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In this issue: The Preacher returns, and The Bird turns out to be The Word. Jack called and he wants his stuff back, Muppets take flight, Zorro hooks up with a fox, and there's some butt=kicking going on. Plus, who you gonna call? Sure as heck better not be these guys, the Major Spoilers Podcast is on the air![podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/majorspoilers/majorspoilers_137.mp3[/podcast]
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Jack Kirby estate wants its copyrights back from Marvel
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Adriana Ferguson sends us one of her sketchbooks
"We Are Legion" sketch collection by Adriana Ferguson
This is a softcover, 7.5"x7.5" square, book 66pg collection of sketches and full color art pieces, with commentary, depicting the artist's take on the Legion of Super-Heroes universe with a few other DC universe characters as well. Artwork is done in a variety of mediums ranging from pencil sketches, marker, and digital painting, with 80% of the artwork being exclusive to this collection.
There are 30 + different Legion of Superheroes depicted.
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Drawn by Amy Mebberson
The timid Kermie Pan resides in the magical realm of Neverswamp, where the pushy fairy Piggytink tries to toughen him up! One night, while searching for his shadow, Kermie Pan and Piggytink encounter the Darling children, who run away to Neverswamp and encourage Kermie Pan to battle Captain Gonzo! Features A covers by Eisner-award winning MOUSE GUARD artist David Petersen!
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WRITER: Mark Millar
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Dave Lizewski has had better days. When he first pulled on the Super Hero suit, it was the thrill of a lifetime. Since then, he's been banged-up, beaten, broken, bludgeoned, and all sorts of other b-words. He's met a 9-year-old assassin and been on a super hero team-up. He's watched people die and seen himself become an internet celebrity. But all that means nothing—compared to tonight. MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR.'s foul-mouthed super hero saga continues!
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I love the pic this week!!!
Kudos to Dante. Cool pic as usual.
I came here to say the same thing! Nice work, Dante!
Love the Preacher talk. I need to talk them off the shelf and read them again. Only this time in the backyard with some cookies.
Stephen just so ya know Sony's already given over the rights of Spider-man back over to Marvel.
Why I'm not CURRENTLY reading Preacher
by Bob
I got home from work one afternoon this past summer and my 8 year old son comes up to me and says "Dad, I just finished reading the 4th 'Y: The Last Man' book, but I don't remember reading the 2nd. Did you ever get that one?â€
…yeah, the 4th TPB contained the Safeword storyline…
And THAT is why I'm not currently reading Preacher.
Did you guys came up with the poll after reading Blackest Night 3? I remember BL Firestorm referensing the first Ghostbusters movie.
Rodrigo – The bunny in "Muppet Peter Pan" (which I must read now, thanks) is Bean Bunny. He was in "The Tale of the Bunny Picnic" (on HBO around the same time as "Fraggle Rock") and the MuppeTelevision segments of "The Jim Henson Hour". His whole schtick was that he was either wildly imaginative to the point of being distracted (in "Bunny Picnic") or really, painfully, sickeningly cute ("Jim Henson Hour"). They more or less retired him because Steve Whitmire is too busy doing Kermit and because he wasn't super popular. I'm one of the few people who liked him, especially his attempt to toughen his image in "Beanbo". Just thought I'd fill you in, since I was surprised you didn't know him.


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When her father dies, Rachel and her sister leave everything they know to join her uncle on his farm. As if this upheaval wasn't enough, Rachel becomes compassionately involved with a poverty-stricken family led by a violent, unreasonable man.
In the process, Rachel finds that her ideas of romance, comfort, and security take a blow as she learns to think in entirely new ways.
When she meets Tory, will he be the kind of person that will help her in this new journey?
©2012 JoHannah Reardon (P)2014 JoHannah Reardon
"Wonderful Tale of Family in Late 1800s"
When Rachel and Fay's father died, they left Missouri, and went to visit their Uncle Charles in Illinois . . . it was to be a short stay and then they would go to live with their older sister in Montana . . . but something happened to the girls in Illinois at their uncles farm . . . they'd always been church going people, but when Uncle Charles said grace, well, when he prayed it wasn't memorized words, it was just like God was sitting there and Uncle Charles was talking to him . . . a fire was lit in the girls and a love for Christ that spread to others around them. The simple message of hope, love and joy that Gathering Bittersweet brings is one that everyone needs to hear. Uncle Charles and Rachel ministered out of love for their neighbors, blessing them and caring for their needs, showing them the love of Jesus, despite the disgrace and pain heaped onto them by their alcoholic husband/father. This story flows beautifully, much like a devotional, with Rachel praying for strength as she seeks God's guidance for her life . . . and waiting and watching as He unfolds His plan for her life. This is a lovely series. Don't miss it.
"CAUTION: Children's book quality."
I've read several Johanna Reardon books and this was most definitely not my favorite. I've enjoyed all the others. This one, however, was so simply written, I'd have to place it in either the children's section or juvenile area of a library.
The story wasn't a bad one, but the writing was not to adult standards. I really wish this had been mentioned in the synopsis before I purchased both the book and the audiobook.
As for the audio book, the narrator was not the best. I'm sorry to say that her reading also sounded like she was reading to a three-year-old. In the future I will make sure not to purchase audiobooks with her as the narrator.
I would recommend this for children or preteens. I would NOT recommend it for adults.
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This week is just going to kick ass! It started off with me scoring 98% on a test I had to write for work. Total weight off of my shoulders. Tomorrow Matt and I are going to see Belle and Sebastian at Massey Hall. I bought the tickets as a Christmas gift for Matt. It seemed to take forever for the day to come but it finally has.
If a concert wasn't enough its also a short work week thanks to Easter….oh yeah and the weekend is going to be filled with good food, chocolate, friends and family! EEEeeee! I'm so excited!
I'm also grateful for all this fun, it helps the time pass….cause OMG….I can't even type the words without freaking out! My BFF and I are getting out of the poop weather here in Ontario and heading out for a week of Sun, fun, Sand, Relaxing, Bonding, and Reading in the Dominican!
This girl has been my best friend since high school. Unfortunately she is a 5 hour drive away from me, so this trip really means the world to me! Its an entire week of hanging with my girl, with no worries about what to make for dinner, alarm clocks, and appointments. Its a week just for us! I honestly have the best family for being supportive and encouraging me to go. Matt's doing something for me that I'm not sure that I could do in return. I'm so in love with this guy its crazy! Its going to be hard to be away from him for a week. He really has no idea the extent to what he has given me. The best part of being a part is coming together again. Just as much as I am looking forward to my trip, I am looking forward to coming home to Matt and the Kids!
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Zachary M. on 06/11/2013
Zachary said he is always treated well at the business. He received a good deal and an overall great experience.
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Currently on M3, there is a TP that has basically turned the whole world (and everything/one on it) to a Steampunk setting. My characters are no exception, and this is what Signas looks like. I based his design on his X8 form, since he usually appears to be his X5-X7 design, and pretty much went from there.


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Pope calls world's youth to active evangelisation first posted 24 August 2005
More than a million young Catholics, including nearly 3000 from England and Wales, were repeatedly invited by the Pope to become active evangelisers throughout World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.
Addressing young people from every continent, Pope Benedict XVI, called a new generation of young Catholics to joyfully and publicly witness to their Catholic faith. During the final Mass held at the Marienfeld on the outskirts of Cologne, he said: "Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on...I know that you as young people have great aspirations, that you want to pledge yourselves to build a better world. Let others see this, let the world see it, since this is exactly the witness that the world expects from the disciples of Jesus Christ; in this way, and through your love above all, the world will be able to discover the star that we follow as believers."
This call to engage in the work of the 'new evangelisation' was repeated several times; during the Pope's greeting to the young people gathered he said: "Let yourselves be inflamed by the fire of the Spirit, so that a new Pentecost will renew your hearts. Through you, may other young people everywhere come to recognize in Christ the true answer to their deepest aspirations, and may they open their hearts to receive the Word of God Incarnate, who died and rose from the dead for the salvation of the world."
The World Youth Day event drew together young people from all over the world for two weeks of faith sharing, catechesis, public witness, fun and prayer. CASE sent two delegates to join an inter-agency team from the Bishops' Conference which was led by the Catholic Youth Services. The team's role was to help resource and support the English and Welsh groups gathered. They worked to create and provide a range of follow-up materials and ensured that the diocese were visited personally, offering information, support and supplementary materials.
CASE Team Member, Clare Ford said: "The Holy Father invited us all to be genuine, public witnesses to Jesus Christ. We have seen this made real in Cologne in 2005. Our young people have been those radiant and joy-filled evangelisers. It's been a privilege to support several dioceses and new movements as they have led catechetical sessions and outreach events."
Clare Ward, also from CASE said: "It's been a remarkable evangelisation phenomenon providing a model for mission to be actively sharing Christ in everyday settings whether in family homes, on public transport, at prayer, during liturgies, while socialising, in service, through our silent gestures and spoken word."
The next World Youth Day will be held in Sydney in 2008 where it is hoped an even larger number of English and Welsh pilgrims will attend. Helen Bardy, who is National Directory of the Catholic Youth Services said: "I'm confident that this World Youth Day will have far reaching effects and will touch the lives of people who could not attend. It's a powerful thing to see young people passionately sharing their faith and the experience promises to reap great fruits at diocesan and parish level."


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A1 Body Shop and RV Repair
Review for A1 Body Shop and RV Repair
Carol H. on 07/17/2012
Carol said she liked this business because they were very customer oriented and they repaired her vehicle correctly on the first visit. She stated her vehicle took an extra day because there was a run in the paint and it needed to be fixed.
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Review Created: 07/17/2012
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Puna, Hakalau interfaith Memorial Day events set
Special Memorial Day services in honor of East Hawaii soldiers killed in action are set for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24, at the Puna Hongwanji Mission in Keaau and at the Hakalau Jodo Mission.
Puna Hongwanji invites the community to honor district veterans in the Centennial Memorial Garden fronting the temple in Keaau. The Hawaii County Band will perform at 9:30 a.m.
The guest speaker will be Lt. Col. (ret.) Delbert Nishimoto, a former liaison for the late Sen. Daniel K. Inouye.
"We would like to encourage all the families, relatives and friends of veterans from the Puna district who were killed in action," said a Hongwanji spokesman.
These veterans are: (World War II) Stanley Cabral, Yuzo Hayashida, John Hernandez, Seiji Higa, Isamu Kanetani, Yutaka Kawamoto, Morio Mizumoto, Frank Mugihira, Shoichi Nakahara, Tadao Nakamura, Mitsuru Ochiai, Eishin Oshiro, Seikichi Oshiro, Kazumi Tsutsui and Alfred Veriato; (Korean Conflict) David Aspili, Julio Figueroa, Yoshimi Fukumoto, Isacc K. Hale, Koichi Moriwaki and Paul K. Ura; (Vietnam Conflict) Moses I. Kuahiwinui Jr., George G. Luis, Gilbert Olivar, Hayward K. Peleioholani, George S. Salema; (Iraq -Afghanistan Conflict) Ray M.J. Fuhrmann II.
These men gave their lives for freedom and democracy. The public is invited to join the families of the departed solders, veterans groups and members of the Hongwanji.
This event is hosted by Puna Hongwanji Mission. Refreshments will be served in the social hall, after the service. Call the temple at 966-9981 for more information.
Hakalau Jodo Mission invites everyone to its service at the same time at the Hakalau School Ball Park at the Veterans Memorial. The guest speaker will be Kenneth Fujimoto, a Purple Heart recipient. The Rev. Junshi Miyazaki will conduct the Service.
District soldiers to be honored are: (World War I) Thomas Smith; (World War II) Onso Chinen, Hiroyuki Hiramoto, Isamu Ikeda, Yasuo Kaneshiro, Yoshitaka Kataoka, Satoshi Matsuoka, Toshiaki Morimoto, Hiroshi Motoishi, Saburo Nakazato, Masayoshi Ogata, Eishun Soken and Ronald K. Takara; (Korean Conflict) Jun Matsushige; (Vietnam Conflict) Lester W. Alipio and Bobby J. Barcena.
Refreshments will follow in the social hall at the temple at 29-2271 Old Mamalahoa Highway. Call the temple at 963-6110 for more information.
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Oracle's 'reshape' deal with Microsoft just a certification deal
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48 Social Media KPIs You Need to Know (Key Performance Indicators)
There are a lot of things you can measure about you social media efforts. I have compiled a list of 48 social media KPIs (key performance indicators) that you can consider for you specific activities. One thing to remember is that you should set at least some social media metrics that indicate if you are turning profit. Otherwise, you can reach your KPIs and still lose money.
Now, before you begin be sure to set the baseline. Look at the set of your chosen social media KPIs and record the current value. These numbers are important, but the rate of change is the main indicator for most of these social media metrics. For example, it's fantastic if you get 1000 followers in a day but not so if you get them over the year.
Concentrate on the rate of change of your chosen key performance indicators. You can also express change as a frequency of events. For example, you could measure how many comments you get on Facebook per day, week or month.
You can combine several KPIs into one that is more meaningful for you. Ratios, such as comments per blog post, retweets per followers, help you measure audience activity and engagement.
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Reach or Distribution Potential
What social media channels are you using, how can people reach you, are you visible? Reach metrics are often vanity metrics. Vanity metric means that its relatively easy to pump up the absolute numbers. For example, you can buy 5000 followers for $5. But you will get very little interactions and engagement from these 5000 followers. These social media KPIs should tell you if you are getting the word out. Is the reach wide enough to justify your budget?
- Fans and followers – a bit of a vanity metric
- Number of mentions – shows engagement
- Reach – vanity metric – if not combined with engagement
- Email list growth – real value
- Inbound links – SEO value
- Blog subscribers – extended reach
These are often called vanity metrics as you may have a ton of reach but no real business results. From this list the number of mentions in social and inbound links are the most important. One increases your search visibility and the other indicates that somebody is interested enough to mention your brand. Email list growth is also one of the key performance indicators of your social media and content marketind efforts. Read How to Use Social Media to Build Your Email List.
Make sure you also measure engagement.
Engagement and Interaction with Fans and Influencers
How likely are followers going to engage, spread your message and interact with eachother? Social media interaction KPIs are the ones you need to pay close attention to. These statistics measure people who have actually taken action.
- Likes – the least they can do
- Comments – interested
- Social media sharing, retweets – really interested
- Forward to a friend – similar to sharing, stonger
- Rate something – strong opinion
- Reviews – engaged, and opinionated
- Check-ins – engaged
- Contributors and active contributors – engaged
- Clicks on your links and page views – vanity metric on the website, engagement on social
- Unique visitors from social media – same as clicks on links
- Sessions from social networking sites – number of sessions per user is a great indicator
- Time spent on site – engagement
One of the important social media metrics you can derive from the first two groups of KPIs is the reach vs interaction conversion rate.
Interactions / Reach * 100% = Conversion rate
This will give you a better understanding of the value of different channels and the effectiveness of your own marketing activities.
Social media KPIs: Influence
How do attitudes change due to the social media activities? This is the branding value that should convert into sales. Metrics like net promoter score, satisfaction and sentiment will help you understand the more qualitative nature of your reach. They will show you if you have tons of complaints or people are ecstatic about your brand.
- Share of conversation vs competitors
- Net Promoter Score
- Satisfaction
- Sentiment positive, neutral or negative
- Number of brand evangelists
Action, Results, and ROI
How many sales and other real world result do you get from social media? These are some of the most important social media KPIs and some of the hardest to measure. Your social media marketing has to generate positive ROI. Your main goal would be to find ways to connect reach in social media to dollars in sales.
- Conversions (email subscriptions, downloads, install widget or tool, etc)
- Sales revenue
- Registered users
- Issues resolved and resolution rate
- Number of leads (per day, week, month)
- Cost of lead
- Lead conversion rate
- Cost of sale
- Revenue (per follower, lead, customer)
- Lifetime value of customers
- Support cost (per customer in social channels)
- Share of repeat customers (from social media vs other channels)
- Transaction value per customer
- Money in the bank, net profit, etc
Internal social media KPIs
The raw output of your social media team. It is important to measure if increases in your input produce similar or better increase in the other KPIs. And, of course, your boss probably wants to know how much are you spending
- Blog posts
- E-books
- Presentations
- Videos
- Facebook updates
- Tweets
- Forum posts
- Social media marketing budget
- Social media staff payroll
- Social media development costs
- Response time
You can get most out of these social media metrics if you benchmark them against you competition. Whenever possible try to find out the competitor's numbers and you get a better insight of your performance.
If you have 3,141 followers on Twitter, the number is meaningless but in the context of your competitor having 2,718 you may get some insights. And you cant eat Twitter followers! (OK, technically you can but lets not get into it). Your social following must lead to business result and revenue.
Let us know in the comments what are your most important social media metrics.
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whats Difference between SQL and Oracle?
Hello friends,
I want to learn Database, some of my friends are suggesting SQL and Oracle, would like to know which is the best one?
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Your question doesn't make sense.
SQL is not a product that you can "compare" to Oracle.
SQL is a query language which is used by all relational databases including Oracle.
If you really want to learn databases, you might want to start understanding what SQL is.I will not read nor answer questions where the SQL code is messy and not formatted properly using [code] tags: http://www.dbforums.com/misc.php?do=bbcode#code
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I suspect sathiyavathi wants to know the differences between Oracle and SQL serverI'd rather be riding on the Tiger 800 or the Norton
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They are two very different platforms, despite the fact that they achieve the same goal.
For an Oracle DBA, the "A" strongly stands for "Administrator", since Oracle requires a great deal of esoteric knowledge to properly tune the system and keep it running.
For a SQL Server DBA, the "A" strongly stands for "Architect", since SQL Server is simpler to administer and a larger portion of a DBA's time is spent doing consulting for application developers on the best was to design a database schema, write sql queries, etc.If it's not practically useful, then it's practically useless.
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Durban - Two robbers wearing police uniforms were among four people arrested after a shoot-out with the police in the Bluff area in Durban on Friday morning, said KwaZulu-Natal police.
Police spokesperson Vincent Mdunge said: "On arrival at a house robbery, police came face-to-face with the four gunmen who started shooting at them.
"Police returned fire and wounded two suspects who were immediately arrested."
The other two were arrested later with the help of the police dog unit.
One was hospitalised with bite wounds, said Mdunge.
He said the robbers had used computer cables to tie up four people in the house and stole, among other things, a plasma television set, cash and cellphones.
"They also tried to remove the safe from the wall."
The four were expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate's Court soon.
Police should have hanged or strangled those delinquents with those computer cables
Well done to those cops in what must have been difficult conditions. As much as the I want revenge and feel these people should be shot and killed, they didn't injure their victims except by causing them trauma which is no small thing. We are too quick to want the criminals killed and this can have the reverse effect of ensuring that if they get away leaving their own members behind dead or alive, next time they will be more violent with their victims. My sympathies with the victims nonetheless; hope you receive some trauma counselling to helkp get past this.


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Now more than ever, a growing number of business owners, professionals, and corporate executives are discovering the benefits of working with a coach. Whether top performers looking to accelerate their progress, entrepreneurs navigating the rugged terrain of self-employment, or new managers learning the interpersonal complexities of their work, smart business people are reaching the same conclusion. Coaching fuels success.
Coaching is an interactive process that helps you recognize and reach your full potential, work more effectively with others, and become your own best advocate. Here are just a few of the substantial benefits you can expect:
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Remarkable UNRESTORED Gran Coupe ... Deep Burnt Orange Metallic ... Bucket seats ... Center Console ... Build sheets ... Numbers matching ... 55,800 original miles ...
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Finished in its original color of Deep Burnt Orange Metallic, this Barracuda's finish has a beautiful luster. The exterior is further enhanced by its chrome and brightwork that is in excellent condition. Optional rallye wheels provide additional spark.
This Barracuda's interior is equally sporty, but also includes elements of luxury befitting its "Gran Coupe" name. Its original orange houndstooth cloth-and-vinyl bucket seats show as new. You'll also appreciate other touches of luxury, such as its simulated woodgrain center console and dash, and pedal dress up kit. It also has its original deluxe molded headliner and roof-mounted consolette including a map light, and warning lamps that let you know when you're running low on fuel, or if a door is ajar, in addition to reminding you to fasten your seat belts—all of which work as they should. Optional convenience features include a rear window defogger and factory AM radio with 8-track. With the exception of the carpeting, the interior is completely original and in excellent condition.
Under the hood you will find the original 318 CID V-8 mated to the original 3-speed automatic transmission and rear-end. With 230 horsepower and 320 lbs.-ft. of torque, this Barracuda runs and drives beautifully. You'll appreciate its optional power brakes and power steering, in addition to its optional console mounted "Slap Stick," which enables you to drive in automatic or to shift the gears manually. An optional front anti-sway bar keep this car firmly planted in the turns. This Barracuda has been driven regularly, though sparingly, with confidence. Having just 55,800 original miles, this Barracuda runs and drives as well as it looks.
In addition to the rarity of the Gran Coupe model and its original presentation, Barracuda connoisseurs will appreciate its original paperwork, including the factory broadcast sheet, factory warranty papers, and selected dealer paperwork. Even the original pentastar keys and original selling dealer key fob from Eastern Motors are included with sale. Owner history of this three-owner car and various registration documents will also be provided to the next owner.
This Barracuda is being sold from the personal collection a Mopar enthusiast who has owned 75 Barracudas. The owner is so confident in the performance of this car that he's willing to drive it right to your door at cost!
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Nicole Nadeau, RIT Industrial design graduate in 2005 is going to exhibit some new art objects with her collective, KNS in Art Basel & Design Miami this week. She also will be co- hosting a Panel "Design: Breaking Boundaries" with Julia Haney Montanez from Architectural Digest's MADE, Friday Dec. 4th at 3pm at Superfine Art & Design Fair.
If you are down in Art Basel & Design Miami this week, come by and visit the exhibit . Nadeau will be in Superfine Art Fair, Booth 120SF.
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Directed by Sugeeth, this full movie with audio in Malayalam (original language) was premiered in 2014. The movie, whose libretto belongs to Rajesh Raghavan, it is an original production of India. You can watch Onnum Mindathe online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Malayalam at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2014.
Rating: 5 by 35 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
Jayaram, Meera Jasmine, Manoj K. Jayan, Devi Ajith, Lalu Alex, Baby Anikha, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Joy Mathew, Valsala Menon, Ambika Mohan and Jayaraj Warrier.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Sugeeth.
The original audio of Onnum Mindathe has dialogues in or Malayalam, it was produced in India.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2014.
Screenplay written by Rajesh Raghavan.
Faisal Ali.
Shafeer Sait.
This film was produced and / or financed by Qurban Films.
Composed by Anil Johnson.
Ann Mega Media Release.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Onnum Mindathe has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Malayalam in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Stock Graphic >> Illustration - Poland Travel destinations icons 203111 by tele52 @ CreativeMarket
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Set of the simple icons representing popular travel destinations in Poland
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Sharing Leadership Ideas from Real Life
Each Thursday, I'll launch a topic for discussion, dialogue, debate, and introspective conversation. In group facilitation situations, I ask the participants to reframe disagreement from the category of a "weapon" to the category of a "creative tool." This change in paradigm allows for very lively and productive discussions to happen. It takes away the risk of feeling like participants are criticizing each other and allows them to be free to point to ideas and concepts without having to pretend to be polite or pretend to agree. We have been conditioned to feel that disagreement is not polite. In fact, disagreement is a way to be in integrity.
We find that it's okay to disagree. Many times we find new ideas, fresh perspectives, and opposite polarities that make sense. Healthy dialogue does not depend on everybody agreeing; in fact, if everybody agrees, it's a boring discussion, and we might get trapped by not exposing blind spots that could limit our effectiveness as leaders and as an organization.
In that spirit, I offer a chance for dialogue on topics related to leadership. I will choose topics that have high visibility in the news or in certain communities of interest, such as business, entrepreneurship, religion, and social benefit work. I welcome suggestions for other topics. I'm sure that there are many, many to choose from.
Will you contribute your ideas? Please comment using the form below.
Today's topic:
The medical profession has attempted to provide us with advice on health and nutrition. Should medical professionals stay with medicine?
Let's dialogue on this question:
In The People's Pharmacy, on February 14, the following links appeared about the latest research on diet and health. Should it concern us that the medical profession has given us inaccurate information yet again for decades? These studies show that blood cholesterol levels are not related to what we eat.
The controversy over saturated fat rages on. Recent articles include a meta-analysis published in Open Heart and a study published in the Journal of Nutrition.
Please comment:
- Do these studies prove that the medical advice we have received for decades is wrong?
- Should there be a change in leadership with the major authorities in medical organizations giving health advice?
- Should there be a leadership change in setting up a new paradigm for getting advice on health and diet that's not tied to big pharma?
- Who should take the lead with this issue?
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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Mrs. Martha Corley Green, 86, of Hempstead NY departed this life on Sunday June 14, 2009 at Franklin General Hospital. Funeral service will be held Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 10:00AM from the South Hempstead Baptist Church in New York with the Rev. Phillip McDowell, officiating. Friends may call her nephew Mr. Narmon Corley in Aiken, SC at 803-648-4979 for more information. Carl C. Burnett Funeral Home Franklin St., Hempstead, NY 11550 in charge of arrangements. Jackson-Brooks Funeral Home, Aiken SC in charge of local arrangements. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com
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Seapoint 19/02/2017
Jonathan Kelly (3) from Athy was the winner of today's Hilary Golf Society outing sponsored by RaboDirect which took place in Seapoint. He was a model of consistency shooting level par on both nines and his net 69 gave him a one shot winning margin over Sean Murphy (4) Greenore.
Alan Dowling (Plus 1) Hermitage shot 71 to claim the gross prize, covering the first 9 holes in four under par 32.
The professional prize was won by Bernard Quigley (Tulfarris) with a fine 71 leaving him two shots clear of former European Tour player Gary Murphy.
Sean Murphy was joined on the winning team by Niall Lavin (3) The Royal Dublin and Vincent Carney (5) Beech Park with a 61.
Portmarnock Links 05/02/2017
The first outing of the 2017 season was won by Brendan Mc Donnell (K Club) with a 68. The highlight of his fine round was an eagle 3 at the 6th.
Best Gross went to John Greene (Portmarnock) with an excellent 70.
The net runner up spot went to Paul Reilly (Co. Louth) with a 69. Clem Walshe (Dundalk) finished in 3rd place with 70 beating a number of players with a superior last 9 holes.
Paul Reilly was joined by Alan Doherty (Corrstown), Ray Gregan (Forrest Little), and Terry Lilly ( Slade Valley) in winning the team prize with a fine 61. It was also won on the break of a tie over the last 3 holes.
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Malaysia Muslims get counseling after church meet
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Christian police drama in top 10 for second weekend
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787's Grounded
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they are temporarily grounding Boeing's 787 Dreamliners until the risk of possible battery fires is addressed. The Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday it will issue an emergency safety order requiring U.S. airlines to temporarily cease operating the 787, Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced plane. The agency said it will work with Boeing and U.S. air carriers to develop a plan allowing 787s to "resume operations as quickly and safely as possible."


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This is a weird, yet fun game. It makes me think about what the situation 'she' is in that caused her to be pregnant. From my understanding, She slept with a man and got pregnant, found him again in the future and ended dating him and getting an abortion.
Some advice on how to beat the game:
As stated, this uses mouse movement alone. During text screens, move your mouse in a circular pattern following the arrows, then you proceed to the next stage.
Level 1:, take your mouse and move it up and down to make the sperm swim. reach an egg and you win.
Level 2: Use your mouse as a type of reverse magnet to push the red, green, and blue orbs together in their own color coordinated cluster, then separate them.
Level 3: Spin the mouse in circle patterns to make the egg roll out of the way. As the falling egg, avoid the sperm like cells trying to hit you, them will push you to the top of the level and you have to restart from the beginning.
Level 4: use your mouse to control a lasso to grab cells and eat them. The larger brain like creates will steal them from you if you aren't quick.
Level 5: Hover your mouse over two two kidney like objects to turn clock and counter-clockwise. use the yellow tube organ to move. Try to get about 8 different mini-organisms in the sac at once.
Level 6: use the mouse to steer in the direction you want to go. Try and find other creatures and shoot them (firing is done automatically). I find it easiest to find one and just bump against it til' I can proceed.
Level 7: much like level 3, use the mouse to fly around. I fly to the right til the moon disappears off screen then the game ends.
the ENDING TEXT, more specifically the last sentence is blocked by animations, but with timing I was able to read: " He pressed his cheek to hers, He pressed his cheek."
Cloud to Ground Lightning
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
acceptable but framiliar..
The games concept is interesting, but it seems the HUD and many other elements of the game was taken from Modern Warfare 2. Also, in the first minute of standard mode a glitched man appeared that could not be killed with any bore size, the game also seems to grow old easy. Maybe if you gave the ability for the player to gain,well, abilities. Upgrading the cannons strength and Area of Effect, maybe even some sort of flame thrower? Anyways, you said it was inspired by CoD Modern Warfare2, but it seems to me that it is Too inspired, and not enough created.
You should find some sort of way to make it more individualized. I like the game, I really do, It just kinda grows old quickly and there isn't a lot to it. However you did do a nice job. you get a 7/10 and 4/5 from me :)
Communist in Space
Rated 5 / 5 stars
SO many /b/ references....
anyways, the game in general is a worn down, but non-the-less fun type. The references, while humorous, also fit in well with the type of animation. I hope to moar of kipmud, becuase I FUCKING LOVE MUDKIPZ
10/10,5/5 Keep trollin' the /b/,
Recent Audio Reviews
Music Box Waltz
Rated 5 / 5 stars
My god, this is so nostalgic and eerie.
Absolutely amazing! I have to say, the plucking of the violins, especially at 1:35 reminds me of Fable 1, Witchwood theme. Absolutely fantastic. 5/5, and Favorited I love how everything blends together to making it sound so very eerie and mysterious, but at the same time magical and enchanting.
Ah, yes, Fable. I loved Fable 1, its soundtrack definitely helped inspire me to write this track. Magical, enchanting, and mysterious -- that's what I was going for, just like the Fable soundtrack :)
Thanks for the feedback,
- James
[UE] Part II (UltimateEdi
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I can't even begin to describe just how epic this is, but I will try.
First off, the instruments sound real, not like some shitty knock off audio program. That INSTANTLY is worth at least 3 points. Second, The chord progression is very smooth, and at the intervals of sound, the ambient winds, violins, and thunder sounds goes amazing together. You SOMEHOW manged to perfectly blend fucking techno/trance synths into this? It's just amazing. I give this a 10/10, 5/5, a download, the link a post to my facebook, and straight to my favorites.
That being said, I think I know some music you may like to hear, and would fill me with epic joy if you did a remix of. Have you ever heard of a game called Demon's Crest? It's an old (1994) super Nintendo game. It features epic orchestral songs that are very gothic/heavy, and I think with your amazing skill you could do it some good. If you want, I could send you all the songs in .MP3 format.
Great job on the fantastic song, I look forward to hearing more from you.
Wonders of Space
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I cannot describe just how much I love this.
I have given many tracks a 10 star rating, but few actually deserve it on the level that you do. This tract has a WONDERFUL sound. its upbeat, happy ,and relaxed all at the same time. It gives me great memories of Katamari Damacy, it think because it's so happy. You have great sounds, synth goes wonderful, I love the xylophone and 'bubble' sound at about 5:30 in. I think you make wonderful cord progression, everything blends together so smoothly, and the vibe fits together like puzzle pieces to my ears. I have added this to my favorite list, added you to my favorite list, rated 5 out of 5, downloaded, and I'm going to tell all my musician friends about you. I really hope you go far with this talent, this SHOULD be in a katamari game. This sound is just phenomenal, and anyone who tells you otherwise needs to clean out their ears. I wish I could meet you so I could give you a bro fist for this. Keep making more, this inspires my art so much, I'm going to go paint now :)
Haha I understand about he standards of ratings here.
[insert explanation on the demographic of the internet here]
You remind me that I have to update the list of everything people say I sound like
But thanks a bunch, it does me a lotta good to know there are folks out there like you who enjoy my stuff enough to be inspired to go out and do [good] things.
Your time is greatly appreciated NightScorn
Recent Art Reviews
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Very funny!
Once again your works amuse me. One slight detail though.
The swastikas are backwards. I'm not sure if this was on purpose, but the ends are reversed of what they should be here. Also, The hat being worn by mastercheif is very nice, but the Fuhrer had no swastika in the middle of his hat, instead he had the german eagle which HELD a swastika in a circle. The main insignia was a red dot inside a white then black ring, which was held in a ring of golden feathers.
JUST POINTING OUT DETAIL. I just wanted this to be a useful review.
I love everything so fa, I can REALLY tell you've been working on your hands since your dethklok art. I love the humor here, the art, and the fact that the lighting is consistent.
Very good job Shadman!
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars
Es gibt keinen Gott ...
You had to take the ONE thing I love, and make it a hermaphrodite. I don't understand futta, and no one will explain what's attractive about it.
On to a review......
Well, Fuck. It's pretty much perfect. You got EVERYTHING RIGHT. You drew the Totenkopf(DeathHead Skull) perfectly, the hat is properly shaped, and the hands are wonderful. The shading is perfect, and Iron cross collar is just amazing.
The ONLY bad thing, is the penis. You wouldn't happen to have a copy where is ISN'T a dick, would you? It would greatly satisfy my sick. non- penis fetish.
Bis morgen, mein Führer des Arts,
Dieses Mädel braucht leckere Hoden.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
yet again!
again I see your wonderful art and find myself full of envy and inspiration. This is by far perhaps the most brutal, pitch black and white design I have seen. I cannot express the sheer amount of deth that this piece brings to my heart.
PROS: FUCKING EVERYTHING. I looked at this for almost ten minutes trying to find a bad thing, and I couldn't. I can tell you've worked on hands, your proportions are much better, the organs and torsos blend seamlessly, and the sharp black and white contrast adds a very unique, defined look to this piece.
CONS: NONE WHAT SO EVER. I think this is perfect within it's artstyle, even down to the lighting.
Bravo yet again shadman, you continue to push my own artistic impulses into a direction I like more and more each day. I will be uploading things soon, I hope you visit some time.


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Grilled Peaches and Papaya
- 3 peaches
- 1 papaya
- 1/4 C. margarine
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbs. concentrated apple juice
Pit and peel peaches, then chop into small cubes. Peel and clean papaya, remove seeds, and chop into small cubes. Mix together margarine, cinnamon, and apple juice. Add peaches and papaya and toss to coat. Place fruit in a grill basket and grill for about 3 minutes. Fruit will be warm and slightly glazed when finished.
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Day 11: Switzerland is basically pretty badass
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June 30th, 2008 – by: koticphreak
I was woken up by loud banging, turned out it was on the door to the room. I felt very disoriented, even more hungover, started to look around to see my roommate's stuff all gone. Take a look at the time and realize its 5 minutes PAST the departure time. I jump out of bed and start packing like crazy. The tour manager comes a few minutes later and is like "What the hell!?", to which I nonchalantly respond, "I need 2 more minutes". Got to the bus a few minutes later and as I'm getting on, everyone is looking at me like "WTF?" and i just try to yell out "WOO!" and realize i've lost my voice... I find the only seat on the bus, sit down, and then spend a good hour contemplating whether or not I needed a bag, haha. This was a very long and miserable ride while we traveled to Lucerne.
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"Peak Oil will occur when half of all the oil has been pulled from the ground. After that, oil will become increasingly scarce, and increasingly expensive, over time. When oil becomes expensive the economy goes into recession until it becomes cheap again. Peak Oil means that oil will only get more expensive, forever.
Many people who know what they're talking about think we are at Peak right now."
This succinct description of peak oil and the consequences came from this Adaptation site which also runs a blog, that looks very interesting and practical.
I got onto the Adaption blog via this morning's post on Dave's How to Save the World blog, in which he describes very well, some different views on what will happen in society when the biggest economy in the world eventually declines into the next great depression.
My response to sensing this has been to learn to grow food and help other people do likewise. If you don't have food security, then neither do I. And from what I am reading now, it seems that with logical changes in diet and bio intensive gardening we can grow enough for all of us and in a time frame that will allow us plenty of opportunity to do other things. This is not a descent into some cold dark cave man scenario where we spend all our time "struggling to survive" - it is a sideways step to participation in, and deeper appreciation of, our proper place in the natural world.
Monday, May 1
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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] Under the direction of Riju Raju Sam, Jesse Dela Rosa heads the cast of this feature film originally of USA, with original script in English (subtitled), whose premiere was scheduled for 2009. You can watch Still Cries the Soul online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2009.
Rating: 5 by 10 users./
Runtime: 115 minutes
Jesse Dela Rosa, Patty Gracie, Brian K. Hogan, Danny Kras, Sasha Olson, Angelica Padilla, Pat Pattison, Talia Proctor, Solomon Riju, Yuka Sano and Simon Star.
Drama, Family, Comedy.
115-minute film (full movie) directed by Riju Raju Sam.
The original audio of Still Cries the Soul has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2009.
Screenplay written by Riju Raju Sam.
Chad Eshbaugh, Felix Arcenaux and Felix Arceneaux.
Composed by Patrick Bowsher.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Still Cries the Soul has a duration of 115 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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The Rusty Anchor Restaurant
Cape Breton's best-kept secret!
Come on down for a dining experience that will be the highlight of your trip to Cape Breton! From the time you set foot in this family-run restaurant and are greeted by its friendly staff, you will love its down-home atmosphere and rustic charm.
Come into our dining room, or chose our patio and take in the spectacular view of the ocean and marvel at our glorious sunsets. Let the soft sea breeze whisk your troubles away, as you feast your senses on our wonderful and varied menu.
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From 2005 National Geographic traveller magazine
"Wheel over for lunch at the Rusty Anchor restaurant in Pleasant Bay for some of the best lobster rolls on the Cabot Trail—pure lump lobster meat with just a little butter (no celery or salad dressing, thank you) served on a toasted roll. If you ask where the fresh oysters come from, restaurant co-owner Donna Timmons will tell you, "Twenty minutes down the road." On a warm day, enjoy your food out on the patio, with its killer ocean views."
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It has been a rough winter for much of the nation. The ol' Polar Vortex has been dumping snow on parts of the country in amounts that you normally only read about in that Little House on the Prairie book where the Ingalls family had to grind wheat in a coffee grinder and burn straw to survive. I've done more than my fair share of moaning about the cold temperatures this winter. And since my moaning hasn't helped one single bit, I've decided to start counting my blessings instead! No matter how cold I have been this winter, I never once had to resort to twisting sticks of straw for fuel. And, when I got sick, I was able to drive my vehicle over to the corner of "Happy and Healthy" in order to pick up some medicine from the Walgreens Pharmacy.
Not everyone has had those sorts of luxuries! With the Iditarod dogsled race coming up on March 1st, I'm reminded of the 1925 Serum Run that inspired it. Of course, the most famous participant of the Serum Run was a Siberian Husky named Balto, but he was far from alone in this heroic effort. Today, in an effort to count my blessings – – while paying tribute to some individuals who knew a thing or two about winter weather – – I dedicate this edition of The Campfire Chronicle to Balto, and the 150 other sled dogs and twenty drivers who rescued the city of Nome in the 1925 Serum Run.
Spreading Like Wildfire Across the Ice
The year 1925 started out with quite a scare for the residents of Alaska. In January, doctors realized there was the potential for a diphtheria epidemic among the young people of Nome. I have played enough games of Oregon Trail to know that diphtheria is not to be trifled with.
As the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20, and foresight is often about as clear as mud. In December of 1924, a two-year-old Inuit boy died of diphtheria in a village near Nome, but he was misdiagnosed because no one else in the village was showing symptoms and the boy's mother refused an autopsy. This first case wasn't properly diagnosed until January 20, 1925, and by that time, it was already too late. By January 24th, there had been multiple fatalities and there were twenty more confirmed cases of diphtheria. The population of Nome and the surrounding area was about ten thousand people. If the disease couldn't be stopped, and stopped quickly, all of those people were at risk of contracting a disease with a nearly 100% mortality rate. (Cue: The Oregon Trail music, because the outlook was grim.)
The Snowball Effect
The inventory of diphtheria antitoxin in Nome had expired in 1918. More had been ordered, but it hadn't arrived before the port of Nome had closed up for the winter. I confess that I have a habit of playing fast and lose with expiration dates on canned goods, but apparently it is one thing to consume a can of slightly expired stewed tomatoes and another thing to take a dose of diphtheria antitoxin that expired seven years ago! In an act of desperation, one child in the late stages of diphtheria had been given 6,000 units of the expired antitoxin . . .she died later that day.
The nearest supply of serum to stop the outbreak was located in Anchorage, approximately 1000 miles from Nome. It was one of those times when it seemed as if a thousand miles might as well be a million miles. Trains could not get through the snow of the Alaskan winter and the three airplanes in the vicinity that could potentially make the journey had been dismantled for the winter. But, as it turned out, the planes had open cockpits, so they weren't reliable in cold weather anyway. There was apparently no way to get the serum in time to save Nome.
There's No Business Like Snow Business
Sometimes necessity is the mother of invention. And sometimes necessity is the mother of convention! In the Alaska of 1925, necessity meant that it was time to go back to a more conventional form of transportation, one of a bygone era—dogsleds. You can imagine the desperation felt by the members of the Alaska Board of Health, when they determined that the only way to save an entire city was to bring serum in by dogsled. It was a unanimous decision. There was no other hope.
The serum was transported from Anchorage to Nenana by train, arriving on January 27th. There wasn't enough of the antitoxin available to end the epidemic, but there was enough to contain it until the port of Nome reopened and the previously ordered serum could get through.
More than twenty mushers agreed to take part in the heroic effort. The plan was brilliant in its simplicity: Relay teams of canine athletes were arranged to cover the over 600 miles that lay ahead, and the Nome Serum Run began on January 27th.
Dashing Through the Snow
Due to the limited amount of daylight in Alaska at that time of year, the teams had to run both day and night. The first driver, William "Wild Bill" Shannon was handed the 20-pound package of life-saving serum at the train station in Nenana. With the temperature dropping to -62° F, Shannon, who was suffering from severe frostbite, was forced to stop at a roadhouse where he warmed the antitoxin by the fire and dropped three dogs from his team, who were unable to continue. Then off he went!
Shannon handed the antitoxin over to the next driver, at a roadhouse in Tolovana on January 28th. The temperature was then a balmy -56°! It was a grueling race against time, under the most extreme conditions. On January 30th, George Nulner was the tenth driver in the relay for life. Both of his lead dogs died during the journey, so Nulner took over for them, and led the team himself!
Nome Sweet Nome
On February 2, the last team, led by Gunnar Kaasen, with Balto in the lead, completed the final leg of fifty-three miles to reach Nome. But were it not for Balto's keen sense of smell they would never have made it to Nome, because the winds were so intense and the snow was coming down so heavily, that Kaasen could not even see his hand in front of his face. Remarkably, through all that, Balto held the scent of Nome, and led them all safely home.
Balto is the name we all recognize and associate with the heroic event, and he was most certainly a hero in his own right. . .but the facts are that he had more than a little help. All told, there were twenty drivers and 150 sled dogs responsible for the success of this venture. They traveled 674 miles in temperatures that rarely rose above -40°, through gusts of wind that were strong enough to knock over sleds and dogs. Twenty teams of brave men and dogs ran distances ranging from eighteen miles to an unthinkable 170 miles . . . and that 170 mile team, led by Norwegian born, Leonhard Seppala and his twelve-year-old lead dog, Togo, deserve a special commendation. But Seppala had a very personal motive for his superhuman efforts. His daughter was infected with the disease and in desperate need of the serum. To save an extra day in transport time, Seppala took a dangerous shortcut across the ice, at a time when breakthrough was not only possible, but probable. They blazed across the ice in a whiteout snowstorm in -60 degree temperatures, and they made it, but barely. . .the very next day, the ice broke through.
There are multiple monuments dedicated to Balto and the Serum Run. The first, and possibly most famous, is the Balto statue and sled dog/musher monument located in Central Park in New York City. The statue is of Balto, but as the plaque says, it is,
"Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards, from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the winter of 1925."
So the next time I feel the need to complain about the cold weather or grouse about having to drive to the corner drugstore, I'll think about the rescue of Nome. Bravo, heroes of Nome. Bravo.
If you have a few minutes available, watch this wonderful video from the History Channel, with documentary footage of the many heroes of Nome, during their journey and upon their arrival in Nome!
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OK, maybe R-Patts isn't really Satan, but the Edward action figure is sure as heck sporting a set of devil horns! I happened to notice them last night. Who knew?! OME, you never fail to surprise me...
I present for your consideration Exhibit A at right:
(P.S. Please excuse my shoddy camera skills - I just got a new camera phone and I'm still getting the hang of it. Plus it was ridiculously more difficult to draw on the screen than I had expected it to be. Seriously. Those lame, shakily-drawn arrows you see there were the best of about twenty attempts. Now I know why Perez Hilton sticks mainly to little dots and drips.)
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HP is bringing you their latest 11.6-inch convertible touchscreen notebook, the Stream 11-p010nr x360. Featuring a 360-degree hinge that gives users the option of working in notebook mode, stand mode, tent mode and tablet mode, this travel-friendly notebook is built with an 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 LED-backlit capacitive touchscreen display, a 2.16GHz Intel Celeron N2840 dual-core processor, an Intel HD Graphics, a 2GB DDR3 RAM and a 32GB eMMC storage.
Apart from that, the system has HP's TrueVision HD webcam, a multi-format digital media card reader, 2x USB 2.0 port, 1x USB 3.0 port, an HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet, a 3-cell Lithium-ion battery and integrated DTS Studio Sound speakers. Running on Windows 8.1 OS, the Stream 11-p010nr x360 provides WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth for connectivity.
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In September 2015, we analysed 1,775 responses from Which? members who invest their money with a selection of the biggest fund supermarkets and banks.
Our results reveal a big spread in the quality of service you can receive. The best fund supermarket received a 77% customer score, compared with the worst scoring just 38%.
Hargreaves Lansdown, Fidelity, TD Direct, Alliance Trust, Barclays Stockbrokers and Halifax Share Dealing are among the big names included in our reviews, which include star ratings for customer service, value for money and information on investment opportunities, along with other aspects of each company's service.
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Best and worst fund supermarkets
The feedback we received from Which? members about the service provided by each company was particularly revealing.
The best performing fund supermarket in our survey received rave reviews for almost all aspects of its service, including its knowledgeable customer services staff, easy-to-use website and research tools.
One happy Which? member told us: 'Overall it's a very well-run service, with good research tools, efficient staff and easy to navigate website. Not the cheapest, but overall good value.'
Another said: 'Good documentation. Regular news letters, annual updates on our accounts. Able to speak to someone to discuss the status of our account and get advice. Not hassled at all when buying or selling.'
This feedback contrasted with the fund supermarket that came bottom in our ratings. The provider's website proved to be a particular issue for many members.
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Thomas Aquinas, recalling Aristotle, said in a famous passage that "it is the nature of a wise man to order things" (Sapientis est ordinare). He then suggests that we can find a twofold order in things: first, that of the relation of the parts of something to each other so that they form a complete whole, and second, the order of the whole to some end or purpose beyond itself. -- James Schall, The Order of Things
This caught my interest this morning, and browsing around the internet to find out more about it, I came across this:
"So the proper order of learning will be the following. First, boys should be instructed in logical matters, because logic teaches the method of the whole of philosophy. Second, they are to be instructed in mathematics, which does not require experience and does not transcend the imagination. Third, they should be trained in the natural sciences which, though not transcending sense and imagination, nevertheless require experience. Fourth, they are to be instructed in the moral sciences, which require experience and a soul free from passion, as is said in the first book [of the Nicomachean Ethics]. Fifth, they should be taught in matters concerning wisdom and divine science, which go beyond the imagination and require a vigorous mind." -Thomas Aquinas, In VI Ethic., lect. 7.
My son-in-law has been leading/facilitating a small family seminar on Aristotle's Organon, which is the collection of the Philosopher's works on Logic. We carry on the discussion through Google video hangout, since not all the participants live locally. You can find the Organon all over the internet, including an inexpensive Kindle edition, I like this interlinear version at the Logic Musem.
In his Categories or Praedicamenta, which is what we are currently reading, Aristotle starts by summarizing the way terms can be used -- equivocally, univocally, or derivatively. He quickly goes on to talking about the manner in which things may be said or predicated of things.
My youngest, PG, is in 8th grade this year. I wonder how I could incorporate logic into his curriculum in a cross-curricular way. Something to think about.
I want to think about the twofold order of things mentioned by Schall: the way the parts are ordered towards the whole, and the way the whole is ordered towards something else (its end).
I know that moderns don't particularly like the idea of things having a purpose beyond themselves. However, it's almost impossible not to let a broad teleogical assumption slip in, even if one is trying to preserve a careful detachment about the specifics of what that purpose is.