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If you are looking for an all purpose dildo, the Theta Elements is an amazing toy. It is not only perfect for strap on play; it is also great when used solo, vaginally, or anally. In addition, the unique curve is designed to hit all the right spots with comfort and ease.
If this toy were made out of glass, wood, metal or some other firm material or had a firm core, I think it would be terrific, but it lost its hard-on.
The Theta is a beautiful and abstract body-safe toy. It is well-designed for anyone who's just starting penetrative play and finds other toys too big, rigid, or just too intimidating for comfort.
All in all, the Theta was a fun experience, but I wouldn't go out of my way to use the item again on my partner or myself. Though it's pretty and sleek, it doesn't pack the punch you want to give when thrusting into your partner, nor does it provide enough size to achieve orgasm.
The Theta is a good choice for a beginner, but for most people it would be too thin to provide any stimulation. This dildo is very flexible, so it's not going to do a whole lot for someone. It comes with a bullet that provides only minimal vibration.
For me, Theta did not provide lots and lots of G-spot stimulation, it's just too flexible to give good firm stimulation. The head provides some nice sensations when popping in and out, and the design is filled with elegant curves. Theta isn't a bad toy by any means, but won't be anything mindblowing for most.
The Elements Theta is suitable for most people and for a variety of uses and occasions; half the fun may just be figuring out your favorite way to use her. The simply elegant design concept is as captivating to the eye as it is functional, and while she may not be the "thrust hard 'til I come" type of toy, she does know how to seduce in a slow-burn style. However, if you need strong vibrations, I would add a better bullet to your order, as the included one is very mild and buzzy.
Bend and shape the sinuous Theta any way you want her. Turn her, twist her, rub her, hold her in place. She will conform to your body and do anything to please you.
The Theta turned out to be great for both g-spot and clitoral stimulation, something I didn't expect from looking at the design. This quality toy is totally versatile and has quickly become one of my favorite toys for solo exploration.


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Comodo Dragon
Systematic and Distribution
The Komodo dragon, Varanus komodoensis, was described for the first time by Major Peter A. Ouwen in 1912 (Auffenberg & Auffenberg 2002; Dunn 1927). This giant lizard species was placed in the genus Varanus, family Varanidae, order Squamata, Class Reptiles (Mattison 1992). Varanus salvadorii from Southern New Guinea and V. varius from Southeastern and Eastern Australia are believed to be the sister groups of V. komodoensis (King et al. 2002; Molnar 2004). The closest congeneric species occupying the same region is the Monitor lizard, V. salvator salvator (Auffenberg 1981).
Auffenberg (1981) reported that this species was called the "ora" by the local people of Komodo, Rinca, and West Manggarai. There are several local names described by Auffenberg (1981) from across its distribution in the Lesser Sunda region (see Table 1). The name "Komodo" was taken from the name of the island where the first specimens were taken, and which means "rats" (Dunn 1928).
Table 1. Local names for Komodo dragon
Local name Region
Ora (also hora, lawora) Komodo, Rinca, West Manggarai
Buaya darat (= land crocodile) Komodo, Rinca, West Manggarai
Rugu (= Ora) Central Manggarai
Si (also ugu; = lizard) Central Manggarai
Lio (also ugu, = large monitor) Central Manggarai
Pendugu (Grandfather of Ora) Central Manggarai
Mbou (= Ora) Central Manggarai
Source: Auffenberg 1981
Even though the Komodo dragon is the largest lizard in the world, this species has the smallest range of any large carnivore (King & Green 1999; Mattison 1992; Pough et al. 2001). In the early studies of the Komodo dragon, this species was found in the heart of the Lesser Sunda region on the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Padar, Gili Motang, Gili Dasami (also known as Nusa Kode), and the Western coast of Flores Island (Dunn 1928; Fig. 2.1). Five of the islands are within the boundary of Komodo National Park (PHKA 2000; Fig 1). In studies conducted after 1991, this species could not be found on Padar Island (Ciofi & de Boer 2004; Jessop et al. 2004; Sastrawan & Ciofi 2002).
Present Status
Based on population surveys conducted by the park authority, there were approximately 2405 Komodo dragons living within Komodo National Park in 1998 (PHKA 2000, unpublished report). Ciofi and de Boer (2004) estimated that the population density of dragons on Flores was more than 60% lower than that reported for Komodo National Park (Table 2). Jessop et al. (2006 in press) estimated that the dragon population on Gili Motang Island has the lowest density of dragons of all the inhabited islands within the park (see Table 2).
The disappearance of resident Komodo dragons on Padar Island probably stemmed from the decline of Timor deer (Cervus timorensis) populations due to illegal hunting (Ciofi 1999; Ciofi & de Boer 2004). Pet and Subijanto (2001) reported that there were at least 3 cases (37.5 %) of deer hunting in Komodo National Park that had been sent to court during 2000-2001. Ciofi et al. (2002), Ciofi and de Boer (2004), and Primack (2004) stated that fragmentation and habitat disturbance as a result of the high population growth of humans are the main factors affecting Komodo dragon populations on Flores.
Table 2. Average density of Varanus komodoensis in Komodo National Park (KNP) and Flores Island.
Location Population density Number of sites
KNP 1 / 33.25 km 4
Komodo 13.7 ± 1.67 / km
Rinca 19.6 ± 3.13 / km
Nusa Kode 5.1 ± 0.61 / km
Gili Motang 3.2 ± 0.23 / km
Flores 1 / 170.0 km 7
Source: Modified from Ciofi & de Boer 2004; Jessop et al. 2006 unpublished data.
Even though the Komodo dragon is not threatened by the leather trade, like the congeneric Water Monitor (V. salvator), and is considered 'dangerous' to humans (King et al. 2002; Shine et al. 1996; Ellis 1998), hunting and trade in this species has been occurring for a long time. Since the 1930's Komodo dragons and their eggs have been hunted illegally for zoo collections and for traditional medicine (Primack et al. 1988). Hien (2003) reported that the local people of Riung, Northwest Flores, claimed that they once illegally caught 50 live specimens of the Komodo dragon for a foreigner. However, the widespread hunting and trading of other reptiles including varanids, for their skins and for food (e.g. Shine et al. 1996) should be considered a potential threat to the Komodo dragon.
The Komodo dragon is protected by international conventions; it is listed in Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and is classified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Resources (IUCN) as "vulnerable" due to its demographic decline and limited distribution (Ciofi et al. 2002). The World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) also listed the Komodo dragon as "Rare" due to it's restricted distribution (Ellis 1998). This species is protected in Indonesia under Act no. 5, on Conservation of Biological Resources and Their Ecosystems,1990,; and Government regulation no. 7, on Protected Wild Flora and Fauna, 1998. Primack (2004) included the Komodo dragon in his discussion on "conservation priorities" as he considered that this species met all the criteria of distinctiveness, endangerment, and utility3.
Biologi, Ecology, and Reproduction
Compared to other species in the family Varanidae, Varanus komodoenis has an extremely large body size. Adults can reach up to 304 cm in total body length and weigh up to 81.5 kg (Jessop et al. 2006 unpublished data). Sastrawan and Ciofi (2002) recorded the largest Komodo dragon in their field study as being about 300 cm in length and weighing about 69 kg. Auffenberg (1981) recorded his largest specimen caught as being 260 cm in length and 54 kg in weight. This is similar in length to the largest specimens of its sister species, the Papuan monitor V. salvadorii, which reached about 265 cm in length (Horn 2004). Another large varanid species, occuring on the islands of Java, Bali and throughout Lesser Sunda region, V. salvator may reach up to 218 cm in length and weigh up to 25 kg (Gaulke & Horn 2004; Horne & Gaulke 2004).Hatchlings of V. komodoensis average 30.4 cm in total length and 0.08 kg in weight, and are considerably longer at hatching than other large varanid species (Auffenberg 1981). Ciofi (2004) recorded that hatchling V. komodoensis average 42 cm in total length and 0.10 kg in weight. Hatchling V. salvadorii possibly reach up to 49 cm in total length and 0.55 kg in weight (King & Green 1999).
Komodo dragons can be found from sea level up to about 800 meters in altitude, mainly in tropical dry and moist deciduous monsoon forests (Ciofi 2004). Indeed, this species is generally distributed over entire islands within KNP and western coastal on Flores but is rarely found above 500 meters (Auffenberg 1981).
All varanids are insectivores or carnivores. Unlike other varanids that rely on smaller prey species, Komodo dragons are able to feed on larger vertebrate species, such as the Timor Deer (Cervus timorensis), water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), or small wild boars (Sus scrofa). Adult Komodo dragons mostly rely on a sit-and-wait hunting strategy to catch their prey (Auffenberg 1981; Green et al. 1990; King & Green 1999; Pough et al. 2001). Hatchlings and juveniles, however, feed on a diverse diet of insects, small lizards, snakes and birds, and use more active hunting strategies than adults (Auffenberg 1981; Ciofi 1999; Mattison 1992).
Female Komodo dragons are known to breed when they reach a body weight of around 20 kgs (King & Green 1999). Females begin nesting in August, as determined by the presence of recent digging activity on the nest, or by repeated observation of individuals in association with the nest during the nesting period. The nesting period is from August through November, with egg deposition occurring in September (Ciofi 1999; Jessop et al. 2004). Up to 38 hatchlings will emerge from the nest at the beginning of the dry season (Auffenberg 1981; Jessop et al. 2006 unpublished data). This early life-stage is dominated by high mortality. Cannibalism among Komodo dragons has been observed and was calculated to comprise 8% of adult dragon scats (Auffenberg 1981). Cannibalism has also been recorded in other Varanids, such as V. griseus, V. gouldii and V. gigantheus (King & Green 1999).
Biology and Ecology of the Juveniles
Generally, mortality in lizards is highest during the first phase of their life because they are more vulnerable to predation (Mattison 1992). Poor maternal body condition and stress can decrease the dispersal tendency of juveniles (Meylan et al. 2002). Typically, natural populations show substantial variation, in locomotor performance and body size, which is related to offspring survivorship (Clobert et al. 2000). Thus, the growth and survivorship of offspring in reptiles is greatly affected by the animal's environment (i.e. Brockelman 1975; Gans & Pough 1982).
Incubation temperature is known to contribute greatly to the quality of emerging hatchlings and affects their survivorship. Cold temperature during incubation can negatively effect hatchlings and hot temperatures can positively effect hatchlings (Elphick & Shine 1998; Phillips & Packard 1994; Qualls & Andrews 1998). This pattern is complex, however, as higher incubation temperature will result in earlier hatching but produce lighter and smaller hatchlings than lower temperature, which produce larger offspring that tend to survive better (King & Green 1999). Du and Ji (2003) reported that moderate temperatures produced optimum size, locomotor ability and success of hatchlings in soft-shelled turtle, while Ji and Du (2000) reported a similar pattern in colubrid snakes. In a further study on lizards, the only discernible influence on juvenile phenotypes was their rearing environment (Qualls & Shine, 2000). Brockelman (1975) found that a wide variety of factors can affect optimal body size and the ability to process energy effectively, and these were also affected by the process of competition, which the offspring must face before and during maturity.
Most juvenile reptiles leave the natal area in which they were born and move into new habitats that are not already occupied or to avoid cannibalism by adults (Pough et al. 2001). Greenwood (1984) noted that natal dispersal among juveniles is also considered as a mechanism to avoid future inbreeding. Heatwole (1976) and Sarno et al. (2003) described natal dispersal as being driven by the competition for food resources and territories with adult.Dispersal is a mechanism for survival and is a consequence of permanent movement away from the natal site (Brown & Downhower 1988). Animals will exploit available resources once they are out of their natal sites (Greenwood & Swingland 1984). Pelletier et al. (2003) described how immature turtles immediately swam towards the ocean and steadily traveled long distances once released into the water. Hatchling of varanids tend to climb trees and spend most of their time in the upper strata of trees once they emerged from the underground nests (Auffenberg 1981; Bohme et al. 2004; Ciofi 2004; King & Green 1999).
Previous Ecological Studies
The first scientific study on the Komodo dragon was conducted by Major Peter A. Ouwen, director of the Zoological Museum in Buitenzorg (now Bogor), Java, in 1912 (Auffenberg & Auffenberg 2002). Ouwen described the species for the first time. Later, Dunn (1927 & 1928) conducted the first significant observations and gave the initial information on the habitat and distribution of Komodo dragons. Auffenberg (1981) contributed to the first comprehensive study on the ecology and behavior of this species. On the basis of 13 months of field observations, Auffenberg (1981) provided the base line information on aspects of the Komodo dragon's ecology and behavior.
The most recent field study on the Komodo dragon was conducted by Jessop et al. (2006 unpublished data). Since 2002, they undertook a broad scale investigation in the ecology and demography of the Komodo dragon, which has provided important information and instigated a program to monitor population trends. Although numerous field studies on the ecology of Komodo dragons have been conducted, yet there are no detailed studies on the ecology on juvenile Komodo dragons (Auffenberg & Auffenberg 2002). Walsh et al. (2002) studied growth in juvenile Komodo dragons, whilst Lemm (2004) reported a relationship between growth and nutritional treatment in captivity. Field and captive studies on this creature, including work on growth, chromosomes, physiology, genetics, ecology and social behaviour, parasites, microbiology, conservation and management, have provided valuable information to science and to ensure effective management of the species (Ciofi et al. 2002). The long-term management and conservation objectives underpinning survival of this species will be to maintain a genetically viable, self-sustaining, and free-living Komodo dragon population. Information on reproduction and broad scale ecology of this species is needed to support the management authority responsible to protect it, and, as pointed out by Jessop et al. (2004), information on offspring survivorship are vital for management planning to ensure the maintenance of this unique species in the wild.
Distribution of Varanus komodoensis. Grey areas represent the curre distribution; black areas represent areas that were identified as part of the distribution by Auffenberg (1981); hatched areas indicate where V. komodoensis have been reported by villagers. Source: Redrawn from Sastrawan & Ciofi 2002.
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Komodo dragons hatch with no male involved. MSNBC. Retrieved 2008-02-12.^ a b "Virgin births for giant lizards". BBC News. 2006-12-20. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
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How to work with "stupid" people
On Quora today I saw a question to the effect of: How do I put up with the stupid people I inevitably find myself working with? Here's my answer:
I consider myself reasonably intelligent, yet I have had no problem surrounding myself with people at or above my intellectual level. I've also had good relationships with co-workers at all levels of intelligence. Unless you're a world-class genius (statistically unlikely), you are probably mis-diagnosing people as stupid.
I'll assume that you're not just lashing out at others as a defense mechanism against your own insecurities (although you need honestly ask yourself that). I'll assume that you sincerely believe that other people are stupid, probably based on finding it difficult to discuss things and agree with them.
But what you're really evaluating is their judgment. Differences in judgment are rarely due to stupidity—in work, in friendships or in politics. You can't address the problem until you identify the real cause. Calling everyone "stupid" leaves you with no next steps.
Here's a guide for what to do instead:
Before you even decide that you disagree with someone, work to understand their judgment. You may not disagree at all. For instance:
- Do you fully understand what they're saying? Or are you talking past each other?
- Are you answering the same question? Maybe each of you is answering a different angle on the question (e.g., "what's our next step?" vs. "what's the long-term solution?")
- Are you using terms in the same way? Sometimes disagreements come from differing definitions and terminology.
- Are you talking completely in abstractions? Give examples, and ask them for examples, to get clear and concrete.
- Are you both being clear and precise in your formulations? Sometimes people phrase things loosely or talk in metaphors that aren't meant to be taken literally.
Ask questions, make sure you understand them fully.
If you decide that you disagree, work to understand their thinking process:
- What are the reasons for their conclusion?
- What is their evidence? What observations or data points are they relying on?
- What general premises or lessons do they take to be relevant? What principles, frameworks, or theories are they applying?
- What goals and values are conditioning their approach?
Ask them (and learn to do it without threatening or intimidating them). You may change your mind through the process.
If not, at least you will understand better how to reason with them:
- Have you seen important data that they haven't? Maybe they missed a key fact, or they just haven't seen the breadth or depth of data that you have. Inform them and see if they come around.
- Do you have relevant experience that they don't? Tell them the observations or lessons learned that lead you to your conclusion (without being didactic or condescending).
- Are you bringing different lessons learned from different backgrounds? If so, which context applies, if either? Maybe one of you has mostly worked at startups and the other mostly at big companies. Which context is relevant here?
- Is either of you making an unwarranted assumption? There are lessons learned and then there are "lessons" that you guessed about and forgot to validate through experience or research. If you disagree with their premises, address that directly.
- Are you guided by different goals and values? If so, you'll reach different solutions to a problem. Get aligned on goals before arguing about problems and solutions.
- Do you subscribe to different relevant theories? If so, you may not be able to resolve the disagreement quickly, and may need to take another approach (e.g., pick anything reasonable and measure the outcome, or let a third party make the decision).
Throughout all of this reasoning, be aware of the emotional context:
- Are they afraid of the conclusion? Maybe it threatens their work, their reputation, or their self-esteem. There's no excuse for this, but it happens to everyone sometimes. Good people recognize it sooner or later and let their emotions go. Sometimes a close friend or co-worker can get them to see what's going on by asking sympathetic questions. (Be sure to ask this question of yourself as well.)
- Are environmental stresses degrading their judgment? Time pressure or having your career on the line can make it hard to do your best work.
- Are they intimidated by you? If you really are smarter or better-spoken, they may be swamped by emotions of insecurity that make it hard to think. You may be unwittingly shutting them down, which begins a vicious cycle. Tone it down.
If you disagree with someone consistently over time, consider these potential cognitive and psychological problems:
- They may have good judgment but poor communication skills. If you repeatedly find that you agree after clearing up initial miscommunication, keep this in mind and account for it. It can be frustrating and it takes patience, but it's better than arguing and they may even appreciate it.
- They may have raw intelligence, but poor thinking habits—patterns of absorbing, processing, and filing information. Cognitively, they aren't set up to get to the heart of a matter, to distinguish between essential and accidental details, to form and apply valid generalizations. This too may require patience. It isn't good, but it isn't willful, irrational, or stupid. Concentrate on what other virtues and talents they bring to the table, such as creativity, diligence, or relationship-building.
- They may have general insecurities that make them afraid of looking stupid or give them a psychological need to win arguments. There's no excuse for this either, but you can sometimes work with people anyway if they don't do this too much or too often, or hold onto it for too long.
- They may have a problem with you personally. Maybe they've decided that you're "arrogant" or obstinate. Maybe they know that you think they're stupid and resent it. In any case, this will make them less likely to listen to you and more likely to argue with you. They may dig in their heels on a particular issue, or just discount your judgment generally. Admit that you're part of the problem and work to change.
Bottom line: Stupidity explains only a small percentage of people's disagreements. Calling someone "stupid" is a dead end—you can't fix it. Instead, figure out what's really going on.
Some final advice for the workplace:
- Make sure you're working in an environment that promotes objective decisions. If decisions are made based on personality and emotions instead of data and discussion, it will make everyone "stupid". Go somewhere else.
- Choose your battles. You don't have to get your way in every disagreement. Let other people own their work. Fight only on the decisions that are important and hard to reverse.
- Earn a reputation over time through excellent work. This is much more powerful in commanding attention than intellectual prowess.
I didn't realize I had so much to say on this topic until I started writing the answer. Quora is doing a great job at getting people to write on topics they never would have otherwise—even folks like me who keep blogs.


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The last DuckTales adaptation of a Carl Barks story ("The Unsafe Safe," UNCLE $CROOGE #38, June 1962)... and I don't care whether you're an "old sourdough" who has every Barks re-re-re-reprint in your collection or a relative young'un who came to the comics through DT, but you REALLY have to be impressed with the job that Alan Burnett turns in here. No sludginess as was seen in some of the earliest adaptations, no unwanted and unnecessary injections of "morals" as in "Down and Out in Duckburg," not even the introduction of made-for-TV characters into roles more or less unobtrusive, as in "Scrooge's Pet" and "The Land of Trala La." Yes, yes, I know that Fenton/Gizmoduck appeared in this episode. The point is that Burnett simply includes the trials and tribulations of Gizmo -- chucked into abrupt unemployment as the result of Scrooge's adaptation of Protectoglass as a new, and presumably the ultimate, bin-defense -- as an additional subplot. At the same time, Barks' narrative -- leavened with what I believe to be judicious borrowings from a couple of other Barks stories -- is presented with only minor alterations. That's a lot of material to pack into 22 minutes, and yet, Burnett's script never seems rushed or incoherent.
After reading through "The Unsafe Safe" and observing the story's relatively modest quotient of action, Burnett evidently felt that something needed to be added. The Beagle Boys, in their brief appearance in Act One, do get the chance to directly imitate their Barksian counterparts, assaulting Scrooge's glass safe with sledgehammers and high explosives. (Since the DT Beagles only try the explosive approach once, while the Barks Beagles repeatedly fail to use "the right amount" of TNT to blow up the safe, this sequence might be counted as one of the few times when the former could legitimately be said to have outperformed the latter.)
For Old Dime's Sake" (UNCLE $CROOGE #43, July 1963). Seeing as how the Magica of "The Unsafe Safe" tries to crack the vault with the dulcet tones of a series of musical instruments -- a gambit that one would expect a character like Pinkie Pie to be more apt to use -- one can understand Burnett wanting to permit Magica, in her only appearance of the Fenton-Bubba era, to display the full extent of her magical powers.
Money to Burn" in favor of what one might term a cleaner and more "classical" approach. There's something just slightly comical about the manner in which Barks' comet and meteor strike the bin -- the pronounced sound effects may have something to do with it -- and letting the visuals and natural sounds speak for themselves was probably the correct choice for the TV version of the assault.
Only a Poor Old Man" in "Liquid Assets." "For Old Dime's Sake," created at a time when Barks wasn't doing Magica stories so much as gushing them out, is itself little more than a "string of incidents," so picking one incident to use somewhere else doesn't seem like such a big deal. Like the added subplot involving Gizmoduck, I regard the "Dime's Sake" detour as an enhancement of the original story, as opposed to the plugging of important matter from another source into a completely different narrative.
Apart from "The Unsafe Safe," Barks' other significant tale of "material Money Bin encasement" is the ten-pager "Too Safe Safe"/"The Money Preserver"/"Imperviwax-ing the Money Bin" (WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES #171, December 1954), and I think that's there's a case to be made that Burnett consulted this story as well. Not so much because DT, like Barks, portrayed its protected Bin as having no easily definable means of reentry into the structure...
Frank Miller-inflected visual stylings of "The Masked Mallard" -- but one with even more of an abstract flair -- Scrooge's nightmare is a charcoal-tinted farrago of weird angles, exaggerated dimensions, curving corridors, and menacingly omnipresent Beagle Boys (who, significantly, are drawn in Barks "clone" mode, the better to emphasize Scrooge's subconscious paranoia). Even the normally chipper DT background music becomes tense and ominous. The looser drawing style of the later episodes helps here, as the various distortions don't seem quite as "detached from reality" as they would have been had this been a first-season effort. Even so, the potency of the "nightmare fuel" is readily apparent.
GeoX draws a parallel between this opening and that of Marco Rota's Italian classic "The Money Ocean" (ALMANACCO TOPOLINO #215, November 1, 1974), and it's easy to see why. In both cases, a sleeping Scrooge is unconsciously undermined by hordes of invading Beagle Boys. The Scrooge of "The Money Ocean," however, keeps his fortune in a series of numbered Bins, so, even though the Beagles' imaginary raid climaxes with the "main" (#1) Bin, their string of sieges doesn't really have the impact of a single attack on the "One True Bin." To his credit, Rota does slightly modify his normally elegant art style here in favor of a somewhat sketchier approach, especially when drawing background details such as a crumbled Money Bin, but the results simply don't compare to "The Unbreakable Bin" insofar as visceral imaginative impact is concerned. There's nothing in "The Money Ocean," for example, as creepy as the scene in which Scrooge, having retreated to the "safety" of his vault, finds Beagles popping out of his money and, even worse, grabbing him by the webs and trying to drag him under. Not even the Rota Beagles reenacting the famed attack of the Zulus as they lay siege to Bin #1 can match this.
Sir Gyro de Gearloose" -- this is one instance in which all of society reasonably stands to benefit from one of Gyro's McDuck-inspired creations. The consequence, of course, is that Gizmoduck isn't the only security guard thrown out of work.
So the cops from "The Good Muddahs" washed out ALREADY? You might say I'm not surprised.
Having learned of Scrooge's absence (as she will later learn of Protectoglass' fatal flaw) thanks to her crystal ball -- if Scrooge ever gets wind of this method of omnipresent surveillance, then he'll REALLY have a reason to be paranoid! -- Magica blows into Duckburg, there to have a funny exchange with Gizmoduck the reluctant traffic cop. The fact that Magica flies in on a broom is noteworthy in and of itself; she rarely did that in the comics, preferring instead to travel in comparative comfort on Vesuvius Airlines. The use of the broom also complicates matters a bit later in that Magica, just as she did in "The Unsafe Safe," reaches Tanganyika/Quackanyeeka via canoe, leading one to wonder why she didn't just hop on the ol' stick and cut down on travel time.
Back in Tanganyika/Quackanyeeka, Burnett lightens the mood a bit by inserting the bad-comedy guide (did Chuck McCann suggest some of those jokes?) before returning to Barks "book" as Scrooge and HD&L encounter the Yeeker bird and learn of the damage it can do to Protectoglass. The fateful moment of "initial breakage" is pretty much identical in both cases, right down to the close-up shot of Scrooge's specs being blasted to smithereens.
Scrooge's subsequent drafting of the natives to help him round up "all the Yeekers" (which, as in Barks, turns out to be surprisingly easy) is similarly kept intact, though Scrooge only agrees to pay $1 per Yeeker, as opposed to the $10 and $20 he offered in "The Unsafe Safe." Nice consistency there from Burnett regarding Scrooge's maintenance of a thrifty attitude. The DT Quackanyeekans, unlike their Tanganyikan brethren, don't speak, or, in fact, possess much of anything in the way of personality. Not that Barks' natives said anything particular dicey, but, judging by DT's last attempt to depict an indigenous culture, perhaps it's all for the best that Burnett chose not to go there.
After "blowing into town" in perhaps the silliest and most pointless moment of the episode -- really, what did Magica channeling Launchpad's ability to crash accomplish that a simple fidelity to Barks' original would have? -- Magica uses her "stun ray" to immobilize Scrooge and the boys (not exactly a "foof bomb," but I'll take what I can get) and takes off for Duckburg with her Yeekers in tow, or, rather, towing her. Again, Burnett sticks firmly to the Barks template here, auditory rip-off of a scene in "Frozen Assets" aside.
As the opposing forces make their way back to Duckburg, Gizmoduck is enduring the final indignity, serving as lunch wagon to a crew of hardhats with decidedly plebeian tastes. (I suppose that Gizmo must simply have quit the traffic job; he certainly didn't do anything to justify being fired from that gig, at least not that we could see.) As they have throughout the episode, Gizmo's travails provide a healthy number of laughs, but they also provide an additional comment on the utility of a hero, sort of a comedic counterpoint to Fenton's dilemma in "A Case of Mistaken Secret Identity," or even the fate of Mr. Incredible and the other "supers" in The Incredibles (2004). When a superhero is laid low by the vagaries, hassles, and petty annoyances of everyday life, how does he or she cope? The solution to Fenton's problem would seem to be to cut loose from conventional duty and set himself up as, well, a "Hero for Hire." But Fenton's imagination doesn't, or can't, stretch that far; he sticks with more mundane employment opportunities. At least Mr. Incredible tried to keep his heroic hand in, even as he was forced to hide his deeds from the public eye.
The two main narratives, which have been tracking one another like hounds on a scent up until now, finally diverge just a bit when Magica brings the Yeekers to the Money Bin and tries to break in. (Technically, in Barks' story, she gets into the Bin easily enough but is balked by the safe, whereas she can't even get through the door in "The Unbreakable Bin.") For my money, the windup of "The Unbreakable Bin" is far superior. In both cases, a sleepy Yeeker puts a crimp in Magica's plans...
Greg disliked the ending because it made Scrooge and the boys look "dumb." This strikes me as unfairly harsh. The boys' plea that they be allowed to keep the Yeeker "for a little while" reflects (1) their understanding that they won't be able to keep it when it's able to sing in all its "gory" and (2) their perfectly reasonable belief that a baby Yeeker may not be as dangerous as an adult. Far from asking "what harm could it do?" -- Dewey gets that line -- Scrooge simply stops and briefly weighs his options before the degringolade strikes. Nothing wrong here that I can see.
The Status Seekers," and "Robot Robbers" on the link just below "Trala La"'s on the "Great Chain of Barks Stories Brought into Animated Being." It might even be granted some extra points on the grounds that it appeared so late in the series' run, with the show's metaphorical shirt collar having long since been loosened and any lingering sense of reverence towards the characters and the concept having been shunted to the side. In any event, it's a pleasant note on which to conclude this subgenre of DT offerings.
(GeoX) The idea -- as if you didn't know -- is that Gyro invents new, unbreakable glass for Scrooge's new glasses[;]he uses this to sheathe the bin (actually, he appears to not just sheathe it, but actually replace the metal with glass, given that you can see through it to the money -- cool effect; not necessarily that practical)...
In "The Unsafe Safe," Scrooge sheaths the bin in glass AND replaces the original safe with a glass one; the former action seems a bit extravagant, in view of the fact that the front door to the Bin is left unlocked anyway. The "cover-up job" in "The Unbreakable Bin" handles things in a similar manner but does not make it clear how one would get into the Bin after it has been glassed-in. There must be a way to do so, since Scrooge can let the Beagle Boys in after the fact, but we never see it demonstrated.
I'd like to think that Scrooge planned for that contingency, based on his unpleasant experience in "A Drain on the Economy." The fact that he went to the trouble to plate the entire bin suggests that he did the same to the bin's bottom.
(Greg) Scrooge runs to the vault as he wants to take the vacation he has been planning for 40 years or so and the nephews will get to see the world as the nephews are happy. Okay; there is one problem with that: Whomever wrote this episode has NEVER watched Ducktales because the nephews have been around the world in almost 80% of these episodes anyway.
"Vacation" vs. "business" (read: treasure-finding) trip. There IS a difference, no?
(Greg) After the commercial break; we head into the jungle with Scrooge and the nephews wearing safari hats. The guide is a dogperson in complete safari gear with the Mickey Mouse gloves. The guide makes the worst jungle jokes ever in a cartoon and it's clearly intentional because Scrooge blows him off for it.
Funny thing about this "safari": The Ducks and the guide haven't brought any gear with them! It's as if they are going on a tour of a zoo. Scrooge's cheapness is all over this one like white on rice (because rice is cheap).
There must be a way. See "Scrooge/Beagles."
(Greg) Magica scratches the glass and proclaims that she'll find a way to break the glass if it's the last thing she ever does and she uses her elbow to pound on the glass; but then sells an injury by grabbing her foot. Huh? Explain THAT one kids! If that was BS&P again; that is one of the dumbest spots ever.
It does look as if her elbow makes contact with the glass, but the main action here is unquestionably the foot-fault. Note how Magica's shoe is "squished" in the image below.
Micro Ducks From Outer Space was much cooler (Gyro: Really Mr. Weagle? I thought you were breaking from the script there for a second.).
It's somewhat difficult to get a detailed image of the hovercar here, but it does appear as though the Wang animators were at least TRYING to duplicate the look of the vehicle in "Micro Ducks." TRYING, I said. In its flexibility, the "new version" of the hovercar looks and acts more like a rubber raft than a rigid flying object. The "racing stripe" and two front lights (or whatever they are) look the same, though the color of the interior has been changed from red to white.


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After years of banditry on the airwaves, I was at first wary of a deal that seemed too good to be true. Would I get a shock at the end of the month? But it does what is says on the tin. I now seldom fall back on the workaround of using a local SIM card. Even in Greece, which I visit frequently, I have cancelled my local contract and make do with a pay-as-you-go phone, mainly for the convenience of local callers.
Now Vodafone has added some of these carefree benefits to the otherwise unattractive WorldTraveller option. Visitors to a few previously expensive countries, the USA, India, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, Ghana, Qatar and South Africa, will be charged £5 a day to take their home contract with them on holiday. This has big implications for data users because, previously, World Traveller offered only a miserly 25MB for an even larger daily charge of £6.
There is a general move to reduce roaming charges, especially in Europe where the EU is determined to abolish them completely by 2016. Vodafone's EuroTraveller is currently discounted at £2 and is scheduled to return to the previous £3-per-day tariff from September. But things are moving fast, with Three already offering free roaming in 16 countries. So it is quite possible that by the end of the summer Vodafone will have had second thoughts on the price increase. I suspect the fee will be reduced rather than increased.
I also believe that new inclusive rates for WorldTraveller will be extended soon to other countries. Asia is currently missing from the list and it is just a matter of time before Vodafone extends the scheme to China, Japan and other far-eastern countries.
Both schemes are available only to monthly contract holders. All you need do is register at no cost to let the company know you agree to the daily fixed charge.
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Circular.POEA Memorandum Circular 7 / 2014 Requiring urgent compliance with new Guidelines for manning agents and Ship owners.
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Survey of 2012 Supreme Court decisions (as of 31 October 2012) on disability compensation in relation to the period of treatment: 120 days vs. 240 days
It is important and is of great interest to the Manning Industry to share information on decisions rendered by the Supreme Court's Report Annotated (SCRAA) which becomes jurisprudence or the law of the land. A more effective medium containing the details of a case handled by our twelve (12) retained lawyers would be our website and through our ALON updates. We hope you find the following of interest.
Filipino Seafarers – High Risk Area Gulf of Aden and ship owners contractual liability under the Employment Contract POEA.
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The group were signed by Chrysalis and seemed to be building an audience, but a dispute with the record label resulted in Corby and Miller being fired in 1978. Soon afterwards, Americans Jonathan Cain (keyboards) and Ricky Phillips (bass) joined; this lineup continued until the group broke up in 1980.
While The Babys has some modest successes (3 top 40 hits and 2 top 40 LPs), their hard work never really paid off, and this frustration eventually led to their breakup. John Waite would go on to have some success in the 1980's as a solo artist, while Jonathan Cain would join Journey right as that band became megastars. In 1989, Waite, Cain and Phillips would reunite in Bad English (with guitarist Neil Schon and drummer Deen Castronovo).
For the blog, we went with the group's last top 40 single, 1980's "Back on My Feet Again." The song peaked at #33 on the charts while the Union Jacks album only hit #42. However, it is a solid representation of the band's later material.
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THE EUROPEAN BANK LOAN SELL-OFF IS NOW IN FULL SWING, with private equity firms and hedge funds scooping up most of the credits, reports Reuters. Europe's banks will likely sell a record $110 billion of loans this year as they increase sales from amongst $3.3 trillion in loans deemed 'non-core,' according to PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates. That would mark a nearly one third increase versus 2013 and a 74 percent rise over 2012 volume. Some $30 billion in loans have already been sold this year. "Banks in Britain, Ireland, Spain and elsewhere continue to sell commercial property loans, credit card portfolios, or more specialized loan books, such as shipping." Observes PwC partner Richard Thompson: "Bank restructuring will continue over at least the next five years – with activity likely to be fuelled by the findings of the Eurozone wide asset quality reviews and stress tests currently underway." The pace of the sell-off of troubled and non-core loans is likely to accelerate over the next several years, Reuters implies.
LEVERAGE & CO-INVESTMENT ARE INCREASINGLY COMMON IN PE SECONDARIES. Bloomberg writes that Ardian, a highly experienced buyer of existing private equity fund stakes, or "secondares," is negotiating to purchase a fund portfolio worth roughly $1 billion from Singapore state-owned investment company, Temasek. According to Bloomberg, Ardian "will part-finance the purchase with debt and plans to sell some of the holdings to its own investors." The use of leverage to boost returns and co-investment to lower overall investment fees for limited partners are strategies secondary market leaders are employing to heighten gains and keep deal flow going at a time when buying existing private equity funds at big discounts to net asset value is much harder than it once was. Secondary market volume is much larger than it was at the height of the financial crisis in '08 and '09. Distressed investors willing to take big discounts make up a much smaller portion of the market than they did just five years ago.
ONCE A BONANZA FOR PE, SHALE IS NOW A TOUGHER PROPOSITION, says Bloomberg's David Carey. Today there are significant "challenges for private equity managers as they seek to invest a record amount in the decade-old shale revolution. Firms that made billions in the early stage of the boom by buying exploration rights for gas fields and then flipping them are increasingly forced to move into the more costly business of extracting oil, natural gas and gas liquids like propane and butane," after a "2012 crash" that saw the most commonly quoted gas price unit drop 62 percent below the previous year's peak. The tough climate continues today and could "end a 10-year run in which energy-dedicated buyout funds have beaten average PE returns by 2.4 percentage points and topped the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by 9 percentage points annually." Says David Foley, who works in energy investments at Blackstone, "there will be more development drilling that will require more capital, and it will take longer."
SLOWING GDP NUMBERS CAN HIDE STRONG CONSUMER GROWTH in emerging markets, spelling promise for PE. In China for example, where overall gross domestic product has been slowing, Jack Ma, the founder of online commerce giant Alibaba Group, is raising his second private equity fund with a target – $1 billion – that is three times the size of his previous fund, as he "bets big that there will be continued growth in China's consumer sector in the face of a broader economic slowdown," writes The Wall Street Journal. "In the last few years Chinese consumerism has taken off on the back of a growing middle class with greater access to capital, and a growing penchant for spending." In another Wall Street Journal story, David Rubinstein, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, says "the single most attractive market to invest in outside of the U.S. is China. The things we're most interested in are not export businesses but rather consumer-oriented industries like health-care services, financial services and food."
DELOITTE'S ANNUAL EAST AFRICA PRIVATE EQUITY CONFIDENCE SURVEY IS OUT. The publication's name is a bit of a misnomer, since it contains information on all of sub-Saharan Africa, including data and poll results from GPs. Among the report's highlights: PE funds invested more than $3.7 billion in sub-Saharan Africa in 2013 – over three times as much as in 2012; some $3.6 billion was raised for sub-Saharan-focused funds last year; there is likely to be more investing than exiting in sub-Saharan Africa this year; and purchase multiples are likely to rise everywhere except in the southern countries, where they are likely to remain static. After expanding an estimated 4.9 percent in in 2013, sub-Saharan GDP is projected to rise 5.3 percent this year and 5.5 percent in 2015, making it one of the fastest growing regions in the world.
PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGERS ARE TAPPING "INTO NEW INVESTOR SOURCES," writes Financial News. "Just 13 percent of capital committed to funds that closed between 2011 and 2013 came from public pension funds" – less than half the 27 percent share they held in 2008 to 2010 fundraisings. That doesn't indicate distaste for PE among public pension funds; their average allocation to private equity "has barely moved." Instead, "private sector pension funds, high-net-worth-individuals, insurance firms, government agencies, corporate investors and family offices all make up a greater proportion of capital in a normal PE fund in 2011 to 2013 than they did in 2008 to 2010." On the fund manager side, the trend towards greater investor diversity "is driven by a relatively new priority to create uncorrelated investor bases that can withstand localized financial crises," Palico's founder, Antoine Drean tells Financial News. "On the investor side, the principal catalysts are concentration of capital in emerging markets and a relative dearth of investment options, other than PE, that can credibly offer double-digit annual returns."


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After writing about the screamers from Screamers during the Ice Cream Olympics, I had endless comments telling me that I MUST TRY DANNY'S MARKET. So recently I decided it was time to try out Danny's version of these cold and colourful slushy + soft serve 'meals,' accompanied by two of the samosas they're also known for. The shop was actually a far more dynamic place than I imagined it would be, and I can see why on a hot day, there'd be scores of hungry teenagers saying "Let's go to Danny's!"
At the corner of Garden City and Francis Road, Danny's is one of those places with an odd mix of things that have somehow melded into one cohesive, successful business; first and foremost they're known for their screamers, which they've paired with various foods to make combos; there's pizza, garlic twists, subs, samosas, and breakfast, as well as racks of convenience store goods and a lounge area with a TV, so you can sit and watch sports for awhile as you suck root beer + soft serve up through a giant straw.
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I never really thought I'd ever say this, but the soft serve was amazing; so creamy. The samosas were also surprisingly good; I'd read somewhere that they weren't note-worthy so my expectations were rather low, but they were filled with soft, spiced meat and were very flavourful.
Not to mention big! The picture doesn't do it justice, but two of these triangular pies were more than enough food. So that was my meal, and I would totally get it again – if you're biking in the area, or just driving near and want a seriously eclectic, fast, cheap, and unpretentious meal, Danny's has it for you.
The same day, because I was on such a health spree, I popped into Price Smart Foods on Ackroyd Road because I'd heard they have Portuguese custard tarts, the slightly sweeter, bruléed cousin of the Chinese egg tart. And they do! There's also Chinese BBQ, fresh steam buns, and plenty of other on-the-go Asian meals.
So how was it? Decent. The pastry was good, very soft and flaky – as with egg tarts, the tart shell should 'give' a little when squeezed – but the filling didn't have enough vanilla in it. Still, a nice treat!
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Biological features potato plant
Potatoes are propagated vegetatively — small tubers or pieces of tubers (for breeding purposes — seeds). Potato planted at a depth of 5 to 10 cm.
Germination kidney tubers in the soil begins at 5-8 ° C (optimum temperature for germination of potato 15-20 ° C). For photosynthesis, growth of stems, leaves and flowering — 16-22 ° C. Most intensively tubers are formed when the night air temperature 10-13 ° C. High temperature (night around 20 ° C and above) causes thermal degeneration. From seed tubers develop plants with sharply reduced productivity. Seedlings and young plants are damaged by frost in -2 ° C. Transpiration rate of potatoes on average 400-500.
Chemical composition of potato plant
In potato tubers contain proteins, carbohydrates (starch — 13.1 — 36.8%, cellulose, pectin, mono- and oligosaccharides — glucose, fructose, sucrose), vitamins and mineral salts. Essential vitamins is ascorbic acid (10 — 54 mg%). The daily requirement for vitamin C can be completely filled by the potato, if it is to consume 200 — 300 AD in the club found almost all the vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B6), folic acid, besides vitamin B5 (niacin) . All these additional nutritional factors are important physiological significance of the body as a necessary material for the construction of enzyme systems. In addition, the carotenoids found playing the role of pro-vitamin A, sterols, phospho, galactose and sterinosoderzhaschie lipids, organic acids (caffeic, chlorogenic). Mineral salts in the tubers predominate potassium salt (568 mg%) and phosphorus, and organic acids — citric, oxalic, malic. In the peel potatoes and all above-ground parts of the potato plant contain a toxic glycoalkaloid solanine. Especially his many sprouted tubers.


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After a day of asking people at work - including my very knowledgeable boss - for advice and showing them the letter, ultimately it turned out that it seems that I have done everything right, with notifying the landlady about the defects at the apartment, when I cut back the rent I paid and with the landlady not fulfilling her duties according to German law (resolving defects where possible).
While this means that I can hold my own against the landlady, both the defects and the unpleasant dealings with this owner have made that I should be finding something as soon as possible, probably something to rent as finding something to buy would take much longer.
The defects in my apartment are still pretty much the same ones as before:
- super-loud heating system (ticking) when in use [1].
- occasionally brown to dark-brown water when using hot water (e.g. taking shower).
- poorly insulated; constant draft during winters.
- hearing everything from the neighbours upstairs (walking, using toilet, getting in/out bed, etc.).
- lots of noise from the public hallway.
Since the owner of the building is more interested in threatening those who rent from them rather than resolving issues, it seems pertinent that I find some other place to live. Maybe I can find something via that relocation service, maybe via somewhere or someone else. I'll have to see.
This everything happens alongside a number of other events, such as the expected update on my pending surgery. Next month I should hear back on whether a suitable surgeon has been found, which would put start off a number of appointments and examinations, with a possible reconstructive surgery following at some time during the coming months.
Ideally this surgery would happen after I have moved into a new place and not while I'm recovering from said surgery. Hopefully the timing here will be favourable.
Fortunately the other event that's coming up is easier to organise: a film crew is coming to interview me for a new Dutch TV show, which will happen within the next two weeks and just takes one day. That may actually be fun, too :)
Along with all of that I'm also currently putting a lot of time and effort into finishing up a major project: the development of the first prototype of my custom CPU architecture. Over the past months I have gone through a crash-course in the VHDL programming language, learned the finer details of FPGA fabrics and associated toolchains and generally put enough effort into this to count as a second full-time job.
The goal of this all is to see whether I can maybe develop it into a commercial product, or at the very least explore expanding my career more into hardware development as well, along with developing further into game development and associated areas. Basically in order to find the things I enjoy the most and hopefully make it into something with commercial perspectives, if that makes sense.
Everything taken together it's definitely a lot to deal with at the same time. At this point I'm definitely looking forward to a time hopefully in the near future where I'm living in a place I do not hate, with the surgery over with and just my future ahead of me.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EzwfL5IKXQ


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§ Mr. Kilfedder
asked the Minister of State for Defence (1) why no guards were placed on the two Royal Navy launches in Baltimore, County Cork, Eire; whether guards are placed on Royal Navy launches in other foreign countries; and who authorised that these two Royal Navy launches should be left unprotected;
(2) what is the estimated cost of the damage done to the two Royal Navy launches which were the subject of the attack by the Irish Republic Army in Baltimore, County Cork, Eire;
(3) what is the estimated total cost of the survey, which began about four years ago, and which is being carried out by the Hydrographic Department of the Royal Navy, of the Coast of the Eire Republic, and whether this work was undertaken at the request of the Eire Government;
(4) whether the Royal Navy hydro-graphic survey of the coast of the Republic of Eire will be suspended until the Eire Government takes effective measures to deal with the Irish Republican Army, which has threatened further measures against the Royal Navy ships engaged on the survey.
§ Lord Balniel
In the early hours of the morning of 20th April, two R.N. survey launches, the "Stork" and the "Puffin", belonging to H.M.S. "Hecate", were damaged by explosives while at their moorings in Baltimore Harbour, County Cork. Damage to the "Puffin" was slight, but the hull of the "Stork" was wrecked beyond repair and some of her equipment has been seriously damaged. The exact cost of making good the damage is still to be assessed. As originally planned, H.M.S. "Hecate" has now collected from Baltimore the "Puffin" and the equipment salvaged from the "Stork", together with the crews of the two launches.
At the time of the incident, the launches, were being used in one of a series of port surveys conducted by the Hydrographer of the Navy over the last few 53W years on behalf of the Irish Government, who have no means of their own of carrying out surveys of this kind. This particular survey has now been completed and no more surveys in Irish territorial waters are planned for this year. Future survey programmes will be decided in conjunction with the Irish authorities. It is not practicable to calculate the cost of this particular series of surveys; no specific charge has been made to the Irish authorities, since, when the surveys were commissioned, it was decided that they fell within the normal operations of the Hydrographer of the Navy.
So far as the security of the launches is concerned, the Government of the Irish Republic accept that responsibility for the launches while they were moored in Baltimore harbour was a matter for the local authorities. This follows normal naval practice, whereby the commanding officer concerned makes such arrangements as he thinks necessary for the security of his ship and boats in the light of all the relevant circumstances.


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Trap Music Production: Drums, Baselines, and Melodies
K Theory Music, DJs / Producers
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1. Introduction1:14
2. Templates and Samples4:51
3. Drums10:31
4. 808s - Part 14:22
5. 808s - Part 29:49
6. Hook and Melodies - Part 19:21
7. Hook and Melodies - Part 27:04
About This Class
Trap music is dominating festivals everywhere, and in this new class with DJ/producer duo K Theory, you'll learn how to build trap beats of your own. From drums and basslines to hooks and melodies, this class provides the structure for professional sounding and subwoofer-rattling tracks. You'll get K Theory's take on:
- Templates and Samples - organizing your program for efficient and effective beat making
- Percussion - understanding go-to drum patterns
- 808s - designing 808 patterns to make your track boom
- Hooks and Melodies - creating chord progressions and using synths
At the end of the class you'll create an 8-bar loop that will provide the building blocks for full song. In a follow up class K Theory will teach you the art of composition and arrangement.
It is recommended that you have a basic understanding of digital music production (any digital audio workstation will suffice) to fully utilize the lessons in this class.
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Imagine all the genres of music as the stars in the universe & then those stars collapsing into a giant ball of musical matter and then being reborn into Electronic Hip Hop, that is K Theory...


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FLINT, MI – A new lawsuit has been filed in Genesee County Circuit Court against Citizens Republic Bancorp and its board of directors over the pending sale of Citizens to Akron, Ohio-based FirstMerit Corporation.
The class action lawsuit was filed by Paul Novak of the Detroit-based law firm Milberg LLP on behalf of all of the company's shareholders.
The suit claims that Citizens Bank's board of directors has arranged massive increases in "golden parachute" payouts to its top executives if the executives aren't retained following the close of the sale in June 2013.
Golden parachute payouts, often referred to as change-in-control benefits, specify that certain employees will receive benefits if employment is terminated, usually as a result of a merger or takeover.
According to the Citizens-FirstMerit sales agreement, five members of the Citizens Bank board of directors will receive payments totaling close to $10.3 million if they are terminated any time from three months before to 24 months after FirstMerit's takeover. The combined cash payout of the five board members prior to the amended agreement was $2.8 million.
Under the sale agreement, Citizens' president and CEO Cathy Nash would receive a payout of $5.9 million, an increase of $4.8 million over her previously proposed $1.1 million payout, according to the lawsuit.
Also according to the agreement, Lisa McNeely, Citizens' executive vice president and CFO, would see an increase from $311,600 to $1.3 million, the lawsuit says. Chief credit officer Mark Widawski's payout would increase to $1.1 million from $433,000. Director of core banking, Judith Klawinski, has a payout of $444,000 which would jump to $1.1 million, and Thomas Gallagher, Citizens' general counsel and secretary, would see an increase from $496,000 to $851,000.
Novak's lawsuit said that the payouts would be executed "at the expense of a lower (stock payment) price to shareholders of (Citizens)."
The lawsuit also said that Citizens, because of its outstanding federal Troubled Asset Relief Program loan, is legally unable to offer golden parachute payments to executives. The suit claims that Citizens knew it was unable to make the inflated payouts, so it arranged "strategic partners" to agree to the payouts during the selling process, thus agreeing to a purchase agreement that didn't maximize payouts to its shareholders.
Novak declined to comment.
Brian Smith, a representative for Citizens Bank, also declined to comment, saying the company does not comment on pending litigation.


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Morning everyone, I have another adorable card to share today using our new Halloween stamp
We've been really pleased at the response to this and our Bonfire image, it's great that you love them as much as we do!
Today's card was made by Lou, I know that she spent hours making this and you can tell, it's really lovely…
Lou will put all the details on her own blog if you would like to know what she used, I love those little bats!
Leave a comment to be in our draw today, our candy winner from Wednesday is Susan Flynn. Well done Susan please email your address to firstname.lastname@example.com
Friday again already so that's me signing off for another week, have a fabulous weekend all – see you tomorrow for a new sketch


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October 2011
India has a 2010 estimated population of 1.17 billion, in an area slightly larger than one-third the size of the U.S. (1.27 million sq. mi.). Its capital city, New Delhi (pop. 12.8 million) lies along the Yamuna River. Other major cities in India include: Mumbai (formerly Bombay) estimated population of 16.4 million, Kolkata (Calcutta) estimated pop. of 13.2 million, and Chennai (Madras) estimated pop. of 6.4 million.
The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated onto the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years.
In the early 16th century, the Emperor Babur established the Mughal Dynasty which ruled India for more than three centuries. European explorers began establishing footholds in India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, eventually brought about independence in 1947.
India's climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north. Its terrain consists of upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west, and Himalayas in north. India's natural resources include: coal, iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, and limestone. The natural hazards facing India are: droughts, flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains, severe thunderstorms, and earthquakes.
Rapid economic development is fueling India's rise on the world stage. In January 2011, India assumed a nonpermanent seat in the UN Security Council for the 2011-12 term. In October 2011, India chose a girl born in Uttar Pradesh to represent the 7th billion person on the planet. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India, most of which is a low−lying alluvial plain formed by the Yamuna, Ganga, and Ghaghara Rivers. The state enjoys a mild climate, allowing for two harvests a year. The state has many religious centers as well as nineteen universities.
CIA World Factbook; U.S. State Department Background Notes; The Columbia Gazeteer, 10/2011; 7/2011; 10/2011
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- India, January 2009


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Join the fun at the Spoonbread Festival this September 15-17. Corporate sponsors for the 2017 Spoonbread Festival are: Berea Chamber of Commerce, Berea Tourism Commission, City of Berea, Saint Joseph Berea, Realty World – Adams & Associates, The Berea Citizen and the Richmond Register.
The weekend will kick off with a cornhole tournament and hot air balloon glow on the Berea Community School lawn, Friday, September 15. Bring the family and your lawn chairs to watch the evening sky light up as the hot air balloons glow and enjoy a picnic on the lawn with our food vendors. Saturday morning, meet back on the Berea Community School lawn for free tethered balloon rides (weather permitting).
Under the entertainment tent at Memorial Park, you'll find acts Kristi Miller, Walker Montgomery, Encore of Lexington, The Promise Trio and many more throughout the weekend. The Bluegrass Players will put on a show as they present Kids Say the Darndest Things and The Carol Burnett Show on Saturday.
The antique tractor show will take place Friday 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Russell Acton Folk Center.
Lace up your running shoes Saturday morning and join the 5-K Run / 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk with registration beginning at 7:30 a.m. at Berea Community School. Join us later Saturday morning for the Motorcycle Poker Run, Show and Rally.
The parade will make its way through town at 2:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The parade route is: W. Jefferson St, N. Broadway, Chestnut St., Ellipse St. and ends at Berea Community School.
New this year is the Skateboard Relays event taking place throughout the day on Saturday on Jefferson Street. The winner of each relay will be entered in a drawing for an Aluminati skateboard.
The fun continues Saturday with the exciting tradition of the Spoonbread Eating Contest. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top contestants. Saturday evening, bring your pup for the Dog Show beginning at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, stroll through the park as hot rods line Jefferson Street from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The festival closes Sunday evening at 5:00 p.m.
Spoonbread will be sold throughout the weekend under the Spoonbread Tent located next to the large Entertainment Tent. Spoonbread will also be sold at a tent at the Hot Air Balloon Glow on Friday evening.
The Spoonbread Festival began in 1997 and has grown to attract 50,000+ attendees in its most recent year. That's visitors from 30 states and 66 Kentucky counties. With nearly 200 vendors and a packed schedule of events, the festival offers something for everyone. The Spoonbread Festival is proud to offer free parking, free admission, free inflatables for children and several other free family activities. For more information, including a map and schedule of events, please visit our website: www.spoonbreadfestival.com.