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Welcome to The Wild Hunt's semi-regular round-up of news and opinion, unleash the hounds. As you read this I'll be on my way to San Francisco, California to attend the American Academy of Religion's Annual Meeting. The AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion, and their annual meeting has become a vital place to hear about the latest scholarship in the field of Pagan Studies (and just about every other religious and philosophical tradition as well). This year will feature an abundance of Pagan-friendly events, including the Contemporary Pagan Studies Group's stellar-looking line-up of presentations. I'll be attending as many Pagan-oriented presentations as I can, and will report back with some initial thoughts, photos, and hopefully some interviews.
In the meantime, here's some links of note to tide you over!
- It's time for Operation Circle Care once again! Circle is looking for donations of new and gently used items, as well as funds, to cover air mail postage. These donations will be made into care packagers to be sent to Wiccan and Pagan troops in active duty war zones. You can find out more about this year's effort by checking out Operation Circle Care's Facebook page.
- At Patheos, T. Thorn Coyle writes an open letter to progressive activist Rabbi Michael Lerner, who voiced some criticisms of the Occupy movement in a recent HuffPo piece. Quote: "I take particular umbrage at the casual dismissal of the encampments as a "fetishization" of the occupied spaces. Place is sacred. Place tells us we have somewhere to stand. People establish sacred relationship with spaces, which strengthens the roots of Occupy. More importantly, taking up space is what ignites the imagination, and gives the larger movement outside the camps a touchstone, something to return to."
- At the USC media blog Trans/Missions, Lee Gilmore writes about modern Paganism and the Occupy movement. Quote: "The Occupy movement may have seemed lunatic and naïve when it first sprouted on Wall Street, and its long-term significance remains to be seen. But, at the moment at least, it has ignited a potent social energy that pushes the always porous boundaries of the standard "religion and spirituality" beat. It may be a mostly "secular" movement, yet the term "Occupy" itself draws people to understand its meaning in broader terms—as containing an invitation to mindfulness and participation in ways that are simultaneously spiritual and earthly: Occupy the Earth, Occupy your Life, Occupy Everything."
- This week I wrote about the Pope's impending visit to Benin, birthplace of Vodun. Now, some reports are coming out that focus on practitioners of Vodun, and their views on syncretism. Quote: "We worship the same God. The priests always tell us that we cannot do both at the same time. They forget that we had worshipped voodoo before the missionaries arrived." Meanwhile, the Catholic press gets out its broad brush and starts painting.
- At The Immanent Frame David Martin examines the new book "Religion in Human Evolution: From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age". Quote: "I have telescoped, glossed and simplified Bellah in order to bring out a central message that seems to me as true as it is controversial. 'We' are inveterate story tellers as well as theoreticians. 'Nothing is ever lost'. Moreover, the platforms in consciousness from which we formulate our visions of how we might be, and how the world might be, were set up in the axial age."
- The always interesting Religion in American History blog gives a run-down of AAR sessions dealing with, well, religion in American history.
- The Revealer has an interesting look at the intersections of diet and religion in prison.
- New to Asatru? Steven T. Abell has some tips for you. Quote: "Read. Ásatrú is often called "the religion with homework." There are people and organizations that can help you learn more about this, but there is no substitute for reading our lore yourself, and making of it what you can. You won't have to take any tests or earn any degrees. But look at it this way: life is a test, and your knowledge of the lore will help you pass that test."
- The Baltic Times looks at the Velu laiks period, which means the "time of the souls."
- The Washington DC bureau of the Pagan Newswire Collective has the latest updates on the Open Hearth Foundation Pagan Community Center.
That's it for now! Feel free to discuss any of these links in the comments, some of these I may expand into longer posts as needed.


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The first impression one gets from
listening to Sylvia Plath read her poetry is that she possessed the most
haunting of voices. Her voice echoes
throughout whatever chamber it is played in, filling the space and bouncing off
the walls with its beautifully clear enunciation and barely contained emotion.
Sylvia's words, although very fierce and lovely on the page, become even more so
as they come from the mouth of the poet herself: each word seems to take on a
shape and feeling of its own, coming out of her mouth with all of the force and
desire of one possessed.
Encompassing twenty-two of Plath's
poems, this audiobook has no narrator and no explication; it is merely Plath's
voice, on its own, and is all the more emotive, lively, and effective for it.
Each poem blends into the next, beginning with the ominous "The Ghost's
Leavetaking," in which Plath urges the tangible representation of
mortality to
Go, ghost of our mother and
father, ghost of us,/ And ghost of our dreams' children, in those sheets/ Which
signify our origin and end,/ To the cloud-cuckoo land of color wheels/ And
pristine alphabets and cows that moo/ And moo as they jump over moons as new/
As that crisp cusp towards which you voyage now.
Her word choice is strong and clear,
and her voice adds to the yearning present in the lines for a return to an
ability to believe in and enjoy things more fully and innocently. This is the voice of a poet who has been
through difficult and trying times and is certain that there is more suffering
and trial to come. On "The Disquieting Muses," Plath lets the
listener/ reader a glimpse into her private world of mental illness and creative
energy, two related sides of herself:
When on tiptoe the
schoolgirls danced, / Blinking flashlights like fireflies/ And singing the
glowworm song, I could/ Not lift a foot in the twinkle-dress/ But,
heavy-footed, stood aside/ In the shadow cast by my dismal-headed/ Godmothers,
and you cried and cried:/ And the shadows stretched, the lights went out.
this sampling of her poems, Plath deals with the issues and feelings that
informed and shaped so much of her poetry: loss, death, fatherhood, love,
desire, hope, pain, grief, and mental illness. Listen to this audiobook while
reading Plath's poetry: it is an experience that offers an insight into the
poet that just one of them cannot, and shows Plath's talent with words/as a
poet, as well as her ability to share her grief and feelings unlike most other
poets of her generation.
© 2002 Miranda Hale
Miranda Hale is a graduate student in English
Literature who lives in Spokane, Washington and who reads entirely too much
Sylvia Plath.
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Difficult youth
Dave thinks back: "My house was so small when I was a kid they had to paint the furniture on the walls. You could put your hand down the chimney and open the door from the inside if you forgot your key."
It did not take long at all for Dave Ulliott to get in contact with poker! As a child he would already sit down with his parents and carry out his first private poker tournaments on the kitchen table.
Dave's youth was a rather difficult one. The young chap just could not stop getting himself into trouble. After his father had taken him along to the local bookie for the first time, he won his first bet at 50:1. From then on he started to spend more and more time with bookmakers illegally. Apart from that, he frequently started to hang out in pool halls and racing courses and in the end he was completely into horse betting.
In order to earn some money, Dave Ulliott soon got a job making trophies at G K Beaulah's, where once again he got the opportunity to play poker. During lunch breaks he played against his colleagues, even though he never really won much. The most experienced poker player Dave was able to gamble with in those days, was a member of 51 Club Casino in Hull. Dave once explained:
"I was quite a tall kid for 15 and he signed me in there. I started playing this game called Three-Card Brag. I ended up getting lots and lots of money at that game because I could track the cards coming around. It was like tracking the Aces and Jacks in blackjack. Anyway, I started playing this Brag game then I went to Strip-Deck Stud Poker, which is the same game Steve McQueen played in "The Cincinnati Kid"
Dave Ulliott soon lost his job after he failed to turn up one day. After all, he thought it was a better idea to spend the afternoon at the race course than at work. His boss obviously did not think the same way.
Dave was eager to improve his poker skills, but always had to face the fact of being broke. One day he entered the same poker room as a furniture trader from Hull. Dave had brought along his grandfather's clock and showed it to the trader and asked him to accept it as a buy in. This was the day when people started to refer to him as "Dave, the Clock".
At the age of 19, Dave Ulliott got involved in a fight on his way home from the "Golden Nugget Pool Hall". The young Ulliott was attacked by five couples at once and one of the guys slashed his face when he tried to protect his younger brother. Still, he was able to defend himself and managed to get back home eventually. Later Dave Ulliott claimed, that he was proud of the experience and the incident made him realise, that he could not be beaten in a fight "inside".
Criminal activities
Things got worse, when Dave became member of a safe-cracking team and got involved in several break-ins. The team collaborated with shop owners, who had planned to carry out insurance fraud. One day Dave lost £ 5,000 at the bookmaker and made up the loss by simply stealing the bookie's safe and pushing it home in a pram. One of his team-mates was eventually caught by the police and revealed Dave's involvement. A week later Dave was caught and he spent three weeks in a small prison cell in Hull's police station before he was sent to Leeds Prison for 9 months. Shortly after his release he was arrested yet again because of armed robbery. This time he was let go without charge.
At the age of 28, Dave Ulliott was arrested because of a fight at a night club and served 18 months in Leeds and Durham prisons. During this time he met John, with whom he planned the next coup - a bank robbery on the day of discharge. John was immediately re-arrested and Dave Ulliott was smart enough not to go any further. Today Dave Ulliott recalls:
"When I was in my twenties, I'll admit I was a hell-raiser. I got in with the wrong ones and did my time in Durham – probably the worst prison there is. It's not something that I'd like to go through again but it strengthened my character."
It seems like Dave Ulliott has finally changed his attitude. After his last jail sentence he bought a jeweller's shop, which he still runs together with his second wife.
Back on track - from gangster to poker pro
One of the things Dave Ulliott could never stop though was playing poker. Probably because of the fact he had got better over time. He organised poker games in his jeweller's shop and started to win quite frequently. Dave's long lasting betting passion had also outlasted the years and he got the chance to prove his betting skills plenty of times.
In the year 1990, Dave Ulliott got to know Gary Whitaker, a café manager from Wakefield, in a Leeds casino. Six nights a week they entered poker games together and it was Gary who went and placed Dave's bets after Dave was banned from all William Hill betting shops for too successful gambling. Whitaker agreed to be Ulliott's regular driver after Ulliott took part in a regular game and Whitaker held a 10% stake in his action.
Over the years Dave Ulliott had improved his poker skills to such an extent, that in the year 1996 he managed to win £ 100,000 in less than two weeks.
In 1997 he was desperate to take part in the World Series of Poker. He was able to put $ 200,000 aside for the tournament before he entered, but he lost the whole money on cash-games and tournament buy-ins. Therefore he borrowed $ 70,000, which of course was gone in no time too. Somehow he managed to knock up another $ 2,000 buy in for a Pot Limit Texas Hold'em event. Going through all the trouble was worth it in the end. Dave finally kicked more than 240 participants out of the tournament, including poker legends like Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and finally he sat heads-up with Englishman Chris Truby. Dave Ulliott won the tournament and received $ 180,310 prize money as well as his first Gold WSOP bracelet.
Other major highlights in Dave Ulliott's poker career are i.e. the second place in the WSOP 1998 "$ 3,000 Texas Hold'em Pot Limit", where he won $ 103,200 prize money and another second place in the WSOP 2001 "$ 2,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em", where he walked out with $ 150,480 prize money.
In 2002 he entered the third "Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open" in Tunica, Mississippi, where he came fifth in one event, winning $ 61,110 prize money and he came first in another event, receiving $ 123,772 prize money.
Dave Ulliott earned an awesome $ 589,175 after he had eliminated all opponents in the fourth "Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open" in 2003. He came first in the "British Open 2004" too, winning $ 162,250. He also reached the final table at "Poker Million – The Masters 2004", finishing in second place and receiving $ 125,000.
The year 2007 was again a very successful one for Dave Ulliott. He won $ 109,192 in the "2007 Gold Strike World Poker Open" No Limit Texas Hold'em event, when he came first. Soon after he took part in the "Annual Five Diamond World Poker Classic", where he outplayed all other participants once more and received $ 266,160.
Dave Ulliott's previous nickname "The Clock" had already been replaced by a much better one in 2001: Devilfish! Dave explains:
"The Devilfish was given to me by a Chinese guy in Birmingham by the name of Stevie. This guy likened me to the Devilfish because I'm very aggressive and I give 'em the needle after I take the money off them. The Devilfish is the blowfish that only a few chefs can prepare – if they don't take the poison out right it'll kill you. Gary, who drove me around, was there at the game. We walked out of the game and I forgot all about it. Three months later I was playing against Men The Master in the Four Queens Omaha tournament and nobody even knew me over there. It was only me and him left, heads up and somebody yelled out "Go on, The Master!" Right out, Gary shouted "Go on the F-ing Devilfish!" He'd remembered all the way from three months back in Birmingham. And the headline on the flyer the next day was "Devilfish devours The Master." I went back three months later, won a gold bracelet and put Devilfish on it for a bit of fun. It's better than naming yourself Slippery Ass or something."
Dave Ulliott's favourite poker variant is Four Card Omaha.
Dave Ulliott also played a role in a film called "Poker Face" and published a book named "Swimming With The Devilfish".
After all this success over the years, what are Dave's plans for the future?
"I'm making this website, www.DevilFishPoker.com and I want to build it up and make a bunch of money. It's up and running and it's fantastic. It's like a gangster site. You come up to this steel door and the grill comes across and this ugly face comes up and decides if he's going to let you in. You go in and sit down in the brickwork room, give yourself a gangster name and get going. There's already like 15,000 people playing."
"It's the best there is and it's cheaper than everywhere else. Not only that, but I give away a free DVD with every purchase. And the DVD is great because I'm funny. Some guys doing these DVDs should be hypnotists – they send you right to sleep. But, this is good stuff." ... by the way, Dave was not trying to advertise of course...
Dave about online poker, money and women
Dave reckons that most poker players who play solely online do not have the slightest idea of what they are doing. That is why he believes it is so hard to play against them. Dave has even opened up his own online poker room recently: Devilfish Poker.
It does not seem like Dave Ulliott thinks very much of poker playing women:
"It's always good to look at someone pretty at the table – who's not me. But if you ask me whether women can ever be as good as men at the table, then I reckon, no. There are good players out there like Lucy Rokach – she's a Rottweiler – but in general women just aren't aggressive enough."
Once somebody owns as much money as the Devilfish, you might ask what the money is spent on. As a matter of fact an interviewer wanted to know what the most extravagant thing was, that Dave had ever spent money on. Dave answered:
"Well, I threw $ 40,000 in the trash can in Paris. I put a bag into the safe, which I thought was containing $ 40,000 when in fact it was containing rubbish. And I left the $ 40,000 in a similar-looking bag on the floor, which I thought was containing rubbish. So, I walked out and put it in the wheelie bin. The next day, I realised it and went to the people who handle the rubbish and instead of mentioning that I lost $ 40,000 in a bag, I told them I'd lost some keys and wanted to know if I could get the bag back. They said "No, it goes straight off the truck and into the incinerator." So, that was the end of that."
When the interviewer asked him, if he was drunk at the time, he simply answered: "No. I don't need to be drunk to do stupid things."
Away from the poker tables
Dave still lives in Kingston Upon Hull, his hometown and has two ex-wives and seven children. While he was working at G K Beaulah's as a trophy maker, he had a common-law wife with whom he had a son called David. With Susan, his first wife, he had two children named Darren Paul and Kerry. After his first marriage broke down, he met Amanda (Mandy) Ashby, who became his second wife. They had four children together before they also got divorced.
Dave's greatest hobby besides playing poker is music. He plays the guitar and the piano and even became a member of a band as a teenager for a short time.
One day a reporter visited Dave Ulliott in his house to make an interview and he said: "The way you see me in my house is the way I really am. If people are nice to me, I'll be nice to them. If people are aggressive to me, they're going to get it ten times worse. I don't like obnoxious people, bullies and people who push you around town centres."
When he is not just out to play poker, Dave Ulliott still works as a jeweller. You can see that, when having a closer look at the self-made rings on each hand. He engraved the word "Devil" into one and the word "Fish" into the other ring.
Dave Ulliott's poker colleague Robert Williamson III once characterized the Devilfish: "He's like one of those trained guard dogs – lots of bark, not much bite! The kind of guy who you actually want to hang out with - a regular beer-swilling kind of guy."
So what is the Devilfish's secret? Dave reveals: "I like to excel at everything I do – whether it's making love or playing poker, I like to be the best. I live a bit of a James Bond lifestyle really. I have the biggest wardrobe of anyone I know, I drive a Hummer, a Lexus Convertible, travel round the world and earn a shit load of money. When you look like me, it helps for sure."
Dave Ulliott's made his ambitions clear to everyone by saying: "I'd swim across shark-infested waters with a pork chop hanging around my neck in order to play the best poker players in the world."
Dave really trusts his poker skills and definitely has the right to do so – he is simply one of the most excellent poker players around!
This is the Devilfish in a nutshell ... partly human, partly mysterious, but without any doubt a poker legend!
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2011 Dodge Durango Reviews
2011 Durango New Car Test Drive
The 2011 Dodge Durango is substantially overhauled from previous iterations, keeping only its name, optional Hemi engine and perhaps a couple of hidden electronic pieces. It's a big change likely to win its share of 'most improved' awards.
A Durango is for those with varied needs: plenty of seats, cargo hauling flexibility, towing, or four-wheel drive. To that end it can accommodate seven, even seven adults. It can be configured to carry big boxes or four people AND a 10-foot long-board inside. It can tow a minimum 3500 pounds fully loaded and up to 7200 in a lightly loaded V8, considerably more than most of the crossover competition that's based on front-wheel-drive platforms. And you can get low-range 4WD with the V8, though it's not as tough underneath as the old truck-based Durango.
The standard setup is rear-wheel drive, yielding even weight distribution, a compliant bump-soaking ride, nice quiet cruising and good response to driver commands.
An all-new 3.6-liter V6 brings 290 horsepower and is paired with a 5-speed automatic transmission, but they are saddled with 4900 pounds to haul around. On the plus side, the V6 gets 23 mpg on the highway and has a big fuel tank, so those 400-mile scenic routes won't have you worrying where the next gas station is located. Those less concerned with mileage will opt for the Hemi, not because of its 70 added horsepower but for the extra 130 lb-ft of torque and the V8 soundtrack.
Durango's interior now seats seven (except the Heat model) but it feels larger than before and looks better. Materials and fit-and-finish are miles ahead of its predecessor and remain wholly appropriate for the SUV mission.
Pricing runs from about $30,000 to about $46,000. The base Durango Express model is far from basic and a loaded Durango Citadel has everything you need and a lot more. Options, especially compared to some imports, are reasonably priced; our Durango Crew model had just $1,550 in options on it and left us wanting for naught.
The only Big 3 vehicle that's undergone wholesale change like this is Ford's Explorer, but it no longer offers rear-wheel drive, a V8, or similar towing capacity, and dare we say isn't as much improved as the Durango. By class benchmarks the Durango has a refined ride and cabin; by previous Durango standards it's beyond comparison.
Durango competes in a fairly crowded market, against the GMC Acadia, Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, Ford Explorer, Toyota Highlander, Hyundai Veracruz, Kia Sorento, Subaru Tribeca, Mazda CX-9, and Honda Pilot. Top-drawer Durango models could also compete with the Acura MDX and Volvo XC90, yet Nissan's Pathfinder is the only seven-seat, rear-wheel-drive competition to offer a V8 in this price range.
If you do no towing and don't need the V8, we would suggest the Dodge Grand Caravan. With the same V6, a 6-speed automatic and less weight to cart around it is quicker, gets better mileage, handles as well, has more people room, and as much cargo space behind the second row as the Durango does behind the front seats.
The 2011 Dodge Durango is offered in six trim levels, all with a 5-speed automatic transmission. Rear-wheel drive (2WD) is standard. V6 models offer full-time all-wheel drive (AWD) that splits power 50/50 while V8 models use a two-speed transfer case (4WD) with low-range gearing, automatic mode for on-highway use, and a Neutral position that allows it to be towed on its wheels, as behind a motorhome.
Durango Express ($29,195) is the base model and comes only with a 290-hp 3.6-liter V6 engine. It includes cloth upholstery, three-zone climate control, power windows/locks/heated mirrors, 18-inch alloy wheels with 265/60R18 Michelins, fog lamps, 50/50-split folding third row seats, 60/40-split fold/tumble second row seats, fold-flat right front seat, and Media Center 130 AM/FM/CD/MP3 stereo with one-year subscription to Sirius satellite radio. Express is available with AWD ($31,195). Options include a popular equipment package ($1295) with 30GB HDD upgraded audio, Bluetooth streaming and voice, leather-wrapped steering wheel, auto-dimming inside mirror, rear park sensors and a rearview camera. A towing package includes Class IV hitch, 7 and 4-pin plugs, full-size spare tire, upgraded cooling, load-leveling rear shocks. Also available: skid plates, roof rails/cross bars ($250), engine block heater ($50), sunroof ($850).
Durango Heat ($30,295) is basically a 295-hp V6 version of the R/T. It adds 265/50R20 tires on painted alloy wheels, body-colored trim, auto-dimming inside mirror, sport suspension and a 5.9-cubic-foot storage well under the floor behind the second row seat. The Heat is the only five-passenger Durango, the only V6 with dual exhausts, and has no overhead rear AC controls. Options include three-season performance tires ($175) and most Express options except the roof rails and tow package. The Heat is available with AWD ($32,295).
Durango R/T ($35,465), for Road/Track, is the sportiest Durango and comes with a 360-hp 5.7-liter Hemi V8, revised suspension, bigger brakes, 20-inch wheels, body-color trim, digital suede red-stitched upholstery, HID low-beam headlamps, HomeLink, keyless entry, security system, remote start, leather-wrapped wheel and the Media Center 430 audio system with Bluetooth, nine speakers, and 506-watt Alpine amplification. Durango R/T 4WD ($37,865) is identically equipped. R/T extras include audio upgrades, navigation, adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning. A Leather Package ($1395) for 4WD versions includes leather-trimmed seats, heated first and second-row seats, power tilt/telescoping steering wheel, power front seats, auto-dimming exterior driver-side mirror, LED signal repeaters on the mirrors, and two-position memory system for seat/mirrors/wheel/radio presets. A DVD rear entertainment ($1695) system is available, usually requires sunroof.
Durango Crew ($33,195) and Crew AWD ($35,195) is the mainstream model, and adds to Express the 506-watt Media 430 sound system, power liftgate, power folding mirrors, remote start, driver memory system, roof rails/cross bars, power 8-way driver and 6-way passenger seats, leather wheel, HomeLink, keyless entry/run, rear camera and park sensors, and a 115-volt 150-watt outlet. Crew options include a 5.7-liter V8 ($1495), polished 20-inch wheels ($1150), an entry navigation/commuter group ($695) that includes navigation system, power tilt/telescope steering wheel, rains-sensing wipers, SmartBeam auto-dimming headlamps. Also available: rear DVD entertainment, block heater, sunroof, tow package, and blind spot warning.
Durango Crew Lux ($38,195) and Crew Lux AWD ($40,195) come standard with leather with four heated seats and power front passenger seat, navigation system, 20-inch polished and painted wheels, SmartBeam headlamps, rain-sensing wipers and chrome door handles and mirrors. Options are the V8, sunroof, rear DVD, tow package and Media Center 730 sound/navigation system with Sirius traffic, voice-recognition and a USB port.
Durango Citadel ($41,795) and Citadel AWD ($43,795) upgraded from Crew Lux with Nappa perforated leather seat trim, ventilated front seats, sunroof, Media Center 730, HID low-beams, eight-way power passenger seat (does not fold flat like all other Durango), heated steering wheel, blind spot warning, rear cross-path detection, adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning, R/T brakes, and 20-inch alloy wheels with chrome covers. Upgrades are limited to the V8, block heater, tow package, and Inferno red paint.
Safety features on all Durangos: front and front-side airbags, full side-curtain airbags, and electronic stability control with trailer-sway control. Optional safety features include blind spot warning, rear cross-path detection, adaptive cruise control with forward collision warning, rear camera, rear park sensors, and all-wheel drive.


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VENI VIDI VICI, a mod designed to bring the Imperator: Rome experience to Ages of History.
all of the imperator civilizations (some hundred, maybe a thousand) New leaders!! around 8-9,000 provinces Improved UI JOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/hymrDTj
at the moment only Spanish and English translations are planned, if you want your language to be added, join the discord to apply
Base Imperator EU4 map Omniluxia The Bronze Age Gladio et Sale+base map Greater Earth Project Earth? Mundus Poenicus (smol) GOVERNMENTS
Democratic Republic Aristocratic Republic Oligarchic Republic Plutocratic Republic Theocratic Republic Athenian Republic Autocratic Monarchy Aristocratic Monarchy Stratocratic Monarchy Theocratic Monarchy Plutocratic Monarchy Dictatorship Empire Imperial Cult Migratory Tribe Settled Tribe Federated Tribe PLANNED SCENARIOS (Imperator base map)
Imperator (just the base map, no events) Imperator (base map - vassals) Imperator+ (base map + events) The Bronze Age Gladio Et Sale Light 559 BC 1204 280 BC rome 2 grand campaign rome 2 rise of the republic rome 2 wrath of sparta rome 2 empire divided attila CREDITS:
Gladio Et Sale mod team
Omniluxia mod team
Bronze Age mod team
A Broken World mod team
Antzz (kokakolabrooo on the forum)
By Dolphin General
(I'm sorry if my english is bad, of course for the brazilians I will translate)
(me desculpa pelo meu inglês ruim, é claro que pros brasileiros eu foi traduzir)
So, Brazil is a BIG country, but in AoC2 it's a medium country and it has a interesting history that isn't represented well in the default game.
Because of that, in the mod I'm woking now, Brazil and its close regions or countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, half of Peru, the Guyanas and a little bit of Venezuela and Chile) will recive a new map, with a new satellite background, new provinces (of course focused on Brazil) and some more scenarios (all based on Brazil's history).
I will post some advances here, like the done parts of the map and the scenarios made
Então, o Brasil é um país GRANDE, mas no AoC2 é médio, o país tem uma história interessante na qual não é bem representada no jogo normalmente.
Por causa disso, no mod que estou trabalhando neste momento, Brasil e suas regiões mais perto (Argentina, Uruguai, Paraguai, metade do peru, as Guianas e um pouco da Venezuela e Chile) vão receber um novo mapa, com um fundo "estilo satélite", novas províncias (é claro, focadas no Brasil) e uns cenários (todos baseados na história do Brasil).
Eu vou postar aqui alguns avanços, como as partes prontas do mapa e os cenários até então feitos.
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|Nev's Daily To Do List
So if you'd like a copy, just pop over to Nev's Daily To-Do List & grab it from there. I hope it's fairly self-explanatory - you can add columns for more alts, add rows for other stuff you do regularly or delete stuff you don't do at all.
Bear in mind that this is based on my routine - I may have more time than you or just think in a completely different way & that's ok. The idea here is to make a list that is useful to you so you don't get swamped by all the options - just work down your list & you'll be accomplishing stuff whilst you decide what mood you are in for playing today. I sometimes find that once I've done my banking, I just want to kick back & do something easy like Pet Battles or I may have a bee in my bonnet about finishing a zone or getting to that next level.
Have I missed something that you think is important or useful to others? Let me know - I tend to get distracted easily so having a list works for me but I'm sure there are other things I probably didn't even think of!
I've kind of fallen in love with the ease of sharing files via Google Docs & am working on some more spreadsheets for you. If there are any particular things you would like to see on a spreadsheet, let me know & I'll see what I can do.
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Q: Where do they pull pulled pork from?
—Sal Spadafora, Hoboken, N.J.
A: Pulled pork is pulled from the pork shoulder.
The shoulder can be divided into two basic parts. Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart call them the "Boston butt" and "picnic ham" in their book, "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking." There are other names for these cuts; the National Pork Board calls them "shoulder butt" and "picnic shoulder," for example.
Don't worry about nomenclature too much; talk to your butcher or meat department staffer. They should be able to steer you in the right direction.
Memorial Day weekend is perfect for making pulled pork. Cooking the pork takes time, whether you're using an oven or a smoker or a covered grill. (Whatever you choose, remember that old Southern adage about temperature: Cook it "low and slow.") You want to cook the pork until it's falling-off-the-bone tender, so tender you can literally "pull" it into threads and chunks with your fingers.
Pulled pork is never served as-is. There's a sauce, the preferred choice of which varies from region to region (the vinegar sauce of eastern North Carolina has long been my choice). Coleslaw is the go-to side for pulled pork, either mounded on the plate or spooned on top of the pork. Make your favorite slaw or use store-bought. Serve the pork on white bread or a hamburger or sandwich bun.
Below are directions for cooking that pork shoulder in the oven from "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" and recipes for two sauces: A traditional vinegar-based barbecue sauce from "Mastering" and an Asian-influenced "Black BBQ" sauce from "Smoke & Pickles," the new cookbook by Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia restaurant in Louisville, Ky.
While both sauces are meant for pairing with pulled pork, do experiment by matching them with whatever you might be grilling: Burgers, ribs, chicken, pork tenderloin, steak.
Slow-cooked pork shoulder
Makes: 8 to 10 servings
A recipe from "Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking" by Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart.
1 (4- to 5-pound) pork shoulder (Boston butt or picnic ham)
4 to 5 garlic cloves, slivered
Freshly ground black pepper
Cider vinegar
Vinegar-based barbecue sauce (see recipe below)
Cole slaw
Loaf bread or buns
1.Put the pork in a sturdy pan. Pierce holes in the flesh and add slivers of garlic. Rub the skin with salt and freshly ground pepper. Move the pan to the lower part of a 275-degree oven. Mix equal amounts water and vinegar. Start basting after the first hour, and baste occasionally. Cook 6 hours and check the temperature; it should register 160 degrees on a meat thermometer. If necessary, cook 1 more hour. Take care not to cover meat in the oven, as it will make the skin chewy. Do not baste the last hour.
2.Remove from oven and let rest up to 10 minutes. Carve the meat off the bone in big pieces, either reserving the crispy skin or including it in the large pieces of the meat. Tease and tear apart the meat with fingers, two forks or two knives into edible pieces, or chop roughly. Serve hot, with barbecue sauce and coleslaw, on loaf bread or buns.
For the vinegar barbecue sauce: Mix 3 cups cider vinegar, 1 cup tomato sauce or ketchup, 1/2 to 1 cup light or dark brown sugar and 1 teaspoon to 1/2 cup hot sauce or red pepper flakes (err on the side of caution with hot sauce) in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cook 10 minutes.
Black BBQ sauce
Makes: About 3 cups
A recipe from "Smoke & Pickles" by Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia restaurant in Louisville, Ky. His recipe is a mix of Asian and Southern flavors and ingredients. Black bean paste is available at most supermarkets and Asian groceries.
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 pound onions, chopped
5 garlic cloves, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped (seeds and all)
1/3 cup raisins
1/2 cup each: bourbon, dark coffee, cola, ketchup
1/4 cup each: soy sauce, balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons each: molasses, Worcestershire sauce, black bean paste
1 tablespoon dry mustard
2 teaspoons each: ground allspice, freshly-ground black pepper, cayenne
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
Juice of 1 lime
1/4 cup Asian sesame oil
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1.Melt the butter with the olive oil in a Dutch oven over low heat. Add the onions, garlic, jalapeno peppers and raisins. Cover the pot and cook over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onions start to brown and caramelize on the bottom of the pot, about 5 minutes. Deglaze the pan but adding the bourbon, coffee and cola. Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon and simmer until the liquid has reduced by about half.
2.Add the ketchup, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, molasses, Worcestershire sauce and black bean paste and simmer over low heat about 5 minutes. Add the mustard, allspice, black pepper, cayenne and smoked paprika and simmer for about 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the sauce to cool for about 15 minutes.
3.Transfer the sauce to a blender, add the lime juice and sesame oil, and puree on high until you achieve a thick sauce. Taste; adjust seasonings. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate; bring to room temperature when ready to use.
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We got these sets of Wilton Jungle Pals cutters in several months ago.
I've been dying to play with them, but we got into the holidays and things got BUSY, so it had to wait till now! I was looking at my sweet baby girl (who isn't such a baby anymore, and who is also not always sweet, but most of the time she is….) And noticed that her monkey jammies had little monkey faces on them that were exactly the same shape as the monkey face cookie cutter!
So I had some inspiration, and I had some chocolate chip cookie dough in the fridge, (which was also weird because Sweet Sugarbelle posted the same recipe on the SAME day that I made these! Great minds think alike!), so it was meant to be that I should bake up some Jungle Pals!
To decorate these guys, I used my old stand-by Meringue Powder Buttercream. This is the recipe that I've been using for 10+ years. I've been experimenting with other icings lately, and some of them are really fun! Cookie Crazie Pam uses a corn syrup icing that I've really had fun with, and I've revisited royal icing lately. But I always seem to come back to the Meringue Powder Buttercream. I guess we're old buddies.
To decorate, I outlined with full-strength MPB (that's short for Meringue Powder Buttercream. But now that I had to explain, I might as well have just written the whole thing and saved myself about 29 words!), and then thinned some down to fill in the sections. Sometimes I use squeeze bottles for filling in with thinned-down buttercream, but this time I just used disposable bags and tips, and that works really well, too. It's really a matter of personal preference which one you use.
After the base coat dried, I piped on their faces and added some pink petal dust cheeks with a Q-tip. I really wished I had a darker pink, especially for the monkeys. I'm going to have to get some darker pink in my shop! For the girl monkeys and Elephants, I added a jumbo daisy flower with an icing dot for the center. So easy, and I think it added a lot!
These were my favorites from each species:
Do you want to make some Jungle Pals cookies, too? Of course you do! Comment on this post by Sunday (January 16) at midnight Mountain Time, and I'll pick a winner at random and send you a set of the cutters. Your chances are pretty good of winning, too, because not many people know about this blog yet! 😀 Be sure to include your email address so I can contact you if you win (don't worry– your email address won't be visible to the public, but I'll see it on the back end). Have a happy weekend, and I'll see you on Monday!


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Round 3…Fight!
The fighting game genre is a tough one to break into. You've got your hardcore
Street Fighter
fans, your Tekken heads,
your Virtua Fighter
nerds, your Soul Calibur
geeks and often very little crossover. That's partly the nature of the games,
as it takes discipline and dedication to master the moves.
The Dreamcast's Dead or
Alive 2 never really took off among hardcore fighting fans due to its relatively
simple combat system and somewhat limited depth. Still, few games looked better
and none conveyed the same cinematic qualities of fighting we enjoy in the movies.
DOA managed to find its own little niche.
And now, it attempts to eke out even more space for itself by being the first
fighting game available for the Xbox. Dead or Alive 3 sticks to the basics
by adhering strongly to its past with only a few minor gameplay tweaks. While
a bit disappointing, it still looks like a million bucks and plays well, leading
to a solid first entry.
the fact that this is the third official game in the series, no one has bothered
to actually work out any sort of discernable story. You pick one of 16 characters
with whom to smite the evil Genra, a bad guy who may or may not be a demon named
Omega. Along the way, you'll be utterly confused by what has to be the most
completely nonsensical excuse for a 'plot' since the 70's Italian horror flick
Nude for Satan.
But at least that had Satan, and, well, someone nude for him.
Seriously, how about just a little effort next time? You don't get any opening
movies to explain the characters, nor are their comments before each match insightful
at all. Some fight for money, some fight for honor, some fight for tip$, and
some fight so that at the end they can get half-naked and prance around. They're
transparent and basic and the whole game makes as much sense as watching an
episode of Twin Peaks backwards.
But it looks a helluva lot better. DOA 3 is probably the best-looking
fighting game yet, with much more exciting and vibrant environments than past
DOA games. Witness the flock of birds flying around as you scuffle on
the beach in front of a gorgeous sunset. Check out the deformation of the snow
on the 'Snow' level as you scoot around. From the terrific water effects to
the fantastic sun glares and lighting, this is really a top notch effort.
The new levels are pretty cool, particularly the 'Lost World', in which you
begin fighting atop a cliff only to eventually plummet down, down, down. While
not all the stages feature breakaway walls and multiple levels, most do, and
it's very rewarding finding the hot spots.
Character animations, though, are pretty much the same as DOA 2. In
fact, many of the fighters have almost identical move lists with just a few
additions. When you take into account that there are only 3 new characters out
of the 16, it means there isn't a whole lot left to discover if you've played
earlier DOA games.
The combat is also relatively unchanged. Each character has a nice assortment of kicks, punches and throws, and the simple control scheme makes pulling off seemingly tricky moves a snap. As always, the high mark of the combat system is the art of the move reversal, which is all about timing. Catch a punch in midair and watch your character twist your opponent's arm around and kick him in the head in one smooth turn.
I've always enjoyed the simple controls of DOA 3, and the inclusion
of the reversal thwarts excessive button mashing. But you can't help but notice
how thin everything feels when compared to the Tekken or Virtua Fighter
games. The learning curve ends pretty abruptly; the hardest moves are really
only a few simple moves strung together. You don't get anywhere near the kind
of combo depth or intricate technique found in other fighting games.
You also don't get a very satisfying single player game. Though there are
16 total characters, each one only fights about 6 others before reaching the
boss, Omega. Someone decided to change the view when fighting Omega, switching
it to a sort of three-quarter behind cam. It's awful. And despite his cheap
projectile weapons (he's the only one in the game with fireball ability), he
is one of the biggest wussies in the game. Whack him a few times and down he
goes, and away you go to watch another completely mystifying (albeit gorgeous)
winning FMV. Worst…boss…ever.
other game modes are also a little on the flimsy side. You get Versus, Team
Battle, Sparring (training), the silly Watch mode (where you just watch the
computer fight itself), Survival and Tag Battle. Tag Battle seems so good on
paper, but they make you fight Tag matches in static arenas that don't have
the breakable walls and varying levels. It winds up being a little boring, though
the tag team moves are still plenty cool..
Too bad you don't get rewarded for kicking ass. You'd figure the developers
learned their lesson when they released DOA
2 Hardcore, the PS2 version of the original DOA 2 filled with plenty
of new outfits and a few characters to unlock. Well, what you see is what you
get with DOA 3. After beating the game with every character, you don't
get much. Perhaps after playing for a million hours you get some new shoes or
something. All I know is that you should get rewarded much earlier.
DOA 3 certainly has its cinematic moments. Imagine kicking a guy off
a cliff, jumping down after him, kicking him off another cliff, following him
again, then kicking him off a third cliff into a pool of shimmering water. Name
another game where you can punch a guy though a wall, smack him off a rooftop
and toss him through a burning torch. I guarantee you'll at one point or another
actually yell out, "[expletive] yeah, baby!"
What it doesn't have, however, is enough new stuff to warrant a better grade.
This game is so similar to DOA 2 that calling it a sequel should only
refer to the graphics. How about allowing Tag matches to take place on any level?
How about letting you actually perform an attack while jumping down after your
opponent? How about adding some kind of extra incentive to play the single-player?
If I'm playing by myself, I'd still rather play the original Soul Blade.
DOA 3 is a prime example of graphics taking center stage over gameplay.
The hype machine has been working overtime on this one, and though it's very
far from a bad game, it's not particularly close to an amazing one, either.


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FCV conditions exacerbate already dire vulnerabilities and can lead to extreme, multi-hazard crises. Negative impacts of FCV situations tend to hit the most vulnerable hardest.
The WBG has gradually entered several areas traditionally considered to be the purview of humanitarian actors. In each case, the WBG focuses on contributing a development approach that is complementary to humanitarian relief. The WBG is scaling up its efforts to address famine risk with a broad crisis management approach. The WBG is also reinforcing its capacity to address pandemic risks and health crises in FCV settings by strengthening its capacity to identify risks and intervene rapidly, especially during and after episodes of violence.
Fragility and conflict do not tend to stop at borders. Under this pillar, FF20 will delve into comprehensive refugee responses including resilience and economic integration, integrated multilateral responses across development partners, risk assessments and operations, and peace-building in countries spanning across Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.
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Western Wind Mails Directors' Circular and Advises Shareholders to Take No Action at This Time
Dec 10, 2012, 00:37 ET
TSX.V Symbol: "WND"
OTCQX Symbol: "WNDEF"
Issued and Outstanding: 69,820,125
VANCOUVER, Dec. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Western Wind Energy Corp. - (the "Company" or "Western Wind") (TSX Venture Exchange - "WND") (OTCQX - "WNDEF") announces that it has mailed its directors' circular (the "Directors' Circular") in response to the offer (the "Offer") from WWE Equity Holdings Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. ("Brookfield Renewable") to Western Wind shareholders to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of Western Wind (the "Western Wind Shares") for $2.50 per Western Wind Share.
The Directors' Circular contains no recommendation of the Western Wind board of directors (the "Board of Directors") as to whether Western Wind shareholders should accept or reject the Offer, but urges shareholders to TAKE NO ACTION until there is further communication from the Board of Directors in a supplemental directors' circular, which will be sent to shareholders at least seven days before the scheduled expiry date of the Offer.
The previously-announced auction process being led by Rothschild (Canada) Inc. is progressing as planned and as part of that process, the Board of Directors is currently in discussions with potential buyers. Some of the initial expressions of interest received imply a value for the Company significantly greater than that offered by the Offeror, although there is no guarantee that a superior proposal will surface. As a result, the Board of Directors does not believe they will be in a position to make a recommendation with respect to the Offer until they have concluded discussions with third parties and have assessed the Offer against any alternative transactions that may result from those discussions. Though invited, Brookfield Renewable chose not to participate in the auction process.
While it is impossible to predict whether any offers or transactions will emerge from discussions with third parties, these discussions demonstrate that Western Wind and its assets are attractive to other parties in addition to Brookfield Renewable.
Tendering Western Wind Shares to the Offer before the Board of Directors and the Special Committee have had an opportunity to fully explore all available strategic alternatives may preclude the emergence of a financially superior proposal or an alternative transaction.
The Offer is currently open until January 28, 2013, and there is no need for Western Wind shareholders to do anything immediately.
Western Wind urges shareholders to TAKE NO ACTION in response to the Offer at this time and suggests they DO NOT TENDER their Western Wind Shares to the Offer.
Western Wind is a vertically integrated renewable energy production company that owns and operates wind and solar generation facilities with 165 net MW of rated capacity in production, in the States of California and Arizona. Western Wind further owns substantial development assets for both solar and wind energy in the U.S. The Company is headquartered in Vancouver, BC and has branch offices in Scottsdale, Arizona and Tehachapi, California. Western Wind trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "WND", and in the United States on the OTCQX under the symbol "WNDEF".
The Company owns and operates three wind energy generation facilities in California, and one fully integrated combined wind and solar energy generation facility in Arizona. The three operating wind generation facilities in California are comprised of the 120MW Windstar, the 4.5MW Windridge facilities in Tehachapi, and the 30MW Mesa wind generation facility near Palm Springs. The facility in Arizona is the Company's 10.5MW Kingman integrated solar and wind facility. The Company is further developing wind and solar energy projects in California, Arizona, and Puerto Rico.
Jeffrey J. Ciachurski
President & Chief Executive Officer
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
This news release contains certain statements that may be considered "forward-looking statements, such as references to the intended sale of Western Wind and its assets. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. The forward-looking statements in this press release include statements regarding the value of a potential sale of the Company based on expressions of interest received from auction participants, alternative sales discussions with third parties and potential transactions resulting from such discussions. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are based on reasonable assumptions, including that the expressions of interest and discussions with third parties may result in a higher potential sales price and that the Company will be able to successfully negotiate and complete a sale with a third party. Factors that may cause results to vary from anticipations include the risk that the Company may not be able to successfully negotiate a sale on terms more favourable than pursuant to the Offer and even if it is able to negotiate such a sale, that may not be able to satisfy applicable conditions, including receipt of requisite approvals, or complete the transaction. Although Western Wind believes the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future outcomes and actual results may differ materially from those contained in forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are based on the beliefs, estimates and opinions of Western Wind's management on the date the statements are made. Western Wind undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the event that management's beliefs, estimates or opinions, or other factors, should change, except as required by law.
SOURCE: Western Wind Energy
For further information:
Investor Relations Contact:
Lawrence Casse
Tel: (416) 992-7227
Email: [email protected]


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Snapshots from the Grub Street Food Festival
On Sunday, New York Magazine teamed up with the Hester Street Fair to present the third annual Grub Street Food Festival. Tons of restaurants and food trucks set up camp under tents and served their fare to the food-loving masses.
So many of our favorite things were there: pizzas from Rubirosa, cookies from Beurre & Sel, porchetta from Porchetta, and, well, pretty much everything else.
Flip through the slideshow to get a glance of the deliciousness!


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CHICAGO - The 2012 holiday season may have been the worst for retailers since the financial crisis, with sales growth far below expectations, forcing many to offer massive post-Christmas discounts in hopes of shedding excess inventory.
While chains like Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Gap Inc are thought to have done well, analysts expect much less from the likes of book seller Barnes & Noble Inc and department store chain J. C. Penney Co.
Growth was always expected to slow this season, though an improving employment picture and rising home values had helped mitigate the worst fears. But then Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast in late October, mild weather blunted sales of winter clothing and rising concern about the "fiscal cliff" became more of a reality, dragging down already pessimistic forecasts.
"The broad brush was Christmas wasn't all that merry for retailers, and you have to ask what those margins look like if the top line didn't meet their expectations," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group.
The latest sign of trouble came from MasterCard Advisors Spending Pulse, which reported holiday-related sales rose 0.7 per cent from Oct. 28 through Dec. 24, compared with a 2 per cent increase last year.
The preliminary estimate from SpendingPulse was in line with other estimates showing weak growth during the holiday season, when retailers can book about 30 per cent of annual sales - and in many cases, half of their profits.
"It has been a very uneven industry performance, probably at least for the last year, and that certainly continued into the holiday season," said Michael Niemira, chief economist at the International Council of Shopping Centers, in an interview with Reuters Insider.
The latest holiday season could end up the weakest since 2008, during the last recession, when sales actually declined. The National Retail Federation had previously predicted 4.l per cent sales growth this year, versus a 5.6 per cent increase a year earlier.
Markets reacted sharply to the gloomy outlook.
The S&P retail index fell 1.8 per cent in midday trading Wednesday, and 16 of the top 20 decliners in the broader S&P 500 were retailers or consumer brands.
To be sure, the actual percentage change in holiday sales can differ substantially, depending on which group is composing the figure. SpendingPulse and the National Retail Federation, for example, look at different categories, which can cause some variation in their forecasts.
Regardless of how bad the figure is, one concern for retailers is that soft sales will mean an excess of inventory that will force some to slash prices.
Among other brands, Barnes & Noble offered 50 per cent discounts in stores via email promotions on Wednesday, while Ann Inc had half-off at its Loft stores, and Bloomingdale's promoted discounts of up to 75 per cent in some cases.
Even in a good year, retailers would have offered discounts to lure customers, but some suggest a weak year has now forced their hands.
"Retailers are no longer chasing sales, they are chasing inventory management. That means the discounts that they would have liked to be at 50-60 (per cent) off have climbed to 75 to even 80 (per cent) off," said Marshal Cohen, chief industry analyst at The NPD Group.
Erica Ayala, 31, a mother of four who lives in New York's Harlem neighborhood, waited until the day after Christmas to shop for that very reason, saving more than $150 on kids'clothes alone at Gap's Old Navy chain.
"You can't go wrong with that," she said.
A variety of factors were thought to be at fault for the weak season, starting with Superstorm Sandy, which depressed sales in the Northeast in late October and early November.
Sales recovered in the second part of November, with early hours and promotions helping drive traffic during the "Black Friday" weekend after Thanksgiving, analysts said.
But there was a deep lull in early December as a winter storm in parts of the United States may have limited sales, said Michael McNamara, vice president of research and analysis at MasterCard SpendingPulse.
On top of that, there were fears that taxes will rise in the new year if Washington cannot negotiate a solution to the end-of-year "fiscal cliff" dilemma.
A recent Ipsos poll for Reuters found that only 17 per cent of shoppers were spending less due to cliff fears, though analysts said the damage was still done.
"The government usually does not have a role in holidays but this year they did. They got right in the midst of it, the timing couldn't have been any worse," NPD's Cohen said.
One bright spot has been online sales, which continue to grow at a faster pace.
On Christmas Day, online sales jumped 22.4 per cent, outpacing the 16.4 per cent increase in 2011, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, which tracks more than 1 million e-commerce transactions a day from 500 US retailers.
Whether online or off, some of the winning retailers were expected to be Wal-Mart, which attracted shoppers with early deals on the night of Thanksgiving and kept its focus on value, and apparel chains like Gap Inc, whose bright sweaters were successful, according to analysts.
Toys sold well, and hot items that were harder to find later in the season included certain Mattel Inc Barbie dolls and LeapFrog Enterprises Inc's LeapPad2 tablet computer, according to B. Riley Caris analyst Linda Bolton Weiser.
For retailers who have struggled, analysts said all hope was not lost. Many have fiscal quarters that end in January, so they still have time to benefit from a post-Christmas rebound.
Because Christmas fell on a Tuesday, some said they could even see a boost this week from people who have extra time off.
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Contact Sue Roper (Data Collection Officer)
The NGRC now maintains an archive of over some nine million items, which include:
Geotechnical Data from Applied Geology projects. A series geotechnical datasets generated during the applied geology mapping of parts of the UK. For each of these projects, data were abstracted from the available site investigations within a mapping area. Some are more detailed than others.
Geological data resulting from all types of opencast coal exploration. Collection of data includes reports, interpretations and records of research in British coalfield areas. Records received by BGS mainly under the requirements of the Mining Industry Act 1926.
Records of boreholes, shafts and wells from all forms of drilling and site investigation work. Nearly one million records are held with some dating back to at least 1790 and ranging from one to several thousand metres deep. The majority of the records contain written descriptions of the ground encountered. All have now been scanned and all new records are routinely scanned as part of the registrations process.
The records are all indexed in the Single Onshore Borehole Index (SOBI) and can be easily accessed by using the GeoIndex. Scanned images of the records can also be seen via these routes and also via the Borehole Geology Geoentry System of specialist viewers.
A small percentage of the borehole records are held commercial-in-confidence for various reasons and cannot be released without the authority of the originator. However, this does not necessarily mean information cannot be made available. The database errs on the side of caution so not all those listed as confidential on the database will actually be confidential. Some classes of data can be released by NGRC staff whilst for others written confirmation of release from the originator is required.
Geological data resulting from some 8000 opencast coal exploration and exploitation sites. The data consists of reports, interpretations and records of research in British coalfield areas created by British Coal Corporation or its precursors. It includes both exploratory and worked sites, therefore not all will necessarily have been exploited. The collection was deposited with the National Geological Records Centre by the Coal Authority in July 2001. New data from The Coal Authority is added as it is received.
The collection includes borehole site plans, borehole logs, analyses and geophysical data, and opencast seam analyses etc. All available BGS opencast records have also been added to the index.
The Mineral Reconnaissance Programme (MRP), was funded by the former Dept. of Trade and Industry (DTI) now Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The MRP carried out baseline mineral exploration. The main aim of the programme was to stimulate private sector exploration and the development of indigenous mineral resources. The programme has now been subsumed into the new BGS Minerals Programme. The database contains information from the MRP together with some from earlier programmes and the new Minerals Programme.
All geochemical results obtained are used to populate the corporate Geochemistry Database.
Hydrogeological information is managed and stored at the Wallingford office.
This collection has several parts to it and includes the following:
The reports are indexed in the Site Investigations Database (BGS.BGS_SI) and can be accessed via the GeoIndex. The grid references used in the database are based on an unrefined rectangle and therefore may not be applicable to a specific site.
The coverage for northern England and Scotland is more comprehensive than for the rest of the country. The plans include working copies, compilations and interpretations that may be copyright or confidential and therefore not be available for purchase. The general nature of some of the plans means that they may not be applicable to a specific site. However, the presence of mining data could indicate that further specialist advice or interpretation is required. They are indexed in the table BGS.ALL_PLANS and accessible via the GeoIndex.
Maps relating to the data for the MRP programme, a baseline mineral exploration programme originally funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) between 1972 and 1997. It has been subsumed into the new BGS Minerals Programme, funded by the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Maps relate to data held on the geochemistry of drainage stream sediments, panned concentrates, soil, deep overburden, and rock and drill core samples.


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The Council of Europe Higher Education Series, launched in 2004, aims to explore higher education issues of concern to policy makers in Ministries, higher education institutions and non-governmental organizations, and student representatives. Beyond that, the books will be of interest to all those interested in the development and future of higher education in Europe.
The topics covered by the Higher Education Series will reflect the commitment of the Council of Europe to the basic values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law and its belief that education and higher education play a key role in developing the democratic culture without which democratic societies cannot thrive as well as in developing the skills, knowledge and values that modern, complex societies require.
The volumes in the Council of Europe Higher Education Series will reflect the lively debate on higher education policy currently underway in Europe as well as the Council of Europe's contributions to that debate. Authors will be invited to put forward their own views on the topics selected, and the Series will seek to provide a forum for debate rather than outline a set of official positions. Through the topics covered and the views presented, higher education policy makers at all levels will hopefully find inspiration and ideas for their own work.
List of publications
Reimagining democratic societies: a new era of personal and social responsibility (Council of Europe higher education series No. 18) (2013)
Reimagining democratic societies, although a demanding task, is one in which higher education must engage. As societies change, our understanding of democracy must also evolve. We need democratic institutions, but also democratic culture and democratic innovation. Citizen participation, as a cornerstone of democracy, must go beyond citizen mobilisation on just a few issues. An educated, committed citizenry deeply involved in creating and sustaining diverse democratic societies is essential for human progress and advancing the quality of life for all.
Not by bread alone (Council of Europe higher education series No.17) (2011)
Not by bread alone gathers essays on higher education, including some written especially for this book. They cover three key areas: the missions of higher education, public responsibility and qualifications. Together, these essays spell out a view of higher education as a key factor in developing modern societies built on the fundamental Council of Europe values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. They also underline the key role of higher education in developing the ability of our societies to conduct intercultural dialogue.
Speaking across borders: the role of higher education in furthering intercultural dialogue (Council of Europe higher education series No.16) (2010)
Author(s) : Sjur Bergan and Hilligje van't Land (Eds)
This book, edited jointly by the Council of Europe and the International Association of Universities (IAU), explores the role of higher education in developing intercultural dialogue in society at large. It complements Intercultural dialogue on Campus (Higher Education series No. 11) and the issue of the IAU journal Higher Education Policy on the same topic, and includes contributions by prominent authors from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America. The book sets out the political context for intercultural dialogue and explores how universities can move from dialogue on campus to dialogue in society, and hence to become actors of intercultural dialogue. It also offers examples of good practice from various parts of the world.
Higher education for modern societies: competences and values (Council of Europe higher education series No.15) (2010)
Author(s) : Sjur Bergan and Radu Damian (eds)
Developing learners' competence is an important part of the mission of higher education. The kind of competences that higher education should develop depend on what we see as the purposes of higher education. The term "converging competences" points to the need not only to train individuals for specific tasks, but to educate the whole person. Education is about acquiring skills, but also about acquiring values and attitudes. As education policies move from an emphasis on process to a stronger emphasis on the results of the education processes, learning outcomes have come to be seen as an essential feature of policies both in Europe and North America.
Advancing democratic practice: A self-assessment guide for higher education (Council of Europe higher education series No.14) (2010)
Author(s) : Douglas Barrera and Virgilio Meira Soares
Developing attitudes to recognition: substantial differences in an age of globalisation (Council of Europe higher education series No.13) (2010)
Author(s) : E.Stephen Hunt and Sjur Bergan (eds)
Improving recognition in the European Higher Education Area: an analysis of national action plans (Council of Europe higher education series No.12) (2010)
Intercultural dialogue on Campus (Council of Europe higher education series No. 11) (2009)
Modern societies are inconceivable as isolated and mono-cultural entities. The interaction of various cultures is not only a fact of life for most Europeans, it also enriches our societies. However, we also witness tensions between cultures. Intercultural dialogue is therefore one of the political priorities of the Council of Europe, as shown most prominently by the adoption of the White Paper "Living Together as Equals in Dignity" in May 2008.
New challenges in recognition (Council of Europe higher education series No. 10) (2008)
Recognition of qualification is one of the key elements of the Bologna Process aiming to establish a European Higher Education Area by 2010. The fair recognition of qualifications is an individual right; it is also important to improving academic mobility that is an essential goal of the Bologna Process. Put simply, a European Higher Education Area aiming at making it possible for learners and academic staff to move freely ithin the whole Pan-European area to be estblished by 2010 is unthinkable without adequate provision for the fair recognition of qualifications.
This publication focuses on two topics in particular. First, how qualifications that have not been earned through traditional study programme at classical higher education institutions can be recognised, and second, recognition in a global context. In addition, this book gives and overview of the national action plans for recognition submitted by all the members of the Bologna Process prior to the London ministerial conference in May 2007.
The Legitimacy of quality assurance in higher education (Council of Europe higher education series No. 9) (2008)
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Quality assurance is one of the key topics in the current higher education debate in Europe. In 2005, the ministers involved in the Bologna Process adopted a set of European guidelines for quality assurance. The matter is high on national and European agendas.
Higher Education and Democratic Culture: Citizenship, Human Rights and Civic Responsibility (Council of Europe higher education series No. 8) (2008)
This book on the responsibility of higher education for a democratic culture is the 8th volume in the Council of Europe's Higher Education series. It is the direct result of a Higher Education Forum held in June 2006 on the responsibility of higher education for citizenship, human rights and sustainability. This forum was a part of the Council of Europe's long-standing commitment to work in the area of education for democratic citizenship and human rights. It complements earlier work on the public responsibility for higher education and research which led to a recommendation of the Committee of Minister to the member states of the Council of Europe in 2007. If our aim is to work for sustainable democratic societies, the responsibility of public authorities for a high-quality higher education system must go hand in hand with the responsibility of higher education institutions towards the advancement of society.
The heritage of European universities, 2nd edition (Council of Europe higher education series No. 7) (2007)
Universities are European institutions par excellence. While people are generally aware that universities have a long history, they often remain unaware of the value of university heritage: the accumulated experience of universities as well as their material culture which have been transmitted from one generation to the next, and the role this heritage plays today.
Qualifications: introduction to a concept by Sjur Bergan (Council of Europe higher education series No. 6) (2007)
Qualifications are a key element of higher education policies in general and of the Bologna Process in particular. Much work has been accomplished in this area over the past few years, and a proper understanding of qualifications is essential to making the European Higher Education Area a reality.
Higher education governance between democratic culture, academic aspirations and market forces (Council of Europe higher education series No. 5) (2006)
This fifth volume of the Council of Europe higher education series is the direct result of a conference on higher education governance. It is also the outcome of a project launched by the Council of Europe's Steering Committee for Higher Education and research in response to the need to bring to light an issue which underpins much of the current debate on higher education reform but has not been fully discussed at an international level.
This work sets out to describe governance matters in higher education, highlight current challenges in this field and link them to basic issues debated in society at large and to the Bologna Process in particular. In doing so, it seeks to contribute well-founded arguments to a necessary, ongoing discussion rather than to present firm conclusions. Furthermore, this discussion is bound to gain in importance and relevance as the transformation process of the European Higher Education Area intensifies and issues of sustainable governance of change move up the agenda.
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Recognition in the Bologna Process: policy development and the road to good practice (Council of Europe higher education series No. 4) (2006)
The Bologna Process aims to create a European Higher Education Area by 2010. Making it easier for students and graduates to obtain fair recognition of their qualifications is one of the most important measures that will help make the European Higher Education area a reality.
In addition to a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the recognition field, the book includes articles on topics like the impact of emerging qualifications frameworks on recognition, recognition and quality assurance, learning outcomes, credit transfer, recognition and the labour market, borderless education and recognition issues outside of the European Higher Education Area.
Standards for recognition: the Lisbon Recognition Convention and its subsidiary texts (Council of Europe higher education series No. 3) (2005)
In this third volume of the Council of Europe's Higher Education Publication Series, all of the legal standards for the recognition of qualifications, as developed jointly by the Council of Europe and UNESCO in the Lisbon Recognition Convention, are brought together in a single tome. The purpose of this book is to make the current European legal standards readily available for credential evaluators and others who make recognition decisions and for those interested in recognition issues, including policy makers.
The public responsibility for higher education and research (Council of Europe higher education series No. 2) (2005)
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The university as res publica - higher education governance, student participation and the university as a site of citizenship (Council of Europe higher education series No. 1) (2004)
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Recognition issues in the Bologna Process (2003)
Les politiques linguistiques dans l'enseignement supérieur - Invitation au débat (2003)
Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning higher education in the European Region (No.165) (1998)
Recognition of higher education qualifications: challenges for the next decade (1998)
The European conventions on higher education (1998)
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Oh, this poor, poor, well-dressed man.
Winning the million dollars on Wheel of Fortune isn't easy, but it is possible. And the first step is solving a puzzle after landing on the million-dollar wedge, like Paul Atkinson (a firefighter and beer brewer from Oregon) did last night. Unfortunately, his answer came out something closer to "corno curo cabinet," and the producers didn't give it to him, even after a review during the break.
It likely wouldn't have changed the ultimate outcome of the episode—Luis ran away with it—but at least game shows are teaching us the value of spelling and pronunciation.


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Foster, a former Nike marketer, is also chairman of Nova, the country's biggest mass-participation events company, whose events include the Great North Run and other athletic and swimming competitions.
Here Marketing talks to Foster about the Olympics, commercial sponsors and endorsements, and why he thinks the press is wrong to hold football in such high regard.
So, what is your verdict on the Olympics? Was it an overriding success?
The Olympics was fantastic. Seb Coe [chairman] and Paul Deighton, chief executive, did a fantastic job of managing expectation of delivering the Olympics. In my view, it was the best Olympics ever. It was brilliantly organised. You don't get prizes for organising events, but you do get castigated for organising them badly. The Olympics was brilliant as it was a combination of things – the new dimensions were the atmosphere generated largely by volunteers, the performance of Team GB, and the reaction of the British public.
What about the media coverage from BBC on the Olympics and Channel 4 on the Paralympics?
I think in media terms, the BBC did an outstanding job on the Olympics. Also Channel 4, who had not done a great job on the World Athletics Championships, came out with flying colours. Channel 4 helped enable a positive attitude to the Olympics
What about the relationship between commercial sponsors and the Olympics?
The Olympic Games needs huge financial support. And the thing about Coke I know is that not only do they provide – and have done since 1932 – commercial sponsorship of the Games, but their big inspiration was the Torch Relay, which touched more people than the Olympic Games themselves. The Olympic Games didn't touch Northumberland, but the Torch Relay did. And, remember, Coke will be sponsoring the next Olympic Games.
Were you surprised that some people associated Nike with being a sponsor of the London 2012 Games, despite it not being a sponsor?
To be fair, Nike sponsored individual athletes. And if you look at these athletes they wouldn't be able to be full-time athletes if it wasn't for the finance of Nike and other brands. Puma, for instance, puts loads of money into sponsoring Usain Bolt. Athletes are not paid a fortune on a weekly basis like footballers are, so these guys now have the opportunity to earn money and the Olympics is their shop window.
But do you think that athletes having too much commercial endorsement can become a distraction?
To be honest, for the sport of athletics and the athletes themselves, their major source of income is endorsements. Clearly it wasn't a distraction for Jess Ennis who did brilliantly, so well done Jessica for managing to straddle the commercial approach and the athletic approach.
Now that the Olympics and Paralympics are over, football seems to be grabbing all the headlines again. Are you surprised there wasn't more of a backlash against football, as the Olympics and Paralympics offered something different?
If you look at what the Olympics were all about – the public celebrating being part of it as they had raised part of the finance. The public said they were happy to buy tickets for the Games, so doesn't it show great things about Team GB and Great Britain? And now just a few weeks later, we are saying Ashley Cole is in trouble for tweeting about the FA. You think 'hang on a minute'. But the media probably enjoy writing the Ashley Cole one. It's funny isn't it? People won't shake hands, racism – basically loads of things for the press to get into. The public would tell you they loved the summer of sport, the Jubilee, the Olympics and Paralympics. There really is a contrast. It is down to the journalist.
Aviva has parted company with UK Athletics as its headline sponsor after 13 years. So how does athletics crack on from here? I guess post-Olympics brands should be crying out to be involved with athletics?
Aviva has been a fantastic sponsor for 15 years. It supported the team, and thereby was directly involved in the performance at the Olympics. The next step is who takes their place and, if you followed your argument, people should be knocking at the door.Follow @johnreynolds10


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Interior attention to detail.
Exterior attention to detail?
A grill. Swathed in vinyl, no less. Perhaps to match the countertops? No, to match the ovens.
Axis of Ugly: Breakfast room window view. Yard (yes, yard, obviously not garden) door view. Window above the sink view. And, probably dining room view, upstairs bedroom views.....
Why is this acceptable? Generally it's the person bankrolling the interior demanding the grill, hence, acceptable. Until that person reads a post like this. Go ahead, you know you want to show it to him.
Garden & Be Well, XO Tara
Why so hard on this topic? "Men come to build sooner than to garden finely as if gardening were the greater art." Pope, 17th century. Beautiful pics of interiors that denigrate the landscape are harmful to my profession.
How to fix this? Simplest? Hinged shutters, painted color of chair seats, above, in front of grill. Fold & lean against wall when using grill.
Pic via Cote de Texas.
Axis of Ugly. Rather proud of that one !! Would be a great lecture title for Puppet Barbuda.....


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