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Lord Bridges: Unlike other noble Lords, I do not feel that it is necessary to make a Second Reading speech, because I addressed this subject in my own contribution to that debate. However, we did not then have the benefit of the Government's proposals before us. I made it clear in my speech that, for me, this was the most important part of the Bill and that perhaps the most important part of that would be the way in which the local authority would be related to the new conservation boards and the management of AONBs.
I shall turn now to a particular point which arises on one amendment in this grouping; namely, Amendment No. 524. Subsection (4) states that,
Indeed, the absent part of this Bill at the moment would be met by the amendment introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, at an earlier stage. I believe that it was Amendment No. 453, which would place a duty on all public bodies to have regard to the objectives of the AONB. That is an absolutely cardinal point and I believe that we shall be returning to it later.
I speak from some experience, having lived in an AONB where the local authority chose to set its own judgment above that of the Government's own policies for the AONB. I wish to see that situation stopped. It is wrong. A general national approach should be adopted, with local arrangements to put it into effect. I shall make a few further comments on other clauses when we reach them.
Lord Peyton of Yeovil: I wish to make only a short speech. I should like to say, first, that my noble friends Lord Dixon-Smith and Lord Peel have both said absolutely what was in my mind. I do not always find myself in the position of being able cordially to congratulate my own Front Bench, but on this occasion I do so without reservation. I thought that my noble friend made a wise and balanced comment on a Bill about which, I have to say, I am considerably worried.
I do not believe that the Minister has any right to protest about the Committee overlapping or infringing the limits imposed by the grouping. I think that the grouping in this instance is a mistake. The debate is about not only the Bill as a whole but the powers of central government. I remember that long ago when I was a member of a government--it seems ages and ages ago--I began to doubt whether we were really possessed of that monopoly of wisdom which governments seem to think they have. As time has gone on, I have seen government after government coming more and more to disregard local opinion, making life more and more difficult for local government and taking more and more power for themselves. Here is another Bill in which exactly that is being done. As my noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith rightly pointed out, here we have 18 pages of legislation which, so far as I know, has been totally undiscussed in another place.
I think it is generally felt by some in another place that they enjoy absolute liberty to say what they like about your Lordships' House. There are many aspects of our affairs in which those in another place would be very unwise to press those comparisons too far; they might come off much worse than they expect.
I am not quite sure--I should like to hear the Minister's view--to what extent it is intended that areas of outstanding natural beauty can be almost automatically made into national parks or given the powers of national parks. The Minister shakes his head. I should be grateful if, when he comes to respond, he can make clear what is the position and what are the Government's intentions.
I pause to ask the Minister to what extent planning authorities will have the power to designate areas which they consider to be of outstanding natural beauty? Perhaps he will try to anticipate what the inhabitants of those areas are likely to feel. I do not know whether it has even occurred to the Government to think about the reactions of the inhabitants of such areas to any proposals which may emerge. The consultation on this part of the Bill has been somewhere between minimal and nil. Certainly I have not heard anything about it in my part of the world.
I have talked often enough in your Lordships' House and elsewhere about the powers of Secretaries of State. The Committee would be wise to be very careful in giving these sweeping powers to Secretaries of State on the basis that they are possessed of the wisdom and sense of fairness and justice that they think they possess. If one looks at the daily press and reads some of the utterances of those who occupy the position of Secretary of State, one finds it very hard to cling on to any rudimentary illusion that the holders of those offices are possessed of any peculiar wisdom.
I shall not trespass upon the question of conservation boards, except to say that here is one more instance of Secretaries of State grabbing more powers to themselves, satisfied always that they and their advisers are wholly competent to exercise those powers to the benefit of the nation.
I conclude on a minor note. I live in a village which is a conservation area. My neighbours wanted to pull down three or four not very large leylandii, which are a menace. They had to seek planning permission. That is a small example of the way in which we fetter ourselves with unnecessary, stupid restrictions. People ought to be paid to cut down leylandii.
Lord Marlesford: I agree with my noble friends Lord Dixon-Smith and Lord Peel that the Government must expect to be subjected to something of a Second Reading approach to the proposed new clause. It is a major addition to the Bill. The clause as drafted has not been discussed in another place. I am not sure, given the use of the guillotine in another place nowadays, that it would necessarily have greatly benefited from such discussion. At any rate, the new clause has not been debated; therefore, it is right and reasonable that we should scrutinise it in some detail.
That said, I strongly welcome the government amendment. It is an important addition to the protection and enhancement--I am happy to emphasise the word "enhancement"--of the beauty of the English and Welsh countryside. I should also like to pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Renton of Mount Harry for the pathfinder role that he played in introducing his Private Member's Bill last year.
A point worth making is that, among the great reforms comprising the major achievements of the Attlee Government, along with the National Health Service came legislation for the protection of our countryside. The Council for the Protection of Rural England, of which I was lucky enough to be chairman for five years, had fought for such a measure since 1927. When those great reforms were introduced, the legislation provided for both national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty. One important premise is not only sometimes forgotten, but is not always appreciated. In the hierarchy of protection--inevitably, if one is trying to protect the countryside there is bound to be a hierarchy because one cannot do everything at the same time--national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty were equal. There was no question of national parks being superior. The difference between national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty was that national parks were areas of wilderness. That made it easier to set up a particular form of protection and governance for them.
The result has been that over the years AONBs have been something of poor sisters to national parks. I strongly welcome this step--belated and slightly muddled though it may be--to provide added protection and an opportunity for AONBs to be protected. The pressures on our countryside are colossal. They come from central government, from local government and from development. There was a suggestion that local government is perfectly adequate to protect the countryside. However, perhaps I may give an example. We have only to think of the National Trust and Operation Neptune. Should we have preserved some 500 miles of our best coast without Operation Neptune? Half the local authorities, if they
I do not accept that local government is necessarily the best guardian of the countryside. I am a tremendous fan of the National Trust. I have no interest to declare, except as a humble member of it. I believe that what we have done is enormously important. I do not want to speak in detail about these amendments. I believe that we should consider them most carefully. However, I give a very strong welcome to what the Government are now doing. I hope that it becomes part of the Bill.
Lord Roberts of Conwy: I, too, compliment my noble friend Lord Renton of Mount Harry on what, for him, is certainly a red letter day. At the risk of being designated a philistine in these matters, I must draw attention to the plethora of conservation areas that now exist and, indeed, to the danger that we depreciate the value of those various designations simply by multiplication. As my noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith said, there is a devaluation of the concept. We delude ourselves that designation of itself contributes to conservation. Our experience of SSSIs should surely disabuse us of that naive belief.
There has been reference to the numerous failures of the Countryside Council for Wales. I am sure that many of those failures have been due to lack of resources, but there are other reasons. We have over 1,000 SSSIs in Wales. A quarter of the entire country is covered by the environmentally sensitive area designation. There are about 50 national nature reserves, eight special protection areas under the EC birds directive, seven wetlands under the Ramsar Convention and two marine nature reserves, as well as three national parks and five areas of outstanding natural beauty. Indeed, there may be more. But, additionally, we are now greening agricultural grant schemes, both European and domestic.
A great deal is being done but, in my view, there is quite proper concern about this multiplicity of schemes and designations. I am sure that Members of the Committee will agree that what is important is that they should be meaningful. I wanted to make that point; I also wish to speak to a later grouping of amendments.
I am concerned about the power of local planning authorities to "enhance" the natural beauty of an AONB, as described in subsection (4) of the new clause inserted by Amendment No. 524. I am not the only one concerned about this; indeed, the Country Landowners' Association, among others, has also pointed out that here we have,
I received CLA briefing only today. But my mind has already wandered to a scene in Anglesey--in particular to Malltraeth, better known perhaps as Bodorgan Marsh. I remember from my boyhood the natural sand dunes, which have been trucked away for the building industry over recent decades and replaced by pine forests managed by the Forestry Commission. The lovely sea sedge has given way to a thin skein of green pasture that is not required at a time of set-aside land.
I assure the Committee that we now regard such so-called "enhancement" on the part of local planning authorities as gross desecration of a natural landscape. I hope that in future we can protect our heritage from that kind of devastating enhancement. Frankly, with the experience that I have had, I am not sure that I can trust authorities of various kinds with enhancement in any true sense.
Lord Rotherwick: I support the important intention to introduce amendments to bring about much better management of AONBs. I do not intend to make a Second Reading speech. I was fortunate enough to be able to make a Second Reading speech over a year ago on the Bill introduced by my noble friend Lord Renton of Mount Harry. I am sure that he did not consider that a fortunate occasion as I was responsible for introducing the amendment that stopped the Bill. However, he caused me intense embarrassment for when I moved a previous amendment I discovered that my Tellers had been persuaded not to support me. I was ruled out of time.
I do not wish to go through all my objections as I support fully what my noble friend Lord Peel said and do not wish to replicate it. I am a little confused as to what I should say at this point. I believe that Amendment No. 522A has been spoken to by my noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith. I am nervous of the word "enhancing". As someone who lives in an AONB, I want to see our countryside improved and sustained. That would be considerably better than enhancing it. After all, to enhance means to heighten, to intensify or to exaggerate. Much of the countryside in an AONB is man-made. It makes me nervous to think what an undemocratic body could do in the way of heightening, intensifying or exaggerating countryside. Surely it must be better to sustain and improve it.
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Sure, we had some losers. Solyndra, etc. Bad choices. But the auto industry? Like it or not, the auto workers are working. They can avoid foreclosures, evictions and yes, food stamps and unemployment. Where did he get the money for his trickle down theory? Where did Bush get the money for his "trickle up" theory?Didn't Clinton have a surplus? Where did that 10 trillion go in 8 yrs? Trickle up? What's that? That money went to people who already had some form of income, including un reported income; behind in child support,etc. This wasn't stimulus. It was dinner and a twelve pack.
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I condemn any stimulus by any president. Any money created out of thin air increases the chances of a dollar collapse. Since the government has no money there are only three ways they can generate it. Tax, borrow, and print.
They can only tax so much. When they tax it takes money from productive sources and puts into non-productive areas. When they borrow it increases the national debt. When they print money it causes inflation and prices rise.
So any stimulus actually hurts the economy.
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Most Conservatives opposed all of Bush's so-called stimulus tax rebates along with TARP. If you go back and play the news reports from late 2008 you'll notice that Pelosi and the Dem's sided with Bush on TARP and it was the conservative house republicans that tried to prevent it. The Bush adm added more like 5 trillion not 10 trillion to the national Debt. However this had nothing to do with taxes, but rather out of control spending.Tax revenues from the wealthiest Americans rose by about 35%. And those same conservatives are just as opposed to Obama's excessive spending. Anyone who thinks that Bush wasn't beaten up by conservatives for his spending wasn't listening.
The auto industry is working, and at the same time costing the tax payers billions that will never be repaid. GM and Chysler had an unsustainable business model that couldn't survive without Gov't support. That is nothing to be proud of. It is more of a detractor than an economic contribution. Companies like Ford and other foreign auto makers that build cars in the US with US workers are being prohibited from filling the void.
While I applaud Clinton for cutting captial gains tax and using other supply side methods that his democrat colleagues call "Trickle Down", the reality is that his last year in office (2000) was the start of a disasterous recession that blew up all the surplus projections because the revenue never came in as projected. That's all they were, was a projection. The reality is that Clinton was not responsible for the 2000 recession anymore than Bush was for 2007/2008. The 2000 recession was the result of an overzealous enthusiam based on a tech bubble. Clinton benefited from the devleopment of the internet revolutionizing the world. And when the tech bubble crashed in Clintons last year, a recession was left behind. However he did for most of his administration stay out of the way and let the markets work.
Gov't induced stimulus is bad no matter who proposes it, because it can only create transient increases to aggregate demand. It never has and never will work. Business owners to not make signifigant increases in capital expenditures as a result of such artificial increases in demand. In fact it makes business owners less likely to commit new capital because of the concerns around the increased tax liability on investment to pay for such a stimulus. Gov't stimulus of any kind has one consistent effect. It crowds out private investment.
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I don't know about Republicans in general. Some people, though, do condemn both.
Bush was not a stimulator. TARP was his administration's financial industry bailout, not a stimulus program. Porkulus was Obama's political payoff program, with stimulus as a cover story, doing some of that as a side effect. The three QE operations by the FRB are billed as stimuli but instead lean heavily toward feeding more liquidity into finance in the so far largely unrealized expectation it will be loaned out and will therefore function as stimulus.
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"Didn't Clinton have a surplus? Where did that 10 trillion go in 8 yrs?" - Idono
My friend, you must have missed the speech given by Donald Rumsfeld one day before 9/11. He gave a speech on the "War on Waste" and told the American people that the federal government lost between 3 and 7 Trillion dollars and they didn't know where it went. The next day we were told some 7th century arab launched an attack on the U.S. from a cave in the mountains of Afghanistan and everyone forgot what happened the day before.
The truth is, the American people are addicted to entertainment, have a short attention span, have an even shorter memory, and are gullible to the core.
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The Bush tax cut was a tax cut and money for the Rich of a trillion dollars a year and was 8 trillion of the 11 trillion he borrow to run the country meaning the rich did not paid there share to run the country and the put the debt on the people. President Obama continue the same debt and 4 trillion of the 5 trillion is STILL THE BUSH TAX CUT. and we the people electing between two rich person and putting BACK RICH SENATORS AND CONGRESS PEOPLE BACK IN OFFICE.how dumb and stupid and of a country can we get. 12 trillion tax cut free money to the rich, two unpaid for invasion, unpaid for banks bail out and unpaid medicare b and we the people saying we have to pay down the debt, what a bunch of damm educated fools
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1)CLT- historical background
2)CLT definitions
3)The aims of CLT, the notion of "communicative competence"
4)The real legacy of CLT
Language teaching in the last 50 years (Richards, 2002)
grammatical competence as the basis of language proficiency.
Study and analysis of a language > usage of the language in communication
Phase 2 and 3: Classic and Current Communicative Language Teaching (1970s to the present)
CLT definitions
"an approach to foreign or second language teaching which emphasizes that the goal of language learning is
communicative competence
and which seeks to make
meaningful communication
language use a focus of all classroom activities
" (Richards &
Schmidt, 2002, p. 90).
"CLT does not teach about language; rather, it teaches
language (Brown,2000)"
Current Communicative approaches
Astghik, Hripsime and Nelli
The aims of CLT
1)achieve "communicative competence" (Hymes,1972)
Communicative competence- the skills, knowledge needed for using the language in meaningful communication.
Grammatical competence- using the rule instead of stating it
Discourse competence- how meaning of individual words are interpreted in relation to the entire discourse
Sociolinguistic competence- understanding the social context in which the communication takes place
Strategic competence- strategies needed to initiate, terminate, maintain and repair communication
CLT- an eclectic approach to language teaching,
evolutionary rather than revolutionary
The real legacy of CLT
"frequently expressed misunderstanding is the belief ... that it is a new methodology which has come to replace the structural
approach ... The most significant contribution of the communicative approach is that it has brought about
a more comprehensive view of teaching and learning.
(cited in McDonough
& Shaw, 1993, p. 25)"
perhaps the most enduring legacy of the communicative approach will be that
it has allowed teachers to incorporate motivating and purposeful communicative activities and principles into their teaching
simultaneously retaining the best elements
of other methods and approaches
rather than rejecting them wholesale.(Brown, 2004)
Communicative activities encourage and require a learner to be engaged in communication.
Communicative Activities
Real life communication is the target.
Characteristics of Communicative Activities
Learners are not dependent on teacher. They gain autonomy while learning.
Peer-teaching (pair work, group work).
Communicative activities are motivating, lively and fun.
Types of Activities
(Littlewood, 1981)
Functional Communication Activities
comparing sets of pictures and finding differences.
discovering missing information, features and locations.
following directions.
Social Interaction Activities
role-playing and simulations
conversation or discussion sessions (debates, classroom talk, conversational topics)
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and i remember.
me and I
Communicative activities. (2010, May 30). Retrieved from http://myenglishpages.com/blog/communicative-activities/
Source:Littlewood, W. (1981). Communicative language teaching. (22nd ed., pp. 22-32). Cambridge, England.
Littlewood, W. (1981). Communicative language teaching. (22nd ed., pp. 43-49). Cambridge, England:
What are these procedures?
Any device that helps the learners is accepted (role plays, drills,translations, games, etc)
Would you please open the door?
Open the door.
Phase 1: traditional approaches (up to the late 1960s
CLT- a paradigm shift within language teaching in 20th century
communicative view of language (CLT) versus structural view (SLT)
2)develop procedures for teaching the four language skills that acknowledge the interdependence of language and communication
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Skyland ResortSkyland (mile 41.7) has 179 guest rooms, rustic cabins, multi-unit lodges, and suites.
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l2tpd is an implementation of the layer two tunneling protocol. It works in
user space completely (although kernel work is planned after the userspace
version is stablized). l2tpd works by opening a pseudo-tty for communicating
with pppd(8).
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/net/l2tpd/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install l2tpd
cd /usr/ports/net/l2tpd/ && make install clean
pkg install l2tpd
PKGNAME: l2tpd
SHA256 (l2tpd-0.69.tar.gz) = 5d47b292edd23eadcd18e7fa056fea44c759f4e7b62352392c160661ea9ba3b8
SIZE (l2tpd-0.69.tar.gz) = 127693
There are no ports dependent upon this port
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 28
Bump PORTREVISION for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC
(via Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk and lang/gcc) which has moved from
GCC 5.4 to GCC 6.4 under most circumstances.
This includes ports
- with USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- with USES=fortran,
- using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn features USES=fortran, and
- with USES=compiler specifying openmp, nestedfct, c++11-lib, c++11-lang,
c++14-lang, c++0x, c11, or gcc-c++11-lib.
Mark some ports failing on armv6, for errors classified as "linker_error".
While here, pet portlint.
Approved by: portmgr (tier-2 blanket)
Bump PORTREVISIONs for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC and
lang/gcc which have moved from GCC 4.9.4 to GCC 5.4 (at least under some
circumstances such as versions of FreeBSD or platforms).
This includes ports
- with USE_GCC=yes or USE_GCC=any,
- with USES=fortran,
- using using Mk/bsd.octave.mk which in turn has USES=fortran, and
- with USES=compiler specifying openmp, nestedfct, c++11-lib, c++14-lang,
c++11-lang, c++0x, c11, or gcc-c++11-lib.
Bump PORTREVISIONS for ports depending on the canonical version of GCC and
lang/gcc which have moved from GCC 4.8.5 to GCC 4.9.4 (at least under some
circumstances such as versions of FreeBSD or platforms).
In particular that is ports with USE_GCC=yes, USE_GCC=any, or one of
gcc-c++11-lib, openmp, nestedfct, c++11-lib as well as c++14-lang,
c++11-lang, c++0x, c11 requested via USES=compiler.
Remove $FreeBSD$ from patches files everywhere.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
Cleanup plist
Rename all patches that contain '::' as a path separator, and use
'__' instead.
Remove indefinite articles and trailing periods from COMMENT, plus minor
COMMENT typos and surrounding whitespace fixes. A few Makefiles where not
included as they contain Latin-1 characters that break the Phabricator
workflow. Category N.
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
* Fix build on 10
* Stagify
Sponsored by: Absolight
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Get Rid MD5 support
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting
with N
Unbreak on amd64.
Reported by: Kris's unbuildable ports reminder
WWW is no longer functional.
Reported by: erwin
Remove USE_REINPLACE from all categories starting with N
Approved by: krion@
- Fix build on >= 5.x
- Fix MASTER_SITES
- Patch for
(from debian project)
PR: ports/84695
Submitted by: Andrej Zverev <email@example.com>
Approved by: maintainer (timeout, 40 days)
BROKEN on 5.x: Does not compile
Approved by: portmgr (self)
Add size data.
Approved by: maintainers
Unbroke - new gcc now doesn't accept unterminated milti-line strings.
BROKEN on 5.x: does not compile
When l2tpd(8) runs on a multi-homed machine, and you attempt to
establish an L2TP VPN connection to its external IP address from
the Windows XP box on your LAN, l2tpd(8) will reply (UDP) from
its local IP address, and not external IP address.
Implement the new global option "address" to aid in overcoming
this problem. Also helps in environments with complex NAT
Bump PORTREVISION.
Approved by: sobomax
Let pppd(8) control the IP address allocation.
Approved by: sobomax
Clear moonlight beckons.
Requiem mors pacem pkg-comment,
And be calm ports tree.
E Nomini Patri, E Fili, E Spiritu Sancti.
- Prevent deadloop when control fifo is closed between the select() and
- Update to 0.69;
- fix an incompatibility, which causes daemon to eat 100% CPU even when
completely idle (ages old problem with select()'ing on FIFO without
writers opened for reading in non-blocking mode);
- replace incomplete and ugly daemonize code with native daemon(3).
Sponsored by: United Networks of Ukraine
Update to 0.69.
Add l2tpd 0.64, an implementation of the layer two tunneling protocol.
Requested & beersponsored by: Yuri Babushkin <email@example.com>
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
No vulnerabilities have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
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"I love that UMBC is diverse; you learn about so many different aspects of life, that it makes you a much more well-rounded student."
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Williamsport, MD
Campus Activities: UMBC Racing – Baja SAE, Volvo/Mack Truck Internship, Department of Defense Internship
Why did you choose UMBC?
I chose UMBC because the engineering program is outstanding compared to other schools in the area, with a major focus in undergraduate teaching.
What do you love about UMBC?
I love that there are so many different clubs that can foster your interests, whether it be within your major, or just a hobby. I also love that UMBC is diverse; you learn about so many different aspects of life, that it makes you a much more well-rounded student.
What would you say to a prospective student?
I would tell prospective students that coming to UMBC was a life changing experience for me, and if you do come to UMBC, get involved early and stay involved. One of my only regrets was not getting out of my room to experience UMBC sooner.
What has been your favorite class at UMBC?
My favorite class so far in the Mechanical Engineering track was a senior design class. We could chose our own project to work on for the UMBC Baja vehicle, and my group chose and anti-roll bar. Being able to do the full design and machining ourselves was a great experience. I also loved the general topic of the class: vehicle dynamics.
Where did you complete your internship/applied learning experience?
I have applied most of my classroom-learned concepts by participating in the UMBC Baja team. Being able to design a system of the car, and having to work with others is one of the most challenging and critical engineering problems I have been faced with so far in my undergraduate career. I also worked as an intern with the Department of Defense after my junior year of the track. I mostly worked on HVAC systems.
What do you hope to achieve after you complete your degree at UMBC?
Before I start my job in the fall, I will be taking a few months off to participate in the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adult's 4K for Cancer run. I will be fundraising a minimum of $4500 for UCF to participate over the summer. After starting my job in the Fall, I may come back to UMBC to pursuit a Masters Degree.


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London commuters were unexpectedly immersed in an epic piece of 3D artwork underneath Southwark Bridge, to mark the launch of the new Rise Against the Empire Play Set for Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits.
The artwork, created by world-renowned artists 3D Joe and Max, is a re-creation of the iconic Death Star trench run from Star Wars: A New Hope, and is featured in the Rise Against the Empire Play Set out Friday 2nd October, which features iconic moments from the original Star Wars trilogy.
Located a few minutes' walk from London Bridge Station and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Bankside, the artwork stretches 15 metres along the walkway underneath Southwark Bridge, complete with sounds effects of ships, laser fire and droids. The artwork will be available for fans to experience until 8pm Friday 2nd October.
Disney Infinity 3.0 is the latest installment in the highly successful "toys-to-life" franchise, bringing together characters from across The Walt Disney Company for the ultimate family gaming experience.
The Star Wars Rise Against the Empire Play Set allows fans to embark on galaxy-spanning missions with legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker, Rebel leader Princess Leia Organa, heroic smuggler Han Solo and his trusty co-pilot Chewbacca to help defeat Darth Vader and overthrow the evil Galactic Empire. Featuring non-stop action, players can explore open world planets like Tatooine on foot or on a Bantha, take down AT-AT walkers aboard a snowspeeder on Hoth, out-maneuver stormtroopers on a speeder bike on Endor, and partake in epic space battles in an X-wing Starfighter to destroy the Death Star.


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Based on the true story of two Spanish police officers killed by suspected Basque separatists in France, Jaime Rosales' Tiro En La Cabeza looks to be a fascinating experiment in film making. Shot from the perspective of an outside observer the camera follows an unknown man as though it were stalking him, shooting through open doorways, windows etc and simply observing his daily life, never coming close enough to hear what might be said. —Twitch
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Save the date!
Thursday evening 26 November 2015 is our annual Big Draw at Grey Junior School.
This is a massive event.
The cost is a donation of R350 (for two people).
This includes snacks, free drinks and you will be entered in a draw.
First prize is R18 000 cash.
Great value for money and it all goes for a good cause.
Please contact Jeanne-Marie Lombard on 082 334 1595 if you want to purchase a ticket.
The Rotary Club of Algoa Bay is committed to helping the community of the Nelson Mandela Metropole.
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Our two biggest annual fundraising events are our Golf Day and our Big Draw.
Details of our annual Golf Day:
PE Golf Club (known by locals as "The Hill")
Thursday 10 September 2015
36 Fourballs
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Eastern Cape wine lovers soon stand the chance to sample top South African wines at the inaugural FNB Eastern Cape Wine Show. The dual-city event opens its doors in East London on 12 March, to be followed two days later with a tasting in the Friendly City, Port Elizabeth. As with the other regional wine shows directed by wine authority Michael Fridjhon and arranged by events company OutSorceress Marketing, the FNB Eastern Cape Wine Show promises consumers a selection of about 200 of the best wines the country has to offer – from sensational sparklings and crisp whites to memorable reds and delicious dessert wines. Not only can wine lovers enjoy wine sampling from around 40 producers in a relaxed and informative setting, but they should make the most of the opportunity to stock their wine cellars via the Shop@Show retail facility.
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Breaking A Curse
The way to break a curse is to repent for whatever involvement has occurred on the enemy's territory and rebuke the devil out of your life. You should also pray something along the following lines:
"Father, I ask you first to forgive me for my sins and cleanse me from any area where I have allowed the devil to enter my life. I renounce any involvement with the works of darkness. In the name of Jesus, I now cancel every curse, and Father, I ask you to forgive the people who have spoken them against me. I thank you that those curses will no longer operate against me. In Jesus' name, they are broken right now, by the power of Almighty God. I cancel every evil that was spoken against me and ask you to cover me and my family with your protection according to your Word in Psalm 91."
The Bible tells us in James 4:7 to "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
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All around the world, Canada's winter athletes had the Midas touch over the weekend, dominating events on snow and ice.
Perhaps no effort was as remarkable as the showing by Canada's alpine downhill skiers on Saturday on a mountain in Chamonix, France. Three Canadian men started the event. All three finished in the top five, with Jan Hudec of Calgary winning his first gold medal since November of 2007.
World downhill champion Eric Guay of Mont-Tremblant, Que. won the bronze medal while Ben Thomsen of Invermere, B.C., started 50th, in poor light conditions, and hurtled down the course to finish in fifth spot.
"It's rare for a country that doesn't field a really big team … to have only three guys starting and all three in the top five is amazing," men's head coach Paul Kristofics said. "These things don't come around very often."
Hudec, 30, having endured six knee surgeries and a debilitating back problem, said he knew he had a small window of time to get his career back in focus. He woke up without pain for the first time on Saturday and said he could smell a win coming. He never stopped believing he could make it back.
"I think we blew everybody out of the water," Hudec said. "It was against the odds, but I think we've done everything in our power to put ourselves in that position."
It was the first time since 2007 that Canada had two men on the podium in a World Cup alpine skiing event. And Canada's winter athletes don't appear to be slowing down, despite the shadow that usually follows a concerted effort at a home Winter Olympics, according to Ken Read, a former alpine skier who is Own the Podium's winter director.
Read said OTP was able to continue the financing of the athletes, and didn't endure any massive cuts in March of 2010.
Now, Read said, we're also seeing performances that didn't happen at the Games "because there wasn't enough time" – particularly for sports that take longer to develop, such as cross-country skiing.
Short-track speed skating
Canadian men swept the podium in the 500-metre event at a World Cup event in Moscow and also won the hotly contested men's relay on Sunday.
Olivier Jean of Lachenaie, Que., won the gold medal while Liam McFarlane of Medicine Hat took the silver for his first World Cup medal. Veteran Charles Hamelin won bronze after falling in the final.
The men won the relay over a constant nemesis, South Korea.
Cross-country skiing
Devon Kershaw of Sudbury illustrated Read's point. Canadians won no medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver although they were painfully close, but in a 15-kilometre mass start on Saturday Kershaw became the second Canadian to win a World Cup event. Pierre Harvey did it first in 1988.
Kershaw's win marked his first distance skate-ski victory. He has now won medals in every discipline and at every distance.
Canadian cross-country skiers have finished in the top five in every World Cup this season.
Veteran Lyndon Rush of Humboldt, Sask., capped a gold rush for bobsleigh and skeleton racers at a World Cup met at the Whistler Sliding Centre. After winning gold in the two-man bobsleigh with partner Jesse Lumsden, the former CFL player who now plies the brakes on the Canada 1 sled, Rush also took bronze in the four-man event on Saturday.
Lumsden, who was in both sleds, started the sport in 2009, and his two-man effort was his first win in the sport. The effort in the four-man was significant because the Canadians hadn't been in the mix all season. Aside from Rush, the team is entirely different from the Vancouver Olympic crew that won bronze.
The four-man team includes Rush, Lumsden of Burlington, Ont., Cody Sorensen of Ottawa and Neville Wright of Burlington, Ont.
The crew delivered the fastest push (4.74 seconds) in the second run. "This is huge for us," Lumsden said.
Last week, Canada also won gold in women's skeleton and gold and bronze in women's bobsleigh.
Mikael Kingsbury, the World Cup leader in moguls, finally had his winning streak snapped at six when he finished second at a World Cup gathering in Deer Valley, Utah, late Saturday.
Kingsbury had equalled the record for six consecutive victories when he won a moguls event last Thursday. But on Saturday he faced a new format for the dual moguls – 32 skiers returned for finals instead of 16, necessitating an extra run – on the longest, most difficult course in the world, at high altitude (7,000 feet above sea level), in temperatures of -15.
Kingsbury got off to a bad start with a mistake in qualifying, in which he finished eighth and despaired of winning any medal. He said he was happy to win the silver medal behind Russian Sergei Volkov.
"For a 19-year-old kid to stay as composed as he has this year and week after week and run after run and to come through with the consistency and mental tenacity that he has is pretty significant," freestyle head coach Peter Judge said.
Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Montreal won a silver medal in the women's moguls, but came the closest she has to defeating Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of the United States. Kearney won her 14th consecutive World Cup gold on Saturday, but Dufour-Lapointe, just 17, actually finished the course faster. Kearney won on points.
"It was very debatable," Judge said. "It could have gone either way."


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"This book is an invitation to discover the bountiful wine regions, each different from one another, and is an homage to the beauty and uniqueness of the delicious wines they produced." —Georges Duboeuf, Les Vins Georges Duboeuf
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text: On the anniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death – August 25th – Taschen will release a hardcover version of Norman Mailer/Bert Stern: Marilyn Monroe. Taschen has paired Norman Mailer's original text with Bert Stern's photographs from the legendary Last Sitting—widely considered the most intimate photographs of Monroe ever taken—to create a fitting tribute to the woman who, at the time of her death in 1962, was the world's most famous, a symbol of glamour and eroticism for an entire generation. But though she was feted and adored by her public, her private life was that of a little girl lost, desperate to find love and security. Mailer's Marilyn is beautiful, tragic, and complex. As Mailer reflects upon her life—from her bleak childhood through to the mysterious circumstances of her death—she emerges as a symbol of the bizarre decade during which she reigned as Hollywood's greatest female star.


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Choose from a great selection of monogrammed t-shirts for women, fleeces, pullovers and embroidered initial sweatshirts make great preppy gifts during the cold weather winter months. Choose a lighter fleece for a warmer fall day, or something heavier for being out in the cold. The Pink Giraffe has something custom personalized just for you. Every one of our raglan tees and quarter zip pull overs are made from high quality fabrics that will hold up wash after wash. All of our ladies clothing comes with a free monogram that is included with your purchase.
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China Is Acting Like They can dictate to America
The Chinese Seem to be getting very aggressive and trying to tell the U S what our foreign policy and all policy should be for that matter! They constantly accuse us in the past of interfering in their internal affairs as that is exactly what they are trying to do with us. China needs to be taken down more than a few notches and the U S has the power to do that regardless of how much of our debt they own. The world should take a good look at these people and the Godless spirituous empty atheists they are. It was the West that made China what they have become by financing them in years past, transferring and selling them the technology they needed and did not have. If we had a President that had some guts he should tell the Chinese to mind their own dam business. Without having the U S as their #1 country that they export to, where would they be today? We should tell them to stick their chop sticks somewhere that the sun does not shine.
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It amazes me the stupid, stupid statements I read by some people concerning Iran. One politician said; only if Iran has nuclear missiles on the launch pad should we even be considering a war" How dumb can one be? If we wait until Iran develops and produces missiles that are nuclear armed it will be to late as the warheads are to easily hidden and we could never get them all. If Iran is allowed to develop nuclear weapons, containment will not do a dam thing! Iran having a nuclear arsenal will allow them to blackmail us any time they wish by the threat of using those nuclear weapons. Iran since their Islamic revolution has shown itself to be a murderous and killer regime with no respect for human life or human rights. They have executed many of their own people and recently more again whose only crime was a cry for freedom. They have blown up the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and injuring 250. They have dragged women off the street next to their screaming children and executed them for simply exposing their hair in public which violated their barbaric Islamic law. They support murderous terrorist groups worldwide that kill innocent people. The list goes on and on. Do some of you out there like Fareed Zakaria really want to see a nuclear armed Iran with their track record? Perhaps the Israelis will go it alone and try to interrupt Iran's nuclear program. You can forget about the U S doing anything about it under Barack Hussien Obama. The U.S. under Obama is a superpower that does not want to be a superpower. Obama has an underlying strong sympathy with third world countries no matter what kind of a regime rules them. The Israelis hit the Iraq nuclear site in the beginning of their nuclear program and it was a good thing they did. Can you imagine a nuclear armed Iraq when we had operation Desert Storm? What would have been the consequences? Can you imagine? If we bombed them now we would considerably delay their nuclear weapons program. If they try to rebuild it, bomb them again and again until they get the message. However, do not expect it from this gutless president and the U S is the only country capable of doing it. NATO is a paper tiger with our cowardly European partners with the sole exception of Britain. If any of you think Iran is a problem now, wait until they develop a nuclear weapons program. As for Hillary Clinton's statement when she said "NO" not all options are on the table for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, which was the most irresponsible thing she could have said. To let the Iranians know that we will not use the military option, they have even less of an incentive to cease their weapons program. The Iranians must be laughing at us like never before.
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Generally, the asylum law process is laid out in a compilation of laws, regulations and case law. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is the main source of law. Specifically, Section 208 of the INA describes the basics of asylum law. In addition to the laws, there are agency regulations on asylum which can be found in 8 CFR 208.
Applying for asylum is fairly straightforward if done correctly by an asylum expert. Below are the general steps in the asylum process:
- Using the help and expertise of an asylum lawyer, prepare your four part asylum application package (Asylum form, declaration, corroborating evidence, country conditions/human rights reports). Once complete, your lawyer will mail out the entire package to the correct USCIS address.
- After about 1-2 weeks, you will receive a Notice of Receipt letter from the USCIS.
- After another 1-2 weeks, USCIS will send you your asylum interview date and time notice.
- Generally, about 2 weeks later, you will attend your asylum interview.
- One week after your interview is complete, the asylum office will mail the decision to your address or you will be required to pick it up at the asylum office.
- If your asylum application is approved, you will receive work authorization along with other benefits. You may be eligible to apply for a green card after 12 months of continuous stay in the United States.
- Denials: If you are in the United States on a valid visa and invalid status (your I-94 has not expired) then you will receive a Notice of Intent to Deny in the mail. This is a letter from the asylum office stating why they intend to deny your asylum application. The asylum office will give you an opportunity to file a response and try to alleviate all of their objections.
If you are not invalid status (your I-94 has expired) and your case is denied, you will be referred to an Immigration Judge. This means you will be given the opportunity to present your asylum case all over again before an immigration judge. This process is a bit more formal and you should consult with an asylum lawyer for further information.


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A perfect day in the beautiful setting of Cirencester Park saw over 150 walkers supporting their local hospitals at the 2016 Walk for Wards, organised by Cheltenham and Gloucester Hospitals Charity.
Walkers were able to choose which ward or area of the hospitals to support, with their sponsorship and donations going directly to that area to provide extra care and equipment over and above the NHS.
The event was hosted by Countess Bathurst, who cut the ribbon to officially start the race before leading the walkers out into Cirencester Park. The historic estate was full of seasonal colour and music to inspire walkers was provided by local musicians the Metz Big Band who supported the event.
Local racing hero Robert 'Choc' Thornton joined the crowd of supporters, walking to raise money for the A&E team who treated him so many times during a career as a jockey which saw him triumph in over 1,000 races.
Robert was a frequent visitor to Cheltenham Hospital having sustained many falls and injuries while one of the UK's leading National Hunt jockeys, and wanted to give something back to the A&E department who helped him so often.
Robert Thornton: "When I heard about Walk for Wards I really wanted to get behind it and support the Gloucestershire Hospitals. It's amazing to be able to support the ward of your choice and to know exactly where your fundraising will help. Cheltenham A&E have been fantastic to me on so many occasions and I just wanted to say 'thank you".
Many of the people who took part in the walk had a personal reason for supporting their local hospitals, walking or running a 10Km or shorter 3Km route to say thank you for the care that they or family members have received. They were joined by staff from across the hospitals, and local companies including Sainsburys, Colour Connection and myFace who supported the event.
Richard Smith, Head of Fundraising: "We have had an incredible Walk for Wards, with perfect weather and a great atmosphere. It was amazing to see so many families, patients, hospital staff and supporters coming together at the event.
The funds raised today will make a direct impact on the lives of local patients and their families by funding extra care and specialist equipment over and above that provided by the NHS.
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Yesterday, governor Umaru Tanko Al-makura of Nasarawa State disclosed that in connection with the fresh outbreak of violence in some parts of the state no fewer than 50 persons have so far been arrested and are undergoing various forms of interrogations after which they will be charged to court to face the law.
Similarly, the governor has revealed his administration's plan to convene a special peace and security summit as soon as possible that would bring all major stakeholders in the state together to brainstorm on peace and security. He also revealed that the whitepaper on the Assakio crisis will be made public soon.
The governor, who made this known Monday, shortly after an emergency security meeting, said investigations are on-going to make more arrests as he warned against any act of lawlessness that could jeopardise the peaceful coexistence of the citizens.
Al-makura wondered why the people who have been staying peacefully with one another from time immemorial would now take arms against themselves because of an issue which could be amicably resolved without intervention of anybody. He pointed out that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the protection of lives and properties of the affected areas.
The governor, commending the efforts of the security operatives, especially the military personnel, for the arrests made so far, said his administration would not seat and watch disgruntled elements destroy the peace that the state is well known for.
Al-Makura specifically disclosed that additional logistics were made for the security to enable them perform their duties effectively. He thanked the federal government, all security agencies in the state, traditional rulers and other stakeholders for their cooperation and support in ensuring that peace was restored in the state.
In attendance at the meeting were the state Deputy Governor, Dameshi Barau Luka, the Secretary to the State Government, the state commissioner of police, the Emir of Lafia and other security chiefs in the state.
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With headquarters at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, the mission of Air Mobility Command (AMC) is to provide airlift, air refueling, special air missions and aero-medical evacuation for United States forces. Composer Mark Camphouse has drawn thematic material from Robert Crawford's "Air Force Song" to create this new march honoring Air Mobility Command. This spirited concert march is dedicated to The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, Major Donald E. Schofield, Jr. - Commander & Conductor. (2:20).


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Navy Seaman Apprentice Dare Spencer, son of Dennis P. and Donna L. Hirth of Round Lake, Ill., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
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Having grown up in an artistic environment, UK-‐based Fox Stevenson flourishes as a fearless performer on and off stage. He writes, sings, and mixes his own material in a live-‐action performance that incorporates multiple genres, creates a fun, upbeat and explosive sound, and pushes the limits of electronic music.
Unhindered by the constraints of a particular genre, Fox Stevenson (formerly "Sta SB") pushes against imposed limitations.
The Video for "High Five" made its debut on MTV Clubland. Check it out below!
Growing up in an artistic environment, with a musician, writer, and theater director for a father, Fox didn't need much prodding to explore art from the inside-‐out. Laying down his tracks from scratch, he will also write and perform his own vocals.As a live musician, he is unafraid to pick up the guitar, drums, bass, or mix a live DJ set on stage.
The casual listener is immediately struck by the emotional pith and complex narrative structures of his songs.
Most dance song lyrics are throwaway, but Fox's tracks are genuine, space-‐creating oddities of a new generation. They are indebted the old singer-‐songwriters of the past,while also challenging traditional expectations for beat-‐ based, electronic music.
In a world that often prefers we choose 'one or the other', Fox is one of the few willing to balance and create a free-‐flowing tri-‐force of dance, pop, and rock in his music.
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Uber has pulled ahead of Lyft in terms of revenue, riders, revenue per rider and absolute growth rates in the U.S., according to exclusive data from FutureAdvisor. Uber's revenue was about 12 times Lyft's for the 12 months until May 2014 in the US market, data tracking 3.8 million active credit and debit card users show.
Those customers spent $28.6 million on Uber and Lyft for the period of June 2013 to May 2014. Of that, $26.4 million went to Uber and $2.2 million went to Lyft, the data show.
During that same period, Uber provided more than 7 times the rides that Lyft did, and charged 1.6 times as much for them on average, the data shows. Of the millions of US credit and debit card users tracked by the data, about 96,000 used the two services. To those users, Uber provided 1.23 million rides, compared to Lyft's 170,000.
The average Uber ride costs $21, while the average Lyft ride costs $13, the analysis of 1.4 million purchases at the two car-service providers shows.
Uber is also growing much faster in absolute terms, adding new customers about 5 times faster, providing rides more than 6 times faster, and growing revenue more than 10 times faster than Lyft.
For the population tracked by the FutureAdvisor data, Uber added between 6,200 and 7,300 new riders per month during 2014, while Lyft added between 1,100 and 1,500 riders among the sample population.
Slowing US Growth
Both services have also seen their growth rates decline in the US, according to the data. While the private car services were adding new riders at a rate of more than 25 percent month on month in June of last year, both saw their growth rate decline to close to 10 percent month on month by June of this year, where it is leveling off. Lyft's relative growth rate adding new riders was slightly above Uber's in both cases.
As services, Uber and Lyft are both sticky. If either car service can convince a consumer to take rides in two of the first four months, there's more than an 80 percent chance that that person will become a long-term customer. Only 2.5 percent of all riders used both services during the period studied.
For both Lyft and Uber, that means further U.S. growth can only be accelerated if its competition disappears, which helps explain their intense rivalry as well as Uber's expansion abroad.
Leadership and Funding
Lyft's chief operating officer Travis VanderZanden was ousted last month after tensions with the company's founders, according to Re/code. Uber, led by CEO Travis Kalanick and head of global operations Ryan Graves, has embarked on a strategy of rapid global expansion.
Uber has raised $1.5 billion from investors such as Menlo Ventures, Benchmark, Goldman Sachs and Jeff Bezos. Of that, $1.2 billion was raised in its Series D in June. Lyft has raised $333 million from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund and GSV Capital, including a Series D of $250 million in April. Investment size is often an indicator of growth, as venture capital funds chase returns.
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About the data
FutureAdvisor analyzed data from a partner providing transaction data and account aggregation tools to major banks. The anonymized dataset used for this study was gathered from 2010 to 2014, tracking 3.8 million active U.S. credit and debit card users. 96,000 people, or 2.5% of the group studied, uses one of the two car services. The data paint a portrait of U.S. consumption in the wake of the great recession.
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