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Stream: Japandroids' Near to the Wild Heart of Life
Since banding together as Japandroids in 2006, Vancouver natives Brian King and David Prowse have projected the sort of hirsute, debaucherous garage-rock aesthetic that could be described as typically western Canadian. So it might come as some surprise that it took nearly a decade for the members themselves to come to terms with their own national identity.
The realisation arrived — naturally — while writing a song about America. Tasked with summing up the years between Japandroids' breakthrough second record, Celebration Rock, and the present, King penned an anthemic number he titled "North East South West," recalling highlights from the group's seemingly endless tours, contrasted by the longing felt for his girlfriend throughout. But, while the song sounded right — galloping, life-affirming; nostalgic in the way that makes you want to relive every moment — upon reflection the guitarist and vocalist instinctively felt something was missing.
"[We would have been] a Canadian rock band that has a song all about the States," he says, twisting his mouth in a way that implies embarrassment.
Putting pen to paper, King conceived a new verse for the song, recalling debaucherous nights in Dundas, Ont., and making a point of declaring that, "No matter how many times I fan the flame/ Canada always answers when I call her name."
"Before this [album] I would have said being Canadian didn't feel like a large part of our identity," King, who has relocated to Toronto but spends the majority if his downtime in Mexico City, admits. "When you grow up you don't realize how lucky you are and the uniqueness of being Canadian. The culture, the language, I appreciate a lot of subtleties of that now that I live in Mexico."
"On some level, you might feel even more Canadian after you've spent as much time as you have in Mexico," Prowse, who still lives in Vancouver and plays drums in the group, points out.
"We didn't want to make another Celebration Rock."
The quest for identity and concept of home are writ large on Japandroids' new album, Near to the Wild Heart of Life, and inherently appear throughout the story of its "clandestine" recording in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, New Orleans, New York, Mexico City and Bridgeport, Conn., between 2014 and 2015.
Recuperating in the wake of Celebration Rock's breakout success and the subsequent year-long world tour, the duo recalls deciding to throw everything out the window; to bluebrint a Japandroids 2.0 outside of the pressure of the internet and record labels.
To do this, they set two rules: "We didn't want to make another Celebration Rock and we didn't want to set any deadlines," Prowse explains. "[Celebration Rock] was the best we could do with guitar, drums and vocals. I think the success of that album left us in this spot where maybe we can make something as good but it's hard to believe we're going to make something better following the same formula. That's a challenge but it's also quite freeing."
Rather than going on "indefinite hiatus," a decision was made to simply ghost the music industry. "We weren't gonna tell people we were recording, we weren't going to be tweeting about it or sending updates and we didn't book any shows," King explains. "And when it's done we'll go about letting the world know that we're still a band."
In an effort to evolve, several ideas were bandied about. Friends suggested expanding the guitar-drum dynamic, adding more members to fill out their sound, like the Black Keys did (to great success). But King says the group dismissed the notion early on because "the White Stripes became the biggest band in the world without ever adding a member."
What they landed on was trying to use the studio as a third member, experimenting with acoustic guitars, sequencers and drum machines to fill out their sound, adding a layer of sonic complexity to the face-melting riffage and bombastic percussion that dominated their previous recordings.
It may be a small concession, relatively speaking, but to King and Prowse, the process felt like a rejuvenation.
"We're not as dogmatic as we used to be," Prowse says.
"This record is a first foray into a whole new world. It's our third record but it's our first in a certain sense" King explains. "Breaking our own rules made this record way more interesting. It's a very exciting time to be a little bit terrified."
Results of this foray can be heard throughout the record, most notably on the album's musical centerpiece, the seven-minute shoegaze rave-out "Arc of Bar," and the acoustic strums of closer "In a Body Like a Grave." But lest fans worry the lean, mean, bombastic rock machine has gone all Emerson Lake & Palmer, fret not: there's more than enough fist-pump inducing moments in the album's titular, opening track alone to keep the celebration going long past Canada's sesquicentennial.
"Breaking our own rules made this record way more interesting."
A decade and three albums into its career, Japandroids, the group who rolled out of the Vancouver haze as the last great party band, have emerged not only as an evolving musical entity, but as forebearers for a new generation of guitar rockers hoping to make the celebration last a little longer.
"Ten years ago we were mostly music fans, playing was only a tiny part of what music was to us," Prowse says.
"At the 10-year point you realize that you're actually that to other people," King jumps in, finishing his bandmate's sentence. "It's a pretty crazy trip."
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Sure hope you all are having a great July! It's now the 3rd Monday of the month. Time for a new Say It With Sentiments challenge at Paper Playtime. Our sponsor for this challenge is The Robin's Nest with a $15 gift certificate. Some great stuff to be had over there. Go check it out. Now to be in the running for a chance to win this great prize you will need to join our challenge and be a follower of Paper Playtime. Our theme for this challenge is for you to make a Miss You Card. Now, we really want new cards only. No back links. Okay? You have until noon, EST, Saturday, July 28th to link your card. For my card I decided to cut the raccoon from the Create A Critter cartridge. It can be found on page 33. I cut it at 3.25 inches. I used some faux black pearls for the eyes. I think it turned out really cute!! Thee bg patterned papers are from a little stack I picked up at Michaels-Recollections The Bright and Basics 6x6 paper pad. Some really cute papers in there. The sentiments are from K. Andrew Designs, Southern Sayings stamp set. I love this set. I'm a southern girl, born and raised right here in Alabama and have heard all of these saying all of my life. I have to admit that I've said most of them myself! I accented my card with these great Diamond Dew Drops from The Robin's Nest. Love these things!! And some great colors, too!!! I did some popping to finish up my card. Head over and take a look at what my DT Sisters created for inspiration. Awesomeness for sure!!! Hope y'all like my card!!!! :)
Monday, July 16, 2012
6 comments:
- Lisa said...
What an absolutely adorable card, Sharon!! The raccoon is so sweet and the paper is so fun!! And I love how you used the dew drops!! :)
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- July 16, 2012 at 5:55 AM
- Maria Matter said...
oh I love your little raccoon, especially in purple!! adorable Sharon!!
hugs & blessings
- July 16, 2012 at 8:01 AM
- mum of two said...
Love this! That racoon is SO cute, and all of those cute saying... love! :) TFS
- July 16, 2012 at 8:33 AM
- Stephanie said...
So cute. I love your purple raccoon.
- July 16, 2012 at 10:25 AM
- ~ Jo ~ said...
awwwwwww how freaking cute is this racoon????? OMG I love it! I love the colors together too, they go so beautifully together. This is a fantastic card Sharon!!!
- July 16, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Sherrie K. said...
Soooooo cute!! The papers are awesome and what a adorable raccoon!!
Sherrie K
- July 17, 2012 at 7:32 PM
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Could A Burger King Veggie Burger Be Coming To America?
Since a large percentage of Indians are vegetarians, it's no surprise that the Burger Kings in India have many vegetarian options on their menu.
But could a Burger King veggie burger make its way over to the U.S.? It looks like a strong possibility, reports the Economic Times.
"Looking at the response here, the global management is evaluating introducing some of these options going forward to other vegetarian-friendly markets," said Raj Varman, chief executive officer of Burger King India.
And since so many American fast-food chains have recently started catering to more health-conscious consumers, the U.S. is prime real estate right now for vegetarian options.
So it really shouldn't be long before the Home of the Whopper finally serves up a "Veg WHOPPER" — and maybe a "Paneer King Melt" and a "Spicy Bean Royale," too — over on this continent.
By making its menu more inclusive of all diets, BK is doing a great job of letting us "Have it [our] way."
What do you think of the potential plans?
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By Dr Fabian Niemann
In its judgment of 12 June 2009 the Regional Court of Hamburg granted an injunction (cease and desist order) in preliminary proceedings in favour of the German music collecting society GEMA against the Swiss filehoster RapidShare AG. The decision was based on the finding that although RapidShare used an MD5 hash filtering program, it had not done sufficient to prevent its users from illegally uploading music to its servers and thereby making the music publicly available. Contrary to many press reports, the court did not impose a fine or damages on RapidShare.
The judgment triggered huge international press attention, inter alia because of the value the court attributed to the claim (EUR 24 million), which was misinterpreted by the press as a "fine". The judgment is important because outside Germany no there have been no judgments against RapidShare. However, in Germany there have already been a couple of previous judgments on RapidShare.
The court rendered a cease and desist order stating that RapidShare must stop making publicly available or letting its users make publicly available the music listed by GEMA in the claim and that, in case of further infringements, RapidShare has to pay a disciplinary fine of up to EUR 250,000 for each case of infringement.
The court decided that the value of dispute was EUR 24,075,000. This amount is neither a fine nor damages which need to be compensated. The value of dispute is directly only relevant to calculate the court fees and the recoverable lawyer fees, but is also a sign of the court's evaluation of the copyright infringements.
The court found that RapidShare was responsible not for direct copyright infringement, but as a "disquietor" ("Störer"). This principle is peculiar to German law. A "disquietor" is a person who is made responsible for an IP infringement because of its relevant causal contribution. Such relevant contribution is usually assumed if the person has put in place a technical cause for an infringement, is aware of the infringement and does not prevent the (repetition of the) infringement although being able to do so within reasonable means. The German courts apply the disquietor principle with respect to injunctive relief claims (but not with respect to damage claims), even against access, caching and hosting providers within the meaning of the E-Commerce Directive, arguing that the protections of the Directive do not apply to injunctive relief once a person is aware of the infringements.
In detail, the court found that RapidShare is liable to cease and desist because it did not effectively prevent internet users from sharing copyrighted music files on RapidShare although GEMA had given notice of the infringement several times before the lawsuit. The sole use of a filter program called "MD5" by RapidShare was held to be insufficient because it did not effectively prevent users sharing the files in dispute. Instead, RapidShare would have needed to undertake more specific steps to make sure that the relevant files notified to it by GEMA are deleted and not shared again on RapidShare. The court held that RapidShare did not sufficiently prove that it has undertaken such reasonable steps (which could even include manual inspection for the particular disputed files).
There had already been several German court judgments in preliminary injunctive proceedings regarding alleged copyright infringements involving file sharing hosts – all based on the "disquietor"-principle. The judgments include five Regional Appeal Court judgments, four in favour of the rightholders and one in favour of the infrastructure provider (Regional Appeal Court Hamburg of 2.7.2008, file number: 5 U 73/07, granting judgment regarding RapidShare; Regional Appeal Court Cologne of 21.9.2007, file number: 6 U 86/07, granting judgment regarding RapidShare; Regional Appeal Court Hamburg of 28.1.2009, file number: 5 U 255/07, granting judgment regarding usenets; Regional Appeal Court Hamburg of 14.1.2009, ref. 5 U 113/07, granting judgment regarding usenets; Regional Appeal Court Düsseldorf of 15.1.2008, file number: I-20 U 95/07, denying judgments regarding usenets) as well as a couple of judgments of Regional Courts. All Regional Appeal Court judgments have been decided in preliminary injunction proceedings which cannot be appealed to the highest German civil court, the Federal Court of Justice. Thus, there will be no clear legal situation in Germany in the near future.
In conclusion, all courts found that file sharing hosts do not regularly need to check their platforms for copyright infringements in general, but need to take reasonable steps in order to stop infringements and avoid their repetition as soon as they get notice of the infringement. Knowledge is deemed proved if the provider warns users of the possibility of copyright infringements (which some of the providers did in their early days, but now most of the big providers do not do this anymore). The main issue currently is the question: what kind of measures need to be undertaken by the provider once it is notified of infringing content? A manual inspection of the platform by the provider's employees is certainly a sufficient step, but not practical for the providers in mass cases; the sole use of a pure MD5 filter on the other hand is not sufficient as the files can easily be renamed which makes it impossible to filter them. In terms of the required steps the Hamburg and Cologne regional courts apply a higher standard than the Düsseldorf Regional Court. It remains to be seen how the Federal Court of Justice may decide the case in the future. Until then, claiming rightholders (who can choose the jurisdiction within Germany in internet cases) will prefer going to Hamburg and Cologne.
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April 26, 1945
United States Department of State Bulletin.
No more suitable setting could have been found for this assembly than the splendid City of San Francisco, one of the main centers of the United Nations war effort-San Francisco, whose confidence in the future is only equaled by its sense of comradeship today. Our deep gratitude is due to the city itself and to the whole State of California, which with traditional hospitality has opened its gates to us, and also to the Government and the people of the United States who in a wider sense are our hosts at this momentous Conference.
We are met here in the shadow of a grievous loss. No one can speak in this assembly without recalling the memory of Franklin Roosevelt, the friend of free peoples, the good neighbor. He looked forward to continuing in peace that close association of the free nations which has brought us to the very edge of victory and from which the meeting of today has sprung. It was he who named us the United Nations, and we shall best honor his memory by proving ourselves worthy of that proud title.
Let us be clear about the purpose of this Conference. We are not met here to draft the terms of the treaty of peace. We are met to agree to set up a world organization which will help to keep the peace when victory is finally won over Germany and Japan.
At intervals in history mankind has sought by the creation of international machinery to solve disputes between nations by agreement and not by force. Hitherto all these endeavors have failed. Yet no one here doubts that despite these earlier failures a further attempt must be made, and this time we must succeed. All the causes that made some form of international machinery desirable after the last war make it indispensable today.
In the last hundred years, and in particular the last twenty-five years, the discoveries of science have served to enrich and sometimes endanger the world, but above all to contract it. We have entered an age when no natural barrier, whether mountain or ocean, can guarantee security against the new weapons which science has placed at the disposal of mankind. This hard fact is now biting deeply into the consciousness of all peoples, and they are, I believe, ready to accept its implications and to shoulder the responsibilities which it imposes.
Herein lies the main difference between today and the lost opportunity at the end of the last World War. Today this fact is patent to us all. Whether we will or no, we are all now one another's neighbors. San Francisco is as close to Berlin or Tokyo as New York was to Washington a century ago. The world of today is one large city, and our countries are its several parishes. We are the citizens.
Either we must find some means of ordering our relations with justice and fair dealing, while allowing nations great and small full opportunity to develop their free and independent life, or we shall soon head for another world conflict which this time must bring the utter destruction of civilization in its train.
It is therefore no exaggeration to say that the work on which we are making a start here may be the world's last chance. That is why the Governments of the four powers who sponsored the invitations to this Conference asked their representatives to meet and work out proposals which might later form the basis of an international agreement. They did so at Dumbarton Oaks. Their work was examined and completed in the Crimea. The final outcome is now before you.
Here there are a few general observations which I would make. In the first place, these Proposals admittedly constitute a compromise. In the second place, they do not constitute an attempt by the four powers to dictate to the rest of the world what form the future world Organization should take. They are the suggestions which we unitedly present to you for your consideration.
Nor are they intended to stand unchanged until the end of time. For our own part, His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom are prepared to accept and to endorse them and to do their best to give them life, because we believe that they can form a basis for a future world Organization which will help to provide that security which is today mankind's greatest need.
Security is not itself a final end. But it is indispensable if we are to make true freedom possible. Not otherwise can we hope to realize a world in which justice for nations as well as for individuals can prevail.
But this security cannot be created in a day nor by any document, however admirable. It must be the product of time and of constant effort, of learning to work together, of practicing and upholding accepted standards of international conduct. The important thing is to begin now.
Here let me sound a warning note and make a suggestion. Let us not attempt too much. We cannot hope here to produce a complete scheme, perfect in all its elaborate details, for the future ordering of the world. I am persuaded that we should be wise to set ourselves a goal more within the compass of our immediate possibilities. We shall have taken the indispensable first step if we can now draw up a charter within the framework of our principles. The details can then be left to be filled in in the light of experience.
I know that this is an Anglo-Saxon conception, which may possibly be challenged by others, but I am convinced that in this particular case it is right, and I would claim that its merit is capable of proof by reference to historical facts.
Now let me turn briefly to the Proposals themselves which we are met to discuss. They impose obligations equally on all powers, great and small. But I am conscious that a special responsibility lies on the great powers in these days when industrial potential is so decisive a factor in military strength. Great powers can make a two-fold contribution. They can make it by their support of this Organization. They can make it also by setting themselves certain standards in international conduct, and by observing those standards scrupulously in all their dealing with other countries. The greater the power any state commands, the heavier its responsibility to wield that power with consideration for others and with restraint upon its own selfish impulses.
What was the most sinister feature of the years which preceded the present struggle? It was the deliberate debasement of international conduct in which Germany, Italy, and Japan engaged to further their own selfish plans. It was the practice of these powers not only persistently to violate their engagements, but to use the new engagements they so readily undertook after each aggression as a cloak to cover their next crime.
This was their technique. But what was the result? There came a time when the outraged forces of civilization had to call a halt to these practices, and so inevitably the world was plunged into another war. Great powers have a special responsibility to guard against the recurrence of such practices.
I have laid emphasis on that portion of our task which is concerned with the provision of international machinery for the settlement of political disputes. But of equal importance with this is the solution of economic problems which, if untended, can themselves sow the seeds of future war. This will be the task of the Social and Economic Council which finds its place in the Proposals now before you. It is our duty to insure that this Council shall be well adapted to play its full part in our new structure of peace.
Here, then, are two immediate tasks, political and economic. Let us press them vigorously to a conclusion. World events of unprecedented magnitude both in the east and in the west crowd upon us every hour. If we order our labors efficiently and work to the utmost of our strength, it should surely be possible for us to agree our Charter within four weeks from now. We cannot afford to delay. Sir, I hope that we shall set ourselves such a target date and determine to reach it. This Conference bears heavy responsibilities. It has also splendid opportunities. Let it seize them now.
In the early days of this war, I went to Egypt to greet soldiers from Australia and New Zealand who had come to that country to protect the Suez Canal against the imminent threat of Mussolini aggression. On the evening of their arrival I was speaking to a number of the men of the motives which had made them volunteer for this adventure. Of the group one man remained silent. At last I turned to him and said, "And what made you come here?" He replied, "I guess there is a job of work to be done."
In the last six terrible years unnumbered men have died to give humanity another chance. We, too, have a job of work to do if we are not to fail these men. Let us do it with courage, modesty, and despatch. Let us do it now.


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First let me say that I really like Instapaper. It was one of the first apps that gave my iPad real purpose, and I use it pretty much daily. While the comments below might be negative and trite, there are tons of great things to love about this app too, so don't take things too seriously. If you aren't already using Instapaper, I'd recommend reading the the MacStories review to see what Instapaper is all about.
A lot of these gripes are based on personal usage (described early in gripe 1) that, in theory, mirror large scale usage. I'll be the first to say that I could be way off on that. I'm not currently aware of whether Marco captures the kind of usage data that would help him evaluate the effectiveness of the Instapaper user interface, or if he has ever made those numbers public.
The big idea here isn't to gripe on the Instapaper app for the sake of griping, but I want to start discussing interface design, the tradeoffs we make, how design evolves, and so on. I figured this post would be a good place to start, since I am unhappy with some of the choices made in Instapaper, despite the fact that it is a really good product.
Aside: Gripes, while numbered, are not sorted by importance.
Gripe 1: Always showing the collection chooser is a waste of space.
When you first launch Instapaper, you'll be taken to the Read Later collection. Before I talk about that collection, let's talk about overall layout and navigation.
This view tries to accomplish two things at once. First, it's a collection chooser (overlaid in orange), which lets you switch the collection you are currently browsing. Second, it's a collection browser (overlaid in blue), which lets you browse the articles of the selected collection and load an article to read.
I'll take a stab in the dark and say that I am an average Instapaper user. My Instapaper usage is as follows…
Each week I'll see various articles on the web shared to me via Twitter or mentioned in email. I'll mark them as Read Later using my desktop browser's bookmarklet or the built-in Send to Instapaper features of apps like TweetBot. I probably send anywhere from 15 to 25 articles to Instapaper a week. When I do find some time on the couch to read, I'll open up Instapaper on my iPad. The collection I'll be browsing is always the Read Later collection. I have to imagine this is the same for most others as well.
If this is true, and the majority of the user's time is spent in the Read Later collection, I cannot understand why the interface has been designed to dedicate 15% of the screen to collection choosing, which is not something that is common in typical use. I feel like giving this space back to the collection browser, along with some ideas on improving the preview cells of articles, could greatly improve the browsing experience on Instapaper.
Coincidentally, TweetBot for iPad has a similar, always present, sidebar, but here it doesn't bother me nearly as much, since I do frequently use it to switch collection contexts. With Instapaper, the collection chooser is, for the most part, just dead space for me.
Gripe 2: Centering the title in the collection browser looks misaligned because of the system clock.
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And, yes the TweetBot screen has the same problem.
Gripe 3: The "grid" default collection layout style is questionable.
I know there are many popular grid-oriented apps out there for presenting content on iPad. For me, I find the use of the grid in Instapaper to be more of a distraction than anything. I don't like the flow of my eye path as I have to browse the collection in a grid.
I'd much prefer a purely stacked list of article previews. I feel that this eye flow is better, and, as a bonus, it has great synergy with the vertical scrolling motion.
Thankfully, there is an option to toggle this behavior in Settings. I don't think it was there immediately upon 4.0's release, as I vividly remember not liking the grid and not seeing a way to turn it off, but sure enough, I found it while I was prepping this article. Woot!
Aside: The launch image always assumes a grid so on a fresh launch it looks a little clunky to see the grid and then see it go away in favor of the users preference. It'd be nice if the launch image were made more user preference neutral in the future.
Gripe 4: Different collections should have different preview cells.
There are many different collections, but only one basic cell design for the article preview cell. I find this unfortunate because the user's goals when exploring the different collections are quite varied and could benefit greatly from expanding the different cell preview designs. It would be great if Instapaper could offer some user preferences to suit their needs. Some examples:
Preview Cell Design for "Read Later"
Scenario: I'm browsing the Read Later collection from my couch. I have an hour to kill and want to catch up on things. The sort of the Read Later collection is based on when I added articles, so I'll see the most recent at the top. My goals for this view are:
- to remind myself about the article I added
- to determine whether I want to read it now
To remind myself, the preview cell offers a mix of article title, source domain, author, and a short blurb. For me, the blurb is usually overkill. It could be subbed out for more useful information.
While very helpful in reminding me about an article, the preview cell does very little to help me determine whether I should read one article or another. The cell does provide a series of dots which, if you use Instapaper over time, you might come to realize represents the length of time that the article will take to read, and how much of it you have already read. Personally, I'd like to see that changed into a more descriptive, text-based description and drop the "percent of article read" feature. After all, to do it in text would be verbose, and I'd like to think that the majority of users read these web articles in one sitting (again, I don't have numbers on this).
What I'd really like to see is Instapaper start to take advantage of the friends I've added to it and the global data it has, in order to help me realize what of the things I'm browsing is worth my limited time. Which articles have been liked by my friends (show me a few of their tiny little avatars) and what articles are making an impact globally (using global read and liked counts)?
Preview Cell Design for "Liked"
Scenario: I would assume that one of the main reasons I'd be in the Liked collection is because I'm trying to find an article I've read and Liked previously. I probably want to reference it myself or send it off to a friend. For me, this would usually involve searching, but I'm going to wait to talk about that later. As for the preview cell design, again we see the same design used in Read Later. How to improve?
In a word, dates. If used often, the "Liked" collection will span months and months of articles. Knowing when an article was published and when I Liked it would help me find what I'm looking for during a browsing session.
Preview Cell Design for "Archive"
I feel like the design for the preview cell in the Archive collection should be a hybrid of my proposed Read Later and Liked preview cell designs.
I also think that the Archive collection (as well as maybe Liked) might do something to help group up articles I've read by the same author or from the same site.
Preview Cell Design for "Friends"
More than improvements to the the preview cell, what this collection really needs is a list of my friends. Show me who is actively reading and linking stuff. Let me browse their history, as a collective or as individuals. (I go on about this in more detail in gripe 9).
Gripe 5: Archives and Liked collections should load more articles as necessary.
For what are probably many valid reasons, Instapaper only loads a small portion of your Archive and Liked collections. When you browse to the bottom of these collections, it just stops. If you want to load more, you need to visit settings and tell Instapaper to load more articles for these collections. This seems clunky and non-intuitive to me. There is nothing at the bottom of the list to even suggest that you should go to Settings in order to see more articles.
What I'd prefer to see here is some sort of button that allows users to manually load more articles, or perhaps Instapaper should passively load more by making an endless scrolling list.
Gripe 6: Respect my eye line.
The article view does a great job of letting the content own the space. There is a navigation bar, but unless you interact with it, it will eventually fade away while you read.
There are two ways to bring the bar back. One is by tapping somewhere that isn't otherwise interactive. The other is by scrolling to the bottom of the article — this is my gripe.
When I read articles in Instapaper, my eye line or reading zone (shown below overlaid in blue) is the very top of the screen. I literally read 1-3 lines and slowly scroll the page up little by little when I'm reading an article.
Eventually, I'll be almost done reading the article and — BAM — the navigation bar comes up and covers my reading zone. What follows is an unpleasant scrolling dance that I don't even want to describe.
I understand that it makes sense to automatically show the navigation bar towards the end of the article, but the algorithm needs to be tweaked in order to make sure that the reading zone of the user would never be hidden by the navigation bar, which, from my experience, it clearly can.
Gripe 7: Questionable archive icon and popover menus.
When you finish reading an article, part of the reason the navigation bar comes back up is because you have an action to perform:
- Like the article by tapping the heart icon.
- Archive the article by tapping the trash can and choosing "Move to Archive".
- Delete the article by tapping the trash can and choosing "Delete".
I feel like the choice of a trash can for the non-destructive action of moving an article from my Read Later collection to the Archive collection is unfortunate and likely confusing to some new users. Trash cans in a computer context mean "I never want to see this file or object again." A trash can is not a suitable icon for transferring an article, even if the destination is an archive. Ultimately I feel like each of these three actions should have their own icon and remove the popover entierly.
Aside: One alternate way this plays out is if you Like an article first and then tap the trash can the Delete action is removed leaving only Archive. Why would you ever want to present a popover menu where there is only one action? Again my recommendation would be to drop the popover entirely but should a case like this come up just assume the one remaining action and suppress the popover.
Gripe 8: Search is too elementary.
Search in Instapaper works like this: there are various search buttons in the app, and when you tap on them a modal window pops up. Then you type in some terms and a search is done against the full text of all the articles you have in Instapaper. The search happens on Instapaper's web servers. The results are presented in a list and then, upon tapping an item in the list, you jump to another modal window with the webpage of the article.
There are many problems with this experience:
- Search requires an internet connection. There is no way to simply search the stuff you have locally.
- In order to accept the search terms and present a result list, Instapaper uses a modal view that fills only 50% of the screen. Half the screen is left underutilized. Why is this not happening inline in the collection browser area, as I would have expected?
- There is no way to control your search context. The only option is "All." For example, you cannot do a search for something in your Liked collection.
- There is no way to reorder the results; they are presented in an unknown order. There is no way to sort specifically by the liked on date or search term relevance.
- When interacting with a result, the article is presented in a modal webview instead of the expected Instapaper article view. One of the major points of Instapaper is that it filters out a website's frame for easier article reading. Why not a proper article view here?
Overall search comes off as a minimum viable shipping feature, good enough to ship, but not where it should be. If it were just a young feature that would see improvement over time, I wouldn't gripe as much, but search is actually the main unlock if you choose to pay extra for a monthly Instapaper subscription. In that context, I really think it's important that search sees improvements soon. I don't think it's right to reward subscription buyers with such an elementary feature.
Gripe 9: The friends collection
Another young and hopefully to-be-improved-upon feature is the social aspect of Instapaper. The current version allows you to connect various friends, but the interface can be pretty clunky at times. For example, you have to add friends with one view and then remove them with another. Why does this require two views?
However, the real problem is the collection browser itself.
As I've said before, I really think this view needs to include the avatars of the people who are sending me this content. I know people by their avatar a lot better than by their twitter handle, and this change would make visually browsing things much faster. Also, I want the power to isolate a friend and just see what he or she is promoting. Let me browse by my friends, and then browse what they are sharing specifically.
At the bottom of the Friends collection is a toggle to show "Shared Links" or "Liked by Friends." First off, it's really awkward to have a toggle between a noun and a verb. Something is amiss.
What does Instapaper mean by "Shared Links" — these objects are called articles everywhere else in the app — why the difference here? Best I can tell, "Shared Links" represents URLs that people have posted on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and other services. I get that there is a naming challenge here, but I am not really happy with the current solution of "Shared Links."
In fact, I truly wonder if there is any value in having two distinct sub-collections in the friends category. Why not just one collection, and make it clear in the preview cell how this article came to the reader, i.e.: "Liked on Instapaper by Manton Reece @manton" or "Posted to Twitter by Thomas Fuchs @thomasfuchs?"
I think this, plus the power to browse and isolate content per friend, would be a nice improvement.
Gripe 10: Drop "The Feature" collection.
Described at the top of its view, The Feature is:
Daily editorial selections from the finest articles saved with Instapaper.
I never use this feature/collection. I have enough content to fill my reading time, and the idea of reaching out to this specific collection of content seems strange.
It's unclear how many articles are posted per day. The blurb says "editorial selections" as if to say, "these aren't selected by robots," but then no human editor names appear either. Who is the editor? What makes these articles so "fine?" What is the focus here?
When I click on an article, it doesn't even load a standard Instapaper article view. Instead, it loads the website. Why would it do this? For me, Instapaper is about an offline, clutter-free reading environment. This provides neither. It feels like an ad.
Maybe I wouldn't gripe as much if this collection didn't stare me down every time I opened the app. It just sits there in the static collection chooser area, which I never use. I wish I could turn it off.
Gripe 11: Settings
When I tap Settings in the lower left corner, I get a popover that is about 1⁄3 the height of the inner view (thus I need to scroll to see everything). Every other navigation-based item in this app has made use of the full screen of the iPad. If Instapaper didn't have an iPhone version, is this how the Settings view would have been designed? I doubt it.
The Settings view should fill the screen and fit in with the visual style of everything else, probably as a collection browser if the static collection switcher style design is staying. With this extra space, you can be more specific about things, like using labels as well as icons for the various friend services.
Gripe 12: Android
First I want to say thanks to Instapaper for doing an Android version. It was very handy to have a portable tablet version of Instapaper around when iOS 6 bugs were making my iPad less than useful. I will gripe however, that on Android you are not always following along with the Android-isms. For example, I found the behavior of the hardware back button to be somewhat inconsistent. Android apps should feel like Android, and iOS apps should feel like iOS.
The biggest problem with the current Android version is the lack of scroll position saving during orientation switches, which for me are usually involuntary as I move my Nexus 7 to reach for a glass of water or something. I'll come back and my article is not where I was. Very frustrating.
On Gripes
Again I'll say that I really do like Instapaper, both the service and the apps overall. My gripes are meant as feedback and kickoffs for other user interface discussions. Please do not take offense.


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December 2015
|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
|Rowntree Players
|Sat 5 Dec to Sat 12 Dec 2015
|The Time of Our Lives
|Reflex Dance Troupe
|Sun 13 Dec 2015
|Shepherd Group Brass Bands Christmas Concert
|Shepherd Group Brass Band
|Fri 18 Dec to Sat 19 Dec 2015
|A Christmas Stocking - Music Night
|Joseph Rowntree Theatre
|Sun 20 Dec 2015
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Another rollocking romp of a panto!
Rowntree Players
Saturday 5 December to Saturday 12 December 2015
As she turns 18 Snow White becomes the fairest in the land and the Wicked Queen isn't happy. Nor are the dwarfs she has working all hours down the mine finding crystals to power her sinister laboratory in the base. But don't worry Dame Nancy Nip and her son Tuck, recently qualified cosmetic surgeons, are on hand to put things right…
The Time of Our Lives
Join in the fun with Reflex Dance Troupe, sit back, stand up or dance along as we travel through the greatest hits of the century!
Reflex Dance Troupe
Sunday 13 December 2015
Join the dancers from Reflex Dance Troupe as we take you on a journey from the rock and roll of the 50s to the current hits of today!
From our youngest dancers to our golden oldies we aim to bring fun, smiles and a hint of cuteness as our little baby dancers take to the stage!
Tina Turner, Elvis Presley, Queen and even the Spice Girls have all had an influence in the music industry and as we travel through the greatest hits of all time we are such there is something for everyone, get ready for the Time of Your Life!...
Shepherd Group Brass Bands Christmas Concert
A Christmas Extravaganza
Shepherd Group Brass Band
Friday 18 December to Saturday 19 December 2015
All four shepherd Group Brass Bands come together to perform a Christmas Extravaganza at the Joseph Rowntree Theatre.
A Christmas Stocking - Music Night
A festive celebration of live music raising funds for the Joseph Rowntree Theatre
Joseph Rowntree Theatre
Sunday 20 December 2015
The only show you need to get the Christmas festivities started, with classic Christmas music performed by a live band and some of York's top soloists, under the musical direction of Don Pears.
A perfect early Christmas present - packed with toe-tapping and heartwarming music - and a fantastic excuse to leave the gift wrapping aside for an evening!


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Tech Sweeps Sports Tripleheader On SaturdaySOCORRO, N.M. September 21, 2010 -- New Mexico Tech's sports tripleheader went off in grand fashion Saturday.
|Amy Reed dribbles around a United World College defender in Socorro Saturday. Tech's Minerettes walloped UWC 8-0.
|James Chavez of Tech drives forward on a trick lineout play as Justin Long of the Clovis Nomads reacts to the deception. Running in support of the ball (at right) is Graham Payne. Tech scored a comeback 34-22 win in Socorro Satuarday.
The women's soccer, men's soccer and men's rugby clubs all registered victories. It was the first day in school history the three clubs had all been in action on their home pitches.
The Minerettes kicked off the action at 10 a.m., paired against United World College of Las Vegas, N.M. The visitors proved no match for the steadily improving Tech women, who dominated from the get-go on their way to a 9-0 rout. Getting in on the scoring feast were Amy Reed, Megan Roseborough, Naomi Sasso, Claire Honeyfield and Jacqui Wise.
The Minerettes carried the flame to Albuquerque the following day, where they blitzed the Godzilla team 11-0 in a regularly-scheduled Albuquerque Soccer League match. Tech's women roundballers now stand 3-0 for the young season.
Things went only slightly better for the UWC men in the men's showdown at high noon, as the Miners ran roughshod over their UWC opponents by a 5-2 score. The visitors kept it close for the first 35 minutes, until the Miners' Robert Hernandez neatly slipped a goal past the keeper into the far post. Hernandez' goal ignited Tech's attack and for the remainder of the first half and ten minutes into the second, the Miners scored three more goals to UWC's one. Each team added one more goal over the remainder of the match to account for the final margin. Hernandez and Mahmood Shittu each bagged two goals while Calvin Santisteven chipped in another.
The Miners, who scored an historic 5-2 home victory over New Mexico State University on September 5, will carry their 2-2 season record to Tucson and Phoenix this weekend for a challenging weekend of soccer against the University of Arizona and Arizona State University.
In the day's concluding contest, the Pygmy Rugby Club battled through temperatures in the 90s for a come-from-behind 34-22 victory over the Clovis Nomads. Clovis led until the 70th minute, when Brock Romero scooped up a tipped ball and touched down a five-point try which put Tech in front 22-17 after Dustin Webb's conversion kick. The Nomads stormed back within two minutes to tie the match, but young legs and a deep bench won out in the end as the Pygmies put two more tries on the board in the final eight minutes. Tech's five tries were scored by James Fallt, Isaiah Sanchez, Romero, Webb and Jacob Smith. Royce Beaudry notched a three-point penalty kick while Webb kicked two conversions and Fallt one.
After three weekends of play including one tournament, the Pygmies' record stands at 2 wins and 3 losses. A change of dates for the 30th Annual Northern Arizona Tens tournament, now set for October 9-10, suggests Tech's ruggers may need to rely on intrasquad competition for improvement in the interim. The Pygmies are the defending Northern Arizona 10s collegiate champions.
By Dave Wheelock/New Mexico Tech


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With the media pushing the measles story and being one of the many employees at Johnson County Community College who come in contact with hundreds of students each day — many who may not have had a measles booster — I turned to the JCCC board policies for guidance.
Alright. That doesn't really help me as an employee.
Alright so this tells me that if I get sick JCCC can make me go to a doctor they select (and they will pay for it), JCCC can tell people who "need to know" of my illness, if someone refuses to work with me they can (but probably won't) be disciplined, and if it wants JCCC can fire me for being sick.
It would certainly help if the college had a Student Health Center like it did a few years ago where students and hourly employees like me could drop in with questions or for help finding services. I guess it's more important to have a building showcasing art that we don't even own than it is to house a vital service that would benefit every student and employee of the college.


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Starting in Chilkat v184.108.40.206, asynchronous capability is added across all classes and all programming languages. The new Task and TaskChain classes have been added.
To Beta test, send email to email@example.com, or reply/comment here. Please specify the programming language, operating system, etc. that is needed.
The online reference documentation has been updated. Examples will be forthcoming. Version 188.8.131.52 will be released later this month.
The existing async functionality in Http, Ftp2, Socket, and Upload will become deprecated and will eventually be removed. Deprecated functionality will be removed in a future 9.6.0 release, where the ActiveX will have new CLSID's, and a new CreateObject name (with 9_6_0) in the name so as to be able to coexist with the 9_5_0_* ActiveX's. This will not happen for quite some time (months from now or early 2016).
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i woudld need the ftp for vb.net on Windows.. could i have a copy to test?
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Yes, which .NET Framework?
(Jul 15 '15 at 09:08) chilkat ♦♦
.net 4.5 Thank you! Could you please also point me to the updated documentation? couldnt find it.
(Jul 15 '15 at 09:15) sharkyenergy
Here's a .NET 4.5 build:
32-bit Download: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/download/preRelease/ChilkatDotNet45-9.5.0-win32.zip
64-bit Download: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/download/preRelease/ChilkatDotNet45-9.5.0-x64.zip
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thank you!
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The day that every Hokie knew was coming but wished wasn't coming so soon has arrived. Frank Beamer will lead the Virginia Tech Hokies for one final time against the Tulsa Golden Hurricanes at the same bowl game where Beamer's tremendous bowl streak started, the Independence Bowl.
However, Tulsa will be ready to go and push the Hokies today with a high-powered offense that has averaged almost 36 points per game this season. The Hokies will know that this won't be a walk in the park even if Virginia Tech is just about two-touchdown favorites against Tulsa.
Tulsa has one of the worst defenses in all of college football, and Virginia Tech must be ready to take advantage of this weakness. Tulsa's rush defense has allowed over 5 yards per carry this season, and the Hokies will need to focus on the ground attack early and often.
Travon McMillian has been quite impressive this season despite not taking the starting job until the Hokies' seventh game as he is 39 rushing yards away from becoming the Hokies' first 1,000 yard rusher since David Wilson. However, McMillian definitely has the potential to have a huge game with 150 to 200 rushing yards on the ground.
Tulsa's passing defense is just about as bad, and Michael Brewer will be inspired to finish off his career well not only for Beamer, but also for his family. With the game being in Shreveport, Brewer will have many friends and family making the trip from Lake Travis, Texas over to Louisiana to see Brewer play one final today.
Brewer will be ready to have a big game today, and definitely could put up 300+ passing yards and 3 or 4 touchdowns this afternoon. Meanwhile, Isaiah Ford should benefit from the matchup, and will definitely be trying to become Virginia Tech's first 1,000 yard receiver which many expect to happen.
This may be the last game for Bucky Hodges with the redshirt sophomore tight end considering the NFL, but Hodges is a matchup nightmare, and will be a difference maker.
Dane Evans and the Tulsa passing attack will be ready to be aggressive even if they are going against Virginia Tech's DBU. Brandon Facyson and Terrell Edmunds have been playing better as the season has gone along as the starting cornerbacks while Greg Stroman and Adonis Alexander have become more reliable in man coverage.
Tulsa's rushing offense isn't too bad, but this is a team built on a high-powered passing attack. However, Tulsa will look to get the run game going early to set up their passing game, and it will be up to Andrew Motuapuaka and the linebackers to fill any holes and prevent Tulsa from getting to the second level.
Tulsa will score their fair share of points, but Bud Foster's defense will be ready with Foster very fired up to send out the man he has coached with for all 29 years at Virginia Tech with a win. With this being Frank Beamer's final game, you just have the feeling that there will be some Beamer Ball magic on special teams once again in Shreveport.
The end of the Frank Beamer era and while it has been a roller coaster ride over these 29 years, I don't any Hokie would exchange this for another coach. Without Beamer, there is almost no way that Whit Babcock, Tim Sands, or Buzz Williams are in Blacksburg, and Virginia Tech may be in the AAC with Tulsa instead of the ACC.
Frank Beamer changed Virginia Tech and now will give us one final ride back to the place where Virginia Tech fans made their first bowl game trip for Beamer. This is the end of an era that no one wanted to see happen once we found out it was happening even after some of the frustrations of this season.
This is it, and the Hokies will send off Beamer with a victory plus Coach Beamer getting carried off the field one final time.


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Sock Summit: Opening Day
Opening Day
On Thursday, wonderful Knitcircus tech-editor Stephannie Tallent (aka Stephcat on Ravelry and twitter) arrived in town; we've worked together for a number of magazine issues, but had never met in real life. Seeing her was very satisfying, because she was just as I thought she'd be! Except way more fun to hang out with in person. :)
Longtime Knitcircus designer Fickleknitter couldn't be at the show because of a family emergency; it looks as though she will soon be parent to another child, for all the saddest reasons. We had told her we'd help out as much as we could, so Steph and I spent a good chunk of the day setting up the Fickleknitter booth, getting it ready for the marketplace open that evening. Holiday Yarns had done the heavy lifting, getting boxes in and unloaded, so we arranged patterns, put up signs and plugged in lights. A big cheer to SlippedStitch Studios, who manned and womanned her booth for almost the entire show.
We also got to hang out with the fabulous Ms Shannon Okey, help her string and hang sample socks, and sample some of her Voodoo Doughnuts.
Another Portland thing: little clusters of food carts, called "pods." At a little place called Savor, my mom got a grilled cheese sandwich on artisan bread, with local cheddar cheese, organic tomatoes and truffle oil. Wow. The only thing that wcould have made it a better taste sensation was washing it down with some of their Blueberry-Basil Lemonade. The basil wasn't overpowering, just enough to give it an intriguing taste. I want to figure out how they made that so I can try it at home! May even try this recipe today, with store-bought lemonade and basil from my dad's garden…
We ran into the sweet and friendly Julie, from Patternfish, at the food carts; she does such an amazing job with that pattern site!
The opening Marketplace session ran from 4:30-6:30 Thursday night. Playing the part of Fickleknitter, I slipped in and gave the booth a final primp; everyone got their booths all pretty, and then, according to Sock Summit tradition, gave a big cheer for the attendees as they started streaming in.
!Everyone went straight for their favorite stalls and began petting the fibers. You should have seen the lines at Sanguine Gryphon! It wouldn't be much of an exxaggeration to say that at one point, a quarter of the knitters in attendance were standing in that line. Couldn't believe when I checked back on Saturday that they still had any yarn left!
The marketplace, I tell you, was a well-edited (but huge) sock knitter's dream. Before the show started, I got worried that the lovely Desiree, of Stricken Smitten, would sell all of her new silk/wool blend before I could get to it, so she kindly set one aside for me. My first yarn score of Sock Summit!


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It's been a good long while since I've felt compelled to write anything. At all. To anyone. Life is very defeating, and to say I'm struggling would be an understatement. But things are on the up, or at least more manageable, and I'll be fine. I'd been itching all day to find the best possible words to express my current situation. Decidedly, I won't address it at all.
Today to prove a point my friend Hannah asked me a very probing question. I took it far more seriously than she needed me to. More importantly I took it far more seriously than anyone should have, which naturally meant you deserved to learn my over-analyzed answer.
The question (so to speak):
Name the top 5 (later extended to 10) TV shows you think everyone should watch.
Here in my humble opinion are the top 10, in no real order, that I think everyone should watch.
For obvious reasons, but cautiously for the overly dramatic reasons. To remind that some people come and go, but there are some who are constant.


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About SkyRider & the Journey to the Air Citadel
A rich boy named Noki lives on Air Citadel. This is a safe place high in the skies. He's doing well, but he can see the poor people on planet earth dying. Noki doesn't think it's fair that the poor people need to die and only the rich people can live. He wants to save the people on planet earth and restore justice!


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How Can We Bring a Forum to Our City?
A MISSIONNEXT FORUM provides insights into options in missions that are surprisingly well suited for the skills and passions of each participant. These conferences are designed to be a safe place to reflect on how, where and when the Lord may be leading each to invest time in Kingdom service.
MissionNext invites individuals and churches that express an interest in having a forum in their area to contact us.
Once it has been determined that there is interest from a number of local churches, the National Forum Director will come to your city to facilitate an informational meeting. The meeting is held at a church facility and is set up by someone locally. The meeting should be attended by pastors, church leaders, and missions committee leaders from 8-10 area churches. If, at this meeting, there is agreement to proceed with a MissionNext Forum, the next steps will be to:
- Find a volunteer to serve as Forum Coordinator and head up the local committee
- Find a church that is willing to host the event at their facility* (should be able to host about 250-300 people, provide rooms for workshops, plenary sessions and have a dedicated exhibit area.
- Establish a local committee made up of members from participating churches to facilitate the promotion, coordination, and preparations for the event.
- Enlist a minimum of 6 churches (goal of 10) to participate in and sponsor the event.
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Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego rumbled to life earlier this month — and social media has been "erupting" with close-up photos and videos of the active volcano.
The volcano spewed ash and lava and made the ground shake for days before it finally erupted on July 11, the sixth time it's done so in 2017.
'Exploding for hours on end'
Brad Guay, 22, was visiting Guatemala from Hoboken, New Jersey, on July 9, when he woke up to "the ground under my tent shaking and a series of low rumbles, punctuated by occasional louder explosions."
Guay was camping on another volcano called Acatenango, which is about a mile and a half away, when the Volcán de Fuego began erupting. He captured a photo of the eruption, showing the volcano piercing the cloudy sky with lava.
"The lava was shooting up to 300 meters (about 980 feet) into the air, and was spilling down the side of the volcano," Guay said. "The volcano would also throw hot boulders that were probably about the size of a car through the air, which was pretty incredible to see."
It was an amazing sight, Guay said. "I assumed it might show a little bit of lava for a few minutes if we we're lucky and that would be that. (I) totally didn't expect it to be exploding for hours on end."
Fernando de Dios, a 24-year-old from Guatemala, said he posted a video of the volcano after he and a group of friends hiked it on Sunday.
Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres, the government agency tasked with warning residents and visitors to potential environmental disasters, discourages people from getting to close to an active volcano due to falling debris and the instability of the activity.
They were about 650 meters (about 2,130 feet) from the active cone, de Dios said, when he captured a video of black ash billowing toward the sky.
The explosion, de Dios said, was "very cold with strong winds," but was an "awesome" experience.
"You could not smell the ash, but you can see the eruptions with a unique view," de Dios told CNN. "You can hear all the rocks falling and feel every explosion in your chest because of the vibration in the air.
"One of the best experiences I've ever had," de Dios said of witnessing the volcanic activity.
According to the Global Volcanism Program at the Smithsonian Institution, activity for the Volcán de Fuego can be traced to 1524, when it erupted for at least a month. The volcano was most recently active on June 18, when explosions produced ash plumes that rose as high as 950 meters (about 3,116 feet) above the crater.
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Moray SNP News
Moray's MP Angus Robertson has pointed to a report by Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) finding energy tariffs offered by the big six energy companies were around five per cent higher than they should have been between 2009 and 2013.
The SNP has long been pushing the UK Government hard on regulation issues, especially on pricing and the local MP says this report backs up the concerns he and other SNP MPs have raised over the years and the UK Government must take urgent action.
Energy prices being around 5 percent higher than they should be over four years will have cost the average household hundreds of pounds, money which would otherwise have helped those families with other critical costs in a difficult financial period.
It is also concerning for the local Moray economy as that, in effect, millions of pounds not spent in the region but instead going into the coffers of the energy companies.
Angus Robertson MP said:
"This report makes it clear that regulation of the energy industry by Westminster has failed consumers for many years. What we hearing from the CMA is that consumers have been overcharged hundreds of pounds. Multiplying that across thousands of households in Moray we see literally millions of pounds being lost from local households and, by extension, our local economy.
"The SNP in Government invests in energy efficiency programmes to support people that need help paying their bills or keeping their home warm. With the full devolution of energy policy, we could sort out the mess the UK Government has made of the industry and deliver lower, fairer pricing for all consumers.
"Instead of sorting out the fundamental regulatory issues affecting consumers the UK Government has instead focused on moves to cut support for onshore wind leading to confusion and uncertainty for the important renewable industry. In addition enormous subsidies for new nuclear generation dwarf those being offered to wind, wave and tidal generators, and risk squeezing investment in these vital technologies.
"The focus needs to be on renewables and regulation to make sure that the public as energy users get fair pricing and long-term security of supply, not the haphazard policy currently operated that panders to nuclear at the expense of both consumers and the massive renewables potential we have in Scotland."


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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
One thing that's neat about this system is that the save games are saved inside the dataset that you are using, which are copied over to your local application folder. What this means is that if you launch a mod, its save games will be separate from other mods. No worries or trying to remember which save works with which mods.
Here's a screenshot of the semi-final saving and in-game menu (I need to get a generic OK/Cancel button artworks, will commission that soon...):
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- XenoBrainAugust 30, 2013 at 11:57 AM
Why do some (most) of your buttons have programmatically generated text but 10 don't?ReplyDelete
I don't see the empty versions in the main texture atlas either, so um.... here you go?
Ah, those were from the early days when I first started working with my artist. I asked for buttons for main menu, and got those. Then eventually I realized that it's expensive to ask for buttons with text, which can be only used in one place, and started replacing those with buttons that have no text. Another benefit of this is that it also supports internationalization. I will add that when beta starts.Delete
Thanks for your blank button version, I'll add them and start replacing the ones with text on it with those. This was a low priority item for me, but since you noticed it, I'll work on this :)
- AnonymousSeptember 1, 2013 at 3:21 PM
Would it be difficult to include an option to change the font style? I'd love to play with something a bit more elegant than late-80's retro-futuristic.ReplyDeleteReplies
The underlying code supports different fonts as a hold-over from when I worked on the UI engine project. You can replace the font used by adding the font that you want to use in "Fonts" folder in the game's data folder, then modifying the fonts.xml to point to it, and the game will use that font. You can even specify font size as well. In the future, I plan on having UI be loaded from data files, with support for different fonts/styles for different controls.Delete
- XenoBrainSeptember 2, 2013 at 2:04 PM
I was having the same thought that a "Modern" theme would be nice so I messed around in Photoshop a little bit and changed the button bar on the bottom to a blue glassy look.ReplyDelete
Just replace main.png in the graphics folder if you want to see it in-game.
It's not much but I'm planning to change the main panels over to a similar look when I have time and see how it turns out.
Also, I modified two race portraits for a slightly more "rendered" look.
The buttons looks nice! Space Hamsters, I don't really see any differences besides it being more dark and the background you can't see anymore. But the Zero People one looks like the lights are glowing. Nice effect!Delete
I'm looking forward to seeing people's mods for the game like yours!
Thanks for the feedback!Delete
There's actually a lot of changes I made to both portraits. Dark semitransparent gradients we added to wall corners to simulate ambient occlusion.
Hampster and Zero People got gradients to simulate directional lighting.
Both got "glow" though for the hampster it was more subtle and mainly to gloss over the sharpness of the pixel art.
Hampster got a "Rim light" to make him pop off the background a little better.
Overall everything is meant to be pretty subtle as I was trying to achieve a more "filmic" look without burying the original art, "don't fix what ain't broke", right?
Hampster's BG is dark on purpose under the theory the pirate ships are dark & moody, but there may be a way to get that effect where the background is less dark (colored spotlights?).
So, thanks again for the feedback.
When I have time I'll see about reskinning the main panels.


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It's no easy task to take on civil rights for 51% of the world's population, but that's just what Women's Voices Now has done. As part of our Incubator Projects program, we partnered with the non-profit to help them communicate their message clearly and loudly. After all, what good is a voice if no one hears you?
We created WVN a hopeful, colorful identity showing that their can be light in even the darkest crevasses of civil rights. The three lights also speak to their mission's three pillars: To empower women around the world and give voice to the struggle for civil, economic, and political equality.
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This year was just my second time attending the International Home + Housewares Show at McCormick Place. It was almost overwhelming to be surrounded by such a vast array of beautiful products. There were many beautifully designed booths, though photography is not allowed at the event and permission can be hard to come by. But at least the people at Con-Tact Paper were happy to let me photograph the lovely sculptures that some artists made with their products. These birds are my favorite.
There were so many innovative products there. Corner Housewares featured their folding convertible furniture. Their Radiant Circular Folding Table is one of the most beautiful folding tables I've seen. It comes together beautifully without exposed hinges and folds for storage. Great for small spaces.
If pretty placemats are what you need, you should definitely check out Victoria Lekach's collection. These stunning pieces really make a statement on a tabletop and there are many styles and options.
Wheaton, Illinois based Collector Mount offers display solutions for comic book, action figure, and vinyl album collectors. Their mounts allow each piece to stand out from the wall without a distracting frame around it.
Several of my favorite housewares brands were there. Here are a few of my favorite new things from them.
Vigar America's new polka dot floral brushes make cleaning fun.
Umbra keeps adding nice furniture to their mix, like this Lexy Side Table.
Flash Furniture continues to expand is great line of budget-friendly commercial and residential offerings, like these (Tolix-inspired) metal chairs that come in a lot of great colors.
Design Ideas has the Cooper line of organizers which look great and can store little things like office supplies and makeup brushes.
Orla Kiely's funky mod flowers give her newest housewares a groovy 70's vibe, like this butter dish.
French Bull's new Terazzo collection is a whimsical rendering of a traditional finish.
Le Creuset has added two new colors to their line, Marine and Oyster, reflecting the two most popular neutrals right now.
Speaking of color trends, jewel tones are still popular. For metals, brass and copper dominate.
And iridescent finishes are having a moment, as you can see with this ring holder from Umbra.
Finding the right finishing touches for a space can be a challenge, so it's great that the Housewares Show makes it so convenient to find so many under one roof. I look forward to next year's show and hope to get to use some of these resources for my next clients.


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Awesome pictures and interesting post.
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Randy Brecker:I was captivated by their first CD Two Sides One Story and this record, let's say, just takes it from where they left off and while maintaining that tradition, shows them both blossoming and breaking new ground and new perspectives.
Upcoming gigsBrad & Elliot Mason 05/27/19 Mason Brothers Quintet in New York City at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola
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I still have a few articles in the skincare series I want to get through so this will the the second week of the series to wrap it all up.
Today I want to introduce to you a facial mask I've been using over the past 2 months that I'm loving to bits.
Alpha-H Smoothing & Perfecting Mask - 100ml
- This is a glycolic infused clay mask that helps to not only absorb excess sebum from face, but the 15% buffered glycolic acid adds a little extra oomph to this otherwise fairly ordinary clay mask.
- When put onto cleansed damp skin, I feel an initial tingling from it and knows it goes to work straight away. The instructions suggests to leave this on for 10 minutes but often I go over this time because I'm too busy watching TV shows and don't walk back into the bathroom to wash off till the next opportune ad. Never do I feel discomfort from leaving it on longer though and if you do as you may have more sensitised skin, wash it off when it gets too tingly/itchy.
- Another reason why I love this mask is because of the amazing lavender scent which is soothing and invigorating to the senses at the same time.
|slapping on the mask after a long day at work
- Afterwards, skin is not only soft and smooth as expected but my flaky bits are also washed off easily and it helps to keep all those blackheads on my nose under control - hallelujah!
- I also noticed that weekly use also refined my pores on my cheeks and they are smaller, texture of skin is more even and I'm less oily during the day, despite it being full summer weather where I'm normally an oil-slick by midday, I now only have a light sheen. This and my daily glycolic cleanser use have really helped to refine my skin and change what was an oily yet dehydrated skin type to more of a normal-combination skin type. This is definitely a great achievement for me.
- I would recommend this to all skin types except for those with sensitive skins or on any open wounds (it may sting a bit if applied on popped pimples so avoid using the mask on those areas).
If you love glycolic acid cleansers and want extra skin refining benefits in your masks, then Alpha-H smoothing & Perfecting mask is a great addition to your skincare. In fact, because I don't want to be running out, I've already bought a back up tube after receiving a sample size tube of the product to try last year.
RRP A$63 at selected salons, and cheaper online at AdoreBeauty (A$52.92) or the Facial Company (A$53.55). I bought mine from AdoreBeauty.
P.S - buffering of AHA products makes it safer to use as there are less free acids particles in the products that could to too aggressive to skin.


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Services offered at this location: 3.0T MRI, including breast biopsies; 64-slice CT; general radiology, including x-rays; musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK); nuclear medicine, including PET CT, SPECT CT and Thyroid Therapy Treatment Program; ultrasound
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5 Plainsboro Road, Suite 180
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Services offered at this location: Breast ultrasound, including ultrasound-guided breast biopsies and aspirations; DEXA (bone densitometry); mammography, including screening and diagnostic mammograms and needle localizations; OB/GYN ultrasound exams, such as pelvic ultrasounds and sonohysterograms
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Subject: Third-Party Relationships
Date: January 24, 2017
To: Chief Executive Officers and Chief Risk Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations, Technology Service Providers, Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties
Description: Supplemental Examination Procedures
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing examination procedures to supplement OCC Bulletin 2013-29, "Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management Guidance," issued October 30, 2013. The supplemental procedures promote consistency when examining national banks and federal savings associations' (collectively, banks) risk management of third-party relationships. These procedures expand on the core assessment contained in the "Community Bank Supervision," "Large Bank Supervision," and "Federal Branches and Agencies Supervision" booklets of the Comptroller's Handbook. These procedures use the concepts and definitions contained in OCC Bulletin 2013-29, including appendix A. Appendix B of OCC Bulletin 2013-29 provides additional guidance about third-party risk management practices in specific areas.
Note for Community Banks
These procedures may be used during examinations of a bank's risk management of third-party relationships.
These procedures are designed to help examiners
Further Information
Please contact Judi McCormick, Governance and Operational Risk Policy Analyst, Operational Risk Policy Division, at (202) 649-6550.
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