this."
Where is the justice, demand angry customers?
Richard Burbage and Stan Rudgley
WHERE'S the justice?
That is the question angry customers the Daily Echo spoke to are asking today.
Six months after this newspaper lifted the lid on complaints claiming defective cars wer sold by controversial Hampshire dealers, a trading standards probe is still continuing.
Out of pocket motorists say they are angry and surprised at the sentence handed to car dealer Richard Burbage after he was caught driving while banned.
But most of all they want trading standards to force the dealers to pay back any customers they sold faulty cars to.
Burbage, along with Stan Rudgley, is connected to Hampshire Vehicle Sales and Woolston Car Supermarket, which gave angry customers refund cheques which subsequently bounced.
Last night trading standards officers in Southampton who are carrying out an investigation into the firm revealed had called Hampshire Council Council to help in the inquiry.
A spokesman said: "This is a complex case with many dimensions that touches upon other parts of the region, and as such Southampton is working with Hampshire Trading Standards to secure further resources in order to pursue all lines of enquiry as effectively as possible."
Stories about cars sold so far include someone buying a previously written-off vehicle and another car was fitted with unregistered plates. Others broke down hours after being bought.
Some people handed their cars back for repairs but claim they were not returned to them.
One of them was 37-year-old ex Afghan war veteran Danny Critchley who bought a van to work as a gas engineer.
He said: "There is no justice. I paid the money for the vehicle - but I am still without a van."
Another dad Chris Blake, 34, is still angry after he said his pregnant wife was sold a car that broke down and was then found to be dangerous. He just wants his £1,694 back.
"Until everyone has had their money back, justice has not been done," he said.
Meanwhile, mum Siobhan Bedwell from Lordshill in Southampton said it was "a joke" that she and others were still waiting for trading standards to conclude the case.
The 41-year-old from Lordshill discovered the car she bought from Hampshire Vehicle Sales had failed its MOT- worryingly for a broken hand brake.
She was surprised Mr Burbage has got off so lightly.
Another out of pocket customer, Linda Collis, 52, from Lordshill, Southampton, who is waiting for a bailiff to claim back more than £2,200, said: "He's getting away with it, driving while banned. It makes me feel sick."
Burbage claims he didn't know about ban - but we reported it
RICHARD Burbage told the court hedidn't know he had a six-month driving ban – but the Daily Echo reported the ban at the time.
On December 16, 2013, we reported how Burbage was disqualified for six months after he was caught on April 15, 2013, using a mobile phone while driving his 52-reg Jaguar X-Type in Marine Parade, Southampton.
As reported, the case was proved in his absence at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court during a hearing in November, and he was subsequently banned in December.
He was also fined £200 and told to pay costs of £85.
But in his latest court appearance he claimed he received no correspondence of the six-month ban and thought he was only subject to a 28-day ban for a previous offence.
Burbage's six-month driving ban was also included in a profile we compiled last January after revealing his connection to Woolston Car Supermarket – a firm that shut suddenly after a string of customer complaints over unrepaired cars and lack of payments.
- Additional reporting by Patrick Knox


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Polarizing Politics is More Fun Than Watching Miley Cyrus
I am sick of all the attention Miley Cyrus is getting for acting like a moron. Her appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards was embarrassing, ridiculous, offensive, degrading, and simply not entertaining. The poor girl is a mess and watching her self-destruct is sad. The fact is that Amanda Bynes mental breakdown on Twitter was more fun than Miley, and that is sad.
I told my son I could not watch her performance one more time without wanting to impale myself or swallow glass, and he said he was going to send me a video to watch that he was certain I would love. Now, my son sends me videos most everyday. They are usually some idiot kid failing at a stunt, cats playing the piano and drums, or clips from Japanese game shows.
I have nightmares about my kid trying to leap over a car from a skateboard, or I have some insane tune stuck in my head with visions of a cat in a tuxedo, or my dreams appear with Japanese subtitles. The point is that the videos he sends me are more annoying than entertaining and although some make me laugh, I could do without having seen most of them.
Tonight however, my son sent me a video that I truly love. Seriously, I love it. I write a lifestyle column about my worldview as a single mom living, working, and dating in Los Angeles. I also write about reality television. I like to leave political writing to political writers. Though I have on occasion crossed the line and written about politics, it is not often.
This video is brilliant, and in my making that statement I will define myself politically. I could say I just think it is entertaining and clever without picking a side, but we all know that would be a lie. I love it because it is how I feel about these people. Judge if you must, and attack if you feel the need, but watch the video because it is really that good.
I like to talk about politics, and learn about politics. Nothing is more stimulating than being able to talk about American politics with people who are passionate, from both sides, and speak to teach, not preach. I do not like to write about politics because it makes people mean, but I am posting this anyway, waiting for the attacks, and keeping the faith.


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After being balloted out of last year's 'race that stops at nation' connections will try again with French galloper Shahwardi who is 2013 Melbourne Cup bound.
The Alain de Royer Dupre-trained Lando gelding earned a trip down under 12 months ago with some eye-catching midyear form back home in France including their third to subsequent Canadian International champ Joshua Tree in the Group 2 Prix Kergorlay (3000m).
They debuted in Australian at Caulfield in October and won the Group 2 Herbert Power Stakes (2400m) when ridden by Australia's Kerrin McEvoy.
Dupre and co however rolled the dice and decided not to run them in the Caulfield Cup despite still not being assured of a start in the $6.2 million Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) at Flemington on the first Tuesday of November.
The gamble didn't pay off.
Shahwardi, allocated just 53kg in the Cup including a 1.5kg penalty from Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter for their Herbert Power win, missed out on a run in the world's richest handicap.
And Dupre missed out on adding a second 'Loving Trophy' to his collection having won the 2010 Melbourne Cup with the now retired Americain.
They also failed to score a consolation Melbourne Cup Carnival prize when finishing a disappointing seventh beaten 11 lengths by Puissance De Lune, current 2013 Melbourne Cup betting favourite, in the Group 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2600m) on Emirates Stakes Day.
Sent home for a six and a half month spell Shahwardi resumed racing at Longchamp on May 26.
It was a very shaky start to their new campaign two when they were thrashed by nearly 40 lengths in the Group 2 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier (3100m).
They bounced back on June 22 at Royal Ascot however when chasing down the leaders and putting on a big finish to come within a neck of Chiberta King in a 4369m staying feature.
Plans are now to try again at making this year's Melbourne Cup field.
As mentioned Ballarat galloper Puissance De Lune leads the latest Melbourne Cup odds at $9.
Further down the markets punters can then find Shahwardi at a quote of $31.
Also on the same price in the early markets are the likes of Ethiopia who was dead last in the race last year, last start The BMW champion Fiveandahalfstar and the reigning Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon.
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BIG FAN Keeps its Cards Close to its Chest
Robert Siegel sure knows how to write squirm-inducing scripts. THE WRESTLER—which just got shortchanged by the Academy—was one of my favorite films of last year, but also one of the hardest to watch. Mickey Rourke's portrayal of an over-the-hill wrestler who continues to perform—and juice up—in spite of a heart condition is not unlike watching a car wreck in slow motion for two hours … and wondering all along whether the driver is going to die.
Siegel's buzzed-about BIG FAN, which he both wrote and directed, has a similar arc—or is "straight decline" a more accurate visual representation?—except for the first 20 minutes, which provide about 90% of the film's laughs. Much like Ricky Gervais' character in "The Office," Paul is so ignorant of social conventions as to border on Asperger's. Without getting into details, this flaw proves nearly fatal when his favorite player beats him senseless.
The obvious conundrum follows: press charges and hurt his team's playoff chances, or feign "amnesia"? Here's where the film turns grim. That which had previously been a source of humor—working in a parking garage, living with his mom, masturbating frequently, and calling into sports radio—becomes a source of pathos. The tonal shift is jarring at first and causes the film to sag in the middle, but by the third act I found myself sitting upright, awaiting the conclusion. Having seen THE WRESTLER, I knew anything was possible.
Writing this post two hours later, I'm still not sure if I should chastise Siegel for toying with me, or if I should congratulate him for keeping me guessing for so long. Maybe, like the ending to THE WRESTLER, I'll choose neither.


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US Mechanical Security Product Industry
Jun 23, 2016, 14:45 ET
LONDON, June 23, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Study coverage
This report presents historical demand data (2005, 2010, 2015) plus forecasts (2020, 2025) by product and market. The study also considers market environment factors, analyzes company market share and profiles 24 US industry players such as Allegion, ASSA ABLOY, dorma+kaba, Gunnebo, Diebold, Fortune Brands Home & Security, Spectrum Brands, & Stanley Black & Decker.
US demand to rise 5.4% annually through 2020
Sales of mechanical security products are expected to rise 5.4% percent annually through 2020 to $6.1 billion. Growth will be stimulated by the large lock segment, which will benefit largely from continued gains in building construction spending. Advances in value terms will be aided by the ongoing shift to higher value electrified products, particularly door locks and door security hardware that are used with electronic access control systems. The need for electrified versions of mechanical security products will continue to rise as access control and other such systems are installed at more entry points.
Locks & door security hardware to see above average gains
Locks accounted for more than 70 percent of mechanical security product sales in 2015. Sales of door locks dominate this segment and alone accounted for 60 percent of total mechanical security demand in 2015. Door locks are also expected to see the fastest growth of any mechanical security product, driven by rising demand for doors both in new construction and repair and renovations. In value terms, sales of door locks are also aided by the rising need for more sophisticated electromagnetic locks in light of the increasing prevalence of electronic access control systems in nonresidential buildings. The relatively mature padlocks segment will register slower growth.
Sales of door security hardware, including panic hardware and exit devices, represented 10 percent of mechanical security sales in 2015 and will also generate above average sales gains. Much like door locks, sales of these products will benefit from the strong demand for doors and the increasing use of access control systems and related, more expensive electrified hardware.
Security storage equipment, such as safes and vaults, was the second largest segment in 2015 with 14 percent of sales will see slower gains going forward. The primary market for many security storage products is the financial sector, and the declining number of banking and credit union offices will restrain sales of these products. Demand for vaults will be particularly limited, as replacement sales are rare; however, some opportunities exist in new installations in other smaller applications, such as jewelry stores and in the quickly growing marijuana industry. Safes are expected to post better growth, as they benefit from a wider pool of customers and rising interest in gun safes.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have signed tackle Matt Kalil, their top draft pick and the last player from their 2012 draft class to reach a contract.
Terms weren't disclosed Thursday, one day before the team opens training camp in Mankato.
Kalil was the fourth choice overall from Southern California.


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Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Arts and Culture Studies
In the International Bachelor Arts and Culture Studies you gain insight into what goes on behind the scenes in the world of arts and culture. In other words: you learn how the world of arts and culture is organised, by studying cultural policies, forms of art education, art markets, audiences and creative industries and entrepreneurship.
Why study International Bachelor Arts and Culture Studies in Rotterdam?
If you are driven by an academic curiosity about the arts, creative industries or economics; if you want to develop original and well-founded ideas about how to produce, sustain and disseminate culture; and if you are willing to share your knowledge and experience with your fellow international students, then the International Bachelor Arts and Culture Studies is the programme for you.
As an IBACS student, you approach art and culture from different angles, such as sociology and economy. This helps you to answer questions such as 'How has the Internet affected the distribution of art?', 'When do we call something 'kitsch'?' or 'How do cultural policies come into being?'
Besides building a theoretical foundation, you will also put your broad knowledge about the arts and culture into practice during the compulsory internship. The IBACS programme is connected to many cultural institutions in and outside of Rotterdam: your future professional network.
And did you know that you can also combine IBACS with a programme at the Willem de Kooning Academy or Codarts? The Double Degree RASL is perfect for those who want to simultaneously practice and study the arts.


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Sprint may have already announced the MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot, but as of now they have also announced the device pricing as well as the data plan pricing. But first, the availability date — April 17th. Otherwise, the pricing for the MiFi will be $79.99 and that comes along with a two-year agreement. In terms of the data plan pricing, that will begin at $49.99 per month and give users access to the 3G and/or 4G network. And lastly, the Sprint MiFi 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot features Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, weighs in at 3 ounces and a 1500 mAh battery which should be able to offer up to 4 hours of run time.
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