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There is undeniably something very intriguing about the woman Frida Giannini had in mind for Gucci f/w 2012. According to a review on style.com Giannini was inspired by "nineteenth century decadents" which showed in her use of materials; dark feathers, leather, crocodile, tulle and crushed velvet created a dramatic, yet sophisticated, impression. The colour palette may have been utterly traditional for fall – black and dark shades of green, plum and burgundy – but came off interesting when combined with the choice of make up and hair, that had a quite intellectual feel to it.
It wouldn't be an understatement suggesting that Gucci is mainly about excessive luxury, but for this season I feel like if something happened to the usually so carefree and extravagant Gucci woman. There is this new tone of melancholy, almost sorrow, that adds something to her appearance that makes me want to get to know her better, to figure her out. The fact that the inspiration from this collection was taken from the Decadent Movement and also the Dark Romanticism subgenre is very obivous, but the inspiration was luckily not too literally interpreted.
I think it's fair to say that this is Giannini's best collection yet, not only because it's slightly unexpected and because the garments are – in my opinion – really beautiful, but because she managed to make the Gucci woman appear almost haunting, which hasn't exactly been the case the last couple of seasons. If this collection would be a perfume, its top note would be the sickly sweet scent of flagging, almost rottening flowers, like the floral prints that were used in the collection.
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 222 points (15.9/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 205 points (14.6/g), 6th.
Differential of 17 points (1.2/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 12th.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.7, Offense: -1.4, Defense: 5.2, SoS: 2.5, versus averages of 0.0.
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Adaptation to changing weather patterns, some of which may be attributable to climate change, is highly important for people's livelihoods and to help them become more resilient to environmental hazards. Through its Climate Change and Development Project (CCDP), IUCN is working with local and national stakeholders to develop adaptation measures which will sustainably safeguard local livelihoods and habitats into the future. …
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Rossi is gonna be a real handful this year. He's Danis biggest threat though no doubt once he sorts the yam Jorge will get all his data.. What's that Jorge the only time you had the same kit is when Rossi got injured in 2010?? pull the other one.. One things for sure whilst Ross was fit and on the same kit as Jorge he was crashing like a rookie, which didn't stop till 2010. Rossi first ijury was after qatar which he won despite over gearing the bike to try and stay in stoners slipstream. Stoner falls off and hey presto Rossi yam has no acceleration..


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BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany's central bank says Greece will eventually need another debt write-off — but it can't be offered one now and must first work though a long list of reforms.
Jens Weidmann told a gathering of business leaders in Berlin on Friday that Greece's finances are an exception within the 17-nation eurozone because its "debt is not sustainable."
He said Greece's government must implement further reforms and get its budget under control. But he notes that granting the country more debt relief — a so-called haircut — now would reduce pressure on Athens and weaken its ambition to make the necessary changes.
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If you are accessing her Facebook account and actually logging into her account, you are violating other laws, but that would not necessarily be a violation of the no contact order.
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I can't really address your criminal issue in this question (you will have to post a question in the criminal law category), but I can address the no-contact issue. Yes, it is best to just log out and not look at her Facebook page anymore. But, what you've done is not a violation of the no-contact order.
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Dong Yu, Yun-Cheng Ju, Ye-Yi Wang, Geoffrey Zweig, and Alex Acero
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The automated directory assistance system (ADAS) is traditionally formulated as an automatic speech recognition (ASR) problem. Recently, it has been formulated as a voice search problem, where a spoken utterance is firstly converted into text, which in turn is used to search for the listing. In this paper, we focus on the design and development of the utterance-to-listing component of ADAS. We show that many theoretical and practical issues need to be resolved when applying the basic idea of voice search to the development of ADAS. We share our experiences in addressing these issues, especially in pre-processing the listing database, generating a high performance LM, and developing efficient, accurate, and robust search algorithms. Field tests of our prototype system indicate that an 81% task completion rate can be achieved.
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There's something majestic and moving about a simple piano loop layered over a rugged drum track, and it's a formula Earl Sweatshirt has mined with his new track "Chum." Announced to the world through his Twitter account last night and posted up on the Odd Future Tumblr, Earl employs his oozy flow to muse on relationships with his father, his "big brother" Tyler, and vents about the media scavenger hunt to locate his whereabouts while he was exiled in Samoa. There's no news on any Earl full-length, but "Chum" will tide us over for the meantime.
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It is so fitting, isn't it, that Schubert should have been born in January? As I've mentioned before I love Schubert's music dearly all year round, but it seems to me especially appropriate for the month of January, and I have, in fact, set up a rule for myself that under no circumstances am I allowed to listen to Winterreise earlier than January 1. That way I have something to look forward to about this the bleakest, coldest month of the year.
Oh, Schubert. It really does make me so weepy every time I think about his much too early death, even more so than with Mozart. The Grim Reeper cheated us out on a lot of undoubtedly great music from both gentlemen, certainly, but at least Mozart got to have a wife and kids. What did Schubert get? Syphilis, that's what. Or at least something similarly nasty and painful and isolating. To have lived through such misery and then to have maintained the ability to communicate feelings so well through his music, to have insisted on remaining so warm and human deep inside that coldness … It breaks the heart.
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Aromatic dwarf coconuts did originate in Thailand. The distinctive features of this coconut variety include sweet water and meat, several little male flowers, and white, short leaves. Immature coconuts have a green color, while their mature counterparts feature a navel near the eye once split. In addition to Aromatic, the dwarf Malayan yellow coconut originated in another Asian country Malaysia.
The distinguishing properties of this variety include sensitivity to specific kinds of fruit rot, small amount of meat, self-fertilizing, nuts with thin husks, yellow-colored petioles and leaves, and the like.
Another variety of dwarf coconut tree is Niuleka Green, originating in Fiji. The unique features of this dwarf coconut include rigid and short leaves with closely spaced and wide leaflets, a high-density crown plus short internodes, and cross-pollinating with big fruits. On the other hand, Gangabondam dwarf coconuts originated in India. A high content of oil and a combination of both dwarf and tall characteristics are the distinguishing properties.
Originated in the Philippines, pilipog is a type of dwarf coconut whose distinctive features are green and round nuts, female flowers, and pink-colored root tips and shoot base. Other popular varieties of dwarf coconut tree include, but are not limited to, Chowgat Orange, King Coconut, Catigan, Brazilian Green and Mangipod Green.


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France's Eole Water has now created a turbine that can condense water in the air and make it safe for drinking.
With wind power companies still trying to convince the sceptics of their benefits, we've seen forward-thinking innovators looking even further into the future, with airborne windmills and small scale wind farming. Taking a different approach, France's Eole Water has now created a turbine that can condense water in the air and make it safe for drinking.
Aside from the obvious environmental benefits a wind turbine offers, the company's WMS1000 includes a fan that sucks in passing air as well as a cooling compressor in the generator compartment, which condensates passing airborne moisture. The water is then collected, filtered to World Health Organization drinking standards and delivered through a tap at the bottom of the turbine. According to Eole Water, the turbine can produce up to 1,000 liters a day. For communities situated in regions with few or low quality water supplies, the turbine could prove to be a vital resource. The following video demonstrates how the turbine works:< >
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As mentioned above, the delicious cuisine with local characteristics bring Awa Castle the great reputation. The special cuisine such as Fried Plum Flower, Fired Sliced Cabbages, Sizzling Potato, Braised Pork Awa Fish Head in particular. The cuisine in Awa Castle are based on recipe of Miao, Tu, Buyi, Tai, the ethics in Shanxi province. Not only the special cuisine but also its design, layout are filled with ethnic characteristics. It was the first restaurant running for theme of original ecology and mountain fastness in China. In recent years, Awa Castle enjoy great reputation and attract customers from all around the world.
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Luke Ryle '15 – Life is not accompanied by many absolutes. The circumstances, events, and results of a person's existence are innumerable. Equally varied but no less complex, is life's end. Death, however unpredictable, is certain and humanity's effort to understand, cope with, and even control it has occupied an immense amount of cultural and intellectual energy. It is in this context that the Marion County Coroner's Office serves the city of Indianapolis. They, in abbreviated terms, determine how people die. With them, I interned this summer and with them I learned an industry, a side of a city, and a part of the human condition previously unknown to me. This opportunity, made possible, by the Business Leaders Program at Wabash College has been invaluable to my education.
In any death unnatural or unexplained, the Coroner's Office works to find its cause and manner. Through an investigation of the scene where someone died, an evaluation of their medical and social history, and a medical examination of the body, the Coroners gathers the evidence and makes a verdict. Sometimes the answer is obvious; oftentimes it's not. The entire process of investigating a death can be time-consuming and difficult. There are many moving parts to closing a case and we interact with numerous other agencies. The police, funeral homes, hospitals, tissue banks, insurance companies, and health departments, to name a few, are all involved in our purpose.
Along with my fellow interns, I performed several duties assisting the staff of the Marion County Coroner's Office. The summer is an especially busy time with homicides, specifically, reaching their peak during the months of June and July. With the increase in caseload, the staff was glad to have the help of summer interns. As is typical for internships, we spent time with administrative work, learning the way in which the Coroner's Office operates. Eventually, I was able to aid the staff in specific death investigations both on scene and medically. However, an aspect of this internship that has surprisingly resonated with me is the interaction I've had with another party we frequently work with – the families.
Though it is of great concern to society at large to determine why people die, though it is of tremendous importance to our healthcare and legal systems, it is the families of the deceased who benefit the most from our service. I have been asked whether my internship this summer has desensitized me to death and tragedy. It is reasonable that suicides and car accidents as a part of 'another day at the office' or the 'daily grind' might remove the human grief from the experience, changing what should be shocking and awful into something mundane and commonplace. However, the effect my work has had on me is transforming death from an abstraction to a reality. To hear voices of family members looking for answers about what happened to their loved one is a sobering duty. It takes a concept normally reserved for evening news crawls to a human being standing right in front of me, needing my help. However, providing them with some comfort or certainty during an otherwise traumatic time is subtly gratifying.
This internship has been stressful, fun, tragic, fascinating, and above all educating. It will definitely help me in whatever path I follow after my time at Wabash. If I attend medical school, enter the field of public health, or pursue forensics itself, my experiences at the Coroner's Office will surely make me a more compassionate and aware physician or scientist. The Business Leaders Program has made a truly unbelievable experience possible for me. For this, I am extremely grateful.


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Images: Hiding in plain sight: Marines tackle stalking against instructors [Image 3 of 11]
Photo by Sgt. Timothy Lenzo
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - A Marine attending the Prescout Sniper Course with 1st Marine Division Schools sets up in his firing position during a stalking exercise here, Nov. 20, 2013. The Marines moved silently and cautiously toward a mock objective, using their surroundings as camouflage. The teachers searched for their students and sent them back to the start point when caught. This emphasized the importance of staying low to the ground and out of sight.
This work, Hiding in plain sight: Marines tackle stalking against instructors [Image 1 of 11], by Sgt Timothy Lenzo, identified by DVIDS, is free of known copyright restrictions under U.S. copyright law.
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Wow this looks incredible! I want the tutorial on this!
The only question that I have, is what are the bumpy areas on the highlands? Is it supposed to be trees or hills. If it is hills, it doesn't quite work with the rest of the map, and if it is woodlands, then you have to color them differently than the background.


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What did you dream you would be when you were younger?
I've always been fascinated by computers yet amazed by how many dumb mistakes they make. Even when I was at school, I was curious as to whether I could make a computer that had some 'common sense'. I haven't managed it yet – but I'm still trying.
Why did you become a researcher and how did you go about becoming a one?
Being a researcher is about being the first person in the world to understand something or to achieve something. It's an enormous amount of fun dreaming up crazy ideas of things to try that no one has tried before.
As a researcher you are given the time and opportunity to see which of the ideas will actually work. In my case, I was very lucky to work with some of the world's leading researchers in machine learning and machine vision during my Ph.D. Their crazy ideas gave me the knowledge and experience to start having some of my own.
What's it like working at Microsoft Research and what do you do?
Working at Microsoft Research is a lot of fun, because there is a lot of freedom to investigate the ideas that I find interesting.
Doing machine learning means extra freedom because it can be applied to so many different problems – I've worked on medical applications, bioinformatics, climate modelling, document understanding, machine vision and many more. At MSRC I'm lucky to be surrounded by experts in each of these areas which means I can go and get their help when I get stuck. In a typical project, I have to find and understand the patterns in the data, and then try to get the machine to find the patterns for itself.
It's a bit like teaching a child to ride a bicycle – at first you need to give a lot of guidance and support but eventually you can let go and just watch (with a similar feeling of satisfaction!). And, as with all teaching, you learn a lot yourself as well.
What are your aspirations within your role?
My aspirations are to do with my research – I'm still trying to make a computer with 'common sense' – one which can see and hear and understand. There's a long way to go but we are making encouraging progress.
How has working at Microsoft Research affected your career/research goals?
MSR is an unusual research environment in that there is freedom to pursue your own ideas but also there are opportunities to get your ideas into products that will have enormous impact world-wide. Whilst I'm still pursuing ambitious long term research goals, it's also rewarding to see what ideas along the way could be useful to people right now.
Tell us an unusual/interesting fact about yourself?
I have cystic fibrosis – which means that I have to spend an hour or two every day taking medications and nebulisers to stay healthy. This can sometimes be quite a challenge on top of a full research workload, but the help and support that I've been given at MSRC has made it possible to do both.


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Campaign 2006 | GOP Sen. Conrad Burns closes the gap in Montana
With many voters on the East Coast heading to bed assured of Democratic victory in the House and a possible takeover in the Senate, political camps in the Wild West settled in for several more hours of returns. With about two-thirds of precincts reporting, incumbent GOP Sen. Conrad Burns had closed to within 10,000 votes of his challenger, Democrat Jon Tester.
In Montana's closely watched Senate race, a crowd of 500 supporters for Tester filled the Heritage Inn of Great Falls with celebratory whoops when CNN showed an early lead of 54 percent to 45 percent. Tester ran a populist campaign against the state's 18-year incumbent Conrad Burns, juxtaposing his rural roots and family values against a GOP image of Washington corruption and special-interest kowtowing.
The preliminary results seemed to confirm months of polling data that had shown Tester ahead. But supporters gathered at Burns' campaign headquarter in Billings, Mont. resisted despair. "We're pretty sure we're going to see Tester jump out to a lead here and then we'll crawl our way back," said campaign spokesman Jason Klindt, explaining that numbers from Eastern Montana may take longer to trickle in. "We were very pleased today with turnout efforts. We feel like we saw some huge turnout numbers in very Republican precincts."
Indeed, due to high turnout, state election officials issued a television report that voters stuck in line when polls closed at 8 p.m. would be allowed to cast ballots.
Tester, a 50-year-old Montana farmer with crew cut hair and a country smile, presents a Democratic agenda in terms locals can appreciate. He speaks of protecting the values of middle class families by improving health care and providing college tuition grants.
Conversely, the Burns campaign bragged of its candidate's Washington connections and assured Montanans that the incumbent would continue his record of bringing earmarks to the state. After several slips of the tongue early in the race, Burns managed a slight late surge in the polls, convincing many Republicans he might retain a seat once considered long gone.
With the House lost early on election night, many eyes turned west to see if Republicans might preserve a Senate majority. Returns from the Southwest states of Arizona and Nevada provided hope, but Montana's favorable GOP poll numbers of late seemed to prove a mirage. "Polls are interesting to see, but we don't really take them for anything more than just that," said Aaron Murphy of Tester's campaign staff. "Today is what really counts."


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RAVE To the state Dept. of Transportation for saving idiots like me on Snoqualmie Pass. After I hit a patch of ice and ended up in a snowbank, a DOT driver showed up within minutes asking if everyone was OK, putting down flares and calling the police for us. It was cold, dark, snowy and scary and his presence made all the difference!
RANT To the awful people who smashed out two windows of our vehicle and three others in the parking garage while we were in town to see the King Tut exhibit, and to the parking attendant who was unconcerned.
RAVE For the friendly, caring man at the Critical Care Family Waiting Room who'd come to see a friend and saw me alone, weeping and terrified after my husband had collapsed and been rushed to Evergreen Hospital. This lovely man helped me locate a charger for my phone so I could contact family and friends and spent an hour walking and talking with me until I was calm and able to think more clearly. My husband passed away, but I will always remember this kindness and the competence and compassion shown by all the medical personnel in Critical Care West.
RANT To the sexist mom at the LEGO store. When her little boy was getting parts and pulled out a handful of LEGO flowers she said to him, "Those are for girls." She didn't see the two young ladies pulling out handfuls of racing car wheels, hubs and axles…
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RAVE For the new MOHAI. The new space just blew me away. The exhibits are well-designed and there's plenty of space to move around. The scope is amazing: the founding families, cultural history, immigration, the two world wars, technology, sports. Don't miss the special exhibit, Celluloid in Seattle: a City at the Movies. Even the occasional moviegoer will find something to like and movie buffs will have to be dragged out kicking and screaming.
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How to Have a Great Halloween Party (for Adults)
Here are my ideas for pulling off a great Halloween party! You may celebrate this as Samhain, a pagan festival. There are big differences, and this is a Halloween party for FUN!
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1Choose the mood. It should be dark and dreary. Decorate by draping black cloths over the furniture and lighting candles, don't use any real lights. If you need black cloth, just buy some old bed sheets from a thrift store and dye them black.
2Invite people by phone for a small party. For a big party, use invitations that are black and creepy. Use a font like chiller, or one that looks like it is dripping blood.
3Food is the most important aspect of any party. If you mess up everywhere else and have good food, people will enjoy themselves. Have bloody popcorn: put red food coloring mixed with butter on the popcorn. If you have punch, have it in a hollowed out pumpkin. You can get a block of dry ice and set that underneath the food table so it will look like a spooky fog is in the room. Serve deviled eggs, but with green olives stuffed with pimentos to look like eyes. Use your imagination!
4Serve alcoholic drinks (a mix-your-own type - have the recipes out for people to mix, or make jugs) such as Bloody Nightmares, Bloody Caesars, Bloody Marys, Black Magic, White Witch, Zombie, etc. There are lots!
5Have spooky music, or music by someone like Rob Zombie, who does good music for something like that.
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- If there is a certain place in your house you'd rather not have guests enter, block it off with a spooky sign and some fake cobwebs.. This will also keep the mood of the party.
- Ask people to dress up. It is a lot more fun. This way you can also give a theme to your party, and that will also help you set the mood (if you don't want it as spooky/scary). Themes could be underworld, Victorian-era, or old west... anything, really!
- If serving food, use paper and plastic utensils to prevent broken glass and have a garbage can in each room.
- Be careful with the dry ice! It can burn you if touched for too long.
- If people are drinking, take their car keys and call them a cab, or let them sleep over. Be a responsible host.
- Keep drugs out of the equation. The cops might be called, and everyone at the party could get in trouble, or go to jail (which would surely ruin the party mood!) If anyone shows up with drugs, immediately take measures to keep them from spreading to the rest of the guests. If necessary, kick them out of the party. No one wants to end up in jail or the emergency room.
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Posted: Thursday, December 1st, 2005 4:20 PM HST
Honolulu Marathon satellite race in Iraq postponed
By Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) _ A Marine Corps officer organizing the Honolulu Marathon satellite race in Iraq says the event has been postponed.
In an e-mail to Honolulu Marathon spokesman Pat Bigold this week, Lieutenant Colonel Jim O'Donnell announced the race would be delayed.
O'Donnell did not comment on the reasons for the delay. In the past, he has said that a rescheduling was possible because the event was close to the Iraqi national elections set for December 15.
O'Donnell says he would brief officials later this week and get confirmation on a new date.
The December eleventh Honolulu Marathon is expected to attract thousands of runners from Japan and elsewhere to Oahu.
The Honolulu Marathon supported a similar satellite race at Tarin Kowt in Afghanistan last year.
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But can they legally open the door on their own and come on in univited?
I might be home by myself. If I came out the my room and discovered them there unannoucned and going thru my house, seems like I could just tackle them if I don't kow who it is. Its my house and I haven't signed anything away. It seems like they would at the very least the probation office would have to inform me of this condition and have some type of acceptance.
If she is not home do I have to let them in to search? Or even answer the door?
I know they won't break it down if I don't answer. If I'm there by myself and its my house it seems like all bets would be off and they would have to come back when she is there.
Can you direct me to a site or place to see this in writting? I've viewed her probation order but nothing in there applies to me.
I get that if I don't agree (verbally or in writting) she'd have to move. It's just like this conditon is supposed to be accepted without any proper documentation to the actual property owner/individual nor is there any fair warning. Where is the good faith effort to inform indiviuals of civil rights being taken away under these circumstances? Its hard for me to believe that this is possible.
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Picturing power in the People's Republic of China : posters of the cultural revolution
- Responsibility
- edited by Harriet Evans and Stephanie Donald.
- Language
- English.
- Imprint
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c1999.
- Physical description
- xiv, 170 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
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- Contributor
- Evans, Harriet.
- Donald, Stephanie, 1961-
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157) and index.
- Contents
- Introducing posters of China's Cultural Revolution, Harriet Evans and Stephanie Donald-- excess and enthusiasm, John Gittings-- souvenirs of Beijing - authority and subjectivity in art historical memory, Craig Clunas-- sister comrades - gendered bodies and spaces, Harriet Evans-- children as political messengers - art, childhood and continuity, Stephanie Donald-- icons of power - Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution, Robert Benewick-- print culture, memory and the popular, Chen Xiaomei-- afterword, Stephanie Donald and Harriet Evans.
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- Publisher's Summary
- This illustrated book provides an innovative reinterpretation of the Cultural Revolution through the medium of the poster - a major component of popular print culture in China. Using 30 full colour and as many black-and-white reproductions of posters from the University of Westminster collection, an eminent group of scholars explores the discursive power of visual artforms in Chinese public life. The contributors provide an interdisciplinary analysis of political art produced for a Chinese audience. At the same time, they acknowledge the importance of subjectivity in elucidating important cultural facets of a significant revolutionary period.
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Lt. Col. Sean Kuester, commander, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment "Desert Rogues", 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, awards the two speakers for the 3rd ID's Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observance, with certificates of appreciation here at Club Stewart, Jan. 8. The speakers were Sanchez Waller (middle), vice president of the Student Government Association at the Savannah State University, and Robert Earl James (right), a native of Hattiesburg, Miss., president of the Carver State Bank of Savannah, Ga. The Desert Rogues, along with 2nd ABCT hosted the event. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Wrigley, 2nd ABCT, 3rd ID, Public Affairs NCO)
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Los Angeles 2013 – US performing artists John Mayer and Nas wore Brioni at the 55th edition of the Grammy Awards held Sunday February 10th at Staples Center, Los Angeles.
Musician and record producer John Mayer, who has sold over twenty million albums around the world, chose to wear a purple velvet jacket, black trousers and a printed silk bow tie.
The rapper and record producer, who has sold over 13 million albums in the United States alone, wore a gold dinner jacket from the FW 12-13 collection.


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February 22, 2013
Is Sony Missing The Casual Gaming Market With PlayStation 4?
This week Sony unveiled its latest video game console. And while the actual physical PlayStation 4 has yet to be seen, the reported specs sound impressive. It offers a custom chip that reportedly contains eight x86-64 cores and a state of the art graphics processor. It also offers a GPU that can be used for general purpose computer (GPGPU) that can reportedly handle something cans "physics simulation."
To accomplish this it contains a unified array of 18 compute units, which collectively can generate 1.84 Teraflops — that sounds like something to jump for — while it is also going to be equipped with 8GB of unified system memory.
This, in a word, sounds "hardcore", and fittingly at the demonstration event in New York City, Sony did prove that this is the system for the "hardcore."
We need to ask — is Sony missing the boat on casual gaming?
That might seem an odd question to ask, but the last time Sony introduced a console its competition was Nintendo and Microsoft, which each had a new system as well — the Wii and the Xbox 360 respectively. That was in 2006, with the Xbox 360 being out for year. Fast forward to this coming holiday and it is seven years later and Sony isn't just competing against Nintendo's Wii U or the expected Xbox 720 (or whatever it eventually is called). No, Sony is competing against Apple and Google as well — and even BlackBerry and Samsung and a plethora of other players.
Sony is competing against apps, the cloud, and of course tablets and smartphones.
It is hard not to see people playing Temple Run, Angry Birds and a hundred versions of solitaire everywhere. When the PlayStation came out in 1994 there wasn't even Snake on most phones. In 2000 Sony faced off against the PC as much as Sega and Nintendo — to be joined in the video game arena by Microsoft in 2001.
Even in 2006 most people didn't have smartphones. There were mobile games but these were variations of Tetris and simple puzzle games. Today causal gaming is huge, and more importantly it is everywhere. So the question must be asked, is Sony putting too much emphasis into the hardcore?
Of course the answer is no, yes and maybe.
No, because Nintendo has offered little in the way of a truly hardcore gaming experience even with its new Wii U. The system maybe "hardcore" but it is Nintendo hardcore, meaning that Nintendo will offer Mario, Zelda and other signature franchises — but the serious Call of Duty and Medal of Honor shooter fans will still look to Sony and Microsoft for those. The PC has even made a bit of a comeback thanks in part to these hardcore shooters.
However, as Nintendo's Wii was a surprise hit because it is embraced the casual gamer the Wii U is failing to connect. The Wii was something found at senior centers, on cruise ships and in other places where causal gaming was the only gaming. Nintendo opted not to pursue that course again, and it has left an opening, one that Sony could have taken advantage of.
Yes, however Sony made the right choice because if it embraced casual over hardcore it would have given the market to Microsoft. The PlayStation 3 may have lost money for Sony early on — a lot of money if reports are to be believed — but the system has slowly gained momentum and it has a nice install base that is translating into serious profits for Sony. It also helped Sony win the Blu-ray format war beating out HD-DVD. But first and foremost it was a hardcore game console and Sony has established itself as a brand by doing just that, so it needed to embrace the hardcore.
Finally, there is the maybe. To really succeed Sony needs to embrace the casual and the hardcore and it isn't clear yet if that is possible. We still have to see what Microsoft has yet to unveil. Sometimes, the best is saved for last.
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I was recently given an '05 Specialized Transition frame from a friend. He told me if I can fix it or get it fixed I can have it.
Here is the problem. In attempting to remove the headset he blew apart both the top and bottom bearings. Leaving just the outer race stuck in the headtube. This frame uses the Mindset headset from Specialized.
He then tried to cut the race out. The pictures below show the results. He managed to get a small chunk of the race out.
I was doing some research and came across this thread. http://www.bikeforums.net/archive/in.../t-267183.html.
From this I understand that the black cups under the bearing can be removed and then a Cane Creek headset can be used.
So, first would a Specialized dealer or other shop mechanic be able to pull the bearing race(s) that are stuck out and the black cups underneath?
If not, could I continue to cut and try to cut into the race and into the black cup to get those to come out? When my friend was trying to cut out the race he didn't know the black cup was removable so he was trying to get the race to separate from that. Since I don't need the black cup, I think cutting right through the race without regard to the black cup (but still being careful of the headtube) will allow them to be taken out.


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The MinotEur Labyrinth: What Europe's "Bank Resolution" Looks Like In One Chart
Late last night, European Union finance ministers agreed on a new system to centralize control of failing euro-zone lenders - a so-called "bank resolution mechanism" - in the hope that it will stop expensive banking crises from ruining the finances of entire countries.As WSJ reports, ""Taxpayers will no longer foot the bill when banks make mistakes and face crises, ending the era of massive bailouts," according to Michel Barnier, the EU's internal market commissioner." Sadly, Mr. Barnier is incorrect, for two main reasons.
First, in Europe the link between a bank and its sovereign has never been tighter courtesy of ever rising holdings of host sovereign debt by a bank in question (subsequently repoed with the ECB for cash) currently at recordh high levels across the periphery, which means a major bank failure will always result in taxpayer impairment.
Second... well, instead of describing it, we will instead simply show graphically courtesy of the FT just what the "streamlined" bureaucratic process for achieve bank "resolution" in Europe looks like. The numbers in brackets show how many people are involved at any given stage of the resolution process: 148 or so in total.
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Tanks in Athens?
In a word (or two) - good luck.
Fringe bloggers that do not have faith in the robust "bank resolution mechanism" illustrated in this graphic do not understand the political capital invested in Europe. They vastly underestimate what the Euro means for the Europeans, for the Euro area.
Are you speaking for the employed or unemployed europeans. The sarcasm/irony is heavy today...
Google translator says the European word for "bank resolution mechanism" is klüsterphük.
heh...nice umlauts
That's not it. It depends a lot on how the question is presented and how the media did about the Euro the days before, due to lack of intelligence on both sides of the pond.
It's a lot like killing the messenger, scapegoating everything, and the people really responsible keep going on with the abuse. Maybe they're enjoying the theatre.
i will bet 10 bitcoins that a poll conducted over the course of the next three months that poses the following question to the 340 million "europeans" would have a majority of "yes".
"do you want your country to exit the euro?"
complicated? yes. cumbersome? yes
yet on the other extreme you'll find the equivalent of Hank Paulson asking for a trillion, or else...
and again, hedgeless, you still seem not to understand Draghi's words. a simple example: how much political capital is invested in the American Flag? enough to make it a crime if someone burns one. think about that
I am curious now. According to what I've heard, burning the flag would be a violation of the flag code, but one would be save from punishment, because of a strange amendment to a legendary constitution I also heard of. ;-)
no idea. perhaps I should have taken a different example: homeownership. there is so much political capital invested on the concept that mountains of public funds have been spent on it's subsidy, in all AngloPhone countries. just shortly the UK was heavily subsidizing "first ownership", by the tune of guarantees for three quarters of the newly raised downpayment of 20%
compare it with countries like Germany, where over 60% of the pop lives since decades in rent. according to some, they would be hells on earth
"political capital" is just a way of describing how important it is, and there Draghi is correct: ZH in general does not understand well those foreign depths
I blame the Telegraph crowd, in particularly AEP. oh, and the ridiculous propaganda war in the UK between UKIP and some idiots on the other side
Perhaps you should have taken a different historical example: slavery.
is the EUR really like slavery, for you? then you seriously don't understand our continental perspective. or what it means to have a small national currency in currency wars
note how the minor european FX are nearly all tying themselves to the EUR. would we be freer if our previous national currencies would all peg themselves to the dollar or the yuan?
Just a shame some of those sworn to defend the American flag (the NSA in particular) choose to wipe their arses with it...
The Euro is perfect. It transfers wealth from the citizens within it to the .001% of the Euro at a faster pace than any system before.
The .001 percent love it while working poor simply do not understand what is happening.
The Euro is one of best systems ever designed for the .001 percent.
You forgot the rest of the statment: "Their is no plan B"
Hmm, no blocks on sending perps to jail...
Everyone has a plan until the first time they get punched in the face.
When the day comes that the shit hits the fan again, they'll bail them again. In, out, both, whatever. They WILL get bailed again. TBTF has been institutionalized, not reduced.
After depositors and bondholders have been fully bailed in, yes.
Now you talk Mutti's language, the only language worth a euro kopeck!
I don't see the part where the little birdie comes out of the little doors, and says, "cuckoo! cuckoo!"
EDIT: oh wait, there it is, the "mediation panel", that must be where the little doors go.
....this reminds me that the Ancient Greeks had figured out that the only possible way to get out of the mess was by flying, like Icaro. But I think the story did not end well... or did it?
that depends on your point of view...
icarus flew...too close to the sun and the wax holding his wings together (fed sponsoring consumption now) melted..while his father, the famous creta,n daedalus (designer of the Minoan labyrinth or the laws of the land), watched from the ground and had to live with the death of his son (middle classes).
Are the required funds going to come out the camel's ass that they just designed? Talk about a committee of hundreds.
we need to get WB7 to animate that stuff.
Imagine the Mutti thing coming out of the cukoos's nest flying on angel wings in her birthday suit, bumping into Hollande who says "cheese", and then shaking hands with Von Rompuy who says "Oh puleese, not this", all the while Draghi sings "I'm in tapered, sterilised, stress relieved heaven."
Where brave men fear to tread and where angels sing "its all fixed", in never never land.
A Barroso for your thoughts and a Farage for you farts, Uncle Santa has his sledge full of presents for every bank TBTF!
Happy new year on Bull Run !
You would think with as many unemployed people around, they would figure out how badly they are being fucked and start doing something about it. But I guess things haven't gotten bad enough yet.
Central planning: This is why socialism fails.
True, but there seems to be a lot of central planning in capitalism today too. That's what happens when you let corporations buy the government. It's called fascism.
These people crack me up with their "plans". The thing about plans is that when shit hits the fan plans are thrown out the window and people grab what's important and run.
The president of the European parliament, Martin schulz, already said that this will not pass. The agreement of the parliament is mandatory. So forget it ...
If you compare it to the American healthcare system diagram then it looks like something a 5-year old can handle.
EU Banksters issuing massive subordinated debt on dumbarse investors
imagine how long the capital controls will be in place while those committee folks decide how much of your money they will take. Jiminy Christmas.
Who needs Kings when you have 145 money-changers and a mediation panel?
The stuff that legends are made of : the fortress Alesia; the Siegfried line; not saying its the Maginot! `
No, No, No, no Maginot, not again! Luckily Mutti says she's on our side this time. Guderian drives a Euro tank!
PS : Just for the record when a bank goes down : Northern Rock; Dexia; it happens in a matter of HOURS as the banks stay in DENIAL until the margin call makes them go belly up. So a leviathan structure like the one above, which involves NINE committees and 126 people, is NOT the IDEAL structure or process to find resolution when TSHF.
Just saying; Siegfried line may look like gruyere cheese! Maginot cheese!
There are several important matters to be pointed out on this:
1. quite apart from this EU-wide Single Bank Resolution Policy, the UK already introduced its own version - quickly put in place just before the GBP 1.5 billion black hole was announced in the Co-op bank earlier this year. When this EU version takes effect one presumes it will replace the UK's interim version.
2. apart from one or two detailed articles recently posted on ZeroHedge about bank "bail-ins", neither the UK Govt nor the UK MSM has ever publicly announced the UK resolution policy and never explained what it means to ordinary bank account customers.
Without any public discussion or announcement, ALL holders of bank accounts - whether they be current accounts (US=checking accounts), savings accounts or in the UK, ISA accounts - are now renamed as "investors" or "creditors".
These new-found bank "investors/creditors" all appear on a bank's pecking order list and are at risk of being "bailed-in" if/when a bank discovers another black hole in its balance sheet. It is a decision of the bank which of its investors/creditors will be given a haircut to fill up the black hole.
In the UK, there are legitimate questions over why the Co-op bank's black hole was only announced just after the Bank Resolution Policy was introduced in a blaze of secrecy in April/2013, when the hole was known about 5-6 months earlier in November/December 2012. There are also legitimate questions over why ordinary Co-op bank accounts were not given a haircut. Two of our three major political parties bank with the Co-op (Labour Party & Lib Dems). That may provide a clue.
As folks on ZH have always said: Cyprus was the template for bail-ins. It always was, despite political denials.
A bank needing resolution will simply close its doors on a Friday evening and announce that it's going into resolution over the weekend. Apart from those "in the know" who get their money out in time, nobody will have any idea that over the weekend, their bank accounts are likely to be skimmed by whatever %age the bank decides is appropriate to fill up its black hole. 5-15% is probably not a bad estimate. When the bank re-opens on Monday morning - almost certainly with capital controls in place to prevent a belated stampede - customers' money will already be gone.
As far as I can see, customers with less than EUR 100,000 (GBP 85,000) should not assume that if their accounts are given a haircut that they can make a claim on the Deposit Protection Scheme. This is because close examination of the insured risks under DPS reveals that it does not insure against government policy, which is what Bank Resolution is.
As far as I can see, customers with less than EUR 100,000 (GBP 85,000) should not assume that if their accounts are given a haircut that they can make a claim on the Deposit Protection Scheme. ...
Point Taken...it all depends on the amount of fiat shit under the carpet, and the eventual dynamics of the downturn for the integrated banking system.
However it is normal that the first to pay are those whose revenues have increased in this current crisis in a fashion that can only be described as exponential based on criminal scamming pushing the value up of all asset classes, inspite of 2008 crash, and that is CRIMINAL.
The banks made this mess in Reaganista hubris; let their rich corporates and other clients pay first and not the lowest on the social scale. That is the principle of protecting the weakest and its nothing to be ashamed of; quite the contrary if we have an ounce of humanity.
I don't buy the argument of : why me when "ME" has a comfy life even if it is honestly earned. In wars the best die first. Its time that that was reversed!
Sacrifice is a bitch granted, but when the rich cheat collectively they should also pay COLLECTIVELY.
Today they get richer! Otherwise, its back to the jungle. No way! Under Oligarchy control.
$9.6 trillion dollars in US deposits, backed by $25 billion in FDIC funds for "insurance". This is the reason why bail-ins will be the rule of the day here in the US. I'm assuming the situation is roughly similar in the EU. This is also the reason the Fed won't be able to actually taper past around March 2014 quarterly expiration, because the impairments to the value of treasury bonds, when those trillions in deposits have been leveraged to the hilt to buy said 10 bonds (and stocks), mean certain doom for those deposited funds.


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According to a new study from the University of Colorado, non-obese patients who underwent liposuction for removal of fat deposits from thighs and lower abdomens found that new fat deposits began to appear elsewhere on their bodies. The details on the research can be found in the journal Obesity.
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The new research, led by Drs. Teri L. Hernandez and Robert H. Eckel of the University of Colorado found that just one year after having their unwanted fat removed, liposuction patients experienced the return of fat to other areas of the body including shoulders, arms, and upper abdomen. Seemingly, the removal of fat deposits from the lower body results in a re-distribution of fat into the upper body.
The study involved 32 healthy, non-obese women having an average age in their middle thirties. Among the group, 14 women underwent lipsuction for the removal of a modest amount of fat from their hips and thighs, while the other 18 women were promised a discount in price for the procedure if they would postpone undergoing the surgery and act as the control group for the study. In addition, all of the study participants were asked not to make any lifestyle changes for the duration of the study.
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According to Dr. Rudolph Leibel, an obesity researcher at Columbia University, "it's another chapter in the 'You can't fool Mother Nature' story.'" He pointed out that because the body controls both the number of fat cells and the amount of fat it holds, the death of a fat cell simply needs to the re-growth of a new one to replace it. Furthermore, since liposuction destroys the structure under the skin, this could help to explain why fat cells don't grow back in the same place from which they were removed.
Surprisingly, the study findings did little to quell the positive perception of many of the women involved in the research. Among those who underwent the procedure, most were satisfied and pleased to be rid of the fat deposits removed, even though new deposits replaced them in other areas of the body. Similarly, among the control group, the majority of the women still wanted to undergo their promised discounted procedures.


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Snuff Bottle Connection
Jade Screen super kicker John Liu stars as an undercover Imperial agent investigating the brutal murder of one of his colleagues, during the course of his investigation, he uncovers a much bigger conspiracy by the Russians who intend to overthrow the Manchu Government and install a puppet ruler under their control. The men behind the plot are the corrupt white haired Manchu general Shantung (Hwang Jan-lee) and his gun slinging kung fu kicking Russian envoy Tolstoy (Roy Horan).
The key to their plot is an ornate jade snuff bottle used as a secret method of identification amongst the various conspirators. Liu seeks help from his younger brother Kao (Yip Fei-yang) a conman and all round scoundrel, and his child protégé (Wong Yat-lung), to aid him in his mission.
Liu and his team find themselves pitted against a veritable army of kung fu kicking bad guys, not to mention the Russians whose rowdiness and bad behavior is matched only by their fierce martial arts skills. As they uncover the truth that Shantung is assisting the Russians, with the intention of taking the throne as their puppet ruler once the Russians have full control of China.
Now, Shen Tui Tie Shann Gong or Snuff Bottle Connection as most fans know it, is a movie that for years was consigned to third generation bootlegs in the West, and the only official HK VCD wasn't much better either. It's a film that happily lives up to the memories I had of watching the film with a bunch of inebriated hard core kung fu movie fans in the UK as a teenager, and surpasses them when I look at it now. The film delivers in every department, from John Liu playing a master bootman hero, Hwang Jan-lee as a superkicking white haired bad guy (Hwang's always great value, but when he's got his long white hair and eyebrows. It's always that much better!), while Hwang's student Roy Horan (the 'Russian' priest from Snake in the Eagles Shadow, and the father of actress/singer Celina Jade soon to be seen in RZA's Man with the Iron Fists) is the dastardly Russian trying to enforce the Tzar's ambitions upon the forbidden kingdom.
It is what the great Joe Bob Briggs would happily and quite rightfully refer to as 'kung fu city!"
The original bootmaster John Liu (Liu Chung-ling) the now reclusive founder of Zen Kwun Do plays the hero, a government assigned kicker given the task of investigating a fellow agents death. He uncovers the bad guys and their nefarious plans, before taking on Hwang Jang-lee in a blistering bootfest finale. Liu began his career as a closed door disciple of Taekwondo maestro and kung fu movie hero Delon Tan 'Flash Legs' (Tan Tao-liang, star of John Woo's Hand of Death, The Fists, The Kicks & The Evils and many more) before making the leap onto the Jade Screen.
Liu is best known for the classics Secret Rivals 1 & 2, Invincible Armour and Incredible Kung Fu Mission, Snuff Bottle and the sheer off the wall cannot be missed madness of an ego-fest that is Zen Kwun-do in Paris/Kung Fu Leung Vs Emmanuelle. (Liu the superkicking founder of Zen Kwun Do, plays Liu the superkicking founder of Zen Kwun Do, who battles a wide array of Karate gi wearing bad guys while every woman falls in love with him, including one who becomes a Nun after being rejected by him, and the incredible training scene where Liu performs a Kata while several European porn starlets of the late 70's shall we say let their fingers do the walking, so aroused by his skills are they!)
I would say that along with the two Secret Rivals movies, this ranks as probably his best film. It includes what I would definitely call his single best fight scene in his career, when he takes on a group of corrupt Imperial guards in a beautifully choreographed kickfest which sees him letting loose with axe kicks, roundhouse kicks, spinning kicks, machine gun kicks and jumping kicks to full effect in some very lengthy takes. (OK, as guilty pleasures go the aforementioned training scene in Zen Kwun Do comes close!). The finale of course does see Liu trading kicks with frequent opponent Hwang Jan-lee in a blistering finale which while incredible, serves more as a showcase for Hwang than Liu himself.
Liu made a hell of an impact on kung fu cinema but his own aspirations and ego seem to have been the reason he never went as far as he could have, and shortly after several misguided projects including Kung Fu Leung Vs Emmanuelle, he stepped back from the industry before making a brief return in Toby Russell's barely seen Trinity Goes East.
Assisting Liu are Yip Fei-yang, whose credits include the classics Dragon & Tiger Kids & the One Armed Boxer alongside the one and only Jimmy Wang Yu! Yip plays Liu's brother, the all-round scoundrel Han Solo kind of guy, we all know he's a rascal but with a hidden heart of gold as evidenced that not only does he join his brother on his mission, but also puts up with the somewhat annoying presence of junior thief and acrobat Wong Yat-lung, from the classic Thundering Mantis starring the great Leung Kar-yen. Wong may be an accomplished acrobat and there's no denying his genuine ability but his character doesn't really do anything but grate and cause trouble for everyone, and I actually found myself cheering the Russians when he fell foul of their dastardly deeds!
As for the villains, well you've got the near perfect double act of the Korean superkicking mean machine Hwang Jan-lee (yes the man who kicked out Jackie Chan's teeth for real when playing the villain in Snake in the Eagles Shadow), and his Russian sidekick played by Hwang's real life student Roy Horan (Snake in the Eagles Shadow's Russian priest with a secret and a sword, and the venison eating madman of Game of Death 2!) The film serves as a perfect showcase once again as to why Hwang was such a dominant force in the world of Asian martial arts cinema as he lets loose with all manner of incredible kicking combinations as well as some crisp traditional kung fu handwork. He just exudes an evil charm, especially under a Silverfox styled white beard and eyebrows once again!
Hwang continued to work in the Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Korean and independent action film industry until the early 90's, he even faced off against T2's Robert Patrick in Cirio Santiago's Future Hunters, before returning to Korea in the early 90's, where contrary to popular belief, he never ran a hotel or owned a golf tee factory. I tracked Hwang down some years ago for an extensive interview that resides somewhere in a vault in the UK thanks to Hong Kong Legends, and there's two documentaries about the man in production including The Anonymous King, while Hwang recently began publicly teaching again and shows that age seems not to have affected his skill set.
Horan, playing the villainous Tolstoy, gets to show some sharp shooting with his handguns as well as some Chinese martial arts styling and nifty knifework. For the UK release of the film a few years ago, Horan contributed an interview and audio commentary which was a major bonus and really gave an insight into his experiences working on the film and his relationship as both a friend and student of Hwang Jan-lee.
The film also features a veritable array of familiar faces from the world of kung fu cinema, including Philip Ko Fei (The Loot), Yuen Shun-yee (Dreadnaught)and Yuen Biao (Righting Wrongs/Above the Law) who not only plays a supporting role but worked as an acrobatic double and assisted with the films fight choreography. The films two directors keep the film barreling along at a very good rate and there's not too much time between the superbly choreographed fights to start asking yourself why the Chinese government doesn't think that it's worth sending more than a single agent at a time to stop the Russians from taking over the country!
Snuff Bottle Connection has long been regarded as one of the hardest to find cult classics of martial arts cinema, at least in any kind of presentable state with various official and unofficial dvd and vhs releases not serving the film or its cast and crew well in terms of quality presentation. The best DVD release was the official UK release from a few years ago by Soul Blade that features a nicely remastered print, audio commentary featuring Horan as well as an interview with him. There have been several 'ahem' unofficial US releases by various companies over the years, but it would be nice to see a properly remastered official release of the film with quality bonus features.
Now the film has long been credited as a Seasonal Films Production, probably due to the sheer amount of regular actors from Seasonal's stable that appear in the film and Yuen Woo-ping's name has often been mooted as the film's director. While in actuality the film was a production of Fortuna Films, while Seasonal Films chairman Ng See-yuen helped produce the film as well as repping it internationally. The film was actually directed by Ting Chin-hu and Lily Lu, while Yuen Woo-ping and Yuen Biao headed the films team of choreographers and really deliver the goods giving all the fighters ample chance to demonstrate their kicking, flipping and weapons abilities to full effect while also delivering a real sense of impact that is often lacking from some of the 70's kung fu classics.
Snuff Bottle Connection really brings me back to the halcyon days of late night kung fu cinema in the UK and North America, where the audience enthusiasm and participation could often give the Rocky Horror Picture Show a run for its money! Track down a copy, turn down the lights, crank up the volume, gather some like minded fans of action cinema and make some noise!!!


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May 24, 2016
The First District Court of Appeals has ruled against two Wakulla County fishermen who are using nets with larger openings than are allowed by the state.
The court upheld a declaratory statement by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission. It said fishing nets with openings larger than two inches are gill or entangling nets that are prohibited under the Florida Constitution.
Kim Jamerson is a spokeswoman for the FWC. Jamerson says fishermen Keith Ward and Ronald Crum had asked the commission if their nets violated any laws. She says they appealed the declaratory statement after the FWC answered their questions concerning net size.
Jamerson says the nets Ward and Crum asked about are for commercial use. Crum says he expects to appeal the ruling to the Florida Supreme Court.
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