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Topic: Percy, Thanks For Asking
The Bat Mitzvah was awesome. I have been to many in my lifetime and most families spend thousands of dollars on the Party after. This was all heart and soul, in the woods that look like God's Country, with 230 Campers and 30 Counselors. I don't know who was more excited, all the kids, Lexy or Robin and me. The Camp didn't skip a beat. First we had the little ceremony of Robin and I donning Lexy with my Tallis (prayer shawl) from my Bat Mitvah and then a ceremony of L Dor V Dor which means Generation to Generation and I passed the Torah to Robin who passed it to Lexy. They had all the important prayers and Lexy had even written a speech at the end after she read her Hebrew from the Torah. They included the 3 boys in rituals also which made it a small but tight family affair. Afterwards we went to lunch downtown Prescott and home with beautiful Memories. Then the next day I got a call that my oldest Grandson in Milwaukee (25) got engaged. With everything looking so good I am waiting for Friday when my biopsies come back.
Lexy's Speech:
Had an amazing day having my bat mitzva! I am woman hear me roar! here is my speech for all of you love this place.
In this weeks torah portion, the importance of family ties comes in. we gain so much from being close to family. Not only is my family so intertwined with who I am but I'm lucky enough to have an extended family called CCP. Everyone who is here to support me and share this experience means so much to me. "Happiness is only real when shared" I feel that I am responsible to give as many memories to the next generation of campers as I gained from being here. You have an impact wherever you go, never forget that. The world is a lovely place and I want to leave it better for the next generations to come when I'm gone. This means accounting for every single person, just like Moses did to the twelve tribes. Lexy's speech:
Community: a unified body of individuals. I want to say thank you to my family. My brothers who mean everything to me, and I can never get enough time with. My grandma who teaches me to love unconditionally, my best friends who helped me become myself, My mom who is my support system through life. She is my best friend and my hero, and my camp for shaping my experiences into strengths. For everyone who has watched me grow as a person and to those of you who I have just met but already love. And especially Jason Bronowits who as a good friend helped and encouraged me to do all of this. I hope I leave an impact where I go in life, and I hope you do to. Shabbot shalom everyone.

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>Running 101>Left foot went numb at 3 mile mark
TT Man
I don't think anyone meant to run more - TODAY -- I think they meant that after a few months of running the problem will go away....it did for me --- think you just need more time running -- keeping your mileage and slowly building....but don go out and run 5 miles if you not usually doing so......just do what you do and let your body get used to your running.
Don't run more then you are ready for
Thunder smash!
Go Pre!
I probably could. Whenever I stop It's only because of my foot not because Im out of breath...
Im not really to the level where I can run 20 minutes past 3 miles, but when I get there Ill try it out and see if it goes away then
Thats why I used probably. I was under the impression I should work my mileage up slowly.
I don't know it seems you guys seem more concerned at trying to catch me in lies than actually helping.
And thunder, no where did I ever say I was fit. Just because Im young doesn't mean you can talk down to me.
Lazy idiot
Tick tock
And for what it's worth, this is like elementary school. When Thunder talks down to you, that means he sees promise or likes you.
You may not be your definition of fit, but I'd wager you can knock out a five miler okay.
Ricky —our ability to perform up to our physiological potential in a race is determined by whether or not we truly psychologically believe that what we are attempting is realistic. Anton Krupicka
Thunder, back off. That was totally uncalled for. Save the name calling for me.
Duh, the name calling is for people I like. You get none.
Ahhh see that was really mean! That's how you know I love you! BTW, am I gonna see you at the Zoo run this weekend?!


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>Racing>2013 Sub-3:45 Marathon Goal Thread
Great race report. Enjoy reading it. The ice thing in the finish line is a great idea. That was what I needed too as I walked like a cripple afterwards, lol. I also had calf problem during the race. Hmmm....
Louisiana Marathon Race Report - Jan. 20, 2013
Unfortunately, my Garmin Forerunner 210 race file was corrupted and failed to upload. This is first time that this happens and it happens on my first marathon, damn it….
Coming into this race, I have set three possible goals: A) 3:40 (BQ for 55-59/male), B) 3:45 (pace group), C) 3:55 (another pace group). Being a first timer with 5K and HM times of 22:50 and 1:41, respectively, and a running history of only a little over a year, I don't really know what to expect. An experienced poster (longboat) advised me 3:45 – 3:50 in my pace inquiry thread. Can't resist the allure of BQ, I told myself I just have to go for 3:40 if the race conditions are perfect.
Well, what can I say, 43F starting temperature and little to no wind. I lined up with the 3:45 pace group in the starting line. I intended to stay with this group for the first 2-3 miles to ensure that I don't go out too fast. The pacer was a young girl named Jessica.
Fast forward to the mid 13.1-mile mark, my time was 1:51 sharp, only 30 seconds off my target time of 1:50:30. So I just had to have a two-minute negative split, instead of 1-minute, to finish at 3:40, no biggie. I have run 5 HM prior and 4 of them were negative split. And I like negative split. I felt reasonably good at this point, didn't go out too fast and my HR had been in range.
Well, the good time didn't last long. I slowed down a little between 10-13 miles because my left calf started to bother me. Somewhere around 17-18 miles, the 3:45 pace group caught up with me. At this point, both left and right calves were acting up. I began to regret my shoe choice.
During my last 6 months of training, I have three rotating running shoes: Launch, Pureflow, and PureCadence, all Brooks. Right before race, I was on my third pair of Launch and second pair of PureFlow. PureCadence is a relatively less used shoe specifically used for a 3-mile trail route to take advantage of the soft surface. It has zero drop from heel to toe and is considered a beginner minimalist shoe. In my last HM in Dec., I saw whole bunch of Launch and PureFlow. Wanting to be different and looking cool, I decided to wear PureCadence for this marathon. Talking about bad judgement…..
When I was caught up by the Jessica pace group, I had no choice but to go for B) goal of 3:45, if I could hang with this group. During miles 18-22, we had 6-8 runners following Jessica. One girl was going for her BQ and had a little doubt about pacing. Jessica kept assuring her that we were on pace for a 3:44:30 finish. During miles 22-25, I was madly fighting my calves' pain but I was determined to keep pace. Jessica would turn around and run backward a few times shouting words of encouragement. I thought she was the greatest and later realized she ran 3:06 marathon. At mile 25, I was the only runner left with her. With 1.2 miles left, she suddenly began to speed up. Wait, I thought we were running at even pace to the finish line. Boy, was I wrong. She left the only one she got and sped up at 100 miles/hr to finish at 3:44:10. Crushed, I began to walk/jog the last mile. During the last 0.2 mile, the cheering crowd prompted me to "sprint" at 100 min/mile pace. I ended up finishing at 3:46:10.
Throughout the latter part of the race, I never felt like I hit the wall. The calf pain was something I never encountered during training. It is obviously the weakest link of my body. And the choice of a minimalist shoe didn't help.
Being a first time marathoner, I'm not unhappy with the result. I certainly got a taste of what it's like to train and run a marathon. I just don't know if I will try again.
Finally PRed!!!
Welcome, stever! I agree with Peoriarunner, with your half time now at 1:44 it is possible, especially since you have some time to continue to improve. Not easy (especially since it's your first), but possible.
Thanks for the great RRs, Peoriarunner and whodateverything!
PRs: 5K: 22:09, 10K:44:55, 15K: 1:10:35, HM: 1:42:49, M: 3:32:09
Whodateverything - enjoyed reading the race report. Sucks about the Garmin though... The day before my race, I changed one of the display screens on my 305 to show actual pace (have avg. pace on another screen) just in case I wanted to see it for some reason. When I turned it on just before the race, there was a message box in the middle of the screen but without my reading glasses I couldn't see what it said - yeah, it sucks getting old. Was about to ask a young lady next to me in the corral to read it but then it just went away on its own and it worked fine during the race. Still don't know what it was....
So I wonder what was up with your pacer speeding up at the end like that? I'm curious what her finish time was. Was it close to the 3:44:30 she was shooting for?
Sounds like you fell victim to the old "never try anything new on race day" rule. lol I'm guilty as well - first time I ever took 4 GU's in a race (always took 3 before). Fortunately, it seemed to work ok. I also wear Brooks - went with my Ghost 5's - I'm a pretty big guy and like the cushioning.
Anyway, take a few days to rest and enjoy your accomplishment. Maybe you'll catch the Marathon bug again. Welcome to the club!
Edit - just read your report again and saw that the pacer finished in 3:44:10. A little fast...
So I wonder what was up with your pacer speeding up at the end like that? I'm curious what her finish time was. Was it close to the 3:44:30 she was shooting for?
Edit - just read your report again and saw that the pacer finished in 3:44:10. A little fast...
I hope I'm not giving people the impression that Jessica, the pacer, somewhat screwed up in the end. I was being light hearted in my description of her. After the race, I introduced my family to her and personally thanked her. I'm pretty sure that, without her, I would have started walking way earlier than I was. Judging she finished 2 minutes ahead of me, I estimated that her and my paces were at 7:30 and 9:30, respectively, in the last mile. With calves' pain I simply didn't have anything left in the tank to response to her final push.
Anyone know how to post a picture? The insert/edit image icon on the top of the reply box doesn't have a "browse" function.???
whodateverything: you can only post a picture from a website, not from your hard drive. There are a couple threads on how to do it--one of them is in the Technical Support section. You put the link to the pic in the box that comes up when you click the picture icon. If the pic you want to post is not already on the internet, you can use a site like tinypic.com.
Yeah, it sucks that I cannot pick from my hard drive to post. I was going to show a picture of the bottom of my left shoe (PureCadence) after marathon. I found that a black rubber piece in the heel area was missing. No wonder I had trouble with my left calf... The lesson: examine your shoe for any excessive wear before race.
Thinking about doing another marathon in April. I can travel. Any suggestion(fast course, not high altitude, well organized....etc)?
Peoriarunner & No too swift-thanks, I need to read up on the posts more often. Looks like some good info and energy here. With my HM in April, I am hoping to break 1:40 (PR of 1:44 last year) and then start my marathon training just after. My biggest issue to work on is hydration and fueling. This killed me in my first and second HM 2 years ago. Once I get a handle on this, I hope to break 4:00, but 3:45 would be awesome as my first marathon time.
Weather here has been cold and icy for the last 2 weeks, so most of my training has occurred on weekends. Hoping that February brings miler temps so I can get my weekday runs in as scheduled.
5K/22:33 10K/47:52 21.1K/1:44:06 42.2K/4:07:372014 Goals: 5K<22:00 10K<45:00 HM<1:40 FM<3:45
I'll throw my hat in this group. I was shooting for 3:30 for my first marathon, but illness, injury, and vacation threw a wrench in my plans. So scaling back my goal, 3:45 should work!
I'll be running the Cowtown Marathon on Feb 24th.
No more marathons
Louisiana Marathon Race Report - Jan. 20, 2013
Unfortunately, my Garmin Forerunner 210 race file was corrupted and failed to upload. This is first time that this happens and it happens on my first marathon, damn it….
Unfortunately, my Garmin Forerunner 210 race file was corrupted and failed to upload. This is first time that this happens and it happens on my first marathon, damn it….
FWIW - I've had my 210 malfunction twice on me - once at my last marathon, and this past weekend on a run lasting about 3 hours. When I checked the history after each run there was nothing there - it took me back to my last run before that. When I did my download onto garmin connect, and onto RA, however, the data was there. I assume you already checked that - but just in case.
Boston 2014 - a 33 year journey
Lordy, I hope there are tapes.
He's a leaker!
Happy to be here.
I'm here now too! I ran a PR of 3:45 last October and a 1:34 Half PR in August 2012 and am hoping to crack below 3:35 this year. My next Marathon is in May with a Half in March. I should get a great indication of my fitness level after the Half.
Half PR: 1:34 (August, 2012)
Marathon PR: 3:45 (October, 2012)
Next race: ???
Next Marathon: 2015???
Welcome, snapa55 and Mattchiro!
I'll add you to the list on the front page.
snapa55, your race is coming up very soon!
Mattchiro, which marathon are you running in May?
My training has been going pretty well, still feel like I'm reasonably on target to do better than 3:55 in my marathon in March. Hoping for maybe even 3:52 or so (on a much tougher course than my 3:47 PR), then will look to continue to improve fitness to hopefully go sub-3:45 in the fall.
Have another 20 coming up on Saturday, this will be an official pace team run for the race, so the race pacers will be running it too. Not sure yet if I'll try to use a pace group at all, or if I'll get one of Greg Maclin's pace band from mymarathonpace.com. I just have to make sure I stay disciplined and run the hills properly.
Thanks for the add-on!
I'm doing the Half and the Full in Tacoma (May 5th). They've tweaked the Marathon course to try and negate the hills...oh, those damn Western Washington hills.
Thanks for adding me not too swift! I only have 3 more hard workouts before I begin to taper. I can't wait! I've been using the Hansons-Brooks method for my first marathon. I only started running last May, so this marathon has been a fairly big endeavor for me, upping my running from 3 days to 6 days, 20-30 MPW to 40-50MPW.
My latest run has me beaming with confidence, 10 mile tempo @ 7:30 pace, with a 2 mile warm up and 2 mile cool down. I was aiming for 8:00 pace, but my body wanted to do otherwise.
I can't wait to see what I'm capable of come Feb 24th!
Hey 3:45 peeps! Been awhile since I posted so thought I'd send a update. Came down with the worst head cold I've had in years 3 days after the Marathon - couldn't run again for a full week. Ran my first ever 10K race a week later but was nowhere close to 100% - ended up with a 46:02. It was part of a race series that I'm doing in the town that I live in, otherwise I probably wouldn't have done it at all. Felt like I needed the points though.
Started running a little better the past 2 weeks and ran the IMS Arizona 1/2 Marathon yesterday. Still didn't feel 100% but had a pretty good race with a 1:40:59 my 2nd fastest 1/2 yet. Good enough for 6/42 in AG.
Up next is the Ragnar Del Sol Relay on Friday with friends from my running club and yep, I've got the most miles out of everyone on the team lol. I think my legs might fall off at the end of that one. Then comes the Mountain to Fountain 15K on Mar. 10th. Still wanting to run another full before it gets too hot here but doesn't look to be any that will line up with my schedule. With 2 boys in college, can't really afford to travel much. Starting to look at So. Cal. since it's within a day's drive and I have family that I can stay with. Happy running everyone!


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Stephen Blake
Photograph by Stephen Blake
Photograph by Christian Ziegler
Birthplace: Dartford, England
Current City: Clayton, Missouri
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
I always wanted to be a vet, but the careers officer at my school laughed when I told him, and said, "Don't bother, you are not clever enough!" Unfortunately in those days I listened to adults, and thought he must be right (he probably was) and so I didn't try. As I grew older, the only thing that was clear to me was that I did not want a proper job. I flirted with horse racing as a stable lad in the hope of making it as a jockey, but didn't like whipping horses. I finally decided that something to do with wildlife would be rewarding and potentially good for the planet, and still would not be a "proper" job.
How did you get started in your field of work?
It has all been totally by chance. I was working as a gorilla keeper at Howletts Zoo in the U.K., and was just about to leave for a trip to Australia when the zoo director asked whether I would like to work in the Congo with orphan gorillas. I jumped at the chance! Then, after a couple of years working in Brazzaville with baby gorillas, I met a guy called Mike Fay who worked for the Wildlife Conservation Society. His team was doing amazing things for conservation in the northern Congo, and at some point we cobbled a job together for me in the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park. One thing led to another and I ended up doing a Ph.D. on the movement ecology of forest elephants. Congo was home for over a decade, and a place of work for about 17 years. Then another chance event happened: My wife, who is a wildlife vet, got a job on the Galápagos Islands, and we moved there in 2007. In mid-2008, I met a guy called Martin Wikelski in Amsterdam at a workshop aimed at setting up an online animal-tracking database called Movebank.org. After some good Dutch beer he offered me a post doc with the Max Planck Institute of Ornithology working on Galápagos tortoise migrations. Despite knowing next to nothing about Galápagos ecology, and even less about tortoises, I readily accepted. It's a funny old world!!
What inspires you to dedicate your life to conservation?
I am always uncomfortable when people say that I have dedicated my life to my subject. Certainly I have spent a lot of years working very hard for conservation, but this work has given me an amazingly rich and fulfilling life, and has taken me to some of the most remote and beautiful locations on Earth. Unlike many people on Earth, I have never been really hungry. We often take that for granted, yet in reality it is a privilege. I think the dedicated people are the poorly paid park rangers or the under-appreciated mechanic who fixes up the wildlife department's vehicles and never gets a pat on the back for dedicating his life. No one takes photos of them, writes articles on their work, or calls them conservation heroes. Yet without people like them, people like me could not function, and conservation would be in even deeper trouble.
What's a normal day like for you?
There are no normal days!
Do you have a hero?
My granddads and my Uncle Bert. My grandfathers, as teenagers and young men, were both in the First World War, shooting people and being shot at from the trenches and experiencing something like hell on earth. My Uncle Bert lost his right arm and right leg at Dunkirk when he was about 20. When people tell me that I deserve the good things that have happened to me because I have worked hard, I always think of these people and others like them, who saw and felt horrors that I could never even imagine. Here I sit typing this on the beautiful Galápagos Islands, with all my limbs and no shell shock, a wonderful job, and a happy family. How do I "deserve" this? My heroes never had a chance to even dream of things I take for granted.
What has been your favorite experience in the field? The most challenging?
In terms of sheer exhilaration, putting GPS collars onto forest elephants must rate as the high point and the most challenging. A deeply rewarding experience has been many hundreds of nights around the campfire in the forest with my pygmy tracker friends, telling stories, and learning from them. Now on Galápagos, the thrill of downloading data from GPS-tagged tortoises and seeing how they have moved in the months since last time we met, is right up there.
What are your other passions?
My wife, Sharon, and son Charlie.
What do you do in your free time?
Play with and enjoy my family. I also like to run, bike, and swim, camp, hike, and whatever else the outdoors has to offer.
If you could have people do one thing to help save our Earth, what would it be?
Do not be greedy.
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Recently we were asked if we'd ever created an OSMF based desktop player that was capable of switching back and forth between windowed and full-screen mode. The answer was "no", but re-using some of the sample code for our recent MAX presentation, we thought that building it shouldn't be too much work – so we set out to create it as a sample.
The resulting very very simple 'proof-of-concept' AIR based OSMF Desktop Player is available for download here. The sources to the files are available right here.
Operating Instructions
(please note that the application is not a supported product!)
- To load a video, double click the player's chrome.
- To switch between windowed mode and full-screen, press the 'f' key.
- To quit the player, bring it into focus and press ALT-F4 on Windows, or CMD-Q on OS-X.
- The player doesn't scrub: the progress bar merely indicates the play-head's position.
The remainder of this post goes over the sample's code. We'll touch on how to bind a UI to a media element using traits, and how to put a viewable media element on the stage by setting its gateway property to a RegionGateway instance.


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Beginnings could happen more than once or in different ways. You could think you were starting something afresh, when actually what you were doing was carrying on as before. --Rachel Joyce
One of the great things about the stock market is that you can have a fresh start any time you like. You simply move into cash and attack the market as if you just started trading that day.
It can be liberating to approach the market in that way at times, and I bring it up because the recent market action has left us in a situation where it is tough to have a strong market conviction. The market is holding up well but is handcuffed by this irritating fiscal cliff debate, and there isn't much action.
Unfortunately, it looks like this fiscal cliff is going to plague the market for a while longer. I'm optimistic that there will be a positive resolution eventually and we won't go over the cliff, but we will have to contend with a steady diet of political headlines. The market is already weary of this and isn't reacting as much to the news, but it still has an impact and makes for tricky trading.
The way I want to play this is to keep an open mind and approach trading as if I am starting fresh that day. It isn't helpful to dwell on where the market has been or what past news events have occurred. We are moving into the next chapter of market action and we have to be ready to deal with how it emerges.
The big challenge is the slow and choppy action. The fact that we are holding up and not pulling back despite the fiscal cliff actually makes things more challenging since it doesn't give the opportunity to buy dips. The only way to put money to work lately is to chase light-volume moves. It is working, but it doesn't produce a high level of confidence.
While I maintain a bullish bias and a positive mindset, I also have a very high level of cash. I want to buy but I'm being selective and not finding many setups or opportunities. That doesn't make me negative. It just makes me patient until things develop better.
If you were holding all cash and going to start trading today, what would you do? Would you rush in and put all your cash to work immediately? That is the question to ask. The answer is probably no, unless an individual stock is particularly compelling.
The market is ramping higher in the early going as Spain has finally formally asked for a bank bailout. This has been a stumbling block for a while, and while it may not sound positive that help is needed, it is a positive that they finally relented and have admitted it. It is sort of like a 12-step program where the first step is acknowledging you have a problem.
I'm anxious to attack this market and find opportunities. As long as we are flexible and have an open mind, we will eventually find some good trades. We just need to wait and let things develop. It may not be very interesting in the short term, but at least we can maintain a positive mindset.


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Hi Chaps,Not a CSS question for once lol.I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good forum where I can ask specific questions about using facebook. Facebooks own help center seems pretty poor, and I can't for the life of me find a decent independent user forum.Cheerssimon
I would say, there is no specific forum that is strictly dedicated to Facebook questions. However there are like two other forums that i know apart from Sitepoint where you'd get instant replies on almost about anything you post. There is Bloggeries and Digital point. For your case, Digital point will meet your specifications( facebook) since it has a dedicated section for social media where topics on facebook, google +, twitter etc. can be discussed. Again its very general.Hope i have answered you well.
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Anyone tell me how to get credit points in facebook fan pages.How to earn from facrbook.
@SteveJackson: I'm not trying to sound grumpy, but sitepoint is really not a place to ask questions about facebook : /
Yes and no. We don't want the forums to become a substitute for Facebook's help pages, for people who are too lazy to read the help pages to find out for themselves who to do simple things. On the other hand, Facebook is an important part of the internet and there are plenty of questions that are relevant, particularly around strategies for business use - that's why we have a whole section devoted to Social Media.
Out of curiosity, what specific would you like to ask regarding Facebook by the way?
The UI seems pretty straightforward. Unless of course you have questions that are more of on the development side that only the Facebook engineers could answer.


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In the hills close to Arcos de la Frontera, with a lakeside location and overlooking the Sierras de Grazalema, "El Espino" is scheduled to become a luxury country club estate comprising of a 25-room hotel with 16 private associated villas. Other facilities will include restaurant & bar, club house, use of the lake for recreational activities and a health spa amongst others.
This project is spearheaded by Benchamark Capital, a leisure group with a proven track record in the development and management of luxury hotels in Southern Spain.
This unique development has been warmly received by discerning investors as the new destination for both high-end tourism and lifestyle living.


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A Fontana man was struck by a train and killed Sunday in the Cajon Pass.
Ricardo Rosales, 33, was pronounced dead at the scene southwest of Swarthout Canyon Road and the railroad tracks, just south of Highway 138.
San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies received a call at 11:54 a.m. about a train that struck a pedestrian at 11:54 a.m., coroner's officials said.
The Sheriff's Department and Union Pacific railroad police are investigating the incident.
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"With great power comes great responsibility" was the memorable quote from Sam Raimi's original Spider-Man in 2002, which helped propel a film franchise into the box-office stratosphere and launched a plethora of comic book blockbusters.
Arriving only five years after Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man doesn't feature a similar memorable quote, but it's probably safe to say this about Sony's reboot of the Marvel Comics' superhero: "With great special effects and action plus strong character development comes great response at the box office."
Independent filmmaker Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) takes over for Raimi and a Brit who's never been in an action movie before (Andrew Garfield, The Social Network) takes the reins from Tobey Maguire as the wisecracking, web-swinging teenager Peter Parker. Also, blond-haired Gwen Stacy (Garfield's real-life girlfriend, Emma Stone, The Help) is Spidey's love interest—not the fiery red-head Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst).
Webb's film makes deliberate departures from Raimi's original, focusing heavily on the hero's high-school life as a skateboard-riding outsider and expanding on Peter's quest to understand why his parents disappeared when he was young. His search puts him on a collision course with Dr. Curt Connors (Rhys Ifans), his father's former partner whose evil alter-ego, the Lizard, becomes Spider-Man's nemesis.
Although the action sequences don't start in earnest until the second hour of the 136-minute movie, The Amazing Spider-Man delivers plenty of punch when Spidey literally swings across the screen. Webb preferred to use practical special effects—real people—instead of computer-generated imagery (CGI) whenever possible. The film crew built rigs 200- to 300-feet long and tapped stuntmen skilled in acrobatics, so that they could make Spider-Man physically swing.
Indeed, Spidey's swinging sequences are pretty amazing, especially in 3D, and the inclusion of artificial web-shooters developed by Peter—as in the comic books—is spot on. A lot of CGI, though, shows up on the Lizard.
The acting by Garfield and Stone—not to mention the chemistry between the two—shines, and the film features a strong supporting cast of Uncle Ben (Martin Sheen) and Aunt May (Sally Field). Speaking of which, Uncle Ben and Aunt May provide a lot of the moral compass of the movie. They tell Peter to do good things, that doing good things is a duty and doing the right thing is not a choice.
The Amazing Spider-Man touches on some Christian elements of self-sacrifice and the pitfalls of revenge, but the first three Spider-Man movies had a stronger faith-based content.
Overall, I still prefer the first Spider-Man, but The Amazing Spider-Man is way better than I expected. Moviegoers will surely be climbing up walls—I mean head to their local cineplex—to catch this Spidey incarnation, which has a lot of history to live up to. The trilogy of Spider-Man movies directed by Raimi brought in close to $3.5 billion in worldwide box office and keyed billions more in home video, toys, licensing and video games.
The Amazing Spider-Man's script features a slew of familiar items—the spider bite that provides Peter his powers, the horrible death of Peter's uncle and the teen's transformation from an awkward 17-year-old into a web-swinging hero—causing consternation from fanboys about potential repetition.
"They have a lot to live up to," Dunst said after plans for The Amazing Spider-Man were announced. "They're gonna tell the story, I guess, from the beginning again—but in a different way. But it wasn't that long ago that we told that story. So the pressure's on again a little bit in that way. Yeah, they're in a funny position. But, hey, I'm sure they're gonna work it out."
Content Watch: Rated PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, The Amazing Spider-Man has a darker and more intense feel than the first three Spider-Man movies—depicting a little more blood with Spidey getting bruised and hurt, and a bully beats up Peter. The Lizard claws and tries to rip apart people, which makes him quite scary for younger kids. There is no explicit sex implied or depicted, but Peter and Gwen French kiss several times. Peter lies several times. Ultimately, Peter goes from a vengeful teen to a redemptive, self-sacrificial hero.
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Nag Panchami, an important Hindu festival dedicated to Naga or Snake, is held on the fifth day after Amavasya in the Shravan month (mid July – mid August). Nag Panchami 2017 date is July 27. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna overpowered the deadly snake Kalia and performed the famous Kaliamardhanam on a Naga Panchami day. The monsoon season is at its zenith during the Shravan month and the burrows of the snakes will be filled with water and the snakes move to areas occupied by humans. The pujas conducted are to avoid snake bites and to keep the nagas happy.
Maharashtra is famous for Nag Panchami as people here feed snakes with milk. In most places snake charmers arrive with snakes on the day. Certain villages in Maharashtra are known to feed milk to poisonous snake. The amazing fact is that the poisonous snakes never bite. Unmarried women believe that praying to the Nag will help them in getting good husbands.
On the Nag Panchami day, people worship the snake idols which are found in almost every village and some offer prayer near anthills. Prayers are also offered at Lord Shiva temples as snakes are the ornaments of Shiva.
In many places, two idols of snakes are drawn on both sides of doors using cow dung on this day. Five-hooded idols are worshipped in many regions. The idol of five-hooded snake is made using mud, turmeric, sandal and saffron. Milk is offered to the snake idols and in some extreme form of worship people feed milk to live cobras. Some communities fast during the daytime and eat food only after sunset.
Eastern India, Mansa, the queen of serpents, is worshipped. Her blessings are sought for a better future. Nag Panchami is Guga Navami in Punjab and a huge snake is made from flour and is worshipped on this day.
Nag Panchami is a form of nature worship extolling the importance of the coexistence of animals and human beings.
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Sunlight International, Delano, Calif., and JP Dulcich & Sons Grapes, are kicking off the summer grape season with the Pretty Lady label for packaging and point-of-sale materials.
This new program includes grab-n-go disposable colander bags and display cards with helpful tips for eating grapes, according to a news release.
Point-of-sale materials are available online at http://dulcich.com/promo-retail-programs/.
The healthy tips suggest things like adding premium California Grapes to salads or freezing them on a hot day, according to the release.
"The early response from our retail partners to Pretty Lady for the summer has been astounding!" said Nick Dulcich, co-owner and sales director of JP Dulcich and Sons, in the release. "And we anticipate a high demand for these new P.O.S. materials in the coming weeks. Combined with an exceptional grape crop this year, we truly believe this program will help put Dulcich Premium Grape sales over the top."
The packaging features an illustrated beach scene and a 'Pretty Lady' in sunglasses. This is designed specifically to attract customers' attention in a fun way.
Sunlight International markets for grower JP Dulcich and Sons,
Retailers or buyers can call Sunlight International and place an order or visit the ducich.com site for more information.


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This article was published 12/8/2014 (1106 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
From the bizarre to the absurd and then, finally, the incredibly awkward.
Mayoral candidate Gord Steeves, soundly roasted in the media for a Facebook post his wife made four years ago, finally faced the media.
Four days ago, it was learned his wife, Lorrie, had posted an angry rant against "drunken native guys." Although she issued an apology, the candidate went off the grid, rebuffing all interview requests or offers of face-to-face meetings with poverty and aboriginal activists.
And then, Tuesday at Bonnycastle Park in downtown Winnipeg, he emerged. This is where the absurd comes in.
Although Steeves' campaign had promised to do an event on Tuesday, on the morning of there was still no hint of time or location. Media outlets were finally given the information, but only if they agreed not to post the details on their websites or discuss publicly.
This messy attempt to conceal the location was foolish bid to control a situation that had grown out of control, thanks in large part to the candidate's refusal to address the controversy.
Then, the awkward part. Rather than deal with the pressing matter, Steeves launched into a rather muddy pledge to streamline the development process by eliminating layers of permits and public hearings.
He would eventually reveal his wife was twice accosted by intoxicated panhandlers in a skyway just prior to the post. He did not excuse the comments, but did say that they were born out of fear and frustration on his wife's part.
Steeves is right — that experience doesn't excuse the comments. However, it's likely everyone would have liked to know more about why a city councillor's wife would take to Facebook to air such egregious comments.
It remains a mystery why Steeves did not meet with opinion leaders in the anti-poverty and aboriginal communities to explain the context for his wife's comments, and apologize directly. That certainly could have released some of the pressure building over this mess.
However, even after facing the music, Steeves seemed unable to put it to rest. The lasting image from the event was Steeves, after a prolonged period of questions and answers, walking back to his car and rebuffing attempts by an aboriginal man in a smart grey business suit to stop for a chat.
Steeves shook his head and kept on walking. And that appears to be the prevailing strategy he will employ from now until election day.


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SCORES of people took to banks of the Wilts and Berks Canal on Monday for a fundraising walk to mark the 100th anniversary of the waterway's closure.
But there was plenty to celebrate, as volunteers have worked tirelessly to re-open the canal that was closed under the Act of Abandonment in 1914.
On Monday about 80 people walked the five miles from the Buttercross in Chippenham to the Bell Inn in at Lacock and back again in what has become a annual event to mark restoration work.
Some of the walkers brought specially made boats and were presented with a plaque in a ceremony in Lacock.
Organiser Peter Williams said: "About five or six people made boats of all shapes and sizes and carried them along the route. One was made from Lego but the most spectacular was a full-size rowing boat that was mounted on wheels. It was pulled along and then it was even floated in the water for part of the way. This boat making has become a bit of a tradition of the walk.
"Some of them are quite small and can fit into a rucksack while others are bigger and take a couple of people to carry."
New additions for this year's walk included a short route for people in wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
There was a treasure hunt to keep youngsters amused and at the spillweir there were displays and stalls manned by volunteers dressed as boaters from the late 19th century.
A photographic contest will reward the people judged to have taken the best photo on the day, with cash prizes for adults and those under 18.


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How-to Care For A Cast-Iron Skillet
Keeping tools in top shape keeps 'em at the ready. Cast-iron skillets conduct heat so food cooks uniformly. With use, you may notice food sticking - it's time to reseason the pan. Seasoning is the process of adhering oil to the surface to create a nonstick coating. New pans are factory-seasoned, but here's how to reseason an older pan:
1) Line the lower oven rack with aluminum foil and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2) Scrub the pan with hot, soapy water and a stiff brush to remove any rust.
3) Towel-dry and apply a thin coat of vegetable oil to the entire pan - outside and handle included.
4) Place on top oven rack, upside down; bake for 1 hour.
5) Turn off the oven and leave the pan inside to cool. Now you're ready to cook.
6) For daily cleaning, rinse with hot water, using a stiff nylon brush to remove residue. Avoid dish soap, it removes seasoning. And don't submerge a hot pan in cold water; it can crack. Towel-dry and apply a light coat of oil while the pan is warm.


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Most people dream of owning their own home, but before you start looking in real estate agents windows you need to work out whether home ownership makes financial sense for you.
Can you afford the home loan repayments for the sort of property youre considering? Are you confident you could still cope with repayments through events such as interest rates rises, pregnancy or job loss? Do you want the financial and physical burden of keeping a property in good order?
Would you be better off renting and diverting your cash to assets other than property?
Having determined that you really do want to be a home owner, you need to get down to the nitty gritty of what you can actually afford. Do this before you start house hunting and youll lessen the danger of falling in love with a property that's out of your reach.
What you can afford comes down to two things: what sort of deposit you have (most lenders require a deposit of at least 5 per cent and preferably much more), and how much you can afford in repayments.
The general rule is that repayments shouldnt be more than 35 per cent of your gross income. (One loan manager divvied it up this way: a third for the tax man, a third for me, a third for you.)
If you borrow more than 80 per cent of the value of a property and this is highly likely in expensive cities like Sydney youll also have to consider the cost of mortgage protection insurance. Most lenders will insist on it, but its an added burden if youre already fully stretched.
Be aware, too, that this insurance doesnt necessarily protect you it protects the lender against you failing to meet repayments. The lender gets their money but you dont necessarily get to keep your home if you remain in default on payments. You should seriously consider taking out income protection insurance.
There are many other fees and charges that wont be immediately apparent, pushing the cost of borrowing even higher. They include solicitors' fees, loan application fees, property valuation fees, stamp duty and the cost of building and pest inspections.
And dont forget the costs after you pick up the keys: removalists charges, building and contents insurance, connections for gas, electricity and telephone as well as ongoing costs such as maintenance and council and water rates.


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|Now Hear This
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in the art of hushing up boats.
By Tim Clark — September 2001
There are plenty of impressive advances in controlling noise on yachts lately, but since this is our construction issue, one aspect of the endeavor strikes me as especially pertinent: Addressing sound and vibration before and during construction can be as much as 10 times cheaper than lowering levels on a finished boat. What can be done on the drawing board is surprisingly extensive and is now being applied to production boat designs as well.
As you might expect, computers are playing a big role. With complex computer modeling software, noise-control engineers can work hand-in-hand with naval architects and designers to analyze every detail of a yacht's design in order to predict noise problems in every nook and cranny. Using Finite Element Analysis (FEA), engineers at J & A Enterprises in Marblehead, Massachusetts, create a model of the boat that includes the materials and structures of her hull, decks, bulkheads, piping, mechanical systems, and more. This data includes not just the materials, but also their stiffnesses and strengths. After the model is complete, the engineers apply a range of virtual vibrations to the structures to cause them to resonate according to their natural frequencies. (Think of them as the annoying notes that a certain bulkhead or beam, like an unlikely tuning fork, might play.) Once these frequencies are known, they can be compared with the frequencies generated by the primary sources of noise and vibration aboard most vessels--the engines, props, and shaft systems.
The interaction of the various natural frequencies of a boat's structures with certain frequencies of its noise sources can be most disturbing--as when you're at cruising rpm and a bulkhead shivers and whines like a child too long in the pool. When the model indicates the presence of these unfortunate harmonies, engineers can alter the composition or dimensions of the structures within the model to minimize their incidence.
FEA deals primarily with low-frequency vibration traveling through the vessel. Another modeling program, Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA), is used to predict higher-frequency noise levels in individual areas of the boat. According to Sjaak van Cappellen, founder of Silent Line Noise and Vibration Control in Miami, Florida, the SEA model is three-dimensional and includes not only the vessel's structures, but also values for their sound absorption and conductivity. What's more, SEA incorporates the boat's sound sources and the amount of noise coming from them. Once all is in place, the program can calculate the flow of sound energy throughout the boat and generate estimates for levels in particular areas. Also, the model will indicate the primary paths of the greatest noise sources onboard. You can then plug in a variety of systems for reducing sound sources and plans for sound insulation and absorption.
Innovative noise-control strategies such as those that would be modeled into an SEA analysis are becoming more widely applied in boatbuilding, trickling down from megayachts to boats as small as 45 feet LOA. Advances in reducing sound and vibration at their sources include better understanding of propeller design in relation to cavitation and to the transfer of vibration to the reduction gear, as well as the development of exhaust system silencers that are more compact and more effective. But a boat's propulsion system will always produce some level of clatter and vibration, and as the differences between FEA and SEA analyses indicate, noise gets around in different ways on a vessel.
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MAX: Summary of Fireworks sessions, labs and gatherings
MAX 2009 is just around the corner, so I wanted to give you an update to list all of the opportunities to find Fireworks at MAX. I hope you'll look us up and introduce yourself, and meet some of the members of the Fireworks community.
If you are still thinking about whether to attend MAX, there is still time to sign up. It's going to be a very exciting event you don't want to miss!
Meet the Teams sessions on Monday evening from 8:00-10:00pm. Meet several people from the Adobe Fireworks and Dreamweaver product teams. Room 503.
Fireworks Birds of a Feather on Wednesday afternoon during lunch. This will be hosted by Bruce Bowman and Rick Jones from Adobe, and Christian Robertson, Visual Design Director from PUNCHCUT // http://www.punchcut.com.
From Sketch to Click-Through HTML Prototype with Fireworks
Presenter: David Hogue, twitter: @DaveHogue
Learn a straightforward process for developing prototypes. Starting with a whiteboard sketch, learn how Fireworks can take a design from concept to wireframe. Then create a functional, click-through prototype from the wireframes to simulate the online experience.
How to Visually Design and Prototype Websites (Bring Your Own Laptop Lab)
Presenter: David Hogue, twitter: @DaveHogue
Learn how to plan a web page structure and think deliberately about the design and layout of the content. This lab will teach you how to use Fireworks to plan, organize, and visually design web pages that can be exported as CSS and HTML for your developer. You'll be able to define the design of your site in much more detail, and the fidelity of your work will be maintained once you hand it off to your developer.
Efficient Web Design Using Adobe Fireworks
Presenter: Jim Babbage, twitter: @JimBabbage
Learn the techniques employed by advanced Fireworks users to quickly design and mock up web pages or complete websites. This hands-on lab is presented by Jim Babbage, author of "Adobe Fireworks CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques" and "Adobe Fireworks CS4 Classroom in a Book."
Repurpose Assets to Mock Up a Standards-Based Website with Fireworks
Presenter: Jim Babbage, twitter: @JimBabbage
Learn to leverage existing Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator assets in Fireworks to mock up web pages or complete websites. Optimize images for the web and export a design as CSS. This session is for print designers who want to take their design skills to the web.
Design for More Media with Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
Presenter: Patti Sokol
Learn how to prepare content for a wide variety of media — print, web, interactive, and mobile — using Creative Suite 4 Design Premium. Polish your Illustrator CS4 and Photoshop CS4 skills with practical techniques that will save time and enhance your creative work. Discover tips for designing professional pages more efficiently in InDesign CS4; working in Fireworks CS4, Dreamweaver CS4, and Flash CS4 Professional; and incorporating Acrobat 9 Pro. Learn how to move content across media more efficiently. Requires a working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Familiarity with Dreamweaver and Flash a plus.
Creating Rich Media Websites with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
Presenter: Chris Converse
Expand your web design skills with Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium. Learn valuable techniques for preparing web graphics in Photoshop and Illustrator, prototyping websites in Fireworks, and building standards-based dynamic websites in Dreamweaver using Spry. Enhance video with Photoshop Extended, design and heal audio with Soundbooth, and animate Illustrator assets with Flash Professional. Learn to add sound and video to your Flash projects, and test content for mobile devices with Adobe Device Central. By the end of this session, you'll know dozens of usable, practical techniques.
We're going to be using some twitter hashtags for MAX. For anything general purpose about MAX, use #adobemax. For Fireworks at MAX, use #maxfw. For general tweeting on Fireworks, '#Fireworks CS4' is the hashtag that is in popular use.
I hope to see you at MAX!
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Mercedes test drive turns into a car theft; man caught in Waldo
Published: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 9:31 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 26, 2013 at 9:31 p.m.
A sharply dressed 30-year-old Gainesville man walked into the the Mercedes-Benz dealership at 4000 N. Main St. Thursday evening and convinced a salesman to allow him to test-drive a pricey black two-door coupe by himself -- minutes after the pair had completed a test drive together.
Cedric Breon O'Neal, who was described by dealership personnel as wearing nice slacks, a purple shirt and matching tie, agreed to return the car within 10 minutes, but after a series of excuses by O'Neal via text messages and phone calls over a period of 55 minutes, the salesman called the Gainesville Police Department to report the automobile stolen.
While GPD officers were en route to the dealership, the suspect made a final phone call informing the salesperson that he would not be returning the black Mercedes coupe at all.
Shortly afterward, an officer spotted the vehicle speeding north on Waldo Road, passing Wal-Mart at more than 80 mph and heading toward Waldo, GPD said.
In accordance with a GPD policy against high-speed chases except in circumstances where imminent danger to others is likely to result, officers immediately contacted the Waldo Police Department and asked for help in apprehending the suspect.
Waldo Officer Jerry Gentry and Cpl. Kenneth Smith, who were off duty at the time, were joined by K-9 Officer Jeff Pedrick, and they surrounded the stretch of road along State Road 24, throwing down stop sticks, which ultimately flattened all four tires on the Mercedes as O'Neal came speeding through.
GPD officers arrived shortly behind O'Neal and arrested him without incident.
On Friday evening, O'Neal was being held in the Alachua County jail without bond. The vehicle was returned to the car dealership without any damage apart from the flattened tires, GPD said.
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FOSSIL Cross Digi watch - by Starck design
Fossil makes some pretty cool and affordable watches, but throw in designer Philippe Starck and you have a winner. The Cross Digi is a unisex watch with an adjustable silicone strap. The time is read vertically and downwards, while the date is read from left to right. Innovative display and classic Starck styling. $125 and comes in orange, green and white.


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Entrepreneur Roger Plahay is running a two-day sales boot camp for business owners, sales teams and managing directors from across Wiltshire to get 2014 off to a flying start.
The event will introduce the innovative sales techniques of the Sandler Selling System, which is taught across the world and in the west country by Mr Plahay, who has offices at Monkton Combe, between Bradford on Avon and Bath.
Sandler's best selling business book, You Can't Teach A Kid To Ride A Bike At A Seminar, inspired Mr Plahay to become the west country's franchisee of Sandler Training two years ago.
The boot camp takes place on Thursday, January 9 and Friday, January 10 between 9am and 5.30pm at Waterhouse, Waterhouse Lane, Monkton Combe..
For details visit www.westcountry.sandler.com/salesbootcamp or call 01225 690961.


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|Adventures in Capitalism
|angel, Chris Yeh, entrepreneurship, investor, management, philosophy, startup, technology, vc, venture capital
The primarily business-related writings of Chris Yeh, investor, entrepreneur, and writer.
|Neotale-A New Journey
|philosophy, poetry, science, technology
A Blog by a student who has finished his bachelors in technology and is from India. He is interested in Nature as a whole, and also how art is confined to the realms of Science and Technology so elegantly.
His blog is mainly about simple poetry and the recent technological developments happening all around the world.
The world is going towards a change, and that is what he exactly tries to express through his blog.
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Philosophy Talk: The Blog is a companion blog to the radio program Philosophy talk, hosted by John Perry and Ken Taylor. Though Perry and Taylor will be the major bloggers here, we will also feature a continuous stream of guest bloggers. In addition, you can experience the wit and wisdom of our sixty-second philosopher Ian Shoals and the insight of that astute and wide ranging observer of the created universe, Amy Standen, the our Roving Philosophical Reporter.
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Trapped in a RoomTrick brain teasers appear difficult at first, but they have a trick that makes them really easy.
A young man is trapped inside a solid steel room with 10" thick walls. There is only one steel door which is locked. There are no windows. The young man has a baseball and bat. How does he get out?
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I prezzi indicati sono comprensivi di IVA al 19% e possono variare da paese a paese.
The configuration software offers you countless customisation options: customise your gaming mouse using the 5 profiles, from the light effects to the button configs, and even create sophisticated macros.
In the game, milliseconds often separate victory from defeat. Set the DPI speed for the X and Y axes independently, change the polling rate or customise the rapid-fire rate – thanks to the countless configuration options, you can achieve maximum precision to suit your specific gaming style.
Assign your own macros to seven of the buttons. The powerful Editor lets you create devastating macros which you can unleash at the press of a button. By editing the macros to include loops and delays, you can customise the timing and perfect your macros.
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Mario Draghi, European Central Bank president, has revived the idea of "reform contracts" — a policy that emerged in Brussels wonk circles last year and entails the EU contractually binding eurozone countries to economic reforms.
Speaking in Berlin on Monday, Mr Draghi told an audience of businesspeople that the eurozone needed two things to achieve sustainable growth: stabilisation and greater competitiveness.
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Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genre of science fiction by the expectation that it steers clear of scientific themes, though there is a great deal of overlap between the two.
"Evanghelia neagră" e un micro-roman despre lume ca rețea, ca pânză de paianjen; despre desprindere din "matrix"; despre malefic; despre om ca Ales; despre lupta între păianjeni și transcendent.
Bine și rău, vină, căință, mizerie… cum poate urca omul spre zei când stă în ghenunchi cu fruntea‐n țărână? Dumnezeu bun, Diavol rău. Dumnezeu te pedepsește pentru că e bun, Diavolul îți oferă plăcere fiindcă e rău. A naibii logică a paradoxului. Logica credinței, credința logică. Abureli. Astfel mi se învălmășeau în cap, într‐un du‐te‐vino haotic, idei și imagini pe care nu puteam să le ordonez, să le storc, să extrag din ele Ideea. N‐am reușit decât să pricep că, omene...
A man is lost in Antarctica.
A poetic look at life and death.
Hahn reflects on the world as it existed in 2076, before the war, and how the devastation unleashed by the war shaped the lives of the survivors. Hahn is keen that the school boy, Eugene, grasps that, while there were huge changes in technology before and after the war, the most important change was in people, and their attitude towards each other and the planet on which they lived.
Eugene's brow furrowed. 'You mean you could choose who died?'
'Oh yes.' Hahn's tone was matter of fact. 'But now I venture onto the territory of state secrets! Not only were we implanted with health chips, those of us who thought we were important were implanted with tags that identified our status. This was updated in real time. So if my car was in an accident with another, and there was a possibility that one car would be so badly damaged its passengers would die, one...
Silver, book one of the Silver Series, is a coming of age story about a teenage werewolf whose father is murdered. He has to come to terms with his new life, new school, and new friends while trying to prevent more killings. Attempting to make peace with the territory's pack and falling in love with a werewolf hunter's daughter make his new situation even more perilous.
A fantasy fiction, based on the legend about dr. Faust.
Give those Immortals who've become swollen
With pride, the benefit of the doubt,
'Twas through their doings that they have fallen,
This is what their sojourn was e'er about.
Yearnings of going back to their own sphere,
Within themselves intensely they've carried,
Ad infinitum bound to interfere,
In human affairs for'er stay buried.
Tho' longing for their abode o'er cloud nine,
Anacamptic sound of harps in their hearts,
They can't evade it, but...
A low-tech fantasy novel. Follows both a group of transgender idealists planning a revolution, and the guards of the government they are working to overthrow.
"Ah, the wood Bound," Sileas said, with a nod to the painting Corliss stood in front of. She spun, startled by the noise. "I saw it once when I was much younger," Sileas continued. "I've never seen anything so beautiful or odd again. I had it drawn from my description."
The painting was delicately done in layers of richly pigmented oils. Not a brushstroke could be seen, and it glowed from within. A figure with emerald green skin slipped its way between trees. Its eye...
Enter the world of Varlid, a sprawling fantasy story about power, loyalty, betrayal, and the courage to change.
A great power struggle is poised to erupt across Varlid. A meek creature inherits power beyond her comprehension. A giant succumbs to a curse which will either liberate or defeat his kind. Tiny wizards practice the dark arts to save their race. The old order stews in bitterness and vows revenge. The rich sit on their thrones convinced they are invincible.
Danny Firoth is a middle school student in the 8th grade, struggling with the common stressors plaguing a boy of his age: bullies, homework and his mother. Sabrina Drake, the new girl, is beautiful but she harbors a fantastic secret. "You're… You're a dragon!" Danny exclaims at the beginning of their epic journey. "I am a drake," Sabrina corrects him, after a fierce battle with an ancient Shadow. Danny learns that a simple card game, designed to pit the forces of the Lig...
"Oh," said Danny, pausing for a moment while thumbing the engraved symbol of Light upon the scabbard of the dagger, a solid white chain interlinked with a black chain of seeping dark flames. "What does the symbol of Light stand for?" he was mesmerized by the emblem.
Tyramear followed Danny's captivated gaze down to the small sheath. "At the core, the symbol is meant to represent a balance of a sort, a union between both good and evil." Glancing at the road and then a...
A charming and deeply spiritual book charting a journalist's search for stories of transformative encounters with the mysterious Green Lady, guardian of the forest. These heart-centred and soul-connected stories lead him to his own personal transformation, deep within the ancient, mystical forests of South Africa's Garden Route. Read this book... and be transported by magic and wonder.
"Now I would like to guide you in your quest toward better understanding of the forest. I am well aware of the questions that you have been asking yourself in this regard and today I'm going to help you to find a few answers. Firstly, I want you to realise that when you walk in the forest you are actually engaged in a conversation with the forest on many different levels. On the chemical level, you are breathing in oxygen and a multitude of microscopic compounds produ...
In a post-apocalyptic Earth, Miranda is a sentient spirit trapped inside an angel statue carved of stone. As war destroys the world, the statue falls through an intergalactic vortex and lands on the planet Arbarron. Miranda soon learns that she can turn into a flesh-and-blood angel for extended cycles under the light of a double sun. There she discovers a utopian society ruled by a wise, mysterious king, an all-powerful being of unknown origin who is said to have created...
Miranda had no sense of touch, no external nerve endings in her stone arms but when the King then reached out to press his fingers into her praying ones, she felt a powerful electric current flash between them. She had a vision of a being in existence before the universe was properly formed and the planets were just balls of boiling molten rock. The first scraps of life developed, galaxies collided and merged and later whole epochs rose and fell, and yet still he stood t...
A parody that mirrors the time-line of JK Rowling's Book: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book 2). Though this book is a parody of book 2, it is the first book of this series.
Chapter 1 – The Sorting Hat
High above, on the side of a cliff, stood the largest castle I'd ever seen—ever imagined. The windows glowed with candlelight, as the last desperate rays of light silhouetted the castle against a gray sky. I knew Britain was famous for old crumbly buildings, but this place was ridiculous.
One of the teachers announced, "First years, wait here. In a moment, we'll enter the Great Hall where you'll be sorted into houses."
As we waited to en...
Lúcifer: o primeiro anjo é um romance épico que mescla de forma original as maiores e mais influentes mitologias dedicadas à luta entre o Bem e o Mal numa narrativa única e surpreendente, na tradição das melhores obras de J. R. R. Tolkien e C. S. Lewis.
O livro narra a história de Lúcifer, o anjo perfeito, a primeira criação de Deus, abordando de forma inovadora seu nascimento, corrupção e queda, combinando, em sua narrativa, os maiores mitos humanos, do surgimento do...
Antes do tempo, havia a eternidade. E, ao seu fim, ela será tudo que
restará. Pois a eternidade é o tempo do Deus Único. Sua essência e Sua
E, no vazio e na escuridão eternos, Deus conhecia o Bem e o Mal.
Não como Seus filhos, depois dEle, mas na forma mais pura e poderosa
que essas duas forças jamais existiram, guerreando no âmago do Senhor
para libertarem-se uma da outra.
O destino do Universo, ainda a ser criado, foi decidido nessa batalha
Dullahan – Os cavaleiros sem cabeça é uma saga de suspense, traição, batalhas... e um amor condenado.
A lenda da princesa Almaith – de aparência inocente e coração tocado pelas trevas, destinada a selar a paz entre dois reinos – e do seu bravo guardião, Senach, um bastardo decidido a provar seu valor em batalha.
Envolvidos numa jornada perigosa, Almaith e Senach avançam por terras inimigas, sob uma ameaça ainda mais terrível e insidiosa, oculta nas sombras. Espectr...


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In 1928, Colombia University awarded Pixley Seme an Honorary Doctorate of Law (LLD).
Born in 1881, Pixley Isaka Ka Seme was one of South Africa's most important historical figures.
He is considered to be father of black attorneys. Seme was one of the earliest black South Africans to study overseas and paved the way for many others because of his dedication to excellence and political awareness.
Named Isaac Seme after his Zulu father, Pixley Seme grew up in Natal and attended a local American missionary school. He showed exceptional promise and eagerness to study overseas, so much so that at the age of 17, Reverend Pixley helped him gain entrance to Mount Hermon School in the US. Here he took on the name Pixley.
This passion for education saw Seme go on to complete his Bachelor Of Arts degree at Columbia University and his law degree at Oxford before returning to South Africa in 1911.
Back in South Africa, he opened up a law practice in partnership with Alfred Mangena.
A year later Seme, Mangena and a few others, called for the meeting of black communities throughout South Africa in Bloemfontein, and started what they called South African Native National Congress (SANNC). This organisation called for black unity despite tribal racism, and was later renamed the African National Congress (ANC) in 1923.
Seme also launched the SANNC newspaper, Abantu Batho, which was published in Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho and English, and established another group, the South African Native Farmers Association.
By this time, Seme had an established law practice, and some of his clients included the royal family of Swaziland. In 1928, Colombia University awarded him an Honorary Doctorate of Law (LLD).
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Liberty Downed by Richmond in Regular-Season Finale
In their last match before the Big South Conference Championship, the Liberty Lady Flames lost on the road to the Richmond Spiders, 7-0, on Tuesday afternoon at the Westhampton Tennis Complex.
Liberty concludes the 2013 regular season with an even 10-10 (6-3 Big South) overall record. The victory improves Richmond to 8-11 on the year.
The Spiders swept the doubles matches, as the Lady Flames failed to win at least one doubles contest for the first time this season. Rebekah Jenkins and Nicola Wellman nearly pulled out a win in the No. 1 position, but Melissa Kandinata and Katya Salas edged the Lady Flames' duo, 8-7 (8-6). In the No. 2 spot, Cameron Richard and Valerie Thong fell to the Spiders' Elizabeth Sims and Alexandra Smyth, 8-2, before Anna Abadias Morales and Emily Gitman ousted Liberty's Jessie Boda and Brittany Yang, 8-5.
Richmond captured straight-set wins in the first four singles positions. Sims opened with a 6-0, 7-5 win against Richard, 6-0, 7-5. Wellman lost to Abadias Morales, 6-2, 6-2, before Kandinata clinched the match for the Spiders with a 6-4, 6-1 ousting of Jenkins, 6-4, 6-1. In the No. 4 spot, Thong was edged by Salas, 7-6, 7-5.
Making her first start in the No. 5 position, Liberty's Annisha Domenech dropped the first set to Smyth, 6-2, before rebounding to win the second, 6-3. The Lady Flames' sophomore lost the tie breaker in the third set, 10-5. Boda received just her third starting nod of the season and was narrowly defeated by Gitman at No. 6, 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-4).
After the match, Liberty head coach Jeff Maren commented, "Today we played a team that was on its game and simply outplayed us top to bottom. We've played three good teams in four days and I believe it has toughened us to perform at our best during the conference tournament next week."
The Lady Flames will now begin to make preparations for the Big South Championship, which opens on April 17 in Rock Hill, S.C. Seedings and match times will be released at a later date.
Richmond 7, Liberty 0
1. Kandinata/Salas (RICH) def. Jenkins/Wellman (LU), 8-7 (8-6)
2. Sims/Smyth (RICH) def. Richard/Thong (LU), 8-3
3. Abadias Morales/Gitman (RICH) def. Boda/Yang (LU) 8-5
1. Kandinata (RICH) def. Jenkins (LU), 6-4, 6-1
2. Sims (RICH) def. Richard (LU), 6-0, 7-5
3. Abadias Morales (RICH) def. Wellman (LU), 6-2, 6-2
4. Salas (RICH) def. Thong (LU), 7-6, 7-5
5. Smyth (RICH) def. Domenech (LU), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
6. Gitman (RICH) def. Boda (LU) def. 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-4)


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AN Accrington family were in for a surprise when they discovered a slippery stowaway on their kitchen floor.
Rukhsana Arif, 40, said that her brother's children had gone into the kitchen in the house on Lister Street to do some cooking, when they discovered the rogue reptile.
The harmless white snow corn snake that feeds on mice and small rodents is believed to be a neighbour's escaped family pet.
According to Rukhsana it is not the first time the inquisitive serpent has escaped, as it has been spotted before in neighbouring homes.
Rukhsana said: "It's happened before, the snake has gone into people's houses.
"It's been in here, it's been next door, it was in our kitchen.
"We don't know how it got there, it was sitting under the fridge.
"Everybody is frightened, I'm scared of mice, never mind snakes.
"The kids can't sleep at night because they're so frightened, and they're scared to go in the kitchen."
Rukhsana said her neighbour had told them she had a number of exotic pets, and they fear they may be visited by more unwelcome intruders.
She said: "She sits outside the house with them around her neck. She's got snakes, lizards, all sorts.
"A snake went in our neighbour's house and she couldn't find it, she was so scared she had to sit outside her house.
"Everybody in the street is frightened."
Another neighbour said his wife had found the snake in their mantelpiece around two months ago.
Pinnu Khan, 63, said: "She saw the snake here, and then it was gone, she didn't know if it was inside or outside.
"She was really scared and she ran away.
"The police came but they couldn't find the snake."
The owner of the house where the snake lived said it had been missing for several months after escaping just once.
He said he believed the snake had been on the loose since it was first spotted in his next door neighbour's mantelpiece.
He added the family now only had dogs.
He said: "It wasn't even our snake, it came from our house, but my daughter's ex-girlfriend let it out.
"It had gone and that's all we'd heard about it until the other night."
Police confirmed they received a call about the snake on Sunday night, and informed Reptile Rescue who collected the animal.


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HOUSTON - From large knives to nunchucks to small blades that look like a credit card, TSA officers say they have caught hundreds of bizarre weapons at Houston airports in 2012.
For the first time, Local 2 was given an inside look at what officers confiscated at both Bush Intercontinental and Hobby.
"It's the entire array," said Lynda Johnson, TSA Stakeholder Manager in Houston. "This is just a broad sampling of the kind of stuff they (TSA officers) see every day."
Officers caught passengers with stun guns, chemical sprays, brass knuckles used as purse accessories and cell phone holders, a circular saw, and even a loaded spear gun.
Officers also found the items inside carry-on bags or passenger's pockets as they went through TSA security checkpoints.
Johnson said what happens to those caught with prohibited items depends on what TSA and Houston Police officers determine was the intent.
"If they had a dagger in a sheath on their leg and they were concealing it, that's when they are going to get additional things done," said Johnson. "Other than that, we take the items away. Everything is reported within our system."
TSA caught two loaded handguns on passengers at Hobby Airport in December. In 2012, officers confiscated 33 total firearms at Hobby.
At Bush Intercontinental, TSA officers discovered a handgun last month. In 2012, officers found 53 guns at IAH. That's the fourth highest number for any US airport.
Nationwide, TSA says its officers discovered 1,543 guns in 2012. Reports show 78 percent of the firearms were loaded.
In Houston, every airport passenger caught with a gun during security checks gets a visit with Houston Police. Johnson says investigators determine if charges will be filed.
Inside other airports in 2012, some items TSA officers uncovered brought much more than police to the scene. An active grenade was found inside a carry-on bag at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. A police bomb squad responded to the checkpoint.
Nationwide, TSA officers also found knives concealed inside ink pens, knives taped to iPad cases, guns stuffed inside stuffed animals, and even an inert mortar round.
Johnson said some passengers will try to test the TSA to see if officers will catch a prohibited item at a checkpoint. The TSA believes the hundreds of confiscated weapons are proof that officers are passing the test, one bizarre weapon at a time.
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Today's the first opportunity to see the majority of the starting position players in action as the Mets take on the Cardinals at 1:10 p.m. today in Port St. Lucie. The game will be aired on SNY and the MLB network.
Although Jose Reyes won't be in the lineup due to some follow-up after his physical, Jason Bay, David Wright, Luis Castillo, Jeff Francoeur and Daniel Murphy will be. Fernando Tatis and Henry Blanco also will be making their Spring Training debuts.
Perhaps more interesting is today's starting pitcher, R.A. Dickey. He is the knuckleballer the Mets picked up from the Twins in the off-season. It'll most likely drive the opposing batters nuts. Here they are trying to get some solid batting practice and they get an atypical pitcher.


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BLACKBURN'S 'singing tailor' is lining up his next generation of royal customers...
After Prince George was pictured wearing a pair of dungarees, Savile Row-trained tailor Bob Wilson said he was gearing up for more orders of a product he's made less than a handful of times.
And stores across East Lanc-ashire are braced for demand for dungarees after baby George's jumpers and christening gown sparked widespread interest.
The Simmons Street-based tailor, who is married to Marg-aret and well-known for his kar- aoke machine in his workshop, said: "I think they will go up in sales.
"Prince George is in the pub-lic eye and people like to follow the latest craze.
"It's not a bad thing because I had my son in dungarees when he was 12 months old, though I never made them myself."
The baby prince was pictured with parents William and Kate wearing navy smocked dung-arees, with a fishing boat emb-roidered on the front, during their family trip to New Zealand.
But Mr Wilson, 63, who made riding jackets for the Queen and Princess Margaret, said he would make something slightly different for the baby prince.
He said: "I've only ever made two pairs of dungarees in my 50 years of working.
"The last major sales in dungarees was in 1968 and 1969.
"I usually make gentlemen's suits for weddings and other occasions, but I would make a pair of dungarees for the little prince.
"I'd make them out of a nice dress tweed fabric, not just manufacturing either, but mak- ing it with precision and care."


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Each state that applies for Title I funds must include in the annual application an assurance that the state will comply with all requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. This includes participation in NAEP's state and national assessments and its special studies. Because Indiana receives federal funding for educationally disadvantaged students, federal law requires the administration of NAEP in Indiana schools at grades 4 and 8 every two years.
Sec. 200.11 Participation in NAEP.
- State participation. Beginning in the 2002-2003 school year, each State that receives funds under subpart A of this part must participate in biennial State academic assessments of fourth and eighth grade reading and mathematics under the State National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), if the Department pays the costs of administering those assessments.
- Local participation. In accordance with section 1112(b)(1)(F) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), and notwithstanding section 411(d)(1) of the National Education Statistics Act of 1994, an LEA that receives funds under subpart A of this part must participate, if selected, in the State-NAEP assessments referred to in paragraph (a) of this section.
(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(2); 6312(b)(1)(F), 9010(d)(1))
State Law also requires that sampled schools participate.
Rule 4. National and International Assessments
511 IAC 5-4-1 National assessment of educational progress
Authority: IC 20-10.1-16-15
Affected: IC 20-10.1-16
Sec. 1. Public schools and accredited nonpublic schools shall participate, if selected, in national assessment of educational progress testing. (Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 5-4-1; filed Jun 21, 2001, 3:09 p.m.: 24 IR 3650)
To view the website with important information for participating schools, go to www.mynaep.com and use your assigned login and password.


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A year full of accomplishments worth being proud about
As we barrel toward the end of the year, it's time to take a brief breather and look back at a very interesting year, not all of it good for everybody, but undeniably interesting, especially for – lest we forget about them – viewers.
High-def video is now common enough that while there's still plenty of growing room for HD sets and services, some segments of the industry have moved on to what they hope will be The Next Big Thing: 3-D. I'm skeptical 3-D will be anywhere near as big as HD, but then again, maybe it doesn't have to be.
For service providers, over the top remains a huge threat (see the "Broadband 50" [1]), but there are plenty of indications that MVPDs can turn it into an opportunity. People still love and are willing to pay for premium programming, and a significant minority of people (heading toward a majority) want to combo social networking with their TV viewing. If MVPDs can stitch all of that together first, they stand a good chance of keeping their customers.
Some interactive advertising technologies are still being worked on, but several service providers have taken the next step: experimenting with ads. They're getting exciting results.
The newest gadgets are making the transition from really cool to actually useful, and in some cases truly indispensable. Tablet computers? Tablets are the best thing since food in their own zip-lock packages. And now you can get video on a lot of them.
We don't have much call to point this out here in CED, but the overall quality of programs on TV is as good as it's ever been. While it's true that some people turn on their TVs simply to have something moving in front of their faces (and that some programmers still cater to that), there are a lot of great stories to be found on TV, and some brilliant ongoing performances from great actors (sometimes you only get one or the other, but still …).
And one way or another, the readers of CED have made much of that happen. These are tremendous accomplishments, and worth being proud about.
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For some people, interior design is something that comes quite naturally. For others, it is something that they think is better left for those who are naturals at it. When Will Smith recently came to us for advice about the best horny goat weed, this was the same things we spoke to him about.
Think about the ambiance you want a room to exude when you are designing it. Knowing the mood you want will make it easier to choose the furnishings and accessories that will create the effect. For example, you could choose soft and warm colors if you want to create a calm and tranquil feel. Figure out what mood you're trying to set and use that as the basis for your color choices. If you want it to be relaxing or calming, consider using light and cool colors like blues and greens. Your color choices and your choice of furniture should all be based on what you're trying to accomplish with the look and feel of the room.
When you are decorating your children's room, try to look at things from their perspective. Decor in their room should be practical and age-appropriate. If you have young children, get down and look at things at their eye level. This will help you decide how to make the most of the space in their room.
Consider adding some artwork to your room. A nice piece of art can really make a room look "finished." Make sure you choose a piece of art work that goes with the colors and feel of the room. You don't want it to compete with other things in te room for attention.
When designing for contemporary and modern spaces, integrate textures into the materials in the room. If the furniture and fixtures are heavy on smooth materials, such as glass, smooth plastics, metal and polished wood, add some textured materials to bring out details that will catch the eyes and create a more interesting space.
Have you ever heard the old saying about taking off one piece of jewelry before you leave your home? The same rule applies to deer antler spray. Once you finish decorating a room, give it a good look and spend some time editing down your design. Even if you love every pillow, plant, or picture in your home, you don't want a room to look cluttered. If you're working on designing for a small space, adding light can greatly increase the feeling of size in the room. Adding light fixtures and using appropriate drapery can increase the amount of light in the room. Mirrors are also a great way to increase light and increase the apparent size of a small space. Think what the room's purpose is when decorating it. Determine the number of people that will be using the room simultaneously and what activities will be taking place. Consider family and friends when thinking of the living room, but concentrate on your individual relationship with your significant other when designing a bedroom.
What is the function of the room you are planning to decorate? While you are planning the project, it is important to think about what the room will be used for. How many people will be using this room? For instance, if you are designing a family room, you will need quite a bit of seating.
Add flowers to any room. If you are looking for a cost effective way to perk up just about any room in your home, bring in some flowers. Either gather flowers from your own garden or pick some up, place them in a nice vase and place them on a night stand, book shelf or end table.
You can dramatically increase your interior-design options during your next home-improvement project by wiring one of the outlets in a duplex wall socket to a light switch. This will let you use a table or floor lamp to light the room while still having the convenience of a wall-mounted light switch.
One stumbling block you might run across when you change up your kitchen's decor is your appliances. You may have durable, reliable appliances that clash with your new design concept. You don't have to replace them to get the look you want! Appliance repair professionals are also capable of refinishing old appliances. They can upgrade your old avocado-colored fridge into a gleaming stainless steel model if that's what your remodeling job calls for.
A great interior-design tip is to do your own painting. You can save a lot of money by painting on your own. You just have to make sure you do a good job, and that it's neat. All you need for this is some carefully placed tape and something to protect the floor. A great way to get more natural light into your home is to use reflective flooring. Surfaces such as tile or well shined hardwood flooring do a great job of reflecting light in your room giving off more natural light. This is a great way to brighten up your room.