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My Open Heart.
I would like to say I have an open heart.
It sounds nice and like something I should have.
Blessed with family and friends, I have people in my life for whom I open my heart. Yet, the heart can go through some rough terrain over a period of time, and it can cause the guard gates to go up, requiring encouragement and often a leap of faith to get back in gear.
Wheel is one of my least favorite poses in yoga. It is a backbend—something I have not done since I was a little girl. More than 20 years ago, I sprained my lower back and have since been on guard against it getting hurt again. After an emergency trip to the hospital, and several weeks laid up, I was finally rescued by an osteopath who, mercifully, tweaked my back with some gentle pressure, allowing me to reach my toes for the first time in weeks.
Needless to say, when I first started yoga, and the instructor announced it was time for wheel pose, I balked. Laying there on the mat, I told him I do not really twist. Nor do I bend like that.
I was on guard for fear of my back.
He stood above my head, looked down at me and told me to brace myself on his ankles. He leaned down and scooped me up under my upper back and, voila! I was in a backbend, albeit with some support. This went on for a few classes until I realized I did not have to fear my back, and soon I could push up into a back bend on my own.
Next, I was encouraged to try a variation: to go into a back bend and lift one leg, hold it for a beat or two, place it down, and do the same with the other. I had seen this done by others in the room but, again, my guard was up. I could not even get the toes of one foot off the ground. Once more, my instructor encouraged me. He stood alongside me and placed his knee under my back. With his support, I was able to lift my leg and hold it for that beat. Soon after, I could do this on my own.
In yoga, it is believed that there are seven main energy centers aligned along the spinal column called chakras.
If balanced, these energy centers spin in wheel-like circles, and all is well emotionally, physically, intellectually and spiritually. However, if we navigate some rough terrain, some of these chakras can become blocked, and it is the yoga poses that help open them up and get the energy flowing properly once more.
Coincidentally, chakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel. The fourth chakra is the heart chakra, located at the center of the chest. It is associated with love and trust, and the first step in its healing is to find faith and love for oneself.
The yoga pose associated with releasing any blockage in this chakra is, coincidentally, the wheel pose.
There is yet another way to get into wheel, and that is to stand on the knees in camel pose, place the hands in prayer at heart center, and tilt back, going overboard while extending the hands up and over the head to finally find the floor behind the feet. The knees come up off the ground and the body winds up in wheel. The motion is fluid, but there is a moment of limbo before the knees are up, before the hands are on the ground, before the body is safely positioned.
Once again, my instructor stood nearby, verbally guiding me through the motion. In the split second that I realized I was in limbo, and in the millisecond that I was deciding to bail, he encouraged me, saying, Keep going, keep going, keep going! That was all I needed to make that leap of faith to land my hands. I was safe. I was in wheel.
Soon after, I confessed to my instructor that wheel was my least favorite pose.
Heart opener, was all he said.
I got the message. Those two words summed up the work that needs to be done to lower the guard gates and get my heart in gear.
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Is This The Tracklist For Beyoncé's New Album?
This leaked list featuring collaborations with Rihanna, Jay-Z And Lady Gaga on Bey's upcoming Mrs. Carter album sounds too good to be true.
1. This photo tweeted by someone at Stargate (producers who helped with some of Bey's hits in the past) shows a track list and release dates for her upcoming album.
The tweet and account have since been deleted.
2. For those who can't read the scribble:
1. 'Ratchet' (feat Lady Gaga & Azealia Banks)
2. 'Back 2 Business' (feat Jay-Z)
3. 'Roller Coaster' (feat Justin Timberlake)
4. 'Visions' (feat Sia)
5 'Dance' (It's Soon Over) (feat Rihanna)
6. 'More Than Sex' (feat Ne-Yo)
7. 'Better Than Ever Before' (feat Solange Knowles)
8. 'Runaway'
9. 'Sensations'
10. '12 Roses'
11. 'It's All Over'
3. The photo also says the album is slated for an April 11th release date. Stay tuned!
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About this set: Switzerland has high regard for guns. The private militia keep their weapons at home. Switzerland has one of the highest guns per capita ratio in the world. Greater than 5% of the population are part of the militia. Shooting festival competitions have been widely held in Switzerland since 1824. The most recent was in 2005 and the next one will be in 2010. Initially they were held by the cantons. Since the formation of the Swiss Confederation in 1848, they have been held by the Confederation in various cities. Coins (such as these in this series) and medals have been awarded to the marksmen. Usually about 50,000 marksmen attend the festivals. The festivals have been declared a factor of Swiss unity and direct democracy.
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Military City USA Radio airs every Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. (Central time zone) on Salem Communications' KLUP (930 AM The Answer), and streams over the Web to locations around the world.
Our show is about all things military in "Military City USA," San Antonio, Texas. The goal is to inform and educate our listeners about the diversity and importance of the more than 200 military missions in this city and the men and women who command them and are associated with them.
We interview our active-duty uniformed military, our military civilians, and our veterans. We also have guests who lead and represent community and civic organizations that support our military in San Antonio. Some of our programs focus on specific events—for example, in 2010 we celebrated the 100th Anniversary of Military Aviation in March and the 40th annual "Celebrate America's Military" in November. We've broadcast remotely from venues such as the AT&T Championship, Valero Texas Open PGA golf tournament and the Lackland Air Force Base AirFest.
In addition to mission- and organization-focused shows, we do shows featuring military career fields (e.g., fighter pilots, doctors, historians and intelligence-gatherers) and military history. Each show is different, and our guests are what makes our show special.
The show streams live during the broadcast hour to locations around the world from www.930amtheanswer.com, Tunein.com and over the iHeartRadio app. If you miss a show, you can always catch the podcast by logging back onto this site (it's updated every week.)
Whether you're a long-time listener or are just discovering us through this web page—welcome to Military City USA Radio!


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TV Squad Daily with Brigitte - VIDEO
Today, on TV Squad Daily:
- Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will guest on each other's shows this week, and the WGA is threatening disciplinary action against Leno for writing his own jokes and performing a monologue.
- Dr. Phil isn't helping anything. (Update: later in the day today, Dr. Phil canceled the Britney Spears episode of his show for tomorrow...)
- It's looking more and more like you won't be seeing the the Golden Globes on TV this year.


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Ivory armlet
Edo peoples, 15th-16th century
From Benin, Nigeria
This ivory armlet is worn by the Oba (king) of Benin in ceremonies in which he wears a coral costume, dances with a ceremonial sword and carries a gong. The armlet helps to prevent the coral beads from becoming entangled during the Oba's dance.
Ivory formed an important part of the accessories worn at ritual ceremonies by the Oba. One of the series of annual rituals is the Bead Festival (Ugie Ivie) created by Oba Esigie, a great warrior-king of the sixteenth century, in remembrance of his military successes. The Bead Festival commemorates the struggle between Oba Esigie and his brother, Arhuaran of Udo, over the possession of the royal coral beads, used in a ceremony to announce the capital city of the kingdom. During the ceremony all the beads of the king, his wives and chiefs are placed upon the altar of Oba Ewuare, who first brought coral beads into Benin, and over them are poured the blood of a cow. The sacrificial blood imbues the beads with the mystical powers required for the remaining ceremonies.
The Oba is represented on the armlet with mudfish legs and his hands raised to the sky, thus linking him with the great god Olokun, ruler of the sea. The mudfish has symbolic significance among the Edo people as it can live on land and sea. Similarly, the Oba is invested with divine powers from the spiritual world above and the secular world below.
More information
P. Girshick Ben-Amos, The art of Benin (London, The British Museum Press, 1995)
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PGA of America, USGA launch new golf program for youth at Boys & Girls Club
The PGA of America and the United States Golf Association today launched a new effort to introduce youth at the Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County to the game of golf. Golf training equipment and instructional support from PGA Professionals will be provided through this partnership to help youth build character, develop healthy lifestyles, and learn the game of golf.
The program was initially piloted at three Clubs in 2010-11 and plans call for expanding the program to at least 150 Boys & Girls Clubs over the next five years. Clubs will implement the five- to six-week curricula at least twice a year, with specific scheduling determined locally at one of the five Clubhouses in St. Lucie County. The three core components of the partnership are:
• PGA Professionals will serve as instructors, utilizing space both in and out of local clubs to facilitate the PGA Sports Academy program.
• Professionals will teach basic skills and the Rules of Golf, in addition to coordinating contests and games to reinforce both the fun of the game and skill development.
• The golf training clubs and equipment provided by The PGA to each Boys & Girls Club allows for safe golf activity in limited space, and is designed for multiple users.
Over the next five years, The PGA of America and Boys & Girls Clubs of America will extend the range of golf opportunities to members and their families, including special golf fun days at local Boys & Girls Clubs, family days at local courses, invitations to golf clinics and tournaments, and the development of league play.
"We are excited to be able to expose youth here in St. Lucie County to the values of golf," said London Reeves, Unit Director, Chuck Hill Unit. "Golf offers the building blocks of hope, while offering fitness and fun, and teaching determination, focus, and discipline."
"We couldn't be more excited and honored to be partnering with The PGA of America and USGA on this important endeavor," said Reeves. "The many merits of golf, including determination, focus, discipline, respect, and fun, will help the young people we serve become positive role models, better citizens and have even greater futures."
The PGA of America will support the implementation of the PGA Sports Academy program, which teaches youth age 8-13 basic golf skills along with good character and life skills promoted by Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. For many of the Club members, this will be the first time they have ever held and swung a golf club. Participants will also be afforded the opportunity to visit a local golf course, where they can practice newly learned skills in a green-grass golf environment.
The selection process included strategies targeting markets where this program could reach females and minorities in a continued effort to diversify the game.
The Boys & Girls Club of St. Lucie County is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the youth of the community. By providing a safe place to learn and grow, as well as life enhancing programs and character developing experiences; the club strives to inspire and enable all members, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, and responsible citizens.
With 18 locations throughout the county, the Boys & Girls Club programs serve a diverse group of kids age 5 to 18. The more than 2,000 members come from a variety of backgrounds. You can reach the Club by calling 772 460-9918 or visit www.bgcofslc.org or by liking us at www.facebook.com/bgcofslc.
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Ask each student in the class to draw up a list of 3 famous people (alive or dead) who they would like to keep them company on a desert island. They must give their reasons for their choices. You can vary the idea slightly by using the 'Come Dine With Me' concept instead. Students have to pick 3 famous people who they would like to entertain at a dinner party, again giving their reasons for their choices.
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Ask your students to imagine that they are stranded on a desert island with only their MP3 player for company. The catch is that the MP3 player has had all of its songs erased apart from 10. Your students must note down which 10 songs they would like to remain, and why. Go around the class asking students to explain their choices and encourage other class members to comment on their choices. Do they agree/disagree and why? If you feel that 10 songs is too many reduce the number appropriately.
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Sometimes doing nothing is the mightiest action you can do.
Just for a few days – try it – do nothing.
Don't worry about your CEUs.
Don't overthink that project you're working on in addition to your job.
Forget the work drama.
Halt trying to change the world for 24hrs.
Nevermind the inbox. Or the online chatter.
It'll all be there when you return. So go somewhere alone and do nothing, where you just may accomplish a lot for yourself in those moments of nothingness.
That means no comments on this blog post too. Go do nothing. Now.


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Celebrity Guests
SHAUN OF THE DEAD Quote-along with Edgar Wright
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Featuring free inflatable cricket bats to whack your neighbor's brains out with and for this one screening only director Edgar Wright will be there in the flesh!
"You've got red on you."
You can quote along with all of your favorite British-accented zombie fighters as The Action Pack presents the SHAUN OF THE DEAD QUOTE-ALONG. We'll have all of our favorite lines subtitled karaoke-style so that they pop up on the screen in white seconds before the character says the line, then highlights in yellow along with the dialog so we can all yell out, "She's so DRUNK!" when Shaun and Ed first discover the zombie in their backyard. PLUS! We've ordered a full crate of inflatable cricket bats from England so that every time Shaun whacks a zombie to make a break for it, you can live out that excitement in the theater. Whack the person next to you and get whacked right back. Use your brains! Your delicious, scrumptious brains..." (Henri Mazza)


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On Saturday, June 11, at 11am, the Class of 2011 held their commencement exercises at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center around the corner from our high school campus.
Thirty-six of the thirty-eight graduating seniors (seniors Logan Hart and Cairo Stewart were in Tennessee participating in the US National Youth Rowing Championship) proceeded to the stage accompanied by the SFWHS orchestra. SFWS Head of Administration Dan Ingoglia welcomed the audience to the Masonic Center – the first time the school has used this neighborhood site – and noted that the Class of 2011 is the first class to experience all four years at our new high school campus at 470 West Portal. Commencement speaker Orland Bishop, co-founder and Executive Director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation, inspired the graduates telling them that they were ready to embark on the next stage of their journey and reminding them of the power of love and truly seeing other human beings as they strive to bring their own gifts and "light" to the world.
Music, poetry, words of gratitude and beautiful retrospectives on their time at SFWS were offered by seniors Liesl Bellach, Alexander Casey, Wayne Fisher-Burton, Maaéah Howell, Kirin Jain, Yorke Li, Charlotte Markle, Ella Savareid, Peter Schwarzenbach, Isabella Serrano, Tabeetha Sun, and Jasmine Vardigans. Humanities teacher and class sponsor Joan Caldarera, who had just returned with the class from their trip to Mexico, brought an overview of lively group who cared deeply about relationships and community, but maintained a remarkable sense of their individuality and diversity throughout their time at the high school.
Ms. Caldarera and co-sponsors Mauricia Prado and Heidi Hillman presented the diplomas along with Mr. Ingoglia and outgoing President of the Board of Trustees, Michael Gowe. The ceremony ended with the class singing Dona Nobis Pacem led by faculty member David Weber.
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FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. -- This month FCN is focusing on an issue that hits close to home for too many people on the First Coast.
About one in every six adults in North Florida isn't sure where their next meal is coming from. September is Hunger Action month, and FCN is putting a face on hunger. Meet Mr. And Mrs. Smith.
"I carried her through the snow to the church," said Basil Smith.
On December 14, 2013 the Smiths will celebrate 55 years of marriage. Eliza Smith says it was a cold Ohio day, when they tied the knot. She had on open toe heels, so her then fiance came to the rescue.
"He picked me up and carried me down the steps in the ice," said Mrs. Smith.
She says he's been seeing her through tough times ever since. In a quiet section of the Journey Church food pantry, they opened up about recent hardships and times when Mr. Smith hasn't had the strength or means to be Eliza's hero.
"About the second weekend of the month, we're usually almost totally out of money," said Mr. Smith.
They're among hundreds of thousands of people in North Florida, who struggle with hunger issues. Like many other elderly people they're on a fixed income, relying on social security.
She gets about $300, he's given a $900 check and they get $400 monthly from a home in Ohio.
"That's all we have for the month," said Mrs. Smith.
They have to juggle their bills every single month. And Mrs. Smith, who's a diabetic, needs her medication.
"You just have to decide do I buy the food or do I buy the medicine," said Mrs. Smith.
Holding his ticket tightly waiting for their number to be called to proceed through the food line Mr. Smith reflects on his youth and not being prepared for this.
"I don't have a retirement fund," said Mr. Smith. "I don't want to go to my children for things that I need. We just live the best that we can."
Mrs. Smith says it's important for us all to check on our elderly neighbors. Sometimes they're in need but just can't seem to ask for the help. She says the older you get the more difficult it can be to reach out for assistance.
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Story Proof
The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story
The author has collected anecdotal experiences from over 100 performing storytellers and from 1,800 story practitioners (mostly teachers) who have made extensive use of stories. He has read more than 150 qualitative and quantitative research studies that discuss the effectiveness of stories and/or storytelling for one or more specific applications (education, organizational management, knowledge management, medical and narrative therapy, etc.). Forty of these studies were literature reviews and comparative studies including analysis of over 1,000 studies and descriptive articles. He has also gathered research evidence from his own story performances for total audiences of over 4 million and from conducting story writing workshops with 200,000 students and 40,000 teachers. The mind-boggling and extraordinary truth is that each and every one of these thousands of original sources agrees with the general premise that stories are effective. Story Proof" offers proof positive that stories work.less
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Growing up, I loved sipping on milkshakes while checking out the livestock at my hometown's annual fair. But it's been years since I've ridden the Zipper or strolled through an exhibit hall.
This will be my first trip to the York Fair, and I'm ready to take in all the food, music and fun. I'll be hanging out at the NewsVroom from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7 and again from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16.
The van will be parked inside Memorial Hall. Come say hi and tell me the best place to snag a funnel cake or what ride to test out on the midway (bonus points if you come bearing gifts of Dramamine).
I'll have lots of stuff to tell you, too. We can get you signed up to receive the magazine or e-newsletter. You can also test out our iPads and see all that we do on SmartMagPA.com, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Google+.
And if you love being in front of the camera, I can take your glamour shot and get you added to our growing list of volunteer models. We can also use this time to chat about your story ideas and a suggestions for future issues of the magazine.
I'll have lots of copies of our September/October 2012 issue and free tickets to the Women's Show at the York Expo Center Oct. 6 and 7.
Business reporter Lauren Boyer will be hanging out with me from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at the NewsVroom, and religion reporter John Hilton will be joining me from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16.
I can't wait to see you at the fair!
Related links:
FlipSide Blog: 2012 York Fair preview and FlipSide guide
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Find out who else from the York Daily Record/Sunday News will be at the York Fair by visiting our All's Fair and NewsVroom blogs.


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Dallas Mavericks v Sacramento Kings
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'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' Five Film Facts
Leatherface in 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'. Photo by Everett Collection.
Nearly 40 years after Leatherface first buzzed onto the scene, the "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" (1974) franchise returns with "Texas Chainsaw 3D" opening wide this week. This new sequel to the original marks the seventh slasher film in the infamous franchise, and like the rest, it involves a power tool wielding psychopath with a fashion sense that hankers for masks made of human skin. We all know the new film will be a scream, but here are five facts about the film that started it all, "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre".
Gunnar Hansen and Leatherface. Photos by Getty Images/Everett Collection.
Leatherface is a Poet with Two Graduate Degrees
1. Before Jason Voorhees and Michael Meyers helped solidify the slasher film as a bona fide genre, Leatherface was making his bones as the original masked madman. We know enough about Leatherface to fill seven films, but what about the original man behind the leather mask, Gunnar Hansen? Back in 1973, when he was earning his first graduate degree in Scandinavian Studies, Hansen found out writer/director Tobe Hooper still needed someone to play the killer in his low budget horror film. "I had been in some plays in college, so I tried out and got the part, figuring it would be a much better summer job than tending bar or pounding nails," Hansen writes on his website. But the 6'4" Hansen never really wanted to be a movie star in the first place, he wanted to be a writer. Hansen turned down a role in Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes" (1977) to concentrate on his craft. He also returned to school to get another graduate degree in English. Over the years, Hansen realized he could accomplish both acting and writing, banging out screenplays, books, and poetry while appearing in over 20 films including a role in "Texas Chainsaw 3D," the latest iteration of the franchise he helped make famous.
[Related: Get local showtimes and tickets for 'Texas Chainsaw 3D']
Gunnar Hansen, Marilyn Burn in 'The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'. Photo by Everett Collection.
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January 31, 2007 Before they took over the House of Representatives, Democrats promised to run a very different show than Republicans. But as the House takes up the continuing resolution — which will fund most of the federal government through the fiscal year — the new party in power is freezing out the old.
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January 31, 2007 NPR political editor Ken Rudin and National Review editor Richard Lowry talk about war resolutions from the Senate, two new presidential candidates and the search for a conservative right-wing winner.
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January 31, 2007 Obama, McCain, Hillary, Rudy — they're not going away any time soon. There's plenty to say, and plenty of time to say it. Meanwhile, below the radar is something called the 2007 elections, many of which are pretty compelling. And they are coming up pretty soon.
January 31, 2007 Tony Cox is joined by John McWhorter, Manhattan Institute senior fellow in public policy; E.R. Shipp, Hofstra University journalism professor; and Jeff Obafemi Carr, host of the radio show Freestyle. They talk about the devastating effect Hurricane Katrina has had on the New Orleans educational system; whether New Orleans rebuilding efforts were short-changed by the federal government, and a follow-up on the new fraternity hazing law in Florida.
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January 30, 2007 Robert Siegel talks with New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson about his profile of the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani. Titled "Mr. Big," the piece examines Talabani's impressive management of his numerous and often conflicting allegiances — including those with the United States and Iran.
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January 30, 2007 Tuesday's topics: President Bush talks about the aftermath of Katrina; a solution for crowded prisons; and the country's first "terror-free" gas station. Guests: Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition; Bob Meadows, writer for People Magazine; and Laura Washington, Chicago Sun-Times columnist.
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January 30, 2007 President Bush says his plan to provide health care to millions of uninsured Americans is a bold step in the right direction. Critics say the proposal is dead on arrival. Tony Cox explores the plan with two public-policy experts: Joseph Antos, with American Enterprise Institute, and Dr. Ivan Walks, former Chief Health Officer of the District of Columbia.
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January 30, 2007 Iran is developing trade and diplomatic ties with Iraq ... and offering military and security support to Iraqi forces. Yet Shiite-dominated Iran's involvement in Iraq is alarming Sunni-dominated neighbors in the Middle East.
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January 29, 2007 In recent interviews, President Bush and Vice President Cheney have taken different approaches to selling their troop buildup in Iraq. You could call it a variation on the old hard-cop, soft-cop routine. But both are also careful to state the U.S. commitment in terms of a wider, regional and ideological struggle — rather than in terms of Iraq itself.
January 29, 2007 President Bush's complex health insurance plan will likely be rejected by Congress, leaving the United States as the only major industrialized country without government-subsidized health insurance.
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Innovation and technology played a starring role at Fitur 2014, which this year devoted a large part of its trade program to analyzing the role that technologies have to play within the hotel sector and tourist industry as a whole.
Throughout the course of Fiturtech and FiturGreen, tourism and hotel representatives and professionals explored the potential that mobility, connectivity and other technological developments are able to offer in terms of consolidating the relationship between hotels, destinations and tourists.
With the final figures pending, early reports from the organizers of the report indicate a 3-5 percent increase in the number of trade visitors over the first three days, based on a figure of some 120,000 members of the industry. With regard to the general public, the total figure will be around 220,000 visitors, an increase of 7 percent.
The first conference presented at Fiturtech 2014 was the Inaugural Address by Julio Bruno, the Vice-Chairman of Global Sales at TripAdvisor for Business. This was followed by a roundtable conference in which several heads of online travel agencies analysed the role that OTA's play within the tourist industry today and their future role as tourism retailing channels.
On Thursday the event consisted of a meeting that brought together the largest number of professionals at Fiturtech 2014. Participants gathered to listen to a group of international hoteliers such as Andres Girondeau, the Executive Vice-President of Melia Hotels International and Hugo Rovira, Managing Director of NH Hotel Group. The speakers highlightednew strategies and fields of specialization for the future, as well as analyzing the current situation within the industry in the light of the economic crisis.
In the afternoon, Fiturtech 2014 hosted the staging of the International Travel Media Meeting, which analysed new technologies and showcased upcoming travel trends under the headings of tourism marketing, e-commerce, mobility and retailing.
"FITUR has demonstrated the need to focus our sector's efforts on developing technological solutions that are not only capable of boosting hotel and tourism companies, but also offer a series of unique experiences that are tailored to the needs of every tourist," said Alvaro Carrillo de Albornoz, Managing Director of the ITH.
On Friday, the closing day of FITUR, the event kept its focus on cutting-edge technologies for tourism, innovation and the latest developments in areas as disparate as Big Data, robotics and nanotechnology. Several conferences were delivered by Javier Delgado, Head of Travel, Global TA at Google; Pedro Moneo, founder and CEO of Opinno and publisher of the MIT Technology Review in Spanish; and Patricia Araque, the co-founder and CEO of Ellas2.0.
Fiturtech also introduced thousands of visitors to Google Glass, one of the best-known and revolutionary technological accessories, which offers endless possibilities for hotels and the realm of tourism. Its presence at the Fiturtech stand attracted hundreds of businessmen and professionals, who had the opportunity to try the tool out and discover its applications before this technology becomes available to the general public.
FITUR 2014 also saw the fifth staging of FiturGreen, an event organised by the Hotel Technology Institute (ITH), the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and FITUR, in collaboration with Grupo Habitat Futura, presented the results of various technology projects designed to promote the sustainability of the hotel sector. Under the heading of "Sustainability at Tourist Destinations", the opening day at FiturGreen was devoted to reviewing good practices at cities and in countries that have designed sustainable tourism management and promotion policies.
The trade event, which is organized by IFEMA, was preceded by the announcement of record figures for Spanish tourism, figures which place Spain in third position in the world ranking in terms of number of foreign tourists (ahead of China) and in second place in the ranking in terms of tourism revenue. The event itself featured a packed and intense working agenda consisting of thousands of meetings, contacts, agreements and business opportunities among the nearly 9,000 companies taking part at FITUR from 165 countries.
FITUR returns to Madrid January 21 – 25, 2015.
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Equality and Diversity
Challenging Behaviour
1 hour
This short lunchtime session examines bullying and harassment in the workplace and provides a model to challenge these forms of behaviour. It also introduces the University's Dignity at Work and Study Policy, the role of the Dignity at Work Advisors and explains the work underway to make the University's key principle of 'an inclusive culture based on the values of dignity, respect and courtesy' a reality.
9 December 2014
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Andre Villas-Boas: Tottenham boss will not quit after Liverpool loss
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has said he will not quit after his side's 5-0 thrashing by Liverpool, their worst home defeat in 16 years.
Spurs have won just one of their past six home league games and were beaten 6-0 at Manchester City last month.
Asked if his job was safe, Villas-Boas said: "That decision is not mine.
"I won't resign and I'm not a quitter. The only thing I can do is work hard with the players to try and get the results that we all want."
Andre Villas-Boas's season
30 Aug: Spurs complete £105m spending during summer transfer window
6 Oct: Beaten 3-0 at home by West Ham
27 Oct : After 1-0 win over Hull, Villas-Boas criticises fans for not supporting team at home
24 Nov: Villas-Boas says he has support of board despite 6-0 defeat at Manchester City
2 Dec: After 2-2 draw with Man Utd, Villas-Boas feels criticism is "aggressive and agenda driven"
12 Dec: Spurs reach last 32 of Europa League with 100% group-stage record
15 Dec: Spurs lose 5-0 at home to Liverpool, meaning they have won one of past six Premier League games at home
Villas-Boas, who spent about £105m on new players in the summer following Gareth Bale's transfer to Real Madrid, has guided his team to the League Cup quarter-finals and last 32 of the Europa League.
But he "accepted responsibility" for Sunday's defeat, in which Spurs failed to register a shot on target against an impressive Liverpool team who are now second in the Premier League.
Tottenham, who had Paulinho sent off in the second half for a high tackle on Luis Suarez, remain seventh, five points behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
Villas-Boas added: "This is a top-four squad but in our Premier League form we are not there. It's not the points tally that's the problem, it's the expression of the results.
"It's the second expressive scoreline that we've suffered in the season.
"We admit that in the Premier League things aren't going in any shape or form the way we want.
"All of us had high expectations for this season, we still have them. Again, I repeat that we are not far off, but the distance is increasing for those Champions League spots.
"If Spurs beat West Ham, the fans will be happy again. You know how fickle football is and sometimes you have to credit the opposition.
"It's a humiliating scoreline, an awful scoreline, but Liverpool played an excellent brand of football.
"You can get knee-jerk reactions, but could any manager in England have put this one right, have turned this loss into a victory? Nonsense."
"And because of the expressive result it makes it even more difficult for us to bounce back."
After City thumped his side on 24 November, the Spurs boss said: "We need to be ashamed of ourselves."
But the 36-year-old Portuguese, who took charge at White Hart Lane in July 2012, was more conciliatory following Sunday's 5-0 loss, calling Paulinho's sending-off the "killer blow".
"Things didn't go our way," Villas-Boas told BBC Sport. "Liverpool deserve credit for the way they came out strongly. We had difficulty with their pressing in the first half and went two goals down, deservingly because they were on top.
"The way we came back into the game in the second half was our brightest moment, until the sending-off. I think it was harsh.
"I don't think Paulinho has any intention to hurt Suarez. That was the killer blow for the game.
"It's my responsibility because I put them in the shape and the formation and we hope we are able to put our challenge in the Premier League back on track. The reality is we are not that far off."


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The Little Things That Make Life Easier
You know those articles. The ones that spotlight products that makes a mom's life easier, like $800 diaper bags and $2,500 strollers.
Mommy don't play that.
Mommy's on a budget and knows that many of her mommy friends are as well.
So I decided to ask a few moms about relatively affordable items they just can't live without, whether it's something that makes juggling the schedules of three kids easier or something to take the edge off after a day of deadlines and Dora.
Here are just a few of the things I need to survive:
- RetailMeNot.com – I'm a coupon clipper. Unfortunately, I'm not a coupon organizer. RetailMeNot makes it easy. Now, before I go shopping, whether online or off, I check out the site for immediate discounts on oil changes, baby supplies, anything! I even use it for work to save on supplies and printing. You're welcome, work!
- Pandora – Now I like St. Louis radio, especially talk radio on my long commute, but when I have a craving for a particular artist or genre, Pandora is my friend. I can pretend I'm still on top of the latest music while I'm changing diapers and cleaning up baby puke.
- The Piggy Story's ArtFolio – The best money I've spent on a "toy." The ArtFolio features 12 crayons and a coloring pad in a stow-and-go Velcro and fabric pouch - ideal to calm a toddler on the brink from descending into temper tantrum madness. Best of all, the crayons stay perfectly organized, and I can throw the folio in my purse.
Some other moms had great ideas as well. For my tech-savvy friends, the right technology keeps them organized and able to multi-task. Leanne and Cassie, for instance, swear by the Google Calendar. Said Cassie, "I have about six Google Calendars synced to my iPhone that allow me to keep track of my work, the family schedule, my senior colleague's appointments, our wedding schedule, and one other vendor who uses our office space for meetings."
Natalie remarked, "Definitely TiVo (I concur – what evil person put Glee on at the same time as Modern Family?) and iPod Touch. I use my iPod touch to check emails and can use Skype on it while working out."
Erica is a fan of the Fisher-Price Healthy Care Booster Seat. "This seat rocks! It has an adjustable height and a tray that cleans up super easy. My son loves sitting there too. And it doubles as a safe place to put him so I can take a shower. I just bring the kitchen chair into the bathroom and either give him some puffs or a few toys. Then we play peek-a-boo."
So my question is to you – as a mom, what is something you can't live without? A great pair of heels that are as comfortable as tennis shoes? An awesome foundation that masks a sleepless night due to Junior's teething? Or even just a great bottle of wine that doesn't break the bank? Let me know! I'm always looking for great ideas from other moms!
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Collection of one-off Packards to take the lawn at Amelia Island
Packard Panther at Pebble Beach 2011. Photo by Mike McNessor.
Not often does one car collector get an entire concours class all to himself, but the organizers of this year's Amelia Island Concours made an exception for Packard collector Ralph Marano – not because he paid them off, but because he's put together a unique collection of Packard one-off, show, experimental, and concept cars, 10 of which he plans to bring to Amelia.
Marano, of Westfield, New Jersey, began collecting Packards in the late 1970s, but said he doesn't quite recall when he decided to assemble every existing Packard show car, particularly those from the 1950s. "It began with me going out and searching for them, then over the years it inverted, and people started calling me," he said. Along the way, he's had to piece together all of the cars' varied histories and origins, some quite a bit more complex than the dream cars that GM, Ford and Chrysler built at the same time.
Take, for example, the Vignale Packard. Based on a prewar Packard 120 chassis, the coachbuilder Vignale draped it with an envelope body much wider than the original. "The steering wheel is so far toward the center of the car, that when I have a passenger in it with me, they're just about sitting on my lap," Marano said. Marano claims Vignale began work on it in 1938 – 10 years before the coachbuilding firm was founded – and the partially completed car was hidden away during World War II, then finished and revealed after the war (some sources claim 1948, others 1951). Whatever the backstory, the convertible body bears little resemblance to any other Packard of any era, with only a hint of Packard's trademark tombstone grille.
Other Packard one-offs of the era were certainly built for show – to prove that Packard was still in the game and could still hold its own against the competition from Detroit. The Richard Arbib-designed Packard Pan America – which ended up influencing the production Caribbean – traveled the show circuit in 1952, as did the Dick Teague-designed Balboa in 1953, Teague's Request in 1955, and the Dick Macadam-designed Predictor in 1956. Some weren't built just for static display: The Panther of 1954 (which Teague originally named Gray Wolf II) debuted at Daytona Beach, where Jim Rathmann reportedly ran its supercharged straight-eight up to an unofficial record of 131.1 MPH. And still others – like the Macauley coupe – seemed to have been built expressly as executives' cars.
Packard Macaluey coupe. Photo courtesy Glenmoor Gathering.
Nor were many of them pure one-offs. Six Pan Americans were eventually built, four Panthers, two Balboas, and two Monte Carlos. In all, Marano said he has amassed both 1953 Monte Carlos, the Request, two of the Panthers, two Henney-built one-offs, the Vignale, one Pan American, the Macauley coupe, and both Balboas (for those counting, that makes 12; he said that one of the Henneys and one of the Monte Carlos will not be joining the other 10 traveling to Amelia). The Predictor remains in the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana, for perpetuity (though Marano said he calls the museum up once a year just to let them know he'll take it off their hands if need be), and Marano said he knows the whereabouts of the other two Panthers and four more Pan Americans.
Dick Teague showing off the Packard Request. Photo courtesy Amelia Island Concours.
While Marano has displayed his concepts and one-offs en masse before – at the Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance in September 2009 – that showing included six of the cars. In addition to four more cars, Marano said that this showing will be the first for the freshly restored Request and Monte Carlo.
The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance will take place March 7-9, 2014. For more information, visit AmeliaConcours.org.
Will the city of Detroit sell some significant automobiles to balance the books?
Ford's 1963 Mustang II concept car. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company
Detroit is broke. Not the auto industry – that's coming back quite strong, even if employing a fraction of the workers it did just a few decades ago. It's the city itself that is broke. And while GM and Chrysler got a reprieve from the gallows by a strong federal push for their "precision" bankruptcies in 2009 that erased their debts, there is virtually no chance of that happening for Detroit.
The city is in danger of being taken over by the Michigan state government as part of the controversial new emergency manager's law that allows the governor to appoint a non-elected manager to oversee failed cities and school districts. Already, Detroit's public school system and the cities of Pontiac and Flint are under emergency management.
As recently pointed out by Ronnie Schreiber at Cars In Depth, that emergency manager's law gives the appointed manager the ability to sell or privatize assets that could be used to pay off municipal debts. Among the most appealing of Detroit's assets is the Detroit Institute of Arts, a world-class art museum with a value potentially over a billion dollars. DIA's 60,000-plus-item collection includes several renaissance works by the old masters, impressionists and even iconic works by the likes of pop artist Andy Warhol.
Of greater interest to automotive enthusiasts, it also includes a number of significant cars, including Henry Leland's personal 1905 Cadillac, John and Horace Dodge's personal 1919 Dodge Brothers cars, the Detroit Electrics owned by Clara Ford (wife of Henry Ford) and Helen Newberry Joy (wife of Packard chief Henry Joy), a Stout Scarab, a Chrysler Turbine car, a pair of Packard Pan American show cars, the Ford Cougar II concept car, and the 1963 Ford Mustang II show car, each one a headline grabber should it ever come up for sale.
It was the very success of the auto industry that saw Detroit's rise and it was the patronization of the arts by the captains of that industry many years ago that allowed the museum to build its significant collection. The DIA exists as a testament to the very success of the Motor City during its heyday. Unlike most art museums that exist as wholly separate, non-profit cultural institutions, the DIA is owned outright by the city, and any emergency manager would ostensibly be in charge of it disposition.
Although this is largely conjecture right now, and Deputy Mayor Kirk Lewis has been quoted as saying the sale of the art is "not a part of the plan right now," the art community is understandably upset. Should there be an attempt to sell the DIA's holdings, the public uproar and inevitable lawsuits would almost certainly drag on for years and years, rendering any such decision useless in all practicality for settling any immediate debts.
It's pretty easy to identify what ails the city of Detroit, but selling off some of its most treasured assets would be a true shame.
UPDATE (24.May 2013): Since this article first appeared, Detroit has been placed under emergency management, and the emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, has warned that the DIA's assets may be put up for sale to to settle the city's debts. In response, the DIA posted the following statement to its Facebook page:
The DIA strongly believes that the museum and the City hold the museum's art collection in trust for the public. The DIA manages and cares for that collection according to exacting standards required by the public trust, our profession and the Operating Agreement with the City. According to those standards, the City cannot sell art to generate funds for any purpose other than to enhance the collection. We remain confident that the City and the emergency financial manager will continue to support the museum in its compliance with those standards, and together we will continue to preserve and protect the cultural heritage of Detroit.


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We RTM'd last Friday. Awww yeah!
As some of us were discussing on friday, "RTM day" is really a unique milestone in the life of many microsoft employees. I've been here 9 years and shipped 5 products that were all on 2-3 year cycles, so such a day just doesn't come around very often in the products I've worked on thus far (and I also suspect that if RTM did happen more frequently, it wouldn't be nearly as interesting of an event anyway). It was an interesting opportunity to reflect on the comparison of this RTM day and its resultant ship party to past RTM days and ship parties[6]
Of course these were only official RTM days... there were also some fantastic parties inbetween (like the Exchange 2007 holiday party the weekend before, which was held at a nightclub in seattle, or the infamous Exchange 2000 M3 ship party with the aforementioned hottubs, or Exchange 2000 SP3 which was just some old-fashioned fun).
Nine years... eight distinct jobs (Outlook tester, OWA PM, JDP PM, Communities PM, Release Manager, "Special Projects"[3] PM, TAP PM Lead, UX Manager), nine managers (Gopal, Dave, Mike, Larry, Paul, Jon, Terry, Tim, Jason), and an estimated 15-20 office moves (but only 4 total buildings over those 9 years, although I did go from one building to another building back to the first building in one 12 month period). Who knows what the next nine years will bring.
[1] I'd only been around a few months by the time 98 shipped, but to this day I am still proud of how I was responsible for finding 3 bugs that were fixed in RTM. I found one of those three while at work late one night, around 11pm. I opened the bug in our bug database (named 'raid' at the time) and was finishing up some testing and email about an hour later intending to go home when I got an email from the then dev manager of Outlook, saying that he knew what the problem was and had a private ready and could I buddy test it? So I tested the fix until about 3am at which point he checked it in and we both went home.[5]
[2] A few years ago Exchange broke away from the windows server system holiday parties and started having our own, and the quality of the party has vastly increased since then (note to any future managers of massive teams: parties in locations that can also host boat shows are usually not fun, no matter who you book).
[3] This was while I was part time. It is still a source of amusement and pride for me that I am the only person I've ever known who has been the subject of a "So-and-so will be reporting directly to me working on special projects" who actually was working on special projects, instead of just being a code word for "about to leave but I really needed to get this re-org email out before he/she knew where he/she was going". That's some real microspeak for you.
[4] My favorite, and I'm fully aware of my bias: an "expose" I conceived of and directed that documents the depths employees were driven to during the infamous time in 2004 when office supplies were moved to only one floor of each building. Oh, how we sufferred – and you thought not having towels were bad!
[5] These days I'd hear that story and scoff about the bad work-life balance I chose for myself, but at the time I know that I loooooved my job and had a great time testing and finding bugs. I was young but attached and hadn't yet discovered age of empires yet, so I didn't have much of a social life. :-) Plus, I enjoyed being paid hourly and getting overtime.
[6] Outside of the parties, this really was an incredibly fun release to work on. Although we ended up making some really tough decisions to cut certain features and scenarios, we were also able to build in a huge amount of great functionality that I know first-hand customers desperately want, such as unified messaging, transport rules, over-quota message & NDR customizations, etc. I feel like we achieved a pretty good balance of functionality that required significant engineering (cross-product/group as in some cases like Autodiscover) as well as some smaller work that just needed to happen (> 32k rules).
Congratulations on this and all of the products you have worked on. The quality continues to improve, so if it's something your doing....KEEP IT UP!!
Any idea when the rest of use will be able to enjoy the RTM? As of 12/13/06 it is still not available for download by MSDN subscribers.
Lonwa - seems like it's all OK now.. sorry for the late response, I barely worked in december =)


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While our mailing list is flooded with commit messages and discussions of any kind, those relying on blog posts to get a status update on KDE/FreeBSD initiative (we have a website, d'you know?) might be a bit disappointed by our silence. Well, people, I'm here to fill this need of yours! So please, have a seat, and get ready for a long, long list. OK, not so long.
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After two months of porting efforts, tests and feedback from our users, we managed to commit KDE Software Compilation 4.7.2 to ports, right in time for 9.0-RELEASE. For those of you who want to know more, I'll invite you to read our release announcement on the KDE/FreeBSD website.
At last, we started shipping packages – amd64 only – to help with the CFT announced last week. If you're one of those who want to test the incoming KDE Software Compilation, but don't want to build it all from source, follow these steps:
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/usr/ports before the release slush, and let FreeBSD (and PC-BSD) 9.0 ship with KDE SC 4.7.1!
As promised, we're building packages to make things easier for you (only for amd64, I'm sorry), but they're not ready yet. Come back in few days for an update. Meanwhile, I'll let you know how to update using ports from our testing repository.
Continue reading 'Announcing CFT for KDE SC 4.7.1 on FreeBSD'
I'm happy to announce my first mentee, Raphael Kubo da Costa (rakuco@). If you look at my commit history, you'll understand I was getting tired of committing patches "Submitted by: Raphael Kubo da Costa", so it was time to punish him with a ports commit bit and let him do the hard job on his own. Raphael has been very active with the FreeBSD KDE team, and he's now free to act on the whole ports tree.
To help with this little adventure there will be makc@ as co-mentor.
Good luck!
It's time for another roadmap. And let's make it fast.
What's keeping KDE SC 4.7 still out of FreeBSD? Well, the high number of tarballs (and thus ports) in which it was split for this release. Actually they're not too much, but they require a deep scan to update dependencies. We'll probably be ready for a Call for tests in few days, and we would even like to provide test packages to make the process easier and get more feedback!
KDE PIM 4.7 will also be available, but I guess it won't be ready to be committed along with other ports. Let's hope in a mature 4.7.1!
Meanwhile, as a bonus, you're free to test the first release of Telepathy-KDE:
# <path to area51>/Tools/scripts/kdemerge -m /usr/ports
# make install -C /usr/ports/net-im/telepathy-kde
While KDE SC 4.6.4 makes his debut in the ports tree, we decided not to push KDE PIM 4.6.0, and keep the stable 22.214.171.124 a little longer. Nonetheless, we encourage you all brave people (well, it's stable software, you don't really need to be brave… but, as a FreeBSD user, you surely are) to install 4.6.0 from area51 and report your experience, and maybe we'll eventually gain the assurance that it's ready for our worldwide userbase.
To merge area51 to ports you need to run:
# <path to area51>/Tools/scripts/kdemerge -m /usr/ports
Just a couple of things.
Calligra 2.3.71 (the first available snapshot) landed in area51. Try it out!
…as a KDE, Kdenlive and FreeBSD developer!
In last weeks I got my interest caught by all this talking about integrating Real-Time Communication and Collaboration support throughout KDE software, starting from a replacement for Kopete, the default IM client. And the latest blog post about it also caught my eye (screenshots do work), so I decided to give it a chance, and It felt so good that I made some pre-alpha-so-much-unstable ports for all the components (eight!). Should you want to test them, I've just committed them all to area51.
Any other information was included in the commit message, so I'll just redirect you there.
This time we were faster. Congrats (KDE SC 4.6.2) was announced yesterday, and has just been committed to the ports tree. It brings a lot of improvements and fixes. Special thanks go to Raphael Kubo da Costa, who ported the release.
What's next? KOffice 2.3.3, KDevelop 4.2.2, and… an alpha port for Calligra, maybe?


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Very few words, but very wise ones!
in any case, if you assume that space is infinite, than god HAS to exist, but if it's not, there's only a chance he MIGHT exist, so I'm still waiting on that....
John 14:6 - "No man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Sucks for all those newborn babies who died with their original sin, having never been baptised or having had the chance to Accept Jesus as Their Lord and Saviour, but hey.
I don't know If there is a God.. frankly I don't care... One day when I die, If it turns out that there is in fact a God I'm sure I won't be sent to Hell for not having read the bible 24/7 or getting baptised.. If there really is a God and he is Omni - everything, all knowing all seeing and all that jazz then he'll know I lived my life as a good person..
If he or she still sends me to a Hell simply on the technicality that I didn't fully commit regardless of the fact I did not sin then frankly he's a prick and I don't want to be in heaven under what can only be an unjust and unfair system.
If It turns out that there is no God, Then I have lost nothing and will simply rot and become part of the earth I once walked on..
Fair enough :D
I just read through the comments and it has occured to me.. that there are some right morons on the Christian side of the argument, there are some right morons on the Athiest side... and a few people in between trying to keep the peace, the occasional comment regarding beef jerky or cocaine.. and some funny one liners.. (from both sides)..
Please never stop people, you provide entertainment for the rest of the world :D
Okay"It's not the fact that you refuse to believe in him that's ridiculous, it's the fact that you completely deny the his prescence that's ridiculous. Just like we can't prove something undetectable is there, you cannot prove that it isn't. Yes, its not really a good argument against atheism, but that's not what its supposed to combat, it's supposed to stop both sides from using that weak argument.
Yeah, way back in 1982 when I was in grade 10, mankind was 150,000 years old, the earth was 6 million, Mars had canals of water and breathable although thin air, and the last ice age hadn't technically finished (we're in an 'interglacial') and things would progressively get cooler over the next 500 years.
Yeah, science never changes.
It's the same as saying we don't believe in soul-eating unicorns the size of mosquitoes. We don't believe in some all-knowing, all-creating man who killed his son for sins he made possible for us to commit anyway. We don't believe in that. That's as ridiculous in believing in it?
Darwin's original theory has been modified so many times, half the poo Einstein said has been proven wrong, the 1970s was all about Global Cooling and now its all about Global Warming.
Didn't John Needham say he proved spontaneous generation? Yup, Science is completely definite...
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Rack n Ruin is a top-down action adventure game featuring exploration, intense combat, puzzle solving, and of course destruction. Read more
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Rack n Ruin is a top-down action adventure game featuring exploration, intense combat, puzzle solving, and of course destruction.
About this project
UPDATE: August 16, 2012
Hey KickStarter,
I thought I'd share this special announcement trailer with everyone,
Enjoy Everyone,
Tyler Hunter
Rack n Ruin is a 2D top down action-adventure game being developed for the PC, Mac, and iOS. You play as a little devil named Rack, who has a big appetite for destruction. The game will feature realtime combat, exploration, puzzle solving, and a clever story, all played out in rich HD hand drawn visuals.
There are numerous unique mechanics that make Rack n Ruin a special game. Firstly, we have the corruption mechanic in which the player will be able to corrupt a unique shrine in each zone. Once the player offers up enough stolen souls to a shrine, it will shatter and alter the world around it. A completionist can turn the entire world into something resembling a nightmarish fairy tale.
Secondly, Rack is not your swords and shields kind of protagonist. He wields a variety of spells and artifacts. Rack can carve enemies into pieces with a blade he summons to do his bidding, or scorch them with his fireballs. He can also use the looted items or ones purchased from nefarious merchants. Things such as fairie wings, rabbits feet, pig noses, souls of the innocent, will-o'-the-wisp dust, and other such gooey things. Each item will have a different effect, some will detonate into huge pyrotecnics, while others might summon a floating eye to hover around you as an extra piece of firepower.
Thirdly, the over world will be open to exploration by the player. Many secrets will be nestled away for the player to uncover. Various dungeons will highlight the key points in the game as Rack begins to take on the guardians of the world. There encounters will culminate in intense boss encounters.
Check out these screen shots and concepts or visit www.racknruingame.com for more info, story, and screenshots.
We are a small team of developers who are working on Rack n Ruin. At the core of the team is me,
Tyler Hunter. I am the project lead, designer, and art director on the project. I have been working in the video game industry for the past ten years, working on such games as Ultimate Online X, Prey, World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2, and Diablo 3. I was an artist at Blizzard Entertainment for seven years before leaving to build this game. Newer members are beginning to join, and are helping to bring the game to completion.
Ben Briggs is our Composer who possesses a passion for video games and film. Beginning his musical career as a performing artist in various musical ensembles Ben was inspired by Film and Game music and decided to further hone his skills by studying composition. He recently composed the music and sound design for the indie-game Graveyard Snuggle as well as other game and film projects. Check out his work at http://www.benbriggscomposer.co.uk.
Brian Clevinger is the author the Atomic Robo comic series, as well as the author of the prolific long running webcomic 8-bit Theater. Brian has a knack for writing hilarious sharp dialogue. If you haven't had a chance to check out the work of this talented writer. I highly recommend you give it a read at www.nuklearpower.com and http://www.atomic-robo.com.
Adam Avetisian is a talented programmer who has written numerous add-ons and plugins for the unity engine. Adam has developed his own 2D solution for unity (2DMadeEZ) as well as an array of other tools.
Peter Sakievich is a long time friend of mine who will be lending his artistic hand to the project. He painted the exquisite environment painting on display here. He has worked for Disney Interactive and EA Games Peter's talent speaks for itself, check out his website http://www.rainlandstudios.com and http://www.petersakievich.com.
So why do we need your support?
As you can see, we have already developed a working prototype. So the core of the game is all ready to go. Now it's just a matter of filling out the rest of the game with great content. Games are very expensive and taxing to develop, especially one of this scope. Every bit of funding will help grow the game into something much more special.
With crowd funding, we will be able to fund top level music talent, as well as an experienced sound designer. We can also bring on additional artists and programmers to help give the game that extra bit of polish. Quality assurance is also something that I feel is key to making a fun game. Iteration on the game is the best way to ensure that it will play smoothly, retain balance, and be as bug free as possible. Hiring a team of dedicated testers at the end of the production will greatly improve the final result.
We have some fantastic rewards to offer you. Anyone who supports the project will get an e-card thanking them for their support with an exclusive wallpaper attached.
We have some great digital rewards such as a digital art book. As this is a completely 2D game, there is a lot of art being developed in its creation. And we are looking forward to putting together a digital art book cataloging the best artwork in the game.
In addition, we will be offering a digital copy of the soundtrack upon release, as well as signed and numbered, logo-free posters related to the game.
At the higher levels, we will be printing a copy of the art book. I will also be offering hand painted water color creature concept art paintings. Each one will be an original piece art produced by me.
There will also be high level stretch rewards and exclusive top tier rewards as well (see below).
Woo-hoo, we did it! We are funded which is amazing. Thank you so much. I will work hard to ensure that you all get an amazing game to enjoy.
The Black Maw: Extra Boss Unlocked
A new secret Boss will be added to the game. This will be the toughest battle designated for seasoned players.
Special High Level Stretch Reward Unlocked.
I would like to build a statue of Rack for the high level supporters. However it is very expensive to print and cast a copy of Rack. If we reach this stretch goal, I will go the extra mile and produce a 3D copy of Rack. $250 Supporters will receive an assembled resin cast of Rack, and $1000 Supporters will receive a fully assembled hand painted statue of Rack. The 3D model is already done, check it out below.
The Ivory Pinnacle: An Extra Dungeon
An entire new dungeon will be built, complete with puzzles, new enemies, new art, and a special Boss to rule over it.
A Secret Extra
Something very special that I have always dreamed about doing for the game, and with this kind of funding, I will be able to put it into the game. It's a secret though.
That about finishes this up. Thanks to everyone who checked out this page, and a big thanks to all our supporters. One of the best ways to support us is to spread the word. Follow me and Rack n Ruin on Twitter or Facebook, and tell your favorite news blog about the project. In reality, good press through word-of-mouth is much more important to the project's success than money.
Much thanks again,
Yours sincerely,
Tyler C Hunter
Check out the Development Blog: www.racknruingame.com
Once we release the Windows, Mac and iOS version. We will start working on the Android and Linus versions of the game. Since the engine supports Linux and Android it should be a fairly quick turn around. We just need to establish what is the best way to distribute the game on Linux.
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George Abounader, Marco Island Charter Middle School principal, went under the bright lights on Wednesday to be interviewed by an NFL Films crew for a documentary on the school's football coach Mike Vanderjagt. The documentary will be an NFL Films feature, "Where are they Now," on Vanderjagt. With Abounader are John Larsen, producer and director and cameraman Donald Marx.
Roger LaLonde Staff Marco Island Charter Eagles running back Patrick Michel makes a point during his interview with members of NFL Films crew. They are filming a documentary on Mike Vanderjagt, former NFL record-setting field goal kicker, for a "Where are they Now" feature. They continue today (Thursday) at the Eagles home football game against First Baptist Academy at 4 p.m. at Winterberry Park on Marco Island
An NFL Films crew is on Marco Island creating a documentary on former NFL record-setting field goal kicker Mike Vanderjagt for a "Where are they Now" feature. On Wednesday, the crew interviewed Marco Island Charter Middle School officials, Vanderjagt's assistant football coaches and Eagles team members. The crew includes Donald Marx, cameraman, Chris Durfy, soundman and Jeff Larsen, producer and director, not seen. They continue today (Thursday), filming the Eagles football game at home against First Baptist Academy at 4 p.m. at Winterberry Park. Roger LaLonde Staff


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I've had such a great time in Pokhara, Nepal with Volunteer Venture Nepal. The volunteer work was a wonderful experience, I've met so many friendly people + I have always been made to feel welcome at Volunteer Venture Nepal, a home away from home...
Just wanted to say a BIG FAT THANKS to Krishna and keep up the good work!
Hope to see you again.
Portland, Oregon, USA
My experience with Volunteer Venture Nepal is unforgettable. Oh my God...Memory of sarangkot and pokhara, I canot forget. My wife and I were living With a family, in a village west of Pokhara. Everyday, we were teaching English in shree Mani jothi Lower secondary school sarangkot approximately 40 students in every class. it was really have interesting discussions, debates, and talk about more concrete topics in class, such as politics, environment, culture, etc.Iam interesting in carpentry My wife Beth were working in the local sarangkot health post sarangkot. Even if she is practical Medical knowledge was limited when she arrived, the nurses and assistants were really kind with her, teaching her what they knew. From patients' examination to injections, She learned to do everything that can be done in a health post! We donate some fund for health post and some to organization for schooling to poor children.
People from Volunteer Venture Nepal were really supportive too. before beginning, they gave us Nepali language classes, introduced Nepali culture and showed us important places around Pokhara. During our volunteer work, they were always present and supportive, giving us teaching materials for our classes and more.
I will never forget what I learned in Nepal, and will always remember My nepali friends and our host family I was placed to Mr. krishna Timilsina"s family. It was lovely and nice family we get English speaking environment there and we never faced language problems there .Sarangkot is very interesting place to see sun rise and sunset
It is lasting impressive for me. Thanks.
David and Beth
Cambridge U.K.
I cannot describe it in this small pieces of paper Thanks to Mr Krishna , Director of this organization who provide me this chance to write few words about this organization.
I have got some chance to see some activities in rural area.
Volunteer Venture Nepal staffs welcomed me, touched me and even more, continues to touch me... Here is in some words an outline of what was my environment and my daily activities for the few months spent in this beautiful country…
The introduction in the community made possible with the help of Volunteer Venture Nepal, and the NGO (non governmental organization) was always there during key moments of our volunteering project, although not overprotective, leaving place for us to organize our activities. We were lodged by a family in kaskikot which was very much involved in the community for the total duration of our training course. Dimension of the family life was if not more important as much as the activities we had during our stay. Since the family and community values are very present and strong within the Nepalese culture, living with people of the community enabled us to be an integral part of the village and thus made the meeting and development of relationships easier. The contact with the culture itself, the life habits, traditions, festivals, etc was thus very strong. The exchanges with the members close to the family were very nice . Kaskikot is very interesting place to stay and everybody feels very easy there.
Where should I strats,? Last month, I was in pokhara as teaching volunteer . I was placed to shree Jana Jagrit higher secondary school sarangkot it is 7 K.M. from pokhara. I was amazed at the trust and love the children shared with me after knowing me. The basic day was an early rise followed by exercise. The kids had great energy that needed to be utilized. Then came their class with the English teacher at first. I was able to just sit with the children and provide help with spelling, speech and writing. Dal Bhat came next before heading off to school at ten. When the children were occupied elsewhere I would head into the office to do some paperwork. We would usually have a few games in the afternoon. Such as hide n seek, cycling, drawing and reading. The second time for the English teacher to come was at around half five. I can definitely see the progress they are making which will help them at school. Dal Bhat at 7, followed by more games and the occasional comedy programme on TV. Bedtime was early at 9pm, but remember in Nepal most people are up by round half 5 to 6am. My placement was too short for my liking and I am already planning my second trip in a few years time. My role as older brother and supervisor was demanding but also rewarding at the same time. I recommend voluntary work in Nepal to anyone who is searching for a fantastic opportunity to give something back to the community and come away feeling very fulfilled.Thanks to Krishna for providing me this chance and Krishna small for language teaching .
Lewis Rob
I am pleased to get this chance . Nepal, is wonderful country , friendly and frank people Mr Krishna and other staffs I cannot forget them My one month stay with Krishna and Volunteer Venture Nepal .
In the beginning of 2007 it was long lasting .we had nice trekking in Nepal. Lovely place to see there I hope my little help to a community school at Shree Mani jothi Lower secondary school will be fruitful. We handed this fund to school to makes for school Furniture. Thanks to Mr. Krishna to manage all. I will explain details when I back in France this much now.
Jacou France.
We had two weeks at the sarangkot placement. It is about an hour bus ride from Pokhara in a hilly jungle area. It is famous palce to see sunset and sunrise It was summer. We helped plant rice when we were there. We stayed with a lovely family who cooked really great food everyday and invited us to a family wedding.
The placement in the resource library was fun and very popular with the children. Lots of the older children can already speak quite good English due to private school education and especially loved the games we played at the library. The younger children really seemed to benefit from the extra English.
We also visited the orphanage in Pokhara for street kids. It is a new project that Volunteer Venture Nepal is beginning to support and seems to be very worthwhile.
Janika Jhonson
We spent 4 months in Pokhara Falls working at the orphange. We taught English lessons mixed with a little geography and social studies and we tried to make it fun as much as possible by incorporating games into the lessons. The kids were great and very enthusiastic about learning but some very firm discipline was necessary to maintain order. If given the opportunity, some of the kids would quarrel, steal and be dishonest so we had to keep a sharp eye on their behavior. The majority of the kids however, were a pleasure to work with and once the rules were understood there was productive learning for everyone there.
The classes were broken up by age group and in the morning at 6:45 we began with kids aged 11-13 of which about ten kids usually showed up. At 7:30, the 8-10 year old group came in which was about the same amount. We taught almost identical lessons to these two groups because many of the younger kids were more capable in English than the kids in the older group. Over the course of our time there we taught lessons on the use of plurals, apostrophes, contractions and basic world geography. We had them practise writing sentences in their copy books using the things they had learned from the English lessons. The geography was limited to continents, oceans, a few key countries in Asia and where volunteers came from since the kids were always curious about our homes. If everyone cooperated and finished their assignments quickly we would often finish with a short game. They absolutely loved the games. Every game we played was enjoyed by the kids
Sugar land
Dear all,
I just had an amazing time in Sarangkot thanks to Volunteer Venture Nepal I'm back home now for one week and I miss the friendly Nepali people, the beauty of the country, the many friends I met there, the lovely little school where I teached English, and most of all my wonderful host-family who took care for me so well... It was great to experience daily life in Nepal, to adjust myself to a totally different culture. Thanks to the hostile Nepali people, my family and krishna, I felt so welcome. Thank you krishna for all the support. I feel very lucky that I had the opportunity to experience this all! And as soon as possible I come back to Nepal and Sarangkot for as long as possible! In between, I have a lot of wonderful memories...
A big thank you Krishna
Hilary Smith
I've had such a great time in Pokhara, Nepal with Volunteer Venture Nepal. The volunteer work was a wonderful experience, I've met so many friendly people + I have always been made to feel welcome at Volunteer Venture Nepal, a home away from home...


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May 24, 2014 (F1plus).- At Red Bull optimism keeps mounting as both drivers will start the Monaco GP from the second row, just behind the almighty Mercedes duo.
Once again, Daniel Ricciardo was able to outperform his teammate, four-time champion Sebastian Vettel, in the last stage of the qualifying session.
The RB10 is -without a doubt- the second best car on the grid. It is almost a given, understanding how hard is to overtake in Monaco, that a podium finish is a sure thing for any of Red Bull drivers.
Daniel Ricciardo keeps the conversation going, his big smile is only in the shadow of his performances.
The Australian believes a victory can't be far off reach for the team.
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Vettel who struggled a bit with his ERS unit, had also the disappointment of the yellow flag that spoiled his last lap, but even then, he managed to earn a start from fourth.
Surely, the German will try anything to end ahead of this teammate.
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Maids is a Des Moines electronic group made up of Danny Heggen and Mickey Davis (the subject of this weeks' YP Spotlight).
The duo invited the Des Moines Register to its rehearsal space in the basement of the Crane Artist Lofts downtown for a performance of a new, unreleased track called "Can't Hardly Wait".
The group plays its last show of the year on Nov. 22 at the Vaudville Mews. See their music video for the song "Seashell," too.